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constantly itn-rtMsini' 111 rivility. " What I kin saying ID myself is really this : " \V hy 4 -AH 1 not, aflei all, actually irnuu|e lo keep i lio - painting* for n.y el;. nuil by exhilutin- them until all KorofM- has seen them, and then I ,|t:ite tindei.it.iiid 1'i.it i! would ruin value for mile) 1 would have them , -opi-.i in chionin, pi mi lithograph ami en Hmviiijj, and, in the end, 1 actually believe ** " , ,* . , than I have THE PRIMA DONNA. l HAITKR \IV iCosTlxi'EO;. And the bl iatc.1 face in the mirror gave me n i hint or suggestion that could in any wayci plain tunic why Mma did not comn. l!< , n i mirror 4-onhl not make me see mi - .-II .ml. foelmg no lesponsihility but bitter I , th " ' ^" l! re *'" B "';' r '' " l ",'"'> lebrllionagam.stl.e,. I l.niml the sentiment | W "';. ir " 1 "' 1 allj X' 1 * I .1,1 i- tion, and. with it, -on*-, 1 jug my my-"' i.d s ,, ,o the ^llerv and . " ' '"" '"""''f 1 'I"' ?' I..*' 11 wonder, of g art which the c,,,,c "' '> "' '"'"*'>' .'- ' '""'' !'"""'' tl.,- hunker ejaculated hcrccly " And while you will (tenure of your money . at once, you may thank llie gods that you are saved the I ditmnahly vnlgan/iii,; ul two noble woi k> ol ail In- having .hem cliromned and li'lto 1 graphed. " will pay you four hundred and fifty hi. I -. -n|H ilatii-ly praised. 1 a, early in arm in.; ami the gallery waslit^i-, Inn . lie.idy -i iowd had gathered ali-i-.' -in piiii'ings. The door keeper :i-, i.-d as I appi oached the gate, I ul I h-' i tlie mom-v n my hand where he i see it, and, like the world hu re . .1. he yielded to the temptation and thou-iaml frain-s within an hour," remarked My trtn. a, it fell into the Inr, the other deliberately, "and you may re rei 'iriied a 4-urioiis melody to my ear,. Dear- nerve the nyht to exhibit those paintings ly Iii i I "aim-i ' in pain' ing those pictures, ' for one year, and at th(j end to piihh-.li .1, ind :iow it w is ..-.ing liacl' ;iginn into the main ; . on one con, lit ion to .tit -hort, by a fianc'* worth tha' . i,m|ietei,t itnl-fes shall proiionm-e -.ng I o! the la-t ligiirf o! the dime i them worthy of the original,." iii form- li'it what .lid it matter" Them wa* silence in the little group. As I entered the throng pr-*-m^ lo r'oni hut.'lred and titty thousand Irmej and waid the paintings, miiny a ,tr.ui-;er drew the i -i^ht t o copy wa-< I he gorgeuus *!tm iml HWay l-4n me in disgust. Tli-ie <'. total value of three Weeks and tire,- -I iy- srlistt th-re eagi : to i, 1 i'ii what they could of and No' of my life ! Ll t.,,,., -i. , " Von an- anxious to possess them, "the tion, o! t ne .lay ; but tl.-y <ii: ink tiom me banker multi-red with a cm*-. with * loathing nlnuMci Tlu-re were lehritiea tin-ie, lining to purchaie, mutt." :>.; '.i tli.'in-14-U 4-.-4 'Ii4- vaiioiu \e, 1 MM nnire anviout ihan you are, ' wan tin- lini't reply. I i.. n take them.' .-.Miinh-.i in a |>aiting am : In th-y uoiilil oiler lo |KC uimrl an the Iwnkrr walked away. tluwe artloti'' triiini|>hii of the age ; Init thuy ' AM- they ii.ni" ' ,i>ki-'l tlie puruhaner. The ilealer'n voire w.ii 114.! prute<i<>nally . tlm n. iu, iu he i '|4l, i : " A^ .1 rule, 4,:, . 4j,\ I iu\ kn.d -.lutll ' lll.nle nt lilijli |>l ! i--i woiknofart that p-u-lmi UK-. MOII^HMII your very generosity makea me make* " " Doubt my ability ? a*k--d the p- " The maii who bid a^ainv me did not re cu.-in/e my la -, it i, tine ; but be will very i. -.. Illy ie,.igiii/e my Mime and honor n.y drill tot double and treble tlntt atnoiint 1* not that , nin lent ? " For tin; money " Mli.my ,1. u i: . lleyi-me! For that 1 had n ''..".Mi! It i- only that tl tferyonl i ,'i..y* for you ill money i.ilue in your purchase I tl|4- pii:,l 'I,.,. ' ill- pui .haser i-plied. "th-i-to:- I n i n .' ap praising them it I heir m.itiey i ilin. " Itut. my ,|e:irsir, \.HI |H-iple\ in .-M-II II.4H4- Null, 11,11 I, oil ;' I'ld tli.ii I offend y o'l ' 1!'": l' I Illl tai. ilenlt.lllli^ to ai-.ipl ill- 'i, .'. - pi,, lit that I was ei,-t ieili/<- I up---. .* ! a liv- '.-i.- triumphs ol the ago ; Init lm\ ,t.i:'- i in horror vt hen th-y found them i near me, ami for a moment they forgot -' in.!.,. Fair women ot l'i:i. eringed as th-y Io4>ked at me and turning !,'! i l-.i .n 'iii', m the m it velloil, Ii, mi y ot AnUioi.y \\ inthrop', work, they mikllit tint ghastly sight they b-iiel.l in me Little children cast frightened glar.ce, tow u I m- and pressed -loner to tlnwe who had brought them there, in order thai they might ,ay, long years aflsrward, that they, too, had once looked upon the greatest works of the artist who name, at "n, -nl, at least, was the most . ,-le hi. il<-. 1 m tlie Moll, I; but, hrllcl tllllt tin- pamiings and longer, 1 think, those little ones emi-mliered me ' The ib-al-i . a, he m. IHM! thiougl. the admiring throng of , IM ,| ,,.,-,.,..,,,,,. nalfllitK,, was startled beyond muasme al ' .. I huve not see, tit of me ami caught me roughly hy n.l'l.i. ,i: ii.;m^ me away from th- ti.ni.' ings that those more worthy toluol. 11:14111, unoutragcd, feast then eyo* ii|N,nth, - liirnisl'ed him by Anthony Win- tin op's brush. ' .lad enough to escape from my *m i ound ___ ! duank into secluded eoiii.-i and hid h.^anisi.' for I would" will,.,-: i "- - i'i!i. -'it il in Ihe shadows, sitting on a low .ho,i k n .t l.-tt m- to b-g na i,,e i I before U-in I, aim ,sl , mi, ,-ale.l hy lhodra|M-ri al-nil [ w ,,,,|.| ,) , -,' . | .,. |, - i. ., ct 'h-w:,-dow A:'. l all. I w.c. i-.t o an Minis to A ,,y \\ nil hf..p. Hi. I . m v ' r.inble. as I tll.Xlirhl I silll'lld In- t I ,e. -those |l"llt , I,,., ,,. ,.,.,!.,, ,1. ,| I ..,.,., . ,'t ,,.| V 'hotly \\ iiulii np'-i ll was not woi Ih the dilhi ul'y ol i< a- lung a p .n,. .no I ., I ,, .,'iin alU-mp' it, .,,,,1 ,1,.-,.. they wo'ild - .>..!'. .' all diy upon ; In, hidden h.i.,-1,, till, wlth ,,. | 11Km . Hl tn ,\ ..,.,, Illm ,,-,'ii, . Ut.- in 'I,, ifteinoon. the deal, - .ippi.ia. h, ,1 t | lo l,, m . H1 (., , - .. .mo,-g llie pi.,,- all ' "<"i tilings at- pin- lint y-m kn .vi ii i- 4-11! lo him wlm el il think,. ..ml i!, I .,^1, my . careleHiicas, these work* thoAld -lip tiom nn i', iimi .1 pi. 1. 1- m ,n I, i u . an that in tin- hill, if lli- It l< Milnlle, fm w In h pi i- I'l-ii i .1 opied wouldli.it ili|lne tin-in bit i nli. -i i-i. then i.ilu-. I --an i.-.- t '. . p. i HIM wmil-l IK- HOI l h loin htm. It-. I in i lil'v t...- ..n. : trains lo IM-.-I ,1- .-id ^. -in. i* of the gi and talon. And, M.OI, 1 tell y,m ii.inkly. I Mould I,- i l-'g.-ii .ul in. h'- In I. in- I wouhl sec Anilioiiy \\iiiiliriip l-.i hnntelf. or as thi* son of C u!o \\n,!luop, i disgraoed Antl \ \\inilnip' A in in l l.n, .1.1- n I ed by i oinpai .it 11 > ,lr.H,^-l ' A ,n ill. ,- ii.iliolllliled p ,*>, 'illll le-,. . i|ini---l ' i in-, where love, like the water, iri't all the wrong color, whire ambition, the k in the fnregroiiihl, W.IH so out of |>rn|>4irli4iii iii it. when I ii'i-vi-.,i M in Mir i. -IP- .-44i.|.l ! not <lo otherwise tlian a.lniit that I . . nl'l do IM t!.-|. !' lehiiij; tin- inner*' >1>- arnrtinent-i, where mi .-', haildriveu inc. I sat ilown, i:rl |.<i '.'i'' tii.il time in my Hie sank :n'o sili-n 1 ami i'1-inplili >n ; fur, it i -IK, it Ii4-Lj:m LI . | (I 4 ' - -in In i Unit an lien 4 1 !! ,.il forliev, th.lt it H'4U with n.e -i-i-l no' with my alt that MIII.I wa-i ili-s i"li.-.l !''oi tho lir.t time 1 init mynelf in Mma * (i!a,'i-. -in. I. - -Pintail, I in.ti-vrlled im. have, at in- own lilindna.-i, higotry, sc.finh- naat, wcaknea* an. I folly. 1 aaw I.H .-i--;; day Ini4] dnvi-ii her further away from me : how I iiatl IxilU-il the door and wondered 1 thiil .< . hi not enter : how I had huilt a wall het ween in, wondering tlul she did not i.Hi it. .in.) now, Aiiildenly, 1 renl- I trfil tint 11 wui vi hi,'li and <o sti nig that h\ mi ii.Msi'oility c'Mild I ever tear it down, hy no jiiMiiln!it\ ..ml 1 Mii.a i". ! ii:'.-over it. \\hataniglitot revelutionit wa* '. I'i : the morning 1 w,nr4-aily l.i marvel at the livn: i thai -!. ..hied her even tu pown '.IIHHI- |itiiitin^i that liad uome fn'in my fm % .if.4':i niii.li", when, with all her heart, I i. it imtii- me. as, with all 'uy hcai', I loat : I myni'li, ami, turning It. | upon me [ nr.itterril : " It 11 you, not Mum, who ii . tin-, ;" SuilieiL-n: auto thi' iityht wan the huriiMr I will not itir the emln-i -. of the titT tin ->niih which I pawed to mini;- I- i. 'li-ip; ' ' ni'l enraged wuli wn it ! in. I U-oii tlmt. ::i4Mi,-:i I h.nl n.< long- er anv hn|i ( nf wim IM^ --\ .-!, o much as * i ; y -i|ipiiiv.il ii44i:i Mma, there w.i all ".I"' .- Illll 4. 4 with :nl '' .'! -n. ,.i; i, -in. i -in- I in ni", to tan from wliul . . m.l .i-> ing that Khitiii.it least be hy i il-iin- |.> >l i l> 'rr : hut at eight -and- twenty, a* 1 '.|,[ <ii, that old intii tin- unki-oHii new , I .i more ii-lplew than th.i' '.n n.^ 1 1 ,y of i -ui tei-n, *ittnij(. ihner ni.; n i. i l.ailuw of liieLi.e'.rl. liray liiii .1 .in 1 pitm iturely olil I: o lonnra Monk Mbind me. only waiting l4 U- : - vit!i itojy, fur :!i fiittiu-. hut i , :< tn.kt WAS full lo tne bum with '.he resu!' . ., irrigmu'" -in.i haine 1 wan athixine.l In jeknowled/i* i.. \ ---It an the painter of my picturen. I wax .u'lilii. .1 t > 4 i. ni,-,, myiwlf aa the Ix-ner of my .4,111 :i*ini-. 1 was ishaine.l tu -iii'loe 1 myM-ll ' .1 !'i ii-'i.l who mi^ht 'till ! tneiully. I asiianied of inynelf iiiywlier* ami e\ ery vi ,,g v .,,i ll M . \\ mil, r.p w.-r- ,l-...l, those O l4sVOuH ! p lie I.OIK re. inn in arm with one whom I i- --ogm a leailmg haiiki -t .' I'uis II,.- .i, il, i I had i well in mi " pitlmy " du, MOI- ui nee ].e had y isiUid Floli .1- my tlier s ^uest, and , m-.' he ha i b. . n their as mine I'lie Iwnkor .al I to nun " I 10 not .pirili n the In-! that they are i - ,t lignre piece, that Im- I n pio .[i ..I ny mo. I, mail, but what I nay l*. that u "I om day are not rich enough ami are '-, ii-ulil- to run wild o\ . i pi linen I will -iity thoi:,,ui.l fiim., for tho,- i n > p.iiiillligs, delii-ii-.l at my ii,,',*e to nighl i i'i I warn you, yon annot .in U-tr -t I 1-aler shinggeil Ins ,1, nilil. i *. smiled Hid !.>, k III, llejif, n In-Ill^ o,ly lln in , I-. I !ian. . tin the !alior ol 'In, w,-ek, t lire- Iii - iml i night Progreu in Science. In Ki ink fort ei|f-i ins ire shortly to IM- n .-I- '.,-h'W th- lp|.!t ll.i'l of -lectri- city 1,1 serial navi4(ti NI I'li-pulley wiudi cotitrul* tin- a,i ent mo -le* -i n' of tne lial loon will In- operated l.y an electric motor. and a :-lephon-- win- mil i-n.iln, -t. tion to lie i-arried mi between those in the 'il' ,11 and those at the starting point he- ItlW. lli- tolliMiiig plan is ailopte-l .,4 the I'i lb .' \ ' '.,'tn. ... .iiipara In- n pai nil! sto-n- \ -.i-uple of the riK-k is |il,i.4-.| npoi. a liii.i/outal plat- ..' itin,. troninl a verlliit.1 '\ c. i MI,' il In suit tb|i- oiiti i- i Hi- w.u i, in. -n , -mpared with that of a .till." al tinder the same eolidi- Iu relation tu Ins tclit'inu t'<r H tuhiilu riilw.ty ii-ros* i lie Mi.ui * o' h .1 > ' -I. Uee.l point * mil that, unlik - lb" t uiiiit". the tn'i- cm Ite ili-tiniyed H r- ii.ii - i vino , till |M-.|.* ni ntltic, hy ll'-tl,'.' ,i.i , ,nl, I never IM- u,,,ll,y .1,4. mam lam 'I.e , on, -linn. i iti-m* i! 11 utny of A g'Mitl-man lady BMroaolMd. In 1 1 dit ,.. ai.ninl.iiii r-*-,,,. MI- pi-i.i ling fanhioii of th- tun- the Udy * thai .111,^,11,; I i,,pu it . !. i.iedm fa.-wi- .inpl.-'.-ly |.|.|.lr-i .,, ,i int. k i-il . the i.lnn-1 un; di iniL.inl. 1-11111:1114:11 Illll, elen then, tin- t.-.ll i I i-pl o'. .-r me t hit. n. 'I , lent tin ,-y -, ol one ut lioi- ". I i! w I'll, '.Hiding Ihln. iw i. . i.,t,,lijhl should |N-n-tlle III,' ,lii,l,,ii, iii.l I.- It K-n-ll.iti- my hldliii; pi i , , .nl ' m.i.l- IMC lib ,1 l,\ ,1 nig on htm ihrmk farther hel.ind ! I i .unlSiny "What is it then tint ny f ic nding l.ehln.l my riamhi, in tin- in,p ,,l lil.l-on,ne-i riiegeillh-lii ii. , n.l " If M in,i4-lll will pal. I. m ihe n, I, in. p MIII \\ e an- m liable. Init w:,li 1-4 -p, ,k ., I, .tit ,,f pui. haHlng (he |MinUng.H. ' " Mirely ' -Slllely ' ' Vi l.lllln .1 tin- inlli.i <iutlc dealer. " \li'ii-i. in . n>\ fneml h-ie. las pint made me all otter ot tln-m, II IK line, ii, t 'ie will nuii-K pinion me that I hail NMnpVtitiott Miong the pun IM.-.CI, i|inte i, ie lialU it among the <h'.il-iH "lhaiei." ii'-n- 'o . oinpfi,- with any me, " i-pli-il the other. "I nliuply wtilii . .un . h.uie the pii'tniea if th<-\ I- n i:lahlu. vt hal in your pi i-, M.nimeiir ' ' Indeed, I Int.- iiiiiii-, k, yel," reipoml f.1 tin- -.killlnl italeamaii. " lleheve me, I Imd not > ven thouxM "I llnii; tie in (411 a l>4iii{ tune t4....4ini- I .in i. ,iii M: ,, 1,4, ions to ki-ep tl i ni exhilnti.in .1 mouth, al le%t, I..-I.II- |.ui|,.^ wi'h l!l"i|i. in- 1 Mon my iionoieil fi i I, h 141 -imply mule in. in iil-r at In.-i nun ,iiggi.,|iiui, not at lllvl '')' ''"' ''"''' in il-l i- I y ill out .! in,- Von eli-|,nri .1 I he . ;vl uiiii-i , *>lm|>l\ Ih.il y- 4i ati->ly in. ..... mini; tin- puli liiiM-l, i -plied t in- .1 4 i . in. I that \ .in in.ik'- I ii- 11,11.1! . >iit t ii'- 1 M 'I h lli^ii pi l4'.-il woik-4 ii .11 1. ^t\ iiic 111- i he tight torepm- . I. a,.- .il 1|i- pi I - pi. i. ll I he let in, ot the ,il- li>- I .lit. -i I. I, -jllile ,-untiHn i: i . M.. I,, i. ill, e\fl| Mill! Ill- uotk,ot 111,1 ll leu* l.llin-. ... 111. ike ih It i ..III I. HI. " " I'lie .-untrue) mil ItttlemiMiient I will i.- 1 lily eonirnl to il, " replied t he .-ii,l..in cr. I'lien as In the han.U into whii-h U i* In tall -plein-.l ll.e I. ll "III III . null. h n i- I he olhel ,k."l K, i -,i,i - I 1 1 i, :n ., n..il inn f.i' mi -,- It il-.n- :, plied t 'i !,M|I-I . "V'eiy well, Mon, i-ni , lama I, i, ,,,.-, inami^i-i lot tin* l.n!y. Mil- \\iihelniin.k vim .Sti-inU'ig >(. i, i h,. | i , < . , . I i . ii i", I to my t-i i " \'a.' iliil.'l ' .-Hi', I I In- -h-ali'i 4- lln I I., , 4\ I |,a\e He Hi ill n-^'-i.' in' I ' T tirl>.lt i-.i i MI KTUKH. crewing. till linally ft is coming in a driving jil-.et.-t. With the lint drops the cattle turn A Lrapklr irronnl cfaa %rrl4ral r altlr and liegin drifting with the storm, all t ha i>-t< in 1 1. X', M m -1 .111.1 Kellers. ih.y ,,r go,,,' to run to night. , As ho iiUerr.il tl.la prophecy the old tailsn, u. I i ide tnint and endeavoriiig to eyed 41 In.; dun bi ule iii r. 'walked out ior a few steps, threw his mn//le toward the , north and after a few preliminary mills gave ' ,. " that lung, low. p.-.-r.liar half moan, h.ilf 1*1- , " . ... . . . . , . i :..... i i_i. t_ i an LI ' If we km only hold 'em l gut wet I b'lieve we've golem," Ohl MM Hut it wasn't to be. Something give* a Mare and away they go. No an- the i , . ked than other, turn ow that old cow hamis have learned mean, , ^ , , , ,. , , h , thnnderlllg how r T , V ," B lhul r ul " U " after them. An..; he, null , ^formed and the .he warnmf. a, it were, the animal fnn . .,,, I10B 11C over in . o,,,., . Uikandwa,oon lost ,n the mighty nerd : L...,-^^.^.! tilled with water che.-k, them, thai was nervuily cropping the grass that I orew fetlock high. Old .loc. the .peake.. turned ,n Ua -i Id,- ! ^'^'Vall and D9Uail Ui scan the lion/.nn. As he cj light ,, ,, _, , sight ', I a cloud no larger than your hand t jj t that was just lieginning to show itself away t to the orthwe.l. he related the prophecy . "^ t f , , , vow ' ttM ami ad, let! "Aii I deal think we il nave , , , any k. k a c-omiu' about the iluit termorrer, | ellii.i Tlie lime was m thxseii-nties, the hnrality, | \ iM.in s Ijiml, .iml we were on the old ' . trial, with l.ii'.XI Iweves, bouiiil for, . s>) , '' '" llnnng a lull between run, an out alon- toward the rider,. is!i Ohl Joe i t-eiigni/e* the 4(1111 ve the wai nn;g, and immediately the accuses '.he brute of being the wear , awav T1| , rlluiKrow " M y " -nimal beg,,,, to Ogiklalla. The herd ha.i beeu put up some six nceks liefore on the lir.t/m. At I:- I Uivcr eroKsiiig we had picked up a bunch I | if-ii, !o,t .nit of a previous tlrove '-. -1. Mining to the uire company- These steer, '"' \H heavy, (lie lightning ha* riders *it , till ami Motionless, u toaee even the heads of the horses they ride. Water stand, overywhere, and the cattle H-..MII gn/ii.g in all direction,. The fore- man give, orders to ride away, as our presence would only serve to stir ut and --,. i.' p! 1. 1-4) m our herd against the advice f . ..' - .... . . c.itt4i tin- hen! I.K-. " They air ole otampedem. .ml they'll spile the whole herd. Let th-i.i wait " Some Liinaddl..-. roll up m their wet Man tney ll spile tne wnoie nern. ixn mem wail !,,. ... i . .... , ,. , i , .- . K-ts, anit sleep. Other* fii/nt IIID.--, .in. I for "lie of them dogie on Hit, liehmd us. n clLfaretten ami rte-'ir, u-^r.-huio THI* ^- .... .., lln- crew gather i oin-.l f.>r orders : then for the rirst time it is liscovered that two men The ouih't scatters, and, as It 1, ll^ht "Hough tn ,ee. l-e-ln together all cattle in tight. The ira.-ti.*ed eyes soon discover that we are out" a part of the herd. Herders are Aniniig the "kid* his word ou any ,uh- rt lining to stock wa* a cepted as gospel. Huwever, the foreman determined to ruk ^ n ' it, and in they went. The addition I , , * . . , , ' LIIIOW1I been made .inly a few days M hen n change nrxi . t j ILC U-ifnii to tie noticed. The verie.,l tenderfoot coiittl see ihat the herd was growing u: and restleas. luntead of gr, ^ M the- bed grouml, when we threw them ort the! trail, they would i amble m bum-he,. If a her.li-t- I'lem'ited to hold them up they ' , won!.! etber.top and stare at him or else ' ''> ',"''"1 , l>ack 1 L n<l f< ' rtl ' "I""' ' , U " turn and travel t,, the further side. Where I !' ""7'' 1 lhr ""l! h ^'' ''"I 1 '"'"' >'' ,-,'ly wat.re.l , any c,e,-k o, fair ' ' " , lhe *".' l " !ak I '"'"I""' "' ' directions is w here the Uiy* "-'" '" Again where the arroyo ie rest * utter aitaiu, this tnn- t for sign." A big trail is soon and the tinder makes tht, fact known I p uid. it now reomied a river or iae. ,. - u* l..,ked for trouble any mgi.i. i "''"'J , ' l ";' K -' wlnle th. few doubter, were silenced l.y th,' T**!*^'^ M ' 1 "' colored horse wrangler, who expressed hi* views as t'olhiw* " L'v coat* 4ley is gw me ter run, for 4i] e Joednlie st-d it and he', rep' in at stake an' dry la gw me ter run of de old man ''aster git il'iwn .-i m. m.; 'em some ir.'i:' w id dc slicker. ' Al *.ip|Hi th.it evening but little was said : eien the .-ook's yams, told in Ins 1111 where tin inn awhile. As we gain ni i-le'. iti. 'ii over which the trail ran tw-4> n.i' s i-vay we see the missing men and cattle I'lu bunch is 4lnveii to the mam h-rd and camp located by the smoke, which i- . gbl ,i* a ciiiinn- - After a Iml breakfas'. ilnriug which all tell their ex p. -.-I, -n -e* ,' 'I l;Fit, till Hid -loe swear, for the hnmlntllh time that tins is his last trip on the trail. lds are dried. owt 1 1 . *.? * vi* nio . v" 'w n > .! i in, l ' 'l' i ] ii ii i * i ii i - . > > , , , . . . , , -tvle. rell Mat.' Kiery few minute, '' 'j'l hl>l r* " !v "^ tl18 herj u U ' h * pat lan and found correct, and once more we he... I for Ogalalla. "Ah ' and I undeis'and that ) mi with ""' i.-.u -i.ii.mcc "lint i.r.:,y.,, .Vi.,,k,n mil. .... ail ollfl 'Ipoll III, ,.llll. wrol'-h' llelllUltele.l.t.* I.e tlllll-t lie- I III Illl^ll iaidlhegentleni.nl. i little ^,-oin '" lo la'.l iip.ni in,- pki.-i I ill fully " Viry well, I will make u. I will ! H'e d-uk alley. gi>. you -siUy ihoiisand 'i m. . M i- |.,i ' "- pinised Im a moment to ie.t.lj,i,t hm iln. ptmtings aflei yon hue exhibited them : dresi., then, i -bming the door upon me, be .mi- month " A hundred and lifly tlmn-. unl In tin- tu i lo night I 1 mlltereit the haliki-l I di-l not look up bill I knew by his voice ilnl the oil, ei wu, , lulling .in he n -plied "Now. M "i-:-m I see wh-re ll - stand, ni I I will .11.1114- my oiler I will pn i,n two linmlie.l tin .i..,. unl Ii. in., tor the pamlingn and yon ma) keep them lor one , 4-t m IM-.I to 1 4iii plrti lli- Hale ot I lioiu' paint 1 ing* n IH.II whii'h he wan to reali/e A fal'iihiufl I. .M i. in- which he w.i.ilH hai e *.n| I, I In nigh 1 1 led Inn, ii Uggar all In* lite, l-etme he HI mid dn all unkind or a dixcouitiiiuaai't to Antli44iip \Vnilliiop fm CIIAI'TKK XX. Ill Ml r.n I'll I1ITTIIK IIKll OK IIKK ..IK Mt. NT. As he dragged me past my Mma my hand loin bed the hem -I In-i gal ineiil In lull i .1, p "I ii.tl. i t II .Ii.. n nil lip, lion, ..i.i ii,. 411.4! ,i.lf ami (he lesull wt* pi, I t, i, Iii. I l.i-4-ii ii Iii -n M inn . aught my hand II|MIU tin Iii, in, Il made in- Iliink \\llliwhal I lia.l in onipllshe I in ,irl Ml I ', i-c hnn.ll-d thoil.*ali.l frail In-Ill now ' e|.lcnlatd Ihe I, ink. I The hah yon days ol life K.IC coming The II I '.n >.l , of my wilde-t mi.igm.il ion I ii. -lysmm ot tin- , I I, n ii. .In lion of my bl, HI, this ' "lieiillem.il, II. di-'ili > . i nelly mti.-i 'i| I. " you H"ly appreciate, aa 1 do, lhl ' W a, a:i,lie I >ln- *.is |iy Ing f.-ni lini.li, ,1 I.,,, p.i.ntn.j i. .ne n lalne win h r, only Illillle I by Hi,..! om. !,..! ami , ni i''oi.| !., piv for them. \\'hy ' why ' could I ,i'|.,iil I Hi 1114 I I I., 1,1-1 e II,, niOSl ,1114-1-1; one sh-n-i I -i. r pun .-hase them Von, and en n. iw, I am ijinetly hl-lillllg w,l|. myself again,' yen I am .iy inn to my sell, for In '..ii ' . that, to exhibit tlinse |iamlm.> loi i year will I,- w-nth i hnmln-d thousand tinners lo me, and ," I'luee liiin.l/ -.- at nine I' 11. ton me ;.i iml liti\ tli.,n*andfranci Kinl ihe hanker nharply it. I Him il the oliM^piioiii *arm In Inn anhject, nil p-u t ; the thousand 'lain * for the only ,,l me with win, I, ,le- was *nlit ; ,-il only pai I l.i w l,n h I eier had givi n tl. ought that II should I-c il 01 I In .,t i mil. U ion : a Mllgle nllggcslno . n*. ,1. ill. .11 to I h- di inikMi il. ly ing bruiseil upon tin- pai - m, -lit w I, uli, n h>. h.i.l I n Iliinst, (hut he u.iglit not pollute the air which ,he wa* breathing. There, on the Kliine, I saw my life, look :ni! t, ,in aid. 111 a picture. In I'aii, in that wi-tch,,l alley, I ,itw a picture, looking IMI -kw.tr .!, in my lite ; an I they were botn alike. All my life bad been (rawing ahiltle v|H-l ', In. e -.n eilthit tlm ri-1.1' sal.) ' '*e-n . h- in.-al .in. ill *i , n.. I i - i- . , -. *I*|.IIIT hold, g,~, l.il, ly nil. n,, n, i-iu,i:,, within the t'.iu ill* of the |Milicilai factor y iu whifh tins relation wa, estahhih 4-1 I'he .l-maiid for I'erullWnn holies for e.port i *,, ni. 'lit that tlie pui ly l.n-e.l ;s *erioti-d> lireaU-iieil, and a stud l.,,..k has If.-n i ei .-i.ily started in Krame i,\ which the |H-, ii^iee may be pr-sei x -d and th- i ic- k-pt nit t,, tlie standard. A i p n i -, elr-tii- likjlr . us in lu-rmaiiy leads to tin- , on. l,i,i..n tbal sn.-h lighting must be iiuie|ieiiileiil of lln- I... ,m.. Hie. and that il iiiu,t be on the i- nn, iila tnr system One of the mechiincal ciirnisitio* ot Ihe j, -iiiiiiphiili- l* the f t th.tt tlieeti In- I i .- I I1-.-II I* Ihe *. M-W V.lllch plnjiel* li-illip hmgni from p.-i ipli s to centre A new prik-pssj hak linen inventr.l I.,- i^m- wine liy mi- in, il el< , i i. 1 1 y , ih- nui rll \ >t Ih p -- -0-1*1, n; ..I I be ,|ii-.-ial ipjiara III* emplnyeil Men of ,cit lii-e ill-- are that tlie o: n .;, w t- oiigimklly a hei ry , ,., I ilia", r, , -\olulioii hit, been going on more limn a ihoutaiid > ears. The mil unalterihle of water culon In* Ite-ll lilllllil to It.- veliok i'lne, ti-ll k Sli-iiln, sephla, and bines. Many of the i-\pl...i.nis in tiom nulls havo IK-II traced to elecln I'y geneiHed by belts. Hi Wife For a Pony. A few month* .11;. . ,i m tn named Ximinor mm i rued m l>arhngU>n, lleaier county, say, .t l'itl,huik{, . l'i > correspondent, with alien) of ponies. Among tlios- u Im look 4-d l..ii^ii,^ly .m .1 particular ptrny wns (ieoii;,- liii i,, i young niarrieil man of that i ' 1'ann liml I... nui, iey, hut he p -s essed a wife, whou, lie olfereil t i exchange for the amm.l .iml i money coiisnleiniion' Thewit'i w as. niiHiili,"!, andafler a lew In. ill, k4 ling /.mum .in i^rei-il 144 ..n- l|,,- |Kiny .ind a .Ie, I t i I II a, -resof laiidin \l iHii.i in exch.ing- '.i I be u.iin in The papers were drawn iipind Xmnn-i man tn .k the woman ami I'i- , the. p.'in The ,11 n.y mil Mrs l^ii i, ,.|it \\e,i, Iml slip soon i, p. nt, -.I ami asked to lie taken back to h,- r 'lirdlove. Uy tin, lime I'n,, ,'i* oien -I that /imiuermaii dnl not uxvn i tout of laud in Montana or any other pluce. The in niKi-nt looking IHIIH luriied oul to I i-ui i thmi! tint was liad -nid when Mr* I'.m, arrived home the otlu-r dnv ,lie w i* gladly welcomed hy hor rightful iins)*n<l " l>tai me '" said old Mr. Hoggs. I tingly : " I know I've forgotten something, Iml, fm the life "t me, I cant lemeihlier what it i. " om foiema:: would c.kst '.nea.y glauc.s at the ^lejk! bl .i"k cloud, thai Here slowly ris- ing in tlie north west Instei I .. pi ketmg the li.itM!,, as was 'he custom, the ammaU .I and tied to the 11 i,.on, or to bnsllt-s i- oe hy. Tlie lint guard liad h.ti.il x :i,.ne tlrau t i.-ii Inr-je when tho rest of theoultit pre jeil to i->!' m. The .Kik, after tying a ntern to I Ii longue. -'iiii'ied m the wagon, tii'd ihe sh<t down, and think' . I the Lonl 1 1 -' i- w.i* ico'k. The wiitngler louinl i pl.tci under the n. ,p]n. j |tule r hat (Ulted hi, ciiiii|il-.\ mi', while the n.lei* unstrappt.i tl.eir little " hot roll" in lli- gnu. ml and pil,. I in without removing even Units and une icitson I was restless and unabli' t" ,'--p. All the slumlier proilni inn r-e-ipt.s * il " t " tf 1 ''' i-.l n lain 1 lay on n.\ ',i --k ami, The greatest ocean depth ever found hy ' :li- i I.ei-l* oWiire still after star measure ut was m the Atlantic near n :llli>- 1 1. ile I... .11 en* wcic hid. I counted i Ii- ii, m, lie, of lotimU the guard, were mak :.; *nd then -,l w n hn-g the ligh'iimg \;e ... ' ti il was oil by . I, m many I could i nl >>efore| heard i i-l-i th.it folloiie 1 -i i ly il.is'n. A ' l while. ;|.,iviu, i- eai y .,: this, I tu:ii.-'l t on anl the tire ; by it aat one of the . o .-; .-.llee l^-twe.-n w hiri's l ' l "* ue *" ri"ing m Sunnier .'uiinty, ^ Tii-ratlVut the chains on | '' "'"saiitly for sixty day*. The , lam- ,1 Lit ,, hi* hoi- ilong, '(?< ' - ".''. - n. -I.-, .U, uts ut niiutbei . wlnie the A TaniifsMee 111 iu i, u been lined ' -'. ,..n^ that rto.ited Don. the far klsaitig a w man three times, and h- i< ml indicate. I ilia' " Lit .Ie ' gallant cim.igh t ,.i . he ^--t or) cheap. .).,,-k n. th.in.it, at least, was with his A X,.|.,-,,ka ...miwiitoi u, a guewmg ,. Kio 1 test .am.- w Him, one ot the exact |>,p.,l.ilm,i I Him H r < I - KKI I i i i *T \ltit Mr. Vandcibilt own, over -.'.illlO.IJOO ax-re* of land. A hog recently killed in I'erry, < .a. had three complete sets ..f lung*. >ix million, ol letter* ire annually torn Id an old PIJH-: in Washington. Alxint the only women in tho world who -win,, th.-ir ..i in.* walk'iig are C'auailiaiiK and - an,. Two young men went to Visalia, I al.. . and took out h enst, to marry the 1'uei to Kno, l.li.'il fathoms. A man al Alhem*. I. a , owns an .uitn|in'y in the form ot a water bucket hewn out of the solid rix'k. A woman heavily -il-.l vimted Sherman ', grave recently an-l liesnught the gnar.l to sell her ome dirt from -t. 1 1 ramie. i-ij ey--. tor a few minutes and xi 1,4-n I 1, ok-. lag un the guard had left the lire. I.ii 1 1- -Is. k , -niig was Iml, hi-. I, and the only vni^ Iron, tin- lied ground ws the .i.-.-n In. ttlniig ot some animal that had just lain .low u Tin 1 thunder had ceased for a few minutes, and the hixif of anowl in tha cot t.niw >N| m. i,l, 'tin 'laikness still dai kcr and the ini;|..i gaofl .lieary. \-l .t.i'e.l ort Hid -!< s wor.U kept ring- me, m my heal " There ain't no danger es lulu; I's tm of 'em air up an' a gra/m'. Imt when they air all down, an' it's that .|iiietyou kinh. a yoin nwn heart IxHkt, then yonwitii'e- ^it i'-i-ly ter rule. ' 1 was Mill i. . ..n-. ions when 1 heard a roar like a mighty tornado and sprang up a, .lOtne -me *ll>t|iled " Tin y uc jjone, fellow* ' They are gum- In Irs* than a miiint. .\.-y man was in t he nail. lie .tnd l n, In iig aflei the lleenig held N ; - I l , .ink 'lie ly iho trained nikilit lionet knew their duly, and are stratum.; i-.eiy nei i e. I'lie linhtiiing * play i, grand: el-4'tiicHy is everyyvhen- (lame, dance at. >ng the mane, a ball of tire gleams on each i .u tip I'.y the riiisliesthe rulers Kvate the lay of the 1 1-, I in front. So ,ii w, liegm ptssmg the drag*. No need to look itler them ; they'll follow, and ; domicile throngh the \Vinteruiustcontrihute of the State as given l.y the census rvpui t - An an.ti me. , i.ii ,, lines " For Sale A large quantity of oil (Minting, by some of the mosl ancienl masters of the day." An imin-iise Jill ton pillar of granite, which will dress to a pillar It feet in diaim-lcr hy .". feet long, has ux-ently been ((uarried near 1'ctepdiurg, Va. A foreign watchmaker ha, patented a deuce by wlmli an hour or two liefore a clock run, down the word " wind' will ap- pear itt an opening m the dial. A YalelMich i business man, wh*-,igu reads " I'li.lei t.tki-i ami 1'holographer." is sai<l t i gu i p i c ,;i ip h of the deoeaM with evory .-. utm he sells. The poumlm.isti r of Oakland, Int.. sold tm r_'at m istiay auclKn an unclaimed ...]-. I'lie -inimal wiusulise<|Ueiillv idonti tied as a f4,INNI thonniglibicil trotter. Mrs. Clarissa Berry, of Chicago, after twenty one ye. us' of search, has tound her i tin -4 yiai old hiisbaml, Herman the real work Is on ahead. faraway, in fii-i.', il . the i.tar of cattle and thuinler, the gum ds can lie heard singing and ihoul ingt-th- MI. iiiih-ii-.t hcnl As we dash on the i npfH'ir to be coinintg more anil more from t he left : the leader, are pressed aronml, and noon by a tlash we ace right in front of the cra/ed ur then Berry, all leveland, and nmne,lialely com men. ed suit for divorce. A stern father in Keya I'aha county, Neb., with a large family of girls, has passed the cold 4-4lii-t tli ,t i-.n h N-.ui who fie pu-nt* his a load of n.l.i "<H|. It is tateil th.tt among the records in the Tower of I don i document was found ic' "i ding in winch a man was hanged in tin- time 4.1 Kdwaid I. foi no other crime than haimg been .night buriiing coal The olded inscription in Hclux-w, that cut 111 the lock which wait di*coyere,| l,y .1 white ,li4-kt-i, his lii-iy little night horse , been .'lift out ami .u t ed luiiainn ami luhtiuu tor us head, rode. Lit i , \*w K -" > - ^ SiftMSSSwa; l " ***' I |K I n.. .. ... i . , ...i.: .u i i.. .1. ; me iraiinieiiia, It is saiil -n while getting it out, ,- -"- ". Jerusalem hft.i bought liy a concerted a -I |.-n, in w Inch giHxl 'in k, tmit lungs and he.ix y i|iint* all play np.,i -^ lrg 1'c" k -,! wo-ulei, bmhlings. in thf taut |rt, the h-nl 'iu thrown together and ' """Hownof Vii-tona, H. I'., haabeen burn the milling lupins. Aiouml iml aiouml they ''il by onler the city council to make room |, fMk BiMM With Mi kM| orw Ik* ry '"' '* '"' H public market. It was deemed <it the one |n, I in tr .nt no iM-ginning, no *4taM lo gt rM < the old rockeries iu end. ju,t a soliil mass, (taring, n,. this waj nmiead msU'atl of by removal, so ..nly itiimpe.le.l ,attle can. IUIU o? tire '," l " lv ""' " danger of sickness. The 1 ap troin hitin to hoi n. The . owl,y* u- ''hineae theatre was nmong the buildings -e.te.l on then horses still as stotiies, all burneil. foiimng n picture thai can t In- iluplic.i'.-.l The nrdci is |,a*-i-,l aloiiK to "tin- i, ..,,,. l.a grippe is > prevalent m Chicago a, to room '"the i idem I ill 'wk the " mill" cea.s wi lunsly tntiofeie with pnlilic mid pi u it.- c,. and noun is heard a ,eiiei of coughs . buninelf. " -lest cleai in their pii,fvr another dash," An epiilemic roemhling dinhther... . pie nome tmo s.iys. vailing among the c hil.lren -V the Hechnher No* t :. MpM low, tlian in ville x alley, i'.i 1'emiHylvan,.