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‘50”qu v” - _ better. THE TRQUBEESUME LADY” CHAPTER IV. “If I ever became poor and friendless. and should be walking along the streets of a city about six o'clock at- night and the smell of fried onions were waited towards me, I should become a criminal. also might have them.” “Rather a lowly taste,”said Oliver lazily. They had been to the top of Sisty’s Peak for elk all that day, but found no sign of one, onlya young antelope, the chops of ' which, with the fried onions, Mike was cookie for supper. The actor, radiant in his flowered dress- ing-gown, but, alas, minus his beautifully- embroidercd oa , stirred the tobacco in his pipe and issue comfortably back in his chair. “Don’t scorn onions, Craig. I know you Here in this desolate region miles ' away from women-kind, you positively revel .ly ’ letter from her. i are you going in ’em.’ “ Women-kind?” Oliver asked, vague- -“'I‘he vegetable, fortunately. Your thirst ‘~ for tobacco, your senseless haste to return to Denver, your restlessness. are bad signs. Eve entered our paradise, and back we go to civilization to-morrow because we expect a I shall prescribe for your case a dose of moral reflections, with refer- ences to celebrated cases of the sort I have heard you discuss with disgust." “How far imagination will carry a man? â€"almost to idiocy l" murmured Oliver. “ The question,” continued the doctor, plaintively, as if he had not heard, “is,what to do? You meant well: I . should have no doubt assisted the Trouble- , perhaps. some lady.,-â€"not driving so far or so fast, But your honest Mexican accom- plies rode his ‘gooda boasta’ to Parkville last night, and he and the well-mannered Louis were amiably intoxicated together. Monsieur is probably well informed of all that took place. ’ ' " Which was little enough. I would have told him ; but I had no desire to quarrel with him, or perhaps fight a ridiculous French duel over a young woman I had only seen twice, and both of us duellists possibly landed in jail for breaking the peace by some sagacious sheriff.” “I would not go your bail, either, my friend," smiled Doctor John. “I would like to see you shut up awhile: you’ve sent enough to prison walls in your time. If I don’t mistake,-â€"passers are few this lonely way, and his horse was a roan,â€"here comes the Mexican and his ‘ goods beasts,‘ also a noudescript creature following, who I hope is not the Troublesome lady returning." “Your 'udgment in matters pertaining to female ind is not accurate,” said Oliver, who had jumped up anxiously at the doc- tor’s words, “ This is an elderly, gaunt, and tall female, and she sits that mule as gingerly as if he were liable to go out from under her any moment. Do you know, I half believe that is Aunt Hannah.” . “Didn’t know you had relatives," said the doctor, following Oliver to the road. “I haven’t. Mrs. Minny has ;and if the old lady is seeking her, where is the youii lady, and what kind of a difficulty have got myself into? She looks warlike enough.” “ I have brought ze-a lady from ze rail- !OD." said the Mexican, obsequiously. ; “She com-a Monsieur de Restaud. He sent- ; light in his gray eyes. a hero for Madame.” “So you told him I had taken her to the train '2” Oliver said, quickly, a dangerous "You were a fool. 1 I shall come here again, and lean pay more than the Frenchman. I would even have bunght that horse of yours at your most exorbitant rice.” “You ha not enough mon-nay for to buy my horse, senor, He is one race-horse. Ho haf win grand men-nay for me. I leaf ze lady with you : my inule he tire: she yell all ze way and bump zeround." While he spoke, the old lady, with more haste than elegance, slid to the ground, un~ fastened a carpet-bag tied to the saddle, straightened her black alpaca skirt, and delivered a five-dollar bill to her guide. "All you’ll git,” she said in a high- . pitched nasal voice, “if you talk lingo for- ever. I ain’t to home in a kentry where my native tongue is butchered as you do it, and that’s all I'll pay you, if you talk baldordash all night. ’ ‘ Si senora,” gasped the Mexican. -‘ Yis I do see; and I’ve a mind to report your insolence to the authorities, for that ‘see’ is all I’ve got of you the whole way. And if we ain’t leagued over un- profitable meaders and everlasting hills this day, and barren wastes, to last me till I die. When I git back East I’ll hate to ‘ leak at the ssttin' sun, for getting remind- ed of this journey an‘ Minny’s misfortune here. Now, he being gone, misters.” she said, abruptly, as Juan rode rapidly away, -â€"“tliat Warn, as he calls himself,-â€"which of you is the iiiau that made the mischief in my nephew by marriage‘s family?" Itwasrathersnembarrassingquestion. The doctor politely requested that she sit down and rest. as she seemed much flurried, and they could talk more comfortably. After a sharp glance at him, she consented, sit- ting carefully in a chair with a groan. She was a tall, raw-boned woman, flat as an ironing-board, tanned and wrinkled, with strong features, a mass of untidy gray hair, and handsome blue eyes with a sly twinkle in them as if she could see a joke and make one too. Somehow the barren life of New England brings wit and pathos to the sur- face, of the first the drycst, quaintest sort, as of the other the saddest and most hope- less. IIer ungloved hands were work-worn I would steal,” said DoctorJohn, firmly, “so that 1‘ being old and settled-like, whyoouldn’t you have helped Minn: 2 " “ Because I was not here. Object to smoking 3 "’ “ No, land sakes. no: keep the skeeters off, if they be any that kin git a living up here. “Now, this is cosey, ’ continued the doctor. lighting his pipe. Oliver sat down near them, “You see, l.was called 03' to a sick woman. and she died, â€" poor soul.” “Of what?” asked the new-comer, eagerly, all curiosity. “I should say home sickness if I told the truth, but I called it mountain fever. IVell, she was dying, you know, and here, as Craig is sitting alone over the fire, com=s a lady in a yellow silk gown (Mike told me, Craig: you needn‘t think you’ve been talk- ing in your sleep). On her white neck are ugly bruises. welts from a whip are on her arms, and the little dog she brings with her has been brutally kicked. She throws herself at Craig’s feet, and begs him to save herâ€"â€"” “You don’t never tell me that evil little foreigner dared strike Minny Patten i" cried the old lady. “Oh, I'd like to git my hands on him! All her mother’s fault,â€" always taking up with strangers." “Any man would have helped her,“ said Oliver; then he went on and told what he did, and how he left her safely at the train be omitted her eccentric farewell ,â€"possibly because he had forgotten it. “The poor little bird,” sobbed the old woman, “my dead brother's child; and what a man he was lâ€"marster of a ship at nineteen ; and here's his Minny he idolized living in nowheres-land withacrazy French- man. I put up with him for months when [ visited here, for her sake ; but one day,â€" the Pattens is all quick, on my mother’s side I’m slices, and hist’ry tells what he was, â€"and I slapped Henry right in the face like he’d been a young one. He set me out the door, and his man hove my trunk after me. Back I had to ride in a springless wagon, and, gitting home, found things going to rack and ruin with the shiftless folks I left taking care of my house. I did advise Minny to stay,thouuh, Mr. Oliver,” she said, looking at him with her honest, kindly gaze. “I’m an old-fashioned woman, so I ’lowed it was. her duty : she’d made her bed and had to lie on it. You can’t never tell me a girl is made to get married in this kentry,whatever it may be in France, an' Minny is awful frivolous. I hain’t no liking for men that sympathizes with young wives when they air young an pretty.” ' “ I should have dragged her back, to be killed next time,” Craig said, coldly. She arose and held out her hard, wrin- kled hand. “I think you donenoble by her Mr. Oliver ; and though by your looks you seem to be one of them city bachelors that ain’t no good moral characters, I know her own dead father couldn’t have done kinder by her. How you rid them miles in that time 1 can’t see, for that Warn an’ me set out afore sun-up an’ got to the Frenchman’s jest turned five o’clock. Now, how much money did you give Minny to frivol away?” She took out an old leather wallet and began unwinding a strap that held it tight. “ I have no account. “'ait until you hear from her.” “ 1 ani well-to-do, and Minny's all I’ve got to leave my property to ; so that needn’t worry you; and I don’t like her being under obligations to strange men. How much did you loan her ‘2” Oliver looked confused : “ Iâ€"I don't know ; there might have been three hun- dred dollars in the roll, â€"perhaps more." “ What 2” almost screamed Aunt Han- nah. “Heavens to Betsy ! you and me won’t ever set eyeson Miuny Patten till every cent of that money is gone. She don’t know the value out. She never had none of her own to spend afore.” “ 1 think she will use itto good advan- tage,” smiled Oliver. “ Besides, it. is bet- ter she has plenty, as she seems to have missed you. How did that happen 2" “ I've been away six weeks, visiting con- nections by marriage in Iowy, an’ I was coming hereto see how she was treated, for she ain‘t writ to me ’most two months, an’ he's mean enough to keep her from it. None of the neighbors knowed where I’d went, on account of their curiosity : I told ’ein mebbo Floridy, an' boarded up the lower winders in my house.” “ Well, the neighbors will take care of her,” said the doctor, cheerily. “ Here is Mike : so, Missâ€"â€"-” “ Patten,--Hannah Patten.” ‘ “ There is nothing for you to 'do but to accept our hospitality, city bachelors live well, you know,â€"aud to-morrow go down to Denver with us. Mr. Oliver_ probably has a letter from Mrs. Minny at his ofiice waiting for him, as she promised to let him know if she got home safely." “ I believe I will, and thank you," said Miss Patten, beginning to smooth down her hair. “The smell of them fried onions struck me all in a heap, for I ain't eat since breakfast,my niece's husband not even offering me a chair to set ou,let alone some- thing to eat, and I’ve got a feeling of gene uses that reminds me of one of Cap'n Sam’s sea-stories,â€"-Minny’s father, you know,â€" where a shipwrecked crew eat their boots and chewed sticks to keep e'm alive." “ You see," smiled Doctor John, “ I was right about our humble vegetable. It ap- peals to every heart. " “ And stomach," said Miss Patteu,walk- ing majestically up to the house. “ It mayn't be proper for me to stop here, but I guess our age protects us.” " Why, certainly," said Doctor John, meekly. “ It's in the air out here to do and largo~kuuckled, hands of that pride of ' erratic things, but the neighbors in your the village, a good housekeeper and one who has flowers in summer of her own tending. She pushed an unstable bonnet she wore back on her head, and locked at Oliver severely. As she seemed to know, he said, abjectly, “I helped hits. do Restaud get to the rail- road." “ I didn‘t nerd no telling." she answered, promptly. “ I'm clean beat out. I never rode on an animal before of any sort of kind. “ I‘ve got real rheumatic pains in my back and shoulders. It is hard for a woman at my age to have to gallivlite over an onset- tled country hunting a connection." “ Here are some cushions, " said Doctor John. coming out. his arms full. “Those chairs are uncomfortable. New, isn't that better: " " Yis. I suppose I' ll cat my meals oh” the mantel-niece for a neck. Now, you l l town shall never know, I swear it." (re iii: coxrixusn.) . ___â€"-. _ _. Gordon's Soudan Throne. Gordon’s “Soudan Throne" is a folding armchair he always sat in at Khartoum, and carried with him on his camel journeys. It was a little straighbbacked chair, hav- ingaskeleton frame of round iron,a carpet back and seat, gilt knobs forornament, and smallpa-ls on the arms for comfort. The carpet had grown dim in the African sun, which deprived it of all royal preten- sions. so that when Gordon returned from his Grvernorship of the Soudan and and. denly relied, “\Vherc is my throne 2 Has it beer. brought in ?" they were all surprised. His throne? Nobody had seen a throne. But at length his cam stool was found where it hadheenstowe away. 1 NEWS OF ELECTRICITY- USEFUL HINT FOR YOUNG ELECTRICIANS. One of the bugbears of the young elec- trician is the difficulty of remembering which way a magnetic needle turns when a current of electricity is sent along a wire in its vicinity. Ampere gave a rule which many find it troublesome to remember, and others have since tried to improve on it. the penhclder, it will represent the position of the magnet, the thumb-nail bein the north-seeking pole. Prof. Holten, of en- mark, now offers a rule which he says his students have always taken to very readily. The outstretched right hand is placed ' with the fingers pointing in the direction of the current, and the palm turned towards the magnet. The north-seeking pole of the magnet will then move in the direction of the outstretched thumb. SHALL WI! TRAVEL IN ELECTRIC SHIPS? Elihu Thompson says that whilewe may reasonably look forward to being able to telephone through an ocean cable under the Atlantic, it is hardly likely that we shall travel over it in ships propelled by electricity. It would actually be possible to construct electric motors able to turn screvs and propel our largest ships, but the supply of current energy to them for five days continuously would require the carrying of astorage battery of enormous cost, and so heavy that it could not be placed on board without sinking the ship. But here the indiscretiou of prophesy- ing comes in; and if there is anything in the world that it is unsafe to prophesy about it is the limitations of electrical pos- sibilities. Prof. Thomson, while framing his opinion according to modern lights, is not blind to this fact, for he adds: “It should, however, be borne constantly in mind, in dealing with the subject of elec- trical applications, that a new discovery might at any time change the aspect of every prophecy based on present know- ledge and conditions." ELECTRICITY IN THE MODERN HOUSE. Electricity is becoming an absorbing fac- tor in the luxury of modern life. ’lhe des- cription of the part it is to play in a new New York residential building sounds like a fairy tale. The elevators will be run and lighted by electricity. They will resemble huge gilt bird cages in appearance. The shaft for them will be of plate glass, set in bronze columns and protected by elaborate bronze grilles. The elevator doors will open and shut automatically by means of an electric device, and there will be no ropes or appliances visible except the cables which pull the cars. Thepressing of a button will start or stop them, light the electric lamps or extinguish them. There will be no direct artificial light in the balls or salons. , The source of light will be in- visible. The illumination will be dependent on artfully concealed electric lamps, whose light will be simply reflected, or blended with single or combined tints. aceordiug to the situation and the hangings of the apartment. Thus to a room furnished in white, is predominant tone of any given color can be imparted by the changing of the lamp shades, and the tints of colored rooms can be modified in the same way when desired. Attached to the building there will be a kitchen department. The cooking and most of the work of the de- partment will be done by electricity and the same agency will keep the house warm in winter and cool in summer. ELECTRIC “'INDMILL PLANTS. Aprize has been recently offered, by a Netherland society for the best paper on obtaining energy by means of windmills, accumulating this energy electrically, and transmitting it or making it portable. This question has already assumed a very prac- tical form in this country. The three ele: ments on which this utilization of wind power depends are: the windmill, the dynamo and the storage battery, and all these have now, in this connection, arrived at the commercial stage. The windmill has hitherto been mainly for pumping, drainage and irrigation, and its new employment for generating electricity will be a source.of great convenience to country communities who, without it, would be debarrod the advantages of electric light and power. The estimated average speed of the wind throughout this country is seven and three- quarters miles an hour, and any one with a windmill can have electric lighting by hitching on a small dynamo and a few storage batteries. That this can be done is shown by the working of a small and simple plant at Jersey City. The windmill has a diameter of 18 feet, and at a speed of twenty miles an hour can deliver three horse-power. The dynamo is driven by a belt connected with the mill gearing, and has a maximum capacity of thirty-five am- peres at thirty-five volts. It occupies a floor space of only 30 inches square, and is but 15 inches high. The storage cells furnish current for twenty-four incandes- cent lamps. ELECTRICITY IN ARTIILERY WORK. Artillerists are recognizing that electric- ity will prcvoamost useful adjunct to their offensive and defensive tactics. It has al- ready been used with great success in range-finding, aiming and firing, and it is now being introduced for the working of big guns, which, whether on board ship or in a fort, have hitherto been manipu- lated by steam or by hydraulic power. To obtain the maximum effectiveness the gun must be arranged to load, aim and fire while in motion ; and these objects may be attained by the use of electric motors with the greatest facility. Again, the angular movements of a ship in motion with respect to the gun can be produced and maintained in battle, and at the same time the guns may be kept pointed always on the enemy. he same may be said of the elevation and other movements, and an electrically con- trolled gun has a knack of shooting straight even in the choppicst sea. But one of the main uses of eclectricity in the game of war of the future will be the operation of projec- tors for eeacoast work. The two principal functions of projectorsin connection wither- tillerypractice on shore are:(l)'I‘he recogni- tionof distant points or objects. (23Tll0 illu- mination of extensive zones at shortdistauc- Prof. Daniell points out that if‘a penholder be held in the right hand in the usual way of writing it may be taken to represent the wire, and the flow of ink the current. If new, the thumb be stretched a little across es. The first requires great concentration- aud the second dis rsion of light. Pro- jectors for distant i lumination should he established on elevated positions; those which are intended to illuminate extensive zones at short distances should be as close as possible to the sea level. recent proposition as to the use of the electric projector for coast defense is to mount the light upon an electric car which runs upon a line of rails. On the car sits the operator, who controls thelight at will. In this way along line of scacoast can be rapidly and eil‘ectivelyiuspected, and when this system is used in conjunction with a means of communicating the result of the inspection instantly to any given point it will be seen that a valuable element in defensive warfare has been provided. Winter Clothing. In writing about “Clothing as a Protec- tion Against Cold,” Doctor Robson Rouse, an English authority, lays much stress on three points that are too generally ‘ disre- garded. Not clothing, but plenty of exer- cise and proper food are the sources of bod- ily warmth ;clothing does not give warmth, but only retains that of the body. There- fore at least one hour a day should be devot- ed to active exercise, after which a cold bath should he taken,ifpossible,and a change of underclothiug certainly. One heavy garment of any kind is not so efiective in retaining bodily heat as two much lighter garments of that kind. Bo- tween separate garments, lies a layer of air warmed from the body, and as still air is an excellent non-conductor of heat, it keeps the body's, from radiation, or going away on the moving outer air. Another advantage of thin woolen gar- ments is that they can be easily reduced or multiplied in number worn to suit changes of weather. Many athletic men value this advantage greatly, and wear two or three light ovcrcoats, instead of one heavy one in severely cold weather. Whenathaw comes they lay one or more oil’, and so escape the overheating and sweating from which the heavy-coated suffer during warm winter spells. The Japanese and Chinese both under- stand this principle well, and go clad in thin garments. each layer formed like its fellow. They reduce or add to the number of 1létyers according to the degree of outer co . Moderately loose garments retain the body’s warmth much better than tight ones, simply because the loose includes more air that the body has warmed. Again, a loosely woven fabric is better than one woven closely. This is not com- monly appreciated enough by civilized people, who are apt to choose close-woven, thick garments for winter wear. The American Northwest Indian knows better. He goes clad in blankets, and his squaw weaves him, from small pcltries, a coarse robe that is wonderfully efi'ective. The rabbit or squirrel or sometimes gopher skins are cut into strips with the hair or fur on, and these strips are woven crisscross so loosely that a finger can easily be poked through. Yet in such a robe one can sleep in a tent without fire on a far-below zero night and feel positively hot. So if “By oh, Baby Bunting’s” mother got that sort of a rabbit-skin to wrap Baby Bunting in, the infant was well protected. -â€"â€"â€"â€".-â€"â€"-â€"â€" Bear and Serpent-l Some clenchers wore setting their nets for game in an Indian jungle when their attention was attracted by hideous noisesâ€" roars of pain and rage, and a prolonged hissing, like the escape of steam from an engine. toward it,as seems more likelyâ€"and beheld what the Madras Mail describes as a “ Homeric conflict.” A jungle hear was fighting for its life with a colossal serpent. Probably the serpent had been sunning itself in the game track when the bear came along, and as neither animal would yield the path to the other, a contest became in- evitable. What the clenchers saw is thus described: The serpent wound its enormous folds around the bear ; the bear dashed from side to side and rolled on the ground in its frenzied ateinnts to get free, roaring angri- ly all the while and snapping its jaws like castanets at the serpeut’s folds. It could not reach them, however, on account of the way in which they were tightened around the bear's quivering body. , Thus engaged, the combatants swayed to the brow of a hill, down which the bear cast himself with a velocity that plainly discon- certed the serpent, for it unwound two or three of its folds and threw its tail around a tree, hoping so to anchor the hear. The manoeuvre resulted in its own undoing, in more ways than one., The rigid, outstretched line of tail gave the bear a chance to seize its assailant, a chance which up to this time had not been afforded. The hear was quick to seize its opportunity, and fastened its jaws in the snake’s quivering flesh. The hissing wasnow frighful, as the snake rapidly un- wound itself and struck savagely at the boat’s jaws. lly way of response, the bear roared furiously, dashing from side to side, and worrying the mouthful of serpent in its jaws in paroxysms of rage and pain. Once The most I l I ’ They hastened to the spotâ€"or ' l mass AND rams ammo Susan is Hebrew. a Lily. Alma is Latinfthe Kindly. Guy is French. the Leader. Job is Hebrew, the Mourner. Paul is Latin, the Small One. Rachel is Hebrew, the Lamb. Hugh is Dutch, the Lofty Man. Clara is Latin, the Bright One. Margaret is Greek, the Pearl. Ernest is Greek, the Serious Ono. Adeline is German, the Princess. Martin is Latin, the Martial One. Gilbert is Saxon, Bright as Gold. Eunice is Greek, the Fair Victory. Jacob is Hebrew, the Supplanter. Lucius is Latin, the Shining One. Peter is of Latin origin, the Rock. Minnie is a diminutive of Margaret. Ruth is Hebrew, and means Beauty. Sophia is Greek, and means “'isdom. Edwin is Saxon, a Happy Conqueror. Arabella is Latin, the Beautiful Altar. Rosamond is Saxon, The Rose of Peace. Florence is Latin, The Blooming One. Agatha is a Greek name, the Good One. James is of Hebrew origin, the Beguilor. Isaac, a Hebrew name, means Laughter. Lucy is the feminine of the Latin Lucius. Edith and Editha are Saxon, Happiness. Lionel, the Latin name, is A Little Lion. Leonard, the German name, is Lioulike. Douglas is Gaelic, signifying Dark Gray. Louisa is German, the feminine of Louis, Esther is a Hebrew word meaning Secret. Dagmar is German, the Joy of the Danes Daniel is Hebrew, meaning God is Judge. Oliver is of Roman origin, An Olive Tree. Matthew a Jewish name, signifies a Gift. Keturah, a Hebrew name, means Incense. Sarah, the Hebrew name, means Prin- cess. ~ Czesar, the Latin name, means Hairy Man. Agnes is of German origin, the Chaste One. Moses, 9. Hebrew name, means Drawn Out. Meredith is Celtic, The Roaring of the Sea. Huldah, from the Hebrew, means a weasel. Eugenia and Eugenie are French, Well Born. Ursula, the Latin name, means a she bear. “Roxana is a Persian name, The Day Dawn. Naomi is a Hebrew name, the Alluring One. Harold, the Champion, is of Saxon origin. Deborah is of Hebrew descent, signifying a Bee. ‘ Dorcas is from the Greek, signifying a Wild Roe. Catherine, a Greek name, means the Pure One. Constantine is Latin, signifying the Reso- lute. Joseph, of Hebrew origin, means an Ad- dition. ' Zenobia is Greek, and means the Life of Jove. Herbert, a German name, means Bright Lord. Maurice is of Roman origin, The Son of a Moor. v Frederic, a German name, signfies a Rich Peace. W Pretty Girls in Bethleh em. "' A correspondent of the Washington Star has been “ doing” the Holy Land, and is filled with admiration for tho damsels of Bethlehem. In a recent letter he writes : “I don’t wonder that Boaz fell in love with Ruth. The Bethlehem girls are among the beauties of the East, and you will find more pretty girls in the hills of J udea than in the same amount of territory anywhere else the world over. A shipload of these Bethlehem maidens, if they could be transportedto the great North-West, would capture the bonanza farmers of the Dakotas justas Ruth captured the great laud-owner, Boaz, and when they came back to Washington as Seuators' wives they would be the belles of the capital. These Bethlehem maidens are fair-skinned and bright-eyed. They have straight, well- roundcd forms, which they clothe, in long dresses of white linen, so beautifully cm- broidered in silk that a single-gown requires many months of work. This dress is much like an American woman’s nightgown, without the frills and laces. It falls from the neck to the feet, and is open at the front ina narrow slit as far down as a modest decollete dress. Over this gown they wear sleeveless cloaks of dark red stripes, and the head they cover. With a long shavl of linen embroidered With silk. more the serpent wound itself about the Each girl wears her dower on her person bear, the bear howled and gasped, and both, still struggling,rolled out of view into the high grass of the forest. Their track was marked with pools of blood ; and when they were again seon they had parted. The snake was coiled in an attitude of defence, with its head crect,and hissed apprehensivoly. Itliad had enough, and wished only to be left alone. Not so the bear. Though almost crushed to death, it Would not retire from the com- bat. After a moment’s pause it rushed upon the serpent, seized it by the head and dragged it about with roars of triumph. The undergrowth was beaten list by the convulsive strokes of the great serpent’s tail as the bear crushed its head to pieces, and finally it lay dead beneath the assaults of its vindictive enemy . Johnnyâ€"“ I'm sorry I fought with Jim- my Green yesterday." Mammaâ€"“ Why are you sorry?” “'Cause I knocked one of his front teeth out, an’ now he can spit through his tooth an’ I can’t." “ They say that matrimony is a lot- tery," remarked Simpkins, “ and I am firm- 0 l l I l in the shape of a necklace of coins and the forehead of each maiden is decorated with a crowu of coins. some of which are silver and others gold." -â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-.-â€"â€"â€"- Mediaoval Trick of a Gypsy- Endowed with a firm belief in the power. of fortune tellers, a woman living in Vin. cennes, who lately lost £32, consulted a Hungarian gypsyâ€"temporarily dWelllng in the localityâ€"about the missing money. The flypsy solemnly said that the devil was the thief; that if another sum of money equal in value to that lost were~ placed at night outsidothegate olthclocal graveyard, and if numerous prayers and paternosters were repeated, Satan would aisgorgo his ingotten booty. While saying the prayers the unsophisticated woman was to Walk round the cemetery, and as she was doing so the money was spirited aWsy. Nothing suspecting, the do went again to the gypsy, who said that t e sum heir, a; the gate undoubtedly contained spurious coins, and suggested the dc osit of another £32 in the mine place. 'I' c dupe would ly convinced that it's an investment that i have blindly obeyed the injunction asccond never pays any dividends." responded Sniffiker. “ Triplets," answerscd Snifiiker, in shallow whisper. “Mine did," I time had she not narrated her adventures “ in what way!" ,to a neighbor, thanks to whose prompt laction the police inierveuod. and 517%le the cunning gypsy.â€"{Lor.r:on Telegraph. .....-.â€"_ w-