The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-21

nncommonlv ronob ON on him He was going inc
up to Reading the other day. and when he
reached the depot he happened to look into
the ladies' room. a woman sat there With
a lot of baggage and three children, and when
she saw Simmer she rushed at him, and be-
fore he could defend himself she flung her
arms about his neck. nestled her head unon
bis breast. and burst into tears. Skinner
wa, amazed, indignant. confouuded: !: and ERE
he could find utterance for his feelings, she
exclaimed. ooh. Hepryl Dear Henryi We
are united at last. Are YOU well? Is Aunt
Martha still alive? Have MT YOU longed to
see your own Louisa p" And she looked into
Summers face and clung to him and smiled
through her tears.
"Madam," said he, solenply, ssif I am the
person alluded to as .Henry.s permit me To
saw YOU have made mistake. NV name il
Iemuel: have no Aunt Martha. and don't
own a s ,litary Louisa. ObIipe me bv letting
o., NV coat. II excites remarks
Then she buried her bonnet deeper into his
waistcoat, and began to cry harder than ever,
and said, "Oh, Henry, how, how can YOU
treat me so? How can you pretend you are
"Madam," screamed Simmer, elf you do
not ee'sse sopphg F F om', BOSOM '1na ahoI RI
hs oh,ised to cali the police. lei me 90. I
say"
THE children are here" she persisted.
"Ihey recognize tnelr dear latner. Doht
you. chlldren ,...
Yes, yes, tney eXciameu, It's Pa, ~
or dear pa. ana tnen tney grappieu oIiii.
mer by the trousers leg ana hung 10 MS coat
tai,.
woman, ne sirIeheo, thls Is 9e..lls Sc
rious. Onnanu ne say. Anu mt llieu ~ ~
dlsengage himseii rom ner neremDrace-wniie al,
JQ6 DrdkemcQ, anu tue DdSIdgc IndSltT, duQ
tne newsDoys stooo AROUND and said his con.
ouct was INFAMOUS. III Tue niiust VI tue
strugsle stranger enterea WIN carpet pay.
ne iookeo eXactiy IKE oiIinmer-ahd Wnen
ne saw MS wig ~ Sluel n,. aiinS 1S nG oeealne
eAc'teu, anu nooieu onnuel wi'i ~, 'ne c1 1pos
ots, ang sal On niui' anu snlose nis nose anu
carollieu ,, on nls peau, anu asAe9 nIol wild. nc
ean.: % was ,,t T va, Ii ~ ,,;ao Ia
en- ana tne enemy went Oh MItn us wl'e anu
iamiiy In cao: ne caiIeu next oay 70 apoic
ogize. bis wlIe made tne mistake because OF
Slimmer's likeness TO MN. AND now SLIM
iner wishes he may soon De kicked In the 1ace
BY mule, so that ne Will resemble no other
human being on earth.-Md1 Adeter.
FIGHr WITH DEVIL FIsH.---Mr. Charles
pr,;nard or Rosto, in writing to tho
=,
ScaentJtc American ABOUT specimens Oh Tue
devil fish, relates this interesting incident:
The strength which these creatures possess.
10 almost beyond comrrehension. as is eyinced
hr what tooI nlace when INV net { pl was can
Tired He had seized hold of a submarine
1;rer Of work in the wreck of a sunken
s.oener off tbe coast of Florida. The man
w.a nowerfi,l Irishman. who claimed to
weicb w three hundred bounds. His size and
hr;I6 fujlv Verified tbis Statement. and to use
bis own language. stbe baste lan,led on the
70, Of INV shonlders and ninned NV arms
tisht fslt INV armor and mvself bpino
cracked into ieiv . II seems that he was
inst abont beins brought to the surface. else
The monster would have Killed him, for he
was suffering so from the terrible embrace
| that he couId move no part of himself. When
dragged on to the rail from which he had de-
scended, and finally released, he had tainted.
The men on the raft seized the fish by one OF
its wriggling arms and tried to pull il OIL, but
could not break the power OF single one OF