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From the New York Times.l D. b.,
Bring me Il dictionary" SAID John
Randolph OF Roanoke, on his dcath-bed.
rhey brought him copy of Wcbster's
Unabridged Dictionary-thc edition of
1876, full OF diagrams of pleasing and
improving ANNALS '.Find me the, word
remorse,' " continued the dying states
man, and, alter prolonged and heated
discussion as TO the proper way of SPELL
ing the word, it was found, by the COM
bincd efforts of the weeping family.
Randolph placed his long aud slender
loretinger on the word, spelled it aloud,
should have believed that it was spelled
with an e. " turned his face to the wall
and, a few weeks later, expired. We
not only learn from this anecdote that
such word as remorse exists, but it is
also adapted to impress US with the fact
that the word should be spelled correct
ly. Remorse is not exclusively the pun
ishment of bad men. Good men, who
may have made well-meant mistakes,
frequently suffer the sharpest pangs of
this painful mental exercise There is
probably no better, more kindly, and
ii"'S ihou luuu
Mr.. Stiles, of Los Angeles, CAL, but ut
this moment he is prey to remorse to
such IN extent that life is burden to
him, and he would gladly flee away to
the uttermost parts oil the earth had he
only money enough to buy a through
ticket. l -
The choir of the Los Angeles church
contains two young ladies of remarkable
beauty, who, nevertheless, are insepara-
Bile friends. Miss Mary sings soprano
and Miss Julia contralto, and their voices
constitute the chief attractions OF the
choir. One Sunday in the early part of
September they fell into conversation at
tho close of the service upon some theme
OF unusual interest Alter conversing
earnest y while adjusting their bonnets,
the theme was still uneXhausted, and
Miss Mary said. sit right down, Julia,
dear. and tell me everything he said.p
Accordingly the two friends sat down,
and became so much interested that they
for got that the sexton was in the habit
of locking up the church Immediately
after service, and taking the key with
him to his residence, three miles away.
When they finally rose up to 90, and de-
scended to the door, they found it ias-
tened. and were brought face to face
with the alarming possibility that they
mi hit be compelled to spend the rest Of
the day and the night in confinement.
The lower windows were about twelve
feet from the ground, and the young la
dies did not dare to jump out. They
therefore stationed themselves at the
window to wait tor possible help, and in
the course OF halt an hour were reward
cd l,1, tp.. a.fiInpfal a nf
Stiles. Thai good young man was great
y astonishcd at beholding the fair pris-
nners, and Immediately began to devise
the key was out OF the question, Tor he
himself had just seen the sexton ride
away with the intention of attending Il
dog fight ut a camp fifteen miles from
Los Angeles. He proposed to the young
ladies that they should Jump, re!ymg
upon his promise to catch them, but they
declined, asserting that they would rat H.
er die. He then suggested that they
should let themselves down by their
hands from the window lodges, so that
their feet would just touch his shoulders,
and he could then help them to the grond
They refused even to consider this prop
osition, and told him that if he could do
nothing better than stand there and in
suit them. he might 80 and leave them
to their fate. Stimulated by this re-
proach, he suddenly hit upon happy
thought. Running to neighboring pile
OF lumber, he procured a long, wide,
unplaned board, one end OF which he
placed on the ground while the other
end reached to the window sill. Down
this board, which was inclined at an an
gle OF forty-iive degrees, he urged the
prisoners to slide, assuring them that
they could not fail to reach the ground
in safety. 1t was finally agreed, alter
many whispered consultations between
the two young ladies, that they could
accept MIR. Sii.es' advice, on condition,
however, that he should stand with his
back to the window, and devote all his
energies to the study OF the clouds. Pro-
onged preparations We're then made,
With the double of preserving silk skirts
rom contact with the board, and shoe
buttons from exposure TO the direct rays
,f the sun. These preparations were ut
asst completed, and Miss Mary, seating
herself on the inclined plane. shot swiftly
% the ground, with u short, sharp shrick
hat filled Mr.. Stiles with alarm. Miss
Julia followed with equal celebrity, and
TILL sharper shrek, and Mr.. Stiles
urned around to congratulate the girls
N their escape, and to receive their
,ratitude
Why those two usually polite and am
able girls told hrm to '.go away, you
orrld man." and simultaneously burst
nto tears, Mr.. Stiles could not imagine.
lad he not done all that he could for
hem? And had they not. through his
means. safely reached the ground? He
oud not understand such ingratitude;
ut when he picked up the board and
Iarted to carry il to the lumber pile, he
ropped IL with remark verging upon
reverence, while Hood of light burst
pon his mental vision. AS he silently
rev out his jack-knife and began to
lsinter the splinters, of which his hands
ere full, he felt thot he was little less
ian Il monster in human form. With
le best intentions. he had conducted
mseli in such way rs to earn the lust
dignaton of two beautiful and estina-
e girls. The worst feature of the case
as his inability to make any satisfact,-
apology. He did tor a moment think
presenting each of the girls with an
'oiogctlc case of needles, but a little
lection convinced him that it would
It do. From that day to this Miss
ary and Miss Julia have refused to
cognize him, and the uDtappy man,
nscious OF the impossibility OF saving
ythlng TO soothe their laccrated feel
gs, suffers day and night from more
morse than would be sufficient for