, 1880-10-29
His Lost Wife.

and all his hunting and lnqulrlng had
failed to get ttraoe OF her. He explained
the separation ssfollows .'.' IN 'ND w
"You see, we was lookin' at the run
min races. sich things allus excite me,
fur I've bin thar myself. The boss l
bet on was losing ground, and ] tried to
climb a stump to swing my hat and en-
courage him. That let the crowd in be-
tween me and Hammer, and the first j
knew couldn't lind her." "n.Gnonn
"How old is yolr wifep asked the
oaoer 0>Eiti4"' ~ .'"'I ..'' g" ',! ' 80
"Abous 22," replied the old man az a
red came to his face. "Shes my third
wife, you-see,l : Maybe ls1Iy I was little
Ioolisii. yu euu 80 LH ..u, 60 ~ GA
"Did she have any young loversp :
"Piles of 'em."ryt'uo 70, ego r.sw'
"Were any Of them at the State
fair}" tnE i'n"i '' 2'''"'..
II believe 7 saw two or three Of EN-
there" baL jsJrao o. ,a.uuo. .Ht
"Old man, said the officer, after a
long pause, ~ want to ask you ques-
ton, and ! hops you will net get Of
Tended" 9-Hp g. I...N D.o
"No, sir, L won't be mitled at any
thing you ask. y 'n' 7'' .o
"Suppose, now, that your wife had
had? That is tQ say, suppose she
had--p 's@AVB 3ftgtbl
"By gum !" exclaimed the old man, as
he shut up7bis jack-knife; "I believe !,
ketch your meaning. If Hammer has
played that trick on me, some body'l get
shot" ~ ,u,. olt n,., ..
"That's only my theory" mused the
officer "Perhsps she loves you aud
wouldn't think of elopins.' J .'E[h'
II dunno about that dunno /
gave her l20 acres .of, mighty nice land
before she'd have me, J WHAT shall 1 dol
feel as if / stood on hot gridiron."
"Take one more look over the ground
and III see you at the grand stand in an
hour" 81 - ~
The old mangfhrrisd offsat a canter,
and when the hour was up the officer
walked down to the stand. There he
found cross-eyed, lop-shouldered wom-
an sitting on the fence, with her No, 2
feet displayed to the gaze OF thousands,
Beside her was the old man. when he
saw the officer he got down and shook
hands, and whispered IA ysSe@ .
That's gAsr, and She never even
thought og3 Of # elOpnG"E0gE Y@ag.
The officer looked the young wife
over from head to foot, and was t1rn.
ing away when the old man whispered ::
II kin see them feet, and them eyes,
and that shoulder ljist 'asrplain as you
kin, but I'm no fool Her mother is
the only woman in ou, county who
weaves rag carpets, and her dad has
lent me 5000 without an indorser. And,
say2" 'i' a' "'''.'' h'.''.N
"Yes." f4rpM tr5y3 80 F,qG B.a 1l'
'The land / gin her has twelve tax
titles and mortgage on it--see2 ke-
luck-whoop I'm no chicken y
And he climbed up beside her, put
his arm around her waist, and yelled
out that he would back the roam horse
against the field. i Detroit Free Sc Pr Press.
HumMrNG Braps Lei us follow lit
tie Dan, the Oldest and shafpesSofha@
ming bird gathers, as he goes out for
birds. Firsthe goes TO a tree calico the
mountain palm, which replaces the Coz,
Goa palm in the mountains, the latter
growing only along the coast. Beneath
the trees are some fallen leaves some 6f-
teen feet in length; these he seizes and
strips, leaving the midrib bare, a long,
slender stem, tapering to point Up
on this tip he places lump Of bird lime,
10 make which he had collected the in
spissated juice Of the bread,fruit and
chewed it to the consistency Of soft wax
Scattered over the savanna are many
clumps Of towering bushes, over whose
crimson and snowy blossoms humming
birds are dashing, inserting their beaks
in the honeyed corollas, after active
forays resting upon some bare twig,
pruning and preening their Feathers
Cautiously creeping toward a bush upon
which one of these little beauties is rest
ing, the hunter extends the palni-rib
with its treacherous coating of gum.
The bird eyes it curiously but fearlessly
as it approaches his resting place, even
pecking at it, but the next moment he
is dangling helplessly beating the air
with buzzing wings IN vain efforts to es-
cape the clutches ofthat dangerous gum.
A young German was once pressing
his suit and in the midst of his ardvr
questioned the object of his choice as to