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 rise.'"
 How do you know I do?"
 Internal evidence;" and he touched my manuscript. This betrays . severe course. You must alter your style, Mis- Jones. Time enough for you to come to the cynical-sensual.metaphys.cal-iacom- om- pCehensible in ten years, say. You'll be educated up to the point of not believing . word of it by that time. Kindly leave me your address, and the manuscrip, shall be returned in the usual way.n
 No. r Brown street, Bloomsbury, w C ] replied, my face crimson, care oi Nn. Kent"
 He wrote 1t do~n, and then stood uu to indicate that the interview vas over, bowed formally, and then touched littie bell Suddenly . small boy appeared, who conducted me down dark, brealxneci st.irA through several mouldy, dusty labyrinthine passages and out through a beok-sellers shop. lfelt mose thoroughly small, mean, misaable, and disRusted tAan had sver fbk in ny whole lie, as l emerged rom the shady hy-stree1, con- timing the ofZSce, into the light and 6ustle of Hccadilly, and e got into . b0s, vowed never again to come to . peEsonal encounter viiA an editor. Hith- RtD had heen content to drcp my linle ceatibutioa modessly into the lesner- bones of certain weekly publications that ds6ght in small stueics, or would send them by post and await the result with uhak patience could. Sometimes usy aosio and vssses were accepted, some
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
How COuldOck Got Even.

A few years ago there was a well known
actor by the name OF Mexican Buchanan,
or "Old Buck" as he was familiarly called.
At hotel at Cairo, Ill., he met Charley
Couldock The night was disagreeable; (;
the meeting was merry one. After par
taking of few glasses game of poker
was proposed. Now, CouldOck liked the
sport, but was not an expert. Buchanan
was-not that he was ever known to cheat,
but he always won. In short time
Couldock was cleaned out" and the party
went to bed. Next morning Buck met
Charley and said:
Il am going out West for little shoot
ing recreation, but would like to act out
there as well. Do you know the manager
at Cheyenne?
II do" said the old man.
WELL" said Buck. Il wish you would
give me line to him"
Certainly" said Couldock, and he I'M
mediately wrote the letter. 1t ran thus
"Mr. Ruskin-This will be handed you
by my friend Mr. Mexican Buchanan, an
actor of much merit. He comes to your
town on professional business. He plays
"Virginius." 'Richelieu," Hamlet" Shy
lock-" "Richard Ill" and poker. He plays
poker best"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
Honor the Dear Old Mother.

Honor the dear old mother. Time mas
scattered the snowy flakes on her brow,
plowed deep furrows on her cheeks, but is
she not sweeter and more beautiful now
The lips are thin and shrunken, but those
are the lips that have kissed away many
hot tear from childhOod's cheek, and they
are the sweetest in all the world. The eye
is dim yet it glows with the soft radiance
of holy love which can never fade. All,
yes. she is the same dear old mother. The
sands of life are nearly run out, but feeble
as she is, she will 90 further and reach
down lower for you than any person upon
earth. You cannot walk into midnight
where she cannot see you; you cannot en-
ter prison where bars will keep her out;
you cannot mount scaffOld too high for
her to reach that she may kiss and bless
You in evidence of her deathless love.
When the world shall despise and forsake
you, when it leaves you by the wayside to
die unnoticed, the dear old mother will
gather you in her feeble arms and carry
you home and tell you all of your virtues,
till you almost forget that your soul is dis
figured by vices Love her tenderly and
cheer her declining years with holy devo-
on
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03

winds wailing down the chimneys. Rigi-
nald Denny had gone home but some I'M
analized notion induced him to return
quietly and by stealth at 2 o'clock in the
morning Letting himself in by his own
private key, with word of reinsurance to
the alarmed watchman who paced the
outer halls, he noiselessly entered the bank
ing rooms.
The safe where the money and valuable
papers were kept was wide open. Kneel-
ing before it with both hands full of bills,
hurriedly transferring some TO an open
leather case in his right hand and putting
others back, was Jerome Hale himself
In an instant Reginald Deuny's IRON
grasp was on his arm.
$50 have got at the root Of the matter
at last" in deep, stern voice. SO you
are the burglar, Jerome Haler
With with rage and diSmay, Hale
sprang to his feet and confronted the man
whom he had so long been systematically
robbing.
You have discovered me, he cried 10
stifed accents, ''but you never shall coz
Wet me"
There was vivid flash, the report Of
| pistol and the next instant Jerome Hale
! lay dead before the eyes OF the horrifed
! banker.
at was not his own fault so much rs it
was his wife's,' people said when the ugly
| facts connected with jerome Hales suicide
! leaked out "IIe was weak, but not
naturally wicked. and she prosecuted hinl
mercilessly for money. Poor girl Her
dress and fashion and luxuries Were dearly
| bought"
And Victoria Hale, sitting pale and agon-
lied, in her deep widows weeds knew as
well as if supernatural hands had written
! it in fiery letters on the wall that she mur-
| dered her husband.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
A CLERGYMAN and His Room. Mate.

A Naugatuck passenger by the New
Haven boat to New York tells the follow
ing story, says the Norwich Conn., Batte-
tin: The staterOoms were all taken, but
at last clergyman, at the suggestion of
the clerk, consented to share his room with
a Naugatuck man. The former took
Bible from his pocket and read a chapter
to himself and then knelt in prayer, with
out asking the other to join him in his
devotions or noticing him at all. He then
divested himself of his clothing, placed his
wallet carefully under his pillow, and said
to him: There, / have put my money
and watch under my pillow for safe keep
ing, and if You get up in the night and
steal it the Lord will punish you" Well"
said the other, Il have left my watch and
money in my clothing on that chair, and if
you get up and run away with them you
are much smarter man than think You
aren
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
Lucky Heirs.

The heirs of the Kerr estate in Chicago
are in luck, having just had a great wind
fall. Some thirteen years ago they brought
suit to recover the value of one hundred
and eleven acres of land in the heart of one
of the city parks, and after lingering in
litigation all that length of time the United
States district court has just decided the
case The jury rendered verdict for the
heirs, fixing the value of the property at
s35O,OOO at the time it was taken posses
sion of. which with the interest amounts to
over 100000. We don't know how many
of the Kerr heirs there are, but presume
they have got enough to go round, and
Give 'em each dollar apiece, that is, if the
lawyers leave them anything TO divide.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
PraNiteies and Phrync.

". W. STORY.
A Thousand silent years ago,
The twilight faint and pale
Was drawing DER the sunset glow
Its soft and shadowy Neh,-
when from his work the sculptor stayed
His hand and turned to one
Who stood beside him half in shade,
said with sigh, " Ils done.
.sTh,s much is saved from chance ana chahge'
That wat for me and thee,
rims much-how little from the rage
OF Death and Destiny.
. ..pbrvne, thy human lips shall pale
THY rounded limbs decay
Nor love nor prayers can aught aValt
10 bid thy beauty stay;
.sV.,,f there thy smile for centuries
ON marble lips shall live
For art can grant what love dehles
And fix the fugitive.
sad thought! nor age. nor death snail iade
THE youth of this cold bust
VIZ, yybis Quick brain and hand that made,
And thou and art dust
..,vbap all our hopes and fears are dead
And both our hearts are colo;
And love is like q tune that playeu
And life a tale that's toId,
This senseless stone SO eoldiy lalr
That love nor life can warm,
The same enchanting LOOK sh'h "e"i'
The same enchanting form.
ITS peace no sorrow shall destroy
Its beauty age shall spare,
The bitterness of vanished JOY
The wearing waste of care
uA nd there upon that silent face
shall unborn ages see
Perennial youth perennial grace
And sealed serenity.
....,l ...oroers when we sleep in peace,
Gnu Sha,I ~ IaII not quite unmoved,
So smiled upon Praxiteles ),
The Phryne whom he loved"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
story of Two Guineas.
New York World.

new OTk w oriu'
Four gentlemen were seated at a table
in the smoking room of the steamer Alaska
of the GuiOn Line on he recent remarkable
trip across The sea was running heavy
and the smoking room steward found 1t a
delicate matter TO place glass and bot
tie before each of the four gentlemens and
to uncork the complimentary ginger ale
otherwise than on his head. The conver-
satiOn turned on the extraordinary speed
the steamer was making, and led TO a bet.
In covering" the wager OF a sovereign
upon trivial matter one of the four gen
tlemen took from his purse guinea OF the
reign of William and Mary.
There are only two of them III exist
ence," he said proudly and this piece *
worth hundred times its face value. Had
the other the collection of two would he
simply invaluable to numiSmatIStS.'
He laid it on the table as he spoke, and
in a moment after the com had disap-
peared. Nobody saw 1t fall OF glide OF the
table. Nobody saw anybody else take 1t.
It's owner searched high and low hlS three
companions and the steward helped him.
No other persons were in the compartment,
and vet the coin could not be found.
These four men had been strangers to
each other when the voyage began. They
had been been five days out and We're rap
idly nearing port The owner Of the val
liable coin was inconsolable, suspicious and
profane by turns.
Il tell YOU what is the best thing to do,
said one Of the party. The coin Is not on
the floor; it cannot have rolled through
the ceiling SOMEBODY here must have 1t.
Let all of US be searched"
All agreed but one gentleman who had
hitherto said nothing He positively re
fused to suffer such IN indignity. When
it was suggested to him that where all
Others agreed no single person ought to Oh
ject, he simply declined, made his bow,
took his drink alone, and left for his state
room.
The good old ship Alaska plowed on to
her sixth day, and just after completing 1t
Fire Island was sighted. The gentleman
who had refused to be searched had been
kept in coventry; the three others who had
sat at the table with him unanimously sus
pected him.
But Just as the pilot came aboard the
Alaska the gentleman who had lost the
guinea found it sticking in the sole OF his
boot, where it had been wedged ever since
he had first displayed it. He was over
ioyed at his discovery, and anxious to make
amends for his unjust suspicious.
But said he to the gentleman who had
refused to be searched why on earth did
you not agree as we all did to such sim
pie test? That would have settled the
matter instantly"
mo, it wouldn't" answered the other.
"Why nOt?"
Because producing his purse there Is
the only other coin of the kind in the
wOrld-same date, same color, worn the
same. That is the reason ! refused to be
searched, for nothing on earth would have
made you believe this was not your own
coin had you not been so lucky as to re-
cover it."
As the Alaska moved into port social
glass removed all traces of unpleasantness
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
The Usual Ornaments OF Hotel

The Usual ornaments OF hOteI
Clerk.
Hotel Reporter.
''Pa, who is that pretty man."
"My child. that is the hotel clerk
Does he know he's pretty 2"
What question. OF course he does"
Then people don't have to tell him 2"
Decidedly not"
what makes him so pretty?'
"His graces and his ornaments"
What are his graces?"
"Modesty and truthfulness."
"How modest is he %
"As government mule"
rs he always truthful q
"CertesD
What are his ornaments"
Virtue and Chatham street diamonds" "
HAS he any other attraction ?"
"He has-frequently."
what is it?
"Gall"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
TmEY Didn't TBifNK.
By PHOEBE CARY.

By PHOEBE CARY.
Once "a trap WAS nalt"d
With a. piece OG cheese
II aicklc9 50 a little mouse
n almost mede him smeeZC.
An old rat said, There's danger
BE careful where you gO"
"SOnsCusc - said the other,
II don't think YOU know
So he walked in boldly.
Nobody ln sight,
First he took q niODIes
Then he took a bite
Close the trap together
Snapped as quick ns wink,
Catching mOUsey fast there,
Cause hc dbdn'l think
Once little turkey,
Fond OF her own way,
Wouldn't ask the old ONES
Where 10 go or stay.
She said, u am not - baby,
Here am half grown;
Surely I sm big enough
To run around alone"
OG she went but somebody
Hiding, saw her pass;
Soon. like SNOW, her feathers
Covered all the grass
So she made a supper
For a sly young mink
Cause she was 50 headstroHE
That shc couldn't thinks
Once there was a robin
Lived outside the door,
Who wanted 10 go inside.
And hop upon the HooFs
mo. no, said the mother,
You must stay with 1me,
Little birds are safest
Sitting in trecI
81 don't care" said robin,
And gave his tail fling,
II don't think the old folks
Know quite everything
Down he few, and Kitty seized him
Before he'd time to think,
"Oh :" he cried, "l'm sorry,
But didn't think"
Now, my little children,
You who read this song.
Don't you see what trouble
Comes of thinking wrong
Can't YOU take a warning
From their dreadful fate.
Who began their thinking
When u was too late"
Don think there's always safety,
Don't suppose you know more
Than any body knows
Who has gone before.
hut when you're warned ot rulms
Pause upon the brink,
And don't go under heaaalongs
Cause you didn't think.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
Knew His Business.

Il thought you said that dog knew his
business" said metropolitan youth, who
had been out after ducks and had hired the
dog to assist him.
'1So did," was the reply; there isn't
better bird dog in this part of the country.
Hes the worst mongrel / ever saw"
continued the youth. why, | hadn't
been out more than half an hour before he
left me in the lurch."
what did he do?" asked the man.
"Why the first duck | saw was perched
on a fence, and, through some trouble with
the gun, fired at it seven times without
hitting it, and every time l fired the blasted
animal would set up long howl After
the seventh shot and just as | was getting
a sure sight on the bird, what does the mis-
erable cur do but tear piece out OF my
pantaloons, and, with his tail between his
legs. start on dead run for home. Do
YOU call that dog that knows his bust
ness ?'
''Yes," replied the owner OF the lntelll-
gent animal, patting him on the head.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
The Bells of Lynn.

When the eve is crossing gray and tile tide is
sit and I6ok across the hay to the bonny town
Aud the fisher folks are near,
but wis they never hear
The songs the far bells make for me, the oonny
bells Of Lynn.
The folks are chatting gay and heart merry
din.
Fut look and look across the bay 20 the bonny
town of Lynn;
He told me to wait here
Upon the old brown pier,
To wait and watch him coming when the tide
was rolling in.
Oh, see him pulling strong, pulling DER the bay
Ard hear his iovial song and his merry face
see;
aud now he's at the pier,
NV bonny love and dear! go
And mes coming up the sea-washed steps with
hands outstretched to me.
Oh, ,ny love, your cheek is cold and your hands
are stark and thin!
Oh hear YOU not the bells Of old, the bonny bells
of Lynn?
Oh have you naught to say
Upon wedding day?
Love, hear you not the wedding bells across the
Bay OF Lynn
Oh. my lover, speak TO me! and hold me fast
mine own!
For fear this rising sea and these winds and
waves that moan
But never 3 word he said
He is dead my love is dead!
Ah me! an me did but dream, and am all
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-01-03
Gone Democratic.

Here is one of Senator "Zeb" Fances
stories: In North Carolina white man
was arranged for stealing chickens from a
negro The jury was composed OF seven
white men and five negroes, and one OF the
latter was made foreman. They came into
court and the clerk demanded
"Have you agreed upon verdict"
Yes, sah."
"What is it 2"
"De jury am gone Democratic, sab, and
de prisoner am not guilty"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-07-14

denounce it? Never, until the present time,
after period of nine years, has he raised his
voice against it.
Col. Il. A. Smith. now of the Boston
Journal, who in 1875 was secretary of the
Maine republican State committee. told me
that the first intimation he had of the circu-
lar was through the mail. Mr.. Madigan was
a warm personal friend of Col. Smith. He
at once wrote to Mr.. Blaine denOuncing the
circular, and stating that if the republican
State committee countenanced it. he would
resign as secretary. Col. Smith further told
me that Mr.. Blaine Immediately wrote TO him
denouncing the circular and saving that he
knew nothing about it until he received a
copy Of it through the mail. Mr.. Blaine
told me that he was in no way responsible
for it; that he denounced it, and said ne
would not put cods on his mothers grave
Mr. Blaine is a broad, liberal man. FIR.
Murphy of Augusta, who knows him init
mately. tells me that more liberal man
toward Irish. American Catholics does not
live. | feel positive you will at once pub
lsh the truth of the matter, so that your
large circle of readers NAV see that Gov.
Plaisted, and not Mr. Blaine was the author
Of the bigoted circular in question.
Very truly yours.
WILLIAM H. LooSEY.