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hut the outburst had relieved the dazzled
brain, and gradually some of her usual hard
courage began to return.
must go in" she said s'eadily. ~ will
go in" and she took n key from hor pocket.
and with n firm hand unlocked the door. and
crossing the threshold stood, almost without
breathing, inside It.
A Young April moon suffused the room
with n soft radiance that indistinctlv revealed
the outlines of the two lads and showed to
her staring ewes n little heap beneath n cover
lid that lay no more silent and ~stirless than
she had expected. Slowly, step by step. sue
advanced into the room: In the middle of II
she halted. trembling convulsively, and sum-
as one suddenly Smitten TO the ground, then
on her hands and knees crAwled to the bed,
and with one supreme effort dragged herself
MP by II, and plucked the covering from the
cuildren'S faces.
80 God they were warm" She felt that
living warmth before she had touched them;
astonished. wide-eyed, nm ecstasy of JOY
lifting her above earth, she stretched n hand
and fe.t Wadlle's baby check; then with ~
wild cry upon her Maker. tell back IA sense
less heap upon the ground.
Waddie. awakened by that cold touch. and
having slept n great deal that day. did not
relapse into slumber, but lay quite still, with
WIDE opened eyes fixed on the ceiling.
Daddy's arms were no longer round him;
they had slipped away, and he sept heavily,
80 heavily that he did not feel the soft kiss
WaddIe presently dropped on his cold cheek,
nor yet the soft breath that lowered low
ingly about him.
In that dim light Waddie could see his
brother quite plainly, and something in his
face touched Inn, and caused IN unknown
trouble III his baby heart; tears gathered in
his eyes and fell ON the pillow.
Me wis Muver would come" he said
nlond she soon kiss Daddy and make him
vel"
As if in answer to him, n low moan broke
ON his ear-no; from Daddv-for he lay still
as before. and Waddie sat up in bed, his
heart beating violently, aud listened with all
his might.
His mind hnd never been tortured by ideas
o. ghosts. and he lc.tno fear, only wondered
what was, Tor lie could e" nothing.
He heard tho sound again. and a Rasping
cry. as of some one fighting for rGath; then
he pushed the clothes back softly tor fear Of
awGkiug Daddy. and rolled his chubby limbs
to the bottom of the bed, alighting on the
floor with n big bump.
liz knew in n moment who il was living
there, and saw the white bandnge half
hidden by the streaming thick hair under
stood. too, IN some tender, childish way, the
agony that was in the wumau's soul, and
winch rncked her body, and kneehng down
beside her. he Put his little hand on that
miserable head, saying!
Poor 'oomnu, Has 90 hurled 'ooSe!t,
nud so'uu couldn't tum back ~
Inc woman raised herself. looking wildly
Mt the innocent, anxious little face so near
her OWN. then with II low cry she snatcned
HIM in her arms, covering his feet, his limbs,
| his hair, with KISSES, Waddie made no OBJ
! lection: he forgot those weary nights aud
| days Of cold and hunser-for achild Of three
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During the iron excitement in New Jersey
n number of years Ago., / was taken with the
fever and went there to prospect. One day,
while tracing Il vein, l came to a stream of
water about two rods wide, the current of
which ran too swift to measure the depth by
any appliances close at hand. Therefore l
concluded to stretch n rope across and take
the chances of ~tording, being n good swim
mer. rather than send one of my men and
perhaps be compelled to pay for a funeral, If
not subsidize a widow. AS neared the centre
there appeared to be a depression of about 2
feet and 10 across. The needle of the com-
pass dropped until it reached 80 degrees.
This hole was full of fish. that continually
then a chill up my back as I felt the Shiny
backs beneath my feet and fancied a snake or
something worse. After getting the dip of
the vein located | threw the instrument on
shore and stood there up to my chin in water
and caught speckled trout between my legs
as fast as l could throw them out, and, what
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Greedy pIckercl.

Three years ago 1 was = hing on Beaver
Lake, Wisconsin. l had been fishing with
live clubs for about three hours and had
hooked and landed forty-two game fish, black
bass, pickerel ind wall-eyed pike. whose
average weight WIS a little over four pounds
each. Fearing that IL l continued fishing
much longer | would catch all the fish in the
and bait, and just as 1 was taking the live
club of the hook a soven-pound pickerel
jumped at the bait. swallowed the same and
dropped into the boat. when / quickly Sc
cured him and added him to my already
very long string. A. S.,
81 South Washington square.
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ANGLERS TALES.
Narratives Of Wonderful Exploits With
the Rod and Reel.
What They Caught and How 1t
Came About.
Remarkable Adventures With Inhabi-
tants of the Deep.
More Thawcd-Out Fish.

Mr.. William LAM, keeper of the keys of
the Sunset Club and an honored Ohio citizen,
had an experience worthy of mention. A
few Winters ngo he had occasion TO 20 to
Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie. When ready to re-
turn to Toledo he wrapped two large small
mouth black bass, which had been frozen for
Xix weeks as stiff as the North Pole. When
he arrived home. Snturday.evening. he forgot
about the fish. Sunday he went to church,
and, being late, placed his o~vercoat upon the
steam heating pipes and dropped in the last
pew. During the sermon he thought he no.
tIced the coat move. but thinking it was
some new contrivance to keep him awake, he
pad no further attention to it and resumed
his doing. A few moments later Steward
Louie Hope gently tapped him upon the right
shoulder and whispered: Brother LAM.
your coat moves" The veteran angler turned
quickly around inst in time to sec the two
bass leap out of the pocket and hound about
the floor. The heat had thoroughly thnwed
them out. The fish we're taken home, placed
in an aquarium and can be scenic this day by
the mere asking. President, Unset Club.
j. E. GUNcKEL, Secretary.
Toledo, O., JULY /.
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Two Pike at One Bite.

While at Schroon Lake. Adirondack. last
Summer. Imade a most remarkable catch. A
party from the hotel organized to 60 fishing,
with an offered reward for the best catch. l
had cast my line only short while when 81
felt n bite and drew in u fine pike having an
other fish in tow. II seems that the second
pike was caught upon a remnant of a line
with several hooks attached, and that by
brushing by, or some other circumstance.
the pike l caught had lodged the hook in its
inseparably connected. l received the prize,
not for the largest number, but for the best
catch, two pike at one bite. l afterwards
learned that a young man the day before
unguarded moment, but his loss proved my
gain. HERMAN A. HEYDT,
673 Eighth avenue.
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boys, r~esenting his clothes, were spiteful,
and hindered lin IN every possible way,
hustling him and scattering the pieces Of
wood az fast ms his unaccustomed fingers
fastened them together. And the thought of
Waddie crying alone and deserted in the
miserable room almost took his feeble
strength from him, so that it was long before
he got his first bundle on his back and
followed some of the others to his destina-
tion-a kind of market place where the
poorer people around bought their fuel.
To his Joy he found that the place was
close to the alley where he lived, and coming
back, he slipped from the others, ran to the
window. and peeped in.
Waddie was k%neeling up in bed, his face
hidden by his falling cnrls and tho hands he
he'd up before it, his little day shut slipping
of his rounded shoulders and limbs, while
his body WAS shaken by sobs.
"Muver muVer muver ~ he was crying
over and over again. like u hungry little bird
calling necessarily in his lonely nest. Me
want 100, muver; Daddy's dorm away and
Daddy heard him distinctly, and tapped
hard Mt the window pane.
"Waddie !" he cried. Waddie! come
here"
tumb!ing over himself in his haste to reach
his lost darling, Daddy. -,
Me tort you had rurncded away too" he
snid, scramhlinG NJ INTO the high chair.
Oh Daddy, me is wclly cold and welly
hungedv :"
Listen, Waddie," sad Paddy very clear,
lv, I" Won are going 10 have something to eat
soon, and something to drink. and now you
must take you toys into led with YOU. and
pull the clothes all round you. and
and I'll be as quick as ever / can, .Waddie. "
And then Daddy sped away for his life, not
daring to look back at the cherub face that
seemed TO have grown thin during one Sab
bath day and night of fastiIg
By u O'Clock Daddy had carried hut five
faggots. and he went on with his work whom
master had watched HIM Mt intervals, and
now cam" M.
"Mhy don't YOU ~ to your dinner p he
said.
Daddy shook his head. He could work,
but he could not beg. >.
Here. " said the man, roughly, take half
your wage now, and do your seven fagots
after YOU have eaten, " and he put three half
| pence. i'll the boys hand.
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THE NEW WESTMINSTER TRACK.
Many and Valuable Purses TO he Raced
for Next Month.

The New York Jockey Clubs course at West
chester il now completed. Over ~, 400, 600
have been expended upon this track in cutting
down hills, draining swamps. filling in holes,
grading the track, erecting the stables and the
grand stand.
Leonard Jerome, President of the Club. and
the governors employed Messrs. Day and Jack
son, who laid out the course at Sheepslcad with
the happy result of making n track which il de-
clared by experts az being unrivallcd by the
race-Courses Of the world.
The sadd!ing-shcd ia marvel in architecture.
The roof is suspended by the cautileyer
principle. tested to bear upon il II great weight,
and to stand unbending the. heaviest fall OF
snow. This affords a great shed Tor saddling
M, with no posts to iniure horses. should they
be ~rcstlve. The betting ring is beneath the
grand stand i'll II lofty room 800 feet long and
100 feet wide, with n pan ellatcd concrete floor.
The sum OF $50. 800 added money to the
meeting will convince the most %sCppticRl that
the races will be well run, for every purse will
he worth Al 900 and the sweepstakes will be
very handsome. The great attraction is the
Cubs stakes for twO.y ear-olds. on Aug. -.
The books closed will ~ entrlcs. To the
purse is added $40, 900. The New \ Ork Jockey
Club Handicap, II nile and Il quarter, open to all
ages, will he run on the same day. In II will be
all the crack horses who have been winning the
prizes at jerome, CoIey Island aud Monmouth
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bears no malice and his memory is divinely
short and presently of his own accord he
kissed her.
She wrapped the skirt of her dress warmly
about him, as they held a conversation in
which the simple monotonous life of the
boys during the last seven DAYS was told.
God bless Daddy" she said once, with
David bless dear Daddy echoed the
child. us thort 90 very wicked.'' said
Waddie, i'll conclusion. shaking bus bright
head. Us didn't know a nasty old 'orse had
ruined over 90 Did it hurt 90 wolly
much ~
He fell asleep soon after that, and all
through the night, and the clear strengthen
ing dawn that showed all the loneliness OF the
little face on her breast, she sat there notion
less, while one by one the devils that pos
sessed her slowly and grudgingly left her
soul.
1t was a human being. with a possible
future Of redemption, and not q hend whose
every earthly and heavenly hope had been
long cast out. who rose at last and laying the
child in her wi bed, drew near and looked
at the hoy whose courage and patience had
saved her from the CRIME OF murder, DE stun
slept, but with the dull lethargy OF exhaus-
ton rather than the light, peaceful slumber
of childhood. Dark blue shadows lay under
his eyes, his features had, that worn and
pinched look that is seen in half-starved gut
ter children. the hands lying outside the
~coyerlct were scratched and torn. and in
some PAGES bleeding, and the suffering OF
wears, not DAYS, was Stfllpeu On inc lhlE
looks that still retained their natural express
sion of goodness and truth.
The woman's breath caught in a hard dry
sob. She half stretched her hand to his head,
then drew ii back-she was not worthy.
Through her brain there fitted two half
forgotten lines:
And shines upon the still face on the bed;
Yes. it is morning now"
'Oh. no" she cried aloud in her agony"
mot that not that. o God, say that l am
not too late,
The cry disturbed Daddy; he moved rest
less v, Mother.' he SAID, Mother
HI woman s,OoAed over him, aud lightly,
revcrentlv covered UP those ~distigured
hands: then she kLelt down beside him, and
for the hrst time since she hai lost her inno-
cence. wrestled with God III prayer for that
one little life, pouring out her soul like water
in her great desire.
Balm and healing came to her there. 1t
was n humble and repentant woman who rose
at last. md, removing the bandages that hid
the cruel wound in her head, bound up her
hair, cleansed her face and stood at last .
haggard, beautiful wreck, whose will, at
least, would furnish strength for the work
she had thar morning to do.
For n II moment size paused by Waddie's side,
and her llus moved hut it was at Daddy
she gaIcd Longest, when, ON going out OF the
door, she locked back.
The sun shouo Town ON the pAllid boy, and
threw its notes on Waddie's golden ourla.
Slowly she moved away were safe now
each step that took her further way was
bringing nearer to thom-" MuVer."
THE END.
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they anne bRck to their hotel, weary with
following up false clues " for not ull
the fathers and mo hers love i'll the world,
not all the dctcS ives in London had been
able 10 trace them h1f. o! my God, my
God, Why did | do ity-what have ! done"
arms twisted in the heavy hair that had fallen
over her, biting the dust outside thut portal
which she WIS afraid to enter,
II was mad to steal them, " she went on in
That unnatural voice, 'mnd. lie cut me
adrift like II dog when he married. though |
was good enough to he held in his arms the
day before he swore fnithfulness to another
he'd stood ny like a man and told me the
truth earlier | Wight ave forgiven him .
Int the man who doesn't begin lis married
lie with Il C,tan slate deserves nll he vets
> : only it lsDi his ch ldrcu's fault . .
and he's alive and 'Iev Rre-dcud 10 Il" Inst
word ended almost in II shrek: IA pan c Of
uurensouing fear seized her. she drew hnck
from the door, strainlng her eyes in the dark
ness upon II.
Il can't go in" she cried. half crazed
with horror II can't see those little
wasted, cold bodies. If they'd only sent me
TO jail | could hive got help for them; but
the cursed drink - she paused and PIT up
her hamd TO he thick bandagc bound round
her head, 1T never served me such II trick
before. Int it's i'll work measuring cups with
The nrNil. and when that van etr,lck me
down" Shr uuuS, d again nS ON" who
tres T. Iem,mher. But 10 night yes, TO-
nigh got my wits back. aud wG"I lhcy
were al. downstairs | put on my clpthut and
stole ont. They were laughing So loud they
novor heard me. they were good people,
they never touched what was left of my
wage. But | didn't buy any food for the
chi lren as ! cnme along, It's too late"
For a while she rocked herself to aAl fgp,
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one penny during the past six days of work,
which he had laid ont IN the bread now in
the cupboard. Aud he felt ill aud strange,
with noises in his ears and whispering yoIrcs
that were nowhere near him. He must rouse
himself, md he lifted Waddic and carried
hin back to bed, think ng regre'fully of TINT
luxury of sweets III which he had ndulged
the little fellow.
Then he undressed him. they said their
prayers together, aud, warm and happy,
WRddie fell asleep in his arms, while. too
weary to uudress. Daddy drew the counter
pane about him and slept also.
Close upon midnight a step that Jagged and
fnlltred, sometime, pauslng altogether, came
down the alley, and halted nj last by the
outer door Of the boys miserable nome.
There was the slow SOUND IF n key turning
in tn" lock, aud n woman = unified over the
thTc~ho It. cropping her way through the
small passage TO n door, outside viii h sl"
sank duwl on her knees, shuudcIing aud
shivcriug in every limb.
The agu" fit past. she bent her ear TO the
keyhOle and listened, but not n sound, not u
breath or 5 gh came RON within.
She had expected this awful silence, this
everlasting stiffness; il had moved with her
all through the noisy, heating heart OF the
great city. But the reality was something
weighed her down like lcNl, with n physical
agony that lett her hand powcrlcss TO unlock
the door aud see what WAS within.
" locked them IN. " she said IN n strained,
harsh whisper, "W'thont food, without firing
two helpless children and not asoHl WI nm
cnvshot il they shrlcKod hamsclNes mad = "
auu ! meant 10 come back v I'd
got my wage, but | must go and look At han
and her " must see their pale faces
see some of the az my on has that he wrote on
mine-and | waited n long while, but they
came at last ' has,Nrd and weary
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CHAPTER II.

II may have lasted hours or minutes, but
he was wakened by a push, decided but not
rough, and he woke with a start to see a big
man standing over HIM and to hear on all
sides the cheerful clamor and ringing
sounds of axe and saw at work among the
wood.
What do you do here ?" said the man.
grufly; do you know you're trespassing ~
He was IA hard man. and he hated children,
because he had passionately desired one oil
his life, but God had denied him.
II want work." said Daddy, looking
straight up into the mans face.
"Ho, ho!" laughed the man, grimly; land,
pray, what can You dc? ?"
Daddy glanced quickly around. Men were
saving. men were swinging great axes above
their heads, bringing them down with a split
ting sound ON some fallen monarch of the
wood, and in one part of the yard boys of
from ten to eighteen were binding together
~Splinters and logs of wood, making them
into large bundles that they presently hoisted
on their heads and struggled away with
through the gate.
- can carry wood" said Daddy boldly.
The man looked at the boys clothes, at his
i"nds' at his p'nched face and read It's
story.
- lie is playing truant, " he thought, "but
can keep him out of mischief here, and he
Is starving" Aloud he said:
will give YOU threepence a day for car
fying twelve bundles of WOO the boys will
SHOW you where to take them. When you
nave carried six come to me l will pay you
half our wage, and you can go to dinner"
Then that man, sourel dullard ms he was,
Got Nh experience that astonished HIM, for.
with a sob of JOY. Daddy seized his coarse
Hand, kissed it ln1siouatcly, then broke
away to hin work.
IL" must have run away from home, and
desires 10 rough it for q bit, " he thought, ns
hS turned away with an odd mist passing be,
ioro his eyes.
Daddy was awkward At first, and the other
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We soon tired Of the fun, but were loath to
lose our regular fish breakfast, when our
negro servant hit upon n novel way OF utiliz-
ing our pack oil trained dogs. Throwing a
rough plank over the main htreamlet he
formed n bridge, upon which every morning
attached "A line on which the baited hooks
were fastened to their tails, and let them
hang 1t over into the water. AS soon as q tug
at any OF the lines wns observed Pete would
call thu dog by name and Pluto or Diana
would Jump up and land the fish dangling ut
the end of their caudal appendaGes. This
would be repeate, until enough hsh for the
breakfast was secured. The dogs after n
while quite enjoyed the sport ana made 1t o
success. W. S., Spruce street.
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GOSSIP OF THE GREENROOM.
WHAT Is GOING ON AMONG THE THEATRE.
CAL PEOPLE.

Sullivan nrd kIirnIn to he Reproduced In
WAX ut the Eden M~uscc-AEuc- Hrrndon
to br seen In elm Belle Marie -, ut the
Windsor Next ~Month-Mnntcll In sun
Francisco.
The artists Mt tho Eden Musco are now ut
work upon figures Of Sullivan and kilrain,
which Will be put upon exhibition in II short
time. They will he of exact life size aud will
! g perfect representations OF the noted fight.
ors In every way. sullivan and Kilrain will
DO displayed i'll the pri2o ring, In fighting
costume, the whole scenc being nm exact
reproduction of that Mt Richburg, especially
made for the Musee by mn artist who was OH
the spot.
Mr.. Richard Mansfield will have n strong
company Tor "lichard III" Nine. Pouisi,
for many years nj Mnllack's, is engaged for
the duchess Of York, Atkins Lawrence will
be the Richmond, u. II. HRrkins the Buck
ingham, and NJ 81 Pca,rice Cameron the
Lady Anne.
Messrs. Weston and King. scenic artists of
the Grand Opera House, are painting the
entire three sets of scenery for the Chaos
Flat " comedy, III which the Misses De Ncs
star next season. II IL lronuunccd by all
who have Seen It to he tho most novel and
attractive ever used in Il musical comedy.
The Windsor Theatre will begin its regular
senson on Aug. ". when Miss Agnes ltcrn-
don will I've seen in II new emotional play, tn
titled La Belle Marie"
A new comedy, the name of which Is not
yet announced, - being written for Laura
Joyce Bell, III which she will star next season.
Robert Mantell made his debut as a star at
the New California Theatre in san Francisco
last Monday. According to n telegram the
young actor was gwen an enthusiastic recep-
ton by a " large and fashionable" audience.
He appeared in Monbars."
The White Elephant" which ia TO be pro.
duced at the Biiou Theatre next Monday
night. tells tho story of a venerable elder who
becomes the possessor of Il comic opera called
THE White Elephant" which he endcavors
TO produce. His adventures i'll accomplish
ing this object furnish the amusing part OF it.
All Hampton and Lee Harrison appear as two
actors III hard luck.
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Allow mo through the medium Of your
valuable paper TO give you a sketch of my
experience, which, perhaps, may Seem to
your readers All incredulous thing, but,
nevertheless, it is the truth, as I am living to
tell the tale. Myself. with a party of friends.
went out codhshinR on the bankssof Miscou,
III the Gnlf of st. Lawrence. The fish were
so plentiful that 1t was useless for us to cast
our lines, as they jumped in our boat in spite
OF us, and had it not neen for a passing
schooner, who rescued us. we should have
persisted, as the boat was settling fast. To
commemorate this great event, we took n
Canadian cent piece. bored n hole through it
and attached it to the tail of one of the fish
and set 1t free. Two years q, ter. when again
fishing Mt Perez, =. O.. about two hundred
miles away, we caught the same identical
hsh with the cent attached TO its toll. The
above statement can be verified by Philip
Molloy and, Ambrose Levesque, of Perez,
p. O., Canada. H. Tuzo,
343 West Twenty-secon street.
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Should they go on and succeed In captuyine
any horses. then, of course. they ascribed
their luck principally to the sight of the
phantom creature seen on the pillar, and u
other raid in the not very distant future.
Thus the ghost elk was considered an omen
of good luck for both tribes, and in the con-
tests that arose in the vicinity many an Indian
was made to bite the dust and passed out Of
existence TO the great beyond-the happy
hunting grounds.
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Years ago, while on a camping tour In the
Everglades of Florida, Mt a time when they
were almost virgin grounds, we whiled our
time away in the enjoyment of piscatorinl
sport. Reel or fly was almost unknown,
only the simplest rod. line and hooks used,
the latter baitcd with live shrimp, which
proved quite successful.
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TTTVW NV FWTTV JV"TWUT'T
Amateur Dude-There. my boy, don't l
look like a sportsman now?
Sincere ~FrIend-Yes, Cholly, It can't be de-
MED YOU do. I've no doubt you will furnish
the people with a good deal Of sport wher-
ever YOU wear that suit.