The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-01-03

is conn anded by the committee that
no man is to look at his paper until he
leave tn $ room and then to examine il
in secret He is bound by his oath to
tell no one at any time whether or not
he is the chosen man."
The papers were put into hat and
each man in the room drew one. Tho
chairman put his in his pocket as did
the Others The doors we're unlocked
and each man made his way to his
home.
Next sening Bradley called at the
room of the chairman and said: "Thero
is the marked paper which l drew last
night"
The exposition building was gay with
bunting and was sonorous With the
sounds of band. The machinery that
would not stop for six months was still
motionless, for 1t was to be started in
an hours time by his Highness His
Highness and suite had not yet arrived,
but the building was crowded by a
well-dressed throng of invited guests
the best in the land as far as fame and
money went. Underneath the grand
stand where his Highness and the dis
tinguished guests were to make
speeches and where the finger Of nobili-
ty was to press the electric button,
Bradley walked anxiously about with
the same haggard look on his face that
was there the night he thought of slip
ping into the Thames. The place
underneath was a wilderness of beams
and braces. Bradley's wooden tool
chest stood on the ground against ono
of the timbers. The foreman came
through and struck beam or brace
here and there.
every thing is all right" he said to
Bradley. "There will be no trouble,
even If it soas put up In a hurry and in
spite of the strain that will be on it to-
day."
Bradley was not so sure of that, but
he said nothing. When the foreman
left him alone he cautiously opened the
lid of his tool chest and removed the
carpenters apron which covered some
thing in the bottom. This something
was a small box with a clock work
arrangement and small miniature up
lifted hammer that hung like the sword
of Damocles over little copper cap.
He threw the apron over it again,
closed the lid of the chest, leaned
against one of the timbers, folded his
arms and waited.
Presently there was tremendous
cheer and the band struck up "He is
coming" said Bradley to himself and
closed his lips tighter. Carpenter
cried the policeman, putting in his
head through the little wooden door at
the foot of the stage; "come here,
quick You can get splendid sight of
his Highness as be comes up the pas
sage" Bradley walked to the opening
and gazed at the distinguished process
sion coming toward him. Suddenly he
grasped the arm of the policeman like q
wise.
who is that man in the robes--at the
head of the procession?'
Don't you know? That is his High
ness"
Bradley gazed for breath. He recog-
nized his Highness as the man as he
had met on the embankment
'Thank you," he said to the police
man, who looked at him curiously.
Then he went under the grand stand
among the beams and braces and
leaned up against one of the timbers
with knitted brows.
After few moments he stepped to
his chest, pulled out the apron and
carefully lifted out the machine. With
n 11inly inp1y ha olp Al
hammer and flung it from him. The
machinery inside whirred for moment
with a soft purr like a clock running
down. He opened the box and shook
out into his apron substance like
damp sawdust He seemed puzzled for
awhile what to do with it. Finally he
took it out and scattered it along the
grass-grown slope of railway cutting.
Then he returned to his tool chest, took
out chisel and grimly felt its edge
with his thumb.
1t was admitted on all hands that his
Highness never made better speech
in his life than on the occasion of the
opening of that exhibition. He touched
lightly on the country's unexampled
prosperity, of which the marvellous col
lection within those walls was an indi-
cation. He alluded to the general con-
tentment that reigned among the class
es to whose handiworl was due the
marvellous collections there exhibited.
His Highness was thankful that the un-
fortunate state of affairs that was un-
happily prevalent in other countries
could hardly be said to affect our own
land. Then there was good many
light touches of humor in the discourse
that is so pleasing when they come
from people in high places. In fact,
the chairman said at the club after
wards (confdentially, of course) that
the man who wrote his Highness
speeches had in that case quite outdone
himself.
The papers had very full accounts of
the opening of the show next morning,
and perhaps because they occupied so
much space there was such little room
for the announcement about the man
who committed suicide. The papers
did not say where the body was found,
except that it was near the exhibition
DullulnBS, anu MS 1lPnneSS never
knew that he made that excellent
speech directly over the body of dead
man. - Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free
Press.
Safe Property.
Extremely valuable diamonds are al
most perfectly safe property. A gentle
man who possessed one valued at fifty
thousand dollars passed it freely from