The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-09-24

The doctor came and after three anx-
| ious hours Tom came to himself. 1t was a
Oar gerous hurt, but there was hope Of
| his recovery.
! At twilight Jacks mother came home,
and her first question was"Were is
my poor boy7" but no ore had seen him,
| indeed no one had thought Of him. They
searched the house and the garden and
| OF last his mother thought Of the barn.
| She stepped inside Of the great doors.
Jack" she called, Jack dear I want
you. Listening she heard a rustling in
| the NOW, and presently forlorn figure
! came slowly down the ladder She ran
and caught him in her arms. and he hid
his white face on her shoulder
1.-THE doctor has hopt," said she. I'VE
think Tom will live"
At these glad words and the tremendous
TOY uision of feeling they brought, Jack
sobbed as though his heart would break.
Tom did live youth and health triumph
ed, and In after days the two boys became
firmer friends than ever; better yet,
thrt ugh that one hard experience Jack
learned the lesson Of a lifetime, for never
afterward did he lose control Of his tenn
per- The old evil habit did not lose its
hold at once, but he made IT a subject OF
constant prayer and watchfulness, and
he was always master of himself under
any proyocation.
During a terrible naval battle between
the English and the Dutch, the English
flagship, commanded by Admiral Narbor-
ough, was drawn into the thickest of the
fight Two masts were soon shot away
and the mainmast fell with a fearful
crash upon the deck. Admiral Narbor-
ough saw that all was lost unless he
could bring up his ships from the right.
Hastily scrawling an order he called for
volunteers TO swim across the boiling
water under the HAN Of shot and she'll
dozen sailors at once offered their SER
vices, and among them a cabin boy
why" said the admiral, what can you
Dc, my fearless ladY" II can swim, sir"
the boy replied" And II be sunk can be
easier spared than any one else" Mar
borough hesitated his men were few, and
his position was desperate. The boy plung-
ed into the sea amid the cheers of the
sailors, and was soon lost to sight The
battle ragged fiercer, and as the time went
on defeat seemed inevitable But lust as
hope was fading a laundering cannonade
was heard form the right, and the reserve
was seen bearing down upon the enemy.
BY sunset the Tutch feet was scattered
far and wide, and the cabin-boy the hero
Of the hour, was called to receive the
honor due him. His modesty and bearing
so Won the heart Of the old admiral that
he exclaimed 81 shall live to see you have
fiag-hip of your own" The prediction
was fulfilled when the cabin-boy. having
become Admiral Cloudesley Shovel. was
knighted by the king.
160-BEHEADED RHYMES.
Through the late blooming
Kate walked with her
And. as they talked
Their prospects, he said,
"Will you be my sweet?
If you promise /
viii then so straight
And speak TO your mother.
Come. the wind blows So
From over the
We both may grow
If longer we tarry.
And your mother will
II let you take
Vowing / may grow
Ere her daughter / marry.
l6l-ENIGMATICAL MUSICAL COM
POSERS.
The syiiables are pronounced phoneti-
cally.
l. Mud. and a German beverage.
2. That part OF fiOwerless plants when
performs the functions Of seeds.
g. "A dealer in shoes.
4. To drift slowly on water and
vowel.
8. Mrs. Smiths husband
6. The smallest.