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Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

persuaded her to forgive his foolish
conduct of the day before.
After that he met her every day on
the train, and their acquaintance soon
ripened into sincere friendship on the
part of the young lady. AS for Tom.
his feelings had long ago got beyond
that stage. They talked of many things
during their daily rides to the city, but
for a long time they both avoided all
mention of the episode which had led
to their acquaintance.
One day, however Tom said: do
you remember the message / sent you
by the window catch?"
"Of course, l do" replied his compan-
ion, looking out Of the window to hide
her bushes. How could ] forget such
a piece of impertinence?'
Il know it was impairment and idiot
ic and all that" replied Tom. But still,
if it had not been for that ] should
never have known YOU; so I am not at
all sorry. Are you?'
How can You ask such Q question
Haven't ! forgiven you long ago?"
Yes, but forgiveness is not enough"
Not enough?"
No. | want something more. I-you
know-well, the fact is, II meant every
word of that message, Helen. Tell me,
if | should repeat that message now,
what would your answer be-
Still looking out at the flying land
scape, Helen placed her dainty finger
on the window catch.
click, click. Click, click Tom S
heart was in his throat as he heard the
instrument click out her answer.
"Y-e-s
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

wear. She did not want any more be
cause. as she explained to her father
and mother, IF there is anything in me
it will come out by that time.
But it came out in less than that
time. Syndicates began to employ ner,
the New York papers heard OF hef'
magazines took her up and fashion pc
riodicals appealed in vain for her SER
vices. She began by drawing for pat
tern firm but worked at it only Two
months. She could not pin herself down
to office work.
The second year she went to Munich,
and while she was there, her instruct-
or told her she had more talent than
any other pupil he ever had except one,
"and that one committed suicide" he
added. So Miss Goodwin felt as though
she were his most talented living pu-
pill.
The third year she returned to New
York to make arrangements for living
abroad, and while she was in this coun-
try, she signed contract with this
newspaper for exclusive newspaper SER
vices, so that to see her work, you must
look in these columns week by week.
She also signed several magazine con-
tracts, and on her way to Paris,
stopped in London to sign papers with
two London periodicals for sketches
every week. She had then all the
work she could do, and would take no
more. During the month of November,
she refused nine offers from prominent
magazine firms to Illustrate their
Christmas numbers and several times
she was obliged to cable her refusal be-
cause of the urgency of the demand to
do the work if she possibly could.
She recently renewed her contract
with this newspaper for 1898, because,
as she expressed it, Il like to draw
pictures for such nice people"
Miss Goodwin's main work abroad is
painting. Her speciality is children's
portraits, and she has the rare knacl1
of making the faces look young and
babyish. She gets the expression of
innocence and chubby faith as no other
illustrator has ever done. She is paint
ing lovely group for the June Salon,
and is also hopeful of being accepted
in that most difficult of exhibits, the
new Salon.
Miss Goodwin's family history is in
teresting. Her father, Sidney Pryor
Goodwin, enlisted in Longstreet's army
at the beginning of the war and was
put to the first lieutenancy soon after.
He was captured and escaped, and at
the time of his surrender, in 1865, he
was one of thirteen survivors of his
regiment. He has always had a great
talent for drawing, and has a number
of beautiful marines done by his own
hand.
Caroline, his eldest daughter, was
brought up a little rebel. She amused
her younger sisters making paper dolls
and painting them. Her ladies and
gentlemen were high-born southern
women and soldiers, and from the
| time she was five years old, she cut
| them out, painted them and made men
and women of them. When she got
| older, 1t was only her baby work con-
| tinued.
She is very beautiful young
woman, with classical features. Her
beauty lies in her graceful figure, her
perfect colorlng and her grace of man.
ner. She has red-brown hair, big blue
eyes, and the most beautiful smile in
| the world.
| Her work abroad is immensely adj
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09
A MILD WOLF STORY.

Calhoun, Ca, Dec. 24-George Mar
vim, farmer living at the base of Co
hutta mountains, had an adventure with
wolves the other night which he will re-
member as long as he lives. for it was
by the~merest good fortune that he is
alive today.
Marvin lives on one of those isolated
mountain farms common in Gilman and
Fannin counties and his nearest neigh
Dor is about six miles away.
He bought two pigs and put them in
a pen near the house, and that night the
mountaineer and his family retired at
the usual hour. They We're early
awakened by the squealing OF the pigs
in the pen, and Marvin got up and
rushed out to see what was the matter.
As he approached the pen he observed
quite commotion about 1t, and dis
cerned what appeared TO be a number
of large black dogs in and around the
pen. He rushed to the pen and was i'm
mediately attacked by half a dozen or
more wolves. He was wholly UMPIRE
pared for such an encounter, and as the
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

brutes sprang at his breast he could do
nothing but knock them off with his
fists, which he did successfully for sew
eral moments.
Marvin's great presence of mind
served him well at this juncture. He
knew it would not do to stoop down in
order to search for a club or any other
weapon. thus mourning the risk of being
Immediately oVerpoWered by the whole
pack, but while beating the wolves off
with his fists, he walked slowly back
ward, feeling the ground with his feet,
in the hope of stumbling upon an axe
or some loose wagon spokes, which he
knew to be scattered about the yard!
He failed to find anything, however,
that would be of any assistance to him.
but soon stumbled against the sills
which enclosed an open well.
A happy thought occurred to him. and
bracing himself beside the well, he flung
the first wolf that leaped at him into it.
A splash and howl told him that he
was rid of one enemy, but the others
were renewing the attack with savage
fury and as they came at him one after
another was dexterously landed in the
well. When the fight was over Marvin
was almost dead from loss of blood his
clothing having been torn into shreds
and numerous deep cuts made in his
breast and arms by the claws and
teeth of the animals
Upon examination of the we'll next
morning. it was found to contain the
bodies Of five full-grown wolves, the
first seen in the immediate locality fo.
five years. In other remote mountain
sections however, wolves are quite nu-
merous and their depredations cause
considerable loss TO the mountaineer
stock raiser
Marvin has been confined to his bed
since his desperate encounter, and will
not be able to go about for some time
yet.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

Iom Walton was very much surprised
at finding himself deeply il love with a
girl whose name ne did not even know.
It happened in this way. Tom was a
telegraph operator in the city, but lived
in small suburban town AS he sat
in the train one morning, on his way
in to work, he noticed, among the pas
sengers who boarded the train at one
of the stations, a beautiful girl who en-
tered his car and took the seat directly
IN front of his. The morning paper had
no further interest for Tom that day.
All the way into town he sat watching
the girl in front of him. | shall not
attempt to describe her Tom says she
IS the most beautiful girl he ever saw.
or course he is prejudiced. but l must
ADMIT that / have only seen one girl
who surpassed her. However, that has
nothing to do with my story.
Wnat impressed my friend even more
than her beauty was her extreme mod
esty-not the timid, flutterinS kind of
modesty which is SO easily initiated
by the heartless coquette, but the
strong, self-reliant kind, which makes
men keep their distance She did not
shrink from the admiring giances be-
slowed upon her by every man in the
car neither did she encourage them.
She simply ignored them. A man who
would attempt to fiirt with such a girl
must either be a fcol or be gifted with
unlimited assurance Tom was neither;
so he contented himself with admiring
her in silence
week after week went on. and each
day found Door Tom more and more
deeply in love. The unconscious object
OF his alteration travelled on the same
train every day. Sometimes she sat
near him, and his eyes fairly devoured
her wonderful beauty At other times
she sat at the other end of the car.
where he could only catch occasional
gllmpses of her past the heads of his
leliow passengers. One day he made
great discovery. Her name was Helen.
lie had heard a girl friend call her so.
That night Tom sat up until o'clock
writing love letters to Helen and tear
ing them up as fast as he wrote them.
The next morning Helen again occu-
pied the seat just in front of Tom He
sat gazing at her and building castles
in the air Presently his mind turned to
the love letters he had been writing,
and he began to frame a new one. AS
he unused, ne idly fingered the window
catch. which made a clicking sound
similar to that of telegraph instru-
ment. Unconsciously he spelled out the
words of the letter
Dearest Helen ran The message, Il
love you dearly. Say you will be mine
ard" but he got no further for sud
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09
RURAL DISORDER AND DANGERS.

Renewed attention is being called,
says the Fitchburg Sentinel, to the
growth of hoodlumism in the rural dis
tricts of Massachusetts, to the increased
insecurity of property and even of life,
and serious thought is being given to the
means Of preventing this increase of
lawlessness. The difficulty arises In
large degree from the feebleness OF the
small towns. They have lost much OF
their population and, in some instances,
a large part of their property.
With the decline of the native popula-
ton has come in a foreign element
which neglects the training of its young
people, and which is not inspired py
thai regard for law and order which
is the essential of peace, even If 1t is
regarded as very old-fashioned AS
long as the towns continue to decline
and nothing is done to counteract the
present tendency, so long Win TINS men
ace increase. 1t Is even SAID that III
some towns it is not safe for woman
TO be out unattended after dark. rms
seems almost incredible in "law-abidlng
Massachusetts as we 1onaiy $780, ~, y
our state. But there is no denying the
facts. ,,,,, fo,,
the towns to maintain a regular police
force. They have their constables,
elected by the town meetings, unoef TO-
cal influence. more or less, relying for
office upon the favor of their neighbors,
all of them well acquainted with the
people of tine locality and usually OF a
harmless and non-aggressive type. The
hoodlum element does not stand in awe
of such an arm of the law. Sucn
nolice force is weak and contempuple
in the opinion of those who have the
nerve to commit the offenses which are
complained of. Under the law a con
stable has no authority outside OF mas
own town. +
It is impossible under present ar
rangements, for two or more towns 70
combine for the maintenance OF a JOINT
police force. Perhaps the law mlgffS De
changed, just as it was changed f, to p per er
nit employees on railroad trains 70 eA-
arcisa nolice mowers in different towns
in order to give them authority over
disorderly persons on their cars 9rs:. ,,u or
as that whereby different towns unite in
the support Of a superintendent OF
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

schools. But some combination or intro
ductlon of help from outside of the
towns is essential for the preservation
of property and life.
There is the suggestion that the district
police force might be enlarged so as to
have oversight of several towns, the dis
tricts being small enough to make such
supervision effectua. This would in
volve an evasion OF the old ideas of To-
cal f-government, but it would afford
protection where it is much needed.
1t is evident that our old theory of To-
cal democracies existing in the towns
must be modified to meet the eXigencies
of the times. The state Is the superior
body. Therefore the state cannot per-
nit the territory of any town to be used
as a training place and a hiding place for
hoodlums and criminals who sally forth
from their retreat for the sake of prey
ing upon the property of the people of
other towns or for the disturbance of
their neighbors. This evil has grown to
such an extent that it demands recogni-
ton by the Lawmakers and conditions
ought to be established which shall
check the tendency of recent years in
rural communities.
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

had a long yoke of violet satin covered
very full with black mousseline de sole
that merged into point at the front
of the corsage.
A narrow strip of black astrakhan
edged the yoke and continued down
both sides of the point They formed
a continuous line with the fur bands
on the skirt, so as to give the effect
of princess gown. A broad sash
ribbon Of black gros grain was drawn
through a square, dull, jet buckle at
the front of the corsage. It continued
around the bottom of the corsage and
was tied at the back with long ends
reaching nearly to the bottom of the
skirt. Appliques of dull jet passemen-
terie trimmed the front of the corsage
just below the yoke
The collar was a high, straight affair
made of violet satin. 1t was covered
so heavily with the jet passementerie
that the satin was hardly discernible
At the back of the collar there was a
high frill of black mousseline de sole.
The sleeves of the black cloth had
very little fulness at the top, They
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09
THE GIRL OF '98.
Miss Goodwin Will Soon Have
Her Ready.
Famous Girl illustrator in Paris
Holland, Munich and Italy.

one of the most remarkable figures
among illustrators today is Caroline
Love Goodwin, the creator of THE
Goodwin Girls" and the first woman
artist to draw life-like girl for news
paper use.
Miss Goodwin is at present at work
upon "9S girl" which will before
long adorn the columns of this news
paer. Every year she changes ner
ideals, ito correspond with the times, =
she saws, and each day in the year sees
fresh illustrations from her pen. She IS
the most voluminous worker of all the
women artists, and can turn OUT, on
rush, enough pictures for sunday sup
plement in night. r.,
Her girl this year will be SraceIu i'
tall and wavy-haired."
,Onee the New York Herald commits
stoned her to attend the grand opera
and draw a picture of the people as they
sat in their boxes.
The telegram was delayed until nearly
II o'clock at night, and when MISS
Goodwin got it she saw, to her consler-
nation, that the grand opera was near
ly over.
GetClnS lnlO a CdDle Cal "a
whisked to the Metropolitan opera
House just in time to hear the closing
notes of 'Mignon."
With rapid pencil she sketched the
celebrities sitting high in the boxes an
around her, and when the curtain was
rung down ten minutes later she mad
the satisfaction of seeing her sketch
complete
1t was nearly - when she arrived at
the Herald office, but from that time
until 12.45 she worked at her drawing
as though her life depended upon II.
"The white shirt fronts of the men
bothered me most" said she Il paint
ed them in until they all danced before
my eyes"
Next morning, when the Herald came
out with a half-page picture OF the
opening Of the grand opera season,
everybody looked at the work ana pro
nounced the portraits excellent. That
was her quickest time.
Once she was on the point of gong TO
Harper's with three wash" drawings,
for which they We're in special hurry.
While she was putting on her hat the
maid accidentally knocked over pall
of water with which she was Washing
windows, and when Miss Goodwin open
ed the drawings it was to find them all
spoiled. The substances in the soapy
water had destroyed her indelible INK
This time there was only an hour to re-
place her work, but she got it done ana
won a compliment from the head OF the
Harper firm
Miss Goodwin came to New York
from Savannah, Ga, FIVE years ago,
with money enough to live on for one
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

denly the girl turned in her seat and
looked him full in the face, her eyes
blazing with indignation. Then she
turned back and seizing the catch on
her window. clicked out the reply:
How dare your
Tom was completely dumbfounded
He felt like jumping out of the window
and ending his miserable existence.
He reflected, however, that such a rash
proceeding would do him no good, and
might possibly wound the feelings of
the young lady. Moreover, his first
duty was to apologize. OF course il
would not do any good. She would
never have anything to do with such
an idiot as he had shown himself to
be Still he could not well leave mat
tiers as they were, so he again reached
for the window catch.
Il beg your pardon clicked the i'm
provised key. =.
was the reply.
Il don't care to hear your explana-
tion''
Just then the train pulled into the
station and the offended girl left the
car without so much as looking back.
Tom went to his work with heavy
heart He could think of nothing else
all day but the stupid blunder which
had destroyed all possibility of his ever
winning the heart of the fair telegraph
operator.
On the following morning he took an
earlier train than usual, i'll order &c
avoid meeting the fair Helen. whom he
did not have the courage TO face. But
he had not reckoned on the fact thaT
she might also wish to avoid him. This
was the case, however, and Tom was
sam ewi1st startled when he saw her en-
ter the car. There was only one seal
vacant and that was just in front Of
the unhappy young man. 1t seemed as
though the fates had consQired to bring
these two people together. The longer
Tom pondered the matter, the more he
saw the hand of destiny in this matter
and he decided TO make one more effort
TO obtain forgiveness. Reaching for th'
window catch, he sent the following
message:
I'm awfully sorry offended YOU
yesterday"
There was no answer. and the young
man continued:
Il had no idea you understood me, !
unconsciously telegraphed what wac
passing In my mind
Still no answer.
IF you don't forgive me, ] shall be
miserable for life"
At last the answer came:
please stop. You are attracting
everybody's attention"
Then let me come and tell you how
sorry am"
After long pause, the girl answered
You may come"
Toms heart leaped with joy as the
window catch clicked out these words
He lost 20 time in accepting the invi-
tation. and 1t was not long before he had
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09

"Of course he said, refectively, 81
am not making any complaint about it.
All desire to say is that 1 can't under
stand it." You can't understand
what?' inquired his wife. why you
can put gilded spheres and gaudy fab
RIGS all over a Christmas tree six feet
high and four feet thick for rs cents,
when it costs at least $1S to trim a
bonnet four inches in diameter. =
Washington Star
Wickwire-"I like Timmins' stories
He has such light touch" Simmins-
eyes, that's one thing in Timanins' IA
vor. He rarely strikes one for more
than two or three dollars. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
Not Shared. -Margaret-"M Penta-
meter POLITICALLY describes Edna and
Tom Shallow as two souls with but a
single thought" Jack Blunt-"Yes; and
Edna has the thought" philadelphia
North American
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09
sTMoNs JAIL-MADE GUITAR.
(From the Louisville Evening Post.
NM. I. =.

From the Louisville Evening Post)
That necessity is the mother of in
vention, was never more clearly shown
than in Russelville the other day."
said gentleman from Logan county.
Simon Cannon, a negro in Jail at
Russelville, has always been of a musi-
cal turn of mind, but when he was cast
In the county bastile, he found himself
without his favorite guitar or any
money to buy an instrument with
Nothing daunted, the ingenious darby
determined to try his hand at making
something to play on, as he expressed
it.
He took the tin pan in which his daily
meal was brought, and made the head
Of the banjo. A rough piece of poplar
smoothed with an old, broken-bladed
Barlow knife. was made into the neck
and screws. He took II cents he had
and bought five strings, and the odd
looking banjo was ready for the music
loving Simon. Taller Morris says the
jail bird can make the sweetest Of mu-
sic on his homo made 'sitarr, as Simon
calls it."
Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-09
HUMoRs or CLERICAL LIFE.
Rrom Cornhill Magazine


Some of the ideas held with regard
to ecclesiastical matters are as funny as
they are extraordinary, though they
cause one to reflect on the methods
adopted by the church and the various
religious bodies A woman came to me
one day to say she wanted her daughter
to be confirmed. MIR. - she said,
from the chapel over the way, as been
a-trying to convert 'er, but / pretty
soon told him what / thought bout it.
SEES to i'm, I'll ave my gal confirmed
but / won't ave 'er converted, so now
you know. / don't b'lieve in CONVEX
SION What the minister said or
thought of this truly marvellous state
ment of doctrine | don't know.
The monograms II S and, X P C,
which are so often to be seen in our
churches, sorely puzzle portion of the
congregation a larger proportion, I am
inclined to think, than is generally
supposed. A certain vicar, soon after
his arrival in the parish. placed a new
cloth upon the altar, upon the centre
of which was embroidered a large cross.
Such strong opposition was raised to
this symbol of our Christianity, that the
vicar gave way before the storm and
had the initials | H S substituted. A
parishioner who was not at all in favor
VI tiiC oheiiSe, On DelnS asked the
meaning of the letters, replied, ''Why,
don't you know what it means? 1t
means. I Hope you're Satisfied
Children's answers are always
fruitful source of amusement A girl
Is or 16 years old, who had received
what was supposed to be a good edu-
cation, was describing to me her recent
visit to the Tower of London. Among
the many wonders she had seen was a
sword given to Henry VIII, by Max
Muller, an amusing though not alto
| gether unnatural substitute for the
Emperor Maximilian. If children are
allowed to think for themselves. their
answers are amusingly original. What
do you think makes the sea salt ?" was
a question put to a national school
class. A brilliant idea stuck boy
PLEASE, sir, the 'errings."
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getic affairs, that often come from I'M
der an enormous hat nodding and wav-
ing with Grape bows. The Grape bon
nets worn by elderly women, too, all
ways strike one as being too elaborate
and fussy.
DRESSY GOWN.
A dressy black gown worn by wom-
an who had given up her veil was made
of a heavy quality of cashmere.
The skirt was a moderately wide
godet with a narrow panel of black
mousseline de sole inserted. 1t was
heavily embroidered with dull jet and
was bordered with narrow strips Of
black astrakhan on both sides of the
panel there We're appliques of dull jet
passementerie,
The corsage fitted close into the
curves of the figure back and front. 1t