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meet here" returned Hackett, taking
Haverlys hand in both of his and al
most crushing it in delight.
You cannot think hold you in very
I loving remembrance. as l have good
reason to do. 10 have lost track of you
so long. But if you viii allow me we
will begin our acquaintance exactly
where it left off, said Haverly.
Certainly" said Hackett. 81 have
tried to find you. Heard you were in
Europe, but two letters came back to
me unopened"
Yes, went to the Mediterranean on
a long cruise on the Duke of Westmin-
the continent. and am home just a
week" said Haverly.
And I found place on a daily news
paper and have taken trips all over the
city every day or two for news that
ranges from a prizefight to a society
wedding, make fair salary and have
,, some hope of climbing up near the top
of that ladder We hear so much about, -
returned Hackett.
You still believe in that ladder
You used to have all sorts of theories in
college, 1 remember, and you used to
experiment with them on me-" replied
his friend DO you really believe there
is such a ladder, or that, on the con-
trary, people never rise above the plane
to which they are born?"
81 do believe in the theory of the lad
der just as firmly as I used to believe in
my theory of gratitude" returned
Hackett.
You believe in that. too. yet? I
might have thought you would have
seen 1t completely disproved by this
time-two years in a newspaper Office"
said Haverly.
NO; 1 believe even yet that people,
few at least, will remember a favor. a
bit of self sacrifice. with gratitude and
do one good turn occasionally"
We'll, maybe they do. Light a cigar
and tell me how you came TO stumble
upon me here" said Haverly, pulling
the armchair close to a table and offer
ing his cigar case.
'It was pure accident. / came here
to see Richmond. Is he at homer in
quired Hackett.
Yes; he is busy with a lawyer just
now. Can 1 take a message for you? 1
am a kind of privileged character here"
Haverly said smiling.
Hackett puffed at his cigar moment
and studied the face of his friend. It
was the same face. with its innocent.
affectionate outlines that had first at
tracted his attention when he met Ha-
verify as a boy, trifie weak then. per-
haps, but strengthened since by devel-
opment and contact with people of the
world. Hackett knew from his training
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Story Of Reporter and His Very Trying Assignment

weight from the table and raised it to
strike his friend.
Haekett leaped up and caught his
hand in air.
Don't do that. Don't you remember
the riyer?" he asked softly. There was
an expression of deeply injured affec-
ton in his voice which contrasted
strongly with HaverIys violent tone
and action.
Haverly's color Redeemed with shame
even above his anger, and he allowed
Hackett to gently slip the paperweight
from his fingers They looked at each
other steadily. The mention of the riv-
er recalled vivid memories 10 each OF
them.
Hackett saw a mental picture of one
vacation time when they We're camping
| by river. He was standing on a float
face in the water ten yards away. He
heard him call for help and saw him
gasp and sink. In retrospect Hackett
saw himself dive from the float, swim
away. grasp something under the water
and struggle back to shore against a
current that almost swept them both
away.
Another picture flashed up. 1t was
the first day of their acquaintance
The same camp by the river, TO which
friend had brought Haverly, a hand
some lad with brown, breeze tossed hair.
oh Of s-lr
heavy lashes as expressive as a girls.
perfect limbs well set out in a trim
boating suit-a physically Iovable
youth. And this memory of his first
impression was one of the strongest
bonds in Hackett's friendship.
Hackett laid both hands upon Haver-
lys shoulders, and there was a question
in his look. Haverly answered ii un-
easily.
Il cannot help YOU" he said earnestly
and slowly shaking his head. his anger
vanishing as quickly as il had ap-
peared. Hackett's hands touched his
shoulders more firmly. more affection
ately.
Il am to marry one OF Richmond's
daughters" said Haverly. THE story
does not concern me directly but you
cannot print il. 1t would cost Rich
mond more than you or 1 can figure out
in money. And think of the girn"
Hackett recalled one day when he
himself was in despair over failure in
a mathematical examination and that
Haverly came up behind him and took
his hand without a spoken word 1t
had profoundly touched him, and Hack
EFT thought that perhaps he, too. owed
Haverly something in return for that
incident of silent sympathy. and he was
momentarily tempted to abandon the
effort to secure the tunnel stock story.
Then he remembered that business is a
firm master and that he had position
TO maintain on the Globe staff. and he
almost felt, in a physical sense. a strug-
gle between his affection for the man
and his own thirst for reputation Then
he regretted that he had alluded TO the
river and the rescue. and he knew that
Haverly felt he was determined TO Sc
cure the story of the stock affair at
sacrifice of every personal feeling and
that he was CHASING Haveriy as an in
CRATE. AS if his reflections had been
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noise called trUmpeting which you have
sometimes heard an elephant make in a
menagerie
This elephant was so fearless and
steady nerved that she was used in til
ger hunting. This meant that if a tiger
tried TO spring upon her in the Jungle
she had 10 stand quite still. the hunters
upon her back meantime taking aim
and shooting the ferocious beast. She
was dead game az this sort of danger
Gus entertainment for human beings. so
that her Hirdoo- keeper said. If Lucki-
nee was eaten up by a lion. she would
not move"
Scientists tell US the natural life du-
ration o. every creature is seven times
as long as the period required for it TO
come 10 maturity. According to that
count men and women should live TO
the age of 40. though they do not be-
cause their habits of living are so bad
and unnatural Ap elephant. however,
does not shorten its existence as intel
hgent and learned human beings do. so
lives sometimes TO be centuries old. Il
requires twenty-siN years 20 get its full
growth. and thus. according TO the sci
eRtists' calculation. should live 10 the
age OF iS2. which il does in its natural
state and often longer. The elephant
that was so wise she could count her
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gave him briefly a score of details that
would send the headlines into the wood
letter case with double column pictures.
Now you have the entire thing.
owed you a debt. and I have put its
payments into your hands. You need
not see Richmond He would deny IL
all on the Scriptures. But ! may be
suspected OF confirming the rumors. and
if am you can judge for yourself what
will come Of it, VIII you promise not to
print it?"
Haekett thoughtfuily twisted his
mustache and made no reply.
Il do not mean a libel suit. But he
careful what you do. Won't you. for
old times sake?" asked Haverly.
Il promise to be careful" replied
Hackett. And the two parted as cold
blooded business men do.
Hackett left the Richmonds' house
with the power In his hands to shatter
regulations and perhaps life's happi-
ness. and the drive TO the newspaper
office was the shortest he ever knew.
His mind was In confusion at the situa-
ton I'm which Haverlys information
had placed him. His first thought was
that If he suppressed the story it would
eventually become public
Il could not expect him TO consent 20
printing such a story. but he confirmed
il, after all. He did understand that
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the inadvisability of telling the wrong
man OF the news story he desired to Sc
cure, but he knew that HaverIy had
never lied to him in his past life, and
he told him the purpose of his errand.
Haverlys face clouded.
Il judge from your being here that
you can assist me. All / want now is
to see Richmond" concluded Hackett
Harry, am here visiting these peo-
pie. 1 received your card by mistake.
I can help you in this"-Haverly
paused-"but 1 will not" he continued.
You cannot see Richmond"
Hackett looked up. trifle surprised.
He had met people who had talked like
this before, and then the faintest smile
traced itself across his face. 1t an
gered Haverly, and his face showed il.
In times gone by have helped you"
said Hackett gently.
4 know you have" returned Haverly.
''I might not have taken my degree IL
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was experimenting with my theory or
gratitude upon him As long as can
remember him he always took excep-
ton to acting as my moral lay figure.
once shying a bootJack at my head in
college and wrecking a mirror when I
lodged his materialistic argument"
thought Hackeft.
Strange place TO meet man one has
not seen for two years. But I might
have expected II. the world Is 50 small.
after ALL" Hackett thought OF the time
when they roomed in the freshman
year on the same staircase and OF their
living together the next term
He was slow In the classics. and
pulled him through the hard places and
neglected my own work 20 do II. We
chummed for years and fought together
on the football field. and then he went
TO Europe reflected Hackett. Agar
in his mental vision he saw HaveTly's
face in the water and their first meet
ing at the river camp. and he CAV
himself up to an incoherent dream thar
had no reasoning out OF the present OF
the future In 10.
Then he thought of the coldnesS IL
which they had just separsted-the first
real interruption OF a feeling OF cordial
and Greek He weighed Baverly's POI
sition against his own. on one hand ow-
ing him his life and refusing 20 con-
sent 10 the publication OF stain upon
the family OF the woman who was 10 -
his wife and yet 10 remove a suspicion
of ingratitude. placing him in possess
sion OF the family skeleton: on the 9TH
er hand. a remorseleSs search for a SEN
L.. - &c.
gotten in a lifetime. and yet one step
up on the ladder OF the pocketbook and
self.
Back so soon? Get the story in
quired the city editor in one breath IS
Hackett entered the Globe office. Hack
EFT hesitated moment. looked boldly
at the man and blurted out:
mo"
The editor raised his eyebrows ~
cold surprise and displeasure, as II 10
ask an explanation Hackett went 10 a
vacant desk. scrubbed few lines and
handed the paper 10 the editor. saying.
There is no explanation"
In the paper Hackett resigned from
the Globes stan.
Again the city editor raised hts eye
brows. but Hackett promptly left the
office. All the street knew OF his resig-
nation within an hour. and the Globe
and all the papers went 10 press with
out the Richmond exposure.
The other stan men met Hackett the
next day. and one OF them wanted 20
know the connection between the sup
preston OF the story and his resigna-
ton.
Met a man there I wanted 10
oblige." said Hackett CURLY.
How much in ito asked the stan
man. jlngling money I'm his pocket
Not cent. as God is my helper" re-
piled Hackett.
The managing editor heard rumors
of the affair and sent for him. Haekett
told him briefly that Hayerly was an
old friend who was soon 10 marry Rich
mond's daughter.
Il saved his life some years ago"
said Hackett. and could not see why
should destroy the chances Of his hap
pineSs now. and the quickest way out
of the difficulty was 10 resign"
The managing editor looked Hackett
over very carefully. and then he said:
Il ike man who stands by bis bread
and butter, but ! better like a nan
who stands by his friends Why diI
you not consult me? Go back and re-
port in the city room. We won't ac-
cept your resignation
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A Diyrrtfpn Gnne.

What IS my thought Eke7 Is q pleas
ant and diverting indoor game.
One OF the players silently resolves
upon a subject Of thought. then asks
the rest In turn. What IS my thought
Hke2-'
To this query they make various re-
plies which may occur 20 their minds.
Like next year" one may reply
Like an apple" asserts another; like
a flower" like a riddle and 20 on.
giving any answer which occurs 20
them al the moment. The frst player
then declares bis though; aloud and
calls upon each one 70 point out the
reserab 1snce between Il and TIRE object
he OF she gave IN reply.
IN the ingenuity Of the players 20 *
upon sorne point Of resemblance D.
tween re two. absurd or otherwise. lies
the chief interest Of the game
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you had not. But you don't know what
you are asking me to do. We did not
know the affair had leaked out
But it has, said Hackett, with an
other hint of a smile.
Haverly instantly saw his mistake,
and his face colored with anger.
God knows it is true enough about
the old man. We may not know all the
facts. What else have you heard?" he
asked.
Less than 1 should like to know"
This time Hackett grinned a little at
his friends quickly rising temper. He
noted that Haverly had not changed in
this respect since his days at Harvard.
Blame you quiet peoplel What
business is this of yours?" exclaimed
Haverly, springing TO his feet, his eyes
blazing. He seized a heavy paper
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dozen newspaper men who would have
felt honored in being sent to secure a
big story from millionaire, and he de-
termined TO trust to the luck of the mo-
ment for just the right chosen question
that would almost force Richmond to
divulge the facts as a matter of self
defense.
The cab rolled up to the Richmonds'
house, and Hackett, telling the driver
TO wait, hurried up the steps and gave
his card to polite servant, upon whom
the effect of the cab standing at the
door had not been lost. He waited a
few moments in the library, when some
one entering the room behind him. said:
us this Mr.. Hackett?"
The voice was surprisingly familiar.
Hackett turned and saw Ridley Haver-
ly, a well bronzed, slender young man
of his own age, faultlessly dressed, a
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HSz&5 ry. The peoples names
e BE- are Richmond, and there
"a e are TO be an exposure and a
scandal that will shake up
the town." the city editor
of the Globe said.
And incidentally ruin two or three
peoples regulations, so be careful OF
the facts" the managing editor said
Henry Hackett was receiving instruc-
lions to cover the chief news story OF
the day. Hackett, tall. ruddy, full Of
courage to cope with almost any phys
zeal problem. was always making ex-
periments in the philosophy of human
life. He was a fairly well tried man on
the staff Of the Globe and had the rep
utation of never having failed to secure
e story 10 which he was assigned. That
this was worth dollars and cents to him
he substantially realized, for by land
ing" a series of difficult news stories in
advance of the other newspaper men
who knew of them he had won his
chiefs regard so nearly as such sem
timent can be forced from a superior
officer whose weather eye is always on
the holding Of his own particular supe-
rior job and whose good word in the
inside office had secured Hackett a 10
per cent increase in his income. This
he set down as a profitable experiment
Hold up your reputation and make
two columns of the affair. Give us a
breezy account of Richmonds manipu-
lation OF the tunnel stock as well. You
have just time to find him at his home
before our last edition goes to press, /"
said the city editor as Hackett took up
his coat and hat.
He hurried out and took a cab. The
address given him was in the wealthiest
part of the city. quarters of an
hours rapid drive, and he felt this was
an occasion where a five cent car fare
was incompatible with the importance
of the story. He knew the Richmonds
Hsre rated as semimillionaires. He had
but the briefest information of the sub
Ject Of his errand: scarcely more than
the peoples names. But he knew that
Richmond himself was a shrewd old
man who would probably detect the
full drift of the most carefully worded
question at its first utterance, and as
the cab rocked him from one side to the
other he framed in his head a plausible
tale of rumOr which might lead Rich
mond to talk of the tunnel stock deal
If I can get on to the old gentle
mans curves before he suspects we are
after the scandal part of the affair.
there viii be no trouble" Hackett
thought as he sized the matter up as
one of the monumental things which
had fallen in his way, for he knew
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So AnsIou. fnIcarn-

American school children certainly DO
not thirst. for education like some OF
their Indian contemporaries. In Sind,
where villages are far distant from a
school. the boys viii often walk many
miles 10 the school on Monday. sleep In
the yeranda ali the week and only go
home again on Saturday. Some Of the
Mohammedan mollahs establish branch
schools in every village and visit them
in turn.
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e Is quite likely that lingo, the
great elephant which died on ship
s board while being brought TO this
country from England. just pinned
away and persisted from inconsistencies.
Creatures with less intelligence than an
elephant have died from this cause.
The more we study animals of all kinds
the more we shall find they are like hu-
man beings.
II usel TO be said that the animal
approaching nearest to man in intelI-
gence Is The dog. Now, however, many
claim that the elephant manifests the
most Munanlike emotion and reason.
Like man. il has affection. often in
tense. Scr those who treat II well It
has q nervous system extremely SEN
sitive and in that respect is like a vo-
man. An elephant that can lead a
charge against roaring. flaming mouth
ed cannon in battle may he thrown into
crazy panic at the sight of news
paper suddenly blown before its face in
a wind. An elephant goes crazy some
times, too. and becomes so dangerous it
has 10 b. shot.
The great beasts intelligence is
shown in the fact that il can be trained
10 do difficult circus acts. What is
more, ii actually can learn to count. A
tame female elephant in India had a
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in the air and breathing to the last, till
it. too. was sucked in and the poor
creature was strangled. The elephants
are so heavy that it is not possible to
pull them out of a quicksand after they
once begin 10 sink.
Well, with many misgivings the hunt
ers gave the old lady her head in the
darkness. not knowing whether they
would ever see another daylight.
Through the night across a mile Of
treacherous sand and water the noble
creature guided her party so safely that
she landed them in the exact tracks she
herself had made in the morning.
What man could have done IL?
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RWNnGU9
SPECkLE AND REpWiNG.

The day was lovely. the skies were bright;
Why should Speckle and Redwing fight
When there was food enough and "a
spare,
Corn for each, in gocdly share.
And a pleasant meadow for their delight
Yet they fought till the feathers few.
TIL each one weaker and weaker grew
And the old fox lifted his cunning head
From behind the fence where ne watch
ed and said
Now. shall soon know what 20 do"
Poor birdsi They came 10 a cruel fate:
The fox rushed in. and they cried. TOO
late
How foolish our quarrel row appears
And We must die In the midst OF fears
Because we yielded 20 strife and hate"
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chapel which seats 20 persons Great
numbers were unable TO enter the chap
e. and thousands witnessed the Inter
uent IL Highsate cemetery-
The highest mountain in the moon l.
8 least = 80 feet high
The Sou;h African colonies sne Is
Lands owned BY Germany have 10 Iz-sai
legislature Or even crow couuciis.
Each is ruled BY an astocrat appointed
BY the emperor
\ man has built ~ big business 81
Puget sound. near Tancouver. as The
result OF holiday excursion Instead
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There are - fsiza streets. = - JoAn's
roads. 3 81 james places. Victoria
streets aft& onfur5 streets TheTe
veTe cree = Qlzeel STREETS, bGt - q
tasra have be~u EiFsn ether rs4rsss.
PzpeT WaE invented ~ ~ Cflzes@
- years b<for~ the gfzrlsslEn era
Pms were fTEf ua1ngfses Dress ~ ttsa
cuunfrT sooz asisr to var = lsfz
Tlss arTny q sse98 rssz costs sass
s~pp.s i-ss fhEE : coslzr s<E czSsfs pss
a1E1u
A NAczlsseesd gEn<fzntg errn has
last secured Ar order fro<z fn3 sdrnirzs-
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dangerous river ford at nishtfalL The
party had crossed that ford IN the
morning. and che old female had led
them safely across, although IL was full
% quicbsands. one OF which II an ele-
plant had stepped into Il would have
gradually swallowed the huge body out
ot sight. the trunk sticking Up horribly
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bunch of violets in his coat. Haverly
seized his hand, threw his arm affec-
tionately over Hackett's shoulder and
exclaimed:
The very man I wanted to begin a
systematic search fort Have not heard
of you since commencement at Harvard
two years ago"
You are the last man I expected to
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supper cakes was seventy years old.
therefore middle aged
Another. also a female. much older
than this one. was 50 faithful. brave
and sagaciogs that she was always put
in the lead OF the hunting and tourist
parties with which she Travelled in the
iungles- Once her party came 10 3
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sure exerted at every stroke OF the oar
has been invented BY its use the vary
ms force Of the strokes during g long
race can BE- ascertained.
There are about l2e0e lepers in the
Philippine Islands.
Last year the United States postal de-
partment handled 1888, ss7 pieces OF
mail which were Incorrectly or imper-
fectiy addressed.
French cabinet makers have learned
way OF preparing sawdust and max
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spoken in words. Hsverly proved his
conclusion TO be correct.
Harry" he said. you are fitting one
OF those theories upon me that / used
10 call absurd when we studied logic
together. l am grateful / am your
friend. and I have not forgotten what 1
owe you. even without your reminder.
You want the tunnel story confirmed /
have already unguardedly said it was
true It is so. every word you have OF
il, and more. Sit down" And Haveriy
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Of Eoaaag siusessiy he nse5 RS eT@z
and noticing q little FISH which Re took
70 Be q sardlze rad some tlnn~1, With
the ultimate result that has establish
rneri has thss year s<nf CIT IL 90
csses
The citrus frsit Industry % Italy has
been fo- a l0nE tire "a a cepiorztss
condition LEMONS that a few sessDrs
ago commanded s. 81 peE thousand On
The trees are EOS hard 70 MARKET ~ -
cents
At ere tine tksss we're :. King
streets Il Loodou. Ecw there are y.
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ing it into articles q ornament that re-
semble carved woodwork.
In a cu5ie foot OF honeycomb there
are about g go cells
Polo IS probably the oldest OF athletic
sports II has been traced 10 go b .
The moose deer has the largest horns
OF any animal. They often weigh from
fifty 10 sixty pounds
Wesley's chapel. London SIN retains
the narrow pulpit, with its steep and
winding ascent just as John Wesley
left IL The funeral services for Rev.
! Hugh Price Hughes were held n this
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