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From the French.

them untouched, lying about on the fur
niture.
Imade him accept miniature Louis XVI.
table, which knew his wife coveted, and
he, not to be behind me in generosity,
handed me a charming picture which l
had contemplated out OF the corner OF my
eye.
It was family portrait, the likeness OF
young grandaunt guillotined In l7eS'
beautiful pastel and. upon my word,
lovely model. p 20. =
The woman was about 20. She was
dressed in white. with a rose In her blonde
! hair and a ribbon round her neok-that
slender neck which the guillotine was
to embrace. She was leaning on the
corner OF a table as II writing-evidenty
a continuance OF the artist merely for the
pleasure OF reproducing a handsome ink
stand OF wrought silver standing on the
velvet cover.
O, Aunt Luce, to whom we're you writ
ing, with your slender hand and penetrat-
ing glance, and your smile, a little sad'
,, as II you had foreseen your premature
end? Our family traditions, corroborated
| by memoirs from the pen OF an old servant
| tell us that YOU could have lived had you
willed it. An officer Of the Republic fell
in love with your grace and your smile
and snatched you from the steps OF the
scaffold; but you fed from his arms, cry
| ing: Il wish to die!' Aunt Luce, what
| despair Allied your heart?
The door opened, and Cousin Leon
the antiquary of the family, entered, We
had, in fact, asked him to come and ex.
anime certain objects, Of the value OF which
we were completely ignorant.
beautiful! Who painted itP' he saio
as his eyes fell on the picture.
| I'VE do not know. 1t is not signed
there is only the date. l7sS.'
| ~Whoever the painter may be. Vt is de-
| lightful! To which OF you will 1t belong?"
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aIf YOU do not object" said my brother.
throwing the stump of his cigar into the
FIRE, we will finish the partition to-day,
80 that the room may be put in order and
closed"
I threw q glance around the little room
in which we were sitting. 1t was the pict-
ure of desolation. The furniture was
piled high, the paintings taken down. the
carpet rolled up, and over all lay thick
covering Of dust.
THE fact ia. It is all 80 untidy,' muir
INJURED. rising
And so dismal" added Pierre.
I know nothing 30 sad as these unpleas-
ant tasks after the death OF q relative when
a thousand objects brought together dur
ing a lifetime are dispersed at the caprice
OF fate. There was, moreover, in our
case a touch Of emotion. The woman who
had lived in this room had stood nearer
to US by the ties OF the heart than by
those of blood. Our relationship was near
enough to make us her heirs, but we had
looked upon her rather as a sister
For wears we had come every day to pass
an hour in this little sitting room with the
woman whom illness had carried of a
month ago. And now, when we returned,
both Pierre and shivered as with the chill
Of the grave, and made no progress In our
task.
We began by lighting the fire. Then
at the first object we touched, Pierre said:
DO you remember
And the thread Of memories spinning
itself between us, the end OF the afternoon
found us one on each side Of the hearth
almost at the same point as at our arrival.
Nothing remained to divide but the art
treasures, a thousand precious and grace
full trifles which poor Marguerite had loved
to see about her. We took them up with
tremulous hands and heavy hearts, and
nv brother who poses for strong man.
lighted cigarette after cigarette. and LETT
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"A ROMANCE OF THE TERROR TOLD
BY A PICTURE AND AN INhSTAND.

ITO me; Pierre has given 1t to me-
Il congratulate you
Leon put down the portrait cautiously,
and we led him to little collection OF an
tique worries While handling the fragile
statuettes, he muttered unintelligibly to
himself, and all Of a sudden he said aloud:
Where the devil have I seen an inkstand
like the one in the picture2'
He seemed to ponder; evidently his mind
was at work At last he cried = n.is,.-
by Heavenl knew that had seen Ill
seen WHAT" we ask ed In unison.
why, this inkstand. I have 1t myself.
To be sure. remember 1t all now. Your
grandfather-God save his soul-had no
taste for artistic things. and made me a
present OF a number Of antique snuff boxes
and other trifles for my collection, among
which was the inkstand Listen, my boy.
Since you have the portrait. will give
you the inkstand. The two sh ould be
reunited.
The following day he sent me the ink
stand. II was of exquisite workmanship,
in the style of the time: A Cupid mounted
on dolphin, Without any doubt 1t was
One morning 1 set myself the task OF
cleaning It. had to rub hard. The dust
and moisture had furnished 1t, and spots
Of ink refused to be effaced.
AS shook 1t to remove the dust from the
well one Of the dolphin's fms fell back and
disclosed hollow. 1t was probably the
receptacle for seals and such things. A
piece OF paper fell from It,
upfolded 1t In a tremor Of curiosity.
It was piece cut in haste from gazette
| In which were given the names Of the body
| guards massacred on the 10th Of August
| One Of the names was underlined, and the
last fold of the yellowed paper contained q
| lock OF black hair.
Aunt Luce, Aunt Luce,I know now why
| you wished to die; and I, your great-grand'
nephew, born in a century in which one
Is not susceptible to emotions must have
wept over your love Of old.for tear hal
| inkstandi
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$50 that's Mertes, the man they call
Sandow,' observed a fat fan, gazing at the
Giants piano-legged left fielder in the
course Of preliminary practice at the Polo
Grounds. "Well, well, well. Not but
that he's tolerably husky looking young
lad, mind you but
-Sandow? Why, say. friend, some OF
these present day strong guys would have
looked like puny babes alongside OF big
Bull Thompson, who used to catch for the
Lightfoot Lilies back in the old Jones county
days
Il can see the Bull just as II he were
standing behind the plate there now. AS
the batter would face the pitcher the Bull
would suddenly straighten up and draw
in his breath until he was red in the face.
Then, pop! would go the top button on
his shirt, and while the batter was rubbing
the back of his neck and wondering what
in Jones county had struck him Dean Braley
would shoot the ball over for as pretty
strike as ever split the plate. Some chest
expansion had big Bull Thompson.
And bat9 Why, say, that man used to
hit 80 everlastingly far that II the people
over the State line hadn't been jealous Of
our nine they'd have made our opponents
tdho out eAtiobi'ioh pupc'o cSiSiS WY -
let EN- field the ball back.
But the Bulls smuggling wasn't as adj
vantageous to the Lilies as you might sup
pose. He soon acquired such reputation
with teams throughout that part of the
country that the instant the batsman pre-
ceding him had been disposed of the out
fielders would take 1t on the run for the
furthermost ruffles on the outskirts of the
city. In that way, with slow pitcher and
good start, they were just as apt as not to
get there in time to nab the Bulls hits.
so the Bull, who was a man of brain
as we'll as Drawn, tried to vary his herculean
swipes with an occasional we'll placed bunt
to centre field. Such restraint of muscle,
however, was little to his liking, and he
sought for other means to battle the fielders,
who used to stand waist deep in the horizon
aw aiting his long ones.
AT last he solved the problem. Instead
OF driving the ball out over the diamond,
he hit upon the plan OF swinging his bat
down on it and driving it onto the home
plate.
when he did this, the ball, under the
impetus of his mighty blow, would rebound
from the plate to such height that before
1t came to earth again he'd have ample
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TAUGHT TROUT IN HIS TROUSERS

Then went back Of the pool and scared tho
fish down stream.
in little while my trousers were alive
with bewildered trout A few found their
way out as l gathered the garment close
but pulled out those trousers with at least
forty bounds of fish inside em.
Il strung the fish, wrung my trousers:
and tramped home to camp. Some OF
those trout weighed more than twenty-five
ounces, and none was much under pound
When the visitors story was finished,
nobody expressed surprise, and the host
silently handed him flask and the biggest
cup within reach. The stranger took
good drink, said $50 long and went on to
his own camp. -,
His guide stayed behind. and with the
easy familiarity Of his profession said to the
assembled company:
Scents, mebbe you think that story amt
80. Now, wasn't guidin' fer the Cap in
them days, but happened along just when
he was gettin' ready to set his trousers l
reckon I oould'a' had the law on him for
nettin' trout, but didn't. was too much
astonished to see the way he got that mess
Of fish. Yes, gents, that story's true.
Here the speaker cast an eloquent glance
at the flask OF the host, but the latter made
no responsive motion, and the guide
moment later melted into the shadow that
had just swallowed his veracious employer.
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WINNING HIT OF. BULL

time to reach first base and sometimes
even second.
There was a stunt for youi They
couldn't field him out. because the ball
was in the air. and they couldn't hope TO
catch him out because It had got there on
first bounce
"Ill never as long as live forget the way
he foxed the Ringtai Roarers with that
stunt.
"A mean drizzling rain that had been
falling all morning made the diamond
soggy and slow when the big game was
called, but the thousands that had driven
in from every corner of the State put post
ponement out Of the question.
@The first time at bat the Bull let drive
for one OF his long ones over centre. DID
Doc Quackenbush, who was umpiring,
trained his ieldglasses on 1t and finally
diagnosed the runner out twenty-six'
seconds after the ball had left his bat.
an the third, with Slugger Burrows ron
third the Bull resorted to his new trick
and basted the ball down against the plate
with force that bounced 1t high enough
to enable Slugger to score.
"In the fifth a similar plate bounder,
only higher brought in two runs.
The ROarerS OutnelueIb ,"efe Bull piay
ing deep as there was no telling when the
Bull would take it into his head to shift
tactics and wallop out one Of his long shots.
"In fact took them SO long to get in from
their positions after the Bull had been at
bat that the game was delayed considerably.
when Bull Thompson came to bat in
the last half Of the ninth you could have
heard a snowflake fall. The score stood
9 to 8 in favor of the Roarers. the Lilies
had the bases full and two were out.
What would the Bull do? Driving the
ball down against the plate for so foot
bounce was sure to be good for a hit but
that would only bring in two men at the
most. which would leave the Roarers still
one run to the good, and Jim Timpson
the next man up, was almost sure out.
sOn the other hand. the Roarers' felderi
were back beyond the town limits waiting
expectantly for one Of the Bulls long ones
| What would the Bull do1
"Cy Priest, the Roarers' pitcher drew
his arm back, and a second later the bal
was sailing square over the plate.
Down whizzed the Bulls bat on 1t Ike
a maternal slipper descending upon way
ward son, and-whack!
The Bull was of like flash for first ant
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THOMPSON.
Lshno Lilies
Comfy. nof Ringai Roae

the man on third was tearing home.
"The Roarers rushed toward the plate to
gather In the ball on its descent.
Where is itf Who sees Iii? shouted
Cy Priest, peering anxiously skyward.
"The runner on third dashed across the
plate. .
There it Isl There 1t isl cried the
Roarers' catcher, dancing up and down
and pointing excitediy.
Where? Where? Pshaw! that's only a
birdp
"A second feeting Lily crossed the plate.
where In thunder's that ball? Don't
any one Bee itp' roared Priest. shading his
eyes with his hands and gazing intently
into the heavens &c.
"The third Lily crossed the plate. and
the score was tied.
children were on their feet with heads back
Thompson's hit.
the stands, and the crowds began pouring
out onto the field, Bull Thompson had
completed the circuit with the winning
run.
Give lis room. Give us ROOM said
" PTleSU, nOJlOnllB tile cIo"u oaSh' i III
going to stay here until that ball comes
down. don't believe he hit the darn thing
at ALL
1.-THE Bull merely shrugged his shoulders
! In an injured sort Of way and gave the crowd
one OF those comical winks OF his.
well, sir. those Ringtail Roarers must
have gawked round there gazing up in the
air for half an hour or more before Cy Priest
finally gave che thing up as bad Job and
happened tt, glance down at his feet.
Simplicity jefferson he exclaimed
| with start.
There, not more than half foot In front
| Of the home plate, was a perfectly round
| hole about three inches in diameter.
| "Yes, sir, you've guessed 1t. Instead OF
swatting that ball against the hard plate
where twould have bounded back up In
the air, he'd pasted 1t down onto the soggy
earth so hard that he'd driven 1t over two
feet into the ground. We got 1t out with
| pick next morning.
sPlaying YETI No, the Bull got all bunged
I'D in a runaway eight years ago and had to
quit the game. Yanked the horses back
with such q jerk that he pulled 'em clean
over on top OF him. Leg, both arms. three
ribs and collarbone busted.
Last heard Of him he was down II
Chihuahua making wigs for these Mexican
hairless dogs
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1t was a cool August night on the edge OF a
wild little Adirondack stream, and half
dozen men were gathered round the camp
Ere One, a visitor from neighboring
camp, had listened to three or four fish
stories with interest and apparent credulity'
when he said:
1--WE a story that beats all Of yours,
think. 1t was two years ago when was
up here In the back country with my gum
but no fishing rod.
Il happened to cross stream just where
tnarrowed to mere thread, and as looked
into the pool behind the narrowest point
saw that it fairly swarmed with trout
The more looked at 'em the more 1 felt
lcouldn't leave 'em.
But how to get 'em out of the water
was the puzzle I'd heard of tickling trout.
but didn't like the idea Of soaring EN- with
any such experiment Then had an idea.
Il was miles from any house or public
road So just slipped of my trousers,
ted em at the ankles, and spread the balloon
part. mouth open, right across the narrow
est part OF the stream.
In minute that whole trout stream
was neatly flowing out through them.
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,.,ond Damon est was tall, well built
n' ,,ith a smooth face, gray eyes and
a,snd hair streaked with white which en-
p lona the distinction OF his PALE grave
, h1n face profoundly calm in expression,
W. shovins in the deep lines about the
I,h traces Of some great suffer ing
. Soob which he had lived in the past.
VI had made his acquaintance at dinner
- during the two months which spent In
~, ~ hnre CITY we became friends, and were
pN estimate that always called at his rooms
,.noyer nv way took me into the neigh
horbood where he lived.
n,s evening" few days before my de-
..,,,re | knocked as usual at Demorests
To- Az there was no response, l soltly
S,rsd the knob and stepped in, believing
W. w., f,iend to be in the inner room.
W. tound him standing motionless before
i. arenlace sunk in contemplation OF a
'i.,u,e from which the drapery that usually
rf,ysred il had been drawn to one side. IL
.Soved the face of woman with large
.;olet eyes and features like those of a statue
y. Canoya The dress offset a neck OF
I.licate beauty and wealth OF black hair.
Tbe painting was masterpiece.
a, nv entrance Demorest awoke from
Il, ,everie with a start, and turned to me
18th a aush on his usually pale face. Apol-
,r;vino for my intrusion, and explaining
NV i, had been brought about. was about
~ uithdraw, when he asked me to remain.
yo,icinr my quick, involuntary glance in
rho direction Of the portrait, he said simply:
MY wife,
cirn an n
different subjects, but deep depression was
.vident in Demorests manner. At last
be rose saving
4 fear YOU find me a dull companion this
.rening, bat l cannot help it, my friend.
To-day is for me an anniversary. This
might, seventeen years ago, lost my wife.
murmured the usual conventionalities,
but he interrupted me:
you think undoubtedly that l am NOR
bidlv sensitive on the subject OF loss OF 80
long ago? The circumstances, however,
are such that my wife's death will always
haunt nv memory with inexpressible horror
l rarely spea!, of the story, not wishing to
Be the object of general sympathy, but
will tell it to you.
As have said, it is now seventeen years
ago A few days earlier we nad Oeen
married and almost Immediately after we
started for America on board the Arcadia.
THE voyage threatened to be stormy
but we we're both used TO the sea- and en-
loved every moment to the full. The
only cloud in our heaven was Eleanor 8
uncomfortable fear of drowning. In the
evening, when swung myself into my
herth she used to saw
Edward, pray that the ship may no
sink tonight
Il laughed at her and pointed out tina
the steamers OF the company to which our
belonged never had any accidents, adding
DO you not see. child, that all pos
sible precautions are taken? There ar
lfeboats enough to hold all of us; ane
even IL We were left behind, these cor
belts on the walls would insure our safet
until We were picked up. Besides l cor
Guided, I excel most men in swimming
and could without difficulty keep yo
above water from four to five hours. du
\ Ing which time We surely would be save'
lido not bother your little head about sue
VIKINGS, p s..... -'.
but she would not be convinced. an
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-04
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTlES.

Henry Ehrman, founder of the bank
ing firm bearing his name, died Mon
day of pneumonia at Panama.
Delegates to the Methodist general
conference continue to arrive at Los
Angeles, CAL, on every train.
King Victor Emmanuel entertained
Rear Admiral Evans at dinner at the
royal palace in Naples Monday night.
Henry H. Price, one of St. Paul's
Oldest settlers, is dead. He was a
printer by trade and at one time set
type for Horace Greeley in New York
city.
Elwood won the Kentucky Derby,
IA miles, Monday in the presence of
a large crowd at Louisville. Tierney
was second and Brancas third. Time,
2:0S%.
In ten-round contest at London
Monday night Jack Clancy of San
Francisco defeated Peter Brown of
Woolwich for the 144-pound champion
ship and purse of $1,25O.
Dominic Parthelli shot and killed
Patrick Delullio at Pittsburg Monday
night in an Italian clearinghouse and
made his escape. The murder follow
ed an insulting remark by Delukio.
At Chicago, Jack Root of that city
was given the decision over George
Gardner of Lowell, Mass, at the end
of six rounds Monday night. Gardner
did not fight in good form and was
badly beaten.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-04
Mordav, Nav 2.

regular quarterly dividend ~,o1
~ per cent on Great Northern pre-
ferred stock was announced Saturday.
The report that Emperor William is
negotiating for the purchase of a pal.
ace at Venice is 5semi-ome eially denied,
Peter Undorf, an inmate of the La
Crosse (Wis.) county poor farm for
thtrty-four years, is dead, aged 104.
Daniel S. Howard, retired shoe
manufacturer, and considered one OF
the wealthiest men in New England,
is dead at Brockton, Mass, aged
eighty-five years. r 4 # s&
For the loss of his right foot: while
he was helping train crew at a turn
table William Charters, eleven years
old, has been awarded $4,000 damages
by Chicago jury. ILL., ID r. +.
C. O.. Webster, travelling agent for
Bassett & McNabb Of Philadelphia,
died at Grand Rapids, Mich, under
mysterious circumstances and it is be-
llieved by the police that he was mur-
Fdered. }..s Il gz.. .. .
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-04
Saturday, April 80.

President Loubet of France is back
in Paris from his visit to ITALY,
L. Charles A. dig, artist and historian,
is dead at Chicago. Mr. aDilg was in
the Civil war as member of the
famous Iron brigade.
Homer Mcconnell burned to death
in cabin at Sullivan, Ind, under cir
cumstances that indicate he was muir
dered. He was worth $4,000.
H. r. Osgood of Hiram, Me-, shot
and mortally wounded his wife on a
Maine Central railroad train and then
shot himself, dying shortly after.
The Nebraska supreme court has de-
cided that breweries cannot take out
saloon licenses except in their own
name. The ruling is likely to have
farreaching effect.
Tom Searcy, negro, twenty years
old, was lynched early Friday in re-
mote part of Haywood county, Tenn.
Searcy attempted an assault on the
nine-year-old daughter of James Lee,
a farmer. -,
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-04
Friday, Sept. 20.

A fight between Greeks and Bull
garians occurred April 25. Twenty
men were killed or wounded.
Officials of the New York city health
department report an alarming spread
of measles. Many cases have proved
fatal, being followed by pneumonia.
The members of the Isthmian canal
commission have returned to Washing
ton from tour of the Panama canal
property on the Isthmus and will meet
next week.
Edward Williams, a colored man,
died Thursday at the St. Paul city
hospital from the effects of an over
dose of laudanum, taken to relieve
throat trouble.
Senator Nelson's bill providing for
the selection by the state of Mime
sofa of 10000 acres of land in Itasca
county, Mimi, for state forestry pur-
poses has passed the house.
The police Thursday stopped the
hght between Jack O'Brien of Phila-
delphia and Kid Carter of Brooklyn
In the third round of scheduled. fif-
teen-round bout at St. Louis.
Mower County transcript., 1904-05-04
I. " FIFT7H a. ~ 3l85I o n ,3la3:5 - -
SAVES HER SIX CHILDREN.
Farmers Wife Near Duluth Takes
lssS< lssSS< Them Out of Burning House, b

55 s@s<a Them Out of Burning House.
9 Duluth, II May 33.M rs. Alexander
Ericsson, wife of a farmer residing six
miles from Duluth rescued her six
children from death in a fire, which
destroyed their home at an early hour
in the morning
Mr.. Ericsson had come into Duluth
to make some purchases and during
his absence his wife went out to the
barn to care for the stock While
milking the cows she saw smoke and
flames issuing from the house and
fastened thither, only to find it was
Impossible to effect an entrance ex-
cept through rear window. Her
children are all. small and range from
one year to ten. They were panic
stricken and it was with the greatest
difficulty that Mrs. Ericsson crawled
through the window and rescued them,
one by one. When 'the>last child was
removed Mrs. Ericsson was nearly over
come by exhaustion and fright. The
house and all the family possessions
were swept away. 4, = 81,