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Then get about it quick I'll tend to
the old man"
The policeman turned and sauntered
back to where Bondell was still stand
ing.
Have you seen your man YETI" the
officer inquired.
mol" the broker Numbered. HE
won't get the girl, you can bank on
that"
How was he dressed?v asked the
officer
Light brown suit, blue tie, black
derby hat
Then it was he. Great heavens!"
broke in the policeman.
WAS what? Tell mey exclaimed
Bondell
HE was run over by an automobile
a few minutes ago and taken to the
hospital
MY God. And 1 was to blame!
Which hospital? the broker asked
frantically.
I'm sorry" replied the officer, but
| can't tell you. If you want to see
him you'll have to make the circuit Of
them ALL"
Late that night Bondell returned to
his home after fruitless search for
the unfortunate lover. AS he was
mounting the steps a cab halted at the
curb.
Papa, came wee voice, Henry
and / have been married tonight, and
you'll forgive your own little girl,
won't you?"
The broker staggered down the steps
with arms outstretched "God bless
you bothr' he exclaimed fervently
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The trickster is always proud Of his



cit is absolutely impossible" writes
traveller recently returned from
tour of China, ''tO conceive of a nation
speaking as many dialects as you viii
find in China. A foreigners ability to
speak Chinese is a practically worth
less requirement, as about every TWEEN
ty-fve miles the dialect changes to
such an extent as to be. practically an
other language, and even If you are
speaking the best mandarin-the court
language you are quite apt to be told
that your honorable foreign language
Is not understood. Even the governors
of the provinces have to employ inter
prefers to communicate with the peo-
pie they govern.
1T is a common joke among foreign
ers in China that the natives always In
dieate by signs what they intend to
converse about before beginning to
talk, and this Is a joke with quite a
grain of truth In it''-Harper's Weekly.
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Had a welsh courh.

There was crowd watching the fire
when one of the bystanders gave q
smothered, cultural cough. Immediate
ly the man beside him grabbed his
arm.
you're Welsh" he said eagerly.
The man with the cough looked puz-
zled. Then his neighbor poured out a
volley of Welsh words that. ended in
English with, What part of the coun-
try did you come from?'
The man with the cough shook his
head, and his neighbor became indig-
nant. Its nothing to be ashamed of,
to be Welshman," he said, 80 why
not admit itY'
But I'm not Welsh" said the man
with the cough. Il wouldn't know a
word of the language If heard it."
His neighbor was still Indignant
you just said Welsh word a minute
ago." he growled. you can't fool me.
You forgot yourself for a minute"
Il didn't. 1 only coughed," came in
protest, and the man coughed again.
That's it! That's it!' said the Welsh
man enthusiastically. That's the word
/ heard"
But the coughing individual lest him.
self in the crowd, muttering something
about fools being allowed to run
loose New York Press.
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Lemaitre Looked Old at rhirty-fv

Lemaitre Looked Old at Thirty-fve.
Jules Lemaitre was of middle height
with bent shoulders, head carried for
ward, near sighted and awkward The
evening dress hung ungracefully, as
though it's pockets were stuffed with
books and papers. No one would have
taken him for anything but what he
was-a man of study, perhaps a pro-
feSSor He stumbled over those awful
stools or cushions the ouvreuses put
under ones feet and murmured, "Par-
don, madame: pardon as he strove to
gain his seat And people whispered
"Lemaitre; Jules Lemaitre" In those
days he was about thirty-five and look
ed almost fifty. His hair, inclined to
curl, early turned gray. then white.
leaving him a little bald This added
to the height of his forehead and made
the rather insignificant features appear
a little lacking in space, as though the
face had been of india rubber and
pressed too hard The expression, the
CLINT of the blue eyes. soon forced one
to forget his rather unsatisfactory ply
sique When he spoke he let his words
drop with sort of careless grace. with
little hesitation too The voice was
gentle and rather high pitched When
he lectured that soft voice swelled and
carried to the very extremity of &
large theater and all hesitation disap-
peared.-Mme. Charles Bigot in Critic.
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A Roland For His oliver.

He was very practical, and in order
to have everything fair and square be-
forehand he said:
you know, darling, l promised my
mother that my wife should be a good
housekeeper and a domestic woman.
Can you make good bread? That is
the fundamental principle of all house.
keeping
Yes; / went into bakery and learn
ed how to make all kinds of bread
She added under her breath, Maybe"
"And can you do your own dressmak-
ing? l am comparatively a poor man,
love, and dressmakers' bills would soon
bankrupt me-
Yes" she said frankly, 81 can make
everything wear, especially bonnets'
"You are jewelw he cried, with en-
thusiasm. Gene to my arms
wait a minute: there's no hurry
she said coolly TITS my turn to ask a
few questions. Can you carry up coal
and light the fire of a morningT'
"Why, my love, the servant would do
that"
Can you make your coat, trousers
and other wearing apparel?'
'But that isn't to the purpose"
"Can you build house, scrub floors,
beat carpets, sweep chimneys"-
81 am not professional"
Neither an |. 1t has taken most Of
my life to acquire the education and
accomplishments that attach you to
me. But as soon as l have learned all
the professions you speak of | wfll
send you my card. Au revoirr' And
she swept away.-London Tit-Bits.
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Every one is familiar with the i'm
perious conductor who insists with his
Step lively, pleaser' that you shall
hurry as you get into the car. Most
people resent this peremptory order
and feel bit ruffied as the car starts
forward with the customary jerk, and
they either fall abjectly into a seat or
clutch with frantic haste the first con-
yenient strap.
A friend of mine coming from a
quiet inland city to a bustling seaport
town heard the "Step livelyr' of the
car conductor with some surprise. For
tunately for herself she took her seat
without losing her balance; then, lift
ing her benignant face, framed in the
soft dove colored Quaker bonnet, she
gazed at the brusque young man who
came to take her fare. what is thy
nameY'' she said.
Rather surprised in his turn, he
meekly replied, giving Christian and
surname.
Friend William Blank" the passen-
ger observed, still looking steadfastly
at him, thee would not have said
Step lively to me had thee known
that was ninety years old"
The conductor touched his cap, beg
ged her pardon, and when the lady of
ninety left the car he assisted her de-
scent with the gallantry of a knight Of
old.-Woman's Home Companion.
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A SENTENCE OF DEATH.


Tragic Ending OF Murder Trial In
Western Court
"One of the most tragic scenes I
ever Witnessed" said an aged lawyer.
occurred in small town in one of the
western states. The judge was a man
Of sixty or more, and III addition to q
most venerable and dfgnffied appear
ance and manner he was the saddest
faced man ever saw. He had come to
our town ten or a dozen years before
from the east, and we knew little of
him except that hewas an able lawyer
and jurist and that his wife, who was
the only other member of his family,
and himself had some great sorrow.
"One night our town was all torn up
by robbery and murder and the cap
ture of the killer and thief almost in
the act For wonder he wasn't lynch
ed then and there, but he wasn't, and
as soon as daylight came proceedings
were instituted against the prisoner,
and | was appointed, with another
youngster, to defend him.
Really there wasn't any defense,
and | was frank enough to tell him
that he might be thankful if we could
save him from a lynching. He was a
stranger In the town, evidently led
there by some stories he had heard
of an old miser we had among us, and
was man of perhaps thirty-three or
thirty -four, with a most unprepossess-
Ing appearance, greatly accumulated by
a weeks growth of rough whiskers,
years Of dissipation and hard living.
In those days and in such cases the
laws delay was not much in force, and
by 6 o'clock of the second day the pris-
oner was standing before the Judge to
receive sentence. AS he stood there
that day harder looking customer /
think l never saw.
Have you anything to say why
sentence of death should not be pro-
nounced upon your said the Judge aft
er all the preliminaries were over.
81 have, your honor, if you are to
pronounce that sentence, replied the
prisoner with an air of almost imperti-
nence. AT least he added half apollo
getically. possibly under the circum-
stances you might not care to pro-
nounce it.
This was entirely out of the ordina-
ry. and l touched my client ON the arm
and was about to remind him Of the
customs of the court when the Judge
requested me to leave the prisoner to
him.
"'Will you be kind enough to ex-
plainT he said In a strangely excited
tone.
Well, your honor responded the
prisoner without quaver of voice, as
I'm your only SON
But the judge heard no more. 1t
was evident that he knew the prisoner
was telling the truth, for, with a groan,
he threw up his hands and fell forward
across the desk in front of him, dead,
a little stream of blood trickling from
his lips. The excitement was terrific,
and in the midst of it the prisoner
dashed through a window and would
have escaped, but timely shot from
rifle in the hands of man on the out
side settled him forever. And, best of
all. his mother never knew She lin
gered a few months after her hus-
bands death, and the entire popula-
ton of the town considered 1t to be
sacred obligation to lie to her about
the whole affair"
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OUT of THE
SHADOWS
By Fannie Heaslip Lea
Con,,,.f,kf fqoe Ia, I2,,t,, To,,ry,,s
By Fannie Heaslip Lea
Copyright, 1906, bB Ruby Douglas

In the gentle current of Miss Sarahs
life by far the widest eddies were
Paola's love affairs Miss Sarah had
never had a lover herself-she had al
ways been too busy taking care of
Paola, who was tile younger sister,
slim, pale creature, with vivid eyes
and a head that habitually dropped a
little as though weighted by its own
gold hair and sense of dangerous
melancholy
Beside Miss Sarah's old time cour-
tesies Paola was as an orchid to a
pansy, but underneath the melancholy
was a certain irresponsible deviltry,
certain intangible witchery, that
brought the most eligible youths of the
neighborhood in suppliance to her feet
and filled Miss Sarah with unceasing
wonder and amazement
Whenever a new victim appeared
upon the scene Miss Sarah thrilled
with apprehension. As he was friend
ly, she approved of him; as he was
more conspicuously attentive, she
watched for him; then in gentle per-
pleXity that never vanished with add
ed experience she saw him hover, adj
vance, retreat, hover again and plunge.
When the little comedy was played
out she took up her knitting with
sigh of relief, opened her volume of
Felicia Hemans at the purple book
mark and prepared to rest before an
other siege.
Paola herself slipped from one emo
tional cataclysm to another, as the
slender moon from cloud to cloud.
They yelled her vivid calm for mo-
ment, but she always emerged I'M
fettered on the other side
She had been wearing Francis Lock-
woods roses for a month, when Miss
Sarah one night, after three gentle calls
unanswered, stepped through the long
French window on to the moonlit We
randa with crimson scarf in her hand.
The June night called for no such
guard against its close, sweet warmth,
but on the subject of damp and dew
Miss Sarah was infexible.
'Paola," she said anxiously, then,
since there was no Paola in all the
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The Burlington and Bristol steamboat
Ferry Company.
Schedule in effect $40 a. M, June 2, 1906
fIala lnrlIa lral

Schedule in effect $40 a. M. June 2, 1906
Subject to change.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40 $500 20 90, 5000, 1910, Ills a. M, sl23O,
81 80 " 30, *3 80, $3.50, IS 3d. $3.50, 7.20 p. m.
Saturdays-6.40 $780, 900 1000, *l040, ll.l5
.. m 1880, 81 30. 800, $780, *3.4O, s4.2O, $3.50
sUindays's'oo, 900 $1,000 41O4o, Ills a. M.
%l2SO $40. .2.2O. $780, sa.4O, *4.2O, $780, $40,
.7.40. TO, 800 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
ESQ., $3.50, 1880, 1920, 1l.00, 11.30 M, fl.OO,
200, $500, 400, 800, $40, $40. 30 "A. m
Saturdays-6.5O, 1880, 1880, *l0.2p, ll.00, l1.30
q M, .l.60. 200, '24O 1920, 400, $40, 500
sundays-sS3O $3.50, 1920, l1.OO. ll.3O a. ms
sl.O0, 200, *240 1920 .4OO, s44 $500 $50, $500,
7.40. $40 p. m.
Notes.-Trips marked thus Will stop at
Burlington Island Park, and when there are
three or more passengers for Burlington
Island Park the boat will stop on other trips.
Passengers who desire to leave Burlington
Island Park Ill please notify the wharf ten
der who will raise the signal nag for the boat
from Bristol.
on the Fourth of July after the 1890 p. IN.
trip, the schedule Will be the same as Sunday
schedule.
August %, 1906, the 1000 morning trip from
Bristol will be withdrawn and the boat VIII
leave Bristol at $40 a. m.
The boat for the performances in the Audi
torium will leave Bristol at 7.40 p. m. Return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances
No trips will be guaranteed In foggy weather.
WILLIAM +. DORON,
Sec'y, Treas and Gen'l Manager
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manufacturing towns; ana IL nau en-
tirely escaped his memory.
1t seemed ii longer drive than it really
was, for the girl was annoyed and he
keenly felt his responsibility for the
awkward position in which he had
placed her. Just as they were driving
up to the station the horses were pulled
up quickly and blue coated form
shortly appeared at the door.
Il didn't think you would be so fool
ish as to try to get away was his re-
mark as policeman stepped into the
carriage. THE captain wants to see
you at the house."
Won't it be sufficient if you take
meT' demanded Glider. This lady is
anxious to reach her home"
They're anxious to have her there"
was the terse comment, "but orders Is
orders, and was to bring you both in
if found you"
i don't suppose that $50 would
bring about forgetfulness of OrdersT'
suggested Glider
ut 'ud bring about a broken head"
W as thC III dllS WEI.
Glider remembered that there was
police Investigation then on and real
lied that the policeman feared trap,
so he kept silent until they drew up
before the green lights. The police
man proudly led them up to the desk
sergeant, who ushered them into the
captains room.
Your uncle said he would come
right down when we phoned," he ex-
planned. Il don't like to lock you up"
Glider had recoveredhi his self possession
and by the time the wrathful uncle ar
rived he had made such good use of
his time that his apology had been ac-
cepted in full Then the door few
open with bang and a choleric old
gentleman entered fourishing a cane.
Even in his excitement Glider wonder
ed how the coachman had mistaken
him for his master, but the next de-
velopment drove all such thoughts from
his head, for the new arrival paused
in his belligerent demonstrations
Are you Jimmy elders sonY' he
demanded
80 I've been given to understand"
he answered wonderingly.
The cane few across the room, and
the old man came toward him with
outstretched hands
You're the living image of your ia
Their when he left college" he cried.
I'D have known you anywhere"
Il wish you had recognized me in
front of the barber shop" he laughed,
then added brazenly: mo, l don't.
Then you would just have helped me
to catch my train. I'm glad / stayed"
1t, was easy work explaining. John
Davies now regarded the whole matter
as joke and insisted upon carrying
Glider back to his home.
Pm sorry the elopement wasn't in
earnest" he said late that evening as
they smoked in the library.
IN do the best l can" was the
earnest assurance, and when Glider
finally caught the 6:4S Mabel saw him
off, and on her finger glistened a ring
that had not been there when they took
their first ride together
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were Time eyes stranger Did L not know
thy voice?
All ghostly grew the sun, unreal the cir
Then when we kissed"
The last word quivered sentient on
the air, and Miss Sarah trembled with
strange fear of it. Her fingers found
the rough bark of the tree and clung;
she waited. hungered, for the rest. but
young Lockwoods voice broke from
the beat of verse into uneven words:
"Paola, my beautiful, it is our story"
1T is the story of Paola and Fran
cesca," said the girl dreamily.
''Paola and Francesca - Paola and
Francis-what does it matter? Were
thine eyes strange? Did l not know
thy voice?"
Miss Sarah, dizzied and enwrapt by
she knew not what roseate mist saw
the white grace of Paola waver and
lean to the shadow and heard few
moments of magical silence, the whis-
per, tender, exultant:
And in the book they read no more that
day.
Miss Sarah felt her way back to the
path with unnecessary care If her
light footsteps had been the crash of
brasses they would not have reached
the two by the Black Prince, but Miss
Sarah did not know it. She hurried
along between the roses, catching her
breath in little gasps as she went, and
the wraiths of lost years swarmed
around her, singing her to wild, indefi-
mite regret. She passed through the
moonlight and up the steps, through
the open window, and caught up her
neglected knitting with a pathetic de-
sire for things tangible and common
place. She opened the volume of Fee
licia Hemans at the purple bookmark,
but without knowledge of line.
81 never knew what 1t was likeP' she
said pitifully to herself Il wish l had
known" The magic of the moonlit gar
den swept over her again, and the mu-
sic of the lovers verse murmured in
her ears. Miss Sarah trembled with a
vague, unhappy longing for the things
that she had never known-the things
that were the Inheritance of Paola, her
sister, yet had never been hers.
Beyond the window the garden lay
vast and wonderful beneath the moon,
to her a land.where life ran in strange
currents between banks of enchanted
blossoms.
Suddenly and without warning tear
slipped down Miss Sarah's cheek and
splashed upon the purple bookmark.
Another followed it and yet another;
then Miss Sarah drew herself together
and shut between the leaves of Felicia
Hemans poems her one belated vision
of romance. And in the book they
read no more that day." she said to
herself, with a sad little sigh Then
she took up her knitting again to wait
for Paola.
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A caustic Critic.

A local paper in Hungary published
an account of the rendering Of king
Lear" on the stage of very small
theater in the town where the paper
appears The Hungarian critic began
his article in this way: The historians
of literature are still at daggers drawn
as to who wrote Shakespeare's pieces
Shakespeare or Bacon. After tonight's
performance of King Lear there can
not be Il doubt on the matter If any one
will take the trouble to look into the
tombs of those two famous men. The
one who still lies on his back has not
written King Lear at any rate, for the
true author during tonights perform
ance must certainly have turned in his
grave"
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In small town in California hos
pital was erected on Salsipuedes street,
and the board of directors, in lieu OF
something better, suggested that the
hospital bear the name of the street.
One more cautious than the rest sug-
gested that it would be well to know
the meaning of such a name before
making indiscrlminate use of it, and 1t
is to this man that the success of the
hospital is due, for on finding that Sal
sipuedes meant "get out If you can"
the name was hastily changed to some
thing less suggestive of who enters
here, leaves hope behind. "-Argonaut.
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THEIR
FIRST RIDE
Copyright, 1906, bu Homer spraSae
By T. S. Boyd


Glider glanced anxiously at his
watch. He had only seven minutes in
which to catch his train. The night
was dark, and he could scarcely walk
five blocks in driving rain, wait for a
ear and make connections
Just then a carriage drove up to the
curb and an elderly man of about his
build alighted. The chairs were all oc-
cupied; it would be fully fifteen min
utes before the newcomer coHld get
shave. In that time he could get to
the station and the carriage would
have time to return.
1t was worth the chance He dashed
across the sidewalk, called an order
to the driver and jumped in. As the
door slammed the horses started up and
they were off at brisk pace before
Glider realized that there was a second
occupant in the carriage.
1T did not take you very long"
laughed musical voice.
Glider sank into the seat with a
groan. Il don't know who you think
am he said apologetically, but I'm
robber. Don't be afraid. Pm not
regular robber, but one through force
of circumstances. have to catch the
6:4S train, and the only way l could
do it was to borrow a carriage without
permission
MY uncle did not give you permits
sion to use the carriage?' demanded
the voice. Glider knew that a girl with
voice like that must necessarily be
pretty
Il didn't ask him." he said calmly.
You see, it would have wasted pre-
cious time. I figured that l could get
to the station and the carriage could
get back before he was shaved. A
dollar would have fixed the driver. I
suppose now you will have me ar
rested"
For Wespass, perhaps" she laughed.
"On your own confession you did not
mean to steal the brougham."
How was 1 to know that a man who
went in to get shaved would leave a
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Paper money is nothing but prom
Use TO pay so much coin. If you de-
stroy five dollar note, for instance,
yeu simply release the government or
the bank which issued the note from
the payment of the So in gold which
the note called for. OF course, there
fore, you are not punishable In any
manner for destroying the note if 1t
is your own. There Is no penalty for
mutilating gold or silver coin II you
keep it in your own possession, but as
you have thereby destroyed consider
able part of its value you must not
try to pass 1t at par after the muttla-
ton
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Move on there!'
Bondell pulled heavily at his cigar
In studied abstraction of the limb of
the law The policeman advanced a
step nearer, believing hoarsely:
Il tell you to get move on youl
You've been obstructing travel on this
corner for a quarter Of an hour.
Now
See herev' the bundle of obstinacy
waved the emblem of authority into
silence. Pm going to stand here till
I've finished this cigar. You might as
well rest on that
The policeman made move for the
mans collar "Fll give you an illus
tration of the way this city keeps it's
streets navigable!' he roared.
Bondell smiled grimly and stepped
out of range of the policeman's mus
cular arm. Suddenly he became con
tidential
"A young sprig asked my permission
to marry my daughter just few min
utes ago, and I've sent him around the
corner on an GRAND"
''Well?"
We'll. if he gets back before l fin
ish this cigar he can have the girl. If