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VISITS OF BURGLARIBUS
By FRANCES DE WOLF FEN-*
WICK.
Clytie put a dab of sepia on her !
canvas, drew back, brusb In hand, and j
surveyed it critic-;
ally. Then she
turned around? ;
"That's right!",
said the man be
hind the gun,!
which in this case
happened to be a
pistol. "One yell
and you're a dead
woman."
The yell died in
her throat. Clytie
stood like a stone
column.
"Youse don't
seem pleased ter
see me!" her vis
itor ventured.
"I'm not," Cly
tie answered, suc
cinctly.
Burglaribus opened his mouth and
eyes simultaneously.
"Youse 've got a steady head on
yer," he remarked. "But that ain't
wot I came here ter say. W'ere's yer
dough?" ' "
"I haven't any."
"Here now, none o\ that," her visitor
said threateningly. "Out with it. I'm
a desperate character, I am, and I'm
willln' ter take chances. Bring out yer
cash or?"
"My good man,". Clytie responded
patiently. "I can't bring out what I
naven't got. snoot me it you ieei in
clined. There are people in the next
studio, you know?men. They'd rush
In the minute they heard the explo
sion?"
Burglaribus lowered the pistol and
looked at her intently.
"Youse 've got a head on yer, I
said," he remarked. "But stranglin'
don't make no noise, an' I reckon I'll
Just hev* ter choke yer till yer feci
like tellin' mo a little more." He
moved toward her.
"Hold on!" said Clytie firmly. "I
don't see any fun in being strangled.
But truly there's hardly any money in
the room?only nine dollars and
seventy-eight cents altogether, and it's
in that little safe underneath the table.
But you can't open it yourself?"
"No, but youse kin open it for me,"
Burglaribus responded.
He laid his pistol down, leaned his
elbow on the table, and watched Cly
tie with calm Interest as she stooped
for the little safe.
"See," she said, kneeling and hold
tn? it toward him. "just feel! Isn't it
heavy?"
Burglaribus "hefted" the safe. The
next moment his head came In con
tact with the hard-wood floor of the
studio?and when he recovered his
balance _he was alone. Clytle had
frantlcaliy grabbed his good right leg,
yanked it from under him, then had
rushed to the door and slammed It be
hind her. Burglaribus, swearing ter
ribly, rubbed his aching head and
looked for a way of escape. But it
was too late. The studio door was
flung open and the "men" in the1 "next
studio" rushed in.
Burglaribus was pf-omptly t nabbed
and escorted to a police station.
For the next fortnight Clytle was
besieged by interviewers of all kinds
and sorts. She sold several small pio
tures at prices which made her wish
that a sneak-thief or so would visit her
weekly, and with the proceeds of one
of them took a few lessons in self
defense.
She became quite an enthusiast on
the subject, and acquired several real
ly clever tricks, then settled down to
her painting and gradually forgot her
sudden rise to prominence. She was
painting and whistling gaily one morn
ing when the door behind her opened
softly.
She turned and beheld a middle
aged stranger of sinister aspect, "e
regarded her for a minute In silence,
then put his hand in his hip pocket
"Another one!" she gasped, plung
ing into the adjoining studio. "Oh, an
awful-looking beast. Get him, quick."
The three men promptly dropped
their pipes, gossip, etc.. and rushed to
the rescue, Ciytie followed.
"Confound you!" yelled Burglarious
the Second. "Call this a free country?
Are you all lunatics here? Can't a
man call on his relatives without be
ing knocked down and walked on?
Can't he?"
At the word "relatives" the men
Blackened their hold and looked at
Ciytie.
"Why," said Ciytie, amazed and in
dignant, "you don't suppose' a silly
bluff like that will help you. You
know I'm no relative of yours. Oh,
lnf Kim crcf+ V?i o "
uuu L uiiu uto piovvi.
"Here," he howled as Clytle's
knights promptly collared him afresh,
"one of you jackasses put your hand
in my pocket and get my card-case
out, confound you."
The brother artist did ae requested,
and produced a silver card-ca6e from
which he drew forth a card bearing
the nam > "Jehu N. Woolston, Scantl
grease, 1 regpn."
"Why, Woolston was my mother's
name," said Clytie faintly.
"That young idiot's mother was my
cousin," said Jehu Woolston wrath
fully. "I've made my pile out West,
and as I've no near relative of my
own, It struck me that I'd come to
New York and hunt that child up.
And a nice welcome I got!" he fin
ished, glaring vindictively at the crim
son Clytie. "A nice welcome?"
(Copyright. >
New Idea of Irish Brogue.
According to some language stu
dents Irish brogue is the ancient way
of pronouncing English, preserved in
Its purity by residents of the Emerald
lsie.
Worthless but Beloved Pup.
A dog fancier is a person who will
give $1,000 for a dog with a long pedi
gree. A dog lover will divide his liv
ing and lodging with a dog that
couldn't be sold for a quarter, but
chances to be his friend.?Louisville
Courier-J ournaL
r
He Came Back
Willaber heard the door of his pri
vate office open and was conscious
that some one had crossed the room
and stood at his elbow, but he finished
what he was writing without looking
up. Then when he had carefully blot
ted the line he swung about in his
chair. A thickset nrtin with a pale
face and close-cropped hair stood be
fore him nervously twisting his hat.
"Dick!" cried Willaber. He sprang
from his chair, grasped the visitor's
hand and shook it warmly.
"So you remember me, do you,
Fre^'!" 1
"Remember you? As if I could for
get you! Why, man, there has not
been a day for the last two years that
I have not thought of you!" I
"Yes. it has been two years. Two
long?" . -
"Say, do you remember Knowlson's
white cherry tree? And Lents' peach,
orchard? I certainly am glad to see'
you again! Sit down. You must go
to lunch with me! I want to talk
over old times! Say, was there a
worse pair of boys in the whole village
than we were?"
"The neighbors didn't think so, Fred.
But I don't want to taJk over these
times."
"How does It happen?"
The governor made me a present
of a pardon. I was turned loose New
Year's morning." j
"Well, isn't that fine! It was a
shame you were ever imprisoned. I j
knew you were not guilty. You couldn't
D8.
"Ypb. I was guilty, Fred."
"You?what!"
"Yes," said the otner, a note of hope
lessness In his voice. "I only got
what was coming to me."
"Why. Dick!"
"Well?"
"I?I am sorry. But never mind,
you are free now. You will never do
such a thing again."
"Do you believe that?"
"I know It! Have you seen your
wife?"
"It was the flrBt place I went, of
course."
"Have you told her?"
"That I was guilty? Yes."
"How old is the little girl now?"
"Claribel is three now."
"That's great! And you're going
to start all over again and the three
of you will be just as happy as toads
In a barrel."
"That is what I came to see you
about, Fred."
"I'm mighty glad you thought of
me the first thing. Tell me what I
can ao.
"I answered an advertisement for a
place In a grocery bouse this morn
'lng, and the job has been promised mo
provided I can get a letter of refer
ence. I asked if a letter from you
would do, and the manager told me
It would be as good as gold. The
place will be held open until noon."
"Did you tell him?er?"
"That I had been a convict? You
don't understand. That would queer
me In a minute. I have got to have a
chance to prove that I am on the
square before I let that be known."
"I?see."
"You will recommend me, Fred?"
"What can I say?"
"Don't you believe me to be hon
est"
"I certainly do."
"Then, youH do It! By George, you
alwnvii were tho onnanoaf "
"It wouldn't be right."
"Oh, well, I suppose you know best.
I was a fool to hope that you would
help me. You are like all the rest. A
man whose foot has slipped ought to
reform and lead an upright life and all
that sort of thln<f, but you won't help
him do It But I'll show youl"
"Show me what, Dick?"
"Show you that I wll'l make good In
spite of you and your kind."
"Walt a minute, old friend?"
"Wait? To h?ar a sermon and get
a package of advice? No, I'll go home
and tell Nellie that the old friendship
from which I had hoped for so much
never really existed. I m*st make my
own chance."
"I don't want to preach to you, old
boy. Here, let mo read you what I
was writing when you came in: 'Want
ed?Assistant to superintendent in
large factory; must furnish referen
ces; apply at office of Wilfred A. Wil
laber.' Do you see, Dick? I couldn't
ask others to do what I wouldn't do
myself. That ad was going into to
morrow's paper, but I believe I'll tear
it up now."
"Fred, you don't mean?"
"Can you go to work tomorrow,
Dick?"
"Fred, I?I?"
"That's all right. I think I am
mighty lucky to get a man I know and
can trust. Come, put on your hat and
go to lunch. Do you know, only yes
terday I was thinking of you, and the
time you got hung up by the trousers
in Knowlson's cherry tree!"
Ring Seems to Be Real Hoodoo.
The head of the Paris Morgue is re
RTWinclhlo fnr otatemert and it is
vouched for by the late chief of the
Paris police?that five times within
his experience dead bodies brought to
the morgue were found to be wearing
a ring of Oriental make, and bearing
theae words in Oriental characters:
"May whosoever wears thlB ring die a
miserable death."
Dally Thought.
There are seasons when to be still
Jemands immensely higher strength
?an to act.?Channing.
Sincerity.
The more sincere we are in our be
liefs, as a rule the less demonstrative
we are.?Beecher.
Diplomacy or Dishonesty?
Commend a fool for his wit, or a
knave for his honesty, and he will re
solve you Into his bosom.?Fielding.
\
DAN AND NINETY-THREE:
?
?
By DAY ALLEN WlLLEY. X
It was in a division dispatcher's of
fice of the B., Q & R. railroad, and the
party was a group
of engineers who
were having a
quiet smoke and
chat over old
limes, w 11119 wait"
ing for orders to
start out.
"Boys," said one
of them, "d'you
remember old Dan
Reynolds?"
"Guess I do,"
said another.
"When I was fir
in' on the Susque
hanna division,
Dan was haulin'
coal trains. It
was Bald that he
never was known
to get stuck on a grade. Used to pull
the heaviest trains on the road, too,
with that old Ninety-three of his."
"I've often heard about him," said
another. "They ueed to say he
thought more of his engine than a
wife, and that he'd rather stay on It
than go to a hotel."
"That's so, Bill; you're right there!"
exclaimed the oldest one of the party,.
as he knocked the ashes from his
pipe. "Dan Reynolds would always
stay by his engine under all circum
stances, though he never had a smash
up or killed a man. I remember one
time he stayed, and I sha'n't forget it
as long as I live.
"We had ".hree engines on. Old Dan
with Ninety-three was 'head. Then
came Jim Barton with Ona-hundred
and-eighty, and then me. Before leav
ing Burr, the general superintendent,
came along ard said as there was
some passeng ?s who wanted to catch
a steamer aext day at Philadelphia,
an? for ub to connect at Harrisburg,
if it was possible.
"Well, we went along, runnin' with
about two feet of snow on a level.
For over thirty miles we didn't have
trnnhlA Plnallv Vg came to
the 'Broad-cut.'
"The snow fills in there four and
five feet, even when the wind Isn't
blowin' at all. Suddenly Dan blew
for brakes, and we stopped. |l
"Then I saw the conductor go up I
to Dan and commence talking to him,, i
Dan 8hakln' his head. I found out(l
afterward that the conductor wanted
him to give up tryln' to go through on
account of the drifts, but the old man
wouldn't hear to It. i
"Then the conductor got aboard, '
Ninety-three whistled twice, and we '
started wfth a full head of steam. It i
didn't seem as though anything could i
stop us, and nothin' did for most a
mile. All at once we slowed up and
stopped. I had my throttle wide open,
the sand-pipe open, and the drivers
went around so that the sparks flew
up to the cab-windows. But It was
no go. ?
"I got out on my tender and looked
round. Everything was snow and the
drifts were as high as the cab-win
dows.
"I could see old Dan In his cab try
In' to back his engine. One hand was
on the throttle and the other on the
lever, his cap waB off and his gray
hair and grizzly beard was blowin' In
nrln/1
kUQ TT 1UU<
"We took the fire-shovels and man
aged to dig a path alongside the train
so that the passengers could get out
to the end of the drift Then every
body but Jim and I started for a
small town, a couple of miles back on
the road.
"We went up into Ninety-three's
cab, and there sat old Dan barehead
ed, just as he'd stopped work.
"Says I: 'Come on, Dan, put on your
cap; we're goin' back to Blossburg
and wait for help. The storm's comin'
on heavy, and you'll be covered up If,
you stay here!'
"The old man lifted up his head and
said: 'Boys, I don't go back to any
town. I made up my mind to' get this
train through, but I can't do it. It'a :
the first time I "was ever stalled In my I
life. But 'taln't the ' old- machine's |
fault, and she feels It as much as I do.
She and I'll stay together now, If It
snows a hundred feet deep.'
"I knew 'twas no use arguin' with
him. He'd stay, if he made up his
mind to, and so we left him slttin'
there. By this time it was after mid
night, and the snow came down thick
and fast, but we finally reached the
town. Next morning we all shouldered
shovels and got on the wreckln' train
,'hich had been sent from Pittsburgh.
"We came to the cut, but nothin'
was to be seen but snow. Engines,
cars, and all were buried in it We
finally reached where the train was
and commenced to dig around it.
"At last we saw the head engine. I
climbed up and pulled back the cab
curtain. The old man was still there.
He was kinder standin' up and leanin'
forward, lookin' ahead the engine as
V- -1 -31 -3 U > I _ 4- _ AU.
no aiv>a>a uiu wuirii curniu iuuu cue
station. .
"One hand wag on the lever and
the other was at the throttle,-but all'
the valves were closed, the fires out
and the cab half full of snow from
the windows, which were all blown
open.
'1 looked In his face and?" here
the speaker's voice dropped nearly to
a whisper?"boys, I saw that old Dan
Reynolds had made his last run."
tCopyrlsbt.)
Rather a Large Order.
A little boy was asked by his bus?
mother to telephone the grocer for cer
tain household supplies. This is the
way the message ended: "Please
charge and send ten cents' worth ol
animal crackers, and please take out
all the elephants, because the baby it
afraid of them."
Father Has No Chance.
The reason father hates to play
cards with mother Is because if he
loses he loses and If he wins he loses.
?Cincinnati Enquirer.
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SEABOARD SCHEDULES.
Northbound.
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Warning to Upllfters.
Some uplifters fail to remember
that, If you lift people too high up,
the air becomes too rarefied for ordi
nary humans to breathe.?Charleston
News and C&urier.
Naturally Fortified.
"I am afraid that man is going to say
something he will be sorry for." "Don't
worry," replied Miss Cayenne; "people
Rho make a specialty of reckless talk
seldom have the discernment to be
iorry."
Wise Johnny.
- 1 n? V.4r.
Jonnny s uncie waa visnmg at. um
house. He was saying to Johnny: "I
hope you never fight with your little^
neighbor." "No, siree," answered
Johnny, promptly. "He's stronger
than I."
Hammock Comfort.
If you want solid comfort this sum
mer, hang your hammock under the
trees, then place another old ham
mock or piece of canvas, stretched
out flat, three or four feet above It
Sew on the "upper berth" mosquito
netting, letting it hang to the ground.
iut> euua ui tut) ueiuug mtxy uo uoiu
together with hatpins. Safe behind
the screen flies and mosquitoes will
not bother you,?Woman's World.
Main Thln^
At the end of a somewhat sweeping
peroration the young lady said: "And
now, Mrs. Smith, woul<i you not like
to have a vote and exercise the priv
ilege of citizenship?" To which, says
the Glasgow News, the lady of the
scrubbing brush made a typically fem
inine reply. "I don't know, miss," she
said, agitatedly; "what would It cost?"
Always a Sealed Book.
In deciding a case of disagreement
between the right kind of man and
any kind of woman, nobody leas wise
than God will ever And out whether
Justice has been even approximated!
Cromwell.
Cromwell had no royal blood In hli
xroino Tho f>nntpnMrm that flnrh was
the case failed when put to the teat
The Old Protector belonged to what
la known as the "Gentry." His only
rank lay In his genius and unconquer
able will-power. His "blood" was Jusi
plain English blood, and could in nc
way claim to have "crept through
scoundrels ever since the flood."
See Life in Right Light.
Hold your dull life up to the light,
and see how it will be transfigured.
Life is not meant to be a path of ease,
but steep and rugged; and it is only
through self-denial, discouragement,
discipline and trial that you may at
tain be higher life.?Light on the
Hidden Way.
Unkindne88 of Fate.
For "placing an obstacle on the rail
and thereby causing a train to stop,"
a peasant of Nijni Novgorod was
fined $5. He was trying to commit
suicide, and the obstacle was his own
head.?St. Petersburg Wireless to
New York TimeB.
Shattered.
He was a Hollander, Just arrived in
this country to seek his fortune-, and |
he had much difficulty In regulating j
his pronunciation, and at times his;
words were almost unintelligible to \
his host's small boy, who sat in a cor-j
ner of the room, somewhat mystified. I
at last the Hollander departed, and the j
email boy said to his father: "Daddy,
Is he a broken Englishman?"
All the Conveniences.
Auto Agent?"This car . complete
with every modern improvement and
a copy of the divorce and bankruptcy
laws of everr atata. *2.000."
j Marvelous Works <
be Sho
Thirty-six of the World's Navies Will Participa
Noted Architects Create City of
Never Beheld?
The photographs upon this page reveal just a few
lions who visit the Panama-Pacific International Expos
The opening of the Panama canal is regarded by t
tory of the world, and In recognition of the great wor
a display of the world's progress as has never been se
The news that England will exhibit at the Panan
lng Interest that Is everywhere taken In America's Pa
Thirty-six of the world's great nations will offlclall
Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, <
Ecuador, France, Guatamala, Haiti, Holland, Honduras,
Bia, Peru, Portugal, Salvador, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Tu
have appropriated enormous sums. The Argentine, for
Canada has appropriated $600,000 and construction Is 1
The natives of every civilized country on earth wl
of the progress of their native land. ,
Throughout the United States and In foreign land
year. At a recent meeting of the Transcontinental Pas
in railroad fares. The exposition opens on February
and closes on December 4, 1915.
The exposition today is one of the sights of the wor
The passenger on a steamer through the Golden Gz
beholds the vast domes of the exposition palaces rising li
the domes and minarets of a fabled Oriental city. I
fore the main group of exposition palaces, which fa
north upon the harbor for more- than one mile, a grf
sea esplanade has been constructed; this has been w<
derfully landscaped with thousands of v rare trees a
shrubs brought from distant parts of the world. H?
multitudes will gather during the exposition to view
day the assembled warships of the world's navies and
night a wonderful series of colored illuminations visil
forty or fifty miles away.' The entire exposition groun
Night view of South Gardens and main entrance to
cIsco In 1915. Dominating the scene at the left of the ]
the air, Its architectural lines marked with thousands,o
whole surface softly 'glowing with the reflected light fn
down the facade, at about the center of the picture, ma;
to the Court of Palms and directly in front of the Towe
In the background at the extreme left may be seen the ti
the group "The Nations of the East." Cop:
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-England to Exhibit.
of the thousands of marvels that wfll "be seen by the infl
ation In San Francisco next year.
he nations as one of the most stupendous events In the hit
k at Panama there *wiil be exhibited in San Francisco such
en before.
la-Pacific International Exposition Is evidence of the
nama canal celebration.
y participate in the exposition. Here la the list: Argentina*
Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Repvbllo,
Italy, Japan, Liberia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Pel*
rkey Uruguay, Venezuela and Great Britain. The nsflons
example, has appropriated $1,300,000 gold for its display;
far advanced on the great Canadian pavilion.
11 be enabled at San Francisco to behold a surpassing nrlwr
Is millions of people are planning to visit the expositionmext
;senger association it was decided to make great reductions
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the canal region, will be mailed by the PanamarPa
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the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San 7rta>
picture is the Tower of Jewels, rising some 435 feet Into
f glittering hand-polished crystals of many colors and its
am the arcs which are. hidden from the spectator. Further
y be seen the two slender towers which guard the entraaor
r of Jewels is A. "Stirling Calder's "Fountain of Energy.*1
op of the triumphal Arch of the Rising Sun. surmounted Am
fright, 1914. by Panama-Pacific International KTpogtfton OoofM|^
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