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6ah1fel'4c-y,r I~ Dhisay
11 ~ wily lie lovell
this proud girl whto.ioW cAt his friend
ship asldp with such contempt.
"Well"' lhe said slowly, "I 8ppQ8(
tI i3the1 erld. In I sorry or the re
Ahd could.he havee otratd the fu.
o hl v 1 fktlt doubt om
The ne~xt day Guy Travers left Glen.
more for his city home. He endeavored
too see Madge, but she always succeeded
in avoiding him; he was pique<, and
angry and mentally ho called h'er "a
little fool" more than once.
Afte4 he had 4oparted Rhoda, the lit
P9inrpa , gave Madge a letter
"vhat 'Arse uy.dlun lef' for' her,"
and in the seclusion of her own room
she opened it and read an follows:
"My DAnLIrNG: Why have you kept
yourself out of my sight all this day
Itbverl,lvlig me i goodby kiss or w.h
ing me bbn voyage? Is it that you 'are
Aiil angry With, xg?'Silly*,child, you
must 'orget thit little scend of yester
hy--forget that you over .loved me
ther than a chance ffrin'd-your
mother's boarder--and be again, your
mow dear little self. Sore day you will
1taml nid foe vhat you now view in the
light of a grievous wrong. Meantime,
hould you ever'need a'sinere friend
raithful and affectionate-you will find
me10 inl yours deotedly. Guy ThAV
ill its IY ItA
Al) hour later Mrs. Ileathcote foulnd
ter daughter, white and senseless, liros
rato on tile floor, with this cruel mis
live at her feet'.
That Itight and for many others
ftdgo leathcote toased in a raging
ever-brahn fever as the doctors pro
toniiced it, '1ma gave sialjhjopcs of her
ecovery. Mr.. Ileatcote, sitting by
ter daughter's bedside, learned from
ter delirious ravings all that her child
lad suffered in smilence;
Six weeks did Mfadge Ileathcote
trugr'1l against death, and finally came
mttrvi riosus. Butis skie 'began the
low proch tl ib6altlh hot nother,
(op n jt with au1ie6, gf dhally weak
tied, and in three months from the
ay Guy Travers had left them, Madge
(is an orphan alone in the world.
"And for all this," she said bitterly,
I have to thank Guy Travers."
Thent, with the few dollars remaining
fter all debts were settled; and her first
've letter in the purse, she left her na
ve village forever. The villagers
took their heads and lookcd grave
benetovor Afadge Healithcot, was men
one..
Weak and weary Madge Ileathcote'
rrived in New York, after a journey
[ sixteen hours. T e ngt morning
ira sinty brakfast, he 'started to
nd her old music teacher, -in the hope.
tat ie would be able to aid her in ob
lining pupils; but her heart sank when,
rriving at her destination, she was told
lilt Professor Schwartz'had been dead
ioro than. ayear.
What was she to do now? She went
rotn plhee to piace, but without any
access whatever. She was a stranger,
lone and friendless, and in all that
reat, grand city there was no place for
". will -bAke one dore effoi, she
aid. "I will go to the groat Signor
le Lanza and ask hin to aid me, and if
fail again I catn but return to my poor
og1ginig and make a fresht start to-mnor
'ow.
Asking the first . policetnttn to direct
ler, to thte residentce of the professor,
te stairtedl thither. Signor do Lantza;.
isteped nattentively ivhile,.shes ha4gtold
din thle smid hlistory of her pioverty and
it~ter-friendissnesse attd -her, snxiety to
m:rn at honest living.
When, she had finished he requested
tetr to let himi hear lper play,, and scat
ng hterself at thle p~iano she played a
>rilli an t: fantasia, -which :he pronounced
'well (lone."'
"Well," she said. "Let me sing
iotmething for you; , I wvant, to know If
poiu think I 'could darn .my living with
iny voice."
Then, after a few pirelhtninary chords
lth sang, with' great expression,
"llomte, Sweet Hiome." Theo professor
*iitene~d, breathtlessly. She . began ithe
accotnd verse--attd as the recollection of
ier dleal old home and the~' mother she had1
ost camne back .to hter, site burst into
(ea rs, apid her head sank upon the key
boardl. D~e Lanza was deeply moved.
Ele wenit over to hter, and placing pia
Mind kihdlhys oli the boked hdadl, sdaid
"jilgnorin, iyoU ai'o frtienhess;jlet 'no
be your friend; cnite anid make your
htomue witht us. I have a young (daugh1
ter wh'lo will he delighted to htave a
Iotmpanion about hter own Agd, and
Signtorina, listen- in five -yeara you can
make your fortuno With- that magnifi
cent. voice. You have one of the finest
voices I h3ave .eveyr heard iag merica."
"You can mnako my fortune in five
yearsl"-she repeatedl. "Ara you sure?"
"As sure as that you and I at&d In thuis
ronni; thmat is,. of course if you will put
yourself etiirely under my manage
ment. ''It answered.
A glad look crept Into thte weary
lactk eyes, slight color Into the pale
cheeks, as sh1e repeated over and over
again to btersel:f
"Au forttie~nfv ears t I lon~
''You really mtust tj
nid ,4UN'; ~1 lad' 'b eeo
heard Vlohk ld Nia yet hithN
Y ork Is ravinig over ht. She IWft
the fashion."
- ' * , '~- y~te u'ire.
She sat and muRsA( by the driftwood fire.
As the leaping flatnes flashed higher #nd
"Anb he pantoms of youth, as fair ant
sGte.or 4gaie 14 theNuddy llitf t
The blossoms she gathered in li'1s young
* ~v4~(n4 w I - Pjcehi:
d she lauged throu asuny Inmist of
tears,
That rose at the dream of her April years;
And ever and aye the sudden raiu
Flashed on the glittering winilowtLiiie.- -
Sobered and saddened the pictures that
showed
As the drift-w gs red .;o d
And the f 1o0le ' I
Passed W4h4e1 - zer
Drime; , .
The daisies suowdrops bloomed anti
Red rose, and lilies stood side b7 fv
,while richer and Ituller anid deepor gre#
The lines of the pltutes August drew;
Aud- aver anti aye the tal.in rain
Strearned thick at$ ti li iwng
' ie tiftWood'4ied4doWiIIo f.athery ash,
i ash;r Waintly and fifully shone the
Slowly atd 4ltly het 8pdf isiat,
And soft was the fall, as of vaninhing feel,
And lush anti green as from guardqd gravo
bile saw the gfaus of tlho valley wAve,
And like echoes in ruinA seemed to sigh.
.The 'Tet west witid" that went wantiering,
i And caught the sweep of the sullon ram,
\Aud dIashed it againthefum34ndw-ano.
A WOMAN'S lkAVENGR.
Madge Heatlicote was the only
daughter, of 'a,. widow, whmop.e, iicome,
Was so slender that she was ghid to tid
acco1m0iniodation . drin lg. th)e4 wariml
months or one or tw . ci y Ibaers1 .
The smntiitif Wlich our stor'y 0pens1.
their oANl boarder was Guy Travers, a
wealthy yoting maln, w'ho had taken
board with Mrs Ileathcote in the quiet
little village of Glemnore for three
months, which time 'to had spent in
teachling Madge JIeaticote to love hinif.
Had tny one uskd him,. lie co'ld noV 4
have fold wh hlie'had doii so,'uhless It
was for amusement; her artless iinno- 0
1cence was so refreshing-and-and- d
well, Madge lathcote, "thattall, awk
ward girl," who would have been )osi
tively ugly but for her magnificent
black eyes and luxuriant dark wavy
hair, possessedi a greater charm for Guy a
Travers than older, fairer women hNd I
ever done. - t
Then after three months of peo'eet s
happiness to poor Ma'dge, he told her, ,
asty 1leaiyta. lydting his
-t tile village, and when he re
turn'ed to his city home, he should often 0
recall "the pleasant days and the nice
little girl at Glenmore." i
That was all; he had held her in his i
arms and kissed her sweet red lips a
hundred times; lie had told her over and ft
over again that she was the only w6man t
he had ever lovcd; and now he was i
going back to his city home, where he
would condescend "to think :Smetimes
of tile nice little girl he had left Iehind
him at Glonmore."
Guy Travers,' with his handsome I
looks aiid soft, honeyed words, 1111d.
broen the heart ,of Iny 'swept girl
before lhe had met Madge leathcote,
but none1 of them lad ever repelled him 11
with thme scorn and conltemplt that
b~laz~ed froni her dairki dyesas she said:
"So this is the end! L was foolish to
have expected anything better' fromi
4 )'O"Whatid yo'V expect, ofn,
Madge?" he questioned. "You surely:
did not think I was going to. marry
-you; if you did, I moust. say I am .sur
prised at your lack of judgmntk."
"Guy Travers, I expected you to act
as an lionorable man; that was all.
Whiatright have you.to win my love if1
you d lot itend tn marry mne?
* "Madgel" Hie went over to where she.
was standing and attemipted to puit his
airm arounid her in the old fond way,
but she repulsed him angrily. "Madge,"
he repeatedl, "if you. love me, darling,
why (do you speak in this cruel way?
I'm very fond of you, little one--in
deed I atm-and~ ~'t)ouk iot-hurt you biy.
word or dieedl for~niything In the world;
you know that. 3htt, nmflittle 'dariling,
you forget how~. diffel'ent are our sta:tions
inilife." e ' *
- "Leave miel" seexclimed. "Never
-let4Yie see your cowardlly face again!"
lie laughedi lightfy butt lueasily, .
"Madge, he reasoyhabia; you do ntot
-know wilatyyu dre sayig; miy Chlild; .1
have done you no hanrm.",
'"No," 'she . answered1 pa:ssionautely,
."ygut have done mie no0 harm; you have
only br'oken umy heart; but that is no0th
ing. Whn'11t differenice cani the breaking
of one heart, .more or less, make to
handsome Guy Tirav'ers? Guy Travers,"
she conitinuemd, tuinitg fIercely toward
him, "'ou camne here this summen~r for
your plea~sur Ie; and( for your. amusemen1i('It
you have wantonly .broken my heart
and spoiled myI) whole life. But I dei
TeGod of the wildow anud orphan will
nvrethiusg ampyiuhed."
wi1not go wvithiout .aying good-by?"
Ltus at ledet aL rf friends."
She'tpned her pale fMd .towardl iuh
"FgiishriedalGuy.Tavi.$, J itm
yourbittdht nyliencefogith qnd
u Travers puldiIs dark l''is
I a three-years' tour on tle ',olltlient.
1Ie lad forgotten all ,alout that little
.episode in Virgiiia five years ago? 'In
looks lie had not altered one iota,,but
was the same handsome, careless fellow.
and all his dear live humidred, frienids
wai'e glad to welcome him hone again.
"Who is she-this Viola de, Lahia?''
he answered in a careless tone. ",I do
not remember of' iearing of her
abroad."
"No, she is a now star from Ifal, I
believe. Her father or uncle, I forget
which, is her manager; and a'dqued.
old bore lie is too, icimr tell you; won't
let- a fellow" 166k at her off the pstagei
muelf1,ess speaklt~t'i~w L-:
"AWr;ght, I'll-go .-With you and-se
your divinilty" said Guy..
That niglitbo opera house *as -croW
ded, 41 exvns.. iWhenii the silg(nap
peared in all her. regql leaq~y slie Wa'
willy app!auded, and Gy Travers, as
lie looked at the gracefql, rotmded
figure, th'e dimpled white :arins the
shapely liands and the glorious ilhcl
hair piled high on the proud head, little
thought that this queenly wonap.was
the girl with whom lie had trifled so
heartlessly live years before.
The opera ovOr, Jack Mordaunt pre
Hented hihnself at the stage door and
sent in his card, asking permission to
introduce. to the signorina his friend
Guy Travers. Tihe signorina seit. out
her regrets, but she would be unable to
see either gentleman that night. Night
after night they received tihe same an
swer. "Th-signorina was very sorry,
but she was too much fatiguea," etc.
For three weeks Guy Travers was tho.
first to enter the opera house an1d the
last to leave it each night; and although
his friends often clialTed him about
being hard hit, and remarked his wo01,
haggard face, lie was not the mafi to
,give up while- there was the faintest,
shadow of a chance to win. On- Viola
de.Lanza lie had staked his all, even
though it was reported that she was be
trothed of Sir Maurice Conway, a
wealthy baronet.
At lst fortune favored him. At: 1v
grand dinner party lie met her, and was
supremely happy. She said she was d'
lighted to meet him, as she had seen I
him so often at the opera-house, but, of '
course, she did not knoiv that lie was
"the Mr. Travers whom Mr. Mordaunt
wished to present," and she was so f
sweet and ranim A..f ....
The day sWe had so longed fgr had
come at last. For more than lve years
she had waited, and now she would yay
him back In his own coin. 'She invited
him to ball on her whenever ho "had
nothing else to do," and she would al
ways make him welcome.
After this he was alwaye near her; lie
walked with her, drove with hior,.and
for three nohths he was lier dvoted
slave. During this time lie often saw
Sir Maurice, but as Viola did not seen
to notice him niuch lie did not consider
him a rival
One evening lie told her how dear she
Wias to him; how he worshipped her,
and how, if it would serve her, he would
gladly lay down his life for her dear
sake.
H~e took the dimpled hands and
smothered it with kisses; then lie ex
claimed
"Viola, my darling, until I saw y6u
I never met a woman for whom I car'ed
onie iota."
"And when was thmat?" she ques
tioned. "When, did you see me first
remoeiber, now, the very first time?"
"The night you appeared In "Tr-a
viata,' " lie replied..
"And you never loved any one be
fore that? I can scarcely believe you,"
she said laughingly.
"Viola, darling, you have told me
nothing of your life, and you know I
am so eager to know everything about
you, my queen."
"My early life wonld be scarcely in
teresting'fo you, Guy, as It was a very
sad one," she replied; "and my career in
p~ublic ends with this month. And
you,"' she dleclared, "have told me nath -
ing of yours. .Conmte, Guy, I am youir
confessor to-nighit, Is there nothinmg in
the past that you regret?"
"Confession is good for the soul," lie
qumoth gayly. "No,-my dearest, there is
nothing I regret or repent of exeepting
that I' dide not-meet Viola de Lanzai.a
then Ifde i domy1 oin1red thait
abo -int 1 haVe hiM e sm3 pity, but
ou l sna8ue YessvO e-no
ar AJ v~l1~ he"
aila wered, solemn$)yg . la hIen
will you b)e y Wifeff.' -".
'I will gi 'you~ mxuy aftswer t6llanor
rdWI will It. 3 .
~Tiea. he conid .lot'induce her to
y n d~me ;oxg 1eujJt, ~3htook
nevey 9pi~fe5e i ith
nig'it throughr and. counted the !)ours
which must3ais ~be'o're iie &ouhdre
coive the prbY ader.
.AtJt1461m9. ddstched it pats
Alonitely itissing 2the'.saersecrilit~ion
over a'nd'*eerggingel' luend jt,
and 11 ftelliQ "olI1 let ) e had sent
to the "nie ggttA :({61m'ore."
1l1t bor6 acaog the! betWtpfd,. fi .her hand
widl heseworde~ ' s
Vh i~d nhbid 4m." Asf uffe.red
tileAio Il YOU '(n
Otherwis a 0tmo NZA
Tis was all; no nt I faig
feet lay<-tWo eads- .g
bearing,the nan o i le .0on1
waf a ct i.Thid
I"l18T~ VIsI'iT pp iIW ~fI
rp. Ato -) B7
A becent disac onAi Island
ys:--The sco0I vIO:64he tug R
cue and wrecking scloonUt. ,z 0>
tolthe Oregon accompi si, r
([he.tug airived at the', .
1 Sad aeuodgb- A hlnio
of the sunkesteatier' bI 1'th' 61n
ilip'Ind I i -tubeU6 cnl 4a.0 gIli'
'tlid rigting Ie was forced;. xe4gg to
theschonor.. -After gelti brath lie:
went down again, but below
less thah an hour,: the g r 'r" f
the time havieig ben tdk Ad i li.
ui1 and down the long inast iae diver
walked the entito, length 3 regor,
andl found thit all the hate -h d been
forced open.. As. far as dld >e seeri
the after part of the vessel knf ng 1 6)
ed,- although the cabin d.diaul sk'
lights had buen jvrenhed ,.' aidl
water was wasjinlg througli tho-saloon.*
On the upper deck. near .tho ollcors'
Atpartmcnt aro two stateroomk,' n imber
e.1 A and 13. Tihi diveid14 it 0 to
itaterodmi A, )vhiuh had liebi ociupled
by girs.. Ed wid D. Morga.i and found
ill the fin-it ire floating rabout at the
meiling. ie secured a har, bag and a
valise and -pulling a latgbaltnerruik
ro C'inidlr the lowbi? bed ,took. t oil
leek'here itflotog to t suiface tyg
was taken on board te. 1ue- Thle,
I iver then went forward tdithd% mnast
,vhich had -fallen, anil 11 thi flle
'lhi) was broken in two haoriSI44
mas.ageway was tilus opel o'lt e er
leeks, from which all the go had been
,vaplhed out, the mast hild across the
iold, having torn up the bulWarki' and
oosened the deck plak vhidh hod
loated. awqy.. The w1.e hIoiuds and
plintered fastonings andparts of the
nast were scattered over the deck.
The hole made by the collision was so
ar over the side that the *r Made nb
hill be used or the diver will be lowered
ver the Oregon's side with a rope by
nother diver on the steamer's deck,
W hile the diver was below last, Tiirs
ay the ship rocked from side to side
nd aV',ift current was reported sweep
ng from east to west. This shbwsthat
he Oregon has not begun to "sand ink"
,s was predicted, but is probably lying
n an uneven bottom.
Thie diver returned to the Rescue
v'ithi Mrs. Morgan's satchels, which
vere locked, as was the trunk. The
eather on these was wrinkled and fur
,owed, aid tie brass frame of the trunk
vas bent In and out. All were marked
'E. D. M." On making harbor Fri
lay the satchels, which were described
)y Mrs. Morgan in a telegram to Fire
rsiand, were taken to Newv York unop
medl by Agent Seymour of the~ Merritt
WV recking Company. -The leathuer
ruak, which Is in a much battered con
lition, is still on board the lRescue.
Among the other articles picked up is
i large tin case four feet square, filled
with kid gloves, It Is dented and bat
ered. .While the wvrecking schooner
was at the wreck the tug cruised about
for several miles and took soundings,
keeping a small grapp~le towing astern.
It 'was hoped that some flotsamn from
the mysterious schooner wond - be
found, but nothing was seen of her.
Agent Seymour returned to the tug.
and willl start for the wreck agai n's
soon as the wveather. will permit. 'lhis
mnornng the rain cleared away,. but a
heavy sea is beating on Fire' Isltad
beach. The northerly wihnd nxow blow
ing will knock the sea (Iowa and the tug,
wvith the schooner In towv, expects to
leave to night. There are three divers
aint forty wreockers on board. Mr Sey
uipour says positively that~ there v'ill be
no effort to raise the. steamter. The ob
,ject of their work is to determieoexact
ly the size andl condition of the hole in
the Oregon's side0 andl secure what they
cati of. lIer cargo..
'.'he, Deadly Tar'anulas.
Soihe mhen of Sacramento Wanit Into
Cache Creek Canyon to beard thogrlily
in his den. The grizzly happened to be
out, but they bough't of an IndIan a b'ox
of tarantitlaa, which they bore home
ward as one evidefice of "their ,i.ar
agailnst tierce and yenomous nature. ,of
two demijohns In the wagon but one
had been uncorked, and the other- was
aboutto be sacdileced to the corkscrew.
when a startling crash came. The man
wvho sat upon tarantuts box had bro-~
ken .*lroughi it,, and, of course, was
done for., "I'm stungl I'm stungl" lie
erhede As poison kills poison, his - fel
lows, wvith less speed . than haste. tried1
to break the neck of the demijohii, and
in doing so spilledl all the spirits save
-ahoutaq ruart. That the sufferer dlrank
gmni soon began to feel better. Then It
occured to some one to look at the
"bugs," and the tarantulas were can
tlously brought' to view. They wvere
eoddtia shrunken. They huad Ibeeni dead
Eweek, but three carpet tacks In the
bottomi of .theobox throw seine light on
the myrosa stnngn.
9 t tbe Rnn'ole War.
J e 0RAous river of Florida' is the c
- 1O , which is an exception to inost1
R idAH sntlegs, for it flows north. I
MW Phlin scenery, flora and ;i
aUia.'Like Florida- itself, til riven t
edvdd:Jto- three sectio. t
r1i.its, mo~ltjth W016kA, nearly 400. fi
1lles1 is the Lower St. John's. - It -isa t
IvY. goon from one te, six -miles wide, )
th sow current andforeAt-lined banks. 0.
A uan.Uropical birds may be seeji i
fla..qyy, d,
k A leodVlaka
I 14r,
J'h"g1, W194injy spumading'out a~y1 ~
the, alligat~rid 'waterfowld may e U
seen. Tik Mtddl6 st. JohYi's jis
through Lake Goi)rge, crosses the annoy- b
iig Volusla bar, and ends at LakO Mon- tc
roe. The Upper St. John's, Which be- M
gins -here, is a vast prairie region, en- C
Itixily different from lth the othere. e
Groves of palmetto, hlk0nofr cattle and
1id 1f-eds of alligators, game;-fish, bear 0
dr, etc., nay be found. It is the ang- k
.ers' and hunters'.paradise. so
i .The Ocklawalia -river is one of tie to
tribittaries of the St. John's, into which hi
it empties at Yelaka. Its length is overl tS
300 miles. It is a series of lagoons P,
Swamps, narrow lakes, etc., coverelii
with deisJlingle,-that cannot be drained I
or reclkined and mit always be a tropi- Of
cal foret inYamp, where the aniiiila th
peculiar.to such a regikon dwell, conpara- it
-vely. unmolested. The ride through '"
thIis "Inysterious river" is very roman- W(
tie, wildly pictuiresqtie, and the steamers bi
are Juilt aid fitted specially to thlrea(l tri
tile Ilinam1. of the narrow and crooked ell
c hasinel.. An iron kettle swings from "i
tiheni filled with buning knots tMi al
likihts up the scenery at night with a ic
\veir d luster. Tho brancihes of trees g
aiI(10the (aIlnnel m111imake it in solei bi
lilaces alimost impassable. - k
hle Indian Iltiver runs parallel wit. .
the A tlntic seabord, separated froim if ."
by. a narrow strip of land froni tiree- a
fourths of a imile to a umile broad, and
flows ftroim a point nektrly Opposite Titux- sh
Ville south to a point opposite tlle nor ant
slore of Lake Okeechobee, and is from AV
ane and a half to seven miles wid., I
Iandi anifertile lhamnocks, fruitful h
raIlges, bananas-, pin1eapples, sugar caeca
.ind almost every kind of tropical flower tin
Dr fruit. . ab
The discovery of Florida antelates
that of Jamestown by forty-two yearY,
amid that of Plymoth by lifty-five. Soim
claim that 8ebastian Cabot visited ti ip
Coa1st ill 1497 ; others attribute the dir
covery of Florida to Ponce de Leon ear-vy
in h e .ixtthlI century (1512). Tl
ime Fiorida was given because of its (
flowery appearanee. St. Augustine is
thec oldest European settlement inl the 1(
country, founded by Spaniards in 1565.
Tle streets are narrow and crooked he0
from ten to twenty feet wide, pavedl
with shells-the older houses are built
mostly of coquina or shielstone. The
associations of Lhis quaint 11d town are
Spaniishi ; it hats anm old, half-ruined ca- a
thedral with a Moorish belfry-a sea
wall of .coginia, extending nearly a
mile, and protecting the ocean front of
the city. Hero is Fort Marion, like- a
wise built of coquina, one hundred amnd
sixty-four years in building and now t
fast crumbling. i
.Florida passed in 1783 from E~nglishm
to Spaniish hanlds ; in 1795 Spain cededl
part of it to Francee, and in 1803 thIs
.vas sold1 to the United States with
Louisiana and finally, in 1821, all
1Florida becaune the property of the lie
pubmlic.a
Florida was the scene of thme Seminmoleo
wvar, wvhich extend~ed ov'er seven years
from 1835-to. 1842. Then, under Gen
oral Worth, they were .d(efeated, anid
mnost of the survivors Vtansported~ to thme
regions beyond Lthe Mississippl, a sinall
reinnant only occupying a reservatli n
.at the souithernt mart of the State. N
MONTA1NA WOMEN. h
Smart. Oir'ls Who are .Quitoc Able to
TIake Care orC Thoueleves. E
A cumriou~s reversail of the eternal fi,
ness of things is seen in thme fact that "
thiere are in twenty-two States of our'14
Ifiniona 308,478 more womni than men.
lDikota has 29,415 moro meni thana
wvomein, anid MontanaII IS abolut on a par'
with Dakota ini tlat resipect. "f [lope'?
;lhould, ieherefor, "'sprinig diternal hii the s
f unimale brieast," for' there Is somnewhem e
jin Daikota, Mo~tanai, W1yuuming, Idaho,
WVahinmgton or Oregon a umnly heart,hi
await.itig every hiixsbandless f emaiile now
pinling away ini single blessedness ini thme
itaat. Not every girl wants to get miar
ried' but all of them wanit to voite.
Only last year at thei elections in westerni t
.foaiticpia for Tierritorhah schaool manperin- Ii
L~.tend4n thire' 'were four' iicltlnouidS-in
the Ieid. Tiieo of thenm werei females L
md~t ;th fouth-a manti. i BW/zemantl
>hdhjlacamds on the fence -canm still lbe
Wn* apipealintg to 'tie pass'ers.),y .to)
'fot for Mi'js lini1ton, the People's
3hoice " Miss llamtilton got there-andy
* e'r competitors were all lefL4'othe nman'"~
aringing. tmp the renmV. HT~eena hms a
mperiintendenit of schtoole who bIa lin
lanm blood1 ini her v'ems ad who, iighi
y dcatlted. 1Aho ha~s. also mai-ted dIra- 41
1,
aa#19 Wait, and plays Charlotte- Cushl.
iian'is roles.
Xlie women of this, northwestern
ountry are enqowed with plenty of
,luck and grip. Ono evening lately, a,
erd of Ar'zonagoats, whicI were being
cided by MIsS 11 'es' Tallert, on Lost
iver, c.ine homeearl' and rushed for
lie cor'a}, a heavy log concern, eight
sethigl. Tlie gates \vere opened ansi
lie hoid let- In, aftlr Which, the little
idy, dashing oVer the prairie, mounted
n her fiery broncho, scoured the foot
ills, but.found.ino cause for alari.
I. the ight Miss Tallert was aroused
Ali 4p. cora . She went in and
>if rour np4uaiu lions, and without
moimelWi he Itation attacked them
ith a x. awo of the-lions jumped
10 corral and fled. The other - two
Ashe toward h'er. She dealt one a
low with the axe, laying its rump, opott
the bone; then both fled. The next
orning fifty of the valuable goats were
und dead -and thirty wounded, four
en of the latter dying afterward.
A mountain lion attacked the cattle
Ben Mason on Powder river, and
lied two heifers and a cow.. Mr. Ma
ii was absent at the time, but his wife
ok up arms against the beast, followed
in through the snow for some dis
lice, overtook and shot him. J. W.
:octor of Billings had occasion to visit
e ranch of Tom Wadsworth on the
usl5lshell. Wadsworth had t band
several hundred of the finest horses
ore are on the north side of the Yellow
me river, and has also a wife who is
expert horsewoman. Mrs. Wads
>rith is not only an accomplished rider,
t, as a huntress, can take the laurels
mi the Marquis do Mores, Lady Flor
ce Dixie, and all the other ladies who
dke pretensions in that direction.
rs. Wadsworth chases -antelope oi
iseback, shoots them down n'hilo
big at full gallop, and, in fact, coin
tes the arts of civilization with the
11 of the aborigine. Now, Proctor,
a crack shot, with somewhat of a
>itationi to back hii up, and lie was
her astonished and taken aback wihlen
s. Wadsworth challenged him to a
>oting niteh. They set up a target,
I Proctor was beaten fairly, Mrs.
tdsworth making the top score.
Uter this uniexlee.fo~et I~"oetar
StilO ilwitIri in) tat region,$
nie to another ranch hid away among
iountails, from which ranged away
mt two hundred of as sleek-looking
tie as one could wish to see. When
Iroaching the ranch Proctor met a
ing lady all alone on horseback coi
down a rocky motmtain path, whom
(lescribes as the incarnation of ether
beauty. After some talk about thme
ather and stock he was invited to
rtake-of her hospitality, which he ac
'ted gracefully. Proctor did not
ow who. his fair entertainer was, but
3rybody in this section knows her to
a young shepherdess named Nina Ro
11, who is ranching it all alone among
3 mountains. Proctor christened her
3"Belle.of Bull Mountains."
[ni th western part of Montana
tong the mining camps, there are also
ne strange characters seen once in a
ile. In the campi at Yego a colored
nuan named Millie Ringgold has quite
reputation as a prospector. She
mnds most of her time in the mnoun
ns, and handles the pick and shovel
th as much vigor and dexterity as a
in. She was the pioneer woman of'
go, and ran the first hotel at that
ice in the early days. By economy
di close attention to business she has
mec into possession of somne very vail
ble plroperties, and is in reality to-day
h onanzi a quien. 'To latest reports
m Yogo state tat she is the owner
the famous Garild mining 10(de, one
the richest silver mines ini tihe West.
k Nursery Rong in a Stage Coach.
Someho~w, in conversation with Mr.
urray, the conversation turned on
>shi Billings, and the City -A ttorney
1(d how lie became acquainted with theo
Lughter of the great p~hIlosolier. '"It
us the one," said ho,'"who married
e nmn ini South A merica. I was gobmig
CJaiacas oine daiy in a (ncac. it was
longit ide, andi there was onily one0 wo)
ani ini the coach against abouit seveni
en, all SpanIards. Nobody else could
1k iEnigiish, amull I (couind't talk Spani
ht, so0 Ikelpt very quiet in my corner,
'ing to get hito conversation with
.obhody. VTe lady hooked Li red, andmo
to hel a little baby ini ler arnis.
retty soon, just to pas~s away the time,
turned lmy attention to~ the baby and
'gan to chirp at it. An is generally
e calse, the bIiaby took qu1ite a shline& to
e, and )vhlen I biehl out my handus to.
aird It smliledl ando indlitedO that it.
ould( like0 to come over to) me. I too~k
and the wvomant smiled onl me1 a sweet
Ltle smile, but odin't say ai wvord. I
aced theo babty omn mny knee and~ began
sing thait 01hl nursery doggerel, 'Trot,
'(t to Boston to buy a loaf of biread,'
oit.. I' lind, hardly hi~nishied the first line
hen11 the baby's umothier. exclaimed in
ie purest Eniglish, 'Oh,- I'n so glad
mi speak Englishi.' -I was about a.
(ll leased(~ as5 51h was, juu~it we soon1
'Caine good ft'himds -pitrnd ainieut
uitil I. left/ Chrign''
Nothuing is- really tro)ublosome~o that wo
o willingly.
11 . 7 * . *,
Wild
SensatIkt
Wes
Shortly after eleye.
wih.a.loud cracking of Wht
dozn cow-boys on iiry
mddly' d6! Washington
Louis, in charge. of on and
forty wild Colorado e h of
themselves made .a :ton
as theoftan over theM
byq "q
the 0 , ..'r..' I
'itret . X h'ed maany wei under the
Iinprension that the drove was to be
di'Iven 'cross the bridge, bit this was
-not the case, for the leading vaquero,
who was on a small Texas pony, headed
for the river. On reaching the levee the
wild steers, upon beeing the water, began
to grow alarmed and darted about in a
lively manner. The ferry-boat Venice
was lying in wait for the steers at Carr
street wharf. The cat1e were all driv
en in safety to the landing -and an at
tempt made to drive theln on -the boat.
As the work was progressing a locomo
tive on the levee track came puffing by
and caused a big stampede among the
steers. For about a minute the Wild
eyes of the cattle bulged out in fear as
the animals stood and vatched the iron
horse steaming by in a noisy way. Then
ensued a fearful kicking and Jumping on
the wharf and boat.
The leading steer jumped into the riv
er and was quickly followed by fully
seventy-five of the herd, all swimming
aimlessly about in mid stream. The re
mainder were promptly hemmed in and
prevented from following and the work
of rescuing the animals floating down
stream was promptly instituted. Steam
boat whistles and bells sounded the
alarm and in a very brief period hun
dreds of people had congregated on the
river bank to witness the rescue of the
frightened animals. The steers divided,
swimming in different directions, some
making directly for the east side, others
pulling for the shore on this side, while
fully twenty swam directly down stream
I., the middle of the river and a laige
number struggled against death by
drowning, noticeable from the large
volume of water thrown
a iu t to gazt a
the foot of each street, from Carr to
Lesperance street, men and boys could
be seen with ropes in their hands await
ing an opportunity to capture and res
cue a steer from the river. The attempt
was fruitless, as the cattle kept in the
middle of the stream. At the foot of Chest
nut, street a number of roustabouts had
seunred a skiff, and supplied with rope
went out to aid in rescuing the cattle.
One steer was finally caught atid
brought to shore. After this skiff inci
dent the river was soon covered with
small craft bearing men and boys who
were acting In the ro.e of self-appointed
life-savers, the scene resembling a whal
or with all boats out, looking for and
prepared to harpoon a whale. The work
of rescue was prosecuted vigorously, re
sulting in the saving and returning to
shore of every one of the animals, many
or which are in bad shape owing to
broken logs and other injuries.
A Houstan, Texas, Scene from ~ifle. 6
The Mexicans scattered througout
tihe towns are thrifty and industrious,
and genera'ly quite well behaved. They
can live on a mere pittance, and are con
tenited. as long as they can have their
cigarettes and c ffee. Many of them
earn their living by making and selling
"Ta'males" and "Child coni carne," two
modes of preparing me at which are ap
petizing in the extreme. They manu
facture, too, a delicious candy-" nucces
Dulces"-- out of pecans i'nd sugar,
wvhicoh they sell upon the street and from
(1ocr to door'. Their homes and habits
are rich and picturosqe, and wvould pre
sent sonme rare subjects for the painter's
art.
The old Dutch masters would have
loved to peryjetuaite this scene: A low
roofed wooded shanty, a bare pine table,
anid a long benich, on which sat three
noted0( politicians, taking an evening
hlinch and concoctig plains for the deaf
ele~)I;'s benefiti One is fair-skinned and.
ruddy-haired, showving his Irish bleed;
one a typical American, the third a
Frencia Canad ian. Each has a steam
ing platter of "Chile con carne." Bie
hind1( him standa the Mexican host-t all,
dark, dignified, grave, yet watchful.
They are four perfectly contrasting
types. Over them flickcer the dim raya
cast by an oil iamnp, deepening the shad
ows, throwmng half lights into the oh
sonrity of tihe corneors. A tiny hairless
Mexican dog sits motionlo is on the~ door
stoli, while the sign, written in both
10nighlih and Span'sh, swings creakingly
above his head. *Out ska the darkness
IS piericed by long shafts of colored light
that stream through the stained win
dews of theo .Jowlsh tesmple and the pale
glinmmer of a lamp in the street car
waiting at the switch.
"My dear," sahkt a *$moerville moth
er, annoyed at sa0 ineautions re
mnarks of her little girl. " Why can't
you keep ase et?"
"Blecause,'' said . Little Mischief dle
murely, "two of my front testh are
rgone. mamma."