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ss'3?? (t; - . r v* ' 1 - ' ' , \ I HE KING * ^HONE A NOVEL OF AMERICAN.LIFE a V MAURICE CorT^ishr. ?8?e ?nd x?r: i UHAl'TUit A.1 V# CONTINUED. ^Vben General Andrew Jackson ?aua to New Orleaus, be came as a typical Anglo-Amerieau, as contradistinguished from the Latin Creole. He was a man of iron, rough, resolute, imperious, even impetuous, with the trailing of au Indian tighter and border chieftain, who had never known defeat. Bat hero in the fAr-famed city of romance, here in the warm, languorous South, he found to his Mrpriae that those pleasure-loving Creoles, these descendants of princes sad of buccaneers, these vivacious, picturesquely haudsomo men with the ort voices and the courtly uiauue:s, did not particularly admire and certainly did not fear him. They rather looked upon him as an interloper. The np-couutry rnou were not in good reputo there, anyway. Burr and Wilkinson and Claiborno and a whole clas of losser fellows bad given these Creoles a great deal of trouble while preparing the way to lift them into the great American Union, and now Jackset was lookod upon as the arch interloper. But not a few of the inkahitants of New Orleaus who called themselvos Freuch were in reality ?agliali, Irish, German, Scotch or Polish refugees; and at this partio lac juuoturo, when the British army was about to assault the gates of the city, there were those among them who were glad to bavo the adamant of Jackson's will and the prestige of his coarage and generalship thrust befweea them and the coming foe. One of these was Mr. Vernon. To him the thought of an English commander getting control of New Orleans was the vision of absolute ruin. Not only woald it be the end of all his wealth ( suul influence, but there would swiftiv . * 1 follow a terrible visitation of so-called justice upon his head. But for this Jm might lrave been indifferent, as wwro many of the population, or ho sight have preferred British success to the domination of men like Jackson end Claiborne. He left the theatre on the night of 1 the alarm with a groat burden of trouble oDDressiuz him. Fairfar had observed before this that Colonel LoritX S8smed to oxert a singular influ- ! ?? over Mr. Vernon, or rather, it s looked as if Mr. Vernon had some ' 'deep interest in the welfare of that dark, saturnine man who was, sa he ' feahevod, Pierre Bameau, the * oobbor. Both Mrs. Vernon and Paul- 1 iae had noticed thi3 remarkable intimacy and had more than once won- r tdered together rogarding it. On a J certain occasion, Pauline had acci- * <fex tally overheard her father, when conferring alone with Loring, address 1 kiea with impatienco and speak as Akoagh chiding him for some fanlt. c these rash acts," Mr. Vernon 8 wri* Trying to him, on tho morning (fallo ving the scenes recorded in our Plant chapter, "yon have made it prob- ' > ably impossible for yon to stay in this vBflllDirj." J* They we:o sitting facing each other ^ In tho library; Loriug had come into ^ the house by a sido entrance from a f private alley. II f? XI- . ?f P "UD, wen, was ma careteos au- i swer, "if I can't stay I can go. Thero 1 if .Mexico; I oan return to my mines." Mr. Teroon gazed steadily at him c -with ojes that hnrned half wistfully, half in anger. "Bat," he presently said, "it is ! time for yo* to quit this roving life; get yourself under control, and make the most of your talents. You aro ( still young, just ooming into the pine of life." . "*'1 know?I've been thinking of it." v "Bmt what does thinking amount to , if yen keep on? No man ever did aeti more absolutely unjustifiable or 1 ju ore desperately foolish than " "Oh, certainly, there's no use tell- 1 lag me that; but I couldn't help it. The only wonder is that Ikdidn't kill ' the? both; I usually do." ' lioriag spoke with au indescribable expression; it was if ho felt no spocial interest in what he was saying?as if 1 it woro hollow mockery for him to speak at All. His eyes, bis lips, the ! lines of his face gave forth a hard, I Bopoicss, unreciing ugub huiuu seemed to como oat of a physical xather than a montal dilemma. "I saw no excuse whatever f )r yonr i treatment of Ballanchc," said Mr. Veruan. "It looked like a pieca of 1 wanton viciousness." The old man's face had grown a-? as his beard, and the wrinkles deepened strangely. Loring eat npright, not rigidly, bnt with a certain animal elasticity of litnb and body which suggested a surplus of vital force. He made no response in words, and appeared to throw off with some superficial effort the whole burden of tho subject. "Of course' it will be impossible for you to join Jackson now," Mr. Vernon added, after a long silence. "I shall probably go to the other side," said Loring, with a smilo. "The other side!" v ??)yby not? It's my bost way to *nako it even " "But, in honor, you cannot do that." "Humph!" '.Moreover yon know that for the lEaglish to takoNew Orleans would bo *uin to ine." "Oh, yes; I know," Loring said. f y * i C")F>:Y ISLAND : DURING THE WAR OF 1SI2. THOMPSON, 7 Eob?rt Bccaer'a Sor-s. "And yon " "V - - - -? ? --L I 1 11 _ l ou luigui uui> laro ?u uuaiy. The Euglisli commander has offered Hue terms to Lafitte, aud " "Ta! I know. Cut even Lafitte will not accept. He has reported to Ciniborne." "Reported to Claiborne!" "Yes," Vernon affirmed. Loring turned his eyes toward the ceiling with a slow, thoughtful motion, as if revolving a new perplexity. "Who told you this?" he presently demanded. "Vassenr." "Vcsseur!" "Yes, he is here. He acted as gobetween in the mattor. He brought Lalitto'a message to the governor."* "And how came Vassenr here?" "Ta! I hadn't told you about his being robbed?" "No." "Pierre Rarne&u and his gangrcbbed him of all his monoy and took his jewels." Loring laughed reflectively. "Pocr little wretch!" ho said. "That went hard with him, I know." "Yes. But he'll have his revenge. He his laying his plans well. Rameau is in the city, he says, and the whole fraternity of freemeu of color is sworn to kill him, They are drawing their lines close around him." Loring threw up his head, and his eyes became as two long, gleaming slits, while the augles of his jaws prex 1 . a 1!L. _ __A?_ iruueu use a cai s. "Bat what are yon going to do? It is time to act," Mr. Vernon inquired. "Not moch of anything, probably ?report to Jackson with a gun, muzzle foremost, maybe." He arose as if to go, but stood awile twirling his hat und looking straight into the old man's eyes. A touch of something like tendernesssuch a gleam as you see in a dog's ?yos whoa he gazes at his master? same in his impenetrable face, when, it last, he put forth his hand. "Grocd-bye," ho said. Mr. Vernon clutched the hand and nrrung it, but said nothing. As Loring went forth from the louse, he mot Vasseur coming in. The men glared at each othor. Vasleur r.howod both terror and surprise, ] mil waa evidently glad that Loring vas in the humor to pass him by, The latter did not swerve a hair's . >readth from his coarse, and the lit,Ie Frenchman had to shy asido qnicky to avoid being trampled under foot. "13 Pierro Ramean your friend?" iricd Vasseur, in Frenoh, as soon a; io come into Mr. Vernon's presence, lis voico husky and rasping. "Pierro Rauaean! What do you 1 aean, you little scamp?" "Did you not soe hira? He came ' mt of here this moment! I met him d the gate!" "No?" \ "Bat" yes, yes, tbis minute?Fierre ; dameaa!" Vasseur was trembling violently, J On the moment, there was a sndden vfc irl of thoughts in Mr. Vernon's >raiu. Could it be? He grabbed his teard with one baud and, with the >ther pressed hard upon his forehead, itood motionless, every feature strainng and every limb rigid. lie wa3 re- } lecting with tho power and intensity ' >f a sadden conviction. After a little while, how-over, ho 1 nnstered himself and demanded Vas- 1 >enr's business. ' "I have uot any buaJttess," faltered ( he little man. "I saw Pierre Rameau ' some in here and " "Yon are a liar!" 1 Mr. Vernon held liici by the throat \ md made him stand on tiptoe. "You call my?my friend Pierre 1 Flamoau again, and I'll kill yon, you ' log!" 1 It was the first time in many years ;hat he hud given away to a rash of ( ingor. Vasseur. unable to stand when re- J cased, sank into a chair. "Forgive me, Vasseur," caid Mr. Vernon in the next breath. "I did not mcau to hurt you. 1 was augry. .That mau was not Pierro Pvameau. Ho wa3 Colonel Loriug." "Then you did not see the man I peak of," insisted Vasseur, doggedly. "I met Pierre Rarueuu coining cut as I came in. I had tracked him?followed him hero. I saw him coma in, and I waited long for him to com*, out. I " Mr. Vernon interrnpteil liim with au impatient wave cf the hand. "Thero is some mistake!" Vasseur's cunuing would not let him he deceived, but he felt some dangerous mystery hovering close to him and did not care to tak9 further risk iu penetrating it. A mind liko his is quick, nimble, shifty, It must be in order to givo it a fair chance. Moreover, it cuts straight through some difficulties that would be baffling to a higuor intellect. Just now he was living for but one object, and whatever did not bear upon bis purpose was of no interest to him; but, in spite of this, there was something in Mr. Vernon's attitude that aroused strange and obsenre doubts, suspicions, dreads ia his mind, while at the came time uo saw that there was a boud of sympatny aud interest uniting Mr. Vernou and Pierre Rameau. Ha euspeoted, although the suspicion scarcely took full shape just then, that the two men had been connected, m he and liameau nut, in somo wild transao* tions, and were still necessary to each other, or would he at tho crisis mow sj near. Indeed, Yassear knew more of Mr. Vernon's past than tho latter wonld linvo believed?more tlinn it would have beeu safo for the little fellow to acknowledge. When Yasseur had taken his leave, Itfr. Vernon walked tho lloor, to and fro, his hands locked behind him, his heavy head and shoulders drooping and his eyes bent upon the carpet. He looked ten years older than he had looked throe days before. His lips now and again moved silently, and the muscles of his neck and fuce twitched nervously. Freseutly ho tool: his hat and his great-coat, for a drizzling rain was falling, and weut out. He felt that he must see Loring onco more before he left tho city. To this end he bent his steps totvard the club-room of the Chats-Huauts which was over the back part of a low restaurant near the river. Chats-Hncnts (screech-owls) was the name of a mysterious organization which fell to pioce3 when, some time after the Wur of 1812, the robbers of Honey Island were routod and their power destroyed. What seems most strange to one who gains access to the records is the fact that tho Chats-Huants, although their proceedings were veiled, did not pretend to evade the authorities of New Orleans* It is well known that they were in league with smugglers, bo-cnlled "privateers;" bnt it was understood as well that thoy were "operated" outside of Louisiauia, or, io other words, that they were "importers" of unlawful wares, and that all of their gains wem 10 sweii me weaun oi me State and the city. Air. Vernon felt sure that, if Loring had been deceiving him, and had been all this time operating with the Honey Island outlaws instead of being in Alexico?if Colonel Loring and Pierra Rameau were indeed identical as both Fairfax and Vassenr had declaredthen the riom of the Chats-Huants would be the place in which to look for him. On the way, as the rain softly fell over his slouch hat and high-collared topcoat, Mr. VernoD kept repeating the name, "Pierra Rameau," "Pierra Eameau," not aloud, nol even by lipmovement, but inwardly; and it rang and echoed in his consciousness, as a lonely voice sometimes wanders back and forth and around in a wild moantain hollow. He felt that ho was going to solve within the next half-hour a question involving one of those climaxes of experience from whioh no period of life is exempt?experiences that shock the very centers of Btreugth.and affect the deepest sources of feeling. The streets were slimy, the gutters ran fall of muddy water, aud a wind from the east had an edge of ice, albeit the roses were abloom along the walls. Mr. Vernon met few people, be wee not aware of meeting any, until a hand was laid on his arm, and a well-remembored voice said: iiir T 1 1 :iL a T\. '.uay x nave a worn wnu your uo pon know me?" He stopped short and faced the speaker. It was almost in front of the entrance to the grimy building in ivhich the Chats-Huihts had their meeting-place. Not far away on one laud rolled tho great yellow river arith some vessels at anchor; on the i>tkcr hand the uneven honses zigzagged along, dripping and unsightly, rwo or thveo reckless-looking fellows )assed by and entered the restaurant. Che Chats- Hnants were meeting. CHAPTER XV. 'A SCENE ON A WOODLAND 8TAOS. The reader will recollect the heavy ain and the hurricane that came on immediately after the shooting of Burns by Pierre Rameau. But for ,hat cool deluge of water, the old man tvould have bled to death, notwithstanding the comparative slightness )f the wound, which, owing to the aullet's striking a large old silver tvatch and glancing thence along a rib, was but a jagged rip in the flesh icross the left slope of the chest. As it was, the rain stanched the bleed* ing, and Barns regained consciousness some time daring the following sight. His Scotch vitality was not yet ex* iiausted. He raised himself to a sitting posture; but the effort reminded him of his hart and the blood broke forth afresh, while a dall pain griped his breast. A roaring sound oame into his head as he sank back again and relapsed into insensibility. It was bat a swoon, however, followed presently by a gradual recovery, during which hi3 mind recalled, in a panoramic way, the whole of his long and fruitless straggle in search of Margaret. All the terrible route from Scotland zizzaggiug over almost half the earth, lay under his eyes as if mapped out in the glare of a calcium light. He realized ltnro rhrr old he was. and the nature I of his wound he well knew, having thrust his fingers into the gapingrent. Life shriveled under his gaze to tho dimensionc of scorched leaf, and ho saw his thousands of unanswered prayers lying like dead insects thereon. Some of the tense strings of his laith were snapping under this strain. Numbly, blindly, he groped about in the darkness, the soaked earth under him, the dripping, wind-stirred boughs overhead. His long, gray hair foil across his drawn and sunken face, and his tumbled beard was separated into clammy wisps. He thought he was walking, but he was only wallowing on the ground, reaching out his hands and feet. (to bb continued.) New York lime ia four hours fiftynine minutes and nine seconds later than London time, and is nine hours forty-five minutes and five seconds earlier than Yokonama lima. > !?.i if .??> Our. Budget j of Humor.. | Her Kzample In Arithmetic. "Two and two. and two and two/ You know," I said, "make eight; Now, how," I asked, "are you to write This example on your slrte?" "Oh! just easy," laughed Louise, Her crayon quick in hand; "Four the multiplier will b^. And two the multiphcan. "What next?" I gently prompted, As she her figures drew. "Eight." said she. "the product is; Sly 'zample's four time two!" ?Washington Star. ~ t As It Sometimes Heeim. "What's his business?" "Well, as near as I can make out. he is matrimonial agent for his two daughters."?Chicago Post. It's Up to Him. "I'm going away to-morrow. Won't you think of me sometimes while I'm gone?" "Hadn't you better ask papa if I may?"?New York Journal. Absolutely Necessary. She?"Did the bride look pretty at the wedding?" He?"Of course. Wasn't she a bride?'"?Somerville (Mass.) Journal. Hoss and Hoss. Nell?"He married her for her beauty but she hasn't much left." Belle?"And she married him for his money. So they are in the same boat.' ?Philadelphia Record. A Waste of Time. Finnegan?"Don't be so lazy an' discouraged about it. The best way to foind out what ye can do is to try." Flanagan?"Ay! But that's the worst way to foind out what ye cau't do."? Philadelphia Public Ledger. Itapid-Flre Thought. "Always think twice before you Bpeak," said little Tommy's mamma. "Gee, maw." he answered, "if you do that you must do some pretty fast thlnkin' sometimes when you git to goln' for paw."?Chicago Record-Herald. Seeking Specifications. "You are the light of my life!" he protested. "Candle, kerosene, gas or electric?" asked the practical girl, for well she knew that all lights are not held In the same esteem at the present time.? Chicago Post. Hith and the Three Grace*. "This hash," said the star boarder, "reminds me of the three graces." "Oh!" replied the delighted landlady. "In what way?" "One is foolish to tackle It without faith, hope and charity."?Chicago Record-Herald. A Great Haul. "Young Briefly had only been admitted to the bar a week when he made a fortune. He was caught in a railroad wreck in which forty people were injured." "And he was one of those who got damages?" "He was all of them. He got al! the victims to retain him."?Philadelphia Public Ledger. Beaaonablc. flt '1 J "I'll sell you them fish for ten dob lars." "Isn't that rather high?" "Wal, a feller that buys two hundred dollars wuth o' fisbiu' tackle to ketch nuthln' with orter be willln' ter pay somethin' fer fish."?New York Journal. A Discriminating: Dog:. "Yes, the neighbors complain about my dog." "Does he bite?" "No; he's too affectionate. He has the reputation of being a Judge of beauty, and every time a pretty woman passes along the street he frisks about extravagantly." "I should think the women would like that." "Yes, but there are only two pretty ! -women on the street?and the others ?ompl?faed."~?level&Qd Plain Dealer* Y? I SOUTHERN / | -d?HEEZD-C ' TOPICS OF III TERES T TO THE PLANT k Bent Time For Cutting Forage. The Experiment Station Division of the Department ot Agriculture has been gathering some information regarding the berft time to cut forage crops, including oats, field peas, field corn, millet, sorghum, Kaffir corn and cow peas. A description of experiments is given where analyses were made of these crops at two different stages in the growth cf each. In the oats ami peas grown together the first analysis was made when the pea pods were beginning to form, the second when the pods had all filled out and similar stages of growth for the other crops. The following table will Indicate the stages of the crops at the different analyses: Peas, first analysis, pods beginning to form; second analysis, pods tilled out. Oats (1), beginning to bend; (2). h. full bloom. Field corn (1). tassels showing: (2). corn full grown, ear forming. Mi !et (I), beginning to head: (2). headed, seeds nearly ripe. Sorghum ill. beginning to head: (2t. headed, seeds forming. Kaffir corn (It. beginning to head; (2?. headed, seeds forming. Cow peas (1). vines sixteen indies high, no blossoms: t2), well dcveloiwd. some pols formed. In reaching a conclusion various fnc tors were taken into account heroin I the mere amount of nutrition found, such as wbolesomeness. digestibility, pnlatnbility, etc. It was developed that the mixed crop of oats and pens Improves in composition as it grows older and should probably he allowed to stand so long as the pea vines remain fairly erect. The proportion of flesh-forming to fat-forming constituents in fodder obtained from oats and peas is very nearly the correct one for a well-balanced ration for most classes I of animals, and it would probably be found unnecessary to supplement this fodder with grain or other foods. Field corn, millet, sorghum and Kaffir corn decrease rapidly in protein content while heading out. In order to obtain a fodder from these having as narrow a ratio of flesh-forming to fatforming footle as possible, the crop should be cut at as early a stage as it can be well cured. For "roughage," to be fed in connection with highly nitrogenous foods it may well be allowed to grow until the seed forms. After that, however, the stulks rapidly become woody, and the proportion of waste is greatly increased. No very significant change was found In the cow peas, but this fodder is highly recommended on account of its large proportion of nitrogenous, strength-producing mate i- * rial and small percentage 01 nmigt-mi- i ble fiber.?Guy E. Mitchell, in the Progressive Farmer. The Profit!*** Cow, Much has been said and written on the subject of scrub stock, and the scrub cow has come iu for her full share of condemnation. The Live Stock Farmer has the following to say on the subject: "A cow census would show that, so far as the farmer is concerned, half of the cows could be sent to the butcher without loss to their owner. | The public would, of course, be the loser, for a definite amount of milk would be taken out of trade, and the remainder would be in such demand that the price would be enhanced. On the farmer's side, however, the result would mean profit. Ultimately the general public might get its milk as cheap as at first, for the poor cows vrould no longer produce poor cows, but the entire supply of calves Would come from profitable milkers. Now. year after year; the farmer puts a certain sum of money in the way of food into his cow nnd frets back the same sum. He throws in his work. Most of the men that are doing this do not know it. for they hare never kept an account of what they are doing. Thev have no idea as to the results from milking operations. They take it for granted that the hart! work they are putting in is profitable. Little by Utile the poor cows are being weeded out of the herds, but progress is slow. Wo need to use more universally the milk: scales, the Bnbcock test and the lead pencil." Thinned Fruit ! Better. Bulletin No. 82 of the Maryland Experiment Station summarizes the benefits of thinning fruit as follows: First?Thinning preserves the vitality of the tree by lessening the production of seed. Tlilnnlnff {f V ortuuu?luiiiunig, ? ? and persistently done, will cause tbo tree to bear crops more regularly. Off years are in most cases due to the fact that the trees are allowed to overbear one year, and during that year few, if any, fruit buds can be formed. Most kinds of fruit trees cannot produce a large crop and mature fruit buds at the same time. Third?Thinning lessens the loss occasioned by rot and other fungous diseases of the fruit by eliminating the danger of infection by contact. It also In a measure urevents the appearance and the spread of diseases by permfV ting better ventilation and drying of the fruit inside of the trees. Fourth?Thinning will produce larger fruit. Fifth?Thinning will produce a better colored fruit by admitting more sunlight into the trees. Siith?Thinning tends to ripen the fruit more uniformly. Seventh?Thinning will produce a more saleable and higher-priced fruit, by reason of the increase in sise, higher color and general appearance. Eighths-Thinning will preserve the * - i$*31 'H 'ARM flOTBS. ^ I 2J-q -ir?i?if i ER, STOCKMAN ANO TRUCK CROWER. 11 iim/t shape of the tree and prevents the breaking of overloaded branches. I . Young Ducks. The large markets give price# that are profitable to the grower for ducks that are eight to ten weeks old. Ducks of that age are fine eating and will be relished on the farm, fiood management is necessary to* produce ducks of good weight In eight to ton weeks, but it is not difficult. Fckin ducks are noted for their early maturity: and for this reason are preferred to produce good food in a short'time. It is useless to seloet small breeds for tbia end. They do not weigh much when mature, and they do not grow fast enough during the first few weeks to make big, plump carcasses quickly. Many things favor duck raising. Inexpensive sheds will do for shelter. Since the Pekins cannot fly to amount to anything, a fence eighteen inches or two feet high will keep them codlined if it is desired. The more profitable management on the farm is to let them run at large most of the time. This will enable them to pick up much of t'ue r food and give them needed exercise. I.?ck of Grir. Although not an article of food, grit Is necessary to a bird's welfare and must be thought of as a possible caus$ I .J i T~ In A/llfSoltlW | Ot ITOUUIl', 111 Uiy wuia JU uuuomjy In poultiy troubles I have opened dozens of brooder eliieks that had both crop and gizzard filled with grit. Grit and nothing else. It is not safe to place clear grit and nothing else before little chicks. They are hungry and will fill up on grit alone if that Is all within reach. It forms a solid impaction that is hard to break down and many chicks die as the result of it. Adult birds, shut in during tbe winter months away from the soil, need grit and it must be supplied to have the birds keep healthy and lay eggs.If kept before them they will help themselves and not be obliged to scratch over tbe droppings to got lilthy grit that has been through tbe fowl. Filth In any form is dangerous to health and being introduced 011 grit does not lesson tba risk.?roultry Keeper. Food and Production. Each breed has certain advantages. In experiments made with several breeds It was found that results vary according to tbe size and age. Tbe Dorkings laid 100 eggs each year, the average weight of the eggs being two ounces, or eight to the pound. The food eaten each day was live ounces, or about 113 pounds for the year. This was heavy feeding and consisted of a variety of grain and grass, being over ! one pound of food, for each egg; but it must be considered that a large portion of the food was directed to growth, as the record was kept from the first six months of age to eighteen months. The birds were also kept over winter, when a large amount of food was di-^ rected to heat. The production of eggs was good, but as the birds were forced the cost was excessive, though tbe cooks had made eight pounds growth when six months old. The Dorkings pay better as superior table fowls than as layers.?Farm and Fireside. Prevent Orub in the Head. It is said that mixing a tablespoonfnl of turpentine with a quart of salt liven to sheep will prevent grub In the head. The salt is placed in troughs so that the sheep can help themselves whenever they like. About every day eaeh sheep will be at the trough, will get turpentine on its nose, and the gadfly will be kept away. If sheep will eat salt that has been treated with turpentine in this way, it seenis that the remedy would be as good as its advocates claim. A Threshing Hint. When threshing the wheat and oat crops see that the straw and chaff are carefully saved, and have the straw pot up into stacks or a convenient size for being put into the barn?a stack at a time?when needed. With good, sweet straw, roots and cow peas or soy-bean hay. young 'cattle can be kept growing and improving all winter. and will make a large heap of manure for the improvement of the land. There are In Montana some of the finest glaciers in the world. The Bachelor Born. "There was never yet a bachelor ol forty whose heart has not been at some woman's feet to take or leave, as she would," says a well-known writer, and this, generally speaking, Is absolutely true. However, there ia one type of man, a very rare one fortunately, who from a mixture of cold love of self and miserliness rigidly eschews matrimony. Of such a one the story is told that, being on one occasion somewhat impressed by the bright eyes and red lips of a certain damsel, he gave some thought to the married state and pon dered over the advisability of entering it. Racked "with doubt, he ordered a meat pie to be prepared, and on Its appearance divided it in half. There was ample! Then the reflection crossed his mind that in course of time a subdivision might be necessary. The portions were divided by a tremulous hand ints two. He looked, hesitated and scraped them all on to his own plate. The damsel had to find another lover.