MR.FOEB'gFIJRTATION, "It nodoub is. But she has a good 'TfiEIETIMESlND'OiEJT." hit countenance scanned closely, for a bi lafe to this day that s~be might have pie gave me some money an I boue.i many friends. A most charming lady time at least. got well if she'd tried to but she was this little house an' piece of lands is visiting,her nowa Mrs. Ford." He explained his business engagement jist worn out by the hardness av her That was twinty years ago, an' irf It was a very* little house, poor, unpainted, Mr. Emory Ford was a man whose Ah!" Mr. Ford was inwardly and the forgotten ,telegram, but life wid that brute. wasn't worth much, for there was ritm-& altogether out of place in a striking appearance was a subject of greatly amwed, and congratulated said nothing of the companionship or "Wan night, in the imdst av a terrible house widin a mile. I used to go street which had such growing pretensions general remark, and it must be confessed himself on a tact which concealed his the railway journey. He ended his ram an' wind, whinj^was all alone into the city washin,' carryin' to fashion as Cyclamen avenue, tbat the distinction was jusjti own identity and artfully led toasubject narration with a furtive look of appeal wid her, she says: -S\" Mickey on me back while he was littie, which had lecently been redeemed in which he was immediately interested. to Mrs. Sutherland,to which that 4Sed by a fine figure, and elegant car "'Kathleen, I'm dyin* ari'yfez must though me poor leg riiver stopped*,'* fiom the waste places of theearthand But in anather hour he i! lady responded by the slightest perceptible go for yer father.' achm' from morm' till night. I miq'n J? fiage, a handsome brown beard, and made to blossom as the rose with would be in Vernon, and sagacious elevation of her nose." "Well, I cud see by the stare av her ha\e married again, but I wouldn ,1f dark, expressive eyes. To be sure, he il pretty lawn-girdled, vines-draped villas. prudence suggested another line of inquiry. "You looked "so queer on the sidewalk, eyes an' the black av her poor stubby have anny man after Larry, not if a had a haughty bearing, and a too evident The inmates of these stylish residences bowing in such a formal way,'' finger nails that she as dyin' tor a tnurracle brought him to menot il consciousness ot a generally irreproachable were wont to denominate the "Then Mrs. Sutherland is rather secluded said his wife. fact but as for gittin' me father! he came out av the taypot wid the fc make up but at thirty little house a shanty, and its owner, in her manner ofliving?"* "Well," replied Mr. Ford, who was 'Mither, ye're out av yer h--ad, ye tay. Mickey was me joy and trissure, a grasping old witch, who was waiting years ot age he nad been successful in "I suppose she is at home now, entertaing gathering his wits together. "I saw a know ye are.' saA's I. 'Av fath was wid his blue eves an' tangle av yellow till the exasperated neighbors would iris undertakincs, stood well" in business her friend." lady on the steps, and I was not quite here he wouldn't let ye die in pace!' curls. But whin he was about ting j* pay her six times the worth of her and society, and was blessed "Yesbut nocome to think of it, sure of the house, and I had to introduce 'I mane what I say.' said she, years ould he began runnin' away property. Aristocratic souls revolted she is not at home just now. I saw with a wife who was bright,good lookine.sensible myself in some way." quite calm. I can't die without forgivm' smokin7 from school, an' fightin' an' at their close proximity to a creature her depart on a train this morning." His wife's only response was a meditative him all his diviltry, the blackguard, anr a/id true. Who shall say, an' jerkm' at me scar an' me limp so lost to all sense of popriety as to The lady's eyes sparkled as if "in look, as'if some problem were an' lavm' me blessin' for him. a*ter a year or two he knew the tasto then, that he was not justified in a erow cabbage in her door-yard, and amusement at Mr. Ford's inquiring not clear in her mind. As for Mrs. An' ye may git the praste an' some He'^1 av whiskey betther than milk. certain amount of self gratulation? to adorn the flower beds thereof with mood. Sutherland, she suddenly hastened av the women while ye're out.' been gettin' worse iver since, an*\ But most men have their weak clam shells. I myself was one of Mrs. "And did her friend go with her?" from the room and when out of hearing "Well it seemed to be cruel an' haythenish that's why I say me patch av a garden points, and Mr. Ford came under the Mulvany's most clamorous detrac "No. I heard someone remark that burst into convulsions of laughter. to the last degree to lave her has been my only pleasure these general rule. His vulnerable spot was tors, until I read the chapter which Mrs. Ford was confined to the- house What further explanations" Mr. alone on her deathbed but shewould tin years. God knows where it will that which is most easily stormed by her life made in by a headache. But you seem to take Ford vouchsafed to his wife I do not have it so an' off I started in the end. His grandfather robbed me a. a. pretty face, and he was possessed of a strong interest in Mrs. Sutherland "The short and simple annals of know. But Mrs. Sutherland, at the storm. I might have gone through me stringth, his father av me beauty, the sincere conviction that no woman and Mrs. Ford." the poor." first opportunity, gave him a little the fields, but there was a shorter an'now I suppose Mickey'll take m^j* could successfully resist his arts I lived at some distance from the womanly advice which was not entirely "Oh, not particularly. The subject pa,th, an' along this I ran, over the hie Fascination whenever he chose to objectionable little cottage, but frequently i free from plain speaking. The seemed to interest you, and so it interested brow of the mountain, as we called it, "Oh, don't speak so!" I cried, quite firing them into play. Jf Mrs. Emory had occasion to pass it, and I future result was noticeable, for the me." Without waiting to observe wid the nber rolling aiong almost shocked. Ford ever experienced moments of I1 never did so without casting a covetous flirting proclivities of Mr. Emory the effect of this sympathetic remark, stiaight down 200 or 300 feet below "It's more than likely," said Mrs. uneasiness on account of this foible r_ glance at the mingled glories of Ford seemed to have received a sudden Mr. Ford added: "Of course me an' the wind an' rain teariu' an' Mulvany, with resignation. "I've of her husband's, she made no sign the mille-fleurs and mignonette, sweet check, and his immediate friends you know Mrs. Sutherland." howlin' in me eais. I found me father had a close shave for my life twice, ye thereof while Mr. Ford flattered himself alyssum, myosotis and pansies, which wondered what had happened to "1 hardly know whether I doornot. an' sint Larry Mulvany, a dacent, know, and they say three times an' $ that his discretion and fact were flanked the obnoxious cabbages. One cause a withdrawal of those eager attentions do not speak to her once a year." sober lad I was kapin' company wid' out. Mickey'll finish me, I expect. ample to deceive even the most penetrating lovely June morning as I walked by to fair faces of strangers. The lady's eyes had a curious sparkle, in a boat over to Queenstown tofeteh Ye see me black eye? He gave eyes, besides laboring under the with lingering step and glance I heard His wife, too, had reason to lejoice, but she immediately continued: "To the praste, an' some women promised it to me the other night.'' I sQdnviction in a general way that he myself called. but being sensible and true never alluded know one is something that can hardly to come to our house wid the "The wretch'" Why did he do such I 4ould do no wrong, to the episode on the railway be defined, I think. We can recognize "Miss! Miss!" praste an' Larry. I wouldn't a thing?" cried: I On a certain August day Mr. Ford train and its sequel, though I suspect features, but to truly know, even have dared let me father walk Now as I am a matron of several "Oh. we had a bit of dispute," said 1 was in his office talking witn a business an intimate friendI mean his or her that she had a pretty clear idea of along the river path it he'd years' standing, it is needless to say Mrs. Mulvany calmly. "He wanta visitor on an important subject. the whole affair. inward thoughts, motives and purposesis been stupid drunk, but he was only I was flattered by this apnel'ation.and, me to sell here, an' I won't. I'd like "Then you think my presence is re-quired something quite rare, I drunk, and that means as clear-headed pausing, I turned a beaming face upon to, for I'm lonely ye're the only lady on Saturday," he said. think." as a lawyer, so I thought there was the speaker. As might be expected in round here who's iver given me a good "Yes," replied the visitor. "That About Natural Gas: no dangeran' no more there wasn't the proprietor of such a tumbledown "Ah, you are inclined to be philoso- word or look. I'd like to go down to I' alone will suit the convenience of the From the Cnicago Inter-Ocean. lor him. Well, we got along about little house, she w.^s a dilapidated little ph.cal." Lewiston among me ould friends an' other parties. If you cannot meet half way, wid him cursin' mither tor woman, very lame, and with the The earliest use of natural gas on neighbors, though they're mostly Then the conversation drifted and -them Saturday, the whole transaction dym' an' me for not dyin', whin he scar of a frightful burn disfiguring her dead. I'd like to sit by the river at finally lagged. The lady gazed abstractedly record is in China, where for centuries will fall through." give me a fearful shove in the back, cheek and neck. One eye was swollen sunset, whin the clouds an' wather out of the "window, while Mr. Ford mused. "I had arranged it has been conveyed through hollow an'over I wint, an' thebieath was nearly shut but this, it was easy to are both yellow together, an' fancy Mr. Ford again looked over his newspaper. to go to Vernon on Friday and spend. bamboos from fissures in salt mines knocked out av me body before 1 had perceive, was a mere temporary mesself a girl again, rowin' over to The eagerness of pursuit was two day. My wife is therp, visiting time to scream. blemish. She wore a no-colored calico to the surface for burning purposesNear Queenstown with Larry to be married. upon him, however, and he finally flitt old schoolmate who was married dress, and her hair, once golden, "Well, whin at last Larry an' the But Mickey ud git ivery dollar folded his paper and introduced topic the Caspian Sea, in Asia, there aiv about the time we were and I promised but now faded and gray, was loosely praste an' the women came over the away from me." after topic with a view to enhancing to join them." also places where natural gas is seen knotted at the back of "her neck. fields an' got to our house, they the interest of his companion. "No, no! I'm sure it could be arranged," "Business before pleasure, you to exude from the earth, and a similar "Ye break the tmth commandment found me poor mither had got tired I said eagtTly. "My husband He had not yet reached the point *know,'' remarked his companion. phenomenon is to be see i in the rYery time ye go by," she said pleasantly av waintin' for us, and had died alone,, is honest as the day is long, and of inquiring her name or of offering "Yes, certainly. Well, I will make "an' this time I want ye to wid no one to say a prayer or close be"s in a bank and understands all Szalatua salt mine in Hungaij.. Natural his own card when the train drew up *my appointment with you for Saturday have flowers. Came in an' help yerself. her eyes. Thin they were scared an' about money, and I'm certain he gas was first discovered" in this to the Vernon station. Then a few and change my other plans." Take all ye want." wint back over the river path. Tnere could tell you how to sell your property country in the neighborhoou of Fredonia, thoughts passed through his mind. Liater in the day (it was Wednesday) I thanked her, entered the garden they found my father snorin' like a and buy a house and lot in Chautauqua County, N.Y., early His wife was probably sleeping off her Mr. Ford wrote the following willingly and gathered the buds and hog, an' carin' no more about mither Lewiston without letting Mickey in the century. Here it was first put headache, her hostess was absent I?j telegram to his wife: blossoms as sparingly as she would an' me than nothin' at allperfectly know a word about it. Please come to use by some enterprising citizens in from town, and theforgotten telegram "Will be with you tomorrow (Thursday) let me. unconsarned. It was an hour belore up and see him about it to-night!" the year 1821. A small well was had failed to give warning of his arrival. instead of Friday.E. F." "Your flowers must be a great delight Larry got down to the brink, wid his "I willI will, an' thank ye kindly bored in the village to the depth of 27 Why should he not take advantage And so the next morning Mr. Ford to you," I said presently. hands bleeding an' his clothes in for yor interest in me," said Mrs, feet, and the gas was conducted of these circumstance and of was on the train flying in the direction "They're all the comfort I've had rage, an' found me lyin' across a Mulvany, with something like hope in through pipes to the houses, where it the fact that he was a stranger in of Vernon. A ride of eighty for 10 years," replied Mrs. Mulvany. rock, drenched wid the rain, her eyes. was used for illuminating purposes Vernon, and devote*a few hours to his miles through a pleasant stretch of I looked at her blanklyI, who an' me feet i hangin' in the And then I gathered up my flowers alone. It is said that in 1824, on the own amusement? His mind was country was before him. He scanned constantly bore in mind Cleopatra's wather. It was part sv me bad luck and once more thanked her for them occasion of Lafayette's visit, the village quickly make up. the occupants of the car critically, words: that I hadn't rolled off an' been and went home. was illuminated with natural pan. When the train stopped he assisted bestowing on one very pretty woman "There's not a minute of our lives should drowned, for whin, after hours av Of course it would be easy to do, I This well, which was drilled in 1850 to the lady to alight, but retained her a glance of toleration which might pasB heard work, they got me up an' put thought she should be fiee from the depth of only seventy feet, continued small (packages in his own hands. have developed into one of approval Without some pleasure now'*' me on a bed. I was bruised from head the haunting terror of Mickey, which to supply the village with illuminating "My bundles, please," she said. had she not been encumbered with a Here was a woman to whom pleas to foot by the stones and trees I'd I could see embittered her life, and gas until the year 1858. It fOu year old child. "Allow me to carry them," he ure had been a stranger for ten lodged against, an' wan av me legs she could go and sit on the river's is a noteworthy fact that although pleaded. He settled himself into a seat with years! was that broken an' twisted an' swollen brink, dreaming herself back in that this interesting-discovery was widely every appearance of comfort and self "By no means!" she exclaimed, and "Oh, dear! I'm sorry for you," I that ye eudn't tell shin from calf. happy hour when, had she known known it did not lead to any further satisfaction, bought a morning paper he surrendered them reluctantly. said. "Have you had an unhappy Me mither was buried be*fo*e 1 came to them, she might have sung Falconer's experiments, either in the neighborhood and began to scan the news. "Many thank3. Good morning." lite?" me senses, and me father was buried pretty lines: or in other places, till fully "Tickets'" "Must it be good morning?" he asked, "Sit down here an' wrap up yer along wid herhe'd caught a cold an' twenty years after 1821. In the "Float! float' into the Elowingsiinsetfloat! Mi. Ford, in response to this call insinuatingly. posies, or they'll wilt before ye get a fever out in the rain an' so he died, early part of the present eentury it All golden is the river now, and golden is from the conductor, produced his ticket, home" returned Mrs. Mulvany, "Certainly," she replied, with a an' a good thing, too. our boatl" was found that the wells which were and at the same time drew from "and I'll tell ye me history it ye like." slightly annoyed look, and speaking bored for salt in the Kanawha Valley "Well,I wint to the hospital.an' the 5iis pocket a folded slip of paper. He Of course I was anxious to hear it, in such a decided tone that he was yielded large quantities of gas. In But that afternoon'% paper contained docthors said I'd niver stand nor examined it and uttered an exclamation and when she had brought me a newspaper forced to submit. 1841 this gas was first used as fuel this item: stand nor walk again- It's- my belafe of dismay. It was the telegram and I had sprinkled the flowers Then she tripped away, his eyes following for boiling the brines obtained from "As we go to press word reaches us that thim doethers mended me leg a for his wife, which he had forgotten with water we sat down on the doorsteps. her regretfully. He himself also the wells. Nearly all the wells drilled 5 of a shocking murder in Cyclamen dozen times an' thin broke it for the to send. A trellis covered with a grapevine followed her at a respectful distance, for the purpose of obtainingpetroleum avenue. Michael Mulvany, a young plisureav curin' it over again. Annyhow.there sheltered us from the sun, and "What a piece of carelessness!" was keeping her moving form constantly afforded natural gas in abundance it man who lives. in the only I stayed for two long years, through it a filagree of light and shade his inward thought. Mr. Ford was a in view. shabby house in that beautiful thoroughfare, was, in fact, a considerable inconvenience while Larry was mourning me as good fluttered over my white dress. -methodical man, and he was more came home to dinner intoxicated, to those engaged in sinking the Truly, M. Ford was infatuated. as dead, an' gittin' at terrible way "There's two things been agin me vexed at his own forgetfulness than and asked his mother for some wells, and often a source of serious Once free from the throng at the station, av drinkin'. While 1 had a bad spell all me life," said Mrs. Mulvany, impressively. .anything else. But after all no particular money. She nephed that she would danger. In 1865 a well which was he stepped to the opposite side he'd drink to drown his grief: whin I "Have ye niver seen dogs harm was done, and he turned give it to hiim as soon as she finished sunk for petroleum at West Bloomfield, of the street, but never once lost sight was betther he'd diink from joy, an' they're yellow ones mostlywid an sihis attention a few minutes later to a cutting the bread, whereupon he N. Y., struck a flow of natural of the waving plume which adorned betwane the two he kept at it pietty eye clawed out or an ear chewed off, crowd of passengers who boarded the snatched the kmfe she was using from gas. An effort was made to ultilize his late companion's hat. Like a beacon much all the time. But at last I was an' but a stump av a tail, an' wan -train at the station. her and stabbed her -to the heart. tnis, and it was carried in a wooden lignt he kept it in view, and he well, barrin' the hurt leg was six inches leg gone, an' maybe the hide scalded An artistic bonnet, a pair of perfectdeveloped thin Larr Full particulars and stories ol eyewitnesses-givem main to the city of Rochester, a distance was led first up a business street, then shorter than the other,an off wid hot wather? Ivery one has a shoulders, enveloped in in next edition." of 24 miles, in 1870, for the through a shaded avenue, and finally said if I'd only have mmnive another stone or a curse tor the poor crayture, -some closely fitting summer material, purpose of illuminating che city, but past a park and into a side street dhrop would he-touch. Sowa day an' the longer it lives the more wretched and a remarkably handsome face the experiment was a failure. So, Penetrated His Disguise. bordered on either side with elegant near sunset, whin the clout's were as (.How TJley it gits. That's how it's been wid soon caught his attention. He eagerly though it was oblivious that this dwelling. It did not occur to Mr. yellow as butter an'the river the color me for there's two things be^n agin watched the approaching form, just gaseous product constituted an inexhaustible Ford that he might be committing an of gold, we rode across to Queenston me, as I said." A defaulting official in one of the visible between the shoulders of a indiscreet act. He hastened nearer an' were married. Larry looked supply of excellent fuel, no Western Territories endeavored to crjawd of passengers coming up the "Yes," said I, deeply interested, "and the tossing white plume and its owner, as handsome as a picter. attempt was made to put it to use in make his way out of the country disguised what are they?" aisle. He had managed to keep an entire and finally reached a gate just as the 'And you, too I've no douDt," manufacture until during the past de as-a woman, but was "arrested |g seat to himself, and now quietly Bad luck and whiskey!" she answered lady had traversed a short path and said I. cade. In 1873, a well in Armstrong and brought back before be had gone promptly. "Wan alone is bad ignored all suggestive glances at the have-'-to-fightXT the was ascending the stoop of a house. two miles. When asked how his disguise "May be so," admitted Mrs. Mulvady. County, Penn., was so arranged that i enoughjbut-*when ye Satchel by his side until the woman *u" Why will she not look around? Ah, from the was discovered he said: "I had a white diess on, an' who attracted his attention drew two ye might as well give it up. Not the gas could be separated she turns her head. water with which it was discharged, "Disguise! W'y, I was er dog gone its lucky I had, for comm' home Larry near. that*I drink whiskey meeself. No I and conveyed through pipes to several fool ter fix ugj ID them- dnds. Lemme was a bit screwed, an' managed to Mr. Ford lifted his hat, smiled benignant say nothin' a^in beer, an' I don't "Will you accept this seat?" he said, miles in that vicinity, where it was tell yer, ef er matt wants ter travel in upset the boat. We cud both swim, ly, and mad^ a profound bow. think a pint av it after a hard day's with some eagerness, at the same used in the manufacture of bar-iron. er quiet and moJiostentotts s'yle in an' we got out all right, boat an' all Yes, he had caught her eye. Would washin' will hurt any woman but I've *ime removing the satchel and rising From that time to the present day the these parts he wants ter hev es little but if I'd worn a stiff dress it ud been she smile? let whiskey alone. It's me men tolks Jboh's feet. use of natural gas has increased very ter do with women's fixinns es posserble. spoiled. wniskey's played the mischief wid Suddenly Mr. Ford was frozen with -"Thank you." rapidly. It is estimated that the gas W'y, there very flast man I met first me father, then Larry, an' now "Well, Larry an' I lived together horror. A look of awful dismay came *'Allow me and Mr. Ford releived used in 1885 for heating and illuminating was the coroner, an' though he was in Mickey. It always seemed as it the almost a year in peace andquiet. He over his face and he stood as it petrified, her of two or three small packages purposes was equivalent to 3,- a dretful hucry t go aa' sit on one of only reason they iver got out av bed drank a little all the while, but it niver gazing at a face which appeared without ceremony, and deposit- 131.000 tons-"of coal, having a value ther boys-down" to Higgleto^'sgrocery sober was so they cud go to bed made him hateful, and nary across ac the window. e4 them in the rack above. "Perhaps of $4,857,000. The consumption of he jeei'&topned ii_h thaar an' insisted drunk." word did I git av him as long as he you would prefer'to sit next the windowthere There sat his wife, looking at him gas during the last calendar year very omwalking'diowm by ther s'loon with "How dreadful!" I murmured. lived Thet was- the happy time of is such a refreshing breeze, with a pleased, surprised and puzzled much exceeded this quantity the me with his-hat off. I hed three offers "Me father," said Mrs. Mulvany, my life. It was June that Mickey, me and the scenery is quite picturesque." expression of countenance. He remained total value estimated on the basis ol of marriage bet' I got Miten sight of with emphasis, "was the divil and baby, was bonij and whin he was The lady took the place designated for a moment in a statuesque the coal which it has displaced probably tbeoouit boiasc,. an' jes.' er mile t'ofcherrside all!" She paused to let this startling three days old he was christened an' with a pleasant smile, which Mr. Ford attitude, much to the bewildprment fhen re amounted to more than $6, of'ther town I siim slap onto statement have due weight, we had a grand party in the evenin'. returned with interest. This in turn of the lady whom he had followed, 000,000. ther ^lewffi an' er lot v ther boys sumed: "We lived near Lewistonye Larry was quite wild wil pride an' xcitedt and who now stared at him in surprise a mirthf il twitching at the startini out with thei- doss after er know the place?" whiskey, and whin the women had 'Corners of his companion's mouth, not unmixed with amusement. hoRs^tinefu 1 thought I'd give 'em fixed me an' the baby up comfortable I knew it wella lovely village by whic was. however, quickly suppressed. Mr. Ford thought with the rapidity The Work of a Beaver. ther sliD). bust 'twa'nt no go. I hed on i for the night an' ive*ybody had the broad Niagara river. She-*bestowed one full glance upon of a drowning man. This must be the Said a Main college professor: "1 three-tthietowesses ot rfinasJceeter bar fer gone home, nothin' would do the "I had three younger sisters, an' Mr. Ford's face, and then withdrew house where his wife was visiting. Refuge know of a naturalist down in eastern er veil, biaft fer all thao BOOT whiskers, poor drunken loon but he must dance whin we wer childer," continued Mrs. her gaze. in flight was impossible, and he Maine who wouldn't De convinced priokedi thftr sheriff lips like peggin' another jig. An' all I cud say wouldn't Mulvany, "there was niver enough to Sir. Ford immediately began to ex"Si quickly made up his mind to take the awls-w'eahe kissed nae-, an' that's, that beavers could build dams till he |stop him, an' wid a little glass lamp eat nor to wear in our house we had his conversational powers, which only course left. With a desperate then way they penetraclted mer dis. saw it done with his own eyes. He in his hand he began wboopm' an' nothin* in plenty except blows, an' were considerable, and his remarks effort to assume a self possessed air. gui&a"1Arkansas Life-. jumpin'hkeacrazyman.. Whishtgoroo' hard words. An' about wanst iverv is an incredulous fellow, any way.' Were received with a polite composure he waved his hand to his wife and all av a sudden he stumbled an' six weeks the year round the ould sinner-, bought a baby beaver of a hunter that was half facinating, and half vexatious. hastened to the porch where stood fell across the foot as me bed, and me father, would turn us out,, A\hoc?=ewith gogg&s was one otfthe who traps them, one day. and sent it This spurred him on, and he thf lady with her hand on the door [the lamp exploded an' She bnrnin' oil miitsher an' all, to spind the night its. attoactixiR of the- Clinton square introduced a variety of topics calcu to my skeptical friend. He grew great, knob. flew all ova* me face. Ye can see the ratua or snow, frost or thaw, jist as iitt markets place in Boston, recently. 4ated to excite in interest. Then he ly attached to the little fellow and "In heaven's name,'' he whispered, mark av itt to this dagr. chaiaced. We used to snuggle ugagja Uhe Manlius faraaer who owned him became iuquisitive. and ascertained "say nothing of our meeting in the kept him in the lu,use, but he often the pigs to kape from freezin.' 1'TO "I covered the bafey wid a pillow, said he discovered recently that the tthat his fair companion lived in Vernon, railway car." Then he spoke aloud wrote me that his beaver didn't show toad a tmdemess ior pigs iver since an' smothered the flarnes out av me aninaal. was very mear-siehted, and an, his own place of destination. and in'the most suave tone he could any piopensity at ail for dam building. there's a couple av them, now im fake hair an' nightdress, wid a blanket. [ocusii&t took the- necessary measure-. "I am somewhat acquainted there. command. "Is this the residence of One Motday, washing day, ITS back yard." An' thim 3 tried to wall Lary out ot 'mocits, and, sending to New Ycrk, hadt Do you know the Sutherlands?" Mrs. Sutherland?" wife sat a leasy pail full of water a the fire and smoke ut he wae heavy* Their presence was, indeed, faotiftJy a pair of concave spectacles made expressly "Oh, yes quite well," was the reply "It is," responded the lady, shrinking the kitchen floor. The beaver was. an' I vasts wake, ant" it took uae a longtime perceptible to the olfactory organ.. for Dobbin. When the farmer ."with something of a start. back a little, as if she suspected a the kitchen, he was only a baby thsemv t2 git hin OUJ the flure an' pufc "I was 13 whin the cholera*, broke tried ihem for the first time the horse This was the married name of the lunatic was addressing her. too, and he saw the water oozing oust out thi& blaze. He eudn't. open biseyes ont," proceeded my hostess. "Wan appeared b startled, bot recovering old schoolmate whom Mr. Fords wife, "I am Mr. Ford, and I think my of a crack in the pail. He scampered or his mnth, an'y3very hy wan me-little sisters diedv, aua* father from his surprise manifested everyc hain, was visiting, but whom he had never wife is a visitor under your charming out into the yard, brought in a chip was singed off hi* head." an' 1 carried graveyard1.in thim theur little symptom ot yieasure. Thoy are made, seen. roof." Tkir a father and began building his dam. The naturalist "The neighbors heard me screum, coffins to the so as to firmly fastened sn,the g|) |They are quite elegant people, I bejieve," "Is it possible!" exclaimed the lady. an' same in aa quick as they ceuld. was summoned. He watched himself ca&ae down, wid the-sickness, headstall, and cannot be worn wathp. was the next remark. At this moment His wife appeared. Lamy lingered* along five days. the an' got so wake h eudn't exea scowl, out that yiece of harness. "When, the little tellow, thunderstruck* He "Oh, Emory, what a surprise! We '^JjQh, they live in good style, though doethors said, he had breathwL the let alone- swear it was. the- first time turn him out to pj&stwe," eaid the* said: 'Leave that pail there, wife, till did not expect you until to-morrow." wa'i&r quietly." flames clean to the hottom. ajr his in his parried Kle he had iver been farmer, "Wteels upeasy and uncom doomsday, if need be, and let's see "No, I hardly expected my selfthat Mr. Sutherland, understand, is longs. I me$s#lf was at death's door sober s* long, a' it & a blissed relafetamem.it fortablo without Itis -goggles, and tohung what the little fellow will do.' The is, I Mr. Ford was in a lamentably connected with a western railway for weeks, what widl the httPa and her. t% around the bar* and whuwwgdL beaver kept at it for "Sour w*eks, until confused state. which demands a large share of his shock an sorrow. Wftin me poor husband "At last, wid the behjp* iiv the saints, so plasative liko thafe I took out th "This is Mrs. Sutherland, my old .attention.-^ lL he had built a solidlam clean around we gone 1 cixto't stand Lewiston wep*lled hira through, an' thin as bit and put the headstall and gosglea school friend. This is my husband, ^jjf "Do you know him?" asked the la^Hy. the pail. My naturalist friend is quite anv kmgen 1 thought Fd try there wasn't so much to be done at on \im, and he was so glad that bo. Fanny." Wth an air of interest. a beaver man to-day. They say, you Buffalojfo* a chtonsjfe." -C* fM '*& howe anny more, I wint out to serv* he iuWed my shoulder with his none, i "Only by reputation in a business Mrs. Sutherland put out her hand know, that way down East there is a ic* I worked several years an' hstf Tlpeii. he kickoil up his heels and "Leswiston'* chaiming bui it lacks with due cordiality, ani Mr. Ford ?iiway." wy^f beaver dam thtot $200,000 couldn't toiday saved a pood bit o' money, whin one $ance$ down to the pasture. You exci$*woV' saxl I. grasped it mechanically.t The-three build the HI* of. Oh! men don't know "Indeed, Well,'yesT h*1 kept aw*ay I owght to ha/fe seen him. 1 hate to "Toth* that wasn't ftsactly the fault I got word th at me mithec was entered the house. Mr. Ford hd&rhly everything. fThe wasp knew how ttorn home a good share of the time let him worvrspecs all the time, though*' I found wid thpla\ said Airs. MnU awful sick. I give up my pla.ee an' rejoiced that the parlor.WAS partially vaojf* fc"mij\ "Well, some pod pejfr far iu he, will break them." vent An' took care av her an" it'a me -b his railway business." darkened, as he had no desire to, have make paper beiore*we did. "It inupt be lonely lor his wife?"