MR. TIDYWAITE'S MISHAP. stables on duty in bis district would better come. The cook's a topper, out, and his stock of provisions were consent to their marriage had «been SPfet Alex MeClellan. r** be" withdrawn in the evening, and I can tell you—just your sort." distributed among the gang, who disposed obtained. special constables, in pairs, would replace Had it been any one else than an From Town Topics.^*tv*f ~-\i of them, excepting the cough "But I don't understand it now," them on their beats. The earl's son who spoke, Mr. Tidywaite lozenges, with evident relish. Then on Mrs. Clement Clay, widow of the No slight sensation was occasioned said Winifred, when she had heard the beat assigned to Mr. Tidywaite included would undoubtedly have met this ribald his solemnly swearing neither to noted Alabama senator captured storjr of her father's singular adventure. in the household of Mr. Joseph Tidy«waite. Portland Square, Duchess Place, speech with the rebuke it* merited. move nor speak the handcuffs were with Jeff Davis, was concerned with the "Who were the other conspirator^? the senior partner in Tidy waite, and several adjoining stre'ets in the As it was, he contented himself removed and an individual known apparently most famous duelist the South ever And who planned it all?" West End. Chink & Bullea's Bank, Pall.'Mall, with declining the" invitation as stiffly produced, in the person of Alexander as "Number Siven" took up "The conspirators, my dear, were a The day duly arrived, and a dreadful as politeness permitted. 'when that gentleman announced his his post beside him,pistol in hand. In MeClellan. He was a native of Kentucky, party of promising medicals from St. day it- was. Heavy snow in the "As you please," said the honorable who for many years was prominent the course of half an hour, two or Mary's reinforced by one ortwo of intention of enrolling himaelf as a morning was succeeded by a genial Guy. "You will know where to three other desperadoes, all masked in politics and society. He was of our compatriots trom Guy's. •special constable. drizzle as the day wore on. The cold find me if I'm wanted. No. 24 don't an exquisite in dress and manners, a and armed,dropped and took their It was my respected best man, Jim which Mr. Tidywaite had caught "Surely, Joseph, there are plenty of forget. Ta-ta!" seats at a table at,the other end of Sullivan, who captured your father. brilliant speaker and a writer of tremendous in Cavendish Square had now He was soon out of sight, and Mr. power, possessing the keenest •younger men available?" said Mrs. the room. When half a dozen He met you at a dance, you may remember, assumed portentous dimensions, and Tidywaite was left alone with his own were thus assembled "Number Siven." where you told him the governor wit and sarcasm. His attacks upon "Tidy waite. settled on his che3t. His rheumatism reflections. Solitude did not add to wa3 going as a special. He planned the Van Buren administration at a word from the tall man, led the "Younger men! Pshaw!" exclaimed was also troublesome. At the charms of his situation. The prisoner into a small room adjoining. the business—bless his* soul!— as gave him a national celebrity, the last moment Mrs. Tidywaite was the valiant banker, drawing himself storm seemed to be steadily increasing "The council are going to consider a mere practical joke at first. We developed He killed a great nmny men during anxious for a medical certificate, but, in violence, and though he had the idea afterwards." up, like a hero of romance, to his your case," said Number Siven. his career. As an instance of his deadliness, unluckily,didnot think of till too late, no desire to imitate the example'of "Ye'll know your sinthence in the for he always killed the man he "Poor papa!" said Winifred. "I full height.-which was just 5 ft. 6 1-4 and she was about to help her husband Mr. Wyldfire, the banker presently fought, may be mentioned his duel course of half an hour. In the meantime wonder he survived it. He must never in. "We must show the youngsters get ready for work when they moved round his beat, looking f©r keep quiet or ye're a did man." with General Allen, of Mississippi. know, Ted." 'that a man need not be past serving were informed that a police superintendent a chance of gaining shelter. He came He had heard that Allen had made "One moment," whispered the banker, And he never did.—London Truth. desired to see Mr. Tidywaite. •his country at fifty-nine." thus to No. 9—the Duke of Dublin's as his jailer was about to .leave some slighting remark about him. "I just called, sir," said the officer, house. It was a fine mansion, with After Allen had accepted his challenge the room. "You cannot object to "But consider the weather, Joseph, "to warn you to keep a sharp lookout Fortunes Invested in Flowers. a large portico extending to the pavement tell me who you are and where I am." MeClellan declared he would shoot •and your rheumatism," continued his on No. 9 Portland Square* It is and, remembering his instructions out the tongue that made the remark. "Sure ye can guess?" The extravagances of the tulip wife. the Duke of Dublin's house. He is from the Inspector, Mr. Tidywaite "I may be wrong let me know the The duel was fought at forty paces mania in Holland were not greater the President of the Irish Landlords' thought he would be doing his •"Think of your asthma, papa, dear, worst." with rifles, and he literally cut Allen's than those of some of the flower crazes Ancient Rights Maintenance League, duty, as well as consulting his inclination, "You're just in the hands of the tongue out, as he threatened. and these dreadful fogs," added Miss of our rich men. We read of $600,000 you know, sir." if he stood up against one Clan-na-Gael, and tne gentlemen to Tidy waite. worth of orchids being sold at "Ah, certainly. You are not anticipating of the pillars at the side, sheltered whom you've been introjuiced are the One instance exhibits his courage. auction, and among the millionaires "Nonsense, nonsense'" replied Mr. any attack on the Duke's from the wind. He had stood executive Council of the London Division—more One day he rode up to an inn in a house, I hope?" inquired Mr. Tidywaite, who spend a part of their surplus income Tidywaite, a little impatiently for, to there about a quarter of an hour, his power to them!" And Mississippi town. While he was dismounting rather anxiously. toes numb and his teeth chattering, in flowers is Erastus Corning ot with that Number Siven hastily retired. tell the truth, he had thought a good a notorious bully and desperado "No but we have standing instructions when the clock of a neighboring church Albany. He has thousands of these of that country, who had killed deal about all these circumstances already. to look alter the residences of struck nine. The last stroke nad Heavens, what a situation! The choice plants, arid some of them cost many men and was the terror of "It is a matter of duty, Eiiza. gentlemen in the Duke's position, and scarcely ceased when Mr. Tidywaite banker's head reeled, and he wiped several hundred dollars apiece. His the region, was on the inside with his Besides I have promised Lord Bays water we know the dynamiters are very active was startled by a low whistle close at the perspiration from his brow. gardener offered $500 for an orchid at revolver cocked and a watch in his again just now." hand. Looking out from his shelter, that I will serve. He called at the Presently he looked around the Mrs. Morgan's auction, but a flower band.^ He had ordered the room "Dear me, how dreadful! And can he perceived a tall man in an ulster, room, but it contained no window, fr- 'bank this morning to obtain recruits, fancier from New Jersey overbid him cleare-i five minutes, and every you tell me who will be with me on standing..under a neighboring lamppost. nor any hope of escape or succor. man had £one, although all were fighting and I wish to set the clerks and example." $400 and. got the orchid for $900. my beat?" As if in response to'the whistle, For half an hour or more he remained men. When MeClellan entered the Erastus Coming's green-houses covei "The Hon. Guy Wyldfire, sir—Lord two other men hurried up from opposite there, listening to the voices bully faced Jiini and, with a big oath,, i, about two acres, and his gardener has Littlebrain's youngest son. You will directions. Their movements the next room, at the end of which Mr. Tidywaite expected that the informed him of the fact that there find him a very .pleasant young'gentleman, been in his employ for 30 years. He were so mysterious that the special time he was reduced to the last stage allusion to Lord Bayswater would were only three minutes Jeft before he I think. Good night, sir. Sorry knows all about flowers and it costs constable drew back as far out of of mental and bodily prostration. should kill whoever remained. MeClellan, -have effect upon his wife, and he was you have such»a nasty evening." sight as he could get. The men were Mr. Corning a good salary to keep Then Number Siven returned, revolver without moving a muscle or not disappointed. Miss Tidywaite This interview did not raise Mr. now talking together, and the Inspector's him. His flowers are of all kinds, and in hand, and led him into the presence drawing a 'weapon, produced his Tidy waite's spirits. On the contrary, instructions—the allusion to the however, a young lady o. much sense, of the Council, who were seated he raises oranges, lemons and bananas watch, glanced at it, and said: it filled him with uneasiness. It was Duke of Dublin and the dynamiters— round a table, all masked. as well as independence, was not^so these green-houses. Hehasall kinds "My name is Alexander MeClellan. his rule never to keep firearms in the recurred painfully to Mr. Tidy waite's "Joseph Tidywaite said the Chairman, of tropical plants, and he welcomes visitors ^easily silenced. I give you ten seconds to get out of house, but he wished now that he had mind as he caught fragments of whom the banker at once recognized to his establishment. Jay here or you area dead man." a pistol that he could put in his pocket •"I can't see why they want to cal the conversation in a rich Milesian as the tall man whom he had Gould has 17 green-houses, and beds The iell ow yelled out: to supplement the protection of his brogue. *ut special constables at all," she observed. captured in the square, "you have of flowers of all kinds are scattered "By thunder, colonel, one-half of truncheon. As it was, he could muster In another minute or so the two been charged with being an inimy of "There are not to be any that time will do!" and he was out in about the conservatory. He keep3 no more deadly weapon than a last-comers departed in opposite directions, Oireland, and with thwarting an important amore attempts to hold meetings in two seconds. his plant collections perfectly classified, pair of handcuffs, which he had purchased and Mr. Tidy waite's heart operation of the Provisional Later on in his career he was haunted Trafalgar Square and, if the people and a man doesn't have to carry shortly after being sworn in, sank into his boots as he saw the tall Government. The council have considered by remorse. Man-killing had left as likely to be of service in the event a botany book along with him to liad not been stopped from going there, man advance stealthily towards No. 7. your case, and your sinthence, its pains. His light was never out in of having to effect an arrest. These tell the names of the plants he looks He was now alongside the special and is —Death by the Third Process. there would have been none of thi his room at night, and men said he he now stowed away in one of his looking into the area, beyond doubt at. The ler-n collection is especially The wretched man es3ayedto speak, disturbance." slept not. When the Mexican war deepest pockets, while Mrs. Tidywaite with some sinister purpose.The inclination fine, and he has orchids of many varieties. but terror tied his tongue, and he broke out he told the Rev. Peter Donan, assisted him in his preparations, "And where did you learn that to fly was almost irresistible in clung to Number Siven to save himself It is the same with Mr. Hoey, father of the now only Colonel wrapping a good length of stout flannel Mr. Tidywaite's breast, but he summoned pray?" inquired the banker sharply, fxom falling. who has the noted summer residence Pat, that he was-weary with life that around his knee—the rheumatic up all his sense of public duty, "The Council have, however, mercifully and casting a suspicious glance at his at Long Branch, where, in winter, he had never found anyone who could one—and stuffing his pockets with and with a supreme effort stepped attached a proviso to the sin-« thousands of roses bloom, and where •daughter. kill him, and he was going to battle to sausage-rolls, sandwiches, a flask or out and accosted the mysterious thence," pursued the Chairman. he has acres of hot-houses and costly seek death on the field as he did not two of comforting cordials, and a Winifred blushed slightly, and turned stranger. "Your life will be spared on condition want to commit suicide. plants. Alexander Mitchell's conservatory plentiful stock of cough lonzenges. away. "I have heard people say "Now, sir," he said, "what is your of your taking the oath of fidelity to He entered the service as a volunteer, was 100 feet long by twenty Thus provisioned, and equipped in business here?" the Oirish Republic. Ye will have five it," she replied. "But, papa, dear, if and from the first placed himself feet wide, and he had some plants his largest overcoat and a new pair of "What has that to do with you?" minutes to make your election. Siven, •there be any danger, as you say, in the front point of danger, commanding goloshes, the banker marched forth. which had cost as high as a thousand returned the man. give the prisoner a chair!" attention for his "absolute surely the police and the military are dollars. He had 65 varieties of palms, "Stop, Joseph! stop!" cried his wife, "I am a representative of the law, At the expiration of-five minutes, bravery. He was promoted again sufficient without the help of old gent and the largest india rubber tree in as the door was closing on him. "You and it is my duty to ask what you Mr. Tidywaite made the choice that and again until he reached the head of are going without your respirator." —I mean persons in your position'" are doing." America. In^he centre of it spouted might have been expected, and took a regiment, when he was shot through "I didn't forget it, my dear," said "And suppose I don't tell you?" a fountain, and its walls were curiously the oath of fidelity to the Irish Republic, the body. Then he returned home, "My dear Winifred," replied her the old gentleman, rather nervously. "Then I must ask you to come along in the following terms: decorated. Attached to the conservatory saying he couldn't be killed, and hazarded father, "you must excuse my saying "But I thought that it would look—a with me." I, Joseph Tidywaite, hereby solemnlv there was a green-house his fate in several duels thereafter. that you do not understand what —that is, that I should hardly require "And suppose I say Isha'n'tcome?" renounce all allegiance to the 500 feet long, and the plants of this He grew more and more eccentric, said the man with a contemptuous you are talking about. The magnifi•cet Queen of Great Britain, her heirs and were carefully classified. One hundred and thoughtShis|opponents abused "Look or no look, Joseph," replied laugh. successors, and declare myself a true spectacle of amass of law abiding his confidence by not killing him. and fifty varieties of azaleas were his wife, who was accustomed to be "Then I shall ariest you in the and loyal subject of the Irish Republic, Then he met Mrs. Clay, a beautiful cjtizens marshalled in support of the kept here, and there were roses of obeyed in such matters, "you put on Queen's name, replied the valiant constable. to the Executive Government of girl of her time. nearly every known species. civil and military forces will of itself that respirator before you go outside And producing his handcuffs which for the time being I swear henceforward She describes him as the most fascinating the door." strike terror into the mob, and nip he made a vicious grab at the stranger. to render with body and soul man to women she ever met, Perhaps the tall man was taken the spirit of anarchy in the bud." Poor Joseph submitted with the unconditional obedience, for good or possessing that serpentine power over Why He Speeded Prayer. aback at this unexpected display of for evil, for life or for death. S® Winifred was a devoted daughter, best grace he could. The respirator women which historians and romancers resolute government. At any rate, help me God. Arkansaw Traveler. v.tmt she had a sense of humor, and the was duly adjusted, and the good man attribute to Aaron Burr—the he stood quite still, much "to Mr. made the best of his way to the spot This oath having been administered, toa'gnificent spectacle of her father The congregation of a church at same power that Mattie Ould, of Virginia, Tidywaite's relief, and allowed the striking terror into the mob was more where he was to relieve the regular Mr. Tidywaite signed the decument Elk Rock were much shocked upon had over men. MeClellan proposed bracelets to be slipped on to his wrists. constable, and where he found not in blood from one of his own than she could discuss with gravity. marriage to Mrs. Clay, but her learning that their preacher had departed Then he began to move off. The subject consequently dropped. only the Hon. Guy Wyldfire, but also veins, which Number Siven dexterously triends objected on accountof his dueling under most discreditable circumstances. Later on, however, when Mr. and Mrs. a select quorum of street boys and "Stop!" cried the special "we are opened for the purpose with a propensities and the fear that On the following Sunday going the other way." Tidywaite found themselves alone, loafers who had come to see the tun. lancet. The ceremony over, he drank sne would be unhappy with him. She it seemed to be the aim of nearly -Joseph suddenly said to his wifp "I ain't'" said the tall man. "You "God Save Ireland" in some hot "Oh, my eye! 'Era's the City Corporation asked him to wait six months before can if you like." "Has Ted O'Brien been here again?' been and sworn hisself in as whisky and water, and was then everyone to hush up the scandal, and, replying, and during the interval did "Not to my knowledge," replied the a sp6shul!" ejaculated one of the bystanders Unfortunately, however, Mr. Tidywaite blindfolded, led out of the house, and under great restraint, many unintpr not care to meet him on account of had taken the precaution of lady. "Why do you ask?" at the sight of Mr. Tidywaite's restored to freedom in the shape of his power over her. In the meantime esting conversations were held, merely "Because I am convinced that no portly form. attaching the hand-cuffs tightly round a hansom cab. she met Clement C. Clay, and was satisfied to prove that the members of the his own waist. The prisoner showed one but O'Brien could have put that It was nearly a fortnight before the that he was her destiny. Shortly "Hallo, copper' when did you see church could arise above sensational Radical claptrap about the special no disposition to stop, and as his advantage dootor^ allowed Mr. Tidywaite to after the engagement was announced your toes last?" inquired another. in strength more than counterbalanced gossip. Jusfe before the services were constables and the people into Winifred's leave his bed, but as soon as he was "I say. Bill," said a third, "what's she got a note from MeClellan asking head.'' the special's superiority able to get about again the old gentleman closed, Brother Elijah P. Brookrod for an interview. the bloke been and gagged hisself ior?" in weight, and as, moreover, the pavement "I think she met him last night at sent for Edward O'Brien. On "To save his false teeth from bein' arose and said. Being afraid of his spell and that he was too slippery to afford any Mrs. Somerset's Joseph." the young man's arrival he at once knocked down his throat, most likely," might kill her, she declined. It was "Brethren and sisters, since we last "Then understand that I distinctly foothold for resistance, Mr. Tidywaite narrated the story of his terrible experiences. leplied Bill. only a few days later when MeClellan met in this house something which felt himself reluctantly compelled to /forbid fcer to go to Mrs. Somerset's "Please, sir, be you the speshul or rode into the then little pine town of seems to have cast a gloom over this /again," said the banker angrily, "or follow. "I sent for you, Edward," he said the hextra. or the hextra speshul?" congregation has occurred. We were Columbus, Miss. He was shown to a -anywhere else where she is likely to "Help, help!" he cried frantically, at the conclusion of the recital, "in cried a cheeky Arab. room at an inn, the door of which all much attached to our minister in meet that young jackanapes. He af he found himself being hurried into the hope you might have influence fact, we loved him, and I now propose was irregular, like those of all sucTi Amid an encouraging chorus in this '•has quite turned the girl's head. We a trot. with some of your Irish friends which that we offer up a prayer for the wanderer." places. He poured water on the floor key the two constables strated on -shall have her defying her own father The two confederates came running would help me out of my horrible position. and observed which way the incline their rounds. They walked slowly siext." up at the sound of his voice. Think of it, Edward! Think ran. Then dressing himself with the A sensational wave swept over the over the extent of their beat, and Now, Mr. Edward O'Brien was a "Stuff his respirator into his mouth, of me sworn body and soul to the service greatest care and exquisite neatness, audience. Another brother arose, then came to a standstill in Portland .young relative of Mrs. Tidywaite, Mike," said the tall man, "and tie his of a treasonable conspiracy! he lay down with his head inclined Square. Snow had now set in again and, turning to Elijah P. Brookrod, vrho had just come to London from muffler over it, or he'll rouse the whole How can I, as an honest citizen, with the floor. He placed one hand said: vigorously, and a keen northeaster Dublin to study medicine. Although neighborhood." evade my duty to disclose the whole across the breast, and with the other drove the flakes in the faces of the "I am astonished that you should He had distinguished himself at the This was quickly done, in spite of business to the government?" the muzzle of his favorite dueling pistol two specials, and caused the elder to desire this congregation to pray for "hospitals, he was still on the threshold Mr. Tidywaite's resistance, and the "Good God!" exclaimed O'Brein. at the base of the brain, wheredeath shiver beneath his wraps. our erring minister—you, above all ©f his profession, and, as his pri-^TSte unfortunate special found himself "How can you talk of such a thing? is instantaneous. others." "Do you think," said the banker, means were small, he was hardly again dragged off behind his prisoner, Do yo'u know what it means? Remember I "Why?" He was found there dead, without a presently, "that it would appear—a— an eligible son-in-law for the senior while each of the accomplices held one James Carey!" Stain of blood on his scrupulously unprofessional if I were to put up an "Because he ran away with your partner in Tidywaite, Chink,& Bullen. of his arms. "I know, I know," replied the wife." clean.perfectly arrayed person, having umbrella?" Moreover, he was an earnest nationalist There was just one hope, he thought, V: wretched banker. "I am aware of my realized his superstition at last—that "Yes, I know," Elijah replied, "and "Contrary to all the regulations," and a thorough-going Radical, of escape. He was being marched towards peril, and the knowledge is driving finding no one else who could kill him,, that is the reason why I think that replied Mr. Wyldfire, who kept up his and in those characters doubly obnoxious Baker Street, where he knew me mad. Can't you help me, Edward?" he became-a felo de se. he will need our prayers." spirits very creditably under the circumstances. to Mr. Tidywaite. When, that other special constables were on "Don't you let the inspector therefore, the banker was apprised duty. The idea, however, seemed to "If things had been otherwise," catch you at it! I think, that an attachment had grown up A Cheap Bonnet. strike the conspirators as soon as ^aid O'Brein presently—"I mean if Handling a Horse. though that I can put you up to a Rjetween his daughter Winifred and himself, for, at a word from the tall there had been any tie between you Trom the Chicago Mail. better dodge than that." (the young doctor, he promptly order•cd man, one of the others presently Chicago Mail. and me on the strength of which I I was in a millinery Store on Wabash the latter out of the house "and re*que£ted "Pray what is it?" inquired Mr. Tidywaite, took the key of the handcuffs from might have made a personal appeal It isn't every man who knows avenue the other day when two ladies that the subject should never much interested. Mr. Tidywaite's pocket, and in another to the Executive, I tell you frankly how to handle a horse. The man met, kissed, and immediately began be mentioned again. "P 78, the peeler'on the beat, tipped moment the special himself was there is no man in London who has a who does will tell you that the talking. One of them said: "What a On the morning of the above conversation me a* wink as he was going away, and handcuffed, while the tall man took better right to ask a favor of the Clanna-Gael schoolboy essay which declares that duck of a bonnet that is. Mr. Tidywaite accompanied whispered that w© should find No. 24 possession of the truncheon, and than I have. But as it is, on the horse is a noble animal is right* Where did you get it?" The other by Mr. Chink, his partner, and a the right sort of shop. I can't say what transferred the constable's armlet to what ground can I appeal to them?" I have a friend who spends a good "I'm glad you like it, for I one was said. just •formidable body of their employees, he meant, but I caught a glimpse his own arm. No sooner was this "My dear Edward," replied" the deal of his time at a window in the dreading to see you for fear you would was duly sworn as a special constable. of a larky-looking slavey at No. 24 done than they meta pair of specials banker, "I have never desired more club watching people aud their horses say it was horrid. I have actually He had his first taste of active service Duchess Place, as we came by. I on tKeir beat. than to be convinced that you and cursing or praising the former as hey lost sleep about meeting you. So you on the soilowing Sunday, when, mean to have another look. If you'll "It's all right," said the tall man, Winifred were sincerely attached to abuse or manage with care their .after he had duly rendezvoused at stop here a minute I will return anon like it?" The other one, forgetting that in answer to a question from one of one another. If my consent to the engagement—conditionally, Albany Street barracks at eleven A. and report progress." And without steeds. "I saw," he said, "a fine she had not been answered, said: the constables. "He was drunk and of course, M. he was marched through the mud further explanation, the scion of the disorderly, and assaulted this gentleman team the other day. They were "Like it? I adore it. Turn around on your rendering me this service— and the fog, perspiring and breathless, aristocracy departed. At the end of here. But we've got him safe and let's see now it looks behind." beauties in appearance, and almost will faciliate your negotiations with to Cavendish Square, and then about a quarter of an hour he returned, enough now." Poor Mr. Tidywaite The woman turned around two or the Council, pray consider that you godlike in their action. The wagon •"held in reserve" till about 5 p. M. visibly satisfied with the result of was just attempting to explain matters three times. Did you ever notice that have it." which they drew was piled up with The mob, to do them justice, did not his mission. when he was hurriedly carried on if you ara looking at a woman in theface This assurance did facilitate matters heavy lumber. It was a fearful load appear over-awed by the spectacle "It's all right," he said. "P 73 is by his captors, and not allowed to and ask her to turn around, that very much. Two or three days later for any team. They were going up on the contrary, they occupied a brick. There's a comfortable again stop until the party arrived at O'Brein reported that, after a difficult she will carry out the request literally an incline, and the driver was giving Ahemselves throughout the above kitchen entirely at our disposal at a dingy looking house in the neighborhood —turn around till she faces you again? negotiation with the leaders of the them the reins. He never opened his period with facetious comments on Zo. 24. The slavies are full of fun. of High Street, Marylebone, Clan-na-Gael, he had persuaded the This one did, and as she turned she mouth oi applied the lash. The the appearance of the "specials," The family are out, and I've sent for where the prisoner was conducted to Council in recognition of his own services said to her admiring friend: "And horses were doing the best they could, individually and collectively. Mr. a bottle of whisky. Come on!" a large room, scantily furnished, in to the cause, to rescind Mr. Tidywaite's the frame cost me only eighteen cents Tidywaite, although he had contrived like the choir in a Colorado church', The banker gazed at his comrade in the upper part of the house. oath of- allegiance, on his —just think of that!" "You don't to get into the rear rank, came in for blank amazement. and the driver knew it. This' A very few minutes' observation swearing perpetual secrecy as to his say so," said the other one. The bis share of this fun, and he went "You don't mean to say," he gasped, knowledge became sympathetic. It satisfied the terrified banker that he own relations with the Clan. A few woman with the bonn' said that she borne with the rudiments of a bad "that y,pu expect me to ran like an electric current from the was in a nest of conspirators of a days later the banker was conducted would swear to it. Then, after both cold,an unpleasant stiff aess in his legs, "Why not? What's the use of playing dark and malignant character. To man's brains into the lines and communicated again, this time by O'Brein, to he d-eparted, I turned to the saleslady .and an aggravated sense of grievance at peeler if you don't do the thing begin with, his three companions as headquarters of the London Division. with the horses. They behind the case, and asked, "is Against the lower orders generally properly?" they entered the house one and all assumed Here certain formalities were gone knew that a humane being was trusting that so—did she pay only eighteen tout, fortunately, with nothing worse. "But what about the beat, and the black masks. They exchanged through, the oath of allegience was rescinded, to them, and they pulled with a cents for the frame?" The saleslady "A week or two later, however, his Duke's house here?" remarks, too, in a language which Mr. and the special constable power that was magnificent. If that said "Yes, that is true but," she continued, -fortitude and sense of duty were put "Oh, they'll look after themselves Tidywaite had never heard before, found himself once more a faithful driver had opened his mouth in anger "the trimmings, feathers, ar to a sharper test. He received a notice for half an hour. For the matter of and addressed one another by numbers subject of the Queen. the horses would never have pulled that in view of a threatening demonstration strings cost her §13. That is tht_ that, it wouldn't be much loss to society instead of names. The prisoner 3T being organized at the that load. I wish every man who way that women talk economy %altheir it the Fenians were to blow old" was bidden to sic down at one end Early in the honeymoon O'Brein other side of London, the regular con- has anything to do with a horse could husbands,"-:.tf\.fiJ^l |F Dublin into smithereens. You had of the room. His pockets were turned told his -wife how her father's member that A horse has sense **^£'i SSiOK&i &^ ift.