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ing thething to pass by his own dogged efforts. Men fell into the habit ofcalling him Luck, and they forgot that he had any other name; so thereyou have it, straight and easily understandable.As luck would have it, then,--and no pun intended, please,--he foundhimself en route to Dry Lake without any trouble at all; a mere matter ofone change of trains and very close connections, the conductor told him.So Luck went out and found a chair on the observation platform, and gavehimself up to his

certain she, sometimes at least, must say whatis worth hearing about such matters.Well, but she's an exception. Besides, she hasn't any children. Then, said my husband, there's Lady Bernard-- Ah! but she was like no one else. Besides, she is almost a publiccharacter, and any thing said about her would betray my original. It would be no matter. She is beyond caring for that now; and not one ofher friends could object to any thing you who loved her so much would sayabout her. The mention of this

ed another door, which ushered him at once into a very large hall, the aspect of which quite bewildered him. There were a great many desks and tables about the hall, with clerks writing at them, and people coming and going with passports and permits in their hands. Rollo stepped forward into the room, surveying the scene with great curiosity and wonder, when his attention was suddenly arrested by the voice of a soldier, who rose suddenly from his chair, and said,--Your cap, young gentleman.

get killed, in advance, you will learn the same thing in the same way I learned it. Where are your blamed batteries?Bill, you are all right. I am, am I? First help me enter these way-bills and check up the express packages so I can deliver them to this mob. My business isn't checking up express; but I like you, young fellow, so, go ahead. Only you talk too much. Just a moment! At these words coming from the other end of the office, the lineman and the operator looked around. The

it too mooch col' in wintaire, but, voila! Better A'm lak I freeze l'il bit as burn oop!The Texan laughed. I don't blame you none. I never be'n down to Yuma but they tell me it's hell on wheels. Go ahead an' deal, Pedro. Pedro, non! Ma moder she nam' Moon Eye, an' ma fader she Cross-Cut Lajune. Derefor', A'm Batiste Xavier Jean Jacques de Beaumont Lajune. The bottle thumped upon the table top. What the hell is that, a name or a song? Me, das ma nam'--A'm call Batiste Xavier Jean---- Hold on

ated bedstead lay an old manwho seemed to be at death's door; his eyes were sunk, his breathhurried, his lips trembling. By the side of his bed stood an earthenlamp upon a fragment of brick taken from the ruins of the house. In itthe oil was deficient; so also was it in the body of the man. Anotherlamp shone by the bedside--a girl of faultlessly fair face, of soft,starry beauty.Whether because the light from the oil-less lamp was dim, or becausethe two occupants of the house were absorbed in