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4 THE PEOPLE’S HOME JOURNAL. |
taide; we found it ahey read their Jaws. Idid not understand
SSSSSSSsSsSssssSssSssSssSssssy in dark and gloomy outside ; do member what they were, 1
PPO OPO ODI P DSO SOOO OS OO lighted a rot pe sscribe ibe the scene. There were ae ‘know that "very member receivés ten dol- *
d_ birds in all the im- | lars every evening from the treasurer, and that
pone and porere. 4 of almost riceloss value his only duty is to visit the grave of the man
covered the walls. We wan m to pho qotaded the society once each day. Hay-
i latial structure. In vone room |ing done that, he is entitled to the mone:
there r oe dagnificent Libra ;.in another, @ having neglected it, he is entitled to noth?
. cabinet of specimens in natural history ; = | ng,
~ Il sorts of chemicals and have a copy of the rules, or laws. Doubtless
By CLARENCE M. BOUTELLE, other, rarity" of coal apparel a ‘What 3 I anal understand them better in the morning,
i i mn U8
Author of “A Lost Identity,” “ Beyond the End,” “ An Artificial Fate,” Ete plonsare pawhie nfo be tebe and fad for] Jory Lape T have read’ the le 08 again,
“+ low horrible they are ol Tye wr ite a portion
He
ae fas ten o’clock when we entered a great] of them here. No wonder the; ‘are very secret
ing and helpful as time went by. And this! hall laid for a banquet. leven persons wore about their initiation of members. i is not
t
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— dat at table, six on one side, fiv: strange they a man © before they
SOME EXTRACTS FuoM THE NEW YORE Dates} "Gn NS God! This morning I read the cruel thoethen. had only time to notice that nino | ask him to take oath to keep these awful rules,
oF oe 13rH, 1882. and cold announcement in the papers. ‘They | of thom were gentlemen, and two ladies, before at will not men do for money? t wil
body of a middle-aged gen- | had found him dead in the river. i had not a | I was given a seat at the foot of the table, while | they not do? Iwas one of those who went to :
flonan vis Pieked u up pin the "east River this morning | friend left in the world. . my friend took the place of honor at the head, | the grave of the founder of this club to-day— 4
at once to the morgue. wi 07 ere—down to the resting-place | evidently to preside over the feast. one of those who drew my ten dollars of the i
iaressed in a sult of black 5 Et sera of the unidentified dead, Thad not been wrong. | He ros in is place. treasurer to-night, ‘Sines the wicked old men
wat atch, cand smal purse which contain . t ‘All thi tr lied, almos' iy years ago, what horrors r
doliars in silver, were found upon ol deat, Euomeed correctly. Chester Frost was) Ail the rest roe wines, the rest following his [have happened Ybeesuao of his awful legacy :
liid bruise upon his left temple, doubtless Drowned? Disgured by some floating thing ‘These are soma of the rales : chal be known j
hi a 1. &
meee fom ting Ute tion that. th wit esha eae ‘an Annual Moct-
¥ ues! al ie a
bran was drowned, an: to formal inquest ing and Banquet on the evening of
nly every 13th of July in the house
ami
The eet is tro 7, fa ‘olomed vend and has
asthe Gead Ce was undoubtedly English
or Am
NNUAL Mzertna.—Thirteen will
meet in thelr bail this evening at eight
o'clock. Banquet and Busi ‘Men
Proposing candidates for aumiiston should
niin ames not later than 6
x. Applicants for, admission should bo
promptly on
* Persoy, sani hore Js any one out
of. work, out of money,
aad out 6 of ho} ( hope, he toe ine) should apply
IY a vacancy for oa © person only; a fore
elgner, without relatives or friends in this
country, is preferre
. Bee
THE JOURNAL OF GAETANO GUALDINO,
utr 13TH, 1882.—I will leave the
date as I have written it, though I
know “that midnight came and went
'y
date aa it is, for Thor July 13th
ent the a tran gost and most
eventful day rin if 1
6 gold in uy ocke ot now b¢d
and tho 6 old is Po It.
first
which I have eft to them by wi
“3, Eve: ory Ib ving member shall bo
bound by his oath of sdmission to
be present at every Annual B:
“quot.
: No member shall ever be re-
leased or excused from membershi:
or its duties. Death alone sha!
term; the membership of a:
pergon who has once been admitted,
“5, At least one new member
“6, dhirteen. ivory balls, of uni-
form size, numbere consecutively
from one to thirteon, the first one to
be red and the thirteenth bl: lack, » Shai ae
be distributed impartially a1
the members, in such a manner. a
they may ‘adopt, at some time or
ing. each year beginning
on mn the 3th 6 f July,
7. The person havin the black
a, numbered ‘1: ‘all . retire
m membership Betose the close
oft the year, unless some other mem.
ber ehall lose his life as the result of
fickneas or accident, SE Sih @mem-
gE.
fact.
“8, The @ person drawing the red
ball, the one which is numbered
‘1, shall pr UL op oy popoanel
Ban
oad
i would; and his anger and hia influ- He shall present as candidates
i ce 8 me, yroad, and ton He names of at least
{ Titbebold hor Fortune tinted otha ie dual Busine tent be :
i which should a ply be mind — bat members eh l have the right to i
; it nay {
t ag 8o great that I did not dare tell eo
{ him what had been whispered about 5. ember refusing. or nog-
' her, for he might have killed her i lecting to perform any daty imposed |
r his anger at the stain she had put any ese rules,
} upon oar name, I eho lipee shall be presented with the black |
said nothing. I bade farewell to m: ball at once, while the other dalle,
5 ome—my country—my ds—my inclading the red one, 8 = ‘
fortuno—and I came across the eca. ne ediately distribut uted by lot among i
chp mae et bat one thing with mo to “Gops! HOW THEY DO BURN! FAREWELL, ALICE!” Those are not “all ¢ the rules, but i 1
my straggle, with my soft they are horrible enough. Need '
\ my careless education, against those who have | which the hurrying tide had hurled againat soil my book, my precious jourasis i
{ been trained for life’s battle from their earliest | him? wigh me t
Fears pbatone thing. Thatis, my father’s curse!| No! Murdered! Murdered! I knew it at ave something of the close ,
| has been a stimulant to exertion when noth-| once. But what could I, an unknown man, say oft ihe ho afeatal ht i
‘ ing elae could have been; it haa kept me well, | or do? Nothing, osolataly nothing. Let me . Tomber, shall hurt or {
i when sickness camo near mo; it has kept mo | havo eaid that i it y name which was written injurd a any other member, except in - i
lert, when every muscie ached and every n on the card pocket, “md i might have accordance with these rules; no t
was the track of the keenest anguish; it has] been arrenody eal nothing. Idid not member shall teaiat another in the i }
kept me here, when all else wag pulling me] shed a tear. not show sorrow jot a exercise of his . >
toward Italy; it has kept me honorable, when | muscle in m: y fast quivered, though m: joart » No moult shall speak ; nh
' might otherwise have forgotten and for-| was breaking. I saw the card on whic! a against another, .
given the foolish wickedness of the woman who me—the card he had vale’ 6 49, Ne 9 member shall betray the : ‘
said she loved mo, but whom, I thank God, Ile with care; I wish they wo secrets Ne the Society, under the cm, be :
} nevor loved; it has kept mo sano, when reason | lot him keep it over his vilent heart whan the. Penalty of boing ma jo .No, 13 a
' speled ia jn my tor fortared rain. My father’s eure lay him in hia ¢ ‘ave. I saw the ball—the blac!
i "Ti ok him for it. He has min with “13” ent deep into it ; I shall not for- “60. When a member is mado No.
My! ‘fathors vere I have sometimes thonght bet ‘that; I Shall wate hand follow; I shall find 13, the former ‘holder of that number
| it woul my rai for everything I have | ita mea: 3 and then—I shall not is entitled to one of the other balls,
i touched has failed here. Iam a musician, but | forget the tho blood which, flowa hotly in my veins, and his obligation to) retire t the
I cannot teach; I am an artist, but I cannot| nor the hard creed of honor and justice which nd of the year is rem .
“51, Whenever any ‘Bang shall
; bind down my soul to dreary Gotaila ; one by has geen ours always.
} one I have found failure in’ what I ‘have at- of work, out of money, out of friends, be held, at which there ehall She Jess
j tempted, until to-day. and on out of hope.” I Pas allt that. Some one than thirteen present, or at which
: Until to-day! To- Sight I have gold. It is had taken away my Ja there shall not be at least one mem
mino. t hay ve won it honestly. I shall have} Sol pnewered t e@ terri T among a er who was never prosont before,
i more to-morro' geore of othe! = the building and estate grant 10
But this mornin was & sorry one for me, the| I went to No. — I saw the one) « . » . th bi he ty of Thir-
fits. Tt eocins strange to me who had made this etr atranue call for help. “Ho | grant. (2° 02° Who is gono,” ho said. And all toon shell rovert t0 ‘tay legal heirs or their
that Ican tel so happy to-night. But morning | was cold, coarse, cruel-looking, but with evi-|« © new one come,” he said, Srggndants iB.
isa long way y down the past, a very, very long pepe of wealth to use and to spare. Tia not drank again, while I bowed e said. And all] “52, Other rules, not opposed to these, may
way. Ihave a future now—a future and friends; | like him, but what was one to do? I needed owed my acknowledg-| bo adopted at any Businoes Beet ing. Nono_of
though. this morning I saw my last friend lying | an honest employment which I could obtain, are our rnoxt bi t, these rules shall ever be amended or repealed.” :
“dead a d unknown in the morgue. _ This man questioned me ; I suppose he quoi tase tes ene! sald. That is all I care to write. In Heaven's name,
His name was Chester Frost. He was an| tioned all the rest, I do not know what he raised high above th hea Teese wae | sit not oan a
Englishman, | Ho came over in the samo ehip| asked tho others; I find it hard to remember | wuced, bi eienped “k slowly Sotto, holders. | Thave soon a, copy of the will of the founder
with me a little more than a year ago. Ho was| all he asked me. ‘But this I know: my anovon i back slowly from the table, of thi
kind 0 me. He nursed me when Iwas sick. | showed my uttor friendlogsness, my Sort my which - fo keep time to some un: sung dirge o} this city he hit fire rales andt he aT »
yuraged me when I was in despair. He| weakness, ; irrin,
was strong while I as weak, but bh he ever. for-| and doubly "trang when I think how strong he phote a Thirtoce ie moved back until the
rte | thing mi rrible—more fiendis .
got me when ho hunted for work. He helped | looked — Ww uncharitable and uni - hirteen steps each, and then suddent;
me to more than one ? Job—more {hen one, "psa thetio—bat t cornet rid myself of tho elit dashed glasses and wine open the floor ealy in wee TE BRS found out. abo oak ners
which would hay n good if I had been| that I waa chosen, because my conditio _« iife is a bre; is @ vase, a foot tall, in the vestibule of our
stronger 01 or F my k kno o med 50 ore re ‘ical ita oteny "cae ore degraded an and pitiable than that Ni ight vine death ; building.’ The balls were put into that to-day:
Ps Ns &) ep, i i :
youd have phared | hie earning 28 rath mi 8, some a “I can i only Feeomzn aend l you and use my in- Care soy fron ein Wind one of the Palle alte ‘out :
Pray’ over toa allow whi to do eg, 1 no o matter hoy be eletod 3 said to mos “but T think you will malt Pack wat they chanted, as they slowly net ite fat te yet. Pons ee on pelted a
*, elr seat 18 om pe! ‘
nD, ‘bo ne a 7 at co, there was a sudden | o’c! dee is told mo where to meet him at six h Then came the feast at. i low hun T wast] ali ino wrecks before the banquet. i at :
enange, My dear friend Cl:ester got some bot-| ° T met him there, now radon ad boon compelled Ober and thao ear iret is & Jong »
ance e i
it
ere.
: 8¢,| I remained until ast cight, while hi i i very deli -
or ho | ac more money, more leisure, Wetter went pray, on Trasinos ait ho said id. At “hat mre a had pat eer or sea could farm noon aan of the ee “Well a8 eee al
dren ft W988 good and Kind and tondor| hour he returnod, Ie eaid T wag “elictod." "I | ahah How thirsty { das onto rece ene and fon 28 each member who’ does that the ‘pr
ev a
ward me as he had been before—more 60, nt witl th hi im. He proen ‘ed m
perhaps—but he never told me what hia new the finest clothing to tobbe rede Pr had ot Baer Overy owen 'y sky had contributed rear B a aT took, 7 monsne ty cara oth th ror member,
not ask him. tye Ganidine pias was to ston ¢ ola-ti home mong my wealthy friends in my! It was Tato when the tect a ast hor ° ata ‘worth at Toast a million of dollars, tak é
8 ng | old-time Wilt f vas one hi ig money,
in me to permit my doing that. Then ina a Uh you Join us?”—this was the a |
He grew gentler, inde moro and more loy.| knew not ‘whither. wo mec aaartiage, T “ sky nd me. Join you,” I a: id. anestion I thought ae Snare been, very restloss to-day, |
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church. Thon I took a sudden notion I would