"And youH give that thousand dollar
bill to Lilly as a wedding present".
She looked , at me, and gave a great
gulp-
"Nasty little cat I"
But she did, and only I ever knew
why the widow Wood was so generous
to Lilly Rath bone on her wedding day,
or why ahe started for Europe on the
very next steamer that sailed from New
York, and still remains there.
Whatever the benefits of fortune are,
thev vet reouire a palate fit to relish
and taste them : it is fruition, and not
possession, that renders ns happy.
Montaigne,
The Xsvada Judge's Story.
"I don't see how I could have done
more for him than I did ; but still the
man should not have been pnniabed
be should nave been acquitted.
With these words the judge awoke to
a consciousness that he had a fellow-
traveler ; and then, as if some explana
tion of his remark would be in order,
be went on :
"We bad a very interesting trial in
Austin last week. Tom Carberrv
Irish Tom, he is called was tried for
murder. I defended him, and never
struggled harder lor a client in my life.
