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drive off, but the sight of the piaucii.jj; 

 hor.sp8, whjih were much fican d hy ihe 

 Btorui, shock hit self ccntideiice, espe- 

 cially as she knew well her poor ability 

 ae a driver. But thfu-e was tiie bicycle 

 safe and sound. IShe must, get to VVar- 

 ■wick on her bicycle or not at all. P< r- 

 haps she could unhitch the hor.ses and 

 start them off; then the burglars would 

 be in a fix. bhe pressed the door farther 

 open and passed out. As she did so a 

 Tivid flash of lightning, quickly follow- 

 ed by a stunning peal of thunder, .star- 

 tled her so that she lost her hold of the 

 knob, and an accompanyiug blast of air 

 dashed the heavy door to with a terrilic 

 bang. IShe knew the robbers would hear 

 it and rush out to see who it was; so, 

 quickly getting the bicycle, she hopped 

 on without stopping to loose the horseis 

 and started away. She was but a little 

 way off when the front door opened and 

 tbe two burglars looked out. 



"It's the gal. Catch her," she heard 

 one cry, as the frequent flashes bright- 

 ened the landscape and discovered her 

 to them. They jumped into the wagon 

 and came after her, shouting for her to 

 stop. But she pedaled down the steep 

 grade as fast as she could. She had a 

 fair .start and knew she could outdis- 

 tance them if she could only keep in 

 the good part of the road and not upset. 



Suddenly she had a bad fall, happily 

 receiving no serious injuries. Mounted 

 and off again, she soon after had anoth- 

 er one. "This will never do," she 

 thought. Her nerves were unstrung by 

 the tumbles, but she kept on as fast as 

 ever. How glad she was to turn a cor- 

 ner into the main street of Warwick. 

 Riding to the nearest house, she aroused 

 the inmates. Three or four men lived 

 there, and they all quickly dressed and 

 procured a team. Then they made a 

 dash up to the castle as fast as they 

 could. Nothing was seen of the two 

 burglars on the way, however, and it is 

 supposed that they decamped out of tluit 

 neighborhood a.s soon as they found it 

 impo.ssible to catch up to or stop Edith 

 in her wild ride for help. 



Mr. Boulden was found just as Edith 

 liad last stenliiui. He was soon released 

 and given stimulants. 



When he heard of. his granddaugh- 

 ter's brave exploit, a proud smile went 

 over his face. 



"She is a true Boulden," said be. 



"She has all our bulldog tenacity. I 

 have some of it, you know. Without 

 boasting, I may say that I had made up 

 my miiKi that 1 would suffer any tor- 

 tures rather lliaii disclose where I had 

 hid that nioij( y. And I would, believe 

 me. However, Edith has conquered an 

 obstiuaK- old man. She shall have her 

 bicycle, and tlie liest one that money 

 can buy. " — Ir-Jiihideljjhia Times. 



An Imitative Slonkey. 



One of the drollest instances of the 

 monkey's keenness of observation and 

 power of miniicry that we have met 

 with is the following: A retired admi- 

 ral and his wite living at Cheltenham 

 had a favorite monkey. One day the 

 lady, hearing a strange noise in the 

 dining room, looked in to see what it 

 was. The sight which met her eyes was 

 a ludicrous one. Seated in the arm- 

 chair, with the admiral's smoking cap 

 on his head and the admiral's specta- 

 fles on his nose, was the monkey, and 

 in his hand was the open newspaper, 

 which he shook and patted, while he 

 jabbered and gesticulated with great 

 emphasis at the cat, which lay blinking 

 on the hearth rug. It was a clever and 

 carefully studied imitation of the testy- 

 old admiral's tone and manner when 

 reading to his wife some passage from 

 the newspaper which excited his wrath 

 or indignation. 



It is strange that so little attempt is 

 made to utilize this strong imitative 

 faculty in monkeys. They might easily 

 be trained to perform as athletes and 

 acrobats. Some 50 years ago an Italian 

 count, who had a villa on the shore of 

 Lake Albano, kept a monkey which he 

 had taught both to row and sail a small 

 skiff. The monkey used to navigate this 

 tiny craft with great skill, hut unfor- 

 tunately one day, when climbing the 

 mast, he capsized the boat and was 

 drowned As jockeys, monkeys might 

 surely be made useful and would fulfil 

 every purpose for which the manikins 

 who ride on rare hor.ses are artificially 

 stunted and sweated. — Chambers' Jour- 



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how is that for Lo? — 

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