That Green-eyed Jackson.

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■*j HATED Jackson from the ■| first ipoment of our meeting, mm ehen I caught him staring ffi it roe with his malevolent H peep eyes, as if he would H like'to do me a mischief. I Do you think I may have 'i-f been -prejudiced ? Perhaps pother people liked him ; but |ta I shill always believe in MrsShillings s|:: rich old lady who had the of him on that first Ifea is a great favourite. All mm, "ftirty. worship him ; and. I ilbik he knows which he loves llßille gentleman also adore AiU there was a little sarcasm light;; bjitMrs Shillingsworth did M!iH r Abbot, lam sure you : Bic( expect "that. They never jepwered. 'Never. , :B"i» I shouldn't,' I said. Wliected that I need not have iplodo with Jackson ; and, as [;HN seetoed pleasant, and the !-"BjpMrally very nice people, I [JBteftont room on the third [Beover thy own easy-chair and t.B*paper basket, trunks, and wi&jfcrg Mrs Polo's. .Ballad seen better days, and so. She had had liked to talk about bad had boarders who [/Bfyyit was some consolation [ m*&t tfieir names, and to say i;.:«™ manners they had had, % seemed to be, and '•jßOeen impossible to doubt I; or hifeh social position, they went off without NHplNcase Qf one lady, a IJK 5 ™ jacket went also; I an circumstance. M Whole, it was not un- or would not have been ■ Msofl. I "hated him, from «jjl9,|}is grey coat; but it §W« appearance, but for his |Mf. J*! doubt that they were f WLM: OI J may be shocked : °BC? 8 C0?l!d be Stowed in ; but I & BuS ln OD e week I saw him v HS :^ inßt that ° f the fair j sitting on the '?K with her hand «.Bwir with his head actually Smiles. IMlft!! Cons idered respectable WKS , Dyof them I should to leave the house |.HKr^Q n di<las he pleased> i«Cl S0 M good - 1 knowif %W> J hi P ht as he did having been 3b esSp l shouldn't have % he was privileged. *ft,t that he could do t*e^y er d * re <* d °- i £«*«? amusln g t0 some 35■■w! 01 tome - More  ' « War* was not strictly Plain language, ■%"ii !ef ' Ihad seen ■*j • H « Was always being and y whll t W\lP& go with no I ||| «VU Word Qr a boWj

there would be a chords of ' There comes Jackson ' from the ladies when he sneaked into the room in that nasty, sly, noiseless way of hi. c . I hated his voice, too. In fact, he was my pel detestation.

.1 believe I should have left Mrs Polo's in a few months, comfortable as I was there otherwise, merely to be rid of Jackson, had not Rose May come there to board with her mother. She was a charming girl, and I fell in love with her at once. I had resolved to remain a bachelor, but she had not been seated opposite me at the table more than a dozen times before I changed my plans entirely.

I resolved to marry if she would have me, and I set to work to make myself as agreeable to her as possible. I believed that I had succeeded. She seemed to like to talk to me. She shared my tastes, and she pretended to share my prejudices against Jackson. When she said, ! I don't know what they see in the creature,' I felt that I adored her; and when she added that 'she should call him a hateful thing,' I adniired her more than ever.

I was quite sure she liked me, as I said, and I was ready to propose and to be accepted ; to buy the engagement ring, and follow it up by the plain gold one which is put on on the wedding day, when a circumstance occurred of which I cannot even now think calmly.

One night I had retired, but had not gone to bed, and was reading near an open window, when I heard a voice below softly whisper the word, ' Tack son.' Surely that was Rose May's voice. I extinguished my light and stuck my head out of the window. The May's window opened on to a balcony. Rose stood in it, leaning over, looking down into the garden, which was large for that of a town house. She spoke again, • Jackson !' His hated voice answered her; I saw him moving stealthily pver the path below, and I suppose I made some motion. At least the white-robed figure instantly re-entered the window, and Jackson vanished in the shadows. The next morning I was inclined to think it all a dream, but I determined to watch carefully, I did so. At the hour of eleven I "heard the little creak of a tread upon the balcony below, and warily peeped over the edge ot my window sill. I saw Rose May on the balcony, and there was something grey in the garden. Jackson was bad enough for anything, I knew. I had caught him in my room that day, and I had been greatiy tempted to kick him out. Of course, he may have been ' admiring my gold fish,' but, as I told you, I knew he was a thief; and flow he had some reason for being out tKere in the dark ness, 1 knew. And again I beard. •Jackson!' uttered softly, and this time he not only answered, but ad He C was very active. In another moment he bad scaled the balcony and stood beside Rose ; and, to my horro and disgust, I heard her call h?rn sweet names and saw her fondle him. She had something to eat out thSe, some dainty which she shared Wi i h suppose Mrs May, her mother was on the nsideof the window, perhaps

own mind. It was more than flesh and blood could stand.

At that date I carried a pistol, which was always under my pillow at night. I consider it wrong to possess one now. It is so easy to shoot first and repent afterwards. Jackson remained in the balcony about half-3n-hour. Then he descended and Rose closed her window. A little afterward a shot was fired ; a cry followed. Everybody heard it. No one thought anything of it ; but I crept to my bed with guilt upon my soul, and only slept to pass from one nightmare dream to another. In the morning I hardly dared to go downstairs.

I should have settled my bill and left before breakfast, but that would have betrayed me. I dressed and opened the door softly. A great commotion stirred the house below—cries of horror and pity. I advanced to the balcony and leaned over.

Mrs Shillingsworth passed through the hall, with her handkerchief to her eyes. She saw me, and looked up. ' Oh, Mr Abbot.!' she cmd, tragic ally ; ' someone has shot Jackson.' 'Is he much hurt ?' I asked. ' He is killed,' she answered. I went downstairs and joined in the lamentations.

No one ever suspected me, and Rose May never dreamed why I did not propose. In fact, I think I never con fessed the deed before; but it is so long ago. Mrs Polo has married a rich Cuban and gone to Havana with him. The boarders are dispersed, but I met Mrs Shillings.vorth the other day, and she asked me to call on her. I did so, and the first object that I saw when I entered the room was Jackson.

' I had him stuffed,' said the dear old soul. ' I was so fond of him,' The taxidermist had made a fine bit of work of it, but the big, green, glass eyes stared at me in a way that stirred my conscience, and I could not stay long. I was afraid Mrs Shillingsworth would see the truth in my face. Yes oh, yes. Of course Jackson was a was a large pet cat. What did you think he was ? I couldn't have killed a dog that way. lam too fond of dogs myself.

A Patent Contribution-Box.

Like a phantom of, the past, he glided silently into the sanctum, and settled down on a chair opposite to us, and smiled twice. One of his eyes looked directly back to the fall of the Roman Republic, and the other peered steadily forward to the time when the just mail shall be made perfect, which Is a long way off. • I have got something,' he eaid, after he had atfqwed y.s to admire him about three minutes, ' which will ehher re volutionize Christianity pr create a panic in church.' ' What do you refer to ¥

'Ail invention of rnjme, sir, A contribution-box that none will be able to escape in a satisfactory manner. The box has a handle to it that closes up and slides down like a telescope. Underneath the box is fixed an electric bell, which is connected with a small battery concealed jn the end of the handle. All that you have to do is to touch a spring, and you turn on the bell. The purpose of the invention is to prevent old sinners from dodging

i the duty they owe their church. Have you ever seen bald-headed church members with red speckled noses crouch up in the far corner of the pew, and snore like fury, and pretend to be asleep when the deacon came around to take up the collection? • Yes. , ' Well, their day has passed. Why my new contribution-box, the deacon walks in the aisle, and when he catches one of the old_duffers trying to beat the missionary fund, he quietly slides the box undtr the ear of one of the slumber crs, and sends in an alarm that gallops through him like a rip-saw. I have seen that box bring fulks face to face with their duty so quick that it broke their suspenders. It was tested, on a methodist congregation last Sunday, and the new receipts were fifty per ceDt more than they had been for a period of seven years. The minister of the church immediately invested in four of the boxes, and the board of, stewards presented me with a written testimonial of their regard. I have received letters from very near every preacher in the country, making anxious inquiry concerning my invention. My contribution-box is either going to cast a beautiful halo about relig ion, or else cause infidelity to flourish like a cockle-burr patch. It is going to pluck the tares from the ' wheat. In other words, it will be the means of compelling those who have been furnished with religion on credit to pay up or get out. It's going to feed the missionary, soothe the orphan and put a broadcloath suit and a slick top hat on the country preacher who right now is riding a long-eared mule on a forty-mile circuit, and building up an appetite for chicken. After all this talk, I will say, sir, that my object in visiting you was to call your attention to the novelty of my invention, with the hope that it might merit a notice at your hands.' And with a gracious smile and awkward bow he departed. Hence this article.

THE EVENING STAE. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1887.

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