Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers. All Rights Reserved.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY. | NEW YORK, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1895. | FIVE CENTS A COPY. |
VOL. XVI.—NO. 821. | TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. |
It was a warm June evening, and the family was taking the air on theback porch—father and mother, two stalwart young men, the elder sons,two slender girls, and a romping boy of nine—the little Benjamin of thetribe. It was a placid homelike group; father deep in the daily paperand his easy-chair, mother absorbed in chat with the girls even whilekeeping watchful eye