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Having everything in readiness, one of the brothers went to the house of merry-making to report the result. After the crowd had arrived, and the plays and games were at their height, the dumb-bull was sounded. Every one was startled. Again and again that awful noise. When it was discovered that the sound came from the haunted house the excitement was intense. The bravest were mystified and felt ner vous. The timid were sure it was either a “hant” or Gabriel’s trumpet and looked wildly about for a place of refuge. The brother who was to witness the effect of the joke pretended to be as much frightened as the rest, but said “if two or three of the boys would go with him they would go to the haunted house and investigate.” This no one seemed willing to do. Finally, he proposed for “the entire crowd to go.” After much argument and persua sion, all consented to go. With blanched cheeks and faltering steps they started. Pausing every now and then to look about, almost sure Mr. Ghost and his army would pounce upon them from some direc tion. When within a, short distance of the haunted house the coffin was slowly raised at the same time the dumb bull sounded some blood-curdling yells. This proved too much for the crowd. Boys and girls ran pell mell in every direction. The small stumps in the new road stood stubbornly to their post, falls and groans were heard on every side. One poor man fell and knocked his knee-cap off, and was ever afterwards a cripple. This the broth ers always regretted, for nothing so serious was thought of. Many limped homeward with bruises and torn gar ments. The old house was ever afterwards shunned, and to many remained a mystery. Without a doubt they saw the coffin rise and heard the strange, horrible sounds. But the three could only enjoy this fun together. Had it ever leaked out that they had planned this joke that had caused so much fright and dis turbance, a horse-whipping would have been the penaltiy. The two brothers moved to another state and in after years when time had placed a crown of snow on their heads the older of the two liked to tell this and other similar recollec tions of his youthful days, laughing as heartily over them as if they had happened only yesterday. CHARLEY. WHILE. THE SAME OLD MOON WAS SHINING. The same moon was shining. Ev erything else was changed. Here was the trysting oak where we had often met, but it had been storm stricken; one-half of it was dead. A gray owl sat on one of its branches. As I ap proached, the bird sailed noiselessly away. The moon shone as of old over the familiar landscape —the cottage at the end of the lane half hidden by trees. Was it still tenanted? The silence and the appearance of neglect about it would indicate that it was deserted. Where was she? Had her married life been happy? I had not dared to ask about her in the village to which I had returned after an absence of ten years. I had not spoken her name since I read of her marriage to a former lover. She had rejected him once, but since then he had inherited money, was my bitter reflection. Only a few weeks before I read of her wedding we had parted under this old tree. With her kiss warm on my lips. I had gone away inspired to do brave work in the west —the land of promise. After ten years I had returned to day—a saddened, embittered man, moved by an uncontrollable lingering to look again on the old scene, the old faces. I had not asked about her of the few acquaintances I had seen. I was anxious to know, but an unac countable reluctance to speak her name held me from inquiring. Tonight I left the hotel and made my way to the cottage on the out skirts of town that had once been her home. I sought out the old oak at the foot of the lane leading to the house. Here 1 had first told her of my love; here we had met and said good-bye on that last night. Leaning against the tree, I gave my self to bitter sweet memorie s as I looked up the tree shaded lane, fleck ed with moonbeams. How often had I waited here and watched for her to come to me down that lane! Say, there was some one coming now down the lane. A figure—now in the shadow —now in the moonlight. A woman’s figure, slender, graceful— like hers. Breathlessly I watched the approach of the figure. She came near—the moon shone on her face. It was she. I was dazed. I doubted my senses. She came close to me and as one in a dream I said: “You come late tonight, sweetheart.” She started violently; her pale face grew still paler. Then she said low: “I was not sure you would come tonight.” Her voice recalled me to my senses. In deep amazement I asked: “Did you then look for me?” For an instant she did not reply. Then she said in a voice that seemed to come from far away: “I thought you would come —some- time.” My heart throbbed in a tumult of emotion. “Tell me why yoo should expect to see me here?” I cried. “You —a wife.” “A wife?” Amazement was in her voice, hed look; then a light broke over her still lovely face. “You thought I was married?” she said. “I read of your marriage in a pa per Every detail was given.” “One detail given was wrong: ‘Mar ried at her father’s home,’ should have been her uncle’s home. The girl who was married was my cousin. Her name and mine were the same —our grand mother’s name. She was on a visit to us when she married.” “And you—you have not married?” “Certainly not. I had given my promise to one man and though he seemed to have deserted me —.” .Her voice broke. I put my arms about her. “He did not desert you. Words cannot tell how I have suffered through this misunderstanding. But it is all right now and perhaps this hard trial has been for the best.” The moon shone unclouded —the same moon that had witnessed our betrothal. The owl in the wood was silent, but a mocking bird in the near by tree broke into song. W. D. AMACK. Gainesville, Ga. KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT. Don’t be offended. The admonition is not meant as a reflection upon your talkativeness. Talk, but keep your mouth shut when you are not talking. People who keep their mouths closed except when they are talking, eating or drinking rarely contract coughs or colds. Savages, even those living in northern latitudes, seldom take cold. Scientists say it is because they are close-mouthed. Disease germs floating in the air find a direct route into the lungs of a per son who breathes through his mouth. The Golden Age for May 29, 1913 They are arrested by the fine, sieve like network of hair in the nostrils of persons who breathe through the nose. Keep your mouth shut and you may defy pestilence. The teeth suffer from too much and too frequent exposure to the atmos phere. Sudden changes of tempera ture, whether liquid or atmospheric, are hurtful to them. The best teeth in the world are those of the savage tribes, who always keep their mouths shut except when talking or eating. Throat and lung diseases are often contracted by persons who go about open mouthed. The frosty air of win ter inhaled directly into the lungs through the mouth is a frequent cause of bronchial disorders. Taken through the nose, it is modified and sifted of many of its dangers. Keep your mouth shut. —Healthy Home. * —i r - BLACK DR WEDDING CAKE. OTHER RECIPES. 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Bake at least two hours in deeps tins lined with well buttered paper. The icing should be laid on stiff and thickly. This cake, if kept in a cool, dry place, will not spoil in two months. Test the cakes well, and be sure they are quite done before tak ing them from the oven. —Philadel- phia Record. Rbbon Cake.—Two cups sugar, one cup butter, four eggs, one cup milk, two and one-half cups flour, three tea spoonfuls baking powder. Take two thirds of this and bake in layers, and to the third remaining add one table spoonful molasses, one cup chopped raisins, onerhalf cup currants, one piece citron, chopped fine; teaspoon ful each of cinnamon, cloves and nut meg. Put the layers together with jelly or thin frosting. Chronic Diseases Cured Without Drugs If you are afflicted with Paralysis, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, Nervous Debility, Asthma, Bron chitis, Catarrh or other diseases that medicine has failed to cure, write for our Free book which tells all about this new and better way. 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