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Howers are heaven * gifts. sweet tokens of
IftVffa
Beet to braatify earth from their home **»«•
A happy thought from the great heart >f God.
They are boro tn beauty from out the green
sod.
Royal gifts are seemly for these royal Bead
Who tnarvbed te the fray with arm. royal
fndaun**d. unflinching In the cause of right.
And <x> history * rage their honor I* bright
Yrs, brighter than any who e'er before fought.
For their God-given rights were all that they
sought
In defense of loved ones, their homes and
their all.
Did these heroes of southland answer the call
Then being the brightest, most beautiful low-
Sweetly* blooming in sunny nooks and bowers;
Scatter them lavishly, without stint or dearth.
. For brave heroes lie under these mound* of
earth.
’ Commemorate their deeds with emblems of
kn*« t
For their names are enrolled on records above.
As those who vert martyrs in the noblest band
That e'er gave up Their lives tor their native
land
When spring time comes all aglow with sweet
, flowers.
Can the brightest of aU from sylvan bowers.
Reverently lay them oo this sacred spot.
And Ist no southland » heroes e'er be forgo.
These flowers are monuments of highest praise.
None other in marble or stone could yoe raise
Ko worthy or harass. an grand and so erue.
Who meed up to doty, to dare and to do.
Some of these grand old heroes are living yet
ZMsappnititmesitß and cares they have bravely
wora homeward they wended their
jtodS proud mein awaited a brighter day.
Smile on them, cheer them, they will all soon
To their last tenting ground too soon they'll
be borne
In hotn« of eplendor or in their lowly cot.
Let as southland's heroes ever bo forgot.
’ Bring garlands for those who still linger
around,
• Bring them to encircle the hallowed mound.
And e'er keep green in your hearts one little
. spot.
* Let- no southland's heroes ever be* forgot.
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Nebraska State Journal.
A Texas lumber company has entered into a
contract to cut timber from a tract Yu .and be-
Icnging to the Houston Oil Company The
terms are so unusual as to I c worthy of no
> tfc-e. The timber is to be cut at a rate that
will require about twenty rears l» gv ever
the entire tract. No tress -mailer than a foot
In diameter are to be cut and all of thv small
er trees are to be left -urmfuroL Tine policy
» will leave the forest worth as much at the end
rs twenty years as It ‘s tvday. bo lu-'a as
these methods ar* earml-wd it wf!l i ema Jr a
permanent source of wsal'h tc the owners.
Is • Marvel.
Montgomery Journal.
The Atlanta Journal Is engaged in ef
fort to raise funds to build a monument
to “McKinley, the Peacemaker.'" and It
is meeting with a great deal of substan
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like the monument la a go. The Journal
is an illustration of the success that will
attend a live, progressive afternoon pa
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A VERY CLOSE CALL ■
IN THE WILDERNESS
Appreciating your valuable paper and
enjoying more than all your close calls.
I wish to state a few of my close calls.
I was a member of Company E. Four
teenth Georgia regiment. Thomas bri
gade. Wilcox's division. Stonewall Jack
son's “Old Foot” cavalry, so-called. I
volunteered July IX IMI. snd served as
'a soldier through the war. I volunteer
ed with the first company that was made
up in this (Forsyth) county. I was in
nearly all the battles from Seven Pines
up to the sixth of May in the Wilder
ness. There on that morning on the
plank road the Yankees flanked our bri
gade and killed and wounded many of
our boys. - Among the killed were our
gallant Colonel Folsom, of my regiment,
and our beloved Captain Sim David, two
of our bravest officers.
When we were ordered to fall back I
ran back across the plank road and ran
in behind a column of Yankees. Seeing
I was behind them. 1 lay down, thinking
that our boys that had escaped would
soon rally and drive the Yankees back
and recapture me. but there was anoth
er line of Yankees just in rear of where
I lay down that saw me and ordered me
to surrender. I got up and picked up
my gun and a Yankee captain ordered
me to throw down my gun. I broke my
gun off at the breech over a log and gave
bp to him.
It was but a short time until Long
street came to the relief of our brigade
and drove the Yankees back, and saved
that part of our line.
That was a close call for our entire
brigade.
Our brigade was in the march with
Stonewall Jackson when we went around
General Pope and captured Manassas
Junction and brought on the second Ma-
Unwritten Facts in Georgia History.
BY GEORGE G. SMITH, D. D.
XTnevllle. Macon. Georgia.
in every history of Georgia there is
a brief mention of the facts I have
tr.ed to bring out in greater fullness.
If a historian were to incorporate in
one book all that beats upon the his
tory he would make a book so volum
inous that no one could have time to
read it. but if he is faithful he will
pass over nothing of importance with
out giving it as fair and full a treat
ment as possible. This Bishop Stevens
and after him Colonel Jones have done
when treating of the distinguished
Episcopal ministers of whom I write.
John and Charles WeMey were
brothers—John the elder by eight
years. They were both in Oxford at
the university. John a Fellow and
Charles having but just received his
degree, and his ordination as an
Episcopal priest. They were both of
them unmarried and were intensely
religious. They belonged to a little
society which John had founded which
was derisively called the Holy Club,
or the Methodist society. It was the
object of Mr. Oglethorpe and the
trustees to make the Georgia colony
a model one and a clergyman was
brought out with the first ship load
of emigrants. He returned to En
gland and died on his way home. The
next, Mr. Quincy. s only remained a
; year and when Mn Oglethorpe went
back to England he sought for an
other clergyman. Mr. John Wesley
was commended to him. When he laid
the case before him and Mr. Wesley
saw the opening for a great Indian
mission for which the pastorate of a
village chnrch would be a preparation,
he conaented to come and his brother
Charles decided to come with him.
Mr.* Oglethorpe made Charles his sec
retary and chaplain. Others of the holy
club—Mr. Ingham. Mr. Delamotte
agreed to come to help in the mission
field. So they took shipping with Mr.
Oglethorpe and -alas for poor John
Wesley’s peaceful. life in the new field,
one of the passengers was a fair ydung
girl. Her name aj given -by Mr. Wes
ley s biographer, Henry, Moore, was
Sophia Hopkey. but Colonel. Jones
says Sophia Hopkins. I think Colonel
Jones is right. Mr. Wesley was an
extreme high churchman, whose mys
tical ' and ascetic views were of the
more pronounced kind. He and his
companions held services on the slow
sailing ship which was carrying him
beyond the sea and spent their inter
vals in study. Mr. Wesley taught the
Germans English and they taqght him
German. The charming Sophia be
came very much interested in religious
matters and sympathized very deeply,
with this little group of despised Meth
odists, and So the leader of them all
became very much interested in her.
The result was as might have been
expected. The handsome young' cler
gjffian fell in love with the fair maid.
He never-proposed 1 marriage, but he
thought very deeply about it. The Ger
mans on board were a little doubtful
as to Miss Sophia’s earnestness, and
when after they reached Savannah Mr.
Wesley consulted one of them about
closing up matters by a proposal of
marriage they said nay. Miss Sophia
had good reason to lock for a definite
proposition, but when l s did not come
and evidently was not coming, she was
deeply hurt, but like a sensible girl,
did not die of a broken heart, but sim
ply married a nice young man in the
new village There was not a breath
of scandal in the whole affair.
Mr. Wesley did not expect or intend
to remain in Savannah. He wanted
to go to the Indians amd found a mis
sion station, but there was no rector
and he went into the little two
roomed cabin among the pines which
was the parsonage and began his work.
He had service at 5 o'clock in the
morning, communion eveir Sunday,
preaching at 11 and catechised the chil
dren at 3 and preached again at night.
He relished those frequent services
more than his parishioners did. Some
of them were dissenters, most of them
were sinners and some of them repro
bates. but he was not going to abate
one tithe of the demands the church
made. A mother wanted her babe
baptised. The ancient rubric said a
babe must be baptised by immersion
unless it was weak, but the little
Georgian was a lusty fellow and his
parents could not plead that he was
not able to take the Immersion, and
as they did not want it he was not
christened till Mr. Whitfield came.
Rome of the people were a little bet
ter off as to footgear than others, and
when a stout lad went barefpoted to
school and was ridiculed the brave
parson took off his shoes and walked
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, CEOKQTX. IIOImDXY, OCTOBER 14, 1901
nassas battle, where I had a very close
call.
Our regiment was on an old railroad
and was ordered to hold our position at
all hasards. The Yankees charged us
many times that day. but we held our
ground. It was in one of these charges
that I had two holes shot through my
hat brim and thirteen holes shot through
mv new United States blanket that I
had got the day before at Manassas.
At the same time the man on my right
was killed and the man on my left was
severely wounded in two places. Don'*
you think that a very close call not to
be hurt? I had my blanket rolled up
and strapped around my shoulders. I
think there must have passed through
my blanket two or three balls. One ball
made the two holes through my bat brim.
At the battle of Fredericksburg I re
ceived a wound in my right leg. from
which I am a cripple. On that day our
company took 29 men into the battle and
had 19 wounded and not one killed. Our
brigade was composed of the Fourteenth,
Thirty-fifth, Forty-fifth and Forty-ninth
Georgia regiments, and commanded last
by gallant General E. L. Thomas.
I have seen very little in your valua
ble paper from my regiment or brigade.
Speak out, comrades, and let us hear
from you. I* H. HOPE,
Co. E, 14th Ga. Reg.
Oscarville. Ga. ,
For $1.40 we will send The Semi-
Weekly one year and the Five Vaseline
Toilet Articles and any one of the
premium papere offered with The
Semi-Weekly at SI.OO. This is the
greatest offer ever made and you
should take advantage of it without
delay.
through the hot sands of Savannah
unshod. . .
A good Presbyterian came to the
Lord’s table, but he would not give
him tha sacred elements.
It was not likely that one who had
such a sense of duty would allow a
flagrant violation of church law to
pass without rebuke, even though it
cost him much sorrow, and so he was
brought face to face with his duty to
ward Miss Sophey, now Mrs. William
son. She had been talking too much
and talking about her minister. There
was but little hope in a gossiping vil
lage. where Miss Sophey's folks were
the leading people, that her enemies
would fall to tell him of her derelic
tion, so it came to his ears. Could he
give her the communion after sueh
conduct unless she repented? He was
a kinsman of Arthur, Duke of Wel
lington. and never knew what fear
was. and he resolved that Miss So
phey should make repair of her wrong,
and the next Sunday after he had giv
en her fair notice when she came to
the table, he passed her by.
Charles did that same thing to an
old reprobate in London and was fined
for it. Mr. Canston. who was store
keeper and magistrate, arraigned Mr.
Wesley before his court for his course
toward his fair niece, for such she
was. To have a little shopkeeper, a
justice of the peace, to arraign a
clergyman, a fellow of Lincoln’s Inn,
for a violation of ecclesiastical law
was provoking enough, but to have
him on one pretxet or another to re
fuse to give him a trial on the charge
of libelling a lady was worse, and Mr.
Wesley was Justly Indignant.
The storekeeper was an Important
personage and the parson was not a
popular man, so the congregation
fell off until there was but a handful
but one feels almost a pleasure when
the petty tyrant was called to open
his books for the Inspection of Mr.
Stephens? agent of the trustees, and
displaced from his position.
Before, however, the • storekeeper
was displaced and the magistrate re
tired. Mr. Stephens came from Eng
land. ’ He was a devout churchman
and went to church but found few
people there. He soon found the cau’se
of the trouble and decided to settle It
and so went to the parson’s for break
fast.- "The whole town he says wis
now involved, a young woman. Miss
Canston (he calls her) married a
young Williamson, whom the parson
liked himself;-she used to receive the
sacrament weekly and used to go to
Mr. Wesley for pastoral instruction
but after her marriage she ceased and
Mr. Wesley refused her the sacra
ment." -
The court convened, and Mr. Cans
ton and Mr. Parker and Mr. Christie
complained that Mr. Wesley harran
gued the people who came to court so
that the magistrates were afraid of
being mobbed. Mr. Wesley continued
to preach and Mr. Stephens tried to
quiet things and reconcile the two par
ties, but in vain. Mr. Wesley finally
posted a notice that he was going to
England and so despite Mr. William
son's proclamation that he had .sued
him for a thousand pounds damages,
for libelling his wife one afternoon
about dusk with two companions, he .
took advantage of the high tide and
went ■to Perrysburg, S. C„ and from
thence to Charleston and on to Eng
land. - - • ■ ’
Thia is the only love affair and re
ligious squabble recorded on the pages
of Georgia history?
• Mr. Wesley was not a Methodist in
the modern sense, when he was tn Sa
vannah. but his Intercourse with the
Germans, led to his acquaintance with
Peter Bohler, and to his becoming a
Methodist in 1738, three years after
this. He never ceased to be an Epis
copalian but was a Methodist Episco
palian.
Poor Charles, his sensitive younger
brother, had even a more trying time
in the woods and camp on St. Simon's
island than John in Savannah. Mr.
Oglethorpe was prejudiced against him
and became for a time alienated from -
him. The people would not put up
with his rigid requirements, and even
the women quarreled with him. He
was sick in body and sick in heart
and after a fruitless work among the
immigrants and the soldiers, he de
cided to return to England where he
went and after great trials on the way
he reached London again.
Here he too accepted the teaching of
Peter Bohler and became a Methodist.
Ingham taught a school in Tomo
chichi town and tried to do some
work among the Indians but gave it up
and returned to England where he
married Lady Betty Hastings and was
a country parson until he died.
Charles Delamotte taught the first
free school and as for that the first
school of any kind in Georgia, unless
there was one at Ebenezer.
Os Mr. Whitfield’s stay I will write
in another article.
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Metropolitan Pride.
“Is there much civic pride in New
York?
”1 should say so. Every man who can
make a cent out of the city is proud of
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Battle of the Wilderness;
Gen. ffacksons Last Fight
Being a Confederate veteran and dis
posed to pay tribute to the deserving, I
come to ask space in your valuable paper
to relate the little I know of the memo
rable battle of the Wilderness—the battle
in which the Confederacy lost one of its
star leaders and generals, ‘‘Stonewall"
Jackson.
It is known how Jackson maneuvered
his corps In getting it to the rear and
on the right of the enemy’s line, the last
day of his valuable service to the cause he
espoused, and how much thos* following
him as their leader realized their loss, as
did the army of the Potomac.
Tn getting his corps to the point where
he received tha wound that caused his
death, he marched on a road running par
allel with the Federal line. On this road
was an old stone building, a furnace of
some kind, and the nearest point to the
enemy's lines. A part of the Twenty-third
Georgia regiment, of which I was a
member, was at this place, detached and
placed on picket In a nick of woods north
of the furnace. Major Ballenger (later
colonel) commanded the right wing of
skirmishers and myself the left, with or
ders if we had to, to fan back firing.
Here suffer me to digress: While here
on picket I had the pleasure of seeing
and conversing with one of the great
cavalry generals of our army. General
J. E. B. Stuart. He came to the picket
line, where I was stationed, and requested
me to accompany him to the front. We
advanced to the edge of an old field; on
the far side of the field troops in blue
cotlid be seen without number. We re
mained in view a few minutes, observing
their maneuvers, and sffw a line of skirm
ishers form from the main line, and
march into the field towards us. General
Stuart turned to me and said: "Captain,
they are coming; be ready for them.”
"That was the first and last time I saw
General Stuart.
But to return to the subject in hand.
By the time I was back at post and had
the line in readiness, the line in blue was
seen advancing, and the ball opened.
We did as ordered, taking trees for shel
ter when convenient. In getting back to
where the regiment was when detached,
we found it had left. Amid a melee of bul
lets I looked up the road to see if I could
Natives of Georgia. in St. Louis.
Natives of Georgia who are prominent
citizens of St. Louis met at the office of
McPheeters & Harris in that city on the
evening of October 3d, for the purpose of
arousing interest among the people of this
state in the world s fair at St. Louis in
1903. ” . '
The world’s fair at St. Louis will cost
something like $30,000,000 exclusive of the
value of lands and exhibits. The plans
so far perfected call for the largest
building ever erected, covering an area
of thirty-two acres, several others cover
ing seventeen acres each, and another
group covering nine acres each, making a
total approaching 200 under roof.
These buildings are in addition to the
state and foreign buildings, which are ex
pected to materialize in large number.
The site of the expoplti.Oti Is Forest Park
l i the western section' of the city, and
about 1,200 acres are devoted to this pui
pose. , .
In addressing the,people of Geors'.a,
these former citizens aqa, natives of, the
state say:
"As patriotic sons of qur beloved sunny
south, though somewhat removed, we still
love her old traditions and customs and
the general air of hospitality and chival
rous courtesy that pervades the whole at
mosphere of that chosen section; and we
have her best interest at heart, and take
just as much pride in her marvelous pro
gress and advancement filong all material
lines as though we were at present dom
iciled there in full view of her broad
fields of cane and cotton, automatically
casting our ballots for.' the Democratic
nominee and hurrahing at the sound of
"Dixie” or drawing the bell-cord over the
back of the traditional Georgia mule. ’
"The committee on legislation is press
ing forward with, all possible rapidity,
arranging for the exhibits from the sev
eral states and territories, as well as from
our island possessions. And one of the
last official acts qf our late lamented chief
ftiagistrate was to issue a proclamation
under the seal of the Uplted States gov
ernment, bearing date of the 20th day of
August, inviting ‘all nations of the
to take part in tne commemoration of the
purchase of the Louisiana territory, an
event of great interest to the United
States and Os abiding effect on their de
velopment, by appointing representatives
and senaing such exhibits to the Louis
iana Purchase exposition as will most
fittingly and fully illustrate their re
sources, their industries, and their pro
gress in clvinzation.’
“Let us emphasize, too, that the Louis
iana Purchase exposition is a living, pres
ent enterprise, and not a conjectural
scheme that will have its part to take in
public attention some time in the future.
The most beautiful and available site
to be found in and around St. Louis has
been selected and legally set apart, and
work has already been begun.
“Our martyred president indorsed the
proposition most heartily, and named a
national commission composed of men of
such rare and peculiar fitness as was
characteristic of his every official act dur
ing the four and a half years of his term
in office. Our new president, too, fully ap
preciates the magnitude and importance
of the enterprise, and la enthusiastically
favorable to it. He has promised to use
his influence in favor of all national legis
lation and other action which may be
needed for the proper celebration of the
Louisiana annexation centennial.
"The institution is non-partisan in its
intent and purpose, patriotic in its origin,
world-wide in its scope and deserves the
support of every true American citizen.
It will inevitably succeed in a handsome
measure, for no other project of this sort
ever had so many and so powerful
friends as are at the service of the world’s
fair to be held in St. Louis, and every
citizen should take the keenest interest
in seeing that his state is fully repre
sented.
"The management has enlisted in its
service the most skilled and efficient
men, experienced in the promotion and
direction of expositions and like enter
prises, and it is the verdict of all that
in 1903 there will be opened in this city
an exposition of such scope and magni
tude as will scorn comparison. It has been
broadly advertised, too. and the people of
this city are busily engaged making prep
arations to receive and entertain the larg
est crowds that have ever been assem
bled on such occasions.
"Now. in view of these facts, it does
not require a prophet or the son of a
prophet to see that Georgia would reap
incalculable benefit by being represented
here with an exhibit on a comprehensive
basts, fully commensurate with the
resources and wealth; and. being fully
appreciative of the progressive spirit of
her cltzens that has marked her recent
history, we fully believe that when the
people and the legislature realize the mag
nitude of this exposition, they will feel
that they cannot afford to allow the Em
pire State of the South not to be fully and
adequately represented. .
"There is every reason why Georgia
should take affirmative. action and that
promptly too. The legislature meets on
the 24th day of October, prior to any of
the other states yet to act, and by taking
prompt action and making a liberal ap
propriation. Georgia can get one of the
most desirable allotments of space to be
had. Furthermore, you already have in-
LacL t-Jjp exhibit which wu prepared for
find away out; if I could not find the
regiment. Some distance above I observ
ed the last of a company of the regiment
entering a railroad cut. Without further
firing by us, we made for the same in
double quick order. «
Major Ballenger on arriving where
the regiment was left, and not finding
it. hoisted a white flag and there surren
dered. After entering the cut I approach
ed the colonel and we had exchanged a
few words when a courier dashed up to
where we were standing and said to the
colonel it was ordered by some general
that he should get his men out of there
as best he could. We could all see the dan
ger in being captured if we remained.
The colonel's order to me and to the
officer in command of the adjoining com
pany was to get our men out the best
we could and to pass the order down
the line; this was done.
The colonel left and I followed with
a portion of my company, and a few
from other companies, about 40 in all:
those that remained were captured.
In making our exit we were exposed to
the fire of the enemy from front and
flank, and if I ever experienced a closer
call I am not aware of it. The Federals
were so near the entire command could
not have escaped had all been so disposed.
Charges were preferred against the colo
nel and he was cashiered for not remain
ing with his command and being captured
with them. That may be in accord with
miltary discipline, but I will take the risk
in running the gauntlet before exposing
my carcass in such prisons as Rock Is
land and Fort Delaware in time of war.
W. G. L. BUTT,
Captain Company K, 33d Georgia Reg.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Tha Kind You Hare Always Bought
Bearn the VZjrfCZX
TigMtura of
the Atlanta exposition, and was used at
the Omaha and Buffalo expositions, so
that Georgia is in a position to make a
better exhibit with the same outlay of
money than most any other state.
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LONG AGO.
I one* knew all the birds that came
And nested In our orchard trees; ,
For every flower I had a name—
My friends were woodchucks, toads and bees;
I knew what thrived in yonder glen;
What plants .would soothe a stone-bruised toe;
Oh, I was very learned then—
But that was very long ago. . ,
I knew the spot upon the hill
Where the checkerberries could be found—
I knew the. rushes near the mill
Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound!
I knew the wood—the very tree . •
Where lived the poaching, saucy crow.
And all the woods gn<J crows knew me—
And that was very long ago.
And pining for the joys of youth,
I tread the old familiar spot
Only to learn this solemn truth : t .
I have forgotten, am forgot.. ,
Yet there’s’ this youngster at my knee
Knows all the things I used to know, .
To think I once was wise as he!—
But that was very long ago.
I know ’tie folly to complain
Os what so’er the fates decree.
Yet were not wishes all In rain.
I tell you what my wish would be:
I’d wish to be a boy again.
Back with the friends I used to know;
For I was, oh! so happy then—
But that was very long ago. ‘
-EUGENE FIELD.
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The Atlanta Journal has started the effort
for the erection of a monument to th* .late
President McKinley by the people of the south.
It is a patriotic movement that we believe
will bear good fruit. It was at Atlanta that
President McKinley gave expression to the
patriotic sentiment that the time had arrived
for the "nation to care for the Confederate
dead!" The movement started by the Atlanta
Journal is warmly seconded by the press snd
pulpit of the whole south.
If Colonel Guerry doesn’t lookout he is
going to enlist the support of some people
who are in the habit of speaking twice
before they think.
Its True Character.
Catarrh Is Not a Local Disease.
Although physicians have known for years
that catarrh was not a local disease but a con
stitutional or blood disorder, yet the mass of
the people still continue to believe it Is simply
a local trouble and try to cure it with purely
local remedies, like powders, snuffs, ointments
and inhalers.
These local remedies, if they accomplish any
thing at all, simply give a very temporary re
lief and It is doubtful If a permanent cure of
catarrh has ever been accomplished by local
sprays, washes and Inhalers. They may clear
the mucous membrane from the excessive se
cretion but it returns in a few hours as bad as
ever, and the result can hardly be otherwise
because the blood Is loaded with catarrhal
poison and it requires no argument to convince
anyone that local washes and sprays have ab
solutely no effect on the blood.
Dr. Ainsworth says, "I have long since dis
continued the use of sprays and washes for
catarrh of head and throat, because they sim
ply relieve and do not eure.
For some time past I have used only one
treatment for all forms of catarrh and the
results have been uniformly good, the remedy
I use and recommend la Stuart'* Catarrh Tab
lets, a pleasant and harmless preparation sold
by druggists at 50c.. but my experience has
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to be worth a dozen local treatments.
The tablets are composed of Hydrasttn, San
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antiseptics and any catarrh sufferer can use
them with full assurance that they contain no
poisonous opiates and that they are the most
reasonable and successful treatment for radical
cure of catarrh at present known to the pro
fession.”
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are large, pleasant
tasting 2° grain losengee, to be dissolved in the
mouth and reach the delicate membranes of
throat and trachea, and immediately relieve
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blood remove* the catarrhal poison from the
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LOVE IN A DRESSING CASE.
(Copyrighted, 1901. by Short Story Company.) . . ? ,' t >i
Alice Keene was by odds the prettiest
girl in Midville, and; notwithstanding
she was so poor—she was compelled to
earn her own living by the sweat of her
typewriter, she was popular witfc every
body, and no social gathering in the gay
and lively little town was complete with
out her. Among her best friends were
those of prominent position in the town, 1
and her dearest stand-by under all cir
cumstances was Florence Crandall, who
had more money in a minute than Alice
ever hoped to have in a lifetime. The
two girls were nearly the same age—let
us say a little beyond twenty, without
going into unnecessary details—and they
had been friends since childhood, Shar
ing each other's joys and sorrows, and
especially confidantes in all the love af
fairs that had fallen to the lot of each,
thus far without serious, or at least per
manent, results to either.
Ordinarily Alice spent her two weeks'
summer vacation with' Florence, but in
the year of this chronicle ahe went to visit
an aunt who had not previously been on
friendly terms with the Keenes and whom
it was wise to cultivate when the oppor
tunity presented itself, for tne lady was
not one whose wishes could be well dis
regarded being a person of influence and
position, although of no wealth that
would divide up to a large extent. Thus
was that on the Saturday before the
week of her vacation Alice Keene board
ed the first train in the morning for
Easton, carrying all her belongings in a
dress suit case, which was the property
of Florence Crandall, kindly loaned for
the occasion.
She had a ride of five hours before her.
and choosing the best seat she could find,
she prepared to be as comfortable as pos
sible tn a day coach. There were friends
galore to see her off and wish her a
pleasant time, and when they had all
gone and the train was moving away she
settled down and began to survey her
surroundings. She had a book, but she
was not so frequently a traveler that a
book was the most interesting thing she
could find, and she let It lie on the seat
beside her while she looked about the car
with now and then a quick glance at the
flying scenery oujslde. There were only
a few passengers at that hour, the morn
ing was cool and Allee leaned back In
her seat to enjoy herself at her leisure.
For two weeks and two days there would
be no more clicking typewriters, no more
office hours, no more work, nothing but
rest now. and a lovely imitation of being
rich and lazy.
As the tired girl thought of these things,
she did not forget her Immediate sur
roundings and presently she was attracted
by a dress suit case directly across the
aisle from her. It was a handsome one,
she noticed, but then no handsomer than
the one she had, for Florence Crandall
had only the best of everything, and on
the end of it she saw,the inscription,
"H. D. Fenn, New York City.”
She had never met a man, from New
York and with not a little curiosity she
shyly glanced up from the dress suit case
to its owner. In an instant she was sorry
she had been so bold, for the man was
looking directly at her. Her interest was
immediately diverted to something out
side of the window. She knew he was
still looking her way. because she could
Just feel that he was, ai)d she wondered
how a man could be so rude. She re
membered her book, now, and as she
turned to get it she ventured another
glance at the New Yorker. He was ab
sorbed apparently in a newspaper, and
she had an opportunity, with woman’s
quick intuition, to gather data sufficient
to warrant the conclusion * that he was
about 30 years old. quite handsome and
stylish and in all respects an appropriate
accompaniment to the elegant dress suit
case he carried. Several times within the
next two hours .Alice looked over at her
neighbor, when she thought she could do
so without being caught, but in nearly
every instance she was mistaken. But
there was some kind of strange fascina
tion which drew her eyes across the aisle
again, and when at last the brakeman
called out “Moose Lake,” and the man
picked up his dress suit case and left the
train she was positively glad and her
eyes roamed over the car with a distinct
sense of relief. • •
Alice came back from her vacation like
another being. Everything of the past
was gone, and she went to her work
again as if she were making a new start
in life. She had even forgotten the strange
fascination across the aisle, and it proba
bly would never have asserted itself again
had it not been for Florence Crandall. The
summer had waned and Florence had re
turned. Alice met her at the train and
went home to dinner with her. and after
dinner the two hid themselves away in
a corner for a good long talk. Os course,
they had been writing to each other, but
letters are never satisfactory as compared
with the heart-to-heart talks that girls
Indulge in.
“But the funniest and the strangest
thing that happened all summer,” saM
Florence after the exchange of a great
lot of confidences, "was a letter I received
from a Mr. Fenn, of New York, who said
he had met me on the train going to Eas
ton and was so pleased with me that he
could not help trying to find me again.”
"Have you answered it?” asked Alice
weakly, feeling all at once the recurrence
of the strange fascination across the
aisle.
"Os course. I haven’t,” prompty replied
Florence.. "Do.you suppose 1 would write
to a stranger like that? But how ever did
he get my address? And I haven't been
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He wm sb’crbefl In a newspaper.
to Easton for two years, I am sure."
Alice gasped once or twice and rallied
for a confession,
“Oh, Florence,” she eried, almost with
tears in her eyes, "it was ~iai dress suit
case of yours. You know your name Is
printed on the'end of it.”
"Yea, but now can that have anything
to do with itT' aaid the perplexed Flor
ence. "I never took it to Easton,'*
"No, but I did, you remember,” Allee
explained, "and. Uwe Z&UPt IBM,
sat across the aisle from me whose
was Fenn and he was from New York."
Florence looked perfectly aghast at
Alice, who shrank before her gaae.
"You don’t mean to tell me. Alice
Keene.” she said sternly, “that you have
been flirting on trains with strange
This was simply too horrid, and
to save herself, told u,e whole story of
her experience that morning and her de
scription of Mr. Fenn was quite creditable
to that unknown young man. Florence*!
wrath was appeased, and as the two girls
talked It all over the sense of the rbmajitio
began to assert itself and they agreed to
answer the letter between them and share
the odium of such reprehensible conduct—
if they were ever found out. Os course,
the letter was in the character of Alice,
although in the name of Florence and the t
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"oh, no —I—that is to Bay— ~
two conspirators waited with throbbing
hearts for the result of their adventure.
It came in due time and there was no
denying that Mr. Fenn wrote like a gen
tleman whatever he - might be in person,
and a second letter was dispatched to
him.
Thus matters proceeded until the time
came when Mr. Fenn announced that he
would appear in person, and the girls
were in a flutter of emotional excitement.
There were revelations to be made that
they had their doubts about; and just how
they were to adjust Miss Crandall’s name
to the person of Alice, or now they were
to arrange that Alice was to appear In re
sponse to the call of the stranger for Miss
Crandall, was a study to which they de
voted themselves assiduously ; without
reaching any very clear conclusion even
up to the day of Mr. Fenn’s arrival. How
ever, Alice was there to meet him when
he came to Florence’s home, and although
she was very nervous and would have run
away if she dared, she took courage and
passed through the ordeal with flytpg col
ors. Mr. Fenn was not only delightful,
but delighted, and they chatted hway at
such a rate that Alice entirely forgot
Florence, who was impatiently watting
upstairs to be called in as Miss Crandall’s
best friend.
"Really, Mr. Fenn,’’ she exclaimed as
she remembered her neglect, "I had quite
forgotten in the renewal of our acquaint
ance. that I have a very dear friend in
the house who knows of our little romance
and who is quite anxious to meet you.
Excuse me for a moment till. I go get
her.” ' ' < ‘
Mr. Fenn, for the first time, ahowed
signs of uneasiness.
"If you will pardon me. Miss Crandall.”
he said with an effort. "I will detain you
long enough to make an explanation.”
This made Alice nervous, but she nodded
for him to proceed.
"I came here, as you know.” he went
on, “without knowing anything about you
Except what I could guess from your let
ters. That.was good enough to make me
take any chances, and now that I have
seen you, I beg your forgiveness for ev«n
having had a doubt, and I want to tell you
that I am not Mr. Fenn at all, but George
Gordon, Harry Fenn’s step-brother. Jt
was his dress suit case I had, and when
I told him of the pretty girl I had seen on
the train and whom I wanted to find again
he told me to use his name as the sign of
my search, and see if it would bring me
luck. I hope I have not erred beyond your
forgiveness. Miss Crandall?” he added, as
she stood before him quite dumbfounded
by this revelation.
"Oh, no—l—that is to say——” she be
gan to stammer.
"Harry is down at the hotel now,”
broke in the young fellow, quite like a
boy. "and he can verify my statement. He ,
said he would come along to look after
me in case of emergency. And, don't you
know, he's only a year older than I am. ’
Isn’t that a joke?” 1
He laughed as if he were not sure ha
should or not, and Alice responded al
most hysterically.
“Oh, Mr. Fenn, I mean Mr. Gordon," she
said after she had somewhat regained her
composure, ”1 have an explanation to
make, too. I am not Florence Crandall,
and it was her dress suit case I had with
me that day. I am Alice Keene.”
The young man fairly roared at thia
disclosure of fraud. i
"Well,” he exclaimed, "what a pair of '
deceivers we have been, haven’t we? Go
and bring Miss Crandall so we can con
fess to her.”
But ft was not necessary to bring Miss
Crandall. Grown weary with waiting, she
had ventured down into the hall to see
what was going on, and Alice caught
sight of her.
"Come In. Florence,” she called, “I !
want to present Mr. Gordon.’’ • t
"I thought,” began Florence as she I
came forward hesitatingly. -
"Yes. .and so did we tnink.” laughed *
Alice, “but none of us thought right, and *
now let us all sit down and explain.” ’
"But I must go get Harry,” the strang-«
er Insisted. “He is part of this now.” 4
and he almost ran out-of the house on bls
brotherly errand. '
Fifteen minutes later he returned with <
the real Mr. Fenn, who was presented
to Florence Crandall, and Mr. Gordom
and and Miss Keene Immediately desig
nated them as the guilty parties in a
clandestine correspondence, and offered
proof of their charges in divers and sun
dry letters bearing their respective sig
natures.
The accused did not know just how to*
take it at first, but when all four had
dined at the Crandall mansion that even
ing and had taken a boat ride on the lake
in the light of an October moon, they con
cluded to offer no defense. As for Gord
an and Alice, they had made up their
minds from the very beginning.
Six months later there was a double
we<- .-ng at the church in Midville and
a grand reception at the Crandall man
sion afterwards. There were four dress,
suit cases in the lot of wedding luggage,
at the railway station, and two of them;
were unmarked.
Th* supply es hollow mockery largely «?’ !
ceed* the demand. What th!* country seeds !
U wruMhiag in.Ut jaUd AMkac? *
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