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A DAY IN HARVEST.
At last the wagon was loaded. The
trunk cam* tn front for a aeat. Th* two
feather bode were just behind It, with th*
•afe nat on lop of them and the drop-leaf
table anug agalnat the tailboard. Bed
ateada, chair*, anew cradle, a randle
aland and many bags and bund!**, built
upon this foundation a miscellaneous su
perstructure, craxy-looklng, yet held in
pace with all the plow lines Jimmy Daw
on could muster.
Mrs. Dawson sat on th* trtmlt, her at
tention equally and fearfully divided be
tween th* reins in her hand, the baby up
on her itnees end the broody hen with her
clutch of egg* In the basket et her feel.
The hen had belonged to Lllila Jtm, th*
boy who hed died the summer before,
bit* has stolen her nest, but Mfs. Dawson
could not bear to leave her, any more
than t kikl her. robbed of her eggs, along
with Hie other fowls which went th* day
betote.
Jimmy gplped hard as he turned the key
In the lock. The house was old and ram
s(tackle, hut he had been born tn It, and
had thought to live and die there. A tor
toise shell cat came to rub against his
leg*, mewing plaintively and looking up
In his face He stooped and stroked the
creature until it purred loudly and made
a* though It would spring Into hi* arms
He drew hack hastily. Buying "No, no.
Mittens! You can't go! It does look tnenn
to leave you—but It's the worst sort o'
luck to move eats and walnuts! The good
Ik>rd knows my luck Is bad enough
a' ready."
Superstitious—oh, Jimmy? I'm rather
glad ol It. 1 shall take Mittens straight
up lo the house—w# need another motts
•r.” Mr. Atmhlre said, coming around th*
corner of the house, then with a laugh,
Jimmy Stood Back of Her, Hl Big Hand Fondling Her Hair With Clumsy Ten
derness.
•Hxhtly forced: "Maybe you won't rail
illtteita- that may be bid luck, too—hut
you'll give this to Mr*, mwwon, with my
compliments—for the baby.”
He hell! out a silver dollar. Dawson
made no motion to take it- He looked
down at Ah hire with smouldering eye*
until the man quailed. Abshlre wan short,
stocky, ruddy, w.th clone dipped reddish
hair and board. Dawson, lean. dark, mus
rular, towered a head abova him. and had
lank, sun-bleached lock* blowing all over
the collar of hi- rusty coat.
' Keep your money—now you've got It.
Mr. Ahshlre." he said slowly at last.
"It won't ever be name** betweenst us
attain, now I've got my quitlanca In full.
Hut remember this —1 owe ye a day In
harvest. I'll pay It some tlroa-a km?
day at that."
Abehire laughed Insolently: "You dis
appoint me. Dawson." he said. *'l had
1 nought you too much a man to sulk er
whine over paying an honeat debt."
"You thought right—l ain't whinin',”
Jimmy wikl. cl imberlng up hestde his
Wife: "You kr.ow I didn't know It was
your money I borrowed—and you want
in' my place—".
"Certainly! The house obstructs out
Mew," Abehire said.
Dawson's eye# biased! "The first o' us
Dawsons got the land from the Injuns."
he said: "1 wanted to pass It on to chil
dren o' mine—Jest aa It coma to me—"
Mrs. Dawson laid a silencing hand on
his arm. He shook It off. but Just then
the baby began to cry. aa though pinched
■wish cold, for all tha mother'# cuddling
"Hoar little mite!” he muttered, touching
the clumsy hooded head. "To think I
must take you live mile# In the teeth o'
this wind—and then Into a cold house!"
He started up the mules, and soon had
them trotting at a rale which threatened
to wreck the towering load. The baby
cried fitfully, though his wife did her
beat to hush It. It had been ailing all
week. He almost wished he had pocketed
his pc hie, and bogged Ahshlre to let him
wait his moving until Ihe weather was
milder Hut mild days are not plenty In
midwinter—least of nil when the cold has
rtrenglhened to a freezing new year. He
bad stayed over tha day itself—if he moved
then he would be moving until the next
Christmas—and moving once was, to his
mind, sunk-tent for a lifetime.
“I wish you’d got us a place in the
fall." his wife said at last, not reproach
fully. but wilh a soft ptalntivencs* In
finitely harder to bear. Jimmy Sighed
deeply. He could not tell the truth—that
he had hum Med himself before Abehire,
hoping against hope lo stay on In his
home, and !h the end redeem It. Ellen
would never have done that. Bhe wn*
Sery proud, for all her soft ways.
Hadn't we better turn in. here at lha
doctor’s?" he asked as the wagon came
opposite a big gate, standing generously
wide. Mrs. Dawson shook her head:
"Do you think there's time?” she asked,
"It's past 12 now—and everything to do
when he gel there. Baby'# asleep—still.
1 wish the doctor—"
The Words ended In a screnm. She hod
uncovered the tiny fac# cautiously, to
find It pinched and blue, the little Ups
gasping Dawson understood her Inartic
ulate cry. A turn of the wrist sent Ihe
mules through the gate, a cut of the whip
set them into a dead run. up the ragged
drive. But It was a limp and lifeless ill
tie body that Mr*. I Hinson laid In I>r,
Wharton's arms.
‘The 1 jort! gave, the Dord hath taken
• way." the kind doctor said reverently.
Cradling the dead baby on one arm. and
with the other pushing Its distracted
mother Into a seat at the fireside. Mrs
'Vharton bent over her and put her arms
a boot her, sobbing lit silent sympathy
She had lost a baby Just the year before,
and knew better than lo mock this grief
with spoken comfort.
Dawson cowered miserably at the ethar
side of the Are. through a k-edm half
hour Then be got up and took,hls dead
child In hi* arms, saying •• m pressed
his rough cheek to Its waxen face: "And
1 havo got to bury you, little one. all by
youraelt. Ahshlre owns tha graveyard-
he says be don't want any more Dawson
on hi* land, alive or dead.’’
"Abshlre la a fiend—or a fool—or both—"
Dr Wharton began, but stopped short,
staring at Mrs. Dawson. Bnc had risen,
her y dry and burning. "We must go,
Jim." she said In a high, harsh volte.
"Dive me the baby! It Is so sound asleep
M must be well. Bomethlng might catch
th* hen. Il was little Jim’s, you know."
th!* apologetically to the Whartons ”lt’a
—tl’a the most we have got loft of Mm.
Always, when he fell asleep on the floor,
his pullet would go and perch on hi*
shoulder ami *av quiet till, he waked. ’’
Jim took his wife m his arms, heedless
of other eyes. "Ellen!" he said; "Ellen'
Wife! You— you better stay her* with
Mr*. Wharton. I'll go on—and see about
things ’’
"You must stay!" Dr. Wharton said He
saw that the poor creature was quite out
of her mind Retst amt quiet might bring
b#tk her reason. With Infinite sympa
thetic pain* she was coaxed to swallow
a sleeping draft, and sit sadly In the
chimney corner, hugging the dead rhlld
close to her breast. To humor and soothe
her the hen was brought In, and set where
she could touch the basket with her foot.
Jimmy stood back of her, his big hands
fondling her hair with clumsy tenderness
Presently her head fell hack, her arm*
relaxed, the little white face dropped so
the waning daylight touched It
Kllen dM not stir as Mrs. Wharton took
It away: "You’ll let tw bury It,beside ottr
Htthone," *he said to Jimmy. In a hushed
whisper. He nodded apathetically. Ill*
otto thought now was Ellen. He was of a
alow, fond, devoted nature. Ho loved hts
wife much ns he had loved h!a home
He had never loved anybody elar. Hi* had
chosen her In the cradle. himself a stout
fellow & years old. Ho could not con
ceive of life apart from her. yet tn the
face of this awful fear, he almost prayed
that she might never wake.
"Lowd! Igxd! Take her rather 'n to
sand her mad!" he supplicated. “1 haln’t
got a home lo keep her In! I'd have to
pul her away, where folks might treat
her mean,"
Suddenly the thought came. If he could
take her hnck among the old. familiar
surrounding*, she would awake, herself.
He looked out of the window. His wagon
still stood beside the yard gale, the mules
drooping their heads patiently and edg
ing away from the wind. He was alone
with Ellen—the Whartons had taken the
baby away to the back of the house. He
went with hasty quiet through Ihe door,
out to the wagon and threw off the upper
load Then he got a blanket or two, went
back, muffled mien In them, bore her out
dead asleep and laid her gently on the
billowy feather beds. In a minute the
wagon was out on the road, headed for
Ihe old home, th* mule* gding at the
swift, cheery Irot of Mast# chilled and
eager for Ihe comfort of wonted stalls.
Jimmy's mind was made up. He woukl
break In the door, make a Are and leave
Ellen beside it. while he went to apeak
with Abehire. After all Ahshlre must be
human. When he heard what had hap
pened he would at least agree to let Ihe
Dawsons stay the year through, working
th# place on shares. Jimmy knew he
could bes good tenant. Maybe
by next Christmas Ellen would be
strong again. It might be. also. Ahshlre
would relent so fur as lo keep Ihem on
until they themselves chose lo go He
must have somebody to work Ihe land—
He Was Holding Op HU Hand Imploring
Silence. '
It wn* worthless without. "And I'll work
for him bettcr'r ever I did for myself."
Jimmy thought. "If only ha'll gimme leave
to show."
The house stood around the shoulder
of the hill. *1 the head of Ihe valley
through which Ihe mill stream ran. It
was She fall In the stream lhat had
templ'd Jimmy to hi# tear, tt wss tn
plain sight from hi# house door, and he
had thought ever since he wn# n mill
boy. going ten miles with his grist, what
a pity It was th* water power w* not
harnessed and made to serve It# neigh
bors. Ahshlrt's big new house stood
some hundred yards higher up She vsHey
The Dawson homestead, broad, low, ram
bling. did shut It away from at least
half the prospect down stream. The
valley opened out In broad, smiling vis
tas belaw the llttla roeky rise on which
It was built
By the road Jimmy was traveling you
came almost upon the houae before you
saw M. Tha suit had left tha valley, but
THE MOKNING NEWS: SEN DAY, BEPTEMBEK 9, 1900.
It was ttlU full of drear winter daylight.
Jimmy ahul hts eye* a moment, recall
ing how It must look. He knew evety
aspect by heart He had so
much as fifty miles away from li Hand
In hand with Ellen he had roamed over
every foot of It, bench and level and
hill slope, or sat In hi* rough porch,
watching It grow green In eprltvg sun
shine. or laugh Into summer leafage, or
rustle with tat harvests In the red and
russet time. He had watched through
the rain, and the flne weather, tn th#
snow, at dawn, at dark.
There was no need to open hta eyes
until he came to the gate. The mulea
would keep the road of their own mo
llon-bealde* he could drive ther* If it
were black dark and himself stone blind.
They must be coming on to the big rock
now The road made a sharp turn there
—he drew a little on the near rein, and
smiled to feel the wagon swing without
the least Jar.
Suddenly Ihe mule* snorlsd. stopping
In their tracks. Jimmy was almo.-t
pitched upon their backs A* he scram
bled upright he heard a crackling, hiss
ing nolee—a hot red flare struck him wth
the sttng of a lash. He stared a minute,
uncomprehending, then fell back, moaning
and covering hts eysa. Fl.tme* Imped,
licking, darting, from every window of
his house. The roof was smoking furi
ously In another minute the fire would
break through. Men were Kindling other
fires In hr outhouse*. Ab*hlre watch.vl
them, hi* hands In his pocket*. a faint
gratified smile about his Up*
Th* mule* backed and trembled, and
even reared a little, but Jimmy drove
them relentlessly rorward. The toad wa
so narrow he must drive Into the lot
before he could turn. Abshlre stood at
the gate of It. He started at sight of
Jimmy, "Left anything?" he ask**l “I
hope It was nothing of consequence You
see. I’m about making a clean sweep.”
IMllars of Hr# shot up from the bouse,
pwtnllng all the dull valley mrlth their
own scarlet glow. They were so fierce
the wind scarce eould bend them even
at the* tip, and make of them flaming
banner* In the tdty. The house wa* tin
der-try. and burned with a roar like that
of o hurricane. It roused Ellen’s numbed
senses. She struggled up to her knees,
looking wildly about her, then with
scream, leaped to the ground and darted
toward the door, shrieking, "My baby’
My little baby! Have you reft ft there
to burn?”
Jimmy held her. struggling and panting.
"The baby died—and she went out of her
head." he said lo Atiehlre dully, "I
fetched her hack—l thought ft might help
her—and that maybe you—”
"It wa* foolish, and perfectly nseteas.”
<h#hlre said. Irritably. "See here. Daw
m, can’t you understand! You—*hla
house—was In my Way. 1 determined to
buy and burn It as soon as I began
building You con easily find a better
one. you have,still some money."
"Excuse my cornin' Mr. Ahshlre!"
Jimmy said, lifting his wife Into the wagon
n he spoke: "It was foolish. I ought
to a-known you eould not be made to eee
there's thing* in this world money can’t
either buy. or do."
The roof fell in as he spoke, sending
shower* of sparks and flaming brands
for around. One of the brands fell upon
Dawson's hare hand, burning It slightly.
Another struck Abshlre on the cheek, but
glanced off harmless. Ellen had grown
quiet, looking about her with frightened
eye* She gaxod at Abshlre vacantly,
thn said, as though speaking to *an
thlng Unseen: "Tou **y he shall he burn
ed yet—and with Are of hi* own mak
ing
Il wa* only a mad woman's raving Bur
long after the wagon had rumbled out
of sight, when all the fire* hud attnk to
glimmering hank* of coals, Abshlre, walk
ing home at the head of his hired men,
shivered, as though stricken with deadly
cold.
Abehire was Just Jimmy Dawson's age
27—but he had made the greater part of
hts Mg fortune. He was not a native.
He had been drawn to the county by the
mineral riches of a district lying some
thing deeper In the hills He had bought
ihe lands for a song, then set up mines
and furnaces upon them. Mysterious
transactions vaguely spoken of as deals,
had taken them off his hands, leaving
him a clear million, magnlAcenlly Invest
ed. Then he had decided to go In for Ihe
life of a country gent lemon He owned
already all the land at Ihe head of the
valley There he built a big gray stone
house, sheltered, yet airy, made green
lawn* about It. and act orchards and
garden* ami vineyards. A ring fence ran
round It all, hut he was gra. tons -any
body was welcome to go through hi* gates
and along hi* well-kept private roads
Indeed, he was gracious to everybody,
when once he was rid of the Dawaona.
They did not prove troublesome—even
ss a memory. He heard vaguely that
they had gone away. Pome said Ellen
hud come back to herself, others lhat
she was still flighty. All agreed that
Jimmy would take excellent care of her
—and atnre she was not violent. It was
well he had her to care for. Ahshlre
listened with exactly the proper degree
of sympathy. The speakers decided he
could not have anything on ht* con
science—he never made Ihe least effort
to change the conversation. The truth
was he was bent on proving to himself
that he had not In lhat, n* In most
other thing*, he had great success.
Still, when he tsgan playing at poli
ties, he kept rather out of sight. He
made the party states, naming Judge*,
congressmen and such like, and pulled
the wire# whereby his puppets should
put Them through Place honor* for
himself he put aside. Th# leaders de
cided In their Inner minds that tie was
either very disinterested, or very am
bitious. It might be he played for Ih*
game, not the stakes. It might be also
he aimed at the highest tilings, no did
not wish to make himself cheap and
hackneyed as a holder of those lens ex
alted.
He was a bachelor. Hl* mother and
* bevy of orphan nieces kept house for
him. It was open house the year round,
and came easily to be he center of
things social and things political In
that part of the country. He had fine
parties Indoors for his specially chosen
friends, and barbecue*, lawn dances and
so on. for his friends and th# county be
side.
Something momentous h*np n-I t.i
one of the lawn dances. Ahshlre pro
posed lo Margaret Wyeth. Bhe looked
up at him. coloring faintly, and said wtlh
the least hard breath: "I will marry you
—when you are (lovemur of the stale."
Then she ran away. Bhe was proud
and ambitious —more ambitious for him
than even for heraelf She wanted him
to show the world what a man h* truly
was. Then. too. she pine.) for distinction,
ghe had been merely rich all her life
All that was In August, a year before
convention time. Kim ion came two
months later, but the voting was a mere
formality. Two wc-k* after Ihe lawn par
ty the county paper farthest away from
the. gray house, spent a column In proving
Mr Ahshlre'* Alness lo be governor The
next week, two other remote county wek-
Wes, looking Into the future, raw Capl.
Abehire the coming man A fortnight la
ter various and sundry sheel*. made men
tion of M*J Abehire. <-®l. Abahtre. Judge
Ahshlre as among near political potentiali
ties Followed an impressive sllenre. Ab
shlre knew seed snust have lime to germi
nate. He knew every move In the game,
tt wae his cue to deny, to deprecate, even
to refuse outright, uniH e very little while
before the delegates were chooen.
He played It almost 100 Ane, III* pre
vious consistent aloofness misled A good
* . ■ • . a*:
he meant what he said. Two other possi
ble governors did not believe, but chose
gladly to pront by the faith of the rank
and Me The convention opened with the
prettiest possible three-cornered fight be
fore It. No candidate had even a majority,
though the only-oelglnal-He-ln-the-last
ditch Abshlra men had a shade the best
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etttutton of the I’rfted States. ’Tws true
■(was pity, and plfy ’twa*. twa* true
Abshlre and hi* lieutenants had found
that out. almost as soon as they awoke to
a sense of the situation. Cautious Inquiry
had convinced them It ws* Idle to name
the word majority. The man who nam'd
It would he hooted, and the man whose
partisan he was understood lo be aoaured
ly would suffer In votes.
After the Slst ballot—the ballot* had not
varied by ten either way—the convention
adjottrnpl to meet again al 12 next day.
It was after midnight. Two day* hsd de
veloped no advantage for any man of the
three. The assembly had been rea
sonably temperate and equable
until th* last three ballots. Edged
words and wrangling then had showed
that temper* lagan lo fray under the
long strain. The lender* felt Ih* situa
tion critical. Their majority In the state
was so swollen and riotous It would not
tnken much to rend the party tn twain.
"Argument t* a waste of breath! We
have proved that— flat.” Llskea. Ab
shlre’s campaign manager, hurst out to
the conclave In Ahshlre'* room, after
adjournment. "It remain* to try- well,
h—m—m. Influence We must somehow
clinch things before this time to mor
row morning —or have th* very deuce
.and all to pny."
"Tell u# n*ws, I.l*k—lf you can't keep
silence," Mtirtln said, yawning as he
spoke Martin presumed on the fad
of heading the Ahshlre delegation Aral
Instructed Idskct swore at him and
added: "News! If It come* to new* of
a split. I Judge you’ll stay home from
Congress this rime "
"Xdk*ly—and 1 should hat* like poison
to mis* five thousand a year, ear
earned by the sweat of my—ears.” Mar
lin said, tranquilly; "hul somehow I
rant be afraid, when Abshlre sits th*r*
smiling like a graven Image, never
opening hi* month."
"Silence ' Is—golden," Ahshlre said.
I-lsket whistled Martin laughed ex
plosively: "Abshlre! Ahshlre!" h* said,
"what an old magnat* 1* lost In you!
Her* you have been pipe laying and w*
swearing ourselves hoarse, trying to
hammer reason Into unreasonable
heads!"
Abshlre laughed, a low, ehnehtlng
laugh, but sakl with n deprecating wave
of the hsnd.:
"Really. 1 have said nothing Yon all
know that trite old proverb. Of eourae
I am In this light to stay-and wtn. I
looked over the ground a* soon as 1
name. A deadlock or a disagreement
would. It appeared to me lie equally
detrimental o the party. Naturally, 1
have don* what I could to prevent
either —"
“How? How? How? That’s what 1
want to knnw." Martin broke In. Ids
ket frowned. Abshlre yawned slightly,
as he said:
"Oo to bed! Tell all ih# boys lo do
likewise—and lo be very wide awake
toward 12 o'clock to-day."
After he had dismissed them he sat
by the open window, smoking and think
ing deeply. Tt was well he bad held
to his reserve* throughout the cam
paign. Btildle work was needed—and
l.lsket had no genius for subtlety. He
was all for making deals with the Al
lison men. Allison divided about equnllv
with Abshlre the vote of the mountains
and the midland Ahshlre knew that hl
hope and hts fear lay In the Cummin
following—the rough, hardy fellows from
the river counties They were alrwat a
unit—more, they had an open, rtiltd-llke
enthusiasm for their man More strictly
speaking It was enthusiasm for their lead
er—that slouching fellow, Does, who had
practically forced Cummin's candidacy.
Abshlre had seen Doss only once and
then half n block away. For many
reasons he did not wish a nearer view.
It would be ruinous to meet the man
and talk with him faee to face. He
bad found out. though, that Doss, era*
desperately poor—that he had a sickly
wife lo whom he was Mindly devoted
■lt was said he would give his soul for
♦he chance of curing her Hers was an
obscure nervous malady, for which
complete change of air, scene and en
vironment might work wonders. Recall
ing Margaret Wyeth. Abehtr* felt with
in him eel fa thrill of virtuous sympathy,
a* he reAected that he had made It
possible for this unknown woman to
regain health and happiness.
sH# took Margared's ptelure from his
breast porkel. and looked at It. hi* eyes
suddenly soft. hc had made him her
lover twice over by netting heraelf thus to
spur hi* natural ambition. Intuitively
he felt that love .was the root of her as
piration. He pul out the lights, flung
himself, full dressed upon the bed. and
fell asleep, his last const lows thought.
"Margaret trill be there lo nee my tri
umph."
•Margaret was among the very first who
climbed into Ihe gallery. Bhe had heen
(here before The place had Indeed a
fascination for her. which had betrayed
to her father. MaJ. Wyeth, the state of
her heart. A veteran of many oonwi
tlons. he preferred to sit at hi* daughter a
elbow rather than mingle in Ihe turmoil
of Ihe floor. H# knew many of th •
delegate*, and entertained Margaret wish
piquant scrap* of instde political history,
though he respected her Innocent enthu
siasm far too much to even wtllaste that
there wa* ever crooked work
"H—m—! He's new—the lank fellow
In th* gray snit." h# bsd said upon Ihe
firm dny aa Ihe river couhty mm tiled
In. After a llttla he had added "New
but a man lo be reckoned with. If yon
notice, there ha. not been a minute since
he took hi* seat that he has not bud
a knot of men around him."
Monraret Met looked, and shudder# 1
faintly. Bhe had caught the man's eye,
suddenly lifted. Ills face was mild and
melancholy, but tha eyes hod a gleam
Uka tha lambent Maker# she had aaen
upon molten sieel. when Abshlre played
guhle to her through the hi* furnace.
”1 can't make the (cIU out," her
father went on "Hi* face Is old-iO at
the least—yet he has the walk and th*
miiW’le of. ray 85, He'* the worst dressed
man In the Cummin crowd, ye* their
leader, for a!! that."
This rough fellow came |n on th* minute
a* the third day'* evasion opened By
time the chair hid done rapping for or
der, he was on hi* feet speaking, not flu
ently. hut with n subtle feeling tn hkt
words that ratight the assembly Instant
ly. and made It hushed and breathless.
'’Honorable Mister Chairman.” be be
gun. ”1 take It thar ain't no man on
this floor who felt that he come here free
Hl* people had sent him to say who they
wanted for governor—and he was hound
lo say what they told him. aa long as
Ihar was any chance o’ gelling II for
'em Now It has done been showed that
all the people cnln’t have their wav-oee-
Ing that some wants one man and some
another, homebody hos got to knock un
der A man. a delegate even, can only do
What he can do!"
"Right as a trivet"’ "flo It. Carter
StHmtyf "A Daniel come to Judgement!"
cam* approvingly from all about. The
speaker clinched his hands hard on th*
back of his chair. Margaret, watching
breathlessly, saw that be had grown very
while. It was the first time he had ad
dressed the convention—*h* was sure It
wa* the flret lime Ire had ever spoken to
any considerable body of men He did
not look at the chat!man, hut straight
ahead A>f him Bhe sat almost opposite,
so could see the lamt>eni lightning strong
er than ever in ht* eym.
"Such being the ca*e," h* went on.
’’Judge Cummin has asked me to with
draw his nsme—"
Cheer* from the Ahehlre men shook the
roof. Allison’* supporter* *st ten seconds
In stunned silence, then added their cheers
lo the babel cl hurrahs.—The river men
were hurrahing, too—not over hiartliv.
btit enough to show they were not or*.
Those nearest the speaker smil'd almost
grimly. Me was holding up ht* hand im
ploring silence When It came he went
on, every- ward vibrant with tense emo
tion: "Our candidate being out of It.
these hoys here." looking around at the
men clustered back of htm. "have wild
they’d Vote os I might choose for ’em I
choose—that they shall vote each min
a coord In to hi* conscience. 1 am going to
vote for Mr Ahehlre’’—again the eheer*
tvsrs deafening and prolonged-"because
I’U get $1.1)00 for my vote, and I hav* got
a mighty pressln’ need o' money."
Manned ellcmx". then pandemonium A
few Ahshlre hotheads charged upon th*
river section, but were flung hck whence
they came The chairman splintered his
g:i vet m vain poundings. In the midst of
It two Allison men el mot* forced Ab
shlrr* accuser upon the rostrum
"Thla I* a thing that cannot tw allowed
j- - ■*.■■!*.- i m
i tTr .'jyni-'
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HZ-Sy FOR'HEN x
New Parisian Comet and Hell for Men.
to aland upon anybody's bare word," one
of them sold "Show your proof—lf proof
yon have!"
The accuser opened a worn and faded
pockeiltook and took out a crisp and rust
ling half sheet of paper. It was a note
to the president of Abshlre'* city bonk,
dated the day before, and running:
"Dear Th watte- Pay to Ihe bearer, for
my use. tt.ixn; this ahall be receipt for
the same Oblige, yours hurriedly,
"William Spencer Ahshlre "
As It was read aloud, amid a storm of
hisses, another paper came out of the
old pocket berk -a somewhat bulky paper,
worn with many handling*, and begin
ning to yellow It* owner unfolded It.
saying as he thrust II under the other
trim's eye. "It's ten year* since J saw
MS Ahshlre. but 1 couldn't doubt hfs
name when I saw tt. I've had that by
me all these years, to make me remember
II?'
Bklmmlng the maces ef legal vevMagv
the Allison man saw- that he held a re
ceipt In full from William Bpeneer Ab
shlre for Ihe amount of a mortgage loan
made to James Dawson Aw he read
Jimmy murmured, a llttla opohigeti.-ally,
"You see. sir. Daws I* Jtit part of my
name—but nobody down our way ever
etills me by the whole o' It,"
"I see—many things—the other man
sold, under cover of the cries and curses
and on fused angry voices. "Mr Chair
man, I move an adjournment until 1
o'clock."
"No. ao! Allison. Allison! Allison by ac
clamation!" was shouted all about When
the chairman put the met Inn there was a
tempest of ayes. Jimmy Dawson alone,
with folded arms, and eyes full of fierce
satisfaction, said:
"No! I vote for Ahshlre, I am bound to
pay him what I owe."
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Cartstan tleherdashers Air* Heavily
Patronised by Handles.
Paris. Aug. 31 —lt Is strange, but none
the less true, that Pari* ts no longer th*
tiring room for women only. Husbands
and brothers arc here shopping with an
energy that formerly women only ex
pended on th* business of getting ward
robes The explanation l* not far to seek
With highly commends We tact and clev
erness the French manufacturer* hav* of
kite year* been turning their •tterakm
and machinery to the buslnes* of weav
ing wonderful hosiery, handkerchief*,
cravat *tlk -, underwear, linen and shirt
ing* ttial could not fall to Interest and at
tract the' masculine visitor and though
Dondon amt New York taller* tnav he
greatly in advance of their Parisian
brothers, the Isrndon and New York dan
dy* ttnd ft a pleasant thing to patrootae
the Parisian haberdasher for *ll the small
and dainty details of dr**#.
Continental men hav# come to regard a
yearly trip to Parts a* a sartorial neces
sity and the <lerman, Kiuslsn and FtHMk
military swell I# perhaps rcttpooslbl* for
the brisk trade In men s corset* lht ha*
of late year* grown up tn the gay chpß*'
While the continental* Inspired th* ( timet
traffic. It I* perfectly true that English
men and American* have no small tnftu
em-e In sweitfng th* volume of thla **•■
etnl trad* The American man nsed to
scorn age and vanity ns It might concern
the disintegration of ht* figure, hul of
late years he ha* come to think that a
Hdy round slim w-alst * 1* rummendnhle
addition tn fils appearance nod the mtn?
cor*el-maker In I'art* say* he has a boob
’full of waist measures and name* tbwt
hall from the other side of th* Allantle
"My wife Ir a well known rorsetbr* for
ladles.” raid the stay-maker, "and when
we compare notes I And that my pntronn
or* as fearful of losing their good lines
a* her*. and almost a* willing to struggle
for a renewal of tha youhtful contour*.
American men begin vrry early In life to
thicken at the waidt. because their way
of life, their rich (cod and their long of
fice hr ore are conducive to a weakness of
the abdominal muscle*. A young man one
year out of Harvard found he could not
button his frock coat aero** his middle,
so evil had hern the effects of hi* office
labors and he came to me for a com
pressor. You *e# In collcga with hi* hard
athletic training he had had a figure lo
be proud of and be didn't want to lose
11. 'Fix me up until I con get the leisure
lo take up golf and pOlo and then I will
be all right.' he said
"Well we Atted him to a coraet belt Tt
consists of a broad belt made of three
stout wide linen hands, whale-boned In
frrnl. hack and at Ih* sides and lacing
In the rear. With that we pulled him back
Into the limit* of his college waist line
and Ihe effect was magical
"That is the stay that most of the Amer
ican and Eng lino mm wear who come to
us, while for adorn, tor continentals and
British officer#, and for the young gentle
men m one of vour Am-rleon military
academic* We mak# a regular gentleman's
stay, lacing Ilk* a woman's In the rear,
extending high over the body, hack and
front, and rurved lo compress Ih# waist
An English colonel designed lids stay,
an we call It the Carleton and I her# are
more men who wear It under their evstl
liwr dress than you know.
"There Is a famous American actor who
never goes on the slsge without hi# slays
In order ta make hie Bond street frock
and evening coals lit with exquisite nice
ly. He used naturally to posaes* a lwi.
ty-*btht-h*rh waist which for his well
made shoulders was a wonder, and now
that year* of fl**h have come upon htm
h# depend* upon his strong close-lhced
corset* to remedy the defect.
"A pair of handsome evening slay* com
as much a* eighteen or twenty dollar*,
for It I* far more difficult to build a cor
aet for a man than for a woman. The
woman s stay Is an accepted fact, while
with a man w# must shape M# figure on
natural, youthful, slender line* and have
th* observer not only doubtful, but realty
Incredulous of Ihe presence of the corset.
Then. too. woman's lungs and feminine
philosophy and acceptance of the tram
mels of clothe* are such that she I* not
hard to At. while Ihe men and especially
Ihe Americana! (here Ih# Frenchman
threw up hi* hands wl'h .i gesture of de
spair!. "well, they want a miracle, with
no *uffertrg and nslputlon of comfort
to pay. Htill I am willing lo confess the
men are learning Ihe force of our old
French saying that on* must suffer to
be beautiful, and I make left pair of stays
today where formerly 1 made tsv."
Beau Bri—Wt
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sry, t’stlle Park snd West End.
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IBDK OF HOI K AND BOUTON ST..
VIA THUNDERBOLT.
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Isle of Hope every hour for Thunder
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Bolton street Junction every 80 minutes
until 2# p m.. after which tlm# ear
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every 88 minutes until 325 p. m., after
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until lino a. m, after which a car run*
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midnight
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