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BY AUNT SUSIE.
(This is a corner set aside for the Little Folks of The Constitution for their enter
tainment and development in the art of let ter-w riting.)
Helen's Doll.
Helen has a doll.
The very queerest doll;
(Would you like about it to ihquire?
Well, its head’s a fig,
Dark and round and big,
And its arms are raisins strung on wire.
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Though it looks complete,
It l. 'n’t any feet.
But v.a -u> a ! .’■ < ti' ht coat of colors gay.
l-?h n calls it dear,
J' it—i’ll v.TH-per in your ear—
I’m much a:., id she’ll cat it up some day.
Dear Children: T want you all to know
bow rm h one little girl has done for Edna
; •.at her 1< tter take the pia :e
to th'. k < f cmwi'-i. cnnwyp cmfvvy nitbb
~f ■ >. I ti ll you it makes me feel proud
ildren taking prizes, and
v. •:>» .. ;-i mom-y to help the
atlii- I. V’h' n I think of the noble men
• : t will one day spring Jrom
t; litt'u I---. i<i, it makes me feel as it 1
ought to i • v-ry < n.n-ful of every word 1
v.i'i.e ' on. tor 1..: t’u' impress I make
on y rr 10 tie j. a-ts n v, may remain there
. all enjoy Mana
Giidith’s letter:
"etc- N. Y.—Aunt Susie: “1 want
to tell you all what success 1
have ha I selling Edna Erower’s
pictures, and 1. ,-w much I have been able
to send her ti •ugh your help. J have re
ceived in all three hundred and ten letters
with ord< rs for piet urt s.
And from -air pD■ and my uncle’s we
] ■ve .■. a little friend
of miirr, B -sie Ful : of Holland Pat-
ent, N. Y.. fie mjlfS ..li’"ior your
many li< '■ She is si ■ ly improving from
her old ti >ubies. but from her fall of last
nter . writes that she has a
stiff ki ■. illicit we all hope she will
recover. lam : ;ry I had to keep you
waitii g foi the ] . tur< ■-, but I sent thi tn off
» 1 ild g hem ms
• ‘■ny I s nt off sixty-thr e letters. X >w
c; n v not hi ip our little fri -nd more so
that she may fully recover from all her
ills? i am -■ ir.g to make you an offer, if
Amit Susi.. will )w ».. Jlle i o ( j o so _ [ i lilV e
I l ’’ I ' < on ha- i. Thirty of them are
t • . whig I s ( H for 20 cents
each. Now. to any one who will send me
2f cents for tl;e laigi r, or 10 cents for the
sail'll' r pii ture together with a seif-addres:;-
ed envt lope, I w i d back w ith the ; ic
ture a pap. v telling you how to make a
i ace, so that any cite
tnat a watch can have a i-oiiipas;,
also with them. It will do it every time,
and is worth much more than the cost oil
the picture to any one. Now, to any one
who will send me SI, I will send them ten
of the small pictures an 1 one <-f the larger
pe tnre.-'; tl can sell the small p <_ ures
and i t thv.r ' 1 h.*< k and have tile I irge
ti ihie. Now who will 1
hear from first? EDNA GRIFFITH.”
YOUNG i’«» i. «. ecu: JNPOXIiEXCf.
Letters ; 1. • -. linot The Conn J-
1 Htiois 1 ittle Folks.
H. O.Sy • . v. s.>: I live ten miles from
'•'t? ■' ‘ • i A n.iv •. ; Spivey a uostotlice,
sbopand ••?<.;•>■: and m>; 1.-sj- av.-y is a nice school
I e. AV s rs, and also
good sch. hirs.
It is-a, it! twv t--cher is going to leave. If
!><■ -l-i' S. I ( ■; 11 you limit w- will do.
i m■; v • i ■ i-ars of old ami in the sixth grade.
1 a’>; >i ideiit' It-mt twelve to four-
teen years of age.
Fuf.ula r. i tt, t onyer.’. Gn.—l am a little
Country • > ■ iiv miles from * 'onvers.
■ - etters about cats and
like to re. I iiem very mm h.
'dy | : Ihe Ceastitution. He has been
1 ikui.. i: .‘.'ig :‘i ohe say> he wouldn’t hardly
know how to do wit hout it.
1 am ten years old.
Cor Penny. Mila.m. T ’xa=.—l like The Consti
tutrn n very mm-.t. . ‘ always glad when the
t d • une... 1 always read the Young Folks’ Cor
i.' r ti
i :u little T< ■-s girl, and would like to have
< r-e with stmie <> the lennessee girls.
1 icrth Milam notion, rhe s”»nta
1 olr .: i run:, through papa’s farm. I have got
a pretty gai It, n little p< c chickens. ”
I like Aunt S:i- le’s letters very much.
Age eleven years.
Fr -uces <’r:i v, iord. Oakland. Tenn.—Another girl
from the sunny southland wishes to call on the
thousandsol <lonstitncion cousins this evi'niw
Aunt Susie, will you not grant me a corner m vour
merry circle? Not that I prefer sitting in the cor
ner, but if I liml some congenial spirits m ar mo.
i sli; d be ts tter-satisfied than il 1 am ;,i the cen
ters of merry chatters.
I enjoy readin Aunt Susie’s and the vonn<-
folks’ letters very much. 1 like to read anythin ~
inos', except polities.
I would hke t-> correspond with some of tho
girl? between thirteen and fourteen yeais of age.
Pearl ami Genic Ivey, Camilla. Ga.—We are two
sisters ; we ar.- tv, elve and ten wars old. I. Pearl,
want to teil all the cousins of our doll picnic
which w< had at our house under thenice grove
on the 12th of May.
We had several k inds of dolls: babv dolls, grown
dolls, and negro dolls. AVe had a nice dinner and
plenty <>i ice vre.im. There were nineteen children
atourpi- nie; not many bovs, for you know boys
do not play with dolls.
I. Pearl, will ask a question :
What were the dying words of General Wolfe?
I.ove to Aunt Susie and all the cousins.
Carrie Maynard, 689 Poston Street, Lynn. Mass.
I have been longing to join the happy band of
cousins for r. long time, and I hope you will not
refuse me admittance.
I read The « on 1 itution every week and enjoy
it very much indeed.
i live in the suburbs of Lynn, which is. quite a
large city, noted principally for the manufacture
of shoes.
1 attend the Lnglish high school of tliiscity and
Hi eto go very much as I enjoy all tlio studies
which we tal-e.
1 wish some of the cousins would write to me.
Annie May Hailey. Conyers. Ga.— I live in the
Empire State oi the Sofith, within thirty miles of
Atlanta. So you see. cousins, it would not be a
very diliieult matter for me to visit Aunt Susie,
which I hope to do some day.
J -m a country girl and like tolive in the country.
What has become of “Boy Afraid of the Girls?’
? I suppose he has become frightened, and has hid
den himself in some dark corner.
I think Aunt Susie’s letters interesting and in
structive; but. ot course we all know that sho
would not write anything for us that was other
"’l l enjov reading the cousin’s descriptions of
their iionics. Girls, we must not let the boys get
ahead of us in writing. I see that they think that
thev can beat us, but just wait ami we wiII see.
I would like correspondents from Florida. Age
sixteen.
Leia F. Knight, Knights, Fla.—l think that we
cousins should appreciate our page, and strive to
jn:ikc it Lnixh.tcr an<l more iiitcrGstiim; cvciy week.
1 am a country girl, and enjoy freedom so much.
I am a farmer's daughter, and enjoy that occu
pation.
I went to school during tho. autumn, winter and
spring - but school has closed now, and I am quite
sorrvi for I like to go to school very much.
I think the letters which Aunt Susie writes are
so interesting. 1 could enjoy H ading her letters
on birds, and truly hope she will give us several
lessons on them.
1 think that the cousins arc very smart, and it
they will keep on trying they can make our page
ver'v bright.
1 am so glad that little Edna Brower is growing
better, ami truly’ hope that she will recover.
We have pleasant times this season, lor is full of
picnics and other pleasures.
The land is now 1 ull of Howers,and the birds are
singing merrilv in every tree.
We h ve a nice little Sunday school and it is
quite interesting.
Katie Bowles. Fin, Va.—l have been a silent, ad
mirer of the dear oid Constitution since .March
1894, when my brother commenced taking it, and
now 1 look forward to its arrival and feel like I
cannot do without it.
I live on a farm not far from the C. an( i (>, rail
road. I like the country very much. I am very
fond of horseback riding, blit we have no riding
horse.
I hav - five pets: three cats and two chickens.
! have two brothers and one sister, all older
than I am.
How m iiiy of the cousins are fond of dancing?
I, for one. am.
I win answer Mr. Graham’s conundrum:
It was an egg.
J will ask the cousins a conundrum:
It you suddenly saw a bouse on tire what three
authors I’ii! you name?
1 w. d close with much sympathy for the afflicted
cousins, and love for Jiitnt Susie.
i would like to correspond with some of the
cousins.
Jennie S --:t 'iVilson, C'r.nton. La.—Hoar Aunt
Susie: MyUmle il.ct tainks Tne Constitution
I! ,' in'C paper > '.il'li-ir-d. ami tnl'is m - that p - ~ H1
pre-ent me w.th a year's subscription i, I will
write :i letter to the y <n-i;g I'olk.-’ Corner.
i < i.'p>; H ading the other ’ -tiers so mm-!:, that I
I cannot heln hoping my letier will bo enjoyed by
! some one.
I \ly horn.- is in San Antonio, Texas, but lam here
! on an extended visit to relatives. I think Clinton
, so beautiful, ft is old it is true, being m it< prime
when ny motk -r was the age tli.it I am n w, but
the kind hand ot n>• i--1- has cov< red al! of Father
Time’s furrows with, beautiful vines, towering
pines, spreading ketches, or fragrant and stately
I niagnolies.
| Miss Gracie F.urus, you '.ailed to m-tnlion one
i thing your eon I’ri ! ways needs, and th-t is some
I rain? I have some ir:- ads out near you, in Brady,
! I believe. nine
j wnilcv- were th re I saw, at. some dietaiic - out,
: a large, wh .U-. It did n it emm- m- :r enough for
me to examino ,t cio- - T..
<bi abi i ide. about.- ight miles from here, are
the Arr -wheail spring ■ and In del. Tiny ar ■ calle !
Arrowhead. lie<-.,ti - on the hillside just above
them, is large barren place the : h.tpo >f an ar
row's he -,d. Th' -is sniiposed io h n m-eu made
by the Indi m- as a guid-- pi”.t to the spring .
Ti e springs arc le-t and c-'id. vine of in.- snl
ihur spring ■ . su , water tiiat yon ean boil
eggs ni it. ( old Water canyon is a very nice place
in wnieii to have pit-i.ics..
Orang-growing; the chief employment, around
. heri-. So. a-of the very orange* are grown,
> ami almost every man who has not sa orcl.ar 1 has
i a mii serv .
J svim ithi:-.-- witii Edna Brower, ami hope she
, will‘m t vveli.
<'orre.“).oi:.lents solicited. Age fifteen.
| “E. I■■ I’arkt i s Store, (hi.—l am a Georgian,
ami i <m.e lids he intilnl M-y morning knocking
for admittance into rhe Coiner that has been giv
en to tile nephews ami neiv-es.
’.Ve iav ■ ins’, had a nice little shower, and
everything looks so much n-freshed utter the
warm weather we have Had. It makes me think
that spring is the most leasai t part of the year.
It gites m-,v lile to everything; even the birds
Sing sweeter.
Where is the chain that hound Columbus?
Who went in ;a.areh ot the fonm cn of youth?
What woman is ree-Tu-ad in the Bib; that
p:; nt d her face?
If some < ae will be so kind as to -md me two
song “< in ■ •ar . Tonight,” in • the reply
‘-T->o ’ ate. ' i .- in si nd in return, “\\ her.- is ,’iy
Warn!-ring Boy,” “Xobcdy s Darliitg,” “ "Tis
Hurd to Give the Hand Where the Heart Can
N. ver Be.’
i ’ i--respondents s<'’.’cited fropi Florida ami Cali
fornia, or any state in I lie union.
Win. B. Dty. OgT by. Texas.—V.’oll, cousins, I
have read;,- rgoodlioi . mtl dear old Consti
tution for a long time, and enjoyed them very
much.
I live within eight miles oi the geographical
center of 'Texas, i’ernaps some of you know
where the geographi ..1 center is. It. is in Coryell
coun:y.
Tliei-e -ire plenty of ,1 ck ra!.. its here. ( Inr sport
• is mostly to shoot them and quails on the. prairie,
i and squirrel- in the timber.
Thc .Jaek rabbits of which I was speaking are
I very cutanimals. When you shoot one he will
i di,: and murmur not, but when a dog catches one,
i he will put up the m st pitiful cry you ever
; lie .rd. lie .vid almost make your hair stand on
■ end and tears rise in your eyes, they rom- times
I weigh forty pounds <th- rabbits, I mean).
Correspondents wanted.
Mary S. Hayes, Rural. < iregon.—Since my letter
appeared in I lie Constitution <d’ the 17th oi April,
I have received so many letters of enquiry rela
tive to the loi ility in which I reside, that I cannot
possibly reply to all of them separately. So if you
v, ill will bn so kind as to give me space in the dear
old Constitution, I will through that medium en
deavor to give a brief reply to my numerous cor
respondents.
The source of the Coquille river is in the coast,
range of mountains, and it discharges its waters
into the I'acitic oc.-an.
There arc three large 1 --ranches of this river
i which unite near rdyrile Point, some 'forty miles
; from the ocean, ami the river is navigable for
’ small sl< amers from that point to the oc-.-an, and
, for < ce n-g iing vessels to Coquille City, some
; truly mile* from the ocean.
Tlii* i- a timbered region, the valley being cov-
■ ered with a dense forest ot myrtle, maple, ash,
| alder, yew, on , and the bench and hill lands be
i in-; covered with Hr, cedar, madrono, live o.ik,
■ hemlock, spruce, sugarpine, etc.
Some of’my e->i i-< -H-indenc.s spoke of the large
pines in l.iieir 10-e lite:; , -om -of th.-m being at
I least 100 feet high ! I wonder what thev would
think il they <--mid sec Hr end cedar t re- * from 2>i)
to .'.’.l' feet high ! and from 8 to 15 feet in diameter.
Well, we have many such trees here, and they
ir.ake the finest lumber imaginable, and millions
of lv-<-t are annually shipped to ban .I'raiicisco, anu
from there to different parts of the world.
Our valley lands ire excee..li"g!y i. rtiie and pro
ductive, and yield large crops of grain, grass,
fruit and vegetables. Our climate is exceedingly
mild, though we have a great deal of rain and
mud during the winter months.
Land here is worth from st; to $lO per acre, ow
ing t > locality and improvement..
Farming, dairying, lumbering, coal mining, gold
i mining, fishing and stock raising are the chief
: industries in this locality, though shipbuilding is
i carried on to some extent.
| 'l imes are exceedingly dull and labor is not half
I as remunerative as ir has ueeu. Money matters
I are the closest I have cyer known them, but we
1 are still looking forward for the good time eom
i irg, whether it ever reaches m or not.
But. although times arc dull and money scarce,
I lam -.itisfied that any one who i. n-.t afraid of
j work and will roll up his sleeves and pitch in. can
l make as easy a. iivin-: her - a* he can anywii -re, for
i I am satisfied that the world c ia:not beat this, val
j ley for line fruit and vegetables, and they are a
large part of our living.
I Now, in giving this sketch, ido not wish to in-
I duee any one to leave a quiet home and p -a -cftil
fireside and come to this country, for there is
more ditferenee in people than in countries. But
j lest i weary your patience 1 will close.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, 11-
We had gathered around the great wood
fire one cold, frosty night, and thought. it a
good time for one of grandma’s stories.
We loved best for her to tell flier i on win
ter evenings; if it was stormy without we
enjoyed it the more.
After sitting for a few moments, looking
thoughtfully into the tire, with her dear old
hands folded on her black silk apron, she
looked up quickly with the bright, cheery
little smile so characteristic of her disposi
tion and began: <ed
“I was only abouhow mvoars old when I
first remember Al ledgepeth. Her
father was an Engi,^ 011 V ' l industrious and
brave, but he cart king or people
ruled. He tille< j’ < "^ or f ; ,. rished the
streams, hunted . e c 9i' l ’ ra ' was on good
terms with all his Vtll ! t v He had taken
up land in the ne' a:ili w- it on the Alta
maha. His land j i of Uncle Billy
Alien, our familJ ere d»l jnite intimate. |
Abigail was the °f a ' only playmate
of my own age -ceptii j ' ever i. and i
very pleasant, i’ les f’ re the days we
spent together. V llven - very much alllte, ■
and tlie simii.'i: iI jnan.l: i , ;ini i complexion
was the cause ‘ a i nst ,j>igail’s misfortune.
I must, however, ; e tl! u4 and relate an in
cident which is nc t^1 | jy to make you un
derstand how. is i-Z
“Shortly after we n A‘<l made our home in
the new settlement Uncle Billy employed
an Indian boy about seventeen or eighteen
years of age, a. veritable type of the red
man, slight, but straight as an arrow. He
wore a shirt and pants of blue cotton
goods, his hair wa,s cut straight across his
low brow and hung down his neck and the
side of his face. A striped cotton handker
chief was folded and tied around his head,
the ends mingling with his hair behind.
He wore neither shoes nor moccasins. His
business was to attend the cattie, chop
wood and do the errands.
“Aly feelmgs towards the Indians had al
ways been the most intense fear and ha
tred. I watched this boy closely, because
I feared him. Once 1 caught him conceal
ing some trifling theft in his head band,
a.’id ordered him to return it; again I sur
prised him on some errand, loping along
the path, and called him ‘the wolf’ when
speaking to Uncle Billy of it in the boy’s
presence. I felt safe to show my dislike
when Uncle Billy was near; childlike, I did
not think of his remembering all this and
some day seeking revenge. Save an occa
sional baleful gleam in his snaky black
eye he gave no sign of anger. One day in
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Ty.. two W, ' ! 'C Sleeping Around the I
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turning- by a >•<—jvy <,.ne. am* -•■- df' ”:-- -
tat d the cr< t .. 1 ■ ■ . . .
ITncle Bill} made tH ca . - k‘ ov<
on his back. He j A to do . . ap-
parently with perl' a Hl’-guess. When
he r -ached lhe deep r part le? stm-nbi'-d. j
a: d ■ ?11, taking me wri.-i him. I was a lii
rangled and • ' • ■
when I had made my way out 1 iook.-d haek
and delect' d a smile cn his usually stolid ‘
countenance.
“I was fnric’.isly ::i i-y. I knew he Juul
fallen purpo: ' ly, moi • to . t a
me. i snatched ■'t' I, ft •
ami as lie cam - up of Hie .\ater 1 , i[
to like a little t'iirv be-'tin;, him on the
head and face. A para-ie of liirl that ' bing <
to the stick fell into i me ;■ ri gave iin i
a great deal 01 pain. I. ncle Hilly cleansed i
his eye. but next m ning it w;..- swoll?:i !
and red. and that .-tning tj... vows came j
horn-- alone. When 1 boy was next seen
he wore feathers am warpaint.
“Mr. Hedgepeth's l-lum.-” was on a hill, j
about fifty yards froilhc road, which ran
along just on the brv ol the hili. Al..- at j
fifty yards further <l<n a sharp declivity, ■
on the other «-• of the road,
W;IS the -prit from widen
they procured their v ".
It was midwinter, I Mr. Hedgepeth
hi Helds I lj- for the
planting. The trees it. lay on the. -.m l
were cut in convctiieileiigths to b-.,- rolled
into heaps ami burn' On t’-. > first j.
ant day after they xv all cm, the ; -
bars were invited to a--t at the “log roll- ,
ing,” as it was calk L'-ai..- <• c':t 0: tea 1
men came with thei imilies. Timy w.
all the neighbors 1 ■ m.. .
around. The men ca»l th" lo ,s on head- 1
spikes into heaps; t worn n ted :
preparing the <3inn< which, though 01 ;
homely fare, was bo.l'ul and well cook
ed.
We two little girlsbige.il and I, made
it trips to tspring for water
About noon I was sto the iieii.l with a
pail of water for workmen. Abigail
being employed at 'time, 1 had tn .
alone. Tlie path laytr the feme in- ie,
the field. On the out was a dense wood
When about half wback to- the house
carrying my empty 1 was startled by
something whizzing ny head. I turned
quickly to see what'as. Just then one
of the men came with tne; he had
broken his handspikd was going to tlie
house for another.aske'l him it he
threw anything at mi told him it sonud
ed like a silver spit through the air
and very near my .
“Hello!” said he, there be any red
skins around?”
I fairly cried withit and clung to his
arm in terror. He .ed at me and told
me that there was an ino;.- ,1 within
fifty miles of 11s. >-re “on the other
side of the Great ehee.” I w.»s re
assured and said ro.-ibout it, not even
to my little friend, Hl.
The work went V and merrily on. ;
both in the field a tl B;
o’clock all was Unia nd the men had
come in for dinite was soon spread '
and all were ;?■ itc the table. 1 had :
been appointed to < the younger <-iiil
dren, while their r-: enjoyed the re
past. Abigail was in haste tor a
pail of water. Sheher little brother
with her, but thine would be slow
coming up the hillold him to gatb r
some acorn cups liie got tlie waic-r
and came back, lie fellow’s atten
tion was all given- selection of the
cups, until he was-d by one piercing
shriek. He sprang feet and looked in
the direction oi’ tbg.
Abigail was lyi the ground, an
Indian stooping ov and another wa.-
just leaping over tie stream which
flowed from the. The boy was
dumb irem liorr fright, lie ran
with ali his spvecurst in upon the
company at the- ith the slartli; 1
ery of ‘‘lndians! I They have LH’.d I
my sister’”
Th -t” was one d cry from the
moth -r. 1.. an in.v!' one was on
his feet. Tlie met up ttmi’- weap
ons and made re the attack. The
women gatm red .Ureamiug , iiildren
and hastened 10 ■? ■ well as th•-.
could the wind”w-ors. On<- Kingly -
band rest: tm i iracted dher
frantic efforts to he rescue of'’,'? t
child.
Some minutes no attack was
ABIGAIL HEDGEPETH.
A STORY OF THE REVOLUTIONARY TIMES.
made. The men looked to their flints and
powder, and made the barricade more
secure. An hour passed and still no In
dians. They held a consultation and came
to the conclusion that the enemies were
few in number and waited for the darkness
of night to conceal the fact, that their at
tack might be the more successful. So
th > nl( n de :i led to go out and reconnoiter.
-i ■ men were left as sentinels around
the house; the oilier live went out, to
ward the spring. One went cautiously down
the path; two on either side made a cir
cuit through th” woods and m at vte
spring. Not a redskin was to be seen, ncr
tho body of Abigail. A few steps Hom he
spring was the pail overturned ano blood
sprinkl d on the leaves. So tt y
that she had only been wounded and Lak..
Thev returned to the house ar
IX- reparations to take the women
I matte i .i. t> I p iiuv-khouse, which was
and ehiyHt-n to the b o Kbow the
■ about three miles dmtan . a. oget lmi
’ and through the woods. he
' ■ :.a ?:?/■ •? . '?,/■
left the house. After seeing them
well on their way to tie place
of safety, at least against a snvU
ooorlv armed savages, Mi. LeUgcpeta, t <
bs k?'?/.??->?
trail entirely and decided to rest until d-y
morning as soon as it was lig >
. - . ‘ , bt had, in the darkness wati-
a eLI so far off the track that it was late
3 /the’forenoon b fore they aga>n weic; o i
. ;st trail. Th y did not stop lot i< ■
eshment that day but as
was dark they thou; ht *t bi tt . t
th trail than to procee 1 and H, as
thev did the ev< ning before -”, ■ ■ ■■
takuig of such refreshments a-- -.'-cy had
brSt with them, they laid
Hie ground without even km ilui a a t
lest they should, be discovereu.
"Two of them were soon asleep. Air.
Hedgepeth could not rest; his mind was too
much distressed for the safety <-t ns ebild.
He arose and walki d to a slight emineiica
near by and looked in every mrecuon. He
tiatAh’J'TiW ti* l JA’i? Tt would
-. /. J' .".'J 'MI
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•.. - - ' ' k ' man ; . ! , a
, ” ' ■■ ". • Tin t out . nnedi-'t
to mvestigg I ... .
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l ■' '' r v.-. '!: ”.g come ,-i.” •1.
:1 " ■' io it sight ; ? Htogethej? " ’
agree: to • P arat ■: me ■ .. . . .
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?”■” ,' .’ ■ O' idea lntobe gt ...
lh d. be seen b 0 N of
“ ■ w- Oi a night bir-d, I’ollov?, d
! " ■
,i d before an? thing w-- P j
”, ”• ’ ti. ■ signal, so < J: . ( ~n t all(i .
? '■' ' , .df ■ ■ thou: - ! st to an . :
■ .-d other st; '”!<! not have heard 1
; p--'.. ■; an : g ; his ansv er in
: the thri.- ns . . fatn.lv 1
its ' ' ! ’"d- foot! in
. , ' I--...l::;- th v: ignal
■ 'I--,..... ;, ‘ lou .-,nt 11 no longer-neces-
■n ?N : '\? ;N ' ■
■” lo;. '.-a- a awihr as -o '’'i” 1 ”
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A ■ '-autiouslv in e bo.lv
■ ”
I j. ... ). , , ; c ' ■ '-a -a? .. but
'G';G
vaisNT? .kN H's mL-GtGGj J
aenth. ''* ■•■' !!c ‘'' t -'-'-“ : ind encounter to ’the |
• .'.,.. i . . .. .. •. ' ■
k '. his feet and
■o ■■ ■ . -tdiy a' ; ” ■ ■
' / ' ” ■” an 1 : s head re ? •> - ’ ! ? 1
’ ' a!! .'p-.Hi-en: iva I. .1. .
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bi ; > • v-’i i . ’ JIGU] 1.’.. I.) (Ipl
”.r l A e ..?? r omslmieiit of
■ ti ' N' .' ! ‘
Hen awaking ft- om a sound si tan h - Nh'L !
I L?'” :J" I
s de n J "NN.: 11 ? Homethfi.g on th?.
<»l. p t’ > OP JIP -r 4: , . F " 1 ■'
I?«•; I ?•-. J- Iq f-\‘i \ !■ ' ■ Sil T)DfJ
H to l-.v the se l b/ t ’’kk ( L Wlth l . h ' , , I ' rol 'f'k'n'd
I ’ ,’t d- , and with 1.-: t- -
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. ... t ■ 1 ' °’po which v ...
/. ’fr ■' • - ' " ''
j " w--:v? .I?-.
■h. v. is Very quic*, ‘.’to - --.-v r ‘h;i
"”ii nd most of the women v i?.* ’ ohil-
Nu Un S in ?t n^7t a feCb!e
rht it a trick .of the cunning red skflg !
: G£»‘ r i.777 J”,J* EC I >■ w«j* a S( . t 7'7,
Z' ... . ... ' ■ '. ' ■'. ■r;: ',
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Th, cz,, S»- N. v‘. C.«
and irw-i” ied to call togetner the force of
the blockhouse to examine mto n . ie ,. f ??,
ot aiiui-i. J tic call was repeated
uously for admission. They as.ced wh
was and were answered ty what
be the voice of a child, in good EnUish.
saying: ‘Please let me in, Im ■=
“They cautiously made an opening lar S‘i
enough tor a child m pass and uadert
come. A pitiable object crept in and stoqtt
! heUte them, with gory head, jnnple a M
swollen far -, a deep gash just above th .
tenmie where the cruel tomahawk had
' rti-ji-k her down. No wonder they did not
' recognize at first little Abigail, but it
I w.i.- ili'.i. i She. She w. -i
hi usted to be questioned then.* They called
; Aunt Margaret and one other woman to
attend the child and make her as com
fortable as possible before breaking the
news to the mother. Joy seldom kills oven
when unalloyed, and when the pair Moman
saw her wounded child, she was so idle
with i.-ity for her and anxie’y for her au-
1 s.-nt Imsbarn! and fri.-n.!.-, ■ ii'it she comet
I scarcely analyze her emotions.
i “Late in the afternoon of the next
when Ibergail was sleeping quietly ' wit “
ver-- Utle few:- and every indication ot a
‘ :■. .. me g.. _ • • d
to the blockhcv.se and their families, a hey
were ■ i ■•. ■ o r rn that " ”j well.
A.berg.:il was soon able to tell her stoiy.
“She had but a glimpse of tho Indian tnat
I struck ner -av H-- sump, i f'-om behn d
a tree; she seeing him dropped her pad,
screamed . . .. ted to run. II threw_ I:is
hatchet and she fell senseb-ss. Tic, flunk
ing her dead, took her scalp, threw her by
a fallen tree and covered her with dead
| leaves, not more than twenty steps from
the spring. She lay there unconscious until
late in the night when a gentle rain be
gan io fall. The drops, trickling through
the leaves, fell upon her face and revived
her. She sat up and tried to collect her
bewildered senses. Soon the smarting of
her wounds brought back to her the recol
lection of her dreadful adventure. She
got upon her feet, but was so dizzy mid
sick that she could scarcely stand and
the pains of her wounds rendered her
unable to take a step for some lime. She
noticed that she was on th- side of the
hill and felt certain n.»t far f .-.-.in home.
By a g.- at -f rt she rcacii- d the brow of
"the hill and saw the house. She hi -dly
1 dared to appro:, cb Jest she should see n
; t rril )e sight, but did al le gth a I found
all quiet, the doors closed and ‘: ;d.
Site ;.. .. d g< ntly, :: :■ ■i. •-: n
I some one. if asleep, Sh tri d each d<>or,
I calling her father, but receiving n-- answer
| sot out to walk across the fields to the
blockhouse, whore she knew they would go
if tm-.v feared th” Indians. The "untie rain
falling, thop-.'h r-old, seemed to revive her,
a: t ' '■'Tinai to m: I- • ■ the trin.
“ n a few days Abigail was able to be
-tai-, ri if.imi-. when she was quit” -’I of her
w< ■ ' bn! ■■ d ’- r p’’ - --he ' .-i ■
“While p’owing the fold n- xt spring where
1 i .' : .’’l the .:v of the log-romne-,
Mr. Hedgepeth found an Indian arrow,
mid all wore convinced that I, too, had had
i a "■Trow •■■cape.
i “About two year? later a marauding band
j of Indians atm.'-k- d ;< trading ;-,...5t. Sev
i oral v > 1'illf?-' on b'?t’i : ; d" and so
j fierce v,- the fight that, tho Indians were
i unable to ’•:’«> their wound-1 with th”m
on their refr. it. a;: was their cnston->. One
was left f"rail - wounded, but conscious.
1 -vas at I’m? I- ip tho care of Mrs.
Wa.irv.-’-i-;Ft. at tho t'oeing ” .-t. After
the fight ” o wore ah call ! to ,e : ve our at
tontion to oi-r w mwled. I i>rs=od near the
t , TJo i .■■■,.■• },",>,)<.• pad
•€-«-’’il'ncd: ‘Uch! Mo kill and scalp her
on tho AT -a-nabn rr>--nr moon? ago.’
“It was, ind”--d, nr- old on me. We nev
er I; - ■ • ’' . . l-wm . I 'ncb> Billy
cniu ’ hi-*, <■ :n<T">. never thought
'' to a-k for anv other.”
Grandma sat “in-.-.- into the glorious
fire which was row !>e-.l of glowing coals
for f'omo tin'”, think.’nn'o <1 >”h‘. of tbn«°
troubl us times !•!•■<’ cf the loved ones,
now all dead and cone, cv -’-y eno ,-if them
long years ago. We stole quietly out o ; '
the room -T-d an stairs, imdro-and
~-on . .-■•.<>• fl- ■ .. :-1-'- -I”
about our heads, r;-.-.iking in whi-mers, and,
f i- ;: . - fey, i ■ .:,-■! .■ ■ ■ ’ ■ .• wa!;?.
.a-,..- wo cm LI tho -I ' ' ” •>■■■■■
v.-hoon of th? redskins or the s p ro,nm of
poor Alavii) in ev-ry shriek cf the wind,
as it rm: -1 the corners of d" ’
E. S. McCombs.
Our Prize Offer.
1 Vde are l-i-i-i:: ■? gto re- ciw responses to
I th” of r m made I-.:-t week for S 5 in gold to
* ;, ••• "" -'On,- Cifmo.i rears of nge
i A Summer Va< iti m ” The ■ hildren are
, « n ’■ >vrr-/< and v.- < ( - nor .+ .
1 re sovno yen*
1 line :’ t •■‘fit q -iv» 1 < ..
■' N, S I!u m lb ., m l?pfore thp of
I n, OjU-- r, -. v -.-. i, I; . p ntpgt
' '-1 rot be longer than I.o'in
' ' . ” ; u: d ' - written without :m-- as-
■ an ' " ' ' find a; h to that
r e N"' ™'’ ;t ! ■ ■ with v--h |
biro name and a ; Irw--.
■ ■ '
N 7 N on : leof th paper onlv. These !
S' otdd cm thls C!;t and k( . ; . p {t
when yem write. i
~ * n etot-y ont "yvfbinv
that, the theme-- ” A Sammer Vacation”-
sugg.-...::,, it a ;;tory _ just go
" a ' l ' Pl? e ard sit down and think
L ""' " " ' mighi take place during a sum
.7; V 7: ;,! A,! naturally
; " 1 d ; ■ t give reirt 1
t'- >’• " >m.-.- non it v ;;; ; ,, t b? ,
' ■ . - in ; -.
• ■■ -1 Gino :. out and send it in to
! compete I'm? ;h e y; J;1 gc!( .j_
' /j' -j'” : nst be in ham! I?,-.- <-,a ? . v1 i
; ' ' ' ' ’ you nearly thr< -w, el ’
IX- T- tO - !bi, -' ; abcut -” 1 your !
I -‘-.j '' r ’ n ()pP!I C °ntcst to r . n bovg 1
! under tifUen years of age. Hero-
1 , I .’ N " C vc ollei 'efi seperate prizes fm- !
' ' ' I girls. This Is off- 1 • .■
b< ! ? •' ■ in he tgo .... . ...
t wh °ther the girls really write better stoHes
trian the boys. Jllts ■
1 I'or SS2..M)
; We have about m-” iuiuj r ,
life ai'd sp- v-•favs of the late j; ■ °t
. aiidoifv th m li oom-'ctioa
for . - ? ■
you the -pt-ecci-s m ‘‘ l!
. ■ . : . nd •
1,. 50. - pri - ■ ' . . -.?'• ■ .'”y !
so by t.-kiug the tw-? .ran gi-'r i h/n?-.',» 3 ”’ 0 '
year -• e. It must be mide -s;< ■' '
" n
Two Little Turtles.
Two little turtles on a rock.
Watching the sun arise.
Snapping a. m--.-tger br.-alxfast up
Os drowsy morning flies.
One fly more luscious than the rest
Goes slowly flying
One turtle sMretebes out his neck
And g-ins tlie prize at last.
But reaching over in his haste,
« fl 0 too hard a dash.
'N, !; ;’“N 1 ! " tho hike,
liie turtle goes—ker-splash!
WINGTON IVOliliEllS
And tlie Great Dangers That
Surround Them.
senators interviwed.
Uonsi<lernble Excitement IJzis Been
Caused by the Sudden Breaking
Down of so Many Promi
nent Men.
Washington, D. C’., June 15.—1 he excite
ments of congress and the interest caused
by varying senemes and various measures
have been overshadowed of late by a reve
lation of the alarming death rate among
public men, and the additional fact that
in nearly every case the cause can be
traced to one source. The sad and sudden
death of ex-Postmaster General Frank
Hatton, who was.stricken at h.'s d■?:. an !
died shortly afterwards, recalls the dcaiiis
of Secretaries Foiger, Vi intioin, Chcmolcr
and Chase, ana Senators Sumner, Beck.
Cameron and other.’;.
Now it has dawned upon the minds of the
public men that mere must be some j.;e
great reason lor all these unimu ly <:<
' and it lias been traced mrccuy to that
great modem trouble whici• to be a
natural scourge, Bright's disease of the
kidneyb. ,
An interview with a number <,f promi
nent men on the subjc t shows tii itilert .-t
they feel. Mr. J. Henaerson Wilkinson,
tin v\ jH-knov n pern ion atLorney, sai I:
“Ten years ago i yas seized witii an at
tack of Briglith di; ■ ■
the treasury h< r< . ;1 ow bad 1 was yo
ca i understand when i sa> . tmt my hand
became bloated ami a -tumr c;? :i.
y limbs a:M body ive, ■ a!’• -rn.it- ’ y . won; n
and collapsed. 1 <? :’id oid.- 1 ■
the floor. Finally my physician said i » me,
•You are at d -at h’s door wit i Ur.ght’s dis
ease. I ! ’u : live ■' - ■' :
there is ab solutely no hope of j our
er y ’ i ipon i adv th R I >r.
Rtinkin, pt esidetit oi Howard imivei sitv, 1
began, the use < I Warner’s Safe Cur”, which
rescued mo from the grave after th<- doc
tors had abandoned all hope. lam
that if men and women e -i 11;? r' dized
the wonderful p< wer of this gi'e: i ly
there would he less sickness, fewer d -aths,
longer Hie and more happinesE than at
present.”
■: i>r. J. E. Ilankin, D.D., '
cha pla i n of the senate, coniirn ’
Mr. Wilkinson had said
other cases that had came under hi.-- riotieo
where Warner's Sale Cure had re-.rm-e-l the
health of men and " > stiff - m
Bright’s disease. 1 ' tre sman hi -, of
New York; Senator Bruce, Mr. »n,
of the freasury dej’artmeiit; Senatm' i;!.. k
burn and others, all united in sun-::-! sta
men ts.
Wherever I vent I fund ti- ■ ;
the s.- .im-. It wis gonm-ally :t imitted .hat
the ■ : • ■
universallv eonce’iel that f r over .'ming
t.hi:; i-otiiUtion. for : tron:-'' ving ♦ vird
ity. toning the lieelth imd • relo -mg tho
life, nothing h.-fd ever 1- -on k.-.' v.n < qual
to the groat rem ly I hav
-■ rT P op|;
Effervescent, too.
Exhilarating, appetizing.
Just t?e thing to buildup th&
constitution.
Hires’
Whol csomc and strengthen ing
pure blood, free from boils oi
carbuncles. General good healtl
—results from drinking MIRES*
ivund.
Pimka-o makes fv- gallons, 25c.
Ask your druggist or grocer for it.
Ta<c no other.
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