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The children often .•»«1c for reeltMlons *nd
I give th-m one below that I heard a little
!>oy recite at an exMbition recently. It
wu much tv i mired. It is a very good one
when well tendered:
The DieL
The gingham d«g an i the calico «X
Side by side on the table sat;
Tza Hf oast twelve, end what do you
think!
Neither of them had Flent a wink!
And tt old Dutch clock and Chinese
plate.
Seemed to know a« sure e« fate.
The re a as going to be an awful spat.
(I wasn’t there—l simply state
What waa told me by the ChiMM plate.)
The gingham dog went "bow-wow-wow!”
And the cal eo cat replied "mc-ow!”
And the air wm streak- 1 for an hour or so
With fragments of gingham and calico.
While the old Dutch Jock In the chimney*
; lace
Vp with Its hands before Its face.
For It alarays dreaded a faintly row!
(Now mind. I’m simply telling you
What the old Dut. h < io k declare* Is true.)
The Chinese plate look* <1 very blue
And walled: “Oh. dear, what shall we do!”
Dut th- gingham dog and the calico cat
Wallowed th s way and tumbb-d that
Anti ttUlteed every tooth and claw
In the awfulest way you ever raw—
And oh. how tne gingham and calico flew!
tiwm’t think that I exaggerate—
-1 got my news from the Chinese plate.)
Next tuorting wbro the two had eat
They found no trace or dog or cat;
And some folks think unto tills day
That burglars stole that pair away;
Dut the truth about that cat and pup
Is that they ate each other up—
Now. what do you really think of that?
(Tb« old Dutch riock It told me co.
And that is how I came to know )
—Eugene Field.
Unfaithful Aunt Cora;
Faithful Poodle.
Writ: n for Th. dfi r. t'tuiion. Jr. *
“Oh. Aunt Cora. r« are so tired of this
old rainy day. IV.-’w played gumro and
sung songs with mamma and looked at
pictures so Io: g and It s away early yet.
and won’t you tell us a story before you go
to Christ an Endeavor?" for Aunt Cora
nev- r stay -d for the rein.
"Yes. dears, but you must be oulck. for 1
go early on rainy Jays. Are all ready to
listen? Well, once Uncle Charlie was very
si. k. and j-j-t :•> ho »■;..* lev-inning to re
cover. the do -t-»r advis'd bls being taken
to th • spr ng’ at owe.
—pi .' day before ho ar! Aunt J-nnte
■ta • Ml tic househo! . were bu«y getting
th« m ready, an ! Flattened your Aunt Cora
—then a littir girl of tdne—at his bedside,
ns a m.'ssrtigcr to report e’ to h.’ wants,
lie was so much tetter that oil thought
It rife to ler.re him. He was up stars,
while Aunt Jennie and the rest of the
family were down cellar ironing, cocking
rut-.:h'. etc.
’ .Vs Aurt Jennie was leaving to go tn
h-r work rhe sad: ’Now. Cora. dear, if
your l*nei< Charite : • a.- thing that
requires me. call r.»e et or—. I leave him
In %our rare. Ixt the j-oodls rtay up here,
he will help to BBMMO you. Now. deer, don't
! av« your Crete, and hand him ».!s medl
dn» ei ry half 1.-zar.’ ’Ail r'.’fft, auatie, I'l’
"It wts a lowly erring marring- It
weme.l t.i me t .at 1 hr. i rever • nit look
n *. ’ i uit 'l <;l vs d ors. r.or more
d- -try a;-I W” nvitlng within. T— Cower
g.r-'- n bcbiW was -I n v. th blossoms,
r’ 't-rii!•: •' ’ ■«■ *:•“ bids were sing-
..... . . . re "it on
• <lf 1 n'i- ■ • • t<» cerne out and
_ th.-- ' •» floe er -.«•• I shook my
tl v . h I»:it
the Irg. r1 • .t! o ’ :• th • more I wry t-d
tc • .
aodbefMlc - . Hol I ept ohom twoo
ty mlnut « r- I th- g : ’ ' <* “ kon
fng and " f
le-g-r* ?«!««*! me. ar I aatd to the dog
wr. softly. ’Now. Jarir, y. u watch Ike it
, | <fog »:■> -il I ente back. lam going
with the girls to g ‘ <’:*clc Charlie ■om<-
w.-*>‘! no b! -■'•■m - ’le likes thcen no. on 1
there are nor- In tbn I ard.’
"I ran swi't y do' >. believing I would
be l-a> k 'n u'« ■it ten n tub s. No one
sow tn* l<- v ! n r. and of ’his I was
v»rv glad, as I was well aware that I was
tasting .->? fcrbldden fruit. I rail, on Jo n
tpg them- ’CtrlF. I must not stay long.
I ■ v.•
•p non.
■o tet’a be off and R*t bork before h -
aw 'MI rt •£' Harrah for a jaunt.
I.: tlt lev.-’v Ki- ”-.w fre.’h Cue air Is!
. . litil*id • a :- ’ s the rill! It Is
..., , s j 3t .t o nJ Only n njarter of a
n. o’ Rea iy O«” am! in ar. ry few mln
ut.-w we were on the spot, picking as if for
llr** T! •- woodbine Is over on th.’
n- it bril.’ said Racbct 'There are so love
ly it is han. to »t<»P picking. Oh. Cora,
don’t hurry so. your uncle is In good ham.s
if he .!*>es wake aud lie rmy sleep al! marn-
"TTe girls wen? lauut ” t and s ng ng an!
racing and s- - Ii- ‘ <! -’ •* ut 1
was very miserable. I w-- a c .vsr.l. Even
the birds aa-i the bre ~’cs told me so. but
1 would no* !h 16 « n ' l l * a '' k ’ :&r lhe
girls would ta'.Jgh at me.
•The r.ext hill wu d -nsely wooded, and
laden wth th • fregnmeo of th- wood >.n«-
clambortng frem tree to treo. It was a
restful spot, with a so", k' -'■sy taT J* _ ■
r.cath our feet, t-’ e flower > ‘' l ’*.2
fanning us gently, and the tunefui birds
warbling and twittering. „
nirfF. lot’s r st h« '•• and eat our lunch.
CASTOR IA
For Ir:fasts a:.d Children.
’Wfeo
* li you’d find the flowers of Springtime
I ■ And Winter’s rarest joys,
' And all the sweets of Summer—
‘ Take a day off with the boys.
Gasp hands with rosy Childhood
And drink the deepest joys,
' And gather in Life’s wildwood
Life’s roses with the boys.
, aald Gene, Tut tefa takn a enooze first.
One fecla no laxy after running, and it's
1 most too early for lun* h.’
■ "I protest' .1: ‘Oh. g ria. T must go. Auntie
▼ will be angry.’ Dut tl- y h* hl me. one by
teach hand, so I could not p t away, strug
gle as 1 would. When ' fell asleep they
vrero rtiil holding my garment* tightly.
”We al! three si t«l for some time, but
were miudenly awaken >1 In terror by 10-’d
peals of thurdc-r and lightning, on-> str. ko
after mother *n raidd succession, the wind
b! r.ing furioiisty.
“We cannot get hnmo, lets stay vtiilcr—”
a flash and a crush interrupted Rachel’s
supc'stion, and so bl!nd« <l ami stunned us
that we crouched on the ground motionless.
I A tail tree a few paces from us had l«en
shattered by I'gh'ning ami the howling
wind l"-nt the mighty '•
1 some and breaking off others as though
they were brittle weeds. The air was full
of flying timbers end twigs end tho rain
■ began to pour. 1, all at once, thought of
j the rock bridge by the orchard gate, about
i twenty yards distant. For this we all
; ran. end reaching It In safety, sank down
, breathless and stayed till tho storm had
apent its firry.
"We worn a wot and displritm) trio, but
■ tho terror of the rt-rm s orned as noth
l in:» to me compare 1 to the mortlf-atfon of
. facing my aunt and s-I’-k uncle. However,
the worst of It was, when 1 reached homo
i no one si>oke a word of reproach to ine.
“After changing my apparel I went to
I cons, ss Io my aunt and uncle ar<! to b« <
I their forgiveness, but to tny dismay my
i unclo was mu-‘h worse atid no one Becmed
to notice me. All were hurrying acout
. noiselessly and Hjeaklng In s'tbdurd tor.es.
1 I craved come word of repnnn !i. bin none
was uttered. I offered my a-ta re, but
I no one needed vie. I had perfumed- my
tnsk so faithlessly that now no ore would
I trust me.
"i flow to my room and, throwing myself
on the bed, soldwd out my grief alone, ask
ing God to forgive me and to show mo
I w! •»! to do.
■ ’The afternoon eecmed almost endless
i to me, 1 -was so .h- J and full of re
| m-rse. About !• o’c’x’k all grew quiet. My
; aunt was sitting near my tin-le's bedside
I reading to nlm a Psl?m aioud.
“When she clos-d the book 1 approached
! and. oinking on the rug at I.er feet. K
I her for.dv in - ’And you. dear tin le.
| how can I attoTio for my car' !. »■ :-<?• I
I ri .eii. J free and ready for-.-t\< i« but I
1 r .is the cause < f my uncle’s r-lai'se. I
i aft'-rwvr is I .<rr«'d th it. .after having hint,
i i.e had called until his m-rvous state re
! i In a n i .il o: tb- •• > r. she
' faithful poodle—lt made me Idusa to know
■tt . . Ing something was wrong, r-n-’ied
I do..n In the cellar barki >g re rrbtently
■ t!. •; my aunt ran uiiMa.rs io t> i-i my
; ur.cte exhausted vth i dig n.e to come
close the wintlowu Where the ruin was
■ pc. r!n- In.
; "So-is neighbor hi ’ :-'-cn me go off v. I’.h
. • • i fact to my
! sunt, she had !•<-• -.:.u itt •.! at ■ !.«• -ate
: of the wca'i.cr and I 1 s< it a:■ i cant In
si-.ii. h of mo. I. !;< .’■ v-r. bo 1 t.-.ke-i a
. - ■ •-. m ed me 1
> after .vtil.i ’ . ."me t .«• f.'ilh;i.l t-t<r •• of
•
, <l. became too grau-ful ever again to for
feit t!.-ir cunsidem e. My iine.e, after a
J lo’, relntwte. at length rvcov. r-. . yon well
« k o%v. ci. iiir< is. for t « r<- M* no
tin his -hair Hwev r. ha* » il!
! proved his I:.At I she •11 h ive alway Mt
i that my care! had cost ’. i !” ; hfe.
j jimon ccBRESPOKnrjTCE.
I Intercrtlnsr I,e‘ e *■ frota Our Juvenils
Writers.
I Cracn Vosbnrg, M"-s.—IV r
I Junior: - .Mint v..ants u> to writo
■
lu. .‘'on Is one o* -. b 1 - t • i ivil re- i i t
a• b ■; at i • ' " - - ‘ a 'l
•o: er-.rtutotb’s th.it < - b .'<■■' vs. !’ t e
> It one th rg a per m m >- it is a g d
I «-• •ation. Some j«■■<.,•! • :! it;*: :t Is rot nc~-
-. • ■ ■ ..i
| '-."g :, r’. r b.u. i n-ver h.'V"
; erd 1 ■ ■ ta.-i! 1 put in . r.nt,
’ I am ten years of ag*-
... . way
I o.<t ti. * r.alc -o s’rong as
|to prove:”. V:em from omh'g wu. h ls.w-
*■-■ ■ * : .
i ! ’-r. T ■' mist ‘<c of too many
g.rX ’i. «-.<! no: i-. .; . ■' 1..-.1 fer
I •*. < ; r i with a f t y.'-.’ig tn u 1. •■/
: would not i n Im ou•■, but Itey srmlo
I upon the n tir ■ • ■ 1••• :i
! <-ow tfiey world lov-' to l» wooed l y ti. -m.
.... > reaped . ’
wor-hlp w.-.lcU young men. ri> matter h-i V
to a
old. Often the si:»i,'l-e r* <;u<st of a l-uty
wlil !'.■ •■,> a young maw in"> <i".ng wrong.
1 h.t.e known t -‘s to !-'• t! tvfrequent
ly; and jottrg men hav- !>• n k pt from
from
da.tcln:' aid fryui smoking, ju«t i e. uuve a
. 1
they had an EJi-.-etion. r< ,'.:e3’.i<i it. Manv
of the gintlct’-a yo i r.i-.et in -ixn. :y are
away from h • Inllu'-n-.-e of , m ni- and
el ••'e, and they li r« -por.d to any in
tcraa; taken la their weiia..*. Many boya
...1
H-* ■ v « “d t rori rn ut *»y . * ■ d
. ■ < ' ' •■■.
from now on. and for.-V'.r.
Ijrwrliyn He.iron. Stokes’ Bridge, P. C.—
Dear Jvuicr. I am a J r llj little feilow.
, . . i I live in 1 ' '• ' ■
and war tile Dyn.s r v-r. My papa 13
a farmer. I have four brothers and only
ore sister. 'My oldert brother cud I are
going to .a- i!*l ro*i iilgh - hool; vvs
Parted last Monday. We have 11! schc-’nrs,
and tmvo a flno < -i’ >' o Ido - h
some of tlie cons iU, could lx: here with inc
’ to tide my goats; 1 have fourteen goaut
ui •! a pet coil named Nancy Hanks.
y.. « t, 1 ■ Dear
Coo«!ns: ! have I rg ■■<’> n :i silent t o:t;:;i
at. ard'-nt admirer of Tse «’un.-tii”tlo-, and
have tg •'! very often ; would write to
tho Junior departmei-.’, but .-.:v.ajs delayed
fur ! -it of roar- II th te-ua -t of
| Aunt Pt our d--,r 'sil l 1 must .» lect
I a siibj- t. so I will gtv’ n < v remarks on
I "Sim ' rity.” T!. s is a v- r.- sub-
‘ j-v .. a. 1 much l<en .-al i and written
I upon it, to I will make ’ey sentiments
- , i . • • I . - -a think;
I* i..)'. r - ;-s w? pre-.er.d: act as we profess;
perform - . < •i ■ I ... .:
we would seem and appear to »e. Now,,
cousins, don’t you agree wdth me? Cous us.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONPAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1896.
bow many of you Jlko to correspond with
unknown friends? I, for one, think It. Is
. very nleo and entertaining. Correspond
ence solicited.
Benjamin C. Knight, Enfield, N. C.—Dear
Junior: It has been two years since I
was with you all. Many changes have
taken place—many have gone to wot their
n-ward for their dc«-ds done In tills body,
I and many remain to light tho battle of
i life. I am ttio same poor shut-in; It has
been many years since i lost my health. 1
fin !Itv ry hard indeed to boa depend, nt
cripple for life. I will take for my sub
ject "Our Neighbor.” A neighbor to love,
trust and admire; a neighbor can live a
thousand miles away; an enemy next door.
1 suppo. o many look forward for a merry
Chris.man with hnppy.hearts of gladness.
I b >po 1’ Is not asking too much for Christ
mas rem<-m!>rance from tho Juniors and
Woman’s Kingdom, too, siidh as they' will
give. I will l>e very grateful for Dill Arp’a
and Dr. Talmage's books; large-s ze inaga
sini-s. etc., and all kinds and sixes of pic
tures. I .have engraved pictures of myself
to send to them that will pay tho postage,
as 1 am not able. I would i>e so glad to
get to the Biirgienl Institute, but I fear
Undo Sam's and McKinley’s gold Is not
for rue. The happy holid.-ij sls only ana me
to me In my humble country homo. Who
w.U bo Sonia Clous and my neighbor, too?
Pauline Tt-.'*aiton. Heidelberg, Miss
Dear Junior: 1 have often thought of ask
ing ailmlttunee into your interestl’g and
instructive circle, but have delayed until
1.. 'I 1 . pg niv flr t atu ’Opt I riu
ccr !y hone its destination will not be the
-waste bu.ikt t. At Aunt Susie’s request we
must all write on some subject. I will make
a f- w remarks on "Education." Education
is a training for future usefulness, both
ph; th ally and mentally. If we could pos
sess nil tho ail vantages that education
gives we could aequ.re a higher position
In iiio than we no.v occupy. With a good
l im a Con we may pursue any emtrse in
life we.may choose. A great many peoylo
do not know how to appreciate a good ed
ucation.
J.-oph C. Hale, Constantine, Ca.—Dear
Junior; 1 will take as tjty subject, “Colt >.”
1 have one and will tell you ids name. Ills
name is Dan. One day I hitched him to
the buggy and worked him as if ho was a
hors.. Some times ho g- is loose from mo
and runs ail over the in-lds and worries me
n.-arly to death. 1 will write ay,alii If this
•sc&jtes tlie waste basket.
Josie P. Livingston. Piperton. Tenn.-
Dear Junior; 1 ilvo in the country, twen
ty-six miles east of Memphis, on tho M-.u-
P'.i.-> and Ch.trlei ion railroad. My fata-r
in s bi i n a section foreumn on this Toad
fur nine years. I think that Aunt Susie
ought <•» Im-, u her picture put In tho Junior.
Ti. re are a numl-er of little nieces who
would t ke to si-i- her, as shw has is - n suoii
a faithful and affectionate edit r s. Girls,
1 .. licve the boys are d seourag'-d aura
enough—most of tho ccm-spotldents are
girls. I have been a silent admirer of The
t’mistii’ition fur a long time. 1 read the
tenth and cu venth png-s first; then Bill
Arie Surge Plunkett, tin ! then tho polfti. it
piece.. 1 would liko to e.xchango some
songs for "Why Did They Dig Meth ,-r’s
Grave .-•> Deep" and "Sweet M: tie.” I
would like to correspond with some of tho
gir s in .bal.aira and Ohio. Aly very be.-:
wishes are for our kind editress.
Is-na *J. Gary, f-'cv« rn, N. C.—l will take
for my subject "Gai-dens.” Wo all have
;:ar<lens to cure for, ceusins—g-inh-us ii> our
hearts, ai d iiio loving Savior looks to see
wii<-tin r th< y arc idled with beautiful How
ers and fiuiis- Howers of path-ii<>, g'-nt.e
-- . 1n.;., -r. and truth; frt.i.s of love, toy
ar..l i t ace. t'ou.vns, let us cuif.iv-.ue tb-.-so
garden, carefully, so tl.-it they may be I ke
the patdi of the Lord. Let us ask Hint
to i.- i a pi o .tbv.it our earil- n, So that
lie that goeUi about as a. ruining li.m
may not ciuer therein and <I---ir>y the
pre toes plants. Best wishes to The Con
stitution. Jr., and Au..t busie.
Ern-at H. Jennings, Bogart, G.u—ft-ar
J-„...... While now in y :r ye;.:. ~ days.
■ a you '-v> r .stop and think? 1 do. " ..ini; of
w!> fi- is fore you in the pith v>l life. I'er-
Jh-'s v,lt'ii you get oi ar you may look
1.1.. k tm< say; "Oil. if I had known when 1
v.-is a child just v.aat 1 iiu. v. now." 1 know
till.-, I* -aiise i iiear older peopl • say 1 ,n
lew. Tins is why we should aii try to | a
• ■'..i i.in. avion. A good < iu .'lion can be
got i*.t la-i.c- OS well its at r no -.. 1 should
i; -ik mi e«tu tioii that was got ut lianie
, ■ . . . : . -a a: . it
!:> I's.ti'al by expei.e-nce by joarsvil at
l.t-rue. V, i.vu you rein! u go k! book of .my
kind you are learning som thing, i have
I'.-d Sv lite L< Ous uud r«-’iu i-vei; pav* of
,ry 1 .. . s. -. I i jMeiry, and live
written s-i >' ni) 'f ny of l' ll! cotuin.s
an > Wo.ilit like to nil - opy of i.iy !><> a.i
si .Ime a * ent italic r postage .u.i I
wii: send iiu-n ;• copy. V. ith Lest wishes to
lit Sus. -, J will cione.
J • 1 ilioek, Coilms, Ark.—Dear Juniors:
! v ill • s dowels for try subject. 1 havo
. . ,1 i .. kmu.-'. t i ;:t last spring <n i
g.. i like lh bet-iei- thru u-y
kc i .; i . ... If you v. ;it tv know ko-.v
t.> .-isi on . t ', I-’i- ruin.- io-
v vt v.ai'l a". . it for
.. . <:■ two, a; . ' u :’.-rimk. ■ '-ha
■ , j vv... a. y. .' t.iat .i will iul
...... : ■ • f , . k.
. I
t k ta..' dr. K-. -o ■ box' s and -ut one tn
dirt, a ' ■ '■ ■ ■
, ep just ■ it was I
ma
. •
F ft Wn-’-t I.- • . Ala.—Dear Junior:
j '« xvo !-■ . V. ‘’ton I .-fo:-', but I
■ . . ting ■. ■ - from the
. • ■ hat I feel that I might cm
trli .»e my !l.: -e n.it", n d sona one tr .cht
d '.fv.i .on: - i fro: i nii.-i-, as Ido
t
I Cpi ... ■••.•,. that in*
I.s boys. There ;..-A r ven of H 3
v. - . : j are I- t—ie. ify dost brothi- r Is
i ;t .-■ -V.--'. on 1 off freni hum». 1 L ive
a, .-.her a'... th::: - : « ‘s -i.-i-Iv "r.-A.i,
ai.J I am coming u’-’ig Just be hid hlr.i.
I four more after me. We live in a beau
tiful vall'-y, Cahalia ’>■' n.-ime, n 'r L<asD.
A -r.-c ma. ad.-ini road, tbi -1-ly settled v Ith
bea ' ' nd > prong of tha
<’ haba riv* “ runs down tli's valley. This
- i 1 e.’-.'ss-':. it s'-v<-r; I ttmes nn-1 scarcely
! . o f ■pgb» .f It for several m!le.v.
I ihougi’ .t wi-s th- prettiest countrs I
.'.I. r . iw- w.- ■ n t .1 . <■: me ;i •e, bit ba- e
y. ail ■■ often eh i! It d'i-s not >eem eo
pretty now.
. ■ ■ ■ ■ C.—Dear Junior;
A.- in . first tter > nrht me many letters
of ce-iirratu! I'lerc; f:< n: many of the ee.is
-1) ) iviil tc.y to th. i-i that their kind
words wire greatly -appt"-a. 1.
i will take for my u’ : ‘Tnte’npere
I
<v pr -Judlce agalm't the man wiio manu
f fur. s lb-".. 1 believe that from -the
t >.■ p issues fi n- -the <-• in! and poisonous
■a ■.. an ’n the dist fl-ir;.- until it empti s into
jaws of death, dishot ■ tnd ei Im it
t‘< nm.-a’iizys everybody that touches it, from
HALL’S .
Vegetable Sicilian
HAIR REHEWER
Beautifies and restores Gray
Hair to its original color and
vitality; prevents baldness;
cures itching and dandruff.
A fine hair dressing.
)t. I*. Jl..'! . >'l’i":-s., N.i bna, N.H.
fi •!.; ~j all lircjgbti.
its source to where It ends. Ido not believe
anybody can contemplate tho object with
out being .prejudiced against tho liquor
crime.
All wo have to do Is to think of the
wrecks, of the sufciiles, of tho Insanity, of
the Ig-nornnce, of the destitution, of the lit
tle children tugging at tho faded and with
ered breasts of weeping and despairing
mothers, of wives asking for bread, of
tho men of genius it has wrecked and of the
men struggling with Imaginary serpents—
all produ"'d by this devilish thing.
Intemperance breaks the father’s heart,
berea.-es the doting mother, extinguishes
natural affection, blights parental hopes,
brings Jown mourning age In sorrow to tho
grivo. It produces weakness not strength;
sickness, not health; death, not life. it
cov.rs th« land with Idleness, mls'ry and
crime. It Is tho lifeblood of tin- gambler,
the element ot -the burglar, tho prop of tho
highwayman, th? support of the midnight
Incendiary! It Incites the father to butcher
his helpless offspring and helps the hus
band to massacre lits wii'i*.
It murders tho soul. It la the sum of all
vlil ..nku, t! o fath'r of nil crime- , tl.o
devil’s friend and God’s worst enemy.
Ethel Brnnnon, Creek Stand. Ala.—Please
stop and let poor Scroggs catch his breath.
If ho waau’t such a conceited monkey, he
could never survive' such a pounding us he
lias had f -r tho last six months, or six
weeks. I urn sure tho most of that conceit
1 as been knocked out of him ere now, so
let the poor fellow aluno and then, too,
Aunt Suslo has passed lu r judgment on
v. hat he hail to say and that is all sut
liclent.
C msins, I often picture to myself a pure,
skvil-fa.ce.l, gentle woman who.-o soft
brown hair is sour what, whitened by the
frost ot perhaps fifty winters, sitting In a
cozy room with a large tabl. drawn closely
to iter side, patiently reading' tho many
letUrs written ly bright girls ami bov.-i
all over our fair sunny southland. As t>h«
pauses to put a capital here, a comma
thire, and tries to correct and make legi
ble the little grimy marks vve call letters.
1 seo hi r turn a longing, wistful look at
that great wiuxta basket ns if she had a
good will to dump the whole pile in it. and
run aw..y tv romo quiet nook and rest her
t rid brain.;. Tlien sho sees the luok of
dl.uippointriicnt on the eager little faces as
t.i'y scan tile columns ot tlie junior de
partment In n-.-xt vvi'-lt's Constitution, and
lovingly and chei rfully she resunv.s her
wot k.
Do you wonder wo all love her? AVitli
best w leh< s to Aunt Susie and all tlie
cousins. I bld you goodby. Ago nine.
Julia, Jhda and Fioy Ogletree, Wetunka,
I. T.- .litre we conn', three 11 tie girls with
in: a t.-otm t. V. :ll > ■ : bid us welcome?
"Wiiat is homo without a mother?’’ It is
a s t I, di solate spot. Itovv many hav- been
the times when our little H.es have been
. > sadd. in il a.t the one tiiought, no mamma
tv share our joy . in.l sorrows. We would
of; n oil cut und- r tlie »h.;do of some
lovely tri o a.id cty ; yi.s, cry in our an
gui: 11. O God, give us back our d ar
it.umm.i, for miumi’a had told us "wiiat
so ever we ask i.i 1 lis name w ? would
,-urcly receive.” 0.-. c day as we thus cried
a I ..in can - along. "\Vh.ii ur -. you little
girls trying fur?" "For mamma. V» < want
our mamma." And Eloy says, "1 guess
your mamma never was dead, or you
would know what we were crying for.
We have just ask-d God tv give In r ba.!;
tj us. - ’ “Will, du. il do It." ‘No, ray
dear little ones you must go to her." We
thought this was too bad. but at that,
brother callei! u.-’. We ran to sec what lie
wanted, lie had a letter for us and a nice
Bible for my (Julia) birthday presem. It
camo from Arkansas from one of my dear
s. r-. biio told us mamma was in hcov-n
and we live so as to meet her. 1 was
thirteen then It lias b-. -n one year since
then. W- w< rr living in a bnt out In the
wood ;. Gur io ar, p.'.id i'apa and brothers
liv. d with ns and we kept house for them.
Mamma h.-i.s !>■ < n In hea .. n six years, and
ve three little girts in.-.* I pt house by our-
Wi- li-tvn never c . > to s.-hpol more than
four mor'hs in, our ilvi-s. What we know
wo learn 1 at home. Our ;’!.;ter Zula Ims
li'i-n with u.s now for nine montim. Wo
have a mother in her. She tea'-hes us and
tills v- of fctir 1. une in heaven. I don't
know w-l'a* would do without her now.
Aunt Su. :••, did Go ! a>iS A- .r ottr pr iyers ta
that way? I often think Ho did. Now
e. is’n'i, soma cf you wii! shudder to think
of little girls living among th'- Indians.
’l".< y are a ; kind ai d gcod at the white
peo. 10. W-- ’ avo liwl h -re two y< ar--,
•i id r . in to do ns well among- them as w-o
did h. A.k-innas, only we do net have any
church’ s or mnd.-iy school. So. If some of
’he little courii ; w.u ’d Herd us tin r o’ !
.•unday .- hool pap. rs. wc world he proud
of them. 1 v. i h : ome orc- w at'd 1 > kind
• '-om-ii to eoiiil us a fi-st g oar; y nod
1 r-ab.nr-’-, ,-;.s we would very much to
!; arn, 1- it i in’t get the books he ■ -.. I mon
o'd ores t'u-.' yon L v<> used. We are na
tives of courty, / laba- tn 1 h-i--i
.; goon ms. v loutins and aunt;; In < •—ore-la
u I Al bama. Would like to h< ar ft m
S'l.ne of t:..m, .'I::-! a <i;.'r oil !mu,
If .-In- is -Wil allvi, w. ".id lilo- ; > get a
I-■' f..>m !. r. V'e wi ll yju all a Happy
< in 1 tn-as.
Gra■•‘-i J under, D 1 ••kr, Gig —Dear Jun
ior; : i. > in p 1.-..UU5 the Junior r or
. nd y-ar.-, but 1 ...vj n.,t : rap d up
- g i i -ye to Write until tonight. >
tl.o :;ht bt-lb r late than net at all. As
A"!.'. Su:'iO : Hili ' e-1 Us to WT.tc Oil O .i
‘ .iii- 1 v lii take for m in.-, "Choiee of
■ 'o• '■• a.’ The chi >o Icon changes its
o' jCt I.° We,°'.li’lS ’• ’ • re,* : '
' ■ o . . » that our cl ..
habit ' and prlnclpli a take their
form i;nd color from c-e of our Intlmata
.. isoi-i.it, *. .Vh.-0, -la.l >n With p ison-i wi.»
in ■ r and n. re <-'P ii.ticid than our-
•1-,-s !i! ..ays more or I.- s in ip ring
and ,:r L-0r..;!..,. T’e-; wianee op- kr.uw.-
>■ ' of ill' ■. M com- t i e.ntmnte by
i-i, ... end become per'mrt In their vis
ion.. We e-:l:u our ft-LI of ol i .-va.ton
through thiir • yes, protlt by their expe
rience .-nd barn no; only by what they
have crijoy -1, but - i 13 still mor.- la
st- et ,ve-thorn ' :-.y rave f .ffei d.
if they are n.rong-r tb.;n otr.-elves, wi
. ...
liet .e, con-pao oc-h'.p w th tho wise m i
.ii-igette .i- vi ,- -■ :!■- to nave a most val
uable ."..i. i ■ on the formation of chare
ootere-increasing our resoure <, atreugth
v>,ti a o'lr :<' -olves, el ■ .•atlec r ir u n s ;-■. I
ilia: lo g u- to cxi•!•< I-" greater d' xtv:l. ;
■ ni' 1 Hl.lllty in -nr t.!. rn, as well us more
eil<--tive i.di-- in :ho.-:e of other’.
\ i..i.: m >' ar- in ; t . bat little awcro
I'.w mu th- T r o i: 1111.111 Is affected In
t'-c Vi-v of t'.e pn-' ite i-v t!;e co-op j-y they
k<. - . T! -- i • nr:-.c r of th, Ir as h lates is
... r. .. i’ 1 -d as ' net" own. If they
ti..- iiy of tl-e worthy and the re-
It elevnt-s them In th<- . 'ibuo
i;i. 11 ion, as If s nn i lde.'ico that they
r> t-i. t themselves an! era desirous to s. -
ear ■ - h-- re.-peet or otta ij. CorrcsponCcn- a
aulii It- ;!.
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Smallwood. ‘'l-M-lar. 1. Fla . l<-e; Hen-y
Hudson, : '.i ’•• tine, Tex . se; "Ah’ irn "
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ver, fl, C’., McNai.y B. Rei-vi.-s, I'nvo
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5. ; Jlmrnio Bur lino. D irr.v, T--.x., Be; Thom
as Scroggins. Barry, T- x.. 1".-.
Deafne&r Cannot He Cured
t. 10-ni • pplu at o: t>- y cannot reach
tin- disei -eil jiortion of the ear. There is
only one v a;, to cure derii’ness, and that is
by con .titutlon-il r;med!is. Deafness is
caused I-. an I '’an --I ondltlon of the mu
cous li" -g of 'lie Eustnchlan Tu'-r. Wr t
this tub" D inflam'd you have a rumbling
found or hitw-i'ii•-t he.-iritig, ai.d when it
entirely closed, deafnpss ta the result,
nnd uti'-f- Hi' inflammation can be ta!:. :'.
o il and this tube re tired to its normal
rnnditio.i. h n.ring will t destroyed forew r;
ni.. • canes out of ten are cau >d by ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an intinm d
condilion -if the mttecii - s .rfaces.
V. ■ will give <>!.<» Hundred Doilnn for
any ■■; -of Deafness (cause! t-y .-aT-rrh)
♦ hr-’, c.'i not be rnred by Halt s Catarrh
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A Night q DIVIDE.
IN THE
By BRET H
With the lulling of tho wind toward
evening it came on to snow—heavily, I- 1
straJgl-.t, quickly succeeding flakes, drop
ping like white laces from the sky. Th.3
was followed by tho usual 8 erran phe
nomenon. Tho deep gorge, which, as the
sun went down had lapsed Into darkne.y 1 .
presently began to reappear; at first tno
vanished tiall camo back as a vividly
whitening streak In tha night; then tno
larches and plains that ascended from it
like buttresses against tho hillsides glim
mered in ghostly distinctness, until at
last the two slopes curved out of the dark
ness as if hf-vn In marble. For the sud
den storm, which extended scarcely two
miles, had left no trace upem the steep
granite face of the high cliffs above; the
snow slipping silently from them, left them
rtill hidden in tlie obscurity of night. In
tho vanished landscape tho gorge alono
stood out. set in a chaos of cloud and
storm, through which the moonbeams
struggled Ineffectually.
It was this unexpected sight which burst
upon tin- occupants of a large covered "sta
tion wagon," who had chanced upon the
lower end of the gorge. Coming from a
still lower altitude, they had known noth
ing of the storm which had momentarily
<-, ised, but had left a record of intensity
iti m arly 'two feet of snow. For some mo
ments tho hors, s floundered and struggled
on. In what the travelers believed to bo
sonio old forgotten drift or avalanche, un
til the extent and freshness of tho fall
became at parent. To add to their difficul
ties, the storm recommenced, and not com
prehending i's real character and limit,
they did not daro to attempt to return the
wav they came. To go on, however, 'A. s
Impossible. In this quandary they looked
about them in vain for some other exit
from tho gorge. The sides of that gigantic
whlto furrow terminated tn darkne. .».
1 iiinmcd In from the world In nil direc
tion:-, it might have been their Comb.
But although they could see nothing be
yond their prison wall.’, they themselves
were perfectly visible from the heights
above them. And Jack Tenbrook, quu.-tw
miner, who was sinking a tunnel in tho
rocky ledge of shelf above the gorge, step
ping out from h!s cabin at l'i o'clo-'k to
triko a look at tl.o weather before turning
In, could observe distinctly the outline ot
tho black wagon, tho Hound"! Ing hor:-'s
and the cr t-.ehliig figures by their side,
scar-ely larger than plgm "s on tho white
surface of snow, a thousand feet below
him. Jack lad cou.rago and strength and
tho good humor that accompanies tlv-m,
but ho contented himself for a few mo
nv-nts with lazily observing tho travel
ers* di- -oml’ture. He had taken In the
situation with a glance; ho would havo
helped a broth, r miner or mountaineer,
although he knew that it could only have
be'-n drink or bravado that brought him
into the gorge in a s::ow storm, but it was
very' evident that th* so were "greenbori.s.”
or eastern tourists, and it served their stu
pidity and arrogance right! Ho remem
bered, also how he, having once helped
an eastern visitor catch the mustang that
had "bucked” him, had been called "my
man.” and presented with $5; ho recalled
how ho had on-e spread tho humble re
sources of his cabin before some straying
in. mb'-rs of tin- San Francisco party who
were "opening” the new railroad. and
h-ard tlie auuiblo womb r of ; lady that a
civilized b‘ iag i-ouid live so "eo.irsely!”,
With these recollections In his mind ho
managed to survey the distant straggling
horses with a fine sense of humor, not
unurlxed with self-rlglitt ousne.-.s. There
was no real danger In the situation; it
meant at the worst a delay and a camping
la lhe snow till morning, when he would
go down so their assistance. They had a
spacious traveling equipage, and were, no
doubt well supplied with furs, robes and
provisions for a several hours’ Journey;
I'l3 own pork barrel was quite empty end
Ins blank' .3 worn. He half smiled, extend
ed his long arms In a dee-:b-d yawn, ant
turned back into his cabin to go to bed.
Tli< n ha cast a final glance around tha
Interior. Ever'thl-.g was all right; hli
loaded rifle stood against the wall; he ?..id
just raked the ashes over the embers of
his tit-M to ki '-p It Intact till morning. Only
one thing slightly troubled him, a grizzly
b'-.ir, two-thirds grown, but only half
t.. :ni d. which had been given to him by a
-in;;: lady named "Mlggi- s," when that
charming and historic girl had decided to
a ■mi;-. ■ y l:er paralytic lover to th.- Sa t
Francisco hospß.il, was missing that even
ing. It had been its nguiar habit to come
to the door :< ry night for some sweet bis
. :.it or - uga ■ befor • going to its lair in th'«
;:-:d rbru h behind the < abm. Everybody
km w it ;-.l mg the length and br> .with of
i ."loi \ Ki'iye, as well as the fact of i-s
" -g a It . y of the fair exile. No riito
.. i >•<■. r yet been raised against the lazy
, .. pjsmall- : 1 h< aI. na-l
dos I airs i-<- I more eredt by
( ■ Hat C :
if with the thought that the st :rm
l pro!" tdy d- ayed Its return. Jack took
u:; 1.!.-, oat and threw it on his bunk. But
i -(.ni thinking of the storm his thou., lit s
m. u:. iiy n; *rne I again to the impeded
-ra-. -i'r b< low hirn, :nd he half mi -ha -
. ;;y st'-ppvd ov.t again in nV; shirt sk-ev. a
so.- a 11.. 1 look at th. :.i.
But 1. r. sernv thing occurred that charged
his ri.’- lutlon e: Urely. Ho had previous.y
y the thl*< f tb '■ d, CTO.W
Ing ng.-.r s ar .und the new stationery
wagon bulk. T’-.'-y were now epnarently
making arrang -m-i’.'.- to camp lor ;ho
hw figure had ien ad I
to the group, : nd as It stood perched upon
a wagon .-..-at laid on the enow Jack could
eeo Ha outline was not bifurcated like tne
oti.< rs! Bui even that general suggestion
was not needed, tho little head, the sym-
n. trieal curves vis.ble even at that distal; a
rn re quite enough to Inuicate that it was a
w oman! The easy smile faded from Jack’s
f.- -e, and was succeeded by a look of con
cern’ and then of resignation. He had no
choice now; he nni’t go! There was ;
woman th- re, and that settled It. Yet he
had arriv'd at this contusion from no
s - .«o of gallantry, nor, indeed, of chival
rous transnort, but as a matter of simple
duly to the sex. He was giving up his
sleep, was going down a taous-and feet of
stcop trail to offer his s rvlces during the
rest of the night as simply «m an eastern
man would have offered his seat In an om.
nlbus to a woman.
Having resumed b-ls coat, with a bottle
cf whisky thrust Into h’s pocket, ha put
on a pair’ of India rubber boots reaching to
his thighs, and. catching tho blanket from
his bunk, started with an ax and shovel
on his ghoulder on his downward Journey.
Whi' i the d stance was half completed he
shouted io tlie travelers below . the cry
was Joyously answered by the three rm-n;
; .iw tl.e fourth tlgun , now unmistaka
ble that of a slender, youthful woman in
a'cloak. hcl;x-d back into the wugon .is if
deliverance was now sure and immediate.
But Jack on arriving speedily dissipated
that illusive hope; they could only get
through the gorge by taking off tho whe.-ls
o. tho wagon, placing the axle on rude
runnero of «pMt sappings, which,
wi’.a their assistance, he would fashion in
, ou;,le of horns at his cabin and bring
down to the gorge. The only other alterna
tive would ba for them to come, to his cabin
and remain there while he went for ass.ist
• • < e to the nearest station, but that would
fake : • Vinal h >urs and necessitate a double
journey for the sledge, if lie was lacto
enough to t'nd cne. The party quickly ae
quif sre d in Jack’s first suggestion.
"Very well,” said Jack; "then there’s no
time to lie lost. Unhitc? your horses and
we’ll dig a hole tn that, bank for them to
stand in out of the snow.” This was speed
ily done. "Now,” continued Jack, "you'll
just follow mo up to my cabin; It's a pretty
tough climb, but I’ll want help to bring
down the. runners.”
Hero the man who seemed to be the
head of the party—of middle age and a
superior professional type—for the first
time hesitated. "I forgot to say that there’s
a lady with us—my daughter." he began,
glancing toward the wagon.
“I reckoned as much,” interrupted Jack,
simply; "and 1 allowed to carry her up
myself the roughest part of the way. She
kin make herself warm and cornTble in the
caliin until we’ve got the runners ready."
"You hear what our friend says, Amy?”
suggested the gentleman, appealing to the
closed leather curtains of the wagon.
There was a pause. The curtain was sud
denly drawn as tie, and a cb irming little
head and shoulders, furred to the throat
and topped with a bewitching velvet cap,
were thrust out. In the obscurity little could
1-e seen of the girl's features, but there
was a certain wilfulness and Impatience
in 'he attitude. Being in the gliadow, she
had the advantage of the others, particu
larly Jack, as 1,13 figure was fully revealed
in the moonlight against tlie snowbank. Her
eyes rested for a moment on iiis high boot.--,
his heavy moustache, so long a; to mingle
with his unkempt locks, which fell over
his broad shoulders, on ills huge r d hands,
ctreak-.-d will: black grease from the wagon
wheels, and some blood staunched with
enow, drawn from bruises in cutting out
brambles In the brush, or—more awful
thun all—a monstrous shiny “specimen”
told ri.ig enciT'. ling one of his fingers—on
tho whisky bottle that shamelessly bulged
F\A\ v’l
[\W, ’
'A "1 '
I - 1 ’
(J ■'
PI T AT THE MOMENT THERE WAS
ANOTHER MIOCK IO THE WAGON.
from Ills side pocket, and then—slowly drop
ped her dissatisfied e? -lids.
"Why can’t 1 stay hire?” she sr-Jd. lan
guidly. "It’a quite nice and ■■ mfo
“Because we can't leave you alor. , and
we must go with this gentleman io help
him.”
J iss Amy I t the tail of her eye again
crei-p shuddcrfngljr over this gentleman
Jack. "I uhotigii- w -t':-- g> '■ man w...-
going to help us,” she saJd. dryly.
Amy, you d. *' w rstand.
This gentleman is kind enou;-i: to otter to
make some sledge-runtxers f -r us at his
cabin, and a - must h» i> him.”
“Bui I. . . -.-•■■■- .-cu go. !am
no. afraid.”
“Yes, i-it you're alqre here, and some
thing might hr. i>i>'-n.'* £
"Noth.ng could hupi-ijp." Interrupted Jack
qul-kly and c!:< ert -..!!s■ < e lai llu: -. d .it
first, but 2io was now considering that the
carrying of a lady as expensively a;t»red
and apparently as u-1 :-at. and particular
as this olio might be som wi.at difficult.
"Tillie's not: in that would hurt ye here,”
he coiniiiu-d, addressing th.- v-lul cap
and furred Ihre-a- in the dariines.-:, "and if
there was it couldn't get ut ye. be n', su
to speak, la th- . ..i a- sori, o’ nx as you.
So you're all rtgai," n : Id--:, p -si'i;-.,.-.
Jnconaiatentiy eiiough, : ■ y
not ; la-pt tills •" grat'-*’:L;-- migl.: have
l*-en m- ad, but Jack did -.-••« the
sligiu flash of te r is ignoring him, .- '-•■
replied markedly to her lati.er, "id much
rather stop her-, pipa.”
"An.;," c--:tmuid Ja-k. turning also to
her fat <■;. "you -an in-- e ■ wa;-n
the wliol gorg ■ In sight from t.i-- ir.ul all
tiio way up. So you c.;:. s-e ilia, evi ij
iai-ig s ;-.ti Wry, i s;- a ; iron.
tics,." He stnpp'd i.wkwar-i-y auJ add---1:
qu.CKtr '!.-• job s over."
"Fray don't d- ay th ■ gentlemen and the
lob.” said Miss Amy, sweetly.
Beassiiied by Jock’s last suggestion her
fatlie- I'lli-oVed him wliii the -itiier •' u ;I e
second ma ■ - ■ party, a u • 1
soim V.iiat ui.’i..-'' . ’it-’ m-iiviuu :, but -o
.vhose ri’lar. ■' >.i» t!--. Miss Amy re or. 1-
ed en a-iV'-’y o’.er-'.elv. s, .he y .mg •.•’
had . :-p. dally noted J t k s c-::i- ssk n that
he I*:"l s-er. t i-t:i when 'th--y t-’-t entered
the gorge. "And 1 r-’.-ost.” she added to
her li mental!:-, "t! -t be : tiler,: v Itn
h.s boozirg c-jn.y-auioiis, laughing an 1 jeer
ing ut our struggles.”
Hut wium the d of her com; onions
ve:-c.i uivii :.wa; :nd their fig ii--s w-.re
swallowed ui> in th uarlttp-ss behind tae
snow, she forgot ail tills, art mu h else
that v.as mun nine and frivolous in the im
pressive and niajest *■ »*-li*. i<!e tn.it seemed
to descend upon h r from t..e obscurity
above. At first it w is aeeompatti- < with a
slight thrift of vrnrui fear, but this passed
presently into that profound I-ace which
the mountains idone cau give their lonely
or p-.-rturic-1 < hi!!:--?-. it ; cnivd to her
that nature v tie er the same on tne
great plains v. ri-ra n <-n und clt:--< tuways
■ocmcd into su h ridiculous proportions
When the great mother raised herself to
comfort them with -m.Hng hJ-.-ld -s, or en
compassed them and drew them close in tho
loving arn’s of mountains. Tn.- lung white
Canada stn-’.< !i< d !•■ for- s-r a purity
that did not sei.ni of tl;c earth; .the vague
bulk of the mo ■ -.tah.s ■ e c... t iiiier side
of her in a mystery t. at was net ot th s
life. Yet it was not oppressive; neither
waa its 1 nd estivi .
obiiviousness and slumber; on the con rarv.
the highly rarefied air seemed to give ad
ditional keenness to her senses; her hearing
had become singularly acute; her eyesight
pierced the uttermost extremity of the
gorge, lit by the full moon that occasionally
shone through slowly drift ng clouds. Her
nerves clirillei with a delicious sense ot
freedom ami a strange desire -o run or
climb. It seemed to her, in her exalted
fancy, that tlwse solitudes should be peo
pled only by a kindly race, and not by ouch
gruss and material churls as this moun
taineer who helped them. And, I grieve to
say—writing of a sentimentalist that w;*s
and a heroine that Is to be—she was getting
outrageously hungry.
There v ere a f -.v biscuits In her travel
ing bag, and she remembered that sue had
been pit se-iied With a .-mali jar of Caiiforni -
homy a>t San Jo>c. This she took out and
opem u on the .- eat before In r. and spread
ing tho honey on the blseuds, ate tuem with
a keen schoolgirl r, i..-!i and a pieiu-ant
.■mgp--.ition of a syivan pieide. in spite of
the cold. It was all very strange; quite an
expei-ier.ee f r li.-r to >; -ak of alterwards.
People would hardly believe that she had
spent an bear or two. all alone, in t de
serted wagon ir a mountain snow pass. It
was i n adventure such as one reads of in
the magazines, unty something was lack
ing v.-i h tha nrngaxine.3 alwajs supplied—
sometini.g heroic—something done by some
body. It that awful-looking moumaln er—
that man with the long hair and mous
tache—and that horrible gold ring—why
sueh a ring?—was only different! But he
was probably gorging beefsteak or ven son
with her father and Mr. Waterhouse —men
were always such selfish creatures!—and
had quite forgotten all ai-.out her. It would
only have been decent for them to have
brought her down something hot; biscuits
and honey were certainly cloying, and
somehow didn’t agree with the tempera
ture. She was really half starved! And
much they cared! it would just serve them
right if something did happen to her —or
seem to happen to her—if only to frighten
them. And the pretty face that was turned
up in the moonlight wore a charming, but
decided pout.
Gcod gracious! What was that. The
horses were e cher struggling or fighting
in their snow shelters. Then one, with &
frightened neigh, broke from its halter and
dashed into the road, only to be plunged
snorting and helpless into the drifts. Then
tho other followed! How silly! Someth.ng
had frightened them. Perhaps only a rab
bit or a mole; horses were such absurdly
nervous creatures! However, it was just
as Well—somebody would see them or hear
them—that neigh was really quite human
ai.d awful—and they would hurry down to
see wt.at was the mailer. She couldn't be
exfM-eted to get out and look after the
horses in the snow. Xnyhow, she wouldn’t!
Sho was a good deal safer where she was—
it might have been rats or mice about that
frightened them. Goodness' ,
She was st.ll -watching with curious won
<: r the continued fright of the animala,
when suddenly she ivlt the wagon half
bumped, half lifted from behind. It was
sueh a lazy, deliln-ratu movement that for
a moment she thought it came from tno
party, who had returned noiselessly with
the runners. Sho scrambled over to tho
back seat, unbuttoned the I<r r curtain,
lifted it. Imm ■ t
seq-ienily, with feminine quickness, sue
1- . . perfectly. Mr. Water*
house; don’t ba sillyi” But this time theie
was another shock to tlie wagon, arid iroui
beneath It arose what at first seemed to
her to be an uplift.ng of the drift itself,
but as the snow was shaken away trom us
heavy bulk, piuved to be the enormous
bead and shoulders of a bear!
Yet ever, tli.-n she w.-.s not wholly fright
ened. for the snout that confronted her
had a feeble Inolt nstveness; the small ejes
were aright with an eager, almost chhdisii,
curiosity, rather than a savage ardor, and
the whole attitude of the creature lifted
upon h;r 7iin<l !• -gs was cir u -lik< and lu
ff i.-rous, rather than aggressive. She was
enabled to say with some dignity; "Go
away—shoo!” and to wave her luncheon
basket at it with exemplar - firmnes.--. But
hi re the creature la <i om- naw on the back
seat, as if to st'-ady Itself, with the sin
gular effect ot collapsing the whole side
of tha wagon, and then 0.-.-ue-I its mouth,
as if in some sort nf inarticulate reply.
But tho revelation ot its red tongue, its
glistening teeth, and above all. the hot,
carnivorous fuine of its breath, brought
tie- ,-i . ream from ti Ups ■> m. .-.my.
It v.as real and convincing; the horses
joined in it—the thr -e sereametl together.
Tiio near hesitated tor an instant, then,
catching sight of tho honey pot on tno
front sear, widch tn-- slirir.kiug back of
tha young girl haff disclosed, he slowly
reached forward his other paw and at
tempt'd to grasp it. This exceedingly s.m
pte mo’. 'nu nt. however, a; once doubled
up the front s at, tent the honey i>ot a
dozen feet 1..t0 the air and dropped Miss
Amy upon b r knee in the bed cf the wag
on. The combined m-ntal and physical
shock was toe much for her; she Instantly
ar.il sin ■ rciy fa.nted; the last thing in h- r
eats amidst tiffs wreck of matter being
the “whirp” of a bullet and the sharp
era k of c. rifle.
fi r s in the
fll Ker.- ; light of a lire of bark, that play
ed u;.o!i th • rafters cf a roof thatched
with bark and upon a floor of strewn and
shredded bark. She even suspected that she
w-s lying u; on a mattress of bark un-ie’--
n-n.’h a h - Lvy lxirskin sbe could fee! and
o: h. SI • t. '-t ,• •lel>cii.;i.-' -- nse of warmth.
.-nd mingie-i with a strange spicing of
vv odland freedom, even a sense of horns
fre:ection. And. surely enough, looking
around, rhe saw her father at her side.
He briefly explained the situation. They
bad been at first attracted by the cry ot
frightened horses and their plunging, which
. y i-o-i!-! see distinctly, although they
saw nothing eise.
"But, Mr. Tenbrook ”
"Mr. V. bo?” saM Amy, staring at tlie
’ ‘ ' ■ <
S
helpeii us—caught up his gun, and calling
us to follow r;ui like lightning down the
’rail. At first w< foil -wed-olindly ar.d un
knowingly, f. r we could only see the strug
gling hors'-s, who. h- wever; seemed to i s
n', . ai d the wagon from which you did
not se- in to ba--e stirre d. Then, for ’.<e
first time, my mar child, we suddenly s- r
your dang r. in aglne hew we fe.t as th-it
i.ideaus bre.te n- u-> in the roa ! ami I
ran aft:. Kng tie v.rr. n. Me ea’.leii a
T.-nbrook to fire-, hut for some ineonce.v-
P -..; . reason 1- did not. a’thmgh he s d
i.> -un i,:,g ;-t tho top o, his spi ed. Phen
-.e-ir-I you s’ ’i'-k ”
, - ! u't p.ipa; H was tha
■■'.l-.- ch id. I know jo;:r vo: o.”
••v , was on!’.- a verv liule scream,
wad
coming hack ’?y to ! "r p i.k
;
„... ; . v.-mcerful shot f"r 1 • «!is-
' '
bear, be ■ ' - 1 •
I | ellev he w ■ ■ ' ' 1
i.l ve. They’ve qu -er notions, t• •s- i-o_s.
A . . ■ '
"V.'ho br ' m
"Tenbrook; he’s rs strong ;is a horse.
Plurg you up on his shouMcw a teaxi t
"And th-m. as th" v ’ m r , ‘' '
;■ • r ■ fi n th' i ' '
eluded to take It hisurely a.al 1 t ;.‘ u r st
here for a while.”
"And where Is—where are -’ey?”
“At work on the w . >:i. f '■ ■ rmia >1 to
stay with you. though you are | rb ■ t y
safe h«‘rc.*’
“I Fvppose I ought to thank this man,
papa?” r
‘•Most certainly. Thou'-rh. of cours . 1
have already done so. I«ut was ra h r
cun In n-alr. half si.ace men hiv 3
■
would never have attack- 1 you except .or
the honey pot which it s -nted. r t’s a—
surd.”
“Then It’s al! my fault?
“Nonsense! How could you kiro.’- ■
frightened »he horses. And spoilt the wagon.
Ar.d made tho man run down m«
up here when ho didn’t want to
“My dear child! Don’t be Idiotic. Amy!
We!!, really!” ~ . ,
F r the Id’otlc one was real y w ping
two larse tears from her lovely blue eyes.
She suicided into un ominous silence,
(Continued on Psge 12)
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