3 or.
FOUFffli OF JULY.
pat him to bed in his tittle nlrritr"WTi,
want battered roonsnter there wm in th
town
he said as he opened his only well eve.
, inn, for tne joujr old Fourth of Julyr
(thnmb end eight fingers with lint were
tied tip,
QsjMi hoed wm a bvmp like an npslde down
sap.
JmA bJaamile waa distorted, his nose sil awry,
Itsa the Joys ot the gtorioos Fourth of July.
It glad; he had started abroad with the
aB day had lived in the powder and fun;
the boom of tba cannon roared up to the
sky.
Young America's Fourth of Jnly.
IssJd we were glad all the pieces were there,
Jsiwe plastered and bound them with tender
at care.
i of the wreck came the words, with a
was only the Fourth of Julyr"
ftwfll grow all together again, oarer fear,
, tbe ready to oetebrate freedom next year;
aaftanwhUs all his friends are most thankful
there bes.
A rackerieas twelremonth twist Fourth of
. Julys.
We kissed him good night on his powdet
specked face,
We) laid his braised hands softly down in their
, - place,
AsjA he murmured, as sleep closed his one open
eye.
"1 wtoh every day was the Fborth of Julyr
. Phelps Dawson.
AFOURTn OF JULY STORY
In a wonder to all Snowden bow
Ely atfd her daughter managed to
They had a cow, it is true, bnt a
ajrooeeskm of small boys came every
sight and morning to the widow's pretty
cottage with pitchers and .pennies in
band for the daily measure of milk. One
ttttle egg enp foil Letty ponred from the
pail as she brought it in frothing for her
Bother's tea. The rest was all con vert
ad Into money, and except the micro
aaopio insurance that came from the
friendly brothers of something to which
tba late Mr. Ely belonged very little
other lucre found its way into the small
Not a hundred yards from this tinient
at cottages was an imposing stone gate
,way leading to the well kept grounds of
Sojoire Melville. His grand house was
dosed all winter, but one of the symp
toms of spring well known to the villag
ers was the renovating and house clean
ing which presaged the coming of the
family. It was the only house of any
pretension near, and was the tangible
titaice of the great financial success
Vtkich had been won by this one of the
toara boys of the previous generation,
who had left bis early home and taken
hat chances in one of the world's great
The battle of life had left Squire Mel
YiOe cold, hard and purseproud, and
with enough pride of another kind to
make him take pleasure in exhibiting
Ma glory to the eyes of his old associ-
U , He had a meek and invalid wife,
f wjbon fortune had been the stepping
atone to "his prosperity, and a son and
daughter, who were well liked in Snow-
The latter was enraged to a California
nabob's son, and so was of more conse-
rooe In her gratified father's eyes than
had ever been before. But the son,
CMMnd whose future every ' ambitious
tape of his worldly father centered, had
fallen in lovewjth prttty Letty Ely,
and the fact na4 but Just come to that
disappointed father's knowledge.
"John Melville," he had said, "you
ace a driveling idiot' Do you suppose I
am going to see (he fortune I have spent
WT hfe and health in getting poured
' into the lap of a beggar, a scrub, a dairy
woman? A low creature like the serv
ants in my kitchen?"
There was a storm of angry words be
tween them, for no man could listen
calmly to abuse of his loved one. Then
the older man, more politic than the
younger, forced his tongue to a mildness
that found no echo in his heart, and
triad a pathetio appeal to bis son, beg
ging him, for his sake, to surrender his
fleeting fancy, but threats and entreaties
had no effect. Raging with anger, the
ton flung himself out of the home, fol-
lowed by the wrathful insults of his
father.
In the vine arched doorway of the lit
tle cottage, Letty stood with her flower
Hke face lifted as her eyes looked
dreamily into the blue glory of the sum
mc sky. ; Eoses massed themselves
above her, delicate sprays heavy with
bloom waved about her, and a climbing
vine of the York and Lancaster wreathed
a pillars that upheld the roof. There
were roses on both sides of her, and in
the pink perfection of her setting she
was the loveliest flower of all.
"My Rose of Bummer," whispered
Jack Melville, swinging himself over the
low rail and stealing an arm around her
slight waist.
You are worth fighting for," he con
tinued, as they stepped together into the
tittle house.
"Fighting, Jackr
"Yes, my precious, I have just had a
oattle royal with my father," and he
Hushed as he remembered the scoffing
dights which had been heaped upon his
darling.
Letty grew pale and wept as Jack
Save her an extended account of the
4ormy interview which had left its
traces on his words and looks. When he
(bushed he saw a look of severe resolu
tion in her lovely face thut astoniahed
aim. He bent to kiss the red lips that a
few moments before had worn such ten
der curves, but she turned her head
wy- ii ...
"Listen, Jack,"shi said solemnly, "I
will never, never, never marry a man
whose father refuses to welcome me."
"Lett'," he exclaimed, "is your pride
more to you thau your love? Don't you
know that I can make you happy far
away from all this?"
"Yon will not bo happy if you dis
obey your futher, aud if you are un
happy I shall be wretched."
Woudlngs and protestations, although
her own heart echoed them all, failed to
bake her resolve. Her only answer was
the repetition of her determination nerer,
to enter a family without a welcome.
The painful interview was ended at
last by Mrs. Ely's hurried entrance with
a message brought in hot haste from
Mrs. Melville. The squire had been
found unconscious on the floor of his
library, and the frightened wife had
sent for her son where past experience
taught her he could be found.
There were several days of grave anx
iety for the family and much excitement
and sympathy among the neighbors.
Then for a time all danger was over, and
Mr. Melville, pale, broken and aged,
was seen driving about again. Bnt it
was well known that the family doctor,
summoned by telegraph at the time of !
his seizure, had said that his life de
pended upon an equable, quiet routine.
Any sudden event or shock might be
fatal to him.
For a dozen years the great social
event of the summer in Snowden had
been a lawn party and evening dance at
Melville Court, given always on the
Fourth of July. Mr. Melville enjoyed
overwhelming his country neighbors
with his niagrnfioence, so no expense
was spared on music, refreshments, dee- j
orations and fireworks. And even now,
while he waa only a pale shadow of him- !
self, he insisted upon preparing for the
usual entertainment.
The only house of any pretension in
the whole pretty village where cards
were not left was Mrs. Ely's. Grace
Melville had run in at dusk one night to
make a hurried protestation of her own
;nd her mother's innocence of the omis- '
sion, and to tell her dear Letty of Jack's
grief and rage, which had to be re
strained because of the father's critical
condition.
It was a clear, balmy Fourth of July.
Screened by the luxuriant vines which
veiled the parlor window, Letty sadly
watched the guests go by, their faces
bright with the promise of pleasure in
which she could have no share.
Night fell darkly, with no light but I
the soft gleam of stars. The fireworks
would have a superb setting of black-1
neiw. Heavy folinged, low crowing :
trees, forming what the neighbors had
always called the grove, covered that
partjof Melville Court which touched the
widow's garden. Creeping after night
fall under the dense shadow, Letty stood
with a black waterproof thrown around
her to obscure her white dress, and
watched the preparations for a grand
pyrotechnio display. The music of the
band at first prevented her hearing any
other sounds, but when it ceased, and
the dancers poured out of the hall door
to join the guests who were crowded on
the terraces to watch the fireworks, she
was conscious of voices whispering very
near. Without the aid of her eyes she
knew that James, the new butler, was
one of the speakers.
"Remember," he was saying hurried
ly, "you are not to let yourselves into
the little side door till yon see that light
go out in that diamond shaped window
on the third floor. Keep your eyes on
that, mind."
"An' after we's got ourselves inter de
house how's we goin' to be sure we don't
run into nobody?" said a brutal voice.
"Because the moment the first fire
cracker pops there won't be a living sin
ner from cellar to garret that won't run
out to see the fun, that is, except Mr.
Melville. He ain't near as well as ho
thought he'd be. Everybody thinks he's
in the crowd aomewheres, but Eve just
helped him into bed an' I must run bock
to stay within calL Here's the key of
the missus' closet in the dressing room
an' the key of Miss Grade's bureau.
But you're not to go near the squire, it'll
be killing if yon do, for a shock will be
his death."
Then James hurried off and Letty list
ened, petrified, to a conversation which
showed that the two men near by were
quite aware that the squire s room, from
which they were warned off, contained
much the most promising booty, and
were not to be deterred from entering it
by any consideration for his life. On
the contrary, they planned to surprise
and threaten nun with their pistols if he
did not surrender to them certain bonds
they believed to be in his private safe.
"Never, under any circumstances.
shall Letty Ely enter this house again,"
was the sentence the squire had pro
nounced in reply to Grace's intercession
for her brother's sake, and now the
words were vividly present to Letty as
she stole away from the grove, and
skirting the fence to the right, hastened
with tho speed of a deer to the house. j
bne entered into tne nail by tne back
way, flew up the stairs, ran along the
halls and into Grace's room. It was
empty; so was her mother's sitting room
beyond.
A quick step sounded in the distance.
It was James going down the stairs. He
hod been up to darken the diamond 'Win
dow. From behind a portiere she
watched till he disappeared.
She lingered uncertainly, hardly know
ing what to do next. Should she run
down stairs again and out on the lawn
to summon help? Perhaps even in the
time she was gone the squire's room
might be invaded. Before she could
make herself decide upon some plan of
action, a sluibby, ruffianly figure came
in sight at the other end of the long hall, ,
and a hand was lifted to turn out the
lamp that hung there. Letty drew back
unnoticed into the doorway behind her, I
and running through the room softly
opened the squire's door and stepped in,
locking and bolting it behind her. Glid
ing across to the other door, she bolted
it also. She turned around then, with a
curious seuwition of fear that the real
danger had not given her, to confront
the surprised, indignant eyes of the
squire.
The lights were turned low, but the
room was tilled with tho ruddy glare of j
an eruptive Vesuvius in full play on the '
lawn. He had wrapped a dressing gown
about him and was watching the display
from his window. Perhaps he could not
think of words ireful enough to voice
his wrath, for he looked at her in cold
silence.
A real or fancied sound in the next
room brought Letty to her senses.
Walking close to Mr. MelviUe she softly
and quietly explained the position, re
serving the nnquieting fact that the en
emy was already upon them.
For Letty it was easy to climb out of
the window, and from the balcony to an
ornamental roof, from which she gave
the alarm to a group of guests, who quick
ly disappeared into the house. Under
cover of the intense darkness that fell
after the going out of the last set piece,
she descended the iron trellis work that
projected each side of the front door,
and slipping through the edge of the
crowd, she flew to her own house un
noticed. Having gained its safe shelter
sue treated her alarmed mother to the
only hysterical attack she had ever had.
She had gone through the chill and the
sobbing, and the half laughing, half cry
ing recital of her adventure, and waa ly
ing back white and tremulous in an arm
chair, when Jack came with a fervent
message of thanks from his father, and
ai entreaty, which Bounded almost hum
ble, that she would forgive and forget.
He threw the blinds open as he spoke.
"Look over there, Letty, and think what
might be the condition if you had not
been so brave and generous. Thorn
wretches, with that scoundrel James, are
safely locked in the stable with a willing
band of watchers guarding them, and we
Melvilles are all agreed in blearing you.
Surely, darling, now you will take back
the stem refusal, with such a welcome
waiting for your
The wild excitement of the evening
had interrupted the pyrotechnic per
formances, but now, late though it was,
some young men, remembering that the
Fourth of July comes but once a year,
fired the fuse of the framework of the
grand finale, which, after representing a
fiery equestrian figure of George Wash
ington, serene and glittering amid a
fountain of sparks, melted into a brilliant
portrait of Abraham Lincoln, with a
scroll above it, on which scintilated the
motto, "With malice toward none."
Letty and Jack had gone to the win
dow, and as the noble words flamed
against the sky, he repeated them softly,
and in their glowing light he searched
Letty '8 sweet eyes, reading in their clear
depths no stern refusal. Mary C. Hun
gerford in Epoch.
A HINT FROM JUDGE TOURGEE.
He Would Malta the Day a Broad Ma-
f ..I.M
It is quite within the scope of practical j
effort to devise some means which shall
unite the whole mass of the people in ob
servance of this day, not so mnoh as the
anniversary of our separation from old
England, but as a recurring jubilee of
that greater England which greets its
morning sun as the other sinks into the
shadow of the night.
First among such influences I count
the universal display of the national
banner. A flag is within the compass of
the poorest,, and with a little taste and
skin gives scope to the desire for display
of the richest. It is unquestionable that
the most impressive forms of decoration
and display are of this sort uniform m
character yet varied in application. A
city flaming in every part with the
bright emblem of national power is a
spectacle at once significant and im
pressive. This would naturally lead to
the more ornate and striking decoration
of the grounds and residences of the
more wealthy. Such displays should not
be reserved for political campaigns, bnt
should be more universal and imposing
on this day than any other. The Fourth
of July should be one wave of rosy light
from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In connection with this the family and
social Fourth of Jury may easily be made
a means of cultivating the patriotic im
pulse which would be thoroughly in ac
cord with the spirit and tendency of the
times. The country picnic, with flags,
patriotic devices, the reading of the
Declaration of Independence, a paper on
some matters of national interest, pa
triotic songs, and perhaps a few stories
of the olden time, is one of the most
restful and agreeable ways of observing
the holiday, and at the same time one of
the most impressive methods of impart
ing the lesson of patriotism to the young.
This might be extended to lawn parties.
Fourth of July receptions, or any other
form of social entertainment that links
the patriotic idea with home and social
life.
In the few public gatherings of a pa
triotic kind which are still held upon
that day, not only should matters of a
partisan character be generally eschew
ed, but perhaps especially tho discussion
of reformatory ideas and economic the
ories. The day should be sacred to lib
erty, human rights and the past. Very
few of us begin to realize to how great
an extent we have led and shaped the
thonght of tiie world during onr little
more than a century of organic life; and
in any company, however small, there
will always be one who by a little exer
tion can open up some line of thought
which will add to the knowledge and ap
preciation which the others have of the
great republic, her glorious past and her
magnificent destiny.
There might, perhaps, be easily found
some method, too, of linking the school
with the Fourth of July. The move
ment iu favor of raising the flag above
every school house during school hours is
an object lesson in patriotism of infinite
value. A western teacher informed the
writer that he had greatly Improved the
schools of a town which were under his
superintendence, as well as brought them
nearer to the people and given a new im
pulse to popular love of country, by of
fering prizes for patriotio declamations
and by public competition by pupils of a
certain standing in answering questions
in regard to some particular phase of
American history which had been given
out a year previously.
The wercises were held in a grove, if
the weather permitted; the declaration
was read a sort of patriotio catechism
which hod been taught the children, em
bracing the chief facts attending the
adoption of that instrument, was recited
by thorn in concert, and with mnsio, reci
tations and competitive examinations the
day was filled with patriotio sentiment
and sensible recreation. A. W. Toargee
In Independent. iu....j ',
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