mniM •« •« »« •» •• »r»t •• •< «» *i «*TJ I \ I p A Unique;] 1 Celebration j; S = Si I By P. H. LANCASTER, fj LANCE crossed the lawn A lie was liailed by a chorus <>f anxious voices: "Come help us, Lance. Please He shrugged liis rather heavy shoulders, and came (L J slowly toward tlie group under the cedars. "What's j*up?" he asked, lazily jj jitS throwing himself upon a ■irA.'JM seat a little apart from the rest, and leaTlng for ward to bend the grass down with his stiff-brimmed straw hat. lie did not look at anyone as he put the question, but the young Creole re plied: "It's Cedoni." "I have nothing to do with it," .corrected Cedoni, whose vivacity and ■fun had vanished when Lance ap proached. "Ah, but you said it must be some thing different this year." "Oh, it's your Fourth of July cel ebration, is it? The same old cry. You are tired of barbecues and re gattas and fish fries and sunstrokes. You expect me to help you with such a conundrum?" Lance spoke with good-natured impatience, but he did rot look up. "Why not ignore the Fourth? Not have any celebration at all? That would be quite a novelty for this hot-bed of patriotism." His last words were drowned in a clamor of indignant protests. "We are going to read the Declara tion," insisted the Creole, who was the orator of the town, "but how, and where?" Lance dropped liis hat into the grass and stared at it. He was think ing of a curious dream he had had the night before, and spoke aloud ab sently: "By torchlight, upon the wa ter." Such being the words he had HE WAS THINKING OF A CURIOUS DREAM HE HAD HAD. seen in his dream upon the magical leaf at the fountain of Castalia. The party of young folks received them with joyous acclamation. "Goon, Lance, you have made a grand beginning. Now, when?" Lance lifted his head and looked at Cedoni: "At midnight, when the clock strikes 12." "The oracle has spoken," cried the young Creole. "Why look so mysti fied, my friends? We will have a floundering pariy on the night of duly the third. At midnight we col lect around the torches—read the Declaration, make speeches, »ing song.— in short, celebrate the glori ous Fourth. There will be no smell of burning meat, no din of cannon, no sunstroke. Only dewy coolness of early morn, dancing lights on gleam ing waters, poetry, musie—" "\es," interrupted a practical mem ber, "and after we are through with nil that, we can take our flounders on shore and have a fish fry." "Yes, indeed! And then we could dance on tlie beach to the music of a fife." "in our wet clothes. That would lie a floundering party, sure enough." ''Nonsense! We would have tents." "Oh, oh! We might as well have lemonade and peanuts." "No! We'll use the bath houses—" "Hut where will the flag come in?" "Let's print the invitations on flags." "We could have little flags fastened to our spear staffs." "Oh, there'll be flags to burn." And by dint of interjection, ex clamation and explanation, the crude idea was developed.and invitations re solved upon to a unique celebration of the Glorious Fourth; one that was to be patriotic in the extreme, and yet avoid heat and sunstroke, dazzle si nd dust. Through it all Lance sat staring at liis hat in the grass, and thinking in liis sober, sturdy way. Of course, it was only because he had been reading "Hen lliir" that he dreamt of tlie priest and the fountain and the magical leaf. lint the answer to his question: "How and where would happiness come to him?" had been: "By torchlight, on the water." ■Why should those words, of all oth ers, haw appeared upon the drip ping leaf? lie grew nervous when Cedoni was. urged to join the party, und when t>he consented he got up ami walked awi:y. feeling weak and unnerved through the whole of his big, brawny frame. •• f*U do it,"he muttered, "if 1 live 1 until the Fourth. At any rate." he i added, after a pause, "I'll be done | with this sickening uncertainty." Hy which it may b»i inferred that Lance was not in a very hopeful mood. He was in a s'.ill less hopeful mood ] when he joined the flounderers upon \ the momentous night. Cedoni was | flirting with the orator, who carried her basket, and threatened to grow sentimental. It was a large party, and a gay one; the long line of torches, the Hashing waters and laughing voices, shouts of triumph, 1 . / > \ V CEDONI FELT A STRONG HAND UPON HER ARM. ejaculations of dismay. Over all the eternal stars brooding peacefully above the trivial toils of man. Lance splashed along with dogged determination, spearing flounders,and saying nothing. He would say .some thing presently —while the speeches were , being made. After they went ashore the oracle would be void. He saw no hope of a word with Cedoni until the orator should be called to attend his public duties. Even then she would probably be invited inside the circle of light. But he would see that she did not go. Like all quiet men, when a deed was once deter mined upon, Lance expected to carry it through. He had not an idea what he would say—only that Cedoni should stay and listen. So it hap pened that when the grand stand —a bay of shallow water —was reached, and the torch bearers began to cir cle around the speakers, Cedoni felt a strong hand upon her arm. "You wish something?" Her tone was distant, as it had been ever since he reproached her for that bit of idle gossip. "I wanted to speak to you," Lance replied, quietly. "Well?" "After the speeches begin." "You must excuse me. i am to sing the opening song." "1 can't excuse you." "You must!" But he held her arm firmly and silently, while the circle closed and the song began. "Do you consider this courteous?" she asked, indignantly. "1 wanted to speak to you." he re peated, quietly. "Well, speak for—" The notes of "America" swelled out and drowned her words. Hundreds of voices sing ing under the stars, and the music floated far away over the silent wa ter. It was soul-inspiring, yes, was more than that. Lance leaned over Cedoni. "I love you, dear." His strong voice was a little husky. Did she hear? She stood by him until the AND SO THEY CELEBRATED THE FOURTH. orator's tones rang out. and then she moved. "Wait," he said, "Did you hear?" "Yes," she answered, steadily. When the second speaker came for ward, Lance spoke again, quietly, lie was not pleading, only stating a fact. "This suspense is killing me." Cedoni's spear fell into the water with a splash. She caught the big, unsteady hand in both her own, and kissed it. Faraway was cheering, and torch light an<l song, but here upon a log half-sunk in the sand sat two lovers talking of well, a dream, a fountain ami a leaf. And so they celebrated the Fourth. Was the manner unique? Minneapolis Housekeeper. Ilia lde«. Teacher—How did the Fourth of July originate? Tommy Why. the fireworks people started It, of course.—Chicago Dally News. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1903 JULY 4. 1776. The II rn tits, I i,» Momi'iil WJitwt l)if Urp litin I i 1111 of Indrprnddre \\ u« Sltliivd. In the Womnn'K Home Companion Mr. Landon when the Declaration of Independ ence was nig lied. He *ays: "Tha fourth duy of July, 1770, arrives, and every member is in his beat. No, Caesar Itodney, of Delaware, does not answer the roll-call as his name is called. A week before he had gone home to get influence to bear on one of his colleagues wb' pposed the resolution. The night oefore Thomas Jefferson and Dr. Franklin had sent post-haste for Kodncy to come, if he wished to save the resolution, for his vote would decide it. And now, as the friends of the measure looked upon his empty seat, there is un easiness, almost consternation. The debate begins, and waxes warmer as the day gro\vs; the noon rece*s is for gotten; the calm, telling logic al John Adams, the quaint, clear sentences of Dr. Franklin, the ora tory of Henry, are still falling upon attentive ears. Never was such a scene witnessed as that now being en acted here. There is no confusion, no excitement, but the gravity of the occasion rests heavily upon all. 'Now the hour has arrived. The roll-call has begun. Delaware is reached. 'Ceasar Ilodney, of Delaware!' calls the clerk. There is a clatter of liofs. a clanging of spurs; the door is thrown open; a man travel-stained and flushed with exeitemnt rushes into the chamber. 'Caesar Kodney, of Delaware!' again calls the clerk, anj in ringing tones the reply comes: 'Caesar Kodney votes aye!' The roll call continues; is finished. The Dec laration of Independence is adopted, and the United States of America is born as a nation upon the earth!" Ilefure lite Four Mi. Little Willie has ten lingers On his hands to-day. Ah, what apprehension lingers When we should be gay. For a question grim, uncanny. Pills the soul with sorrow; Can he hold up just as many When we're through th.e morrow? —Washington Star. Tit VI Mi TO SMUT TUB BI.AME. I I Anxious Father—"Do the best you can for him, doctor. That is all I can ask. If it is the will of Prov idence—• Surgeon—Don't try to place the re sponsibility on Providence in this case, Mr. Mcjones. You bought the toy pistol for the boy yourself.—Chi cago Daily Tribune. Flmt II eel 11 ra 11 it it »112 InilritriKlrnrc. Not every student of American his tory is aware that the Declaration of Independence signed at Philadel phia on July 4. 1770, glorious old doc ument that it is. cannot claim to t>® the first expression by American peo ple of revolt against ltritish rule. The first Declaration of Independence was put forth more than a year before the immortal second, and its birth place was the little town of Char lotte, Mecklenburg county, N. C. The two Carolinas were settled large ly by strenuous folk—refugees from religious persecution in Scotland and France, followers of Knox and Cal vin. Covenanter and Huguenot brought with them over sea the stur dy independence and the fearless ad herence to principle which had led them to dispute the divine right of kings and uphold to the death the di vine right of conscience. Kheta Cliilde Door, in Woman's Home Com panion. I 11 Aa 11 in at (he Fourth. "No, I do not need any skin plas ter,"' said Johnny's mother to the agent tit the door, who was trying to sell her some. "Say, is it any good if you blow your thumbs off?" asked Johnny, in a hoarse whisper. "You bet it is, my little man," war bled yie agent. "It'll make new ones grow on again in a jiffy." 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