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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,
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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.
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Anxious Father—"Do the best you
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Surgeon—Don't try to place the re
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toy pistol for the boy yourself.—Chi
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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
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I 11 Aa 11 in at (he Fourth.
"No, I do not need any skin plas
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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
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grow on again in a jiffy."
"Then, ma," urged Johnny, "you'd
better g< I some, 'cause I'm a-goin'
to bump up against the Fourth of
July awful hard this year."—Chicago
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lli m Tliitiiiclif fill Wife.
"Did the Fourth pass off satisfac
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"Oh. very."
"With so large a family of boys, I
didn't know but you might—"
"Of course, of course. There was
chance for serious trouble, but we
learn by experience, and m,v wife is
very thoughtful and far-seeing. She
invited our family physician to dine
with us, so all the burns were
promptly dressed." —Chioago £veuing
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