6
THE UNSEEN.
Tn glamorous summer days
"When the wind a .soft tun* plays,
W li.it Is sweeter to the eaf
Thau to hoar
The merry mound of laborers a-fteld
Gathering uj> the harvest jrield!
tiuch music of the Earth
I;- Went with peace that tills the heart
Of him who slumber< 'neatlt the silent
sky.
Or wakes bet tines to hear some sous of
worth
Thut draws his -.ml apart
'To wonder at Life's mystery.
And often as the sous
« m man or bird
1:• heard,
It genders thoughts that In their passing
bring
A never-ending throng
Of pulses from a world unseen,
That comes as on the wing
And pass; yet he. who will, can glean ■
Therefrom a myotic Word to feed his
soul
And lead him nearer to hi- goal
—inglis Morse, in Canadian Magazine.
r~. — \
| GAMBLING |
WITH FATE
By WILLIAM WALLACE COOK
• Author of (>!«••;) >rn \ Story of
I the rrmui.l"- Tutk*. ' • Wilhy'i Dan,"
"His Kri■•ml tho fto{?r«
«112 Butt"!," Euj.. Ktc. "■■■| i
(Copyright, VMi, by WiUi&m Wallace Cook)
CH A PTER XX.— Coxt i nt kn.
"Elise and her aunt want to come,"
went oil Lenyard, seating himseli.
"You have told them about—Stur- j
gis?" j
"Ves. It was hard, Darrel, to mar j
tier happiness, but Elise i 3 bearing up !
nobly. She had expected the worst and \
«.hat prepared her, in a way."
"Yet you did not tell her the worst?" |
"That her father had changed his j
name and had become a gambler? No. j
I .spared her that." /
"It was best that you did Kti."
"I told Elise how you helped me, |
Danel; told her how I had come out i
to this country entrusted with money ■
hy some eastern friends who reposed
faith in my integrity and was to exam
iine a mine and close a deal for its pur
chase. She knows that I was false to
ituy trust and lost ilie money at the
■ gambling table and that you won it j
>aeif for nie. That is why she wants
o see you and thank you. We are all
leaving to-morrow for Anaconda and
the east. Won't ou go with me now
no the hotel?"
Darrel shook his head.
"Don't urge me, Lenyard. You have
repaid me a hundredfold for everything j
if did for you."
Lenyard leaned forward and laid a i
friendly hand on Barrel's knee.
"What of the future, Darrel?" he}
asked.
"Let us not talk of my future, but of
yours."
"I must speak what is in my mind j
iind I trust you will take no offense.
You are fitted for better things,
rel, and why not try for them?"
"In other words you think I should
reform?"
"So far as card-playing goes, yes."
"No, I will not. My reputation
would cling to me. You remember
(that Old Man of the Sea that fastened
himself to Sinbad's neck? That is the
•sort of a reputation I would have if I I
tried to reform. I would rather be
what I am."
"But a man can live down a reputa
tion."
"Some kinds; not one like mine, j
Why, my lad, I am the author of a ■
brave play in poker It is known as
'Darrel's discard.' Every blackleg in
'the west knows of it." He laughed.
"The notoriety pleases me, for it takes
nerve to discard aces."
Lenyard tried to argue, but Darrel
reached for the written sheets that lay
beside him on the table,
"After all," lie said, settling back in
his chair, the sheets in his hand, "what j
does it matter? It takes all kinds of j
men to make a world and 1 am not so I
sure that a gambler has not his uses 1
in the great universal scheme. I have
some verses here, Lenyard. They are i
very poor, but sometimes my thoughts \
come in rhymes and I jot them down j
to get them out of my head. I am go- j
ing to call this doggerel 'N'lmporte!' j
and you shall listen to it, for it re- ■
fleets my mood to-day."
Then, with the smoking cigar be- j
V.ween his slender white fingers and the
feathery vapor creeping around his !
handsome fare, he read:
A sage I knew once blew and blew
t'pon a pipe of clay.
And from that pipe a bubble ripe
And perfect, dropped away.
'J hen, as I gazed, u rainbow blazed
Across the bubble's face.
And meads were seen, and hills of green.
And life in cv'ry place;
And lo! a play, hi brave array.
We saw as We stood by;
■Arid on the Mage there stood the sa^fe,
And near the sage, stood I.
\\ hat work we made, or how we played,
II boots not here to tell,
et hopes i!. <l fears, aiel smiles and tears, 1
That bubblo-"world befell.
Then, as we wrought, with sudden i
thought,
The sage blew'out his breath,
"And in a mist, ere one could list,
That bubble died the death.
Then spake the sago; "Man's heritage I
Of happiness and v/oe,
fs like the things our fancy brings.
For fancies come and go.
Time wears apace, and into space
\ throbbing ball is liurl'd.
And on the ball live motes who call
That throbbing ball a world.
But countless globes in starry rob'-s
Are thrown across the sky.
So what is earth, whose feeble girth
The earthly magnify?
And what the cares of man's affairs,
■Jt'uv tji.au.-i vi' Uir woro«?
| As man to sphere, on? sphere's career
! Is to the universe.
I For like a dream where things but seem,
| Or like a house of glass,
j Or lik« a mist the winds have klss'd,
j This bubble-world shall pass!"
Lenyard never forgot that talk with
Darrel. When the young man started
back to the hotel the gambler shook
his hand, bade him remember his
promise and said "Good-by."
"Oh," returned Lenyard, quickly, "I
shall see you again."
"Perhaps," said Darrel, with a queer
smile. He intended leaving early for
Anaconda, much earlier than Lenyard
could leave with Mrs. Gorton and
| Elise. He would post a letter to Law- j
i rence Ortnsby, in Anaconda, telling him
| of his friend McCloud, then lie would
j return to the old life in San Francisco.
Lenyard went away, strangely de
pressed.
CHAPTER XXL
! DARKIiL YIELDS THE GAME TO
FATE.
At ten o'clock that night Nate Dar
; rel was in Hawkbill's, playing. Luck
i was against him.
He was a pleasant loser, however.
Again and again lie laughed as he
bought the little red, white and blue
columns and again and again he
laughed as they were taken from him.
"Fate makes or mars us, gentlemen,"
| said he, directly reversing his old phil
osophy; "we have little voice in the
matter. Fortune is a coy goddess and
one never can be sure of her."
At last, he picked up a hand of three
knaves and two aces. "Following his
time-honored custom he discarded the
j aces.
What he found in his two-card draw
drove the blood from his cheeks and
held him rigid in his chair. "What are
you doing?" asked the next player.
"It's up to you."
Darrel slid the cards together and
laid them face down on the table. "I
am asking your forbearance for a few
I minutes, gentlemen," said he, and then
turned calmly to a waiter and asked
for an envelope and a sheet of paper.
They were brought to him and he
took a pencil from his pocket and
lIIS WORDS WERE LOST IN A SHARP
REPORT ACCOMPANIED BY A
CRASH OF GLASS.
wrote a few words, shielding the writ
ing with his hand from the curious
eyes of the others.
Folding the sheet, he placed it inside
| I he envelope, sealed the flap and wrote
j the address: "Mr. Roy Lenyard, Grand
i Central hotel."
"Will you deliver this?" he asked,
laying a silver dollar on the letter and
handing it to the waiter.
"Certainly, sir," said the waiter,
reading the address. "I'll take it over
j at once."
"The quicker the better," returned
Darrel.
The other players supposed it was a
request on some friend for a loan and
the play went on. Darrel lost.
"Excuse me, gentlemen," said Dar
rel. shoving the cards away from him
and rising. "I shall have to —"
His words were lost in a sharp re
port, accompanied by a crash of glass.
I Darrel sank slowly back into his chair
| and bowed forward.
* * * * * * *
Murgatroyd was showing himself a
model prisoner. He was alon? in the
j jail and was making the guard no
! trouble whatever.
He had been incarcerated in the
| early morning hours and Merrick pro
posed holding him in Sandy Bar until
I the Anaconda stage made its next trip,
j which would be on the following day.
The single guard had been twice re
j lieved. The third man camt on duty
at ten o'clock.
Five minutes after he had posted
himself in front of the building Cliff
came.
"Did ye bring it?" the guard asked,
hoarsely.
"Give nie the key," said Cliff,
sharply.
"Money first!"
"Is your horse ready?"
"If ye've got the stuff I'll be away '
in three minutes."
"Five thousand," said Cliff, peering
| hastily about him into the gathering
| shadows and shoving something into
i the guard's hand. "Now, the key."
"Wait!" The guard stepped to
| where a light was shining through one |
i of the barred windows and thumbed |
I the bills with trembling fingers. "All |
right," he said, coming back. "Here's
yer key. I'm off."
Like a wraith he faded into the
gloom.
Cliff unlocked the door and stepped
inside.
"Is it. all right, Cliff?" asked Murga- j
troyd, starting up from beside a
table. |
"iiisht' as a trivet. Here's money
CAMKRON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1904.
and here's a revolver and you'll find a
horse waiting in the creek bottom, di
rectly north of here. Hustle, now.
The coast is clear, but there's no tell
ing when Merrick will show up."
Murgatroyd started for the door.
"Where's Darrel?" he asked, sud
denly.
"He's over at HawkbiU's. But never
mind Darrel; you've got yourself to
think about. Clear out, old man.
That's your cue. I've done all I can
for you."
Murgatroyd opened the door and
stepped out of the jail a free man.
Passing around the building he start
|ed north, toward the Eponay. But,
| whdn in the deep shadow and out of
Cliffs sight, he turned east and ap
proached Ilawkbill's from the rear.
Gliding from one uncurtained win
dow to another along the side of the
structure, he finally came to a halt and
drew his revolver.
The marshal was passing along the
street toward the jail and heard the
report, the crash of glass and the cries
of alarm from those in the gambling
den. Whirling about he saw a figure
plunging rapidly away Into the night.
"Halt!" he cried, giving pursuit and
jerking a weapon from his belt as he
ran; "halt, or I'll shoot!"
The form was merely a blot of
shadow in the night and Merrick could
see if still moving away from him.
Another instant and the marshal had
paused, crooked his arm before his
face, laid the barrel across it and
pulled the trigger.
The moving blot sank downward,
seemingly info the earth.
**»**•«
As Roy Lenyard stood at the door of
the Grand Central hotel a man ap
proached him and handed him a letter.
"From Mr. Darrel," he said.
Drawing back into the lighted office,
(he young man opened the envelope,
drew out the inclosed sheet, unfolded
it and read:
Dear liCiiyard: I have drawn two
sevens. This gives me a hand of knaves
and rt'd sevens and I shall not leave
the table alive. Please send a letter to
Mr. Lawrence Ormsby, Anaconda, stating:
13i.it McCloud I; 5 here. In Sandy Bar.
Ormsby is McCloud'a friend and will look
after hint. DARREL.
Before he had finished reading
sounds of shooting came from down
the street and people began running
in the direction of HawkbiU's.
Lenyard, without pausing a second,
rau out and hurried with them.
$ [THE END.]
REAL HORSE SENSE.
Talc of ti tONNnck Horn* 'l'll 111 I 11-
dci'tttooil Hi* '» IV
c 111 ill rities.
My maternal over grandfathers, Van
der Meerschaut, had a little Cossack
horse captured from the Russian in
vaders in 1814, relates a writer in For
est and Strtam. The old gentleman
was lame in one leg as the result of a
hunting accident, but withal a good
horseman when once in the saddle.
When out on his trips in the country
on business and coming home at night
he would frequently fall asleep in his
commodious Cossack saddle. The
horse would make a beeline for home,
at an easy but swift pace. Arriving
there it would rap at the front door
with its foot until the watchman would
open the porch and take the old gen
tleman out of the saddle. My grand
mother told me this happened almost
every week. Horse and master under
stood each other. Not being able to
walk very well, he would hunt from
horseback, the horse following the set
ters and coming to a standstill when
one of them was on a point., the old
gentleman guiding him entirely by
pressure of the knees and voice, and
having both hands free for his fowling
piece. The horse died of old age on the
place, as most of our servants. Peace
to his ashes.
A Hetort.
Dean Farrar, soon after he went to
St. Margaret's, Westminster, was din
ing at Prof. Jowett's, and towards des
sert took up the parable against Dives.
His voice rose higher and higher, he
spread silence around him and he was
heard thundering out: "What 1 com
plain of as a clergyman is that I Yiave
to do what no layman has to do. I
have to beg and beg in vain. Fashion
able ladies come to my church glitter
ing with precious gems, and yet they
will not sacrifice one diamond from
I heir grand tiaras in order to save
some erring sister from de.st~uction."
When he finished the silence grew
sultry. All the hearers looked gloom
ily at their plates. Then Jowett. who
had been looking as though he meant
mischief, squeaked out: "What I ob
ject to as a clergyman is that I have to
exaggerate so!" —St. James' Gazette.
Want i*il to Rcml tlie Si»n.
Skating weather brings with it
memories of the old farmer in Maine
who still clung to the invigorating
pastime. He used to be the first one
in his village to put on skates and was
anxious always to see ice formed on
the surface of the pond. One day he
visited a pond to which he had not
gone in some time, and was surprised
to see a pole sticking through the ic<
with <1 board nailed on it, and some
thing looking ljke painting on tho
board. "It says something on that
ere board," said Mr. Farmer. "Just
my luck, that my sight's poor and 1
ain't got my glasses. Howsomever
it's only a pleasant, little skate to th'
j post." Later they had to fish him out
jof the chilled water. The words or
j the sign were: "Ice thin here, keep
| away."—N. Y. Times.
At It Austin.
"Yes" said Miss Elderleigh, "it's a
fact thai my family came over in th<
j Mayflower."
"Indeed!" rejoined Miss Youngbud,
"but then 1 suppose you were too young
j at the time to remember much aboW
the trip."—Cinciuaati Eu«juuer.
Who is
Your
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If it's R. SEGER & CO,,
you are getting the right
kind of merchandise. There
is nt) small or grantl decep
tion practiced in their store.
. Sustained success demon
strates that there is
"growth in truth"in the
retailing of
NEW AND UP-TO-DATE
CLOTHING AT POPULAR
PRICES.
i R. SEGER CO.
| Our Summer Goods?
& ~ ~~ s
S Have Arrived. I
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; [J| be made any where in this section. I employ "}
| fjj only first-class workmen and invite the public in
ru to call and inspect my stock. Cl
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RAILROAD.
PHILADELPHIA AND ERIE RAILROAD
DIVISION.
In effect May 29,19C1.
TRAINS LEAVE EMPORIUM EASTWARD
810 A. M.—Week days for Suubury,
Wilkesbarre, Scranton, Hazleton, Pottsville.
Harrisburg 3iidintermediatcstatiou3. arriving
at Philarielp lia 5.23 P.M., New York9.3UP. M ,
Baltimore 6 00 P. M., Washington 7.15 P. M.
Pullman Parlor car from Williamsport to
Philadelphia and passengercoachesfrom Kane
to Philadelphia and Williamsport to Balu
moreand Washington.
12:45 P. M. (Emporium Junction) daily for Suu
bury, Harrisburg and principal intermediate
stations, arriving at Philadelphia, 7:32 p. m .
New York, 10:23 p. m.; Ilaltimore, 7:30 p. m.;
Washington, 8:35, d. ni. Vestibule<l Parlor
cars and passenger coaches, Buffalo to Phila
delphia and Washington.
3 HO P. M.—daily for Harrisburg and
intermediate stations, arriving at Philadel
phia, 4.23 A. M., New York 7.13 A.M.
Baltimore, 2:20 A.M. Washington, 3:30 A. M
Pullman sleeping carsfrom Harrisburgto Phil
adelphia and New York. Philadelphia pai
sengerscan remainiu sleeper undisturbed un.
ti17:30 A. M.
10 30 P. M.—Daily for Suubury, Harris
burg and intermediate stations arriving at
Philadelphia 7.17 A. M.. New York 9.33 A. M.,
weekdays,(lo.3B A. M. Sunday;) Baltimore 7.15
A. M., Washington 8.30 A.M. Pullman sleep
ing cars from Erie, Buffalo and Williamsport to
Philadelphia and Buffalo, Williamsport to
Washington. Passenger cars from Erie to
Philadelphia and Williamsport to Baltimore.
12:15 A. M. (Emporium Junction),daily for Sun
bury, Harrisburg and principal intermediate
stations, arriving at Philadelphia, 7:32 a. m.;
New York, 9:33 a. m., week days; (10:38 Sun
days ; Baltimore, 7:25 a. m.; Washington. 8:4(1
a. m. Vestibuled Buffet Sleeping Cars and
Passenger coaches, Buffalo to Philadelphia
and Washington.
WESTWARD.
5:10 A. M.— Emporium Junction— daily
for Erie, Uidgway, and week days for Da-
Bois, Clermont and intermediate stations.
10 30 A. M.— Daily for Erie and week days
for Dußois andintermediatestations.
823 P. M. —Week days tor Kane auJ
intermediate stations.
RIDGWAY AND CLEARFIELD R. R. CON
NECTIONS.
(Week days.)
SOUTH WABP. Stations. NORTIIWASD
P.M .A.M. A.M. |P. M. P. M. P. M.
;il 13j 5 53 ... St. Marys | 2 35. 9 5»
32D 11 05 55) Kane 112 Z r > 300 525
3 36 11 21 6 13 .. ..Wilcox 11-> 02 2 40 8 01
3 48 11 43 6 25 ..Johnsonburg.. II 47 2 28 7 44
4 05 12 05 6 50 ...Ridgway 9 20 2 10 7 30
4 15 12 15 7 01 ..Mill Haven... 9 09j i 58| 7 20
42512 24 710 .. Croyland.... 900 1 19 7 <)'•
43112 32 719 ...Blue Beak... 851 140 7 (It
4 38 12 35 7 21 Carrier 8 17 1 37 S 57
44812 45 732 .Brockwayville. 837 1 27 647
4 53 12 50 7 37 ...Lanes Mills.. 8 31 1 23 ii 1.1
457 i 741 .McMinns Sm't. 83J . 638
501 100 745 Harveys Run.. 823 115 635
505 105 750 .. Falls Creek .. 82' 110 630
5 20 125 8 01 ...Dußois 8 08 12 55! -i 10
510 1 15 755 ..Falls Creek... 653 1 15 «30
5 27 1 29 8 03 . Revnoldsville. 6 39 12 52 8 15
6 00 1 56 8 35 ... Brookville... 6 05 12 21 5 39
645 238 920 New Bethlehem 11 41 I 50
725 3201000 .. Red Bank 11 05 405
10 10 53012 35 ... .Pittsburg 900 130
P.M. P.M. P.M. |A. M. A M. P. M.
BUFFALO & ALLEGHENY VALLEY
DIVISION.
Leave Emporium Junction lor Port Allegany,
Mean, Arcade, East Aurora and Buffalo.
Train No. 107, daily 4:05 A. M.
Train No. 115, daily 4:15 P. M.
Trains leave Emporium for Keating, Port
Allegany, Coudersport, Smethport, Eldred,
Bradford,Oleanand Buffalo,connecting at Buf
falo for points East and West.
Train No. 101, week days, 8:25 A. M.
Train No. 103, week days 1:35 P. M.
Train No. 103 will connect at Olean with
Chautauqua Division for Allegany, Bradford,
Salamancs,Warren, Oil City and Pittsburg.
LOW GRADE DIVISION.
BASTBOUND.
STATIONS. 109 113 101 105 107 051
I
A. M. A. M. A. M P. M P. M A. M.
Pittsburg,..Lv.' +6 15>9 00 tl3o ' 505 ;9 00
Red Bank, ' 9 30 11 05 4 05 7 55 11 10
Lawsonhani i 947 ;1118 4 IS 807 11 A;
New Betble'ni 10 20 11 44 4 50 g 37 11 55
Brookville, 16 05 11 10 12 215 39 9 22 12 It
Revnoldsville, 639 11 42 12 52 6159 50 !14
Falls Creek 653 11 57 1156 30 1005 120
Dußois ; 700 tl2 05 125 640 1015 J1 35
Sabula 7 12 1 37 6 53
Pennfield j 7 30 1 55 7 15
Bennezette,.... 8 04 2 29 7 47
Driftwood 18 40 t3 05 8 20
via P. & E. Div
Driftwood.. Lv. '9 50 +3 45
Emporium, Ar. tlO 30 t4 10
A. M. A. M. P. M. P M P. M |P
WESTBOUND.
I I II I j
STATIONS. 108 106 102 114 110 952
Via P. &E. DiV A. M. A.M. A M P. M. [' M P M
Emporium, Lv +8 10 t3 20
Driftwood, Art 9 04 14 00
Via L. G. Div ...
Driftwood, Lv 15 50 11110 15 50
Bennezette ! 6 25 11 45 6 25
Pennfield 7 00 12 20 7 04 ..
Sabula, ! 7 18 12 39 7 23....
Dußois, *6 05 7 30 12 55 15 00 7 35 ;i 10
Falls Creek 6 12 7 55 I 15 5 10 7 42 4 17
Beynoldsville,.. 630 808 129 527 758 430
Brookville 7 05 8 35 1 56 6 00 18 30 5 00
New Bethle'm. 751 920 238 645 .... 545
Lawsonhani, .. 821 94713 06 714 . . 618
Red Bank,Ar. 8 35 10 00 3 20 7 25 6 30
Pittsburg, Ar... *ll 15 f1235 +5 30 +lOlO J9 30
! A, X. r. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. SI.
•Daily. tDaily except Sunday. JSunday only.
ijFlag Stop. 1
On Sunday only train leaves Driftwood 8:20 a.
m., arrives at Dußois, 10:00 a. ni. Returning
leaves Dußois, 2:00 p. m.; arrives at Driftwood,
3:40 p. m., stopping at intermediate stations.
For Time Tables and further information, ap
ply to Ticket Agent.
J. R. WOOD. Pass'gr Traffic Mgr.
W. W. ATTERBURY, GEO. W. BOYD,
General Manager. Gen'l Passenger Agt.
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