6 The Salvation of Dennison By HERBERT ELLS (Copyright, 1904, by LHklljr Story Tub. Co.) DENNISON staggered down onto the street, his head whirling, liis • keeks hot, his heart faint. He glanced toward the cool water in the river ■with a sigh almost wistful. Why nyt end it all anyway. Was the fight worth the candle? It was ten years since he had enjoyed any ra tional pleasure. Day and night, night and day of unending and re lentless worry and strain —that had been the history of a dec ade. Of course, he had played for big stakes with little or no capital to start on. Hut he had not been altogether unsuccessful. He had jumped from goal to goal with marvelous rapidity. No sooner had one poiut. been achieved than the proceeds, moral as well as physical, had been staked on a further achievement. The world looked upon Itira as a marvelously successful young man, but the world did not behold the precipice over which he perennially hung. It seemed now that the end certain ly must come. A slip here —not his fault —a disaster in a distant state, a tightening of the money market—all things impossible to foresee, and he was pushed hard against the wall. It was not so much the thought of losing e!l he had gained in a financial way. He felt he had the strength and cour age to begin over and he knew he could make a better living than he had ever had time to take. It was not that. It was the bitter thought of fail ure, the sneers and criticism of the men on the street—that was what he shrank from. He gritted his teeth as he often had done before in supreme moments. It was not all over yet. He had yet time to make a turn before Wednesday week, when he must face his banker, his principal creditors and the men who had backed him in his enterprise. And he had a card or two left to play. He walked on unheeding place or time, his eyes set and introspective, his face drawn and haggard. His poor, tired, forced brain was trying its best to heed the lash he applied. Then a stranga phenomena oc curred. Coming out of his trance for a moment he looked straight into the flashing, jet-black eyes of a rollicking, saucy schoolgirl, who was regarding him mischievously. The eyes were full of life, intelligence, vitality and were were framed by the daintiest oval face, the dainty red on the olive skin telling of perfect health. Dennison had been so absorbed in his thoughts that, lie had not been conscious of his surroundings and consequently when he looked up was bearing down direct ly upon the girl. She had noted his absorption and had planned, mischiev ously, to give him a little shock. Rut he had looked up just in time and found himself looking into those splendid black eyes. A strange thrill went through him The physical ef fect of the face he saw and especially the eyes, was most definite and power ful. For an instant he was paralyzed, then sheered rapidly to the right to avoid a collision. But. alas for the best laid plans, thegirl had planned all along to dodge him on that same side, so the result was disastrous. He suc ceeded in preventing a head-end col lision. but brushed so violently against her that he knocked her books from her hand and scraped her watch from the bosom of her dress where it was pinned. "A thousand pardons." he exclaimed, flushing deeply. "There is really no excuse for a man walking down a public street in a trance. I am an i liot. Pray forgive me." She stood demurely watching him struggle with loose leaves and scat tered papors and all the debris to be found in a school book, while he sput tered away at himself. Then he found that the watch was broken and had stopped and insisted on taking it to a nearby jeweler to ascertain the ex tent of the damage. It was found tc be slight, and while the jeweler was re pairing it he remained and talked tc the girl. His business cares had rolled from him and he found his brain en gaged in new and delightful problems. How was he to further his acquaint ance with the girl; how prevent the episode to end his contact, with thost brilliant eyes. The watch being repaired, he insist ed on walking with her, carrying hei hooks. "Is it quite proper, sir?" she asked "Indeed it is." he replied, earnestly Then he went on desperately teliin.a her his name and business—a name he knew was well lfnown throughout the city. She accepted the situation with the careless abandon of the schoolgirl Her feminine intuition told her thai he was a gentleman and his blunde* ing earnestness amused her. She saw too, that her charms had impressed him. which she could not help bit like, being a woman. He learned that she was from 112 small town in the west and was stay ing with an uncle in the city i% ordf 1 to enjoy the advantages of the cit\ schools; he also judged that the uncle was somewhat of a crank and that the girl was afraid of him. He learner also that her name was Hattie. Arriving at the corner nearest her home she dismissed him positively. "Auntie would have a lit li she saw rne walking with a strange man," she said. Then he asked if he might call, ant •the said; "Oh, dear, no." 'What, am I to see you no more? he exclaimed in alarm. "I don't see how you can very well and be proper," she replied with a suppressed giggle, behind her gravity "But," she added demurely. "There is a carnival at St. Mark's church this evening, where I am to have a booth. I don't suppose I could prevent your coming." She went along home and he turned and watched her jaunty step and noted the lithe figure, half girlish, half worn ' anish, and the flame of a great desire ' leaped into his heart. He walked ' down the street toward his hotel,whis tling like a schoolboy. His business anxieties seemed a thousand miles 1 away. He realized that, he needed ev i ery ounce of brain and energy he had to meet the business crisis which he faced. He stopped whistling and frowned. What was he doing—a man 1 of his age and experience, and in his predicament, spending valuable hours ' walking about, the street with a '• schoolgirl? And what business had he to be giving time and thought to any -1 thing else but his tangled affairs. He • set forth decisively to apply himself ' to the great problem confronting 5 him. After all his brain seemed clearer 1 and his heart certainly beat stronger ' for the incident. And the girl—ah, wasn't she a beauty. He thrilled again at thought of her black eyes. She had said to-night at St. Mark's. Yes, he " would be there. He wondered a bit • about his clothes. He had not inspect -1 ed his wardrobe for some months, ' having had no time for social diver sions. So his mind bounded back from the business problem and re • maiued glued to the olive, oval face and the ruby lips and the flashing ' orbs of Hattie Menard. Presently he found himself in his ' room arraying himself, and later 1 walked into the carnival at St. Mark's. ' He knew many people there, but had eyes only for one. He saw her pres ently. costumed as a gypsy, in the fortune-teller's booth. Straightway he 1 went there and greeted her as an old • friend. Of course he had his palm • read. The contact of her little hand ' drove him into ecstacies he had never . known. He sought to prolong the con > versation and invited her to the ice ' cream booth. • "You must remember, sir." she said, • with downcast eyes, "that we have » never been formally introduced. "Oh. that's it. is it?" he replied and 1 straightway sought her uncle, Hiram Stone, whom he knew slightly. Adroit - management brought the two back to 1 the vicinity of the fortuneteller's. Hat s tie greeted her uncle and he introduced her perfunctorially to Dennison, add -5 ing; 1 "Niece of mine I'm putting through E the schools. Harrum-scarrum >:ort of 1 a girl, but I've got to do It on account • of Rachel. What were you saying I about N. P.? Hitr N. P. was not in Dennison's s mitul and he shook Stone abruptly. II Later lie asked Hattie if he might • call, and received permission, of which s he availed himself on the following " evening, much to Stone's bewilder ' nient. On the following afternoon he ' met her with a buggy as she left e school and took her riding. Saturday ' he took her to the golf links and Sun • day afternoon for a long ride. By this time he was making the most ardent love to her. He spent only enough time at his office to read :he mail and give a few directions. On that Sun day ride lie threw discretion to the winds and begged her to become his wife. After some teasing, she accept ed him and it was agreed, inasmuch as Uncle Hiram might interpose ob jections and delay matters, to slip quietly away Monday morning and ha married in a neighboring town. After s a honeymoon of two days they re turned and occupied apartments at 1. Dennison's hotel and he went briskly o to his office to meet his banker, his a creditors and his backers. He did not n drag liis feet, as he did when he walked out discouraged and forlorn 11 the week before. He walked briskly - and confidently and it was notiecable e that his eyes sparkled and the crow's - feet were gone. d "Well, I guess you've raised th« (I money. Dennison," said the banker, o smiling. "Not at all," replied Dennison, o seating himself confidently. "The fact is I haven't tried. In fp<ct I haven't o had time. I've been too busy gettiog d married. 1- "Married!" exclaimed the party in s. unison. "Oh, yes," replied Dennison. "And e congratulate me, gentlemen. I have 0 found the sweetest girl in the world. You see I was fool enough to .think - that credit and business and work and r success was all there is to life. I've learned differently. There's something '• else and I've found 11." "But about the business?' gasped th<s £ banker. "Well, I've been thinking about that a bit earning down this morning. It h looks to me just this way. Here is '• the business. You know the condition. ir We're making money and if you will ' leave me alone I'll pull out and there'll be profits galore In a few months. If '' you force nie now, I'll have to let it goto smash and we'll all lose together. It's up to you. I'll do the best I can a and no man will lose a cent through me. But I have got through worrying r about it. I have learned that there's >' another side to life and I like that e side. I'd rather be a clerk on a salary and know that side than the president d and owner of your blamed old hank g and not know it. I am in ye>ur hands, ie gentlemen." Of course there was but one thing w to do, and Dennison pulled the busi ie ness through all right and they all made money, d And Dennison never worried about business any more. He had found an ' antidote for business cars in a pah of flashing black eyea CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST n, 1904. Who is | G oo d | Your IMar Clothier? 1,111(11 | H «•. r. se(jkr .&<» | Shingleb you are getting the right ju U N kind of merchandise. There Ln n] is uo small or grand decep- [}j }{] tion practiced in their store. [jj " ui Sustained success demon- m {n strates that there is K "growth in truth"in the g WIU KEEP OUT THE N retailing of U RAIN. WE HAVE THEM nJ U] IN ALL GRADES. jjj NEW AND UP-TO-DATE 3 CLOTHING AT POPULAR S . ' | PRICES. $ jO R. SEGERACO. gC. B. HOWARD & CO. | asasHSHS 5 J | Our Summer Goodsj I | ft Have Arrived. ft Cj 19 Jjj I am now ready to please the public, having |}J Ln moved my Tailor Shop over the Express n| Cj office, in order to cut down expenses. I can [Ji now make clothes much cheaper than they can j{] [}j be made any where in this section. I employ Jj] pJ only first-class workmen and invite the public J| ru to call and inspect tny stock. B | REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. | a k I J. L. FOBERT. | %> ? II it mm JK. m.m mm *tk m. ** ms *. mt *fc ** ** *£ | C. B. HOWARD & COMPANY General Merchandise. fcl || STORE ON THE "RIALTO." M .j •j Summer Dress Goods >j 11 Our line of Summer Dress Goods is selling remarkably M *4 fast, considering the cold weather we have had and we *1 M have a good assortment left that are selling rapidly, ill »4 Do not wait until the best pieces are picked out before pi |i looking them over. 14 II M Hi IS i I* White Goods Trimmings *j *< Our stock is complete of I Everything in Trimm- $| ||| White Goods,such as Per- ings, such as Val-Laces, B^4 M sian Lawns, India Linens, Allover Laces, SwissEm- M || Nam Sooks, Dimities, . Jfcfj ki etc. Prices from 12c to broideries, etc., from 15c 50c. to Si.oo per yard. M *4 >j Ladies' Wrappers | 14 C 2 We have just the Wrapper for hot weather, with low kg Jj neck and short sleeves, made trom calico to best quality £2 r* percale, in all styles and colors; prices from SI.OO to ** pi $2.00 each. £§ N 14 11 n fc* We have about one thousand pat- M terns iu stock, about one fourth *4 14 v\ the patterns they cut, and if we M Jjj | Iqß J do not have the pattern you want, K |g \ ) we can £ et or y° u ' n three or M / four days. We send orders every day; ioc and 15c. None higher. || »« Ladies' Fancy Hose I Demorest IS 14 II || A complete line of Ladies We are agents for the fa- |4 Fancy Hose. Do not for- mous Demorest Sewing || get to look at them while Machines; once used, al- || P* in our store; prices 25c to ways used. Prices from || Jj 50c per pair. $19.50 to S3O. ? 2 —• * * 11 C. B. HOWARD & CO. fc Hfc 2% M % iSfc. HHk Jfc iWt Htk nSk stUk 40 3k HHk Hit M% Mk Htk XUk jNIk Mk Mk M* * ! DROWNED IN THE MISSISSIPPI. I ___ BATHING PARTY OF EIGHT MET DEATH AT ALTON, ILL. Children In the Water Struggled and Screamed, Fighting Desperate ly to Reach a Sand Bar- Only One Saved. Alton, 111., Aug. t>.—While hathing in the Mississippi river last night, Mich ael Riley, his daughter and six of the latter V.little girl friends were drown ed. One child who was in the party was rescued. Riley lived near the river in the southern part of the city and was ac customed to bathe on the beach in front of his home after his return from work. Last night his little daughter begged togo with him and Riley took her and seven of her girl friends to the beach with him. When they entered the water Riley bade the children join hands and they all waded into the river and walked along a sand bar which stretched out into the stream at that point. They had gone some distance from the shore when suddenly the whole party disappeared beneath the water, having in the darkness stepped from the sand bar into the deep channel. The children struggled and scream ed, fighting desperately to reach the sand bar, where the water was only a foot or so in depth. Riley, who is said to have been a good swimmer, is thought to have been made helpless by the girls clinging to him and ham pering his efforts to save them. The only one in the party to regain the sand bar was Mary Titniny. 8 years old. The child is unable to tell how she saved herself. SITUATION IS CRITICAL. Our Govsrnment May Have to Send Warships to Constantinople. Washington, Aug. fi. Minister Leishman has notified the state de partment from Constantinople that he has failed to receive the expected t-iU isfactory reply from the sultan touch ing the rights of American citizens in Turkey. At Friday's meeting of the cabinet the situation was regarded as suffici ently grave to warrant some change in the program that had been formed for the movement of the United States naval vessels in the Mediterranean. While it was not decided to stop the home coming of the fleet of big battle ships due at Gibraltar in a day or two, the determination was reached to have Admiral Jewell, commanding the European squadron, which has separ ated from the battleship squadron and is now at Ville Franche, remain in that vicinity until further orders, or at least not to come further westward while the negotiations are pending. Ran Into an Open Switch. Camden, N T . J., Aug. G. —An express train on the W r est Jersey & Seashore railroad ran into an open switch at, Woodbury yesterday and was totally wrecked. The train consisted of a lo comotive, parlor car, baggage car and three day coaches. The engine was demolished and all the cars except the parlor car were overturned. The train was well filled and the passengers were shaken up and bruised. Richard lXmty, the engineer, was badly scald ed and sustained a broken rib. The Grand Republic Re-inspection. New York, Aug. C. —A re-inspection of the steamboat Grand Republic, a sister boat to the sunken General Slo cum, owned by the Knickerbocker Steamboat Co., was made Friday by United States inspectors and after a thorough examination the steamer was passed, although owing to the small number of good life preservers on board her carrying capacity was re duced from 2,000 to 1,250, 110 addition al life preservers to replace those con demned being now available. A Double Murder. Philadelphia. Aug. 0. Joseph Shearer and his wife Elizabeth, who were married about a month ago, were shot and killed by Harry Fisher, aged 30 years, the woman's brother, in their home Friday. Fisher also shot himself and died at a hospital. The motive for the crime is said to have been rob bery. Mr. and Mrs. Shearer had SI,OOO in the house with which they had in tended to purchase a home. The money was stolen. Fisher admitted his guilt. The Grand Circuit Races. Buffalo, N. 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