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MUSIC OF THE CORN.
The grand arrr.U-s of peace are cm-amplnc
a field.
There Is no glint on the spear, nog'azeon
the shield,
No flashing of b»'riel, nor the gleaming
of blade.
For the shaft of each weapon is with pearl
inlaid.
Their Standards arc - r fst'nlnv with the
dew of the dawn,
And glowing in sp!i i I.or will the grew
itig of morn,
And Hi ere'B icu: ic f<■ swt cter than ilie
elarion horn—
'Tis the life-giving ror-slr of the rustling
corn.
Ilow stately ar.d ma.K » e and graceful in
mien
Are the soldier- of l .'i- i:i their mantle,
of green!
O'er the brow ofeaci winiir navcia tall,
tasseled plume—
An emblem of j.'.enty i.the st: aw nodding
bloom.
From land of the pralrh - and realms of the
morn
The> are coming, their arms brimming
with golden corr
Ami there's music far sweeter than the
huntsman's horn—
'Tls the life-giving mush: of tl e rustling
corn.
Th«-j are marching abreast where the dim
sky line dies—
Tl c grand armies of peace, born of earth
and tlie skies,
'Neath their ribbons ai.d iier.nons there are
no ugly scars—
The trophies of victories, the red ensign
of W.IIH
Bread bearers for the rations, more fiuit
ful than trees,
'i ip tread of tholi legion Is heard across
the wide seas,
Keeping step to the l' K of Plenty's full
horn—
'Tis the life-giving mui i of the rustling
corn!
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PMGGV had a con.-u i<nee; this trou
bled her a little. Worst still, she
had a heart —110, four hearts—her own,j
which site had taken bad; from Jack 1
Trent because she accused him of flirt
ing with Nell Forest; Jack's, which he 1
declared would be her's forever,
though she would not allow him to
explain how he came to have Neil
canoeing; and the two hearts of Bob- j
by James aud Ned Browne, respective
ly. Peggy was sure she had forgotten
Jack —almost, anyway, and (hat sho
had been right to dismiss him as she
1 hail. True, she also had flirted a little,
but —one somehow expects a ntan to be ;
Btronger. So Peggy, her heart in her'
hand, vacillated between Ned and Bob
by in what she thought was a sincer-.i
doubt as tow hich of them she should
give the coveted treasure. They both
wanted it; neither had exactly pro- !
posed, but Peggy was familiar with ;
the symptoms.
ltight here is where Peggy's con- j
science came in. Was it right to dan- ;
gle them, to encourage them berth, as J
she had done for six months, and still *
lie no whit nearer a final choice be- j
tween thorn? That ihe men knew i
each other—had, in fact, been chums at :
college—and that the.i were bitterly [
Jealous of each other, made things i
wor.;e. Peggy was mortally afraid j
thai the wires would cross some tlma, I
ar.d tha' they would both be angry '
wanted people to be nice and pa
tient. she was not patient herself.
If they had not dwelt in seperate ;
tc-v.ns, one 60 miles fist, and one 50 j
miles west of her home, Peggy woui.l j
have bad even more difficulty in keep- j
jng things straight
Hare it was September, and neithet j
man know that since May he had
made alternating week-end vit-iis to !
Ihe lady's home. Kach simply thought j
it was awfully good of her to let him ]
come once in two weeks. Between 1
whiles she had kept up a lively eorre- j
spondence with them. They liked |
Peggy's gay, flirtatious letters. Slu!
enjoyed their letters immensely. They '
came thrice a week ou the same mai . \
Peggy compared the letters, the pho- '
tos of the men, and the men tliem
selyes. Since she had forgotten Jack,
she must choose between them.
Peggy's mother calmly ignored her
daughter's doings, in the hope that the
girl would return to Jack, who, as the
world knows, was made for Peggy.
Maternal wisdom restrained Mrs. Ben- j
ton fiom openly championing Jack; |
instead, she accepted Ned and Bobbj j
with kind hospitality, and lightly j
veiled amusement. Sift- refused to take !
them seriously. ,
One day whi!« Peggy was writing,
her mother asked:
"To those boys, I suppose? Which
ote you going to keep for a perma-i
Merit plaything?" The girl was de
mure. She looked at the two letters
she had just written, each equally pro
vocative nncl alluringly coquettish.
' i don't know," she said. "1 don't,
really! Bobby's so blonde and lovable
and chummy, and I like lawyers. Bui
Ned's so big and dark and splendid— j
he could make me mind, I think. And
Nell Forest semes to want him."
"Thai," said her mother, "should '
make no difference to you."
F'vrgy's face grew red with anger
"I he cat' I guess you'd want to
g.-t even! What did she mean by be
ing with Jack when he said business!
hindered him from 1. lug rue that 1
">"011 would .'.now, if you had 1
him explain."
"He didn't deserve the chance. I f
have forgotten him, mother."
"Evidently," said tha! lady dry!/
and with inward rejoicing. W'he/y
there is ang°r there is hope. She ie<"/ '
the loom saying:
"Nov/ just put those letters in the 1
wrens envelopes, Pogey, and you'll
hav. things mixed badly enough to
t-.iii ►ven you."
addressed the aaveiopeo and
gazed at them thoughtfully. She wai j
small and brown-eyed, with jroldes >
hair, and a radiant complexion, hei ;
smile was entrancing. She picked uf
the letters and re-read them. Then
she calmly tore them to bits.
"I've a notion to do it,' she said to j
herself. "Things are getting mixed
They are ready to fly off the handle—" ,
each so jealous of the other! I've gol ;
to calm them down, till I can decid* ;
which I —like."
Then she wrote to each man an hon
est, casual, friendly letter, T.'ith nt
trace of flirtation, or any sc-ntiment
beyond friendship. They were miicli
alike. She told the news, hoped sh«
might see each man sometime before
long addressed each as "Dear Mr. "
and signed herself, "Sincerely your i
friend, Margaret Benton."
She deliberately but Bobby's letter
into Ned's envelope, and Ned's into
Bobby's. Each, she thought, would, j
after proper qualms, read the other
man's letter, return it to her with tha
assurance that he had not read it, and
take fresh heart from her frankly un
sentimental attitude to his rival. Thus
would she gain time, and peace. Sho j
sealed, stamped and mailed the letters
with relief, and a little mischievous
glee in her heart.
But she reckoned without her hosts,
i'p to a certain point her calculations
were correct however: each man re
ceived the letter belonging to the other,
resolved virtuously not to read it, and
succumbed in the end, jubilant, that
the lady of his dc-sire had evidently no
love whatever for a rival; each put
the letter in his pocket intending to
return it, not to its owner proper, but
|to Peggy herself. For on the spot,
! each decided to run up Friday and sur
prise Peggy. Each decided to declare
his love, and each, thanks to the letter
in his pocket, was sure the other had
i no chance with her, and was confident
of winning. They received these let
-1 ters Wednesday.
About the same time Mrs. Benton
I w rote a note to John Burton. luO miles
l north in Clayton.
"Dear Jack: I promised to write you
when I thought ii would do you any
i good to come. I think this is the time. |
| When a girl finds it hard to ehooso
! between two men. it is ten to one she !
wants a third man, and doesn't know ;
it. You are the third man, and the
| light one. Yesterday Peggy grew very
angry when I mentioned Nell Forest,
j Hadn't you better explain? Do it by
force if necessary; make her listen'
; She deserves punishment for her treat
ment of you. And I am so tired of j
having Ned and Bobby about! Sin
j eere'y yours.
"ELEANOR BENTON."
Friday came and found Peggy all
unconscious of three approaching sur
prises. Jack Burton was speeding
a.otig on a south-bound train; Bobby
j lr -ii the east, and Ned from the west,
| were complacently approaching her,
; and—each other. For as fate and poor
\ railway connections would have it.
i Ned had to pass Bentonville by 16
; miles, and change cars at Flat June- i
J tion, where Bobby also changed car--
| for the city of his lady-love. The :
i trains of both men were late; they
missed connections, and met. aston
ished. but friendly, on the platform. It i
was raining in Hoods, and there would
1 not be another train till morning.
They took a room together at the
! little place that called itself a hotel,
and decided to make the best of it. |
| Thus it befell that gradually and cau
| tiously they compared notes. It all
began by Bobby magnanimously re
i turning Ned's letter, with the assur- j
j atice that he had not read it, by Ned's
j astonished reciprocation of the com- |
| pliment, and the perusal by each of j
| his own letter, which no saw, with dis- j
: gusled amazement, was almost the du- I
j plicate of his rival's.
Then there were explanations, and
from being angry at each other, they i
i became angry at Peggy, for the whole :
j story came out—how each hael been to
| see her every two weeks, and how
i eae.j hoped to get her now that she i
j had broken with Burton.
finally they went to bed, having j
! agreed to give her a thorough surprise ;
Together they would visit her, declare
their love almost in unison, and make j
her choose between them; each was to i
i hide by her decision, and to bear the j
victor no 111-will. They agreed that j
tl ey had been friends too long to i
quarrel about a girl. But in his heart 1
! wie'j man was sure that he would suo
| teen
They slept: go did Jack Burton in a
j Bentonville hotel; and Peggy in her j
I dainty room at home. Saturday morn- j
, ing Ned and Bobby, immaculate, and !
not suspecting the surprise they were !
to spring upon themselves, sauntered i
out. to Peggy's. They went by the back '
I road to th* old orchard. She might be I
j there, and they could take her entire- !
ly unaware. She was there—and una
ware of them with a vengeance.
As they came to a sudden turn In !
the winding path, they stopped and
star >d. Beneath an old apple tree, her
sweet face upturned, was Peggy in
: the arms of John h'irton! Her pretty ;
I laugh rippled out.
I "it's all right about Nell, dear. Of !
j course you couldn't i.'use when sho i
asked you to take her! She's so bold: i
And the man didn't come >n that bus
iness ? I was so silly. J'm—sorry
Jai .i. Heie Jack asked a /iw cpies
j lion, accompanied by a kiss.
"Those silly boys? Of c0u.3.8 not!
' I nwer loved anyone but you."
Jv k kissed her again "Not for
: one little moment." she continued. I
I Ned and Bobby felt that she spoke the
truth. They turned unseen, and went :
I as they came.
"I think we can catch that nooa
iraln." Nncl observed dryly. But Bob- !
lr- asked solmonly:
"Ned, will you please kick me?*'
Then the two men laughed.
The schools of vice are seldom re- J
cruited from the homes where thi
| L)i>>s are treated au compmlon?.
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SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES.
Tokio, Oct. 20. —The Japanese gov
ernment lias decided lo draw tin- at
tention of tlie Russian government to
the unlawful action of Russian troops
in using Chinese costumes. The no
tico will be served through the Amer
ican state department, which will
! transmit it through the American em
bassy at SI. Petersburg. A memoran
! dum issued by the foreign office says
that on October 1 a body of infantry
belonging to a Russian regiment of
sharpshooters, wearing Chinese cos
tumes, attacked the Japaneses forces
: onn the .Mukden road and that Rus
j sians similarly clad approached the
Japanese lines and attempted sur
i prises. Different reports received, it
|is charged, indicate that tho Russians
arc purchasing enormous quantities of
j Chinese costumes.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 20. For the
moment heavy rains and impassable
i roads have compelled a suspension of
' operations in Manchuria. There was
practically no lighting yesterday and
none whatever last night.
Veiled hints continue to arrive I hat
the Russians have recovered from the
I blow inflicted last week by Field Mar.
I slial Oyama and that (Jen. Kuropatkin
j is preparing to renew the struggle as
i Boon as the roads become dry.
I The enforced cessation of oper
j ations by the bad weather gives both
1 armies a chance to breathe and pull
I themselves together and would seem
to ensure as much benefit to one side
as the other. When operations re
commence they will assume an entire
ly new phase.
RUSSIAN SHIPS DAMAGED.
Mukden, Oct. 21. —The hostile
| armies yesterday were concealed from
view of each other by a dense fog, in
i which it.was impossible i make out
I objects at a distance of 100 paces.
Under such conditions only unimpor
; tant operations are possible, such as
surprises and ambushes.
< ho Foo, Oct. 21. —The most impor
tant recent events ai Port Arthur in
elude the capture by the Japanese of
further minor positions near Rihiung
mountain and the severe damage of a
Japanese torpedo boat destroyer by
striking a, floating mine.
According to Chinese advices which
reached here Thursday and which are
i confirmed by Japanese letters from
j Port Dalny, the Japanese made as
| ssaults on the remaining outer works
of Rihiung mountain at dawn October
j H and were repulsed. The following
| day the Russians made an attack on
the Japanese trenches and they in
turn were repulsed. The Japanese
immediately followed with another as
| sault, resulting in the capture of an
iron railroad bridge and the heights
south of the bridge, which is 500 yards
from the main fortress.
At 10 o'clock in the morning of Oc
j t.ober 12 seven Russian torpedo boat
! destroyers emerged from the harbor
of Port Arthur and later they were
followed by two more destroyers.
This squadron proceeded to Shao
pingtau and bombarded the Japanese
left flank. Four Japanese torpedo
boat, destroyers hurried to the scene
and the Russians retired to the har
bor, followed by the Japanese. The
pursuit ceased upon entering the
mined area. One Japanese destroyer
while returning hit a mine and was
severely damaged.
Meanwhile the Japanese siege guns
continued to drop big shells in the
harbor, the Japanese claiming that
they damaged the Russian gunboat
Giliak, which is alleged to have been
hit three times. It is also believed
that the funnel of another Russian
warship was pierced.
WARRIORS ARE RESTING.
Si. Petersburg, Oct. 22. —The rival
armies of Russia and Japan entrench
ed a short distance from each other
south of the Shaklie river are forced
to continued inactivity until the One
weather now prevailing dries the sod.
den ground and the tired warriors arc
sufficiently rested to resume opera
tions.
A divpatch front Mukden reports
that the Russians yesterday confined
thomselves to a bombardment ot
Shaklie Station and the adjoining vil
lage of I.amatting, the Japanese feebly
responding.
Russian correspondents report that
some regiments of the Fifth Siberian
corps have been engaged in slight
skirmishes on the advance line the
past few days. The fact that the First
and Fifth Siberian were the only corps
hitherto unmentioned in reports of
the fighting on October 1!» shows that
Gen. Kuropatkin lias sent. tie. reserves
to the trenches, giving other much
tired corps a thorough rest. Mean
while the Cossacks are raiding the
Japanese lines.
Che Foo, Oct. 22. —News from Port
Arthur brought to Che Foo by a junk
which left, there October 19 says a
fierce bombardment which began Oc
tober 1«> was still progressing without
interruption. Many buildings had been
damaged and ships in the harbor had
also been hit by shells, but the extent
of the damages are not stated. The
Japanese have placed guns of a large
caliber on lunjida mountain. The
Russians continue making sorties sue.
cessfnlly and inflicting heavy losses
on the besiegers, whftse losses since
the commencement of the sieg»* are
said to have been 50,000.
Robber Shot Himself.
Newark, N. J.. Oct. 22.—A daring at
tempt was made Friday to rob the.l
S. Mundy machine works. The thiet
succeeded in carrying off several
packages of money amounting lo sl,
271, but was pursued and caught. Just
as his pursuers reached him lie plac
ed a revolver at his head and tired
twice. inflicting probably mortal
wounds. Previously he had fired at
but missed his pursuers. Before he
lost consciousness lie said his name
was James Wilson and that he had v.c
home. The packages containing ih<
money were found in his coat pocket
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