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OL' TIME HTTEKIN' BEES.
llcm'ry often takes an outing
Kram the present passing show,
Spreads her pinions and goes scouting
To the scenes of long ugo.
Back unto the fun and frolic
Of the rural sports and plays;
Pi nsures charmingly bucolic
That were ours in younger days,
And the very chief of these
"Were the country liuskin' bees.
On the old barn floor we'd gather,
Boys and girls and older folks.
Hearts as light as downy feather,
lilps all ripe with rustic jokes.
Air just sparkling with our laughter
As the. guy hours onward sped
Vniil every cobwebbed rafter
in the shadows overhead
S« i mod to quiver and to ring
.As a high-keyed tiddle string
Now and then the air was riven
With a shout t'd wake the tb ad
When the fates had kindly given
Som.' fair girl an ear of red.
Then would come the kissing struggle
'Mid the husks upon the floor,
After which the girl would snuggle
To him closer than before,
Blushing; to her finger tips
From the thrill upon her lips.
How the jolly picture lingers
. With us through the fleeting years
Of the way the toll-scarred lingers
Snatched the jackets from the ears.
Of the Hashing lanterns hanging
Hound, and 1 casting flickers o'er
Merry dancers who were banging
Dust from out the old barn floor,
As the tiddler jerked his bow
Musically to and fro.
Kvery day 1 hear the singing
Of some simple country ode,
Melody of youth days ringii g
Through our mountainland abode,
Arid my loving glances wander
To an aging wifely face
That I learned to love back yonder
In that far east country place-
Caught her with a red ear, see?
At a country huskln' bee.
—James Barton Adams, in Denver Post.
I THE SHADOW
OF HER LIFE
I| ByJ ' n ' WILLIAMS j
(Copyright, UM,b7 D»llj Storjr Pub. Oo.)
BROWNE gazed in astonishment at
the girl beside him. What could
she mean? Was she really in earnest
in telling him this ridiculous story?
In the sad eyes that looked steadily into
his there was nothing but the most in
tense earnestness. Perhaps—but he
thrust the thought, from him; lie could
not. would not think the girl he loved
mentally unbalanced. During the last
few weeks he had watched her change
from a bright, glad-hearted girl into
a nervous, despondent woman; the eyes
once so gay and frank had now a shift
ing. haunted expression, which pained
him inexpressibly.
"Judith." he asked, "how long has t his
creation of your imagination,—l beg
your pardon, dearest —this companion
of yours been known to you?"
"Ever since I was a tiny child," Judith
replied wearily.
"A child! How very strange!"
"immediately after my mother died,
In those sad days when 1 was alone and
desolate, Henri began to visit me. He
was a beautiful boy, as bright and full
of spirits as I was melancholy. He
changed ray life, Charles. I believe I
should have gone insane but for him.
You know I always was a very nervous
child."
"And now " thought Browne, "she is
a very nervous woman. That is the
only explanation possible for this
strange idea of hers; her extreme ner
vous temperament and the morbid state
of mind brought about recently by her
father's death."
"Yes, Judith, I remember well
what a pale, sensitive little creature
you used to be, but after your step
mother came, you changed wonderfully.
I believe you were happier and more
healthy after that, were you not. dear?"
"Yes, very much happier. Mamma
has Indeed been a blessing to me. From
the I ime of her coming up to dear papa's
death I was perfectly content, and dur
ing that sweet, happy time, I had very
few visits from Henri. In fact, he
stopped coming altogether, and I had
given up all hope of ever seeing him
again until about a month ago."
"When you were a child, and he visited
you so frequently, did anyone else see
him?"
"No. Charles. That is the strangest
part of it; he never came when others
were about, and everyone laughed at
me. and thought me crazy w hen I talked
of him."
"Well, dearest, I am glad you told
me this, for I want to know your past
life and all your experiences. But Henri
does not affect our life at all; he has
nothing to do with your love for me nor
mine for you."
"Oh Charles, you do not understand!
He affects our life very much."
"What do you mean, Judith? Has
your heart changed toward me?"
"Oh no. no! It will never change
toward you. dear," answered the girl,
■Willing steadfastly lnlo Browne's eyes,
while nerown were full of love, and
yet of a deep sadness as well.
"Well, dear one, can't, you tell me
w hat is the trouble then?" asked Browne,
draw ing her closer to him.
"Charles." she replied, "when Henri
and 1 were growing up, in those days
when he was everything to me. I prom
ised to be his wife, to wait until the
timo came when he could come for trie
from his home in France, where he was
poot and unhappy and misunderstood.
You understand now; I am engaged to
H'T.r dear."
"Oh Judith. Judith! Can you let a
phantom, a hallucination, come between
us? How can you use me so?" Browne's
face w is full of agony.
"Charles, don't speak so! I'd give the
world if it were only a phantom. Wait
a. moment." And Judith drew from ner
neck a chain, and Browne saw, suspend
ed from it, a simple little ring, set with
a few tiny gaiT«*s. "This is our eugage
ment ring." she continued. "TTenrl has
one from me just like it."
"Oh God!" groaned her lever, "what
can be the meaning of all this! Her
mind is unbalanced through her grief!"
But Judith's eyes were quite sane and
full of womanly tenderness as she tried
to comfort him.
"Be patient, dearest." she said. "I
shall try to be true to you, and when |
Henri comes, a-- he will soon, I shall ex- ;
plain it all to him. and it may be he ■
will release me from my promise. I did
not mean to be false to him; oh. no! I j
never meant that! But after papa's '•
second marriage, when I was so happy
with mamma, Henri seemed to leave me
altogether, and I thought he had for
gotten all about me. And then you
came, and 1 loved you so!" And now
it was Browne's turn to offer comfort, j
as Judith buried her head in hisshoul- 1
der. sobbing piteously.
"When Henri visited me again." she
continued after a few moments, "just.
a short time after papa died, he was
much changed, lie was a boy when we j
parted; now he is a man.and a rich one, J
at last, but he is lonely and needs me, ;
he says. Oh Charles, it. is so strange \
that no one else knows Henri! I cannot
understand it! But it w ill all be clear.
Henri is coming for me soon. He will
arrive on the Nereus."
"The Nereus! That is due next week!
And if he does not come, Judith, what
then?"
"He will come. Charles: I knew he
will!" she insisted, and nothing Browne
could say could shake her confidence
in the arrival of her mysterious friend.
"The Nereus is in. Judith," Brown?
remarked, as he greeted her a few days
later.
"Yes, I know, dear." she replied quiet
ly, but her voice trembled with excite- j
m°nt and her eyes burned feverishly.
"I am expecting Henri every moment.
Don't ]oa\e nie. Charles. I am a little
nervous to-day."
"Sit down, dear. Wait for him here." j
"Oh no. I can't sit down! 1 can't stay \
still! Come out on the porch with me."
( "Soon it will be all right, dearest,"
Browne reassured her. as they stood to
gether looking out on the street. But
I although his tunes \\ 112 re quiet, lie was
| as excited and anxious as Judith herself,
i for he felt his life and hers depended
I upon the issue of the present crisis. A
few moments passed in silent waiting.
A cab came siowlv into view. To
Browne's surprise, it stopped at the
pate.
"Does Miss Clermont live here?" the
cabman inquired.
"Yes," Browne replied, "have you l
news for her?"
The man did not reply, but lifted out
and slowly bore up the steps the un
conscious form of a handsome French
man. For a moment Judith seemed !
stunned, then .she quietly led the way
to a bed room, and asked that her mother !
and a physician be summoned. A for- 1
eigner who had assisted the cabman In i
bringing in the body remained in the j
room, watching the scene, his face full ■
of sadness.
"Who is this?" Browne asked him, |
pointing to the quiet form over which
Judith bent.
"He is my friend. Henri Le Blanc." !
answered the man in low tones. "We
came on the Nereus this morning; he is ,
to be married. Henri is a good fellow." j
At this moment. Mrs. Clermont en- j
tered with a physician and for hours
they labored over the unconscious Le |
Blanc, Judith moving about as in a
dream.
"He was struck by a wagon," the for- 1
eigner explained to Browne. "He did 1
not see it coming; he seemed to be in a
dream. He never was like other people.
If he were not so good, I should think
he had a devil in him! he is so queer. ;
He talks when no one is near him and
acts so strangely. But. Henri is a rich
man now. so no one speaks ill of him.
When be was poor,—ugh! no one would
associate with him then, —said he was
crazy!"
"Have you known him long?" asked !
Browne.
"Oh yes. all my life. He made me his
slave, but 1 love him! He always was
good to me. 1 wish to drink, to gamble;
►he stops me when I am a hundred miles
away from him! lam about to commit
a dreadful crime. I have to give up and
goto Henri, and he all the time far
away from nie! Oh. Henri has saved me j
many times! Then he made nie come
over to America with him to see him
marry this young lady here."
"It is no use." said the doctor. "He
Is gone now. He seems to have bean
all nerve and brain, and no vitality, poor 1
fellow."
"Henri gone!" cried the little for
eigner. "Mon Dieu, I must go. too!" ■
And his small body rocked in a paroxysm !
of grief. Gently Mrs. Clermont led him j
away, and Browne and Judith were alone, j
looking down at the quiet face and !
folded hands of the dead Frenchman
Suddenly Browne started.
"Look. Judith." he exclaimed, "the
same little ring you wear! See, five lit
_ tie garnets!"
But Judith did not hear him. For a
long time she knelt beside the inani-|
mate form. Browne watching her with .
ever-increasing riread and anxiety, i
Finally she raiser! her head and looked \
into her living lover's eyes.
"It is ail over now, dearest." she said. I
a light breaking over her face, "nothing ;
is between us; the shadow of my life >
has disappeared."
What was it? Who of us can tell?
What is doubtless the larsest meteor- j
ite "in captivity" is now on exhibition j
in the Museum of Natural History. In
New York. It weghs about r>o tons, j
Commander Peary found it in the arctic !
regions, and brought sout h a lew years j
ago, says the Youth's Companion In- j
til recently it was stored in the Brook
lyn navy yard. Since alighting on the '
earth alter its wild career through the
heavens it has become completely do- j
mesticated. and no guard is required,
nor is an iron cage needed to keep it
from breaking loose.
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RUSSIANS AT PORT ARTHUR
LOSE ANOTHER WARSHIP.
Tokio, Dec. B.—The commander of
! tlie Japanese naval guns in front of
| Port Arthur, telegraphing on Decem
i ber li, nays:
"An observation taken from 203
i Metre Hill shows that the turret ship
! Poltava is sunk and that the battle
! ship Ketvizan is listing heavily to
! port.
"Observations taken December 6
covered the results of the bombard
ment of December 5. Since December
2 we have daily bombarded the
enemy's fleet lying south of Paiyu
: mountain. From that point only the
| masts and funnel tops of the battle
i ships Pobieda, Retvi/.an or the cruiser
| Pallada could be seen, but it was im
! possible to count the number of our
| shells taking effect.
"On other ships explosions resulting
from our shells could be seen, but
; owing to their positions behind hills
. it.was difficult exactly to identify
them.
"On December seven shells struck
the battleship Pobieda and about 3:30
p. nt. a big explosion was observed
south of Paiyu mountain, resulting
from the effect of our shells, evidently
on a powder magazine."
Japanese troops occupied Akasaka
Hill, fronting on Port Arthur, Tues
day. The Russian armored cruiser
Bayan is reported to be aground.
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
IN BAD CONDITION.
Tokio, Dee. !>. —As the result of the
Japanese bombardment from 203
Meter Hill the Poltava has been sunk,
i the Kel vizaii is listing to starboard
and her upper deck nearly submerged;
the I'eresviet, according to the report
of the commanding officer of tlie naval
land battery received at Tokio Thurs
day, has certainly been sunk: the Pal
lada is beginning to list to port and is
still undergoing a vigorous bombard
ment; tile Pobieda is seriously dam
aged, listing aft and submerged to the
I stern walk, and the Mayan is aground
and burning.
Thus two of the five battleships
have been sunk, two have been seri
ously damaged or in danger of meet
ing the fate of the Poltava and the
j Peresviet, and the fifth, the Sevasto
| pol, seems to be somewhat out of the
j Japanese range. Of the cruisers the
; Bayan seems to have been altogether
I disabled, while the Pallada is listing
and is a special object of the Japanese
fire.
Mukden. Dec. !>. —The Russians con
tinue to bombard the Japanese posi
tions with both heavy and light artil
lery. The Japanese response is feeble.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 9.—Russia has
no intention of sending the Black Sea
: fleet to reinforce Admiral Rojestven
sky's squadron. It, is, however, Rus
| sia's purpose to send a third squadron
from the Baltic as soon as possible.
FURIOUS FIGHTING
AT PORT ARTHUR.
Headquarters of the Japanese Third
Army Before Port Arthur, November
i 28, \ iit Tien Tsin, Dec. 10.—The gen
era! assault on Port Arthur began at
| noon November 20. In the first series
of assaults an attempt was made t»
1 capture the forts at Ribbing and Kek
i wan mountains by penetrating the
i principal line of fortifications stir
: rounding them and to envelop- the
: city from the east. At the same
: time a strong force pushed up the
gorge of Shishi valley between two
fortified ridges and attacked the sup
; porting fort in the rear of West Rib
bing mountain, officially called Sung
shn mountain, with the intention of
enveloping tlie city from the west.
The attempt failed after the most,
furious fighting that has been wit
i nessed since Port Arthur was invest
ed. The lighting lasted from noon of
November 2ti until after dawn of the
following day without cessation.
The assault began in the early
morning with a tremendous bombard
ment of the forts on the western half
of the eastern fortified ridge by a bat
tery on the crest of a ridge to the rear,
j For hours the whole western half of
the fortified ridge was deluged with
heavy shells. At noon the principal
line of fortifications was a perfect hell
of bursting shrapnel and the spectacle
was more wonderful than anything
previously seen.
The fighting of the afternoon and
nighi was the most desperate and san
guinary since the siege began. The
opposing forces were so close together
that only the fort walls or a few yards
of level ground separated them. The
struggle front start to finish was at
close quarters, with bayonets and
| grenades and rifles used as clubs.
The awful struggle continued until
j 2 o'clock in the morning.
London, Dec. 10.—-According to the
morning Post's Shanghai dispatches
i the Port Arthur forces, with the ex
ception of those manning the forts,
have already retreated to l.aotie
, mountain.
The Japanese casualties at 205
Metre Hill alone exceed the total of
the battle of Nanshan, according to
the Daily Mail's Tokio dispatches.
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Laporte, lnd., Dec. 8.-—Judge Tut
hill, in the superior court, has made a
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ered for mental anguish alone. Ten
: members of the Joyce family of Chi
i cago, sued the Pennsylvania Railroad
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of Mrs. Sarah Joyce, en route from
| Chicago to Leetonia, ()., failed to
reach its destination on time and it
was necessary to bury the body with
out. the full rites of the Catholic
church. Court dismissed the suits
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