6 THE DAILY GRIND. My son, when you speak of the work you do, there's something to keep lu mind; No matter how llttlu it pleases you, don't call it"the dally grind." Don't tell of the tasks that you dislike, nor grumble at sorry fate — There never was work set to our hands that we had a right to liat•*; It Isn't the work; it isn't the hire; nor lolling from sun to sun That counts in the eyes of them who see— It's "how is the labor done?" As soon as you say It's a daily grind, that moment you hate your work, That moment the Itnp of indolence shows you how you well may shirk; That moment you lose all your good in tent; that moment you ought to quit, for the work that you do is a friend to you while you are a friend to it, And once you have called It a slavish task and named it"the daily grind." Your work is a snare that will eatch your feet and cause you to fall behind. My son. when you work you must finish your task: you must finish that task alone. And work that is done with a friendly band will change to a stepping stone. Will carry you over the barring stream or out of the clinging slough And lift you to where you may put your hand on the work that you want to do. It will help you along to the heights you seek, will bring you unto your goal— 23ut when you declare it's "the daily grind," it will grind you both heart and soul. —W. D. N , in Chicago Daily Tribune. D'ri and I By IRVING BACHELLER Author of " Eben Holden." "Darrel of the Blessed Isles," Etc. {Oopyrlfrht, 1901. by Lothrop Publishing Company.) CHAPTER XV. D'ri's narrative was the talk of the garrison. Those who heard the tell ing, as I did not, were fond of quoting Its odd phrases, and of describing how D'ri would thrust and parry with his jack-knife in the story of the bouts. The mystery of that plunge into darkness and invisible water was a trial to my nerves the like of which I had never suffered. After they had pulled his lordship out of the grave, and I knew there would be no more fighting, I began to feel the strain he had put upon me. He was not so strong as D'ri, but I had never stood before a quicker man. His blade was as full of life and cunning as a cat's paw, and he tired me. When I went under the water I felt sure it was all over, for I was sick and faint. I had been thinking of D'ri in that quick de scent. I wondered if he was the man vho had got away and gone down the slide. I was not the less amazed, how ever, to feel his strong hand upon me as 1 came up. I knew nothing for a time. D'ri has told me often how he bore me up in rapid water until he •came into an eddy where he could touch bottom. There, presently, I got back my senses and stood leaning on bis broad shoulder awhile. A wind was blowing, and we could hear a boat jumping in the ripples near by. We •could see nothing, it was so dark, but D'ri left me, feeling his way slowly, and soon found the boat. He whistled to me, and I made my way to him. There were oars in the bottom of the boat. D'ri helped me in, where I lay back with a mighty sense of relief. Then lie hauled in a rope and anchor, and shoved off. The boat, overrunning the How in a moment, shot away rapid ly. I could feel it take headway as we clove the murmuring waters. D'ri set the oars and helped it on. I lay awhile thinking of all the blood and horror In that black night—like a dream of evil that leads through dim regions ■of silence into the shadow of death. I thought of the hinted peril of the slide that was to be the punishment of poor courage. D'ri had a plausible theory of the slide. He said that if we had clung to the sides of it to break our speed we'd have gone down like a plummet and shattered our bones on a rocky shore. Coming fast, our bodies leaped far into the air and fell to deep water. How long I lay there thinking, as I rested, I have no satisfactory notion. l,ouise and Louison came into my thoughts, and a plan of rescue. A rush of cavalry and reeking swords, a dash for the boats, with a flying horse under each fair lady, were in that moving vision. But where should we find them? for I knew not the name of that (wintry out of which we had come by ivays ot darkness and peril. The old query came to me: If I had to choose between them, which should I take? There was as much of the old doubt in me as ever. For a verity, I loved them both, and would die for either. 1 opened my eyes at last, and, rising, my hands upon the gunwales, could dimly see the great shoulders of D'ri swaying back and forth as ho rowed. The coming dawn had shot an arrow into the great, black sphere of night, ■■cracking it from circumference to core, and floods of light shortly came pour ing in, sweeping down bridges of dark ness, gales of gloom, and massy walls of shadow. We were in the middle of a broad river—the St. Lawrence, we hnew, albeil the shores were unfa miliar to either of us. The sunlight stuck in the ripples, and the breeze fanned them into flowing fire. The morning lighted the green hills of my native land with a mighty splendor. A new life and a great joy came to me hk I filled my I'ttigs with the sweet air. D'ri pulled into a cove, and neither could speak for a little. He turned, looking out upen the river, and 'brushed a tear oft his brown cheek. ' No use i ilkin'," said li ?, in a low itaii'j, ay '.lu bow bit the shore, oia' no country luk this 'un, don' care where ye go." As the oars lay still, we could hear in the far timber a call of fife and drum. Listening, we heard the faint j familiar strains of "Yankee Doodle." | We came ashore irf silence, and I hugged the nearest tree, and was not ! able to say the "Thank God!" that fell from my lips only half spoken. CHAPTER XVI. We got our bearings, a pair of boots for D'ri, and a hearty meal in the cabin of a settler. The good man was unfa miliar with the upper shore, and we got uo help in our mystery. Starting west, in the woods, on our way to the harbor, we stopped here and there to listen, but heard only wood-thrush and partridge—the fife and drum of nature. That other music had gone out o 1 hearing. We had no compass, but D'ri knew the forest as a crow knows the air. He knew the language of the trees and the brooks. The feel of the bark and what he called "the lean of the timber" told liim which way was south. River and stream had a way of telling him whence they had come and where they were going, but he had no understanding of a map. I remem ber, after we had come to the harbor at dusk and told our story, the gen eral asked him to indicate our landing place and our journey home on a big map at headquarters. D'ri studied the map a brief while. There was a look of embarrassment on his sober face. "Seems so we come ashore 'bout here," said he, dropping the middle finger of his right hand in the vicin ity of Quebec. "Then we traveled aw-a-a-ay hellwards over 'n this 'ere direction." With that illuminating re mark he had slid his finger over some 200 leagues of country from Quebec to Michigan. They met us with honest joy and no little surprise that evening as we came Into camp. Ten of our comrades had returned, but as for ourselves, they thought us in for a long stay. We said little of what we had gone through, outside the small office at AT LUNCHEON WE TALKED OF THE WAR. headquarters, but somehow it began to travel, passing quickly from mouth to mouth, until it got to the newspapers and began to stir the tongue of each raw recruit. Gen. Brown was there that evening, and had for me, as al ways, the warm heart of a father. He heard our report with a kindly sym pathy. Next morning I rode away to see the Comte de Chaumont at Leraysville. I had my life, and a great reason to be thankful, but there were lives dearer than my own to me, and they were yet in peril. Those dear faces haunted me and filled my sleep with trouble. I rode fast, reaching the chateau at luncheon time. The count was reading in a rustic chair at the big gate. He came running to me, his face red with excitement. "M'sieur le Capitaine!" he cried, my hand in both of his, "I thought you were dead." "And so I have been—dead as a cat drowned in a well, that turns up again as lively as ever. Any news of the baroness and the young ladies?" "A letter," said he. "Come, get off your horse. I shall read to you the let ter." "Tell me—how were they taken?" I was leading my horse and we were walking through a deep grove. "Eh bien, I am not able to tell," said he, shaking his head soberly. "You re member that morning—well, I have 20 men there for two days. They are armed, they surround the Hermitage, they keep a good watch. The wasp he is very troublesome, but they see no soldier. They stay, they burn the smudge. By and by I think there is nothing to fear, and I bring them home, but I leave three men. The baroness and the two girls and their servants they stay awhile to pack the trunk. They are coming to the cha teau. It is in the evening; the coach is at the door; the servants have start ed. Suddenly—the British! I do not know how many. They come out of the woods like a lightning, and bang! bang! bang! they have killed my men. They take the baroness and the Misses de Lambert, and they drive away with them. The servants they hear the shots, they return, they come, and they tell us. We follow. We find the coach; it. is in the road, by the north trail. Dieu! they are all gone! We travel to the river, but —" here he lilted his shoulders and shook his head dolefully—"we could do nothing." "The general may let me go after them with a force of cavalry," I said. "I want you to come with me and talk to him." "No, no, my capitaine!" said he; "it would not be wise. We must wait. We do not know where they are 1 have trlends in Canada; they are doing their best, and when we hear from CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1905. them —eh bien, we shall know what Is necessary." I told him how I had met them that night in Canada and what came of it. "They are a cruel people, the Eng lish," said he."l am afraid to find them will be a matter of great diffi culty." The former called to me as I passed. I "But the letter —" "Ah, the letter," he interrupted, feel ing in his pocket. "The letter is not much. It is from Tiptoes from Louison. It was mailed this side of the river at Morristown. You shall see; they do not know where they are." He handed me the letter. I read it with an eagerness I could not conceal. It went as follows: "My Dear Count: If thi3 letter reaches you. It will, I hope, relieve your anx iety. We are alive and well, but where? I am sure I have no better Idea than If 1 were a baby just born. We came here with our eyes covered after a long ride from the river, which we crossed in the night. I think It must have taken us three days to come here. We are shut up In a big house with high walls and trees and gardens around It—a beautiful place. We have line beds and everything to eat, only we miss the boull-labaisse, and the jokes of M. Pidgeon, and the tine old claret. A fat Englishwoman who waddles around like a big goose and who calls me Mumm (as if 1 were a wine maker!) waits upon us. We do not know the name of our host. He Is a tall man who says little and has hair on his neck and on the back of his hands. Dieu! he Is a lord who talks as if he were too lazy to breathe. It is 'Your Lordship this' and 'Your Lordship that.' Hut I must speak well of him, because he Is going to read this letter: it is on that condition I am permitted to write. Therefore I say he Is a great and good man, a beau tiful man. The baroness and Louise send love to all. Madame says do not worry; we shall come out all right: but I say worry! and, good man, do not cease to worry until we are safe home. Tell the cure he has something to do now. I have worn out my rosary, and am losing faith. Tell him to try his. Your affec tionate, LOUISON." "She is an odd girl," said the count, as I gave back the letter, "so full of fun, so happy, so bright, so quick—al ways on her tiptoes. Come, you are tired; you have ridden far in the dust. I shall make you glad to be here." A groom took my horse,and the count led me down a wooded slope to the lakeside. Octagonal water-houses, painted white, lay floating at anchor near us. He rowed me to one of them for a bath. Inside was a rug and a table and soap and linen. A broad panel on a side of the floor came up as I pulled a cord, showing water clear and luminous to the sandy lake-bot tom. The glow of the noonday filled the lake to its shores, and in a mo ment I clove the sunlit depths—a rare delight after my long, hot ride. At luncheon we talked of the war, and he made much complaint of the northern army, as did everybody those days. "My boy," said he, "you should join Perry on the second lake. It is your only chance to fight, to win glory." He told me then of the impending battle and of Perry's great need of men. I had read of the sea-fighting and longed for a part in it. To climb on hostile decks and fight hand to hand was a thing to my fancy. Ah, well! I was young then. At the count's table that day I determined togo, if I could get leave. Therese and a young Parisienne, her friend, were at luncheon with us. They bade us adieu and went away for a gal lop as we took cigars. We had no sooner left the dining room than I called for my horse. Due at the Har bor that evening, I could give myself no longer to the fine hospitality of the count. In a few moments I was bound ing over the road, now cool in deep forest shadows. A little way on I overtook Therese and the Parisienne. drew rein, coming back and stopping beside her. The other went on at a walk. "M'sieur le Capitaine, have you any news of them—of Louise and Louison?" she inquired. "You and my father were so busy talking I could not ask you before." "I know this only; they are in cap tivity somewhere, I cannot tell where." "You look worried, M'sieur le Cap itaine; you have not the happy face, the merry look, any longer. In June you were a boy, in August—voila! it is a man! Perhaps you are preparing for the ministry." She assumed a solemn look, glanc ing up at me as if in mockery of my sober face. She was a slim, fine bru nette, who, as I knew, had long been a confidante of Louison. "Alas! ma'm'selle, I am worried. I have no longer any peace." "Do you miss them?" she inquired, a knowing look in her handsome eye::. "Do not think me impertinent." "More than I miss my mother," I said. "I have a letter," said she, smiling. "I do not know—l thought I should show it to you, but —but not to-day." "Is it from them?" "It is from Louison—from Tiptoes." "And—and it speaks of nie?" "Ah, m'sieur," said she, arching h?r brows, "it has indeed much to say of you." "And —and may I not see it?' I asked eagerly. "Ma'm'selle, I tell >ou I—l must see it." "Why?" She stirred the mane of her horse with a red riding-whip. "Why not?" I inquired, my heart beating fast. "If 1 knew—if I were justified—you know I am her friend. I know all her secrets." . "Will you not be my friend also?" I interrupted. "A friend of Louison, he is mine," said she. "Ah, ma'm'selle, then I confess to you—it is because I love her." "I knew it; I am no fool," was her answer. "But I had to hear it from you. It is a remarkable thing to do, but they are in such peril. I think you ought to know." She took the letter from her bosom, passing it to my hand. A faint odor of violets came with it. It read: "My Dear Therese: X wish ) could see you, if only for tin hour. I have so much to say. 1 have wiUteu your father of our prison home. I arn going to write you of my troubles. You know what wo wore talking about the last lime I saw you— myself and that handsome fellow. Mon Dieu! I shall not name him. It is not necessary. Well, you were right, my dear. I was a fool; I laughed at your warning; 1 did not know the meaning of that delicious pain, liut oh, my friend, it lias become a terrible thing since I know I may never see him again. My heart is breaking with it. Mere do Dieu! 1 can no longer laugh or jest or pretend to be happy. What shall 1 say? That I had rather die than live without him? No; that is not enough. I had rather be an old maid and live only with the thought of him than marry another, if lie were a king. I remember those words of yours. '1 know he loves you.' Oh, my dear Therese, what a comfort they are to me now! I repeat them often. If I could only say, 'I know'! Alas! I can but say, "I do not know,' nay, even, 'I do not believe.' If I had not been a fool I should have made him tell me, for I had him over his ears in love with me one day, or 1 am no judge of a man. liut, you know, they are so tickle! And then the Yankee girls are pretty and so clever. Well, they shall not have him if I can help it. When I return there shall be war. If necessary, between France and America. Arid, Therese, you know I have the weapons, ami you have done me the honor to say 1 know how to use them. I have told Louise, and—what do you think?—the poor thing cried an hour— for pity of me! As ever, she makes my trouble her own. I have been selfish al ways, but I know the cure. It is love— toujours l'amour. Now I think only of him, and he recalls you and your sweet words. God make you a true prophet! With love to you and the marquis, I kiss each line, praying for happiness for you and for him. Believe me as ever. Your affectionate, LOUISON." "P.S. I feel better now I have told you. I wonder what his lordship will say. Poor thing! he will read this; he will think me a fool. Eh bien, I have no bet ter thought of him He can put me under lock and key, but he shall not imprison my gecrets; and, if they bore him, he should not read my letters. L." I read it thrice, and held it for a mo ment to my lips. Every word stung me wfth the sweet pain that afflicted its author. I could feel my cheeks burn ing. "Ma'mselle, pardon me; it is not I she refers to. She does not say whom." "Surely," said Therese, flirting her whip and lifting her shoulders. "M'sieur le Capitaine is never a stupid man. You—you should say something very nice now." "If it is I —thank God— Her misery is my delight, her liberation my one purpose." "And my congratulations," said she, giving me her hand. "She has wit and beauty, a true heart, a great fortune, and —good luck in having your love." I raised my hat, blushing to the roots of my hair. "It is a pretty compliment," I said. "And —and I have no gift of speech to thank you. I am not a match for you except in my love of kindness and — and of Louison. You have made me happier than I have been before." "If I have made you alert, ingenious, determined, I am content," was her answer. "I know you have courage." "And will to use it." "Good luck and adieu!" said she, with a fine flourish of her whip; those people had always a pretty politeness of manner. "Adieu," I said, lifting my hat as I rode off, with a prick of the spur, for the road was long and I had lost quite hall an hour. My elation gave way to sober thought presently. 1 began to think of Louise —that quiet, frank, noble, beautiful, great-hearted girl, who might be suffering what trouble I knew not, and all silently, there in her prison home. A sadness grew in me. and then I sud denly saw the shadow of great trouble. I loved them both; I knew not which I loved the better. Yet this interview had almost committed me to Louison. [To Be Continued.] LORD BRAMPTON'S SPEECH. Sated 111 M Client's Xeck, but Ita l)E --acrlption Wua Not Faith ful to tlic Facta. A story with pathetic interest is told by Lord Brampton in connection with a man whom he defended. The luan was charged with wife murder, and his two children were in court, dressed in black and sobbing violently. A verdict was given in the prisoner's favor. But the interest in the case did not end there, says the Loudon Daily Mail. "On the same evening," writes Lord Brampton, "I was dining at the coun try house of a Mr. Hardcastle, and near me sat an old inhabitant of the village where the tragedy had been committed. " 'You made a touching speech, Mr, Hawkins,' said the old inhabitant. "'Well,' I answered 'it was the best I could do under the circumstances.' "'Yes,' he said, 'but I don't think you would have painted the little home in such glowing colors if you had seen what I saw last week when I was driving past the cottage. No, no; I think you would have toned down a bit.' "'What was it?' I asked. " 'Why,' said the old inhabitant, 'the little children who sobbed so violently in court this morning and to whom you made such a pathetic reference were playing on an ash heap near their cottage, and they had a poor cat with a string around its neck, swinging backward and forward, and as they did so they sang; " 'This is the way poor daddy will go. " 'This is the way poor daddy will go.'" '"Such, Mr. Hawkins, was their ex cessive grief.' " lie Couldn't Forvet !*• At school, little Charlie, being ont of the geography class, was deeply in (crested in learning the points of the compass. Said the teachtr: "You have in front of you the north; on your right, the east; on your left, tht west. What have you behind you?" After a moment's reflection, Cfiarlli exclaimed; "A patch on my pants.' And to make the information mor< binding, Charley continued in a sham' faced manner: "I knew you'd seefl: I told mamma you would." —Argooau,' THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED. What It Was That Made the Welsh Babbit Taste So Very Queer. A lady walked into a grocer's shop one day with her sleeves turned up to her el bows and a lighting light in her eyes, says the Kansas City Independent. "This here," she observed with a sniff, as she banged a piece of yellow substance on the counter, 'is the soap that makes ev'ry washin' day a kind of glorified bean feast; the soap that gets all the linen as white as snow and as sweet as a hazel nut by dinner time, and lets the happy housewife spend the rest of the day play in' with the children, and here am I, been scrubbin' three mortal hours with that lump, and ain't got as much lather out of it as 1 could get from a brickbat." "I beg your pardon," remarked the grocer, courteously, "but it isn't the soap. Your little boy came in here yesterday for half a pound of both soap and cheese; that's the cheese." "The cheese!" gasped the lady. "That accounts for the other thing, then." "The other thing?" "Yes, the other tiling," came the reply. "I was layin' awake half the won derin' what it was made the Welsh rab bit we had for supper taste so lunny." You think that an opportunity must necessarily be something great and un usual; but the fact is, the stepping stone to the place above you is in the very thing you are doing, in the way you do it : it does not matter what it is. Success Magazine. The Mayflower was a very small ship. In selecting her the pilgrims are now thought to have had in mind their num bers as pilgrims, merely, rather than their numbers as ancestors.—Puck. Sawdust is now used by some Paris restaurants as a dressing for cutlets, in stead of breadcrumbs. It costs only 30 cents a sack—and the cutlets must taste like 30 cents.—Boston Globe. ■ • SCREAMED AT NIGHT. llnb) Scratched I ntil Face Wan Itavr and Bleeding—Eczema Cared by Catlcura, "For over two years mv little baby girl suffered with a raw, itching and painful eczema on her head and face, the pain causing her to scream day and night, and my wile could get no rest. We tried sev eral doctors, but without success. Unless we kept her hands tied she would scratch until her face was like raw beef. One cake of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuti cura Ointment completely cured her, healing her face without mark or blem ish. (Signed) W. J. Morgan, Orchard Town, New Lamb ton, New South Wales, Australia." When a girl acts is if she were tied to the end of a comet and tries to look as if she were only buttoning her gloves, most likely she is just become engaged.— N. Y . Press. 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