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THE BACHELOR'S SONG.
In otic of the states of the Argentine
Republic bachelors have to pay a tine of
a month up to the age of 30, £l2 a
month from 30 to 35 and CO a month after
the; rer.rh the agt of 50.
Flnce my twentieth birthday I had tried
With no success to win a bride;
My heart had been returned with thanks
Jiy cruel ladles in endless ranks,
lint, instead of the balm that the jilted
lacks.
The state came down on me with a lax,
lAnd I saw my savings disappear
!At the rate of ru every year.
It tame n bit expensive, for
I wasn't a wealthy bachelor.
Fearing my purse wouldn't stand the
drain,
At the ase of thirty T tried again:
Bought n»-v clothes of the latest style,
Practiced a fascinating smile;
Hut why. 1 cannot understand—
Nobody wanted my heart and hand;
Ami the state, in Its brutal, callous way.
Doubled the tax It made me pay.
Pounds to the number of twenty-four
1 paid for being a bachelor.
My fiftieth birthday found me still
A single Jack in search of a Jill;
Hairless, hopeless, dull and stout,
.Troubled, too, with a twinge of gout;
lAnd for all my exertions I could not
Find any one willing to share my lot.
But did the state feel sorry for me?
Ko; it multiplied my fine by three.
Seventy pounds and a couple more
I paid for being a bachelor.
3 write these lines with a borrowed quill
On the back of ati unpaid tailor's bill.
As clever readers will doubtless guess.
The local workhouse is my address.
It seems the only refuge for
A cruelly harried bachelor.
•—London Daily Chronicle.
D'ri and !
By IRVING BACHELLER
Author of ' Eben Holden." "Darrel of
the Blessed Isles," Etc.
Cs**- sr- *—
(Copyright, WOl, by Lot In op rubllahiiiff Company.;
CHAPTER XXII.—CONTINUED.
As I stood by, quivering with excite
ment, I saw him gel a slash in the
shoulder. He stumbled, falling heav
ily. Then quickly, forgetting my sex,
but not wholly, I hope, the conduct
that becomes a woman, I caught the
point of the saber, now poised to run
him through, with the one I carried,
lie backed away, hesitated, for he had
Been my hat and gown. But I made
after him with all the fury I felt, and
eoon had him in action. He was tired,
I have no doubt; anyway, I whirled his
saber and broke his hold, whipping it
to the ground. That was the last we
saw of him, for he made off in the dark
faster than I could follow. The trouble
was all over, save the wound of the
corporal, which was not as bad as 1
■thought. He was up, and one of them,
a surgeon, was putting stitches in his
upper arm. Others were tying four
men together with rope. Their weap
ons were lying in a little heap near by.
One of the British was saying that
Sir Charles Oravleigh had sent for
them to ride after the coach.
"Jerushy Jane Pepper!" said the man
D'ri. "Never seen no sech wil'cat uv
a woman es tl*et air."
I I looked down at my gown; 1 felt of
my hat, now hanging over one ear.
Sure enough, I was a woman.
"Who be ve, I'd like t' know?" said
tho man D'ri.
"Ramon Bell —a Yankee soldier of
Hie rank of captain," I said, stripping
off my gown. "But, 1 beg of you, don't
tell the ladies I was ever a woman."
"Judas Priest!" said D'ri, as he
flung his well arm around me.
CHAPTER XXIII.
1 felt foolish for a moment. I had
careful plans for Mme. St. Jovite. She
would have vanished utterly on our
return; so, I fancy, none would have
heen the wiser. But in that brief
sally I had killed the madame; she
could serve me no more. I have been
careful in my account of this matter
to tell all just as it happened, to put
upon it neither more nor loss of ro
ni!:titi< color than we saw Had I the
skill and license of a novelist, I could
have made much of my little mystery;
but there are many now living who
remember all these things, and then,
I am a soldier, and too old for a new
business. So I make as much of them
as there was and no more.
In pri vat' theatricals, an evening at
Harbor, I had won applause with
the rig, wig. and dialect of my trip to
W rent ham Square. So, when I pro
posed a plan t<i my friend the general,
urging the peril of a raw hand with a
trust of so much importance, he had
no doubt of my ability.
I borrowed a long coat, having put
off ni) dress, and, when all was ready,
went with a lantern to get the ladies.
I.ouise recognized me first.
"Grace au ciel! le capitaine!" said
the, running to meet me.
I dropped my lantern as we came
face to face, and have ever been glad
of tint litll • accident, for there in the
dark my arms went around her, and
our lips met for a silent kiss full of
history and of holy confidence. Then
she put her hand upon my face with a
feentl • caressing touch, and turned her
own way.
"1 am very, very glad to see you," I
Baid.
' Itieu!" said her sister, coming near,
'we should be glad to see you, if It
(vere possible."
I lighted the lantern hurriedly.
"Ciel! the light becomes him," said
Louison, her grand eyes aglow.
But before there v as time to answer
I had kissed her also
'He is a hold thing." she added,
soberly t<j the baroue&t.
"noth a bold thing and a happy
thing," I answered. "Forgive me. I
should not be so bold if I were not—
well—insanely happy."
"He is only a boy," said the baron
ess, laughing as she kissed me.
"Poor little ingenu!" said Louison,
patting my arm.
Louise, tall and lovely and sedate
as ever, stood near me, primping her
bopnet.
"Little ingenu!" she repeated, with a
faint laugh of irony as she placed the
dainty thing on her head.
"Well, what do you think of him?"
said Ixmlson, turning to help her.
"Dieu! that he is very big and dread
ful," said the other, soberly. "I should
think we had better be going."
These things move slowly on paper,
but the greeting was to me painfully
short, there being of it not more than
a minuteful, I should say. On our way
to the lights they plied me with whis
pered queries, and were in fear of more
fighting. The prisoners were now in
the coach, and our men—there were
12—stood on every side of it, their
pikes in hand. The boats were near,
and we hurried to the river by a tote
way. Our schooner lay some 20 rods
off a point. A bateau and six canoes
were waiting on the beach, and when
we had come to the schooner I unbound
the prisoners.
"You can get ashore with this
bateau," I said. "You will find the
horses tied to a tree."
"Wha' does thet mean?" said D'ri.
"That we have no right to hold
them," was my answer. "Itonley was
in no way responsible for their com
ing."
Leaning over the side with a lan
tern, while one of our men held the
bateau, I motioned to the coachman.
"Give that 'humberreller' to the but
ler, with my compliments," I whis
pered.
Our anchors up, our sails took the
wind in a jiffy.
"'Member how we used ye," D'ri
called to the receding Britishers, "an'
ef ye ever meet a Yankee try t' be
p'lite tew *im."
Dawn had come before we got off at
the Harbor dock. 1 took the ladies to
an inn for breakfast, wrote a report,
and went for my horse and uniform.
Gen. Brown was buttoning his sus
penders when they admitted me to his
room.
"What luck, my boy?" said he.
"All have returned safely, including
WE WENT RIDING THAT AFTER
NOON.
the ladies," I replied quickly, "and I
have the honor to submit a report."
He took a chair, and read the report
carefully, and looked up at me, laugh
ing.
"What a lucky and remarkable young
man!" said he."l declare, you should
have lived in the Middle Ages."
"Ah, then I should not have en
joyed your compliments or your friend
ship," was my answer.
He laughed again heartily.
"Nor the demoiselles'," said he."l
congratulate you. They are the love
liest of their sex; but I'm sorry they're
not Americans."
"Time enough. I have decided that
one of them shall become an Ameri
can," said I, with all the confidence of
youth.
"It is quite an undertaking," said he.
"You may find new difficulties. Their
father is at the chateau."
"M'sieur de Lambert?" I exclaimed.
"M'sieur de Lambert. Came yester
day, via Montreal, with a fine young
nobleman—the Count Esmon de Brov
el," said he. "You must look out for
him; he has the beauty of Apollo and
the sword of a cavalier."
"And I no fear of him," I answered
soberly, with a quick sense of alarm.
"They rode over in the afternoon
with Chaumont," he went on."lt
seems the young ladies' father, getting
no news of them, had became worried.
Well, you may go and have three days
for your fun; I shall need you present
ly."
Breakfast over, I got a team for the
ladies, and, mounting my own horse,
rode before them. I began to consider
a very odd thing in this love experi
ence. While they were in captivity I
had begun to think less of Louison and
more of Louise. In truth, one face had
faded a little in my memory; the other,
somehow, had grown clearer and
sweeter, as if by a light borrowed
from the soul behind it. Now that I
saw Louison, her splendid face and
figure appealed to me with all the
power of old. She was quick, viva
cious. subtle, cunning, aware and
proud of her charms, and ever making
the most of them. She, ah, yes, she
could pi iy with a man for the mere
pleasure of victory—if she were not in
love with him. This type of woman
had no need of argument to make me
feel her charms. With her the old doubt,
had returned to me; for how long? I
'• udered. Her sister was quite her
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1505
antithesis—thoughtful, slow, serious,
even-tempered, frank, unconscious of
her beauty, and with that wonderful
thing, a voice tender and low and
sympathetic and full of an eloquence
I could never understand, although 1
felt it to my finger-tips. I could not
help loving her, and, indeed, what man
with any life in him feels not the
power of such a woman? That morn
ing, on the woods-pike, I reduced the
problem to its simplest terms: the
one was a physical type, the other a
spiritual.
"M'sieur le Capitaine," said Louison,
as I rode by the carriage, "what be
came of the tall woman last night?"
"Left us there in the woods," I an
swered. "She was afraid of you."
"Afraid of me! Why?"
"Well, I understand that you boxed
her ears shamefully."
A merry peal of laughter greeted my
words.
"It was too bad; you were very
harsh," said Louise, soberly.
"I could not help it; she was an ugly,
awkward thing," said Louison. "I
could have pulled her nose."
"And it seems you called her a
geante also," I said. "She was quite
offended."
"It was a compliment," said the girl.
"She was an Amazon—like the count's
statue of Jeanne d'Arc."
"Poor thing! she could not help it,"
paid Louise.
"Well," said Louison, with a sigh of
regret, "if I ever see her again I shall
give her a five-franc piece."
There was a moment of silence, and
she broke it.
"I hope, this afternoon, you will let
me ride that horse," said she.
"On one condition," was my reply,
"And it is—?"
' That you will let me ride yours at
the same time."
"Agreed," was her answer. "Shall
we go at three?"
"With the consent of the baroness
and —and your father," I said.
"Father!" exclaimed the two girls.
"Your father," I repeated. "He is
now at the chateau."
"Heavens!" said Louison.
"What will he say?" said the bar
oness.
"I am so glad—my dear papa!" said
Louise, clapping her hands.
We were out of the woods now, and
could see the chateau in the uplands.
CHAPTER XXIV.
There was a dignity in the manners
of M.de Lambert to me formidable
and oppressive, it showed in his tall,
erect figure, his deep tone, his silvered
hair and mustache. There was a
merry word between the kisses of one
daughter; between those of the other
only tears and a broken murmur.
"Oh, papa," said Louison, as she
greeted him, "I do love you—but I
dread that —tickly old mustache. Mon
Deiu! what a lover —you must have
been!"
Then she presented Hie, and put
her hand upon my arm, looking proud
ly at her father.
"My captain!" said she. "Did you
ever see a handsomer Frenchman?"
"There arc many, and here is one,"
said lie, turning to the young count,
who stood behind him —a fine youth,
tall, strong-built, well-spoken, with
blond hair and dark, keen eyes. I ad
mit frankly I had not seen a better
figure of a man. I assure you, he had
the form of Hercules, the eye of Mars.
It was an eye to command—women;
for 1 had small reason to admire his
courage when I knew him better. He
took a hand of each young lady, and
kissed it with admirable gallantry.
"Dieu! it is not so easy always to
agree with one's father," said Louison.
We went riding that afternoon —
Therese and her marquis and Louison
and I. The first two went ahead of us;
we rode slowly, and for a time no word
was spoken. Winds had stripped the
timber, and swept its harvest to the
walls and hollows, where it lay bleach
ing in the sun. Birch and oak and
maple were holding bared arms to the
wind, as if to toughen them for storm
and stress. I felt a mighty sadness,
wondering il' my own arms were quite
seasoned lor all that was to come.
The merry-hearted girl beside me was
ever like a day of .fune —the color
of the rose in her cheek, its odor al
ways in her hair and lace. There was
never an hour of autumn in her life.
"Alas, you are a very silent man!"
said she, presently, with a little sigh.
"Only thinking," I said.
"Of what?"
"Dieu! of the dead summer," I con
tinued.
"Believe me, it does not pay to
think," she interrupted. "1 tried it
once, and made a sad discovery."
"Of what?"
"A fool!" said she, laughing.
"I should think it —it might have
been a coquette," said I, lightly.
"Why, upon my word," said she,
"I believe you misjudge me. Do you
think me heartless?"
For the first time I saw a shadow in
her face.
"No; but you are young and—and
beautiful, and —•"
"What?" she broke in impatiently,
as I hesitated. "I long to know."
"Men will love you in spite of all
you can do," I added.
"Captain!" said she, turning her
face away.
"Many will love you, and —and you
can choose only one—a very hard
thing to do—possibly."
"Not hard," said she, "if I see the
ritfht one—and—and—he loves me al
so."
1 had kept myself well in hand, for
I was full of doubts that day; but the
clever girl came near taking me, horse,
foot, and guns, that, moment. She
spoke so charmingly, she looked so
winning, and then, was it not easy to
ask if I were the lucky one? She
knew I loved her, i knew that she had
loved me, and 1 might as well con
fess. But no; I was not ready.
"Yon must be stern witl] the others;
you must not let them tell you," I
went on.
"Ciel!" said she, laughing, "one
might as well goto a nunnery. May
not a girl enjoy her beauty? It Is
sweet to "her."
"But do not make P fitter for the
poor men. Dieu! I am one of them,
and know their sorrows."
"And you —you have been in love?"
"Desperately," I answered, clinging
by the finger-tips. Somehow we Kept,
drifting into fateful moments when a
word even might have changed all that
has been -our life way, the skies above
us, th<> friends we have known, our
loves, our very souls.
She turned, smiling, her beauty
flashing tip at me with a power quite
irresistible. I shut my eyes a moment,
summoning all my forces. There was
only a step between me and —God
knows what!
"Captain, you are a foolish fellow,"
said she. with a little shudder. "And
I —well, I am cold. Parbleu! feel my
hand."
Rho had drawn her glove quickly,
and held out her hand, white and beau
tiful, a dainty finger in a gorget of
gems. That little cold, trembling
hand seemed to lay hold of my heart
and pulled me to her. As my lips
touched the palm I felt its mighty
magic. Dear girl! I wonder if she
planned that trial for me.
"We must—ride—faster. You —yon
—are cold," 1 stammered.
She held hor hand so that the sun
light flashed on the jewels, and looked
down upon it proudly.
"Do you think it beautiful?" she
asked.
"Yes, and wonderful," I said, "nut,
mark me, it is all a sacred trust —the
beauty you have."
"Sacred?"
"More sacred than the power of
kings," I said.
"Preacher!" said she, with a smile.
"You should give yourself to the
church."
"I can do better with the sword of
steel," I said.
"But do not be sad. Cheer up, dear
fellow!" she went on, patting my el
bow with a pretty mockery. "We wo
men are not —not so bad. When I
find the man I love —"
Her voice faltered as she began fuss
ing with her stirrup.
I turned with a look of inquiry,
changing quickly to one of admiration.
"I shall make him love me, if I
can," she went on soberly.
"And if he does?" I queried, my
blood quickening as our eyes met.
"Dieu! I would do anything for him,"
said she.
1 turned away, looking off at the
brown fields. Ah, then, for a breath,
my heart begged my will for utterance.
The first word passed my lips when
there came the sound of galloping
hoofs and Therese and the marquis.
"Come, dreamers," said the former,
as they pulled up beside us. "A cold
dinner is the worst enemy of happi
ness."
"And he is the worst robber that
shortens the hour of love," said the
marquis, smiling.
Wo turned, following them at a
swift gallop. They had helped me out
of that, mire of ecstasy, and now I was
glad, for, on my soul, I believed the
fair girl had one more to her liking,
and was only playing for my scalp.
And at last I had begun to know my
own heart, or thought I had.
D'ri came over that evening with a
letter from Gen. Brown. He desired
me to report for duty next day or two.
[To Be Continued.)
FixlilK the Ilia inc.
"Dick Wintersmith, representative
from Kentucky, was one of the drollest
wits in Washington," said "Phil"
Thompson at the Waldorf the other
night. "I remember at one time he
and his wife were walking down Penn
sylvania avenue when a little French
man, a member of the legation, who
was directly in front of them, tripped
and fell, it was slippery and lie fell
all over the pavement in the most
ludicrous way.
"Mrs. Wintersmith laughed, where
upon the little Frenchman, picking
himself up, rushed at Dick and pre
sented him with his card.
"Dick looked it thoughtfully over.
" 'What's this for?' he asked of the
little Frenchman.
" 'Your ladee there," snorted the
Frenchman in a tower of rage, 'she
laugh at me. Site laugh at me when I
fall on zee pavement down. I, sir, de
mand sateesfaczione!'
"Dick quietly handed him back his
card.
" 'You goto this lady's brother and
demand zee sateesfaczoine,' said he
'She ain't no blood kin of mine.' " —N.
Y.' Herald.
Origin of "Pounds StcrlliiK,"
How many folk who work every day
in the year who use the phrase
"pounds sterling" are aware of its
origin? Probably not. one in a thou
sand. Yet the adjective "sterling,"
which, apart from its commercial
sense, has come to indicate worth and
genuineness, has a curious historical
significance, and is a distinct survival
of times when England did not weigh
so heavily in the balance of power as
she does now. 111 the fourteenth cen
tury the trade of the known world
was, almost without exception, in the
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this league there were many towns,
most of which coined money, some
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bee, a Baltic city, made the best
money, and the English merchants,
who even then knew a good thins
when they saw it, used to contract for
payment in the "moneys of the Easter
lings"—Easterlings being their name
for the Baltic merchants. Shortened
for convenience, the word still ob
tains, and has all its original force.—
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from ft.j.oo to fcv.oo. 'I ho onlv <lif |
frreiin* is tin* price. V. 1,. Douglas I
S.'*.."»o shoe* «*OS| more to maKc, hold |
their sl»:i|ic better, wear longer, ami |
are ol' Kicatoi* value tha;» any other I
?#on°h»H : "V.', 1 . 11 . lui nuir,4# 1 \V. 1.. I
3 stamping namo ami prior on the I
Q bottom of «*aeli sho*. l.ookt orit. T;»ke H
| no substitute. W. 1.. Douglas #3.50 H
I shoes are sold through his own retail
| sto.*es In tho principal cities, ami I>y
I shoo <leah-rs evcrywlicrc. No matter
where you live, \V. 1.. i>oiiglas hlioeu
are within your reach.
44 The Best B Ever Wore."
ik / trrite to sny that / have irnrn your tS.M
sh ex for the p>nt five years, and tin<l them the
t»>>t 112 ■ -/• »/•<./ e." liev. Frank 2. Jixphy, 603
East Jefferson &t. % Loutsvtlle, h\j.
Boys w ear W. L. Douglas $2.50 and $2.00
shoes because they fit better, hold t!»;ir
shape an J wear longer than other makes.
! M". A. Doiftfhis uses Corona Colt si-in in his
li. jO shoes. Corona Colt is conceded to
be the finest patent leather produced.
Fast Color Eyelets will not wear brassy,
XV. L. Douglas has the largest shoe mall order
business iu the world. No trouble to get a lit
• by mall. 25 cents extra prepays delivery.
If you desire further information. vritefor
lllustn.it' I Catalogue of Spring Stylet.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Brocktoa, Mass.
igfaasjn iw ii mnr t,w ufaxsuaxamJi
USE
| PUSHEOK'S KURO
' Also cures Weakness, Nervous and
General Debility, Rheumatism, Mis
use, Scrofula, Dyspepsia, and all
j diseases due to Impure or impover
| ished blood. No other medicine
like it.
Will be Sent You on Trial
If you send this advertisement and MKJBBI
your address to Dr. C. PUSHECK, &JG|QH
No secret remedy — Formula glv- I
ng composition with each package ' J
IF PUSHRCK*S KURO HELPS. *&\
then you pay |I.OO.
IF IT DOES NOT BENEFIT YOU k '«J|
-IT COSTS NOTHINd and the de- VWal
cision is left to you. I
Also For Sale by btit Druggists- K\ l
EXCURSIONS
BllJJlgl-lV'l. j TO THE
FREE GRANT LANDS
0 f WESTERN CANADA
During the months of March anil April, there
j will l>e Excursions on the various lines of raiU
way to the Canadian West.
Hundreds of thousands of the best Wheat and
Grazing l<ands on the Continent free to tha
j settler.
Adjoining lands may be purchased from rail
way and land companies at reasonable prices.
For information as to route, cost of transporta
tion, etc., apply to SUPERINTENDENT OK IMMI
GRATION, Ottawa, Canada, or to
H. M. WII.I.IAMS. Law Bldg., Toledo, Ohio. Autho
rized Canadian Government Agent.
cessful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs,
•tops discharges, heals inflammation and local
soreness, cures lcucorrhcea and nasal catarrh.
Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure
water, and is far more cleansing, healing, germicidal
and economical than liquid antiseptics lor all
TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES
For sale at druggists, 00 cents a box.
Trial Bo* and Book of Instructions Free.
TH( R. PAXTON COMPAHY BOSTON, MASS,