VOL. XXIX. This Is The Lowest Price Ever given on a Bed Room Suite Solid, Polished Oak, glass 26x30, hoveled plale, FOR $23.00, We ofler this suite for 30 days only. Our Bed Room Suite for sl9 V i! can't get elsewhere for less than $23 to $25. We don't only < 11 r the above goods at low prices, but anything in our store avv:iy down in price. All we ask you to do is to examine our M- k and you will say as we dc—best goods for least money of FURNITURE store In the country. Campbell & Templeton, 136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa. SPRING SUMMER FINE SHOES "B. C- HUSELTON'S. 75 cts. and 90 cts. Ladies' and Gents' WELL WORTH YOUR WHILE TO INVFSTIGATE. - They equal SI.OO and $1.25 shoes sold elsewhere. It is impossible to express the beauty and attractiveness of such a stock of FINE FOOTWEAR as we present to the people of Butler and county this season. We have cheap and serviceable shoes in men's at 75 cts., SI.OO and $1.25 which you can't duplicate in Butler for the price. Men's I*inc Shoes Calf and Patent Calf Shoes are the choicest styles the market produces, It is an assortment which is the envy of our competitors and the admiration of our customers. Come in and look and you will see that we are still headquarters for BOOTS SHOES. Ladies' Misses' and Children's Fine Shoes and Oxford Ties in ut' st variety in black, dainty colors. Ladies' Fine Shoes at 90cts., SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00, tiped or plain toe, opera or common sense lasts. We have them in cloth tops in all styles and prices from the cheapest McKay sewed, up to the finest hand turned Button Boot. ASK TO SEE OUR LADIES' NEW ORLEANS LAST. ladies' Fine Ofxords Tipped at 75 cts.; Ladies' Fine Opera Slippers at F& cts.; Ladies' Fine Dongola Bluchirs in Oxfords and Southern toes at low prices, styles perfectly beautiful, new patterns and dainty new styles. Misses' Fine Kid Spring Heel 11-2, $1.00; Misses' Fine Dongola Tipped, $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. Childs' and Infants' at 2scts., socts., 75 cts., SI.OO and $1.25. OUR gOYS' 3.ND YOUTHS' SHOES. Never before had we such an assortment, never so many styles. Simply impossible not to find a shoe to please both yourself and the boy, then the price will please you to. You can buy them at 75 cis., 90 cts., SI.OO and $1.25. Ladies' Grain Slippers at 50 cts. and 75 cts.; Ladies' Oil Grain Shoes, warranted, at SI.OO. We an; SHOEING A majority of the people of Butler county and we should be shoeing the balance. We'can do so to better advantage than any other house in Butler. The choice you have in this stock is wide enough to cover all that's in the market that is new. The prices arc low enough to come within the limit of anybody's pocket book CQTTK SND see us, HUSELTON, 102 N. Main St., Butler, Pa , RINGS, Diamonds te™s, ' STUDS. ( GKNTS ({OLD, "W "I LADIES WOLD, TT (GKNTS SILVER LADIES CHATLAIN, JV*WPIrV f Gold; Pin«, Ear-rings, ** j | Rings, Chains, Bracelets, Etc, fTea set*, castors, butter dishes ftilvnrwnr'P l and everything that can be ™ (found in a first class 8to»-e RODGER BROS. 1147 I Spoonß - GRIEB, THE JEWELER Ho. 189, North ' Main St, BUTLEB, PA., Job Work of all kind done at the "Citizen Office." THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL OARDg. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, I. ? h. VVajri'V' , oC! v lit. ir-. 1" to 12 M. and Ito W. »l. L. M. UEINSEL. M. D, rOYSiriAM ANI» Sl*U<!F.O>'i ! oaice iiiid r sl.lciioo at !-T H- CunnlDßtiam St, L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND Sew Troutman Building, Bailer, l'a. K. N. LEAKE. M. 1> R - - MANN ' M " U ' Specialties: Specialties: G/mwologj and Sur- Kye, and Ifery. 11 "' DRS. LEAKE & M ANN, Butler, Pa. t_i. .i. _UVJ ivl EK M AN. 1 JiVSICIAN AND BCKGKON. ! Oflic; .a No. i'«. S. M iln street, over Krauk £ I tio's Hi ii£ SCOre. BQtl'T, SAMUEL. «i. Lil FPUS. Physician and Surgeon. iVO 22 Kivfct JifitWb £!•» i • 'l<T, Ta. v. rv.cALPINE, Dentist, •a i-,.« , «-riijHi.rtitly *' ( ' 1 "'*> >«uih Main tar,,., i.uLlrr. t'a., ill rooms ;<iri;i-r.. I ■... :r. IV Utvti. ijl •. £■. A. J 01: NSTO N. L ! rrris'i, - - BUTLfc.k, PA. Cfh! Riling ralnl'-S" I-xtr.iction 'it Toetli ana Artlikial TeetH without Halts a specialty Nitiotis Oxi'le (, r \ Itallzod A.r or I/kuil Anaesthetics used. Office over Millers Grocery e;ut of l.owry U ('itTlw closed Wednesdays and Tliur*lf>ys. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artulclal Tfctli lni»*rt«M in H.e latest ita ,,rove<l plan. Hold Killing a specialty. Ofltoe— ovt r Kebaul's Clothlnit su-rt. C. f. L. McQUISTION, £VJL\EEK VXD SURVEYOR, OFI'ICE KKAU DIAMOND, lim.xu. PA. A. B. C. McFARLAND. Att'y at Law and Notary Public—Office on S. diamond St.—opposite the Court Ilouse—sec ond iloor. H. Q. WALKER, Attoriiey-at~La.w~-Ofllce in Diamond lilock. (Sutler. P;u J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. < ilTioe - Between I'cwtoffico and Diamond, but ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTORN KY-AT-LAW. Office at No. 8, South Diamond. Ilutler. l'a. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATI OKN'KYJ.VT LAW. Otlice second floor, Anderson Isl k, Slain St., near Court House. Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—Office <>n Bouth side of Diamond Butler. Pa. J. w. HUTCHISON, ATTOKNEY;AT LAW. Office on second lloor of the Huselton bl jclc, Dlatnond, Bu'lcr, Pa.. torn No. l. IRA McJUNKIN. Attom.-y at Law. office at No. 17, East Jutfer son 8t , I'utjer, Pa. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney :«t Law and Heal K.stnte Attent. of floe rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north side of Diamond, Isutlcr, Pa. H. H. QQUCHER. AttOrney-at-lAw. Once on second Boor of Anderson building, mar <*.,;irt House, Butler, Pa. L, S. McJ IJ N iv! \ f Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 1/ KAST JF.FFKRSON ST. BITTI.ER. - PA. BIiTLER COITNTV Mutual Fire Insurant Cn Office Cor. Main & Cunningham fits. 11. C. IIEINEMAN, SECRETARY, DIRECTORS: Alfred Wick, Henderson Oliver, !>r. W. Irvln, James Stephenson, W. W. Blackmrirc, N. Weltzel, I'. Ilowmari, I). T. Norrls, (Jeo. Ketlerer. .('liu. Kebhun, John Orohman. John Koenlin;, LOYAL S ; g'JUKEIN, Agent. eiJTL E"R,, PA. DR. JOHNSTON'S IMPROVEMENT IN DENTAL PLAI ES. Patented Fel>ruary 25, 1890. This lmprovetaent & M J'i'" i dh suction plale In common use. The only about one-eighth to onu-lourth the usual size, and IHIIIK con structed on true mechanical principles, nt the mouth with perfect accuracy. Any ntunher of teeth can be put in without extracting any L'ood teeth yon may have, no plate In the roor of the inoutli. The patent plate Is specially adapts eg to partial lower dentures, since It is wel known that the dental profession have nothing successful to offer In that line; and further more . partial lower Plates have not nor cannot be successfully made bv any other known mctluxl. This IK an Iwportuutinat f ter when we take consideration that lower v-,' ITIBI teeth are as necessary as ui>p«r. for further Information, call at ItaomH 111 Kilst JcfTcrKOii Str.it, BUTLER, PA. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. B I ft OUTM Colds. Coaght, Bore Throat, Croa-». Infla enza. Whooping Cough, BrocohiUsund Aithxra* I A cerUin care for Consumption in &x*t stag*!, and a sure relisf in advanced stages. You will »e« the easelleat effect after taking the first dose. Bald by dealers everywhere. Large bottles. M s«»U and SI.OO. CHAPTER I. THE FKEICX AND PRINCESS GO IN* BEAIU'H OLR ADVENTURES. Twel»e-ytar-old Arthur Dale Dustin did not look in the least liko a Prince, that bright September afternoon, sitting on the topmost rail of the fence. As he dangled his brown legs idly, he wistfully watched his cousins at the play In which they would not allow him to join, lie loved to play as dearly as any other twelve-year-old boy; but somehow or other he was always left out of their games by the boisterous crew of little Dustins whom ho called cousins. Ho tried his best to like what they liked, and to bo one with them, but some thing always seemed to happen to pre vent. Once, when they all went down to see the well that his uncle John Dustin was drilling deep into the earth with the hopo of strikir% oil, they found the men away and for a few minutes had the place to themselves. Thereupon Cousin Dick, who was two years older than Arthur, climbed up the derrick, and, watching his chance, sprang on the end of the great walking beam that was working slowly up and down with ponderous strokes. Here he rode on tho back of his mighty wooden steed for a few seconds, while the other children shouted and clapped their hands with admiration. Then Dick came down and dared Arthur to perform tho same feat; but the boy held back, no was not afraid, pot a bit of it; and even if he had been ho would gladly have done any thing Dick dared do, merely to win his good will and that of tho others. Rut his Uncle John had forbidden them even to go near the derrick or tho engine unless he was there to look after thexn. The Others seemed to have forgotten this; but Arthur remembered it. and so re fused to ride on tho walking beam be cause if would be an act of disobedi ence. Then Cousin Dick sneered at him and called him a " 'fraid-cat," and all tho others, except tender-hearted, freckle-faced little Cynthia, took up tho cry and shouted: " 'Fraid-cat'! 'Fraid cat'" as they crowded around him and pushed him into the derrick. Just then Uncle John returned and the others ran away, leaving poor Arthur, looking very confused and red in the face, standing in the middle of the derrick floor. Then, when his uncle in a stern voice asked him what ho was doing in that place which he had been strictly forbidden to enter, Arthur hung his head and would not say any thing; for he was too brave a lad to bo a "tell-tale," and too honest to tell a lie. So his Unele John said that ho was a mmpplity V>ny whi> hail lad tho other chil dren into mischief, and that he might go right home and get into bed, and stay there for tho rest of tho a punishment. Poor Arthur obeyed; and as he walked slowly towards the only place in tho world he could Call home, great tears rolled down his cheeks. When tho other children, who were hiding in tho bushas, saw them they called out: "Cry baby! Cry-baby!" Only little Cynthia ran out and put her arms about his neck and said she was sorry; but Dick pulled her roughly away. Another timo, when Cynthia asked Arthur to build a house for her dolls under the roots of a great tree that bad blown down just on the edge of tho woods back of tho house, he, being an A DIO NEWFOUNDLAND DOO CAME DASn- ISO DIRECTLY TOWARDS THEM. obliging littlo soul, consented at onco to do so. Under tho hugo mass of roots and earth they played happily enough at mak'ng believe it was a cave, and tiyntnia was radiant with delight over tho beautiful timo they wero having. Eor a littlo while Arthur experienced the novel feeling of being perfectly happy. Then, all of a sudden, a shower of earth and gravel came rattling down on them froip above, and with it came a mocking chorus of: "Oirl-boyl Girl boy! Look at tho firl-boy playing with dolls!" and little Cynthia began to cry over the ruin oi her beautiful baby house. Upon this, with a quick blaze of in dignation, Arthur picked up a bit of stick and flung it with all his strengthat the tormentors who had brought tears to his little cousin's eyes. It was aimed at nobody in particular, but it happened to strike Dick on the cheek and mako a slight cut, from which the blood flowed. Thereupon the big boy ran crying home to his mother and told her that Arthur had struck him with a stick, in proof of which ho showed bis bloody face. Then Mrs. Dustin, who al ways acted upon the impulse of the mo ment,. took down tho opple switch from over the mantel-piece, and gave her nephew a whipping which, she said, would be a lesson to him. Poor little Cynthia tried to explain how it had all happened, but her mother had no timo to listen and only told her and the other children to come away from tho bad boy and not go near him again that day. Some days after this, when all tho others had gone on a fishing expedition, upon which they had refused to lot Arthur and Cynthia accompany them the boy proposed a beautiful plan to his little cousin.. Ho remembered his fairy tales his own dear mother used to read to him and now lio said: "Let us make believe we are a princo and princess, Cynthia, and go out into the world in search of adventures." Cynthia had not tho remotest idea of what was meant by "adventures," but she was willing to agree to any thing that Arthur might propose. So the two children sot forth, and no body noticed them as they went out of the front pate and walked, hand in hand, down the dusty road. They had not gone far before they dis covered a poor little robin just learn ing to fly, that had fallen into a ditch by the roadside, whore, in a few minutes more, he would have been drowned. Of course, they rescued him, and, while the old mother and father birds flew about them, uttering cries of distress and beg ginjf them not to hurt their baliy, Cynthia dried his wings and carefully wiped the mud from his downy feathers with her pinafore. Then Arthur cLimlifiJ. ogcr Ji fence anil, jilaced liUTLPJR, PA.,JULY 1 r>. isi)j. the littlo tromrumg tning uown in tno soft grass on the other side. Next they found a yellow butterfly whose pretty wings were all tangled in a spider's web. Of course, they set him free, and had the pleasure of seeing him flutter jo3ously away. Arthur said theso were beautiful adventures, and both tho children looked eagerly forward to find is|fe s £j§L OS THE FLY LEAF SHE WROTE WITH A TIXY GOLD PENCIL. ing some more, but they walked nearly a mile, and were becoming very hot and tired before they met with another. All of a sudden, as they were passing a cottage by tho roadside, they were startled by a deep, loud bark, and, turning, they saw* a big Newfoundland dog bound over the front fence and como dashing directly toward them. Now, while Arthur was very fond of dogs that lie was acquainted with, he was also very much afraid of strange dogs, especially big ones, and his first impulse upon this occasion was to run away. Then he remembered that ho was a prince and that princes were al ways brave. So ho told Cynthia to run as fast as she could and hide in tho bushes. As she did this tho brave little fellow turned a bold front, though he was trembling in overy limb, toward tho enemy. Tho next instant the big dog sprang upon him, threw him down, rolled him in tho dust and then stood over him, wagging a bushy tail and barking with delight at what he had done. Arthur, who thought he was certainly to be killed, shut his eyes and for near ly a minute lay perfectly still. lie opened them on hearing a tramp ing of hoofs, a jingling of harness and a loud "Whoa!" Then, no longer seeing the dog, ho quickly Ecrambled to his feet. Tie was right under tho noses of a pair of splendid horses, and behind them was a fine carriage, from wLili,L a LodrrHful My was just stop- Ping. "Why, little boy," sho said, a* she took Arthur's hand, and led him away from in front of tho horses, "don't you know that you came very near being run over'.' and that it is dangerous to bo playing out hero in tho middle of the road? Now run into tho hodso, and ask your mother to brush your clothes, nnd don't ever do so again." "Rut I don't live here," said Arthur, lifting his dust-covered littlo face to tho gracious one bent down to him. "I livo a long way off, and I'm a Prince and Cynthia is a Princess, and we were look ing for adventures, when a big dog knocked mo down; but he didn't hurt Cynthia because I defended her, tho same as princes do in the stories my own mamma used to read to IEC." "So you arc a Prince aro you?" laughed the lady. "Then you must bo 'l'rinco Dusty.' Well, if you will get into tho carriago and show me tho way I will tako you homo to your castle. Rut whore is your Princess? What did you say her name was?" "It is Cynthia," replied Arthur, "and there sho comes now." As ho spoko poor terrified littlo Cynthia camo timidly out from tho bushes whero sho had been hiding and orying with fright for tho last threo minutes. Then the beautiful lady took them both Into the carriage and ordered tho coachman to drive on, while she soothed and comforted the children and wiped Arthur's dusty little faco with her own embroidered handkerchief. She looked anxiously at him when ho told her that his name was Arthur Dalo Dustin, that his dearest mamma and papa wore dead, and that he used to live in New York, but that now he lived with Cynthia's father and mother, who were his Uncle John and Aunt Nancy. Sho asked him several questions about him self, but always seemed to forget lfls name, and only called him "Prince Dusty." When they reached the Dustin house she kissed both the children good-bye and gave Arthur a beautiful copy of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales that she had in the carriage with her. On tho fly leaf sho wrote with a tiny gold pencil that hung from her watch-chain: "To Prince Dusty from his l-'airy Godmother." Then she said sho must hurry on and drove away, leaving the children standing by the roadside and staring after the carriage as long as the faintestcloudof dustfrom its wheels was visiblo. As they turned slowly into the front gato and walked toward the house Arthur drew a long breath and said: "Cynthia, that is tho very most beauti ful adventuro I ever heard of. It's beau tifullcr even than the stories iny own mamma used to tell, and I've got this lovely book to show that it is all true." Poor Arthur was not allowed to enjoy the possession of his.book very long, for his Aunt Nancy, who had been alarmed at the chlldren'sdisappt aranoc, and now gave them only bread and water for their dinner, took it from him and laid it on a high shelf, saying that it was altogether too handsomo a book for a little boy to have. Arthur begged and pleaded with tears in his eyes that ho might be allowed to keep his book, claiming, justly, that it was his very own and had been given to hitn to do v as he pleased with; but all to no pur- X«>se. Ilis Aunty Nancy only said that she would givo It to him when tho proper time came; and then, adding that 'she was too busy now to bo bothered with hitn, she bade him get out of the house, and not let her see him again before sun-down. So the sensitive littlo chap walked slowly away, trying in vain to choke back the indignant sobs that would per sist in making themselves heard, and feeling very bitterly the injustice of his Aunt Nancy's action. He longed for sympathy in this time of trial, and for some friendly ear into which ho might pour his griefs. Even Cynthia's com pany was denied him, for she was seated in the kitchen under her mother's watchful eye, taking slow, awkward stitches in the patch-work, a square of which was her allotted task for each day. "I'll.find uncle Phin," said Arthur to himself, "anil leu mm an aooui n, and, perhaps, he will somehow find, a way to (jet my book ajrain, and then I'll ask hini to take mo away from here to somo place where I can keep it always." Somewhat cheered by having a definite purpose in view, th<- forlorn littlo fellow started acr.'ss the fields toward a distant wood lot, in which he knew his sympathizing old friend and adviser ira« at work. Uncle I'hin was a wkite-ht aded, simple-hearted old negro, wb<), *ome years before, had been a slave belong ing to Colonel Arthur Pale, of Ha'.cs court, in Virginia. Tie had been the constant attendant, in her daily horse back rides, of the Colonel's only daugh ter, the lovely Virginia Dale, to whom her father had formally presented him, as a birthday gift, when she was fifteen years old. Three years later the spirited girl, re fusing to marry the man whom her father had selected for her, ran away with Richard Dustin. a vounp North erner recently graduated from a New England university, who had accepted a professorship in one of the Virginia col leges. This marriage proved so terrible a disappointment to her father, that, in his anger, he declared he would never receive a communication from her, nor see her again, and he never did. The young couple, accompanied by the faith- ful Undo Pliin, went to New York. There their only child, a boy. named Arthur Dale, after the grandfather, who refused to recognize him, was born, and there they lived in the greatest hap piness until the child was nearly eleven years old. when the beautiful young mother died, leaving Richard Dustin ut terly heartbroken. Soon afterward he removed with his idolized boy and Uncle I'hin, who had filled the position of nurso and constant protector to Arthur from infancy, to the home of his child hood, a little rocky farm in Northwest ern Pennsylvania. lie had but one relative in the wortd, a brother who lived near one of the mushroom-like towns that sprang up during the early days of petroleum. When, a year after the death of his wife, Richard Dustin was also laid in the grave, it was •in the family of this brother, John Dustin, that Arthur and Undo Phin found a home. Richard Dustin left no property save the rocky farm that was too poor even to support a mortgage. As his brother John had a largo family, tho new bur dens now thrust upon him were not very warmly welcomed. In fact Mrs. Dustin strongly urged her husband not to receive them. She was Arthur's Aunt Nancy, a hard, unsyinpathotic over-worked woman who grudged every morsel of food that tho new comers ate, and seemed to consider that every thing given to Arthur was just so much stolen from her own children. Uncle Phin, it is true, worked hard and faithfully to do what ho could to ward earning the bread eaten by him self and his "lil marse," as ho persisted in calling Arthur; but he was old and feeble, and tho best that he could do did not amount to much. Tho scanty, but neat, oity-mado wardrobe that Arthur brought with hitn to his new home, had not been replenished by a single gar ment, and now the boy's clothes w ere shabby and outgrown to such a degree that his mother's heart would have ached could she have seen him. Although he was a thoughtful, imag inative child, he was remarkably strong nnd active for his ago. lie had learned to read and write at his mother's knee, ar.a his rattier nan, during tu.i J—— of his life, found his only pleasure in planning and directing the boy's educa tion. Arthur was therefore as far in ad vance of his cousins in this respect as ho was in refinement and ideas of honor. Ho was so very different from them that though ho tried hard to love them and make them love him, they, with tho ex ception of littlo Cynthia, to whom ho was an ideal of perfection, united in cordially disliking him. This dislike was shown in every pos sible way, and resulted in many a heart ache, and many an unjust punishment to tho lonely orphan l>oy. Many a night he slipped from his little cot bed in the back shed, and, creeping to where Uncle Phin slept in a hay-mow in tho barn, poured his troubles with bitter tears into tho sympathetic ears of the old negro. Then the faithful soul would open wide his arms, and, nestling the fair head of his "lil marso" against his broad bosom, would sootho and comfort him with gentle croonings and quaint WOUI.D COMFORT AND SOOTHE HIM WITH QUAINT, QUAVERY PLANTATION MELO DIES. quavering plantation inolodies. His singing was always accompanied by a slow rocking motion of the body, and finally the blue, tear-swollen eyes would close, and tho boy would drop off into a sleep full of beautiful dreams in which ho always saw his own dear fa ther and mother. Then Undo l'hin's frosted head would droop lower and lower, until ho too was asleep and dreaming of his long-ago cabin home under tho magnolia trees of old Vir ginia. Thus these two would comfort each other until morning. Now, choking with a sense of injustice and wrong at tho hands of his Aunt Nancy, little Princo Dusty fled across tho fields in search of this friend. Ho was fllledwith the determination to beg Uncle Phin to tako him away from that bated place, to somo other where they might livo happily together for always and always. CHAPTER 11. A OAI.I.ANT RESCUE AND ITS I NJIST lILWAUU. Resides Undo Phin Arthur had an other friend. 'l'his was Rrace Rarlow, a torpedo-man, w hose business it was to shoot oil wells, but who had worked for Mr. John Dustin when Arthur first came there to livo. He and tho lonely boy had taken a great liking to each other. Now, as the latter walked along the road toward tho place where I'ncle I'hin was at work, thinking intently of his own griefs and trials, he was aroused by a cheery: "Halloo! Arthur, boy!" bo hind him. Turning quickly he saw his friend, the torpedo-man, driving a light wagon and laughing at hitn. " 'Fraid you're getting old and deaf, Arthur," said Brace Rarlow. "Could have run over you without half trying." "Oh, Rrace!" cried the boy, forgetting his troubles and his errand in a moment, "can't I go with you?" "Well, I don't know why not," was the reply. "Pm only going out a few miles to shoot a well, and if you aren't afraid of nitro-glycerine I guess you can come."* Of course, Arthur was not afraid, and would not have acknowledged it even if he had been. So ho clambered into the wagon beside his friend, and rode away, as cheerfully as though there were not nearly two handxeii.l/OUlnJa the dead" llOl.n nit: BIIEIX, HKAIE. THE KOrK'S BUKAKIXO. ly explosive stowM under the wtigoa seat. At the well, which was to ha v. a tor pedo exploded at its very bottom, a thousand f'Ct underground, t 'j;. .'.atv its sluggish ilow of oil, Arthur eagerly watched his friend's operation •. They two were alone in the derrick, for n. ne of the men wonld have any thing to do with nitro-glycerine, and so Drac<. who needed some assistance, was »riad to have that of tho bright, careful boy who so willingly ollered his services. A long, tin tube, that they had brought with them, was hung in the mouth of the well by a stout cord that ran over a pulley above it and duwn to an iron reel attached to on*) of the derrick posts. When it was in position Brace began to pour glycerine into it from the square, two-quart can tnat had been stowed under the wagon-seat, while Arthur looked on with br*>athlesi interest. Tho long tube was almost full, and a weight of nearly two hundred pounds hung from tho c..rd when a slight, almost inaudible snap, caused Arthur to look up. Something, perhaps a jagged bit of iron in the pulloy, had cut tho cord half in two, and tho rapidly increasing weight that it was made to bear, was untwisting and parting its remaining strands. It was the snapping of one of theso that attracted Arthur's attention. A moment later the cord would have given way. Tho torpedo would have plunged into tho well and would pr«>l>- ably have exploded from concussion with the iron casing before it had drop ped many feet. With such an explosion both Rrace and Arthur would instantly have been blown into unrecognizable fragments. "Hold the shell, Ilracel" cried tho boy, "the rope's breaking!" Tho torpedo-man was quick to act in an emergency, for his life was made up of them; and, without hesitation, he did as directed. As the strain was thus taken from the cord, Arthur drew it down, cut it at tho weak spot, tied tho ends in a firm knot, and reeled it taut again. Then I'race rose frota his stoop ing posture, and, not till then, did he realize what had happened. As ho comprehended tho situation he said quietly: "You have just saved my life, Arthur, and I thank you for it." Then ho completed his task as though nothing had happened. Two minutes later tho torpedo had been exploded, and the friends were driving homeward talking over tho incidents of the shot. Ilraco set tho boy down at a cross road not far from the Dustin House, and, bidding tho torpedo-man good night, the littlo fellow ran home, feel ! i>AM ' 1 Though ho hardly realized tho IUU valuo of the service he had just rendervd his friend, ho was suro that ho had been useful at a critical moment, he knew that he had been praised for what ho had done, and he felt moro manly than over before. It was grow ing dusk when he reached tho front gate, where faithful littlo Cynthia was anxiously watching f*r him and wondering whero ho could be. "Oh, Cynthia!" ho cried as he drew near and saw her, "I'vo had such a good time. I've boon well shooting with Uraco Harlow, and I saw tho rope just as it was going to break and told Rrace, and ho held the torpedo while I tied a knot In it. and ho said I had saved his life, though I don't see exactly how, and tho very minute I get grown up I'm going to bo a well shooter." It was absolutely necessary for the enthusiastic little fellow to pour into somo sym pathetic ear tho tale of what ho had done. He had performed a bravo act; and, in tho first flush of his excitement, he longed to be praised for it, as we all do whenever we have done any thing that we consider especially gi>od, or worthy of commendation. It Is a reward of merit, to which all who have earned it arc entitled, and to withhold just praise Is as cruel a* to e*tend un-. Just censure. Cynthia would not have been guilty of any such unkindness. Her eyesV>p«ned wide as sho listened to the tale her Princo told of his bravo deeds. Sho was just catching her breath to tell him how splendid sho thought them, when they were startled by the sound of a harsh voice calling: "Arthur! Cynthia! Come into thu house this minute, you naughty chil drem, and don't stay out there breathing thenight air." '*A boy must breathe somo kind of air, Aunt Nancy, and when it is night timo I don't see how ho can help breathing night air," laughed Arthur, as ho reached tho house; for not even his aunt's harah tones could, at once, dlsj>"l his good spirits. "Don't«tcll me," answeeed Mrs. Dus tin. "I say night air is poison, and I won't halve you breathing it Now, I suppose you think I don't know wht re you havei been all the afternoon; but I do. You've l>een off with .Brace Harlow, who ought to know better thsn to take you, shooting wells and "trying to get yourself blown into mince-meat just to make more trouble for n*-. Tes, 1 know all about it, In «[»ito of you sly ways. W>\v you may go right to and not a morsel of supper shall you have this night, which may be it'll be a lesson that you will rotn**niber for one while any way." Mr. John Dustin, who sat smoking his evening pipe by an open window, ran ly interfered with his wife's management of the children; butoiow he spoko tip. saying: "That won't do, wtfe; you only ga*o the boy bread .and wa«<r for his dinner, and it won't do to sentl him to bed with out any supper. I l*lieve in proper punishment, when it is duM-rved, as much as anybody; but "when it cotnes to starving, that's <juite another tiling It shall never be sa id that iny I>P ther Rich- ard's only son w*»s starved in hi-- und" s house. So givo the his supper and plenty of it. Then you.can send him to bed if you see?fit." Mrs. Dustin knew that when her hus band spoke in this tone he ne iint !■> •> obeyed; so, withotit a word, t~ n> < t a plain but bountiful m *al beforo Arthur. From a boy's experience of broad and wa ter punishments, and supperl- -nights hewasvviso enough nnm heart! . all that he possibly cotud. in t » t < of hi# heavy heart. He at 1 * in. and for somo time noliody eko only Dick, who sat at the farther end of th< room with tho other children, chuckled and made faces behind Arthur's back for the lienefit, and to the hligo delight, of his coin pan ions. 1!• ■ was gr« atly pleased at the result of his tale-bearing; for it was ho who, overhearing Arthur tell < ynthia that he had been well shooting with Jlrace ilsriow, had hur ried to t)*e house and ret* 'atiil thi" in formation, with some pio* ur> -qu« ad ditions of his own devising, to his Oner, during the uleat m . . U:tle Cyntb.a tried t< cr< at* » „»< herco uita'a fa\- rI t mrsarl - ■:■■■•: ITy to nob \y In ;.»rtic-ilar. 1 •.* * * •• .w paay sr. general: 1 lUriow i ho saved his It ft.* "Who aaya wiat?" lntj„ir- «i Mr nhte tln, turning and Sii ~f . _ *rp pyft« on the little gixi'§ fac ••Bruce Tl*r..>w says, f me® • , % rtbar >ays Rra-e Harlow *ars. he saved ' >s —" ••Ob fiddlestick*!'" Interrupted her toother. ,f Voa doa't kc,« jw'rt talkintr aliout It ian't at kit it .< .y .oat eitherof thru; dii any thisjruf kiud. Th> s«.rt of dhnger E.a. IJ* . . « 4 Into is quick and ton. V. " or.ce gets star tod, tfcer* Isn't .mj . for Llile »a*ing.<>r for teTKngo; j- aft .- suit* Arthur ought to know bettor » an to tro round luting in that «t like you. and 1 ahaalti Lhiak aod jG ash..nied of hin.self fur civic* it." Arthur listened U> this i.*v and cruel 5,.»« vh with a Cu>!. fa-.'- an ; a feeling of choking ln.iign..'i. r: * .1 he diil not say a r.-. rd. Youtsi as he j«.h» I had already learned that in a < wlest with an unreasonable person, aileaca Is the weapon of wisdom. After furtshing his supper •.he £. rU> ra little fellow, accepting his without a murmur, though he c i not imagine what wrong he bad i. no, re- I tired to his cot In the wood-shed, where he waa quickly bitximl l»y tba presaaaa of sleep, tbo comforter. The next day was the bright one la September with which this »u>rj ty.ua and Arthnr is introduced as he s.;s uii the top rail of a zig-zag fence wavhlr.g the other children at play. Fired by tho accounts of his adven tures of the day before, as rflfrratod to theoi at second hand by Cynthia, for Ar thur eould not bo Indue- d »ay another word concerning IT tua cousins had determined to kavu a miniature wcli-shooting of their own. They spent the entire momiaj? la ika construction of a very shaky Isf: * der rick. al>out ten feet high, and h->w *..,ey wero busy drilling a well, which taey hoped to pot down to a depth p( at least two feet. When it was finished they proposed to shoot It by means of a cannon cracker that they had saved ore* from Fourth of July for use on scaaq such special occasion. The scheme was well planned. and seemed likely to be carried out, ' r tha children were enthusiastic orar it, an<l. under Dick's direction, worked nana# diligently. Arthnr would gladly have Joined in this fascinating occupation, but the others would not hat e him. As Dick scornfully remarked: "What can a \ i r srtxea. uiat ajlo tm io tuz oaotins IM'l.oDl\il A3 tt mt city chap like you know about building derricks, and drilling weila? Yo« wasn't raised in the oil region." So Arthur was forced to eontsnt him self with sitting on the feae>» and watching them. Occasionally he for a chat with Cnc!« PJ»in. who waa cutting brush in the f "Id behind his. and who took a long reat whoaewr ha reached the end of a row that !*eugfet him anywhere near his "111 as arse." Finally, after one of these resta. during which Arthur had paid no attaa'" n u> the operations at the miniat ;r»* d . r'cic. he left his pen*h and followed CnHa Phin for a short Hstance lnti» the thick brush. While In there b« was s'artied by a perfect babel of aound eoaaittf from where the children were at play There were yells and shoots of rain- 1 gienl with cries of pain, and ar. .«ngry wreaming-, together with pi!"«rs -alia of: "Artharl Oh. Arthur! Oar-.o snd tr.akc 'em stopP Likes a young deer the boy hounded out of tbo corn and erver the fsao.-. fol lowed, much more alow ly, bf Unci* Khin Arrived upon tbo scene he ly comprehended tbo litnatlo. In an unfortunato moment, Just as tfie well was completed and ready to be shot,.! I'j-nthia's dearly-loved little white kitty ram" demurely walking In tha* d:rea j tion looking for her mistress. At sight ' of the little animal a brilliant Idea flashe.l through Dick's mind, *E-i he at oneo proceeded to carry it «kt ll* said: "We can't have roach fun shooting i dry well anyhow, "cause there » ia't he any oil to fly up in the air; butjJ'll fell you what f-et's hare an eaecation by "lectriclty. It'll be immense, and here's tbo prisoner already waiting to be ea : eeuted."* Thus saying, the cruel boy snatched up the littie white kitty, aod bi l i'.ng the others bold Cynthia, who was r< ady j to make a furious struggle in defense ! of her pet, ho ran with It to the der rick. Here with the mak«>-belier», drill rope, bo hnng It by th« tail, so that the little pink nose w but a few lnebes ftjen the ground Tien lighting the fuse of the great cannon cracker, lie placed It illrecuy ben-aia. the victim, who was now ottering piteous' cries of pain and terror, an.l ran to where tho others were shooting with delight over the new and thrilling di version so unexpectedly prepared It* th em- Poor. desperate, little Cynthia, kick ing, biting, scratching, but stru« ing in rain with the young rascals who r>« i her fast, began, as a last rcs rt, to rail upon Arthur, tbo brave Princ>; who Ha l dofoaded her against the Wg dog. aid r.be did not call In vain. listless and breathless, with th- fire of righteous wratb blazing in his biue eyes, the plurky boy came flying to the rescue. He had no thought of the * v r whelming odds against him. The princes of bts fairy tales focgb' wi.ole armies single-handed and why should aot be? His Impetuous spv-d »*nrrled him right through the*h- xr»»ur> as sembled to wttnees tho <>t |be hsple«,s kitty, and two of tun. *c re flung to tb< ground before th- .. w*-* of hi-> ;-res. n--< An Instar.* ' >Uf fee reacted the little derrick. The ruse bad burned down into the >»* lv t ie big cracker, and in another «ee«-.»# it would explode. Without th- fi.®*»«t trace t>f hesitation tbe littie f tlow* seised it and flung it behind bim An explosion followed aiiruot iaeiaalf ly, and was a- i- ompanie«d by a y«wl of j pain. The* moment Writ re<ngni«- . I Arthur, and percedved bis inteatioa he sprantr after bts cousin, and was direct ly in line when th> -annon-era. Verr.*r..-> flj ing toward bin,. It struck hiin and fell to the ground, exploding as it did so, and burning his boa* feet painfully. Furious with rage the j.. tng bully al Arthur, who was re leatttur the white kitty from her unuap py position, and with a «a>aj*e ! eiw knoi-ked tbe little felk/w down. Tben be jum|>e-d on him, and began topumss«*l him, &*re-aiuiag: " "Hake that, will joul and that! I'll teach yoa! 11l show yo« wUo> \(>. 35 el .rye*! Tr> j-'. s of -i : .«inay. aa. wWaekf - ■■■ .tinging (hr'«"< - loaMmt I ark Ftilr. * f >{*.<•<«• 4 Mtataaiw aa A V. bad arHs«4 JM« ia time tm aire "r>m *nr ia/.ry U tke «# Mt wHb<;- 4 aw»». awi to xi aifahnt, aiiA a tt.ee. rh>~ thraahmg Tut the j mat rna cal so well Ij alt . .i In le 1 1 -an a n.aate '-»<nri.j -w-W* TX.-": ja* il< M I9en#4 ?«dl.»wer» a*a where til »(j»p««*et to !ar tk«4r « Cyatttna hal sfwme ifvr her v wto»« i 4 kitty. .:*! bra-re nrtie -prtae- ihHty." ■mhm ha-lif im%*>r+cZ* nita'* arans. wa« - btng aa •a.atgh Ms heart **"*'• • « f f' "Sou, Honey. ««hT !>>■** yam <~ty nil." n .rmured the -»V4 man fa «ooth «J lowe*. " ihaatin Sy iua% ;«n'« a D%ie by h«e»4- ta*. an* imei «f Dale stock jttm'* tmn' a aatn now. a ynawn foa'lwifa. mm' It won't nehber d» fer aa fat Is to «J like a iill- ffwi. -*>h aww. H -aej. a»h."" %• :her •t :h. as heari 'mr <to step U»at appma« Tbna *n'T» henift. an-t «■<• .r>se I waa pu>«r ,tf».i'.U-! I n«l» Phin la *»>«hhag ami ootuf-'rT.at' ha< eharje. saal it «*> aa «aay Mr*. Dttatui to aaVt the t-f-nh-Tn* kmj .mm iaia aroM. Th«*a *h* ra irehd«d nstoi* w»|, a •word, hi ''.r»«gtag ?»er etetua rwieat* leaaly after h<* rr.-Ie PMa kail otartad a kw feat when he Slrat. * .at waa hapoee mt bat *aak 'sark acrun wtr*i a i i "iaa. a.. I n: "Bf T'lad Sdh ttstissy »a His iHlh" Then h«* >- Teohi* fi i ianl aea4 oak as kneaa and t!*e M teara srakM slowly between htahiae* daaen While he -Jv-i* aat he'tdesa aait 4a> snsairintr. gj#»r APthrjr waa 'aVi to ' - house ac t that* whsope-l ia»li "t»e apnia tr t» sw.tea and hi* \ nt Nancy < strength waa eshaustod. 1W toll!a; the I y 'hat thts waa a leMam tor iiTiu t» ri"natab»*r «• aa aa -;*e4. ab# had*- kit.go totha «<K>d-sha4.whs<-H vaa his >le» ?!ng-r»iocn and <tay -he-e until ik>' titMdmiMHs htm. Dimn«r ttua andaaerved paatriiweti aot a cry had escaped froai the boy ti.t had a tear to md : ,t» way to htaere*. Be hit hU under lip aa4 eitttcail nsa han<:- b. • Be* s nd Iml to» attor. 11-* retnarrbered what I aeto P''.ia had juat told htm. He -*mm alnMnto a aaaa now and no man. eaftectallv a Eh» - . w.vild cry for a wtupptag. >», :H.«fga the lit tie fa(e mm Irawn aad white, asad the boy Teat Mad ia9l ke «aal*3 ia*d!y stand, ha held «h»* to the e»f alWsl? as ever a -itrfer t tare, and whea he wat **>rn-s« :«o Vto Jhaaal* m she-l kontao Mgm at has radr tod rigid ac t -tiA- m. His nla4 waa ta a f'trions wh'rl. h»it ahwva all waa tk» Mfsrte'nMf aeaae at tajuatiea an>« au'ra^' Finally ha sprang to his fe»t. ■•ryiag. "**l hale hate jc«! I hate yam!" aad then. Paging himself oil »Vv< ke g»»e way to a btwat mt ttfhtto weepinir •Oh: BMatr ke cried. -Sty o«a taatatua* Why foa't yaa -ymm tm ne aad take ma tnt !xm tiia itt «. . place' I eas'V stay hesa amy ><a» -! Ta'ieed I ••aa'l, as uiima' '4ki -u— for gtae. <iu PVaae. mm, saaae dor izw, *r. i 'jjee tae to whera yon ae»- i • For aeari * an hoar the fortonf -htld cried far >aea who ha«lafthiaii thea hie soha gradually 4*4 a«r*«. ami. utterly eahmtatod. he toll hMMM sleep. . ' la the awaat—a it"-." . tiatkaa, *«*» ■• '.ITY e ■! i, Ol ■> . »!>• i'-unn jear •>». aact her father -wattag ban# fruct hia work, aad whea he .aqaired 'wSaat waa the -aatter wish ha* faagfttwr ■and ahu itacl made her Tt. she toM h. n the tr>i'h of all that Had lappa Mid. «e far *a she kne« It Mr i>ua*ta ha 4 Ito gun to soaoer* tnat trthnr waa lU treated by has <-<Mataa, aa4 aa ha listenei to ( yntltia'a story his face crew very itorn, a:td ha aaid: "Thia BMHtor «uat ha Icokeg iato." When toey feached the honse and he was told tuat %r«h tr Had been te iwd; fan;-bed f«.r - to ktß <'"yß?lsfa's kitsea and for 4fbttng wtth Plek wbe h«l rasened it. aad tlkat Carle Fhin had beaten Dirk. Jir. I>»»s«n « a—en <amid aot be iaa««iiwi Be tahl: "Wife, I »i» a/ia.d jam have «4' a torn hie u:staitr and paatahed aa la no -n* child ijt gerf.>naia* a aafda art. If what Cy maia tolls ae ha «roe. awl t beitov" It t<Ba' r Dtc* ti *he btry who .tormented &£» attle «ie»r and would have ktljnd her yet. Waaeer Oteh Is the cowa'et a .tstie hl- Inw three y*wn ftojnger thaa ktaaU ■tor hraveiy mHHg ska sfatfkas af hta erneity MmW Diak Is tka m» who told a tto u> ttCM hie awa wtekM aese and raoaa hi* coaate t» raretve the puniebxeat he hisaselV karai And Master Dieh fa> ti# »ay wh« i« arh tag for tka wtili>p»»» «»at I akall glw" Stat before ke" la wany older. "In regard to ay lead hanUter's ekiki. I want it wwtefiiStioll th»l w •» •• remains andegaij mat he la sere* agaui to be pualabed tor aay fault, real a fanc!»d: aad Sf aaybady ka* aay "«a»- platn's to mak« avataat him. they aiaat feiake theva to me As tor f'aeie Fkia. tf it ts trme -hat ha beat oae at my -ht«- drea. he must ieaee tkla pla -e aad laek f.»r a b> -<ie where, whiHk I sball toll him to-m*»tT*»w." Bvary word of this mm k»»H ">J ffca aid negro. wbo waa «i:t.ag «• a SearU In the little A IXWBWWI pnaeh. *\fr ofi-i- r an wtad«w of tte ?»«■ !■ vbr& Mr. iMtia Mnnl. TV »U -nas*. who hid a«C knuwn «f (bo wl POAWA ■•tI It' % ,»•* hU lli IM»W,* »• •al' ng pa- —ntly tor Arthur to uw »a* U<i Mag rim ki» a* tfcw W had 4»c «tof» tbey UM r< w »«»•. !t.>w be salt t# Mas self: •« right. Mar>e r»*<tfin 1 ■**# Y* *■•*- an' 1 d > it agia if !»«*eai tetoto aajr tum-r lamb; bat ma tftaa't n»W»r b»b 4* ebs.T- (o an «is PUa Itols fro.n j» boaan. Sn. «ah he 4uae *»f hi* <eaa »• f. it»M ebb» t Ho 'iuwia' yew tu 4a* eas a umg. gk» he IsVt geiae arVrae N tb«f« Crntlli +m*w w Ihi* <uppif *wH th»t Aftk'tf mi TUm «M mmm At# km fmg^ m AID IT w%s N\< a M* »■*» w* oi» *** «.IVH B"W meil in titoac*. fast a '.rais mt tixmgb's were newstng thmarto hi* *«eto mor» rariidly 'ban n«aal- 'Fhay V. travel ing m'the i»me elirwrt*««. w*l It was fwk te>war>l Hie «ld V'.rgiwta bonr»' t - hi rtftrti w«ei r - * mm *a ,-M-w «d «!r»wjy sad vri«. , out aaaoc ase-t«- will ■ie»tr»»y the | fa trrsa from the breath.
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