Butler citizen. (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, July 15, 1892, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    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.