VOL. XXXIII
MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN,
Tremendous Reduction Sale
fabrics. Ou, ,0,,0,,-lb. filing t.n.c »
short for us, but the season has only begun for >ou.
BLACK GOOD SPECIAL.
A lot new fig- Mohairs, very popular
just now for Separate Skirt*. 1 rices
25c, 29c, 40c, 50c, 60c, 75c and SI.OO.
FRENCH SERGE SPECIALS.
Black ami all the new colors; all wool
wrap and filling, 25c,40c. 50c, 75c and sl.
NOVELTY~GOODS SPECIALS.
25c. 33c, and 50c
A SILK SPECIAL."
A i' /en st\lesof rifc-h figures, Tabetta
Waiol . ilk were 75c; for this occasion,
50c.
A HOSIERY SPECIAL. 1
Children's heavy black ribbed hose, .j|
pairs for 25c; fast black. gi
SHIRT WAIST SPECIAL. I
75c for Waist with detachable Collar \
ami Cuffs; real value $1.25. i
The above SPECIALS have been carefully selected from the different depart
ments, and you will find the values axactly a-mepresented. .Ye like to give you
these Bargaiu surprises because we know that yqu appreciate them. \ou can buy
freely from the lots quoted above with the full assurance that they are all under
regular prices.
MRS. J -E. ZIMMERMAN
T. H. Burton T. H. Burton
Why is it that T. H. BURTON is always busy in his store?
Simply because the people of liutler county appreciate the
faA that he has the best selected stock of
Foreign and Domestic Suitings
extra pants and Men's and Boy's Furnishing Goods, ever
brought to Butler, and sells them for less money.
We guarantee everything that goes out of our store to give
perfect satisfaction or money cheerfully refunded.
T. H. Burton T. H. Burton
Sweeping Reduction
THROUGHOUT OUR MILLINERY DEPARTMENT.
Being a few weeks earlier than usual for our
Summer Clearance Sale makes this the great-
est Clearance Sale we have ever had.
Remember the first buyers get the choice
things.
M. F. & M. MARKS.
113 to 117 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
As has been our custom our store will be closed at 6
P. M. frcm July Ist to September Ist.
/
+NOTICED
FIRM'S-
I have taken into partnership, Mr. Edward J. Grohman, and the
drug business will be conducted in the future under the firm
name of Redick & Grohman. Mr. Grohman is no stranger in
this community. He has been connected with our house for
the past seven years, and it gives me pleasure to testify that he
understands his business thoroughly. He is a graduate of the
Pittsburg College of Pharmacy, is also a Registered Pharmacist.
1 take this opportunity to return thanks 10 a generous public
for the liberal patronage extended to me for so many >ears, and
I hope to have a cantinuance of the same as we aie now better
prepared to serve our patrons than ever before.
Respectfully,
J. C. REDICK.
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WW A TA C* 3 t tiENTS SILVKK. LADIFS CIUTLAIN.
JS3 E 21a ¥4 V 1 (lol<l Ear Kings.
4# A— ww m~m I*4 M \ (.'bains, Bracrlets.'Etc.
M XV Si TllT*l Te,i I'Mtors, llnlter l»lshes ami KverytDb>«
""" ■* •«.*.» K* I that can be rouini in it llrsl cias" store.
RODGFI BROS. 1874 }"»''■"»• h| aT[
P pn T p THE
L,-. jeweler.
No. 13!» Nortfc Maic St, Butler, Pn.
'HilfSl m * gfST GOODS*
These are the things that have enabled me to build up a tirst-class tailoring trade
during the last year. 6
YVe have the most skillful, painstaking cutter; employ none but 'he verv best
workmen; handle nothing but the very l>est goo,ls, both-foreign and domestic and
guarantee you perfect satisfaction in each ami every particular and for all' tlYu
cLarge you simply a fair living profit.
; j. s. young,
Tailor, Hatter and Men's Furnisher 101 op ~
|| A BEL) SPREAD SPECIAL.
I nil double-bed size, heavy crochete;
you have paid {r.75 for no letter; these
are yours at $ 1 .25.
MILLINERY SPECIAL.
Fine Trimmed Hats for $1.49; reduced
from $2.-5 and #3.00. Special sale in
Untrimmed Hats, Flowers and Ribbons.
WASH GOODS SPECIAL
25 styles Dainty Dimities and jaconette,
perfectly fast colored, 10c; real value
i 2 V 2 'c and 15c per yard,
I XDI;K\VEAR SPECIAL.
A case of women's shaped Jersey Rib
bed Vests, low neck and short sleeves,
:i ;c; also Oliu at S C ; value luc.
A MUSLIN SPECIAL.
S Heavy Brown Sheeting at real
pvalue 6c; full yard wide.
THE 'BUTLER CITIZEN.
No Cripe
Win ii you take Hoo-R- I'.Us. TIK t ig, oIJ-fajh
• ioned. Ml (jar-ciiat"rt PILLS, which t"ar you *ll to
; .ire nut in it vrltii lloo*l s. Laity to k>i
Hood's
I and <>a»y to operate, is true
of Hood's Pills, which are IB
up to date in every respect. 111 fhfc
: Safe, certain and sure. All ■ ■■ ■
i druggist*, '-'•"■e. I". I Hoo,l K; Co., Lowell. Mass.
The only Pills to tak • with Hood's SarsaiiarllU
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CV3 £N>
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A'.S i«> Jaro* Hyjuejjie
Ue?<ierw<£ar. SB
SwmmimmzM
All grad** of rnderwer at very
low prices.
Largest stock of hats and
furnishings for gentleman ni the
country. An inspection will pro\e
this to any ones satisfacture.
Colbert <& Dale.
242 ?. Main St., Butler, ern'a
1,000.000 People Wear
W.LDouglas Shoes |
HAND /Tf BEST
SEWED J IN THE
fROCESS. WORLD.
5.001 *3.00
$4.00 f^s2.so
$3.50 \ $2.00
$2.50 $1.75
$2.25 For Boys
ForMeu WF '"iJafitYOlltllS
Wear W. I*- !>«»",;l»* ami n»y«» front
• 1.00 to » piilr. All Kl,i lea and
Wldlht. 1 • **«!' it» U athcr has hicrrased the
price ol «»th« r in it t'i« qu.ilitv nn«l r* r, cr<i of
W. I-. I- - ,
on solo?V. ' •' ..laiVliKo' '
FOR SALE BY
C. E. MILLER,
Butler, Pa.
All shoes sold by us are fully
warranted no matter what you pay
for them, if you buy our shoes at
Si.OO or $4.00 we see that you
get full value for your money, no
other house in Butler takes as
good care of their customers as
we do, that is why our store is
.becoming so popular and we arc
making new friends every day.
OUR ORIT HIIIT
Our only fault, if you can call
it a lault, is trying to show a bet
ter line of shoes at lower pric<:s
than our neighbors, and if we are
to judge from our increasing sales
our eftorts are meeting with sue
cess.
to Prices fell The Story
Ladies' fine serge slippers .... 25c
" gaiters 45c
" opera toe slippers .... 50c
"* kid shoes, button or
lace ~...$ 1 .00
Ladies fine tan oxtords 75c
" fine tan shoes. .$1.25 to $3
Mens working shoes ...*.. . .90c
Mens buff congress or bals. .SI.OO
Boys fine buff bals si.oo
New Bicycle Shoes, New Tennis
Shoes, New Tan Shoes, New
Canvass Shoes, AT
Butler's Progressive Shoe House.
2i5 Sooth Main St., BUTLER PA
C. E. MILLER,
RE P>. RING PROMPTLY DONE.
The Place to Buy
GAS COOK
ING AND HEATING STOVES,
GA.S BURNERS AND FIX
TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS,
ENAMEL AND
IMPROVED WELSHBACH GAS
ww* BURHERi
W. H. O'BRIEN I OK
107 East Jefferson St.
BTTTLEH. PA., THURSDAY. JVNE'A 189(>.
PATICMT.
\ «Y WIUIiIAM T. PIICHOUS.
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XIV.
While we physicians busied ourselves
in the room in which the injured man
lay, making such preparations us were
in our power for the grim event on the
result of which a life depended,
Dorothy Gray was driving briskly along
the Ba&settville road. The task she
had undertaken was simple, but none
the less important for that fact; she
had merely to cover more than a score
of miles in the shortest time posible.
For many girls of hey acquaintance the
undertaking would have been the
easiest thing imaginable; and with a
good deal of envy she recalled the skill
shown bv one. or two of her friends on
occasions when the moving cause was
nothing more weighty than a chance to
display prowess as a whip. Unfortun
ately for her, she had seldom held the
reins over anything more spirited than
the lazy animals occasionally hired by
hex* aunt on a specific guarantee that in
no way could they be started out of a
slow trot, hardly faster than the walk
for which all of them evinced a strong
preference; and, although she had
gained a very fair understanding of the
idiosyncrasies of the roadster in front
of her, her knowledge had the drawback
of being for the most part theoretical.
Still, she had not begun t-he journey
without duly considering ita conditions,
nnd, on the w hole, they were favorable
to a novice. The road was good, though
here and there very narrow, as is some
times the case with rural highways;
there were no sharp pitches of the kind
to shake untrained nerves; and the
horse, so far as she knew, was utterly
unacquainted with the equine joys of
lx>lting. Not to press him at first —
that was her plan, for much haste
might mean little .speed in the end.
For the first half-mile she drove al
most leisurely, but when she had
reached tho top of the ridge which bor
dered the lowlands along the shore she
tightened the reins a little, nnd felt in
stantly the roadster's response to the
summons. He settled down to the
work before him as if he liked it, with
the long telling strides which covered
ground with such deceptive ease. A
quarter of a mile ahead was a buck
board bearing two passengers and
drawn by a horse which, she saw as
she came closer, was trotting steadily.
It surprised her to observe how rapid
ly she overhauled the other conveyance,
even when the driver, after a look over
his shoulder, plied hie whip with the
evident intention of giving her a chnse.
A few hundred yards showed him the
hopelessness of the contest, and, with
native courtesy and perhaps a shrewd
guess that his own wheels would be
the safer by allowing the stranger a
generous share of the road, he pulled
his vehicle well out Of the way as she
sped by him. She caught a look of cu
riosity on his face as she turned in her
scat to watch her swift, progress.
There wus jvrwt t.lu- tinge of iXClte
ment in the ride to make her forget
for a time the sorry cause of it. The
coolness' of approaching evening was
upon the land, although the sun woe
still well above the horizon, and what
little breeze was stirring blew in her
face. On she went, now across a plain,
now surmounting a gentle acclivity,
now winding along a valley among the
low hills, but always with the same
smooth motion, as steady as it was
fleet. An old weather-stained farm
house sprang into view on her right.
She remembered that it was counted as
marking the half-way point of the
road. A glance at her watch showed
that, even with her slow start, she had
covered a little more than five miles
In 24 minutes. With 15 or 16 miles yet
to be traversed this might be doing too
much; and on the next rising grade
she set herself to the task of slacken
ing the speed. There was somewhat
of a struggle between horse and driver.
but at last slie won. More than once
was the test repeated before Bassett
ville was reached, but when she turned
into the main street of the town her
watch told her that less than 50 min
utes hud sufficed to cover the last half
of the trip.
A pretty little woman was sitting on
Dr. Fowler's doorstep as the fair mes
senger drove up. She came briskly
to the gate, and, leaning upon lis
tened intently to the girl's brief ac
count of the accident, and the urgent
need of a surgeon's services.
"But the doctor's away," the little
woman said. "He has gone to Trent,
and I don't expect him back before
midnight—l'm Mrs. Fov ler.youknow."
"But cau't we catch him by tele
graph?" Dorothy asked anxiously. "Is
there no way ? The case is so desperate.
Isn't there anything we can do?"
Mrs. Fowler shook her head. "No,"
she answered, regretfully, for she was
proud of her husband's surgical skill,
"I shouldn't know where to address a
telegram, and there's no train till the
late one. Who is in charge of the case
now ?"
"Dr. Morris —tihat is Dr. Banks. I
suppose lie is in charge, with Dr. Mor
ris assisting him."
"Umphl Dr. Banks —I know him.
The other I don't."
The lady's tone expressed very little
confidence in the surgical talent of
Rodneytown.
"Dr. Banks has a sprained wrist, and
Dr. Morris is a- —a—specialist in a—a —
nervous diseases," Dorothy hastened to
explain. "They united in sending for
Dr. Fowler."
"Oh, I understand," said Dr. Fowler's
wife, amicably. "It is dreadfully un
fortunate that he is away."
"Mrs. Fowler, please advise me," said
Dorothy, earnestly. "The doctors
argue that an immediate operation of
fers the only hope of saving the man's
life. lam sent here for a surgeon. I
find him gone. What should I do?"
"There's nobody else here I'd trust
with a cat's life. Dr. Morse—l mean
Morris —must operate, or you will have
to wait for my husband's return. He
can hardly get to Rodneytown before
two or three o'clock in the morning."
A new doubt assailed the girl. How
about instruments? Banks and I
should have them, she supposed, but
there was the chance that we were
unprepared with suitable appliances.
As briefly as possible she told Mrs.
Fowler what was in her mind.
"Sure enough," cried the little wom
an, "I don't believe old Dr. Banks has
anything of the sort. We'll not risk
it, anyway,"
She ran into the house, returning in
a moment with a case under her arm.
"Here's a set of instruments," said
she. "Take it; my husband has an
other. Get back to Rodneytown as
quick as you can. If they decide to
wait for Dr. Fowler they can send word
( over this evening. Oh, don't bother
about thanking me; if you ever marry n
doctor, you'll be Bure —"
But liorothy did not wait for the
rest of her sentence. A twitch of her
hand had set the hay in motion, auil
she was half a dozen yards down the
street, leaving -Mrs. Fowler to ponder
over the übruptness of her departure.
Ouee the town was left behind, the
girl lost no time in calling upon her
nag's powers, and away he went as
readily as if he. were fresh from his
stable. Mile after mile slipped behind
them. Soon the half-way house joined
the procession to the rear. It was
growing dusk now. and the air was
chilly. ITer wrists were beginning
to ache under the pull of the lines, and
the thought came to her that perhaps
she stixxt in greater need than her horse
of a breathing spell. She tried to pull
him in the next rise, but instead of
slacking his pace he increased it. In
vain she tugged and sawed at the bit;
the bay was out of her control, and
knew it as well as she did. He was trot
ting as she had never seen him trot be
fore, with the blood of a dozen genera
tions of picked roadsters coursing hot
in his veins. Just ahead she made
out the dark mass of wood through
which the road passed. An instant
later she was flying alone under the
tunnel-like arch where the boughs of
the trees met above the traveled way.
In the gloom of this passage she could
make out litlle of the road, though
she leaned from the buggy in the effort
to see what might be her course. Then
the wood was left behind, and about
her was the twilight of the open coun
try, seeming almost bright by com
parison with the tangle of shadows
through which she had sped. The bay,
untiring, but with flecks of foam show
ing here and there on his coaf, was
trotting with the smooth precision of
a machine. It was glorious to watch
him, to hear the sharp beat of his
hoofs. Powerless as she was, the ex
hilaration of the race took possession
of her: she caught herself encourag
ing the animal with her voice; she
forgot the pain In her wrists, the very
real danger in which she was placed.
She thrilled with delight as she flashed
by a wagon whose occupant had pru
dently driven into the ditch to afford
her a clear right of way. He called
out-ti warning to her, but, though she
heard his voice, the words were indis
tinguishable.
At last she was at the summit of the
ridge looking down upon the beach,
and her destination was close at hand.
Again she sawed and tugged at the
lines. Slowly her efforts told; gradual
ly the bay's speed decreased, until, as
he neared the farmhouse, she had him
well in hand. Mrs. Weston, one of her
boys, Mrs. Clark and two or three chil
dren were awaiting her at the gate,
all eager to learn the result of her mis
sion. Dr. Hanks and I were close be
hind them, and, as the horse came to
a stop, we pustied our way to the side
of the uuggy.
"You've made wonderful time," l
cried.
"Where's Fowler? Is he following
you?" asked Banks.
"He can't be here for six or eight
hours," she said, quietly. "But here
is a case of instruments."
Banlcs and I looked at eaeh other,'
appalled by the news.
"Dr. Fowler is in Trent," the girl,
went on. "lie is expected home at mid-!
night. It is arranged that if you need
him then, a message shall be sent to
him."
With liis sound hand Banks lifted
the case from the buggy.
"This is serious, very," he said in my
ear. "We. can't wait for him; it's out
of the question. Join mo in your office
as quickly as you can."
I nodd(kl and turned to assist Miss
Cray to the ground. Young Weston led
the horse away.
"Come," said I to the girl, "you must
have some supper. By the looks of the
horse, as well as the clock, I can see
that you've taken nobody's dust on the
road. You must tell me all about it
after awhile."
"I was in Bassettville hardly 40 min
utes ago," said she, with a look at her
watch. "But how is he? Have you
any more hope?"
"He is doing as well as anything hu
man could after such a crushing and
but our opinion is not
changed."
She left me and walked away slowly
and dispiritedly. The reaction after
the excitement of her ride was already
upon her. Almost as depressed in spirit
as she, I made my way to the office.
Banks had opened the ease and was
inspecting its contents. The room, in
expectation, of Fowler's arrival, had
been prepared for the operation.
"It is fortunate she brought these,
Morris," said Banks. "I'm afraid my
old tools would have answered poorly.
What a head she must have on her
shoulders to have thought of borrowing
the case! She is a noble woman, Mor
ris, a woman In ten thousand."
"Indeed she is."
"Best get to work at once," Banks
added. "Come, arc you rea^y?"
A first capital operation! How the
student looks forward to it, how he
pictures in imagination the moment
when the knife enters the flesh, how
he dwells upon the surroundings, the
attendants, the bright, keen blades
flushing back the light, the odor of
the anesthetic, the subject lying there
on the table, maimed, diseased, his life
dependent upou the skill of the sur
geon's liand and eye! Small wonder
the novice's heart throbs with pride
in the profession he has chosen; small
wonder he thinks it the noblest and
best in the choice of man. To cut. to
cure, to shed blood to save—to him
it seems to represent the highest de
velopment of the progress of his race.
•But when, long 1 afterward, perhaps,
this same student, now a genea-al prac
titioner, finds himself confronted with
the ordeal—all, that is different. Be
tween these days and those others when
he hurried to the hospital amphithe
ater stretch years in which his confi
dence may have waned, his memory of
the scene about the operating table
grown dull. There is no cowardly desire
upon him to shirk the responsibility
—his professional training would count
for little did it not insure him against
such weakness—but he understands
the extent of that responsibility. As
a student-spectator he watched the
work of specialists; now, as an oper
ator, it is his duty to endeavor to ap
proach their skill as nearly as lies in
his power, though the knife comes
strange and unaccustomed to his hand.
Mind you, I am not speaking of the
hundreds in every thousand c>f the pro
fession tu whom Surgery stands as the
best-loved branch of their art, nor yet
of ;hotse who have achieved unhesitat
ing, unflinching obedience totlo man
dates of duty, but of those uthers,
among whom I count myself, v.lio find
themselves possessed, no matter what
their experience, by a reluctance to ply
the knife, even while they prepare for
the ordeal the necessity of which they
realize. Is the feeling rare? It is sel
dom expressed, it is true, but never
theless it often e\ists, none the less
poignant for its concealment. [ have
never conquered it. though I ha\ ■> taken
part yi many an operation since the
one performed in the low-ceiled room
of the fariahouse.
As Hanks had said, the hope of the
patient's recovery rested on his sturdy
constitution. Since his removal to the
house Jones had hail several intervals
of consciousness, although for the most
purt he lay in a state of semistupor.
More Mian once I caught the word "mis
taken" in his rambling talk, when the
fog cleared away from his brain, and
the memory of Lamar's enigmatic ob
servation flashed upon me; but it was
no time to speculate upon the coinci
dence.
Hanks uas at the injured man's head,
renily to apply the chloroform.
"You'll need an issistant, Morris,'"
said he. "Get somebody who can be
depended upon to keep his senses and
hand you the right tiling when you call
for it. Who is available?"
There were two or three wide-eyed
faces against the window-panes, but I
knew too well how much reliance could
be placed upon their owners. Isalig<
understood my hesitation. Stepping
to the door, he called out:
"Miss Gray."
She could not have been far away,
for she resjwnded to the summons lie
fore I could make protest. Banks
tersely told her w hat was w anted.
"I will do my best," she said. Her
voice was steady, but, as she entered
the room and came into the glare of the
lamps, her face showed pale and drawn.
"It will be a severe test of your
nerves," said I. "Don't undertake it
if—"
"I am quite ready." she said, quietly,
but decisively.
"And I'll warrant her nerves," said
Banks. "Miss Gray, please hold out
your hand. So shaking there, Morris,''
he added, with a little triumph.
"No, there's too much tension," I
thought, but did not put the opinion
into words. Banks passed her an apron
—it was an old one of Mrs. Weston's —
and she took the station he pointed out
to her and listened attentively to the
simple directions he gave.
There is a place for elaborate de
scriptions of amputations, but, 1 hold.
It is to be found within the covers of
technical publications. There is no
good reason for setting down h"re all
that we did, from the administering of
the chloroform and the applying of the
tourniquet to the fastening of the last
bandage. The leg was taken off a few
inches above the knee; the operation
was successful, as the term is. Dorothy
Gray did all that was asked of her, and
did it well. Only once did she. flinch —
that was when a tiny spurt ol blood
from a severed vessel stained her
apron; but, even then, in an instant she
was again self-controlled, attentive,
ready. From first to last Ido not
think she glanced once toward the face
covered by the handkerchief saturated
with chloroform. When our task was
done, and Jones had been borne to the
bed in au adjoining room which l.ad
been prepared for his reception, I
turned to tind her leaning ngainst the
wall, her eyes looking straight before
her and the fingers of her clasped hands
working spasmodically. She started
violently when I touched her arm, and
gazed at me as wildly as one roused
from an appallirg dream.
"Here, here, Miss Gray," said 1, "this
won't do at all. We can't have you
like this. Let me prescribe for you."
"How is he doing?" She pointed
to the inner room.
"As well as we could ask. Banks
is with him, and will remain as long- as
lie is needed. Do you come with me."'
I led the way to the open air, and she
followed with the docility of a child.
XV.
The evening breeze had died out, and
the night was still aud starlit, with a
soft coolness unspeakably refreshing
after the close air of the office.
"You must make me a promise," I
said to the girl. "For the next two
hours you must be entirely under my
orders. Will you promise ?"
"Yes," she answered, mechanically.
"Then, first of all, get a hat and wrap,
and rejoin me here as quickly us you
can."
Without question she obeyed, return
ing to find me equipped with pipe and
tobacco-pouch and awaiting her. We
passed through the gate, aud turned
into the road leading to the village.
"With your permission I'll light this
pipe," I observed.
She nodded absently, though I doubt
if she understood a word I had said.
"Tobacco," I resumed, after a pause,
in the course of which a pleasant glow
had been created in the bowl of the
pipe, "is a wonderful agent of comfort-
It surprises me sometimes that only
one sex hereabouts enjoys its blessings.
Both of us have seen or heard of coun
tries where the ladies blow clouds with
all the grace imaginable. Why not in
troduce the fashion here?"
She looked up at the question, but
made no reply.
"There was a preceptor of mine," 1
went on, "who made a study of the ef
fects of nicotine, and who wrote some
'very able pamphlets on the subject.
Among other things, he proved, to his
own satisfaction, that even the moder
ate use of tobacco impaired me nory,
injured the vision, and caused various
other ills. He got to be an extremist
nt last, putting the weed under a sweep
ing ban. But all thiough his life no
'factory chimney smoked more indus
triously than he. Finally some of his
associates cornered him, and demanded
why he didn't follow his own advice.
"'l'd be stultifying myself if I did,'
said he, coolly.
" 'How?' asked the inquisitors in
chorus.
" 'lsu't it the. first duty of a man to
obey his physician?'
"'Certainly,' they admitted. 'But
ou won't let your patients smoke.'
" 'Of course I won't,' taid he. 'lt
isn't good for Vjn. Hut Jimmy Bangs
is my doctor; at least he's called in
u hen anybody's sick at my house.'
" 'Well ?' said t hey.
" 'So he's my family physician, you
see,' quoth the specialist; 'and he
doesn't believe that tobacco ever hurt
anybody.*
"Come," I persisted, after waiting in
va : n for her to speak. "What do you
think of my old preceptor?"
"1 hardly understood the story," she
answered, with an effort.
"Well, it's a true tale," said ?, "and
therefore I'll repeat it."
This time she heaid it all.
"I)o doctors often reason so logical
ly?" she asked.
"Sometimes they do. Did you know j
that tnany specialists die of the diseases
they've studied most carefully? \Phy- 1
sician, heal thyself— that's advice they '
find it difficult to follow."
Again tlu' fell silent.
"l or a summer night, tin i> a good
one for star-gazing." I ventured. "l>o
you keep up your i<itro*iomj
"I'm a Irani not."
"One really should; it's worth the
while." said I; but she let the topic
drop.
' I'V "'IF way. Miss T.ray, do you
think tii..., circumstances, black
may appear white ! : '• d.
She turned to me, v.iu. .. 1 '• !.. im
patient movement.
"Why do you ask such questions?"
she demanded. "How can you sp«ik of
trifles, after that—that—" Her voice
gave way, and I thought I heard a sob.
"Listen," said I,earnestly. "In "that"
lies the reason for my rambling talk 1
hadn't intended to tell you MI, but it's
the fact. >"ovv you might as well hear
all. When you finished your ride you
were worn out. Apparently vou hadn't
lteen run away with, but evmently T IK
horse had kept you at work. I'heu
came the call for you to help us. It
braced you up, of course, but t he strain,
coming after the lirst one. left you a
bundle of exposed nerves, so to speak.
It wouldn't do to let you go to youv
room in such a state. Why. you tvonlil
have ha I a night id horroi s, lying
awiike for hours, tossing, turning, try
ing to shake off the nervousness which
held you prisoner. If yn* fell into a
do/e it would be to wake as suddenly
If under a shock of electr t : ty, to wake
to find your muscles rigid and your
heart pounding like a hammer. Aud
even when physical weariness overcame
you at last, your sleep would lw brol.en
by dreams a dozen times more terrible
than the experiences \ ou've jjone
through. I know what \.-u are think
ing. and I tell you your thoughts must
l»* turned into another channel. It's to
try to turn them that I've brought you
out here, that I've gabbled about noth
ings."
"I understand," she said, softly. "1
understand, and I thank \ou from the
bottom of my heart. If 1 spoke irrita
bly, won't you paidon me? I'm sorry,
so sorry, now that I understand."
"There's nothing to ps.rdon, unless
it is the btusqucnesa with which I've
blurted out my reasons fa.- getting you
away from the house."
"You are r.ot brusque," she said, and
walked 011 in silence. I could guess
how she was striving to dismiss the
scenes of the evening from her mind. At
lnstshespoke of h; r aunt,c.pressingre
gret that she had left the invalid to seek
her couch unassisted.
"Don't worry," said I. "Mrs. Clark
will be only too happy to take your
place to-night. Besides, it is probably
just as well that Mrs. Lori.ig should not
have an immediate opportunity to over
whelm you with ques'ions. That
would be bad for both of you. I can't
have you sacrificed, even on her altar."
" 'Sacrificed?' " she cried. "Dr. Mor
ris, you don't realize what my aunt is to
me. She is the best, the kindest wom
an 1 have ever know n. She has treated
me as a daughter—has loved me more
than many a daughter is loved. A sac
rifice! There is nothing 1 would not
gladly do for her."
"I believe you. And my belief is one
of the strongest reasons for advising
you not to see her to-night. I'lease re
member the promise you gave me."
She halted for UII instant, as if in pro
test that the pledge had been exacted
when she. did not fully understand its
meaning, but she did not offer to turn
buck. Ao we strolled on. 1 gradually
drew her into talk, and after a little she
seemed to have freed herself from the
spell which had been upon her. At tho
outskirts of the village we 1 urued to the
right, avoiding the main streets,
walked slowly toward the bank of the
inlet, up which sm:'!l coasters occasion
ally sailed from the bay. From one of
the old wooden piers we could make out
the shape of a yawl giidiug seaward on
the ebbing tide. The voices of two men
on board the bout came to our ears
over the black water, in which glistened
the pin-point reflections of the stars.
"I envy those men drifting along so
easily," said the girl. "The water al
ways has a fascination for me. l'er
haps 1 would risk even the darkness if
we could change places with them."
"No doubt we could get another
boat," I suggested.
"I fear it is too lute," she answered,
with a fnint laugh, the first I had heard
from her since 1 watched her start on
the ride to Bassettville.
"Confound tTie clock!" I cried. "Itis
responsible for half our disappoint
ments."
"Nevertheless, we get on very poorly
without it."
"All prejudice, and inherited preju
dice at that."
"Did you ever try to do without one?"
"More than try—l've had to," said I,
with vivid recollection of occasions on
" Sacrificed? " she cried.
which my timepieces, for sufficient rea
sons, had been committed to another's
keeping.
"And were you any happier?"
"At the time? Xo. But circum
stances prevented my giving the possi
bilities of clockless bliss a fair trial.
Hunger, you may have heard, bars the
way to minor enjoyments."
"Uut at least such troubles are aJI be
hind you," she said. "1 have otten
thought that a man should be better
and stronger for being able to look back
upon privations endured and obstacles
surmounted."
"That is good doctrine," said I; "but
practically—-well, I shouldn't care to
double my advantages of experience."
"Let us trust there will be no need l'« >r
you to do so," she said. "f!ut it is really
getting late. Shall we not turn back?"
"Miss Gray," said 1, breaking oue of
the pauses in our walk as we walked
from the village, "if you are so fond of
the water, and if your aunt doesn't ob
ject, why should n't we have a boat?
It could be kept 'n one of the creeks
near the house."
"Capital!" she cried. "How odd that
we shouldn't have thought of it be
fore! I should be delighted."
"And your aunt?"
"She will enjoy it as much as I."
"Then you shall have a boat at once,"
1 promised. "I**ll arrange for one to
morrow. A man named Johnson has
just the little era*t to ■•lease you, I be
ilcve, :>it<l I'll have it brought niomul
for inspection."
"You are very pood." said she; "but
I'll not attempt to thank you in ad
vance."
"Dou't iry. If you are satisfied with
the boat, I shall i>e more than repaid
'or any trouble in petting it."
pro PE CONTtNrEO. |
AMERICAN JUGGLERS.
I klUii M:ißi(-iuii4 l>o Trick* Ihut 4*u»ii
tnh tlir K«>«1 Men.
Christian missionaries have found the
Indian mniric a seriots olistscl# to their
e> ~ii_eli/H nr etlorts. Sorcery is in
timately associated with the aboriginal
worship, and the savages, after astonish
ing the priests with their tricks,-In igh
i t them, saying: "Your religion eau't
do sueli things." 1 happen to know of
the ease of a Jesuit priest who some
years ago went to work among the
Arapahoe* and Cheyenne*, west of the
Mississippi. He gave up the business
,f saving their souls after awhile, and
came away entirely discouraged. They
did things which, he declared, were en
tirely lieyond his understanding. The
my stery uien would go out on the bare,
sandy prairie, where there was not a
sprig of vegetation, and, after some
chanting and various performance?,
grass would come up out of the ground
- quite a patch of it. green and grow ing,
lie himself saw it grow, and there could
be no doubt about it.
The bravest act I have ever known
was performed by one of these Indian
jugglers. A favorite trick of his was
one that has often lieen performed by
white magicians. It consisted in per
mitting himself to be shot at, the hocus
jioeus being an arrangement by which
the bullet fell out of the barrel into a
cavity in the stock of the weapon before
the latter was discharged. Meanwhile
he had another bullet concealed in his
mouth, which at the instant of firing ho
pushed outward with his tongue, so uJ
to make It apj>ear that he had caught
the projectile between his teeth. Now ,
it happened that this man had a rival,
who was engaged In the conjuring busi
ness in a neighboring village. On an
occasion when the trick was to be per
formed, the juggler announcing, as
usual, that he was ready to be shot at by
anyone present, the rival stepped for
ward and said that he would do the
shooting. But he demanded permission
to use his own gun. Naturally the jug
gler objected, but his protest was over
ruled.
It was decided that the rival magi
cian might use his own weapon. This
meant almost sure death to the per
former, yet he did not blanch. To re
fuse the test would have been per
manent disgrace. There was one chance
out of a hundred, perhaps, that the
marksman might miss, lie decided to
take that chance, and so permitted the
volunteer executioner to take deliberate
aim and fire at him from a distance of
half a dozen paces. An instant later he
fell dead; the bullet had passed through
his brain.
In some tribes of Indians it used to be
the rule that a sorcerer w ho failed three
times must pay the penalty of death.
That regulation has been remarkably
widespread among the savages. I un
derstand it to have been accepted as
far south as l'atagonia on this continent,
and undoubtedly it survives to this day
in parts of Africa and elsewhere. Hut
there was an ingenious magician of my
acquaintance who saved himself from
this fate by a little device of'liis con
triving. Heing jieriuitted to furnish the
bullet by which he was to be shot, lie
made one in a mold in which a piece of
paper was inscrtol in such a manner
that the ball was cast in two hemis
pheres. These he put together, caus
ing tlieiu to hold by rubbing the edges
with his knife lade. In this way at the
same time the deception was concealed
On being fired from the gun. the bullet
flew in halves, which, being of such a
shape, scattered and left the man un
touched. By this means he escaped on
several occasions the penalty which
ought to befall the wizard who is a
failure. Finally, however, he was found
out and executed.
I once saw au interesting trick per
formed inside of a ceremonial wigwam.
There was a lot of dancing and mum
mery, in the midst of which a woman
came forward and struck the ground in
the middle of the lodge. Then a mys
tery man took his' turn and began
scratching with a stick on the spot
which the woman had struck. In a
minute or two were exposed to view the
leaves of a fullgrown wild turnip. The
vegetable was dug up and thrown
among the spectators, to show that
there was no deception and to quell the
r.piH-tite of the hungTy ones. Scratching
some more with his stick, the magfeian
produced several more turnips—two or
three dozen of them. It was really
wonderful. —St. Louis (.lobe-Democrat.
Favored Lucindy Jane.
A noted eastern lecturer says thit
the most surprising compliment she
e\er received was at the close of a lec
ture she gave in a town in Idaho. The
hall in which she lectured was crowded,
and she noticed in the audience an
elderly man who riveted his eyes upon
her and listened with open mouth to
every word she said.
He came up to the platform at the
close of the lecture and said, heartily,
while he grasped lior hand until she
winced with pain:
"Yer the livin' immidge o' Lucindy
Jane, my first wife, an', what's more,
you talk perzactly liks her."
"Indeed?"
"Yes, you do. She could outjaw any
other woman that ever walked the
earth, an' ev'ry time you opened your
mouth I could of took ray oath It was
Lucindy Jane eonje hack to life. You
ralv made me oncomfortahle, seem'
as I've been married three times since
Lucindy Jane left me. Heats all how
you favor Lucindy Jane. 1 tell you that
jou an' her would of made a great
team." —Detroit Free Press.
rti til® \ iui).
Phil Ossifer—There's no place like
home.
Ilenpcck (ruefully)— Thank heaven
for that.—Town Topics.
Too Modett
"Wliizzer is a very n:odest man."
"Modest ?"
"Well, he always rides his wheel with
his head down."—Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Political (sorrow.
'Monfcst Ironies that we must scan.
This ono for woe Is seldom matched;
Tho ofllco that will seek the man
Ne'er has a salary attached.
—Washington Star.
Complete Annihilation.
Perhaps you will allow me to scud
you the following specimen of a "bull"
which I heard from a Roman Catholic
pulpit in Kngland. The preacher may
have lieen an Irishman, but I atn not
Vire. lie was speaking of the transi
toVin<BS of earthly things. "Look at
the great cities of antiquity.'" he ex
claimed, "where are they now ? Why,
some of them have perished so utterly
that it is doubtful If they ever existed."
Spectator.
Colombo*' Kiampl*.
Col in,i bus made the egg stnnd and
now many of hit- fellow-coiintrytnem are
devoting themselves to making
11 it stand. —Philadelphia ilecord.
No. (>
PITH AND- l OlfiT. :c ..,
--Agatha--' t iiarley i» tK;«led v»
his lie* nmr.tache, isn't he'."' Marie
"Yes. but with a blush; not half a-i
much 1 am." Clairmoiit l'agle.
The difference between a somnam
bulist and a iues>-c!iger boy is trifling.
One w.flks In his sleep tind the other
sleeps in li s null*. Philadelphia Press.
Without Aeeompanimcnt "ls th*
young man to whom Miss Songster en-
L gi d musical"Oti. yes, indeed. You
ought to hear him chant her praises!"
—l>«-tro':t Free Presjl.
- Wickw ire—"Notice what a hollow
laugh Mudge has this evening?" Yabs
ley "Yes. He m getting off that hol
low laugh to disguise the fact that he
is full." Indianapolis Journal.
"That." said the crank, as the op
position fielder jnuiped apparently
about 15 feet in tbe-aii and pulled down
a home-run fly, "that is nothing short
of a high-handed outrage."—lndianapo
lis Journal.
—l'seful at Last. —"You should have
seen how ,retrally Miss De Frivolous
fwept down the avenue yestel day!"
"\Y i!. that's the first time 1 cvt . ar«l
of that girl doing anything usi ('ul.**—
Detroit Free I'ress.
—( ountry roatls in China an ever
bounded bv fences, but areentii' v un
defined. While the farmer has i right
to plow up any road passing thiough
his l&nd.driversnf vehicles have an equal
right- ami they exercise it to traverse
any part of the country at large.
—"We are thwarted," she gasped,
falling into the arms of the leading
juvenile. "My father!" "What has he
done?" demanded the youth, with an
ominous intonation. "He has hidden
all of my wardrobe except 27costumes.*'
cried, her voice rising to n shriek.
Anybody at all conversant with the
tendencies of the drama could_see that
an elo[>cment was impossible. How
ever. they could do n song and dance.—
I>etroit Tribune.
RIGHTS OF EXPLORERS.
Mr. I.al>ouchere I all* to Sec Why Savage*
May Not He Kxcluslve.
Among the few spots on the face of
the earth which have managed to keep
themselves out of the grip of European
aggression is the plateau of Thibet.
This the Thiln tans have so far achieved
by absolutely forbidding any foreigner
to enter their country. They foresee, I
take It, that, once admit the "explorer,"
and you will find coming behind him
the missionary, behind the missionary
the trader, and behind the trader the
soldier.
They judge from what they see and
hear that the only w ay to preserve, polit
ical independence against the en
croachments of the "civilized" for
eigner IJriton, Russian, or whoever he
may be —is to prevent him from getting
a footing in the country under any pre
text. That they are right in this, the
history "noip-civilized" people
abundantly proves.
He lore the Uoyai Geographical so
ciety recently Mr. .St. George It. Little
dale recounted to an adniiringaudience
the result of an organized attempt (in
his part to break through ihe oxclu
sivene!,s of the Thibetans, and pene
trate to Lhassa, despite the objections
of the people. For this purpose he
fitted out an amateur expeditionary
force. His party entered Thibet 13
strong, among them lieing a party* o*
l'athans armed with rifles and re
volvers.
When they reached the more thickly
populated region of Thibet they were
officially ordered to retire, but persisted
in advancing. The Thibetans were
evidently* afraid to attack, but parties
armed with swords and matchlocks
lode alongside of tlic invaders. At a
river ford the Thibetans made a show of
resistunce. "A determined-looking in
dividual" laid his hand on Mr. Little
dale's bridle. The latter "whipped out
his revolver," and ordered his men to
load, but, on they meant to
fight, the gave way.
The invaders pre; ed on to within
two marches of Lhassa, where the
Lamas came out in force with about 500
men and ordered them to retire. So
alarmed was the country that all the
bridges between this point and the capi
tal were destroyed. At this point, how
ever. Mrs. Littledale, who had accom
panied the party, was taken 111, and her
husband withdrew the "minimum de
mand" which he had formulated, that
he should be allowed to enter Lhassa,
and partly by threats and partly by
diplomacy succeeded in getting permis
sion and assistance to pass through to
Kashmir.
I would respectfully ask what right
has any private individual to fit out an
armed expedition of this kind nnd. at
tempt to force his way into a country
the rulers and people of which, for ex
cellent reasons, order him to withdraw ?
It sounds very fine and plucky, no
doubt—though to all appearances 20
resolute and well-armed Englishmen
might subdue all Thibet in a few weeks.
—London Truth.
Fighting Fire with Fire.
One of the great achievements of the
future is to be the utilization of an
tagonistic bacilli in stamping out dis
cases of various grades. It is thought
that there will, in time be discovered
germs that will act as spiders do upon
fiiea and cate upon njice. .They will
simply grapple with and.
In a number of instance? accidental In
oculation of jiatients suffering from
malignant disease with "the germ o1
some other equally serious malady hai
resulted in the restoration of the pa
tient to health. Just how this Is done,
just why it Is, no one seems able to un
derstand, but f;wt.s justify this conclu
sion. lu one case the patient was con
sidered hopelessly ill with an incur
able disease. A careless physician!
brought from another patient the
bacilli of an equally serious ailment ■
with which the sufferer was shortly at-]
tacked. After a number of weeks ol:
extreme exhaustion and Buffering, tc,
tlie astonishment of everybody whei
knew the circumstances, the man be !
pan to mend nnd ultimately recovered.!}
bearing no evidence of either disea.so.-r
which ftce-med to have spent their fore* ••
on each other and left the system 01-j
most clean. It will be an interesting «
day for medical science when doctor* •
can bring out an army of erysipelas or j
other bacilli to flglit the germs ol ,
equally malignant diseases.—N. Y, !
Ledger.
The Home of a >latne Family. '
Down near Jonesport the hulk of o
schooner lies high and dry on the shore. '>
It is slightly careened and - the tim- '
bers are not sound enough to
swim in the suj-g-. \et they can stillly
breast the wind aud the sweep of tly:
rain. The suhuuin r is stranded in a
lonely cove, and doesn't look very in
viting, j"«t the family of a lobster fish
erman dwells here in great comfort.
They have converted it into a sort ol
seaside rudder grange. 'Tween-decks
has been partitioned off, vvlndovrs havt
been cut through the hull and funnels
protruding through the deck carry ,
away the smoke Irom the two stoves. '
Within, this home is fair
ly cozy, even if the floors do have a tilt
to starlMianC The children have lots ol
fun rolling .marbles down the incline,
and as the lady of the house Olwayt
sweeps "down hill" work is "greatly
lightened.—Lewiston (Me.) Journal'.