Montour American., April 16, 1903, Image 3

| NOT LIKE
!OTHER MEN !
By Frederic
2 Van Rensselaer Dey, °
• Anthor of"The llrotht-rlioori of SI- ®
lenre," "The of a
| Ri n," Etc. g
O Copyright, 1901, by Frederic Van o
O Itensselaer Dey. o
[Continued from Inst \Yeek.|
CHAPTER X.
"VOf ARE A WOMAN —A WOMAN LIKE
ME."
T'"" - ™ - ' 1 nF.RE are times when tears
are appropriate; there are mo
ments when a gush of them
will perform miracles which
nothing else can do. Being in them
selves the extreme of weakness, it is
nevertheless certain that tliej' often
impart unexpected strength.
Erna Thomas had no Intention of
crying when she hastened to the bed
side of Lisle Maxwell. There existed
no logical reason why she should cry
unless to shed a few sympathetic tears
after the manner of women generally.
There was every reason why she should
not do so. She was not constituted
"after the manner of wr»r
Jy" In any sense of the word, t -r sue
was a typical western girl, who. tor 't
rf her mother In her Infamy, had rule I
her father and his household with a ■
rod of iron ever since her birth. Put
she was superlatively feminine in all
things, deliciously feminine in most of
them, strikingly so In the fact that no
body could tell, herself least of all.
what she would do next. Frank, gen
erous, open hearted, impulsive and j
headstrong, her rod of iron was incased
In velvet, and her most imperious com
mands purred themselves into favors
bestowed.
She was fond of excitement and mas- .
tery. What woman is not? She was
conscious that for the first time in her
life she was part and parcel with a ro
mance and that she stood upon the
very verge of a precipice that overlook
ed a mystery of the most remarkable
kind. Her heart bled for the girl up
on the bed whose father, yesterday a
strong and vigorous man.was now a
corpse, and she was dismajed by the
magnitude of the task that confronted
her. Think what she had t'j do! The
measure of consolation which it was
her duty to administer to the orphan
paled Into Insignificance In the pres
ence of the revelation for which fate
had destined her to be the medium.
The young girl whose form was stretch- '
ed upon her bed believed that she was
a man; had been taught t > «i< -pise all
women; had been educated to regard
them as Inferior creatines She must
be told, and at once, that she belonged
to that despised class, and the knowl
edge promised to impart a sorrow as
poignant as had that other event which
had left her fatherless.
It was possible that the disappoint
ment and dismay occasioned by the
revelation neutralize Pie agony
occasioned by the death of her father;
It was possible that it might augment
her grief; no one could foresee the con
sequences to her of tLis unprecedented
chain of events; but whatever those
consequences might be they must be
met, and the only human being in all
the world who by reason of the sudden
knowledge thrust upon her was compe
tent to meet them was a young girl,
Just past 18. whose understanding of
the questions with which slie had to
cope was limited to the experiences of
a maiden whose entire life had been
surrounded by every safeguard that a
doting father could marshal to his aid
when circumstances had compelled
him to rear and to bring to maturity a
motherless daughter. Erna's inno
cence and Ignorance, however, render
ed her strong for the task. She took
up the burden all the more readily lie
cause she did not realize what it In
volved. Her Innocence was as com- j
piete as l.isie s, tier Ignorance as pro
found. Solitary speculation had car
ried the latter into regions which Erua i
had never regarded as worthy of ex
ploration. She had lived all her life In
■ uch near proximity to the mysteries
of creation that she had been uncon- i
■clous of their existence. Lisle had i
been isolated so far away from them :
that when the knowledge came to her j
that they did exist she had striven ;
with all her soul, gropingly, in tlie ■
dark, but certainly in search of light,
and the two girls stood upon equal
ground, half way to the goal to be at
tained, but widely separated by their
Journeylngs, like two who, having
started at the same point, but In oppo
site directions, to meet again at the
other side of the world, pause when
only half the Journey is made, neither
one wiser than the other. Oue hail
■earthed through the darkness toward
the light eagerly; the other had wan
dered with the light without being
■ ware that the night dwelt anywhere
upon the earth, until across that In
finite space which separated her from
the other that still voice called to her
for aid.
Therefore when Erna, having put
her father from the room, turned and
beheld Lisle's eyes fixed upon her, she
hastened to the bedside, dropped upon
her knees and did the very thing that
•he was resolved not to do—burst into
tears; and while she cried she put out
her arms and wound them around
Lisle's neck, laid one of her cheeks
against the cool, white face of the
orphan and so compelled the one who
should have received consolation to
administer it.
It was In a crisis like this where
Lisle Maxwell's masculine training
served her best. She scorned all un
necessary exhibition of emotion. Her
woman's heart had faltered and faint
ed beneath the sudden blow of her fa
ther's death. Nature had proved her
self stronger than the education of
years. But It was different now. The
■bock had come, the blow had fallen.
She had yielded to the overwhelming
effects, but she would not falter again.
"Why do Jon cry V" she asked, rising
to a sitting posture and geiitlj' but
firmly disengagiug the clingi:ig arms
around her neck. "It is my father, not
yours, who Is dead. Ido not cry. Why
ds j'ou weep? For me?"
"For you. Lisle. It was so suddeu,
so awful!"
Erna's tears ceased to flow. She
bethought herself suddenly of ibe situ
ation: Lisle habited as a man, believ
ing herself io be one, sitting upon the
edge of the dismantled bed; Erna upon
her knees before her, scantily clad,
with her disheveled hair like spun gold
distributing' Its mazes over her bare
shoulders and upon the trousered knees
of her companion; the morning sun
■treamlng In through the window, gild
lng the scene with glory, bestowing its
.warm approval upon a scene before
Which an < oinforined beholder would
have recoil* lln dismay The girl who
believed herself to be a man. profound
ly Ignorant that such tilings as conven
tlonal propr'etles existed, realized notli
lng unusuai In the situation. The girl
who bad b* 'n taught to observe them
with religious care realized its absurd
ity.
Her face blushed scarlet. Iler eyes
danced with unbidden mirth, and a
I smile crept stealthily to her lips and
j softened and parted them while it glis
j tened upon the moisture in her eyes
j like a sunburst kissing the sea. She
j started to her feet and took a step or
two backward, and Lisle, being free,
! also rose. Thus they stood facing each
j other, and Lisle, for the first time, dis-
I covered that her tlannel shirt was open,
j She did not blush. The circumstance
| affected her only as it would have af-
I fected a child.
"How came I here in this room?" she
asked wonderingly. "Did I swoon?
Did I lose consciousness? Did you
; bring me here?"
"Yes, to all of your questions." re
! plied Erna. "You were unconscious so
long a time that I thought it best. Sit
down again. 1 wish to talk with you."
"You do not look strong enough to
! carry me," murmured Lisle slowly,
! conscious that she was amazed that
Erna should have carried her, yet wou
• "How came I here In this room?" she
askcil toonderinyly.
uering why she was so. "No, I cannot
remain here now. There is much for
me to do. Is it—true—is it true that
my father"—
"Yes, Lisle: It is true. I am so sorry
for you."
"Thank you. My father Is there—ln
his room. 1 must goto him."
"No. Lisle: no—not now. My father
is there. He will do all that can be
done. There is nothing for you to do—
at least not now. I have seut for a
physician and for a minister. I thought
you would wish it. I also sent a man
after Craig Thompson that is, I told
my father to send the men."
"It was kind of you to think of It
all."
Lisle walked to the window and look
ed out upon the new day, striving hard
to keep down the tears that rose uu- i
bidden to her eyes. It was a struggle,
but she conquered. Presently she tur
ed and retraced her steps to Erua.
"You wish to talk with me?" she
said. "Very well. After I have seen
him again 1 will talk with you. but j
let us ro out Into the sunlight. There
is a grove of pine trees a little way
from tlie house. When 1 was a child, j
I helped my father to set them out. ;
We will go there. Will you come?"
"Yes; wait for me on the porch—or,
no! Remain here until 1 speak to
papa."
She darted away before Lisle could
reply, was gone a moment and return- !
ed.
"You may goto the room where Jour
father is," she said. "Papa Is there.
After that wait for me nt the front
door. Then we will goto tlie grove to
gether."
Lisle left her to her toilet and went j
slowly toward the chamber where re- !
posed the still form of Richard Mas- j
well. Mr. Thomas was there and two
of the servants also. They stood re- j
spectfully aside when Lisle entered
the room, passed to the bedside and
with folded arms stood for several
moments quietly regarding the silent
sleeper. Pending low. Lisle touched
her lips against the cold, dead face,
then went out from the room, moving
like one who walks In a dream.
Fifteen minutes later, beneath the
spreading boughs of the pines. Lisle
and Erna stood facing each other.
"What will you do now. Lisle?" ask
ed Erna. "You cannot remain here
without your father."
"Why, yes, I will remain. There is
nothing else for me to do. lam famil
iar with every detail connected with
the operation of the ranch. It is the
only thing that I do know. There is
no place else for me to go.l know
nothing of the world your world.
Mine is here; its boundaries are there"
—waving her right hand—"to the ex
tent of my vision; no farther. 1 think
It was my father's desire that 1 should
remain nere always after he was gone."
"It could not nave oeen so, Usle. Vou
did not know what your father knew
concerning you. You do not know
what 1 know. There is a secret which
your father kept from you all your life.
Why, I do not know; nobody knew—
nobody but himself—and now he can
not tell It to you. I am sure. Lisle,
that he did not mean to die without
telling It."
"A secret! My father never had a j
.secret from me—never!"
"He had one secret. Lisle."
"How can you know that he hn 1 a
secret from me? He scarcely spoke to
you."
"I discovered it myself. Lisle."
"How? When? Where? What is
the secret?"
"1 discovered it last night when yon i
kissed me—at least 1 believed I did
After you fainted away, while I work
ed over j'ou, I became convinced of its
truth. It will startle you when I tell j
It, I.isle; It will shock j'ou almost as
much as the sudden death of your fa
ther. lam afraid that it will pain j'ou.
It concerns you; it is about you Have
|on ever thought. I.isle, that you are
Sot like otlter men?"
"Yes, ofti n," Lisle spoke dreamily.
■'l have talked it over with my father.
Only last evening, just before you
came, we were discussing It. I know
that I am different from other men, but
I do not know how or why. Is that
the secret?"
"Yes, Lisle; that is the secret. You
are in>t like other men; j'ou are not
like men at all. Lisle, dear Lisle, you
pre not a man; you never were a man;
f"n lievt r can lie a man: vou are a wo
man. Lisle a woman like ine."
CIIAPTEU XI.
SOUK REVELATIONS.
"y lis LP MAXWELL remained
1 * perfectly still, staring hard
'lUTßui' at Lrna. Site heard the
words, but she did not, could
not, comprehend tlieui. Erna had ex
pected an outburst of passionate anger
or vehement unbelief. There was nei
ther. Somehow her earnestness had
Impressed the truth of her statement
upon her companion. It may be that
without realizing it I.isle was prepared
for the announcement. It certainly
meant less to her than Erna could have
supposed that it would.
"Tell me more," she said presently.
• "How do J'OU know— how did you dis-1
cover mat i am a woman? now may
I know that 1 am one?"
"1 believe," replied Erna, "tliat your
owu heart has told you already that
j you are not a man. Don't you see that
you are like me?"
! "Like you? No, Ido not think that
lam in the least like you. 1 am taller,
broader, bigger in every way. We are
not alike; we are very different."
"Oh, dear! Throw off your coat and
waistcoat again, as you were this morn
ing when you called me togo to your
father. There! Do you not see that
your hips are like mine. Press your
sides so, here at your waist. Now do
the same to me. 1 have left off my
, "instruments of torture,' and so 1 am
not bullet proof this morning. Don't
you see that, though larger than 1 am,
you are shaped the same? Men are not
formed that way."
Lisle obeyed slowly and wonderingly.
Her calm eyes studied tlie blushing
face before her with an expression that
J was tilled with awe.
"Are they not?" she asked presently,
j "Are men created after one mold an
women after another?"
"Certainly."
"Always?"
"Always."
"Is that all the difference?"
"Of course not, you goose!"
"What are the other differences?"
| "Why, everything is different, I sup
j pose."
"Do you only suppose? Don't you
' know?"
"Oh, dear! Come into the house. Let
| us go back to my room. We can talk
better there. You look so much like a
j man In that dress that out here I feel
as though the eyes of the whole world
I were upon us."
| "And if the eyes of the world were
upon us, what then? Is there any
thing to be ashamed of?"
| "No—that is, not really. Hut it looks
80. Come, will you go back?"
J "Yes."
They returned together to the house,
and Erua, having closed and locked the
door of her room, begar again her dif
ficult task.
I "Now, Lisle," she said, "please hear
me through to the end of what I am
going to say without asking any ques
tions. Every one that you ask is sure
to be the very one that I least expect,
and it is pretty sure to be the one that
I do not in the least know how to an
swer—that is, not in words. I never
knew before today how Ignorant I au>
myself of things that I ought to know.
That is, 1 thought all the while I knew
about them, while the fact Is 1 do not
know much more than you do your
self. I suppose it is for the same rea
son that the Egyptians never thought
of studying their own pyramids until
a lot of foreigners blew into the coun
try and discovered that the hieroglyphic
writings meant something. I have liv
ed next door to the pyramids all my
life and never thought them worth
the trouble of study, and now you have
materialized on the scene, and you
want to know all at once every secret
that is connected with them. Now I
can show you the way to the pyra
mids, but I don't in the least know
what the writings mean. Did you ever
read the Bible?"
"My father used-to read It to me."
"Did he ever read about the garden
of Eden?"
"No; I do not remember it."
"Of course not. It is about a woman,
and he wouldn't read that. Well,"—
desperately—"there was such a place
when God made the world, and there
was a man there. lie was all alone, j
There wasn't another human being in
the whole world, and Adam—that was
his name—was lonely. I'm not surpris
ed at that. It must have been horrid.
He raised some kind of a row about it.
and so one night while he was asleep
God took a rib out of his side and
made a woman out of It. After that
Adam became the father of all men,
and Eve —that was the woman's name
—became the mother of all women.
Men are all made after the same pat
tern as Adam, and women are all made
after the same pattern as Eve, and
they are no more alike than a horse
and a cow—at least not to my mind.
Now, look here! I have an idea. My
elothes are much too small for you, but
I am going to dress you up in them.
My goodness!"
"What is the matter?"
"My trunks! 1 had forgotten all
thout them. They've been out on the
prairie all this time, and everything
Mil be ruined or stolen."
Lisle smiled.
"They are here iu the house," she
said. "I gave orders last night about
them. Shall 1 have them brought
here?"
"No. If they are safe, that is all 1
;are. The clothes we have on are all
we need. We will change. You siial
Wear these, and I will try yours. Take
them off."
"In your presence?"
"Certainly."
"I have been taught by my father
never to"—
"Bother your teaching! I am jour
teacher now!"
"Well, at least you need not put these
on," said Lisle. "I have other apparel
fiore. You shall have a much better
suit than this one."
The extra suit was soon forthcoming,
and after that the two girls worked on
In silence, with here and there an in
terjection from Erna. Lisle did not of
fer any remark, and every question
that she would have asked during the
process of removing their outer gar
ments was nipped iu the bud by vehe
ment protests from her companion.
The interjections came when the
work of arraying Lisle iu feminine ap
parel was in operation. The "instru
ments of torture" were made to lit by
altering the lacings, and when at last
they were clasped around Lisle's waist,
so tightly that she found it difficult to
breathe, Erna believed that the most
heroic part of the work was done.
Nothing about the costume came to
gether, but woman's Ingenuity is ever
equal to feminine emergencies of dress,
and the difficulties were surmounted
one by one, so that at last Lisle stood
before her instructor, having success
fully donned everything except the
tight fitting waist and skirt and the
foot wear.
"There!" exclaimed Erna, stepping
back a few paces and viewing with tin
disguised admiration the consumma
tion of her toil. "You are simply glo
rious!" she added. "As a boy you were
unmistakably handsome, but as a wo
man you are simply out of sight! You
are perfectly beautiful! Here, li t me
pin this skirt onto you. It won't meet,
and it's too short, but I can make it
do. The waist will never come togeth
er In the world, and we'll have to do
without that. Oh, dear, what a ravish
ing creature you are! There! 1 can
talk to you now without feeling that
every drop of blood in' my body had
gone to my face. I could not get rid
of the idea before that you were a man
after all. Now I know that you are
not. Ix>ok at yourself In that glass.
How do you like it?"
"I don't like It. This steel jacket is
the worst of all. Aren't you going to
dress in my clothes?"
"No. 1 don't want to. Come here.
Lisle, and sit down beside uie. Are
you so very uncomfortable?"
"I feel as though I were in a vise.
Must I wear clothing like this always?"
"Always!" with a vehement nod.
: Then, with sudden emphasis and wis
, dom. Erna added: "Hut not at once.
The people on this ranch must not
know of the discovery we have made —•
at least not now. You must be to them
| as you have always been."
"Why?"
"Because you would not be safe here
If they knew that you are a woman."
"Why? l>o all men hate women so?
, Would they seek to kill me?"
"Kill you? No: but vou would not be
safe."
"Hah! 1 do not fear them."
"Of course not. That isn't the ques
tion. I do not exactly know what is
the question, only that it would not be
Just the thing to do now. When Craig
Thompson comes, we will take him in
to our eonlidenee. lie shall tell yon
what to do; papa shall tell you what
to do."
"You are sure, very sure, that I am a
woman, Erna?"
"Goodness gracious, yes! I hope so.
Heavens, you almost frighten me!
Don't you see that, as small as 1 :m .
my instruments of torture needed Let'
very little letting out in order to reach
fn j
"Look nt yourself I> i this (/lass. How do
you like it?''
around you? Don't you see how they
bring out your shape, so that it is like
mine, only a little more so? Don't you
see that we are alike in a lot of other
ways?"
"Yes."
"Well, don't that settle It?"
"Y'es, I suppose that settles it," said
Lisle slowly. She stood for a moment
as though turned to stone, but her eyes
became tierce and her lips drew togeth
er ominously.
"Yes, I am a woman, one of the out
casts of the world—the cursed of ail
mankind! Oh. God, how 1 hate my
self; how I loath myself; how 1 despite
everything about me that makes me a
woman! My father Is dead. So be it.
I am glad that he is dead. He knew,
md lie deceived me. I asked him, and
he lied to me. If he were not dead, I
would kill him! I would kill him, 1
lay. as I killed Jim Cummings—as I
K'on Id have killed others had they dared
to call me a woman. I —l, Lisle Max
'veil, am that despicable thing called a
woman. My God! You, Erna, do not
know the horror of it. You have never
known what it is not to be a woman.
You have done me a service, and I
thank you, for I would not live a lie
any more than I would tell one. liich
irJ Maxwell is dead I will never think
of liitn as my father again. Perhaps
ae also lied to me about that; perhaps
Us whole life was a He, like the one
that he made me live. It may be that
my name is not Lisle Maxwell. I do
not know who I am. I only know what
lam not. You thought because I was
calm that my heart was not breaking.
I only waited for proof, for 1 suspected
before you spoke. Now I know! Take
off these garments or 1 shall tear them
off and ruin them. ijuick! I am going
mad. I think! off with them! I will
not live to walk forevermore hand in
hand with my own shame! I will kill
myself, as yesterday I would have
killed a man who had dared to tell me
what I now know to be the truth! Off
with them!"
CHAPTER XII.
"he made me live a lie."
' w—\ OR a moment Frna was strrpe-
J; tied by the outburst of pas-
S' slon from I. isle. She had be
i gun to think that her new
friend Would accept the change in her
destiny as a matter of course and that
In fact she was secretely glad that
fate had created her a woman. The
repressed passion which Lisle had suf
fered without manifesting any sign
was a phase of character entirely for
eign to her understanding. All her
life Erna had without restraint ex
pressed every emotion that possessed
her, and she could not comprehend a
nature which concealed the inipuls. s of
the heart until they were swollen to
such an extent that they burst all
bounds and swept everything before
them, just as a raging torrent, held in
check for years, at last demolishes the
solid wall of masonry which holds it
and rushes downward to engulf and
destroy everything that lies in its path,
She did not lit:,')'. 1' :! I.'s! '"s fv'mncss
In view of the discovery mad'? v the
result of pride of will, which il« Mil iteil
her every act. She could rot under
stand a woman who con id endure with
calmness agony that wa c >usu:.iing
her like lire within, and instead if as
sisting Lisle, as she had been r sted
to do, she stood with damped h. mis,
parted lips and bated breath, t rror
stricken by the revelation of a «1 • *i»th
of passion which siie had not bcl veil
existed.
Not until Lisle had torn the"in tru
meuts of torture" apart and flung . iciu
savagely to the far end of the i.iom
did she regain her composure: then,
using much better judgment than
would have been expected of her, she
sprang to the assistance of her friend,
but without offering any protest
against what she had said and, better
still, without venturing to give advice
at a moment when it could neither bo
appreciated nor followed.
Lisle kept silence also while being di
vested of the costume in which Erna
had dressed her. Not until she had
resumed the masculine attire, the one
laid out for Erna and not the one pre
viously worn, did she utter a word,
but tiie struggle was raging within bet
with the same savage fury with which
it had announced Itself, and Erna,
watching her furtively, became more
and more dismayed.
When Lisle was fully dressed In the
garments to which she was accustom
ed, she walked to the window and with
her back turned toward the room said
quietly:
"Dress yourself, Erna, a- you were
last night. While you are busy I wiil
think. I)o not speak to me, please, un
til you are dressed."
Erna hastened to obey I.isle's tie i
nicauor awed her into silence. .she
felt instinctively that she was in the
presence i.f a charactt r which doniinat- |
ed everything. She was, without being
sensible of it. afraid, and she worked
in silence, ra i»i< 11 \.
(To be continued.)
' i'.A I'N'STA I'.LlvS I'LAN.
CAPE COD TOWN SOLVES THE GOOD
ROADS PROBLEM.
win c:\jit-iui srr..i!!>o on it-i
in 2i Term <•' Three Years— Debt l»
lie I'ai<l In Sri fit Viiiiniil Payments
of .ftr.r.oo.
V matter of vital importance to the j
rt -idents of Cape God and one which is
at present holding the attention of the
taxpayers in many towns is good roads.
I In re is perhaps no section of the state
where the natural conditions for the
construction of roads are a< poor as on
the cape, says the IlostOli Globe. For
yea is experim tils have been conducted
along one line or another looking to
ward tin building ol roads and their
maintenance, but little success was ob
tained him il the stale came to the res
; cue and began the construction of the
state highway, so called.
The method of roadlniilding as em
ployed by those who began the con
struction of the state highway on the
cape was vastly different from that
ever before tried in this region, and the
; work was viewed with the keenest in
tcrest by the old loadbtiilders and higli
! way surveyors. While the contribu- I
| tions received from the state each year i
' helped materially to put the roads on
the cape in excellent condition, the !
' process was necessarily slow, and years ■
would have to elapse before such roads
could predominate.
Most of the to* ns on the cape did not
I feel that they were able to expend the )
i vast sums that would be required to'
build stone roads, and they continued
| to appropriate the usual amount each
| year as in times past, which barely
kept the old roads in condition. Hy
the old method of making appropria
j tions for roads as employed by the
towns on the cape little or no progress
! was made in the construction of new
roads, and matters were not getting
any belter, while the demands for good
roads were increasing each year.
To build stone roads required the out
lay of large sums of money, which
most of the towns felt they could not
afford without increasing the tax raft
to such a figure that it would ileter per
sons who might wish to take up a res
| idence on the cape from coining hither.
, The residents of the cape agreed that
to promote a healthy financial growth
of their respective? towns good roads
must be built.
Prosperity follows good roads, and
the improved financial conditions in all
towns where good roads prevail can be
traced directly to excellent roads. The
residents of the cape likewise agreed
that the time had come for a radical,
change in the m< rtiod of roadbuilding
and their maintenance, and plans for
the construction of stone roads and for .
the payment of the debt which would
be incurred thereby were discussed
•from one end of the cape to the other.
While the various towns were delib
erating over the methods they would
employ to hn lil tone roads and were
formulating plans for the payment of j
the debt that would thereby be in- '
curred Captain Thomas Patterson of
Hariislal.lc. v. ho for years had been
making a study of stone roads, their j
construction, etc.. presented a plan to
his town which solved the problem, for |
that town at least, and seems likely to |
be adopted by other towns on the cape. I
In submitting his plan Captain Pat- I
tcrson, to use his own words, said, |
"The I bought that was uppermost in >
my ini'id was that of not raising the *
tax rate : n l also that the burden of j
liquid: './ig the debt should be shared 1
by those who will enjoy anil be mate
rially In i d by the adoption of the
modi i n ami progressive policy."
The pi: a presented by Captain Pat
terson and which Ihe town adopted was
that of i .pending s7.~i.ik to on stone
roads in a term of three years and the
debt to be paid in seven annual pay
ments of i?7.rii mi. the liquidation begin
ning in lii' Hand ending in l'.Ho. Of
the total amount to be expended on
stone roads s.",ii.immi would bo spent the
lirst year, mi the second and a like
amount the third year. The sum raised
by taxation each year would be si:;.ooo.
The plan which Captain Patterson
gave to Harnstable was putin opera
tion last year and has worked to the
perfect satisfaction of all. Stone roads
are fast replacing the old and travel
worn sandy ones in the town, and ere
long the whole town will be covered
with a network of roads the equal of
which it will be difficult to find In the
state.
With the state each year building
sect ions of the main highway along the
cape and the adoption of Captain Pat
terson's plan, which seems probable,
by the other towns the whole of (.'ape
Cod would within a few years be able
to boast of excellent roads and set an
example which it will behoove other
towns to follow.
\ «l \ a it I :tof Uoihlh.
Good, permanent roads, made so as
to be passable for a full wagon load
every day in the year, would bring to
the farm that was not more than ten
or twelve miles from the market town
all the advantages the town offers to
its own inhabitants. This class of roads
built, the drive to town with the excel
lent roadsters now common on nearly
every farm in the fairly well settled
portions of the laud need not at the
outside require more than an hour's
time to make it,
.Moin'j VH I ll< % nt' (■IIIM! KomilH.
The difference between good and bad
roads i> equivalent to the difference
between profit and loss. Good roads
have a maiey value to farmers as well
as a political and social value, and,
leaving out coin nience, e mfort, so
cial and refun d influences which good
foat' lways enhance anil looking at
them only from the almighty dollar
side, they nr. found to pay handsome
dividends each year.
To | ' • ' i. .* ■t. c" Ihe play < ;•»
stand I:. i h; !: I in a circle, the
lie use I It|» ea' out sitle
'flay t: ai"' a-!, their arms j
liml i i.\ i t iie i ' ii I".i:11« r. which
.h ■ • 1 lie en i a i ; : m-e I • it. up in at
■ m ■!•'. . hile |i.. ii. t-e jun ps out at I
the iaiicr.
l lie e; t is no.i a prisoner and goes
round "niiaiiilng," but as the dance
font iiilli S -l.e • ...;i - i 'it : d chases |
the mouse, who di.ris in in save her |
self. If she els in by hersi tf. the cat
pays a forfeit, but if puss gets in also
It is the mouse who has to suffer for it.
Tin l s !i> l-Viiiftlt* Turtle.
In springtime the female green turtle
seeks the shore of a barren island or
the bank of a lonely river to lay her
tggs P.i ing very shy, she niaki s a
landing at night cautiously and crawls ,
to a point above high water mark,
where she digs a hole one or two feet i
deep with her flippers In this hole she
lays from ion to L'oo eggs, arranging •
them very carefully. Finally she scoops
the loose and over the eggs, leveling
foul smoothing it so that it is hardly
possible to tell that there is a nest '
there. Interview in Washington Star.
PLACEBO PRESCRIPTIONS.
Aii 0!« l Doctor T«*ll* :i Secret of Ilii
rrofcKNion,
"Never tell a patient that there is
tlie matter with him," said the
old doctor, who was revealing the se
cret - of his profession. "If you do, you
make a lifelong enemy and lose your
patient, who sends for another doctor.
(Jive him something, if it is only flavor
j ed water. If the disease is only imagi
nary, cure the imagination with a
1 harmless dose, and your patient gets
well. In the profession we call such
prescriptions 'placebos,' and more won
derful cures are effected by placebos
than the world wots of. So, also, when
you run across a patient who an
nounces the first tiling that he cannot
take certain sorts of medicine, don't
tell him he must. Agree with him and
give him the medicine, if he needs it,
in a disguised form.
"There are thousands of people who
labor under the conviction that they
cannot take quinine and will tell you
that they have never taken it in their
lives, while at tlie same time they may
be taking large doses of it. The taste
of quinine is hard to disguise, but if
administered in a pill the patient can
be made to take it and never suspect
what he has swallowed. The trouble
is the patient is apt to recognize a
quinine pill by its appearance, to sus
pect, bite into the pill and thus dis
! cover your ruse. To obviate this diffi
culty druggists now have pills of qui
nine made in odd shapes and colors.
, Pink pills, containing nothing but qui
nine and a little harmless coloring mat-
I ter, are a favorite form for use in cases
where an r iiquinine crank has to be
medicated. In giving a placebo it is not
wise to have it taste too well. The pa
tient is apt to suspect if you do. And
be sure that you gravely impress upon
the patient that only a teaspyonful is
to be taken ;it a time and that at stated
intervals. The whole virtue of a place
bo exists in the solemnity and impor
tance with which you surround it."
New York Press.
■—
FLOWER AND TREE.
Salpiglo? Ms is a pretty, showy an
nual, easy to raise and worthy a place
in the garden.
The birch grows farther north than
any other tree. Next comes tiie Si
berian larch and then the tir.
The dark spot in the center of a bean
blossom is the nearest approach to
black that occurs in any flower.
Sunflowers may be transplanted quite
easily if the work is done 011 a rainy
day or in the cool of the evening.
Preserve a green lawn in the center
of the garden, however small. This Is
needed to set off the flowers and for
purposes (if relief.
Mignonette is so unobtrusive that its
presence is often betrayed by its sweet
scent merely, but a large bed of mi
gnonette should be in every garden.
Dissolve fresh lime in water, allow
sediment to settle and saturate earth
in which small, white worms have
been noticed with the clear solution
thus made.
'1 hat "it is never too late to set out
roses" is a true word about gardening.
Put"the earlier the better, so long as
the frost is out of the ground," is a
maxim no less worthy of dependence.
■
A Spi'jj XonMter.
I lor sheer ferocity of appearance, un
redeemed by any milder facial attri
butes, a lizard called after "Moloch hor
rid king" Moloch horridtis is pre-emi
. nent among reptiles. The ho ly of this
| Australian reptile is so covered with
spines that, as it has been put. nature
seems to have endeavored to ascertain
how many spines could be inserted on
a given area. But. unlike its tutelary
deity, who seems really to have spelled
himself Moleeh, the lizard does not de
mand the blood of children. It is. in
deed. vegetarian and only fiery in that
it has a curious faculty of absorbing
and drying up water. A specimen
placed in a shallow dish was observed
to attract the water like a piece of
blotting paper. Westminster Gazette.
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A bad breath means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, a
bad liver. Ayer's Pills arc
liver pills. They cure con
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The Hank of England generally con
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bars to make u0.000.000 sovereigns.
The bank, which stands in three par
ishes, covers three acres of ground,
and. as the current price of land in the
vicinity works out at £1,000,000 an
acre, it is easy to form an idea of the
money value of England's wealth. r l he
ratable value is about £I,OOO a week.
The bank employs about 1,000 people,
pays a quarter of a million a year in
wages and tooo a year in pensions.
There are m 10,01 mi worth of notes in
circulation which have been handed
over the bank's counter. Loudon
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The llorse.
While the serviceable life of a horse
is eighteen years, yet some men, by
the use of the whip, spur and by over
loading, manage to get it out of him in
one-fourth of that time.
The Eurtli** Speed,
The earth is gradually losing speed
owing to the friction of the tides. The
days :ire now half a second longer than
they were a ecnturv airo
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
TIME T4BLE
In Effect May, 25, 1902.
lA.M..
Scrantonf DSiH)lv <0 38 IJ2 "27
Putston •• •• 112 i §2 in 4 :>■>
A. J1 H. M. P. M
Wilkesbarre,.. Iv ijlO 3T> 2 4."> it (m
Plyin'th Kerry " I 1" 42 1 2 .V 2 ft "7
Nanticuke •' 10 50 301 t! 17
Mocanaqun ..." 11 07 o2Q 837
Wapwallopen.. " 11 It; 331 847
Nef copeck ar 11 2I; 342 7On
A.M. p M J
Pottsville Iv fll 6j
Hazleton " * 12 ">2 22 4"> „
Tomhicken " 1 J1 ;t 05!
Kern Glen " 1 IK 3 IV"'"'
Kock Olen .... "i 3 22.
Neecopcck. . ar Ito t .....
Catawissa 40"
~ \ \I A.M P.M. P M
Nepcopeck... . Iv' j I* ill 2>i i 42:7 00
Creasv ; 3 II '.Hi 352 700 '
Kpy Kerry... • 1 4 114>;t4ii2 7 2 '****"
h.
<'iitawls?a Iv >j 5 11,.*>7 4 1.; 73-*
~"Uth Hanville •• t 14 12 1' 431 7 ;,j
Sunhury ar v3O 12 4" 4V, H ls
A. M P. M. P. M pm
snnbury Iv v il-' il-' is §5 1" 4,]
Lewisliurg.... ar lu 13 14' 54u
.Milton *• lu 08 1 .it* "J 3*» JO 07
Williauisport.. " II 0o 141 i 030 jo j.",
Look Haven... " 1151' 220 , 731
, Kenovo " A.M. 800 sMO
Kane " 8 i'i|
jp. M. P. M.
I.uck Haven..lv jl2 10 3 45'
, liellefonte ....ar 105 ' 441
Tyrone '• 220<1 •> o<>
Philijisiiurg " 35 «S 02
rieartlehl '• 525 i 845
Pittsburg.... " (i 55 SlO 45
A. ivT P. M P. M. p~M ~
! Sunbury Iv It 60 S1 50 5 2i' us 31
I Harrisburg.... ar II 30 ji 315 •> 50 :o 10
P. M. P. M. P. fll. A .M _
I hiiadeljilila.. ar S3 I" 823||10 20 425
! Baltimore "ji3 11 fl 110 !' *■> •> 311
Washington... *• jj 4 lu I, 7 16 '.O 55 4 05
1 A. M. P, M.
; Sunbury Iv §lO on § 2 I ". I
Lewistown .Ic. ar II to 105
; Pittsburg •• ti 55jjjl0 45
A.M. P, M P. M. i'M _
Hurrislmrir.... Iv II 46 ; >OO || 7 15 ; 102- r >
P. M. A M. A. M. A M
: Pittsburg ar * ti 55 || 160 i| 1 50 53"
P.M.I P3IA M A M
PltUburg Iv 7 I" 1 s'oo SOOi'S 00!
.A. ■ A M P Mj
llariiisburg ar'| 200 a 4 2»| 0 310
AM A M
Plttfbuilf Iv 8 00
P M
l.cwistown Jj. " 7 30 ; 3 00
Sunbury ar ; » 2" i I 60
P.M. A JIA M AM
' Washington... Iv 111 4» 7 s'i 10 50
I Baltimore ' 11 00 440 S4O 11 45
Philadelphia... " 11 20 42* s ;;o 1140
A. M. AM A. M. P M ~
llarrisburu Iv 335 755; 11 10 53 20
Sunbury at 500 lo> ; 6 li-i
P.M.! A MAM
Pittsburg I\ ;I2 45 3 00 1 s IHi.
Ck'ariield.... "| 350 9
PliilipHburg.. " 440 10 12
Tyrone " 70i 18 io 12 25 "•"*
liellefonte.. " 8 10 0 32 1 05
Lock Haven at 915 10 30 210
P. M. A M A M 1' M
Kric Iv 5 351
Kane »• 545 2ti 00 1 111
Kenovo l| 5" - ti 4.' 10 3o
Lock Haven ... *' 12 88 735 11 25 300
A.M. P M
Williauisport .. '• 229 BSO H2 4O 400
Milton •• 22. 0i; I2> + -t' l
Lewisburis " 905 I 15 4 42'"
Sunbury at 324 v 4ti 16 . 615 ""
A.M. AMP M P M
Sunbury Iv S Ii 45 5 » 55 ; 2 00 : 5 25;
South ltanvllle*' 7 11 j 10 17 221 5 501']"]
T'atawlsaa •• 7 32| 10 35 230 #oßP]]]
K Hloomsburg.. " 737 W43 243 015 '
Kspv Kerry " 742 110 47 ( 8 10
llreasy " 752 lo 68 235 6 iio
Nescopeck " 802 U 06| 305 840
A M A M P. M. P M
I'atawissa Iv 732 10 3S 2 3ti »>OB
Nescopeck Iv 823 i 505; 705
Kock (rlen ar II 22 7 28
Kern (Hen " 851 11281 532 734 \\\\
Touihicken .... " 858 II is :»s T42 '
Hazleton '• 010 II 58 559 , 805
Pottsville " 10 15 ti 55;
A M AMP M P M
Nescopeck Iv ;8 02 II 05 ; 05 Bto • *••
Wapwallopen. .ar 819 11 90 320 062
Mocanaqua .... " 831 II 32 330 701 •••
Nanticoko •• 853 II 54 310 710
P M
Plym'th Kerry' t 903 12 02 35; I 7 Js
WllkHbarte ..." 910 12 10 406 7 :i» ••••
AM P M P M P 51
PittstonllUVH) ar ;n S9 12 55 4Mi x 36
Seranton " " 101>8 124 524 05
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ami l-;rie. between Sunbury m.>: Philadelphia
anil Washington and between HarrlsDu.v I'itts
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For further information apply to Ticket Agents
/ li. HUTCUiySOS, J. 11. WOOD.
<ien" Manager. (Itn'l l'asn'n'r Ag
p\K( l I'KIV Ml ill 1
Est:«to ot (ieorge W. Myerlv, late ot
liorough of Danville, in the county
of Montour ami state of Penusylvan
la, deceased.
Notice is herein* givou that letters
testamentary have becu granted to the
undersigned. All jiorsous indebted to
the said estate are required to make
jiaynient, and those having claims or
demands against the said estate, will
make known the same without delay'
to
MKS. HARRIETS. MYERLY, Exec
utrix of George W. Myerly, Deceased.
Etlward Say re Gearhart, Counsel.
Danville' Pa., December 10th, 1902.
J T ACKAWANNA RAILROAD.
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WKHT.
A M. A M. A M P. M
New York Iv 20<i .... 10 00 ....
P M.
Seranton ar 617 150
P. M.
j tinll'alo Iv II 3U 215
A. M
I Seranton .... ar 553 l'ltft
Seranton Iv tt H;» 111 10 155 110
A. M. A M P. M P. M.
1 Seranton iv tt, 35 *lO 10 tl 5i •*> 10
I Kellevue ti 39
Taj lor t) 4ii 10 17 208 «18
Lackawanna t. 48 10 24 210 KM
I turvea lib.! Hi '2B SIS
I'lttNton ti 57 10 33 217 «HU
|snsi|iiebannaAve 71*1 10 iff 219 «xt
I West Pitt*ton.. 703 10 41 221 B*s
j Wyoming 71* 10 40 2/7 ts 40
Forty Fort 2 31
I Bennett 715 IOVJ 254 847
Kingston ar 721 10M 240 t. 5a
U ilkes-liarre ar 740 1110 250 710
Wilkes-Harre Iv 710 In 40 2*l n4O
Kingston Iv 721 105ti 240 «SS
Plymoiitb June
■ Plymouth 730 1106 249 708
; Avondale 7.15 2 54
' Nantieoke 739 11 IS 25* 714
I Huntock'a 715 11 19 son 7W
slilekshtnny 755 1131 320 7SI
Hicks Ferry st/ 7 flMi 33ti r. 41
lieaeh Haven 813 114* SS7 7 4
Berwick kl9 1154 344 7i3
Brlaren-ek r« 23 fH 30
Willow I.rove fH 27 f3 54 ft IK
Lime Kidge 831 fl'2 (*■ SSB ft ir
Fspv KS7 12 15 406 812
liloomsburg 844 1222 412 817
Rupert s<7 122.'. 415 nai
Catawissa *54 12 32 422 8 Sf.
Hanville 9OH 12 44 433 BS7
Cameron 921 12 67 448
' Northuinberl'd ar 935 lio 500 91A
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t :i tin roll ti4r* T2 0I Io 34
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Rupert 7 Hit 10 37 229 ti 01
Bioonatmrg 7a> 1041 2« «06
K«py 728 10 48 240 «IS
Ltnn- Kidue 7:<s*riiis4 t2 t>, fl »<
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Hrlarcreek 744 . r> ,* 3 112 827
Berwick 750 1105 25b «S7
Beeeh Haven TVs 3(w «49
Hicks Ferry 807 fll 17 sw 644
Shleksthinny 817 1131 32n re SI
Hunlock's 8 27 gg,
Nantieoke ... s :i4 1144 83. 714
Avondale 8 37
Plymouth 844 1152 847 ' 7 ffl
Plymoiitli June.... 8 17 ;<52 .
Kingston ar 855 11 59 400 7.»
\\ ilkes-Harre ar 9 111 12 14 410 7
Wilkes Barre Iv 140 11 411 350 7
Kingston Iv 855 lift 400 7*
Bennett .. s.iH 4ai 742
Forty Fort fn mi .... 407
Wyoming. 905 I2IK 412 748
West Pittwtoll it It) 417 748
Susquehanna Ave ... vt 13 12 U 420 75e
Plttston «1» 12 17 424 BUK
Huryea 9'.Si 429 801
Lackawanna 928 432 817
'!;»y' or 9:« 440 810
Bellevue 937 445 ....
1 Seranton ar it 42 12 86 450 Bitt
A M P. M. A.M
Seranton Iv 10.10 12.40 1 50
P M
New ork ar 335 500 .... 660
P. M-
Seranton Iv ... 155 .... 1110
A. M.
Buffalo ar 755 ... 700
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