Montour American., June 18, 1903, Image 3

THE BP-IDAL
GOWN -« +
B) Joseph Nevin Doyle
, - ; h Kevin D»ule
. -1
" ail can e al« ut with some
*•1 I [ • ' wot '- it the shoemaker's
• h nch where Deee and his
| father. I diste Sabouriu. were
Woi'kll.g.
"I i a give you nothing If you marry
the gin ' • ui the elder one. glowering
o\ 1r Is s|i : ;,-s. Had you put less
silver into the maw of the wolf und
ii<ore into \our father's eolfers. you
night Ittve had enough by now to
keep a wife Ilure is little iu the
trade for you as it is."
"Faith, then. I'll quit it." suid Ilece,
driving home a peg with a vicious clip.
• 1,1 goto the woods, the river, any
where!"
"And leave your wife at home to
cuddle her spindle," said the father,
looking out with a little smirk through
the window of squared panes and
blinking his last for the nonce to dip
api tie bof snutT "Why do you want
to many now 7 You are too young,
inii't you wait awhile? Wait even un
til the spring, when the shanty men
com down froui the wild lands and
thei. s lots to do. Tln-re Is not inoro
•diver by now than will tide 11s over
winter Tut' Shaveling! A marriage,
112. rsoot! ! By the holy murk of tho
ash. It's droll. That's what It Is-it's
droll!"
"I don't care. I'll marry Jaquette in
spite of you."
"'1 don't care." So brays the ass."
"So brays old cr«K)ked nose bandy
bgs. | I .laps ' said Deee, springing up,
with a jerk at his apron strings, and
without another word lie put on his
coat and hat and went off in a huff to
Le l.oup leaving his parent, who,
Mia*. was a little vain of his bodily
tx-uutv. to wince under this harsh, un
tiliai tirade.
\\ he.l he had gone, ('aliste removed
his s|», taelcs v.rv gravely and care
fully and set his iips iu a pucker, us if
ptolTeritig a kis- the chin slightly ele
vated. showing the long throat, villi
an admirable Adam's apple midway.
It was a characteristic pose. 110 doubt,
ii.spiring among the younger folk of
the village the iih knaliie by which he
was known in their uioude. "Old Kiss
Me Never " et was it a very sweet
I*»e and one much admired by elderly
iqiiisb-r- and ambttfoaa widows, for
Callst. was an eligible, with only ii
very slight sprinkling of gray. Then
Le kicked aside the knee strap and
fondled the hist in his lap after u time
Loiiorcd tic-dilative custom. It was a
nasty thing for a --on to say to the fa
ther vho h: d reared him and been
kind to him always. That was plain.
After he had pondered thus bitterly
upon Deee s Ingratitude for sometime
Caliste Iwgaii to retlect uiKin the |k>s
slble verity of the lad's words. True,
an unfortunate accident of childhood
had «-»t his nose slightly awry; but,
regarding his legs, he would not admit,
even to himself, they were not tho
straightest ami shapeliest limbs lu the
whole province of l/ue!,ee Tills last
was a most vile calumny.
The bench might have tlioin 11
slight inclination at the knees, but that
was never noticeable. He tossed tho
last into a heap of its fellows, always
an evidence of brilliant inductions, and
shook off some leather parings with 11
pleasant. coquettish gesture, ns when
& woman flicks her apron to affright
< Mekcns A smile budded at his lips.
Then he suid aloud:
"Well, we shall see, 111011 enfant."
it shall not Is- said t'aliste was pre
cipitate His very business had en
gendered circumspection and method
in his IN. nes. Wl at soever plans he had
already formed le wa« determined to
carry out In the shadow of the rose.
The veiling he called ujion his
frt»nd Tra tte the tailor Tho visit
was merelv a friendly call, an evidence
of good nill. as it were, a commercial
courtesy After some considerable con
versation upon the state of business
Callst* manifested suddenly a certain
genuine Interest In the rolls of cloth
Tricotte In ir blv paraded before his
visitors wl • ther through force of habit
or with insidious designs upon their
susceptibilities must not l»e mooted.
At a certain piece ('aliste declared ho
bsd u«Ter found anything that so took
his fancy it was a perfect aggrava
tion. he deplored with times so hard.
Wlwi. he finally succuiiilksl with every
•▼ldenc«? of disgust for his weakness,
Trlcotte prepared to take the little
man's measure quickly lest some sinl
den sMft of wind should veer the rane
from this tine, unusual cupidity. He
»as somew hat exhilarated with his
tiusl!t*»SM cunning, which he hud come
to re|r#«rd as (renins pure and simple.
I lils last was a master stroke, he
thought for «'ah-te was notoriously
rlose I here w.is <>lie thing which pUZ
iled the tailor not a littie the repeated,
anxious remark of his friend, repeated
*v»m through tie* . ru* k of the door at
parting He „nre to make the trousers
wide wide hs you can."
Now a plausible reason for wearing
the forthcoming habiliments must be
found and <'aliste v< r\ well knew to
be<*s.,ui out suddenly upon the parish
In sic h attire would 1h- to create u sen
sation «;im«l' It was well known that
h railway c inpai .v had had land latoly
surveyed lii St Pyx and was even then
Begot ting with a number of the vil
lagers for the purchase of it. Promi
nent among these was I 'aliste himself.
Now he found his plans to accumulutu
beaut fully in this last inspiration. He
would go down to Montreal on this
business • 112 the rallwav Incidentally
there were certain hairdressers and
surgeons In that ctty whose fame had
Ma ad 1 mmi h aa out of the way
place as St Pyx
No to Moi ie:i went ('aliste, and,
II 1 h- <1 lo! i- . 1 11 v ante pate it
i. ! stalling l.e r- idil.v disposed of
the I and • ame home with a snug
101 l of bank bills in the pockets of bis
glorious new trousers Kverybody com
tlie 1 ted oil the Wonderful benefit the
trip had !>een to the little shoemaker,
hovv it had enhanced bis look- and per
boi il appearance the hair sloe black,
the nose as exactly ordered as that of
the Apollo Belvedere. No one could
t> .1 altogethei what had happened, but
there was an inordinate fluttering
among the spinsters as well as a deal
of < aiiment in certain sage coteries up
on the Ucgenct 11 nig iiiuuciiccs ot city
life None marveled so much as did
1 >e< e at this great and sudden change
lu his parent. Kven his manner and
opinions had changed, tor now here
ganled with evcty gratification and
pleasure the approaching nuptials of
his son and Jaquette Dion. Now, a
whisper ran. as whispers will run when
the pa«iti< surface of rustic life is ruf
fled that « aliste had come mysterious
ly and suddenly Into great good for
tuue
1 >eee was elevated immediately from
the Ignominious level of a ue'er do well
to an eniiiieiicy of considerable distinc
tion and promise, and hence Jaquette,
lately taunted with weird prophecies of'
future iinhappincss through Dece'B evil
doings. was now regarded as u very
fortunate girl in having succeeded in
landing such a desirable catch. These
things, coming to Deee's ears, gave bini
suddenh eeitain airs that were not
overplea? ing to his fiancee. His sprees
at l.e Loup eaine more frequently. His
manner toward Jaquette beeame offen
sively condescendl)"'
Meanwhile tiie father began to show
an unusual iut« rest in his daughter-in
law elect. Now he would hand her a
rose a tine, proud, nodding beauty—
wiiti a gesture and inclination of the
head inimitably courtly. Occasionally
lie met her. by the merest accident, of
colli -", and they walked and chatted
through whole twilights. When he was
leaving her. «'aliste would kiss her up
on the brow, as a prospective father-in
law might indeed, and Willi quintessen
tial propriety. the more ar
dent the fathers attention grew the
more thoughtlessly independent grew
1 >eee.
In the eyes of the villagers the fa
ther's attentions seemed a most ad
mirable and unprecedented homuge,
und Jaquette came to be almost an ob
ject of envy. The thing was overpow
eringly new to her. Schooled in the
harsh conventions of common life to
expect a pound of grossness for every
ounce or even less of genuine open af
fection and deference, she marveled
at this unceasing, impossibly tender
devotion of her future father-in-law.
It appealed to her finest woman's sen
sibilities. seemed the first palpable evi
dence 01 the existence in man of that
ideal chivalry which Is the cherished
dream of every young girl, of coarse
or line liber, the dream of the knight
nnd the dragon. She began to regret
lu quiet moments that 1 »ece had not
inherited these exquisite characteris
tics from his father. Yet withal she
was very happy in a way. for now that
which had been as a very millstone
about her neck in this wooing of Deee,
the pit> and contempt of her friends,
was transformed, as by magic, Into a
necklace of pearls which she might
fiauut before their envying -eyes. If
there was one predominating, over
mastering quality in Jaquette's nature,
that quality was vanity. How well
aware tin- wily (and himself as essen
tially vainl Caliste was of this remains
to be seen.
By special request of Deee. who,
contrary to every rustic precedent, dis
liked nuptial show and ostentation, the
cum' granted a p Ttuission. not an un
common one. that the banns of mar
riage l»e published from the altar but
once instead of three times on suc
cessive Sundays. Th<> marriage was
to be performed on th ■ Monday follow
ing the tirst and last publication of the
banns. The last week came, and Ja
quette brought the material for her
bridal gown to Dame la It tie.the vil
lage modiste. < 'oncurreiit with this
event the modiste was called upon by
Ch lisle.
Dame la Rile was one of the few
widows or spinster-; in St. Pyx 011
whom the gallant shoemaker had made
not the slightest impression. She was
a woman of strict business principles,
setting much store by the illusive dol
lar. entirely a! abed in husbanding
its ilk and allot; 'ther too practical, if
n<"! too archaic, for sentiment. C 'aliste
r< red her very much and feared
her not a little. <0 it was with much
difficulty that lie unfolded to her a
plan bv means of which she might
come into possession of a few dollars
without much compunction of con
science or a great deal of painstaking
effort. It was the knowledge of her
mercenary spirit that buoyed him up
with hope. He dared hope she would
b- susceptible. If not. why. then, of
course, his cherished plans must come
to naught. His hopes played him
fairly.
"You see It does not put you inn box
either way, nindame." said he, with his
prettiest pucker and a charming em
phasis of distinction upon the name, al
ways sii delighting to the modiste, who
had been in I'aris for a short time as
waiting maid with a rich Montreal lady
and who expected the fact to throw n
ylanioiirof eminence about her forever.
"I see. monsieur." she answered. "I
nm expected to keep the thing from the
ears of the gossips and to speak only
when the right moment comes."
"K.xactly. And, now. here is the ma
terial." lid •'aliste. breaking the cords
of certain large pan els he had carried
under cuer of the darkness to the
house of 1 lie modiste.
When 'he wonderful contents of the
parcels were poured forth upon the ta
ble. the little ni 'diste opened her eyes
very wide and suppressed, with nice
tact, an exclamation of amazement.
Mounds of silk- and satins colored like
the rainbow. cascades of laces of the
subtlest design, orillaiubs of ribbon of
Vatied e\q|-,i ,!„>■ lilies, like tile darting
fringes of the northern lights, were
tumbled upon the !ill lv table until it
fairly see 111 cd to groan with this weight
of opulence. Visions of her brief Pari
sian days came to madame as she mut
tered in an unguarded moment, "What
grandeur;'' followed very quickly by,
"Much as we have seen in Paris."
She could not suppress a smile, how
ever, lo iking upon the little pile of
common stuffs Jaqiictte had brought.
Well, the two gowns were made, one
by an assistant - 1 it would be inten
tionally vciy crudely done, the other
by I tame la Itue herself in strict seclu
sion and with infinite pains. Jaqiictte
came once or twice to be fitted, and it
Was the <'lllllllloll wi.i l; was tried on
her. although at the same time the lit
tle modiste's mind wa- busily engaged
with secretly taking dimensions for tho
other.
At last It wa« the Saturday afternoon
previous to the Sunday appointed for
tin publication of the banns and two
days before the day set for the wed
ding Deee had been unusually indif
ferent lit the truth were known, in his
great joy he had imbib> d too freely and
wa* oft times as! .-lined to show himself
before his tiaiiceci, and Jaqiictte was
very sick at heart over it all. The dear,
dear father, she thought, how kind,
how good he had been, making her
handsome presents, sending her such
lov-'ly Hovers! No doubt it was be
cause in observed that Deee was not
showing her that attention which was
due her. the dear mall!
i lie entf::'iee of I lame la Hue inter
rupted tins reverie She had dismissed
her assistant a' the door of the little
whitewashed cabin and labored into
the room undei a very tower of bun
dles, Jaqiictte could not understand
why there were so many So in a little
while the bride elect was invested ill
le-r bridal govn, the common one. She
fairly groaned with uneasiness It was
all awry Oh and her heart sank with
disgust and dread what a wretched,
detestable thing! She could never think
of wearing it Yet and here her mind
eased a littie the wedding would bo
very quiet. Very few would see it.
That was good The little mother camo
in.
"Kien! I like my hussy's pride!" said
she. "Too good for the like of her it is,
inadanie too good. You that's been in
Paris ought to know."
i Then said Dame la Hue, perfectly
collected anil gravely giving into tue
gill's hands the other bundles:
"Try this oil, inamsclle."
Jaquette went into the little room
again anil returned present!}' as radiant
with joy as a rose arrayed as Solo
mon's wife in all her glory had uot
been.
"What does It mean, madame?" said
she in an ecstasy of delight. "Where
did you get itV"
"Yon s|m!| know presently," was all
the other said.
Then Jaquette began to pace up and
down the 100111 in a maze of emotions.
"So perfect, so beautiful, so heavenly!"
she cried in a delirium of pride and
joy, the little mother looking on with
her mouth wide agape, like a mouse
trap.
Outside the cabin door stood Caliste,
snugly attired, a rose iu the buttonhole
of his brave new coat and another, a
long stemmed nodding favor, in his
fingers, nice as a verger with his white
wand, yet with an expression of pa
thetic perplexity on his now not un
handsome visage. He had left Deee at
the bench with strict Injunctions to re
main there until he should return.
Some business of great importance re
garding the land lie had sold was to be
transactisl with a stranger who was
then awaiting him at Hotel Ca;*tor.
Now. the whole detestable baseness
of the intrigue was pressing upon Cn
liste's conscience with merciless stress.
Did Dece's harsh words justify ull this
deceitful scheming? Was it a fatherly
thing in any light? If Jaquette should
refuse and scorn him, he would be the
laughing stock of the parish to his dy
ing day. Then he reversed the argu
ment emphatically. It was a scurrilous
thing for Deee to say. anil he would
prove to the tippling, good for nothing
lout that, supposing his calumnies were
even half true, he (Caliste) was smart
enough to get Jaquette's preference.
What a beautiful revenge!
His heart softened a little toward
Deee, but he quickly reassured himself
with "he's young and will soon get
over it." And the p:-! she was lovely!
He believed lie was more in love with
her than he had ever been vviih Sabine,
his first wife. Then he i -verted to the
first dreadful hypothesis. Ah. if he
were mistaken in regard to her vanity!
If she should refuse! The thoughts
fairly stilled hira, so lie could get no
relief save to burst into the cabin and,
to to speak, get away from it.
In her great joy Jaquette rushed into
Caliste's arms immediately when he en
tered and, planting a kiss fairly upon
his reddening cheek, cried: "Oh, look!
How good you were to send me this
sweet gown! I know it was your*
His heart sank, and he glanced dark
ly toward the little modiste. It oc
curred to him that Dame la Rue had
broken faith.
"Then—then you will agree?" he
stammered.
"Agree! Agree to what, monsieur?"
"You you will—will agree to take
me instead »112 Deee. Has she not told
you—the modiste?"
"She has told me naught, monsieur.
I do not understand," the girl suid,
rubbing her eyes with perplexity.
Then Caliste made matters clearer
in a fumbling, clumsy way, not at all
as he had expected to do it how if she
should marry him instead of Deee the
gown was hers; if uot well, the other
way.
"St. Vierge, how lucky!" muttered
the mother under her breath, then
aloud: "Certainly she will, monsieur.
Have no fear of that. Her father,
that's on his raft now down by Que
bec, has always been against the other
match. And lam willing. Yes, mon
sieur"- making a courtesy to his fut
pocketbook rather than to his person—
"with all uiy heart!"
The thing set Jaquette into a kind of
stupor of perplexity. The gown, the
gown, the heavenly, lovely gown,
seemed to rise above every other cry
of her being. She could not part with
that. No. no. no. 110! Let come what
might, that was hers forever. Love of
angels, what a sight she would be be
fore the admiring village! Nothing
like it had ever before been seen in the
parish, the province, the world! After
all, did she really love Deee? He had
pinched her often with anger. What
might he not do after they were mar
ried? Resides, he was drunk half the
time, though he tried to hide it, the
sneak! Come: lie wasn't half so hand
some us his father, that dear, kindly
man with such tender ways and not a
gray hair oither! What must the peo
ple say? Iler heart chilled at this
thought. Rut, then, did not every one
know of Deee's miserable conduct?
Ah, but the gown! The gown! She
surveyed herself from head to foot,
and then her heart flew up into her
throat like a catapult, and, with u
great gulp of 11 sob. she thrust herself
Into the arms of Caliste, who had suf
fered martyrdom during her medita
tions, crying, "Ah. monsieur. I know
you will be kind and good to me!"
That evening Deee came to the cabin
and was received Icily. Jaquette was
not feeling very well. Dame Dion said
he must wait until the morrow to see
her.
"No; I must goto my bride," said he,
attempting to force an entrance with
much arrogance. "If she be sick, I'm
the one should see her."
Jaquette's mother had but 11 crack of
the door opened, and she closed It
quickly, saying:
"Go away. Deee! You must not come
inside tonight."
Bo to Le Loup went Deee, much de
jected, so much that he spent the night
In a glorious spree to drown his sorrow
and was not at mass the next day
when the banns were published.
Narisse. the carter, met him after
mass and. striking him playfully upon
the shoulder, said:
"So the old man broke your nose?"
"1 low 7 \\ hat's this?"
"lie was called with Jaquette this
morning by the cure
"Vas ten great fool! You have been
seeing blue angels!"
Rut In a little while the village was
humming like a hive with the news,
and before the ceremony next day Deee
was far on his way to the wild lands to
join a camp of lumbermen.
Ileeeiier's lie|»:i rti-f.
A young new pa; r 11 n who was
the Alb.-iiiv lon "ile.ii cf a metro
pi 1!i■. 11 il \ enll 1■ d lie lat ion at
l-'ortv cconi Strict to take the train
|||, 1:11 ca'ii' ! He iw Henry
W rd I'eceher sittiu. mod. Ily retired,
awaiting a train that would take hitu
to lus ei-mitry seat. Peekskill. Iho
new paper ?• a was veil known to Mr
lie ehcr ami so v. ent to 11 iIII to pay his
respi ets.
"On your way to \lbany, I pre
suine," said the preacher "Are the
legislative sessiom interesting and ex
citing 7"
" v ; dull a?, d. -livv a t < 1 p plied t li€
journalist. "Indeed for iny letters I
am compelled to draw imagina
tion for my facts "
Mr Ueechcr look, d up. with a merry
twinl'.h in his eye and promptly coin
pleted the quotation from Sherida
"and on y-'.ir tnenuiry for your wit
The newspaper 1 in I- It a- if he had
I been knocked down. I'rooklyn Lagle.
|AT THE j
I ROPE'S END |
? By Lillian C. Paschal ?
# ('oiii/riilht, I'Ml, f-y /. ( J 'Ofchal ®
* •.«. e.».«. o
"Look out, girls! Don't go that wa.
- here's the trail." Rattlesnake Jack
the big guide, handed each maid of hi
convoy over the rocks toward Inspira
tion point as if she were a Dresden
china shepherdess and might break
any moment.
"1 do wish you wouldn't be so careful
of us," pouted one little lady. "1 am
quite able to take care of myself."
And she tossed her pretty head with
Its tumbled mane like a colt restive
under the curb.
"Miss Spofford desires the dignity of
her position to be maintained," de
claimed it normal class miss from the
platform of a bowlder just ahead.
"She has been out from parental, high
school and city authority for a whole
year, during which time she has suc
cessfully tilled the position of in
structor in tlit? Black Tail school, dis
trict of Basin, state of Montana. Signed,
sealed and delivered by me this 12tli
day of August, W.#'. Martha E.
Nickel." And she pompously rolled up
an imaginary certificate, took from her
small, freckled nose a pair of invisible
eyeglasses and glanced benignly around
upon her giggling audience.
"I don't care." Ella Spofford's
piquant face was flushed, though she
smiled with the rest over Martha's
chaffing. "After you've done the order
ing yourself, you don't want to be
always under somebody else's order.
And, besides," she added, "1 want tu
get a snapshot of the lower falls from
below Red dock, and Jack never lets
me go where 1 want to. I want to
have a good time and see everything.
What are we in the Yellowstone park
for, anyway?'"
"To secure valuable informaUon on
geological strata," came in sonorous,
didactic tones from the bowlder. "To
obtain the latest views in snapshoot
ing. that we may thereby be qualified
to train the young idea how to shoot
the shoots of learning"
A hailstorm of pebbles Interrupted
the speaker, who descended and
walked on with great dignity. The
others followed, their cowboy guide
bringing up the rear.
"I beg your pardon, Miss Ella," he
was apologizing redly to the rebellious
lamb In his flock. When he was embar
rassed or excited, his cowboy vernacu
lar fell from him like the thin veneer It
was, and he dropped, as back to a na
tive tongue, into the "Harvard lan
guage." as his ranch friends termed It.
"It is exceedingly dangerous around
these rocks. They are shaly and slip
pery and 1 have seen more than one
go down to death just because they did
not realize the danger. See that long
line of danger rope stretched along
down there to keep tourists on the up
per trail?"
She nodded.
"That very place," he continued,
"where you wanted to take your kodak
picture, on the other side of Red rock
is the spot from which a minister fell
to the bottom of the gorge, over 1,000
feet, last year. We could not even get
down to hriiig back the remains. It
was awful! He was dashed to pieces.
His wife stood here. She almost went
insane over it."
"I know, but he was probably a ten
derfoot fresh from the east" this with
all tin; western scorn of eastern igno
rance of mountain climbing. "I'm a
mountain girl."
"Yes, 1 know," lie assented eagerly,
"and plucky and sure footed its well,
but 1 promised your mothers that I
would bring you all back safely from
this camping trip through the purk,
iii.d 1 intend to do so even though It be
against your own sweet will."
"There; now will you be good?"
laughed Martha Nickel. "After that
touch of masculine masterfulness
'Bogy man 'II catch you if you don't
watch out!'" she hummed wickedly as
she passed them. "And remember how
one bogy man changed his title from
Gentleman Jink to Rattlesnake ditto
down on his cattle ranch in Gallatin
valley. That was when he was still
'fresh from the east,' too— but that's
aiiotin r story, as Itudyard says."
.lack looked sheepish, as he always
did when this piece of his prowess was
mentioned.
"Oh, tell me about it," asked Ella,
her grievance forgotten. "You lassoed
the rattler, didn't you?"
lie nodded. "That's all there was tc
It,"he said shortly.
"Except the trifling detail of the child
whose life you saved by it and who
would have been bitten otherwise," she
answered.
"The chief benefit I derived" he
smiled reminiscently—"was my promo
tion in the estimation of the cowboys
from ;i mere college tenderfoot to a
genuine cowboy, a long stride in evolu
tion."
By this time they had come up with
the rest of the party, who were at the
Castle ruins, gazing out, awestruck,
over the Grand Canyon of the Yellow
stone. Only the roar of the river 2,000
feet below, hushed by distance into a
whisper, mingled with the cries of the
young eagles in their eyries on the
crags. Three miles away to the right
the whit" 11 ;; k » of the I'pper falls could
be s,.|.|| iin the greater Lower falls
win invisible from their foothold on
the topmost turret of the castlelike
rocks which give the ruins their name.
Across the great chasm and on every
M shone the wonderful, rugged,
rocky steeps, whose many marvelous
hues have defied the skill of genera*
I ions of artists.
"Just as if Nature had made in her?
underground laboratory a solution of
fr.vstaili/ed sunsets and splintered rain
bows and poured it down over the
cliffs." breathed Ella In an ecstasy of
ilellght.
"Yes, it's it sight to dream about,"
assented Jack, but he was not looking
at her.
< »li, but 1 do want to get a full front
view of the Lower falls for my colleo
Hon." And she turned the finder of her
camera up the gorge "There's always
a rock or some pines in the way here.
I wish I could get down there."
Dine togo back to csinp," was
.I n k's prosaic interruption to their
schoolgirl flights of rapture, and thej
turned regretfully away.
"Where's Miss Spofford?" he inquired
suddenly in the midst of a story about
the glacial rock upon which their ko
daks were focus< <l.
"You all stay right here. Don't any
of you dare to stir from this rock!" His
voice was linn, but his tanned face
went ash color The command was not
to be disobeyed, and they knew it.
I. ike an arrow he shot back down the
trail through the pines to the canyon
<i'l" His bravo heart Jumped and
stood still for one suffocating instant
There on the steep slope below he
saw her. She had wound up her kodak
film in triumph und, half reclining, «v««
twisting up her flying hair. His keen
eye chw what she had not noticed
that the treacherous sl.it!". loosened by
her hurried steps. had to move
down. One jarring u. ,Mue;.i < u her
part and a whole rock slide would
vanish over the precipice a thousand
feet below, carrying the precious har
den with it.
He must not startle her. Lie began
to whistle, starting leisurely down the
slope. Ills stiff lips almost refused to
pucker to the old college refrain,
"It's a way we have at old Harvard,"
and his lingers shook as he felt for
his clasp knife to cut the danger rope
for n lasso.
The girl, hearing the whistle, looked
up and smiled mischievously "You
see, I did get it," she began and
stopped, I'oor .lack could not control
the color of his blauched face. Grasp
Ing the camera, she started to rise, but
her footing slid with her weight—she
felt herself slowly gliding down the
cliff Now thoroughly frightened, she
turned and tried to clamber up the
steep bed of shale.
"Don't move, or I'll shoot you!" Jack
shouted In a delirium of horror, while
visions of her I sidy dashed to pieces on
the cruel rocks flashed before his sight.
After one instaut, during which she
lived centuries, she felt a circling rope
settle about her waist, and of a sudden
the rocks and trees and sky all danced
drunkenly together around the boiling
crater of the sun, then fell into it and
put it out.
When she saw the light agaiu, it was
in a pair of very tender and thankful
blue eyes quite near to her face, and
she was held in a man's strong but
trembling arms.
She did not move, feeling somehow
strangely contented there. She had
never before realized what a comfort
able and comforting pillow a man's
broad shoulder is. Hut after a mo
inent her old pout came back.
"You threatened to take my life," she
said.
"And I will, little sweetheart, if you
will only let me keep it safe and bappy
alongside of mine."
"Dear old Jack," was all she said,
but he seemed quite satis tied.
uLD FASHIONED.
What has become of the old fash
ioned man who dressed up to serve on
the Jury?
What has become of the old fash
ioned woman who thought going to a
circus was sinful?
Speaking of old fashioned things,
what has become of the child who
minded its mother?
What has become of the little old
schoolgirl whose braids were so short
and stumpy they were called pigtails?
What hits become of the old fash
ioned woman who used to say to her
children, "You'll drive me distracted?"
What lias become of the old fash
ioned man who, according to the neigh
bors, could !1p as fast as a horse could
trot?
What lias become of the old fash
ioned man who came to town wearing
a soldier overcoat, with a buffalo lap
robe in his wagon?
What has become of the old fash
ioned woman who used to say that a
little bird came and told her when
asked where she heard a piece of gos
sip?—Atchison Globe.
"Dlfffrent Thau."
More than one of our contemporaries,
says the Westminster Gazette, stand
rebuked by the editor of Notes and
Queries for using the expression "dif
ferent than." No one of course would
dream of using it as between noun
and noun of saying, for instance,
"This is a different kind than the oth
er." The question is whether it can be
used when a verb follows. "They act
in a wholly different manner than we
do." If one may not say tills, how may
It be said? "Different manner from
what we do" is clumsy and Inelegant.
Every writer lias at one time or an
other found himself in desperate straits
for a means of hitching "different" on
to a verbal sentence, and the use of
"than" so obviously supplies a
want and is in itself so logical that we
believe it to be justified. The verb
"differ" as well as the adjective "dif
ferent" is a trap for the unwary. Even
the most eureful writers and speakers
habitually talk about "differing with"
when they mean "differing from.""l
beg to differ with the honorable gentle
man opposite" is the most familiar ex
ordium of a speech in the house of
commons, and, though examples can of
course be quoted from the best writers,
It Is a solecism which offends against
logic and instinct.
Solomon Didn't K now.
A man with strong opinions of his
own as to the fitness of things Is gar
dener and man of all work to a minis
ter in a rural parish in Scotland. On*
boisterously windy day the clergyman
dispatched a message to his servant to
sow a portion of a tieJd known to them
both as the "bank." In no very amia
ble mood the man made his way to th«
study.
"Dae ye want me to sow the bank?"
he inquired somewhat sternly.
"Yes, John; 1 do," replied his master.
"Ye canna sow in sich a day o'
wind," explained John.
"Well," replied the minister,, "you
know Solomon says, 'He that consider
eth the wind will not sow.'"
"I dlnna can; a button what Solomou
says," John returned irately. "1 fancy
he kens as little <tbout farmers' work
as ye dae or he wadna hae said ony
such tiling. Naebody but daft folk
wad think o' sowin' In slcli wind. Solo
moil may say what he likes, but him
an' ye both wadna mak' a guid plow
man between ye."
And the "bank" was not sown thai
day. London Tit Bits.
The < om|»u»*.
The properties and use of the mari
ner's compass were known to the Chi
nese centuries ago. It was brought to
Europe in the thirteenth century and
tirst used ou the Mediterranean.
Nasal /fTf"Ys*v
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In nil its there °<o({k
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cleanses,soothe* and hcale I
the diseased membrane. ■ V
It cures catarrh anil drives
away a cold iu the ht'ud
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, ipreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. lieliefia im
mediate anil a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Si;:e, 5u cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 1(1 cents by mail.
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THE EYE A SPECIALTY
i yes tested, treated, lilted with glass
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Hours in a in.to fi p m
Tel- phone 1411
COUNTRY OF GOOD ROADS.
Tlit* lllKlitvay* of Franet* it* Seen !»>
an American.
"Oik* of tin* tlii.'i; - iliut hnj»n srii m<»
most while itwuj was that no matter
where one may go in France he tlnds
the very best of roads," said the lion.
William Elynn in ;tn interview pub
lished in the I'ittsburg Times. "I had
an excellent opportunity to observe that
fact while on my way from Paris to
Aix 1 -s Bains. We made the journey of
miles in an automobile, taking the
trip by easy stages and reaching Aix
les Bains three days later. For miles
und miles at a stretch there the roiuls
are on it straight line, and every foot
of the way we found to be in tin; very
best of condition. It seems that in
Frathey are far ahead of our coun
try in taking care of their roads.
"Hoadmaking In France is handled
very differently from the waj it is
handled in this country. For instance,
repairs are made to the roads there
long before the appearance of the road
would indicate that any immediate re
pairs were needed. Of course the roads
there are very old and are well cured,
so that with their present method of
repairs it is a comparatively easy mat
ter to keep tliem in the best of condi
tion.
"A remarkable thing about the road
question in France is that travel is not
so heavy as is the c:i«e in our country,
but notwithstanding that fact the roads
are not allowed to suffer from neglect.
The road;- it re maintained by what un
called departments there, which in our
country would be called counties, and
it is no uncommon thin- fur one to
travel hundreds of miles and not lind a
single hole or rut in any part of the
road."
The t «p of Convict* on lloailM.
In many countries the army has been
used to advantage iu time of peace In
building up and maintaining the high
ways. There is no army iu this coun
try for such a purpose, but there is an
army of prisoners in every state whose
labor is so directed and has been so di
rected for generations past that it
adds little or nothing to the common
wealth, says Marten Dodge, director
of office of public roads inquiries. The
labor of these prisoners properly ap
plied and directed would be of great
benefit and improvement to the high
ways and would add greatly to the
national wealth, while at the same
time it would lighten the pressure of
competition with free labor by with
drawing tic prison labor from tlie
manufacture of commercial .articles
and applying it to work not now per
formed that is. the budding of high
ways or pr [taring i.. i rial to be used
therefor.
It on <la In Ore;von.
Two thie.-; are i ssential to good
roads in Oregon- first. the general de
sire for them, and, second, the intelli
gent determination of the people to
have them, says the Portland Orego
nlan. What, indeed, may not a wide
awake, progressive people, with the
law of "initiative and referendum"
back of them, accomplish in the mat
ter of public improvements? All that
Is needed Is applied energy in accord
ance with the light that we have or
can get. and good roads will indue
time become an established fact in Or
egon. Isolation, that bane of country
life, will be overcome, and the spirit of
nelghborllness will put discontent in
duced by loneliness to flight.
lUKti Art.
"I wonder," said Mrs. Duzzit, "if the
men ever really looked as the pictures
of the olden times represent them?"
"We have Just as much reason for
.supposing so," answered Mr. Duzzit,
"'as for thinking that the women of to
day look like the pictures of them in
ihe dry goods advertisements." —Judge.
Dizzy ?
Then your liver isn't acting
well. You suffer from bilious
ness, constipation. Ayer's
Pills act directly on the liver.
For 60 years they have been
the Standard Family Fill.
Small doses All druggists.
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
brown or rich black " Then use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers j
BO CT* or P P M* i A C' * * *!'■-
AN ORDINANCE.
To Regulate the Licensing of Shoot
ing Galleries or other Temporary
Establishments, Devices or Appli
ances for the test of skill or Strength
or for the Purpose of Amusement,in
the Borough of Danville in the
County of Montour and State of
Pennsylvania, and for other pur
poses.
BE IT ORDAINED AND ENACT
ED by the Town Council of the Bor
ough of Danville in the County of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania in
Council assembled, and it is hereby
ordained and enacted by the authority
of the same: That it shall not be law
ful for any persou or persons to open,
display, exhibit or conduct any shoot
ing gallery or other temporary establ
ishmet, device or appliance for the
test of skill or strength, or for the
puipoes of amusement, within the
limits of the Borough of Danville un
til a license therefore shall have been
tirst obtained from the Chief Burgess
of the said Borough and for which said
license such persou or persons shall
pay a minimum charge of live dollar
for the tirst ten days of such license,
and no less than fifty cents nor more
than one dollar per day for each and
every day thereafter, at the discre
tion of the Chief Burgess. Any per
son or persons who shall violate any
of the provisions of this section ot
this ordinance shall forfeit and pay a
line of not less than twenty dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars lor
each and every such offense
SECTION 'J. All lines, penalties
and license fees imposed by any ot the
provisions of this ordinance may he
sued for, collected and recovered he
fore any Justice of the Peace ot the
said Borough of Danville as debts of
like amount and tines ami penalties
imposed for the violation of Borough
Ordinances are law collectable
and recoverable, and shall be paid
over to the Treasurer of said Borough
for the use of said Borough.
SECTION 3 All ordinances or parts
of ordinances inconsistent with or con
trary to the previous of this ordinance
are hereby repealed.
WILLIAM U. PURSEL,
Chief Burg< ss.
Attest' HARRY B. PATTON,
Secretary of the Borough of Danville.
Counoil Chamber, May loth, liHW.
OIL FOR DUSTY ROADS.
Cv» !«!**« ti» lit- • « i<«| (i , |
Sen If.
Leveling 111,- Oils! v. Hi 1 for MI
ty mile- i- i!k i. | i..
boon unili'i tjiia h I c 1 Coin]hi
Coin]hi ii v <»; tl i a
*■>lll tin* , till,
tin; Nentili. I li'ii. l
ivy. <ll Ii <>i it.
Tlilh list' of oil it; I n
I'XJiei illit IH thai I ( i
routl.s in i
tin' Kan I r h «
Mlli.ii! ;I ion
OlOUlt.s t ill' ai Kin] :, lil i
liiat is in \. ii; ill-• •;
ImildiiiL'. i• I IJ.I -
Btrotelies id ruail in :i
cast, but tlnTf ! n
cover *"vrutj in ;it
;it K.t;
now w ituJs n <• ini.
a ilistaiu'i' -.1
pathway that |»»,., •
for tli.' tourist. lii
that \\ ill In ; i
as the first contract «
ber only, ami 'h
Strea to note the effect > r th elements
Upon the mail ilmim ll
tcr.
The experiment as l -
a decided success. The «:
completely - Ilnlii.il i!<! tin II lor
from Raymond t'» Ai i Inn. -.-s j(t -
the thick dust that n; - ' -a
discomforting. N'ot even tie ! or-- s
Phow trnci-s <if dust When tin 1 has
been freshly laid, the wheels tlii.w
flakes of oil Into the air and occasion
ally upon a passenger, lint in .-ill » >t ;. r
place* the riding is as pi • it :- on
u city boulevard.
One of the great wlv; s about
oil Is that it makes a smooth road out
of a rough one. The v. au-in win Is
work the oil and dust Into a sort of
paste, which is forced into the rn s.
making a perfectly even surf
oil is lirst heated to almost tin »« Hing
point and then dNiri'o • l
roadway by a patented r: a< ' in- ••
mixes it with the soil Y <•
necessary to tr-1 the r«ii ui. •-i 1 i m
but In the future one coat In two years
will be sufficient to keep tie r< :d <<mii
pact.
(VIOKE LiYc.. ARE SAVED
...15 Vi -INC...
Dr. King's New 0
~ ....1 0K....
Consumption Coog s
Than L'y _V.: :.Ve - Tia
Lung' Bemedics Coinblr; i
This wonciert !
cures Coiiournij-loa
Bronchitis, Asthi -. 1 Hay
Fewer,Pleur'.sy, LaGr i, .
-Sore Throat, Cfo: "< '■
Cough. fjO ill?4?w. r ~4O Tft 112 .
Price 50c. Atl. Trial 7c
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME TABLE
In Effect May 24th, r><> .
A. M.
Scran ton( Dill )lv ai i: 112 i
Pituton " " 1: 13 s2 in «2
A. M P. M P.v
Wltkesbarre... Iv jiu :'i •; i»>
Plyui'lli Kerry " I t'l 42 I - <1 16 ""
Naotlcoke •' la aj 2el i I
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Nescmie.'k ar 11 2t. i 42 7
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PottuvlUe lv -11 • 1
Hazli'ton ' ' • • - t --- 1 ' .
Tuiiiliickcn " at I '. . u>
Kern (Men " 11 •
Hock (Hen .... "| •
Nesco].eck. . ar »42 •• •
Catawissa 4 0
\ VI A. M P. Al. P M
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Unsay " I *.3 11 3 *>2 70S
Espy Kerry... »' I '4: II 4ii I 402 72 >
K. Uli.omsa.uri. '• 4 11 ".a 4 in; 7 '!■<
lv » 5 ' 7 3.'
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SnatMwy ar 4> 3 . it to 155 is
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Kenuvo " A.M. "0 -
Kane " s ■
P.M. P. M.
t.oek Haven..lv -I- la ; I*'
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Baltimore 311 () I'o 4 ''
Washington...••!§ 410 716 10 tOS
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sual.ury lv jjlaaa 112 2 I 1 .. ...
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Sunbury ar "• oa v 1 ia>
p. M. \ Ai \ Al
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Willlains|Hirt.. " in * i J 1
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lien isburg •• mi' 1 • 11
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through trains I'd ween 5..-».ur>. v.ii ..
and Krio. between Sunbury «.• ' Pleiad, w
and Wasblnatmi and Iwtween llarri-' .. ■ P
hunt and the West.
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OIiJLITY TOE BEST!
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