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jnF, crowd in the store over- I
J flowed even tlit' porch, but
then' was a lull in trade, a
Jggg3 surpi ising lull, considering it
was well toward 1 o'clock of Christmas
eve. The morning had been April j
weather. full of titful sunshine and
soft, flawy winds. Now the sky wm
leaden The wind sat northwest. Low
er ragged clouds scudding before it let
fall little spiteful snow spit» or dashes
of hall.
The Murray outfit came wabbling up.
There was a sort of tremolo even to
the loud crackings of Sonny's whip.
Lassaphine, at Sonny's elbow, scowled
and shivered impatiently at the noise— i
such useless noise! The crack of doom
could not have quickened the patient
amble at which Hrandy, the red ox,
and Jinny, the pale little donkey, drew
their clattering load.
"Hj gonnys! Mu-t be you've fetched
a feather bed alive!" Storekeeper W'al- <
Iter said, holding out both hands I.assa
pkiMoverlooked tbem. Instead of get- >
ting out. she writhed down amid the
turkeys. Tliey were fine big fellows. 1
white and nipper yellow and glossy
(rreenish bron/.e she had fed and tend
ed and talked to tliem since they came
out of the egg A lump had come In
her throat as she hoppled them In pairs
and laid them upon the scant straw at
the bottom of the wagon. The lump
was there still, though I.assapliine was
very far from a sentimental person.
She could have sold her flock to the
turkey drover last week with the light
est heart in the world. It was quite
another matter to seize and bind them
treacherously as they fed from her
hand and deliver them thus to make
sport for an Idle holiday crowd.
"Sa ay, Jim Walker, ain't you got a
new frock an' stick of red strip ed can
dy? They mought tole this yer gal of
mine Inside!" Sonny said, stamping his
feet hard as he clatnliered down. "She
wants ter spile our fun, Lassaphine
does; been i beggin' me all the way not
ter have the turkey walk, though she
knows I saved them bur-reds jest fer
nothin' else in the world."
\ NT, BOW. Miss Lassaphine. That
won't do not never in the world."
Walker said. "Christmas comes but
once a year, you know. Come in. Do.
I've gut the very dress fer you; told
my wife so last night, when the new
est goods come in."
Lassaphiuc shook her head decided
ly. 1 don't want no dress you've got,"
she said, "nothin" you've got, until the
money ter pay fer it is in my hand."
"That won't be long." Walker said,
rubbing his bands. "Look at all them
flue gobbliers. 1 call it jest a great no
tion of your pa's, bavin' 'em walked
fer. stand you in twice wbut the
drovers has been payln'. Lf you don't
wanter trade, though, lemme take you
up ter the house"—
"I don't leave this wagin till it starts
fer home," Lassaphine interrupted,
turning to pick up the rope reins her
father had dropped. He had vanished
inside the log storehouse. As the team
erswic<l a little from the steps to make
room for a smart new buggy he came
out wiping his inouth with the back of
his hand, his yyej> glassv with satis
faction. -»
"So you ralely <tld come, .Tack! flood I
boy! Man of his word!" he shouted to
the buggy's driver. L;.-saphine did
not turn her head, yet a slow blush
gathered in her olive ks. She had
long, dusky eyes, with a spark at the
bottom: heavy. night black hair and
the poise and stature of a Greek god
dess Notwithstanding, most women
In the countryside reckoned her ugly.
She was s«i unlike their standard of
pink and white prettlness that they
could no' in the least comprehend why
•o many men of so many minds and
fortunes lost their heads over her—
Jack Childers, for instance, a con
gressman's son. rich and fair looking,
though reputed wild; Len Haskell,
mo«t driving and thriving of the young
farmers roundabout; I»oc Grant, the
bachelor tobacco dealer, a catch for
any girl, to say nothing of Teeny
Walker, the storekeeper's bashful
young brother.
It was certainly aggravating to good
women with girls of their own to settle
to have so many dangle after Lassa
phine. who coquetted with all and fa
vored none. The Murray place was
poorer than poverty, the bare and un
merchantable fragment of a wide plan
tation. Its starveling acres were either
galled and gullied or overgrown with j
vagrant briers, and the big weather
stained house was ruinous except in
two or three south looking rooms.
Still th>.- Murrays managed to live by
It Lassaphine and Sonny and Grand- ;
pap <irandpap never forgot nor al- !
lowed the others to forget what was
.l ie to Murr ay blood. Lassaphine, for
txaiuplc. must learn to rend and sign j
her name, must wear shoes upon high
days and holidays and goto church at
least once a month lie was the more I
strenuous lie iuse Lassaphine's mother
had not been a person of quality, but a
hill girl, who had. however, been oblig- j
ing enough to die while Lassaphine
was yet in arms.
"Drive round. We're a-goln' ter walk
lu tli* back lot," Sonny called, shaking
bands right and left ns he spoke. All
Lassaphine's v.oisi ipcr* were in the
crowd on 1111• pua ii. Itesjrles, every- 1
h««d* liked s..ri! •, in spite of his weak
no* for ay glasses when one was
too nit. ii t >r his |«>or head.
That - the s". ict of Lassaphlne's
I sci. si. , i»uld not afford to have
L.ru ro.sr-r away the price of iier
1- irl-• • • I •< k For one thing, there
were ii r up h ilues. Bonny argued
that the uit i der. a wifeless young
fellow, well clothed, well mounted, at
io • for living, had much less
need of the -r» than themselves. Lassa
phine listen d. smiling obstinately. She
could p. "on, not words, her feel
ing that .* J due herself to pay re
g.trdle- < of inything else.
The u< !; lot was an acre of rough
tuif stretching between the span new
We ker hoiitu* leave 111 traudv naint.
and the s»ju.it weathered st.,re nestling
in the aiig of the crossroads Half
wav In it a stout stake had been driven.
A pile of roughly whittled pegs lay tie
•kle the store's back steps As Sonny
CMM down them with three parts of
the crowd at his heels he stooped and
gathered the pile under his arm, say
ing. with a mild pretense of mistrust:
"You've all got so inucb Christmas in
your bones, consaru your plctyers!
You're as full of tricks as so many un
broi.e mules Hut I lay the best gob
bler in the hunch you don't play none
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I "Sonny, you shorely don't think |
: they'd try it with Lassaphine a lookin' ;
| at 'em?" the storekeeper called after !
him from the door. Len Haskell shied
j a stone :>t Walker; .lack Childers con- !
j tented himself with a shake of the tist; I
| Doc Grant made a motion toward his j
! hip pocket, but dropped his hand and j
i looked at Lassaphine with, "I'll do it—
I honest Injun, I will lf you say so."
Lassaphine did not smile. She was
busy with the turkeys, which had set
1 up a pitiful fluttering and peeping.
1 Sonny lifted out a big bronzy fellow,
swung him back and forth, head down- !
ward, once or twice, and said almost
. shamefacedly: "How much is he worth, ;
bovs? Would von saw now. half a dol
i larV" ' ' |
"A whole dollar. Not a feather goes ;
for less," Doc Grant said loudly, jin
: trling a handiul of loose silver.
"I say tw.i." Jack Childers began, j
Len Haskell stopped him with a siguifl
' cant touch. "Lot it go at one," he said
under his breath, "it hurts her—Las- |
saphine, yen know- ter take even that ,
mttch. She bates bein' here, but she
cain't well help it."
"No piottin' ag'in tbe whites liere." :
Grant said jocularly, setting his youn- J
ger rivals arm's length apart. Teeny j
Walker darted up to them. "Some of
yon all do me a favor, please," he said
breathlessly. "Folks are comin* so j
peart, likely 1 shan't git the chance ter '
walk at all. i'.ut I wanter be in five :
pegs deep at least. I thought maybe ,
one of you'd bt.y 'em an' walk fer me." I
"I'm your man." Jack said, clutching
Teeny's coin and spinning it above his j
head. Len grinned good humoredly. ■
"Itetter lemme have a walk an' a half," j
he said. Grant laughed explosively, j
"Oh, these boys!" he said, stepping to I
tbe wagon side, where instantly he J
shouted. "St' j> up ter the captain's of
fice an' settle gentlemen! Pegs right
here, only a Come on! Come on! i
No such turkeys anywhere."
"Come runnin'!" Haskell said, clutch
ing a peg and iiipping silver Into Son
ny's hat. In a twinkling ten pegs were !
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"U'/tcrc nir j /our iriitqs?"
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taken. Sonny held up his hand. "Git 1
vour blinder. Doc," he said to Grant |
"You go first."
Grant whipped out a gorgeous red j
vnd yellow bandanna. Sonny mutlled j
tiis eyes securely. 'I hen, peg in hand, I
he was turned around two or three I
times anil told to walk toward the cen- j
tral stake. A laughing shout went up j
as he shaped a course at right angles j
to it. "Walk big Injun! Walk away! j
Walk Spin: h! Tiptoe fine!" the rest i
called after liini as he stepped his al- j
lotted forty | aces. He stepped gingerly
niul so high I.assaphine herself joined
in the laughing. When he stooped to
stick the p g and bumped fairly
against the lot fence, there was a
chorus of gleeful howls.
"R'jacks. if I'm ter win this fellow,
Sam W. 1 ';. ;• won't have a panel of
fence left!" • said, pulling off his
blinder and "Here,
you nice yon n. pi ■ a ihN same
rag. an' LiV > J -i: < • any better,
with no c\ ' ; i;i your hen I!"
"One thing sure • can't do any
wors<"|" jack retorted n- Sonny hooded
11 k<ll and turned him about. Has
kell had an Indian's sense of direction,
ul<j;;with a hunter's trained percep
tion. He wheeled slowly until he felt
the \\ ind cut his left cheek and then,
with a cot i d -lit smile, went straight
toward the stake and set his peg with
in a yard of it.
"Good l'er Len! Well waiked! Sure
shot!" the others • ; i!
"That's I .en's lur' id to rights!"
Jack Childers said. V ■ oulda't beat
that ei' we tried a \ l'ut up an
other turkey. Sonny, un' i tr Len from
walkin'."
"Goixl as wheat!" from the crowd.
Len smiled quite happily, "it jest
gives me a better el a: •• ter see Lassa
phine," he said us.u ■ i > CLdders. "I'll
walk, though, for i •• ac.\t l'hen you
look out."
"Here goc- 112«? Tt ~y \V:.lker!" Jack
said, stepping manf' Hy cm . b,:l»el f>f
shouts assailed h n, i -H he k"pt
straight ahead and 's p g re
spectably near the --take. The other
w«lk"rs went ■ \ i!<l. Not a one came
within five yards of the winning post.
One luckless fellow brought up at the
store step-;. The rest scattered impar
tially about, though i ach had been mor
ally certain with his < yes open that he
could shut tin : i and go straight to the
goal witho'ii iiirning a hair.
"Teeny 'll feel like a sport after this.
He's always been •■cell a pious little
cuss," I >«»< Grant v aid. Haskell nodded.
Hut he'll be in at the turkey supper,
large as life." he said "You must re
member a developing process, fall
lng in love with Lassaphine," Jack
Childers add d. ' i'.ut, sa.\. look yonder.
There conies the | rcnchcr. as I'm a liv
ing sinner. I wonder what he is after."
"I.a aphino, like the i"S{ of u-." Len
growled. Doe Grant vhi'thd shrilly,
then nodded Assent. "I reachers are
Jest men," ue said. "Hoys, we might as
\n,ll bauu our toiii>-i un tlia u'illow.s."
Commonly the preacher bad an open
countenance, a ready and engaging
smile. Now his face was something
set, his smooth check the least bit
llu v "! Ed, a< he rode toward Sonny, an
swering only with a grave collective
nod civil greetings from every Side,
"pi it*| ( «r Murray." he said, not touch
ing Sonny's outstretched band, "it
grieves n.c to speak what you may not
care to he - "
I "Pear bless my soul! Is anybody
dead or a church burnt, or air you
| turned ag'in your feed, boardin"
round V" Sonny asked cheerfully. "Don't
be cast down, limther Micklejolin. .No
\ matter whut happens, the Lord 'll pro
i vide."
"1 have no doubt of that," Miekle
\ john said, trying to speak severely
j anil to keep his eyes from Lassaphine,
I who had risen and stood erect in the
rickety wagon bed as a queen might
• stand beside her throne. "My trouble
is not material, but spiritual. It does
trouble me beyond expression to find
! you. a professor of Christ, openly eu
, gaged in a ;• luiblinir s.
i "< iamblin'!" Sonny's jaw dropped,
; at d his hands fell to his sides nerve- i
less and flaccid. "Ganihlin'!" here- !
pealed. "I never gambled in my life!
1 1 don't know whut you mean."
"1 do know. It's walkin' fer our
turkeys," Lassaphine said, springing
down and standing at her father's
j side. Her head was high; her eyes ;
! darted lightning: a royal color burned
in her cheeks. She looked Micklejohn j
full in the eye. His glance fell before
i hers. "Where air your wings?" she ,
j asked, with a little sneering laugh. 1
| "You ought ter be an angel. You are
too good fer a mere man. Understand,
though, this is my turkey walk. I
raised the turkeys. Sonny's jest man- j
agin' things ter save me trouble. I'm
a probationer, not a full member of !
! your church. I won't ever be any- '
j thing more. Take my name off your 1
j books at once! Do you hear?"
Micklejohn bowed silently. His
breath came a little short. Lassaphine
waved him toward the gate. As he
turned his horse's head she laughed
! defiantly and patted Sonny's arm. i
. "Oh, I wish 1 was a man an' he not a
preacher," she said; then, raising her
! voice a little; "Come on, everybody! j
' After this I'll hold pegs, and Sonny
| may have fun with the rest of you."
j The walking went on with a rush.
Though there were but seventeen tur
keys. Lassaphine somehow found her- ]
j self at the end possessed of $25. It
' was almost dark, but she went into
! the store, jingling the coins, laughing
. and making jokes with all her court.
i Teeny darted out of sight. He would
never, never, undertake to wait on her
;in the face of all those others. Jack
j Childers at once flung over the counter
j into his vacant place and certainly sold
( Lassaphine some astonishing bargains
I from the best in stock. She made no
demur. Since her encounter with
j Micklejohn she had a royal reckless
| ness in everything. Therefore she had
i Hunted the most trilling gifts Now
nhe took with a free hand whatever
her wooers chose to offer, thereby
greatly scandalizing the few other wo
i men making belated Christmas pur
' chases.
"Let me take you home," .Tack said,
; looking up into her brilliant face when ;
' the buying was done. Jack was fair
| and blue eyed and half a head the low- •
er. She smiled down at him and stepped
toward the door. Outside there was
black darkness. She could not make
, nut even Jinny's paleness against the |
| rod of Hrandy. Sonny, whom Grunt and
j Ilask* II had managed to keep miracu- ;
I lously sober for Christmas eve, was al- j
! ready in his seat, propped all about J
i with parcels. "No. I'll go us I come— I
i in my own private carriage," she called
over her shoulder. "I don't want ter I
spoil sport. He sure you all ter come
tell me how the turkej supper went
off."
"Tell vou whut, she's got grit, that |
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girl has" Walker -aid. sticking his
hands in his pockets by w ay of empha
sizing his first leisure since sunrise.
"She ain't afraid of nothin' in this I
world ner the next."
"We found that out several hours
I back," Jack said, and Walker could not
I undi rstand why the other* laughed so
i heartily.
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j Christmas dawned properly dear and
| cold, with a powdi ring of fine light
mow over everything. Hy 1- o'clock it
j had melted except where it luy in
I Shadow. The read was moist, not wet,
from It, yet Lassaphine held her skirts
I high above It She sang in a gay, loud
! voice as she walked and now and then
i made a dancing step. Cntil now she
i had never in her life made a Christmas
i gift, and she was going to bestow upon
i the House tribe- five strapping girls,
1 renters and poor whites- all the gauds
| and gewgaws she had accepted from
her lovers. When they came, later in
the daw she would tell them of what
she had done. She smiled whimsically
in thinking of Doc Graut's dismay.
There was feud, tobacco born, betwixt
him and the Rouse tribe's progenitor.
Len wmld sigh thriftily over the waste
of his money; Jack Jack would laugh
with her and think it a fine Christmas
prank.
The Rouses should never know. She
had marked their name on the bundle.
Stealing in. she would knock, drop it
and run a wav. Their house sat almost
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lie uus )lun<j
flush with t! ■ r< ul which a little later
plunged down hill into a dark and
threat* r <»n each side the
lull- p' ' t, crowded In so
close that a i -• ute man might dis
pute at "oer's passage. Lassaphine
1 >i l ti.r . •• • .-ii. pas "d through it
whenever ae went to her favorite
.1 Hroiiier Micklejohn
pi I . today The Rouse tribe
w • I" • '-o i d I ir him. 1 nssa
p 11iJ, •!i .. .I n a!tlo be there;
also !o I si., n .nst.-i home with
her to ' he. ( MI isimas dinner.
"I ' I i' ■ '' •si avo liiin, with the
re she !!• ;:<, r !it. b aching the bundle
of wi ' !, In r arm w - growing weary.
S! ' ird I'ools upon the road behind
and sj 1 wi iii. a roadside cedar
c! a p to i si e wis hardly well bid
den ;• re 11• ■ • rid' ! s halted Jimt In
front ol I -poke briefly togt tiier,
then lode fnikni ilj away down hill.
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I'.i oihci M a i. lejohu had prayed with
fei vol and pleached with unction, yet
his heart was heavy ns he rode away
fri-n S :i n Against hope, against
a- 11 d hopi i to see Lassaphine.
He I.V 1 hi M stei and his Master's
work, yet In was barely twenty three,
with veins riotously full of young red
blood. From the first lie felt Lassh
phine's spell. A brief while he had
fought against it. Then he surrendered
every thing but conscience to Its subtle
sweetness. It was conscience which
had made him anger her. He was jeal
ously afraid of his own heart. Another
man in Sonny's cane would have bee*
privately told of his unseemly behavior.
Love and Lassaphlne had constrained
1 him to deal harshly upon pain of seem
ing to himself u coward.
| She must be furiously angry. Still he
j would not give her tip. He would goto
her and somehow make his peace. He
rode with eyes downcast, reins hang
ing. llis horse all at once shied vio
lently, then stood stock still. A glance
I told him the reason three other horse
i men so aligned as to block the way.
Jack Childers was in the middle, (Irnut
and Haskell to right and left. All three
faces were set in a sort of steely white
ness Instinctively Micklejohn under-
I stood and in understanding compre
hended how much he had mistaken his
vocation. The elemental savage woke
In him. Love, religion, honor, anibl
j tion, were as nothing by contrast with
tills lust for a weapon, this mad desire
| to light to the death. He was wholly
unarmed in the face of tremendous
odds. He was better horsed than any
of the three and to the full as good a
rider. His one chance was to ride them
down and run for it. It was character
istic that the thought of turning back
j never once entered his mind.
lie gathered up the reins, bent his
head, whistled softly and spurred
straight at the line. Jack swerved his
horse the least bit, let the other get
his head well past, then, leaning light
ly, tore the reins from Micklejohn'a
grasp and threw his horse upon Ills
haunches. The force of impact swung
his own horse around. In an Instant
both animals had fallen. The riders, at
hard grips, writhed free of the strug
gling beasts, staggered, swayed back
and forth through a breathless heart
breaking minute, then fell prone in the
1 rocky road.
Micklejohn stood six feet. He had
brawny, broad shoulders and loose
jointed, long reaching arms; but, try a«
he might, he could not free himself.
.Tack's arms were locked about the big
chest like a steel baud, momentarily
ii, Not a word had been spo
ken None was needed. Micklejohn
knew lie was paying for what they had
taken as an Insult to Lassaphlne. The
knowledge wus mere feeling. He nei
ther thought nor planned consciously.
Life meant lighting nothing more nor
less lighting an antagonist he ought to
crush with one arm, who yet seemed
likely to best him.
He shut his eyes, but opened them
instantly. He could see nothing but
rings of red and yellow and green melt
ing into blackness. Still Jack's grip
held, viselike, agonizing. His breath
went no lower than the throat. He
must break the grip or perish. With a
I mighty plunging surge he got to his
knees, loosed one hand, clinched it and
struck Childers a blow full in the face.
Blood followed it. red blood, warm and
I sticky. It came in a trickling jet, but
j did not dim the fire in Jack's eyes. Still
: he le-ld hard, swaying back and forth,
: foiling MU klejohn's efforts to get upon
I bis leet. He saw the purple face, the
| staring eyes. He knew the end was
| only a minute away.
Triumph was in his grasp. Mickle
john had struck him again, a feeble,
glancing blow All at once a whirlwind
seemed to rage behind him. His arms
were torn loose. He was tlung violently
aside. Lassaphlne, her eyes blazing,
stamped her foot and cried: "Shame!
Shame! Shame on you! After this nev
er call yourselves men!"
"You don't think you can't—we set
011 him three to one?" Jack gasped.
She nodded coldly. "1 can't think
anything else," she said. "I know well
why because he took It on himself ter
sass Sonny an' me. A preacher's same
as a woman it ain't fltteii fer him ter
tight, no matter how much strength nu'
will lie may have.l could mighty nigh
manage you. Jack, fair fist an' skull,
but you wouldn't lay the weight of
your hand on me, no matter whut I
might do."
"No," Jack said, "nor let anybody
else."
"Who planned this foolishness first?"
she asked. still severe.
"All of us," said Haskell laconically,
"Then we druwed lots, an' Jack had
luck. That fellow had ter be thrashed.
Ef he thrashed Jack, then I come inter
the argyment, an' Doe after me."
Lassaphine's face relaxed a little.
"You ull goon up ter the house an'
wait," she said. "I—l that is, there's
somethiu I've got a word ter say ter
Brother Micklejohn."
"I'm 'fraid it's 'Yes,' " Doc said
gloomily as they mounted and rode
away. "Itemember how she blushed
up at the last. Lassaphlne ain't like no
other woman ever 1 saw, but even she's
likely ter be a fool over a good lookin'
preacher."
"Does look like it," Haskell admitted,
with a half sarcastic sigh.
""f would be funny, now, ef we'd
won the brother's case fer him, Instead
of runnin' him out of the country, as
we intended. W'liut do you think about
it. Jack?"
"1? Oh, nothing!" Jack said, as
though coming out of a dream. "In this
matter Lus.suphlne must do the think
ing."
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Sonny and Orandpap gave the trio
an uproarious welcome, which grew
somewhat chastened when ten minutes
later L : -.iphii.e came in with Brother
Mick I- !"lni in her wake "Shake hands,
all «>!' i." she commanded, "then
w.-!- \ hands and faces and come
out t'-r « hristmas dinner."
It \as a royal dinner. Black Luce,
whose forbears had belonged to the
Murray* in the days before their deea
u nee, had done her very best, and
Sot y ii;id helped her. Sonny had a
aad a pretty taste in
season:ng. At ) 'hristmuA neither was
ever stinted, however bare the living
other days of the year. They ate in
leisurely fashion. It was quite dusk
when they arose from the table. I/fisan
phine led the way Into Orandpap's
room, which was bright with leaping
firelight. Notwithstanding she lit can
dles in two tall brass sticks aud turned
uhout and faced Micklejohn, who
throughout what ought to have been
an ordeal had seemed curiously elate.
Iler ice was grave, though a laugh
lurked in her eyes "Brother Miekle
johi ' ie said, "you asked me down
in the gorge ef 1 come there 'because
I loved somebody," an' I said,
1 >id you think I meant you?"
"I did Micklejohn said, smiling soft
ly ami ! ill' extending his hand.
I.as iphine's head went up. "You
thought wrong," she said. "I did go
I. r love, tiiouj li. because I couldn't
h-ar t<» hire Jack disgrace himself"—
'Hurrah Haskell shouted, hugging
<;ra>:<!| p, \\ Ii" stood next him. "Hur
rah:' *>! ant e- hoed, trying to shake
,la. |, ■< hand Delight in the minister's
downfall overbalanced personal loss,
.lie !. stood as though dazed, his hands
ham i hi eyes fast oil Lassaphlne.
1 he cut "ii his forehead was throbbing
vi .ouslv lie was spent and weak.
The Hood of joy overwhelmed him. He
Hung his anus about Lassaphlne and
laid his head on ner snouioer, witn a
dry, smothered sol). Before tbein all
she bent and kissed him, then laughed
out to the fleeing Micklejohn, "Ef
you've a mind, you may come back an'
marry us—old Christmas day."
l'lie Number.
I Lord Russell once asked Mr. Hume.
"Mr. Ilume, what do you consider to
be the object of legislation t'
"The greatest good for the greatest
number."
"And what do you consider the great
est number?"
"Number one," was Mr. Hume's re
ply Green Bag.
I.ikr Father, I.lke Son.
; "Look at the way baby's working his
i mouth!" exclaimed Mrs. Newman.
! "Now he proposes to put his foot in it."
"Il'in!" replied her husband grumpl
-1 ly. "Hereditary. That's what I did
when 1 proposed."—Philadelphia I'ress.
Liver Pills
That's what you need; some
thing to cure your bilious
ness and give you a good
digestion. Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure con
stipation and biliousness.
(jently laxative. AiijruKxist*.
! ] \V nit your in*Histnclit* <>r l»e»ril » Ix-autlful
brown or ri«*!i l>l:u k " Tlifii use
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers j
r » Dmi* R P M»i • 4 ' > N P _
NO DIFFICULTY.
So Par its Sam \Ve.* ) »li«*
Thins: Haw lli'inl CUM).
"Did you w.iiuss t!i<• controversy
that I - alt. lin the d :l.h of th •de
ceased'.'' asl.ed the c t.i.or i.iandly.
"Which? Who?" n s.Hiiidc I the wit
ness.
' 1 asked you if yon witnessed the
dllHeiiltv in which ll.e t!. re was laid
out?"
"There wam't no il t!ienlty al out I*
corom r. Y< r I.now 1 Med .t all. Ikt
tliar jest ca)::e projecti l' aroan-l care
It ss like, with his t; id: ' i" an*! th*
tlaps of hi liol- t< i t u •. d hack
a loom in* : a nsi the !. N.i- ape hi.
per il >1 is,- Pearson's ' c> ; r,il. lie
war that ond o:' hinc !i" that ).«
couldn't en'oy th.- pe:'ce ::?:d hrinoii;,
that war prt vailia' 'on i!i • 1 •
• 'liame s.|o,,n to Ne'l ' ai.tv'.- h'i.d\
gurdy without ehlppin' into t!i> game
when he <ii 'i't hold good card-?.
"I! all<>\''-d he W.-ii pihi' to have a
stag d ;,e»- .-inil have ii then He ,-i
lowt I that Sotior.i ;'a; .. \\ ~> war takin'
a f i a cocktail war the best
dancer in the camp and b«-g..n tosh >«it
fit his tn - t enc< t'-aiu t • he
agile. San war the In.bores! man in
th" 11 :'! •!; rv. coroii r. until ll.< s guns
war empty, and than wliv. mroii r,
tliar vnrn't 110 ditlieiihy ah< it. You
see Iko tliar li' api i ib ct r hot,
cor- -k i'. But thar \.. '-n't ii » d'iliinlty
about it. not that I se.d It war dentl
easy, cor •r. (had «■ . San Fran
cisco L\ami;a r.
A MOTHER OF COURAGE.
Tlie l.n«l> *n i!r*t lootlmll <>niiin
it ti<l 11 «*r liin .
She H m the gland stand waiting
for h< i lirst football game to begin.
Her lo\ : al played it ever since she
could lvnieiiiK r. and now he had made
hi- \ai'i... tt-'im. \\ liit lt was her var
sity, too hei Cornell'
Tw.i of iii fraternity "!• others" sat
on • it li. i -!e as a bodyjtiard to her
gray hairs and as a bureau of informa
tion. i hey were happier than they
Would ha - e been with the prettiest girl
tie \ knew.
She iiiihtl with motherly pride
when she picket! him out <>f the squad
of red - - catered "huskies" vhlch at
length trotted out on the field. She
wiped a way a tear when a < ••lumbia
man fill across the line for a touch
down.
'i'hen he surprised her bodyguard
by muttering under her breath: "Hold
'em hard, fellows! I'wisf their
necks!" "I'ush! Push!'*
She explain) d her knowledge of
these strenuous technical details by
saying tl.: t her bov cried out like that
when playing dream games in his
sleep.
She did not faint v hci he tackled
too hard ami failed ft» r: •, although
his white face with a streak of red
liltHtd acros the forehead, was staring
up at her.
"You can't hurt my boy," sh • said,
with confidence, "lie's * ;st doing that
to get wind " So ir proved.
He was up and at t harder than
ever w.thin the time 1 ' it. The I'.lia
tans gained Ave thrown, h t • le and
lost as many mor • van!-? trying to
round the end. Then s- ' cthi:c? hap
pened.
A sturdy youngster shot out of the
tangled elevens anil d.i-heii down the
field towaril the goal of the I. hie and
white. lie crossed line after line of
whitewash and finally was over the
last om*. the whole pack at his heels.
"Touchdown! Touchdown!" cried the
crowd.
"My boy did it." said the mother,
nnd then she cried. New York Trib
une
Clienp I.i x lii ca Me\ieo.
"Moxi<-:ui laboring in«»i ." says a man
who has been visiting in Mexico, "work
for 12 cents a day. This may seem in
credible, but it is a fact. You sec more
copper cents in that country and more
are used, perhaps, than in any country
on the globe. It Is not uncommon to
see a Mexican woman goto market
and buy a cent's worth of wood, n
cent's worth of corn or coffee and a
stalk of cane. She will make a tire in
the center of her adobe house and pre
pare a una! for the family. They eat
cane as \M would an tipple. The us
cart and wo..den plow are still In use.
The ox teams are harnessed so the
pr) sure of the load comes upon the
head, just in fiotit • 112 the horns, instead
of the shoulder ami neck."
NdSOl
CATARRH /m-m
111 all its etnu-f-H tliere^^J
Mi Uld be cl«-llllil.l» -H. C^ Y FEVt "
Ely's Cream Halm J"
cli-tuifp*. Kootht" iwd ln-als I
•' ■' Iqs V.
It cures catarrh untl drivt-s
awity » cultt lu the head
tltiickly.
Crrum Riilm is placed Into tho nostrils, sprraili)
over tlie membrane und is absorbed. Kelirf it mi
metliatc and a cure follti\v-». it is uot drying—dues
rut produce Hliee/ni:*. I.iirgt* Si,e, fill rents at llrug
or by ninil; Tunl Size, 10 cents by mail.
ELY BKOTUKKS. -r. arreu Street, New York.
J. J. BROWN,
THE EYE A "SPrciALTV
112 yes tented tmM, titUol wit.li
Ic- unl nihil' 1 1! ey«-s supplieil
M li-t v licet. I'dooim.burg, I'l
111ini in a in.to 5 p m
Tel phone H;>
LOW-RAIL TOUR TO DENVL!'.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, A( ■
t ; au Endeavor Oouveutiou.
Kor the bell) lit of del' ~;i»t> lii'i
others ilesiring to attend the 1 v, -t»t\
hrst international Hienni il Coiivi nt n
of the United Soci) iv of <'lit istiau Kn
d)-.'lV)»r, tO I'e 111-11 l l! I'l llVe), I ~l
July 'a to hi. the Penn ylv.uii i I! ii
rind Conipuny will run a p-i-uii illv
conduct -d tour to Denver tod i ; rti
leaving Philadelphia, lame i r, II u
rishurg, Altoona, and Pitt-'-n: n i
iiit)-riiie)liatc Tiii--il;i\ .1 u1 v
going via and airivin - I'• o
M-r Thursday, July Hi turning, t ;
tour will le;»v- Deuvt i I hur-il iv..ln v
|i>, arriving Pittsburg, Philadelphia
and inter mediate -lation- Situioay,
July Is. rfpieial trains of the highest
grade of Pullman ei|iiipm lit n\ 111 I -
run on a fast schedule. Kai b tram
will be in chaige ot a tourist agent,
chaperon, and special uniformed bag
gage master. Kound-tripi ti '.lovi nng
transportation to I)tnv r, t 'ulc ado
Springs, or Pueblo aud return. Pull
man berth, and all POCCMMTJ Bealt HI
dining ear tfi and 112 rom Denver, \v 11'
be :»s follows: Philadelphia,
two in one berth, ,'."i each; Lan
ca«tcr. two in one In rth, s.v.i.;;."i
each; York, "iO. two in OII< Is-ifli,
|TiT.5u each ; Harrishurg, sr,; -j:,, two
ill om berth, £-">i.2."» each; Altoona,
$r,4.:»0, two in one berth, ?s.'(."».()ti h ;
Pittsburg, foH.OO, two in one berth,
?p.i aO each. Hound trip rate, covering
all aee) ssary exp< 11- ongoing trip
am! railroail transportation only ri
turning, on regular trains until An
gle-1"1, will be as follows: Phi lad- 1-
phia, *-"i7.".'-"i, two in one bcitli,
each : Lancaster, ?5i'i.:55. two in one
berth, $51.10 each ; York, s.jl 00, two
in one berth, s4U.r>() each; Harrishurg,
$54.25, two in one h rth, $19.15 each
Altoona, $.">'2.50, two in one hertli,
$4? To each; Pittsburg, siT.-.0, two in
one berth, inch Projicrtionati
rates from other points Pullman ac
commodations and meal- are included
only while tourists are lining special
trains. Special snl ■ trips from Den
vcr at reduced rati s. For reservations
of space tickets, and full inforniation,
apply to nearest Pennsylvania Rail
road Ticket- Agent, or direct to Geo.
W. Boyd. General Pas.-i ng' r Ag- tit,
Broail Street Station, Philadelphia,
Pa.
PENNSYLVANIA CHAUTAUOTJA.
Reduced Rates to Ml. Gretna via Peiwsyl
vauia Railroad.
For the Pi iin-ylvania t'bautauqua.to
he held at Mt. Gretna, I'a . July I to
August 5, l'.KCt.tln Pi niisvlvania Hail
road ('oinpany will 1! spi cial ■ \cui
>ion tickets from New York, Phila
delphia, (-lii'stnut Hill. Pbocnixville,
Wilmington, Perryville, Frederick.
Mil , Washington, DC ,Fa-t Liberty,
Butler, Indiana, Goniiell-ville, Bed
ford, Clearfield, Martiusburg, Belle
fonte, Waterl)ird,Caiiandaigti:i. Wilki s
batie, Tomhickeii, Mt. Carinel, Lv
ki'ii-, and principal intermediate
points, to Ml. Gretna aud return, at
rediu ed rati s. Tickets will be Mild
June to August 5, inclusive, and
will he good to return until August :il
inclusive For r-pecific rate>, consult
tickit agents
REDUCED RATES TO BOSTON.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad. Account Meet
ing First Church of Christ. Scientists.
On account of the meeting of the
First Church of Christ, Scientists, at
Boston, Mass., on Jum to July i,
the Peuns.v Ivan in Hailroul Company
will sell excursion tickets to 80-ton
from all points on its lines on Jane
'2li. "27, "2Si, and '251, good going on those
dates and good to return betwi • n June
US and July '2, inclusive, at rate of
single fare for the round trip plus
sl.(>o. Bv depositing ticket with Joint
Agent at Boston, between July I and
4, inclusive, and payment of f»e of
fifty cents, extension of ri 1 turn limit
may he obtained to August I 1" or
stop-over privileges and further in
formation consult nearest ticket agent.
AN ORDINANCE.
To Kcgulate the Licensing of Shoot
ing Gallerie- or other Temporary
Establishments, Pevio s or Appli
ances for the test of skill or Strength
or for the Purpose ot Amusi nu nt.in
the Borough of Danville in tin-
County of Montour and State of
Pennsylvania, and for other pur
poses.
BE IT OHDAINEI) 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, anil it i-- lu-iehy
ordaine ! aud enacted by the authority
of th)- same: That it shall not he law
ful for any person or persons to open,
display, exhibit or conduct any -hoot
ing gallery or other temporary establ
ishmet, device or appliance for the
test of skill or strength, or for 11.♦
putpocs of amiiM'iui lit, within the
limits of the Borough of Dan villi un
til a license therefore shall have I*- n
first obtained fiom th)-Chief Burgc»s
of the said Borough and for who h said
license such person or persons shall
pay a minimum charge of five dollar
for the first ten days of sin !i license,
and no less than fifty cents nor tin re
than one dollar per day for • acli and
every day thereafter, at the di-cri
till)ill of the Chief Burgess. Any p.
son or persons who shall violati mv
of the provisions of this s- ction of
this ordinance -hall forb it unl |a\ a
tine of not h-s than twenty doll r
nor more than out htiiiilreil dollar -r
each and i \ • i > ■u' b otVen-
SECT It IN All tine-, p. cilrii
ami license l'e> iui| used h\ any •>t th.
provisions of this onlinaui- mav I
sued for, collet teil and reel lV. red h
foD' any Justic • of the Peace ot tin
said Borough of Dan\ill> a- d. hi- of
like IMOUt and tile ■ M<l pfliallilf
imposed for tin \ iolatinn of Borough
I Irilinani'i - are now L law . Ih-i tai
ami recoverable, ami -leill l» paiii
over to the Tr) a-urel of -ml Borough
! for tin- 11 —♦» ot said Borough
SECIIIIN;! All onlinaui. m |nt
; of ordinances inconsistent w itli or t on
liary to tin pro\ IOIIS of this ordinam •
are hereby repealed
WILLIAM G. PI'KSEL,
t 'liief Burg) --
Attest IIAKin B. PATTON.
Secretary >if the Borough of Danvilh
Council Chamber, Ma> IMb, l- M
REDUUED RATES TO GLTH P R«
, Via Penij ylvan;« R: !r
ti* th Aniverary . 112 !.' U
For tli>' l» in (if of i
itft'llli flu- I X.
t'. i-ii|llfli> 111 'at IHJJ tilt!
: fortieth anni v* r- i <* ' t
~lul vI. ! and :i, tin • n.-v .;a
■ road Gompanv will
11l ' ' nisi
vania ea>f of aim •
t ovv ii, al»o Irom -1 ai ri * <i» t t'!
I delphia and Kri- Kuli'if 112
I Ml i mil All . iiv Vulh-v
j Division north of hot mr
j<M <*ity, at rat •of a ip! In. {< r |
rl»** round trip (minimnm • tf
i • • .villi ;.i . • ... !
June :t«», Juivl , , »i t . i?j«i i| i I
' return until .In! i», h
REDUCED RATES ATLANTA <ik
Via Pennsylvania Railr , A • H
ional Convention Bap* t Y; P
Union of America.
For MM* ben*-lit <»f tlm
attend tin- National < .nv« ti<>a ■ ' ti
I'apti-f Vouttfr F>' : -i ■
erica, to lie Im |l| at Atlant <. . .'
Utol J, tin- I'etin-y I' una iC • Mil
Company will - II r< in
t rom all station ton iti I
lujla, July it 111 it iv.
ing on tli* -" 'lar ami a >i t
until July J">, i.k'li
1 fan- fur t ■ t nl t; s | j ■.»
#l.Oll. Ky tl< j ii-n
*]iocial ag> nt at A tlai ■ i • i
July i.">, mil | ivnn iit i
an I'Xtfii-ion of final return I ■ ■ »
In- obtained ton a<•!■ orijr i 'm.
point not later tlian Amm-t j F«>
Hjicitic rate* and full inf'-rn n
cerninjz stn| over-. -alt ■ i
ticket a^i'iit.
Tamaqna School I i rector- L - r ,l.
The TaniiM|ua -i
increased Frineipal 1' ■ ■i >
♦ii*» to ifi•>:» j i in.
sir-taut principal'.- fr• m - • p.
month. All other t i • • I .
ecived a flat ii:'-' t
*V!OKfc ww . "C
Oh Ki
Consiinirhr:" :
Than £•. Vn « .
Lur.;» ii .
This wonci
cures Con*...
Bronchitis. *
Fever. PI- ur
Sore T: c I. C.
Co • h. HO •
Price CC: I .
PENNSYLVANIA to '
TIMF TAB: F,
In Efleet May 11 ii, i" >
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A .-TH IAI.TY
A. SCHATZ,
mm NEW !
A Hollable
TIX SHOP
Tor all kind of Tin Roofing
Spouting and Con«ral
Job Work.
Stoves, heaters. ftan«M,
Furnaces, sto.
PRICES THE LMiST!
QIiLITT TDK BEST!
.o:
JOHN IIIXSON
so. 116 E. FRONT BT.
PEGO
The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
AMI
COAL
AT
-344 Ferry Street