Montour American.
FRANK C. ANGLE. Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Nov. N.
I IIK M M; CHAMBER
CONDENSED HISTOHY OF A FAMOUS
SCHEME OF OPPRESSION
At 1- IrM 11■ Oti|r.'t« H>r« Lftadnblr,
It Ba b*rq arnilr Brt-» me « ( ruel
••4 t. njuat l'ow»r-Hoiii« »112 It" Oot
rt|«OH I'rnaltln.
Wheu the fclarl of Richmond had
Uefeatetl KU bard 111. at Bosworth and
bad beeu crowned king as Henry VII.,
be found the limes in so troubled a
state that men whose rights were in
fringed upon or denied them dared not
»pply for Justice to the ordinary courts.
The unblushing manner lu which
bribes and threats were resorted to by
those that had influeuce over the pro
ce«dlugs of lhe-e courts denied to them
the security of a juror's oath.
To reach a mischief that had grown
•o Intolerable Henry, feeling himself
strong enough with his second parlia
ment. created a court made up of
the highest officers of the kingdom,
embracing, theoretically, the king him
•elf. who was considered the author
of ait Justice, to which were confided
unlimited power and discretion over a
large, uodedned class of offenses, many
•112 which were of s polit'csl character,
without tbe restraint of a Jury and
subject to no revision by appeal
Itiii wss afterward known as the
court of tbe star chamber, so called
because the reiling of the room In
wbtcb It met was studded with stars
or because to fhis apartment prior to
the time of Kdward I the contracts
•112 tbe Jew*, called starrs. were de
poalted in boxes or chests
This scheme bad good results at first.
Wealthy landowners who hud op
prsased the: i neighbors with lnpuulty
were brought before this court, where
neither fear nor favor could avail, and
tried for their offenses The greatest
merit of the court was that it was not
depeadeut on a Jury, for Juries were
unable or unwllllug to render a verdict
:o keeping with their consciences.
One said. "A court thus constituted,
with power* so broad and a discretion
unlimited bv prescribed rules, though
called into existence for wise and salu
tary purposes, was iu the end like In
voking the spirit of mischief without
a corresponding power in reserve to
lay It or check Its excesses If Inclined
to abuse Its authority."
Instead of loalug power as the ueces
for Its existence passed away it
drew to itself new elements of strength
and enlarged the extent of its Jurlsdic
don It became, ufter successive ad
ministrations under the bands of am
bltlous leaders such aa flourished In
the time of Henry VIII.. Elizabeth and
the two Stuarts, a most potent euglne
of despotic rule and lutoleruncv. Tor
ture. Intimidation and other devices
used to compel the accused to in
criminate himself.
Charles 1 , through the star chum tier,
Oiled his coffers During his retgu such
enormous fines were Imposed for triv
Sal offenses that the audience gathered
about the courtroom at 3 o'clock In the
morning to secure seats to hear the
proceedings The discretionary power
of the court in the way of punishment
made it a means of cruel injustice In
the hands of bad men, Instances of
which disgrace the history of Its ad
ministration during the reigns of
James 1 and Charles I.
One of the most remarkable cases
was that of Blahop Williams, who had
been lord keeper of the seal, a popular
prelate and a man of learning and
spirit and at one time a special favor
ite of James While enjoying his pat
ronage he exerted his influence in be
half of Laud, afterward archbishop,
who owed his first promotion to his
good offlcca. Some disagreement arose
between them. Nothing would satisfy
Laud but the ruin of tbe man who
bad befriended him
On aome slight pretext the bishop
was brought before the star chamber
and fined £IO,OOO, committed to the
Tower during the king's pleasure and
suspended from office. Ills furniture
and books were levied upon to pay the
fine. Among some refuse papers were
found aome letters from Obaldlston, a
•choolmaster, directed to the bishop In
these letters the writer spoke of a
"little great man"and In one place of
a "little urchin " As Laud was small I
of stature. It was conjectured that
these terms referred to him. They
were both tried, one for receiving such
scandalous letters and the other for
writing them Williams paid a tine of
£B,OOO and Obaldlston {fi.ooo, aud he
had bis ears nulled to the pillory
Prynne s barrister at law, of Lin
srolu's Inn. a I'uritau of the strictest
•ect, published his famous "Hlstrlo
Mastlx," a huge volume of 1,000 quarto
pages, alined at play9, music
dancing, public festivals, Christmas
sports bonfire* and maypoles. For this
alleged llbelu«« volume he was arraign
«d before the star chamber. .
Mr. Frytuie. In his general sweep far
his historical Illustration of the mis
chief of frequenting plays, referred to
Nero aud spoke of Flavlue and others
who conspired against him for his bail
example upon the magistrates aud the
people 'Hie chief Justice from this In |
Terred that the author Intended to In-
Mtigate the [*-ople to murder the king,
and I'ryune was deprived of his right
of practice as a barrister, condemned
to stand in the pillory at Westminster 1
aud Cheapslde, to lose his ears, one at
•aeh of these places, to pay a fine of
tfI.OUO and to be Imprisoned for life.
There was hardly a man In the realm
who had not personal experience of the
harshness aud greediness of the star
chamber. 1' became odloua, and not
wlthjut rran. . It was abolished In
l»Ml to* one of the acts of concession
made by Charles I to the demands of
au Indignant nation. I'ryune and his
fellon mart* rs were recalled from 1
prison rhe> entered Ixmdon in trl- |
uniph amid the shouts of the multitude,
who threw I t'vel* In fhelr uatli
112 oa rfl nif In (lie Tfrol.
Tyrolean maidens are by old custom I
spared the ne- e-sity of giving tongue
to their "aye or "no." The tirst time a
young man pays a visit as au avowed
suitor he brings wiih him a bottle of
iviue, of which he pours out a glass
aud offers It to the object of his affec
lions Iti any case she will not refuse
It point blank that would be too gross
■ a Insult tiut should the wooer not be
agreeable to her or his declaration
ejtue a little too prematurely she de
cllnes the pi offered wine, pleading that
It looks sour or (hat wine disagrees
with her or any other excuse that
feminine iugcnulty may suggest. If
•he lll.es the lad tuid is equal to own
tug It she empties the glass, taking
care not to spil] any of the wine, for
if she does so or lite glass or bottle be
broken It Is au unhappy omen "They
have split the v':tie lietweeu them,"
My the [•eanaiitf w hen the marriage
turns out hadl>
™ THE * •
PINK KIMONO
By IZOLA FORRESTtF
i CVp)light. r.**>. I>> Knby l*miul«j*
It lay mi the massive settee Iti (be
bull, an iuuoeent looking parrel, flat
and somewhat square, Three of War
wick's letters lay on top of it, neatly,
as the hall l>ov bad placed them, also
his weekly paper from home
Warwick glanced at the letters,
again m the clock, tossed off his hat.
coat and gloves and carried the whole
lot. parcel. Idters and paper. Into the
l comfortable study and dropped Into a
I deep chair.
There was an hour before the crowd
would arrive. Everything was ready.
The spread would be sent tip at 8:30
sharp lie hoped Stanton would be
able lo get away. He liked Stanton.
The boy needed a good friendly grip
just now. He knew himself what It
was ro be in New York a stranger.
Money could not give one the pass
word that admitted one to the Inside of
things, the "getting next to the itnesa
of all." us Stanton said. And If the
right path did not open, and one hap
peued to be lonely, there were others
wide and welcoming. Warwick knew
The hoy was young and clever. The
only thing that ailed hlni was too
much money, and tlie eontidenee he
had therein He was a bit handy with
It all the whirl and the swing and the
chance for big success Warwick had
kept an eye on him for weeks, measur
lng and Jttdclng him, and now ho was
satisfied. All the boy needed was di
rection and a cool hand checking him
now ami then, and he would win out.
Warwick opened the weekly paper
from home and smiled to himself at
the familiar bending, the Weekly Via
Itor Ever since he could remember
the Weekly Visitor had visited reg
tilarly at the quiet, big gray bous« that
crowned Warwick's hill, up In Hllls
boro, N. H. And Stanton was from
the country, too, some place out west,
out In Nebraska. He wondered If he
had a weekly paper, too. to keep him
In touch with the old world, and the
ethics and standards of something be
sides New York.
The letters were unimportant. He
look up the parcel aud slipped off the
cord Laundry probably. He had not
ordered anything.
The paper fell to the floor aud be
sat staring at the thing In his hands.
It was a piuk, delicate, shimmering,
silken thing He stood up and sbook
It out to its full length It reached to
the floor It wan not a bath robe. It
could not possibly be a smoking Jacket.
It was a woman's garment, unmis
takably.
The texture was the softest Japa
nese crape, the silk Interwoven around
,the sleeves and neck in a border of
golden butterflies. There was no mark
on It nor on the paper. Warwick
looked carefully.
The door bell buzzed imperatively,
once, twice and a long one. That wua
Billy Tralnor's ring. Warwick hesl
tated. cast the pink silk thing behind
him ou the chair aud opened the door,
Billy stepped iu smilingly, lnterroga
tively looked about tLi<t room and spied
the pink silk thing
"Rex." he said reproachfully; "why.
Hex!"
"It was left here by mistake," said
Warwick hastily. "The ball boy did
it. What Is It?"
Billy lifted it by the shoulders aud
beamed with the appreciative eye of a
connoisseur
"It's a kimono, the real Imported ar
tide. No bargain sale. Who's the
lucky lady?"
The door bell buzzed ugaiu." War
wick took the kimono with deliberate
forethought, went to the wardrobe iu
his dressing room and concealed It
therein.
"It's Stanton." Billy announced, "and
the rest."
Warwick played the host with mor<
inner discomfort than ever before in
his life. It was not the mere fact of
the mistake that troubled him, nor that
he minded the boys knowing of It, bul
he didn't want to see that particular -
what bad Billy called It?—kimono?—
handled and laughed about and specu
lated over. Somewhere there must be
the girl who wanted that kimono. He
hoped she was a brunette. Pink was
best for brunettes Not too much of a
brunette, perhaps with blue eyes, or
gray—yes, gray—a gray eye or so.
Billy was pushing back thij chairs
and taborets for the spread. Stan
ton was singing at the piano. Out In
the kitchenette Yates and Rogers and
the Danforths were rummaging for
dishes and knives and forks. Big De
Veau was up on the divan with its red
Turkish cover draped picturesquely
about him. reciting some original
poetry
'Rex, don't you own a decent table
cloth. you beggar?" called Yates.
Warwick smoked without replying.
Through •• '•.•!/; • he saw the brunette
girl v the p !>k kimono about her
smiiii .ieliciou.dy like a geisha no, he
didn't w ant her to be a geisha—smiling,
well, just i.s a girl si. rjVd (mile when
she had the ri; l;t one to smile at.
Stantou left the piano and came over
"Say. yor'iv a prince to get me here
tonight." li<- i!. "I didn't know you
had a ph. • like this. Beats hotels,
doesn t It'/ What do you call it?"
"Studio apartment," said Warwick,
lazily. "Half den, half home, not con
fined to bachelors. I like It. When a
fellow's htt 1 a home, It always sticks to
him a bit. There's a Jap comes In and
cleans up for itu . and If I want a rneal.
I can have It."
"I—l am going to housekeeping too,"
began Stanton awkwardly.
•'Honeymoon?" Warwick's eyes light
ed with amusement. He had not
dreamed the boy had gone so far.
"No, not as bad as that," Stanton
hesitated, glancing at the joyous, riot-
—■•« crowd shout t' « liuno. It's my
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| sister. Mother's sent her onto taKe
rare of me until she can come herself.
! I guess they dklu't get very good
accounts of their little boy iu Manhat
tan But I wrote home aud told theui
about you and what sort of a chap
you were and how you had taken me
1 under your wing, and I promised to
I cut out the hotel and—well, a whole
lot of things mother didn't like the
navor or. aim toaay *
1 "Whoopee!" yelled Yates from the
dressing room. '"l've found Warry's
tablecloth. It's a dream!"
Warwick sat up and dropped his
cigarette. Waltzing dizzily, radiantly,
wickedly out from the dressing room
came Yates, arrayed in the pink silk
k!m<>no. There was a silence, then a
long drawn howl of delight from the
crowd. They caught Yates in their
arms, and swept him up on the center
table. They handed him a Samoan
fan of dyed plumes and a Mexican,
i peaked iiat. Trainor at the piano
' crashed Into the "San Toy" overture.
| And suddenly Warwick stood up.
1 white and mad. mad dear through
i that they should dare even in jest to
j touch anything that belonged to the
dear, unknown girl, the brunette with
the gray exes.
I "Take that off!" he said.
The music stopped short, but not
! from his words. Every face in the
crowd was turned toward the door of
| the hall, and Yates looked helpless and
' miserable. Warwick turned, too, aud
j held his breath. She stood in the"
doorway, one hand lifting aside the
I heavy drapery. Behind her was
George, the colored hall boy. Her
face looked startled, aud yet ihcre
; was amusement, too, in the wide gray
eyes, as they glanced from face to
I face and Anally rested ou Yates.
"There is some mistake, I think."
j she said gently. "George tells me a
I parcel of niine was left here tonight,
j I have only moved here today, aud
■ he made a mistake I think that
I gentleman hns on my kimono."
Wretched, limp and apologetic, Yates
j was assisted from the table, and dl
j vested of the pink silk gown.
"I am sorry to spoil your amuse
| ment"— she stopped, and turned her
I head toward Warwick as the host,
when all at ouee her eyes met Stan
tou's
"Marjorie!" he gasped. "Marjorie,
j you blessed kid!"
| Silently and discreetly the crowd
j averted Its composite face while Stan
ton kissed Marjorie ecstatically. War
j wick looked unhappy.
"Boys," cried Stanton, "this is my
j sister, all the way from Nebraska to
Manhattan to take care of her little
brother."
"Mother is here, too," Marjorie ex
plained. blushing at the effusive wel
come accorded her. "We bad the ad
dress of these apartments and you
wrote that they were very nice, you
know, and that Mr. Warwick lived
' hero"
"That's Warwick," interposed Stan
ton "He's u bully fellow."
j Warwick bowed. Suddenly he felt s
1 great, supreme gladness sleal over him.
She had gray eyes Stanton's sister
I from Nebraska.
1 "So we came right here from the de
: pot, and mother wanted to surprise
I you by having everything ready. 1
j bought my kimono ou the way here,
because our trunks haven't come yet,
| aud the boy made it mistake delivering
' It. We have the apartment just across
! the hall."
"Boys." cried Stanton, "come oil to
j the apartment across the ball and be
j introduced. You've got to make us
I \<tlconie, because we've come to stay."
i Decorously and quietly the crowd
crossed to the apartment next door.
1 With dignity and beautiful grace they
! were Introduced to Stanton's mother
; and to Stanton's home, and Stanton
! knew he was accepted and admitted
' forever to the "itness of tlikigs."
j But Warwick sat lu a corner watch
| lng Marjorie make tea, tea from his
! teapot, which the Jap servant had
| brought over, and over the back of her
j chair hung the pink silk kimono, lie
' was wondering how she would look lu
it.
"Sugar?" she asked. "One or two,
| Mr. Warwick?"
"Two," said Warwick, with a half
suppressed sigh. "Say, do you know
Mar-Miss Stanton. I'm awfully glad
you're a brunette, with gray eyes."
"Why?" Marjorle's head bent lower
over the teapot. Tea making does re
quire so much careful attention.
"Because." said Warwick, "pink is so
becoming to that type."
"And to Mr. Yates' type, too," laugh
j ed Marjorie, but her face was flushed
as she slipped the pink klmouo around
her, over her gray traveling suit, and
poured the tea a la Japanese for the
crowd, and for Warwick
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fact that in the mass of Ice there are
Imbedded two strata of
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erally tons of grasshoppers In the Ice,
and the question naturally arises as to
where they came from. The most ob
vious explanation is that centuries ago
two enormous swarms In course of mi
gration were caught in a snowstorm,
chilled and buried iu the snow, where
they have remained til' jw in a per
fect state of preserve ju. In the ac
counts of the early " estern explorers
a few instances are related of meeting j
large swarms of locusts on the moun
tain tops in the Rockies. It is a very
fortunate circumstance that the great
extension of agriculture In the west
has broken up the breeding grounds of
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Kxecutrix Notice.
Estate of Michael 11. VVallize, late of
tlie Borough of Danville, Montour
county, deceased.
" All persons indebted t,> >ni«i estate
are requested to make iminediate pay
ment and those laving legal < liiiins
against the same, \sill present them
without delay in proper order for set
tlement to
MRS. MARY .lAM FERSINti.
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Danville, Fa , Nov Ist, lUO6.
Heredity
| Triumphant
Uy Alice Carjon ?}
C. Pare el l-i j|
A shrill whistle echoed along the
; sunny avenue. Mary Dexter Jumped
j from her seat on the porch, scatter
! ing embroidery silks In all directions.
She waved her handkerchief In re-
I spouse. Then she ran into the house
j calling: "Aunt Linda! Where are you?
i Here's Dave tlreen to see you!"
Without waiting for a reply she re
! turned to the porch Just in time to
! greet the young man who came up
j the steps. "(Jlad to see me, Mary?"
he asked as with a hasty glance around
| .she put up her face for a kiss. Then
| ibe two sat down on the top step in
earnest, subdued conversation. Mary
Dexter was a maid of nineteen with a
I fresh peaehblow complexion. Today,
I wearing a simple white frock, she
1 looked her best—and knew it.
In a few minutes an elderly woman
1 came out the front door. Her hair,
! worn as a coronet, was silvery white,
though she was only forty. Age had
: touched her face lightly, pressing in
j the wrinkles with loving fingers that
left only sweetness in the expression.
Humor told a romantic tale of I.lnda
Pennington's life, and for once rumor
: was right. A girlish engagement with
1 a young army officer who fell In his
first battle, a few years as a nurse In
the war. interrupted by a marriage
with I.yull I'ennington, early widow
| hood and a subsequent life devoted to
good work—these were among the In
cidents In her story. For many years
all her plans had been for Mary, whom
she had adopted long ago.
Mrs. I'enniugton bad taken a great
interest In Mary because she came
from her own town, and the case of
the child was particularly pitiful, for
there were no near relatives to whom
she could be sent.
Fresh from the sadness caused by
the death of her husband. Linda found
the child's companionship a great com
fort. Mary had passed serenely through
the stages of childhood and youth and
now. at nineteen, under the training of
private tutors, was prepared to enter
ISN'T XX A BKAITY, AVNT LINDA V"
; Merton college in the fall. After grad
j nation endless possibilities opened be
' fore her. This was the situation that
July morning when Mrs. I'ennington
came out on the porch and greeted
young David (Jreen, one of Mary's ad
inirers.
• He was a manly fellow of twenty
| one, son of a prosperous farmer of tlie
. rural district. He had lately been glv
: en a good sized tract of laud by his fa-
I
ther. with the instruction to "see what
he could do with it."and he was doing
! well.
"You've just come back from New
1 York, haven't you, David?" asked Mrs.
| I'ennington.
"Yes," said Mary. "He's been away
i two whole days."
The sigli with which this was said
brought a laugh from the other two.
Mrs. I'ennington seated herself in the
j rocker.
. "Why, Mary," she said, "Is this your
j embroidery on the floor? Pick it up
1 before It gets dirty."
The girl leaned back comfortably
against the railing. "You pick it up,
Dave." she said indifferently. And the
! young man did so. But Linda bit her
i lip in vexation. It was a little thing,
I but characteristic of the way Mary
made all her friends wait on her.
"Did you go away on business, Da
j vld?" she asked hastily.
"Xo—yes— well, 1 don't know as
i you'd call It exactly business."
"I should," said Mary decidedly—"the
most important business for you Just
now, Dave." The lad laughed, embar
rassed.
"Ileal" ine this soiimlu v«»rr mrstorl.
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j of the charming maiden. There are two
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i neglect. Few young women appreciate
the shock to the system through the
: change which comes with marriage and
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i fairness.
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oiis,'* said Mr-. Pennington, smiling.
"What is It nil about?"
"1 went to get something for Mary,"
said David.
"And here It is." said the girl, hold
ing out h«*r left hand. "Isn't it a beau
tv. Aunt Linda V" A handsome soli
taire flashed into \iew.
The sfgniflcmce of the stone did not
enter Linda Pennington's mind, for it
was many ye n- since sin* had thought
<1 112 suoh thiug>. "Mary, you know yon
may n >t receive presents of Jewelry
from v'>III IBT rien." 1 lie was beginning,
but tlie words died on her lips. Mary
and David, looking for souie sign of
approval, read in her lace grief, disap
pointment and refusal.
"Aren't you pleased?" went on the
girl "We've been engaged since
< filial mas. Before I visited Florrie
I'lickei. Dave asked me and 1 said,
I'd see.' Then while I was away he
k< i writing In me and 1 always did
like him be?.i of any of the boys—so 1
.iu-i had to say 'yes.' lie's so obsti
nate, Dave is, he wouldn't take 'no.'"
"Of course I am very much surpris
ed,' Linda said when she could trust
herself to speak. "I think you are
both tuo voting to talk of such things.
Besides. yon are going to college soon.
iM.-ii v, anu i no not approve or lnoeti
tiite engagements."'
% "But there's nothing indefinite about
our engagement," replied the girl airi
ly. twisting th<.* ring on her tinger.
"We are to married in September."
"What?"
"Oh. yes, it's all settled," nodding
her head. "I wrote this morning to
Merton canceling my application. I'm
tired of study what is the use of it?
I know more now than any other girl—
or boy almost in Dorsettowu. Just
think, after September I'll never have
to study auy more;"
Mi' PenuingNiti rose in wrath from
her chair. "Mary.'' she cried sharply,
"y..u don't know .vhat yo't're saying!
You are giving up carelessly what I
would give years of my life to have
had when 1 was a girl—what you will
always regret gh ing up. I don't often
exercise my authority as your guardian,
but when you act like a silly child I
must. I ask you no, I order you—to
break this engagement!"
Mary sprang up and stumped her
foot angrily. "Well, 1 won't!" she
• lied. "And you can't make me; I'm
nineteen years old."
1. mi l sank back in the chair with
Mvi bliug lips. The mother who had
eloped ,\is .-peaking through her
daughter. "Mary, If you love me," she
pleall l I. It,ll -he knew it would be no
use. The girlV heredity was showing,
and sic must bow lo the inevitable.
Mary never would understand what
a blow this was to her guardian's am
b;ti iis for het Coliege. then advanced
work. or. if the girl preferred, art
study in Paris o; uiii'ic In Germany—
these ilie (dans she had uiade. And
tills mail whim must overturn them
all!
I'lie girl's storm of fury spent itself
in Hoods of tears. "Aunt Linda. I
can't. Don't ask tiie to." she sobbed.
D:iv,.i drew h sweetheart toward
him lie h; d be n a silent, troubled
witness of the scene Now he spoke
quietl\.
"h's like thN. Mrs. Pennington, we
love each other, and we don't see the
use of waiting, if we wait four years
by then we'll have growu apart per
haps. and it will he harder to give Into
each other We want to be married at
once. 1 am making a good living; my
people are pleased, and we only want
your consent."
But she shook her head Impatiently.
"I have nothing against you, David,
but—lt Is Impossible "
"Oh. no. Mrs. Pennington!" he cried.
"Think til ink when you were young
and In love. Don't you remember how
It was then?"
How old memories can rise again! A
vision of a boyish soldier, with plead
ing eyes and tender smile. And that
parting could she ever forget the
sound of his voice, low and thrilling?
She gave a shuddering sigh and open
ed tear dimmed eyes. "I was only sev
enteen and he was twenty—and I nev
er saw him again His body could not
be found. All!" Steadying her voice,
she went on. "You are right, David.
It was foolish and wrong to try to con
trol Mary's life She must work It out
for herself. My plans were far differ
ent from this, but I can give them up,
as I have given up others.''-
"Dear Mrs Pennington," said David,
graspiug her hand.
Then, when Mary ran off to set the
supper table and David followed, with
awkward attempts to help, Linda Pen
nington drew forth an old locket and
gazed long at the portrait within.
"Once 1 thought that the shattering of
my dreams would kill me." she mur
mured. "But i lived to thank God for
other dreams and duties that came. So
it will be now, I thiuk."
"Supper is ready. Aunt Linda!" call
ed Mary, and Mrs. Pennington turned
from the sunset glow.
PERIL IN PAINLESS FACES.
\lctlm* of Dread >lnPnd> Ma? Be
Hurt Without Knotviiiji It.
"The red hot wire." said the electri
cian. "burned the man's cheek till it
sizzled and smoked. Yet he never
moved out of the way. He continued
to laugh and joke and pull on his clay
pipe, and a -moll of burning rose into
the air.
"I pulled him to one side.
" 'Would you stand there.' 1 said,
'and be burned to death?"
" Was 1 burning?' he said, with a
scar <1 look And h • put his hand to
the side of his face the wrong side.
Was it po '-'.e that lie couldn't feel
that horrible hurt ?
"Gentlemen, that man had no feeling
in his lace • her. He told me that
he had been led on for tic dolou
reux, and iii ■ ? operation, while it had
cured tiic i had left hi- face dead to
all sensation
"I had oft •■ i read of tic doloureux in
English no\ "ls, but 1 thought it was a
trilling disease. This chap said it was
a faci I neural ria so painful that in
the p. !M per cent of its victims ei
ther went era/ or killed themselves,
but i'' I'lerc is an operati >n that
gives r •hel
"K\ ■ \ Victim of lie undergoes the
Opera at; he.ice there a ■ a lot of peo
ple w .in (he earth v : i no feeling
in the 112 !'•"<, I'll" coin .ti.ni is a dan
-e \ u arc likely to
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abl •sp •>? Sound irave - only r.vcl •' j
and a half mile- per ta nnic and a i
rlt! ■ ball (if it- speed v ere ,ut dinell-
Isheil I > ie-i-l ancei sixteen and a 1; ill J
mite- Light passes through a dis
tance equal to seven and a half revo
lutions of the earth In one minute, but
electrh ity travels so astonishingly fast j
'hat it i-> >le to complete the circuit
of lii enrlll . leven and a half times In |
sixty seconds.
In Wall Street!
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By EDITH M. DOANE
j I I
j:l Copyright, IflU), to iiaby lieuglus jjj
Jack Bent ley was permitting himself
| ;he luxury of a day off He felt that
lie was entitled to it.
For a month past the situation had
lieen too tense, the excitement too keen,
for any thought beyond the whir of
I the ticker.
The lirni of Curtice & Co., stock
: brokers, was the medium through
which a wealthy syndicate had mauip
| ulated the stock market to its own ad
vantage Bentlcy. the Junior partner
of Curtice «!* Co., had steadily
I at his post on the floor of the exchange,
cool and imperturbable in the midst of
the rising storm, and only the day be
fore the ileal had been pulled off suc
! cessfully.
And now upon this bright morning !n
! early summer Jack Bentley was feeling
decidedly well satisfied with life In
general. IHs part of the transaction
\ had been well handled, his share in the
way of cot/hiissions was distinctly
gratifying, and In addition he had
; cleaned up a neat little sum by going
Into the deal on his own hook,
i It was getting well into July, and as
Bent ley's automobile whirled up Fifth
avenue his mind turned longingly from
the city, sweltering ' n midsummer
heat, to the vision of a clubhouse in
the heart of the Berkshire hills.
It was a picture often in his thoughts.
The long, low. rambling clubhouse,
with its old fashioned garden at one
side, a little winding brook sparkling
and splashing between clumps of feru
and low banks, willow fringed; a girl,
sweet and gracious, her white frock
cool against a great moss covered
bowlder, the sunlight falling through
the leaves in flickering shadows on her
soft, fair hair.
In the height of the tight be had re
ceived her letter. "You'd better come,"
she wrote. "It's as lovely as ever
here," and at the end again, "Do
come." He had smiled as he tele
graphed his answer There was no
* doubt of his attitude where Constance
Elliott was concerned.
A great longing for country sights
and sounds swept over him, for the
woods and hills and her. A little while
and he would have them. A few days'
attention to straightening out the after
' math of the grest light and then—
Constance had no parents to object,
and even her old curmudgeon of a
guardian strange how he had always
mistrusted that man—could not fall to
be impressed by the tidy sum he had
pulh-d out of the late deal.
Where Fifth avenue broadens iuto
the plaza he mechanically lessened
speed, his mind still with the girl in
the Berkshires as the huge car turned
smoothly into Central park.
And (he first person his eyes lighted
on was Constance Elliott.
The next Instant he was before her.
cap in hand, and she rose in astonish
ment to meet him. For a second they
faced each other, he scarcely crediting
the evidences of his seuses, she color
ing prettily and holding out one slim
hand in cordial greeting.
"I phoned to your office this moruing,
but you were not there."
"Is anything wrong?" he asked uu
easlly.
"Nothing, except lhat 1 return to the
j country this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and
1 thought"—
"I am wondering," In* interrupted,
I laughing uncertainly to cover his hurt,
"why I might not have known you
were in town?"
"But 1 wasn't, not until late last
' night, and Mr. Sheldon did not wish
I any one to know. He wired me yes
terday to come at once. Yon know, he
has managed everything for me just as
much since I have been of age as he
did before." She hesitated flushing
with excitement. "Jack." she cried. "II
is a great secret, but I am going to be
very rich."
He regarded her gravely.
"Through some stock deal." he
went on, with feminine vagueness.
"Perhaps you've heard of It. Mr.
Sheldon has made ever so much
money lately yesterday—and I am to
| make a lot In the same way. He has
all my securities. I gave them to I.mi
I this morning."
I "Do you mean you have given that
I man all your money?" Bentley blurted
! out.
Had Sheldon appropriated the girl's
j money to his own use? That same in
j stanl Bentley was sure of it. Ills
brain, used to quick deductions, leap
i ed from the rumor on the street that
' Sheldon had been badly hit to the sud
, den wire to Constance — the secrecy
the misrepresentation. These, coupled
j wttli iniin'fi w-ull tii.urn ,l,r«n./t.
I UiCltli OUl.t UJJC
i Sheldon had lost heavily and intended
. to recoup with Constance's money.
His first impulse was to tell her of
; the deception that was being prac
j ticed upon her. But she would not
| believe him. Besides, he was not ab
1 solutely certain of it and might
j alarm her needlessly.
How he accomplished what follow
|ed he never clearly knew. He heard
j a voice he hardly recognized as his
i own claiming a pressing engagement
I and begging her to lunch with him
I later.
He saw the surprise, in her eyes
succeeded by frank acceptance of his
explanation, he heard each inflection
of her dear voice as she promised to
meet him. and then a moment later
he was spec ; ng toward lower Bread
way. O ice only did his pace less»a.
and then on: so long as If took liim
to rush up the steps of his apartment
end siip something small and shining
Into the pocket of his long, loose coat.
The situation from Sheldon's point
of view was bad enough without the
interference of Jack Bentley, who had
entered his private office with scant
ceremony.
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".Mi'. Mr I'n'i. ~.uii that young man
abrupt!;-. I learned :tu hour :igo tliat
you have. through misrepresentation,
appropriated certain securities belong
ing to Mi*s Kiliott."
l or o.ice Sheldon's self possession
deserted him. "What lie is this';'' he
vrled, bait' rising from his chair.
"And," continued Bentley coolly, "I
have come to get thorn and return
them to her."
"I refuse to give them to you."
» "You must."
"1 am if ting as her agent. By what
right do you"—
Bent.'ey leaned across the table.
"Mr. Sheldon." he said grimly. "L have
come t'ur ttie papers and intend to get
' them."
Sheldon, his face livid, reached for
' the bell, only to find himself confront
-1 oil by a gleaming pistol barrel stir
mounted by a white face with blazing,
determined eyes.
"Stay whore you are till I'm through
with you." cried Ueiitley, at white
. neat, wow give tneni tj •
112 "I will not."
"You shall!"
"I'll l>e ruined," gasped Sheldon.
"You'll be ruined if you don't. I'll
1 have you arretted Inside of an hour."
' The beads of perspiration stood out
1 on Sheldon's forehead. With trem
1 bling hands lie opened a t'.n box and
? Hung its contents malignantly across
' ' the table.
' | "Take them. you!" he cried, with
» a bitter oath.
| And so It was not until Miss Elliott
1 sat opposite Bentley at a table at
1 lunch that she learned how nearly she
' | had been delivered from her "abun
j dance of riches " She sat speechless,
1 | watching l'.entlej with beautiful, hor
rified eyes a< lie laid bare the decep
" tiou that had been practiced upon her,
' touching lightly upon his own part !n
* the affair.
* "Oh," she said in an unsteady voice,
1 "what can I say to you? 1 want to
' thank you. I cannot- I do not know
| how"
lie leaned forwa d, his eyes holding
hers across the tiowers on the center
r of the table
"I know," h" s ill under his breath,
, "but I dare not a ii -it is so much"—
r She colored a delicious pink, but her
eyes met his br.ively.
"There is nothing that could be— too
much," she s dd.
)
WORSHIP OF SPR'NGS.
i
, How It I'rrTallnl Amoiu; I'eo
plr< In ilit- Kiiuiliwrnt,
Springs are . luuml in li e south
western part of the United Stafeu, and
. for this reason they have beei from
, ancient times prized as a most valued
i possession. The people who dwelt in
* this region, says Walter Hour;!' in
J "Records of tin I'ast." saw in these
' Bources of life giving water the founts
of continuance and well being, and
3 near them they located their pueMos.
' Save air, no elements of nature are
1 nearer to human life than those com
' bined into the primitive fluid which
must always be within rencM of iren
1 who put themselves Into the grasp of
the desert. The primary knowledge of
* the tribes who were the pioneers and
of every human being who has slnie
' made his home In the great American
; desert was complete as to the location,
distribution and idosyin rasies of tb»
l water supply.
Spring water is naturally more prized
, by the inhabitants of those desert soil
tudes than that from living
- because It Is always drinkable and a)
ways at hand, while the watercourses,
i which for the greater part of the yeai
1 are sinuous reaches of dry sand, furnish
at flood a quickly disappearing supply
of thinned mud which will not be touch
ed by man or beast except In the dls
j tress of thirst.
One is uot surprised, therefore, that
t a primitive people will regard these
, springs as sacred. In fact, the Indian?
of the southwest are not peculiar in the
a worship of springs. The sentiment is
worldwide, lias had a vast range of
3 time, perpetuates Itself in the folklore
of the highest civilizations and presents
( in its manifestations a most interesting
body of myth and fancy. But in the
southwest the arid environment has so
Intensified this feature of primitive cul
ture that no spring In the region is
without evidence of many offerings to
the deities of water.
It Is small wonder then that the Pu
-1 eblo Indians came to regard springs
1 with special veneration; that they wove
"* around them myth and tradition and
1 made them objects of religions worship.
To one acquainted with the environ
| rnent and its radical needs this seems
to have been a natural, even though
unconscious, generalization. Perhaps
" offerings to springs will not admit of
such simple explanation. Perhaps the
* mystery of the underground source ol
water welling up from unknown
112 depths, impre sive always even to the
observer who believes himself free from
the trammels of superstition, has also
' had a powerful effect on the mind of
the Indian, leading, like many other
j natural phenomena, to an attitude of
worship of unseen powers behind these
112 masks.— New York Tribune.
\ Humlroii < t»ur*«» Dinner.
At a diuuer g veil by the late Prince
Ratibor there were a hundred courses.
112 The chefs nC <li» prince were solemnly
chosen ait--:- the greatest deliberation
aud cross examination. Oil one special
occasion it \v:is announced that he was
in neeil of a co'ik, and ten of the best
chefs duly presented themselves for
' the coveted p >st They were in
formed by the prince that each must
serve a diuuer of his owu choice and
cooking, consisting of ten courses, to
' be served the same evening to a jury
' of the I>est gHtronomes in Paris, who
would eat of each different dish and
then pass judgment. This programme
was carried ovi and the palm awarded
to a Frenchman who had been chef for
s many years t > the Baron Haussman.
' A trip i > Mar eubad by the whole of
the jury was the sequel to this famous
diuuer of inn courses. London Tit
■ Kits.
Ilon'l U llrr>l Sin Hi*.
('ontciiari.'us •;i\e vaiious feasors to
112 which th y ascribe tltelr longevity but
I it is s.i, it that they all agree on
* the ad\ a < eof |lt :ty of work anil
litile w •r\ 'i aiding length of lll'e
Ihe adv :■ • l:'e|\ given by a woman
over a hiel • i i- worth considering
|as .-b ■ ..'s i.in* i i eat when hungry.
I sleep i sleepy, with plenty of
! sleep, tow >:it <• > i-iantly. keep cheer
ful and i\ d worry. This puts iu a
few wi-r.'s To doctrine of the simple
life, ill h > eiiislou is worthy of
an an • • e when she says that If
these I produce health and
lin ! bad bio >d in th
i ; : i better die out
i
; PUBLIC SALE
t)F VALUABLE
REAL ESTATE !
Pursuant to an order of the Orphan's
I Court of Montour County of Pennsyl
t vania will I>> sold at public sale on
the premises iu 2nd ward of Danville,
in said county, on
Saturday, November 17th,
at 10 o'clock iu the forenoon of said
' day, the following real estate, i a te of
Richard Quinn, deceased, to wit:
All that certain house and lot of
land situ; ie iu the second ward of the
Borough of Danville, said county,
bounded ,-ind described as follows:
Fronting < n Coojier street, commenc
1 iug on Cooper street seventy five feet
■ east of line of land between Hannah
B. St ill an 1 Joseph H. Hale, thence
along <>v>i er street in an eantwardly
direction forty-five feet more or less to
I a sixteen 112 er wide alley, thence along
side alley s thwardly one hundred
t and ten ft < t t > another alley sixteen
feet in w • th, thence along la.-t men
I tioued alley vestwardly fifty-four fee
' more or 1< s ?•> a line of land of Jos
eph 11. Hale <»t a point seventy-fon r
' feet soutl > as, ~112 line of lands between
( Hannah IV i'till and the said Joseph
l H. Hale, th< u e along the line of the
. said Josej i H. Hale in a northwardly
. direction < ij-iity feet more or less to
, the place i t ■ginning. It being part
- of lot No. 74 iu plau of lot laid out by
- John Deen. Sr. Whereon are erected
; A SMALL FTrAME DWELLING HQOSE
and other necessary ont-buildings.
Terms of sale, one half of purchase
money to tie paid upon the property
being struck down, the balance upon
? confirmation absolutely of said sale
r by the court when a deed will be de
livered at 1 he expense of the purchaser
GEORGE MAIERS, Sheriff, Trustee.
Wm. Kase West, Atty.
r Oct. 17, HlOti.
Administrator's Notice.
Estate of Mary Croasley lute of the
Borough of Danville, in the county of
Montour and State of Pennsylvania.
d-^ceas'-d
Notice is hereby giveu that letters of
1 Admistration upon the above state have
1 been granted to the undersigned All
1 [lersotis in lebted to the said estate are
1 required t » make payment, and those
1 having claims or demands against the
b said estate, will make known the same.
without, delay, to,
1 J P. BARE
L Administrator
112 Mary Croasley
deceased
J Edward s yre Gearhart,
. Counsel.
p P. O. Address
I Danville Pa
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Auditor's Notice.
IN THE ORPHAN'S COURT OF
MONTOUR COUNTY.
i> 111 the first and final account of E. L.
Lyons, administrator of George
Fry, late of the township of Lime
stone, in the countv of Montour
3
aud State of Pennsylvania, deceas
ed.
> The undersigned, appointed by the
aforesaid Court, Auditor to make di#
' tributiou of the funds in the hands of
? the said administrator to aud among
* the parties legally entitled thereto,
s will meet all persons interested for the
112 purposes of his appointment at his law
e offices No. HHi Mill street. Danville,
s Montour County, Peuna. on Friday.
1 the ltitli day of November, A. D
~ at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the
J said day, where and when all persons
having claims 011 the said fund are re
j quired to make and prove the same or
be forever debarred fiom thereafter
1- co -'ine in upon the said fund,
s EDWARDSAYRE GEARHART.
e Auditor.
Danville. Pa., Oct. 4th. lSH*i.
Administratrix's Notice.
s Estate of Franklin P. Applemau, late
112 of Valley Township, Montour t'oun
e ty, State of Pennsylvania, deceased
3 Letters of administration upon the
t above estate have been granted to the
1 undersigned widow of decedent.
> All person- indebted to said estate
' are requested to make payment, aud
all persons haviug any legal claims or
' demands upon said estate all make
the same known without delay,, to
MARY J APPLEMAN,
Administratrix
9 or to her atty.
Chailes V. Anierman.
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