Montour American L ! FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor. Danville. Pa. Oct ft, IVIO. A CHAPARRAL PRINCE. I We Came A-riding to Release a Little Maid From Bondage. By O. HENRY. tCopyrlght, 1907, by the McClure company.] Nino o'clock at last, and the drudg ing toil of the day was ended. Lena climbed to her room in the third half Story of the Quarrymen's hotel. Since daylight she had slaved, doing the Work of a full grown woman, scrub bing the floors, washing the heavy Ironstone plntes and cups, making the beds and supplying the insatiate de mands for wood and water in that tur bulent and depressing hostelry. Lena lit the stump of a candle and Bat limply upou her wooden chair. She THE CANDLE WAS BCRNINO LOW. was eleven years old, thin and ill nour ished. Iler back and limbs were sore and aching. liut the ache in her heart made the biggest trouble. The last straw had been added to the burden upon her small shoulders. They had taken away Grimm. Always at night, however tired she might be. she had turned to Grimm for comfort and hope. Each time had Grimm whispered to her that the prince or the fairy would 1 come and deliver her out of the wicked enchantment. Every night she had taken fresh courage and strength from Grimm. Ix-iia's home was in Texas, away up among tbe little mountains on the I'e dernalcs river. In a little town called Fredericksburg. They are all German people who live in Fredericksburg. They are very thrifty people. Thriftiest among them was Peter Hildesinuller. Lena's father, and that is why I.eua was sent to work in th" hotel at the quarries, thirty miles away. She earned >:i every week there, and Peter added her wages to his well guarded store. Lena raised the lid of an old empty case that had on< e contained canned corn and got out a sheet <>f paper and a piece of pencil. She was going to write a letter to her mamma. Tommy Ryan was going to post it for her at Hallinger's. The stump of candle was burning low. so Lena hastily bit the wood from around the lead of her pencil and I began. This is the letter she wrote: Dearest Mamma-1 wnnt BO inurli to sec ! you and Until and Cluus and Hclnrlch j an: Alto makers of Waverly Special Auto Oil and If fß%fi -J ■ 1 ▼ A : were the filler interest and Joy of tils existence. Next came the emperor of | Germany and Lena Ilildesmuller. "Tell me," said Fritz when he w.ts ! ready to start, "contains the sack a letter to Frau Hildesmuller from the | little Lena at the quarries? One caroe ! in the last mail to say that she is a little sick already. Iler mamma is ; very anxious to hear again." "Yes." said old man Fallinger. "thar's a letter for Mrs. ilelterskelter or some sich name. Tommy Ityau brung it over when he come. Iler little gal ! workln' over thar, yon say?" 1 "In the hotel." shouted Fritz ns he ) gathered up the lines; "eleven years old and not bigger as a frankfurter! The close fist of a Feter Ilildesmuller!" Up the road went the ilttle black mules at their steady trot, while Fritz i thundered a! them occasional words of ! endearment and cheer. 1 These fancies occupied the mind of J the mail carrier until he reached the ; big post oak forest, eight miles from Ballinger's. Here his ruminations j were scattered by the sudden flash and | report of pistols and a whooping as if s from a whole tribe of Indians. A band ! of galloping ::at:rs closed In around the mall \vn;;- u One of them leaned j over the fr-.i.i covered the driv ; er with hi* ■ r atid ordered him Jto stop < I!:i• • • »[ghl at the bridles I of Donder ai.-.! iMt/.i-ii. j "Donnerv.v: ii " shouted Fritz with i all his treim aiu-us voice. "Wass Ist? ! Release your h.uils from dose mules. Vc- vas der I"nltcd States mail!" j "Hurry up. I)utch!" drawled a inel j ancholy voice. "Don't you know when ! you're in a stickup? Reverse your mules and climb out of the cart." It is due to the breadth of Hondo j Bill's demerit and the largeness of his I achievements to state that the liold ! ing up of the Fredericksburg mail was not perpetrated by way of an exploit, i As the lion while in the pursuit of prey commensurate to his prowess : might set a frivolous foot upon a cas ual rabbit in hi 9 path, so Hondo Bill and his gang had swooped sportively upon the pacific transport of Meinherr Fritz. The real work of their sinister night ride was over. Fritz and Ills mail bag and his mules came as a gentle re laxation. grateful after the arduous duties of their profession. Twenty miles to the southeast stood a train with a killed engine, hysterical pas sengers and a looted express and mail car. That represented the serious oc cupation of Hondo Rill and his gang." Trembling with outraged dignity and no little personal apprehension. Fritz climbed out to the road. Perhaps the mail would not have been tampered with had not Ben Moo dy, the lieutenant, possessed certain wisdom that seemed to promise mere spoils. "Say. cap." he said, addressing Hon do Bill, "there's liable to be good pick ings in these mail sacks. I've done some hoss tradin' with these Dutch- I men around Fredericksburg, and I know the style of the varmints. There's big money goes through the mails to that town." Hondo Bill, six feet two, gentle of voice and impulsive in action, was dragging the sacks from the rear of the wagon before Moody had finished his speech. A knife shone in his hand, and they heard the ripping sound as it bit through the tough canvas. The Ballingcr mail sack opened like a cocoon under Hondo's knife. It con tained but a handful of mail. Fritz had been fuming with terror and ex citement until this sack was reached, lie now remembered Lena's letter. He addressed the leader of the band, ask ing that that particular missive be spared. "Much obliged. Dutch." he said to the disturbed carrier. "I guess that's the letter we want. Got spondulics in it. ain't it? Make a light, boys." Hondo found and tore open the let ter to Mrs Ilildesmuller. The others stood about, lighting twisted up let ters one from another. Hondo gazed with mute disapproval at the single sheet of paper covered with the angu lar German script. "That's Chiny writin',' said Sandy Grundy, peering over Hondo's shoul der. "Ach, no. no, no—dot is German!" said Fritz. "It is no more ns a little ! girl writing a letter to her mamma— one poor little girl, sick and vorking hard avay from home. Ach, it is a ' shame! Good Mr. Robber Man, you i vill please let me have dot letter?" j "What the devil do you take us for. old Pretzels?" said Hondo, with sud- i den and surprising severity. "You j ain't presumin' to insinuate that we I gents ain't possessed of sufficient jki- ' liteness for to take an interest in the j miss' health, are you? Now. you go ! on.and you read that scratchin' out | loud and in plain United States lan- I guage to this here company of educat- | ed society." Hondo twirled his six shooter by Its J trigger guard and stood towering above ' the little German, who at once began to read the letter, translating the sim- i pie words into English. The gang of rovers stood In absolute silence, listen- ! ing intently. "now old is that kid?" asked non do when the letter was done. "Eleven," said Fritz. "And where is she at?" "At dose rock quarries—working. Ach, mein Gott—little Lena, she speak | of drowning. Ido not know if she vill do it. but if she shall 1 schwear I vill j dot Feter Hildesmuller shoot mit a gun." "You Dutcbers." said Hondo Bill, his | voice swelling with fine contempt, j "make me plenty tired, lilrin' out your ! kids to work when they ought to be j Playin' dolls in the sand. Here bo£sjl' Hondo Bill parleyed aside briefly with his band, and then (hey seized Fritz and conveyed hitn off Die road to one side. Here they hound liiin fast to a tree with a couple of lariats. Ills' leam they tied to another tree near by. "We ain't going to hurt you had.'' said Hondo reassuringly. •• 'Twon't hurt you to be tied up for awhile." For more than two hours Frits sat ngalnst his tree, tightly but not pain fully bound. Then from the reaction after his exciting adventure he sank imr. slumber. How long lie slept he knew not. hut he was at last awak ened by a rough shake. Hands were untying his ropes. He was lifted to his feet, dazed, confused In mind and weary of body. Rubbing his eyes, he looked and saw that he was again in the midst of the same '>and ef ter rible bandits. They slio\*d him up to tile seat of his wagon and placed the lines in his hands. "Hit it out for home. Dutch." said Hondo Bill's voice cotninaodingly. The little mules sprang ahead, glad to be moving again. Fritz "rged them along, himself dizzy and nuTldled over j his fearful adventure. I According to schedule time, he j should have reached Fredericksburg j at daylight. As it was, he drove down the long street of the town nt 11 | o'clock a. m. He had to pass Feter | Ilildesmuller's house ou his way to the | postoffice. lie stopped his team at the i gate and called. But Frau Ilildesmuller j was watching for him. Out rushed I the whole family of llildesmullers. | Frau Ilildesmuller, fat and flushed. inquired if he had a letter from Lena. ' and then Fritz raised his voice and ! told the tale of his adventure. He told the contents of the letter that the rob- I ber had made him read, and then Fran Ilildesmuller broke into wild weeping, j Her little Lena drown herself! Why j had they sent her from homo? What j could be done? Perhaps be too late by the time they could send I for her now. Feter Hlldesmullerdrop- I«-(l his meerschaum on the walk, and jit shivered to pieces. "Woman." he roared at his wife, "why did you let that child go away? ! It is your fault if she comes home to I us no more!" Every one knew that it was Feter | Ilildesmuller's fault, so they paid no | attention to his words. A moment afterward a strange, faint voice was heard to call "Mamma!" ' Frau Ilildesmuller at first thought it was Lena's spirit calling, and then she rushed to the rear of Fritz's covered wagon and. with a loud shriek of joy. caught up Lena herself, covering her pa'e little face with kisses and smoth ering her \v itli hugs. Lena's eyes were heavy with the deep slumber of ex haustion. but she smiled and lay close to the one she had longed to see. There among the mail sacks, covered in a nest of strange blankets and com forters. she had lain asleep until wak ened by the voices around her. Fritz stared at her with eyes that bulged behind his spectacles. "Gott in himmel!" he shouted. "How did you get in that wagon? Am 1 go ing crazy as well as to be murdered and hanged by robbers this day?" "Yon brought her to us. Fritz." cried Frau.Hildesmuller. "How can we ever thank you enough?" "Tell mamma how you came in Fritz's wagon." said Frau Ilildes muller. "1 don't know." said Lena, "but I know how I got awav from the hotel. The prince brought me." "By the emperor's crown!" shouted Fritz. "We are all going crazy." "1 always knew he would come," said Lena, "sitting down on her bundle of bedclothes on the sidewalk. "Last night he came with his armed knights and captured the ogre's castle. They broke the dishes and kicked down the doors. They pitched Mr Maloney into a barrel of rainwater and threw flour till over Mrs. Maloney. The workmen In the hotel jumped out of the win dows and ran into the woods when the knights began tiring their guns. They BEGAN TO READ THE LETTER. wakened me up. and I peeped down | the stair. And then the prince came up and wrapped me in the bedclothes and carried me out. He was so tall and strong and fine! Ilis face was as rough as a scrubbing brush, and he talked soft and kind and smelled of schnapps. Ho took me on his horse I before him, and we rode away among the knights. lie held me close, and I went to sleep that way and didn't wake up till 1 got home." "Uubbish!" cried Fritz Hergmann. "Fairy tales! How did you come from the quarries to my wagon?" "The prince brought nie," said Lena confidently. And to this day the good people of Fredericksburg haven't been able to make her give any other explanation. Clap an extinguisher upon your lrom If you are unhappily blessed with u vein of It.—Lamb. SWISS JAIL LIFE EASY; CONVICTS WON'T ESCAPE. Board and Room In Prison, Work and Loaf C.tsid*. Frison life in Switzerland la a lux ury instead of a punishment. The comic opera jnll at Thorburs, where the inmates did as they pleased, haa only recently been suppressed by the P.orr.o authorities, yet details are pub lished of a similar institution at Sar nen. in the canton of Oswald. Sarnen is apparently an ideal penal resort, for the happy criminals who nre sentenced to terms of "detention" in that institution have a far better time than hundreds of "free" Swiss citizens who are forced to earn their bread. A correspondent of a Lausanne pa per states that he was passliiß through Sarnen when he saw a number of men dressed in dark blue clothes with white stripes walking about the vil lage smoking and joking. Others were seated in a cafe, and some were working in leisurely man ner carrying bricks for the construc tion of a new building. To his aston ishment the correspondent found that the men were convicts from the can tonal prison close by. These convicts are permitted to leave the prison early in the morning and find work around Sarnen or walk about the country until nightfall, when they return of their own accord to the prison. They are uuaccompanled by warders, and there is nothing to prevent their escaping, but they are far too com fortable to think of relinquishing their quarters, for they have as much liber ty as other men and are, moreover, fed and lodged for nothing. The money earned by these convicts who choose to work can bo spent as they like. One convict who is em ployed as a gardener by a local magis trate sends his monthly salary to his wife and children. Two or three convicts "escaped" some weeks ago. but they eventually returned to the prison in a half fam ished condition, and after being se verely reprimanded they were allowed to return to their apartments. CHIMNEY SWEEP A SCHOLAR. England Also Discovers Canalboatman Who Loves Mythology. | Some Loudon papers commented I with more or loss facetiousncss upon j th(> report from New York that a bar i her was studying for a degree at | Ilar ard. Since tlten I.ondou reporters ! hav ' discovered that there are erudite I men in humble places even over there. ' Walter Ilunt. a chimney sweep, lias taken a course of university extension lectures, which he passed with honors. ! Before he became a chimney sweep he was a sailor. A Yorkshire canalboat -1 man has been discovered who is a i profound student of Greek mythology. When his boat is moored to the wharf awaiting a cargo he beguiles the weary days by reading up his pet sub | ject in the local reference library and | taking copiotis notes. One of his favor ite works is Itunsen's "Egypt's I'lace In Universal History," and some time ago he started upon the fifty volumes jof the "Archaeologin." This erudite ' canaler is also alleged to have loft his i "observant thumb" upon a translation of Herodotus Tennyson Disturbed This Story is told in Itobcrt 11. Slier nrd's book "My friends the I'renrh ' "A granddaughter ot Wortisworr.': being full of nduilratiou for the youiiu poet who was to siiii-eed her gr:i. u father in laureate honors, was <>n • : taken to see Mr. Tennyson by Mi- Taylor. the wife ot another poet some distinction Tennyson iveive. , them very bully, showlug great irr: tatloti at being disturbed, and who: Mrs. Taylor rallied him on his m.'iiiiir: he said: 'Madam, I am a poor in:: I and as 1 can't afford to buy the Tiuit > I hire it trom the stationer's. lit charges me si penny for it. which em ties uie to keep It for an hour Win will people always select just tli.it hour to come and call upon me';' Alt. • which he iiung out of the room, lei:! Ing Mrs. Tennyson to apologize for itt ! brusquerie." Currency In China. 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That the following amendment to section twen ty-six of article live of the Constitution j of Pennsylvania be, and the same is here by, proposed, in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof:— That section 26 of Article V., which j reads as follows: "Section 26. All laws re lating to courts shall be general and of uniform ci . t it:on. and the organization, jurisdictiiir., :'d powers of ail courts of thv s line <•' ■ or grade, so far as regu lated Iv !.-•.» t!«i the force and effect of il • .•!••»( i Judgments of such courts, C . . and the General Assem i'y h prohibited from creating i \erclse the powers vested bv *h»s < • tut ion in the Judges of the i oi.rit- «.:! otninon Pleas and Orphans' Courts," !• • »m» ruled so that the same thiiil : e.id follows: Section IN. All laws relating to courts shall be general and of uniform opera tion, and the organization. Jurisdiction, and powers of ail courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, ami the force and effect of the process and judgments of such courts, shall be uni form; but, notwithstanding any provi sions of this Constitution, t lie General Assembly shall have full power to estab lish new courts, from time to time, as the same may be needed In any city or coun- , ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju risdiction thereof, and to increase the number of judges in any courts now ex- Luting or hereafter created, or to reorgan ize the same, or to vest in other courts the jurisdiction theretofore exercised by courts not of record, and to abolish the same wherever It may be deemed neces sary for the orderly and efficient adminis tration of justice. A true copy of Resolution No. 1. ROBERT McAFEB, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Two. RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Const!- ' tutlon of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as to eliminate the require ment of payment of taxes as a qualifi cation of the right to vote. Resolved (if the House of Representa tives concur). That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania be. and the same Is hereby, proposed, in accordance with • the eighteenth article thereof: That section on"of article eight he • amended, by striking out the fourth I numbered paragraph thereof, so that the ' said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Every male citizen twenty- | one years of age. possessing the follow- j ing qualifications shall be entitled to I vote at all elections, subject however to such laws r. nulling and regulating the registration - 112 electors as the General Assembly mav enact. First He shall have been a citizen of . the United States at least one month. Second. He shall have resided in the ! State one year (or if. having previously j been a qualified elector or native-born 1 citizen of the State, he shall have re- i moved therefrom and returned, then six months), immediately preceding the elec tion. Third. He shall have resided In the election district where he shall offer to j vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. A true copy of Resolution No. 2. ROBERT McAFEB. Secretary of the Commonwealth. Number Three. A JOINT RESOLUTION Propnslnc .-m amendment to the Cnnstl tutlon of tho Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, so as t«» consolidate the courts of common pleas of Allegheny County. Section 1 Pe it resolved by the Senato and House »( Representative* of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gen er.ll Assembly met. That the following amendment to the Constitution < 112 Penn sylvanla be. and the same is hereby, pro posed. in accordance with the eighteenth article thereof: - That section «i\ of rticle five h* amended, by striking out the said see- j tlon. and In erting in place thereof the i following: S'-ctlon t» Tn the county of Philadel phia all th»» Jurisdiction nud powers now V'"Sted In the district courts and « ourts of common plea subject to such changes as may be P ,, I'.no, at the meeting «> the Court in the afternoon. 1910. Sept. 17, First and Finn] account of Jonathan P. ttart, Ex»c;uor nf the last Will and Testa ment of Caroline Fry,late of Mahoning Township, >ion tour County, deceased. 17, First and Final account of .Jonathan P. liare, Trustee under the last Will and Test anient of Caioline Fry, lata of Mahoning Township,Mon tour County, deceased, of Mary Ann Elizabeth Hell, v. daughter ' t of said decedent, now deceased. " 17, First account of John D. El lis, Executor of the last Will and Testament of John J. Bardole, late of Anthony Township, Montour Oountj, deceased. " 17, First and Final account of Frank Carey, Administrator of the estate of Mary F. Wei liver, late of Anthony Township, Montour County, deceased. WM. L. SIDLER, Register. Register's Office, Danville, Pa. September 17th, 1910. SEALED PROPOSALS. Harrisburg, Pa. 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