TUB C1TIZISN, Kit I DAY, JANUAKY 7, 1010.
HOW THE
1 PRINCE CAME
Jim Wade Feared He Would
Lose His Daughter,
and He Did.
By CLARISSA MACKIE.
Copyright, 1003, by American Tress
Association,
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Jim Wntlo shaded his eyes with one
broad-hand nnd looked over his rich
fields ripe for the harvest. As far us the
eye could see from his point of van
tage on the ranch house steps the land
was his own.
because .Molly Wnde was his only
child, Jim, witching her prow up from
a motherless girlhood, was full of
fears and apprehensions for her fu
ture. The best In the world was none
too good for Molly, nnd so away to
school Molly went, and when she'enmo
back, unchanged, unspoiled, he was
thankful.
She came back as simple ltenrted
nnd home loving as when she had
taken her tearful farewell of hint. The
so called broader life for women bad
no attraction for Molly Wade. She
was tlrst and last u home lover a
liomemaUer.
Jim sighed even then ns he watched
her directing the affairs of the house
they occupied. Almost nny day now
some handsome young man might
come along and rob bis nest of Us one
.blrdling. And each morning he looked
searchlngly Into her clear blue eyes
seeking some change that might tell
him of the threatened invasion of her
heart, for suitors there were In plenty
at the Wade ranch.
This morning Molly dashed around
from the corral on her little black mare
Daisy.
"Where now, honey?" asked Jim.
"A ride In the corn, father. Can't
you come, denri" Molly's hair was
like ripened corn silk, and her eyes
were as blue as the sky overhead. The
black of her hat made a frame for her
delicate skin, tinted with bloom and
Tvnrmed by the sun. Slender aud lithe,
he swayed In the saddlo with a grace
that was only equaled by her dancing.
"Sorry, honey, but it's pay day, you
know. The old man's got to stay home
and work this morning. Don't go too
far. And got your gun handy?"
Molly patted the belt-at her trim
waist, where n small revolver gleamed
in the holster. "Hlght here, dad. I'll
be home iu time for dinner. So long!"
"Don't let any fairy princes run
away with you, daughter," admonish
ed Jim. "You know I worry a lot
about that prince that's coming after
my little gal some day." There was
more gravity than fun in Jim's voice,
aud Molly felt that this old, old jest
between them was becoming a serious
matter to her father.
She urged Daisy to the foot of the
steps and lllcked her father lightly on
the shoulder with her whip. "Dad,
dear, 1 really believe you are worried.
I've never even seen the man or
prince I'd leave you for. There, arc
you satisfied?" lie leaned down and
kissed her lovely, laughing face, and a
warm smile lighted bis grim features.
"God bless you, darling. I want you
to be happy, but I hope it will be many
a day before the prince does come.
I'm a selfish old brute, eh?"
"Not a bit, dad. And when he does
eome we'll set him to work in the
fields aud live right along with you."
Witlt a laughing, backward glance
Molly rode away toward the Holds of
tall corn that had not yet fallen prey
to the snapping reapers.
A thousand acres of corn whisper
ing in the wind! It was like a thick
forest, thought Molly, as Daisy thread
ed her way daintily through the tall
stalks.
Overhead the yellowed leaves rustled
crisply. On either side they reached
long, llutterlug lingers to brush Molly's
rose leaf face or to touch a lock of her
soft hair. Her eyes grew dreamy as
she listened to the whispering, and a
look came Into her face a look that
her father had never seen.
Molly had had her day dreams In
deed, she had dreamed of a lover who
came out of a fascinating world of
which she had caught a mere glimpse
in her school days. The prince who
would come and claim her one day
would come spinning down tlio state
road In a motorcar. Handsome he
would bo and merry and rollicking as
so many of those gay automohllists ap
peared to be.
But when It came to the wrench ot
parting with her dear father Molly's
dream always changed to one where
the dashing motorist became enamoreu
of farm life and elected to settle down
at Wade's ranch for a lifetime, with a
huge red car stabled among the horses
All at once Molly drew rein and lis
tened to a bound other than the sigh
ing of the corn. There was the thuu,
thud, of hoofs in another aisle near by.
rcrhnps it was her father, or, at any
rate, it would bo one of the men from
the ranch.
"Hello!" called Molly musically.
"Hello!" cunie back In a man's deep
Tolce.
As the man lifted his battered felt
hat Molly realized that he was a stran
ger, nnd her cheekH grew warm under
tho gaze of his dark eyes, no was
Tory good to look upon, .young and
straight and strong, with sun browned
face aud chestnut hair. lite blue flan
nel shirt was open at the throat, and
the skin below tho collar ws smooth
and white. From the saddlo bow
swung a bundle rolled In a blanket.
"I put afraid I've lost my way,"
said tho stranger pleasantly. "I've
been wandering In this cornfield for
the last threo hours. Perhaps you can
direct me to Wnde's placc, or Is It pos
sible you are lost too?"
Molly smiled nnd shook her hend. "I
can show you the way easily. I nut
Mr. Wade's daughter," she explained
over Iter shoulder as the little mare
walked on.
The stranger turned his horse lutt
the aisle behind Molly and followed
close In her wake.
"My name Is N'orton-Seott Norton,"
he said after a little pause. "I'm loot;
t.ig for work In the fields. I was toll
Mr. Wade needed help."
"lie does," assented Molly eagerly
"They want to make crop before tin
.iOth, nnd fattier was wishing tlil
morning for half a dozen extra men."
"1 nm very glad," said Norton.
Something hi the tone of his voir,
thrilled Molly's tender heart. She
knew ns plainly ns If he had told hei
in so many words that he had been in
hard luck and that lie had traveled a
long distnuce In seareli of this job.
The miserable beast he rode was a
scarecrow, probably purchased with
I his last penny.
They came to the edge of the corn
field nnd emerged Into a well beaten
road bordered on either side by corn.
"I missed this road somehow," said
Norton, riding abreast of Molly. "It
must bo well on to noon, isn't it?"
His lnck of a watch deterred Molly
from looking at her own little time
piece. She glanced up at the sun with
a delightful knitting of her pretty
brows.
"Dear me. it is late! We must hur
ry!" she said.
Itchlnd them came the shriek of a
siren and tho distant hum of a speed
ing motorcar. Molly had barely tlun
to urge her mare to the edge of the
com when her eyes caught a horrified
glimpse of tho stranger's balky horse
rigid In tho path of tho speeding vehi
cle. There was a warning shout, a queer
crashing thud nnd a cloud of dust
Then Molly found herself kneeling be
side the prostrate stranger, while an
excited nutomobillst borrowed her re
volver to still the agony of tho Injured
horse.
The party of men carried the uncon
scious form of their victim to the un
injured car, and It was Molly Wnde,
white lipped and trembling, who took
a place in the tonneau and supported
the quiet heart against her shoulder.
To her It seemed as If she was his only
friend in an inhospitable land. One of
the men awkwardly rode the mare in
the rear of the car, and slowly they
trailed through the dust toward the
wide gate of the ranch.
Jim Wade, sitting on the wide porch,
reading a newspaper, saw them com
ing, a strange procession. The sight
of a stranger riding Daisy was like a
knife thrust in ids heart, nnd when
the machine stopped at the steps he
could barely make his way to the
ground and assure himself that Molly
was safe and sound.
His daughter's voice cut into the
noisy explanations of the men.
"This man was on his way to the
ranch looking for work, father, when
he was struck. He must need medical
attention. I think he Is recovering
consciousness. If you will take him
Into the house I will telephone to Dr
Acklln."
It was the work of nu Instant for'
the five men to improvise a litter and
carry the stranger into the house and
deposit hltu on Jim Wade's own bed
Jim AVade himself applied restorntlves
and announced that the man hud suf
fered no Injury beyond a broken arm
and severe shock. Ho detalued the
nutoinobillsts, however, until the ar
rival of the doctor.
Molly did not appear at dinner where
the four strangers joined her father.
She had sent Hannah, the servant, to
tile sick chamber to await the arrival
of the doctor while she took the do
mestic's place In tho kitchen.
Dr. Ackliu confirmed Jim Wade's
estimation of the injuries to Scott Nor
tona badly fractured arm aud a se
vere shaking up. Six weeks' confine
ment aud rest for the first and quiet
nnd repose for tho lust. The motor
party made up a purse for the victim,
which Jim Wade promptly returned to
them.
"He's our friend," he said, with dig
nity. "Any one that comes to my door
in trouble and needs me Is my friend.
I look out for my friends. Take a les
son, gentlemen go slow; go slow!"
They departed, sobered by tho expe
rience, while Hannah was Installed as
head nurse In tho sick chamber aud
Molly assumed the woman's duties In
the kitchen. Date that evening she re
lated the incident to her father, and as
he noted the new light in her eyes his
heart grew troubled.
"1 the fellow can't be a prince In
disguise, Molly. I won't havo It so!"
he blurted out.
"Why, rtad!" blushed Molly. "We
don't know Mr. Norton, and, anyway,
princes come In coaches and In splen
did motorcars, With gorgeous clothes.
They don't lose themselves In corn
fields and ride oh, such a horrible
horse, father. I'm glad tho poor beast
is dead."
And with the chaugo of subject Jim
had to be satisfied.
Nevertheless another summer fouud
Molly preparing for her wedding.
Scott Norton had recovered, been tried
and fouud to bo the right man wanted
by Jim Wnde to assist in tho manage
ment of the ranch. Ho had no people
and no homo, and ho came to round
out tho family clrcio at tho ranch.
"So you aro Molly's prince," said Jim
Wnde, with tears in his eyes; "an
American prince, I take It, becauso
you Just came along whe; you wcro
needed. I need you, nnd- X.olly needs
you to make her happy."
"I need you both," said Norton, with
emotion. "I am a sorry prince, sweet
heart," he said, kissing Molly's bright
face, so near his own.
"A prlnco In disguise," whispered
Mollv.
MULE RAISING
IS PROFITABLE.
Mule rnlslng is fast becoming u large
nnd most important industry through
out the United Stales, and It n ay be
said that It is one of the principal' live
stock Industries In certain sections
nnmcly, Missouri, Kentucky. Tennes
see, Indiana, Illinois and Virginia,
While in the states where the largest
number of mules are raised the con
ditions aro well suited for the Indus
try, there Is nothing to make It a
special business more than could bo
done in n number of other states, ex
cept that tho farmers got Into the
business long ngo, and It proved con
tagious and spread over a considerable
territory, and dealers, finding It out,
naturally went there to buy them.
On the other hand, horse colts are
raised to a considerable extent In all
the states where the conditions are
favorable to llvo stock growing. If
many of the mares used as brood
mares in different states for producing
ftorsc colts were bred to jacks In
stead of stallions it would be found
more profitable and In every way more
satisfactory. This idea was suggested
by a well known breeder for tho bene
fit of nny who arc doing anything in
the way of raising horse colts, for the
reason that he believes mule colts will
be found more profitable to any owner
of good sized mares that will foal colts
that havo tho qualities to make them
snlnblc.
Mule colts have decided advantages
over horse colts In n general way. We
all know that at the present time a
horse colt or a young horse to be sal
able at a profit must possess some
qualities of high character. Go.pd driv
ers, good saddlers, good draft horses
and some other classes, ns army
horses, will sell at a profit, but "plugs"
are not wanted at figures that pay to
raise them.
Of course there may be "plug" mules
as well as "plug" horses, and no
doubt they will average less profitable
than "plug" horses. Small and crooked
mules cannot be mnde to pay any
profit In nny region where It costs a
reasonable amount to raise a colt. So
In breeding mares for mules It Is fool
ish to use small nnd defective mares
or to use a small and Inferior jack.
Any man who has enough land of
the kind to make grass will in almost
mail HEADED VIKGINIA MULES.
From Breeder's Gazette, Chicago.)
I any state now fiud mule raising very
profitable if he will get tho right sort
i of marcs and keep tho colts growing
right along till they make the neces
sary size. The marcs must be of good
size. Tho mulo will bo sure to get his
slzo from his dam, and if he is kept
growing right along he will bo good
for a fair price as a two-year-old and
for a better ono at three. And yet
the cost will not bo more than that of
a steer of tho same age.
Feed lug Is another Important factor
in mule raising. Kithcr corn or oats
nro good feed to use with alfalfa hay.
They will give better results If used
together than if either ono Is fed nlone.
If the mules do not seem to eat as
much as they should, mix shelled corn
and oats In equal parts by weight and
grind them. Feed only a little ground
feed at first nnd gradually increase it
as they get accustomed to the change.
Some of the mules may not eat any
more of tho ground feed than of the
whole corn nnd oats, but what they
do cat will do them more good. A lit
tie blackstrap molasses mixed with
tho grain would make it moro palatable
after they onco become used to It, In
creasing the consumption of feed and
consequently making faster galus, If
tho mules havo any tendoncy to scour
nt work the main grain reliance Bhould
bo oats, or n little of some other kind
of hay might bo fed with tho alfalfa.
The Value of tho Separator.
Tho valuo of tho cream separator Is
based ou the amount It saves out of
the loss of the cream that Is common
under tho old or prlmltlvo methods.
Usually there lu a loss of from 25 to
CO per cent of the cream. Tho cream
separator saves this loss, and, comput
ing that under tho nvcrago price of
butter fat the cream separator will
save tho fanner 510 or more a cow
per yenr, so wo see that If a farmer
milks five or six cows be saves enough
in ono year to buy a cream separator
above tho old methods. Many of tho
hardware dealers who are separator
agonts hare said to mo frequently that
they are always pleased to sell a cream
separator to the farmer becauso It
brought them into closer relation or
to a better friendship than any other
commodity they could sell
The Effects of a Grand Nifjhl.
The Gentlemnn Who Has Gone to
Bed In the Grand Piano Wish you
wouldn't shtnrt prncttt'In' just when
I'm In bed. Most Ineoiisliiderate!
Childhood's Simple Ways.
"I wonder why she accepted that
homely little runt?"
"Well, you see, he's goln' to bo a doc
tor when ho grows up, an' he's prom
ised to let her lick all the sugar off all
of his pIlls!"-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Somehow Badl
The Conversationalist (to well known
authores.O I am so delighted to meet
you. It wns only the other day I saw
something of yours about something
or other In some pnper!
Great Expectations
"Who are these new people that are
moving Into the house next door?"
"I don't know, but I urn sure we
shall get along splendidly with them.
They have unloaded a wheelbarrow
and a lnwn mower."
Good Friends.
"Yvonne, havo you been each day to
Inquire after poor Mine. Trlnquefort
since her dreadful nccldent?"
"Yes, iundame."
"ThnVs good. Keep on going."
The Schister Glee Club In Action.
Brstaai.
1 xiF&I m'tttk j
Fulfilling His Agreement.
Having become tired of living In
rented houses, Mr. Uwlmplo had
bought a homo of L.- own. Not hav
ing enough money to pay for It out
right, ho had n.adc a cash payment
of ft thousand dollars, and given a
trust deed on tho property for tho re
mainder. Ono night, not long nrter
ho had tnken possession of his now
home, Mrs. Gwlmplo roused him from
n deep sleep.
"Gerald," she said, "somebody la
trying to get Into the housot"
Mr. Gwlmple cruwkd out of bed and
started down-st:-irs.
"What are you going to do?" she
asked him.
"I'm going to lot him In," ho ans
wered, half-awake.
"To let him in! Who?'
' Tho man that holds the trust deed
on this property." he mumbled. "Tho
dofiimont I signed binds me to admit
hi... to tho premises at any hour of
the day."
The History of Niagara.
Dr. J. W. Spencer, who has mado
a specialty of the study of the geo
logical history of the Niagara gorge
and falls, returned to this subjoc- at
tho July meeting of the American s
pociation. He believes that about 3.
BOj years ago the drainage of I.ako
Huron was turned Into Lake ICrie,
thus vastly increasing the eroding
power of Niagara. It had taken 35.500
years for the gorge to cat back from
Lake Ontario to the point where the
fai.s were situated when the Huron
discharge was added. Five hundred
years after that the falls reached the
irlpool. Uetween "2,000 and 2.500
ye rs ngo they wore passing the r!te
of the Whirlpool Itapids. Tho rapids
themselves were completed le33 than
30 years ago.
Hard-Wcrking Person.
As a matter of fart, a member of a
glee club works harder than a mem
ber of a notification committee and
docs not get nearly so much cre'if.
Telephone Announcement
This company is preparing to do extensive construction
work in the
Honesdale Exchange District
which will greatly improve the service and enlarge tho
system
Patronize the Independent Telephone Company
which reduced telephone rates, anddo not contract for any
other service without conferring with our
Contract Department Tel. No. 300.
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Tlio Kind Tou Ilavo Always
In uso for over 30 years,
and
47"7ZV Bonal supervision sinco its Infancy,
Jj GUcA&t. Allow no ono to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" nro hut;
Experiments that trillo with nnd endanger tho health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
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goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotio
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and allays Foverlshncss. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates tho Pood, regulates tho
1 Stomach mid Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
Tho Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
I GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
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Roll of
HONOR
Attention is called to the STItENGTH
of the
Wayne County
The FINANCIER of New York
City has published a ROLL OI
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COUNTY SAYINGS DANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands IOth ,n Pennsylvania.
Stands'FIRST in Wayne County.
Capital, Surplus, $455,000.00
Total ASSETS, $2,733,000.00
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