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TUB CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1011.
The Highest!
Bidder
A Washington Birthday
Story
!
By CLARISSA MACK1E
V Copyright ! American Press Asso-
$ elation, Mil.
Tho old liousc looked grim and cold
In tho clilll light of the February day.
The gray clouds lowered over lis
mossy roof, and tho naked elms creak
ed dismally In the bitter wind. The
email porch was on a lino with the
ancient fence and the land stretched
away in the rear gnarled old fruit
troes, acres of wornout pasturage and
ii lino of dark cedars against the hori
zon. Austin Ely and his bride descended
from tho station stage that had
brought them (o the steps of their
future home. Their trunks were
dumped in the small porch, the box
of supplies that Austin had prepared
ere they left tho city stood at the door,
and tho stage rolled away witli the
driver peering curiously back at them
over his fur clothed shoulder.
Austin looked up and down the lone
ly road with its scatlorlng of equally
dismal houses and shivered. Ho bent
down and gathered his wife Into his
strong young arms. "Dorothy, dear,
what sort of a place is this to bring
you t.?" he demanded wrathfully. "A
poor beggar Hko me ought never to
marry. Well, you know, dear, It isn't
fair to you to start out in this old
rookery!"'
Dorothy placed her gloved hand over
his lips. "I won't hear a word ngalust
your Uncle Bob's legacy. .Tust think
of owning and occupying the oldest
house in the state! Why, tradition
says George Washington slept here
onc(! when it was the best known
tavern on the post road. Do get out
that huge brass key and let us go In.
It is bitterly cold out lirol"
Austin brought out the key and
thrust it In the lock. "If you had only
lot me come on ahead and open up
the old place, Dorothy have it partly
furnished and a warm lire for you"
"Tut, tut!" admonished Dorothy,
crowding Into the narrow hall in his
wake. "You know very well I'm per
fectly crazy over old houses, and I
would never forgive you if you denied
mo the pleasure of rummaging out the
old stuff in tills place. Oh, isn't that
the dearest old room, and see. Austin,
the enormous llreplaee!" She waltzed
gayly across the uneven floor, her teeth
chattering with tho cold.
Her husband forced up the small
paned windows and threw back the
heavy wooden shutters, letting In the
cold light of day. It was a long low
room, the walls hung with an ancient
striped paper. Tho furniture rfss very
old, and Its possession would have
made a collector wild with Joy. A pair
of long settles, a largo mahogany buf
fet, a great round table to match with
the accompanying chairs, were placed
on the wide polished boards now
covered thickly with dust. The large
fireplace contained brass andirons, and
on the chimnoypleco were brass call
dlcsticks a long row of them a dozen
In all.
"Let's have a lire at once," suggested
Dorothy eagerly. "Wo can make this
room our headquarters till we are
settled."
"It will be line and dandy when
spring comes," said Austin dubiously,
"but I don't know what you're going
to do in tho meantime, Dorothy. Here
It is the 22d of February, and April is
a long way off. Won't you bo lonely?"
Dorothy smiled away his i -wistful
glance. "Lonely where you are?" she
said. "And, besides, think of all the
chickens we're going to raise and of
all tho money you're going to make
next summer with your eggs and your
broilers!"
"If we only had $300," he sighed,
"everything would comt out all right."
"Come to the garret with me and
see if we can't find another small
table for the south window. I enn sit
there and sew while you're writing at
the big secretary I think you're going
to drag in here from tho hall."
Together they mouuted the steep
stairs to the low attic, redolent of
cedar shingles, where Innumerable
wasps crawled stickily to nnd fro.
"There uro chests and chests and
chests! Lot me peep inside this old
hair covered one, Austin; I'm sure It
belonged to some eighteenth century
belle. No, I'm not a bit cold. How could
I be with these great warm chimneys
jutting out Into the garret? Ah!"
Dorothy's ecstatic cry was echoed
by Austin's prolonged whistle of
amazement at tho beautiful garments
divulged by tho lifting of the lid of
tho hair trunk.
"Two white wigs one for you nnd
one for mo!" she cried delightedly,
tossing one to him and placing the
other, a towering erection of puffs and
curls, over her own sleek hair.
Austin crammed on his wig just In
Umo to see his wife's rosy face beam
ing nt him from under the whiteness
of the other. Simultaneously they bent
In stately greeting.
"Good morrow, Mistress Washing
ton," said Austin mischievously.
"Ah, Mr. Washington!" Dorothy
dipped n splendid courtesy nnd sudden
ly turned to tho chest. "Oh, let us put
on those perfectly gorgeous garments,
Austin. Wo might ns well enjoy our
selves until the man brings tho coal."
Dorothy slipped Into a bluo bro
cade, admired tho towering mass of
white curls above her forehead and
waited while Austin arrayed himself
io tho sajne manner. "We nro fright
fully f :!; 'i I '"v- ." she ,i!d, rnthci
wearily, . .it 1 sln'pt,.- must do some
thing inte.-e.-.rlug or 1 shall be horribly
homesick tonight."
"Then let us jro down and cat our
supper in these things." suggested
Austin hastily. "Don't be homesick,
Dorothy; please don't, or 1 shall bo
tempted to weep on your shoulder and
throw up the- chicken business alto
gether." Dorothy paused before him, looking
very lovely In her ancient garb, her
sweet eyes serious nnd thoughtful
"Austin Ely, toll mo truthfully, did
you want to go into the chicken busi
ness or nro you merely doing It to pro
vide a home for mo?"
Austin walked over and kissed hoi
face. 'Til confess to a weakness for
the city," he admitted sheepishly. "I
wasn't cut out for a farmer. Dorothy,
although I do love to be with you all
day long here In the country. There is
something about the life and bustle of
the city that calls me. I wish we
might keep this for a country home
and live ns we nlwnys havp done, In
town during the winter."
"Pome day wo will," encouraged
Dorothy, with her sweet smile. "Let
us go downstairs."
All nt once tho great knocker on the
front door was lifted three times and
a resounding racket echoed through
tho sparsely furnished house.
"Who can that be?" gasped Dor
othy as she drew near her husband.
"Some neighbor." ho assured her ns
he led the way down to the lower
floor. While Dorothy lighted the bay
berry candles nnd sot the table for
supper Austin went to the door and
(lung it open.
There nt the curb throbbed nnd pul
sated a monster touring car. In It
wcro three shadowy forms, while a
fourth stood on the doorstep.
"no the inn!" called the man on
the doorstep lustily. "Let us in, good
people, and show us what you can do
by way of entertainment."
"This is not an inn," said Austin
brusquely. "You will find a very good
one nt tho end of this street."
"Nay. 'tis not so." corrected the
other. "Many's the time 1 have sate
hero in the bar of tho I51ue Boar nnd
sipped my glass o' toddy. Come In,
boys; landlord says all are welcome
and that lie will broil chickens for us.
Make haste, my man."
Austin planted his feet firmly in the
doorway. "It's a cold night and you
are welcome to come in and have a
bite to eat, but there won't be any
thing to drink unless T can find some
applejack." i
The four entered with noisy hilarity,
and it was plain to bo seen that they
were all in a state of scmi-intoxicn-
llon. They wore well dressed men. and
their faces were not unpleaslng,
though move than one of them showed
signs of dissipation.
With tho impression that the sooner
he served these unwelcome guests the
earlier he would be rid of their doubt
ful companionship, Austin beckoned
Dorothy into the kitchen and together
Miey concocted tray full of refresh
ments that were mostly got from the
provision box. A largo piece of cheese,
a large loaf of Vienna bread, but
ter, cold boiled ham and a pitcher
of applejack completed a repast that
brought forth a cheer from tho group
gathered before tho dining room fire.
Suddenly they looked at Austin In
Ills festal garments of drab velvet nnd
"berry satin, with gray silk hose and
buckled shoes, and nt Dorothy peeping
around the door gorgeous in bluo bro
cade. With one accord they arose nnd
touched their glasses.
"It's George Washington and Mis
tress Sinrtha," gasped tho spokesman.
"Your healths and long long cr, you
know!"
With bulging eyes tho four drank
the toast, while Austin and Dorothy
laughed until they cried. At last they
returned to tho dining room, where a
curious sight met their gaze.
Standing in the middle of the round
mahogany table, the spokesman of tho
party was calling for bids for its pur
chase. "As pretty a bit of colonial
furniture as ever your eyes lighted
on gentlemen. Who will start tho
bidding on this tablo, the property of
the immortal George you, Freddy?
What am I offered for this table?"
"One dollar," said Freddy feebly.
"Pooh! Who will give mo more to
cover this Insult? Cecil, yon bloated
bondholder, bent it up!"
Cecil solemnly entered his bid of a
hundred dollars, and as if they hnd
been waiting for this amount, the four
proceeded to raise tho value of tho ma
hogany table by hundreds until it was
knocked down to tho languid Freddy
for 51,000. From a plethoric roll ho
peeled off tho amount nnd tossed it to,
tho tablo, and then, forgetting tho In
cident, he led a solemn procession from
the house and Into tho waiting auto
mobile. Dorothy and her husband stared nt'
each other across the mahogany table,
"Oh, Austin what does It mean?
Were they drunk?" she asked.
"As lords," said Austin feollngly.
"Tomorrow morning they will awake,
without the slightest recollection of
what they have done tonight. I've got
my work cut out for fne to try to
trace up that Freddy chap and give
him back his money or tho tablo. If
can't find him, why I reckon we
needn't start that chicken business till
April, eh, Dorothy?"
"Don't cnll ao DoroJl'v," said that
young woman airily as sho sprcafl
wide her brocaded skirts. "For th'j
rest of this curious night I am Mis
tress Martha Washington, and you are
George himself but, oh, Austin, I do
hope you won't 'find that highest
bidder."
"I'm not likely to," said Austin, try
ing to look unhnppy, and it Is on rec
ord that they didn't start the chicken
business until April was well on her
way.
HUMOROUS QUIPS
Words From the Mule.
tit la proposed to uso camels Instead ol
mules In the army for transporting sup
plies. Dispatch From Washington.
They've been trying to shelve the army
mule
TtnT. n Tnfllfpr nf IWflttfw vnnfa
But you bet I'll be there In the smoke
mica air
When the "boom-bang" splits the ears.
They said goodby to mo long ago
When that nuto thing camo In,
But I shed my blood In tho oozy mud
At the euns In tho battlo's din.
They say the camel will beat me out
On the hot and dusty plain.
It's silly and tlat such talk as that.
It causes me naught but pain.
Who hustled tho redskins off the map
In the Arizona wild?
Who was it brought woo to Geronlmo
Who, then, but the mule, my child?
Then let tho experts fuss ns they will
And lot them experiment.
When begins the fun I'll como on tho run
With tho grub and tho soldier's tent.
I'll bo there with tho ammunition sure,
Be tho weather freezing or hot
They'll bo cheering tho mule in war's grim
school
When camels will be forgot.
Arthur Chapman tn Denver Repub
lican. Bad Judgment.
"Poor girl, I'm sorry for her."
"What's tho matter now?"
"She sprained her ankle."
"How?"
"Sho tried to do the barn dance In a
hobble skirt." Detroit Free Press.
Other Ways.
"Money isn't everything." sighed the
young man.
"Of course not," said the girl. "I
know of a couple that started house
keeping nicely on' tobacco coupons
alone." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Luxuries Barred.
"I think you change too much to be
a good politician. Itcmombcr that con
sistency is a jewel."
"I'm posing Just now as ono of the
plain people and can't, afford jewels."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Preventive.
He Of course after we're married I
won't have you trotting nround as you
do now.
She No, of course not. I won't have
to. You'll buy ine a car. Spokane
Spokesman-Hovicw.
Appropriate Selection.
"That vacuum company is certain
ly going to build on an appropriate
site."
"iiow so?"
"It has bought a vacant lot." Balti
more American.
Tho Reason.
"No man cares what people say of
him after ho is dead."
"I suppose that is the reason wo are
so likely to say good tbings about peo
ple after they arc gone." Chicago Rec-ord-Hernld.
i 1
Widely Pushed.
"A pleased customer is the best ad
vertisement. Everybody pushes our
goods."
"What do you sell?"
"Lawn mowers." Washington Her
ald. False.
Dyspepsia Specialist (irritably) But,
madam, you must chow your food.
What were your teeth given you for?
Pntinit (calmly) They weren't given
to mo. I bought 'cm, Spare Moments.
Killing Time.
'Business is' kinder dull," remarked
the man who doesn't advertise.
"Yet yon Just hired a third clerk."
"Yes. Now wo can make up four
hands at whist." Pittsburg Post.
Tho Truth.
The judge rode past Maud Mullcr.
"Couldn't stop because I have bay
fever," he explained.
' -However, ho gavo Whittier a more
poetic version. New York Sun.
Medical Note.
First Doctor I've discovered a euro
cure for a rare disease.
Second Doctor Great! Now, how
can wo make tho rare disease preva
lent? Cleveland Leader.
So Inconsiderate In Her.
"A feller don't seem to never be so
suro that his personal rights is bein'
Imposed on as when his wife gits
sick," snld Deacon Bllmber. Brown
ing's Magazine.
Two Ways.
Defeated Pug I weighed In all right
before tho fight!
Backer Maybe you did. But you
certainly didn't wade in during the
fight! Puck.
How to Keep Your Furnaco Going.
"Much of a job to get your husband
to care for tho furnace?"
"None whatever. Wo always keep
a barrel of prime elder in tho cellar."
Judge.
A Coming Statesman.
Teacher Bobby, you were not at
Bchooi yesterday.
Boboy Nope. I was paired wit'
Skimpy Jones, Chicago Tribune.
Can You Blame Him?
"Pa, what does 'skeptical' mean?"
"That describes a man's feelings
when a woman tells her age." New.
York Press.
It Will Happen. . ;
A little girl was asked how old she
was. "I was four," tho replied, "but
ono day I got five." Harper's Maga.
tine.
J. O. Clements, Now Head of Com
mcrco Commission.
.ludson C. Clements of Georgia, who
succeeded Martin A. Knapp as chair
man of the interstate commission, i
the senior member of the board, hav
ing been appointed by President Cleve
land iu March, 1892. Mr. ClementB Is
a Democrat; but, while the commission
is composed of four Kcpublleans and
three Democrats at present, it has been
Its uniform policy since its creation
to elect Its senior member as chair
man, irrespective of his political affil
iations. Mr. Clements Is considered
ono of the conservatives of the com
mission, although he has always ad
vocated in public speeches and before
congress adequate supervision nnd con
trol by tho government of the opera
tion of common carriers. It is said
that no decision by him lias ever been
reversed on Its merits by the supremo
court.
Commissioner Clements is a native of
Georgia and is sixty-five years old.
For a number of years he was n mem
ber of tho legislature of his state,
being largely Instrumental In the for
mation of the Georgia railroad com
mission. From 1SS0 to 1S90 he wan a
representative in the national congress,
refusing a renomlnntion in the latter
year because of his opposition to gov
ernment ownership of railroads, which
a majority of his constituents advo
cated. Cautious,
"I have a remarkable history" be
gan tho lady who looked like a possi
ble client.
"To tell or sell?" inquired tho law
yer cautiously. Wishlngton nerald.
A Dubious Saying.
He They say that the face is tin
Index of the mind. She I don't know.
It doesn't follow because a woman's
face is made up that her mind is. Bos
ton Transcript.
' Fox as a Gamester,
Charles Jnmcs Fox. the English
statesman, was even more notorious m
tho gaming world than he was famous
in the world of politics. He had
squandered $250,000 before coming of
age. He became one of the most prolll
gate gamesters of the vicious days in
which lie lived. Some of his finest dis
plays In debate were sandwiched be
tween excitement such as would un
nerve most men who had no serious
business on hand. Walpole has given
a glimpse of a typical passage In this
extraordinary man's life. He had to
take part in the discussion on tho
thirty-nine articles In parliament on a
certain Thursday. He had sat up play
ing hazard from Tuesday evening until
5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. An
hour before he had recovered $00,000
that he had lost and by dinner time,
which was 5 o'clock, ended losing $55,
000. On Thursday he spoke in th--debate,
went to dinner at past 11 ;
night; thence to a club, where I
drank till 7 the next morning; thenco
to a gambling house, where ho won
$30,000, and between 3 and -1 in the
afternoon he set out on a Journey to
Newmarket.
Eye Treatment.
For tne baggy appearance under the
eyes try rubbing gently with the turn
of tho fingers dipped in alcohol. Fol
low this treatment by massaging care
fully with cold cream.
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Snake Den In Hollow Trco.
Alexander Huston and his h'roi
n.an while going to work on the H !.
ton farm, near .h- Allegheny couvy
lino, saw a large black snake on n
oak tree. The next day the h."l
man took his pistol along and seeing
the snnko again, mounted the lr
aid shot It nnd another whicl crawi
ed out of the hollow trunk. Belie (
that there might be more snake.- in
the old tree trunk, a fire was sic" ;
below and in a short time tho sn.i., s
crawled out in such large r.um
that tho mnu up tho tree desce:. : i
In n hurry. A vlsorous fight eu-u 1
and when the contest was over .o
men had elghty-flvo dead si 1.1-3
measuring from one and a ha'i a
over nine feet in length. Groi-.m-burg
Dally Tribune.
Castaway Sailors.
Sa'lors cast away on unlnhnb't d
ihlands in temperate regions h- e
managed to subsist for long per o s.
Thus, the crew of the Carol tie,
wreckod cn Duclo Island, in t !
Souht Pacific In July, 1883. lived
tnere qulto comfortably until t.-l-pu
off In May, 1885; while .he survives
of tho whulor Essex were three ye- a
and four months on tho neighbor!: g
Henderson Island before being res
cued. CASTOR! A
Por Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears tho
Signature
Attention is called to tne STRENGTP
of the
Wayne County
Am
The FINANCIER of New York
Citv has published a ROLL Or
HdNOU of the 11,470 State Banks
and Trust Companies of United
States. In this list the WAYNE
COUNTY SAVINGS BANK
Stands 38th in the United States
Stands lOtli in Pennsylvania.
Stands FIRST in Wavr.e County.
Capital, Surplus, $52? 342.88
Total ASSETS. $2,951,048.26
Honesdale, Pa., December 1, 1910.
PPLICATION FOR LICENSE
FOR THE YEAR 1911.
The following named persons
have filed their petitions for a li
cense, nnd the same will be present
ed to the Court of Quarter Sessions
on Monday, March 13, 1911:
HOTELS.
Canaan James Gildca.
Clinton H. T. O'Neill.
Dreher H. B. Smith, O. E. Si
mons, Charles F. Wert.
Dyberry Asa K. Kimble, Mat
thew F. Clcmo.
Hawley Christian Lehman, Mar
tin Iteafler, August H. Frank, Geo.
Kohlman, F. J. Hughes, Frank J.
Denison, F. J. Crockenberg.
Honesdale Frank N. Lord, Jr.,
P. F. Lennon, and M. F. Coyne, Al
bert G. Loomls, Charles McArdle,
Clint Doyle.
Lake Flora M, Schadt. .
Lehigh C. W. Garagan.
Manchester BenJ. F. Westbrook,
William A. Bleck, Frank and Martin
De Broun.
Mount Pleasant I. W. Bunnell,
William T. Davis.
Preston Anthony Yeager, P. F.
Madigan, Warner Knapp, W. J. Hea
ley. Salem H. F. Nicholson, Ralph
Footo.
South Canaan John Bentham.
Starrucca John Woodmanseo.
Texas Thos. Gill, Frederick
Kranz, James Mundy, F. W. Bun
nell, Charles H. Murphy, George
Meyer, John C. Smith, Victor Mess
ier, J. Monroo Austin, Frank Mang.
Waymart Walter J. Mitchell,
RESTAURANTS.
Canaan James J. Burnett, Trus
tee. Clinton John Opekn.
Hawley Mary Deltzer, Jacob
Adams, Louis Gelsler.
Honesdnle Christopher Lowe,
Honry Buerket, John H. Ileumann,
Fred O. Gelbert, F. W. Mlchels,
Benjamin Loris, Jr., Albert R. Taeub
ner, Lawrence C. Wenlger, T. D.
O'Connoll, Herman Moyer, W. B.
Roadknlght, Chas. P. Silsby, John
Theobald.
Toxas Chris J. Hook, Jacob
Beck.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR.
Hawley Patrick H. Kearney.
Honesdale Michael Galvln, Paul
McGranaghan, Leopold Fuerth.
Texas Tho Pennsylvania Central
Brewing Company.
BOTTLERS.
Honesdale John Roegner.
Palmyra Luko P. Richardson.
Texas Fell Brewing Company,
William Nelmeyer.
M. J. HANLAN, Clerk.
Feb. 14, 1911. 13t4.
Roll of
HONOR
M I 1 1UU III
PKOPKSSIONAIi CARDS.
Attorncys-nt-Low.
H WILSON,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-I,AW.
Olllce adjacent to Tost Office In Dlmmlck
olllce, Honesdn'e, l'n.
WM. II. LEE,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Office over post olllce. All legal business
promptly attended to. Honesdnle. l'a.
Jjl C. MUMFORD,
J. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
i.?te1,"pIr'y "."'J bulldlnc, opposite the
Post Olllce, Honesdale, l'n.
HOMER GREENE.
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
"nice over Kelt's store, llonesdnlo l'a.
CHARLES A. McCARTY,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-IT-LAW.
Special and prompt attention given to the
collection of claims. OiUce over Itch's new
store, Honesdnle. l'a.
HI P. KIMBLE,
1' . ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW
Olllce over tho post olllce Honesdnle. l'a.
ME. SIMONS,
. ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW,
Oflice in the Court House, Honesdale
Pa.
II. ILOFF,
ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Olllce Second Hoor old Savings link
building. Honesdale. l'n.
s
EARLE & SALMON,
ATTORNEYS A COUNSELORS-AT-LAW.
Offices lately ocupled by Judge Searle
nllESTER A. GARRATT,:
J ATTORNUY A COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.
Olllce adjacent to Post Olllce, Honesdnle, Pa
Dentists.
BR. E. T. BROWN,
DENTIST.
Olllce First floor, old Savings Bank build
ing, Honesdale, l'a.
Dr. C, It. BKADY. Dkntist. Honesdnle,.Pa.
Office Honns-8 m to p. iu
Any evening by nppohitment.
Citizens' phone. S3 Uesldencc. No. KG-X'
Physicians.
PB. PETERSON, M, D.
. 1120 MAIN STREET, IIONESDALB, FA.
Kyc and Kar a specialty. The fitting, of glass
es given careful attention.
Livery,
LIVERY. trcd. U. Rickard has re
moved his livery establishment from
corner Church street to Whitney's Stone
Barn
ALL CALLS
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
FIRST CLASS OUTFITS. 75y1
I SPENCER
The Jeweler
t would like to see you if"
X you are in the market;:
i for
! JEWELRY, SILVER-
WARE, WATCHES,
I CLOCKS,
DIAMONDS,
AND NOVELTIES !
"Guaranteed articles only sold."
WHEN THERE
IS ILLNESS
in your family you of course call
a reliable physician. Don't stop
nt that; nave his prescription!
put up at a reliable pharmacy,
even if it is a little farther from
your home than some other store.
You can find no more reliable
store than ours. It would bo im
possible for more care to be taken
in tho selection of drugs, etc., or
in the compounding. Prescrip
tions brought here, either night
or day, will be promptly and
accurately compounded by a
competent registered pharmacist
and the prices will be most rea
sonable. O. T. CHAMBERS,
PHARMACIST,
Opp. D. & II. Station, Honesdale. 1a.
Htmmronmmmmmmmmmrontma
FOR SALE!
Magnificently located
residence and large
grounds of
W. F. SUYDAM
Splendid site for hospital or
hotel. House steam heated. Eleo
trlcally wired. Largo barn.
Corner lot. 12 5x1 CO.
J. B. ROBINSON,
Insurance and Real Estate.
.Tadwln Building.
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