THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AI'IUL 12, lOli.
ETIQUETTE
AND LOVE
I A Lesson That Effic Admitted !
She Needed. t
j By OTHO B. SENQA.
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It was characteristic of Ross Bradj
tiiat ho laughed, although somewhat
Utterly, as the gaudy autocar dashed
by. lie had received but the merest
aod of recognition from Miss Danvers.
"Ross, my boy." he sollllqulzed. "you
aaust have made a mistake tn thinking
rou wore Invited to Join this festive
crowd."
lie took a small envelope from his
inner coat pocket and read portions of
the note in a mumbling undertone, add
!r.g caustic communis us he proceeded:
" 'My dear Uoss." M'm, dear Boss
feels pretty cheap about 23 cents'
worth at the present moment! 'There
will be u small party of us at Wlers
from the Kith to the 27th." Well. I'm
uly two days In the roar not bad for
laboring mini! 'It would be very
pleasant If you could be there at the
some time. .M'm, pleasant! I wonder
Just where the pleasure comes In!
Well, here we are. Boss, brace up!"
lie furtively (licked the dust from his
bdioes and ran lightly up the broad ter
races to the hotel piazza.
tie had hoped that Elllo would wait
fr him. She must have known that
be was on his way to call upon her.
The torturing minutes seemed hours
after he bad sent up his card, and he
felt the scarlet blood mount to his
forehead again and again as some
laughing girl stole a second glance at
his handsome face and stalwart figure.
When Etlie came down the stairs
gowned In white she seemed to the
embarrassed young fellow the embodi
ment of coolness and self possession.
Her greeting was hardly courteous,
in degree removed from cordiality, and
she spoke with some asperity.
"Why, Uoss Brady, where are you
staying? I expected you to register
here!"
lie crimsoned under the reproof of
her voice and manner; then the square
shoulders were sot back, and the heavy
chin hardened.
"You knew. Ettic," gravely, "that I
could not afford the rates here. I am
at a farmhouse a mile away. I can be
with you whenever you wish, Effie."
pleadingly.
She seemed not to hear him.
"And your call Just now, Boss." fret
folly, "Is wholly without regard lo eti
quette. I only came down to tell you
ttiat you can come again tomorrow,
and be sure to send up two cards, one
for me and one for Mrs. Lyons, the
chaperon of the party.
He laughed shortly.
"Effle, the card I sent up is probably
the last one I have. My vacation is
cccssarily a brief one, and"
"Oh, Itoss," In an excited whisper,
"hero comes Miss Van Vance! Do go!
I mustn't bo seen talking to you lllys
Hila. She is from New York and aw-fcilly"-
Brady waited no longer. He bowed
formally to Etlie and turned shnrpiy
toward the door, meeting Miss Van
Tnnce on the threshold.
She looked squarely into his eyes as
ttiey passed with un expression that
ko afterward recalled and wondered
about
"She's a good deal older than Effle
and those other girls," he mused. "I
wonder" Then ho shrugged his sboul
rs impatiently. "What difference
ocs it make anyhow? I'll write Effle
a note. I was a donkey not to think
about cards. I don't wonder she was
annoyed. She wants to bo correct
about matters of etiquette, of course."
But Brady's honest heart was sore
indeed on the following day when the
messenger returned with no answer to
the pleading little nolo lie sent to Effle.
lie put on a rough suit of flannel and
started for a tramp, striding rapidly
along the country road, his handsome
face moody and forbidding.
The sound of wheels roused him from
is unpleasant reductions.
"It is country etiquette," said a clear
Toice, "for one who drives to nsk one
who walks to 'hive n lift." "
lie turned quickly. It was Miss Van
Yauce, seated in n light Stanhope, drlv
log o high stepping bay. She smiled
down Into his astonished face, reined
and turned the animal with a quick
movement of her supple wrist, glanc
ing invitingly at the seat beside her.
Brady had never before been chal
lenged in Just such a way, and his
blood rose. Ills usual dlffldcnce van
ished; he stepped promply into the
vehicle and seated himself, saying
aslly, "Is It etiquette for the one who
walks to introduce himself to the one
who drives?"
"It isn't necessary," coolly. "You are
Ross Brady. You wero brought up on
a farm in northern Vermont. You
have studied all sorts of ologlcs and
isms, and you nro now taking tho ad
yanced course- in metallurgy at the
Ilarvnrd summer school."
"Who told you?" rashly.
"No one. 1 simply put two and two
together. The sum is seven! 1 wasn't
sure, but your question proves It."
"I am easily trapped," admitted
Brady.
lie felt a sudden sense of ease and
confidence nnd of comradeship with
this stately looking girl, and almost
beforo ho knew It he was pouring
forth tho whole story of his alms and
ambitions, his plans and hopes, even
to his love ror little Efflp, Dnuvevs ami
his chagrin nt her cool reception.
Mis Van Vance listened Interesting
ly, smiling half sadly.
"Mr. Brady." she said slowly. "I am
older than you, and I have li.ul, pe,
haps, wider opportunities for obten
ing human uaturc. And 1 am li!;e Sa
manthy Allen I know women Just
Hko n book because I've been one quite
n spell. It Is a woman's nature to
want a man to beat down all barriers
even those she herself has erected. Is
the hint sudlclent. Mr. Brady?"
"I think so," quietly, "and I thank
you. Miss Van Vance."
lie resolved to act upon the sug
gestion, yet It was two days before he
summoned courage to go again to the
hotel.
"Miss Danvers Is not here Just now."
said the talkative bellboy. "Thai
whole party Is out on the lake that Is
they're gettln' ready to go. You'll liiul
them, I guess. If you go down," pocket
lug a dime with accustomed celerity
"They're goln' In a launch."
For an Instant Brady was tetnpte
to go uwny. Then he thought of Mlsi
Van Vance and ran quickly down tin
steps to the boat landing.
Miss Van Vance, standing on the
float, greeted him delightedly.
"1 am so glad you happened along
Can you spare the time to go nrouml
tho lake with us?"
Brady surprised himself with the
ready ease of his acceptance.
Miss Van Vance Introduced him with
an nlr of proprietorship. "My friend.
Mr. Brady." adding as she presented
him to Miss Danvers, "The fact thai
you are both Vermonters ought to be
an immediate bond between you two. '
Poor little Etlie colored and faltered
She dared not say they were old time
friends In the face of Brady's some
what formal acknowledgment of the
introduction.
With delicate tact Miss Van Vance
drew out Brady's gift for narrative,
and ho was soon In the midst of an
absorbing story of a wild fos hunt.
The other two young men of the
party were seated In the bow of the
launch, smoking.
Suddenly a sheet of flame shot high
into tho air. A lighted match had Ig
nited the gasoline in the escape basin,
and an explosion of the main tank
seemed inevitable. Tho young fellow
employed to run tho launch was para
lyzed with fear.
The girls shrieked in terror, and two
or three sprang upon tho seat to leap
Into the water.
"Sit down!" shouted Brady sternly.
He plunged his haud Into tho fire und
turned the valve, thus stopping the
flow of oil from the main tank. Then
he throw himself against the (lames
wherever they appeared, heating them
out with his coat and bare hands.
Tho other men. recovering from their
momentary panic, wet their caps and
assisted him.
Then some one screamed again, and
Miss Danvers' clothing was seen to be
on fire In the back. Brady instantly
threw his arms around her, smother
ing the names against his own body.
No one was more than slightly In
jured, except Brady. Ills arms and
hands were quite badly burned, and
the physician looked grave as ho
dressed them.
"I hope you will pardon the manner
in which 1 embraced you. Miss Dan
vers," said Brady nonchalantly. "I
fear It was hardly according to eti
quette." glancing humorously at Miss
Van Vance.
"You are a splendid hero!" cried
Mrs, Lyons hysterically. "Effle should
be proud to be embraced by such a
man."
"Even If he Is an utter stranger."
ndded Miss Van Vanco significantly.
Effle threw back her girlish head de
fiantly and stepped to Brady's side.
"He Is not a stranger!" she ex
claimed, putting her hand caressingly
on his shoulder. "Ross and I have
been engaged ever since we wero ehll
dren. Only I-I"-
"Never mind. Effle." Interrupted Itoss
tenderly: "you needn't try to explain "
"I congratulate you both." said Miss
Van Vance cordially, "only." teasiurlv.
as she held Elite's hand warmly In her
own-"only. Miss Danvers. your m-n
ner of announcing your engagement l
so wholly without regard tn"-
Effle smiled brightly through her
tears. "I know. Miss Van Vance, and
1 deserve a lesson. You have been a
good friend to me."
"Better than you know, little Effle."
murmured Miss Van Vance to herself
as she turned away, "and the temptn
tlon wns greater than you can possi
bly understand."
Kaiser and Cafetier.
The kaiser possesses the propprty at
Corfu known ns the Acblllclon, which
was once the villa of the ill fated Em
press 'Elizabeth of Austria It Is un
enchanting spot and has been beauti
fied in every way which German art
can suggest, yet a disturbing element
has arisen On the summit of the hill
which dominates the Achillcion un en
terprising nntlvo cafetier has set up
a little rustic cafe. Its locus Is an
Ideal spot, so tourists select it for a
blrdseye view of Corfu. When the
kaiser wishes a little change from his
strenuous work and takes u stroll In
tho ground he is overlooked by tour
ists. Negotiations were opened to ac
quire the cafe, but the proprietor de
manded 12,000 for his enterprise. The
kaiser said it was too much, but the
cafetier replied that the cafe was to
him what Prussia Is to the king. The
matter now has passed into the do
main of diplomacy, we learn from a
Paris contemporary. London Globe.
Too Much Experience.
"Shall we advertise for a man with
experience?"
"Well, I don't know. Tho Inst man
had so much experience that we
couldn't teach him anything." Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
i v&xi i.m i i ' n r r T" imnn -
GENERAL CARTER, COMMAPJDER
M
A.IOR GENERAL WILLIAM ilAUDINCi CARTER, who has the
direction of tho United States army on the Mexican frontier,
will be sixty years old next November. lie is both a theoret
ical and practical soldier. When lie was sent to San Antonio
he was principal assistant to Major Oencral Leonard Wood, chief of
staff. He occupied a similar position to Adjutant (leneral Corbin In the
Spanlsh-Amerlcnn war. Since then he has had much experience In the
fiold and was commander of the Philippine division In 11)04. where It
fell to him to deal with the Pulajan Insurrection In Saimir. He was
later In command of the department of the lakes, with headquarters at
Chicago. When he wns In Cuba and the Philippines he had the same
fate that has befallen many good soldiers In that men below him In rank
won promotion nnd glory, but General Carter won high praise.
For the Children
Tho Hen and Her
Cuddle de . wees.
Our hen has a flock of cuddle-de-wees
That follow her round all day.
Some are yellow, and one Is black,
And two are a pretty gray.
And at evening time when the sunset light
Is shining between the trees
Our hen picks out a shady spot
And calls to her cuddle-de-wees,
And there In the shadow beneath the trees
They run to her gladly, the cuddle-de-.wees.
St. Nicholas.
Names of Canadian Provinces.
Of course wo all kuow hat Nova
Scotia is the Latin for New Scotland.
Tho name was given by tho Earl of
Stirling's Scottish colony.
New Brunswick wns so named in
1784 after tho family of tho reigning
sovereign of Great Britain, the house
of Brunswick.
Prince Edward Island was named
after Edward, duke of Kent.
Quebec is from Kebee, a narrow
ing. This is an Indian word and was
given to tho site of tho first French
settlement because tho St. Lawrence
river narrows there. Tho province
took its name from tho leading settle
ment. Ontario Is from tho Indian Onon
tario, meaning beautiful lake. Tho
province thus gets its namo from one
of Its principal lakes.
Manitoba is also of Indian derivation
Manltou-bo means tho passing of tho
Great Spirit.
Saskatchewan is an Indian word in
tho Creo dialect meaning swiftly flow
ing water.
Alberta was named after tho sixth
daughter of Queen Victoria, wife of
tho Duke of Argyll, Louiso Caroline
Alberta.
loii-iyi, !us;j;ift honors Columbus.
A
ON THE MEXICAN FRONTIER
I the discoverer of America, and also tho
empire to which It belongs. Halifax
Herald.
Lighting the Candle.
"I'll bet you that I can light this
candle," said George to Bobby, "with
out touching the wick."
"Go ahead and prove It," said Bobby
shortly.
Since the coin episode he never dis
puted the possibility of a thing with
George.
George lighted the caudle and let it
burn until the snuff was quite long.
Then he quickly blew it out. A thin
thread of smoke rose. To this George
quickly applied a lighted match. 1
Bobby started in amazement, for the
dame ran down the smoke and rekin
dled the candle.
This is a simple experiment. If you
Iry it you will be surprised at the dis
tance from the candle you can hold the
light and yet have the experiment suc
ceed. It is a pretty aud fantastic trick.
An Egg Race.
On either side of the room six large
hard boiled colored eggs are placed In
a line nt intervals of about a foot. At
the far end of each line Is a large open
basket or a coarsely woven nest. Two
leaders are chosen, who, in turn,
choose sides. A player from each side
is given a largo wooden spoon and
stands nt the near cud of his line. At
u signal each starts to spoon up the
eggs ouo ut u time, currying them to
the nest. A list of the winners on each
side Is kept, and at tho end of tho
game tho sldo which has tho greater
number is tho winner. Small indi
vidual prizes may bo given to all the
players on tho victorious side for ex
ample, tiny nests filled with egg bon
bons. The Bottlo Conjurer.
State to the company that it was
proved some years ago nt a theater
that to crawl Into a quart bottle was
an Impossibility, but tho rapid prog
ress made by tho march of intellect in
theso enlightened times has proved
that any person may crawl into a pint
bottle as easily ns into his bed. Hav
ing thus prefaced your Intentions, you
get a pint bottlo nnd place it in tho
middle of tho room, then go outsldo
the door nnd, creeping Into tho room
upon all fours, say, "Ladles and gen
tlemen, this is crawling in to the pint
pottle."
No Sympathy,
"Here, waiter, there's a fly in my
soup."
"Serves the brute right He's been
buzzln' round hero all the mornln'."
Life.
Life la no dream, but Ufa is'nothing
without Its great dreams.
A Domestio Serial.
Mrs. Littletown This magazine looks
rather the worse for wear.
Mrs. Nenrtown Yes, It's the one 1
sometimes lend to tho servant on Sun
days. Mrs. Littletown Doesn't she get
tired of always reading tho same one?
Mrs. Nenrtown Oh, no; You see, it's
tho same book, but It's always a dif
ferent servant. Suburban Life.
Another Last Straw.
"Dog gone it!" mutters tho meek
man.
"How now?" wo exclaim, horrified.
"What means this unseemly near pro
fanity?" "Why, dud blast It," ho sputters,
"my wife has had all of my night
Bhlrts bobbled!"-Life.
Sure cf Attentive Readers.
"There's n man who gets tho closest
nttertlon for everything ho writes."
"I thought ho had given up litera
ture." "Ho has. lie has tnken a position
in n bank nnd sends you tho notices
when your Tiotes nro due." Washing
ton Star.
Inking His Discharge.
Identified.
Visitor (In the magazine sanctum) -Who
is that mournful looking Individ
ual smoking tho horrid clay pipe?
The Great Editor Oh, that's Aunt
Mary! He edits the children's page.
Pearson's Weekly.
Epitaph.
Here lies John Jones, who lived by rule.
Who led tho systematic school,
lie had a Bet, unchanging way
For going through each night and day.
Of all hln rules he made a list,
So that no detail should be missed,
And every morn ho'd rise and look
At that day's rules within his book.
Alas, we carvo this, tearful oyed:
H-' lost his ru!t book once and died!
-Lira
A Snake Story.
This story is told of the late Dr.
Emll Reich. One day when traveling
he lay down to rest In the shadow of
a bush and fell nsleep. He awoke with
a start to find thnt night wns coming
on and that rain had begun to fall.
Quickly snatching up his umbrella, he
tried to open It and, finding it worked
stiffly, be pressed tho spring vigorous
ly. Suddenly there was a souud of
ripping and tearing and a snnko fell to
the ground split? In two. The reptile
had apparently swnllowed tho umbrel
la as far ns it could!
Original Era of Good Feeling.
The phrase applied to the administra
tion of .lames Monroe, "the era of
good feeling," first appeared In a Bos
ton newspaper, the Columbian Sentinel
of .luly 10. 1817. From that time until
the present hour the two administra
tions of Monroe n period of eight
years. 1717 to 1825 are referred to In
the terms of the newspaper paragraph
which so aptly expressed the public
sentiment of the day. Magazine of
American History.
Queer Comparison.
"Brigga reminds mo of nn encyclo
pedia." "Smart?"
"No; thick." Boston Transcript
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1911, at 11 o'clock a. m.. tinder the
Act of Assembly, entitled an Act' to
provide for the Incorporation and
regulation of certain corporations,
approved April 20, 1874, and sup
plements thereto for the charter of
an Intended corporation to bo called
tho Wallen-Paupack Power Com
pany, the character and object of
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right to take rivulets and lands and
erect reservoirs for holding water
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