The Patton courier. (Patton, Cambria Co., Pa.) 1893-1936, March 27, 1903, Image 5
5 voice Re ne Nis 1 : that tte ight bear, ad | ‘When gentlemen want to fight they don’t stick at trifles of that sort! It was then I made the fatal mistake. should have refused io heat alone the responsibility, bot boys are so afrald of appearing cowanlly. “Haughton saw me hLeslinte, mind’ be sald; ‘1 don't enre’ “Never Then Be | be pripped my hand a mcment and What £ wrong, Haughton. pened? * ‘You are right. Bomething has § happened, 1 eannot go into particu. arn, George, but it's a womat—Molly we | Pritehanl. 1 love the giri—~but she is | § bot indifferent. I should have gone loog ago, but she seemed such a flirt, ‘Who could buve guessad that she" “He hesitated, but my knowledge of Bis honorable nature made his emotion, hin reserve, his resolve to quit the sta- tion, more eloquent than words, | | could have sworn that there had been a scene, that In a moment of uncon: 1 trotiable passion the girl had in some way betrayed her love for Mm, and {in the delirium of the moment he, too, i had been weak. It was all as clear wo ie as day. “Don’t be a fool, Haughton. Marry the girl! “Marry! Be my wife's pensioner! Never? and the proud spirit flamed in his eyes. ‘Excuse me, George, for the i heat.’ he continued, ashamed of hav. pur | Ing shown temper. "Hut it is Lpossible, jeven If the old npabob were willing. *s | Poor men must pocket their pride be | t | fore money bags: | cannot do it’ *I knew ho was as prowl sx Lucifer, J | but 1 tried to reason with him: it was {quite useless, however. His mind was } fully made up. and I Lave po doubt the thing woull have ended In som- | munplace fashion enough but for a chance atroke of 1] luck, “That night Lait a dozen of us sat { Inte over our cards, and we wore all more or less excited with wine and Liplay when Haughton strolled In and | began to watch the game while he ave | smoked a cigar. I well remember tthe look of Late that flashed from | Barnet's eyes when some ote invited { him to join us, which Charley excused Limself from doling. : “Barnet had been losing an night, {my own ck was Just as bad, which, \ a every- was hardly surprising. We doubled Tov to the the stakes; Barnet lost again. Again } we doubled, and again be lost. For 0 the third tie we doubled. It was our ted to tie last game. I noticed Barpet's hands v's ser | tremble as he gathered up his cards. e vessel, 1 Jooked ar my own and found a hand. ful of trumps. 1 slanced at the pile { of zold: nothing conld beat me, ; *T led off with my ‘worst trumon: 1 won the trick, and the next, and so ot. As 1 was about to throw my last card Barnet made some remark about Conlonkers” which was plainly cant for Haughton. "0! there 18 any oblection 1 shal) be be happy to withdraw,’ sald Haugh. pa be 8 tool, Barnet,’ said one fellow, = “ ‘Don't rook it luck's agatnst you. her. ang “1 obj ot ta any communication bo | tween players and spectators. “All eyes were fixed on Barnet. He 1 was making a serious charge. 1 looked at Haughton, The proud blogd man- {tied hls face for a Liomont, the Yo treated, leaving him as pale as marble, “*Az I am the only spectator, 1 de mand an explanation” The calmness with which the words were uttered were in striking contrast with his blazing eyes and blocdleas lips. “Demand? sneered Barnet. Haungh- } ton sald nothing. He was not the man to bandy words like a wanau. “What do you mean, Barnet? the senlor captain. #1 mean that Haug'ston directed a plarer by glance. “ Xopsense, Barnet! exclaimed the i whole board as one man “You are mistaken Haughton smiled at the hearty unanimity of thy chorus. Then his { eyes finshed Hike these of a tiger as he turned on Barnet, * ‘Barnet, you have spoken what you 1 know ty be false” he hissed, and, Cpiurning on hls heel he 1e0t the room, “IT don't know how you manage these things now, bin br my service days we laughed at regulations. A man went on a huoting expodition aud was brought howe dead, or per e | haps be was found In his quarters with a bullet In his head, Nobody asked inconvenient questions, “1 followed Haughton to his qoar ters to talk the matter over with him, I found him examinioz his pistols *f never thought to turn them on a comrade! he sald. 1 tried to hope that Bamet would not fight. but my heart told me that he thirsted for hig rival's Hood, Any dealt 1 had on the mab. ter was set at rest nest morning. Bar net cane to me, aid with the utmost sang frold detailed a pian for a meet. ing. 1 sald something about not ‘lik. ing the business’ He langhed and jeered, and In the end so exasperated me that I wanted to shoot him myself, And it ended by my agreeing to second Haughton, : “Next morning we drove from the {station to the completion of this, my fife's tragedy.” George paused a while, oversome by emotioy, tinued; “The meeting place was a few dia sald himself splen: ther courted nor avolde | slightest in favor at her spparently Then he eon tas bap. | Uf continned, ‘Be her friend, George. tor my sake. Goodby! Then Le tok up thoae {wo men standing rin the depth of the tracks HW the handsome, younger, wiille his fo 8 wil with lowering Tinka and eves ERT iy measuring the gallant, form outlined against the shrubs witht creeper, soliliorly every limb as my own husky voles foe tensificd the grim reallly of he scone, though on parade, "Two! from thelr browsing nud gazed with tacie. My tongue cleaved to my pale ate and the perspiration stood 11a Inige, | cold beads upon my Lorch : # Three! “I scarcely recognized my own voles ns the wand fell on my car, Poth pis. tole flashed siimultancousty. Haugliton staggered forward a few paces and fell into my arms, shot {on the throat. The blood poured In torrents through | mouth, node and ears. Ignorant sx 1 then was of such matters, 1 felt that he was done for. 1 id Lim on the ground and locked into the depths of his frank blue eyes, and they turned to meet mine with the old loys! look, and he tried to smile bravely, "His lips stirred, but tio sound es eaped them, The Sim of death dimmed Lis vision, bis Beart that had but a shart whils before threbbed so gayly with the vigor of a young, Joyous life tinttered a moment, and then while the graceful, supple limbs stiffened censcd to beat forever. “Barnet stood apart, smiling distal. fully, wlille bis steely eves gloated over the righ, Hfeless form and the pale, girlish face which wonid pever again brighten at a woman's salle nor win a maiden's heart. “Gol 1 sald, and he turned away with the brand of Calin upon bis brow. 1 never daw him again. He obtained six monthe’ leave, and, prudently tak- ing a bint from the colonel, be did not rejoin his reghuent, “Duty bas often found moe tough work to do, but God knows 1 wonld prefer to face a battery of artillery to | delivering again Haughton's last mes. ‘sage to the girl Whose favor bad cost him his life, i ¥ "Tale me to him aa begged when I kad finished my story. The awial thing she sald appalled. 1 tried to persuade her, but In valn And in the gleaming 1 led her heavily veiled past the sentries to the chamber of denth to bid the dead soldier a last | farewell, ; “I opéted the door Tor Ser 25a obs Tpassed tn. And as I good outside 1 covered Wy ears with my hands fo shut out ber convulsive sobbing, And the endearing terms which be had pever heawd fram ber lips now burst frgrg her Sachecked in the agony of grief. To ny day ¢ or two afterward his funeral procession wended its war along the dusty road to the jittie cemetery. The rotiie lay past the Pritehands’ bouse, and though they tried to get the girl out of the way all thelr offorts wera unavailing, And ler screams of ane guizh rising above the shrill wall of the fifes and the sileman roll of the muffled drums struck pan 10 many a heart, and lusty soldiirs bowed thelr heads to hide thelr ensstion. Falnter and fainter grow the screams of Uw irl’s hysterical grief, till at last they sounded lke an echo of the mourntal strains of the funeral marel, and then the ratila of our farewell volleys as wa Iald- him to rest told her that her lover was done with earth forever, “Years passed, and when the Mutiny broke cut 1 was again in station at Ghagnapare. Old Pritchard was dend, but Milly still clung to the old spot fog the sake of the gallant tenant of the little cemetery. Dark days were com. ing, and mindful of Charley's last words I offered her the shelter and Protection of my love for his sake and her own, Bo ope morning I stood with Ler Before the sitar in mareling order, and while I made the old formal vows 1 swore in my heart to redeem the mad fally of the past by my Jove, And if years of devotion could atone, then [ have explated oy sin "~The Sphere, Tudia’s Indastrial Are, A noteworthy feature of the Durbar, at Ireilki, sens the splendid exhibition of Eastern art. When such an exhibis tien is held in the Western World the individual artist {8 consplowous in the fact that each example besrs the name of the producer, In this Delhi exhibis tion, on the contrary, it was the conn. try, not the ipdividual, that had the honpr. It was shawls from Cashinere, rigs from Anatolia, brasses from I'en gia, lvaries from Riam, falepeoe from Japan, pottery, silks and embrofderion from Ching, and trakwond carving and Jewel work from India, all representing centuries of cultivated taste In form ard colop, and vears of toll, where art is really an inh ritance of the people. A—— Fc Sh ab Vene: iaelan Yaters. In Venezuela pales beooiue voters at {eighteen rears and eligible 1 to office at | twenycan, Sy po oreoall as thoogh It were mt sith the fiery Indian sun fearless ming with the deadliest hate onlm. ely petwork of luxuriant | CERRBD 4honl ax well ag an “At the word ‘three’ they were to : 3 i When Lord "BHI" Beresford married “At the word ‘ope’ I trembled in but Hanghton stood ar colinly erect as The ponles looked up lezlly wondering eyes upon the strange spec. Lt peguy ° © Pe A BRAVE REBCUE. hit CHARLES DE POER BERESFORD and his younger brother, Lord Wil Ham Leslie de In Poer Beres- ford, were a noble pair of brothers, blll of the staff that Jasons were madic of, Perhaps it 8 the Irfsh that I 5 the bleed The name Poser was originally Pooley, and later Power, Lendl Charlies hele presumplive to Bis pmreataunbinw, the Earl of Tyrone, 8 lively youpsatnr of Wo years, who ; will be Marans of Waterford on tie thee Genth of Bla father, The Aiffoy betmenn their sues is OL five yous Chard Chineles Bas earned high bane gal derdratioss on both Bad and sea, awd in pence Lines fe Bp to any soporte gaint. He WB a3 expert at the bthe, i alle to porn a diving as a earpoiter, sind ean shoot, fish, wheel xh Y AE Ed Doni Huy Hew Duchess of Martboroagh the men's Gaiette wrote of No # he Lins Leen the soul of the gal court, As an oorcanieor of ; tance, as 8 progeter of sed dared the mer reckless rider in thinih ne a hunter of Hoers, a driver of four-indands, the Fah ger of sine tenr {owiric als avd an actor i them, 8 player 81 Dolo and the entrepreneur fsomnwralle pieniow, he haz fe apong rilitary steretarbs. In Tady Dufferin’s boa Lord Wha BINWAArR nn every ciber page--a dash tug, vheery wan, overflowing with Mian goles and of nex havstible energy: a Cle Ron WERE Dal G esr iw pesstie to breaking his neck ina steeplechase at another orgaulzing an extensive tour to Banthrre Tudla, to Bovmmah or ta the Nadthwest: &f another making hiss good patueedly ridliglans ot frivate theastricals, And fn England lie I as popular ox he was In India Every ane knows Lord Bill, sud every one (es hits As eoldlar, sporismian, | consiler, aml mah of the world, he fv oie of the most aitractiys ant oa genizd is PULSE Oh the stage of life” Lots! Bill wax the sablect of an arth ele ir “The Bravest Deed 1 Ever Baw.” by Archibal! Forbes, In a suds) den tittaek by Zolos several sooits vn. dor Beresford were billed. and in the retreat 2 waanded soldi fel) from kis horse, which al 3 Berssford, mid Ing behiul the Dusty, looked back sail saw that the fallen wan was frying to rigs from the ground, and thst ba horse bad run sway. The Zolus wore periimaly close to the poor fellow, lat Beredord galloped back, dlamounted, eovired Bis adversaries with his re volver and ordered the soldier to pet his ows horse, “I refuse, oy loed” said the wonnded man. “Why shonld two men Gn when one may esompe Bepmiforsd tural wen Bim: ye man! he cried, “hy all that’s baly you don’t help me save your life TH panes your head to a jelly™ He part. iy Hfted, pardy buetled the soldberd , into (he saddle, sonable] up hhneelf end set the chestnut 2-going after he reat of the command. Sergeant O'Toole, pissing his eo manger. rode back snd shot down Zuln after Zuln with cool comragy, snd | then abled Beresford to keep the woutided man in the saddle, till the lasgir was reached, , where fo one vould tell whether ft was the rescuer or the rescued who was wounded, so sraeared wae Lond Bil with borrowed iF i as 1 § LA | gind nad § nan of hia? nuRly crossed hia legs snd Bell) out th He we ¥ Facey Eo whe hg . Ly ent In and turn hack the Sesh. Then : ground sqalrrels, which threaten tha Tove 8 JHE 91 a time, lope alld off the eek regchied for the t's sratefol “1 thank hobbled off toward the fo'esle, whiste flog a red saventnes io the wonds Tose Land then, just as the back dashed poet, "to spring upon the deers back, enred a firm badd upon the ufurfated ; fart 9G burg tower that north footbridge too, and was caoght, as the other | tween, in the loops.” ~Xew York Sdn, REMARKABLE C CARE OF NERVE Dr. T. H. Bean. of the United Keates Fish Commission, while on board the revenue citter Paer, off Unalaska, wit nesged A tomarkable es of nerve Imedleal sh Tr Bean was faken A whaler signalled the cutlery fov | aboard, He found that a Kavaka satiny had had 4 font smashed Iwfore by a bowsiead roiling ap it The Injured member was in a torr | ble mite, ard the nan woe evidently | sulfering jutenseiy, slibough be uve no outscind sien, When the eaptain sisked the doctor | what coull be done, the Intter stared to tell hin in confidences. AL thar the | saltor spolie wpe ; “Dot Bp afraid] to 0 me. doetor™ | he sald “I van stand 8 al righl” "Well, nay man” responded Dr, Bean, “snipatation is the only thing that will relieve you, but I have neither the necessary lostrouents tor ganacsthotion” Fie wxilor smtied, “Dou’t nidmd about Mitte things lke that ™ Lie wield, “Bat began Dr. Bisa, The salir soifled again, ] "Oh, start In now.” vas all be said. Dr. Bean bad with him a case of pocket Instruments for dissecting binla. When he polled this oot the suller roated himself on a cis, uGeeretonls al whale oll * ar injured fewit, The doctor ®iarted tn work first reraied Haw be toon with the fiitle Wad koife, which baiked more than it ent Then he foul that op sider | the fleal the fnsten bone wan nim | for wearily an loch, 3 0 | § ® ¥ i ¥ #5 he Bad to with tweeters, for bo bad ho saw, Ba | sntpped off the diseased part of the That dose, he pulled the feeh down, and sewed np the wound, After an hour's work he gnnoanesd that tha jak wig finished, And the salloe’s foot | had net gutvered ser a mdeele fo bis face moved with pain. Bmilingly the wmallsr onovoseed bls doctor's Band shook if heartily, roited ye, sin” and then foo Ba fork “5 gt sailor's dig RIDE ON A WOUNDED DEER Jeane Abbott, 8 middle-aged wan and a hunter of inany years’ experianion of North Selltvan, Me, Bad wo exciting uy ¥ He ; doer gud Canes Bho 8 © was oot hunting blz back. Hix first shot tumbled thy anlzeal | over and Mr. Abbott supposed that fi had Elbsd the deve. Rushing forward, Ge eur the throat of Lils prize and left | hires while he wont 18 search of more games He had only tiken a few stem when he beard a mole and was 23ton- ished to seg the deer come dashing | Lown upon hi 1. He had uot thee ¢ Ing barely able tw 10 Bue . hia rifle, bes shring to ore slide, Fo ae snimals tek and clung on A Bercy wnt traggle follows. The baer saed erery antic at Ns command te Alglede a pwelvome banden, while he pan made a determined ef- | Pra hana = kns over amet kd SMR blood. When Lhe wns somgwned ta. Windson to receive the reward for! “ealir” from the Queen, Toul BIOL do clined the hopor utless ke were per- | : pasintiad to share BO wit Rerzeant tH O'Tasle, who, he berated deserved | the jprater erode, Her Malesty, gra clomdy was onlered to sppear with mara be a British York Pre 58 i gest Ry bis g a. Wy TE "5 PIMEREE PER'R PERILOUS Ww. A Be fs thuiekeerer {or Bods Hug i pany, One of his Sutte f= to invests 2atp all aocldents and ns recadts an then Bo when he saw thal ther wis a fire on the top of the Map. hattun tower of the new bridge be started) 10 corre across from Williams ro wR the ‘1 §¥ of the workmen were hurt. He had as DATrOW. an eedane au anybody fron funding 500 feet or so Into the East River, ; the shen yielding, the brave Sergeant | i poeive the proudest reward © 0. oldies Lan aspire to. New | a : Ir. p the hor burg to find ont abont #t and see if any § Ha got off the south footwalk fallen trees amd thromgh thiek brosh they went fw dearly a mile. The hunter's clothing wis torn 8 sheds amd his body was jae rated isd bruised, but be olup At asd. lust as the eames {rom th they dove syeceied In breaks old gid throwing iim As Dus Toit Limes sats vaste ane wild Sash wit It was Bis only Js 3 NE BEI : i i hart ps =) & vital il, ai Mal first bea LH Chin x Tar tae stes] the * anim ii dr pe Tom nl By $0 wWike ba thee reodnd halter wi! ioe whvaek hb ik ml evidently stunned Bio, while the first kulfv-wousnd was not suldclently deep to reach a vital spol, a td » ff wy 8x i Tiles a Ry brought the ear Lx % ip — Pelit Earenny fn Bmp, sryere dx oa feand the haat woo woenhd lke fo ros Postalice Inspector, : Lnremsiloes to peach the pubis 1a $0 about two minutes plore it fell SY started across on the south stile” when 1 began to wish 1 wis sae whore else, © re Aitzed that 1 2 have taken the north footbrklge, foreast part of the fire was bursis on the south emd of the tower. |} knoe bow soa It wouh! barn off the temporary cables that tell my sup port oq LUE vers foal hint po soatier portal bis var on ene of the tan ros to the safer side. wot there when the vx. snpeied and the that 1 had been ou fell down into the river Dbedause caught in a snarl by extand down fr hol id the san, “Paro pen wha had erosaxl over to the north footwalk with me went on to | to Maubattan side after Esginver Ros com, #1 dhin't. For awhile 1 wouldn't trust any shyt I climbed wp onto the umber + that is, the porth- ernanst cable steadied 1, put my arms around un ne ther worked my way slowly MAR towant the top of the Williaa! tower “1 erept hugs for about halt the distance, and it wad very slow work. The north foot bridge was still just below me, ip fact, 3 a 5 £1 woe Fo a wa i £5 2 ae pees to pet ¥ he sild, Yand was aboot hall way over ¢ Prawn I= sin Pybata in 4h Cpe LEE hi af 12 bis ails eres : ae £ Kd HEY A nt fi & g i a Fel hel, a sori of those advertises f for Cond liriadon | It didn't ald Pe thn Tots whic! ty | our the malo calles to ing that cable ake Gut cases SEAT 1 ance an ow id wise thelr ms This ¥ ed two-ce 43% ad veriin. pans of 2 Lave na « Framduient na. It costs prime for somnne Kiel spicy 4p i ws sian orday ERAS be its Late fate WDNR wd Eri ne fis ply nienia kd vepiies ro P wh work or sesking to better thene Foor hs of these spplliiants For the barus will inet se sthangs for reply. You can figure it cat. Eight bumdred stamps are worth $16 Thase | sinmape are taken out of the letters Didone up in packages of twenty-five or | fifty, and wohl ar a sisal discounts New York Times, LEE to 1000 watile ars ookbug EE gefyos, watt SE Wart of the Editor tn Tndia This aoiusing excuse was given hy the editor of an Dndan vernacular paper, which was printed with twe coining left blank on the most fm I portant page: "AWe had reserved this space for an exceptionally powerful | article an a subleet of universal be terest to Our readers; but at the lad onient we find the articls cannot tw! served for it. The article will make ita h Sppesrance next week." BOIS Wert | Cran by easly | past of strucineal fron aml steel oil wogid fH crevices, cracks and holes where paint cannot enter . pow runsing factories, . care, Hgbting cities, frvigsting forme { snd doing varfous other kinds of ser i vice, in many cares at a distance of C By the nes of , Britialy tex ile twine cop laner, i the salon be bade his son compressed into the two columns ref way of the ladders in the Wi ae Feos i % 0 Aceinding ts 8 Cersian patent the toughness and Anratitty of aluminum can be much increased Ly the addb tion of phosnborss. The addition of seven to fiffoen per cent. makes the metal extromely hard and tough, and well ddapted {or fargo Theee per cent. firodnces 2 good bavseshoe metal and With a two per cout, addition it polled. A sinoks stack whieh Is 28d to Be i both sparkiess and smokeless hag been : fnvented by a Vigan. This feature is seeiired by the introduction into the interior of the stack of a nomler of tiny wiater-ets which are sald to thor . oughly purify the smok® by throwing down all particles. The streetin of i water are sxid to zive wo interferance to the draft whatever, Two coats of hot olk earefully ap plied after thorough cleaning of the metal, are recommended by a Cana. disn urtisnn as sn iniprovement over any process pow In nse far preventing The It would cover rough places often imperfectly costed In ordinary painting. and It would be a fae preparation for subse. quent paintiog or covering with cee | eonting. While mineh kas been sald asd write i ten about the sprinkling of ofl an rade, principally as & means of preventing { dust, the use of the off In the same way «nn river levees in some parts of the United Biates fs sald to have Leen t found to be an elosllent protection gealnst the burrawitss of gophers aod security of the barcler raised against {the eneraachent of the food waters Crods oil Ia so distasteful to these that they rhun the ground covered = It is recorted fram Germany that an experimenter there Las found aldtule nium an excellant substitute for 8 whetstone In giviee a fine, keen adge to Blades. When examined with § | mlerolcape, the clge of a knife that . was sharpened on the metal appeared puael straizhier and smoother thay | soe slicpenad on a stone, Due peculiar i ofeet uf the bo of the alaminion bovomes coated with Fa greasy sulsiahce with a great power of aithesim to steel and to this is ate fod band 1 the Sue edge produced, wine te that the surface ri The great inerease in fhe utilization of water power 3 one of the notable Waterfalls are driving tram. signs ef ths timow, riiles from the fall Resell. Italy fe consplenons fer the progress [tf has made in this way, the Alps and the Apensilnes abonndisg In waterfalls Now It Is proposed to make vse of the Doogh Sagar Hives, In India, to pro doce ly thousand BoTse-power, A very striking fosiance of the do terfomition of leather, produced under sonditiens demanding quicker tanning varfous chemicals, thos decrspaingy the durabiilly of the ma. terial, fa affonled by the Maer that the Museum €xfends EXO » year in rebaling Locks 1a leather, Modem bather Is widely diffevent from the material produced hy what fs now regarded! ga oan «fete proves Hmitel to Steen yess Ia the search for cheaper and quicker processes of making leather, Lirge quantities of sulnharie acid are used, and thls ehenibenl In combination with orhenyl eauses the material wo devon pose rapidly in the course of a few FEATS y ns A Teat of Memory. Some light Is thrven of the possibile fies of memory culture by an interest ine reeital contained In the autohiop raphy of BEadert Houldin, the fasions He foorht Bis son to glapoe gl. sity a shop window, aml fo | memarise accurately, as In a brain ples ture, the window's contents. Then he ould ask him to describe the contents, checking and correcting Rim 23 Re went wt. Of ope soession Headin was commanded to the Talleries to give 8 peribrnianee before the French court, As he passed through an antercom to ote the ar rangement of the rooms and the cone tents of the bookcases. Then at the close of the eatertainment Houdin as tundshed his sudienes by giving what Be called a “second sight™ test. Declare ug his palamillarity wich the Tuller tex, Howlin Mindfolding bls son, ssked fin th sgpad Bis gaae through the wall Fof the room to the chamber bevond, the arrapgemment of the chamber and to read the titles of the volumes op the slelves of the books ennes. This fear the young lad aceon. plished to the astonishment eof toe court.~Clhlengzo News rims a — Pointed Pamgraphs, No man is =o wise that he can't learn from a fool Love Is blind, especially the brand known as self-love But few men exhibit their dravery until after the danger is past Man is born with a character, but he bas to make bis own reputation. Buy what you don't need and later on you will sell what you do need, A lnzy man is always anxious to get busy when there is nothing to do, The truth would seem less brute] if people were atquainted with it, It may be bard for some people to be pour, but for others it Is the easiest thang = the waid-Chiage News. | to descrite