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"Did Captain Wyle bring yoa news
of yonr husband?"
"Yes'm. Ike has got back to Win
chester, along with the others. The
Yankees got afeared that Ike won h i
break loose and do awful damage, and
so they let him go."
He was wounded, wasn't he?"
Yes'm, and he un won't be fitten
to go back to the army fur some weeks
yit. When he un does, he'll hev a crit
ter and a sword and ride around with
Captain Wyle."
"Perhaps they'll make him an officer
for his bravery."
"He un deserves it, fur suah of
co'se him does!" replied Mrs. Baxter,
with a good deal of vigor. "If it
wasn't fur that onery Yankee"
"Do you mean Mr. Kenton?" asked
Marian as the woman caught herself.
"I I dun forget!" she stammered.
"Thar's bin so much fussin 'bout war
that I'm talkin 'bout YanKees half tne
time. Yes, I hope they'll make Ike an
ossifer right away."
She excused herself and was hasten
ing away when Marian detained her to
ask:
Mrs. Baxter, has there ever been
any trouble between yonr husband and
Mr. Kenton?"
"I I jest can't declar"."
"But you feel bitter toward Mr. Ken
ton. Will you tell me why?"
"Why, he nn stands in Ike's way, and
I orter feel hardwise, hadn't I?"
"Ican't understand how he stands in
Ike's way."
"Nor I either, but that's what Ike
gays, and that's what Captain Wyle
says, and him jest orter be driv' over
into the Yankee army whar he belongs!
He tin's a spy, Miss Percy, a regular
Yankee spy, and him's mean as pizen.
and somebody ortet shoot him, and Cap
tain Wyle says"
But she checked heiself again. Her
feelings had been aroused, and she had
said far more than she intended. She
was half laughing, half crying as 6he
begged Marian's pardon and withdrew.
Now Marian knew why Mrs. Baxter
had come to her. She had a suspicion
as to the flight of her servants. The
queer actions spoken of by Uncle Ben
were now explained.
It looked as if Captain Wyle and Mrs.
Baxter were conspiring together, and
the object was very plain. For reasons
of his own the captain had aroused Mrs.
Baxter's enmity toward Kenton and
made Ike an enemy to be feared. There
was a complication which puzzled Ma
rian, and as the days went by she was
no wiser. If Uncle Ben made any new
discoveries, he kept them to himself,
and the mother was too ill to be worried
over anything that could be kept from
her.
Three days after Captain Wyle's visit
there were a clatter of hoofs and a jan
gle of sabers, and the road was alive
with Federal cavalry for miles. It was
a portion of Custer's brigade making a
reconnoissance in force, and Custer him
self rode at the head. While the com
mand halted at a creek below the bouse
to water their horses and eat a noon
day meal from their haversacks the
general and his staff halted at the door
In search of refreshment. They were
politely and even kindly received by
Marian, who insisted npon supplying
them with whatever the house afforded.
Captain Wyle had boastfully announced
that there was not a Yankee in uniform
within 50 miles of Rest Haven. Here
was proof that they even held the terri
tory round about her. When General
Custer understood that she was a refu
gee from Winchester, he informed her
. that the Federals then held nearly all
the Shenandoah and Luray valleys, and
there was every prospect of their per
manent occupation. He kindly offered
her all possible assistance if she desired
to pass through the lines in any direc
tion, but it was plain that the mother
was then too ill to undertake even the
shortest journey. He begged her to ac
cept some commissary stores coffee,
sugar and meat and realizing the
spirit which had prompted him she did
not refuse. The first two articles had
not only become luxuries in the war
ridden valley, but were not to be had
even in exchange for gold.
That was Marian's first sight of Cus
ter, but it was not to be her last.
CHAPTER XIX.
As the Federals poured into the Shen
andoah valley and regained lost ground
the quartermaster and commissary -stores
left by Jackson under the guard
of a few score men at Harrisonburg
were made ready to be forwarded to
Richmond. While Royal Kenton fully
realized that bis being left behind was
bat another move in the conspiracy to
destroy him, he allowed no one to un
derstand the real state of his feelings.
There was work to do, and plenty of it,
and he took hold so willingly that only
a few days had passed before he was
commended for his zeal by the major in
command of the post.
Unexpected difficulties arose about
securing transportation, and though re
ports of a Federal advance were dai ly
received the major hung on in hopes of
saving the stores. One morning at sun
rise bis pickets were driven in by troop
ers in blue, and 10 minutes later he re
ceived a summons from General Custer
to surrender. He had only about 200
men all told, while it was plain co ue
seen that he was fairly surrounded by
the force opposed. He asked for 13
minutes to consider and at the end of
that time returned a refusal. His little
force almost to a man had agreed to
fight to the last. Three or four earth
works had been thrown up to protect
the supply depot, but they were with
out artillery. The force was divided so
as to man them all, and Royal Kenton
and Steve Brayton found themselves
and about 20 other men in a work with
out even a noncommissioned officer
among them. As they were already un
der fire, Kenton was by common consent
given command.
"We uns is gone op this time fut
suah," observed Steve as Caster posted
bis brigade and then opened fire with w
battery, "but I reckon we might sortel
Custer posted his brUjade and. then opened
. fire with a battery. ...
bang on fur awhile and let 'em see we
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hain't skeert. Yesterday I figgered that,
one Confederate could lick about seven
Yankees in any sort o' scrimmage, bnt
dod rot my buttons if things don't look
different today!"
The ear Jb work sheltered them from
the shot and shell of the artillery, and
Kento ordered the little band to be
ready for the dash he knew would sooner
or later be made. The Federals! could
be seen dismounting just outside of
tnusket range.and as a force of about
500 were moving out to charge the fort
held by the major he raised a white flag
in token of surrender. The other two
refused to be bound by his action, but
one of them was charged with cheers
and hurrahs and captured after firing a
6ingle volley.
"Waal, Tank, wiat's the word now?"
asked one of Kenton's men as all real
ized the 8t of affairs.
His hour's visit was therefore a very
agreeable one.
"Fight!" was the brief reply.
"I alius knowed he un was game.
Three cheers for Kenton !" shouted Steve
Brayton.
They were given with a will, but be
fore the echoes had died away Custer's
entire battery wus turned against the
fort, while a hundred dismounted men
crept within rifle shot and opened a fire
which obliged the defenders to remain
inactive. Kenton knew that the fire
would cease as a charge was about to
be made. This, owing to the nature of
the ground, could only be made from
one direction and by a small body of
men. The lull came, and under cover
of the smoke 200 dismounted men of
the Fifth Michigan dashed forward.
They were received by a volley which;
staggered and checked them, and while
rallying the little band had time to re
load. One more volley sent the troop
ers back to cover, and Steve Brayton
threw his hat into the air and shouted:
"We uns has just licked the hull
Yankee army right out of its butes and
ar' gwine to march on Washington!"
Kenton expected another charge with
in 10 minutes, but instead of that Cus
ter sent in a flag of trace and a demand
to surrender. He stated that an at
tempt to hold the position after all ths
others had been taken was simply a
reckless waste of human life. He knew
their exact number and knew tbey had
neither food nor water. They had proved
themselves brave men, and he trusted
they would now realize the situation
and accept it as brave men should.
Kenton read the note aloud, so that all
could hear, and when be bad finished it
he said:
"We might stop another charge, bnt
they are certain to capture us in the
end. I advise surrender."
There were a few dissenters, but 15
minutes later the 23 men had marched
out and grounded their arms in token
of surrender. Their captors were men
who could appreciate bravery, no mat
ter by whom displayed. As the surren
der was made 4,000 troopers waved
their hats and cheered,
'I am not an officer, and I therefore
have no sword to surrender," said Ken
ton as General Custer rode to the head
of .the short line and seemed somewhat
astonished to find only private soldiers.
"But who commanded in there?"
asked tbe general.
" I gave what orders were given, sir. "
"Well, the southern confederacy made
a miss of it in not making you a captain
long ago. Had the other forts held out
as pluckily as you did we should have
had a bard fight to get at the stores."
While a list of the prisoners was Do
ing made out and the arms collected the
troopers turned their attention to the
stores. Tbe idea was not to remove but
to destroy them. The quickest way to
do it was to apply the torch, and in the
course of an hour everything was in
flames. The Confederate major had, as
stated, surrendered the fort he occupied
with about 80 of the men without firing
a shot. A court martial would have
promptly exonerated him from the
charge of cowardice had it been made,
for the sitnation was almost hopeless.
That one of the forts should have held
out and that the high private in com
mand of it should have been compli
mented for his bravery rankled in the
major's heart. He received permission
to enter the field where the rank and
file were surrounded by a Federal guard,
and searching out Royal Kenton he an
giily demanded:
"By what authority did you presume
to hold that fort aftr my surrender of
the poet?"
"We did not know that your surren
der included more than the fort yoa
were holding," replied Kenton.
"Captain Wyle told me something
about you before he, left," continued
the major. "He regarded you with the
greatest suspicion. It would not have
surprised me had yoa surrendered first
of all."
"I believe that honor was left to you,
sir," quietly replied Kenton.
"Hooray fur the Yank three cheers
fur Kenton!" shouted the excitable
Steve. And they were given by tbe
whole force of Confederates with great
enthusiasm.
"I fully understand your mofve,
sir!" exclaimed the major when the
cheering bad ceased. "Yoa simply
wanted to reap a little glory to stand
well in tbe estimation of your friends.
You have accomplished it, but there will
be a hereafter. Tbe minute I am ex
changed I shall prefer charges and have
you court martialed. If you don't con
clude to remain among your Yanke
friends, I shall"
"Hear be nn talk like a fool!" inter
rupted Steve, treading army discipline
nnder foot in his excitement. "If tbe
major hadn't surrendered befo' a man
was hit, these Yankscouldn't 'a' got us
in all day!"
"That's so! That's so!" shouted a
hundred men. And the entire lot begaa
cheering for Steve Brayton.
"And who are you, sir? demanded
the major, now pale with passion.
"Private Steve Brayton, sir, of Cup
tain Wyle'3 critter company, and I was
left I; eh i ml here because I was a friend
of Kenton's."
"Oh, I seel Well, I'll see to your
case at the same time."
"Yes, and tell 'em thar's 15 dead and
wounded men to show what we nns did
befo' we surrendered," replied Steve,
"Rash.bim! Rush bim!" shouted
the crowd, overcome by excitement and
forgetting tbe respect due an officer.
The major backed away, but in an
instant be was carried off his feet and
rushed to tbe sentry line, and when be
picked himself up off the grass be was
braised and battered and bis uniform
in a very dilapidated condition. Groans
and hisses followed bim as be walked
away, and the laughter of the Federal
troopers was in no sense a balm for bis
ruffled pride. -
It was noon before the stores were
destroyed and the list of prisoners com
pleted. Then came an alarm. Colonel
Mosby, who has been dubbed "The
Bandit of the Potomac," but who" was
as regularly commissioned as any officer
in the Confederate army, appeared in
the neighborhood with about 200 men,
and before be was driven off and the
prisoners were ready to start down the
valley nnder guard it was midafter
noon. " Yank, I've been thinkin this thing
over," said Steve Brayton xto Kenton as
they moved off, "and I jest tell yo we
ar in a fix. We hain't neither Federals
nor Confeds any mo'!"
"How do you mean?"
"Why, if we nns stay yere, we'll be
held prisoners fur goodness knows how
long, and if we git back to the Confed
eracy the major will make it hot fur
ns. Say, yo'! I don't know what yo're
thinkin of jest this very minit, but I
want to ask yo' a straight question."
"Go ahead." ;
VYo' won't git mad?"
"No."
"Waal, then, don't yo'. come purty
nigh bein soft in tbe bead? We uns
don't want yo' on our side, and the Yanks
hanker to shoot at yo' every show they
git. If we uns don't want yo', what do
yo' want to stay fur? If yo' don't want
to fight agin us, why don't yo' sorter
drop out of the hull bizness and let go
like a coon fallin from a limb?"
CHAPTER XX.
Kenton made no reply to Steve Bray
ton's inquiry, but the latter noticed a
look on tbe young man's face be bad
never seen theie before. The Virginian
by adoption had pursued the course he
thought was right. He had done bis
duty under all circumstances and had
been thoroughly loyal to the cause
which he espoused. Those beside whom
he fought had made every attempt to
degrade and disgrace bim and drive
him out of the service. If be had not
enlisted, he would have been called a
traitor and driven away from his home
with bodily injury. He had joined the
ranks to be suspected and denounced.
As the case now stood he could not leave
the southern cause without being re
turned on the rolls as a deserter. If ex
changed, he would be put on trial, and
be realized that enough influence could
be brought to bear to further disgrace
bim.
"Look yere, Yank, what's botherin
yo'r bead?" asked Steve after a few min
utes of silence.
"A good many things," was the. re
ply. "I've been figgerin a bit. Both Cap
tain Wyle and the major are now down
on yo'. If yo' ever gits back to the
Confederacy, they'll shet yo' np or
,sboot yo'. Can't yo' see it?"
"It looks that way to me." '
"The Yanks may keep us six months,
and doorin that time thar's goin to be
a beap of lyin about yo' to that gal.
She'll be told that yo' deserted or meb
be that yo' are dead. Yo' kin bet Cap
tain Wyle won't let no grass grow un
der his feet. I've hearn that she was
over in the mountains."
"Yes."
"And I was told that Captain Wyle
and his critter company had bin sent
back yere to help hold the Yankees.
Can't yo' see?"
"Yes, but I can't act."
" Why not? It's comin on dark, and
it's goin to rain. See how the line has
straggled! Them bluecoats hain't got
more'n one eye open. Tell yo' what my
plan ia. Let's tnake a dash fur itl It
hain't over 20 miles to whar yo'r gal is.
Go's see her. She's powerful level
headed, and I reckon she may give yo'
some good advice. Yo'll hev a show to
explain things anyway, and that will
make dough of the captain's cake."
"And what about you?" asked Ken
ton. "Waal, I'd just as lief run up thar
with yo'. I ain't jeat exactly satisfied
about all this thing. Mebbe I'll sur
render to tbe Yanks agin, and mebbe
I'll go back to tbe company and let
the major pile it on and be banged to
him! I want a day cr two to think it
over. What do yo' 6ay?"
"I'm agreed," replied Kenton after
a moment's thought. '
"That's bizness! Jest about 40 rods
down fere 1'll.give yo' the word. We
uns will break for them woods to the
right. We'll be fired on and mebbe
killed, but we've got to take chances.
Once we reach the woods we are safe."
The afternoon was rapidly fading into
dusk, and a fine rain had began to fall.
The cavalrymen were strong out so that
there were gaps of several feet between
horses, and as the prisoners were sing
ing songs and seemed in good spirits the
vigilance of the captors was naturally
relaxed. The wall which inclosed the
field on the right suddenly ended, and
then came a field which was open be
cause the fencing bad been used by sol
diers from one side or the other for their
campfires. It was a distance of about
10 rods to the edge of the woods, and
it was likely they would not only . be
fired on, bnt pursued by some of tbe
troopers. Brayton stepped into the road
ahead of Kenton, increased his pace to
reach tbo center of a gap between two
horsemen and suddenly threw np his
band as a signal.
- Both men were well into the field and
running at the top of their speed before
an alarm was raised. Three or four of
the troopers on that side opened fire
with their carbines, but pursuit was
prevented by a dozen other prisoners
evincing a disposition to also make a
bolt. Some of the half dozen bullets
came unpleasantly near, but not one
struck the fugitives, and in two or three
minutes tbey were safe in the woods.
With darkness already, at baud, there
was no fear of pursuit.
To be Continued.)
Schoolyards for Playgrounds.
Under the direction of the Board of
Education of Philadelphia, twenty-one
schoolyards In various sections of the
city have been thrown open as- play
grounds for the use of children who
cannot enjoy the luxury of a summer
at the seashore or in the country. These
yards will remain open every week day
from 8 o'clock a. m. to 6 o'clock p. ni.,
except Saturdays, when 'tbey will be
closed at noon, until August 28. In the
mornings, from 9 to 12 o'clock kinder
garten teachers will be present to in
struct the children in the useful and
healthful forms of recreation, and the
balance of the day the little ones will
be left to themselves to dig in the sand
heaps which will be provided or to play
as tbey pleast". being under the care of
the janitors of the schools, who. bare
been sworn in as special officers,, the
better to maintain discipline and to
deal with any roughs who may put In
an. appearance. These playgrounds,
says the North American, will be a
godsend to the thousands of little ones
for whose pleasure and health they
have been opened. The Idea Is most
praiseworthy and humane, and It will
ap a heavy reward in the fall In the
tape of many vigorous, healthy and
appy little ones who might otherwise
waste away to the absence of some
appropriate fresh : air spots whereon
they may romp and play during the
heated season. -
. ' A Centenarian Pawnee. "
Curley Chief, one of the best known
of the Pawnee Indians near Perry, O.
T., who died the other i day, was said
to be more than 100 years old. He
look part in most of the Indian wars
and was the leader of his tribe in many
of its battles with the Osages. This
war was waged half a century ago. The
two tribes are separated by the Kansas
river. ;
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Upon tbe Btomach and bowels are perpetrated
by multitudes of injudicious people who, npon
experiencing the annoyance of constipation
in a slight degree, infiltrate their bowels with
drenching evacuants, which enfeeble the in
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Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the true suc
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once invigorating, gentle and effectual. It also
banishes dyspepsia, malarial complaints, rheu
matism and kidney troubles.
The Athens check factory is to be
operated by - electricity. This is the
first cotton factory in Georgia to dm
electricity as a motive power.
Railway Material for Japan.
More railway material for Japan is
soon to be purchased. A set of speci
fications for material sufficient to build
about 160 miles of track have recently
been received by Joseph U. Crawford,
Philadelphia, Pa., consulting engineer
for the Japanese 'government. These
include some 16,000 tons of 60-pound
steel rails, and about 2,000 tons of fish
plates, bolts, etc Thirty locomotives
are also included.
Three Golden Weddings.
Sir John Mowbray, Bart., M. P., foi
Oxford University, ha"s just celebrated
bis golden wedding. Both his parents
and grandparents lived to celebrate
theirs, the common married life con
tinuing in one case for 59 years, and in
the other for 57 years.
Poor Andree.
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Foreign Cardinals.
Cardinal di Rende's death, according
to the London Tablet, has made the
number of foreign cardinals greater
than that of tbe Italian for the second
time within twelve months. There are
now 31 of tbe former to 30 of the lat
ter, a state of things which, until
within a few years, had not occurred
for many centuries.
Eighteen persons live in a one-room
shanty, sixteen by twenty feet, in the
town of Woodstock, Vt., not far from
the Bridewater line.
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All Eastern Svrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drips" is made from
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
nine "Tea Garden Drips" have the manufac
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Two bottles of Piso's Cure for consump
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OF THE DAYS GONE BY.
Dreams, come home to my heart again,
v Wltji the memory of the past!,
Come, with your pleasure and your pain,
And your hopes too bright to last!
Come from your bidder) graves that lie
In the beautiful realms of the days gone
by.
Come, from your glorious graves that lie
In the realms of the days gone by!
I will welcome ye all again,
As once in the halls of Eld,
Welcome the pleasure and the pain
For the beauty your brief lives held!
Dreams, come out of your secret graves,
Id the woodland wilds, and the dim sea
caves. Dreams, come out of your myriad graves.
In the wilds and the dim sea-caves!
Ye throng the halls of my heart once
more,
With faces snd with pain! ,
Oh, faded ghosts of the drams of yore.
The joy comes not again!
Go back! to your mournful graves that lie
In the shadowy realms of the days gone
bjw-
Go back! to your voiceless graves that lie
In the realms of the days gone by!
MILLIE AND MOLLIE.
"I've come to nsk you for the hand of
your daughter." said young Bromley,
stumbling to the seat offered him by
the girl's father.
"Which one?" asked old Dimmock,
the coal merchant, laying down the
newspaper which he bad been reading
nd eying the young man curiously.
"Sometimes I think it is Mollie, and
again I am sure It Is Millie." replied
young Bromley, genuinely perplexed.
The old coal merchant looked sympa
thetic. "You can't have both," said he. after
an awkward pause.
"They're splendid girls, good enough
for anybody!" exclaimed the young
man.
"Well. I rather think." said the old
man, proudly.
"I could be happy with either of
them," went on young Bromley.
"I'm disposed to think." observed
old Dluimoek, "that you have been
happy with both of them."
"So they've told me more than once,"
said Bromley, with the pleasant light
of recollection in his eyes.
"Well, can't you make up your mind
which girl you want to marry?"
The old coal merchant looked at the
young man with the fresh color and
the loyal blue eyes as if be would like
to have him for a son-in-law.
Young Bromley did not answer for a
moment, and then he said slowly:
"Which do you think sounds the bet
ter 'Millie Bromley' or 'Mollie Brom
ley?" Sometimes I've looked at it In
that way."
'I don't think there's much to
choose," returned the old coal mer
chant, weighing the question with ev
ery desire to be fair. f
"You know," continued the young
man, "there have been times when I've
gone to bed perfectly charmed with
the name 'Millie Bromley,' and in the
morning 'Mollie Bromley' has caught
my fancy. Millie, Mollie; Mollie, Millie
It's an awful-puzzle."
' "Of course, you've proposed to one
of the girls?" Inquired their father.
"O, yes, Indeed," said young Brom
ley. "Then that Is the girl you want to
marry," exclaimed the old man, trium
phantly. "Why, it's simple enough, af
ter all. You've taken quite a load off
my mind. Which one was it?"
"It was Millie I think," answered
young Bromley, hesitatingly.
"Think! Don't you know?"
The young man flushed and looked
reproachfully at the coal merchant.
"Mr. Dimmock," said he, "I'll put it
to you as man to man: Which is Millie
and which is Mollie?"
"Don't cross-examine me, sir," re
joined the old man. "If you want to
marry one of the girls It's your busi
ness to find out."
"Heaven knows," cried young Brom
ley In anguish, "I want to marry either
Millie or Mollie and have her all to my
self. It's trying enough for a fellow to
be over head and ears In love with one
girl, but when there are two of them
It's more than flesh and blood can
stand."
"There, there, my boy," said the old
coal merchant soothingly, "don't take
on soa Either girl is yours with my
blessing, but I want to keep one for
myself. Let me see if I can help you."
And going to the open French window
he called: '
"Millie, Mollie! Mollie, Millie!" '
"Yes, papa, we're coming," sounded
two sweet, well-bred voices from the
shrubbery.
There was a tripping of light feet
along the stony walk under the grape
vine, and Millie and Mollie bloomed
Into the room.
"How do you do. Mr. Bromley?" they
said together, with the same Intona
tion and tbe same merry glint in their
eyes.
Millie had auburn 'hair and brown
eyes: so had Mollie. Millie had, a Cu
pid's bow of a mouth, little teeth like
pearls, and a dimpled chin; so had
Mollie. Millie's arms, seen through her
muslin sleeves, were round and white;
so were MolIIe's.
From waist to tips of their little feet
the figures of Millie aud Mollie were
the same, line for line, and both were
dressed In white muslin, with lilac
bows behind their white necks and
lilac sashes at their waists, lilac stock
ings without a wrinkle, and each wore
white satin shoes. Their hair was loose
over their fair brows and was braided
down their backs, of Just the same
length, and tied at the end with lilac
ribbons. Millie tied Mollie' s bows and
Mollie tied Millie's.
"Well, papa?" j
"Young Bromley tells me," began old
Mr. Dimmock. after be had taken
drafts of their fresh young beauty by
looking first at one and then at the
other, and then dwelling upon the fea
tures of both with one eye . sweep,
"that be proposed to yon last night."
"O, not to both, yon know, Mr. Dim
mock," Interjected young Bromley.
"He asked me to be bis wife," said
Millie demurely. j
"He told me that he could not live ,
without me," said Mollie mlschlev- j
ously.
"How Is this?" said the old man. ;
turning to young Brpmley with a se-'
vere look.
Tbe young man blushed furiously
and lifted bis bands In protest,
"I'm sure," he stammered, "one of
you Is mistaken. I asked you, Millie,
to be my wife in the summer-house
and and I kissed you. That was be
fore supper, and later In the evening,
when we sat on tbe front steps, I saw
that I couldn't live without you, and
that we must get married."
"Before we g any further," Inter
rupted the old coal merchant, "which
Is Millie and wblcb is Mollie? .When
your dear mother was alive she could ;
tell the difference sometimes, but 1
don't know to this day." -
"Oh. bow dull you are, papa!" said
the girls In duet.
"I think that is Millie on the right."
spoke up young Bromley.
"Why. Mr. Bromley." said she. "I am
Mollie." .
"Very good, now let's go on," said
their father; "where were 'we? O, yes.
young Bromley says be asked you to
be . his wife, Millie, and declared he
couldn't do without you."
"I beg your pardon, papa," said Mol
lie, "be told me that be couldn't live
without me.",
"Well, let's get our bearings," con
tinued the old coal merchant. "Brom
ley, you asked Millie to marry you
down In the summer-bouse, and you
kissed her! That's correct. Isn't it?"
"There's no doubt about that, sir,"
said Bromley eagerly.
"And after supper when you sat to
gether on the stoop you told Mollie
that you couldn't live without her?"
"That I deny, sir. O! I beg your par
don, Mollie, you needn't look so angry.
I meant no offense."
"Did you kiss Mollie?" went on the
old man relentlessly.
"No, sir. I "
"Yes, you did, Mr. Bromley," flared
up Mollie.
"I admit snld the young man, strug
gling with his emotions, "that I kissed
her when I said I couldn't live without
her, but It wasn't Mollie."
"O, Mollie!" said Millie, "how could
you?"
"Now, Millie, do bo reasonable," said
Mollie. ,
Old Mr. Dimmock looked mystified.
"It seems to me," he said, with a
show of impatience, "that if I were in
love with one of those girls I could tell
the difference between them. So far as
I can make out, young man, you have
asked Millie to be your wife, and have
tried to make Mollie believe that you
could not live without her. Now, to any
one who does not know Millie and Mol
lie your conduct would appear to be
perfidious. Of course, as between you
aud Mollie, I must believe Mollie, for
the girl certainly knows whether you
kissed her." ,
The old man eyed both of bis daugh
ters hard. Millie was biting her nether
lip and so was Mollie; but Mollie was
trying to keep from laughing.
Old Mr. Dimmock bad an idea.
"I would like to clear up this thing
to your satisfaction and my own,
Bromley," said he. "Let me ask you
whether Mollie kissed you when you
told her you couldn't live without
her?"
The young man got very red in the
face.
"You mean Millie, cf course," he re
plied, with embarrassment. "Perhaps
she wouldn't mind saying that she
kissed me in the summer-house. But
she didn't kiss me on the stoop. I kiss
ed her."
"How Is that, Millie? Mollie?" asked
their father.
"Papa," said Mollie decidedly. "I
couldn't keep Mr. Bromley from kiss
ing me, but I assure you I didn't kiss
him."
Mollie looked her father straight In
the eye, and then she shot an indignant
shaft at Bromley.
Millie hung her head, and her face
was as red as a poppy.
"I think," said the Id man dryly,
that it's plain I'll keep Mollie, and
we'll have that marriage before you
make another mistake, young' man."
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The Greece of To-Day.
To understand the phenomenal rise
of Greece we must bear in mind that,
though the Greeks had been miserably
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There are tricks in all trades, but
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The recollections of John Sherman,
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of Webster and Clay. Both were great
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"Wor Jer where we can raise it? We
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They formed themselves In a commit
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"Clay, if you will make a draft on
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