Hillsboro independent., July 05, 1907, Image 7

I
THE GIRL WITH
A MILLION
By D. C Murray
CHAPTER I.
...... ..- in m ursrx or a wood waa
aeucioualy dappled with leafy ehadows.
woaeiy clad man, bearded and a;wcu
eiea, and little oa tha right aid of
forty, aat oa a camp atool before a amall
Bold muI, and libeled tha landscape at
t. ! . .
w( orosea Ota last for eevea or aifht
hours, b had somewhat qulckaned bla
uaoal thoughtful pace, whea tha aoaod
of a aub reached bia ear aod ba stoppad
uuurui u iuo about Dim. Wit bin
j or two aat tba loat child oa tha
kL. . , . ' ..,.,n,,n, oia oars aninst a broad
tZJEXlZS?, .r'. "! ""' o.d a,., ha,,, o. ,b.
It l7h ... .7. i " , ' looked at tha alapiii boy. Ilia
It WHO an air of charmed annrar .tinn. I t. . ..
N' him. o tha ar.arl.Ml trunk of a tr. hi nTT L"i'?
nd In tha abadow of a moaa frown rock, disordered, bia Ion. H.rk u.i. ....
" ' taa om "n or du f" . and bia ry cbek. wer blurred aod
""""' icwBreii .urmriDK lurrmu iuiu i soiled with tha li. .
Ure with a booked needl.
A little way down the dell a boy waa
Clambering amon( the rock, shrieking
very now and then with eratatlc nawa of
a beetle or a butterfly. Me waa a sturdy
blue-eyed, foldt-n haired little fellow of
fire, the picture of heslth, and he waa
risking hla limba and chattering to all ani
mate and Inanimate nature a delightful
boy, and all alive from bla gulden bead
to bia restless feet and tlpa of bia brown
little finger. The mother snatched him
to her arm and jovered him with kisses.
suddenly he loolu-d up, flushed, half pit
ous. with a flash of tear In her eyea.
"Austin. I feel afraid. Hare I a right
to be ao happy? Ha any one a right to
be o happy? Will It In it?'
"Who know?" he answered. "Human
affair run In averages, but then the av'
rrages are not individual. We bare had
almost trouble enough In our time to have
paid for a little Joy. Let ua take It grate
fully."
"Sometime," aha aaid, "a ahadow aeema
to fall upon It all the hdow of a fear."
"The ahadow of the past experience,
" The burned child dread the tire. We are
burned children, both of ua. five year
lllnena and poverty out of seven year of
married life la a large allowance. And,
after all, our preaent happineu Isn't phe
nomenal, my dear, though It look ao. W
have health, and w value It because we
have each missed It In turn. We have a
little money, and we thiuk It a great deal
because we bav been ao deadly poor,
And then," be laughed and balf blushed,
we have a little fame, and that la all
the plesaanter because we were ao long
neglected. Sweet ia pleasure after pain.
"1 am dangerously happy," she answer
ed.
"Come, let us unpack the luncheon bas
ket. Cold chicken. Salad. Bread.
Cheese. Milk. There we are. Fall to.
Hit down by your mother, Cupid. Take
a pull at the milk, old man, and then
you'll have an appetite. What a sudden
ahadow !"
A cloud bad floated between themselves
. and the sun, and a strange quiet had fall
en with the ahadow on the woods.
"Austin, the wife whispered, "there Is
. that dreadful man again. It aeema aa If
he bad brought the darkness with him.
A brown sloping path, covered still
with the fir needles shed in the foregoing
autumn, broke the wall of green which
bounded the dell, and down this footway,
between the sliver steps of the birches and
the reddish atems of the Mrs, walked a
gray-bearded man, with hla bead drooped
forward and his hands clasped behind him
He looked neither to left nor right, but
went by aa If aaconerioua of their pres
ence, and in a little while waa lost be
hind the thicker growth of treea. Aa he
went out of eight the sun broke through
the cloud, the leafage waa Inundated with
life again and the birds renewed their
song.
"Look, she whispered; "the ahadow
follows him."
"What an odd mood this la to-day J'
Mid her husband, smiling at her. "And
why Is the poor old gentleman ao dread
ful?"
"tint, Austin, do you know? You can't
have beard. He la known to bav batch
ed plota against tb Csar,
"Well, yes. It ia known also that he
baa been wifeless and childless thia twen
ty years. Ilia wife and hi two sons
died In Siberia. They went there without
trial, and people who know him say that
the loss of them
turned bia brain.
you and little Auat
you on foot through hundreds of miles of
Ice and snow? Suppose that he made you
herd with the human off scourings of the
world, and that you died after three or
four long-drawn, hideous years? It might
be wicked, but surely It would not be
quit without provocation If I blew that
man sky-high. I don't say that regicide
la a thing to be commended. I don't de
fend the poor old gentleman's political
opinions. Hut1 1 do aay that human na
ture la human nature.
Luncheon over, he returned to hi
painting, to find the lights all changed,
He worked away, however, with great
contentment for an hour or two, while the
Wife and the hoy wandered beyond the
limits of the dell. hen they came back
they found that he had packed up hi
traps and waa lying at length on tb
aim with his fac turned to the aky.
"I do thia better than I paint," ba aaid,
rocking an Idle eye at his wife from be
neath the soft white felt which rested on
bis hom. "Shall we get back now?"
"I aot to carry something, papa,
aaid the boy, poasessin himself of the
ramp s'oji. iney sauntered on together
tranquilly through the twinkling lights
which dniiled from between the leaves.
and their steps were noiseless on the
dense raioet of fir needles. The boy laid
down his burden to chase a sulphur-col
ored butterfly. They bad gone a hundred
yarda before tbey missed him. and when
they turned to look for him he waa seen
at the far end of a wooded vista, seated
on the ramp stool.
"Iook at the little figure. Lacy," said
the father. "Isn't there something lonely
and almost pathetic In It? He looks as
If be were waiting for somebody who
would never come a figur of deserted
childish patience." He bailed the child
and turned away again. "He knows the
road?" he asked. "There la no danger of
hla foeine- himself?"
"He knowa tb way." sh answered.
"We have been her twlc a day for a
la
Eh I La, la. la?" said the old fellow.
a pitying accent. "I-aat i rxl
sieep in despair, dear little heart? In
tears? In terror? And Ood sendetb
nsno. ere yet it is night time. To the
child, rescue, and to the old man teach
ing."
men be took the child softly In his
arms, and garnering up the hat and the
camp atool, entered the wood. As he did
so, a faint and distant cry reached his
ears, and he stopped to listen. It wss re
peated once or twice, faintly and more
faintly, and then died away. He started
anew almost at a run, but he was old,
and the lad waa unusually solid and well
grown for bia years, ao that the burden
soon told on bim, and brought blm to a
walk again. It waa a full mile, from the
spot to which the child had wandered to
tba I heval lilsne, and when the little
hou'el waa reached the bearer's back and
arma were aching rarely. The landlady
met hlra In the passage with a cry.
"Oh, the little Anglais 1 You bar
found bim, monsieur? Jeanne, run to the
woods and tell them that tb child ia
found."
"You know hlra?" asked Dobroskl.
"Who la be? Where does be llv?"
"lie Is the child of the English at
the hotel des I'ostes," abswered the wom
an, standing on tiptoe to kiss the boy,
He has been lost this five hours-" Do
broskl turned Into the street and the
woman followed him talking all the way.
lie la the only child of hia parents, and
their cherished. Imagine, then, the de
spair of the mother, the Inquetude of his
father I They are rich. See how the child
Is dresaed. There is nothing you might
not ask for.
The old maa smiled at thia, but aaid
nothing. He surrendered his charge at
the hotel, where the boy was received
with such noisy demonstrations of pleas
ure that he awoke. Being awake, and
recognising bia surroundings, he adapted
himself to them with an Immediate phil
osophy, and demanded something to eat.
A second messenger waa dispatched to
the wood to bring hack the party who bad
gone In search of him.
His mother kissed him frantically and
cried over bim, but bia father set out
for the Cheval Blanc to thank hia res
cuer, lie found Iotrokl seated in a lit
tie room with a sanded floor, and began
to stammer his gratitude in broken and
mutilated French,
It was a piece of good fortune to find
him," aaid Dobroskl, speaking English,
to tha other's great relief. "I am de
lighted that the pleasure was mine."
I don t know how to tbank .vou '
said the englishman, a littla awkward'
ly. lugging a purs from his trousers
pocket, lor a moment Dobroskl fancied
the strsnger meant to offer him money,
but he merely produced a card, "That'a
my name," aaid the Englishman, blun
A . 1 . , ft .1 . - i ..
uerniKij. nusiin r ariey. I pon my
word. I really don't know bow to tbank
you."
My good, good air," returned 'Dobro
skl, "what would you hav had? What
waa I to do? He waa sure to be found.
and It waa my good fortune to hav found
him."
You must let his mother come and
tbank you, air," said tb Englishman.
I' pon my word I really dou't know what
to say to tell you bow grateful and oblig
ed I am. His mother baa been In tha
greatest anxiety. You must let her come
aod thank you.
Well, well, Mr. Farley." the elder man
oth
think
"i"v knocked about Part a good ,
am rasr. "I speak Jormaa with
same facility, though It' probably ate
ocoica extraction that give m that."
Midwa y between Namur and Luxem
bourg the two travelers changed trains
tor Jsnrnn. The engine ateamed laiily
through a most lovely country, and th I
young Americas, looking continually out
of window, seemed absorbed in contem-
plstioo of the landscape. Bnt It could
scarcely bav been the landscape which
half a do sen time railed a dreamy ami)
to bia auft eyes, and one a blush to ths
sallow pallor of his cheek. When the
train drew up ia front of the little red
brick station, a building planned like a
cnild a toy bouse and not much bigger.
tb blush cam to hia rbeek again, and
hi hand trembled slightly as It car
hla black mustache.
"Well. It's good by for a time, old fel
low," he aaid, shaking hands with Fra-
r. "But I will see you again to-mor
row or aext day, most likely, if you can
find time to turn from affair of state."
"Are thoee your friends?" asked Fraaer,
looking through the window as the train
crawled slowly along the platform. "Aa
uncommonly pretty gyurl 1 Tb ould boy
looks Ilk an army man. He a waving
bis hand at ye."
"Yea," aaid Maskelyn. with bia toft
drawl a little exaggerated. "That la my
man. Good day, Fraser. Tell O'Rourk
I'm down her and that I'll run over and
bar a look at hhn."
A minute later he waa shaking bands
with the young lady who had excited Mr.
Fraser' admiration.
"Welcome to the Ardennes, Mr. Mask-
lyne," said Angela, with frank good hu
mor. "How are all our friend In .New
York?"
"Tbank you, Miss Butler," be anewr-
d. looking Into her gray eye with a
mils which was ail the brighter and the
sweeter because of the usual melancholy I
of bia countenance; "I cannot undertake
to tell you bow all your frlrnda in New
York may be, but the few scores of whom
I bav beard la one way or another sine
I cam to Europe are very well indeed.
Major Butler, I am charmed to see you.
looking so robust. I had not hoped to see
you looking so well."
"Dyspepsia." aaid the major. Y ben
I wrote you I was really II L I am all
right now. But I re been a good deal
worried, and when I'm worried I getl
dyspepsia, and dyspepsia means despair.
That your baggags? Got th ticket for
ur
At this point Fraser cam op with
perfect sang frold, raised his bat to tb I
girl aod accosted Maskelyn.
"I aay, ould man, tell m what's tb I
beat place to put up at here?"
"Hotel dea I'oatea," aaid tb major.
Mr. Fraser raised his bat to th major.
' "Let me Introduce you," said Mask-
fyne. "Major Butler, thia la Mr. Fraser,
a member of your British House of Com
mons."
'Delighted to meet yon !" said the ma
jor, but he did not look aa U this state
ment could be accepted.
(To be continued.)
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Ant fiinj. r
r "w 01 eat Papers on Imoortant Subjects.
Efr4 1 1 1 HI 144441 M t 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 I 4 1 1 1 1 I t 1 1
D
k ererjjr. W" th,r
taln U Munition that .hn. .k
arsons who gsln rPutloa of blnf tgTbit
peopl. because tbey I rDJp.,DMlc,lljr fe tnyon
whom they sr. f";, Iwt.po.ition ,t a dinner or
other sodal function. lr others, deficient In this
gift wbo ran only 1 'ino,,. w p,, -
th writer affirms, r la despair of th dinner-giver."
But the people " ltnt a new species. Lord
Edward Bulwer-Lyttoo. Is on, of Bl, ewnyi mon thtn
half a ceutury r. compiling tbat ..numinlnf bawlng
and drawling ire ,b tur" sTac 0f our conversation,"
To prepare tlkIn n must begin thinking. A
man or a woman wb U Interested In people. In events or
In books, should ' sllBculty In finding aubjevta of
conversation or In Bklng otinerratlonB likely to "b well
received. Th best talktri naturally, are people of cul
ture, but culture WJ julred out of colleg aa well
a In. .Tb days of tb French salons ara gun never to
return. Tb bsbltues of the H0UI wew len au(J women
picked for their brlllian.-, ,f InA and speech, or for
some other trait that sude thetn Interesting In society.
But not all of tb" were equally gifted, noma of
them were better listener than talkers. There
Is a refuge for Individual addicted to aoclety,
but without hop of iuweeding a a talker let blm lis
ten sympathetically to others who talk, and ua will not
lack appreclatlon.-Mllwiu.e, Wisconsin.
FLATS 8MSI TOR AUTOMOBIXISTS.
HE lutomooll, i. ot golng t0 .j, regulated
Dy pen-r, won. H hai to ,tay- j,
mty b largely used for pleasure Just now.
but 1 prictleal valu 1 manifest and In
sure us permanence. When a buslneaa
man can corer twenty to thirty mllea In an
hour or two md do In that tlina work that
It would take biin di to do with a horse and buggy,
It Is Just as Idle to attempt to suppress that advantage
by legislation ss to attempt to suppress toe Introduction
of railways or toy other labor-saving device. The more
reasonable the lawand by that we do not mean the
more lenient, but the greater the liberty allowed consist
ent with the rights of th rest of the community the
more satisfactory will ts the results to the non-automo-blllng
portion of the community. An excessively high
peed ought not to be tolerated where It endanger any one
but the occupants of the automobile; but what consti
tutes a high speed ought Dot to be measured by the per
formance of some broken-down cart horse.
On the other hind any automoblllst wbo habitually
and unnecessarily puts In Jeopardy the Uvea of others,
who runs at high speed over narrow roads where the
shying of a startled burse may cause an upset, who
dashes through crowded thoroughfarea or past cross
streets where the approach of another vehicle Is ob
scured, ought not ouly to be dealt wltu by the courts
much more severely thai Is customary, but to be made
to feel that be Is an oitlaw among representative auto
moblllst An enllghtaed selfishness dlctatea auch
eoure no matttr how d!af reable It may be; for the
conduct of those atifonfl IHta wbo do offend Is so out
rageous and so Inexcusable tbat unless It Is clearly dem
In Z7 k .M well, Mr. F.rley." th. elder ,
trusts : !!;i1!ol:"'ou
WITHOUT TLOUBISH 07 TRUMPET
There Ara Rewards for Charitable
Work Aloa Maa.
Miss Darrow paused In her work and
looked for a moweut out of the school
basement window. Across the street
Boating banners and flaring posters on
the exhibition hall announced the open
ing of the largest bazaar of the sea
son. She aighed as sue watcueu met
handsomely dressed women alighting I
from their carriages and making their I
way through the curious crowd about
the doors Into the building.
The work she and the other members
of th School Children's Aid Society
were doing seemed rather a prosaic and
dull affair In contrast to the gayety
and glitter of the bazaar, where fancy
costumes, elaborate decorations and
gay music made the scene apear more I wwwwe
of a fashionable social event than a I "In the early Dart of on September,
labor of charity. I announced among the Apachea that
"Oh ! oh !" she cried. I my daughter, Eva, bating attained wo-
"What Is Itr asked a friend who manhood, should put away childish
waa tying bandies near ber. things and assume ber station as a
I thought for an Instant that a lit- young lady," says Geronlmo, the fa
tie boy waa going to be run over1 by an mous old war chief of the Apachea, In
automobile, but a policeman anatcbed the story of bla life. At a dance of the
him away Just In time. It gave me a tribe she would mak ber debut and
dreadful fright," aaid Miss Darrow, then, or thereafter, It would be proper
tuning from the window and beginning for a warrior to seek ber hand In mar-
again to count out the comfortable lit-triage.
oustrated that automoblllata as a claaa will not protect
the offenders the demand for restrictive leglslstlon will
become even more general than It has been. The autlst
needs to exercise common asnae aa well aa the authori
ties. St Paul Pioneer Pre.
U A
THS COST 01 WAX.
VERY century Uvea are wasted In war at
the rate of 20,000,000 In Europe alone an
average of 200,000 every year. Two and a
balf million men fell on European battle
field during the first half of last century
alone; and thia slaughter coat Europe the
coloaaal sum of 16,850,000,000. Each victim
coat 12.600 to kill.
In the Boer war each Boer killed cost England $23,000.
The dally expne of the Puo-Jepanae war amounted
to more than $1,000,000 every day on the Japanese side;
while the Kuaalana bad to foot a bill for $2,500,000 every
day and this for a period of eighteen months! Now
try to figure out what this war coat Russia and Japan.
To the actual cost of carrying on war must be added
the expense of preps ration. Tbe greater European na
tions every year spend many hundreds of millions of dol
lars each, preparing for war. It coats $3,000,000 to build
a modern battleship. A bundred-ton cannon costs $73,
000 a single discharge of these monsters burns up
$1,500, and they can be discharged only a few hundred
times, then they are worn out
Ia thia not an Insane wast of both human live and
money? Wby do nations go to war, anyway? Bacaus
of Jealousy, mostly. Tbe great commercial nations, es
pecially, are mutually distrustful, always afraid that the
other will gsln greater wealth and territory. Japan Is
looking with Jealousy upon America, since w have ter
ritory (th Philippines) near Its doors. Englsnd Is Jeal
ous of Russia. Germany and Franc are always ready to
fight should one or th other extend lta lnfluenc In
Africa, Illustrated Horn Journal.
WB
THOUSANDS TIGHT AUD TRIUMPH. 1
ARDLY day passes that th newspaper
of this city do not report one or more sui
cides or attempts at suicide. In the vast
majority of cases "despondency" la given
aa the cause. That on word eloquently
sums up the story
But all tbe despondency that triumph In
this way over the weakness of tbe few la Infinitesimal
compared with tbat which Is dominated and beat down
by brave heart every day of the year. Those wbo want
to take their own Uvea bav no monopoly of thia feeling.
Thousands and thousands of men feel it come over them
at times. The causes of It are Infinite. But they do not
yield to It because tbey canot afford to. The husband
with a wife and children to provide for bravely puts It
aside for their take and his own. The woman whoa
life Is often mere mechanical routine fights It down
that those whom she lovea may not be Infected with ber
cheerlessness.
These are the silent ware of which we do not read In
the newspapers, but In which men and women reach th
supreme helghta of heroism. The other kind of war
baa more of cols and pageant and music. But In real
grandeur It cannot compare with the victory of a single
human aonl over tbe weakness tbat leada to despon
dency or th despondency tbat ends In death. Chicago
Examiner.
raDLUi giel's "commo out,
so mere an accident worth thanka to anv
Kly uut pray let oa say no mor."
CHAPTER II.
There was a great crowd of neoDle at
the railway atation at Namur. and the
Luxembourg train had no sooner steamed
into the ststion than It was besieged by
tn moo, snn sll th carriages were taken
by storm. One tourist, who had furnish
ed himself with a first class ticket, and
had shouldered himself through the crowd
to the buffet, was exceedingly wroth on
hia return to find tbat tbe carriage he
had occupied waa filled by third class
excursionists. He spoke French with
fluency, and an inaccuracy in combination
with it, which fairly took off hi mental
feet the official to whom be appealed, and
in a very passion and torrent of hia ora
tory rippled audibly the accent of Dun
lin. He talked all over, arma and hands,
finger tips. head, shoulder, and body. He
talked with all hia features and with all
bia muscles and with all hia might, and at
last the official seised his meaning, and
proceeded with Inexorable politeness to
turn out all th third class passenger.
Th triumphant tourist stood by, sudden
ly smiling snd unruffled. He bad a
round, stnoolh face, with a touch of apnle-
eolor on his cheek, a dom inclining some
what upward, and an expression of self-
satisfaction ao complete that it roused
the Irony of one of the ejected.
"He is well Introduced to himself, that
fellow," said be, but the tourist did not
hear, or did not care if b heard. He
stood tranquilly by, holding th handle of
th door, until th carriage wa cleared.
and waa Juat about to ascend when a
slow, quiet voice spok behind.
Got that through, old man, eh?"
Th Tourist turned suddenly, and
stretched out a band to th spesker.
"What? Maikelyne, m boy. Deloyt-
ed. Where ar you going?"
I am going to Janenn by rail." aaid
th other, accepting th proffered hand
Ith a hearty hake, one np and once
down. ."From there I go en to a little
Id
month past."
a. . k, . t.4 am .ll ntesaeuf- talk.
la. of Ind.fferent matters, and th little Place called Houfoy, to om
fellow sat oa th ramp stool behind them 'rlenU of join.
nd held animated talk with rsaturs.
Tbe gray-bearded maa wandered
through the wood with hla rhln aunk a pon
hia breast and hia eyes fixed opoa the
ground He waa tall and gannt and swar
thv. snd looked as If he bad a considers-
1.1a strain of the Jew in Dim. ins
was li
I'm going to Janenn tneaelf, said
the Irishman. "Caa't w rid together?"
I suppoa w ran, returned hi
friend. "Bsggafe Is registered." He
wss Just aa calm as th Celt had Wc lo
ots or two before been eager, and hia
vole was distinctly American. It wa
I 'v ..a .U,ur I verv nrecUely and neatly ettlr!, ala
a aa wa a- -r" ." a ' ' . ,.u .l.nl: hia far
r, Ifia tamnea war bollowea us
those of death's-head, and hla eyea,
which were larg and brown and moar
ful t th vrg ( pathos, were tb eyes
f a born dreamer a ad fanatl by na-
u -k... k. M VI.
ad having Just remembered that h had -ear. anyim ua.
furore wa tall and lerant ; hla fac was
handsome bnt melancholy, aad curiously
pale. The eye were the best feature
black, eoft and loatrena, bnt they looked
aa If a had aever smiled In his life. "I
as. Fraser." he said, la hia slow, mild
anica. when ther were both seated, "whr
1 i
tie dresses and suits with which the
society clothed the poor children of tbe
great city wbo otherwise would not
have been able to attend school.
Thoroughly engrossed, she did not
notice tbe entrance of a policeman and
a small ragged boy until she beard
some one say:
Ask Miss Darrow; she Is our presi
dent"
The officer touched hla helmet re
spectfully as Miss Darrow stepped to
ward him.
This little chap came pretty near
being run down by an auto Just now."
he began.
Ye. I saw you rescue him ," she
said. Including both the policeman ami
the boy In ber pleasant smile.
"Well, when I dragged him away
and took a good look at him, I saw he
wanted a little more covering for thia
kind of chilly weather, and I've brought
blm here to see wbst you ran do. He
hasn't any folks to buy him clothes,
and he's pretty young yet to make much
selling papers, although be manages to
psy his board at the newsboys' home.
I said to tbst woman wbo came ao
near fixing blm by ber careless running
of her auto tbat be wouldn't ever need
clothes agnln, that I was going to let
you ladles have a chance to fit him out
She told me that she was working for
charity In the bazaar, and she seemed
to think she was doing somebody a
great favor by selling gewgaws one day
in tne year.
' "I asked her to com in here with me
and see where good people worked hard
one day tn every week without any
dancing or flowers or brass banda. But
ah wouldn't come. I guess she didn't
care to know what real charity la. She
like the noisy kind better."
"W must ach help In our own
way," aaid Mia Darrow, sweetly.
T. mayb ao," waa th policeman's
reply, "but I Ilk your steady, quiet
way beat myself. Here, bub, thank th
ladle for all tbe nlc clothe."
Aa be and tb beaming child depart
ed Mis Darrow looked at ber fellow
worker with shining eye, and aaid.
"How great ar tb reward for oar
service I Youth's Companion.
Franklin Why did yon look towards
th oppoait aid of tb street when
you paaaed tbat saloon? penn I was
trying to keep my train of thosght oa
th right track.
Accordingly Invltatloua were Issued
to all Apachea and many Comancbea
and Klowaa to assemble for a grand
dance on the green by the aouth bank
of Medlcln Creek, near the village of
Nalclie, former chief, of th Chokonen
Apachea, on the first: night of tbe full
. . i. .
moon in iseptemuer. iesnvitie
were to continue for two day and
nights. Nothing was omitted In the
preparatlona that would contribute to
the enjoyment of the guests or the per
fection of the obecnan of tbe relig
ious rites.
To mnk ready for the dancing, the
arrass ou a mrge circus, space was
closely cut When tbe night came the
singing was led by LU r -aiche; and
Geronlmo, aslted by his medicine
men, directed the dance.
First Eva advanced from among tbe
women and danced on- round th
camp-Ore? then, accompanied by an
other young woman, again ad
vanced and danced three times round
tbe camp-fire; the next time alia and
three other young ladle advanced and
danced four times round the camp-
fire. Thia ceremony ed about aa
hour.
Next the medlHne-men entered.
stripped to the wai. l-r bodies
painted fantastical. nceu the
sacred dances. Tbey wr followed by
clown dam-era, wbo amused the audi
ence greatly.
tImm. the member o. inoe Join
ed hands and dsnce.1 In circle round
the camp-fire for a long All the
friends of the tribe were asked to take
in this dance, and when It wss
ended many of the old peopi. tlred
and th "lovers' dnnce -n.
The warriors stood In middle of
the circle, and tbe U'Jie. two snd two,
danced forward and '""N anme
warrior to dance rl,n1t1' age
ing waa back and forth line from
,h. center to tb. cir
cle. Tbe warrior dlea.
and when tbey danced forward to th
renter h danced back. rd I . ber, they
danced backward to th. onter dg. b
followed, facing tbem.
TbI. lasted two or three bonr,, an(1
then th. mnslc cb.ngcd. .edl.t.
,y th warrior. aeenled . , th
renter of tb. clrcl. each
woman -elected Prt-
before, .nly tw I" tW
danced together,
purinf thia Atf". B";" ".tlnu-4 ,
until daylight the warrior, If dancing
with a maiden, could propose mar
riage; and If the maiden agreed, he
would consult her father soon after
ward and make a bargain for her.
Upon all such occasion as this,
when a dance Is finished, each war
rior glvea present to th lady wbo
selected htm for a partner and danced
with him. If she la satisfied with the
present he any a good-by. If not, the
matter Is referred to some medicine
man or chief, who determines the ques
tion of what Is a proper gift For a
married woman tbe valu of th prea
ent abould be two or tbre dollar; for
a maiden tbe present ahould hav
value of not less than five dollars.
Often, however, the maiden receive a
very valuable present
During this "lovers' dance" th med
icine men mingle with tbe dancers and
keep off th "evil spirits."
WTVXS WHO LIVE IS FEAK.
If Their Hasbaads Ar Eataears
Thar Ar Alwar t'aeasr.
When rallyoad wrecks occur the fire
man may Jump, but the engineer, If he
Is faithful to bis trust must atay Dy
the throttle. To do this means death
In many cases. No one knowa this better
than the engineer's wife. The engine
men say tbat tbey become Indifferent
to danger and lose all dread of a eel
dents and death. Tbelr wlvea. It
seem, ar. the one wbo llv most Is
fesr.
Engineers' wive are not happy If
v.. inwm their husband a Many of
l Li
tbem will admit tbat a ahadow rest
on their lire If yon ak them In con
fidence. Tbelr busbsnds, perhaps, do
not know It
"I do not csre to mak. my husband
miserable, what little tlm h la at
home, complaining of bla profeaslon."
said an engineer's wife. "I never knew
of an engineer quitting the business tot
hla wife or anyone else but one I
heard of a man wbo gave up th. road
at tbe solicitation of his sweetheart
But after they had been married if ew
years be went bsck and waa killed In
"My husband ha been an engineer
on i fast msll train for nearly thirty
years," aaid a woman with an unhap
py face "I have found tbat being an
engineer', wife I. kind of '"ldow;
bood. Tbe only tlm. tbst I am aoso
lutely ur tbst I am not widow Is
tb two or tbre days out of each week
that my husband la at home.
"When w wer first married be ran
a switch .ngln In the yard, ind wss
at bom .Tery day. Ther. wa.n t
much danger of accident In tbat I
hoped that b. would always run on.
of the- bnsy llttl. -mine, with
headlight on both end.
"But my husband was ambitious Ilk.
other engineer.
with work In tb. yarda. I abatl never
forget tb day that b eam. boo and
told that h bad be.n promoted to tb
road. H seemed very much pleaaed.
I bid my feeling ff
to ihar bl pleaaor. with blm. U.
UIT aTATTJULL.
aslaal4 Is This I'M.
Phe wa tb elegant and gradou
mlstreaa of a fine old mansion tn
llttl town, and her caller waa in an
cient sociologist III aeat waa near
tb window, and la they talked be ob
served an aged whltewasher, splsshedl
nd shabby, going by with bla pall.
Suddenly tb maa paused, retraced bl .
teps, and came tsp th gardem path. A
moment later th lady waa summoned
to th door.
"Oh. 1 It yon. nenryr th caller
heard ber aay. "W aha'n't b rvady
for yon till next week. I think ther
must b sum mistake.1
"There ain't any mlstsk. and It alnt
tb Job I ram about" drawled Hrary'a
voice, leisurely, "but th skirt o that
green dress you wear Sundays la flap
pin' out I aid winder up-atatrs, anil
ther' storm eomtn' up Ilk to b
downpour any mlnut now and I
kind thought tnayb twouliln't b
m proved by soak In'. I guea you'd1
forgot It." .
"Certainly I had!" cried the lady.
I took a spot out with benzine, and
bung It over th alll to air, and forgot
11 about It O, thank you, Henry I"
Th door rloaed ; the guest beard bl
bostes flying hastily up-atalrs. and
when, a few minute later, she reap
peared, fluahed and laughing, the storm
had already broken, and tbe Smlsbl
Henry, with his roat-rollar turned up.
with scudding away Into tb dixtanr
before a pelting gale.
"If th buslne-a relation verywher
merged as naturally and alraply Into
frlendllnesa as between your white-
washer and you." said th visitor, with
sigh- and smile, "how much easier
and fewer would the problema be w
sociologists hav to consider 1"
"Henry la very nlc man, ind Ft
known him all my life." aaid tbe lady,
with I touch of surprise, aettllng again
comfortably Into her easy chair. ' "Of
ocurs b wouldn't let my dress l
spoiled as long as h happened to notlc
It I'm very glad h looked np."
Youth's Companion.
THE 7AV0A 15 EETTON.
t
ran freight engine for a few years.
Then be was advanced to I fast pas
senger engine."
Tb woman stopped talking for a mo
ment and looked at tha clock.
"If. 3 o'clock now; let's see. H Is
near th. town of L now. A few
mile this side of tbe place Is a brldg.
cross i river. I am always afraid
of that bridge during high water." .
She aaid tbat she bad learned ber
husband's schedule by heart Every
hour of tbe day she know Just where
bis train should be at tbat time. 8b
baa been over his run many times and
knowa tb location of every bridge,
every high embankment and every dan
gerous curve.
"Tb life of an engineer's wife I
made up of many aad farewells. Each
time tbat I see my husband leave It Is
with tbe thought tbat thia may be hla
last trip. I believe thst I ow my
gray hair to those hundreds of time
tbat I have had to aay good by." Kan
sas City Star.
Pa's Heaseeleaala',
When th April sun's a-shlnln' hot an'
thing is nice snd freth,
When tb wilier' droppln' tossel an'
th blackbird's In th breah.
An' pa comes In fer noonm' an' th
floor ia wet a souse,
Thea it's "Law a massy on ust Tour
ma's a-cleanin' house."
Then m an Jim Is sur to find rag car
pets in th sun
When w'd planned to go a-fiahln' fer
th sucker In th run :
But whll pa take hi noonln' an' tb
bosses eat their snacks,
Us boys ran best tbem carpet while
w'r restin np our back.
Aa' then aext day pa's certain sur t
bsvs to go to town;
But bs always lesres as orders, "Help to
put them carpets down."
Aa' at Bight when he gets horn again,
you d think, to bear bim groan
About tb hardship of It tbat ha d don
tb Job alon.
Poor ma t 8h has It awful hard, sh'll
work until sh drops.
An' pound her thumb nail half way off.
an' wet her feet with slops:
She'll get so boars that sh can't spesk.
so sor st every boo;
But pa. b says If It wss hla h'd let
IQW BuiHf aiuua.
1 t
Aa' whea tbat night th kids la sick an'
hi to hav a drink.
An' ma ab can't get np bacaas her
back's la such a kick.
If pa should bang th furaitur whilst
gropin fer a run.
To caa feel him gettlo' mad enough to
fairly eat ber up.
So a aa' Jim was ssyla'. If th tlm
bould ver com
Whea pa an' ma ahould change tbIr
work aa pa abould stay t ham.
I wouldn't Ilk to be a boy, but Jest a
llttl metis
T bear what thing pa woold say It k
was eleanln noua.
Woman's Horn Cempaalon. ,
Secretary Straus, of the Department
of Commerce and Labor, Is tbe most
punctilious of men. Th mere sugges
tion tbat courtesy demands an act will
wring from him what no other consid
erations could extract When th
strlk on th New Tork subway oc
curred In 10O5. It wa reported tbst
the Civic Federation would attempt
to settle th troubl by arbitration.
Mr. Straua was then tie presldeut of
the Civic Federation, and the news
papers tried to get from him a state
ment tn regard to tba matter, put n
dodged all Interviewers.
One paper sent reporter to Mr.
Straus' house at night Despite tha
most Insistent and varied appeals aeut
up by the reporter, Mr. Straus re
fused to ee him. After each appeal
th butler brought back a polite reply
to tb effect that Mrs. Straus wss sick
and tbat Mr. Straua could nut lear
ber.
In despslr tb. reporter left tbe hous
and telephoned bis city editor tbat b
could not get an Interview.
"Go back and try again," cam to
blm over th telephone.
To return and plead for an Interview
was both useless and stupid. The re
porter sat down on step and racked
hla brains for a meana of forcing an
Interview. Suddenly an Inspiration
came to him. II dashed acresa th
street to a drug stone, where b could
write, and penned this not:
"Dear Mr. Straua Pleas psnlon m
for disturbing you again, but It la un
avoidable. When tb Russisns wer
massacring tbe Jewa at Klshlnef. th
undersigned, at your request wrote aa
article of protest tbat was given wld
publicity. He would consider It a re
turn of courtesy and greatly spprecint
i It If yon would give blm a short Inter.
view at thia time relative to tb sub
way strike." ,
In leas than a mlnut after receiving
thia not Mr. Straus escorted th re
porter Into his library, and ther dic
tated an Interview.
Being True Sport Isn't mock of a
racommenJiUoa la any other tin.
TACT AJtD POLITENESS WTTf.
Haw Mlaa Weary Caaalaalr Oat III A
f Tlraaaata Visitor.
"Oh, Mr. Boreley," aaid Mlaa Weary
when the clock In the drawing rduiu
pointed to 0, "I wonder If I could get
you to do m a great favor?"
"I am your to command, Mia
Weary," replied Boreley, gallantly.'
"Too are very good. I'm sure. Tb
favor Is that you would post a letter
for m a yon go home?"
"I will do so with tbe greatest pleas
ure," aaid be, aa be settled bliueelf
comfortably back In hla chair. ' .
"I would not tronbl you with' jt"
sh went on, "but It 1 rather Import
ant that It abould be started towsnl
lta destination to-night, a I am ex
tremely anxious for It to reach, rny
friend without los of time." '
"You may depend on ma. Mis
Weary. I always remember letter
which ar given m to post I never
was known to carry on about In aa
inside pocket for two or thr week,
a Is the msnner of my sex." ,
"I wa sure I could trust yon, Mr.
Boreley, and you will pardon m for
aaytng again tbat It Is Important that
tb letter leav ber to-night ; A
be spok sb went to tb llttl writing
table at tb end of tb room and re
turned with tb inter. "Her It Is,
Mr. Boreley," sh said. "Th last col
lection at tb bog on th nxt rorMer
I made at 9:20 precisely."
Mr. Boreley looked at bla watch.
"Wby," be aaid. "I bav barely tlm
to get ther before th pillar box 1
cleared. Goodnight VI Is Weary."
"Too ar o good. Mr. Boreley.
Goodnight B a sauted that I ap
prerlat your kindness. You will call'
agstn eoon, I hope."
As Mis Weary went upstairs ah
said to herself s
"A girl nowaday baa to b a rTU-.
Isr schemer If sb I to get any beatty'
Jeep." Caaaell'l Journal.
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