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poss'bly tyo loads, and thrown atop and I tore a leaf from my note ,
of me as I lay in the mow.
i book and wrote rapidly something
“I lay with mv face to the largest like this:
BY MARY R, P. HATCH.
crack of the barn,through which
u ‘Stewart Hutchinson, the son
From People’» Home Journal.
came glow of light I had mentioned ;of your old friend Mary [Wallow-
But for this I should have been for(j] Hutchinson, is buried up tn
CHAPTER II.
completely sufficated. As it was, the foarn under loads, tuns, moun
W. D. HUFFMAN will be in Burns again this fall with Grad
“But a portentious stillness hov­ ym condition was frightful. I tried t ___
ajnB _____
of hay.
. Come to my rescue
ered about the premises. I had to moye, to lift the hay was im­
and Thoroughbred Bucks.
‘. at once before it is too late. I fell
dined at a hotel a few miles back.1 possible to stir it in the least, I
’asleep and got mowed in I am at
It was vet early in the afternoon,
was as neatly ahd effectually packed the point where you see a white
which had grown sultry in the ex­
as a sardine. Again I groaned and rag fluttering in a crack Yours,
treme. Not an object was astir,
wondered what I should do.
in dire need,
“ ‘H.’
except one old white hen, which;
“By strenuous efforts I at last
“Clutching the old hen tenderlv,
walked knowingly about in the
succeeded in freeing my shoulders yet firmly, I tried to tie the note to'
yard with the air of a proprietor of
somewhat, so that I could get my her wing with a strip from my
the soil, picking up infinitestimal
handkerchief from my pocket. As I handkerchief. She cawed and ex­
tit-bits and throwing the dirt right
I have said, I lay with my face to postulated but I persisted and
and left in her laudable efforts to
the crack, and it had occurred to finally succeeded. Then with a
scratch up her living. She looked j
me to tear a strip from my hand­ reproachful glance at me she step
at me attentively, as I marched up
to the door with my wheel on mv kerchief and thrust it through, ped through a small aperture which
hoping that it might be seen and j she had discovered while I was
shoulder, following me a little wav,
lifting up one foot carefully and recognized as a signal of distress. writing and immediately disappear
then the other, and turning her I did so and drove mv toothpick ed.
“I sunk back exhausted, reeking
head from one «ide to the other I into the end to hold it in place.
with an intelligent air, quite as if But wculd any one see it? It was with perspiration and as weak as
I the water wrung from my tortured
she understood my bvsiness by this extremely improbable,
“Just then I heard a slight rust­ body. How my heart beat at the1 I
time.
ling
at a little distance from where thought that perhaps Biddy would J
“There was a bell and I rang it;
but no one came to the door. I j , I lay. I listened intently to dis­ return to me disheartened, without-
rang again. Same result. It be­ cover what the sound portended. finding an egress. Listening in-
came evident that there was no one Soon the hay parted. A white j ^ent|v j could hear a gentle rustling,
at home, unless I except the old form emerged, slowly, importantly, |each’inoment
growing fainter> un.
lIHJIIivIlV grUnllig lilUJtCt, U11“
lifting up carefully first t one ' leg,
white hen. What should I do?
al jaj^
ceased altogether.1
“I could return to Lancaster and | then the other, as if the weight of I
her prOgre8s been stopped, her
write to my mother an account of an empire rested on her shoulders ' passage choked?
my laudable endeavors to cultivate and she was fearful of shaking it | “I t<ok out my watch and gazed
her early friend’s acquaintance, but off- She had ordy laid an egg, I I at it intently. Two, three, four, |
somehow, the hospitable-looking found, for she immediately lifted ten, twenty, sixty seconds. Then,
house, with its broad verandas, up her voice in mighty cackling. came minutes. Five, ten, longer-
wooed me to remain.
A h the laying of eggs is the chief every one of them an hour; and I
“Perhaps some one would return end of a hen’s xistence. her tri (then I heard a flutter. Next a i
soon and I could deliver my er­ umph was natural enough though triumphant cackle. The hen had
/5-om the Herald, Columbia, Tenn.
rand. Meanwhile, I would go to a little annoying in such close quar
|reached the barn floor.
ITn-’ry County is one of the richest and ; of Columbia (who is now cle-k and Slitter
the barn—the door stood open— ters.
bigue-t and best counties in Tennessee. It of tiie Chaiieery Court of mis i-oiintyi. re-
“But was it my hen, and was the wo.ii<l iie mi exaggeration to say that any eoniniended I»r. Williams’ l’mk Hil» tor
and look around a bit; perhaps
man knew every other man in this ( Pale People.
“She knew me, I saw at once. billet safe? I could net tell at that one
c unity, but it may safely be said that few, if j “ I began using them as per direi-tions for
take a nap on the new mown hay. There was the same look of inquiry
’"y, can come nearer to it than Mr. .lee Si. i locomotor ataxia, and in about one week
moment. Later on as I gazed i I'.istvr,
who«'-home is nt Carter’s Creek, and I some of my frtetids thought 1 wa» better;
1 was something of a poet, and the in her eve th it I had seen once be
through the crack I saw her. She who is now eonneeted with the Jleruld. In
I I but it was two weeks lief- re the improve-
t
•
influences of rural life were not to | fore. Now, she was evidently won-
t ie interest- of the Herald, lie has visited ' nient was plain to ml and salisfiiclorytc my­
had emerged from the barn and n -arly every home in the comity. Upon self. Then, however. I Z/uwthe pills win­
be disregarded.
I dering whv I was in such suspicious was daintly picking her way along; '• slate ”oc inions—that is. the Herald’» em- doing their grand mid glorious work, nn-1
nail pic-nic reu li-in he is the " Master of 1 kept taking them until 1 euu.d uolitii;-
“Entering the spacious barn, I proximity to her nest. Somehow
” There are few men better about <>n crutches.
to the house, and—yes*—a turn of Ceremonies.
kilo vn. few b'-tter Hired, none more trusted,
“ It was suggested to me then that tiattire
glanced up at the vaulted roof where the old hen seemed possessed of a
her bodv displayed to my anxious and vhat h • says the/Pru/i/, unconditionally would do the rest, mid I left off tl.e pills.
1 could plainly see a robin’s n&st I cleverness quite human and cheer
and nn ’quivocally, will vouch for.
In about ten days 1 naw thut I was going
| gaze the letter still tied to her wing.
T > see him now in perfect health and down hill again; I promptly renewed tie
amoung the rafttrs, and congratu .ing. I was glad of her company
-- 'v, on.- would not think that two mid pills, and again I lie-can to improve. A
How I blessed that old white hen! I en
n h It years ago he was a bed-ridden second time 1 tried to leave the l imb- t ■ a
luting myself on mv opportunities and dreaded to loose her. No
1. u physical wreck, whose family go nl constitution, but fumd it still l-o
“But at that moment, almost, a i p i lys tii .-ia-i,
love 1 ones at home and friends weak so I conimeneed on the pit s .-g.uj
I climed to the mow on which the|j()l||^
wou|j leave me soon, for neat phaeton drawn by a hapdsome all
t’io iglit was soon to be 'ailed lienee. and kept taking them until I was m/.
hay lav heaped. I walked to the «he could crawl through narrow
Ihi’ such is th-1 eise, and not only he but. his ! "I whs in iny fifty-first yi ar wh. n I win
gray horse drove up the dusty road I uni y an 1 a hundred friends will testily to t ikoii sick. It is now al-out two y, .-as su --
and lav down where....
.......
it.
I di e rded stick and crutch mid f<" nd my
Blunting
j places where I could not. She was
It was -i peculiar af.iietion he had, and his legs strong enough to carry ";e. 1 am <i-
of sunlight illuminated dusty path-' my last hold on the outside world land into the dooryard just opposite. | cure
was innrv -lions, his recovery a nine- joving splendid health, weigh more mid lo g
ways from numerous cracks in the i Mr. Seavey might come with more (The Seayeys returning home, I te-nth e-ntitry miracle. And that others hotter than for years, mid mtii: tile my
mav enj iy the blessings of the wonderful li­ tilth and my recovery .nd life to tie
old barn acroos the mow. The loads and bury me still deeper, and said to myself, and I thought of. nt lie-ne which beyond the peradventure of inago- of Pink Pills for ¡’ale Piople, under
doubt—under <; >.i’s blessing—saving his the blessing of God.
drone of tiny grasshoppers and i in the spring a’ damp, unpleasant | nothing except to wonder whether a life,
“I have recommended these pil’s tn s
Mr. Foster—not desiring nublieity hut
they would see the note and come with the hope of doing good—luus con­ number of people, mid many I ki.ew hut
crickets hidden in the hay. the body’ would be all that would be »
been ci'ti-d by them. I wish in n v heart
sented to tell of hiu sickness anil his cuix
to my rescue.
It was in the fail of 1892 In- was taken *»’. that every person on earth wl.o i- >ut.eriiig
twitter of robins and swallows, left to tell the tale of my filial obe­
lie w is a firmer then, and had spent the il.o as I was could get them «¡id would tryilem.
TO BE CONTINUED.
“To those who know me, I hop» ii is mt
exposed to the weather and working in the
possessed a sop >rfic
influence dience
fiel I. ntidf ir five hours was in the mud, in a necessary for me to add that I make t- •
stronger even than my poetical
stunning position. Inn few d ivs th-reafter st itement of inv own free w ill, wiilui.t
“The situation was whimsical,
he had a peculiar feeling in his feet ami money mid without I rice. Pul if fl” re are
longings f ir a b itter rhyin» to hay I amusing, if you will, but it was un-
ha uls; tii -y became numb and felt as if anv who are inclined m doubt, 1 "id rei'-r
as I -op.
them to Hr. J. H. Hill, J. M- Hunter, .
than day or lay. I I fi ll asleep and j comfortable and alarming to the
But, pcrhv's, it would be l»etter to let Mr. Ik Lockridge. .Joe T rwi-ll. Ai d s - ii 'i-'-
I dreamed. Such dreams,
P'-t'-r tell his own experience, and this is hols. S. p,. and G. W. Nichols, all of Curt’r s
I bey degr. e No lightness on mv part
Creek. Maury County. Ti nn.. orif they »' I
wh I' ’>e says :
were veritable nightmares.
'’oil awing th-- numbness of mv fe-t and call upon me I will give them the nsm * '
OUR MIND
could lighten the load above me. I •. han sir:
Ü
hands, that numbness .spread until my whole hundred w itn uses of as good men mid wunit a
“I was imprisoned, ground down, I To be lost in the Rockies or in 4
bodv w -s naralvztsl. I hod « dreadful con- as tie- sun ever shone upon.
.
r»
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’
-
11'rd ”
co"piie<l with strietioi i.ro-iml my body, and as I grew “ Hoping some poorsuft- rer may read tr i
stamped upon nt last, deepest ah-1 Mammoth Cave may sound more
wars-» tit's ext-mded up. cutting off my believe and be raised from -i bed of p..iu, 1
n tu r tie • ’> i I' -...l..avc oi ) our breathing;
Very resnei-thilly.
it finally got within a few inches am
ysses of the earth. Tons weighed 1 heroic, but to be ‘mowed in’ is
J<'K M. Fo Tl K.
>(
i t my th’--it a i I it wa« with dillicultv that
». k> •
Caro of the H'rald. Columbia. Te’ nc
me down I wu buried alive.
I twice ns uncomfortable and fully
I hr ch d it -ill. At irregular interval- I
„ pains
,
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____ my
__ . entire
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Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills t >r l>n''' '
had lig , 'tni ir
throughout
I
was choking.smothering, sutl icating as dangerous
Body-in I >im
mid fir at least five mo'itb« pic are nn unfailing remedy tor all '•
CN
w's
he'pb-ss, mid a man servant ease« arising from a poor and watery emi" •
t I w
(s perf-ctly helpless,
dying, it seeme<l. I awoke, groin­ “The hen seem' d to be sharing I
‘
wail. -pt in i-iy room 'lay and ' niglit
to turn tion of the blood, stull ns p de and
low complexion, g -nt-ml inus'-iil->r wi-ik- e—.
'in- i-i bed i-id wait -i|x»n me.
ing reeking with prespiration and in my perplexity. Evidently, she
of spirits, lack <n
‘ In t'i • -artier part of my illness my fc-t lo-« of “ uppe.it e. . depression
i .
' n. .-hloo-is
still suffering the tortures I had had l»evn mowed in too, while doing
’’ i< if I w im wl'dng burC-'ixited on nstitr ambition. unieniin.
chlorosis or -reen wet­
■'.•'•■I. S -ni I i-inld not wilk at all in th- ness. palpitation of the lieart. shortness "
dreamed. What «lid it mean? her diurnal duty, for she went
irk, and --mild not even stand alone with breath on slight exert’on. cildne«« of Irum»
ii eves «'«ut. I rapidly grew worse, ami or feet, swelling of the feet and Jltnb». pen
Waait night-time? Was I in vault? peering about from place to place ti
• * in tv lim'w r--f ised to carry m". Finally in the buck, nerv-m« headai'he, dirr.nie«,
I l-i t n>y s-iise of feeling or touch, and b»ssof memory, feebleae** of will. n'"-’ing -
Eherc- was one solitary gleam of ns if searching for a point of egress !
eo-iM -iot tell when mv feet were against the ears, early deny, ell forms of
light. Emm whence did it come I 1 from her cramped quarters, step-1
e-u-h other, hut felt all the while as if they wenknesa, leucorrlwea, tardy or irregni r
period«, suppression of mense«. hv«t- -
• !•< ; pull- i apart.
Unies
longer
and whv this awful pvrueure upon Ding over me for the purpose as if
p-irnlvsis. bsxinotor ataxia, rheunv'ii-m.
“
It
t
ie
Ix'/itining
I
had
called
in
my
times better Pian t i'ii I- | jv.-n-i in. ii very s-.iecessful pmctl- sciatica, all diseases depending on vitv
me? 1 fell asleep to the tune of 1 were a stick, for all the fear she
il» nut me on a treatment. with in­ humor« in the blood. eansu'C
Stove ti
str :--l o-is to keep very quiet. But I coiitin- swelled gl.ui'ls. fever sores, ricket« hip-mmt
I liltd awaken showed.
birds and insects,
Polish 'i- 't > u" -w worse, and in ahout six weeks he dise ises. hunehbiu-k. sennire.1 deformit
in Hades.
“At last a bright idea sei red me
to! I me. <■ mdid'v and honestly, that he hud decayed bone«, chronic erysip-D«. mtarTn.
! >n • >ii < li -.t. that lie hid also ad» -ned with conmimption of th«*
'
"After awhile 1 colected my Why not make a carrier hen of her?
som • of (’o' nbin'a leading physician«, giv- nlso for invigorating the blood and «»» ■
when
broken
down
|>voverwork
worry.'
’
in t -n my symptom«, hut th it he could
senses »uftienlly to see that I was The thought put new life into me.
’■> •> >t n- f >r me and it w.’s useless for him ease, excesses and indiserctmns of b” "•
Ir
•-?.»
-er
doesn
’
t
keej
ir vs-v v f irlh-r.
irlh -r. He and the physician« coverv from acute diseases, such »’
buried up in hay which was crowd­ I would write a line, secure it to,
■”» h advised prononne-d my dia­ etc., loss of vital powc-s.
end
us
his
lu
;
le
with
ioc
•
•
«C-
Oil
earlv decav. premature old ace. d h*J ■
di -J ». an i inenra’de.
ing and pressing inn down with a her wing where it could be plainly ,
it • ’oli
» f i ■ i ! : t'l-y c >"'d try ary. d'reclx- on the bloo-t. «applying t* the
ct a iar e !><>< and
v.tlui
seen,
«nd
thus
make
known
mv
cruel torture I cannot express. The
■•••
-,V 1
u.l, t-.-id th -n I tw-in f-vi-’-y its life-giving qualities by a«si«t"ig t
-.n)il\ hut ,.e loht book tree.
n—r t'-d.
t w is • -a-"*-
I tritai dif. ab« -rb oxvgvn. th«t great
situation
to
Jane
Seavey
1
®
family.
heat was terrible Evidently some
--ri -.T_fTlt r-ds. shock- organic life. Pink Pills are sold by all 'led-
:
-,.t
t-n s i e, with nn-nb r- er«, or will be sent p««t pawl on
"1 had already freed my right
one, had entered the barn during
m-’-e'nes I hv ' i iute—'-’»v ami price .V» cents a lw»v or stx boxe*[ for »
’’an u Co., Ä£ts.,
it
• : !’ to no t r et. e *1 «’ out bv addressing Dr. Williams’ Mel»««« <*•
my sluml»er,a with a load of hay, hand and shoulder, as I have said, I 5,0 MONT33MERY 6T..S.F,. CAL
THE OLD WHITE HEN.
BUCKS!
'*
BUCKS!!
Will sell Grades from $3.50
to $6 per head. Thor­
oughbreds $6 to $10.
!
vellous Story.
An Interesting Chapter in His Own Life-Some,
We Hope, May Profit by Reading Same.
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