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T ( RING OUT, YE BELLS I Ring out, ring out, ye merry bells, And let the deep mouthed cannon roar! Each patriotic bosom swells! - The glorious fourth la here onco morol When night descends what Joys are hlal Tho hlNHlng rocket cleaves the skies. . Hark! Hear tho roman candles flssz! Behold the rod and blue lights rise! Now, whlzl z-z-zlp! bang! torpedoes crash And epllt the fretted ear of night. Firecrackers Jump, toy pistols flash, 'Mid exclamations of delight Now blaze the barrels smeared with tnr. Slow matches pass from hand to hand. And salve and sticking plaster arc At druggists' stores in great doinaud. FIUST VOLUNTEER ' FROM COMPTON XTRY full account of 'nother groat victory over the Span-yards r tJ, from Chlcntto to ConiD- omintrv Tillage on a 'short-cut railroad branch as was. The most exciting yet of exciting, rnmor hannted, war-bubbling June had come down on the noon train, in the shanc of extra editions with glaring headlines announcing "our boys" at It, hot and heavy, along mo coast. of Cuba , . . "Gettin' warm, I tell youl"; commented old SI Slocum. his veteran eye glowing os it hftd not done since tho sixties, when ho took a glorious part at Antletam. - - "Moan ronJ. ironvwlne business at last, I guess!" nodded his "war partner," Seth Tnlno, who had left one arm on that same honored battlefield. "Ycsy and we must just whoop 'or up this Fourth!" suggested young Abet IV' ans. ' ' He was superintending the' unloading of a box of fishing and hunting traps from the express car, but he took time to glance over the outspread paper tho two old men had bought Si Slocum looked up with a dry "hum!" Seth mumbled something about " 'Spofto Then, as young Evans lit his cignr and lazily ordered the box put in his trap, and sauntered toward It ns If life was a regu lar play-day, Cuba a dim myth, the forces struggling there story-book unrealities, old Si dropped his hand on his knee with slap that resounded like a pistol snap, "Drat '1m, Bays I!" "Makes my blood bile!" asserted Seth, who, from sharing his comrode's bed and board and hardships so long, had come to almost share his thoughts. . "Fourth of July!" . "As ef a little powder and cheap bunt Ing and it'll be cheap that' he bnys would count for rale old prime, choice pat riotism!" "In such a time ns this!" "Humph!" "Bah!" Adrian Morse, checking off freight re- IT WAS ADRIAN MORSE, AND HE CARRIED A REAL GUN, : ceived, lingered to listen half-amuscdly to this animated colloquy. He was interested in Abel Evans be cause Abel seconded his opinion In a cer tain vital regard that there was only one girl in Compton worth looking at pretty, winsome Nettie Slocum, the old veteran's -granddaughter. "Jest come Into all his father's money,'' said Si, "and when tho relief corps went up to his place for a 'contribution, did he shell out? A dollar. Jerusha Ann! I glye two, and that's nigh a quarter of my pension.' Fourth of July whoop 'er up! Him? Abel Evans! Huh! Must have run across a Job lot of powder some wherc If I was in his shoes, I'd show my patriotism in a real way, I would. Drat my stiff leg!" , ; : "And my one nrm," murmured sym pathetic Seth. "They wouldn't take me, nohow!" , Young Morse read the drift of the snap py conversation, and it set him thinking. First, because Mr. Slocum was pretty Nettie's relative, next because, happening around at pretty Nettle's house that even ing, pretty Nettie voiced some sentiments as to the duty of able-bodied Comptonians that sounded as if sho had Inherited some of the patriotic fire of her enthusiastic old grandsiro. . She had two suitor callers, as she usu ally had, that night and Abel Evans shifted uneasily tinder her wish that sho was a young man, with the President's offer open to come and be a hero! He went homo pooh-poohing the l(eu of rushing into yellow fever, "when the country could hire lots of poor recruits, to do it!" and calculated he . would dazzle pretty Nettle on the Fourth of July with a "patriotic" demonstration that - would make her admire a real home hero. As to Adrian Nettle's word was law. He heard, and he understood. So, while his rival was trjmmlng up tho home lawn for a big Fourth of July "blowout," Adrian was quietly, porsever ingly making his arrangements to do his duty, hoping, linked to it, would be his lady love's distinctive approbation. On June 30 Adrian resigned his position with the railroad company. , July 1, 2, 8 he was not seen Jn Comp ton. Pretty Nettie wondered, and grew seri ous. Abel Evans went on with his "blowout" preparations, believing that his superior wealth, good looks and patriotism had driven a dangerous rlvnl from the field. That Fourth of July was a great day for Compton all the village, old and young, was Invited to the patriotic fete on the Evans green, and most everybody came. " It was a greater day for Abel in his own estiniation-rhe was master, of cere monies, king bee, and so puffed- up with 4K UNCmSAM TOUCHES a sense of hie vast importance that he wore his flag badge on ono coat lappel as If It was a Q. A.' It. special honorrlbbou. Nettie was there-rthere were too ninny friendly acquaintances present not to at tract her. Still, sho missed a i familiar face, and looked constantly and anxiously for it. s There were refreshments and speeches. Abel Evans attempted a bewildering ora tion on "Home Duty as a Tat-riot," and growling old Si Slocum spelled It with a little p. ' . Then the urchins had their fun londlng and firing a great brass cannon Evans had bought for the occasion, the boom of which beat anything ever heard in Comp ton before. , "Grandfather." asked Nettie's youni brother of old SI, "I suppose a dozen of those enormous cannon would just blow the Spaniards clean out of the water?" ."Them . popguns!" snorted Seth. deris ively. ,,,, ' ' : "... -. v .' ' "Do they have bigger?" 1 "Bigger! Why, that's a mere musket to the monsters they use down along San tiago and sech.". ., '. v, . ;. "1 ou don t say bo! How I would like to see a real gun that was going to knock out tho Spnnlsh in Cuba!" 'Kifles'd help, If I had two arms!" growled old Seth, deep down In his throat. Here s one that may. Insinuated an unobtrusive voice. "I swear!" "Kiglmentnls!" "Going to Cuby?" "Hurrah!" :. -;. It was Adrian Morse, and he carried a "real" gun, 'that was going to shoot real "Spanyards!" He looked pretty proud at tho fiery, ar dent commendation of old Seth and 81 over his showing the true mettle. He blushed like peony as pretty Net tie came np, and a siuglo look from her bright eyes told him that he had won on one battlefield, at least that of love. "What's all this crowd accident? Some One hurt?" floundered patriotic Abel Ev ans, coming towards the throng now sur rounding his rival. 1 ' ; : ' ' . "Mebbe you 11 be, muttered old Si, winking solemnly to Seth. Evans saw pretty Nettle cllng.ng fondly, proudly to an army-blue costume. : "Why, he puffed, growing flustered. "It's Morse," remarked Seth. "He's jined," added' Si. "And, If I don't miss my gness," se renely chuckled his veteran comrade, thnr'Il be another jinin soon as Comp- ton's first volunteer helps capture Cuby!" WELDON J. COBB. THE DECLARATION. How Brave Dolly Madison Caved It .. . from Destruction.1 It was just ns she' was In tho act of hurrying away, that Dolly Madison was seized with an Inspiration that will ever cause her name to live In the heart of every true American. She stopped, to tltitik, What if the White House should lie burnod? Did It contain anything of valire to the Government that she had neglected? The Declaration of Indepen dence? In a flash she called to nilnd thh most precious of oil documents. . Care fully treasured In a case apart frevm tht other papers It had been overlooked In the womment and confusion. It must bo saved at all hazards! Without a moment's hesitation she:turned nod rushed back In to the houso. ' "Stop! for heaven's sake, stop!" cried her friends, vainly endeavor- ng to Intercept her. Disregarding their cominnnds, regardless of her danger, the brave woman sped to the room containing the treasure for which she was willing to sacrifice her lite. Without attempting to open the glazed door of the cnee she shat tered tho glass with her clenched hand, smutched the priceless parchment, and, waving it exultantly abovher head, hur ried to the door, where she entered her carriage awl was rapidly driven away in the direction of Georgetown. Ladles' Homo Journal. The Fourth Abroad. Very few strictly national holidays are much observed outside of the countries which have created them, and our own Fourth of July Is unique In tills respect, for not only do tlhe Americans who hap pen to be traveling abroad when Inde pendncc day arrives celebrate It with en thusiasm in all parts of the earth, but YOUNG AMERICA AFTER THE FOURTH. ' l - -r, -rt I OFF A FEW ROCKETS. W W 4 potentates and princes from India to Nor way co-operate with them in these pat riotic endeavors until nowadays these foreign festlvitles'are almost a matter of course. ' ,- Independence Day. . Thunder out.n' -Oh. cutis nnd shout! . ; . Rhyme and chime, O ringing, swinging bellsl in exultation; - Cry "Rejoice!" -' With lifted voice, i Vot this morn was born of old a mighty nation, t, , , . ., " ; Ring and spring ' ' ! OnM azlng wing. Rocket-flros, beyond the spires, above the clanging steeple; Never earth Saw the birth Of so peerless, fearless, glad and free a people - ; They Both Went Off. Environment. . The individual is the foundation of the state. The Individual,-whatever his nat ural tendencies, Is largely moMed by his environments, and these conditions are Intensified as conditions continue through suoeeedl'iift generations, . Tills principle,' not less than others, had much to do with the character of (lie Declaration 'of Inde pendence and of the struggle of which It formed a part, ..; , Where Liberty Was Born. - House In which the Declaration of la dependence was written. .The Boy's Resolve,' Breethee there a boy with soul so dead V'ho never to himself bath ewid Away olong In Mny, . "I'll save my cash that I mny buy Some crackers lUiid and rockets blgh ' To wnko the echoes In the sky , V On Independence duy?" ' Investigation. , Consternation. - ; l You R3eed It And because of that need it is your duty to take Hood's Sarsaparilla in order that you mav enjoy the good health it will give. If you are troubled with any dis ease that Is caused or promoted by impure blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla will cure you. It has a record of wonderful cures mi equaled by any other medicine. Try a bottle now and realize its great toning and strengthening power. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine. 1; six for S3. 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