Pittston Gazette

              1^'^' 'j '/ liW; Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Vi lley. 1MTTSTOX, LUZERNE CO., 1\V.. FRIDAY. .irn FSTAIU,ISMKI» isr,«. ■ vol.. \ 1,111. NO. I V t 2S. !S 1 « A Weekly Local and Family Journal. i $ !.*D«► I'KR A VMM ' IN ADVANCE A NVMPII OF THE WEST troubles. \ isit Asheviile, JUount Mltcnell. Black Mountain, Back Shoals, Ticktown and other summer places. Ride blithely o'er the lee or go tooting along the liquid boulevards from Piggy Back to the Dismal Swamp. You will feel By HOWARD SEELY. renovated and gav ICoyj righted. IK'-!, by D. Appleton & Co. Pub- UhliUii bj eptX'Utl HlTUUgcUlbDl Willi thrill.) In the mountains you will stop over night with a yeoman who lives plainly, surrounded by his IT children. The girls are some of them 7 feet high and sleep iu their sunbonnets1. [CONTINTKD. ] CHAPTER VIII. The gracious springtime lingered lovingly in the valley of the Colorado. Nowhere had its advent been niure welcome, nowhere more apparent its transforming changes. Amid weeks of brilliant sunlight and odorous breezes and the tunetul improvising ot matingmocking birds the glad days came and went. From twilight to twilight the sun smiled benignly down from out the cloudless blue, and the earth, tropical with flowers and verdure, accepted gratefully his benediction. It was early in May. The year's resurrection was complete. The prairie dogs bestirred themselves merrily about their noisy housekeeping and chid the jocund season with their shrill clamor. And even the dismal violin playing of the elder Dallas seemed to thrill at times with accents of j9j\ A young foreigner tried to kiss a mountain jjirl some 10 or 20 years old and of the above height. She did not know what t he custom was among the nobility, but she reckoned it wasn't a common thing among strangers in that settlement, so she broke down and drove into the ground a large, beautiful lilac bush with him. Some of'tliese merry little mountain maids cllew tobacco ami chop wood in the forest, toting it liome on their shoulders as they gayly carol some nocturne from Vogtter. The t 1 uoti that his pink t attention in the C from a distance uight'irt familv, i -s will attr nfl nC; come t glib. •f how he is resting, iho meal ■0 plain Yon ride up a e vn.iuM call it west. In California One day, as if in answer to tho old man's invocation, the "Dallas range" awoke to life and animation. Troops of cattle thundered through the little valley, driven on by bands of liorsfc."Cien, and converging upon a large yen atvits upper end. The air was full of theories of lowing kine, the bleating of calves and the shouts of pursuing cowboys. The plain was picturesque with the evolutions of the outriders, goading the terror stricken bauds and throwing the unerring lasso. The advance guard of the "spring roundups" had lvaclied the dwelling of the elder Dallas. The business of branding calves and "cutting *jut" the various owners' property had begun. In haste the aged cattle owner discarded his fiddle, resumed his knee boots, and mounting his sturdy cow pony joined the boisterous cavalcade. But the days passed drearily for Cynthia. She took no interest in the varied features of the roundup. Tho bursts of between the rival horsemen, the exciting chase of some refractory steer, the skillful cast of the wnuoiw lariat, the shock and triumph of each sharp encounter—scenes familiar to her indeed, and in which she herself, mounted upon her fleet little cow pony, had often formed a conspicuous figure, compelling the admiration of these centaurs »f the reiu—these she witnessed with a listless **ye or did not regard at all. And if the exciting chase interested her not, certainly still less the more prosaic details of throwing and branding the unfortunate calves, the cries of the tortured cat tie and the enumerating of the year's in- little c Hore it atri th » couliejorcove would call it a littloarro b conntrios of America such tiling a, or some You reach the head of the gulcli toward nightfall. You have heard that there is a cabin there. Yon can stay there over night. But there is no sign of it after all. Suddenly you hear the baying of 11 unclassified and pedigreeless dogs! They burst 6n yon as though they would eat you alive, bnt look at them a moment and their tails are between their legs at once. A copperas colureCT man now comes forth with a faded plum duff hat on his •Lead and hair and whiskers that look like the inside of h buggy cushion. lie shuts up the hounds-' uoise and aska you to ' light and tie." You do so. You have read that these mountaineers are profuse ui their welcome, and you get all ready to lDe taken in his great warm arms and borne in uud pat to .sleep in the spare bed, but he does not do so. He looks you over in a manner that reminds you of the way you felt when your wife's father first examined, vanr lack of good [Kjints as a son-in-law. kearsal in the 'seehtsiou of her little : obtain gumpses ot tne mnmie, nnnerto Humor such primitive quarters as oppor- ' as far east as Stin Marcus. was present to i The b! 1 n . i. !.- ,• a.- :»e r«..* I don't mind lioldin it fur ye to'at the Doom, a disposition to gather her skirts »»i-• 1. Ami Aulus sympathized and tunity afforded. On the morning of the blossom anew and to excite oven more !,„ his ! •;. benefit" ' ° (.( FOT 00 1ST IDf T T \YF n one gloved haud and tiptoe about, j lent his quiet and dignitied approval. And eventful day they drove down to San , fragrant fancies in the minds of her po- j -You for -t \ -.rr' lie said He extended tho flask good humoredly ' ' ivoiding intermediate objects with an i Mo fawn was soothed into a dreamy lan- Marcus in a light conveyance, reaching etic admirers. Miss Flo' Brooks, clear Lternlv " h i i .wiiiir. and to the hitter's lips But Mr Wicks m icquired daintiness and grace. There that was fast becoming habitual. the little hostelry in time for dinner. j eyed and_ bewitching. heldout alluringly j if ,,he v not inn C•«-rt.i i. m i«. wis not in the humor for whisky and N0T EVEf?Y MAN KNOWS WHAT HIS Hrere certain fastidious airs of manner ®o tlie days passed, and Cynthia's heart Here they registered in the small blank , the fascinations of her native town of rem inn.; v ..••luund-.' si'tiifiedit by turniU"- impatiently away FARM rs MADE OF. nrhich were deftly caught.and quite as t und much of consolation, and Mr. book which answered for the usual hotel j paint Rock. There were other humbler ('apt am i-\ . 1 .t» Unu •• in a "All right " said Ike restorin" the  iaithfully rehearsed in private. During l ick Jerrold wondered at thochange in register, and Miss Stafford noted with importations against whose staid medi- dazed \ ay. it v. i, a huikivus but crit- flask to his inlcket without pressing the r trnr. n . , . fhese ceremonies a small riding whip his dulcinea and had long conferences some inerriment that an entry made by ocnt-y tjiese celebrated beauties flashed ical moment. The i \t a blow inigfo hospitali• v further upon the thronged * * ' ' s * ' " ' re ,oll*e n formerly presented toX.Vnthia by Mr. with the mystified Alcides, who was an- phil Kernochan on Christmas day, two as against a somber background. The have br. n str . . .1 i D,vne iuilowV.L crowd, a few of whom won* an espros- Uay' Som«thln* AUout «»*  Buck Jerrold. was generally carried noyed and fretful and made mysterious 3'ears previous, occurred only four pages t local honors were sustained by Miss 13er- The iiioiu nt - -.i. ,v nsite-dle smile sion which made it evident that refusal CaTO,ina HonmU-rVigitin* u Mountain, ightly in the right hand. A swift canter D reference to tho prevalence of malaria hack. Here that lady's patrician nostrils ; tha Maverick and Miss Cynthia Dallas. spread it':- U ovt-n •:C*CD:.. pnfi'.-djace, was extremely unlikely. f|,r- Nye will Not Vkiit to Vamierbut. )ver the adjacent hills, attendt*d by the and tho existence of **dumb agerH—the wC're saluted with tho odor of kerosene j But public interest in the San Marcus as if the hui r Li-« \ eCiiC ;unent as- "It's a singular thing sometimes how [Copy, by Edgar AV. Nye.} tame scrutiny of the remote horizon, in- inference being that his lovely daughter al,C* frontier cookery, and after enduring ; ball was .better shown in the attendance verted n « It in :-} * • iiis drunken dis- good licker goes beggin. Not that it of Pr.r; \v Chateaux', N. C\ Julv. variably followed this painstaking jier- was suffering from the maladies of a for- t^ie stuffy atmosphere and rheumatic , of the men. 1 here was a generous comtiture. 41 ' i . • «i . n i.i heC-l and r*- ten occurs here in Texas, but thet when I have ju t her-a rkDstinC' notices at the Sormance. # ward spring, until one day Mr. Jerrold appointments of her bedroom she came sprinkling of frontier Celebrities. Mr. turned to his posiiioii ai the oppo.-rite.eiid it does it's worth while to take note of remote outlines of n:v grounds warning Such mysterious behavior was not surprised the old man with this query: down to dinner with an amusement very j Joe 1 reddle was on hand, generously dis- of the roon. it. 1 disremember heretofore in this off ;?11 t; -]).-sers. hunters, peasant rvithout provoking the comment of other "Ye don't reckon, then, thet the visit 8^miar to with which luxurious guised in liquor, having accomplished A diversion was .here afforded by tin country any such depressin state o' facts. ;Doachers and the general hoi polloi and members of the household. of thet thar Henry Bruce hez lied any- Pf°P}° C11^er upon the enjoyment of a the great feat in riding trom San Marcus entrain v f a . ular linire. He was a Good evenin, gentlemen. I trust I heven't ?ans culottes from trespassing, and espo•*I should reckon yo* was practicin fo* thm to do with this yer change? It's my P1^110, . . to San Saba on his bicycle a distance of tall, 1« an. ca«ia\ rrous man, with long, materially interfered, with the festivi- dallv from t;. "|-;ng n'v game preserves the tight rope, wi* all yo* airs and graces, opinion thet's what's done it." Doubtless by tho time she had dis- over miles and finding it necessary j,»t black hair, straggling beard* low ties." airound over the place. Mis'Cynthy," the ebony Amelia reiiion- "VD*hy, he wasn't heremore'n two dajTs cussed this remarkable meal, eatC*n amid j to stimulate freely to fatigue brows and jDierc.ug Mack eyes. He He turned on his heel, and with his One of my quail was shot last season itrated. at the furthest," remonstrated the fa- Proln^c}lona sCx'iety and overseered by | after the exploit. "Kickapoo llick lent strolled into the rC in with ah impudf i.t hand on the arm of his prisoner left the and the othC*r naturally went awav. We "Is there any private theatricals goiu ther, staring at his questioner. the officious proprietor—who kept up a . the occasion lus frontier playfulness and, swa-ger, his ch hat « ntlie back o; ballroom. ilso lost se . era! white rats. We think » come off down at San Marcus?" in- "Thet's all right," returned Jerrold running nre of conversation with the humor. Mr. Josh Limit w as present, the his head, his i . » C in his pockets ami Of course fo exciting an occurrence as it was the work of an incendiary. P. meditatively, '*but it don't take any uijrmidoiis of the kitchen through along truculent but unsweiNing satellite ol his pa»i; alooi t i.ed in' D his hoots. 11. the recent arrest was not without its ef- . , . .. great length of time with the proper per- in tlie wainscot, and dealt his platMiss 1 lo Biwks. Captain .lack l oraker, ncgler' C»•:♦.* -•!' hi- toilet h feet upon the general gavetv. After the \ "'\ / M A /« si sua. I've T»ean told t liar's bf-fii cases aI1Cl appetizing dishes over the heads of conspiriums annmg the neardefi trow Boys I, ail J-n uf . and i shorilf's departure it was a tlifRcuit mat- \ -l wheroii was only a word or a look thet '(** with Rreat recklessness and toi his tmlit ;n D lDoaring aiDd C'"inplacent ■; ••• v - , r !• d anD' tD--- *o get i:ie frightened ladies inthohu- \ , 1 A*" •/idone tho Inz'ni -.s. Purvided thet's the liljeralitj the novelty C•( Texan hotel curling «Dt Ins he, was devot- uus.t' i, «Cf • ■■ I n;or to r ume dancinflf. Possibly this \ 'i r\ true stale of th.-case." headdetl. stretch- lifo beKa" to "«newliat upon the ed toCDnith,a. generally Cd,servant of , • i i- .erai «,i difficulty was materially increased l,y |! A*uf: MS--' / ing Lis Imgft liinhs awkvwirdlv, while a yoonglady. the fair ones as ,f he under the nu ,.!ti.,, . . 'J , ',:d. fH,t"that the fiddW wai to U 'IMF weary look crept suddenlv into his eves, I cannot say that Edith s appetite was pression that he was giving the ladies „ , , . . , i„ ■ l;-;t-r f.,U;nl hut v/ai'at last dNco% ered asleep I T'^ it  ' WiT "purvided thet's it. and "he proves him- improved, either by the panoramic view treat »wore. - I - i ■ an audible an old ram all in the shed hard-bv . s. If :ol *b. iter man nnr lam, CVnthy of bote'cookery the wainscot afforded. And the elder Dallas. wteJy ah» mnrn. ,r .•!' ; hla- at v. -n r.-und whis';v ,-a.-k already alluded to and ' nr.i-i 1; # her ch'ice. I hevn't got noth- « ** the gentleman opposite..who ate toth° tac^^tha|t ' oraker as ,Uugh- tl), rwIll. witlt a ..f spirit, m his hand. Hi- /^DV in agin him. He's a square sort of chap, molasses on h» pie and supplied a very Ws escort had _ placed tlio Silent 1}ut thor.pon Alcidi- was most violin lnid fallen from his grasp during fj«- and a man «.is a man can stand bein month a very large knife. MarD- and his violin in his shaky carry- lHsir. lt ,iut m.t.mt ,t„li to hi, hi, remit ul(.oh()lic had V brat bv a atraightforrartl feller who is and « general sdggestion that the unnat- all, driven down to ban Marcus and put uiusic Hi- M-t down how and fiddle ami been crushed l»v the bootheX of some othC better fixed and"Detter favored." nral size of this aperture was due to the m an early appearance on the scene of rCD8e ,yithli After regard- ,.r follower'..f Bacchus Wm4 Then came a letter from Henry Bruce hazard attending the experiment. How- action the heavy goose gun bg the i,ltvu.i„r }l eond with a glance N„ one *dare,l think of the elder Dallas V& W/{\\ Yet even In thin hopeless rcmnnolterlng to C'vnthia, couched in delicate terms. ' the meal was endured, and jierliaps ' '• J tt%'a? . "1° 1,1 1o°-U ni whiC , •..:•! surprise D• i ullled for ju this emertreiicy but lie too had fled •» JffcC -J ' 1 thtdowwdonan.i ,,,, wheVeh, heexpi-essed regret that he wae °f dyspeptic wtribution Miss door, so that it might l»e available in llw M h .. k ;l ,ew ha-tv Meps h, the ballroom UndS theslTdismnS Wm quired the mystified Alcides, liavm S\ unable to act as her escort to tlie coming Stafford proposed to Henry Bruce to case of emergency, he entered "Tarrier D thw ,H'.,{i\ th.« VsileritVairv." a ! in-circuni-t'mces1 Hdi.'s through the open door caught a glimpse bal, ut Siln Mart.U!lD l,„t that courtesy take her for a short stroll through the hall with his trusty fiddle in a green pHrent|y tll,;, ;:t bett-r ol hi- resolve UtTlf cl.attin- with their escort's and of his daughter attitudinizing. "1 didn't Stated that ho should accompany town' To this the gentleman readily hmze hag beneath his arm aud an eye .1 -w,,-i,in-,-hair, violinaud l,v and bv be-an t«» -o home M know, from thet thar high steppm, but Miss Stafford. Cvnthia perused this and passmg the long line of bihously observant «.t the le.,tivo scene t)ow . ,ie.i himself ag-ains.t clear Tound moon rode hi-h and ? you war posin fur the stony hearted llliDsive «-:ilmlv. wept over it iu private vu'ious and kickiug saddle horses teth- Not _that he really had any intention oi tte (!|,|K. . v, ..11. tiltinw back and shone dn nlv down when Bruce and (11 princess thet refuses the poor but deaerv- and then a.-t.-d with the perverseness of » tro,11t trf the hotel they joined playing at the fete but that, m his lierv- huil(l:,,!. p in his pock-1- r.iith departs As tliev did so the 4 } i in young man m the play." womankind. She did not change her at- the animated procession of strollers that ous an.uen. he it along with him u.ith ... ,, ,.f aniay.cd iv.-igna- former can-lit a -linnKe of a fi-ure M !: To all this ingenious badinage Miss titude toward the di?serving Mr. Jerrold, »CUed through tho main street of San from a sen,e ot and sympathD Iiou hil. . u„:i jK reifl ,m.,i. ap bDuakmK along Weath the bri-ht U-ht "■ ■ '! Dallas preserved an attitude of disdain- but she Cat down and indited a long epis- Mf,cus- , . and perhaps, too, trom force of habit. u: ,t he k ould do carrying a hra% v-un It"va- \l \ ■ !$ ful reticence, but Ae was manifestly tlb to the neglectful and dangerous Cap- I leave to the lmagmatiaii how much A certam aged yiohm-t, renowned on ,h,st. tides lDilia« " ' i i#!'i unhappy and ill at ease. That joyous. uia loraker, in which she reproached attention the fair northerner attracted, the tioiitier lor his muBic and erratu DJ(. . ..• iK. jj.dividiial, The in-ahir movements of the old 'f'/iitim i tip/ light hearted gayety which once pos- that gentleman lor his long absence from what a.lminng glances from under broad afU ' " ; ! '!v ".an ZSJtv. all Ms et j WW r/ •esaed her had taken wing- She sang her ride. repref.ntetl herself as languish- sombreros were cast after her eiect hg- 1 int«' * tC» a corm r where certain mechanically followed him as he moved v.-1 iffVJj ' Yjr/',' 'V no more where once her glad voice chal- i„g from Jack of his attentions and in- and graceful carriage and with tortu d 1 y of the uninvii.,1 Cts were standing up, he road/ He appeared to be follow- K / lenged the mocking; bird. She was as qnired if he could spare time from his envious whispers of detraction the . excitinJ the buiJhter of the atmo-p.iere ot the ballroom ing #5me one and suspiciously noting his I'.l.ly Xv.i-. capntnousasan April day. lee vish ana military duties to take her to holies ot the village remarked the fault- 1 . C• • fc t, ' • with cheap ci.. s and w rally absorbed movements. Glancing ahead Bruce be- mRTtVG noticfs. fretful with hpr father for the most part, the coining festivity. lessness of her fashionable walking dress. Editn Stafloid and Hem D Binu„ _ m th- me ■ i : of tl--e evening. The held in one of the moonlit spaces of the Sn I I,-., e ■ , , , i r " - ,• . there were intervals of sudden tender- \„(l Cai.t un Foraker vain critical But I must mention one incident of this \ on s«v wme strange steps here, re , , . . ' - fi-ures of fvnthi-i -md R 1 '.p'-jUst had mi farmer in clnef, »«D«•D»» * w» -Hh ;„isr.«r'r * '~\fr'r,s.v «•D kisses and caresses. Possibly at ench hdlv over his after dinner cigar, smiled HDomt about Halt way between the Hotel hex. ho was pn-aent. At least il.ej Xo ,.!r, red a w..,-d of gt .-ting or i;. rt!;aMa rick and the vonn-er Mr . .".....i. . , moments i certain alisent individual was adjnsted his officer's cap (and the river when a familiar voice ev"n a -i"a r Apparently Lndeling were some distance behind. ,,,ten„- tl,e wicVa flro'il.mrt'iS' ever present to'her tancv wly-e imna- she rakishly over his distracting curls, and caused Bruce to raise his eyes. Cynthia "J SUpI 'l becomo used The enptiin was walking unsteadily and annnalpasswords e-,Dlmati,,ns and sinever suffered to pass her lips. Pltih-o- mounting his horse rode over from the stood before him, looking very pretty . ... 'he en ranee of .dr. I, niuel .exson, ,• ..nest ion in t deci.ledlv . . ' . , ' " pliers aver that in matters of the heart |K)StUnd passed tho afternoon with Cyn- and engaging from the becoming depths "Not at all. rejilicd his honor, smiling the h rso thief. D:• n the Kan Marcus j j y,.,:n. C'vnthia was endeav- C nTf-'' j1/'11'' there is a species of cold comfort in ; hus \hhi_ } of a quaint poke bonnet. She was ac- ""'e gentleman was descended from festivities was r A as an intrusion. ' wasenoeax vh. aioqu.ihhed to remain. lavishing the affections by proxy. That ho was received with a cordial- companied by an elderly man in tho ''n'' "tC ' ,lrst famines of \ irgmia There-was aaudtl a -! .r neUr the door, Bnice rould net renress a smile is he a / l 'f'r During this unsatisfactory pCrioCH'yn- ity he had no reason nor right to expect; dress of an officer. He was nonchalantly '' s'.r; . u'' a good a«d f riff Mo-. l -d. II .- rode diiedtl.it the'ehtire na-ty wero un w' TfD "" thia's treatment of Mr. Buck Jerrold fS with WmSSS puffing a cigar. Miss Bertha Maverick. D'C•*»'* on the frontier, but there are son, tb th n- r . f , 1 ...lb ,„n with hi- lv u ! el L ed stTn- • - .-T!' '«J' . T 'T"  waamost remarkable. This gentleman K-and in a manner calculated to strike escort'd by a cowman of athletic build •"'''l'- here tonight which I thinK quick, nervous stn.ie and cast a sharp ( 0 o! yusnicious Vlcides But •! ""/V'1 ,r-ai had been wont to visit her often, to pass despair into the heart of Buck Jerrold, and awkward gait, was just behind her. l^,u *!,My Kily uevcr exPect t0 -very dii u ... He was armed, t*hon!?h r a me;l,llre amu*sC-d he'did not ihere hut it di.l m»t-etXouXmv hours in her society, to sit quietly by htr and that the irate Alcides waa moved A quick color mounted to Cynthia's .. vb uno disce omuh " and I sav no V * V'!fnV ll!': F"r a direct the attention of the fastidious head about tl-di,',s till dnv b«f2« v4 6ide silent and thoughtful, smoking his several times in the course of that event- cheek, and she bowed hurriedly to ni0„ cm *T C Vt ' f young ladv at his side to the humor of tenia pipe and noting her every word one- ful afternoon to cast longing glances in Bruce as she raised her eyes with a smile that ni-ht by sliptK-'red and bootetl feet fluIlcu« Jl . h".' the incident. During the walk home he Mv/,,,! is, has been of great n«» to tionwith areverence and admiration that th,. direction of , he "Silent Mary" may of coquetry to the man at her side. A If M j s, :l ft. .r.l it was truard- " T but little. lK-ing occupied with {je has reduCed the oitch of mv was little short of worship. Fornierly be readily imagined by the reader who raI»ul interchange of hostilities passeCl gj,,. fear.-d to irive oifenite and \ '' ' " '"1'1' ' '' 1'" : his refi'-etions. At length when tliev ar- farm from third to on'- onarter ' Miss Dallas had permitted this oppressive has remarked the inconsistency of worn- between the ladies m a discriminating h;' v } jj di«L-uis,.d the . '' "" "" . h Iiaif 1 louse, he surprised ' x„ ,,r.n shoul.Urv to farm in theBlne homage as if hers by a species of divine an wheu dominated by pique. survey of one another's costumes, which «f hex 1- ruT? '' '■ 7 '. Miss Stafford with the information that mountains 'vit mn a  right, had langhed and chatted with him Small wonder that Captain Foraker was more expressive than words. Miss tl w.jm (.c,Uj,ied with the Cfaii i'1''1"" " 1 1 1 he intended taking a short ride or walk 0f -eol.-v o- without tome one on the pleasantly, accepted his little gifts and proJui,(:4 to the ball; that ho lis- Bertha Maverick, with supercilious eye- alwut bldlSii end of before retiring. rm ShfisthoSivTnY^n^dth keepsakes gratefully, sent him upon her tened cheerfully to Cynthia's plan bD lids and tlefiant nestrils, re-enforced her rix.ket ;1 '» m " T ' 'T ' .pproadiof "At this hour of the night?" cxclaimed this science " errands with the air of conferring a fa- visit Miss Bertha Maverick, the fascinat- less aggressive companion. Bruce, who But atone time-ravitv was out of the X ,y°?5 Edith, who was a trifle piqued by his re- Mv farm is mostly pliocene t»osf nliovor and exerted her many fascinations ing daughter of the village blacksmith, w-as ahout to speak, noting at once the (j It was when \lcidea Dallas - le hll!,l"-1 "! ' ; t iiand cent abstraction. "I should think, Hal. Cene and rocme I learned this while in a way known only to the sex. „ud agreed to call for her at that lady's armed neutrality of all parties, raised A1 beneatn his c. at h;; did n, t change Ins yon yD, re al)S(l!utdy aaft... eie- 1 Jj1 All this had been most agreeable to homo on the evening in question, and his hat and passed on, but aa he did so, ro0n, „.fflirdinL' the t.roceedin-s with ® s. 1 "'"I' '.mtil -Not i.j tho least. Only bored with ho°wever iie the cretaceous iurissic tri- Jerrold. With evident satisfaction he that he rode back to his quarters with a he heard Miss Bertha Maverick remark malevolence and ill favor -illatonce// h'' ; : ' "mD the no:su and exciteineht of tliat pande- msic and i ick i-s;c lieriods ' ' l)askeCl in the sunshine of her favor. But s -if sa.isfie.1 smile upon his hi a high, metallic voice: a 1 A lir wh™ hu'T ""] 1 ! ' , ! rmnllty monium." Bruce replied as thev passed this on , • a change came suddenly about. With features, curling his gray mustache and "Thet's the stuckup piece you was tell- lvin th,. center of th,- floor seated him d V' T ' ''" ' , op the broad steps of the veranC|a. count of its r^-1 de'S v I !lTf?r,»T the advent of the spring roundups came otherwise pluming himself upon the tri- 111 me about-eh, Cynthia? Well, ef I with .l"tioliber-ui..n that was unnrs , .T"8 UlD' r,1; *rktDa Ii;e 0001 Ho b.ule her good night in the hallwav ■„ 1- ., Sn 'i t'l « J!ll , f r more frequent visits on the part iti that mmDhs of the .afternoon. That after hip reckoned I was ho powerful fascinatin, I . , , T „ , . 1 1 • .• V- 'I want you. i turnetl awav leaving her ? auC 1 tne well so lar gentleman and a strange waywardnes# departure Cynthia dismissed him utterly wouldn't let everyone know it when- ,, lriiz^aV^" HniWiThout l'*r «Mr. NVkkstDi i CTirious|v after him as he \\t-nt out again t\ ir? \ •tu,lliel,n® " in Cynthia's reception. She greeted h.m fr,!m his mind, and that she hated Miss ever I met 'em. The airs and graces of tftune k entered ' , S v gr"®y' ,1! A1 into the moonlight. 7 , f C}oortwestn^ with marked embarrassment and re- Stafford cordially and was conscious in thet fast-colored brunette is enough to {! * , ,. . . , . , . . - In part, ; ut . m a warrant sworn the bottom of tne well and get ice cold straint. The former silence of his man- her heart of hearts that Henry Bruce natch'ally paralyze an 8-day kitchen uuC ,rca'mg rn«. iD o lertgnar ag'in'you for horse st.-alin' by Alcle- [to be coxtixuko.] water to run through the house and pour ner was now eclipsed bv her owntaci- more 5m «•» musician. Dallas and Buck .fcrrold." repUed Mr. A in a beautiful cascade over the front doorturnity. * facts that will readily occur to her a" With the first shadows of evening pulD moment" " "T t - k 1 t, C. t fl Jerrold was often astounded at his elo- prceiative aind dis«*nminating sex, to lie curiosity to }je attracted iu the 1 ° timeatro UDr ? :•in and gin ral ttuss . \ i, 1 he waters orks above the first floor quence in his efforts to entertain her, whose tender sympathies her present direction of a long, low structure, whoso continued, interspersed by frequent lan edness. '' gi/SjfdtM J 5 are simple. A large stovo in the bathbut Cynthia was at all times absent and emotions uro intrusted. spacious outlines and shutterless win- cers und quadrilles, but from the time "Not this ev- mn: II; ." replied Lem . . / room is made t o heat seven or eight pavdistraught, and appeared to be haunted cniDTrn iv dows showed black against tlie lighter that Alcides began to support the local incredulously, 1* ,.'iing ..gaih-.t tho wall f J. . i ing stones, w-liich you toss into the bathby a nervous dread that Mr. Jerrold — ' sky. fiddler the muse of melody fled the scene, and allowing tine I-and to rest careh sslj j -i|F '"My L tuh until sufficiently heated, cold water was alxmt to say something which it For weeka it had been apparent at San The building had been reared in the in- "isn't tho floor just lovely?" remarked on his hip '*1 i . :i i» . in my time | ! • f •' ftgjto.'V'&M \ %t naving been carried up sufficient to fill would give her great pain to hear. Upon Marcus that a social event of unusual terests of Erin by a prosperous Hiber- Mia Bertha Maverick to her escort after at this i- r i ! ; »n: hi -dance with ■ '1' the tub. the slightest pretext she would escajw imjiortance was impending. For weeks nian, who rejoiced in the classic name of an intoxicating whirl in tho effort to the gals an 1C!: • i - o ii'v ally." i '/'*// r* 1 (Quests who really come to see us beliiTii and bury herself amid the solitudes a flutfcr of expectancy had distjuietetl Ulysses Magindy and consecrated his keep time to the music. "Oh, ye do?" r 1!,, sheriff, his blue \ IS f I'M* they are fond of ua do not mind of the sympathetic pines. Here that the feminine heart, displaying itself in architectural efforts aud poetic memo- "Yes," returned Mr. Lndeling. "the eyes taking on a s;: i.ten, hai l glitter: jfflFfi |i;' carrying tho water up for their own perstrange trouble which made her heart animated go- ip ujxm the street corners, ries under the title of "Tara's hall," but floor is well enough, lmt the orchestra "well, 1 don't reckon that littledivarsion I 'j. sonal use. ache would occasionally overflow her hi an alarming tendency to indulge in the cynical Texan youth were wanting paralyzes 1110 altogether. Let us walk take ph» ■ if tl. ir's any law 111 the NHtf 181' ' At first I tried to raise the water sup e s, and there were tears shed in the afternoon calls and a reckless patronage jn reverence for Ireland's legendary past, cut upon the gallery and get a chance to \\ o: inore, I'm the man to 'W/i plj|| ; !''-v ''.v means of a windmill, but the C"i:ii woods as little-bidden as understood "f seamstress and milliner. Ihere was "Tarrier's liall" was the popular render- think." prevent it. r) lif i pluniljer who put it up was not the one — cars which the pines l»omoaned and much promenading in the single busi- jng of Jlr. Magindy's poetic christening. And indeed the more philosophical He made a rode'.: dash nt hi; 1 !t and ifo; Nmw U ill 1 from whom 1 bought it, and so it never the bluebirds and squirrels held sacred, ness street of ,he little village, indulged Actuated by the same sjtirit of skepti- and those apparently beyond the infln- a sudden spring forward. Ti* - was a C'Jv t worked e then tried horsepower, but which somehow brought tho balm in so aimlessly as to give the observer cislu they pelted the edifice with mud enceof sound followed the suggestion, rush and a scuffle, during which the tig- ff Is Bi?but the ground wasso elevated on one of relief to her who shed them. the general impression of a rehearsal, and stones, and sent vagrant tomato cans Even "Lampasas .lake," who was stone ures of lioth men ■whirl'il before the eyes 1 side ot t.;e well and so depressed 011 t he I do not think through it all that Miss Hut it w-as apparent that feminine enri- on voyages of discovery through its an- deaf, was seen to leave the room abrupt- of the spectators. A second later Lem | other that the l.or.-e when coming down Dallas was really conscious of being in osity cnlniinated at the river, whither, cient lights. Externally it was a pathetic ly. How far the rumor that the pro- Wickstm held t he sheriff by tho throat, S ' \ skatc-i so rapidly that he broke tlie love, only in a general way that she was (,ver the level plain, the thoroughfare of diagram of its owner's highly lacerated prietor of the Half Way House had his right hand leveling upon him.a large ' pump bereaved and disappointed. The occur- San-dareus led, and to which locality feelings. broached a barrel of rye whisky in the "Smith and Wes.-on. Last w inter I filled an icehouse in one rences of the past few months had come the footsteps of the fair daughters were But there were occasions when the im- neighboring wagon shed may have iu- The sheriff struggled frantically in his "Tlial's a curious thing your little day with good thick ice. which shows to her in the light of a revelation. She most jiersistently directed. portance of Tarrier's hall impressed it- fhienced this sudden exodus is a matter grip, his-hand plucking at his revolver, brother is waving about 011 a stick, Miss "l:lt we have a good all the year round was suddenly aware of the existence of I'oremost among these lovely pedes- sejf even upon this derisive public, of conjecture. Certain it is that many which appeared to be caught. The rough Clara." climate Our climate is not wholly con some one who iH)sses.s"d for her a jDecnl- trians \v;\s Miss Hertha Maverick, with Dtiriug j»olitlcal meetings, religious re- of those who left returned with a jiecu- men looking 011 held their breath. It "That's a eoattail." fined to the summer. iar sympathy; whose words awoke a re- an eye like the flash of a bayonet and a vivals and tenqierance crusades the hand liar light about the eye and a disposition chanced that Henry Bruce was nearest "A eoattail! To whom, pray, does it Vet there are people who do not have sponsive echo in her heart—someone im- profile decidedly aquiline. She could be uf the vandal was staid. Among such to friskiness iu deportment. to W ickson~t.be brandished weajwai at oejing?" i'aith in what 1 sa\\ I know a man very measurably superior to the rough ftu-n seen on any pleasant afterncxjii, defying intervals of immunity was the ]»resent. From this time forward it was no rar- full cock within the reach o| 1 lis arm. "To the young gentlemen who called well—have borrowed money uf him. in she usually encountered. Mlie could not 'he admiration of the baffled sun with a The very rabble that had been most ac- ity to see men waltzing together and de- With a sudd D1 dart forward he gra- $Ded hw last."—Life. fact, when he first came here and did not explain the strange claim this hitherto pfrasol of pale pink and leading on, as tjvo j„ bombardment now bestowed riving no end of satisfaction from the the horse thief s wrist with his left 1: ad, care what became of his property—who unrealized being had upon' her. She only it were, iDy this oriHamme of sentiment, themselves in attempted renovation and entertainment. There waa also a tend- and seizing tin; "barrel catch between Not uC-uClj. had to speak in a whisper and had .s; knew that it existed; that she longed for Jh'1 thronging cohorts of Texan coquetry, repair. The spacious auditorium was ency on tho part of certain solitary thefinger andthumb of his right by a Her brown hair was drawn simply hemorrhages. In the morning his pillow its influence; that she grieved when it lhreedays of aimless pilgrimaging on gwept and aired, the relics of barbarism dancers to seek 6ome quiet corner of the quick, strong pull unshipped the barrel, tway from her tuir young brow, and her looked like that of one murdered, and was denied. And there was associated 'he partof the Sail Marcus maidens, and were removed, the drafts from the win- ballroom nnd sing softly to themselves, throwing tne cartridges all over the bin'- eyes had a thhied sadness in them, friends had lost all hope of him. He had with this feeling, as there always is, one all at once was seen the method of this jowa effectually sealed by the interven- w-ith that enjoyment which only alcohol room. .shestood al-of from the other young uight sweats and had to live oil cod liver of pique and injury for the apparent ne- vernal madness. of cardboard hits of carnot nnd can inspire. It may have been that the It was an act sublime in its despera- Dadies whoso hair was drawn simply oil and emulsions. He was brought here gleet which she had suffered. Occasional horsemen ltegan to lie met ' and even the redeeming »udden outbreak of the elder Dallas was tion aud tho skill of its achievement. It way from ti. i,r fair young brows and on a mattress, and yet in six months by How much this state of mind was al- w 1,11 "!1 ,l!l" C!usi;v highway. By degrees , . ' .. . , varnish were here contagious, but be that as it may his ac- showed, moreover, a remarkable knowf- vh.se eye.- h. I stibtluotl sadness iu '.hem. breathing all thet liinate he could and deviated when the obliging sheriff put the number of these was augmented to there attemuted tion at least afforded Edith the pretext edgo of tho weapon. I11 a twinkling -V soft sigh fluttered the delicate l.iC?o .inder good care I was so surprised at into her hands the guitar sent by Henry »"CD'»Dted -quad- and groups, until at when feminine ta«t« wa* Added to she required, for scarcely had tho violin Bnice had closed with the V.I trnied am? ii»iat her tender bo§om, the change in his appearance that i re- Bruce it is impossible to say. Certain it lil"! ' hC ir proportions reaC-hed those of practical efforts of men it d*»®t began when shewas asked to dance astounded ruffian, and pinning him "No." she mused, "I am not worthy." turned the money to him. is tTiat jiever instrument was the reeip- us cavalcade. Of course this ' , . ,„L .(,« ti-nnafnrminc by Mr. Buck Jerrold. Here was aquan- against the opposite wall released th. A tear of a distinctively blinding va- Summer or autumn is the best time to kient of mrtre tender treatment. She irruption b» «lig.ble mamasid was the . . how,he ravaires of time 'hiry. The high IkDrn northerner hardly sheriff. '• ty welled from the usual source and come here. Get a good horse. I have adorned it with ribbons, carried it abont occa-;ou ;C.f much indiscriminate flirta - viebfed 1, lutle well l.r- cared to extend this privilege to Mr. .Jer- "Well done!" gasped tho nearly throt oursed adown her cheek. one that could be obtained of 1110 for a with her constantly and praefi ed as- tion, ami tie re wore many glances givei. lt , ,Wor»ti on tM« ormsion tho rold, but she did not wish to hurt his tied Ike, glancing admiringly upon "I given sum. He is an easy gaitetl horse, siduously upon it. About this time the and exchanged that boded ill for the fu- . ; . , ' , . ' , , feelings. Soshe fell back in comlemna- Bruce. He took a pair of handcuffs from The suggestion of a sol. was noticeable but was a hunter once, I was told. I did elder Dallas, recognizing a formidable ture js-ace of mind of the parties con- ' , , , 1 , 'J 1, , tion of the orchestra. Ins pocket and by a quick movement se n her tone, not understand then what a hunter was. rival, abandoned his own exertions upon -"-d. _ Mischievous _cyes challenged »« - »•» "Really. Mr. Jerfold," she said, smiling cured his prisoner. Then he turned upon —-"must not deceive my dear teach- 1 thought it was a horse who would hunt the violin. lie viewed the advent of the observation l**ne«th dainty bonnets, and ' t..nnw ...... 11 . i,f. 1 evervwbert sweetly up into iiis face, "I could nut the breathless ciov. d. rs, 1 am not prepared to graduate, and u.e up if 1 got lost or -anything. The guitar with suspicion and commented the lilted r nnshade w a» eloquent of the , threaten i reneral • nfla-Ta- dance one step to such time as ,hose fid- "1 don't mind savin right heie thet were 1 to take the degree today I must man said that he was a horse who knew upon it with cynicism. Apparently he warfare of ( upid. e c 0 dies are keeping. I have just refused thet's about (ho neatest trick 1 ever yet ever have with me tho distressing con- more than a man. He does. He know§ recognized in the soft harmonies Cyn- . i( ''•» «»itl that bronzed ar.d '• -T. MaiHndv bimiMlf wih nt Mr. Bruce here. Shall wo not walk upon seen done, and ef Lem thar le d hed a sciousu'ess of unfitness. They w ho (rust more than I do. and 1 have been offered thia's deft fingers struck from the strings heardel faces accepted these overtures ' . the porch?" And with this pretext she 'Colt's'my l;.fe v. uMu't be: a worth a ne know it not. but J am aware in my the chair of rhetoric and literature in a dangerous ally to sentiment. Alcides, with ne a, t.aai equal frankness, that P » M 11 'tl 1 ' 1 left the room 011 his arm. pecan. DtCggone this old go asy belt!" swn heart that the ribbons on my dress Pinuer'scoll-ge, thfs state. 1 wrote them as we have seen, was a foe to romance. the limt«.'ring handkerchief in every in- 1 ' ?I1(J l'", ' Bruce. abandom;d thus ,0 himself, he exclaimed, glancing .down where his lo not exactly match those upon my e* that if they would hold the offer open a "Ye wanter look out, Cvnthv, fur the bailee recelve-1 the recognition of the - r » - found the time drag wearily. He was revolver had slippe i by.nd the hammer jay. No, it must not be." couple of weeks I thought 1 could accept Poetry; and nonsense thet thar tarnal -ed somb,,,. and that-everywhere not edified by Cynthia's belu ivior with.' in the worn leather, thereby making it Burying her face in her haii lkerchief, it, but not now. 1 could not accept a thlng'll fill you chuck full of ef ve once along this dangerously active highway , ,, , ., , 7 l", Captain Foraker. Beyond a mere slight difficult to draw; "dog'aCiue it! I hev ihe tottered from the company-of the seat of any kind at present. I admit that »'irn it loose on yer trnguarded Kvim's," there was a disposition on the part of Anu Btdrce,J u'iq lne iasi eievateo uip rec0gllitjoll ]itli0 Conversation had hed trouble w ith t at h- Kier : (ore, aud iweet girl graduates.—Detroit Tribune, this horse knows more than 1 do, for he he stud gravely, surprising her once fitber sex to halt frequently and look ti tw passed between them. But throughout now it nearly clos,,l .ny r co, d. 1 reck- knows where he is going, and I do not. playing upon it with eyes that were ba-'k? Kd nwrn the Tmllroom the evening she flirted with the officer on I'd'better make a. 1-. qu.i-nion for a - C;,n . i„»,.r,t.nre. I wish sometimes while briskly galloping wistful and far away. -It's a destroyer But .aire m town, these amorous ad- J"ain everj where upon the ballroom tlf tlv an ostentation that uew belt." Iloren.e Mason, a charming brunetu ol overhigh worm fences and hornets'nests rf the appetite, and genw'lv plumb full vances ,.f the .-M ae,- sex gave rise to floor' ?hen with laughter and mem- "Wjwg »« "Givo us ver hand 1 rdncr," he said IT year-of age, has suddenly and nno'onsatisfactoriness," bestowing a glance reckless outlay of capita) and a remark- ment the guests began to arrive and take ' ,.a,,t.,i,, his fiircomnm again, tumingonce t i'-nr Bruce. l,n that I did know better what his future of foreboding. knew a girl once tl, t barls-r was put into requisition, aud the tynhes that were raiij, at either end & anC] it XVU8 ,K)tk.oable kft 0f a good man and tru-. If yt ever ftUcin. To the death of Bm alio Argires, . T'us country is fuH of hounds—not the was thet led away by .01,oof them jmghn demand for "b'iled shirts" and "store ol iji.e room. the ballroom at the end of every dance, wantin anythin \ ry bad or D :m anv utireekon u small island in the Adriatic fGxh°unu of t hestnut IIill. Philadelphia, critters thet she didn't do la/thin else but clofht'S" thr. atened to exceed tho limited « By degrees the effect of these frequent help, 1 reckon vo kn sv v. liar you kin j: t s, a. Miss Mason is indebted for her wealth hut the plebeian hound with a scalded play an lie round, a-lofigin and » s earn- sir l.lv of th- j i.rii' • s. I C trips began to be apparent in his manner it arter tonight. Ve kin count on the Many years ago Mr. Argires (ame to this hack. Our feuds here are as deep and In, until by and by the sallow faced Meanwhile notes in very erratic hand- * und gestures. He did not confine his at- sheriff of O i anv to. . a i . .., ,, country .tnd iH-came intimme with the Ma- abiding as they are anywhere, but they critter got herself clean bewitched. Her writing were constantly fljing about. tent ions toCvuthia, but ivas mild'lv j.lav- ez you w ant to 1 t • ae | - dn u ! " ''''To/', V'V,' fro not 80 f;ltal- Vendettas fight each family ami friends could do not' in with Mr. Lariat, it, conformance with a cus- ful and familiar with the other "ladies, hlood 1 don t .a. -va. He Vl !lt.n overtaken 'by Inisiuess'rev.'rses ''|her hy scahbng each others .hounds !her. She wouldn't eat nothin. And fin.I;, torn as absurd nit unnecessary, was giv- srmA'/i\ Aliss Uailas apjieareu u nttie annoyeu at ahleil. w .; a a ... tiaa r, „,„i inoiiriiiug the iteath of his wife Mr ''h a thsh pan t.f hot Water. [she went into a gallopiu consunipfcion. ing Miss Lone Star preliminary notice *■ this, but attempted ,0 disguise it in con- -but winit I mi ! , 1 1 m ut that u,.D ,";ain \i-ited by li.u ilio' Ar- These hounds have long, loose ears and they buried her one vt rv ilamp day that he con templated the pleasure of calb /' |K versatibn with Miss ..'Maverick and her statement with 1 pr ' gii.v.brorher and his wile. The hu»iDauil hanging at the sides of their faces and in the arly spring." ing upon.her, mid the latter lady was re- escort. lie took a • of ■■ ft .m his died, leaving a belples? ihiv-did In his wife, giving them a look like the method But in spite of this terrible example sjxmding that she would take pleasure in I \ jf At last, Dlni ing one of his most genial jKicket and e\s-' lift ! ■ 1 e. who formed a stroug iitiaehment for l'ler- among ladies of combing the hair j.rior of the fascination of guitar playing Cv:i- ix-ing at home in anticipation of that I f\ . i;'! wjm moments, Captain Foraker crossed the The latter dC c!n. 1 C•. ly. to tho war. They the hounds—have a tliia still persisted in he 1 pjactseing. Sac ratifying eve?.t. And so feminine van- I ', ' I ffi u n'"1*' ii fa PR \ ) ballroom unsteadily to tho place where "Ji -' e. v . : !• ' t l""D hiTcIe.it h Mrs. Argirt's lDequeathed yelp that sounds in the distant forest endurecl with cheerfulne-s tl, fin- j \ , h fl-itter".} on the one hand and the - ji]'; ' ' ' : At I Edith was sitting. She had returned I ly, "but e-i 1, 1 • ' v | r. ■t" like a baby elephant with membranous gers. tired wrists and other annoyances manly bnast ilisquiifed for some days to -j : ' and was chatting with Mr. Jerrold. The did 1 iui.nr 1 ■ a a . nice I, ,;1i, a; i.o D-M.ai'i.Vi .! Urn t i', Is cronlt which this exacting instTUti, nt linp ises . otutj oi. the.- other by these rare oppor- ' - | j B captain posed himself engagingly lDefC.re to sp'ile nu- 1 I lioie r. I nft« 1 the pavmeut of My horse is attracted by that cry and upon its devotees. Aud she r 1 no t unities for vi-iting, the dearth of worn- / I iMeI * A A. Miss Stafford, and without the formality sampled t h t: was exhausted Mi.-s Mason in takes me with him to see what it is. end cjf encouragement iu o1eD 1 wa\s. aniiood the frontier rendering // i 1 ■ 1*1 H "" introduction retjuested the favor AVe',1. | . j lot 1 '1 received uofhiiiK but two weeks ago she Most generally 1 do not adhere to him, Ihe mocking birds which fled agh isf young manl,sCd practically defenseless. ' I VIH . of the next dance. Miss-Stafford raised before n 'q • of l : *' w.is -in-pi lseil by a letter from the • ireek but when 1 get there my clothes are from the shrieking violin sometimes And to facilitate this dangerous state of I i J w her brown eyes in surprise, regarded the 'here's the 1 ; 11 . ;.■ D ••. c««»sul iufonuing her that she had Iteeii left mostly injured, and Virginia creepers and favored her with imitative outbursts— things the event of the ball approached, captain a moment and then turned cold- js proud ot. ! in D . p. rd.nei an estate in tireeee. Haeilio Argires had poison ivy stream out from my neck like that sincerestform of flattery. Perched at which music and the dance—those de- ly away T.-iiq»orarily disconce, teCt, the aiongwith the ,• 1 1 • V '• 1 (J';1.1'"/ ' '' 'j1'. vt-getable !«««. cm some tossing spray or flickering here atrovers of philosophy—were to finish She wa» accompanied lDyan elderhjman. gentleman described a half circle to the loo." 0M1U m..neD 1," t lie death of hi. The hounds are found trying to ascend and there in their fsld "half mourning. matters and put the coup de grace to Qf course an occasion BO celebrated u left, and coming kick to the same point ller n d -t v. I' ;; tC 1 l'|- and Krother tin- estate passed 10 his \vilV and iu * black gum tree for a katydid that they they produced snatches of her ivaltz- s the general infatuation. this crowning event of the frontier sea- repeatetl his request. His gray tnus- to—. 1 oil . irif ai in; ; tarn to Mori iu- -h-un Fram iscoChrouicie have .treed. and fandangoes. - There was a 1 rtain Through the foresight of Bruce nnd son had attracted the widely scattered tache, elevated at an inebriated angle, smack W r C 1 tic. g-.- d v.'ill ( ' Once we found them just as they had" sentimental lizard with a s],eculafivo« ye Kernochan. the best rocjm in the Half beauty of the region. Miss Cordelia lie- gave his countenance a droll expression, he turned iu.tr D : . \K i. k- a. _ . . * «»««• lion, overtaken a little mammoth black that would bask daily upon asunuy rock, Way House had been engaged in ad- lancey, the "Wild Rose of San Saba," "1 de-shire favor of-f w-walfsh," re- "No hard I lie L a .-aid gim K r'"!-' \ uelong to the firm? hornets'nest and were in full cry. and from his rapt demeanor during her yance for Kate and Edith. For them- tho i«rfutne°of whose attractions had jieated tho c aptain in a very high key. erously, "secui the hit- oupi-.ewtti, si., r oiphwee 1 sor, t hey own me for This horse would give a man health, 1 •performance was apparently enabled tidves the gentlemen accepted with good been blown abroad by the prairie breezes This was too much for Heurv Bruce, our I f vr ! like trviu this stuff ours e\ ery aay. Yankee Hlade, think, and take his mind from his other J'y ami by snpper rnniep. A ronnd a big jDin" table free from naj-'Tv pother the family, with an out■f dogs. C Du" of those is a motlw. .she has a lit i le baseball nine of big headed twins. You go there any time in the year and you will find a new set like this Cif fresh young dogs. ;ide frin All stand up, Ju t In? middle of the table is a dish pan full df cnnllc-l milk and a large, thick corn pone. Every one is given a wedge of this coarse pone and a gourd. With the gourd you eat the tipright milk and then wipe your whiskers on your coat, sleeve. As you take a bite of. pone the \ ■ u samples your gourd, and ry to save your milk lie eats civast Lu nil of these interesting particulars the elder Dallas manifested a keen de light, exhibiting a ekill in horsemanship that those who were familiar with his usual rheumatic mode of progression could scarcely credit. He brought home with him to dinner at odd times certain of the "likeliest" of his companions— iargo limbed, deep chested sons of the paddle—introducing them to his charm- Ing daughter with a paternal flourish and hopeful manner that gave place to a mystified wonder when he noted the apathy of Cynthia's greeting. He had anticipated no small degree of gratitude for the opportunity thus afforded of displaying hi-r fascinations and had congratulated himself in advance upon the havoc she would accomplish in a com-' jnunity where the very scarcity of the fair sex makes their advances irresistible.dog 1 Dack C when you the most c your iioni But all these air castles of the elder Dallas were doomed to speedy overthrow. To one and all Cynthia preserved ft consistent attitude of calm indifference. The meal progressed in grave silence. The infrequent conversation had no lighter topic than the incidents of the roundup, and when at its close the admiring Alcides suggested: "Ye might bring out yer banjo and shake it up for the boys a little. Show 'em jes' jiatch'ally what a stunner ye are at pt&kin it," this accomplished performer replied with an excuse or instantly escaped to the seclusion of her own tittle room, whereupon the embarrassed cowmen were compelled to endure an onslaught upon the violin that should !iave causeCi the embowering live oaks to rise and inutinv. It is a sort of Saxon method of life and seems to go back to the days of Cedric, only these people own no serfs. The affections are feeble. yet they cling for generations to the sain® coulie, and the seasons come and go and find them ever poor, ever sad of eye and voice, too lazy to love or to talk or to enjoy—just human germs, mammals that show the early rehearsals of nature in trying to create man; the discarded caricatures of humanity who forgot to die with the cave bear and the pterodactyl. TUB ]DOt; EATS TUB BONE .But Cynthia went her way and followed the dictates of her singular humor. Aulas and the fawn usually accompanied hC*r iii these lonely wanderings. Sometimes her listless footsteps songht the piny shelter of her Ixvwer, where, rwinging in her little htonmock, she passed long hours steeped in the aromatic odors of the woods, watching the soft play of sunlight in the boughs above, her fancy captive and her thoughts 4C1 reain. What secret she whispered in the ear of the sagacious hound that lay *t her feet, with his devoted eyes fixed pver upon her face, what thoughts of hers may liave been detected by the antelope that drowsed away the long hours thus consecrated to her woodland reveries, have never been divnlged by these most worthy confidants. And if the grave pines that lx*nt so reverently about their little devotee divined aught of her disquietude they onlv grew the graver for the knowledge ana dropped 6 rone now and then in their still depths— t woodland tear of sympathy. And at such moments the river far below lifted a soft consolatory murmur that stole n]Don her silent musing. Vet they differ little mentally. They ■ire free from ambition, and their onlv gesture which shows vitality is a grave movement"of the hand toward the ankle in token of anxietv. but thev are most generally too late—the flea lias flown. lint hope is dawning. Mr. George \ anderbilt has bought another big tract if land near Pisgah. Thus he owns both north and south of nie. Is it possible that he intends to surround me and thus •onipol me to sell? Possibly! But I will not yield. 1 am like a colored man whose little farm still stands in tho center of Mr. Vanderbilt's first purchase and who refuses to sell for 1,000 times the value of his little place. ''This has always suited me," he goes on to say, "and hit allers will. All my neighbors hez sold out and went off, but T'ze know'd all kinds of ]Deople and never quarreled with em, and unless Mr. Yanderbilt is a mighty qna'lsome man 1 kin get along wid him. 1 ain't per tickler." - -D. For I fear oar little Cynthia was lrot learning tlie story which, if we are to ix-lieve tho poets, the vast panorama of nature has iieen telling "since first the flight of years began." A sudden lonetiness had come upon her in the midst of her pastimes and occupations. A Strang# roice whispered in her heart. The things wfiich satisfied once had lost their rharm somehow; the tones of her banjo were harsh and discordant; the fawn liad less of grace; even her lDeloved AuJus ivas often stupid and unsatisfying. At times the preoccupied Miss Dallas turned her footsteps in quite another direction. She developed a fascination for a- certain ledge of rocks npon the crest tCf a western divide. It was a bare, uninteresting spot, without shade or shelter, and, but for the prospect it afforded pf the valley on either side, a poor place rertainly to pass one's time. Yet Cynthia was much given to haunting this locality. A superficial observer might nave surmised that she sought this lofty post of observation the more closely to note the varied maneuvers of the roundap in the plain below, but unfortunately for this theory the back of the fair observer was invariably turned npon this animated spectacle. Christian Endeavor A certain junior society has this delightful custom: After the last pray6* they all strike up a stirring song, like "Onward, Christian Soldiers." and march out. keeping time to it with happy feet- Tims the juniors arc speedily and liarmonionsly dismissed. l)r. Francis E. Clark was lDoru in Aylmer, Que.. Sept. 12, 1851. His parents, however, were both New Englanders, and at the time of his birth were temporarily living in Canada. There are 2.9-15 Baptist Christian Endeavor societies; Free Baptists, 105} Seventh Day Baptists, 49, The Christian Endeavor society hat grown rapidly. At the close Ol' the first year it numbered 12", having more than doubled its membership. Tliirty of tliis number united with the church on profession of faith. The second year 25 more were converted; the third, an additional IS. All united with the church. At this time the society had an enrollment of over 200. Who shall say what disappointments (rere hers, thus occupied in spying out (lie land? Who shall say how many times this self appointed Sister Anne beheld the cloud of dust upon the distant horizon disclose not the expected horsemen, frut the invariable flock of sheep, or how many times some roving mustang raised i tumultuous flutter in that little breast that not it whnfo cabalhida of hi« wild ryed comrades might have caused by the tnadde«t of their onsets? Yet even in (his liopelest reconnoitering the days sjteJ Dn and on, iuiil the anticipated horsemau The Methodist Episcopal church has now 1.859 Christian Endeavor societies; the Methodist Protestant has 485; Methodist of Canada, 150; Methodist Episcopal. south, 120; African Methodist Episcopal, 14; Primitive Methodist, 41. llather Forward Clara—That Gussie Gush ought to be ashamed of herself, the hold thing! Dora—\Vhat did she do? Clara—She's accepted Jack Jewel, and he hadn't proposed to her but three times. New York Weekly. lever cam a. Ail Kxplainetl Delay I must not omit to mention a certain formality in dress which Miss Dallas bejan to affect about this time. It was In the direction of long trains and trailing 4»Wt« There was much mysterious re- ' They amputated liis leg after all, ehPt What made the doctors wait so long?" ' "Judgin from their bills it must liavai been to give 'em a chance to pnll it b» fore they took it off."—Buffalo Courier. This too U1U h for Ilenrv liruce ver. If