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Beckie from Philadelphia
» s: AN EXTENDED VISIT SS SS
A Pennsylvania Rural Tale
Partly in Broken English
By —
CARL RHEA
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(CONTINUED PROM I,AST WEEK)
"O, how enchanting is this beauti-fully
extended vista with its groups
of cattle grazing so peaceably here and
tliere, the ever glorious and majestic
golden orb casting its dazzling rays
upon the numerous^ ponds flashing
like so many monster mirrors. Here;
am I seated upon this velvety throne,
far more contented in mind than most
of the queenly crownheads, and the
lively foliage fluttering in unison in
the balmy breeze, casting fantastic
shadows upon the lawn. O, who
would not be happy and. contented
with such surroundings?"
It was not long'before, she was
startled by the sudden appearance of
Newall. She said to herself, as she-glanced
in another direction, "O, how
unfortunate!" Looking up from a
plant she had been dissecting, "must
1 be disturbed again by Newall and his
love prattlings ! I wish he had not
seen me, for I am not in a humor for
so tiresome an interview."
''Good-day, Miss Hriinui,'' exclaim-ed
Newall, not in the least surprised.
"It is not at all strange that we should
meet again on this beautiful eminence^
for I know it to be one of your most
favored spots."
"Yes, Mr. Newall, my visits have
been quite frequent, but on this oc-casion
I would rather not have been so
fortunate. I «m out of humor, ir
ritable and not at all communicative "
"Miss Brimm, you are always com-municative,
even when perfectly silent;
yourevery movement and glance seems
to have a meaning that is at all times
fascinating to me."
"Now I beg of you , Mr. Newall, do
not inflict upon me your meaningless
-expressions *••* • - * . " ~ t '
"My fair one, command me and I
will consider it a delight and privilege
to obey."
"Then allow me to simply say leave
me alone to revel iu the beauties of na-ture
and inhale the invigorating at-mosphere
of this, my favorite eleva-tion.
Truly, Sir, I need it and 1 am
confident you will comply. I will
then promise to be more civil to you
should I again be honored with your
presence.''
"Certainly, certainly, I will, act ac-cording
to your commands, my little
prompter ; you have gained this little
victory, but I hope to win the greater
one. Let me now advise you not to
linger too long unprotected in these
sylvan groves, as there are wolves in
men's clothing quite eager to" devour
so dainty a specimen oi loveliness even
at so close a proximity to the Brimm
Villa."
"Mr. Newall, I will try to profit by
your kind advise and by the time that
golden orb touches the horizon I hope
to be snugly nestled amongst my dear
rustics at the farm.''
"Good day, good-day," said he, and
"how heartily I wish that your feel-ings
for me had but one-half the
amount of warmth." Then turning
aside says, "she may continue to
trifle if she will, all the same I will be
persistent."
He walked on toward the village
and had reached the main road cross-ing
when he met an old farmer who
politely saluted him aud asked, "are
you on your way to the village ?"•
"I am," said Newall ; "is there any-thing
I can do for you ?" ,
"O, yes, you can if you will, and
save me a long drive out of my way.
You see, I met farmer Brimm's old
tramp hand who asked me to kindly
drop this letter in the office for Miss
Beckie Brimm, as it was important
she could receive it this evening."
"W-hy certainly I will," said New-all.
"Certainly it will be very kind in
you ." He handed the letter to New-all,
then turned back. Newall glanced
at the address, placed it in his pocket,
but had 110 intention whatever of
mailing it. He walked 011 hurriedly
toward the village, and after reaching
the hotel and his room made haste to
learn the contents of the letter. His
hands' trembled as he tore open . the,
envelope, then read as follows :
Miss BRIMM :—
I have long wanted to inform you
ot the danger you risk in allowing
that so called Newall, whom I know
well is an imposter, to call upon you.
Take my advise and shun-liim as you
would a viper. I could explain to you
more lully, but I think this will be
sufficient to put you on your guard.
Yours in haste— ' -
ONI; W H O KNOWS.
After Newall had turned the note
over-and over again, he' finally -tore it
into bits and threw them into his
waste.basket. He said nothing to his
father, tried to think no more about itt
then continued his visits as before to
the farm without interruption. Natur-ally
the old t-iamp became anxious to
learn whether Beckie had received the
note, but did not have courage to in.
quire. He mSde several attempts to
question George concerning it, but as
he was always told to shut up and
mind his own business, finally con-cluded
to drop the matter for the
present and to keep his eyes and ears
open. It was only a short time after
that Joel and the tramp were working
together in the field whed the old fel-low
ventured to iump him. He said
'Joe 1, did Miss Brimm receive a note
lately, a blue envelope, from the vil-lage.?
I know what was written to
her and the writer is anxious to learn
whether it was delivered;"
, "Now, trampy," said Joel, don't try
•ant make so. a fool ot me, so vat do
you know about it anyhow?"
"Well, Joel, all I ask is keep a sharp'
lookout and it possible keep Newall
out of the house, but I beg of you
don't give me away."
A week or so after this conversation
Joel had been to a dance at one of the
taverns and had perhaps indulged too
freely in beer, and became boisterous
on his way home. Unfortunately he
mel -Newall shortly after he had left
the farm. Joel addressed him as
dandy Newall, which made him very
indignant. Of course the trouble did
not end there, but they quarreled.
Joel,.'being in liquor, Newall had the
advantage, so he struck him on the
he»d with his cane, which caused him
to reel. He soon sobered up sufficient-ly
to venture an apology/ begging
Mr. Newall to "say npssing to his pop
or to Beckie." Newall now 'felt that:
he h^d Joel in his power, however, as-sumed
him he would keep it a secret,
but warned him not to attempt to
meddle in his affairs in the future and
UI.IITE 4MII P I O M W TO NLWRTVS ADDII'XR,
him .politely. They .separated iu as
friendly a manner as was-possible and
the incident was soon forgotten. After
that Newall treated Joel with more
consideration than formerly. It was
but a few days after this wrangle that
the tramp met the old farmer to whom
he had given the letter addressed to
Beckie, then kindly said to him,
''well, well,.old friend, thank you sir
for mailing the letter for me."
"O, you are welcome sir," said he ;
"but I was suyed the trouble of going
so far into the village. I met the
young gentleman, Mr. Newall, on my
way toward the village^ and he kindly
mailed it for nre."
The tramp felt as if lie had been.,
struck on the head "with a mallet,
walked 011 and made no reply. He
had, however, decided to drop another
warning to Beckie, but would be sure
to mail it himself. The following
was what the second note contained :
DEAR MISS BRIMM :—
I wrote you a note of warning a
short time ago, but discovered it had
been intercepted by that true (?) friend
of yours, Mr. Van Newall. No doubt
he can give you all the necessary in-formation.
Yours, Sincerely,
A N OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
The tramp lest no time in mailing
this note and was anxiously awaiting
the result.
In due time Beckie received the
second warning note, and to say she
liqd been, stunned would certainly be a
mild statement. It preyed upon her
mind so severely that it was feared she
would become seriously ill. They
were all very much exercised about
her condition and often Newall would
ask her time and again what was dis-turbing
her peace of mind. She
would rarely ever reply to these
questions and finally decided to calm
herself and try not to think any more
about the note. She soon became the
same jolly Beckie to the family, but
in the presence of Newall would be
more dignified, but not enough to tool
his ardor, so'the time passed on
smoothly with its many pleasures.
Beckie now .kept herself busily en-gaged
in household affairs. The
garden with its many late flowers was
her paradise and she had but little
time to dwell upon unpleasant themes.
The old tramp having overheard
several- conversations felt convinced
and satisfied that Beckie had received
his note. Upon one occasion, as the
lovers were slowly strolling along the
hillside, Beckie so often noticed that
Newall was unusually uncommunica-tive,
so questioned him.: "Mr. Newall,
are you not well ? or, do you perhaps
weary of this monotony, or do you no
longer enjoy rambling amongst the
romantic wilds and rural charms?
Tell me truly if it is so."
' Indeed, my dear friend, I am a
great lover of nature ; I see beauty 111
the most insignificant plant; simply
to be alone with you and to express
my delights is really a pleasure at all
times."
"Now, now then, Mr. Newall, I did
not wish to encourage sentiment.''
"No doubt you' did not, but you
know you -are at all times an- inspira-tion
to me." He turned and stooped
to pluck a wild flower, when he sud-denly
gazed far in the distance, much
amazed, then exclaimed aloud : "See,
O, see, that repellent object perched
on yonder clifl ! Truly, Misé Brimm,
it is really an Egyptian study. That
creature reminds me for all the world;
of a grotesque sphinx sunning itself,
perpetually grinning at some unknown
object." •••..-
"Mr. Newall, have a care, I beg of
you. My cousin Joel, poor fellow, is
, a big, true-hearted lad and the object
he now seems to be gazing at is by no
means a strange one to him. There
is no telling what sort of an opinion
he is now forming in that stony head
of his." How can you be so unkind ?
Out of respect to me, at least, you
should be above sarcasm. He did not
create himself aud that he was brought
up a rustic is no fault of his. When
in the future you observe another such
an object as my cousin kindly ask the
aid of your glasses."
"Miss Brimm, I am very soory to
have hurt your feelings and I humbly
ask your pardon, for believe me I did
not recognize him at so great a dis-tance."
"Pray do not apologize, Mr. Newall;
it is not at all necessary. I see much;
in that abnormal figure that is not alto-gether
prepossessing, but had he been
blessed with but half the advantage
you had had there is* no telling what
sort of a picture he would present.
Poor fellow, he always tries to be kind
to me,"
"I am sorry I made that blunder.
No doubt Miss Brimm this will be an
other mark on your black list against
me Spare me just this once and I
promise you I will do better in the
future. You see, dear friend; I had
been looking so constantly at you
that when I caught a glimpse of your
cousin the contrast was so jarring that
i t - — . " '
"Mr. Newall, do you not think it
about time to select a more interesting
topic to discuss ?"
"Now, do let us be the best of
friends, Miss .Brimm. Truly I can
find no subject so agreeable and ele-vating
as the one pertaining to your
self. I must say that to be upbraided '
by one I so greatly esteem- is truly
painful and humiliating. Speak to;
me kindly again and let us revel in
the music of your Voice ; to me your j
toiir-s .111* hkt those of t\ suug-bitr} of
the woodlands; always enchanting.
Now, speak on, for that music both j
charms and inspires me Forget that j
trifling disagreeable episode and let us
be merry." - • |
"Mr. Newall, why will you indulge!
in such ridiculous metaphors ? Truly
your companions are poorly made." j
"Now my pretty harbinger of peace
and joy, let us come back to the. earth :
again and be natural." ;
"Come," said Beckié; "you had
bette» say,' let us be off for home as it ;
growing late."
Off they strolled.
The summer was almost passed, but
there were still many duties to take
up their time before the coming of
"the sere and the yellow leaf. ' ' Aunt
Peggie informed Beckie that next;
week would be apple-butter time, and
as usual there would be a gathering of;
young folks to assist in the stirring,;
afte< which there would <e singing,!
dancing and a jolly time in general,
so she looked forward to the occasion ;
with great pleasure. !
The invitations were hastily sent:
out by Beckie's orders and late in the;
afternoon of the day set apart the;
young folks arrived, all crowded in a
large hay-wagon and more grotesquely?
attired; as a great surprise for Beckie,
as she had never been present on such
an occasion. John Newall never
seemed satisfied unless in Beckie's
presence, so he arrived far in advance
of the party. Beckie would always
appear startled at his sudden appear-:
pearance, evidently having the letter,
incident constantly on her mind, a
subject that had never been discussed.
The noise of the party was plainly
heard and all at once the great wagon ;
hove in sight. Beckie and Newall:
met them amidst shouts'of laughter.
After considerable laughter, they Were
brought to order by Aunt Peggie, who
wished them to prepare for the paring
of the apples and they were soon seat-ed
and hard at work. The, cidei was:
already boiling, many apples had al-ready
been thrown into the kettle ;
the incessant stirring began, each one
taking his or her turn, all gaily sing-ing
and keeping time with the stirrer
in the kettle. Those who were off
duty indulged occasionally in a good
old-time country dance and many were,
the turns and shuffles. Cakes, cider
and apples were to be had at all times.
The party finally 'wound up with
'dance to your partners' ; each beau
took an extra turn with Beckie. John
Newall having had a headache was
driven home before the final turns and
it is' likely that had he remained he
would have displayed his displeasure;
and looked with disgust upon the
scene. After he had left the party he
heaved a sigh of relief. He quietly
said to himself, "thank God, I am out
of , this mess ; some1 people can be
amused by any old thing. That
fiddler almost made , me frantic with
his scratching. There is no account-ing
for tastes and what surprised me
most was to, see how enthusiastic Miss
Brimm was in the midst of those hay-seeds."
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(TO BE CONTINUED)
WITHIN THE COUNTY.
John Shank, the oldest resident of
Conoy township, celebrated his 91st
birthday. He is enjoying good health,
i A bloodthirsty weasel killed 86 young
chickens at John Fieckenstein's in Co-lumbia.
The dead chicks filled -two
bushel baskets.
The Muddy Creek Sunday-school pic-nic,
always a great event in the North
End, will be held this year on Saturday,
August 7; •: Noted bands will be present.:
Miss Ella Sturgis, of Manheim, a
daughter of N. D. Sturgis, of this place,
won the state oratorical contest at the
Loyal Temperance Legion convention
at Gettysburg last week. ;
Arthur, a four-year-old son of U. S.
G. Wifcmyer, of Mianheim, ate insect
powder and became very sick. An
emetic was given, and the youngster
soon recovered.
Cbief Burgess Shenk of Manheim,
was kept busy enforcing the borough
law against shooting explosives. In-dependence
day at Manheim was quiet
but safe.
While three Manheim men were pick-ing
cherries, one of them discovered a
snake on one of the large branches of
the tree. A gun was secured from a
near-by farm house and the snake was
killed. It was a copperhead and meas-ured
forty-two inches.
A cow owned by Samuel Nornhold,
near Milton Grove, gulped down a
quantity of corn meal mixed with paris
green. It died soon afterwards.
The Mountain Springs Rifles, Eph-rata's
independent military organiza-tion,
will hold its annual encampment
this year at Tumbling Run Park/near
Pottsville, Schuylkill county, left on
Friday, June 30, and returning Mon-day,
August 7. The organization's
crack band will accompany it on the
proposed pleasure outing.-
The oil sprinkled on the pike along
the Poor House hill, Lancaster, to keep
down the dust; has done its work So
far. Eastward is also being given a
trial, Paradise and Leaman Place hav-ing
quite long stretches that have been
so treated. "
Relics of Washington.
At a recent auction of household ef-fects
at the home of Marine T. Krepps,
one of the oldest residences of Harpers
Ferry, located near Bolivar Heights,
there were on view, but not for sale,
two articles which would attract atten-tion
aud ready purchasers m any part
fire tongs and a «hovel, once the prop-erty
of George Washington' or, rather
Mrs. Washington, and presented by
her t<) rtievgrandmotherof Mrs. Krepps;
During the administration of the
first president and while he resided in
Philadelphia they had as neighbors
one family of Burrows 6r Burriss.
Mrs. Washington knew and admired
Miss Margaret Burriss, who later be-came
Mrs. Downing, and it was upon
the occasion of her removal to Charles-town,
W. Va., that Mrs. Washington
made her the gifts of this shovel and
tongs. Mrs. Downing spent the re-mainder
of her days in Charlestown
and is buried in the Episcopal cemetery
at that place.
Dividends Declared.
The directors of the Manheim Water
Company at their last meeting declared
a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent,
payable on demand.
The managers of the Manheim and
Sporting Hill Turnpike Company have
declared a semi-annual divided of 3 per
cent, on the capital stock, payable on
demand.
The managers of the Lancaster and
Manheim Turnpike Company have de-clared
a semi-annual dividend of 3| per
cent, on the capital stock.
The managers of the Manheim and
Lititz TurnpikeCompany havedeclared
a semi-annual divideud of one and a
half per cent, payable on demand.
The Penalty of Folly. ,
Methuselah, Jarah, Lamech and the
others had gone to the old settlers' re-union
near Ararat. It was Methuse-lah's
nine hundredth birthday, and he
capered around like a kitten, throwing
balls of ophir wood at the rag dolls,
taking chances in the grab 'bag con-ducted
by the Canaan church and act-ing
a perfect hog about the pink lemon-:
ade barrel and the candied popcorn
stand.
"Better be careful, Meth," Lamech
warned him. "You'll overdo yourself,
old man."
But the ancient cutup paid no heed
and proceeded to ride on the merry-go-round
with a woman of the Tubalites.
Alas, how fondly foolish is age! In
sixty-nine fleeting years the old man
was dead.
OVER THE STATE.
While picking cherries at St. Clair,
Mrs. Edward Farrell fell from the tree
and broke her-neck, dying instantly.
The aggregate age of the three Taylor
¿brothers of Lackawanna county is;248
years. The brothers are Henry, aged
79, of Greenfield township, and John
•M., aged 86, and Charles C., aged 82,
both -of Scott township. They were
born in Greenfield township, then in
Luzerne county, and have lived in that
vicinity all their lives.
The citizens of Honesdale, the county
seat of Wayne, arearranging for an old
fashioned "home week" to be held
about the first week in September.
There will be a day set apart for the
dedicating of the/new §00,000 school -
building, at which time State Superin-tendent
of Schools Schaeffer will be a
distinguished guest; a firemen's day,
when out-of-town companies will be
invited to participate; a civic day with
a big parade, etc.
M. S. Hershey is still buying land.
Within the past few weeks he has added
three farms to his already large land
holdings and has obtained options on
several farms along Swatara Creek, and
i t is ' Currently reported that this pur- *
chase will include all the land along
that stream from Union Deposit to
Bindnaugles Church. All the" land
wiil be used for grazing purposes, ancL
Mr. Hershey will greatly increase his
stock of fine milk cows. The late&t
deal will involve the transfer of several
thousand acres and will make Mr. Her-shey
the largest irxfividual cattle grazer
in Pennsylvania. . v • :
A curious find was made a few days
ago in the wood tract back of Shohola,
Pike county, Pa., which is being cut
off and converted into lumber by the
Pennsylvania Lumber Company, it
huge pine tree, was cut down, but the
butt was defective and in order to se-cure
a sound end to the log, the diseased
portion was cut off. In doing so it was
found that this portion of the tree was
hollow and the aperture had grown
over so that it was not observable to the
woodehopper. In the hollow was an
old-fashioned flint-lock musket, such as
was in use by the pioneers of this region.
As; the spot where the musket Was re-vealed
is in the neighborhood of the
bloody battles of Minisink, which oc-curred
between the whites and Indians
on July 22, 1779, in which the former
were defeated, it is supposable that, the
gun may have belonged to one of the
wounded stragglers of, the jlefe^tetl pa-triots',
who hadWandered off and dieS
in the woods. - ¡v••.,.
Cigar Industry's Business Gaining.
There is evidence of marked improve-ment
in cigar industry in this, the
Ninth Internal Revenue District. Sev-eral
of the large factories have increased
their working time, and others have
resumed operations. Factories are ever
advertising for hands. One noticeable
result of the extreme dullness, iu the
cigar trade has been the decision of
many manufacturers to discontinue the
making of cheap grades. These were
mainly disposed of in the middle west
to the saloon trade and the closing of
these place has practically put «n end
to the business of the cigar jobbers in
those sections. '
While picking huckleberries on the
mountain near Mahanoy City, 10-year-old
Elsie Galut was bitten on the arm
by a snake, and the arm has since dou-bled
in size snd is badly discolored.
—When told'to take a back" seat al-most
any man will take aflfron.t.
The Foresters' Excursion.
The committee of Oriurt Lancaster,
No. 125, Foresters of America, appoint-ed-
to make arrangements for their an-nual
excursion, visited Willow Grove
Park. They were met by Mr. George
Whyncoop, superintendent of-this fa-mous
reereation park. After all busi-ss
pertaining to the excursion,,was
gone over it was decided that the excur-sion
be held Saturday, August 7, which
day has been set aside as Foresters' Day
by the park management.
Purchased Six New Trolley Cars..
The Conestoga Traction Company has
purchased six new summer cars. They
are of larger dimensions than any they
have heretofore used, and will -seat
ninety persons. The cars are of the
most modern make, and have the latest
equipment. The company now.own»
119 cars, and at the height of the sum-mer
season nearly all are in use on the
big days.
Seeds and Insects.
Prof. P. H. Hertzog, a son of Daniel
Hertzog, of near Ephrata borough, aud
a student at Bucknell University^
Lewisburg, Pa., is home on his sunimer
vacation, which he will devote to the .
gathering of specimens of insects and
seeds for the biological department- of
that educational institution. . Mr.-
Hertzog is deeply interested in the
study of plant and insect life.
Women Who Wear Well.
It is astonishing how great a change a
few years of married life, often make in
the appearance and disposition of many
women. The. freshness, the charm,-the
brilliance vanish like the bloom from a
peach which Is rudely handled. The
matron is only a dim shadow, a faint echo
of the charming maiden. There are two '
reasons for this change, ignorance and
neglect. Few young women appreciate
the shock to: the system through the ,
change which comes with- marriage and
motherhood. Many neglect, to deal with
the unpleasant pelvic drains and weak-nesses
which too often come with mar-riage
and motherhood, not understanding
- that this secret drain is robbing the cheek
of its freshness and the form of its
fairness.
As surely as the general health suffers
tfhen tbere Is debasement or the health
of the delicate womahljjorgans, so surely
whqff-thMe organs ¿nN^tablished, in
healthytheJMeantMrftiv^toHfe witness
to the iact lnTBftetPed cometlftftsa^ J^qarly
a million women h«.vn fnimrf health and
happiness In the use of Dr. Pierca's Fa-vorite
Prescription. It makesiweak wom-en
strong and sick women well. Ingredi-ents
on label—contains no alcohol or
harmful- habit - forming drugs. Made
wholly ot those native, American, medic-inal
roots most highly recommended by
leading medical authorities of all the sev-eral
schools of practice for the cure of
woman's peculiar ailments.
For nursing mothers,or for those broken-'
down in health by too frequent bearing of
children,- also for the expectant mothers,
to prepare the system for the cominjfof
baby and making its advent 'easy-and
almost painless, there is no medicine quite -
so good as "Favoflte P-resoEiption." It
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