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Show 1 f THE BEAVER COUNTV WEEKLY PRESS. BEAVER. UTAn -- nd the ha.il shun a a tender; sympa country. Therefore I should have to hours. ;l could' 'tale ft twsy tnt At ' sevea o'clock the mare and I started thetic Interest to the story. accept It under false, The senator bad said to me on day, tale. their yoke npon'me Woahl you again; well fed and eager to go on. was a summer morning that short with a gentle smile: - think the .needle pointed that way . ens the road--ev- ett f. "No." I answered-that of the young "Cart, too bare business la Canton, I believe, with which trifling matters Immediate r he turned to his desk lover. Its air was sweet with the like the choice of a president and the and wrote the telecrara which fixed breath of the meadows. ;The daisies and , the clover and the cornflowers Mexican question cannot be permitted his clace In hlstonr. It said no. i: to Interfere. Ton must take time to .Into, the Uvea of few men has such and the wild roses seemed to be wav spend a day or two at the convention a moment fallen. I looked at him wlta ing a welcome to me, and the thorn u Baltimore oa your way. . . Re- a feeling of awe. What sublime calm- - frees shapely ornamentof my native hills were In blossom. A cloud of port to our friend Fine, who will look cess and serenity was in his facet Country afteryour comfort there." The experi- If It were a mere detail In the work of pigeons swept across the blue deen ence ought to be'useful to a young man the dav. and without a moment's fal abote roy bead. Tbe o great choir of ' who, I hope, will have work to do to tering, he had declined a crown, for he the Colds sang to me bobolinks, future conventions." iCi- - would surely have been nominated ana Tueadbwlarks, bluebirds. ii I took the stage to Baltimore next elected. He rose and stood looking warblers, wrens and far away la the day the ; tweiitT-slxt- h of May. The out of. the onen window. Always I edge of spruce thicket I heard the rfr convention thrilled me the flags, the "think of . him standing there with the flute J IBYINaSACnrLLEXl; d the sparrow, 1 face brook-Inls the! the great crowd, bathed at a bands, the songs, morning sunlight faffing upon the woods Aathor l"Bbn Hotdm." "ITft and I, "Drrl of th Bmi Iti speeches, the cheering I see and hear I and aheulderar; Henad observed my and put on a clean silk shirt and tie TUpln Up WiU Unit," Ku, St. It all lla., my-tal- k; "The uproar lasted I emotion and, I think, it had touched out of my saddlebags. "I rode slowly minutes when Tan Buren's him a little. There was a moment of then to the edge of the village of Canfoflwenty e I silence. name was put in nomination.' A curious illusion came to me ton and turned at the bridge aad took (Copyright, by bvtaf BaektUer) Then the undercurrent! The South then, for it seemed as If I heard the the river road, although I had time to was against him as Wright had fore-- 1 sound of distant music Looking spare. How my heart was beating as CHAPTER ,XVIIt-Contln- ued, seen. The deep current of Its power thoughtfully out of the window he I neared the familiar scene I The . i i Be had priceless and unusual tal-- had undermined certain of the north asked; "A '.' ': ,' river sloped its. disa like there, pace nt for avoiding school-reado- r s "Bart , do you know when ear first cerning traveler, to enjoy the beauty English ern and western delegations. Osten the aad arts of 'declamation and for sibly, for ,Vaa Buren and : stubbornly fathers turned out of the trail of the of Its shores. Smooth and silent was preparing a dlfflcnlt subject" to enter casting their ballots for him, they had beast and found the long road of hu the water and In It were the blue of s the average brain. The underlying se voted for the rule, which manity! I thtnk.lt was when, they dis- the sky and thefeatherv shadow-sblre- s cret of his power was soon apparent had accomplished his defeat before the covered athe compass in their bearts." of cedar and tamarack and the reflect- to me. He stood always for that great balloting' began. It continued for Jwd So now at last we have come to .that ed blossoms of iris and meadow rue. thing In America which, since then. days without a' choice. . The enemy high and lonely place, where we may t,was a lovely Bcene,., Whitman has callK "the divine aggre- stood firm. After adjournment that look back upon the Jtellsome, advenThere waa the pine, but where war gate," and seeing clearly how every evening many of the Van Buren delegates turous way we! have traveled with the my, lady 1, dismounted and tied my measure would be likely to affect its were summoned to a conference. aid of the candle and the compass. mare and looked THE-FLfty- OR , atr my watch, , It : welfare, he followed the compass. It I attended It witn Judge Fine."' Now let us stop a moment to rest and lacked twenty minutes to eleven. She had led htm "to a height of power The had withdrawn and to think. How sweet the air la here! would come I had no doubt of it. I above an others and was to lead him requested bis friends In the conven- The night is falling. I see the stars in washed my hands and face and heck ' anto the 'loneliest summit of accom tion to vote for Silas Wright My emo the sky. "'' in the cool water. Suddenly I heard tions can be more readily imagined plishment In American history, Just below me Is the valley of Eter- a , voice I knew stneint ' "Barne v - Not much la : my term of service than described when I heard the nal alienee. You1 wOl understand' 'my Leave the Girls Alone." I turned and there Is Important to this little task shouts of enthusiasm which greeted haste now. I have sought only'to no saw your mother, my son. (These -of mine.' Ivdld my work well, if I may my friend's name. Tears began to roll Justice to my friend and to give my last, lines were dictated to his son.) believe the senator, and grew familiar down my cheeks.. Judge. Fine lifted country a name, long neglected, but She was In the, stern of a birch canoe, with the gentle and ungentle arts of his hand. When order was at last re- equal In-- glory to those of Washington all dressed la white with rosea in her ' stored he began : Itnlr. I raised my hat and she threw , the politician. i, and Lincoln. "Gentlemen, as a friend of the Come, let us take pne last look to- n kiss at me, Old Kate sat In the bow One great fact grew in magnitude and sullen portent as the months learned senator and as a resident of gether down the road we have trav- - waving her handkerchief. They ittepped and Sally asked la a tone of In the county which Is the proud pospassed: the gigantic terests of the South viewed with grow sessor of his home, your enthusiasm playful.serlousness: v. , xoung man, why have yon come ing alarm the spread of abolition sen has atowelcome sound to me ; but I hap . V timent Subtly; quietly and naturally pen know that Senator sWrlght will ;T;,v To they were feeling for the means to de-- not allow his name to go before the get you," I answered. ' fend and increase their power." Straws convention." "What do you want of met She Be read the letter of which I knew. were coming to the surface in that was looking at be"r Tace in the water. ' Mr. Benjamin F. Butler then said : session which betrayed this deep un"I want to marry you," 1 answered "When that letter was written Sena ' dercurrent of purpose. We felt It and bravely. "Then you may help me ashore If the aenator was worried, I knew, but tor "Wright was not aware that Mr' held his pence.' He knew how to keep Van Buren's nomination could not be you please, I am la my best white bis opinions until the hour had struck accomplished, nor was he aware that slippers and you are to be very that summoned them to service. The bis own nomination would be the al senator never played with his lance. most unanimous wish of this convenBeautiful I She was the spirit of the fields of June then and always By and by Spencer openly sounded the tion. I have talked with the leading delegates from Missouri and Virginia note of conflict I helped her ashore and held her In arms and. you know, the Bps have The most welcome year of my life today. They say that he can be nomimy a dawned on the first of January, 1844 nated by acclamation; Is It possible way of speaking then In the Old, conthat he a strong party man can reI remember that I arose before "" vincing, final argument of rove. They i sist this unanimous call of the party left no doubt In our hearts, my son, ' light that morning and dressed and with whose -.Ttme'a Chano.es.. help he has won immortal INSTEAD DOGS went out on the street to welcome It When do you wish to, marry met MOTORS '"Times shore- - chanee " . nhllosorjfcl, fa met No, it is not so. It cannot be - v s.,, " she whispered, j I had less than six months to wait so. W most dispatch a messenger to 'As sooo as possible, but my par la Trip Over the Cascades In a Gasoline cally said Gap Johnson of,. Rumpus . for that day appointed by Sally, I had him by horse at once who shall take Kldge. "Just tuther day, as It were, a month now." 6lelQh Waa a Distinct only sixty1 rdollars no doubt that she would be true to me. to him from - J his friend Judge Fine a k. A ' -nobody thought anything In pertlckler anwe snail ,mak it :6ar she .;' Success.', I had had my days of fear and depres- frank statement of the Imperious de If a feller took' a demijohn to church swered. and mother father and bat "2fy sublime faith in mand of this convention and a sion, always my under back scat of his wagon, and request A was trial aunt her came back In good time. and, uncle and the Backeta spectacular your recently after the trip that he .telegraph a withdrawal of his the sermon had grown sorter. " made motor a. minister and number across, and of our the "was the, jCa8cadesln.a. Oh, yes, Indeed, Washington . letter la the morning." tiresome winked a few. of. his frlenls friends are coming in a fleet boats." sleigh, and a number of photographs, outside fair of beauty and gallantry those The suggestion was unanimously ap him lap it up and fool to ;"Wa are prepared either for a picnic taken at various stages of the journey. around andhelp days. I saw it alt I have spent many proved and within an hour, mounted horses and mebbey, swap In are .Mechanor a wedding," waa. the whisper, of reproduced Popular years In the capital, and X tell you the or. one of the pest horses la Maryland In a a little fight general way. ; ics. The achievement of the motor Kate; ,x , girls of that time had manners and so his groom Informed me I was oa "But now, by grit If he even smells as was almost as that make amazing "Left it both," I proposed to sleigh knew how to wear their clothes, but my way to Washington with the mes- I Took the Stage to Baltimore Next Sally. of the first army tank, conquering, as of patent medicine on a week day he'j again the magic of old memories kept sage of Judge Fine In my pocket Yes, the ouaenlck and p mt got to Day. my iaay on her throne. There was I had two days to spare oa my sched iuSurely there couldot be a : better It did, all kinds of obstacles. Skimming out the producewhur It says he's got place the; the surface of snowfalls, old or new, one of them Just one of those others ule ot travel and reckoned that, by re- eled, now dim fn ,the evening, shad place than here under the big pine he claims to hare disease that deadly vehicle the broke little its so way strange smooth aad soft and shady," who, I sometimes thought was almost turning to Baltimore next day I should ows. Scattered along It are. the little It's a taken the medicine for." Kansas City , : through primeval passes with-neve- r as graceful and cnarmlng and noble-- reach Canton In good time. ""'" '"bouses of the poor of which I have said she. Stan" , of rescue stumble. aa The automobile, written! as "Nor could there be a better day or hearted See the lights in the win Sally, and she liked me, I It was the kind of thing that only a stalled la the drifts of know, but the Ideal of my youth lithe, supple, strong-hearte- d "Proud of Hie "Profession." , lad such dows the lights that are shining Into better company,"-- urged, for I was hopelessly pass, was a mere incident la glowed In the light of the early morn-la- g, as I was la the days of my youth. the souls ,of the ' young the eager. not sure that she would agree, "Burglars who served In the army. Its on a progres. Crossing deep gully so to speak, and was brighter than could relish of are going back to their old trade," sald ;The boats came along. Sally aad I speeding over a dark open,' expectant" welcoming souls all others. Above all, I had given my road by the light of the' stars and a the young-t-n- nd the light carries many waved a welcome from the bank and a pair, of hemlock poles was but one of a London police official the other day. the day's adventures. LThe intended "These men deliberately elect to live' word, to Sally, and well, you know, half-moowith a horse that loved to things, but best of all a respect for the she merrily proclaimed: substitution of the motor sleigh for the by stealing because they find It adven e the Yankee of good stocJi was kick up a wind. My brain was in a old, unchanging way of the compass. be to a fit's wedding." fairly , steadfast whatever else may fever; for the notion had come to me After all that is the end and aim of .Then a cheer from 'the boats, la dog drawn sledges of Alaska's snow- turous. It was with the same spirit t bound post trails means more to the that they joined the army. At least which I joined. be said ot him often a little too that I was -the whole matter believe me. making history. -- aij t t ' people of that great territory than may one convicted burglar won the Victoria ', life steadfast as were Ben Grlmshaw and these has Into never shall "lengthened when My the of how, forget The lure fame aad high place hur be generally realized. Jack London and cross." - Confirmation of this charac- -' Jfullwtoa. when our acof most tasks are Squire company had landed and the greetings ried me on. With the senator in the days The senator and I went calling that presidential .chair I should be well compushed by machinery' We try" to were over, Uncle Peabody approached others have limned the malemute as a terlstlc Is provided by a captain In a . romantic figure ; but the followers of famous fighting regiment who declares New rear's day. We saw all the started In the highway of great suc- make men' by the thousand. In vastjyonr mother and said: great people and some of them were cess. Then Mr. XL Dunkelberg might educational machines, and ho longer I fSaj, Sally, Tm goln to plant a kiss the trail know well he Is never that. It that one of the bravest men la his .4 more cheerful than they had a right think me better than the legacy of by the one as of old.' It waa the lov-- 1 on both o' them red cheeks o' yours, is the elimination of much human hard- company, a corporal with a D.CM. and ship, as well as canine Inefficiency, that other ' honors, declared himself a pro-'-"' to be. It was a weakness of the time. Benjamin Grlmshaw.' A relay awaited ing. forgiving," forbearing, patient an" do it deliberate, too." " recommends the gasoline method. fesslonal thief. "Ills one regret" re-- , ceaseless on of mother He so toll I shall not, go Into details for fear of ma. twenty-thre- e Deel Aunt did and father and did and It miles down the road. . ... .1 marked the officer, "was that the re-- " wandering too far from my main road. Well.! reached - Washington very the tender soul of childhood which old Kate, and I think that next to K '.Quick Action Called For. crultlng authorities would not let him Let: me step aside a moment to say, sore, but otherwise, la good form, soon quickened that inextinguishable sense your mother and me, they were the - an f ou When describe a ha his tine his attesra' d God-androps occupation angler Tnan'in happiest people at the redding. however, that there were two clouds after daybreak. I was trembling with of responsibility to ' Uoa papers aa 'burglar. " hopes to get an answer right away. in 4he sky of the Washington society excitement when I put my horse In the these people whom I bow leave to the 'T of those days. One was strong drink stable and rang the bell at our door. It Judgraent'of my "countrymen. There Is a"lohely grave" up In the rzixiBaBBatiiiKiziszaxaExsfiiaxKszzaEZiEsixzxixxix:'' I have lived to'see the ancient plan hlDs that 'of the stranger who 'died and the other was the crude, rough- - seemed to me that I was crossing the I i M of the from coated, aggressive democrat kingcraft for self protection, com. long ago oa EattleroadV One day divide between big aad little things. A frontiers of the West , These latter few steps more and I should be look Ing back Into the world. It demands found old Kate sitting beside it and oa were often seen in the holiday regalia ing down Into the great valley of the that the will and conscience ef every a atone lately erected there was the r func. of farm or village at fashionable a y future. Yet now that I was there, I Individual shall be regulated aad con name, Enoch Rone, li.; N trolled by some , concerted prince, t tions. : Some of them changed slowly, began to lose confidence. "It 4a very sorrowful," she whls. backed by an army. It cannot fall I pored. "He was sad by and by reached the stage of The butler opened the door. trying to find me white linen and diamond breastpins Tea, the senator 'was up and had foresee to accomplish such devasta- when he died." ' and . waistcoats of figured silk. It just returned from a walk and was in tion In the human spirit as ahall Im We walked oa la silence while I re. must be said, however, that their mo his study; i I found him there, - peril the dearest possession of man. caned the clrcumatancea. How taste. tives were always above their If one Is to follow the compass he that those' tales of blood and strange Well, Bart, bow loes this happen T lawless can have but one king bis God..,. ... .la he asked. The winter wore away, slowly daring which; Kate had given to Amos i "It's important business," I BaldVa hard work. Mr. Ton Buren came down Grlmshaw had led to the slayinr of t . to see the senatorooe. day. from bis I presented the letter. ; I am near tha end,- - I rode back to her owa son I Yet aa It happened, Something In his look and manner Baltimore that forenoon. , They ,had and tbe. old wives will tell you the country seat on the Hudson, The M -M had been solicited to accept as he calmly adjusted his glasses and nominated Mr. Polk of Tennesse.for story up there la the hills. .;: ::. the nomination , again. I know that read the letter of Judge Fine brought president and Silas Wright for vice 3 The play ends just as the sight SJ Senator Wright strongly favored the the blood to my face. It seemed to president the latter by acclamation. I falling with Kate and me entering the would South knew so to a feared that the that would balloon, and the my but decline speak, little puncture Wright familiar where now. bo she plan home, ; ,. v defeat him in convention, it being well I was falling toward, the earth and so honor, as he did. Hies and la ever welcome with Aunt M to known that Van Buren was opposed I hurried northward to keep my Ap- Deel and Unce Peabody. The latter gwirtly my head swam. He laid tbe 8 the annexation of Texas. However, letter on his desk and, without looking pointment with Sally. The boats were meets us at the door and Is saying In M a mnke fight up and ti coolly as If he were asking slowed by fog.-- At Albany I was a day cheerful. Voice:- he advised his friend to 8 for the nomination and this the latter ror the change of a dollar, queried : , behind my schedule. I should have Come iBr to supper, yoa revera. bev"Well. Bart, what do you think we only aa hour's leeway If the boats oa How soleraa ye look I Say; If resolved to do. Thenceforward until yu ex 8 the upper lakes and the stage from pect Sally and me to do all the taughln' middle May I gave my time largely to had better do about H i M 1 wu uuping tne inainng oi ieiir w' u yvr yoa wouta nattsbnrg were on time. I feared to here you're mistaken. There's a lot of ' hakeI M ' trust them. Mo 1 caught tha west- It to be done In Van Boren's behalf. It" I stammered. M right now an it's time train-anbecause bound conventhe excitement of "Tbat'e reaofatd Utica three yoif Jlncd. in. We ain't done notbla' The time appointed for the good but; laugh since we got up, an', we're tion Id Baltimore drew near. One day the convention Is on you," he an- -' hours..laie. There I bonght the senator received an Intimation that awred. "Let us look at the compass. horse .and.JbJs saddle, and bridle, and m need o' help. What's the matter. H he would be put la nomlnatloo If Van They have refused to nominate Mr. hurried up the north roadJ When ho Kate i Look up at the light to God'i because Is near was him I he Buren wellwrote Van for a U..tcsult8.--'-spent traded opposed to Euren failed. Immediately he winder. How bright It shines tonight to Judg Fine of Ogdmburg, chair. the annexation of Texas. On that sub- knit Morgan mare up in the little 'vil When I. feel bad I always look at the ' man of the delegation from the north-- ject the will of the convention Js now lage of Sandy Creek. 'Th," I knew a stars." ..'.." they would good horse as well aa the next man em JltriotfltNew.,Jorl.for!Wdtam (TDBKNTX) a such use of his name on tne grouna nominate me. , We don t know about ana.aoener oae inaa sue I never diethat we never shall know. If tbty owned never. I was back la my sad that his acquiescence would Involve J Get ea Right Rsad at Ones. . ,. "I did. and I accepted, what would be ex- die at six In the afternoon and stopped it sfteo rrqalres ceorage- - to turn H loyalt to his friend the M He g avf me leave to go to the con- pected of me Is also clear. They for feed and an hour's rest at nlae anQ bnck whin we have taken, a wrong M prln-dolme abandon to oa rode the would U my meet I reached rep, but ts easier to tan. back arter expect through Sally. bight vention on Biy way home to i and that 'course of conduct the hamlet of KIchvllle soon after day- tbe first than after the sero.id ov I had confided te Mrs. Wright the de conceive' 1 for to be the ta! best and out which break had for a rest ot twe I much and love safer and pleiir.QW put third, falls H say UUU afair . Tein'Light the r , 5 Clearing ATalcbf tha North in th Tims Silas Wright a paellas before Jhs.war song-sparrow-s, s : - t white-throate- ( durinathswar - I (: r : two-third- LASTS -- sr boss the. mm , . , slave-holdin- g . hereT".-.-:-:-;:Trv- . 1,1 . T : ' v ' . 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