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Show 9 A COWARD S HEROISM. THEI BLADE: get there sure as thunder. Wfll, boys lay down on the ground laughir, Why Not? the;bridge, or we'll hev two o ye In old boys did in those days when tc as the fix," whispered the foreman, Two maidens walked on the glistening was ahead, yelling to Ily to stand hlj hoarsely. SKETCHES FOR AND BY THE ground and never surrender. llft final-lWhere the blue waves fall and rise. "Hold this end! Pass it around that One face sweet. Madonna a had executed the Old sow, and when OLD SOLDIERS. tree!" commanded Leonard; and with-to azure tender And eyes. pulled him out of the well he was purr, out a moment's hesitation he began one was dark with a crimson glow And ing like an engine, and dryly said that of dusky brown. And creep cautiously f over the skeleton eyes March Great An of Shermans Incident he believed that fresh meat wasnt watched for a sail in the golden bridge. The men held their breath toa Both west Time to the Sea Told for the First healthy that time of the year. f watch the brave lad. Once, twice, E. M.r in American Tribune. down. was sun the When going Sad Feature of Recurring board cracked and almost gave way; bui Leonard quickly threw his weight For now 'twas one long year ago An Error Corrected. jj back, and advanced from another dioff to sea. went A ship she Helen A statement was made In the, Gram rection. When he reached And the bonny lad who sailed with her was too exhausted to help herself; but, Was brave as brave could.be. LUE BLOOM IS Army encampment at Muncie that 13,. Fared maid: to the said He of the rope, they managed on the distant 000, of 65,000 pensioners on the roll of by the aid well, at last to draw her back to the safe, the Indiana agency had dld during th& hill: dear. dark-eyeSweetheart, to me so firm earth once more. Then how the such a death rate d grays the year. To the listeners Mystic men cheered! And how proudly, they And wispered low to the of pensioners 20 per,fcent a yestrwas mid-a- ir fill. girl:" shook hands wtih the pale young hero! The low winds appalling. It sh iwed that at thd end of "Dear love, 'tlsjbut a year. ter four years there would he few; pen., Shore, yeve did a big thing say: risk yer own life 1o save hers, after all Both maidens loved the sailor lad. Farewell to Day; sioners or pensioners 'widows yemaln-Inher tauntin, sail one of the men, To both the year seemed long. thestatemenis very Evening is on her wild. Fortunately, ' The mistake shows the jxency bluntly, but with honest feeling; but, The fair girl smiled as she thought of way. his love, me lad, the bravest thing ye did was to Of a zero when it gets into an aVallabls His merry laugh and song. refuse to run the risk fer a mere stump! She walks the wa- position with other characters repreThe dark maid thought how of all the I wish I had a boy o me own wid your ters and the land. senting numberor value. In this case-lads zero smuggled itself into a line pf fig. spirit!" He was dearest and best. She. and Quiet hand in hand, One of the men-ha- d hastened to the So both watched now for the snowy sail lures, changing 1,320 into 13,200. pn auchi vThe low winds say, ' nearest barn for a horse and carriage; no figure can be mor potenIn the crimson glowing west. occasions Sweet sounds, obey; and poor, foolish little Helen was taken zero. We make haste to coa tial than Softcolors fade away." home as tenderly and with as little The stately ship sailedonslowly in, rrect this error, as even veterans could . A tall youth stepped shore. rebuke as if the accident had not been And not always be cheerful in view pf what, And all the lovely colors go; Ho! sweet said: voice a fresh glad low caused wholly by her own folly. would amount to thej certainty pf being-deaAll and the very sounds; maids, in less than five years. T)ie numIt was over a week before The winds say oi I am home again once more. ber of pensioners on the rollji of strained nerves would admit of Do they say on? He kissed the maid with the fair sweet , one. called fC0 she Then is gone. No whisper. Day seeing any agency at the close of the fiscal And the dark girl standing near. Leonard. ended June 30, 1894,was which year not? for he was their brother I cant ever tell you how sorry I am Why brave. and the number of deaths, which inDoughdats. Army that I was such a little goose as to A Massachusetts officer details with cludes men, widows and dependent, And they were his sisters dear. tempt you by calling you a coward, Jack Juniper. evidejit enjoyment some 'foraging ex- parents and children! was only 1,877, or she said. than two per cefit. As thej number ploits of the Northern army during less on Oh, that was all right. I suppose the rolls of the Indiana agency was these Cure. of One A New Consumption. Sherman's great march. I really was one, laughed Leonard; 71,929 28 and the! work of adding Is Feb. De bitterest even the was that7 a sort of General United States Consul for I nearly fainted from terror the the very Amerislow, an Confederate have pensioners who heard the enjoyed. at Berlin believes that might moment I touched the ground with Kay ornastatement an means at Muncie a One noticed the jmay assure themdiscovered has can day forager selves red you. If the ,men hadn't cheered loud of physician in was done by the the that a in mental mischief and shrub peryard growing curing consumption, lupus, extra zero. on it. NationaUTribune. loam of state black enough to scarp my senses back again haps marks with to the a clay, cancer. In report just then, I snould certainly have col- department he says that the coming It struck him that it was not in its nalapsed. he went for that bush. TVho Was the Yjptuigestr' Man? congress at j Munich is likely tive soil, arid You saved my life, said Helen, medical and out came of the discovIt to ground; the easily no to attention little J. L. Kapllnger of feloux Fails, S. D.,i, give but you would have saved it so much a out of the hole under it, of which it was a lock and Dr. Louis WaJdstein, made by ery says he jwas born more easily If I had only heeded your came a whole stock of pro- at Norwich,gunsmith of New York, announced in the the tell-tal5 1849.1 At the native Conn., April warning. But, Leonard, honestly, I German medical papers as extraordi- visions and family clothing. , of 9 years he removed with his paage didnt think you a coward for a single Another of our men, while crossing rents to Williamsburg," IAmpshire-county- . of piminute. I admired you most of all nary aetiona of minute injections a plowed field, was attracted by suspiMass. There,1 he was chrystallized extract from cious when I was the most scornful; for a locarpine, and ran his ramrod into the school when the war broke Attending on the signs Brazilian the oUt, and jaborandi plant, boy who can resist a dare to show his sense ground. A foot down it' struck some- from the first manifested a determinaa in This system. lymphatic courage and from a girl, too is a completes the celebrated Hell esrum thing solid. tion to a soldier. Despite the real hero, and I knew it. H. L. The hastened to entreatiesbecome finder the whom of his relatives he went on patients acting favorably others rich as well as himself. front and enlisted, undej: Captain serum does not cure. The key of the make two tin He ran to with down band the in Company H, Thirty-seventsuccessive Hayden, injecdiscovery is this: By the bne with cups syrup, over, running of Massacriusetts Volunteers, War in regiment of doses Japanese Story. tions of minute pilocarpine dewhile the with 1862. butter, peach 2, As he was only 13! years 3 stimothpr Aug. a at arrives he veins gradual Every war brings1 out stories of hero- the licious sweets his from clothing months and 27 day$ old, andj the reism that last long after many other in- ulation of the lymphatic system. That and his person',dripped of as in confirmation if was jdbllged to quired age being 18,jhe cidents of the conflict are forgotten. system Increases the white corpuscles his pleasing tale. I conceal a his task whiih occaage, Boyish bravery in the heat and smoke In the blood which, in some way not forty-tw- o more there; sioned up Plenty him right much uneasiness;! but he of battle in particular is always told agreed upon, certainly overcomes and full! hogshead succeeded Regiment and with went' of, and seems to have more distinction renders harmless those poisonous parSometimes a mistake was made. One to be mustered Into activehljevice the disthan that of the older soldier, who is ticles in the blood that produce of band, passing a log house, levied 7th of September, 1862, at Capi Briggs, trained to do his duty under all cir- enses. The discoverer strongly advises on the a calabash of lard, and the Pittsfield, Mass. There his regiment for it cumstances, as the New York Times physicians to try pilocarpine in the usual hatch of doughnuts was fried that to the army of the Potomac, says. Already from the Japan-Chin- a early stages of consumption, and in- night Sixth and placed in Franklin's corps, war has come a story of a brave little deed in all diseases involving the lym'A peculiar flavor, supposed to be due left grand division! In front of Fredbugler that is likely to be told over and phatic system. He has satisfied him- to an excess of soda, was noticed, but ericksburg. Though a lad of only thlr- over again. It was on one of the bat- self that it forms a trustworthy test ' with sharkish apteen men, summers, young jKaplinger tlefields, which have not been frequent for the presence of tuberculosis in man petites, did not stop for trifles. .Day-llg- showed great courage his throughout in this war, when the Japanese troops and animals. The report closes with the revealed the fact war that doughmen entire the and jTew tip service, n were somewhat and were a statement of a case of lympus of nuts had been fried in soft soap. saw more rough campaigning than he, o years duration, regarded as American Tribune. retreating before the Chinese, that the twenty-twserving, as he did, funder Gerirals Mclittle bugler was mortally wounded. incurable, which was relieved immedClellan, Hooker, Bprnslde, MJeade anl Stricken and dying as he was, the brave iately after the first injection and is A Bad Feature. and participating jiri the batSheridan, lad did not forget his duty. He saw now almost healed. of tles A pathetic feature of the recurring Fredericksburg, Chapdellorsville, the brave troops flying, and knew that the Wilderness! i jSpottsyl-vaniG. A. R. and the Womof Gettysburg, the meetings the Chinese were gaining a victory. ans Relief Corps is the showing made Cpld Harbqr, Petersburg, WinThese are Jokes. With splendid courage he raised himland Cedar Creek. HefVlso served' chester Of the disburseannually increasing Thomas Jefferson Look heah, I self, and grasping his bugle sounded a with his ments of relief not the fund. regiment "In front olj Fort SteIt proves dat you tuk advantage ob my loud and stirring charge. The troops vens at on Miss that there is a growing tendency on the General Washington and helped to steml, heard and rallied under fts message, absence from town an called sah. Early's rebel raid pn the to part of old soldiers to ask for aid, but night, and his regiment charged valiantly in obedience to it, Matilda Snowball last Smith they are becoming disabled by age New Yorkaccompanied (doggedly) that George Washington and the day was theirs.' But the little 1863 to in jtjhe famous quell Yo is mistaken, sah. I done call on and infirmities, and more and more of riot. Mr. out was mustered bugler had died as they fought, and her Kapllnger need them assistance each year. It is a sistah. did not even know that his effort had of ai service July 3, 1868, Rendville, reminder that the pension quesThomas Jefferson Well, sah, dat forcible been successful. His comrades knew, in the after Mass., nearly rifmy tion serving should be settled at once, by grant- three years. After the war! be went no difference. Yo keep away. to however, what he had done, and they makes soldier an diswith ing every honorable gunwhere bore him "from the field in triumph, Iae got my eye on bof of dem gala. learned Boston, J'the hej charge a pension of not less than $12 per smiths trade. Twelve and already the uta, a poem of honor, Brooklyn Life. yeari later he remonth. to moved has been written in his memory, while Troy, N.Y., and subsequently Dont the soprano have a better to St. Joe, Mo. He went to' Sioux Falls his mother has arrayed herself in robes Death, of Gen. Boomer. two years ago and engaged in business. of state and honor, and wound her hair showing than anyone else In the On 22d day of May, 1863, very late He is the asked choir? a of Custer Post of St. Fitzgoober. woman in the with flowers, proudest in the afternoon. General Boomer,1 Joe, Mo ,member T mused takes and dont know, son Philgit. should just jIpride in his her the empire, 4that only the Third Third commanding a same a soldier. brigade. 4 record the have chants, it They all have thus distinguished himself. seems to me. Atlanta Constitution. DivisiontoFifteenth army corps, received Where Wooden Toy Are Made. orders lead his command over the Foes and Friends Most of the wooden toys come from walls of Vicksburg, and it was nearly The baby yelled with stomach aehe dark when When Germany where they are made wholly Secretary! of the If avy Herbert the command arrived on the Enough the dead to scare. was a confederate colonel,! fils life was by hand, the peasants of Bavaria, Saxground designated for the assault. Our And all the neighbors wondered the of Severj Pines by a at saved battle ony and the Tyrol having almost a was line formed and marched down the was in heir. the What These manufacture. of their monopoly hill to the rifle pits and hhlted for a Maine soldier, who prevented a renot do are and know very poor people short rest behind the low bank. By this vengeful comrade fromj running his first he? Hes comisnt cousin, we your call what about the time the rebels had caught on to the bayonet through the breast of the Alaanything Fredforts of life. They seldom get meat to said Mrs. Dimling to bama office!, who had b&en wounded racket, and the bullets were eat and live chiefly on milk and vege- dy, alluding to a new baby of whom over the top of the rifle, pit aszipping thick and had fallen from his ballet-riddle- d table food. All the members of the Freddy was very fond. as a swarm of bees. Indeed, it was a horse. When Mr. Herbert was a mem I had cross fire from every angle along trie ber of congress, says a Washington "Oh, no, replied Freddy. family men, women and children was Hartwo he before cousins born. of wooden the work at the making wall for one or two miles,1 and a safe correspondent of the Nevj York Sun, toys, Young with hand and knives them People. pers estimate would be a dozen bullets fdr he endeavored unsuccessfully to learn by carving other small tools. They make Noahs every man in our line, in each minute from his colleagues in the jMaine deleYou Old to drink of time. But orders must be obeyed. gation the name of his preserver. After of you say all figcarved animals Lady kinds, arks, ures of men and women, jumping jacks, drown your troubles. Now a worthThird brigade, forward! The next he became'secretary bf thpjnavy he reman like you word would have been march, but it ceived wooden houses and furniture, says Gol- less, a letter from a mani in California cant possibly have any troubles. was cut short by a bullet passing asking if he was the Colonel Herbert den Days. Parched Peters Can't he, eh? Well, through the generals head. He fell for- At the battle of Seven Pine if you knew how much trouble it was ward so that his head was touching of the letter was Jofiathriin Newcome, Li Hung Changs Wife. Marchionus fellers to git de drink you our heads as we. lay in line. I looked and he said he was tone jof the Maine for ess Li.vthe wife of Li Hting Chang, of wouldnt up and down tlm line to see if his or- soldiers who participated! j In the capsay so. Puck. as a beautivery China, is described ders were being obeyed, but every man ture. Secretary Herbert, 'in1 answering a learned for ful and, China,1 woman, and is fifty-fiv- e. Laugh and the world laughs with you. was hugging the ground as still as the letter, made an appointment to who looks thirty-fiv- e death. In about twenty minutes dark- meet the man in Laugh and you laugh alone. Her husbands wealth is fabulous, and Calforniaj Some time ness had practically put an end to the after this the as is the world's the joke she spends royally, though she keeps According secretary ent to Califiring, when several officers , came to fornia to visit the Or only one of your own. accurate account of every item. In her navy y&id, and there where the guard ,was and held a short met his Maine soldier. on the home of banks the that magnificent council, deciding to abandon the A- the man had been at the lijs found Pei-H- o "I ought to have known better than ssault she lives in great splendor, surIn the and fall back. Boomer was high- tache and had taken him frpnt rear atrounded by song-biras a peacocks, to come here, said the departing tp the esteemed by all In his command,1 and "I was told ly was It but man' who aquaria, pottery, gems, botanical col- drummer to the landlord. prisoner, notjtfie ever since his death it has been plain serIlls life. his saved lections and 1,000 attendants and serv- beforehand that it was a the' preserver, , to me that by the word march not g ants. She has 2,000 coats, 1,200 pairs of town. called, the brigade was saved from geant, had been killed at Gettysburg, Well, theres no use kicking now, trouserettes, and 500 fur robes. Her a D. L. MARKS. and the search for him win ended. Secdreadful slaughter. feet are sb small that she Is unable to was the placid response. retary Herbert was deprived of the opReynolds, Neb, " No. I just wanted to stop long walk more than a few steps, but twice portunity of showing his gratitude to a day she bathes in oil of orange and enough to express my sympathy for the principal, but he did the next best Fighting for acacia blooms and takes an airing in a the horse. Washington Star. by extending it tb pne survivor I will give you a little incident that thing sedan. Finally, she dresses her hair in of the little group, whom lie found. The while, my regiment (Eleventh man was a ship calker, wfw had drifted fifty ways, her favorite coiffure being Stranger (entering) Can I get a bite happened Illinois) was camped on Black rlVer, a la griffin. at this hotel? to the Pacific coast, ad Maine from Miss., in the winter of 1863. The was out of emoyment. The and poor Stranger (departing) I guess you of Companies H (of which I was boys then Robins In the South. Unusually can. I staid there last night, and got a member), I, K and C being very fon5 order of the secretary of .the navy ap-cold weather throughout Georgia, Ala- several of them. Texas Siftings. of the game called draw poker ,wpuld plying the civil service bama and Mississippi has driven the hie off to the canebrakes near as yards was in force, but robins that winter in all parts of the made by an order and not by law. ABanks Henriques says hes glad his soon as light in the morning tocamp indulge further south states those considerably wife is wearing bloomers. in the game, and often there would not lthough i i was the policy! bf the depart- have wintered in usual. You than Many dont say! Tanks be men enough of these companies in ment, and insisted upori ,by the presi idle northern where visitors to find Yes. He her is able Banks Florida, camp for their quota of guards. It so dent, that there should be no exception and the native crackers have slaugh- pocket now. Judge. happened one morning there was not to this rule, the secretary suspended it tered them in large numbers. Robins enough left in camp for the necessary long enough to give this man work in in the south always suffer to guards, and the adjutant detailed a the yard at his trade, add he gave diWas father wintering her Strawber willing at-- . the hands of the gunners. help you out? squad to scour the canebrakes and run rections that as long as thjere was a ship greatly us in myself, Hy Wilkinson, Jim or a boat In the navy y jrd to be calked The birds go in considerable flocks, Singerly Thats' the way he acted. are fat, and do not sing, so that there Brooklyn Sloan and Butch Wax being among th the old Maine soldier shbuld have work. Life. number in the canebrake. When the is neither sentiment nor any practical consideration to protect them. guards were making their round they Yankee Doodle. Ive heard your preacher half a scared an old mother hog with three A dozen times, said the boy who was or four up queer character seen on the streets and they came past where You people pay we werepigs, American Ships at Suez. Consul whittling a stick. of Boston a few years since was sitting. Fresh meat being Penfields report that not one merchant him $3,000 a year. He aint a bit He went Yankee Doodle. scarce in camp, Hy said we must have ourn we all and about ship flying the flag of the United States pay preacher, some and he grabs the old sow by her cobbling shoes, although he lived a in passed through the Suez Canal in 1894 is $900. mansion that cost $20,000. a a tail. She gave grunt and few jumps does not greatly differ from the reports He his' tl tie from, the habit received Yes, but our preacher says eyther into the canes, with Hy swinging on, on the subject in other years. For the and nyether, and yourn dont, reof sow went and old the down continually and Into whistling that famous Hy decade 1870 to 1880 only fifteen ships plied the boy who was sharpening; his an old tune while his pounds. It was some or well twelve fifteen going dry flying the United States flag passed knife on hi3 shoe. Chicago Tribune. no said one that ever hobbled or whisfeet deep; and as soon as they struck through the canal, and of these sevas tled as well he. Although famous bottom, both being strangers in e a eral were ships of the navy. Only one Mother Mercy on us! What do you strange place, trie old sow went to work for his peculiarities he;, would never tlie States flag was mean by eating up that jar of pre- on Hy with her molars, and Hy on the his picture takenj And was angry as reported passing the served an ambitious newspaper man se when all sow the irqq with his time knife, peaches? pocket and there have been years since when .Little Ethel You told Mrs. Nexdoor one by a trick, He cobbled .and, ared to him us as for out, boys help yelling no American vessel of any sort old sow was probing for his vitals, whistled until very old and died worth you wanted me to have a peachy comthe passed through the canal. j! plexion, didnt you ? Good News. and If help did not soon come she would nearly $100,090. " VETERANS CORNER. y THE DIRECTORY, Delegate to Congress.!... .Frank J. Cannon. TERRITORIAL OFFICERS. Governor. .Caleb W. West. .V..lIV.t.V.V..C. O. Richards. Secretary. S. Aj Merritt. Chief Justice Geo. Barteh. . We. n. King. Associate Justices. . S. W. Smith. W. Judd. .....J. Prosecuting. Attorney... U. S.. Marshal. Nat. M. Brigham. Land Office., Bryon Groo. Registrar Land 'Receiver Frank Harris. lOflice...,... Commissioner of Schools...... T. B. Lewis. HE walk to school one. a pleasant ' Helen sang softly to herself as she swung along the country shaded road with her bag was - ( j Wah COMMISSION. George Thatcher. A. G. Norrei vLftkc City . .. Salt Lake City. .Letcher., LR Salt Lake City. Hoyt Shermanl,, E. W, Tatlock f.. ..Salt Lake City. JUAB COUNTS? DIRECTORY. Fred W. Chappell Probate Judge. Charles Foote Selectmen1. . Hugo Depreziu A. iL. Jackman J, T,W.Sullivan Sheriff.......... Cazle Assessor' and Collector. J. D, . Clerk and Recorder..., Winn ..William Burton, Thomas Edward Pike Attorney T. C. Hanford Surveyor. William Ockey Treasurer, Eustlce Coroner John Foote Supt. Schools,. 'MILLARD COUNTY DIRECTORY. Greenwood ....Joshua Probate Judge Andreas Peterson. ..IJohn Styler. Selectmen.. .. James Gardner. . . .O. O. Holbrook. . A .... Sheriff. .Alma Gran wood. Assessor A A. Hinckley. Collector j Thos. O. Callister. Clerk arid Recorder. Jnm M. Hanson. Attorney .Willard Rogers, Surveyor. J.ocph D. Smith Treasurer. Coroner. ....... . Sidney Teeples. D. C. Callister Supt Schools.. ...... I I .1 ' ' 4 1 There Is no money available to run I;, 4 the Nebraska penitentiary, and it may have to be.closed. There may be times when a crlininal can really enjoy poverty, of school-boo- j I swaying to and froa on her arm, like great pendulum of knowledge. At the Joined her as Green corner Leonard tne usual. That was one reason why one. walk to school was a pleasant another Helen and Leonard liked one school boy thoroughly and with pure and girl frankness. Hello! I expected to miss you to"I had to wait day," cried Leonard. a letter. finish to for Aunt Kitty And I had to wait to wash the It was Mildred's dishes, said Helen. by turn to do them, but she began scalding her hand, poor child, so II had had to stop and finish them after we take You know beds. made the fair-haire- a ' turns." ' "Mjri Wish I had a brother te take turns with me!" Yes; hut you woulfi have to share your pleasures, too. How wouldto you the like to take turns on your trips 71,-43- city? How would you like continually to be taking your choice between some pleasure and the overwhelming blessedness of generosity? Say! How would you always like to feel you must either give up the best end of a thing or else make your brother give it up? that Sen- ator Blackburn is extremely popular in Kentucky because he is a splendid mixer." We would sooner believe he was popular there because he didnt mix at all. f A Washington correspondent say that President Cleveland hag been photographed oftener than any other chief executive. It must be admitted that Grover! has earned a great reputation for dealing out negatives. ! 1 , . , , - Abraham Rimes, of Fulton County, Ind., ,who has been married and divorced ten times and has just married his eleventh wife, is, if we are not misinformed, still In the prime of life and has a great future, if not a perplexing hereafter, ahead of him. i We never know what we are capable of doing. Our latent capabilities lie fallow until arouse q by the needs of the houf. There are no great leaders until the necessity for them arises. Without wars we can have no great generals. But when the crisis arrives there will, always be someone to arise superior to the situation to lead his fellow men or unravel the skein in which , they have become entangled. r ' i The Mexican cotton-bo- ll weevil has its already begun depredations on Tex as cotton. It seems likely to do more than anything else to reduce the cotton acreage in this! largest State. Last year 15 per cent of the cotton crop of Texas was destroyed by this! weevil. It works on the bolls while the crop is growing, and poisons have little effect on it. The damage to the Texas crop is estimated this year at 25 per cent. Measures will be taker y adjoining States to keep this destructive enemy out of them. cotton-produci- ng Special reports to the manufacturers Record show a decided increase in the southward trend of population, illustrated by large purchases of land In Georgia, Arkansas and other southern states for western and southwestern colonists. Kas., has a town ordinance prohibiting chickens from running at large. If it can stop its roosters from crowing at unearthly hours in the morning, by passing a stringent ordinance It will have solved a problem that ha3 vexed the world for ages. Oskaloosa, In the testftnony in the trial of Milkman Hastings for murder at Chicago the "other day, it appeared that he took umbrellas in payment for seventy-fiv- e milk. He was evidently preparing for a rainy day. merrily. - K chet his bans large cane a 9, is n bnov Loui have so lo poss ten e, - kind-heart- ed ofth boug the to-th- e h : dowr lied The Span was was Ame hand iards . 4 ( all Span fort the t to si into , J was-assigne- d , hard-march- ed ht perative, and the tone scornful. , Leonard knew it would be wiser to obey" the Helens warning on the signboard, hut on to with walk him scorn provoked her. There!" cried the girl, when they came in sight of the old red bridge. There are the men at work on the bridge. And see! there are, planks all the way across!" Shore now. Missy, them planks aint nothin but the rotten lining," said the foreman. I wouldn't warrant em to bear up under a cat." Helen went up and tried the end plank boldly with a determined little panic-stricke- a, un-derst- an cap-ito- i j foot, Shore, Missy, they mayn't be that strong all the way across," said the man, dropping his iron and coming towards her. Yed best not try another." For answer Helen gave a bright little laugh and, slipping away from all de-to from board taining hands, sprang board as lightly as a sunbeam, until she stood on the firm ground at the south end of the bridge. Then she turned and laughed again at their frightened faces. Now, Leonard, show your courage! she called. No, no; cried the men,' hastening to prevent, by force. If need be, this The lad weighs foolhardy attempt. shall notary He more. fifty pounds it!" But the boards did not even bend or crack, said Helen. They are as week when tons firm as they were last of hay came over, only the top planks off Come on, Leonard, or you will be late for school; and I shall tell them all It was because you were such a fraid-pat- .' i ' six-year-o- -- ld ' , care-for-nothi- ng Come on! If ye step one fut on that bridge, I wash me hands of all consequences, said the foreman. ' Come on," laughed Helen, if you are not a coward.", Leonard set his lips firmly. A dare is one of the greatest temptations a boy can meet. . The boy who can be brave and strong enough to resist a dare is safe in all manner of temptations. Evil can scarcely reach one clothed with the invulnerable mail of courage to appear a coward for wisdoms sake Shall I come half way to help you? laughed the sweet, taunting voice. I will No!" shouted Leonard. not run such a risk for the mere nonsense of showing my nerve. I should be ashamed to do it. I will not come one step! Yes, you will!" cried Helen, piqued now to show the strength of her influence over him. Come, little boy!1 she laughed teasingly, as she tripped lightly back over the blackened boards.! Come to school with A crack! a crash! and a scream of terror! The next instant Helen was hanging by her dress and one arm to the beam just below where a treachery ous board had broken and let her through. She tried to secure her bal4 ance and climb back, but the catching of her dress which saved her from being plunged into the swift flowing river below now held her so securely that she was helpless. Arrah! Arrah!" cried the men, wringing their hands in dismay. Run for a ladder! Itll never do for any man to venture on them rotten boards, where even that light little creature couldnt go! Run for a ladder or a , j d, one-hor- se be-In- i Sow-Bell- y. t j Bob" Carr Is the oldest street car boat! Shell drop afore ye could get conductor in Buffalo. He has been run- muttered either," peering ning on the Buffalo railway for nearly over at Helens ashenanother, r face. fourteen years, has been on the same Give me that rope!" cried Leoline continually, has never missed his nard, with unflinching eyes One of the men handed it up auto- run, yet, strange as it may appear, this Carr has never been accused of matica lly. To obey such a spirit was instinctive having wheels. Shore, ye mustnt go a step outer from 1 Hm? asked Helen, nodding her head ment or a the, j f A Washington paper says ! . hs cut, i d the-Indian- j , I I g. ' "Slaughtered cattle arel beef, slaughtered sheep are mutton, slaughtered hogs are pork; but ,wbat are) slaughtered horses? In the cheap restaurants they are 10 cents a tloi j ks Well, that would bo Dobbin s choice," admitted Leonard; but persomehaps we could both go together more fun is a And times. thing always when there is another' fellow along. George Pye, of Chicago, tried twice Why! What what does this mean? in one day to kill himself.1 If tenacious For chatting carelessly along, they had, resistance to annihilation is significant in turning a corner, come directly upon he must be a near relative of Restau- a large sign which blocked the road: DANGEROUS PASSING! rant Pie. This road is closed for repairs." It evidently means that they are Emperor, William has invented a new repairing the old red.bridge that theyve violet cham- been talking about so long, said tipple which he calls pagne." It probably produces the same Helen. But lets go on! They cant old pink tinge, however, when used for have torn it all up so early in the day, and its a mile farther around the other painting purposes. way. Itll be a mile and a half if we go inspiration, clear to the bridge and then have to go Aspiration Is nine-tentfor without earnest thought there will l9tdc be no inflow of ideas that will leave But I shant go back If there is a their mark on the pages of time or single plank to cross on! declared make us better or nobler beings. Helen, merrily. "Then, certainly, we would better the other road,' so you wont be take got $35,000 from a hank at tempted to run too great a risk, said Fifflintown, Pa., last week. They were Leonard. smart enough not to tackle a New York Hm!" sniffed Helen. If Im not bank, Tnj all probability the cashier afraid, you neednt he a coward for would hae been too quick for them. The voice was imme! Come on! 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