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Show THE WORLD. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, SATURDAY, OCTORER 15, VOL. V. TWICE WOUNDED. during the summer ot 155 that I resided for a time In the City of Mexico, and at this period occurred tbs Incident which, with regard to myself, came near terminating fatally. A day or two after my arrival In Mexico I strolled out one evening and, half unconsciously, took my way toward one of those cool, shady walks outoccasionally to be met with on tie skirts of the city. As I paced slowly on toward a part of the walk where the trees grew closer, forming a little grove, I suddenly became conscious of the presence of two persons a few steps in advance of Xt vis me. The persons I had Just discovered were a gentleman and a lady. On this fact I was relieved of a momentary fear of being set upon by desperadoes; I presently found my couple to be a pair of lovers, enjoying a stolen Interview In the little grove, which I had nearly reached, but checked myself In time to prevent discovery just then, though I did not long avert It. The first words I heard were spoken by the gentleman. en"Ply with me tonight, dearest, I you to protect me the treat; give right from the wiles of Don Pedro. Only as my wife can I save you from the persecutions of him and his cowardly son." "I know it, dear Manuel," replied the maiden, whose soft, sweet voice It was ered as If In deadly terror. a conoverheard I this only morning versation which fully apprised me of the great power placed in the hands of my uncle and guardian, Don Pedro de Saltillo, a power over me which now he proposes to Bhare with his treacherous son, Garcia. How? abruptly inquired the cavalier. "Dearest Manuel, my guardian has tried every means short of personal violence to inveigle me into a marriage with Garcia. I have heard them plotting to secure me at night and carry me to a deserted ranch at a distance from the city and there, by the help of a vicious priest, unite me to Garcia. "If I marry without Don Pedros consent my estates revert to him. I succeeded In escaping tonight, and came here knowing I should meet you, who would rescue me from my peril, but you will take to your heart a dowerless bride, dear Manuel." Fear not, Isabelle, said her lover. "There Is but one course to take come with me to my kind old tutor priest. Our marriage shall be performed at once, and then Don Pedro and Garcia cannot molest you unless they pass over my lifeless body. "Hist! whispered the lady, as in my blundering I broke a dry twig, causing a slight rustle among the shrubbery. The next moment I felt myself grasped tightly by the throat, while a sharp, stinging sensation told me that I had been stabbed. I made an ineffectual ng "Can it thou keep a secret, my sonT One of Importance to these young lovers? Thou art now In the house of Don Manuel de Monza, who, In his rashness, nearly slew thee as an emissary of Don Pedro de Saltillo. Donna Isabelle entreated that some one should look after the body as soon as possible, for she dreaded lest it should be discovered In the grove and her flight become known before sbe could make good her escape. "I committed thee to the care of Donna Julia, my dear Manuel's only sister. Since thou hast acquitted thyself of all complicity with Don Pedro thy treatment shall be that of an honored guest." The priest told me of the union and flight of the lovers. Imploring me to keep secret my adventure in the walk and grove, as my story might afford the means wherewith to trace out their hiding-plac- e. Late In the day I sank Into a profound slumber, which lasted until the next morning. Father Ignatius soon came to me, and, after bathing and dressing my wound he was an expert surgeon he told me that Donna Julia would call on me to apologize for her brothers mistake, and to ascertain if I was carefully nursed. Donna Julia soon entered, accompanied by her duenna. I started with surprise and delight as a beautiful girl of about 17 entered the room and greeted me as "Senor Americano" in the softest and sweetest of tones. Donna Julia made many apologies for the brothers almost fatal mistake. Don Manuel de Monza had fled to bis ranch with Isabelle, who dared not remain with Julia lest she should be kidnapped by Don Pedro during her husbands absence. Don Manuel was collecting a sufficient number of servants to resist any attack on the part of Don Pedro. On discovering Isabelle's flight Don But not Pedro started in pursuit. having force enough he hired a number of Indians, who murdered him for refusing to pay a sum of money they required before Joining the expedition. On hearing of the death of his father, cowardly Garcia fled, dreading De Monzas anger; and when Isabelle returned she found herself In possession of her fortune, as by Don Pedros death It reverted to her. Long before my wound was healed Don Manuel and his bride returned to Mexico, and I soon became intimate with the cavalier whose first meeting ended so unpleasantly. Our congenial tastes made ns the best of friends, and now we are like brothers. Another tie has drawn us together. By the time my first wound was healed I had received a more dangerous one from Donna Julia. But when Informed of my love for her she undertook to heal the wound by marrying me. New York Dally News. Klondike!? Turn Yellow. letter has been received from William Henderson of Denver, who went to Dawson City early in the rush. The letter Is under date of July 9. The writer states that he has been mining on Dominion creek, where he has a A very promising claim, and had come to Dawson for his supplies. At Dawson Mr. Henderson met Frank Haug. another Denverite, who had Just got In after being "snowed up for nearly a year. He also met Stanley Peace of this city and others. All the business In the way of transportation In that part of the Klondike Is done by dogs, and Mr. Henderson states that they are considered very valuable. He witnessed a sale of two for $1,000, but fared better himself, getting three for There are more dogs In $100 apiece. Dawson," he writes, for the size of the place than In any city In the world. This is a hard community." he says, for health. Hundreds of people seem all broken down. By looking at a man unconsoon you can tell whether he has been here sank into Struggle, but long or not. Those who have been turn sciousness. was yellow." When 1 awoke to consciousness I Mr. Henderson expects to return to lying In a bed in a luxuriously furnished apartment, while beside me sat a Denver next summer. Denver Times. venerable old man In the garb of a rrefrrrofl Jmltlnn. priest "Where am I? was my first quesWhen the procession goes by I want tion, as I motioned feebly toward a to stand at a given point. said Tommy Where la that? said Tompitcher of water on the stand near by. Taddells. He pressed a goblet brimming with my's father. I dont know, but that the pure. Icy liquid to my lips. Is where I want ty stand. The papers The old man's face Inspired me with say processions arc always longer pasconfidence, and I told him the whole sing a given point. New York World story. He started and looked me keenly Thu Spuulah Flag. , as I mentioned the names of the lovers of the Spanish hordes, emblem Fit snd Donna Isabelle's unworthy guarwhose plight dian. fellow Is due to each "And now, holy father, tell me where of battles in the shouts won, but Who I asked again, as I finished my X am, fight story. Shows, like his flag, a streak of yelThe old priest looked at me steadily low Judge. a few minutes and then asked: valn-glorlo- us NO. 47. 18!)8. SUICIDES ON STEAMERS, guii Point to tbo NKtMlir ( Snk 8 lag for Thalr Cauaa. at HamThe British burg, in a special report to the foreign office, states that, according to recently published annual report of the Hamassociation, much burg attention has been given during the last year, 1897, both by Hamburg state authorities and by representatives of the steamship companies, to the subject of suicides among firemen and trimmers employed in German merchant vessels, says the London Times. It appears from the results of careful investigations lately made that the average annual number of suicides during the last ten years which occurred among all persons belonging to the engine-roostaffs of German steamers was 2.59 per thousand, while the average annual number for firemen alone was 1.05 per thousand, and for trimmers .924 per thousand of the respective categories mentioned; against it may be added, .46 suicides per thousand persons by the male population of Germany employed in various occupations on shore. It will perhaps causa surprise to learn that most of the suicides among the engine-roostaffs are stated to have taken place, not as might be supposed, during voyages to or from the tropics, but in the North American trade, a .id In the best appointed steamships viz., in those belonging to the North German Lloyd oompany of Bremen and to the American Steamship company, where the best possible accommodation and hygienic conditions are provided, for the men, and it would, indeed, seem as If there must be some connection between the frequency of desertions and of suicides. These facts are considered to point toward the necessity of seeking for the cause of these suicides, more especially in the ' circumstances that a largo number of men engage themselves for this hard and unpleasant service who have been unable to find employment In any other way, or who have come to grief, aud who are neither physically mors especially In ' mind fitted for bearing such severs hardships. consul-gener- If You were Acquainted with Our System al You Could Understand Why Ship-Owne-rs WE SELL THE BEST Ladies' Shoes, Childrens Shoes. Cheaper than any House in the World. Men's Shoes, m EVERY CONCEIVABLE STYLE AND SHAPE. m Hamburg-- RUBBERS FOR YOUNG AND OLD. EVERYTHING IN THE SHOE LINE. Ladies Oxford Ties and Slippers for Dress and Comfort. No Boyer for Oold Coin. There Is an old story to the effect that In order to win a wager a man once stood on London bridge for an hour with a tray full of sovereigns In front of him, and offered the coins for sale to passersby at a halfpenny each. Nobody would purchase, and the wager was won. An antique and curio dealer in Seymour place, Marylebone road, exhibited in his window on Thursday, Friday and Saturday last, as the result of a wager, 20 English sovereigns mixed with other coins, the collection being surmounted with a ticket bearing the words: These coins 15s 6d each. For a few days only. Although mixed with other coins, the sovereigns were the most conspicuous. Strange to say there were no purchasers. One timid individual went into the shop and nervously Inquired if the coins were He was told by the shopgood. keeper that the coins were there to be sold at the price marked, but no other Information could be given. He left without purchasing. Yesterday morning the news got around Marylebone that sovereigns were to be had for 15s fid. But It was too late. The trader had won the wager and withdrawn his collection of sovereigns, at any rate from the window of his shop. Pal Mall Gazette. ' LAnrES - -- RTTT-FI IMPOSTS BOOTS, BIKEl SHOES. Children? Slipper?. yn$ and BABY SHOES- If you want to save explain everything. money, send tor our booklet, it will Sent Free for the Asking. DAVIS SHOE COMPANY MONEY BACK SHOEIST8. SALT T CIT1T. A TCTU Whit thi Word Cron Cam From. The word grog" has a curios history. It comes In a roundabout way of from the French which our English grogram Is a corruption, meaning a stuff of coaras and heavy texture. Bluff old Admiral U4NTFCTURER9 OF 4XD PEALEBS IN Vernon, who commanded the English navy Just before our war of Independence, wore breeches made of this material, and was nicknamed from that Material and workmansblj A specially of all kinds of cemetery work. Old Grog. circumstance He used to have his men mix waler with the rum guaranteed or inn ley refunded. Send for designs and prices that was always served to English saiPROVO UTAH WEST OT TATLGK BROS. FURNITURE CO, lors as part of their rations, and hence any dram mixed with water came to he called grog, and the place when such things arc sold a groggery. gros-graln- ," PR0Y0 MAKBLE W0BKS A- 8- Flifby Manager, Monuments, and Headstones, rnplMMnt. He called me butterfly," she said, with a giggle, as she preened the lap of her dress snd wondered if anyone would believe she was only SO. There Is a butterfly called a painted lady, observed ber friend, and the butterfly lady mentioned aloud that some people were fools despite their old age and wrinkles, snd then there ware ructions In that dressing room. Plck-Me-U- u. Beesley Marble Works Manvjocturtrt of o 0 Marble and Granite Monuments, Sea&stosei, Tablsti, Cubing, Etc. NEW DESIGNS AND HIGIi GRADE WORK A SPECIALTY. 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