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The Best of
A Juvenile Sketch
for
Independence Day
The Crosspatch Man was sick again,
and this time It. must be pretty bad,
for all the morning Meredith had been
watching the servants spread straw
before the house and muffle the big,
ehlny doorbell.
"Poor man!" mamma said, pltlngly.
"lie Is sick so often!"
"But he's a Crosspatch Man!" mut
tered Meredith 6tlffly. Then he re
pented and looked as shamefaced as a
very little boy with a very round, dim
pled face could look. "I'm so sorry
he's ve-ry sick," he said slowly. "I
B'poso It hurts even Crosspatch Men."
Mamma did not notice. She was
Laving her little noon "gossip" with
papa, and they were still talking about
their invalid neighbor.
"It Isn't quite so bad as It seems,
you know," papa was saying. "Ho al
ways has the straw laid down and
things inuffled when he has one of
his worse nervous attacks. It doesn't
mean all that It does In most case3.
He Is terribly afflicted by noise at al
most any time.'
"Noise! I 6hould think so!" That
was from Meredith, who pricked up
his ears at the word. Didn't he know
how the Crosspatch Man felt 'bout a
noise? Didn't ho belong to the Itudd
Street Second? Wasn't he captain?
And oh, my, tho times he'd seen the
Crosspatch Man a-scowling and a
fumlng when they marched past his
window!
"But Fourth of July will be a terri
ble day to him poor man!" went on
mamma's gentle voice. That made
Meredith start a little. He had been
thinking about Fourth o' July, too.
(Did ho think of much of anything
lse nowadays?) He had been going
over In his mind all the glorious pro
gram of the day. For the Itudd Street
Second was going to celebrate In a
worthy manner. They were going to
even outdo themselves this year and
hadn't they had the proud honor of
being the nolsest street In the city for
two Fourth o' Julys a-running? Let
em Just wait till they heard this
Fourth o July!
It was three days off. That would
Rive the Crosspatch Man time to have
the straw taken up and the bell un
muffled, for his worst "times" never
lasted more than two or three days.
"Then he'll have to cotton up his
cars," mused Meredith, philosophic
ally, watching the big foreign servant
that wore a turban go back and forth
past the Crosspatch Majt's ' window.
The house Meredith lived In and the
Crosspatch Man's house were quito
close -together, so It was easy to watch
things.
Unfortunately for an Invalid with
MEREDITH STOOD IN SHEER
AMAZEMENT,
the terrible affliction called "nerves.
Itudd Street was a regular nest of
boys.They were boys everywhere on
it. You ran against boys when you
went east, and boys ran against you
wnen you went west. Boys rprang up
1n the most unexpected places. Tho
"houses seemed to be running over
with boys. And really, there was at
least one boy and on an average two
or three In every house on Meredith's
side, except In the Crosspatch Man's
liouse. Oh, dear me, no, thero weren't
any boys there!
On the other side of the street you
"had to pklp the "mlddlest" house and
oh, yes, and the minister's house, of
which Miss Quilhot and Miss Eroma
thea were old maids, and the minister
oh, no, he wasn't an old maid, but
you couldn't expect him to have boys
in the house, for how could he ever
write his sermons?
So It was, .as I said, an unfortunate
street to hav: "nerves" on. And the
Crosspatch Man had so many!
The three days between soon went
away, and it was the night tha very
night before It! There were only a
few hours more, for, of course, you
didnt' have to wait till the sun rose on
Fourth of July.
Meredith had drilled the Rudd
Street Second for the last time and
dispersed his men. He was on his
way home to supper. Going by the
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HE MADE A LITTLE SPEECH.
Crosspatch Man's house, he heard
voices distinctly Issuing from an open
window. He couldn't help hearing, It
was so quiet in the street. Perhaps it
was the "lull before the storm."
"The sahib cannot bear it," a gentlo
soothing voice was saying, but Mere
dith recognized the indignation mixed
with the pity in it. "The sahib will
be again sick."
Then came Meredith's astonishment,
for the Crosspatch Man's voice was
answering, and it was quite calm and
gentle; and It said:
"Of course I shall be sick again,
HarlJI've made all my plans to perish.
But what can you expect? The little
chap3 must have their Fourth o' July.
I was a little chap myself once. Shut
the wlndow.Harl. There's a suspicion
of a draught."
Meredith stood still In sheer amaze
ment, and watched the turban-man
close the window. He was a little
chap himself once, the Crosspatch
Man was! And how kind his voice
had sounded, too. It made hi, sorry
for the crasspatch Man sorrier than
ho had ever been before.
"He's a-dreadln' it like sixty. He's
'spectln' to perish," Meredith said
aloud. "It's goin to make him sick,
of course that's what he said to the
turban-man. An' he was a little chap
once, an his voice was kind an' tired
out."
Then Meredith went home and
perched himself up on the banister
post In the hall, to think. That was
where he always thought things big
things, you know. This was, oh my,
such a big thing!
"I'm cap'n, mused Meredith, knit
ting his little fair brows. "I can say,
'Go, an'" thou ghost," like the man In
the Bible; but they'll be dreadful
disjointed, the Rudd Street Seconds
will be. Still well, he sick an' he
bad a kind spot in his voice, an' he
used to be a little chap too, so of
course he used to bang things an'
make noises. I don't think he sound
ed much like a Crosspatch Man."
In a little while, after a little more
tough thinking, Meredith slipped
down and out of the door, up the
street. He got together the Rudd
Street Seconds and made a little
speech, as a captain may, to his men.
The next day the cltyand all Amer
ica celebrated Fourth o July, and
Rudd Street was famous again, but
this time for being the very quietest
street in all the city! There were Just
as many boys in it, too, as ever.
The Crosspatch Man's white, ner
vous face smoothed and calmed as tho
day wore on, and at last It actually
smiled In a gentle way, as If he was
thinking about something pleasant.
And the captain of tho Rudd Street
Seconds and his brave men, drilling
and popping and banging In a distant
street, were happy, too. Annie Ham
ilton Donnell.
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Mildred
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CHAPTER XIX (Continued.)
"You Bhould not hit a man when h3
Is down," ho said, reproachfully.
"I don't think you will be long
down," returned Blount with an en
couraging nod that somehow made
Denzil'8 heart beat high, though he did
net daro to take the words In their
under meaning. "And now I must be
off. No, thank you, my dear I can
not stay to dinner; I have sq many
things to attend to before seven. But
tell Sir George I will look him up
again In the morning. And give my
love to the girls; and tell Mildred that
I know, and sho knows, there Is n
one man In the world can ever make
her happy."
He looked kindly at Denzll as he
spoke, but the latter would not accept
the Insinuation conveyed In his words.
Mrs. Younge, however, noticed both
the glance and the significant tone, and
a light broke In upon her.
When Lady Caroline had followed
Dick Blount out of the room she went
over and knelt down by her son.
"Denzll," she said, lovingly, "I know
It all now. But am I never to speak
of It?"
And he answered as he kissed her:
"Do not let us ever mention it again
there's a darling mother."
But all that night Mrs. Younge
gazed at the girl and wondered, pon
dering many things and blaming, wom
an-like, yet feeling In her heart the
while that the choice her son had
made was Indeed a perfect one.
After this Denzll made rapid strides
toward recovery, growing stronger,
gayer and more like the Denzll they
had known In the first days of their
acquaintance than he had boen for
some time before his Illness. He could
now walk from room to room and take
long drives, though Stubber still In
sisted on some hours in the day being
spent on the sofa. Miss Trevanlon
Denzil saw dally, though seldom alona
and who shall fay how much thl.i
conducted toward the renewing of his
strength?
It wanted but a fortnight of Charlia'a
wedding day, and Denzil, who was feel
ing a little tired, and was anxious to
attain perfect health before the event
came off having promised to attend
In the character of "best man" was
lying on the lounge in tho library
when Mildred came in.
"I did not know you were in from
your drive," she said. There was less
constraint between them now than
there had ever been. "Did you enjoy
it?"
"Very much Indeed."
"So you ought," she said. "Coull
there be a more beautiful day?" She
threw up the low window as she spoke
and leaned out. "The air reminds me
of summer, and the flowers are becom
ing quite plentiful, instead of being
sought longingly one by one."
"Yes," returned Denzll, vaguely,
thinking all the time what an exquisite
picture she made, framed in by tho
window and its wreaths of hanging
ivy.
"By the bye, did you like the bunch
I gathered for you this morning? See
there they are over there."
"Were they for me?" asked Denzll,
looking pleased. "I did not flatter my
self that they were."
"Well, yes, I think they were chiefly
meant for you," returned Mildred,
carelessly. "Invalids are supposed to
get every choice thing going are they
not? though indeed you can scarcely
come under that head now."
She threw down the window again,
and came back toward the center of
the room.
"Mildred," said Denzil suddenly he
had risen on her first entering, and
stood leaning against the chimney
piece "there is something connected
with my illness, a dream it must have
been, that, whenever I see you, preys
upon my mind. May I tell it to you?
The vivid impression It made might
perhaps leave me if I did."
"Of course you may," answered Mil
dred, growing a shade paler. .
"Come over here then and sit down;
I can not speak to you so far away."
She anroached the hearth rug and
stood there.
"I will warm my hands while you
tell me," sho said, determined that,
should it prove to be what she half
dreaded to hear, he should not sco her
face during tho recital.
"Well, then," he began, "I thought
that, as I lay in bed ono evening, tho
door opened, and you came into the
room, and, walking softly over to my
bedside, 6tood thero very sorrowfully
looking down upon me. We were
alone, I think" passing his hand in a
puzzled manner over his forehead, 'as
though endeavoring vainly to recollect
something "at least I can remember
no one else but us two, and it seemed
to me that presently you began to cry
and stooped over me, whispering some
thing, I forget what, and I took your
hands like this" suiting the action
to the word "and then some figures
came toward us, but I waved them
back, holding you tightly all the time;
and" here he paused, his eye fixtd
earnestly upon tho opposite wall, as
though there he saw reacting all that
was struggling for clearness In his
brain "and I asked you to do some
thing for me then something that
would aid my recovery more than all
the doCtor'8 stuff and you "
j "No, no, I did not!" cried Mildred,
vehemently, unable longer to restrain
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her fear of his next words, and trying
passionately to withdraw her hands.
"Yes, you did!" exclaimed Denzll,
excitedly; "I know it now. It was not
fancy how could I ever think it was?
It was reality. Oh, Mildred, ' you
kissed me."
" "How daro you?" cried Miss Trevan-
ion, bursting into tears. "You know I
did not; it is untrue a fevered dream
anything but the truth."
"Do you say that?" he said, releas
ing her. "Of courso, then, it was mere
imagination. Forgive me; I should not
have said it, but the remembrance of
it haunts me night and day. This
room, too, fosters all memories. Here
for the first time I told you how I loved
you; and here, too, you refused me,
letting me see how wild and unfounded
had been my hope that you also loved
me in return. Do you remember?"
"Yes, yes, I remember," Mildred
answered, faintly, turning her face
away. ,
"Over there" pointing to a distant
couch "we met again, after weeks of
separation and oblivion since you say
that past thought of mine was but a
dream and I felt when you entered
the room how undying a thing is love.
You see this place is fraught with pain
to me, and yet I Hko it. I like to sit
here and think, and picture to myself
thoso old scenes again, only giving
them a kindlier ending."
"Do you still caro to recall them?"
she asked in a low, broken voice.
"I shall always care to recall any
thing connected with you," he answer
ed, simply; then "Did I ever thank
you, Mildred, for coming to my assist
ance on" that last hunting day? I think
not. I have no recollection of all that
occurred, but they told me how good
to mo you were."
"It was the very commonest human
ity," she said.
"Of course that was all. You would
have done the same for anyone. I
know that. Still I am grateful to you."
Then suddenly, "Why did you break
off with Lyndon?"
"You have asked me that question
before," she said.
"I know I have, and I know also how
rude a question it is to ask; and still I
cannot help wishing to learn the an
swer. Will you tell me?"
She hesitated and then said, slowly:
"He discovered, or fancied, that I
did not care sufficiently for him; and
he was too honorable to marry a wom
an who did not accept him willingly
of her own accord."
"When did he make that discovery?"
"We ended our engagement the even
ing of your accident," she answered,
evasively, and with evident reluctance.
"Mildred, if I thought," he began,
passionately, trying to read her face,
"if I dared to believe what your words
appear to imply I might be mad
enough again to say to you word3 that
have ever fallen coldly on your ear. 1
would again confess how fondly I love
you how faithfully during all these
wretched months I have clung to the
sweet memories of you that ever linger
in my heart."
She shrunk away a little and covered
her face with her hands.
"Do you still turn from me, Mildred?
Am I distressing you? Darling, I will
say no more. It is indeed for the last
time in all my life that I have now
spoken. Forgive me. Mildred; I am
less than a man to pain you in this
way; but, oh, my dearest, do not
shrink from me, whatever you do; do
not let me think I have taught you to
hate me by my persistence. See, I am
going, and for the future do not be
afraid that I shall ever again allude to
this subject." He drew near her and
gently kissed her hair. "Good-by," he
said, once more, and then, slowly al
most feebly, walked down the room
toward the door.
Miss Trevanlon stood gazing after
him, her blue eyes large and bright
with fear; she had an intense longing
to say sho knew not what. Oh, for
words to express all that was in her
heart!
Her hands were closely clasped to
gether; her lips, pale and still, refused
to move. It was the last time he had
said so; if she let him go now it was
a parting that must be forever; and
yet she could not speak. Her love, her
life was going, and she could not utter
the word that would recall him. Al
ready he had turned the handle of the
door; the last moment had Indeed come
would he not turn?
"Denzil!" she cried, desperately,
breaking down by one pissionate effort
the barrier that had stood so Ions be
tween them, and held out her hands to
hlra.
"My love!" he said, turning. And
then in another moment she was in his
Brms and all the world was forgotten.
(The End.)
A' Oood Cook.
To be a good cook means the know
ledge of all fruits, herbs, balms and
spices, and of all that is healing and
sweet in the fields and groves, and
savory in meats. It means careful
ness. Inventiveness, watchfulness, wil
lingness and readiness of appliance. It
means the economy of our great
grandmothers and tho science of mod
ern chemists. It means muah tast
ing and no wasting. It means EngMsh
thoroughness, French art, and Ara
bian hospitality. It means, in .fine,
that you are to.be perfectly and al
ways ladies (loafglvers), and are to
see that everybody has something
nice to eat. Ruskln.
The Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, a native
of South Carolina, and one of her
most gifted sons, during the latter part
of the administration of John Quincy
Adams, It will be remembered, repre
sented the United States at tho capital
of Mexico, which was then much dis
tracted by Internal dissensions. While
Mr. Poinsett resided there, tho city
was captured by one of the contending
factions, and he and his family in
curred no small degree of personal
danger from the violence of the sol
diers, by whom they were suspected
of affording concealment to certain ob
noxious individuals. In the height of
the nullification controversy after his
return, In an address delivered to the
people of Charleston, tho following elo
quent passage occurs:
"Wherever I have been, I have been
proud of being a citizen of this great
republic, and, in the remotest corners
of the earth, have walked erect and
secure under that banner which our
opponents would tear down and tram
ple under foot. I was in Mexico when
that city was taken by assault. The
house of the American ambassador was
then, as it ought to be, the refuge of
the distressed and persecuted; It was
pointed out to the infuriated soldiers
as a place filled with their enemies.
They rushed to the attack. My only
defense was the flag of my country,
and it was flung out at the Instant that
hundreds of muskets were leveled at
us. Mr. Mason and myself placed
ourselves beneath Its waving folds.
We did not blench, for we felt strong
in the protecting arm of this mighty
republic. We told them that the flag
that waved over us was the banner of
that nation to whoso example they
owed their liberty, and to whose pro
tection they were indebted -for their
safety. The scene changed as by en
chantment, and the men who were on
the point of attacking my houso and
menacing the Inhabitants, cheered the
flag of this country, and placed senti
nels to protect it from outrage. Fellow-citizens,
in such a moment as that,
would it have been any protection to
me and mine to have proclaimed my
self a Carolinian? Should I have been
here to tell you this tale, if I had hung
out tho Palmetto and the single star?
Be assured that to be respected abroad,
we must maintain our place in the
Union!"
Hi J First FirecracHsr.
III.
Over thirty-five thousand persons in
Illinois belong to associations inter
ested in preserving and fostering the
birds of the state.
Jm
ii.
Doululou'a Kaw Si Kill Maatarplac
of Kngrsver'a Skill.
The new $4 bill lsaued by the Domia'
ion of Canada promises to become pop
ular, for artistically It is a master
piece of the engraver's skill. On its
face it bears a flattering picture of tho
lock on the canal at Sault Ste. Marie,
an engineering work purely American.
This vignette is regarded as a delicate
compliment to the United States. A
Canadian paper, commenting on the
circumstance, asks: "Who would travel
by the Canadian canal after the Can
adian government gave such a certifi
cate as to the superiority of the Amer
ican lock? It is true, our own canal
is a grand work, one of the wonedrs
of engineering science, but the gov
ernment fancies the one on the other
side of the river more. As these 4 notes
pass from hand to hand the wistful
gaze of those who part with them will
rest on the American lock the gate
way through which the government
would direct their travels. Since they
came into office the Canadian ministers
have tried to forget their old disparag
ing language about our canals, and
have lately spoken very favorably of
these. But money talks. A picture of
our Sault canal or of some other great
Canadian work or scene should oc
cupy the place given up to the Ameri
can canal. This foreign canal lock de
picted on our $4 bill is a humiliation,
to us. That picture is a record of
blundering or something worse that
will never be forgotten. Specimens of
these $4 bills will be preserved where
ever there is a collection of monetary
curiosities. The people of Sault Ste.
Marie are deeply offended at the gov
ernment for its selection of the Amer
ican canal as the object most worthy
of depiction."
Ambrose AIcKny'a t'n
Rockbridge, Mo., June 21th: The
neighborhood and particularly the
members of Rockbridge Lodge, No.
435, A. F. & A. M., are feeling very
much pleased over the recovery of Mr.
Ambrose McKay, a prominent citizen
and an honored member of the Mason
ic Fraternity.
Mr. McKay had been suffering for
years with Diabetes and Rheumatism,
which recently threatened to end his
days. His limbs were so filled with
pain that he could not sleep. He was
very bad.
Just then, someone suggested a new
remedy Dodds Kidney Pills which
has been much advertised recently,, as
a euro for Bright's Disease, Diabetes,
Dropsy, Rheumatism and Kidney
Trouble.
After Mr. McKay had used a few
doses he commenced to improve. His
pain all left him, and he is almost as
well as ever. He says Dodd's Kidney
Pills are worth much more than they
cost. They are certainly getting a great
reputation in Missouri, and many very
startling cures are being reported.
FatU Duel Near Ilerlln.
Hans Wagner, a member of the stafl
of the Berlin Tageblatt, was mortally
wounded in a duel with swords by an
anti-Semite Journalist. The quarrel
arose over a, political dispute on the
occasion of the unveiling of the statue
to Prince Bismarck last Sunday.
What Do the ChlMren Drink?
Don't trlve them tea or coffee. Have you tried
the new food driuk called ORAIN-O It Is do
llclfius aiffl nourishing, and take tho plac of
coffee. Tho more Grain O you give the chlldrea
the nioro health you distribute through their
systems. Ora'n-6 Is made of pure grains, nnd
when poperly prepared tastes like tho choieo
pi-nde of coffee, hut costs about ! as much. All
grocers sell it. l."c and Coc.
The fewer steps a man takes the
longer his shoes last.
The commonest grub looks good when
a fellow can't eat.
Hall' Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price. 75c,
Too many ancestors have spoiled
many a good man. - -
Most people have the church instinct
in their blood.
Long Live the King! The King is
Wizard Oil; pain his enemies, whom he
conquers.
Lflzy men are like theories. They
seldom work.
I am sure Fiso'a Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years a?o. Mils. Tuos. Rohhins,
Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y Feb. 17. 1M).
Why Is It srlrls have such an nppetitc fof
opera and ice cream?
FRAGRANT
a perfect liquid dentifrice for tho
TCGih and .Mil
New Size SOZOOONT LIQUID, 25c
SOZODONTTOOTH POWDER, 25c
Urge LIQUID and POWDER, 75c
At all Stores, or by Mall for tho price. '
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IN 3 OR 4 YEARS
Mi IIIDEPEIIDEIIGE ASSURED
If you tke up your
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Illustrated pamphlets,
pivlnsr xperleiuies of
farmers who have be
com weai t by la prow.
Injr wheat, reports ol
(tolerates, ee..and full
information as to reduced railway rates can
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Canada, or to J. Wrteve. Satrtnaw, Mich., or M.
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