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Alma Maynard sat at the window
Jooklng thoughtfully out at the newly
Ibudded trees Poor Alma had heen
confined to the house all the spring
with the scarlet fever which had left
3ier so weak that at first she could
hardly lift her head but now that she
was up and her young friends were al
lowed to visit her she had been wish
ing they would come in a party some
evening She did not know that at
school that very day her playmates
were planning to surprise her on the
afternoon of Decoration day which
was the next Wednesday
The day dawned bright and warm
and about 1 oclock that afternoon
IMrs Nelson said Alma you had bet
ter go and lie down awhile
So Alma lay down and was soon fast
asleep At a signal from Mrs Nelson
the children trooped noiselessly from
-a neighbors where they had gathered
and soon the room adjoining Almas
was filled with gay lads and lassies
all bearing sweet spring flowers which
they arranged around the room and
-then sat down to wait for Alma to
awake At last she opened her eyes
then closed them again thinking that
the flower filled room with its gay oc
cupants was only a dream
Then Viva Leland Almas most inti
mate friend came and took her hand
and led her into the room where the
shout of surprise surprise surprise
met her on all sides Half dazed she
looked from one to another then broke
into a gay laugh in which they all
joined The afternoon passed quickly
and pleasantly and at 6 oclock they
were called to the dining room for
supper And such a supper They
were seated in couples around the
table Alma and Ray Thornton her fa
vorite chum presiding at the head
AfLer supper Almas father told them
stories and later they returned to
their homes leaving the flowers for
their convalescent playmate and with
them many wishes for a speedy return
o health
a Tteione
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BYCRNDCEflBRRMBLE
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-A Jfwdenile Story for Memorial
Day
There was a regular nouseful of
Dawsons in the little low red house
which stood all ly itself on the edge
of the village there were six children
who called the little house their home
and six noisier happier heartier chil
dren were never known There were
the twins Fred and Frank who head
ed the list and then there were Grace
and Nellie and Harry and last of all
came Minnie the baby the tiniest and
noisiest of them all
There were great plans afoot today
in the curly heads of the merry crowd
Tomorrow would be Decoration Day
and were not the four oldest of the
young Dawsong to march in the long
procession of school children and carry
garlands and bouquets of flowers to
strew on the graves of our soldier
heroes There were the flowers to
hunt in the woods for the Dawson
iiower garden showed only two flaming
red and yellow tulips and a few fra
grant lilacs as its offering to the chil
dren But that fact troubled them not
at all they were only too glad of an
excuse for spending a long delightful
day in the woods There would be the
garlands to make and bouquets to ar
range and pieces to rehearse and a
thousand and one other things to do
so it was no wonder that all the little
Dawsons were up and flying around as
busy as bees at an exceedingly early
hour Even the baby was interested
and toddled around tipping over every
thing she could and getting into
everyones way
So much hustle and bustle made
them a little bit cross perhaps and so
it turned out that there was a slight
disagreement between Grace and Nel
lie and the twins early in the morn
ing and as each side added fuel to the
fjSfcja in the shape of sharp words
and Angry frowns by the time they
were ready to start for the woods the
quarrel had grown to be something
serious The boys had been very pro
voking and the girls were so angry
with them that they decided to take
the lunch basket and hurry away
when the boys were not looking and
thus take revenge upon them for all
the mean things they had said and
Auaj that morning Their plan worked
to perfection and they got safely away
without being seen by anyone but
someway they did not look very
happy in their triumph as they
truaged silently along They walked
quite slowly as soon as they once were
out of sight of the house instead of
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skipping gaily along as they always
did upon such happy occasions At
last Grace stopped suddenly and said
Nellie I dont feel good one bit I
guess wed better go back I dont
care If the boys were mean we ought
not to be mean too and tis awful
mean to run away like this The
lunch is as much theirs as ours and
Its most as bad as stealing for us to
take it all Come on Im going back
And away she went on a run with
Nellie following a fast as she could at
her heels
The boys had not missed them yet
and so they knew nothing of the girls
intended treachery They seemed to
have recovered their usual good
humor and it was a very merry little
party that started a few moments later
for the woods What good times they
did have that day What treasures of
woodland wealth they found How
good the lunch did taste and what fun
it was to eat it out there under the
green trees all alone Yes it was a
long glad beautiful day They en
joyed every moment of it and stayed
just as long as they dared But at last
they decided that they must start for
home for there were the flowers to ar
range yet and there would be but little
time to spare if they noped to finish
their tasks that night It was even
later than they nad thought they
found when they came to the edge
of the woods and saw how low the
sun had sun So they hurried along
as fast as they could When they came
to the fallen tree upon which they had
crossed the noisy little creek in the
morning pernaps they were a little
careless and when it came Nellies
turn she slipped and with a little
frightened cry down she went into tie
water The creek was higb with the
spring rains and the water was over
Nellies nead so it was no wonder
that it was a frightened as well as a
shivering little girl that Frank drag
ged out upon the bank a moment
later
Oh oh dear she cried I am so
wet and cold and all my flowers are
lost and she pointed a trembling fin
ger at the basket which held all her
pretty blossoms and was sailing gaily
away with them to some unknown
port
Never mind said Frank cheerily
Ill get it for you I cant get any
wetter than I am now and in he
plunged again and in a twinkling the
flowers were rescued and they were
on their way home but Nellies wet
clothes were very uncomfortable and
her teeth fairly chattered before she
had taken many steps
Suddenly Fred stopped and said
Here sis why didnt I think be
fore You take my coat and then
Frank and I will take hold of your
hands and run and well be home in
a jiffy There thats right one two
three and away we go
A few hours later Nellie and Grace
who had returned before the others
were sitting alone finishing the last of
the garlonds when Nellie said sud
denly
Oh Grace how glad I am that we
diunt run away from the boys this
morning I am sure I would -lave
been drowned if we had and sne
shivered again at the thought of her
icy bath
Yes I am glad too returned
Grace AnJ Nellie I was giad all
day I amsure we had a much nicer
time than we would if we had gone
alone and we would have felt so mean
if we had taken the boys lunch away
from them
Yes so we would And Grace do
you know after this when the boys are
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ALL MY FLOWERS ARE LOST
cross I dont mean to take any notice
and see what effect that will have
upon their tempers
This plan Grace and Nellie carried
out and it worked so well uiat har
mony has reigned in the little red
house ever since
Only in a world of sincere men is
unity possible and there in the long
run it is as good aa certain Carlyle
Scholars are frequently to be met
with who are ignorant of nothing sav
ing their own ignorance Zimmerman
A loss of 2000 was sustained by
the burning of David Ralstons home
near Wabash Insurance 800
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Raymond had just been over to the
hall with his basket of flowers mostly
from the woods and fields
Decoration day always found him on
hand and although his contribution
was simple he was glad to be able
to do even a little toward furnishing
material for this touching memorial
service
Raymond was the grandson of a vet
eran of the civil war and this year he
wanted to do something more than
usual to let the old friends of the
grandfather whom he had never
known understand his loyalty both to
his grandfathers memory and the
country that he had died for
Suddenly he remembered an old tat
tered flag that stood in a corner in
the attic and beside it a musket
rusty and time stained Then he
looked at Rover
Can you do it Rover Raymonds
eyes asked the question The soft
brown eyes of the dog answered Try
me
All right Rover I will
Rovers tail ceased its impatient tat
too upon the floor and with a yelp of
delight he followed his master up the
attic stairs Half an hour later the
boy and the dog sat side by side upon
the door step The boy held a flat
piece of wood in one hand and his
jack knife in the other Occasionally
he lifted a faded flag and slipped the
end of the worn stick through a hole
which he was whittling in the new
piece of wood
At last he sprang to his feet say
ing All ready now Rover Do you
think you can hold that in your
mouth
Rovers eyes said Cf course I
can as his tail gave three excited
thumps Good faithful Rover Ray
mond knew that he could be depend
ed upon to be his color bearer Now
WITH BARE HEADS AND SOLEMN
LITTLE BROWN FACES
for his own part in the program
The sound of approaching footsteps
and ie beat of a drum floated up to
the spot where the boy and the dog
were making ready to honor their
countrys fallen heroes
From a window of the cottage a pair
of tear dimmed eyes watched the
strange preparations
Raymond hastily donned an old sol
dier cap and shouldered the rusty gun
je hoped that he looked liKe a sol
dier Rovers admiring eyes assured
him that he did
Now Rover said Raymond pat
ting the dogs head Im going to let
you hold the flag
Rover never was happier than when
he could carry a bundle but this was
such an unexpected privilege that for
a second or two tbe flagstaff veered
like a weather vane with each delight
ed thump of his stub of a tall Then
seeing his masters motionless attitude
Rover took pattern and as the little
company of veterans drew near the
color bearer and his master attracted
instant attention
Every man in Company C loved Ray
mand loved him for his own sake
for he was a bright and lovable boy
and also for the sake of the brave com
rade who had marched with them
through many a weary campaign and
at last had given his life for his coun
try
There was a quick order from the
front and instantly every man lifted
his hat and the band struck up the
Str Spangled Banaer and Ray
mond with his faithful dog beside
him and his grandfathers tattered
flag waving in the breeze was the hero
of the day Helen M Richardson
Thousands of ZnKjiotvn Dead
One of the largest national cemeter
ies in this country is located at Salis
bury N C There are 11000 unknown
dead in the cemetery which is kept in
splendid repair by the government
The sopiety hand shake isnt exact
ly what youd call a pretty howd you
do
Qfrfr
T5he Bondmarv
By HALL CAINE
CHAPTER II Continued
So with Jason in the house by the
sea and Sunlocks in the house by the
lake the weeks went by and the
Summer that was coming came and
like a bird of passage the darkness
of night fled quite away and the sun
shone that shines at midnight
And nothing did Jason see of the
face that followed him in visions and
nothing did he hear of the man known
io him as A25 except reports of brutal
treatment and fierce rebellion But on
j day a month after he had returned
to the stockade he was going in his
tired and listless way between ward
ers from one solfatara at the foot of
the hill to another on the breast of
it when he came upon a horror that
made his blood run cold
It was a man nailed by his right
hand to a great socket of iron in a
log of driftwood with food and drink
within sight but out of reach of him
and a huge knife lying close by his
side The man was A25
Jason saw everything and the mean
ing of everything in an instant that
to get at the food for which he starv
ed that man must cut off his own
right hand And there like a devil at
his elbow lay the weapon that was to
tempt him
Nothing so inhuman so barbarous
so fiendish so hellish had Jason yet
seen and with a cry like the growl of
an untamed beast he broke from the
warders took the nail in his fingers
like a vice tore it up out of the
bleeding hand and set Michael Sun
looks free
At the next instant his wratch was
pone and he had fallen back to his
listless mood Then the warders hur
ried up laid hold of both men and
hustled them away with a brave show
of strength and courage to the office
of the Captain
Jorgen Jorgensen himself was there
and it was he who had ordered the
ruthless punishment The warders told
their tale and he listened to them
with a grin on his cruel face
Strap them up together he cried
leg to leg and arm to arm
And when this was done he said
bitterly
So you two men are fond of one
anothers company Well you shall
have enough of it and to spare Day
after day week after week month
ter month like as you are now you
shall live together until you abhor
and detest and loathe the sight of each
other Now go
CHAPTER III
THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF
DEATH
Red Jason and Michael Sunlocks
now lashed together were driven back
to their work like beasts of the field
They knew very well what their pun
ishment meant to them that in every
hour of life henceforth in every act
through every thought each man
should drag a human carcass by his
side The barbarity of their doom
was hideous but strangely different
were the ways they accepted it
Michael Sunlocks was aflame with in
dignation Jason was crushed with
shame The upturned face of Sun
locks was pale his flaxen hair was
dishevelled his bloodshot eyes were
afire But Jasons eyes full of con
fusion were bent on the ground his
tanned face trembled visibly and his
red hair grown long as old old fell
over his drooping shoulders like a
mantle of blood
And as they trudged along side by
side in the Brst hours of their un
natural partnership Sunlocks strug
gled hard to keep his eyes from the
man with whom he was condemned
to live and die lest the gorge of his
very soul should rise at the sight of
him So he never once looked at Ja
son through many hours of that day
And Jason on his part laboring with
the thought that it was he who by his
rash act had brought both of them
to this sore pass never once lifted his
eyes to the face of Sunlocks
Yet each man knew the others
thought before ever a word had passed
between them Jason felt that Sun
locks already abhorred him and Sun
locks knew that Jason was ashamed
This brought them after a time into
sympathy of some sort and Jason
tried to speak and Sunlocks to listen
I did not mean to bring you to
this said Jason humbly And Sun
locks with head aside answered as
well as he could for the disgust that
choked him You did it for the best
But you will hate me for it said
Jason
And once again with that com
posure he could command Sunlocks
answered How could I hate you for
saving me from such brutal treat
ment
Then you dont regret it said Ja
son pleadingly
It is for you not for me to re
gret it said Sunlocks
Me said Jason
Through all the shameful hours the
sense of his own loss had never yet
come to him From first to last he
had thought only of Sunlocks
My liberty was gone already said
Sunlocks But you were free free
as anyone can be in this hell on earth
Now you are bound you are here like
this and I am the cause of it
Then Jasons rugged face was sud
denly lit up with surprising joy That
is nothing he said
Nothing said Sunlocks
I mean that I care nothing if you
dont said Jason
It was the turn of Sunlocks to feel
surprise He half turned towards Ja
son Then you dont regret it he
asked
No said Jason firmly And you
Sunlock felt that tears not disgust
were choking him now
No he answered shamefacedly
turning his head away
March shouted the warders who
had been drinking their smuggled
sneps while their prisoners had been
talking
That day Jorgen Jorgensen went
back to Reykjavik for the time of
Althing was near and he had to pre
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Story
pare for his fourteen days at Thing
vellir And the Governor being gone
the Captain of the Mines made bold
so far to relax the inhumanity of his
sentence as to order that the two men
who were bound together during the
hours of work should be separated for
the hours of sleep But never for
getting his own suspicion that Red
Jason wa san ally of Michael Sun
locks planning his escape he ordered
also that no speech should be allowed
to pass between them To prevent all
communication of any kind he direct
ed that the men should work and
sleep apart fro mthe other prisoners
and that their two warders should at
tend them day and night
But though the rigor of discipline
kept them back from free intercourse
no watchfulness could check the stolen
words of comfort that helped the
weary men to bear their degrading
lot
That night the first of their life to
gether Michael Sunlocks looked into
Jasons face and said I have seen
you before somewhere Where was
it
But Jason remembered the hot
words that had pursued hiuA on the
day of the burning of the beds and
so he made no answer
After a while Michael Sunlocks
looked closely into Jasons face again
and said What is you name
Dont ask it said Jason
Why not said Sunlocks
You might remember it
Even so what then
Then you might also remember
what I did or tried to do and you
would hate me for it said Jason
Was your crime so inhuman said
Sunlocks
It would seem so said Jason
Who sent you here
The Republic
You wont tell me your name
Ive got none so to speak having
had no father to give me one Im
alone in the world
Michael Sunlocks did not sleep
much that night for the wound in his
hand was very painful and next morn
ing while Jason dressed it he looked
info his face once more and safd
You say you are alone in the world
Yes said Jason
What of your mother
Shes dead poor soul
Have you no sister
No
Nor brother
No thats to say no no
No one belonging to you
No
Are you quite alone
Ay quite said Jason No one to
think twice what becomes of me No
body to trouble whether Im here or
in a better place Nobody to care
whether I live or die
He tried to laugh as he said this
but in spite of his brave show of un
concern his deep voice broke and his
strong face quivered
But whats your own name he
said abruptly
Call me brother said Sunlocks
To your work cried the ward
ers and they were hustled out
Their work for the day was delving
sulphur from the banks of the solfat
aras and loading it on the backs of
their ponies And while their ward
ers dozed in the heat of the noonday
sun they wiped their brows and
rested
At that moment Jasons eyes turned
towards the hospital on the opposite
side of the hill and he remembered
what he had heard of the good woman
who had been nurse there This much
at least he knew of her that she was
the wife of his yoke fellow and he
was about to speak of her trouble and
dishonor when Michael Sunlocks said
After all you are luckiest to be
alone in the world To have ties of
affection is only to be the more un
happy
Thats true said Jason
Say you love somebody and all
your heart is full of her You lose
her and then where are you
But thats not your own case said
Jason Your wife is alive is she
not
Yes
Then you have not lost her
There is a worse loss than that of
death said Sunlocks
Jason glanced quickly into his face
and said tenderly I know I under
stand There was another man
Yes
And he robbed you of your love
Yes
And you killed him cried Jason
with panting breath
No But God keep that man out of
my hands
Where is he now
Heaven knows He was here but
he is gone for when the Republic fell
I was imprisoned and two days be
fore that he was liberated
Silence shouted the warders
awakening suddenly and hearing
voices
Jasons eyes had begun to fill and
down his rugged cheeks the big drops
were rolling one by one After that
he checked the impulse to speak of the
nurse The wife of his yoke fellow
must be an evil woman The prisoner
priest must have been taken in by her
For once the warders must have been
right
And late that night while Jason was
dressing the wounded hand of Michael
Sunlocks with wool torn from his own
sheepskin jerkin he said with his
eyes down
I scarce thought there was any
thing in common between us two
Youre a gentleman and Im only a
rough fellow You have been brought
up tenderly and I have been kicked
about the world ever since I was a
lad in my poor mothers home God
rest her But my life has been like
yours in one thing
Whats that said Michael Sun
locks
That another man has wrecked it
said Jason I never had but one
glint of sunshine in my life and that
man wiped it out forever It was a
woman and she was all the world to
me But she was proud and I was
poor And he was rich and he came
between us He had everything and
the world was at his feet I had noth
ing but that womans love and he
took it from me It was too cruel and
I could not bear it God knows I could
not
Wait cried Michael Sunlocks Is
that why you are here Did you
you did not no
No I know not what you mean
but I did not kill him No no I have
never seen him I could never meet
him try how I would
Where is he now
With her in happiness and freedom
and content while I am here in misery
and bondage and these ropes But
there will be a reckoning between us
yet I know there will I swear there
will As sure as there is a God in
Heaven that man and I will one day
stand together face to face
Then Michael Sunlocks took both
Jasons hands
My brother he cried fervently
Brother now more than ever brother
In suffering brother in weakness
brother in strength
Silence there shouted the ward
ers and the two men were separated
for the night
The wound in the hand of Michael
Sunlocks grew yet more painful and
he slept even less than before Next
day the power of life was low in him
and seeing this Jason said when the
warders stepped up to lash them to
gether He is ill and not fit to go
out Let me work alone today Ill
do enough for both of us
But no heed was paid to Jasons
warning and Michael Sunlocks was
driven out by his side All that day
the third of their life together they
worked with difficulty for the Wound
in the hand of Sunlocks was not only
a trouble to himself but an impediment
to Jason also Yet Jason gave no hint
of that but kept the good spade going
constantly with a smile on his face
through the sweat that stood on it and
little stolen words of comfort and
cheer And when the heat was strong
est and Sunlocks would have stumbled
and fallen Jason contrived a means to
use both their spades together only
requiring that Sunlocks should stoop
when he stopped that the warders
might think he was still working But
their artifice was discovered and all
that came of it was that they were
watched the closer and driven the hard
er during the hours that remained of
that day
Next day the fourth of their direful
punishment Sunlocks rose weak and
trembling and scarce able to stand
erect And with what spirit he could
summon up he called upon the warders
to look upon him and see how feeble
he was and say if It was fair to his
yoke fellow that they should compel
him to do the work of two men and
drag a human boffy after him But
the wards only laughed at his protest
and once again he was driven out by
Jasons side
Long and heavy were the hours that
followed but Sunlocks being once
started on his way bore up under it
very bravely murmuring as little as he
might out of thought for Jason And
Jason helped along his stumbling foot
steps as well as he could for the arm
that was bound to him And seeing
how well they worked by this double
power of human kindness the warders
laughed again and make a mock at
Sunlocks for his former cry of weak
ness And so amid tender words be
tween themselves and jeers cast in
upon them by the warders they made
shift to cheat time of another weary
day
The fifth day went by like the fourth
with heavy toil and pain to make it
hard and cruel taunts to make it bit
ter And many a time as they delved
the yellow sulphur bank a dark chill
crossed the hearts of both and they
thought in their misery how cheerfully
they would dig for death itself if only
it lay in the hot clay beneath them
To be continued
Ancient Quarries
The stone for the great wall of th
dam across the Nile at Assuan i3 be
ing obtained from the quarries of
which the Temples of Philae are be
lieved to have been built the unhap
py Philae which when the dam is
completed will be submerged and part
ly disappear from sight for the first
time in its 3000 years of existence
The granite blocks that are being
quarried for this the first great engl7
neering achievement of the twentieth
century bear the marks of wedges
used thirty centuries ago
Sbcty Two Tears Married
Near Attica the other day when tha
neighbors went over to congratulate
Grandpap and Grandma McDaniel oq
the sixty second anniversary of their
marriage they found grandpap out in
the field planting corn while grandma
was cleaning up the breakfast clutter
in the kitchen When the good folk
told grandpap the object of their visit
he said Lordy lordy how time does
fly Kansas City Journal
Mexican Cocktails Are Powerful
American barrooms are multiplying
in the City of Mexico Their so called
American drinks are almost as dead
ly as knockout drops and the imbibers
of them are very likely to be given
the chance to sober up In the police
station Three Mexican cocktails ara
usually powerful enough to paralyzi
a mule
ZJkes to See the San Blie
President McKinley and party reach
ed Altoona about 6 this morning on
their way to Washington The presi
dent had arisen at 5 oclock to view the
sunrise on the Alleghanies That is
a sight I never miss he remarked to
the Pullman conductor Philadelphia
North American
Czar Has Twenty Seven Physicians
The czar of Russia has twenty seven
physicians and they are all selected
from the medical celebreties of Russia
There is a first physician-in-chief then
come ten honorary surgeons two oc
ulists a chiropodist and honorary chir
opodist two court physicians and threa
specialists for the czarina
