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CHAPTER III Continued
That night his comrades at tho tav
srn had told him of this they taunt
ed hlrawith It they laughed at tho
girl They did not like her not ono
of thorn Narrow natures dislike and
distrust that which thoy cannot under
stand Young Green also had aroused
lis fears Green had an education
ho had askod where the girl obtained
her education therefore she must
have an education To night ho was
assured of this
He kicked the hook contemptuous
ly and muttered under his breath an
oath against young Green If ever ho
camo there again It would be a sorry
day for him
Dolores said nothing
A sudden frenzy seized him Ho
stooped and snatched the book from
the ground It was an old astronomy
Sho had been reading the book for
she preferred It to any of her moth
ers books and when young Green
saw it the day he was there ho was
much surprised and promised to take
a volume on the subject the next time
he went that way
Sho thanked him and it was tho
first time sho had thanked any ono
since Betsy Glenn died That was
two weeks before and he had not
como again as he said he would but
she watched for him feeling sure that
he would keep his promise to her feel
ing strangely glad when she thought
of him She had perfect faith In him
Her fathers face was lurid as ho
snatched the book from the ground
His small eyes close set were full
of brute cruelty the veins of his
lorehead were swollen In his hands
used to wielding the heavy hammer
the book was a toy his fingers
closed over It and in an instant it
lay in shreds at her feet
For a moment she did not compre
hend what had been done she looked
from the book to him and back again
Then she arose her face was white
and nor eyes flashed She looked at
him and he cowered befora her Sho
was tall and stately he had never be
fore appreciated her dignity Now he
appreciated it to the full The book
was the dearest thing in the world to
ler he could have wounded her in
no other way
Mechanically he gatherel up the
scattered fragments and as she held
out her hand for them he gave them
to her without a word without even
Slanclng at her For the time she
was more than his daughter her
eyes were on his face and her spirit
ruled his Then thoy strayed away
to the mountain top veiled in haze
The fire died out of her eyes her
Lands mecnanically holding the torn
leaves of her book fell listlessly at
her side her shadow lay long and
dark behind her
There was a sense of mystery about
her which her father could not under
stand he shrank from it and from
her and passed away up the dark
More Listless Than Usuual
bank heavy with the shaaows of the
pines that swayed in the faint breeze
and again silence fell around her
CHAPTER IV
The Mare
I have come again
said young
Gre9n laughing
He stood in the doorway of
shop holding the black mare by
the
the
bridle
Johnson had been sitting on a
bench outside of the shop smoking a
clay pipe As the young man spoke
he arose and advanced toward the
mare
Another shoe so scon he
queried shortly
Yes said the young man lightly
Her right shoe this time Come
Bess come my girl
There was a sudden sullen glow on
Johnsons face as he took tho bellows
and blew the fire into a fierce blaze
He laid the iron on the fire and rais
ed the hammer
t Young Green began to talk He
spoke of the dry weather and the hard
roads he told the news of the town
and of the trial that was to come off
of a notorious horse thief who had
been caught attempting to steal Bess
The blacksmith- listened In sullen
silence between the blows of the ham
mer
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THAT GIRL of JOHNSONS
JEAJV KATB LWLlM
Author of At a Girlt Merer Etc
Entered According to Act or Concress In tho Year 1890 by Street Smith
la the Offico of tho Librarian of Congress at Wsuhincton D C
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By and by oung Green left him
and went up to tho house for a drink
Johnson was not tho only silent one
that day His daughter listened mute
ly to the young mans conversation
If anything sho was even more list
loss than usual though a strange
color tinged her cheeks as he talked
Ho left the promised book with her
ho had not forgotten it ho said but
had been unable to take It before For
a moment her face glowed with pleas
ure and the silken lashes lifted swift
ly but foil ere their eyes could meet
She thanked him in a few simple
words in her low sweet voice then
her gaze wandered away to the hazy
mountain top in the distance He
left in a few minutes deeply disap
pointed in her and yot strangely in
terested and puzzled Had he mis
taken her Was she incapable of the
thought he believed she possessed
Had she not after all the ambition
to be more than an untaught village
girl Did her thought end with the
blue line of the mountains and the
hamlets scattered along their sides
Dolores disappointed him he
thought her so much better than she
had proved herself and yet under it
all there was a sting in the thought
which he did not understand student
of character as he was
Sho was positively stupid he said
regretfully Yet her face shows such
possibilities
He was walking slowly down the
narrow path to tho shop his hands
clasped behind him his fair head
bent slightly forward Dolores was
watching him but he did not know it
He never guessed of the wistful
abrown eyes following him down the
stubbly path
Bess whinnied shrilly when he
came in sight She was restless and
snappish but when he mounted and
rode out of the shop she grew gentle
again As he rode away Johnson
called after him that she must have
gone some distance without her shoe
for her foot was tender
Dolores watched him with her far
seeing eyes as he rode up the moun
tain then her gazo went down to the
shop Her father was standing in the
doorway also watching the rider He
had forgotten his pipe his face in the
hazy sunlight was full of sullen
hatred and he looked capable of
committing almost any act His mut
tered threat of the previous evening
returned to her clearly and distinctly
Her eyes widened with nameless fear
Sho looked up the mountain again to
where the black mare was bearing
her rider proudly along the yellow
thread of road she was no longer
listless her face was white her lips
quivering with excitement
CHAPTER V
Whose Was the Deed
Dolores was waiting for something
to happen A vague terror possessed
her she could not have defined it
had she tried she did not try Young
Greens face seemed to haunt her
She watched her father continually
while he was in the house for a sort
of fascination was upon her and she
could not keep her eyes trom his face
She could not explain the terror
that possessed her but her whole
listless nature was aroused She was
different and her life was somehow
different she knew not how
The slew days passed it seemed to
her with even more slowness than
was their wont Every morning the
red sun arose out of a veil of haze
from the mountain beyond the val
ley every evening lie sank behind
the gray peaks in the west
Nothing happened after all life
was stagnant the sun arose and set
the haze hung more dense and thick
over the mountain peaks No rain
fell nothing happened Nothing hap
pened until
One day tho rumcr floated across
the mountain that young Greens
mare one of the choicest breed in the
country valued at what seemed to
the simple villagers a fabulous sum
had gone lame And this was discov
ered the morning after she was shod
by Johnson
To most of the villagers this fact
meant nothing That the one had
anything to do with the other never
entered their beads They had no
cause for suspicion But to Dolores
the rumor came like a blow It seem
ed to her in a strange far away fash
ion that this was what she had been
expecting This was why the kindly
blue eyes were always looking into
hers and the pleasant face was for
ever in her thoughts
Her eyes were on her father when
the news was told by one of the
neighbors A nail was driven into
the mares hocf and she was dead
lame The hostler had found it when
he examined her hoof which was not
until the morning following the day
Green was at the settlement It was
a hard blow to the young man the
speaker said for he had thought as
much of her as though she were a
woman Conjecture was rife as to
who had done tho deed Suspicion
rested particularly in one direction
and the suspicion was pretty well
founded but the young man would
wait until there could be no doubt
And here the story ended
Dolores had listened silently as
was Tier habit no one noticing her
The memory of her fathers words
the other day returned to her with
a force she could not account for
Over and over mingled with tho
memory of the black mare and her
rider the words were driven In dully
as though by tho strokes of a ham
mer even distinct deafening most
terriblo to the girl In the darkness
Ef ever thet young feller keras
hyar agen etll be a sorry day for
hem
CHAPTER VI
A Neighborly Gift
Et hev been so dry I lowed mebby
ther gyardlng hyar dednt mount ter
much beln as yo air up so high so I
bringed yo some strawbries outen
our gyardlng Dolores
Thank you our garden didnt
amount to much Dolores said
gravely She looked at her neighbor
without a sign of interest in her face
she spoke in her usual listless man
ner but under the listnessness and
apparent carelessness was the con
sciousness like a sharp sword that
tho gift was the forerunner of some
thing to follow else than her pleasure
She emptied the berries out of tho
basket into a dish amd stood regard
ing them Mrs Smith said afterward
she looked as though she were trying
Dolores Watched Him
to discover if they might be tetch
ed In reality the girl did not even
see them
She was wondering vaguely what
the woman would say about the mare
That she had come for some purpose
outside of bringing the fruit was
clear to her She waited with a sink
ing heart and strained ears for what
the woman would say She knew well
that something must follow That it
was in regard to the mare of young
Green she x ad not a doubt Perhaps
the suspicion in regard to the guilty
party had become a fact Perhaps
this woman had come to tell her
perhaps
To be continued
HABIT IN READING PAPERS
Almost Every Person Has One Part
He Turns to First
Very old persons said an observ
er nearly always on unfolding their
newspaper turn to the column of
Deaths This is because in the first
place they are most likely to find
news of their friends there than in
the column of Marriages or any
other part of tho paper and because
in the second place they are interest
ed in death they have it much in
their minds
Young girls turn first to the soci
ety news and weddings and after that
to the fashions Young men of the
healthy open air sort turn first to the
sporting news while boys universally
turn to this page first The actor of
course reads the dramatic columns
and the writer the book reviews but
neither of these departments I fancy
does any part of the disinterested
public consult first of all
The elderly gentleman of a pom
pous appearance reads the editorials
first while his corpulent cheerful
wife reads the recipes on the house
hold page Some clergymen read
the wills of the dead to see what
charities have been remembered with
bequests There are many people who
read the crimes the scandals and the
shocking accidents first Poets as a
rule will not read the newspapers at
all Philadelphia Record
Advantages of Early Christians
Bishop Potter is telling a story of
a dear old lady who recently asked
him how it was that Solomon was
allowed to have so many wives not
to mention the other ladies
He explained that the manners and
customs of Solomons days were dif
ferent to those of the present era
whereupon she replied earnestly Oh
dont you think those early Christians
enjoyed great privileges New York
Times
Admitted His Guilt
Do you not at times have soulful
yearnings which you long to express
in words but cannot asked the fair
maid who had a leaning toward the
sentimental
Yes I was up against something
like that once admitted the youth
with the noisy tie I wanted to tel
egraph heme for money and didnt
have the price of a Marconi
Strategy
Its lucky Im a dentist chuckled
the tall student
Why so asked the friend
Well last night every time I kissed
Clara- she screamed When the old
man came down I told him I waB mere
ly trying to pull a tooth
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UNCLE SAM STANDS PAT IN THE WORLDS GAME
GAINS ALL ONESIDED
CANADIAN IDEA OF A RECI
PROCITY ARRANGEMENT
It Is to Limit the Bargain to the Free
Interchange of National Products
Whereby the American Farmer
Would Find Himself a Loser
The millers of St Paul and Minne
apolis favor reciprocity so they can
get their wheat cheaper and we pre
sume other interests affected would
favor reciprocity for the same reason
While declaring that they wish re
ciprocity because it would be an ad
vantage to this country the fact Is
they want it because it would benefit
themselves Do they pretend that this
cheaper Canadian wheat if admitted
free would benefit the American
wheat grower as well as the Minne
sota millers They have not the face
to make such a declaration because
they know it would be laughed at
They are after cheaper wheat not
dearer and cheaper Canadian wheat
means cheap American wheat
This is also true of oats barley
potatoes poultry eggs cheese butter
hogs cattle sheep wool vegetables
and fruits They are all much cheaper
in Canada than in tho United States
and their free entry into this country
would most assuredly cut down prices
now paid American farmers for those
staples
Let us look at the situation as it
really is The Canadians are trying
by every means in their power to
build up their country and develop its
resources This is right an proper
and altogether commendable But
they find that to attract people to the
great Northwestern territory from the
western shores of Lake Superior to
the Pacific markets must be assured
for the products they would raise Un
der present conditions their market
is Liverpool and thousands of miles
must be traversed by railway before
a shipping port is reached which is
certainly a great handicap to the set
tlers who may go there and has pre
vented the rapid settlement of that
big country Now if those settlers
could market their grain and live
stock across the border i tho United
States it would be of great advantage
to them financially and settlers would
flock there by the thousands Even
as it is a good many American farm
ers have moved to that country and
thousands more would take advan
tage of its cheap lands could a mar
ket for their products be assured over
the border The cost of transporting
their products to the markets of Great
Britain eats up all the profits and
leaves nothing for the producer
It is to give the farmers of the Do
minion a better chance that reciproci
ty with the United States is desired
by Canadians not to help American
producers They know quite well that
the staples produced in the Canadian
provinces are those that can be pro
duced in endless quantities in this
country They also know that the
cheap lands and virgin soil of the
Canadian Northwest could compete
advantageously with the high priced
lands in the older states more or less
denuded of their original fertility
Reciprocity therefore would simply
mean the development of the Cana
dian Northwest and older provinces
at the expense of American producers
and with that development would
come the milling industry and com
peting lines of transportation that
would finally rob the Minnesota miller
of the advantage he would enjoy for
a few years And he would be aiding
all the time in the development of
his firally successful competitor
The Canadian Northwest is so im
mense a country that if fairly popu
lated it could grow all the grain re
quired by Great Britain and the Im
porting countries of Europe It would
be suicidal for Americans to aid in
putting that country in a position to
do so Michigan Farmer
Of What Avail
Senator Hannas expression of fer
vid faith in a protective tariff as a
means of promoting prosperity seems
to have jarred upon the nerves of the
New York Evening Post No free
trader likes to hear or read that kind
of talk So the Evening Post sneer
ingly says
With his praise of Mr Roosevelt
he mingled greater praise of the high
tariff It was a miraculously perfect
thing It was the cause of all our
prosperity Of what avail was it for
the Creator to give us forests and
mines until the party of protection
came along and offered Americans a
tariff bounty to work them
To be perfectly frank with our free
trade neighbor we dont mind saying
that nntil the party of protection
came along the people of this country
were not realizing much out of the
uncut timber and the unmined ores
with which the Creator had so plenti
fully endowed this favored land It
was after tho party of protection
came along and not before that la
bor and capital began to find work and
wealth in our forests and mines Thai
is a fact in history
OHIO IDEA OF THE TARIFF
It Is
hat Enemies of Protection Keep
Hands Off
Following the collapse of the Iowa
Idea revision scheme the Ohio idea
of what should bo done with the pro
tective tariff system will be received
with applause The Ohio idea as
set forth with simplicity and force in
the state platform of tho Republican
party is to let well enough alone
In contrast with the Iowa idea of tin
kering with the schedules with the
reciprocity Idea of driving wedges
into the pillars of protection and with
the free trade idea of tearing down
the whole splendid structure on which
the national prosperity rests the Ohio
idea stands out in grateful relief
We oppose all attacks upon this
policy the protective tariff policy of
the Republican party whatever tho
pretext as tending to bring back tho
disastrous days of Democratic tariff
revision and free trade
The Ohio idea continued Is that
changing conditions and the possible
benefits of reciprocity may call for
timely readjustments of schedules but
protection as a principle and as a
policy must be administered by the
friends of American prosperity and
must not be sacrificed The position
taken by the Ohio Republicans is in
full harmony with that of all but a
selfish or misguided fraction of their
party in the nation Their idea too
is that no part of the prosperity struc
ture should be touched by the hands
of other workmen than those who
bullded it The country just now is
satisfied with its strength and earn
ing power There is no call for its
disturbance save from the importers
and shipping interests and Avreckers
in high finance and the demagogues
of both parties When the country de
mands a readjustment of the tariff
schedules the Republican party will
listen to its request But there is no
sign yet that the country is dissatisfied
with prosperity And it will be a long
time we hope and we believe before
the country either will clamor for a
modification of the tariff or intrust
the care of the protective system to
the Democratic party
The Ohio Republican idea of hands
off the tariff is the idea of the Re
publican party and the idea of a vast
majority of this prosperous and con
tented nation New York Press
Why Eve Plucked the Apple
Theodosia Garrison was dining out
the other night and the conversation
turned upon various kinds of food
The gentleman who had taken her in
to dinner and who prided himself on
knowing as much as a doctor about
foodstuffs declared that apples were
excellent for the vitality of the brain
because of the phosphoric acid which
they contain in large quantities
Oh then it is quite clear said
the poetess that Eve only plucked
that apple to supply Adam with a few
ideas New York Times
Corner in Soup Bones
It is rather mean of the Democrats
to blame Cleveland for the soup
houses which were in fashion during
his administration Soup bones would
be cornered no matter what Demo
cratic free trader or visionary tariff
revisionist was elected to the pres
idency Mr Cleveland never meant
to he was only a sure enough Dem
ocrat Donaldsonviile La Chief
Protection Insures Prosperity
The calamityites are peering through
their pessimistic telescopes for the
least sign in the break of prosperity
but in vain Our present good times
are based on a condition that is not
affected by droughts strikes or other
temporary causes So long as we are
enabled by protection to do our own
work so long will we continue to be
prosperous
Actual Results
The protective tariff policy of the
Republican party has made the United
States the greatest industrial nation
has added vastly to our foreign com
merce greatly increased the prosper
ity of the farmer and has advanced la
bor to the best scale of living ever a
tained From the Ohio Republican
platform
Prices Still Declining
Duns index figure of prices pro
portioned to consumption was on
May 1 98561 lower than for 17
months with one exception And yet
wages are constantly advancing much
to the net advantage of the income
earner who gains both ways under the
splsndid operation of the Dingley law
BEUIN HAS A HEART
CAPABLE OF STRONG FEELING8
OF AFFECTION
At Leant Here Is a Story Which Goes
to Prove It Bear Cub Always Kept
Friendly Feeling for His Bene
factor
Its funny how people Uko bear
stories said a man who was showing
a friond around tho bear pits at tho
Zoological Park in tho Bronx Only
the other day a stranger was here and
ho showed me a newspaper that con
tained a story from Gloucester Mass
of two of the crew of a fishing
schooner who had bumped into an ice
berg while they wore in their dory
and how a polar boar showed up and
growled at them and then drifted
away with tho iceberg
The stranger askod me If I thought
it was true I dont seo anything
strange about It although I am not
o well up on polar bears as I am on
land bears I suppose polar bears like
to peregrinate and this ono that was
seen by the Gloucester fishermen was
probably making a voyage for his
health
A good manyyears ago I was in a
lumber camp In Minnesota Becoming
tired of the long and dreary winter I
concluded to go South The Missis
sippi River was frozen over at that
point and as I was hardy and had
plenty of time I started on my journey
on skates
After I hhd been out several days
I encountered a brown bear that was
just emerging from its cubhood It
seemed to be friendly and I tossed it
some cf the provender from my bag
It evidently appreciated this for it
made no effort to leave me It fol
lowed me all day and when I went
ashore in the evening to pass tho
night it would have followed me If I
had not escaped from It by strategy
When I went on the ice next morn
ing the bear showed up I dont know
where it had spent the night but it
joined me as I have stated in my
journey
A day or two later I found as I
traveled farther South that tho ico was
becoming unsafe and left tho river to
resume my journey by land in a leis
urely way The bear stuck to mo
It had become very affectionate Then
it occurred to mo to turn into it a
source of revenue
I adopted it and taught it various
tricks lingering in the vicinity whero
I had quit the ice for more than a
week When I went out to forage I
secured the bear to a tree On my re
turn it always greeted mo as fondly
as a dog would have done
Then I started with it giving bear
shows in the various towns When I
got to Keokuk I found a bigger show
than mine in town and as I was get
ting tied of the business I sold my
pet to the manager and resumed my
journey like a white man
Some years after that while I was
in Colorado I went to a show and in
passing the animals I saw a bear
which looked familiar I spoke to it
and it recognized me It cut up such
capers that I persuaded the keeper to
let me go into the cage and when I
got there that bear was so affection
ately demonstrative that I was posi
tive of Its identity
When I quit the cage it moaned and
not long after I ran across the show
man again and the keeper told me
my bear died of a broken heart soon
after I had left it I am convinced
that bears can love and anything that
can love never forgets New York
Sun
Books
Ah Marianna seemeth me
Like nothing ere fo much to be
As a rare volume richly bound
In which when opened there is fouml
No knowledge sense nor sentiment
But litter unintelligent
While Isabclle is like a book
Made for the uses of a cook
Which may be handled carelessly
As never other tome should be t
Within discover her beadroll
Collects for body not for soul
f
And Araminia is a tract
With wordy controversy packed
Not with the things of mild report
Informed but full of smart retort
Gad while a true man knows himself
Such will be left upon the shelf
But Daphne doth the heart delight
Liko volume bound in vellum white
Wherein may all men plainly see
Sweet wit and dainty poesy
Wide thought of human joys and woes
And wisdom such as love bestows
C Leech in the Era
Origin of the Dictionary
The average person seems somehow
to think of dictionaries as the inven
tion of Dr Johnson and altogether
modern product Dr Murray correct
ed that idea They were not the work
of one or several men he told his
audience but a growth developed
through the ages They began with
the glosses that is the explanations
in easy Latin or English or hard
Latin words written by the monks
between the lines of the manuscripts
The glosses grew into traslations and
collections of glosses by this monk or
that from all the sources available to
aim made glossaries or dictionaries
Little by little English supplanted the
easy Latin explanations and the
words were arranged in a rudiamen
tary alphabetical order thus forming
so long ago as 1000 A D Latin-English
dictionaries The uneducated
Normans overthrew English learning
and it was not till the fifteenth cen
turv that the revival came
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