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. The Burial of Love.
¶ ' How shall we bury the old love ?
. 'j With bitters tears and deep sighing :
For 01 ! 'tis scarcely 1\ cold love
n" And long and hard was Its drlns.
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"rwns born In the time of roses ,
Itself the fairest of flowers ,
And winter , tlluclln g his posies .
Still spared that blossom of oUt's.
. Deep In the earth Il wnR rooted ,
; j 1 . , . I But still It' looked 10 the sky :
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, \ ) ; - - It budded , blossomed , nllli fruited ,
L And then It had to dIe
t We follow with reverence and slowly
P. 'fhl1 seraph who deigns to bear it .
1. ' And has promised In ground more holy
f , Than any of earth's tu enter It.
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But nh ! to bury the old love ,
1l stings the heart with sighing :
r For nil the old love If' ' cold love
I AIIII nil the dreams nm d'lng'
- , ' . n. lone ' .ClI11s , In London Sphere ,
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THEIR LAST STAND
I . By WESLEY A. STANGER
t" ( Cop rlKht , 1904 , lIy 1 > ally Stork I'ub.Co. )
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' ; Hopldns had run " 99" ! ) ! ) ever since she
b. . . . . came out of the car shops , and no one
1 else seemed able to manage her. It
i mQY have been because 1I01 > I > lns' tem'
' . crament and the temperament or the
f engine were the same. At any rate ,
Hopkins and " 99" were always In trou
ble.
i IC ! it had not been that he knew
t more about moving freights than any
I one else on the road he would have
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been dismissed from the service long
ago.
In the days when " 99" was In her
prime , moving freights was a fine art
There were no air brakes , and the
work of stopping a long tine of heavy
, cars was purely Inanua1. It took an
engineer with a leeen sense of exactness .
; neBS and good judgment to handle
k . them successfull
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, a. Competing with Hopkins In ability ,
. vy and also In disposition , was old "Dill"
Allen. Between these two men was
. the leeenest rivalry and a feelIng of
intense hatred
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They had entered the railroad business .
( ness together when they : were young ,
full of life and both in love with Sarah
t Perkins , the winsome daughter of the
, , ' depot a ent.
I Allen claimed the right of priority
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to Sarah's affections and when Hop-
' \ klns began callIng upon her he felt
that he was encroaching upon something .
I ' thing that was pre.emlnentl his own ,
and as a result a friendship that had
I heretofore existed between them
, , quickly changed to rivalry , finally intensifying .
tensICying Into deopest. hatred.
. . , . . . " ' . In the meantime Sarah had married
, a young : hardware merchant , leaving
I Allen r..nd I10pldnH nothing in common
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but their hatred for each other and a
If determination to square accounts
i some da ) ' .
Bill , in his day , had run fast pass-
' angers , but as he grew older he had
, ' been put on a switch engine : , working
I , In the 'ards.
Hopkins had always hauled freights ,
but he , too was rowIn ; old and of
late bad been hauling ; long freights
> j- abort distances , vile , younger : men
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were given the heavier and more responsible .
sponsiblo positions.
The two men often came In contact
with each other and friction always
resulted. When Hopkins would haul
11 long lIne of heavily laden box cars
Into the yards , Allen would have to
switch them about and make UI Hop-
kins' next train. This was always
done grudgingly ] , and Allen would
thump and bump the cars together as
though he were getting vengeance on
Hopkins by doing so. On the other
hand , Hopkins was always complain'
InA" that Allen mixed the trains purposely .
poselr , to make It hard hauling or to
cause hlQl > trouble - In "shunting" at
war stations.
One sultry afternoon Allen had
made up a beef train and Iiopkins'had '
been ordered from a station six miles
distant to haul It out Allen was to
go to the station where Hopkins start.
cd from and pull out some empty cars
from a siding. It was In obeying these
orders that they met on the field of
battle for the last time.
"Old Bill" figured that Hopkins
would answer orders Immediately and '
start at once. IIopldns had calculated .
Allen's situation just as carefully , and
both determined to be first to cover
the six mItes of single track that lay
between them.
"Old .DIll" was driving his panting
switch engine at top speed , thinking
only of gaining the right of way over
Hopldns.
" 90" was puffing and roaring ; her
big drivers pounding the rails as
though she were bent upon stamping
them Into the earth A great cloud of
thick , black smoke hung around her
and swirled in eddies hehind her as
she ! ; rushed on.
Hopkins looked out of the cab win'
dow and saw a faint lIne of smoke
approaehlng. Between him and the
smoke was the bridge across the Ie-
hawl\Ctr creek , which mnrl\Cd the mid-
dIe of the line of single tracltage.
As the mole ! ; cloud drew nearer ,
he thought he descried the outline of
"Old Bill's" engine.
"Coal Uf there , and he quick about
It ! " he shouted to his fireman.
As the coal plied Into the firebox
the engine , with a mighty bound ,
lurched forward. A cloud of blaQker
smoke than ever rolled from the
smokestack , : the pounding Increased.
" 59" ; had never gone so fast before.
She was making straight for the goal
and Jlopl\lns meant that she should
win.
win.Allen
Allen had been intently watching
the wavering line of track as had Hop'
Idns. He could see the black smoke
belch out In great clouds. He knew
Hopkins had the start of him.
Allen's engine was built low to the
ground. It was made for heavy hauling .
lng , but Allen knew that this pulling
power could bo turned Into speed
when necessary
"Bill" threw the throttle wide open
and called for coal.
Both engines were rushhg at each
other as fast as steam could turn their
drivers , and In the cab of each was a
determined , headstrong man Neither
cared what the consequences ot their
wild race might be. To reach the
bridge was their only object.
The fireman on " 99" saw danger and
attempted to argue with Hopkins.
This was Impossible , the pounding of
the engine drowned his voice , and
Hopkins was nol a man to be turned
from his purpose an'how.
.Hls reason was lost In the mad de'
sire to reach the bridge. Every nerve
and fiber was strained In the contest.
More speed was what he wanted , not
Ilrguments.
The distance between the two en.
glues grew less and less. Allen was
In the lead. They were but a few
hundred yards apart Hopkins slowed
down a lIttle. Allen did likewise , and
the two engines grated over the bridge
ties at the same tline. The firemen
sprang forward and grasped the
brakes. All four men were working
to stop the engines. A disastrous
crash seemed inevitable. { Allen reo
verged and so did Hopkins. The
wheels wore crunching and grinding
Sand was running a stream from the
Sand boxes , and the wheels whirred
backward as the t'WQ engines wet with
n crash. The men braced themselves
and the concussion was not sufficient
to injure thom. The engines began to
back up } and presently stopped. Both
wore somewhat disabled , but neither
had left the tracle. 'fho smokestack
on " 99" was knocked away and the
step on the front or the switch engine
was torn oft
Slowly the two engineers moved
their engines toward the middle of
the bridge once more.
Allen climbed down from his seat
and so did Hopkins Both were deter'
mined that they would not hack three
. miles to a switch to let the other pass.
I Beth waited Allen looked at his
wntch.
In half au hour the Pacific expresS
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would be through ! Something had to
be clone
lIopldns realized what was passing
through Allen's mind , and he stepped
forwar
After a short consultation the two
nuen ordered their firemen from the
cabs and each resumed his seat alone
Slowly they hacked upart. The dIstance -
tance between four telegraph poles
from each sIde of the bridge separated .
ted them and they stopped.
Allen blew his whistle. Hopkins an-
wered. ! ; With a wild , weird screech
they plunged fon\'l1rd.
'Vlth a bound "n9" shot toward the
switch engine.
With a roar and a hiss the switch
engine dashed at " 99 , "
On and on they nlshed. Faster and
raster the drivers fiew. Inch by Inch
the distance was lessened between
them.
With a shriek , a roar and a crash
they came toget.hor. In the call window '
dow of each was a white , determined
face of a man. Both kept their places ,
clinging to the throttle and awaitIng
the awful fat that stared them In
the face.
The two seething monsters roared ,
plunged and hissed and ground upon
the rails. Standing almost upright ,
with their drivers flying ) helplessly ,
time two engines paused for a moment
as if to strike each other. Then they
fell. The bridgefliad broken and into
the creek they tumbled , It tangled
mass of shapeless Iron. The steam
burst out In great clouds The hot
coals poured from the lire boxes. The
tenders wavered a moment , then over
turned and with a rumble the coal
fell after the wreckage Into the hissing .
Ing water 1)e1ow.
When the wind wafted away the
clouds of smoke , steam and dust there
lay the great Iron giants , like the Titans .
tans , who In battle had slain each
other and fallen together in their
death grip.
On and on came the Pacific MaIt.
The firemen were dazed by what they
had seen They stood transfixed , look'
lug at the wreclcnge.
"Toot-toot ! T-o-o-t. ! T-o-ot !
shrieked the express. The screaming
whistle aroused one of the men as he
looked at the awful destruction.
Tearing off his blouse , bo started
up the track waving it from side to
side and shouting.
The engineer saw him. The steam
hissed in the cylinder bead ; the
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wheels crunched on the tracks and UI"
brakes , Bet 1mI'd. The sSongcrn
peered out of the windows. The engineer -
ginoer reversed the lever and with
It grinding sound the express stopped
Mist at the edge of time demolished
bridge.
Below lay the wreckage and under-It
the bodies of two mono In the death
grip or each was the mdlo or the
throttle.
A woman stepped from the express ,
walked ( forward with the other curious .
0\11 : passengers , peered at the wreckage .
age , discerned " 09" on the overturned
tender or one or the wrecked engines ,
screamed , staggered and fainted.
1l was Sarah
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UNITED STATES AS A FARM.
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Whole States Devoted to One Crop
and a Vast Domain Untilled.
The area of the United States eX'
elusive or Alaska and insular : posRea'
slons , Is :1,000,000 : square miles Census -
sus returns give (1)0,000 square mlleH
of this us "l1nlll'o'ed fat'm" land An
Interestlllg illustration lIes 111 nssuni
lug a segregation of time principal
farm products within specific areas of
familiar boundary. In the following
arrangement the areas , If not absolutely
. lutely accurate In all cases , are sufficiently .
. ficlontI close to give a good Idea of
what the' national farm would look
like If It were parceled out In such n
manner.
Thus lllantel ( , Maine and New
Humpshire woulll be the oat field.
Rhode Island , with 300 square : mites
from eastern Connecticut , would bo
the tobacco jllantatIon. 'rhe rest of
Connecticut , with Long Islnnd , would
be the potato patch. Vermont , 1\lassn.
chusetts New 'ol'le ( , New Jersey and
Delaware would . form a vast wheat
field Virginia and West Virginia
wOllld he a hay field. Dlaryland would
he 1)lanled I In rye , barley und luCli-
wheat. North Carolina , South Carolina '
IIna and Georgia would ho covered
with corn. There Is a choice between
Texas or a combination of Ohio , Ken.
tllcIty , \lIchlgan , lll1l1ana , IIIlnol , and
WIRconRln as the pasture and grazing
land and for the cultivation or minor
crops and garden truck- .
With this vast area thus occupied ,
Is left nearly tht'eo-quarters of the na'
tIonal domain In the form of unimproved .
proved land' and forest It Is the biggest -
Best farm In the world and an empire
Is left for settlement and cullImtIon.
"THE BRACER" IS POISONOUS.
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Drug Habit Being Spread By Soda
Fountain Concoctbn.
"The braccr" Is the name popularly
given to a so - called patent , that Is ,
not patent , but very secret concoction ,
solll at "soda wllter" fountains by
some drug stores , says American Med-
Icine. 111 some towns or small cities
and In some parts of our country , It Is
said that practically every one has
this form of the drug habit , for such
It Is. 1'arcomla Is being extended by
this means to an extent that Is fright'
ful. Clerks and office men are hardly .
ly able to go to their work until they
have had four or five glasses of these
secret drugs , and the laboring popula'
tlon Is almost as bael.
The attention of the "ramen's Christian .
tlan Temperance union ( which holds !
the medical profession responsible for
alcoholIsm and drug habits ) Is respect' ! :
fully called to this atrocious auuse.
Saloons also help In the degrading
horror hy drugging the already
wretched quality of the liquors sold.
AlI true temperance people wIll unite
with the medical profession to check
this abuse 'Vomen's civic improvement -
lUout clubs and leagues might well do'
vote some of their energies to getting
good laws passed and to clllng good
men to execute them. If they would
sot about It , the women could entreat
this and many simIlar evils. Possi'
hly no new laws are needed , and that
only scientific analyses of these
drugged drinks should be made In a
thorough'gaing way followed br pros.
ecutlons ( n , entailed the loss of 2-
441,944 working days , of ( ? ) ' : fol1ors ,
followed by jailing the wretches who
thus defy every demand of law : , 'nedi
clue and , heulth
