v
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r father hurrying up the path that
he was coming to get her to bug
potatoes
This knowledge caused her heart to
swell in fierce rebellion If there was
any one thing Peggydisliked more than
another it was bugging potatoes She
sighed and began to read with intense
interest where she had left off a mo
ment before
Lady Alfredas beautiful golden hair
was crowned with a tiara of sparkling
diamouds Her slender white wrists
were
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Peggy
called Mr Hibbard
peremptorily
Her slender white wrists resumed
Peggy were clasped with many brace
lets each of which was set with pre
cious stones amounting in value to
many thousands of dollars Her taper
fingers were
Peggy do you hear called her
father again
Peggy gave one more regretful glance
at the paper with its half page illus
tration then arose and stalked out into
the yard with sullen slowness Mr
Hibbard went around behind the
smokehouse whence he presently re
turned with two old tin pails and two
narrow wooden paddles which he set
down at her feet
I guess youll have to help me a lit
tle while again to day Peggy he said
but it wont bo very hard on you The
suns gone under a clold an I dont b
leeve the bugs is very thick
Peggy looked disconsolately at the
pail and the paddle Her father took
up his own implements of potato bug
torture and began to retrace his steps
toward the potato patch But Peggy
did not follow
I dont think she called out bitter
ly thafjouve got a right to ask mo
to do such work as this
lie turned and looked at her in un
bounded surprise She dont think
he repeated blankly that Ive got a
right to ask her Now who he con
tinued addressing his remarks to some
invisible third person do you think
lias got a right to ask her if I aint
For an instant Peggy hung her head
guiltily Then being highly incensed
by the painful contrast between her
own hard lot and that of Lady Alfreda
she looked up and said with consider
able spirit
My own father sir
There was a moments silence Her
own father echoed Mr Hibbard at
length still directing his conversation
to the invisible third person Now
will you kindly tell me who is her own
father if I aint
The invisible third person evidently
did not feel equal to an explanation of
the matter and Peggy took it upon her
self to answer
Io do not know sir she returned
firmly but I shall soon find out You
are- not he I am sure Where you
found me or how you obtained posses
sion cf me I cannot tell but of this
much I am positive you are doing me a
great injustice by grinding me down
in this manner and it will not be long
until I will be restored to my my
my
Peggy paused then in some confusion
She was not quite sure whether these
were the exact words Lady Alfreda had
used when declaring to her captors her
intuitive knowledge of her noble birth
Peggy had long thought that when she
proclamed her identity to the people
with whom she lived and who claimed
to be her relatives she would repeat
Lady Alfredas declaration of inde
pendence verbatim and it flustered
her to think that she might have failed
to do so Still even though she might
have made a mistake she felt that she
had put it pretty strong And she cer
tainly had At least so it seemed to
Mr Hibbard
lift hurried forward and laid his hand
tremblingly on her shoulder
Peggy he said anxiously Im
afeard youre a losin your wits aint
you 7 Dont yo feel a little queer in
your Jiend Think a minute Now
dont yo
Had not Peggys heart been steeled
to an extraordinary degree it would
have been melted by the tender solici
tude in his voice and manner As it
was she drew back unresponsive and
regarded him coldly
No she said Im not at all sick
father and Im ready to help you
Come on
fShe gathered up the paddle and pail
Allotted to her and led the way to the
nearby corner lot where the
black and yellow potato destroyers
were making a morning meal off the
tender juicy leaves Mr Hibbard fol
lowed as one in a trance Neither Peg
gy nor her father referred to the mo
mentous subject again that day Mr
Ilihbards heart and head were filled
v sv speculations on the nowly
revcahM side of his little daughters na
ture He was laboriously revolving
her words in his somewhat dull mind
end striving to comprehend their mean
ing Until he arrived at a solution of
the problem he would have nothing to
say
As for Peggy she was too busy with
day dreams to talk She felt confident
she was in reality the child of wealthy
parents and that the time was near at
3iaud Avhen she should come into pos
session of her rightful property That
Tvas what happened to Lady Alfreda
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7 RISE OF PEGGY I
EGGY knew when slie saw her and other lovely heroines of whom she
I
had read in the weekly illustrated pa
pers and it was but a natural conclu
sion that she was destined to enjoy the
same good fortune To be sure there
were many striking differences between
herself and Lady Alfreda For in
stance it would require a lively
stretch of the imagination to transform
Peggys scant ragged locks into the
luxuriant tresses of which Lady Al
freda boasted and the fancy that could
see in Peggys red bony hands any re
semblance to Lady Alfredas slender
white wrists and taper fingers
would have to be still more elastic
Peggy unceremoniously dropped her
pail much to the discomfiture of the
caged colony of potato bugs when she
realized this and stuck her unprepos
sessing hands in her pockets and blush
ed for very shame
II
Before breakfast next morning Peggy
finished reading the adventures of
Lady Alfreda She had grown quite
bold by that time in consequence of
her talk with Mr Hibbard on the pre
ceding day and when washing the
breakfast dishes she enlarged on the
subject with enthusiasm to her cousin
George
Never mind she said with grandil
oquent air when he refused to empty
the coffee grounds as requested I
wont be here long for you to quarrel
with
Im going away she returned
blandly Im going to have a rise in
the world My name is not Peggy Hib
bard at all Bah what an ugly name
Ive tried my best to hit into something
pretty and interesting but I cant do
it It always remains just plain Peg
gy I dont know what my last name
is but Im sure I was christened
Queenie or Edith or Elaine or some
thing like that My own parents are
coming for me soon
Huh said George in derision But
he emptied the coffee grounds and was
quite obedient for almost an hour af
terward all of which Peggy regarded
as unmistakable evidence that he had
more or less faith in what she had told
him
Peggy was kept unusually busy in
those days She and her aunt Mrs
Morrison did all the housework and as
a sick neighbor who had been a life
long friend of the famil3 required a
great deal of her aunts attention
many new duties devolved upon Peg
gy This additional work was not ex
actly relished but in one sense the sit
uation was delightful Peggy was left
alone more than she had been hereto
fore and the unusual solitude gave her
ample opportunity to converse with
her relatives undisturbed when they
should come to claim her
III
The next day when carrying in an
armful of stovewod with which to
cook the noonday meal she heard the
sound of wheels on the white turnpike
They stopped at the front gate and
Peggy peeping furtively around the
corner of the house beheld a sight
which drove every drop of blood in her
veins with a rush to her heart and
made her arms so limp and lifeless that
the load of wood fell with a crash on
her bace toes
A carriage had been driven into the
shade of the apple tree that grew near
the roadside Undoubtedly it was the
carriage It was not exactly what she
had expected for there were only two
horses instead of four and the harness
was not made of gold but it was a
very stylish turnout withal and Peggy
thought she could be satisfied with it
i dont tiiixk touve got a right to
ASIC ME TO DO SUCH WOEK
A middle aged woman and gentleman
alighted and came rapidly toward the
house Peggy went forth to meet them
looking shame facedly the while at her
bare feet and little red hands
Ah said the gentleman kindly I
believe wo have her here Susan My
child are you Peggy Hibbard
No sir returned Peggy promptly
A shadow of disappointment passed
over tne faces of the lady and gentle
man
Thats too bad said the lady but
perhaps you can tell us where to find
her
Peggy plaited tv of her apron
nervously foi a at then looking
up courageously she -aid I am called
Peggy Hiboard
My goodness and are you not she
exclaimed the lady
No said Peggy glibly I must
have been changed when I was a baby
or something and the mistake has
never bees rectified I have never
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been able to find out what name ofi
my father really is I hopei sir that
you were he Are you not and have
you not come to give me a rise in thei
world and take me home toyour pal 1
ace
Peggy spoke with great earnestness
for she had dreamed over this phase of
her life so much that she had come to
believe in its reality The lady and
gentleman stared at her in bewilder
ment
I dont understand what you mean
said the lady sadly We have no lit
tle girl Our granddaughter died too
a few weeks ago But we will think
over what you have said and make
further inquiries about you After we
have seen Mr Hibbard perhaps you
will hear from us again
They drove away down the dusty
turnpike and Peggy threw herself
down on the garden mold and wept bit
terly Even they have gone back on
me she sobbed They have left me
here and Ill have to go back into that
hateful kitchen and cook something
for father and the boys I cant do it
so there
But she did and her father praised
her effort by saying that he had never
sat down to a better meal
In the meantime the lady and gentle
man all unconscious of the grief their
visit had occasioned were wending
their way thoughtfully back to Squire
Hoopers house whence they had start
ed out an hour before
I dont see what you sent us over
there for said the gentleman as soon
as they entered the sitting room When
we told you that our errand in this
neighborhood is to pick out a bright lit
tle girl whose parents are poor and
unable to educate her as she deserves
and wishes we were in earnest and ex-
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Mr NAME IS NOT PEGGY HIBBARD
pected you to recommend somebody
who is worthy But that Hibbard girl
is a regular little lunatic She said her
name is not Hibbard that she is the
child of wealthy parents who wil give
her a rise in the world and all that sort
of tommy rot We were so surprised
we came away without seeing Mr Hib
bard
I dont know what to make of it
sighed Mrs Hooper Here comes her
aunt Hannah Morrison down the road
now Ill call her in and consult her
Its the very thing thats been wor
rying her father to death yesterday
and to day said Mrs Morrison when
the quest of the middle aged couple had
been explained to her Im afraid her
minds upset by reading so many im
possible sensational stories I cant
watch her all the time having so much
to do and she will borrow those papers
and read them when Im not looking
Im sure Im obliged to you all for your
kind intentions toward Peggy Shes
sharp as a whip Its a shame we cant
afford to give her more advantages I
hope youll overlook her crazy notions
and give her a trial
But the middle aged couple were ex
tremely matter-of-fact people They
felt rather dubious about taking under
their protection a child who talked in
riddles and after due deliberation they
returned to their home without having
made any arrangements for the edu
cation of a bright little girl who was
unable to help herself
IV
But they came again a year later
We are looking for Peggy Hibbard
said the old gentleman with a merry
twinkle in his gray eyes
Peggy had learned many things dur
ing those twelve months She had
come to realize that a rise had come
in her way which although not the
kind she was looking for was the best
rise that can come to a person in this
world and she -deeply regretted having
lost it In view of all this she answer
ed modestly I am she
When they went away Peggy accom
panied them They did not startle the
neighbors with gold harness and an
unlimited wardrobe but for all that
Teggy was very happy The next
summer when she was home during
vacation she voluntarily hunted a tin
pail and a wooden paddle and went
with her father to the potato patch
I dont really like this kind of
work she said but Ive come to the
conclusion that I cant have everything
my own was as did Lady Alfreda
Somehow Ive lost all interest in her
golden hair and slender white wrists
When they returned to the house her
father brought out the big family Bi
ble and opened it at the record of
births See he said pointing to the
top line Peggy daughter of Hiram
and Alice Hibbard Born December 12
iSl There it is as plain as life
commonplace Peggy Have
yo given up tryin to make somethin
flowery out of it
Peggy blushed to the roots of her
hair which was still carrotty and
stringjT Long ago she said meekly
An yo bleeve the record in the Bi
ble now dont you dear child ho
asked anxiously Yo bleeve that m
your sure enough father an you aint
expectin any great rise are yo Yo
aint ashamed o me an myime
Father dear father she said soft
ly Omaha Bee
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DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS
There is a lively family row going on
among the Republicans in Ohio
This suggests that divisions also ex
ist among the Republicans of New
York Pennsylvania and Illinois This
is not going to be a good year for boss
Chicago Dispatch
Vcw i ssiies
Out of the war with Spain new po
litical issues in the United States will
spring There will be a realignment of
parties Traditional policies will be
put to the test in the face of new is
sues The building of an isthmian ca
nal connecting the Atlantic with the
Pacific the annexation of Hawaii the
seizure of Poito Rico the Philippines
the Carolines the Canaries the estab
lishing of American colonies the effect
of such measures on the tariff policy
of this country these are all new ques
tions brought to the front by the exi 1
geucies of war It is too early in the
progress of events to dogmatize on
these matters The ownership of the
Philippines is still a mooted question
What the result of such ownership
would be cannot as yet be told
There is little doubt that the leaders
of the Republican party are getting
into line in favor of an imperial pol
icy Indications are to the effect that
Democratic leaders will oppose such a
policy On the whole it would perhaps
be wise to await developments What
the arguments are for and against an
expansion of territory time alone can
decide Under such circumstances a
great party having the interests of the
people at heart can show wisdom by
withholding for a time its commitment
on these questions
Contracts and Chinese
Messrs Hoffman Rothschild Co
have a contract for making 30000 uni
forms and have given much of the
work to Chinese claiming the whites
want more for their work than they
get themselves This shows the essen
tial iniquity of the contract system
First the bidders cut the price and then
they have to cut the workers to meet
the price The Government would
gain by doing its own work in this line
as the British government has done
for more than a generation But the
Washington Government is a back cen
tury concern anyhow The States
should uniform their own troops Prob
ably the uniforms will be bad and mis
fits and flimsy and it would have been
cheaper in the long run to have paid
white tailors by the day We dont be
lieve in any excuse on this matter If
there were the public spirit here now
that there was before poverty had eat
en the heart out of our people the
troops would be induced to burn every
one of Hoffman Rothschild Cos uni
forms made by aliens our people re
placing them by a volunteer made ar
ticle of superior quality and fit We
think the States to which the volun
teers belong should take similar action
What say the Governors of Kansas
and Nebraska San Francisco Star
Democrats Are Loyal
Will the administration newspapers
have the justice to give the Democrats
in Congress credit for patriotism in aid
ing the passage of the war revenue
bill There are many features in this
bill which under ordinary circum
stances could never have passed the
Senate but this is no time for strictly
party legislation and opposition was si
lent in the presence of a great national
emergency In commenting on the
passage of this bill the Washington
Times justly says Democrats and
other late opponents of the administra
tion in matters connected with the cur
rent situation have evinced a patriotic
spirit and a willingness to sink partisan
interests that we hope will not escape
the President and his advisers It is
fitting that he and they should realize
and recognize the sturdy Americanism
of opponents in domestic politics who
are ready to sacrifice everything even
to the immediate future of the national
organizations they represent in Otder
that there shall be nothing done or
terest bearing debt by 400000000 and
the collection of the other 100000000
in extra taxes The Democrats in Con
gress tried to raise a larger sum than
the Republicans would agree to by ex
tra taxation to be imposed chief on
the wealthy corporations and manufac
turersand to cut down the bond issue
es Even the great Czar of the House by coining the silver seigniorage lying
Thomas B Reed is under a cloud and
his own constituents in Maine have ig
nored him in their resolutions of ap
proval Piatt and anti Platt factious
are fighting like cats and dogs in New
York Quay and anti Quay partisans
are having a fierce contest in Pennsyl
vania Ilanna and anti Hanna follow
ers are engaged in a deadly encounter
in Ohio In Illinois the machine and
the anti machine advocates are having
a merry war Republicans are count-
ing greatly on the war to help them j states
secure victories at the polls in the elec
tions of next fall but the disagree
ments in their own ranks will probably
resuli in discounting the influence of
war feeling on the voters
Democrats have every reason to feel
encouraged The Democrats were in
favor of the war are still earnestly ad
vocating its prosecution and cannot
therefore be placed in the opposition
On the whole the outlook for
idle in the treasury and make another
issue of greenbacks to keep pace with
the growth and the needs of the coun
try They were voted down of course
and in order to put the administration
promptly in possession of the sinews of
war they made no further opposition
thus showing themselves to be true pat
riots
INTiitiicipal Ownership
When the war closed 58 per cent of
all the water works in the United
werc private properties No
one now thinks of objecting to munici
pal ownership of water works that it is
socialistic or obnoxious to American
principles of government but twenty
years ago the objection was raised ex
actly as it is now against the munici
pal ownership of gas electric or street
railway services Massachusetts leads
all other States in her preference for
public over private ownership of water
supply plants There remain in that
racy is good which should encourage stnte now thirty one private against
an active and aggressive campaign
113 public works Not a single water
supply plant in Massachusetts built by
a city has ever been turned over to a
private company New York World
Press Opinions
If the American people could conquer
the gold bugs and interest eating
sharks as they can the Spaniards what
a proud happy and free people we
would be Pittsburg Kansan
The doctor who does not know what
ails the patient may do harm instead of
good So the people if they know not
the cause of their trouble may injure
themselves in their struggles to be
free Seattle Call
iteiorms languisn in tne supreme
moment of national passion stirred by
war But out of the war is often born
a new national spirit a new fund of
enthusiasm for humanity is created
that makes real reform possible
Emancipation was not even an issue at
the beginning of the civil war Duluth
Labor World
The great delay in sending succor to
the starving reconcentrados in Cuba
for whom the war was inaugurated
has undoubtedly caused the death of
nearly all of them The administra
tion will have the burden of proving
itself innocent for not rescuing these
poor people from such a miserable
death when it had the opportunity be
fore Blanco fortified navana and be
fore the Spanish fleet crossed the At
lanticSilver Knight Watchman
The same variety of patriotism which
impelled certain St Louis business mer
to coerce their employes into parading
against Bryan now impels them
against paying war taxes to support
the government of their country in a
struggle with a foreign foe This is
incident number one There will be
others Justice remarks the tragic
poet justice though she have a lead
en heel gets there finally and when
she docs the club she uses has no stuf
fing in it Journal of Agriculture
An Annex of America
One of the fads of the French at
present is the motor cycle a tricycle
fitted up with an electric battery These
machines are built to get over ground
very quietly and they dart through
the thoroughfares of the city like an
arrow shot from a bow Many of the
big business houses are using them for
small delivery wagons as a man rides
one of them all day and experiences
little fatigue In German thi wheels
used are very much like the English
make that is to say they are heavy
and very cumbrous Switzerland is a
splendid place for wheeling The val
ley of Lauterbrunnen is a favorite re
sort Indeed the little republic is
crowded with cyclists during the sum
mer months and seems like an annex
of America This is especially true of
Lucerne where Americans congregate
by the thousands And the American
wheel is seen at every turn Italy is
not an ideal country for the cyclists
The roads are by no means the best
and one meets with fewer wheelmen
here than anywhere else in the world
Here too one fails to see pretty cos
tumes
Jjofj Cabin Philosophy
Save up de dollars Long life doan
bring happiness ef jou got ter end it in
de pohouse
Ef de sayiu is true dat de good die
young dese heah gray head people
must be a hard lot er sinners
It takes trouble ter give some people
sense Dey never thinks er stringin
a lightnin rod till de lightnin sets fire
ter de house
Ef dey wuz a elevator fum dis woiT
ter heaven some folks would say dat
ridin on a elevator makes dey head
swim
Dej s some talk bout dis woiT not
bein made in six days but all I got ter
cessfully attempted to shackle the j say is dis Anybody dat kin make a
hands of an ndmi narration charged
with the conduct of war
Tlic New Financial Tcjriblation
The Republicans in Congress have
figured out that the war will be likely
to cost a half billion of dollars over and
above the ordinary expenses appropri
ated for the army and navy and for
worl like dis in two weeks is doin
mighty well
Train up de chile in de way he shall
go but be sho ter hang de lights in
front er him
The walnut library and bedroom sets
of furniture in Jefferson Davis old
home in B auvoir Miss have been
the purpose of raising this amount they j shipped to Richmond Ya for
have authorized the increase of the in J vation in the Confederate museum
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SHORT SPANISH DICTIONARY-
What the Wc rds in the War News Dis
patches Mean
The war has introduced to the neW
paper readers of the land a host of un
familiar words the named of Cuban
towns and Spanish naval ves sels The
meaning and pronunciation of some of
them are alreyly familiar but in order
that rl e casual reader mnv better un
derstand that which he roas we here
with present the meaning ofV number
of the Spanish words oftenesitNund in
the dispatches As to the
re vnmls tVio frllV 5U
llisu ji uwaxiiou nuiui vw vv Tf
rannt il i rtloii nnrtlv
Every letter in the Spanish language
is given its full value There are no
silent letters
The double 1 is given a liquid slur
ring sound For instance the word
Callao is pronounced Cas
tellar is pronounced
The letter a takes the broad pronun
ciation as in far e take the sound of
the English long a i is pronounced
like the English e as is also y Ch is
sounded as in the English word church
Following is a short dictionary o
Spanish words and phrases for news
paper readers
ALAMEDA A grove of trees
ALMIRANTE Admiral
ARIETE A battering ram
ARMADA Fleet
ARROYO A small river
AUDAZ Bold audacious
AZOR Goshawk a bird
BAIIIA HONDA Deep bay
BANCO Bank
BANDO Proclamation
BENITA A Benedictine nun
BLANCO White
BOCACHICO Little mouth
BOCA DEL TORO Mouth of the bull
BOCA DEL RIO Mouth of the river
BUENA Good
BUENA AYRES Good air
BUENA VENTURA Good luck
CABANAS Cabins or huts
CARDENAS Of a purple color
OAMPOS Fields
OAMARONES Shrimps
CAPE YERDE Green cape
CASTELLAR Fortified by a castle
CASA House
CALLE Street
CASTILLO Castle
CATALIX A Catherine
CEBALLOS Onions
CIENFUEGOS A hundred fires
CIUDAD City
CONCHA Shell
CONTRA COSTA Opposite the coast
COSTA RICO Rich coast
CORTE S Parlia ment
CUBA A cask such as is used forj
Wine or oil
DEL M Of the
DEL LA F Of the
DON Gentleman equivalent to the
English Mr
DOS RIO S Two river3
EL M The
EL CANO The prudent
EL DIARIO DE LA MARINA The
daily of the navy
ENGRACIA Grace
ENSENADA Learned
ESMERALDA Emerald
ESTRECHOS Straits
FARO Lighthouse
FOSOS Ditches
FUER TE Fort
FUROR Rage
FUERTECICQ Block house
IMPARCIAL Imperial
ISLA Island
JUNTA Gongress
LA F The
LA LUCHA The light or torch
LAS PALMAS The palms
LEGUA League
MANILLA Little hand bracelet
MANZANILLO A little apple tree
MATANZAS Slaughter
MONTSERRAT A serrated moim l
tain
MORO Moorish
MORRO Anything that is round
NEGRILLO A little negro
NUEVA New
PINZON Pinch
PLAZA DES ARMAS The place of
arms
PINAR DEL RIO Pine grove of the
PINTO Colored
river
PUERTO PRINCIPE First port
PUNTA Point
POLO Pole
PALMERITO Little palm tree
PUNTA ARENAS Sa ndy point
PUNTA GORDA Fat point
PUNTA COLORADO Rich port
KEY King
RECONCENTRADO The concenJ
t rated
RIENA Queen
RIO River
RAYO Thunderbolt
SALA Hall
SANTIAGO DE CUBA St James of
Cuba
SANTA F Saint
SOLED AD Solitude
TEMERARIO Daring
TOR TUGA Turtle
TRINIDAD Trinity
TROCHA A narrow path across a
high road
YISCAYA Biscay
VITA A crossbeam
VUELTA ABATO Turned down
Y And
ZAPATA Shoe
Averted by Vigilance
That exclaimed the Spanish gener
al as he mopped the perspiration from
his brow is one of the narrowest es
capes I have had for some time
What is the matter inquired his
aid
See this typewritten page I said
in dictation that I was seeking light
and the amaneusis got it seeking
fight Washington Star
Wouldnt Kat His Own Kind
She If you had to take your choice
tvhieh would you rather do eat donkey
meat in navana or deg meat in the
Klondike
He Oh I think Id go to the dogs
She There I told Maud Rippley she
rwas wrong when she said you had all
the characteristics of a cannibal
deputation
He Why is it that you always laugh
at everything I say whether I am seri
ous or not
She All the girls say youre the wit
tiest man in town
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