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ANNIE OF THE VALE
The young stars are glowing
Their clear light bestowing
Their radiance fills the calm clear sum
mer night
Come forth like a fairy
So blithesome and airy
And ramble in their soft and mystic light
Come come come love come
Come ere the night torches pale
Oh come in thy beauty
Thou marvel of duty
Dear Annie dear Annie of the Tale
The world we inherit
Is charmed by that spirit
As radiant as the mild warm summer
ray
The watchdog is snarling
For fear Annie darling
His beautiful young friend Id ateal
away
A C Dawes
THE LETTjffi
TROM CAMP
who has spread her
SAlSBetty and voluminous
nidny rufaed skirts as much as
possible over the whole window seat
Lo dear such a nice letter from
po old Freddy He says listen to
ibis The weather is industriously pil
laged in raining rapid blows upon our
defenseless camp and the wind is en
deavoring to fold my tent about me and
bear me up to my rightful place in the
world Everything in sight blankets
and bed included is soaked and I feel
as if I were running a pawnshop as I
gaze around on the cheerful prospect
Scudday just slopped In as wet as a
sponge but as chipper as a sparrow
He says If youre writing to Betty
tell her that she could wipe up the floor
with me now as she always used to
with some real advantage to the floor
I am writing this my er er
Esteemed friend suggests the little
girl whom every one has come to call
vey Dear an endearing title be-
stoltfved by the irresponsible Bobby
Smvnibe who chased her all around the
garden
afternoorik in endeavoringspks gjja
to perform tiie ceremflof baptism in
a perfectlyr3gaTway
That the name fits her goes without
saying for however droll he may be
Bobby is incapable of that would be
funny sarcasm which makes unkind
cuts of ones small eccentricities of ap
pearance or personality and if she were
not just the sweetest gentlest and al
together most lovable of young crea
tures Mr Smythe would have dubbed
her otherwise or not at all At any rate
he never would leave a loophole
through which a less chivalric nature
might poke ridicule
Betty laughs and blushes charming
ly Yes thanks says she thats
It er Where was I O yes I
am writing this my esteemed friend on
the back of my mess plate which is
the only writing desk the quarters af
ford and my impressive style makes
It go ker plunk ker plunk at every
word I have placed a few lumps of
moist sod beneath my feet to keep them
out Of tile pleassnt pool of water wlilcli
has found a resting place in the tent
and as I sit here more or less drenched
I must confess my erer esteemed
friend that the damper which has
spread itself over my person threatens
to even permeate my patriotism and I
dont believe anything except a sunny
letter from you will dry it off I cannot
help under these circumstances turn
ing a longing retrospective eye upon
that dear old room where at about this
time in the afternoon Lovey Dear in
her gray gown was wont to pour tea
for a thirsty mob while you and I
turned up to treat them to perhaps I
ought to say inflict them with what
Bobby Smythe with a perverted and
distressing sense of humor called a
Deweyett lingering on the ett as he
always lingers at any suggestions of
eat
JBetty pauses to laugh gayly
That was good cries he Freddy
is awfully funny dont you think
Lovey Dear
No I dont think answers Lovey
Dear in a gently injured way To dis
parage be it ever so lightly that home
ly obstreperous young Bobby is always
to step on the tail of her coat
O well dear says Betty Bobbys
appetite is ucb an acknowledged suc
cess that
I have eaten my way into even the
most reserved larders of the social set
finishes a cheerful voice from the door-
way Howdy girls I knew youd be
glad to see me Betty singing my
praises as usual I declare the way
that old lady does rave over me It is
embarrassing really But I cannot con
scientiously give her encouragement
Lovey Dear there is such a difference
in our ages and for me to wed Betty
would be mating May to December
would it not Pon my soul as I notice
how aged and decrepit she is getting it
reminds me of a story
Help Help Help cries Betty
faintly
Of a story says Lovey Dear en
couragingly though Bobby needs none
An entire room full of people all pro
testing violently against hearing one of
his tales have nevertheless many a
time been made to stand and hearken
to the bitter end for no man has ever
been known to prevent Bobby spinning
a yarn which he thinks funny or appro
priate Therefore it goes without say
ing that Bettys appealing wall has no
effect
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The girls laughed lightly possibly
from tlie force of habitual politeness
and Bobby as usual doubles up and
howls at the wit of his own yarn
unkijid critic8are wont to ascribe
Bobbys persistence of anecdotes to this
laugh of his They say he roars so him
self and makes such a noise that he
thinks every one else is enjoying It
Bobby remarks Betty when at last
Mr Smythes mirth has subsided it
has just occurred to me that you are
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still In towatbjrt you aavent gone to
war with the rest of the boys I declare
Im ashamed jof you and Lovey uear
must be tooI know for she said yes
terday that it was better to die a hero
than live a nothing didnt you Lovey
Dear
For a second a keen observer might
notice how white Bobby gets what an
anxious look flashes In his eyes what a
firm set his mouth takes Then he an
swers quietly
I wanted to go awfully Betty and it
gave me a pretty good wrench to see
the other fellows shoulder their guns
and go off to fight around the old flag
but my mother you know well I sup
port her first Uncle Sam next
And there is a little ring in his voice
as he says this that brings a light into
Lovey Dears soft gray eyes a light
that perhaps who knows may never
fail
You are a good boy Bobby re
marks Betty and what will you do if
I tell you there is a watermelon on ice
in the refrigerator
Have spasms in rapid succession un-
til it is produced replies Mr Smythe
promptly
Whereupon rather than expose her
self to the danger of hydrophobia so
Betty says she leadi the way dining 1
roomwards where in the luscious juice
of a round slice of really indecent size
Bobby buries his homely visage and
apparently the gravity that was his a
moment ago
Presently Betty being small and eas
ily satisfied rises
I leave you two budding boa con
strictors to gorge yourselves out of pro
portion while I go and write a line to
Freddy and Bobby for mercys sakd
wipe that melon off the end of your
nose Why cant you eat respectably
like other people
Well answers Bobby grinning ovei
a half moon of rind you know a quill
driver must be so much around a pen
that he loses style Good by dear If
there were not another prospective slice
of melon between us Betty I should
be temDted to eat vou you look like a
and white get up
ith a siphon of soda water eeftlpliment says Betty
and disappears to avoid reproaches
For a moment there Is silence in the
room then Bobby looks up with the
same odd grave expression on his face
that was there a while ago
I know observes he speaking hur
riedlythat you girls think banners and
fireworks of the fellows who are goinj
to fight for all that is best in Cuba II
must seem tame to you for me not to go
Did you jerkily now er do you ex
like er me less think less er of
me for it Lovey Dear
And Lovey Dear how the name fits
her answers gently O no not less
of you Bobby There are even highei
duties than those which one owes to
ones country and the best and the
bravest and the grandest battles fought
are the battles that no one sees and the
greatest heroes are the silent ones who
must stand fast to the plain things
while others go marching on
Lovey Dear and though Bobby is
beaming like the midday sun and his
pleasant homely face is wreathed in
smiles his voice breaks in an odd little
way and there is something besides
light shining in his eyes Lovey Dear
youre brick Have another slice of
melon with me New Orleans Times
Democrat
STATISTICS AS TO DUELING
Code Is Most Popular in Germany
with France Next
More duels are fought in Germany
than in any other country Most of
them are student duels which culmi
nate In nothing more serious than
slashed cheeks or torn scalps which
look extremely ugly when healed and
often cause much trouble to the suf
ferer while healing Of all German
university towns Jena and Gottingen
are most devoted to the code In Got
tingen the number of duels averages
one a day year in and year out With
in the space of fournand twenty consec
utive hours several years ago twelve
duels were fought in Gottingen In
Jena the record for one day in recent
times is twenty one Fully 4000 stu
dent duels are fought every year in the
German empire In addition to these
there are the more serious duels be
tween officers and civilians Among
Germans of mature years the annual
number of duels is about 100
Next to Germany France Is most
given to the dueling habit She has
every year hundreds of meetings to
satisfy honor that is merely to give
two men the opportunity to wipe out
insults by crossing swords or firing pis
tols in such a way as to preclude the
slightest chance of injury In the duel
statistics these meetings are not reck
oned as they are far less perilous than
even the German student duels Of
the serious duels France can boast
fully 1000 per annum The majority
of these are among army officers More
than half of them result in wounds
and nearly 20 per cent in serious
wounds
Italy has had 2759 duels in the last
ten years Some 2400 of these meet
ings were fought with swords 179 with
pistols ninety with rapiers and one
with revolvers In 974 cases the insult
originated in newspaper articles or In
public letters and scores were purely
literary quarrels More than 700pMn c
clpals were insulted by word6f mouth
Political discussions led to 559 and re-
Jlgious discussions to twenty nine
meetings Quarrels at the gaming
table were -responsible for 189
n A summary shows that as retards
numbersthe sequence of dueling-
tries is uermany jjTance Italy
London Mailt
Mistook Hia Man
Wallace And did you make him eat
his words
Horgreaves No He turned out to b
one of those fellows who would rathei
fight than eat Cincinnati Enquirer
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