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MUSIC FHOWI THE HILL&
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I And in the distance .see
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I To point out ( iod to me ;
'And on the ( juiot miimuer air
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WON FIRST PRiZE I
r CANNOT imagine why T--m wishes
i me . to invite that little Dorothy
J Irving to my euchre party Friday
! night. To ir.y knowledge he i.evor met
I the girl but onr-o. That v sis : ; t that
garden fete we had in the vlae : last
summer. Yon remember , Aguet ; . You
were there. ' '
"Yes , I distinctly remeisiber the af-
! fair. But the girl ! Iriveu't ; lufaiist -
| est recollection of any < ? u--i ! ivi' on.
j Your letter v/id from Tonsli'ii ? So
.he's coming ? That's av JulIy good
, news. "
j "Yes. P.tit he r-annot get ( I v-n until
the late train. f0.ims for * : ; r.i'thlns
[ going on at the college. JU'.t li 's eom-
, ing. Dear old fellow : I : : : > vr you're
pleased , loo , Agnes. Ah. y. . - I knovv'
all about you two. Do yo : ; I'.iink I've
no eyes in my head , my dear' ' You're
a horrible flirt , but I tliii : ! ; you like
j Tom a good bir under the su"f.e eh ?
! Oh. pshaw : I tellV Never. I don't
I blame you. lie's an awfully line boy.
i if he is my brother. Yes. I -rtainly
j shall have to ask M5Irvi ; : - . _ - . Tom
! requests it pai-ik-ulariy. Funny thing
1 for him to do , though. Oh. ye.she's
rather a nice sort. Awfully unso
phisticated , and not in our er set.
exactly. One of the village girls , you
know. "
Dorothy Irving tnml led Agnes Mills
very little. She returned to the read-
! ing of a rather risque Fivu-h novel
with renewed : cesi. happy i.i ih fact
of her own a > surol : rot.'o : ! in the
Hammond household , and the posses-
i sion ofa perfect wardrobe and an un
limited bank account. Shev.is an
heiress , beautiful , selfish , an incorri
gible flirt , but really. i\tr the f'.rst time
, in her life , seriously in love , and with
.Tom Hammond or as mu/ls so : : s hur
fickle nature permitted.
The eventful night of < J\e : Ham-
I mend's euchre party aivivrd. ! ) . rothy
| stood before the spare chain-er ! r.iir-
1 ror. putting the lir.isliing -rches t to
i her elaborate toilet. She J. ! < ! aloft
j the small lamp for a final sr./vey of
1 the blue taffeta waist , and could not
i help smiling , a little , sali lii-tl > mIe !
, tliit ! brought into play a number of
unsuspected dimple * , ut the iv.'lect'on '
in the mottled glass. She rave the
soft curl on either side of her pretty
forehead a last caressing iit. : : And
paused in the act , for she he.ivd a
step ascending the front stairway.
"Dorothy , child , you there ? " called
Aunt Eliza , entering the room , pausing
breathless and agitated to regain her
spent breath. And he had a dK-tgree-
able duty to perform , and wished to
recover all her powers for the ordeal
before her.
"What is it , aunty ? Has Uncle Eli
had a poor spell ? "
"No , Dorothy , no. But , dear child ,
I've had a time of it. I tell you ! And
I'm 'bout beat out. When Eli gets a
notion set on his mind they ain't no
reasonin' him out of it. Oh , dear stiz.
You see how 'tis. IleV just been over
to Deacon Brown's , an' they've filled
jhis head up talking against it. Dea
con Brown says 'taiif t nothiif more or
less than gamblin' in a genteel way
playin' fer prizes , an' I dunno what
all. You know Deacon
BM\VII is so
set again cards he won't have one in
his house. An' then , too. he thinks
it's such a bad time , just vv hen the re- j I
vival meetin's are beginnn.v. : He says j i
card playin' is gettiif altogether too ! j
common among the young folks. An * ,
oh , 1 dunno what more he said. But
uncle says you can't go a su-p to it
the party. "
"Oh , dear : Oh , dear ! " wailed Doro
thy , plumping down beside IUHaunt
among the feathers , regardless of her
finery. "That mischief-making old
Deacon Brown ! Stingy , mean old
thing ! I hate him for it ! < 5tmbliug !
Mr. Hammond v.otild never permit
S'ich a thing in his lionsaunt. . lv-
er.\body in the city in decent society
plays euchre. Oh. dear ! " and Doro
thy's indignant tears fell unheeded
upon the blue waist.
"Come. now. Dorothy , cheer up ,
dearie. You know I ain't ; h one to
deny you anything * * reason. "
"I tell you what. Dorothy. I've fixed
it up so's you can go home with Aunt
Sophie an * the girls. They'll be to
meetin' , " continued Aunt Kiiza , "so
you can ride right home with them.
1 don't care if you stay < ver lucre the
rest of the week. "
" ( Jh. aunt , won't you ue" < i me ? "
" < Io right along. DoraJhy. Come ,
now. you'll have to harry. The bell's
lollin' . You won't have no time to
take off that waist. It's a pity , " she
added , regret fulh' .
Dorothy left a kiss on the wrinkled ,
toilsome cheek of her aunt , and fairly
down the short , old-fashioned
staircase , out into the early twilight *
toward the church.
Dorothy always played the organ nt
prayer meetings. Long before she
reached the severe white ediflce the
clanging bell had ceased its ringing ,
and she knew she would be too late
to open services. She tip-toed iiito tho
outside entry , and paused to listen to
Deacon Brown's unctuous voice raised
In prayer.
Dorothy turned the knob noiseless
ly , hoping to seat herself unobserved
with her aunt and cousins. It needed
but a glance to find her aunt's pe w
vacant. Her heart saJik dejectedly ,
A wave of hot air reached her through
the opening of the door. Some one
had fancied the church too cokl , and
had started a red-hot fire in the stove.
How they all suffered and sweltered !
Dorothy noted it with a wicked feeling
of satisfaction. Deacon lirown suf
fered greatly , dabbing bis warm face
continually with a very large red hand
kerchief. A hysterical desire to laugh
outright seized Dorothy. At that mo
ment she lost her hold of the slippery
knob , and the door swung to with a
wail that was almost human. She
waited not the result , but hastily with
drew to stifle her mirth , for everybody
had started apprehensively from their
scats. Outside , in the stillness of the
ni hl , .she paused for a moment to re-
loc-t ! ; then , having made up her mind ,
she started forth upon the lonely two-
milfi nul to her aunt's home. To
give up everything was too much , she
reasoned. And then , too , there was
the possibility of meeting Mr. Ham
mond.
' How silly 1 am ! I suppose he
thinks of mo as a simplecountry girl
if at all. I wonder if ho does ! I re
member 1 couldn't think of a single
interesting subject to talk about that
time wo met. 1 think be did most of
the talking. Hut. oh. dear ! How deep
the HUH ! K It will be far worse when
I got to the cros.sway. It's the frost
coming out of the ground. It's awfully
dark croiig : past that stretch of pine
lodge. I oh ! What was that ? "
She stood still for a moment to re
gain her spent breath. Across the
n.oadows came to her tho pungent odor
of a burning coal pit far tip on the
side of Totoket mountain , and the
frog" , with tlifir deep , baying voices ,
reminded her somehow of Deacon
Ilrown's bass.
Heavens ! What was that shadow
just under the clump of alders fringing
til" highway ? A man perhaps a
tramp ! Shi1 made an effort to with
draw her foot from the oozing mud.
but found to hor dismay she could not
movo thorn. And , horrible discovery ,
she seemed to be sinking deeper and
deeper. Sho called for assistance , for
she foarod sho ws : sinking into one of
tho liorril.le quagmires of which she
! iad hoard , whore you keep on sinking ,
sinking , until
Sho shouted loudly now , in despera
tion , for the greater hor efforts to ox-
tricalo herself , tho deeper sho seemed I
to sink. At last , far off miles , it
.soomod sho board the thud of ai > - i
nruacbin.t ? hoofs. If only sho could !
hold out until they reached hor ! Per
haps tlioy might tako tho other road !
Once more hor frosh , girlish treble
soumk'd upon the night : ur , and soon
tiioro swung into view a trim cart
and suro-footod cob floundering brave
ly thnuigh the mud. It was Tom Ham j
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mond and his man , driving from the
station.
"What's the trouble. KiloyV"
The lanterns of tlie cart lit up the
scone as they drew near. Hy tho light
these made bo had recognized our
heroine.
Out he was and into the oozing
quagmire in a moment , regardless of
his own immaculate attire , with the
officious Kiley in close attendance.
"There , Miss Irving , it really is you ?
I bog of you not to cry just put , your
arms about my nock so. Hero , Kiloy ,
drive up on the bank on solid ground.
We don't want to lose the trap. "
.Meantime ho bad gathered Dorothy
up in his strong arms , carried her
safely over the perilous quagmire and
deposited her on the high seat of the
cart.
Kiley piled into the rear and Tom
Hammond took the reins in one hand ,
dooming it necessary , under tho trying
circumstances , to support our heroine
with the other arm. Sho oon revived
hor good spirits , and after due ex
planation laughed merrily over her
.somewhat unusual adventure. |
They approached hor aunt's house , i
but all was in darkness. Evidently
the family bad retired. Dorothy was
socn-tly satisfied when Tom insisted
upon driving on. Imagine evorybodj's
surprise when Dorotby and Tom final- i
ly appeared at his homo ! The euchre
party was already well under way.
Dorothy's cousins were present , so any
little secret misgivings she might have
had vanished liko air.
What contentment followed later ,
when Dorothy , her little foot incased
in the Froncbio.st slippers , sipped her
hot coffee , herself ensconced on a rest
ful couch , among numberless pillows ,
with Tom i'or entertainer , and no one
to disturb their tete-a-tete
- - until after
tho euchre party bad broken up. And
Tom himself , with comforting brier-
wood , sitting not so very far away ,
tbouirlit her the sweetest little thing
imaginable.
And later that night , when he slum-
bored , visions of u pair of laughing
blue eyes and the most fetching dim
ples would mingle in bis dreams. And
that pair of rather willing arms which
had stolon about bis neck when he lift
ed her from the perilous quagmire
their touch was most distressing.
Hut the following June it happened ,
and everybody said what u sweet bride
Dorotby Irving made. And all tho
college boys were there. All bis friends
excepting Agnes Mills. Impossible to
come so sorry read her note of re
gret Indianapolis Sun.
NOT AN INVITING FIELD.
Traveler from Cape Colony Saya Busi
ness Is Dull There.
"South Africa is at this time the
very reverse o ? an inviting field for
men who are satking their fortunes in
strange lands , " said S. J. Van den
Spuy of Cape Colony , in the Washing
ton Post.
"In Cape Colony times were never
so dull. There is no money except
what is locked up in the strong boxes
of capitalists , and they are not put
ting out a dollar. In addition to the
hard times brought on by the Boer war
we have had two years of drought , the
worst in our history. Crops have been
a failure , and , but for the importation
of food from Australia , and South
America , our people would have
starved. In the pastoral districts sheep
and cattle have perished by the thou
sand. We have a fine agricultural
country , but the want of rain has well-
nigh been ruinous.
"I know the conditions in the Trans
vaal quite as well as in my own coun-
try , and am sorry to say that they are
also extremely bad. A great many of
the mines in the Hand are not being
worked , owing to themt of capital ,
The story has gone out that the mining
business is slack because of the de-
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excuse. There is the same labor in the
country that has always been there.
"Complaint is made of the Kallirs.
but the fault is not theirs. In the lirst
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of $20 a month , but after hiring them
are only willing to pay $10 , or just half
what they agreed to give. Besides , if
a Kaffir workman commits the most'
trifling fault he is Hogged severely.
Under such circumstances it is not
strange that these people should be
dissatisfied.
"Yet the English managers of the
mines give it out to tiie world that
they need labor , and raise a cry that
if they could be allowed to import ;
Chinamen the country would soon be |
as prosperous as of yore. This is
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capital to invest in the mines. What
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government. It is so wasteful and ex
travagant as to be a scandal. Under
the Boer regime there were forty-four
state officials who drew salaries ag-
gregating $ o20,000. Under the En
glish sway there are 125 officials with
a pay of $920,000. These ugures show
conclusively the difference between
the Boer and British way of conduct-
j
ing the public business. In fact , the I
entire English regime since the end of
the war has been a Kink failure. "
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