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In tho mixed multltudo tlint followed
John Gnlt tho novelist when ho estab
lished tho Canada company In 18Jfi
there were representatives of every
walk In life Hut on tho Bhoro of Lnko
Huron a stern equality was maintain
ed The weaver turned fanner wns
tho equal of tho adventurous Ron of
the laird and taking these things Into
consideration Magistrate Phclan had
ao cause to wonder at tho tumult cro
ated In the settlement when ho ban
queted the chief men on turkey In his
dining room and fed tho ordinary peo
ple on boiled pork In his barn
Chief among tho stall fed guests was
Gideon MePlierson n mnu who wns In
so sense of tho word ordlnnr On
tho previous year he hnd been over
looked by Tom McNulty and had bro
ken the spell of tho evil eyes by black
ing them In couscquenco ho consider
ed himself tho equal of all men and
Iho superior of most nnd resented sav
agely the slight that had been put up
on him To all his friends ho told tho
atory of his wrongs In guttornl Gaelic
or broken English and Hworo a great
oath to be revenged on his enemy
A couple of weeks after this Irritat
ing occurrence Tiger Dunlop that glo
rious literary rowdy who had been
punchmaker for Christopher North nnd
tho heroes of tho Noctes
anae arrived In tho neighborhood nnd
Jhcard of tho trouble Ho Immediately
tvlslted Gideon nnd learned tho story
from his own lips
eon roared In his strange dialect for
lie had learned English from his low
land Scotch neighbors Fnn he kem
to xe bush he stood In a tub to shop he
Tas so feared of nicking his shanks
and ho laughed at the absurd picture
conjured up by his wild exaggeration
It wns oor dochter Betsy that learned
him to swing his nx Put well bo retrenched
I
trenched on ze scooudrcl some day
Ah approve of yer speerlt nion
said Dunlop who could never miss a
chance to play a practical Joke But
y dlv ye no get yer weesh of him by
lasting
Gideon pricked up Ills ears nnd Dun
lop cxplalued In Scotch that the man
who fasts for three days can get his
wish ou his enemy It wus a plan well
known In Scotland where the general
poverty made It easier to practice than
any other kind of revenge Of course
the scheme appealed to the supersti
tious and thrifty Gideon and he rc
aolved to act on It at onee After the
whole matter wns settled Dr Dunlops
parting Injunction wns
Ye must sit I the hoose an no taste
a bite for three days or ye wull lose
yer weesh
Betsy followed the doctor to where
Ills horse was tied nnd when she was
out of her fathers hearing exclaimed
angrily
I tnk shame of ye Dr Dunlop that
ye sud All the auld mons held wl sic
trash
Tut Betsy he replied with a good
matured laugh and paying her the com-
jillincm of speaking In plain English
lou do not understand your father as
I do If he went on hating Phelan as
be has started he would soon be so
hlllous he would be sick on your bauds
Tula Is my prescription for him and
Ill guarantee that within three days
he will uot want to hate any one again
or to be revenged on them and you
must help the good work by cooking
all the best dishes your house can af
ford so as to whet his appetite
Betsy laughed when Ebe understood
the doctors drift aud promised to do
her part Then she Inquired serious
Iv
Dlv ych know fat day will bo sot
apart for Thanksgiving Oor fnythor
will bu wnntln to know
Tho doctor wbb on tho point of re
plying that Gideon wns In no condition
to offer thanks but an Idea occurred to
him nnd with a characteristic chuckle
bo said Instead
I will find out when I am In Gait If
tho governor has made his proclama
tion and I will send you word
Gideons fast began from tho mo
ment ho rcaolved to net on tho Tigers
suggestion but as ho had eaten a
hearty supper nothing worth recording
happened until tho next day On tho
following morning ho wakened with
tho birds but he Immediately thought
f his enemy nnd did not get up In
stead ho lay where ho waB nnd medi
tated on tho wIbIi ho would make
ngalnst Phclan Ills nppetlto was
sharp nnd he thought It would be n
sweet revenge to see his lnsulter nt his
door begging for n blto to ont While
ho wnB revolving thlfl delightful pros
pect In his mind his daughters wero
preparing the breakfast Ho heard
Betsy raking the ashes for llvo coals
Then ho beard her blowing on them
while the Ire crackled In tho kindling
nnd presently a delightful odor began
to penetrate tho rickety partition that
scparnted his bedroom from tho kitch
en
They wero having fried hnm for
breakfast with buckwhent pancakes
nnd gravy 1
Gideon clasped his hands over his
complaining stomach nnd with Scotch
stubbornness suppressed a groan Ills
wide nostrils drow In tho delicious
odor with cvory breath and drove him
frantic It was lmpossiblo to lie In bed
nnd endure It so ho Jumped up nnd be
gan to dress bo ns to havo somothlng
to occupy his mind After a time ho
appeared In tho kitchen whore Betsy
was cleaning the brenkfnst dishes
Betsy bade Iiliu good morning and
STOP MON CIUED THE TIGER
TO GIDEON OH YELL BURST
An fa vns Mnlsther Phanlan Gid
MlflHi
he replied with a surly nod Tho odor
of the ham wus still in the nlr and ho
was beginning to feel weak from hun
ger Though he would have refused
anything to eat he was unreasonably
angry becnuso sho offered him none
But ho refrained from scolding and as
he could not go out he sought forget
fulness In reading Becnuso of the
evil nature of his fast ho could uot
read his Gaelic Bible so he ferreted up
a bundle of Dr Dunlops political
pamphlets aud slowly spelled out us
much of their meaning us ho could
Betsy in the meantime dressed a chick
eu for dinner She put it on to stew
over tho open fireplace nnd made a
light batter for doughboys Gideon
talked constantly nnd watched every
movement with woIUbIi eyes Tho
odor from tho bubbling pot set every
nerve in his rebellious digestive sys
tem quivering and when Ann nnd
Sarah came home for their dlnuer It
wns a torture to see their enjoyment of
tho meal He never realized before
what ravenous and expensivo eaters
they were Finally his unger broke
loose and as he scolded In Gaelic his
Iron gray whiskers bristled with rage
Doughboys with suleratus In them
and saleratus costing 1 a pound Is
It any wonder 1 havent been nblo to
make the last paymeuts on the farm
with such extravagant goings on You
used to be satisfied to cook with corn
cob nshes but now nothing but sale
ratus will suit your appetites sale
ratus And youre entlng white bread
as If wheat wasnt worth 3 a bushel
and salt salt with every mouthful
though It costs 20 a barrel
Wo all work hard enough father to
get our board said Betsy and If
your heart was not full of foolish an
ger you would be glnd to see us eat
ing
Silence he commanded In a voice
that made them all tremble for he was
a true Scotch father and his word was
law Then feeling ashamed of him
self he set them the example of being
silent
For supper tho Irritating Betsy cook
ed potato cakes Gideons favorite dish
and a they browned In the oveu pan
THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY DECEMBER 14 1809
before tho fire the nmcll of them mndo
him pnee up nnd down tho room like n
madmnn Betsy and her sinters wero
truly Borry for him but he was bring
ing It all on hlmsclt nnd their sympa
thies wero not as deep ns they might
hnvo been They nto tnclr potato cakes
nnd cold ham without undue ostenta
tion however for they really feared
their fathers temper When they had
finished their supper they stole nwny
to bed aud Gideon did the some
It wns In vnlu that he tried to take
his nilud from tho gnawing In bin
slomnch and his sleep was broken by
wild drenms for a starring man will
see visions be lie fool or n mahatmn
At llrst he dreamed over tho wild voy
age of 40 days that brought him from
Scotland to the wilderness The wnven
wero tossing about him wenrlly and
then enmo the terrible news that chol
era had broken out among the passen
gers Horror piled upon horror until
nt last a huge ship bore down upon
them cut their schooner In two nnd
Impnlcd Gideon through the stomach
with Its bowsprit He awakened with
n Bcream that brought his daughters to
his side but ho sternly bade them re
turn to bed After this ho slept from
sheer exhaustion and did not wnken
again until tho ham wbb being fried
for breakfast The savory odor of It
was a hundredfold more maddening
than ou the previous morning Ho
stuffed tho coverlet In his mouth to
keep himself from groaning aloud and
meditated ou his wish ngalnst Phelan
By this time ho wns beginning to doubt
his nblllty to think of anything savago
enough to do the wretch Justice
In tho early morning Tiger Dunlops
servant appeared with a huge basket
My master Bent me he said to tell
you that he Iiub Just learned that today
is the day appointed for Thanksgiving
by tho governor nnd that he Is coming
to dinner nnd will bring a few friends
to bco Mr McPhersou nnd ho wants
you to have this cooked for him
So saying ho laid on tho tnblc a
dresBed sucking pig with n loaf of dry
bread a bundle of onions a bunch o
sage a little roll of fresh butter and a
peck of apples
What n sucking pig It wasl Its little
back was so broad you could have pour
ed n cup of water In the hollow of It
without spilling n drop but It was by
no mcnuB nil fnt When Betsy had ad
mired the peerless suckling and her
father had dilated on tho honor that
was being done to them by the Tiger
and his friends In eoinlnr to hnvo their
Thanksgiving dinner with him the
other two girls were called from the
field to help prepare for the visitors
The compliment Implied by tho dinner
diverted Gideons mind from his re
lentless hunger nnd kept him from no
ticing too painfully the hurried lunch
that was taken by his daughters
But his peace was short lived Betsy
crumbled the loaf of dry bread peeled
and chopped the onions powdered the
sago leaves and then with the fresh
butter mixed the dressing When the
little cherub was filled to his utmost
capacity they hung him before a great
fire In tho open fireplace over the drip
ping pan
Come said Bfetsy to her father
Wont you help us by keeping the pig
turning
It wns cruel but Gideon could not re
sist The crackling wns already be
ginning to give its smell nright and
though ho would fain fly he wns at
tracted toward the chimney Presently
tho onions penetrated tho broiling sides
nnd ndded their powerful odor to the
torture Then the dnughters as cruel
as thoso of old Lear hung a pot of ap
ples on tho crnno to make apple sauce
and put a great loaf of bread Into the
Dutch oven
What n revel of odors now filled the
old house The appetite of an anchor
ite would havo been tempted so what
must it have been to tho starving Gid
eon who wns at all times a hearty
feeder He had to put forth a great ef
fort of will to keep his under Jaw snap
ped up nnd to avoid drooling Then his
wretched dnughters capped the climax
by putting n score or two of fine pota
toes to bake In the coals By this time
Phelan and tho wish wero forgotten
Gideon could think of nothing but the
crackling pig tho potntoes and the hot
bread nnd he was almost wandering
In his mind Tho table was loaded
with a feast that was plentiful even
for those lavish days Everything wns
done to u turn he had an appetito
sharpened by two days hunger and at
last ho Jumpea from his stool with n
cry like a famished wild animal
Bring me tho butcher knife he
shouted and the big horn spoon
With one slash and u savage twist
ho wrenched u hnm from the suckling
nnd with another stroke disemboweled
It of Its rich dressing
It was In vain that his daughters
told him that tho Tiger was coming up
the Inuo with his friends Colonel Van
Egmond Captain Dunlop Colonel
Prince Sheriff Ilyndman nnd half a
dozen others of equal note in tho prov
ince He was deaf to everything ex
cept the Macedonian cry of his stom
uch nnd when they arrived they were
convulsed with laughter for the Tiger
had luduced them to come by telling
of his trick nnd they wero ready for a
Thanksgiving dlnuer even though the
authenticity of the proclamation wns
open to grave doubts
Stop nion cried the Tiger to Gid
eon or yell burst Here take some
fuskey to tone yer stnmmncb
After dinner the refreshed Gideon
told them of his prowess In overcom
ing the spell of the evil eye nnd before
they left he was so proud of having en
tcrtnlued such notable guests and be
ing complimented by them tlint his
heart was full of thankfulness nnd he
had nothing but good wishes for all
men nnd particularly for such Inferior
people as Phelan and his nrlstocrnts
As the news of the real Thanksgiving
day never reached him when It was
proclaimed he never had cause to
doubt the sincerity of his humorous
Mend the Tiger
DRESS INI FASHION
FLUFFINESS AND FRIVOLITY RULE IN
LATEST GOWNS
While Turret In Illh Fnvor Nevr
eat nnrnlttirra of Tlirrndeil Velvet
nntt Itlbhonn Sliciuldcr Drnpcrlea
Henrfa nnd Flrhua
Beauty and elegance have becomo
common thlngB where fashion congre
gates The proof of this lies In the
fact that gowns pass our notlco now
without so much ns leaving an Im
pression which formerly we would
hnvo thought models of luxury nnd
It requires somothlng quite out of the
BUM MRU FANC1H8
common to arrest attention and excite
comment The present season Is quick
ly fretting out Its little hour nnd haa
reached the period where little that Is
now Is to be noted In the kingdom of
fashion what Is Is aud 1uw changes
occur worth noting
White tnffcta Indeed Is high In tho
regard of the leaders of dress at pres
ent tunica and polonaises of taffeta
nro much worn over underskirts nnd
bodices of luce caught at the waist by
a clasp or button and they are minute
ly tucked all over till the silk looks aa
If corded On bodices this tucking is
often udvantngeous for tho present
close fitting unadorned style does not
suit too slender figures and the tuck
ing gives roundness without taking
away from the fit
A touch of black Is the acme of
smartness on light gowus but another
Idea Is a chou of shaded pansy velvet
from light to dark on the left side of
the bodice or a yellow chou from deli
cate maize to rich orange The Idea Is
to glvo a strong dash of color souje
where
Sleeves are being made with a band
of three tucks round tho nrmholc so
as to keep them quite tint and yet give
a little relief to the severe outlines
which uot every shoulder cnu do with
A sloping shoulder liuo Is once moro
an accepted standard of beauty
One of the latest forms of trimming
resolves Itself Into a threading of black
velvet or ribbon through the material
Itself or the embroidery This mny be
gathered from the accompanying
sketches the first two gowns both
being threaded In this manner The
one on the left tins a tunic of mauve
taffeta completely covered with uar
row tucks fastened with large strass
buttons The rovers and underskirt
of ecru guipure nre slashed with black
velvet The other gown Is in pastel
rose voile the tunic having a large
scmiloose double plait of cream lace
with black ribbon passed In and out
Narrow tucks edge the tunic which
Is fringed with black silk
The second group of sketches con
sists of a dress of ecru guipure over
white voile the tunic fastening
down the right side with a latticed
ribbon velvet The yoke Is draped
round the shoulders fichu fashion with
black mousscllne do solo The over
dress Id the second figure is laced
NEW 1AKISIAN MODELS
down with silk cord nnd edged wlta
fringe The shoulder drapery Is lu two
shades of silk muslin
Mnny Parisian models have n long
Huffy scarf or shoulder drapery In
chiffon or iiiousm1Iuc even cloth
gowus belug treated with this fichu
like style Formerly we bliould have
considered such n mixture of the se
vere and the frivolous the thick and
the thin as Incongruous nnd out of
keeping but Incongruity Is not now In
the dictionary of fashion
Already the tide of the eel skin skirts
Is turning and a refreshing fullness
appears ou many of the leading Pari
slan models Many hear witness to act
tial fulllug at the back Some hnvo lit
tle tucks about 1 Inches In length In
the center of the back from which the
skirt sets out lu graceful lolds Hav
ing assisted Joyfully at the birth of the
tight skirt the Parisians are now pre
pared to do equal honor to its obse
quies Soft black lowing skirts with
blouses are extremely fashionable
THE DOOR THAT OPENS
Time When It Senila the Cold Shir
era Down Your llnck
Ever Bit said Mr Gohllnton lato
at night alone In a room rending or
Btudylng everybody gono to bed long
ngo tho house the wholo city quiet
and see presently across the table nil
the other side of the room n door open
ing slowly Thats a hair raising ex
perience You dont know by what
means the knowledge that It was open
ing was llrst conveyed to you but you
lee It now opening slowly nnd steadi
ly aud silently nnd you get up and
grasp the chair In which you havo
been sitting and stand up with tho
table between you nnd him for f Hi
ther protection nnd wait for him but
he doesnt come
Then you go around to the door It
tins stopped now nnd Is standing dead
It yields with tio resistance except that
of Its own weight when you open It
wider nnd holding to it you look
around the door Jamb Into the hall
Silence there perfect nnd complete
uobody there thoso were ghostly fin
gers If any that turned the knob
And bo you shut the door securely nud
go back to your reading
Presently you find tho door open
again but this time there Is an nlr of
vnenncy about It and now you reallzo
what It all means Tho back of tho
catch bolt that you turn with a knob
Is worn off a little rounded or tho
metal frame around the socket Into
which the bolt enters mny be worn or
both Or It mny be tho door has
shrunk or tho Jamb has drawn nwny
from It so that only the tip end of tho
bolt catches In the socket nnd has a
constnnt tendency to work free Tho
slightest Blinking or Jarring stnrts it
and gradually it works Itself clear of
the socket and then if it happens to
be hung Just so the door slowly opens
And there you nre nnd It Is nil very
simple when you come to know about
It but Its never altogether agreeable
You never really get used to tho door
that opens New York Sun
THE HEATHEN CAN WAIT
A Squnttera Iden of Where Chnrlty
Should Begin
Tho other day an old squatter came
to the city and attended divine services
at a fashionable church The old fel
low listened with rapt attention to the
sermon occasionally nodding in ap
proval or shaking his head in uncer
tainty When a man with the contri
bution box approached the squatter
asked
Whats up
We are taking up a collection for
the heathen and ns you seemed to bo
so much interested In the sermon 1
didnt know but you would like to glvo
a few dimes
Whats the matter with the
heathen
Why ho doesnt know anything
about the gospel and wo wnnt to raise
money enough to send It to him
Wall 1 tell yer I dont think hell
spile nforo mornin Ive got a boss
Bwnp on ban an ef I ken get miff boot
come nroun an well sorter look Inter
the matter
But my friend the heathen chil
dren need clothes
So does mine by Jingo Bill aint
worn niithin but a shirt for six months
an blister stay otiten perllte society
Ikes got a vacancy in his britches blg
gern yer hat an Jack hastcr stay un
der the house when a stranger comes
enso he got his clothes scorched durin
hog klllln Come nrouu arter the swap
fur I dont think the heathen will spile
afore mornin Arkansas Traveler
FlahlnK For a Drink
A guide who has done more or less
plug fishing on Mooselookmeguntic
lake says he can get a drink of nice
cold water when ho is anchored on a
lake provided the water Is deep
enough For deep fishing It Is customa
ry to sound for a clay bottom before
casting anchor nnd our informant
claims that ho can sound to secure n
cool drink He ties a weight to the
bottom of his coffee bottle nnd with
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drops It to the bottom then by n quick
Jerk pulls the cork tho bottle fills with
cold clear water nnd ho has only to
pull It la Phillips Phonograph
To Oct it Vnotinm
Professor Downrs achievement In liq
uefying hydrogen hns led to tho dls
overy of an easj method for obtain
ing nn almost perfect vacuum and
that In a single minute When n glass
ubo filled with air and closed nt ono
end hns Its open end dipped Into a cup
of liquid hydrogen tho Intense cold
condenses the nlr Into n kind of snow
which settles to tho bottom If then
the upper partof the tube from which
the solidified nlr hns fallen Is removed
ty heating nnd sealing It off It he
roines n vacuum chamber so free from
llr that It Is difficult to force nn dec
rlc current through It
StrotiR Ilnnk Notca
So firm Is tho texture of n gcnuln
3ank of Englnnd note that burning
an hardly destroy It The authorities
jnvc lu a little glazed frame tho ro
nalns of a note which was In tho
jreat fire of Chicago Though com
pletely charred aud black the note Is
niUlclcntly legible to establish Its gen
ilnenoss nnd bo cashed
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
The Straits of Bello Islo are closed for
tho winter
Indianapolis will havo no May musio
festival noxt year
Roccivers wero appointed Monday for
tho Mercantile Co Oporativo bank of
Now York
Fifteen trades nuions ombrnciug all
of tho building trades at Pittsburg
with n combined membership of 15000
havo decided to mako a demand on Jau
uary 1 noxt for nn eight hour work day
T D Tanner ono of tho best known
members of tho Improved Order of Rod
Men in tho United States was Monday
sou teuced to sorvo CO days in jail for
embezzling funds from Eaton Pa
tribe
Olaronco Williams colored was
hanged in the jailyard at Paris Ky
Monday On March 20 last Williams
while intoxicated shot and killed Josio
Tillman a woman with whom he quar
reled
While skating on Cannon river near
Northfield Minn Monday Mark
Chamberlain and Andrew Stevens high
school students broke through tho ice
And wero drowned The bodies wero
recovered
Tho anunal ice blockade of the north
ern coast of Newfoundland has began
Vessels now arriving report innumer
able icebergs and impassible fljes dritt
ing in a southerly direction choking
tho bays and threatening to closo navi
gation with the present week
No Actloii In McGimrt Case
New York Deo 12 The Now York
presbytery took no action yesterday iu
tho case of Rov Dr Arthur C McGif
fert charged with teaching doctrines
not in accord with tho position of tho
church Tho matter was postponed to
n special meeting to bo hold next Mon
day Tho general impression among
tho members of the Now York presby
tery is that that body will voto to drop
the charges as it did in tho case of Dr
Briggs This will probably not end tho
matter as a minority can appeal to tho
general assembly as was also douo iu
tho case of Dr Briggs
Testimony Against Mrs Sumlorson
Detroit Dec 12 A Free Press spe
cial says of yesterdays proceedings in
tho Sanderson attempted murder case
at Marshall Mich Mario Robertson
tho chief witness of the prosecution
was ou tho stand and tcstifiod to having
seen Mrs Sanderson grind glass in a
spice mill aud placo it in her husbands
food Sho sworo that Mrs Sanderson
said to her while sho was grinding tho
glass Marie you think this is awful
but I do not think any moro of doing
this thap natinsr my breakfast
Eight Firemen Injured
Montgomery Ala Deo 12 Fir
broke out this morning in the fruit store
of Cassimus Brothers in tho heart of
tho city Eight members of tho fire de
partment wero injured by a gasolino
explosion Chief Browdor and Captain
Griffin wero fatally hart and Pipoman
Hinder was severely injured internally
Surprised tier Husband
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Clark of Hitcman Monroe Co Iowa
and the result was a fine baby girl of
eleven or twelve pounds I am about
to become a mother again and I have
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vomiting I could not eat any breakfast
but two days ago I began taking your
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spoonful at a time and I am pleased to
say that I have uot had a vomiting spell
for two mornings and I had not been free
from these for four months and I can eat
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family My husband is surprised at the
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more poor broken down women knew of
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them hours of misery I could write more
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Mrs Kva Vedder of Oneida Lenawee
Co Mich and would say I do not
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a misplacement of some organ in the
abdomen I was so weak I did not have
strength enough to btand on my feet long
at a time neither could I sit up very
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my stomach which was worse when lying
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aud when I had the two bottles half
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strong as anybody could ask to be My
husband says Dr Pierces medicines
have been worth one hundred dollars to
us We cannot say enough for the good
I have received from your medicines
I thank you for your kind aud quick
replies to my letters
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