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I took refuge in silence. I closed
my eyes wearily.
"Before I bid you good night, sir, I
think it right that yon should know
that your mother and sister are In this
hotel. At the risk that you think me
impertinent I dare to hope that your
meeting with them to-morrow may be
free from any embarrassment or un
happiness." He bowed stiffly and left the room.
I stared after him vacantly.
The dispatch he had left, gorgeous
and brave with its royal crest and em
bossing, lay passively in my hand.
And now a new dilemma confronted
me. I was supposed to be under the
influence of an opiate; they would not
scruple to take from me the dispatch.
To allow that might give them such in
formation as would make their con
spiracy, whatever its nature, the more
effective. .To resist would tell them
that I had been feigning.
I must hide the papers. But where?
It was a bare little chamber; my
heart sank as I noted how bare.
I leaped out of bed. Again I threw
open the shutters. I could hear Capt
Forbes speaking sternly; if he could
but hold them half a minute!
In the garden below the marble
basin of a disused fountain at once
caught my eyes.
i tore the corner of the envelope,
inserted my penknife to weight the
packet, leaned over the balcony and
dropped it.
It fell squarely into the basin among
the leaves and moss.
To regain the room was the work of
an instant.
I heard Captain Forbes wish them
a cold good night, and Madame de
Varnier answer him mockingly. ,Then
the bedroom door was opened and
Starva shuffled into the room.
"Who was that man?" I demanded
languidly, and regarded him with list
less eyes, my hand to my forehead.
He shrugged his shoulders, disdain
ing to answer.
"He has left some papers here by
mistake."
"Perhaps." I muttered indifferently,
and pretended to sleep.
I heard him moving about the room
for some time. Madame de Varnier
and he whispered together. I felt so
little concerned as to the result of this
search that I actually fell asleep. The
strain of the evening had exhausted
me. No doubt the search was extend
ed to me personally; I believe I was
vaguely conscious of it.
CHAPTER XV.
The Castle of Happiness.
"You sleep soundly, my friend."
Dr. Starva was looking down at me
with grim intentness.
It was not yet dawn. His immense
figure seemed even more huge than
it was in this uncertain light It ap
peared to threaten, to menace me.
And yet, I welcomed his presence; at
least they had not made their escape.
I looked up at him with cool assur
ance. "A light conscience gives deep slum
ber. Do we start so early?"
"Yes. Your coffee is waiting for
you in the salon."
I dressed rapidly. A certain depres
sion would have been natural. The
night is the time of follies; with the
morning come clear thought and pru
dence. But not so with me. It is true
that I detested Dr. Starva. His meth
ods were too gross; his eyes were too
closely set together; his mouth too
cruel and sensual. I could have wished
him out of the game. And yet I be
lieved that I was a match for him.
But this woman who tempted and
pitied! This woman whose beauty
fascinated and whose treachery re
pelled! This woman who -lied and
prayed in the same breath!
As I thought of her I was at once
furious and eager. I was ashamed
to think how eager. I had pledged
myself to the cold Diana of my dreams.
For her I ran these risks ; for her I
might be disgraced and a felon. It
was her gratitude I coveted; her for
giveness I craved.
And yet for the moment I was seek
ing the flame and the glamour of the
otfcer woman this warm, mysterious
creature of diverse moods.
Her fantastic chateau held out a
promise, not of happiness, indeed, but
of the joy of doing, of daring.
So as I dressed my spirits were
buoyant The little garden below,
half hidden in the mist that came
from the lake, was fresh'and charm
ing in the morning dew. Patches of
flowers, brave in scarlet and purple
and blue, opened their eyes to the
dawn. I followed mechanically the
graveled paths, geometric and straight,
threading the sparkling lawns.
I looked eagerly down at the bat
tered fountain choked with refuse. I
could see no trace of the long, white
envelope. It was completely concealed
by the leaves.
I found it impossible to rescue the
little packet from its hiding place. My
hostess and her cousin kept too care
&il an eye on me for that. But it was
a tolerably secure hiding place; and
frankly I was not sorry to leave the
proof of my complicity behind me.
A faint breeze, cold with the snow
of the mountains, fanned my cheek.
.The poetry of the dawn thrilled me.
Before the evening came .the placid
lake might be lashed into fury. The
trees, now gently swaying, might be
bent and broken by the violence of
the storm. But now the sky was
clear. When the storms came I would
try to meet them. But before they did
come why should I not enjoy the pres
ent? I threw open the door and
stepped into the salon where coffee
and Madame de Varnier awaited me.
She greeted me with vivacity. Bat
I was not blind to the cool glance that
measured. "The fool has no suspic-
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the lips
asked how I had slept.
"Admirably," I answered gayly.
"And we are to start at once for your
Castle of Happiness? . , v
"Ton have, a sublime' faith to still
believe it that?" she questioned mock
ingly as she poured my coffee:
"Why not?" I cried mockingly, in
my turn. "Is it not happiness to be
with you, madam?"
"Pas des banalltes, monsieur," she
replied with an impatient gesture.
"But you really believe that the tiresome-journey
will repay you?"
"Since I am resolved to hear your
secret, yes."
"Oh, ungracious!" She smiled at
me ruefully. "I think I prefer an in
sincere compliment to an awkward
truth."
"Madam, it Is not I who made the
condition."
"Ah, you are a very cautious friend,
monsieur."
"I generally try to look before I
leap," I returned with composture.
I was not unwilling that she think it
curiosity that prompted me to accept
the extraordinary invitation given with
so little heed to convention. She had
hinted that we were to be of mutual
use i to each other; but of this I' was
skeptical. I accepted the invitation
precisely in the spirit in which it was
given. It would be shocking form, to
say the least, to be a guest that one
might have the opportunity to play
the detective. But she and I had
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placed ourselves beyond the pale of
conventionality. Either distrusted the
other. An armed truce that was the
word that described our relations, and
she had suggested that word.
Dr. Starva entered.
"En route," he said gruflly. "The
carriage is waiting."
It was very early, scarcely past five.
The night porter, drowsy-eyed and sul
len, took us down on the elevator and
put our luggage in the carriage. I
confess I breathed more freely when
the hotel was some miles behind us
and we had seen neither Helena Brett
nor Captain Forbes.
As Madame de Varnier had warned
me, the journey itself was long and
tiresome; nor did Madame de Vernier
and her companion exert themselves
much to relieve its monotony.
It was almost dusk when she pointed
out to me the pinnacles of her cha
teau. For the last hour the horses had
been struggling up a dusty road wind
ing about the mountainside. Forests
of fir were on either side. From far
below came the impetuous murmur of
a stream. High above the forests of
fir trees there were herds of cattle.
We could hear the faint jingle of the
cow-bells. Only rarely had there been
any view, but the clear and pure at
mosphere told me that the altitude
must be considerable. But this sylvan
scene suggested nothing of the horrors
of a few days ago. The mountains,
purple and pink in the dusk, were 'too
far away.
Suddenly there was a turn in the
road. Now we had an uninterrupted
view of the chateau across a green
valley. In this vague light its towers
and turrets seemed as unreal and
ghostly as a fairy fabric.
At the base of its white walls a
tiny village, crouching close to the
chateau for' protection, found a pre
carious foothold on the steep hillside.
There was a maze of red-tiled roofs,
.high-gabled and sloping, tier upon tier
of them., each pierced by numbers of
quaint dormer windows.
A wild river, fed by the turbulent
streams -of the mountain snows, flung
itself in headlong, rage down the slop
ing valley, straight for the chateau, as
if to sweep it from its base. Reach
ing the castle, it spent its fury on the
rocks, then, as if baffled of its prey.
a
msde ah abrupt half circle about the
base and continued its stormy career,
seeking a less, powerful fee.' ,
"At last," breathed Madame, de Var
nier. "Well, iny.'fflend,; does Jt.fabm
ise diversion" for you?"
' "The village and. tie castle breathe
the spirit of romance?' I cried with
animation. '
"Ah, romance! What if I say to
you," she whispered, "that; your day
of romance has come?" -" ,
I glanced toward Dr. Starva whose
shaggy head was nodding. "Even we
Americans, madam, are not indifferent
to its glamour. But too often the no-.
mance of medievalism suggests dis
honor." She looked at me startled, then
shrugged her shoulders. "One must
take the .world as one finds It," she
said indifferently. , '
We were making the last sjteep
ascent to the village: We crossed the
noisy stream; the driver cracked his
long whip; we passed under a dilapi
dated arch; we were rattling; over the
cobblestones of a winding street'
It was too dark for me to see much
of the quaint beauty of this plctur
esque village. I caught a glimpse of
the timbered Rathaus, its gilt clock
proudly conspicuous on the squat tow
er, and of the fountain in front of it,
its basin radiant with scarlet flowers.
There were little shops dimly lighted,
their wares heaped about the doors
and windows'
As we passed, women and children
dropped delighted courtesies, and the
men took pipes from broadly grinning
mouths and doffed their hats. Evi
dently Madame de Varnier was loved
by this simple folk.
"You seem to be very welcome," I
said smiling, surprised that the vil
lagers should have greeted her so cor
dially. "Tou are the Lady Bountiful
to these simple people, I suppose.'
She smiled faintly. "I have been
here for two. summers. I am the event
of the year in their stupid lives. I try
I to bring them a little pleasure.
When
I leave I like to think that they re
member me with love."
"Then I should not have said that
the glamour of romance is always as-
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Cool Glance That Measured.
sociated with dishonor," I ventured
boldly.
"I can see no -glamour in this ob
scure village," she replied, yawning.
"But the chateau is a part of the vil
lage?" I persisted.
"Monsieur!" she cried passionately.
"You weary me with senseless ques
tions." I smiled quietly., I wished Madame
de Varnier4to know definitely that it
depended on her playing the part of
Circe or Lady Bountiful whether the
armed truce was to continue, or
whether there was to be open warfare.
We turned at an abrupt angle from
the village street. We were entering
a mere passageway just wide enough
for the carriage. It was flanked on
either side by the houses of the vil
lage; over the arch, too, was a dwell
ing. Suddenly we emerged in a court
yard large enough to permit a squad
ron of cavalry to perform its evolu
tions. A low wall inclosed it We
drew up at the doorway. I was wel
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Did Aof Believe the Story
Tale of Old Testament Too Much For
Artless Youth.
"When I was a youth in Zanes
ville," said-E. S. Timms, clerk at
the Hotel Normandle, the other day,'
"I was an active worker in a local
SuSday school. I was pretty posular
wi4h the boys, I was delegated to
gather the outsiders from the glass
ftrks district together in a vacant
storeroom and begin their religious,
instruction.
"One Sunday I gathered' about .45
youngsters who had never attended
Sunday school before, and as they did
not take kindly to 'ike reading of the
Scriptures and the regular Sunday
school methods, I began telling them
tales from -the Old Testament They
listened with much interest to the
comed by Madame de Varnier with
exaggerated deference. We were at
her' Castle of Happiness.
I felt the insincerity of the welcome.
They looked on me as a' puppet to
move only when, they pulled 'the
strings. I saw, too, that I had not left
in the hotel at Vitsnau the character
of Sir Mortimer Brett
But before the next day was past I
determined to know once for all the
of this deception. I was de
termined to put ah end to this farce.
CHAPTER XVI.,
Thai Death-Mask Again.
One- does not expect to find in
Swltserland grace and charm in archi
tecture. There are no historic cha
teaux worthy of a pilgrimage. .This
castle of Alterhoffen gave one the sim
ple impression of sneer strength. It
was primitive and savage and bare of
pretense to beauty as its founder must
have been.
A rather squat tower of immense
solidity, the roof steeply sloping, the
windows narrow and few, it would
have been commonplace andugly in
the extreme had' it not been for three
smaller semicircular towers placed at
each angle of the larger one. The ef
fect of this triangular-shaped tower,
with its three supporting towers, was
bizarre, but not unpleaslrig. It pre
pared one for an interior unique and
interesting..
We passed beneath the arched door
way, -severe and bare of ornament into
the great hall. At the left was the
grand stairway, the balustrades of oak
massive and dark with age, but ad
mirably carved. ' At the end of the
hall, on, the right a. fire of logs was
blazing brightly. The hooded mantel,
Gothic in design, was also of oak and
blackened with the smoke of cen-J
tunes. A stand of banners stood near
the foot of the stairway. Not far from
the fireplace was a curious spiral stair
case leading to the gallery that ran
the length of the room above. Tapes
tries covered the bare walls and filled
the spaces between the narrow win
dows that looked out on the court
yard. The furniture was of the period
of the French Renaissance covered
for the most part with stamped leather
of gold and dull red.
I could not repress a cry of delight
as I entered. I had passed in an in
stant from the world of commonplace
hotels and railway trains into an at
mosphere of charm and beauty. For
no matter how industriously the con
noisseur in America may gather about
him exquisite and beautiful things, he
cannot shut out the scream of the
railroad train; he cannot transplant
across the seas the charm of medieval
ism that clings to castle walls. It is
one thing to see the Cluny with a
guide book; it is quite another to find
one's self a guest at the Cluny.
"You like my Castle of Happiness?"
asked Madame de Varnier; pleased at
the pleasure I showed.
"It promises its adventures," I re
plied meaningly.
"I have told you that your hour of
romance has come. -But remember,
romance in these prosaic days is a gift
of the gods given only to children and
poets, a few women and lovers,- and to
the very bold. If you would claim the
gift monsieur, you must "ve some
thing of the nature of ill of these. The
sincere trust of the child, you must
certainly know what this is, monsieur.
The poet's imagination, his delightful
power of make-believe, you must not
despise that A woman's tenderness,
and a lover's ardor, these, too, are
necessary. And last of all, the daring
of the hero."
She had whispered these rather
comprehensive attributes as I walked
across the hall to the staircase, follow
ing the servant with my hag.
"A rather large bill, madam," I sug
gested humorously.
"Oh, but I am serious, very serious.
I assure you that it is not sentimental
talk."
"I am afraid I must contradict you.
The daring of the hero, for instance,
even one so optimistic as yourself
could scarcely expect that of me."
"Monsieur," she protested earnestly,
"I have already told you that I refuse
to believe you a coward. Do you be
lieve it yourself? You know you do
not, The task I am to give you would
appall any but the bravest heart It
requires audacity, absolute assurance,
and a clever brain. But I believe in
you. You will not disappoint me. We
dine in half an hour."
Dr. Starva had stood with his back
to the fire. He called after me, scowl
ing, as I ascended the stairs: t
"You will find, as I have said, that
madam is an admirable host But if
the guest is to be quite happy he must
accept the diversions madam offers
and when they are offered."
It was not the words so much as the
tone that menaced. It emphasized the
conviction I already felt: Dr. Starva
did not welcome my coming to the cas
tle. As I reached the gallery I saw
Madame de Varnier address him al
most fiercely. I was not blind to his
sullen contempt though evidently the
woman was the ruling spirit here.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
stories of Adam and Eve, and Moses
in. the. bullrushes, and so on, but when
I came to the story of Jonah and the
whale they listened with particular
attention.
"When I concluded the story of how
Jonah was cast overboard from the
ship and" received by the whale who
afterwards cast him upon shore, one
fellow broke -the silence 'by saying:
"'I believe that's a d .lie. Give me
a chaw of terbacker.'
"Well, everybody, joined in a laugh,
and I passed over the remark. In
time I got about 30 of those boys to
attend Sunday school regularly." De
troit Free Tress. "
English Friendship.
In, London you seldom make
friends; you buy them. London
Truth. ''
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NOTES
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The best farm hand Is the farmer
himself.
It's easy to be shiftless, but It
doesn't pay.
Raise poultry whether you like it or
not and learn to like it
Fresh, clean water is essential to
hogs as it is to other stock.
Timely and judicious spraying is
good and cheap fruit insurance.
See that the collars fit the horses,
and keep them soft by proper care.
The best time to dock lambs is
when they are about two weeks old.
Keep ahead of the weeds or it will
be a tail end race with them all sea
son. Feed grain to the ewes in pasture
if extra growth on the lambs is de
sired. Regularity in the care of farm an
imals has much to dp with obtaining
the best results.
Never let the horse stand when
heated without blanketing no matter
hew warm tho weather.
It takes more skill to market a crop
profitably than it does to grow it at
least often times it does.
Broadcast rape in the corn after the
last cultivation and it will afford good
pasturage in the fall after the corn is
cut
'You may not be able to afford a
new sanitary stable but you can af
ford white wash which will make
the present stable more sanitary.
The sore places on your horse
should be kept clean by washing every
day with carbolated water and then
dressed with a little good tar oint
ment Be sure that the new trees you set
this spring have "ho label wires left
about the trunks, as they will cut
off the circulation -of the tree and per
haps kill it
Turpentine soaked rags fastened to
the horse manger will do much toward
curing the animal of cough or dis
temper, as he will have to inhale the
fumes of the turpentine while he
feeds.
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The lazy hen, it has been said,
bears the same relation to the hen
nery that th.e lazy man does in the
community. The only difference is
tnat tne former does make good pot-
pie, while the lazy man Is good for
nothing.
Oats cut in the milk and cured as
hay makes the finest kind of hay. One
farmer says that last season his hay
crop being short he cut three acres
of oats for hay and 'found that the
stock ate it more greedily than any
other hay, and that Jt proved excep
tionally good for his milch cows.
A successful asparagus grower says
he .keeps rust out of his asparagus
and saves cultivation, by sowing two
bushels -of cow-peas to the acre at
the first cultivation after the cutting
season is over. The peas keep down
the weeds and shade the ground, but
do not interfere with the growth of
the asparagus. The pea and aspara
gus stalks are left on the ground un
til the following spring and then
burned off.
"There Is no doubt that there are
many portions of the country which at
the present time are practically unde
veloped agriculturally which have a
great future before them, but do not
let the alluring advertisements of
such localities turn your head. Re
member that the man who has writ
ten them has something he wants to
sell, and that he may be just stretch
ing it a little. Go slow In considering
a change of location. Don't sell the
old farm and rush off to the new loca
tion. Investigate first Inspect the
land personally, and then don't make
the move until after the sober second
thought
'Another serious scale, pest' has
made its appearance and is the sub
ject of investigation by the govern
ment agricultural department It is
known as the terrapin scale (Eule
canium nlgrofascinatum), and au
thentic specimens have been received'
by the bureau of entomology from
every state east of the Mississippi
river; and from- Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Texas, Minnesota and On
tario. Further detailed Information
has just been made public In a special
bulletin prepared by J. G. Sanders of
the department of agriculture. The
bulletin says that this species of
scale, more conspicuously marked
than any other of the genus, is the
most t generally injurious one. In
consequence of its wide range of food
plants, including both wild and culti
vated trees, "it must be considered a
dangerous -pest which may be con
trolled, but never eradicated." Kero
sene emulsion is the remedy recom
mended for fighting this pest
Remember, In order to make the
richness of your soil available you
must put the ground in good, tilth and
cultivate generously.
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.It spoils, the grind. stone ;to let. It
stand in the trough partly filled with
water. 4- ' v
Use pea ground foliate potatoes,
peppers, tomatoes, or shy other suit
able crop.
Clean out the nest boxes occasion
ally and burn the straw. It helps keep
down the lice, :,
Extra rush in farm work should not
be allowed to interfere with the regu
lar milking hour.
Cultivate the corn through June and
July but don't run too deep. Severed
roots limits the capacity of the plant
to mature its ears.
The fine delicate aroma of 'freshly
made butter is quickly lost and for
this reason it should be gotten to the
consumer as quickly as possible.
The price, of eggs keeps up which
makes the outlook for the poultry
business good. It seems at the pres
ent time as if there was little danger
of overdoing the poultry business.
How much did your carelessness
contribute to the following figures:
Two million two hundred and twenty
thousand nine hundred and ninety-
five cattle, 3.342,769 sheep and 2.681,-s
166 swine were lost by disease and
exposure in the United States in the
year ending March 31, 1907.
As an indication of the ever-increasing
demand for the services of com
petent instructors and investigators
of horticultural we have but to state
that a foremost western college has
received within three weeks requests
from three different states and one
foreign country for such horticultural
experts. Remember to give the cow
a little of the milk of human kind
ness while she is filling the milk pail.
Every effort towards more cleanly
dairying is commendable and for this
reason we take pleasure in telling of
the plan of the patrons of the Areata
creamery In California, and, which is
worthy of emulation in other dairying
communities. An agreement has
been entered into among the patrons
that each will deposit a dollar in the
bank every time he cashes his check
from the creamery, this money to con
stitute a fund which will be awarded
by a committee' at the end of the
year to the three men who have
made the best showing in sanitary
conditions during that period.
Experiments have shown that 60
per cent of all the feed a dairy cow
can eat is appropriated to sustain her
body. If a cow is fed to 70 per cent
of her capacity only ten per cent of
the ration can be used for milk pro
duction. Liberal feeding is necessary
but its profitable extent depends on
the individual animal. Successful
dairying depends fully as much on
the feeder as on the cow. A propor
tion of two-fifths concentrates to
three-fifths roughage is widely and
successfully used. Of course feed
stuffs must be chosen to balance well
and with an eye to their market value.
Take a "corn ear census" on your
farm this summer. It takes but lit
tle time to walk through the rows
and count the stalks that have no
cars, and find what percentage they
bear to the fruitful stalks. One farm
er, who took a census last year, found
that the barren stalks averaged about
20 In 100. It is a good thing to'
know. It means a loss of one-fifth In
the yield of corn. Now it is claimed
that these barren stalks will fertilize
the ears of the other stalks and so
breed more and more barrenness In
the years to come. If this is true, it
would pay us well to go through our
corn just before it silks and cut off
the tassels of all the barren stalks.
During the trying heat of the sum
mer remember that hog cholera is a
germ disease, and spread by bacteria.
Contagion can spread from one ani
mal to another and from herd to herd
only by these minute organisms. They
are carried in- every way by swine,
by the clothes of persons, by
vehicles, feed, dogs, birds and by
streams. Poor care may weaken the
hog's constitution and make him more,
susceptible to disease than he would
be otherwise. . Diseases may be pre
vented largely through disinfection.
Bacteria are preserved in filth; hence,
entire cleanliness will go far to pre
vent disease. Hogs should have dry,
well-ventilated quarters, with the
sleeping room raised a little above
the others. Feeding and drinking
places must be clean and the water
pure. "
Nearly all, sheep-have worms in the
liver, but they do no harm unless
they are in such;numbers as to' cause
sickness and death.' The treatment
for sheep thus afflicted is a tonic,
made up as follows: Linseed meal
or coarse wheat flour, 40 pounds;
powdered anise or gentian, and sul
phate or oxide of Iron, four pounds
each; half a pint daily to .each sheep.
In all treatment It is necessary to re
move the affected animals to a per
fectly dry pasture or salt marsh, on
either of which the parasites will per
ish. To turn them on a fresh pasture
that is not dry. Is to stock it with the.
Pst
An atmosphere of fault-finding on
the farm is one of the fruitful sources
of dissatisfaction and discontent on
the part of the children with farm
life. Be patient, and instill love for
that which you would have them con
tinue, r
Too much work and too little read
ing and study of farm topics makes
of farmer John an unprogressive agri
culturist Read up and then work
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Fourth of
July
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By T. C. HARBATJGH
Old Glory is waving on land and on;
The hope of the Nation, the pride of:
the free.
Our fleets bear it outward to harbors'
afar, .
And dear to the eye is the gleam of
each star; j
In beauty it floats over hemlock and
pine. " :
Adown to our orange-fringed troplcaI
' line,
Our fathers, beneath it were willing'
to die, :
And new luster it gets on the Fourth
of July. i
The Old Continentals! methinks that;
they come
Out of the past at the tap of the drum, j
Their swords are aloft and their bay-j
onets shine , ;
And Washington rides at the head of j
the line; j
There Sumter and Schuyler are light-r
ing again,
And yonder is charging "Mad Asrt
thony" Wayne! '
They fought and they fell 'neath the!
Union's blue sky,
And gave to Columbia her Fourth of I
July.
We reach out from ocean to ocean j
afar. I
A nation of freemen all matchless ini
war, 1
Our eagle's a-wing,of his grandeur un-j
shorn, i
For never by foe has .his plumage'
been torn:
And woe to the hand that would fetter!
his flight,
Or sully the banner he guards In hisj
might;
He watches our land from his eirie on
high.
And our flag waves for him on the!
-Fourth of July!
Our forefathers gave us this home off
the free.
And tenderly guarded young Liberty's!
tree;
Undaunted in battle heroic they- stood!
And nourished the soil with the best:
of their blood;
Blow, blow the wild bugles, but not'
for the fray.
The morning has dawned upon Liber1
ty's day;
Unfurl the proud emblem that kisses'
the sky
For this is the world's only Fourth of
July.
The rollicking drums! let them sound'
in their might,
And rally the people, but not for tho
fight;
The land is aflame, and the rocket's
fierce fire
Will show where our eagle mounts
higher and high'r;
And listen! o'er Brandywine's historic
plain
The old Continentals are swarming
again;
With the tread of the brave and the
soldier's true eye,
.They march, as It were, to our Fourth
of July.
The Past Is our pride and the 'cycles
of fate
.Await us inside of the Century's gate;!
We dress to the colors that flutter and!
, shine.
While Liberty's stands at the head of;
the line;
Look up at the Flag that will neven
grow old
As long as the tale of our fathers is!
told!
As long as our land is our home may;
it fly
To crown with its glory each Fourthr
of July.
DOTS FOR THE fOURTH
Don't allow the firecrackers to go off;
in the grass unless you want the lawn
ruined.
" Don't, wear a thin inflammable frock.
Put on a cloth skirt if there are fire
crackers, about.
Don't attempt to set off complicated
pyrotechnics without thoroughly com
prehending the process.
.
Don't lay away left-over fireworks'
for another year. They are dangerous
things to pack away where mice can!
get at them. Buy only so many as
can be used on the day appointed. r
Torpedoes.
Torpedoes- or "throw-downs" are
generally compositions of chlorates or'
chlorates and sulphur, with gravel toi
give the device weight, all wrapped in,
tissue paper. Some genius has in-!
vented a firecracker of compressed air;
to take the place of the present giantt
crackers, which contain dynamite.
Mere Pleasantries.
Sky Rocket Ah! I'm going off oai
the Fourth, and have a high old time.
Pin Wheel Bah! You're always:
shooting off about yourself., I never
blow about it but generally have a.
gay little whirl myselL.
A Definition. .
"Pa, what Is refined cruelty?"
"Reading the Declaration of Inde
pendence to a lot of people who are
aching to get at the lunch baskets.'
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