Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-08-24

among them, it may be-noble Oh
citizen-haye just been called from
the dance or the feast to serve as they
have bound themselves to serve, at al,
times of necessity. Another minute
they have fastened away on then
midnight mission; the flare of then
torches is seen no more.
Lilias, standing mute, unmoyable
in the moonlight, remembers how on
that bridge two days before, she had
parted with him she loves; recalls the
proud hard words which have been
their last, and tries-very hard she
tries-to realize that between them
now runs the River of Death, and that
before she can whisperthe word For
give" she must wait until she, too,
shall reach ''the other side"
80 Ralph, if you were here but for
one short moment. [ think could
make you understand Then, as il
in answer to her half-uttered cry,
some one who, unnoticed, has with
rapid, uncertain steps passed twice OF
thrice below the balcony, pauses
and looks up and calls her by her
name
Down in the front vestibule, still
left opened to the street, with none
near but the old half-sleeping con
cierge, she learns the glad news that
all Florence has been under mistake,
that Ralph has come home from his
prolonged stay III the campagna; that
the River of Death has been but the
dream of two sad days; and that
Ralph understands" already, and
has come to make her understand.
No river need longer divide them.
will you come to me there on
the other sideF' Ralph asks once
more.
And LiIias answers, Il will come >
Cute Commercial Traveller.
Many are the stories still told by
commercial travellers about George
Moore's determination to get orders
He would not be denied. If refused
at first he resorted to all sort of ex-
pedients until he succeeded. On one
occasion he sold the clothes off his
back to get an order. A tenacious
draper in Lancashire town refused to
deal with him. The draper was quite
satisfied with the firm that supplied
him, and he would make no change.
This became known amongst the com
mercial travellers at the hotel, and one
of them made a bet of Is with George
Moore that he would not obtain an Or
der
George set out again The draper
saw him entering the shop, and cried
out: "All full! all full, Mr.. Moore
l told you so before Never mind, "
said George, you won't object to a
crack" %Oh no." said the draper.
They cracked about many things, and
then George Moore, calling the dra-
per's attention to a new coat which he
wore, asked what he thought of it.
Its capital coat, said the draper
Yes, tirstrate; made in the best style
by tirst-rate Londoa tailor" The
draper looked at it again, and again
admired it, Why" said George,
you are exactly my size; it's quite
new, I'll sell it to you" What's the
price, Twenty-Five shillings. y
What? that's very cheap" yes,
it's a great bargain. "Then I'll buy
it, said the draper.
George went back to his hotel, don
ned another suit, and sent the great
bargain" to the draper. George calling
again the draper offered to pay him
No, no" said George, I'll book it
you've opened an account. Mr..
Moore had sold the coat at loss, but
he was recouped by the Is bet which
he won, and he obtained an order be-
sides. The draper afterwards became
one of his best customers.
How 1t Feels to Be Struck by Light
ming.
Springfield, Mass, Republican
Curtis B. Wells, of this city, has
received a letter from Henry NJ. Burt,
detailing the editors experience with
lightning Mr.. Burt certainly had a
marrow escape. He writes.
A little after o'clock Saturday
night ! was in my Office Tin the old
Summit House on Mt. Washington,
and had just given directions to Oar
by about making up a form, when all
at once | felt tremendous blow in
the back. | could not imagine at first
what caused it, but instantly thereaf-
ter | saw ball of fire as large as a
mans head directly in front of me-
not three feet off 1t exploded with a
tremendous noise, seemingly as loud
as cannon, and then | knew what
must have happened My left leg
seemed to be completely paralyzed,
and | fell to the floor. Three of my
printers were in the room at the time,
two sitting at the table near me and
one standing up little further Off
The latter had the skin on one hand
torn up, another was hit in the back,
and the third escaped without injury.
AT first | felt as though ball had
gone through my body, and that all
below had been shot away [ was
startled and confounded, but did not
lose consciousness. The young man
who could get out of the office ran TO
the hotel, the Summit House, and told
what had happened. Help came i'm
mediately, and l was removed to my
room in the hotel and undressed. DIR.
Strong, medical student of Harvard,
took my case in charge and treated
me with great skill In the course of
two or three hours l could begin to
move my leg very little This Mon
day morning find myself quite com
Portable, though l can not walk with
out cane, and my leg pains me con
siderably. can assure you that it
was a narrow escape from instant
death, and for one | do not care to go
through another experience like it.
As the storms are all, or most of them
below the summit, we have very little
fear of being struck by lightning. In
fact, for thirty years no one has been
hurt, or had such a narrow escape
from death. 1t is an old saying that
lightning never strikes twice in the
same place, and l am sure l do not
care to have it. We We're all the more
surprised from that until the bolt
came in we had no idea of the pres
ence of an electric storm. 1t had be-
gun to rain little, but there had
been no flashes of lightning 1t was
as startling as it would have been to
get a clap of thunder out of a clear
sky. You have probobly heard of the
impression of tree being found upon
the bodies of those killed by light
ming. The same thing was noticed
upon my back, and as there are no
trees on Mt. Washington, it seems to
me that the peculiar appearance must
be the result of the blood settling in
the smaller veins