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will be meeting of the Republican clul
at Glover's hall, Sandy Hook, Frida.
evening, September 80. The old mem
bers of four years ago are to be there il
full force to re-organize for the presiden
tial campaign of 1892.
III. X. Wright went to New Haven
Wednesday, to begin his studies at Hop
! kins grammar school.
K. Ii. Smith has four-quart Whit,
| Mountain ice cream freezer, as good al
new, for sale for 81 80. a hard Woo
| kitchen table with draw for ST 40. Cal
at the house.
Mr. and Mrs w. L. Ackley entertained
the Berkshire people, Tuesday evening
The ladies prayer meeting will be hello
at the house of Mrs l.. b. Lake. next
Tuesday at 3 p III. Mrs E. p. jenkins OF
Bridgeport is expected to be present AND
give Bible reading.
IL. F. Orgelman and DR. Richardson
went on the excursion to Boston, Tues
day.
Mrs Julia Ilallock has returned to her
home with Miss Nettie Peck at High
Rock.
Work began on the iron bridge near
Dennis Cavanaugh's, Tuesday. Bert
Wildmau is laying the abutments.
The stone crusher of B. d. Pierce, ,Ir,
has been set up at the corner near the
watering trough on Henry Madigan's
land and repairs will soon begin on our
macadam road.
Michael Heating would like to sell or
rent his Huntingtown farm, as he has II
job at hating in Danbury.
james, son of Peter Hall, has bad
case of scarlet fever.
Persons having ''skittish'' horses would
do well to take notice that the stone
crusher and road roller are at work on
the depot road.
John Kelly was home from Baltimore,
Sunday.
Married at Brewster n. y, Monday,
September >, Miss Laura Harrington to
John w. Ferry, both of Dodgingtown.
The building movers of the academy
have made splendid progress with the
work, the past week. The building is
now more than two thirds of the way
down the hill and it is con sidered that
the heaviest part of the work is over.
The foundation for the new site is being
made ready.
ed Il reward of $50 for the arrest and
conviction of the vandals who mutilated
the Republican banner
The Star Green club danced at the
Town hall, Wednesday night.
Lockwood Shepard, IL respected resi-
dent of Zoar, died, last week, of heart
disease, "A. Rev o. o. Wright attended
the funeral and John aud Charles War
ner, Charles. Botsford, George Winton,
Julius Beers and G.. w. Bradley were
bearers. Mr. Shepard has been wasting
away for weeks and leaves a son, Will
liam Shepard, the mason and daugh-
ter, Mrs Wilbur French of Monroe.
Eugene Lake of Brooktield will board
at d. w. Bronsop's while he attends the
academy, this year.
Mrs w. G. johnson and Miss Lettie
Stoddard have been on trip to Meri-
den.
Millinery: Introduction sale-We
propose to start the Fall campaign by
offering new and desirable goods below
their actual value. We do this unusual
thing because we wish to attract to our
establishment those who have not as yet
visited us and we know of no better way
of making their visit Il pleasant and prof
liable one than by giving an opportunity
of buying millinery at Mrs George Dun
hams, 437 Main street, Bridgeport.
Miss Minnie Bronson returned to Bal
timore, Wednesday.
GaonInn-Tii1ic
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SOUTH BRITAIN.

Mrs Perkins and child have been at
Mrs Posts.
Mr. Post is afflicted with inflammatory
rheumatism in his foot.
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DR. A. A. Crane and family of Water
bury, with DR. Mensch from the German
hospital staff of New York, were guests
of II. NJ. Garfield, Sunday.
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Henry A. Gilbert, DR. A. e. May and
William English were delegates to the
Democratic senatorial convention in DAN
bury, Tuesday. II. A. Gilbert was chair
man of the convention.
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Republican caucus, Friday afternoon
Democratic, Friday evening, at the 'rowr
hall, in this place.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1892-09-30
Mrs james Darling and son of Brook
Ign are guests of William Daley.

A new concrete walk has been laid in
avenue.
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known to any other save the sergeant
and corporal Of the guard.
His relief having arrived, Private
Hull fastened to the tent Of Lieut..
Jack Porter, sidjutant of the First, who
was very busy, a,d bit under the
weather.
Say, Jack. I want to borrow your
clothes to celebrate in. May I have
'em? You can get along somehow,
can't you?"
Jack could. and, at four o'clock,
dressed in his prospective brother-in-
laws best un: form, Private Hull, look
ing very han isoIne, boarded the four
o'clock boat tar Midway and Chester.
on board whish, also. We're Misses Por-
ter and Briefly and Maj. Woods. all
feeling very Indignant over Col. Willis
non-appeararce, and all suspecting, if
the truth H1ust be told, that he had
overindulged il tie cup that inebriates.
They had heard Of officers doing such
things at encarnlEnents.
Phil saw Dorothy on the trip down,
but she did net see him. She was very
quiet, and did not look as if she were
enjoying herself hugely. AS a matter
of fact, she had been tortured by con-
science ever since sending Phil that
note, and could not help wondering
how she could excuse herself to him.
She had not really arranged to go with
this party; they, the others, had talked
some about it, but she did not reruem-
Der that she had definitely promised.
But they had talked her into it-that
is-well. here she was, anyway. And
Dorothy Porter was a very miserable,
disappointed, conscience-stricken girl,
indeed.
She did not see Phil until after the
ball opened IL the evening; and then
he waltzed very close to where she sat,
laughing merrily at something his part
ner, that horrid Name Reynolds" Of
whom Dorothy had once been very
jealous on account of Pills liking for
her, was saying. Later on she saw
him several times, nearly always with
the s'horrid'' Miss Reynolds. with whom
he always seemed to be having conf
Dental tete-e-tete chats in secluded
corners, near which Dorothy had wan
dered to keep away from the crush.
Col. Willis made his appearance and
his explanation. but he jid not get a
dance, as Miss Porter assured him her
programme was full Size hated the
sight of him, somehow, tonight.
Miss Porter's partners Loticed that
she did not seem like herself: she con-
versed in a dull way. and darieed poor
ly, which she had never done before in
her life. And when the first boat up
was announced she sent for her brother.
Capt Jim, who had come alone, and
asked him to take her homo.
With a mans brutal curiosity, no
sooner were they settled on the boat
| than Jim asked: whats up, Sis? Sick.
or had row with Phil?''
Whereat Dorothy proceeded to weep.
This was too much for JIM After
| doing all he could to calm her. he rose
a little impatiently, and walked for
ward, to .slet her cry it out"
Shortly afterwards, some one. who
had been looking for Dorothy from the
time he boarded the boat and now
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NOT NOISY ENOUGH.

Uncle Weatherwax's idea of How the
Fourth Should Be Celebrated.
Uncle Peleg Weatherwax hove in
sight just as the boys were preparing
for the biggest explosion of the day.
They had shot off frecrackers sinely.
in pairs and by packs, but their patriot
ism now demanded something more
deafening.
They had half a dozen large cannon
crackers, and it was proposed to con-
meet them together, place them under a
barrel and explode the whole six stimuli
taneously, and thus give expression to
the love of country which filed each
boyish bosom.
Uncle Peleg Weatherwax turned the
corner just as Billy Barlow had laid the
fuse and everything was ready for light
ing. but Peleg had seen none Of the
preparations.
The boys considerably waited while
he should go by, but the old gentleman
did not seem inclined to proceed. TAX
ing seat on the barrel, he looked
around at the boys and Observed:
We'll, youngsters, hev yer been en-
joying Independence day?''
''Yes, SIR" replied Billy Barlow, re-
spectfully.
''Shootin' crackers, and cannon and
SIGH. s'pose?''
Eyes, SIR
That's right. That's what like ter
see boys doin' on Independence day.
L amt one of the chaps as is alters try
in ter 'breviate the privileges of the
boys. an wantin' 'em to keep quiet an
never hev no fun. Still, it seems ter
me S if the boys nowadays don't know
how ter get up big excitement like
they used to when was young. Why,
we just had this old town fairly crazy
by the racket. The noise you fellers
have been maxim to-day is just gentle
whisper to what old Jake Hinkle and
Chad Parker and me and half dozen
other young fellows used to make
Why, my father used to say he couldn't
even hear himself think on the Fourth
If was you fellers I'd feel ashamed at
the quiet way you celebrate glorious
old independence day. There's no ex-
element at all, and the noise you make
isn't worthy to be called"
If Uncle Peleg Weatherwax finished
his sentence he must have done sc
somewhere in the air. Certain it is the
boys did not hear the conclusion.
While the old gentleman was extoll
ing the superiority of the Fourth of by
gone years and depreciating that of the
present, Billy Barlow had applied q
match to the fuse, and when the speak
er had reached just so far in his re
marks the fire touched the powder, the
six cannon crackers exploded unani
mously, and the barrel and Uncle Pelee
were lifted slzyward.
1t seemed like adding insult to in
jury when Billy Barlow asked the ole
gentleman, after he alighted, if it was
noisy enough for him, and Mr.. Wealth
erwaX seemed to regard it much in the
same light. for he hobbled off declar
ing he would have every one of the
crowd arrested-but he didn't.-Willian
Fl. Siviter, in Jury.
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CHAPTER XVII.
MET IN THE WILDERNESS

MET IN THE WILDERNESS
'tCampignou!"
stDunbar!'
Both men spoke simultaneously.
Yes, it was indeed Campignon, though
Arthur might have been excused from
recognizing him in his present state Of
squalor, his only costume straw hat
and a sleeveless tunic- There was
hardly spot on his body that was not
discolored from blow or scratch of a
thorn, but his eyes blazed with a fierce
ness which showed the fury that was
raging in his breast There was some
thing tragic in his manner as he said,
pointing to his weals and cuts:
''That fend, Archer, shall pay dearly
for thisi'
ssArcher!n
Eyes But remember am fugitive.
All that ask is that You viii give me
arms to defend or avenge myself: quick,
there is not moment to be lost
Arthur glanced at the baronet. He
had relapsed into his former air of Ian
guild Indifference, not even looking at
the strange scene being enacted ID his
presence
Dunbar was always quick in action
Follow me TO my chamber" he said,
'sthe last place they will ever think Of
looking for you"
In the retirement of the room which
Arthur occupied, which was By a good
chance at the very back of the long,
low bungalow. separated from the main
body of the building by passage. the
exhausted man briefly told his adFen-
lures
81 was on guard at our camp IN the
wood when you missed me" he said. as
he threw himself into Dunbar's bed
ssAnd doubtless my absence caused you
much surprise and anxiety. Well, it
all came about in this way. Just before
dawn, heard voices in the distance,
and. calling the dog to my side, set
forth to discover the cause of this un-
usual occurrence. I had not gone far,
when came across band of Cingalese.
headed by a European. making straight
for the camp, where you and the coolies
were asleep. knew It was useless to
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liking for Phil whom he knew, he
placed him last in the relief, IN order to
give him this desirable post
Here you are" he said. s'From the
foot of the bluff to that white rock by
the water. ALI you We got to do is to
keep awake. Number eighteen can't
see whether you're walking your beat
or not So long"
Fifteen minutes previously Col Frank
Willis, aid-de-camp to his excellency,
the governor, had selected a cave near
this spot as an excellent place in which
to battle He had left his clothes
about three rods inside the line, and
was now splashing in the cool water
beyond the point.
Presently ne finished his additions.
and started to return, on foot, and was
almost at the line when voice called:
'Haltl Who goes there2"
Now, Col Willis was nice chap, but
he did not know much about war or
anything pertaining to it, SO he an
swered: "W-why, it's all right; l was
just coming after my clothes. There
they are And he started to advance.
With anyone else, Private Hull would
have been more lenient; but he knew
his man, and fendish resolve formed
in his mind. The colonel, by the way.
had not the remotest idea who Private
Hull was, nor did he know that any such
person had any claim on the charming
Miss Porter.
''Halt! Have you the countersign?"
Col. Willis reluctantly confessed that
he lad not such a thing about him, but
added: ''It's all right, though. I'm Col.
Willis, of -
"Can't help it if you're the governor, :"
der arrest. Corporal of the gua-a-ard,
post mum Der nineteen,''
Number eighteen heard him, and
passed on the call. and in few min
utes the corporal Of the guard. with his
men, came up and escorted Col. Frank
Willis, of the governors staff, to the
guard house, very unwilling prisoner,
especially as, by the time he managed
to get word to the powers and secure
his release, it was nearly four o'clock.
am inclined to think that Lieut.. Fort
ner, officer of the guard, was response
bic for this. He was neglecting his du-
ties for the society of certain brother
officers aud basket of champagne,
and suggested that it would be a good
joke on the governors aid to let him
stay in the guard house awhile = to
which the others agreed, not a man
dissenting.
And Private Hull? He sent word TO
his first sergeant that he would like
to be exchanged. and that gentleman
accomplished the desired end, sending
another man to take his place, I'M
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found her all alone. leaned over her and
whispered 'sDorothy!'
ssPhil. oh, Philr'
Five minutes later Capt Jim. return
ing, heard gentle, lingering report:
1t was not as loud as that made by a
torpedo, bu. it startled him He peered
over into the gloom and saw two figures
sittng-very close together-where he
had left but one He chuckled grimly.
'Hurrah for the glorious Fourth he
remarked. And, as he turned away to
leave the lovers tothemselves, he added:
Exit the superfuous third.''
T.
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aged to enjoy herself pretty thoroughly.
assisted. to large extent, by Col VIII
lis, Of the governors staff, who was
palpably smitten.
OF course, Phil saw her several times;
generally, however, when he and his
''fellow-slaves'' were undergoing COM
pany drill. with a lot of giggling girls
and Sinking staff officers looking on
and the real and fancied Sights ranked
deeply, but he was helpless
There had been great preparations
for the celebration of the Fourth. It
was to be sort of cooperative celebra-
ton. In the forenoon there was to be
a big parade and sham battle at Fair
field; in the afternoon. speeches and a
circus at Midway; and in the evening,
Chester, the next town on the river be-
low Midway, was to furnish fireworks
and a grand ball, after which the visit
ors from Fairfield and Midway were to
return home by steamboat, along with
more fireworks.
The evening of the third, Private
Hull, having permission from his cap
tain to be absent, hurried up town
and up Locust avenue to the Porter
abode to tell Dorothy that he would
be at liberty to take her to the ''do-
ings'' atNiidway and Chester next day.
Dorothy, who was beginning to feel a
bit ashamed of herself for having had
such good time while Phil had been
shut up in camp, was delighted, and
for two hours talked of little else than
what they were to do next day. The
more she talked the more Phil thawed,
and it took them much longer to part
at the gate than usual: and Private
| Hull went back to camp more IN love
than ever, and Dorothy went to sleep
feeling a real good girl.
OF course, next morning, before it was
| fairly dawn, the small boys were out
with their firecrackers and toy cannons;
then the old six-pounder at the court
house greeted the rising sun with a
| resonant BOOM and a volley of
| weeds; then at the blacksmith shop
some old soldiers began firing off an
! anvil; then the morning gun at the
camp doomed out over the lake: the
rafting of small arms and frecracker
| explosions became almost incessant;
| and soon the Fourth of July was ready
for business, and everybody, dressed in
his best suit of clothes, was out on the
streets. accompanied by his family, all
! looking patriotic, cheerful and ex-
| pectant.
At nine a. N. Dorothy, with bevy
of other girls and a few staff officers,
was in the balcony of the leading hotel
waiting for the procession. After what
seemed an hour, but was really twenty
| minutes, it turned the corner down by
! the mill. The veterans and the local
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try and escape them. but I thought ]
might by the sacrifice of my own liberty
afford You a chance TO escape
Dunbar.s eyes were moist with tears
as he grasped the gallant Frenchmans
hand
$50 to call their attention 10 ma
Campignon continued, II fired re-
volver and made dash for the woods.
crying aloud, as though urging others
to flight My use succeeded In q min
ute they were in hot pursuit; but led
them long dance before finally fell
into their clutches"
'tHow bra~ei How generous.~ was
all Dunbar could say
by Archers orders ] was carried to
the village, and after undergoing indig
mites I VIII not shock your ears BY re-
citing, I found myself doomed to fate
uncomfortable if it were not that the
hope of escape glimmered in my brain
"a paddler in one of the great war
canoes in which my brutal captors
make their expeditions OF piracy. We
had just returned from ma<asding
excursion to q peaceful village forty
miles up the river, when the blessed
chance l had so often dreamed of came
Sickened with the scenes of rapine and
bloodshed had witnessed, crazed with
my own sufferings- I was desperate.
and the headman was a fool to strike
me when this mad mood was on me, for
the blow had hardly been given than 1
sprang on him-for / seemed in my
frenzy TO have the strength of ten men
and struck him so fierce blow that
believe killed him-I hope TO heaven
did,
.sAnd then?"
'.And then. without hope of escape,
I flung myself on the scowEng wretches
who crowded round me, and should
have been a dead man In another min
ute, when help came from q quarter
little dreamed Of
''Help.''
AYE. just as my strength was spent
grand, tad figure of man who looked
to me in my need like some angel sent
from Heaven. dashed between me and
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THE SKYROCkET.
A Song for the Fourth of Jul,

A Song for the Fourth of July.
o, I'm a jolly rocket,
AS I shoot along the sky,
For burst out from my socket
In the twinkling Of an eye,
And upward go Ehizzing
In O reckless sort of way,
In manner free and fixing,
Just to celebrate the day.
Twas in the kingdom fowery
That first beheld the light
Midst a cracking company showerE
All bedecked in colorS bright,
But my nature SO aspiring
Could not brook long delay,
So from the field retiring,
Shot in space, that very day.
The Fourth to me is jolly,
When with all my kith an6A-m
can join them in their folly,
Making noise and fearful din.
The wheel and Roman candle
To my family belong,
But I shock them as a vandal,
AS shoot the sky along.
My head is often dizzy,
And as heavy as brick,
And it's ever when most busy
That I lose my precious stick,
But love the din and crackle
OF an Independence day.
And there is naught that can me shackie
When I'm on my skyward way.
But when the day is over
And the night comes on apace,
then, as brilliant rover,
First exhibit ali my grace
Above the torches faring,
And above the loud huzZa,
I can see the crowds all staring,
And can hear their deafening "A-a-a-hf''
rs J. T. Greenleaf, in Good Housekeeping
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fremen followed the first band; then
came in a barouche the governor and
two other state officials. Another band,
then the brigade commander and his
staff; then the colonel and other Of
ficers of the First regiment; after them.
marching company front. the militia
boys, marching bravely and keeping
good step and a straight line.
Company ga" passed-Company ''B;"
Dorothy leaned over the railing and
smiled sweetly at the tall private,
mo 2" in the first set of four in Com
pany &C" He glanced furtively to-
wards her, and as he did so he STUN
bled on a cobblestone, his glasses few
to the ground and he fell On his hands
and knees on the freshly-sprinlzled
street, while Sergt. Adams. file
closer, who was also looking up at the
balcony, marched right along to similar
grief. for just as Private Hull attempted
to rise the fle-c]oser was upon him and
they fell together in a sprawling heap,
barely getting up in time to avoid being
trampled on by the boys of Company
3D."
To say that Dorothy was mortified
would hardly express her feelings. Her
later she was joined. on her way to the
lake and the scene of the sham battle,
by Col Willis.
.Good morning, Miss Porter" he
said, saluting. ibid you meet Miss
Briefly? She was TO tell you. believe,
that we will start on the three o'clock
boat"
'.Why-why, don't understand, Col.
Willis Who are weo''
The colonel looked at her reproach-
fully. "You don't really mean to tell
me you have forgotten the arrangement
we made day before yesterday? 1t was
understood, believe, that you, Mai.
Woods. Miss Briefly and myself were
to constitute party"
Which was more or less true. Doro-
thy remembered now, that there had
been something of the kind spoken of,
but she had not thought Of it until now.
What was she to do? She looked up at
the colonel, and, Maj. Woods and Miss
Briefly meeting them just then, some
how she allowed herself to be convinced
| that she had promised to go with them.
But what to tell Phil? She could not
! see him, and he was to call at two
o'clock. So she sent a note-it was a
short one, because she knew she could
explain. or excuse herself, much more
! easily when she saw HIM.
A little darby brought the note to
| Phil He read it three times, looking
puzzled, then displeased. then positive
IL angry. Then he turned and called
to the first sergeant
"Bowen, did hear you say you
| wanted some volunteers for general
duty?"
| Yes
| ssAn right. Count me in" And Pri-
vate Hull dove into his tent TO equip
himself for walking the line.
The corporal of the guard had re-
ceived orders to add another sentry on
the lake shore, as there had been much
trouble on account of the boys going
outside the lines to battle. and. having g
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TO Campignnn; for he knew that three
hours sleep on a tolerably soft bed
would be q godsend to the exhausted
Frenchman, and prepare him for the
prompt efforts they must make 60 es-
cape
When Campignon heard what had oc-
CURED his eyes flashed with Joy. Eve
are saxed,- he said But first let me
give you some idea OF the geography OF
the place Where we left the little
lake the river goes north for nearly
fifty miles, and then turns again in q
southerly direction; 50. by crossing
along the land path we. really travelled
over the base OF triangle. and we are
now about five miles from its bank,
where the village is situated Thence
it bends and It's course lies in q north
easterly direction. right into the heart
of the civilized region OF the coffee
plantations Do You not seq"
Yes; but how on earth are we to
reach this haven of safety2"
Throw ourselves on the mercy of
Ashnu GhooE, my boyl"