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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-03-10

She STRUCK HOME The DAGGER.
/ was sent to administer dissolution
when he lay dying, and he told me a
pitiful tale in his last confession Will
you have another cigar?"
mo, no. Continue, please"
1.-THE evening we rowed over to the
Rip Raps to see the old fellow, it was
long after sun setting. and the waves
dipped badly over the sides of the boat.
was glad when the keel grated on the
pebbles of old Calhoun. Strange. wild
island of solid rock, that old fortl If
you've never been there, you can't
imagine how strange.
1.-THE keeper said when the lawyer
brought Nina to the island, he loved
her at once. Her wild. wonderful
beauty was just like the place, and he
liked her honest fearlessness and be-
lieved in her genuineness in spite of
her fatal temper-which he did not
mind never more'n ripple he said.
He respected her as sacredly as the
leaves of his dead mothers Bible, and
the safety of his sword-for he was an
old soldier-was not dearer to him than
his child's care. The lawyer was mad
ly in love with the beautiful maiden,
courted and won her. and was to return
and make her his wife after short alb
sence north. The girl indignantly pro-
tested against waiting for him in a
land of persecution and injustice, as
she claimed it TO be, and vowed never
to spend vesper upon it. She wished
to hide herself among the ruins of the
Rip Raps And there he left her-of
course, to await his return.
He never came back.
NINA waited, and never lost hope.
He will come back she said He
shall come back, even If tits sometime
"When they parted. she implored
him to accept the only thing in the
way of remuneration for his services
she possessed; a French heirloom of
great antiquity, belonging to her moth
er. 1t was the dagger have in my
keeping.
"He refused the generous gift, and
said: Save it for yourself, Nina
And said the old soldier to me, she
did, father-and used it, too! The
marks of her young blood have never
washed off the blade They're rustin'
there now, like when they fell from
the warm little heart, when that
brown hand drove the dagger straight
home!
"'She had waited many weeks and
many months, and-well, when think
on it, as does every stormy night,
she must have been deranged. For SO
she looked, to my poor old eyes, when
saw her, high upon the ramparts, in
the widest of the worst storm we had
along the roads that year, her long,
black hair and wind blown frock LASH
ing around her-and the sharp fash as
come to show. me when she struck in
the dagger-and making as fast as
could to get to her! The waters cover
her now, poor wild lamb, and no one
knows ont I've kept it alone to my
SELF said the old man, because, as she
whispered, 'there is none of 'em to
care, Fisher"
The man walking with the priest
was pale and horror-stricken. He sank
down upon the sands of the beach
while the tide washed in to his feet
The priest stood moment in silence,
then he said, holding out the dagger:
Here is Nijna's heirloom, which
somewhere-sometim was to de-
lever to her lover! Summer seasons
have come and gone, and l have
waited"
The blase clutched at the sands, and
groaned in anguish:
And am the mani"
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OUR OFFICE BOY.


When first he showed his modest face in an
We saw most respectful, timid, sweetest NJ
tie lad:
And when he started in to work we opened wide
our ewes
To see HIS tireless energy. On him there were
no flies.
His brightness was o marvel, his polteness
was the same:
The way he new on errands put the telegraph
to shame;
An early bird in mornings and a late one in the
night
lie made himself so useful that the firm grinned
with delight
For just week our darling beat the record of
his kind;
For just a week we thought we had an angel
hard to find
he had sized,
Our little ONCE cherub showed his nature un-
disguised.
He first threw OF his modesty and sweetly
blushed no more:
In all our conversations he put glibly in his
oar;
He echoed all our laughter gave opinions OF
his own,
And whistled Annie Rooney while he scrubbed
ut his throne.
A blindness and deafness seemed to strike
him very hard;
Our orders and our wishes he would coolly dis
regard;
But with such childlike innocence that We were
left In doubt
OF whether we should pity him or promptly
fire him out
HE In tepess an the ynornfn0 rnatche6 his earli.
ness at night
Each day his cheek grew bigger and his collar
rose IN height;
An English cane he sported and his trouser
legs were pressed.
And q gorgeous, great chrysanthemum most
hid his noble breast
On work however urgent he would coolly take
his time:
No hurrying on errands marred his dignity sub
lime;
His frigid stare would paralyze whoever found
fault
His cigarettes were horrid and his freshness
laughed at salt
When his first month was ended he had swelled
to twice his size:
His airs were simply royal; he was boss with
out disguise;
His attitudes were careless and his little legs
The free and easy manners of the gentleman he
made
At last SO big be felt himself he got the striking
craze,
And in the private once he walked boldly for q
raise"
1t took the ''old mans" breath away and made
him feel SO weak
That in speechless wonder he gazed on the
youthful cheek
But when our little daisy from the interview
returned
He was so changed and wilted that our hearts
with pity yearned;
In silence and humility that told his mental
strain
He sadly donned his overooat and hat and Eng
lish cane.
Then, never looking backward, never saying q
''good-by."
He sneaked away as meekly as cold wave
stricken ny.
He's gone but not forgotten. and although we
mourn his loss
We're glad some other once has the pleasure
OF our boss
IL c. Dodge In Goodall's Sun
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loutu, anu Oc-
casionally generous smile Kindness
and determination filled the dark eyes,
and the broad forehead was not unvis-
tied by the busy fingers of care. The
hand which removed cigar from his
lips was fat, smooth and white-very
much given to benedictions and hand
shakings. His eyes were fastened upon
a large. finely built man, fresh in the
forties, but aged by vein of selfish
reverie and visible ennui. Moving to
the doorway, he continued looking
hard at the back of the blase's dress
coat and waiting clouds from his Ha.
vana. when the hotel guest turned and
nodded. He recognized priest of the
village he had chatted with at the bar
ber's and met in the fort the day be.
fore.
Good evening"" saluted the priest
Enjoying yourself?"
''No-can't say / am" returned the
other YEARLY, moving toward the
priest
Perhaps you will take smoke. II
Is a glorious nigh"
4AS esSS~AsSU, oAAu tdhluK Ills nat from
the window sill followed the priest.
1--WE will walk out to the pier. il Won
like" said he of the cloth, and thew
made their way out from the crowds
near the pavilion.
You don't care much for such
scenes, judge?" indicating the CAV
jewellers by lifting of his head.
"No-not in the least" was the an
swer.
'sSuch scenes are mere mockeries To
you-entirely out of harmony with
your Utmost thoughts" continued the
priest
Just then they passed food of light
from an open doorway, and the priest
siackened his gait and offered his COM
panion cigar, watching him, mean
while, closely.
what makes you think that?~
asked the other, about to accept the
outstretched cigar, when suddenly the
priest dropped something from his
breast.
The blass stopped to recover and
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PuNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

-wibble--''Do you think gambling
Is wickedg' Wabble-.Er-it is all
in the observation-disclosures Journal.
-Mamma--''What would mamma's
little boy do If she should dieT' Little
Boy-"Gee, I'd go skatin' every day"
Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Bull-"What would you do If
you thought the world was coming to
an end Tomorrow Mr.. Bear-''Sell. !"
Detroit Tribune.
Some men will boast of their de-
scent when they come down ont of a
q tall family tree to dine at a free
lunch counter.-Binghamton Repub-
lican.
-Herdso-"When you get to be a
man are you going to be lawyer, like
your papaY' Dick Hicks-"Nope;
going to be q good one. Brooklyn
Life.
-Jerry-'Lend me ten dollars. Tom.
There'l be the devil to pay to-day IL l
don't have it." Tom-s'Excuse me; I'd
rather you owed it to the devil than to
me. Detroit Free Press
-Josiah-"Williams said he'd send us
telegram as soon as he reached New
York. Mandy-s'Land salxes. reckon
I'll have to learn to talk through it
too. Do you ring the bell or say hello,
first?'-Inter ocean.
--Jesss-"Did you know there was
an ante-nuptial agreement between
Mr.. and Mrs. Silvers?' Bess-''No, but
I'm not surprised. If they ever agreed
Upon anything it must have been be-
fore they were married. Kate Field
Washington.
There's lots of good in that Mrs.
Slack who lives up street" 'Do you
think sop 81 do; she is constantly
borrowing things from her neighbors,
yet she never has an ill word to say
about any of them."-N. Y. Press.
Her Little Scheme. --"What lovely
new bonnet!'' Mrs. Potts-"It's funny
the way /, got it. too. insisted on
having my husband explain all about
the new tariff bill He talked for about
five minutes, and then compromised ON
this indianapolis Journal.
IAN Argyllshire elder was asked
how the kirk got along. He said:
"Aweel. we had four hundred MEM
bers. Then we had q division, and
there were only two hundred left; then
disruption, and only ten of us left
Then we had q heresy trial; and now
there is only me and ma brither Dun
can left, and 1 ha' great doots of Dun
cans orthodoxy" --Tid-Bits.
DIR. Francis Parker, the late his
torian, had q strict idea of justice In
some things. A friend met him one
day walking along the street leading q
street boy with either hand. ''What
in the world are you doing, Parkham?'
asked the friend. II found Johnnie
here had eaten all of the apple in
stead of dividing with his little
brother. I am going to buy another
for the younger boy, and make John
ME watch him while he eats it,
In her recent book on Whittier,
Mrs. Claflin tells the following anec-
dote: An old Quaker friend. bache-
lor, visited Mr.. Whittier. When the
hour for retiring came he was shown
to his room. Soon after he was heard
calling from the top of the stairs, in
an excited tone: II think thee has
made mistake, friend Whittier, l find
female garments in my rooml' At
which friend Whittier replied: "Thee'd
better go to bed; the female garments
won't hurt theen
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Riding Down . Wolf.

1t has been often noticed in India
how fast wolf travels by means of q
lounging, Looping trot that is by no
means suggestive of speed. While one
gallops after it as hard as good horse
can go, the wolf pursued, never appar-
emily hurrying, lollops along at q pace
that equals that of the following steed.
/ have heard it said that no horseman
ever rode a wolf down; but to this
statement must demur, inasmuch as
/ have done this thing. Perhaps my
wolf was sick. Be that as 1t may, ]
did, when out pig-stick-ing in the Gan
ges country over against Colgong. fol-
low a wolf, and that wolf turned
sharply when l closed with it. and the
horse rode Ia rare good one), kicked
it over with his fore feet, and made
the matter of spearing my wolf sim
plicity itself One of my companions
of that day found explanation of this
performance in the fact that / had rid
den another mans horse with my OWE
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First Monkey-Did you hear those
explorers conversing just now?
Second Monkey-Yes.
II wonder If we could manage to
learn their language?
81 am sure we could But where's thS
use? They don't look to me as If they
had any ideas worth communicating"
Washington Star
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In THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.


Strange Creatures That Go About During
the Night.
In tropical countries where the
struggle for life seems to rage even
fiercer than in the temperate regions,
vast number Of animals have been
driven by want to seek their liveli-
hood in the dark, through stress OF
competition. There are the bowler
monkeys, for example, who make night
hideous in large tracts of South Amer
lean forest beginning their dismal
music as soon as evening sets in, and
only retiring for the day as dawn pur-
pies the horizon.
There are the lemurs of Madagas-
car, SO called because, like ghosts, they
walk by night and withdraw at cock
crow = strange, stealthy. noiseless
creatures, with great wistful, poetical
eyes and enlarged pupils; monkeys
that prey on birds and insects in the
gloomy depths Of thesv native forests.
There is the slender loris, graceful
and beautiful beast, with eyes like ga
zelle's, but treacherous manners, who
pounces upon birds as they sleep in
their little nests. creeping silently
upon them from behind like an Indian
upon the warpath. and affording no
indication of his hateful presence till
he is within arms reach of his slum-
bering victim.
There is that curious little monde
script animal, the aye-aye, who at.
tracted so much attention a few years
ago at the Zoo-a quaint, small beast,
half monkey, half rodent. who comes
forth by night in search of fruit or in
sects, and crawls through the woods
with catlike pace upon butterfly OF
caterpillar. And there is that other
odd connecting link, the galeopithecus,
or "fying monkey'-a lemur well on
his way to develop into a bat, apelike
in form, but with membrane stretched
loose between his arms and legs after
the documentary fashion of the flying
squirrel. by means of which he g1ides
from tree to tree with . sort of hall
jump, half fight, very curious to wit
ness
These are but few of the nocturnal
mammals of the monkey and lemur
type, ancient ancestors of our own,
gone wrong through keeping such very
late hours. and now stranded for the
most part in islands or peninsulas OF
extreme antiquity. -Cornhill Magazine.
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PRIEST AND DAGGER.
By L c. BANCROFT.
Copyright. 1898, by the Author.l

LANDING out
side q n open
window of the
II y g e la ball
room, at OIL d
Point Comfort,
was a man o +
Herculean build
and s o l Q m n
I a c Q bearing
the features of
the student and
! n v e 8 tigator.
There w as a
X / n d ly line
about the large
-o..Al a-l
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Eyes, father said the repentant
young man. who had been living toe
fast. ~ admit that, to use metaphor,
have been burning the candle at both
ends"
John" said the father sternly, "the
trouble with that metaphor is that q
candle has only two ends Chicago
Record.
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ChiIdren's Day at the Baptist Church.

Sunday morning, Rev. Mr. Macgeorge
preached from the words, And He took
a little child and set him in the midst OF
them" The child in our midst, in the
home, the Nation, and in the church. A
very convincing and impressive setting
forth of the grave responsibility OF those
to whom the care of the children is en-
trusted. In the evening, notwithstand-
ing the great heat, and many standing
during the entire service, proved the in
terest always taken in the children at
such time. The entire programme
was almost faultlessly rendered and
words of grateful approval are due Prof.
Downs and Mr. Cooper for the musical
part. and Mrs. Edward Norton for the
children's recitations. The children al
ways recite well. The Rainbow by seven
girls and the Clock by twelve little girls
are among the recitations deserving Of
special mention.
The violin solo by Geo. Donnelly was
very highly complimented, as was also
the solo by Miss Alice Smith, the duet
by Mabel Hurley and Jessie LOOMS,
1.-THE songs we used to sing" accom-
panied by the quartette of ladies who af-
ter the chorus by the school, sang one
verse of each of the familiar hymns,
"Jesus Lover of My Soul" 80 Refresh
Us, Travelling Through the Wilderness, y
and "Blest be the Tie that Binds"
This was listened to with great pleasure,
and we are not forgetful chat our CRATE
full thanks are due and are now given the
orchestra for their selections so perfect
ly rendered and added so much to the
attraction of the evening The church
was tastefully decorated.
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The Fourth Near Home.

The picnic and field day of the Hoo
sick Falls fire department will be held in
Webster's grove July 4th. A street pa
rade of local and visiting firemen and BIZ
cyclists will take place in the morning.
Among the sporting events included in
the programme are these: One mile BIZ
cycle race, first prize L. A. w. gold
badge, second, cyclometer; half mile
bicycle race, first prize nickel plated
search light, second, silk umbrella;
wheel barrow race, purse SO; hub and
hub race between Seth Parsons Steamer
company and Hook and Ladder company
No. /, prize an officers trumpet; tug-ot-
war between Miller Hose company and
Fourth Ward Hose company, prize pair
of nickel plated lanterns; sack race,
purse So; sparring contest tor purse OF
of SIS between Eugene Hornbecker of
New York and Jack Reynolds of Boston;
battle royal for purse of $40 among
Thomas Ryan, James Peters and Patrick
Carney, all of Hoosick Falls. A creased
pig will be let loose on the grounds to be-
come the property of the captor. The
popular local song and dance team, New
man of Hoosick Falls, n. Y, and Whit
ney of Bennington, will entertain. A
Walter A. Wood tubular steel mower
will be given away as gate prize.
On account of the tournament that oc-
ours here a few days later, it is not prob
able that any of the local department
will attend.
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Music, Forest Song, G. II. Bennett
Essay .................. Closing Scenes
Miss Carrie Augustra Wood.
Essay. To the Courageous Belongs the World
Miss Annie Eliza Dalln.
Grafton. ............ Education for Citizenship
Charles Henry Bennett.
Music.
Valedictory .............M Miss Laura p. Stafford
Music.
Presentation of medals and prizes. ...........
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .SupJ' y. y. Davis
Music.
Presentation of Diplomas, 49,. .Dr. e. b. Daley
BenedictiOn. .................ReY A. Macgeorge
Medals were distributed to the follow
ing: School No. l, Paul Murray; No. 2,
Julia LOOMS; No. 3, Bessie Hudson;
No. 4, Lena Ineson; No. 5, Lou Frost;
No. 6, Daisy Richie; No. L Clara Doran;
No. s, Rose Murray; No. 8, George
Houghton, Grace Sibley; No. 10, Arthur
Williamson, Lizzie WEIGH; No. IL, Della
Briggs, Minnie Frazier. First prize in
Mathematics, Jesse Barney; second, lie
Grand Hyde The week closes with the
reception given by the graduates in Ii
brary Hall this evening, to which large
number of invitations have been extend
ed, and which, as is usual, will be well
attended by the many friends of the
class. Music will be furnished for dane
ing.
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The State Eireman,s AssooiatiOn.

The executive committee of the State
Firemans Association have sent out
prospectus and invitations to attend the
annual convention and tournament that
will take place here July 18th and 18th.
Prizes amounting in the aggregate to
$3.50 will be given in first, second and
third, as follows: Hose race, $500, SlOO,
$50: hook and ladder contest, Sl5, $40,
So; hand engine contest, $500, $50, and
$50. The contests will all be under the
rules of the State Association and will
come off the 10Th. The convention Will
assemble in the Opera House on the
afternoon of the 18th. Entries for all
the contests close the noon of the 18th.
Already quite a number of companies
have announced their intention of Being
present, among them being Ethan Allen
Engine Company No. l of Burlington,
who hold the State championship for
hand engines, and the G. q. Knight Hose
Company of Fairhaven, who hold the
State badge for hose contests; Boxer
Engine Company No. of Burlington,
together with its hose company, which
will compete in the hose races. These
companies will be accompanied by the
Sherman Military band. The Reynolds
Hose Company of Rutland, are entered
in the hose race. This company will be
accompanied by the Rutland City band.
Sylvia Hook and Ladder Company OF
Greenwich, N. Y, will also be present
and take part in the parade. An inter
esting feature of the tournament will be
the reunion that has been arranged to
take place between the Ethan Allen
Hose Company of Burlington and the
Trojan Hook and Ladder Company of
Troy, arrangements for which have been
completed by Secretary Makepeace of
the Trojans and Captain La Fountain OF
the Ethan Aliens. The local depart
ment will do all that they possibly Can
to make the reunion a success.
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