Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-11-26
Save The Children.

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Bulls Cough Syrup is sold everywhere
for 25 cents. Insist on having it.
to 1T to theirs. No, sir! So. in line with
these sentiments, he told Carpenter one
day that he was going to take Julia Es-
tudillo to the Thanksgiving ball
"Have you asked her motherf" in
quired the cautious Carpenter.
81 don't intend to, replied Mr. Long
ley. II haven't asked the girl yet, but
she'll jump at the chance to go with a
white man. Say, she isn't bad looking
girl for g."
''Look outp' interrupted Carpenter,
"you are little too handy with that
epithet. And you intend taking the
girl alone?'
"Alonep' said Longley firmly. "No
old duenna tags me around"
You'll get yourself in trouble sure, I"
Carpenter warned. "If you're not sand
bagged at the baile or assassinated be-
fore the baile-mark my words-they' II
rope you into marrying the girl. I"
Mr.. Longley slapped himself on his
chest and gave his friend to understand
that he had not journeyed all the way
from Ohio to have his life cut off in its
flower and prime by the hand of an as
sassin, nor did he leave the prettiest
girl in ''the states" to come out here to
marry one of these Spanish beauties"
and for the rest of fevered existence
strive to keep enough frijoles and tortil-
las in the larder to feed her and her
1000 relatives. "Don't you worry over
Longley. He can take care of himself,
was his parting adjuration.
Lured by the sound Of viol, flute and
bassoon, or, to be exact, accordion, two
guitars and q fiddle, Carpenter stole
away from the Office to peep in at the
Thanksgiving ball. The long hall was
brilliant with kerosene lamps and gay
with palms and flowers. Longley was
there with his Julia. A quadrille had
just ended, and the men were rushing
about for new partners. When not
dancing, the girls all sat at one end Of
the room, looking demure and pretty in
their white frocks, with roses in their
black braids. Facing them on long
bench sat the duennas gossiping and
smoking, but each keeping an un-
wearied eye upon her particular charge.
Longley caught sight of Carpenter
and came hurrying out. lyon see I
brought her." he said.
"And her mother?" asked Carpenter.
"Mother nothingl You want to hear
how I did it?" and Longley unfolded
tale that made Carpenter gasp.
well, my son, if you really did this
persuaded that foolish girl to climb
out Of the window and go with you un-
known to her mother-I don't know but
what you deserve your fate. You know
too much ever to take advice, but I'll
give you this piece, so won't have you
on my conscience as not having done
all could. Don't 60 home the same
way you came, and, if it was me, I'd
walk backward every step of the way" !"
Longley waved the advice lightly
from him and hurried back to Julia.
The next time the friends met was at
Longley's wedding, four weeks after
the Thanksgiving ball. Longley looked
weak and pale Carpenter judged he
had hardly recovered from the garTot.zo
that had laid him low as he was boost
ing Julia in her window, one OF the IRON
bars Of which Longley had managed to
remove Longley suspected Julia's
cousin, Jose Enron, who had shown un-
utterable hatred for the young eastern
man.
| For three weeks Longley lay in the
Estudillos' adobe suffering from con-
cussion of the brain. Part of the time
he was unconscious. He had strange
dreams The bare little chamber was a
prison cell, and Julia was his jailer. He
dreamed he clamored for Kitty-Kitty
back in Ohio-that is, he thought Exit
ty" and struggled to say it, to scream
it, but the spoken word turned to
Julia" He strove, he fought, strug-
Cling as drowning man struggles for
breath in the water, to call for Kitty.
He was not Julia's, he was Kitty's.
That kept floating back and forth in
his brain like piece Of kelp sloshing
to and fro in the tide.
| When he got the kinks Strengthened
out in his head, he found that they had
finished calling the banns for him and
Julia, and that they were preparing for
the wedding to take place as soon as he
could stand.
The thing was monstrous, without
doubt, but what could be done? Carpen-
ter was the only one who would even
try to interfere, and he could do nothing.
Julia clothed herself in stupidity, and
against that impenetrable armor Car
penter battered in vain. The mother, Of
course, understood no word Of English |;
so it was useless to appeal to her. And
there they had poor, conceited, ratified
Longley fast.
The marriage could not take place in
the church, as Longley was not Gath
olio. The priest did not approve and re-
monstrated with Sonora Estudillo in re-
gard to this impious alliance with a
hereto. ''Valgame Diosl' she said,
with despairing shrug. "What would
you? Those Of the true faith will not
work, and there are seven of us and
nine Of the family Of my sister. Would
you have us starvep" 1t is sad thing
that religion must give way to matters
Of expediency. The dollar dominates
even in slumberous old Monterey.
| Carpenter. with grim line round his
mouth, wondered as he stood watching
the priests genufections if Longley
was recalling any Of his somewhat in
temperate remarks about priests and
greasers He looked white enough, as
he stood Imply by bridal robed Julia,
to be recalling the sins and misadven-
lures Of bad life century long
i Longley never did get to looking
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