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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-25
CHAPTER II-CoNT1NuEp

suppose that it must have been an
hour that we assembled, and what with
my wounded ankle and the pain from
my eye, and the fear lest this wound
should have spoiled my good looks. 1
have made no journey to which 1 look
back with less pleasure. / have never
been a good climber az any time. but it
is astonishing what you can do, even
with stiff ankle, when you have a
unprecedented brigand at each elbow
and nine-inch blade within touch of
your whisllerS. We came at last to a
place where the path wound over a
ridge and descended upon the other
side Through thick pine trees into a
valley which opened to the south. In
time of peaceI have little doubt that
the villains were all smugglers and
that these were the secret paths by
which they crossed the Portuguese
frontier. There were many. mule
tracks, and once j was surprised to see
the marks Of a large horse where. a
stream had sOftened the track. These
were explained upon reaching a place
where there was a clearing in the fir
wood. Lsaw the animal itself haltered
to fallen tree. My eyes hardly rested
upon it when l recognized the great
black limbs and the white near the
foreleg. It was the very horse which 1
had begged for in the morning.
What then had become of Com
missariat Yida1?i, Was it possible that
there was another Frenchman in as
perilOus a plight as myself! The
thought had hardly entered my head
when our party stopped and one Of
them uttered a peculiar cry. 1t was
answered from among the brambles
which lined the base of a cliff at one
side of the clearing, and an instant later
ten or a dozen more brigands came out
from amongst them and the two par
ties greeted each other. The newcom-
ers surrendered my friend of the
bradawl with cries of grief and sympa-
thy, and then turning upon me they
brandished their knives and howled at
me like the gang of assassins that they
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"And only beg" said 1, ''thst you
do not commemorate it IN verse"
had one or two other little ironies to
utter, but he cut me short with fu
rious gesture which caused my three
guards to drag me from the cave.
Our interview, which have told you
as nearly as / can remember it, must
have lasted some time, for it was quite
dark when we came out, and the moon
was shining very clearly in the heav-
ems. The brigands had lighted a great
fire of the dried branches of the fir
trees; not of course for warmth, since
the night. was already very sultry, but
to cook their evening meal. A huge
copper pot hung over the blaze, and
the raseaISsweret lying all around in
the yell0SvI5 glare, so that the scene
looked like one of those pictures which
Junot stole tqof Madrid. There are
some soldiers who profess to care moth
ing for art and the like, but have al
ways been drawn toward it myself, in
which respect show. my good taste
and my breeding ?; remember, for ex-
ample, that when they were selling the
plumber after. the fall of Danzig, l
bought a very fine picture called
'Nymphs Surprised in Wood" and
carried it with me through two cam
paigns until my charger had the mis-
fortune to put his hoOf through it.
1 only tell you this, however, to show
you that l was never mere rough sol
der like Rapp or Lefebvre. As lay
in that brigands' camp 1 had little time
or inclination to think about such mat
ters. They had thrown me down I'M
der a tree, the three villains squatting
round and smoking their cigarettes
within hands touch of me. What to
do l could not imagine. In my whole
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WHAT HIS PUBLISHER WANTED.
Only One Little Thing and He Would
Be Perfectly Happy.

AApPSs
There is a Chicago writer who claims
to have had all along the hardest luck
of any follower of the muses. now liv
ing. He began trying for literary hon
Ors at the age of Ii. Soon after that
time he determined to make writing his
profession. With this end in view he
tot Sireat pains to. get himself lit
ers of education. He neglected mathe-
me oss, economies, ethics and almost
every other branch for bellies lettres.
While he was in school he contributed
to the college paper with considerable
success. After being graduated he
looked about for some permanent news
paper connection. This he did not find
so readily AS he had expected. The
field was overcrowded. However, as he
had inherited means he did not mind
waiting a little while. In the mean
time, though, he determined to submit
matter regularly. He did this for q
long while, but the forms continually
closed without his productions. After
a prolonged taste of this he gave up in
despair, swearing that working for
diurnaI journals was a thankless task
and dogs life, anyway. He then tried
to think visibIy through the magazines.
But here his offers were as Inflated as
before, At last, in righteous rage,
he vowed that if nobody else would
print his stuff, he would publish it him
self. He didn't want to run a paper, so
his determination forced him into the
necessity of writing a book. He cast
about for something that he thought
would sell we'll. Ee finally chose for
his subject "a History of the Civil
War" 1t was in six volumes. 1t took
him two years and a half to finish it.
Then he went looking for a publisher.
When he found how much it would cost
he almost concluded to allow it to re-
main in manuscript. However, he was
itching for a little reputation, so he
made a bargain with prflter whereby
the latter was to bear part of the ex-
pense.
A few days ago the first volume APP
peared An old friend of his met him
on the street and congratulated him.
Don't talk good fortune to me-" he
said to the latter. 81 am in worse
trouble than ever. 1 have had but one
volume printed and now my publisher
wants me to suppress parts of my
work.
What parts does he want you to
suppress?' asked his friend.
"Wen,'' was the reply, she wants me
to suppress the other five volumes. -
Chicago Times-Herald.
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career l do not suppose that have ten
times been in as hopeless situation.
But courage" thought 1, courage,
my brave boy, you were not made a
colonel of hussars at twenty-eight be-
cause you could dance cotillon. You
are picked man, Etienne, man who
has come through more than two hun
dred affairs and this little one is surely
not going to be the last" 1 began
eagerly to glance about for some
chance of escape, and as l did so saw
something which filed me with great
establishment.
have already told you that large
fire was burning in the center of the
glade. What with its glare and what
with its moonlight everything was as
clear as possible. On the other side of
the glade there was single tall fir tree
which attracted my attention because
its trunk and lower branches were dis
cOlored, as if large fire had recently
been lit underneath it. A clump of
bushes grew in front of it which
concealed the base Well, as I
looked towards it l was surprised to see
projecting above the bush, and fastened
apparently to the tree, a pair of fine
riding boots with the toes upwards. At
first l thought that they were tied
there, but as | looked harder I saw
that they were secured by great nail
which was hammered through the foot
of each. And then suddenly, with d
thrill of horror, understood that they
of O+yrh
head a little to the right, l was able to
see who it was that had been fastened
there and why a fire had been lit be-
meath the tree. 1t is not pleasant to
speak or think of horrors, my friends,
and L do not wish to give any of you
bad dreams tonight, but cannot take
you among the Spanish guerrillas with
out showing you what kind of men
they were and the sort of warfare that
they waged. Twill only say that 1 I'M
derstOod why Monsieur VidaIs horse
was waiting masterless in the grove,
and that l hoped that he had met this
terrible fate with sprightliness and
courage, as a good Frenchman ought.
1t was not very cheering sight for
me, as you can imagine. When 1 had
been with their chief in the grotto |
had been so carried away by my rage
at the cruel death of young Soubiron,
who was one of the brightest BIDS who
ever threw his thigh over charger,
that L had never given thought to my
own position. Perhaps it would have
been more polite had l spoken the
ruffian fair, but it was too late now.
The cork was drawn and l must drain
the wine. Besides, if the harmless
commisSariat man was put to such a
death, what hope was there for me.
who had snapped the spine of their
lieutenant? No, l was doomed in any
case, so it was as well, perhaps, that I
should have put the best face on the
matter This beast could bear witness
that Etienne Gerard had died as he
had lived, and that one prisoner at
least had not quailed before him. Law
there thinking of the various girls who
would mourn for me, and of my dear
old mother, and of the deplorable loss
that should be both to my regiment
and to the emperor, and 1 am not
ashamed to confess to you that 1 shed
tears as thought of the general con-
sternatiOn which my premature end
would give rise to.
To RE .CONTINTrEn 7
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Where the difference Lay.

One day last summer a gentleman at
Plainfield, n. j., had notice served on
him by his cook.
why do you leave?" he asked.
Its too hot here for a Christian in
summer"
''It's no hotter for you than it is for
me-" observed the employer. "Yet I
have to stay"
That's the difference between you
and me-" returned the cook. 81
haven't Harlem Life.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-25
OId Mooden Churches.

Some of the wooden churches of Nor
way are fully 700 years old, and are
still in an excellent state of preserva-
ton. Their timbers have successfully
resisted the frosty and almost arctic
winters, because they have been repeat
seSlly sce1ted with tar. Norway pine,
thusrtFeated, seems TO bestresist decay.
Chicago Inter Oceans
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Have to Be That Kind.

Blump-Are you one of those stick
lers who'd call fellow who happened
to be a friend of US both, common"
friend?
Plump-Yes, he'd have to be Internal
ly common, don't you see, if he stood in
that relationship to you.-Up-to-Date
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TO BE CONTINUED. I
His One Virtue.

The late Rev. DR.. Lord, of Buffalo,
officiated at the funeral of one of
Buffalo's VIGOROUSLY rich and wicked
citizens, After noting the 'deeeased's
parentage and date of birth, he closed
his tribute by saying: "Our dead friend
had one noble virtue Her always got
up early in themorning.
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LCoPYR1GHTEnl

self, and beside his snuff box upon the
table there Stood a great brown book,
which looked like a commercial ledger,
Many other books were ranged along a
plank between two powder casks, and
there was great litter of papers, some
of which had verses scrubbed upon
them. All this l took in while he,
leaning indolently back in his chair,
was listening to the report of his lieu
tenant Having heard everything he
ordered the cripple to be carried out
again, and l was left with only three
guards waiting to hear my fate. He
took up his pen and, tapping his fore
head with the handle of it, he pursed
up his lips and looked out of the corner
of his eyes at the roof of the grotto.
Il suppose" said he at last, speaking
very excellent French, chat you are
not able TO suggest a rhyme for the
word COvilha."
, / answered that my acquaintance
with the Spanish language was so linn
tied that [ was unable to oblige him.
1T is a very rich language" said he,
but less prolific in rhymes than either
the German or the English. That is
why our best work has been done in
blank verse, a form of literature which,
as [ need lot remind a Frenchman, is
capable of reaching great heights. But
L fear that such subjects are somewhat
outside the range of a hussar."
was about to answer that if they
were good enough for a guerrilla they
could not be too much for the light
cavalry, but he was already STOPPING
over his half-finished verse. Presently
he threw down the pen with an ex-
clamation of satisfaction and acclaimed
proval from the three ruffians who held
me. His broad face blushed like a
young girl who receives her first COM
pliment.
''The critics are in my favor, it ap-
pears, said he. eve amuse ourselves
in our long evenings by singing our
own ballads, you understand; have
some little facility in that direction
and 1 do not at all despair of seeing
some of my poor efforts in print before
long, and with Madrid upon the title
page too But we must get back to
business. May 1 ask what your name
is?'
''Etienne Gerard"
'Rank?"
Colonel"
Corpse
1.-THE Third hussars."
''You are young for colonel"
''My career has been an eventful one. Z"
''Tut, that makes it the sadder," said
he, with his bland smile.
/ made no answer to that, but l tried
to show him by my bearing that 1 was
ready for the very worst which could
befall me-
by the way, rather fancy that we
have had some of your corps here" said
he, turning over the pages of his big,
brown register. ''We endeavor to keep
a record of our operations. Here is a
heading under June "a. Have you not
a young officer named Soubiron, tall,
slight youth with light hair?'
Certainly"
Il see that we buried him upon that
date"
Poor lad" 1 cried. And how did
he die?"
eve buried him"
''But before you buried him?"
You misunderstood, colonel, he was
not dead before we buried him"
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Nearer the Truth.

How sad that man looks sighed
Mrs. Tibbets. Poor fellow, he has, no
doubt, loved and lost
more likely" responded Tibbets, sar-
castically, hes loved and got her.
n. Y. Journal.
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Too Much Progress.

Mr.. Chips Cooking up from the
Paper)-The doctors have discovered
another new disease.
Mrs. Chfpps-Well, wish they'd stop
looking for new diseases long enough
to find a cure for my old rheumatism.
N. Y. Weekly.
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A Wife's Devotion.

Young Husband-My dear, some OF
my garments are sadly in need of but
tons.
Young Wtfe-Yes, my love, noticed
that and have sent for my mother. She
is splendid hand at sewing on but
tons.-N. Y. Weekly.
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A Choice of Evils.

Mamma (dCring heavy thunder
shower)-NOw, Ruth, shall have to go
down and take care of the baby. but you
must not be afraid, for remember that
God is here and will take care of you!
Ruth calling down the stairs five
minutes later)-You come up here,
mamma, and stay with God, and will
come down and stay with the baby
n. Y. Truth.
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He Wasn't Sure.

us your picture in the academy sue
cess?"
That's what am wondering. Some
one said it was worth the price of admis-
sion "-Tit-BitS
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No Cause for Worry.

junior wonder where and under
what circumstances 1 shall meet the
woman who will be my wife?
Senior-Don't worry about that, my
dear fellow; the women will attend to
those little matters.-Boston Evening
Transcript.
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Not at Home tn Him Now.

She (arrayed for the theater)-Sorry
to have kept you waiting so long, Mr..
Spoonamore, but it has taken me long
er than usual to get ready. look like
a fright in this hat, too.
He (Vaguely DESTROYS of saying some
thing complmentary)-It isn't the-er
fault of that lovely hat, am sure,
Miss Chicago Tribune.
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It Rocked.

GObang-What sort of a trip did you
have coming from Europe?
Ukerdek-Awful. Sick all the time.
There must have been at least dozen
of the fools who rock boat on board.
Town Topics.
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Ant suggestion.

Lady (apparenLly very nervous at
bargain counter)-Oh, dearl can't
think of what 1 want.
AffabIe Clerk-You'd better &C to the
notion counter, madam-Philadelph
Call.
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Needs of Cooperation.

THE meek, you know, are to inherit
the earth"
That's all right, but they will have
to get the cheeky to collect it for them"
CHICAGO Record.
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Ended In MnrrInra

MIR. Peek-What is that book sOH are
reading, my dear?
Mrs. Peck-It's noTel eLtit lad: "a
Fatal Fiilfation
@sMr Peek-Something like ours. |.
chicago News.
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Az Opinion.

Edith-Jack says his father threat,
ems to disinherit, him.. '-
Marie-That is a mere bluff TO make
you think his father has money Puck.
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A nRfnifiOn-

What is a snob?" asked Galley. at the
club.
81 must confess 1 really never knew"
''What is a snob?" Quoth Cynicus. Why,
Cad,
To put it very briefly, you"
Harlem Life.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-01-25
Left In Bad shane.

Il see your son has turned out an art
ist, Mr.. Gibbs. How did that happen p
Il dunno, sor, his mother thinks he
was left that way by the measles. IN.
Y. Truth.
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A Real HeIp-Mate.

'When she married him, he was .
poor young oculist, but she's helped
him greatly"
by economizingT'
mo. By carrying her umbrella over
her shoulder all the time."-Harlem
Life
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The BAD Roy Again.

Tommy Cat the dinner-table)--M
johnson, are you blind?
Mr.. Johnson-No, my boy. Why do
you ask?
Tommy-Why, nothin'. only sister
said you'd get your eyes opened if you
married that Grinder girl.-Tit-Bits.
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The First Attempt.

The parson gayly mounted his bike.
And Immediately fell on his head;
His sense of humor it seemed 20 strike.
Here ends the first lesson" he said,
IN. Y. World.
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If He But Could.

II 1 could garner wisdom
From each foolish thing I've done
I'd be the WiSeSt mortal
That walks beneath the sun.
Town Topics
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Evident.

when 1 call on old Dandelion's daughter
She's so sanity and pure and demure .
That feel like a fish out of water
Then you must have been hooked, THAI
is sure"
Judge.
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The Hunt for unhanninesE.

IT'S folly to be wise
Where ignorance is bliss,
But suspicious women who
Search their husbands pockets through
Never think, alas, of thisI
Chicago Daily News.
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A Warming.

Don't bark back through the ages
For ancestors wise and great;
You might prove from history's pages
That you're a degenerate.
Chicago Record.
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A Paradox,

i've often heard it said,
And often seen,
That blackberries are red
When they are green.
N. Y. Journal
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Not MOrtaIIy Injured Yet.

Awkward Miss with an umbrella)-
Beg pardon!
Polite Gentleman-Don't mention il.
have another eye leftt-Odds and
Ends.
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The First Coon.

/" come here primed for work. he said.
We thought it time to hire him;
But when he loaded came, instead,
We thought it time to fire him.
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1898-12-16
Not for Free Lumber.

WASHINGTON, Dec. THE subjects
under consideration by the Anglo
American commission, it is stated, in
clude reciprocity and the fisheries,
and while the commissioners are quite
guarded, the idea is convened that re-
ciprocity presents the most serious
problems for solution before the way
Is clear to treaty
1t Is understood that the session to-
day brought more definite develop
ments on the important reciprocity
question than have been secured here
tOfOre, and that the American side
presented a schedule telling about
how far it was posted on this subject.
Although the committee will authorize
no statement, intelligent observers of
It's work say that the American propo-
sition probably includes concessions
on barley, live animals, agricultural
products and certain ores, and posi-
bly, also some concessions on coal.
1t is understood not to make conces-
slons on lumber, which is the item on
which the Canadian officials have been
most desirious of securing reductions.
AT the same time, while free lumber
Goes not appear to be contemplated by
the present direction of affairs, vet
there is a disposition among the Amer
lean commissioners to admit certain
high grades of lumber free of duty,
but not to admit the low grades. The
latter grades are those constituting
the bulk OF trade across the border.
and from the American standpoint, "a
heavy iufiux of these low grades DOM
mate the market on this side.
1t is said the concessions which the
Americans are willing to give are con-
slderably short OF what the British
Canadian side had expected and had
even felt to be essential as an offer to
concessions already tentatively made
on some other branches of the negotia-
tons.
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In long article in recent issue of
the Chicago Times-H Herald our forests
are again doomed to destruction.
They have been "doomed" so often
during tie past quarter OF century
aid have s'nod up so we'll under all
the "|""n,ng" that no new alarm is
raised lv such articles. To he sure.
thee is :; lot of timber cut every wear
ami anchor lot destroyed by fire and
there is n.,; the care taken to preserve
them that there might be, though in
that respect there has been vast i'm
provenen! in the past few years in
forest preservation, "but you can't eat
your cake AID have it," and long be-
fore all he timber is gone the genius
OF the A nerican people will have pro-
vided b. lutte.
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The Mason County Journal.
9. c ANGLE. Editor and Proprietor
The Oystermen's Convention.

Pursuant TO call the oystermen of
the upper Sound met at Olympia and
perfected an organization. J. A. Gale
was chosen chairman and w. ID. Bald
win secretary. Nearly fifty persons
interested in the oyster industry, in
Guiding all the large shippers of Mason
County, were present and took active
part IN the discussions. Fish Com
missioner Little, Robert Bridges, j. G.
'Horr, G. B. Gunderson and others
addressed the meeting on the subject
of legislation needed to protect the
oyster industry, and a general exchange
Of ideas ensued.
The chair appointed w. B. Eaton,
J. Y. Waldrip aud A. j. Smith on per-
manet organization, and they recon-
mended that the temporary organiza-
ton be permanent, under name of Pu-
get Sound Oystermen's ssocialion.
S. X. Taylor was elected treasurer
Harry Weatherall introduced a resolu-
ton requesting the Speaker of the
House OF Representatives to appoint
Hon. G. B. Gunderson upon the COM
mittee of Fish and Fisheries of next
session, which was unanimously adop-
ted.
j. Y. Waldrip, Thos O'Neill, S. X.
Taylor, III. r. Weatherall, A. J. Smith
w. B. Eaton and John Gosser were Sc
lected to attend meetings of the Fish
cries Committee at the coming session
of the legislature. The convention
then adjourned to. meet at Shelton at
ii o'clock, Dec oath, 1898.
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The Presidential Pendulum.

The last seven presidential elections
have been carried alternately, with the
regularity of q four-year clock, by
each of the two great political parties.
The record is:
lo72-Grant, Republican.
lS76-Tilden, Democrat,
lSS0-Garfield, Republican.
lSS4-Cleveland, Democrat.
ISSS-Harrison, Republican.
lS92-Cieseland, Democrat.
lS96-Mckinley, Republican.
In 1900, according to the rule. the
President should again be Democrat
Will history repeat itself? And
who VIII be the man?-Ex.
History won't repeat this time, but
Mckinley will.