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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
Tearing it open. he read:

BROOKLYN, N. Y, 8 80 p. M, March 15
DEAR JACK-The love l expressed for you
an hour ago find has turned to pity, and
am going to make you happy by sending to
you the only woman you have a right to mar
ry. After hearing your confession and know
ing what do could never be happy with you.
l know you think you are in love with me, but
the tendrils of your heart are still intwined
around that early love, and-and she needs you
more than do. told you she was my school
mate years ago. l still regard her as one of my
dearest friends, and, though we have never
met since we graduated, we have always kept
up corr espondence. l inclose my latest letter
from her, received two months ago. did not
know until tonight who the man was that she
loves. know now, and wish you both all
the joy that life in each others society can
bring you. Go to her, Jack, and make her
happy, and my blessing and prayers viii go
with you Not good night this time but good
byl Ever your friend, DORA
The Enclosure ran as follows:
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Jan. IA
MY DEAR DoRA-No, / am not engaged yet
and never expect to be. have had plenty of
chances to confer my hand and fortune, es
pecially the latter, upon aspiring applicants
but have declined them ALL l have never met
man / really cared for except one and be-
heve he cared for me at time Perhaps he
does yet; but, alas, he discovered that was
an heiress, and then pride Che was young
lawyer with plenty Of brains and ambition
but no money! held him back He loved me-
my heart told me that-but fortune hunters
were futtering around me like moths around
candle, and ] suppose he was afraid If he
spoke he would be classed with the rest, Just
as though the alchemy Of a woman's love could
not detect the gold among the dross
Ah well, he is gone, and there's no use
mourning for the pastl / cannot help signing
though, to think that the very money which
has attracted SO many society moths should
drive away the only man ever lovedl
There, Dora, you have my secret and know
why ! shall evermore a maiden be, but please
don't tell. Wishing you lover true some
time, dear Dora (not being burdened with
wealth, you won't have SO many unworthy
ones as y, and hoping to hear from you soon,
remain, with oceans of love, yours sincerely
EDITH BURTON.
Late that afternoon Dora Stevens re-
ceived the following brief message from
Jack Vernon:
MY DEAR DoRA-Many thanks for your kind
note and the Enclosure. There are at least two
angels left on earth. You are one of them.
May heaven ever guard and bless you'll Yours
gratefully, JACK.
P. 81 start for Rochester at once and will
mail this on my way to the train.
And as Dora read these words she
smiled one little, wee ghost of a smile
and whispered:
Better my heart than hersl"-Wil-
liam Seldom Gidley in Chicago Record.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
o BROTHER EsAUsI

Men come and go in the thronging street,
They wander the worldwide sea,
They tread the forest with eager feet,
They roam like the sea bird free,
But we, in the mirk of the changing marts,
Drudge the dull hours away.
For our need-for their need who are near our
hearts
God help usl)-we have sold the day.
The wind sings glad up the frosty sky,
The mad clouds furry over,
The blown gull swoops high veering by
And calls to his oomrade rover.
The striving trees toss free their gold
In the riot of wild November,
And we who roamed with the winds Of old
In our servile cells remember.
o Brother Esaus under the sun,
Who have sold for earthly lure
Free heavens hue and the seas broad blue,
Gods primogeniture.
Was never way but this-to sit
Thus, here-and to feel without
How the blown pines groan and the shril
gulls fit
And the pluming pillows shoutf
Brother Esaus who yearn for the sky
And dream of the splendors lost,
Who eat the bread ye have bought thereby,
Do We count the bitter cost?
Through the cited world our hosts bend low
Over their sordid task,
While the free winds blow and the rivers hoN
And sun glad cattle bask.
But we, OH pity us, Jacob, brother
We who have sold to you
The blessing Of wood and ridg1ng food
And consecrating dew
We, in the mirk of our changing mRrts
Drudge life's brief best away.
For our needs-for their needs who are neal
our hearts
God help usi)-we have sold the day.
Herbert Bates in Chap Book
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
SENT TO SWEAR AGAINST PA.
Because His Ma Didn't Dare Leave Her
Living Seat.


Because His Ma Didn't Dare Leave Her
Living Seat.
He was mere stripping Of lad. He
might have been years Of age or he
might have been g. Nobody could tell
by looking at his face. The only mark
OF certainty about the youthful counte-
nance was the sure sign that some of
his ancestors had come from old Ire
land. The little fellow walked hastily
into the office of the warrant clerk OF
Recorder Finnegan's court He did not
notice the four persons standing in line
waiting to get affidavits made out
against some bothersome relatives but
the y,uth pushed through the crowd
and disengaged the attention of the
clerk with this odd demand:
II want to make an affidavit against
my pa, - said he and pushed his little
red head around the side Of the desk.
"You want WHAT" queried the clerk
81 want to swear against pa, said
the boy again.
what has your pa done?''
''He has just been in prizefght
with ma.
"Well, why don't your ma swear out
the warrant against pa? My boy, you
are too young; you won't fill the bill. "
"My ma can't come, and she wanted
me to fix it up for her. .
why could she not Gomez" asked
the clerk, getting interested in the
youngsters story. He could not imag-
inc why the wife would not be only too
willing to swear out the warrant.
"My pa and ma they got in the fight
in the kitchen. That is how 1t hap
pened. My pa made drive for her.
but didn't land, and then my ma she
grabbed up the rolling pin and fioored
the old man. She is now setting on
him, holding him down, and that is
why she couldn't come to swear against
him. She sent me. New Orleans
Times Democrat
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
SUBURBANITE MEMORY.
Devices Employed by Wives to Remint
Husbands of pyramids.

Devices Employed by Wives to Remind
Husbands of Errands.
Talking Of memory systems, " said
the suburbanite on the accommodation
train, 81 can't for the life Of me see
how man who is unable to remember
one thing is helped by having to re-
member two. If / tie a string around
my finger, I must recall the purpose of
wearing it, which never can do. If l
must always think of rain when want
to carry an umbrella, / have double
work. Now, my wife wanted me to re-
member something today, and she gave
me word to say over to myself, and
I've forgotten the word. :"
''Pooh It's easy enough to remem-
Der things if you give your mind to
it," said another suburbanite my
wife told me to be sure to order some
now what the mischief was it? Soapf
Bluing2 Well, that's funny. thought
I would be sure to remember.
He plunged his hands into his over
coat pockets to cover his ohagrin and
pulled out of one rough bit Of scant-
ling with a memorandum in lead PEN
oil attached.
"Well, vowl My wife must have
stuck that thing in there. Oh, yes,
see 1t was load of kindling she want
ed me to order. But one could hardly
be expected to remember a thing like
that
81 wish I could find reminder of
what am to get as easy as you did,
but my wife doesn't believe in giving a
sample to help out poor memory.
Hello, old fellow, how's thatY'
He had pulled little rubber shoe
out Of his pocket and was regarding it
with loving eyes.
"Sammy's overshoe, by all that's
queerl And here's something inside.
Length, five inches Bless his little
heart. I'd have forgot all about them if
it hadn't been for this memory lesson.
There's something in the system after
all. "-Chicago Times Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
ESTABLISHED 1879.

"Come-I insist. I viii take no re-
fusal," he cried, springing to his feet
and filling her glass. The girl turned
pale as death and seemed to lose her
power Of self will. Half mechanically
she took the glass of wine and raised it
Co her lips. She emptied it at one gulp,
and then sank back in her chair, where
she lay still and white. With cry Of
terror Nine. Barvaux rushed to her as
sistance, but her husband commanded
her not to touch the girl. Jack was on
his feet IN an instant, but was too be-
wildered to know how to act. With
sickening sense of the confirmation of
his worst suspicious he concluded that
the girl was poisoned, and off he rushed
for the doctor. By good fortune he ran
across the very person he was seeking.
In few words he told him his errand
and implored him to return with him
at all haste
'It is matter of life and death, F" he
cried. "Let us run"
Certainly, if you wish it, replied
the doctor, although may tell you
matters are not SO serious as you i'm
agine."
But
Permit me to explain, monsieur
The young lady is not poisoned at all,
as you will see. The wine she drank
was intended for M. Barvaux, was it
not?'
Eyes, believe so''
Well, you must know that he is
subject to periodical fits Of homicidal
madness, and when these attacks are
coming on 1t becomes necessary to ad-
minister powerful opiates to him with
out his knowledge The paroxysm pass
ed, he Is once more the calm and oul-
tured gentleman you know, but at times
he is very dangerous, and but for my
treatment it would probably become
necessary to put him under restraint
was just about to pay my customary
visit tonight when you met me, for
was expecting an outbreak"
Jack was relieved beyond measure on
hearing the Doctors story, but the
thought that he had left the girl he
loved with man subject to homicidal
mania moderated his feelings Of salts
faction, and. anxious to get back to as
sure himself of her safety, he tore away
from the doctor, for he felt that, If an
attack suddenly manifested itself in NJ.
Barvaux, Angelina, as being the person
who had raised his suspicious, would
probably be the first victim Of his mad
rage
Indeed he arrived none too soon,
Mime. Barvaux was crouching in an
agony of terror at the feet of the I'M
conscious girl, while her husband was
standing over them gesticulating wild
ly. Jack speedily overpowered him, and
few minutes afterward the doctor ar
rived, whose presence had a wonderful
ly soothing effect on the unfortunate
gentleman. Under the Doctors care An
geline soon recovered, but both she and
Nine. Barvaux were very much upset
and were glad when Jack decided to
stay few days longer. They were days
Of infinite happiness for both him ard
Angelina, and when at length his stay
came to it's end the Brussels express
bore away reluctant but very happy
man, to whose ears the rhythmic rum
BILE of the wheels seemed to say, "An-
geline, Angeline, Angelinep'-London
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN.

Have you forgotten, little wife,
Our farof childhood's golden life,
Our splendid castles on the sands,
The boat made with my own hands,
The rain that caught US in the wood,
The cakes we had when we were good.
The doll broke and made you cry,
Whsn we were children, you and II
Have you forgotten, little wife,
The dawning Of that other life,
The strange new light the whole world
wore
When life loves perfect blossom bore,
The dreams we had, the songs we msds,
The sunshine and the woven shade,
The tears Of many sad goodby,
When we were parted, you and II
All, nsyl Your loving heart, know,
Remembers still the long ago.
1t 10 the light Of ohiidhood's days
That shines through all your winning ways.
God grant we ne'er forget our youth,
It's innocence and faith and truth;
The smiles, the tears and hopes gone by,
When we were children, you and l.
Frederick E. Weatherly in Cassell' 8 Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
Boy Wanted.

Merchant Ito applicant for position)
Are you a good penman and good
spellerY
Applicant (who has recently gradual
ed from public schools with high hon
ors1-No, sir. cannot spell we'll, nei-
Their can write legibly, but in physiol-
ogy, astronomy, geology and zoology 1
am an expert.
Merchant Testify to clerk in next
ROOM --Jehn, send in some one with a
practical education. Minneapolis Trib-
une.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15

that she slept fairly we'll. She had
soldiers oanteen full of water, plenty
of provisions and ammunition and was
not at all dismayed over the situation.
When morning came, the Indians de-
manded her surrender, giving her much
praise and promising to escort her to
one Of their villages unhurt. This they
would likely have done, but she did not
propose to become captive while able
to give a shot from rife or revolver.
Two hours were consumed by the Indi-
ans in trying to negotiate surrender,
and then, finding the girl infexible,
they made their first attack. At a given
signal the 10, who were under the COM
mand of subchief named Little Horse,
rushed for the crest Of the hill. They
gained it, but after fight of two min
utes were driven off with the loss of two
warriors killed and one wounded. This
last was the chief himself. He was shot
through the cheek and had the tip Of
his tongue carried away, and SO badly
did this interfere with his speech that
two years later he drowned himself in
despair. So we'll was the girl intrenched
on the crest of the hill that 1t was
deemed unwise to attack her again, and
the band sat down to starve her out.
For three nights and two days she held
the fort, wounding two other Indians
and escaping all their bullets, and then
the Indians withdrew and left her, and
she went her way in peace.
AS / saw Mary Thompson when she
first set out on her dangerous mission
so did see her when it had been con-
oluded. From May until November she
secuted the plains and lodged among
the hills alone, her life and liberty in
peril, almost every hour in the "a. The
village in which her brother was held
captive moved many times, but she al
ways located it anew and watched for
her opportunity. 1t came one night
with the setting in Of winter. There
was a blizzard raging when she entered
the village, crept from lodge to lodge
and finally found her brother asleep be-
tween two boys. She woke him up and
got him out of the lodge without dis
turbing the others, and once they had
mounted her horse they set off in the
direction Of a supply camp 60 miles dis
tant. So severe was the storm, howev-
er, that after riding ten miles the pair
made camp in a ravine until the worst
was over. 1t was 80 hours before the
storm ceased, and the Indians soon
started out and picked up the trail al
most as soon as the pair had taken
camp The snow lay two feet deep on
the level, and with the horse carrying
double the race would soon have been
run. Camped in similar ravine, ten
miles to the west, were three compa-
MES Of the Seventh cavalry, and we
had just broken camp and got into the
saddle when Mary Thompson, with her
brother on the saddle behind her, came
riding down upon us, with the yelling
Indians only half mile away.
Then followed what the eastern phi
lsnthropists have been pleased to term
"a cold blooded slaughter of unarmed
Indians. There were % in the band,
All were armed, but they came over the
ridge and down among us before they
knew Of our presence. Only three lived
to get back to the village.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
DRuMMER's QUEER STORY.
Made Them Drink to His Early Grave and
Survived Them All.


Made Them Drink to His Early Grave and
Survived Them All.
A hale and hearty travelling man with
pink skin and white hair-a condition
of complexion which, by the way, not
every travelling man lives to reach-was
renewing his youth with a party of
young and festive drummers. Drinks
were going round freely, and when one
Of the boys turned down his glass
there was considerable remonstrance on
the part of his companions at his refus-
al to have ''just one more.
The white haired man quietly cut the
discussion short by saying, "HThat re-
minds me. i"
The old drummer ficked the ashes
from his cigar and settled back in his
chair. sit was long time ago." said
he, ''and it was in the old American
House in this city. There were five
young men seated in room, just as we
are here tonight, only they were all feel
ing pretty good, and there wasn't any
old man around to bore them with a
story. But along about midnight one Of
Gu6 party Juru6u uOWu LIS grass JuSG as
my young friend here has done. He said
he had had enough, and goodness knows
he had. His determination was greeted
most hilariously as good joke. He
steadily declined, however, though the
wine was brought and set before him,
but the taunts and innuendoes of his
comrades finally exasperated him SO that
he exclaimed rather petulantly, but half
in fun, Well, boys, I'll join you once
more if you will drink to an early grave
for me- The toast was proposed uproar
iously and drank standing. But some
how after that the fun was not SO furi
GUS. Things quieted down. The men
seemed to half realize that to drink to a
mans death wasn't such a good joke
after all, and one by one they made ex
cuses and went off to bed
Here the old man paused.
"Did the man die?" queried he who
had refused to "have another" with
some interest.
"No, was the reply. ''Ho is the only
one of the five now alive to tell the tale. F"
Buffalo News.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
Colonel Kit Chinn.

A st. Louis footpad attempted to hold
up Colonel Kit Chinn of Kentucky one
night recently, and the aforesaid foot
pad hash t done anything since. If there
is man ON earth whom footpads should
shun as temperate man shuns blind
tiger, that man is Kit Chinn. He is
born fighter, and his favorite weapons
are the ones which the Creator endowed
him with at his birth. He is one of the
few men in Kentucky who hold the use
of pistol or knife in contempt and is to-
tally devoid of fear. He has fought
wildcat III the open with nothing but
his bare knuokles and come out winner,
and it is said that upon one occasion he
offered to fight rattlesnake and give
him the first bite.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
DIR. Junker's Escape.

DR. Junker, the Russian explorer,
who did not see white person for
years while he was studying the natives
and natural history Of the upper Moban-
gi-Makua river, made use of an ingen-
ious expedient to get to the coast on his
way home in 1885. He could not de-
scend the Nile, for the Mahdists blocked
the way. He could not follow the beaten
road by way of Victoria Nyanza, for
the Waganda and other tribes had been
killing whites and if they did not muir
der Junker they would at least detain
him as prisoner. Arab traders would
not take him in their caravans for fear
they would lose the friendship of the
native chiefs along the road. At last the
doctor went to one of the traders with
this PROPOSAL
"You cannot take me with you as a
FRIEND he said, but you can take me
as a slave. Look at this" And DR..
Junker showed the trader an order writ
ten in Arabic and signed by well
known firm in Zanzibar, authorizing
the doctor to make any arrangements he
u6SiT6Q Will tU6 kAIdDS VI OChbleAA AAAASeJ
and the firm would honor his drafts.
"Now," continued DR.. Junker, Il
have written out contract, and if you
will sign it with me shall reach the
coast. It provides that when you deliver
me alive at Zanzibar the sum of ST.
500 austrian thalers) will be paid to
you by this firm. You cannot take me
with you as traveller or friend, and
you must therefore take me as a slave. :"
The bargain was made on this basis.
In passing through the hostile tribes the
white man was represented to bea slave
who had been purchased from negro
tribe farther north. AS slave he passed
muster even at the court of cruel King
Mwanga and was allowed to pass on in
peace with his supposed master. -Har-
per's Round Table.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15

Isis of Oxford tells two good exami-
nation stories. The first is candidate
who in the divinity viva voce was asked
to translate a portion of the gospels.
AS he did not stop at the end of that
portion the examiner said to him
"Thank you, Mr.. -, that will do.
We are quite satisfied with your pa
per-. "Oh, please, was the answer,
edo let me 60 on. 1 should SO like tc
find out how this story ends" Modern
history furnishes the other. One candi-
dates paper in the Oxford local exami
nation contained the following luminous
and surprising passage. General Wolfe
boldly attacked the Arabian knights
without waiting for the other three
corpses to come up.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-02-15
DADS OLD BREEcHEs.

When dad has worn his trousers out,
They pass to brother John.
Then mother trims them round about,
And William puts them on.
When Williams legs too long have grown,
The trousers fail to hide 'em.
So Walter claims them for his own
And slows himself inside 'em.
Next Sans fat legs they close invest,
And, when they won't stretch tighter,
They're turned and shortened, washed
and pressed,
And fixed on me-the writer.
Ma works them into rugs and caps
When / have burst the stitches.
At doomsday we shall see (perhaps)
The last of dads old breaches.
New York Weekly.