The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-10-20
THE PEACE MAKER
,,..,a Child's Pleading Prevents
Duel Between Friends.

no quarrel. He was my only
iG lHSbor and he, my one friend, had
s I..Ssed me of being guilty of stealing
y. cattle. l naturally resented the &C
% .asion and words rose high, the re-
V VII being that We arranged to fight
suS Sral on the following morning at
u1i do not know exactly how 1t was,
-, could not help feeling very lone.
" that evening. 1t was cold and
.,ormy night, and the wind moaned
,..maIlv in the trees. l thought the
uoor looked terribly dark and desolate,
~ resolved to make myself as CON-
sartable as possible indoors. | manag-
J; N make my wood fire burn brightly,
s-d tried to compose myself to read.
'I T conld not have been amusing N.Y.
-, in this way very long, however,
Ssfore fell asleep. / must have slept
Nv at least three hours, when was
.roused by hearing a faint tapping at
NE door of my cabin.
7 attributed the sounds to the wind,
and tried to sleep agaiL. But the
snocking was repeated; there could be
m doubt about it this time, there
vas some one at the door. l got up to
,sa who it could possibly be, so late
an that stormy night, when l was sur
orised to find a little girl-quite a
Understanding there. l soon recog-
rized her: she was Mary Wallis, my
reighbors little daughter.
II was raining very fast, and the
moor child was shivering with the cold
and wet.
I puled the little one into the hut
end placed her in seat near the fire.
i took off her shawl, which was drip
png with rain.
How on earth did you come here at
mis- time Of night?" l asked.
The poor child burst into tears; she
.aemed very tired and i'll.
Are you going to fight father to-
morrow morning?" she asked piteous-
h Don't hurt him; please don't
hurt father"
II was quite evident that she had
card of the duel that was to come off
tn the following day, and had walked
IL
he dark and wet, to beg me not to
turt her father.
Mary" l said, you are not old
Enough to understand do not let us
,alk about your father. Let me make
lou some cruel and wrap this cloak
lTOund you"
But she was inconsolable, and she
m
Promise me you won't hurt faith
b" she said.
Before very long there was another
knock at my cabin door. 1t seemed
bat Henry Wallis had come to fetch
is daughter, for whom he had been
earching on the moor He had been
boxing for her in all directions, and
has delighted when he found her. But
e would not speak to me, and with
Dut either of us uttering a single word
e look her away.
At daybreak on the following morn
8 BIZ arose fresh and strong, quite pre-
Jared to keep my engagement with
henry Wallis. But the visit of his lit
De daughter Mary on the previous
ight had not been by any means in
ain; took the bullet out of my pistol.
Nails might shoot me if he had the
il, but l made up my mind not to
epriye Mary of her father.
started for the place which Henry
Eais and | had agreed upon. l found
Viz already there, waiting for me.
My child tells me that she asked
Ou not to hurt me-" he said, in a
usky voice; ALLOW me to examine
our pistol, so l may see If you have
aded it,"
Taking the pistol quickly out of my
Fnds he at once perceived that there
aS no bullet in it.
4 cannot fight with an unarmed
ln," he said.
Wallis" l exclaimed, II took care
pistol should be unloaded because
m little daughter Mary begged me
10 hurt you; won't you shake
lHds with me for her sake?"
Poor little Mary Wallis never recov.
led from the cold which she caught
ben she called on me on that dark
ID stormy night. She has gone to
with holier father.
he little peaceraaker work was
nS
The "Aunt" Was Mythical.
Good morning, madam. My aunt,
re- -- sent me over to borrow a
Pillar. She wants to pay her egg man,
u is unable to make the change. She
Gys eggs Of farmer, you know.
Aey are so much fresher than store
gs, even If you do have to pay a
Pile more.
My aunt sent me here because, as
says, you are so generous about
ing small favors. l told her you
ould not know me, and | hated to
me, for l am seldom in town, but
e said it would be all right-just to
ention her name. You are such a
3d. kind friend and always willing
Oblige.
Yes, thank you, a dollar was what
e wanted. She will return it at
&C. and you are so kind"
MS prettily worded speech has been
ing the rounds in Evanston, says the
llcago Chronicle. Nearly every wU-
fn in town has played the aunt and
many again in the kind neighbor
ry. The nephew has in every case
en- the same dapper young man of
enty-two years, who paid pretty
npliments in a soft, rich voice, and
pked altogether trustworthy. So,
he might have been had he not
nediately forgotten his aunty and
good kind lady with the dollar
Cling in his pocket. And no one
nd have been the wiser had not the
ghbor, in a moment Of wondering,
to why the aunt made change in
lars with her egg man, asked cas-
y II the aunt bought eggs by the
PISS,
Appearance of Fish In Samoa.
Dne strange feature Of this sea life OF
tropics is the regular recurrence OF
si@tory swarms of fish of very small
y, that return in huge numbers year