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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

O. pocket, for was to hs' that If / could
but locate the woman; the man he feels
sure of"
"Why of him."
'That he's not tellin' the likes o me,
though / think he means to lure him."
Lure him! the fool" said the civilian.
"The man who can overcome Scammell
with an ever, throttle Clinton an run the
lines on his fist is no bird that can be
touched with salt. Faith! It's nothing but
cold lead an steel that can take him. an |
wish | might cross swords with him, for all
his bigness."
'Well, by the piper" broke in the sol
dier, banging his fist on the table, ''Im fain
to meet him myself. I'd show him sword
play"
Shut up, ye brag! He'd make but pinch
O. yel Better stick to the woman, who'd
come easy when ye sighted her! What's the
outcome along o Belden?'
"Belden!" said the soldier, with laugh
and an oath; Clinton will ne'er forgive him
for bringing forward such mountain o
fraud. He's cen a prisoner on board his
own ship, an Scammell is in the old mans
bad books for havin' blabbed something to
the girl wot not what. There's the devils
own muss below, made worse by the fact that
both man an woman Ia gone up TO Heaven
or downward, for no sign o them is on the
island, an they ha' not had time to get off
it by plain means"
"The girl had pass, was told"
"All passes were stopped, though not in
time at the lower lines, to my thinking. l
fancy the man is in the woods to the west,
an the lass hiding in the city"
"Well WE'LL" said the civilian, stretch
ing his legs under the table and reflling his
glass. Here must bide till the rest come
up To the devil with rebel spies, man an
woman! | wish | had known that Thorn
dyke was not Lounsbury when l had him
unarmed. 'Twould ha' been worth pile;
but bigger pile this day could get him."
Now all this was mighty interesting, and
lay as still as the bench beneath me until the
civilians last remark. Something there was
in his voice that struck me as familiar, while
his reference to having met me made me
more than curious. Carefully lifting my eye
above the tables level, | beheld the card
sharper of the Bulls Head, his companion
being a non commissioned officer and a total
stranger to me.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

barren in appearance, the only attempt at
ornamentation being in the boughs of
green stuff that had been piled into the vast
fireplace. The rafters overhead, somber
with age, were black in the increasing dark
ness, and the walls, unwhitened for months
and perhaps years, were deeply scored with
names and coarse notices craven by sword
points or bayonets, and smutted by
candles held against the rough plaster. The
bar took up d space near the entrance, the
floor was clean and sanded, and the only
furniture in the room consisted of an i'm
mense settle in the corner by the chimney,
one long table with a bench betwixt it and
the wall, and four or five smaller tables with
accompanying chairs. In strong contrast
with the prevailing dinginess of the apart
ment were the two windows in the rear of
the room, their curtains of plain stuff as
white and stiff crusted' snow, and the
panes as sparkling and brilliant as newly
minted coin.
With an eye to future action in case Of
mischance, | went to the windows and found
them unfastened. The view looked east and
showed an inteld with stream on one side,
which | knew must drain the ponds and
swamps of the lower Harlem flats in the vi
cinity of McGowan's Pass, and empty itself
cuIverted. still runs under the city in the
into the Sound river, This stream, now
neirbborhood of East One Hundred and
Tenth street,
The scht of its brush-grown banks and
the oncoming night suggested a way OF es.
cape, but boat would have been neeeossry,
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Ito mel a racset that might have been made


by falling house.
Both the Quaker and Lowney gave
start as the sharp sound echoed through the
room, the former dropping the spoon he was
carrying to his mouth, while the latter
sprang to his feet and looked toward the
darkened corner in which | had been hid
ing. The two candles in the large apartment
gave but scant light, but, scant as 1t was, it
proved enough for the sharp eyes OF the
gambler, who evidently caught sight of a
face, for with an oath he cried: What have
we here-a drunkard or a deserter?" and ad
vanced toward the table.
And now it appeared that | would be sud-
denly forced to do the very thing that but
a moment before had been buzzing in my
brain as only dream. Concealment being
no lohger possible, | would face matters as
they fell out, and trusted to put all into
execution before help in the shape of the
negro or others without might arrive. Ere
Lowney had covered half the space betwixt
us, stopped for my sword, and, jumping to
the bench and from that to the table, drew
the blade.
As the advancing man beheld my figure
loom suddenly on high, for the beams of the
ceiling barely cleared my head, he stopped
short and stepped pace or two backward,
drawing MS sworn Ibe "ulle, lueu WIFI d
voice which might have been heard fur
long, he shouted:
"By the great jehovah! tits Donald
Thorndyke, or his spook from hell! Are ye
run to ground at last? If ye be no ghost,
surrender in the name of the king!-Ho, old
man! here is the devil himself; get to my
holsters and fetch the frearms!-Hither, We
black rascal! help me mold him here! Help
here, | say Damn the closed door!-Boy!
boy! Oh, what pass is this"
Waiting for no action on the part of the
old Quaker, and hoping to forestall the ne
gro, | leaped to the floor, and in an instant
the swords of Lowney and myself were
crossed in combat.
The onset was so sudden that it drove the
man backward against his table, which, with
the candle and earthenware, was upset,
though the crash did not mar the fellow s
guard. Taking advantage of the opening
thus made, | sprang between him and the
door, and then the battle began IN grim earn
est.
The light was far too uncertain to permit
my putting into practice my weli-worn
stroke, and Lowrey was much too wary and
too skillful in fencing to allow me to at once
come at him by any other method. | was
fairly sure of tiring him and in the end beat
ing down his guard, but at present l hac
enough to do in looking for his tricks and
avoiding his furious lunges. In the hal
light of the room the fire flew bright from
the steel in the energy of the parry, and my
opponent hurried his fatigue by wasting
| breath in a constant string of oaths.
fTo BE CONTINUED
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07
A Narrow SuuecZe,

A Circuit paid flying visit to small
English town not long ago, and the
price of admission was siNpencc, chill
dren under ten years of age half price.
It was Edith's tenth birthday, and her
brother Tom, aged 13, took her in the
afternoon to see the show. Arrived at
the door, he put down ninepence and
asked for two front seats. How old
is the little girl?" asked the money
taker, doubtfully. "Well." said Master
Tom, "this is her tenth birthday, but
sne was not born until rather late in
the afternoon" The money taker ac-
cepted the statement and handed him
the tickets But it was close shave
ChicaCO Times Herald
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CHAPTER XI.-CoNTINUED.

Not a morsel of food had passed my lips
for more than four-and-twenty hours.
was tired, not from the miles of walking or
manifold eXertion, but from lack of nutri-
ment, and, more than all, from the moral
effect of knowing | was being hunted like
wild animal. My clothing had well-nigh
dried on my body, but l was still damp. l
had not even the comfort of tobacco, for,
though | possessed it in plenty, | could get
no fire, my tinder box having been wetted
In the soaking had endured. | had fled
from the sight of man as Satan flies before
the sign of the cross, but by the time had
gotten on my journey thus far | cared little
for Nick Stryker, Rex, the British army, or
the devil himself Ny sole yearning was for
food, and the sun had not sunlSen fairly be-
hind the Jersey hills when, against all rea.
son, l rose from my last hiding place near the
roadside and strobe into it, making my way
toward the tavern as fast as | could walk.
Ny arms were like lead. The gold in my
pockets and the bullets in my pouch had
fifty times their weight as | splashed through
the mud, but l was protected by divine
providence, for no soul saw | going or COM
ing while | was on the greSt thoroughfare.
When | turned into the lane leading to the
tavern some of my reason returned to me,
and | slipped over the fence that | might
not approach too directly the 'front.' door.
There were no horses under the shed as |
passed it, a fact that gave me assurance, and
on peering through the bar window, l
marked that the room was unoccupled.
The bar of the Dove was like many of
the taverns of the day, as much a refectory
as a bar, and the general assembly room of
the house. As l have said, it was deserted,
and barren of light as well, the far corners
being SO immersed in gloom that l could
barely make out the tables under the cur
tained windows. My advent within brought
an answering sound of steps, and there en-
tered black man, half waiter and half
hostler, Is | made out by his apron, the
table knives in his hand, and a general smell
of the stable he brought with him.
Without ado l asked for food-food of any
sort, hot or cold with bottle of wine, or,
failing in that, stimulant of any description.
l thought the fellow was frightened at my
ferceness, and showed him / meant to pay
for all demanded by pulling from my pock-
ct a few pieces of gold and exposing them.
He slipped behind the bar and brought out
bottle of rum, setting it on table in the
darkest corner of the room, and then hur'
riedly went out, saying | should be served
without delay.
Left to myself, took a stiff dram and
looked about me. The room was decidedly
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07
THREE PRAYERS.

An infant in it's cradle slept,
And in it's sleep ii smiled
And one by one three women knet
To kiss the fair-haired child;
And each thought of the days to be
And breathed prayer, half-silently.
One poured her love on many lives,
But knew loves toll and care;
It's burdens oft had been to her
A heavy weight to bear;
She stopped and murmured lovingly:
mot burdened hands. dear child, for
thee"
One had not known the burdenod hands,
But knew the empty heart:
At life's banquet she had sat
An unfed guest apart;
"Oh, not" she whispered tenderly.
IAN empty heart dear child, for thee"
And one was old; she had known care,
She had known loneliness;
She knew God leads us by no path
His presence cannot bless:
She smiled. and murmured, trustfully:
Gods will, dear child, Gods will for
theen
-Kate Tucker Goode. in the Alkahest.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

An amusing instance of the extent
to which Il realistic artist may satisfy
himself is told in the following story
Wilkins was the artists name and he
had painted number of pictures o.
dead game which received considerable
praise. Among them was a group Of
dead rabbits These rabbits a critic
commended in wilkins hearing as ere
markably true to nature" Mature,
sir!" replied the artist in his most
pompous manner; yes, ] tlatter my
self there is more nature in those rabs
bits than you usually see in rabbitsi"-
Golden Days.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

Hon. w. V. Sullivan, United States
Senator from Mississippi, in a letter
recently written to DR.. Hartman from
Oxford, Miss, says the following:
"For some time | have been sufferer
from catarrh in its most incipent stage,
so much so that | became alarmed as 10
nv general health. But, hearing OF Pc
ru-na as a good remedy, l gave it far
trial and soon began to improve. Its e.
fects were distinctly beneficial, remoV-
ing the annoying symptoms, and was
particularly good as tonic.
81 take pleasure in recommending
your great national catarrh cure Peru
ma, as the best / have ever tried
wv. Y. Sullivan"
Peruna cures catarrh wherever locat-
ed. Peruna has no substitutes-no RI
walls. Insist upon having Peruna. Ad-
dress The Peruna Medicine Co., Column
bus, O., for free book on catarrh.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

An Atchison young man is running his
health and his prospects by remaining up
every night until II O'Clock; he fears that
if he does not tramp the streets every night
until u O'Clock something very remarkable
will happen and he will miss it, An old
rounder, in whom we have confidence, says
that he has been looking for something re.
and been aapoiuted.-Atchison Globe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

"Jack Nurvy called upon old Moneybags
last night and asked him for his daughter
hand" THAT was brassy of him. What
did the old man say" Said III com
promise with you, young man, and give you
my foot And he did."-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

Don't you wish you had minded me?'
said the stern mother, as she plied the pad
die to her erring son with monotonous fire.
quency and vigor. Il wish" said Johnny,
as he tried to twist around so that the pad.
die would strike him slantingly, Il wish
wuz a orfing."-Ohio State journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

at seems to me, remarked the prospect
i've tenant, as he noted four inches of water
in the basement, that this cellar leaks" >"
Leaks! Not a bit of it, spoke up the hust-
ling agent. Why, that waters been there
for month, and not drop has escaped. -
Philadelphla Record.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

Some hats are so loaded with wings,
breasts, heads and tails of birds that it seems
that little gravy is all that is necessary
Philadelphia Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

'Hello, Glubson l never expected to
see you waiter at a restaurant. What has
brought you to this, old fellow" Same
thing that brings you here to eat, most like
ly-poverty. st. Louis Dispatch.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07
Origin of Thanksgiving Day.

eve ought to do something to make our
of the Pilgrim Fathers.
That's so, replied his companion. How
would it be to inaugurate national holiday
that will be a convenient time for football
games?
The rest is history.-N. Y Journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

Hewitt-"There is always room at the
top" Jewett-"I suppose so, but some Of
us never get near enough to the top t.
find out. Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

A good "agent" is a sort of confidence
man; he makes you buy things you did not
want.-Atchison Globe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

BY the time a man succeeds in reaching
the top of the ladder he is too old to enjoy
.he scenery.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07

The rich, talented, handsome stranger
prostrates himself at the feet OF the beauti-
ful cashier in the laundry.
BE mine!" he implores.
cam dreaming" the young girl asks her
self, anxiously.
she presently spurns the rich, talented, hand;
some stranger and marries the bow-legged
boilermaker to whom she had plighted her
troth.
This, of course, makes it cinch that she
is oreaming-Detroit journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07
GUIDED BY INTUITION.
Woman Jumps at Conclusions with
out RcsOrtInS to Logic
and Wins.

'1 begin to think there is no limit to wom-
ans intuition. 1t frequently enables her to
read character on sight, but what gets me
and strikes me as uncanny Is the TACT that
this same intuition projects her knowledge
into the future and makes her about as con-
yersant with things to come as with thlngs
past.
LET me illustrate. When the copper mar
ket was so active | put IN hours every day
studying quotations, fluctuations, and the
outlook As the result ot a conclusion
reached by this careful method / invested
5000, made good margins, and was flnaLy
glad to let go with a loss considerably larger
than my original investment.
During a period of confidence and in the
endowment of prospective riches l had told
my wife of my investment and OF the good
things she might expect when the deal was
closed 1t gave her the speculative fever
doesn't know what the word stocks means.
A market report is Greek to her: she
couldn't figure on the outlook if she had all
the data and a slate AID pencil. Yet she
came to me with 500 she had saved in old
teapots and stockings and told me to buy
=. Q. NJ. shares. | sneeringly told her that
they were dead and buried; that she might
as well invest in a dry oil well or a sunken
ship But her mind was made up. thought
the lesson would be d cheap one for her and
] obeyed
"Those shares took sudden jump to the
surprise of everyone and she cleared $1,000:
Men don't seem to have any business sense,
she said, when we compared notes. z. T..
M. stands for pretty quick money, but a
stupid man would never see it..
'Heavens!" Then the Detroit broker who
mad been talking dashed to the floor ID
cent cigar he had just lit.-Detroit Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-12-07
BY CHAUNcY c. HOTcHkISS

copyright, 1897, by D. Appleton & Co. All
rights reservedl
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-31

Considerable excitement has been
raised among German officials at the
flight from the isolation hospital in
Halle of a wealthy manufacturer
named Letter, who is afflicted with
leprosy.
1t appears that the leper and one of
the nurses who attended him fell in
love with each other and decided, if
the necessary permission could be OBJ
tanned from the German authorities,
to emigrate together to the Dutch
colonies, where the man was promised
the post of plantation inspector.
The application to leave the hos
pital was passed on from one authority
to another, till finally it reached the
Minister of Education, in whose realm
medicinal matters come.
In the meantime Herr Letter re-.
ceived considerable sum of money
from Holland, and did not consider it
necessary to wait any longer for the
decision of the authorities, which he
knew would in all probability be a
negative one.
He took advantage of foggy night
to escape through the window of the
hospital, and has not been heard of
since. Berlin Correspondence of the
London Leader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-31

The American soldiers in the Philip
pines have some difficulty sometimes
in reading letters from home. "The
boys were all anxious to read their
letters" writes one of them, but the
question was how to obtain a light
Our squad thought they had solved the
difficulty with some gum oil In a dish
and rag, but no sooner had we got
a good light burning than the bullets
began singing around US at a great
rate. The light was put out. l had
plenty of matches, however, and I
adopted another scheme. l covered NV
head with a poncho and scratched
matches till the letter was read. al
though l almost suffocated in doing
So"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-31


1t seems almost cruel not to give
horses feed of grass occasionally,
even when they are hard working at this
season, when grass and clover are at
their prime. Yet every farmer knows
that if allowed to run to grass, even
for a few hours, the working horse
will have an attack of scours, will lose
his appetite for the solid food that
gives him strength, and be incapable
for several days thereafter of doing q
full days work. Horses are exceed
ingly fond of grass and clover. Some.
times, if old hay is scarce, the farmer
tries to economize by cutting some
clover, and after drying it nearly into
hay feeding it in place of the hay. But
even this has to be given very care
fully or it will work injury. A horse
at work should always be slightly cos.
tive. If the excrements grow soft it
means that his efficiency for work is
lessened. If there is too much cos
tiveness tablespoonful of old process
linseed meal which will give strength
will put the bowels in good condition.
That is better than giving grass or
clover which when green furnish little
strength. 1t is not till late in the
fall that it is safe to feed new hay to
horses that have hard work to do.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-31
livered underground at some definite

livered underground at some definite
centre called the seismic focus"
Even this, Mr.. Bunsby, is somewhat
like saying that earthquakes are caused
by quaking of the earth.
A sort of first cousin to the earth
quake is the volcano. This is in popu-
lar imagination only, for there is no
evidence that the two phenomena are
related or interdependent. Volcanoes
have been more reasonable than thun.
derstorms and earthquakes in their
attitude toward investigators. They
last longer, and some of them have
periods of comparative quiet, permit
ting long and close inspection. Yet
this more intimate association has
failed to reveal their secrets. One
theory is that the volcano is always
ready for business and goes into active
operation when the conditions of at
mospheric pressure are favorable; an
other is that they are touched off, like
a tire-cracker, when their gases are
visited by some strolling natural torch.
But, again says the latest authority,
after studying all others:
"To what particular cause or series
of causes any special eruption may be
due is a question to which at present
no definite answer can be given"
So there are some secrets nature
will not part with even though the
forces they relate to rage and faunt
in the face of man in awful manifesto
ton, as if inviting discovery and final
understanding.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-31
Helms Safe In Jail.

Fort Wayne, Ind, special: Last
midnight an armed guard arrived from
Columbia City bringing Helms, the al
legged criminal assailant who came SO
near being lynched at Auburn the pre-
vious night. The man was sent at
once to the county Jail. The officers
say that the mob at Garrett, where the
alleged assault was committed, has
scouts in this city keeping track of the
prisoner. One of the girls alleged to
have been assaulted by him died be-
fore the mob was formed The second
one is in precarious condition at Gar
ratt
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-07-31
spanish-American war Panorama.

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Military life is pictured to the eye
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subjects (Which are theyD of Uncle
Sam appear and disappear as the
leaves are turned.
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