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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07
lowering about his quarters in attend
ance upon their maid Of all work.

towering about his quarters in attend
ance upon their maid Of all work
+ "All we'll at home, Qu;gley?" he
queried hopefully.
"All we'll, sir. Leastwise Mrs. VIM
and the baby is, SO Miss Purdy said yes
terday evenin. Mrs, Blythe, with her
children and Colonel Lawrence's, have
gone to San Antonio. They're all goin
home together. Any luck, sir?''
II should say so. Hit 'em hard twice
and caught Marsden alive.''
"Great- Beg pardon, lieutenant,
but that's the best news yeti" The sol.
dier's eyes danced and pleaded for more,
but VIM was eager to reach his home,
to tiptoe up to Laura's room, to kneel
by the bedside and fold her, waking, in
his strong, yearning arms, to bend and
kiss his babys sleeping face. He spurred
on across the parade. The long, low
line of officers quarters lay black and
unrelieved against the reddening sky.
Only in one or two were faint night
lights burning, one down near the
southern end, the room Of the officer Of
the day, another in his own. The Stats
of the blinds, half turned, revealed the
glimmer Of a lamp within. Probably
baby was awake and demanding enter.
tainment, and there could be no sur
prising Laura as he had planned. Still,
he guided his horse so as to avoid peb.
bles or anything that would click
against the shod hoofs The home COM
ing would be the sweeter for it's being
unheralded.
"Never mind the saddlebags," he
murmured to his orderly stake the
horses to stables and bring the traps
over by and BY" Then he tiptoed
around to the back of the house. The
front door, he knew, would be locked.
So would that opening on the little gal
lery in rear. But there was the window
Of his den. He could easily raise it
from outside and let himself in without
any ones being the wiser. A glance at
his watch showed him that in ten min
utes the morning gun would fire and
the post wake up to the shrill reveille
Of the infantry flies and drums. Even
though Laura should be a.7ake and up
with her baby the surprise might be
attempted. The back porch was lighted
up with the glow from the east The
back door of the Decentralization stab.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-09-07

The BROAD, aUhitc bed 1C1S e71lDtu
ishment was ajar, and some one was
moving about in the kitchen-Hannibal
probably getting coffee for his master
in time fur morning stables Just to
try it, VIM tiptoed up the low steps to
the rear door, and there it stood, not
wide open, but just AGAR. "Miss Purdy"
had mended her, ways, then, and was
rising betimes, he said.
Softly entering, he passed through
the little kitchen into the dark dining
room beyond, felt his way through into
his deserted den to the left-the blinds
were tightly closed-thence to the mar
row hall and up the carpeted, creaking
stairs. The door of the back room at
the east, the nursery, was right at the
landing. The light Of the dawn was
strong enough to reveal dim]y objects
within. That door, too, was wide open,
and there by the bedside was the cradle
Of his baby and the little one placidly
asleep. There in her bed, innocent Of
the possibility Of masculine observation,
her ears closed, her mouth wide open
in the stupor of sleep, lay the domestic
combination of nurse and maid Of all
work. He tiptoed past the door and
softly approached that of the front, the
westward room-his and Laura's It,
too, was partly open. A lamp burned
dimly on the bureau. The broad, white
bed, with it's tumbled pillows and tossed
back coverlet, was empty, as he found
the room to be. Laura, then, and not
the maid, was the early riser. Softly he
searched about the upper floor. She
had heard him, after all, and was hid
ing somewhere to tease him. No. There
on the back Of her rocking chair hung
the pink beribboned wrapper that was
80 becoming to her, and on another the
dainty, lace trimmed nightrobe. She
must be up and dressed, his languid,
lazy Laura, who rarely rose before 9
o'clock as rule, and now it was only
5. A strange throbbing began at his
heart. Quickly he turned and scurried
down the stairs, struck match in the
parlor, another in the dining room.
Both were empty. The den and its clos
cts were explored. No one there.
Out he went through the kitchen to
the eastward porch again. The light
was stronger. Over the level mesa to
the edge Of the bluff, not SO yards
away, his eager eyes swept in search
OF the truant form. There stood at the
very brow of the projecting point at
the northeast side little, latticed sum-
mer house where sentimental COUPLES
sometimes sat and looked over the shall
low valley Of moonlight nights, and
there, close beside it, switching the
skirt Of her stylish riding habit with
her whip, stood Laura VIM. Just as
she turned and glanced impatiently over
her shoulder out from the adjoining
door came a soldierly form in riding
dress. For an instant three forms SEEM
ed to stand stock still, then came the
shock and roar of the reveille gun, and
before the echoes rolled away Lieuten-
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CHAPTER XIV.

A week rolled by, a week little Jim
Lawrence and other small boys long re-
membered for the good things they had
to eat and drink and now Galahad
was sitting up again at his quarters,
doing very we'll, said both doctors, so
we'll that he could be out on the shaded
piazza in a reclining chair, said Bray
ton, but wouldn't, said Blythe, and for
good reasons, said the Fraziers femi-
nine, because then there'd be no dodg-
ing Laura VIM, if indeed he has sue
ceeded thus far" True, he had not
ventured outside his doors, and no one
had seen her venture within them.
True, Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. Blythe and
other motherly women had been to
visit him, Mrs. Frazier frequently, and
Mrs. VIM had been most particular in
her daily inquiries, "most persistent, 4"
said the Frazier girls. Those were days
in which milk was luxury in faraway
Texas, but the delicate custards, whips,
creams and what the colonel's Hiber-
MAN orderly described as FLOATING Ire
lands, (which that messenger bore with
Mrs. Frazier's love or Miss Frazier's
compliments or Miss 'Manda Frazier's
regards and hopes that the captain was
better this morning, could be numbered
only by the passing days. What Mrs.
Frazier was prepared to see or hear Of
was similar attention on the part Of
Mrs. Vim, but Mrs. Winn's attentions
even in frontier, old time garrison to
hear of.
What Mrs. Frazier was not prepared
to see was Mrs. Blythe in frequent con-
fidential chat with the officer whom the
colonel's wife chose to consider her own
invalid. She had always fancied Mrs.
Blythe before, but now she met her
with that indescribable tone suggestive
of unmerited yet meekly, womanfully
borne injury, which is so superior to
either explanation or resentment. Mrs.
VIM was frequently on her piazza
Ihatting with Mr.. Brayton or DR..
"Funnybone, as the wits Of the post
had designated Collabone's right bower,
"who has more brains in one head"
said Collabone, ethan the mess has in
ten," but she greeted Mrs. Frazier with
an austere and distant dignity even
more pronounced than Mrs. Frazier's
manner to Mrs. Blythe, which plainly
showed that Laura had not "been raised
in the army for nothing" and that she
had will and temper and pluck that
would brook no airs and tolerate no as
pensions on Mrs. Frazier's part.
Aspersions there had been, for her
friend Mrs. Faulkner had not failed in
that sisterly duty which so many wom-
en- so reluctantly yet faithfully perform,
and everything Mrs. and the Misses
Frazier had even limited and some things
they even hadn t were duly conveyed to
Laura's ears. She was angered at the
Frazie1s for daring to say such things,
at Mrs. Faulkner for daring to repeat
them and at Barclay for daring to keep
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What acGs Laura Wi7a7, shoaUinq uoqt-u
letter2"
ing sadly at her side. Mrs. Faulkner
nodded assent to the question, but
glanced significantly at the passersby,
on their way seemingly to the house the
elders had just left. Mrs. Blythe bowed
courteously and smiled, but the smile
was one Of those half hearted attempts
that seemed to wither instantly at Mrs.
Fsazier's solemn and distant salutation.
"Now what's that woman taking
Ada Lawrence there for?" was Mrs.
Frazier's query the instant the two
were out Of earshot,> and for the mo-
ment she forgot tho letter and the sig
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thousand yards out from tho post and
babe him thrice welcome to the room
they had prepared for him, Barclay
beamed back his thanks and apprecia-
lions and babe the colonel believe he
would never forget his kindness and
Mrs Frazier's, but that he had every
possible comfort awaiting him at his
own quarters and could never consent
to lncommoding Mrs. Frazier or the
young ladies. Indeed the doctor had
made other and very different plans for
him, as indeed the doctor had, and Fra
zler rode back vaguely relieved, yet
crestfallen. He knew Barclay and the
doctor were right. He knew he himself
shrank from such throwing of his
daughters at fellows head, and then
he quailed at the thought of Mrs. Fra
zier's upbraidings, for she, honest wom-
an, felt it mothers duty to provide
for her precious lambs, the more so be-
cause their father was so culpably in.
different, if not shamefully negligent.
A baked and angered woman was
Mrs. Frazier at the captains politely
yelled refusal to come and be nursed
and captured under her roof Tartaric
acid tinged the smiles Of her innocent
children the next few days, and if ever
there was a time when it behooved
Laura Winn to be on her guard and be-
have with the utmost reserve as regard.
ed her next door neighbor it was here
and now. She could have read the
danger signal in the Fraziers' greeting
at parade that very evening, as, most
becomingly attired, she strolled languid-
~ down the line at the side of Escu.
lapius Junior, who, after seeing his
patient comfortably slowed in bed,
came forth to find her on the piazza,
full of sympathetic interest and eager
to know what she could do or make or
have made in the way of appetizing
dainties for the sufferer. Nor did she
let him free until he found refuge in
the midst Of the deeply interested group
in front Of the colonel's quarters.
This was Tuesday evening" and only
Brooks, Blythe and Brayton were per-
mitted to intrude upon the invalid after
the long hours trundle over the prairie
roads. On the morrow the paymaster
was to take his ambulance escort and
emptied safe on the back track to Crock
ett's, and Barclay was to be allowed to
see Mrs. Blythe, but for the night rest
and quiet were enjoined. In answer to
his queries he was told that the latest
news reported Mullane, VIM and
Bralligan securing the Apache range,
while Captain Haight, with 40 men,
was patrolling toward the Bravo. The
post was flush with money. Fuller's
bar was doing rousing business, and
Lieutenant Trott, guarding the stores
turned over by Vim, was wondering
when and in what shape the money
value of the stores not turned over was
to be paid to him, for the time was
past, VIM was far, far away, no pack
age of money had come for him, and
Mrs. Vim calmly said it was no affair
of hers and she had no knowledge when
or by what hand it would be forthcom-
ing. It was conceded at Worth that in
view of the danger in which her hus-
band stood both afeld and at home
more anxiety and less adornment would
better have become the lady, as she out
shone all other women present when
the line Of infantry officers broke ranks
at dismissal of parade.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-07-06
TIE NEWS.

A military company has been
organized at Sweetwater.
Charles Lee, a negro, was Kill
led by a freight taain at Bristol.
The large new tanuery will
soon be ready for use at Harri"
man.
Negro residents of Morristown
will ask for better school taclls
tiles.
st. Johns day exercises at
jackson were largely attended.
Indications are good for the
erection of "a $4,000 cotton mill
at Fayetteville.
Southern stove makers have
decided to advance prices 10 per
cent
Prospectors are in the region
of McE~ Ell tor an Indiana col
Ory.
A large new grain elevator is
nearing completion at Dyers-
burg.
Balm Jones, of Milan, was
drowned near Nashville while
bathing.
Hickman county crops will
soon be ruined if it does not
rain soon.
A farmers state institute will
be held at Boone's Greek Semin-
airy early in August.
Lee NorcrOss, while iutoxicat,
ed, waded into the river and was
drowned at Memphis.
Trouble over the payment Of
smallpox quarantine expenses Is
threatened at Dresden.
An accident to the machinery
at the gas plant at Bristol vii
cause a few days shut down.
There is an extra large atten
dance at the commencement tX
ercises of Vanderbilt university
Nashville.
An electric light plant vii
soon be put in at Camden.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-07-06
Cheaper schooI Books.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, june 90 Tho
state text book commission finished is
work in selecting uniform system Of
text books today and tonight gave out
its report II stated that in almost ev-
cry case the recommendation Of the
subcomuission which examined books
as to their merits were followed
1t is estimated that the great saving
effected in the price Of books will the
first year odset the expense incurred in
exchanging the books now in use, which
will be taken at 80 per cent. The com
mission in its report says:
There is not a single book adopted
by the commission upon which a very
material reduction has not been effected
varying from fifteen to sixty per cent.
The best series of text books as whole
ever in use in the state has been OBJ
tanned. The quality Of books has been
greatly improved and the commission
has, wherever possible, adopted the
most modern and improved editons."
Among the reductions secured are
these:
Writing books ten cents to three and
four cents.
Spoilers. twenty to fourteen cents.
Five readers seriatim, twenty-five to
sixteen, ttirCy-hve to twenty-five; fifty
TO thirty; sixty-hve to thirty-ave: nil, .
ty to forty-two cents
Spoilers, twenty to fourteen cents.
Arithmetics, thirty-hye to twenty
two and sixty to forty cents.
Biographies from fifty-fve to forty
cents and from Sl25 to lightweight
cents.
With scholastic population Of 500, 900
and $4,000 teachers an idea can be gain
ed OF the great saving effect.
The commission win re-adVertise for
Tennessee history and geology The
commission has decided to put these
books into the schools September 1.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-07-06
VALLEY ITEMS.

A. J. Rutledge has the prize winner
in the way of a laying hen. This hen
lays two eggs a week that are as large
as a goose egg, Inside of the large egg
is another egg with she'll of the usual
size. On other days of the week the
hen lays just the common egg. Now,
poultry raisers, trot in your favorite old
biddy and see how she likes tho looks
OF these mammoth double breasted back
action eggs.-Dunlap Tribune.
Mr.. J. s. Rogers, who is one of the
stockholders and agent of the Dunlap
Coal and Coke Company, has a force of
hands on Cumberland Mountain pros
pecting for coal on the company's land.
He is hunting for the level Of the Brush
Creek seam on this side and has his
force of men at work on the mountain
just opposite North Dunlap Capt. Fra
ter, Of Victoria, practical coal man Of
years of experience, is Mr., Rogers
lieutenant and is no doubt able to give
valuable assistance.
just what the movement means we
cannot say. No one in authority will
talk for publication, and so we are LETT
to conjecture and can only hope for the
best. Certainly the best piece Of news
we could give our readers would be to
announce that the company intended
soon to open mine and build coke ov-
ems here. While we have nothing def.
mite still there is enough to encourage
the belief that that will be the outcome
Of the matter. -DunIap Tribune.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-07-06
MILLIONS GIVEN AWAY.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern in the land
who are not afraid to be generous to
the needy aud suffering. The propri-
etors of DIR. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds, have
given away over ten million trial bot
ties of this great medicine; and have
the satisfaction of knowing it has alb
solutely cured thousands of hopeless
cases, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness
and all diseases Of the Throat, Chest
and Lungs are surely cured by it, Call
on w. b. Ketner, Druggist, Whitwell,
and get free trial bottle. Regular
size soc and ST. Every bottle guaran.
teed, or price refunded. 3
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-07-06
RED HOT FROM THE GIN

Was the ball that hit G. b. Stead
man, of Newark, Mich, in the Civil
War. 1t caused horrible Ulcers that no
treatment helped for 20 years Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him.
Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns. Boils, Eel
ons, Corns, Skin Erupions. Best Pile
Cure on earth. 25C box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by W. Il. Ketner, Whit
we'll. "a
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-07-06
BRAVE MEN FALL

Victims 20 stomach, liver and kidney
troubles as we'll as women, and all feel
the results in loss of appetite, poisOns
la the blood, backache, nervousness,
headache and tired, listless, rundown
feeling. But there's no need 10 feel
like that. Listen % j. W.. Gardner. J.
dayiHe. Ind He says. Electric Bit
trrs are lust the thing for man wuen
he is all run down, and don't care
whether he lives or dies. It did more
20 gave ne new strength and good an
petite than anything l could take, /
can nov eat anything and have a new
lease on life Only soc, 40 w. b. ket-
ner's. Whitacll Every bottle guann-
teed 3
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-07
Pretty Hands.

A pretty hand is a gift which ought
to be appreciated, for 1t comes to the
few. 1t is not unusual 20 find a hard
working housemaid wi;h hand which
all the dirty work of The kitchen seems
powerless to affect. know of one
case Of that kind. The possessor of
pair of as shapely hands as 1 ever saw
works in the kitchen of household
where there is plenty for her to do.
/ doubt If she could find time to bestow
upon those members II she needed 1t.
She is a tall. strong young Scotch girl.
with slender. shapely feet and narrow
hands, with tapering fingers. Her skin
is as fair as the roses OF her country,
and must be tough. despite Its trans
parency, for the CRIME of pots and ket-
ties leaves no mark upon 1t. l saw
another pair of pretty hands on the
wife of a workingman, who was en-
joying holiday with her husband
and baby. Her hands were small and
soft and white. and the nails beautiful
in color and shape. They were not
real clean, but even then they were
attractive. for all the dirt was under
the tips OF the nails and not around
them, TnOoe are e1ceptlonb. u
course. The average woman has to
spend a portion of her time each day
to have her hands presentable. the
amount depending upon the manner in
which she is employed. We all know
that hand need not be small to be
beautiful, but the fingers ought to
taper and the nails should be almond
shaped. The taper can be secured by
rubbing frequently toward the ends. L
have seen that done with the best OF
results. The nail can be cultivated,
coaxed into shape, with pairing and
pushing away of the flesh at the base
of the nail with an orangewood stick
If this is done every morning the shape
| of the nail will be improved in short
time, and If the nails are cleaned after
each hand bath, they will remain
transparent. They are easier to clean
after being d.-Philadelphia
Times
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-07
Mistress of the White House During
President BuChandn's Term.

One of the most graceful and charm
ing women who ever presided over the
social and domestic life of the white
house was Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston,
the favorite niece of James Buchanan,
the bachelor president" She was
born OF wealthy parents in the village
|of Mercersburg, in Pennsylvania, where
her father and mother kept open house
for their friends. Her early child
hood was passed under the protection
of both parents, but when she was
|years old her mother died. Her father,
4 broken-hearted man, survived his
wife only two years. Miss Lanes es-
tate was then of considerable size,
and the appointing of a guardian for
| her was a matter of moment. Out of
large number of relatives who were
willing and eager for the office she
chose her favorite uncle, James Bu-
chanan. The future president was not
at all fond of children, but the sweet
nature of the little girl and her al
ready beautiful face attracted him, and
he undertook her education. This was
given her at the convent at George
town, where the future belle made
friends of the grave sisters and showed
the wonderful quickness that was to
stand her in such good stead in social
matters. She left the convent fin
ished young lady" At this time she
was a singularly striking-looking girl.
Her fair hair and fresh complexion
made her attractive and her deep vio-
let eyes and beautifully cut mouth
gave an added sweetness of expression
to her charming face. Her hair was
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-07

found her responsibilities almost more
than she could bear.
During the time of Mr.. Buchanan's
holding office she was married to Mr..
Johnston, and the marriage was a
brilliant affair. After the wedding Mr..
Johnston took her to the island OF
Cuba for rest, and after some months
there they returned to Baltimore, Mr..
Johnston's home. The combined
wealth of the young couple enabled
them to live in the most luxurious
style, and Mrs. Johnston was able to
keep up the lavish hospitality which
had become a tradition in her family.
At the age of 10 years, widow, and
practically alone in the world, Mrs.
Johnston now lives in Washington.
Her home is one of the handsomest
there, and she preserves the reputation
of her family and that of her late hus-
band for cordial hospitality. Her
house is a social center for the older
Washington society people and her
friends number some of the famous
diplomats and statesmen of the coun-
try. LUCRETIA NJ. DAVIDSON.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-07
Comte de Dion. rran.formatron.

The way to make useful citizen out
of an idler is to give him a real inter-
est in life. Comte de Dion, the promot-
er of the automobile in France, where
the new vehicle first attained popular
ity, is, according to the Bicycling
World, striking illustration of this
truth. The comte was long the typical
white carnation of the Paris aristoc-
racy," which means that he was a
ne'er-do- well. The merest accident
sufficed to put him on the right track.
One day he bought miniature loco
motive for the little son of one of his
friends, and carried the toy to the
child. But though they lighted the
alcohol lamp and got up steam in the
tiny boiler, for some reason the thing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-11-07
HARRIET LANE JOHNSTON.

would not work. Comte de Dion is of
stubborn disposition. He persisted, tried
this cog and that, finally taking of
his coat to work more at ease. He
puzzled the whole afternoon on the
engine with no success. Then he car
ried 1t home and spent the night squat
ting on the floor amidst an assortment
of screwdrivers, hammers and files he
had bought on the way. The locomo-
tive was taken completely apart and
readjusted several times. At last. to-
ward daybreak, the young count had
the satisfaction of seeing the toy travel
merrily around the room. Having thus
discovered within him a taste and an
aptitude for mechanics, Comte de Dion
did not return to his idling, but studied
until he became an engineer. 1t was
at this period that he showed remark
able business perspicacity in investing
all his capital in the automobile lndus-
try. AT time when everybody was
deriding the first clumsy machines,
that spurted and SHE'D and then re-
fused to bulge for hours, he under
stood the possibilities of the motor car
and resolutely cast his lot with its
fortune. 1t is generally acknowledged
that no man in France has done so
much to further the cause of the new
locomotion.