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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-05-10
CHAPTER wv.
a Morning Ride.

1t was chiefly for Syba's benefit this
ride had been proposed. DR.. Bond had
suggested active recreation of all kinds
rs the best tonic for his patient. and
Herbert and Fannie had. with praise
worthy earnestness, seconded his efforts
to arouse their guest from the state of
nervous depression into which she had
fallen.
She started at every sound; the slight
est whisper blanched her cheek TO a
deatbly pallor: she could neither rest o.
sleep. Some ~ever-present terror seemed
20 haunt her night and day. and she
drooped beneath Ii. like the flower that
Is Swallowed by the deadly boughs of
the Upas tree.
But. despite the cloud upon her hap
piness. the gentle girl had unconscious
~ entwined around her the affection Of
all at Give Towers. Not only Herbert
and Fannie who were already captive
to her charms. but every servant in the
house rendered the unexacting guest
most willing attention: and even MI.
Gives prejudice had somehow melted
away. and he had lever carried out his
first Intention CT writing TO Madam
Fleury and inquirlng from her the ante
cedsnts OF his daughters friend.
His stern. cold eyes often followed
Sybils fairy like form with a strange
interest. and though she avoided him
persistently. his tone, when they did
meet. was as gentle and kind as when
he greeted his wv loved daughter.
Even stern. unyielding Robert Give
had fallen under SybiIs spell.
ONLY this morning. as the horses were
being led out. he had stopped Herbert
with a warning.
THE Arab is a little FESTIVE. III Miss
Wraye is to ride her, be sure that the
girths are safe. Fairy is gentle, but, as
you know. n is easy TO take fright; so
keep an eve on her"
Herbert smiled to himself as he as
scented. Ii was scarcely necessary to
warn him TO watch the horse thai
Sybil rode.
Fannie and Fenton had dashed of In
A mad race through the woods, and. for
the first time since their meeting by the
sunset river. now nearly n week ago.
Syhil and Herbert Were alone.
Their way led through a grassy lane.
bounded on either side by thickset
hedges and shaded by giant trees that
met in a canopy yer Their heads. Their
horses feet fell noiselessly upon the
grassy sward. In the silence OF the
summer morning they seemed brought
again despite themselves face TO face.
Herbert felt strangely embarrassed
and constrained; his memory OF SYPHILIS
unconscious revelations were still fresh
i'm his Eind. He felt as guilty as
though he had stolen into the pure
sanctuary Of her maiden heart and
robbed IL OF its guarded treasures.
But there was no trace OF maiden
pride or maiden coyness in SYPHILIS man
ner-no reflection of the blush and
smile she had worn In her dream: only
the white rigid repressed expression OF
pain on every feature-the sudden.
frightened glance Of the beautiful cya-
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tn,nu ,b,t was cruel and dreadful. Oh.

thing that was cruel and dreadful. Oh,
Fenton. If it should be true-if L.
should. indeed. be true! liz poverty ami
disgrace should. indeed. be before me-
Absurd answered Fentoa .cheeri-
IL. Poverty and disgrace before youl
Why, the old witch must be as mad as
n March hare: she can't even know the
tricks of her trade. Poverty and dis
grace before you. my beautiful queen
of hearts-you. whose pathway Is gild-
ed by the brightest sunshine OF fortune
you. who already have a ~worshinoer
nj your feet who would count life n
paltry sacrifice In your service! IN
snie. Fannie. if you would only believe
in the depth. the feryor. the ridelity OF
nv love! III you would only listen 70
me seriously. darling. for love you'll
do love YOU from my yery soul'
The shadow on Fannie's SWEET face
made il serious enough now.
You love me. Fenton? Ali, yes. per-
hans you think so now: but If trouble,
sorrow should come upon me; III were
no longer gay, and bright. and happy,
would YOU love me then. Fenton? You
Z have often told me that You turned 10
me like the flower TO the sun. But Ii
the sun were darkened. FentonE
.'Do You think so poorly OF my hearts
deepest love. Fannie. as 10 suppose any
thing could change me- was b re-
proachful answer. why, my own
.weet little love. | would welcome. aye
gladly, the storm tha; would 2 you
70 nv arm 8. 90 my heart for shelter N
support! You do not know what 4
mans love Is. dear or you would not
wound me by such a thought. such a
suspicion. But. alas for me. your Tor
tune Is 30 sure. your home 30 happy.
your life so blessed, that | cannot make
II brighter by my love. | can only
| plead. and. / fear, plead in vain
Not in vain" said Fannie, softly
slipping her little hand into his-'not
i'm vain. dear Fenton. I thought that
that we were only playing lovers. In
til this morning. ! did not know the
value of a true and faithful heart. III
You do love me truly. Fenton. ! VIII
love YOU. and-be true TO you forever!
MY darling-my own sweet love
bless YOU for those words. was the
rGputurous reply. True TO you, Fan
ME, Darling. you are my own sweet
love. forever and forever. You are my
own sweet love forever and forever
Even with his words. n sharp report
rang out through the forest-the pistol
shot that had laid Sybil Wraye nj her
lovers feet.
Cr0 be C~ontinued.D
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SeasDuahIe.

THE Isis" contains some neat verses
to the up-to-date spring, Of which the
following two verses will show the true
poetic feryer:
The springs soft breath the snow
drop breathes and gasps:
Awakes from sleep the little ~lascivi-
Gus snail;
The crocus opes his golden heart and
Clasps a lump of hail.
The primrose, technically known as
rattle:
Iricks tentatively up her sallow ar.
a n.arrow-curdling wind confirms our
Faith that spring Is here.
IL reminds one of Horace walpole.s
terse remark: Summer has set In
with its usual severity "-London
Globe.
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Fannle's pretty bay Terry. had won
the impromptu race, and her mistress
drew her M triumphantly in the little
glade which was the appointed goal.
and waited for the arrival OF the Java
Tier, whose heavy charger had made no
time at all against the spirited littl,
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Little Teaxers.

Here Is a little exercise in punctua,
tion that a normal school young
woman recently brought home TO
puzzle her father:.
1t is not and I said but or.
Looks a little confused doesn't Il,
Simple. though.
\ Few quotation marks and two COM
mas Will fix ii all right. For instance
III Is not and I said, but or"
Here Is a still simpler catch that
may bother you some.
"All o."
Not much In 1t. perhaps, but enough
to make IL troublesome.
Too lard?
And yet It's Nothing after all
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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DO Your Feet aeb.

40 four Feet Ache ana Z
Shake into your shoes .n,,1
Ease, a powder for the ies, \
tight or New Shoes feel r..
Corns. Bunions, Swollen \
Sweating Feet. At an r,r,,s
Shoe Stores. 25c. Sample ~
Address Allen S. olmsted ~
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Distressinr g..

distressing Si.s,..
~ man can not be too es,'.y
he snubs." 'a
What do you meanr
why. every once in III
snubbed some plain peonla Y
ward came into a lot y N
Chicago Record. 4
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M

she seemed inclined to doubt the In.
tensity of bis love.
But fairly burn he protested
How NAY | convince you that I
burn W :
ouit smoking" said the beantifni
wretch with cold information.
All this painfully reminds us vet
again how very unreasonable & woman
can be.-Detrolt JourIal
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-05-10

The barber knows how ur
there Is in some elderly mems ,
love.
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In this world fewer good men /,
under suspicion.
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Make the money go-the NJ
ing systems in the big storS
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Gaiine
45


@1DEARM Mrs.. PiNAI
] was very thin a.
friends thought IM
consumption.
6Had continual
aches, backache and
ing of uterus, and ny1
were affected
every n notice|
poorly looked and
advised 20 take ~
vegei|
00nsp0uHA
zone bottle rel
me, and after fai11l1
bottles ann now q
woman have g.
wefuhf from 50 p0
AOs everyone asasl
makes me SO s.
MRS. A. TOLLE ~
ton ST., PhHadslph
Mrs. Plnkham i'ae'
thousand such ~
from grateful Wo'''s
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Many causes induce gray hair. hu, ~
BALsAM brings back the youthful cola. /
HIspERcoEss, the best cure for com !
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-05-10

Catch-as-catch-can is the NJ.
motto OF some girls.
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Mrs. Winsin.

A Book of Choice I..,..
Sent free by Waiter BaSrr q a. $3.50
Mas. Mention this paper. =
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Mrs. Winslow.s soo,h,,.
For children teething. softens ths rss ,
nAmmation, allays pain, cures wind ~.
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A woman lawyer naturally \
tention.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-05-10

Halls Catarrh cup
Is a constitutional cure. Pr.
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important 70 Metk.
Examine carefully every both. y .
. safe and sure remedy for iur,,,.
and see that i.
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You Using
i the on
hg, Burn
|and BUM
|ase, a poy
pes, At a
Use. Sar
Allen s.. {
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for il
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
Judged Him by His Garb.

"When l was in Mexico last year."
said the consulting engineer, II was
one of party Of foreigners invited to
take a trip at the company's expense
over a certain railroad. The first day
Of the journey was sitting smoking
on the rear platform of the observa-
ton car, while we stopped to take
water at lonely station. Just as the
train was pulling out, disreputable
individual swung on the bumper and
started to climb over the railing. In
costume he resembled one Of Buffalo
Bills 'greaser' COW punchers, only he
looked dirtier and was ragged. sized
him up for a Mexican tramp, and I
blocked his way. He hung on to the
railing, swearing in Spanish at me.
The train kept gathering speed, and
don't know what would have happened
If another man Of the party hadn't
come out on the platform and asked
what was the trouble.
"'I'm keeping this tramp from steal
ing a ride explained.
Stealing nothing!' said he. You're
lighting with the brakeman
Nowadays don't Judge man by
his uniform."-St. Louis Republic.
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ideain his dim m;ind what firing meant
No doubt he was only playing with the
unknown object ont Of pure monkey
curiosity. He must have been almost
as much terrified at the resultas was.
But no matter for that. It was awk-
ward to find oneself face to face with
a gorilla alone and without ones rifle
80 awkward that for minute or
two I Just gave myself mp for lost en-
tirely. -.
The gorilla, however, after his first
flush Of surprise was over did not. as
half hoped, fling down the noisy gun
and make headlong for the remotest
depths of the forest. On the contrary.
he stood and looked at it for few
seconds in blank dismay: he frowned
with his scowling eyebrows; he gnash-
ed his great teeth in rage. He roared
like waterfall. Then he seized the rife
deliberately in his great hairy hands.
bent the barrels almost double as readi-
~ as q man would bend bit of COM
mon lead gas pipe and flung it away
angrily among the mossclad powders.
After that he looked up and grinned
once more diabolically. showing his
great canine teeth in the most grew
some fashion
Well. l don't deny, as l say, that
was in a state of blue funk at the crea-
lures gigantic and almost supernatural
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-14
Queer Babies.

These queer monkey babies are very
lovable, and as ready to be cuddled and
petted as human babies. however cross
and ugly they may become when older
They have an endless diversity of
character. The little orang outang is
very solemn, and his small face is all
wrinkled like an old mans. He loves
his tree home, where he can swing and
scamper to his hearts content and
drinks the rain out of the leaf cups
rather than come down to a stream.
His mother makes a little bed Of
boughs for him close beside her. and
the branches overhead shelter him
from a shower.
The baby gorilla is full Of fun and
frolic, and leaps and shouts and runs
and claps his hands in great glee. He
rides on his mothers back or sleeps in
her arms until he is big enough to take
care Of himself. Balloon babies are the
ugliest Of all, but they are very jolly
and affectionate, and they love to play
on the ground. They play many a
prank or practical joke on the old ba-
boons.-"Four Handed Folk" by
Thorn Miller.
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His Lonr Drawn Ont .tNo., ,,

Everybody knows the man who is
careful never to say "No" abruptly in
answer to a question. mo" is hard
word, but one may sometimes be made
ridiculous by a reluctance to utter it.
a certain man who had this habit
was once met by two women who had
been discussing the popularity, and
one of them said that she was positive
she could make him say, ooh, nov' fiat
~. So she addressed him thus:
''Let me sec, Mr.. Smith, you are a
widower, are you not?" ~
"As much widower, madam" he
answered, with a polite inclination of
his head, 'sas it is possible for man to
be who was never married.
The woman had to own herself best
en.-Youth's Companion.
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ton Dearest, do not love me la:
I am his cousin and have succel,

ton; Dearest, do not love me la:
I am his cousin and have success, ,&
title which he degraded. Yon VIZ.
hslp me, my dearest girl, to make 1t
clean and noble, as it has been before,
and take more pride in it from know
ing that can confer it upon you.
he folded her closely in his manly
embrace. 4 Young as he was. there was
a contained self confidence virile force
and mastery about him. The girl in his
arms had tears in her eyes. She scarce
knew why. But she looked up bravely
to meet his honest, tender eyes and
smiled softy--a smile that proudly told
him how dear he was to her
"You impatient boyl" she said cajol.
ingly. "Why do you make such point
about this early marriage? Are you
afraid your courage will fail you if
there is little delay?"
my dear girl, he said, smiling, but
with certain gravity withal. "if you
did not marry me before the year was
up your eccentric aunt's fortune would
come to me- l prefer that it should be
yours, he added simply
Uncle Josiah showed he had heart
and was really pleased with his nephew,
in-law by the handsome way in which
he bestowed stock certificates and one
or two choice bits of realty on his niece
the day of the wedding In Difference
to Mrs. Rodney's wishes and to please
Rose, who was maid of honor, instead
of the quiet wedding the earl and his
bride would have preferred, they con-
sented to make it one of the most bril-
liant functions of the season.
The Countess of Darlington insisted
on being made such by the ring of the
Matterhorn. 1t has not left her finger
since
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you, jolly sight better than you do 3.
AS he smiled those words I had lost
my balance, and, clinging still to my
moon flower in my last chance for life. 4
lowered myself slowly hand over hand
to the ground in front Of him. 81
With frightful roar the creature
sprang upon me and made wild grab
at my precious moon flower. That was
more than scientific human nature
could stand. turned and fled, carry
ing my specimen with me- But my
pursuer was too quick. He caught me
up in a moment His scowling black
face was CHASTITY to behold; his huge
white teeth cleaned fierce and hideous;
his brawny, thick hands could have
crushed me to jelly. I painted and
paused. My heart huttered fast, then
stood still within me. There was a
seconds suspense. At its end, to my
infinite horror, he seized-not mech,
no. not ~ might have put up with
that-but the priceless moon flower.
was helpless to defend myself
helpless to secure or safeguard my
treasure. He took it from me with
grin. I could see through those sunken
eyes what was passing in the creatures
dim and brutal brain. He was saying
to himself, like men at his own low
grade Of cunning: IF that tuber was
worth so much pains to him to get, it
must be worth just as much to me to
keep. So. by your leave. my friend. if
you'll excuse me I'll take it.
stood appalled, and gazed at him.
The brute snatched that unique speci-
men Of dying or almost extinct genus
in his swarth. hairy hands-those
clumsy great hands of his-raised it
bodily to his mouth, crushing and tear
ing the beautiful petals in his coarse
grasp as he went, ate it slowly through
-tuber, stem. spray. blossom-and
swallowed it conscientiously. with a
hideous grimace, to the very last
morsel I had but one grain of consola-
ton or revenge. It was clear the taste
was exceedingly nasty
Then he looked in my face and burst
into loud, discordant laugh. That
laugh was hideous.
"Ahar' it said in effect. $50 that
all you've got, my fine fellow. after all,
for all your pains and care and
troublel''
I shut my eyes and waited My turn
would come next He would rend me
in his rage for the nastiness of the
taste. stood still and shuddered But,
alas, he meant only to eat the moon
flower
When opened my eyes again, the
brute had turned his back without one
word of apology and was walking off
at leisurely pace in contemptuous
triumph. struggling his shoulders as he
went, and chuckling low to himself in
his vulgar dog in the manger joy and
malignancy.
It was four days before l struggled
alone, half dead. into Tulamba. | never
came across another of those orchids
And that is why at Kew gardens they
have still no moon flower
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A Terror to Publishers.

The business part of Balzac's literary
life, says a writer in Self Culture, was
not happy. He had many publishers
and did not continue on good terms
with them. This grew out Of his meth
DDS Of work. His handwriting was the
despair of the printers, and his meth
DDS Of handling his proofs was most Ia
borious. He would erase, interline, COW
er the margins with whole paragraphs
Of fresh material, leaving hardly a
trace Of the original.
The second proof was handled SIM
ilarly, and such was his desire for per-
lection in his work that he would re-
peat the process eight or ten times be-
fore he would give his order to print.
His writings bear no evidence Of haste.
Every page is as highly finished as he
could make it. He was his own Sc
verest critic. For corrections after the
first proof he had to pay extra, and his
'Pierrette" cost him 300 francs more
than he received for the story.
People chatted and chartered owe,
the century question century ago as
much as the present generation does to-
day. An old London publication, The
Lady's Magazine; or, Entertaining
Companion For the Fair Sex, for Feb.
ruary, 1899, has been discovered, which.
replying to a correspondents inquiry
as to whether the last day Of that cen.
tury would be Dec. 81, 1899, or Dec.
81, 1900, says that "the first century
of the Christian era necessarily began
with the year /, and that century could
only be terminated at the conclusion Of
the year 100. In the same manner the
year 101 began the second century,
which was likewise terminated by thu
conclusion of the year 900. Therefore
the eighteenth century cannot be conf
plete until Dec. 81, 1907 Thus d.
human incertitude and human dullness
manifest themselves from century Il
century. 49,. ....## 5s-
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j. A. Lambert, of Rachel, N. c.,
writes: II heartily endorse Foley's
Kidney Cure. 1t does what you claim
it will do, and there is nothing equal
to it, and [ thank you for the good it
has done me-" G.. A. Jack.
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THE END.
Youth In Politics.

Young men ought to go into politics.
They can do themselves and their
country good. If they want office they
are entitled to have it. If they are
clever enough to beat their elders it
will be a salutary event for all persons
concerned. Most of the elders Of poll
tics need to be beaten once in a while.
1t freshens them and it ventilates the
Offices, taking the mold out and expos.
ing the disorganization.
Youth is indiscreet, if the textbook
Of the aged may be believed. But in.
discretion is frequently the beginning
Of new and approved conventionalities.
1t is the iconoclast that loosens the
world from it's fetiches. When it isn't
a reality, it is bogy, and the raillery
Of old men against it need not deter
any young man from taking turn at
it if he conscientiously thinks the old
men mistaken. A thousand youthful
indiscretions in municipal and district
government could scarcely be worse
than the thousand and ten mistakes
which the elders constantly are max
ing. The young men can do at least as
much as the older ones-and that is,
they can try.-Seattle Post-Intelligen-
Ger.
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She Saved the Boy.

While the Rev. w. J. Davis was liv-
ing in Africa his little son John, a boy
Of 4 years, went too near to a chained
lion in a neighbours yard. 1t was call
ed pet lion, but was so wild and
vicious that no living thing was safe
within the radius Of it's beat. The un-
suspecting child stumbled within it's
reach, and the lion instantly felled him
to the ground and set it's huge paw on
his head. There was great consterna-
ton among the bystanders, but none
were able to deliver the child.
His governess, seeing the peril Of the
child, ran up stairs, seized an accor-
dion and fastened to a window which
looked out upon the lion. There, with
a shout to arrest it's attention, she be-
gan playing a tune. The lion at once
released it's prey, went the length Of it's
chain toward it's fair charmer and
stood in rapt attention. The boy, in
the meantime, got up and ran to his
mother. He never thought Of crying
till he entered the house and saw how
excited every one was; then, quite out
Of danger, he had a good cry on his
own account.