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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-12-27

Of the happy crowd seemed to mock
him. He rang the bell and ordered
some tea. The demure little maid
looked at him, and, going down stairs,
said:
Poor Mr.. Carson. he looks SO
strange and miserable!'
Returning, she found him sitting in
his chair gazing with half-closed eyes
into the fire. Placing the tea on a
small wicker table by his side, she at
tracted his attention by the question.
Anything else, sir?'
NO." was the reply; but. see, this
is New Years Eve. You've been good
servant to me, at least. Buy yourself
something" handing her a sovereign.
The amount of the gift bereft the girl
of the power OF speech. and with a
ctrtesy. eloquent in itself of gratitude,
| she left. u.
| Carson, slipping his tea, again solilo-
quized. cts now within an hour and
a quarter of the New Year. What
will that year bring into my life? 1t
cannot bring the light Of love and
companionship. The same round of
weeks and months, and SO it will be
to the end. Ten years ago, in Old
Kentucky. we said 'Good-by.' It was
'good-by' forever
Apostrophizing the absent woman,
he continued: Leila, Leila, to my
grave take with me the love bear
you. Why did we live to be parted SO
ruthlessly? What strange fate has so
guided our destinies?"
He turned to the story of Evangelino
and read of the sufferings OF that
| heroic character The reading soothed
him and he fell asleep.
The clocks were striking the twelfth
stroke of midnight when he awoke
He barely opened his eyes. then closed
them again. and listened to the joyous
salutations of people meeting in the
streets. He was not selfish, neither
was he bad Datured. No man who
fevery truly loved can be altogether
| either. AS he listened he said:
81 wish for all bright New Year,
shall never see again, may your life
know no sorrow, may yours never be
| the aching heart, and may you be
blessed in your children growing up
around you. My Leila
| He did not finish the sentence, but
the tears came trucking down his
cheeks as he realized his barren life
| Then he became conscious that some
one had come into the room and been
a witness of his weakness and his Sc
cret-secret because society said Wal
ter Carson carried his heart on his
sleeve and was incapable of deep affec.
ton. So sitting up and turning round
he was startled to see seated on q
chair tall lady, clad in deep mourn
ing and yelled SO heavily that he was
unable to distinguish her face
Madam" he inquired, too taken
aback even to get up, II should like to
know why am thus honored?"
II came in with the New Year. Not
an omen of iil-luck, hope" replied
musical voice: "but first want to
know if Walter Carson is not en- as
sumed name?~
why Go you ask such question:
"For the best of good reasons. and
as you will not tell me, perhaps you
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A~>~ -~"~
struck 10, and t he sonorous boom
from Big Ben came floating over the
Green park as q sort of benediction
on the rapidly dying year. The roar
Of the great city without was not lack
ing in it's element of melody, and the
noise of merry jewellers in Piccadilly
completed strange yet fascinating
tout ensemble. Passing down the
street came three young men singing
that old Southern song, Use gwine
back to Dixey" The words and the
melody startled Carson from the rev.
erie into which he had fallen. Sitting
upright in his chair, he said, aloud:
what memories that song recalls!
How MY loneliness grows upon me!
What a fool was ever to have in
dulged in the thing called love! But
there. I've tasted the poison and must
abide by the result. What's that re-
suit? Pleasing? Why cannot I be Of
the gay throng outside? Here in this
mighty crowded city I am as lonely
as man lost in a desert" He rose and.
going to the other side of the room,
opened cabinet and took from it a
bundle of letters. some dozen. They
were faded and bore traces Of much
handling. After reading, he replaced
them, and, walking to the photograph
of a child on the wall. INDUCED in
soliloquy.
IT know you not. my sweet child,
but your mother was always, and al
ways must be everything to me. How
hard and cruel seems the world! Your
mother and I parted ten long years
ago this night, to meet again in two
years time! What happened to pre-
vent us? / wrote many times, but no
reply ever reached me. Three years
after we separated letter came from
her, and in it read: Now that am
married, perhaps you will write Life
seemed a blank, and came to Lon
don, wayfarer, caring not what be-
came of me- l turned to literature,
and have been what people call sue
cessful. But what is success, without
the power to experience that which
makes it other than a metallic graft
fication? Eighteen months went by
before next heard from your mother,
and then your photo only reached me,
since when all: has been silence: Your
mother married good man, and l
pray for her and for. You, too, baby,
that you may grow up in her foot
steps,"
Z The. circumstances under which his
letters to the girl went astray were to
him mysterious, but, as matter of
fact, easily explained. The girl was
the daughter Of a country lawyer, and
he had made her acquaintance when
she was staying in boarding house
in Bloomsbury, in which he was also
Iga 1odger. Her reason for being. In
town was that she might improve a
somewhat neglected education, and
she was taking singing lessons at i
/ school Of music IN the neighborhood.
An aunt took away this unwanted
Idaughter from among the large family
81 home. to be q companion across the
Atlantic. and. suspecting her Of night
ness. opened her letters In the capa-
city Of guardian The first Of Carson'a
lspiStles hs was Z cautious man and
did not commit himself to paper until
m coulA not resist doing % arrived
u u ~ V j. r y
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Slain in Great Battles.

During the siege of Troy 100000
men were killed and 270,0 900 men, wem-
en- and children were massacred after
the city was taken. At the siege of Je-
rusalem 100000 persons died by the
sword and by famine. At the battle
of Austerlitz, which by many is con-
sidered Napoleon's most brilliant vic
tory, the French and Austro- Russian
armies numbered 100000, and the loss
was 100000, or about 18 per cent. At
Jena Auerstadt there were 900 men
engaged, and the loss was 10000, or
about IL per cent. At Borodino there
| were 10000 men in battle, and $4,000
were killed and wounded, amounting to
more than Al per cent. At Leipsic
there were 100000 men in the battle.
which lasted three days, and the loss
was 10000, or % per cent. At Water
loo, 100000 men were engaged, and the
loss was 10000, or "a per cent. I'm the
Crimean war there were 125,000 men
at the battle of inkerman, and the ca
| sualties amounted to $4,000, or 20 per
cent. At Magenta there were 225, 900
men, and the loss was IL per cent, or
about $4,000. At Solferino there were
100000, and the loss was 10000, or 16
per cent. At Sadowa the hostile forces
numbered 425,000, and 10000, or 16 per
cent, were killed and wounded. At
Gravelotte there were 100000 men In
the encounter, of whom 81, 900, or about
per cent, were killed and wounded.
At Shiloh the armies numbered 10000,
and the loss was 10000, or one-third.
At Fredericksburg there were $50, 900
men, and the loss was 10000, or IL per
cent. At Antietam there were gl6O. 900,
and the loss was 10000, or about Is per
cent At Chickamanga there vera 1885,
900, and the loss was 10000. or - per
cent. At ceilorsvflle thpre were
$50 900. and the loss was 80, 900, or 20
Iper cent. At Gsttysbnrg thsre were
l16o. 900, and the loss amounted TO- .0Oe
Tor 80 per cant s sss4, II 35.s.. /
II
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changed to an ugly sneer. The young
countess rose from her seat, and, OK
tending her arm, pointed with her fin
{ ger to the door.
II shall waste no words with you,
sir" she said. GO! We might pros
ecute you, we might force you to give
up your ill-gotten gains, we might ex-
pose you to the contempt of the world
but you are not worth it, I bid you
go, and the punishment of your con-
duct will be that everyone will know
that you have been dismissed charac-
terless. Not one world"
He made as though he would speak.
She still kept her hand outstretched to
the door; her eyes overmastered him.
He turned to quit the room.
When he reached the door rage over
came prudence. He looked back at the
noble figure Of the young wife.
II thank you, Lady Caraven," he
said. II owe this to you
She made no sign that she heard
him.
"To you" he continued, with a
sheer; "and we all know that you are
here only on sufferance. Take care
that your own turn does not come"
There was no answer. Not even a
culver Of the white eyelids showed that
she heard. His rage increased.
Goodbye, Countess of Caraven," he
said. sYou have called me thief; you
have, after a fashion, ruined me. I
will be revenged-I swear it! Even
| should years pass before I can carry
| out my purpose, will be revenged.' -
And with these words he quilted the
study.
Lord Caraven made hasty step
across the room to punish John Blan-
tyres insolence, but his wife touched
him gently.
/ "You would not surely" she said,
s'soil your hands with him?'
'I'll kill him if he insults you?" he
exclaimed.
HE will not have the chance of in
sulting me again, Lord Caraven; now
We will forget him. The unjust man
shall pass away, and his place shall
know him no more; we have finished
with John Blantyre-now for happier
times. II the poor people on the Raw
ensmere estates knew what has hap
pened, they would set the bells ringing
for Joy"
| He watched her as she went with her
free, graceful, proud step, and flung
the window wide open.
I'VE will have some fresh air." she
said. II can never bear the atmos-
phere in which a bad man has breath
ed
'eYou would not be q good prison
matron." he remarked, laughinsly.
mo, hate wickedness. / have q
constitutional dislike TO II; and I love
GOODNESS with III my heart"
Then to win the love Of your heart
ono must 30 good" questioned the
earl. -sl. 4. s.ssl s
mot only GOOD but noble, = shs 10
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OLD AND NEW.


cannot Joy with those who hail
The newborn year:
rather Erieve with those who give
The dead Old Year
A tender tear.
Tho New--what know OF the New!
knew the Old!
Gods BENSON upon his corse.
On which the mold
Lies stif and cold.
Here in the shadow let me stand
And count them DER.
The blessings that he brought to me-
A precious store
asked no more.
He brought me health-a priceless ooer
To me and mine:
He brought me plenty for my needs.
And crowned my shrine
With love divine. .
An. when think-suffused with tears
feel my eyes
OF all the dear delights he brought;
Yet stark he lies
Meath Winter skies.
Therefore cannot hail with Joy
The newborn year:
] rather grieve. with those who give
The dead Old year
A tender tear.
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piled; ana then their tAts-a-fStS VI
interrupted. Lord Damers wantsl ~
earl.
Long after he had left the room she
stood wondering II John Biantyle
would keep his oath and, II he oil,
what manner Of vengeance he would
take. Not even q CLEAN Of the tel
rible reality came to her. ~
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responded the stranger. siso rising,
and 1 as she did ~ throwing back her
veil. Is +. Il. NJ l87.
y. ella I gasped Carson, hooking
incred ulousiy into her face.
Yes. Leila" was the answer whis-
pered. while her arms stole round his
neck, come back to yon with the New
'Year. never to leave Your side until it
SO pleases God. y .s.
Then they sat down and sho told
him how, three years before, after be-
ing left widow, she determined to
ind out what had become OF the sweet
heart of her younger days. How, by
e chapter Of happy accidents. she
learned that he was in London. How.
on knowing this, she hurried over land
and sea. and Just at the birth of the
New Year entered his room. She saw
the tears fall from his eyes, heard her
name mentioned, and his blessing go
out to her. All doubts were then at
an end.
MY children will be here by the
next boat, and you must be to them a
father. Now / must go. as I'm weary
with the excitement of the day."
Carson drove her to her hotel. and
to him the New Year bells never
seemed to have rung such merry peals.
They rang into his life New Year is
every sense. A few days later there
was a quiet marriage. and on the fol-
lowing New Years Eve, as Carson and
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rkr N = h l1-4f = 10 :.
when the aunt Be-
aM \ /, |, I she / was ar-.
ranging q. highly
desirable engage
tsn lei Tor her niece.
and on the prin-
iciple Of dong
wrong that good
may come. she kept
back the notes Of
this obviously poor
|suitor.
Carson often felt
.desolate. but never
80 utterly as then,
and as he paced the
Ho0r the lsr~hter
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.CHA1srER xxXIY.

&C., NS~sVSAs ~ ASN
,,vensmsre became
dimly aware that
some more impor-
tant business thaa
usual was on hand.
The earl was seen
with q preoccupied
face. He had been
heard to refuse
Lord Damer's chai-
(enge to q billiard
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CHAPTER xyxv

EFORE many dAyg
had elapsed It BIZ
came apparent that
a new reign had b.
gun at Raven9-
mere. Sir n . oIl
was charmed ami
delighted; he never
wearied Of pr'aisink
Lady Caraven, ami
telling her what !
noble work shb
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OMzta762Eza },
|klw9M/NwNa3cws

ALTER CARSON
leaned back in the
easy chair, drawn
up before his sit
ting room fire at
his Duke street
chambers in Lon
don. The clock had
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4 Does . man without arms dnd 8 Din.
pls qusseloa bsyosd m 1rssDf vs.
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II CAME IN WITH THE NEW
YEAR"
his wife listened to the hour of mid
night strike. they thought. with hearts
full Of love and gratitude. Of the, joy
Gus meeting twelve months before.
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the lace ana tney cause INTENSE 1HImHH-
suffering. The extent of this
suffering may be gathered from Mrs.
Nelson experience told in the letter
given below. She says, VI uas so ne'z'-
Gus that the least thing wonld sfaytle me
almost into commissions" Such con-
dition of nervousness generally indicates
womanly diseases. 1t is useless to at
tempt to cure nervousness by the use of
narcotics.
NARCOTICS ARE DEADLY
for the nervous woman whose need is
not to make the nerves sleep but to
make them strong, not to numb them
but to nourish them. The best medi-
cine for nervous women is DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t cures nervous
ness because it cures the causes which
are behind nervousness. 1t establishes
regularity, dries the drains which under
mine the health and strength, heals
inflammation and liberation and cures
female weakness It makes weak women
strong and sick women well.
~Dr. Pierce's medicines are the best
have ever used" writes Mrs. c. Nelson,
of Chemawa, Marion Co., Oregon. rMy
health was badly run down when I con-
cold and my head hurt me continually.
l was so nervous that the least thing
would startle me almost into convul-
sions. had palpitation of the heart so
bad that l could scarcely walk some
times. felt utterly discouraged, but
two bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and one of Golden Medical
Discovery made new woman out of
me. We are never without DIR. Pierce's
Pellets in the house."
Nothing is claimed for DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription but is claimed for
it by the women who have been cured
by its use. Behind every claim is a
cure-yes, . thousand cures. In fact,
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he Came Early.

A certain mans wife was much
troubled with the thought that the
house would be broken into. Her
husband, being kept awake at night
by her anxiety, hoped to cure her Of
the delusion by arranging with q
man he knew to enter the house and
pretend to be a robber, while he
would satisfy his wife by going down
and soaring him away by firing his
revolver. The man agreed, and re.
ceived a small fee for his trouble. On
the night in question the wife heard
some noise, so aroused her husband,
who crept downstairs with his revol.
yer. All was quiet, but he boldly en-
tered the dining room and, crying
Hands upw fred his revolver into
the ceiling. Still not sound. With
sudden feeling of anxiety he struck
a match, and found every particle o.
plate and valuable things gone. Ths
man had come early and made the
most Of it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-03-29

A CERTAIN lazy man on Exchange
street, in order to save himself any in.
convenience, when he had his house
remodeled, included an automatic
bath-tub, says the Astoria Herald
The tub was arranged that he could
lie in bed and, upon pushing button
the door opened and the tub glided in
from the next room to the side OF the
bed; then all he had to do was to rol
over into the bath tub, and take hi.
morning bath. One day he was show
ing party OF gentlemen friends ovel
the house, when he came to his room
and said: "Let me show you my
automatic bath tub" He pushed The
button. There was scream, and the
tub came sailing into the room will
his wife in it. She now takes hel
bath in a wash-pan.
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A woman who writes letters should
remember that:
Business letters must be concise
and clear, because people are supposed
to be busy.
No letter is complete without the
date.
In writing to solicit employment Of
any kind ON no account should per.
sonal perplexities or needs be men,
toned. The world is full OF unfortu-
nate persons, and to q stranger the
troubles of one are no more than
those of host of others.
Letters of introduction are left
open when written.
deliberately ornamented note pa.
per, ~ we'll as highly perfumed notes,
are vulgar.
The rules to be observed in answer
ing letters are:
That written words stand as ever
lasting witnesses.
That an ambiguous sentence il
likely to be misinterpreted.
That friendly words never harm.
That a written word OF sympathy
can sometimes do much good.
That q letter written in q kindly
spirit should be answered in the same
way, even though the message is dis
liked.
That business letters and invitation
must be answered ct once.
That one should acknowledge any
friendly offer of hospitality, ever
though it be not by acceptance.
Care Of the Lamp.
Every good housekeeper who en-
joys the light from . good oil LAM
should keep always on hand littl
brush to clean the holes in the burn
ers, the lungs of the lamp, says tn
Philadelphia Inquirer. The lam
should be taken apart every day
That is, it should be opened to allo'
the gas to escape, and then CAREFUL
filled. There is no danger OF An ez
plosion if this is done. The reese,
voirs should be washed out once
week to insure q clear flame. Whe
the lamp is put out the wick shout
be turned down low and the fam
blown out across the chimney.
the wick is turned down below Ii
tube when the lamp is not lighted tt
wick will not feed over the edge an
there will be no odor. It is new
necessary to do anything more this
to rub the wicks to take off the blac
crust that forms at the top. If Il
wicks become gummy they can
soaked in vinegar and thorough
washed and dried. Chimneys may
tempered by putting in cold wat
and allowed to come to a boil.
lamps where the reservoir is glass
little coarse rock salt makes the {
give clearer light, but it must not
used where there is anything tn
will rust.
To make lemon cheese cakes tai
some good puff paste, and with it Iii
patty pans; fill them with the mi
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FRIGHTENED!
The Agony Endured by
Nervous Women.

"Mv nerves are all unstrung" is the
expressly. way i'll which a woman is
apt to describe condition OF extreme
nervousness. The figurative expression
"unstrung may be unscientihc but it
pa;hetically suggests the grand harp CT
the nervous system, strung and keyed
for harmonies Oy its Maker, now become
SO unstrug that it gives out nothing but
Earring discords. Nervous people rarely
receive the sympathy which is their due
The dropping of book which causes
the nervous woman to start, or the slam
ming of a door which causes her to
scream, are sounds which do not jar the
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ailing women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce, by letter, free. All correspond.
ence is strictly private and the written
condolences of women are treated with
the SAME privacy observed by DIR. Pierce
in verbal consultations with women at
the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Insti-
tute, Buffalo, N. Y. Address DR.. r. v.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Because DR.. Pierce's offer is free it is
not be classed with those offers of cfyee
medical advi6e" made by men or women
who have neither the legal nor the pro.
fessional right to practice medicine. II
they dared to put out their signs with
the title Doctor upon them, the law would
instantly deal with them. They don't
dare to do this, and yet, though withou,
medical training, medical knowledge OF
medical experience, they cunningly offer
"free medical advice" The law cam,
touch that claim because anyone can
give free advice on any subject, but a
woman knows that the advice of her
laundress is perfectly worthless as to
the cutting and fitting of her gown.
In consulting with DR.. Pierce, women
not only consult with a real doctor, but
one who is specialist in the treatment
and cure of diseases peculiar to women,
and who, assisted by his staff of nearly a
score of physicians, has in a little more
than thirty years treated and cured hum
dreds of thousands of women.
WOMEN MED IT
Every woman needs copy of Doctor
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser,
containing 1908 large pages, which is
sent free on request Of those who send
stamps to pay expense Of mailing only.
Send 81 one-cent stamps if the cloth
bound volume is desired, or only II
stamps for the book in paper covers.
Address DR.. R. v. Pierce, buffalo. N. ".
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Life Saving Pigs.

The Australian coasting steamer Ka-
meruka, while going from Eden to sgd
aey, travelling at full speed, struck on
4 reef at Moruya head. There being no
rockets on the ship. the captain tied q
ife line to some pigs which formed part
Of the cargo and had the animals put
overheard. The pigs swan to the shore
taking the line with them. and by es.
:ablishing communication every soul
on board was rescued.
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' ssss: s:: Of &M4ZSzw
Likewise Mistaken.

LtkGW10e MInt0kems
A small boy was fishing on Sunday
morning. He had basket OF fish
alongside Of him. A clergyman hap
pened to see him, and. going over to
where he was busily watching the bob.
.aid:
"YOu naughty, cruel boy! Don't you
.now that 1t Is a sin to fish on the Sab
bath? Besides the sin. think Of the
cruelty Of it-taking the poor little
worm out Of the ground and sticking
that nasty sharp hook through its
body"
THAT amt no worm. That's an ar.
:ificial flyv answered the boy.
"Ah. was mistaken" said the
preacher.
$50 were these fish," said the boy
picking up the basket and showing
them to the clergyman.-New YorI
Sun.