The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-11-06
A MISTAKE IN COUSINS.

| great deal or trouble was precipi-
tnted between rival land companies as
tn the location of the county seats
Each company desired Il county seat
on it's particular tract of land, but as
there were not counties enough to gt
around this was impossible. Fights
and fcuds followed and the livcliest
| promoters of these were the pioneer
editors. In one of the counties tina,
may appropriately be called Cayuse the
| iinal location of the county seat was
on Sand Creek. in the east end of the
county, and we'll removed from twu
other promising settlements in the
county known as Plainvilla aud North
| star. The county seat was called
Sandberg. with that rare love for ugly
| titles manifest in the American mind
| Wnen naming Il town, river or noun
tain peak. In clrh settlement there
| was an cditcl'-- Boxer at phinsvillr
| Harrison at North star and Smith at
| Sandberg. The later, Is soon as his
| community had captured the county
! seat, marifrst", his joy b, "A series OF
| lurid editorials growing over mis- rivals
and dcnouncing their opposition TO
Sandberg as villa!nous.
The fight III paper. was slo",ous
/ one. /. grew SO warm that no man
! from plainviil" CT Meth star dared 20
| visit Sandbcrg. ana when the one school
| teacher of the latter town chanccd to
enter Plainville he was immediately
| seized by the infuratcd inhabitants.
| deprived of his hOrS" and clothes. and
| compelled To- walk forty miles of rich
| prairie land, naked. in order 10 reach
| home. Sandbcrg swore deep vengeance,
/ but was content for long time to con
] fine its actions to threats. which the
| people of the other towns laughed at.
Interested observers of the fight, al
| though. woman-lilie, regarding it as
| most foolish, We're two young women,
| one the school mistress of Plainvillc
| and one the school mistress of North
| Star. Miss Wilson of the former town
! was a cousin of Editor Boxer. and Miss
| Rogers. of North Star. a cousin of Eidi-
| tor Harrison. Miss Wilson regarded
the muss as particularly unfortunate.
because shortly after her arrival on the
frontier. and before the county seat
light, she had met Editor Smith and
| conceived Il more than passing regard
for him. Smith himself had been much
taken With her beauty and intelligence
and but for his loyalty to his commun-
ity would never have gone into Il fight
which separated him from the woman
he loved. but had not told so.
Miss Rogers was not as young as
Miss Wilson nor ST attractive. In fact.
slle mad passed 81. was sour OF temper
and much dsliked by her pupils, most
OF Wnom dreared her sharp tongue as
much as theE ana the Whil sh' used
on every provoratlon. Miss Rogers dls-
ilked Edltor Shllih, eiNieu MISS wilson,
hateu the iro'lti"f an" longer ior man
VIII MAJ liilioilidi ihSIiha 'ioiis.
tditof Boxer OF flalhNllle' thouSht
IL ms uutS Ill the count! seat isht 10
c"llorlailN raSllSale ruitof Slllith' OF
SandDefs, with every ISSUE lie u!"
not suspect ms COUSIN aHectlolls for
ms enemy ana II ne hao he would nave
ut lhat tlne sent her out OF the coun-
Try. On hef part she ana not dare to
lifau WIN nm |" lorsiV' ana forget.
S.Hlth mad not Vet spoken to her, ana
Nhlle SIC lclt lEat lie WOULD II given
opportunity. she realized ihat long
p'olongatioh or the war meant a luf-
thef separation OF 'hchl ana perhaps
/" permanent ehu OF the sentihehts
that once hau n"urlsheo so wen.
80 matters $1,000 uhl'l one spfihs
"aH' III pai t"ui"''E E'oient III "l
TEMPER MISS Rogers "hiPpeu ol'' oi
iie' poH pupiiS uhtii the lit" leh laih' :
ihS AT hrf lcet' lhe news spfead
put Slowly because haltor liarriSoil uii
not hoilte IL III MS own paper f.allor
boNef thouSht II Was none OF ms
'folp!"' ana lhe pupllt IN &ehera' hearl
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