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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
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LAS QUE NO HAN AMADO

Era una MUIR muy rsrs sqael'a pa
rieuts mia, de quien t5Ios murmurabsn
que janis habf4 sentido amor por niogan
hombre.
Pasabsse la existencia en- una q1inta
m POGO dIrtante lie Ia ciuisd, para viVIT
asf mss slejada De do contacto socisI.
-Es un ccr4z6n de hielo -decfsn
ms
-Es una egoi,tI murmursbaO otFos
TAuto Sc hshiabs de la pcbre pa
riebts, que entire n des, % de conocerla.
Ella b Ibfa vivido con nosotTos siendo 20
nifio, segd1 rae contsbsn, mis- osricias
de 6e5e la divtrtf4n mucho. Poro 20 era
"a M ioven quien empezaba spuntar
ell bigote, en- mi memoris no qCedaba el
N as ligero recuerdo de Ia original parien
ts, pues passror m1chos amos en- los que
vivf alejado de aquelIos sitios. Rssolvf
pues, vlsitarls.
Cref hsllarme con una vieja hursf1a,
fes, ma humorAdG, cspsx de poner en- ia
ga media humsnid sd. Y eneoutrems frea
te una sen IRA como de cusrsnta cinco
amos, relativsmente harmoss, que conser-
Vaba en- su 64ouomfa tedos los rasgos de
uua belltzl que acknowledgements debio dsr
q1e hioer a muchos jmbres.
-1Ssrs posibIe-ms decla 20 mien-
trss coutemplsDs sus hermosos oios aEu
les-que ests mujer no hlys sensido jamas
lstir su coraz6n dulcemeute, que sea midi
fereDts t0do eentimiento?
ia, por su parte, no hscfs sino mi
rarme, tocsrme. wolverine de espaldas de
frente, exclsmsndo
-iPero est es squel? que orecido
estas. sobrlno iQaieu dirfs que te he dor
mldo tsLtss veces eu mis- brszos!
7 al deoir e-to ios de- IN lado psrs
otro, dispouiendolo TODD. dea'1ora 10
vial, dando ordenes para que sc me preps
rae una buans mssa, que en mi ouarto
no faltase NADIA.
I1dudahemente; ls alegrfs habfa sn
trsdo oonmigo en- aquella casa. Yo estao'
euoant ado de Ia arm atIltd sd ei earjno de
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
A IlIBsTRO 7 SiNlbSIRl)
Sc debate Ell biz sobre hipotecss.

Sc debate el bill sobre d potecss
Uno de los asuntos que mas viva
meLts lnteressn al psfs.
La comision, dictamins sobre este
bill die:
xQae no puede informar f.v1 rAble
<mente, nj recomeadario, por eLtender
<oue Ia Cam8ra no tiene facultsdes para
<a.tersr contratos privsdos, hechcs a ia
<sombra de Ia ley, por oo0algalente
<perludicisl para ell oredito del psf', la
xmet,da qne aoonseja Ell Bill ndmero 2 ,
(Esta medlda IS la de prorrogar las
hipoteoas.)
Entorces Sc |. ,nts Sanchez Morales,
en- actitud oIfnpics, lleno de foror ? de
soberbia, pide:
xQue &c enmienda ell bill, suprimien-
DO la Erase. In Cdmaard no tiene faculta-
des; pues es una precsuclon para el porve
mir. LA CAMARA .PUEDE 0 DEB
PODERLO TODO,.
,Oaisa 81 10 hs dicho u-ted, se6or
cdnadrer0 ...I
iSa tigura sn senorfa, one porque lc
han naettdo shf, es nsted a'gan rey sbso
luto, algno sultan sigda czar de las Ra-
slas ....!
Esta usted equiyocadc, amigo mio:
Nt0gun cperpO partaneL I4flos LII nln
guna Camara del munic, tiene f8cultades
para poderlo todo-
Los der~chos adquiridos como dice
muy bien ell diotsman-d In sona6ra de Ia
leg. SOP derechos ssgrados, que nj listed,
.lendo emperador, no digo canaarero, Pue
lie sltersr.
Comprfmssa, hombre, comprfmase.
81 10 dejan. es capaz de conyert1rse
4n m nusvo Herodes y decret'r Que sc
degt1ellea t0d0s los nit5os dc Gds cercdnlds
de Beken
No chaUe hombre. ......
Z contenga esa brsvura;
sea tan inpetuose;
que ese genio revoltoso
10 lleva la seputurs.
"a qu6 ignors ustedfs aonde estshs
Descartes ell 1. de f1e naevr.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15

Pues, iugando gsllos en- Santa label
con FdnaGnta.
E.e dfs, ell de Aho nuevo, Descs.ts,
lleyaba uu gallo giro. f'dtisec0 ; q1e nun.
Ga di6 con las espuelas.s
Sc llamshs Barb0s1.
FL de Famanfs era jHy6n;: pero a
soltarlo, di6 un golpe de hoya, y este i,
vali6 Ia peles.
-;Pica gallo. !-decfa De.carts,
mira que soy canaarero ~ Ant
mssslo con al estropojo. 80! iAhf &
ponselo en- ell ojo....l iTd no puede,
perder =: eres pariente de Carrion
Y comenzo dar 9dbet0s.
Pero 81 gallo Sc vaciaba, 10 tard.
en- uegar don David con su 5icjclet4.
Segdo Sc dice empeno todos sus hq
beres.
z como la gerte es piila;
siempre sc vino saber,
que ell hombre qued6 a deber,
porque iugo de boquiAa
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15

aqneEl. m"jer qne para todo Ell mundo era
ana estdtud
No te sientes shf que la corriente
del alre pneie b ,oerte IL; no CONS de
IS, que - re dlfleil digestion; no less
tanto. sohrino. que te vss eDfermsr de
"a cabszs.
Estss eran sus frases: tsnta smah i
d ad tauto Garlic me abrum .han. Era
uua mujer delIcioss aquelia solteroDs
ernped ernida. Su casa eslsba LENA de pa
jaros de flores, los que amaba con
vsrd sdera passion
Cuando tres dfas despue- ME despedf
de ella, did muestras de qua gran trist "a
;Cuantos consejoa dejsba oaer en- mis-
oidos con gu Y csTinosa sim patica.
TIL vas al mundo me decfa -yo
vengo de 81 til tres ioven J 20 soy vipja;
por ESQ paedo acnnseiarte; por ESQ te dlgo
que lleves muy gaardado ell cor 30 para
que no te 10 hieran.... Sigue nal consejo
seras feliz.
Despu6s. en- mi vida de peregrino del
amor, como he iamentsdo no hsber segui
do ell oonseio de mi tia !
El momento de la desoe4ida fue su
blime. Yo e.tsbs oonmovi 10 ella tenfs
os ojos hamed ecidos.
-fCu&utas vecs "a he tenIdo en mis
bra=os; eDtnnees erss una monerfs; apen o
~abfas en- M fsldal Y diciendo cato me
cogi6 la cabaxs entire =us msnos. = estam 20
en mi frente un proloDg ado beso de despe
dida.
Era ell primer beso que lie daba I'D
hombre.
Copforme me alejaha de la casa, ;
siempre que volvfa la csbess. la dfstlDguf
& ella, de pie en- Ell ba'eou, sgitaaco Cd
blanco pahueIo. Ianzanto al espaoio Ia
palabra <.sdios.s que COO dulce Vtoracior
llegaba hseta mis- oIdos, hacleodome ex
clamar:
ST estss son las mujeres que DO hsp
amado Sc6mo seran las qae sm IN muchoF
Mariana Abr1l.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
AGRADECIM1ENTo

Nuestro querido amigo de Vieques
Don j ose j. Benitez nos encsrgs, qaa 90
la impc sit iiidsd de poder contestsr Ios
lnnumerabtes teiegramss carts qne hs
recibido de Ia 1919, expresandole Ia iris
teza que ha causado en- todos Ia muerte
de su eeflor padre. Ell inolvid abe Don
osG de Benitez GGzmsn, dtmjs eu su
nombre todas esss Iersonas las mas ex
preeivas graoiss. m >Dif. stando CUE tsDto
el como su sefior q madre janas o'vidsran
esas mnestrss de oarlno y rlmL atlas, re
coEooimiento que haca extensive al pue
bio de Vifques, que an msss acudio a.
eptierro del sehor Bsnitez, demostTandc
con su seLtfmiento que Is gratitId es una
de las c0aAdsdes principales de aquei
pueblo.
Queda ccmplacIdo ell amigo 3 nit,
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
DE- san SEBASTIAN

Con e1tfaordipafia aulme eci6n han
dado priucipio los fastej en- honor al
glorioso M4rtir, patrono de este pueblo.
La iunta nrgsnizadors la copstituyen
las distinguidss damas oois Vlodante
Rabell de Rodriguez Cabrera, presidents; !;
dcfis Carmen de Diego de Janer, vice; do
ia Jusns ORR de Rose. secretariaj dof a
Consuelo Fernandez de Rsbeil. tesorera 7
dofia Laura Fern andez de Pavis. dof1 J
Modests Gonzalez de Rosa, la senior. a
Gaadaiupe Torres, vocaies-
Figuran en el program una veiada 3
iiteraris. bales de scciedad, de niflos, de
artesanos. carFeras de cinta, retr .s, fue
gos de ineio, repa.to de linn 1-nas, sor
teo de dcs N squinas de coser entire las sc
norits- hn6rfanas de q iocslidad etc. etc.
Lss dastas termiaaran Ell dfa al.
Desde b ace dfas Sc hs.la en- ests po
blacion nnestro distingni 10 amigo en-
tusia.t, CORE igionsrio de Anssco, don
Viceit Urrutia.
e. mug posible que Sc s1spenda ell
gran meeting f4ieral cue aofa de cele
encontrarse enferuio los seTores Casanova
y Perez Aviles, de Areclbo.
FL sd bado iltimo. Iae diez de la DO
che, contraieroo ja-te. nopelas en- esta 20
b.aciou- Ia di { nguids se1ort' Maria
Luisa Cabrera ei j"veu = acredltado ga
leno don Juse Angel Franco.
Apad drlnsron los novios Ell padre de
la de-pos sda don Emilio G .brero J su e.
posa do1s Concepcion aguirfe. hsrmana
del f.moso csndiilo cubsno del mismo
apeliido.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15

ella Corresp ondencis> tiene 1Ess bre
N As
En- ell MIN 70 dsl yiernes, Sc is
venir, diciendo, que, aunque Ella % ION.
pc nj ua varej6n ds enaoJogna en asteps,
de Gurabo, no obstaote. como Ia reGbid,
m aodnimo, donde Il dtce7a atr0ctdad:s .
Ia qestt6a municipal de aquel pueblo, u.
ga al anonimlsta que Sc de q conocer, pa.
haBE1r sin rodeos
No hay que deoir que, 10 de- ou5aia.
results dUdoso; pero, aun en- e caso d;
.aus hob bitsa ext ti3o, si SLa Corr5spQ.
denoia,, como asegurs, no quiere qls nQds
Lt coin de naingo para hdcer su cargnJ1l
tam POGO debio hacer pdblico Ell suit
que 10 motivaba.
Lo que hay ea cue, segdn nos ln
contado, dom Ramon esoriblo Ell otro dA
al aloalde, rcgan1o le siTvitse Ia sgencl
del peri6dico, 10 que e. funcioD8rlo DO
pado scceder, por sns r. has oc1paoio1si
x tate aquf, &C m. por desq1itaru
tai Veg de e.ta eseuse. q bueno de doi
Ramon haya cor feccl~usdo Ell sue tecitO
Es una naners ia de herir sn dsjl
Yer ell srms.
ZERO por aqnt eodoc' mos eEas 3fgI
clss.
- De ESQ me rio 90 ..... !-drs d
<.San Juan Neaes,; p-riodloo que IA ys.
nido con nsucha gentoja j susttuir ia
Corespondsnci1,. en- Iursbo.
Por 10 lenss. sqneii. administr ci6a
esta coro Ia de todos los put BIOS feeders
les: May ttsra, 81 Il de Lopez.
7 81 sgrsda IN poquito
eete slpisEe, don Rsmon,
dpbe decirIe 4 Danbor:
je Come de ESQ p9j0rito. ....s
Sfemp-e el Mi-fnO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15

Ia ooncurrenoia fue ob=equiada es
plendidamente-
Dsseamos a los Tacien ca.aios tndo
genera de ventures.
Al pssar por este pueblo ei gooer0a-
dor, hixo grsndes elogics ne Il orqheet
Que dirige ell raputado profssor doc d as
Laguns.
Dicha orquesta esta form ida por jo-
yenes, hijos de ests poblsclon.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
Mariana Abril.

El domingo y ell lanes fueron agre
didcs en pdblico y separadsmeDte, Arturo
V4zquez Pedro Ssbater, caho policfs
de los qua han qued ado cesantes.
Sc dice que los reepectivos agresores
vengaron asf abusos ofensas oometidss
por dichos ex sgeDtes de la autoridad
en- sE 6pocs de naando.
Pronto se vera ante la Corte federal
Ia eauss por iuiurias contra ell peri6dico
La Opinion.
kl querellsnte es don Amadfs Gilot,
comerciante de esta plaza.
60 d. E1ganio VIvas padre -ha tenido
un deseniaee fatal.
Ell lunes, las de la tarde, dej6
de exIstir, despu6s de sufrir uns largs Y
peuosa enfer msdsd.
Descsrss en- psE ell amigo consecuen
te. reciban sus deudos la expression de
uuestrs doiente simpatia.
Por f1 celebro session ell ayunta,
miento. al lunes las de la tarde.
Ahora, veremos sta cusndo.
Continds apagado ell reloj pdblioo.
De los tour<stas que llegsron en- Ell
vapor San Juan, han salido ls de tenn.
porada para los bafios de Coamo.
La famiiia Negr6n ha sido vfctima
de IN robo.
Los osoos se llevsron cucharas, GU
biertos, ropas otros objotos, dejando
olvidada Ia escslers de msnos de que &c
siTvieron psrs escslsr la casa.
E. hechn oourrio ell domingo, en- Ia
Gale de La Estreila.
Ell martes ceIebrara ei Casino iuLta
general.
Por noticiss reci bidss de u W Yoi <
aabemos que esta fuera de pellgro Don
Ulises del Valle, qaicn sufrio Ia POGO
una seria operacion quiz 1rgisa.
Sea enhorsbuena.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
.PONCEI
N0ticias directas

Ha ilegado esta ciudad la Corte
federal, ys estA en- funcionea.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
e. TELEG AF0

E. primern de Fzhrero proxlmo 81
entregaran las 'fneas teegrahcss al gobler
GO civil.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15
JuscIoS PoR JU7-CoS

Aver frm6 e. g,bernafor e. proyect
de ley relative al juicio por jurados.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1901-01-15

Pronto se vera ante la Corte fedora
la esuss por iuiurias contra ell periodic
La Opinion.
hl querellsnte es don Amadfs elliot
de esta plaza.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Statesman-like and Patriotic in Its
Utterances.

My Fellow Citizens: When we as
sembled here on the fourth Of March,,
1897, there was great anxiety with
regard to our currency and credit.
None exists now. Then our treasury
receipts were inadequate to meet the
current obligations of the govern
ment. Now they are sufficient for all
public needs, and we have surplus
instead of a deficit. Then felt con-
strained to convene the congress in ex-
traordinary session to devise revenues
to pay the ordinary expenses of the
government. Now have the satis-
faction to announce that the congress
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
BASEBALL AT HAVANA.

Havana, March 4--The new Spanish
baseball court was opened today, Gen.
eral Wood and number of govern
ment officials attending the ceremony.
Monsignor Sabarretti, bishop of Ha-
vana, blessed the structure, which is
the largest of the kind in the world
and cost 100000. The promoters
hope that baseball will replace bull
fighting in the affections Of the Gu
bans.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
JOB FOR CHANDLER.

Washington, March 4-It is under
stood that the president has under con-
sideration the name Of former Senator
Chandler Of New Hampshire for the
position Of chairman Of the Spanish
claims commission.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05
Mid-Winter
Clearing Sale!
A Great Slaughter Of
Winter Suits and 0verCoats.
Ladies' and Mems Mackintoshes
at Halt Regular Prices.
Small Lots Of Shoes Way Below Cost.
A Great Opportunity t"l
Small Merchants.
We Bid Adieu 10 Profits and in MANY In.
stances Cut Deep into Cost.

A S a proper and becoming windup of
~ successful seasons business we
now throw our stock upon the
mercy of the people and offer the smart
buyers the greatest opportunity they
have known. We shall smash dollars
into pennies during this sale
Mems 5000 Suits and Overcoats, all
that are left; come while your OK nm
size is here-sale price.......... QU.UU
Mems $3.50 Suits and Overcoats, every
style and material, every one well
made and well trimmed; OF In
Mems $500 Suits and Overcoats, as
handsome an assortment as any man
would want to choose d q IN
from; sale price................ QI Z.OU
$50 prs Mems Trousers, $3.50 90 En
to $500; sale price............ VZ.OU
200 prs pr Mems Trousers, $1.25 81 nm
to 81 so; sale price. sUU
Entire stock of Boys and Children's
Suits and Overcoats at Great &c
Reduction. Boys Knee Pants. ! y
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-03-05

Continued on Eighth Page.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-17

Mr.. ID. c. French, the sculptor, tells
with much relish, the story of his ex-
periences when he was commissioned
to make the bust of Ralph Waldo En-
erson, which is now in Memorial hall
of Harvard university. At one of the
sittings, says Mr.. French, Mr.. Emerson
rose suddenly and walked over to
where the artist was working. He
looked long and earnestly at the bust,
and then, with an inimitably droll ex-
preston. he said: The trouble is the
more it resembles me the worse it
looks" After the sculptor had finish
ed the bust he asked Mr.. Emerson to
inspect it. The philosophers opinion
was Enthusiastically terse.
Well" he said at last, that is the
face l shave" Mr.. Emerson, Mr..
French relates. made one OF his quaint
observations about another bust, the
work of another artist. 1t was char
acterless k nd of thing. and showed not
the slightest hint of the Emerson char
acter. After looking it over, Emsr.
son said:
1T looks as harmless as parsnip
doesn't it?'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-17
Stories of CheIsea's Dead.

In Chelsea, in an old rectory that
stands in the shadow of a mulberry
tree planted by Queen Elizabeth, there
lives a fine old minister, the Rev. DR..
Blount, who was the personal friend
of the great men who have made Chel-
sea famous. He knew Carlyle well.
and told visitor recently that he and
the great but irascible sage went to see
Westminster one day. Carlyle was
impressed with the building, but the
service aroused him to shifts and
snorts of contempt, and he summed up
his feelings by saying: las for being
buried in it, should demand a general
Jail delivery first before I'd lay my
bones there" DR.. Blount remembers
Rossetti well and tells this rather
wicked anecdote of him. Poor Ros-
setti!" he says. when his wife died
he cast volume of unpublished poems
into her grave, and it was buried with
her. But later the argument of his
friends as to the loss which the world
suffered thereby induced him to have
the poems dug up again. York
Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-17
People who Eat Coal

Earth-eating savages are known to
anthropologists, but the statement that
there are people in civilized England
who habitually swallow Jumps of ordi-
nary household coal appears somewhat
surprising. To this practice Mary Ann
Foy, housemaid lately employed at
46 Gloucester gardens. Hyde Park,
owed her death. Some Of the pieces,
stated DIR. Harper at the inquest. had
stuck in the windpipe and caused suf-
location. 1t was fact, added the wit
ness, that some persons did eat small
portions of coal. The coroner asked
with what object. A Juror said that
persons suffering from severe attacks
of heartburn did so. The coroner said
that he had heard of persons eating
charcoal. but not coal. There was in
the present case. however. no doubt
about the fact. Death from misad-
venture" was the verdict.-London Ex-
press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-17

Nigeria is an important region in
Africa and comprises the whole of the
British sphere with the exception of
the colony and the Protectorate Of
Lagos, within the lines of demarca-
ton arranged by the Anglo-Germa
agreements of 1885, 1886 and 1898, and
the Anglo-French agreements Of 1889,
1890, and 1898. The region covers be-
tween 100000 and 500, 900 square miles,
and its population is variously esti-
mated at from $4,000, 900 to 10000 900,
but in the absence of any census, no
reliance can be placed on such esti-
mates. 1t is certain, however, that a
great number of towns in Nigeria con-
tain considerable population. For adj
ministrative purposes Nigeria is tenn
porarily divided into two governments,
Northern Nigeria and Southern Nj
geria, but in the absence of any data
it is impossible to say which section
has the largest population. Brigadler-
General Sir F. J. ID. Lugard, X. C. NJ.
g.. C. B., ID. S. o. is the high commits
sioner for Northern Nigeria-Montrea'
Herald and Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-17

you were as poor and cold as ara and
as hungry you could think Of nothing
else"
A great deal OF what Is called Chris
tian work goes for nothing for the
simple reason that it was no. practical.
as after the battle of Antietam a man
got out of an ambulance with bag Of
tracts, and he went distributing the
tracts, and George Stuart, one Of the
best Christian men in this country.
said to him: What are you distribut-
ing tracts for now? There are three
thousand men bleeding to death. Bind
up their wounds and then distribute
the tracts" We want more common
sense in Christian work, taking the
bread of this life in one hand and the
bread of the next life in the other
hand. No such inapt wor' as that
done by the Christian man who during
our civil war went to a hospital with
tracts and, coming to the bed of man
whose legs had been amputatec, gave
him a tract on the sin of dancing! /
rejoice before God that never are SYM
pathetic words uttered, never prayer
offered, never a Christian almsgiving
INDUCED in, but 1t is blessed. There is
a place in Switzerland, l am told,
where the utterance of one word will
bring back score of echoes, and
have to tell you that sympathetic
word, kind word, a generous word.
helpful word. uttered in the dark
places of the town will bring back ten
thousand echoes from heaven. Are
there in this assemblage those who
know by experience the tragedies in
the third watch of the night? l am
not here to thrust you back with one
hard word. Take the bandage from.
your bruised soul and put on it the
soothing salve of Christ's gospel and Of
Gods compassion. l tell you there is
more delight in heaven over one man
that gets reformed by the grace of God
than over ninety and nine that never
got off the track.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-17
MEMORY OF GEORGE SAND.
Known to Residents Of Town rs Lady
of Nohant.


of NoIIant.
The inhabitants of the quiet village
of Gargilesse, on the banks OF the
Grouse, feted the other day the mem
DRY of 1.-The dear lady of Nohant," or.
in other words, George Sand, whose
stories they once were privileged to
hear from her own lips as she sat
among them in the simplest of gowns
and fondled and taught their little
ones. There are many who remember
how the great novelist would lead
party of children into the woods and
tell them fascinating botanical tales
as she plucked flower and leaf to illus
trate her wonderful talk.
At times her delight on a hot sum-
mer afternoon was to make batch of
BARNS strip to the skin and plunge into
the cool river running through the for
est shades, while she herself would
make capture Of little fish in her
apron and give a lesson in natural
history In the evening she would often
decorate her chattering little courtiers
with flowers and herself put on
wreath of roses, not from vanity, but
from sheer love of nature. Then there
came "a demand from all present that
she should read what she had written
the previous night. and she nearly al
ways yielded, much against her will,
for she hated reading her own work.
A friend peeped over her shoulder one
day at one of these seances, and fam
cied that the gifted authoress was only
pretending to read from the pages
which lay before her Her words We're
those of a new and improvised story
made up" for the occasion to please
the bairns-Paris Messenger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-17
ODE Scourge
ofDannascus
A Story Of
the EAst...
SYLVANUS
COBB. JR.
Copyrighted 1897 BY Robert Bonner's Sons.

she sped on. She could not speak with
Abba, for the Gathering of hoofS
drowned her voice. What did 1t
mean? Where would it end?
On they sped, straight over the plain
on, on, on-without hating or turn
1ng-on through the darkness of the
nlght-on, league after league-until
the gray streaks of morning appeared
In the eastern horizon. Another wood
was before them. and when it was
reached, the party stopped. Not far
distant, where clump of noble palms
reared aloft their plated foliage, a
crystal spring burst forth from the
green earth. and the Arabs held their
painting horses back from the tempting
beverage.
NOW. lady, you may find repose,"
said the leader, as he came and lifted
ulin from her seat. 1--WE shall re-
main here few hours. will be with
you again presently"
He turned and handed Abba to the
ground, and then went to where his
followers were taking care of Shubal.
Abba, what will they do with us?"
cried the princess, clasping her hands
in terror.
But the bondmaiden could not an
swer. If she held suspicious, she
dared not speak them.
%, l wish had not taken this false
step! 1t is punishment for my SIM"
Hush. dear mistress. 1t is our fate.
1t is no punishment. Wait until we
know what this Arab means to do
with u.s."
What can he mean" 1t must be
something dreadful. Why has he
taken us away so far? o, Abba, T an
frightened"
NO. no, sweet lady. Have hope.
They will not kill u.s."
An murmured the princess, with
folded hands, there may be a fate
from which death would be happy
escaped"
The bondmaiden shuddered. and
from her thoughts at that moment
she could frame no reply which she
dared to speak aloud.