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The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
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Il hope you will not consider this an
unpropitious moment, but you know
II has long been my one wish to make
you my wife"
Lord Cartleigh had tossed his cigar
cite over the side n moment before,
and his face took on that look of earn.
estness which most men, be they lord
or layman, are apt to feel during that
period when they are supremacy con.
scious OF themselves.
Now, BERTHE" said his companion,
looking ut him archly. please don't
get serious. It's too warm
They were alone on the deck OF the
yacht-her fathers boat. II was twi-
light In Newport harbor.
why shouldn't | be serious? May.
he 1t Is common for n man to fall in
love with a woman-but, surely. my
dear girl, II Is n serious matter To fall
In love with a woman like you"
She tapped her foot impatiently on
the deck.
Now, Bertic,' she said. lets be
fair with each other. You are n real
nice boy. and | like you. | ever like
you for yourself alone. IL isn't your
fault that you were born in a station
that requires an annual expenditure
OF n hundred thousand or SO to be
comfortable and that you don't hap.
pen to have It. IL you married a
poor girl you'd be a fool. You'd make
her unhappy, and IL wouldn't do. So
you naturally do what is expected of
you
But | tell you love you"
o course you debut before you
permit yourself this little indulgence
you looked up papa in the mercantile
register. Munston 4 Co. bankers and
brokers'. Broad street. Branch Offices
In London, Paris and Berlin. Capital
anything over ten millions. Marriage.
able daughter-Octavia Can be Sc
cured by right party, and so forth, and
so forth. Now. didn't your"
Lord Cartleigh got up and took a
TURF on the deck. He witched his
moustache n~ervously. A launch, re-
turning with the latest afternoon pa
pers, glided up to the side. The man
placed them on the table and went
forward. Then Cartleigh said:
IT'S deucedly cruel of you to put Il
that way. may be a product of my
set, as you say. But I'm a better sort
than that. I'm not a cad, you know"
She put her hand on his arm.
"Of course you're not" she said.
Really, BERTHE, you're all sorts of
good things. But-read this"
He took up the paper she handed
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
Happy ForqetfuIness.

You let me hold your hand at will
And gaze into your eyes the while.
Catch your low voices tender thrill
And bathe me In your welcome smile.
But when, impatient OF delay,
i drew still closer, holder
You turned your blushing cheek away
And bade me let the lips alone.
And later. when In trustful rest,
AS one who dreamed or needed not.
Your lips to mine were softly pressed
Starting you whispered, II forgot"
Strange. that Oblivion's %shrouding gloon
Should crimson to such wealth OF bliss
That ethe's drop should burst and bloom
And Hover In c~cstasy-a kiss!
Can lack OF thought so softly bring
such happy glow to lips and eyes?
is heedlessness so sweet a thing?
Then, sure, tits folly TO be wise!
All! let each instant's Joy efface
Inc instant past, when lips here mot
sun smile away each mantling trace,
Sun Kiss me. love, and still-forget.
And when chill time has ashened DER
On lips with ages bitter dust,
Then we'll be thoughtful-not before!
Then we'll RECONSIDERATION we must!
philadelphia Press.
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Equal to the STUNT

Harold celebrated his fifth birthday
by attending Sunday school, his first
experience. The teacher of the class
to which he had been assigned gave
to each child a card on which was
printed the Apostles Greed and told
each n that she should expect them
to memoriae it by the following Sun.
day morning.
Harold, having been given one of
the cards, felt so very important to
think he had a lesson to learn that
on his return from Sunday school he
rushed to his mothers room, and, hold.
ing the card for her to see, remarked
Importantly:
See, mother, what I shall have to
learn by mex Sunday!"
MY dear child" exclaimed the
mother, you annot possibly learn 1t
by them"
Eyes, can, too" responded Harold
why ! know way down to hell now!"
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Not for Russell Sage

Nearly every man who knows Mr..
Russell Sage car tell a story about
some kind of a financial transaction
Of his; but the stories In which MIR.
Sage puts down a cent and takes up
anything less are rare. This story
is one of disappointment" says Col.
lier's Weekly.
One day, a young man of Mr.. Sage's
acquaintance-in fact, the grandson Of
an old friend of other days-approach.
ed him on the subject Of a loan Of $40
for two weeks and-got 1t. He prom
Used faithfully to return the money at
a stated hour, and the promise was as
faithfully kept. Mr.. Sage had very
little to say when he gave up the $40
and quite as little when he got IL back,
"A week or ten days later, the young
man came to see him again. and this
time asked him for 500. making all
sorts OF representations of what he
would do with it. Mr.. Sage refused
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him with an air OF abstraction. but as
he looked at the startling headline his
florid face turned pale in It's excite.
ment.
what he exclaimed. WI IT'S
this? Munston a. Co. fails, asset.
nominal, liabilities unknown"
The paper dropped from his hand.
rs that true?" he asked.
"Oh, yes. Mamma told me last
week. She's been In town all this
time-and it's SO uncomfortable In
town Just ~now-trylng to stave II on.
Shaving II OF, you know. liz an Amerk
canism, not exactly slang. but near u.
Pray, pardon me for Il. Mamma want.
ed to give me time. Considerable Of
her, wasn't it?"
"Time-for WHAT"
She looked at him quizzically.
BERTHE" she said. you are awfuliy
dull and stupid-but, then, that's an
Englishman's privilege. Don't You
understand? Mamma wanted to give
me time before the announcement i'm
the papers to"
"To--"
II was his turn to smile--rather
grimly.
well, why didn't YOU? You had OPP
%portunity enough. Why, here ! have
been begging you every night for u
week to be my wife,
81 know II. But ! thought II was so
mean to get you into such a scrape,
and then leave you to get out Of II the
best way you could after you had
found out about the failure. Beside,
="
He turned and caught her hands ir
his. II was dark enough now for them
not to be clearly seen from the other
decks.
"Octavia," hc said Whatever mo-
tive may have prompted me In the be-
ginning. cant you see now that I love
you? ! don't care II you haven't q
penny in the world. II makes no diff
ference. | still wan you to be my
wife. now, more than ever. Won't
you believe me now"
She withdrew her hand slowly and
smiled at him saucily. yet with q gen.
uine trace of tenderness.
BERTHE" she said. II believed YOU
all along. But it's oct of the question.
Maybe some day"
But why now now? Now! Haven't
| proved that | loved your"
She turned again and faced him, a
she rose to go down into the cabin
perhaps for the last time.
You stupid boy" she said. don't
you see that just now papa and I can't
afford it?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
THE CARE OF LOCOMOTIVES.
Engineers and Firemen Take Pride In
Their Machines.

Their Machines.
The engineer and fireman who love
their vocation display that liking in
the care which they lavish upon their
locomotive. There are many brazen
parts which may be made to shine,
many parts of polished steel which
are to be kept bright, and enamel
parts Of which the same may be said.
Nine out OF ten use more care in the
doing OF these things than rules call
for, and, indeed, this almost affection.
ate care which they lavish upon their
great machines speaks of n genuine
pride which they feel. each for his
own particular locomotive.
With brass polish. oil and two great
pieces OF waste, they make the great
engine to shine in all its parts. and
this with Al tender a care as If IL
were a living thing. The interior of
many a cab may be seen to be Clearly
kept, in spite of the cinders, soft coal
dust and other waste of the road, and
not infrequently a picture or two
adorns some rne So does the en-.
gineer, seated by the open window,
has hand upon the lever Of steel which
controls the movement of the CLEAN
Ing rails, feels a genuine pride in the
great engine so completely under his
Observation-Disclosures News.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13

Heavens! He was wide awake!
Then 1t must be true; and yet-how
could IL be?
There was only one chance left, ono
sole hope, and that one he clutched
at as an asphyxiating person Is popu-
larly supposed to clutch at a sample
from the remains of last years thrash
ing.
The sense of sight was merely CIR
cumstantial evidence; touch must DO
prima facie, and he hesitated before
putting 1t to this test.
Finally, with stole and wellnigh
heroic daring he went to last resort.
II was true-great heavens!-it was
true beyond p~eradventure!
The spot was as sleek as q billiard
ball.
To be sure 1t was a very small spot,
but there was not a capillary vestige
remaining. and he realized ut last that
what he accidentally had discovered
in his looking glass was not an illu-'
sion-it was the bald truth; and, as.
he withdrew his hand from the blank
space top-rearward of his Uranium tho
idea came to him that 1t was about
time he was getting married.
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GIANTS OF MODERN INES.
What Produces Annual Crop Of cente,
Rush Material7

Rush Material2
The first games of the college foot.
ball teams are not important and at
the outset of this season their only
unusual interest is due to the curios.
lily to see what the coaches will do
with the new rules.
For several years, however, one
characteristic feature OF the early sea.
son has escaped the attention II de.
serves. Every football university re.
ports the arrival OF squads Of huge
recruits as promising material" for
the center OF the lire.
They come rImbering from the pre-.
paratory schools. towering over six
feet. weighing from 200 to $50 pounds
young giants who make the earth
tremble. The phenomenon suggests,
by way OF comparison. the increasing
height OF the American maid to meet
the plans and specifications Of the co
lossal Gibson girl"
These 1S.year boys who ovcrtor
their elders ard spread out In proper
ton are to be computed I'm yards. not
feet. and the puzzle of II is. where do
they come from and why do they grow
In such fashion? They are becoming
so numerous as to merit n scientific
inquiry and either the a%daptability OF
the American race is responding to All
the demand for football material by
the ton or the game is being devel
oped to fit the material.
The scientific persons who are ex.
p~erimenting with n discovery which
stimulates physical growth should
drop their samples OF "lecithin" and
hasten to the university football
fields.-Sporting News.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
Our Country.

One brother is a rich merchant in
the Straits Settlements on the Malay
Peninsula. The other brother was
until q few weeks ago, the cook in a
cheap restaurant on South Clark
street.
The merchant sent to the cook a
draft for sufficient money to pay his
expenses out to Asia, and the cook
gave up his job and has started for
his brothers home. The interesting
thing about the whole incident, says
the Chicago Tribune, Is the letter
written by the wealthy merchant
which accompanied the draft.
In the first place the draft was made
payable in New York.
IL send you the money in a draft
payable In New York. wrote the
brother from far-off Asia. you can
go over and get 1t cashed there. On
the way l wish you would stop at Tex.
as and see brother Thomas. l haven't
heard from him for two years now
and I'd like to know how he's getting
along"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13

Alice looked sadly up at the placid
evening sky. II pray for him always
she murmured softly.
The mans face cleaned with a sud
den hope. And would you be glad to
know him? Would you forgive him?"
Il forgave him long ago" She
turned to him quickly, and noted his
agitated face. You know where my
father is-tell me-
"He has served his term of punish.
ment. He Is free ono more. He is
Alice-I am your father"
The rosy light died out of the girls
face, her hands clutched the grass at
her side. Even in her worst dreams
she had never pictured her father like
this. She shrank i~nvoluntarily from
him as he moved a little nearer. Her
eyes had no welcome for him.
Without a word the convict turned
away. The ray Of hope faded from
his face, and the old, bitter look re.
turned. He got up slowly from the
grass, and stumbled on his way blind.
ly among the graves.
Alice watched him for a moment
u%nrelentingly. Then the bent, gray
head and STOPPING shoulders, the atti-
tude of a man prematurely aged.
moved her soul to pity. She sprang
up and followed him.
Father" she called.
The man turned. The girls arms
were around his neck, her lips touched
his rough beard, her soft hair brushed
his cheek.
Father. what would You have me
do for you?" the daughter asked after
a pause.
Take your mothers place. Make a
home for me. Had she lived | would
not have sinned. Help me to be a
better man"
Alice drew herself from his arms
with a sudden revulsion of feeling. Go
away with him! live with him! She
had not anticipated this. That she
should shelter him for a time and pro-
vide money to start anew was all,
smelly, that could be expected of her.
Money she knew she could obtain for
him-was not that enough?
The sun had set behind grey clouds;
the night breeze moaned through the
trees; she shivered in her thin dress.
1t seemed that all the brightness had
gone from her young life with the set
ting of the sur
The man watched the expression OF
the girls face, saw the struggle going
on. the change from a l~ight.hearted
girl to a care-burdened woman. He
was dimly aware of the magnitude of
the sacrifice he had called upon her to
make. And he knew, perfectly, that
his destiny depended upon her decis-
ion.
An he watched her. now hopefully,
now despairingly, the expression of
the aweet face changed again to one
of high resolve, of noble purpose, and
he knew that Duty had won the vic.
tory owe Self. In his heart there grew
a strong resolve, with Gods help, to
live down the past.
He stretched out his hand. trem.
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A A U COMING.
Why Citizen Paid Gas Bill Without a
kiek


you must excuse my ignorance
he softly began at the window OF the
gas office. but I want to settle a doubt
in my W mind. Is your gas the
same as laughing gas?"
II never heard any one laugh over
1t very much replied the clerk. in
fact, It is generally the other way"
But I-I-ha, ha, hal"
you are laughing over II, 1t seems?"
Yes: can't help IL, you know. My
June bill was s2.25. We go away for
July and shut the house up, and yet
my July bill is much larger than the
June"
Perhaps that's where the laugh
comes in?"
II know IL does-ha, ha, hal"
Yes, we are always hearing Of those
things. and 1t is unnecessary to say
that they make us tired. The bill
seems to be $3.50.
yes"
And you-you-?"
I'm going to laugh. It's a good joke
capital joke-ha, ha, hal"
And you'll have to pay and not
kick?' Queried the astonished clerk.
That's It. I'll even-ha, ha, ha!"
The clerk handed him back tho
change from a ~five-dollar bill and look.
ed at him in such a way that the
customer felt called upon to explain;
Yes, house all shut up for July,
but we left six burners blazing away,
n ] thought you had me for a cool
hundred dollars. Only $4.SO-ha, ha
hal"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
The Irish,
Now a health to the Irish, big-heart,

Now a health to the Irish. b%ig-hearted
From Lrin. far over the sea;
Who have left her for aye. brayed the
wind and the wave
For a home In the land OF the free.
49,, land of their birth,
winch, indeed, is the blue oceans gem,
Thcy want not for homes, for Trough
out the broad earth
Every home Is wide open to them,
Or, deprived of the power, so Justly
To rule DER the fair Emerald Isle.
In the heart OF mankind they have found
a new throne,
And the scepter they WELD is n smile.
And st. Patrick himself. gazing down
from above,
Must smile on his day when is seen
HOW AZ classes and creeds show their
realty and love
For the Irish by wearing the green.
And IT.. from their country Of thraidom
They have brought little gold to in
Far better the mlrth and the sunshine
and song
They. have borne to the hearts of the
We acknowledge their genius n proud
ly admit
That the world would not half be so
If these princes of kindness. good hui
Were to pass like a dream in the
night.
When, musing alone. looking into the
flames,
Counting faces OF friends loved the
best,
We marvel to note hat the quaint Irish
names
Are the ones that outnumber the rest.
60 Wen drink TO them all, to the Fitzes
and Macs.
DNA th, AGL.-
To the Mikes and the Patricks. tho
Jameses and Jacks,
From the land of the shamrock and
rose.
w. l.. Sanford in the Galveston News,
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Morgan's Quiet Rebuke.

Here Is a conversation that Wall
street men insist took place between
]. Pierpont Morgan and John w. Gates
at the time when the latter was doing
como remarkably heavy plunging both
In the stock market and at the race
tracks. Wall street is recalling 1t
Just now with much interest.
Mr.. Gates, ! wish you wouldn't
gamble SO openly. It has a bad effect
on the Market" said Mr.. Morgan.
1.-THE doors are open when do
things" replied Mr.. Gates In his usual
ban fashion.
Doors were made to shut, Mr..
Gates" was Mr.. Morgan's quiet reply,
as they separated.-New York Times
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13

to ante. The young man was sur
prised, not to say panied.
why, he exclaimed, you know
III pay 1t all right. Didn't ] q I'd
have that ten for you on Monday, and
wasn't ] there to the minute with
it?'
Mr.. Sage beamed softly on the
grandson Of his old friend.
my boy he said, with no trace Of
~unkindness In his tone, you disap-
pointed me once and | don't want you
to do 1t again
81 beg your pardon, did not
argued the youth. I said l would pay
you back and | did
Yes, yes, my boy purred Mr.. Sage.
you paid back the ten, and | never
expected you would. Now IL l let your
have a hundred | should expect YOU
10 pay 1t back and you wouldn't. One
disappointment at my time Of life 10,
enough, my boy. Good morning."
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
Cost of

Balloons are 'in the air" at present.
and consequently the cost of those
aerial machines is interesting. The
size generally favored by "sportsmen'
ranges from $4,000 to $4,000 cubic
feet, the former costing in cotton
~caoutchoutee" G120, in Chinese silk
G192, and in French silk 9252: and
the latter ego, f315 and G3S4, ac.
cording to the material used. These
prices include the balloon complete
and ready to be filled with gas.-Lon
don Answers.
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Monument to Shelley,

When the project of erecting a mon.
ument to the poet Shelley in Italy was
discussed, Gabrielle D'Annunzio, Ed.
mund Daniels and other prominent
Italian men Of letters gave their an.
proval. None of them, however, at.
tended the unwilling of the monument
at V~iareggia recently. The speeches
were of a political rather than a liter.
airy character. Eighty-one years have
elapsed since Shelley was drowned AZ
Viareggio.
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bles. One OF the words was mum
my" "Children,' said The teacher.
"how many Of you know the meaning:
OF the word mummy? After q long
silence n little girl raised her hand.
well Maggie?"
1T e yer mother"
The teacher pointed out her mis-
take, and explained fully the meaning,
Of the word. Presently the word.
poppy" had to be spelled.
Who knows what poppy meansf"'
asked the teacher.
The same little girl raised her hand.
this time brimfui Of confidence.
well, what's the answer, Magxief''
1T means a man mummy" rsplicD
the child.
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III T. II S A G. FIG F.
H. ELEANOR T.
copyrighted, 1905, by TIE Authors Publishing Company

OF education and travel. One great
sorrow though-my foster father died
a year ago. This is his grave"
The man looked at it with new In.
terest. Then he noted the black rib.
bons on the girls simple white dress.
And you are happy in your new
home?"
ut Is not new TO me; | scarcely re-
member any other. | love my mother
i have always called Mrs. Osborne
So"
But your father" persisted the
stranger, "do you think of him?
Or have your new friends taught you
to forget him."
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
Young Professor.

The appointment OF Mr.. Alexander
w. MAR to the Greek chair at Edin-
burgh. In succession to Prof. Butcher,
has excited some criticism, inasmuch
as the new professor is only twenty
eight years old; but he had a most dis
tinguished are at Aberdeen and at
Cambridge, he is a highly accomplish.
ed scholar, and has acted as lecturer
and assistant professor Of Greek at
Aberdeen and latterly at Edinburgh
with conspicuous success.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13

blingly. TO her. You will come" ne
said in a voice husky with deep feel
ing.
For my mothers sake-and for
yours" she said, and placed her hand
in his.
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
Only a Question OF Time

Our minister always hits 1t right
when he prays for rain"
Does 1t always come when he prays
for it?"
well, no, not exactly; but when he
starts in he always prays for 1t till It
comes"
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13

Forgive my intrusion; and may ! ask
your name"
scarcely two years old when she
died"
And fortunate it vas that she died
then" The mans voice was full. of
bitter despair. she escaped a world
OF trouble"
we will not speak Of my father
,low." the girl said quickly.
y do you remember POUR father?"
"Yes," reluctantly.
What became of you when he alb
seconded with his partners money!"
the man went on, as though taking a
grim pleasure in raking up past mis-
deeds.
"A wealthy farmer adopted me. ]
am called Osborne now. ! have q
luxurious home and every advantage
The Red Cloud chief., 1903-11-13
The JanItor PhUosopher.

Size does not always count" said
the janitor philosopher. Thor is more
seen through keyholes thon through
tn biggest windows in tn wur.ruld."
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The Reasoning Child.

1t was In a public school the other
day that q class in spelling was going
over a lesson In words Of two sylla-
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Railway Mileage.

Europe has a. miles of railway
for 10000 people; the United States
25 miles.
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1.-THE sun is sinking fast,
The daylight dies:
Let love awake, and pay
Her evening sacriilCc."

He felt a languid interest In watch
ing the girl as she took some flowers
from a basket and arranged them in
a crown-white roses and pink, sweet
peas-and scattered pansies on the
velve.y green sward.
Then she arose and stood at the
foot of the grave. regarding it with a
look of subdued satisfaction. Her face
was turned in the direction Of the lilac
shrub, behind which the intruder
stood, and the sight of it made him
start violently and come forward hast
lily.
The girls exclamation of surprise
and alarm was cut short by the
strangers courteous lifting of his hat,
any saying in the voice of n gentle
man: "Do not be alarmed, madam.
Forgive my intrusion; and may | ask
your name?"
The girl pushed her hair from her
heated forehead with a nervous move.
ment. My name is Alice Osborne"
she answered.
"Osborne"-in n disappointed tone.
Are you not-you resemble my
someone | knew. Did you ver hear
of Alice Dale?" He spoke eagerly and
yet hopelessly.
Her eyes opened wonderingly upon
him. THAT was my mothers name.
Is it she you mean?"
1T can be no other. You are her
very image-when l saw her first. The
same features, the same wavy hair,
the same pretty color-your eyes
how like her you are!"
81 am glad you knew my mother"
she said, gently. "Sit here on the
grass and tell me about her. L was