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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18

Yes. yes, child. but the mills kept me SO
tor To-, tonight, anyhow. Naught'll trouble this
FELLOW down there, and he won't be apt. to
the steps, are steep and the cellars black
this. a'A u D'A'A ea'S '0ui evening inc
will you cut and salt the meat now,
iather!' the housewifely Sadie asked.
It's that as puzzles me to know what to
do," the miller replied, thoughtfully, punching
the well-padded ribs of his prize "The fact is,
lowed to set to work on him right straight;
put the SHOWS falling monstrous fast, and the
roads is weary travelling already, 80 it pears
to me as I'd best set out to meet your mother
first and foremost.
Its pull she'd have; so it's time for her
to be on the road, I'll go meet her. the father
answered, resgning, with sigh, his onslaught
sage bits he had hoped to enjoy for his sup
per: It's fearsome spell of weather for man
or beast, much less woman, to be out in"
wen have good fire, never fear, father"
the cutting board to light the lamp.
1t took only few minutes for her to finish
her work in the cellar, yet she was shiyering
with cold when she returned to the Kitchen
hearth, where Jamie was busted already split-
ting pine knot for the fire.
I'm liking to make the room warm for
mother" he said, proudly. II heard father
tell you, to have the tea kettle boiling"
Les, salu MS sister, we can do that: but
with the cellar door open. But it's so cold
down there for father to chop the meat, /
,"Mr,, Hog will give you a, thank yee' for that
when he wakes up, reckon" returned the
boy, enjoying the ccnceit.. ""He looked awful
naked and cold when father carried him
'1f he's SO cold, he won't be sorry if we
do warm bits Of him on the Goals for supper to.
night" laughed Sadie, smacking her red lips,
So with childish fun, they sought to he
guile the time of waiting Meanwhile. the
drifts deepened and the ridges Of snow were
easement, lighted. by and by, only by the
CLEAN of the bright FIRE, over which the tea
Kettle was. singing and putting like miniature
steam engine.
Something's keeping 'em. I'll put the can
die in the window SOS they can see the light
and know we're watching for Them" said
the daughter, feeling restless and uneasy-sh.
scarcely knew why-as the night shadows deep
ened across those little. transparent space,
above the snow line.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18

q! wish, they'd come" said Jamie, less
patient. "Pm ever so tired and hungry"
"Father and mother must be tired and hun
CRY, too, dear, and so lots Of other people
ing how dreadful this weather was on men
and beasts"
81 wonder" said Jamie, his thoughts divert
ed for a moment from himself, what birds
and wild beasts and things like that do for
something to eat in time OF deep SHOWS"
Sadie shook her head.
"They suffer sometimes, maybe. But most
like, God let's 'em find food somehow. They
can smell things to eat a long ways, folks
'I'm glad there's none Of 'em close enough
to smell us out" said the boy, pressing closer
to his sister,
She stopped and threw pine knot on the
fire.
blaze shot up the chimney. At the same in
slant, queer, wailing cry came from with
out.
Both the children turned white, staring
faces toward the window.
"What is it, sister," Jamie asked, in a
whisper.
dow, pressing her forehead against the glass
in her effort to peer into the realm of black
ness lying beyond the narrow range of light
the tallow candle made on the world of snow
outside. She could neither see nor hear any
thing.
She caught up the sputterng candle and
held it closer to the window, thus widening
the visible space without.
| Again sounded the strange, wailing cry. 1t
curdled the blood in their veins, and yet it
sounded to Sadie SC. like the cry of woman
that she thought it might be her mother
in need Of help, and the thought nerved her
| heart.
She set the candle back on the table and
went to get her shawl.
at may be mother, jamie" she said, trem-
bling. II must go SEE"
He did not answer her at once. for he had
face against the window. Suddenly, he utter
ed a low cry, starting back in alright. Then
ITS only a great dog bowling out there,
after all, sister" he said, a saw him yonder
shake the big ounce bush, as he jumped from
| It out into the snow. Queer can't Gee Yes.
there he is now; He's long, ange-shaped-
Iook-look, Sadie"
But Il was hardly necessary for him to hob
Bile aside on his crutches to give her glimpse
Of the strange beast proving about the house,
for, as she moved quickly forward, into The
space Of light outside stepped 1.-the. grace
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18

ipl animal, standing there motionless, but ZOE
the restless swaying of the long, slender gaij
over the surface of the snow. Sadie uttered :
sharp cry Of terror and shrank back, drawing
Jamie with her.
Instantly the beast crouched and the snow
was lashed into cloud about him..
TT, Run, Jamie, run! Open the woodshed doori
~ come, too, if he jumps. Well be said
Jamie obeyed, and from the secure sheltef
OF the woodshed he implored his sister to re1
treat also from her dangerous position, :,
"Hqsh,, Jamie, hush!" she answered HIM
IN IN shrill whisper. 1t is no dog. 1t Is pan
ther' But .panthers are afraid Of fire., and n
blaze"
Il did seem, indeed, as if the creature wa
held at bay by the feeble glimmer of the light
on the table. Yet with a creeping, sinuouT
movement, he writhed himself nearer, and ju1
Tor an instant Sadie saw the glare OF twN
fiery eyes, framed in the pane OF glass through
which she had herself gazed but few minutef
She caught up the blazing pine knot from.
the hearth, and rushed forward, whirling the
fiery brand within an inch of the glaring eye-l
balls and the double row Of cleaning teeth.
Above the moaning OF the wind, the swish
swish OF the falling snow, rose again the shrill,
plaintive cry, as the great creature made a
tumbGng leap backward into the darkness.
Now, however, the candle was but rim of
tallow in the socket, and her pine knot was ex-
hausted; Two, three minutes she whirled it,
while the candle fickered and hared ftfully:
but, appearing and vanishing on the borders
of the rayless night beyond passed ever her
patient, watchful foe. With shiver of fear,
she listened to the understanding Of they
snow under the stealthy footsteps.
Sadie! Sadie!" called jamie, frantic will
terror for her. run! run! He's STOPPING
jump"
In truth, the panther, grown desperate wi
hunger, was. crouching for his spring. Sad
tossed her pine knot on the hearth, and dar
more than closed upon her retreat, when therd
was splintering of glass and the thud Of 4
soft yet heavy body on the kitchen floor.
Once or twice they even felt the pressure
the furry body against the door, and heard
the creature scratch at the partition shutting
them off from the Kitchen Then the catlikeel
steps retreated fromatheir vicinity.
"Get back further, dear. must open thAl
door a little ways, to see." the sister said,
in whisper.
Father and mother might come in without
knowing jamie" she reminded him, gently.
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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18

Mills, some distance up the river, and IT was
necessary that their home should be nearer
to the place of her daily labor.
The same river turned the wheels OF both
mills, however, and, as its course took 1t Dut
twenty PAGES or SO from their own door,aii,
the parents could but feel that 1T linked them
in perpetual intercourse with their two child
rem, whom they had, unwillingly, to leave 50
much alone in the isolated house on Its
banks.
They trusted, confidently, also, to the pru-
dence of their daughter, Sadie. who was an
uncommonly bright, intelligent girl OF thirteen
years, and who, to the housewifely cares lett
on her young shoulders had added the care
Of her brother, jamie, their crippled boy, ten
years old.
Miller DUNCAN was bountiful proyider for
his household. The toll of his mill kept the
-four bin in Sadie's neat kitchen! well filed;
and the first freezing spell usually gave her
and Jamie brisk employment in making lard
and sausage from the well -fatted pig that the
father promptly secured. But, IN the winter
in which the miller and his family are intro
duced to us, the first freeze was so sudden
and violent that not only were the farmers
caught unprepared for slaughtering their hogs,
but the wheels Of both the grain and wooden
mills had to be kept in motion night and day
to be prevented from iee-clogging and stop
After several days Of the intense cold, a
raw blast from the northeast brought, one
morning, a blizzard of driving snow and hail.
Early in the afternoon, though, the miller
ploughed his way back to them, coming into
the kitchen white like a snow man, with a
large, dressed pig, white, too, as snow could
make it, borne on his stout shoulders.
This means sausage and lard, little WON.
an" he said, cheerily, to Sadie, as he dumped
his burden down in the doorway drawing q
long breath. "Hes bouncer, and nigh about
q pound too much for me, with the snow
banking the road. Have you the cutting
board all ready, jamie"
Its as clean as sand and soap can make it
father Jamie answered, proudly. "And we've
HOniy the door, father" Sadie interposed
"You know told you the door needed mend
ing. 1t let's down crooked, because the hing,
y broken, and there's a broken board thai
leaves q crack"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-18

Copyright by James Elverson
ILLER DUNGAN'S house, at the
base of White Pine Bluff, was re-
mote from the mill, for the reason
that the miller's thrifty, sensible
wife was forewoman of the weaving
l-l-.I l. lla Holnf oin Wnnlen
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Hyperion Thenter.

An event of more than ordinary im-
 portance is the, announcement that Blanche Ring will appear in Charles Dillingham's production of Miss Dolly Dollars" at the Hyperion theater to- morrow evening, This musical comedy Is the best vehicle that Miss Ring has appeared in, and suits her personality and strikingly original methods as if it were written expressly for her, and is much better than anything that she has yet essayed. Harry B. Smith is respon- sible for the book and it is in this gift ed authors best vein. The lines fairly sparkle with good-natured humor and bright, up-to-date and positively new jokes. The lyrics have Gilbertian jim gle to them and have added much to the reputation of this clever writer. The score was furnished by Victor Herbert, and competent critics declare that it equals, if not surpasses, anything he has yet written. A well-defned plot is cleverly worked out in this comedy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01

Earnest, light comedian ana baritone
 singer, two years with The Chaper- jones" and has just closed with His
 Honor the Mayor in New York; Tom lO'Brien and F. Elliott Jenkins, tenor
 and baritone, respectively who have
 been shining lights with the big musi-
 cal comedies and opera productions for years. Of the ladies there are Maud Morris, who has been prima donna of l three of the most successful musical shows in years, The Isle of Spice" l "Pif, Paff, Pouf" and "Little Johnny
 Jones'" Esmer Cornwall, one of the daintiest soubrettes, with a style of her
 own, and no big production is complete : without Esmer; Louise Mink and Fife
 Hamilton, two New York show girls, singers, dancers and comediennes, and Florence Lester, the news girl and champion finger whistler of the world These and many others drawn from the same ranks are certainly competent in musical comedy.
 Sol Fields has staged the entire pro- duction and his work with the dancing ponies makes this number one of the features of the show. The tWenty-one musical numbers and the beauty chorus
 of thirty make this attraction all that is claimed for it and the seasons suc- cess. Seats now on sale.
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Poli,a New Thcafer.

I Manager Poli will offer the first dou- Ible-feature bill of the season at his pal atial pleasure palace beginning to-day. The headline honors will be divided be- | tween the famous Powell Cottrell troupe of equestrians and the talented Colby family, always favorites in this lefty.
 The Powell-Cottrell troupe was for 1 six months the feature attraction at the great New York Hippodrome, and 1 came from the London Hippodrome, lWhere they had been equally successful. l Previous to their engagement In New York they appeared at the Nouveau Circle in Paris, the Hippodrome in Lon don and the Circus Shuman in Vienna. The Colby family has always been a 1 favorite vaudeville feature in this city. They have sketch for their tour of the present season which promises to add another distinct success to the splendid record its members nave made as public entertainers. It is called sim lply At Home" and the idea is to show | the possible pleasures of the domestic fireside where the members of a family have musical tastes and a desire to add to the pleasures of each other The | sketch has been written for the stage by MT. and Mrs. Colby, and a number of the vocal compositions introduced
 are also their own contributions. All who enjoy good songs we'll sung will ap- preeiate the Colbys' At Home" and
 the cleverly planned situations add still further to the enjoyment of an audi
 ence, Some particularly good effects
 are shown in the concerted numbers in-
 cluded in the sketch, and the musical
 Wrange" between MT. and Mrs. Colby
 is musical novelty that causes shouts
 of laughter wherever the sketch is pre-
 scented.
 Miss Byrle and Master Frank Colby
 will be the two juvenile fayorites all
 week on the Poli bill
 On the olio will be Harry Carson, Clarke and company, in the comedy sketch, Strategy" Fanny Rice, in her dainty musical speciality, will be splendid feature; the Columbia Four, in musical quartette number, will be heard from; Lawrence and Harrington in sketch introducing the Bowery Spiel and the tough girl, will complete the olio. The electrograph, as the clos ing number, will have a new series of motion pictures.
 Seats now on sale Telephone 192. The box office is open at g o'clock a. m. daily.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
vERONIQUE.

The Shubert production of 'Veron- iique, the Flower Girl" the great Lon- don musical comedy success, with a | thoroughly American cast, is to be giv- en at the Hyperion theater next Thurs day and Friday nights. Louise Gun ming, the well-known cantatrice, is to sing the title role of the masquerading sweetheart, while Louis Harrison is to enact the chief comedy part of the flower shop proprietor, into which char acter it is needless to say, he will un- doubtedly inject a fresh and bountiful fund of genuine American footlight hu- mor
 The story of "Veronique" is a grace ful little love romance of a court maid of honor in the pleasant days of Louis
 Phillipe in France, when all pleasure
 loving Paris was in it's most charming gaiety. Of course all ends happily the
 sparkling little romance being unfolded in three acts, which depict the gay flower shop, the sylvan picnic grounds just outside of Paris, and the reception room in the Tuileries. The costuming ASPi SoSlltP tiiO duohll|iy NlAol lHlhS l dil- sian fashions of f840
 The principal characters in the cast comprise: Helene de Solanges, Louise Cunning; Ermerance, Countess de Champ Azur, Edmee de Dreux; Mme. Coquenard, Gladys Mignon Ire; Aunt Benoit, Edith Berwin; Florestan de Valiancourt, Harry Fairleigh; Mons. Loustot, bailiff, F, Burlington Foote; seraphin, R. R. Nell; Mons. Coquenard, Louis Harrison.
 An exceptionally large chorus has been provided.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
HTs HoNoR rHE MAYoR.

There Is a very active interest mani-
 fested by local playgoers in the coming
 engagement in this city, at the Hy-
 perion next Wednesday, matinee and
 night, of Alfred E. Aarons' production
 of the phenomenal musical success, His
 Honor the Mayor" This organization comes here direct from New York after what was one of the longest engage
 ments played in that city by an enter
 tainment of it's character. For nearly seven months it remained at the New
 York theater and at Wallack's theater, ! playing what was practically capacity
 business at each performance. Not since the days of "Florodora" has it's record been equalled in the metropolis, and the fact that MT. Aarons brings
 this company with 100 persons and the entire New York cast here denotes an enterprise on the part of the local man. agement which will compel recognition. The music of His Honor the Mayor" is
 written by Julian Edwards and MT.
 Aarons, while the libretto is from the pens of c. J. Campbell and R. M. Skin ner. The music is especially tuneful. and has attained large popularity. Among the numbers may be mentioned "A Little Girl Like Me-" Waltz Me Around Again, Willie" "Anatasia Bra dy," Magyar Maid" "I'n Travel the Links With You" Mary Ann," Sweet Tokay and Mir. Aarons' latest compo- sition, The March Pageantry." The company is headed by Harry Keely in the role of Deacon Flood, while Alfred E. Aarons' English ponies also are peaches, The English ponies have six intricate dances, in one of which they are assisted by the Evans brothers. In the company, besides Mir. Keely and the ponies, are such well-known light opera players as Nella Webb. Lois Ta- bor, Madelyn Marshall, Lora Lieb, Katherine Tanner, William w. Black, Clarence Harvey, John H. Pratt, James $. Murray, Fletcher Morton and E. R. Edwards
 The production is very elaborate and the scenes are laid in Paris and on an island in the Danube river, opposite Budapest Altogether His Honor the Mayor is one of the largest produc- tions of its kind that has visited the city in many years. and, with its laughs, tunefulness and pretty young women, it should be accorded the cor dial welcome which its merit deserves.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
JOHN MURRAY.

The Pioneer Universalist Preacher.
 The threatening weather yesterday morning kept a number of people from
 attending the services at the Church of the Messiah, but quite considerable number did go. They were amply re- paid as the discourse by the Rev. Theo- d5re A. Fischer was a remarkably fine one. The subject was John Murray. a Voice Crying in the Wilderness" A graphic narration of the life and labors of Murray, the first preacher of uni versalism in this country, was given together with many valuable lessons and suggestions from his varied life and experience.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
BiiOu Theater.

Commencing with the matinee to-day the stock company at the Bijou theater will present the laughing success, Christopher, jr." Love and laughter will reign supreme this week, as the play is considered one of the brightest of comedies. Before a dozen lines are spoken the laughter begins and it is kept up until the final fall of the cur- tain. Special scenery and mountings have been made for the play, the scenes showing London and India. It is all laughs to drive away the blues. Mat inees are given daily, and at the Fri day matinee handsome photo souvenirs are given to all patrons of the popular theater,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
NoRwICH-BosToN TROLLEY.
Expectations Are That Last Link Will
 Connect in November.

Expectations Are That Last Link Will
 Connect in November.
 It is believed in Norwich that by the first of November the trolley road to Central Village will be in operation over the steam road tracks between Taftvlle and Central Village, forming the last link in the connection which will make it possible to trolley from this city to Worcester and Boston. The rails are all bonded, the poles in place, part of the feed and trolley wires are LID and the connection with the local trolley road at Taftvllle Is nearly ready. Merchants have felt the increase in business through the Nor wich, Westerly road, and the placing of the Jewett City and Plainfield in easy communication with Norwich by this other road will mean a still larger increase. Norwich stands in a position to be big gainer through the trolley roads,.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
SUNDAY SCHOOL AIMS.
Rev. Mr. Perry Points Out Their In
 portance at St. Paups.


 portance at St. Paups.
 At St. Paul's church yesterday was held the first Sunday school session of the fall. The school usually opens early in September, but owing to the use of the parish house for the regular church services the opening was postponed un- til later this year.
 At the morning service the rector, Rev. MT. Perry, spoke on the ideal and object of the Sunday school In it's rela- tion to the church, to the city and to the diocese. He emphasized the impor- tance of the Sunday school work of the church in educating young people to become Christian men and women. church Christians if possible, but, first of all, Christians.
 He pointed out that Christs great mission on earth was to teach, that the apostles were primarily teachers, and Christ in His injunction to them bade them go unto all the corners of the earth and teach.
 In relation to the city, MT. Perry's idea was that all the various denomina- tions, each of which attempts in its own way to carry on the work of the Sunday school. should unite and by union carry out, to its highest ideal, the aim of all. The Sunday school, he said, should go hand in hand with the day school, not something separate, but a complement to 1t.
 In it's relation to the diocese Mir Perry thought that an attempt should be made to harmonize the course of studies and aims of all the Sunday schools so as to bring the various churches of the diocese more closely into unison and enable scholars going from one church to another in other cities to carry on the same line of Christian education that they had pre- viously been accustomed to.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
New Haven Theater.

At the New Haven theater tonight, tomorrow night and Wednesday night, and at the matinee Wednesday, John w. Mitchell will present in "The Hall room Boys" a corps of principals that cannot fail to make good, There are Tom Whiffen, featured by Colonel Saw
 age in his most successful opera, 'The Sultan of Sulu;" William Clifton, for years playing the leading comedy roles of the big Broadway productions and his summers given over either to the Euclid Avenue garden at Cleveland or the Delnar garden at St. Louis; Arthur
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01
AT CRIPPLE CREEK.

I F. !. Carpenters sensational drama,
 At Cripple Creek" a story of frontier | life, full of thrilling realities, will be
 presented at the New Haven theater
 next Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and at the matinee Saturday.
 At Cripple Creek" portraye some of
 the most unique and startling scenes ever. witnessed on the American stage. The first act shows the interior of the Temple of David" the den of Martin
 Mason, an infamous scoundrel. He is surrounded by a daredevil gang and the sin-hardened victims of his nefari- ous business, which is turing young girls from the east. The rescue of Belle Gordon, Maggie Mason and the little child, Tattoo, by the Wretched but still spirited woman, Dynamite Ann," with the aid of Joe May1eld and the full blooded Indian, Waketah, furnishes the climax of the first act. Mason's at
 tempt, aided by a Mexican bad man" named Manuel Alvarez, to kill little Tattoo in the second act, the death trap in the third act and the eventful justice meted out to the gang by Judge Lynch form some of the most thrilling inci- dents of the play
 The managers have given "At Cripple Creek the strongest cast ever seen in a melodrama. The scenic equipment of At Cripple Creek" presents a series of magnificent pictures of the Rocky Mountains and nothing has been spared to make this the most noteworthy pro- duction of the season.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-10-01

Mrs. Mccall So you like to go to dinner at your grandmother's, eh? Willie-Yes'm
 Mrs. Because you're always sureto get enough to eat there, eh? Willie-Yes I'm.
 Willie-Oh, my! It's because I'm all ways sure to get too much.--Philadel- phia Press.
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