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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

rher favorte perfume.
Gordon stopped quickly and possess
81 himself of The l. HGkerchief. In one
Orner were the in ais he already eX-
lected to see there. He crushed it
;sainst his lips WIZ passionate rush
f tenderness, aLG Il wonderful light
anne into his eyes. dearest Dr Ill wo-
men, he unused rlu!aItly, u shall go
% tie ends Of creation to find you if it
axes Inc all thc etcrnities to do it.'
The girl held her hands tightly over
ler heart, lest Gordon should hear its
urbuient throbbing. Her teeth, caught
anconsciously over her lip, left a clean
row of pink indentations for long
time ditcrward
AS he turned TO come past her she
shrank back a bit and her foot slipped
fatally. The LcXt moment Gordon was
bending over her. and his breath, COM
ing in little quick jerks, lifted the fine
hair from her temples in tiny gold
wisps
Tin afraid it's going to lee serious,
Dick. don't believe can walk a bit"
Quite involuntarily she had reverted to
the old familiar title.
Tie world seemed to stop revolving
FOR minute. Then Gordon slipped a
i-..... "rin about her and drew
her toward him. i an GJ.ng - carry
you" he said.
But it's too far You could never in
the world get me home
LESS than a quarter of mile from
here is st. Luke's''-
She laughed a little unsteadily, try
ing to smother the catch of pain in her
throat
Mr.. Applcgate is there right now. l
saw him as | came along he continu-
ed
but I dislike to trouble any one
witu"-
THE reverend gentleman will not, |
assure yGl, Object TO being troubled in
this way. lie likes it. You see, it
rather helps him to exc out an exist
ence. Besides, it wouldn't be precisely
fair, would it, to cheat the old fellow
out of his legitimate fee?"
The girl ayerted her head suddenly
and did not speak. but Gordon took
heart of her silence and, bending.
touched her blood burnt checks with
his lips. You haven't forgotten what
day this is. Emily"
Il haven't forgotten" she responded
in little tremulous whisper, "it is
orr wedding day"
And so i, was.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

west, AMI she's nearly frantic. There
isn't Il soul about here that they can in
iluce to 60 there"
When The party started for the pier
Endicott stepped up to Miss W'ilmot
Il don't believe Ill go back tomor-
row." he whispered. Perhaps l can
lit, after al"
"Of course you can" she said and
thought no more of his words until
they had reached the end of the pier
1t was then they found Endicdtt was
missing. After much shouting and a
hurried search about the Immediate
vicinity they started out without him
1t was nearly II when they returned.
Mrs Saunders met them on the We
randa.
where do you suppose Ted Endcott
has gonc:" Size cried
"Where:" chorused several voices.
To the Bownes'. He is going to stay
there until they can get trained nurse
from the city
Eudicot stayed even longer than
that He stayed until little Bob Bovine
died. Then when The quarantine of the
! house WAS at an end he came back to
the Saunders cottage to get his traps
before he went back to town.
, Tie house party made a hero of him.
/ The men sp!ed him coming up the path
i ANA carrie him, protesting loudly. on
their shoulders into the hail, where all
I the other guests assembled. They gave
! him Il round OF cheers, ana every one
wanted TO grasp him by his hand first.
/ W." 'ec!len made Il little speech and
I told ii. - '-.2' The doctor had told him
ali about what l." ''cntt had done and
/ how he had held little .,ls Nawne in
his arms the night the child died. Til. T.
! tried to get Endicott to say something
about it himself, but he merely red
dened up ANA shifted uneasily from one
foot to The other ana finally blurted
out. "Oh, pShaw. 1t really wasn't any
thing"
That evening he sat on the steps with
Miss Wilnot They were quite alone.
- knew you were just like that" she
said.
Like what?" he asked
"Oh. | knew you'd not he found want
F., ing in a crisis" She explained. And l
knew too, you'd be just as modest
about it as you We're"
ANY fellow could do that That
wasn't anything" he said uneasily.
You're dear brave boy" she said
heartily.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

of the senate he remarked TO friend:
"Al my HE I've been praying for
those Washington fellows. Now I'll
pray at EN-, and may God help EN-"
Although the reverend gentleman was
named for the office by Republicans.
there is very little craftsmanship in his
prayers. His welcome to the senate
chamber was just as cordial from Dem
ocrats rs from Republicans. lie
preached in his old church in Boston
shortly after his appointment as chap
lain was announced. In the course of
his sermon he referred to three great
anniversaries during the month of De
cemher
AT the close of my sermon" said
the venerable divine, "a young man
from enc of our Boston newspapers
came 10 me.
"'You mentioned three great ami
verSarics in your sermon as occurring
in the month Of December said he
one of them was the landing of the
pilgrims The other was the shortest
day iii the year. | have forgotten the
other VIII you be kind enough to
tell me what it was|
"'It is the day l replied which is
regarded as the foundation day of a
great religion and of Il great Christian
proccpt 1t is observed over Il very
large portion of the civilized world"
Then the Young reporter remembered
that Christmas was coming.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

Moscow General Horace Porter, for
mer American ambassador to France,
recently said of this book:
81 read IN the Name of Liberty with
a great deal Of interest and was inn
pressed by the power of graphic de
scription displayed by the author He
seemed to depict very wildly the
scenes enacted in Paris during the ter
ror' 1t has been said by Il French critic
discussing the construction Of French
dramas that that period in French his
tory was so dramatic it could not be
dramatized. Mr.. Johnson in the form
of a romance has brought the stirring
incidents of that appalling crisis before
the reader in a most dramatic manner.
The book seems to have peculiar at
traction for the reader at the present
time because of the reign of terror in
Russia. | knew Mr.. Johnson in Paris
and for several years found him a dill
gent student of French history and ira
ditions He there familiarized himself
with the many scenes woven into his
story and without this preparation
could not have depicted the daily life
of the Paris streets during the terror
so graphically"
Mr.. Johnson, who is only twenty-six
years Of age, is the only son of Robert
Underwood Johnson, the poet and edi-
tor.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

GORDON SLIPPED STRONG ARM BOUT
HER AND DREW HER TOWARD Hill
carefully TO the sound end of il and
sat down, catching her breath in
little spasm of relief. In the distance
a coyotes cry sounded distinctly and
whole army of minor echoes thrnged
III its wake.
The pink gray of early morningaung
an enchanting roSiness over everything,
and The air was suddenly vocal with
the maIutinal chirping Of THOUSANDS of
birds.
Presently the girl got up and began
to search along the side of the bg for
something. She came to it a last.
Any one looking at her just then could
have detected that from the minis
taxable signs of emotion all once
visible on her face. Quick tears prang
to her eyes as she looked and sIashed
unheeded on her interlocked harls.
''R. G., L. r., June, '02-Jun. '05."
The letters, roughly carved With
pocketknife, were trife eater away
at the edges, but perfectly legile still.
"Our wedding day" she mumured,
softly, touching the crude inscription
with a tender, tremulous finger Dick.
Dick-if we only HADN'T Fol a mo-
ment she felt as though she wen going
to choke. The memory of pas bitter
ness-their quarrel, estrangelnnt and
final separatiOn-came upon h. suffo-
catingly, overwhelmingly Tho, with
swift access of pride. she thrw back
her head, the mist drying AMY from
her eyes and leaving Them llaf hard,
half regretful, bright as stars For
full minute she stood there all and
straight immovable as a state; then
she bent suddenly and laid hr cheek
against the rough side of The lCg.
Almost on the instant the shrp snap
ping of twig brought her upright.
with startled movement. Mt TWEEN
ty feet away. just visible Though the
1nterlaced foliage, man was striding
rapidly toward her. The girl lust
time to gather her skirts and sip noise
lessly behind a screen of balnoo.
Despite its nonchalance, Gordon's
careless swing had a decide purpose
behind 1t. He came directly I'D to the
crumbling old log and stool looking
down upon its crusty surface with an
inscrutabe expression in his Keen gray
eyes.
Presently he, too. stopped md scan
nHS closely along certain Inc on the
side Of the log. In an instant his face
lit up only to cloud swift, while a
look of pain made his clean clear fea-
lures look almost sharp. He sat down
and dropped his face in his lands with
sort of hopelessness too entire for
expression. After a little b. lifted his
head YEARLY and stared str,ight ahead
OF him at nothing at all. chen, all at
once, he started, paled and jumped to
his feet, every nerve quiverng. On the
soft turf exactly in front b him were
tootprints-a woman's foonrints And
bit further on lay thy scrap Of
ace, vaguely exhalant of e,subtle odor
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
Things Hoped.

If had a son who was determined
to play the races | should hope that
he would lose his last nickel and have
to walk home after his first attend
ance.
If had a daughter who played the
piano in the sitting room while her old
mother did the work in the kitchen l
should hope that might find an oak
single and be given the grace to use it,
If ever l were to catch myself being
as mean and small as some men
know--and may-I hope that l should
hope, for the benefit of the world, that
the angel Gabriel would toot his horn
for me very soon.
If ever knowingly vote for scoun-
drel because he represents my party
hope that l may have the privilege Of
going to school where the elements Of
decency are taught.
If my wife should prove to be irasci-
BILE at times-but l don't admit It'll
should hope that would remember the
sort Of luck the poor girl played in
when she married me.-San Francisco
Call.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
THEIR WEDDING
DAY
BY NELLIE CRAVEY GILMORE
Copyright, 1905, by E. c. Parcels

Impellcl by some whimsical notion,
The girl turned abruptly and discarded
The neat blue walking suit she had just
donned for a heap of billowy, lustrOus
apparel that lay spread out over the
bed Afterward she contemplated her
reflection critically in the oval mirror
Of her dressing table, noting the de-
tails with some curiosity.
No, her three years absence on an
other continent had made very little
difference beyond, perhaps, intensity
ing each feature q mere trife. The sun
tints Of her hair had deepened to a
more metallic gold. the blue of her eyes
i. v.'o-. AnI her mouth, red,
finely lined, dtooped II bIe e.. .1A It
the cornars-that was all.
With Il final wistful glance at the
straight young figure in its white sillsen
loneliness, she turned and ran down the
stairs as fast as she could, pinning her
hat Oh as she went.
Half an hours brisk walking brought
nef 10 llie entrance OF lle park. y lew
minutes later she found herself com
plctc'y hcmmel in by an unfamiliar
Wilderness of trees and brambles. She
paused and looked about her desper-
ately. On either side was formidable
tangle of thorny hedge. with mass upon
mass of impenetrable shrubbery every
where ahead. Three years had made a
material difference in things at least
she reflected.
After Il moments rest on one Of the
benches sh" got UP again, more than
ever determined on her quest. At the
end of Il harasSing hour she stood on
familiar ground at last, tumult Of
emotions surging all through her beins
as recullectons crowded ND thick AM
fast.
There was the. same old log up@
which they had sat on that eventfrI
day-the day, the very hour of ther
betrothal-now crumhling to decay, bur
the very same nevertheless.
Lifting her skirts, all sagged anil
limp with dew. she picked her wW
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

One of the most original characters
of the Welsh pulpit was the Rev Lewis
Powell. Cardiff While on a visit to
Carmarthentown on one occasion he
called at the college, and the students
were all for the first time to pay him
homage.
Can | have the help of two of you,
my boys, for a minute?" asked Mr.
Powell.
IVES. dear Mr. Powell" answered
half a dozen OF them at the same time.
"Well, l want two lusty boys, if you
please" he remarked. and two of the
strongest students were chosen Now,
my boys" said the old preacher, 'let
me lay hand on the shoulder of each
of you, and you put your arms around
me-"
This was done.
Lift me, boys" said Mr.. Powell, and
the students lifted him until he was
head and shoulders above. all present
in the room. Thank you, my boys"
he remarked Let me down now"
This was done Then one of the boys
asked:
what is the meaning of this, Mr..
Powell?"
The answer was: well, some people
look down on the church in Cardiff be
cause Mr.. Powell, the minister. was not
brought up in college. l can go back
to Cardiff now and tell them that I
was raised in Carmarthen college and
that l stood higher than all the other
students" -London Tit-Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
Women and Mirrors

German statiSticianS with no great
burden of serious work on their Shout
ders have been calculating what part
of woman's life is spent in looking
at herself in a mirror. She begins, as
a rule, at six years. From six to ten
she has daily average of seven min.
utes. From ten to fifteen she devoteS
a quarter Of an hour to her glass. AT
twenty she certainly spends thirty
minutes daily admiring herself and
when past twenty whole hour. The
statistcians are tactful enough not to
say when Il woman begins to take less
interest in her personal appearance,
but women more than sixty years old
do not, they say, spend more than ten
minutes daily at their mirrors. All
this time reckoned up-it is a simple
sum in ultiplication-makes 1000
hours, or about ten months, at the mir
ror. They then proceed to compare
the time which mana German man
-devotes to this occupation and come
to the conclusion that his average is
seven months.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
NeNYa SnHed In Snuth Nfricn.

When Lord Wolseley during the
Ashanti war crossed the prah he found
a white cord stretched from tree to tree
along his route. 1t was a native fetch,
copied from the British telegraph wire,
which was believed to possess some
sovereign magic virtue. But the native
has his mysteries of his own, which the
white man often proves unable to
fathom. 1t is said that no one can I'M
derstand how it happens that with
such marvellous celebrity news has tray
eled across the whole of South Africa.
During the South African war, except
wherc the telegraph was in operation,
native news was always days ahead of
official The relief of Mafeking is said
to have been known next day in Zulu
land and also 700 miles away in the
heart of Cape Colony. Signals by fire
and drum. messages conveyed by run
ners or cried from hilltop to hilltop, do
not explain speed such as this.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

One of the most industrious of the
man thieves who recruited the famous
regiment of giants for King Frederick
William of Prussia was Baron HON.
pesch, whose many successes led him
once to east coyetous eyes upon Il very
lengthy joiner lie ordered of the
joiner chest or cupboard which should
be as long ami broad as The worker
himself. In due course the baron call
ed round. The cupboard bad been fin
iShed, but he protested that it was too
small. This the carpenter denied ana
laid himself within it as proof Of it's
dimensions. No sooner had he done 50
than servants of the baron clappcd
down the lid ana had the giant prisoner.
They carried him off TO the court, but
when the lid was opened instead of a
giant there rolled out corpse. The
man had been stihGd. In his anger the
king sentenced the baron TO death, but
rcprievcd him when he wanted more
giants.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
YOUNG IN SPIRIT.
The Venerable Dr. Edward Everett
Hale Does Not Feel Old.

AT eighty-thrce Ike Rev. DR.. Edward
Everett Hale il one of the youngest
ministers in the United States in so
far as freshness Of intellect ana inter
est in public affairs may be taken to
stand for youth. As chaplain of the
United States senate the duties of Or.
Hale are more honorable than ardu-
Gus. but there are other things to claim
his attention. lie has been Il prolific
writer for over half a century and still
maintains a literary output. One OF
the leading magazines is now publish
ing most interesting series of articles
by him on Tarry at Home Travels"
When the distinguished clergyman
learned of his appointment as chaplain
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

There was a curious superstition
which prevailed in Essex half cen
fury ago. 1t was believed that certain
stones possessed the power of breeding
other stones. | remember being taken
by a man of the upper laboring class
to see well known breeding stone
which lay on the sward by the side Of
a lane in the parish of South Weald,
near Brentwood 1t was seemingly a
water worn block Of sandstone or pos
sibly, have since thought, of pudding
stone, which would explain a great
deal.
1t was larger than mans head,
with cup shaped cavity the size Of a
small orange, in which lay a pebble
about as big as an acorn. was told
that this pebble continually grew lar
ger and that if it were removed the
breeding stone would begin to breed
another. 1t was evident that the man
firmly believed what he told me, and
he got quite angry when l ventured to
cast a doubt upon the story.-Notes
and Queries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
..CQrrito and GaSpard..
Two of the Best and HandsOmeS1
Horses in Frederick County.
-7''--.i==--. - -

GASPARD.-Th grand sire style, speed and action, is
horse to be by the farmers the who wish improve
this country.
Gaspard has number splendid looking good and
action throughout the and their words
praise for him.
Gaspard bright bay, high weighs
hundred pounds; he has splendid carriage
kind to produce large carriage horses
mand, as well as fine road horses.
Gaspard King bred at the celebrated Woodburn
GaSpard's I}ussel
brother to Maud s." 20S4
Gaspard was Gold PEN standard and registered by
Mambrno Ablallah (great brood sire.)
Harold S. and sixty others in the
80 list
Bird dam by Mambrino dams of 2o in the
go list
Terms will be fifteen dollars money to be paid
at stated time Anyone parting with will considered
Wakersve Hotel Woosboro every other wee
then al the owners stable near Frederick Md Apply to Michael
KnilI Frederick, Nd
CURRlTO is che OF the pest known Maryland He
took his record of PIP in the his races at Bel
mont Park Philadelphia never faced the
starter Currto beautiful brown, stands three oil
splendid appearance and has number grand colts that take
after him. His colts large and all show sneed
Currito sired by Idol Gift 224 by Akes Idol he nv
Mambrno Chief
Currito dam Star Maid dam Ca tcn 19) by Jupite
Abdalah.
2nd dam Lady Mason by American Star.
by Hunts Commodore
CurrtO will only be at his stable Frederick at s2
the Should prove return
given Liberal terms are always assured.
For details call on or address
MICHAEL KNlLL.
Manager for L. VICTOR BAUGHMAN
Poplar Terrace Frederick Md
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
Swedish Rule In America.

New Sweden was established in 1888
on the bank of the South river, the
Delaware, on territory now embraced
in the city of Wilmington, Del The
first settlement was of some fifty pho
neers from Gothenburg in the ship Key
of Calmar and the tender Griffin, I'M
der the direction of Peter Minuit,
discharged director of the New Neither
lands. For a kettle and some trump
cry they bought all the land on the
west bank of the river from Cape Hen
lopen to the falls near Santickan, now
Trenton, running back las much in
wards from it in breadth as they might
want" The Dutch. who claimed the
territory. Illuminated threats from Fort
Nassau, but prudcntly RETAINED from
blows. New Sweden prospereI from
the start and soon controlled the trade
of the Delaware Tbs p~a """ity en-
dured until 1855. when Pete" Stuy-
vesant invested and reduce Fort Chris
tina, thus putting an end to Swedish
rule in America.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12

tempt TO do things unless some one sets
him up TO it, He'd never have gone in
the water this morning if Vandecken
hadn't kept at him for an hour to come
along with us. He's game in way.
though We didn't know he'd got be
You'd his depth until he was half drown
ed. Thought he was splashing about
for the fun of it. Not a zip did he
make"
ut makes you awfully uncOmforta-
bic to have such an incompetent per
son about" said she I'm always i'm
aginiug things when he's late at lunch
con or dinner"
providence has Il watchful eye for a
certain class Of individuals" said he.
and they both laughed once more.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the
veranda. Endicott sat on the steps with
Miss Wilmot. If Endicott had been
different sort of chap he would doubt
less have made desperate love to the
lady. But Endicott knew his limita-
tons, and, therefore, instead of telling
side her on the top step, twirling his
hat, watching covertly the changing eX-
pressions come and go on her pretty
face and wished most devoutly that he
were less of a duffer
He was a big, heavily built young
fellow, with a frank, boyish face and
laugh that was very attractive in its
gcnuincness. If you ever managed to
get well enough acquainted with him to
hear it, Miss Wilmot had heard it
many times when she was alone with
him, and it told her much of the real
man that lay beneath the awkward
retlcent exterior.
Just now Endicott's troubled gaze
was fixed Oh some ragged bits of red
cloud, the aftermath of Il gorgeous sun
set
81 think shall leave in the morn
ing" he said uneasily.
But you haven't been here a week
yet" she said in surprise.
81 know" said he, but somehow l
don't seem TO fit. If fellows going
to be n success at house party he
should do many things well. Now,
do everything badly. l simply slow
up everything l enter into and spoil all
the fun for the rest
"Nonsenser' she declared.
Its So" he maintained. "I'm Just a
duffer pure and simple, and there's an
end of it. So long as I stay, of course,
Oc 10 ly.oc
into all these things, even if it does
spoil their fun"
"You shan't talk So" she said.
"Come, it's time we were getting ready
for that moonlight sail"
"If there's so much as ripple on the
water I'm sure to be SICK" he observed
gloomily "That makes it very cheer
full for the rest"
"You have an attack of pessimism,"
she laughed as she arose. salt water
is the best cure in the world for that
malady."
They went down the veranda togeth-
er. At the door they found Mrs. Saun-
ders talking excltedly to her guests,
who were grouped about her.
Its dreadful" she was saying. "All
the servants have left, even to tile sta
! BILE boy, and they're strictly quaran-
tined. Poor Mrs. Browne is frightened
nearly to DEATH"
what is it," asked Miss Wilmot as
they came up.
why, the youngest Bovine child has
diphtheria."
At the door they found Mrs. Saun-
ders.
Endicott was stroking his hair
thoughtfully.
Those the people that own that new
| place back by the pines?" he asked.
EYES," said Mrs. Saunders. Dread
full, isn't it? Her husband is In the
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
Commercial Printing.

For years we have paid mu
attention to the wants of t
business firms in this city a
county and feel that we can of
them our experience for tn
money. 1t will be fair ira
Our line Of office stationery
in style and finish the best t
can be had. This embra
everything used in correspI
dence or in the office or store
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-01-12
JOB PRINTING

In general we can do anythil
in this line, at prices that W
command your attention al
your orders. We have tasty al
attractive ideas that we will
happy to show you if you CT
or write.