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La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

will furnish. But there breaking into
low. joyous laugh which apparently
frightened her for she stopped sud.
denly and looked about in Il scared.
tremUious sort OF way. Il was only
about To say" she went on deprecat-
ingly. "that | haven't seen the church
yet. l must 20 there and look around
so as to get an idea of what sort OF
decoration will be most appropriate"
.Of course: we will take you there
this afternoon" volunteered the minis
ter bcaminsly.
"An' you can have my horse an
wagon every afternoon II you like"
added Mrs. Perry warmly. "rhen there
Is my son Tommy. You can have him
to drive you an to do your gatherin'
an liftin'. Why. really. / almost feel
as though I would like to leave work
an join In the fun myself"
The old woman's face was now alb
solutely radiant.
1T will he beautiful" she murmured.
"as the world seemed when l was
young
She was not thinking of the decOra-
ton now. but OF the beautiful thing OF
not bein. forgotten that had come SO
unexpectedly to her.
YES, 1t will be beautiful she re-
peated God is good To have remem-
bered me so lovingly"
The minister gazcd at her moment
and then turned again to the window.
''1'here will he no failure In the
church decoration he remarked to
Mrs Perry
Nor was there, nor In the beautiful
thing that Sid come to the little old
woman. During the decoration. she
was like Il different creature. and her
face came to be scarcely recognizable
as that which had looked so deprecat-
ingly at theW that afternoon In the
poorhousc When 1t was all over the
minister went to her impulsively and
grasped both her hands.
II cannot tell You how much you
have helped me-" he said earnestly.
1.-The decoration has been perfect
success, and 1t IL all owing to you.
But there is another thing wish to
speak about. My housekeeper is going
to leave, and need some one to take
her plnce. Will you come and look
nfter the parsonage-and me. too. for
that natter" with one of his frank
boyIsli smiles. My mother always
said wasn't capable Of looking after
my clothes,and such things. ! will Try
not 10 tax you ton severely"
So the beautiful thing which had
come to her was not Of day. but was
to last through MI the remainder Of
her years.
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

ing the ground. a second invitation
was unnecessary. Shouidering his way
through the crowd of excited natives.
he vauted into the saddle and turned
his horses hcnd from the clearing.
Once he glanced back and beheld Dew
ey wildly motioning him onward. 1t
was destined to be the last time he
should see his faithful little mascot.
Not until dusk settled down that
night did Reilly draw rein and slide
from the back of his winded mount.
He had little hope of Dewey overtak-
Ing him. but, banking on the mascot's
proverbial luck. hoped to pick him up
somewhere on the return trip. Dewey
had been In many tight places before.
but had always succeeded In wriggling
out of them.
Reilly had just set about his prepa
rutions for the night when his ear
caught the sound of swapping twigs
and soft footballs. As he turned the
light OF his campfire fell upon brown
face pcerIng mt him through the un-
dergrowth.
dewey he shouted joyfully, but ut
that moment n native runner stepped
out from the leafy screen. and he dis
covered his mistake.
The messenger had evidently travel
cd long and hard and was weak from
exhaustion Sinking down on his knees,
he bowed low before Reilly.
Much god-make nlIve"' he walled.
BLACK man no cnn-chief's son no live
kill black devil-white god come make
both alive
The truth OF the situation flashed
into Reilly's mind. The faithful Dew
ey had thrown himself into the breach
and had fallen victim to the bar
barOus natives. BY sending the rum
ner with the news OF Dewey's death
the old chief hoped to recall Reilly and
secure the life of his son.
In such fragments Of dialect as he
could command Reilly made the mes
scnser understand his t,isplensure. He
refused absolutely to return.
Prepared for this possible exigency.
the messenger pleaded on behalf OF the
chief for some token from the white
god which would offer protection from
the earthquake and the tvphoon.
With surprising alacrity Reilly pro-
duced the chamois skin cover Of his
watch and nm lndelible pencil. With
the latter he made a few mysterious
signs upon the former ind handed 1t
to the trembling messenger.
''Take II. you scum Of the earth" he
said. "and God grant thar the prescrip
tion may be filed mighty sudden"
A month later small band of head
hunters fell into the hands of de-
tachmcnt OF American scouts. One OF
the natives bore himself with great
dignity and on the supposltion that he
was II chief Of some prominence was
finally brought before Colonel Boyne.
During the course OF examination the
chief. In order to sul,stantiate his
claim OF immunity. produced very
soiled piece Of channels skin upon
which certain words were still dis
cernible. This In what Colonel Boyne
made out OF It:
''rhe bearer murdered Dewey. Hang
him on sight and receive the blessing
Of Private Aloysius j. Reilly"
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

NN NHL.N n regular army man
\MV who has seen service In the
w Philippines pulls out his
watch. discugages 1t from
its chamois skin cover and chuckles
apropos 10 nothing in particular you
can get the tail end of this story by
joining in the laugh and casually In
Quiring. Who was 1t that finally earn
cd the everlasting blessing of Private
Reilly 10y stringing up the sable hued
head hunter:'
1t was the day following the terrible
typhoon which swept the China sea
and devastated the greater portion OF
Luzon back in 1900. Buildings were
blown down, roads obliternted and the
miles of army telegraph wires twisted
into thousand fantastic shapes.
Colonel Boync had arisen early. and
his orderly had occasion To note that
the typhoon had also rutfied his TEN
per. Now. there wasn't better ma
turcd man In the army than the same
Colonel Boyne. and II he so far forgot
himself as To swear ut the orderly II
wns because of the irritation arising
from the possession of an interestin:
piece of Information and no means OF
transmitting 1t In the proper channel.
When tt Is understood that the colo
ners Information concerned the definite
location of Aguinaldo. when 1t Is stat
ed that permission TO pursue the insur'
gent leader must he clicked from a
point 100 miles distant over wires
which could not be replaced without n
weeks work-whcn all these loose ends
are tied in hard knot. some idea may
be obirncd of the problem which con.
frontcd the exasperated officer.
''Send for Reilly" the colonel com
mandcd n n last resort. IF anybody
can reach Nigan with n whole skin.
.hDysius is the lad. BY Sulu. | wish
could make the ride myself. II goes
agains' the grain to order II man out
Oh dan gcrouS duty like thnt.'
"NcYcr fear for me. sir Reilly as.
sured him later in the day. Il was
born II good luck. and. not havin' seen
any OF It up to the present writin',
think IT must be about due"
MAY all the saints in the calendar
attend you. Reilly" said the colonel
TAX" anythin. you need. not forget.
ting the birds. and make the start ms
soon as possible
1t was almost two hours after snnup
when Reilly was mt last ready to report
to the colonel for final Instructions.
"What have we herei" exclaimed the
"old man as he took In the vision Of
Private Reilly astrlde n rangy bay.
Everything but the dispatches" an
swercd Reilly. You see, am takin'
Dewey along with me to do double
duty as mascot and interpreter. He
can babble every dialect in the island"
During this conversation the dlminu-
tive Dewey sat bolt upright on his ma
tive pony. wicker cage fastened to
the saddlebow and three days rations
lashed In the rear.
With few parting words the colonel
handed Reilly two yellow dispatches
and ordered him to ride forward with
all speed.
At the picket line Reilly drew rein.
carefully concealed the dispatches I'M
der his inside hatband and leaned down
to Sergeant Miller for a parting word.
.'If the white carriers should come
back without n message" lie said. lust
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
ing when black cloud blew across the

ing when black cloud blew across the
hills ana the distant rumble Of thunder
spurred the head hunters TO action.
.'If this is Il god" said the chief. not
entirely convinced. ''he can Kill and he
eau make alive. With the boom
he has smi,ten my son. Let the white
god restore him to lie. and II Il WELL"
whats all the powpow about. Dew
ey?' asked Reilly anxiously. II am
not afraid 10 die. but l like to know
when ii is coming"
'.fou no die, you no die" chatie.ed
Dewey. Me fix. Me tell him yni
much god. You quick loose. Ride Ike
blazes. Dewey come soon."
Then. turning to the chief. Dewey
resumed his palaver. THE white goi
can kill" he announced. but not make
alive. Let him depart. l, too, am a
great spirit. will say n word In our
sons ear. and he shall be restored
With his own hands the aged chief
unbound Reilly and motioncd him to
where his horse WAS nervously paw
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
JUST SEND A WORD BACK no ILLINOIS

JUST SEND WORD BACK 70 ILLINOIS"
send word back to Illinois and tel!
the little girl that gave them to me TINT
she Is the only one who ever cared
whether Reilly or the sod was on top"
As matter Of fact. these white
pigeons had brought down upon Reil-
lys head the witticisms Of hnlf the
regiment. The fact that no hand but
his wns ever permitted to fondlc or
feed them was in Itself sufficient evil
dence that Reilly was not impcrvious
to the tender sentiments OF life.
Not until noon did the bearer OF dis
patches rein up his willing mount.
lettering the animal where 1t would
Mt once be In reach of both grass and
water. Reilly stretched himself Mt full
length on the ground and shut out the
glare of the sun from his wearied eyes.
Great Scott.' he exclaimed. sudden.
y starting to his feet. II sure forgot
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

lifting and carrying. and there are sew
eral boys In my class who will do what
they can. Let us all Join together and
make 1t grand success"
1--WE can't decorate without flowers"
spoke up another woman convincingly,
..an' I don't believe there's half dozen
bloomin' plants In the whole neighbor-
hood. 'Tain't time yet for flowers to
bloom"
Cant we flnd few caIlas and
Easter lilies. narcissuses and perhaps
few other white fiowersT' with less
confidence In his voice. "Palms would
suit me best for a background. but as
we cannot get them we can use green
boughs and pussy willows and other
things from the woods"
"All the houses in the neighborhood
can't scare up white posies enough
for buttonhole bouquet declared a
third woman aggressively. 'As for
Easter lilies, amt never seen one.
sad narcissus amt even heard -
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01

n NEW minister had come to
IN slow moving. out OF the way
NoA Spruce Hill and with his CON-
Ing had appeared spirit Of
change and improvement
He was fresh from his theological
course aud eager with youth and love
for the work and with advanced ideas
about music and active cooperation of
the young people. Hitherto the church
had been to them place OF solemnity.
only to be visited at required intervals
and as scarcely to be avoided duty.
Now. under the ministraiions Of this
young zcalot, II gradually came To them
that duty could be approached from
z many directions and that not all OF
them We're necessarily thorny and mar
row. A choir was formed and sing
I Ing class started to stimulate and en-
courage greater proficiency: then came
Bible class, In which the lessons wer,
presented In way to encourage inter
est, and n Christian Endeavor society
TINT brought out the young people. At
Christmas there was an entertainment
with much singing. and during the
winter there were praise services and
social gatherings. and In June ser
mon especially for the children. and
through the summer and fall picn!cs
and outings that brought all the people
together and kept their interest in the
church undiminished.
Among the other Innovations We're
the Easter sermon and church decora-
tion. The new minister made the an
nouncement one Thursday evening aft
er prayer meeting and added that he
hoped all would be present and that
the ladies OF the church wOnld arrange
for Il tasteful and appropriate decora-
tlcn.
After service the women stood about
irrcsolutciy. looking ut each other with
blank, questioning eyes. Spruce Hlll
! was undeniabiy on the road toward
prosperity, but its people had not yet
loosened their grasp on the labor that
was bearing them there. Every wo.
man and girl of the community. from
the eight year mite who washed dishes
and ''chorcd' TO the white haired
grandmother knitting in the corner.
had duties for each hour of the day. 1t
was the natural condition of the hard.
unsocial life which had taught them to
value the practical and substantial and
remain ignorant OF much that was
beautiful aud sweet. They had little
Atime for flowers and, besides the lilac
bushes aud .'poIscorns' In their yards
and q few such perenniaIs as lilies and
rhlOx and daffodils and perhaps ge
rnnium or Gala in their kitchen win
dows. had literally nothing for even All
outdoor summer display, much less for
church decoration at Easter. And
even had there been profusion of
flowers they would have been scarcely
less dismayed. The mere thought OF
decorating church would have ap-
palled them.
II guess you'll have to excuse me.
Mr.. Kent" one of them said at last
blnntly. II haven't any flowers except
one geranium which don't bloom. an.
besides, I don't know anything about
decorntin' an amt got no time either"
"Nor me-" "NOr me-" Nor me-"
came in rapid succession and with evi-
dent relief from the other women.
.Oh. come. come: this will never do"
expostulated the minister decidedly.
surely each Of you can spare n little
time from work. l will help with tn.
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
Hi, cone.rt Toilet.

A musical director was talking about
old fashioned concerts
'.Some Of the hits directed Mt these
concerts We're mcrited." ne said. .'One
hit. and n good one. was made by an
old Chicago millionaire. He called up
stairs to his daughters:
".What time you girls take getting
rcndy for tho concert! Look mt me: q
bit Of waddiny In each ear and I'm M
ready"
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
a F.mou, An.ehroni.m.

There IL Il well known picture show
ing the embnrkation of the pilgrim IN
tIiers which contains a world famous
unachronism. The sailors are hOisting
a flag. and. curiously enough. 1t Is the
union jack, though the union Jack was
not known until about two and II half
centuries nfter these sturdy pilgrim
fathers sailed away to thIs country In
the good ship Mayhower.-St. James
GnZette.
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
Boomina.

Observation-Disclosures yorr company
getting on. old man-prospering?
Nnssau-Prospering. My boy. the
term IN inadequate. Why. were about
to be indicted In thirty stntes!-Judge.
La Junta tribune., 1907-06-01
e.for. the n.t+I..

Mrs. Gnsser--I was outspoken in my
sentiments Mt the club this afternoon.
Mr. Gasser-I can't believe It! WIN
eutspnse you. my tlear?--Puck
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EAST P!TTSTON.

Miss F.ulcla Little. who Is 4 student Mt
i'at"* college passed Saturday and sun
day at her horne.
Mrs AhIir Aver and Mrs. Flora Frs
Lin" were callers in this, village Satur-
day.
Several from this rlaca attend d Dam
arisc"tta fair last Thursday.
The lnrua! Harvest supper and sale
VII hc held on Wednesday evening. OFT.
-- ~ The church dining room Snrcial
pains arc being taken to .1akr this af-
fh'r "f unusr:! interest. and the large
numb nf interested workers insurcs iis
>lirC.SS
Miss Rose W,isl, passed ?art Of last
week in augusta.
Ms Harriet Moody AMI daughter. Mis-
J'nni" M"odN- who have ucpn passing 4
i.M weeks at cir summer HON, in riIi
Village nav" returned to Brooklyn.
II &. Sullivan drove to lsnotI;ha-- m
rack hast week on 4 business trip
7. A ConauJ ana family Of pittSfirl,i
S;tNh Il iii" concert on SATURDAY. evening
- ~" r'"r"h which Was Wen attended
Mr.. Conant is dasirouS Of forming 4 sing-
Inc school IL this village. as H., h,e M
saniZed several in surrounding town:
CONSIDERABLE interest was manifested AMI
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BELGRADE.


While Mrs. Louise Towlc and Mrs. Lib
ly were rctln ming from the cemetery ia"L
Thursday. they met an aUt0mohil' driven
hv Dr. Meyers. Although the horse has
never before shown any fear Tor AUTOS
he became umInanaG"&llc ;.nh i'li IT
road. running into a field. where lie came
in contact with Il lar@" rock, which m
set the carliaE" and threw ont h"tlI
Ladies: In his wild dash abound tic
field the hols" freed hi'as''lf ft"n tIh
manlc grove ana back into the r"aI
again. ending his Mild ii@Ht il MIS-.
Pr;,v's ward. vh"r" he was caught ~
Nellie Pray, who immediately 1"J w.
of her nei.Ibcrr 10 90 ANA look f"r tit'
ladies. Dr Meyers brought III" la'ties 10
+ C. Fosters as Ms Tul,l" wa j" Sucl
condition. they could moi =" any far
thcr. and IN. K 'En"lds. VII" was passing
Lv. was called in. II WIS folmu tUat Mrs.
Towle had cracked the ha!l i'll the socket
at the shoulder. and was badly shaken
up Mrs. Libby. Who is between % ana
-. was exceedingly fortunate. eScarnG
with hardly 4 scratc', 'nit Was r."ttI
ven shaken M Mrs Mccarthy assisted
DR. REYNOLDS. Henry FHrn'ian took MIS-
Libby home, ara rs soon as Mr.. f"%l'
could he moved llr. N"-".S i""E h'r
with IT," nurse 10 h"r l"M". Th' horse
was not injured Int ,hc cuiIia"c W;t%
greatly da"H@cd.
Herbert Scrihror, VITO has beer in town
for the PAST week. n::e :;.nr tn raIlnnd
10 work TOR his uncl'. St-I'Ecn i'ii&-
dell.
j. c. Hewitt tie r"Stn'ast.'" ut 70
grade ana lis Wifi" 49, nlannin'; 70 visit
tho Jamestown Exposition.
II Damrnn WAS move! intn thr Enn"
| Glidden place
y Family from Lewiston occupies tn"
house 81 which Frani: TihAotts r.!:c.-
~ lived.
Fred Trnsl5 has hired part VI tie hous,.
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Try one can Of Argp Red Salmon,
and You will IIs,' no other
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CITCHFIElD,

FOND RoApIrhe four children OF
Alr, ANA Mrs. IL. L. Merrill. who hav,.
been suffering for tie PAST ten days from
sever" c:St. Of rtum:in. poi+nuiil. ar..
ROW "r: y danger an! gaining slowly.
Nj ana Mrs. A. Kent closed tel.
hou>" l1l" Thursday. aud LETT 10Y Er-v
Work. Nl'rc tE"'- will l.as tie win cr.
Th,N cNr"rt ~ return early il IA.
Nj. ara Ms w. g. II SETON ~, pass
inS few days with rcl,,ti,r.9 in GA
diu"l.
MI. M"ry Merrill haS Been pn~y;n..
few laws vita Ter sister. MIS- Rachel
ilaNd' n, 1T Julia Tihbetjs'.
Ms Lizzie Merrill II Gardiner passed
Tuesday at the home of her son. T.. l..
Merrill.
Leonard o. Merrill. Colly 90 passed
SuniiN az his home here.
Rev. {. +. Bonsficld left Saturday fol
f1ir Il tie eastern r?rt Of the Stat"
Mir. ana Mrs T.. l.. Norton Of C;aI,ii.
; rcr lave n""n STAYING for few DAYS a,
| Ar. EUlt's cottage.
| Artlr Eowlay and Ea, I;irl1ar1<or
| returned to Whitnsvile Mass, Satur-
cay. after passing two weeks Witi. thti,
l3l"ntS here
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FARMING DALE,

Ge"rg" Harrington has moved TO
Gardiner.
J. H. Connor of FAN River has been
calling on friends in Farmingdalc
Alfred McClauSl1nd is moving =
building to his home on North street.
oti' Turner has returned from thu
hospital feeling mach better.
Nile lewis ami daughter have been
passing 1 few days in Portland
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BON.

John Taylor has gone 10 Boston FIR a
few days.
Frank Wood and f;ni'r and Mrs
Fowler ri North Palermo. called on
friends in town last .;ui.C!uv.
G. +. Wilson. Chas. tb"tt. ana Fd.
Libby have gone to Slitl,v on a hunt
ING trim
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Every house wife in Ernnrh.c
County. to send their OLD WORN
OUT CARPETS; 10 the Augusta Rug
Agency. and have them Inll, into the
most beautiful RUGS for amy room in
the home. Send for circulars ana
shipping tags to Trrnant ana Bates,
253 Water Street. Augusta. Ne.
sept2G,t ,th& sat1mo'
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cncOura cement enough &lNtn - WIZ
rant starting Il school on next SATURDAY
evening oct. l., to Which all are m
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