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move The woman got to her feet again. looked
cautiously around botn sides OF the house, and, find
ing the coast clear, dashed into the garden Here,
to PheiTy tCTtner amazement, she began cutting
the most extraordinary capers and most eXtraordn-
being She hoped and she jumped, and skipped and
leapcd. ard pranccd and danced, in the most out.
rageous fashion. Then she attacked stack OF hay
that in Tie haggard. She went up one side OF
it like cat and down the other side like a log
And when she had her fill of this, she raced over to
a rowan tree that grew both big and high in the
center of the garden and, to Phelimys amazement
began spelling it like a monkey till she got into the
very topmost branches where she called "cuckool"
till her lungs must have been sore; for, at that
distance, Phelimy could plainly hear her. Then,
finally, she turned and, crawling tunbling-he
couldn't tell which-or maybe both together, went
rafting, head foremost, through the branches, and
dropped in heap the ground But that very
minute, good luck would have it, out of the house
two men came rushing, jumped the garden wall,
GREATNESS and terribly excited state, watched them
bending her for signs of life, and then hosting
her I'm between them and carrying her carefully
into the house again.
And the instant his own powers and presence of
mind came back to him, he jumped up from where
he sat. The hat fell off his head he jumped; but
he didn't mind it. and hadn't time to look after it;
for he tore off with himself over the hill with the
speed of moor afre in the opposite direction from
Terry's running like wild thing And Carney and
then the whole country alarmed to know what
the matter with Pleiimy Brady that he went, breath
less and painting, following his like a madman
over height and hollow, without time to say any.
thing to them, only them out of his way, and
Jump over those who couldn't carry themselves out
of it quick enough. And stop, pause draw
breath he didn't till painting and ganting, he reached
the priests and besought him for the Lords sake to
go off as quick as his heels would carry him and
give the last rites to Terry Connolys new wife Of
Camlaraghan--if, he added obviously, he had the
good luck to oyertakc her alive. He waited few
seconds at the priests to jerk this out of him, and
was off the next instant in Decline over the
country again, wild and as mad-lookng be-
fore, alarming and astonishing the natives, and
never stopping hating till he at the doctors
and giving him. too, imperative orders to be off with
him to Terry Connoy's new wife of Camlaraghan,
to try if he could catch the breath in her and keep
it there-though he doubted very much if he would
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we say--vithn kick of the shin of it. Just only
Facing Terrys in the kingdom of Carney ITSELF and
halfway up the hill, just good cuckoos call away
lived Phemy Brady-Phelimy Rua, called
him, because of the fine head of red hair he had.
And of all the curious folks that Carney could count
there not lad of them all more curious than
my friend Phelimy
Terry poor fellow had been married beforehand
we'll married. too; for his wife, who had been of
the Hannigans of Drimard, had been both mistress
and master to him. made him know his place, and
keep it, for good years; and then died, leav
ing him her blessing, a prosperous farm, and
thriving family of five each one OF them blessed
with the appetite of a hawker And after he pulled
the green quilt her, he his curious neigh
bors of Carney the benefit of two years match
making for him.
At the end of that time he hoisted himself off
one Monday morning, early-whther man knew.
Carney noticed that he had on him the new pair OF
homespun trousers he had been nagging Micky the
tailor for during the last ten days. that he the
loan of Donal a-Donels black frock and had bor-
rowed Timminy Haraghys speckled mare But Car
ney had concluded good grounds, that he was
off to the fair of Belcoo to purchase venture OF
donkeys.
the Thursday after, without a venture of donkeys
but with much nobler investment black-haired
brown-eyed Connaught wife, riding side-saddle on
pillion behind him, the eyes OF Phemy Brady, and
through him all the eyes IN Carney, opened wide
in wonderment, assure you. And there was such
a confusion of tongues round about the country
that night as hasn't been heard in any other country
before or since saving at the building of Babel
To make matters worse, Terry Connolly never
invited his neghbors of Carney to the drag-home.
He did the thing in disgracefully quiet way; hav
ing only Donal a-Donel, Jmminy Haraghy, and two
or three other Immediate neghbors, to whom he
absolutely owed the treat in token of favors re-
ceived And when, that night, its trusty scouts
brought back this to Carney, It first shook its
head and then hopefully prophesied the height of
il-luck rising of this unadvised and ill-omened
alliance Then it cheerfully set itself down to watch
and wait for the certain fulfment of the prophecy.
On that very day, as we'll the day after and
the day after that again, by a most remarkable
coincidence there was not family in the length and
more of its members to Terry Connollys, over the
river on an Grand or errands, of various degrees
Of Importance from that of borrowing the loan of
hav-rope to tie down the thatch the back of
Uncle Johns" to paying back the loan Of the
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~Ahl wee bit off her head, poor womanT said

"Ahl wee bit off her head, poor woman% said
Phelimy.
it is now at the change of the My own no.
ton is, that though she as a trihe strange in her
ways these days she's maybe as right as you or me
God help the crature' Phelimy said with genu-
inc sympathy nov, and God 52I help poor Terry
you are not to breathe word of that to man OF
mortal"
"And, moreover" said Malachy, "as you are work
ing the hill facing us. and have the house under
your eye all day long, If you happen to see any
thing odd passas maybe you will; for we had big
work combining her to her yesterday and keep
ing her from going abroad-please put your loot
'Malachy" said he, trust Phelimy Brady for
that"
Phelimv though he was bursting with the great
news, hurried up his hillside and took his spade
in hand with the resolve, to-day, OF overtaking all
the work he let slip him yesterday evening while
he watched in vain for Malachy Murrin. And he
firmly determined on it that word OF the news
about Terry's wife he would not breathe to
until after he had got his good days work done.
But the wonder, whether Terry's wife would
elude them to-day and get out-of-doors in spite of
them, made his eyes go wandering to Terrys domi-
cle beyond oftener than good for the progress
OF his labor And the house had such a fascina-
ton for his eyes that the longer he continued try
ing to work the less work he found he could do,
till, after hours vain endeavor, he laid down the
spade on the ridge and sat upon it. fixing his gaze
upon Terry s. lie was all the more watcntul OF II,
inasmuch as he had Terry himself quitting
the house, and going the hill half an hour
before. For, though the house was too far from
him to make out mans features, Pheimy could
recognize Terry's haf-limp as far as he could see
him. So, Terry having gone, Phemy rightly
imagined that the watch upon the. new wife might
relax, and she make burst.
And before another half-hour went by, Phelimy
clapped himself on his back for his cleverness, and
had his patience well and richly rewarded The
gable OF Terry Connollys house faced him. and in
this gable was window After time Phelmy,
whose eyes took in everything, observed the sash
OF this window go suddenly up, and next instant
woman leap out. The leap fairly deep one,
so that she fell forward on her hands and knees
And Phelimy at once panied and astounded and
he caught his breath But he watched for the next
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porringer of buttermilk my Aunt Susy's wee Mary
got from you last Tuesday four weeks. But
Of all the corners and goers that hronged the casey
to Terry's door. Phemy Brady was undoubtedly
the most constant. And the number OF absolutely
necessary errands he felt forced bear to Terry
within those three days, marked Phelimy as a man
of no common talent. Yet, notwithstanding all their
praiseworthy endeavors, when the good people OF
Carney met in conclave each night, not in the best
Of humor, they were again and again compelled to
admit to themselves that Terry Connollys new WIFE,
from Connaught was still riddle and aggravat-
ingy reticent; having persisently refused, not only
to rise to the occasion when Phelimy Brady had put
to her pertinent questions bearing upon her dowry,
her history and the history of her family but even
to be drawn into the most apparently guileess con
versaton that Sally McGrath, the deepest-mnded
woman in Carney, could devise.
Now this was all the natural shyness of blush
ing young bride who had only just left her fathers
hearth, and entered strange state and come into
strange country among strange people; but Phelimy
Brady, with the hearty backing of Sally McGrath,
gave voice to the universal sentiment in Carney
when he said that Terrys new wife took entirely too
much of the Connaught cuteness with her down
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"And fine brave woman, too said Phelimny' and
brave woman~so far as we have seen of her"
"Ay!" said Malachy, "a fine, brave woman in
troth-when one looks at her from a mile Off
"Av. ay! Malachy" said Phelinly. do ye mean
Do ye mean--?
q mean" said Malachy, confdeentiay lowering his
voice and looking over his shoulder before he went
further-"I mean said he that she would be a
fine brave woman surely only and Malachy
SOnlv?" said Phemy eagerly, "only-?"
Well" said NIalachy, of course, it is not my
place to be saying it, nor would breathe it to
soul but yourself, either-knowing that secrets
as safe with you as with the head of the church;
yes, yes said Phelnly, 1T surely IS Only what,
Maachy?"
"Well. Phelimy,' said he "of course, we all have
our little pecuartes, and maybe, if say it, Ierrys
new wife is no exception among us
"Ah!" said Phelimy, I'm sorry to hear IT.
Maachy. You mean to say that she--?
We'll" said Malachy, in STILL more confidential
tones a say that"-here he tapped his fore,
head with his forefnger-"You know, you know
said he,
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his head in cold and they put him into bed, ana
held him down there, notwithstanding his struggles,
till he slept of the very exhaustion; then pesougnr
but to be kind and speak him fair, and they went
home.
The curiosity of Carney regarding Terry Con-
noIlvs new wife did not abate but the curiosity of
the very much Inundated Phelimy Brady did.
The next time that he met Malachy Murrin the
latter proceeded to u2braid him sympathetically.
"Well, Maachy," said Phelimy I'm downright
sorry; for l could have s'orn on all the books in
Christendom, that I the thing happen before
my eyes. But do you know, the curiousest thing
of the whole lot is that, if was put on my Bible
oath, I couldn't remember taking anything that
day"
"Ah," said Malachy, with an indulgent smile as he
passed on, "sure that's the way with all of u.s.
after"
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W%Zy F YOU were to get up with the sun and
WNEEy ride with the same for twenty-four hours
RCN9HkA tits a wel-known fact that you would not
ks2lkkN4 find more curious place or a more
- The cares OF the world lay lightly
themin Carney, and they would sooner that
goodness sent them a bit of gossip than goose, any
dav Though the sun was shining and the corn
shaking they would stick their spade in the ridge,
or their hook in the hintin and hurry together to
debate the latest news of the neighborhood.
Patrick Monaghan, of the Back of the Hill said
that solitary crow couldn't fly over Carney but it
would aggravate the inhabitants to know where the
dickens it was going, and what the dickens was its
Grand anyhow.
But even when stripped of the fancful trimmings
that were tackled on to them, when the dongs and
savings of Carney were carried wide the wings
of rumor still the hard fact remained that the
curiosity of Carney was not to be matched, though
you screened the world from Farranfeuch to Fddlers
Green on the hither side of Godspeed.
And this curiosity reached its climax when Terry
Connolly fetched home wife-and brought her
all the way from Connaught too
Now, if Terry didn't live in Carney, he was-as
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
When Cupid
Delayed Dinner
By BESSIE X. HOOVER.
(NOnlHHiohf 1OAI Lh.x Das.ia II-..--
By BESSIE r. HOOVER.
Copyright. 1907, by Bessie r. Hoover.

TT was s o'clock on a raw morning
in early summer, and the teams
that were to take them to the lake
had not yet arrived.
There were but two men in this
chilled company on the church steps,
for the superintendent and several of
the teachers could not leave their work.
The Rev. Albert Pashley was one of
the faithful; the other was Ike, the son
of Deacon Clutner, a rich dairyman.
Ike was allowed a substitute on this
momentous day, and, while a hireling
stopped milk into the motley dishes of
the customers, Ike abandoned himself
to the varied pleasures of the Sunday
school picnic.
Ike Clutner was a stoop shouldered,
amiable fellow with no particular fea-
lures. He looked singularly out of
place in his best clothes minus his milk
can and measure.
The first wagon ratified up after an
hour of wintry waiting. There had
been some mistake about the time
there always is. The Rev. Albert Pash-
ley clambered into the wagon as q mat
ter Of course. Phyllis Jones, who had
walked in from the country, was al
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
the minister's wife. 81 shan't have it
said that 1 meddled with the dinner"

the minister's wife. 81 shan't have it
said that 1 meddled with the dinner"
The children, too tired and hungry
to play, dropped languidly on the warm
sand or tried to drown their sorrows
in copious drafts of warm lake water.
"Im going home" said Mrs. Jenner
firmly, after another bitter season of
fruitless waiting. 81 shall take the in
FAINT class and my five and go. The
rest of you a do what you please"
She would have opened her w bas-
ket and fed the children, but it con-
tanned only sou pickles and cabbage
salad. and she dared not thrust such
food on the empty stomachs of the in
FAINT class, not to mention her own five.
II thought we'd have a mar to help
u.s." fretted the minister's wife, "but,
the last of him."
II should think that Brother Pashley
would do something" observed Mrs.
| Jenner.
Mrs. Pashley let this remark pass in
silence. 1--WE will all go home now,"
she announced in a tired voice. 'That's
all we can do. Each one carry some
thing" And again they were marshal
ed along. but this time it was toward
home.
They had planned to walk back, for
the Sunday school could not afford to
ride both ways. Drearily they snailed
along. A mile passed by, and its
weary length seemed stretched to half
a dozen.
AS these picnic toilers rounded a
bend in the road that now led through
treeless, open fields they beheld as in
a vision a dispirited company halted
by the dusty roadside for q rest in the
hot sun.
1t was the Rev. Albert Pashley, the
formidable Mrs. Peters, several other
matrons and a dozen or more glum chill
dren, all sitting d%ejectedly on the grass
dangling their tired feet in a dry ditch.
The Rev. Albert arose as spokesman
for this %disgruntled assembly. "Where
have you been?" he inquired ungra-
ciously of his wife, as If she and her
crowd were the offending ones.
looking and waiting for you-all
day long" replied Mrs. Pashley coldly
"Where's Phyllis Jones?" asked Mrs.
Peters, coming forward. 1--WE sent her
to tell you that we'd come to Feathers
gap and eat dinner with you, but she
didn't come back. So we went over
there, but you was gone. Then we
went back to Coggin's again, and final
ly we started home"
1--WE amt none of us saw Phyllis"
returned Mrs. Jenner. "But where's
Ike Clutner?"
"None of us has seen him." answered
the minister.
"The only thing to do now is Jest to
unpack these victuals double quick"
began Mrs. Jenner.
Land sakes!' broke in Mrs. Peters
shrilly. "Ain't you folks ct yeti"
mo. ma'am," answered Mrs. Blish
icily.
"Well, Of all fool thingsw commented
Mrs. Peters. "Totin' all that truck all
day long and not eatin' your sharew!
"Tm surprised. Mrs. Pashley," said
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

ready in the wagon when Ike Clutner,
brushing aside the squirming children,
forcibly took his seat beside her. Ike
did not mean to leave his counting to
I chance, for holidays were scarce with
him. But Mrs. Pashley, the minister's
wife, who was going to wait for the
last wagon, cried:
We'll need a man in our crowd. Ike.
you stay and go with u.s."
CAV, thunder!w grumbled Ike under
his breath and climbed d~isconsolately
out, and the first load rumbled away.
+ The second wagon came in half an
hour. Ike, fearing that he might be
left out entirely if the minister's wife
happened to think of any reason for
his staying behind, pumped himself
down by the drivers side and left the
mothers and children to scramble in
as best they could.
(Which way?" questioned the driver
when they were within a mile of the
lake. Are you goin' to Coggin's gap
or to Feather's?'
! This caused CONSERVATION among the
mothers, who all knew that they were
going to the gap" but did not know
which one.
"Coggin's," volunteered Ike. with the
intuition of a lover.
Feathers gap" corrected the min
ister's wife. ~ remember now. It's
Feathers"
CAV, thunder" muttered Ike gloom
lily to himself.
When the heavily freighted wagon
rolled protestingly into the deep beach
sand Feathers gap lay wrapped in ut
ter solitude but for the intruding team.
The low lying dunes were as guiltless
Of a footprint as If man had never
passed that way. The other wagon
had not come to Feathers gaps
II knew all the time that it was
either Feathers or Coggin's," said
Mrs. Blish, president Of the Ladies'
Aid. "Now. driver. take us round to
Coggin's."
The driver grudgingly turned his
horses, growing about "fool women
when the minister's wife spoke out
sharply, "And remember we don't pay
Sou duJlu1uS cAtId LOF Ll1S III
whoa" shouted the driver. "Pile
outw
"Pile QUIT" echoed Mrs. Pashley II
a scandalized voice. 1--WE will not
You should have found out where VIZ
were going before you started. Drive
on Immediately" @
It'll be a dollar more" announced
the man, with gloomy unconcern.
lit will not be a dollar MORE" de
clared Mrs. Pashley angrily. "Climl
out, everybody. shall speak Of Thu
to Mr.. Pashley."
The picnickers poured quickly int
the lake sand. Then the dinner TO
the whole crowd was clawed from TN
der the drivers seat and dumped in
little pyramid on the ground. The team
started of. the man mattering.
The children ran shrieking to tn
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
woMEN's WOES.
Langdon Women Are Finding Relief at
Last.

-O-S@S- AANAo6 &ASxACx al
Last.
1t does seem that women have more.
than a fair share of the aches and pains
that affict..humanity; they must "keep
up" must attend to duties in spite of
constantly aching backs, or headaches.
dizzy spells, be~aring-down pains; they
must stoop over, when to stoop over
means torture. They must walk and
bend and work with racking pains and
many aches from kidney ills. Kidneys.
moro suffering than any other
organ of the body. Keep the kidneys.
we'll and health is easily maintained.
Read of a remedy for kidneys only that
helps and cures the kidneys.
Mrs. j. r. Cole, living at 1904 Chey-
enn Ave., Grand Forks, N. D., says:
"For five years / suffered from kidney
trouble in its worst form. Every part of
my body was more or less swollen to an
unnatural size and there was a stiffness
beneath my eyes. There was a constant
heavy ache through the small of my
back and 1 had a feeling of languor and
fatigue. I suffered from rheumatism
pains and was so lame and sore that I
was unable to sleep at night. In fact, I
found it difficult for me to lie in one
position. At last / learned of Doan's
Kidney Pills and procured a box. I
received relief from the first and con.
tinued their use until completely cured"
For sale by all dealers, Price so cents
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States. Re-
member the name-Doan's-and take no,
other.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

the minister, that you didn't take the
initiative here. At least you could
have fed these little ones
THAT'S what l said all the time" in
terrupted Mrs. Jenner.
ut has been ten hours since l myself
ate." he concluded solemnly. referring
to his watch.
"Why, I thought-it would be nicer
to eat together" began Mrs. Pashley,
but nobody seemed to hear her.
For Mrs. Peters ordered all the food
dumped on the ground by the roadside.
The ravenous children squatted
quickly before the delayed dinner. The
older people lowered themselves to the
ground awkwardly, but gratefully.
Then the Rev. Albert asked the short
est picnic blessing on record, and the
meal began by the dusty roadside.
At last around a bend in the road,
hand in hand, came Ike and Phyllis.
likes pockets were bullying with stones
and his face wore a satisfied grin.
Phyllis showed a nervous tendency to
giggle.
You're great folks!" cried Mrs. Pc
tiers. "Where've you been?"
"Hack apiece" replied Ike boldly.
"We sort of lost track Of time" con-
fessed Phyllis guilty.
We've most Of us been there our
selves" the Rev. Albert remarked gen
tally. with an added JUNCTION In his
voice In view Of the possible wedding
fee.
Jaw. thunder" grunted the red faced
Ike. who didn't know what else to
ny.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

To have perfect health we must have
perfect digestion, and it is very import
ant not to permit of any delay the
moment the stomach feels out of order.
Take something at once that you know
will promptly and unfailingly assist di-
gestion. There is nothing better than
Kodol for dyspepsia, indigestion, sour
stomach, belching of gas and nervous
headache. Kodol is a natural digestant,
and will digest what you eat. Sold by
W. A. Ferguson & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
Why He Was Interested.

"Every time you come here" said
the waiter at the oyster house, IT no.
tice that your eyes follow me all over
the room. Do 1 remind you Of some
body you used to know"
"No, that isn't the reason" replied
the guest. give been here a hundred
times, I reckon, and I never saw you
when you didn't have a three days
growth Of beard on your face. Ex-
cuse me for asking, but how do you
manage it? Do you shave yourself
with a BARRIERS clippers Chicago
Tribune.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup
the cough sprup that tastes nearly as
good as maple sugar and which children
like so we'll to take. Unlike nearly all
other cough remedies. it does not con.
stipate, but on the other hand it acts
promptly yet gently on the bowels
through which the cold is forced out OF
the system, and at the same time il
allays inflammation. Always use Ken.
nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. Sold by
w. A. Ferguson & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

The kidneys are delicate and sensitive
organs and are very likely at any time to
get out of order. DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills are prompt and thorough
and will in a very short time strengthen
the weakened kidneys and allay troubles
arising from Inflammation of the bladder.
Sold by w A Ferguson & Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

A big cut or a little cut, small scrat-
ches OF bruises or big ones are healed
quickly by DeWitt's Carbolized Witch
Hazel Salve. 1t is especially good for
pilos. Get DeWitt's. Sold by w. A.
Ferguson & 20.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

For a mild, easy action of the bowels,
a single dose of Doan's Regalets is
enough. Treatment cures habitual
constipation. rs cents a box. Ask your
druggist for them.