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Deity tprooa back utes.
the hoHds ot nc do you care
senator's Udtch. to smoke, sena.
tor" Mrs. Spanger asked as her
guests concluded their repast, IF the
young ladies do not objecti"
Langdon inclined his head gratefully
and laughed.
"They wouldn't be southern girls, !
reckon, if they didn't want to see a
man have everything TO make him
happier, | beg pardon. Mrs. Spangler,
mean, comfortable. Nobody that's
your guest could be unhappy"
The hostess beamed on the chival-
rous southerner.
Langdon drew forth a thick black
perfecto and settled back luxuriously
In his chair. after another glance at
Mrs. Spangler's clock. He was alb
sorbed in a mental resume of his forth
coming speech and did not hear the
next words of the woman, addressed
pointedly to his daughters.
do you know, really. why this lunch
con was given todayT" she queried.
Then she continued before Carolina
and Hope Georgia could formulate re-
ply.
Because your father and | wanted
10 take this opportunity to announce to
you-OuT engagement"
The speaker smiled her sweetest
smile.
The two girls gazed at each other In
uncomfortable amazement. then at Mrs
Spangler. then at their father, who had
turned partly away from the table and
was gazing abstractedly at the ceiling.
Hope Georgia was the first to regain
her voice.
ooh, Mrs. Spangler," she calculated,
''you are very kind to marry father,
but
whats thatT exclaimed the sena-
tor. reused from his thoughts by his
youngest daughters words and thrust
ing himself forward.
Mrs. spangler laid her hand on his
arm.
"Oh, senator. ! have just told the
dear girls that you had asked me to
marry you-that we were soon to be
married" she said archly. looking him
straight In the eye. She clasped her
hands and murmured, Il am so hap
pyr
The hero Of Charlottesville tried to
speak. but he could not He stared at
bis hostess. who smiled the smile Of the
budding debutante. His own open
mouthed astonishment was reflected in
he faces Of Carolina and Hope Geor-
"a as 1'ey observed their fathers ex-
PRESTON. He forgot he was IN Wash
hgton. He did not know he was a sen
abr. The fact that be had ever even
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GERONIMO. APACHE curEF.

The last of the bad Indians" Is
dead
Geronimo. one of the most notable
of American savaGes. chief of the
cruel and bloodthirsty Apaches. died
recently at Fort Still. prisoner Of the
white man.
Geronimo gave the frontier army
the most serious task 1t ever under
/ took.
After years of campaigning against
/ the able and willy chief it finally be-
came necessary to permit the Amer
lean troopers to cross the border into
Mexico and to penetrate into the fast
nesses of the Sonora mountains to eff
feet his capture.
In the pursuit of Geronimo both
General Miles and General Lawton
made their regulations as Indian
fighters. 1t Is no treason to say that
in native ability Geronimo was the
greatest tactician of the trio.
The old chief was in captivity for
more than twenty years.
1t is said he "professed religion" a
year or so before he died. However
that may be, it is safe to say his eagle
heart constantly brooded over the
hope that he might somehow escape
to liberty and his native mountains of
Arizona.
Like many of his race, Geronimo
was eloquent in speech. Years ago,
pointing to the west, he said:
''The sun rises and shines for a
time. and then 1t goes down. sinking
out of sight, and is lost. So with the
Indians. When was a boy my IA
Their told me that the Indians were as
many as the leaves on the trees.
never saw them. The white man took
them. In a few years more the In
dian win be heard Of no more, except
In the books the white man writes"
A prophecy that is patheticslly be-
ing fulfilled
But
Where has been told In poem or
prose or drama or music the story of
the American aborigine and his true
character?
On the one hand is the dictum Of the
Vi Aht aAhaA AhN
only good Indian is a dead Indian"
on the other the fanciful creations of
the Cooper school Of writers.
Both are caricatures.
The Indian race. like all others, is
and has been composed Of good. bad /
and Indifferent Municipalities. But 1
II has produced some really great /
men.
The flower Of that race Is worthy 4
of a high and permanent place In
American history and fiction and poet
~.
great capacity for friendship
rude but strong sense Of justice, a
deathless love Of liberty. a belief In
Immortality. martyr stoicism-these
are rare and tremendous traits.
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A CRATER TOWN.
Where the Inhabitants Build Ships Ia
side Extinct Volcanoes.

side Extinct Volcanoes
Saba, I'm the West Indies, is one OF
the most extraordinary places in the
world. BY courtesy II is called an is.
land. but II is really nothing more than
the summit Of an extinct volcano stick.
ing up out OF the sea.
Inside the crater live the only inhab-
itants Of Saba They live there because
there is nowhere else for them to live.
the outside slopes being nearly as
steep as the sides Of house.
The place belongs to Holland. and
the people are all Dutch. Nevertheless
they speak English as their native
tongue. They call their crater town
Bottom because IL Is situated on the
top Of a mountain.
Although surrounded on all sides by
the sea. they often spend weeks with
out seeing IL. for that involves a long
climb up 10 the rim Of the crater. Sun
less frequently dc they touch salt
water. because to do 50 they must. in
addition. climb downward for q dis
lance Of t.500 feet by a precipitous
rock hewn path known a. the lad
der
II Il. however. in regard to their sta
PIE industry that these Dutch people
who speak English and who live aloft
IN a volcano IN summit city called
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windows. The driver started his
horses of on a run.
Struggling to regain his breath, the
senator cried:
well, what are"-
Never mind now. But first gather
In all i say, senator, as we've no time
10 lose. When | couldn't locate you
and | saw you probably wouldn't be
at the senate chamber in time to make
your speech ON the naval base bill
persuaded Senator Milbank Of Arkan-
sas to rise and make a speech on the
currency question, which subject was
in order lie was under obligation to
me for some important information
once obtained for him. and be consent
ed 10 keep the floor until you arrived.
though he knew he would earn the
vengeance Of Peabody. That was over
an hour and n half ago. He must be
reading quotations from Pilgrims
Progress to the senate by now to keep
the floor"
Bud paused 10 look at his watch.
The senator stretched his head out Of
the window and cried. Drive fasterT'
"Got your speech all rightY'' called
Bud above the din Of the rafting
wheels.
Yes. here" was the response, the
senator tapping his inner breast pocket.
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SOUTH STAMFORD.

Caleb Doolittle and wife were
made happy by the birth of son,
April 4
Mrs. Tucker of West Hartford is
caring for Mrs. Doolittle and baby.
Jesse Benjamin and wife spent
the past week with relatives in Nor
witch.
John Emerton, Geo. Lane, Earl
Crane, Edgar Capish, Geo. Fox and
Bert Jordan left Friday for Copper
Hill, Tennessee. where they expect to
have employment in a mine.
Mrs. John Emerton is visiting her
child en- in Meriden.
Brenton Shoemaker of Hanover
is visiting at J. w Tyson's.
Mrs. Ethel Capish and children
have returned to Wilder.
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"The litter is signed Charles Norton. :"
He read and again stood before the
senate. which had regained its usual
composure after the fallen sergeant at
arms had regained his feet and rubbed
bis bruises.
81 do not think there will be any in
Sestigation," he said, with decided ef-
fort. struggling to down the emotion
that choked him. Il ask this house TO
listen to the following letter:
Dear Senator Lsngdon-When you
receive this letter shall be we'll on
my way 10 take a steamer for Cuba. I
write to ask you not to think too
hsrshly Of me. for ! will always cher
ish thoughts Of the friendship you have
shown me.
peabody and Stevens have finally
proved too much for me. When they
got old Teller to swear to q forged
contract and wanted me TO forge your
name in the land records at Gulf City.
] threw UP my hands. Their game will
always go on. ! suppose. but you gave
them a shock when you broke UP their
Aitaeools graft scheme. And I'm glad
yeu did. They east me aside today,
probably thinking they could get me
again u they needed me.
= am soins on the sugar plantation
Of friend. where ! ear make q new
start and forget thas ! ever went 60
Washington"
TanCanr r.arss.a asrft.o-,+nf- r..
senate was hushed. The galleries were
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CHAPTER XVII.

MRS. sPANGLER GIVES LUNCHEON.
u YHEN Senators Peabody and
N Stevens had gone Langdon
WV and Bud went over the situa-
ton together and concluded
that their opponents had no means OF
defeating Langdon's program-that,
after all, Peabody might really have
meant his words of surrender.
"But they might try foul play. Bet
ter stay right here in the capitol the
rest of the day" suggested Bud.
Langdon scoffed at the idea.
Haines hustled away to get a few
mouthfuls of lunch to fortify himself
for busy afternoon-one that was go
ing TO be far buster than he imagined
The telephone bell rang at the sena-
tors desk 1t was Mrs. Spanglers
voice that spoke.
Senator LangdOn," she said, Caro-
lima and Hope Georgia are here at my
home for luncheon, and we all want
you to join us
"Sorry | cannot accept" answered
the Mississippian. but | am to make
an important speech this afternoon
"Oh. yes, know. The girls and
are coming to hear it, But you have
two hours time, and If you come we
can all go over to the senate together.
Now. senator. humOr us a little. Don't
disappoint the girls and me. We can
all drive over to the capitol in my car
riage."
The planter hesitated then replied,
"All right: I'll be over, but 1t mustn't
be very long luncheon"
Gone to eat; back by 3 o'clock" he
scratched quickly on a pad on the Sec
retary's desk and departed
Mrs. Spangler's luncheons were
equally as popular in Washington as
Senator Langdon's dinners. The Mis-.
sissippian and his daughters enjoyed
the delicacies spread lavishly before
them.
Time passed quickly. The old plant
er enjoyed seeing his daughters have
so happy tiE. and he was not insen-
sible to the charm of his hostess con
versation, for Mrs. Spangler had
studied carefully the art of ingratiat-
ing herself with her guests.
Suddenly realizing that he had proba
bly, reached the limit of the time he
could spare, the senator drew out his
watch
What stunning fob you wear"
quickly spoke Mrs. Spangler. reaching
out her hand and taking the watch
from her guests hands as the case
snapped open.
"Oh. that's Cardinals doings," laugh
ed Langdon. ''She said the old gold
chain that my grandfather left me
was
"Why, how lovely" murmured Mrs.
Spanger. CHANGING at the watch.
eve have plenty of time yet. Won't
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STAFFORD.

Raymond Morrill, returned to
Boston Saturday after a short Wis
it at home.
Mr.. Sidney Ward of West Fair
lee was in town Friday.
Mr.. Ben Pixley is working on the
Lewis farm at Pompanoosuc.
Mrs. Margaret Swift is at Mrs.
Henry Fox's for few weeks.
Ernest Harding is at home from
the Academy at Ludlow.
Homer Kendall returned home
Tuesday after spending a few
weeks out of town.
Roland Scribner is working for
W. Root during sugaring.
The Pompanoosuc stage went on
wheels for the first time Monday.
Mrs. Silloway returned from
Barre Monday, where she has been
visiting her mother.
Henry Fox was in South Royal
ton Monday, Ben Hayward in
Sharon Thursday and Periey Rog-
ers in Chelsea Thursday.
A. B. Carpenter drove an extra
stage to Pompanoosuc Monday.
John Mcclellan of Chelsea visit
ed at Perley Rogers recently.
Mr.. Bushnell returned home
Thursday after spending several
months in the west
John Fleming and wife of Shar-
on was in town Monday.
Miss Belle Pierce returned home
from South Royalton Monday.
Mr.. Henry Green of Athol, Mass,
called on friends in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Fred Newton returned from
Thetford Wednesday, where she
has been visiting relatives.
Herbert Hathorn has a nephew
from Brownsville, n. H.. visiting
him.
Edith Grant of Tunbridge was in
town Thursday.
Clayton Swift of Pattersonville
was a guest at George Fox's the
last of the week.
George Fox, Earle Crane and
Bert Jordan from this village start
ed for Tennessee Friday morning,
where they have a position in
mine there.
Harvey Sweet and DIN Serb
ner have begun repairs on Henry
FoX's new tenement.
Mrs. Cora Root and Clyde Searle
went Thursday to visit relatives in
North Hartland.
Mrs. Beckwith returned from
South STAFFORD Wednesday where
she has been nursing.
Horace Brown returned home
Saturday, after spending seveTa%
months in town.
Frank Colby has been quite sick
with scarlet fever, but IS gaining
now.
Allen Beckwith, who has been
working in the bakery at White
River junction, is at home for a
short vacation.
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Hat FRBsH BREAD.

You can eat anything your
stomach Graves without fear of a
case of Indigestion or Dyspepsia
or that your food will ferment or
sour on your stomach il you will
occasionally take a little Diapep.
sin after eating.
Your meals will taste good, and
anything you eat viii be digest
ed; nothing can ferment or turn
into acid or poison or stomach
gas, which causes Belching, Dizzi-
ness, a feeling of fullness after
eating, Nausea, Indigestion like a
lump OF lead in stomach), Bilious
ness, Heartburn, Water brash.
Pain in stomach and intestines OF
other symptoms.
Headaches from the stomach are
absolutely unknown where this eff
fective remedy is used. Diapep-
sin really does all the work OF a
healthy stomach. 1t digests your
meals when your stomach can't.
Each triangle viii digest all the
food you can eat and leave moth
ing TO ferment or sour.
Get a large 50-cent case OF
Papes Diapepsin from your drug
gtst and start taking today and bv
tomorrow you viii actually brag
about your healthy. strong Stom-
ach- for you then can eat ANYTHING
and everything you want without
the slightest discomfort or misery.
and every particle OF impurity and
Gas that Is in your stomach and
intestines Is going to be carried
away without the use OF iaxatives
or any other assistance.
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Thought maybe She cried Bud.
jerking his head back in the direction
from which they had come.
The Mississippian shook his head
negatively and set his jaws determin-
eddy.
The coach swung up to the capitol
entrance
Tell me-" asked Langdon, as both
jumped out, "how did you find out
that
II phoned the house-gave name
Peabody uses
Great heavens, but how did you
know where to phone"
They were at the door of the senate
chamber.
Morton gave me the tip-for your
sake and Carolina's-for old times
sake. he said" was Buds reply.
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stilled. Not even the rustic of a sheet
of paper was heard in the reporters
gallery. The Mississippian gazed
around the senate chamber. re saw
Stevens and Peabody craning their
necks across the aisle and talking ex-
citedly to each other
Then he stepped forward and spoke,
waving the paper in the air.
This letter is signed Charles Nor
tom"
The old southerner gazed triumphant
| ly at the men who had sought to de-
stroy him. 1t was with difficulty that
the presiding officer could hammer
| down the burst of handclapping that
arose from the galleries.
Senator Horton, however, was not
satisfied with Langdons sudden as
tendency.
How do we know that that letter is
not a forgery, trick" he exclaimed.
$50 get Congressman Norton-if you
can-and get his denial" responded
Langdon.
The Junior senator from Mississippi
hurriedly pushed his way out of the
senate chamber. His days work was
done.
Down lon a broad plantation along
the Pearl river an old planter who has
borne his years well, as life goes now
adays, passes his days contentedly. He
delights in the rompings of his grand
children as they rouse the echoes of
the mansion and prides himself on the
achievements of their father, Ran
dolph, who has improved the planta-
ton to point never reached before.
Sometimes he receives a letter from
his daughter, Hope Georgia now Mrs.
Haines, telling him of her happy life, or
perhaps it is a letter from Carolina.
describing the good times she is having
in London with the friends she is visit
ing.
And the old planter goes out on the
broad veranda in the warm south
ern twilight, and he thinks of the
days that were. He remembers how
the Third Mississippi won the day at
era Tfordsville. He thinks of the days
when he fought the good fight in
Washington. His thoughts turn to the
memory of her who went before these
many years and whom he is soon to
see again, and peace descends on the
soul of the gentleman from Missis-
sippi as the world drops to slumber
around him.
THE END.
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suggest to him Judge Douglas)
that It will not avail him at all that
he swells himself up, takes on dignity
and calls people liars. II you
have ever studied geometry you re-
member that by course Of reasoning
Euclid proves that all the angles in a
triangle are equal to two right angles
Euclid has shown you how to work II
out. Now. IL you undertake to dis
prove that proposition and to show
that II is erroneous would you prove
IT to be false by calling Euclid a liar?
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q
"Great heavens! I'm late, I'm latep
iaughters-w what did they think? These
thoughts surged through his fustered
brain. Then it flashed over him-she
was joking in some new fashionable
way. He turned toward the fair wild
ow to laugh, but her face was losing
It's smile. A panied expression, sug-
gestion of intense suffering, appeared
In her face.
why do you so hesitate, Senator
kangdOn?" she finally asked In low
voice, just loud enough for the two
girls to overhear.
The junior senator from Mississippi
looked at his hostess. She had enter
tanned him and had done much for his
daughters in Washington. She was
alone in the world-a widow. He felt
that he could not shame her before
Carolina and Hope Georgia. His south
ern chivalry would not permit that
Then, too she was most charming
person, and the thought, "Why not
why not take her at her wordY' crept
into his mind.
Eyes, father, why do you hesitate?'
asked Carolina.
Senator Langdon mustered his voice
into service at last.
i've been thinking" he said slowly,
that
"That your daughters did not know"
interrupted Mrs. Spangler, "of our
1.-THE telephone-upstairs- ringing,
madam" said a maid who had entered
TO Mrs. Spangler.
The adventures could not leave the
senator and his daughters alone,
though she knew it must be Peabody
calling her. At any moment he might
remember his speech and leave. Al
ready late he would still be later,
though, because he would have no car
riage-hers would purposely be de-
layed.
"Tell the person speaking that you
sage-that | cannot leave the dining
hail." she said to the maid.
To gain time and to hold the sena-
tors attention Mrs. Spangler asked
slowly:
"Well, senator, what was it that you
were going to say when | interrupted
you few moments ago"
Langdon had been racking his brain
for some inspiration that would enable
him to save the feelings of his hostess
and yet indicate his position clearly.
He would not commit himself I'm any
way. He would jump up and pro-
nounce her an impostor first.
After a moment of silence his cloud
ed face cleared.
"Mrs Spangler," he began, "your an
nouncement today / have considered
to be-
premature" she suggested.
The maid returned.
"Mr. Wall says Senator Langdon is
wanted at once at the capitol"
"Great heavensv' exclaimed Langdon,
springing TO his feet and glancing at
the clock. I'm late, I'm late! l hope
to God I'm not too Later
"Mr. Wall says a carriage is coming
for Senator Langdon," concluded the
maid.
1--WE must talk this matter over some
other time, Mrs. Spangler," the Mis-
sissippian cried as he sent a servant
for his hat and coat. 81 hope that
carriage hurries, else III try it on the
run for the capitol"
Its half hour away on foot" said
Mrs. Spangler. Better wait. You'll
save time"
But to herself she muttered as
though mystified:
II wonder why Peabody changed his
mind so suddenly? Why should he
now want the old fool at the capitol"
The rumble of wheels was heard
outside.
Hurry, father" cried Hope Georgia.
The senator hurried down the stone
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steps of NJ RS.
Spangler's re ST.
dence as rapidly
as his weight
and the excite
IN ent u n d e T
which he labor
ed would permit.
o pc in & the
coach door, he
plunged inside
to come face to
face with Bud
Haines, W b o
had b u d d e d
down I'm a cor
ner TO avoid OBJ
servance from
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Mr.. F. G. Fritts, Oneonta, N. Y,
writes my little girl was great
ly benefited by taking Foley's
Orino Laxative, and l think it is
the best remedy for constipation
and liver trouble" Foley's ORR
no Laxative is best for women and
children, as it is mild, pleasant
and effective, and is a splendid
spring medicine, as it cleanses
the system and clears the COM
plexion. j. M. Taylor, Bradford ).
B. w. Abbott, Fairlee.
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Bottom reach the extreme of topsy-
turveydom. One might Imagine them
making balloons or kites or in fact,
anything but what they do make,
which is ships-not ocean going liners,
but good, serviceable schooners and
luggers, whose repute is great all over
the Windward islands. The ships
when finished have to be hauled up
to the rim of the crater and then
lowered over precipice into the sea-
Exchange
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Ia a V e to hurry.
Your time is the
same as mine"
she added. nod
ding her head to-
ward a French
re II II a j ssance
clock on the black
marble mantel.
As the hostess
did this she deft-
ly turned b a c k
the hands of the
senator's watch
thirty five III 1 n
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-08-27

Zola's yearly income was at one tin
$50, 900. :.