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Additional NOvslSies IN Hand EmhgUiaeed Lfnon and
TGifefG SILK, PompEdOur md Pain SILK
ParaSolS
are nov being shown With Handles Carved Woods Crystal J
Quartz, AgAfe and oh Silver
Exceptional Indueements In
Tucked TaEEeta SIk With choice handles also
plain R l E,;ss sHs 49, !. d''A E. S1 $500
Heavy TaHsta Silks. in plain, S0oE I ~
striped and Persian effects, 800 O'SO
VGueS $50 500
Imported TaHea Silks. embroidered and 1RO
braided designs in choice coIGrmGL I'OO
Former Prices SIO.7S 1850
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SOCIETY AT TUXEDO.
Large NumbsP 81 EarIy AETsVuAB FER th
Beason-WeSt md VislaSH.

Large NumbsP 81 EaFIy ARTtVus FER ths
Beaso0-WeSt md VisltSrL
TUXEDO PIRR. n. T.. May T.--RuFSrCt
spring weather brought out . largo num-
Der Of well known yiators at Turndo
for the week end. Many Of the o0ttages
have been opened this Woek. and - soon
40 the warm weather arrives nearly al
Of the villas win be occupied.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Alsundsr
will Opsn their hrgs hUuns about the
middle Of May and Mr.. and Mrs. Georgs
Grant Mason will return on June 1. Othsr
early arrivals are Mr.. and Mrs. George
r. Baker, who pAAssd the winter In New
York: Mr.. and Mrs. =. D. p. Fo0tSr. VITO
we're abroad: Mr.. and Mra. ". n. Y. HOH-
man, Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Oatnr6Hdgp.
who will occupy the Weemors oOtiAgS
recently vacated by A. B. Mason; Mr..
and Mrs. J 2. Tnms. Who viii Occupy
ons Of the Stokes cottages; and Mr.. and
Mrs J. Philip B-nkArd will bs In The Voas
villa.
Other cottage arrivals this Vesk we're
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Hull. Mr.. and
Mr.. A. =. CArhart. Mr.. and Mrs.. JossnA
T Tower. Mr.. and MFs. !. 3. RogegN
Mrs George 2. Dodge and Mr.. and Ma.
h B smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. e. Norris passed Sun
day At the club and Mr. and Mrs. ]. o.
Ia wrenoe Johnston q LIo1daA gpant the
week end e. quests Of Nc. and Ma. ]. y.
Borland Mr.. W. MAcNeln RndsWAld
and Mi-s RodeWAld arrived &C their villa
on Friday, lust vacated BY Mr. and Ms
= A. snow, who will 20 10 hoJIthampenn
for the summer
Mr. and Mrs B. P. Atainman viii arTive
from abroad this week and Will spand
the summer az their Tuxedo cottage
Mr. and Mrs.. " L. Green Of Alhany viii
spsnd the summer az the Winter Club.
Other late arrivals were MP. and Mrs.
Howard Page. Miss PABe. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles v Van NOgtrand, Mr.. aud Mra
Edward LEROY, Mr.. and hFs Paul Tucker
man, Mrs. q. W. Forayth, Mr.. and Mo.
n. " TIltoa. Mr.. and Mrs. 0eorep B.
hrstOW. Jr, NJ and No. Augustus
jay. Mr. and Mr. OliVur J. Wella, NJ. ard
Mn Jacob " SchiM, Mira j p MendeA,
Madison Grant, n p Rogers. IT,. ChAFses
Bradley e. l. WlnalOW and Mr. and
Mr. Condo Mast,
Mr. Clarence Pell In spsndlng the week
end with HE parentB, Mr. and Mrs.. n. c.
Pell. az their cottage. Mr.. and Mrs,
l. ! poolsF have returned 10 their TuEodo
villa and Mr. and Mrs.. Charles ? Hoffman
are a. the Preston villa
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Special Offerings In their
Silk Departments

All Silk Shantung Pongees- IT inches vide, ESC
in the newest shades and natural Value sSc Yard, w
Black Peau de Cygne, 80 inches vide, 22C
Messaline finish, superior quality Vaue 81 rs Yard w
Black Shantung Pongee, HOC
20 inches vide, heavy quality, Vaue Sl0O Yard, W
In addition q hrVe eu1ectim Of
FOuIard Silks In Waist and Dress Lengths
At Greatly Reduced Prices
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West Twsnty-thIrd street
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PARTY Ar GEORGIAN COURT
in HSnOS sS ths ElGhtsenah Rlrthday q
Mlss Wilma GOuln.

LAEEEOOD. n J.. Nay 1.-0eorRlan
Court the estate Of George J. Gould.
h tonight a fAiFylAhd e. the result Of the
electrical eiie0is installed 10 make msmor-
able the colonial hall given BY Mr.. and
Mrs. 0anld In honor q tho eighteenth
birthday % their second DAUGHTER.
Vivian. The affair 10 also in honor Of their
elder daughter, Mrs Anthony J. DreEsl
Jr., who on Thursday arrived here with
her husband after their honsymoon At
the Gould lodge In the CatahiIla.
The interior q the manson was eject
lively decorated with flowers The entire
lower hOOr was used for the hall and
tahleauH the orchestra from New York
being stationed IN the hallway and oOn-
cealed by palms The dancing waA.in the
ballroom and drawing room.
The merrymakers assembled a. the
Casino and each Colonial gentleman
selected his partner. and then, with George
and Martha Warrington at the head Of
the procession. they made their way 10
tho ballroom. A. midnight suppcr wa
served in the large dining hall and hall.
way
The guests were brought here in sI,ecial
Pullmans attached 10 tho afternoon
trains and were met a. tho station nv the
Otould Carriages and automobiles and con
veyed 10 the estate and one % the adjacent
villas, which was requisitioned for the
occasion
The costumes were very striking and
ehective. The men we're dressed In the
style PREVALENT In Colonial times with
powdered cues. knee brooches and silver
and gold buckles. silk hose and the cooked
nat, The young women wore gowns
that with their masks disguised them until
the signal for unmasking vas gwen
Practically the entire DreHel-0ould
wedding party was present with the ex-
cepuon OF Niscount Maidstone. Arm
strong Drexel and Miss DrpHel. who have
returned 10 England
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Gould, Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony ] Drexel
Jr; Miss Vivian Gould Miss Beatrice
/ Sladin, Miss Dorothy Randolph. Mis- Hope
Hamilton. Mins Marjorie Curtis. Mss
Eliza NlcOll and Mr.. and Mn. W A Ham
lltOn, Mr. and Mrs A. B Claim. Mr. and
Mrs. hh,nelandeT. Mr. and Mra FrederiCk
/ " Dal1iel. Miss Angela De Acosta. Miss
/ Helen Miller Gould, Mis- Maria Da Rarrill
/ loru y beresfOrd, william r Stewart.
/ Craig Biddle, Julian n NOyes. jay Gould.
John Fell. kingdom Could, Mr. and Mrs
A. J Drexel Biddle. Miss Christine Riddle.
the Missas Biddle u Philadelphia. Miss
Mary Croker Miss Mary [ Bishop.
/ Moncure Robinson Miss Lynch. Miss
Emily Stone. Miss Street. Mss laura
swan. the Misses Burden Miss Frances
Burr. Miss Estslle Crosby. BeTtram
I Cruger. Francis W Crowninshield. Miss
Mary P Field, Hamilton Fish. Albert
Oallatih. Peter q Gerry. the Misses Gerry.
Mis- Laura Livingston. Pierre IsOFillard.
Miss Evelyn Marshall. Peter D. Martin
Paul l. Rainey. Ogden Mills Reid and Miss
Z Cutting
/ Most Of the guests will remain here
. until Monday a. the various villas. where
they are being entertained THIS will he
the last large party ~ Georgian court this
season a. Mr and Mrs Gould will aail
shortly for Europe aud will he ahaent
| Tor several months
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GRTEK PLn IT DtRr UOr TN.
the "EdlpRs TyTahnus" 70 Ne Ghe 80 AZ
Hanover In MAJ aud Juns

me sNuln4a NNFuuuuA 70 ne eN ~ ~
Hanover In MAJ aud June.
The Giipus Tyraunus' II SOphoclss
will be presented in Greek by Daumouth
students "a Webster Hall Hanover. On
the evenings II May ~ and June - The
initiative IN the movement was taken
by the students IN the Greek department
themselves nerrlv wear ago and the
plans were approved Nv the classical
faculty
4 oireumstguse Which will add 10 the
interest ~ the performances - the fact
that the part ~ thr blind pruphei Te7r' stas.
whose WIruiuKs form ~ impressive a
fea uIrs n the eaTlier part u the play. will
he u ken by Joseph BARTLETT II the senior
caSs Who hes D-en blind since childhood
The Music ~ the siN ChUrli ud-- will
b. the COMPOSED by John knuwle, Paine
Tor the production ~ the play a. harva ~
10 lssi The Odes oil no sung by mem
hers u the department Of music. IN
staging the play an effort has been made
"a get away from the conventional back
ground. and tho scsne will he that Of a
primitive palaoe fronting upon court
ward surrounded by columns In this
courtyard the acton takes place. This
costumes have been desi Ened after repre-.
sentntiuns IN sculpture aud On painted
vases of the period Immediately hefurs
the Persian wars
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08
Mas ds sousa Married.

Nav de Sousa, who last appeared In
New York 40 the prina donna II A Say
ark company and who IA 70 play the
leading female role in James Fortress
new Diay. The Commuters, which Henry
n Harris will present az the Criterion
Theatre, New York. On August rs. was
married b z. A. Haines 81 Rochester.
y. Y, at HAverstraW. y; Y. Sunday.
Anil % Mr. and Mrs. Haines will make
their home 10 New York city.
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American Rugs

WntOns Administers SaxCny Brussels and SmymGg iOm enc mO
prominent makers also Summer Rugs in exclusive designs lnda
vide range Of sizes, in Light and Medium eGlOrinRS for
Seaside and Country Homes, Bungalows, Etc.
Tomorrow, at Reduced Prices
Calcutta Rugs in tau and green,
rs by 81 inches to u by IS H., from Sl.%S to $3.50
Former Prices SI8S TO $50
Administers and WiltonS
sby IL H., in Oriental designs At $3.50, 22.SO, $3.50
Values S24SO, 2S.SO and $3.50
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Jewelry Departments

Complete Of "a Kt Cod Snec Rings. Scarf Pins Cuff
Links Brooches and Novelties Enameed VGtches and Sautoi
BaOque Pearl Ear Rings and LOrgneCte Chains Real LACE and
Painted GauEe Pans Imported Beaded and Opera Bags also
articles mtuble FOR Graduation and Continuation Gifts
Special Values for Monday
Imported Novelties,
consisting Of Sash Pins, Brooches LAValIiGes 81 RP
Pearl TaaS Ies Combs, Banetes and Side Combs loo
Values from 200 TO $50
German Silver Mesh Bags, koe
lid lined with purse attached, Value $3.50, Oa$O
Sterling Silver Mesh Bags, 96oE
S. 81 and inch frames At %4sOO
Values hum S5OJ0 TO fOOs
Women's II Kt. Gold Watches. 1879
IeWeled Swiss Movement Value $l4So, a 1890
Mems II Kt. Gold Watches 165R
JeweIled Waltham Movement, Value $780, a AOSIO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08

and George H. Glover, Jr, rht bride
Porter Of . Park avenue and . sister OF
Frank b. Porter. who married Mls!
Rachel Kennedy, daughter of Mr.. AID
Mrs II. Van RenssslAar Kennedy.
On Nav p the wedding q James
Dswolf Archer q Nov York and Mas
Marie SpOOneF Greene VIII take place IN
Sc Johns Protestant Epiaoopal Church.
harrington, n. T. Ths bTlds b q daughter
Of Dr. and Mrs. Charles ". Greene.
One Of tho Boston weddings 81 the
month will be that on Nay " Of Mss
Elizabeth shaw Greene and Samuel kliOt
Morrison. Trinity Church viii b. OnA-
mented in iis interior with a prOfusion
Of flowers. and the oorsnOny VII b per-
formed BY Bishop MOviCaF Of Rhode
Island and the Rev. Dr.. Alexander Mann.
The bride viii enter with hsr brother.
r. Gerry 0rcsne, who viii give her In
marriage. she win b. attended By the
Misses dreons. her two Sisters. - hridoS-
maids. Augustus P. l.0rtng. Jr.. . ola.S-
mate in Harvard, will aaist the hEids-
groom - beat man. and prank BYTne,
uANDuftou FAl@, at.' Nun1y nneN
Oreene, James Gardner and other BoulO-
mans viii hS ushsra.
Announcement 10 made Of the oRgAgs-
ment Of Mis- Constance do Clyver Kdson.
daughter Of DR.. and Mr.. Tracy Edison
Of no Fast Ninstesnth stFcet. to kArnhall
RutRsra KernOchan Of Plttsfeld. MA3.,
son Of the late John A. KsTnochan and Of
Mrs. William Pollock q Fast Eighty
afwhah afnaRf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08

Mr. and Mrs william Douglas Sloane
are for a time in Berlin before starting
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08

Additional NOVsiries IN Hand EmhEUkaeed Lmon and
TEFfsfa Slk, PompGdoWr and Pain SILK
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Upholstery Departments

Especial attention is called their facilities for
Furnishing Country and Seaside Homes
from exceptionally large Of Lace HIugngS Lle Materials
and Curtains Of every description
Cre,Cnnes CntEes Art Fabr Java Persian Dutch Austrian
Printed Spreads Poe Couch Table and Stand Covers match
Sun Past Textiles for Easement Curtains.
Furniture Loose Covers, Window Shades and Awnings
made to order in our own woriIooms.
VudOr Porch Shades ammockS Cedar Chests Utility Boxes DrEuRht
Screens CutE Waist Racks Bedroom CahnetS Etc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08
TOmnnuv. yin be placed IN MAs IN the
Cotton Dress Goods Dept

An Important Purchase Of
silk and Cotton MIXED FOul&rdS.
in the popular designs and &Scx.
also Chiffon Brilliant With satin dGcz, N ZUS
single and toned Effects. the Special Price Of
Embroidered Robes,
Of Linen, Puplins, Batiste and other desirable
materials, In aNGveT ELECTS with emhFuha1ed y IN
hands 20 match IN eOIon and ~ wkKE,
Values from 81 20 S-7S
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14

afterward taken prisoner. viii you
get his pension through by special
act? remember that you did this for
q soldier last administration. Do you
remember telling me about IL one
winter night? Get it as quickly as you
can, and l will believe everything you
said to me. AS ever.
Yours devotedly, Crissy."
THAT will fetch it," said the old
man, gleefully.
Nov will address 1t: Hon. George
|. Quackenbush, M. c., Washington,
ID. c. Now, we will go together and
mail IT,"
Later, when the Judge came back,
Dumont asked him If he could be put
on the Gridley case and make the west
ern trip.
Indeed you may, Dumont," replied
the Judge. I'VE will all be too glad to
shift the case off our hands to you"
Cressy looked crestfallen and disap-
pointed when her father told her the
next day that Dumont had gone west
and would be gone for a month.
"He might at least have said good
by" she thought.
Her buoyancy vanished day by day
and she grew pensive and pathetic.
'I'll never trifle again." she thought,
sadly.
In a months time Dumont returned
and reported his success in the Grid
ley case.
How is Miss Marsh?" he asked.
stiffly, after they had discussed the
case.
"Crissy hasn't been very we'll late
ly. but she's positively happy to-day
nearly as happy as old Barney. He's
got his pension, $12 per month, and a
good bit of back pension. II came
through special act. II seems Crissy
wrote to a friend Of hers who is a
congressman"
Yes; / know she did," he replied,
with bitter recollection of the day
10 was written.
George Quackenbush married Girls
sy's most intimate friend" informed
the Judge.
"He is married." exclaimed Dumont,
joyfully.
"Yes," replied the Judge; "he would.
mt have been II 1t hadn't been for
Crissy. She patched up lovers quar-
rel between him and the girl he mar
ried, and in the Joy of reconciliation
he offered to do anything she ever
asked him. BY the way, hadn't you
better go and see Crissy?"
But the young man had already
started toward the door.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
Lord MAYORS Banouets.

The lord mayors banquet on the
night of November 8 was ito entertain
his majesty's minister's" In the days
Of the Georges 1t was no uncommon
thing for royalty to attend the banquet,
but this is never the case nowadays. In
1914 the prince regent, afterward
George w, accompanied by the en-
peror of Russia and the king of Prus-
STA, was at the Guildhall feast, and
the prince was so pleased with the
lavish hospitality of the new lord
mayor that he made him baronet on
the spot. The price paid for the honor,
a distinction which always has to be
paid for, was not inconsiderable, for
the dinner cost $4,000.
Mr.. Pepys records in his diary that
at the table at which he sat at lord
mayors banquet there were ten good
dishes to a mess, and plenty of wine
of all sorts; but we had no napkins,
no change Of trenchers, and drank out
of earthen pitchers or wooden dishes"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
serIIners Flock to See Soldiers.

There are about $4,000 soldiers in
Potsdam, which isn't great distance
from Berlin, and there are always sol
diers in the German capital on guard
before various palaces. Besides there
is review almost every morning on
the Exercirenplatz and guard mount
ing every day at the Konigswache, so
that II might seem likely that soldiers
wouldn't arouse great deal Of inter-
est in Berlin.
It is, however, quite the contrary.
The sound Of a band playing sends
every ore running in the direction OF
the music. Even IL il is just a small
company going along the streets the
folks appear eager to watch IL. What
ever the cause, soldiers apparently are
an unchanging novelty in Berlin.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14

$50 Jack has captured the rich MISS
Young and is now off on his honey
moon?"
Il really don't know whether one
should call it Jacks honeymoon or his
harvest moon"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14

Yes" whispered the lovelorn girl.
the big tears shining in her eyes, Il
told pa you were a travelling man
and showed him your card. He wrote
X. o. T. in one corner"
What in the deuce is that?" asked
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
why Snakes are sIlnd.

Rattlesnakes as well as other spe-
cies OF the snake family are blind
three, sometimes four, times year.
AS rule they shed their skins in the
spring, midsummer and fall. during
which time there is a short period OF
a few days in which they are more
or less blind, causing them to be more
dangerous. When they are shedding
their skins they also shed the eye
covering. thus causing blindness.-St
Nicholas.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
The Last Hone.

1.-THE court does not see the neces-
sity for according you time to speak
on behalf of your client, since he has
formally confessed his guilt"
"Only a moment, your Honor" In
sisted the lawyer. 81 only want to
call your attention to the fact that
my client is an awful liar"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
a Traujc Case.

Footley-"Awfully sad about Sharp
ley He's always been considered
one Of the best expert accountants in
town. He's hopelessly insane" Dud-
ley-"What was It? Overwork?"
Footley-"well, you see, he started
In to straighten out his wife's house
hold accounts"
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BY SPECIAL
ACT

l6ss.-,ght. 1903 by Associated Literary
t-oP'"e Pres..)
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
Here are a Few of the Bargains
Specials in our Shoe Department.

Ladies' High Cut shoes Gun
Metal. Good heavy soles, the
best quality regular price
$500 reduced to. $3.4S
Ladies' shoes Vici Kid Gun
Metal and Patent Colt heavy
and light Soles regular price
$3.50 and 400 reduced to. 4.
Observation-Disclosures SEAS
Ladies' Felt House Slippers
fur trimmed and plain, flex-
IDLE soles regular price ST. rs,
LAB, 1859 your choice. CSC
Ladies Felt shoes leather
faced and leather sole, some
with felt soles regular price
$1.5O and LIS reduced to. -.
Observation-Disclosures. 19
Ladies' Crochet Slippers, blue, black
and red, sizes to 5, regular price s5o,
your choice ................" Soc
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
Mems Warm Shoes

Mems felt shoes sheep skin
Lined, Leather Faced and
Leather SoleS some all felt
with felt Soles good values
regular price $3.50 and $500
reduced. .................$1.9S
Mems felt House Slipper
flexible sole also the Comfy
slipper regular price ST. .25
now at CSC
BOYS 2 Buckle Arctics, good
quality regular price $1.65
reduced to........... $I.<S
Mems High cut Chrome tan
shoes is inches high good
year welted sewed soleS re-
gular price 500 reduced TO
...$5 $3.50
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14

"Old Juggleworth died at an ad-
vanced age, didn't her" "On the con.
trary, he died at a greatly reduced
age. He was really 20 years older
than he said be. was"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14
The wIseheImer Saws,

No, my young friend. a carriage
manufacturer is not necessarily Of a
sulky disposition.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-01-14

the surprised young man. Some
cret order code2' -
no. / am afraid not. Ii
keep on travelling" means
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
stopping the "Fire wagon,

When the first railroad was laid over
the Western plains and the cars began
running to San Francisco the Indians
viewed the locomotive from the hill
tops at a distance, not daring to come
nearer the fire wagon" A train of
cars was to them heap wagon. no
hess" An Apache chief gathered a
party of warriors in Arizona and went
several hundred miles to see the ter
rible fire wagon that whistled louder
then the eagles scream and poured
out dense black smoke. w. NJ. Thayer
says in his "Maryels of the New
West that the redskins grew holder
and once attacked fire wagon. ex-
,ecting to capture it. When they
failed and many were injured, they
said, Fire wagon bad medicine."
The Indians stretched lariat across
the track. breast high, each end being
held by thirty braves.
when the engineer first saw il he
didn't know what on earth was the
matter" said narrator. but in
minute more he burst out laughing.
He caught hold of that throttle, and
he opened her out
''He struck that lariat going about
forty miles an hour, ard he just piled
those braves up everlasting promis-
cuous.''
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-02-24
frightened on Picket.

Our command lay six miles from
Nashville, on the Nolansville turnpike.
The story had been circulated through
camp and throughout the brigade that
in front of my regiment picket had
been killed every night for two weeks.
IL was my lot to go on that watch one
night.
1t was dark when We relieved the
preceding watch and mine began-10
p. m. How still everything was. Ii
was a corn field where l stood. while
in front was large meadow ! could
not keep my mind free from thinking
of the fate of that picket post for the
past two weeks. In little while ii
about forty-eight hours and no relief
had come. You see. my heart and my
thoughts were both on the double
quick. and | measured time by them.
serried ranks Of spookish sentinel
cornstalks standing like grim guard
ians of the grave. Ii was a spookish
place, / can assure you-what with
those dead lines of cornstalks and the
aforementioned story.
! wheeled TO confront the noise. AS
] wheeled l felt my hat rising on my
head and my heart rising in my
mouth, trying its best to get out and
see what was going on. Fact Is, / was
ghostly scared. | expected the same
fate which had befallen my predeces-
sors. | was on the lookout to prevent
IT; and now when | heard the noise
of the coming enemy l was too badly
scared to accomplish anything like
good work.
/ looked from whence the sound had
come | Involuntary raised my gun
Yes, there he came. / had the drop on
him. He evidently had not yet caught
sight of me. but was on the watch.
He was not two rods distant What
stealthy movements. Such were the
thoughts that coursed through my
mind as | then stood at ready arms.
Influenced by such feelings how my
heart cooled dOwn-my hair too. had
lost its stiffness. / was a man again.
The more | looked at that fellow
IN the corn the palmer | saw him. 1t
was too dark for anything but outlines,
but these were painfully distinct-man
and gun How glad ! was it was
dark
| advanced | was within a rod OF
my enemy. ready to fire on the instant
when the moon struggling through {
rift of the cloud revealed my man
His head was a great ear of sm,l
corn, while in the darkness husks and
stalks outlined the man with gun so
that l could see him plainly.