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CHAPTER XIV.
THE PITCHER AT THE wELI.

M
The surgeon Of that day was better
skilled in letting blood than in stanch-
Ing It. 1t was well for Luke As0ill.
therefore, that none lived nearer thar
It was still more fortunate for
him that there was. one in the house
to whom the treatment of such a wound
as his was an everyday matter. and
who was guided in his practice less
by the rules of the faculty than by
those of common sense.
Even under his care Asgill's life hung
for many hours in the balance. There
was a time When his breath. in the old
phrase. would not raise aafeather. The
keen" the cook sought the salt for the
death plate. Colonel John, mindful Of
many q man found living on the field
hours after he should. by all rules, have
died; did not despair; and little by lit
tie h c%olonel's skill and patience pre-
vailed. n breathing grew stronger.
and, though the end must remain un-
certain, death. for the moment. was
repelled.
/, Now. he who. when others are dis
traught and wiring their hands, knows
both what to do and how to do Il. can
not fail to impress the Imagination.
Unsupported by Flavia. Colonel John
might have done less; We she. who
fetched and carried for him. and shrank
from no sight of blood or wound was
also the n who succumbed the most
completely to his ascendancy. Flavia's
feelings toward her cousin had been
altering hour by hour, and this ex-
render. 4
Having seen how high he could rise in
adversely, she now saw also how mature
ally he took the lead Of others. how
completely he dominated the crowd.
While h no longer marvelled in tho
skill with which he had thwarted plans
which n began to appraise at their
value. she found herself relying upon
him to an extent which startled and
frightened her.
Was 1t only that morning that she
had trembled for her brothers life?
Was it only that morning she had had
opened her eyes and known him craven,
unworthy OF his name and race? Was
It only that morning that she had sent
into peril the man who lay dying before
her? Fol If that were so why did she
now fee so different? Why did she
now feel inexplicably relieved. incon-
ceivably at ease. almost happy? Why.
peril lying in extremis before her, did
she md her mind straying to another?
To one whose hands touched hers in the
work OF tendance. who. low-toned, or
dered her htther and thither. and was
obeyed?
She asked herself the question as she
sat in the darkened room, watching.
And in the twilight h blushed. Once,
ct . crisis. Colonel John had taken her
roughly by the wrist and forced her to
hold h bandaSe q. while he twisted
It. She looked at tho wrist now. fancy
ing she could zee the imprint Of his
fingers on 1t. she blushed more deeply.
listening to the nutterinY breath, . low
scratching at6the door. AZ n ai9n from
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One of the most singular wills ever
recorded was that OF a British sailor,
who requested his executors to give
his wife a shilling to buy hazelnuts, as
she had always preferred cracking
them to mending his stockings. More
subtle, however, was the sarcasm of a
will proved in 1880. in which a wife
received $4,000. but was only to enjoy
1t after her death, in order that "she
may be buried suitably as my widow"
A French merchant beuueathed a large
fortune to q woman OF his acquaint-
ance to show his gratitude for her re-
fusal to marry him 20 years before.
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PUWCH,S PREPARATION ON
-. THE DEATH or LINCOLN

His warfare with rude Natures thwart.
The uncleared forest, the unbroken soil,
The iron bark that turns the lumberefs
The rapid. that o,erbears the boatman.s
The prairie. hiding the mazed wanderer's
tracks,
The ambushed Indian, and the providing
bear y.
Such were the needs that helped his
Rough culture-but such trees large fruit
may bear,
So he grew up. a destined work to do.
And lived to do it; four long suffering
Ill fate, III feeling. Ill report. lived through
And then he heard the Kisses change to
cheers.
The ..aunts to tribute. the abuse to praise.
And took both with the same unwaverink
mood:
Till. as he came on light. from darkline
days,
And seemed to touch the goal from
where he stood,
A felon hand, between the goal and him.
Reached from behind his back, a trigger
And those perplcxed and patient eyes were
Those gaunt, long laboring limbs were
laid to rest!
The words of mercy were upon his lips
Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen,
When this vile murderer brought swift
eclipse =.
To thoughts of peace on earth, good will
to men.
The old world and the new, from sea to
sea, ,=
Utter one voice of sympathy and shame!
Sore heart, so stopped when 1t at last beat
high,
Sad life, cut short just as its triumph
came.
A deed a~ccurst! Strokes nave been struck
before
Ely the assasstn's hand. whereof men
II more of horror or disgrace they bore;
But thy foul crime. like Gains. stands
darkly out.
Vile hand, that brandest murder on q
Whate'er it's grounds. stoutly and nobly
striven;
And with the martyrs crown crownest a
With much to praise, little to be forgiven.
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Booker T. Washington. in an add,es.
TO negroes at Montgomery, Ala. ra-
Gently, said: Since the Emancipation
proclamation by Abraham Lincoln thara
has been no benefit conferred unon tn
negroes Of the South equal to that con-
ferred by the closing up Of the har-
rooms throughout these southern stare.
n We should show our gratitude nv
seeing to 1t in every way possible thai
we help the officials enforce the tem-
perance law and that we do not pa
sron,ze the blind tigers" and other in
up in defiance of law" ep.'
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WILLIE TREEToAD AND
THE FROG BROTHERS

Ethel's father tucked her carefully in
bed M then began the following
story:
The Frog brothers were so surprised
10 think that, Willie Treetoad had got
ahead of them that they lay awake
even with him. To think said Jack,
a Treetoad like him climbing a tree
and dropping down a dandelion string
TO tickle our threats. What shall we
do to him. - \
81 do not know said Jill. eBut when
thetmorning comes l will think of m
thing ~.
. There is n thing. we have never
thought Of said Jack, 'and that is,
mother was telling the other day about
a flower called the poppy which puts
people to sleep, and Itwonder why we
cannot put a poppy under his nose and
make him go so fast asleep that he will
not wake up for a day or So
When morning came the two Frog
brothers went out to look for a poppy.
They found one growing dow ct the.
lower II Of the meadow. and they
took it home.
Now said Jill. how in the world
away from his homer
THAT will be easy said Jack: we
will walk past his house and tell his
mother we arc going to catch butter
flies, and ask the time Of day. Then
We will go away up to the top Of the
hill and jump in the brook and swim
down as fast as we. can. When we
get home we will get our poppy and
jump over to see what Willie Is do
ing
"Then they got their poppy and went
over to find Willie Treetoad. He was
Fast asleep under h weeping willow
tree. They put the poppy under his
nos and then waited a while. They
shook him but he did not move. Then
they shouted to the Butterfly: Hey,
there. will you give US some fuzz OF
your wings to paint Willie Treeload
white. so nat his own mother will not
know him?' .
Certainly said the Butterfly. Il
will fly under the wire fence and scrape
Oft some white for you.
''Then the Frog boys took the white
and made some paint and with it they
painted Willie Treetoad until they
would not have known him themselves.
After that they went home"
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Saving the situation.

From h st. Louis Globe Democrat.
DIR. Hilary Little Laycock. Of wheel
ing, at tho recent diocesan convention
in New York. said Of a certain resolu-
ton:
1T was. perhaps. unintellisible. like
the Wheeling mans prayer.
This nan. praying in meeting Cor Q
brother who lay very Ill, cried:
30 Lord. restore unto us our broth
er. II il does not interfere with thy
perquisite4-'
The situation was saved by . dea-
con, who shouted:
".Hallelujah. the Lord knows what
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4 DADDY's y
GOOD. NIGHT STORIES
LlTTLE WILLIE TREEToAp HAS
SOME FUN.
BY Farmer Smith.

DO you like TO hear about the Frogs
and T~reetoads??" asked little iIthel's
father one night.
sles. indeed" said Ethel. What did
little Willie Treetoad do to the Frog
boys" Tell me about that"
1T was late. one afternoon when
Gather Sun was, getting so sleepy he
had begun to rub his eyes. when Willie
Treetoad happened to think that the
frog boys, Jack and Jill. had not been
over that day. He climbed the weep
ing willow tree to see where they We're
thought they a not started from
home. Down the tree he came and
hoped off to che meadow s fast as
possible. There he picked a lot of dam
delion stems and strung them together
and started "a to the weeping will
low tree beside he brook.
He took are to see that he had left
a fluffy dandelion ball on the end OF his
string. and with the line he climbed
up the tree to wait for the Frog broth
ers. They We're just starting from home
and he could see them hopping and
skipping along. He let his line down
so that he could see how long it was.
and it just touched the waters edge.
willie Treetoad pulled his line up
and waited for the Frog boys to come.
Soon they were on the other side of
the brook, II the first thing he knew
-cher-plunk. and they had jumped in
20 the water and started to swim
across. They scrambled up the bank
Under the weeping willow tree and
waited for Willie Treetoad. He did not
zone as o as they expected, so they
decided he had seen them, and they
hid themselves in the mud. 1t was not
long before they We're fast asleep.
LAS soon as their eyes We're closed
and their mouths open, in the hope
of catching some nice, large fly, Will
lie Treetoad carefully let down his dam
aelion string, n with the fuzzy ball
tickled the inside OF Jack Frogs
mouth.
snap! vent Jacks mouth and he
smiled as he thought how he would en-
Joy that fly. But he said to Jill: L
thought I had a fly. but l do not taste
anything
so they went to sleep again, and
pretty soon Jills mouth went pop!
and he opened his eyes and began to
chew; but there was no fly there. Some
one Is playing a joke on u.s. he said to
Jack. He closed his eyes. but not all
the way, and pretty oon he saw Willie
Treetoad scampering down the weep
Ing willow tree. Just then the dande-
lion string fell on his head. Hurry
up!' he shouted to Jack. There goes
Willie Treetoad.'
But he was too far ahead of them"
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Peanuts: or ground nuts. as they are
locally called. form one Of the largest
crops over a large part of the northern
provinces OF China. and are one of the
eign trade. Ao1'
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The Victim OF the Accident recovering
oonsctousness)-Was my-my-new fall
hat hurtf
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T WILD GEESEM
By Stanley J. Weyman. ~

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copyright, 1879. by Stanley j. weyman.
CHAPTER xxI11-eccntined9
.Asgill had no wish to precipitate {
quarrel. Only In the last resort had h
determined to ming of the mask. But
alsthatswor coward" though he knew
e to be well deserved, his temper
aApped by the knowledge that love
NsGs forcing him into q position which
season. sfepndiated, gave way. and he
spoke his true thoughts.
t''Wyhht9 q bully you are. Payton." hi
lid in his slowest tone. Sure. and
y0ls Insult the mans sister in your
1ehk-"e
R.sWhat's that to you?" $.
\ "You insult the mans sister" Asgill
nAtSfsteda.coo1ly, and because he treats
s like the. :tipsy creature you are,
sud XIII him like q dog"
sFAytOns urne white. And you, too"
Ne said s.if you say another word!
What iii heavens name is amiss with
Jos.5 man, this morning? Are you
te.ElT not hear the word coward used
a. the family I'll soon be one Of" As
Il O1llareturned, speaking on the spur OF
q the moment, n wondering at him.
NeAf the moment he had made the state
ment. That's what I'm meaning. Do
9 g And IL you are for repeating
tAess6reakfaEt youth, have. for I'll cram
Il down your ugly throat"
lEERaytOnsstared, divided between rage
"a. ACCOMPLISHMENTS. But the former was
l1l1t Slow to- get h upper hand. and
ssenough said" he replied. If you are
Wiling to make 1t good youth be COM
tnga this way" .
.Wiliingly,.' .AAgfll answered.
$.:.lIl have Oness6f my men for witness.
~ II that & will. 4 do not trust you, Mr..
A4SgilI, and that's Rat. Get you whom
ssfden. then ?'1 : =
slkasstll nodded. The Englishman
looked once more at him to make sure
that he was sober; then he. turned on
Ms heel and went back through the
yard. sAsgil remained, alone.
q retracing. He had cast the dice
. III next few minutes would decide
Nghether Il was tor life or, death. The
Sso4nshine lost its warmth and grew
Ills; the hills lost their color and their
b&ayty ~ he reflected that he might
AGNerssee the one or the other again,
II might never return by that lakeside
tSeadgby which he had come-as he re-
atetnbered that all his plans for his
ACKNOWLEDGMENT. and they were many
4 q clever. might end this day, this
lOF11108 this hour! It might we'll be.
sfof the ODDS were treat against him
t1b6ts#1f Rafisg ITO this day that all his life
I'D led up; that lie BY, which men
III MD by and by Judge him. recallinR
q AxsssEhiSNue andathat extortion. thank-
san9gNOd that lie was dead.,Sor perhan
aneel&Sh1f ana there shrlerins his
oa1Buld1fs an GOOD naturedS rearet
& Faith, Mr.. AsRill." cried 4 voice IN.
Alssear. ITS &c you're iii, the majors
asking. And, by tho power. IT'S not
yeFyweil you,reS I6okinr. thi. .dsv.
Xsgiii eyS6 tis intSrruntorGit was
1forty OHeirneS-with : ~'starnnass
witch hi snlllora nanSdS more striEina,
81 I'M conln fE..sshe sSSid.,. 1T am comins
stosnkk Hi sss sS.a KS 80
nSyrsfed. 800 ~. ~ M, m.a ninaa
ASSGsfnornirff that ever M. 80. .Als. $
q ~ N~ss ysy,sa 100 s8itEs
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THE wnIspERINc PALACE.

ASA Az EAAON NOAA Ak10 HE
.sindword n the Princess lately" said
Ethel n night to her father. So he
told her this story not SO very long ago.:
'One morning after the Prince and
Princess had eaten their breakfast in
the large dining room of the Whisper
tfful wife: 1 must go away this morn
Ing INC leave you by yourself. Would
you not like to take a stroll beside the
brook and look for violets?"
1T would not be much pleasure to
go without YOU my fair Prince she re-
piled. But II it is your wish 1 will
gladly go, and il 1 get some violets will
bring them home for YOU.
DO not forget to wear your gold
sword which I gave YOU said the
Princess. With that the Prince knelt
ant kissed her hand and went out by
the side door of the palace.
The Princess was very lonely with
out her husband, for he very seldom
left her alone. and h did not know
what to do.
Far away in h fields she heard the
turtle dove calling its mate and she
ionged to be by the siivery brook and
in the fields where the violets and
daisies grew.
She put on her cloak and started
for the fields. Soon she heard the lit
tie Brook laughing, and as she came to
the side Of the silvery stream she said
to the little Brook: Surely, you are
not laughing at me?' .
No. indeed said the Brook. I
laugh all day long. except when I sing
And what do you sing?' asked the
beautiful Princess.
1T is a song about Men may come
and men may go. but I 90 on forever.'''
You must sing 1t for me some time
sale the Princess,
"As h said this h looked I'D and
saw an old woman with a long cloak on
and a peaked hat. In her hand she
carried a long, white. mysterious. lQok-
Ing box.
".would you like to know what I
have in my mox?' asked the old LADY,
But Just then the old lady vanished,
and the Princess saw the Prince runs
ming up the side Of the bank to meet
her"
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LMCOLNS FARM BIRTHPLACE
BECOMES a NATIONAL SHRINE

hours of 10 and .. from the court house
steps at public outcry and to the high
est bidder"
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POLITICAL POINTS.

AZ matters look now, Knox County is poino
to fall back into the Republican ranks in Sen.
tember, and the Democrats know it. And thay
also know that giving Obadiah Gardner ~
ford Falls Times. NUNS
i. Some OF our Democratic friends talk as
though they really expected William M. Pen.
nell OF Brunswick would be elected to renra.
sent the First Maine district in congress Ver.
ny, though thou shouldst bray such Democrats
IN mortar with pestle, yet will not Their
nal. u Jour
The next Governor of Maine is q Demo.
crat, shouts the Waterville Sentinel Yas
that sounds natural. Two years ago, at pub.
nc meeting, the senior of The News had intro
duced to the audience the (then) "next Cover
nor OF Maine," Luther F. Mckinney. and VIM
d. pennell gave, at their meeting following,
POSITIVE ai assurance that "the next Governor Of
IS an inciter of enthusiasm, but cit don't buv
corn for the horses. '-Bridgton News.
The Republican journal., 1910-07-21
Apple Crop Not Promising.

AUBURN, Me-, July 10. Summarizing
reports of fruit conditions in Maine, DR..
=. M. Twitchell, president of the State
Pathological Society, today said: 1.-THE
promise of the blossoming period is not
continued. No good explanation can be
offered though colder weather prevailed
just at that time. Baldwins will suffer
most, but hardly an orchard gives prom
Use of fair crop. The absence of bees
is also reported, where last year they
were In evidence everywhere. Pests are
not so numerous, as spraying has been
more general, but fungus diseases, espe-
cially apple scab fungus, are reported
from all sections, causing the dropping of
leaves from crab apple trees and some
others. Small fruits are doing better. -
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We met several trains of Mormons re-
turning to the States, and hard looking
| lot they were The men wore long hair
and boards ard the women were in dirty
calico gowns that hung in tatters around
their bare feet.
| An attempt was made to celebrate the
4th of July, but even basket of cham
payne failed to enliven the spirits of the
officers. July 5th we reached Scott s
bluff and went through the pass. 1t was
intensely hot and as the road led through
the sand hills where no breezes reached
us we suffered severely. There was no
water on the road, and when we reached
the mail station, near which we were to
camp, l could hardly sit on my horse.
We camped on fiat and in digging for
water struck mineral water of various
kinds, but none of them palatable. The
next day we camped on Horse Creek,
| and at noon on the day following were
within % miles of Fort Laramie.
The next morning after an early break
fast the writer started with Capt. Paige
for Fort Laramie. We rode out of camp
when all were asleep, the faint notes of
the reveille reaching US from distance,
and after two hours and half of hard
riding, mud-bespattered and with horses
foam-covered. reported at headquarters
IN Laramie. The day after the command
arrived and went into camp.
The Utah war was no more; but
later this command, and others which
followed it, went on to Salt Lake to
occupy various posts in the valley; some
continuing the overland march to Cali
fornia. The writer remained at Fort
Laramie several weeks and then made
the journey back to Leavenworth City
with wagon train. All supplies for
Fort Laramie and other frontier posts
were hauled from the Missouri river in
large canvas-covered wagons called pral-
RE schooners, drawn by six or eight
yokes of oxen.
Fort Laramie was a typical frontier
post. 1t occupied an eminence above the
Laramie river in a treeless region of
level valley and table land, with the
Black Hills showing in one direction,
and | think Pixies Peak was also visible.
This was the time of the rush of gold
seekers to Pixies Peak, of which quite a
story might be told. But to return to
the fort, which was not fortified in any
way. Around the parade ground were
the officers quarters, and nearby the
suffers store, the quartermasters' and
commissary departments, with the ware
houses and stables Just across the river
was an Indian village, some of the lodges
occupied by ''squaw men, as the white
men We're called who had taken to them
selves Indian wives after the frontier
method. There We're lively times at the
post, with the troops coming and going
and the reported gold discoveries at
Pixies Peak added to the excitement
But for call from home which | could
not ignore | should have joined the gold
seekers. c. A. P.
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w CHAs, E. JOHNSON, Acting Register

At Probate Court, held at Belfast, within and
for the County of waldo. on the 18th dayEOf
July, A. ID. 1910.
Nj ter. guardian of Clarence E. McAlisrer and
Merle L. McAlister and Hugh W: McAlister of
burnham, in SAID County OF waldo, deceased.
having presented petition praying for license
to sell at private sale and convey certain real es
tate of said minors
Ordered, That the said petitioner give notice to
all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks successfully
in The Republican journal, IA newsp ,per pub
lished at Belfast. that they may appear at Pro-
bate Court, to be held at Belfast, within and for
said County, on the 9th day Of August A. ID.
1910, at ten of the clock before noon, and show
cause, if any they have, why the prayer of said
petitioner should not be granted.
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
A true copy, Attest:
.CHAs. E. JOHNSON, Acting Register.
The Republican journal., 1910-07-21
PROBATE NOTICES

At a Probate Court held al Belfast, within and
for the County of waldo, on the 18th day OF
July. A. D. 1910.
CFORGE G. WELLS. brother of Augusta Wells,
VI late of Belfast, in said County OF WALDO. de-
having petitetnd PRAYING that
trix of the estate of said deceased.
Ordered. that the said petitioner give notice to
all persons interested by causing copy of this
order to be published three weeks excessively
in The Republican journal. newspaper pub
lished at Belfast, that they may appear at Fro
bate Court to be held at Belfast, within and for
said County on the 9th day of August. A; d.
1910, at ten of the clock before noon. and snow
cause, if any they have, why tine prayer OF said
petitioner should not be granted;
GIHias r Johnson, Acting Register.
The Republican journal., 1910-07-21

WALDO SSH Court of Probate. held at Bel
w fast, on the 18th day of July, 1910. Annie
L. Longmore. administrators on the estate OF
County, deceased, having presented her first and
final account of administration of said estate for
allowance.
Ordered, That notice thereof be given, three
weeks successfully, in The Republican Journal.
newspaper published in Belfast in said County,
that all persons interested may attend at Pro-
bate Court. to be held at Belfast, on the 9th day
OF August next, and Show. cause, II any they
have, why the said account should not be allowed
GEO. E. JOHNSON, Judge.
A true copy. Attest:
CHAs. Z. JOHNSON, Acting Register.
The Republican journal., 1910-07-21

WALDO SS.-In Court of Probate, held at Bel
w fast, on the 18th day of July, 1910. Ellery
Bowden, administrator on the estate of John
Hughes, late of Frankfort, in said county, de-
ceased, having presented his first and final &C.
count Of administration Of said estate for allow
ance.
ordered, that notice thereof be given, three
weeks successfully, in The Republican Journal,
newspaper published in Belfast, in said COun.
ty, that all persons interested may attend at a
Probate Court, to be held at Belfast. on the 9th
day of August next, and show cause, If any they
have, why the said account should not be allowed.
GEO. Z. JOHNSON, Judge.
true copy. Attest:
CHAs. E. JOHNSON, Acting Register.