The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-02-06

Baroey Here's ManueIita waiting I,
lend hand-Ahi" he continued, will
a sudden change of tone, 80 you'v,
put on a new necklace-have you, m!
beauty?-ln honor Of the evening,
supposo?"
The men tied me up n tight as {
mummy, Manuelita, fussing arounC
under a pretence OF helping, man
aged 10 slacken the turns" a bit here
and there. taking special care of my
injured hand. But for this ! SHOULD
have doubted the girls honesty, hel
proposal had been made with sucl
seeming lnsistence and so heartily die
she appear to second the efforts of tho
men.
When they had me fixed, four of the
gauchos carried me into the kitchen
and with a sinking heart heard
Manuelita tell Stefanetti to lock the
door and put the key in his pocket
had been lying on the mud tlooI
for perhaps an hour, listening to the
noise of the dancing; wondering II
after all, was TO be left to die or
the pampas; and thinking what incom
prehensible creatures women were
when the window was gently opened
and Manuelita bounded lightly into
the room. STOPPING over my pros
trate form she cut the cords and
was free.
"Your horse is outside, senor," she
said, drawing the bolt Of the door
which opened on the yard. Bring up
the patrol-quick! But, for my sake,
remember my father. Quick! There
is no time to lose. l cannot stay, or
shall be missed" Then she was
gone.
was pretty stifi, you may guess,
and my hand gave me some troublei
but was under the Great Shadow,
and I maraged to scramble into the
saddle somehow.
There's your prisoner, captain,
said |, addressing Captain Gomez.
"Gregorio Stefanetti, alias Emilio Cor
entini, forger, swindler cardsharper.
Five years ago, captain, certain people
offered a reward for him; two thous-
and francs. II has never been with
drawn. 1t will be paid at Buenos
Ayres to-day on compliance with the
formalities. But have a care, Captain
Gomez. Your mans as crafty as cat.
He cheated the law once, remember.
See that he doesn't cheat It again"
had been back in Buenos Ayres
some weeks when / was sent for by
the chief. Captain Gomez was with
him.
"El captain has called to see me
about that business of Stefanetti's"
said he, glancing up from an official
looking document which he had been
perusing. "If you'll be good enough
to certify these papers, ] think we
may pay him the reward. The man,
it seems, has been shot while at
tempting to escape"
| looked at the captain, but that
officer was fiercely twirling the ends
of his moustache, with his eye fixed
on the cornice of the ceiling. The
C0lel Was ullllB UP NhC Va uCA OA L "a Ap
1t is competent to every man to
have an opinion, but 1t is not always
expedient to express 1t. l did not
express mine.
Feeding to the Finish.
Mr.S Justice Monkey ate ill the
cheese that he was called upon to d.
vide equally between two joint owners,
because at one time he bit little too
much from what was in one scale
pan and the next time a little too
much from what was in the other
Somewhat similar was the predica-
ment in which a guest at the table Of
Mr.. C. H. Mccormick, the inventor of
the reaper, found himself. The story
is told in the recently published book,
Cyrus Hall Mccormick
A very dignified and self-centered
military officer was tan ng supper with
the Mccormick family. The first
course, as usual, was cornmeal mush
and milk. It was served in Scotch
fashion, with the hot mush in one
bowl and the cold milk in another.
The practise was to coordinate the
eating Of them that both were fin
ished at the same time.
The officer planned his spoonfuls
badly and was soon out of milk.
"Have some more milk to finish
your mush, colonel" said Mccormick.
Several minutes later the colonels
mush bowl was empty, at which Nc
Cormick said: Have some more
mush to finish your milk" And so it
went, with milk for the mush and
mush for the milk, until the unfor-
tunate colonel was hopelessly inca
nacitated for the four or ,liYe- courses