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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, FEBRUARY 23, 1909. 7 Mr. t Doglegs, Discourses V THE INAUGURATION OF MR. TAFT BY FIMJEY ' "Well Blr," sai Mr. Dooley, "In a ' few daya-m frind Willum Talt will begin his tacatloa an' I must say tl wall-deaarved. - I can ea hint coin - back to th" Whlta Houae on th' Koorth l March, lockln th' dure, crawlin" in to bed an aayln': 'Don't wake m up till lllven o'clock; nineteen bundard an' thirteen.' , "I orten wanted to be Prlsldent It th' United State. It looked an aisy way to et th' money. But ye eud den't give roe tb' job now at' anny price, I thought lv th Prlaident llict aettln' back whin th' returna had all come in, lightln a cigar, remarkin' as hi faoe changed grajally fr'm green to "red""tlsar-he -a ntvtr been In ", doubt lv th' isaue at anny time an' - aa toon aa hi teeth (topped chatterln' i he wud make a more extlnded stats Vl tnent, an' thin eetttn" down to wondher why th' almanack put so manny day an' nights between Novlmber an ' r March an' made thlm lv auch onueual lenth. I llttls knew, Hlnnlssy. I lit tle knew. In th' tint place Willuro Taft was not Dieted at aU in Novimber. He waa not, I tell ye. Now don't ye get excited an tillygraft to WlUum Jonnlnga Bryan not to gtre up hope till th' returna are all in. It won't do anny good. Willum Taft wag not rillcted la Novlmber but he was llict ed th' other day. He was. J. read la th' pa-apr. An' who llicted htm? torman. Th" fellow with th' red hair an' wan eye gone. That'e th' man It was th' impeeryal suffrage lv Swee ney, that made it possible rr winum Taft to apeak hla piece fr'm th' grand stand in front lv th' White House next Thursday without beln' knocked down be a polieman. , Til tell ye how It was. Te don't know th' constitution lv th' United States, Te river read it. Th' first thing ye know, d'ye know what'll bap pen to ye 7 Te ll be an attorney gin' ral or a Blnltor, at lasts. Well, anny how, ye always thought th' constitu tion lv the' United fitatea said that ivry four year th' mills shud shut down an' th' saloons close up except th' side door (tup twice), an' millions lv ye an' ye'er frlnds shud swarm to th' poll an' defeat a peerless leader lv Dimocracy while thousands lv fel lows ye nlver heerd lv asaimbled else where an Dieted a Republican be a prodloua majority. An" how ye cheered whin th' first returns come In fr'm Texas which are th' same as Confedhrat money, an" how ye groaned whin th' returns come in fr'm PInnaylvania, which are th' on'y wans that stem to count. An' thin ye wtnt home an' thought it was all over an' p'raps 'twae f'r th' best to have a man In th' prlstdlncy that th' busi ness inthrests lv th' counthry cud look to an' annyhow Willum Jennings Bry an made a food fight an' ye hoped that wud be th' last lv him. Ye thought ye voted fr Bryan an' against Taft. Bijt who ye ra-aly voted f'r was an Eyetalian be th' name lv Josepy Maoyrooao. hlh chief lv th' exeycat ors union an' th' wan ye voted against was none other thin ye'er old frtnd th' gong slammer, Sweeney. "Who told me? Sweeney. I nlvver thought much lv Sweeney as a. public man although he's a pow'rful lad with th' brakes. An atheleet that with wan twiet av th' wrist can lift a man lv me weight into th' air an' hurl him th' lenth lv a car. Is not to be threatad with dlaresplct. But I wudden't think lv enthruetln' th' dlstlnles iv th nation to a man that thinks a sthreet crosstn' la In tb' middle Iv block. Yet, If It wasn't f'r Sweeney Willum Taft at this mlnylt might be packtn' hla thrunk to go back to Clncinnaty to practice law. . "Th' caucus that thrust th(a terr-rl-ble responsibility on our illusthrees frind waa held In th' back room Iv thlaliv verv retail rrocery store. Afther all th" payin' Jobs had been dlsthrlbuted th' chairman Iv th' caucus, big Carney says, saya he, 'Well. boys, that ought to be th wlnntn' slate. As we're all frlnds let's us now adjourn to th' counter an' dhrlnk success to th' party lv Washin'ton an' Lincoln', saya he. Hold on there,' aaya Wiggins, th' law yer, 'y haven't named anny prlsldln tyal lllctor.' 'So we haven't,' says Car ney. 'Has anny of ye a chise?' aay he. 'If ye haven't.' he, says, 'there's a good poor fellow up my way that might be induced to take it. He's th' la-ad that Is always a candydat f'r coroner an' that th' sicrety lv th' con vlnslon puts down on th' rool aa 'scat tering, wan.' 'Is there annythlng In th' job?' says Schmidt "Nawthln' but honor,' eays Carney. Thin give It to Sweeney,' says th' caucus, as wan man. "Iv caurse Sweeney acclpted It -He didn't think SO much Iv th' Job . at first till Hogan got a copy lv th' constitution tnat a judge naa soja 10 a slcond-hand bookstore. Hogan cut th' leaves lv It an told Sweeney what he found out about prlstdlntyal met ers. Sweeney give up hla Job an bought himaelf a stove pipe hat an' a Prince Albert coat. He said very little durin' the campaign but he smiled whin th' names lv th' candydates were mentioned. 'Ye haven't taken a very active part In th" campaign,' saya I. No, aaya h. I don't think twud be at all becomtn' to make a public ut thrance Annythlng I mlyht say wud be misundhershtud. But I'm makln' a quit canvass an I believe I'll lead th' ticket be a city block,' he says. 'D'ye think I ought to get out a few litho grapher he said-. "Sweeney didn't come out of the house on lllotlon day. He thought it w-ud be undignified. But all day long he cud hear th' thramp lv feet iv citi sens all over this fair Stat marchin' to th polls to vote fr Sweeney. AJ week or so later he come In to see me. Well says I. 'I a'poso ye'er glad about Taft. Well,' saya he, knockln' th' ashes off . his cigar an' lookln' up at th' cellin', 'Yes an' no,' he says. 'I agree with some lv hi utthrances but In ether cases he goes too far. I do ' not care to commit mesilf wan way . er th' other. I have written to blm. T th' mniHrni T Tftlrt to keen an open mind. There may be others who have akel claims on th' ptisldlncy.' says he. 1 'But he was llicted,' says I H was not,' tays he, 'Thin who was? ays I. 'I was,' eays he. It is thru he spoke f'r me an' gave th' use lv hla name to th head iv tV ticket,' he saya. 'I'm not f rgittin' It. Ko wan ; can-accuse Ptter . Sweeney lv Ingrat . Ichood. Annythlng I can do f r Taft, . m reason, j u ao, say he. 'But.' say I owe a Jootyqndher th'constl- itioa,Aajiiimi5e.r, .ivinz. jeiectnraj college, to th' thousands lv pathrlotia citlien whe left forge ' an' facthry, workshop, bom an' school-nonce an' gathered at th polls on th' Ides 'lv lat November to cast their tmpeeryona suffrage rr me; an even me frlndshiplgry afther -ye'er long fast In Atlanta, fr Willum Haltch Taft, even me grat Ichood to him fr hla oneelflsh support Iv me cause cannot swerye me wan l-ota fr'm me path, he says. Iach as I dislike lavin' th' quite Ir fam'ly life to mingle In th' larger spear Iv naytlonal pollytlcks, me Jooty to me threstin fellow citiaens must lead me! on. If I find that Taft is th' man neat j suited Tr th' position I'll rive it tot Taft. But I will conaldher all , candy-' PirrCR PCNN$ ' dates dlspashionately an' ye will not th Peeatonica ball team; High Chief be ashamed tv.rae choice.', aay he, ' anger lv th Exalted Order iv Pul placin' hla tburrtbs In th'.armhole ivman .Palace Car Porthers. As a his vest an' wamin' up an' down th I crowning honor he was given a banklt room with his chin on bis chest. th other day be th' business tnin Iv Perhaps,' say I,- y4 " aPP cations fr th' lab.' says L They will ' jo,' says u -rney wui receive proper consldhration,' aays he. i suppose,- says i, -ye wuoaen r. minn pniow stuffed inside his clothes come sealed bids with a forfeit engiosiV;f in an" announced that he was Taft says I. Well, annyhow, I'm clad that' ttr jovial souls recited poems they th' future lv th' nation rests on such ; Ba J wrote in th" back iv a bill of lad broad shouldher. There's on'y wan : jBg. . There la no better comp'ny tiling i want ye to renumber an' mat is no wan ivnr grajated fr'm th' 1110 toral colledge Into rala pollytick saya L Qo now an do ya'er duty. Be a fearless man. Vote rr-aimybody-yej, Bedlv A, un M ,actt appjatment pleaae but don't vote at all oniess ye ar . wag mid ,ecretl !t WM announced sura year th' fastest runner in ool ledge fr'm wan hundherd yard to th Marathon distance, ' says h ' "Bthrango as it may Mem. HlnnU- S7. no letters come fr'm Wiuum Tan to Sweeney. Diwleth' wan. He a a poor pollyticlan, that Taftj He-didn t seem to think it waa worth concllyat Sweeney hadn't made up his mini. Wan day he was fr Elihoo Root. An other day he wud remark that he waa conaidherln' Hinnery Cabin Lodge. An other time he says: I wondher if th' counthry wudden't be betther off un- Oner a goou, buccibbiui uubuioh mam. D'ye know anny such?' says he. 'I Uo not,' say I, 'ontll Congress stops talk In' about th' tariff,' says I. "So he went down to the llicthral colledge an' X see him whin he come ' back, 'well, me oia college cnura ays. 'how was things at ye'er alma mather?' says I. 'I suppose ye had a line time singln' th' famllyar glees an givln' th" old cheer. Have ye ar ranged a fut-ball match with th' Cor ryapondence School? An' who did ye lllct prlaldent?' says I. 'Well,' says he, 'I looked tblm all over an" consid hered their qualifications an' decided that, takin' all things Into coneldhra tlon, Taft was th" best that offered among a poor lot,' says he. 'Whin I got down there I found what ye might call th" conslneus Iv oplnyon was so sthrong that Taft was th' man that I didn't care to express mesilf,' he says 'I didn't tell ye what wud've happened to ye If ye'd exercised th' inalyenable right conferred upon ye be th' consti tution, says I. 'No,' aaya he, 'what la that?' 'Th' same that happens to anny wan that thries to exercise his Inalyen able right undher th' constitution,' say I. 'Th' Republicans wud have first chance to give it to ye; if there .were none lv them around th" Dimmycrats wud gly tt to ye; an' If th' Dimmy crats were slow, I'd hand it to ye me silf as an Independent,' says I. 1 know what It la,' ays Sweeney. 'Car ney told me. I wtnt to see him befure gotn' to th' llicthral colledge.' aay he. "So Sweeney voted fr Taft an' all was well. Th' proceedins were very dlimlfled. In each State iv th' Union th' lllctors gathered men whose names ye will nlver see upon th walls Iv th' Hall lv Fame, or read in hlathry or even In a tlllyphone book, but names that shud be enshrined In our hearts. They gathered somewhere, th Lord knows where, an' th' great pals' iv th' nation stopped while they per formed their sacred function.. Solemn ly, in an envelope, acroat wood an plain, fertile arms an' mountain range, th' tidings were carrid to th' Capitol lv th' nation an' placed rever ently in th' hands iv th' Con gress iv th' United States. There was a moment 4v dead silence. No wan knew except fr'm th pa-apers who had been illcted. Sud denly th' Speaker cried 'Ordher, gin- tlemen. There was another moment Intense excitement. Who wud be llicted. Wud it be Taft? Or Bryan Or soma unknown who wud direct thr counthry's destinies f'r four, years? Th' speaker was pale an' nervously munched his cigar but his voice waa wohdherfully steady as he announced: 'I find that William Haltch Taft has received all th' votes he needs while Willum Jennings Bryan Is shy a large bunch. Therefore I declare Willum Haltch regiarly llicted Priaidlnt iv th' United 6ttes.-. (Laughter an' crlea Iv: 'Are ye sure?') "I expicted to see crowds In th' sthreet that night blow In' horn, but on'y Hogan, an' me an Sweeney knew what a close shave Taft' had had. "Taft didn't know. He thought he was Prlsldint at a ouarter past eight on Miction, night In Novlmber. If he'd on'y known he mlght'v tnjyed a month or two lv agonising but quiet uspinse. But th' foolish popylar re.emoved "her" dreas and also "the turns had not been hlsted on th' bully tin boords befure ivrybody thought he waa prlsldlnt-illct an' threatad him a such. What's he had to do saya ye? What hasn't he had to do? F'r th' first thing he was whisked oft to see th' Pannyma Canal, whisked off be a twenty-two thousand ton battleship. F'r sivral dsya be paced to an" fro on th' canal, noting th' progress lv th spllndld wurruk, that will, as Hogan aye. wet the Atlantic with the Paasy tick th' bouse Iv th' coon laborer fr'm Jamaica, th' comfortable quar ters tv th' lngineers an' th' baffled at timptsj iv th' mosquitoes to make their, nerta an feed their fledglings in th' palls lv dhrlnkln' wather. He lamed to distinguish ih' Gatun dam fr'm th' rest Ir th' mud, sliowed th' Prlsldint lv th' haughty little Republic to swing on his watch chain, an'; havin fully gratified hi appytlte rr canals, was whisked back again to th hospytality lv th' Sunny Southland. Ye nave read what th' Sunny .Southland done to btm. Talk as ye please, th' South has not fr'got th war. I thought whin I read th' bill lv fare at Atlanta that I had niver seen annythlng so tooth some since Th' Jungle' was published. Th' favrlte food Iv th' Republicans tv th' South Is a kind Iv rat that lives In a three an- Is called th' . possum. Th' Prlsidlnt-lllct havin' - 'said that he had nlver tasted possum thousand lv hunters went out and collected th' savory rodents Tt him. He had possum roasted, possum fried. pot sum stewed,-possum blled. Whin !, mint r, Ml hraWa lh' - -- - - . - - brought hint a poachd possum on toast. F r dinner he had a fricassee j Iv possum; fr supper cold poseam. j Befure he went to bed th' landlord brengbt him a poeaum sandwich- He said he niver tasted possum befure, : If be Iver tastes annythlng else f'r th' rest iv jit tire ne a lucky, man. -V IT HIS tUC HQ V m 1UI RJ, III AV1' ! -Thin TwwtftT W-N w-Orte capital 1 renowned throughout ; th wurruld th last refuge I v th Frlnch cook. Tb' commlty met him. at th' thraln an lays they:. 'Ye must be nun- Come on an we'll give ye a taste lv hern cheer. ' , I won't tell ye rale Southern th' thinzs they hurled at th Prlsldint llict. It is enough to say that to-day ye -ould dhredge Ivry river in Louis yansv an' scrape th bottom lv Ivry bs.' ou an not find anny iivin - an' crawlin thing that a Frlnch cook wud think was worth throwln' into th' pot. An' tnat sayin' a good deal. because a Frincb cook can make a toothsome ! dinner out lv a bar'1 hr garlic an" a; r bone collar button an.wan . that 11 , j last ye. '.;-':, '- " ' V-'V- i i "H tottered back to Jluguaty an' !th' South was avenged. L What'a he doin' nowf He's, playln goluf. an' bavin' his pitcher took. He'a rayceiv : in' dlllaatlona iv nrom'nent sltUens in ; behalf ly Myron T. Herrlclf.'. ; Great dignities are beln' shoved on him. : He's been made a Knight Iv Pythias f ssM at IP . Maaw-ift hnnnrsi av t ntaft IT. IV ' Clncinnaty. Th' pa-apers say he en- jjyea himself immensely wi Nyd himself immensely whin a prom ' n.rit clncinnaty basiness man with a annywhere thin th' business men Iv Clncinnaty. ' "He has practically completed his cabinet which will be ample rr all publicly be th' wife Iv th' man who obtained th' coveted honor. It Is a good aign Iv th' intllllgence iv our peo ple that th' Prlaldlnt-ilict has been able z ch0ose twlntv-four thousand fi-nan- ceer, to b, s)crety of tn. Tareasury. There wal tom( throobIe about th' ' 8Ierety ,v gtate willum seUcted Knox rr tn joo. -oui some meddlesome fellow run acrost a copy iv th' constitution an' ssys he: 'Knox can't take th' job. 'Tie against th' constitution.' 'How cud th' constitu tion say annythlng against Philander Knox?' say Willum. 'He wasn't alive whin it was written. An' anny how, half th' time th' contltutlon says what it don't mearf. Th' conatitutlon has to be made to soot th' circum stances,' says willum. An' philander Knox got th 'job. He Is a constitution al lawyer be thrade. "An there ye are, HInnlssy. In a few deys now a new hand will be at th' tiller iv th' Ship Iv State, as th' pote calls it. But ye won't notice th' change. Wan captain comes along an' sets all th' sail, hollers his ordher through a megaphone an' knocks down th' crew with a belayin' pin. Another tlea down th' tiller an' goes Into th' cabin an' plays spile-five with th' mate. It's all Wan to us so long as th' old scow floats an' we don't ran Into annythlng in th' dark. Th' prin cipal thing ye can ask lv a boat Is doe she float. Annythlng else is ex thry. An' this wan will float as long as ye an' th' likes lv y that are th' plank an' bolts in th' hull hold to gether. Ye may groan an' creak in bad weather, but If ye don't fall out th' ship's safe enough. 'Tlsri't th' sail an' spars or th' autymatlc pianny in th' captaln'a cabin that keeps It up but th' planks that nlver get their head above wather." , "I there annythlng in th' law to prevlnt a man that's been mad an tllctor fr'm votln' f'r annywan he plaaea?" asked Mr. Hennesay. "Hogan aaya not," said Mr. Dooley. "Thin why don't he do it?" "Because there's nawthln' tn th' Dooley. WOOER TURN'S HANDSPRINGS. After Wedding Rich Old Bachelor Finds His "Bride" la a Boy. Savour, 8. D., dispatch to New Tork World. Peter Foots, a wealthy and lonely bachelor, who came here from Seneca several months ago, advertised In the local newspaper for a wife. Soon after the advertisement ap peared a well-formed young person called on Foots. "She" wore a atrik lng gown and "her" wealth of golden hair waa "done" In the latest fashion. "She" told him "her" name waa Marie Ward, and "aha" came In answer to his advertisement. Foote told his caller that "she look ed pretty good to him," and imme diately set a-wooing. 80 overjoyed waa he at his fortune that he flipped a handspring by way of proving It His agility made a bit with "Marie." and Instead of listening to bis words of Jove "she" bade him turn more hanasprlngs. Peter compiled and was told he might have hla answer the following day. ' fore handsprings, then the formal proposal, and Peter was accepted. "Marie" consented to the ceremony being performed Immediately, and a justice of the peace and a score of Foote's friends were summoned. Th bridegroom' offer to whip his en thusiastic friends who attempted to kiss the "bride" was the only inci dent to mar the smoothness of the wedding. Foots took his "bride" to his home, and before he had done welcoming nar-' he naa a vision. The "bride" maas of golden hair, and stood before Foot in man s attire. "Turti one more handspring for your- love!" he cried, as he dashed through the door. "Marie" was no more than a 17-year-old boy, James Monroe, with an abnormal hankering for practical jokes. WUkeaboro Lumber Company Sues Pennsylvanlan. Wlikesbero ,Patrlot, The Moore-Coffey Lumber Com pany, through Its attorney. Mr. W. W. Barber, has brought suit for 130,000 damage against Martin Lawler, of Port Alleghany, Pa., for alleged breach of contract. The suit arises out 'of a transaction in connection with 1,000 acres of "timber lands in Job's Cabin and Union townships. The complaint will allege that Lawler sold the Moore-Coffey Company the land and then refused to consummate the deal. 1 LET NOT LOVE GO, TOO. Now the purple night Is past. Now the moon more faintly glows. Dawn has through thy casement cast Bases on thy breast, a roee. Nbw the kisses ar all done, " Mow the world swakes anew; -Now the charmed hour Is gone-t Let not love go, too. . ' Whea old winter, creeping nigh, . Snrln1rla f.u.n hair wltk arhll " 7. 7 . 77 . . vims ine engnuy glancing aye, Lsuahs 'awav the danclnr 11,1 Laughs 'away the dancing light. Roses may forget their sua, 'Lilies may forget their dew. Beauties perish, on by one Let hot love go, toe. Palaces, and lowers of pride r...Kl. u Creeds, like robes, are laid aside. Even our very tomb decay! When the all-conquering moth and rust Gnaw the goodly garment through, Whea the dust returns to dust, - Let not love go, too. : Kingdoms melt away like snow, ' Gods are spent like wasting flames, ' Hardly the new peoples know Their divine, thrtce-worshlped names! At the last great hour of all, - When thon makest all things new, Father, bear thr Children call Let sot love- go, too. .:. . .-ALFRED NOTES, i Han ts of the BY HA CUFTOJf HXNSHAW. It waa a perfect day. One would never dream that such a flawleis day waa one of January's children, but nevertheless It waa true. By the road - side the frogs made music actually deluded in thinking that npring bad come; the birds aang gaily in the treee. la some of the farm yarda the "Easter bells'' were blowing, and white hyacinths and violets threw to every passing breeae their delicious sweetness, while even the "bridal wreath" with which capricious April deqks herself, waved Its long, slender branches with Its tiny rose-like white blossoms, jubilantly. The farmers' wles had all the win dows to the houses wide open their "star" and "craiy" quilts were out on the Clothes line airing; children were playing merry games in the delicious warmth c "aummer time'' that had chanced upon them in January. The three girls for the "widow" was but a girl also, driving the fat old black horse to the high buggy, i-e- Joiced in all this beauty. By their side rode a bronzed, middle-aged man, on a lean, gray mule,' hla bridle a bit of rope. He had been delegated by their uncle to see them safely to the river, seven miles dis tant, where at the ferry, friends would meet them. The little village street had long nines receded, and gone the sunshiny roads, for now they had entered the woods the "Katy woods." On either side were tall, gtately pines. Intensely green, and of magnificent growth. Here and there awaylng langorously from some wayside gnarled tree, hung long gray moss, such as one sees on the eastern coast of Carolina. From out the pines' sombre deptha, there gleamed many brightly burnished hol ly trees, glistening with ruddy ber ries. Rabbit berries gleamed vivid ly scarlet from the long winding road- aide and silvery green mosa. Not a bird sang here. The silence waa tense. Only the pines' plaintive sighing was heard. Occasionally a house would be passed far from the road usually In some dark hollow. Suddenly one of the glrle broke the silence by asking: "Isn't this road we are on now the one they aay la haunted, Mr. Smith?'' He shook his head, and made re ply: "No'm, not thet I've heerd.'' "Bay 'hanted' " said the young wid ow. "He has never heard It called haunted.' " "Why. I had always heard it waa 'ha'nted,' " she replied. "Why, to be aho," he answered, "they do say hit Is, but." dejectedly. "I hev yet ter see a hant." Then he continued: Now. lea ud the road mar. yer kin see hit en a minute, la whar John Ooolittle hung hlsaelf. What fur no body kin fln' out. Some ao say inn bis gal went plum back on lm. en others y thet he hed the ln-dl-ge-tion. 'Pear like to me ef I couldn eat hearty, thet thar would be more trouble in thet then a gal a klckin ye." They had reached the house now a tall, gaunt, unpalnted building that forlornly reared Itself above a dark masa of riotous undergrowth. On one side of the houe was a window the if, .m. hart none: as If an ugly sin ister face peeped at one from the hill side with one eye jauoea oui, At the foot Of the hill, a creea ti..n. mufflAit noise. made a Doubtless the "gal" had seen the j place she was to occupy as a bride, And the girls agreed she was wise in refusing to share this oppresalve lone liness. .11.. "Now. said Mr. Smith, impressively, "hit wux In thet barn thar, thet he hung hlaself, en he hed on high rid ln' boots. Wesley Oowan tuk im down en would yer believe hit when he started home Wes said thet thar wa'ked John a by his side stiddy like, with thm thar rldln' boots. He nev r opened hi mouth. When Wea run, then John run. Him Is a pUlar in the church, en no man hez ever cotched him tn a lie, so we Jes' hed to know thet hit wux true what Wesley aaid. "On moonlight night I oome by here, en I set patlent-Uke a hopin thet John'd come out, but he never even come ter the door," he said, dis consolately. They rode on in snence. mc hoping that John and his "rldln boots" would not accompany them, aa neither the black hor3e nor the mule were in the class with race horses. "Where ghosts walk." quoted the brown-eyed girl softly, as she looked AJonely-looklng church had loom ed In sight, and to It right lay an old graveyard. Desolation and neg lect were wTltten on its blackened "slabs," and In Its overgrown shrub bery. . Mr. Smith paused for a moment. "This Is an old. old church. Some do ... . ntffht. when hit Is all still-like, thet at twelve yer r chains a-clankin' en m0"1-1'? noises sorter a-groanln'. Well, on night I hed bin ter see my woman, hit wus when I wul eourtln . en I de cided ter come by here. I sot thar. pointing to ths churcn steps, m half a nhour, but dldn' hear no on common noise, nor see any speerlta. But my boas did. When I mounted him ho Js' took ea run through these here woods like the devil wus a lashln' of him. "'Pesrs like I een't ever see hants," regretfully. "Now. Mr. Ja cob Jones, he Is a Stewart In , the PlnevUl church, seen apeerlts totln death, right here. Yee, ladles, he seen 'm! He a good man, en him a growed man, en a marrUd man, en skeered Of hanU'V The unconscious Irony of bis voice, as applied to matrimony. ePP2 girls' humor, but they a subdued way for did not 'hants walk this aisle of pines? Not a house was In sight now. The pines crooned oftIy-- trifle MWetuJ lv Once a rabbit darted forth on the long road, but frightened, scam- pLYitald Mr. Smith musingly, -down 'in that hollow thar, tn a way back yonder times, I've heard my grandpap tell tt hit, thar 1 ved en old darky. He had forty dollars cn flv gallons of brandy, an twojnen killed him fur thet. -1 don't k now whatever eom of 'em but they d. aay they bev ter tak turns abont eta-yin wid his remain, dat ll "'d n.t hnii.r over there. They say his 4prttvvrs-auft-Jh ftfl2?.5J lookln' csflar tree in, wnr ter play hla bhjer;,but I hein t neber seen him.- X hev come by r.eren ae day. en In de night. Vit .'pear- fk be' hain't hoverln' aroun when ra nigh. I've hope ter bant foks my self Jes fur fun. No, thar hain't many hanta on this road -ter speak of." And he sighed. . " ' "We're mos' ter Plketown." he con tlned.v "Would yer min " turning to the brown-eved girl, who was driv ing then,' "t I stop Jes' fur a minnlt to see pa an' my sister? Pa es S to day." Sh gave him the desired per mission. t ' "Katy Woods" Right here at the edge of the woods and up thar es a little store. Yer kin fone back to j'Our uncle from thur. i Hain't a fone funny? It's sorter ' hanty ter squeel in some little piece , of wood en foks hear ye. His sister proved to be a beauty. She waa tall with a alenderly round ed face, great gray heavily lashed yes, a red wlatful mouth, and hair in which "smouldered Impris oned fire" so warmly reddish brown It seemed. Such glorious hair! An artist would have reveled In Ita wavl nesa and wonderful color. Accom panying this charm of gray eyes anil Titian hair, was a wild rose like skin "Pa." at a dlatance looked benevo lent- At close range he looked aa If he should have belonged to the Purl tans. His nose, though, belonged to the Napoleon order. The girls wish ed him a "haoDV birthday." With a wise, almost unnaturally solemn "thank you." he gave them a look that seemed to "X-ray" their minds as to the zenulneness of their remark They then rode on to the store of the "eettloment," and all three de scended from the high buggy to pur chase some candy. The pleasant atore keeper showed them his assortment, peppermint horehound. red crawberrles, with yellow eves, chocolate dolls and round minta, with red handa and the letters of the alphabet It represented tn the "deef and dumb alphabet." This' was most fascinating, and an ingenious plan for selling more can dy. When the guide returned the wid ow remarked: "How pretty your sis ter Is, Mr. Smith." "Thank ye kindly." he replied. "Me n pa en the Porter brothers set a plzen store by her. Wants ter be havin' a good time flxln' thet sor ter worries pa since ma died. She's that flxlfled! Dressing sho becomes her more than anybody not this ruffly kin' but a black skirt and white waist. 'Pears lak that jes' sets her off the best! Now our little sister thet died, shs was four years old, she jes took ter cookln' that nacheral. Could cook turnip sass an' her only four! Drusllla, this one that Is so flxlfled, has got a beau, but he's run away. Retailln' he added briefly. Don't do fur yer to fool in thet business now. If they kotch him they'd pen itentiary him, sho. I yuat ter work en' 'a still. The law 'lowed ua ter mash three bushels a day, we mashed twenty-one," he drawled. "Hain't got the still now." he added, laconically. "I'll put my sister agin' anybody fur smartness, he added, and lapaea Into silence. Plketown had been left behind, and again a road waa resumed that led' through th pinea. Such Intense ali enee as brooded over earth and sky! A cabin wa passed. Two small chil dren came to the door, but cloaed It quickly. A hound came from arouna the corner, and hungrily devoured the biscuit one of the girls threw him, and slouched away. The road became narrower, and more wind ing, and lonelier looking. A creek came In view. To one side was an old mill. Ferns grew on the side of the rottened wheel, and scarlet sumach grew at Ita base. The water was dark, as were the woods about the mill. At one side was an old house, which looked as if a gust of wind might shatter It to atoms. An old bent man. sat In the door. He did not acknowledge the girls' saluta- tlon. He waa smoking a wooden pipe. "Who Is he?" queried the widow. "Who's who?" answered Mr. Smith, politely, but doubtfully. "I haven't saw anybody. "The man In the door," she replied. ''Do you see a man In the door?" he queried, excitedly. "I don't." "I did, but he'a gone," she answer ed. "Hit must be old Uncle Georgle. He's the last of ten children that liv ed thar ter be old, old, old! En he goes fur off en then he oomea back, nobody knows whar he goes, nor when he come back. Do tell! I'll come back this way. Now his brother sets In the door with a pip en smokes he' the lost hant," miser ably, "on this road. En I've never seen him." Th widow grew a trifle pale, then laughed. "There Is no such a thing a a hant, Mr. Smith," said the brown-eyed girl. "If people are good, they go to heaven, and do not wish to return. If they are bad, they go to the bad place and cannot return." But Mr. Smith replied to this phil osophy only a nod of his gray head. - "Yes'm." he added, respectfully, af ter awhile. Then he laughed. "Maybe hit hain't right, but I've promised a old lady that's the best woman outside ma wus thet when she died, ef hit wus fust, thet ef she'd come ter see me an' hant me, I'd do the same by'n her ef I should be tuk fust. Jes' fur my own satisfaction. En she's a plz en good woman too she'd not tell stories." The road had suddenly changed from sand to red clay from gloom to light. No "hanta" could walk In this clear atmosphere. The warm sunshine seemed to pulsate with life the-freshly green of the wheat Just springing up. The tall oaks and elms devoid of leave stood proudly erect as if to caress th sky'e blue. The house passed, seemed to be astir with activity. Far back In another world were the "Katy Woods," and dim shadowed re cesses where John Doollttle walked tn "rldln' boots," and "Uncle Geor gia" mysteriously appeared and dis appeared, and the two men kept the old darky "company" and where "speerlt toted death," and "chains horribly clanked." And yet Mr. Smith bemoaned the fact that the road was not really banted! If the grim com pany of "speerlta" bad joined him on bis homeward trip well, one does not, think be would "hanker" aa of old to see a bant. Back there were the tall pines Ingmg queer songs, the winding road, the woods with their intense brood ing calm here was light and beauty. Here, like a wide silver ribbon, wss the river, A deltclously blulf sky mir roring Its "whit" laden sail clouds" in the wonderful depths. . How enchanting thakyj 'A bU was rung, The ferrymen re ponded. Mr. Smith driving the fat black horse, and leading the gray mule departed Into- the gladsome sun. 1 shine that. led them back Into the mysterioua gloom of the woods the girls slowly were ferried across the silver bar that divided them from friends and home. And the sun shone brightly, and a hugs bird charmingly sang from out the willow trea at th landing, think ing, doubtless, that It was spring, and far back In the "Katy woods" It wa lonely and dark and ah! tt was good to be In tbe blessed unsblna. Sparrows win Two fights. ; New Tork World. Ambrose Herrman, of Montclalr, N. J , set out a dish of barley as food for Knglish npnrruw Sunday. Half a dosen sparrows began to eat, when two blackbirds came and tried to eat out of the same dish. Brose says that the sparrows with drew, and after a long conference re turned and attacked the blackoirUs with vigor. The right lastd five min utes, according to Broae, and ended In victory for the sparrows. 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