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VOL. XXI.
ITITMJORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY, MA ..OIL 30, 1809. NO. 31
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Swamp Secret.
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A STORY OF THE FRONTIER.
(Vprrllil lv Hoist rt u mi' r s Su.
" CHAPTER XIV.
rONTINrr.lt.
"Tor jist right there, neighbor,"
taid Dill.
"Speak mit, neighbors, nn' loL's
Lear what tlm rest of ye hev til t-ay
about it," said tlm man who hail pro
fessed his belief in hick's guilt.
Though there wus nut a ureal deal
iif "speaking (Hit,'" it was ipiitn cvi
ilent that must nf tin' crowd endorsed
Lis opinion.
Hut Hick hail smut- friends h'ft.
ISuth Mr. llonno km. I Mr. Porter
fceru st I'.tii.n h:ii earnest in thrir pro
testations nf belief in Jiis iniinei'iiee.
'Hain't 1 hud n ehiiucu to know
iMithiu' about the hoy, seen ' 's lie's
worked fur mi', right along, sence lin
come to Jti iiw nsville'.'" ih'iiiamh'il Mr.
Hooiio. "1 tell y.'U what it in, nci'li
Imis: 1 i iv I'lia.vtim iliilu't sti-ul thmn
h.i.-rs no liinr. 'n i iliil ur y,m ili'l. I
woiil.lu' hi- n hit nn'ii' h'jiri.-i'il rf yu'lM
lai'I it until inc."
"Jlnw ilit yuii t-x 1 ni ii things, thru ;"
nsheil liill, ri'.-i'iitiiif,' Mr. linnnr'n
rhampiiiiiin if luli ut n i'iHnnaI
afl'ront.
"I ihm't (iirti'iiil tu rxphiiu Vni,"
lUi nviTt' l Mr. liiiiUii'. "1 iM'iliri' tn
let lich ili t It.it liimx. If. tiivii him a
haiiri', an' I'll waiiaiit jt hu'll Mitisfy
yo lin hain't lin lm-is-thirf "
At this jiini'turi', a man win) ha I
been limiting tin- ham over with the
Imjio nf iliMMvei in' fiimu I'lew, ea'.ne
lip w ith the air nf havin' ni t le u ilin
(" iveiy w hii li ho i uiim Ici ei uf hihiic
illlin laliee.
'lnes iiny unit kiniw wlmse knife
this is?" he iHietl, linliliuj; up lai'K '.
Ii.iiie h.iuillf l piiekcl knife fur in lei.ti
tifali hi.
Mr. H ''line mi ne. I pale ami luukeil
t Mr. I'm trr with aliinn epreseil i:i
Ins fuee.
For lio rci'.i),'iii:H"l tliu kiiifu a
!lek'.s.
"I know that knife, all' i-uiihl nw'ur
to it any whi l es, " hpoke up it y.iiinir
ninn, ernw.lllii; tuu ui il I he Juissesinr t
,1m nrlii.le uinlei' eoiisiileratiuli.
hiek Jiiayiiiii'.s K n uf. 1 Hwappel il
'o him fer this one,' ilisilayiii;t u knife
ahieli he toul; from his pueki t. " To
pruvii to ye that I know all iilmiit thai
knife 't'hiiul In. .kin' at it,je.ty.m look at
lie) hinall hhiile an' Me el tiierii hain't a
Cfftek in it, elnst ilown to the rivet."
"Yer nuht -iliern niiil tlm man
nho hel'l the knife, after looking it
jer. 'Here's the I'raek, iiuiiihlnu s,
jest as he aiil."
Where ill 1 yo lin.l tlm knife';"
nsl,, , liill t li i i n.
"1 toiuiil it in t tu straw iiii;h the
manner In r the h.iss htmul w lmse
halter wu ; eut," via the reply.
Such was the eNeiteinelit that, ha 1
I)ii-k liraytoii he. u there, he woiihl
iloulitle s.i han heeii utruie.,' up to the
nearest tree without the fanv of u
trial.
(( At len.uth a plan of Keiireli w us ile
fiileil on ami the. crowd ili.-jH-ryetl in
lllftelellt ilil'ittiiilH.
Thu ninht hal l'ccn rainy, like the
tliftht when Avclill'.i horses hail lieell
Htolen, anil it win iuipoi-ihlii t. tell
ilctinitely in w hat ilii eeliou tlm mi: s
ing horses hml lieen taken.
"it s liliml work," saiil Mr. Stevens,
"hut wu can't tau' 'rouiul u'.i' ih
iiuthiu'. Kf wo keep n hiintiu' w c. may
liml suthiu' that'll help us out o' the
ipiaiiil'iy. "
''It Secins straupe ti) urn that they
aro nhlc to conceal all tra 'es iif their
cmiiii nit'l t,(iiui; so couipletcly, " faiil
AVayne. "1 think 1 hear.l s,e.iu of you
fiay that in the Vveiill ensu not a siu
j;le rlnw wa f niu.l oy which you coiihl
tell in what ilireetiou they weal i.veu."
"Not a one," Hiiswcreil Mr. l'orter.
'It is curi's, ns you Pay. Tin! rain
helps 'em, hut it ihios Heeui in i f tl. re
(irter lo Mithin' lefl for us to ketch on
to. Seems us tf wo hunted every
where fer tlm Aveiill hosse.s, mi' we
know c 1 no morn ulmut em when we
got thru' limit in' than wcilnl when we
begun. "
"lo j on think Itrnytoii hal any
thing to do with it?" askeil Wayne.
"No, nir-oo, 1 don't," uii-weu- I Mr.
Porter, with an euipha-is th at left no
donhl iif his belief in the innocence of
ltek lJraytoii.
"But tini knife mid the writiug thr.t
Bill Cireen hays ho s.nv him muko on
tho tree how do you cxpluiu those
things?"
"I don't explain Ytu," replied Mr.
Porter, lonking us if he wished he
could do so. "lint I don't b'lfeve
Dick limyton stole them bosses."
"Nor 1 luither," sail Saiiiiinthv.
that night at the supper table- when
the mutter ca un np tor consideration.
"Xobody need tell mo that I'tcU I'.iay
ton's took toslealiu' bosses fer u livi'.i'. "
"It seems to me that you're ipiito u
champion of hn," said Wayne, with a
sarcastic f mile.
"I duuno 's it's anybody's lusnei f '
ef I bo," responded Siiaiithy. "I
know you wouhln't stick up fer him.
His niai k show s 'tw ixt yer eyes now
onct in a while, when- he left Ins
upiuyuii o' .Vo l in Mack a:i' blue. "
"I'd thaiilt you to min i oui vw u
busiucis," said Wiiyue, augi U
"oho, uuw would ye?" lctoi ted
Sau'.utliy. provokiTiir'.y ; "I rutlu-r
reel.. n l i! iKi jest uboilt as I t ike u
notion to do iibout it. 1 liiiu't the
t St t t t . -ft .
h at ideo o' In in' boHM-d round by
ymi, ef you (hi c iiiie t'ro if duwu below,
an' air lust cousin to the Lord, 'eurd
in' to yer opiiivuu o' vi iell'. I'd n
'nouprli si'lit (Mieiii i think you're the
boss thi. f that's nmkiu' alt thi.i how -de-low
ii.iin.l then' parts than liek
lb iivtuii. I woiil 1 sn!''
Wayne looked at her eliurply mid
suspicioiislv.
Samanthv .stood the scrutiny bravo-
! ''
I "Have ye gut any more pitch on yer
sleeve, or hapi'l yo be'n where ihe
' pitch is, si nce?'' she a-ke 1. as Wayne
turned nuay. "1 woiil.lu'i Im a gn at
j sight s'pi ised ef ye went where they
tin y keep kittles o' pitch b'iliu' hot all
! the time, one o' liice ih.yr."
I With w hi h aitiii:; fiiot slto male
: her retr. a! to the kit. -lieu,
j 'Mill'. llfilTllo in tlie cooliii ss wlii 'li
'bill existed fir h.imn (lays b.l.leen
Naniiiea i I the singing li-.i.-her eiilmin
' ated in open hostilities on Nannie's
part.
; Vi avne ma le f Hue fucci ing rciiinrk
about hick i i the rule of hoi se-thief.
; Th" leacli ni which hal 1 n setting
l i, in Naiiui '"s mill I, lor some time,
di .po-e I In r to think leiaor-el'iilly of
poor hick ii'id her treatment of him,
. iri'l v.lo n s!i heard uf tint suspicions
alloal regarding him, shu look ii
i w caoolis i i Ins defense lit once.
l'iii' i.'Milt was that, when Mr.
Wayne tool, his l i i: iiiie that after
noon, sc i.,ivc I, i'n i.i mi 1. 'island, in
' x i i y plain li-rm ., thai he need not take
: the trouble t-i call n ii'i
i "hick lii.iy.oii a hor-c-l'oicf," she
s ti l .) he:..-!f in li .na:it!y. "The
i le i'"
1 Hut the tiioa-'ht troubled her, .vi.l
Hi so. ni a. lu i' father caiini boirn.' the
beg.i'i to I ill, :t'joii! it.
' " ho you i.if.m 1. 1 h.. v, father, that
a ivoo Iv b. lien-: a i. .h.I of it It can't
: be! N.'.'i . !y but u fo.,1 w,.'il.l think ..r
tuic'.i a thin r i .i i , .''
"Ii.lt some folks that ci'li'l be called
' fools do," r, j-lie 1 b r fitlier. " Taiu't
lio u-e to m ill-.! liiultcis. We've got
to look things ii.ii ' in the f ic.i. We've
git to own up that what liill (irecu
says he s, ,' docs look hal ag'u' the
boy, I d-iii'i know what to think, my
self. 1 don't h'U-evr he si ,e thu
bosses, but I can't deny tlia' 'tw.n his
knife they found in the detenu's barn.
It's hal, uiiiotv I. i 1, all 'round."
"I with Did. M .'.;,! back," raid
Nannie. "If he'd only cinu back and
explain thim.'s, n..w .-"
"1 . 1 1 1 . i : : , i ni I want him to roinc
back. "sal I M.". ll.'Ulie, it!i u tiollbled
look ill his fa-c
, "Why?" asked Vaunic.
"Melibii he's ifcr w hi't'ii ho is jest
at this pel tickler time," nnwered Mr
lloone.
"You d.m'l think they'd darn to d..
iinything to him, do y.oi?'' Ucl Nan
uie, with a startled look.
I She was jiv-l beeiuuiug to realize
the gravi'.y of the situation.
"Ws, I do," was hi-r father's reply.
'"Most everybody 'round here thinks
he's guilty. An' you know how tiny
deal with li. lis thieves. Thai's why I
say that inebbu be s safer where ho is
jesi liii.i."
At that Nannie tunic. I Very j ale and
. ran out of the room, living to herseh:
'. "Poor hick in such awful danger, and
. I u-i-d him so meanly! Oil, dear! Oh,
dertr!"
i 'Then she Mil on the i tt'ps of the
woodshed an I threw her unroll over
, her lita l mid bewail to ery.
fUAl'IT'.l: XV.
, ('.UTI'lin AN 1 1 IMI'.lls.iNMUXT FOt! I'lt K.
I On Monday night hi !i o.tmti bind.
from 'down below," little dreauiiug o.'
' w hat had taken phi .'C during his u!i
sciictv
On his way to Mr. Pnneie's he me',
several men.
It was about niiio o'clock and s..
d irk that he did not recognise any u.'
them
Hut they rceouiiicd him.
They hall. I sb.n tly al'.cr theypa -.sc.
him and hel I a I. unle t c ..isiillation.
Then thty turned and follow e I him
"Hello"' c ilb' l o.U on.' of them, a
thev c I lie ilea:- bilii.
hick knew tho voice. It was ISii:
( ireeu's.
"Hell '. you i self!" ic-puiidi d hick,
-topping for thorn toe. line up. "What"
wauled?"
, "I reckon y.m be," iii'-nvered liill.
us they camt! up to where he htood.
"We've been wantiii' to see ye, bud.
evi r sence day .-ifore yestid'y."
; "Will, h"ic I am; what ilo v.u wim
of me? " aske i I'ick. sccnti.ig trouble,
in the n r.
"Wall, then- I. ain't no use o' M
in' words uu'ttuic's 1 know- on," said
liill, with a in", veils sound in his voice.
The U 'uh was that he would luive. bet-u
vciy iiia I to shili this part- of tho busi-
' lies' - upon some, else, but tho otUeis
; bad insisted th.it he was the mau totlo
iho talking, as he had them to
back him lie felt a thousaudfold braver
t.i.ci h.- would if uloiie. lude.ed, if he
had been alone lit' wouldn't have, dared
' av uiyibing to hick. Tulkiug
.('.out h"r e liiicve-. was a;i entirely
-.Lir.'icii'. tluu? t'tvui talking to them
f. .it h. i:. o'.-'ige.l to "; on, uud
blurt. -.1 oe.i m uo -ptriirion thataonnded
a'.niiKf like '-. .vci-v: "It's jest like
i this, Jticii Tuuv.oii, wo vo found yoout
at last, nn' I reckon e won't st-al no
wore lioss-cs 'round these digg n's "
"What do vo l mean?" el ie I Ibc'f,
with (lushing eyes. ".See here, Mr.
liill (Irecil, that limy be a f-liavp yii.9
in your opiuioi., b it it's i,,v opinion
that you've pine u liu'e ton far. I
don'i uppreciato filch juki s."
'Don't hey?" tai-l liill, waxing a
trilto luule couragei. Us us the men
crowded around liiui. "Wall, Idiiutm
as 1 wonder much. 1 i-'po-iu it ain't
uuy laiighin'-matter. '"
"T don't know what Volt mean,"
said Dick. "I!ut 1 do know this:
NVilhr.t yap nor anyone else can call
me a hoi -se-thief a id not get hurt."
"I dunlin about that," mid liill,
feeling tolerably safe us he looked ut
the four men beside him. "I wu'n t
jokin', an' you know it in well us I do,
I reckon. I me. Hit just whit I Mild.
'Taiu't no kind ' imc in y. r Iru.i' to
play oil'. 1 see you write that m 'n '
Stuff I'M tll-l III' C lltOII'VOo l ti e;., mi
we've found out what nio-l of it stood
fer now."
"If you say you saw vie make u
mark on the cottoiiu ood re,, you lie."
cried Di. k. lb' did not stop to con
sider the la.-k of politeness in tlu
Wolds, hut said ju-t what he In ,-iiut.
"What's thai? ! cried liill, really us.
lonishe.l at hick's etlVoiileiy iii deny
ing the charge, "ho ymi have tho
brass to suy you didn't write tint stud
on the tree when I tell ye that I loll ed
yc that night nn' was hid behind
t-oiii!' bushes, an' nee yo.i to work a!
Iln tree, scrah'hi'i' matches to see to
do it by, an' went an' re.-i I il aider you
had gone? Do y.m deny it when I tell
ye all that, hey?"
"I do deny ju t thai, ' answered
Dick, beginning to uinlersland that
thern was trouble in store. "You may
have I'olloive 1 ni" t Ih i tree I d-iu'l
deny that I went there, lint that you
saw mo wide a word or make n murk
on that tree I do deny. That's all
there is about that, liill (ireen. And
if you say I did, you're a bin !"
"Now see hcie," said Hill, idler
taking a look to see that his ba Ions
w i re ready f n action in case of emer
gency. " 'Tain t li" kind o' use fer yo
to play 1 1 luneici ni an' think ye r'
coin' to git oil' by bias- in' it nut. I
Know what I sec. It you hadn't iiolh
i i' to do w nli Kit-iii i it" ho -cs. what
was ye tut re f.r, I'd like tu know?"
"I went tin re lnvail.se I took the
notion into luj h.-a 1 to do so," ans
wered Dick. "Jn ntln r v oids, it's
none of your business what I uastlieic
lor."
"We'll make it some of our business
iifnrii we get th'u' with yc," said liill,
grimly. "Don't e iorgitlh.it, Dick
li.-aytoli! All' that nin't nil nutlier.
We've found the j e l -knife je ..-t
w in ii ye cut ol' h.-a 'on Snyder's halter
snap." Likely st uy 'bout yer goiu'
down b'low, wa'u'l it ' Wc uin'i mi
green wu can't tell a Inn-, thief "
What tlm lctuailiil r of the M-iili-m o
w a to be no on will ever know". Hill's
i lo.pience w as cut i hoi t by a sledge
hauiuicr blow bet w ecu the i yes, and
he tuinbled ovcr into a mud puddle in
a most summary a id limp fa duou.
"(irabhim, fellers,'' cried ului of
the men, "all' ho ipiiek about It, or
he'll give us the slip!"
Om-of ihciuspiung id hick, who
w as entirely iiiiprepai i d for the j'. n
clal attack v.'iiieh lull..vicd.
Thu I'n -t la in he thing aside. Tho
others at tl. it re taut caught linn about
iho body a. id by toe arnn, and in spitn
of his de j, crate clVortt to get loose, he.
was soon ovelp .wire l. Oi f the
men had a sio..; cord In .1 about his
aid. This h wound al.oilt hick's
v. lists, while the others held hi. a.
I lick vv us tin ir prisoner
"I d like to kii.-.v w hal you mean by
this!" he cried, Willi blaing eyes.
"Ah, but you're :i biavclot' I'ive to
one! I'niie n.y li.uitls, and I II light
all of y. hi, hi coward .! Wait ti'l I
get hiosc, and 1 11 make it warm for
v mi !"
"Yi s, wait till you gt I l-'ose," re
sponded one of them, meaningly.
"Sen here, men!" said hick, trying
to smother his wrath su'lieiently to
g.dii a knowledge of the i-ituutiou.
"ho viiu pretend to say that y,ui take
me for a horse-thief?"
"We do so," answered the man who
hml tied the rope around his wrists.
"Ye see yer found out. "
"Wha1'.s 'found out?' "
"What's the use of itskin' sieh foolish
iUCstinns'' You know jot us well as
wo tlo. We've found out the truth,
an' that s what's found out. You've
had your fun, an' now I reckon we're
a-goiu' to hcv our'n."
hick felt himself turning pale.
He began to realize at hist that there,
w as no "joke" about it
liill had struggled to hisfeet by this
time, and was wiping oil' th" mud ami
blood with whi. h his fa.'ew.is pretty
well covered.
"Cuss ye, hick P.i aytou''' he cried,
shaking his tist in hick's face, ad his
evil passions rroused and showing
iheiuselvis in his sinister eves
You've struck yci last blo.v lit' I
didn't know th.-v'd hang Ve. I vu.: Id
pumitti I thu luc out o' vc!"
"Try it,"s.it I hick, coiitei. : ..' y.
"My liiiui! - are tied You're v.,,..
Tim on ii withdrew to a -v. ie .in
stance at.. I held i-. hurried e e I i a
It was decided In take the pi .- o. r
to Mr. Point's.
"You an' . I. din gi 'round : ' d i-.i
nj the men-folks," uidere I Hi 1 "lie
lively, now. We'll see t'".: re c n'i
steal auy lttoro bosses w he, . .."
he added, with u bvut ii I:".- h.
Dick's brain was in a m'l.idic. lie
collbl not ri-alixe the t; m co.tdii.' i of
atl'airs. lie iVh as ii 1.. i.i--. l-c in.
Home f.trange kind of v..'.;i: g J r. r. a
"Explain it all, phase," he s.'.l-s to
nun ni tlltt Mi'ii, who h . I ha 1 less to
suy than the othci- As true tn I
staiivl here, I don't k ie v ' ' 'U
liieaii by this. '
iTo le vc..ti:ii'.e.l j
Mend't rs. of a Oai iw ed Jv
had a bee he o! :ier da v t , .i
i cellar for then- inst,.. .
t-.l'U'.''A
V V . ! .t'JJ
s
MOTHER
THOMPSON'S
H EASTER
HCnn now, .laue,
you kick tln fen
der whilo I igu
through your fath
it's pockets." Tho
Hjienker was a middle-aged
woman
fi t r
with (lurk brown
hnir, parted in the
middle and plainly
combed back over
Lcr cars, and nuajiping blaelt eye.s.
At firtit ghinen sho and Iter daugh
ter, u pretty pink and white, friddeii
haired blondn f about fourteen, or
thoreiihotlts, Meeuiod the only neeil
pimtH of thu room Thu llri had beou
covtrt'd lor the lii.dit, mid the girl
Juno Rut by it, ami when her mother
whispered again in a jiioib emphatic
tone, "Jane, kick th fender," bIio
proueeded to admonish that uuutTeud
iii( pica of furniture, which, being
of tdu et iron, and nidiid by tho rattling
of the ttliovel and tongs, uiado tonsid
ei able noise.
I have naiil they scemnd thu only
nc'iipunts uf the rnoiu, but a inore
compreheiiiiivn planet) sliowed that
iiieli was not the case.
In the back room, in a nort of nn al
cove, was a bud, mid on that bed lay n
man known ns Juiues Thompson, and
whi) was husband to tho black-eyed
woman, while .Jiuu'iuu their youngest
daughter.
dames Tlionip'-on seemed to be
K.iuiul asleep, so sound that tho clang
of tho kIiovcI and tongn, aided by
Jane and the fender, made no impres
sion upon him, but tho moment Aunt
Jlariiut, as suo was known to the
neighbors, removed his trousers from
thu lower light hand bed-post, where
they hung, and thrust her hand into
tho pocket, bringing forth a hiimlful
of coin, with its peculiar chink, chink,
a saudy hiiired, gaunt ligjire raised up
m th" lied, and s.tid.
"Harriet, woman, what nr you
robbing my pockets for?"
Tho bltti'k-eyeil woman gavo him nn
answar, but turned tn tho girl, Bay
ing, "Jane, k 1 1 bed."
Tiie girl croased the room, opened
a door and went upstairs. Then,
turning to Hid bed, thu woman cou
liuiit'd: "Now, Thompson, tho timo lias
come; we might us well huvo it out."
Then nil.) drew s mill I rocker to
lite si.h) uf thu bed and silt down,
w hilo the man sank buck on his pil
low wit. i a nnit ni a groan.
'James Thiiiip.-on, you and me'"--when
c:;eited Aunt Harriet always fell
into bud gi tiiuiuiir "you and me
might just as well eomo to an lindi-r-najidiug,
and you needn't groan about
it, either. W lieu 1 married you, near
unto twenty years ago, everybody sai l
I inarr.e 1 you for your thren farms
and your money. However that may
I be, it young woman in exchanga for
Ih'-isrd' should have something, and
I you know I huvo made you u good
i w ife and y.nir four daughters and son
a good mother. Look illicit and you II
le.icitibcr a talk we hail when you
it died lint to bo your wife. You re
member how you told me that hchii
lialous story of .Melissa Orvis, the
orpluiu girl who worked for your
mother.
"Harriet," came, again from the
pillow.
"h.ni'l stop me, I s.iv. You mind
the girl well enough, and you know
her child, too: your child was only a
little over a year old when 1 married
you, ami you know, too, that one of
the conditions of our luarriagn was
that you should care for and educate
yoiitij; tl limes Thompson, who I held
in my ow'u arms while his mother died
ami wlftt 1 hud him christened l-v
your uauie, I hail tho hi urt of a wom
an in uie, and I could not hnve tho
child in tho house wit n my own chil
dren, but yon know as well us I do
that I have always looked alter his
raisin;-; ami his education, and that
until in) xvtis twelve years old ho
thought mo his aunt ttnd you his
uncle.
"Lie still, Thompson. I'm not
(lone yet. You know how stingy ami
menu you have always been; how, al
though you are the richest mtiu in the
m
Sr v;
,' ,1 I
V 11 y ;(",
Stll. WtST T'OWN TttK PROAU Al-k.
county, w.th three firms and tt
.stores, I biixchad to slave uii.i lan
ugo to keep myself aud o.i' ohtUln n
cli.thc.'. Hut trout this day i.-i-th when
I ink you tor ?!o I waut it, and wlieu
J inn s I h.i.upson, Jr., gi-.sdu.it -s yt-u
xviil tie'.o bitu to study h-.v, fvuct'v as
t.P-.lT!i he xiita our Wiliit and u t the
cM.d ef M'-'li'-a Orvii. Whetl t: I
ui:v:"t't yon If- your money or "s--lies
bi'tween y i and me, but I'll not
fi j Ivcar uuJ neither will t feel
- sv. :iA,ni
J' ' 1 - ' s.,
" 1 1 1 ir-..
in ni a i
It', V ' ' - ' I
that mo and fir children ur netting
what should in.'b'i'g o another,"
Therewith, us tiioiiL to nujthasi.e
her words, sin; gave the fender kick
on bur own account, while In r spoiLi
turned )i;s face' to the wall, but lay so
ipliet that idle, "i tturt) bis Bleep wus
only a pretense.
After this a change tool; ,((' In
hn hu'isehold. Your handsomer, bi t
ter ttros'nd young women did not
enter the vilIugH church than the
Thompson igirls, while; "iin Willie,
the youngest nf the Hock, ' re
splendent in black velveteen amllirt"
buttons, which net nil' his blue lyes
and blonde curls and mudo him look
more like, an overgrown cherub than
ever.
Soou after tlityoiiii(r,Ta.!nes Thomp
son graduated. He culled occasion
ally on the family and ulwuys spoked
Mrs. Thompson us "Aunt Harriet,"
although be hud lon known the btory
of his own birth, and he ulso know
that mast of the fcood things in his life
hml come to him tliroii'Jt her.
Tho day after he was admitted to
the bar Mrs. Th impsou culled on him
uud told hint to draw on them for
vvhut money was necessary to atari,
him well in business.
lie fell nn his knees by her sidu,
and buried Ins head in her hip, while
ho poured forth his gratitude, bcjjjed
to be allowed b) call her mother, and
told how ho would try to be an honor
and a comfort to her in her old age.
livi'iylhing he did prospered. Hn
graduated, then practiced a term, and
wits made prosecuting attorney, then
Kt lite Hepreseiitittive, then went to
Congress, and from Hint, removed to
New York, w bene.! reports ca-.no back
that then) was no lawyer there more
highly respected than he, ami no one
r?i.
HIDDEN 0EEP IN THE RABBIT'S
Tlioy t..I. I a vn.lerfu! st .rv.
As tli" 'tu'. s r-t )ar 'U vv.'iil l-v,
lluvv, tii.t.i'-n u.'e. iii Uie ralii'li's nest,
Tli.ii'i,-.-. hii-n-r lie.
t'hev fni t we must e"! ii early
Long -re tin. I.:- il. "i '-f 'tav
n.l l.urrv o'll i.v.ti!i.. then. low land
Ami .Oi.i-tt I! i.iM'.t- away.
who was piling np nunc honors or
more property.
The ycuis went on, iin l old James
Thompson was culled moie of a skin
t!i lit than ever. Tho two eldest girls
weie well miii hed, in a neulibo! ing
cilv. You
I ..i.'.nl.ftli nii'l .hine were
the belles i f iho county, while Wi'lie
was away at college, and. rep.ut said,
going to the tiogs as fast uf possiltle.
No chai ai'ti r is w llhoiit u Ibtw, and
liar, let I'hoinpsoli was no exet pil 'ti
tothciulc. And evi ryone is mhI to
have a hobby, winch they rule. Tl-v.
xv as also true oi Aunt Ha. net, and her
hobby was ridden with sucli vigor
that she almost went roughshod over
eviivbodv. and rode it lo death.
She wus possessed by the devil of
' i m m
good houselit t ping. After t ii.it j coine w i
lueuiorablo night lluit- bal Lien it I v
change lit llie house It had been n -.ore i
jUVcnatc.l lrulii garret to celhtl. '. ilotovn
At hrst the liiunlx sat in the sitiing- t w nul...
room, to Mix, t the p.nlois; then tin y ii.iure. '
sal ill the tliuin.; ivoiu to save the sit 1 f.d nod
ting-room, and then she had a sum ..'lie ''
mi l- kitchen built ii'id tin y silt m the u t e l "
old kitchen to uvc llie . luting-"ouiu. ' io .v
Then youu Will
from college, s.i
hbiinmed the don
tavern.
Her husband w a
who was
a bad
-I.
i-llt to til
uhl uud ft-iib'e an. 1
itei fretting.
w i t from bad t"
-u.i.l too much
wi nt to bed t'i i .
I 'ut young Will it- v
worse. ILt hit I
money, bad pinyed
then ha i drunk a
t-.ts and lost,
t ;...'-!e utterly
vv long. The lud x u
i g nnd it w as
M -i lv broken
the first time ho lu 1
over the traces He
uie night, ile had u.t I
t-u: a miser-i-
n lit to go
itnd with th.. i.i.ii - (fun
i-ig caiue
self kliuvv ledge and iepe'.:ts-..-e arms. s.;d.
Vlit-n U got to his ho'av, !.oex-i v, "Mother, yoit don't uf.ow me, but I
it was iiu un'ucky tiue. it was t. a n daiucs TLotspsou. lhaxi c.-r.i-Rcncr
i! h.xti -leaaia,;, cud tt w s aUo ' I viag yon ur '"js-.c: pi cut. w-.i 1
the tUy l-tf.s-p E:itov. Hi m.Mier, j hone you wp! .i.-e- pt t- a ptovx: o. iu
hia i-isters aa.l tho maid f,f a-ijed ; love and fcrntiulc I have .! y "l"
with in. -u s u:-1 bvootus an ! i r.ts'ues, . for you. "
ami nil the i-itisou-r.ialia of id. amis.' Thv .not he-- s h-.i-i ."-ssped si timi
-so lull were his mind and lin lo-ait
w ,t.i his er .-'!. I that he ran up the
".ton? s'.eps, thr ugh the ImU t'.d i:it
. jc i-t-st I '.ivli t, w li -. st 'od his un.'.iier
t. ivohici a ic.'voviUk g'ats.v, a
slid ca.d: 1
'Oh, TV'iHie; you have not cleaned !
your feet! '
'Mother, ncs-eT miva my jeti.
want to see Toil.'
"Child, child, how thonghtless yon
are' Don't you kii iw this in cbuinng
day, and I ani busy, clean up to my
.yes?"
"Hut, inoth'T, I tell yon I must rc
yoB. Ts there not uooie place win re
wo ' in bo alone?"
Sho Ku4i a sigh and started, he fob
lowinjz. As tutty reached the ditting
room Ins took a chair and was about
to fit down, when she ga-pcil:
'Willie, not that cluiir! ft belongs
M the pnHor, mul, Willie, don't lvun
on tho table rover, you'll muss if
And now, child, if tin.ru is anything
you want to ti ll me, be quick, as I've
jrot to go buck to thu puis. Willie!
Willie! don't you know better tii iu to
up"M that window? There'll no screeu
uud every Hy iu the neighborhood will
be in the hotit!"
The hoy wan ynunj In ye-rs and
youin? in wron.( 1oi;j, Jumpiui? to
his feet, he uave tbo tatilo u shove.
threw tho chair into u corner uud t
stepped in front of h-is molher.
".Mother, I cumo to make a man rf
me. You have, turned me away!
Now, I don't care what becomes of
Yen prefer your housekeeping
to your uily son, so make the most nf
1 . f hop" I may never sco the old
house again."
He then strode from the hoiife, and
as Aunt Harriet threw herself into a
rhnir a panorama i,f her liffc seeiucu
to upend out before hrr.
Sho miv her young mnrricl lifs.
when sin' tried to bury her heurtnehes
under 1. it househobl car. s. She hal
lost her clmuco. Ho vai goue fore
ever. mi
f . i .ii'.u.' "
tf
V'ti
NEST THE ECCS OF t ASTER LIE.
That .town In the gra'wn ivoill.t lin l !u
I t i it I lit e .-.TV 111!'
Slurv. loin egv-s ..; tl... P-e-'.-r time.
l,.iti.-l ui.d id an. I 1.1.1".
And i t We'll g out tills in.'i lllmj.
L-iiiium; .-ur littln It g
Ah i .si ..!( In an eager e'nisii
L .ei.iug for L-i--.t-r egg-.
l'loni that tttn - on her ime iurpi.se
ill life was to laid him, but it was uf
no uviiil. She would In .n t.-om luiii,
tlioi'gh ulwuys mtbrecllv . lie win to
ing from worse to w m si . lie was lil.e
a w ill-o' t be-wisji, fii-t iu ciie ci.v
i men in nnoiner. i.i ut i -. came use..
niii.pi n.'d and there secine i no w.ij to
I inch him.
huring this t:i"i tiie two otlo
girls i;o; niarited and James TV .imp-j
son, Sr., died. I ive vi.in wi -.e nwiiy,
uiifl the uiiniveisnrv uf bet desert ion
i-'iiue around once more. The earth
was beginning to .it on her gicen
luaittle iiinl the old homestead lucked
v ei ,v clict : ."ul. Har let Thumspon was
a xitiing xvomaii fur In r vein s. Aibed
. near
sixty,
iv n lot-:
S'UCI
.1 with I
it yea.s hx.l
w l'.ie'tl Wits a
Hnir di
h"r
pen th
in
n.orv,
.tool
mil tut-
.en l uc c..v t rs o ' the fur
i to ituvi.t tin- iiouse ehtei -1,-ht
of lh- home-coi-.,iu!.-It
Had b. e:t tio. .ii.y I-.-
.' i-i-i. tie vv enl -i .v ax , and
cii.c ol-t -cti tiuil tlie next
1. I'ti-tei sjund.iy She
d.iv wot:'
l.o- bi-.t 1 walk, lior.b.re
od. ili.-it led to the ;-Ve
e I g: ." ' t'linehes nf t'ltf
w nli
n-i I
ualb.
t.-.b'.-.
vv bich
.. s and
in the l'iii lo
nn '
ta.
ln-1-
. n si. i lo .k.-.l
at tm
I !
kilo,'!
.1 c.i.ci: in i m' corner ami saw
1 1 ('.loci., hti. I ji-nt then the eld
i- changed NheiiltnoM luinte
t lit n
i disp
be looked up nnii a thrill o-
mum-Id in the maid ushei e 1 a
j t.ill. hca.y-1
I raugci into the
t iw M, i s to rouch
ttviu. He tt
lu'i ami then, eitvpiHC her in his
bIio ha l -ti bulged tm. and
-no re
tiv.-iii-d hi e:ii-.,j sin t.u'. tlx -.liUT-J
hitnV 1? be c-.-.i'i
liid vit--: ufceued uuitt sui ittiivUiv:
I
cver.
i-trnngcr.oDly younci aid raorebloudt
than tue otiier, cume in.
I i "Mothtr! Mutntr! Can you lalu
buck your v.aiidenng soli?"
The dark head, now -.early white.
'von n.wr. TrtiN-m n: away.
was bent over tiie blonde as h" knelt
by iur hide, w hile the i hier brother
leaned over the two with hi blessiu.
Then the three drew tn ur together,
while tho tire and the candle light unit
tiie tutl'Vu llovu rsshone around thi-nv
tin I .Ia.'.i'.'a Thompson told how, in ono
of tli"' i-u'l-' before him for trial, hn
hud r. cogLO'.cd Willie: how he hail
taken tin) boy home an I done every
thing lor iiim. Al)d now he win started
on Ihfi rigid vv.-.y ulni w.-'icd to livei
al'd ma!..'' her l ap' .V.
T'li-n, a" Aunt Hairicl clasped hrr
buys, si,,- calied them, by Hie baud,
he loul."d tii-' i ill one and tl"-n nt the
ith", mil said with proud and happy
glances from her rcs.
"My ehildr-n, 'cast your bread upon
tin- wati i s nn.i i.i'te.l' inai'y vluys it wii
return to yo:i.' "
Tl.i tiatifr :tle.
r ar. ie' es. !: r Itownr
I..-1'
All 11,.'
Lu i'.i' -Is
; he I
"f V..:-',-r:
t i '. 1 1 - i:
!ng l.iuier
tViute .-'.'1 Sl--li."f flifC '- '
1 1 iL'lu.g t til iii ;.ur err. i '-
How t'l" ::ili.' uf Lr. : .- -a' oi
.- o j'h your i . ry hut a -i v!
lias'. or l.o-.l- .ir- leir.Hv siiei.t
I. it- '.-..I..S tf vi-.-..i,i. --: r
l-hi-l t 1'ii is.:nl -U lae ui-ar
W-e-ru tin i.asii'C Vrelii will iiiis!' !
s-
ion's f-t Iv and f-n'ii-'ii's fi.illi -s
e.-n nn. w at l'.as'.er:..!!'.
r l.cii-.."i i r.t.'.t-r- aim fa -Uri.-t'i
Hints iT''iie I '"- J-l t.'l- ).l.'t'
- Laura ilcitcm
Si:iia'f "Kulr li UK."
Iu Spaiu tlie.'idvi lit of li isti r itriDfi
t.-it a luiisou.-r v.ho calls himself
"liastcr Kill"." He is guriied iu a.
irn-ter.: ie ruin- and w ears n tin crow il.
il waviaii rs obey li-m and the fdorj
n.iis lh il, l 'lii'iaut of Hie pcrso'.uigi.'
he v,.n addressing, an Jiisli r King
u'l.-e bade Ihupiior i harlcs Y. tu do
hi. ii ho. ..age by uncovi' ring his bead.
The I' nperor' cc:np!'-1 witii a sigh,
and ad in ssing tlio paicinil ili-'iiitury
nii i: "'ly goo.! t.-n ml I .fl you joy
..f your crown, you wil? tin I the
.l.itu-sof a uouar.-li : u.ily tr.mLK .some,
I Ii .r."'
I nmer xiomliiy mi l 1 en-nlny. 'i
liastcr Monday and ll:is-r Tuef day
lire both ee'.i'br.i'tcd us holi.hiys in liug
bi.ul. On I' ls'er Tut s.lny the f-clioiais
.11 t'hrist s Hospital. Lutidou. luaie'u
i-i nbouvlothe M;i:is:oo I loe.M-. xv i-.fVU
1'iey avi- received l.v the Lord Mayer,"
v ho til-.tributes lo i hem "tip-'" culled
"Luster bobs." 'I bese "bo!tr " nr.- se
lected from bi iu'ld new coins pi. -.fed iu
piles on a table before th-- Mayor, and
titer rail"!! IIS hi 'Il !'.s II sovelel';ll 111
value. T he bins nls.i n i civ e a
a sort
a'l'i u
uf lu-l. 'l--o'!
g!u.s-i of lem
tw v '.lust I
buns
l:,l.l. r' X ii el il.1i- It.tir.
j Tlasur v.iav coi-.n- m !y r.s M.-ir-',.t
i -22 ur iu. lalc'iis April V. .. In lsl"i it
: t. '.l on Mu'cii -J an. I in !-i :'. on April
!".'.. D will nut i'iHii" again this ccn
! tniT or in the twentieth on M-uvh
I but in I'.MIl it will full oa Aptil -o-
Smm- Hauler Nttlul'le
A FRESH EGG
A STALE- ECS
'I lie Uf For i j'li-r,
"Thirlx .iasliaf!i se;.: ciurter"
terv- i eisnit can r.-'it-'etis-r,
I'. tt To kn..vv w l.eu i'.tsO'i .s cooi
I'e.i.'ies eveu s.'lio'.ars jii.tu .
XV mil l !r,'!'l.'tm'..lV..1:.-l i.spa1,
..'ist v-.t:eUl.io si.v.-rv t-.....vi:.
Af-l W'.ce. ;,-,) M-e it 1-..1 Mid ftHin.1.
i uo r'd i-- r oun .
Xitr tti ir.nnu hai. r.-H-L-sd It tuil
Tiifii T (..lcr Tin l-ti bo
Tbtver. stioitii v uiier,
In v.v-n suJ ewr.t xtar
A'.vi i! v ho vr. 'tinvtuv
n "! '"-.i: '. !!: i its tVijat.
Tu s-.-i-e-Li- or,-,., t ,. , T.,.
W ill l'i.',.i.. t.l-' ;:
-!.-. in tr iza.-rj-l.
ft
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