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His Glorious Fourth |-• By Nellie Cravcy G>llmo*e ■ Copyrighted, 190 T. by Mary McKeon. i Zr # 1" lIE runabout gave vent to a sue cession of despairing gasps, 'whined faintly and slid to.a faltering standstill. Aldrich surveyed the darkening sky with uneasy eyes, transferring them tentatively to the unsuspecting pink profile just above his left shoulder. Dolly glanced up, interrogating hi* sudden silence, and encountered a de cidedly anxious glance in return. "Well, what is it?" she asked, trying hard to make her tone sound common place. "I hate like the mischief to tell you. Miss Templeton, but as near as I can figure we are about nine miles from human habitation and the gasoline tank"— He paused dramatically. "Oh, Jimmy!" Do!ly threw out her hands in a see ond of hysterical abandon. Then she • laughed in a lit ~ seemed to cover "I have often • frM walked twelve,'' she announced highly "cheerful -' ffiarn LJ volce » notwith ife standing that the 191 \ r? co,or ba * desert ' Vftl y * ier °^ee^S fyf/Mj I most 7 o'clock, M and I'm afraid"— I J quite midnight before we can EfilnaT iPilf make it, I sup "l'Ll. TAG IT, THAT' 3 pose," she broke ALL." *j ni -witli a shrug, "but as It is our only alternative 1 really don't see the sense of sitting here arguing." Aldrich smiled and nodded. Fasten ing the brake, he sprang to the ground, | and, going over to the other side, helped Dolly to alight. For an instant they stood in the middle of the road facing each other. "But what is to become of the ma chine?" she asked. i. Aldrich dived into his pocket and brought forth a notebook and pencil. "I'll tag it, that's all," he laughed, "trusting to the fates that it will not fall into hands piratical." He scrib bled a line across one of the blanks and fastened it to the forward cushion. Forty minutes of steady walking brought them a mile nearer home. With an unconcealed sigh of weariness Dolly flung herself down on a prostrate log. and Aldrich slipped into a seat be side her. His face indexed a variety of emotion. Hope, that had hitherto buoyed him above every difficulty, shriveled within him. She would nev er forgive this. "Dolly," he began appealingly, "heav en knows I'd rather have lost my right hand than"— She interrupted him with a little im patient gesture. "Jimmy, please spare me. It's bad enough In all reason, but let us not add ti-agedy to a situation which is already melodramatic in the extreme." Aldrich subsided under the snub, con templating the toes of his boots in gloomy silence. Some minutes passed. The darkness yielded gradually to a splendor of gold light flung down from a cloudless sky by thousands of stars, aiid everywhere through the misty yel low innumerable dogwood blossoms shone solemnly like white crosses. Suddenly Dolly started up and walk ed off down the road again, the other following gloomily. "Miss Templeton," he began after a niience, "do you know why I asked .vou to come out with me this after noon V" She did not reply at once. The tone more than the words caused the blood to scorch her cheeks for an Instant. "Why," she returned after a little, "to celebrate our independence, of course, just as every one else Is doing." She gave him an inscrutable little glance from the tail of her eye. "I wanted to ask you a question," he announced gravely. "Please," she began, walking faster, "couldn't we discuss"— "Dou't distress yourself," he inter posed bitterly. "Three times is"—he looked at her resentfully—"quite suffi cient to show a fellow how many dif ferent sorts of a fool he can make of Himself. It is solely iu the interest of friendship I wish to speak now." Dolly frankly admitted to herself 1 hat friendship was even less interest iig than the other thing. She bit her lips as she demanded petulantly, "Well, vhat is your question?" "1 he other day," he replied quickly, "I heard that you were going to be married; that you were going to marry a poor man. after all. Also that you '»!: id made the statement with your own l!l>s. Is it true?" The last words were uttered hoarsely, almost as a charge. Dolly's white lids flickered as she looked up into his eyes. "It is quite true," she answered un hesitatingly, the crimson playing all over her face. | Aldrich stopped short and faced her, Compelling her glance to meet his In a •uddenly masterful manner. 1 "Why?" he demanded passionately,^ C onstruction work on the Al aska-Yokon-Pacific exposition is fifty per cent completed. Nine building are finished or nearing completion. Dolly shrank away from him; bin vehemence half frightened her. "Because." she said proudly. "1 love him." Aldrich was silent for a moment, but his silence was more tense than words, lie came close to her, so close that his hot breath stirred the hair about her temples. "Once you refused me," he broke out savagely, 'twice—three times! And I was a poor man." I>o!ly flarfd up. "Your inference is more than flatter iugf" she remarked, her eyes snapping "Your love would have been my strongest incentive toward success." he went on, ignoring her comment alto gether. "I never intended that you should share a life of poverty. I had meant to work night and day. day and night, to give you everything that other women have." She looked at him curloualy, and a warn light sprang to her eyes, but she said nothing, and for several minuter they walked on in silence. "I did not refuse you because you were poor," she observed presently, "and even had i done so it would have been more for your own sake than mine, Jimmy. One's ideas, however, become revolutionized sometimes," she added in a lower tone. Suddenly, less than a quarter of a mile away, a thin streak of light shot skyward, then another and another, till the clouds were lurid with sparks and opalescent shafts of fire. The indis tinct music of a band mingled vaguely with distant shouts of laughter, inter spersed with fusillades of cannon crackers. Dolly grabbed Aldrich's arm and pulled him to an abrupt standstill. "Jimmy, the picnic!" Dolly almost collapsed with Joy. Al drich breathed a mixture of relief and annoyance. "It Icoks that way," he said. He studied her a second with grave brows. "You tired of my com pany even sooner than 1 thought you would," he muttered jealou'sly. Dolly made no reply, but stooped carelessly and broke a spray of golden rod nodding by the roadside and com menced to strip off the blossoms with a little preoccupied air. Aldrich appeared to be pondering something. His next words came pre cipitately: "I didn't tell you of my good luck, did I?" he asked. "No." she said. Something In his manner caused her heart to sink unac countably. He turned to teok into her eyes as he pursued with what unconcern he could muster: "I'm goiug away. I've at last re ceived that appointment, and it is now only a question of time before I shall begin to climb rapidly. Besides, it's best all round, 1 think." "Going away!" Dolly stopped stock still. Her lips framed the words dully, the color fled from her cheeks, and the , whole world looked drab. "When?" | she continued after a pause, her face turned away. "The sooner the better. Right off tomorrow perhaps." "Jimmy!" He started and looked at her with eager eyes, the blood pulsing swiftly all through his veins. "Don't go," she said, her voice chok i ing in a little swift sob. He placed himself In front of her and his hands on her shoulders. "But you are going to be married," he insisted, "and it is no place for me. I—l couldn't endure it." "But it is the only place for you. I 1 want you to be there —at my wedding. " " ' v a If you refuse, 1 l shall not get | married at all, so there!" Aldrich caught Eh.. \y ]§ her hands and vvPff A J thera ln a [ A determined grip. | The w ild hope that throbbed nI W I suddenly in his I \ II I heart made him jjfj M' \ for the moment fff W, 1 almost rough. ij .gJr "You can't play j&t - JS ' with me a mo ment longer," he ™ breathed turbu "ro THE CHUBCII," lently. "Who is SHE SAID SOFTLY. this man?" "The man—l—love." "Who is he?" he repeated savagely. "Don't! He is hurting my hands ter ribly, and"— "Well?" "Perhaps he doesn't know yet that I've accepted him. He has asked me only three times, and the last time I re fused him. I" "Dolly, will you marry me?" A flash of the old coquetry domi nated her eyes for the second. But it is Independence day, Jimmy. If you should ask me tomorrow mar be"- "I shall never ask you again. This is your last chance. We are almost at the picnic grounds. And now I happen to recall that there is a little church around the corner from here. Shall we *o to the picnic and celebrate or to the ohurcu" Dolly" turned suddenly and held out both hands. "To the church," she said softly. -I am tired of Independence anyway." Made Bullets of George 111. When the Declaration of Independ ence was read by an aid to Washing ton's army ln New York on July 9, 1776, Joyful citizens overthrew a statue of George 111. and ordered the lead of which It was composed made into bul lets to fight Hie British. The man who never makes mis takes misses a good many splen did chances to learn something. For good job printing call phone 37. July Fourth. This glorious Independence day Stands memorable in history— A date that hints the mingled play Of sequence and of mystery. 'Twas Hawthorne's birthday, eighteen . and four. His myriad Anglo-Saxon debtors Acclaim from many a distant shore Tlfe graceful "Marble Faun" of let ters. And Garibaldi, too, was born On this day back In eighteen and seven. To Italy, by faction torn. He brought our own free Union leaven. We broke the groifnd for our-canal— The Brie: De Witt Clinton planned it— On July Fourth at Rome, and all The world of eighteen and sixteen scanned It. A decade more, see Adams dead, _ The elder John, our second president. And Monticello's pall is laid On Jefferson, her laureled resident Monroe, whose doctrine statesmen quote. Ih eighteen and thirty-one was strick en. He died on July Fourth, you note, Whose words our nation's pulses quicken. Texas annexed in forty-five— Again the mystic date is fateful— And parties long will strive and strive To settle If the gain is grateful. Vlcksburg surrendered, sixty-four. The river key to upland regions. Grant's triumph rings from shoie to shore. Our flag above his conquering legions. St. Louis' mighty bridge of steel In seventy-four is opened proudly— A giant bond, our poets feel. 'Twlxt east and west, applauded loudly. In ninety-four—again this date— With Yankee energy to lead 'em And bound to test the will of fate, Hawaiians make their strike for free dom. In ninety-eight the Fourth is cheered. Applause for Schley and Sampson mix ing. Spain's navy smashed, as it appeared The day before, beyond all fixing. This glorious Independence day Stands memorable in history— A date that hints the mingled play Of sequence and of mystery! —Brooklyn Eagle. WHEN FOOD WAS SCARCE. Prices That Ruled In Paris During th* Siege of 1870. The following Interesting statement of the prices that were paid for food during the siege of 1870 is taken ver bally out of the journal of a French officer stationed in Paris at the time: "Toward the middle of October we had to make up our mind to sacrifice the animals of the zoological garden. The elephants and many other beasts were bought by M. Debos, the owner of the English meat shop In Av. Friendland. The meat of the elephants was sold from $lO to $l2 a kilogram (two pounds), the trunk commanding the highest price. $l6 a kilogram. The trunk and feet were both declared de licious by all gormands. In the same shop a pair of young wolves were sold for $2.50 per pound. The meat was soft and without taste. The biggest price was paid for a young live lamb that had been swiped by a 'franctlreur* from the enemy. One hundred dollars was paid for It "Here Is an exact price list of some victuals toward the end of the siege: Two pound 3 of horseflesh $5.00 One ham IC.OO A whole cat 3.00 A rabbit 10.00 One turkey 30.00 One egg 1.00 A rat 50 A pigeon ; 3.00 One pound of butter 6.00 A pound of beans 1.50 A peck of carrots 2.00 Qne cabbage head 8.00 One stick of celery .60 Wood to burn (100 pounds) 2.00 "Even the rich had to live on the meagerest diet and to take into their menu things that till theu ouly the trapper in the virgin forests was sup posed to eat. I leave it to you to im agine what kind of meals were served ln the small restaurants and boarding houses. "Moreover, everybody had to submit to the strictest orders. People stood in file before the butcher and baker shops to wait for their turns. Each household was furnished with a card from the municipality authorizing the bearer to buy a certain amount of meat and bread. The cook, the housewife, the young girl, the little child (men never go shopping in France), were posted for hours before the shops in rain and snow, with wet feet, shivering with cold. The unfortunate ones endured without a murmur these hardships Women throughout the time of the siege were setting an example of cour age and self abnegation not always fol 'owed by men. "It was a sad and touching spectacle, hese long files of women, nearly all Iressed in black, grouped before the loors of the dealers, watched by the lational guard, with whom they at first were laughing and chatting, till the sufferings from the cold had silenced the laugh and sometimes brought forth the tears. "But In spite of all precautions the stores one by one were exhausted, the provisions, put in too late before the siege, were used up, and. while the ba bies, deprived of milk, died in great numbers or, fed-on sweet wine and bread, pined fclowly away, the big peo ple tried to find new resources to pro long their lives." Inheritance and environment are not only realities, but are the most impor tant elements of the everyday life. The thought of yesterday fixes the tend ency of today. The conditions of to day are the background against which every life is projected. Albion W. Tourgcp. It costs more for a dull mer chant to brush the dust off his goods than it would to advertise and sell tljem. Subscribe for the Democrat; only $l.OO a year. A GHOST STORY. Th# Bp«ctral Horseman That Vi>lta Wycoilar Hall. This ghost story Is contributed by ft correspondent of an English magazine: "Wycoilar Hall, near Colne, was long the seat of the Cunliffes of Billington. They were noted persons in their time, but evil days came, and their ancestral estates passed out of their hands. In the days of the commonwealth their loyalty cost them dear, and ultimately they retired to Wycoilar with a rem nant only of their once extensive prop erty. About 1819 the last of the fami ly passed away, and the hall Is uow a mass of ruins. Little but the antique fireplace remains entire, and even the room alluded to in the following legend cannot now be Identified. Tra dition says that once every year a specter horseman visits Wycoilar Hall He is attired In the costume of the early Stuart period, and the trappings of his horse are of a most uncouth de scription. "On the evening of his visit the weather is always wild and tempestu ous. There Is no moon to light the lonely roads, and the residents of the district do not venture out of their cottages. When the wind howls loud est the horseman can be heard dash lng up the road at full speed, and. aft er crossing the narrow bridge, he sud denl.v stops st (lie door of the hall. The rider - then dismounts and makes his way np the broad oaken stairs into one of the rooms of the house. Dread ful screams, as from a woman, are then heard, which soon subside into groans. The horseman (hen makes .his appearance at the door, at once mounts his steed and gallops off. "His body can lie seen through by those who may chance to be present: his horse appears to be wild with rage, and Its nostrils stream with tire. The tradition is that one of the Cunliffes murdered his wife in that room and that the specter horseman is the ghost of the murderer, who is doomed to pay an annual visit to the home of his victim. She Is said to have predicted the extinction of the family, which, according to the story, has been liter ally fulfilled." THE CRITICS. These Observers Were Wholly Per sonal In Their Judgments. "The critical faculty Is rare," said an editor and critic at a Philadelphia art club. "It must be impersonal. But most of us incline to be wholly per sonal in our criticism. The fact was brought home to me at one of the exhi bitions at the Academy of Fine Arts. "Passing from picture to picture, I overheard many criticisms. Thus a lady in a rich gown said: " 'What a superb portrait of a young girl! It should certainly win the Car negie prize. It is easy to see that the gown was made by Paquin.' "A fat, red nosed man in a fur lined overcoat halted before a picture enti tled 'The Luncheon.' " 'This still life,' he exclaimed, is the most admirable I have ever seen. Terrapin, canvasback, champagne, lob ster. even Perigord pie—ah, what a genius.' " 'ln this historical painting.' I heard an antiquary say, 'the costumes are ac curate in every detail. The painter is a second Raphael.' " 'That horse there,' said a young polo player, is exactly like my Poda sokus. It's ihe best picture in the ex hibition.' "An athlete uttered a cry of delight .before a daub called 'The Gladiator.' " 'What shoulders! What arms!' he said. 'I bet anything the jury gives this painting the highest award.' "And half the throng, departing, said: " 'The picture in the last room is the best. No, we didn't see it—couldn't get to It. in fact—but It draws far and away the biggest crowd.' " Mole Superstitions. According to tradition, if you have a mole on your chin you may expect to be wealthy* while if you have it un der your arm It promises you wealth and honor as well. A mole on the ankle indicates courage. On the left temple a mole indicates Xhat you will find friends among the great ones of the earth, but if It be placed on the right temple it warns you of coming distress. A mole on a man's knee means that he may expect to marry a rich woman. A mole on the neck promises wealth. If you have a mole on your nose you are going to be a great traveler. A mole on the throat indicates health and wealth. To the fellows who lost out in the State convention, quit shaking your heads and making ugly about it. By the time election day comes around /ou will all be feeling better and will be climbing over each other to vote for Kitchin.—Ex. Rev. Watt Holcombe evangelist and son-in-law of Sam Jones has been getting into trouble down in Georgia says the Cartersville Ga. Dispatch Holcombe was in dicted for useing obscene langu age before ladies and fined $2OO and cost. Many of our citizens ivill remembeJ Rev. Holcombe because of his evangelical work n this city. iiVhen a man begins by saying To tell you the truth," you may be pretty sure he is going to tell a lie. Subscribe for the Democrat. • f . % ; Auction Sale on Public So.uart We wish to announce for the benefit of the People of Hickorj and surrounding country that we have planned an Auction sale oi Grand View property to take place on the public square Julj 4th. There has recently beer built a nice-street out to Grand View, which has attracted much attention and is very valuable tc oar town. There has been $1 000.00 spenJ; oi the streets ol Grand View. Buildings have already been put up on this prop erty and manv other improve ments are being planned. The streets to Grand View are the nicest in the city and property in that section is being rapidly leveloped and nice building lots lave been surveyed and sold on joth sides of the street that leads to Grand VieW. You cannot find a better investment any where in our city. Now you an opportunity to buy nice building sites at your own price. Read the page ad in this paper. Terms of sale: One third cas hand balance in three and six months. Mr. Ray Wright of La fayette, Ind., has been employed to conduct the sale and no doubt it will be the most mterestirg one ever held in the city. Mr. Wright is a fine auctioneer and you will miss a treat if vou fail to hear him cry this sale. There will be several presents to be given away at the sale. Morri son Bros. Co. Virginia and Bryan. For weeks and months we have been told that Virginia would send an uninstructed dele gation to Denver. Powerful in fluences in the Old Dominion, led by Senator Daniel, were known to be opposed to the nomination of Mr. Bryan. But when the Virginia convention met at Roanoke a test vote show ed 608 for instructions to 186 against instructions. Thereup on the opponents of instructions gracefully acceded to the will of the majority and the delegates were instructed and the eloquent Daniel was chosen as one of the delegates at large, together with Senator Martin. Governor Swanson and ex-Governor J. Hoge Tyler—a Big Four that will have weight at Denver. Democrats are all gett'ng to gether for a love feast at Denver Some of Mr. Bryan's indiscreet friends in Virginia—(but not many of them) —announced some time ago that they would seek to defeat the election of Senato* Daniel as delegate to Denver. Wiser friends anounced that they would send Senator Daniel as an instructed Bryan delegate and that was done. The will of the people is of superior power to the view of any leader. Sen ator Daniel was not hostile to Bryan but doubted the wisdom of his nomination. He however never assumed more wisdom than that possessed by the as sembled Democracy of his State, and he will go to Denver to car ry out the instructions of his State and to help shape party affairs or to put Bryan in the vVhite House. i In June some folks may think it a matter of small importance if the Democrats are disagreed. In November there will be need of every Democrat actively and harmoniously at work and Sena tor Daniel this year as in 1896, will stand with winning eloqu ence for the election of the Ne briskanand Virginia Democrats will bury difierences and stand united and determined to win victory.—News and Observer. We have received a. copy of Mr. Metcalf's book—The Real Bryan. This book is an avowed attempt to "explain Bryan" and is made up of extracts from his speeches, letters, etc. It is well worth the reading by any good citizen. Him—My dear, this pumpkin pie is uot half done. Her—Well, finish it then, darling.— Los Angeles Times. I Weak Women 1 U frequently suffer great pain and misery during the B 3 change of life. It i3 at this time that the beneficial 1 || effect of taking Cardui is most appreciated, by those I j3| who find that it relieves their distress. I It Will Help You ,u I Mrs. Lucinda C. Hill, of Freeland, 0., writes: fcg || "Before I began to take Cardui, I suffered so badly B H I was afraid to lie down at night. After I began to Eg g take it I felt better in a week. Now my pains have m I gone. I can sleep like a girl of 16 and the change 11 ■of life has nearly left me." Try Cardui. AT ALL DRUG STORES ... ' ; ..._ How To Kill Your Town. Kick. Keep kicking. And don't quit kicking. One pull ons way and one t'other. Go to other towns and buy your goods. Denounce your merchants be cause they make a profit on their goods. Knife every man that disagrees with you on the method of in creasing business. Denounce your newspaper be cause it can't give you a.i much free advertising as you would like to have, and when you have so lie printing that there is any thing in "financially," take it to some office that does nothing for your city. They Are Great. If you are looking for amuse ment and want to laugh an i -en joy yourself, at a cool, pleasant and comfortable place, go to the motion picture shows, they are great. Over a million people have enjoyed these wonderful pictures. The most up-to-date reproductions to be found any where—life-like and interesting. Going on all the time, July 4th, at each end of public square, Gem and Wonderland. Admission 5 and 10 cents. It is a singular fact that the South has not a single large pub lishing house in its confines. A Southern Author must need send his work to the North to be pub lished. The scarcitv o! Southern magazines is just as apparent. There are but two Southern Magazines in existence —Uncle Remus, edited by Joel Chandler Harris and the Taylor-Troi wood, edited by Senator Bob. Taylor, of Tennassee. Both * these are good and worthy of reading— "The Gift of the Grass" in ihe latter is one of the hits of the season. Secretary Taft became a pri vate citizen Tuesday. He is plan ning to go to Hot Springs, Va., for a rest. Luke Wright succeeds him in the war office. The fleet is to sail from San Francisco July 7th on its world cruise. The Democratic conven tion at Denver begins the same day. • A cursory perusal of the North Carolina papers will show how effectively the Democrats are getting behind Kitchin. This means victory in November. The English suffragettes made an attack on Parliament Tuesday. Some thirty of them were ar rested and they accomplished nothing. Hon. B. M. Fernald has been nominated for Governor by the Maine Republicans. Office Boy (giving valuable hints to newcomer)--And, say, don't you have nothin' to do wid Maloney. New Boy —Wot's de matter wid him? Office Boy—He's a coward, dat's why. He sneaked up on me yisterday an' kicked me in de stomach when me back wua turned.—Woman's Home Companion. CUT Expenses By your Job Workdoiie at Democrat Printer}' All work execut ed by an Expert Compositor The Best \ at lowest prices, send us 111 DT (HI Out-of-town orders given our special at tention. Letter from Virginia. Correspondence to The Democrat. I Very Serious | It Is a very serious matter to ask I I for one medicine and have the 1 ■ wrong one given you. For this I ■ reason we urge you in buying I |to be careful to get the genuine— | BUCK-WIGHT Liver Medicine p The reputation of this old, relia- I ble medicine, for constipation, in* I digestion and liver trouble, is firm- B ly established. It does not imitate I other medicines. It is better than B others, or it would not be the fa- I vorite liver powder, with a larger H •ale than all others combined. SOLD IN TOWN « B
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