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7 THE COMET Job Printing Ofllco is well cquipicl for MKALSSJOB PfilHTUIG. Prices and Work i Guaranteed Satisfactory. THE COMET, Published at tho Groat Summer Resort is an IiRllent AflTerusini Mil. Send for ltates. rrn H EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE TO ALL. VOL. I. NO. 45. RED SPRINGS, N. 0., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, '18KJ, KHIGHT t HJfliBT, ftllttai COME "Public opinion", asserts the Chicago Bun, 'Meant more strongly to a restriction of immigration than ever before.' t --'J-- I , Industrial enterprises are being placed upon a stock basis, ao that any one who has money may invest it safely nd in iJnz way. "This I co-opc ration," adds the Chicago Sun, "but without the solialistic feature." The census report state that 29.57 per cent, of the farms of Iowa are hired and 70.43 per cent, are owned by tho persons cultivating them. The total lien on tho farms of the State amounted to 1101,713,921, the averago rate of in tcrest being 7.39 pr coot. , The Scientific Oommluioa appointed to select a site for a new capital for Bra zil, consists of Art clril engineers, two a.tronomers, a naturalist and an expert in hrciene. The commission has startc 1 f.r the cectrsl plateaus of the rcpub'ie, where it hopes to find an ideal site for iV future greatest city of South Amcr- ?iiil Iclphia is a city of homes, de clares I ho New York Independent, tho ti no ncnt homo system being almost un known. Fro.n January 1st to Octolci .'!.i, ")2, thcro wero erected in P.iila- i!t 'l'iirt two story dwcllingi an 1 1'II three-story dwellings. Phil.vlvl l!n i nd:nlmlly served by many horso- r ir lines and the suburban railway scr v ce iu all direction is excellent. moruists lay that aoout 1,3)0,000 jh tvhm of botli soxus and all ac per ii'io I by roaoti of too Franco Pruni i i witro: I'jTJ; aid If one adds to this cnor.nou numher the 330,000 ni:n do stroyud in preceding wars of tho sccoti I empire, it U found tliat the roign cf .Ni polco'n III cost Frnnce 2,000,00'J huiniu liyu, not counting the billions of uoney, t!io ruins of ho not and tho dii:acuicr uieut. Tho uncertainties of lifo nro illustrate! in tho cuo of tho OjTcrQor-oIcct of U'ashin ton, inu-ios tho Chicago Herald. Onco a happy cir-drivor j yiu in tho diicjtuQturo of tho pmcn.jcr left at tho c rncr, whacking tho tltj'ts of hii honci in careleis ab.tadou, aal with no thought but to mako ti-ue, ho has grad ually driftoJ ta politic . No ho hat thtj burden of wealth, ho is hau'ito l by ullicc scolvcrs nil d if, Q 1 insooinia preys upon him :it niiit. In view of tho oft-threatcned ex h ration of coal dcpoiits, tho opinion of )r. MendeleielT, t lie ItiHiian c!ioiu;i, that petroleum i pro!ib!r incxhiu-tih'c, i- notnewhat rcissuriu, obscrvos tho lloMtoii Iran cript. Ho attributes fio i .rm t ion of petroleum to tho constantly renewed action of water oil tho metallic dernitsof tho hot central portion of tin ertli, and he believes that tho rapidity t its formation keeps pvo with tho ex tinction. The viijlal woodcutters ia tbo CaH. f.Tnis e)Uoia forests used tocuttho big trees at n distance of from a dozen to we-ity feet nb vo tho ground in order to iv.. id the gnarled and knotted base. It it it has lately Ihcu found that these tumps arc as valuiblo as tho straight w,i 1. The guarU prosont most beauti ful linrins, a id the wool is sawn into tli hi sheet? and used for interior decora tions. Now these stumps aro boiog dug ellt. The San Francisco Examiner observes The bicycle steadily in i'acj it way, con tiering tho fields of usefulness s well s of pleasure. After being adopted for mail carriers and army sj uts, it no v is t. lo put in tho Chicago polico service. The bicycle corpi will bv as greit m inre its the introduction of the patrol w.i'on. It will inereisj tho ctli.-ioncy of tho police force by enabling it to over territory and to patrol tho rjads mre fre piently. It will bo a mountol corps w ithout the expense of sup;orting horics. The noisclencss of the machine will be of uotcwortliy advantage. Hie t'eusus Uittco has issue-t a rrallt tin, ,'iv ing statistics of the railroad mile a.eof tho world In 1S9J. It stuws that i a of a total railway mileage for the w .rid of 370,281 . miles, tha United Otitis lure no less than 163,537 miles, or 43. S per cent, of the whole, and that thu railway mileage of the United States ex. ee ls, by 3497 milcj, tho entire mile. of tho old world Europe's 135,863 Rules, Aiia'a 18,793 miles and Africa's miles, making an aggregate of but 1" ..''. 3 miles. It is interesting to noto ti utoaishing growth of the Tailwsj iniVue of the United States from the cenm yrar of 1830, when there were 'e' thsn forty miles, uo to 1893. In l"ltho figures were 2735 miles. In ' they had risen to 8371 miles, in lv; ' th total had swelled to 23,919 tho census of 1870 showed tho a;h'i-e to be -19,163 miles, that of 1880 I''" I the tlgures at 87,724 miles, svhilo til leventh census figures give tho M oaishiug total of 163jl97 miles. 'iM GKKAT SHOW. FKATUIIKS OP Till-: IIOttTICUf. TL'ltAL tX II I HIT ATTIIi; hAIIt. Odd Dwarf Tree From Jnnan- fc I range Vegetation From Auv tralla lecrlptior, of the ' Horticultural I'uUdlng. have arrived at Jack ton Park, fays the Chicago News. They arc two dwarf j cci rocna of the pice a iid cypress famine, rown in the im- rcriaf botanical "aniens at Tokio. Fur ereral hundred year they hare been en dowed with a life that hat been twisted and throttled nod stunted until in their P7"mJ branches arc all the evidence of henry ar, that promised so much luore when they were but rccdlings. Pinus pnrviiloru is tl.C a ' botanical -' .Irr. . lWAfir TKKI. KIIOM .l.P.?l. name of thed unrf pin". It stands about two and one half )Vct high, with a tru n't seven iuciitM thnu;'.i nt tho rarth line. Its branches sic .o '-naricd t'ia'. the scant green of its needle feircely onco ill the woody rr.as from whic i it ;rin;i. Iti trunk nnd mum fteins'i iv the mar!s of the trainer's knife, where he hit cut nway the lihrous center to rcturd a toj vigorous rovi. Thiii a oitna is the name of t tic second tree. It is nkin t the v . pros 3 and is the gf in of the c iMccli n. Its a.c is esti mated nt 100 years and vet it stands only three Icrt high, with its i;reitest diame ter only live feet. It bntichcs four inches from the ground with one limb JAPS OrENIXO CASES OF PLANTS. upright and the other growing alrnoit at right angles. Tho foliage has been trained to glow only at the extreme cods of the tree's branches where it spreads out in thick tuft.. An examination of these strange trees shows the infinite care and patience which has bten expended upon them. Ercry branch and twig baa had a throttle upon it in tho shape of strings of fibrous bark. When too much vigor has been demonstrated in one branch it baa becu tied down and its circuhtioh of f.ip improved. "When ft limb has grown too large an incision hai been made In the barW and tue wooay center cut away. Either trom tan or from natural causes the cypress has 3c- cayed, presenting a hollow trunk. Thu process of dwarDng trees is rrscwctu onlv in Jspan. and the two specimens hero are the best examples afforded by the imperial gardens. Thirty-six cases of plants bare wen shipped iron japan b iu Government, and these will be used in decorating the Japanese temple. K. Konlshi, Secretary of the Japanese Commission, received tho consignment. and the cases were opened by Japa&cso carpenters in their native dress. Alreadj the space under the great dome of the horticultural building Is taking on a tropical appearance in its vegetation and has been arranged and thrown open to Tisiton, Betca State and four foreiga T ft, hi I i-. - b 1 countries are represented. Masacbu let'r, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Missouri and California hare I - .IJJ-l 'Vl c?. i a LU UKI-OADINQ FLOWEHS FROM TOC ORIBXT. contributed, together with Ireland, Hol land, Australia and Japan. The wonderland of Australia has con tributed much from its strange vegeta tion. Iu nothing docs it exceed its gigan tic ferns. The trco fern, standing from twelve to thirty feet high, is tha largest of tbc?e. Tbo trunk taper i gradually to the top, terminating at a diam cter of at least six incites. From this stubby top the long fcrus bang gracefully down ward, sorno of them eight feet in length. Thc;e trco trunks are of a spongy sub stance which invito parasite gTowtb. Their general appetranco is as if they Lad been fcorched by fire. The elk-horn fern is of tho strangest grow tbk It encircles a tree in cup shspc, often exceeding fcur feet in diameter at the t p. It increases in sizo by layers proiug on the outside, feeding from tbcdtciyed growth within. A dozen of the'f tine rjccimcos OiX in tbo Au: traiian c rllection. llollaud has sent in magnificent speci mens of the bay tree. Pcnosjlranias exhibit is largely culled fro.n its collection which rc.nsinc I over fro n the Centennial Exhibition in 1375. Of this collection there are soma fino j a'ms and )cci-nens of bambjo gro tin j tuorc thau fifty feet high. Hol.lI' tXiUnAi. r.L'II.DINO. A California vine the co'ra scandens has been trained nt the foot of every arch and is rapidly climb'ng up toTvar 1 the apex of the doma, 113 feet abnvc tho rt tor. A cintral slaa I forty fect in be'ght his Itcca erected in the rotunda ami already it has b?cn covered with trees nnd plants. An atmosphere of .ix!v decree Fahrenheit is iniint iino-1. Flocks jf sjiarro vs have taken quarters in this tenpera'e dim? un their The rotund i is open to visitors, an I in the thie'e green foliao t'icro lurks an unseen danger. A near-sigh'cd young nun prowls there all day long, armcl Mith a largo muxi e-'oading squirt-gun. Jut about the time a visitor's cjo lights upon some entertaining bit of fauna or ll na the gunner po irs a galling charge of insect exterminator ibto it. And be knows it's loaded, too. THE HOrtTICCLTCRst. nrtLOixa. Immediately sou h of the entrance to Jackson Park, Chicago, from the Mid way PlaUaoce, and facing east or the lagoon, is tho Horticultural Duildiog. Here will bo found the horticultural ex hibits of tho World's Fair. In front is a rROX THK LASD OF TBK aOKlDO. flower terrace for outside exhibit, in cluding tanks for Jfjmph aai the Victoria Regia. The front of the ter race, with iu low parapet between Urge vises, borders the water, and at its centre forms a boat landing. Tha building is 1000 feet long, with an extreme width of 25) fect. Tae plan is a central pavilion with two end pavil ions, each connected with the central one by front and rear curtains, formiig two interior coarts, each eighty-eight by 270 ftct, TtcsccoarUaxe beautifully THK decorated in color and planted with orftmental shrubs and flowers. The centre cf the pavilion is roofed by a crystal dome 187 feet In diameter and 113 feet high, under which are exhibit ed the tallest palmr t bamboos and tree ferns that can be pepcured. There ars galleries In each of the pavilions. The galleries of the cud pavilions are designed forcafis, the situation and tbo tur- roundmgs being particularly adapted to recreation and refreshment. These cafes are surrounded by an arcade on three sides from which charming views of tho grounds can be obtained. In this building are exhibited all tho varieties of flower?, plant, vine, seeds, horticultural implement?, etc Those exhibits requiring sunshine and light are shown In the rear curtains, where the roof Is entirely of r,lass and not too far removed from the plants. The front curtains and space under the galleries are designed for exhibits that require only the ordinary amount of light. Provision is made to beat such psrts as require it. The exterior of the building is in "taff, tinted in a soft warm buff, color L gm f t OKOCr OF ACSTRSM.S! TKtlXS. being reserve 1 for thi interior and tho courts. The cost of t'us building was about 300, t)00. W. L. B. Jenny, of Chicajo, is tho architect. Bibs Helen GonlJ. Although Jay Gould left nothing to charity by bis will, his money, through bis daughter. Miss Helen Gould, has, says tin Chicago Herald, been employed in many acts of benevolence. She has winter. Mifs Gou'.d bat been always I MIX ITELK!( GOULD. s.mple and unostenutious in nei " giving, m m - S DUl many poor pcop.o uavo io imsiui kindnesa of her heart for fool as well aa tor pjuijNtiuj. Imia'a e Knaa! Falaaoa. I c.iA. ,r Salmon are running phenomenally thick now. About 2J.OOO were brought . . i . . r . i o tuecaniiery yeateruay. am. rs roe targesv uivyi sb. ,v oery hrre on one day with one excep tion. George T. Meyers, the manager, said that he rvceired 23,000 one day some seasons a ;o when the cannery waa at West Seattle. He had to refuse to take any more iroa the fishermen jester day, as he is running short-handed and did not have tins enostgb. There are 2300 cases of tins coming around from Astoria and a lot from San Francisco, and when these arrive the cannery will be able to hsndle all tha fish that may isndla all tha fish thai may present about 458 caaea a day acktd. Most of tha fish ara .v. .v. v... .. . ,v. come. At are being packed being caught ia the harbor, and the bull 01 tae catca u stiver aauaoa. vi tbe 22,000 received yeaterJay, 2000 came over irom 1 a cocoa, su iaara in one haul. Seattle (Washington) Tost In teHIgenccr. . Sift lor some timo been A devout mcmocr oi rohool picnic anI would need to wear my "'Who are you, child f Scott akcd, longest eight minutes I ever ou d -d. Dr. Paxton's church in Now Yor'c and bilcd shirt. turning nnd taking her hand, 'why do The old man was in bis ?lory. The w ay it w.-s through her influence, a it Is said, "It was al?oiit noon svhen wc set out you rome to sivc iisf ' 1,( I'ountl piwibr, wads, bull-is mil that her father was induced to give his for V , I riding one of Scott's 'extras,' " i ain't kearin' s t much aUmt sat in' caps into Miss lb ty and lired Ih-iu ou, cheek for $10,090 to the minuter last a wiry, nimble footed little broncho, vou'ns as irettin' him tuk no ' she an. wna .-n!cd only by tin w ay hi ejet t-l V east I By the terms of her fsthcr l will Hit county'mi- rs, whuh were handed out. pocket, bit off a chew as he remarked. I informed us that Grlniro and his ring- Gould baa been ma Je one of the richest reganllesa of address, ,j the obliging casually; I reckon you fellers Is brm balers were lodged la the rsUbe.snd women in the United States. poMmvtcr. doto' somahin', an' thar is goin' to be he rsg tsg and bob-tail of the gang had "we found Perez in. He eooped wnc fhzhten'. t seen Gringo Perez and Ukm to thsv ltrush. out. weighed an.1 tied un dolUr. th Cow Irs bnva an Dick Siina aji' re lot "Scott, and tb ft roup of citiietis w hi TUS MtSOXEH, L Iran's stall ia lis lif ting JaiL Eehn J iU i risen bar. Froaj it ere wild wi J ci tbi s-wil Tep at tlii ea-ta sal stir-; Cat anlike jsi a of wood or stone Its prisoner ever d wells loae. Thoa-h throa-h it front doors r Tfisnl I Arc blown front glens of gtsUn'ss, and through its lk dtors maie strains Iloll in in wstca of msdao , And though bo hear aud ho d each tone. Tho pris oit still nius: dcll sluoa. tb -ig pH ta wind ws of the Jsil 8 weep s:ii- of ol-ni spload ir. Au I throng'i t dars fl-t Ljmai of jy Or dirgr lwp anl t n J Thi p irtooc. hr? jr4 tbo mirth sod moan Out in his J til ho dwells alooe. No lover ev r knows tho soul lis 1 ret in sll iU swe 'tneai; Th ftdtert lt9, h'wTor strong. Is in r e-d l i.-ieornpl tnues ; No hesrt is ever bil'y known, The prison r err dsells sloim. JS.m Wslw F s, luYsukeo Dltde. HOW HESETTLED WITH . (jKINuO BV DKI.I.K HtTST. J:irk in the acvcntitu," a:d a Texas merchant who was "on ljit" buying plS "when I was a 1 outer f.r a biir mercantile Iioum of Galvmton, I wascnl to investigate a creditor of theirs out In I . ...i . . .... ... . lie aoiiiuwr:rm pan oi ino Male, my i iiirocntins oern vi collect trie claim or run an ntt.i hmt-'t n the concern. "At the end of n thirty boors' run on the train, I found ms If in . th Dearest ni r.nd M.ilion to P , tho town of my dciiiHjuent customer, which. u ton imiitirr, I found to Ik seventeen miles wi st, on the Mexican Iwrdrr. 'In my nrowbn-'s alwut . whom sIimiM I run acns but mv old friend. Dill Scott, raid :in -f Ihe Tcaa lUniers. who akc l i:ie what I v doing out there. I frankly stated mv businena. and akcl if be kuew the man I was gotnj to "Know Gii'mro Pcrcr Scott re- iK-ntcl. Well, I reckon 1 do thlt is "l)V r.'lHlUtio.n." He's a reuulur tire-cater! Whr. man alive, Gririg.1 Pt rez has t'inc-bairs like you on to.it for breakfast. lie is a GreaMT, you know. ubo:n bis fellow- citizens nicknamed "Gringo" their term of rontcmpt fr.r au Amcriean Ikmhusc be gave op sheen shtarin and hore- stealing an I tiH.k t.i the slower but surer buDjness of iii"rch:indic. He's a holy terror adds a notch to his pistol but't every six months .vid two dining dec- tutu! Pav Why, he don't pay fur any- thinjr, anl ns for your attachment, vou'd as well try to serve attachment papers on the devil for l.ark bills on brim- stone!' " 'Say, Hice, I t!ii:ik I'd Wltcr rido over with von. .t v arc ir.akini this ueauoiiancrs wnile wc make a round un of this season's cri of horse thieve road agents nnd fence cutters in this nn .. -w-ii rt of the country, and 1 can leave won! for the I toys to join inc at P when tbev come iu this veiling. Uc miirht coma in bandy if you wt into nnv troublo. "It n needless to say tint I accepted Scott'ti o.'Ter with nvidi'tv, tliough I gave him to understand that I had not under- taken to n.ljut that claim under the im- prcssion that I was going to a Sunday i'3'1 takeu the preruuti.uiary measure of I out my attar hmeiit iiaicrs Ire- forewc startitl wliieh I still boned to I use only as n la.t resort iu bringiug Mia- ter Fiic Eider to terms. It was closj niton 4 o'clock In the afternoon when wc rode into P , a typical Tvxo-Mexiran Itnrder town. Moat I of the h n.acs were one storv adobe. I dense thicket of it lav aUiut a mill. I to the west. Five of the nine hiuineaa fcouv-s hsd saloon' in hi" letters over the door, and ralmlv and neacefiillTron. frontrnl me, when wc got off our horses. I was inc siirn. Ui. I'crer. Ikalcr in li-r- I pools, Clothing, Hats, Caps, Millinery, ixots, miocs, .'Notions, drocrrics, Hidea, I Kd, Agricultural Inrr.lcmcnts, etc.' I which rovernl the entire gable and of I the unaintel, weather Itrairdesi store. TieI to the racks on either side ol I the publie well, were eight or ten ponies, I their flanks weighed down bv the bii Mexican saddles, which varied theii .rWS'l s.- l Ml l I FSB Itl UIIIIIO Hnil BS. BW BK , x ohrf lhrir-iojjffwo ndrrs loafed OU the Mens and str- .A thc rtort truiD,r varns, niokine riirar worth of sugar for a slab aided irirL I un tuiiwJBiru ujscii ana iiairq i . . . , ' . . mv business. This nrof&irnl rtuf I C Dished and the lid nut bwck carefully oa I the iupirbaml hvax T informef m a a ma .... a tn4t mj g to aoj Uat he d pay when be got ready, and not before. 'Naturally, this reception did not tend to increase my amiability, and I promptly turned on my heel and went oat, intending to put mj attachment papers in the hands of the deputy sheriff and instn&t him to serve them at OO re. "But the deputy turned pale at tha mention of serving pers on Gringo Perrt, kindly explaining to me that his 11, inw.j eipnwR 10 d 17 incumbency of otSce was 1117 , ' stances, medllm with other the re- ruck um- tuDej4e, folksea ,HU v au .tfr t. MJ M obvloua a statement, and waa just Liking a menial inventory of my amma nition, preliminary to a man-to-man set tlement with Muter Gringo, when Scott straggling along cither Mdc of the ma in krtcbcdnn with us. The onlv wav to do is I A S B . street, which was nothing more or lrs to git him tuk up for some uv h:s devil- ,- Them Hangers lui Irr le lendin' than the continuation of the wagon road try, and pot in th! inilc.nsWy, whir t their business an' let us ten' to ourn I from one settlement to another. There he can't git at us. it, boned, jou fel- It ud a lcrn the makiu' uv P -to were bunches of chaparral here and there bra better vamoose. You ain't M no hev Gringo Pcrex an' his gang laid out about the outskirts of the town. a.nd a time to fool. He's irone arl. r Um.1! .!.- by three men an' a call ettes, t.iayinx fokrr and revlinir th I Inir a pluir of tobarco out of his taints I ierruircsi oy io mr 'n,iw overtook me at the door of the deputy's ffice, and hearing the new turn givca to my situation, saidi 'That's all right. HI serve your pa- per. The captain of the IUnger it vrr- tually a aheriil anywhere in the Stateat his own discretion, you know! laughing and giving me the wink. ' 'By George. oH roauT I exclaimed, grasping bis band.'I am beginning to look upo ,ou ' "fwldential interven - I tion in ny fsror on this trip! and we wauea on together over to Onogosldown it ailcrwanl. Ilien, wlilrlm.-x store. I around faring as, he lUmmnl the gun it was griuug nn lowaru nuK, and Giingo was ia the back rt of the room lookmir over his looks. Scott and 1 tMth saw that we had hi a at hts din lraolage, and uciore no anew what had bapprned, Scott was reading of! tho paper at the rate of sixty miles an hour. The msn seemed stunned for a tulnnte, then, ani-t. denly collecting himself, he whirled round, ran his hand in ft drawer, and whipneil out a revolver, but lefre he got a good prip on It, I knocked it out of his hand, straddled it on the 0oor,aiHl covering him with my own said: fjome, come. Mister Fire-lter, none of that! out: Tint isn't what we want you to get out " 'Throw down your arms an 1 sun t of that drawer. A little cash would mike lpp I" the name of the ItwF it eaier for IkIi of us.' "Like all bullies, the fellow was a blufl and coward, lie saw we had h ,u-iViV u uw u. l i"iiei me iMiwr, and then ran a t - - . I sackcsl the r.uc llaneon stock on the eountcrs and found some tacks and a bam:ncr, with which he frs'rnrd the notice on llic ituUide if Iho door. Tlien, rejoining me, Sf.tt kbkr-1 the fallen pito lu,dcr one of the n getting behind tlrino, rein nrrrole iu out nf ih Minler, and. pietc him to Tills done, be brckcl the d.N.r. put the key iu bis rckrt. and we tlrt lmd mir lnt m " " - - . p!esint go erening. and then walked I over to the racks to get our lnrses. "'I lon'l think it would I a lad thing for our health to cet out of here as - . son as wc can,' Ntrtt Said. TIi? b arc mighty late gettint in. They mir I In a skirmUh aomewb-re. " "Wo watered our borvs. mounleI and nle down the main a'nTt. As c ixiaacd a. lit I to 1intr r!nu in it. r...l I Scot t sniffled ami ul.l n.,i . riu like frie.1 hsm and c"s. don't itf fjt'a I stop And bare a n iek.' I "We aliVhtrd. l.lThr.1 our 1. I.. bind Itic house In an anirle made br a sheil romi w hlch served as the kitibcn I and. t-ointr innide. acalcl mirnlr ,t lone of the two oil cloth covered lal.h-w and nr oor nnlrr in an n'.l infi I filial the w.lnt and rnuMviiri. i-Jir I..... I of joprietor, rook and waiter. I "While wc were ralini we were Inter. ruptcd bv the rntrinirof a girl, whom I recognfzed as the customer in at Gru- go's when we first callctl on him. She bad nn old shawl over her heal. Iitrcn the clyv held edges of wide h hrr small, I infelligeat, fright mel fac? p ra I out I strikingly.. She extuM n-t harel.ei nl more thin 1 4 years old, vet her face bad all or the shrevdaess an-1 strength of a woman's. Dirtin nist us she mile a I haty survey of the kitchen, and turning, I askrsl: MVbar's TobeT I " 'Gone to iho well ' I ssi.l iSinWU- she meant our host. and. half ilsin?? and I ... .r smiling, in sji teof mrse f. I added, afier the manner of tho coinlrr to -vn store. ke-ner. t!an I do airlSln r for t-.vi I mtssf - - j j "She came cloafl to tbo tible, and, lcaniiir on th? b.i-k of So Ufa rhiir. shn raid nerrouslr: " 'Ytm'ns 1m tier clar out. tiuick f t).nd an' the boys is on your trail. He co:n; home to supper and ralMd ralu. Me nn' man's hide II irit it fur vou'na dolnV "We understood in a flash that she w as warning us against Gringo. lit. li swcresl seriouslv. Still, I didn't want bun to irit thodran on vcr ttiat a nH fair.' "She watched the t'o r furtively, and cathen-1 up the ends of the shawl as thou"h for flirbt as she went on: Mle's my step paw, an' a meaner rust nevrr lived. Me and maw'd a lef him lonir a?o. but be would kill us if he i-vir - . . - " Itovs. and I heard him ti 11 k Kims I them to iine 'em. bark tlnr back rr ll.tt rally boose. She pinte to the rear of I the house. 'Some of 'cm is coin' lo lav I fur scr in front, and aoraeuvVm is oin' I to lav fur ver Itch in', an' rrrrsn't irit out I 'n town no waja. You Itcitcr git amove on yer, honest! "She startH to the door, theo shrank lvk. 'Thar's the Cow lea boys, now ! she exclaimed. !).! ain t fur oa. Ef he sees me I'm a roner. "Hy thia time Scott and I were on our feet, and the proprietor came in with his bucket of water. His manner led us to aW riSN-B'SIUU B BS I IW K UML EOWTW saw anal KSSLn an in'-'ua minx oa in the street. Set- tins- the bucket on the shelf be wlrl I his hawls on the tail of his roat, aa l Uk- uv 'em, an' they kemI to be surround- I iu iuc uouse. r ui as i am see , you ns i ... . . j . . Ala t sot so thdw. sou BUHivht W well thro up yer ban's aa s'rrnder.' I a.. . x . m mm "Wtlh 'as lur as I ouid ace, thu tu the statetneat of aa uaflaturiag fact. I Doa't bolt, nk, Scott hM quietly, bis I words accompanied by the rapidly re- voiving six ( uci 01 nis pistoi, -tnc uovi 1 wiu re in any minute wc re au nrnt: " 'Let's get to our horses,' I said, 'and make ft dash tor the thicket.' ' Star where too are T he answered. I and bis voice had the rinjr of the born I commander. 'What are yon going to dor I asked, nettled. . 'Whip the whole townT be replied, beginning to barricade the back door with barrels of suar atxl four. "Meanwhile the child stood there, tha shawl dropped Lack from her hea l and boulders, Ver little white face a study of disinterested curiosity aid apprvba- lion. Her heavy. lidded black eyes rlowed with excitement, and ber thin- I arched nostril contracted ant distended like a restive pony's, 'I reckon you'ns Is jrwloe to ketch him T she said complacently. Just hern my attention was diverted to Totte, whos sir name of HarUfirld we had sot yet learned. Going to a rick over th door between the two mom, he took down sa old army mulet, and a raw bids Wit I containing powder and shot Itorns. I Whipping out the ramm.1 he swioel it I twice up and down the lorn I, blowing 1 uown on ine uoio anissii: "uenn-t- I men, thar's my weapons, and I at ver service. I don't know Iutp s inc. w what jrr bcn up to, but I'm with yrr! I'm gls I nv an, excuse to shake this settlement, ennybow. Thr ain't enough cscileiirnt pi inoon here fur me. Iwanttomovo fuller west wKar folks is jrot soni ' spsink t I and I'd jest as lief decUr' my pri'M iples I on jouWi side as mnjUaly Hv-V I "tur formal acceptance 0( il,c nrmi of I our unexpecteil ally was prevented br I the whit of a ball at tho window, and Mil tast tho window, and ing to the door and callii't ISettl'a sprlngir Han us over thtt fine liatr, so to will, erne Gringo's voice. "What have you a;ainit him f askel Bcolt. lie's too blamed smart, an wear a stake an'-ridered a'lbt! ai werH voice fnm tho rear of the ttioS, o!lo,r 1 I hy a roar of laug!itcr,wii-li was u Menl I hangr loone of fury w bcu it wastlii. I covered w!m Sitt was. I VThstVt;:i Srot, the b llwrller uv Hie llmgrrs y bowlol one, l s cap ture bint ! ' Ye, he's slratcd ffT for tnm 'he Ml lit s lime !Vjfl!ol anolJnr; 'U shear l.lnt J H . " Him. an' the fine halc'll ..k utr I fidcn uv the same rail, wont lhrf ik"il another, and i lh- fm roi;ht I base g'c on until th y f fgt th r laa a. as. a a . . m I t'losui-thirl, liad lot iifingi iimilf I puhnl to ih fnnt swiiiglii Id pot I I srsmml lila hrl and .Veiling, ..: irr I ftie Iwrs 1 I'm h're fur It ti . rf 'a insulted an' my rig'di is if I Htien uv this HlsM aa'coiilr ltr- lcml w ith. All that Is in favor tit ion I Sonal ilehts. ai' lion".' deal. ionn . I su' Itelp me wh tp the atulW ont'u I these amart Kllerks I "IU Inrangue sii r!ni i-I bv n I nunler.uu tell, an I a r!i.k of w nt I oufbil like a buadre I i.ls'ol i a it 1 1 best era. I ".Staid VOUf LT )J I 1 !' Sll 1 S 'tit It I 5e and ToIk. I " 'All right, Cap!' ans scr-I T'. as I he rammed a wd of IhVi vk into bit mouth and hitehe I bis p t vd.r an I a! ot horns sr jun I bandy. The oil toa-i sTIr Ijr dsncnl from side to side of t's I slf oiwu lor. as r ii r asabtr win bss bghteI the fuM. of bis first r'omtti of J,,IJ r,K kit. " '(limmo llcf, Csp; gioun- lief!'be chuck IctJ, braittg bissh mt.br agsiitit the gun. "'Wait a minute; wait a intitule! I S'ott said, p itting one h i'id mi th oi l I man's should ;r an I cinipln t!t... t.lher I nuni b:s ear. leanl vi toward tin iioith 'd lidenlng Intently. I . . . . a .a a sa 'llials ihc !): lie and I Itnr it r t'iu their hrca' feet Th"! tbn- I door wide o:cn be rilled out on e m ic . I 'Throw lo.vn your arm! I rum ni' I you in the nini of t'r; M le of IVa!' Their answer was a volley of bnliY'i Their answer wnsavol.cy of Imlle'i which Si ott returned by thru-ting toil bis I 'crs into their face t, I his gie t v srj. nal to mo and the old nun, whok. pt tho stream hot from the other side fr the I "it eight minutes, fill tha lt in;;ir came. Hut, I teiryou, they were i he I -"" qnid oi loiwcco, ani imi on nrioiii r. I no ioo it . s matu-r oi oiiHiai nn r- I fcrence that the Hangers should rmw I "P "kc the firht out of o ir I hands. lie acnt hi last loud nt ra id m I through the air, and, going to the bu. k- ct t0' haning ou Miss Ibtsy while bo I K"l,esl down two fuavaaive tlipin rsof I strr. I s. a ftf . I lit. III. vximt fooit is Burn mr vinn 9 urn "Tliis rallcl our attentioo to the chil l, wliom we lad Utterly forgottru. I"king around I foul her sitting on one of the barrels against the lw k 'r. swinging her feet and calmly awaillng vesmia. 1)3 you nant to go borne, sissleT I asked, standing beside hrr trh. She as t Iter little las-lb and bk b r ImsvI. ".No. I dasnlt IM u. kill me fcr shore! He sera ov in lu re an knows I giv him crwavr That's ail right, Cuoer the old man 'Vosj kla feme an, go out West h me, an be my gal ? N'n I mi'i" Anaarerrl klii - w s - - - - ut thar, an' I ought ter I fdiratfd.- further family dlscu-bni was la. as-rmpwab?d Mm, eacurre.l ia supjrt v s.m.v j--...-, - u cdieaUsL aavl a tmria was mada tit. th hre, proridiBg for the ralld Drj 'ra "nngo, m a. - a a. Am a ar . .a .1 f 1 &i . hen be should again be at large." iw o" iiwarr. lUfnsad to Da 'Shook. Ia recent German sewipsper two curious announcements appear. Ia ona anmkrr ia the falhswlne woticr: "I herw- bv declare, aince the written notice of the 6th of August, 1K, and aotvith standing her refusal to accept the same, my betrothal with Frauleia Kouna Zeljr- ler la aull and void. Hkhard Jork. la tha next number of the paper the foj. lowing appeared: "I hereby declare that with respect to the advertisement of tk -vftaulsaeat of mv betrothal, written d proclaimed, with Herr Jojk, I do not I and still Intend to remain Utroth!. Emma 7glcr.'-l.Ncw xora ssorio. sk a w w th . m u t . w i . 1 1 ! I I ' ' t
The Comet (Red Springs, N.C.)
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Jan. 12, 1893, edition 1
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