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True Love's Triumph
Under the Shadow
of Old Trinity.
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A New Year's Romance ty Net
tle Sandford. ,
[Copyright. 190i, by Homer Sprngue]
RUTH looked out of tho window
nnd shivered. From below rose
the ronr aud din of the holiday
crowd, the Jarring note of u
myriad of horns punctuated by the
shurjier tone of the watchman's rat
ties that tills year were dividing farOr
with the horns as an audi hi* expres
eion of New York's New Year's Joy.
It would bo two hours yet before old
Trinity's ehimes would ring out the
old yenr nnd give welcome to the new.
There were few If any who would hear
the liells when tliey did ring because
of the din, yet this was made the ral
lying point of the crowd, and It would
lie long after 12 o'clock before it dls
persed. They swarmed down the side
/- i ..nil I .l-n-'H' l . 1
"THAT LOOKS LIKE MY HANDWUITJNO,"
HE SAID
streets for a couple of blocks around.
To ^'"t uoine slie would have to force
her way through the crowd.
Carefully she counted the small
ehnuge In her purse and closed It, with
a I: h It would never do to waste
car fare for the short ride. She had
lie .red at the office to clean up hei
work In preparation for New Year's.
It would be no happy New Year's for
her. for the trial balances she had so
neutls copied showed that no prollt
had been made and as soon as the re
celver could lie brought In her work
would be done To spend 0 cents to es
cap' the crowd would lie nu extrava
gance.
As she tidied up her desk and laid
the typewritten sheets on the desk In
the bookkeeper's cage she thought of
the year before, when she a ad Jeff
had come down to hear the chimes.
They were to have been married 111
the spring, hut Jeff had been offered
a position in California and had gone
out, promising to send borne for her
Then Ids letters suddenly stopped with
one announcing that lie bad married a
half breed woman with a gold mine to
replace physical attractions.
It would be very different toutgbt
with no one to force a way through
the crowd for her. She buttoned her
shabby coat tightly aliout her and
made her way downstairs. Some of
the cleaners shouted out n happy New
Year after her, and she called back,
but her voice was tired and listless.
There was none of the holiday spirit In
her heart.
Once past the revolving doors, she
was caught up In the crowd and car
ried along lu the human tide. At the
corner they struck a cross current of
humanity that forced her into n niche
between two huge pillars. Here she
was discovered by a crowd of rolllek
ers who. with half drunken good hu
mor, insisted that she join their party.
She shrank back into the shadow,
but her tormentors would not be balk
ed of their prey and pressed forwnrd.
One of them laid his haud upon her
arm, and. with a frightened cry, she
sought to wrench herself free. A
burst of rude laughter that greeted
her effort was stopped short as a
brawny arm reached over and caught |
the bully's collar. There was a quick j
exchange of blows, and then, with a
last shout, tbey were swallowed up In
the crowd. Kirth looked up to thank
her protector and encountered Jeffer
son Uerrian's gaze.
"I've found you!" he cried exulting
ly. "I knew that I should. I had a
presentiment that if I came down here'
I should find you."
"I was detained at the office," she ex- j
plained "1 was going home."
"Alone!" he cried indignantly. "Why
didn't your husband come for youT' \
"My husband?" sin \ughed. "Where
did you get that information?"
"First haud. 1 suppose." he said. "At
least I had a letter from you in which
you explained that you were tired of
raiting and had married a Bronson
Deerlng."
"I never even heard of such a per ?
son," she denied.
"Here it Is." he said as he reached
Into his pocket and drew out a wallet,
lie pluced a letter In her hand. The
folds were seamed by friction, but In
the light from the Interior of the
building she could make out Its con
tents.
"That looks like tn.v handwriting."
jgie salil when she had done, but I j
never wrote any such letter. When J
Hid you go to Wyoming?" she added as
she studied the envelope and noted |
that the letter had been forwarded
from his California address.
"I wrote you at the time," he ex
plained In surprise. "Jim Ilolan too',
it to town with him and mailed It
there. It was shortly after I got out
there. The company changed, and I |
went over to Wyoming to prospect."
"1)1(1 you meet your wife there or
after you went to Arizona?" she asked.
"Well, that's a good one," he laughed.
"Who tnl.l you that I was married?"
"You wrote that you were tired of
hard work and that you had married a
half breed woman who had a mine."
"I)id the Inter come from Arizona?"
"No; It came from Han Hernandez.
You explained that you were going to
Arizona the next week."
"When did this happen?" he cried.
"Ho you 'emember the (late?"
"It was some time In February." she
explained. "1 got the letter on St. Val
entine's day."
"That was a pretty sort of valen
tine," lie commented. "Ituth, did Jim
Roland ever nsk you to marry him?"
"Twice," she said, "once before you
went away ami again when ho was on
here last summer."
"I tlilnk I con nee how It was," he
said quietly. "Jim was bookkeeper at
the mine ami made up the mall, lie
must hove forged my letter to you, nml
when ho received one of yours after 1
left he steamed open the flap. Inserted
a forgery and forwarded It to me.
"lie knew us well enough to feel cer
tain that we should not write each
other and compare notes, and he
thought he had disposed of me and
would lie able to gain your consent to
marriage to him."
"I don't think he Is clever enough to
forge," she declared.
"lie was sent to prison for forging,"
he said. "When he came east last
summer they went over his accounts
and found that he hail been forging
signatures to vouchers right along.
They sent hftu to jail, but he escaped
somehow and has never been located."
"Then tlint is the way It was," she
said. "Somehow I could not believe
that It was true."
"And there Is no one else?" he nsked.
She shook her head.
"There never has been any one else,"
sho said softly. Unmindful of the
crowd, lie caught her In his arms.
"There never has been any one else
here." lie said, "and there never will
be."
Just as their lips met a revolver shot
rang out above the din of horns. There
was a cry, and In nn instant a ring
had formed on the outer edge of the
sidewalk.
Uerrlan, with a hasty Injunction not
to move away, sprang Into the crowd,
pro lug Ids way through the crush.
I'reseutly lie came back, with a white
face.
"Another one of those fools who did
not know It was loaded," he said
gravely. "Let's get out of this as
quickly as we can."
With Jeff's huge bulk It was an easy
matter to stem the crowd, and pres
ently they found themselves out of the
din In a side street A sleepy cabman
di ced In Ids seat In the hope of getting
a fare. Jeff woke him up and, giving
him an order, helped Ruth Into the
r ab, taking Ills place beside her.
"I have told him to drive to Dr.
Mountford's," he said. "We do not
need a license, and I want to begin the
new year a married man. Is It nil
right, dear?"
"It seems almost too good to be
true," she whispered as she pressed
the arm through which she had thrust
her own. "To think that Jim Roland's
treachery might have kept us separat
ed forever."
"Don't let's speak of that," he said,
with a slight shudder. "It was Jim
who was killed by that pistol shooting
fool. He had grown a heard, but I
recognized him by the sear on Ills fore
head."
"Poor Jim!" she shuddered. After
nil It was because of his love for her
that he had committed crime.
"Don't let's think about It," he plead
ed as ho put his arm about her. "The
clocks are striking. I.et us think of
the Joy that the new year Is bringing
to us."
"It's such a different New Tear's
from what I anticipated." she smiled
up at him as the cab drew up In front
of the minister's residence.
The Keepsake Cabinet.
What could lie more appropriate to
send as a gift at New Tear's than a
keepsake cabinet? The keepsake cabi
net is a dainty thing of dark and in
laid wood uot more than eighteen inch
es high, stnudtng on tiny logs, with
three drawers and n fascinating little
brnss key that locks all the drawers
and suggests secrecy. Our grandmoth
ers had their "chest of drawers." Into
these, with the delightful hits of heir
loom laces, went the little gifts and
things that were kept "Just to remem
i>er by." The girl to whom your keep
sake cabinet goes may have a note
hurriedly written, a little ring that she
no longer wears or a faded rose or a
bunch of letters or a photograph that'
she will tuck away Into one of the
drawers and then turn the key, not
unlocking It ugain until some time
when she Is all, all alone. It may be
her holy of holies, a source of more
secret Joy than any other possession.?
! St. Louis Republic.
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II i PlflEl.
Quaint New Year Car
nival of the Quak
er City.
Monster Meeting of Mummers
end Spectacular Parade.
Nl.U YEAIt'8 customs may lie
dying out hi some [iaits of the
ci uiiiry, but In one city lu the
I lilted States, mid that the
mi. t sedate city of all. the celebration
of the ilaivii of iiuother period of time
la not losing any of its uproarious char
acteristics I'hiiudelpblnns concentrate
ir.to twenty-four hours the quiet prep
nratloti of twelve mouths of time.
Then they begin to prepare for the
next New Year's celebration. No
trumpery nffair Is the great parade of
tnummers In the Quaker City. Some
of tlie robes worn by the "kings" who 1
llguro ia tile turnout cost thousands I
of dollars and are paid for by contribu- :
tlotis gathered from the residents of
an entile ward anil sometimes from an
entire city, for Camden, N. J., sends
a strong delegation of mummers to try
for Die civic and private prizes award
ed for the best dressed "king." the
most gorgeous robe or the funniest
"comic float" seen in the great proces
sion.
The rolies worn are things of beau
ty, if not Joys forever. For months
the costumes lire being prepared by a
corps of dressmakers. Designs are
carefully guarded, for the prizes are
awarded for novelty of costume ns
wifll as for the general Impress!veuess
of the ensemble. As soon us the club
that intends to try for the first prize
has agreed upon n costume (and the
licst bruins available are called upon
to help in tlds important part of the
plan to win n prize) the dressmakers
are given the Immense Job of prepar
ing the robes. When It Is remembered
that the train of one of the kings who
appenrs in tills unique parade Is usual
ly borne by not less than thirty pages,
that it stretches from sidewalk to side
walk of Die broadest street In l'hlla
dc.lphln and extends behind the mon
arch for about a third of n city block,
It will lie seen that such n costume is
not prepared In a day or n week or a
month. The enormous train is usual
ly band embroidered over its entire
surface with brilliantly colored flow
ers. It is made of the best material
THE 11EST IHIESKEH KINO.
tbat the club's New Year's funds nf
fonls nnd Is a gorgeous sight on a Hue
day.
The monarch who staggers along at
the front part of this great train Is
dressed from head to foot in the costli
est of satin fabrics, with a crown to
match, and a retinue of pages dressed
in the same colored costume, so that
the effect In the bright sunshine of
one of these kings on his royal prog
ress through the streets of Philadel
phia is one that can lie surpassed no
where else but in New Orleans or in
Itouie during the gala season. So
heavy are some of these robes that
the king, although he is selected for
his stalwart frame and general kingly
appearance, has been known to faint
beneath the load. The pages who sup
port the train do their liest to take the
weight from the shoulders of their
lender, but at times, when the street
narrows and the tension on the cords
holding the train taut has to lie relax
ed, it is usual for the monarch to
groan beneath an almost insupporta
ble weight of finery.
Behind the king nnd his courtiers
tnnrohos the motley crowd of jesters,
clowus, minstrels, ladies in waiting
(with their enormous feet betraying
their sex), knights, squires and the
rest of the retinue. The only order
given to the thousands who take part
in the parade is not to keep still or
look solemn for a moment. Conse
quently the spectators see a moving
whirling, JUrglng mass of brilliantly
colored livings dancing to the music of
the bands, challenging the lookers-on
and each other to any ridiculous an
tics that suggest themselves at the
moment, imitating the rush of a band
of Indians on the warpath, giving an
Impromptu scramble in panic times,
impersonating the participants in a
bargain counter rush (with an im
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mense display cf hosiery on moat un
shapely male lluibei and generally fur
nishing u spectacle of a city usually
the moat sedate ou the continent none
hilariously off Its balance for oue brief
day.
There Is little to object to In the
spectacle. however There Is an occa
sional a|'|>eiiranee of unsteadiness on
the part of Individual parnders. but
this Is due more to the loss of sleep
than to alcohol, for the clubs begin the
celebration the nlglit before and keep
k up ehmdtly all through the twenty
four hours, the parade Itself, which
tie- tn s of the people turn out to see. i
being the middle of the programme.
After the mummers have marched the
length of the Hue of parade and the
Judges, sitting In state ou the public
buildings, have awarded the prizes the
clubs split up into sections and march
to various parts of the town to com
pete for Individual prizes given by
merchants of the district from which
the club comes. Out of the money thus
won the club expects to reimburse It
self for a great deal of tbe outlay for
the robes.
Besides the kings and their handsome
rolies. n long procession of "comic i
floats" keeps the spectators Interested.
These floats and the attendant para- j
flers lire cleverly got up as a satirical
shaft aimed nt some local or national
abuse. It Is safe to say that the exor
bitant demands of the Iceman nnd the
coal dealer will figure In the parade.
A familiar figure that Is looked for
each year In tills parade is n survivor
of the disaster to the Maine, who.
mounted ou enormous stilts and wear
ing the uniform of a uaval officer,
stalks tbe entnerJength of the line, a
towering giant on whom all eyes are
focused while lie passes. Tills tall man
usually receives as much applause as
one of the wearers of the prize win
ning costumes. Other sights that have
come 10 ue iookou tor cucn year are
the airship corps, a club that turns out
in imitation of a flight of airships and
sails alone the line, doing various ridic
ulous stunts; the men from the mines,
who march with picks over shoulder
and sooty faces, giving n somtier touch
to the gay scene; the Metropolitan
Opera House chorus, a collection of
200 pound "shooters" dressed in filmy
lace and carrying diaphanous sun
shades over tliolr beads to shield from
ttie winter sun complexions linked
brown in their dnily work of carrying
the hod or scrambling around scaffold
ing. The police do not have much
extra work on New Year's day in I'hil
adelphia, and the city is as quiet as
ever the day after.?Brooklyn Eagle.
FOR THE CHILDREN.
A Pretty Game Appropriate to New
Year's Day.
A pretty game appropriate to New
Year's day is played at this season in
many of the kindergartens in Philndel
i hia. The children form a circle, hold
ing hands. One of them is left on the
outside and is given the knitted driv
ing reins, decorated with bells, used
by young children in playing horse.
After the circle is formed a child per
sonating the New Y'eur dances around
the outside of the circle, shaking the
bells she holds, while the children all
slug or repeat in unison;
1 am the little Now Year, oh, ho!
Here I come tripping it over the snow,
Shaking my bells with n merry din.
So open your doors and let me In.
Blessings I bring for you. one and all.
folks and little folks, short and tall.
Bach one from me a treasure may win.
So open your doors and let me in.
While they are singing this the little
New Year pauses first ut one "door"
(formed by the interlocked hands of
two of ttie circle) and then at another.
At the last verse she slips through
whichever "door" she chooses, and the
little girl whom she favors by a kiss
takes her place.?Philadelphia Ledger.
Now Year's In New Amsterdam.
When our Dutch ancestors debarked
from the Half Moon In the harbor of
Manhattan It was liiOO And tlfey
brought with them from their native
Holland nothing of that spirit of re
ligions intolerance which distinguished
the New England Puritans who came
six years later. In fact, they were de
nounced by their Yankee neighbors as
a "godless crew," hilt tbey kept Christ
mas and New Year's day. both of
which were frowned unnn bv the Vns
sachusetts Puritans. On New Year's
morning; the old Dutch burgher would
start forth from his own door and
visit his neighbors, collecting all the
money due him from the solvent debt
ors and forgiving the Insolvent ones,
and. having drunk numberless mugs
of punch with the solvent and Insolv
ent alike, he returned to his home n
better man. forgiving In spirit and per
haps more religious minded than his
Puritan neighbor, who had spent the
day precisely as he s[>onds every other
week day in the year.?Ctica Observer.
New Year's In Ancient Rome.
The good old Romans, who had some
hard common sense In spite of their
self conceit, believed thoroughly In
New Year's day. They were charac
teristically careless as to when it
should be celebrated, and sometimes
It was held at various dates of the
year by communities living at no great
er distance from each other than a
railroad train would take them in
these days in a few hours. But so
long us they' got the full number of
high days and holidays Into the twelve
mouths the good old Romans cared lit
tle whether they adhered strictly to
the aluvauac or not
New Year's Eve In Rome.
In Rome the last day of the year
there are religious services at all the
churches, with high mass by the poi>e
at St Peter's, surrounded by his car
dinals, clergy nnd the whole court It
Is an Imposing occasion, and at mid
night all the bells toll as the year ends.
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Boyett Bro's. Closing Out
SALE!
Wc are offering our entire stock of Dry Goods, notions,
Shoes, Crockery ware. Tinware, and Glassware at and
Below Cost.
We are going to close them out and we have only a few
days in which to do it. Come to see us. These goods
must go at some price. Come at once. You cannot af
ford to miss this opportunity. Sec our cut prices below:
$1.00 Shirts at 75c
75c Shirts at 50c
50c Shirts at 38c
50c Overalls at 38c
10c Outings at 8c
8c Calico at 5c
8c Plaids at 6%c
Coats Spool Cotton 5c
Shoes ranging from 50c to $-.00
Good Lamps at 20c each
20c Coffee Pots at 13c
Good lanterns 38c
1 Gal. Oil Cans 20c ^
The best Fine Salt 5oc sack
We are still buying all kinds country produce. Bring us your
Corn. Peas, Potatoes, Eggs, and Chickens. Call in to see us and
we will be sure to sell you something.
Yours for business,
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Smithfield, N. C.
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