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VOL. XIV. PLYMOUTH, N. C FRIDAY. APRIL 17, 1903. NO.5.
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, CANST THOU FORGET?
v,y f.UACE okei:navooi.
Sara .Tatie Lippincott, better known in literature' as "Grace Greenwood," the
"Tame under -which her publications have appeared, -was born in Poiapey, Onondaga
COunty, New York. September 2!5. 182:'. Her maiden name was Sara Jane Clarke,
which wes changed by her marriage with Mr. Leandcr K. Lippincott, of Philadelphia,
October, 1333.- '
Canst thou forget, beloved, our first awakening
f : From out the shadowy calms of doubts and dreams,
To know love's perfect sunlight round its breaking,
Bathing our beings in its glorious gleams
Canst thou iorget .'
A sky of rose and gold was o'er us flowing.
Around 11s was the morning b-eatli of May;
Then met our soul-tides, thence together flowing.
Then kissed our thought-waves, mingling on their way;
Canst thou forget ?
Canst thou forget when first. thy loving lingers
Laid gently back the locks upon my brow?
Ah, to my woman's thought that touch still linger
And softly glides along my 'forehead now.
Canst tii on forget?
Canst thou forget when every twilight tender.
Mid dews Rud sweets, beheld our slow steps rove.
And when the nights, which come in starry splendor,
.Seemed dim and pallid to our heaven of love?
Canst thou forget?
Canst thou forget the childlike heart-outpouring
Of her whose fond faith knew no faltering fears?
The lashes drooped to veil her eyes' adoring
Her speaking silence, and her blissful tears? . s
Canst thou forget ? t
Gmst thou forget the last most mournful meeting. '
The trembling form clasped to thine anguished breast;
The heart against thine own. now wildly beating.
Now fluttering faint, grief-wrung, anil fear-oppress'd
Canst thou forget?"
Canst thou forget, though all love's spells b broken,
The wild farewell -which rout our souls apart?
And that last gift, affection's holiest .token.
The severed tress, which lay tipbu thy heart
Canst thou forget?
Cot thou forget, beloy'd one comes there never
The angel of sweet, visions to thy rest?
Urirtgs she not back the fond hopes fled forever.
' While one last name thrills thiough thy sleeping breasts
Canst thou forget?
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THE HEART IS YOUNG
ILa
1 f-fr yoV refuse to marry her.
exclaimed Sir diaries
1 Waldegrave, stopping: in
. his walk to face his rebel
lions sou. "Wliii t b you want? Eva
jv?ntholi!i is beautiful. Her face and
f.ijrmv. are perfect. That she Is wealthy
Khvuhl be no disadvantage in the eyes
-of your father's son. Egad. Harvey."
r added somewhat more mildly,
"wiicn you hnve come to my years, the
age of discretion for a Waldegrave.
yiyn will understand that a substantial
IjttJ'k balance is not -the least asset in
m;my a fair lady's elnim to beauty."
"Not in my eyes." retorted Harvey
Wsddegr.ive. 'When 1 choose a wife
1 shall certainly not consult her bank
er before I allow my heart to throb
for her."
Sir Charles curled his lips supercil
iously, bul his voice lie! rayed his anx
vsty as he replied: "Am I to understand
from yo;ir remark that your heart-is
.thready in the throbbing state, that U10
ludy is already found? If so I warn
ymi that in this matter I have made
ivy stand. IS? 1 l:er you marry Eva or
I need not put Hie threat in word?. I
have 110 wish to quarrel with you, Hal
ve;;,." be added somewhat sadly, "but.
I J.'ve the home that 1 was born in and
it bas pleased me to see my sentiments
wlisii-ed by you. It would kill me to
hh tie place in strangers' hands, to
biif.w that you wouhl not be its mas
fcf. -That is what your refusal means
iit ,.,( to you. That my extravagances
)i:tve brought our fortunes to this pass
floes not lull to make the matter less
b'tfer to me."'
Harvey's handsome face softened.
"The very ".reason you have given.
Qad. is the one which- impels me 1o
pursue the course vrhich I have cho
Practically penniless, .iossesscd
f. nothing but an honorable name. I
Lilian not Moop to sully it by bartering
ii. tor money. Willi regard to your
otix r question, although I do not think
you put it seriously, so far I have seen
in; girl with whom I would wish to
;lii.;e that name."
Tlis words appeared to afford his
'father satisfaction, for laying his hand
upon his son's arm he said pleasantly.
"Until then the threat I made just
jM.iv is held In reservation, and per
K'ips before that time the discretion I
t-poke of may have come."
''You condemn me to a long course
of celibacy, dad," laughed Harvey.
"Jf I have to wait till your age."
"My age! You speak as if I were .1
y:rl to Methuselah. 1 was forty-nine
her:
FAVORITES
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last. March, raid do not feel a day older
than when I was the age you will be
next month. Egad, boy, if you dare to
tease me about my age I may enter
for ihe matrimonial stakes against you
and back myself to carry off the prize."
"So far as I am concerned." retorted
Harvey, his eyes twinkling with merri
ment, "you would have no cause to
fear, but even supposing we were both
to run, who' knows what the lady
might have to say? Her feelings
would have to be consulted. Beauty
and money, the combination, as you
say, is peerless. She may know her
value and hot lot herself be won."
Sir Charles gazed amusedly at his
handsome son.
"Upon my word. Harvey, were I to
close my eyes I might wonder if you
were my son. When I was your age
every girl was to be won."
"I , challenge you to win her," an
swered Harvey smiling. He believed
that Sir Charles was jesting, and was
well pleased to find the conversation
which had begun so ominously
brought to an end so pleasantly.
"At my age undoubtedly it will be a
sacrifice, hut with an unduliful on
who absolutely refuses to a id mo I shall
have to make it and pursue the matter
to an end. What that end may be
thirty days will prove, but come. Har
vey, it is time to dress for dinner. The
thought of what. I have embarked upon
will make it a pleasure to me. Old as
I am I will let. you see that I have not
forgotten how 10 woo. The lesson may
be useful to you."
.
The dinner gong had sounded. Im
patiently Sir Charles fretted about the
room, for young as he considered him
self he had 1 cached an age when din
ner becomes an important event in the
daily round of life.
"See if Miss Grantholm is coming,
Mary," he began querulously, when
the door was thrown open and Eva
was ushered in. His sentence ended
abruptly in a scarcely restrained ex
clamation of admiration.,
"I am afraid I am late." she said
with .1 smile to Sir Charles, Avhich in
stantly caused any recollection of his
late impatience to disappear, "hut if
you will forgive me I shall make
amends in future."
He drew her arm through his. and
as Harvey followed with his sister he
failed io catch his father's answer; evi
dently it pleased her, for she laughed
merrily, but pleasant as the laugh was
it jarred on llfirvey.
Somewhat discontentedly he took his
place opposite her at the square table,
but sullcnness was not a natural at
tribute of his, and throwing it off he
endeavored to talk on topics likely to
interest her, but although Eva an
swered frankly, she made no effort to
pursue the subjects, but turned at once
to Sir Charles and listened with sparkling-
eyes to his discursive stories of
the days when he was in the Guards.
A quite unusual frown marred Har
vey's face as dinner ended. Sir
Charles, wilh old-faslTioned gallantry,
opened the door for Miss Grantholm,
and laying his hand on his heart bowed
deeply as he did so.
Sir Charles' face was beaming as he
.resumed his chair. Filling his glass
he held it in the air.
"Miss Grantholm. Harvey. A l'ou
i ranee, my boy," he added merrily, as
he placed the empty glass upon the
table.
"A routrance," cried Harvey mock
ingly. "You mean to enter for the prise,"
cried Sir Charles, but his voice showed
no enthusiasm.
"I did not say so," retorted Harvey
coldly, though his pulse was running
at twenty over normal rate. "In the
meantime you have the advantage,
and
"I mean to keep it," said Sir Charles
dryly, as the sound of the music reach
ing them he left the room.
Harvey lingered over his wine,
"The mere fact that I am practically
penniless debars me from wooing her,'''
he muttered, gloomily.
Sir Charles had left the door ajar
and the pure-tones of a rich contralto
voice were borne into the room. An
ardent lover of-musie. Harvey listened
entranced; then, unable to keep away,
he in his turn entered the drawing
room to find his father hanging over
Miss Grantholm and urging her to sing
again.
Day after day passed and Sir Charles
was constantly at Eva's side, while
Harvey studiously tried to avoid her
company, but without avail. Her
laugh in the garden, her voice In the
hall, irresistibly drew him to her side.
He knew he loved her, that no other
woman could occupy the place she had
taken in bis affections, but he feared
his love was hopeless and steeled him
self to regard her as his future step
mother. The thought made his blood
curdle, but a word, a smile, from her
was suJticient to make hope rise within
him. and for the time beirij; lie would
forget his father's mov successful
wooing. With such a word and smile
she greeted him one afternoon when
he found her seated in the garden.
She made room for him by her side,
but somehow conversation seemed to
fail them.
"I hope you have enjoyed your
visit." he said lamely, for she was
leaving on the morrow. "We shall
miss you."
"I am glad of that." she answered
hesitatingly, "for your father has
asked me to " She paused abrupt
ly, and a dainty blush rose to her
cheeks, but Harvey's face had sudden
ly become white and strained.
, "lias asked you to ?" he repeated.
his voice trembling. "To come back
again." she said, with a. little nervous
laugh "and I have promised to come;
that is. if you and .Mar y will be glad
to have me."
Her eyes were fastered on the
ground, but she stole a hasty glance
at him and saw the misery upon his
face.
"Sfy father has asked you to return:
does that mean" he hesitated to ask
the question which was life or death
to him "that some one here has gained
jour love?"
It was not the question she had ex
pected him to ask. and her face was
almost as pale as his as she forced her
lips toauswer. The word came faint
ly, feebly, but Harvey heard it and it
was "Yes."
He had been holding his stick across
his bent knee, and although the strong
wood broke in half his face showed 110
sign of the pain which cut his heart.
It is far too cold for sitting out of
doors." sounded Sir Charles' voice from
twenty yards away. Before Eva could
stop him Harvey had leaped to his feet
and joined his father.
"So you have gained the prize," be
said hoarsely. "Allow me to congrat
ulate you. Beauty aud money, youth
and love, a prize worth winning."
Sir Charles stared at him with undis
guised astonishment.
"What does this pleasantry meanV
he whispered angrily, looking to where
Eva sat. Then, placing his arm
through Harvey's he led him out f
earshot.
'You conceal your joy admirably,'
continued Harvey sneeringly.
"What joy?" asked Sir Charles, fear
ing his son's reason had been suddenly
affected.
"You need not conceal it; Miss
Grantholm has just told me that she
lias accepted you."
"The deuce she has!" exclaimed Sir
Charles, blushing under the tan of ac
tive service. "An hour ago she told
ma no, dccidely."
"She refused you!" cried Harvey,
hardly believing that he heard aright,
"yet she is coming back."
"Miss Grantholm has the good sense
not to allow my mistimed proposal to
stand between her and your sister's
friendship; she knows I am a gentle
man and will not presume again."
"But she said that you that some
one here had won her love," stam
mered Harvey. i'Are you sure you
have not misunderstood her?"
Sir Charles smiled grimly.
"She made it very clear." Then his
Hps relaxed Into a well pleased smile.
"Y'ou love her, Harvey. Love makes
oue cowardly, but were I in your shoes
I should require no incentive to send
me to the "woman who has confessed
her love for me."
Without a word Harvey left his fath
er's side, and ten seconds Inter he had
found Eva still seated where he bad
left ln?r.
"My father has sent me back to you,"
he said gently, and as he spoke he
took her hand in his. She made 110 ef
fort to withdraw it, and his courage
rose.
"You told me some one' had won
your heart, the heart which I would
give my life to win. My fears told me
that all hope of happiness for me was
dead, but now I have come back to
ask you if you spoke the truth to tell
you that I love you. Darling, I have
loved you from the moment I saw
you."
"Yet you said you would not stoop
to woo me, that your name should not
bp sullied bv sharing It with me." she
said, but there was no auger in her
tone.
"What nonsense is this. Eva? Who
has dared to credit me with such an
insult to you?"
She laughed merrily.
"It is useless to deny it. I
you and your father talking: I
heard
heard
you say the words you now so indig
nantly deny."
In am distant it came back to him.
"I forgot." ho said sadly, "but if you
heard you kuow my reason. My love
has made me forget lack of fortune.
I had no right to speak."
"It is no lack in my eyes," she whis
pered tenderly.
Forgetting all else save that she
loved him his arm. passed round her
and he pressed his lips to hers.
"I meant to tea en you both a lesson,"
she whispered ten minutes later, "but
you have taught the teacher what it is
to love. "-The Taller.
A Touching: War Invlileut.
After the battle of Sharpsburg we
passed over a line of railroad in Cen
tral Georgia. .The disabled soldiers
from-General Lee's army were return
ing to their homes. At every, station
the wives and daughters of the farm
ers came on the cars and distributed
food and wines and bandages among
the sick and wounded. We shall never
forget hew very like an angel was a
pretty little girl, how bbishingly and
modestly she went to a great rude,
boarded soldier, who had carved a
crutch from a rough plank to replace
a lost leg, how ibis little girl asked
him it' he was hungry and how he ate
like a f;.misi:: d wolf. She asked if his
wound was painful, and in a voice of
soft, mellow accents: "Can I do noth
ing for von? I am so sorry that you
are so badly hurt. Have you a little
daugiiU'r, and won't she cry when she
sees you':" The rude soldier's heart
was touched, and tears of love and
gratitude tilled his ycs. He only
answered; "I have three little children.
God grant that they may be such an
gels as you." With an evident effort
he repressed a desire to kiss the fair
brow of the pretty little girt. He took
her little hand between both his own,
and hade her "Good-bye. God bless
you:" This child will always be a
I etter woman because of these lessons
of practical godiike charity stamped
inetfactably upon her young heart.
Knoxville Kcgister.
HouceiitnlO Sermons.
The best sermons that ever were
written to make men good husbands
wen- ' written in rec,!pes. -ew xovk
Press.
It's all right to fore your way to
the front, provid ' you don't forget
anctber man's nar .
HER FORTUNE 1NM4ER FAC.
Circumstance in Which Beauty My ft
Worth as Much as SIC a Week.
Fortune sometimes plays tricks oa
her followers, and after rebuffing all
direct attempts to win her favor sud
denly turns round and bestows bene
fits unexpectedly.
A young woman who has had consid
erable difficulty in supporting herself
in New York by odd jobs of hand
painting went into a smart, hairdress
er's shop lately to buy a comb. The
shop was full of customers, and the
proprietor himself came forward from
a desk in the rear to wait on her.
She noticed that ho looked at her
keenly while she was making her pur
chase. At length he asked ber if she
would mind trying a place in the shop,
as they were anxious to get a young
woman Avlth an exceptionally fine com
plexion to show a special class ot
goods which they were about to intro
duce. . 1
Tt wouldn't matter about your lack
of experience," he told her. "That jfine
rosy skin will sell the goods without
any words." And. he added that the
work would be made as easy for her
as possible.
"When he named a salary of $1G tf
week I had all I could do to keep from
showing my delight," said Miss Fair
face, in telling of the Interview. "V
agreed to the proposition promptly, and
have no reason to regret doing so.
"Most of the customers I deal with
are pleasant looking people in good cir
cumstances, who are not hard to wait
upon. I sell a, lot of the face lotion
and 'creams, and -maybe the buyer
think I have tried them on my face. I
am never called upon to say one war
or the other. And the management
seems satisfied.
"I never thought much about my
complexion before, but I regai'd it now
as a godsend, for when it got me mjf
job I was barely making $5 a week,
and applying myself closely to make
that.
"Since my engagement in the com
plexion beautifier department n . girl
has been taken on who has a particu
larly rough, muddy skin. I fancy her
complexion got her the place, the ob
ject being to make those of us with
good skins show out fairer by con
trast." Xew York Sun.
How Gravecllsrgcr Beetles Work.
The graved igger beetle formed the
subject of an interesting experiment
that was conducted recently by an iu
genious student at the university.
The young man had secured from
some place or other four hale beetles
of the gravedigger variety. He put
them in a box filled with earth and .
then he threw in to them a small dead
sparrow. Instantly the beetles began
to dig beside the bird. They worked
like beavers for two hours, when one
of their number, for some reason or
other, ceased. But the rest kept on for
thiee hours more when all dropped out
but one. He indomitably continued,
and in a little while he had finished a
hole just big enough for the sparrow
and six inches deep. Then, with a
herculean effort he shoved the bird mt
the grave, and. with his companions,
piled on the soil again. For several
weeks the experiment of the student
went on, and during it the beetles bur
ied five frogs, two grasshoppers, four
birds and a mole.
These gravediggers lay their eggs in
dead flesh, and then bury the tie.-di.
Their larvae, hatching out under
ground, feed on the carrion provided
by their thoughtful parents till they
are ready, as full-fledged beetles, b
comic up out of the earth. Then, they,
too. take up tii? grave-digging trade
INii.'adelphia lSeeord.
A Long SentoncK.
A sentence which will almost equal
the record made by the famous excise
sentence passed on a man in Vermont
a few years ago was lately given fc
one John Flckler by Judge. Adams, n
the United States Circuit Court, in St.
Louis. Flckler was sentenced to hard
labor for life and twenty years in addi
tion. He was convicted of holding uj
and robbing a mail carrier. He got
ten years at hard labor for robbing the
mail by intimidating the carrier: im-pri-oument
for life at bard labor for
robbing the registered mail by placing
the life of the carrier in jeopardy by
the use of dangerous weapons, and ten
years imprisonment, at bard labor for
intimidating with dangerous weapon
the carrier. The sentences were made
cumulative. The Average Man.
The trouble with the average man at
fifty is .that he's only about half un
smart as be thought he was at twenty-'
tire. Chlearo News.