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(? 4TH OF JULY EDITION ! 4 V NOTHING JF NOT i - ' - V ' -I PROGRESSIVE! r Tho WfPkly Review Estah'tl 1 RS9. Th Htdd&ville Domocrnt Fl.stattM 1887 Cnnsoluialed t M8?i. KEIDSVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 889. i Womnck .v. Ciiliaiu. Proprietors SuUsonption 1 .uo a Y.-u, Tie Review! The Review !' ALWAYS TO THE FRONT No. .19. Rev . ff -- jr. - - . - fit t y IN INDEPENDENCE DAY. Iudependence lay lias conic; Squtjak Hie life ami beat the drum t Ia-1 the fattest be bled Ami quick twlwt off the inosfer'H hi'.ldl 11 tlie ciiuutiiiu ofT with vim. Boom! Tumi r'u.zle IiiiiiI Initio 1'hnl V a . OvJ " : -r a OURTH'MUIiY RY Jr JU CONNELLY. Capv right, by American Press A;ori:tiou Ibisiness Uk me out t California a (Mii.le of years before the Transconti nental rail mail was o-ened. and, after a fortnight in Sum Francisco, 1 found it would lie necessary for me to away up towiirtl tiie imrtlif rn -inl of the state to examine Home li draiilie iiiinin;; ro ert) . in wtiirli iartieH h.nn I represent ed had an intercKt. Of rourse, I kept my ohjwt t myself and passed for sim ply a "tenderfoot" vaguely "prosjicH'tiii around for an oeninK." Day after day 1 rode on the lxx of i'it stae with tlie driver, whom 1 conciliated with burnt oil. rins and lihatious ci.ti and hra;i-dy-and from wliom in return I i;it not a little useful and entertaining in foriiialion. One al'tci ikmhi, w I i iK we were slow Iv toiling up the steep slope of a mountain, he remarked: "There'll le ir real loins in Jiiiler." 1 thought he must he dreaming, though hin eyes were wido oen and he kept rli kin the otT w heeler uieehanicallv. On the Fourth." he added al't. r a pause. "Indeed!" I reminded, interrogative ly, amused and curious as to the course his fancv was taking. "Yes.' he went on. "goin' to have a bham battle: Americans and I t it ish: and wiml up with a dance. Abner Jhut (H'henie l it all out. I'eople comin' from Kft v tuiles 'round to take a hand in." 1 soon found that Si Hahs.iiii, the driven was talking of mundane and not jilanetary affairs, and that the Jupiter In meant was a little settlement, up amon the mountains, started orinally as a i mining camp, but now the promiu center of an agricultural community, i While he was telling iue about it we j came to-a fork in the road and there w ere ' two sign Ujards: 1 THIS WAY Tl MOURACK, ! And ! 7 MILES TO U. I "IiOuks funny, don't it?" comniented j Ki, with a gin; "But that was the way Abner Joyce seel lit to put it up. Swoie j he'd make the ignorant aisses 'bout here ; learn one planet's sin: an' 1 juoss he ilid Even the greasers that conic along thi way now know that stands for Jupi'er." me? TIIK SlUNHOAKDS I made up my mind that 1 would stop over and see how a small town w ith so surprisingly large a name celebrated ln Ucpendence day. As a result of somewhat extended ob servation, 1 am inclined to think that earnest patriotism or, jxrliaps, 1 had better say Intense Americanism does not flourish bo vigorously in the "effete civilization" of the east as in theuntram tueled freedom of tho west. And you find it more pronounced among the mountains than down in the valleys. Appreciative love for our glorious land grows with knowledge of its grandeur and beauty. And how can they help their hearts swelling with affection for and pride in our country's starry banner, who live close up to where the heav ens Bpread it? Hut 1 have never any where else found patriotism at (ptite melt a white heat ns it was just then in that I ittle California town. Si totik out of the boot of thu stage und delivered to the local committee of arrangements several big rolls of red, w bile an blue flannel, the nearest a proximation he had been able to make toward Hlling their order for bunting whjch trad been intrusted to iiim. It was a great deal more expensive bo they were perfectly satisfied. Nothing was toq good, for Fourth of July. Within an hour after my arrival old truvlley, landlord of tlie Golden Eaglo hotel, where I stopped, had told me all &U mt the arrangements for the celebra tion and enlisted my co-operation in carrying them out, as he was rather over weighted with the burden of details, Ab ner Joyce, the originator and moving spirit of the atfair, having been inoppor timely "taken down with a fever." Joyce, I learned, was an eccentric Van - wno cnoHe to consider himseir the kical chool mast-r, and was so recognized j 7 everybody. ; It was quite true , that there were, as yet, no children there for wm to a but.8Mon tha wound 1 irfmic: -nr st, a Mr ri7 tb& SS?? J I J 1 A '.rtvTSw; tbe hearts 1 siluu ni ivr.ie. lie IkhI announced liimself as a school master when lie came there anion;; lh ?arliest arrivals to work a "riM-ker" on (Jriz.ly IJun. and it was at his insistence that the naine of Jupiter was given to "the camp that had r.ubsetpient ly devi l oiK'd into the town. Kverv lowly liki'd and respected him, so that Ids present illness was deeply regretted for his own sake an well as the consepienl depriva tion of his direct illg genius siilo-red by tbe enthiisiiust ie celebrants. How sick lie w as may Ik- inferred from an incident that occurred tlie dav U-I'ore my arrival. Opinions were divided among the com uiittee as to the numbi r of stars that should appear in the li Id of the lie: to lie iMirne by the ('ontiuental soldiers in thesham battle, and there wa-. iihIhmIv who had a clear idi-a of how ,-ni lti-i ' A KE VOI THE STKANUKU WHO IS H1LI' ISO UKAULKVV" liag ought to look. They went to him to decide both lit --1 i. Hi-,, ioid found l.ii.i in lx.-d, rsl. glaring and 1 1 -1 i i ion-; with fever. When they asked him about the stars be In iw l d : "As many as t here are in t lie lii ni.iini iil ! ' and w hen they ju-4 mentioned the Kugli.-.h tl.ig t lie tail pliur OUS decorations nf bis spec) li completely shrouded any in toriu.it i. 1 1 it mi.lit liav t contained. Having bad, lil.e all New Yorkers, fai too many opM yj un it ies to become famil iar w itli (h lirilish Il.ig, throne h it pre dominance a moiig the shipping in otir harbor, 1 was enabled to tell them how it was made, and the other matter the had already settled by deciding on thir teen. We had a great deal of ditliculty in getting a British army. There were in all b7 men enrolled for service, and they all wanted to U; in the- patriot forces. Yet it was fully recognized that there ought to be a larger I hit ish t ban American army in order that the linal victory of the latter should appear in properly bright and historically correct colors. Bradley finally settled the mat ter in an autocratic fashion, that was re Ittctantly accepted by all. lie wrote the word "British" on eighty slips of paper, "Continentals" on fifteen and "Patriots" on forty-two. Then he chucked them all together into a powder keg, si k them up and made each man draw an assignment of place in the coming strife, from which allotment by chance no ap peal was allowed. The respective forces elected their own ollicers. "Are the blank cartriilgcs made?" 1 innocently asked Bradley. "Blank nothin'," he replied, with evi dent surprise nt such a ipiestion; "the Uiys all use fixed ammunition and it would be no end of trouble to change it." "But," 1 remonstrated, "it will he ter ribly dangerous to have all those fellows pumping lead out in the excitement of even a sham battle." "Well," he responded with calm in difference, "some teyadents may happen, but if they do, w hy, they'll only make the racket seem more natural like and give an air of earnestness to tho exhil aration." "At the expense of human life." "No fellow ever gets killed without hi;' time has come; ami if it has, a Uan dropping off a shelf will do him up just as line as a cannon ball could." Notwithstanding his fatalistic philoso phy 1 did succeed in getting him to promise that he would request, and even urge, the men to shoot up in the air, "though," he remarked, "I've no doubt some of them may, in the excitement, forget themselves, arid taking aim, just iroiu force of habit, unthinkingly anu innocently plug a friend and neighbor." An Irishman named Michael CJarrity came in from a prosecting tour the evening of the !id, and was wild with eagerness to lo enlisted in the patriot army, but even Bradley thought he was "too excitable to lo iermitted to mix in the proceedings "if the health of others was any consideration." By dint of great jtersuasion Michael was induced to fore go tho pleasure of "taking a jKp at even a sham Englishman," and to lend his in valuable aid in certain work Bradley and I had cut out for us as soon as the tide of I nt tie should have swept through the town. When that was satisfactorily set tled I started out for a stroll. Just outside the town a young woman entering the road from a steep mountain path accosted me, demanding: "Are you the stranger" who is helping Bradley get up the fight to-morrow?" I admitted that I was doing what I could in that direction, and, although 1 WUIU tin said nothing the mi 1. 1 could not help " t j, j p k jng w ,a. a hu perb t i kldesa of Li 1 ertf she wouldl ''mate in an allegorical tableau if we had time to arrange such thina SIih had s. wia:fiiv firbo &.&C''5S I .- , - .. i.lll lraiun.i, 1 .. I exjiression, and a natural grace of move ment and attitude worthy of :.. goddess. "1 am glad that. I met you without having to send after u to the hotel, as 1 exH'cted 1 would have to," .she said. I w as so nun li surprised that I could only staminer sniue stupid iioiisciuh: almut i itlu r w 'iv being good enoijgh for llie. w bieii slite of c.ierse tH.k no notice of and w cut on : "There is soiuething I wanted to spea k to von a in ut - i met h iug you must attend to. Two young men have, as i happen to I. now, agreed to make the sham light to-mo: row the cover for a deadlv duel, in earnest, between them, ("hanieha i helped tin ni by pulling. one on the American and the other on the British side, just as they hoped for. While other-i will lt banging awav in the air. just, to make a imise. they will lie aiming to kid each it her. You must find si line way to prevent it." "Is it not possible that you ni.iv U mistaken: How do v on k now that lhev elitei tani an . s.ich pu r Her band-on, e face tlusheil deeply as she replied, vv it li a hi t !e elljrr:t.-.'.l lit . "F.aeli ha , I ecu to ? e mo, for what he l.liew mi-lit be tlie las T tine-, and though neither b'Hayed the purpose in words. 1 v as iy 1 sci' ins 1 .f it . " 1 C illipi.-heuded. They were rival for Ia r love, a prize well worth risking lile tor in the estimation of such b ar less and 1 e-ol ate y oung men as alxiund ed in that count ry. 1 could do no le.-..-than promise that 1 woul.l do hat 1 could to prevent tlu! lartvitig out of ih lr deadly purHie; but really 1 did not Hippos.-that Miything 1 could say w.uld have the slightest i-tTect ill ildlu encing tiiem She (old me who tln v Were, and when I got back to the hunt I found tlieln both there, in tni' I al room, drinking rmd t ill ing together it) the friendliest lashiiiii possibl", to all outward seeinni.' Sorely, l thou.'ht. the gii I i uie!,iii Still, a 1 bad pi'imised Iar that I v.. mid speak to t he 1, 1. 1 did -1 . bavin-, til si lea reed I loin I i ad li y . w hi 'i nt ed t In m out to 1 lie, that tlleV m. Ii ,::-. they apjie.ll'eil to I.e. Ilienis i In v waii.i.lii'f a lit I le to i .lie si.!. will: at. li:'. md 1 li .: hi I , . I i 1 : 1 j that in '. t . - I. was much e.i lei II, an I had anticipated it Vi.iiid lie : I .il :! !, :',: IT t .fj.! '; ., Vil ,,1, . , 1 J -- 1 L"i',y V f U I WE SAL'NTEUEI) BAC K To TIIK BAH. j "I am glad to see that you two are friends, as from something I have heard J I rather fancied that such might not be : t he case. " They bothyed me very sharply for a ' minute of very uncomfortable t;ilon:'o. I and then the one u hose name I had lieen j told was. Jin, asked, with that intonation I of studiously punctilious politeness which one soon learns to understand as j a very dangerous symptom in a western ! dialogue: "May I be j rmittod to incptire wh;;t 1 has given rise lo such a supjxisition?" I "W hy. certainly," I replied, a little uneasily : "I had been told t hat you actu ally contemplated a duel to-morrow." "Ah!" exclaimed the one known as Bill, in a tone of surprise, and then he continued, in a tone so obsequiously courteous that it had i sort of blood curdling effect. "Excuse me, but may I venture to ask who has told you so?" Manifestly delay 111 explicit explana tion would lie likely to eventuate speed ily in trouble, and 1 answered promptly: "A very beautiful young woman, ivell known to Uith of you, who, deeming that by so doing sho might save a brave man's life, asked me to seak to you anil remonstrate with you against what her woman's intuition caused her to fear was your joint purpose." They looked at each other with expres sions that (seemed to say each to the other, "He is not to blame," and then Hill said w ith a smile: "That's all right. But there is no oc casion for you to mix up in this affair. Jim and I are friends, however things turn out, and we know what we're aliout, don't we, Jim?" "Ceil," assented Jim curtly, adding to mo, "There ain't any hard feelings be tween Bill and me, stranger, but we've just laid out to shoot this match off in a way that will settle it without Mary get ting talk.l altout. And she won't lie, for noUxly will lie any the wiser alout it if you keep your head shut, which 1 would if I wore you, for it ain't likely tT,'ti lwh U winod out." . 1 reaii.Ht that altfiougn il u u;vi fensively uttered there was in his words a decided threat of unpleasant conse j quences if I did not keep silence. That, I think, would not have deterred roe mZ. rTiL'""'". 5' T sp doim I could IP AUNEi: .IOYCK IN THE I'AKTOF WASH1NO i,' - c- u --n,.in;t-T 41:. fi.i.ic,, .... . vr know thi.t I could not. Their rV'tids were made up. If tlte whole -ommunity hal known what they pur)s-d, noU.iiy would have thought it his bu 'ines;. to m terfer,). If tho ownership 0 a mining claim had been at issue they would irobably have tossed a "double eagle" or "cut the cards" to decide it. But the t;tako here was. in the eyes of U.th, worth more than all the mining claims in the moun tains, and they made their game one worthy of its dignity life or death, for love. We sauntered back to the bar and took a drink together. As I raised my giass 1 Ijowed slightly to each and said, " Whithover." They looked at each other, smiled, touched their glasses, re peated "Whichever." and drank. They understood me. We had drank to tlie health of whichever one should have the luck to come out alive. The sun mux' brilliantly on the morn ing of the Fourth, and the people of Jupiter, who had got tip long I t-fore him. were full of the excited bli:-.tle of lilial preparation of d. tails. It wa- Abner Joyce's day for a chiil, but he had him self heljHii out Mild perched up where he could overlook a g' x ' I share of tbo pr-. ceedings. hoping to get some satisfaction out of them lie fore the fevi r struck' him and made him delirious. About 11 o'cIim k in the forenoon, dropping shots in the canyon awav up to the northeast ti Id that the d.i re. 1 Uei s Of and laid the British line weie the v, ry small Con falling back Ufore ad . 1: . ing tlln M il them Si in tlie latter were driven through the tow n in full retreat, jiursiieil by the victorious British, vv hose red flan nel I ti itis -s an I red tlanm 1 c v 11 hats made quite an imposing show. Th( Continental uniforms weivsimplv white llaiuiel facing's pinned on the jackets, and lioui'ed bats cocked up to three ("inted .sb:lH' with piii.s. As the British went thiouh the town they tin-d a log house, si uffed with pine tops and other combiistitile material, that had Imi 11 con structed for tl." pte jx'se i he rapid dis charges of the guns, the shouts .." the liit n ;;n 1 the thick, black s:noke f 'oiil li e b;.nii::g imii-. bl .w i, . i., iie scene, "gave a riaiiling r'-.'ilislil to ilie 1. limic battle, hri.n, al) direct ions then came the patriot v olimiet 1 siipjKisi dl v caiied liv I he iii'ids 1 f si ;-;! ,.( 1-0111 t heii peai 1 fill m v ocat ion--, to di fetid their homes from the ruthless If! V ad- Is ( at of low ' 1 they. tiHi t VNCpl, til iug and veihlig. Ill pur-uit of the Biiti h. and among ti.em w.iit Abner J..uv. who had I 01 " t ell that he was sic I; '1 lie , -plo lotioj a lot ot dynamite carl : id-.--, I . : I 1 ' I I'i stump.- added the elteel of c::i : lion to the Hi : o.i r. As s,,.,n as the battle had mc.e. Ion Bradley . Carrrty and myself set to work hoisting a triumphal io'ch of light jmih-s cuv el ei i with red, white and Mile llamiel stl'ianars and ti'imiued w it h i v ergreetis that had U-i'ii pre i ared in ad . ..i:c and ingeniously rigged w ith hoistii tael.le so that we three could handle it '1 h. n we ran up an enormous Ainei ican ha g on the tall liU'ity ie hi fore the hoi, 1. and the strong mountain bn.'e si. read ait its glorious stars and si riiH-s as stiif as a toard. Hardly were our labor completed when tho sound of a drum and life, coming from the west, heralded the approach of the patriot forces and their prisoners, the British, who had, according to the programme, surren dered at a jxiint half a mile out of town. At the foot ol the liberty jxile the lit tle procession halted and the Kngiis,h colonel. stcaking for his men, gave fitting expression to their penitence for having borne arms against a jx-ople w ho were striving to Ik' free, and aiino'uedJieir readme -S to forthwith and i":ro"er repu diate abe; iance to the king of l'ngland, if the Continental army would accept them as recruits. Abner Joy ce - w hose excitement, exertions and an opportune pail at somebody's flask h id quite broken hi-; i hiil - had leaped into t he j ai l of ien. Washington, for which he had origin ally Itecn "cast," and, in response to the Knglish colonel, made such an lndeend ence day oration as raised his hearers to the wildest enthusiasm of patriotic, de light. Then the two armies mingled fra ternally: the Knglish flag was raised half mast high, union jack down; an elligy of Benedict Arnold was hanged and then consumed in the still smoldering emliers of tho burned house, and the proceed ings wound up with a feast and a dance that lasted all night. Much to my surprise only one casualty was reMrtcd My quondam friend Jim had had his right arm pierced by a bul let. The wound was a very severe one, but not dangerous, and he had the nerve to show himself for a little while at tho dance, but lie was very pale, silent and distraught, so much so that it was re marked by some that he "seemed strange ly broke up. just for a little thing like that." I knew what they did not, that the ache in his heart prevented his feel ing the hurt of his arm. lie danced once with Mary. Then he went away, giving his left hand to Bill, who stood by the door as he passtil out. The next morning when I took the stage to continue my journey 1 foimd that Jim was a fellow passenger. His right arm was done up in splints and tied to his breast. "Going away," he said to me, with a sad smile. Manfully accepting the fortunes of war, he was going, never to return. Civil Liberty Well Pi Oik-iI. This is not the lil .-ty which we can hope, that no grievance should arise in the commonwealth; that let no man in this world expect: but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for. John Milton. Mr. TarneU declares that liberty for Ireland is not far ofL " ii -v a Qtt'' i n if-.. '- V! - :' LLIABETH ZANE. The il.".u: ' ! - i. .-.isT tiiaii!.-ii li-imf IS si--ii-.l in I .11 i h,. s.'i-.ill ef I .lMU't S.' ie v. .is r h-- I,.-...' v. lit i t. 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A Hi I I'm- " :ir 1; 1 11 m .j . s. . a 1 lei I t hat 1! ay in vuiu, 1 li.aiks n. it,,. ,1,-.1 i.r l.liilf-tli .ai, a I all. Ill it !' tlie 1 .f I Mil I tel IT,', A 1 nan. en lii.irseliaeU . u it li naugtit f . f.'ar: .S, ii- nt i.l-1 J. h a lint tie w il li 1,1, 1 II ,-ium ii.l liat lle'il itn 'ii'in I. li.tek lam. s.i vv lial nf tli:tt -Here's 1 .1 t 'it- In-re ta:-. i 1 1 1: a i . a i s, 1 I, re - a, li.' nill I tie latlial ie' III V lieeltlie ti.wtt : Hers is a .-.X .ill VV tllli.ll it stain I;, itat il al. i..iixiiisi t.iiaui-i ii - Jelin S A. tarns WICK Kl) FAN FLINT. A BTOay ok A I'M HT1I OK JCLT AM) nOVV o K KACIIKI.oii PASSEO IT ;"oiyrii.'lit, IS .'. I.y Amerieati lYoss Assi "iatiou -:. vv.' t s?v- - I 7 . '"f it . ! AN(il U, Lord. 1 turned over, ptllleil the covers -s -s '---' k tip arriiiinl my ''V ?ars ami t rieil to . J go esiei'iagail ')y J Crack! Cracl ' & Track ' Plii.-z-K '-!e' bang! r inin- i,i,jiii. 'nick! -7.-Z .'H t 1 oeni'i nun eyo to see if it were not time to get tq. It was only gray ilayliglit The sun hadn't risen. 1 pulled my watch final umli'i the pi Don' "Five o'clock " Three hour- .f,nv lireakfast. There is no use thinking of getting up, or lying here awake I must go to sleep again; and 1 turned back on the other side, drew up tho covers once more, and iu five minutes was dropping oil' into a slumber, when bang! Who was it that suggested tho celebration of this fourth day of July vv ith crackers and tmmbs? f wished that I could Uire a hole in his head ami introduce a dozen of each. I et ween the exjilosmiLs 1 slept for live or ten minutes at a tinii' mi l ha t liTful dreams. 1 dreamed that I was working an iinuionse nut cracker, with handles fix feet long, and that I hail the head of Thomas Jefl'erson in iis jaws and was cracking his skull. It was fratureil with a loud Cracl: ! 1 awoke with a start. It was another of those infernal bombs. Iliad coma up to the country to visit my friend Tom Flint at his father's place, " Wild wood.' to get rid of the tiring in the city. My nervous system was al ways delicate and i never could stand sudden noises Conse quently It always sii'iiieil to me that, every one took delight in banging doors, knocking over chairs and dropping heavy weights right by my ears. Independence day hail been a terror to uio as a child, and now 1 was, a man grown a man approaching middle age 1 dreaded it more each year. I had come into the country with another purpose, I had long admired my hot-tV daughter, my chum's oldest sister. Notthf voiutfer oiK not that iii.f. of hiitiuitv. Fau j -s, ran. .miIi p runrfe. or riiiiij, a,.. Khe was too wicket to he called anyt hing else. I tuid no siicb taste as to want to possess that thorn la the side of every quiet .rsou. -'Alice .-was my favorite my uarliii;. tny angel. I loved Aheo a. much as J hated F rn V'f- V ! , Ss i! vim u m-w Tit! v eel,: h'.om ai.i, gr vi'.tkhs, v.v son- an;i i i,Ai i.iii i.i:s, l: si-oM.l.Ni. hi i.lCM'.TV's ' Ai.t. 1 at- '. i: via. vn i:i.i.a Hons, s TUOS ::i 1: a : N .,K a I.I. NATIONS, Ti'li.U ilOY liK AMl'I'.li'AXS Al.U r ' I I .-II' !!, v ,ie ... . - ! I. k I i. k VV i riili- i i !- i I of -ii 1. : o ! , a a i a - j'riag , - ::..' .tln.r. .v.i- Ti."! . K.: pt : -it..! r.t.-k r a i. uu I'e.t,' ntv w :n- iii aa .1' 'VV W he e ; t !,- UI--.-1 : , II,-- e. 1 i , - '. .! ' Ta.T. '. no i.i,.- i. a the la .1.. al i.-a t I can't hear a:-, v -,'. .,. -s A cii;.!.- -1 ; ar e-t... ddi.t i.: ; v. 1 al t. I nai.-iv .I...I-.:. -f.rte i, vvea ';er. 1. At la-: 1 look--! at .nv w:i'.i:i;-rn. It w as To'.'lmk. SI v w i::...v ..:.- broad iiju-n. It had Uftl too hot the ni -i.t !.'. Te ti. think of closing it. 1 lay un my t n i; l.-.kuig out. All at once J .-i .v a.e', taag w hiell I. at tilM, t hoii"' T '.'.as : I.. ; -, : I.i". I .a ; lauiseil' i ,a it - .v.-li W ite.i r '..- u -i ,j-. : a,-c uter ot my w ia ! .w it i spl.. !. 1 J-'oMiet la.ag at the s-ctie tuoment expl.xled in my brain. It vv.-is t in- sie it id a thought. Alld t ie tl.oll' ht was let out to llaat about ti i!,e the .ai-'Ue fr .ai a lire cracker "It", thai eoai.iun.i.. i Fan I'lMcriug boaiiis from the w mdovv lil-ne." I lav iiiie' for a lew minute warchiiig. II. a dovvu cam aaotei-r one. It was plauilv a Imtiili ti'il to a thread, and v. as smoking slightly. In a moment it lg:i:i t-i PplKter Then it exjiii nt.il. This time I thought I heard a gn i's idiotic "te he " io more sleep with that fiend over me. What luck! that is, for the lien, 1 the giiis-ts" chamber right under her window. 1 e,,f up and dress.il and strolled out on tho lawn. It vv as a beaut l I'll i morning. The sun A LICK 'i- sparkling on tho ilovv, there was the fre. lt smell of the country, and not a sound to tie heard. The children were not out- -for some uiiexpii'ted reason. What a quiet sleep I might have eiijnved had it aot been for that diaUilicid practical joker. Sweet nix ti.sn: It ever tl.t'c is vill.iinv in a gin it is at sixteen. i went up on to the piazza and stood look ing at the noble trees nlxiut me; the little lake, covering a dozen acres, a short distance from the house; the broad stretch of ground about the tveautiful place w here dwelt the family whose guest 1 was. Tltey were all rich as Cro-sus, and they all seemed as naturally n-ckless us rich, all save one Alice. Alice was gentle and lovely, and guileless. She loved pictures and liooks nnd music and verse and I loved her esjx'oially because she loved verso. 1 loved verse; and when we were together There was a sweet in terchange of poetic thought. , "Dear Alice," 1 thought as I looked at the beautiful land scape, bathed in the light of the morning sun, "how different from your brothers and sis ters!" Just then the door opened with a great deal of unnecessary clatter and out rushed a young wild Indian, with no hat, and a kilt buttoned on to his waist. "Good morning, Mr. diss. Hurrah for the Fourth of July! Isn't it jolly? Get out of the nay ami I'll turn j-ou a summerset." And before I could stop him ho rushed to tbo rail of the piazza, put both hands ou it, turned a handspring and lit six feet below on the sward 1 wa-s standing where I couldn't see hiiu w hen he struck the ground, and hastened to pick up his corpse. Wicked, reckless poor 3ilu novel- x hurt, lie had lit ris-ht on his I mm kit ' ' ' 'r ' I s V-t -s , .-'.i'.'"i' Jwym'' 1 I tr! - J ( : J - S;;o. I a , ,i - ai., .ii 'a ij iea s itriel nun. a i ran If lit ti.e end. '1 l,ea 1 W- lit into Tin.- lli.ilse. A' bivakfa-t while old .Mr Fiint was stiy isi ,i i.v 1 a. - sj,.a,!ng ghuic-s at Fan. who sit (.(ij-i,;.- isii,. e, i, t, devout creature-: It ; - -i al ' t -. ; 9 :iR:?--: Tn AT BOY he Couldn't Uivv her head low till of her Hose almost touched ! was i).,t oiiiv wieKed. she was '111' t! at elloli il T! I., r jiiaT ' leeeli 1 li! Then when tho gr:;ce was finished, she looked up at li'f and laid the unblushing as surane '. i a-k me "Hi i on. si,.,-,, vn ll. Mr. r.'.iss. " I gave her a look, a I'Xik that, if she hail fitly I iiiig. would have annihilated her. "1 was kei t awake this tiiornaig. Mis F'.iut. by etj-iesive spiders.'" She never v, ineed. '( iot e,i i again '" cried Tom fr mi the ot In r end of the bible. Fan had bi gua to open au egg for Dick, and it would have taken the magnifying power of the lack telescope for any one ex cept me to s"e the deviltry in her eye. What a sister-in-law! I hud almost n mind to give it up I have no time or patience to dwell on the pvonts of the early part of that e entful day Th'-re were a great many noisy elaldivn about; ami tie re was a young lieutenant just out of W.-sf Point lie had not smelled enough powder at playing sold icr, or heard enough nlw. ut forts and guns and t hi ngs . so lie iniist tuitis insist on the mane amusement of tiring u pistol at intervals of one minute all day. If the shots had come all at once, or even irregular. 1 could have stood it, but they came at such exiiceted intervals, nnd I dread ed them so many sifonds liefore the explo sinn, that thev wore me out. 1 w ished the fiercest of w nrs would break out rnd that the lieutenant would be put right u in the front. I thought what a beautiful corpse he'd make on a gun carriage. This lieutenant. L the by. was an admirer of Alice's. He was nearer Alice's age than I, and used to call her Aliee in the most dis egreesble and familiar way. Fan and thb lieutenant were very chummy. They were Uith disagreeable characters fco me, nnd I ient many an hour trying to make up my mind which 1 disliked the most. Fan or the lieutenant. Ihiring this memorable "Fourth" horror, the two of them sjient most of their time together and left Alice to me. It was evening. The sun had sunk licneath the horizon and left rosy tints upon tho clouds. Alice and 1 were strolling about the grounds There was comparative ipiiet. Only a crack or a bang once iu a while. We were each arguing for our favorite poet. Tennyson was mine I onglellow was Alice's. "t'onsid"'. ," 1 was saying, "tlu depth of delicate sentiment in "Tears, idle tears. I know not what they menu. Tears from the depth of some divine despair. I;ise in tlie heart and tfatln-r in the eyes " Pang! My coat tail must certainly be entirely blown away That child of Satan, Dick, had stolen up behind me and slipped a lighted bomb in my pocket. Dear Alice' She looked up at me with such syniiwithy The inlet's words were prac tically illustrated. There was real despair wit h me and tears iu her eyes. Dick ran away with u whoop and we re sumed our eon versa t ion. "1 can't see, Mr. I'.liss, how you can prefer Tennyson to Longfellow, who lias so much more depth and who teaches us so much. Take, for instance, tho 'Psalm of Life.' "Tell me not In mournful numbers Life in but au empty dream" Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z bang! Some idiot who couldn't wait for it to get dark to set off fireworks had tried to send up a rocket. It had slipped from its support, and passed directly hi front of us. 'fri "Thi is positively dangerous!" I said. ' My companion was too frightened to say anything. We walked, trembling, down to the lake and joined a party on a platform to which .ity fitfiuie.s mo iieuienanc aim rau. t,uey wa re sitt ing on thu rude chairs chatting. Wa h id not been with them five miuuteiTwheu the lieutt net pullfsl out his pisml and drov ,usnvviiy will, his coniouiided firiug. 1 had inad ' up my mini to kuow my fata from .Mice lie!'. .re I slept that night I was soon tiigooti a journey and would have no other opportunity. We strolled about tha grounds for half uu hour. Occasionally we would lik dowu ou the party by the la!re. Sotiu thing was going on. I seemed to hav j a presentiment of evil. I saw Fan wrap something in a small piece of paper and hand it to the lieutenant. What he did with it I knew not. 1 whs lieeoming deeply interested in what I was saying to Alice, watching her cheeks that reflected the soft blushes of the evening sky. Presently we heard Fan call-ins: FIKE! "Ali-e! Al ice! Oh! Alice!" "lioii t l.-t us go." 1 said. And we didn't. We ooutinuedour work. 'Alice! . Alice! Al ice." egav e it up. We knew she would screech till we came; so we weut, "Come and sit hero with us and stop prowl ing around " said Fan. "Yes, do,'' echoed the others. There was nothing else to do; so we sat down. Tin-re was but one seat for me. It was a chair on a low flat sled used to push the girls on the ice iu winter. It was placed with its back to the water and on the edge of the platform. Notw itiistaii'ljrg the desire of the party to have us join thei, no sooner were we seated than two of tlietnwent ofT To sit elsewhere; then, two others followed and others, till all wa re gone. What struck uie as very singular was that they took their chairs with them. There was no place forme to sit except where I was sitting on the sled chair. My opp irt unity hail come, I deftly led the conversation on to that subject which most interested aie. I Ix-jan by telling Alice how wh'-n 1 first saw her 1 had "J lou t ymi smell smoke"' sho interrupted. "No." I replied, somewhat impatieutly. "At the v.-ty moment ot our meeting," I was saying, "1 knew that in you I had found one whi im" "There is certainly burning powder near," sho interrupted again. "1 smell it." "'You are mistaken. 1 could smell pow der if .any one could, for 1 hate it. Alice," 1 contuaiiil, after a brief pause 1 took her hand I knew lovers always take the lady's hand win u they propose, so I took Alice's "may 1 in.; i. .j that those- ar-sthetic tastes w hich w y share, and w hich cau alone form the basis of an ideal love, may I uot count llxili" 1 had U en so rattled by the explosions all day that 1 couldn't lind language to express w hat 1 allied p i sa v "Ahee." I commenced again, feeling a sud d an swi Ping of soiuetliing in my Uisom, "my whole heart my speak to me, Alice tell me that" I felt t:.e chair rise beneath me. 1 heard a deafening sound I was tilted backward. I rose a lew feet in tlie air. My head described a circle, ami then vvus suddenly doused ia cold w -t.-r, and Alice, who had a moment before b it the warm pressure of my hand, saw tlie soles of my lioot-s as 1 sank beneath the vv :ivv They say drowning people think of all the sins they have, committed. 1 know not how this is, but 1 do know that while under water during that uncomfortable ducking I thoiurht of all the sins others had committed "li s that cursed lieutenant, that diabolical Fan!" Thcv hail deliberately placed powder under the sled beneath the chair to blow me up The fireworks that were expected on that memorable Fourth of July evening did uot take place I'.ut other fireworks that had jiot tieen anticipated did take place. Thechildren were sent t ltl. A physician was hastily en I lei to treat lice,whosenerves had received a terrible - The older peoplo vowed that they must km .w who perpetrated tiie outrage. Oid Flint stormed, Mrs. Flint cried. Tom vv. ) that he'd thrash the perpetrator w it bin an inch of his life if he caught tiiiu. A more uncomfortable Fourth of July party w as never assembled under one roof. Tho nest morning Fan was packed off to a school wnere they took summer Ixjarders, only t le expelled at the end of a month for general ciissei tness. The lieutenant joined hi. coiiiiany in the western wilderness; was vvi .inil.il in a skirmish with the Indians and was back in sixty days. Alice uursed him. It"; absurd to suppose any woman ran nurse a " ruing man, esicinlly one who wears but tons and who has tieen shot in battle, with out Ih ing nuractcd to him, even if he is a fiend incarnate. Alice the gentle, meek eyed Alice fell in love with the scaegrace who had assisted Fan to blow me up. Wheu I returned from a trip on which I weut soon after the "Fourth" I found a letter from Al ice. It announced her engagement with the lieutenant, who, "poor dear fellow," she said, "has suffered so much from his wound" i ia. sin, til to leave America ana upuij resiilemt? in a land which had not achieved its indept .ldeneo; and I may say affirm atively that if the place of my residence ever does achieve its independence and celebrates its anniversary by tho firing of guns, pistols, crackers, bombs and such like articles only tit to lie fabricatiNl in the abode of Mephis topheles, I shall take my departure to such a country as is still under the tyrant's yoke. There was one result of the whole affair of that memorable "Fourth" in the country, which is a matter of daily astonishment to mo. When I think of it as an actual fact it is iniiKMsible for me to realize it. 1 hardly dare state it, for no one will lietieve me. I am married And who is uiy wife! 1 si eiit another "Fourth" several years after with my friends at Wildwood A girl 19 years old got nf tor me and literally hunted me down. She Imtltered mo. She flirted me. She laughed at me. She tortured me in a thousand different ways. At last 1 told her that if shedidu't marry me und let iue get a rest I'd end ia a lunatic as Iuhl The fieud that caused me all this vexation vas noue other thau that burhariaii Fun Flint. F. A. MrrcHXL, So Are We. 'r. C S I.rice has been elected etinirvnan -of the National Dem-r-r .tic Executive Committee- Weafe' '-sorry. We wanted a pro. ' nouneed low tariff and pronoun ced" anti-trust man elected. V Raleigh Chronicle.