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THK LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C„ AUGUST 18, 1897.
A COOKED UP ROMANCE.
•Oh, lady." *aid a hravi' and ■ lurtoou, knight,
tt’hllt' w»lti ig for h:s tht a» »n Inn,
'*To mi- it Jj a n-rr falnfnl Mitlit
To we you Idintor-.iig yi ur very un-tty nkin
Ov< r that liroiling tin- and iduzirg light.
And though a thou^.tid triuiaph-i 1 might
win
In Held or t--nrni y < r in offhand light,
I rmlly think it would lx- i)Uit«: a sin
Kor mo to now fori-ak< you in »uch a jilight.
“Wo, whili- I tire not of the ImttleV din,
It i-auit.- 1 am a i-rav, and oour - oUH knight,
Jr I might h :«■ y< i.r fairy hrud t" win,
1 \v - itld i ha-igc tdaei *. if > on think it ’« right,
And ■ tir tiie porridge tliu-k or sl:r it thin,
•Jn-i an you old me, morning, nom or night,
And th-.;^ tog' tin r we might k.-en tin- inn.
For, eaoed in armor. I'm prot.-c ted ijmte.
While you would rave your lily , mili: wliito
-kui.'’
So runs tin- legend. Tl-.r.s do nun explain
Yh ■ ;ueer design l-y v hi- h i* still benight
TiHihi -u tin t marka through wmd and sun
.mu rain,
“The Hostelry of tLa Host Courteous
Knight.'
—idudol’ h 7. --unnrr in St. Niciiolaa.
TEIiEX!
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4
1 i.
r-J't’ier tell in yo a
as always fond I was
j.if> tin? soijfht av a
illts !i was all me leift*
il'Op UV |jOtht“ll, but
roubletl I've always
•e siiy. An so ye see, thou^Ii
oultl I : ::i this very ni<mih,
j.: it).. i but an ould bachelor aft in r
Kow, I w*.;i
’fc be
\r. '■* av a -
-r\v
av tat gyurl-.
To
party bits' cy
t co]
as n f resin u
ii.* (]
<x'li, 'lis t* rril
•le t
win
Ijtell
’ti 1
I’m
all
’'J'wrtH a I' lifr teimc I had a notion av
HIi. I,,: Kali • UTlyun that lias a bate
Lit lam: i at Ballybi^gau. but niver a
word av Ir.vi cud I say to her, all be-
caa.-s- av the shy. Howandiver, mayh s
—bur wait till 1 i< 11 yi now.
Wan cow Id moruin this very wake I
n .w d a letthcr an ’twas a quare wan,
so it was. ludade tae letthcr was nothin
at qll at all but wan av thim post
kyan’.s that uuld Ban.e} the postman is
bo fund av biii;:,dn to jK-ople, since ’tis
the inquisitive ould fella lie is to be
sure. O;- the jxisr kyard was nothin but
four lines av tbi- luveliest pix-tlay ye
iver seen. Twas this:
It n r.rr-ed l-iisg ye wild injoy.
Just ax svvnte Kate O’Flyr.a.
To be your own wud give h.-r joy.
Terence, go in an win.
Barney was ypiunin all ovir whin he
hand- d me the kyard, so he was, so sez
i to )<ii<i.
“Aeh ye ould spalpeen, ye’ve been
aiihvr readin m<‘ privii eorrispondenee. "
‘‘1 bavt , si z he, ‘ but where’s the
hairnini' An sari? tis the l est av advice
ye n afther to-ttiu, T< ren<-<, me 1/jy. ’’
“l-’aix an y- re roiitht, Barney, 1 ut
d’ye think she'd Le alther lookiu twie
at n y;oss<xjn loike me?”
“Why not?'' sez ke> “Misthnss
O’Fl.yim is not so young as she looks.
’Tis the illigant bhoy ye are intoirely. ”
“Aisy now. Barney, aisy, ” I.
“Don't be alther asjxrshinthe luvi-h'-st
uv Jier wx. But I know ye don’t mum
nothin dishrespeetive. I wonder who
was afther seudin mi this kyard now.”
Barney winks at me. “I wonder,”
svz he, an he walks ufl' down tin* street
wbistiiu "Kate Kearney” as eb ui' as a
laik.
Well, tliat kyard made me feel IxjuM-
<T, so the same eviuiti I <lrey«es im-silf
in me lest, puts on me eaulMieii, takes
me siiillalali in me hand, an sets off
for Mistliress O'Flyuu's furium at Bal
ly Diggau.
Winn I g< ts to the dure, I ku«x*ks as
bould as brass, an who should open it
but the luvely widda hersilf.
‘‘(iood evenih, Misthress O’Flynu, ”
«ez I. "Is it all a:ou< ye are?”
“It is,” siz she, “will yo be sittin
down?”
“i will,” sczL “V.'idall the plazure
in loife. ”
Wid that I goes in, an she shuts the
dnre, an into the kitchen we goes an sits
down at th<* tir**.
“ 'Tis a e«iwld evening,” sea I.
“ ’Tis that.” sez sii<*.
For the loife av me I cud say jjo more
afther that, an so I sat twist in me euu-
en between me hands an wouderiu
bow J was to s;.y what I d eome fur.
TJ:in I sez:
‘“Tia a gran lire ye have there. ’Tis
a i'oine thing for a cowld eveniu. ”
“’Tis tliat." sez she. Thin we sat
slitili for another space av toime. hhe
was knittiu sum tlnn'wid rid wool, oo
*KZ I:
‘“Tis the foine warrum color for
cow Id weather is rid,” sez I.
“ ’Tis that," sez sh<*.
I was alth*r thinkin I must have
ollkiued ii r in some way, an might be
si ti j-jun borne again wi lout a word av
iuw , but I (ieternun'd to have another
thry, so I s«z:
“Is it not lonely ye are sittin here at
uoights all Is- your -ilf?” » z I.
" Tis not," s**z she. “I’m afther in-
joyin the D st av eompany. ”
“Who’s that?” sez I.
“Just mesiit, an no other,” se:: she.
“Oeh sure now, ye ean’t mane it.
Whin ye're all be yersilf ye must be
fed:n an aebiu void tills worruld can
niv< r fill, as the pote sez. ”
“Throe for yt—I *lo sometimes.”
“I was sui t in av it, a<*usiila. Where
.is it at all, ut all? Is it in yer heart
now?”
“No,” sez she, “’tis in me hollow
wisdom tooth.”
'‘Aeh now,” sez I, “ ’twas always
fond av yer joke yo was, Mistliress
O’Fly im.”
“Sorra jok<‘ there is about it, Mistber
Mag* sv—on less ye eall it a joke to have
a feeiia in yer jaw loike a ridhot needle
stit< hin away at double quick toime to
tin* tune av ‘The Wind That Shakes the
Barley. ’ ”
“’Tis longin 1 am to comfort ye,
alannah. Wud ye not be afther givin
me an iugagcniiut as n sidiut physician?
Faix, au ’tis mi-silf wud be afther chas-
iu away from ye the toothache, the
headache, th<* h«*arta«*he, an all the other
aelies tliat il* sh is heir to, as the pote
sez. ”
“ Tis thiukiu I am I’d lie safer wid
a dentiat for th<* bsithuche than wid au
ould omadhaun loike ye, au as for the
other aches ye mmtiou I niver have
none av thim. ”
“What, niver no heartache, whin
ye’re sittin hen* all alone in the even*
ins?” sez I, sittin up close to her an
thryin to slip me armw round her
waist.
“Get along wid ye,” she crie-q liftin
her chair along the flurc. “I nivi'r wen
a man loik* ye for imraltin motions.
Kap*- yer arrum down."
“Aeh sure now, mavourneen, ’tis
tinsl wid hangiu down all th<* evenin.”
“Well thin, hould it up above yer
head to n*st it. ”
“Tliat wud Is* too high intoirely.
Twud Is* high enough if 1 kept il ju>t
about the height av y< r luvely iii***k.
An b* sides, tliat wud kajs* the eowld
away from ye, an tiiin 1 **u<l kill two
birds wid wan shtoue, as the pote s *z. ”
“Maybes, but sorra fear av nn* bein
wan av thim binls yer j)**te talks av. ”
“Is it fond av poethry ye are, aeush-
la?”
“At toiines—good ]S>*tlirv.”
“W-ll,” sez I, “I have some
poethry in me pocket. Maybes
loike to }i**ar it. ”
“I rnoigbt. What’s it about?”
“Sure now tis about yer luvely ellf,
au no wan * Ise. ’
“L t’g hear it thin. ”
“Arr.Ui now, maybes ye won’t ba
loikin it.”
“How can I tell ye till I hear it.”
“Well, this the way it goes.” Wid
that 1 rakes ?h< kyard out av me pocket
an reads it:
If iM-rried His* ye wild injoy,
Jus: ;ix sv.ate Kat • tJ’FI.viii).
T-> i>« your o-.vu wud givu lur joy.
Terciu--, :;o i:i an via.
“Ach, ’tis luvely. An: ye afther com-
posiu i: j’ersili?” she axes.
"Niver a word. ’Twas from Burney
postman I got it this m* min. ’Tis
1
THE YOUNG TLNCR.
I woke. The harlx-n-i'. melody
Had crossed the slaiu'iM-r bur
And oot upon the- ojs u sea
Of ooancwuHi'-ss i-.ftir
Swept on w ird,
As echoing the
■Ai; ii a fainter ■train,
dream again.
So soft the silver so-:
Outp*iured ujioii *li
Tim* 'il -ace '• e. ir 1
O’erleaning with <*.
The slender nnssi, r
a 1 and char
• • night
i listener
■light
flap r tip
Upon the port il < f in-’* lip.
—John !!. Tal.-b in Century.
HARK WATER.
“Tli'i’ll live to ru - it. ”
“Well, Av ca i: of go again my f. cl
’s. Aw cam o’ hell) n* t lovin thcc. ”
• ’Ip
Naw, an lli;.’ ca;.i!<.i li**li> 1« vin
Fomeb’dy else, con ta? Tlia’U live to rue
it, Aw tell thee, an so will tliat kupslalt
thaks sc* t thy heart on—mind that.”
Th« girl ad-in ss**d blu. liwl faintly,
but did not hang her head. Batin r she
lifted it, with a proud look wki<*h, <1.*-
spil* h< r working shawl, plain black
hat and somewhat pasty wlxite <*<)ni-
pli*sion—the common heritage of mill
girls—hut souk thing'"queenly to In i
whole ajxjjearanee.
Had you ms-ii Baeb* 1 Sw.*uin on Sun
day as she w alked, with 1 *r Bible anc
hymnlxsik, to the Methodist Sunday
S!*h«s .-1 to teach her class you would
R- a."<--ly have known her. Dr s.s <1 in th<
lat st styl* —or the 1/ ;t that had per-
co!at:*d to th*- j>roviuc**i— -from th(
“tip's” in lu r hat and the “fall’’ whiet
( spn .-s'd rath* r than hid her (lili<;it*
featuns, to her ia*ai little shoes, s;h«
look* d, what she was, a lady And had
you s ail her, at the chapel door alt* i
evening s *nice, without a*:*) or even
greeting beyond a mutual l«sik of satis
faction, meet a pleasant faced young
man and walk uwav bv liis side, von
would have D cn in jsiss: ssicu of the
secret—nowa ret now—that James Sum
ner, a-sistant cashier at Hess ’s. P(<*l’s
mill, and Bach* 1 Swann were “kwping
company.”
Jim Sumner had nt:irte*i life as a half
timer and little pier * r; hut, naturally
an intollig* ut lad and a great favorite
with th* 1 sch'sihuaster, he had, in spite
<if th* great dise.rdlity of l/ ginning to
earn his living at 10, made such good
use *,f his oj/jiortuniiies that he w:*.s
early taken ii:t<; the “oilicc” and v.’a<
n«J quite “looked up to” by right think
ing folk its a man who “could addle
(earn) his brass ’out tukkiu his coat
off.” Moreover, he was junior “ehujiT
steward” at the M*. th-slist chapel, and
altogether a man a y girl in that place
might Le proud to “keep compaijy”
with.
That Rarh'-l was proud of her lover
everybody kn* w. They had only “made
it up” a short time ago and had walked
in public less than a fortnight when th**
above conversation took place. Tla* man
—for such he considered himself—who
threaten* d to “tnak’ her rue” was con
siderably oldci than herself, an«l an
“overlooker” at the mill in which they
all worked. He had long fon-ed his at
tentions upon Rachel, who, while giv
ing him no euw.-ragemeut, had not ab
solutely repri- d him until she hoard
that he did :• iJl'.I*- private bookmaking
among the yoi thsaud young meu in the
great mill. Until then she l ad regarded
him as a decent fellow and shrank from
hurting liis feelings, hoping h<* would
desist in tim-r and giv<* it up as a ban
job. oh** did not know Jabrz Smethurst.
! H«* was the i/.rt of man whose love can
i turn to bitter hate, and now, both
agairs* the g:rl and the man he deemed
| his supplant* r, his rage burned fl< rcely.
! “Aw’w fan* miserable at my work,
Jim, now,” said Rachel os she walked
j with h»*r !ov* r from hhs mother’s cot -
! tag** along the <-mbaukineut of tjje great
! reservoir.
“Why, how’s tliat, ray lass? Aw
1 thought tha’ war HI reet now an grade-
ly iu*t up wi’ four looms an averagin It
an <> awlk > ”for, though Jim was au
ass :,-taut cashier, lie «lr**;.'p*-d, like hb
lady lev**, into his native Doric on all
familiar occasions, “au tha’ tov.d me
that even thy cross grained owd aunt
could epeyk civil now. ”
“Ay**, Aw wn« fain enuf, Jim, but—
Eh, lad, Aw can hardly tell yo’, A v’ve
Ciiving Hiiu Adv:c«. | kept it to my.ol for days, but Aw can-
“I’m not the man to yield weakly or » J0t b, ’ ar B »o longer^ Tl«’ overbsik* rV
tl
wouderiu I am who cud have sent it.
But compose it or not, tis a hint I’m
alther takiu. An now mavourn* en,
ye’ll Is* crool no longer? I luv* y<* to
distra* lion, an if ye’d only say th w- rd
’tis yer own devot* d T< rence I’ll K*
from now to me dyin ind. ”
Here I g* ts me chair up beside her
again, an thin all th<* shy win! out av
me at won: t. I puts m<* arrum round
her waist an tri* s to draw her to me.
But before I cud kiss bn - she twists her-
si if away an sez she:
“Is ii in earnest y<* iu^*, Tereii* *-?”
“It is,” sez I; “dea*l «*arii**st.”
“Well,” sez sh**, “d’ye promise to be
tru 1 , true till death, as the pote sez?”
“I do.”
“An will ye niver lave me, deceive
me, nor grb v** me?”
“Niver, me own jewel.”
“A:i if 1 many ye will ye always get
up first in tin* morn in an pat on the
fir** an give me a cup av tuy in bed?”
“Dade will I, me darlint, me precious
wan. ’ ’
“Thin I’m y* rs for iver an a day
longer, Tereu***-, me bhoy. Y** may kiss
m*—ju>t wan now. Oeh, o**h, <x*h, y *
Uiurtli**rin tlinfe. How many d’y<* want?”
sh** cries, for be tliis toime 1 had her in
me arrums an w as last in the delicious
lips av h**r.
After that ’twas th** doloightful cven-
iu w<* had intoirely. Sittin there at the
fir**, sez Katie to me:
“Y< ean’t tell yet who sent ye that
kyard wid the p*icthry?”
“.Sure an I haven’t the last** notion.”
“Well, Ter**uoe, ’tis thinkin I am I
can tell ye if ye won’t be angry. ”
“Angry, mavourneen, ’tis deloight-
ed I’ll be. Tis the foiuest letthcr 1 iver j.
be morally responsitile, if not actually
criminal, and, according to the imme
morial custom of the firm, “had togo.’’
Poor Jim! He did inrt wait to meet
his chapel folks and intimates. He just
kissed liis widowed mother, who would
not have believed “owt again’ Jim” on
the testimony of au archangel, and went
out into the frosty air, straight to the
station and away to a town 80 miles
distant, to make a fresh start His
sweetheart was still in the mill. He
ought, « f course, to have waited for her
and told her. But he didn’t. He would
v. rite, .'■the would b arn soon enough.
Tin* village would buzz v.ith the *»a?ws
as though the new “hooter” hud pro
claimed it by nightfall. And it did.
Tin re \v< re girls w ho seemed glad to
tell Rachel, and when she Han d up and
said:
“ Yo’ know as well as Aw do’at Jim
ne’er did it,” they only n plied: ^
“Well, he's ta’en his luxik, at any
rat**. Yo r Aunt B* t seed him goo an
says‘good riddance to bud rubLbigc. ’
Hi* doesn't seem to think as weel o’
Jimmie as her niece does.” What could
Rach* 1 say? fc'h** vent hors with rage
in her heart against her aunt, and some
thing like i i sent mmt against her lover
f*ir hasting away without j*. word to ■In'
girl who could have died for him. Ah,
little did she think, yet even now a dead
misery had taken possession *;f h( r.
“Well, Miss Proudie, an how's thy
fine g« mi* man naa?” (Aunt li**fs own
lad had had Imjx s of th<* “<i{iii*t:” once,
tut ha*l turned out a wastrel; lienee hei
bitterness.) “Aw tl:* ut wot it ’ud be.
Som** fowk can’t stand gettin up i’ th’
world. Pride’ll hev a la’, an thy whip-
persnupper’s come a cropper, ut ouy
rate. ”
in tongue warfare Rachel was no-
wh(*re. Besides Aunt li* t wasn’t worth
answ* ring. Then, chat very day, the
overlooker had threatened to reduce her
to two hxims and hail humbled her so
terribly before the other weavers that
TRUCK FARMING
Directions and SutcK«-»iloii» Troui the Lou
ikiHiitt Experlinent Mwtion.
Truck famrng means intensive liigh
fanning. Lands dixlicated to truck must
be heavily fertilized, not with conmier-
eial fertilizers only, but with siuli
homcmatle manures as will insure large
supplies of organic matter. Tl:*: fre
quent incorporation cf vegetable matter
by the growing and turning und* r < f
some leguminous crop, p.-cfcrHdy (ow-
p**as, supplement* d by min<-ral manures,
will in a few years r a*l**r these .sells
well adapted to truck growing.
If stable ima’crea be us -d, they should
first lx* tboniugbly composted and e v
er;:! times pil* d and <*ut «lowu in < r r
to bring them into a most available (•<-;-
ditioii su< plant food. A etaupost of stabl**
manure, cotton seed, acid phosphate and
kainit, mixed iu siwh prop*irtioiisas will
suit th** cr«jp t*i lx* grown, will b* f*iun<l
a very effective fertilizer, perhaps supe
rior to any other mixture.
When the supply of home manures i*;
iuadequat** for t: 1 ,*’ diaimutis of y< - r
crop, tin s** may lx* supplement dhyc* *•
tons*'**d meal, a« id pkesphab*and k o- it,
mixed to .suit the Luid of vegetable
grown.
Projx T rotation must lie obsf rv* d in
truck growing us in g* m ral fanning i .'
the f«*rtility of tl:** soil he maintain' d
and maximum r* .->ult.sd* sired. Akuowl-
odg*- «if Isitany and of the elianvcti r of
vegetabUs grown will gr**atly assist the
farm* r in determining the rorution to lx*
adopted. Melons,cucumbers aJul squash
es belong to one family and should not
succeed each oilu r. Eggplants, toma
toes and Irisii potatoes form another,
au*l Ix-ans and peas another.
Always follow a crop by another of a
different family. E«pr ssed in a simpler
manner, roots should not follow roots.
A tap rooted plant will follow well a
fibrous rooted one. After a heavy mu-
all tli** spirit seemed clean gene out of , miring cabbages, onions, Irish potat*x s
. Was Very Neifyous
Had Smothering Spelis snd Could
Not deep - Ooctoro Called It
Neuralgia and indigestion.
“f bad pains in my Lead, reck and
shoulders and ad through my bouy but
they were most severe in my left side.
The doctor called it neuralgia and in
digestion. I waz confined to in v bed for ,
eight months. I was very lurvous, had
smothering spell* and e<,uId not sleip. I
read of cuies by llool s h-ir-iEpariila and
of a cr.se similar to rr.iae. liy husband
procured a bottle, and I began taking ff.
After taking one botile I Kb Ix icer, was
able to reel and my appetite improved. I
continued until my nervousness was
cured and I was much Ixttir in every
way. My husbauu has also been bene*
filed by Hood's Sarsaparilla.'’ Mazy 3.
Sione, Spainville, Virginia.
ft J ^ ^ ^ Carsa-
<£> parilla
• Oi. Tru-* Il’axul PariCer.
s;x lur f ■>.
Is the Best—in fact ti: -
Sold by all drnxgi!
I ,, ,, >->.,1 net liariiMJiiioiisiy iviifi
SiOOU S k^ll'S lioous oorsajiii-iKa.
8**i n.
“Arrah. thin, 'twaa s**<*i!i I was y<> was
that shy ye wud niver spake yer luve
widout iiicourugin, an as ’tis leap year
au ’tv. as wishiu to s**e yt* happy I was,
why, 'twas just maailf tlmt sent y<* that
w* ** pom** av m<* own **omposare. ”
“Ye man** it—thru*?” I crus d*-
loigiit***!.
“Faix, 'tis not a word av a li* I’m
afther tellin ye,” sez she.
“Thin luxiruy for leap y**ar!” I
shouts. “An ye’re tin* grandest jsit** as
iver was. Sure ye’ll lx* afther givin me
another kiss or maybes two, as a thrilli*
more ineouragmint, wudn’t ye now?”
Loik** tbe jewel she is, she iucourag* <1
me again.
Be tlietoim** y»* r«*ad tliis ’tis marri<*d
we hope to be, lor I 'm just afther seein
Father Doimvau about the woddin.—
Bcotlish Nights.
without a struggle, ” declared Write’y
as he walked tin* fl*x)r, iut**rtwiniiig his'
long lingers or running them nervously
through his still longer hair.
“1 have written poems, says, plays,
criticising and stories. 1 have rang* <1 m
my work from tin* most profound meta
physics to the veriest rough and tumble
humorof the day. Disjxisingof jxjliticul
problems, removing tie- clouds *if mysti
cism, accounting by natural laws for
what has been i***gar<lo<l ;ts supernatural,
producing tin* most beautiful conceits
iu the realms of romance, writing under
the inspiration of propitious muses and
showii.g myself the incarnation of tru**
wit, 1 have done a vast labor for the
gixxi of humanity and have nothing tv
show for it but dusty piles of unaccepted
nuumscript. No wonder that ambition
is crushed and that the fruits of my en
deavor seem as th** apples of Sodom.”
‘Brace up, old man,” advised his
ta’en one o’ my looms off me an says
he’ll tak’ another f Aw don’t mend my
work.”
“Dost mean .falx* fmethnrrJ? Av.’ll
see that r« **t, neV r heed, Rachel. ” And
as th*-y had passed th** railway station
which stood at theup]x*r **nd of tin- n s-
ervoir and w* re iu a somewhat s:xdud**d
place he put his aim around her waist,
drew her to him and kissed her fondly.
“Say nov. t, Jim. It’ll do no good.
Gaffer thinks w**cl o’ Jalx*. Hehearktns
to him as if Jalx* knew everythin an him
nowt. An it d*x*a l*x»k us if my work
was bud, for he gives me such bad
soarts at Aw con on’y do half what
t’others con, an my aunt says who’ll
gie me th’ key o’ th’ str.*et if Aw cannot
addie more nor a little w ench. It’s piece
work, tha’ knows. ”
“Aye—well, ne’er heed, my lass. Kis-
mas’ll s*xiii be hen*, .m we’ll get w*xl a*'
soon as th’ New Ye’r comes in. Aw’m
friend Lctt**rgo. “You ar«* not th<* first gettin £2 a week now, an Aw’m prom-
genius to suffer the pangs of the unap
preciated. Keep plugging away with a
stiff upjx-r lip. Never say die, my man.
tiet your name before tbe public and
wake tbe people talk about you. I can
have your name par-ad*xl in every news
paper and magazine that you want, pro
vided yon follow my advice.”
“Commit some (Time, I suppose?”
“No, sir. Advertise your wares.
Blow like a side show* man. Run your
picture with every advertisement. Fay
in advance, and the world will learn
for the first time that there is such a
hidden treasure as yourself. ’ ’—Detroit
Free Press.
A JU<* of Dwarf*.
The inhabitants of the Andaman is
lands are said to be the smallest race of
people in the world. The average height
of a full grown Andaman is leas than 4
feet and the anthropological experts
who recently visited them found bat tow
that weighed over 75 pounds.
k
1
is*d a rise wi’ th’ New Ye’r.”
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A month had passed. Poor Jim! All
his fair holies seemed blighted. Bromley
Bros., a firm iu the neighborlnxxl with
whom Messrs. Pod occasionally did
business, iu checking their bankbook
found themsehes debited with an
amount paid by chock to Peel 6c Co., for
which they could find no corresponding
item iu Peel’s account, and, on making
inquiry from them, found that there
was no account of its receipt iu their
cashbook, nor did such an account ap
pear to have been paid in the usual way
to their credit at the bank. Evidently a
check had been drawn and paid of
w'hich the books of neither firm had any
record. It was a sum under £10. But as
the youth who ran between the mill and
the bank in the adjoining town of Black-
bnxik appeared too unsophisticated to
transact such a fraud, und as Jim bum-
ner was immediately responsible for the
ccrrcr.t rash of the firm, ho was buhl to
her. bhc went to bed, but n*.t to sleep.
The “knocker up” had aa easy task
next morning. That day was the black
est of many black ones during tbe past
few weeks, ami now no lover’s comfort
awaited h* r. Everything went \vr< :g.
The stuff wouldn’t weave. Her hxims
K»s*mc*l bewitched. The overlooker over
looked with a vengeance.
“YoTl start on two looms tonioni.”
he said. “Thinkon that! Aw’ve let ; a’
wenches o’ 14 ’at weave lx-tt**r nor th'. '*
an do moor war!: on two looms fan tha’
con o’ three. '*
it was tin last straw. I-'bc dare net
fan* Aunt B<-t and her sneers.
“Oh, Jim, Jim,” was the cry of her
heart, “why couldn’t yen say a word to
me?” For when her heart spoke it cried
for Jim, and not for looms. Coming out
of th<* hot mill it was bitter cold. She
drew her shawl over her head and hur-
ri***l away—not to the place she called
“home. ” She scarcely knew win re she
went. A hopeless despair weigh* <1 on
her sensitive spirit. Tears, miclached
anil unheeded, dropped as she walked.
“Anywhere, anywhere, out of the
world!” would have been li* r exclama
tion could sh** have expressed her deep
est wish/ Sudd' nly she found herself on
the top of the reservoir embankment.
Tbe moon was shining upon the water,
which sparkled and shone with a crys
talline brilliance.
“There’s nowt left to live for, an I
won’t live!” and, easting her shawl
from her, she threw herself from the
embankment. There was a sharp, ring
ing sound. Tho moon shone on, and all
was still.
* • ft • • •
“Now, Aw wonder what'a come out
about this money?” thought Jim .Sum
ner us lie struck the reservoir bunk on
bis way from the station home. “Folks
are fain to stay iu toueet, Aw reckon.
Aw’m glad uob’y’ll s**e me till Aw’ve
cleared mys'T—if clearin it is—and
what c..u th’ masters ha’ taken th’ trou
ble to /ret my address fro’ mother—for
no’dby else knew it—an telegraph for
me to come instantly, if it’s not? My,
but th’ frost 1ms bin keen tliis two days!
AwTl bet th* lodge’ll bear. ” So saying,
he ran down and tried it with his foot,
and, finding it safe, walked a distance
on the margin.
“Whafs that? Good heavens!” He
had stumbled over the prostrate form of
a woman lying a few feet from the em
bankment. The ice was starred in every
direction where her head had struck it.
‘ ‘Poor wench!’ ’ He tunn-d k< r over, and
tho moon’s light fell upon a face he had
often kiss***!. lie reeled as though he had
received tin* blow that made the blood
flow from that marble blow. How (*i!d
she was! But she breathed. He picked
her up and carried her, ho knew not
how, up th<* bank and away till ho stag
ger'd into his mother's cottage.
Could she lx: in belt* r builds? .Still
unconscious, but withsignsof returning
animation, ho left her and hastened to
the milk The lights still burned in tho
office. Th** masters were s*;at**d by the
fir**, and iu the background sat the m*
song* r and Jubez Smethurst.
“How d’ye do, James—you got our
wire?”
“I did, Mr, thank you.”
“Boy, tell us again what you told
this morning.'’ Whereupon the penitent
lad, with fearful looks at Jubez, told
how the overlooker hud terrorized him
about small betting debts; how, ut his
i/litigation, be had obtained a blank
check from the office lad at Bromley’s;
how Jubez had filled it in, copying tho
wilting from another of Broni'ey’s
checks; how he had presented it with
the rest ut the bank and got th: cash.
The sequel wan known and did net need
m ounting. Jubez swore it was a parcel
of lieu, but the boy’s evident sincerity,
rev* lutious of Jubez’s Ixxikmuking trans
actions and later RuchePylocount of her
rejection cf his suit, and bis subsequent
thii uts and persecution, convinced the
m.i.'ters of Hmetliurst’s guilt. Theyfim-
ply discharged him and cuxud their oou-
■ciousacM of Jim's overliasty dismissal
by raising his salary to £160 a year.
The folks who cheered a happy pair
and pelted them with rice did not aoc a
sea:' on the brow of the bride, for it was
covered by h«r bridal veil—Tit-Bit*
and eggplants should lie planted, sin e
these require excessive fertility for b* -t
results. Follow these crops with toma
toes, squash, ( tc., and those in turn by
Ivans, jx us, etc. A farmer will soon
have a profitable rotation of both crops
and fertilizers.
Trsu*|>:»ntlii{* Ornnc* Trret.
Some growers advocate autumn plant
ing, giving for their reason the supjx w d
root growth during the winter months,
and consequently to the tree a better
chance to establish itself; then, again,
that on a newly transplanted tree the
circulation of sap is chocked, and there
fore nipt or**» f the cells during u freez
ing temperature hardly possible. Other
growers, again, advocate spring plant
ing. An authority in tin* Florida Fruit
Grower gives preference to spring plant
ing and for the following reasons:
Orange trees as well as other ever
green trees should lx* transplanted jusl
at the time when they almost start
grow ing. Then hardly any interruption
in growth takes place. Tin* theory of
root .growth during winter is not well
prov* <1 and is doubff d by a good many
physiologists. It is suppored that no
plant, w hether deciduous or evergreen,
will form u;:y new roots before the cir
culation of sap, and with it growth tak<*s
place. We admit that in a tr**** trai a-
pluutediu autumn the circulation of sap
is checked and that it will stand afn z-
ing temperature better, but we niu-t
alni bear in in:u«l that a tree not estuli-
lish* (1 has Den through the act of trans
planting rendered sick and will perhaps*
Buffer more than a healthy one. Wkik;
one may die from rupture of the (el’s,
the other may get killed by a freezing
temperature as well and perhaps easier.
Baling Cotton.
The New York Times calls attention
in a communication from Galveston to
the prospect of tho formation of a stock
company iu Galveston with a capital of
$5,000,000 for tin* introduction and op
eration of cylindrical bah* cotton com
presses throughout the cotton states.
“As this system of compressing involw s
a complete change iu the present man
ner of handling cotton, it is aimed to
make it au international affair in order
to find a ready outlet for the cotton thus
put up. The advantages of tliis system
of baling cotton are manifold, and espe
cially e«> under the patents the company
will control, and will result in great
savin*; to the producers as well as to
shippers of cotton ovi r tin* present meth
ods of handling the staple. ”
Farrow Irrigatioa.
Having tho water upon the land, it
can bo applied iu various ways. Fhxxl-
iug or allowing the water to spread over
the surface to the depth of from two to
ten indies was formerly extensively
used, but it is now* employed only for
grain and similar crops. The most com
mon m< tlnxi for vegetables and fruits is
to make furrows and run the water
along iu them so that it can soak into
the soil. Professor Taft, iu his article
on irrigation incorporated iu the year
tsxik of the United States department of
agriculture, says:
If properly arranged, tbe water can
not spread upon the surface, and by
Low Rate Excursion tb Eastern Cities.
The Southern Railway and its con
nections wii! sell on August 12th. 13th
and 11th excursion tickets to Wash
ington. 1). C., Richmond. Va.. and
Norfolk, Yu., at one fare the rocni
trip, good to return within fifteen
days from date of sale. The.-e tick
ets are open to the public and will be
honored on all passenger trains, in
cluding the great 'Vestibule*! Limit
ed.” and the “U. rd Fast Mail”
trains. Railway round trip tickets,
will be as follows :
Washington to Baltimore and re
turn, $2 00; Washington to Philadel
phia uud return, ijiff.00; Washington
to New York und return, $10.00;
Richmond to Baltimore and return,
(via York River line,) $3.00. Meals
and state rooms extra ; Baltimore to
PhiiudeJpliia and return, (via rail,)
.fl.t/O; Baltimore to Philadelyhia and
return, (via rail,) $4.00; Baltimore to
New York, fviu rail,) $N.00; Norfolk
to Baltimore and return, (via new
Bay line,) $l.o0, state room $2.00,
berth $1.00. supper $1.00, breakfast
7o; Norfolk to Philadelphia and re
turn (via Cape Charles rail route.)
$ , J.00; Norfolk to New York and re
turn (via Cape Charles rail route.)
$13.00. The above tickets are lim
ited to ten days.
Norfolk to New York and re
turn (via Old Dominion Steamship,
including meals and stateroom—lim
it #10 days.
3 he Houtlx r i Railway runs through
trains to Washington, Richmond,
Norfolk and through ears to Balti
more, Philadelphia and New Work
from many important Southern (^i:ts.
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Betting With a Judse.
There is evidently a certain laxity of
demeanor allowed in the proceedings
of courts of justice in the up cu/utry
districts of some of the colonies, i* 'he
following cast: may tie taken a .
jmp)e:
it happened at (Jala, a littl: ; la
the Queenstown district cf th** * ape.
The trial was for sheep ..Lug—a
probably not unusual cccurr.*::'*? in that
part of the world—the stealing of sheep
being for seme oeeult reauou a crime to
which every new district is peculiarly
susceptible.
All of a sudden the court was startled
by the prisoner in the dock, who was
evidently of a sporting tendency, lean
ing forward and offering to bet tbe
judge half a sovereign that the view lie
was taking of the case was not a cor
rect one.
Order having been restored, the judge
went on with his charge. The jury re
tired and subsequently returned into
court with a verdict of not guilty.
Instead of hastily leaving the court
the prisoner remained in the dock,
busily engaged in searching his pockets.
“What are you waiting for?” asked
the judge.
“Trying to find that half sovereign,”
returned the erstwhile prisoner.
“Half sovereign?” queried the judge.
“Yes,” was the answer, “yea were
right after all iu your view* of the law.
I lost that bet I wanted to make, and
now I want to pay up.”—Mtraud Maga
zine.
Wafuvr ft Fiend For Work.
M. Roche, the French musician who
auderbxik to adapt the libretto of
“Tannhuuser” for French opera, tells of
the trouble lie bad with Wagner. “He
came at 7 o'clock in the morning. Wo
were at work without rest until mid
day. I was bent over my desk, writing
and erasing. He was erect, pacing to
and fro, bright of eye, vehement of
gesture, striking tin: piano, shouting,
siuging, forever bidding me ‘Go on, go
* i on.
rusnoir mktiioo or ikkioatiov.
turning back tin* furrows as s<»on as the
water has soaked iu and cultivating tin*
soil the moisture ean be prevcrit«*d from
•vnpornting. (Keecmt.)
Care should lx* taken to so lay oot the
rows in the orchard or garden tliat the
furrow* for tie* water can lx* run at a
very slight slope, 8 or 8 indie* iu 100
feet being all that is desirable, while 1
foot in 100 feet is an extreme slope.
With a little can* iu laying out the far
rows water can be used upon land that
at first sight it wUl aeeni impossible to
irrigate.
An iiour or even two hours after
noon, hungry and exhausted, I let fall
my pen. I was iu a fainting state.
‘What’s tbe matter?' he asked. ‘I am
hungry.’ ‘True, I had fmgotten all
about that. I.et va have a hurried anack
and go on again.'
“Night came and found us still at
work. 1 was shattered, stupefied. My
head hurued. My temples throbbed. I
was half mad with my wild search
after strange words to tit the strange
music. He was erect, still vigorous and
fresh as when we begun our toil, walk
ing up and down, striking his infernal
pituo, terrifying me at last as I per
ceived dancing about me on every aide
bis eccentric shadow cast by the fantaa#
tic reflection of tbe lamp, and crying
to m* ever like one of Hoffman’s crea
tions, ‘Go on. go on!' while trumpet
ing iu my ears cabalistic words and
supernatural music And, after iRl. tbe
work failed, partly because the French
htuguage *ms un»ui.ed to lt« peculiar