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THE UNION TIMES. UNION, 8. C. YVKKKIA (OMMKUdAI, ItKI'Old.S Til? I'lirrrtnluty of tlm >l?iii'y t^nonI Ion (,'munch ii l.ult In Iiatnliichm. Pnn nn<l llrn-Utn-i'l'i w<<<<kly r? |>*?rt of IiuhIik'hx In un follown Fiilltiri h fur tli<> week hnvii Ik<<<ii VI7 iii tlm I'nlti'il Htnli'M u;;iiln;<t '.!.'< < lu?t your un<l VI In < hnn<In iiKiilnit a Iimt your. Tlm iii?ii<-tury outlook In not )<-t <<l<<tir to moiiih. Tlm ?itr<-ni;tli '<lniv.ii Iii n<i<<<iit <<<111v<<11II<1i1h l<\ ml v0<<11I<<11 of i<llv<<r I'olim^" iinil < n 1<<<<<i11m011 tlint nil tli? <'l?ui<<litn fu\<<rlii^ tlnil |< <11<-v inny y<*t ln< <<011<<<<11Imt<<<l, I11< I111<< tlmin l<< u wuilliiK uttllii<l<<. 'I 11<<1 r 1111 < << 1 liniity r<<litr<l<< liii|<r< v?iii?i.t, n< twitliMtiiinliiu; ili<< iii<<r? wl<lclv |<r<M?l< nl f<<<<lin;; iluit tii<< nioiii'tiirv u<<i1<<11<1i tlm hi. I.'hiih <kii\<'litlo.i will lu< Hllntlilli<?l l<y i li<< J?l?<. Int<<rvl< wi wllli iii<<r<'liuiilH In hIu| |<< Iih<<h nt twi'litv llv? of tlio moro lm|h<rluiit <lin trlloitliiK <'?iitr<<n hIkiw tlull. n.'lili from lint Ifli'ri'llm''l iilti u^lli ill ??Mil III tin- lunula uf iiiti'rlor Ih'I'Iitm h?h ri?H t?*il nt llontoii iiml i'lillie! *!{>liin i itu 11111 r11 v 11 ili'iuninl fur linr ! Mruri'at i'ruM'li'iii'i*, fur i'IhIIiIiik mul mIioih at Itilt lillori', hIiui m iiiiiI Iry In lit Mi-in iitil". imiiI iii iiliiilliir llniii nt St, I.uiiIh, llinni inn tiiu liiii.riivi'iiii'iii in Iriiiln. At t'lili'iiKo tin-r?* I- it inuri lui|ii-fiil nontl iit<-111 lull tin liii-rmiiu lit liiriliii'nH. A iinsiiii uf Ii ii'Iiiik Jiililmrn ul tin |ii11 tunt I'ltli'M hIiuwi mi ?|nu i 11 ii >it ul ii r \ I \ ii I in K''in'riil trmlu 1111II llfli'i nli'i'l lull, III||| III Hiillir |II|||||1 IIU ri'iil Kxi|>i vi'tiii*ni In until tii'xt yi'ttr. 111 ii viiliimn of k 111 1111 i in|i> In no lurtfnr tliun lift wi'i U , in miiiiiii lliii-H It In hiiiiiIIit, iiutiil'ly nt I'ltlMlnirit mill Kuiinii.'i t'lty. MM niiiiiuu'r iliilliu'tn i*liiiriii,tiirl/i,i ii|iimiiI|ii|im lit nluioHt nil |uiliitn. Ki'lnll vnly t Iiu i;ri*iit?<Ht ti?*tlvIt y 11lii'i'ii uiiioiiK r.iriti'in 111 y i'iiiiiIu jiililn-rn, who Iiiimi Mii i illi'i'il |.ri. i>n to ri'ilu'-n lifiivy hIoi-Uh of 1'iiltoii i;oinl?. It<?Mt11 t I {iriuliii'tloii of | i Int i-lotlin at l ull Inv?*r in iki'ly to In' toliuwi'il I'V -ii tn 11 it r iii'tlun nt I'rus |i|i'iii'i< iiml ul A iii 11-i Ni'tv I iiu'IiiipI riililii-i mini n fiii -1 iiriu -i ain -n 11 <i 111 n?; | in > I * lion .111 1 tin' iut11nti 11 iiuil initiiiiiii in Iron mil nli'il Iiu I ii.*t i I'm im li'nu M.itivfiK'lury, with ii |u oiijii'' tlv i'ii t in tin* 111 ! ? i f I ti'iiii'iiii'r (iiu Iron n i < I tli" | r "1 hi I >1111 y "film I >| I |i-t ruml'l nntloii r"<lii''liitf 'iiioiittloiin iti! I lowi-rlnrc jirl'-i'ti fur i'iiIii'. In iiil'lllinn tlii'rn urn n*ilii' i'il |irl''i'i? for I'-nf |u'troli'iiui un<l I'uttoii. lor wlu'iit, wlu'itt llowi, oiitn, |"irk, litr<I. 'inrfiir unit i-olTim. OKA I'll AMI Ol.wKASK IN < I ItA. Miriull|io\ ICii^Iiik Alulurl'il I Xhi'iihi'N I'rr* vnlrnt, Wit Ii Sonii* \ i'llow I' i>\ ?t. Ki'|iort'? to tin' htirK"oii r*i'ni?riil of tint M ii r I ii" Hi n|iltitl M'-rvl'-" from Hi" I' ulti'il iiiiik nniiiPlill J lllUJM " liiTM 111 I HI'll in IIMfl liiKl in mIiuw I rrIt?! ? liiiTfivift of th-atlm i from ntiiKloiiH iIIhi<iiii<ii In lli<' imIiiiuI . I?r. I 'tunlmTo, tlii< iiltli'lnl nt S iiillitK'o, wrlt?v? thai "nliiull|iox Ih riiKluK i'phl"iiil.ully" ami lln? I'UHOM tvlih'h mi I ? >11 lit I IIV |t ll<* hllll ktrctla urn im'mimltiK ilully Thorn urn n<? pmi'iiiitlniri to Ut?'|> tin* hIi'I. Inolnli'il, ami vMik'vi <i\i'rth<? i'ar|wuri'nf ilully *uiri'li''i'. Ynlloxv |i'v<'r lint "Iihti'iisi'iI Moiuoxvliat. Mnluilal I It ! ii-t < f iiinil I 11\ 'iniriK'tiT ant ' million, ami lym-alarx anions tin* nilult* mill a n lurK" ' iilliiK,'iit lo lli? -11 r 111 unjr I it 111 > " 'I'll" \iiim mini ' >ir?nl at Maona la liramlo ri'|Mirt'< that \i'IIow h'xor i oh tho ln>'ri'ih? itinoiiK 11'" rooj?a at that |" lilt ami from t 'Inn f i h'Kom Ih mail I io|ioiti !' loath from tniiall|>o\ ami Im-roir Itm; yi'lloxv fovor. 1 Hurt" Nfj'rtH'H Iii I.IIUTIU. Ih .hop II xl. Iiiiiht, ( th?' \frl<*n11 Moth It'I I |>lin'o|ial I'liiiroh, who i .*iitl\ n> turni'l I loin l.ihi'rla, ami It v. I'. Dxxnni'i'. if South Atrh'a, .nl?IH'H.'?'<l I.IMIII in"*ioon in Niliiiu, Am., t - mitlv, uiylii tlo iu to ini ftiati'to l.llioroi, A 'oloiiyMtoni llil ..ntrv > at to l .i ii'iia hint ?|utii an I '1111 ha-'h Kloxvllir ri'|i..|ti A o|..|i\ . 11 till 11. I at Mill t\ III ll'll X ' I llt> l.tll a I lOOll .1 | t lll'ir <1 <l| ! llo i;nlhi'i <i|. 'I'd I' \ |ioi t <.I'ci'ii 4 .noil ? | o Jii|?iiii Aiiii*i I -an i:i ii >: ! Is iii"n an< oi.i'ratini; i In .lapan, ami lupluliit ha < ' , , nni.tn i.. ! I |ii' Si .'it" 1 | 1111 in al \\ II lillii;!. hi 11\ iii|iiii ' i * . in I ul i-:ii I' I in ll'ti ?1111 iiu;li M. I \ 111 I iii ' I ml i|.i|< i mi ul ill Kin raw H, .1.111.111 Mi \|i-1 v li;?i ill I 11 " ?I | 11 mi'I it . . | . ul tin' CH'i'li I ' ' Ii ul.ii lit I i |..( In in in...in 1111 -ii 11 ! i I in' ii I. ..pi'i III || 111 ** I 111 111 1111 a 111 III in I.I' ul In . . I in i mini I ( , \\i- i hi, Ui I \ II Kin I I Krinili'.' i I 'a i in * I la i'I ii ills. A .i1 i t'u i' I'll I lai V|i i . I Kiln.I! i Hi'I Ii 11 tl 11 MI 11." I 111 '| HI a'i'lil rn III ii It'll' y, Kia'l, llllllillltl ' I tlllt .1 l \ i -11". nilll I III" .1 Ii : III. I ' .ll III" i'l ' I \ I l\ ill Si I l U ' I lil " I, | < I i t I I I - ill . ' I a >11 II I I I I III 11 I I ! I a' 11 11 III'.. I"l I I all \ ' I I \ V I . ' ' I . 11 a I | \ \ , III I ' ' I I . "I ll . I II | 111 a I I ' I. .'I al'i I III II i>' I 1.1" 'I ill I ; ! 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BETTV BOSTON'S FOURTH. i?y noma PKItnY. rOUllTH of July ih coming, and wo inuut dofiotuothititf, wo p o a i t i v ? ly pr?,,'l Hotty, Ity fCt wjfif ,lH M'10 from ! > h I her calendar the Vlw/ h'H' |"?|H-r Hint m recorded tho IfOtb of June, 11 ii<I wiih eonfroiitud by tbo bi^ bluck lottcriiiK, "July," "Do H(.|iH'tbin? nbout what, pray?" impiirod Ikt older mater, Anne. "Tbo Fourth." " I'lio what?" "Tbo Fourtb of .fitly. If fntber were bero lie would do Hotnclhinx to etdobrulo it ? but I've a whole ifuincn left of my allowance and I can buy ?" "Hetty, you are not Koiu<{ to buy a lot of lireeraokera and torpodoca to diidurb the whole neighborhood?" "There aren't any nci^hbora near enough to diHturb." "Near enough ! What about the StnflbrdH? How do you Hiippoao old lm?ly Stafford will like your firecrackers and torpedo explosions, and what do you suppose Sir Iticlmrd and all the rent of them will tlnnk of our j Illlili tine thin Fourth of Jtilv bnniiK'Mu I 111 til* ir faces? It's outrapcona taste, mi\ wuy, Hetty, to show oil' our hruf{ of imlepriidenec from their country, llltl' tlllH." "I nin't WoiiiK it for their. I ain't ' points to invito them." "Viiii u.i^lit iim well; they'll hour the whole uproar. I I'm an awfully vulvar kind of way to celebrate anything. You'd better" with increasing MircaNiii "Kct Homo boys t<> play | 'Yankee Doodle' lor you, on a drum and life." "Kut tlio American ('lul> in IjoimIoii { celebrated tint das, and at. the Allien- j can minister's last your? " "till, yes, with llu^a and HpocclioH at their dinner tables; they didn't tire otT a lot of crackers ami torpedoes for everybody to hear. Oh, Itotty, don't. 1 should lie so ashamed ot such a showoff boloro these I'.n^lisli pe ?plo. It's all so vulvar, the whole bra^ and bluster of it." "You lire ulwayn bothering about these I'ln^lish people? what they'll think of lis; what they'll say. You haven't a hit of independence." "I don't cure for the independence , __ r. " - eSw\?s T ' i?irivi:\ \\t? r.ou ? i i i lint i nlwivu 'r.miiul oociiilin it! 111 liiirl.tf; nplr'n tri-lup;*--. " "vtvii, i ilnu't want in 11111*i t!i?"-t? i'll it it lnlus i .i'll 11 lillt i iliili't 1111 li.. tln-v arc v.'h t-iivfill wliat tin1! i > iv in ii- * 111 i.uly stall.it'll raila in ll.-lt v i>iii t in iii-iii .i.i .1! i-iiii v i'arlui., ii !nl i it a i mi. . i a hi til 1 lull . oil in !. 1111 iii mi i '" i ..ml* ii|i in' tl.it' i rt.in- tiiitt , lit! " i i' it mill i. in!. it 11 iii 1 ii," r.l?lil\ iii in-i i i|? 11 i'.i i; \, ai i in iii! tiiii-i- . ' \ i ii ii.111'i l ill, i.i i n . il 111ii<< at ill, u i n .! i ii all a iin-r li-ali-. til l. ' " in1 tin .in-, t > ?*. 1111 11:11<1111 villi, :ii|ii ril'. il; vnil ' i tolly i . i :.t v 11 i i i il. 1 i .a. i v ml.v.hii'm tun i|pi lii.i a vim vi-ry mil-li, i oiiii ma1, an,i n!i, lii-tty, ilmi'l, i i'tr at v.iii, ; n iii111 turn llir'n nil ii ii i 111 i?y iii ; 1,111 til it 1 n-llst 1 \ 11)1 rnur nl ii ri lulu at inn. Now, pi'iimi mi- : hat vii.i mi.ii 1 ' tin|.li i iii1-! v a:i.i li iii iiillv "i'iimiu i ' |.riiinima ii i i'lftt v (if.mill- i'll. " \\ 11 it' . t In- I>t*i11 r, I ift I V \Y 11:%! . on > wfnit '' \ mi !>'i. i? w 11111 v mi; llll "i I'm >li itlr.I ilimit iiouifI li in -, I Mrk \, I i ?*' ill " 11 inH-.t Im it |>i i t; v I . ; '.i!1 I . X I 111 I* 11 I !> ' . IV! I llll* XX il!|t I I I , I if I I X' . IIIII N 1 t III ill ll' v llll " \ ii! nil, iiii . imi'i i ! iii? I . ; pi r i on lo t. ll " "Wlix"' Win ? W'ii il Iimvo I i! . 11 " N oil 11:i\ ? li't i ii : i M * I i ill , it* olil\ win! \ mi mo it'.i oillx, 'oil i11'11 I'. l t v !. n?;> I .'ioi i I'.ot I x , I.I tlx. II ' "I ili'l. I o . ;iii Ho! 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I I', I I.- r I ill i DECLARATION OF )>llllf{lo<l HO I Hhfill llllVO to toll yon tllO truth nP vniiMI i*1" ? " J v/?? I lb n r?\yilium 111H worse tlntii it ik ; but (lent you must promise mo you wou't toll any of your family, Dickey." Dicky looked astonished, but nevertheless gave the promise with the prestos alacrity ; ami thou Hotly t??1?1 tlin story of lu r Ith of July plan, ami why she hud relinquished it. "Ah if my people would oaro bocanao you eclohruted a victory ^niuml over iin mor'u a hundred yearn ago; I'd like to hear what my iuthor'd way to Uiih," laughed Dlokoj'. "Hut you're not going to t<dl him ? you promised not to toll any of your fan.11v," cried Hetty in alarm. "\nd I'm not going to break my prom.ho; but I know they'd fc just as I do -" "No, you don't know. They might take it as Anne said they would. Anne knows more about the world than you or I. Anne in eighteen." "Anne's a goose," thought Dickey. He was a clever little fellow, and though Hetty by uo means told him everything that Anuie had uaid, or that she herself had naid, ho understood a groat deal more of Miss Ann's motives than Hetty imagined. "And to think of her spotlingull of this fun ; it's a shame," he further thought. "Hut toll mo everything?all the details of what you wauted to do," ho presently said. 1J wf f||i -Mj)" ?: \ !'i\?; i in: roi u rir. Alul il.-lty toltl It i lit ? Oonft-Hsiii;.; miilin.-ly 111;tt nlio would rvrii Itiivi* 11??? < 1 l<> Initl "WnUoo Doo.llo" jiluyt ?l I?y n 11'm*11 'I lift', us Atiiiio lui.I Mir 1*4:*; l\ s :: ; ? : 11 11. "W! i1.'; 'YtiiiUrn IKuiiUhV " lull Ui-.l. *\nH n v r lu-iirl of 'Viiiikni' I >.? i il?- " crii-il If. tiy. i: Mv. I iii-viT did. I'm only n | i ;in - ; .m t III tin I '.i:;' I i -li lu?\, \ ? -.! inI t r11? :nI ? r. " "i ? \ i in i\ iii11 ii ill lili', Imt I do t 1111u ii i? iinr.iiit no| t<> I.now llmt ; aill.eo I'u.i lii W I . I It'' rnllVlll'. tllll ' it tin' Ai uer.e his tti tin* war of the 11? v 1 41 inn ; no', a -rent 111 ? ?11 -1111i. . 1 national tiling, I 111 a lit t l<* - iti'hv 11iirtuIt uitieUntep, that nil the IV I.th! lii-.oil innrelie I liv. It tnii' 'i >\v, 111: m li .1. Illlil lli-lt v ltd in nit* 1 till- lively : in , |>!n;. in ; mi una itmrv lilt- ii-? kIi >iil <". I >.? '.? v jiinipe.l it|? Iroui I he -i: . I.'ii m'iiI I >r .1. I ?( ! I v, a! ti-r 111 :ir t t? w Inif , nti'l In' ;t11 to ?1 'iiii-i- to II i 'j.i.t-l, 1111 - it, a res, mi I t Iii-ii In- l>n i-i in i\at 11, tin-in an.I tu a m111111c> to' hit- iii'li mi car tor n tunc lie luul tin- i* *:,v little ijiueU.''te;? pi r! et, "all.I oh, I'.etti. it's tin- very jollie t t i ll - I . ver Inaitl, ' lie i-rie?l, "illlil I i.liow a iei'.ow \l linM tlii (tie > I Ml ill, ll ll. I I'.l .in tl.e life, if yoii'.l only t;o nlieu.l mi I "It'll I i-aii't. I v.- t-r-iMiim-.l not to ; ail I I c -a! iii't n I'llc't Allille, nil.I iii fit1 i r ; t nit it 11 r iiwny .lori't I Oil 'A u w ll \o.i t itlu-r mi I inottu r lie ! u-k " "< * 11, . i: i.!' a.", t v, iM'k ; Ji?ti nf(it . I'Jirv'r?> |t<Hin l?? tiiwilt \ . :? . I * ll'iv.* Iiltili"''- rvrs t rr .! ! I'v i ri v ?>.".ili-tt tli< rr. I |.>! ! \ i'.I .?! n.it it.** . i : A in - it.' i !'i-? ti>.vrr v.i iiil.iw* hit I riu lit I ?. :I , <: t . u< vmrrs in tin* i',ur>i<'ii l> i ** " i !' ! I * .11 I I > II* I I I ti? III* r r rlt i .i 11'I hi-.ir wimt 11i \ ...I . ill' ! In I \ n . it ' 11 till* M*11 l|ii nf "V I'll.i i I ill',' I ill t \V 111' 11 111? > . .in nrm u i tin' i*.ii ;11 r ?if tii" li.?n ? , !i i a * i'i'i.\ iimiiM'i mrrriU ilown tin- I'liii I-1 *r?* Hi'tlv, mill I iiif.lu il hi I In* I III. \llil Mll'lxt \\ lis i t-I I* I II * til 1111* i?!? v w111IiiI ii'ii" i?; "V.uihi*' I 'Himi!? 1 I t1 v w n . till f.*r luT nit*'. \ \* i'i\t< ii u"il ?lii*rt (or In I '' "I'm : \. II ?*! I r 111: t II Ih t'v l .* h \.-u n.nii'lii't think it ; hut I'll i w wit. !.. r h\ i? i i l?v, % I'll" 11 m'i . " I'.. . In I mi in* rriiv, ut tin* 1?i'>;iii i. n i't 11 ' 'i. i in< r A iii.ii liv.i li i mis ;i !. i i i.H" i. i. I tlii . \ i.... Im t i i ? .( u .ill , t. r I *11- I; i I . i i .1 \ I iiij.'It* !i | i'.'I'U* INDEPENDENCE. i higli dcgroe, and alio was delighted i when nho fuuud tliat the house her father had taken for tho aeason at I ....... .... u; _ Stallord's place. Iii fact it was part of tho Stafford property, ami Sir llichar<l had routed it gladly to tho rich American manufacturer who had come over from America to put himself under the euro of l)r. Eyelet, tho great Ijondon oculist; the doctor himself introducing Mr. liartou to Sir Richard and recommending Edgecombe, as in easy distance of London. The Staffords had been "very nice," as Anne had expressed it, ami Anno was happy in the anticipation of further niceuoss I ?of getting quite chummy with the ' StatTords perhaps. Ibit as yet the j only eliiMiiuiiuess seemed to ho liej tween Hetty and Dicky. Dicky had j taken to Hetty at once. "A girl who can ride a bicycle like that little Yankee is mi fool," Dicky had announced at the Htart, and Hetty lmd told her family that "that little redheaded English hoy was a very jollv littlo hoy." "Things are going on pwimmingly," Anne said to herself as she watched the two chums from lier tower, "and if Hetty's dreadful American assertiveiichs don't interfere there is no knowing what we uiay bo to tho StufFords some day." On tho morning of tho Fourth of iilly Anuo wiih blissfully Uroatniug tluit she whs ut it i;rnml purty nt Stafford hull, (Induing tho opening ipuulrillo w.tli llob Statlonl, tho Oxlord undergraduate. Sho was at the very height of lirr triumph, whim suddenly the ti ti?? orehestrul strains changed to a ipieer piping tuuo ? tootle, tootle, tootle, ami then, a luim, Imiiii, hum, that wiih htraum'ly fatuil.into her ; ami with this the uilder;*radute disappeared, and tho ballroom vanished, while the tootle, tootle, and hum, hum of the drum f?rew harder ami harder, ho loud that Amine opened her eyes, then started ami started, then HpraiiK trom her bed ami rushed to the window in hreuthless horror, when toytle, tootle, the clear life ! notes with the huni, ouni of tie" drum wafted up to her the deathless old j tune of "Viilil.ee l>oodle." "i>h, how could Itetty have done . this? she promised me, she promised !' me I ' wailed Aune, I, 1 Sir llieliard was strolln;* ahout under Ins ti'i-es m his usual fashion that mornin ; lieu he sti Idenly pri-'ked up Ins ears at the n.kiii I of a drum an I I jlite. Where were they and win re ha I ( ho heard that 1 me hetore? Alter a lilt i'.'.l to or two lie lie II11 t. i whistle t lie | tune, just as IheUv ha 1 done, ami I . i t!i**n all at one > [ t'a in d upon him ! w Inn* lu? )i*i(I lu-nr.1 it Itrnir.'. It w.i j two or 111 !** ? sii--i.i>ri?? /.? 'w:?y nut < >: i ii-n .it - ?! t If rnn-li mi \ ui.-rn-n, w Ii- r j ii li:iiI I? i n i u t i >r ii ft w ?i?i\ ?. j . < tin- in t in- i- iin\.-. ll:i|i; :if I to In* tin- ! t I \ >11 it it ot July " ii I lii-? Iio.'.s 'ii'.i' j ; youn-; \ni-i n* in 11I i* ri nil ot j I hi-ii: I mi i I'l-li-liriit. I iliii liitv v.itli |, mi it jol'uty iiv 'i lot. in' liri-iYori. i, tin . , | II \ iii:;' :i!i I ut 'u-r lioli.l i v lii-u.o:, tf.i I tioii , uo;i ut wliii-li wis niiTi' inti-r- v rst ill.' to til' I'. Ii -. 11 si I II III t iiHM I 11 I'll III | mill ! 11- lu-rloMiintii-i- I?\ t ? I'otnrv.l j v. tin-ii tiint .jii i.nl ijuii-iiSti-|i " \ .-inKi i- ' . n.tit.11.*." i'v ' I'ln* juiI ii-st t ii ii ? I t-vi-r Invir l," . j mil-1 .1 Sir lin-lnir.l, w|n?, lil.n Ins nmi, t I tin I :i -tri-it fur fi?r turn's. I * n t wlii-ri- , s wlio I- nil.I In- Iiliiv III ' It lli-fo? I , I I \\!in, llii'si' ti n tuts ill itiiu?'t tlii-y ! ur?? Vmi rii-niis, mi I l?y inv.- t ?-.i\ i. , tin' 1' > ;rtli o .lull, :i 11 t tin-. is v. u.it ( I lun n- ut' to, i-i-li-nr it tu ; t '.i il-iy ; 1 . mut t In?.- : i r t? only llios- two -;irN lit v In? in- T Wliv ?11 -1 m * i I is--iii-!ui?i-r ' |s I >u'l v ! I*> ?I?inn! i-.illiny t lu-st- miuu-- 1 i Sir (Sii i:irJ Int I.-in-I townr.ls tin- ? liiiii-i-, i * \Y 1.1 i ; if w ii it . 1.1 i- on ii--i ? i - ! I \ :;ll I I'm.:. " il .lo'.l ?.1.1 i ,!1 iv ' .1 ill' >r.l, w !i ? wits j.i t 11n*ii ftwniii-' It ii I ii' pit *i I :ii - I I: i it "I \*nii? t i i In li' lji I iinst' itiiiir; | \ni'-rii'iiii . Ill-- !' tIiiir , I ? iMri v .Mil ; .;. r 11 ? i i i x 11!ii:i I '-< 111?? Ii i r t ii ( i ! .lull. \ > i , Ilii-1r Nii: i'hinl liuli , J i-i v I'.iu't ..nr. in i.i'.i.t " mi.I Sir ' Iiit'lim < 1 rr<* t!If i lor lus i.iotiuT . ii it , 1 \ ii r.?Mii r . it'll f\(n'i it ii 'o of In-, t\. i l.i win liiti ; lor h -r 'I a i * j.illi.sl I ,iii"' Ii. i-v i r lit - ii .!. , l.i 5\ St ilV.ir I n'liifin't t r sl jiri'.cf! i i iv " \ii.i \o i winii i i' t-i.v nuti r..iW | ; i ? i'.i'iu, ' Ml ;ilS|, \\ 11 11 .<T K'.l'll:ir.i , 1111?' ' I . 11.11' 11 Willi | " \ . I x\ mil f I I lit-;ii to liflp It ? .' | 11. o til--. I li.v jtfi t lit mht t lint i:u- x ' in* t Ii r ni.l fit* Ii* r .lit' r.xx.ix." I 1'. hi* iirf. 11ii shuiiit" I' >r t li<i I two v oil 11 : I III l: , : I I'll 11 ' il ? t lit - x nr.-, i li i " it iiri iil> >i l\ Ii '!j? im t llitir holi hiv woi'?. |> tit isn't (low ii \i I ii" I Mit'lii s f'V Mif.irwlit'iv. I in 11.1 i:iin 11; . il mi hour :i"o ; but I 'll It : I \ oil w lull uf'il tlo, xxo'll j11- I b'jt o \. r t In re '; \i, \ oil ttiol I, ni. ! 1 ' . ' r I if i.t mi \ tt i In tit' tlii y iittM. t i in rt ' . i 1?? ol t ii |ifi tt x .hi|viIt i ' i . hi I i r. xxori. thin . in the i '. "t it i f Well o 1. - I |i*? i to I it* ' r . :.x t .1:1 " "Hat isn't it pretty curly in the morning fur a cull?" demurred Sir Richard. "A call! Don't bo absurd, Richard ; wo aro going over ou a neighborly orrand, and we've got to bo quick about it, or wo ahau't bo of any use, for thoy'ro in tho thick of thoir fun now ih you hear," und Lady Stafford hurried her sou forward with such energy that in a few miuutoa the two wore Altering tho llurtou grounda juat aa \iiiio came running out of tho house to stop "that dreadful drum und fife uoiac." Hetty wuu following in the rear. If Dicky waa to bo quenched, Hetty waa bound to atand by liim and lie quenched too, and ho had dreaaed ia expoditioualy aa possible to be "in it tho death." Daily Stafford catching aiglit of tho two girls, uoddod vigorously, and when she was near enough began : "Wo hoard your drum and life music und euiuo over to ask if you?" "Oh, Ijiidy Stafford, 1 waa just corn hik <>ui to mop it. it isu t my iuuit, nudj'rn Korrv, I?" "Fault I eorry!" echoed Lady Htafforil, staring at Anne with u puzzled istonishinont that brought her brown together iu a frown that both the LjirlH misunderstood, and that stirred up Hotty to Hay : "No, it isn't Auuo'i# fault, it's nine," and then wilh a little fiery tparklc in her eyoaatwhat ahe thought ivan the unwarranted fault finding *>f these Frnglish people, Hetty, in spite if Autie, told the whole truth of her iiitrpttic purpose and how it had been rustrated, and wliy, aud her own iiKaiipoiutmeiit thereat, winding up >vitli her confidences to Dicky, and ,he result. "And it's Dick after all," broke orth Ladv StalVord, her lips twitchtig with her appreciation of the situadon thus revealed to her. "It's Dicky; ah, hero ho comes, t ho scamp! Dicky, how dared you do this when foil knew how Miss Hurt011 felt about t?" 'Hullo!" cried Dicky i\t Might of [lis grnudinothcr ami his futhor; "how ;umo you hero?" "Well, Mins Burton will toll you that wo woro disturbed by thiH patriotic racket an?l cntno over to protest igaiiiHt it. That it not only hurt our >ars but our feelings; that?oh, Miss llarton, Miss Barton," breaking into the jolhest of jolly laughs, "How jould you think we were such Hilly y * * <??& <-/-a //Vr * J ^ ^ y.* -A w p V'v "u it viV. riii: marrr.::, r.r.rrvV" olUs ii'i to take your oelehrntiou us 1111 1 nlense? *"Wuy," ninl hern Iji.ly ' itulYoril i*\|>1iiiiii'i| t he r 1 ^t ?t? c>l her j isvn mi.I Sir llii-h itd'u fool iHi*, ninl In' ri il rei-on o!" tins curly visil, I ;rc:i ly to A'iiic'.s i i>n:t>.iil lin . :tn 1 to ' '.i lls s ii*imi\r I iIcii ;ii* "Ainl iliiln't I tell s.c.i erii'il ' >i 'l.y, liilm mils',y, ti<>1 itii . to Hetty. '! Uicsv they'll IttU * it n'.i rt ;Iit;" uti.l In n ;,t: it 'iit to Ins Ii|>. lie lifteil liis lie ii'i'.n, iilli tootle, tootle, I'tint, ' .m, lie i n I Ins little ilriltini.cr sturll u;? itint jolii t tu;. Sir llieli.ir I in.I ever lienr.l. "Ymihe l>o nlle." Vti.I tli:it i'i'.lit it t i'i* t lie .1 a ttmiese ti re vorUs lii l ti. "i M?t o.i Iiv the two ret lief.-, too*, le, tootle, lil'.til, luitil, j iv tln-tiiir l \vi>iI.I hive the tune ] r.'si it ; ninl it w.is to t his te.ne tl.st the vhole |?. i r t v were mnrehe.l over to the mil, where ".leur :rnii," sstlie in ?thrie.ss Stutter.I ehil.lreti enlle.1 l.mly ite.lt ir11# luti 1 u little Const *)irc:i I to ' iiie h U|? the il iv. *' tilt itfor i hut ileii little, hones', | iiiie|ieinleiit llotty," ileohiroil ;;tsn, in 1 lie jirivneyof her own fatally. "How \ lie iilli i.tHllil ll|> to me, mill tli'fy Hie '.it 11 t lie ss in >|e t rut It. si lieu S list . oollsh i t r sms for w ri ; .Ii le; out ot it. I i oil little llctts I'.i.Con trout the Curl, mnl now I have s sprout re-pei'f. I or her." "t i".," iiijne 1 Sir iliivisr.l, ".she tins ' Iiiri'Mir ?n?>ii>?li t,? Mmi.l I>_v Inn- i tins." "A Mil imt i>? run \?. t It niir " lnu-t'iivi ln< iiii.1i r - |->n I tin t "As 111*r sistt-r wiv i* iiisiiintly trym ? .lit." j111in* I i:i Mi' i St ul.iiM, tin' ; lotlli'i In Is .?t \ : 111 s u.it'iir.it 10:1. It.it it r mi 11: n 1 t.ir I M y t?? lifstow ijmim it-its i!;? tun t i'iVi'.'tiVi* trihuti' II t ills f:lllll! V I'Otlt'lilV.' ' r.r'ly? I'n'tty is t'u* jiiiii'l.ii'-t i*irl ii ! tli ? pri tti 'st ."ill mi I ti:" luMt u.'si'l.' rtii- r ;i imtiii r si I., .it tin* \tmt i?*." Ii" it. I. ".'Hi I sslu'li I i;r. ? . ' IJ> I" lit*!'. I 111 ".O.tl". tl? MM' if I I'llll 1 ii r . i I in r t > iMuui* user iu r.* mi.l rli- irnl tin' 1'iMirt Ii of -I nit' t?vory :;r with ii,i." mill to'tl", tootli', >:i,lvv \v 111 s 111 *, I tin- t it iii* o! "VniiKi'i' Mio.il. to lii-i fiitlur's iiji;>l:tii,liii" i i iti r mi.i r i'i". improving n i l. ^ t 111.Ill v 'o 11 si it lit toil. A '1 r.?r.s|i!aitli* I Custom. t>;:r li il*it of r.-i.lin,; tin* I>?*?*Hint .?i? ot I ii.il ,m'ii.I ii.*i' on iin I'onrt Ii f .1 illy is .j. |-.\, ii ! i .on t !:i' oi.l I n I is It "Is* on ..( li.ivill ; tin' M i :: ! t'lli'.ri'i n I tss ,i'.' ii sour in t!u> i'uIhi'.irii!.. if. I?isl;,'i s Hi,; only iv . I it, I'lit i a,)iu tut M.',t t <sl t!io v' ss ii j I'l 'ko it. 'I Then and Jioir. Nephew?"I don't nupposo you mind hearing a cannon go off, do you, undo?" Veteran ?"I ahould Bay not. Why, I've hoard hundreds at a time, but? ?I wasn't bo near to thein as that, my sou."?Judge. Fourth of July Fun. Totho patriotio email boy tlio Fourth of July ih a game that is always worth the llotuau caudle. I Koine leave the eity on the Fourth i for quiet, while others, followiug tho S llrowurke' example, go oil' for a lively i time. Jokca which include tiie exploding near people i>f the large-it-size cauuen crackers are of the kiud that it is hotter not to dwell upon. Stranger ? "Your orator has a loud voice, but he is murdering the Queen's l-'tur! lull ill fliii f 111mt luirri 111.i tin. ?..? " Native?"Why shouldn't ho ou tho V Fourth of .1 ulv?" Young Amer.cu?"l>nl Thomas Jef- U ferson write all of tho Declaration 0 hiiuHolf?" Patriotio 1'aront ? "Yes, t iuy sou, he wrote every word of it with T Iiih own pen." Young America?"Why didn't he hire a stenographer and typewriter?" (iraudpa (looking up) ? "What is it, my hoy?" Freddie (at window) ? i "Stand out a little tarlhorou tho sidewalk. T liavo a package of torpedoes, ' and 1 want to drop them down on your bald head." ' ^ Giant lirccrakors this year aro fourteen inches long, and contain powder enough to break a plate-glass window when exploded ou the curb. Small boys will not only have to look for their lingers on the Fourth, but parents will have to look for their boyff. V f President Cleveland on (lie FotuT'i. | Tim ?iny is celebrated, not because | on the Fourth of July certain English ft colonies in America declared thoir 1 freedom ami independence, Imt bo- j cause on that day the first step was ft tukcu on this continent toward trust- I ing human government to the control I and management of the people to bo -fti governed. I This reflection leads to tho further E thought that aitoh a project cayrid never have boon entertained except vl in the faith ami expectation that those intrusted with self-government would Vi guard and cultivate that unselfish and IV sclf-nicriticing devotion to tlicir ft scheme of government which is nbso- ft lutely essential to its purity and H Inasmuch at this sentiment is tlm ft life td our institiilioiis. and beeauso I tlicv arc threatened with the stillling B atmo pin i< of selti-hiif-s and cunidi- w t\j ty, we slioiihl m eoninii morato Independence I'ay us to 11 miiil.i'e and tuicify a l atr.otie lo\e of our (loverument for its own sake, while our 1'i joitMii;* : h mid bo measured bv the extent to winch we am! all our conn : vi.:i n :.iv i:111?11 1 w.tli iM:s t.'.jlui;;. i *?\, i: ("?.i'.\T...\no luiVn'ntli'r.c:' M.n. I. I- i.;' l;.< i: r.?; :iI I !. 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I Mi LU j , Mi ... .. !| J i*'iair of tli.- I'r. nli-ni of tlu? ('onrtv?s it ti n? tun in M SM.ni. I I,ry aro uovf in lu.ii {> " i. nr.. Hull, riiiljuio!|>lii't. I hr (lovi ruin, nt ot In li". . -iipri* I .to Ii',uitit,iii i rin'i a y? . ,o tliO I ui-iHitcuiiUx'i' AUii x'.ii'c oi > : . . I II