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* WE HAVE Jt A new PRETTY S for the sumn styles and cok suit. OUR ICE are pure, rich Fresh cream m Our fountair right to the sp will convince 1 V UNION D *? :\3'.:iVv '?'. ':' .' .: ' ::*?*. % - flUncIc . |g;.*:v : iCHARLES C Cop 1DOO. by Hi mrnmmmmmm She sang it in a minor key, and ns the opening words, "Oh, don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt," floated ~ out on the still evening air they seemed to him fraught with a new meaning and that a veritable sweet Alice was bidding him, another Ben Bolt, not to forget her. When the last note had faded into the night air she turned her now serious eyes toward him. ? "I thank you," he almost whispered. "And there won't be many waking moments In my future when I shall not think of?sweet Alice!" It was not much of a love scene, but to him it seemed a wide open door jt hope, and when many miles separated them, and for days, weeks apd mouths Afterward, even when doiug hls lbest to crowd dull law. reports into' his * brain, the one tender glance she gave bltn and the tones of her voice came back with unfailing accuracy. The first visit of Prank Nobou to the Page home, his sleighrldes with Alice and his appearance at church had caused no end of comment. It was known that be had been a classmate of Albert and came from Boston, and later Aunt Susan vouchsafed the information that she "guessed he came from one & the first families and that he appeared right well behaved." It was all she really did know, for both Alice and her brother wele considerate of her fallings and knew it was not safe to discuss their visitor In her presence. The tempest of gossip had not more than half quieted down when it received a regular boom from his second coming. The pupils of the north end district school spread the news of their teaoher's unexpected callers and that she had dismissed school at once and gone on with the She turned her now serious eyes toward him. stranger. Old Amos Curtis, tho miller, told of their visit and, wonder upon # wonder, how the next day "her beau" had given him a five dollar bill "jest fer lettin' 'em use a leaky old boat fer an hour." The buxom Abby Miles had the best and longest story to tell, and her praise of Mr. Nason, how polite he was and "how he Couldn't keep his eyes M otTn Alice all the afternoon," was whispered to every girl she koew. The |lve dollar incident created the most gossip, however. The miller had remarked thaj a ' ypung feller Who threw money found that way must be rich," and that remark soon grew Into a story that Alice Page's beau was worth a million and that she was engaged to him. As might be expected, the subject of all thie gossip heard none of it until - the storm had reached alarming proportions^. Mrs. Wears was the first Wflk ft) ftfl ttmiSgt tjW 1ST RECEIVED i li a low of STATIONERY ; P ier. Assorted t )rs. Prices to 1 a e CREAMS and delicious. ? lade every day. j i drinks "go ? ?ot." One trial ? you. j tl RUG CO.: t ^-Tn^^csc jBHh^ar aa a Itiilllllilips rw* ?>m! I i: V;v ^ J mls ^.... ~ ~===z....li|; :LARK MUNN J o LEE fZL SHETA.HV Wv/*: f a tttfcr .y.-. t wram*^cr*m*jtasr m m m mm mm b | "They tell me," said that worthy c j matron to Alice one Sunday after 0 i church, "that you ain't likely to teach ? school after this summer.". "And why not?" answered Alice. ? "Don't I give satisfaction?" i "Oh, 'tain't tlint. I guess you can Imagine the reason, and I want to be j i the first to congratulate you. They ' f:feu .me he's worth a pile o* money, an* I ? 'he's sartlnly well favored so far as looks goes; but, theD, 'handsome Is as ^ handsome does' was alius my motto." 1 Alice colored. ? "F>n vnil Illfifln Mr Vnnnn mw ? ? ? ~ ??? 4iuavM| ***/ MiUVM* ? er's friend?" she said seriously. 'Wliy, who else would I mean? I've * lieard that you was to be married this n fall and that he Is worth a million. 8 They say he told Amos Curtis he was, though I don't believe that. But any- T way, Amos says he gave him $5 'Jest 1 fer usln' his old boat that wa'n't worth R spllttin' up fer klndlin's!'" 0 "It's not true, not one word of it," 0 exclaimed Alice angrily, "and If you n care for me one bit I wish you would c tell everybody I daid so." r She waited to hear no more, nor for 8 Aunt Susau, who had lingered to chat r with some one, but walked home hur- ? rledly, as if to hide herself. Once In r the silent house she began to cool off. P "I won't believe he told Amos he was n worth a million," she said to herself. "He isn't so stupid ns that. But I ? am afraid the silly boy did give him $5, which has started all this gossip." ^ When Aunt Susan came In she fairly c pounced upon her. ' "Why haven't you ll told me, auntie, about all this gossip n that's going the rounds regarding Mr. 8 Nason and myself? I know you have s heard It." "It's all nonsense, Alice," answered " that lady rather sharply, "and you are ? foolish to listen to 'em. I've heard It, e of course, but so long ns if s no dlscred- c It to you, why, let it go Into one ear and * nnfr t'nthpi* an mo na I lint VaIL-o nmot " talk In this town, an' what they're sayln' 'bout you ought to make you feel 11 proud?that a young fellow like him and worth money wanted to come h courtln', and he certainly showed lie ri did or I'm no judge." '' "He's got Aunt Susan on hla side as e well as Bert." Alleo thought, "and I im glad I kept him at a distance, just g to pay hlui for belug so silly with his t money." . v Late that afternoon Alice called upon e Abby Miles and talked about- every, c tiling except the subject she most want- v ed to tulk about, and then as Abby t< usually had a Sunday evening caller, g Alice came home at dusk. Never be- c fore had the house seemed so lone- h some, and as she sat on the porch und a tried to talk with'Aunt Susan her * thoughts were elsewhere. a When the lights across the valley, * which served as curfew by saying bed- li time when they went out, had dlsap- d pea red, she came in and, seating her- C self in the dark at the piano, softly h played the chords and hummed the tl words of a song. * b "It'll come out all right," said Aunt " Susan to herself, and sho waited till Alice called to her to come in and go to d bed. . '1 D CHAPTER XIX. 1< rlltANK NASON had consoled himself during the many batf months of hard study witty ^ 1@EZH visions of n vnnhtlncr frln in I C July and August, when perhaps In ^ some manner Alice rage could he induced to come, with his mother and slaters to chaperon her and her brother and some other friends to complete the party. # He had the Gypsy put In 0rst claae b shape and all her staterooms refur nlshed, and one in particular, which he ^ intended Alice should occupy, uphol ??mmmmmmt ?u ixsmmnmm?? lis plans that no tinier, me start so as ? utilize the July moon for the lirsl en days and mapped out a trip taking a all tlio Maine coast, spending a week t Itar Harbor, and then a run up as ar'as Nova Scotia. . He had described all the charms of his trip to Alice and extended to her he most urgent invitation. He had btained her brother's promise to implement it and also to make one of the arty, and he had persuaded his sister tiancli to aid Iiim with his mother, but e had met discouragement on all sides, u the first place, Alice wrote it was oubtful if she could go. It would be delightful outing and one she would njoy, but It would not be right to ?ave Aunt Susan alone for so long, and hen, as her school did not close until he last of June, she would have no [me to get ready. To cap the climax of Frank's discomture, when July came his mother anounced that she had decided to go to he mountains for the summer. "It's no use, Bert," he said to his riend one evening. "I Wanted your ister to go to Maine with us and mothr and the girls and a' few more to lake a party, but It's uo go. I cau't iduce your sister to join us, aud It's 0 use lr Blie would, for mother has etermined to go to the mountains, and tint settles it. If you and I .have any utlng on the yacht we must make up gander party." "That suits me just as well as, and 1 fact better than, the other plan," relied Albert consolingly. "If we have lot of ladies along we must dance ntsndance upon them, and if not we can sh, smoke, play cards, sing or go to leep when we feel like It. I tell you, 'rank," he continued, evidently deslrlg to cheer up that young man, "girls re all right as companions at home or t balls and theaters, but on a yacht hey are In the way." A week afterward, and early one right morning, the Gypsy, with kipper, crew and a party of eight Dlly young men on board, sailed out f Boston und that night dropped nchor under the lee of an island In '.asco bay. She remained there one ull day and the next ran to Boothay and found shelter in a landlocked ove forming part of the const line f Soutliport island. It was after diner next day, and while the rest of he party were either playing cards or npping In hammocks under the awnrig, that Albert I'nge took oue of the oats, his pipe and sketchbook and owed down the const a mile to an in;t he had noticed the day before. The uter point of this was formed by a old Cliff that he desired to sketch, and ulling the boat well up behind the oner point, tying the painter to a ock and taking the cushions along, e found rf shady spot and sat down. ?ho sloping rock ho selected for a eat was a little damp, but he thought i lOtlilng ot It, aud lighting his pipe be- < an sketching. He worked for an hour putting the reed draped rocks and long swells , hat broke over them into his book, nd then, lulled perhaps by the monotnous rhythm of the ocean, lay back n the cushions and fell asleep. The text he knew he was awakened by a old scnsution and found the tide had lsen until It wet his feet. Hastily ettlng up, he took the cushions and eturned to where he had left the boat, nly to find It had disappeared. The ising tide had lifted the boat and alnter from the rocks, and It was owhere to be seen. "There must be some road back up n the Island," he thought, "that will ?ad me near the, cove where the lypsy Is." and. still retaining the ushions. he started to And it. But e was a stranger to Soutbport island, ml the farther away from the sea he ot the thicker errew the tnrn?i? nt crub spruce ami briers. It was too lilck to see anywhere, and after a alf hour of desperate scrambling the fternoon sun began to seem about due ast. He bad long sipce dropped the ushions, and Anally, in sheer exhauslon, he sat down on a rock to collect Imself. "It looks as though I'm billed to stay ore all night," he thought as he noted Lie lowering sun, "and nobody,knows ow much longer! There must be a oad soiuewaere. though, and I'm goig to fiud it if the light lasts long nough," tlo started once more and had not' one ten rods ere he cnine to one, and hen he breathed easier. Ills clothes yero torn, his hands and face scratchd by briers, and to save himself he ouldn't make it seem but that the sun fas setting In the east, lie sat down [> think. All souud of the ocean was one, and a stillness that seemed to rawl out of the thicket was around im . He rested a few moments more nd then suddenly heard the sound of wheels and prosently saw, coming rouud the curve, on old fashioned nrryall, worn and muddy, and. driving tho horse at a Jog trot, a man as llapldated looking as the vehicle. Iladdened at the sight, he arose and, oldlng up his hand as a signal, hnlted lio team. "Excuse me, sir," he said a the man, who eyed him curiously, but will you tell me where I am?" "Waal," was the answer in a slow rawl, "ye're on Southport island an' >out four miles from the Jumpln' off lace. Wbar might ye ho goln'7 Ye x>ked boshed.'' "I am," answered Page, "and badly ushed too. J lost my boat over back ere on the shore and kuve had a heerful time among the Mohawk rler*. I belong to a yacht that. .Is (Continued on 6th page.) Made Young Again. "One of Dr. King's New Life Pills ech night for two weeks has nut me in \y teens' again," writes D. H. Turnr, of Dempeeytown, Pa. They're the est In the world for Liver, Stomach nd Bowels. Purely vegetable. Never rip* On* Ma * F. U Data's Drag > A Startling Test. To Jsave a life, r>r. T. Q. Merritt, of No (M?ihoopany, Pa., made a startling test resulting in a wonderful cure, lie writes, "a patient was attacked with violent hemorrhages, caused by ulceration of the etomacn. I had often found Electric Bitters excellent for acute stomaoh and liver troubles, so 1 prescribed them. The patient gained from the first, and has not had an attack in 14 months." Electric Hitters are positively guaranteed for Dyspepsia, Indi-! gestion, Constipation and Kidney J troubles. Try them. Only 50c at F. ; C. Duke, Druggist. Mrs. Monkey?Mrs. Snake, will you | please bring your family over to my house? Mr. Monkey Is drinking again. I want to stop him.?New York Evening Journal. The W?y of Glrla. 'T don't see why Ethel obtained employment In the telephone exchange?" said Maud. "Why," explained Mnuile, "you know she quarreled with Herbert and told." him she was never going to speak to him again." "But supposiug she has to call bis number?" "That's it. She doesn't want to break her word unless she is compelled to by accident"?Washington Star. liOvera1 gnnrrel. "Mary's young man lias left already, and Mary's Just gone up to her room in tears," said Mary's mother. "I wonder what the trouble Is." ?'T lrnoW H ?? ? ??? .. J vuiti?\.u iu mm JT D 1IIUU brother. "They had a scrap. I heard 'em. 8is said she was glvin' him more kisses than lie was a-glvln' her, an* he said it wasn't so. Then they both got mad."?Philadelphia Ledger. Boon For the Men. "Did you say.he grew rich through a patent of his own?" "Yes. He invented something that made a woman think she was still monopolising the conversation long after she had really stopped talking'."? Detroit Free Press. 4 Remit of Folly, Wife (after midnight)?I'm sorry to see you come home in such a state as this, Charles. Husband?I knew you'd be sorry, Carrie, and that's why I told you not to sit up.?Boston Transcript. By Proxy. Boarder No. 1 ? What's that loud thumping noise In the kitchen? Boarder No. 2?It's the landlady hammering the steak and wishing it was the beef trust.?Chicago Tribune. Quick Arrest. J. A. Gulledge, of Verbena, Ala., was twice in the hospital from a severe case of piles causing 24 tumors. After doctors, and all remedies failed, Buekleu's Arnica Salve duickly arrested further inilamation and cured him. It conquers aches and kills pain. 25c at F. C. Duke, Druggist. An Ancient Aqueduct. The ancient Roman aqueduct at Nlmes Is generally considered the most perfect of Roman relics. It consists of three grent tiers of arches, the lowest hnvlng been used as a bridge and the uppermost ns nn aqueduct. It rises about 120 feet above the level of the river. The Pont du Gnrd, as It Is called. Is believed to bnve been built under the supervision of Agrlppa, the Roman general, about fifty years before Christ. Modeitf. Modesty Is one of the sweetest and most desirable qualities one can possess, and yet too much modesty hinders advancement. When this quality is overdeveloped it antagonizes aggressiveness, without which no great success can be attained. Food and the Face. She?That new boarder who came today has a beautiful olive complexion. Pe?Well, after she's been here a few weeks I guess she'll have a prune complexion.?Yonkers Statesman. Hysrtenfe. Johnny?Maw's always tnlkin' about a hygienic diet. What Is a hygienic diet? Tommy?It's any kind of diet you don't like.?Chicago Tribune. Brief Leuon In Flattery. To flatter a woman tell her she Is. beautiful; to flatter a man tell him he Is working too hard.?Philadelphia Record. Ignorance Is the primary source of all misery and vice.?Cousin. f .1 Southern rI | THIS GREAT RAILWAY RUN | GRKAT COli! 1 CONVENIENTLY UNITING ALL TNI I Of THE SOUTH. | VA.TURK. S.I II PMMnter Traffic Manager. Cener Washington, D. < * W. H. TAYLOE, Asa't Crn'l Paaa. Ai Some Irish WrddlnK*. Shrove Tuesday weddings In Ireland are exceedingly common, and sometimes among the peasantry they are celebrated In strange circumstance*. There is a story of a young peasant girl being aroused out of bed on the night of Shrove Tuesday to be married before midnight to a well to do Irish-Australasian whom she had never seen, though he was known to her parents, who made the match. It turned out n happy marriage. The young people usually take the matter philosophically, believing that their parents know best how to make them happy. Tills anecdote is told of a Tlptierary girl: "Biddy," asked her friend, "are ye goin* off this Shraff?" "Musha, I don't know that," said Biddy, "but they're slttin' ofi upstairs"?meaning that matchmaking was in progress. Another story relates to a number of weddings taking place in n Minister church on Slirove Tuesday. "An' wliere's yer intended, Joe?" one swain was asked. "Begob, Mick, I couldn't tell ye, hut, I believe she's up there among the feathers and ribbons in the front row of sates." He learned who she was when the names were called out. Tongrht Him a I.canon. Back in the seventies, when Dewey had command of a ship of the old Hartford type, he was lying In the harbor off Genoa. Visitors were allowed on board at all times, except Sunday morning, when Inspection took place. One Sunday a well known American mil-. lloualre steamed out with a party of friends In Ills private yacht and succeeded In getting on deck, where he was met by Captain Dewey, who asked liini to leave. Mr. Money remonstrated, and tiunlly, exasperated by the cool firmness of tlie officer, he burst out: "No, sir; I won't leave. I am an American citizen and have a perfect right on this vessel. I pay taxes in America. I am on my own property. Tart of tliis ship belongs to me!" Calmly uewey openea 111s penknife, stooped down nnd split ofT a piece of the deck flooring. Handing It to the incensed American citizen, he replied: "There's about what you own, and there's the ladder. Now git!" And he got. Klatn an Dlff an ClotUeabaaketa. When Koreans don mourning the first stage demands n hat as large as a diminutive open clothesbasket. It is four feet in circumference and completely conceals the face, which is hidden further by a piece of coarse lawn stretched upon two sticks and held Just below the eyes. In this stage nothing whatever of the face may be seen. The second stage is denoted by the removal o*f the screen. The third period is manifested through the replacement of the inverted basket by the > customary 'headgear, made in straw color. The ordinary head covering takes the shape of the high crowned hat worn by Welsh women, with a broad brim, made in black gaufte upon a bamboo frame. Bird SurgMj-. An English writer on birds says: "A redshank, which wns with some other 'waders' in an aviary containing a pond, wounded itself on the top of the head. Unfortunately the bird died, but on Inspection it wns fonnd that it had plastered the wound over with mud. This example of a bird's instinct for self preservation is very striking, ana i ueneve tnnt Cor n bird to doctor its liend is most unusual, although snipe nnd woodcock lmve been known to heal broken legs by coating the fractured parts with clay, which became bard." ller Importance. Herbert Sponr*- once told this story of a woman of his acquaintance: "Vain as well as vulgar fninded, she professed to have a high admiration of Shakespenre and was partial to reading his plays aloud nnd considered that she declaimed the speeches extremely trslk On one occasion, after enlarging upon her reverence for him, she ended by saying: 'Al?, I often wish that he were alive and that I had him here. How we would enjoy one another's conversation!' " Acrobatic In Metafhon. 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