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(Continued from last week.)
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.—The crowning desire In
tile life ei old Baumgartner, a Penn
sylvania German is to obtain possession
of tile beautiful meadow which lies just
between Baumgartner's property and the
railroad s ailon. The property in question
was inherited bv Surah Pressel, very
ftretty i.n i athletic young girl, and he*
tinged soh !y to her. But old Baumgart
ner had longed for it so many years and
endeavored to purchase it front Sarah’s
father so many times that the property
became known as "Baumgartners
yearn." At the vicinage gatherings on
the porch of the store old Baumgart
ner always declared that the property
Would some day he his. At length Baum
gartner came to realize that his only
hope of obtaining the property would be
through tl.e marriage of ins s «n Sepuen
Ijah tc^ Sarah Pressel. in u mm-k auction
"Seffy" as Sephenijah P. Baumgartner,
Jr., is popularly known. Is raided off by
his father to Surah for SI.
CHABTBIt II.—"Seffy” is a meek, slow
going youth, who ’s nevi r t > !rt the
race for anything. He Is fair haired, do
cile, always led l>> his father. Of a rather
angelic dtsposit.on In*- a gentle and
kind youth who si ms to not u ierstand
anything about s,r.te an I competition.
Thus he appears utterly incapacitated to
win In any contest of love or life. Sarah
Fressel is quite (in opp lie «f . ,T\ . H r
hair is nearly r-d. . all life aiid ani
mation and can jump fences like a w.ld
colt and sue is grace and color itself. Her
on** fault is a very high temper. Baum
gartner gives Selly some lessons in court
ship.
CHAPTER 111 - deify dims his stove
Pi pie hat and prepares to go sit up with
Sarah. Baumgartner lias i a used himself
to be appointed guardian of Sally.
CHAPTER IV Seffy shows h.s first
spark of animation. ii< is unable to re
sist tin- t isciuating witcheries of Sally
and he kisses her. It was i,,e first kiss
he had e\ er known But Seffy was not
the lirst man l" know the pleasures of
kissing Sully. She promises him. how
ever, that sue will never again kiss any
man but him.
CHAPTER V.—Sam Fritz, a drunken
grocery cu-rk,--okl Baumgartner calls
him a “m ila. ses tapper"- uils on Sally
and interrupts the kissing. They go Into
the parioi and begin a ''.silting up" eon
test In accordance with the customs of
the place and the time, the one who is
defeated in such a contest is unworthy
tlie hand of the girl. Sef\ goes to sleep
and begins snoring. Sally leaves the
room in a huff saying: "Good night, gen
tlemen."
CHAPTER VI.—St-ffv tells his father of
his humiliation; of how S.un l-ritz had
pinned to Ins bosom while hi* h-pt a
pasteboard tombs' urn- bearing the in
■cription: "Sf phenijah B. Baumgartner,
Jr. Went to his n st, June 10. IsTl. in tile
20th year of Ids a Gone not, but For
got. Read backwards."
CHAPTER VII. Seffy and Sally meet
at the Poison spr.ng She urges him to
do something to redeem himself. Tile
father advt.es Self} to take Sally home
from church.
CHAPTER VIII.—This would be the
crucial test, according to the custom of
the times which often meant disgrace
or even mt rder and suicide. It was the
rule in sc n a test that the one whose
arm the girl accepted when leaving the
church would be the favored suitor, and
the rejected one was disgraced and must
leave town or triumph over Ins opponent
by force. Seffy >1 r< . < the church ordeal.
CHAPTER IX. The church is crowded
In expectanev of the enaetm> ul of ine
romance and u crowd awaits without.
Seffy tali' up h - i s-.tion out: T- tin
door I" wait for the s.-rvit'es to cud arm
for Sally to conn- out. Sally appears,
radiant in her expectancy. Sin- walks
down the steps alone, and on down the
walk alone. Still Seffy iic.-d: Ues. Alone
she walks nearly to tl . g.i.i while hei
face burns with the humiliation. Then
Sam takes Sally's arm. Siie says. "1 am
satisfied.'" and Seffy is left in disgrace
to be held up to the ridicule and scorn
of the vicinage.
1)0 You Open Your Month
Tilko a vomit; bird and gulp down what
ever food or medicine may be, offered you ?
Or. do yon want to know something of the
composition and character of that which
you take into your stomach whether as
fo*d or medicine'?
Mo>t intelligent and sensible people
now-a-dajs insist on know ing what tliey
employ whether as food or as medicine.
Dr. Pierce In i eve they have a perfect
Tight to insist upon such know ledge. So he
publishesy-femadcast and on each bottle
'w^rapper. whatJT^Tnadjcines are made of
and vbtyfiesJ3rruTrt>r+«u2i> This ly* feels
he can vvbUjlTord to do because the more
'tin- ingredients of which his medicines
are~m,ide a re st niliiti ami understood the~
Qtore will their superior curative virtue^
£iUiwxS!IiII
? r pr the cure of woman’s peculiar weak
nesses. irregularities and derangements,
giving rise to frequent headaches, back
ache. dragglng-down pain or distress in
lower abdominal or pelvic region, accom
panied, ofttimes, wjjh a debilitating,
pelvic,catarrhal drain and kindred symp
toms of weakness, Dr. Pierce’s Favorite
Jdescription is a most efficient remedy.
t Is equally effective in curing painful
periods, in giving strength to nursing
mothers and in preparing Uie system of
the expectant mother for baton's" coming,
thus rendering childbirth safe and com
paratively painless. The "Favorite Pre
scription " is a most potent, strengthening
tonic to the general system and to the
organs distinetjy feminine in particular.
It is also a soothing and invigorating
nervine and coses nervous exhaustion,
nervous prostration, neuralgia, hysteria,
•pasms. chorea or Sr Vitus's dance, and
other distressing* nervous symptoms at
tendant upon functional and organic dis
eases of the distinctly feminine organs.
A host of medical authorities of all the
several schools o.f practice, recommend
each of the several ingredients of which
•Favorite Prescription" Is made for the
cure of the diseases for which it Is claimed
to Ik* a cure. You mav read what they
say for jpmrsrlf by sending a postal card
request for a free booklet of extracts
from the leading authorities, to Dr. RT V.
Pierce, Invalids* Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, llulfalo, N. Y., and it willoome to
you by return post.
( H V I ’'I I .K X —Sam t uibiiues hi*
driiiKing ami Sall> lupins to acquire the
hubtt. old lhu: 11 i^tarilit r In disgusted at
y’s mis. ruble failure at the church
test, lit curses 11is a .1 and strikes him a
powerful blow with libs list full in the
face. Stale falls lifeless and the bloofl
nullities with his hair. Then the repent
ant father (tathers the youth in his arms
and hurries with him to the house, all
the thin lullinj; for help. His cries at
tract t ally and Bum Fritz, who are just
r* . urnin.- from the wedding ceremonies.
Hally rushes up to Sef,\ : room and rinds
him still unconst ions. In the morning
Betty has disappeared.
CHAl’TKK XI.—It is a sad and lone
some winter for old Baumgartner who
spends his time mourning for Seffv night
and ouy. He loses hope and thinks ids
Bon is dead somewhere from the effects
of the cruel blow.
CHAl’TKH XII. — When old Baumgart
ner goes to Sally’s home to surrender to
her ids papers as her guardian he finds
her haggard and worn with sorrow. She
agrees to quit thinking if he will take
the papers hack anil continue as her
guardian. They make a pledge of friend
ship and seal it with a kiss.
CHAl’TKIt XIII Old Baumgartner
and Sally continue as bosom friends.
XIII.
One Blow for That to Sefiy.
He took the papers home again, and
was very gentle with her afterward,
for the things which the world blamed
in her. His was the only real kindness
she knew. Her little canting world
had no pity for her. But to her drunk
en husband, in spite of all, she was a
loyal wife, and the old man liked her
the better for it.
So it came to pass that they two,
the bent old man and the girlish wife
of the drunkard, separated more and
more from the world and came more
and more together. And often they
were seen in the fields together and
walking along the roads arm in arm.
With Sally's little fortune at com
mand, Sam had gone rapidly to the
bad. And Sally came to know what
tears were, and that dreadful kind of
waiting which falls fo the lot of such
women—the waiting for the fall of a
footstep which makes one shudder
yet rejoice.
They told her to get rid of him, but
she shook her head and thought of the
inscription in her wedding ring.
After a while It was the gentle old
man who helped to make these vigils
less intolerable—going away stealthily
by the back door when Sam's unsteady
step was heard at the front—an angel
of light if ever there was one in
plowman’s jacket.
It fell grimly to his lot, too, to pro
vide for Sam by diminishing the little
farm he had longed and hoped for,
acre by acre. There was no conten
tion between them as to this. The
young wife’s wishes were his law.
“He married me for that," said Sally,
the first time, “and 1 let him marry me
for that—just for spite. Only noone was
spited but me—but me—well, he shall
have it—all—all"—her voice broke a
' little—“all but the—pasture-field—that
; —no one shall have but—you—or Seffv
when I die."
raised his hand to strike her and he
i laid the drunkard at his feet with a
blow such as he had struck but once
i before in his life.
1 “I am her guardeen!” he cried as he
struck. “By the Lord, I’m her guar
; deen!”
For a moment he gloated over the
prostrate brute. Then he stood up
trembling before Sally.
“Forgif me," he begged. “But 1
couldn't help it. It done itself. Mebby
—God-a'mighty only knows!—it was
a chance to efen up for the other one.
And yit. it was a righteous blow—yas
it was a righteous blow!”
“Yes,” she said. “You are the first
that ever saw-”
It was too late to stop. And before
it was done he knew that this was not
a new experience to her, and that she
suffered it—and was almost glad of it
—for penance.
“By the Lord.” cried the old man.
“if he efer strikes you ag’in I’ll kill
him!"
“No,” said Sally softly.
“Yas!” he insisted with some ol
his old violence.
“No,” she repeated sadly. “Because
it is all my fault—all the shame—the
shame—because 1—deserve it! And—
‘Thou shalt not kill!’ You knq,w we
have tempers! And we have both
■ used them!”
He shuddered and thought of the
j plowed field with Seffy lying there.
“Good night!” he said with averted
face.
“I didn’t mean that, pappy—I didn't
mean that you killed him. He's not
dead. Pappy, kiss, me—good night!
And forgive me.”
But th4s also made her deader to
him. And so, little by little, they
drew closer and closer, until a certain
happiness was his and a certain con
1 tent hers, occasionally they laughed.
Iiut this was not often. They were
well satisfied to sit before the winter
fire, she with an elbow on his knee, he
with his rugged bands in her hair.
And after a while she would ask him no
i more to kiss her good night—he did
{ it as of right, and very beautifully,
| on her hair—so much like Seffy. that
first dear kiss—that it made her sob
j —always.
"Just like Seffy!" she said the first
i time and cried, pushing him out of the
I door when he would have asked a
! question.
But he asked his question one day.
I It was whether she had loved Seffy.
"Not till Seffy comes!" she cried. “I
won't answer.”
"Sally,” he said solemnly, "1 killed
my little boy. He is dead. I hurt him
—1 made him afeared of me—he
dragged himself away to die, like wild
animals that air hurt by men. So you
will have to tell me.”
"No—no!” she begged. "He ia not
dead. And some day he will come
back to us—you ”
"Sally, you said 'us'?"
"Yes. Forgive me. 1 meant—you."
"Did you mean me?”
"Yes—oh, yes!”
"Cross your breast!”
She made this adjuration with a
smile.
But when he had gone, she groveled
on the floor and cried:
"Us—us—us!"
(To be continued.)
MADE UP OF GREED.
Creed of Mail Order Houses as In
terpreted by a Country Editor.
These commandments make up the
decalogue of the mail order house.
They were not written on stone by
Moses, but they are thoroughly under
stood and frequently bumped Inro by
anyone who deals with the catalogue
mail order concern, and thoroughly in
dicate the business side of these con
cerns:
1. You shall sell your farm produce
for cash wherever you can, but not to
us, we do not buy from you.
2. You shall believe our statements
and buy all you need from us because
we want to be good to you, although
we are not acquainted with you.
3. You shall send in the money in
advance to give us a chance to get
the goods from the factory with your
money, meanwhile you will have to
wait patiently a few weeks because
that is our business method.
4. You shall buy your church bells
and interior church fixtures from us
and forward the money in advance,
for that is our business method.
5. You shall collect, from the busi
ness men in your vicinity as much
money as you can for the benefit of
your churches. Although we get more
money from you than they do, still it
is against our rules to donate money
for building country churches.
6. You shall buy your tools from
us and be your own mechanic in order
to drive the mechanic from your vicin
ity, for we wish it so.
7. You will induce your neighbor
to buy everything from us, as we have
room for more money.
S. You shall often look at the beau
tiful pictures in our catalogue so your
wishes will increase and you will send
in a big order, although you are not
in Immediate need of the goods; oth
erwise you might have some money
left to buy necessary goods from your
'local merchants.
ft. You shall have the mechanics
that repair ihe goods you buy from
us book the bill, so that you can send
the money for his labor to us for new
goods, otherwise he wifi not notice
our influence,
10. You shall believe us in prefer
ence to your local dealers.
11. You shall, in case of accident,
sickness or need, apply to local deal
ers for aid and credit, as we do not
know’ you.
Foreigners in Circus Business.
The circus used to be an American
institution," remarked an old-time cir
cus man the other day. "But things
have changed. I went into the dress
ing-room of a show and nearly all of
the performers are foreigners. There
are few good American circus per
formers any more. There are no per
formers such its we used to have.
Old Bob' Stickney was there. He does
a ‘manage act' with a team of horses,
even though he’s 62 years old now.
He used to be the best bareback rider
on the road, outside of ‘Jimmy’ Rob
inson. But there are mighty few of
the old-timers left, and there never
will be any as good.”—New York
Tribune.
Evanishing.
Yet, the rose is beautiful, and Time
he withers it; and fair is the violet in
spring, and swiftly it waxes old; white
is the lily, it fadeth when It falleth;
and snow is white, and melteth after
it hath been frozen. And the beauty
of youth is fair, but lives only for a
little* season.—Theocrsitus.
No matter how proud a man is of
being able to do things around tne
house it never takes any useful form
like chopping wood.
■.-rx-v as&s&ruwiwwi
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spent at home reacts in its benefits
•with unceasing general profit.
Sent out of town it’s life is ended.
Kept with the home merchants it is a messenger of continuous
benefit Business men should awake to the importance of keeping
this dollar at home and make a bid for it be judicious advertising.
A Dollar
NOT EXACTLY.
Minister—And what did the priest do
in the temple?
Boy—Burned insects!
A Clever Omission.
“Did you write to papa, George?”
“Asking for your hand?"
“Of course."
“Yes. I wrote.”
“That’s strange. I supposed papa
would be terribly angry. You know
he doesn’t like you.”
"Yes. 1 know. But 1 fixed it all right.
I—I didn t si'rn the letter.”
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