(Continued from last week.)
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER 1.—The frowning desire in
the life of old Baumgartner, a Penn
sylvania German is to obtain possession
of the beautiful meadow which lies just
between Baumgartner's property and the
railroad station. The property in question
was inherited by Sarah Pressel, very
pretty and athletic young girl, and be
longed solely to her But old Baumgart
ner had longed for it so many years and
endeavored to purchase it from Sarah’s
father so many times that the property
became known as “Baumgartner'**
yearn.” At the vicinage gatherings on
the porch of the store old Baumgart
ner always declared that the property
would some day be his. At length Baum
gartner came to realize that his only
hope of obtaining the property would be
through the marriage of his son Scphen
ijah to Sarah Pressel. In a mock auction
“Seffy” as Sephenijah P. Baumgartner,
Jr., is popularly known. Is rallied ofT by
bis father to Sarah for $1.
CHAPTER II.—"Seffy” is a meek, slow
gciitg youth, who is never firs? In the
race for anything. He is fair haired, do
cile, always led by his father, oi a rather
angelic disposition Is he—a gentle and
kind youth who seems to not u . lerstand
anything about strife and competition.
Thus he appears utterly incapacitated to
win in any contest of love or life. Sarah
Pressel is quite the opposite of .Seffy. Her
hair is nearly red. She is all life and ani
mation and ecu jump fences like i wild
colt and she is grace and color itself. Her
one fault is a \ cry high temper. Baum
gartner gives Solly some lessons in court
ship.
CHAPTER III.—Seffy dons his stove
pi pie hat and prepares to go sit up with
Sarah. Baumgartner bus caused himself
to be appointed guardian of Sally.
CHAPTER IV.—SeiT> shows his first
spark of animation. He is unable to re
sist the fascinating witcheries of Sally
and lie kisses her. It was the first kiss
ho had ever known. But Seffy was not
the 11 iv. I man to know the pleasures of
kissing Sally. She promises him. how
ever. that ; i e will never again kiss any
man but 'him.
CHAPTER V. Sam Fritz, u drunken
grocery clerk,—old Baumgartner calls
him a "molasses tapper”—calls on Sally
and interrupts ihe kissing. They go into
the parlor and begin a "sitting up" con
test. In in cordanee with the customs of
the place and tlie- time, the one who is
defeated in such a contest is unworthy
the hand of the girl. Seffy goes to sleep
and begins snoring. Sally leaves the
room in a huff saying: "Good night, gen
tlemen.”
CHAPTER VI.—Seffy tells his father of
his humiliation; of how Sam Fritz had
pinned to lits bosom while he slept a
pasteboard tombstone bearing the in
scription: “Sephemjah P. Baumgartner,
Jr. Went to Ins rest, June 111, Pul, in the
20th year of Ins age. (lone not, but For
got. Read backwards.”
CHAPTER VII.—Seffy and Sally meet
at tile Poison spring. She urges him to
do something to redeem himself. The |
father advises Seffy to take Sally home
from church.
VIII.
The White Signal Which Might as
Well Have Been Black.
No suitor in German-PennsyJvania,
though it be in Maryland, has entirely
established His right to the maiden of
his choice, either before the public or
in her sight or his own, until he has
escorted her offhand from church on
a Sunday night. And this he must ac
complish at the church door, out of—
sometimes—a savage rivalry challeng
ing disaster.
The Modesty of Women
Naturally makes them shrink from the j
indelicate questions, the obnoxious ox- 1
animation'. and unpleasant local treat- ;
nients, which some physicians consider j
essential in the treatment of diseases of
women. Yet, if help can be had, it is
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoes all j
the annoyance and shame for nothing. ;
Thousands'Xd women who have been 1
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tion wrilh in ijVpreclation of the cure
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women as "Favorite Pn-'cription." 11
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^indorsement of those most eminent in the
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fessional endorsements of Its ingredients,
will l»e found in a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in a booklet mailed
free on request, by Dr. R. V. Pierce, of
Buffalo, N. Y. These professional en
dorsements should have far more weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
non-professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women now-a-days !
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead of opening their mouths like
a lot of young birds and gulping down
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makes weak women strong and sick
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Buffalo, N. Y„ 21 one-cent stamps for pa
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If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
aud regulate stomach, liver and bowels*
For by this simple, primitive, heroic
process the status of contestants for a
maid's favor is fixed. He whose arm
is taken can face his little world on
Monday. He whose arm is rejected is,
on Monday, a social exile. For the
small world of the vicinage is always
there and this is the maiden's public
election of him she chooses to honor,
and her public rebuke to his too pre
sumptuous rival. And, after that, she
is a poor thing indeed who will be
seen in public with the latter. For
nothing is more sweet and cruel than
love.
Seffy was not a publicly-acknowl
edged suitor. He could not be. It was
impossible! There was that tomb
stone still up in the store. Sam hail
not yet been dislodged. And Seffy had
not yet arrived where he might put
the awful question—there was a recog
nized period for this, and events had
put it further and further off! Indeed,
he shuddered when he thought of it
—even then, after that understanding
with Sally!—and contemplated getting
his father to do it for him.
It had become iittr.vn, in the wire
less way such things spread in the
country, that there had been a tenta
tive making-up between Seffy and
Sally. Hut Seffy was still not received
in public. Nor did he appear with
Sally! Nor might he call upon her!
There must be some open defiance and
victory which all could see and tinder
stand before these things might hap
pen. The right hand of renewed fellow
ship would not be extended to Seffy un
til he had met and vanquished his rival
in public. It was the primitive right
of the strongest, proved physically
here as in the Roman circus. Seffy
"jit. iixr car.4 'svtt jut?. '
had never shown himself a master of
material prowess. He demurred a bit
at such a plunge into the arena. Hut
there was no other way. <
“Why, Sef," advised his father,
“after that it’s a dead open and shut ;
game. You better do the biggest sing (
you ken—and that’s the end of it. If I '
had Sally on my side, i wouldn't keer ;
who the hell was on the other! You 1
take her home from church! Yas, i
right afore their dam’ noses! Then
they'll run after you and send you '
presents. It ain’t no guess-work for t
you! You know that Sally will be ’
waiting for you wiss her arm all ready 1
to take yourn. Gosh! I nefer had nc I
such sure sing. 1 had to take my
chances wiss you’ mammy! And it
was three other fellers wiss their
arms out—and the right side yet! But
your daddy was close up against the
church door. And when she come out
he didn't waste no time a-saying polite.
Miss Hengler, ken 1 haf the pleasure
to see you home this evening?’ I’d
’a’ lost the game if I had waited to git
off all that dictionary stuff! Yassir!
For right opposite me was Bill Flisen
krout—Sam’s uncle—and 1 knowed his
arm’d shoot out like a patent corn
husker the minute you' mammy comp.
“Hfc was mighty Quick, but mighty
polite! 1 knowed he'd say that fool
ishness about being pleased to see her
home. Well, she come out and 1 chust
grabbed. And while I was marching
on like a conquering hero, informing
her that it was a nice efening, I could
hear Bill on the off side, gitting out
that stuff 'bout pleasure and seeing
her home. Nancy s.ays, says she:
'Sank you, Mr. Eisenkrout, I'm suited:’
! and I laughed like hell! And, begosh
ens, Nancy laughed too! And that
j settled Bill for efer more! Oh, it’s
! nosslng like a laugh at the right time
to kill a man off! Bill left town the
next day. He had too. And he didn’t
show up tell the next fall! Sef. you
got a sure sing. And, begoshens, you
might iust as well finish Sam up in
the same job—put him out of town.
Next Sunday you watch Sam. Keep
right opposite him. Then git your
arm in action about a second sooner.
Left side, you know, her right! Sally
'll be on the lookout. Don’t stop to
say any fool sings about the pleasure
of seeing her home. Do it. And.
when Sam gits his work in, laugh!
Laugh like a bull! And git Sally to
laugh. 1 bet you two dollars and ten
cents that Sam won’t be in town the i
day!”
Like a campaign speech was the
effect of this!
Seffy objected no longer. He said
he would do it all! Perhaps this, too,
got about. At all events, before the
next Sunday, the interest created by
their rivalry was more than equal to
the voice of the Gospel. All the town
ship would be at church!
Sam would not be dislodged. He
Invented the most diabolical schemes
for sequestrating Sally to himself dur
ing the week which followed-—into
which guileless Sally often fell—and
which seemed to proclaim her suitor
to be himself. Sam, you remember,
bad access to Sally, but Seffy bad not.
Seffy confessed that this looked sinis
ter. True, he remembered till that had
passed between them. Hut once before
he had been in error.
So that Softy, before the week's
end, began once more—and more
strongly—to deprecate the necessity
for this public demonstration of his
status. His father demanded it as a
diplomatic necessity. Inasmuch as
Sally still retained Sam on a basis so
much like his own as to make the sit
uation extremely embarrassing to even
Old Baumgartner, who had let it bo
known that he was the active coadju
tor of his son. To vanquish Seffy was
to vanquish him. and he, if not Seffy
himself, screwed Seffy's courage to the
sticking point. After this, Seffy weak
ened no more, but proclaimed his pur
pose. It was generally conceded that
the one who failed now would have to
leave town.
So here was retiring little Seffy
forced by circumstances into a public
rivalry which he detested, and. it
may as well he confessed—feared. It
must, also, be explained that Saily's
course in maintaining these two strings
to her bow’ until the breaking moment
was not only universally commended,
but was the unswerving custom of the
vicinage for girls so fortunate as to
have two strings. It was held likely
to force one or the other to the point
—and this was the purpose of rustic
coquetry! And Sally’s coquetry was
not only acknowledged; it was tol
erated. and, I fear, encouraged. And,
alas, it had been as sweet to her as
vinous dissipation to men. But now
it had made not only her own, but
Seffy's position tremendously more
difficult.
(To be continued.)
DEALS IN DUTCH PRODUCTS.
Store Where Only Wooden Shoes and
Long Pipes Are Sold.
Albany, X. Y.—A man here has a
store which is the only one of its kind
in the country, in it. lie sells just two
things—wooden shoes and long Dutch
iiilies. He has kept the store for years
md has never enlarged his stock be
yond these two items.
The proprietor is a Hollander him
mlf, as his name—Van Wart—would
ndicate. He imports his pipes and
tis" wooden shoes direct from the old
:ountry.
It. must not be thought that there
ire enough wooden shoes worn in this
•ountrv to maintain Mynheer Van
A art in affluence. Most of his sales
ire of small shoes which can be used
or ornamental purposes, or at least
■lieged ornamental purposes.
He ships boxes and boxes of tiny
vooden shoes to women who gild
hem and make them into dinner fa
ors. Others are made up as candy
roxes. Others are filled with flowers
or luncheons or dinners.
A limited number really find their
■vav to tlie feet of some imported eit
zens who know t.he advantage of hav
ng an inch of dry, warm wood be
ween their soles and the wet ground.
A ooden shoes are especially suited
for gardeners, although they might ire
worn to advantage by anybody work
ing in cold, damp or sloppy places.
A bile the pipe end of the business
is also largely patronized by people
who are looking for odd trinkets and
by collectors who want a few long
clays on their pipe racks, there are a
good many smokers scattered over the
country who really put such pipes to
the use for which they were intended.
SWALLOW FILLS CELLAR.
All Records in Absorption Line Broken
on Staten Island.
New York.—A cellar full of water
is the record for one swallow. It was
not a very big swallow, either, and
far from the kind that Park Row bar
tenders are accustomed to. Everybody
on Staten island is talking about this
one swallow.
James De Hart lives In a cottage
on North street. Port Richmond. Not
long ago he had a tight tin roof put
on, and had new leaders placed all
I around the eaves. I
A, Dollar
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 by judicious advertising.
“Heaven bless our home!” sahl De
Hart. “I'm all fixed for rain, and I
hope as much for my neighbors.
it rained, and it rained ail night,
but De Hart sat in the rocking chair
and smiled.
I feel snug," he said to his wife.
The next morning, when he started j
down into the cellar for coal, he ut
tered lend cries. The cellar was full
of water. De Hart went to the a tic
and poked his head through the trap
door. The roof was all right. Then
he ascended a ladder outside the house
and scrutinized the leaders. They
were all right, too, apparent!.'.
De Hart phoned for the tinsmith,
who, on investigation, found a swal
low's nest in the water spout, which
had choked the spout and caused the
rain to spill down one side of the
house, whence it all ran into the cel
lar. __
Drives Pile Into Whale.
Bellingham, Wash.—An Immense
blackflsh, or finback whale. 30 feet
long, located itself under a pile driver
at a fish trap location near the east
entrance to Deception pass. The
,,;ie Was forced through the huge body
of the fish, and was pounded into the
tide-lands underneath by the heavy
driver-hammer. The struggles of
the fish shook the pile driver so
vigorously that the loftman fell from
the second station of the driver rig
ging to the deck and was rescued
from drowning only by the prompt ac
tion of John Nelson, working on the
deck.
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