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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I.—Tlie crowning desire in
the life hi old Baumgartner, it Penn
sylvania German i.s to obtain possession
Of the beautiful meadow which lies just
between Ha timgan tier's property and the
railroad station. Tin property in question
was Inherited by Surah Pressed, very
pretty and athlete young girl, and be
longed solely to her. Hut old Baumgart
ner had longed for it so many years and
endeavored to purchase it from Sarah’s
father so main times that the property
became known as "Baumgartner's*
yearn.” At tie vicinage gatherings on
the porch of tlie store old Baumgart
ner always declared that the property
Would some day he hi ; At length Baum
gartner came to realize that his only
hope of obtaining the property would be
through the marriage of his son Seplien
Jjnh to Small Press'd, in a nin.di auction
•'Seff.v” as Si-pin nljali I’. Baumgan tier,
Jr., is popularly known, is rattled off by
his father to Surah for $1.
CHAPTER II.—“Soffy” is a meek, slow
going youth, wl; ' :> nei .a I in the
raee tor anything. He is fair haired, do
cile, always led by ids faliu r. Ot a rather
angelic disposition is he—u gentle and.
kind youth who seems to no! . rstanu
unytidng about stiMe aivt e ion.
Tims he appears utterly in. •p ioaaied to
win in any comcst oi bn or life. Sarah
Press. 1 is tjui;i tin opp lit of . Ty. li r
hair is m aly ret:. Sin- is all lit', and ani
mation and ■ ■ jump lenr. s K. t v. Id
colt and si.i- gy.iee and oi i cb It r
one fault is a < I / hi.,i ...per. Bauni
garttier gives Softy some lessons in court
ship.
CHAPTER 111. Tv dons his stove
pipit* hat and pr ; a.i to g.- sit up with
Sarah. Hall, . lunf ..It! <.,u d iiilllSelf
to be appointed guard,ail id Hail...
CHAPTER IV. Sshows lria first
spark of an,tu ition, lie is t,:mbi • to re
sist tlie ia> iii.iuiig w item as < . Sadiy
find he kisses her. I was the firs kiss
la* had ever known. Rut SeiTy i . not
tin- lirs; iis.a know ih pa.is.,res of
kissing Halit'. She proii. -es him. how
ever, that sin* will never again kiss any
man but him.
CH APTER V - Ham i R i z a drunken
grocery clerk,--ole It *tiii ,.art tier ealai
hint a “iiuda..S' tujiper" an- on F-'.Ily
and Interrupts tlie kissing. Tney go into
the parlor ami beg u . "silling up ' *■■■::
test, in accord; ace With tile elision. . ?
tlie place and l.a tine , the i i who is
defeated in such a comes; i.s unm rtliy
the little! of tl- girl, fc-'t'ly goes to sie p
and begins s.oi.ag. Fatly leaves tin
room in a hull saying; ' Good night, gen
tlemen.'
CHAPTER VI. Fe'Tv tills his father of
his humiliation; of flow t tin Cruz had
pinned to his bosom while lie slept a
pasteboard i uulis *:u* bearing tl.e in
scription: ”1'' phentjah P. Baumgartner,
Jr. Wi nt to lit- i st. June Hi. Is. f. in the
20th year of ids a..-. Gone not, but For
got. Read backward*."
CHAPTER VII.—Seft'y and Sally meet
at tin* Poison spring. She urges him
do something io redeem himself. i l.e
father advisi s Seffj to take Sally home
from eh up h.
CHAPTER VIM This would he tlie
crucial lest, according to tlie custom of
the times, which often meant disgrace
or earn murder and suicide. It was the
rule In Sinn a test that the one whose
arm the girl accepted when leaving tlie
church would in* Lin* favored suitor, ami
the rejected one was disgra ed and must
leave town or triumph over Ids opponent
by force. Seffy dreads tlie church ordeal.
IX.
It Was Seffy Wno Was “Sacked.”
So they three went to church on a
certain Sunday. Sally sat on the
“women's sido” and Seffy and Sam on i
the “men's side’’ in full view of the
“audience”—which perceived and un
A Square Deal
Js assured you when you buy Dr. Pierce'S
family medicines—for all the ingredi
ents entering into them are printed on
the bottle-wrappers and their formulas
are attested under oath as being complete
and correct. You know just what, you are
paying for and that the ingredients are
gathered from Nature's laboratory, being
Delected from the most valuable native
medicinal roots found growing in our
American foresnra«d_wPile potent to cure
are perfdt'Hv harmbjt^eVHqto the most
delicate wom'V,i>j7^ilTriT7Tr^ Not a drop
tiUlfuhoJ <;iU',rs into Vh"ir,anm^UiUU
A niych L>. 'ter ac lit. is used bothTur_e\
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principles useil m them, VI/.. mire tr'piG
relined glycerine, This agent possesses
Intrinsic meuielnai properties of its own,
being a most valuable antiseptic and anti
ferment, nutritive and soothing demul
cent.
Glvcerine plays an important part in
Dr. l’ierce’s Golden Medical Discovery in
the cure of indigestion, dyspepsia and
■weak stomach, attended by sour risings,
heart-burn, foul breath, coated tongue,
poor appetite, gnawing feeling in stom
.ach, biliousness and kindred derange
ments of the stomach, liver and towels. i
k Besides curing all the above distressing
^ailments, t.he"Golden Medical Discovery*
1s a spec!tic for all diseases of the mucous
membranes, as catarrh, whether of the
nasal passages or of the stomach, towels
Or pelvic organs. Even in its ulcerative
"stagas it will yield to this sovereign rem
edy if its use be persevered in. In Chronic
Catarrh of the Nasal passages, it is well,
while taking the "Golden Medical IMs- i
covery ” for the necessary constitutional j
treatment, to cleanse the passages freely
two or three times a day with Dr. Sage’s
Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course
of treatment generally cures the worst
cases.
In coughs and hoarseness caused by bron
chial. throat and lung affections, except con
sumption in Us advanced stages, the "Golden
Medical Discovery ” Is a most efficient rem
edy. especially in those obstinate, hang-on .
coughs caused by irritation and congestion of
thebronchial mucous membranes. The "Ids” (
covery ” is not so good for acute coughs aris- ;
lng from sudden colds, nor must it to ex- !
peeled to cure consumption in its advanced
•lages no medicine will do that-hut for all
the obstinate, chronic coughs, which, if neg- 1
tected, or badly treated, lead up to consump
tion. ilia the best medicine that can he taken.
derstood find wr • ready at the proper
time to applaud, from the preacher to
the sexton—to raise or lower its
thumbs upon the combatants.
When the benediction had been said
Seffy hastened out and found himself
a place—close to the door, according
to his father's word—in one of the
lines of young men which stretched
on either side of the path from the
church door to the road beyond, at
least a quarter of a mile. But he did
not see Sam. Some one pushed in
front of him. And, instead of com
bating for his position, he yielded it j
and found one further down, still seek-j
ing the location of his rival. He was !
erwded from this one, too. and he letj
it go and sought another one because
he had not seen Sam. And it was ncc- j
essarv to his father's scheme, he re
membered. that Sam and he should be
about opposite. Of course, all this
was error. His place was right by the
church door. That was where Sally
had a right to expect to find him. It
had become a public matter, too. The
public had its rights. It expected him
there, even if be had to shed the blood |
of noses to stay there. This had often j
happened. But he was bewildered in
the contradictory courses advised by '
liis father, and, finally, seeking that i
which seemed best, found that which
was worst. Dull Seffy!
He at last discovered Sam and |
found a lodgment for himself opposite
and away down near the gate, where
only the married men were—such as ;
still waited for their wives—who ami
ably smoked until they came along. |
No unmarried maiden ever expects to
be matched there. And, had Seffy
been as wise as he was not, he would
not have halted there. But he was
deluded by Sam. There he was in the
opposite line, the wrong one, indif-,
terently chatting, and even smoking,
with Hilary Groff—a married man. j
Seffy was now so sure of his conquest, |
that. Sam's indifference vexed him. Hv
idently he did not mean to contend
with him for Sally's arm, and it was to
he a cheap and bloodless victory. For
Seffy was one of those who grow brave
as opposition diminishes.
And now they were slowly coming
down—the maidens running the gant
let of love. One—two—three—four—
five—a dozen happy matings wen j
made. Seffy was counting. One poor j
chap was "sacked.” He crushed his |
hat over his eyes and charged back
through the lines and across the fields
—no matter where. And then came
Sally!—in a trim little hat with a flut
tering ribbon that looked for all the
world like the white signal, bearing
straight down upon him! But there
was something in her eyes—expectant
—militant—that made them starry. On
she came with her head in the air—
In king neither to the right nor to the
left, as if she expected to walk home
alone, nearly three miles!
‘‘Oh. no!” thought Seffy—and Sam.
But a bit of terror smote her face
pale when she had passed the door-—
alone—and showed more and more as
she went on. Some one laughed—then
there was an unmistakable titter along '
the line. Still Sally passed on, keep
ing her temper as never before. Was
not the old man right about the effect
if laughter?
I tut now the temper loosed itself
slowly—her face was scarlet. She had
nearly reached the married men. Some
me whispered:
"Gosh! He's gitting even by sacking i
ler!”
i lint* w uun i
1 I i J » Cl» I j it c* l t tl .
iaughter anti more tittering. The I
■rowd deserted the lines nearest the
church and followed Sally down on
either side in huge tumultuous pha
lanxes to see what would happen—if
it were possible that she would have to
go home alone. Several young men
who had never dared to approach her
began to think of it. They knew tiiat j
rather than not be taken at all she j
would take any one of them! There
was more tumult now than laughter.
And Sally’s face grew so white that
her eyes blazed like stars in the midst
of it.
Seffy quailed. He recognized the
temper—only he had never seen it as
terrible as this. He had forgotten Sam.
It was only Sally he saw, as one sees i
with fear-stalled nerves the locomotive
as it leaps upon him.
And the onlookers, crowding at the
sides, thought it a great and terrible
hand to hand battle—to wait that way
till the last moment and theu to spring
like tigers—or a piece of tremendous
foolishness.
“Both of you must be absolute sure,"
said Hilary Groff to Sam, “or absolute
fools! Ain't you got no pity on the i
CtVJ. :X> JffZrcff. 7 or .5BW'/t€ • UiT,’Z2A~7T
Kiri?”
"Shut up!” answered Sam, "and
watch. I'm calculating on him
leaving town to-morrow. That is my
game. And I'm playing for the pot.'(
You see that Sam had not forgotten
Seffv for a moment, even if Seffy had
forgotten him. He stepped noiselessly
three paces toward Sally, crossed in
front of Seffy and took her aim. There
was a laugh almost ribald. Seffy could
not see clearly—he could, least of all.
think clearly—he did not know what
had happened, lie saw only the little
white signal before him and blindly
put out his arm.
It did not reach Sally at ail, but Sain
who turned and said with an imitation j
of girlish politeness;
"Thank you, Sir. Baumgartner, I’m !
suited.”
And, Sally, her face flaming with
vengeance, took the trouble to turn
back and cry—not into his ear, but j
into his very heart:
"Thank you, I’m suited."
There are some people to whom no 1
punishment seems sufficient, while any
remains to be administered. One of
the onlookers was of such a sort. He
cried out as poor Seffy slunk away:
"Give her back her dollar!”
And another:
"Or ninety-nine cents, anyhow!”
Seffy quailed and drew back from
the line—it was the ins’ant that
makes or mars—and ho had lost. He
might still have knocked Sam down ,
and won—this would have been per- :
fectly proper—but he followed the
man who had but a moment before
eru died through the line, and wild j
jeers followed him.
(To be continued.)
GIVE $23,127,762 TO COLLEGES,
Friends of Education Liberal, Illinois
Receiving $5,048,527.
New York.—Gilts to the cause of
higher education in the United States
within the last 12 months total 523,
127,702. This information has been
obtained by the general education ;
board of ibis city.
Dr. Wallace Buttriek, secretary of
the board, wrote a persona] letter to
the financial head of every institution
of collegiate grade in the United
States and he has compiled a state
ment showing by states and by insti i
fntiens the various sums received,
whether for endowment or for build
ings and equipment.
Illinois leads every state in the
inion with $3,160,209.03 for endow
nent and $1,388.5IS for buildings and
equipment. This total, out of all pro
portion to that of other states, exists \
at*cau.ve of the gift of $-1,371,220.87 to
he University of Chicago. The small
'-•a sum of individual contributions to
iicher education was made in Wash
ngton state, where Whitmore college
eeeiv 'd $10,502.66. Harvard univer
sity received $548,123.90 for endow
in* nt and $161,601.48 for buildings and ;
equipment. In the same period Yale ;
received $773,374.81 for endowment
mid $112,;;:!6.69 for building and equip
mem. Princeton university received
$1 18,400 for endowment and $559,
l.*l. (9 for equipment and buildings.
In nearly all of the southern states
generous gifts were made by state
governments or Individuals to higher
education.
dog dives for fish.
wdmnc
matches Carp Weighing 28
Pounds.
Danville. 111.—Matthew Breen, a
iestaurant keeper of Paris, 111., js the
'"net of a dog of unknown pedigree!
and breed which dives at his master’s
command and rarely fails to bring 1
a fish to the surface of the water and \
then to the bank, provided a suitable
place for his “fishing” is picked out;
for him.
The dog’s penchant for fishing was i
already developed when Breen pur
chased him in the south for $35. Since
then the owner of the canine has gone j
on many fishing excursions with the S
animal, and the brute always makes
a better catch than his master. Re-1
cently the dog dove into the Wabash
ri\er at the word from Breen, and
after remaining under water for more
than one minute brought up a Ger-!
spent at home reacts in itsbenetit9
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
tliis dollar at home and make a bid for it by judicious advertising.
A T&ollar
r*§K~-~- naafc^.^v»*jAi4HBa* *aa
man earn weighing - | tnlnds.
The dog is about the size of a fid'
grown shepherd dor a rd has short
brown hair. A half-brother of a do
which Preen h u: a. id ■ ea :;e time
he acquired the fishing uog ■ 1 s• ■ dove
and sometimes brr i kt hsh out of tb"
v.atcr. He died as a i•.suit of lung
fever contracted by staying under
water too long.
HAT OVERBALANCES WOMAN.
Plunge into Creek Averted Only by the
Heaapiece’s Reverse Act.on.
Darby. Pa.—Overbalanced by the
w at weight of her “Merry Widen"
hat, which was of a diameter exce i
lionallv wide even for that kind, a
young woman who said she was Miss
y ■ ggie Stickney of Nineteenth street,
below Tasker, Pa., missed her footin ’
i! o other afternoon v. ni'o leaning e ver
the banks of Darby creek, searching
for wild violets.
After sliding down the steep em
bankment of the creek several yards,
she escaped a drenching only by the
great width of her hat, which caught
in a blackberry bramble and arrested
her headlong flight.
Three girl companions who were
picking flowers with her screamed as
they raw Miss Stickney take her
plunge, and Policemen Smith and
Crumback rescued the young woman
from her embarrassing predicament
at the expense, however, of consider
able beauty of the headpiece that
caused all the trouble.
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