The Leader-Democrat from Springfield, Missouri • 6

1 1 1 THE LEADER-DEMOCRAT SPRINGFIELD KQL' -wsfjiis Cft gnr ml Col nil Bio 7k' CEE MR I1STRIC vi IAJIY I he Good Ducusi iary lie mn tasvor is Curt ri the btf-nni Fitairo Re fT it P. aeoudi KU Gc teof and Cllni. fluid; mt lh in local -tasof I rot mla Ike f'aouey eitot kftbe lev. Ue with amused expression at old Ovid ha danced the "jig," ud every now and then axpreulng her approval by a word of applause. Her large, dark eyes were filled with intelligence and tender-neu, but the long lathee wen lowered, as, turning to her companions, she caught one of Darneya lids glances.

'Hello, Dubolt! suddenly earn In the tonro of Cameron', voice, he noticed somebody approaching him. I haven't aeen you for six months, tv hereabouts have you been shipping off to this timer "Ah, monsieur, replied Dubois, "I have heea way back among tha lake, up among tha Tetes Houles, with Dr. Uaulols ud two surveyors, and am coma back with tha snow. It bring back tha time when I wu up In tha Abenaki country with your father, monsieur" hero he turned to Darney when ha tried for Iron up on the Grand Pro. Monsieur Darney lived where yon do now at BL Nicholas, it wu then, too, llred old Ifamselle Genevieve, who, It la (aid, left eomething la that old bouse, which, as yet, nobody bu found.

Whet's this?" suddenly said Darney, with a not of Interest In hla voice. Tvo heard of th. old mam'aells. hut of It him!" the other heard with an utonlihed look on hla face, "but 1'U spoil his little gem. 1 know what he's after." The hoot by the sawmill certainly wu old.

It was placed In a itraoge lo- which now lay locked In the hard embrace of a Canadian winter; two othen, facing the pine trees of the bush, among which lay tha enow-covered mine of tha old sawmills, and tha fourth commanding a view of tha rough track from Bt. Nlcholu, up which on thla night In question a man wu plodding along. It wu George Darney on hla way to tha Camerons, In whoa company he seemed to taka more pleasure thin ever a fact which the gossip of BL Nlcholu wen not alow to obserre, and which led to many convcrutlons by the Ida of the store when the days work wu over. Ai ha earn round tha corner, hla head still bent to tha blatt, ha wu aware of a stronger light thu before on Mrori FI Ik l.iritai law llK.i V- Tha queer-toned fiddle and wheesy concertina were being iiralned to their utmost ttwt evening, and Napoleon Dtssnroau and Pierre Coeette, the owner of the aforeeald initrumenti, were lardy allowed time to awallow even a tin)' glass of whisky blue between the interval of tU dances, which were the order of the evening at Teleephor Gagnon'e eilver wedding featlviUei. Amid the crowd of merry-makers, mostly FTenvh-Canadiana of the habitant type, wae a group which eeemtd to eland alightljr aloof, though still taking a great there of Intereit in the proceeding.

The firet of them, lolling beck In an old rush-bottomed chair, and talking to Gagnon, the host, waa a tall, fine-looking man, with healthr. aunhnrn future, wearing a pleaeant though rather wooden eipreuion. This wu Mr. Thomu Cameron, otherwise knows under the various title of "Monster Caw-mon," the boee" or Tommy," by hie more Intimate frlendi; lumber eoa-tractor, itorw owner nnd partner In i email river steamer, and living Is large Ubltatlon In the neighboring Til-lags of BL Nicholes. Bitting on tU table betide him wu a younger treated a little more carefully, la doth, his feet kept warm by browa felt stockings, and dainty beaded mocculu for George Carney wu reckoned a mu of Importance, seeing that ha poueued large ihare of the beds of iron ore In that district, betide a considerable mount of this world's goods, and the wherewithal to keep ud make more of them, left by the elder Dorney to hie on, the only memento of the decayed little rteneh-Canadlan wife, who died when Georg wu horn.

He poa-pleulng and good-natured fta-hle dark brown hair wu ertep nnd curly, and hie eye continually twinkling with that lock which la generally tamed wicked," though at he appeared rather aubdued. sad tola many aids gluces at third bar of the group. The third ponoa wu anted nur tha two mu, looking on SO fa For moment th ilguro by th house elds stood motionless nnd thu toll huvlly against th ehlngUs ud down on the uow. A womens screen rang out from upper window, ud Cameron found blinulf (tending itupldly quirt, looking at the object on the uow, from which a (tain aprend over the whiteness round IL Old Dr. Dugrs, at BL Jullst, cups down quickly on hearing a loud knocking at bis door In tha middle of th night, and wu not altogether pleased when he found Pierre Dubois of BL Nlcholu standing wlthouL In whose rear was a sleigh, with th hone steaming ai though It had coma along at a amnr tpaea.

Before th old doctor quite understood matters ho was standing by the eofa In the old kitchen, upon which lay a man vary still, with a whit face, and a woman bending over Mm, attending to what th doctor sooa found wu a ballot wound In th eld. Th doctor motioned th others to on eld ud bent over the wonnded mao. After a minute or twoa examination, he looked up, ud uld quietly: "It Is a nasty wound ud might have been very serious but the mu hie fainted more from shock thu loss of blood." Dugrs opened hie csss, and mixed something in a glass which he administered to the wounded mu, whose moulng toon ceased, and who, after aom tow minutes, unclosed hla which gued vacantly around until they rested on Belle's whits toes she having approached the bedside again; thu they (mad to fill with a recollection, a half of horror ud half of surprise, gradually cams over hla face, ud he said, la a low volea: "What hu happened? Have Then he (topped, and, after a abort panes, continued: "What made you do It, Tom, or wu It a mbtaker "No; It want a mistake, and I guess Ita only fair for a mu to guard hb own property. I tell you what" ud hare tha spesktr's voles grow unsteady with paulon, ud ha seemed to have no regard tor tha wonnded man, or the eon sequences of hb own rah set "whatever la thb home mins tor I bought It, and ahull stick to It, though I swing la the rad tor holding on. At th does of thb violent Cameron looked deflutly ot tho mu be bed shot down, hat th defiance faded from hb toco ho noticed, in tpUa of hb emotion, the look of utter perplexity and aatonlshmrat which appeared on Darney 's batons as Tom, you thought I came after Old man'Mlb'i traauwf Did It never strike you that th place hero contained eomething of hr more vain to me thu thatr And he looked straight at Bells vrhoao whit cheeks got more eolor Into them, la raponro to a faint Indication, ahe rams nearer, and tha door.

Tha only sound hi tho roam wu that of the half-choked lobbing of Belle, who, with her fac hurled In her hands, Mt at the Uhls Her brother looked at her for a minute or to, imoklng fiercely all of th time, and then Mid, Coma Bello, don't be fooL He simply after but the girl sprang lo her feet, and faced him with her eyes flashing; Mr. Darney whet you never will be, and that la gentleman, and I'm aurs though perhapi I ought not to say It. that I hope ha will stick to hb Intentions nnd youll find that you an not altogether bou of the whole contents of thb house. And she moved quickly put him factors he could reply, and seconded the stairs to her bedroom. The room wu very quiet, for Delta had retired, and Tom Cameron Mt smoking before the fir.

Finally, thinking it wu time for him to retire, he walked Into the kitchen to put more logs on the stove ud make it up for tOg nlghL Th atovo we placed in what had heea tha old flreplaca In tha day of open fires ud be bent over hla pip slipped from hla pocket and rolled Into the back of tho recess. He bent down ud tried to nub It, but found ho must get further behind th etove. Having done so ud recovered hb pipe, be relied his hMd, forgetting be wae inside tho recess nnd caught it nthar sharply agalnit tha robed side of th old chimney, which gtv out a hollow sound. Ai he bent with rather Impolite ejaculation, a pirn of board toll to tha floor, followed by small cloud of dusL He looked up to where the board bad fallen from, ud than uw a dark hols Striking a match, ha looked Into It, ud then th expression of hb fact changed, hb eye sparkled, ud Inserting hb arm, ha pulled out small dust-covered, Iron-bound bos henry, for ho found he had to taka two hudi to lift IL Trembling with excitement, a state which muit have been strange to tha usually composed Tom Camaron, ha placed the bos before him on the floor In tha itrsam of light from tha stove door. "Mam'ielb Genevieve's treoiurs" Thers could be no doubt of IL The shutters had not been pulled to, for thb window wu protected by the hush from tho scorching winds And without Intending be looked up ot the glass white over with frost, behind which the moonlight gleamed faintly.

That surely wu a shadow east upon U.0 pants though somebody hid Just id, ud keeping quiet ho dletlutly heard a footstep. Stealing back into tha kitchen, he draw the bolt of the door, slipped Into tho outside porch, and opening tha outer door In tho mm quiet manner, looked at tha uow-eorered Ineloaurs What wm that by tha houM aids Just teallng round tha corner ud qomlng toward him? Ha stepped aharply out Into the open, nnd the figure started hack suddenly. Thu Cmmmu'i arm etralghtened out, tho eold moonlight gleamed on aomo-thlng bright, there wu flash ud a harp report aehoed over tho pin woods 1V i IkTn of Beauty! a Jnjr onrrrT At'D-S ORI15NTMJ At nBAirnnEjT emv l.e, llmNca trrK-sUieaa bwutrui it. fire ScceUiit It his the I run we tt a I nr It Is p- prl Wits Ait'S! st i.mlltr uss Mr. Bsyrt said (o lady of 1-utMi (z HI Indies will hm 1 IW iHAUim l-khaat late r.l the skin nrfuijtltfV Inisslits and fa--y M1 1 iSS srs In the V.

Cansdt. and fNrp. HOPKINS. Qrnl Jum ccntly graduated from a well known Dll' not university. She was admitted ths bar In May.

Miss Caldwell Is daughter of the late James F. Caldwell of Cape Girardeau county, who wu si ex-Con federate soldier, and bier prominent In politic. She a drueendint of tha Clays of Kentucky, and can alia trace har kinship to Old Hickory Jackson, Seven Years in Bed. "Will wonders ever cute?" lnqolfl th friends of Mrs. Peas of Lawrence, Kaa.

They knew she had bed unable to leave her bed la seven yens on account of kidney ud liver troublg nervous prostration ud general dibit-ity; but, "Throe bottles of Electric Bitten enabled me to walk," she writes "ud In three months I felt like a at Women suffering from backache, aervousneu, melancholy, tainting and dlssf will find It a priceless Uesslsa Try IL Satisfaction guaranteed by ths 7. W. Crank Drug Co. Only Me. "Cholly rather plumM himself oa kb bm bade nowadays." Why thatr "Somebody told him that be bed lb golf limp." "A taw months ago, food which I ab for bmktait would not remsb oa m2 atomaeh tor half hour.

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Crank Drug IL M. Flnm MIm Lacy I dont In thla wabt at all. MIm race Why not? Miss Lacey It makes me fl comfortable because It Is too eomtort able to ha a good flL i.i'l tael comforiebb CASTOR I A For tntauts and Chilim lb (UYn tan (tap ft Bean tho Plgaataroef then, dropping on her knees hid her fac on th pillow. Cameron, with a glance at hip sister, staggered tor a moment as the real truth of tha affair flashed across him, and, leaning against tha wall, with one hand orer hb eyes, extended the other acrou hb sister, ud gripped that of Darney, who wu th flrst to spesk. "Well, Tom, I gueu we'U hero no more shooting orer the traeurr, eh But you ean cure my wound, old mu, very rally, ud he placed hb dben gaged hand on Belle's shoulder.

RAILWAY MACHINISTS TO DEMAND MORE. WASHINGTON, June 4. President O'Connell of the International Association of Machinists hu Issued tha to! lowing address: 'Machinists employed in th railway service have been mors than anxious to take part la the movement on May 20, but wa have felt that many roads could not be luBdently prepared by that data and hava advised against such move taking place, except la special eai Very groat program hu been made for the put thro men tha by our organization with th railway machinists, ud I recommend that a data bo set tor the Inauguration of the nfhe-bour day for ma ehlnlsta employed to the railway aar-vica." Save Two From Death. "Our little daughter had an almost fatal attack of whooping cough and bron-ehltla," write Mr. W.

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Trial bottlee fro. BRAVE GIRL, Goto Modal for Savins a Man'a Life. IOWA CITY, June 4, Irving n-atttote, a literary aoclety of the Iowa State university, hu conferred on Mlu Carolina Jarvis a medal for bravery la Mvlng tha Ufa of H. Eagan, a Undent of the university. Young Eagan ud Mbi Jarvis were boating, when wind etpslsed tha boat, throwing both late tha water.

Eagan wu unable to awlm ud MIm Jurvb tMlsted him lo aecuro a hold on tha boat ud then warn to tha ihon, pushing thn boat ahead of her. MIm Jarvb a freshman at tha university ud hu won consldr ratals inm la literary circles. To Practice Law Here. MIm Della Catherine Caldwell of Bt. Imula will soon begin practice si an at-tornay at bw In Springfield.

Friends a1 will ha brilliant, she woman of ax-Avpttonal labtleetuallty ud has a thor-Mflk legal aducatloa, haring only rt- fly, 1 1 f-ivor, I ita a'wd Ilia F. I IbUe i Jr: At "flaw Cot IfeCklUi ltoma, Ku heUdll mil lfm. bit) iMromoi: I Mr. l1 zm raw raw tall he llJbtf, Jha, I Wli hb I but a JtaiuV 4 4k hi Ir htj ft yea, ha sew that tha door wu open, with Tom Cameron on the threshold, looking out at him. Hallo," Mid George, "thb nights a holy terror, and dont yon forget 1L" "No; I abut," growled tha other in a strangely harsh tons "What hava yon been doing at tha hack than?" "I lost my way when tha bit wind earn, for I reckon yon cut see mor'n six Inches with this tarnation snow in your eyes But look here, dont yon take np all tha doorway," ud tha paakar, who had caught tight of aomo-body behind Cameron, pushed hb way In, tha other giving plaea la very hesitating manner.

Tom!" cam in th tones of Bella Cameron's voles; "yon stick then though you didnt wish Mr. Darney to come Inslds" Georgs ubo appeared not to notice anything strange in Cameron' manner, removed hla enow-covered cap ud wu unbuttoning hb coat, saying ha did so: "Tbcaa walk are Jolly thick, Tom, a I know; what with tha old part, tha pace between tho ihlnglee ud tha In-ldo drawings I don't think yoo beard me knock, did yon, whu testing my way round?" "Knocking or no knocking, I guess It' about time I told yon I'm not duraad fool, ud I reckon I know tha reason of your coming hero so often. But I tell yon you're barking np tha wrong tree thb Urns nd soon you Ilka to gIL yon can. I'm bou of thb bout ud verythlng In It, ud don't torgat It' And for you, Balia, yon Just keep quiet, tor Ill not itand back-talk from uybody. Georgs whoa face had fluahad, ud then grown (lightly pals buttoned Ms coat again, and, taking hb cap.

replied, quietly! "I gum It tout my way to stay long in tho hooao of man who talkr to me Ilka that But baton I go let me tall yon, Cameron, yon know Intentions that I shall stick to them In spits of everything." Doner, without another word, though with strange bok la tha direction ot Balls ofaud i- i nothing of what yoo say. What did ahs leave, Dubois "Wall, monsieur, we bear that she left a chest of money In It, not rolls of bills, but good Drench and English gold, and many trinkets. Wn-o-al," drawled Cameron, "I guess If aha did 1'vs bought tha plaea out ud out, and what's then'll belong to mt. Melib it wu bettor bargain thu I thought" Well 111 hold wall not quarrel over th cheat, Tom, though Old Hamacll wu my sneet trees, uld Darney with a laugh, looking muawhll at Balia, who had listened to all this conversation with interest, ud heightened eolor, which wu not lessened by Georges last remark. "And so," shs uld, really to cover her slight confusion, "our houss contain treuuro, TomT Cameron, hu been observed, wu a slow spesker, but bad ha been quick one he could not bin uawarad th bat question sharply It waa answered tor kirn.

'It do! cams In emphatic tones from Georgs, Belle, with now erlmsoa face, thought th bed hardly Improved matter by her last words, ud her brother did not eppeer to com very much to her rescue, tor he finished th convene-tlon on tha euhjaet by drawling, "Tta, ud I guess itll be well looked w. It wu nearly a fortnight th duet at Oagaoa'a that Dubola, walking up tha steps to tho platform opposite the store at BL Nicholas, met Cameron just Issuing from th door. 'Bon Journey, monsieur," uld the Frenchman, raising hta cap politely. "Jour, Plena, cold this morning, oh! Did yon get eom whisky?" "Owl, monsieur, ud I would have told aum'sallt about my dotage among tha Tatan Bonks, hut somebody turned up la sleigh, u- "And whose wen tha euighr "Need monsieur ukr rented Dn-hob, with a bugh. "When it wu I do Mt know, hut K.

Ban) Blacksmith's Strings Experience. SyV GOQDLAND, Ku, Jan I N. I. AI-berteon, our leading blacksmith, hai been great auffaror from Rheumatism. Be wa so bad that could not deep In hie arma and for the groat pain In hit arma hotUden.

Ha had been afflicted for jreara, hot lately he wu eo much worn, 'that ha thonght be would bars to giro bp hi shop altogether. j-nen a strugo thing happened. A friend of hie roeommuded a new medicine called Dodd's Kidney Pills, uld to -r bo a fora for Rheumatism. Ha com-''prooesd to nu than, ud at ones begu to recover, file pals bu all left him. and ha la a wall mu today, and entirely fro from any symptom of fthtu- To eajr that be la thukful, la putting It vary mildly.

Ho la delighted. Dodd's Kidney Till deserve credit tor vbovlag this vary eevera and 1-of Bright's 111. mi bav bew anrad by PUla, tveu after havtag IjBl.tBbgawbutdoffloim A.