Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1898 — Page 3

GAINED FORTY-EIGHT POUNDS.

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“Most decidedly,” he replied. “Hildred,” he said, after a pause, “I hope you are not going to turn out romantic.” “I hope not,” she replied, quietly. “You have told me the truth, papa, and, though it has astonished'me, I thank you for it —one should not have false notions. I have asked because it strikes me that it would be a terrible thing to marry without love, and then for love not to come afterward.” “Such a thing could not be. Every woman with a well-regulated mind loves her husband; every husband in the same way loves his wife.” “Then, if I marry the Earl of Caraven now,” she said quietly, “I shall learn to love him afterward?”

“Certainty,” he replied, with a wish that she were not so earnestly sincere. “I have not thought of marrying,” she continued, in the same earnest, simple tone. “You see, papa, there was nothing to make me think of it. There were no gentlemen at St. Roche, and I have been po busy with my books. I liked study. I like it now. I like the idea, too, of being a countess —it has a pleasant sound—‘Lady Caraven.’ And you are sure, papa, that I shall love my—love Lord Caraven after marriage, if not before?” “I am quite sure,” he replied, with unnecessary fervor. She turned slowly to him. “I will marry the earl,” she said, simply. He looked delighted. “I shall see him and tell him to-mor-row,” he said. “Now, remember, Hildred, this is a very solemn matter. You cannot go back after you have once pledged your word.” “I shall not want to go back,” she said. “It is a fair destiny—why should I wish to change it? Countess of Caraven! When shall I see him—the earl—again, papa ?” Arley Ransome could not suppress a slight pang of reproach. If she expected to find a gallant wooer in the spendthrift earl, she would be wofully disappointed. It would be best perhaps to prepare her. “Very soon; and I am quite sure he will be pleased. But, Hildred, I want to sqy something else to you. Common people have common customs. When Darby goes to woo Joan, he sits with his arm round her waist. Men like” —then he grew confused, remembering that men were alike all the world over—“men like the curl woo in a different fashion.” “What is their fashion?” she asked, quietly. “They say little of love —they talk no nonsense—they send princely presents of diamonds and jewels—they prove their love by actions more than by words.” “I see.” Then she added, naively, “Do you know, papa, I think I should like what you call the Darby and Joan fashion best.”

WOOED AND MARRIED

BY CHARLOTTEM BRAEME.

CHAPTER lIL Hildred had gone through the grounds down to the banks of the river; she sat there watching the color of the water change as the twilight deepened. A tall beedi tree with superb spreading branches grew near; the grass was studded with white and golden flowers. There Arley Ransome found her, the daughter on whom he had built all his hopes of fame aqd fortune, her dark eyes fixed on the tranquil stream, her white hands lying listlessly on her knees. "Hildred!” said Arley Ransome, “I have something very particular to say to you. I will sit down by your side. How gloriously beautiful the river looks tonight!” “Something to say to me?” she repeated, dreamily. “You could not have chosen a better time for saying it, papa. I never care to talk on nights like these; I can only listen.” “The brightest hope of my life has been accomplished to-day, Hildred,” he began; “that which I have longed for has been given to me. I have been pleased, projid and happy.” He saw that her interest was awakened., and that her eyes brightened. She looked earnestly at him. _ “Pleased, proud and happy? That seems a great deal, papa.” “It means a great deal, Hildred. Today the Earl of Caraven has asked permission to make you his wife.” If he had expected any demonstration of delight he was disappointed. She made none. She did not blifsh, or look pleased or displeased. The calmness of her face was unbroken. “The Earl of Cnraven. That is the gentleman I saw to-day, papa?” “Yes, that was Lord Caraven, and he wishes to make you his wife.” “But how can he, papa? He ha® seen me only once. Why should he wish to marry me?” “That I cannot say, Hildred,” he answered; “I am better versed in law than in love; I can only repeat what I have told you. The earl wishes you to be his wife.”

The dark, eloquent eyes traveled slowly from his face to the river, and then back to the shrewd, eager countenance. “And this is the dream of your life, papa—that I marry him? I should be a countess, I suppose, papa. One of the girls from St. Roche, our school, became a countess—everyone envied her; but her marriage was not a very happy one.” “All marriages would be happy if women expected only a little less than they do, and were rational,” he said, hastily. She knitted her fair white brow, while she thought deeply, silently. “The Earl of Caraven wants to marry me, papa—did he say that he loved me?” “Gentlemen seldom speak to lawyers about love,” he replied, impatiently. “This is not a mere sentimental, nonsensical love affair; it is of far greater importance. Give it your serious attention, Hildred; put aside all the nonsense.” Again the dark eyes wandered from the rippling river to the blue sky, to the green trees, the soft, dewy grass, the sleeping uneasily, as though reading something there that did not harmonize with her father’s words; then she spoke to him —years afterward she remembered her words. “That is your dream, papa—to see me Countess of Caraven. Tell me —I have been at school all my life, and I know so little of real life—it seems to me that I have done nothing but study—l have read few novels, I know nothing of what people call love, but you, my father, would not deceive me —tell me, is love a needful part of marriage? Is it right to marry without it? Are people happy without it?”

CHAPTER IV. Hildred Ransome was engaged to be married; she was to be Lady Caraven, and on this day her lover was to visit her. Mr. Ransome, hoping to make matters smooth and pleasant, hnd invited his future son-in-law to dine with him, and that he might not feel dull had asked the humorous' and brilliant talker, Mr. Carwey, to join them. It was well that he had done so, for the actual presence of her lover seemed to strike Hildred dumb. She looked at him whenever she found that he was looking elsewhere. She thought him very handsome. His indolent, careless grace contrasted so favorably with her father’s sharp, brisk manner. She wondered why the earl looked worn and haggard. When dinner was over, the earl evidently preferred the society of Mr. Carwey to hers. “Why had he asked to marry her if he did not care to talk to her?” she said to herself. “How strange it was!” Then her father invited Mr. Carwey to have a game of chess, and the earl walked slowly across the room to where she was sitting. He stood by her side, tall, stately, despite his indolent grace of manner. Her heart beat. What was he going to say? He bent hi® head somewhat stiffly. “I have to thank you, Miss Ransome,.” he said, “for honoring me by wearing my ring.” She looked up at him, and there was something in the calm gaze of the pure eyes before which he shrank. “You wished me to wear it, did you mot?” she asked. “My father thought so.” t “Certainly. lam delighted.” Try as be would, he could not conceal a tone of irony. She detected it and looked at him again. He bowed aud continued: “I am fortunate indeed. I have to ask you, Miss Ransome, now that you have consented to—to become Lady drawn, to tell me—that is to say—what day will suit you?” “Day for what?” she asked, innocently. “A day to be married on,” he replied. A look of rebuke stole over the girlish face. “You spoke of it so lightly,” she said, “that I fancied you meant a day for going out somewhere. You spoke .as if you were asking me to arrange a day for boating on the river.”

“What shall I say, then?” he asked, smiling despite his annoyance. “It is not for me to tell you,” she replied, in all simplicity. He laughed aloud. “Shall I say ‘loveliest, fairest’?” With an air of grave displeasure she rose from her seat. “Lord Oeraven, I will hear no more,” she said; "your manner does not please me.” He longed to retort, “Nor do you please me;” but he was merely a fly in the spider’s web—he could not escape. He followed her. After all, he was a gentleman, and she was to bear his name. “I am unfortunate, Miss Ransome,” he said, “in having displeased you—pardon me. I had every intention of asking you the question with all decorum—pray permit me to repeat it.” “Do I understand you rightly?” said the grave, sweet, girlish voice. “Are you asking me to decide as to my wedding day?” “I am indeed so brave,” he replied. “Then I must decline to do so—my father will know best what time will suit him.” “I understood from Mr. Ransome that six weeks from now would be convenient,” said the earl. Her face did not change—no flush or pallor told that the words had affected her. “Six weeks,” she said, mqsingly; “I shall be eighteen in four weeks from today!” ’ “I wish,” he said, “that I could be eighteen over again.” "Would you be the better for it?” she asked, curiously. “I should at least be wiser,” he answered, and she made no comment. "She has a little more spirit than I thought she had,” he safd to himself. Then, when he had the opportunity, he told Arley Ransome that he had been unfortunate in his interview with his daughter. Mr. Ransome quickly made everything smooth—the wedding day was .to he on thp third of August. “Something may happen before then,” thought the earl; “if not, I have always one resource, always one haven. Much may happen before the third of August.” While Hildred Ransome said to herself that, if she liked hei; future husband no better in six weeks’ time than she did mw, it would be but a sorry wedding day.

CHAPTER V.

Hildred Ransome did not seem to understand either the day or the event until she stood before the altar in St. George’s Church. Then, with a cold shock and a cold dull pain, the full realisation of it all came to her. It was her wedding day, and she was about to marry the handsome, indifferent earl, who stood by her side. All that had passed before seemed like a dream. The sunshine had awakened her. There came a confused vision of maids in waiting, of silk and lace, jewels nnd flowers. She had heard her own maid Amice say: “Poor young lady, it is hard to have neither mother nor sister!” Lady Riche had swept into the room, and had admired the beautiful wedding dress. The only sensation that Hildred had had was one of cold, sick faintness. When she was dressed her father had kissed her and said: “You will make a beautiful countess. Hildred. She had thought the morning might bring her some token from her lover—a note or present—something to remind her of him; but it did not, and her heart misgave her sorely. Then, after a long drive, she found herself in the fashionable church of St. George’s, Hanover Square. There was a string of carriages outside; the church was crowded with spectators. Amidst the throng, the odor of flowers, the rustle of silk, the gleaming of satins, the shining of rare gems, with the whiterobed minister before her and the handsome earl by her side, she realized the fact that it was her wedding day; hitherto everything had seemed as in a dream. It seemed to her that she passed through a sea of faces, that people crowded round her as she went down the church. She saw the long line of carriages, the profusion of wedding favors. She made no attempt to speak; if she had done so she would have lost herself in a passion of tears. At home again, her father took her in his arms, and kissed her face, whispering: “My daughter, Countess of Caraven.”

Lady Riche bad attempted a very aiM cares®. “It went off very well,” she said. “Lord Caraven looked tired. I had no ide* that we should have so many people there. I hope my fichu was al! right. There were very handsome dresses.” “A very pretty wedding,” put in Lord St. Maure. “I feel that I have been busy to-day in a good cause.” But the man who had married Hildred Ransome spoke never a word. Then the carriage drove up to the door, and the bride went to chauge her dress. Lady Riche went with her; the girl's forlorn manner and wistful face had touched even that worldly heart. “I hope you will be happy, Lady Caraven,” she said. “When they read the account of your wedding every woman in London will envy you.” "Envy me!” she re-echoed—“l, who have neither mother nor sisters?” “My dear Lady Caraven, you have a husband and a father, which I think better. Let me give you one little bit of advice. You are going to face the great, cold world; have nothing to do with sentiment, and as far as possible eare more for yourself than any one else.” Lord Oaraven bade his adieus; he shook hands with Arley Ransome, cutting short a gushing speech that the lawyer had carefully prepared. Then Arley Ransome was touched again. Some one said that Lady Caraven was in the morning room, waiting to say good-by to him there alone. The tender arms were clinging round him, the dark eyes looking into his—* sad, wistful face, full of pathetic inquiry, was near his own. “Papn,” she whispered, and there was an agony of entreaty in her voice, “you are quite sure that you have not deceived me—you are quite sure that I can be happy without love?” He laughed. “You will find that the Countess of Caraveu has more .to think about than a trifle like love, Hildred.” Her arms fell from him; he raised her sad. sweet, girlish face from his breast. “I will believe you, papn,” she said; "I will trust you to the very end.” Then she went nway, nud Arley Ransome would have spent a far happier day if those words had not lingered with him. Hildred was alone with her husband at last. Now surely he would say something to her—speak to her of that love that he must feel for her; he would not keep up the same indifference now she was his wife. The words that she thirsted for, that she longed to hear, he would surely utter; surely he would bend over her nnd 1 •ay something, were it only the two words I —“My wife.” What were his first words? 9tie had thought of many things that he might say I to her—sweet, tender words; the reality was far different. He leaned back with an nir of utter weariness.

“I never remember to have found time pass so slowly in my life,” he said. “The, sun is very warm—would yon like the’ carriage-hood raised?” She made no answer. He did not even seem to notice it “I wish,” he said, "some one would bring in a bill for the abolition of wed-' ding breakfasts.” Her face flushed with anger. He wns «o far from understanding her that he laughed. The paiu in her voice did not reach him. “Do you like being on the sea nt night?” he inquired, after a long pause. “I hardly know my own likes and dielikes yet,” she replied. "Why do you ask?” “Because the boat leaves Dover for Calais about eleven, and I thought we would take it.” “As you please,” she replied. Her face was quite pale, her lips were white and pressed firmly together. In her heart was a sense of desolation that words could not describe. He wondered at her silence, her gravity. It was the height of the season at Dover, nnd the band was playing on the pier. He sat. with his wife in the dining room of the Lord Warden, when he saw her suddenly start ns though, she were frightened. She covered her face with her hands, nnd when she looked up again her eyes were dim with tears. It was all because the bond was playing “Love's Young Dream.” (To be continued.

CAT KILLS A RATTLESNAKE.

Feline Mother'* Heroic Defense of Her Progeny. William Adams, whose home Is near Wilbur, Ore., heard a tremendous hissing and rattling at the rear door of his home not long since. He knew that a rattlesnake was doing the business, but the other sounds confused him. Thinking some of his children might be in danger he ran to the door. The rattler was there all right, but there were no children. But there, militant, were three kittens of the favorite house cat, and their mother. The four were entertaining themselves and each other in a fight with the rattler, the mother, of course, doing mast of the fighting.

For a while there were movements that would have bested a kinetoscope. The eld eat had tackled the snake by the throat In such a manner as to prevent him striking his fangs Into her back, and the snake was making a powerful wriggle and squirm to get free. Its tall lashed the air like a whip, and its black fangs shot In and out like three-pronged lightning on a small scale and in different color. But kitty’s fur was up, and she was using her feline agility and quickness for all it was worth, so that the snake's venom went out Into the air or settled in the earth.

Innocent as children the little kittens had a lot of fun with the rattler’s switching tail. None of themjwemed to care particularly for the taste of it, but they pursued it, caught it and let it go again, and threw it about much as they would a whipcord. Once or twice the rattler got free, and swift as an eel made straight for the little ones, but the mother cat was too’ quick for the snake. She grabbed the creature by the back, about eight inches below the head, and stopped its course. Finally, as if to put a stop to the struggle, the cat changed her grip, sank her teth into the round body close to the head, aud held them there. The rattler soon bowed his head, doubled up his hack, squirmed In intricate curves too many to describe, and gave up the fight. Half an hour later the family of Mr. Adams returned, and he took them out to the scene of the tight. The snake was stretched out at full length, its head nearly severed from its body. The cat and the kittens sat looking down upon their victim with that self-satis-f.cd smile which can come only upon the face of a slumbering cat.—San Francisco Call.

In a recently designed refrigerator the Ice chamber Is formed of a series of parallel bars, set In one side of the refrigerating chamber, which hold cracked ice and permit the free circulation of air between the bars and around the small pieces of ice.

THE CANADIAN GOLD FIELDS.

They Do Not AU U* la tho Takoa.

Yukon in the search tor gold, and ha* diverted the attention of many others. Hut in order to get there it ta necessary that a man should be poem seed of the lest of health, strong powers of endurance and considerable means. He leaves bis wife and his family for a considerable period, and the hardships he has to endure arc all unknown to him. • Canada has other gold fields, though. They are the fields that produce her golden grain. This year the crop of Manitoba, lying directly north of North Dakota, yielded 21,000,000 bushels of wheat alone. The current price averages 76 cents, which, as a local paper puts it, “makes the produqMn gold this year, for wheat alone, equal to a value of $15,960,000.” Twenty thousand farmers did this, or an average to each producer of about $798. "But these same farmers are not living by wheat alone. This is only one source it revenue to them out of many. They have also beef, butter, potatoes, oats, barley and poultry to sell, and sometimes jther things, so that it may be fairly estimated that their incomes will average st least SI,OOO per farmer. Thus Manitoba’s fields have yielded this year fully F 20,000,000 in gold, divided among 20,000 actual producers, and a general population of about 200,000.” After counting the cost of stamp mills, expense* of men, rich as is the Klondike, such vast wealth as is being taken out of the soil in raising wheat in thia one province, cannot possibly be secured in iny mining district Of course mining development assists agricultural development, and that is why the Government of Cnnada feels so much assurance in prelicting prosperity to all who take up farms in Canada. Western Canada to-day promises more than any other known field that is open to immigration. Farms of 160 acres, capable of producing the best No. 1 hard wheat, yielding thirty to forty bushels to the acre, are given away free. Railways, markets, schools, churches -nil are -convenient. The Canadian form of government is one of the most liberal known, and a hearty welcome is given to settlers of all nationalities. Already there are many settlers gone in from the States, and the reports from them are highly favorable. Those desiring information as to tree homestead lawn, low transportation rates, etc,, will have pamphlets, etc., sent free on application to the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, er to any agent of the Government

Remarkable Find of Oil.

Boys boring in the earth at Arlington, Ky., found kerosene oil of snch purity as to be marketable without refining, and moreover, at so favorable a point for commercial purposes that with the mere laying of a aiding from a trunk line railroad the oil may be loaded directly for shipment Stavb-ov Onto. Crrr or Toutoo. t „ Lucas Couxtv. (“■ Frank J. Chunky makes eaththat be to the senior partuorof tin tlrm-rf F. J.ChbxKtACo., doing business In the City of Toledo. County anil State aforetald, and that mid Ana will pay the turn of ONE IIUNPBKD POLLA ItH for each and every ease of Catarm that cannot be cured by lite use of Haul* Catakiih Cork. FBANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, this Uh day of December, A. !>., UM. j SK ,r I A W. GLEASON, ] SEAL j AMmv Ftobfie. Hall's i Catarrh Cure to taken Internally and acts directly oo the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testlnwalals. tree. F. J/CHENEY A OO„ Toledo. O. »~Bold by Druggists, Ibe.

Violent Administration.

Miss Fryte—Do I understand that you fare badly, as a rule, at the hands of women? Jaded Jerry—Yes, kind Indy; but It’s from de feet of men dat we expeeryance de roughest deals.—Judge.

Monou Sleeper to Cincinnati and Washington.

The Mouou through sleeper to Washington and Baltimore via Cincinnati has proved a great success and will run all winter. It leaves Dearborn station, Chicago, at 2:45 a. m. (sleeper ready at 11:30 p. m.) and arrives in Washington at (1:4? a. m. next day. Frank J. Reed, G. P, A., Chicago.

A Natural Deduction.

Diggs—Old “Father Time” is drunk again. Biggs—Why, what do you mean? Diggs—Time Is money, Isn’t it? Biggs—Yes, so they say. Diggs—Weil, Isn’t money tight? The Baltimore sad Ohio Southwestern Railway Company has adopted a plan of handling locomotive ashes or cinders at terminals and divisional points which has resulted in a saving of expenses. The device consists of large paas holding about three cubic yards each, which ere placed in the pit, and when full are moved by a crane to the car, where they are dumped. The machinery is handled by one man and the results have been very satisfactory.

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In the jailyard of a Mexican prison the warden has caused a phonograph to be placed which repeats to the convicts the charges made against them in the voices of their victims.

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Neatly Put.

He—l think I will kiss you just before I leave. She—That’s hardly fair, to kiss a girl when she's asleep.—Yonkers Statesman.

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Flying Anta at Jerusalem.

An extraordinary scene happened at Jerusalem not long ago. From sunrise until nine o’clock a swarm of flying ants settled on the holy city, filling the entire air and blotting out the sun. Visitors to the Holy Sepulchre were obliged to use their handkerchiefs constantly to keep the insects out of their eyes and nostrils. The natives declared that this flight of ants was the precursor of an earthquake, and whether there was any real connection between the two phenomena or not, two slight shocks of earthquake were certainly felt in Jerusalem on theevenlng of the same day.

The excitement of the past few months has drawn a great many people to the Canadian

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His Winning Plan.

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