Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 34, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 January 1896 — Page 3

«lu £0u (Sauntg gmorrat M. MsCl BTOOPB, Editor tad Proprietor. r PETERSBURG. - • INDIANA. . FAJSAE, AN ALLEGORY. A temple in the morning light JRose fair, upon the mountain height, £ And shot its turrets high Against the vaulted sky. •The youth set forth with heart aflame. ZFull armed with faith to write his name Among the deathless great Who conquer adverse fate. "He leaves his home with pouch and staff. .And answers bq.ck with easy laugh The warning And distrust Of those whose hearts are dust. "The mountain roads are hard to climb; •The solemn centuries of Time * Have pressed the wrinkles deep Onvevery rolling steep. "Wild hungry beasts crouch in his path .And slimy serpents hiss their wraths *" While from the trees the owls ? Hoot, in black robes and cowls. Then fellows Night, a pilgrim old. _A miser, hiding the sun's gold. His dark breast decked with stars Won in celestial wars. tStlii.through the gloom the temple shed Its radiance round .the traveler's head; But in Its j>all!d light £ < His brown hair turns to white. By colder winds his face Is fanned. •He longs to clasp some friendly hand. Or feel the welcome touch ¥ Of lips that love him much, j At last the temple pates are Won, He enters in. his journey donej Then sinks in blank despair! No living thing is there. He cannot breathe the stifilnginir, *Th<* light, a phosphorescent glare, That ropnd his path was sh4d. Fails only on the dead. * —Theodore P. Cook, in N. Y. Sun. .MISS PHIL’S CHICKENS. IIY aiAKTli.% <i. MKUHEIK.

HEX Miss Phillis PloiJgt>r resol ved to embark in the poultry business

s^he received a great deal of advice from her aunts, uncles and cousins, the general, tenor of which was not to e in h a r k . Hut when a determined

lady of who has for several years 4>een.the manager of her own affairs, . jiussi e- a neat home and an acre of * ground in the suburbs of a thrivinsr village, and an .'inclination to raise ehiek•cns. and has no nearer relatives than • aunts, uneles and cousins to interfere, •ehiekens she is apt tt^raise, notwithstanding their advice. Miss Phil, as she was generally • -called, was noted among those who knew her for her determination and -self-reliance; so w hen the rdea took possewron of her that it would pay to raise, •chickens on her acre of ground, she •deiayied not long in putting \he idea info execution. The aunts, uncles and -cousins, perceiving that she w ould raise •vhiekens, gave her much advice in regard to the best paying breeds to raise end the details of the business. But this advice fell as lightly on Miss Phil's # indifferent ears as the former Bad done, and she calmly proceeded to act on her \ -owp judgment, the excellence of which was shown by the success of her enter-. j>rise. Those who possess chickens and’ neighbors should also possess a] re-.-tii - •• power over one or both; but the third year that Miss Phil was in the business of chicken-raising she pn- -< ssed a few refractory pullets which'refused to la* rest mined, ami -daily betook themselves to a livery stable kept by one Frank Fiushton. a laehyior of. uncertain temper. His temper is designated ns uncertain be* •cauH' there w aS such eonflioti.ngopi.n- ‘ ions r» garding it; certain.bullies of the stown,s?with whom he hail interfered

i;r ; •i vn ws^nm.i.is p.i.rxra.H. I| S~" ■*? ' ■ [ *w hen they were imposing- on thos« ' i 'vender than.themselves,declaring- him *to b»* ill-natured and ijuiek-fomprjrwd, while the unfortunate and nei*dy gnvc i him the reputation of* being most -amiable. He often wished to see Miss j Phil's chickens meet with some dire , 'fate; yet when a horse stepped hn one I *of them and wounded its toe. he nursed j it most tenderly until it became well. Miss1 1'hiJ knew not where those disobedient ;d|iiets weut. what depredations they committed, nor what ill j wislu-s were daily made concerning them. They knew a plslce of egress at the back of the yard and a near Wuy across lots which she, keen-eyed and watchful though she was. had not yet discovered. * r “Saul.” ended Frank Flushtbn one .day to Saul Carter, his man-of-all-work, who usually avoided all work which demanded an expenditure of muscle, ‘Saul, when you go home to dspner. -stop at Miss Phil what’s-her-name, and «U her if she does not ksep her hfcas

aw*y from here, 111 wrings their necks. ] N<s don’t tell her that, either,” said he ! a moment later, “but tell her I am afraid the horses will step on them and break their legs. Gather up all their eggs you can find and take them to her, too.” “All right,” responded Saul ^ “I have sent her word about them so often, I don’t see why she does not keep them away,” grumbled Prank. Saul Carter knew that not one of the messages had ever been delivered, they, having been sent by himseif. f.either would the present one be delivered; for Miss Phil’s hens were good layers, and it was easier for Saul to pocket the eggs and take them home to eke out the domestic larder than to deliver unpleasant messages to his fair neighbor. Frank himself, who preferred albumen to mucilage for restoring the adhesiveness of pocket-worn postage stamps, often made an opening-in the small end of an"egg and propped it tip on his desk on the other end, to serve as a bottle of that liquid. It chanced on this unlucky day that, for the first time, he made n still further use of some of those “pearly-shelled beauties,” as Miss Phil would have called them. When he was hurried with his work, he sometimes prepared his dinner on a litfte stovg in the office; and on this occasion, being in great haste and having but a scant supply of edibles on hand, he resolves!, not without some qualms of conscience, to fry an egg or two of those dejKxsited in the mangers. S^aul Carter having failed to take them all away. He had one sputtering away iu the frying pan when a shadow darkened the doorway, and looking up he beheld, to his horror, Miss Phillis Plunger standing there. Thinking she had come in answer to the, message he, had sent her about her chickens, he stood in speechless confusion, and allowed his egg to burn to a crisp.

At leng^ij lie found voice to say: ! never did cook tine of your hens* eggs* liefore. Miss Diver, though I sometimes break one to use as mucUage,” with a wave of his hand, toward the one on the (leak.1 * ; “Why, thah is ' one of Top-knot's eggs." said Miss Phil, womleringly. advancing’ to the desk and inspecting the egg. “I am very ’sorry about the matter, Miss Diver,” stammered jioor Frank. “Miss Plunger,** corrected Miss Phil, with a smile which Frank pronounced angelic, lie knew the lady before him by general appearance, but he had never looked4'into her,pretty, frank face before. and she was wholly different from the person of his imagination. “Have my chiyke-ns been troubling vbu. Mr. Flushton?** she. asked, blushing a little in her turn. “Why, hasn't Saul 'C arter been telling you? 1 mean hasn't he been delivering my hies sages?” asked Frank. “No.” replied Miss Phil, her smile returning; “I presume Mr. Carter's modesty prevented him from delivering messages which he thtiught^vvamld not bo altogether agreeable to their recipient.” “Just like Saul not to do as I said.*’ muttered Frank. “He isn't good for anything on earth but to catch drummers.” A satisfactory, though soipewhat embarrassing explanation in regard to the chickens having been given. Miss Phil . made known her business, which was to hire a horse to drive out into the country a few miles, It chanced that every gentle ^jorse in Frank's possession wate either on me road or too tired to work, so he could let her have a horse only by going along himself »*s driver. To this she couMl offer no reasonable objection, the charge being no higher, so Frank promised to drive around for her as soon as he had eaten his dinner. “Oh! I forgot’that you have had no dinner,” said Miss phil, turning back as she reached the door. “Pray let me fry you an egg fit to eat.** , j She insisted on performing -this act o» kindness for him, and fried the egg so deftly and daiutilV that Frank could |

have jwtten it with supreme satisfaction ] had it not Wen for the mortifying ret'<#? ons which aceomjKiiiied his diniier. "How contemptfble I must have ; p;H-ared to her,” thought he, us he sat u? his solitary repast. When we are humiliated we feel that some one is to blame, ami Frank blamed Saul Carter. "At least," thought he,, "if he hail gathered lip the eggs and carried them to her. &s I told him to do, she would not h«ve found me frying one of-them.**; lint during his drive with Miss Phil he* found her so amiable, so merry, so practical, so Everything that he thought a lady should be, that he was forced to' forget the unpleasant episode which had occurred. The 'vision of her cleaf gray eyes, and the sound of her rippling laugh haunted him for days afterward. "lluyv sensible she is,” thought he; “not due woman in .ten but w ould have 1 een afraid of 1 till, and ready to scream or jump out of the buggy w hen’ he scared, and tried to run away, and threatened x6 kick, but she never seemed the least bit frightened or Yervous.” At length the thought Odourred to him that he had a right to ask MissiPfa.il to take a buggy ride with him. I She could not more than decline the invitation; and if she accepted if—a visiejn of clear gray eyes, soft brown hair arid :• d I p- which was Wrfectl^niaptujring row before his/m inti, ^rhat vefy evening he dispatched SaulHfo her with a note, and told him to w ait for an allswer. I o, Saul did wait for an answer, whidh Miss Phil's dexterous pen soon exey cuted; and, being in no particular haste on his own account, he waited still longer, and regaled Miss l’hil with an account of his employee’s good qualities. “Frank’s an odd fellow," said he, “but he’s a goqd fellow, too. There’s nothin’ he won’t do for anybody be likes. Now he would let you have a horse any day i yon wanted it; and I tell tou it’s not

every lady lie’ll trust with a horse. He says they drive harder than men. If Fiunh ain’t got no use for a feller, I tell you he don’t care how soon he knows it; but he’s accommodated many a man in this town that didn’t deserve it, I can tell you.” r It was easier for Saul to sit there and ; praise his employer than to return to the stable and relieve him of the task of cleaning out the mangers and putting fresh hay in them; so he continue#! in this strain until Miss Phil gave him a gentle hint td be going, by excusing herself to pepare for the proposed drive. When Frank appeared, Miss Phil, fearing he would wonder at her delay in answering his note, explained that “Mr. Carter delayed a little after receiving her reply.” “Stopped to talk, as usual,” said Frank, smiling; “he will always talk when he can find a listener. He is of no account in the world to me except that he is a good rustler; I mean a good hand to watch for druAmers—traveling salesmen, you know—when the trains come in, and get them to patronize us if .they want to drive, to adjoining towns. I would fire him to-morrow, discharge him, I mean, if it wer^ not for that, and for the fact that he is slightly crippled in one arm and could not get ns good a place anywhere else as he has with me.” Honest Frank Flushtoh spoke quite simply, without the least thought of displaying his. generosity, and Miss Phil stole a glance up at his bronzed face, thinking what a kind heart he had under his somewhat odd exterior. Poor Frank perceived the glance, and feared that his necktie was awry apd she was taking note of the fact. Whatever she might think of his attire, he was sure hers was perfect, from Hie jaunty hat to the neat little shoe which i peeped out from under her skirts. This ride was naturally followed by others; and ere long Frank became a fsequent caller at the little cottage in whiqh Miss Phil lived, with a widowed aunt as companion. $ At last Frank resolved to put‘the allimportant question and learn his fate. He hit ui»on what he thought would be

lI MISS TOUB CUICKESS EVER SO MUCH.' quite a clever and originaljway of proposing. ? **Miss Phillis,” said he one evening, “I miss your chickens ever so much.” Something in his manner gave Miss Phil a suspicion of what was. coming, and, impelled bv the spirit of mischief. s|ie wickedly replied: “That reminds me that I ought to have sent you some eggs, now that they are so scarce hi the market; and I have neglected it.” Now, what could be worse for a man who is trying to propose, than for the lady of his affections to insinuate that he is hunting for a present of eggs? Hut perseverance was one of Frank's characteristics, and having begun he continued: <*‘1 have.'been thinking I should like to build a little house and have some of them to keep.”

"Indeed,; Mr. Flushjon, answered Miss Phil, *T have sold all I have Io siiare this fall.” * ”1 don't want to buy them," proceeded Frank. “I just want them to stay down there as a constant reminder of jou—not that 1 need a reminder of you, though, I am sure; for 1 am a twites thinking of you, aud. Miss Phil, I want you, too.” There, now! The- confession was out, and his fate was in her hands. She gave him a look which emboldened him to take her hand,, and elaborate the theme under discussion. -The conse-' quenCe was that a few months laterMiss Phil left her aunt to occupy the" cottage and went-, as Mrs. Flush ton, to occupy a pretty new home at a convenient and agreeable distance from the livery stable. Saul tarter tolls his confidential friends that he did a little talking to Miss Phil that he guesses helped Trank along right smart. Miss Phil, or rather Mrs. Flushton, thinks she owes her present happiness to her chickens.—Good Housekeeping. t urtou* Stunner of KereaRe. ; Ladies since the days of Junb, have manifested strange methods of showing their spite toward one another, but perhaps the most curious of all was thfb one revealed before Mr. Plowden. the Marlborough street magistrate, during a dispute between two dressmakers in the West end. Formerly they were fast friends, but quarreled over that eternal subject called love. One of them hud, in the days of amity, made a white satin ball dress for the other as a mark of respect, but after the dissolution of friendship she of the white satin costume, to show her contempt, took the costly wardrobe, dipped it in a bucket of water, and mopped the floor with it. Then an assault took place between the two ladies, in the course of which Mr. Plovtdeh showed his insight into feminine nature by remarking that he had never expected to hear a story told by a woman without a trace of exaggene tion in it.—London Telenrabh.

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