The Post-Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, August 17, 1894 Page: 4 of 8
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A GIRLS ■
'.HERO.
^srsTSSL"sithej won,M *• A ship in the desert.
the HANDSOME BRIO I IRS IN
DEATH VALLEY.
“T wae ali settled,
when w e ware
children, that
Oernld and I
should marry
when we grew
up. Our parents
kindly made all
arrang e in e □ t (,
and we, of course,
were not consult-
ed. I think it is
perfectly horrid for parents to ar-
range thelrenhiidren’s futures in that
% eehi-bleoded way. Don't you Anita?”
And pretty Bessie Burton drew her
slim figure up to its full height, and
tried te look stern.
Anita West glanced up from her
laeo-work, and smiled deprecatingly.
* "But, Bessie, it was all done, no
doubt, with the kindest intentions.
Your father and mother meant it for
the beet. I am sure of that And no
doubt it will all come right in time.
You will learn to love Gerald Keith.”
"Neverl Why, 'Nits, he is nothing
bnt a dude. He is the most effeminate
ef men. His hands are white and
soft—so is his head—1 fancy; but I
will confess I know very little con-
senting his intellectual qualities, as I
have only met him twioe since wo
were children. You see, he has been
srt college for years, then he traveled
all ever Europe and Asia, and re-
mained from home for a long, long
time. I was at school and only re-
turned last month—all finished, and
turned out upon a cold world. 'Nita,
I have an idea—an awful idea, dear—
that if I were to meet Gerald Keith
again, I should hate him.”
"Bess!”
"I can’t help it! Why, he is as gen-
tle and effeminate in his ways as a
woman. Now, the man I love—if I
ever learn to love any man—must be
bravo I A real hero—not afraid of
anything. One who will distinguish
himself in some way—by a brave,
heroic action. Not the sort of man
that Gerald Keith suggests; a dell-
tate, tender blossom, upon whom the
•hill winds of adversity must not
blow. To imagine those dainty white
Hands occupied with menial labor,
would be the height of absurdity.
No—no; ’Nita, my dear—the man I
marry must be brave—in short, a
herol I could never give my love to
any other. So, I stand a chance of
being a ’lone, lorn female’ to the last
day of my life." She broke of with a
sweet outburst of laughter.
The two friends were seated upon a
vine-covered veranda at the old-fash-
kmed borne of Bessie Burton; and n
Be musical laugh rang oat upon the
air, a tall figure arose from a rustic
•eat not far away, and slowly ap-
proached the house. The figure of a
man,attired in the very latest fashion.
He was extremely handsome in a
rather effeminate way, and his hands
were unmistakably white. He looked
like ene who had never been forced
to seme in contact with toll, or the
hard grind of business. He lifted his
bat with a courtly bow.
"1 beg your pardon, ladies,” he be-
gan at once, “I have been waiting for
seme time for Mr. Burton.' I arrived
about an hour ago, and he asked me
towait for him here; oh, there he is
•omlng at last!” as a portly figure In a
white linen suit suddenly emerged
fete view. Bessie's father.
•’Wait a moment,” Mr. Burton cried
W'f- “I wish to repair my omis-
sion. Girls, I forgot to tell you that
a guest had arrived at the Burton
back for dinner. Once more aloae—
the two girls sat staring helplessly
Into eaoh other's face, and utterly
unable to uttas a word. But silence
with Boas vs- physical impossibili-
ty, and so at last she said:
“’Nital What ahall I do? He beard
—he must have overheard every word
I spoke.”
Anita looked sympathetic.
a,vr.r rj
Bessie, do not trouble yourself, this country,” said E. C Travor, a
Built by a Man Wbo Elixir tad Sultan
Lake to Cover the Oesert—Every Rope
Is In 1‘laoe end the Uecke Are ns Clean
and White as a Men-of-War's.
'What can’t be cured must be en
dured;’ and perhaps it will all come
right”
------- Jl wweua aw \a SIMTOI | I
well-known prospector and oivll en
glneer, a few days ago, “was a newly
constructed brig lying on the floor
Tx ,, uvuenruoteu ong lying on tno floor
sm^r di?nWrn ?T ^htL 1 °* I)oath v»U°y And it is there
am sure I did not mean to Insult him | yet. so that anybody oan see it
—only, of oourse, I could not think of | “When I first saw it I was almost
.tssLxS.,"”.; v"rrth:„•'«* war
of intense relief. I fancy he will no eyes, and thought I must have
truth r’fTtI rh IS i“b’ 40 pa9Bed thr°u*h *0016 mental lapse
deail^’it* pdV k^.°T th?t h® and "** n0‘ ln «»e Death valley at
Perhaps he is quite a. all. But after gaslng at the strange
opposed to marrying me as I am to objeot a few minutes and then look-
becoming his wife.”
’Nita looked hopeful.
‘‘Yes, dear, who knows? Well, at
took me to his abode, whloh was f
deep care a few feet from the brig,
with a delightful temperature. I
stayed with him two days and found
him a well educated man and very
interesting, but when I left him his
last words were, ’When the water
rises I will he ready for it ’ ”
WA8HINQ 8MOKL
A New Method of Healing Wltfi the
NuUanoo la Cltlee.
Washing air of its impurities by
passing it through water screens or
through chambers into whloh water
is profusely sprayed, is a well known
end much used proooss in heating
and ventilating practice. Its merits
wore conclusively demonstrated
years ago, and over sinoe advantage
has been taken of them in large ven-
tilating installations in whioh their
expense was warranted, and where
a smoky and unolsan outside atmos-
phere suggested the desirability of
submitting the air to some oleansing
process before allowing it to pass
into buildings.
It is not surprising, therefore, says
Cassier’.s Magazine, that a somewhat
analogous method should have sug-
gested itself as of likoly servloe in
dealing with the now so muoh dis-
cussed smoke problem, and that It
should have been tried with enoour-
aging results At any rate, a news-
paper paragraph now going the
rounds, tells of Its application by an
English faotory owner, whose re-
peated conflicts with the local smoke
ordinance prompted experiments in
this direction, and apparently with
perfect satisfaction. According to
published description, somewhat in-
definite, perhaps in a few respeota,
the apparatus used by him consists
of a large cast-iron tank, in which is
a slotted barrel, whioh is filled with
perforated heaters, and the tank is
partly filled with water.
The smoke Is drawn into the bar-
rel from the machiuery by a power-
ful fan, and undergoes a scrubbing
process. The burrol rotates very
rapidly, churning up the smoke with
Headache,
Dyspepsia, HnHgNtiM
are caused by bad blood, andjby
a run down, worn out condi-
tion of the body.
f-jood
Be sure to get
Hood's
Sarsa-
parilla
C“£g
ing around me and seeing the wastes
of burning sands and feeling the hot
. i i ,— T—----> — breath of the desert wind, I knew
least try and forget the words you that everything about me was most
said, and treat your father's guest j realistically real.
wl4li 0luUit?v I WM ‘be merest ohanoe that
Ho, when the gentlemen returned to ' I ran across the vessel," said Mr.
the great cheery old country-house,te Trsver. “because bad I been a tew
the five o’clodk dinner,-they found a feet further south I would never
l?r* “7°et and domnn* little lady at- have seen It You see, I had been
tired in a white lawn dress, with a working on the eastern side of the
great red rose in the laoe at l\er valley for several weeks without sue-
throat her blue eyes full of kindll- cess, and concluded to go to Mount
ness, as she received her father’s Darwin, where I would at least be
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when Bessie retired that night she is quite narrow, but about the lowest I per,®c? According to
could not help feeling that It had spot on the earth’s surface. I am
been a very pleasant one. Days not exactly certain, but I think that
passed, and Gerald Keith remained at where the vessel is located it is
Burton place. He was very polite and about 200 feet below sea level,
courteous in his manner to Bessie,but “After the first surprise had worn
he was quite attentive to her friend, off I began to figure out how the
Gradually it cams home to Bessie— craft came there. That the vessel
the state of affairs, and she did not a relic of a past age never en-
approve. tared my head for a moment, because
"He likes ’Nita’” she said to her- it was oonstruoted on perfectly
self—her face flushing crimson— “end modern lines and the wood hade , ,:r
he despises me because he overheard yellow appearance. Indicating ‘bat ! th' fh“Ptf wltl}
my foolish words. They were fool- “ bad not been cut very long. I am ' ,nl^Ux
isb—for how do I know anything in something of a sailor myself, -nd the 1 86 drou ar trays or
regard to hie real nature?” j first glance told me that it was the
But she was destined to find ont work of some modern ship-builder;
That very evening she was walking but that only made the mystery
with Anita in a retired spot, some greater.
distance from her home.* A pretty “Going close, I made a careful
stretch of woodland, with a shining examination of my strange find, it
river gliding swiftly by. All at ones proved to be a perfect brig of about
there was the sound of rushing feel <0 > tons, that had never been in
upon the faUen leaves which strewed water. Everything about it was of
the ground) and out of the woods, the best style of workmanship, and
just beyond them, a dog rushed mad- showed plainly that the workman
ly. A hnge animal with red, blood- bad put forth his best efforts. The
shot eyes, and protruding tongue, keel was laid flat on the sand, and
and jaws flecked with foam. , the starboard sido placed up against
One swift frightened glanoe and * small reef of rocka The port side
the girls paused ln horror. j. was supported in the usual manner.
The dog was mad I ' | "Climbing onto the deok by a
On he cacao, making straight foa small rope ladder, I found every-
them. An instant more and he won Id thing in ship-shape. The decks
have sprung upon Bessie, who was wer® as clean and white as a man-of-
nearest him; bat just at that moment w*r’s> and every rope was in place.
®*rald Keith suddenly appeared upon' Entering the cabin, I found evory-
the scene. Wrapping his handkerchief ‘blng neat and olean, and several
about his left hand, he oaught the bunks with bedding ready to sleep
dog by its jaws, and with hla right, ln- Such * thing, however, would
hand drew a revolver whioh he thrust bare been impossible, as the heat
into the wide open moqth. A loud. wa» simply unbearable, and I had to
report, a muttered growl, and the to ‘bo door, gasping for breath,
animal Ml to the ground, rolling before I had completed my lnveatlga-
over and over in the agonies of H°ri. The more I looked the more
dissolution. ; Interested and mystified I became.
When Gerald Keith turned onoe 11 waB plain the brig had been built
more toward the two girls. Bessie *bere she was; but by whom, and
caught his hand in both her own. >for wbatP
“Are you hurt?” she oried, excited- ' “* spent the whole afternoon
ly. “Oh, I pray you are not hurt! ol,n>blng over the vessel I went
Oh, Mr. Keith, how brave and noble lnt0 the rlK&in<f *nd looked over the
you are!” surrounding country, but oouid see
“Not at all," he returned coolly; no Blffn of • human being. When
“of oourse any man would attempt to nlffbt oame on I eonoluded to camp
save bis friends from such a horrible n#ar by, but had no sooner got fixed
fate!” comfortably when a voice from some-
"But—you are a hero!" stammered where called -Good evening.’ You
Bessie, “and I—I said such hateful “ay b* sure 1 jumped, as my nerves
things about you! Can you ever for- wore ,eellnK a weak through
give me, Mr. Keith?” ‘ , ®y strange afternoon’s experience.
“Not if you persist in calling me ' ‘,TherB waa no need to be alarmed
Mr. Keith," ho returned, smilingly thou*fh’ lor a good-natured looking
"Won’t you call me Gerald, dear? map with *ray halr and beard was
Bessie, I love you, I hare always BmUn* at me. Of oourse I at once
loved you. I think; can’t you overcome ^eluded that he knew something
yourdUlike of me and try and lora a the * wai and in rhera wm a look of mute appeal in
me wall enough in time to ba my a u iw “e explained tho bar eyas aa she oarao and rested her
wife?” * whole thing to me and also showed head upon her husband’s shoulder.
> j xl___i j • . . . . to what enda a fnolinh Id a a will drlvA . rv._u_- «• _l._________j
Hood’S Pill* «rs sn*ntl«, mlM and effective.
CARRIAGES
Buggies & Harness.
Two Medal* swarded at the
World's Fair, far Mrwaatli.
»nrt fccw Mrlm.
Our Bpiral S|>rlD(r» wartcntnil
IS .v*«n«, our vehicles • veen.
Kvery penjun own I lie • \or«.
should send for onr mammoth
____i Texas
only from the Urfeet me____
—_— fnciurem on eerth nhe mil a I
SSMA root to the coneutner.
ALLIANCE CAHWIAOE CO,. CINCIWWATL a
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to nott It it tru# wt ktf MH ..._______ ______
Hi grsstljr incrMssd <M*liti*s, hsvs htA to work mghta to
•»PP*F ‘AHi* apM M tw Astmstora, twkiuj
to A«rs. This svsr incisAsing, ».*»•*• cwwiiic f----* *
•nods, svsit In tisMS oi trsfck builutu Mprsi
tirsd, hut happy, m wiUto* tto ■ lulling .
smtsrlng Avrmstor. WhUa atjtofs c
4a, ws srs sxsrwhckQsd with, a. Wk|f?
pris# that st»
UsfcMsUbyUtt
best rspuUtion
•rsr Msfto for
knowing what
to 4o, how to
4o n and in-
m
Shot (ho Asrmotor
how tom tkoW i inl-
and tonka. Ordots
«n ns from orory nook
A businosi dsprosslon la
ft It by ns. Tho world
torn, my wondsr that
doubling onr lost jronr'p
dnjrs «t donrossion 9
tor premia**, trom Ito
prseonU this well fsd, '([
dll »ro prosperous, FP
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sieves, whloh ar* perforated, and
effect tho purpose of further washing
the smoke. The smoke whioh es-
capes from tho heaters is caught
again by these sieves and dashed
down again by a fine spray of water
from the beaters. The blaok sludge
of solid matter is foroed to the top of
the chamber and thrown over into a
ohute, whloh conveys it to a wooden
tank. The smoke which finally es-
capes from the maohlne is said to be
comparatively inoffensive, and there
is certainly good reason to believe
that this should be so.
It is Interesting to noto, moreover,
that the use of the apparatus does
not end with the cleansing of the
smoke. The blaok deposit gathered
by it is taken off in barrels to be
used in tbe manufacture of paint and
printing ink, yielding an acceptable
revenue instead of polluting the at-
mosphere, and the remaining liquid
is said to have proved itself a most
valuable d is In fee tan! Thus a two-
fold purpose is accomplished, either
one of whioh would seem to be suffi-
cient to oommend tbe prooess to man-
ufacturing communities in which
smoke suppression is a live topic.
Remarkable If Trae.
“The strangest things happen
sometime a”
"That is true; but whit leads you-
to make the remarkP”
“Just this.. I was passing a house
yesterday and two ladles come to
the door; and, although you may
find it hard to believe, it is never-
theless a fact—they said good-by to
eaoh other just onoe and parted, oue
going down the street and the other
re-entering the house. ”
“Said good-by just onoeP”
“Just onoe."
“Well, I’d advise you not to tel]
that story anywhere if you don’t
want your veracity suspeoted.”
To Kniertalu.
1’here was a look of mute appeal in
’ «vU
f«r tlieiw pour In up-
__iil e«.~n#T«t the surti.
to am mm/ ill ut
SSSmT JTJSS
ln . 1 „ a wwaa
•ra, mien, managers Bad Mlltrs ef lernetors. Keen the
purchasers of As r actors axe tho wide-a waits into^Ugswt,
•to-ths-ti met gash buyers la day con. iaunity. 4«r«iMtse
mmpU haws wo forabodiags ef dis-iMcr and Mrd Use,
Asristir employ** sever strlk*. They era presperoea and
siwtostsii Evan ia the oivll comatotioa and graat upheaval
rBsontly raging in Chicago, the Asrmotor people wert at work,
radiant with smile* Bad good ahear, nni iwidy to help briM
UamtoK co . ink. s»k»uiu>4-—- -,r, „ f|
crixii n mu m ik.xrfo.smj
W. L. DouclaS"^
SB CIJAr IS THE BEST.
9nwt ROaCWEARINO.
And tho golden head rank upon his ‘° wl>at ends a foolish idea will drive
shoulder, utterly unmindful of Anita's a man'
presence, while the red lips wbis- - “Ho Ba'a hlB name waB F,,«dsrio>i
| pered:
“Yes!"
And so Bessie found her herol
How Ho Won Hor.
Evans, and that he was a ship build-
er by trade and one of the California
pioneers of ’49. He nad never made
a big strike, but had always kept
I prospecting, and when tbe water
TOE JUHIMAX. FELL TO THE GROUND.
place. Gerald, this is my daughter
Bessie, Miss Anita West, her best
iriend. Girls, this is an old friend—
Be raid Keith—just returned from
fbreign parts, and anxious to renew
aid acquaintance.”
For juste moment Bessie felt ns if
ibe would like to sink out of sight
To use her own words; “You night
have knocked her down with a
feather.” She glanced helplessly In
Anita’s direction; but that damsel
was busily engaged in studying the
•ky which stretched out blue and
eolorlesa over bead, and proved no
eaabtonee to Mias Bessie Somehow,
iBe Introduction was aoknow'-'—"*
and then Mr. Burton esoo-
Irlond away. leaving behind
•Darling,” she murmured, “you will
spend as many evenings at home aa
you possibly oan, won’t you?” H«
looked into her upturned face and
sighed. “Yes,” he answered. “How
good of you, Errol," she exolaimed.
“I wouldn’t ask it, only our new
hired girl is just lovely and I don’t
want her to get dissatisfied. ” As he
disappeared down the street sh«
stood at the window and waved hat
hand. —Detroit Tribune
Mo Danger of That.
“Do you think, dootor.” naked
Cholly Thlstletop, anxiously, “the
--- ------ --- symptoms indioate softening of the
■roBMB ABMd. | a oouple of men to holp him lay tho bwaln?”
Well, Miss Parsay ia oonsoled keel of the vessel, put in the masts! “No, not at ail sir,” answered the
ior the loss of her parrot. I see and do the other heavy work. At , physician, deoldedly. “Not at all
that she got married a raw days flr"‘ the work w»8 pushed rapidly, j There is no indication of brain die.
sinoe" "Yes. she married the man but when the waters oomtnenoed to order. The trouble lies at the uppei
•he suspects of kitting the parrot." recede Evans took things easy and end of the spinal oord. Let ma ss*
*sow IIB won IIor. i wuou »uo nanci
Miss Ktohglri of Chicago—And so roBe ia 8alton lalf8 » taw years ago
you kissed the blarney stone nt tba waB at worlc ln tho mountains
Columbian exposition? He ha! It around l)ettth valley. It was then
was nothing but a Chioago paving that ha *ot 14 ln ble head that the
stone Mr. Hmartobap—So 1 heard water would eventually reaoh that
at the time, but I thought perhaps looaU‘y and he w“ determined to
you might have walked on ItT Than hava tho fir8t V8BBal *° floa‘ ln
she married him.—New York Weekly. the new Baa EvanB waB no* a poot'
_______ ' I man, but had enough money to hire
Trouble Ahead
—Indianapolis Journal.
--------------»--- uuu VI bUO N|)1I
did all the work himself, beoansa he your tnnguo”
thought the water would not pome
again for a year. Ho has been dls-
Hnm.thlnf Wrong. ngoiu tur a jroar. ns nao ijttnu uib-
Johnnjr—Mamma, my too* arc not' appointed every year sinoe, but still
[ as bard aa laather, are they? Mam- thinks that Death valley will beoome
mo-eNo. Johnny. Johnny—Then, a »«>d h* it ready for It.
Mb
'
how do they wear them-
igb my shoes?—1’uok
“I was well treated by Evans,”
A DAngoroua Mon.
Sprlngtop—Y our wife tells mayoe
Insisted on ohaaglng her dootoa
Daugtreo—I should say sol Why,
the one she had said he thought she
‘ eavawM “J "'BUB, tUD UUO BUO li »U HtolQ D<
said Mr. Travor in conttluding. “He | ought to go to Europe.
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