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ifeaM&W#fc.«f»>> .: f* r ;r!2-ilS .' T'v:^ 7% **\/.§i? W. C. Be»636SS} ^ -ja^-— *~ \* BURGESS- J • fc \ 1 ® ris and Proprietors. NEWARK, 'NEW Y-ORK, WEDNESDAY, JULY. 3, 1889. 5 .^p^v^iaggg^j A 0TOBY .OF\ A FOURTH OF JULY; AND HOW .:.' . OIW BACHELOR PASSED IT. ^t 0 **** •»£» 4fitt$K^4«<*tte .) •• ! TeH roe not In'mournful uumbe«t Life 1B but un empty dream\—— Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-ei-a-z Wig! '•'. Some idiot wlio couldn't wait for it t o i, dark to set off fireworks had tried to lend up aTOekew^Jt rhad---tiiprjed : from ite-support,\ and parsed directly in front of us. \*Tl»i» Is positively dangerous! 1 ! I saitfl My .companion was too frightened to say anything. , We walked, trembling, down to the lake aati Joined aTpaJty on a platform to which the boats were tied. Two of that party were my enemies—the lieutenant juid Fan. They were sitting on the rude chairs chatting. We ttod not been with them fire 'minutes when iTWantwrisritJ my watch from under the pillow.. \Five o'clock; \ -.. _ Three uouni before breakfast. - ^There is no use thinking of getting up\ or . lying hero awake. I must go to sleep again; laad j[ gp to sleep Crack! Crack Crat!sl£hts-8»2-z bang]. 1 opened one eye to see if it were not time to get np. ft was only gwv dayifeht The: shn hadn't risen, t pnlfed and 1 turned back, on the other side, drew jap the coyers once !mQre,-ondJh_fiyaminutiffl- - was dropping eff Intoa sluinbtr, when — Bang! . '/, - - \- \^o was it r that suggested the celeDration of this fourth day of July with crackers and bombsT^l wished that I could bore a hole In bis head and introduce a dozen of each. ' Between the expkgjons I slept for five or ten minutes'ata tiuieand had/ Otful dreams. ^ dreamed,that I was. working au immense nut eracker,'w4th handles sis} feet long, and that |I- had-the. head of Thomas Jefferson in'its [Jaws and was Cracking his skuli It was iratured with a loud 1 .Craejsi ' . -_^_^. —-_^- +. • -/ .. j Iawoke with a. start. It was another of .those infernal bombs. ' lhad com? up to'tie country to visit my KrisodTomiTlntathiafather'A place, \Wiki- jwotd,* 1 to get rid of the firing in the city. ly nervous system was always delicate and I «ever could rtsffid sudden noises. Conse- * quertly it always .\seemed to me that every \\\ *\•* iMtgij^ jn Nir-g-'hg d\ors kn^-king . orer coalriajjd dropping heavy wrighto right by my oars. Independence day had been a terror to me as a child, and now I was a man a man- approeel dreaded it more each year. I bad come into the country with another purpose. I had long admired my host's daughter, my chum's oldest sister. Not the younger one—not that imp Of iniquity, Fan— us away with his confounded firing. .^1 had, made up my tninrt fcr. for,^ my f a t» from Alice before I slept that night I was soon togoon a journey and would, have ho other opportunity. We stralleTTsDoW the - 'grounds for half an how. Occasionally we would look down on the, party by the lake. a pjretejitiment of eviL 'I saw Kan wrap something in a small pieqeof paper and hand it to the lieutenant. What he did with it I knewlnot 1 was becoming deeply interested - in wba^ I was saying to Alice, watckiug'berr cheeks -that-reflected the soft blushes of the evening sky, Presently we heard\ Fan call- ing: „ -plainly a boron tied to a tnrcaa, and was smoking slightly. In a moment it began to itterr-Then tt exploded—Thl» time rf . ^thought I heard a girl's idiotic \te he.\ No more deep with the*t fiend'over mev What: luckt—that is, for the: fiend—the ~ of Unnecessary clatter awl out rushoa a young -wild-lndiau, with uehat, and a kilt buttoned fair. yes, Fan,not Frances or-Fa»myv*nt Fan. She was too wicked to be called anything else, I had no such taste as to want to possess that thorn in the tide of every quiet person. Alice was my favorite—my darling, my angeL I loved Alice as much as I hated Fan and fire crackers. I listened to hear thp voice of another imp, in the faniily—Dick. Dick was 5. I tup- \^powdhe hud gotten up early and was firing \ stisrexplosivesi Everytklngr was quiet except an occasional 'crack or a bang near my wjfl- dow. Where can the cursed thing comejfromr; . Theielajio one qu the lawn;. ^Lleastjjean*' - -hear any voices. A couple of hours passed during which I al teraatelydoiied, started, wondered. AUast I looked at my wateh'agaui. It was 7 o'clock, My window was broad open; It had heten too hot the night'before to think, of closing it, 1 lay on ray bade looking out. All ttt Once I saw something which I. at first, .thought was a big spidef lowering himself on its-web.—When- it--was my window it Ptplndftrl Something at the same moment exolodi in iny brain. K was the sta?li of a thought. And.the- thought was let out tojtoat about fre&j iike the smoke from-a fee-eraokMV-- \It's-that confounded Fan lowering bombs from the whnlow above.\ . I lay quiet for. a few minutes^watcbing. Prttttv soondown came anotherone.. It was guests' chamber right under her window. I got up and dressed and strolled out on the lawn. It was a beautiful morning. The sun • '-. Aries. \\ \ _:_„^_ • was sparkling; on t* 8 d evr; there was the fresh smell of the country, and not a sound tobe-heard. _TMshildren were not outr-for some unexpected reason. What a quiet sleep I might- have enjoyed bad \it not-beenJor that diabolical practical joker. Sweet six- teetr!--4^-eT«s' there is villainy in a gir) it is a't siTtwn, 4 went upon to the piazza .and stood lOokj isgat thCnoble trees about' me; the little lake, covering a dozen acres, a short distance fn)uilhohouso; the broad stretch of ground about tho beautiful place where dwelt the family whose guest I >was. They were ail rich\ as Crcesns, 'and they all seemed as naturally reckless as rich f' Ull save,one^»' Alice:: Alice was gentle ahcT 4: i6*ely, and THATBOV. seemed that she couldn't bow her head Sow lowering mmseu on '^„w She lovcd^ictnrca and books arid I ^^ . Th, 'WP°? he r nose almost touched beforo.Oie-oenter-oL •SBo^g^Sifi^^ wi ^ ftd - she w ** T inosiuTOH,! TCTWTTBUU i>™ - *»o* ca|^v«Mijf ueceitfuIT = — '••' ' — mse she loved verse. I loved verse; and ™u ' , +*. « • u J - u <¥>** - IPU.„ ...i-j,.. fh» gTHfff. WftC flhwhwl,' stye when we were together there was-a sweet, in* terehangeof poetic thought.. ! 'DW Alice,\ ,1 thought as I looked ut the beautiful land- scape, bathed in the light of the morningsufl, ^Tiow different from »our brothers and sis- terst\ • « .- Just then,thedooi^ opened with a great deal \Good morning, Mr. Bliss. Hurrah for the Fourth of July! Isn't ii joliyf ^Setdutof tie way and I'll turn you a summerset.\ And befpre I could stop him he rushed to the rail of the piazza, put both hands on 1t, turned a handspring and lit six feet belojT on the award; I was standing where I couKbaVsee Win when he struck the ground, and hastened to -pick ,up his corpse. Wicked, reckless peo- ple never get h»irt. He had lit right on his feet) and was rushing around in a circle drag- ging a string of crackers after him. Ashe ran he lit the end. \*'''•.. Then 1 went into the house. At breakfast whUe old Mr. Flint-was say- ing grace I was stealing glances at Fan, who sat opposite. Innocent, devout creature! It sne never- winced „ . .. \Gpi \'em' agaiii f\ cried Tom from the other -end of the table. \\/\ Fan had beg»« to opeu-an egg for Dick, and ft would have taken- -the magnifying, power of. the Lick telescope for any one ex- cept rue to see the deviltry In hereye. What a sist*r-ui-Uwl I had almost a mind togiveitup. .„ I have no time or patience to dwell on the events of the early part of that eventful day. There were a gre%t many noisy, children •boot; and there was a young lieuteaaat just out of West Point He had hot smeUed enough powiler at. playing soldier, orbeard enough about forte and guns and things,; so h« mn«t ««•iU ip«)«t on the inane, amussniieni looked up at \mo and had the unblushing as- surance to ask me: ,_ • \Didyou ilpep well, Mr. Blissf' . ' I gave her a look; A look that, if she had- any feeling, would haye-annihilated here ~ \I #as Kept awake this morning, Mies. Flint, by explosive spiders.\ of Qrtng a pistol at intervals of, one minute all day. If the shots bad come all at paoa, or eym irregular jl could ^ave stood it. but came.at such expected Intervals, and I ed them so many seconds before the explo- sion.lhat they wore me out. I wished the fiercest of Wars would break out and that the lieutenant would be put right up in the front t thought what a beautiful corpse he'd make on a gun carriage. This lieatenant, by the by, was an adiqiMr of Alice's.' He was nearer Alice's age than I, and used to call. her_ Alice in the most dia- sgreeabie and fanuliar way. Fan. and the lieutenant were Very chummy. They were .both disagreeable characters to me, and.I spent many an bout trying to make up\ iny mind- which I disliked, the \most Fan orthe UeutenamV Dutluie this memorable \Fourth\ horror, the {woof them spent me time togetherand left Alice to me, . It was evening. The sun had Sunk beneath the horizon and left rosy tints upon the clouds. Alice and -t were strolling about the grounds. ThSer\was comparative quiet\ Only a crack or a bang once in a while. We Were~each arguing' for•'«>ur favoril Tennyson was mine—Longfellow was Alice's. ider,' f • E'waa ; saying, • \the depth of -i-tdolicate sentiment in - / . \Tears idle tears, I know not what they mean,\ fears from the depth of some divine despair, , Rise inthe heart and gather In the eyes.'-' ..-:•-•'—- Bang! -:•-- \•------ - •. • - \.;• My coat tail must certainly be entirely blown away. That child 0f Satan, Dick, had stolen up behind me and slipped a lighted bomb hi my-pockety, - . , »XKE | • \Alice! Alr^iool Oh! Alicet'*_ \DDnt fct us go,^ I said.'\ •> lont. wecoiilinueui \Atieel-O AhWl-iAl^icftr^ -JSt'egaveitup. We knew she would screech till we came; so we went. -. \eoineand sit here withuyandstopprowl- ing around,\ said Fan. \Yes do,\ echoed the others. There was. nothing else to do; no we tat down. \ There was but one seat for the. It was a chair'% ,a low flat sled used to push the girls on the ice in winter. It was placed With ite back to the water and on toe edgeof the platform. _.._„'. '': • NotwithstaDdiag, the desire of the party to have us join tbem,.DO sooner, were we seated than two of them went off' t o sit elsewhere; then, two others, followed and others,'{Ul all gone, What \ was that they, took their chairs wittrthem. There was no place forme to^Rit except where Dear Alice I, She looked up at me with such-sympathy. The poet's Words were, prac- tically illustrated. There .was real despair lath lifeaud tearain herojesfr- -_ —'-s™- Dick raif away with a wiioop and we re- sumed'our couversation. ' \ » I cah'tsee, Mr, Bliss, how you can prefer Tennyson to Longfellow, wlib.has $o, much more depth and who teaches us so. much. Take, for instance, .the 'Psalm of Life;* Myopportunity had coma I deftly led the conversation on,to that subject which most interested me, 1 began by telling Alios bow when I first taw her I had— \Dou't you smell smoker'she interrupted. \No I replMj somewhat impatiently.- - \At the very moment of ewAnieatinf^^ I was saying^,,\! knew that in you 1 bad found ohewhouV^- ' \ \There is certainly burning powder aear, H she idterrupted again; \I vmell it.\ \You are mistaken. I.could smell pow- der if any one' could, for I hate it Ahoe,\ I continued, after a brief pause—I took'her hand, I knew lovers always take the lady's baud when they propose, so I took Alice's— \may I not hope that -those aesthetic tastes •which we share,- and which' can alone form the basis of an ideal love, may 1 not count upon'V^-^ I had; been so rattled by the explosions all .day that I couldn't find language to express what 1 wanted, to say: •^Alioe,'' I comnieiioed agaiii, feeling a sud- \ ~«ig of Wtmethlhgilu m> uoMjui, \mj whole heartr-my-r-speak to me. AHce-^taU me that\ I felt the chair rise beneath me. I heard a deafening sound. • I was tilted backward *1 Tosea~Jow-fHUt uitheair. -My.headdi^Sftfibad. ~ a circle; and then was suddonly doused' in\ cold water; and Alice, who had a moment before felt the warm pressure of my hand, saw the soles of my boots as I sank beneath the wave. -.hi They say drowning people think of Jp.ll the sins-tbey have committed. I know.uot bow this iS, but! do knoiv that whUa under watSr during that uhcomfot4nhfc:diioking -1- thousjht of all the sins others \had ennuuitted. \It's that cursed lieutenant, .that diabolical Fan!\ They had deliberately- placed powder' undsSL tiie sled beneath the -chair to blow me un Continued on page fltree^
