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The County Fair
Cucumbers
By M QUAD
Copyright, 1911, by AsnoclaUd Lit
erary PrfM.
When It was known that George
Hoggins, old bachelor. was paring his
attentions to Luc.v Smith, old maid,
the people of Crowville said that It
would foe 11 good match on both sides.
When It was known that there waa an
engagement there were many earnest
congratulations.
Mr. Hugglns had a little home of his
own and kept bachelor ball. Miss
Smith had a little home of her own
and enjoyed n small Income. The prin
cipals bad knowti each other for years,
and lore had come about through an
incident. Mta Smith was at her well
one inomlnK to draw a pall of water
when she leaned too far over the curb
and fell in head tlrst. Of course as
soon as she could get her hend above
water she began to so ream. Mr. Hug
jtins happened to be |>a*slng the house
and heard her and went to the rescue.
She was very wet and very scared, and
In the excltemeut of the moment she
fell on his neck and called hliu dear
George. Mr. Hugglns was also some
what excited and the first thing he
knew found himself callliiK her dear
Lucy. After that Cupld'a work waa
easy.
The marriage day had not been set,
but things were gliding along, when the
county fair committee came out with
the list of premiums for the fall fair,
still many weeks away. It so hap
pened that Mr. Hugglns had made up
; his mind to grow a big cucumber for
the fair. He had grown a monster the
year before., but had not entered it
And It so happened that Miss Smith
decided to do that selfsame thing.
Of all the things tn her garden, which
she worked herself, cucumbers seemed
to do the best of any vegetable. It
was one evening when they sat on the
front doorsteps In their happiness that
George mentioned the cucumber busi
ness and declared he would take the
premium over the whole county.
"Why. George, I'm also going to raise
one." was replied.
"All right, but you'll waste your
time."
"I know I shan't. I grew one over
a foot long last year."
"That won't be enough this time. I
think you'd better grow squash or to
matoes. I don't think we should com
pete against each other."
The matter was argued good natured
ly. but no decision arrived at
"Lucy, dear, i ask this as a favor of
you." said Mr. Hugglns as he took her
tad. *
"George, dear, yon can raise onlona,"
?was the reply.
-But 1 saved your life ?when you fell
Into the well."
"But the water wasn't over my bead,
and 1 believe I could have climbed out
anyhow."
"1 wouldn't bare believed you were
so stubborn."
"Nor 1 of you. I've always heard
you were open to argument and were
seldom In the wrong I'erhape we
have made a mistake?"
"1 hope not, but It looks queer to
me that you stick out for cucumbers
the way you do."
"And It looks Just as queer to ma
George, do you think a knight of old
would have been as finicky as yon are?
No. sir? be would have told his lady
love to go right ahead and glveu her
all sorts of encouragement."
"But 1 want to beat old Deacon
Swift. He has taken the prize on cu
cumbers for the last three years."
"And he's the very man I want to
beat When his hog rooted up my
garden last year he wouldn't pay a
cent damages, but told me to sue and
be banged."
When Mr. Hugglns left for home that
night there was a chilliness In his part
ing. He was still sticking on cucum
bers The question had become a
broad one. His whole future happi
ness was at stake He walked slowly
down to the frute, hoping to be called
back and told that Lucy had relented,
but there was no calling. She was
also realizing that the question had
broadened Next evening be went
down and sat beside the mill dam un
til a late hour Instead of keeping his
usual tryst. It was so the next even
ing and the next. Then It became a
matter of gossip that the engagement
was off.
As time went on the cucumbers
grew and grew. They grew by day
and grew by night.
And at last, when the day came that
their stems were cut and they were
carried off to the fair on pillows, one
could detect no difference between
them. They were twins. It was said
that the cucumber committee would
have spilt the prize, but It didn't turn
out so. Deacon Swift drove Into the
grounds with a whoop and a holler and
unloaded a cucumber that took the
cake by ten points. Mr. Huggins saw
the unloading. So did Miss Smith.
S'bey were aware of each other's pres
ince. but hadn't spoken. Now tbey
began to edge around nearer and after
awhile found themselves face to face.
"He's a mighty mean man!" exclaim
ed George. ?
"Perfectly contemptible!"
"1 feel sorry for you after all your
Jrouble."
"And I for you."
"I want to get even with the deacon,
and I know of but one way. Will you
help me?"
She took his arm, and tbey walked
away, and next month there was a
wedding. Some folks have to go
through just so much trouble to And
happiness.
NEW STORE
ON BROADWAY
A new a tore will open on Broadway
tomorrow morning. The establishment
belongs to Tony Dortero, and there
will be carried a stock of undercloth
ing, shoes of every description, work
ing clothe*, and other accessories fca
men's dress. A lot of the goods
which were ordered sometime ago,
hare i?t yet arrived, but will be in
soon.
Later on Mr. Dortero contemplate#
adding a clothing department to htfl
store and will carry the standard
make of men's clothes. The main
object of Mr. Dortero Is to kill off th
mail order business, which cater* to
that particular branch of wearing ap
pare], which he already has In stock.
D.D.S DOING
THE NORTH
Doctor Geo. T. William?, of Seattfc
accompanied by doctors O. V. and
Arthur Black of Chicago, arrived on
the Dolphin today and left on the
same boat. Doctor C. V. Black is th<
dean of the Northwest Dental College
of Chicago. His son, Dr. Arthur
Black spent the greater portion oi
his time in Sk&gway making photo
graphs of the Dowers in this city
Skagw&y's gardens, he said are n
wonderful revelation to htm.
All kinds ol second hand fir lum
ber for sale. R. B. F\?ter, 11th and
Main. tf
Btfore you stampede, get your
L*?Ation Notices, Placer or Quartz,
(rem the Dally Alaskan. tf
W. D. McDonald a teamster who
has been working for Schulti, of At
lin, is at the White Pass hospital suf
fering from a complication of diseas
es and is very sick.
Mrs. E. C. Howerton met with a
very painful accident yesterday, in
which she suffered a fracture of one
of the bones In her right forearm.
Doctor Brawand was called and set
the injured member.
The harbor boat Peterson came up
from Fort Seward last evening and
is tied up to the dock undregoing
repairs to her engines. The work t*
| being done in the White Pass rail
road shops and will require a week
to finish.
Tuck Flaharty returned on the
Dolphin after a fwet days' visit In Pu
get Sound cities. He reports that
the people outside are taking an in
terest in Skagway's mining prospects,
and that he boosted whenever he had
a chance.
THE SPIRAL NEBULAE.
On# of tot Terrifying tnd M>?t*rie?S
Force* of Spec*.
The moot stupendous manifestations
of force of wblch we bare noy knowl
edge are presented by I lie spiral nebu
lae, whose mysterious nnd terrifying
forma were first clearly revealed by
the Lick observatory photographs
made In l&tt-IOUO by the late Pro
fessor Jumps E. Keeler. The heavens
are fnll of tbem-tbey exist by tfcoo
sands? and as astronomical photogrn
phy la brought Ut greater perfection
their amazing shapes tend more and
more to upset all former Ideaa con
cerning the processes of creation and
destruction going on In the Interstellar
spaces. They affect In an equal de
gree all theories about the origin and
ultimate fate of our own solar ays
tem.
Who would Imagine on looking np
at the starry heavens aome quiet
night that the earth la like a person
lost In the midst of the whirring
wheels and spinning shafts of some
enormous mill or machine room, where
running bolts, whirling spindles,
champing pistons, grludlng cogs, gy
rating governors, dlraylng flywheels
and leaping rods confuse the eye and
the mind and paralyze the limbs with
the terror of Impending annihilation T
We are not aware of this startling
situation because, while we see the
stars, we do not see what Is among
the stars The spinning machinery of
the universe is revealed only In pho
tographs, and as far as our senses are
concerned It performs Its functions
.with a silence which to the Imagina
tion becomes a part of the horror of
space.
These cosmic wheels spin with In
calculable velocity, but the span of
human life is but a second of time in
comparison with their periods. If we
could magnify time so that a second
would become as a century, then an
hour wonld be equivalent to 800/100
years, and the true aspect of the
spiral nebulae would burst upon our
astonished senses.? Garrett P. SerrlM
Is New fork American.
CONCERT IS
POSTPONED
Owing to the illneaa of Miaa Snow, j
t the concert which tti to hara beea
given at Arctic Brotherhood Hall
this evening hut been postponed nn- :
til Monday night. The concert wlH
i consist of solo work by Mlaa Snow, I
? aaaitW by MIm Klrms* am) Mr. M.)
, A. Snow, and accompanied by Mia*
Hindahaw.
RUBY STRIKE
ALL RIGHT
RTTBY CITY. Aug. 18 ? A new and '
richer atrlke baa been made ort Olenn
Oulch on the same proprty aa the '
laat. There ia fire feet of pay, Um> !
gravel running from 5c to SI: SO. A
big aUropede la expected. Fernanda,!
the dteeoverr of Long Oreek. has ?oM
discovery claim to Oaiwwden, of Fair- 1
banks, for MO.OOO.
Alaskan warn H?. tor reanlta.
itt aTCHES ?r* no* tn I*
yy thrown tnd thovt A
* w watdi is * fJdieatt ?fcw ol
mechanism and Mt* ?n4 jjrt de
stroy ft* time aeenraey. Wttehea
p*jrcha?H from mail nrier cem
rtrm are thrown ?boot by Mail
Clerks Mil they vert to modi junk.
K* matter (V ?rte? ta, ? Mil
Order W?t h Mt wer* to
frier vtofi (WreerM. D?f> : wto
rt?f? B*t a of
w? wffi ntrutet MCiatectfaa.
H. D. KIRMSE
Pionrrr jeweJer
SKAC.WAY. - - Al^SKA
John Morlne, awrlnt^nd^t of 'b*
At laa mine nnrter th<? Ofewtot* r*
?inv. *r<T)nTp*ni<=d by Or??io??b
arrlrw! In Stairway on th? r*>?|>l?Wi
thin morning and left on Ui? train for
Whltehorse. Mr. Morin# mI<1 fb*7
were look In* th- wxwtry or?r
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