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- AGNEW dr. BUCHANAN.
Attorneys at -Law.
Third. Street, Beaver ) Penes.
oct9-ly Opposite the Argos office.
J. 1 1 .trNLAP
Attorney at law. OM* In the'Court. noun,
Beaver, Pa. All bmslneto vonsuPtli attended to.
,(ntaybVit.l7..
JW. WILIJAMS' Tonsorial Saloon, Beaver,
• Pa. Hair Cutting, Dying, Shampooning;
executed la the most approval Styles.- An *ay
shave and clean towels gnaranteed. rtnip,ll-/Y
'FIR. TILOS. DONESOO. practice his pro
.l..,tession in !Solver and surrounding country.
Oak° In the Border building, 3d street. Bearer,
Pa. sprZ•lvr
4I to J. LAW • &WE—Physician and burgeons
I. °lnce, in room formerly occupied, bill. B.
P.tn - enue Assessor, 3d Street, Beaver, Pa.
sprlG-ly
. MlLLER—Physician and burgeon. Office
. that formerly occupied by Drs. ildilney
Lawrence—Residence. Dr. McNutt's bonne.
415.17
A LL KANO'S OF JOB WORK neatly and cape
ditlonaly executed at the Annus office.
0 A. SMALL— Attorney at law, Beaver, PL.
. Office in - toe Court House.i dec2S4l
TURN B. YOUNG, Attorney atiLaw. Moe and
sj residence on Third at., east &the Court Haase.
Business promptly attended to.
JH. IdcTREHRY, Attorney at Law. Office on.
. Third st., below the Court House. AU bud
promptly attended to. Jell,' lOU
JAMEN H. CUNNINGHAM, Attorney at Law.
Office east end of Third street, Beaver. Pa..
mar30:10:1.1
IjENRY MERZ . Manufacturer and Dealer In
I 1 Boots. Shoes and Gaiters; Main at. faitp2Etly
lISAVER DRUG STORR, Hugo &oarless=
Druzgist & Apothecary, Main at. Preacrip•
tions careiaLly compounded. (sepftlY
NEW BRIGHTOPI.
CBAs. COALE, Dealer in paints, oll,glamnalls,
pl‘te-glase, looking-glasses, frames, garden
And flower-seeds and fancy fowls. Falls street,
t;ew Brighton. sep37'7l-Is
%VIBE:7.ER a RUMBA M niteturczo of cat
ringer', buggies, spring-wmona, buck-wag
awl and rebicles of every description, Brid_ge
Both practical workmen. Successors tor• re
Metz. madly
LANGNECILEII„ dealer in Watches, Clocks
• .ad Jewelry. Repairing neatly executed,
Broadway, near Palle -pt.
I W. NIPPERT, Baker a Confectioner"; Ice.
• cream. Oysters and Game in season. Balls,
Widdings, Sc.. supplied. noyl
;7 Dl. WALLACE, Dealer in Italian d American
VV Marble•; Manufactures Monuments, Grave
stones d sails at reasonable prices. Railroad et.,
near uew Depot, New Brighton. iseiffr
DON TON RESTAURANT and EATING SA-
Loon; meales at all hours; tablesupplied with
all the delicacies of the season. Priceslow. Wm.
stickland, cog. of Paul and Broadway. my94'7l-1y
4,2 • J. SNELLENBREW, hierchant Tatlors,
C 4. Broadway, New Brighton. See adv (op14;ly
f NOSS, Photographer. Willson's Bloeit,
11. Broadway. Beet photographs from ro-tonch
rd negatives. (sep:tly
BEAVER FALLS.
(I'M. ROBERTSON, Dealer in the justly cele.
braced Domestic Sewing Machine. Ladies
call and be convinceiL Main et— B. Falls. (5p.27
TEVENSON W1TT1.91.1, Land ()Mee, 19S
Clrenn St., Pittsburgh, and Beavet Falls. Bea
ver Co., Pa.
s . TEWA HT & SON, Dealers in Yankee No
none, ac., Main SL. Beaver sepl3;ly
BRIDGE I* ATER.
WEINIIAN. 'Manufacture of Boots and.
1.• shoe.. Bridge St.. Bridgewater. (sep27;ly
_
I tBA Shady - Side Photograph Gal
es. 2d floor, Dunlap's corner, oppoolto toll
t?rittge. brulgesvater,Pa. aprlG-ly
A — ll - REMA, Bridge street, Bridgewater, l'a.
2 - i.• Dealer In Gold and Silver Watches, Clocks
Jewdry and Bllver•Ware, Spectacles, itc. Watch
es, Clocks and Jewelry repaired. [febls.7l;l.
AANIEL MILLER, Fashionable Tailor. .2ione
I / but experienced workmen employed. Shop
' ridge st., Bridgewater, Pa. feb34l;ly.
C 111:11T, Dry Goods, Bats, Cape Yarn,
Carpets, Oil Cloths and Trimmings. Bridge
St., Bridgewater, Pa. b sepla:ly
ROCHESTER.
wr W. JOHNSON—Deafer in Wall Paper of
all kind,; Oil-Cloth: Window Blinds:
Trunk* . Satchel*: Ba*kets: Toy Carte; Wagorm;
C hein , and Toys of every description. Near De
pot UOTS3-Iy.
I)ONCASTER I:loUSE.—Davict Wolf Proprie
tor. Pro Bono Public°. it. it. Street, near
COMM
KENNEDY b eo, limccessors to Wm.
I Bnecb l = 2 Druggists and Chemists. Pre
ziEtions lly compounded at all hoar.. In
ne Edam= Met. • sepia,
V ILL 8111TH b CO.. Ffr.ncy Dry Goode, No
-1 V tons • d Itilliaarp. 2ladiao i it., Dia
. r - 'PC • .!•
ENRY LAP • •
lienraituve et all klada.
.B4iitoa at, above
lisct. • ' • (aepltly
A MIIEL CLELANNYM Prescrip
cume earatany 4crivrand•6. Water et., Ro
chter. (eepltly
PEYERER & ' , Aboltsalo &Ilea' Deal
-1.-,er's in Dry GCsoolll,Greierieganotit,Feed.drain,
13 )La stores,fron iti Nan! Cerr Water & James Ma.
A I MILLER & CO., Cailtia dors and Builders , .
.11 • MI untactuters of Sash, Doors, Shutters k.c.
th.al in Lumber Lath 4te. Bashester. (sepiltly
COTT, BOYLE & WlLLlAMS,Stiateasara to C.
Lnkina &, Co., Dealers in Sawed and Planed
I.nmber, Lath & Shingles, s4thester. sp2B:ly
TEFFLER & CLABZ, proprietors of Jotmston
House. Good accommodations and good sts
'yes. Near R. R. Depot. octl9;ly
ALLEGHENY CITY.
I lIL.A.t.WINANS,Electrical Pbyalcian; Chr . enic
diseases made a sivelldty. Office, 187 Si , ash
1 t, ton avenue. Allegheny City, Ha. *pit ly
MISCELLANEOUS.
B. SNEAD, Freedom, Beaver county. Pa..
el • dealer in Sawed and Planed Lcxnan of nil
Lind.. Flats and Barges built to order. jan9'7l-2y
WIN THOR-NlLEY,Mannfaaturer of the Great
el Republic Cooking Stove, and Patentee of Por
table extension top and centre. Fallston, Pa.
V D. CONE, In. D., Late of Darlington,
• having removed to New-Brightcn, offers his
medical services,. in all Its branches, to the people
of the city and surrounding country. Office cot-
Ler of Butler and Broadway. sepl.3;ly
W. W. SARI iC.E" ,
!..ticces, , or to Barker S liase!tine,)
to.LE.•LE AND RETAIL DEALzv. IN
CHROMO -LITHOGRAPHS,
F Nar, , tr, or litbogaaphs, fain and Coloral,Pho
,fm,ph, Partout,, Mouleinge and Pietnr
I- rim.— or nl' klndn, A 7 Fifth Avenue, [3 door
•r: .t 1.::, 4.1 I"lt:•l.urzh, Pa. Dner742;le
Homes Still Larger
1'()11. THE MILLION!
I:are npp ortunities are now offered for Pec urtng
a mild. healrAy. and congenial climate
of their value dye years hence.
THE NATIONAL REAL EritATE AGENCY
has for sale real estate of every description, locat
ed In the Middle and Southern State.; traprored
Atoek, grain and fruit farms; rice, rojar and rot
plantations: timber and minerai lands :
and rural residence, and bueiness od.andt•
mißa and mill sites.factories,.tc.
rite for Land Register containing description,
~.• price and terms of proEtles we have
.r nal.. Address—B. CLA Eit CO.
77, National Real Estate Aq rhey
177 a,.,1 *79 !Vilna Avenue, Washington, 1).
Agt'ntM Wanted.
Wanted immediately, four active, energetic men
:) .pct 111 , Agent. for the — NEW^ WHEELER it.
ILSON SEWINU MACHINE in Oda county.
to ly .uch men rt. can give guod reference as to
baracter and ability, and furni.li a Bohei need
'We will pay gourante•el salarie., or fiber
,,f roments.iinn. to proper men. Only such men
a. re:lay desert to enter the tontine? need apply.
ti N st - fitNER .t CO , No 1411 Wood St . Pitt.
~,: r1:11. Pa. (mar6:l•
ASOID QUACKS AND IMPOSTORS
No Charge for Advice and Consultation.
",. .1. 11. /o /oft, Graduate of Jeffereon _Wawa!
Philadelphia, anthOr of several valuable
, rks. can be consulted on all disease!. of the
or Urinary Organs. (which he has made an
, -speciat study 'either in male or female, no mat-
••r from u hat cause originating or of how long,
•tandinq A practice of 30 years enables him to
treat disease with success. ('uree gnaranteed.
!large. reasonable. 'Those at a distance can for
%ar d letters describing symptoms and enclosing
r mp - to prepay postage,
lend for the Guide lo health, Price 10 cents.
3 B. DYOTT. M. D . Physician and Surgeon,
ly] UM Duane St., Sew Yorl.
$50,000 Reward !
be distributed to etthsenben, to the AM EFII•
' A WoIiKING PEOPLE In IRS. It Is the on
', workingman'' , Tull?' Monthly; has 16 large
~, A rt pagt-.4 with Illustrations.
Ererii Subscriber Gels a Premium,
an ing from 15 rents In value to $5 CU in amen-
Among the premiums are 2 of tail in
-•"' "nh , irk , ': 2 of /:(Ms 10 or /100; MO of LW; 01.10 of
Path, Orcan., each; 10 Sewing Ida
s.9o each. 50 Arnencan , Watches. $lO each
I,,sid,s many thousand or smaller premiums.
ZO per year; sent no trial three motths
tor... cents. Send for specimen to
CAPRON CO..
Box 5. Pittsburgh, Pa.
a; r2-3m
ivicbssisib
PHOTOGRAPHER
novOtf
New Upholstering Rouse.
THEOPUILtiS ROLLER
150 OHIO STREET, ALLEGHENY CITY, PL,
liege to notify the trade and public generally that
Le - hat , opened the above business with a anti
of Parlor Furnittue—as pia specialty. His
patent Rererrable Spring .Mattress la manufac
tured and for sale by Mtn. tend for Price List.
5-74zu.
Vol. 55---No. 24.
ALPS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF ERIE, PA.
WlC** • $250,000 00
Asssets: Oct 9, '7l, 311,948 29
Liabilities, -- - 5,200 Q 0
3.M. 131701A2ax
0. NOBLE, Preside/14J
H. W. Woos»,
1 nog. E. Goon
' Dl'
Hon. 0 Noble, Brie Hon. Geo. B. Hamster,
J W Hammond, do Igesdvilie l la.
Hon Belden Marvin, do Hon 3 P Vincent,
Hlram Daggett, . do Hwy Bawls .do
Charles HXeed. elo i G T Churchill do
H S Southard, doiCapt J 8 Richards do
W B Sterna, do;Richard O'Brian, do
H W Noble, do'F H Gibbs, do
J Englehart, do John 11 Cochran, do
J H. 'Neil, do X Ltartiebb, do
W H Abbott, Titarville. Capt D P Dobbins, do
Jim Fedi', Titusville.
rates and liberal toms.
bi a. Lahte r v rr t .: welts
Poiides issued at fair
Insures against damage
Fire. CHAS.
Bocheater. Pa.. Dee.
IMMEI=I
A Word With You !
If you want to hay propertv,
If you want to sell property,
If you want your house insured,
It you want your goodi4Jnmurett.
If you want your life /mitred.
If you want to insure stillest accident,
If you want to lease your ti tine,
If you want to hire a house,
If you want to buy a farm.
If you want to sell a fano.
It you want any legal writing done,
Do net fall to all at the office of
Eberhart £ Munson,
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENTS
AND
Real Estate Brokers,
No. 223 BroadvsyiNfrw-Brign!=,
augs-ti
Professional Cards.
GILBERT L. EBEREfA_RT.
Attorney at Law,
wtll give prompt attention to collections, wo
miring twenties and pensions, buying and selling
real estate, etc.
Once on Broadway, opposite R.8.L8. Hoopes•
Banking House, New Brighton, Beaver Co, Pa.
see 4tl
JAMB OANZEtON. JOHN Y. NAM
CAMERON & MARKS.
Attorneys at Law
And 'Real Estate Agrontm,
Rochester.
Will attend promptly to all [meccas entrusted to
their care. and have superior facilities for buying
and selling real estate. decthly
T.J.CINANDLENL,
Dentist, l'ttl contin
to perform
dea l W
- `,lmme”"• time In the den l
thi pro
- fession at Isis °Mee,
Beaver stab Roches
-4 .4* - -4i'ie
bllot
1 1, 644 10 I"2ll,aectriernVr ter . All w
ttf:
in the best possible mann 4' and the moat reason
able terms.
The books of the late firm of T. J. CHAND
LER A SON are In his huda, where all who
have accounts will pleue call immediately and
settle the same.
TZPeiatierti—sr.
,--:::.- Dr. J. Mar
-bm•c--t "Torilldtge
--.-,,,_ _
7, _ KR ef 9 ee9.
. ! saillalb mined tthit no
Dentist In the
---- .... -
~..,-,:r State shall do
~. . . ----. -- --- - work better or
, - cheaper than
' ' ..' he aims it to
- 4 1 4 a
S t . . its 'eV " .-2._=;;,
best nuiterlals
mannftctured In the United Stales. Gold and ail
ver tiling performed in a style that defies compe
tition Satisfaction guaranteed to all operations,
or the money returned. Give him a trial.
MK: I v
Manufacturers.
D OV1.1}•If
POINT PLANING MILLS,
WATER ST., ROCHESTER, PA.
HENRY WHITEFIELD,
MANUFACTURER OF
Sash, Doors,Mouldings,Floor-boards,
Wealher,boards, Palings Brack
ets, &c., cte. Also,
DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF LUM
BER, LATH, SHINGLES AND
BUILDING TIMBER,
Having purchased the the territorial in
terest of Mr J. C. Anderson, owner of the
several patents covering certain improve
ments in the constrz.ction and- joining "•f
weatherboards and linings for houses and
other buildings, we are the only persons
authorized to make and sell the same
within the limits of Beaver county. Par
ties interested will please observethis.
Carpenters' Supplies Constant Kept
on Hand.
Every manner of Shop-Work made to
order. - oet4:lv
FA. I,l,saioN
Foundry 6z Repair Shop.
Having been Engaged In the Foundry Businssa
for more than tiirty yeah,-daring which time I
have accumulated a variety of useful patterns, be
sides constructing model. and tatting out patents
fur Linprovetucuts on
COOKING - STOVES
--and after having - thoroughly tested thee? Im
provements, I feel warranted in offering them to
the public.
PLOWS,
The GREAT WESTERN Wu Do Su
pertor for this Locality.
STOVES , '
Stoves of Different Styles for Heating and Cooking,
The Great Republic °oh Ili Stove
Hai the beet Record of any Stove ever offered In
IT TAKES LESS FUEL,
LESS ROOM TO DO MORE WORK,
BEST BAKER,
mowirrouitAsi„E
T II E BEST STOVE IN USE
In convection with_the Store T lave got
up a Patent
EXTENSION TOP,
which occupies little room, no additional
fuel, and is not liable to wear out, dispen
ses with all pipe, can be put on or taken
off at any time, and made to sultan stoves
of any size or pattern.
Fir© Hundred Persons
Who have purchased and used the
GREAT REPUBLIC COOKING MR,
Most of whose names have been publish
ed in the Altars, are confidently referred
to, to bear witness of its superior merits
as a cooking stove.
Haying three first class engines on hand. of
&boat fifteen horse power capacity, they are offered
to the public at reasonable rates.
JOHN THORNILNY.
COUNTRY RESIDENCE FOR SALE
SITUATED 1.3 MILE BELOW BEAVER,
and having • delightful view of the Ohio river
and surrounding country; I mile from R. R. Sta
tion; house brick, two stories high. 4 worn*, attic,
hall, cellar, porch. etc.; all lobbed; wash-house,
smoke-house, well of water at the kitchen door,
new barn and stable with cellar. ?flee paling
fence in front of property' t an well g ood
orchard in besrin condition, grapes. p nibs,
tht reg• Val and all kinds of swafret.
WI be sold on reasonable tams. A Ply on the
premises to the owner, J.ll. G
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Treasurer;
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Nos. 172 all 114,
Federal Street,
Allegheny
CITY.
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Insurance.
ROCHESTER
Fire Insurance Company.
INCORPORATED by the Legislature ot Penn
c[
z wa tirsua mm t s. , Yebroary, Office one door east
county Pa. awns* Bask. Roebaster. Bearer
,
People of Bearer county an now bin* that,
property Insured against loss or damage by Mr;
at fair rates, in • safe and
RELIABLE HOME COMPANY,
thereby avoiding the expense, trouble acd delay
Incident to the adjustment of losses by ectuwatd es
located at a distance.
WARD 07 DIRICTOILE
J. V. X'Donald. George C. Speyerer,
Samuel B. Wilson, Leiria Schneider,
William Kennedy, John Onetang,
WDoniad, B. B. Edgar,
U. Camp, Ir., C . B. Beret,
DaTi4-14,1m Beery tkelatng.
01'11CLIS
OEO. C. SPEY/MEE, Pan'?
J. V. li'Dotw.D. V. Pm, t.
IL .1. Hirrrsars, lreaa.
JOHN GELHEING. Ja., Seel. jyaia,
Chas. B. Hurst's
INSURANCE
AND
General Agency Office,
NEAR THE DEPOT
ROCHESTER, PENNA.
Notary Public and C y aneer;
FIRE, LIFE, and ACCIDENT INSUR
ANCE; "Anchor" and "National" Lines
of Ocean Steamers; " Adams " and "Un
ion" Express Agent.
All ki ads of Insurance at fair rates and
liberal tei ms. Real Estate bought and
sold. Deeds, Mortgages, Articles, dm_
written ; Depositions and Acknowledge
ments taken, &c, &c. Goods and Money
forwarded to all parts of the United States
and Canada. Passengers booked to and
from England, Ireland, Scotland, Franca
and Germany.
ETNA FIRE INS. CO.,
Ot Hartford, Coon.,
Cash assetts......—. ..... .... $6,000,000
" By their fruits ye know them."
Losses paid to Jan. 1, 1871....528,000,000
One of the oldest and wealthiest Compa
nies in the world.
NIAGARA Insurance Co.,
Or New York
Cash assetts,
ANDES FIRE INS. CO.,
Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cash assails, . ...--. $1,500,000
ENTERPRISE INS. CO.,
Of Philadelphia.
Cash melts over..
LANC.ABTEE Fire Ins. CO.
Of Lancaster, Pa.
ALPS INSITRAIVCE CO.,
Of Erie, Penna.
Cash capital,. $250,000
HOME LIFE INS. CO,
Of New York
Cash assets,.
Travelers' Life & Accident
Insurance Co.,
Of Hartford, Conn.
Cash assetta over 51,500,000.
Representing the above Ina class lasseasee
Companies, acknowledged to be amongst tile best
and most reliable in the world, and Wig
cash amital of neatly $16,000,0 x 00, am sa
abled take Insumee to any amount desired.
Applications promptly attended ro, and Folk:see
written • i th out de ,hy aad attar tate, and liberal
terms. Looses liberally alluded and proarptly
a d. MGT= Tr DAY? By one dafa delay
mayons lose the savings of yeara. Denys are
, and Illatuteertain; thereforabisure to.
day! ger " One today,, to worth two to-owtrrosot.”—
Quality, also, Is of the utmost- importance. The
low priced. worthless article. ahrays proves the
dearest. The above companies are known to be
amongst the beet and wealthiest In the world.--
" As ye sow that shall you reap."
Grateful for the very liberal pationage already
bestowed, I hope—by a stria attention - to a legit
imate hialhaus—not only to merit a continuum
of the sunk bet a large Increase the presentyear.
11r. ATZPRIN A. CRAW is duly authorized to
take applications for Inference and receive the
premium for the some a
S. B djolaby townsldys.
CHA. utritsT,
• Rae Depot. Rochester. Ps.
' Rai/Attu/a. -
imionwarmiors.—,
cinembo RATIN
tra m Decembfaill
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Pittaborgh.
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Fort Wayne .
Lima.
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Mansfield
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Alliance
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ITATIONL NAIL. MXPOLIACCOX
41010.0. 1 •1 . •••••=•••M•0 *.1.10 ••••• ....•
Cleveland. ..... ... 830". o 155rir 405r4
Hudson 911 • 1109 653
Ravenna.. .. .... 1013 383 553
- Alliance. 1105 412 640
Bayard_ ... ........ 1159 444
Wellsville 1 HOPS 600
Pittsburgh t 540 IKO
MICK il SWIM.
armoire. , Hui. 1 RAP'illriCooll
...--.--..---............- --.........—....... ......-
Pitbbarsh........ 680.4 x 115rn
Wellsville 81A 515 ,
1023 430
Al/Lnce 1125 515 1725A5
Ravenna I.loBro 553 i 815
Hildsoli... , , 1241 RV 1965
903
Cleveland - 155 130 11025
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leavo u l n liiiiiii. --
Bayard ItIO 500 p. in. N.Phllad. Una 7110 p.m.
N.Phlla. 8 . &Ipm. I Bayard 4845 a.m.494 p.m.
liiVitilinfiiiiiiNT -
1101110 sum
smarms'. AcconLitall. itir's Aocom
Relish'
1 855 1100 843 .......
Iltem ß6 Vrille 1 , 857 liartim 445 .......
Wellsville i , 815 130 620 .......
Rochester. , 5
Pittsburgh 111040 930
840925 11
820
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Pittsburgh 1 68081, 115vit1 415'm
Rochter 740 990 530
Wellsv es ille 83:1 820 700
Stenbensi dgeport. ille 1 950 420 MO I
Br_ ..... 1 1100 525 I 405
Bellalr 111120 540 1990
MIMS
General Rusesyrer and Werat Al
J. B. SNEAD
Has now in operation a new
SAW AND PLANING MILL
IN FREEDOM,. PA.,
Having the latl improved machinery
for the anufacture of
ll illl IFDIPT -41 0 1 i ll ¢b:‘ t IEI
LATH . &C,460.
and is now prepared to attend 'to 'tile'
building and-repairing of
Steamboats, Bates, Flats, &c., &c.,
Kccpmg constantly ou band a superior
quality of Lumber. The tronage of the
publicisrespeettbed Alt orders
promptly executed. I aug2-ly
WILLIAM MILLEN., JACOB TRAX,
PLANING MILL.
MILLER & TRAX,
Mantifacturers and Dealers in
Dressed Lumber-,
SASH, DOORS, SHUTTERS, SIDING
FLOORING, 11OULDINGs, ,tc•
Scroll Sawing and Turning
ORDERS BY MAIL RESPECTFULLY
SOLICITED, AND PROMPTLY
ATTENDED TO.
Mill Opposite the Railroad &a/ion,
ROCHESTER, PENN'A.
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lgar that .10 a poem ;
no hAier what you
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dear.. &How, andlheed
g, . pear In , You- at first .to
poem, • ounced ,:pathoa. It is
not ailsnblitou gra atgreotyped
nature. 4 might thrluir to bear
upon it am ity orthltsoing With
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vasessilleallge of quarrehmenelp.
It, to not : . t, I hays tailed to find
my In let (one .feels : forma to _
ia
coin the luntive)-Uperfeettuntill
tude here our same , green End-1
of-the-Wokld ; meadowy sentlestsieil
bucolic:n . os, that a lough] , reibent-.
brance eirestroublea tee, Ahose un
•blessed ~ , elor hoursi . n I toting
ed tb . ,' ilk , In w inery Oneness,
Beechen , laing toe inuehat the
club about/bre.) nlghta week, now
and then, maltreating, tnY pocet at
t he:card tale, and mostly following
your own, noble plat!, Steven, of
tWing_tosOueese &few; scanty drops
of enjoyment from that kneaded,
smashed, drained out orange called
society. :4gaiN le is not—
But never mind what . It was not.
Let me ectifeern-tnyself. with what it
Is. Give cor. Sympathise. I need
sympathy 4 moat -cravingly, for the
reason that tny,miseryls sometimes
troubled With (yes, I own it) wretch
ed doubtaas to whether the case he
really, as harrowing a, ;one as I, 014
sufferer, suppose.
We were so . Lapp* . before she
came.. She did not swoop down up
on our lamb-like domestic peace at
all in the Vulpine way. of the Assyri
an. She ego, rather, with the sly,
suspielonli*a crawl of `the panther.
Will It bean admissible stretching of
metaphor to state that;ahe has car
ried away, ithln her fierce jaws my
entire household comfort. Hardly,
I suppose, as she yet retmilim. If she
would only go, I should._ not math
care what ;the carried off; ,not even
were •her departure to leave us fork
lees, spoonless, tureenleis.
Her name la Ulric% Murdoch. She
is an own,-cousin of 'Christie's. I
found ber one day in the parlor.
havipg hold of both Chrietle's hands.
and stating:that shit had hid extreme
difficulty in finding End-,:of-the-
World. You know what a tittle
blonde mannikin dear airtstie is.
Weil, o)4 . 3furfloch . erea4 o !re Is of
Iseitt=r height; It etturcu
that ' los the*, - ode not
th ~_„, . ‘ , ' InSuchtitses a dratV
. , 1.% .::''' . i Ly, carried. him majestic
b . •'" " he ogee's; otatunevithere; is
, ~, ~... . ,
.- wp as certain quadroons.
•.. - .I • - - essootek anti
hi ` i rti -', 'mei to haveßasbed'fititia`
a Madrid balcony, and wears masses
of purplish, nightlike hair. Imagine
the contrast between my sunny little
Christie and this daughter of dark
ness.
EM
As soon as amazement permitted
me to recollect anything, 1 recollect
ed that Christie had more than once
spoken of her cousin Ulrica. During
our engagement and marriage this
young lady has been abroad. Her
return was very unexpected. I think
it most probable that as soon as the
steamer touched land she had yearn
ings after Christie and End-of-the-
World. Anyhow, she at once set
out in quest of us, not having a scru
ple, you may believe, about pounc
ing herself invitationless upon our
hearthstone. Your disgust will not
have reached its lawful climax,
Steven, until I have told you that
Miss Murdoch arrived in early June.
It is today the 16th of July. I wish
that I could see your face now. If I
could see it, and it were not agape
with consternation, we should ab
ruptly cease to be friends.
From the first she began quietly
to take possession of Christie. From
the first I felt, so to speak, my mari
tal throne tottering. Our initial
combat was waged five minutes after
our introduction to each other.
"Christie," she stated, while near
ly smothering the poor child with
both arms, and staring her quite out
of countenance with those immense,
startling eyes—" Christie, my dear,
you are not looking at all well."
•Christie is looking quite well, I
think," was my hurried remark.
"The weather has been warm, Miss
Murdoch, and perhaps you ileo the
merely temporary effects of it."
Miss Murdoch turned and made
the immense eyes ransack me from
trouser's-hem to hair-parting ; she
began with my trouser's-hem, as a .
mark of contempt. I suppose.
"You forget," she snubbed, with
much calmness, "that I have not
seen Christie in more than a year,
and that therefore 1 am an excellent
judge of her present appearance."
I think I grunted at this; it is hard
to tell, however, as we have had so
many subsequent passages•at-arms
that I have confused one with an
other. She generally, on such oc
csssions, produces the impression of
having come off with victory's most
flying colors; some women, you
know, are the devil at that sort of
thing, Steven. I don't mean that
the is ever really in the right; far
from it, but she owns a glib tongue
and a supple wit, and she has more
than once contrived to make it seem
as if I had been unjust, not to say
aggressive.
It is a very singular case, you will
agree. Behold the bitterly jealous
of a woman. And yet, I assure you,
lousy has not the least tin
reasons ; • • meat. I simply object
to the' incessan nopolization of
Christie. She can be i'•• • my wife
and the friend of the , nt
Ulrica. I will admit; but when
Uirica's "friendship" constantly
intrudes itself between the sacred
relations of man and wife ; when she
adviseS Christie in my presence re
garding that or this household ar
rangement ; when she is calmly des
potic about Christie's wesring certain
wraps upon certain occasions; when
she shows me by a mute imperious
ness most keenly irritating, that I
am not credible if I call a little cough
Christie has been having of late the
merest trifle; when I find Christie's
and my own opportunities of person
al intercourse limited through this
woman's presence, to perhaps half
the number of w hat they were in
the days before her coming; when I
see Christlels 'innocent little head,
once so sweetly careless of stiff, prim,
exactitude in matters domestic, slow
ly being filled with all sorts of useless
ultra-neat prejudices, oh, Steven!
when I see these mid innumerable
other signs of what it hasn't a bit
become hyperbole to call the trail of
the serpent, then Will you not per
ceive from depths of aggravation I
pronounce this creature's presence In
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Of coarse-It is my bonne, and; there
are such-things eannttinglleVrrione?s
foot, and .811 thatipeeknow,i4might
tell lhastiperb. , Virlea :.what Aimee
_certaht:tram left„.. la . tOnefU Pnlaled
enough.to • admit...,,of ;,,no
..rnisonder..
standing. Thereis a way
the bull.hy thehorns.lntnoat: .eases.
Whether:oe balk • will: or Bet
,what. would the (Pare, Zes_alt-;' of
isuch course on my , part?. :. , u 0 :3 7 9u
care tn.hearl : k . : ; •
, The.augustlJ l rickwouk.l.,PronankY
strike an attitude 001088 Per nape;
Then, in tontvlbrilling. euellgl/40
make Ristort_tremble for ; htuflaurelsi
.poorilttleChriatie : would be, asked
sonie.deeply dramatie question, -refal ,
tive to.stamling by and nif.J.lfec
friend-.-herdearest friend e , and, cons;.
In—turned .from : 'her. flnore-- :Aral
Christie mouth besure ty,:bayp;ti fit
of exorbitant crying, eves ifehe did
not reach "the rO i krok pathetic „ign3eof
complete bysteria. 7 Theo,* oar say
that I -shoo Idcommit AWL goes bru
talityofadbering tothe hyroto,-of,iny
bull. Itt•such a easelolisa. , WOlll4 toe
forced. to go.-- and 'Chrlstle.--,A .
nwing
passed:, throOk
nearly ;hugged in zO6 Ai PIA -.fir.
, relatlonhawful. fatOwelals.:Wouuk
aboutihehotate. for. weeksafterwards
looking weeParate martyrdom ,frons
each of her sweet amethyst-, eyes.
And "Christie,'f I would miserably.
ask again and • again, "what,
_is the
matter. my child ?" "Oh, nothing,
Jlasil,", would come the resigned re-
Sponse,wh Ile the poor dearle looked as
:though she had just burled triplets,
*id -lost flesh with as much canna ex
traeaganee as thoughshe were Bar
num's fat woman. And _at length,
rine ,fit of desperate anxiety, I would
shout forth "For • Heaven's sake,
:let as have back that insupportable
brunette in F o nd-of 7 the-Worlo._ Write
to her, Christie. - 'Hove not hollow
cheek nor glaisy eye' any more than
Mr. Tennyson." ! Then the brunette
would be sent for, and doubtless
throughout the remainder of my wed
dedlife I should have- the pleasure'
'of heing.connublelly out •huggeO and
out-kissed by Chrlstle'a ursine-man
nered adorer. For even. Christie,
now the soul of meekness and docili
ty, is enough of
,a woman to do some
geatiekicking Against, opposition, if
once reallyiwteth ~!
Under. the,Orcutostances Steven, I
have felt myliottif (oozed to drag my
mains for a milder inearisof ejection.
, After much. thought. I ,concluded
that the effort to and such means
would give a Machlavel headache.
"If she were only a man," I found
myself several times Preluding; but
always stopped myself with shocked
suddenness.- Visions would arise of
the stately Klrica on terms of such
physical intimacy .toward Christie
that the merely Imaginative change
of sex occasioned the a light ague.
At length an idea dawned upon
me, with all thesweetness and light
conceivable. I don't for an instant
suppose, Steven, that you can guess I
-my idea.. It will: produce the gentle
:means i of ejection that I desir..., if ,ad
ministered in gentle-doses; it will act
like en immense irreversible broom
slowly sweeping, as with a sweep of
fate, the:imperial Ulrica froni my
doors. And.she will seem te --- go
.of
her own accord; wherein, think,
lies the delightful kernel of the whole
arrangement. Have. younnyehjec
tien,io my
phrase': S he will seem to go corner
own accord." My pen actually loves
it.
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N FORESTER.
Y have confided the idea to a cer
tain Mrs, Winkle, a rather silly sort
otuttle person, and about our only
neighbor *To in the End-of-the
'World), for whegit lust promilonsiYi
so to term it, unbandaged my do
mestic wound, receiving what slight
salvo the lady's sympathy had been
able to administer. I made a confi
dant of Mrs. Winkle, partially be
cause I yearned for some sort of sym
pathy, and partially because I de
sired to test, us It ware, the real bril
liance of the idea. Then, too, I feel
certain that Mrs. Winkle has a pro
found dislike of the majestic Uirica,
and so our neighbor's gossipy tongue
is proof against a betrayal of confi
dence.
The idea seemed first to shock,
then to dazzle Mrs. Winkle. In a
few moments she had profusely con
gratulated me profusely, and called
me one of the cleverest men of her
acquaintance—a rather dubious com
pliment, by the way, as Mrs. Win
kle's friends are all End-of-the-
Worlditigs, among whom I have,not
as yet discovered any striking marks
of mind.
Are you burning with curiosity to
hear what the Idea is, Steven? Then
relinquish for a half hour what ele
gant idleness engages you, and tell
me so. Also, give me your sincere
opinion regarding my miserable
ease. Make the whole thing about
four pages of note-paper, and almost
by next mail I promise to send you
the answer to my enigma.
Meanwhile, old fellow, believe
me. dejectedly, yet hopefully.
CHAPTER 11.
rI WM MISS ICA :‘ I U RDOCK TO
HER SISTER, MRS. CHARLES JEE
NINGIIAM.
Dearest Adelaide—l hear with sur.
prise, from your charmingly wel
come letter dated at Vienna, that
mamma has been forgetful enough
not to forward you across the water
the accounts of myself which I have
,regularly written her in New York.
I was particular to give her instruc
tions on this point. As for writing
you myself, dearest Adelaide, until
you had answered the letter which
I sent you immediately on my re
turn home that was of course not to
be dreamed of. However much I
might have wanted to tell you about
our dearest Christie, I should have
found it impossible to encourage
your frightful habits of reckless, ir
regular, haphazard correspondence.
But this is an old point of disagree
ment, and I suppose you are grown
quite irreclaimable.
Of course, Adelaide, my first ques
tion after reaching home last May,
and finding mamma quite well, was
about Christie.
Her engagement had been a bomb
shell to me, as you know, and ex
plosion had so rapidly followed ex
plosion in the matter of her mar
riage.
Mamma astonished me by her
painful ignorance of Christie 's af
fairs. She had met this Mr. Basil
"eith twice before the wedding tivir
p • • e seemed a really nice sort of
young m • the wedding bad been
very small an pretty; the brk
dal pair had gone s •htto a little
box somewhere, miles o' •n the
country—my Aunt Aurelia c.. d
tell me where.
Not at all satisfied with mamma's
information, I rushed to Aunt Aure-
Ha. You know Aunt Aurelia's apa
thetic style. 1 blame her for every
fAult that dear Christie Possesses.
While Uncle Albert was alive her
motherhood was not the parody it
has since become. And yet, in her
way, I think Aunt Aurelia dearly
loves Christie.
I found our energetic relation on a
lounge with a novel, at two o'clock
in the afternoon, when, I pounced
upon her. I will not enter into the
harrowing details of that Interview.
Long before its end I had become
convinced that. Aunt AI:111311R had
let a certain man (heaven knew who
and heaven [thew from where) carry
Christie away to a certain place
which bore the absurd .name End
of- the-World.
END-OF-THE WORLD, July 16
818
-:4•And da you mevetwrite:to:
ethetl"- waned. •—•.- • •
It"Wagi - auch
Clfrigtleli departure,' 'Aunt 'Aurelia
told ne; whire anfilellathig a , yawn
emit looking ather novel-es though
she would taget:back to it. ; •
Very soon after that rmadb:up
my mind what to do, Adelaide.
Ye u know hour LI ave always loved
rig 4 ilueilookii, immise„ , ,sile
ikackdiffereut Reflia 14 .5 11 .eir — golue9.
aepflutebt,;yeblie-X a'rrt
'>..veoneludedll,&t,t4 4Kottidteven
overlook , AlutisAnclufP l ool l 4o 60-40
forfivAller Vriting,43. on tidings
4,r er afidcren:epiagertten :and - inv.
cip lieu MktH*2%qm oletree-t Ork , the
*Mime Ibr this , 'Erld•er
Uwe:World, wheraveritmes. ;-
,„Agio Aurel Wit cill!eelJ9Pa I ed -
erdered Utterly tintristWorthy . . Be.l
fore-long; - however;- I'luiteeetireci
Other meaner enlighttnentr I start,
ed, Adelaide, with. the - interitActu-sl
'taying ; wwk at the.. utingst.
iinXe remained until lllg'slXtctentil
duy of ' Addli:l'mila:tit's firVitii
frinir iinele‘johir to go and pagi3
the Istuniner in , Wereeeter .18.,ckuky.
tatf- 4 , "lawn for oty„liayirw,
remain=
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ray , rdetieti Ver the'Airc otiarne
civil ,Ibtolciegtelitgylesgqieetk
ed at theEnd•of-thelWorldPelth, an
enormQua awed.
. Christie's husband is a slim, effem
inate 'indolent, blonde - man, who
seems to have invested the idea of
marriage with an atmosphere of pos
sessorship quite, worthy of an East
ern frislia, I don't know what ao
palling antentiptial experiences he
can possibly tiaverbadp anyhow, his
one present aim appears to be the
complete, selfish .monopoly or his
wife. He , had immured her in this
lonely, soCietYtess-place immediate
ly after Marriage—Christie ' who
draws her spiritual and her bodily
nourishment, too, from the social in
tercourse of friend and friend! Un
murmuringly, I found, she had con-
Sented to his MOSS tyranny. Like
the cruel boy who seizes the quiVer
lug butterfly and holds all its tor
mented beauty by one wing for the
mere pleasurement of greedy whim ,
I found Mr. Basil Keith hurting and
fretting the delicate nature which he
only regards in so far as it may min
ister to his own personal delights.
Of course, Christie (though she has
'been silly enough to fall fearfully in
love with her Jailer) had already be
gun to droop under this absurd treat
ment. She was literally being mar
ried to death. Before I came the
awful monotory of his incessant
hugs and kisses, kisses and hugs,
must have been enough to dethrone
the firmest reason. No wonder that
I found the poor child looking
wretched, and having a horrid little
rasping -cough that this encenmte
adorer, with all his adoration, had
not noticed.
' As for the condition of the domes
"tic arrangements, Adelaide, I shrink
from describing it. It beggars any
effort at. delineation. My lord had
objected to Christie's troubling her,
self about brooms and dust-pans,
even If they did keep only tivo-ser
vents; so Christie told me in her
meek, sweerivay as soon as I got
here. The consequenses had been a
household anarchy quite unimagin
able. I found the cook's tawjeee ter-
Tangent. and the remaining Seetarit
evidently convinced that she was one
supreme despot of the preniist. The
condition of both of these estimable
females, in fact, resembled that of
horses who have been allowed .to
run; wild for a few weeks ou the
grassiest kind of indulgences.
.When'.widtc,..Adetalde, the
State in which I found kiteGed;' pan
tries, utensils, bedroom arrange
ments, I feel that the whole subject
is of much too Mournful a nature fur
anything hut the most meagre devel
opment. I was resolute in making
the old order of things yield place to
new. Mr. Basil Keith vainly scowl
ed, and sneered, and fumed. With
all her saintly gentleness, I managed
to infuse enough real spirit into
Christie to make her support my
work of innovation. That is, she
fed her tyrant with perpetual sugar
plums of persuasion, and coaxed and
wheedled his Warship into gracious
ly allowing the re-establishment of
decency and neatness.
Toward myself his manner is of
the sort that thinly veils an intense
loathing. For Christie's sake I en
dure him; but I assure you he is the
-very blackest of black draughts to
me. llis one accomplishment ap
pears to he - smoking, as far as I have
yet made out. He also lounges
with decided effect. It seems to be
a matter of poignant grief to him
that Christie and I should enjoy a
half-hour of each other's unadulter
ated comneany. A cat watches a
mouse with languor compared to his
mode of watching us. Of course I
am piqued into petting Christie
much more on this account. Some
times I wonder whether the absurd
bully `thinks that I am a man in dis
guise. He could not behave with
much more jealous mistrust and ner
vousness if quite convinced of the
fact.
I shall continue my visit here, Ad
elaide, until possibly September. I
know it pleases Christie to have me
a great deal inure than she dare tell
about, and after all, I fee! quite un
exhausted as yet by my numerous
skirmishes with Mr. Basil Keith.
If the creature takes it - into his head
that I shall be turned from the doors,
I must go, I suppose—that Is provi
ded my expulsion be made a matter
of sufficient force.
Christie sends her warm love.
Give my love to Charles and the dear
children. I often think of those
days in Venice last winter, awl love
ly Grimm, and Como and all.
Are you going to repent in the
matter of occasionally writing?
That even if you are not you will
make my present durance among
.the stagnation of End-of-the-World
a temporary reason for changing
your usual style, Is the earnest wish
of Your loving sister.
ULRICA.
CHAPTER, 111.
FROM THE AUTHOR. TO HIS FRIE2;I),
TITFI READER
Tt is a delightful midsutnmer morn
ing at End-of-the-world. On Mr.
Basil Keith's very pretty vine sha
ded piazza Mr. Basil Keith is seated,
dividing his attention between a
newspaper and a rather impressive
meerschaum. His wife has recently
bade him .a short farewell, and has
started for the village, a distance of
perhaps half a mile. "I shah be
gone about an hour," she tells him,
in her suave, cooing voice. "and if
you want anything, Basil dear, you
st ask Ulrica forit."
fer wanting," scowls Mr.
Ty unbecomingly, '' or I
44 r
Basil
else get It tnyse
"But you don't cai .
do you, dear?" Chrissi
"There are really a few puil
that I ought to make, and it is sue,
a cool morning. I should have ask
ed you to go with me, but I knew
that you didn't much care for walk
,ing.
'After that he lets her kiss hini, and
she gom down through the little gar
den, the sunlight burnishing her
beautiful gold hair.
It occurs to Basil Keith, while he
watches her go, that he has_ rather
missed a satirical opportunity in not
wanting to know, with, mild won
derment, why Ulrica failed to 'ac
company her. But his mind is in
such a whirled state that tho ern's+,
t..,
7 ' Es
- • t
lan' doe§ mat strike him. a 'a, od d.
'Whirled; becani*itfthelirst'ivOrd of
Intelligeifeelrom hit • wife .that , she
is going village-ward that morning
without Uirk2...he becomes convin
ced thathis opportunity has arrived.
Tlieldga' must bokdeveloped now or
itwoold.be developed . never.
Mc: Keith is pmidermg in his own
mind bow. sucli-.development can
best betrotikht about;And has' pon
dered-- for a ' . e6nSiderable "period,
wherreertain.sotuldsmake tender as
*quit. tipnn -W t • borne from the
neighboring parlor.
lielodious solindi„ .— Ile glances
throne] t he:blidtt French': windovis
that 'lead' plavamird: from the par ;
Somebody- Is, seated: at the pi
ano,..malting Abe rather urinated
'keys do their,hest In the way ;OfMa
lik. ' " • • - -•
The sornetmd,sir. is --Miss Murdoch.
She is - playing very softly—playing
like one wink, bas
,merely seated. her
self for moment' af the piano, in
'paving thtviugh the 'room; but she
docs - - not , either • hear or see Mr.
Keith until he is standing at her
side there by the piano. ,
Then she stops playitig most ab
ruptly,.startied, amazed.
Miameletrin-holv yotufrighten me!"
aluxejectdAtes 4 , looking at him with-
Rutnuteittuarketlsood nature in her
magnilleent. eyes. ' . '•
Ile does not make prompt an
swer, but shrugs his shoulders with
.a brusque incivility. It -is not his
design -to develope the Idea too has
tily. At length he remarks:
"Christie has gone to the village, I
see.; You didn't go with her. I
was quite astonished at your ab
sence."
She rises from the piano -stool,
queen-lite in her splendid ease.
"Did astonishment prevent - you
front taking due Advantage of my
ablence and *going yourself?" she
murmurs, with rapid coolness.
He does not care to answer seVere
ly. The idea rather forbids this.
He nulls at 'his:. yellow moustache
and wonders whether it is time to
hegiu. lie fails wholly in perceiv
ing. why it is not time. He begins:
"I thought I would find you in
stead;" he half smiles, and enjoy a
chat with you.."
She looks at him with a kind of
painful astonishment, as though cer
tain that he is in the pathetic state of
one whose mind wanders. But her
face very soon changes and a het
laugh leaves her lips. ("The ice is
broken," thinks Mr. Keith; "and I
am' glad of it. She has had her first
Shock and has gotten her self pos
session again.")
"It is nice to hear of your turning
over such a new leaf as that,'' she
rens him, a little pleasantly, a little
He lounges a great deal on the pi
ano end. "Women have such, odd
convictions now and then," he tries
to say with immense meaning.
She gathers her dark eyes in puz
zled style. Then she smiles interes
tedly, and sinks upon the piano stool
again. "Aren't you leaping from
subject to subject?" she asks him,
with her imperial head-heldn trifle
.sidewaysand.the limpid dusk of her
calm large eyes brought full upon
his face;
"Am I: ,
he asks. "I think not.
I mean you know. that yOu have On
waytf - Wievell 2 '1 ,- 4:Milked you' vast
ly."
He feels this to be very pointed.
He has a conscience-twinge while he
speaks it; such as will assail an ordi
narily honest man who hints a
thorough falsehood. And he does
not at all like Miss Murdoch's pla
cidity when she hears his statement.
ejts,y fdey,el-
opulent than lie bad belieired; - : :. ,
"You never had any reason to dis
like me," she softly tells him.
(Mentally he groans "tig,h!"
Aloud he murmurs:
"Indeed no!" at the same time
sighing with goad pulmonary, vim.
"What an immense sigh!"
Then he laughs a little, very faint
ly. "Bo you remember what Al
fred ue Mussett says about a sigh? I
wish I dare tell 5 ou."
(Meanwhile, the inward Mr. Bas
il Keith is inwardly enclaiming:
"By Jove, this is getting nearly as
far as I intended to go, and. here the
creature hasn't yet looked shocked.
Poes she intend looking shocked P
Or is cdnceited enough to take what
I say for ithe admiration she has
been deserving all alone";
The creature leans forward, her
red lips divide(' beautifully, one su
perb olive arm, bare because of i ts
back floated sleeve, curving itself
over, the music rack. Basil Keith
is only a man. Ile prefers little wo
men with yellow hair; he has mar
ried a little woman with yellow
hair. But beauty is beauty. More
over, let it l!ke reitterated, Basil
Keith is only a man.
"No, I don't remember what Al
fred de Musset says about a sigh; do
you?"
lie draws so much nearer to her
sweet, softened queenlines.R. It
curs to him that he has never seen_
her under the influence of an emolli
ent before. She was so different in
her motherly fondlings of Christie.
Ile quotes very tenderly there
with:
"true larme a 'ton prim, c'eat near trim v‘in
rire.
Avec deux yeax baxards parrot* faime a Paper:
Mats to sera vrallagago an monde eat nn battier.'
She looks just daintly shocked—
that is all. "Your quotation is as
much about a tear and a kiss as it-is
about a sigh," she gives low voiced
criticism.
After that he becomes desperate.
The Idea must. be developed, at any
hazard. He begins to remember
again that he prefers blondes to bru
nettes, forced into such recollection,
possibly,- by a sudden alarm lest
Christie shall return before the Idea
has received its deserved attention.
He has quite recovered from a cer
tain odd, giddy feeling.that came
over, him while he quoted the
French lines, when it seemed, just
for a moment, as if her smile wore
two rosier rims and her eyes took a
richer, diviner fire.
Yes, he is desperate now—but an
Icicle. "Never mind how apposite
my quotation was," he tells her,
with a manner so devotional that he
expects (and hopes) to see her shrink
away from him horror-stricken. "I
am satisfied if it hai served the pur
pose for which I designed it." Great
Heavens! She does not even recoil
the ninetieth of an inch. It is the_
very reverse of this. Instead of re.'
coiling.
"What purpose do you mean?"
she cons with floorward eyes.
H e i s on the point of rushing. from
the room. But the Idea whispers
"Courage."
He is merely discover
ing that rink-a is a very arch-fiend
of flirts: this is all. It takes a great
deal to shock her, though he believ
ed it would take only a little. Very
well; now for the most tremendous
pressure that the Idea can bring to
bear upon its victim.
"You are willfully blind if you
have not seen the deep love I bear
•ou," he groans out, in what ho
s_sure is the distnicted basso-pro
oeuisite. "I have often tried
'self with the thought
ner deceived you;
forced to tell
and un-
my going,
asks.
Ses
fundo
to flatter _
nos
butmy cold Ms
but no; lilric,
myself that you must k
derstand. I
He comes to a dead pause,
Merciful Heaven! What mine of
• rruption has he discovered? She
—yes, there now,is no longer a ves
tige of doubt—she likes it! She leans
toward him, with smiling lips, and
kindling eyes. Shocked? Not she,
forsooth. It is horrible. A cold
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sweat breaks forth upon the bre* • Of
this Mostsingvular lover. '' •
• •He feels - hiamif getting niamtPisiy•
eryWhete: when .she tiegins to speak:
Oh. -Vasil, am afraid you are
decelying ine: - ,You cannot niean it.
I—l am ki—sciStrangely happy."
Mirror on horror! - She is leaning
her head upon his ;shoulder. Des.
pair is often good at invention. Mr.
limps from his seat, Wildly re
gardless of the* drooping head. Ho
fiegiins to pace° the "floorwith tierce
rapidity.
"liiritzi,". he cries, 'get us end this
at once. ,We tuust-part—tniday—to
triorn,w —US So'3ol).aa possible. • But I
tell you we must part, foci if I en
dure it a single day longer, 'l—l—"
(he Imiitates in the selettion of-n ter
rifleeousequence)—"l shall ; twonie
mad!"
The words had • Justleft his lips
when a faint- sobbing sound issues
from one of the piazzaward Windows.
BOth Miss Murdoch and Mr. Keith
turn instantaneous eyes in that • • ill
r&tion.
. Christie!
She stands tbere, white, as marble,
while the great tears stain her color
less cheeks. • With one hand she ,
clings to the ecte of the winclow.
She look 4 bearly powerless to stawl
att . i/
, 31 - et• sIO mosoe - -eutvordS,
presently, in a voice thatis the weak
est of tremors.
It seems a little frightful now.-but
it will Dot seem softer a while„l
am sure. For you - .'are suited to
each other; both so clever and all
that. I'm glad I hefird. In a little
while it will kill me,' you know, and
then—then—you two can get mar- '
ried, and—" Sobs choke the re-
mai nder ot Christie's santest.lits, pnor,
childish, kittenish gotil firmetkness
that sheAs and must : always remain.
fly this time 'Arica , has : gotten to
her side. Basil stands ashen pale
and moveless, with both hands be
hind him.
` . oo - nie up stairs, Christie," begins
her cousin, putting forward ,an arm
of su plant
But, child as slit: is, she will not
be treated like a child just at present,
She totters a trifle while straighten
ing out her little figure, but the ges
ture with which she waves lilriCa
away is not at all void .of decision.
Then she crosses the room quite firm
ly, looking neither to right nor left,
and disappears - by a door at its furth
er end. lilrica follows directly be
hind her.
Afler they are both goue Basil
Keith thrusts each of his hands pock
etward. 'rhen he groans a gigantic
groan. Then he excavates both
hands from their burial places,
throws them rather despairingly and
very theatrically above his head, and
rushes toward an adjacent lounge,
charging at its pillow as though he
were horned and wanted to du it a
great injury. Supine upon . this
lounge lie remains for a very long
while, his head being interred, face
downward, amid the depths of the
cushion.
Ile dares not go to Christie with
the real truth. How could she pos
sibly believe? Would he believe her
under like circumstances?
that he had never 'followed
whither. that delusive will o'-the
.wisp.,of an idea was leading him!
But hOw could he know of these hor
rible results? No; he is the blame
less victim of circumstances.
"Mr. Keith."
Cirica Murdoch's voice! She has
entered the room without his hear
ing her. He starts up ftom the
lounge as if stung.
He glares at her. She smiles back,
very I.3,eacefully.
~'1100" you, come to tell Ane_ that
Christie is dead?" he Wants to know,
fiercely sullen of voice.
ITlriat laughs a light laugh, whose
heartlessness cuts him bladewise.
"No, indeed! She is well and very
happy."
"Happy!"
"1 /11, yes, I eßflaftlt.dit And
now Miss Murdoch throws back that
fine head of hers with the air of an
amused empress. "The majority of
women make very miserable confi
dantas, Mr. Keith. That Mrs. Win
kle, to whom- you confided a certain
brilliant scheme, is a sad sieve, I am
afraid. Anyhow, the lady abused
your trust shamefully in ,one in
stance."
She turns away from his amazed
face and seats herserf at the piano.
She begins to play little pianissimo
morsels of melody.
The" seconds make themselves
minutes. He has folded his arms
and is staring at the carpet. He
looks like one who is trying to under
stand.
Presently she turns and glancei at
him across her shoulder, showing an
exquisite deerlike grace in the move
went.
" Why - don't you gu up stairs and
see Christie? She has had 'a bad
shock, but is quite restored now,
and is waiting for you," •
The words seem to till him with
an electric force.
"Do you mean it:"' he cried.
Miss Mardoeh has already contin
ued her playing, and nods an affirm
ative over the piano keys.
lle is about to leave the room,
when some thought seems to detain
him on the threshold.
"And you?" he begins tcrmur
mer. "You are friends with Chris
tie after—after what she saw?"
The pianist tossed her head with
a s•umptuous, indolent sort of ease.
"Christie has been made to see the
whole thing in its proper light—how
I am the thornin your side, and you
were trying to pull me out.. And by
the by, you haven't yet succeeded,"
(finishing the words with a little
laugh, and wheeling suddenly round •
on the piano stool so that. she faces
him.)
Even in spite of his great jiiy at
the thought of his peace being made
with Christie, he cannot but feel ire
ful at hervcool, twittering slur here
in his own parlor.
"Is it possible?" he mutters.
Whereupon she is suddenly seized
with a kind - of mirthful spasm. For
a little while it is a spasm of the
mildly risible sort; but at length she
appears to lose every, least bond of
control and to sway from edge to
edge of the piano-stool, with a hand
pressed against either side, in a help
fess, noisy convulsion.
Then comes a little cnange in her
condition. She, is quieter able to
gasp out exhaustedly.
"Send me away if you date. Re
fuse to let me stay with dear Chris
tie as long as you keep her buried in
this eatacomb of End-of-the-World,
and I will publish our whole pro
ceeding among all your friends and
Mine; writeastoryaboutit;
wake it into a novel with your real
name for the hero, I'll—l'll--."
And then more and madder mirth,
until Miss Murdoch literally falls
from the piano-stool, and is changed
into a shrieking heap upon the floor.
Meanwhile Mr. Keith stalks frotri_...
the room, conscious that though thi3 - ' 4.*-
idea'has failed, though the thorn in
his side still securely remains, there
is one pleasure left to him :
That of going upstairs and being
reconciled with Christie.
•
EDGAR FAWCETT.,
—Au editor wrote a leading article
on'the fair sex, in the course of which
e said: "Girls of seventeen or
tteen are fond of beaus." , When i;
the pap wax issued, he was rattler
shocked to 'discover an unfortunate
typographicseerror had made him
say, "Girls of seventeen or eigh-
teersttro fond of beam.",
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