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Ji.tv a y iy. ... in . n v. it it a 6EE THAT THE Wk ' 9 O it EXACT LABLE IS ON Wfi f 3 feS Itt" EAOM CHIMNEY AS g ,g SHOWN IM PICTURE. 3 " If .... X A V W t W BLOOMSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 18S7. RETRIBUTION. BY "THE DUTCHESS.' CIIAPTKIl XVI. A sweeping lawn; brond terraces; for uwnj ns the eye can seo n BleamliiR, swnylntf ocean. Behind tlio lnwn n baclt gronnil of plant lira that blot out tho sky In that tlln-ction, and throw Into brilliant relief tho white clod figures darting to and fro upon the tennis ground. Gerald srassnrccne, having lost his game, flings his racket to tho winds, nnd throws himself prono at tho feet of Na dine Hoche. "I'rctty place, chf" gays he. "Sooth ing to the nerves nfter the town fever!" Then looking nt her and marking tho ex treme reposo of her bearing, that almost borders upon lassitude, he says gently, "Tlredf" "No." She brightens up with an effort and smiles at him in htr kindest fashion. Her thoughts ore tangled her mind per turbed. Both aro far from the busy Bceno before her. A sense of despair, of inability to move lnj tho path that stretched out so temptingly to her view, has saddened her eyes mid given a mournful curve to her beautiful mouth. Her days passed hero with Maurico Duran have been lnllultcly sweeter to her than ever she had dreamed they mliht be, Tho very nearness of their companionship had had its charm, and though no word of love had come from his Hp, still, eyes can speak when words tiro forbidden; und though honor renilcrsono dumb, who can provent tho sense of gladness that conies with the touch of one belovedF Sweet days! too sweet to last and swift as swoet. A wholo fortnight has gono by two weeks crowded with such exquisite recollections as will (unhap pily cling to her for all her life. And now it is the 16th to morrow will be the night ot the grand ball, given in honor of Capt. Uoylo's birthday, who is expected to arrivo about an hour before it opens, and then Another cruelly blissful week, perhaps, nnd after that n return to town, and a hurried wedding I Then exile from all that has made life not only endurable but perfect. Sometimes a thought of Paul Anncrley has crossed her mind, but, as a rule, sho hns resolutely put all remembrance of him far from her. She had told herself that this one holiday at least should bo her own. Afterward let oblivion, let mis ery come, but just for these few happy days she would let utter joy hold sway. Sho had heard nothing of her future hus band since her departure, nnd if at times it had occurred to her as strange that he had not written to her from those for eign cities, whither his search of the rob ber of the famous sapphires led him, tho sense of relief in not having to write to him swallowed up nil such wonder. "How should I feel tlredf" she says now, smiling at Gerald Massnreene, who has become quite a friend ot hers. He has found in "her an ally a certain partisan, who derides the notion of Milll cent's ever consenting to fulfill her lovo less engagement to dipt. Boyle while her heart Is given to another. That other, now stretched at the pretty partisan's feet, is quite willing to accept her read ing of the situation. Though Mlllicent herself has been somewhat 'difficult to understand, a llttlo vague In her answers, a trifle willful, In a degree n marked degree averse to being brought to the point, still Mr. Mossareeno U inclined to believo In tho creed of his pretty confldanto when sho declares herself ready to affirm publicly her belief in tho constancy of his fair, if rather trying, lovo. "Well, I'm glad you are not," says he pleasantly, alluding to her assertion that she knows no fatigue. "To-night there will be an lnllux ot guests, or dered, like tho supper, for to-morrow night, and it would not do to bo In poor form. You look palo, however." "Aro many comingt" "Enough to make us put on our best bib and tucker and our choleest manners. You will have to make your very best bow to the lord lieutenant of the county, and to smirk at n youthful if very famous gen eral. The only thing to be careful about is not to overdo It to-night; to remember that the morrow will bring the big Nautch, aud to reserve some amlles for tho hero of the hour." He speaks with some bitterness. "To-morrow night will bring Capt. Boyle." She looks nthim softly out of her serene eyes. "Do not let that make you unhappy. His presence means less than nothing. Indeed, I believe it will do your cuuse good." "Sweet prophetess I I would I dared share your creed." "What creed?" asks Duran, who has joined them unseen, "A belief Miss Roche has In the un conquerable power of love," replies Mas sareene gayly, springing to his feet and crossing the close turf to where he can see Mlllicent standing, for once, alono. "Aud so yon believe In love's omnipo tency," says Duran, gazing at Nadlne with calm searching eyes. "Your" "There is surprise in your tone and doubt. Why should I not hold such a creed?" returns she steadily, though her lips have grown very pale. "I cannot answer that here. Will you come with me to the Flrwood? I shall not keep you long, and I must speak to you. Do not refuse me, Nadino. This is probably the last hour we shall ever have together. I leave the park the day after to-morrow." She had shrunk a little from him when first he appealed to her, but ns his plead ing grew stronger, more Impassioned, she rose. With her eyes downrast, and her color faded to a pallor that bespoke an anguished heart, she moved beside him to the wood ho had mentioned. Presently they enter it. The eternal greenness of it stirs her blood onco more to an admiration that rouses her and compels her return to the Immediate present. Ever slnoo she had obeyed his word, and risen and followed him hither, She had been in a kind of waking dream that had been too sweat to permit her desire for its dissolution, Now, however, that ehe is fully awako to her danger ns well as to her pain, it is too late to with draw front a tete-a-tete, that she feels must rive her soul. Duruu, stopping abruptly beneath the spreading branches of a huge Scotch fir, lays his hand upon her arm thus arrest ing her footsteps also. "If lovo bo indeed all-powerful how Is It that I have failed?" he asks in a low tone. "No love was ever stronger than that I bear for you, and yet It hits been ot no avail when matched against the barrior that stands between you and me. Has it been my fault, or Is it that (be love should be equal on both sides, and that yours falls below the mark?" She had been standing with lowered lids aud trembling hands, but now, as though forcetl to it against her will, sho looks nt him. Her large, dark, mournful eyes ttru full ot a reproach mute, but bo terrible that his heart grows warm within him. Alasl how clearly in those melan choly eyes is Iter puro love lying. "It Is true, thenl I have your love," ho says, itlwnys In u low voice, but nonti tlio less ecstatically; "und If so, my dearest, why will you repulse me? Ah I luivo pity on me, it you will not on yourself I Think think beforo you sacrifice us both to n mistaken tuitso of duty," "I linvo glvtn my word," says N'Une "my promise," "A word a prpmlaobetter broken. Seo here, my (ove, J have lived many years longer than yon, Tpu many," o says after ft pause, that Is lllled. with r. gret for thoso past hours when he had not known her, aud when another had borne his name another unloved and undeslrod, "I cannot bear to think what years lie betweeu your birthday nnd mine; but still my very age gives mo tho right to speak. Is It good that you should surrender all your happiness to ono for whom you have no real regard, just because you onco gava ilm u hope io that effect? Nay, there U no loyalty In that. Bettci let him go than live to repent the bargain he has made." t'Thero is my word," nerslsts she, meekly but earnestly. "I cannot taka that back; nnd ho, too, loves mm, He loves mo so well," declares slio with an Intuition that has revealed to her tho real passion of the man whom sho has primlsed to marry, "that I think it would kill htm did I now prove false." "You itro very tender townrd ltltnl" exclaims ho bitterly. "But of me? how Is it with me? No, I shall not die; I run not mado of such brittle stuff ns this other lover of yours. I shnll probably live, oven though you forsnko me; but what of my life? is it to bo nil barren nil wnsted? Hnvo you no pity left for me?" "Alnsl Is It kind to torturo me?" says she, with such a forlorn glutico ns onco more reduces him to a forgctfulncss of self, and to tho old passionate regret for her. "It Is kind. It my cruelty can rescuo you from the Slough of Deipond Into which you now are drifting It U moro than kind. What I will you ltxooutall your fresh young life without it joy all hope? Nadlne, I Implore you to pnuso'" "It is too late." Sho lays her palms upon her bosom and rcgitrds him with blanched chcoks "Oht if I had only met you sootier; but now now" "Your words nro an acknowledgment of your love for mo" cries he, casting his arms about her. "I will surrender you to no man. Nadlnot Hclovod! Do not shrink from me do not seek to unlooso my nrms." "I must," sobs sho vehemently. "Have I not told you that all this comes too late? I I um to bo married In a fort night." It is his turn to shrink, to pale. Ho opens his arms instinctively, nnd lets her draw back from him with quivering lips, and trembling limbs that almost refuso to support her. "I will not bellove it," ho says at last hoarsely. "A fortnight To give your self body nnd soul to ono for whom you are caring nothing in a fortnight! Child! Darling! Say it is not true." "I cannotl" She has burled her face In her hands. "And that is a woman's honor a woman's honesty," says ho, pacing to and fro upon the mosiy sward with a disturbed brow, and Hps stern and com pressed. "Do you think this man will thank you for tho empty casket you aro offering hlra? Thu body without the soul would be to me worthless. Who shall say he does not think ns I do? Como" stopping short before her aud gazing at her fixedly "toll mo the namo of this city clerk who stands between us! If you will do nothing toward the untying of n knot that may ruin three lives, I will." "Paul Annerley." "But do not pursue this matter," sho says eagerly, going a step or two nearer to him nnd laying her hand upon his arm. "Do not, I Implore you!" "I shall pursue it until tho iniquitous words aro said that will bind you to him for life," replies ho doggedly. "Nay." grasping her hand as she turns hopelessly nway from him, "do not think mo un kind, my love; It is for your happiness as for my own I strive." "If indeed, you dcslro my happiness," cries site, risking all things in her long ing to save him from a vengeance that Mtmu instinctive knowledge teaches her will be deadly, "abstain from interven tion of any bort. Do not seek Paul An nerley. Let mo fulfill my destiny. Let me marry him. Believe me, there Is no hope I" He might perhaps have misjudged her, nnd have believed her already wedded in heart to Annerley, but for her conclud ing words. But these, aud tho melan choly light in her largo eyes, reassure him of tlio truth that In reality she Is al together his. There is, however, so keon a sense of weariness in her attitude and expression that ho resolves on refraining from further argument. "Well," he says, with an attempt at lightness that does not deceive her, "wo hnvo said enough for to-day, and you look tired. Como, let mo take you home. Itcroember there will be a large addition to our party to-ulght, and of course you will like to look your best." "I will go back to tho house when you have promised me ono thing," returns she steadily; "thnt you will not seek Paul Annerley for four days from this. Give me theso four days." She is trembling with excitement, and her eyes are full of tears that will not bo repressed. Four dayi. To-day to-morrow; Uteris two cannot be avoided. Wero she to leave now, before to-night's din nerthat is but a herald of to-morrow night's ball, when Capt. Boyle Is ex pected, to grace his own birthday enter tainment it would bo regarded as noth ing less than an act of discourtesy by her kindly hostess. But tho day after sho might leave; Paul by that time will surely bo returned to town and her (bit ter thought!) and she can easily so man age as to prevent n meeting between him and Mr. Duran, "The four days you crnvo are yours," replies Duran gravely, noting the fever in her eyes. "Now, in turn, concede mo a gratification, Let m. accompany you back to the park." CHAPTER. XVII. Meantime Mlllicent and Gerald Massa reeno are standing In the warm sunshlno in one corner of tho tennis ground. Miss Grey, who had been playing, but has now resigned her placo and her racket to another, Is looking ot her companion with an expression half wistful, half mis chievousperhaps wholly mutinous. "Time is flying," says the young man ardently. "Havo you not como to a de cision yet? It is almost tho last hour. After to-morrow thero will be no grace left. He returns then," "GrnnU? Yes." "You must chooso between me and him. You know that, and still you hesi tate. When he returns It will give him an advantage, because then ho will a?aln have tho world on his side his very presence gives him nn extra chance, If you could decide If you could let me speak before he eomos," "I don't see how his presence or ab senco can Intluenco the matter. There is to roe only ono thing to be considered whether or not wo can live happily when quite poor," "It wouldn't be quite," Interposes ho eagerly. "Thero would bo the eight hundred a year." "There would bo starvation!" "If you chooso to term It so," says he a llttlo haughtily, his Irish blood allame. "And as yon bo choose, it of course, de clares to mo that you have made up your mind not to share it." Ho looks at her for a little while with his head well drawn up and his eyes full of an Indig nant entreaty. Miss Grey, receiving this look point blank, knows th,a( tho moment has como tq fecon him or lose him for ever, "You are so precipitate so Impul sive," she says, with ft t'tuito that Is vtfti clently y'ell bred to 'o devolil of tho ap pearance of hurry that really belongs to It. "I understand tlio case us well us you do," petulantly. "It is poverty with one man, misery with the other. One has to decide between them and one does not like poverty!" "Does one prefer miscryf" "N o, I suppose not." Then she pauses and locks her lingers together, and then unlocks, then, "ft Is misery either wuy," bho bays, "Not It there Is love," entreats ho softly. "And you will have to tutko up your mind now," "You mean that ytm, will not wait to receive my decision, later on?" asks she, With ft sudden swift glauco frou her eyes, t'Yes, that la what I mean," eys Massureeue, It la to be now or never, thenl She realizes the situation at once, and admires her true lover a little the more in that sho knows he will abide by his word, and that If she now trifles with htm, he will be over the border to-morrow ere daylight shows the land, and beyond all recalling, be the voice o the charmer never so sweet, "You mean, too" she says, tempor tzlug f little. "Nothiug but that. Make your choice now, tQday, between me uud him. To morrow there will be no choice left. If you do not love me, that will matter not tit all, and I shall have had an escape from ono who merely usert me as a toy wherewith to pass tho time, If you do love me, It will matter so far that you will break nil bonds and defy all discom fort to link your lot with minor" His face Is very palo ns ho says this, but his eyes nro light with resolution and his volco Is (Inn, Ho is almost handsome as he looks at her, with his glance fond but de termined, and his right hand resting on his heart Inside his coat as though to still Its tempestuous beating. Miss Grey, with a tremulous smile, draws nearer to him. "I have decided," sho says gently. "Now nnd forever." "Is It to bo him, or me?" Though his ncccnt Is steady, sho oan seo that his very Hps nro bloodies?. "You, you!" sho says. And then there is a long, long sllenco between them. They are standing In a corner of tho ten nis ground open to nil the world, so that any demonstration of joy or grntltudo or lovo Is Impossible, But even when ac tion Is denied, the eyes can speak. "My beloved!" says Mr. Massarcono In n tone so low that sho can barely catch it, but It is so full of inflnlto delight and love that she tells herself it Is sufficient in itself to ittottoto her for the enormous for tune sho is willingly flinging away for his dear sake. "There Is only one thing more," sho says after a little bit. "Do not speak of this until to-morrow 1ms gono by. It will distress Jnuntlo and Lady Valworth, and spoil her party," "But, if I say nothing, when Boylo re turns he will still regard you as engaged to him and and ho may expect" "Ho will expect nothing. Wo havo never been n loving couple, I assuro you. No. Let tho matter rest until Lady Val worth hns had nil her enjoyment out of her son's birthday ball." "It shall bo ns you wish, of course." Then, forgetful of everything save other, ho takes ono ot her hands nnd holds it closely. "Mlllicent! tell me you have no regret that you do not think I have done you harm instead of good." "I think of nothing except that I have given myself to you for weal or woe, as the case may be, nnd that I believo It will be for weal." "But if not, ray darling? Now that I havo really won you, I grow fainthearted lest you should ever repent. Oh I If you should do that! If thero should bo only povertj that Is woe before you!" "I should prefer that to weal with Granlt or any other man," she says softly, with such n light In hor eyes as he had never seen there before. The day wanes slowly; and night draws near with reluctant footsteps. Nadlne, standing before her glass, Is conscious of a thrill of satisfied vanity as she sees the dainty vision that is gazing back at her. All in white the vision stands: a simply clad thing in virgin muslin, but with a f aco above it beautiful as n dream. That it Is her own face rejoices the heart of Nadlne. The many guests nccummulating for to morrow night's ball have all arrived, und it is with a flutter at her breast that Nadino takes a last glunce at her charm ing person, and clasps round her neck the diamond cross Paul Annerley's first gift to her. It had been deemed by her too grand nn ornament to be worn on the ear lier evenings here, when only a simple black grenadine had been her dinner dress, but to-night, as sho sees herself looking all that tho heart ot man .could desire, in her delicate Indian fabric, sho tells herself that the glistening diamonds aro what will add tho Inst finishing touch to an already perfect picture. Taking up her fan, and returning tko maid's congratulations on her appearance with a pleased llttlo laugh, she leaves her room nnd goes slowly down tho staircase toward tho drawing room. Foramlnuto or two sho pauses outsldo the door, partly from natural nervousness at encountering so many strangers their voices coming to her In a subdued murmur from within nnd partly to give herbclt a last glance over In the huge mirror behind iter, to as sure herself that she Is looking fairer than usual, and tliut in her true lovo's eyes she may find favor. Sho sighs a llttlo as sho remembers how far sho will bo from him In a few days' time lost to him forever bound irrevocably to one whom sho may respect but can novcr love. The smile had died from her lips, and her face is colorless as her gown when she has finished these sad musings, and open ing the drawing room door, advances slowly to where sho can see Lady Val worth in tho distance. Tho room is somewhat crowded. Many look up as she goes by them. Some re gard her sllontly theso tho men; some osk, In a deprecatory way, who she is these tho women. All show nn undisguised Interest. Lady Valworth, with whom sho has be come n reigning favorite, turns to greet her as sho approaches her side. "You must let mo introduce you to a very charming little friend of mine," bho says to her compunion, Lord Aster, hold ing out her hand to Nadlne with a kindly smile. "A friend, too, of Mllllcent'sl" She gets through the introduction, and Lord Aster, nn old beuu with u juvenile lisp, nnd n wig callow and golden as a chicken's down, murmurs something com plimentary In a boyish tone that Is as labored as It is ancient. "There are a few arrangements as yet incomplete. Some eligibles uiasslgned, " whispers Lady Valworth to her favorite. "I should Uko to give you somo one who would amuse you through tho tedious time of dinner. Would you like" She comes suddenly to a dead stop. She had been murmuring to the rxirl in ft irsv aside, with a smile upon her face, but now the smile has given place to u glance of I mingled astonishment and horror. Her yes aro fixed ou Nadlne's breast, where the diamond cross Paul Annerley's gift is guttering ana sparkling magnifi cently as the girl's gentle bosom rises and falls, "That where did you get that?" do mauds Lady Valworth, in a stilled tone. Lord Aster, fortunately, li glancing through his jaunty eyeglass at somu ono sitting quito nt tho other end of the room, Nadino und Lady Valworth aro virtually alone, "That?" asks Nadino nervously, sur prised at Lady Valworth's, manner. She looks so Innocently at her hostess that tho latter, by a supremo effort, recovering herself, lays her hand reassuringly upon her arm. "Nothing, my love. It was a mere start I received. That pretty cross upon your neck reminded mo of ono I used to ad mire lotig ago. Who gave It to you?" "Paul Annerley Paul, to whom I am engaged," says the girl, with a little sigh. In truth, tho pretty bauble the value of which is unguessed by her is devoid of all tender interest, coming as it did from him, "Ah a pretty gift," returns Lady Val worth absently. In splto of herself her manner Is constrained. Sho movqs nway from Nadlne and crosses tho room to where Mlllicent Is standing, conversing with Geraldine Massnreene. Her face Is very pale, und there is excitement in her eye ns sho approaches her niece. "Millicent," says bhe abruptly, tapping Miss Grey's arm with her trembling fingers. "Something more than strango has happened. I must spcuk to you be cause you nro her friend, and" "What is it? You look as If yon had seen a ghostl" exclaims Miss Grey, com pelling her to sink upon a loungo near her, "I hnvo seen what I never hoped to see agnlnl Part of my stolen diamonds! I have seei my dlatnoud crossl" CHAPTER XVIII. "Where?" exclaims Mlllicent, as much taken aback us oven Lndy Valworth can deslro. ' "Round Nadlne's neck," "Oh, you must havo been mlstakenl How could Nadino haye a diamond cross of such vuluo?" "How, Indeed! Sho said she had, beo given it by that mat to whom sho & en gagedPaul Annerley." "A city clerkl Imposslblel Dearest aunt, you may be sure you havo niudo a mistake. Theso Frcuch jewelries are so good nowadays. They copy so exactly tho flue old designs that ono U easily de ceived when brought face to face with thorn." "No; i nm not deceived," says Lady Valworth. Her tone is Uutt ot ono who is suro of her argument. It is, indeed, So strong, so unllko the usually vacillating Lady Valworth, that Mlllicent is struck byit. "It Is inycross thoono belonging to tho diamond set Sir Thomas gave me ou ray marriage, that Is hanging around her neek." "But how could Nadlne" "If you doubt It," said Lady Valworth, with sudden vehemenco, "let mo havo an authority to prove Mint what I say Is right. Call Sir Thomas. Ho Is over there. Ask him." "Dear Lady Val worth, but you know you would not like to distress Miss Roche," puts In Gerald Massareeno who has been perforce a list ener to the disclosure and who now feels ho must tftko n prominent part In tlio dis cussion. Ho is amply rewarded for his interfer ence by nn eloquent look from Mlllicent. "True true I" says Lady Valworth sighing. "I shall not speak to Sir Thomas now but by and by I shall eall his attention to it. Good hcavensl Mllli cent this may mean tho recovery of the whole set." "Hardly I think. Theso matters drift. By piecemeal they enter tho windows of respectable Jolwelers, nnd all the research In the world will not bring to light the real offenders." "Still, It gives hope. I shall examine Nadlne, and" "Not now not until to-morrow night hns gone over our heads I" entreats Mllli cent, eagerly, willing to spare Nadino a shock. "Why would you make unhappy a guest In your house on the very eve of Granlt's blrthnlght bull?" This is the very argument of all others to gain over Ludy Valworth to her way of thinking. "Yes. All should go smoothly for Granlt," says Granlt's mother thought fully. "And Nadlne she sho rauy not be to blame." "May not?" MUHcent's eyes grow dark with indignant reproach. "What can you mean by such a speech as that? Nadlne! Do you for one Instant believe that sho has had any part In this strange story of which you speak?" "My dear child, I would not hurt you In any way, as you well know not even through another. And as for Nadlne, you can seo yourself how highly I esteem her." "Highly indeed, when you can hint nt scandal in connection with her." "I have hinted at nothing. I confess I nm horribly distressed at seeing my own cross round another's neck. Do yon blame me for that?" In her distress at having brought down the anger of her son's fiancee upon her head, and her agitation at seeing again a portion of her lost diamonds, poor Lady Valworth is reduced to tho very vergo of despair. "Be reasonable, MllUcent. At least, grant me justice. I havo said nothing to Nadlne. Why should I, when I deem hor innocent? Yet tho connecting link be tween me and the robber of my diamonds lies with -her." " I will not have her connected with this affair In any way," cries Millicent, hotly, tears in her eyes. "In seeking for your missing link, you will Incriminate her, nnd terrify her nnd make her wretched. And sho has had nothing to do with it. Has she?" She turns almost defiantly upon Massa reene, who up to this has been silent. "Do you think she has?" "A thousand times no!" declares he gently. "Miss Rocho and deceit of any kind seem to m. as far apart as the poles. It stands to reason, too, that if sho had known anything of tho lost diamonds, sho would hardly havo worn them hero." Ho is so earnest, so eager iu his speech, that Millicent, with her eyes full of tears, lays her hand on his. This net repays him for many things, and makes him trebly Nadlne's friend. And his argu ment, too goes home to Lady Valworth, so that two causes nre gained. If the latter had ever permitted herself to have any doubts, they now vanish Into noth ingness, and only Nadlne's pale, pure face rises beforo her. On such a face no guilt could Ue! "My dear, I meant nothing nothing, 60 far ns Nadino is concerned!" she cries in ngltation; "but, of course, it is only natural that I shoukj desire tho return of my diamonds Sir tAibos' diamonds. If Nadlne cau help me to a solution of this difficulty, I shall forever hold her in my debt" "Who gave this cross to her?" asks Mlllicent suddenly, if a little coldly. "Tho man to whom she Is engaged. Paul Annerley sho called him. Tho mun she Is going to marry." "You present him to me in the light of either a dupe or a swindler." "A dupe, most probably. Ho may, however, bo of use to us In tho discovery of the missing stones." "It will distress Nadino very much to havo her lover nccused of being an out sider in this affair." "I do not see that," says Massareene, quickly, who Is ns honest us he Is fulfilled of love. "If ho cau lead justlcotoltsends, why should he not bo used? Miss Hoche, I am sure, would bo tho very last to pre vent that; and so, when you como to think of It" looking at Millicent "would you." "Well perhaps. But Nadino must not be teased now. Not to-night. To-morrow night perhaps, when the ball is over but not beforo." "As you will," says Lady Valworth, with a sigh, She would have liked to speak with Nadino now at onco. "Is it a conspiracy?" askjt Duran, coming up at this moment nnd touchiug Lady Valworth lightly on the urm. "You all look so bolemn even Miss Grey, who, as a rule, is gay us spring time." "Ohl" exclaims Mtlliceut; "It is this curious affair," she goes on; "auntlo imagines she has seen to-night some of her lost diamonds. And where do you think?" "In the servants' hull?" suggests ho, laughing. "No. Hero, In this very room, worn by one of her guests." "Impossible!" Something in her tone removes tho smile from Duron's Hps. He turns to Lady Valworth. "A guest?" ho says. "Mlllicent is indiscreet," hesitates Lady Valworth, casting a reproachful glance at her niece, "Not that; onlyit little angry," returns Millicent, with a rather tremulous smile. "And why should what you havo told us be hidden? Why, after all, ore we to whisper of It iu corners? Wo almost con demn her In so doing," "Condemnl Who?" exclaims Duran sharply, Instinct, love, what you will, has led him to a knowledgo of the truth. "Nadlne," replies Lady Valworth In a low tone, hor eyes lowered. "Who has dared" Ho checks him self abruptly by an effort thnt renders Ida face as white and cold as marble. "You can scarcely nlludo to Miss Uocho when speaking ot this matter, " he goes ou, with a labored attempt to appear calm, "Of Nadlne? Yes. But It Is all a mis take," says MllUcent. "Irftdy Vulworth has Been a diftinond cross around her neck, Rut one cross of that bort Is so like another! I for my part feel mro It Is a mere coincidence." "It is a jnilnt on which no doubt should bo allowed to rest even for a momeut," declares Duron, his brow darkening. Ho looks round htm. "Miss Rocho is at the other end of the room. Will you permit mo to bring her here, Lady Valworth, nud let you have A closer examination of tlds cross? You, too, Miss Grey? You know tho cross in question?" "I have seen it yes," bays Mlllicent, slowly, "If you think it bet ter to lift this doubt from Lady Vol worth's mind so br)ngNadinehere.. But upon ono thing I insist'1 Airing her eyes first on him and then ou her aunt with nn imperious glance "that no thought of our suspicion, Is betrayed to Nudlnfc I will not have her hurt offended" She breaks oft abruptly, She Is agi tated, and her eyes aro troubled, Could she know It, her agitation, kindly, womanly as It Is has made Duran her friend for lite. "Certainly, no ulluslou should be made to er anything awkward," nuts in Mas fcarecne hurriedly. Duran li&j alrvoily none In quest of Na THE COLUMBIAN, VOI-. XXI, NO 8 COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. L, NO 40 dlne; and presently returns, bringing her to where Lady Valworth, MllUcent, nnd Gcrnld Massareene nro standing. The girl, flushed aud lovely, forgetful for tho moment of oil her cruel future, nnd mindful only of the happy present that has given her Duron, advances townrd tho anxious, expectant group with smiling lips and wide, glad eyes. Upon her neck tho fatal cross Is rising, falling, glittering, as only the purest diamonds cau. MllUcent, her gnzo fixed upon them, feels her hontt contract. If not Lndy Vnlworth's cross, It Is unfortu nately horribly llko It. Some few words pass between her nnd Nadlne. Tho latter is too full of tho hour's passionate Joy to heed tho grief within her friend's eyes. But Duran reads it. Lady Valworth, uftor one swift glanco nt tho girl's neck, lots her gaze sink to her fan, with which sho per sistently trifles until Nadlne has gono by them. "Well?" sho says then, addressing Mil ltecnt. "I acknowledge It is like your cross so llko that it may be yours; nud, it so, no doubt this Paul Annerley bought it for her from wherever tho thief sold It." "A city clerkl to buy that Jewell" There is unbelief, keen and strong, iu Lady Vnlworth's low tone. "How else could he have obtnlucd it? Who is tlijp Paul Annerley? How should ho hnvo had ttccess to your jewel case?" Mls3 Grey's tbno Is somewhat impa tient. "That Is what I cannot say. I only know the cross is mine," replies her aunt doggedly. "it resembles It. That I admit. But I think time will prove to you that you nre mistaken. It is probably only paste." "Paste of that sort Is exnensivo for n city clerk." Hor obstinacy angers Millicent. "Then in all probability, ns I snid be fore, it is mero glass Spanish crystal what you will," she says, shrugging her shoulders. "I can well believo it is a bit of French Jewelry. What I cannot believe Is, that Nadluo has had any Inter course with a thief." "As you have sold, time will tell," re pUes Lady Valworth, moodllv. TO BR CONTINUED IN OUK NEXT. Supplanting the CUr Stove. Everybody is afire, 'd that the oar stovo is an abomination aud that it ought to go. But HotiH'hour tho travel ing pulilio has been It ft. under tho itn-j)rt-99ion, so far as leading railway ofli cials could give that impression, that no substitute is possible ; that- if the s'.ove is not used the passengers must fre'ise when tho weathtr is cold. Pre sident King, of the Erie Railway, iu a recent iutt rviow Hflid : "To bivo tlio life of ono pas9Piigir on the Eiio I would ootistut to any expense, but tho opportunity is not given." This simply meai.s, if it means anything, that Pre sident King tloes not know of anything that cau be mado to take tlio place of tho Move. President Sl an, of the Lackawanna ltoad, Hays that he suf fers no consideration lo stand between his responsibility and a Coroner's in quest, but he learned many years ago that there was nothing better than stoves for heating cars. Liko the Bourbons ho teems to havo learned nothing new since. President Depew, of the Now Yoik Contral, and Presi dent Smith, of iho Vtrmont Central, have been talking lately and botli seem convinced that the car slove will have to continue its deadly woik for all they can do to ptevent it. Hut is the assumption that thero is or can be no substitute for the oar stove true? It is well known to these who aro well infonntd that it is not. Tho Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley ami Pittsburg Iload, connecting Dunkirk, N. Y with Tituaville, Pa., has been heating its cars with steam for four years. This system, which an engineer who inns one of the trains on that road says rt quires a hteam pressure of but fivo pounds oven when the thermome ter icgisters from live to twenty de grees below zero, is in use on the Bos. ton and Albany Hoad and is about to bo adopted by tlio Cleveland, Colum bus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis and tho Milwaukeo and St. Paul Haihvays. Thu Now York elevated cars aro aio successfully hinted by steam from tin locomolivo boilers. The successful use of steam on the above-named roads ef fectually refutes the assertion that strain heating is impossible. 1 no claim is made by somo that while steam-heating may bo a ruccefs on trains containing but three or four cars, it could not be employed on tho long trains run by tlio trunk lines with out materially reducing tho supply of steam necessary lo haul tlio train." To this objection tho Northern Pacific Railway is about making a practical answer. 1 hat corpoiaiion is construct ing an iron car containing boilers for steam and hot water and electric ma chinery for lighting purposes. This car is to bo attached to tho train irnme. dialely in the rear of the. euinne and ...in t t. ....... D . mn itiriiii'ii mo steam ntcessaty tor healing a long train indi-peiident of the locomotive boiler. Its ehctrio light apparatus will also reduce the danger of fire from Iho use of oil or gas and thus render tho chances of a oollagra- lion in case of a wreck verv remote in deed. What tho Northern Pacifio can do in this respect nny of tlio truim lines may elo. If tho car stovo bo not soon supplanted by saft-r methods of heating iu view of these practical dem onstrations of tho feasibi'ity of the uso of steam it will bo mainly btcanso tho iniiwiiy cumpatiieH are not, willing to incur the expenso nocessary to tho in iroduct'on of a safe method. 1'hila. Timet, A Prominent Negro Talka. He Denounces the IIu'Ujii.ican Skn ATE VOH RlMKCTINO A Coi.OIt- Ei) Demockat. J. M. Turner, formerly minister to Liberia, and now practicing law in St. Louis, and who is looked upon ns or.o of tho leading colon d men of tlio country, is now in Washington. Iu conversation with n roportcr he severe ly criticised tho aolion of tho Seimto in rejecting Matthew's nomination. "The aolion of tho Senato was mi iusult to tho race," ho Baid. "Jf it can confirm a white Demoorat, why not a black ono ns well t I have been a Republi. cau in Missouri ever sinco I was en franchised, but this action by tho Re publican Senato has done more to make Demooratio votes among tho colored people i than any act that jmty could do. So far as I am concerned, it Gro ver Clovela.ni! is re-nominated for tlio Prcsidonoy, by nny parly whatsoever, I shall drcm it my duty to my race to voto for him. If this Senate caunot bo great enough to rise to thestanejard of Clmrles Sunnier and Thad. Stevens, it oan go, and wo can ohoopo one that will," The dirkness of comb in fowls is the ieiilt of coiijortion of gomo kind, now suniwt) business mem iuvrsolv V.I) 4 (inr.AT MIOHLKM. 'Is thero a fatality amoug our promi nent men" is a question that wo often nlc. It is a question that perplexes oiy leading medical men, and they aro at a loss to know how to answer it. Wc sometimes think that If the physicians would givo part of tho cner gy to tlio consideration of this question that they givo to combatting other schools ol practice, it might bo satis factorily answered. Tho fights of "isms'' feminds us often of tho quarrels of old Indian tribes, that wero only happy when they wero annihilatlnt! each other. If Allopathy makes a diecovcry that promises gooel lo tho race, HomtL'pathy derides it and breaks down its influence. If Iloiniupithy makes a discovery that promises to be a boon to tho race, Alio patliy attacks it. It, is absurd that theso schools should fainy that all of good is in their meth ods and noun in any other. Fortunately for Iho people, the merit which these "isms" will not recognize, is recognireel by tho public, and this public recognition, taking tho torm of a demand upon tho medical profession, eventually compels it to recognize it. Ib it poiblo that tho question has been answered by shrewd business men! A preeminent man once said to an in quirer, who asked him how h't got lich "I got rich because I did things wiiilo oilier people were thinking about doing thcm It seems to us that tho public havo recognized what this fatality is and how it can be met, while '.ho medi cal profession have been wrangling about ft. By & careful examination of insur ance reports we find I hat thero has been a sharp reform with re ference to examinations, (and that no man can now gci any amount of instil anco who has the least development of kidnoy disorder,) becau-o thoy find that sixty rout of (-very hunilreel in this tjountry do, eitut r eurt'Olly or iiitiin etly, stiller from kidney disease. Hence, no ro liable company will insure a man ex cept after a rigid urinary examination. This reminds us of a little instanco which occurred a short time ago. A fellow editor was an applicant for a respectable amount of insurance. Ho was rejected on examination, becituse unknown to himself, his kidneys were disea-ed. The shrewd agent, however, did not give up thu case. He had an eye to busings and to his commission and said : "Don't you worry : you get a half dozen bottles of Warner's safe cure, tako it according lo direc tions and in about a month come around, and wo will havo another ex amination. I know jou will find your self all right and will get your policy." The e iitor expressed surprNo at tho agent's faith, but tho latter replied : "This point is a valuable one. Very many insurance agents all over the country, when thoy find a customer re jected for causp, give similar advice, and evoutually he gets the insurance." What are wo to infer from such cir cumstances ? Have shrewd insurance men, as well as other shrewd businrss men, found Iho secret answer to tho inquiry? Is it possible that our col umns have been proclaiming, in the torm of advertisements, what has prov ed a blessing in disguise to millions, and yet by many iguored as an adver tise ment?" In our tiles we find thousands of strong testimonials for Warner's safe cure1, no two alike, which could not ex ist except, upon a basis of Iruth; in deed, they aio published under a guar antee of .r),000 to any ono who will diprovo their correctness, and this offer has been standing, we are told, for mure than four years. Undoubtedly this article, which is simply dealing out justice, will be con sidered as an advertisement and be re jects! by many as such. Wo have not space nor lima to dis cuss the proposition that a poor thing could not succeed to the extent that this meat remedy has succeeded, could notbecomjso popular without merit even if pushed by a Vanderbilt or an Astor. Hence we take tho liberty of telling our friends that it is a duty that they owe to themselves to investigate tho matter and n flnct carefully, for the statements published aro subject to tho refutation of tho entiio world. None havo refuted them ; on the contrary hundreds of thonsands havo believed them and proved them true, and in be lieving have found the highest raeaiuro of satisfaction, that which money can not buy, and money cannot take away. A State House Oaptured- THE KANSAS IXGlSLATUItR COWED nV 110STON C0RI1ETT. Boston Corbett tho slayer of John Wilkes Booth, created a sentation in the Kansas hous'i of representatives at Topekf Feb. 1G. At tho commence ment of the session of tho legislatnro Corbett was appointed assistant door keeper. H strapped on two revolvers and took with him a box of eartrit'ges. Then, with a drawn weapon, ho drovo a negro attendant from tho representa tive hall. Sergcant-at-Arms Norton tried to expostulate with htm, when Corbett cocked ono of his revolvers, and pointing it directly at tho officer told him to travel. Corbett then search ed for Speaker Smith, and on mooting a member who somewhat resembled him, was about to fire, when the mem ber threw up his hanels and said he was not tho speaker. The member was then peimitted to move on. Corbett then took posseefcion of the speaker's gallery and walking in front of the doors held it during tho entiro itorning session, refusing to allow any body to como near him. Three city policemen wero called, but they would not venture into tho dark corridor, and tho slayer of Booth held possession. At 12 o'clock lie sent word down to the houso to adjourn or ho would como down and adjourn it himself. Tim houso adjourned. Corbett was afterwards captured in Ihe lower corrider, disarmed and taken to tho police, station. IIo was judged insano aud confined in an asylum. Littlo Johnny was saying his pray ers hofore retiring, and when ho oatno to "Givo us this day our daily bread," ho stopped. "Givo us this day,-' sug gested his mother in u whisper. "Yes'm I know it, but I don't want to say that part," ho replied. "Why not ? You al ways say it." "I know'it, bnt I don't want to say it to-night." "Tell mam ma why "yon don't want to say it.' "Beeauso because if I said that God might up and ak mo why the mischief I didn't eat tho bananas I stole oil tho fruit-stand on tho oorner and hid in tho alley, and not be asking him for bread all the time." Merchant Traveler, Farmer "Gwino to run a railroad through my barn V Survoyor "I don't seo how wo oan avoid It.' Farmer 'Waal, now, boss, 1 reckon I got suthln to say about this. I got snthin eUo to do besides uiiinin' in an' out lo open tho doors ol that there barn ovrry timo a train gees through." Harper's JSaz-
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