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T E. WALLER,
ATTOItNKY-AT-LAW,
Offlce over lit. NHIonal Dsn. Dl00mrt'nr. r
VT U. FUNK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Blooxiiom, fa.
ffloo la Rat's Building.
J OHN M. CLAHK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
AMD
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE.
BLooxatroo, Pa.
Office orcr Moyer Bros. Drug Store.
W. MILLER,
ATTOHNBY-AT-LAW,
O nice In Brewer's buIlding.Bctond Ooor.rooin Ho. 1
Bloomsburg, r.
D FRANK 2 A Hit,
' ATTOllNKY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
o mcp corner of retire tta sin StistK.ciatk
Building.
Can bo consulted In German.
Q.EO. E. ELYYELL
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Bloosisbmio, Pa.
Oftlco on FlrBt floor, front room of Col
Ombiak Bulliling, Jlnl n struct, below Ex
change Hotel.
J)AOL E. WIHT,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office In Colcmbiin Boildino, Room No. 1, second
floor.
BLOOMSBUKQ, PA.
H,
V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BILOOMSBURG, PA.
Office In BrowcrB' Building, 2nd floor,
may 1-tf
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KNOBR & WINTER8TEEN,
A ttornoy s-ot-Law.
Offlce In let National Dank building, second Door,
nrstdoortotheurt. Corner ot Main and Marlt't
streets Bloomsburg, Pa.
ttf Pennon t and EourMti Collected.
J II. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
ffice In Maize's tniUdlif, over Blllmeyer's grocery.
E.
P. B1LLMEYER,
DI8T1UCT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
HTOIllcc over Denlltr's shoe store,
Bloomsburg, Pa. apr-UO.80.
JOHN C. YOCUM. C. E. OEV2II.
YOCUM & GEYEH,
Attorney s-at-Lawi
CATAWI8SA, PA.
(Offlce front stilt ot rooms on second floor or
Mtws Itkii building.)
r"CAN BE CONSULTED IN GERMAN..!
Members ot Sharp and Allcman's Lawyers ind
Banker's Directory and the Atnoricah' Mercantile
and collection Association, w ill give prompt and
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all otber professional business entrusted to tnero
r. II. ruawn!
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlas, Pa.
cmce.cornerot Tblrd and Main Streets.
M
ICUAEL F. EYERLY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
AND
LEOAL ADVICE IN THE. SETTLEMENT OF
ESTATES, to.
nr-offlce in Pent'er's building with P. P. Bill
meyer, attorney-at-law, front tooms, snd floor
Bloomsburg, Pa. (apr--8.
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3. BMITIJ,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
D
li. IIONOBAA. BOBBINS.
Offlco and residence. West First street, Blooms
burg, Pa. noree S6 ly.
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E7E, SAB AND THROAT, A SPECIALTY.
PITTSTON, I A.
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two weeks, on Saturday, from 8:S0 p. m. to 2 p.m
Dec, 4 and 18, Jan. 1 and 15 and SV, Feb. 12 and 20
March 18 and se. novS881y.
It. J. II, EVAN 8, M. D Surgeon and
Physician, offlce and residence, on Third
trect.
' B. McKELVY, M. D.,8urgeon and Phj
. slclan, north side Main stret,below Market
, L. FRITZ, Attornoy-at-IiW. Office
L Front room over Post Offlce,
D
R. J. C. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN SURGEON,
' once, North Markot street,
Bloomabure, Pa
R. WM. M. REBER, Surgeon and
Physician. Office corner of Book and Markot
treet.
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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
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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-