PROFESSIONAL CARPI. "' "
' - J i v A A I
Office orcr 1st. National Dank,
T U. FUNK,
' ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW.
fllcoln Knt'a Uultdlng.
J OIIN M. OLAltlC,
ATTOIINEY-AT-LAW,
JUSTIOK OF THE PEACE.
IILO0MBBCK0, Pi,
Oiuca over Meyer Bras. Drug Store,
p W. MILLER,
" ATT011NKY-AT-I.AW.
Office In Browor'sbulldlng.sotondfloor.room No.l
liloomsburir, Pa.
D Fit AN K ?iKK,
' ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomaburg, Pa.
O Wee corner ol Centre and am Stints. Clail t
Building.
Can bo consulted la German.
GEO.
E. ELWELL
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
BLooMsuuno, Pa.
Ofllco on First tloor, (rnnt room of Col
ombian HuUdlnu. Muin street, below Ex
change Hotel.
pAUL E. WIKT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
Office In Columbian UniLDiNO, Room No, 9, second
uoor.
HLOOM8B0RQ, PA.
JJ V. WHITE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BiL 0 0 M S B U R Q PA.
Office In Browcrs' Building, 2nd floor,
may 1-tf
s knohk. l. s. trirmESTiix.
KNORR & WINTEKSTEEN,
A ttornoys-at-Law.
Office tu 1st National Hank building, second floor,
H rat door to tho left. Corner ot Main and Starlet
streets moomsDurg, ra.
t&lJcrmom anil Bounliet Oollectid.
J U. MAIZE,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
fflco In Maize's bulldlir over Blllmcyer's grocer
P. BILLMEYER,
(DISTRICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
HTOfllco over Dcntlcr's shoo store,
Bloomaburg, Pa. rapr-JO.80,
JOUN C. YOCUM. C. B. 0EY211.
YOCUM & GEYER,
Attorn oy s-at-Lawi
CATAW1SSA, PA.
(Office front suit of rooms on second floor of
p(BWS ITEM UUUU1UK.J
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uamw. nt Khnm And Allpman's Lawversnnd
Banker's Directory and the American Mercantile
and collection Association. ui kivb uruuiiJi,
AnN.fni flttpntinn to collection of clalmsln any
Dart of the United states or Canada, ns well as to
U II UlUCr JJlUirDOiUUtt. uuo.uvoa vuv. now- -w .
y. II. RHAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlss, Pa.
office, corner ot Third and MalnStreota.
jyIOIIAEL F. EYEKLY,
Conveyancer, Collector of Claims.
AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN THE SETTLEMENT OF
ESTATES, 4C.
t-wrrtrnm in Ttpnt.ipr'n tmlldln? with F. P. Bill
meyer, attorney-at-law, front looms, 2nd floor
iiioomsourg, ra. wto
E. SMITH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Berwick, Pa.
T-yt IIONORA A. BOBBINS.
Offlco and residence, West First street. Blooms
burg, Pa. novad sa ly.
TV
R. J. H. MOOHE.
EYE, EAR AND THROAT, A SPECIALTY.
PITTSTON, PA.
Will bo at Exchange Hotel, in lilcomsburg, every
two weeks, on Saturday, from 8:30 p. m. to 2 p.m
Dec, 4 and 18, Jan. 1 and 15 and 8V, Feb. 12 and SS
March 12 and 20. novnc w ly.
TT-vR .1. Tl EVANS. M. D . Sureeon nnd
J Physician, office and residence, on Third
street.
It TtlrK'EI.VY. M. D.-Bureeon and Phy
. slclan, north side M aln strcet.below Market
L. FKITZ, AttnrneT-at-Lw. Offic
, Front room over Tost Offlce,
D
R. J. C. RUTTER,
PHYSICIAN SBUKQaON,
Office, North Market street,
Bloomsburg, I'u
DR. WM. M. REBER, Burgeon and
Physician. Ofllco corner of Bock and Market
ireet.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOHSBUBO, FA.
OPP08lTBiOURT DOUSB.
Lary esanrt convenient sample rooms. Bath room
;t S' r ij'dH. coi vil'itrl .
T F. HARTMAN
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York, of Pennsylvania.
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oct. U, I-
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hazard of riRE only.
Losses FKOsirTUT and noNxsTLT adjusted and
paid as soon as determined by chhistun r.
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Pa.
Thepeoplsof Columbia county should patron
lie the agency where losses It any are settled and
pali by one of ther own citizens.
PltOMITNKSS. EQUITY. FAIR DKALINO.
JREA8 BROWN'S INSURANCE
' AQBNCY. Mojer's new building, Mala street,
bomsburg, Pa. Asseu
Btna Insurance Co., of Hartford, conn '.w.2o
Royal of Liverpool 12SfR'S22
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Fire Association, Philadelphia 4'16Hi2
Phoanlx, or London 5-S2
London Lancashire, of England 1,709,1176
Hartford of Hartford. S.-.TO.ieo
Sprlngnald Fire and Marine 2,0ta,5o
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WHOLESALE GROCERS,
Philadelphia, Pa.
TEAS, SYRUPS, COFFEE, SUGAR, MOLASSES
HICK, tl'U'Ee, BIOAllll SODA, ETC., ETO.
N. K. Corner SeconJ and Arch Sts.
nrorderB will receive prompt attention.
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DENTIST,
Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pa
All styleB of work dono In a superior manner, work
warranicaos reprBOQiuu. iihtu &atuut
xd without I'aih by the use of Gas, and
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aro Inserted.
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lo be open at all hour during the da
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RETRIBUTION.
DY "THE, DUTCHESS.'
CHAPTER XXII.
Durnti is nt licr side In nn Instant. He
lms encircled her wllli his nrin?. Her
liend lias fallen upon her lirenst. Ho
looks nt lioylo ns tliotigh prepared to dis
pute him for her to tho death; but thero
Is no occasion for him to ho on tho defen
sive. When Hint cry, when tho word
"Mntirlce" hns ninhol from her lips,
Ornnlt, ns thoiiuh he had received a inor
tnl wound, hnd loosed his hold of her,
nnd now stands apart from them, stnrliiK
vacantly nt tho half unconscious (rlrl.
Tl.ls ho had nover suspected. Tlmt her
heart was not his, he know) that it was
In tho keeping of another bursts upon
him now for the first time, without a mo
ment's warning, and crushes out of hint
his Inst hope.
There Is something tcrrlhlo in tho glance
ho hits bent upon her. Ho has apparent
ly given no thought to Dtirnn, though in
him ho finds his rival; nil his thoughts
am centered 011 Nndlnc. As it slio feels
tho terrible concentration of his regard,
she shivers in Duran's arms, and slowly
lifts her head. Her eyes met lloylo's.
"Sol" ho says, and 110 more.
There is such n cruel meaning in the
one word ho hns tittered that Nndlne,
freeing herself from Duran's restraining
grasp, goes forward as if to refute in per
son whatsoever lie may daro to Insist upon.
Yet, as she draws nenr to him, tho ex
treme agony of his expression touches,
and forbids her to say anything thnt may
hurt or wound.
"Stand back I" snysBoylo in alow tone.
"Do not conio neur me. If you touch mo
I will not answer for myself. Probably I
shall kill you."
"Pntill"
She lias forgotten everything savo tho
doipalr that shu has brought to him, and
that stands marked upon his pallid face.
"I warn you to keepnwny," repeats ho
in tho sauio dull, methodical tono ns be
fore. "If you spoko forever you could
not tell me mora than I know now. It Is
too Into to cajole or deceive mo further.
You mnst be satisfied with the old vic
tory." "If you would but listen"
"To bellevo ngaln to bo again undone?
13e warned I" cries he with a sudden ac
cess of violent passion.
"If you approach mo ono step nearer, it
your treacherous volco sounds once moro
upon my ear, I will dash your false brains
against that wall opposite!" Ho draws
his breath fiercely, and his hands work
together in o convulsive frenzy. "Trnit
rcssl" he whispers, a cold fury in his
tone; "how has it been between us? I
gave you all my love, my life, my hopes.
You gave men serpent's smile and glnnces
falso as belli With desire in your heart
for another, you held out a hand to mo,
and swore you knew not tho meaning of
tho strange word lovet Stand back, I tell
you, if life is still of value to youl Nay,
not a word! Treacherous devil that you
are, I would still spare youl"
"If you would only let me tell you
how"
She has placed her hand nppeallngly
upon his. With a sudden cry, wild as
though coming from a beast hurt unto
death, ho seizes her, and flinging her far
from lilm, sends her with a crash against
the furthest wall.
She drops like n stono to tho ground.
Duran, holding her to his heart, looks
round. Boyle is no longer to be seen.
Without waiting to learn tho consequences
of his fury, he had rushed from the room.
. .
"Well, nt last my duty Is at an end;
my final guest has departed. I can now
rest my weary limbs," says Miss Grey
some hours later, sinking Into n chair as
sho speaks.
"You look awfully done," returns Mas
sareene with deep solicitude.
"I am tired. I confess it. With all this
nnxloty upon my mlud, to bo obliged to
go about among the guests and apologize
to them for poor Lady Vnl worth's absence,
was more trying than I knew. Auntla
was of no help nt nil. She was thorough
ly upset licrtelf, and for the llrst hour un
presentable. Then she rallied a littlo,
but to hardly any purpose Oh, Geraldl
what a terrible evening this has been I'
"It has had its good side, however.
You aro free,"
"Free yes."
"To let mo love you,"
"I have had no tlmo to think of that"
Sho regards him earnestly for a moment.
"You will compel mo to believe you sel
fish," she says slowly.
"Is it selfish to consider abovo every
thing the welfare of the one boit beloved?
If so, I plead guilty. I tell you I have
thought of nothing slnco slnco lloylo's
expose but tho fact that you have been
delivered out of tho hands of such 11 man."
"Ono must think of Nndlno."
"How is she now?" "Well, but still
terrified, His violence did her no bodily
harm, but sho is oppressed by nervous
horror, and will not consent to remain
alono for even a moment.
jho is now in tho morning room with
Mr. Durau and auntie."
"You were surprised nbout Duran?"
' 'Weren't you? When sho called out to
him that time, and when ho caught her
in Ills arms, I could hardly bellevo my
senses. Well, it is a good exchange for
her. Slaurlco Duran Is handsome, and
rich, and her heart's chosen. She is a
ltuky glrll"
"Aro you unlucky?" Ho asks the ques
tion wistfully, looking down nt her with
his plain, kindly face rather disturbed.
"I am ugly and poor, and not altogether
sure that I am the chosen of her who Is
all the world to me,"
"Ohl you are you?" returns shoseuten
tiously. "And as for Maurice Duran, I
would not marry him, even if he had tho
grace to ask mo."
"And you will marry mo?" eagerly.
"Time will provo that."
Sho laughs nt him a little saucily from
under her long lashes, and holds out to
him a hand with such dainty sweetness as
brings him to her feet at once.
"My darling girl!"
"A darling girl, no doubt; but not
yours yet, however."
"And why not, slnco yott are free?"
"I was quite free all nloug, It seems!"
exclaims she with a quick Hash of
wounded pride that brings tho hot blood
to her cheeks. Sho springs from her sent
and paces rapidly up and down the room,
Presently she stops short beforo him, and
lifts her dark, angry eyes to his. "I
wonder you have not too much prldo to
care for tho woman who was despised by
that thief 1" sho says, with angry excite
ment. "I care IrMlllicent Grey, It is absurd
to dwell upon such a thing," returns he
strongly.
"Shall I ever forget it, I wonder to be
rejected by such as hlml To learn from
his own lips that I was merely used ns a
blind; thut while paying attention to me
his whole heart ami soul was devoted to
anothcrl"
"Uutwhat a soul and heart I you should
consider that."
"The meaner they nro, tho more I re
sent his conduct. And to suy it beforo
them all! my nunt, Lady Valworth, Sir
Thomas, youl When ho thus scorned me
publicly, witli that evil smilo upon ids
lips, I had only one wish left."
"And Hint?"
"That I weroninan, to thrust the words
back iu his throat and kill him."
"Aud yet you held mo from him ut tho
moment. Ho is still in the house, how
ever. I will compel him to apologize
to" begins the hot Irishman, making
for tho door.
"No, it would be useless," Interposes
Bhc. quickly "It is done it cannot be
undone,and surly himothor has suffered
enough. Thero must be no further dis
turbance." "I can follow him, however."
"I tell you, you could never undo what
la done. Let him go; he is not worth
notice. I Bhould bo ashamed to confess
that his sting hurt me. And we are
bound to remember his mother."
"Aht poor Lady Valworth I Sholndeed
is the one to be pitied."
"So you would say, could you see her
'Where ts she?"
"In her own room. Sir Thomas was
with her. His grief for her was very
touching, but sho seemed, I thought, Im
patient under it. Sho looked old, crushed,
broken!"
Milllccnt turns nsldo, but not beforo ho
can seo that tho hot tears nro running
down her cheeks.
"Poor woninnl" says ho softly. And
them "My darling, you nro worn out.
You luivo been thinking for every one.
Let mo now think for you. You want
rest. Let mo persuade you to llo down
for n littlo whllo."
"It would bo useless. I could not sleep.
Tho very nlr Is heavy with trouble. As
long ns that man remains in the house I
hardly know how any of us can breathe.
"That dllTlctilty will bo conquered in n
few hours. He will lcnc, of course, by
tho early train,
"I suppose so. His poor mothcrl"
"Milllccnt! Try to forget it all for
awhilo at least. Think of something
else" ho pauses and looks at her en
treatiugly. "Could you not think of
me?"
"If I hudn't you lo think of I should go
mad," returns she, with sudden soft vehe
mence. Sho holds out her hands to him.
"You are my one comfort," she whispers
brokenly.
They do not hear the door open, nnd in
deed she Is still tn his arms when Mrs.
Ilrand's volco falls on their cars.
"Is this what you call 'taking a little
rest'?" sho asks, with deep reproach.
There is, however, uo linger In her tones
ho looks too sad, too deprested for nny
open demonstrations of annoyance.
"Mrs. Ilrnnd," says Massnrcene, ad
vancing eagerly toward her, "you know
how it is with mo and Millicent. You
must have known for a long time. Now
thnt this unhappy affair has left her onco
ngaln her own mistress, do not rcfuso to
let 1110 plead my cause."
Mrs. Brand has sunk into a chair.
"You are very persistent," she says,
tapping her fingers upon the table near.
"Because I am very much In love."
"And Milllccnt?"
"I daro to hopo that she has found
6omo room in her heart for me."
"Let her speak for herself," says Mrs.
Brand, with a faint touch of impatience.
"Well, Millicent, how is It with you?"
"I love him, auntie," says Miss Grey
demurely. "I can't help that, can 1?
And I wouldn't if I could 1 Ho is not
rich, of course, but money isn't every
thing. I have been very dutiful up to
this. That you must nllow."
Sho says nothing of the secret passages
between her nnd Massareene, and of the
determination lately come to, to defy
the world of relations for his sake.
"Onco you choso for me"
Sho pauses. Mrs. Brand blghs.
"That choice was not altogether
happy."
Still Mrs. Brand is silent.
"I think perhaps if I wero to chooso for
myself this time, it would bo better."
At this her aunt rouses herself.
"I had hoped to seo you make a great
alliance," sho says mournfully. "You,
wllli your fortune, and and that unfortu
nolo youii't man, with his prospect of un
earldom. All is shattered now. Every,
thing Is nt an end. But still there would
ho n brilliant future boforo you If"
"1 shall not glvo up Gerald," says Mil
licent, drawing back from her somewhat
coldly. "You and Undo Timothy can
leave your money to whom you will; I
sh tll certainly marry Gerald."
Mnriiurccne, coming forward, takes her
hind and lifts It to his lips. There is a
great warmth and gladness In tho gaze
ho directs nt Sirs. Bram,
Perhaps she gives it lt.t value. So true,
so unmeiccnnry a lovo us this is not to be
despised in tho money worshiping world
in which she moves.
"Of course, if you linvo quite mndo up
your mind," sho says with hesitation,
looking at Millicent. Thero is something
new and beautiful in tho girl's fuce that
nttratts her. Lovo has transfigured it!
After all it may be best for her darling to
nbjuro ambition nnd cleave only to love.
"You will bo good to her, Gerald?" sho
says In a low voice.
Massareene, who is looking grave, re
gards her earnestly.
"1 shall always lovo her," he says, "If
that is wliat you mean I"
"You give your consent, auntie?" asks
Millicent, kneeling ou tho carpet beside
her and encompassing her with her arms.
"Yes. My meddling resulted In so dlro
a failure I dare not try It again. I am
glad you have chosen a man who, if poor,
Is at least ono who I believe will mnko
you happy. One, too, whom 1 liko and
esteem. Ah I my dear to be able to re
spect your husband is a great matter.
Geraldl see that she can always do that.
And as for your undo Timothy, darling,
I think I shall bo able to arrango him."
Sho stoops forward and kisses Millicent
fondlv.
"And now where am I to gof" says tho
poor woman, in a melancholy tone. "I
left tho morning room because I felt sure
that Duran wanted to come to an under
standing with Nadlne, nnd now you two
lovers are wishing me well, any where
out of this."
"Nonsensel Wo shall never wish for
your absence," cries Millicent tenderly.
"Stay with us always, just as long as
ever you like, dear mother mine!"
CHAPTER XXIII.
It Is a very pale and f ragilo Nadine who
is looking nt Duran In tho morning
room.
"Now yon nro safe," sas'S he, smiling.
He presses her gently into a liugo arm
chair, and stirs into a glow the rtyinu
embers of tho fire. A chill has fallen
upon tho night. As tho warmth comes to
her, as sho realizes that here, perhaps,
Grantt will not seek her, as sho sees tho
beloved race ot liurau leanlug over lier,
she lets a, sense of joy and comfort steal
through her being, and as a child, tired
and weary, who sees Its mother, might
Uo, sue stretches out nor arms to Durnu.
In 11 moment she Is lying on his breast.
"Oh, to bo hero!" she cries faintly.
"To bo here in your arms bate. You
will never let me go, will you? You will
not let him take me from you?"
"Novgr, while life Is in me I But I do
not wish to see you so unuerved, my
dearest. Come, take hcartl Consider! In
these prosaic days a glr 1 cannot be torn
from her home by any chance comer.
Even if you were nlone, you could resist
him, because your promise to him ha3 now
been canceled; but oven if it hnd not
been so, still I am here, your guardian
anil your lover."
"My own Maurice!" She slips her arm
round his neck, Sho Is yet in her ball
gown, and It Is a soft, baro little arm,
rounded as a baby's, that encircles him.
lie turns his head to kiss it tenderly.
"It is a terrible thought," says Durau.
presently, "and I am honestly ashamed
ot It; but I cannot help feeling that this
miseramo night's worn lias been our sal
vatlon."
"Yesterday I was tho rgost miserable
man alive you wero lost to me I To
night. I am the happiest vounre galnedl
tor tne future let us unnisn from us all
thoughts save those that remind us that
by a most strange clianco wo have been
given to each other Just when hope
seeiueu aenu,"
CHAPTER XXIV.
Joy there, misery here I
Lady Valworth pushes back tho nor
tlcre, and with a slow and heavy tread
advances to where the motionless figure
is seated upon n cnair, 111s bead burled
on the arms that are lying Uon tho table.
lirnniti" wmspers sue tremulously,
Ho starts to his feet with nn oath, and
turns a stormy face to hers.
"What, cannot I bo deit alone even
now? What brings you here? Is there
no rest no petccr"
"It is only I, my dear your motherl
Her voice brcuks. "oh, my child! my
sonl my darling! It Is your mother, dear
your own moiueri um you mink nuy
thing couhl mnko any difference to me?1
The poor woman flings herself on tho
ground beside him and encircles htm with
her arms. "I knew you wero alone," she
goes on eagerly, "I would have come
sooner, but 11 was not very well, The
moment 1 romu, however. I enmo to von.
I could not bear to picture you sitting
ueru uu uy yuurscu, ana pcrnaps Deuov
iia your sour mother was hQldlna aloof.1
1887.
"You Iinrt dono better hnd yon bo licld
yourself."
"Uli, urnnill do not so speak to inel
Do not repulse me!" Bheisstlllkucelliig
bcsldo him, trying do draw his dark,
sullen faeo to look at her; and now she
tnkes his hand nnd holds it in fondling
fashion ngalnst her bosom. He is onco
more her child, her boy, her littlo one; in
troublo nnd dlsgrnce In direst grief and
to whom then should he como but to his
mother? "My darling, why did you not
trust me?" sho says In a low, painful whis
per. "I would hnvo given them to you.
I could hnvo managed In fome way.
Yes I would have given them."
"They were not yours to glvo" this
allusion to the stolen diamonds hnrdens
his heart again, though not toward her
"they belonged to Sir Thomas. How
ever" breaking off savagely and drag
ging his hand roughly out of hers "it is
too Into to dls uss what Is over and dono.
If you hnvo come here to maunder nbout
my crimes, I warn you I will have none
of it."
"No, no, dear; not another word shall
be said." Going closer to him she tries
to press him into a chair. "Sit down now
and let us talk of your plans," she whis
pers soothingly.
"Plans?" llo glances nt her vaguely.
as though ho hardly understands; plainly
ho has not been listening. Then sudden
ly ins face Hushes; the veins swell upon
his temples. "Where is she?" he cries in
a vehement tone.
"She? Millicent"
"Pshawl No. She who betrayed me;
that fair devil, Nadine."
"She Is down stairs. She has been very
111," says tho mother trembling.
"Did I hurt her? Did she feel? Did she
suffer?" Ills tone is exultant, yet there
is a fierce agony in it. "I hope so.
Great heavensl how that girl lied to me,
though her lips uttered no falsehood.
She gave herself to me; she swore she
would marry me, earing for that other all
tho tlmo. Did you mark how sho shrunk
nnd cowered away from me? How bho
paled, and glanced at mo as though perdi
tion lay in the sight of mo?"
Ho is glancing over his mother's shoul
der toward the opposite wall. His eyes
are dark ami wild; he is gazing nt some
thing. That past scene In the library is
again beforo him is again being enacted
brought to light by his disordered fancy.
"Granit, think of something else," im
plores his mother, in a frightened man
ner. His voice, his gesture.), terrify her.
"From mo sho shrunk to turn to hlml
How her eyo lltas she saw hlml To him
sho cried fir protection from me! She
held out her arms to hlml hho clung to
hlml" His breath Is coming In painful
gasp9. "There was adoration In tho
glance sho directed at hlml Tv gain such
n glance I would bnve died. Weill" he
stretches out his arms and then he clasps
his head, "because of such a glance I
have died. Sho has slain me!"
"Granit, my poor boy, do not talk so
wildlj. Forget this girl; think now of
what Is the best thing for you to do."
"I havo thought of that that is all ar
ranged." His tono is impatient.
"Where are you going, darling?" she
asks, faintly.
"Nowhere."
His manner Is dull nnd listless.
"House yourself," entreats she, "you
must go for awhile. You say you have
arranged all. Tell me, then, where you
are going!"
"A long journey."
"Long journeys nowadays can be com
passed In a very littlo while."
"That is true. Mino will bo tho short
est passage ou record," ho draws his
breath sharply. "What happened to her,
when I left?"
"She fainted. Mr. Duran"
"Keep his namo out of It, can't you?"
interrupts he, violently. "Go onl She
fainted. Well, what then?"
"They hnd considerable difficulty In re
covering her, I havo been told. I was not
there," says Lady Valworth, nervously.
"Sho was naturally a good deal upset by
U10 whole affair. I suppose you fright
ened her."
"You say I hurt her."
"You sent her with sorao force against
the wall. You did not mean It," hastily
"but when one Is agitated as you wero,
one hardly knows what one Is doing.
"You" anxiously "must not take thnt
so much to heart; you did her no real
harm. You must not be uneasy."
"Take it to heart? I wish I had killed
herl" Tho words como with a hiss
through his clinched teeth; his fnco Is
white and distorted with passion. "That
sho should live, and live with him, is the
galling thought; that is more than I can
bear. How her little white fingers fast
ened on his nrml Liar that she isl how
sho deceived and ruined me I Body and
soul she has destroyed."
"Oh, not your soul, darllngl There is
tlmo repentance."
"There Is very little time now and I am
unrepentant."
Ho throws up his head and points to
tho window. The lamps in the room are
waning, nnd through tho closely cur
tnlned window tho first streaks of coming
morn are stealing with u persistency that
will not bo denied. Day is breaking, and
with it his mother's heart. The cruel
light will tear him from her, will carry
him whither?
"You have not told me where you are
going," she says, pressing her hand
against her heart to still its throbbing.
"I can tell no one that."
"What! not your mother? Grantt, do
not fear, I will betray you; anything you
sny to me now will bo sacred. Tell me
where it is you mean to go,"
"I cannot."
"But why why?"
"For tho simple reason that I dou'i
know myself." There is a curious gleam
iu nis eyes mat disturbs her and makes
her forget the flippancy of his tono. "It
is to a strango land I will wend my way
before the day is very much older. A
stranger In u strango hind I Sly reception
will be a cold one, or perchance a hot
one."
Ho laughs wildly. His merriment is.
however, Bhortllvcd, breaking off almost
as it uegnti, ana ending in a dismal
silence.
"You aro thinking of Africa." says his
mother, trembling, sho scarcely knows
why. "If you still refuso to let mo know
exactly where you are going, at least
promise you will write to mo. Granit,
my near, near son, promise mo mat."
"I will promise you anything you like.
though I doubt if you would caro to keep
up the correspondence." There Is some
thing terrible In his manner, which 1ins
grown frivolous iu n ghastly wny, and his
face is livid. "Sho will live and pros
per." ho says Inconsequently ns It seems
to Lady Valworth; "but she will have to
remember. I will compel her to do that I
And remember you," laying his hand
roughly upon his mother's shoulder, "re
member well that my last words wero that
sno was responsible for alll"
"I will not believe these are your last
words. You will return to me, when all
this has blown over you will return, if
even lor u inoiiin or so, i'romiso me
that, too, Grunlt."
"From where I am going no man re
turns."
"That Is not true. Thero is no plnco
on earth from which you cannot come
uack to me, u you only win,"
"No place on earth!" Ho repeats her
words slowly, "My place on earth will
know 1110 no more." Ho seems to wander
away from tho actual meaulng of her
words to tho mere bound of them. "I
havo no longer any place on earth," he
suysureauuiy,
"You havo it place in my heart always.'
cries she, with a sudden burst of weeping,
Sho thruws her arms round htm, nnd
clings to him in an embrace that Is full
ot despair. "Alas! my one child I my
pretty uauyi mat it should come to this,'
sho moans, bitterly.
"You will not forget my message to
neri"
Though he is supporting her half faint.
ing form, he hnrdly heeds her; her words
bear no meaning to him. His mind la
ever with the girl who had unconsciously
betrayed him, whom he has loved whom
he btui loves, with a terrible lutenslty,
"1 shall forget uothing. When do you
Biurw"
"When you leave me."
"There will be no train, darllnjr, until
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7 o'clock. "
"I shall require no train."
"But how, then, will you go?"
Again ho bursts Into that loud dis
cordant laughter that chills the blood in
her veins.
"Do not be uneasy about me. I have
prepared for mysclS a mode of transit
swifter than nny train. Pout I Steam
will be slow to it."
"You do not trubt me," sho says sor
rowfully, still unsuspecting, still dead to
the warning that his words, his race, his
manner, should havo given her.
I trust you entirely. I trust you with
my Inst message to herl Now go,"
"I shnll seo you again?" entreats she,
lingering.
I hope iiotl I hope from my soul
not!"
For the first time his composure seems
to desert him. Ho grows ghastly palo,
and 11 fit of shivering .seizes upon him.
"You nro ill you nro sufferingl" cries
his mother quickly.
"No. It is nothing. Only gol I
must be nlone for awhile, and my timo is
short. Good-by.
Stooping, ho presses his lips to her fore
head.
"For tho moment?" she answers anx
iously.
"Good -by."
There is uo denial other question In his
manner, nnd she is fain to bo content
with it. She clings to him, nnd embraces
him warmly; nn embrace he returns In
kind. She moves ns 11 to leave mm. Al
most ns sho reaches the door, his voice
stops her.
one word," no says Huskily, "uo
not do not bo unkind to herl When I
nm gone, do not show or feel resentment
townrd herl"
He makes her a sign with his hnnd to
declare lit, hns said ali lie had called her
to hear, and going out, sho closes the door
behind her.
The bound of her retreating footsteps
hasdiedaway. Helsalonel Hestrctchcs
out his arms wearily, ns one might who
has Just Hung from him some cruel bur
den, and drawing back tho curtains, opens
wldo the window ami gazes out upon tho
growing day. Already the sun has
mounted the heavens, and from the eait
soft rosy bars of tremulous light aro de
scending upon tho distant hill tops. From
among the laurels comes the thrilling
music of Innumerable birds; from the
wood the cooing of the gcntlo pigeons.
A rose that has climbed up tho wall, more
ambitious than its fellows, thrusts its
scented petals into his hand.
Mechanically he accepts the gift, and
breaking tho flower from Its stem, inhales
Its perfume. It Is sweet with dew, and
sweet as only a morning rose can be, wlrh
all the cool moisture ot the dead past
nlgH still on it, and buried In its heart.
Boyle, still as It without thought, having
trilled with the flower, carries it to a table
near and puts out his hand toward a vase
filled with water. The oction rouses him.
He checks himself, and n after a brief
pause flings the flower upon the ground.
Ho had been about to place it in the
water with n view to its preservation
when that revulsion of feeling came over
him. To save It from instant destruction
why? That he might seo it upon the
morrow? The morrow? Where will he
be then?
He sets his heel upon the flower and
crushes it out of all loveliness. Death is
rushing t iward htm on swift black wings
shall that senseless flower bo spared?
It is a very poor, a very paltry bit of
mallco, yet it imves him, nnd brings him
again face to face with his Indomitable
resolve.
Crossing the room, he opens a case
lying upon a bureau and draws from it a
revolver. Ho runs his hand lightly over
it, and tho cool touch ot the steel seems
to steady him. Having assured himself
that it is loaded, he lays it down again
and turns to a writing table.
His hnnd la Arm, the writing bold as
ever. A few words, explaining where the
famous sapphires (now dismantled and
unset) may be found in his rooms in town,
are addressed to his mother. Bold words,
with no endearing commencement, no af
fectionate termination. To him tho sap
phires aro of no further use. It is as well
that Millicent should havo them again.
He flings the pen aside, and, rising to
his test, paces hurriedly up nnd down the
room. Ho can walk now. But like a
flash it bursts upon him that soon move
ment will be impossible. There upon tho
carpet he lies like a stick a stone! The
great grand fovor of living Is tearing
through his veins. His pulses throb, his
heart bents thero are years of life within
tho tall, slender, firmly built framo that
looks Its last through the open window.
Tho early morning air, fresh nnd fragrant.
rushes gayly in. Heavens! how fair tho
world is! Was it ever so fair as to-day?
Ho takes tip the revolver again and lifts
It to his mouth. There is a short hesita
tion. Ills mind travels backward. His
brain reels. There! thercl sho Is bo-
fore him agalul A slight form, clothed
all in ixilcst blue. A face divine! Her
lovely arms! Her eyes dark liquid.
See, now, they gleam for Duran ! Curse
hlml To him sho holds out her hands.
To him she gives herself. She turns
A groan of agonized remembrance
bursts from his lips. Then follows a
sharp report! It rtngsthroughthehousol
He sways, nnd a corpse, disfigured In
horrible manner, falls heavily to the
ground. All is over.
Through the window tho light breeze
enters merrily, and floating downward,
lifts the hair, that Is still uuwet, from the
dead man s head, and softly, delicately,
plays with it. Thero is only tho breczo.
All other motion Is gone, So InteiiEe is
tho illenco thnt reigns within the chanv
tt,of n Am.1.1Ann.l 1... I.
W,., ...UI. U LIUJ l.t,U IUVIUCUCU V It,
perches on the sill of the window, and
breaks forth into a morning enrol, loud
and shrill. A carol! A requiem rather!
And now the silenco Is broken. Through
the passages beyond comes the sound of
hurryiug feet. Thero is ono that runs bo
foro tho others. Nearer, nearer the v come.
and still the bird enrols, tho wind plays
me ueiui man lies mere, careless un.
knowing.
A touch upon the handle ot the door.
The wind still revels in lifeless tresses,
but tho bird has flown away. Tho door
opens
Upon the threshold stands his mother,
TUB END.
Saed the Euiprel. Life
Many American physicians are among
the ablest, but their profession rests on a
falso hypothesis. It has nothing to do
with science, and cannot have until it
has vastly advanced. Marked improve
ment has been made in therapeutics, Our
physicians compare very favorably with
those ot Europe. After the Empress
Eugenie had given birth to the prince
imperial an important operation was
necessary, and all the celebrated doctors
ot Puris and several American doctors
resident thero were called in, among them
Dr. Johnson, now dead. During her
treatment It was found to their conster
nation that the blood had left her brain.
She was in momentary peril of losing her
me. A solemn consultation took place.
Nobody could ndviso except Johnson, who
declared ho could remedy tho evil. lie
held her up by tho heels and tho blood
flowed back to her brain. Ho eaved her
life. Not oneof the Parisian sages would
nave ureameu 01 ouering so monstrous an
Indignity to tho empress of the French,
but tho indiculty. as they afterward ac
knowledged, was preferable to her death.
uuicago kows.
Nevada beef is being shipped to Califor
nia in an almost nnoroken ttxliig ol cat
tle cars.
Tlio Sultan of Morocco is fond of tri.
cycling, but too lazv lo work the pedals
mmv , imi nun a Kuijjruus ma-
chine constructed, propelled by slavi
labor. He SltS CfOSS-leCged UPOII ail
embossed couch, curtained and cano-
i.led with silk nnd silver and gold. At
his right hand is a clock, nnd at his
left a compass, in order that when bo-
yond the reach of the muezzin's call the
faithful Mohammedan may observe thu
exact hour ot prayer ami tho exact di
rection m which his
orlspns ate to bo
addressed.
HIBSTNQ HNKS. "
Bcllo A Donoiigli is U10 namo of a
drug clerk in a Now Jcrsoy town.
Churches in tills country nro estima
ted to uso 00,000 gallons of wlno every
year for sacramental purposes.
A German entomologist declares
that spiders destroy moro insect enc
n.lcs of trees than do all tho insect
eating birds.
Tho conscience fund in iho treasury
at Washington ts approaching tho
round sum of a quarter of a million of
dollars.
Philadelphia housekeepers, tired of
vain effort to get good servants, aro
now experimenting with colored help
from tho south.
A wealthy New York physician de
ires it as his belief that "tho oyster
is tho most healthy article of looa
known to man.
Thero is an artesian well 1,000 feet
deep in Aberdeen Neb., that throws out
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numbers ot nsn mat iook iiku lhu mut
uary brook minnow.
A subiicr who ascended tho Pyramid
of Cheops recently, without a guide,
slipped and fell to the base. Ho was
picked up a siianeiess mass.
Tho crown urioce of Germany is a
thrifty person and not ashamed lo turn
an honest penny by selling milk from
his tiairy farm near lierlin.
Cant. Eatls, tho imt.rover of tho Mis
sissippi dtlto, has boight a largo tract
of land at Bar Harbor, Me., with tho
intention of building a residence there.
An oak that was cut boforo Shakes-
peare s day lurutclittl a uu 01 tiinoer
now in uso as a bench m an luigiisii
tanner's kitchen. Tho timber did duty
as a roof beam in n cburuh for 304
years. It is still as sound as sound can
be.
A boy in Bunnells county, Louisiana
captured a small animal known to
naturalists as a stoat, a ppeoies of er
mine. It-t fur is white, and it is re
markable for its length, being able to
rnter a rat-hob', and is fourteen inches
Ion".
The Shasta county (California) Indi-
ins havo a superstition that catfish
wero put into tho river for tho special
purpose of killing off the Indians.
I tiey eat most other kinds, but throw
back into tho river all tho cat iisu they
catch.
Bonvin, the painter, arose at his mar
riage banquet and addressing his wife
111 an inflated style, retnaikcd : ".Never
forget, my wife, that you havo entered
a family of the gown and sword. Was
not my mother a seamstress and my
father in tlio rural police V
A recent issue of tlio Electrical lie-
view gives tho details of an invention
that is destined to work a radical
change in tho hotel system of waking
guest?. It is an electrical annunciator,
workiuc both ways, lrom rooms to
oihec as well as ollic" to room", aud is
particularly acceptable,-as by its means
unu uuest may be awakened in tho
momma without arouslnr everyone
else on the lloor. An instantaneous
alarm cm also be sounded by it in
every room iu the hotel.
An old Mississippi pilot tells tho St,
Louis Olohe-Democrat that the affec
tion exhibited by Mark Twain and his
venerable mother, now a resident of
Keokuk, Iowa, is very refreshinc. Sho
always had firm faitli in her sou, Sam
uel, and savs of nun , "He was always
a good boy, Samuel was, though prone
to bo tniecliievous. He's always tho
sarao to me the best son a mother
ever had."
A Piute Indian in Virginia City fur
nishes tho following looal price list for
game : "Whitey man pay um two
bits for teal duck and four bit for mal
lard, maybe Piuta bring um. Whito
woman kick like a mule ; no wan, to
pay um Piute only one bit for mallard
and four bit for gooseu. Injun no sell
um goosen less than one dollar quarter.
1'iuto want um tour bits, ono tor bit
jack labitty and twi bits for little."
Among old papers rccuntly found in
Kingston, N. Y. was a letter written
in 1770 by James Hasbrouck to his
friend Peter Van Gaasbeek, ot Esopus.
In the letter he writes that Gim. Leo
has erected a battery in "the Broad
Wav, near tho BoldiiiK Gr-on." Is it
possible, says the Now York Sun, that
jur historic Howlintr was not a bowl
ing green after all, or was James Has
brouck simply a poor speller 1
An Albany, N Y., lfvdy suspected
that her cook was playing sweet with
ho umeer s clerk. A maid who play
ed spy reported tint thu clerk brought
tho cook French ;audy every day,
wrapped 111 tin foil. The maid pro
cured two specimens of the "French
candies" and thu maid and mistress
each ate one. Within half an hour
they wero well repaid for their curiosi
ty, lor the supposed candies proved to
bo yeast cakes.
A very old Indian relates that aboat
forty yeius ago a battle extending over
several days, each having about ono
thousand lotlgeH, was fought 111 the
vieiniiy of Portland, in Traill. Re
mains nro still visible of trenches sunk
by Chippewas, who wero victorious,
but lost about ono thousand ponies that
the Sioux-took in thnir retreat to Devil's
lake. Thoy had Hint-look muskets.
and tho number killed was large on
both sides.
Mme. Nilsson's reported raarriago to
Count Miranda is off, if the Now York
Jo vi Jopics is correctly niurnied. It
seems tho prima donna preferred to ro-
main tirst lady to playing second violin
to an adventurer, though ho had a
charming daughter. At tho Batno timo
its she is not adverse to a littlo gamble,
now and then, sho thinks it better to
pay or her owu chips thau to provido
them for her partner, who, it is well
known iu Paris, has mixed much with
tho kings aud queens ot Baccarat.
An imposing person answered an ad
vertisement for n cook puhlUhcd in a
Buffalo newspaper, and, when tho mis
tress of the house asked if sho had ref
erences, prcseiittd thu following docu
ment : "tins is to cerfly Hist
is a fine cook and .1 perftct ladv. fit to
iuboeiaio with the most refined society.
as her uumerotis friends will testify."
This first class endori-ement was not
signed. But a postscript said ; "I hero-
liy certify that is a perfect
latly. I have known her several years.
Richard Roe."
Jl Groniita de Morelos, a paper
published in Mexico, aveis that it is
customary among the Indians of tho
Jonaoatepeo district of that country to
nYfdinnfm U'lvpa. ( Vn.ntainnnll v I Imun
i.! rn mrmnnnr. t.nt morn -,....
th?y aro for a stipulated length of time,
nty tl,0 oxpiratioii ot which pacn woman
.ettirns to her former husband, and tho
vrnr. U rulelirntril in nn,.l, fnmilv lr o
f,.ast, at which the pulque flows freely,
Where tho wives cannot bo traded
oven a dog cat or pig is added on ono
sido to mako tho barter fair. In tho
diMrict of Tenago, at Tesca'iacao, tho
still more nove1 custom exists of selling
or trading off molhers iu-law. A very
fair aiticle of mother-in law can bo
bought for a lamb or sucking pig,