PROFESSIONAL CARD!,
a l. Pitirz
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,'
OrrioR Front Kootn, Ovor Poiitooe.
I1LOOMBUURU, PA. .
T II. MAIZE "
' ATTOllNKY-AT-tAW,
Ofpiob. Hoora No. 8, Columbian
building.
HLOOMButMU, PA.
Jan.!0thl8sS,tL
T . WALLKlt,
ATTOHNKY-AT-LAWi
Blootmburgi F
Office' over let. National Bank.
TO U. FUNK,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW..
BLOo'ussna,PA
O.lico la Cat's Bulldlnj.i
J OtIN.M. OLAHK,
ATTOItN K Y-AT-Ii AW
AJCD '
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
BLOOXStCM, Vk
omce over Moyor Bros. Drug Btore.
W. MILLER,
ATTdHNBT-AT-IiAW.
Offlca ta Brower'sbulldAng.second fioor.roora No.l
Bloomsburg, Fa.
r FRANK PARR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomaburg, Pa.
office corner ot centre ana Main streets. Clars t
BuiwihJ.
Can be consulted In German.
(i EO. E. ELWELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Dloombboko, Pa.
OfUce on First floor, front rOoth 'of Cdt-
ummAN Building, Mum street, ueiow w
chango Hotel.
pAULE. WIRT,
Attorney'&t-Law.
Offlco In CoLrMBlAH Bcildino, Third Coor.
BLObMBBUBGJ PA.
XT V. AVIIITE,
AT . ORNBY-AT-LAW;
BLOOMSBURQ.PA.
Office in towers Building, 2nd floor,
may 1-tt
TKHORR. L.S.WI E8T1IH.
KNOKR & WINTERSTEEN,
A ttorn eys-at -llawi
omoe In 1st National Bank building. woa floor,
nrstdoortotbeleft corner ot Main and Market
Btreots Bloomsburg, r.
t&-l'eMvmt, and Boumtiei Oolleetid.
JP P. BILLMKYER,
j)IiiTJiICT ATTORNEY.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
rnffln over Dcntler'a shoe store,
Bloomsburg. Pa; aprdOJJO.
H. RIIAWN.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlsta, Pa.
omoe.oorner ot Third and Main street.
M
rlOUAEL F. EYERLY,
Conveyancer, Collator of Claims. I
TwnAT. ADVICE IN THE' SETTLEMENT OF
E8TATB8, SO.
-Office in rentier hiding with F. P. BUI
never, attorney-at-iaw, .
Bloomsburg, Pa.
apr-e-8.
It UONOIIAA. BOBBINS.
Office and residence, West First street Blooms-
V i vi.e-ttt.W M T)..Hurireon and Phy
J .Blelan, north side Main street, below Market
D
R. J. 0. BUTTER,
PHYSICIAN BURGEON,
Office. North Market street,
Blcomaburf, P
DR. WM. M. REBER Burgeon and
Physician. Office comer of Bock and Market
treet.
KXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TDBBS. PROPRIETOR
SLOOltSBTJBCr, FA.
OPPOSITBCOOItT HOUSB.
Large and convenlcntsamplarwms. Bath room
tot and cold waters and afi modem conveniences
UARTMAN
Biramim ni roixowiKO
AMERICAN INSURANCEICOMPANIEb
North American of Philadelphia.
Franklin, "
PennsylranU," " , ,, "
York, ot pennsylvama;,
Hanover, of ,N. Y.'v-
Sieena.'ot Umdon
ortillrlllsteWt London. . . . .
Office oa rlret8tret1 No. 6, BtoomBburgt
oof. 4., l-
rtfeAH BROWN'S INSURANCE
. AOKNCY. Mover's new hulldlng,"Ma street.
ooiaauuTK,
Royal ot Uverjiool ' lorwjj.oojj
Lancashire....: '"?S'5?2
FlreABsoclatton, Philadelphia MK'DS
Phointx, of London. -. J'SSS'S!
London Lancashire, of England ,'l? "I9
Hartford ot Hartford: S'JIVJX
SDrtngfleld Flra and Marine ,08.'.Mt
As ,the airenoles aro direct, policies are WTiiten
or tH9' Insured without delay In the office at
luoomsburg. uct. so, 'oi
PIRE INSURANCE
X'
CHRISTIAN F. KNAPP, BLOOMSBURG, PA,
hum Kt or n. T.
MERCHANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J.
LINT0N, N, Y.
flBltM AN AMBRlbAK INSi'CO-.NXW YOHKv
C1HKBNWIUII1NM. BYV IUBA, .
JE1ISEY CITY FIRE I8. CO.f JEHI
-.CIT
eUsea-nedV
"ninort (,,.n nnKPnRATtnNR arewi
If 1 ,'!. r.
alllnvestedlnMiim'sroWilTtia are' UahlSto the
hazard otriaionly . . ., -i . .
Losses rROMrrLT and' noNistiT adjusted and
The'peopUof Colutnola county should pajrWs
lie the iagenc.v'where losses It any are settled ind
pal J uy DMOUStsiowu viai. ,
PBQMITNKtjS.' EQUITY, FAIB .DBALDU.
1NSURANCEAGENCY
OP
J.H.
at) CA-iB!.Aw
OmCX WD FLOOR COLCUSIAN BCILDINO,
Bloomsburg Pa
LIFE.
Northwestern Masonlo Aid Association, Membera
41.243. Paid to Beneficiaries t4lOM,ttta.l7. Inaureo
nou-Matouj.
FIRE. ASSETS-
CONTINENTAL of New York H-H?'Si'!!
AMERICAN of Philadelphia,; feSi'lS
.NIAGARA of New ork 3,W0, U
A liberal thure of the business la respectfully
eollclled, and satisfaction guaranicw. t
Feb,10-4W. J. U. MAIZE, Agt,
w.n-
UOUSE,
DENTIST,
Bloombbuho, Columbia County, Pa
All styles of work done In a superior manner, work
warranted ua reprrwauju, uithaitmh,
id wirnocr Pain by the use of oas, ana
free of charge when arttacUl teeth
(reinserted.
Orllce In llarton's building. Main street,
below Market, live doors below Klelm's
drug store, first floor.
7o be epen at all hour$ during tht da
;ovs.iy
Exchange Hotel,
HENTON, PA.
The undersigned has leased this well-known
house, andls pmnared to accommodate the public
with all tht conveniences et a crst-clua hotel.
ITBisysT) UMCXLPIIAXK, Proprietor.
J. R..SMITH&CO.
. LIMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
DlAI.RM IN,
Br the following well known makers;
C bickering,
Knnbc,'
Weber,
Hnllet & Davis.
Can also furnish any of the
cheaper makes at manufacturers
irices. 1)6 not buy a piano be
bro getting our prices.
.o.
Catalogue and Price Lists
On application.
SeptS-MtL
Bitten bender & Co.,
WAGON MAKER'S
AND
BLACKSMITH'S SUPPLIES.
No". 12C & 128 Frankliri AVf., .
SCRANTON, PA.
Iron and Steel.
aprlll-ly.
j. W. RAEDEB,
BLANK BOOK MAKER,
.RULER AKD BINDER,
Nos. 7 and 9 Markt St.,
WILfCES-B AjrEr P.
BeplMycMTO.
ALBUMS, PnOTOORAFn, ADTQOnAril AND
Scran, a laree und comnlete line at J. II.
Mercer's Ui ug and Book store, Kvans' Block.
ALL TIJE FINEST" EXTHaCTB COLOGNE
Sachets, Pomades, Hair Dyes and Bay Hum
at J. II. Mercer's Drug und Hook btore, Evans'
uiuvjt, uppusiio Apmcopai uaurcQ,
A LL PltOPBIKTAHV AND PATENT MEDICINES
J at J. II. Mercer's Drug and Book store, oppo
site Episcopal Church.
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND WALL TAPRIl, A
fine stock at Mercer's Drue and Book store.
opposite Episcopal Church, Bloomsburg, Pa.
CASTILLE, TOILET AND MEDICATED hOAPS,
a full line at J. U. Mercer's Drug and Book
Btore, Upper Main treet.
COMBS OF ALL KINDS, WELL SELECTED, AND
at very low prices at J. II. Mercer's Drug and
Book store, third door above Iron street, bloon.s
burg, Pa.
C CONDENSED MIIK, C0XV8, NELSON'S AND
j Cooner's OelatlnH. 1 fltilocfl. Sflcp: Arrow Loot
and all the prepared foods for children and In
valids at Mercer's Drug and Book Mm tli-1 fioor
above Uesa' Boot and bboe Store, Bloomsburg, Pa,
CANARY, HEMP, RAPE, MILLET, MAW AND
.Mixed seed for the birds, at J. II. Nerrers
Drug and Book More, llrst door beiow Creauy's
orocery btore.
FINE WRITING PAPERS. BY BOX, LOOSE OH
In Tablet form, at J. II. Mercer's Driii and
Book store, bloomsburg, Pa.
X'UHSINO BOTTLES MPPIES. KUtlllEK IU i
PIANOS.
r
P.
fl
.11, V1CB, IITIilUJK JtlllKa ItUU Hll R'
11 ties, Teething Rings and all reaulslte I bf
u. oys
doors above Kvana & fiyer'a ciotblog btore.
PHYSICIANS' PRESCRllTIONS AND FAMILY'
recelDts carefully nrecared at all hours at
Mercers Drug and Book btore, Bloomsburg, Pa. 1
mOILET AND INFANT POWDKRH ItfilTGH.
I Cos'netlc and gold and siller Diamond Duat,
street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
WALL PAPKR MANY KINDS AND MANY
ortces at Mercer's Dr and Book Htvo.
opposite Episcopal church, Bloomaburg, pa
jt,ty,oi.
rALMLJbipS UJhLLl) IK T a
ESild mumo. llAKWi HKM.00 ,BoiIM Iluirlo,N..
ERSIAN BLOOrVI,Se!tCciiliit:iiBij.
tlflr, Sklu Our tad IlltjmUh Erndlorttor knoim.
a ibunp for trial paokcut. Addrvwatabov.
hOT33n.cJcooly.' '
PENNEY (JOODb
Alexandc? Bros. fe Co.,
WIIOl)SALB DEALEHlflN
CIGARS, TOBACCO,
CANDIES,
FRUITS AND NUTS.
A SPECIALTY.
SOLI AOXNTB rOB
! F. F. ADAMS & CO..
FINE CUT '
CHEWING
TOBACCO
Sole agents of the fol
lowing bran as of
Cigars.' '
HENRY CLAY,
LONDRES,
NORMAL,
DOLE
BEKEY 5UILLARDS
IMCANDTES.
FIIESH EVERY W EEK.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
INDIAN PRINCESS,
SAMSON,
SILVER ASII.
Havo received a large stock of
CARPB TI-TC3-S
for tho Spring trade, consisting in part of
, v .
Velvets, Body
Brussel and Ingrains,Smyrna and
Cocoa Rugs, Cocoa Mattings,
and a nice line of
Canton Mattings.
Fb. 10, 1668. Ima.'
lie
BLOOMSBTJRGr, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 16,
HOW'S
YOUR LIVER
Is the oriental salutation,
knowing that good health
cannot exist without a
healthy liver; When the
liver is torpid tho bowels
aro sluggish and'eonstipa
ted, the fobd lies in the
stomach undigested, pois
oning tho blood; frequent
headache ensues; a feeling
of lassitude, despondency
and nervousness indicate
how tho whole system is
deranged. Simmons Liver
Regulator has been the
means of restoring more
people to health and hap
piness by giving them a
healthy liver than any
agency known on earth.
It acts with extraordi
nary power and efficacy.
utrvpti itititw TUSArpntOTED.
Aa II nerfll fnmllv rpmedV lOf dVfiDeDSla.tOrpld
ilvcr, constlpatlon,etc,I bartly ever uso anything
ctse, una nave ueen niBniu"iuw.u iu cu. "yz
auccrt; It seems to bo nln ost a perfect cure for all
diseases ot the stomacn ana Doweis.
V. J. McEuior. Macon. Oa.
ROW ACME
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
BE MADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant Ugbt
ft will not. smoke ihe cnlmneyi
It will not char the wick.
It has a high flro test.
It win not explode.
It is pro-ca.inently a family safety oil.
WE CHALLENGE COMPARISON
with any other Illuminating oil made.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As refiners, upon the statement that It Is
THE BEST OIL
IN THE WOULD.
Ask your dealer for
CROWN ACME.
Trade for Bloomsburg and Vicinity Supplied by
MOYER BROS.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
seps-ly.
("IT nil TTTlTfT
LLUiXlllNw I
CLOTHING
G. W. BERTSGHi
THE MEllcnANT TAILOR
Gents9 Furnishing GoodsHats Sf Capi
OF EVKKY DESCRIPTION.
Suits rnitdo to order at pbort notice
and afitnlwajs guaranteed or no sale.'
Ca'l and examine tte larpest ana Den
nelected stock of goode over shown in
Columbia county.
rUoro next door to First National Bank,
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsburg Pa.
awSJiotOun
Revolver.
n lieu.
- - L .
CTMIVITC NETS, TENTH and SPORTJ
9Jb.AIJC9. ING GOODS. j
Double Harre' Breech Loading shrt Guns, choVe
bored. $10 to ilea. Flngle llreech Iwdlng Shi j
oun H to f!5. Every kind or Hreech I osdingar d
Kepeatlne Hlflea, n to $40. Muzzle Losdlnu Dou4
ble shot Suns, $s to $35. single Shot Ounfl,fJI0
to$li.OO. Revolvers H.uo in iw. uouuie aluiu
self cockers, $3.M to tia All kinds of : artridtfesJ
whoita nana A'nrla Tools. Powder Flasks. Khf t I
fouohes. Primers send 3 cents for Illustrated
Catalogue Address. GREAT WESTERN a I'M
U'nlJUll Ml KWITIIWIKI.T) ST.. PITTSKUI10. PA.
Nil. This Is a 80-year-old, reliable firm. Per.
fectly.truMworthv, .Orders flHt-d rromptly aro
good8Kntby mall or express to any part ot tie
world. No matter what you want In the gun lit
you oan get It at theGreai Western by writing a
i"iier.
Guns made to Order. Guns and Revolvers
Repaired.
sepio-sms
1L C. SLOAB & BRO.
BLOOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAOES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
SIEIOHS. PLATTORM WAGONS &C
FliBt-class work always on hand,
REPAIRING NEA TLYDONB.
firi rrJuwd In "HI Ihe liner.
$65
A MONTH and BOARD for 8 bright
young men onauiesiu nitu wjulij,
l". w,
Pa.
glKULBK CO., Philadelphia,
:utl
ANY Ol.DKR
FOR KEnVVli
will be
fUPPLIED M ril
tub
LOWEST
Mi Prices,
AS FOLLOWS I
ORANGES,
LEMONS,
BANANAS,
PEANUTS,
ENGLISH
AGENTS' P6lt
WALNUTSJ
(JKKAftl iNUTf,
ALMONDS,
POP CORN
BALLS.
- w - i , waru i ran against some one, ana, muttering
Brussels, Tapestrybsxf
Till! MiVN OF AElfoMCID.
I nm free to con f mi now that When' I firsl
henrd of him I took him for 'a swindler.
When I heanl tlmt Tolwla hndbeen hi? bOrfiel
for ton whole mouths Toledo, which lives
only by moonlight, nnd is tho mere corpse of
a. city In the sunshine when I heard ot n
modesty o very retiring, and remembered
that England had no extradition iiunty with
Biialu, my only wonder was as to tho sum bt
his sikjUj. Was he a defaulter" for thirty'
thousand "Jioilnils, Br a petty rogue' of f
work I
"Tenmohthsl That li' a long time r I
said to Donna Merceries, my informant, and
the elder of the two old maids who kept the
Cosa do Huraporiee, in which I found that I
liad this stranger for a neighbor. "Uno
might poo the antiquities even of Toledo lii
that tlmo."
"Truly," she 'nnswered! "but then, fion
logo is a painter."
'Ah, now I understand r I replied, with a
great increase of cheerfulncis. "Ono might
int Toledo for ten ycorNund not have dona.
I, too, am a (winter."
"And no ilouht," said the old dome. beam.
Ing upon me through her round rimmed eicc.
tacles, "Don logo will ho known to'yoiir
I took tli the visitors' book, In which the
snml had not yet dried my autograph;
'Jnmes Clenti" I unld. ivadlng thnnnmotd
which sho ltnlutod, "No, I do not know him."
Dona Mercedes wns puzzled, !eiug senreeb
able to understand thut two Knglishmcn,
even twp EnglUh artists, might bo strangers
to, ono another. Hut presently the crossed
herself. "Don Ingo Is an old Christian." she'
said softly, nnd so went off with her book-,
benevolent still, but conscious, I feal", of a
serpent in her 1'ileii.
Eden was our boarding- -house. From a
paved alley) t,ho .Calle del Arzoblspo, you
turned Into an archway nnd groped for a,
door up three sU-ps In tho ilnrtest corner,,
Then you trailed a weight which li'ung theiii
anu uy ami uy, rue iron sruyueit uoor 0neu
ns of Itself niid lol a tiny courtyard; In
wliich four orange trees In tubs produced an'
effect of somber gayety. Round this patld,
n't the lovel ot n first floor, ran ft Verahila,
reocbedly an uncovered staircase; ATl'tho'
rooms oienod on to this veranda. On the
right hand side were four little bedrootni,
On'tho side which faced tho entrunco ?as
tho common parlor and on tho left the
kitchen and the old ladies' room, at o window
of which ono was always sitting ready to
Open the outer door with a cord whenever
the bell jangled.
It was all, very plain and primitive, Intt
clean, and looking round my bedroOm,"wh(ch
hid' whitewashed walls, and a matted floor,
and for furniture a bed, a stool, a basin and
a brifcicro, I found no cause to regret tho
lingy hotel I had left.
When I passed ro, I, on my way to run
ner, the door was ajar, and uona Mercedei
was inside with a lamp in her hand. I
paused before the door,' iind' she, loolilng up,
saw mo. "AbT'slie'sald 'proudly, "did I not
tell you mat jjou lago was u painter! ceo
hero!" And she throw, her ligh't Up6n A
plcturo which was resting on an easel before
the window.
I saw nt once that It Was not badly painted.
There was a show of facility about it. And
yet it, was mediocre, surprising mo less by
its execution than Its subject. Here In Toi
ledo, tho'grond and bizarre, In the 'midst of
such architectural beauty and 'grotesqneness
as fairly bewildciW an artist's 'eye, my
I neighbor hail' hot' painted a street scene, a
Moorish gateway-, or n ledfy cloister. He had
cnoseu lurtivuu u vuuiiif y iuuusiu uiuioav u9
commonplace as it Was dreary; a gray house
and 'a' gray, sloping olive grove, and round
them bleak, wind swept uplands. I was
scarcely more astonished to find that I knew
the place. I had passed It the day before
In my walk rrom iprrijos walking is a
whim of mine and'is was fully seven miles
from Toledo.
At the time I said something pretty to
Dona Mercedes, and "went on to tho parlor.
My nclghlior was late. I had nearly finished
when ho entered. Howas aman of S5, per
haps, with a thin, careworn face nnd lines lie
low tho temples. He was about my height,
wearing his hair and mustache cut short--a
blonde, and KnglUh looking. He had proba
bly heard of my orrlvol, yet ho seemed pat
out at sight of me perhaps merely because
bo was Into.
I havo left tho head of the table for you,"
I said, half rising, politely. "You have boen
hero some time, I understand."
Ho was breaking hit bread Into morsels and
oating with a worried air.
Yes; the place suits mo," ho answered
rather curtly. .
"Yet you like to hear tho lark sing as well
as the mouvs Wiueak," I replied, smiling. Hie
tone was not encouraging, but I wished to rx
agreeable. "If 1 am not mistaken, I met you
yesterday."
Not that I am ruvnro or," ho said, with a
hasty glance at me, and then devoted him
self to his soup with renewed zest.
No! On tho pathway I cannot call it a
road from Torri jos I About 2 o'clock!"
He shook his bead. "You uro mistakon,"
ho answered. "I was not outside the town
yesterday,"
Then I saw a man very like your I re
joined, mittled by his manner. "There isn
ruined castle, called Almouacid, I believe,
about a mile this side of Torrijos. As I was
passing it I saw an Englishman, and an art
ist also, if n portfolio makes an artist, leuvO
It and make quickly for the village before
me. Somehow I missed him among' the
bouses, and was too far from' him at any
tlmo to see his features distinctly. Hut ho
was wearing clothes like yours."
"And like yours, too, I presume," he re
joined sharply. He had a way of waiting
for you, and taking you up suddenly, of
which this was my first experience.
"Just sol" I said, for ho was right; we
were dressed alike. "But I am not' aware
that tho mirage occurs iu Spain. Perhaps
you know Almonacid)"
"No," be replied, more equably, ns it ho
were ashamed of his show of temper, "I
have heard of It. Hut It is too far for my
logs, and I cannot nllord horse hire, I some
times walk out in that direction, but not
half as far,"
I made a hasty calculation, Almonacid
was nine miles from Toledo. The gray houso
aud solitary olive grove were at least boen.
Bo that when my friend said that he bad not
been halt as tar as Almonacid, bo wiui not
quite truthful, since he must have been to
the scene of bis picture. Hut it was no busi
ness of initio. Ho was a good looking man,
and that which took him to tho (binry form
bouse mlcbt well be a love Intrigue a thing
dangerous to entertiponlu Hpaln, moro ilan-
cerous still to meddle with. I changed th.
subject.
I had bad a dlfllculty about my letters,
The jiostmaster bail refused to give them to
me because I had not my passport with tne.'
Later tho ofUce had been closodj I told Clent
this, and be listened, but his thoughts seemed
far away, and when I had done ho said,
"No doubt'you will get them tomorrow," in
a perfunctory way, with scarcely a 6hoW of
sympathy.
"I hope I shall," I answered, annoyed that
he made so little ot It. "I do not know what
I shall do i( I fall to get them."
"Oh, you will get them," ho repeated care
lessly, He was wrong, as It turned' out. But so
was I when I went to bed, vowing I hated
him, I did not take into account the chabge
which twenty-four hours may make in our
feelings. Just one day later I could not have
Identified the surly man I have described
with my'friend James Clent James' Clent,
who had by that time rescued me from a
most unpleasant position, and proved tri
umphantly that under his rough manner he
bad a sound heart.
It all arose out ot the letters, I called at
the tKfttoUlce next morning and handed In
myposhport, Ten minutes afterward I Is
sued from the door dazed and bewildered, ut
my wits' end what to do. A few patus On
ward 1 ran against some one, and, muttering
by the arm. It was Clent. "What is It, Mr,
I.yutonr bo cried good humoredly. "Have
some eeuorlta's eyes shot homo I Or but
whatUiiti Caul hrlp. youl And h drew
me out of the sunshine Into th. shade of the
covered way which runs round the Zoco
dover, the great square of Toledo,
"Borne one has intercepted my letters," I
stammered, "A Spaniard called for them
this morning, presented one of my visiting
cards, and said I was at the Fonda de Lino
where I did stay one night. All that I cat)
gvt out pf the postmaster is that be gave up
tb lttrf I that VU WM dels U erfer,
Confound hli stolidity) One ot them con
Ulned
He whistled. "Theii there Is no time to bt
lost, Sir. Lyntoni" he cried. "It tu go first
to the Fonda. It is possible that some busy
body, knowing you did not get your letters,
yesterday, has fetched them for you on tho
chance of getting a peseta for his pains."
I gladly assented, knd (we 'w'efit' together to
tho hotel. Hut no ono there w ould confess to
knowing anything ot my letter, No one had
gone for thorn. As we left theyard I noticed
that my companion 1 joked keenly at the
waiter, wh() wns not too civiL "Do you sus
pect h!ml" I asked, when' we were outside.
"I hardly know," Clent answered slowly.
"Possibly you mislaid a card the night you
slept there, so that he Is one of the people to
be suspected. Dut come, we will go now to
the postofllcc. I will help yoUai far ad I can."
And indeed be did. His knowledge of the
langungo was perfect, and it was wonderful
to hear him scolding, questioning nnd com
plaining, without end of tho wrongs his
influential friend, whoso passport be was
waving tinder their oftlciat noses, had suf
fered. But when presently everything had
been tried, and for tho time tried fruitlessly,
we stood In the square and looked somewhat
blankly at one another.
"I say, Mr. Lynton," ho began, "fifty
pounds is a large sum to lose."
"I wl-h it were less," 1 replied, with ah at
tempt nt sprlghtliness.
"It docs not cripple you altogether!"
"I can afford it, if that is what you menu.
But but it is a little Inconvenient at pres
ent," I answered.
"It puts you iu a dlfllculty for a fow days!"
"Precisely. 1 cannot recelvo another re
mittance for flye days at least. In the mean
time I have six yes, seven pesetas and a
half."
"Umnhl Call It six shillings and three-'
pence," he replied, laughing. ''The cathedral
vergers will soon ease you of it, even were it
more. But look here I we are next door
neighbors, and you must let mo help you. In
a strange country I always keep a few pounds
by rooi they ore at your service"
As he spoke ho drew from an inner pocket
a shabby letter caso and took out a 200 pesta
note the only note, I saw, that the case con
tained. "I am' nfrald,'! I said; doubtfully, "thai I
am Inconveniencing you. And besides, you
do not know me."
"I shall not need the money," ho replied,
quickly, "and as to my know lng you, I think
I do not you, personally, but your kind."
"That Is well soldP I exclaimed with
heartiness, "and I accept your offer on ono
condition that if you want the money before
Sunday you will tell mo so."
"Why, if I do," ho replied, laughing merri
ly, "you will have spent half of it,"
"So I shnll," I said, laughing myself, "but
I have a watch, nnd Toledo, no doubt, has a
let mo call it a Mont do rieto."
"Clertamentel" ho cried gayly, and with a
word about meeting at dinner, walked rap
idly away, leaving me to my thought. I
watched him as he threaded his way across
tho square Iietwecn laden asses and graceful
girls with pitchers, and comparing his slight
upright form with the somber Spaniards who
strutted up and down, keeping, even on this
sunny day, a corner of the enpa over the
mouth, I felt proud of my countryman.
"I do not think," I said penitently to Jock
(I have not mentioned Jock before, although
he was at that time my constant compan ion
a collie dog with the long Scotch bead und
the tcuriorcst eyes), "I do not think that f
shall be so quick to Judge the next man we
meet and do not understand., Ah, these
hasty judgments, Jock I" and I shook my
head, and Jock his tall.
In due course a second remittance came to
hand, and I repaid my friend. By that' time
some of the wonder I had felt at bis solltar)"
life In Toledo Toledo the somber had
passed away. He was not altogether solitary,
putting myself out of the 'question. More
than once, in the archway or on the veranda.
I met a priest coming from his isbom a
small, dark, thin faced man with vivid eyes.
a Spaniard, of course, who lifted his low
crowneu oeaver to mo anu Doweu ponieiy.
Once, too, I had a glimpse of a petticoat
whisking out. Moreover, Clent seemed to
bo doing a better trade than I had judged
probable from the sicimen of his work
which I had seen. Not that ho told me this
himself, lie was reserved oil the subject.
neither offering to show mo his pictures nor
accepting my proposal that wo Bhould do
some work togothcr. Hut i our letters some
times lay on a slab inside tho outer door, and
I could not avoid seeing that he received sev
eral dealers' letters, I was sure from art
centers from Dresden and Munich, for in
stance. Once thero was a letter bearing the
postmark of St Petersburg. This seomed
strange In a man of his caliber; in a man w bo
was not known to mo. And, perhajM, be
sides puzzling nio, it a little nettled mo also.
2ly nnme was not altogether unknown.
Clent himself had said pretty things about
bis acquaintance with It. Yet I had no con
tinental patrons, no market outside Great
Britain.
If I had fallen in with him nt Madrid or
Seville I should have known what to think;
i snouiu nave set mm down as one of those
copyists who live by all great' galleries.
And something upon which I Ut ono day In
his room persuaded me for a timo that this
was the case, few us were the works iu,
Toledo that could pay for the labor of copy
ing, It was a picture, and the only one I
saw at any time in bis ossossion, savo tho
somber landscape of whicb I have spoken.
I had run short of chrome yellow,, and
hearing bint go to his room followed to
ask him iPho'.pould let mo have some. "I
suppose 'fcanbot get any chrome yellow In
ToledorM ,lgVn'boforo I was well In tho
room, "nor anywhere nearer than Madrid!"
Ho was ktieellng'bn tho floor, but sprang
up so quickly at 'tho sound of my. voice that
i nasxeneu to apologize for enterlnar with
out knocking'. He did not seem, at once.
to understand mo, He had len' poring
ovor something placed On tho ground where
it would catch the bes't' light, and his first
aim 'appeared to lie to move so as to hide
this from me, "What Is itf ho cried harshly,
"What do you -want!" Even by that light I
coma see tnat nis ace was pale.
"My dear fellow," I said, not trying to
niue my surprise, "i nm sorry that I entered
wlthdut ceremony', and I havo told vou so.
I came in for nothing in the world but to
ask you if any chromei yellow can'bejgot
nearer than Madrid. I, was so full of. my
wanta that, seeing the door was unlatched? I
didlrtulOfka;tJt.,
"JVasJt unlatched!" he asked, glancing at
me askance.
I sbrugged'my shoulders, i 'Look for your
self," I said 'curtly. '
He stepped forward "and saw wh'aVl'had
already, iIotieM-rtbU thebolt wasshotjbut
not-ihto'tbesbfckct;',8oiiiothing'llVb'ullfled
orxrse' escaped 'him. " Ha turhed 'mutterlm:
thntloduld'ordygel the material I needed
In Macfridj '
i"That is unfortunate,' But whafhavoTou
gOtheref I asked, advancing a step into the
rooiti. "Wbatacaptalbitof pnlutingl It
isa'.Riheraj Is it not! It must be I" And,
forgetting iu, ray eagerness everything savo
that I bad before me a singularly good-copy
of a Uneiploture, J actually, waved "him
astdo who n ie,wpuld have intcrpp.sedj "No
onrf-WitJ HnJera,,'I cried, stooping' over it,
"could-rmhrt thdsoMIgbUAhdsrAuViTB! No
onel lb' is it genuine - Spanulet W tor's bun-
h ..,1 ,. ..,
"It Is a copy!" burst from him In a tone of
vivid contradiction.
"A copy I" I rejieatod after blm in wonder.
"A copy! Of court 'it is. So I sunnose,!.
Rtberaa do not grpvr on every .bush, my
ineuu. a meant mat tne original was a 111,
lra, and not merely of bis school. But now
you speak, of ft," and I went; down on my
knees, "are ,yoU' so sure that it is a copy!
How bright aro these high lights. Tet how
mellow! And see the depth of the coloring
here, and the tawny tone over all I By
heavens," I said, rising and facing him
abruptly, t'it is not a copy "
"It isl" be cried furiously; "I say It UI
Do lUberaa grpw on evpry hush, raadraanp-
The word and the passion he threw into it
sobered tne at once, "I beg your pardon," I
said, "I forgot myself, I am 'sorrv for it
Hut the opinion J haVe uttered, h my 'opinion
still, .Aud, if. I do not make a mistake," I
went on eyeing him shrewdly, "it is voun.
toq. I fancy, my frisnd, that yon had Just
made the discovery when I came in, and that
you'dared hardly to. utertaln It, It is no
wonder that such a thing threw yon off your
balance,
For he was trembling still, and glancing
from me to the painting aud back again in a
distraught raahlon, "Yes," he said at length,
gttlOff eat Us worvU wtta ailUcjdty, "
1888.
thought It possible, just possible, but "bow
very, vsry improiiauiei '
"Yes, very improbable, if, as I sUdtiosp.
you bought the picture for a copy. But
where did you get Itl" I , asked briskly. I
thought that I was beginning to understand
htm.
'I lioueht It from aprlest for anbldsong
at Almonacid."
"At Almonacjldr .
He moved uneasily, ai if be would have
recalled bis last wortt. Brit It taw too' late,
and' he nodded assent "Then after all It
was orou whom I saw that dnyl ' I com-
mented. "You had Just bought it, I sup
pose." "Yes, I had a dbubt aliout It then."
"It Is a strange story, but straute thintrt
happen," I said, watching him narrowly.
"it is true,"
Ot courso I pretended to believe blm. and
Beelng clearly that be wished me gone I took
myself to my room. In part I did belled o
him, only I thought It strango that tin artist
of Ids kidney should be so greatly ashamed ot
having outwitted an old monk: so greatly
a&hnmed as to tell the story of his cleverness
In that bang dog fashion. It crossed my
mind that I might bo wrong in my judgment
of tho picture. It might be that the St
Christopher was only a copy after all, and
uient nimxir. una marie it, and was even
then whon I broke in upon him having It out
with his conscience whether be should pass it
off for an original, or not, That was possi
ble; but to mo he had been a friend Iu need,
and It was no business of nunc.
The next day, the 17th of January, was tc
be tho last of my stay in Toledo. 1 had all
but finished tho sketches I required, ntj
If the truth must be told, I longed to Ik
away. The stillness of the place haunted
me. I hated the huge square, alcazar which
towered over all the Moorish' gateways, the
hundred silent churches. Uy noon 1 had
made nn end of my work, and hastily put'
ting' aside my materials I called Jock and
started for a long ramble over the hills
where the alcazar did not bar the sunshine,
though it was (mjioesihle to get out of sigh'
of it l did not return until darkness 'iron
tue back into the town.
Then I saw at onca that 'there' was' some
thing strange on foot In tho streets was an
unwonted bustle, which rather grow than les
sened as I approached the middle of tho
town. Knots of people carrying fagota
passed hurriedly or stood together nt the
street corners. Tho Zooodover was thronged.
As in part curious and in part annoyed I
was pushing my way through the crowd, a
clock struck 6, and, set in motion by that
signal, the bells In every tower burst Into
sound. I was brought to a standstill. I had
just time to wonder what It meant, when
as by mugio the bright glare of a hun
dred fires leaped up abovo the crowd, and
glowing hotly on pillar anil gable, Hung huge
Bhadows on the very steeples, and exposed at
onco a hundred silhouettes.
It was a weird yet a beautiful sight. It
pleased me to find it rejieatod iu ever' street
and open space I entered, I spent fully an
hour, tired as I was, in hurrvihg up' and down
to mark tho effect of the flrolight'ou this' fa
cade or that archway. And when at length
I tore myself awtiy. and, went home, I mado
quickly for the parlor to talkVjf ' what I had
Been.
"I say, Clentl" I began, "havo you boen
out! What is Itl Whatdoealtallraean!"
Such a nervous fellow as he wast Ho
jumped up, dropping his spoon Into his plate
witn a clatter. "What does what meaur
he stuttered.
"These bonfires in the streets, to be sure!
The sight is a most singular one! You ought
to be out viewing Itl"
He sat down at onco. "Ob. the' bonfires!"
he said, resuming his meal. "The peoplo
are keeping St Anthony's ere, thatisalL
It is customary here to do it in this way. You
know St Anthony is always represented
with a flroljy his side."
'I thought that it was Eomcthlntr of that
kind," I answterod, following his 'example.
"Will you come out with mo presently and
have a look at the town! The sightseers aro
orderly enough, though to Judge from tho
stir at the gendarmerie the occasion is a
special one."
'Ia there a stir merer he askal, pausing
with his spoon halt way to his mouth. .
"Some civil guards, six or eight I daro say.
and an ofllcer were dismounting at tho door
as I passed. Apparently they had Just
come in."
Whatl Did you notice what the .officer
was liko!" Clont asked In a curious tone, but
I was busy with my dinner.
" es," I answered, carelessly, "ho had a
hare lip, I remarked it because he had a
good look at me as I possod. No! You do
not mean to say that you have dono already I"
He did not answer, and 1 looked up to learn
tho reason. I read something in his palefaco
and trembling lips which chilled mo. Tho
man was suddenly afraid. And not afraid
merely, Ho was in such terror that the very
instinct of concealment bail passed from him.
As his distended eyes met mine he tried to
speak, but no sound enme. Yet I knew What
he would have Baid. His lips formed. "Can
i trust your'
"Can ypu trust mo!" I repeated, trembling
a little myself, 'and my mouth growing dry;
"well, I hope so, I think so, ClentVl do, indeed.-
What is it, iny good fellow!" for his
vtiry ears Beemed to rise from his head, so in'
teatly was ho listening for some sound.
"What have you done I What do you fear!"
1 whlspvrwl.
1'eaiT" ho muttered, with his hand uplift
ed, "death, man I Hush I Come to my room."
I obeyed bis gesture as much as bis words,
and leaving the parlor we crept silently
thither, When we were closeted together ho
stood facing me, aud began to speak in
breathless haste. "I did you a good turn tho
other day, Mr, Lynton; help me now. lam
a Curllst a spy 1 A man tent hero tu try the
fidelity of tho troops. Of late I have been
suspected. Now I am sure I am betrayed.
The punishment is death I In a few minutes
they will be hero."
"Dut what what can I do for your I ex
claimed in horror. No one seeing tho man
could doubt his danger, or at least his belief
in it. "w hy do you not escape while there
is timer 1 criea lmiiatieully.
'lime! there Is no timer ho answered
with an oath of despair. "Tho house is
watched. I dare not leuve it. Hut you can
do something for me. You can give mo
your passport and chango rooms with mo.
w e are much alike. Take my name tor a
few hours, nay, a few minutes. It will usao
my life my life, sirl And for you-iu
know our minister I Yt! Then you will lie
m no aanger.
"Hut," I said faintly the man's distress
was terrible to witness, and it all came so
abruptly upon me "the Spanish police are
sometimes hasty and" He flinched as if I
had struck blm. A fresh bit of trembling
seized blm. He turned from me with a
curse aud flung himself faco downward on
the bed.
I had hesitated before. I am not a bold
man, and I bad beard strange tales ot sum
mary'jttstice .done by tho police. But hero
the risk seemed so little; the man's condition
was so pitiable.
"Oct upl" I said harshly, after a brief
fight with myself. "I will save" you It I can.
You are an Englishman when all is said and
done. But let us loao no time. You know
best what must be done,"
He sprang to his feet. At once ho had all
his wits about blm. In a couple of minutes
I hail taken possession ot bis room, lie of
mine, w Itu feverish expressions ot grati
tude he pocketed the passport I gavo blm.
He dressed me iu his long ulster and .deer
stalker bat; In which I have no doubt that I
was like enough to blm to pass for him ill
BranHti eyes. And all this ho did with won
derful method, as it he had thought out thu
details U'fore. It crossed my mind once thut
he had. His last step was to draw from his
mattress two loug rolls neatly covered with
canvas. "They are papers," he said, pausing
to listen, and looking doubtfully nt them tho
while, "usts or men, Ami men's lives they
will cost if tboy are found." he added, with
exritement, " et I daro not take them with
me. I dare not, 1 shall get away by your
help, but 1 snail be stopped more thuu onco.
and it these ure found oil me they will make
It all o no use,"
He was so reluctant, so sincerely reluctant.
as I could see, to leave the iaiers, Uesplto
the risk he would rut; it he took them, yes,
aud so very nearly ready to run (hat risk,
that I felt tor the first time a sense of real
sympathy tor him. "Can we uot bio's them
gomewherer1 1 suscelted.
"No!" ho answered bitterly, "they will
leave uo stone unturned here." And with
that bo thrust the paper back into the mat
tr my mattress now.
"Why do you uot destroy them!" I asked.
'i aare,ium,," b answered sullenly ,
THE COLUMBIAN, VOl KXIl NO 11
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOl LI, NO 61
Then, moved by the force of habit, I think,
ho snt down on the bed precisely over them.
I wondered nt his answer llrst, then a:
another thing. "Why do they not comer'
I said querulously. "Arc you sure that they
Intend to rome atnll that you have not
made a fool of me for-nothing!"
His face grow bright' a moment and then
toll again. "No," he replied; "they set a
watch On this houso as soon ns they came
Into Uie town, and arc only wnltln? now u
til a time when they may be sure that I am
at homo. That is alt" I found out after
ward that be was perfectly right In this,
Ho W6 snt in dreary oxjfectatlon, waiting in
that little Whitewashed room for the clang ol
musket butt nnd tramp of feet that should
tell us the crisis was at bund. The candle
Darned dimly, the air was heavy with the
nuncent odor that rose from the brnsero. My
eye fell un liis empty easel nnd the sight
carried mo imck to a tunc, dnys iicrore as it
seemed Instead of hours, When I had still re
garded him In tho light of a problem" to be
solved. "And nro you an artist!" I asked ab
ruptly. I was glad to break the silence.
Oh, yes," bo said with apathy, "I mint a
little."
"And that Rpagn61etto tho St Christo
pher! Is It really an original!"
"It is tho original. You wero right," he
replied. "It was tho gift of a great monas
tery to tho enuse."
I wblstle.1. "I think It Is n pity," I said,
with a jealous eye to the mattim! on which
he was sitting. Tho fancy that that price
less Rlbcra carelessly rolled up might lio
recelvmg with each Instant somo Irremedi
able hurt was a dreadful thing to have on
one's mind. When my'tra'veling clock in the
next room tinkled nine times, 1 could bear It
no longer.. "Look horel" I snld, rising, "I
am going out If you aro right, I shall lie
arrested, and there will 1)6 ml end of it If
not, 1 shrill come back mid there- will be an
endot this foolery. Jockl lio thero; good
dogl" I added, jioiiitlng to the lust Audi I
strode to tho door. , Of course I was still dis
guised Hi Lieut's ulster nnd cap.
no leapeu up and caught me by tho arm.
'Tor Diosl' ho cried, cllnirinir to me.
"You are golnit to bctmy me I You are Eng
lish, and you can give me upl"
Man alive l ' I answered furiously, the
fellow's distrust showI the black spot iu
him so plainly; "If I wish to betray' yoU, I
need ohly stay here and tell tho civil guards
who you are''
He shrank bock at that; I suppose ho
saw Its truth, and I went out, passing
down the gallery'and the stairs to tho outer
door. As I opened this nnd, meeting the
wind, steppes! Into tho darkness of the en
trunco; before w lilch tho embcrx of a flro still
glowed faintly, I confess that I felt nervous
very nervous. W Ith.eoch step that I took
I looked' tor a challenge or a violent hand
upon my shoulder; yet I sprang aside when
the lightest ot touches fell on my sleeve.
it ts i, puiiiol uo no further!" hlssod a
voice in my oar. "The street Is guarded,
ienor. I have risked much to savo y6u, but
I can do no more. If you "get through Is it
Almonacid ("
'SI, hombi e, si " 1 whispered. Then clutch
ing in my turn the stranger as he was gliding
from me I continued: "But stay, amigo. Tell
me what I can do!"
I do not know. Have you no safe hldlns
place insider ho nnswered, cautiously. "Hni
wliat Is thntf It was the sound of approach
ing feet As soon as this was certain, "Let
mo gol" ho cried, angrily, trying to tear him-
lelf from my grasp. "It is liko you! You
would destroy mo to do yourself no goodl"
1 released him. W hilo bo fell back into the
darkness I retreated, cursing my folly ithe
while, Into the archway and tried to efface
myself against the wall. I was caught in a
trap.
The position was not a pleasant one.
Trampl tramp! the feet come on so steadily
and surely until half a dozen forms stood be
tween' mo mid the dying flro outside. A
whispered word followed, then a flashing
open of Untliorus, a. momentary' startine
back of all parties as a mustached guard dis
covered me, anil witii the ringing out of a
nord of command half a dozen carbines
came to the present in front of my breast.
"Is thU our man!" ci-icd tho leader. Ho
did not waitfor an answer, but added, irae-
riousiy, i our uamo, kenori '
"1 am Lmglisli. is not that sufllcient for
you! Have a care what you are doing," I
answered.
r.nougu; enter, uonuuet us to your
room,'' was ms order.
I went in. On the veranda, at tho door of
No. 2, stood Clent, holding a candle abovo
bis head, bo that his faco was in shallow
while tholight fell on us. He was pale, as I
saw a moment later, but he played his jmrt
to ndmiration. "What' U this!" he asked.
wuu me sujierior air wuieu lingHiiimen lier-,
mit themselves abroad, "What docs this'
mennP
" i our name, sir!" cried the lender, by way
of answer.
"My name Is Rouso Lj-nton, and I am an
artist and an Englishman," ho replied,
haughtily, "Here is my imssport, nnd I ask
you again what this menus-!"
Tho otueer cast a single glance nt the naiier.
nnu returned n. ii is in order," be said
politely. "I havemude inquiries and know
nbout you, senor. Do not let mo disturb you.
We aro merely making a capture,"
"Hut be, too, Is Knglisli." put in Clentj
looking nt ine m well reigned surprise.
'Ciertumentoi nut criminal."
"Good heavens) I do not Mbvo It: it
cannot lie. Is thero nothing," ho mlded. ad
dressing me with concern, "Unit I ran do for
you! Send a telegram, or anything of that
klndr
les," I cried eagerly, "telegraph to tho
igusu minister at Madrid."
"It shall lie done, and at onco. Keen un
your heart."
"Spare your pains, sir," lntornosed tho
leader with a grim smile: "you will do no
good. And besides, tho olllee Is closed."
"Then 1 will have it oiwned," cried Clent
hotly, acting the Kngllsh traveler to the life.
and with n gesture of encouragement he
rattled noisily away.
"Your room Is No. 1," dictated the officer,
addressing me. "Enter."
I did so, Jock sprang up, and with his c-ont
bristling nbout his neck, growled ominously
at my conuianions. I told him to lie down.
"It Is the other Englishman's dog," snld one
ot mo guarus.
"Is that sol" replied tho ofllcer. clancin:
sharply at tne. "Then how coinos it in this
room! But tu work I Search I"
In flvo minutes their skillful fingers had
overhauled tho luggage which was lying
auoui, i ney louiui notuing to the purtwse.
ine uu, was tuo next command.
I do not know w hat seized uikui niothen
whether it wns sheer longing to give vent to
my excitement that carried mo away, or tho
memory of Clmt'8 words, "And men's lles
they will cost," that inspired me with somo
sp:r t mat certainly was not my own. I tun
not say. Only I know that whon the order
"Now tho lied" was given I sprang between it
ana tno searchers.
"Nop1 I shouted, waving them lack.
"Walt!"
If I had a dim notion of delaying them nnd
gaining time the attempt was as vain us it
was foolish.
"Mndnuinl" cried the leader, dropping the
mask, and suddenly bosido bliuelf with
rage; "stand lack. Juan, Feline, do your
duty I"
I flung ono from met another! I had a mo
ment's awful consciousness of n cnrbluc
leveled at my cbest, of a linger pressing on
the trigger, of u sheathed suoiil that struel
up the weapon a second before It exploded, ol
the oflh-er shouting In n voice of thundei
aliove tl.o tumult, "No aqull Despues!" and
then a strong arm Hung mo fornl.lv nznin.
the wall, I saw Joeli leap forward, his tivib
bared saw wrnie oue lire hastily haw the dog
fan oiewiinj uy tho lied. The room grew
thick with smoke.
"Oh, my llodr'I cried, nnd covered my
fiieo. IwnstivmblUgtnoveryllmb. Home
one not uni'eutly drow tho dun aside. In-
stiuctlvily I l,.H'lt down and tried to ktuuch
the blood. Poor Jockl
Iruwutly iu tho meantime I was talinj
no heed of their defngs I heard ft cry of sat
isfaction and looked up. They hail discov
ered the two rolls aud liending over their, as
they lay on the Iwd wero unfastening the
wrappers, 1 wentnud looked oniiimtbctlcn.lly.
I waited no h nicer with any fivUug that it
concerned ma toto the muster rolls, aud
loyal autographs, und promises that wero to
cost so nearly, or w men uoin nun t pouon.
But what was thUI Tho Bpugnoletto! Oh,
yosl I uudeiWxM how that cumo to bo hero.
But these t' oo pictures which followodt
Could it bo fiat all thu subscriptions took
the form of paintings) Or what was this
delicate Moro, fit for a royal gallnry, doing
btrol And that poMib'o MunhV That
jHirtralt which might luivo liecn liv Velas
quez! That Sail Solxisllau Mint was nt least
by A pupil of Cnrnvngglo! My head reeled.
I liaised my bniid over my oyes mm iookcu
aguln. It wns not a delusion. There, tho
fnnvnscs lay ono on tho other, their edgm
strangely rough, their corners frayed can
va'ies worth a king's ransom.
Tho other roll wns full of odds mm rims,
valueless, but equally strange; picture lincks
nnd rough pleocs of cloth and opened letters.
Among theo last I saw, with scarcely any
added wonder, envelopes nnd letters directed
to myself.
"I do not understand. 1 snlil feebly, look
ing from ono guard to another. They Imdnll
turned to mo to seo how I took their dis
coveries. "Ho told mo that ho wns n Cnrllst
a spy sent hero to brllie tho troojis. But
whnt are these doing here! I do not under
stand."
"Who told you and what!" cried tho
leader.
"Clentl Clent told mo" and then I stop-
ped dared and bewildered. Two or three
Itughodl tho utlicer, gazing Itxcdiy nt Ine,
did not I met his g.izo vnenntly: then my
eyes wandered to tho corner and fell upon
poor Jnck. A mist pissed from my mind,
my brain tlnnred; I siiolto aloud and sharply,
"Holias fooled lw nllrlsnld, "yo as well
as mel I am not Clent I am Roust Lynton,
;i artist Uo told me'
'Who! who! who!" crlcil tho officer, with
fierce impatience.
"Clent, tho mnu whom you want the mm
In No. 1. He told me Hint ho was a Carllsl
In danger of nrrcst I gave him my passport;
1 took his room and no mine, w hat Is It he
has doner
"Doner cried the man, stamping nbout the
room In furious rage. "Can you not 'see!
He Is o roblier of museums tho captain of a
gmgl Done, blockhead of an Englishmitfl
Madro do Dlosl did ho not kill a civil Guard
nt Vnlladolld ten months agof Ho U now a
German, now an Englishman. Ho Is the
devil himself, whom, for nil that, wo hail net
ted finely but for you I ct, fool that I was,
I feared something when tho dog obeyed
ou."
1 rememliernl that I had rend In tho Eng
lish neWKimiK'rs of plcturo roblieries in vari
ous jiarts of Spain, in which it wns supposed
that a Herman wns engaged, uy this light I
understood It all. Tho man's terror wheu I
discovered blm gloating over tho Spagno
letto which bad been stolen from a monastery
nt Hoviiio; ms letters from distant dealers;
his studied appeal to my sympathies; his
greedy reluctance, which I had thought pure
unselfishness, to jiart with his spoils; oven tho
casual "job" w hlch had mndo him master ot
my JCVJI I understood them now. Yes, had
this been nil bud Jock Viot been lying bleed
ing In a corneri 1 would have let tho man go.
As it was, I cried out to them, "Quick! I will
tell you where you will Und him! Ho will
mako for Almonacid. You know tho place f
"Did ho tell you that alspf" asked the ofllcer
scornfully.
"No," I exclaimed, "I bad it from ono of
his gang in the strect ono who took mo for
him as you did. Almotincid is their rendez
vous You nro watching tho railwny station
here! Yes. Then be sure ho will make across
country for Almonncid, which Is only a mile
from 'Torri jos station on the other railway,"
lhero was seiij m my wonts, anil the
police saw It. The rlngot scowling faces
round mo brightenwl. A few bast' sentences
wero oxchnnged, nnd an order was curtly
given, and in two ;nlmitu the ofHeor und Ids
following trooiied down stairs, no doub. to
get to horso nnd slart after tho fugitives;
leaving ine in char,;o of a couple of town
polioe, who good naturally helped mo tu do
what 1 could for Jock. Jock was not dead,
nor going to die, I nm glnd to say, of that
w-ound, although ho walks lame to this day,
tho bullet having cut tho tendons at the root
of the fore leg.
When I found that this was so, I began to
be sorry that I had lietrnyed Clent's trust,
though in fact ho bad never trusted mo. "1
w-ish that I had not sjioken so soon," I said to
ono of my gunrd-s as wo bat over tho brnsero,
wondering what was doing nt Alsionncnir-
"It is ill work standing behind a kicking
mule," ho answered dryly.
"But second thoughts nro best" I
Ho considered this; then said briefly: "The
last orango tho frost nips."
The full meaning or which only camo homo
to me next morning.- Aliout 10 b'clock tho
officer ot iiolico cumo clatteringi up tho stairs
to discharge me from custody, He told mo
politely that owing to tho amends I bad
made no notice would bo" taken of my vain
attempt to mislead justice.
Vain attempt I Vain I Then you have
captured him i'1
"No, senor,;'
"No I He has escaped!" I cried iu aston
ishment.
"Hardly; ho tried," replied tho Spaniard,-
meeting my eyes with a smile "Hp was shot
iu tho scufllo."
"Deadf I said faintly.
"Yes, senor, quite dead."
Then I know' for certain what' tho word),
No aqui! Despues! ("Not herol After
ward i" had meant. And I hb'verod.
Hope for Yonng)Mcn. h
Who says that there Is 'not hopo fort the
young men of to-day! Of Amherst, uiaety.
three freshmen but seventeen smoke tobacco.
A tobacco report ti ora the class three yc'.iVs
from now will bo interesting. New York
Sun.
Ne-er wash woolen coods or blankets on a
cloudy Jay.
Tho Ameer of Afghanistan.
reople commonly think ofthn Amw. r,f
Afghanistan as a morose, cruel, covetous,
despotic savage, but nothing, according to
Messrs. O'Mcara and ryno,tho only two Eng.
llshmen who have seen him at home, could bo
moro uiuiKe tne real man. jus government
is no doubt severe: for onlv a rod of ii.m
could keep the Afghans under ccntrol.
Nevertheless, although tho Ameer is un
doubtedly respected, nnd pflrbaiu aiimired,
by the mass of his people, the weight of his
hand is felt chiefly by tho Sirdars. He Is
essentially a friend of tho common people.
What principally attracted tho attention of
Messrs. O'Mcarn and Pyno was his enormous
capacity for work. Most trivial details come
to him for decision day after day. He sits
plodding at work In durbar from 10 in the
morning till is at night The durbar is open
to all, and the humblest approach him with
their complaints. As ho marched hack re
cently from Paghmau to Cahul, attcudf.l by
some 3,000 troops, many poorieople oiong
the route did not hesitate to present their
!etitionsto him personally. He Invariably
received them, und after gl.meing at tlu-m
scribbled tome words and handed them to an
ofllcer near.
Ho seems to trust no one. but cndeavoi s to
do everything himself. Affuirs the most In
significant from nil parts of the country aro
reponeu to mm airoct " t hirty or forty re
ports," he remarked, "come to me nbout 4n
event Thoy all give different versions of It,
and they are' all mostly lies, I examine uul
compare them, aud extract the true version
myself." Thero can be no doubt that he fi
facta advance ot bis people, and ho seems
conscious of this. Thofaorit ohservati m
of his was, "Whon a ship is in a stormy sea
and tho crew aro turbulent and will not
work, tho captain must call to his assistance
passengers who are temporarily on lourd
ship. Afghanistan is that ship, tho wor: I is
the sea, the Afghans are the crow, I am tho
captain, you. aro the passengers." Ho w Id
probably go far toward Europoaulzing the
country could he rely more thoroughly on
ms people, tie is koenly alive to the advan
tages likely to follow from IU material de
velopment In his personal manner he is
quiet, but hearty and genial ; ho cares noth
ing for ostentation and display; ho has
adopted to a great extent European habits of
uie, nas ms meals in tno European stylo, i id
has discarded the hookah fur a cigar, New
York Tribune,
A DUtlucuUhcil Clergyman' Testi
mony, Ttev R. M I'lrt.-iK, I'rci.lcnl of the
Methodist riote-taut Church id South
Carolina, writes from Orernville!
"About four years ago 1 na uttaekid
with wh! the physicians pronounced
neuralgic theuiiiHtUm, afcninpnnitd mth
erysipelas My appetite fulled me entirely,
and I hud an intermitting nil. and veiy
irregular pulimlioim of the heart A ter
rible pslii noon enno lutu my rbe-t .nut
shoulJelH, and 1 Ivesme o help!, li-" I
could attend to us tuisiuesi. nt all I"i,i,
pains were movable, and wiuhl KOtnctimta
pass from one part oi mv body In .ninth, 'i
Finally tbn etyaipelashmki mr on my ,. It
hand aud arm, ami prod in c I muihsw, 1
ing. I whs lor elghtieii mniitha .illliilci
in this way ,md of ejnire u-cl i trie it
many kind, ot medh ines, but nothing gate
me relief. Friends finally perauadvd nm
to try Swift'a Specific I uolkcd n dieid. it
impiovruiriit while i.,l.ing the lira! Untlo.
I eontinntd its use until I hail lukeiiulsiot
onedotn Uitths, when I I uinl my.l(
sound and tcll agititi, v m o ign tt
ease Irlt cxn-pt ,t MitTui'u in my hand,
result of the vryaipelua Wlil'e l.iktn
the medicine 1 gamed ou nn Rvirjue tu
liouml-offle.il per week I hiuk b S rt.
a v.tluabl medicine, and I tiiqiuully
rrrommeiii) it to tny friends '
Write to Ihe Swifi MiriKli'
Atluiila, , loi a Tii'.iu.e mi lli.ad aud
Bkin l),.iiva, walled llee to uO'Hl- "
Legal i,conalileuc
a. (..in,; I n pugis
ol tool. cup "brief,"