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JAS. G. HASSON, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XIX.
'HE IS A
FRKKMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FRKE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE.
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WHAT IS DYSPEPSIA?
; Amor? the many symptoms
, if Dyspepsia or indigestion
ihe most prominent are: Va-
Hable --ppetite; faint, g-nawing
i feelinn, at pit of the stomach,
i with -.insatisfled craving: for
"ood; hsart'ourn, feeling- of
weight and wind in the stom
: aeh, baa breath, bad taste in
I the mouth, low spirits, general
j prostrr.tion. jioaclaeho. and
I constipation. Ther? is no form
I of disease more prevalent than
I Dyspjrj.-'.a. nnd none so pecul-
iar to the- hi.'' h-iivinj and rap
I id-eatirr" Air.erleon people,
f Alcohol zr il lGb.:.cco produce
I Dyspepsia; also, bad air, rapid
mating-, etu. BURDOCK BLOOD
BITTF;?; '.vill cure the worst
caso, by rcriilatin-j the bowels
j and tc up digestive
organs. Colsl everywhere.
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HAS Tlrtars on hg Jrt n hrjp. Tn.l srnt rle
trf IL ."ssnr'mTt ot WAll'H KS. CL.I irks
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I uy ether il-o ler ia the C'iunt y. Per-onii nee 1 '.on
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I Jj-Pri'tn-'t at'opt ion pai.l to roi) ilrlnn Cl-.'-it?
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srtnl fr f.ttr II.I,l'"TI? TFD .nil lF.
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(Continufi from latt
Ho w Watch Cases are Made.
Imitation always follows a successful
article, and imitation is one of the best
proofs of real honest merit ; and thus it is
that tho James Eom Gold Iiur- Case has
its imitators. Buyers can always tell ths
genuine bthe traile-ruark of a crou-n, from
winch is sxifpcndrd a pair "lm
Stale. He sure lintlt rrmrn and
M
senif are stamped in the cap of the watch
cn.se. Jewelers are very cautious about en
dorsing an article unless they not onlj know
that it is good, but that the character of
the manufacturers is such that the quality
cf the gixx'.s will he kept fully vp to standiird.
'Wit.T.iAVir-ottT. P Feb 13, !(.
TbB Jem" Boon' (ijid W'atuh ( m: fro hko hot
ckfs. t u cue I Bell .ells auothto-. Ltoii't neeii
to rei-omiimiid tbetn: they .oil themselves. One of
my cutonicrs hn hud Jop Bo..' OoldW'tohO
inii"tiir20 yearn, anil it :s an it .vt - ever. Wittat&ia
car- 1 do not hwiu,te t,t tr.ve ltiy r.n fruamjitfsj, ee
Tfni.'ihy w.ih tiip now and improved eajsea, whicli
suuui to be eTuriantiks:. Jfmhh T. Liitle, Jevirr.
"rwPrrxftr-irE,?f ,T ..Tun . lVt.
T!ii F'l 1 r-.re, o known an the Jnuice Kim
Gold v.'atcli Caw. came into mypniwwinn atxiijtlria,
Lan b-n ut -Iff: .lure that time, and in st.d In -ooJ
ciridition. The inovetnent in tbeone which wanin tlie
cane wbeu I bc.ucht it, and ita coudition .how s that
the rae hatt really out-worn tlie movement, which is
piayedout. Maktis A. Howell,
Of H vtrd of Direttort JV. J. A. H. it Tram. Co.
aV.d i tviit tMp t. IrjiUmr W.trk tr FmIctUs rtllb
4elpkM. Ft., tor ...rt.uMi lllMtntorf PMphl.t,h.wlaf uVW
ttmrt M ud B.jm... W.trk Cm ar. mm.
(To be Continued.) I
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i tended to' for .! A7.. I l'r. FEES j
j Our . fiioe is ojioosiie the I S Ta tent Of
I fie-, and we can oVaiu rt-ti's in i-s t nie :
than flaw- retpo'e rro'n H'.t v UlX'i TOX. j
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We reler, ber". to t':
, Stint, of Monev ti-r I) v.
i of the I". S. rittvnt OJi -e.
osrr.aster. the
. and t offifia Is ;
Kor circu 'ai, ad
lo act i;l clients j
v ivrito in
vice, t-tms nnti rt fuence?,
In your own State or Ceiint
C. A. JS VOW te CO.,
Opp. I'alrnl flip, Washington. I. '..
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FARM LOANS
J rf J n I N I H A N A nnrt OH
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tUlfl
denlrHhlc
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lorin.i I inn and circular, ad-
.lrcs
!0. A. MOOIJF,
X4 st Market Street,
ln1i.inpnll. Ind. j
hi e
r' tllVI K I IWKIiS. r...we?t Kates for ad
Vi 't i.--i uix ia il'tt u'ooft tiewpitper. ent fr.e
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WHAT M AS III'.?
Tlit- wimis birw Crrf" ; the sun ws red
Arid mihw covered streets and moor
Sni'plies of cunt mid n:et s'id hreinl
lit left lit H widow's door.
TIlis :is Ids deed
A lid lie did II w ii.
Wltiit nasi his cit-t ii '.'
I ftnnot tcil.
He ifetiily rnpped t tlie door and turned,
A it opened, atd walked away ;
And v. hied wt i t the lia ppier tvars t hat btirn'd
On !;is or t!ie widow's cheek Hint day ?
I il not k now.
He spoke no word
nl wt'iri inu snow
In the wind wns !. aid.
Where want ind htinatr a tid co'd al.tnU-
He never was far hway,
And w!:eii t he chimes in thetowi r weretoil'd
1); never was heurd to in iv,
Yet into t he hex
His Jiltns li-stov.
His fnilii? Whiil was il V
lil) nut know.
He knew iio s"ot, Jew. (ireek tr Moor,
Nor (.'In istian, iitir cliurcli. lit ri ace,
J 1 1 1 the way to the homes of the altie poor
And the basement dump wot'.M trace,
I n hf st or colli.
By liijrl.t or day.
His cieed : Wlrat w:ts it '.'
I cannot say.
Kor the hungry poor be believed in bread,
And ciothes for the raised and cold.
And fuel for heart Its, w here coals were dead;
And hearts that never now old.
His i ct :' His creed ?
Hisfiiitn? Who knows?
'Tis the "create- t of all"
His wnrni heart elnp-s.
' TI!K IMJOriJMSOU A TH K H UJY.
Mrs. Nit hi'lscn wits s'aiid;ii!: in a dubious
attitude witb he study door half open, ami
i her eyes turning from tlie quiet fisure iD the
1 arm tliair by the tnble to another open door
' In the passtipe behind her, through which
she could see a flood o sunshine, ai d in tlie
....
sunshine f. cradle.
'I don't feel fuite ens,' she s.-.id ; T am
so sfra!J she would cry and no pe lir
her. I wish I ha1 n t bt tlie titiise eocut ;
bvit all you bavtt to do,' routing iiito the
room and speaking imtiressively, 'all jou
have to do is to rinu the bell violently vio
lent'y. remember for coofe. For Heaven's
sake, John,' leaning tin the tab!e and stretch
ing out, a pretty band to attract her brother's
ii.trpt.ion, 'look np, or speak, or answer me,
or yc,u w id drive me mar!.'
Wh:it Is it all about. Agatha '." The calm,
p'aci''', intelligent fce opposite was lifted
;"en!!y and tlir: thin fiinrc was slipped on to
the page to mark a ptuis;1.
'it is baby, John,' sail Mr. Nicholson, in
a filtering voice, and with into, anry tears,
l oll:iif down her cheeky. 'Here have I. for
the t.ist ten minutei, been t)t k t; i i i; . implor
ing of you to icn:ember baby ; not to nurse
lit r, 1 wouldn't trust you ; but on'y rins the
bet: If she cries.
'Poes that stop her? It seems simple
enough. I think even I can do that."
Cut Mrs. Nicholson shook her head, stil! t
weeping. ' j
You tn;.y lauli al me or sr,?er if you like, j
If it were my own baby I'wonid say nothing ;
1 would bear it a!!, but Kmmy's !' i
Witn patient si,;h the ucr tleman at the '
wiitine table puehed tl e book awry and lost
rds place.
11.
looked at it in a bewildered
wr y.
'What is it, Agatha
a baby ! O, Emmy's
baay, of cuurse.'
'And not one half, one hundredth part,
one thousandth part, as valuable in your
eyes,' broke in Auatlia, with impetuosity,
as the smallest the most unknown, the most
discovered star. Y'ou need not tell me ; I
trt ow it '
'Of course.' frowning genl.lv, 'everyone
j knows thai a star, however small stars are
j famous according to their size, my dear is j
I infinitely more value than one hair of a '
I baoy's head. I mean' hastily 'speaking j
! from an entirely scientific point of view ; j
j but as you were saying you were saying, !
were you not' a little doubtfully 'some- !
i thing about an unfortunate babe of Em
; my's?'
j Mrs. Nicholson bad dried her ryes, and ,
j was confronting bim in ail the cool splendor ;
i of her pretty summer dress, and with the j
! calm determination of a woman who has
! made up her mind. !
I 'Y'es, I was,' she said ; 'only once Tor all, j
' John ; if you call it a babe I will leave your
i house at once and never, never come back ;
1 and if you call it unfortunate, I shall take
II or hntffnl mni.rir.. . j i
at the kitchen fire If it were vo.,r "- ,itt, i
.
i.UF;.....c.. , UIIIIN. ICPU ue O.C-
st-in;.-u uu-uuiortunaie ; itui tnaries is the ,
. K
Il r.-. .. . . . .. I
i 'Yes. res. of course, mvdo.r . a;., .U i
. , ... , ; ' ." ""'-"""' i
zs, r. z 'z iz
t had hefter an out. now whllp if w f .,r
. .. ' . ' ' :
n , h Vh" k Mr Z,,
instant and then back to the blotted page.
t...m : a 1, J i : . . -
You can tell me about Charles, vm, tr,..-
when rou come in. The best of hnshanri. I
:J ...., .
. . ,: . . . .t . i-uiuru iiiuj, ne rememoerea. max loud,
I don t Know much about them. 1 fear but I (Painfuh jarrin2 cry. but it had dletT.way ;
know a nttle aV.ut the best of wives.' 3urely it had died into peace without his in-
He rose and laid his hand on the long, ; terferer.ee? 'Agatha, he said, lifting up his
slender, soft gray glove that was leaning j face sharpened with the etft of thought,
with determination en the neat manuscript. ; I do remember something-somebody cry
The gray glove clostd around his hacd gent-jjng; it roust have been the babe. '
r .eave Ll, ZZ
patted it gently and laid it aside. Mrs. Nich- mi
olson Save a faint sigh, but when she spoke ! and ther " You '
again she spoke with less decision and more! '!- can't remember. A.atba. I mnv
nkoHini.
It is not Charles, indeed it is not ; it is the J
i-nuy j me Hunts oas none our, ana i nave ,
, put the cradle in the morning room by tho !
! window. John,' suddenly 'are you listen-
i ing? What did I say last?
j 'The mo-ning roo n, Agatha.' ,
i 'Well. I see jou are taking it in and for- j
getting those horrinie stars; and bow you
cp.n compare a sUr to a baby, is rast me.'
'I am sure I never did,' he said gently.
'Well, don't luterrupt me, John, or I shall
never get out. What was I saying? Oh,
baby was in the morning room, and if she
cries, makes one sound you are to ring
your bell, this bell, John, for the cook. Do
you understand !'
'Yes, I believe so. 1 am to ring the bell
this bell for cook.'
'Oh, I hope yon will," after a pause. 'Fan
cy, her ej'es filling with tears again, 'if she
cried, and no one heard her ! Oh, John, you
will not deceive me? Y on will try and
ring !'
'My dear,' speaking with some dignity,
'sorely I am not utterly destitute of common
sense. I have Interesting work here,"
pointing to the manuscript and the books of
reference heaped around him, 'but I sup
pose, atter all, I am humn.
'O, I hope so, I think so, cued Agatha, j
clasping her hands: 'only you might not
hear her, that wis all 1 imrant..' i
.nr. t .t.:.... . -
t " -
j cns'ic smite, that yon may dismiss jour
J fears ; tliey are unite proundless.'
. Very well,' mid Acatha, movine in a lies-
: itautiit way to the door, 1 mn ali.snril, I
am tryiiic to be satisfied ; ifoii't fottcel.
'No, clieeifiii:y, 'I will take a lenf from
i Charles's book. Hit t-st ol liusbattds.'
!
i 'Oh.' the gray glove had closed on the
i hand1 Oi the door, but released it aeain
' 'the Paynters are coming to iiieht, so yon
must ttot. go out. .itar-BPZitia.'
'All rtuht,' tibediently ; cood bye.'
iicd-hye.' The briijht tare '.hat bad al
most disappeared round the door rattle back
a'iin, .-.nil leaned Buaiii.-d ihe worn Vel
ve.tccli of t he a'.ron inter's coat ; for a iniii
ti'.H lite lips were pressed to it. then lifted.
'!i-s mc, John ; you are n dnr old te.h.w
iiii. i :nl and 1 pm a lintl.'
Tiie sutishiue seemed lj leave lh'? loom
Willi the swct l bri.ht pr senee ami iiovvr
over t lie pretty cradi" amontr tlie sound" and
scents ot the mid si.mn.er day. If the li
biary there was oniy one shaft f liJht tlmt
came through tlie liiuli windows anil fell
acro-s tha t!d velveteen oat, and the ti.Iy
manuscripts, and the open books, ami led
the banttsotne, clever, refined face in shadow.
It miijtit have been two hours afterward
painful afier events created a confusion in
Mr. Xichob on's mind, and tlie two boors
ininhf h ive been two days when he became
aware of a lauch in a passage by the door,
lltsli.tnd had prowu tired in writinsr, but
the pf-n had traveled steadily on : his eyes
bad crown a little weary and it was a relit f
to raise them lor a minute to the locked
door, behind which he In ard the laub. He
rose, with a half smile on bis iriave face, ami
paustd, struck by a sudden presentiment.
S;im-.'thintt came back to hitn, as he stood in
the dull room, was it a dream or a memory,
or was it the hihv " tie mrslted his i nner
i , . ,, , ,, , ,
' biiriiediy away and wa'kt-d over to t!i" do.'.i
ard nriiocked it, throwing !t wide oper,.
Tin-re was tii thing in the pas;ai! but the
yellow sunshine now ti;n n ti.e walia and
upon the old pi iiils, and Mis. Nicholson
slandiiiL: in her pietty ray dress, wi;h her
slim hands stretched out and the !aup,h that
had disturbed her was still upon her lips.
In the room beyond ttieic was mine tUTiliht
and the cratlle.
'John, cried Mrs. Nicholson, Hunhinfj
ajrain as if she could not h.'ip it. 'what havit
you done with t.er. Give her to me. You
are earning jc-ur title to the !.et of hus
bands. He looked up in quick perplexity. 'What
was It Ajatiia? What do you want I have
nothii.j to tjive,'
'Oil don't John '.' she cried impatiently;
don't tease. 1 want baby.
'Well' t'le s.un- perplexing look creeping
over his fnoe 'take her," stretching out bis
hand to the cradle in the suuliijlit.
Agatha's eyes turned on him for a minute
with a look of contempt before which he
Positively qur-llrd. Then she sweDt over to
the cradle, and tossed out the little jiiiiow.
ar-J the sheets v.i'.ii their lace edes, ami the
i,a,4 bl"e &atn cover-let on to the floor in a
soft heaj, and stood looking down upon the
e,nF'J cradle as if sho would conjure up the
rink f8CC an'1 t!,e n x"R ,10ii' i,,to xhtit ac'
1 rucTnivian iiina
Mr. Nicholson had f dlowe.! her on tip toe
and was stirring; the softly shining heap- on
tha floor with bis patent-leather shoes, as if
be had tossed the baby out among them.
Well?' said Agatha sharply.
'Well?' he ech aed feebly.
t. .... ..... ..
' " J" mean mi say, ue faiu, putting
1 88i',e ner ""fr vehemence and speaking
i tearfully, with Her gray eyes turned up to
; ' ,s- " ""' uo - ,u ma" 10 a" tnat J'ou
have lost her ?'
'I never touched her,' he cried hastily.
'I never' heard her, he would have add-
ed, but again that faint memory that dream
I stirred him. 'Upon my honor, Agatha,' he
j said abruptly, le.tDirig. down into the cradle,
and poking at the mattress with his thin fin
; cers, 'upon my honor, I can't remember."
i 'You can't remember !' said Agatha with
scorn. " by, John, she roared! Cook
heard her in the kitchen. She eamernshing
np, and found the cradle empty and baby
cone. She thought you had taken her Into
tho study ; she told me so ; but oh, John, it
was somebody else, aad they have stolen
her.'
'My dear, he said, shaking himself togetb-
er, and speaking more lightly, 'who would
I ul j'j 1 har o n ,,..!,, .,.,. .-" n i .... 1' T T .
' "' '"n. you sny . lie
8n,,(1(1erp,i- Wny. sr'y no one else in his
senses woiiia no sucu a tning j
'Kinmi's bstllV I Arlort Imth.
- " ...MIUIO,
t,j t i , , , .
ana that is liow you speak of her ! O John.
j . i.,,, ir.iiiutty,
" Jhn' U"Vk b h?
rruaps you have rorgotten perhaps you
bT, r, i0,nc ,"r -
tried to think, but whenever he coi. centra-
M "S mln,i 0D itu: b he s lli"''" n-
3ewus of t.lat fau,nfr fanPr thar ha
.. . , ' . '
uul grasp tne urea m oi
rrv T t 1 1 a . 1 ,t ; j
l . . ' "."'!;
. ... ' '
nave gone on writing; that seems the most '
likely. I think ; but I may have gone to the j
door. 'No. shakini? his bead -T en-t
beyond ttie erj I do remember that now
distinctly.'
Terhap3, said Agatha hopefully, through
her toars, 'you have put her in the library,
What have you been doing this afternoon ?'
Mr. Nicholson followed humbly as she
swept in before him, and flung open the
great curtains, so that the light rushed in en
his table strewed witj plans and manu I
script- Even then he spread out his hands !
almost unconsciously, to defend his precious
papers from her scornful touch ; but she i
stood in the centre of th room, looking into
curt j tunici "Yiiii ner quiCK, soil eyes.
What nave you used, Johu this chair !
You have not beeu to the cupboard ? No,'
peeping into a dark recess, musty with pa
pers. 'What else?
'Nothing else, Agatha, here, except, with
a smile, 'the waste paper basket, and that is
empty. You can see for yourself.'
Ah,' said Agatha, 'liete is rook,' as a hea
vy breathing became audible in the passage.
'Cook,' her voice trembling at sight of the
sympathetic face, 'your master has not seen
tbe baby at least, he thinks not. He was
very busy, but he heard the cry, and he may
have taken her up aud forgotten. We are
looking for her.'
'Which you won't never find her, then,'
""-,1 miiKHi voice, -(n my lai-t
, piece but one, where I was enetal eh-ari-r
! in Mis. 'All's f.nniiy, there was a child ti-
appeared, as ii minht be ihis, ami it w-t
j lievei foiiml yy; si,-s r
not, it was nevei
j came across atai'i.'
i 'Oil, don't cook !' ci ied A-t;!in t in utive
'I-
i.uiii coni t n jx t in?, c ven 1 1 ; c
Your
r
, master thinks he may have put her
i w here and forgotten. He remember
inn her.
' 'Which be tnisjlit, said cook, 'not h. iB
deaf. Which I don't mean to disrespeet
Sir, but she was roarim; aw f ul, and I sas t,",
MHty. snys I. M .ster'l: ivr know '. t.-,
j ' "!', so I'll t.i up and l.rii:.. i(.t
""" a ';' and I stt.ps to ,-Itdn-.- ,y
apr..n. and I tips, as it ii.ial.t be beie, and
i hk era. lie, as it diskM he theie. t
sound, at d crattie as empty as it th
lite."
id no
'i.in
turned dr im.dic !;:i ,,,( p.,j,vj
one stout aim at tl,.- end!" in to- Mii.li.jht.
Mis. Nicholson's teaiful eyes Tollowed the
hand, nn.l l.er husband stood tii.ea-iiy in t'.e
centieof the croup, w in. an anxious f.o:.
upon his facts.
vVhiel,,' added cool; .-cr.ri f ullv. 1 thii k
babyand such a one, bl.ss bet!-is of
more vahie than all this mbbish." She
waved her hand over the table, on which lay
, the i.eat manuscript ; and Mr. Nichoison
utov.id a step nackward, as if she had an '
: evil eye and his writincs wonid slum 1 up at
her scornful eesture.
'Cook,' sitid Mis. Nicholson with dijtdH
marred a little by the quiver in l.er voici '
'you don't understand. Your nust-r iseiy '
clever, and his wiitin.s are of great value.
Of ct.urse,' wit'i a p:,adii,a io0k upward,
; 'baby is our rir,t thoucht just now. There
. are no wild beasts here, so she cannot he
eaten. Hut she has pone, ami before Emmy
: comes this evenim- ,he must be found.'
I 'Of course she ntist,' said her husbat.d,
' pluckin?; Up reur.tiie from her exceeding
; '.'entletiess. 'We mn-t begin sy-tetnaticiiy" .
and co through every room in the boiv-t-.'
Si the search h.an, that ended an hour
later, in the great hall, with three pcr; lexe.i
: faces ineeting each other at the foot of ir,,.
' stairs, in a silence thai Mis. Ni:!io!on
' brttke.
TCs no use, John; I cannot bear it any
: lonaer. She is lost !'
She lmn; out her empty hands with a
despoiling, gesture, but her husbahd eatifcht
anrl held them.
!..,' .... . ......
w.o i. K.ve .vgauia ; II w ill ai
riaht. If I se.'.ich the world througli
find her.'
Cl.IlK"
1 will
Or the body,' .-.,id conk.
Mrs. Nicholson shuddered.
The mii.ule'.s si'ence was broken
bv
sound or merry laughter and the trampihn;
of feet. For a minute Agatha raised her
head, listened intently, and then she droop
ed it with a sigh.
It's only the rectory boys, John.' she
saici ; 'they have been in the hay field alt
day, and I sked them to tea. I can't speak
to them, I am too anxious.'
She won'd have moved away, but tne
noise and laughter weie in the hall already,
and the, b ys wie stumbling up toward t.er
in the darkness, over the rugs and skins.
Something white was being shoved from one
to the other, and was pushed Into Agatha's
arr.is at last, and held there by a pair of
rough, sunburned hands.
What is it? Oh. Jack! what is it ?' she
cried, bending down and Visaing, to their
owner's great surprise, th- boy's rough
hands.
'Hori.t, I say.' said Jack, dianing them
away with a curious, shame-faced look
I 'It'c nnl. Si- .
v,.., imp ..any, ;o,rs. xicholson. She
I ' -..,e, so i just got into
i.io imiuiii ami naifuerl lier Sho'a Koo
playing In the hay ; but Jim got it Instead
She's a jolly little thing. Did you raies
her?'
' es, I thought she was lost.' said Agatha
gently
'Lost !' with a roar of laughter. 'Well,
that is good ! lay we wash our hands for
tea? I'm not so dirty, I've been holding
her ; but Jim's simply mud all over. Here,
have you got her? It's so dark I cannot
see.
The lurbnlent tide swept into the dim
distance of stairs and passages, leaving a
little group in the twilight of the hall ; a tali
dark figure, against which a golden head
was leaning, and two arms with a whit
bundle n them.
Kiss her, John,' came a soft voice out of
the darkness. 'I know j ou would rather
j not, sue
Oniy a bftby. hot a star ; but just
.. i. . ,
, - u ' J
3 I'tiiiisoiueiii, oecause you were so stu-
"on I'tlllOIMUeiH. Url'SUSP Vf.ll VITA SA Gtll-
i .. .
Pi1.'
! Th lU tP nd laid
a dark
mustache against the littie bundle
: , Ti -t, - -M .
There was. after
a moment's silence a
i 'novemer.t on the man's part, as though he
! wprp ,,,. ..'. "' A " . .
; ' " -i- m. ins inn neignt,
with tiuoi ,- . . . i - . -
" aignuy.
He
' ciearea ins tin oat.
j 'After all. Agatha. he said stiffly 'I did
not lose the baby. ' !
! 'I never said you did, eaid Agatha 'I
j only asked you, and you couldn't rem'em
' ber
I 'Another time with an evident .fr,rt -i 1
' I
ADth". '""e ! ec-"fuI,V- 'You may
! f , .l " Nei,h" 1 nr Emn,v '
! .V" Ll'f JAiTL!0.0 w,n-at !
.. "."ittujuiiiiiitiiume.
'The
laugh.
'Then, how about the baby?' with
'That. said Agatha firmly, 'includes the
baby,
Why Shouldn't His Understand? It !
I was almost midnight; the hands or the!
I clock were toiling painfully around their j
j circuit; the maiden yawned and incidental- !
i iv remarked that It nr.. nmui.. t.. .. t... i
the youth kept his seat '
I A ,k .! ... .
j Miranda, he said at length, "1 have made
' ' .......
up my mind to ask you if you will be mj !
wife.'
I don't know,' she answered ; 'you seem
to Igck
energy, and energy is an important
thing in a young man who undertakes the
responsibility of supporting a wife.'
'Of course ; bat why do you think I lack
energy ?
'Because there doesn't seem to be mutm
go to you.
Much go to me ?'
Not much go home, at least.'
He unders,ood her.
Nine New York defaulters, five from
Chicago, four from Boston, and several froia
otter American cities, are now living in
Canada. The majority of them have taken
up their resideoce in Montreal or its imme
diate iit'ihboriiood.
-ir wou.li yi- tiki:
" teady fr ,, , , , (
n v i.u:.
oi i- iri:ie,j ,-n;, Sl, p.,,.
he: tr,l,en ha it-t , j t, :, U e ci'
t. i.e a encie ,,f ,,,, M,:i-h.oe
And 1 hiMume,! tr,e ; tll:.H ,.r ai.bnr
(,o.-,"
At. I "Three me.) wo ;iit ,,; t
l.et. s-e .leepi'y said, as si.e cl.r ed ::
o. ue e es,
"r.ip.i, fot would you tke for me?"
And
1 ai,iv
-ted :
A doiiar, dear little
hcait,"
And she s!ek t. i',y weitIV wjtll y .
Iiiil I heln h-r warm in tiiv love trotn; arms
ft ,!''" r,"l'K'', her. ami rocked aw.
, Uk- do ytiMM a;; t!l:. Vk.lll, t(, (
I lie I II, il t'l l II, .... I .1... ...
, " ; 'si ii ..; Il i.l t
s' plat-.
I'C . lull. . -I ,,j .ili
li.at's. I.i-i
ihe cities with stre. ts and paNees,
l he;: j. tin.- srores of ail. '
I wo ,M ,.. t j,-.r m i,, lo-.v, s-.tt
"'.V : ' S I v :g h-a.t.
N..r :,l. t!,e g.,, i, whs ever f.liii.l
i i i , t.usy w, anii Ii,
ii.. i h.. i:i
" ' it .1 ! T t,
- I-
.t.
ir ore si. ',
tf il ti i
I)
f
i k .:ov it ti. u, r tne la-t .
S I ro'-Ve
And I ,
r. i ia" w
til ni i
1 niy baby, at;
t sin-li sw.-et
i t- of the s i:
I rock.-.!
t . ;iv,
.meet.
il cypres.
d to
T 1. ............ . -
...... mn ev. r D-ioie Ii.-i.i meant.
And
he
nuht crt r.t :i and I -.1 -ut. m.,l
ill MHIe.l
Of joiii-s far too glad to b
And I wakeped with lips saying close in ruv
ear, J
'Tap.,, fot would jou take for me?"
v. Ii. Je.V'in.
J A Mil's HEYEMiE.
Maii-t. do you tbli-lit in torturing mo?
W by can't you answer my question '."
I: young man's vciee l ad an arbitrary
ting, winch tetlietl the willful giil whom he
was a-idiesMiig, end her c um, on lips rui led
StC'-TiifujIy.
'W hat light have you to speak in me in
t'lai way ? I am not forced to answer quos
tiasis, w ise or o! he; wis-, and 1 consider this
anj tl.in hut v;,' .'
A ('iKirmhig pl-.-tun- r 'te was to look u; on,
d.-spi'.e t! e frown upon her pretty, pi. pi.:, it
ta.'e, l.er petite f.,i in drawn t.t its !i;;!i-5.
I.eiLh'. the mi rest tnlle over fi v? f"tt her
san.-y heal t blown back, as thous'i Mirk
tJrajson'a pleasurecr displeasure were alike
things td the utu.o.,t indiir- ienc' to l ei.
So at least thought the young sailor A bo
had rous.-d his storm of feminine indigna
tion by asking the joui.g lady, in I i, blunt,
point-blank fashion, to many him, as they
sat, one afternoon, in ih-Miting room of the
little cottage.
And then, as s;.e rtiii-ul to fcivs him a
d. ti -lite nns-.vfr, he rise ti his fie!, aud
made use of the words at, tho op-tiinq of
this sketch.
'You have civer, n:. e'.ietairagenient,' l:e
said, after a moin-iit til t ". ...t xetl sil.-nee.
'And what if J hive ." she retoited
'Haven't you said over and oyer again that I
was a hearties, flirt, and that you wished
s.tme one would f reak my proud spirit ?'
The bronzed faec-ni Mark Uraysou flush-d
hotly.
"Who told you these 1 1: it "." he asked,
despet tei , though hi.- u .aal.y b..id biawn
eyes tel! u the fl or beneath the gn..; of her
blue oi bs.
"Yoa don'; dory it,' .d, a tiifle bit
terly, 'itnd in fact il weu hi be (if liitle use.
I luard ou ilj seif sr,y liiat I was a caqtn tte.
and no a' and here the iipe tempti-ag iips
curled again yon profe s to love me and
make me a ft ;T .. r of men Mg- Are you
stiiving to win my l.euit that yon may 11 ng
it away, and so aceo.r,p!isti the noble task of
breaking i;;y spill., just because 1 hive been
light l.eailtd and happy, with a smile and
jest for each and all of my aeqaintances ?-
foi of lover. I have done, tier have I en
couraged serious attentions."
The definite look had faded out of her
hritit. vmitli fupp I .nrinii it vhita with .
sudden pallor, and the blue eyes were filled
with an expression ef pathetic regret which
Mark Grayson, unused as he was to the
ways of women, could not fatiioin.
'And so jou set yourst il dei.berattly at
work,' he siiij, with deep bitterness, 'to re
pay me lor my rash, thoughtless words bj
making me a victim to jour witching ways
1 loved you madly, p as-ionatf lj-, while j-ou
must have, hated :ie-
1 did !' she said gravely, still white to the
lips.
He turn.' J away tieni'ilously. this strong,
a'hletie young man,' wl o bad faced the
keenest g!es i.t sea nitnj a time with never
, a th .n-ht of tl-ching. muttering hoarsely a
he !!lVti :
'Weil 17
V..il oiuvt.l.vn Vll t 1 .., 1 I, el
' " " "j. tuivuu
' -
to B to sea fig;!! ; r.ut tne uican cas not
sailed, and to morrow, peihaps, a stormy
sea w ill bring me pence ami cm'i'.Tt.'
Her face grew even whiter, if possible,
and she stepped quickly forward as he
passed through the door.
Cut it closed behind him and Mark did
not see the jtarning, hopeless look that ,
shrouded the fair face ot the girl he wor-
shipped with all the strength of his passion
ate nature.
She watched his tall, strong young form as .
lie strode down the road, seemingly not ,
heeding 'he keen Februarj- gale that swept
across the Sound, and t used the dark wa- ,
ters of tbe Channel, which rolled in white
capped waves tietween the bold headland
and the ll.il of Portlaud, rising like a grim
ocean monster some ten miles away. ,
And this was the end of her flirtation, or
love affair with Maik Grayson for the past
three months.
At first he had been coolly ludifTerent, ;
even cynical, and during this time had made !
use of the language which had so roused the i
spirit of the petted daughter of old Captain
Barton, a retired sea dog, who could not '
bear to live elsewhere than beside the treach !
erous element which had been his home for
so many years.
TheGraysnns lived but a short distance i
from the home of Captain Barton, and were
j likewise people of considerable property,
BMd the mother of Maik, whose love tor the
' K1 .
. , . ...... ti i - .,.,, i I n. ,. i ...a f . . ........... . , .-.
?rn i 'ii. ,'i i.n 1 1 i i.iu.i.i v ' i i.ia.i.i 1 1 ,
j dangers, had induced iier Son to give up his
roving life, a decision which was stieogth
ened and continued by the smiling fjee of
pretty Janet Barton.
But all his biignt hopes had vanished
. ,. I t. , .. nn ..... I... ...... . . .1
wot-ii vol., i uiic annKruii.K i juir, SHU nn-lllt
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nflpbiiut a fptv ii Arn;i.a n- atttoloc tt,A ,.,t,,.
luou imu rrr:ni( inciier gui-a o e.
and made his way down to the cove where
his boat lay behind a shelter of a pier.
The sun was low in the western sky as
. , J
uauei saw ine wuue sau oi .siarK orajson s
boat flutter in the wind as he rounded the
headland.
It was blowing, heavily in shore, and the
boat, a trim, dainty rraft, was kept close
hauled to tha wind as she dashed through
the foaui-rrestsd waves and struck boldly
out toward the open sea.
It was a I.HjlUatdy, vci.tnirom.- tiip, a-id
well ktcw t'-Ht Mark iet.nard y-i! him.
i te iit nt?ei :phg to sail frail craft witr.
su. :: a w,i running.
How her treat love for t.e gallant young
sai;..r surged tlno'jgh ,'in being, as she
w;lie.i the heat i j and )!! )ifc a dink.
Ii"" CaieeniiK hem at h the K-t.-e of tl e w.lol
s though Would sure',? raps:-, and
anot, lighting nd holding her way bravely,
true to the stiwti Land th held the tiller,
ar.d the keen eye that miniVd not toe salt
spray.
'What are w atching sf-r'oselj ? avked
Mrs. IJaitoii, coming to her Jiugtitet's side.
Jrftiet did not an wer, an.) the sharp eves
' of the matron spied tbe boo now some dis
tance irom the shote, w hit H wus struggling
so braveiy Willi the e'e it -tits.
'Wlio-e boat is that '' !,,, k'-il.
And Jiit siiisweied fai.Vy
It i, TsT.tr ;r:-ys..:,v
".there is h,. g.,jtlg si..; a a day as this'."
n" ':-i asked lb- . ih,-r.
K-ir to hi., .'.iit,' s..ia the wh te fa.-ed
ti:l, sl.ivetiMg hs she siw.ke. il i, gon g tu
ul in the ' Yulcan.' '
i if w h! iicv,-r tea; li ttere
alive, retutnei!
Mis. ltirtcn. in a v iiv wh
'ten caused .Inns
i t if.tr-t In'o a pis,j.n of s ,h
oong
What is the itotter?" said tbe start :.-.
mot lit r, strtking the curly head of her weey
i. g dangtitcr. 'Have vou and Mark quar
relled ?'
.I.ir.tt's oiiiv
iv aiiswtr was a wii.'er outburst
d tears
Hid he ak yttii to marry him ?' que,tnii
ed Mrs. Barton, raising ber daughter's "scad
and looking into the tear stained face-
"Yes, sobbed Janet.
And you refused him ?'
'1 wouldn't give him any answer," she
said, her Sobs breaking rorth afresh.
'And y.iu have wrecked your !;fe in ordr
tli.it the man you tue might suiTer?" said
Mrs- Baiton. 'I see it plainly."
Then an exc lamation broke from her lips
as she looked seaward again.
'Where is tiie bost '." she cried, and Janet
i'oigjt her ters in a lulrJe:i,.
T!;e gallant little crart was nowhere in
sight, end J .Hint's blue ejes burned with a
te.rible fear.
'He is dtowned,' she ciied, 'and 1 have
mr.rdered him.
Then she looked apxiou-lj f.-irth again,
her frtnz-ed eyes seemiiifc to ji,etrte tlie
angry waves which roiled so mercilessly in
the ba-.
T can see his boat," she ciied at tcigth,
'and i! i3 uiiflir.g si urewaid. TtH father to
come to the shore as soon as he cau when he
pit, home.'
llei words were uttered with a strange
Calmness, and in spite of her. lumber's re
monstrance, she hastened from the bouse,
and ran swittly down to where, the suit was
beating on the rocky shore.
She shuddered, and closed ber eyes, and
when she looked again, a cry of horror burst
from ber iips, which were blue wiib cold.
Tne boat was even now hnii.!,t the locks,
where the waters seethed and foamed like a
c:iu'd roc.
A r-Kce wave lifted its helples, victim,
i.n 1 dashed iiiui forward relent iessly.
His eyes wete fixed upon Janet w ith a
lat, despairing look.
Her gaze seemed held by a 1 oni'ilc fasci
nation, The boat crashed amid the breakers, and
then, with Mark still clinging to it, was
hut Ir-d forward again, ami remained wedged
h!'A'tcn two rocks, the i,ur,giy waves leap
ing auain and again as though they would
clutch ard drag back the ha'.f-di owned
wretch who clung to the shattered remnant
of the boat.
Janet sprang dow n the declivity with the
speed rf a deer.
; She rescind the spot where Mark Grsy
. son lay. aud a smile btightened bis sca
I drenched face as she came near bim.
'Oil, darling 1 he cried, hoarsely, 'you can
do nothlug to save me ! I am crushed and
mapgled. I can't help r:;j self."
His voice ha 1 a hollow, unnatural Found,
and the smile left r.is lips as a a. higher
man the rest, broke over him and threatened
to dislodge ttie boat.
But the wiul was going down with the
sun, and the waves beat fi.;rcel ; and Janet,
. despite the cold water, reached lirr lover's
sideai.d crashed his icy hand,
i -fil die with vou, Maik I' she said ftr
' veut'.y. 'But peihaps I can get you ashore.'
In vain she exeiUd it- r tcrny str-. ti.-th.
Though the V.r.j wss ah.-tUcg, "the tide rose
ntghei and higher, and Maik, w ho-e strength
I was rapidly waning, begged her to save her
i own life wlnle there wa tt time.
She would not go. On-? arm was r:sej
j shout his neck ; with the other she clung t
I tbe boat.
"1 loved you n!l The tbf, ,' y! P 11, and I
i will atone for my sia by djlng with you 1'
The boat to which they clung swayed and
I rocked as the tide rose higher, and the still
j turbulent waters beat about them, and a
strange numbness was creeping over both,
when a cherry voice roused them, and Cap
tain Barton and some fishermen came to the
' rescue.
i Janet continued her atonement by making
i Mark a most capital nurse, as lie slowly ra
: covered, and promised to further do penance
I by assuming ids family name, providing ha
; will forswear the life of a sailor, which he
: promises faithfully to dr.
l'ow s to a ElNE Toin-t. 'How Is your
son getting at school ." was asked of an old
negro.
'Fust rate, sah. Powerful smart chile he
is. W y I kain keep up wid dat
knowledge.'
boy's
'He can read, I suppose'."
'Oh, ras sah, aud he keu write. Tell ber
whut he done yistidv. Wrote Pr l tter tr
j his uncle whut libes way up tuther side er
St. Louis. Y as. sah. tin don dot i,,.,
thing. It doati take so much larnin' fur er
boy ter write letters close tcr home, an
mos anybody ken write one ' dese letters
whut yer drap iu er box fur somebody in
town, but when he writes one o' dem 4ao.
mile letters w'y oen he's got 'nthmetic down
ter er mit-ty fi.ie p'iut.'
Giukk AND THK Hll II IIat Tlie high
silk bat, which is. gem rally w orn in New
, - , ,
loik and Boston
'cs not meet with much
iii'h there are alwnvs
i .,.. m,.n .. .. ,
va-.v.:a. n uy
wear it as
! a badge of dignity or because they like it
It is suni.. anted bv l!, l.nt.i ..r c..r r..' K.t
i .nd it is r.t.iv . , '
j ana it. is oi: i j wt-en a man b; comes a widow-
er tj.at he vearns for th
stylish high hat.
for no nutter bow deep bis grief becanLot
! espr.'ss it in a crape swathing on a felt bat.
It only makes hmi .p--vr ridiculous. Conse-
queutly I e does r.ct try it, and if t.:e silk hat
I dins ii .l not feel cootfottable. he abandons
i it, and gets U:e credit of being a heartless
t brute: On such little things do ttie ontin-
' g. 'ties of life tin !t .Y-., n,l l.rt'er.
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