-tVtl v;itii-iiiitr itaxtos.
Tba larsee and reliable elrenlativn 01 tba Oirf
bki A FftRHNi v commends It to tba farormola or n
(Idiratlon of adrertlsers. taoe furors will baia
aerted at tba following low ratal :
1 Ineb, 3 time tl v
1 8 months....... 2 .&
1 6 months........ ...................... g.d
1 1 year too
a e months. ............................. a oi
a 1 year . 10.09
S 6 moot hi . 00
j la rulliiiht Wel at
ni.vjBi'n. c.iJfBRi.4 cor-vrr.
15 Y JAMU" HASSOX.
CaraHroxU Mrruf.tUm, - - 1JIOO
,rt BsTR;r no.v kites, -few
SOneei'1'7. i vvir,-ti In a.tvanre .......fl.JO
.( II n..t i.al.l wllhlnS uinntln.. !.,
j ,!o II ii"t 'tinn in-ntbs. -i.oo
; .!. Jo tnoul. within mer.. I Jb
to dot s i.ljatiooul per year will be eham.J to
IJnUn,'rMir will the N.e tsrmn te Ue
rte.l lrm. n.l thosmwUn Uom Oinsull tneir
i.n intercuts t lvln In ajvum-o mut not e
to l. l.-.t on tli ssanefnoilnic Mttmsewho
JIT mi Him ''"t ! distinctly understood Iroia
"!" ':,r".r:!: .ram It. If ston
S 1 year ......... 1.iO . .
corn e month..: ......... 10.00
monthi ao.cw
" 1 year S6.M
a monma... .................. ......... u.uu
" lyear . ......... Ta
Iluslness Items, first Insertion 100. per line ; aacb
subsequent insertion be. per line.
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Job 1'riti ot all Kinds naaiiy ana expeait-
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j,. I, ir- 1 1 r.iiill. r. J..lm-c.n Tin ker, ami l of "'ur
1! .-mMi.-nano a llm.l. r. .1 HllV '1 III I.
i.t ytmr 11 U.ut b.'t..re .u '-v wi.f-nt. tv.-ry
smi 1 in- v.r.i: n;i row .t v eauh.
tetid 1 r 1 '11 1 11I11.
t'. A. VOOI (OME'AXY,
17 orlb ltli St., l'liililvlpUln, law
'nlvuUl ion. mann-r
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I HEJTKY WISE GARNETT. Attorney-t-Law,
; WASHINGTON, D. C.
5 Kr.-i-. in M N u,.nil f ink. tViuhlnrm. D. C
s -ElfD IV& IKVETOB'5 0UIDE.-Va
I BIRG!H!A FARMS FOR SALE.
5 wi W '"' " I".'" i-i l a to i ir
ir . .u m.rn.-i.. n-tl'liy iim.w. .vr.
H rr"l"" ''! r-.r nlir-c ,m.,U;i If
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C ATAR R H
l'ntlll .Hate
.Money,
Time,
rnin,
Tron lle.
.VM. WILL U KII
CREAM
m aVT II aT 1
L V'S-
HAY-r 'ER CREAM : BALM.
A partlele N applied Into each nostrils and U
asree.oie. 1'rlce io cents at liruanl.t : t y mall
rl.ered. . IX V ii til is iiJ. llreonw rh
M . ."tew York.
'ri li coa:n.isoil wholly cf na-
mn.tai ceetabla lurrtllent. each Anal
loi wnirh N c nowl ');.. I by too riedi-i
!mi rvr a'i-ium to tm tuo nu't jwient r all 1
thncronl rmliea kniru U mtHlical I
icieure. It. tira .th, ilf...lcvery ;aoo. i
aSJDE
rhrn! rnttrrh. f onsnmptlon.
pura!Tia. "hronic IChnmn-
litm. Iliartetii, Stone) in th
I'.l.tililiT. Itright's IMsi'H'M'. i
:n, I. iter Coinp!ilnt ami 5
Eli
libra 9 ot the stomach
If your rrnvit Is .'it "f ourpumph-
lel nil UiO
1. is if u: or 11 you are
( .1 .on nil Uii l
r a '! st...,. not ItirnM. nr.il
"i 10 it or in lioo I..t;i
Ni'i vc r'";ors. S. li. 11a
.iiera'-riLK. ad ir- 1
liarlui.a Ji t o.. '.- I
to.4.j
JVaAPJALISM
p n 1 1 1 rely
enrol ColiLl :-
1
J ,. li. oil. 1 lit HU.i 1
a. Hi; 1 by ml
S lrmri-tji. .n' d'il ir pcrbottn: six lor
t l ' J. J'lroctioin ia i.ilKl.a and
t3
i'iRi-n
STAR SHAVING PARLOR I
ipFtif "ountain IIkus. in lUri't BuilJin.
IIIOII ST I1EET ,Efi ENS R U KG. PA.
.T. li. (1ANT, l'r;rie-ttr.
M'M Kl't' HI. It! will always tin I n at oar place
lid hulae In husine. lnmr. Kverythina kept
trl IlLll BlIJ. l'l4S TuWIM A raitiLTT.
"l AFIM s.l KIAT. l-rleea Rrentfit
HGLmAN'S new PARALLEL EIELES !
;er 'jmi, pak,. rirv 111,,,-rwd .Wtswmte.t
rcu.arj.iree. A. J. i(lutj. 4,lnil
1
1
j
mm-poker
ELMTS
Absolutely Pure.
Tne tiowaer never v.ries. A marrel o! purity
trcntfth and wholrguiuetm. Murt ec.nuilcl
than the ordinary kind, and cannut t. sold In
cotupetitlon with the multitude of the low tent.
itmrt wvihtf alum or thiihte powders. Id
only in tunc. Kuril ttaaistt fuwDII Co.,lii
WallSU.Kaw York.-
NATURE'S
CURE FOR v
klLllBLt BtttD
For Mrs. steaiarh,'
lor Torpid Liter.
Hllloe. Hrauarkt,
t oViTt'Brss.
Tarraat's i:nrrTrareat
C0HST1PAT1QH.
St-Itast'r Aperip lit.
It I certain In Its .licet.
Hit K-ntle-in Us iftl n.
It Is paUteable to the
tite. It can be relied
up'jn to eure. anil It cures
ly o.ituinfr, nt hy outruir
Irif. nature. Io Lot Like
violent pur?tvej. ymr
jelvc. or allow your chil
dren to tike tht in, always
u. till. clcKiut pbr
o.iifutlcil preijaratiun,
which has been lur mora
thin tnrty er a pul llo
lavurlte. Hold by drwjgtttl
eperyirfier.
AND
DYSPEPSIA.
Tho o!det and hct IntituM-m l"r odtalnlns: a
BumneSH Indention . Wo have stully pre
pared thounjii'I-i ot ynunic iu-n lor the active
diltKS ot life- Kor -lr"'ii!ari t.i.lrr-u.
v. in 1 r s. 5..s, I'lttitmnj. r.
Sept. ,--.
I). LAWCELL'3
ASTHMA
REMEDY.
SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS.
IliSlnn strniiled .0 yenrs between llle and
death wltt AS1U.MA or I'HI'HISU:, treated by
einlnetit physicians, nn.l rei-eiTtn(r n b.neOt. I
wa jnuipcllnl ilnrlnir the l"t s yenr of my 111
nen to sit en my ci'uir tiny nn.l niuht vaiinir for
hreath. . My inborlnKS were heyor.l description.
In despair I cxperimi'ntr.l erf myaelf rumponnd-Ini-
root and hertx and inhaln n the niedirlue
th'i ubtainei. 1 l.rtnni!'l l incovereil this
Wtl HKlCr I I. IM liK Hill ASTHMA AM)
I! ViMKKll. warrnnid f 1 relieve the mod ptub
rn.rr. f.-eol ASTHMA IN K! V K Ml MTE. tt
h:il the pii t lei: t i-uii !. 'own t re-r np. .-ep
rnmforlnt lv. rie.me roail the totowln4 condens
ed t triiet" ;roui unulicited ttimonlls. all ct re-c-n.Iute
:
t lver V. K. lloliv.-'. San .loa. 'a!. write: "I
tir..: the Keuicdy nil and rv.-n mora thanrepre
ente l. I re -i i ve it. .1 1 nt 1 i-.wu rolief.'
' I-. M. ar..n, A. M . Warrm, Kan., writes;
treated l y emini-titpl.y. clan ot thl.coun-
I try and Hermany ; tried the i-lliuate d different
I s:te nothiurf altor.'.ed relief like your pre pa ra
ti. .1.3"
I . k I'help. I M. flris-iri. Ohio, write Snf-f.-r.l
with Athtii;i 4 year. uur mtdleine iu 3
minute.. do. iror' fr tue than the moet eminent
ph .nci.in did (or me I n three yearn.-'
1. f. I'limi titr. Jollet III., write: 'Send ?a
tuiTh Kemedy at once, trannot xetalncc without
It. I hod It the niont valuable medicine I have
erer tried." , .
We have maty r.il.erhearty te.'tfcrnoBlal of eura
or relief, and in order that all uir rer irom Ath
ma, fularrh, lUy r'ever. an.l kindred dueaaes
tuav have an opportunity "f tetmir tl e lue ol
the'Kemed we will end to any addreit TH I AL
r.M'K A'". K KKKK K UAKtlK. It jour driij-e-bd
hill to keep it do not permit him to ell Too
ime worthier., in.it.ttn 11 l y l.i r prr-entimr it to
.g jutt at yuu t. hut send directly to us. Write
voiir name and addre-i i laiuly
Adilre. .1 ZniMKK.M N A .. l'rops
W h d. -u.e 1 'run a I- -V iiu'er, W"a ne I :.. I .
t nil box by u.ail
Iurq -. 1T.-ly.
J. LvracH,
And Manufacturer & IValer In
HOME AND CITY WADE
FURNITURE!
LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS,
TAIILsKS CHAINS,
i En.it r(isses, &c,
EI.EVKXTII AVENUE,
ALTOONA. PKNN'A
i ' "(.'itiens (if Cambria County anil all
idheit wivintiu to uri'lmsK tiotifst FL'llNI
Tl'llK. iVi'.. at linn st prfres are respectfully
itivlteil to uive us a call before bulni Ihc
tiere, as we) art cor.t'uient trat we can
meet every want and please every taste,
l'ri-ea tbe very Invest. 4 -l;-"80-tf.l
PATENTS
Obtained and all V A '1 T.ST lU'SINESS at
tended to tor MOPEUATK V V. K.
ur t.iTice Im opposite the I". S. Tatent
Otlice aad we rnn t)tatn natent in leta time)
than tbo-e remote fnni WAMI 1 N t!T N.
Send MOlthl. OK UUAWl.NCi. We ad
vte as to p.itcnt.ihl'itv f ree'of rliitrtre and we
mk- NO CHAUUE I'SLES PATENT IS
We refere, here, to the l'oetmaster, the
It. of Mnrii-v Or1rI)iv.. and to tr.e ofQ
is tf ti e l" s. Vdi. nt nirli-r. F.t clrcu
!.'!, advice, term ar.rt references to actual
iients in your own State write to
c. a. hxow it no.
Dpp. I'ateiit ;lt:ce UaolilDKlon, I. '.
V Ntil'Al.LkU IN
Tone, Toncli, Wortmanslilp & DmaMlitr.
WILLIAM K.-VAUi: A. V
Nus. yd and $m Writ P:iltlm..r in-i. ttlaiura,
N a. IU M lSUt Areuuo, Sow Vurk.
! GORE FITS!
WI1.11 I ... CU14 1 l. uel m Ml m.r.1 T f I wm w r .
t'n.. ,u. tu-.i I..,. i:..ui r. t . 1 1 ...in. I itr. . rll. .1 cw-.
t .... mt.l, II.. .'i .m- c( Hl. kriLarsT i I1LUM
4 N K.V. .. Iil-I .ic:
I ..ir.nl n.v fm.4y n can
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r n-l .t i.f. lur lf.ali ti I
I. r-tii..ly. l,iv. fiprTi.l r
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i ' . LiJ'l , lia.'.fi si., m
mm.
Wf v AZ ?
-S I'X'JUaa
mm AND HUSBAND.
"Tt is an l'at Ir.l'.in lrn, an.l was
piveu to me by a Hrahmin id" Uih astc,"
Cov.il I;a in- sai'l, hoM.n in Lis t-x-ti-inU'il
hand :t su.all il toiitaitiiu an
a sil i-r ciilori-.l liquid. 'Tln n.it. v-s i hiiia
fur it .-tdiio very i-i-tili :ir j r. ; rtii", bat
I lr.v ni-ver felt any di-i..sitiou to tost
it lor uiytfliV'
A wild .torm wns rainv; without, and
twilight (oiiibl ns i lustiTi- l aiioiit til' tire
tlidt hud lin ii lui 1 uu tlac hcartli ol the
r.Mimy ! 1 had.
The dull, rai:iy day ha 1 doj'rrsd a'd
o'ir hpirits, uni it w.l-. to ei.livi ii us by a
:iiTi"ii f miiiiv s.irt th:tt K"Val ITuyiif,
tli.- of every :ith"rin h"ii.iie ! by Iris
j-ri-si-iu-e, iad Lilunj d into a hoard if
tri aim'-, a- i ii'imlate t frmthi Ainuon
tn tlw (iniiiti's and '"tiuthrst Ind," and
tr.nij;ht forth the ii.toro-tin j drtpar.
Wo:d i;.:ytie! I m'i-ui to sco him now
as 1 siiv him tliat niht. with tli..- ru Uy
1: r li : I it fia.-liiii; nvt-r his dark, sjiltiidid
fai r and tvLle !i'ir : kindly in IxRr
iti' a h--' in name a Man all the
vouun adored and all the men envied.
"Tell iisso'iit thinalHmt it, Mr. Itavne,"
rn'rvatel 'er.i, my six month's hri ie,
1 : It i liiT her sitteet luce iUld iuvuluutarily
draw in.' neari-r.
I had n diced brforo how this prino lv
man, with hi.- vi inning smile a:id woml
roiw vitality, &ee tiled to al trait weaker
nature. I 'hildreii always jiu'ilun d ahoiit
I. in, and i.ini- or twice, Lt ur diversi' n,
he had eharmed the wild, beautiful
son-ters from their native shrines to
tun h ttjMin liis lian-h
lint it ir;ive me a jealous pan that my
ininKfiit Verahhould lull ever so slightly
under li s kjk IL
1 ilo not know from what it is pre
pared, or the use th5 lrahniiiLS make of
it, Mrs. I'l hu.ir," he replied, in the Bolt,
musical toiu-s that fo:tiiitei one of his
greatest rhanos; "but it is t..iid 'to affeet
the mind very strangely. W hile under
its intluence, the I rani works with nuch
lihtninj; like rapidity that one may fancy
himself to p:'ss through all the stilling
ev nls i if a lon Hie iu a verv ic.v m. .micuU
of time."
The way in wliii h his (ihwin; Jark
eyes lin.-retl ti2 tt my wile's face irri
tated me, and 1 said, scoIlioK'.y :
'Nonsense! I am mt credulous ns
to believe it has any such iovcr as you
claim lor it."
"The dru is liarmless. Tcrbaps you
would like t teat it ?"
-oh, l:osj.r, don't:" cric-1 Vera, ia
alarm.
Tho only efleefof her nppoal was to
confirm the ri solve I had taken the in
stant IJuyno ad.lressed those words to
me, as il oaring me to make the experi
ment. -What is the doso?' I askoil, tikiuj
the v';:.l in my own lian 1.
"Two dmps in hall a ghvs of water," he
repli'-d.
-lb-re nr.- f. mr - a doul le iort ion." and
T ili ill crao-'.y me.i-mvd tliein into a
-la li. .i to-l on a table at my illiow.
"1 sl::i! soon l.:iov if there is nn virtue;
ill the dr'SJ.''
waIioMiu the last drop of the prepa
ration, 1 leaned back in my euy -chair,
vM- in ut lyal l;auc hah-couteaiptu-oii.-ly.
He rctttrn-'il my look, and aH nt rmra
it .J eticd :us if hotnet hill; black fell I e
lore my even. It was ne in a moment,
mid then I perceived that Vera was :!
regard in me with a t.tiail. spceuiatut
i-Npre,oii 1 had never secu upon iier
i 1 '
'TTatt 7o you feel, TtaTer?" phe nrkrsl,
in what was evidently intended ir a
solicitous tone.
"Very much as usual. Tho Iruj is a
humbug."
llayne frownen.
''Yoii think so bernu.' you nrr of a
temperament t . tlirow oil" its iiiHuenee.
I'.ut it certainly would alh et some pcr-.ons
pn-isclv in 1 have described."
My i.iiily mister wiis u toutomptuous
Kinile.
s-hortly afterwarl porno mvi nro.;
there Were hall a .ii z. n ;tp-sts staying in
the bout and the ei.-e was hrok-n.
I'.ut l.ayim and luv wife remained.
When they !'..m ie.l 1 lin i become ii.t.T-e-t
'd iu a bo k I had taken up. Vcru
llitted to tia' ni. he b. voinid tie- jrlowin
health ttln ic t.'ayne was a! that moment
.-ilandmj. and said in a wh:p.-r:
"l.'ieer l.M.ks and acts strautr'-ly. Whr.t
il tlut yi-ilo.v lnjiud should Loadcuuiv
- l: 'r
" oul l you caro ro very niu h?" he
Ml .weled b.U k ill U toll'.1 that ih.licd mv
b!oo I.
I do not k' o-v nh:if rejo":5e shotnale.
It v. ;s i oha'.ly onlv a look. Pu both
t.iu'i.Hi s.i:!lv. and alt-r a motuetit Vera
l Ii le I ii.uk Miid thiew hei-sxdi Uioii a IjW"
lia-c.e'v at li. y lei-t.
1 i .'iil l have struck her ns sho liftel
h- r dm pled, lovely face. It was the (a-t
lirni a ilo'iht o: h r tr.t.'i had ever cr .-"ed
n.v mind. Onlv hv a dot. ri. i:u-d e:l. ;t
:'tlie will r-.td'd I help !. tiavi: - tho
! r:tr and diitru.it tliat had t.ikeii po. s s--i.-n
. ! lay mind.
"I'lar I.'ol: r, I nm ilad thnt l.o.ril
dri: ih I not make you ill," she purred,
I nt her rvis dnoi-d, reliirii.j to uicet
my searching jpize.
Later, w lieti sho liad retired to hor ow n
ro .in, and I was crouching iim! tlie
w in Iswept veranda. Ih-.1U-.m of th storm,
for my own thoughts-were in a ;-reafer
turmoil than the elements, two of the
jruests came and etood ai the w iudow ju.-t
alve.
"I'o you th:nk Mr. Pelmnr knows ?"
wire tiie words that ramu to my cars
clear and distuiet.
"Knows hat ? How shamehssly Lis
wife i flirting with lioyul Uavno? '
-Ye-."
'"It is doubtful. Tho honeymoon is
searif'v over, and a man in love is prov
erbially Mind. He no doubt tai-kj his
wile a modem I.in retia."
"What a shame tliat ho tdiould be tv
deceived! li.iyue was Mrs. I.!m:ir's
lover before he went abroad, I beneve ?"
"So the j.r.s-ij-s nay. Scundalous stories
were told of them even then. I'.ut Kayne
was not a marryim; man, and pave h:
pretty sweet heart the p hv. She married
.Mr. i-i hoar lor his money."'
Hie speakers left the window. r.ut I
h id heard nmra than enough. liaynean
III lovir of my wife'a, and they had nu t
i'.K Mra mrers ! Had I In-en sodeceiv.-d?
Were all Yera's kis"-t and tender words
the Mia res of a hypocrite 7
I wou'.d watch convince myself, anl
should ties dreadful tiling prove true,
ex.n t a terrible penalty.
'lhey were extremelv c.irt-ful in my
prcs uice, I ut t li" n.-xt day, as we were
ieavinv; the br -nkia.-t -table I saw l.'avn"
i:p it note into era's hand, fclie utole
away ly herself to read it.
SeVi-ral hours later, when she was out
njKn the lawn with our quests, the iravest
ol them all, I toi:;ht her dreKMtiej-room.
A bit ot crumpled paper lay on the carpet
l-ioie the drestiim;-talle. cunoothir.ij it
on mv kme I read these wor.us:
-.ix o'i liM.k. Theold summer house."
A n appointment '.' It had even come
to licit.
V 1 1 i 1. I st" 1 there i rurnpline the note
in my trembling hand, 1 decided upou
tie1 course of action 1 would pursue.
Aiuou in pov-c -:i 'lis 's a !urj
Sibei iau bliei Ihoir.id 1 h id purchaa I
norm I. Th unr'i laithl'ul anl u'uitle to
me, he eotiid ho Very ii -.eiotis, all I W..8
1111 oleei t ol terror to a'l our 'Ui-stt.
I.ayie- l.ie'iu led. The -p 11 of la-cinatioii
ho x it- I over ie arly every living
creature was powerless with this saeja
cious Keast.
As the day wore on, and the spocifn-1
liour approached. Yera lauhiniv ex
cused, herse'.f, and loft her quests. Aft r
p:n up stairs, she stole forth at a side
tloor, and walkel awiltly iu the Uirectioa
of the suniiiicr-house.
It was tin? signal for wliich I waited.
T'roi eedin to Tiber's kennel, and loosing
his chain, bade him follow me.
The summer house was a quaint struct
ure of two stories, standing in a remote
part of tho gioJuds. Jc.:.aj shruhbery
shut it in.
Taking Tix'or by the co'.l.ir, I drew hint
tinder cover ot some bushes hear t If
door, where b.- was entirely concealed
from ol s-rvati"n."
-i.:-t no one i-a-s, sir," I slid in a fierco
whi-i'.T, and the intelligent animal ij.tve
alow rowl, ns thou-h he fudy im ier
st'.iod wiuil was expected of him.
A llhrhtof stairs b-d from the ground
floor to tlnj morccomfortahl loom aiiove.
Vera'a face was ft study when she
heard my step, and, 1 Miking ut. saw tn-s
standing in the ojH'n d-Kir. The rhish
died mi Ideuty out of her cheeks, th!
ea'er h-ht from her eyes, she started
tip irom tiie rustic scut, pallid and ticiu-bhn.-.
-Why, Ilojrer, what brings you hereT'
i-he staiiiLuered. Tid you come to Seek
me?"
"Yes, Vera," I answered, drawing her
down Inside me upon the bench. "Cumc,
le heated aain. It will be so nice to
have a t. Ir-n '. for onCv.-, away from our
guests."
1 spoke calmly, but she must havesen
souteiiiing unusual in my lace; or sho
mav have hojcd to get me away bei'oro
her lover appeared. All at ouee sho lc
gan to strule in my arms.
-f.et me jo, llopj.-r. 1 cannot remnin
here. ur gusts will wonder at our ab
sence, and take odense. Let us return t j
the house. At once."
""jVait. Sin just one of the old songa
with which you used to eticlunt me.
"Another "tim", Koer. Keaily "
Sho was strulii:.,' 111 u. 1 held her
as in a vise.
Sudd, nly a step Eoundvd in th t path
below. Vera jrrcw still as deatri a.l at
once, a bx.'k of awful terror creeping uwt
her livid face.
While we remained motionless. starini
into each other's eyes, a hoars; .'owl
came t j our ear, succeeded mnuediuteiy
by a will, tcrrit'el 1 ciy. Yera sceme-1
to mnin lien 1 the truth instantly.
"Tiy'erV" s!ie panted nither than sal 1.
"You have let him loo.-e'."
Then sir- dropped oil her kuCS, and
lift -d h-r c! s -d hail Is.
-i:orer, b merciful! Call o?r the brut".
Murder wi'l be done, tio, for ileaveii's
Kake! or it will be too hit.-. "'
I listened with suiilin lis.
A stiarhr. sound came from lelo-.v,
lniii'le I with moans oi pa: 11. i.vuiiliusj
ci. d aw ay ;it h.t.
Vei.i liia le a desperate effort, hroke
from n. y h. Id, aul t ushed screaminj
ilowii the staila.
1 fo!!o;cd.
A horrible se,-ht met my trni wlen I
reached the lawn. K0y.1l llayn: lay
11 cross the path, bru'si-d and bi'.-e bn,
li. white face and bUttin eyes upturn.- I
to the pitiless sky. Ti.er still crouclied
beide li:s ictiui, his jaws dripp.u,; witlx
gore.
Yera tottered forwnrl. an 1 flun hcr
Felf across the dead li !y of tier lover,
llcav. 11! he is dead!"
llcr w il 1 i-'i i"-! 1. .a Ideue 1 m . I seized
hci .rou.liiv le toe ;o:uaud lit'.'-d her up.
The wh.te or-ss she wore, with its tray
k:i-t-of pe.tv piiiii ribbon, was salted
and da. :led w ilii blo I.
A s rt of irviuy accrued to take posses
sion of me.
"Yes!" I hius-i 1. 'Ti ,er has d one hi.t
work well. I knew the faithful brute
cmitd be trusted to ;unr l my honer. You
would Hitie-r join your puian.oar, 110
doubt, than live with me?''
"Yc," the barely whispered. "Vou
know ell, mil I will not disuisi; the
truth. 1 lo.-e.I liim."
Tnen she lifted hvr face, all hor voice
comimj hack.
"J.iie is valueless to me now. Kill mo,
too, an 1 so compute the work o! Vclio
aiiee." "I w ill," was my nnswr r. "
And drawing a kmic, 1 plunge 1 it int-J
her bo.in.
he exjiired wi'h scarce ft pi'h. A
pmilei'f lieaveiily sweetness see. uel to
hover :il out her hp n si;.; f.il back
upou t'ie yrass, l.er hic-b'oo I mint'Iiu
i"s s'ream wi'h llo-:d I.'ayue's. Ah.
Heaven! how lieautiiul she wa love
lier than v. r in the icy em ra of
death! .The fatal U-auty 'iiuU. liual beoa
01" tiaw two tin- bane.
I wasituuii'-d for a whih. but fiu-i!ly
my seii'-S let 11 rued. Someth.u mu-t
1.0:1 to lomeal the crime I hud cum-mi:!-.--!.
;
lla.sui? Y-rn'sl'iel s body in my arms,
I lnr it lo th -r arof the mi niie rdiou 4.?,
where tome .-toins forminj; t'.:e louu l.i
t'011 w:.ii w re loos and t i::"ii-t ; : 1 ; it
through th - rp r' .re, rv p'ac -d ev. ry
t.'iiti po-ci- ly aa I hid.f un 1 it. After
warl 1 r t 'rue 1 to the hou 1 , uiinlin
freely wilhtif eu- s s. No otm seem 1
to notice uiiyth'iig unusual iu my apocux
anee. As the rvcnin woro on, s!y w!iisp rs
an 1 siu'iiili ai.t glances w 1 re exeliuu,.' -1.
The continued nbser.ee of Yi-ru mi 1
I.'oyal ITayne was b -in-r cn.ntnvnte J 0:1,
and one ol the elder ladies sai 1, in an
an-libV whisuvr :
-Oi coiir-e, they have 11-d. It is stran.43
how Mr. 1 .-l:iiar can re. 11 tin ignorant oi
what is so pat -nt to everybody eis-."
The next morning Ilayn 's b dy wxs
dis.svered near t he -u mm t hous.., wherj
1 Ind left it ; but ther-- could be no 1111
1 e:taiiity ai to how he had met his fat.
The imprjnt of liter's te th was all too
visible in his purph- throat.
Lveryb'sly was stai tlu l, and tliere was
a irret commotion.
Then the natural query arse; What
had lei-o ne of Yera? The passips were
not Ion,; iu stepping to the front with a
theory, ."lie had tieeii cra;'.ed by ths
hk-ht of her dead lover, they said, and
w.i. wandering aimlessly alsaut tiie
country.
To encounter? tlii? lelief, I snt scout
ing part es in every direction; the whole
iioi'oborii. i joined in the --an-h.
I'loui all sides came cx;.e-i 0:13 of
py- ip.ithy and condolence. 1 w as looked
i:p :i :ls .1 martyr.
i'.ut oh! the lonor, dreadful days and
liorr.hle nii;lits! Oiteii did I wake. 1 from
troubled dreams, a cold sweat bedewing
.jurlorehc.il, t see er.i s dea l laco
rtariu;: at m.-outoft'ii darkness.
An indefinable fascination dr -w tn
daily to the ; t where I had com--ale 1
the U !y. i fe'.t a morbid toti-edmr to b -hohl
her ajjiin ,1:1 I mark t!io cha.igcs
death ha 1 wrought.
hi- mornin, unable louder t resist
the impulse, I stole s-cretly to the su. ti
nier hou.-, aud, removing the stones,
dr.i.ve I forth the ls ly of my victim.
I ha I scarcely, done this when a strong
band chiTc!c-l my arm. A 11 o.iiccr oi tho
law was stan Iin at my elbow.
"I fi-jH- d you from the first," he
Fii 1, witii a 1 er." ". w th -re can ho no
louht ! your uilt. It Iwcoaies 'uy du.y
to p'.t, yu under arrest lor tuemurdjr
oi your w u-.-, nd "
1 st.i-t"d and rubll mr evrs. Tli"
iua:i s face s .me.l to b: transform? 1 a I
at once. It w.ik lloyil Kayne w iio a'.o 1
b. sile me. shaking mj vigorously.
"Wake up, Ib-lmar, and t 11 us what
you think now of the F-ast Indian druj.'
1 liuiiiT bitii oir w itii a shriek of hor
ror, and looked around in utter bewilder-
llletlt-
I was pitting before tho f rt In the
roa ny had, with the storm s?i:l howling
outsi.Se. 1 saw my darlin wif coiuiue;
toward me, an expr -sjjioti 01 di-p n:ic -ru
upon her pretty lui e. The f-iun I oi her
voice arous-;d me as from a trance. "i h,
li'-L-er," sh-; cra-d, "oow strangely you
look! Never try sueh an experiment
again."
It w.n Vera herself, a'ive anl well.
F. very thine; that had seemed t succeed
th" f ti in,' of tii ! shadow before uiy eyes
wa but a dream.
lleirar lle-s of the presence of others. I
drew her into my arms, kissed her r-p.-atedly,
and burst into tears oi joy and
relief. "
a
Royal liayne is now my lest friend,
and I have never hud the least occasion
to b jeaio'.is of him. At my unji-nt re
quest, he t'irew away the viol containing
tiie amber-col ared liquid. -
LILLIAN'S T.WTHS:
rjllian! Deir little Li lian !" "
r-he Into 1 her head, and her shy brown
eves met tho-e of the speaker. "A dan
gerously handsome man, Lloyd Middle
ton knew how to use his twiver, and the
childish little creature whose eoit eyes
droo;-ed be(or& Lis ga?e, was a womca
worth winning.
For Lillian Haltigli was tho only
child of a very rich man, w ho fairly wcr
shined bis motherless daughter; anl
Lillian had never known enre, or a wish
un.-rate'ie 1. iut her guardian a:.gel
must have trembled to see her eo CO n-ph-lely
in tho toils of tho man at h;.r
bide.
It was a pretty 6ccne. A long stretch
of sandv white licacli; tho ilaucin
waves 01 a romantic Southern lake roll
ing in it their feet, as they sit beneatls
the bhade cf a wide-sprea liitg oak tree;
while -the old, olJ btory was told
a,ftin."
"You love me, Lillian ?"
A vivid criuison Hew into -h"r fair
cheeks. M13 ttirne.1 her hea l away, but
her small hand tre.nbled. Lloyd Middle
ton rais -d it to his lips, as bho faltered
timidly:
"Ves!" .
"My darling!" ho whisporoJ, in bis
cyei a look ol triumph.
There was no room for doubt. Every
look an I action Letrayed Lihian Lal
oih's heart. .vho loved him with all
the strength of a lirst love w did, unrea
soning and she would love him until
ieath eame, or that which, is worse. th:ai
death- li-illns:on.
He ent his head, and tho bold cyc3
gazed into her face.
-.May I speak to your father, Lillian,
an 1 bee: him to give me lus treasure.'''
the so t, seductive voice went on.
A ri her tinee of crimfo 1 overspread
tha girlish face, but there w. s mn.-etit in
the so:t brown eyes w hich met his :or an
inst.uil, then droopc i again. Hu ttojpel
an I Ki-seJ ttie sweet red lips.
-Ilcuven bless you, my darling!" ho
W h sp" -red.
Aii I l ihian went straight t- paradis,
nnd remained there halt an hoar per
haps, which is more bliss tiia.i most
mortals ar: permitted to experience.
The awakcuiir came in th"thape of a
pretty boat, which bonnde 1 over thj
waves Iiks a white-winged bird ; it's sale
occupant, a man of some live-im 1-tweiitv
yeais, with a tsio.iuhtfu! fa -e, and kindly
gray ey es. Those eyes fell up m the pair
beneath the oak tree, and iio began tt
011 co 'tacking' for shore.
Lloyd Mi ddleton frowned ilar!;'v.
"Confound the fellow!" he muttered
lie-hind his havy black mttstnehe. Turn
ing to Lillian, he observed, v. ith as much
carelessness:
"There's Tom Hunter coming to Inn 1!
Lily, he d.oes not like me he neverdid !
I oii t let him become between us, lav
darhn,'!"
ne i,uick, impetuous glance from the
big, brown eyes, anl Lloyd Middlctou
was saiis ieJ.
."ho loved him, and the was as truo ns
Eteel.
The boat drew near, and Tom Hunter's
char voice called gay ly :
"Come, Miss Lillian. I want to take
you for a rail ! You know you prom
ised me the oleas't -e "
Again that frown darkened Lloyd Mid
dleton s handsome face.
"'o, if you wish it, l.i'linn,' he pai I in
a low ton-'. T can trust yoe. l'or I
know th.it he is ting to try and preiu
dice vou against me. You will be true !"
"j ii 1 die!'1
liis ey s ilashod with a ftcly gbt'er.
Tho boat's keel grated upon the saud ;
Ton 1 1 i:nter assisted Lillian iu upon a
cush: j:i--d wat.
J.loyd Mi ldb ton touched his ht.
-Will vou come, Middlctoa ?' aked
Tom.
"Vo. Tlianks, very mn-.li. (.'oal-bye,
I jili u. Ion t remain out too loag."
He turned aw.ty nnd Eatmterel dotva
the beach, calmly obliviousof ihe glance
of contempt fr.ca Tom Hunter's gray
cye, ;uite well satTsfie lt!i 't that g -irlo-lilau
wo il ln v. understp.ti 1 that he had
a right to control Miss .'kiheigh's r.ciioas.
An angry flush shot athwart Tom's
cheek for an instant as the l.ttlo boat
fhot away from shore.
"Lil ian !"
Tom's voice broke the 6ilence.
"Wlut right has that fellow, Middleton,
to dictate to you or attempt to control
your actions ? Oh, lily, laiy, you are so
dear to me !"
"Hush!" .-he was trembling like a
frightened bird. "You must not speak
to me in that way Tom Mr. Hunter!"
"Oh, Heaven! I am too lato then?
Lilly, for pity's sake, tell nm it is not
true! l.ilhau Kaleigh, answer mo; this
is 110 time for idle word, or :'.jolog:es lor
plain speaking. 1 have known you ail
your liie, and I must learn tho truth,
lace the worst though it kill 11. e. -Tell
me, a: e you engaged to Lloyd Middle
ton? Are you his promised wife'."'
The shy brown eyes meet Lis with a
fearl-ss gaze.
he w:.8 brnve in defense of her lover.
"If papa consents," the returned slow
ly, -1 shall marry Mr. Mid lUton."
' io 1 help you !" cried Tom Hunter,
fervently. .'No, no! don't be angry.
Miss l.'areign you must be Miss La!e:gh
to me now, 1 suppose but oh ! my little
friend, how i an 1 see you marry ii man
bo base as he '.'"'
"lake me home, Mr. Hunter, if you
please !"
She wns pila with indignation, her
brown eyes Hashing tire.
Tom sighed sadly; bnt ho turned his
boat homeward, and not another word
was spoken until they reached the shore.
Then he turned and laced her pale and
still.
"ijllian, listen to mo just one mo
ment !" he crio. 1 wildly. "1 must speak,
though you will kill mo with your 111 lig
natiou. liliian Kaleigh. tiiai man Mid
dleton is a fortune-hunter. I act I11111
oNee believe you or, and my wor 1 for
it, you would never see him again! Lily,
1 am telling you this for your oira good
"tiood-evening, Mr. Hunter!"
And Lillian, trembling wdh rngcr,
white as the dress siie wore, h istcned up
the beach and hack to the holeh
That very night, tho engagement be
tween Miss liilian Kaleigh and Lloyd
Middleton was sanctioned oy hsr father
(who could not refuse his darling any
thing ujoii which she had set her heart,
and it was foithwitli publicly announced.
One morning at breakfast, a few davs
later, a telegram was handed to Mr. Lui
cijeh. He glanced it over, and very pale, and
trembling visibly, he arose Irom the
table and sought his own apartment.
Half an hour afterward a message to
Lloyd Mi idleton requested him io cud
at Mr. L'ah-igh's rooms.
1 le obeyed at once. Only to have that
gentleman hand the t-legram which he
hai re?ehei thi;.'g"a ths op;a Jc;r, and
teis sly bidding him read it, closed the
do .r once more. .- - --
The telegram was short an'l to tho
point:
uTo Mr. Jul.n i:.ii;,i:
Chad wicfee A Powell, cotton house,
"STcw Orleans, c'OSod. Com at ouce.
W. 1- L'-ii.iwv,
L'.t'sy ii. Law."
Lloyd .-fldi'. zton march? I to his own
ro m wh.te as a ghost, with that s ip cf
yeliow papi-r crump'.ed tightly in Lis
ban 1, iu his eyes ba J loik.
For he knew that John Kaleigh's for
titne h i 1 I e-n invc-itj.i v.ith the br.siness,
toi3o o; Cha iwicke S: i'o v.ll, aeui ruin
for one rseant ruin f er c'L
T hours later -Mr. Ucy I Middleton
C'n-a l own-stairs.
lr. Kalei.'h had taken the flr.t train
to New ri -ans, leaving Lillian in chargj
oi so ne iric-nds.
Lloyd Mid ileton fo-val bis fair bt
trothe 1 a'o'.ia upon tlie Losi'n -t their oi l
try st ng-tr.-e.
.She baiteuc l to greet him, h-r sweet
face Hushed, a ten ler light ill her brown
eyes, both hands cxten le 1 in eager wcl
co ne.
'Oh, Lloyd! I was afrai 1 that yoa
were ill ! What is the matter, .'.ear?'"
He ha 1 not touched her hind ; ho wns
r;aing into her white face with stern,
cold eyes.
"Miss Kaleigh," ( how col 1 his voice
was ! t "I have j ust heard of your f nther'a
failure in business. I love "you madly,
but it would be folly madness for us to
jmirry, bodi being p.or. 1 regret it with
ft 1 my heart, but 1 give you back your
freedom."
Her beautiful faco was set and Etern,
her dark eyes blazed.
"You are" a coward," hho panted, "an 1
I am saved from a fearful fate! tioo 1
l y , Mr. Middl-ton."
And she le t him nlono. ""
John i:a!e ch returned in a few days
and took his daughter away.
l hey went North for a pleasant trip,
an I up-iii the White Mountains they en
countered Tom Hunter.
l.ilhau w as surpr.se 1 to f n 1 how wel
come was the hUlit ot his honest faco.
- o'here is Mid lletou'.'" asked Tom,
after a few pre'iminaries.
Lillian's eyes :1 ished. c.
"1 do r.ot know," alio triads answer.
"Tom, yo.i were right about him, and I
was an awful simp'eton. It was my
money that he wanted, and when ho
heard that it was gone ho
he hes.tate l.
"1 1111 leistan 1," interposed Tom. "Oh,
Liliian, it there werj only a hope for
m". I di-1 not dare sp-ak o :t before
v ii ;:i yoii were rich and I a poor nobody,
loo, darling, I love you, and I am will
ing to work h.ir 1 for you if only only "'
She lai 1 1: r ban I in h.s. liiliau
Laieigh knew h r own heart at lat.
Yheu Mr. Kaleigh beard tho Lews,
he give his hearty consent.
"oh, d -ar," he exclaimed merrily,
"won't Middleton be surprise 1 and cli'i
jrrini?l when he linds out the truth?
Tom, el l fellow, I lost very'little in tho
failure of Ciiauwicke i i'owell. 1 ha 1
w.thdrawn ino of my interest 'from
th it tir:u some we -ks before its failure.
My sole l-.ss was not twe thousand, and
Lillian here is heiress to half a milhou
in her ov. n right. I rather think Mid
lil -ton v.iil be a little disappoiate 1 whtn
b-e hears tiie truth.
1 irppo'mte 1 ! I thovld think ho wns.
lie went t) Lurope not long atter,. sin I
the n"t li'.-v.'S tiiat reacheil his friends
v.-.. i.is marr.age to the daughter of a
jew money .en icr, a woman fabulously
rich an i f.tmiloii.;ly ugiy. And he leads
a Itjf, tiiey say.
Ah, v.eii, it eervcj him right. Anl
Lil ian an : Tom, happily mrrie 1 now,
t.arceiy give him :i tiiought. He is not
wvrtii i!, li-liau says.
ft-,V f crrn
aME
"I hate a coquetto!" eaid "Mis Iillv
rckinham.
- "So do 1," siid Alice Av.ies.
"shawl'' said M;s; Lilly.
"1 'ear me, I 'illy, what c?.n you possibly
me .u'.'"' b ii i tiie :ity visi or.
she looked iirovokingly pivtty as sho
6t vn the- .'.vr.-t p, "tjr .w ng bread
cr.ii:i''S to a fiock o. I right eye 1 young
turkeys t .at ware on their way to roost,
Ahov , th iiro;.p'ng apple-boughs al-r.'.o.-t
touched her sun hat; below, the
daisies glimmered in the raS9 like t ilver
do's.
The sun was just down ; but there re- .
mained a yellow glow in tin s';y, and
the birds chirped sleepily in tho hedges,
while a swallow or two yet circled round
the eaves of the barn.
Alice was very pretty a fair hair?d,
brig'.,t-eomp!exioncd girl, wilh hr-o,
brow.i eyes and lip? redder and riper
thin any" strawberry. And perhaps tiiat
was the reason that she produced such
an i : preosiou in the village of Milton,
which, to- speak the tnuii, was not a
beauty-producing neigluorhoo.L
Too girls of Miitou wcro lank anl talk
wi'h 110 particular liures, freckled com
plexions, and heavy fe tures. .They
were, however, as Loliert Kockingham
observed, "regular spiders to work, ' and
turned out lirst-class butter-makers,
factory hands, and poultry breeders; but
as for'tiie po tie si !e of life, they know
nothing ol it, and care I les.
They raised vegetables of all Port3 in
their g.srdens; but roses an 1 pinks they
ignored as 6imply a waste of time.
They rea l the weekly paper and the
r.ible.'nnd occasionally consults their
al uanacs; but they never had heard of
"She," an 1 tlid not know Thackeray
Hickens. Wor. wns their idol a scliooi
treat their ideal of gay dissipation.
Into this atmosphere of thrift Alice
Anus had co. ue, as a gol len pheasant
might have, ma le its way into a barn
yar 1 fud of respectable hens an I geese.
She was a distant cousin of the liock
inghams, whose mother was dead, and
wuojo lather had gone on a business
tr.p.
lie had not known quite what to do
witii Ali -e during his aosence, until he
had suddenly remembered his cousins at
.Milton.
-i'liat will bo a nico place for tho
eh Id, ' he thought. "It will be a stupid
re luge, but it will be a safe one. They'll
like Alice every one likes Alice!"
It was true. Tho pretty, dewy-eyed
girl brought her own welcome with her
wiierever she went. The iUackiughams
were despairing when they heard that
stie was i-oming they were delighted
wli 'ii she had come.
Fo , tiie eldest son, lost his heart to
her at on e. It was a clear case of love
at lir-t sight.
"My soa." said the rugged old mother.
"she is not suited to a place like this."
"i'.ut she is so lovely, mother," said
honest 1 :ob.
"I don t think sho has any idea of
being a tanner's wife."
'My ch in e is as goo 1 as any one
ehi's, ' r(;a.lcu rs:r L'ab. .
A no his mother w isely said no more
upon the subject.
Alice Weill strawberryiug with Bob ;
she learned to ride ho'rsehack on old
I 'obbin, after the day's work was over,
with Lob for a teacher.
She gathered ferns in the woods, and
sketched Urantoi Mountain from
different points of viow, with I'-ob to
carry her color-box' s an I set up h"r um
brella, in fact, sin; seemed delighted
with her country al.i ling-pla'-e, and Ik a
was in the seventh heaven of happiness,
when, like a th in ; rtoll out of a clear
sky, Mr. Man're 1 i! iper made L13 ap
pearance on the .--.- v.-u
"Mid you kno. iio was coming?"
fdicrply question.- 1 ilhodiila, common'y
knoWii as "J.dy," the glial, eldest
daughter of the I.o -kinghams.
"No," Alice carele.-siy answered.
She was accu.-to :.ed to the homage cf
her almirer.s, an 1 it li i not at all sur
prise her that Mr. ILrp' r should havo
followed her from tn city. An'l it was
her imiocent en oy a n: oi Mr. Harper's
society that drew" fro 11 Lilly the Suaip
comment of "I hale a co ptette !"
Ther was no hotel at Milton, o Mr.
Harper ha 1 to stay ni a iariiihonsj where,
th -y occasionally let rooms in the shoot
ing and lishing s-easo?i .
Alice went r..lin-r w ith him, took him
to ail the delicious leafy k'cius which
Kobert lioek 'ngha n ha 1 ho n her, in
troduced him to the best pools of the
trout 6treaw, an 1, ai Hilly declared,
"ilirtcd'' op"nly with him.
"I don't know w h:;t you mean," said
Alice, with pro voki'.ii e iuanim ty. "i'o
treat a gentle. nan civilly is that what
you call liming, I 'iliy ?"
"Anybody would "think thero was no
body in the worl 1 but him, wheu you
are talking with him under tho pear
trees." said 1 'illy.
-One must be olite." observed Alice,
caiitn.r ng one of the speckled turkey
pulb-ts and hoi ling its downy little body
against her jeacii-soit face.
'I don't care for him," said I'illy,
fairly driven to bay, -nor for myself.
-Ul I say is, that you've no business to
break ilob's heart 1"
"Lut," cried Alice, with limpid, hazel
eyes wide open, "whit is it to Lob?'
"Miss Lilly flounced away to bring in
kitchen towels, w hich were bleaching on
the grass down by the brook.
"I've no patience with the girl!" said
she.
lion, nowevcr, took tmng3 more
quietly.
"I et her alone," paid he; Kwo have
no right to dictate to her."
ilut Lilly knew him too well to be de
ceived. She knew that the envenomed
arrow was rankling in his h -art.
1 )ti that 'I burs lay even ng, however,
when Manfred Harper had come home
from fe;u -limiting with Alice, aud had
stay..-1 to tea and spent the evening, it
cani-e on to rain w ith a roll of thunder
and occasional lla-shcs of lightning.
Robert went out into the kitchen,
where Lilly was busy at work.
"I suppos-. we might ask him to stay
all niiiht '."' said he.
"Humph'.'" said b'illy. "And whero
would he sl -cp .'"
"He ooti d have my room ; I could lie
down 01 the kitchen sefee. with a
blanket and a piilow," said Kobert.
'Indeed, you'll do 110 such thing'."
declared the elder sister, with a sort of
loving desn.ii.is n. "All to oblige this
city lop. wiio loses no opportunity of
sneering at us country, folks."
-I'.ut it's throe miles to the "Wild
firmhouse an I just listen how tho
ruin patters on tho roof."
"A little wetting will do him good!"
said the iron-hearted Rhodilla.
"Noner.s ; !" paid her brother "wo
are not barbarians. I'll tell him he'd
belt r stay."
He w-n't bii k to tho parlor; but there
wru no 1 'ii" there except Alice, who was
Wi hrg th" enn He an I yawing.
"Where is he?" said Kobc-rt.
"i o vou mean Mr. Harper?"
Y.s'."
"lie h is gone."
' In .til this rnin?"
"Why. certainly!" raid in liferent
Alice. "Il -'s ne.iher buur iivr salt.
Why l:ou! In't he 7"
"Alice, have you no pity for the una ?"
"oh. pl-nty o- it! J'.ttt of cours- no
coul lu't stay a'l night. And it's past
ten witii ai'..tiier yawn as she glanced
I r.p ct t!i c:ocK: a.l embow.-re 1 111 a mi-t
01 rcrierne i risp.Tr.igus "an l lie to .t
toe he knew of a short cut across the
le 1 Is that gloomy ioud, you know,
u:i b r the elms."
"He's nut going homo that way,
.... e .
1 f course- he i.-!"' sho replied. ' It
w i 1 shorten the walk half a mile at least,
he says."
-i'-ui that road is not use 1 now."
''t le is goiug to use it, at ail events, to
nieht." Ron caught up his hat.
How long has he been gono?" ho
asked. breathlessly.
M.howt lifiecu" minutes," said Alice.
Why r
To') pans d to make no answer, bnt
rushed out of the door, neglecting, in his
haste, to clos it behind him, so" that a
gust of rain an 1 wind blew in, fluttering
Hi ly's newly laundried curtains and
touching Al.ce's forehead like a chill
hand.
Sh ran out into the kitchen. .
"Lilly," she t rie 1, "has all the world
gone crazy .' Why did Rob run out into
the rain without ever stopping to answer
my .jUestions 7"
Hilly dropped her half-finished work,
with a vague idea that some remark of
Alice's had driven her brother to the last
extremity of desperation.
"Alice!" cried shi, "what did yo a Bav
to hi m?"
"Nothing. I just told him that Mr.
Harjer was going to take the Bhort cut
Iiome across tue lields.
"There is no short cut," declared
Hilly.
"Yes. thre is that dark roa 1 under
the elms, yoii know, just beyond the old
dead tree, where the hgh'tuing struck
last autumn."
"He has gone that way ?" cried Dilly,
turning deadly pale. "Didn't you tell
him r Don't lie know ?"
Alice's lovely, liquid eyes opened to
their full extent.
"I a. ways thought that place looked as
if it were haunted," said she. "Jtut "
llauntel ? Nonsense!" sharply in
terrupted Lilly. Rut it's a6hakiug bog
a regular morass. No one passes over
it now, no one has used it since the night,
five years ago, when a wagon and two
horses were ingulfed iu it. Don't you
understand? It's a sort of a quicksand
the swamp and Boh dear, generous
Rob! has gone to try and save that
man's life if he can. Orucious me!
What's the matter with the tirl? 1 do
believe she has fainted! Well, if she
thinks as much of that city lellow as
that "
And poor Lilly's heart turned to lead
in her coom. - ,
H was midnight when Robert Lo-k-.
. - . l.ick with Mr. Man ret
Viroer. WlI oi them very pale and
"It was a narrow squeeze for it," said
the city young man, who bad a startled,
pnnie-stricke:i look in his eyes. "I wan
-inking iu that treacherous hole, w ith the
lightning 1 lazing in my eyes, and an
owl shrieking like a doomed spirit over
head. It seemed exactly as if there
were real hands pulling 1110 down intc
the mora s. I can't tell what a blessed
sensation it wns when 1 heard Rocking
ham here hallooing to me. How he
i.
uiled me out I don't know. T think
le must have the courage of a samson
and the strength of a Hercules.
Just then tho parlor door opened.
Alice peeped out, with bright hair hang
ing over her eves.
-."oh!" she'snid shyly.
Robert pushed Harper forward.
-Here he is" said he. 1'vo saved hi
l:f i tor you, Alice."
"1 am verv glad, I'm pure," said Alice,
hurriedly, ""ilut Rob !"
"Yes, I'm going upstairs nt once, to
got diy thinjj for him," tid Rocking
ham. -oh, yo?, I know! but but can't yoa
speak to me one moment, Lob?'' plead
ed the soft voice. .
Mr. Harper and tho inflexible Dilly
were left stan ling rather awkwardly out
side, while Kobert obeyed Alice's sum
mons. She shut the door, and then
threw hvrself sobbing on his breast.
-oli, Lob! oh, Rob! I am so thank
full" she sobbed. T don't know what
to sav, but "
"lake care," he s.ii l gently. "l'ouTl
get your pink frock all muddy.
"1 don't care for frocks. Oh, Rob "
"I understand it all, Alice. You love
him ; and you are grateful tome because
1 have been lucky enough to save his
life."
"I don't love him!" tried Alice. "His
life, indee 1 ! What is his life to me?
Rut if anvthing had happened to you,
Lob '"
A sullen light broke in on Robert
Rockingham's troubled heart.
'Alice !" he cried. "Alice, for Heav
en's sake, don't raise my hopes only to
wreck th-m again. Is it possible that
you care for mo
She raised the marvelous eyes again,
fringed with silk-soft lashes to his face.
"Is it jiosiible," she prettily mimicked
him, -"that you have not discovered be
fore this that 1 lovo you ? Where have
your eyes been, you blind Rob '!"
Mr. Harper returned to tho city next
day with a very strong impression of tho
6nare3 and pitfalls of couutry liie.
Alice Ames remained, tho alliianced
bride of Robert Rockingham.
"Rut why didn't you tell him before
that yoa love 1 him .'" said plain-spoken
Hilly.
"How coul 1 I," said Alice," when no
body askc 1 me '.'"
- PEB3LES.
lINtory of the Middle Ages tho
biography of old maids.
Why is an unsteady man liko an
un-teady light '.' Rccause he is apt to go
out nights.
some things a woman doesn't know,
of course; but one of them isn't what
bhe thinks of some other woman.
Judge: "The prisoner is discharg
ed." l'hsoner: "Well, begoira, 1 didn t
Know 1 was loaded !"
An expert clergyman, at marrying,
could make about iour knots an hour
with favorable wind.
Ho :
"Dear Alice, give me a kiss
" She: "I dare not: I have
nut one.
never kissed a num. lie: .Neither
have I. 1 swear it."
Polite burglar : "Madam, you aro too
young to wear such unfashionable jewel
ry. You must really permit me to rec
ommend a new set."
When Artemus Ward was exibiting
bis show in Salt Lake City, bis compli
mentary tickets to the city oilicials read:
"Admit bearer and one wife."
"Young man," said tho temperanco
reformer, "do you drink?" "Yes," re
plied tiie youth : "but you'll have to ex
cuse me. I've jusi had two treats."
Dawdle: "Aw bawkeeper, give me
aw a new dwink; something I've
nevaw had befaw." Rarkeeper: "Yes,
sir." Lasses out a glass of ice-water.
She: "Are you going to the picnic
on 'iueslty, Oeorge ." He: "Oh, yes!"
She, within iilierence: "Alone, Oeorge ?"
He: "No; 1 shall take an umbrella."
Ada: "Why, one of your cheeks is
red as lire, and the other pale as a
piio-rt !" I'.lla: "Yes. Harry was on one
bide, mi l 1 was afraid mamma would see
us 011 the other."
"I tell you, Susan, that I will com
mit suicide if you won't have me."
'"Well, Thomas, as soon as you have
given mc that proof of your ailectiou, 1
will believe that you.loye me."
At a conceit a vocalist began to sing.
"Should Auld Acquaintance lie Forgot ?
when tho house was set in a roar by
somebody who squeaked out, in a pipin
Voice: "Not ii they've got money !
"You want a keepsake that will al
wavs remind vou of me '!" sh ani, I -r
do, darling," lie sai l tenderly. "What's
the matter with myself 7" she whisper
ed. There will bo a wedding shortly.
"I suppose you must be tired of my
talking," said his girl, after she had been
talking about lifteen minutes without
his being able to get in a word. "Oh,
no," be replied; "1 get shaved at a
barber's."
Wife (reading paperV "Hero Is an
account of a man who sold his wife for
twenty-live dollars. Isn't it dreadful?"
11 us and 1 thoughtfully): "Well, I dunno.
twenty-live dollars is a good deal of
money."
A timid young man has married a
lady whose weight verges closely upon
two hundred pounds. "My dear." hfc
savs to her. "shall I help vou over the
fence?" "No," says she to him: "heir.
the fence.
, - - r
H, She and It.
She (parrot in one hand, dog in tho
other) 'Yes, Kdward, we've pot every
thing, I believe but, w here's the baby?"
lie "Why, I gave it to you."
She "I know ; and 1 gave it Lack to
you."
He "Well, by thunder ! if I haven't
gone and left it in the parlor car 1"
Next lloor to l Fool.
A little boy asked his father what fool
lived in the house next to theirs. "No
fool lives there that I know of; what
makes you ask such a question?" said
the lather. "Why, 1 heard nia say the
other day that you was next-door to a
lo il," wns the reply. The bire looked
contemplative.
A Mistake.
Trof. Snore, of the University of Texas,
is very absent minded. Holding up a
garment he said to his colore 1 servant:
"sa u, these drawers are too small at
the ioover, and too wide at the tipper
end."
"Kress de Lord, I'rofessor, dem ain't
no drawers ; dent's yer underbhirt."
mud ataiaeJ.