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J :" V.-..n rel.limr ontsl.ls 'f the county
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'V1'1 thojewno don tmuli tneir
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n'rr'."..ii.--.l on tlie liHlln a ttione who
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n'.'V" V " --Y KKi 'S., ;.; Warren St.,
Kemp'sMannreSpreader
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fthcr, all thin pi considered.
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And Matiuracturer dt lh-aier in
HOME AND CITY MADE
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VOLUME XXII.
Absolutely Pure.
Tno powder ner rartea. a marrel of purity,
atrenifth and wholr,onicr.-.. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be a.ild In
competition with tne multitnde of the low tet
short welnht, alum or phonphatA powder. Sold
only intnn. KoTiU Hakims fowDKll Co., 104
W all St.. N aw Vor.
Pick !tr(!ai-hal rliT all Uie trouble Incl
dfnt to a hillotia atatn of thrt ayHtena. such aa
Ihuiiimwh, Naurva. Ilruwiiiurai. Itintrvm after
ratintr. l ain in tlie Side, ic. While Jieir momt
rcuiarkabU) aiiccc haa Ix-rn shown in curies;
Hearlch-. yet rmt'a f.iTTt.B I. ma Pttjj
ar rimllv yaluat hi 'umtitlon. cunnir
aivM preventinK this annorlnt; cnmplaint. wbiln
thy til-ociirrin't all diaorilrm of th etomacii,
Krirniilnte the liver and rrgulale the boweW.
Eca If they only cured
Ache thy won 1.1 h alnuxt pnrlc ttt tho
In i mitTwr from thia ditreiwinr cnmplaiiH;
hut fortunately their icoo1ni dora not end
here. iiiiln. whr once fry fhem will find
tlie-e little pill valn.ilile in o r.iunv way that
tliet- will ni't ho willmi; to do without them.
Hut oftt-T all aick head
ACM
is H:p Y.nnfi of ho many llTen that hre (a wherw
we niakw our Treat boast. Uur pills cure It
while othent do not.
('aht,r' l.rm.K r.tyxit Tilij areyerrinnall
an I v.-r- to taWe. One or two pilia make
a d.e. They are 'ri-tly veretalile and do
not irrie or punre, out y their i-ntle aotiua
I'!eue all ho u-. them. In viulu at ." cents;
five fur l. Soi l everywhere, "t fcrnt by malt
CA2TIS VIZ'.ZZ'.-Z CO., Vsw Tat
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9.
NATlJPE'fi -HMBI.K kkXEDI
Ml UHU OForSlrkSK.irk,
CURE FOR? . "p. T,r'2 '
Billoa H radar he,
C0NSTIPAT10H, .
JSltxr Aperient.
It is certain In Its effect
It Ik rentie In Its action.
atvrX-'P v 11 ' J'nterie to the
vVli'''-? '.l? 11 cn relied
er i iSjiiji Zi's. J uix'ii to cure, and It enres
' 1 J u.."! Ml,, nir, J UUll T
inc. nature. Iin tot take
violent purKtyes, yoor-
selves or allow your chll-
. -v. . dren to tnke them, always
tni eieicnt pnar-
micetitlcal preDar tion.
which has been (or more
Ihin litflf verfl . mtli!l
nYPFPl 'Tnrl,- Soli tV 'rweus
wiws aas wine
D. LANCELL'S
ASTHMA
AND
CATARRH
REEVlEDYt
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Haying Mrneirled ".u years retween
death with AM H MA r I'll IHISlt:. t
Ilaylnir Mrneirled ".u years retween Ills and
1 by
eminent phy'ictans. and reoeivlnir no benefit. 1
ll rotrpelled dunnir the lat 5 years of my 111
n"i to tit on niy cli.ur day and ninht a-aplnir for
hrcath. My ntlerlnica were twyood drucrlption.
In despair I experimented on myself compoond
Inif roots and hers and lnl..illnit the medicine
thu ohtalned. I fortunately discovered this
viMii:i;i-i i. cihk nu astii.ua ami
I'ATAHUIl. wrriite l 1 1 relieve the most stuh-lorncai-eof
AsrilMA IN HVK MINt'Tl-. se
hat the patient can lie down to rest and sleep
cinnrortiii.lv. rir:t read the following condens
ed eitrj'-t, I rum unsolicited tecllmonllJ. all of re
cti t ilate :
Mlver V. 11. Holmes. San Jose. f'al.. writes : I
hnd the Kemeiy all and even more thn repre
sented. 1 receive lnstantaneo4ia relief.'
K. M. fnrson, A. M. Warren, Kan., writes;
Was treated hy etu luent physicians of this conn
try ami Oermany : tried t hecltmate of difTerent
States nnthlnic afforded relief like your prepara
tion." I.. H. Vhelps. l M. CriirxJ. Ohio, writes - Sef
fre. wlh A-thum years. Your tauellclne In
tr Inutes dues umre f..r tue than the most eminent
phsietans did for n,e In three years."
H. :. I'limpton. .L.liet 111., writes: "Send Ca-t.ir.-h
I'eme.iy at nce. Cann.t xetalons; without
It. I nnd It the most valuable medicine I hay
ever tried."
w n have mar y other hearty testimonials of enre
or relief, and in order that ail snfTerers Irom Asth
ma, ratarrh. Hay ver, and kimired diseases
may have an opportunity of testing- the value of
the Keinc.lv vie will send to any addrees TKIAL,
PAt'kACK TKtK ). HA K( it. 1 your drcic
(tlst tails to keep It do not permit him to sell yots
some worthier Imitation hy his representlBe it to
be jumI at gcoit. hat send directly to us. W rits)
your name and address plainly.
Address. J. ZIMMKK I AN k :.. Props.,
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Jaa. 21. iT.-Iy. '"a UX '
PATENTS
Obtained and all PATENT BUSINESS at
tended lo for MoDEllATK FEES
. ,'ur ,ni' s oppoMte the U. S. Patent
umce and we can obtain patents In lena time
than thow remote from WAMIlNtiTOV
i-tl MODEL OK liKAWING. We id
ylaea.s. to p.fentahliitv f rev'uf charire atM we
SI? k7-i,,,C,IAl4GE UNLE-sS PATENT IS
We retere. here, to the pDetnia.-ter. the
isupt. 1 Money (hvr!,T ,na tc tf.e offl-i-ers
of the t . I'au nt Ofiiee. For circo-
ara advice, ternn t:d refetence to actual
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Publisher.
GOURL AY MOTHERS.
In a rjntet afreet off one of the cjniet
arjuarea in the ylcinity of HolSorn, there
i.a n t.tll plootny bonne, with narrow Hatty
T.iuliw,Hiui it mkwiTe double door, that
still bears at brasa plate with the worda
''Gotirlny Itrotlier" erifrayail thereon.
The lower part of the house wu tiaeal
r.aan office, but the blinds were rarely
i!r.inn nr. the door .seldom swung back
to the energetic push of customers, the
ctnx paaaaire echoed no hurried footatepa,
.ta l Eli lln)ci;.irt, the clerk, waa to all ap
pearance thn idlest man in Loudon, till
one came to know Lin mastr rs.
The (iourl.iy ltrothera were Beyer any
luicr thati their faithful old servant
i;ycr hurried, flurried or worried; iteTer
late and nerer early. Eyery morning at
ten o'clock they entered their office to
gether, read their letters, danced at the
Tfmc.y, left instruction. for poaaihle
c.-tllera, and then went to tbo city. They
always tok the a.tme route; at eleren
they miiit lw seen paaaino; alona; the
aonry aide of Cannon street, at half past
one they entered the aine restaurant, and
aat at thn mtmt table for luncheon. Wet
or dry, ahado ir shine, summer or winter,
every worklnz day for thirty yeara they
had Rone through the a.tme routine, al
ways excepting the month of September,
whea they took their annnal holiday.
They yvere elderly men: John, tall, thin,
melancholy looking, with liht gray eyes,
acanty Kf5 hair anil whiskers, and a
Cftioral expression of tlrahncsa peryadins;
hin whole face and fault leasly neat attire.
Itojer was ahorter, rounder, snore cheer
ful, and Ktnerally warmer la color. His
perv.xiinn hue was brown, keen reddiah
eyca that must have been merry onoe,
crisp auburn Lair that time had not yet
quite transmuted to silver. aclean-aliaved
ruddy face, and brown Lauds full of denta
and dimples).
John was the elder; still he looked op
to Roger with Krave renpect, consulted
him on eyery subject, ami nerer either in
r out of buf.iHe took any step without
bis advice and approval. And Roger waa
no Ich.4 deferential; without any profes
sion of affection, or display of feeling, the
tiourlay lirnthers dwelt together in
closest friendship and love; their life waa
n long harmony, and during all the
yrnr of their partnership no shadow Lad
fallen between them, and their public life
w its harmotiioua as their private inter
com sc. Ih business they were successful,
every speculation they made prospered,
everything t hey touched turned to gold;
and s, their whole lives were spent in
iting. not spending, they werebeiieyed,
r.rtd with reason, to be immensely
wenltliy. "Colli, h.snl, stern, enterpris
ing, " men called them; with an acute
f.t ss. nf vision and a steadiness of purpose
only to l.e acquired by loug aul closo ap
plication to business.
Keservcd in manner, slmplu in their
tastes, economical in their habits, the
Cotirliiy Iliotli'Ts were the last men iu
tie worlil tn be ausrx-cted tit scniiaient,
tl.t-ir Iivcm the least likely to contain even
the r.rrr.n of a romance. And yet they
Lai not bpcn always mere business ma
chines, the sole aim and end of their ex
i"t tics ha.l not always lnren money. In
tnrly years they had had brighter dreams,
nobler ambition.
At sclio'-.l .loliu bad distinguished him
rt '.:, atid l.i Hrief university career gave
j.roi-.iisj i.f a brilliant future. Hoger hal.
1 -en a bright, anient lxy, with a asfe
f-r music that was almost-a paesion, and
s ;!:.-.! little short of genius. With his
1 1-r-i c.-trin-st ne.xs, intense .steadiness of
T trpoj, ai.d clear vigorous intellect,
Jcba could scarcely have failod to make
ad vtl i iiiis'.ied lavryir. Roger wasa born
art. st. rvltli a restless lofty ambition.
LiTa aeenovl Tory, very bright for the
brotbets; there was nothing to prevent
end everything to assist each in following
Li i.icliuat iou. f!ut In the very dawn of
their career thnlr father died, and they
wcr. s:n!dmly reduced from aSneuce to
ei tu.tl poverty.
Nat bing remained from the wreck of a
magnificent fortune but the bitter ex
perience that always accompanies such
reverses. Fiua friend failed them, flat
terers locked coldly on their distress,
the.se who had most frequently partaken
of their lavish hospitality passed hy on
the other side. Not a friend remained in
their adversity but one, and she had in
deed the w ill but not tLo power to help
them.
The boys left college and turned their
thoughts to business. It was hopeless to
attempt to follow np their professions
wit h nn invalid mother and idolized only
sister depending on them for support.
John .secured a situation as clerk in a city
warehouse. Roger accepted a desk in the
ciTi'-e of lk-rnrd Rnssell, an old friend of
Lis father's. Tbey moved to cheap lodg
ings, nnd for several years plodded on
wearily, the only gleam of sunshine in
their altered home btdug the occasional
yiiif s of Alice Russell to their sinter.
Mando (tourlay and Alice had been
schoolfellows and friends; they usually
spent their vacations together, and Alice
felt tl:o misfortune that had fallen en the
family as if it had taken her owe. Hut
she could do nothing except pay them
flying visits, send trifling gifts of fruit
and flowers, and write pretty, sympa
thetic notes to Maude.
A few years of hardship and poverty
told on Mrs. Uourlay's always feeble
frame, still for her daughter's sake she
clung to life with a strange tenacity; but
when Maudu's lover, who had gone to
Australia to make his fortune, returned,
not wealthy, I tit snffieiently so to claim
his bride in her altered circumstances,
Mrs. (lourtay seemed to have no other ob
ject to live for.
M lude's marriage seas hastened, and
the very day after the ceremony, the
poor, weary, broken hearted mother died.
George Leslie took his wife back with him
to Sy.lncy, and John and Roger Gourlay
were literally alone in the world.
As if in bitter mockery of their loss and
loneliness, immediately after their moth
er's death the brothers inherited a small
fortune. Cut it was too late lor John to
go b irk to bis studies, too late for Roger
ro return to hie piano; they Lad fallen into
'he groove of business, and John at least
was seized with 'a feverish eagerness to
turn his small fortune into a larger one
sn.l bfecme wealthy.
So they went into business on their own
sccouut a tionrbiy Brothers, with the
!rn resoln' ion f retrieving the positioa
h, ir father had lost, and n very few years
..:w t'-.etn established at Whitier street,
t I f.iirlynri the high mail to fortune,
ri'e-j one cuiet summer evening, as they
; t ever their desert, John ojened ins
.. rt to Lis brother and told him of Lis
ioi.es. dreams, and auiUiUona Xor tLe
future.
"Yen will be surprised, and I trust
nle.is- toiirar.that I love Alice Russell."
Ws a.i'd. laying his band on his brother's
firm; "l can hur'lly remember the timr
when she was not dearer te nic than all
triewwrld Im-miL k. The hitter t art of
our misf.-.rt line tome was that it separate;
me from nr; the only thing that Lasxti--t.iinrd
me through mir louy cf rngle wn
the Lope i f aoitie d.iy wineiir her; roth
iiig elee can ever comjiensst!? me for Iii
ruin of all r.iy Lo'xs and el.r:otis am'.. -tior.s.
I otiee dreamed of Ix-ir.g fannvik.
It-;,.; 'or lier sake I put that liehiiMl
uie. and Lave grubbed for Kld like a
'u is
A VaxiktAH WHOM TBI TBUTH
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. AUGUST
InlMfr, V , Gourlaj ltrotliel-., are uii I tie
hinh rod to fortune; I may a;tirv to the
hand of Alice now:"
'Surely, John." ami the younger bro
ther's voice was husky, and his hand
shook as he took np Lis glass; 'I drink to
your success."
"Thanks, brother. I should have told
you all this before, I should have confided
in you, but I feared troubling you on my
accouut; you would Lave seen a thousand
shadows across my path, yon would Lave
leen mora unhappy thau I was myself.
And now I -want you to promise that It
ahall make no difference. We shall bo
Gourlay 11 rot bars still."
Roger si retched Lis band across the
table, ami John grasped it heartily.
"Gourlay Brothers to the cud of the chap
ter, old fellow, and may you be as happy
as yon deserve. God bless yon, John!"
John's face became a shade or two paler
with emetion.and he walked up and down
the room a few times; then he stood be
hind his brother's chair.
"Roger, you will think me Tory weak,
very nervous, but I dare not speak to
Alice myself. I could not eudure a re
fusal frm her. I have never even triven
her the most distant hint of my feelings.
I have not the slightest reason to suppose
that she regards me as other than a mere
acquaintance, at moat as Maude's brother.
Roger, we Lave always Imn friotids as
well as brothers staud by me in this;
you are lens shy and more accustomed to
women; see Alice for me, ask ber to be
my wife."
'John, you're mad! You do not mean
itr
"I ds: it is my only chance. Plead for
my happiness, brother, as I would plead
for yours; I am a man of few words, but
I feel deeply. A refusal from her lips
would kill me; I could hear it from you."
"As yon will, John; I'll do my best,"
and Roger leaned Lis bead on Lis hand,
and shaded his face from the lijfht. "I'll
call on Alice to-morrow.''
The next day was the longest of John
Gourlay 's life, a bright, warm, happy
day, that made people, even iu the city,
look glad and cheerful. He went about
his business as usnal, ate his luncheon,
and walked home leisurely. Regsr was
standing at the window watching for
him, and he kept his back to him when he
entered the room.
" Well!" John said gently, "Well, Roger,
have you seen her?"
""es, I've seen her," and Roger faced
round suddeuly; "John, old fellow, it's
no use!"
"Brother!" and he lifted kis hand as If
to ward off a blow.
"It's no nse," Roger went on in a Lard
olee, ".she does not love you. She loves
some one else. Be a man, John, and bear
It, for there's no hope."
One low stifled groan, and then John
Gourlay wrung Lis brother's hand and
wjlktrd steadily out of the room. What
lie slide red In the Lours that followed no
one pv, r knew, and when he appeared at
the dinner table h rss calm aud aelf.
psewd, but some thing Lad eithercom
inte his f.ice or gone out of it that altered
l.im. I'.utof the two Roger looked the
most unhappy. The blow Lad really
fallen moat heavily on Lim.
"Jack, old fellow, we're Gonrlay Bro
thers now to the end of the chapter," he
said huskily. "I kuow you'll never marry,
and neither will I,' and somehow Johu
fell that Roger meant what ha said.
.
Twenfy-flve years passed by, a quarter
of a century of changes aud chances, and
still the Gourlay Brothers held theeven
tenor of their way. They were rich be
yond their wishes or desires, and nut al
together unhappy in their solitary friend
ship. Alice Russell seemed tohavedrifted
completely out of their rives; ber name
was never mentioned, and whether she
was married or dead they did not know.
One morning, about the midtile of Sep
tember, they were walking along the
King's road, at Rrighton, whither they
Lad gone for their annnal holiday. Roger
entered a shop to purchase aomtlbir.g,
and John stood outside looking dreamily
at the pa.sers-by. Suddenly Lo stared
and advanced a step, as a lady in an in
valid chair was wheeled by. Chancing to
look op she utet his glance with a smilo
of recognition. "Mr. Gourlay, it surely
ls.it must be you. I am so glad to see
you!"
"And I to meet yon," John said, with a
courteous bow. "X have not the pleasure
f knowing
"My name I am Alice Rnssell still,"
shesaid frankly. At that moment Roger
appeared. For an instant the blood for
sook Lis rnddy face, while a hot crimson
flush rose to Alice's palecheek as she tried
to stammer out some words of greeting.
Roger was no less confused, and the ex
pression of both faces was a revelation to
John Gourlay. He felt as if the world had
suddenly drifted away from Lim aud be
was left solitary in some unknown infinite
space. But there was nothing of that in
his voice as he asked Alioe for heraddress,
and iwrmiaaioa to call upon her in the af
ternoon; then taking his brother by the
arm he led Lim away, and they continued
their walk without exchanging a siugle
word about the strange enconnter.
In the afternoon John cailed at Miss
Russell's hotel, and in a few moments he
found himself seated be Uo Lcriaa pleas
ant sitting-room overlooking the sea.
"Alice," he said, plunging into the snb
Ject at once, "do you remember a conver
sation yon had with my brother a long
time ago?"
"Yes, I remember, Mr. Gourlay," she
said sadly.
"He suade a request for me then which
It was not ia yoar power to grant; I am
eome to make a similar one for him now.
Roger loves yon, Alice. He has loved you
all these long weary years, though you
will at least believe I did not know it
then."
"Poor Roger f Alice said softly.
"You care about him? You will make
hint happy even at this late hour? Tell
me, Alice, that you love my brother?"
"Yes. Mr. fkmrlay, I do. Why should I
deny it? I have loved him always, though
I did not know that he cared about me,
and if the little life that is left me can
nuke him happier, I will devote it to Lim
gladly, proudly poor Roger! Yon see I
p too old for pretenses, Mr. Gourlay,
and I fear I am dying; therefore I tell you
all."
"Dying, Alice? No, no! yon will live
many years yet, I hope, to make my dear
brother happy bra ve, loyal, great-hearted
Roger. I.et nie send him to you hot,
and, Alice, for my old anil long afTwf ion's
sake, make Lim hap- y. lie doscrves It,
and that is the only way I can ever Lelp
to repay the firm: ion of his life."
"I loru bun," Alice replied simply, "I
cannot do .my more."
In their lodgings John Gourlay found
his brot her rasing restlessly up and down.
"Rnger, I've found out yonrsecret and
hers," he said, laying both his hands on his
shoulders; "loyal, faithful friend, go to
her: she loves you, sbeis waiting for you."
"Poor Alice! how she must have suf
fered!" "How we all have suffered! but it's
nearly over now, Roger g'ief. pain, re
gret. It's all clear and bright. Ror,
dear friend, ran yon forgive me?"
"Forgive o'i. John? Say rather can
you forgive inf."
"True to the last." John murmured, as
lie wrung Lis brother's Laud. "Now,
HUH Till, AHD ALL A.B.X BLATH BIIISX.'
Koger, ko to her; she Is waiting for vou.
She loves you loves yon, Roger! Good
bye, and may yon both be bappyl"
Late that evening, when Roger Gourlay
returned home, fnllof deep, quiet glad
ness, be found bis brother aittiug in an
easy chair near the window, apparently
asleep. The full moon ahonedown on Lis
pale face, and shovecd a wnile on Lis lips;
Lis Lands were clasped on an open book
that rested on Lis knee. The attitude was
life-like, but at the very first glance Roger
felt that Lis brother was dead.
The doctors said be had died of disease
of the heart. Perhaps they were right.
More people die of that malady thau the
world knows of.
TILE GULDEN CROSS.
About the beginning of the late vrar, a
man bent oa weighty business, and bear
ing important dispatches) and a large sum
of money about his person, found himself
belated at night in one of the wildest and
most thinly-populated quaiters of a
southern state.
He was in the heart of a dense wood,
and not far from a deadly and treacher
ous swamp. To lie down to rest would
have been simply suicide; yet. he was
woru with f-ifiguo and no habitation ap
peared in siht. Dismounting, ho led Lis
Lorse by thn bridle and tried in vain to
discover by the keuso of touoU tLo road
Le should follow.
"I must find some shelter for the
night," Le said. "The people hereabout
have not a very good reputation; but I
am not afraid of men. and I do not fear
swamp fever and scorpions. I'll call;
there may be some one within hearing."
On this he sent up a shout that proved
his lungs to be in good coudition, and fol
lowed it by another and another. After
this thirtl he paused and listened. A
faint "hallo" seemed to echo lux, and In a
moment morn there appeared among the
trees the figure of an eld man who held a
lantern in odd hand aud shaded his eyes
with the other.
"WJu i that?" cried the personage;
"one of the boys?"
"A stranger," said the traveler. "I'm
lost in this confounded place. Can you
tell me where I can g ?t shfilter?"
"Who are you and where do you come
from?" .
"I came "from farther north: traveling
on business; my nam is Hogan. I can
pay for anything I ask, and shall be
thankful, too."
"All right. Come along. -My honse
ain't far off." And turning L tottered
nway into the darkness.
The traveler put Lis Land upon ths pis
tol at Lis belt and followed Lim. A few
steps forward", and amid a dense nnv of
foliage they made their way to the door
of a hut. Within, a fire burnt upon a
rude hearth. Over it a girl crouched, idly
looking into the embers. .
"That's my dtrter," ssid thn old man.
'We' 're all alone here, anil' it's a poor
place, and you're welcome. Walk in; I'll
re your horse is care ! for."
The fcirl I v.kcd ap sharply, and looked
down agin with a flush on ber face. The
old man dm .i brohau chair toward the
blaze nnd lit a iin torch.
"A fire is comfortable these damp
nights if it is warm," he said. "Make
some coffee and an ;ih cake for us, Nan
nie. TLe gentleman's hungry, no
doubt,"
"I confessIanVsaid nopan, tatingtl.e
proffered chair. "And I do not know what
I should Lave dkie to-night without your
hospitality."
Meanwhile, the girl, a handsome crea
tures of scveutern, lazily prepared a tnual.
She moved alowly, but she did not do her
work baJly. The coffee saieit well, and
the ah-cake waa brown.
When it was done she sat apart and
watched the men as they ate, and listened
to the old man's questions and the strang
er's answers. -
Afterward ahe spread npon the floor a
bed of straw and a blanket, and .glided
out of the room.;
"I Lope you'll sleep well," said the old
man. "Good night, sir."
"Good night," said Hogan, but he
thought at the ar.tne time:
''You seem to be a very hospitable old
gentleman, but you Lave the face of a
rascal!"
Throwing off Lis coat he stretched him
self upon the bed, and in five minutes
found himself fast sinking iuto slumlmr.
The pine torch flickered on the wall, the
eanhers diesl cut In the grate, when sud
denly a hand rested on his arm and a
voice whispered in his ear:
"Stranger, I've got something to tsll
you."
Hogan started Ttp. The girl knelt be
side him with her finger on her lip.
"Get up," she said, "aud put on your
roat. The sooner you are elT the Issuer.
TLe old man lied when be said 1 was his
daughter; he Las gone for the lioys. He
said to me just now, 'I've found ont his
busiurss. He must have plenty of money
with him,' and I kuowwhot he means.
There will te four of them here in Lalf.an
hour, and you are a dead man if ycu don't
go now."
Hogan started to his feet. Stitched in
Lis bolt were several thousand dollars,
and he remembered that he Lad chattered
away almost indiscreetly, fancying the
old man would know no tuoro thau Le
chose to tell.
"I'm a fool," he muttered, starting to
his feet. "This is no silly jest, girl?"
"God's truth," said the girl. "I've seen
sights that wonld make you move faster
than you're doing now if you had seen
them. There get yonr horse and come.
I'll show yon which way to take. They'll
kill me if they suspect me; but I reckon
I'll ward them off. Come."
As In a dream Hogan followed her.
She led him by the hand through thick
woods until they came to a wide opening.
"Jlount," the said, "and ride that
Make all the speed you can. I've done
all I ran to save your life. Jack Hogan."
"God bless you," said he. "You know
my name, I see. If the time should ever
come when I can do as much for you I
wilL"
"Perhaps," she said donbt fully.
"You Lave saved my life, child!" he
said as Le mounted his horse. "It is a
debt a man don't forget in a hurry. Lis
ten; I swear that if I can ever do any
thing for you I will I swear on this."
Iljdrcw a littie golden cross from his
breast and kissed it. "Keep it to remind
me of the oath if I should forget it," he
aald, r.nd pal if into her hard. Then, as
man rides for his life, he nxle away and
reached Lis destination in safety.
Two ymirs from that night Captain
Jack nogan sat alone in his tont writing
alett.r Lome. There was some ono at
borne who waited for these letters anx
iously, and who wore them fondly in her
bosom. Thoughts tf her softeued tho
soldier's heart. Glad, indeed, would he
have been to leave war and all its cruel
st-eues for home and peace .borne and
ber. Half tLo sentence in which be told
her so was written, when Lis servant's
rcice sounded in Lis ear.
"Bg pardon, captain. TLere's a girl
cr.tside. Can she see you?"
"A girl!" said the captain. "Yes; send
ber iu. Some poor, starving creature, I
suppose, lor orders for rations."
Aud then Le started to Lis feet and
8I.SO and
24. 1S88.
-;.I ain.-iii i and silent, for the ilium
that glided iu was that of the girl who
bad saved Lis life two years ago that
night. She, for her part, drew from her
bosom a little gold cross and held it to
ward Lim.
"Do you remember your oatL?" ahe
said. 4
He answered, "I do."
"Then save my Daa's life as I saved
yours two years ago."
"Your Dan?" he asked.
"Ye; Dan Bartoa. He Is to be shot
to-morrow.
Dau Barton, the spy, lay well guarded
not far away. It was Captain Hogan
who bad detected bim. On the morrow
Lis life would pay the forfeit.
"And Le is your Dan, poor girl?" said
Captain Hogan. "Sit down; try to le
calm. t Do you understand that it is out
of my power to save Lim?"
"No," she answered, "I understand
you do net mean to keep your oath."
"You mistake me. If I could I would."
And at that moment a thought flashed
Into Lis mind. Ills face turned pale.
"Perhaps I can," Le said. "II I can I
will."
. "You promise?" she criaid.
j "I will keep my oath," said he.
She knelt and kissed his Land. lie
drew it from Ler.
"There are no thanks to be given for
the koeping of an oath," said La.
I Then she departed.
When she was gone Le tore to pieces
the leuer Lo Lad written and wrote on
txi'jther page these words:
Mr Daiiuxo: When you read these
lines I shall be dead. It is very herd to
leave you. Remember poor
Jack Hogas.
He sealed it and laid It where it would
surely be seen and then walked out into
the night.
"I must see this spy," he said to the
sentry, who sainted and let bim puss.
Half an hour after the sntry saw hiui
pass out, well muffled in his cloak. Ha
was seen afterward by several oliifcr sen
tries, who wondered why a laan who
might sleep did not.
It. was dawn. At sunrise they had
brought the spy out to be shot a large
muscular inaa with black Lair. A band
age was alout Lis eyes and Lis Lands
were buuud behind Lim. He kept Lis
Lead down, striving, it seemed, to hide
Lis face.
"I didn't think he was so handsome
when 1 sav Li in before," said one officer
to another. "lie looked like a untax, I
thought. Who is Le like?"
"I dou't kuow," aaid the other. "Some
one I havo seen, certainly."
Meanwhile the men who were to put an
end to tlis; spy's lifo formed into line. Tho
chaplain read the prayer for the oecasiou.
The order was given:
"Fire!'' . '
For a momout the air was filled with
snu l.e; thin it lifted. A man lay npou
Lis fra before; them, dead.
Itwas.Jai.lv Hogan. H Lad, kept Lis
oath. The spy h id tied the cam p, d reused
in Lis uniform, the night tiefwre. He Lad
r.iid fvr Lis lire with hia life at last.
a vi:r.r ancient i:h:i.k.
TVhy Moses W aa kxprraented by Michael
Anuria ms Having Hums.
A gentleman cf L'tica, cf N. Y., owns a
rare and perfect cepy of t!;H Koliui-.jt.r
Bible, priuled in folio by Anthony Ko
bnrgerrtf Nurauburg. 14b3. Previous to
this tia:e printing Lad been done mostly
In Latin, although in K.V) Urn Italians 1
gan to print with Greek aud Hebrew
types, which they were the first to tie.
Anthony ICoburger was a man of fjrpat
learning.eminent also for his eleganco iu
printing, and styled theprinceof printers.
He printed 11 editions of the Biblu in UJ
years, 12 in Latin and ono in German, nil
large and handsome folios, and highly
esteemed aa extremely beautiful speci
mens of tbe art.
His chef d'vrurre was the Gorman Bihlo
printed in folio. 14S3, and profusely illus
trated with most extraordinary and com
plicated wood cut a. In these curious ai-t
faucifnl pictures, Moaes appears with
horns.
Jerome in translating from the Hebrew,
made the Ittiu Vulgate say of Mos. as
he came down from tho mount, that Lie
head radiated with Iit-ht." The error of
Jerome in tVe translation was occasioned
by Li j misinterpretation of thn Hobtfw
word signifying both a Lorn and a pe:-cil
of light; for as the Lorn of the Oriental
buffalo aud a pencil of light wero both
conical in shape, tbe same Word was used
in tho Hebrew for each.
The Hebrew language to a certain ex
tent is n object, language, and I ho word
Lcre usid is expressive of shape, signify
ing that Lis face Lad rays of light l ream
ing from it. 1
As the Vulgate was the TJible- of the
Roman Church. Michael Angelo, vrhcu
he turned to the Look of Exodus for n,
description of the spjiearance of Moses,
found him described as having horn.
This explains the horns on tho Livid of
the great lawgiver of Israel.
Thns it is that a wrong translation m.ty
mystify aud mislead for ages interpreters
as well as artists. The title page of this
Bible reads:
"Published by Anthony Kcburcrer at
the noble, imperial capital Nurenibnrg.
after the birth of Christ and in tbe lnxr
of Grace the fourte-en hundred three and
eightieth fear, on the Monday after Inno
cents," '
ODD CniXRSE fslTERSTITIONS.
Soane Marriage Caatoms ef the Celestials.
A girl who is partaking of the last meal
she is to eat in her father's house previous
to her marriage sits at the table with ber
parents and brothers; but she must eat
no more than half the bowl of rice set be
fore her, else her departure will be fol
lowed by ewntinual scarcity In the domi
cile sho is leaving.
If a bride breaks the heel of her shoe in
going from her father's to Ler husband's
Louse, it is ominous of unhappiness in Ler
new relations.
A piece of bacon and a parcel of sngar
are h ting osv the hack of a bride's sedan
chair as a sop to the demons who might
molest ber while on her journey. TLe
"Three Baneful Ones" are fond of salt and
spices, and tho "WLite Tiger" likes
sweets.
A bride may lie bronght home wblle a
coffin is in her husband's Louse, but not
within ls days after a coffin is carried
out. Domestic troubles are sure to coma
upon on.i wbo is married within l0 days
after a f.iueral.
A bride while putting on her wedding
garmei.ts .stand in a round, tdiallew bas
ket. This conduces to her leading a
placid, vv; 11 rounded lifo in her future
home. After her ilopririure from Ler
fat ':er's door her mother puts the basket
over t'uo month of the oxen to stop tho
nioMthsof all who would make adverse
comment. c?n Ler daughter, and then sits
down br'oro the kitchen range, that Ler
peace and leisure may bo duplicated in
her daughter's life.
A bride isi'isi not four months after Ler
marriage: enter any hanise in which there
Las recent iy been a deat U or a birth, for
if alio does thero will surely be a quarrel
between ber and the proom. If a young
mother goes to see a bride the visitor is
looked vtpo:i n, the cause of auy calamity
that may fol'.ow. Popular Science.
postage per year. In advance.
NUMBER 29.
DARBY AND JOAX.
A spring rain was falling gently, con
tinuously, on Mrs. True's garden. The
lately transplanted geraniums and pe
tunias lifted their heads gratefully to the
warm shower, and the fuch.-ias and sweet
flyssum brightened under its influence.
If their mistress could have seen them,
she, too, would have rejoiced, for tho
flowers were her children, pettcddarlings,
for whom no care could le tooprcat.no
sttention too painstaking. She had
housed them in winter, set them out in
summer, trimmed, guarded, hung over
over them year after year.
Involuntarily one looked for Ler mjld
face at tLe window, smiling out upon
them, but sLe was not to be. seen. For
the second time only in her lifo .Mrs. True
lay in Ler chamber, too ill to heed the
pattering rain, or to think of the plants
growing so fait in the sweet, moist, nir,
even though, through the open wiudow
of her room, both sounds and scents en
tered freely, the peaceful sounds and
Lealthf ul scout of t he country.
It was very still in the room where she
lay; very still aud orderly. The old fur
niture wrs polished and speckles: the
linen as while as si;ow; against the pil
lows, which had been a part t;f k(-r bridal
outfit, rested the pray head, still neatly
cared for, and the face, wit h its pallor,
Btill wore a look of kindly impatience.
At her Side sat her husband, good
Deacon True, with lowed Lead and sad
eyes; and iu Lis work-hardened bund he
held Ler feeble one.
Presently a footstep sounded on the
muddy sidewalk outside. Then tho gate
latch clicked. Someone walked up the
path and tapped sofily untie house door,
and was as soflly admitted.
But tho two, with their faces turned
toward each other, took no notice.
"How is she?" said the neighbor down
stairs who had "dropped in."
"Failiu'," answered Fidelia Perkins,
tho maid of til work, temporarily en
gaged for the emergency.
"How's bt.?" '" ' "'M " '
"Fairly beat out with grieln'. Feems'a
If he hadn't no heart for eatin'ordrir.kin'
or nothin'. Jr.t sett in' up thero along o'
Ler, and holdin' her Laud. I never did
seefailksset scch store by each other as
they do."
"Well, tbey haven't nobody else to set
store by, you see," said the visitor, est&lt
lishing Lerself by the firo, aud holding
out tvro substantial feet to tl-i V l".r.e.
"No, that's so," Rssente 1 Fidelia, trac
ing out Lor knitting. "Now you just
make yourself comfortable. Mis' Clap.
I'm real glad to iea sonieVody. It'
dreadful lorenme here. Jest ti.tso two
till critters upstairs, and l.ie aud tLu cat
downstairs, and notLiV on earth to do.
Why, there ain't so much as atea:-poou-ful
of dirt to clean up nowhere in tho
Louse. I uever did see such Louse
kee;.m'." ,
".-he was n martf-r hnnd fcr cVnTdr:,"
paid Mrs. C'lapp, shak.ug Li r heal
iLougLtfiilly, "and ns I siy, there warn't
to children t j make d ".::."
"No, there warn't, Lnt T'mm mta Is
about ni bad, to my t hinV in," in: ceriiig
up the plact. Lair the yo:ir, t in! bavin to
trail around with a wateriu' pot, and
weedln'und stcwin over Vm tho rest of
tho time. S'.ie took a siht of comfort in
'cm, though."
"Sho was a real goo-1 won::i, Mis' Tni
W.v.'' sii,!nl Mrs. C'lapp, speaking
rcady i:i t!: ;i.:t t;
'And Lc's.-i ;vwerfnl good irit:n."
"i"!:ert nin't no le tter."
! Qi!frrs -:i good f dk hadn't . family."
J "Weil. 1 hey did have one child.''
"Do tell? I tever heard of it before.
Boy or girl?"
"Boy, I lelieve; law. Mis' Tmo was
most tickled to death about it. She was
as prond as an old hen with one chick,
but it diiu't last long. I was sent for to
nurse her, and she was a dreadful sick
woman, ont of Ler head, just raviugalout
that baby; goiu' on about what sue was
meaning to do for it.
"She bad it all planned ont for a life
time how she was a-goin' to rock bim to
bleop ni;;!it, and how, by and by, lie V.ts
agcin' to set. to the tablo iu a L: -li chair
alongside of her, and, finally . Low Le r,s
to take the farm aud livowith, them al
ways. My! she was rambliu'on so fat
and a smiling away to bet self. wL.le the
rest of us me and the dixtor and tho
deacon was J..t a-fUrhtin' f-r that lmby's
life. And, at last, vvbeu she come to Ler
self there warn't notnia' but a dead baby
to shew Ler."
"Dear, dear! did she take on much?"
said Fidelia, dropping her knitting iu her
lap.
"Take on? Well, not like some folks.
She didn't screech uorcry;,but the jest
turned awful wLitt?, a:i l Ler cres pot bi
and bad lookiu'; it was enour h to La'nt
you s see 'em, and rho nuvcr s.:id nothin
to me; jest, moaned, and caur.'.t nhoid T
the deacon's coat sleeve as ii blie needed
sometLiu' to cor:f.rt Ler. It did seem's
if her Leart was bn ke sure. SLo never
hnd no more children."
"I guess that's why they've been so set
on each other," mused Fidelia.
"We'.l, as t" that, there ain't no tellin".
Some few fo!l.s are so considerate and
feoliu' but liii-rhty few. Most married
folk get tirtd of llviu' teiether, or. jit any
rate, they nppear so, to Lome. Thetiencoti
aud His' True they's been LLe tlicy was
a'courtin ail these years. lie's ilotie all
the chores for Lt r that a mortal man
could do, and she's been as sweet to Lim
well, as sweet as one of them doves a-cooin'
away out there on the barn."
"Hark! What's that?" said Fidelia,
holding up one Land. wrtmiu:;ly.
It was ouly the sound of a weak voice,
above, and a deeper voice trying to au
Bwer soothingly.
Wbi'.e the two women Lad talked tbe
afternoon hr.d waned. Tho r.iiu seemed
like fast falling tears. Tlie flowers, some
of them, were closing drowsily. TLe
shadows Were deepening. TLe light
green foliage of a bircL tree near the
Louse looked gray in tho twilight.
Through tiie open chamber window
aove souuded the sleepy t nil of a bird,
safely snuggled in Lis nest under the.
young leaves.
Curiously enough tLis tender note
alone Lad tLe power to rouse the dying
woman, tjhe Lad always breu in close
eynipatby with all fair helpless things,
flowers, young birds and infants. Now,
in her extremity, this weak cry pierced to
Ler heart nnd woke Ler.
"Where's the baby?" she whispered.
"Why don't they bring the baby to me?"
She was living over again Ler only sick
ness, i hv fancied Lerseif young once
more, young and lili;d with a s-traue
jrreat Lap;ii'.;e.ss.
The years lietween Lad vanished. TL-y
were Lappy years, too, happ.er thau most
people tnjuy, for Ler de.sl.-t Lad 'P-n
asiiy graiiii. d, her auibitioua were CT tnsj
dm pi est kind. .
To live wiiLin their ptnall mfiws; to
ay aside a little each year; to keep th
louse immaculate and the flowers thriv
ing; to know peaceful nights and quiet,
uneventful days; to help a neighbor in
trouble; to sit iu tLe vil Litre church regu
larly on Sunday, and to le surethattac
grass grew green and the white violets
flourished over a certain small monud iu
the graveyard; these were the utinoat
limits of Ler Lopes. . . -
Tbe lame and reliable elreolatioo 01 th- 'hn.
ftKIA J-'ltkZM A COUmituds It to the favorvoi-. a.
etrieratlon of advertisers. vif favors wui '. -.
sorted at too Io'!owidv low rstos :
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4 1 year in)
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(ubteqnent Iniuirtloa be. ir line.
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t3f Rfot'iiiont or procectlirtt of any corporal
or loctelv, nwirn'raunt'inu di'ujru-t to ca 1 ut "i
tion to any wetter of limit eA or individual ir.tr j
mutt be pan jo at adtrrtin-nmt.
Job J'KixTiifa of atlkindx neatly and ex:r.-
ooaly executed at lowest prlcog. Ijon'tyca lorK--
lier one gr at Krief ba-i grown i .
tender memory, and ail the days si
Lad Lem prosperous and serene, ii:-cloudt-U
by one Larsii look or word.
Now, suddenly, she waj young !'.', a
young wife la her new Lome, v, ith all !.(-?
humble household treasures new i.':o.ii
her, aud thia thrill of expectation iu In r
breast.
"WLere's tbe liaby? Why don't they
bring the baby to me?" sho rejcat;;J,
eairerly. '
Her Imsband leaned forwar!, presjinT
her h.md in both of Lis.
"The baby?" Le 8id; "whftt la-.r?"'
ForLiiu the sad present L.v.i wall owed
np the past.
"Our baby," sb" whispered, with a lor.I;
of rapt" re in her faded eye:.
"Oh, Loisl"'
He bent Lis Leal still lower. TLat
shadowy cLild of theirs set med Li." 11
more tlis.n ft driii to l.im. lie L.el
never Leld it, or played witii it, or tali 1
to it in ::ri.ij.;iiiuf ion, as she bad.
"His i;;i: o l.-: Jo-i.'iL, f-r yon,'' con
tinued t he dying v. )t:i.:n. t rj ing to I i; 1. i :i
Ler clasp of tho hand l.rddi!..; h.rs, aid
looking eprnes'.'y tip r.t 1 in.
"lie wi.l lie lllllc J;. IV'-haps Li-' cyra
nre like yours. a-:d he will li.' :i cufiil fiHtt
liko yon, I 1. . We will tc.-icu Liiu to
be good, wo:': ivcf"
"Ye-, j..,, I., is."
"I!;i! why didn't tl y briog Lir.i torar?
I want so mu'.h to L ".!! him, :,' once,
for a Iii I le w l..le. i v, .ia"t i.eep ! nn lo:nr.
I want to feel Lis lit I l.i Lf.iel ot: -ry face;
and ki.is Lis ill tie elite L. riease ti-H Uiim
to bring Li:a."
"Hush, Lu-h, Lois, denr."
"Perhaps they d.tVt knnur wbrr Lis
clothes are. I laid thum au resdy i:i tLo
tcp d.-wi r f the Li.-erm iii ft e cpisre
room. Lis littlj blue so- ks, and his shiit.
and the white hlip they s.kJ he must
wear slips vt fird, i:ot dress- . Every
thing ready. A boy, you tu.iu. On, io
let me L'.ld Lir.i rx.w. '
The c,M sun r-r -at ! alotid crd tried to
quiet- Ler, brt without soi'c .-.s. fH.il,
doors a wind was ri.-itiir, n soft wind, fra
grant with the witter swvet bretuh of
blossoming peru-h t: cs. It ti-ii - ' nt t Le
opea window, and fwept n "srit..ch ni Ike'
birch tree j:u:::t t!." tipper -
The deacon liied to rise to ! lite
gLiss, but she moved uneasily ff i j sl
up iu bel. He put Li-v.riiiy out to sup
port Ler. She Lardly sn-e.Hied t- sss? tr
f'.t ! the-m. Slowly Ler face t't cw rr.tl : :.Lt,
with surprise and delight.
"Ah, you have brought birn to nie nt
last," she cried, with tinrds .ul s? :-ef hrd.
"Oiick, i-ive Lim to i:ie L re, ii.se fo my
Leart. Oil, Low dear, tow V : i i fit 1 ho
is. 1 Lii l not tl.otvht Ll would be Livii
ass be.!iit;fv.l.: t-"Cz..r s
Sh" held Ler arms f.i if they enctrclad
lilllo form, rud In-nt htr f.e e o er iLem
ia te:.d :rfst n-other fashion. .
"My baby! i.iy baby" r:;e vhi-
;-.ere..,
tiicu, with n f ia or utter coift::.i,
U4
bac k upon litr j-'llows.
The woiik t d-w.sta:r M-tened for the)
sound of vic-s to be .in ;;;ii.i, fApt-itiai?
to be summoned. L it i.o . -. h .suriiuoti.i
came.
Night an 1 darkivr.s f.:ll in tV f.'nrdn
and t lo.std r.l 'n't t ho Jii.n-c. fiii'. p':r
a lamp ouf'-lde the c'.iar.bi r doorntid sV;t
the door i i d'y. Si.e pian,-.-'' t w ir tm
bed where 2in. Tr u t-ei-n - 1 rc i- r L-i,
her Lr.sbaad, with L: - t.re b:.i ! in l
pillow, iie;;r Ler. lis K-lt. ull tl.e j"'ti
sary art.Us f-T the il-.bt ar.d nuved
aw.-yv. :t!i a i c:'-l; ss tep.
Tlie Lour-, went oa s.iov. Iy i.: I sil :tl3-.
TLo star .sboiie out in tie :V.y :.t
last, wLiie tLe Hovers ilipt down
in the sliadows, nnd the litt Lied
was gently rocked in Lis foil cr.'. iie. All
was still in the hoi;- where chii Irtu's
feet Lad never j.attere up a.el Jov u, ii'.-r
children's voices t ctioed. .-e
WLen morning, calm and sunny,
brightened the quiet room i; showed the.
woman's face glorified with a smile, cf ub
solute peace. Who knows? Ift-i haps, in
deed, Ler baby had been brought to her.
Beside her, white and w an ii) tLi-suu-shiue,
lay her fiithful cottipuriiori.
WLether Learts do break or not, I cumin;
tell. Heaven, at least, L.,1 iiu-rtif ttlly
let them die together, cuiet'.y, tiay
lived.
A -POSER."
Can a Horse Kneel Down with Hfs Hind
"Lfg -k Child's I'u.T.lins truest If. n.
O:ico in a vshilo a youug'ter s.-.ys aa
ftmusi:i;- thit:;; v. ilLout wnltiiig to Lan-'t.
rara-raphtd for Lim by a prorcsaioiial
Luviorous writer. ,
There is a busy littie s'-ec'rien of Ln
manl'y in this city, just ol : 4 :, U to ji.-k.
sut'stions at the rate of . .-- .i rsiatiy a.
u.inut?. The other nig'.- ::'. beililnie.
Mi '-et's mother waitei1 ! ; bU'.e of l !:.
cril to Lear t Le evetil a ;- . jt-r. MiugU,
Lov cvtr, didn't feel t i. . ; . .
"I r::cs I'll say r-y ; . ;. : s'-iTi'lin n
to t1i5.Lt ." s!: 8-dd, M in 1 r.iek atf
tude. Tbeul-. fore tl...- er court i;-
xuorstr.ttf, she nsked :
"C-'Uld Go. I make ;ae kn. tl down?"
. "V.'l'.y. yt :;r, but "
Cor. id Le make you kneel down?"
'Certainly "
'(.'oul.I lii make r licr" l-.reel down'"
Thf re was the least bit of a shake, r.nd
Miii-et, grown docile, properly said Ler
rraytrs and was. tucktd in, bat as Ler
mother turned to go tbetc came ai-otbor
qtif-tiou:
"Mamma, ronld Gol mike c Lorso
kneel down with Lis Liud legs?"
"I Lave been thinkingover t his st range
i4U'stion f.r two days," the mother a'l tr
ward said, "and r.ow I'd like to know if .v
Lorse can kneel down with LiaLind lees."
liuHai'j Kxpress.
THE WELL-SRED GlftL.
Porno of the Things She Does "Sot Do. ,
There aro sotno things that a wiill-tred
young lady im vrr docs.
She never accepts a valuable prcstrt
frcni a gentleiuao acrjuaiutance unless
tti gaged lo him.
She never t urns round to lock aftcraay
one when walking 011 the street.
She never takes uppcr or ref reshraer.ts
at s res'aurant. will, a cvntlemau tifter
attending tl.e theatre unlt.-sat tvua Jiar.ied.
l'V a lady iniu li older than herself.
Shu tl.ies not lx-rmit gentlemen to. .fy.a
heron tlie street unless tLey are very iu
t iii: ale Hi qil'liiiUUus.
SI. a 1 -es iio". Mi-nr hir rnonogram fibout
Ltr in i-s.in or s,titlt it over Ler letlerj aud
euvi lo5.
She never accepts a seat from a ger.lle
Tiiau iu a fci-roct car without thanking-
liit'l,
!ie never forgets ber bnllroom engage-mi-:.
1 1 or refuses to dance Willi ono gen
tieioaii aud immediately Uactes with
aa.i-.Lir.
.-he uver snubs other young ladies,
even ii they happen to lie less iopular cr
well f ivi-red than Lerself.
She never luLs or talks lour-lly at pub
lic places.
Siie never wears clothing so singular or
stiikii-K n-s to atuact paiticular atttutioa
iu public.
she never speaks slu-l-tingly ef Ler
mother, .'.ltd never says si. c ' don't cara
whether her Ik haviormei ts with nit-teriuil
;rob.i.icu or net." Truth. .
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