, ".."1 lilj at
,j tire"
x;riiox rates, -
,.- Kfi in iu--
' ' "n not nal.t within 1 moBthm.. 1.7a
," ' Sol paid w.lbln mnaiba. H.00
'M it not paid wthln the jeer., t i&
, reaMma: outai.le ft h county
In ..tvanis ...11-Ml
1 ,.!Jileu '
J ".., will tne above term be de
r ' 00 .nJ thoaewbo don nali tneir
tirl'" ,n advaoee V
J .-," ,' ,B. , toottnaaatnoee win
1 te diauneUy underatuod from
I j (0.1
:..r"ri'- .,. von tnu It. If f too
,r '! cut mi do otnerwue.
"1f,.-auw.m-iii u 100 ,prt-
ALL ii.it UHS.
u.li Sirup, immiwi un
K. . J VV
r.. ij i -j if hki .
I believe Ftso's Cure
,r Consumption waved
,T life'. A. 11. DOWKLL,
rVtor Kti'iuirer, Kden
ten, N. April 3, 17.
Th BFtT Cough Medl
r,n if rio' Cl'KK FOR
Onii'mittoh. Children
t! it without objection.
iiy all OxuggUU.
), J. LYNCH,
Anil Manufacturer Dea'er In
HOME AND CITY MADE
FURNITURE!
aa:i m turn sins
10UXGES, BEDSTEADS,
IVA13L.13S CHAIRS,
attresses &c,
J:-i..j ELEVLNTII AVENUE,
i I 1 lT.,VrV 4
.ri!ti.ti of Cambria County anil all
I n wihii!S to pur-base honest FURN1
8 ;;E. Ac. at fionet prla ar respectfully
r r.l ti k vt us a call before buvlns else-
ll-r, d t are contuietil ttat we can
r..t f vory want and please every taste,
!l v. the ft'ry lowust, L-lb-'0-U.
OlLY 20.
B Style f IMplla Sinier.
1 .iv
h(rotmitj rrhr. fntn MO ta $V). A em
n't of AtU'baienU with each nwchinn. Aim
.' .! Ks T'.-t, JoUai Tckwr. voJ bvs of Fonr
a Pitul-t. 15 UW TKIAL
iir (itn h"HM tf. r yuti mt pn rnt- Kry
I AKIdUTliD I'ORS l'l.ABHw
(r c'tn-u.evr.
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lT.ortu tiltt Ktf bllakUrlpbiaraw
! POTJTZ'S
: MORSE AN3 CATTLE POWDERS
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, i ui m ti. t.w inu:y ol hi t
ao!4 ory
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ftr j i'mi l.VI.iiN'S I r: j Mure.
Catar KN" ; L r ' s-
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Ileal, the Satrt,
Senaea of Taatw
HAY-1 'ER,
a . aT
nl Smell.
A nr id. u irrll.d Into each ntrlla and l
tiin. Prira 4 rent' at lnnilf I b mall
r "' '!. cu. LUX HliuS, US V, arren St.,
Kemp'sMaiiure Spreader
Tulaakle Iiaerevenaenta for lSS,
23 Per Cert. Cheaper than any
other, all things considored.
. ' t -"irp oti the mrk t. R.-fcrencra from e?rr
i ' u. i' n. ir.n.tr.tr i i ircuiar free.
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CAN FIND pTrE9
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JAS. C. HASSON. Editor and
VOLUME XXII.
Absolutely Pure.
Tne pow.rwr n.rerTanen. A Barrel of purity,
troicttk and wbtlMutntowi. More cooomteal
thaa lh or-ttMrr kinds, and cannot t told In
eompittn Hk to. mnltitod el tha low teat
ahort weight, alaaa ar phoaphate powder. So'at
ony lit mm. Kotil Uaaiaa fowpsa Cev, 1M
Wall St., N aw Yoaa.
CARTERS
ITTLE
IVER
3
US.
URI
Pick IIalAchand reUT all the troublee fncf.
dtiit u a tuliMia atate of the .yHtzn. aueh aa
IiulneiM. Nauima. Itrwiariw. ImtrrM afUir
aaunir. Fain ia tne Rtdn. Ac. While ttwir nioat
reniarkable aucccaa han Iwen shown ia ounog
IleadaclMt. yet Cinrca'a Lrrrt. I.ivait TnJ-a
are equally vuluable tn Cunattpatioo, conn a;
and pruventina: Una arinoylnc complaint, whilo
they alao crr?t all dutordrrs of the atomach.
anraulato the ltTr and re7ula( the bowelak
vea If they only cured
Ache thy would he almoat pn't-lcwa to tlioae
who sufor frum thia diatreamnft complaint :
bnt fortunately thvir froodnea doea aoc end
hM-n. anieth who once try thm will And
them little pills Tahiahle in ( muiT waya that
tltey will not be willing to do without theon.
Uut af U-r all aick bead
it the hano of no many lives that here ia where
we unite our trreiit b-iast. Our (ula cure t
while otlit'M do nut.
i'ARTca'a Lrrn.a I.rym TtiiA are very arnall
and ery eay to takv. i tn or two villi make
a d". They are tritly eretahl aad do
not crir or purgw, but by f hfir mnlle artiua
please all who um t!iiii. In viala at t& centa;
fire for 1 . 8oM everywhere, or anit by maiL
C11T12 KEi:2Ta CI, Vrr Tst
Sssl PlL Sdl Bsi thill ftis.
D. LANCELL'S
ASTHMA
AND
CATARRH
REIVSEDY.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
HaTln itrnmiit D y-r eetwea lite and
death w th ASIH.MA or PHTHISIC, treated by
euilriTt phyician. and rreivtitf no benefit. I
w rutupeiled donnar 'he lntSTfiniol my all
n.a tt alt on m rhiiir day and Dht caaplnar for
hrmth. My aa.Tcrlnitj were beyund Ueacriptlon.
In dp;iir I rxixrlmen.ed en tnvaelf rnoand
Inir pHita n.l herl aud Inhalma the medietne
thua ehtaltwM. I trtnntlv diroTre.l thla
WiiNUKKH'L I'l KK HK ASTHMA AND
t'ATAKKU. warr-inied ti Hife the mixtitnb
bnrr r..or ASTHMA IV MVK MINUTES, a
that tl. patient ran He down to rwi and aleep
rrtn'oe.iMr. I'le:.. r-'ad t: e ! Ilowlna condnna
edexiracta Irom unsolicited tertimoolata alls! re
cent !iila:
tllver V.M. Molme.. fan .Tre t'al.. write. : "I
find tue Kmeiv all and even more than repre
sented. I rec.ua Innranueiui relief."
K. .M. i:arann, A. M. Warren, kin., write;
N" a treatl ty etnln.nttibycian of tl-i.coun-try
and Ocrniany : tried the climate of different
State. nothinic afTr led relief like four prepara
tion "
I. B I'h.lpa. P. M. C. rinai, Ohio, write 'Saf
f'r.d with A'tbma u ve ira. Yonr medicine la S
mtn'i'r dor mur. f ir me than the moat eminent
nhv aleian did for tne la trroe yean."
H. :. 1'limpton. Jollet 111., write : "Send Ca
tarrh Keraedy at once. "an not net alnntr without
It. I nod It the moat valuable inedirtue 1 have
ever tried."
We have many other hea -t v teaMmc ol Ha of cure
sr reller. and In order that all -nfforera irorn Aath
ana. Cntarrh, Hay vrr, and k'tntred dlaease
mav have aa opportunity of tetinc ti e valne of
ih. kmtv w. will oend t any addraui TKIAX
t a I ' k' X t " fc' W U 1' L I tt 4 LI X Uift I ...... .4......
Ut laila to keep it do not permit b Ira to aell yon
anno, worthleaa imitation bv hla rtpr?nu it to
be ) tut at 9of. but lend directly tw na. Write
vuur name and addrea plair.lv.
A. I arena. J. IM.MtKMAN fc. (1)., PYope
Whoieaa'.e DroxuKta. Weoeter, Wayne Co.. O
1 all an Box by mail $1.00.
Inaelt. lW.-ly.
NATURE'S
CURE FOR
kl LUBLI ltd EDI
For Hlrh kteaaaeh.
terTeraid Liver.
Bllloaa Headarke,
t owllvraeaa.
Tarrant' IfTrrvracaat
CONSTIPATIQH.
Se-ltzer Aperient.
It la certain In tta efTecU
It la gentle In tta actlm.
U 1 palateable te the
laate. It can be relied
upon to cure, and It enree
riy eifufinf , not by ontraar
Inc. nature. In bet take
vlulent purvailvei; year
aelvea or allow yoar ehll-
SioMieatfaclie;
iren to take them, alway
aae tbla elegant phar
maceutical preparatioa,
which baa been for more
than lorty year, a pnblte
lavonle. Sold by trvgfiH
DTSPEPSI1I.
PA1
Obtained and all P ATFNT Bl'SlNESS at
tended to for MODEUATE FKF,S
Our office) t oppoeite the U. S. Patent
Office and we can obtain patent In lea time
than tbote famota from WASHINGTON.
inrt MODKL OK UKAWINU. We ad-vl-e
aa to patentabllitv free
I "k.:TNV CnAUGE UNLESS PATENT IS
We refere.. bere, to tbe roetmaster, the
Sapt. of Monev I rder Dir.. and to tLe offl
rers of the U. S. Patent Office. For circu
lars aJvlce. teruia ami references to actual
agent in you own state write to
C. ,. SXOW c CO.
Opp. Patewt ttOire Waahlnilon. I. C.
Toii5lTCuC!i,fcraT!iaii5&DiinMlitT.
1TILIJAM KXABE Jt CO
Foa. 4 aad Wn Kaltltnoew Strecw td4tlnaorav
Mo. 1U flflh Aveaue, Kmw Ywrk. Z.
ADVERT
rT?PP hT ad.1re.alua: UKOKtlKP
HkJUlikJ kilWLLLaiu., 10 spruce
St.. .N. V'.ra, can lrn the exact Coat ef
--7 line oi vnvertinina la Amartcm
Nwpa, era. AarlUv-pakK .aBptalrt. lc
ri pi
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iBl
EOTS
Ellill
Publisher.
Trie AkMBra of Little Tealey. I
Since little Wcley wont, tbe place eeetna all ao !
at.-an.e and alill
TVv I miee hia yell o' "Cran'pap!" aa I'd nxlra the
whipperwill!
.nd to think 1 ued to acold htm for hi rrerlaalln'
r.oiae,
Wben I on'y rlckollert Llm a the beet o' little
bova!
I wi-ht a hnndrcd time, a day 'at he'd come
trnoinln' In.
And all the tuiiae be ever made waa twlc't aa kmd
uir'inl
Tt "n'd cem like aome aoft moalc played on eoroe
One inairnmrnt,
'Lougaidc o' thia lood loncjomeacea, aenoa little
Wutlcy wuctt
Of ronrae the clot k don't tlrk no loader tban It oae
to Jo
Tit now they ' time It 'pear like It n'd bo'it Iteclf
In two!
And. let a moater. (adJent-Uke crow aome'tr cloat
aronnci.
Anil art-ma 'a ef mighty nlh It 'a d Uft me off the
Crcundl
Arel aaruc with all tbe cattle when they bawl around
the bare.
In the red o' airly morula', r tbe dak and daw and
atara,
When the nel.hbora' boya 'at paaaee never atop, bet
jeat (r on,
A-whl.tliii' kind o to thalne'v'a tinea Uttie
Wealcv'a gone?
And than, o nifrhta when mother'a aattln' np
nncnmmon late,
A bilin pear or aomepln, and I act and imoke aoj
wait,
Tel the moon out through the winder dont look
biKger 'n a dime.
And ihin- keep gitiin tiUer atl'.ler etil'.er all the
time
I've ketrhed nija'f a-wUhln' like a I dun on tbe
cheer
T- w ind the clock, a I hev done for more'o fif ly
year
A-wi!-bia' 'at tbe time bad come for na to go to
td
With our laat prayer and oar lat teara, aince tltUa
YVcalcy'a dead!
Jarrus iVKUeemb Kilry in V Ctntury.
THE SAILING l'AUTY,
AVhen Mr. TompVlna riecMeil to ulre
a -r.nin.o; rfty, te dctenniued that he
wouM maVe it a Ktieeesa.
"A lon nnd happy ..ty on the w.tfer,
niil lie, tnlkinn it over with cotialn Maiir!,
"4i..-.t'e the irle.t. You hrinp: your mother
t:i1 o.ilt any of your f rieutl. ami we'll
sr.- IT w! riii't hare n little apree."
Cotiiirt Maml thought it a very nlco
Phw hul never aniled much. She
ron'lereJ if she wonM be a good aailor,
..nrl waa qultrconfldent that aha would,
became a!ie was not ill at all whrnahe
went. 1otth toOlil Pointon tho strainer.
Mr. Tompkins was Rim jcite confident,
ffir, iu fact, Mr. Tom-kins was very
street on Maud, ami UJn't like, even la
fAiicy, to ere the belorctl object eenVick.
S M.nul tvaid sho would ask. some of
the Kirl.s ?.!r.-. Jones and Birdie Tomtit t,
and of courso tlear MUs Kounder, and
tbey would hiiva the beat timo that was
rrr know go out Lvyond the Navesink
Iic''.t, rii;ht into the ri-alod.au. It vroulj
be rierfi-crly rli-mliill
V:th liuhtue.s of heart they parted.
Mr. To matins after hunting nlmutthe
ir. tri:i:.;e parrs of tho city nud feeling
very imuh t f aad sen doc, hired the
r.-t lovely Miiall kl.Kip, c.ilietl the Vik
'S. with a cabin aud a cockpit, a fkipper
.ind a liy.
Front a distaneo it looked like a real
yacht. It was only when you got on
boird flint you found the cabin too mall
; 3 ar.-itnl up in, ami that the seats in the
i c.ckplt were s. narrow you alid oH them
wln-.ttho Viking heeletl.
Mr. Tompkins has a blue flannel anil
win hr -- biirronsand a pJakel cap.
Tho I wlies wear Tam O'Shnnters, of
Itrr, fiiprln tennis hats tied down sar-ti-ly
with lon Tells. Oyer their arms
are in trkintoahes, shawls and ulsters, in
their hands paper novels, parasols, a book:
of signal , two field glasses, a few boxes
of candy. Miss Ronnder carries aa air
million of rubber. Birdie Toratitt a box
of hi.cu:ts.
As Mr. Tompkins approaches with a
mi"enfrer boy In his wake carrying the
unch, ho finds them all leaning over the
e.lo of thd wharf looking at aomething
i t t!.e witer. What ran they be looking
at t lie's a bent to call out. but fears that
I bo notes of his manly voice may startle
thetn.so that they will fall in. Then they
?co him aud rush forward with cITnsive
irrretinjrs:
"So glad yon'we come. How could yoa
be late Dear mel What a lot of bas
kets' Isn't the day perfect! Maud and
her rnsnmiA are too late. I it xoing to
Imj windy? Do you think It's rouh out-.lde?-'
Tlins baieireI, tha pallant Tompklra
f.tiN into an eaay attitude flanked by the
basket, and, returning Kreetiugs, Cually
aks;
"What were yon all looking at when I
catno up?"
There is a silence. Then some one
s".ys:
"We were looking at the boat. She's
very pretty, but um rather far down.
That U I should say the tide's very
low."
Mr. Tompkins exchanges some Jovial
nautical remarks with tbe speaker in a
jaunty manner, and finally inquires:
"Ah, akipper, how are we to get the
ladie. on board? I see no steps!"
Tbe ekiprier, without moving, spits
dreamily, and says:
"Thar ain't no steps nowlieres 'round
here. But thar's a ladder nailed up
against the wharf thar. They'll hare to
climb right down that." -
All the ladies peer over.
There are, indeed, some bits of wood
nailtd one over the other against the
slimy boards of the wharf, and these are
hardly wide enough to hold your toes.
The ladles keep a pained silence.
The skipper, pitying them, says consol
ingly: "They could Jump it. If they set tight
down on the edge, with their legs dan
jeling over, and we could ketch, 'eiu on the
flv."
"Oh, that's nothing." says Tompkins,
ponhpooliin, and loftily wavintc Lis
band, "We'll get you down easy enough.
You watch now it's very simple. You
et down thisway " He sits down on
tbecilge of the wharf, then turns over
very charily, aad feels for the ladder with
his toes. lie doetn't Cud it, however, and
ii'.n position is perilous.
"Just a little lower and you're all
rlif lit," says the skipper, watching hint
wUh interest, but not moving; "just a
little low-r."
In his effnrta to get a little lower Mr.
Tompkins slips suddenly down, clawing
alon the wharf with hooked fingers. He
clutches a ( IKS in tl-tie, and saves himself
from falling In the face of all his ladies,
pros' r. to on his back on the deck.
When bn gets down he say with trl
nm;u, pufSng a good deal, and oblivions
of lo:i, green atains on the front of him:
"That's the way to do it: Oh, it's not a
bit hard when you ;et the knack!"
The Ladies ai-cjulre the knack in differ
ent ways. Mrs. Jones sit on the edc,
eitrcf''.!y wraps her skirts around her
ankles, and thru springs wildly out, with
her eyes shut, st reaminir. She falls opon
the shipper and Mr. Tompkins, ranged
elow her, who are as rocks to tbe shock.
j Hat ilirdie Tomtitt, who comes second, is
a: nil 1 1 or this bold Myle. She hesitates,
and cl!nss and shrinks Iu great anguiab,
crying us ahe peers over the dizzy verge:
'ib ia a rBimia whom tii tbutk
EBENSBURG, PA..
"Now, if you idrls puah me, I'll never I
forgive you; no, never!" j
Iuvaiu she tried Mr. Tompkins way,
and being shorter than Mr. Tompkins, is
a good foot from the top step, and hangs
there, feeling frantically around with her
feet, atid crying piteously:
"Ob, Mr. Tompkiu. what's the matter?
Where's tho atep? Oh, Good Heavens!
I can't get down any further; what's go
inx to happen to int?"
Mr. Tompkins and the skipper pull her
down by the fret. Mis Rounder and
Mand are easily disposed of. But when
It comes to Mrs. Brown, Maud's mamma,
both Mr. Tompkiusand the akipper feel
that it would io false politeness to allude
to "the knack."
Ponderous and good nat ured, she stands
on the edeof the pier, and looks over a
rampart of black jet trimming, puffing
huskily.
Mr. Tompkins says with an attempt at
airy liadinair:
"Now, Mrs. Brown, It's your turn.
Which way will you take it?"
'I don't nee that there's much choice,"
says the lady, staring and wheezing.
'"Well," says Tompkins, with the per
spirntioa starting on his brow, "You
cau it dowu and climb down the ladder
or um ah yon can jump."
Mrs. Brown, holding the post, lets down
one mixhty foot and feels for the ladder.
As aa attempt this is a failure. She
draws up the foot and says dubiously:
"Jump from hero I It's a good dls-
""Oh." gallantly, "we'll catch yon. You
won't hurt yourself."
"I dare ay nob But I vron't take mj
affidavit that I won't hurt you."
"Never mind me'aaysthe hero, con
scioua that the eyes of Maud are upon
him. -
After some discussion it Is docided by
the party that Mrs. Brown will jump.
Mr. Tompkins and the skipper Lear the
brunt of tbe blow, while tbe boy stands
behind, doing duty as a buffer.
In preparation she throws down her
black handbag, her parasol, her IhkiIc, her
cashmere hliawl, her tennis hat, and final
ly herself, btriklrg the skipperwith a
drill, hollow Round, who in his turn sends
the poor liuTrr staggering afar.
The f.rst part of the nail was delightful.
Everyone was In pay spirits. At every
lurch of tho vessel they ail screamed to
gether and cried:
Oh how lovely! Isn't this fun? Will
It be rougher when we get outside?"
Outside the narrows, and well into the
lower bay, the sloop from a gentle, well
bred roll began to lurch and pitch on the
rsgicei seas. The screams grew louder
andmorolond. Every one thought this
the most enchanting motion. Soexciting
the vray the bow plunged into a wave, and
such fun to watch tbe big seas come
seething from ander the lee Hide.
It was Mrs. Jones who Crs.t discoverexl
the potent charm of this side. She had
been sitting iu the sun on tho upper side,
screaming loudest of all, when presently
silence descended upon her. She had
abruptly moved to the lee side, and
spreading her parasol o-. er her bead, leaned
forward and looked into the sea. No cue
noticed her, a lady revelling in the beau
ties cf the deep not being a phenomenon,
till the host cried out jocosely:
"What is Mrs. Jones plotting tinder
thst parasol?"
Mrs. Jones' voice sounded angry when
he said:
"Looking at the water. The wavea are
o lovely."
It was Miss Rounder who next suc
cumbed to the occult fascination of the
bounding billows Miss Rounder, who
baa been screaming gleefully at every
crested hillock that the Viking mounted,
and every green hollow into which she
sank. Silence now, gradual but deep,
tell upon Miss Rounder.
At first she yawned several times. Then
leaned Hack ia her corner and let her eyes
roam from tbe heaviogaratotheswaying
mast aad tbe undulating deck, after
which, with a smothered sound which
might, unarrested, have beru a groan.
she shot her eys, and a a.ckly pallor
overspread her face.
The popularity of the lee side now be
came quite atnking. Maud's mamma
soon fell beneath its conquering sway.
Sbe had taken etl her bonnet, which.wita
the lunch, filled the cabin to the skylight,
and had put on her old felt tennis hat,
tied down with a veil. No British gren
adier ever looked more severe and immov
able than Maud's mamma. Both Maud
and Mr. Tcrapklns noticed it.
"Your mother," said the adoring Tomp
kins, who had a " tendrease " for ail
Maud's Ielongings, "seems a fine sailor."
"Oh, dear, yea," said Maud, with her
enticing simper, "we're all good sailors in
our family."
And they both tamed and looked
proudly at the Spartan parent, severely
unsmiling under the tennis hat. Both
noticed a slight glaasiness in mamma's
cerulean orbs and a set look aliout her
lips. Mr. Tompkins, coldly conscious of
the row of parasols blooming like mush
rooms along the lee aide, said with sud
den fear:
" You feel qnlte) ah qnlta comfort
able, Mrs. Brown?"
"Quite," with haughty emphasis. Then
suddenly: Look here hand me that
parasol quick any of them."
She disappeared under its friendly
shade, but presently looked out again,
with her old face quite gray under the
tennis hat.
"I find the sun gives me such terrible
headaches," she said, easily, with a pres
ence of mind which struck Mr. Tompkins
as heroic.
Aud now the rays of the snn beat down
fiercely on the little sloop, the waves kept
creeping up behind stealthily raising the
stern, and then letting it drop with a sud
den, fierce playfulness.
A terrible fear fell on Mr. Tompkins.
What if Maud should join the silent ma
jority on tbe lee side? She, too, had
grown silent and preoccupied, but still
sat rigidly upright, and smiled when he
spoke to her. He said, looking at his
watch:
"What do you say to something to eatf
It's 2 o'clock, let's have some sardines."
She gave him a quick aud rather deadly
look.
"No, thar ks," she said, looking away
from him and winking up her eyes in tha
glare, "I'm not hungry."
The silent row of honorably wounded
had all groaned at his suggestion, and the
feet hail writhed in anguish on the deck,
"I've told the skipper to put back to tha
Narrows," he hazarded as a second re
mark. Whatever made his Maud so
heavy In hand all of a sudden?
The row groaned again with relief, and
Maud asked with sudden vivacity:
"How long before we get there?"
; "About twenty minutes."
' "And then it will be smooth?" "
"Oh, quite smooth, aa soon as we pass
the forts."
"Thanks;" and she settled herself down
In the most business like manner.clinched
her hands a re and her parasol, fastened
her eyes on the forts and said not a word.
"It's awfully warm, Un't it? ' said the
lover desperately, and. with a rubicund
face.
"Very," said the loved one, speaking aa
If her teeth were set.
"Are you sure you wouldn't like aom-
hakii ran, ahd all. iei slitu bxsidk.'
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 2S. 1SSS.
grasr
"CJnite." "Not a glass of beer?" sweetly.
"No," loudly and fiercely.
"A lemon to suck?"
Xo answer, only a heavy pause.
"We'll crul.se round after we get Inside.
It'll be cooler there."
"I horie ao."
"You don't feel pick, do you?" in a fond
whisper, peering under the paraol with
tender solicitude.
"No, I don't," pulling the paraol down
over her head, making one of the point
stick into his cheek.
"Wei!, we'll have lunch as soon aa we
get in.side tbe forts, won't we?"
"Good Heavens, I don't know! How
long now before we get there?"
"Five miuutea."
And during that five mlnntee she
wouldn't say a word. Not a syllable could
Tompkins extract from her. Coming off
theslaop in tho creninff Tompkins over
heard 1-er say to her mother:
"Wasn't it awful? I couldn't have
stood it a moment longer."
And Mr. Tompkins went homo wonder
ing what "it" was.
MYKTLE 3 HOWARD'S SIX.
It was a charmlns eeene; tho village
nail decorated with vines and flowers.
The aoft music from tho band and the
sweet fragrance of the June roses filled
all the air with tweet sounds and rich
perfume. The occasion was a strawberry
festival given by the young people of tho
little viilage of Stanhope.
Myrtle Howard etood by the window,
looking down the long hall, watching the
ever changing scene with a smile of en
joyment. She looked very beautiful to
iiiKht crimson roses la her beautiful
h&ir, a white dress with crimson at her
throat, while the roses ia her cheeks out
rivaled the roses in lier hair. There was
a look of expectation la the black eyes,
and she watched the door eagerly, and
still the person aho was looking for did
not come.
"Surely Lewis will be hero to-ntght,"
sho murmured to herself. "How sur
prised ho will be to see me here, and how
glad I shall be to see him! Ny noblo
Lewis". not my Lewis, but he shall lie,
for love begets love, they say, and some
time, if not now, Lewis will love me even
as I love him."
Ah! there ho Is, end with him Madeline
Vernon, and a shadowdarketied t he beau
tiful face as she saw Lewis Stanley enter
with pretty Maddie Vernon, the village
belle, leaning on his arm.
Myrtlo Howard had been on a visit,
previous to wbicb. Lewis Stanley had paid
her considerable attention, and she had
allowed herself to love him, whiles Lewis
h.-.d only a brother's love for her, telling
her often that the reminded him of his
sister. lie hadn't a thought that Myrtle
cared for Mm, so when she went away he
commenced to go with Madeline Vernoa,
at first l.ici.usa she was pretty and the
lelle of Stanhope, and now because he
had learned to leve Lcr and hcjd to win
her for his wife.
Soni" people called Madeline Vernon a
Cirt, but fc'ie was not a flirt. Sbe waa
pretty, graceful and naive, and of course
had ir...ny admirer. The girls were furi
ously jealous of her, and though they
treated htr well to her face, they did net
hesitate to ray pretty sharp things tho
moment Ler back was turned. .
Maddie and Myrtlo Lad always bee a
warm f rien-ls, but cow, as Myrtle stood
and watched Lewis and Maddie, saw how
fondly he looked down Into the bright,
sparkling faee, abe hated Madeline Ver
non, for she felt that Lewis was lost to
her forever; and now, though Maddie did
iiot know it, she Lad made anenemy that
would leave no stone unturned to blight
her young life, for tho evil ia Myrtle's
nature had been aroused and it would
make the hearts of Madeline Vernon and
Lewis Stanley ache.
Myrtle left the window and with stately
ttep walked over to where Mad lie and
Lewis were standing. "Why, Myrtle!"
both exclaimed, "when did you cjme?
How glad we are that you have come
Lack; w c have missed you so much."
"How pretty the hall looks, doeaa't It?"
Maud:e said. "How sweet the flowers
are! Yon remember whet Lord B-icoa
ssys about Cowers, don't you?" sbe con
tinued, turning to Lewis; "isn't it a
sweet thought? The breath cf Cowers
comes and goes in tbe air likothe warb
ling of music.' I must go now, for I sco
I have to sing a solo, at least the pro
gramme says so. You two caa have a
tiice little talk, while I am torturisg sec
itiveears with Cantilina;"and with a gay
wave cf the little Land Maddie left them.
"I always think cf Tennyson's Made
line whenever I aeo Madue, don't you.
Mr. Stanley? These three lines are Just
like Lsr," and Myrtle repealed:
"Smtilac. frowning everncre.
Tboo art perfect in luve-i ore,
Efer-Tarrtag kvadallas.'
Bnt jnst then the sweet voice of Made
lice ratg through tho hall, and Lewis saw
nothing, heard nothing but Madeline.
He did not see the angry look in Myrtle's
eyes, or hear the muttered words that
were anything but complimentary to
himself.
'What a flirt she la," Myrtle remarked,
as the two watched Madeline come off
the stage, and saw her talking and laugh
ing in her easy way with several gentle
men who had surrounded her.
"Excuse me," Lewis answered, "I don't
think Miss Vernon is a flirt at all."
"I snppose not," was the answer, "It Is
very difficult to persuade gentlemen of it
until they arc convinced by experience.
They are like children; they must have
their fingers burnt before they will be
lieve the flame is anything but pretty."
Just then Madeline retnrned to them.
"Look," she said, "a'.l the flowers I have!
Here, Myrtle, you shall have this calia
lily, for it is like you str.tcly; and this
rose-bud and geranium leaf you shall
have, Lewis, not because you denervs the
gift, bui because I don't krow what else
to do with it," and Maddie looked at him
with a saucy smile.
Lewis watched Madeline closely that
evening. Was she a flirt? he asked him
self, lie could not believe if. If there
was anything Lewis Stanley detested it
was flirting. He determined to keep a
close wau:U on Madeline, and to find out
for himself whether she was a flirt or
not. He did keep a close'watch; so close
that the rest of the gentlemeu declared
that they could never get a chance of
speaking to Maddie. for Lew Stauloy was
forever by her aide, and village gossips
nodded their wise beads over their tea
cups and thought that Maddie had met
her fate at last, and soon there would bo
a wedding at Squire Vernon's.
Myrtle Howard hfard all this. How
she hated Madeline for stealing from her
the -nly heart she ever covett-.i: On rne
thine: she determined: Mad line Vernoa
should never be Lewis Stanley's wife!
It waa at a l.iwn-leiinis party that Lewis
told Maddie of LU love. They had wan
dered away from the rest of the p my to a
litlle faummer Loose hidden by the honey
suckle. They did not fcno:r that Myrtle
Lad seen them and bad followed them
with t-low, cautious footstep.
Lewis did uok 6ius;tci th.t otbor cars
SI.50 and
thaa Madeline's listened that uicht to
his tale of love; yet to it was. Myrtle,
buck in the shadows, bearJ.his p.a-.ion-ate
words of love, and when he ask el
Maddie to be bU v.ilo heard her answer,
"Yes."
Myrtle laughed a low, mirthless laugh.
"She" a-hall never lie your wife, Li-win
Stanley never!" And then si;o ere- t
away, leaving the lovers all unconscious
that before forty-ei-ht hours tbe troth
they had plighted that night would be
broken. All night Myrtle laid strake
asking herself how she could but sriniMto
these twoyouuj; hi aits. S aid y Myrtle.
Howard's good mtl m'tti Live vept
over her that night. --.--
Tho next day Lewis received a i:r.tn
which Le supposed cam a from M.fldie. It
readthu.: "Mr. Stauley: I must ask you
to release me from the engagement which
I made with ycu last evening. I said
yes just for fun. I won't carrv tbo jolio
any farther. Hopiiiv; this will Cud 3-011 in
your usual good health and sj.iiits, I will
say hm jour. Madeline Vernon."
"Good Leavens!" Lewis exclaimed,
"this cinr.ot Le from Madeline; ami yet it
Is her writing, and who t-l.so knew cf onr
engagement? Madeline, Madeline, it
cannot lo you that wrote thus cruel note,"
he cried in tones of agony; "nud yet they
warned, und Myrtle told me I should
never lielieve you were a flirt until I
knew by actual experience."
That evening Lewis Stanley left Stan
hope. All that evening Madeline waited and
watched for Iewis, and when Le did not
come she wondered to herself If he was
net sick.
Myrtle called the next morning to bor
row some music, she said, but iu reality
to tell the news to Madeline.
"Did you know," Kbe asked in assumed
Ignorance, "that Mr. Stanley has left
town?"
She saw Maddie start, while a sudden
pnllor overspread her sweet face.
"No," Maddie answered.
' "Ves," Myrtle continued, "he left last
evening; goimr to stay some time, so ho
tcl'l brother Charles. Very strange he
'.ld r.ot t ail arid say good-bye to you. A
great many people think ya two are en-gn,7-:;
st'ch a place for goss'p Stanhope
is." I'oor Xaddie! she went ou talking
ard I-uigbiuf.-, with fate as hriitht as ever;
and few, if any, susiected the LitUr pain
tljatw.is gnawing i.t her htiiirt through
all her careless demeanor.
Myrtlo noticed with a feeling of j.-y tho
pained expre-sion in Middle's face, aud
ion. to Maddie'a relief, ltft.
At first Maddie was too ntunned to
think, and then she thought that Lewis
must have left a note for her. Sbe would
go to this post-office and see; but Maddie
found 11 no c. WL.it did it r:.a, Lewis
leaving her like that, and orly t wo tights
Ih foru be Lad asked htr to be his wife?
Numerous were tbo conjectures afloat
concerning Lewis' departure.; the old
l.ili.aiuiH tlisl Mii7..'irot -i,l Hit ..A I,!.
wnue tne young jaaies tnougrit that lie
had flirLed with Madeline. This latter
comment was original with Myrtle.
"Go away, I dont want you; I want
Lewis Stanley. Not you, Madeline Ver
non, with your eyes of the siniuie -t 1! :e;
true Liue, those eyes arc, and they hn k
at rae so reproachfully , ju-t 1.3 if you
knew I had clone you a jrrf-r.t wror.'T. You
won him from me, Lewis Stai.Iey; you,
with y.mr golden hair and tweet voice.
Go e.rvay. tj.j away, for I 1 y.to yoa, I tell
yoa!" and p5or tick Myrtle tcsoed Ler
hands wildly ia the air.
Fever had stricken Myrtle, and for days
she had been delirious, cnljiug sometimes
for Madeline, but always for Lewis Stan
ley, muttering at times about some fear
ful wrong she had done him.
Madeline was with her at times, and
rtayUix at Myrtle's house all tbe time,
for Myrtle railed frequently for her, and
then when Maddie went near told her she
hated her. "Ha, ha," she laiu'.t.l, "yon
did not get Lois, did you? Never whilo
I lire shall yon havu him. I sent that
cote. Don't tell, will you, but I sent Lim
a note. You send for him, and I will tell
Llm all shout it."
The doctor kaid sho could not live, but
her brother Charlie would not believe it.
Maybe, Le thought, if she could see L:wis
Stanley fcLe would get bettor. "1 Lava
Leard cf people getting well, even after
tbe doctor hud given them tip; perhaps if
the tells Lew that c'readful secret aLu
raves about, it will do her giod." Aud
so Charles telegraphed to 1t-w Stanley.
Thua it happened that eight mouth
from Lew!s Stanley's hasty depart ure he
came l.at k to Stanhope. lie went at oncu
to Mr. Hi.Trard's house, where tne servant
Ushered l.'.iu Into tbe rarior, w here ha
found Ma 'd.s with tearf ;il cjts, frr nil
Ftauhrpe knew row that beforethe morn
ing's sun should risn over the eastern
bin tap Myrtle Howard would tlie. Uvea
Charlie, Myrtle's brother, Lad given up
hope now. for tha crisis had past and t bo
doctor hr.d said that Myrtle would not
live to fee the morrow's sun.
Sbe was conscious now, and had asked
for Lewis, saying that she- must, see him
before she died, and when Charlie said
be Lad sent for Lim, she said the wan
glad.
When Lewis entered the parlor where
Maddie was, she arose co'dly and told
him sh would tell Charlie he was there,
and Charlie came and took him to Myrtle.
Sbe had bade them nil leave her, for she
wished to sec Lewis alone. Poor Myrtle!
so young to die, so young to leave tho
beautiful world. And yet she did not
care.
Lewis took both Ler clammy hands la
his.
"Lewis," Myrtle whispered. "I have
done you a great wrong. Tell mo now
you will forgive mo. Oh, promise me you
will forgive me!"
"Yes, ye?," Lewis answered. "I will
forgive you." He did not dreara Low
much he Lad to forgive.
"Lewis, 1 sent you that note. Thenlght
before I heard you tell Maddie of your
love. I was dotermiued she should never
be your wife; for, 3-es, Lewis, shocked as
yon will be, I loved j'ou. Mine was an
unrequited love. When I saw that you
loved Maddie, nil the evil in my nature
was aroused, and I determined that she
should never have you, and I sent you
that cruel note. Lew is, cm you forgive
me? Heaven only know how I repent of
that dreadful eiu. Can you, will you fur
give me?"
Lewis answered, "As I hope to ba for
riven, I forgive you. Myrtle."
"Lewis, grant my dying wish, do not
tell M.-.ddie of this till aftor 1 am in my
cofTin; theu bring her to look at me, tell
her of tho note. Surely she will forgive
me then, when she looks at my dead lace,
and knows that I can do Ler no mure
harm. Sbe has leca a true friend to
me. and how have I repaid that friend
ship! And now, Lewis, good-bye: I shall
never see ycu la this world av.in. but
my earnest prayer is, that you and Mad
die may bo happy. Good bye."
IxMvis stooped and imprinted a kiss on
the pale forehead nud left Myrtle Howard.
That uiht she died.
Two c'.ays after, Madoie nnd Iewis
Stood iNtido the oj.cu casket Looking at
tbe p ile, peaceful f.ice of tbe dead girl,
and l.c-wis toid Maiidie, as Myrtle Lad
t. q-tosted, tuei grtatt wnmtj nlm Lad done
tln.::i both. "Oh, L-w:s! sure'y I v.ottld
Ls-v forgiven her; why diJ the not let uxc
twit
postage por yoar. In advance.
NUMBER 34.
ti ll her how freely I forgave htr, bclcre
the died"
Then nnd there Lewis and Maddie re
newed theirenaeineut, and not a bitter
thought did they have lor Myrtle. Fivo
years, Lappy ones for Mr. and Mrs. Stu
ler, Lavo pa ; -ed since JTyrtlo was laid
"under the ciai-it." They have a little
g:ii, a Witt little pirl, who answers 1-0
the name of Myrtle. They never t 'lir.fc cf
thodead Myrtlo save with a pitj-iiig ten
derness far Ler treat tin uii l Lcr early
dtu'.L. "
A CIIAIttliNC. WIDOW.
"The idea of that littla thing being a
widow!"
"And a widow of four years' standing!
It fuirly takes one's breath away. She
doesn't look a day over lilti t u."
"Ex.cpt in a strong li ,'ht. In a strong
light she would bn t.-.kei: for every day of
twenty-one. 4 never settle- upon a wom
an's aire until I biive seen Ler iu a strong
lisjht."
This rather r"int?d remark from the
li;is of M;-s riekctt, 11 spiiisf r wbes-; age
whs frankly beyond compare, srr.)cd to
produce an electric eTect. Kvery woman
on the piazr.a, as though suddenly re
minded of a neglected duty, began care
fully pn- ttcting her eyes from the glare
cf the sky.
"I wonder if she will pet the English
man," began the first speaker ngain.
"She is putting in some pretty hard
work. Her .''lightest glances iire the in
carnatiJii of fattc-ry."
"A griat mistake. Never g've a man
more than he expects you will only bore
him."
"I am not so pure of that. A man ia a
Very weak thiny."
"Well, mark my word he doesn't
mean anything; Le is only amusing Li;;i
sclf." A boanling-honso in Santa Barbara,
even when nestled amidst all the luxur
iance of stmi-tmplcal California, is finite
lik other hoardiiig liou. is after all. It
contained the usual abundance of idle I
women, the usual bv.rcl;y cf vigorous
men, tho usual superHuity of ;;o.ssi;.
So it hr.pT-ot-cd that the bonrd-rs at
RadcliTe Mansion r. hicli, by the way,
was no mora cf a ::;aijs;; ri than cny rc-ere-ciubla
two-stiry building, but was
burdened with that title iu ihT- iencc to
the prevailing Californian tendency to
make everything greater than it is wcro
ail more or less inteittttd in Mrs. Cora
Tyrrell.
Mrs. TyrrMl rat opposite mo nt the
table, and I used to wat.-h her in a sort cf
amaze that anyone could 1j so yonngawl
fres.h i:nd fair ard y t La v. idowi-d. lier
form w.-.s ahs'.-ruly .vi:lit for a fi.ii grown
woman's, r. hile L- r face was as sweet and
guileless a-; n child's.
he scLiie way reminded mo cf a p.moy, t
parti-u.ariy v.l.ta lIh wore a tl;f:htiy
flaiins Lat, its Cushy br-ra hctllcs c.T to
perfection the transparency of her com
plexion, the soft baby-liko t ines of Ler
hair, the large, tender, pathetic eyes.
Baauty of tbij sort, wins women as well
rs rata. Even Ml. ,3 I'kfcctt, rcted for
the severity of her mental atmosphore,
w.-.s subjugated. Not a woman grudrtej
Mrs. Tyi reil her beauty, but several drew
the lire "t the ri;.';'.U:u.iU. l-'cminine
generosity Lfs its 'i::.its.
Y"'t fee Percy l lliott wr tho only
eligible- n:r.:i at Hade ii fits M:;s!r:i
eligible in the world's r.ci c; t .it ii -n of the
term, which has a weil-deil-.a -1 u .'.-rente
to i:: irrepiachable b.ii.k-.-a tuinit and
it was hard to watch him tlowly disap
pear down the widow's iiltlo ii,i-(..,t.
He was a tail, 1.0: chr.laat yunni; fel
low, quite convinced of his v, n im
portance, after the fash-inn of Lis coun
trymen. A certain narrowness cf cbfst
told why ho was wintering in this lar
western land; and freq-i'-nt horseback
rides with Mr.-. Tyrrell udd that he !c
Lived in mingling Lusines with pleas
ure. She was a wonderful horsewomnn, rid
ing as easily without tho saddle as with
It, mid junipinir any fence without a
tremor. These t-qtiestriun ducts stim
ulated the hoarders to the liveliest tpeeu
Lit ion.
Cora certainly wa j:ot. overburdened
with money, though her taste in dress
fckilfully concealed the defiincy. Jew
elry of every description sho utt.rly
t -chevred; tn;f t be ;! (i'-. of her crape iui
rX'.;;r..- it . iy relieved by flowers.
Sue was tver wit -i'Mil Movers upon her
bre i't; ilrst n.i ;t dc'iiirc kl-t 1,
snj-ge-tive of wiiiov. -.oil; then is tho
days v; on, rcte -vhilj i .r a long
time, and f;:-l!y pii.!
I rr.nu to measure the progress of her
afiair with Mr. I-llnott Ly thes ries;
wheti t '.10 j i ik. ones appeaiv 1 1 v. as as ex
cited as a i;irl .- r her firs'. t-LVr.
It was ai -out ihis tlmeth.it t he boarders,
learned through a cousin of liilioti's, a
lad who had accompanied Lim from
Knglatid, that t'.iere was jiik.: 'n-r fail or
in this interesting cne. lie f-.ii 1
Percy was enga-td to an Kt :-ii--h carl
and was to be married the following
whiter.
My woman's curiosity so far got tbo
better of my manners that I linaliy
epoke to Cera about it. She looked at
me quietly for a moment, aud then mur
mured: "Yes, I hnow."
"Then it is true?" I asked, eagerly.
'That is Mr. Elliott's nfTair," the an
swered with a shade cf reproof.
The boarders, as if moved l y one com
mon impulse, persisted in tln-l '.riu; that
Elliott "didn't mean anything.''
"Of courso he's getting all tbe fun ha
can out of it ," observed oiu; experienced
matron; "but marriage is quitu another
matter."
Theu there wan tho nngliilx t'ii or,
rati-.er, the rumor of her.
But I whs not po sure ulxiiit it. To mn
it seemed very plain that from mark !
In liCtre'.ice this nonchalant Knglishmau
had gradually awakened iato vivid in
terest, and as time wore on I could have
sworn that Mrs. Tyrrell was becoming u.
ceees-ity to him.
He teasd and tcrmentf-d snd even
bullied the little wieow, l.nt at the Same
time Le lie-an to follow lier every move
ment with Lhx eyes, to play with his
soup uuiil sho appeared at table, to
wander iu his replies whenever he was
addressed.
I-mguld he was at all t'rr.e's, but
there is a natural and an nfTccted lan
guor, nnd it seemed to mo that the less
be retained the one the more he cultivated
tbe t her.
Few men can resist the daily presence
of soft tender eyes raised in apjH-al lo
their superior manhood of an artless in
nccenee Litcxiiug constant correction from
their lare knowledge of tbe world.
Miss Pickett and Mr. Elliott were al
ways at loggerheads. Iler keen sallies
were continually wounding his wlf love,
bis languid assumption of superiority was
a perpetual insult to her progressive
womanhood, aud so their mutual n
ti;.th7 gradually expanded into tolid
Luir-1.
Mis. riekctt w.13 too tkcro-.:vi.!y f-m-iaine
not to bs aggressive in her leistilii
FttwLcu I observed her closeted with .V
TvTre.il for two hours cat- t'.iy, 1 ea :li y
itUfa-'sd wh'it it toea-jt .
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ltsM-d Lacl: r.'.-aitist a frier.il'y i-tont.
ai-d looked out iiito the eight one c
those cx.4u1.-kc, luminous, cuiiuciiy O;
i'ornu-.i nights.
The sei-nts of a thousand Hewers t er-f
cf tho orange bhj.s-.om rising above tl-v
rest as the voice of the prima iV:;t
leads and accentuates, the song cf !h :
chorus drifted upward to charm ou.
senses.
Cora sighed a little and then began:
1 "Miss 1 iclett saidldid not r.ndeistn.i
men at. all that 1 was too nnsii'-'iecti: : ,
too con filling. She said men liked topi,
with such women, but that they su -peered
most those women who trtate 1
theni best."
"Miss Pickett be hanged!" burf forth
from Elliott.
"Tiieii you don't thinh I hv" dore so
very wrong?" and her velvet eyes hoked
into Li) willi -ft irouVicd bweetuess.
"Wron! Humph!"
"How dreadful it seems to neverlr'f.'
anyoTiel I bciievo I would rather b"
always deceived than come to t'l.it
"You see," turning to me, "I am st ra;:,';e
ly situated. 1 am a widow, and yet 1 u:zi
tcarecly more than .a girl.
"You I'cvcr Lave heard about my mn--ri.".e
? It occurred foer years ngo, wLou
I was only seventeen, and still at sohoji.
Mr. Tyrrell was kind to mc-iiud 1 v i
romantic.
"We vere married on a Friday, nnd on
Moml.y my husband was summoned to
Mexico on bu.-iness. It waa An' tist , iui-l
they feared J would take the fever, so :
was decided that 1 must remain
home. Some timo in September ea' -a
telegram aanouticiutt Mr. Tyrrtk
death.
"A wife of but four wechs, away fr."a
my husband when he iicd imagine try
ftt.liagr! per over three years I ham
lived in seclusion. Now you can rnihr
stand how natural it is that I should male
mktaL.cs,."
In htr eyes rose a mkt that. wr. ? da nier
eras to the IlnHkiirnan's c hei i: i'd coii -posnre.
Ho breathed Lard, clean d L';
thio.it , and shifted Lis position. Pinaiiv
a little tn.i'.j btolu ever C-ia"a li; -, au .
sho f-av; Lim a j-lar.ce tiu.t if:-: 1:1. a
carets I often told htr she Lk-il vvitj
Ler i yes.
Th.- jitxt day who should arrive but th'.
Engli .h girl! This advent, it so -ms, wa.-:
tho result of an nrranri'ment n aile som
months before in England, and which
Elliott had not had the nerve to discoun
tenance. I happened to bo parsing tbroivrh tho
hall when Harriett Norton t'a'pid her
lover's hand in greeting. No v.-ordi are
needed to tell a Ecnsitive v.-omau v. hen
she lias lost a man's afTcct ion. 11..; : ittt
knew ii then aud there I c.u'.d Kll Ly
the pallor that overspread lcr face,
atid the suddcu drawn lock about Lcr
month. : 1
Within ten days she had depart '-Vl. ac
companied by Ler CigiHe J uv.i , vl.i
acted as chaperon. Yet, though she was
a reserved pi'l, I had learned t tattcm
Lcr even In th:itshoi t time.
"It is very strange," she raid. "IVrpy
and I have known each othc r from chiid
hooth I believed I could trust him utter
ly." Here a tear welled up in Ler clear
trueeyi-s. "I Lave never loved any maa
but Lim.
"V.'e were to have been mariied next
wii-ter. I wonder Low it will seem never
to sco Lim again."
Then her gaze wandered over to tho
softly tinted mountains, and sho seemed
almost to forget n.y j reseuce.
"Ue is honorable after a fashion, ami he
would live up to Lis word, but I do not
care for a promise after the life has guuu
cut of it."
It was perhaps a month after th: i tint
Mr. Elliott's engagement to Mrs. Tyrrell
was formally anounecd.
Cora went about with a lithenera
euLtly s;:g..;' :.t ive of happiness, yt t vi;ii
no i.iu'.e.e dt '.:on.-tr".t u-.irt of t e; u r -- 1 .
There was even an undercurrent of sad
ness ru:.nii. through it all as thi-.u; '!
khc It .-.liiit'l that Ler rain wr.s 1 i;c 1'.;
loss. II r conduct I c :.n to be p-t:of:jt'u
admirabie. ven 1 y t".:wowb' ;,: - ri t i
ciscd l.t rsc
rely.
-oi-iel v 1
; vc
11!
any tii.i..
taste.
. otter thau an e;;hi.li n.n oi L.id
Late one afternoon we wt re a'!
out on
the pia;i.a, I-Hi' tt ailing in w.iitn-g ft.r
Cora to come down, wl:e-.! a tall stalw art
fellow : 1 11 (if t.p to t If oi .or.
There was a eiii.iin b
Ftr:.'e. a certain freedom
ol Lis urms, wh.th bn-p. .
tioa.
lie n.sl;ed for Mrr. Tyi-
; 1:1
1-
1 the
y itt
.i i:' c
. 1 i.'.ina-
U. Sb
: n, !'
b-ri-
pen en 10 come cut 311.-1 ti-u, j'it :.it
even more dainty than vsital, in h.tc
clin'ritig tiding hol.it. l;i.: . s ; taa;...t
fight of tbe vi:-iujr tl't t'..-; p-d thtii.aa
though turned tout one.
"V. el", t'oru," be In pan.
St :'l ho tlid l:ot spi ah, lilt! si i"ply st ar -.t
rigidly I fore lier, L r c-Leehs as uhitc u-i
tLe liov. ers nt tier Li east .
"I ib. n't call this exactly
a trr.
d
igri'el ing," he continued.
Soi'.iooody laughed. Cora's palioc
changed to a hot red. She thut her t-.-tki
tog' i h.-r wit h a snap.
'"I thought yoa were in Australia, "tho
gasped.
"Ves. I know you did," he n joined with
asK-riiJ-. 'iiut j on see 1 m bin s. jij-e.iu.
You might aa well pack up and con.j
along."
"1 will not," she answered, Oi;
litt le heels into the i'.im.".
You will not?" quietly. "If
Will."
At thii Percy PJliott a
walking resolutely up to .
feaid :
' Understand that- you are
; her
and
UluU
r.l in"
with a loan &9 well as a tick-uscitsu
woman."
"And what business is it of yours?'' re
torted the struiigcr coolly, "lietktuii
man Las a riht to Lis own wife."
. We looked at. each ether aghast.
But it proved only too true. This was
Mns Tyrrell's LusLand, she had Ue:i
married ten yearn, and, worst of all, she
Was thirty three years. Id!
The. Santa Barbara Vulture) ferreted it
all out and served it up in tlm-e ciouMe
leaded column. Its diligence al..i dis
covered that, soon after meet ii'g I'.'.'.iutt
the enterprising widow had secretly in:,; i
tnted a suit for cVivorx-e.Tymil retuniiiu;
from Aust raiia barely iu time to quui
the proceedings.
"She's thesmart est woman on the who'd
coast," he proudly oliserved to the inter
rogating n porter "it I am t-pcaltiug el
my own property."
W'e fjiw Mrs. Tyrrell no more. It tr-r,
our last glimpse of those appealing v 1 nt
that Koft biiken L.iir.
Elliott left precipitately for Enghr.id.
I hope that Harriett Norton was s;i.-i: g
enor.gh to withstand his co!t;-re teara.
But a woman's heart is a curious thiu.1.
Last year wc mad. in tin's country
over sixteen millions of barren of Wer
This, at the usual retail rato of thtrty i!ik
P barrel, rotacs to more than "s UM -0U3,0O0,
Lich the people pav out fo'r
thea beer. Already we avera-o e. -l tv
foci passes of beer for every man. wo nua
and child in the country ; and the avera
1 Increasing, and the uomi ol dnukera
la increasji.