AilvertiHiiifj. iiixte. The larva and reliable elrralatton 01 the Cam bki a Fntca an mmeadt it to tb tevoisole a a lOaralloa of advertiser, ta la Ton will bain eertee. at the fuliu lne- WW ratal i EllKNSlll'IM. - - - I'Knn-a. HI JAMES K. UAS5fO. 1 Inch, I Uimi 1 44 I month. 1 " i BtotlUx 1 " 1 year S 44 maath 1 year 91 SA I M 09 6.00 leaie .w 1 UA 10. 0 V Sft.Oo b.Oo TS c0 ,1 Ciroul.'k iti. 1 .' o. In a rr ' I " months. 44 1 rear " ....o.-orPTM v RATES. eol'a montba.. " rnoaUu...... ... SS-atn.-e J1M H 44 9 mouths- 1 y.mr do " the county BntliMi Itemi. first tsserttim 10e. par Una ; each abaeqneat maertlon e. par Una. Admluletratur end Kxecator's tit JcJ I 50 AsdHar'a Nations .. tot Stray and similar MoUoa 1 SO VJinolimi er jfrocerfrtnq of any corporation or oocietw, a J commmumtvma ttnotud to etui rttrih lum fa mup wklirr of kmilU mr individual inlam ami a mu at at udvertutmentt . Job PaiiTiia af all klads neatly aad exnedf oujIj axeested at lowest prlcea. Don't yoa torfe JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. U A rillMU WHOM TBB TKCTH Villi 1KB ALL AftX SLATSa (1UDB. 81. SO and postage per Year In advance. 4 t tuns lures. t ,top VOLUME XXIV. EHENSBURG. PA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 14. IS90. NUMBER 7, . nr r r Tr p"rL.jwM'' i einerwiee. err "t ' tuc pcnPI JUL i lvi i-t- viiu, FI FTI I AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA. flow - Spring - Carpets, - Lace - Curtains, and Upholstery Goods. 1 j am s n "-" "," . . nw-ru raa yawn 111 R.'T.rMv. Matting. Linoleums ind .e!7i7,1." "ok Kui hkn Caw:, Staik tih-w TrtAiK. CfKTAis roi.tts rnn. 'twhs, ...... V ..t inu h.m 1-7f ar own ilirfCt Iraportatlco. I nou.aoas u aaira. an new puwrat OC eery fTr. -j nt.. ud to a p!r. TH f fftAi U ftw H-itJ atii an.t Mlft rama.fj. i i rri. K ruu from IS ceata to 00 a "ttu OI" .r. by mall f.ref.Hr att-ndd to. in pVtiThura don't fail to come dliwt u tb Propl.4 Star for tha -ln rirvtftir. vou od in Ures. liooas, Trlmmlns. "SulU and Wraps. li, I i)derajar. Millmrry. Ptc. '! CAMPBELL & DICK. 8. & B. TThcTRcw Spring Assort imarit are new all in. -ra h great plpxaara'io as In offer thai -fnon's pniductona. ttjef are tb r Jt p) ant and atHfarttry for the prleM V i h etc Mn. ,f)urHall Ordr Dartroent will cheor 'f I? wboiit saropUa Kj mall, and your ar 1 ttrt. b flllpd at thwnowtnit pricw and l-JXtl torlly as tbwxt jou wera bere tuflo ytr -Sftoppliag In xwaoo. Hay you tried flrt( lal an pnrion tacatt af a few llnoe 1 t-Jy. I ia ery If .me arta)nt or All Wool HrptrU'l S jlting. J -jo 4 iDcrw-i In wiath, i3 lariia a.ortmcit o alrlpva. plalde and tcitarf. . it .V) cttKj. Thin Is th" wi;nt j;)retin- ilve cffeeijii of 50 cent Hrrti Cjals evrr- nude riwcry irtrrrantlle h; -tKi pieci s 40 to4-n Imported Plalda, 44 Also, at . centii, rtte anrtment of All 7ol, 3i I Jen Sinter. ,hfylot. Sow a o.l sttyll-fc ( lotb KiiuretW, 38 H-iCtir wi at . 4ita. A T.I c iit otfrii th roiwt foe the azar"v v sr n(Ierd linpnitt"! Tailor uit fCJ. Ir. 1 arita varWy of ntyli'h a'rlpeE, 3X laebcs wi. , iiHt4Kt niit. A4. 3:1 cent. .tl lurh Wool hulllrgi.e w atrtpf an rt p hkIl -O'l plfO en citr t ic lite. 13 CfUfa. 23 eat ()nti"ty. "TJrtw Zfpnyr (i(arr am. 13c. 'JOc, 'J.Vl. Andt'r mi's i;inh-n. 4(c, 4.'.. JliallU--largeat arily in all qnalillea t. ttxt Imp.irUMt XII WihiI li.M.iU at .30 Our l. v Spring anil Sumni.r KAarT9N iluNM. anii i:u.(M k will he rnady A?rC 1 It p.iiti twithlnij but yuur name. an 1 porUl card to Kft it. u OGGS ill. 117. IT. ..,, I 110. ui. ALLEGHENY. V.. Ask For Ayer's raM-ipshlla, and bo .ure you (jf t it, Ji'U want the beat bW.l-purifler. With its forty years VT of ucixamplJ auo- cpm iu the cure of F-Um.1 Ii-aB, you can -ronke no tc! taW in prefprriog Ayer'a Sarjsaparilla to acy other. Tba frihmT of mod ern bhxJ madicines. i1tifa?lr Ayr' araparill k v 4I " '''i Q nioat pop- rrw V-i ' r tipuiaaa tnaa J --f othera cjikbined. .'Arrr'a Sanaparilla is m(I ok fnaUr ana er before. I mvi-r heaitate to i-ciiuiunoa it." OoorRo W. Wliiunan. - mk m, A.'Uiny, 1ml, ' I am 4 In sarins that sa wales of r1 Saranarilla far rxefl' thct of ay i tljiT. junl itgivea thorough aatiiifao n " L. 11. Bush. le Moiaea, Iowa. "Aror's Sarsaparilla and Ayer's nils to the aat aHlinff medicinea la my ore. I ran fxtLonnucnd thra T-raarirn i1t."c JJukhaus, rhariavaciat. ri"W, hav- 1 Ayer's Sorsaparrlla l .r oirr thirty years and always n,.n"n'1 U wkn ak-11 nao.a the t lllKMl-purlr W. T. McLeaun. -Ks,"'. AhuhCa. Ohio. ' A- - o . . kk i ,n4''l4-a I bave is k,-,;.. 1 fpnaend it. or. aa tha lt over tha - - t . il n . f .. . ..li ta meet the I,' , "lica I recoiamead it. even ten J dLK l'r-acnt.ii.Ws bave yer's SarsaparHIa, rBErAaSD BT ' C. Avar A r.M 1 nn aa... "l f.I .... 'l.aia aotu, $4. Wan M a bouia- 1 'llrwH( nee. p lH.irua. St.. Sj Yora ' .-,..t l . any .rin.f rin nt I- I M iarit: ra.linr. - a itit 1 in, . '4 A r nb7 ') M' .4 II . J have ..l.l your medicines for the w. ii-r-Dineii years, and always keep Wu in ,t., k, aa tkey are ataplas. tl air " ,V "tU,nf? goo.1 for the youth. v"K "Sr' rWirsaparina. - i PS STftRF ' AFKSTRT BRrwEU, On tt-IQttQd pU tl '2!i, aod plcaty at lower rtica. - Ul B m irDel w W wa w ayi w wiltl ar n aw vauaMWAw am n Oil CMnn, tn all thediterent Krades at tb Eod ato Button CAKr-rr Lisiso. Tamboar. trlih Faint and real Braneto I e largest id! graadett ttock ever Kvpllan UAiaaik. Ew Silk Ram to U ara. w and noboy Kood tor bufrrc ( aw- ahoye Hoom LUMBER IS ADVANCING. SAW-MILLS, STEAM ENGINES, SHI.X1LH MILL. HAT PRFSNTft. tr. If yoa want a Flrat- lama SJaW MIIX aad forCaialoaica aad ipeeial price la lalrodaea a Jour Molina t A. to. lAKyUAK, (Llmllad! .York, Pa. HEMLOCK lilSUfiillCE & SIElI.lSllIP AGENCY. II RK IKSTKANCE AT CST. WMIKES TOSVr.O IN tHU REUAKLK tHlaH. NIKS AT VERY UWCST 3irtrtES. STEAMSHIP TICKETS SOLa AND DRAFTS .SrEI) PAT ABLE IN AXX. PAKTO OrEVKOPE. T. 11. Inllen, A pre-lit , iai:MLOt'Ii.CAMBiaAJO PA. Vebraary 14, luu. ly. Steel fence! H A UK OF EXPANDED METAL HT rmoif wteci. rruATna. SOKETHINB NEW. Far RewocNct . Chukoh', Craw 1 Faaa I llre-Moef PLKTtKlfO L1TR. BOOB aV4T3, c. ra: lor Uliwtrated CataUwue: laailed nr CENTRAL EXPANDED METAL CO lie H.lrr f4t, rtttaawra;n. Pa. BarilaarattaakeralW dtve Bamc id tLm paper klXTM BTatCET, PrTTIBrBu. PA. It iha great eulleaa of Hunine. tlOret, wbara all th bra-hre aromtilete bu.m adueaUoa ara tauaht hy Aetual Huiibmi PraeUc. Ta vnly ai.Biiiar rraai ''aaaa. of the ' Iaa8taia final re. r-raettre A..iK-.l.ia al Anmi't " lb. ta il n I U.nr. Imi kayloa aa.l Muhiiii by ea. Minil la iHiam uinutni. PTartk-al OOloo Wurk n.l HitLir are peelaltle. 2ativlilaal Inttraetlnn. fns a . m. to 4 r. a. aad fro a T to 10 r. . Tr. a,)antur la shwthan.l and T.Tp.wrltln- bifhMt ipeed la tba ibortaat tlma. Sn.l fnr eatalncua all iMiw lb atwwewta Imt work wh.a Tmilut Ik iwiiuaa. lal. ra alwaye eavJewmo. JtIU.AKK WILLIAMS A.M.. Praildeat. -ELY'S- CatairH riwic. C8EAM : BAD' leaw.ea tha aaal Paaaagaa, 7,Dr..:atJiti A bay a Palw rtaflammai .1 ad Mam I a More Ej e auealrea ttae ian er Tmu Hoaell. Try tho Cure. A particle ts applied laU eaca nnntrlle and la aPuaAla. Prlea 60 eenta at ImiKKl.u j a mail raicuiared. eu. ELY M Warraa '. kewWk. ti AT 13 R E'O AGES!9 CU FOB - 'XSSXtJiU. .wiiuill n I IW1I Vs Hltavr Aperlwik Tt li certain In Ita Beet. Tt Is geatle ta tta rtl- It Is ualateabla ta tha taste. It eaa be relUa apoa 4a eare, and It earw by wMf, not by oatrae ia, aalaaa. Ix tot lake lolaat Mira;atlat yoar aalTaa or allow yoor chil SicS-H2ailache,i dren ta taava th.m, always ana thle aial pbar- Baeautlaal praoarailoa. which baa Waa lor more Aim YSPEP S 11 Lrf" J .00 REWARD. The a dot. reward e4)es HraDaao Iiu.ABa arlil ba paid la any eaas u which L W. Wi Celetratefl Catarrh Remciy will eel cure t'atirra II takes a-ord lor tn dlras uus. ud.uwm. Mimrii'mioir CALDWELL. OWENS CO.. TYKONE, PENN'A. PoariALBta Eaanaaraa at E. JAMES DRUG STORE. Jan. 10-im. TW. DICK. ATTORNJET-AT-lAW e tbanibnr. Pa. omca la balldios al T J. Lloyd, dae'd. (Brit floor.) C'aatra street. A' aiaaaar ol lacal NUimi at t. ad ad ta ..Hilao. Utij tti CtUfHiooa i'elU. tO.la.Hf rr- 45 s s f lyff waJL 1 $100 MIRIAM: The Romance of HBaltoWiili Hal By Man da L. Crocker. CorraicBT, Patricia rose quietly and Klancd at her aiatr-in law, and aeinjr b?r eyea closed aid. aofUy: 4'Sh la raatmfr. poor darUmr-'4 Then ahe went out, leaving ber, aa he thought, to a refreshiD Dap. Of course," ahe said to herself, wAth a bricbt blush of kappineas. Of (rnurse, liAUia wnll piff-chase Miruua'a horn if ahe wnatira to diNpoao of it, but we would rather ahe would lre with us Instnad tf jjoing 10 Amurioa.n And thetitae Utile Enrli -p.rl srlanced down on raiedimplcd hand, where a brilliant aolitairedlaahd m aUenlaitlixiatire. . Miriam op'nod hr eye Jcwly. Patricia Viad goce down-aiaira, aad ahe waa alone, alone-U the svvrewJiu XJuUiicht, with the &uairef the clear, eremiatiolls, choruic(r the diarp bass of the aea, ntinir tenderly, aofUy around hoc. TVe irvluiutive aonjrof Kobut Adair came up frwn below, and she 'Iruerw the old man willi taa bagpipes waa nutking bis rounds oetoe more for ''just waa ha'-penny, pleaae." "Friendless and poor, "perhaps sorrowful aii," aUo murmured, ilaanin over the wind ledge- Yea ; be was couuaftier way, and would 'Slop just beneath Icor window, aa usuaL l'oor old fallow; a ajxl itie dress oUtf Highlander aud jnublless thoutcht the muaic of bis uapipea equal to any of Bcott's Diinstrel melodies. Well, he waa a sorry-loukiuff minrtrel of the degenerate latter days, to say xhe least. There, wkuU. was that he was aingiaw,a: his rich SoU'h brogue! Harkl tha song had cliatifiiL aiai 44 Where my bonnie lore lies aleeping' n "what he esaaya in bis quaint voice. Hkxr would go down and djop a penny in Hie waUiered palm. "Why do you -sin that aorrowf ul woug, my frioudf" questioned Miriam, opening the lofrer aash aud reeognizlng in the dreamy light the pirturraque garb of the aged man whom Artuur Ijxcd to hear sing. The song ct'aetl. and caresamg Ma bag pipes williioviaig touch be mad answer: "Ah.! lady fuic, aair is me heart for .til bonuie love gaws out of me Ufa." "Then your tare is dead as well as mine," said Miriam, with a tremor of hopeleas.pain ruuuuig through hoc words. The quick ear of the man with the Tusty lookiog bag-pines noted the qjaver of tears' iniier voii-e.au J. a sudden mist came be- laura him aa te world,. - . "Yes, me darling is dead," fas replied," butthe gude Ood'a wili be done; I'm not the waa to km unhappy, ma'am, for waa glorious day Pli rroas over where the .music la flnerf amd Wl find her tberw. ' He put his itresabltng fingers once more on bla pi pea. dropped his bead aud bgan : " Aud where any love !i- sleeplar The a,icc! keep watrh and warC ' "Don't! diar't!" wailed Miriam, In a belpieHS taoe., "yow- menu to comlort, 110 doubt, but you only wound afresh. I can not sajrritw&u thaf I am sot otakappy, a , : ,r J t 1: hrr:v;-r"c..y- as' is iMTna, roOa vaklisgT- for I am so miserable, so desolate, ao crushed. Hereia money for your com tort, if there be any .comfort La it; but Uvnjtt siag that song for-ue again, plcaae.n bho put a haiMlta! of shining silver sieos in the fadod cap,rand bidding him -"iKM.1 .night," -shut ta- madow down gontiy .aa-i went upstairs. "Bagpipes beioag-" to the Scotchman, 5 tanow,' she aad tc Patty on the ataiva, but they worry mc to-night as much as.if they were ra the baxds of unsophisticated Tiddy McGlyna." But Patricia koewttaat Miriam waa trtng to dissemble. ' CHAPTER XTL s days slipped iuv months and wears at tie Hall, Kir Huperti'ercival grew aUsad ily snore moruse aud Lcontcnted. Harder and bareor '.o please, be often fotxad an occasion Sor-suusing the servants roually fir aome tnviii matter or imagin ary dereliction. Iu short, the servants began to tlunk their master's ixind had weakened sadlrsince Miriam had gsne. Oftei, quite often, tb-ty could hear hraa walkiag aoout the dark,' -gloomy corridor, far in a,- the night, aad luuuer to himself of the absent daughter aad iff the dear, dead wife. Ivuneuuies in ha ud night marches they cou U hear him bemoaning the strange decree ef cruel destiny titat hung like a pail over. Heat hcrlvigh. autUcursed his life with suci relent lest fatie. And in their hearts ttcy speculated and wondered where aneU'iow it would all eu-i. The weexs dragged; eaek successive week being a perfect cou&fcrrpart of the preceding. ,Even the chapel ewlls in the distance soadod dirges fortiie sunny Bab batba of menry old Kugiand, aod the even ing chimes came to the solemn doors like smothered means over the couck of so cue dear, dead f rind. The dwellers of the country de kept Aloof from the Hail, aa if aome sort of dark necromancy heid away beneath its avneient gabies; they sozank from the presence of its aggravated al perplexed maater with eiofnmon consent, and pitied the Sty-vac ta imprisoned nnder bis iron rule Occasionally tb servants would atcal away across the flcija to their syaipathjbung Baiahbwrs for a aocuJ chat and ta air aotne bmw tvhim of their ptruliar-minded maatr. But seldom did the servants' quarters at tite Hall iKihold a visitor 4r the overjoyed in mates entertain a caller, for a superstitious fearof something uncanny and unexplain able kept them away. Takes Altogether life at Ileatherleigh was other than enviable. Four years of this silent, autless life at the Hail bad gone the way of the sunsets, and once more the sad anniversary of Miriam's departure had dawned. The inmate of the IT all had heard once from Miriam Percival Fairfax, and ber hus band, Arthur, had succoeded, so rumor had it, far beyond his mott sanguine expecta tions, and now was a gcnileinan of wealth and much inMueeme in the first circles of his otv. But aiUiowh the servants had a gen eral time of rejoiclag when the good news reached them, the ageaj father gave no sign of joy, or even gratifloation, over the very dCMrablo good fortune. Yet, straage to say, he did not venture a word of reprimand to check the flow of re joicing, a or seem "putout withtheircbeer fal, happy faces and lightieartednss. The Uiflacuce, rather, of their merry spocrhes and frlad manner seemed to ecttl. down over hi irritab'.eaess in a sort of catmf aoot air k way uuit r.MJrrtxl tls j-rcst bvc M':J cotcmauds more endurable. And itaeemed. as old Pe-gy had said, that "the climax ar hia timper had been racbed, praise the saints. And now the flrth anniversary of the daugtiter'a flight bad dawned, aud it bad been quite a while since any news of her bad been received at Heatherleigh. Veggy Clarkaon, faithful old soul, had keen growing uneasy fur some time, and bad been praying to her putrou saint "for news direca. from the young misthrewa," when ther came a Tcue rumor lloatiag about the rountry sie that the heaithef Arthur Kaarfx had faded. DoubUeas t roea overwork, they said, whou aa abundaaoa waa waging at the flail. 4Theeea no livin'-aowl aware how awweUie pintle be on will dkrapofT aud lave the puir childer comfortless," Peggy would aay whea a f reh run or would reach tkea. But on this eventful day John bad Roue to tae city on a.n errand for Kir Rupert. Tae austere master had grown tetrast John to transact miuy little aifaira, wkiick, al though impoKant enough, had beoafne dis tasteful and irksome in hia old dsra. ft waa a kittle tranaaction ef Una kind wf'iu h Lock-Joan to the city oa this meaior- BIK HCPEKT BROaJTTHE BAOOC OP DEATH. able day. On hia return he had sought Kir Ku perl's apartments hurriedly, and handed him a letter with a black aeai. His master was Eyiag eu a couch, near the window, in the roau. uncertain light of the autumn afternoos. Hie turned wearily over toward the saimmering sunlight, and stared at the suggeative seal of black; thee be saio, hurriedly : "iull the curtain aside, John." Then with trembling fingers Kir Ku pcrt Percival broke the batlge ef death, and raadtbe aolitars- .line written in Miriam's fine, lady-like kaad. Over and over the . one aingle aensewce he went, forgetful Of John's presence. The servant would have gone dowawstairs, as was bis wont after delivering avmeasage, but in this case his inquisitive aaniety overcame his man ners, and he atoud with hungry eyea fixed en the master's white, haard-looking face, sbrewdiy srueaswg it was Trom tne long-absent dausrnter, and trying to divine the e ntenta of the epistle. Presently the abi man looked- wearily, aadly f mm the letter to the anxious face bending- over hue-and said, as if measur ing each word wv its sorrowful meaning: "He is dead Fair lax is dead, and Miriam is a widow." Tketi no turned his white face away in the aaatew of the curtain, aad motioned to J4n!his dismissal. , 4 'Mi rum has written,"' aaid the tender hearted John to the servants, as he wiped his ryes with bis handkerchief. "Her- husband is dead.; .yes, Arthur Fairfax is dead !" A moan eecaped the lips of the little group gathered about their lonely dinner at the close of this mtanoraole day. "Poir Miriam," and John-mule another applica tion of the handkerchief to hido the tears gathering in his honest eyes. "An it s dead ye may he is! Oht this wurruld is full of thro-able. Dead, an not a pairson to oomfort'Che mislhress. Oh! Oi expected at." And Peggy bowed ber gray bead oa the table and wept aloud. "Head!" echoed Aacii, shakiag his . whitened locks as he kaK-ked the ashes out ' cf his pipe against tae broad, hospitable , jamb, and came over anfi sat down by his wife. "An now the matttherll be afthur ; sendin' fur the heart-bhroken misthreas : aa' repintin' rv his sum," ventured he f urther as a sort of comfort. "An' he woa't nayther!" blazed Peggy, angrily, and suddenly forgetting to sob in her resentment of any thing humane as expected of ir Kupert. "divert whm he let the young gintleman wurruk hisaelf into the grave, end nivera welcome loine could he siud sfc't even to Aer." Aa usual, Anc subsided w th his notions of charity and devoted himself to his dinner, while Paggy enlarged on the doings of the past and wandered off into the future, with very severe opinions rxMicernirjS Der mas ter. She was the rtUicgr faction It the west wing, and when any one of ita inmates ex preaeed the hope, or belief, that fir Kupert would send for Mtciirn, or may be go to her himself, "aeeing ahe waa in mourning so soon aain," Pegrw would shake hercap ruflloa into confusion dire in her authority. Her negatives usually silenced all hopeful expectation as with she spell of a seer, .capped with her JEiberuian cll.ax of -"nlver a bit wili the haylhunish masthur rote the childer; hevuddoie forninei the i&sy of puir stubborn ajaneness." And uncharitable as Poggy seemed, she -eras, nevertheless, rigVA in her assertions, ffor not a word of condirfence or pity did Sir It-sport send to his fcsreaved daughter, ee ther did he express any sympathy he might have felt for hex in her sore be rearement. Btt Peggy, good old sent a letter brutul of comfort and loving sympathy te tAve lonely-hearted Minajm. "ud beknowin' to the masthur," for, aa svhe confided to Joha.ewho smuirgled the avissive in with the ntal of the Hall, "he needn't think as bow the whole wurruld is goia to walk in the aaiaea of his mane footatheps." And so the kacvg letter of condolence indicted to MiriaiaVy the faithful Peggy was sent, and ail Geo servants promised to keep it secret frocn the master. They never forgot his coin salads of four years ago, to never mention Miriam's name in his bearing, nor to appear cmcernod in her welfare for fear of his wrath. These orders they aad never brokea, with the exception of the time when they heard of Arthur Fairfax having gained in wealth and position. In keeping their thoughts far from the master's ken they had "grown wise as serpents and harmless as doves." Home weeks after tha cuckoo had sound ed its note along the sunny hedges and told the pleasant story that spring had come, there fell another memorable day to the HalL Ar winter long the inmates of Heather leigh had lived in utter seclusion from be merry outside world and catered patiently to the whims of Sir Rupert. And when the snows vanished from park and lawn, and the dry alder leaves whirled sorrowful ly into odd corners at sight of budding life, and the dark-budded elms bowed gent ly to the great English ivy which had been clutching with naked arms at the weath er -atamed facade and dreary dormer win dows in their wealth of bursting new life, there came a break in the routine. Up the long silent avcuue came, winding slowly aa if in fear of intrusion, a close carriage. Sir Rupert was in his own apart, ments, and the servants were lolling list lessly about the grounds, when the sound of wheels came to their ears. They started up with beatin g hearts as the welcome break in the monotony dawned oa them and an exclamation of surprise burst in voluntarily from their lips while they came trgcier ta llitj fagging a if by 'a!? J; .Ifj life magic, and gazed at the carriage and into each otaera faces in an inquiring, mystified way. When the carriage stopped at the front entrance a lady dressed In deep mourning aligtited, and leading a bright little child alewly along over the flags, she came to ward them. And when quite near she threw back her black vail revealing a very aad, but familiar face. It was Miriam ; Miri am, the lost-lost daughter. "Oh, biissed Varg n, an' it's none other than the young misthreas, the swate little leddy herself. An she's a bringin fhe angel of a darlin' b'y with ber." And the excited tragical old housekeeper rushed to ward Miriam, with the overjoyed group in her wake. Sir Rupert looked trom his window. He had wakened front his drowsy, listless dreaming ha so aaucb indulged in, and beard the unusual stir below. And, hurry ing to the pane, be was just in time te see aud hear the tumultuous greeting of the servants. It was some minutes, however, before he could make out who it was that had come and raised such an unearthly hubbub among the generally well-behaved inmates of the halL CHAPTER ZIIL Drawing -aside the heavy curtain he silently watched the animated group below. Awonderssg expression taking the place ef the iiauai a u lien demeanor was aoon sup planted to- one of recognition. Then a pleased, happy light so foreign to him dawaed in those hard, crnel gray eyea aa they rested on the crape-clad figure of Miriaiaud then on the fair child now m her arn-s. JkxtL. doubtless, the aarelef leve, poising en majte wings above the gray-kalred father, was waiting ta catrk the first syl lable of endearing forgiveness; but tba fctfrt died out' m hia face, aud ao word f affection had escaped the thin lips, although thrnr worked convulsively in their struggle against the better prooipttng. In a moment saore the victory in favor of cruel baroness rf heart had been won, astd the utH-oinpro-xnising lines settled back around the firm anouth, ana tne spirit of his accursed an cestor swayed Sir Kupert with -its evil sower. Hurrying down the loag fiigtt of stairs as Tast as hia aged limbs would carry horn, he reached the great hall door just before the daughter essayed to cress the flagged pave .ment in front. Miriam looked tip avid saw "her father standing thore; but oh 1 how changed, bow frail and wbiwt-haired he had grown since since. Ah! well, bow careworu hia face, -but ne was stiu angry, iler neart sanx I1H0 lead at sight of the storn, repulsive look on his countenance, but she said in a wist ful, piteous way : "There is father." But the glad light of recognition which had leaped to her sweet eyes and had tinged the fine face with a little flush of happy light died out suddenly, leaving it paler by con trast, for no answering gladuess of heart retleeted in response on the paternal brow. "Beroae! teifooe!'' he sbouutd, aa Miri am made a move toward him. VDou't coino near me unless you beg my pardon, my -forgiveness; unless yu can do thai, duu't 'some near me, I say !" His an?ry face was startling and pitiful in the extreme to see, framed in by the long, white, silken locks that swuj-t his shoulders. He was clinging to a pillar now, .as she ifraxed at him, with his left Land and .arm, and waving his children imperiously off .snth his riKht,, .Miriam put down the wondering chlia on tha paved walk and stsetched out her arms toward ber father impulsively, while a struuge light crept into her proud face. ".Father!" cried she, deprecatmgly. Urie aired face, despite its angry expression, had touched a long-silent tender chord of affec tion ia the heart of the woman so sadly es tranged from paternal lore, and with con flicting emotions she utUared the endeariua name. For a. moment Sir Rupert's face lost tba hard Hues; it was evident a long-silent . chord oCius heart was tCae AJUched, aad ha tanaoKBl asoosar' bi sooctkd. turned avway, hiding Tola head behind at column, lest any shoo Id see the conflict waging between love and pride. Miriam snade a step forward hoping she could hardly have told for what. Her foot fall aroused Sir Rupert, and with a desper ateneas born of Satan ha fell back on the evil ia his soul, ever sufficient to the emergency, and faced the group once more. Miriam passed; was there reconciliation beamln g on that paternal face I No. "Don't come near me; don't call me that," he cried, vehemently; "don't .call me father' after after " His voice failed him, and he clnag to tha column nearest him for support, looking the defiance he could not utter from aheer ex haustion. - The little group on the flags were silent and almost terror-stricken at the fury ol the old man. 4 'I hsve gone far enough, it seems," said Miriam, after a long silence, in a choking voice. Then in an undertone she continued talking; partly to herself and partly to the white-faced group around her: "Father will not forgive me unless I bog tor the boon, and that, ef course, 1 suaii never da 1 had thought to come back to Heatherleigh if Sir Rupert cared to bave me do so, and had fondly dreamt of making his remaining days pleasant, if I could. But to beg admittance to the accursed doors that never had but frowna for me is more than a child of the Percivals will ever do. I shall never grovel in the dust for love ratner the hatred." A wave of proud, cold defiance swept her pale face tor a moment and the fine eyea kindled with an angry, insulted expression. The child, frightened at the loud tones and an gry imprecations and gestures of hia irate grandfather, sought. his mother's eyes with a troubled look on its dimpled fa, only to see a sternness there that chilled his trusting heart with childish terror. Hiding his perturbed, frightened eyes in the folds of his mother's gown be was ready to cry. "You swate little darlint," moaned Peg gy, kneeling down beside him. "An' ye's don't know at ail how mane the wurruld kin be whin it tries, me pet ; an' its yer haylhunish gran'f ayther that moight be so proud of ye if the drvil hadn't such a theri ble hold of bis hard old heart." The child turned quickly, seeming to un derstand by intuition that a great wave of sympathetic love was setting in toward him. and in a trice he had thrown hia dimpled arms around the neck of the demonstrative PeffgT- Putting his fair, baby cheek up lovingly against that of the housekeeper, he began cooing and caressing her old fare In the appreciative love of bia tender little heart. Feggy'twaxa soJccuM luadao more, anj, clasping the fatherless innocent to her great heart, she burst into tears. "Never mind, Peggy." Miriam said in a tender, soothing tone, putting her hand lovinglv on the gray hairs of the bowed head. "We all know just how it is, except baby," she continued in a low, confidential tone. In order that Sir Rupert, who stiil stood looking at them, might not hear. "Yes, yes, we all know, and I trust there ia no one hurt very much by this show of hos tility on Sir Rupert's part. Peggy . you are grieved, but I should not shed a tear if 1 were in your place. It is not worth the while, aa by so doing you can not remedy the matter.. See ! I am calm enough, Peg gy ; take pattern from my tearless face." Clark son raised her tearful face and searched the eyes of ber long-lost mistress bent kindly on her. What did she see in those clear, dark depths) Beyond the haunting sorrow of her great bereavement there smoldered tne old, proud, willful, unrelenting spirit. Yes, it always had beun, always would be in spite of death, sorrow and the grave, shaft for shaft with father and daughter. Sword to sword when a Percival aroused the evil la one of their own blood had been a say ing, and Peggy remembered it plainly now. The vengeful fire in the eyea of Miriam confirmed the truth of the adage, and prom ised balefully that the breach existing could never be healed. Truly the woman was not much changed from the proud, re bellious child in its nurse's arms. Miriam read the innermost thoughts of poor, simple-hearted Peggy In that momen tary upward gaze. "You are startled, taken aback, Clarkson, by my heartless coolness after my long ab sence; but think a moment, Peggy what have I lot her, beside my ssinted mother! I have not misused any paternal confidence nor' crushed any fatherly affection, having nevor been the recipient of that much -to bo-desired blessing. Surely I have lost nothing and aan none the less miserable tcr my independence to-day. 'I have forfeited my right toHeatbetletgh, it is tr-o, but with me that is a minor mat ter. . . "If falber will not receive us, baby aad I, because if the name we bear. why. ailrecon- ciiiatiua is at an end at once, as I shall not beg forgiveness for imaginary sins and to please 55ir Rupert's lore e-f authority. Never:' ; ' - The'shapely hand csorereOl Trtdh frta black glove clenched itself is defiance, id the hotkkxxlof vexation and iuherorA dislike surgnd up to the smoutn white throw and burned in roses on either cheek. -A silence as oi the grave fell en r tltetn as sue ceased sneaking, for the hausekeepor -could find no words for reply ia the faoe f such an impassioned outburst, becaunc-cn its truth The irate fatbor still stood -silently re gax&'ng his children whilo leaning on the , culuaan for aid. 3SfL a muscle of his face J moved, but he was thinking, "nevertheless. . A sweet, pleading fare of one long since desk seemed te ootzue before 4iim and po- titasx. In its old, tender way 3 far roooncilia .tiotaand atoning lore. Aud a strange mist obscured his visiru. ; somehow the womanly , daughter out there, by her presence, drew his st-ul toward her in spito of ail ho could do. .h! Oid, that Shis i-hium of bitterness texivd between tbr-m. If ohe, his daugh ;ter Miriam, would nly call across the years to hixa again, and reach out her arms in thfct yearning way why, he -could not re pulse her again.; the spirit would be crushed, and peavo would larood white winged over Heatherleigh. But Miriam did not call. "I must be goingnow," sheeaid. ''I had promised myself a somewhat different greet ing from HeatnerJrigh'a shadowy doors, why, I Lardly know, but never mind, that is all over now. I fear, however, this day's doings -will sit orach, harder on father thau it will on me. Good- bye, Peggy ; good bye, Aneil. James, sja! all; an aSectionate good-bye." She finished ki a softened, subfitod tone as she gave her hand to each in parting. "She is a Percival to the very center of her proud soul," murmured. Joha to his fellows, almost gladly. Somehow he felt happy to find that tSor Rupert .could be withstood and ignored in his commands of submission, aad that, too, by one of Ma own house. . Miriam took her little eon in hor arms, and called across the intervening space in a clear, unhesitating tone: ''Good-abye, 'father a long good-bye I" .Little Arthur, followi&g uia mother'sex anzple, stretched out his little arms toward Xhe frail, tottering form ta the doorway, a piped in clear, bird-like tones : 4Doui be to '00, dood-bye ; Ion dood-bye !' When his children's roteee Sua tod -tnele-diowsiy to him in these sweet ret sad. aad word. Sir Rupert made no reply But what Ads thoughts were, who eouU say Bdeait and wordless he stood, gazing after the retreating forms of his hapless children; bis beautiful, bereaved daughter and the innocent little grandchild, with its long, brie-ht curls flying in the sweet spring wind. Would he ever see them again i He did not know. Oh I yes, ho felt that he did know; be waa certain that he never would. And Peggy broke ta on his sorrowful reverie by throwing herself at his feet and wail ing: "Oht masthur, masthur, call her back. Obi masthur, do, Oi beg!" She had rushed forward and knelt at his aide on the steps, forgetful of the angry demonstrations she bad just witnessed. She was only thinking that she must lose, forever, perhaps, her beloved Miriam. And, in her despair, she feared nothing of word or deed from Sir Rupert. But instead of replying with a torrent of invectives phowerod on her devoted head, as all the dumbfounded servants expected, Sir Rupert turned away from the kneeling housekeeper with a gesture of weariness, vouchsafing not a word in response to her appeal. A moment of hesitancy, and he went in, shutting the door softly after him ; then, slowly and painfully, he went sadly up to his rooms and their solitude. There was a strange mistiness about the stair ways and a deeper shadow in the cor ridors aa he passed to his apartments. The very shades of death seemed to gather around him as he turned the door-handle and went in. CHAPTER XIV. The heart-sick and mystified servants stood speechlessly looking after the car riage until the trees of the winding ave nue shut it from their tearful vision. A bird, high up in the budding branches, broke forth into rapturous song aa the car riage passed slowly la the flickering light and woven shadows beneath. Miriam put a very white face out of the carriage side and took a farewell inven tory of the scene. An air of neglect had begun to tell on the once handsome drive; dead twigs vieie scattered about, heaps of brown leaves en acoucod themselves at the foot of the row of stately elms, while the fugitives drifted about over the greening award. Here and there, however, an early spring flower lift ed its smiling face along the unused way, and the bird still sang on. Ah! well, sing on, little harbinger of bright hours aud fair weather," marmured Miriam, with white lips and brimmingeyes. The brave, daring spirit of a few minutes previous had been supplanted now by the woman ly impulses of her heart. "Good-bye, good-bye!" came in sad ac cents as bhe passed under the arch of the jufirpate, spanned by two bronze lions, lividca up their opinions in blessings and urses, according to their individual views. That evening when James stole softly up "o the master's apartments with a tray of erupting delicacies which Maria, the cook, iad prepared for Sir Rupert's late dinner, ' he while she wished ahe might put "a wee it of suthln' In ft," he found his master so changed; silent and taciturn as of late, to oe sure, but with such a geutleness of tone mid manner as he had never witnessed in a Percival during all his faithfsl years at the HaiL The bewildered butler rubbed bis astouibhed eves to see if he were really awake. He had read in old legends of crusty, miserable Individuals being spirited away after some crowning act of deviltry a a av j v . r 1 tt 1 " oood-btx, PATtixa; a vana ooou-btb." stretching their magnificent lengths across the way. "Drive to Oak Lawn," she said to the solemn-looking lad in front, who had felt a great lump in his throat through it all, and waa ready to mingle his tears with those of "the aorrowf ul lady inaide" at the word. Then she leaned back against the cushions and covered her tear-stained face with the crape of the heavy vail she wore. A sadder company never gathered in the servants' quarters beneath the frowning crables of Heatherleigh than assembled there that evening after Miriam's coming and sorrowful going. The old housekeeper was angry with her self, and called on venerable Su Peter to witness if she would "iver knale to the loikes of him again;" nol "not to save her sowl from purgatory wud she ask a thing.' ' Ancil smoked his pipe in the chimuey cor ner, grave and thoughtful, while the rest by goblins, aad milder porsns sent to breathe peaoe in their stead, and may be well, may. be But no; it waa really Sir Rupert, but transformed during the last few hours in the solitude of his lonely rooms into a passive, mild-mannered gentleman, whom to serve would be his soul's delight hence forth. "J antes, yoa may replenish the coals and wheel tny chair a little nearer the grate, if you jjlease; it see-aae rather cool in here notwithstanding it is spring-time." Wkit a long, friendly speech, and to a servaatt at thatl Jksd he had said "please if yuai plaae.'" Such a surprise from such a source almost turned the brain of the dumbfounded Trotier. He never obeyed I orders more readily in his life, and he al- 1 most&oiu nis oreatn lor lourtuo speu might be broken aud the austere old master might be dropped arain before the fire, thus bit terly eudiiig this delightful illusion. The ooals glownd anew in the grate, the easy-chair g:ided noiselessly to the most cheerful corner, where the light shot little ruddy gleams through the shadows, and happy-hearted James felt as if some good fairy aiad condescended to wave ber magic wand over his lucky -crown for all time. "New bring the lights, James," and the muctMchanged master of Heatherleigh shut his eyea and leaned back with a Sigh. Wboii Sir Rupert dismissed the inystiflod butler Jcndly for the evening, awed and be wildered beyond expression, he rushed in among hia fellows and reported the miracu lous change in the maf&er.as soon as pos sible. 7b be OaftVitiaJ. How m flaTai -- t KudlRf Matter for tba Young Folks. A very grave matter indeed has become the quality of tho reading furnished to our young people. In families where newspapers enter free ly, even the casual reader who takes them up and glances them over care lessly can not fail to pet a knowledge of the world that if it does no harm does no good either. There are fam ilies, indeed, where tho children are allowed certain columns ol a single paper only, but such prohibition is often as dangerous aa its opposite. A notion prevails in many minds that the young' must have reading furniahed to them where the subject has been written down to their comprehension, forgetting that all our growth comes from struggle upward, and that it is really a great deal better after the taete for reading has been onoe formed to have the book or the subject just one degree advanced beyond the moment's taste or fancy. Much of the formation of taste in this matter de volves upon the mother, the aunt, the elder sister; and if they boo to it that models of purity and wholesomeness are presented and observed, rather than those which are debilitating to the mental fiber, and thus noxious, a habit wili be formed that in time will instinctively reject all that is not dis tinctively ennobling, and does not feed the better portion of the mind and nature. Puerilities are much in vogue to-day; but their influence Is vicious because it is weak ening, and in so much degrading. Children can be trained to care as much for one of Farkman's histories, with all its tale of daring and doing, as for any paper-oovered story of a cowboy's adventuroa; as much for the Midsummer Night's Dream, with its wit and poetry and pathos and mu&ic, aa for any tawdry story in which boy and girl love hau part; as much for the sounding sen tences of the Old Testament and of Ossian as for any senseless jingle; and while they will derive now as much pleasure from one as from the other, and eventually more, the better kind will give pleasure on a loftier plane, and will cause the mind to reach up instead of down. It is high time that the heads of families looked into this subject in some measure, especially since the eager mind of childhood must be fed. and will de vour whatever comes in its way if nothing is furnished it with design. Such oversight is not so easy a task that it can bo despised ai too trivial to be undertaken, for in the myriad of publications for children and those just escaping childhood it is a serious effort to keep au courant; and so doubt ful is the character of many of them, if not as to intention, yet as injurious quality without intention, that in the supervision one has to become ac quainted with a mass of rubbish in order to eliminate it, and finds it a work of time and thought not always BORING A CANNON. Work That Iteuulre Considerable Csre aud I nliuilted 1'atlenee. At last the cannon is turned down. and is rr-ady to bo bored inside. In this operation it must Too bored so straight and true that tho lxiring tool, entering at tho exact center of the small end of the cannon, will come out prcisely at the center of the large end, Kevonteon feet away. Those of you who have tried to bore a Htraight hole lengthwise through even a short bit of wood will know that this work requires not a little skill and care. When any of you boys have a job of boring to do at your work-lx-nch, you make fast tho article to ho bord and turn the boring tool. It is just the other way in boring a cannon. Tho boring tool or "hit" is held firm and motionless, while the great mass of steel to bo bored turns around. This plan is found to in sure teadinMS of the "bit." It would be almost impossible to make this bit firm and solid enough to do its difficult work, and yet free to turn around in the can non. 80 if you had le-n at tho side of this gun-lathe whe-n the work was be gun you would have won that the bit was motionless except for a slow ad vance into the gun. The bit attends strictly to "business, and steadily bores its way through the atoel. Most of you have been to tho country and have seen a pig "rooting" in the ground. Imagine, tlion, a pig to le standing btill and the ground to bo slowly passing under tho pig's snout and being "rooted," and you will have a case much like that of the bit and tho can non. In. fact, the boring tool is called a. "hog-nosc-d" bit, and it nots up that cannon as if it enjoyed tho operation. No long, graceful curls como from this boring, but small, crisp shavings that are removed as fast as they aoeumulate in order that tho boring tool's work shall not lx! interfered with. Tho bit is going into the steel at the rato of threo eighths of an inch for every turn of tho cannon, and it is making a round holo almost large enough for a loy to put his head in five and three-quarters inches in diameter. As the round hole grows deeper, the. heavy liar, on which tho bit is fastened, advances into the cannon, steadily, moved by a number of w heels, and Kc.rows that form part of the lathe. I must not lose aight of the shavings, thp little ones that come from tho inside and tho long, spirally-twisted ones that are turni'd from tin, outside of tho can non. A military-looking man, standing near the lathe, does not loso wght of these shavings or trimminjrs t-ither. This man's huslness is to carefully in spoct tho borings and trimmings. That is what he is paid to do. Undo Sam pays him and expects him to earn his salary. The cannon is being- maiin for L'nclo Sam and he intends to find out all its qualities, whether good or bad. tSo the man eyes the boring carefully Now, if with a plan or your knife-blade, you will cut a thin shaving from a bit of wood, it will show any little flaw exist ing in the wood fmm w hi-h it was sliced The tiniest knot-hole or crack will show- in the shaving much more plainly than in tho wikhI it.-elf. So it is with a c.vn non's Khaving. It is a dreadful toll-tale, and the fault-flnaing man beside the gun knows this perfectly well. Ho examines the spiral turning or the little piece of boring and finds no eviiionoo of a-flaw or crack. The long spiral strip is as smooth as glass and aa glossy as your sister's curls. Into the solid steel the hog-nosed bit roots ita way until it is in so far that a little electric light must Lear it company to show the workmen how matters are progroesing in thG boart of tho cannon.. After eighteen days of steady boring tho bit lets daylight into the bore of the cannon by emerging at the other (or larger) end, seventeen feet away. St.. Nicholas. STARTLING GLUTTONY. Ilors In llamas Shape IMrrrered Iu: Various I'arta of the World. The Hottentots, Rushmen and savage South African races generally are enor mous gluttons. Ten of them, says Harrow, ato in my presence the whole of an ox all but the hind legs in three days, and the three lioosinans that ac companied my wagon devoured a heop on one occasion in less than twenty four hours. In cold climates such feat as these would only be trifles, and Parry and Ross have recorded cases that, were they not well attested, would pass le liof. Sir Edward l'arry once tried the capacity of an Esquimau scarcely fully grown, and this interesting young savage contrived, in twenty-four hours, to devour four pounds four ounce of the raw, hard-frozen flesh of a sea-horso. tho same quantity of it boiled, one pound twelve ounces of bread and bread-dust, a pint and a quarter of rich gravy soup, a tumbler of strong grog, three wine-glasses of raw spirit and nine pints of water. Sir John Ross, indeed, believed that the daily rations of an Esquimau were twenty pounds of flesh and blubber, but. in ex tenuation of so enormous a eon sumption as this, the severity of tho climate must bo taken into account. Captain Cochrane, on tho authority of the Russian Admiral Saritchefl, tells how one of the Yakuts had consumed the hind quarter of a largeox in twenty four hours, together with twenty pounds of fat and a proportionate quantity of melted butter. As the man had already gorged himself in this disgusting fash ion it hardly seemed possible that ho would bo able to consume any more, but the worthy Russian Admiral, to test him, gave tho savage a thick porridge of rice boiled with three pounds of butter, weighing together twenty-eight pounds. The glutton sat down to this abundant banquet, although he had just partaken of breakfast, and, without stirring from the spot or showing any sign of incon venience, got through tho whole. Cap tain Cochrane adds that a good large calf, weighing two hundred pounds, will just make a meal for four or five Yakuts, and that h'e has seen three of them con sume a whole reiniler at one meal. Tho feats of English working-men, on their annual club feat day, would surpass le lief; a leg of mutton has not been found too much for one man. I)r. Darwin, the father of Charles Ilarwin, had the repu tation of leing a glutton, and is reported to have called a goose a favorite Salop dish an inconvenient one, as lx-ing too mucn for one and not enough for two. Cornbill Magazine. The Journal of Education Pays that Little Lord Fauntlcroy has uiado more little boys graceful than all the schools combined, lie "bad done away with a deal of boisterouaness and a deal more awkwardness."' 4
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