Atlvoitiwirif 3 J 11 tes.
Tho Inru aod reltatila rlrroliitlon ol ttiet'AX
bkia Kmukmaii tugimriMi It to the lvorh
-uMilr rniu of mlvrrt n.-r wlione Invent will ha
iDertel at tlia IfiiiowuiK lnw rmie :
1 iniMi. S "men .....$ 1 .0
1 iD'-h, 3 mcjDili.... U.0
1 Inch, A month X.ti
t men ijfar bV,
I IlK-liM . 6 UK.lilllK.... C.oc
I lorrien, I year 10. o
S IDrheti iLinulhi .0U
iDchen. I fur tt.uo
4 eoiouiD, 0 uionths..... lo uo
iNiluuin. A months....... .. A 00
We-iluuin 1 year 3A.og
; rolumn, 0 month 40 00
1 ctiluuin, I year 7t.0
Buftupn Items, tltut insertion, Kir. er l'.ue
uteo,uent Insertions, br. fir.r Uae
Auui'Dirtmtor an! Executor'! Notlcei. fi N
Aulltois Notlcen.. S..r0
Stray ami alinllar Notices
-KeM.luiioijii or lroc: iiinni" ol any eorjH ra
ttn or society anil cotiiUiUniratiunft de iKn.d to
call attentiuu to any matter ot limited or in.tl
vulual Inierert uiuht l paid li,r advcrtiiuient.
Hook and Jul, rTlutini of ail kinds neatly and
exejloumy execated at the lomert rlcef. Aid
ton tyou loryot It.
, , x' till i tie.l Kri'kl' mi
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fit -.:! tile ilovr Terms bo ,J.
n.l tr.ose who .'on i c.nnuli tn-'r
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"HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE ASD ALL ABE ELATES BESIDE.'
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VOLUME XXVI L
EBENSBUIvG. PA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1, IS93.
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NUMBER 17.
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hi
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TMo Harpooner's Story.
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I'lirrMan's ( tindition "Powder!
KZZIPS YOUR CHICKENS
Si.ro:. ar.J iieai'.hy ; Pr;vcr.is all Disease.
fiffr jar 'ff'tflltin HriiH.
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TO HIVT HEAI.TH THC tlVFR MIJCT Bt INOPOFR.
Cures thoTisanJstennuallrof LivprCom-
jilaints, Hiliotisness, .latindice, I)j-sppr-sia,
Constipittion, Malaria. More Ills
rrstilt froniaa I'r.healrhyIivertLanany
other cause. Why FtilTer vrhen yen can
bo cured? Dr. S;i"n ford's Livir Invigor
amriA relphrat ed fanii! v mpi'irinc.
vol it ii:iit;ir will. Hmv voc.
Steel Picket Fence.
CrlcAPIS . THAN t WOOD
T.o sot- ffjt th'.-trrTrVrt Ff wftll OatO. JThU f lot
n- 'tjii.-: id t- u i a I run r U u4 Wh.-n wriUr w tw
i - . jfi.- '..ia:i!T. Si.afT f (int.-, D ouble n t KinriT
Wo tiloo maurjiTijre jr I r.ii run rlnar. "r:tini,
Klttu.v-f. Kt-ti M.utt.-M KiliK Sr.U'ri, Mlir
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TAYLOR A DEAN.
70!. 203 & 205 Market SU PitUbufgh, Pa.
CU5GIES st j Price
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l. -it.. ,lv CALT HQS lrr. I
.:mI i.-ii ir mice that (.'Allium will I
I-TUI' IMlmr,r Jc CaUlims
fi 'UK SiM-rntttorHnMl. VartieeU-
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AJIw. VON MOHL CO..
8ol kmtTB Asnlt, ti.ci.nali, Okls.i
ALESeH waited
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faa To cell M'li.tlHY Sl'tH K. Woirrowall
t; ;i.i'.-tv rlcttet. ol't and new. rfli"o i!l stork
that li. and ifiuiratiti-e ca'ittnrti'D. Hinliest
caiar iirci.iuiiiiiiii,u miil lioin ttie mart. Write
for T-rrii4
II. K ilooUer t'o.. Nuri-erymcn, lloclicter. N.
Y.
Eml lirhed 1K&. Incorpornted 1S.
li'AMKIi-A SAI,i:JIAN, KNKKOhTK,
l.iii-tnnit nn t t ru-lit To re.reient the Konu
htil .nr- r(i ot t!.in i1:i. tlie lurifpst In the IKc
iiiioion. t Her 7-0 acren of clii Ice stuck, rosltlun
i.ern len,' and iii.-rutlvo. iiurhnrdy 'iinndlan
iroi to.-k celin rnadlly whero .roierly li.lro-.luci.-l
K;id lor t'-rino n-i-e ai d cccnre clinlr-o of
terrfo'ry. STONKa Wtl.UMUHN,
ai,5in. loronto. Canada.
ipraT sample fk
l3 3 a til I both Write no
ai fcO. A, M-OTT.liew York fit
I . .": Ill, !!!;!! Ii ' la j-t
A CHECK ON FARM HANDS.
l.'c-liii; the Siii-m Inn of Mr. Silaa IVter.
.VrlciU.iri.;, ,f s. iioliarie.
T!.. t now lir.-il man r min it KH'trw to me
Ain't :i!.-rs v.iirUi".' h:.r I s l.c ouh tcr
1 '.ni t tot liu.o ut Wii,c!i Uim all Hit- day.
To sec ii hr'ti ut wui'.i an' not ul i.luy.
Thi-rc iliicsii't nci'iii to Ik; m thimr to do
'i ro.iily mw cf l:;it lie sAys i-. true,
't'li. i !) s a v.'orUiu' hard from niurii till eight.
An' tie.i;i mo au' Marthy a.-, is li'lit.
lit" cits his tM.m! an' liKi-in" out o' mo,
V.' iih ti c Hin t' times n, dy the samu as wo:
Wliii h I i" cmir-io d.m't ruJc him one small
lit
S l..ic: as I'm convinced tliet he earns It
Tin r. 'd i.i.L-iit to he Menu-patent kind o' tools,
Tn ;li.,v if l inn h.i'ids ui t-; up I i the ru.es.
I'.ir i;u- . Ii ive a t)itc'iifnr, i!i:; le to show
linw n in;, I'.ileso- bay lie s tos-w-ii, yon know.
'l i e ; -"i':'! could act jest like a procor'H scales,
At'' re:'i.-.te.- ihe hay that's tos-ed. In la.es,
Ii, -i.li- i ho lia'i.ile. .01 a small white d:le
l.;l,e ih. ise pedometers when ye'vo walked a
mile.
I thi'U -lit I'd found a tool one day flx-d so",
1'. l-i .xlurthy said she'd s. i n a tally boo:
'N.l I'.l h i' li.iti.-ht ntie of it h i 1 a hiu
A hoe an' not a coaca for ridin" in.
Hut -till the i lee's tli- re! A (,' k1 one too
l i r i.irnc i-s sea; tore. 1 all Ih c. amrv through.
A s- t c.iiuiilete o taliy tools lii;c It.ox
" oi.lt! help a 1-it to lighten i.o our uoi's.
Harper'a Hazar.
CLEAU AS SUNSHINE.
Tho Happy Torratnation of a Lov
sra' Quai-roL
rronyripht. Ihii', t.y the Author. 7
"What are yon two fellows suijo;cr
over'.'" rie.l C'apt. Karri t'j-tm to a
mi : i' of sn hi! I terns win w-re o-jo-ir) jn,r
i .ea 1 r:;ei' .it' sehoolo-! rf- .vtar :t tilio
l tii.i,s. Soiiii-tliitio. nasty, J'll .
I... ..-..I."
".a-.tv! Xi'vcr niailo a worse shot in
your liie. !! man. Th, Colt hurst?
li s ;ili. o:i as nh-ev-pi .-ley a iii-tnro as
cviT yi.i! :.,uv. Ask t'oltlmrst."
'i iitl.v'r: ' chui-Uleil C-.ltiiurst. aj;ro
c ia '.','. !y.
"An i it's not a fancy picture,
T. '.i, -. f. r I tin.li it t:iy:,.-;f with asnap
l:.d i " ni'- "!;o,l:i!c,' sai,l JVrry.
"ilet-e! Cliiii-li it .v-r if it's present
al' erii il ! !;irr. 'I'r' 1 'it-
I'erry sl;i:ai:iv! tin' p'i-t iran'i
ner th.; ro .ni to I !n cajilairi, who
st... o.-tl. pi. !.,! it ism, yhi-ie... at it. an I
t'r t;, '.i; sii. 1.1. -nly .l.ovn with t'.u- -x-:::to:tt
!! w :: ! sv:ti 1 to hnvf lu-en
. t . :. f. o::i him by a turn of tho r;u-!(.
-iv :.;:"
"V hat- Avh.at's tlif matter? Arc you
i . I?" eried Perry, start in ,' no ami ir.ir
i . a. r. sr. tin. room to lJarrin.irtoii,
v. iio fur :i inotii.'Kt mail. no answer.
Prest i .iy Ju fori! himself to loolc
:i -"- li at. tin phot-lt:i jiii, when lu
ti'j'in j.rr i.i.i'.l and iispi'ii hoarsely:
"VllliT, '.'
" here?"' e-'hoeil Pcrrj in prpl-xitv.
" la i iliii you take t iiisV ri.l the
fapt : in. with a sml lu lii-iveiu-ss which
liiai'i' I'etrv recoil ;i st p.
"1 - 1 to. -iv it Milium lu re in Ir.-hind.
W iiei e t in-lem -ili.l I take it now ? I Mi.
tn ! s.ire! It was near 1 nehichree.
'i !iT. v. :. a .suililen slnw-r, and I r::u
! .r she'ter ti a ruine.l easue a;i.l was
only sioppoa at Hit entrance iy the
silit of HiiosoC two atjHionino; together.
J list then the sun burst out sixain, and,
as tluy wi-re too much taken up with
each oilier to notice me, I could not iv
sist taking a snap shot at them with
my kodak."
"It wa-s a pcnt.emanly thine- to do,
Mr. Perry,"' the captain said, in a keen
and cool tone, with a. surprising irccov
ery of his scl f-i-onimand.
"Whiit d. you mean?"' istuttered
Perry. 1 1 .isl; in s; scarlet.
"If you were capal'W of utidcrstaiLl
inc; inv iiieauiiiff J'ou would lc iin a
p:iiie t.f this," he fried, in a tone that
cut liice a whip-lash, pointing to the
ph: t lo-raplu
Then, with a withering- look ut the
two foolish lads, he stole from the
room.
Perry turned an inquiring look of
perplexity to Colthurst, who promptly
answered it.
"You've been and (jone and done it
now, my loy, and no mistake! It's the
frirl he's engaged to. "1 lu hichree cas
tle' or 'house' is her address, for I've
posted letters to her for him more than
one.'."
"liiHul heavens!" cried Perry, aghast.
"Put, hang it all!" he added, "lie's
well out f it- An engaged girl. like
that, wno would sit on another fellow'a
knee, with h.-r arm round his neck and
her cheek against his, .s lnltcr found
out before marriage than after."
This ui so was the consoling conclu
sion the c. plain tried to pcr-.uu!e hi'ii
t self that he had calmly come to; but
his wild, mad love for Kittv Power
cried aloud against it. If oniy he had
ii. t known! If only he h d lieen al
lowed to live in his iiysiau illusion
a fool's paradise but such a paradise!
Put no. lie was driven out from it
with this Hauling sword which pierced
and burn'd ami seared Lis very soul.
As he paei'd his own room to atid fro
he Lad aj.'ain ami again trid to force
hhuself to look at the photograph once
more and make assurance double sure;
but he culd not for a long lime.
When he did at last look at it, lustru -k
it savagely with his clenched list ami
cried:
P.y ! He'll answer this -to me!'
And for some time he really did cher
ish the absurd hope of a d m l with his
rival in Pelgium a hope which, like a
lightning conductor, diverted his fury
from Kitty but soon, seeing its fool
ishness, he was again torn ami tortured
with thoughts oniy of her.
I low he loved and hated her! Wor
shiped and scorned her! Her? Whom
should he justly scorn? Himself him
self alone! Had he not been warned
again and again and again that the girl
was a tlirt? Did not his aunt no later
than last week complain to him in a
long letter of her conduct with a Mr.
itollest.in this very man probably?
Knowing his aant's Knglish and old
maidish prudery he had leen impatient
of her wiHHleti warnings--assured that
she had misconstrued the innocent
gay cly and guileless abandonment and
tin wistful w insomencssof an Irish girl
through putting upon them a matter-of-fact
lmtrlish interpretation.
Hut "llirt" was a mild name indeed
to give a girl who, while writing
:n n.ost daily letters to her betrothed,
alive and alight with seemingly the
most artless love, could -it upon an
other uinn's knee (not a brother's. f"r
she had none) with her arm round his
neck, her cheek net-tlc.l against his, and
her hand smoothing the hair from his
f on head.
It was at this frenzied point of hi-,
meditulious that the c.iptaiu sat down
to write the letter whicii turned Kitty
tl.i next morning white as the break
I'ol cloth.
Heing a girl of singularly high spirit
she did not utter a single word, but af
fected to go on with her breakfast un
conccrne.iiy until h r father and her
two young sisters had quitted the room.
Then she rose, and getting oehiud her
mother's chair to prevent the white
ang.iisii of her face lK-ing seen, she
said i;i breat'ile.ss si aecuto sentences:
"Uea-.l that, m Uu-r. It i:s from fapt.
Harrington. Never speak either of it
or of him to roe again."
And h j fore her .n t !icr had realized
that soi.-.cl'iing horrible had hap-H-ncd
to sever the lovers iCiity had swept in
th ip.-.ecniiest way from the room.
Nor even in the privacy of her own
roo n did she for a long time break
down into abject tears. She stood as
though turned to white marble, facing
ileiiinlly the captain's photograpii
over tin' u.anlle piece, as though daring
it to repeat theoutrageous language of
I lie letter.
When her mother's timid knxk came
presently to the door Kitty asked iu a
dull il -a I voice:
"What is ii?"
"It's I. dear."
"Well, t?mt her, what .s it?" she re
peated r.piei h.-r mother's entrance.
"It's si-me misunderstanding. Kitty
some dreadful mi-uider:-tandin'r or
mischief making of his aunt's. From
the lirsl dear, 1 never liked -"
"D ui't. mother, i asl.ed you not and
I meant it," she said in a tone w hich at
one- silenced anil terrified her gentle
mi I her.
Turning to say something not less re
pci ia.it ai:l steel-cold t.) h-'r mother,
Kiilv ii.giit t he yearning trouble in
her geni.e eyes and wa m n'cd to fold
her i'eij ill dveJy i:i her arms and sob:
"l.-ar m..ther! !c.;r, dearm dhcr!"
Ami soon the ioor girl was again a
chiid upon her mothers knee. Vet
even the. i he won'.! not let her mother
talk of tii: t letter or it.-; writer.
"If I struck y u i:i the face, mother,
you wouiii not like ever to speak of it,
or h ,vc it. S iken of. Let me try to for
get :!: it'stue most I c;fi hope for," siie
with au aching desolation in her
vmce whicii ic her mother press her
almost pa--io:'ite!y to her b e.om.
Hut. tlto-igh p r Kilty would not al
low her mothi r lo i::,ciss tin- letter ir
i;s writer, or the i".oiive f Us writing,
wilh an iiieonsi:-.!ei;c- that girls will
uni'erslaii.l, sin- perm i t tel. even per
haps encouraged, her dearest friend.
Mi I'.e'.i Herbert, to discuss the whole
ai'i i! r ex lain .tive'.y.
"It's the aunt, of eoursi-; and it's Mr.
lioi.estoii, of ihui'm.; bul iiol'niug you
cotil lloir s:i; could say justifies such
a letter. I should dearly like lo give
him a little lesson with this," switching
h.-r ridimr-wiiip viciously in ineaT.
Nee ! 1 say - hat a little of this vigor
ous virago talk of physical vengeance
upon the recreant, had a reactionary ef
fect on Kitty? lier h.ve was dead
iniir.h re.!, as she thought but she rev
erenced, so to say, the bo ly of the
";-a I, ii ii. I could nut endure its desecra
tion by such talk.
As !;:! had the tact to perceive this,
sin went at once upon the npixsit.
tack of trying to imagine ::n adequate
provocation for such a letter.
She cross-examined Kitty upon all
flirtations v.ith Mr. Kolleston without
finding anything which anyone could
candidly consider disloyalty to her en
gagement. "Hut there's no knowing what she'd
think improper," she wound up "she"
Vicing Mrs. Lyncourt, the captain's
aunt. "Some of these prim Knglish
womeu are like Ned's wooden soldiers
so stilt that anything which pushes
them out of the perpendicular by a
hair's breadth sends them over al
together." Having ('..me something by her sym
pathy at least, if not by her comments
and her counsel, to comfort poor Kitty's
harrowed heart, He!l had to quit her
to ride home, w here there happened to
lie urgent need of her presence at
luneli.
J ust as she was in the act of mount
ing her mare unaided, and for this
purpose had gathered up her habit
with one hand, she caught sight of the
recreant enntadi standing staring at
her as t hough turned to stone.
He had n sooner posted his letter to
Kitty than he repented of its brutality
and hurried after it or rather with it
in the limited mail to Ireland.
His intense love coming upon him
with a rush swept every tiling before it,
so that in this mood and for the tn
ment he would lielicvc nothing not
that infernal photograph, not his own
very eves against Kilty's truth aud
modesty.
Hell, though she had no idea that
this was the enptain (whom s'.ie hail
never seen), was arrested by the stujH.
factioii cxprcs.el in the face of this
man w ho stared at her as ut the ghost
of Mime one lie had murdered
Presently he took out. a photograph
ami compared it with her f ; and fig
ure not forgetting he.- riding trousers!
"I liegyour pardon," he stammered,
"but is this you?"
Yes, it was Hell sure enough, with
Kitty sitting on her t nf.ered knees,
in riding she had iTe.ia':.'n Kitty and
been overtaken by a shower.
Leaving her horse with h-.- groom,
she scampered a loss -.v'th Ki'ty to the
castle for shelter, atnl is ther ; was
only one sheltered scat available she
took Kitty on her knee.
Kitty hal occulted a'i her person lint
her trousered legs and her close ecoppcj
head. Ukhak: AfilK KlNii.
Plenty to Do.
He had just returned from a more or
less fashionable resort where he had
left his wife and daughters. Meeting
one of Lis friends on the street, he ex
changed greetings, and casually ob
served that he had that morning got
back from S .
"How is it up there?" asked the
friend.
"First rate." was the reply.
"Much to do there?"
"Not for me: but 1113 wife and daugh
ters are kept pretty busy."
"What doing? Driving?"
'Oh no; dressing for meals." Har
per's Magazine.
'radical l iiiian-... - .'
The queen of Italy, having a desire
to imp-rove the condition of the sub
merged tenth iu the southern king
dom, is i etiit.g about the bu. itics.s in a
praci'cnl way. That is to say, she is
attempting to reform the ragged little
children of the gutter. They are to be
rescued from the streets and taught
some useful trade.
A WIUTE KIVAL.
How a Bull Pup Camo Noar Spoil
ing a Romanco.
Copyright. 13, by the Author !
What she could see in him I could
never understand.
He was certainly big. and presuma
bly strong and muscular, but n.ither
in Ixeauty nor in intelligence w as he
anything out of the ordinary . f na
ture's handiwork.
I have heard her rave about his eyes;
they were the color of coffee-bt rries,
and moderately large, but the r ex
pression, to my mind, was cmii..ntly
sheepish. He was disgracefully s Hish,
too, and was under the imprcssio;. that
his acquaintances could do iiolhing
better than attend to his meals and ac
company him in his walks. He was also
abominably inquisitive and pecu.iarly
clumsy.
Ami in spite of all this, she love i him
the most lieautiful girl iu the .orld
loved him, ami lavished caresses upon
him that any man with eyes in his
head would have given a kingdom to
receive.
His accomplishments were few. He
pretended to catch rabbits, and was
reputed a "ratter" on the strength of
having once barked at a rat in a cage;
the servants ha'L with much tli flic ulty.
taught him a stupid trick of running
off with paper parcels in order t gel
at the sw eets or biscuiu, hidden i iside;
and an infinite amount of shouting,
hallooing, and waving of arms would
occasionally induce him to jump over a
walking stick held two inches above
the ground.
In short, he was a most ordinary
white bull terrier pup, with a pinx
nose, surmounted by a black spot like
a blot of ink from a pen.
Nevertheless. I owe him a debt of
gratitude for lcing the cause t f my
hrst introduction to Kila Harring . on.
it was on an August bank holiday
the one bi:..'.ng hot day of a dam ami
dismal Kugli-.li summer. All the ..lorn
ing I had sought to avoid my Lint , and
at length, ly four o'clock in the iftcr
110011, I had discovered a delightful
bracke'i-coverisl dell by the dry V ed of
a brook :;i Itichmond park, w her . but
for the distant shouts of the gay and
h'l ss cyclist, nothing disturljcu the
pastoral lieauty of the sccue.
Here I stretched myself out, with my
arms under my hea l ami my hat liitcd
over my eyes, and fell to dreaming
and to wondering when, if ever I, a
bank clerk at two hundred a year,
should so distinguish myself by the
literary efforts w hich v.hoiiy oec ;p:cl
all my spare time as to be w hoily inde
pendent of the bank, except as a place
of safety for my superfluous thou.-.uids.
If only I couhl write a brilliant lovd
the novel of the sea-son! Hut A .neri
ea;i authors had declared that the
stories of the world have all been told,
and the serial papers preferre.. ro
mances written by young ladies as
lieing more sentimental aud soothing,
and the libraries would have noching
b do with the work of an unknown
man. and
A feminine shriek broke in upo-i my
despondent musings, and the idet of a
lovely woman in distress brought me
to my feet.
She was lovely; of that there was no
jMissible doubt. Tall and slender, with
light brown hair and big appealing,
dark blue eyes, eyelashes curling up
wards and a red mouth drooping down
wards dolefully.
She was angry, flushed and fright
ened, as w as a small, stumpy gir', evi
dently her maid, w ho accompanied her.
She clasped her gloved hands iii.plor
ingly, and looked at me with tears in
her eyes.
"My dog!" she panted. "My dog,
Hull! Pray save him. Some A rries
are murdering him!"
Then she ran through the bracken
and I ran after her to the spot where
live little east-end roughs and 1 vil
lainous mongrel with one ear bitten
through were wreaking veng -ance
upon a white bull terrier.
My six feet of authority, armec. with
a stout slick, speedily dispersal the
dog's assailants. They retreated i 1 con
fusion, employing language so bad as
to be fortt.iuttely unintelligible to my
damsel in distress, who was bi this
time kneeling Wside her prcciou . dog,
hugging him effusively ami trying to
wipe away the blood from an ir jured
leg.
The dog really had lxen a goo 1 deal
knocked nlcout. although I ha.-e no
doubt he richly deserved it; he now,
feeling himself an object of symp ithet
ie interest, sat down and refused to
move an3' further.
I knew something alcout dogs, and
speedily lnmnd up his paw with my
own handkerchief and that of his
mistress, which was simply marked
"Klhi "
Our faces were very close together
over the dog's leg, and one of her tears
splashed 011 to the back of my hand.
Kiia blushed, laughed and apologized.
I never saw lovelier blush or heard a
sweeter laugh in my life.
Si-eing that the beast was resolved
not tow a', k, I carried him. He was a
tremendous weight. and fidgeted
abou.iiiably. Hut with Klla beside me,
and her sweet, white hand, from which
she hal withdrawn the glove, con
stantly stroking the brute's neck, I trod
on enchanted ground. The maid
brought up the rear, giggling a good
deal, but, as she constantly dragged ice
hind to stare at soldiers, her presence
did not iu any way hauiper us.
The accident took place near the
White Lodge, and we had to pa s out
by the Mar and Carter gates. Lo ig be
fore we reached them I was ma. ly in
love with Klla, and had already in
formed her that this w as the ha picst
hour of my life, when to my dis nay I
learned that she was Miss Klla Harring
ton, eldest daughter of "Harrington's"
Starch," as we called him at the bank,
where he l.xlged a portion of the wealth
he hud acquired ia the manufacture of
that com UK dity.
"Harringt ui's Starch" lived in a
brand new stucco palace he hc built
for himself, near Hichmond Hill' and,
although he was not exactly a "Perkyn
Middlcwiek." I could never understand
how he could be the father of so re
lined ami lovely and fairy like a Wing
as Klla.
He fore the gates of Harringtoi. hall,
as he called his brick and mortar mon
strosity, we paused. We were f. iends,
dear old friends, by this time. 1 knew
1 that she w its nineteen, and tl at she
i loved nothing in the world so much as
j her bull terrier pup, except her father
and her lirotlicr loi, and sue Knew
every detail of my uneventful life of
seven-and-t v. t-nty summers.
She asked me to come in; papa would
want to thank me, she said.
I fountl papa genial enough, allfit
somewhat condescending. "The young
man from the ban!;," I afterwards
fouud he called nie, although my name,
Krnest Wyiiter, was known to him, and
he himself had begun life as a mill
hand at six shillings a week. Still I
was allowed to visit at Harrington hall,
and to play tennis with the giris, and
every day I grew more abjectly in love
with Klla, whose unaffected charm of
manner no parvenu surroundings couhl
impair.
Of course I dared not to speak of my
love to her. In my position, that was
out of the question. I could o.ny try
to kiss the dog's head, just a.'U-r her
lovely lips had rested there, and t de
tain her hand as l ing as possible in
greeting and parting from her.
Vet she must have guessed something
of w hat I felt; for she t;j'k me one day
into the kitchen-gar.lcTi aw ay from the
children, an. I there, looking at n:-. with
lovely, tear-dimmed eye-, she suddenly
remarked:
"I am so unhappy. Mr. Wyntcr. Pnpa
wants mo to marry ALlermnu : ir .John
West bury. He is a nice o.-i tlii::g. :.nd
papa says I snail in lad may-rcs .
Hut I think he is quite as fond of my
sister Hertha as he is of me. and 1 am
in love with some one else."
The licok with which she accompanied
her last words was a revciat ion. She
grew very red the next moment and
legan rapidly talking of something
else, while I. like si fool, sto-ct a:id
stared at her until her u retched young
brother Hob came bawliti' down the
garden ufler her, and si took my
chance of sp -aki:g from me.
For th rest of the afternoon Klla
avoided me. i:ul. cursing my own stu
pidity. I ::'. home and wrote her the
following lefer:
"XiV iir.tii :.tis ; !;.ti:utiN.Tox: 1 dnn'tknmr
hc:l". r j' el th.iik ::! r; s.;(B!; , , .-.-. 1
a3 aio-r for si j '...sur-- that a lew v. . ti'.s 1 -f
yours to-uuy cm ': ru.c 1: e tn t- 1! yc: what I
laci.nl to in-;, s en : dn:: Hit s.iice 1 List
n.et y .iu, ti r n-enihs a -o. I t av U ei,
uiaillv in l. v with you mat I can thi!:k .f
r.othinsr else. Ii .t :,s my 1 atiie itui.'. e due
no exceed two hundred nr. J l.:tr a y. ur I law
Ihociil it v.ol11 le i.r-.-...tu;i.uous l. ia..v f
inarruv.'e to you. even t.nd 1 felt h'e. f-1 of
i.-'iniiii your K,ve I v. ,ii net n-icaro 11. to yoar
ri-ser:ce aeaiu umil I l.ac '-. r 1 In m vi.u
Ouly. 1 entreat 1.1 you. f. r ti e sa c- f f oui- ic--lishtlul
fri. uil.i!iir. if I Lave n.; .! a mistake,
aid 11 ih soii.e ouc else s. h. u! oa luve. not to
Virile to '. .1 iae uiiat a 1,.1 1 l.av 1 .-, a. I shall
un it island and respect yn :r : ctice. :.:i '-,
much as 1 may su-tcr, I will not iutru le. upon
yo.i iurain.
"Always, my dear Miss Karri:.? ton. what
you wish mo to lie your sincere fricr.il or your
most devoltd adorer.
"Kl.NI-sT tVVNTKK "
I suppose-other men have watches! for
the postman In-fore now. but surely no
man ever waited upon his footsteps as
I did for throe wnoie weeKS.
Keen at the end of that time 1 should
have gone on hoping, but for the iict
that, meeting Klla and her sisters in
the street, her manner toward me left
no doubt as to her division, for. w hercas
the youugcr members of the family
were as friendly as ever. Klia's manner
was chilling to a degree. She would
not even look at me, nor would she
.shake Lands when we parted.
I ow n I was thoroughly miserable,
anil developed a faculty for caustic
cpigiamsat the expense of the sex in
general, writing several stories, enti
tled respectively, ".lilted." "No Heart,"
"A Coquette's Conquest," etc.
Then, one dreary November day, I
met Mr. Harrington in the streets of
Richmond. He was unusually genial,
and insisted upon my coming Lome to
dinner with him.
"Never mind almut dress." he sa'uL
"It is quite an unceremonious oc
casion. And. to tell you tic truth, I
shall be glad of a stranger's presence
to control the family weeping. My
Klla leaves us to-morrow, as I suppose
3-ou know, upon her marriage with my
friend Sir John Westbury, the future
lord mayor of London."
No, I did not know, and I could have
gone home and blow n my brxdns out
Hut instead, I went to dinner w'th him,
feeling that 1 must see Klla for the last
time.
She was looking very lovely, but ex
tremely paie, and her red-rimmed eyes
seemed to dwell on me reproachfully. 1
could not congratulate her, the words
stuck in my throat. Sir John West
bury was there, a handsome, well
mannered man, who hardly l.xiked his
fifty years of age.
After dinner, Klla stole out to take a
long farewell to her previous "Hull."
Sir John objected to dogs on a honey
moon trip, and she feared she would Ik
toil nervous to attend to hiui in the
morning.
Suddenly, as Sir John and Mr. Har
rington and brother Hob and I sat over
our wine and smoke, the dining-room
door burst open, and Klla Hew in. in
tremendous excitement, laughing and
crying hysterically.
In her hand she held aloft some dirty,
crumpled pieces of paper, and at her
heels was "HulL"
"Mr. Wynter! Krnest!" she cried.
"This letter. Is it from 3'ou? When
did you write it? When did you send it?
Hull must have taken it from the hall
table and buried it! It is dated a month
ago, and I have only just found it in the
ground in front of his kennel. Oh,
please explain to papa and Sir John! I
can't. 1 I thought you didn't care
about me, and thul is why I was going
to marry him!"
All this happened three years ago.
Hertha is lady mayoress 'his year, and
KUa Harrington is Klla Wynter. the
idol of my heart. And installed in a
palatial kennel in the garden of cur
pretty home is my white, my only,
rivaL OhliTKl UE Wau.iEN.
!;.o.U:iUiun' Koik.
Apropos of the recent train rohlcerics
an old story told 011 Maximilian is re
called: When Maximilian was emperor
of Mexico Le broke up trai t ro. J aeries
by a trick. He disguised three hun
tlred soldiers as peasant women and
placed them on a train. A gang of
bandits stopped the engine, when the
three hundred disguised soldiers rose
and tired a volley that killed one hun
dred robVicrs. After that the trains
were not molested.
Monifolinn Kluery.
The wealth and station of a Mon
golian are told by the numlvr and ele
gance of the gowns which lie carries
on his back. So,r.e Chinese are known
to wear no less than eighteen heavily
embroidered coats on stau occasi.u s
10 nave so many w a icons
.a. .1.1 1 1. Aa .
con-
.emeu ocncani 111cm that they
fact a walking arsenaL
are in
A SHiLINC3 E.
You say that you rau cptlLsir, then be food
fin -it? l to 11. si".
How you s pel! uie t.an:ll Voir, "synthesis,"
and "semaphore."
And jK-rharrs you ill try ecstatic" and "syn
cnti?ereiuai:c." "Hor.iilctic" and ' hciat:c," with an extra
dozen more.
f":.n you k;k il '. hry lephantine." "periphras
tic" auu "!. vantiue,"
Or the siiaple "at-'amantine." and the "poly.
9 vrelcTf!' '-"
Can you fa; ld- "anch.vIosi," can you spell
"ana lip'osis,"
F.i.Uiii:ui.-," ' tr.-rK, typos is?" If you can,
you're j-reitincr on.
Suchlilt'.e words as "prievintr," "pallimaufry ,"
and "ite' eivititf."
Oh. there's rc.il.v no lellevint' what mistakes
you s . awl. tr.es sec!
Pycuostyle. '' "paroxysmal," "caryatides" and
m "rlirisrual."
Words like these. It's really dismal when
they're missp. it at a tnu."
So you'd better l" arn "enclitic:" can you con-
qu r "aaiilvticV"
With "t.-rcntii " and "niephitic." and a "jien-
t hem in:, ral" pause;
And lucre's ' pr. s'.idl'itation," "homo i-rcal,"
"cachi-.a t:oii,'
Oh. it's o-.iti an education to learn ortho-
crat.hic laws!
Some li.t r- wr r Is ana'omii' have a sound that's
ra her cym.c.
And T r verses palindromic would he simply
most ahs'ir t
There's the s'.mrter "p. roneus." and "pa'iato
pharvtafus." "Stcrno-ch-iilo-niastoid.-usi" could you ch'Kse
a cm?.;, r u i r J?
"Ilydrostat ic." "iridescent," "aromatic." "adol-
IM1!l"
"Fnierrialic,' "evanescent:" the aie easy
words, you sec'
Manditcatioii," "macaronic," "percolation."
""'Tioriic.'
"Annual ion." "antijihonic:" there's a merrv
spelling Im-c'
s-pec tator.
A SPUING POEM.
Why the Editor of the T.Ionthly
Messoncer Acceptorl It.
Klaine (iray. carrying in her hand
the manuscript of a nvm the lirst
frr.it 'f her literary labor entered the
editorial sanctum of the Monti. :y Mes
senger with fear and trembling. A
young man seated at a di sk looked i:p
and smi'.ii tipproei;! lively for Klaim
was swe. t itr.d winsome a;i 1 her confu
sion ma le her positively charming.
"Can I see the editor?" asked the
girl, trying unsuccessfully to seem un
concerned, as if such visits were of
daily occurrence.
"I am the editor, at your service,"
said the young man. politely. "Vmy le
seated."
"You!" she exclaimed, then checked
herself, and said, with flaming ehi eks:
"Vou see. I had supposed that editors
were nil old and wore spectacles. I
don't know what gave me such a ridicu
lous idea. I'm sure."
"We sometimes lind our preconceived
n.t":o:.s are wrong." said Mr. Horace
Winthrop. "Win a I wvis a ln.y 1
thought that a bald Lead, and a wart
011 the no.se were the distinguishing
characteristics of all doctors, because
ihe only one I happened to know had
them."
They Icoth laughed, and Klaine was
at her ease again.
"Do you accept poetry from an un
known author?" she asked.
"Very seldom," said the editor. "We
receive so much verse from authors of
established reputation that only by
reason of especial merit can we accept
contributions from unknown authors.
Ia'ii aiv. avs willing to rea l an.', pass
judgment upon manuscripts, however."
"I have a icoem here which I would
like to read to you," said the girl, pro
ducing her manuscript. "You sec. it is
a spring poem" tins last haif apolo
getically "and I .suppose you get
plenty of those. I wrote it while visit
ing iu the country last spring, when I
was so entLused with the harm of the
place and the season that 1 felt I must
oiler some tribute and only verse was
in harmony with my feelings. I read
this to a friend the other day. at.d she
advised me to bring it to you. It prole
ably doesn't amount to much, for it is
so difiicult to write poetry! If 1 could
only e.vpress myself as I desire!"
"That is a difficult art indeed," said
Mr. Winthrop. "I suppose all poets
have found their liner conceptions too
subtle to transcribe in black and white.
They are like the cvancsci r.t charm of
a Ivauth'ul sunset glorious to behold,
but hard to descrilte and soon gone.
Will you read your jcocin?"
Klaine read, in a voice that to Mr.
Winthrop seemed very sweet, the fol
lowing: ' All day tho Ftmshlno. clear &r,d sort,
lias burn sh( d earih with liolaca sheen;
All day the tmiruy breezes wart
sui ot premises lroia land of ireon;
A!! la;.- li s come th" rapt: rou voice
Of tvneful terds from every Iree
'Tis spritict all nature doth rejoice
AuJ why not we?
" All day the distant rrest-m reathed hills
I'ave taken vet a treeaer hue;
Al. day 11 ( 1 hu id lake reieals
A clou lo Ik a veil's cerulean blue;
All day lac brock its joy has told
While ha -teniae to the distant sea.
The world foreet that it is old
At.d why not we?
"AV. day from yonder (.'rassy plain
Has ionic the luwitu of ti c herd;
Aud iu .lily lalls the low refrain
Of insect. I ce and tun-. tul b.nt
Oti, why should man alone te sad?;
Ail shou i;s happiness but he
The wot Id is hr iht creation's glad
Aud why tot we?"
During the reading of the poem Mr.
Winthrop, it is but true to say, paid lit
tle attention to the literary merit of the
production Le was too busily engaged
in studying the living, breathing poem
before him for that.
"It is very pretty indeed." Vie saiiL
"Will 3-011 leave it with me? I should
like to read it carefully."
'"Certainly." said Klaine, rising to go.
As the editor opened the dixir for her,
he said: "1 hope you will call again,
Miss "
l.ruy." she said.
" 7 Miss diray, and submit any con-
tributions you may have. Vou seem to
lisosscss talent-"
She murmured her thanks, gave him
her sweetest smile and tripped out, very
happy.
"P.y Jove!" was the editor's mental
r- 'nrris't ion w hen she had gone, "that's
a pretty girL W hy didn't I think to
taktk, her address? She may not call
again. I guess she will, though, for
slie seems to have the literary fever in
a mild form. Let's see I didn't pay
much attention to her poem too busy
observing the color of her e3'es. Some
thing about spring like most of the
rest of them."
He read it critically.
"Not so bael," kiu his comment;
"considerately alcove tke average for a
Iccginuer. It is commonplace, how
ever; too much so to publish. Hut it
will never do to refuse it, for if I do
she will be mortally offended, no doubt,
and I will not see her again. I must
make her acquaintance."
"1 thought all editors were old and
cross." Klaine observed to Miss Wilson,
her "dearest friend," that evening.
"Well, aren't they?" asked Miss Wil
son. "No, I took that poem on 'Spring
to the editor of the Monthly Messenger
to-day, and he's a young man,
and as nice as he can lie. He seemed
very much interested while I read the
p-cem to him, ami said it was ever so
pretty. lie asked me to call again,
too. and said I seemed to jcosscss tal
ent." "Perhaps he was more interested in
j'ou than in your iocm." Miss Wilson
sagely remarked. "It's lucky you took
it instead of sending it."
"Wh3-, what an idea." said Klaine,
blushing.
When she went again to the office of
the Monthly Messenger, a few days
later, the editor greeted her with a
smile.
"I Lave accepted your poem. Miss
ray," he said. "You write well for a
iccgiiiiif r."
"Thank you," she said, gratefully,
"I am very much encouraged."
"Hut 1 warn 3-0U," tie continued,
"that to succeed as an author requires a
gre-at deal of hard work and much per
severance, and even those who have
bee-ome celebrated in letters often
question ii their success is worth w hat
it c st-"'
"Oh. I never expect to lieeome fa
mous," said Klaine, innocently. "I will
just write a little occvtsionaliy for the
pleasure of w riting.".
' "l.y the way," said Mr. Winthrop.
hoping lo divert Ler new --awakened
litcrarj- energies into another channel,
"can you not contribute to our 'House
hold' r 'Fancy-Work' departments.
Miss Cray?"
"Well, perhaps,' she said with some
hesitation. "Mamma flatters me by
saving I am something of a housekeep
er, and I might give you my recipe for
making the crullers that papa appre
ciates so highly, And then I uui doing
a little fancy work, mid if j'ou care to
Lav me 1 can tell you alut it."
"Exactly what we want, Miss (iray,
and I should like to have you contrilc
ute each month. I am sure your cook
ing receipts will appeal to the popular
taste."
"Hut these subjects are so humdrum
and pro: y. Mr. Winthrop."
"True, but this is a humdrum world.
Miss (.ray. Where there is one who
will read a ! em there are ten w ho will
read a receipt for making crullers."
"Hut I prefer the appreciation of the
one who reads the p-vm to that of the
ten who read the receipt."
"If the rivcipt is a good one the
crullers will Iv appreciated, e'ven if the
author is not, and, besides, they 11:33
furnish inspiration for a psn-m from
some grateful epicure."
"Your arguments are unanswerable."
said Miss Cray, laughing. "The crul
lers win the day."
Each month after this Klaine con
tribute'd to the Monthly Messenger a
few directions for fancy work or one or
two of her choice cooking receipts--for
slie was, thanks to her wise 'mother's
tuition, an eminently practical 3'oung
ladj', and well-suilled in all that goes
to make a woman's education com
plete. As for Mr. Winthrop. the girl, so
sweet and womanl grew vcrj dear
indeed to him, and bevame the bright
center around which revolved all his
hope's and ambitions. Love with How
ard Winthrop was 110 light matter. As
the (vean is stirresl ly a te-mpest, so his
nature was moved to its profound
depths by his love for Klaine.
It was Ma3'. A little party had ex
changed for a fiw day. the gray citj'
for the sweet, green country, and
among them were Mr. Winthrop and
Klaine.
"It makes me feel like writing spring
poetr.v." said the girl, as the two were
strolling over the verdant meadows.
"Hi' the way, Mr. Winthrop, 3-ou never
published that 1 mm 111 I gave ymi a year
ago. I don't lcelieve j'ou intended to"
this last with a churtuir.g pout
"No. 1 re-served it for a better fate,"
was the grave reply.
"And what is that. pra'?" she asked.
"It is this," he said, takilg from an
inne-r ixvket the crumpled manuscript.
T Lave carried it near my he-art"
She blushed, but turned the subject
aside with a laugli
"W hj- couldn't yim publish this, and
keep the receipt for crullers, if 3'ou de
sired to to honor me in that w a
"lie-cause it was through this I came
to know 3'ou." he said, in a voice that
made her suddenly se-riotis.
She Lad taken the manuse-ript, and
some Hncilcd lines on the back at
tracted he r altctition. She read this:
The wjod and folds from sleep have spruuir,
Awiikiwii by bio sen'., warm kiss'
Th'1 b,rds a cone of love have suti).
lor Liilun ' lii.il.i..- t.me Is th'.a
From earih lie-low lo heaven alcove
A l h lds a messai-'e sweet to me,
And cpf..k iu aicc-nlsi soft of love
So w hy not we?"
With crimson face she returned the
paper to him. He took the unresisting
hand iu Vioth of his own, and held it
tightlj.
"That verse on the hack, Klaine," he
said, te-nderly, "1 wrote with 3'ou in
mind. 1 have loved you since the ela.v
3'ou brought me the jnn nu Will you
give me? j'our own swevt self to
brighten IU3 life and make it worth
living?"
She spoke not a word, but emly
leand her head against his shoulder
and he was satisfied. Walter Hall
Jewel t, in Chicago Graphic.
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A most wonderful imvhanical by has
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ly and it is mule rstood that edTorts are
to Ik made to see ure the curiosity or
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This remarkable piece of median. sin
consists of seven life-si.e-.l kiltcns, cov
ered with real skin, but with eyes if
omentitis set in white enamel. Each
kitte-n is providetl with some musical
instrument, such us a flute, a zitlu-r. a
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With these the kittens pla3' the most
difiicult pieves of music, eijx-ras and
such. The mechanism is similar to that
of a common music Vsix, and the w hole
apparatus, kittens, etc., is valued at
alcout twenty thousand fruiics. The
curiosity is even rejMirtesl to Ik; insured
for twelve tbousajiel francs.
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