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THE LAKtJASTER DAILY
QENOER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1886.
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UNDKR THE MISUKTOK.
Hy llMilel 1'Kacett Htxinuul In tin L nunn.ll
tan. 1.
Iltvk Imlr, long enough iimlalrelig enough
for the rnttliailnlaii lain f li liici, splendid
blackball falling nil nKult imi lllin h loll til
nlRhl I
1 nlrtdld hsln hlaik Imlr, and I nmei
knew mieli umiwi, rnnk, luxuriant Imlr of
Any onler tlinl illtl net belong le n cnatan torn tern
eratunL Thin especial black Imlr, whenmnr In hII
my lile slnce I ham hill nny trouble, Inw
nwept tiefore my oje n II II worn llie Miry
cluud In wlilcti llie tmiililii Hhruiided llnelt
IlutalnaiH. tecllsit II, tlunerlm also before
inyoyesn face, llm, strong, nod ImwuIIIiiI,
thuluek ul nhesndnik, klntl ejp li i beno bene beno
illetlon, my husband' late i nnd nit my
treuble vanishes ic mist doe t hen llie mm
Ml I Up 011 It.
I wa only tlin heiifekeepei'n daughter
lull the hoiifi(iliPfier had been Hladv. Mad
leiin it UilyT My iiinthpr waa lady, IiIkIi
tate Hint ilioreughbied. Hut when my
fattier died he mm launched l "uch enter
prise that e or thing went ' ! nl old
lr. I'onsenby, mv falhei'a lilentl, Ram lier
charge r Ida mansion ami household nllalr.
Neme years later nlil Mr. I'enwuiliy had died,
ami young Mr. I'ensnnby, Mr. nerrnpelnt
l'einiriby, who hail Ueii lilt hla nncln hut
is-tulenally In my leuiouibrauce, reigned In
hlnnlead. anil I wax atlll Maying Willi my
luotlier, recovering my health bolero taking
llie pinto engaged ler inn an gummesa,
whom I Mieuld liaiebecn new het ler this
llluean. In whose lung wnvalesiptien my
mother frit I imiHlIm with her. Scrupulous
In the lal degree el nicety. hIie inealil te 10
lam me In lhls liiiLhelur tHlahl'Mimtint, even
whllu unilcr her enn otte, no longer tlmn
wn iieceanry.
I'erbaii I hail my own lileai en the mat
ter a girl usually knew when any ene la In
loin with hnr. il I knew, tee, that Air,
l'lcrresilnt Penstiiiliy' uIkIiuH anil ninbl ninbl
tlen wero wlshrn and ambitious that mails
It Important te marry ermakun lortune anil
thui Increase her own. lint reiitil I fall te
teel, also, what the hiuUIeii Hush mount, tlin
lingering glaure, mul ngaliillioawildlligiive?
A ml I Haiti In him In my thoughts, "Yen
nte really tlcplcnble, ' ami II my thought
hiul run otherwise, I weulil net lmve K'vi'n
lilin a aiiHiiii Ien of II, hut haie hi'lil my hnatt
lilK with the HinllliiiC linlillriemu of n
woman Ntilllolenttn liurwlf.
Anil jntllfe hml Uh)ii npry mirel te me In
th Nttptemter ilnia e( ili'li Hellnn-n, lien
Ihejear anieil lull of rlHiniti In the red
October ilayB, wamlur nniler the llliimlmi
thin of the weed, threiiKh their Hcirlet nnd
Keld, ami crren rIietiiii, hihI iliitiipnimliliie ,
In the chill Net iiniLM'r dn,whi'ii the wikmI
Urn waa heokenlnK im home with lla fraKrant
lilarx, whero waceilhl alt twilde Ihn lin.mli
and let the time re by without ReaklnB till
xtartlcd by aome aeund niit-ilde our aphere
nt ilrertinltip pluaiauti-r, 1 aay, wni lirollien
(ler all my knowleilKO thai It wrh lille toni teni toni
lallen le ImpeHMiliilllv i Hutu In thtwe De-
lemlivr daiN, whi'ti the AnayrUti had ceme
down en the (old with lilt cohort all rIciiii
Hip In piuple and keUI that I te b.iv, a rore
of the rich ronaenliycouxinHnmlthelrfrlonda
le tiia the holiday, and ameiiK tliem thla
Juliet, with hnr bl.-uk hair and her million
ilellarM. Anil from thu day llipyumohe
(jin-ely eceuiPil le nun me and had hardly a
word or a ftlauryJer me.
tt wan net beT 1 thought, that Mr. Mevers
would hme trentpd me. Hemehuw, pleasant
aa daya worewtlh Mr I'lcrrpprlnl, u w te
Mr. .NeicrM Hint my theiiKhla turned lu my
KrleiuDef. And iiiiieiik all thece pcople of
fortuneand nl atnoeth patlm, thnethpr nhn'ild
haieneen te It that 1 vai rIipii honor 1
who hid been hi iiiuIe'h cart who had
ileKCd hliuncln'a peer, tired c en al latl I
"Mown penuilesi ami had laberlmi ways
te trpad, perhajw my llfe Ieiir.
uiu.mt. rotiienuy had uipant b pronde
seme fixed liiminn for my methiir and my.
foil but he had died without a will, mid If
hlanephenhad knew el lili Intonileu, we
could net accept all thing liein him and
new 1 w as te leave what had Ik in my home
el hmirieui omhe and go out into the world
and light my way. and I found mjfelf look leok loek
liiK forward p.tneriy te the day el my keIiir,
ler here and no 1 wa.1 tlnhtlut; my way
moie literally than l aheuld e tr Im w heu at
my ouUHle work 1 or while theie iKiiered,
and tha-H) alreiil7iil, and a low aci-nnlml
friendly eiiuallty, thi black-haired .TullHt,
choeMtig te hIiirIe me out as a apeclal fee,
waneil coarse and epen war, and kve atlnc
Ins luaulta that It venietlinpa uiatle me cry lu
the night te remember.
I would net make my mother mero un
happy by complaint. I foil leiaakeu and
forlorn when 1 thought he lm)ilhle it
waa te turn te Mr. Plerrnjieiul . and then al
ways the glutice of Mr. Never brought peai e,
and It did net aeeui nwevary even le tell
hlmef theae trliial Ir. uble, lii. n the leiy
theUKht or him uiatle them immi te he
trouble. Hut mero than ence I realied
new that In the HwetiIajH of llie laM num.
tner and early fall I had been drifting into
aotnetlilnK that mero pleaanttiea of
Iheaenw;-, and I thanked hetien that thla
Interruption had net ceme tee late ' If lullet
could content Mr. i'ierrepelut l'onenhy,
after what Im had Known of better thing,
why, let him boientenlod
1 never tiefore knew any jeung girl who
ae talueil money, ept.lally when already
lewlng II, asthl Millet did, and that se
inrdldlyaud tllslriaaiiiRly knew the worth
of IL
huoranie into my loom euu mernlug, en
wiue excue, with her hair down alie iiail
a trick el letting it rail down when alie
wished a Herniatien but alie did net usually
tare enough about me te think n nona-tllen
In my leliall worth while. It wns blew lug
about her new like a cloud as alie htirriml
along.
"What would you think if yen had tecarry
all thla en i our head '" alie rviid.
I heMtated te tell hut that I disliked her
hair but UIlie 'Ihayer, who nm reading
French with me that morning, a.tid alie
itheuld Iw delighted It alie had te carry It,
"It's a great aat lug, any way," mill Juliet.
" I don't lmve te spend n lumilrwl dollars a
ijir for new hair nt the ball dresser'a. I
don't aee hew people without elthur hair or
money gel along What de jeu de, Mm
reatlieraienhaugh "
"17 Oh, I de wlthoul.jeti hop," I said,
laughing, ler the leier had taken all the
3ellew locka and loll me with u shock el
short ringlets curling rlesa lu my head a a
Mrete.
" 1'erfix.t tireek, tliose rlierl curls are,"
aaid Olive, " I would he gluil te hae your
feier If It would leave me such a head '''
"Haioyeu had n feaver, Miss roatherston reatherston roathersten
haugh?" rsUihI JulieU "Here? I Hheuld
think you would lmve geno le it hospital."
J)fc.iurHe, I colored and made no reply.
" Why Hlieulit hUe go te a hospital 7"
asked Amy llelluw Impetuously, "when this
is nor ineiiiurs nome
" Oh, et erybedy has her own ideas of pre
priety," aald M las Juliet. "And aome joo jeo joe
pl might consider a hospital the beat ptace
if Ihey hud no home el their own. It must
In) very odd, having no home el your own.
1 wouderhow It leelH."
" rerhapayeu may 11ml out aome dav," 1
aald, for I was having all I could endure.
"Meney takes wings, ycju knew," said
Verena I'uiiaeiiby, laughing.
"Net when ll'a well taken i.tre of," aald
Juliet, "andmliiH is se pettled thai I dely
llie gel away. II llie wharf properly gli us
out, lliere Is the gas property, the waif waif
heuaea, the block of buildings, tbe lallread
stocks, the bank atecks, the geternmeul
lienda, aome sailngs h.mk hoards, home
inorlgages. 'I he dlvMemls ceme in an fast
thatHometlmeH I don't knew what te de with
them. Hut I koep thorn. Meney Is power.
Meney is mero thau br.tlns or tlllei. H jeu
have inouey, you can de any thing. 11'a the
only arntoeracy new. And initie la always
growing; ler you knew 1 rioter spend hall
my Income, aud oieryyear ihote Is thoethor
half te re-lniest."
"1 Hheuld think it was wicked,"! Niid,
"almost before 1 thought, "If I had our in
come, net te spend the whole of il, with nil
the distress there la in thu world."
"Dear me! Hew de you Knew wlmt my
tncoine la?"
"I have heard jeu mention it ciften
enough," aald I, taking up my book, that alie
might bu gene, "te be qulte iaiiilliur with the
ImuriH."
hhe kiaiml at me a moment with her great
coal black eies. "1 don't suppiwey en knew
enough le knew what iuaoleucu is," Mm aaid
Hlewly then. " Hew should you, (he house heuso heuse
keeper's daughter?'
11 Juliet I" cried wllve and Verona
"Ker my psrt, 1 don't knew why the
housekeeper's daughter is associating with
Mr.l'lerropelnt ronsenby'sguestanyway !"
uuiiiiuueu Jiinel.
"There In ene of his gueala," I cried,
" with whom alie refuaes te aaaocLite ' And
you will leave her room Immediately "
. AR ."" l8"Heil towards her-I'm yure I
den t knew why she tittered a try and
Hhraiik nway, and ran oil, tlainiiilng the
deer lK)hlnil her. '
II.
"1 didn't knew but the llttle vixen was
really going te atrlke me," ahe was saving
that evening te Mr. 1'onJeuby. "why I
aetmlly bcreataed I" ' ""it l
Alf you bart istn a moiue'helauBhetl,
Mew hurt nml Indignant I waa I lie could
walk, anil talk, anil all and tend with me nil
that lille tltnn befere the heiisn llllisl with
people but new he could baldly hpe lne
and all lilseld tileaaaut lutlmatleua had been
an hollow that he could laugh about me wlllt
Ihlscroaliireaiidcoinpsiemptoa verinln I
When ha turned and san ineallllng Ihete,
with my heailbentninr lh lnsk el pictures,
I nover raised II, although I Ifllt auto by
tliose aiiblle aonaeH that miter betray you,
that he wan Raring nl me mul walling ler a
resismnlte gam Hut when Mr. Niiveia
i ame wheeling hi" chair along. I plain ml up
and smiled and made loom for lilin beslde
mis nllheugli il lisik all my reserve le aunt
ineu a ainlle ler Mr Nuicrahad Hhewn me
a kind oetialdnratlun In Ihcse dark days, mid
man v day a beleie, that touched my htsitL
If '1 liavcn't lelil you almnt Mr. Neiera, It
Is time I did. I had known til tit only a llttle
whlle In comparison te the length el time 1
had known Mr. I'leriepelnl, nllheugli I had,
perhaps, known him better, and he was ut
most old enough In Im my fattier, but we
worn the bealel Irlendx. He lived In ene
wing of his great heuse, and seldom vlsiled
auywhere but nt Mr. I'otiseiiliy1.
New and then he hid the Psyche put lu
commission and Milled nway ever seas te
uelxxly knew what pleasures. Heinellines he
was heard of oil the lagoons el Veiilm;
sometime he was lu n ilatiahcali lleallng up
the mie; sometimes he w h rocking en A
camel eier the deseit or tipleiiug ntone
temples in Minima; and then again lie wa
titiex tKSL'ttxIly his'ii calmly lulling down his
lawns in hi gardui c Imlr, a II he had never
been nway. He had n wonderful degree of
strength, and isirhsl hillli. lie was a cel-
loclerof nllsorlael curies, hi en us. armors.
old chains, Kemhtandl eugiatlng four
Inches S'piare, worth mero than n patinoel
bright geld of that nls, and such luniks as
made book making stem an ail a line
a cameo setting.
With nil that, he was one of the men who,
unknown te the world, are factors In nllalrs;
for, detesting publlclly and ellllc for him
seir, he never entered their arena; hut sena
tors, nnd Kocreturli'", and Judges, jmd tlielr
kliiu c.'iinunily kSIxK! !;!5hiIi1u'bih1 hardly
a 'location el liuKirtance nrose that Ihn nclers
oil the gieal hcenudld nut seek lonsultalten
with him whereter he was lu be found. He
had no near relalliu. and scorned le stand
alene lu the world. He had never married.
He had a face line, and strong, and beaiitllul ,
but (and I ftel a If It nema profanation mid
sacrilege te sfs'ak of him as though It mat
tered) he wa a dwarf, net ipille llie loot
tall, and with a crooked shoulder. Nelsaly
whs se dellghllul te Usik at when he sat, nnd
low ie pie, through the plllfulness of It, se
pnliilul te lisik at as he when he steed or
walked, which, however, he seldom did,
usually wheeling himself with swllt skill
aud dlroeines In hi chair. And nobody
waseier morn dellglilfdl thitii he when he
talked, with all his vnsl resources, his wis
dom, and hi i, hi gentleness and kind
forbearance. When I listened le him I used
te wonder that no woman had eier lelt her
heart met oil enough by all that singular
beauty mid goodness and knowleege te be be bo
cemo Ins wife, anil tears hlled my eye se
that 1 had te leek away. And ence I half
wished I had never n Pieircisjiul I'en
son by, Injercler that, II Mr Neiersliked Itse,
1 might make hlni the Inppler. I had a
singular assurance, ler all lilsslleme there,
loin in, nuuiii nan it se. .Mill vel nnu ye;
eh, I wa very sure I did net, I rioter could
into air. coins'
"Whv de veu limk at me se sllllv',l
he
"I didn't knew I did, I answered, star
tled and ashamed.
"I Huppuse ou are pitying me," he aald.
" ou must net, I need no pity. I ew men
are happier than I '
"I I-really I
"h, pray don't," he interrupted, n I
slauimerisl en. "1 have embarrassed jeu
mero than you hvie me. Yeu are afraid, tee,
that you have hurt my feeling. I goteier
all that long age. I regard my misfortune
as of se llttle coneiiiniico beslde my belter
reason for content Yeu are thinking it a
pity no woman will marry me. Ne. don't
deny It ' 1 can read your mind, you see,
Ami Hit hnr llieiiRhtu as frlr nlllilu hi'i fif.
A . I 'Hern agates ui-.mii te wave and rteal
lniitsinl 'iricntsef clenr iiierning bi-aji, '
he said. "Well, 1 thought it wa a pity
once, nnd It cost me umie struggle te recou receu
ule myself te the fact, Ilul 1 have never
asked one, I nover shall II such an Im Im
IhkmIUe miracle aheuld lmjipen a that a geed
and leinly woman should wish, Hheuld 13
willing te marry me, arid think alie could
tind her happlntai in 11, 1 am net auto I
should allow i."
" Nel if she loved jeu '
" I should need very deep assurance of
that," he said smiling, with the light in his
brew n ej es.
"Oh, hew could veu "
He looked st me a moment,
"II may hieui strange te jeu, ' he aald,
"but I have inner allow ed tnysell te Inte a
woman. If I have found her Iwautllut or
charming, 1 hate lelt her out el hand. HlHh
things, l parly understood, were nel for me,"
"Hut -but-1 don't thing jeu are right,"
I stammered again. .Suppose It might be -a
luostlen el her liappnes.."
He laughed like a hey. 1 am afraid that
would be llilHnnlhIe,"he said.
" Hut II It were net '" I iHirslsted
"What I'm sure I don't knew. Well,
III leiiud It werose, if I weie able le deceive
myself Inte such a blessed hope, I I aheuld
give her some sign I should tell her Ter in
stitute, tint my pride wa Ukj great te ask
anj- woman te take itiloleruied and shrunken
husband- that that It she -eh, It's tee nb
surd te talk about'"
"I mi are absurd'" I said. "oil will
tell her, II she lete win, whst "
"I'm Hiiro I don't knew. After the del del
uge what1"
" Tell her," said 1, "thai II she ever tind
llfe liupoASlhle te llie without you teglie
von the sign, 'loll her le take your hand
some day mid slip from It that ring jeu
wear, the odd stone It Isn't the thing t,"n a
gentleman te wear anj'w.iy aud te put 11 ou
her own."
"ery well, ' he Hald, laughing aud turn
ing Id chair away. "That will ileas well as
an j thing. en tell hei, if jeu in er come
across her ' '
And still laughing, he wheeled hi way
fictut llie loom.
III.
As the ilaja went by new, upon tnjjwerd
I wondered at Mr. I'onsenhj-. I knew him
se well that 1 knew what was agreeable,
ueiOMsurj-, Invaluable te him aud Juliet hail
net one of these thing lu her possession,
hhe had it bold, showy beauty of the sort
tliut tie didn't prle, and she had qualities, lu
her rudeiK as, herhelllshuess, her temper, her
coane want of nensuit emus, and her assur
ance, that weioelleuslvo te him.
Hut jet it million dollars! What thai
would de for the old I'onsenby place ' What
that would de for the old I'oiiseiiliy naine ;
nnd II he hail inimical ambition, as he had,
that ambition whose fualltlcatleti neeila the
expenditure j early et snmll lertuues, hew
much thai would iiofer the I'onsenby carter '
Unceined te me that Kierty and obscurity
were n thousand time better than such ig
noble wealth and prominence, ami again 1
said In him III my thoughts, Yeu ure despi
cable '" Hut It hurt me te Hay It ler all that,
I wns plnjlng HemuWAlU music later lu
the evening, n little crazj' tarautelln, a quaint
gut otte of II teii, aud trjlng te forget myself
lu that wild, sweet Jey of ethers. He emtie aud
leaned a us the corucr'.el the mantle gazing
at me. I looked up half n second. Much n
strange, long, aid mid troubled gae was his!
I did net understand it Middenly the
music fersisik m tiugeis, mid pushing back
thu cluii, 1 lied nut of the room bclore 1
Hheuld lese all self-control. My inethei
incline aud drew me into her sitting-room,
aud held my head en her kuee, stroking my
hair, but spying nothing till the clock struck
eleven,
"New," ahe a tld nt last," it il time loge te
bed, or jeu will seethe I'onsenby ghost. It
alwnvH walks, in seme s1ibh) or ether, the
night liolero Christmas here,"
"Then It isn't due till le morrow night,"
said Mr. l'lerreHilnt, coining in, ler the deer
steed ajar. "Wewlll all ail up mid nee il,
ami jeu shall tell it the legend, Mr. Keith Keith
eratuiihaugh." "I will tell jnu the legend new, 1'ierru.
imlnt, j'ettr uncle told il me," Haul my
mother. "11 is only the ghost of an old
liimily falling olthclPensoulnathat walks. It
la mi exacting ghost. When they have
ollered It the Htcrillce of what they most
t-alue, It will belaid."
"They 7" add .Mr. I'lorrepoiuU "Who
are thevT"
Yeu," Hald my mother.
"What a terrible thing te be n plural
royal, editorial, and the god en Ctucasup,
all shrunk tn euu I'onsenby matt 1"
" Yeu will nover seem a man te me," aald
my mother, " nor llke the last el the I'eu.
seiiIijh, nnd by no means like the head of the
heuHti, Yeu always seem llke the llttle boy
whose Jackets I mended, whose broken
llngera 1 bound up, whose headaches 1 used
te cure."
" And you are always just the rnuie leyely
Motlier l'eathorstenliaugh te me that you
were the first day that you came Inte thin
house and ordered me (1 was making my
annual visit then) a plate of bread an.l but
ter and au eceau of Jelly. And when you
took oil the ivrnpa and allowed me your little
rose leaf of n baby, 1 thought alie waa the
sweetest miracle in nature. Ami and "
Suddenly he steed up aud looked nt me
wheielMt en the Itasaeek at uiy mother
loot, putting my illiliolved hair lu erder.
Anil 1 think ae newl"
And then lie alrede out of the loeni.
"Anil lie lets that Jitllel girl talk no le
a mlracle of nnture 1" I cried Indignantly.
"And hels going le marry her million will
loltlie mlrailoef nnlurngnl Well, llier la
ene thing about II l Ihn miracle of tialure has
nome aelr-rospecl I '
And my mother Uughed
"Why an excitable!" Knld she. "Yeu tin
nut love him. II I only a Hilly pride el
yeurnthatlHilltrlng iiiinllllcalluii "
And Ihen oil I went te lt myaelf, but nel
for any great nineunt of sleep.
IV.
The wind wa blowing with a rising gale,
bringing nuew up llie mountains ; and a I
looked Irem Ihn window lu my rosltessnocH
nn hour or two later, my lamp being out, I
haw II driving by lu great gusts of whltoness
across the gull el gliHim behind.
" Well, well," I said te myself. "A groen
Yule makes a 1st churchyard ; and this is it
very whlle Yule. There won't be many
morn people lime, but the mistletoe will
hang lu the hall all the same."
I threw opeu the window lu broatlie the
freshness of the gain n moment , and at that
moment 1 saw It, Light lay all around It en
the drit lug snow, light liken slanting beam
everywhere dliruseil iikiu llie slerm, and In
Hie midst el all the light aud whluiriess a
tAstshndewy form, a man's form as plainly
as I ever sw anything, n Ponetiby man'
only tn my excltwl laucy terrible. What
made It mere terrible was that 1 could aee no
Tate, only wlieru n fin e aheuld be, perhnpna
ileeper sFmilew mere lull of dark suggestion.
Hlrainre te say. that Isiyend this Unit chili
crooning of the blend, It did net alarm (no.
" It deas net come a an enemy," 1 Haiti.
"There Is something familiar nbeul IL Hut
II this is tlin I'onsenby ghost, why dees It
wiue le me"
And I limit forward sevrchlngl.v.
Hut what was till Iswhleit? Anether
ntiape, dark iisin the whiteness of the storm,
a woman's shape, but again gigantic, anil
round it blowing out n cloud of shadowy
hair, long, veiling, black a: Oarthaglnlan'H.
And the woman bent a if iMindlng towards
me, and raised mi arm -was It threateningly 7
And then, as If from a Jewel en n long ex
tended hand, caiiiu a llnsh of light through
All that hlluiliiPiH, and the two shapes bent
together, ami all st onie the truth rushed
ever me, mul mspitoel inyselt I laughed a
loud, clear, ringing laugh, mid the two
started apart. Them wa confusion of mov
ing light and darkness where they had been
nnd then all light leased and only the great
while storm raid en.
He lid was llie end, then, of I'lerropelnt's
doubt. He had suited Ihe iUost!en. Well,
he had solved 11 for me loe , it wa the end of
my doubts.
I lighted my lamp, and link out hi photo
graph nnd placed it alongside the drawing I
had made of Mr. Never. Ouu was all dark,
slender aud sinuous grace, one wa full of
I lie, lire nml power. One had proven weak
and uuwertlij'. If net treacherous, one was
se strong that If he wished anyone's love, he
would net ak ler IL And yet until very
lately 1 had thought 1 lined the one aud did
net love the uthei. Ah ' what If these eyes
that here gaed at me se kindly, se tonderly,
had oter looked otherwise' What If they
ever aheuld ' Always since my first remem
brance of them they had held that gaze ler
me.
" II I'ierrepelut I'otiteuby is dospicable,"
I nild, "ae a woman that does net knew
her own bearL Ilul I have found out mine,
mid thai without any se bitter test a test
might ha"
And all at once, as I sit there with my el ol el
bews en the table, looking nl that drawing, I
wa wondering at mjself, wondering what I
had done lu the years that I had known Mr.
Neters during hi long absence and the
weeks aud months when I had noter heard
of him, aud feeling with n sudden hreanj
Intensity that never could I endure such ab
neme mid sllence again nnd live. And he 7
Oh, that ierhaps made llttle odds. It was
enough for me te lete, bits enough, content
ment enough.
Aud jet 1 knew hMler 1 knew new mere
fully what it iieeded no word from him te
tell me. Aud 1 blew out my lump and
looked again nt the vast, w Inte storm sweep
ing as gladly a the bio si swept In my velu,
and went te sleep lull of a deep aud un
sHMkab!e ej-, and only weke when day had
long dawned, and found the white storm still
raving en.
I had plenty te tin lu my looms that day ,
for I meant te be Itnilng the place presently
and meant lint my mother should go where
1 went, whereyer that might be, and it was
twilight of the etrly Christina eve when I
went down, mid the aervnuts wero hanging
up the holly and the mistletoe that had been
brought in from the weeds before the storm.
I always had a soil el pleasant sui3rstitleu
about the mistletoe, itid this 'plaint leaf and
waxen lsrry of the irgmlan weeds might be
as powerful a tlie genuine aprnys brought
lu Irem eier seas, 1 lingered new watching
them hang It as If I assisted at some religious
or incAiitlug rili).
A group of the guest wero sitting alKiut
the gteal hearth el the draw lug. room, when
I went lu at Inst, their ls.es rosy in the blaze.
riorrcelnlteLtrted te hi feet and took a step
toward me, nnd then suddenly re-seated
himself by Juliet as before, and Mr. Nevers,
with his warm, welcoming smile, wheeled
hi chair aside te make rueiii tvr me near
him
"Did you knew that Jullet heard If"
cried Amy In 111".
" Heard what'"
"Why, the ghost you knew, the I'niisenliy
ghost,"
" Yeu don't say he ' When - heie what
wa It llke'"
"I didn't sav I tw it," said Jullet with
lufliiies. " I heard IL"
" Heard a ghost '"
" Ye, heard a ghost '"she cried snappishly.
"And that's all there I about It."
" Oh, Indeed !" mid I was turning away
lndilleiently.
" e, Indeed '" she cried then. "And I
den t think you'd be he exceedingly calm if
jeu had heard IL It wa perfectly blood
curdling ' Oh ' ae sharp, se high, se shrill,
se piercing, se cruel and mocking, and vlu
il Id I te. I'osltltelj-, 1 neier heard ae llerce
n shriek of laughter; mero llke n jell el
bale "
"Strange no one else heard tL Did veu
hear anything nl the Hert, Mr. l'enaniiliy 7"
" Who ' I ' " he Haul with a starL " Ne,
nothing, nothing of the sort," with an odd
hi Miratien. " Of that aert. at IeasL"
" I'lieu It wasn't the I'onsenby ghost, 1
HltpiHISO "
" Oh '" tried Olive, " Mi. I'ousenbj- prom prem
ised that jxur mother should lull us llie
ghicst sterj- ou Christinas ote,"
"'1 hat story will be lelil en manj a Christ
ma et e yet," said I. " It is ghost, I laucy,
that never will I") laid."
" What de jeu iiieiu " Htltl Mr. l'lerro l'lerre
Milnt, sharply.
"Why' De jeu knew about il ?'' said
JulieL
"Oh, je. And he dees Mr. rnnsenby."
"And why will il inner be laid" she
asked, linisirlniislj-, as II she had a right te
knew
" O'l, because, nx-erdlng te tiie legend el
it, I suppose there noter will be a I'onsenby
willing le hacrlllce the thing he let es best ler
the thing he loves second b'sL"
"I'm Hiiro I litm'i knew what you are
till king about ' '
" It doesn't matter. Hut It he lete, for
Instance, n weinin liest, he will net sacrifice
her lei anj- money, and II he lotes motley
brsl, he will nel H.-torillce that ter nny woman.
Hy llie waj-, I wonder il It wa the ghost 1
saw that you hear.'."
" Yeu 7 you saw a ghost "'"
" I Htw, looking Irem my wludew, nt Just
About midnight, pausing un the storm, ex
actly as If treading a cloud of di it lug snow,
a shadow-, a regular I'ensunbj' shadow."
" ou saw It? ou really hiw it 7" cried
nnu nml another.
"And what did il de-'" exclaimed Amy
mid Oltte lu a breath.
" Anether shadow suddenly appeared be
Rule If, the shadow of a woman whose hair
had lallen about her- long hair, black ah a
cloud .ted the shadows b3iit together ; And
I fancy eh, 1 only laucj 1 saw the Ural
shadow make a motion a II It slipped a
ling ou thu hand et the second shadow, this
w ay."
And en the il.uk sidoefthe urellght I had
taken Mr. Neter'H hand, sliding the ring
there from hi linger, aud lilting my left
hand into the light, 1 slipped the ring en
the betrothal finger, held it a moment lit the
glow of ihe blae, aud dropped my hand
again et er the Bide of the chair.
"Well, and what then," cried Amy and
Ollve again.
"Oh, nothing much." Ker Mr. Never
had ginHnl that fallen hand of initie and
held it lu hi own, tight a lu n vise.
"ilul what happened T" persisted Ye
rena.
"Oh, the light was blown out, maybe, or
the ghosts remembered, If they were ghosts,
that snow storms, and mist aterms, and what
net, are like quicksilver en the backs et mir
rors, when they stand posturing with a light
behind them."
"Oh I" aald Amy, In a tone of half-delighted
disappointment. " It wasn't a ghost
at nil 1 It a a pair of levers 1 Who de
you suppose it wa T I'm aura it waiu't I."
"NvrV's-ildUllte.
l Mr. Nevers.
" Ner , pehly stammered Jullet.
:
it must hue bun some of Iho senants,"
aald Verena.
"Hervants te something, le ethers' ca
prices or Ihelr own," I sild. " The woman's
shadow had the build el a took, 1 remoiu remeiu remoiu
ber." And then 1 wa atliamed or my bit et
splle.
" 1 am sine, though," I added, " that with
all my heart I wish she may make n tatter
wlfethun I think aim will j" ler, after all,
nplle would lint e the heller of me.
And Just then them wa a uimmotlen In
thnclrUe made by Jane's bringing In the
lea.
"What tin you mean hy all llila 7" aald
Mr. l'lerreMiliil, rising n the ethers rose,
anil coining ever and stsudlng a moment bc
aldnme, " What aheuld I iuatt T" aald I.
" De you Imagine can you lumglne is a
man pledged by the act of a midnight romp,
the gilt el n ring, nn lille kiss 7"
" Yeu will forglteiuo, Mr. l'ierreisilnl," I
began, half under my breath, "II 1 say that
I neltlier knew nor care."
" YottdenolcAro i il l nothing le you,
then, whother "
"The friend of se many jears, Mr. I'lerre
Kilnt, your choke el a wile would be a great
d'eal te me. ilul a you cheese a persen
that would net let me remain your friend,
with whom you urn evon make me the sub
ject of a Jest, I must of necessity resign
myself te letting yuut inttrlsge mean noth
ing te me,"
li tt li. mill flipsti lien, clM.tr, It, vfttt f" Iia
exclaimed hotly In hi auntireasetl under-!
tone. "I may have cheated injself Inte the
wild endeavor te de without you. Hut II in
lmK)sslble I I cannot ' And when 1 saw
veu with that ring et Neters en your baud,
'l thought I should go mad."
" Mr. l'lerreisjIriL" I said, " you are
Hpenking te the woman that will be the wife
et Mr. Novern, or et no ene."
"What!" he cried, fergetful el his earn,
anil then sinking hi voice again. " Will you
tell me," he said, " that you -you, who have
se lienet en in me aancttiyer leve, tuai you
love, would marry that man, that hunch
in "mi i.iih u i ,w.e, r -i 'Ljluw dreatned 1
"1 lote a i neter tir-trJ- rf ,
could love," Hald I, " a man se noble liiai i.
he has ene derect, 1 fall te remember It,
whose beautiful face Is the rellex el his beaii
tllul heuI, and without whom life would boa
desert Hint J could net cress"'
And I moved away hurrindlv ami rlnsnil
Ihe deer behind me. afraid lest team of ex
citement, anger and love should overllow my
face, "
1.
1 ptused a moment at the feet el the
stairs, le get my breath, perhapa, when the
drawing room deer opened again, and I
heard the chair ceme w heeling s wlltly down
Iho hall.
"(Stay a moment,' said Iho voice that
thrilled me. And Mr. Net era caught the
hand that atlll were Ins ring. " Yeu are
playing with fire," he -sld hoarsely ; " the
Urn of the eternities, tti lire et heaven or
bell. I)n you dare let me dream !"
I turned and looked at him as well a I
could ler the color streaming up my face aud
iiiHKieg my tury t.jeuu neat j-, and then l
knelt down ou the rug lieside hi chair.
" De you want jour ring back !" 1 wins wins
pereil. " And you," he said, a If in answer le me,
" de you niem that you are going te be mv
wire"" J
" Yeu have netei aked me," I whispered
again.
"I tiever shall, uuly-enly- if jeu are
If I am net dreaming if this 1 net seme
dear, mad, delusion, then wake me
quickly "
I put my arm up atsjut In neck aud
kissed him.
" Is thi real 7" I said.
"My wile! My wile' he murmured,
clasping me.
And w ltli that all the ( liristiuas hella rang
uttt, and 1 looked up and saw the mistletoe
swinging ever our iicajh, and hid my face en
hlbreaL
" 1 1 Isn bliss I have nn right te that 1 never
lUred hope ler, that te pray for 1 should have
thought blasphemy, that 1 did net leek for-
warn te
eien in heaven
" Oh, heaven U here ' ' 1 said.
And Just then thu drawing room 0ened,
nnd the young patty came dancing out for
their frolic utider the mistletoe.
" Oh, my geed gracious '" cried Juliet,
starting back, "bhe had better talk about
the I'onsenbys inarrylug for money ! 1
suppose that's what all her rigmarole
meant I And here she sell herself le a
hunchback !"
" l'er shame "' tried tny, a Ihey all
gathered about u.
"Oh, Juliet, nti a Christmas eie '" said
Verena.
Hut I only elasl him the closer. Aud
thou 1'iorrcpeinr, very white and bet, was
speaking.
" I'essibly the l'onseubya matry for
money ; I w Ish soiue el them had before my
time. Hut one of them has te-day had hi
hand rejected by the young lady el whom
jeu speak, Miss JulieL Audtheiela noth
ing left ler him but te pray heaven te bless
hi mero fortunate filemt whom she ha al
ready blessed."
And he wrung Mr Neieis hand, and the
team (lowed from my eyes, and 1 am net
sure that for Just the one-half second I wa
net serrj-1 could tint marry both el thorn, or
that there were net twoel me '
"I hate known mauy Christmas eies,"
Haiti Mr. Neters, " since 1 was a child, but
never one that brought any dlllcrence le my
llie till new. Hull feel as If the world w a
insiie and life begun ler me this Cluistmas
eve!"
Tavsiieu ui UftifUiirn
Fiomtbe rblladclpblaliecerd
The preposition in the 1 tench chamber te
put a progressive Income tax en bachelors
serves te ludlcatn Iho no tncial resource that
yet remain untouched ler nations whose ex
chequern haie been exhausted. Hut thla Is
bjne meana a modern s heme for replenish
ing bankrupt treasuries, lu I'.ngland in the
relgn of William aud Mary, Parliament as as
sessed a graduated tai net only en bachelors
nnd widowers, bill upon marriages, births
mid burials, 'lhls was literally taxation
Irem the cradle te the giave, and exceeded In
brutality Heme of the worst features el the
ljngllsh protective sjslem el Iho same pe
riod The social rather than the hnaucial condi
tion of Cranie Hen at the bottom of this
scheme U) put a L en bachelors. It is
shown by statistic of last year that In I'arls
there are 170.101 unmarried men and JSI,"
single women, lu thtwe figures widows and
widower are net included. Kstluiatlng at
."00,000 the persons el lailli sexe that are net
of marriageable age, It appears that in I'arls
thorunre about as many persons who llte
contrary te thotlecreeol nature a there are
married meii arid women In the rest of
l-'rntice llie proportion does net dlller very
mitterially. Thore are about J.OOO.OOO mar
riagenble l-'renchmeu w he prefer w hat they
regard a the coin eiilence of t ellbvcj'.
The cause of this ludlllerenc-e te marrlage
lies in the fact that In l'ans a well a lit
ethor cities el Krnn.A jeuut men Und it
mure and mere ellillciili tu support a family
According te their coudlllen lu llle, while it
is quite easy le establish relations outside el
the marriage tie. In the Crouch republic the
pressure te till place in the government is
lar greater than it ia In thi country, with all
the cry about our natleual greed for ellice. A
young I'rencli man's llrat mubitlen ia te ob
tain n high n position a (lesslble in the civil
sorvtceor in the army. In the crowded con
dition of the tint veraltles and military schools ,
whose graduates struggle fur government
pests, promotion is oxtremely slew ; and by
the time the average 1 reucli etlicial has at
tained the rank and salary which wettltl en
able him toBtipiiertA w He hi desire te found
a family has been, a a rule, considerably
lessened, When married he must lit e in ac
cordance with his station, which costs much
money, while elllclal salaries are net by any
means as high In l'rance as they are ou the
ethor Hide or the Knglish channel. Hut the
unmarrletl Frenchman, whother elllclal,
clerk or artist, can Hi e well en n small In
come, a he can occupy a cheap aud narrow
apartment ami make modest expenditure for
feed without Injuring 111 social position, te
which no attaches mucii importance, it is
net strange, under these circumsUtnoex, that
be many 1'renchmen should prefer slngle Hie
te the married rotation. Whether a tax en
bachelors would arrest thla tendency te eel eel
ibaey, and promote social morality, may well
be questioned. There would, el course, be
much complaint ameug the bocbelors titer
Iho partiality el audi a tax. Hut it has long
been the pofiey of the taw In I'Vance te gire
encouragement le the fathers el large fami
lies. Te tax bachelors al a higher rate than
the heads of families would be hi harmony
with this policy.
hail, nit: NUinr.
Hull the nUhLnll hall the morn
When tfce t'rlnioef l'eaee was bem '
When, umtd the wakelul told,
Tiding geed the angels told
New our solemn rhaut e raise
Hely te the Saviour's pralse;
.Vew with carol hymns wehlce
;hrlil tbe Lord, our Jtljf htoeuintii,
" Ner
TWO CHRISTMAS TOEMS,
A llsppr Family.
Ter the IvrtLUiiiMin.
"firing In llie boughs el holly, and deck the
pictured walla,
Let Joyous Ctirlntina. enroll ting threiiRh Ihe
rpacleus halls i
Frit at Ibis leatlte season our Jeys Me manifold,
And we may well he merry, who have both
health nnd geld,
ftun J Immr.tetcli llie ladder Jehn cannot reach
se high.
There. Carrie, that leeks lovely-leek out Ihote
Katn-nh, my'
1 ou neatly knocked tliose tne down from the
mantle thorn.
Oh, I rank tint livllloeki, 1,-Jenaiil luspendcl In
midair'
Ten, Mary. Inks I lis thlldien, and pack lliein efT
le bed,
Tet Harry Ihcie Is lecpy-see hew he nedi his
head.
Pay Jimmy, llttle honey, new don't forget te go
Te morrow morning early te Mrs. Mary Blown,
And tell her te bring promptly my dress at half
past eight
Hhe's hid plenty Hme te makn H-l can no
longer wall
rer Charlie Bcall te morrow will take me le flie
ball,
And 1 mini he arrayed In the latest ilylesel
all."
Bospeko Ahippy maiden, thn eldest of a fleck
Ol merry, gay young pcople el arhtocralle
.- stock,
'As ruiaombled In the patter upon n Chilatuiss
ove
Thjrdocked thn room with holly and gailandi
gtcen did weave.
And well inlxht they b) happy, light-hearted,
gave and free,
As mid Joyous sengi and laughter they trimmed
their Christmas tree.
Their father waa a banker of credit and renown,
The family wns considered the wealtblosllnlbe
town.
And merry attains of music upon Ihe night atr
rang
As, gathered round the eigan, Ihey Chilntmat
anthem sang,
firing In the boughs of holly, and deck your
pictured walls.
Let Jej eus (Jhrlilmsii carols ling thioughyeur
""ill pti
"''""I" - -tir Jeys are manl
r or ni. cats icvitd Bunion ., ... , I
,,,, 1I1U li j-U
And you may well be happy, who have both
health nnd geld.
One el Oed'f Ioor.
They say that this Is a season when nil should be
insrry and glad
But I, an orphan fer'aken, am heart tick, and
tired and sad.
1 be crowds that Jostle and push me, hear nel
my heart-broken sigh
1 here's naught te cbeer me, and no ene cares
whether I live or I dle '
U bat right have I te be happy at Ibis restlve
II me of theycai.
When people are wishing each ethera Christmas
of mirth and of chepr
I who am deemed te a life limeertiaidshlps and
sorrow and pain.
Must ever he sad and tlrjectcd, must leek ler
pleasurrslu vain'
lint k ' the sweet an therna of Christmas are borne
nn the night's frosty air
flow happy and Joyous they mujt be In that
bright, happy home ever there t
While I ob ' rather In heaven, thou knenest
alone what 1 hear!
A gill alone In the city with a world of soiiew
and euro.
All day In the ficUry 1 labor, wbeie ,n er hear
a kind spoken word.
And naught hut the noise of machinery, and
curses and rude Jests 51 heard,
riwjdetlarj a week thsy pay me they eay, tit
mero than rneugh
Ker a girl te live In the city, whose wat of liv
ing are rough.
I knew that my ciotbes are ragged I've nelh
lug about me that's new,
Ilul why aheuld that be the reason that peeple
should think me untrue
le all thu Is Doble and virtuous, and brand me
a " tough ' and a " case,"
And eye me with loathing and horrei, Insulting
me e'en te my face
(iOd knows I'm as pure as the angels that borer
about bis while throne,
If I am a peer girl forsaken and live in the city
alone.
Alene' eh, ttnt weld means te much te a
humclesa orphan like me'
Ne father te leve and protect me, no mother te
teach me te be
Content and happy with all thlngs-te bind up
my peer aching bead.
Te kiss from my brew the flown marks, and bid
me be cheerful instead
Ne brether te shield and protect me from In
suits et rude tvicked men men
Ne sister te wind her arms round me, and tell
me te never mind when
Things don't Just happen le suit me that all
n 111 be right In the end.
Alas' there Is nothing te cheel me, net even a
kind loving friend.
ou say that this Is a season n hen nfi should be
cheerful and glad
leu new knew what la the leaseu 1 urn se
gloomy and sad.
But ene precious thought comes tomebowe'er
sad and lonely I be
That Jesus Christ cam te eaveeen such peer,
wretched outcasts like me.
Jerry Cruntiti.
liiued Will Tell."
es. the old adage 1 1 light, but If the ltvei Is
disordered and the Weed become thereby cer
lupted.ihe had "bleed will tell "tn diseases of
thu skin and threat. In tumors and ulcers, and In
tuheicles In the lungs (flrst fctnges et cenaump
ten) even although ihe subject be descended In
a straight line tiem Itlcbnrd Ccrur de Lien, or
the neblest ltemau of thorn all Fer setting the
liter lu erder no ether uu-dlclue tn the world
ftuels Dr. HerccVUuiaen Medical Ulseevary."
Iiy It, and your" hloed will tell" the story of
lla wonderful efllcaey. Tu.raw
m
I'craeual UeinellueM
Is gieally enhunced by a tine sol et Ueth. On
the etbei hand, nothing te detracts from the
etlpctet pleating features, flne eyes and a grace
ful figure, as yellow teeth. That popular toilet
article SOOUONT checks their decay, and ren
ders them as llle as snow.
lie On lour Guard.
Heuseu'a Lapclne l'lasters are widely Imita
ted. That Is Iho fact. New, why are they Imi
tated ? because ihey aie the only porous plas
ter lu exlatonce that I leally trustworthy and
valuable Hensen's l'lasters are highly and set
entincally medicated, and cute In a low hours
Aliments upon which no ethers have had any
etlect whatever. The public are therefore cau
tioned against l'lasters bearing the names of
" Capslcfn." " Capsicum," " Capslclne," or " Ca.
lutein," hlch are meant te pass for " Capclne "
(please nole the dlrTeieuce) and also against
plasters bearing the names " llonlen's," " Hur
liui's," ote. hen buying ask for llonsen'a I'las I'las
ter and protect yourselt by a personal examina
tion. The genuine bes the weid"Uapclne " cut
or poreumtl In the body of the plasterand the
"Tnroe Seals " trademark en the lace clelb.
U)
ai-CUIAZ. MUTJVMH.
home Doubt the lllbls
Ami the motives et lLsautheis. but none who
hate u Mid thein doubt the ritlcacy of " lluideck
Meed Hitter. This splendid bleed tonic Is with
nut it per for sale by II 11 Cochran, druggist,
IJ7antl 1JJ North Queen street, Lancaster.
Threw Away S3.V0.
"'lieubled with asthma for eight teats. Nel
unite two bottles of Themas' tJclectrtc Off cured
me completely, after spoudlngever WM without
the kllghUsl benetlL" lhls Is what August
'lriihiii'i,ei Tyione. Pa. sacs. Ker ssle by 11,
II Cochran, diuggtst, 1J7 and IS) Neith Queen
stieut, Lancaster.
Hew About the Ueaes.
Many people before purchasing a uiedlclnu
naturally luipilre, the slzn of tbe doseand the
strength of tt In using Jlurileck .Bleed Jl(Uri
ateaspoenful ter the llttle ones and two lea
spoonfuls for grown folks are all that Is necessu
ly at ene time. This magnificent medicine Is
notenls economical but very pleasant le the
taste, ter sale by II, II. Cochran, druggist, 1J7
and 133 North Queen stteet, Lancaster.
I'rutetl lilg lleusllt.
"llai magical pain killing and healing prop prep
cities. Halt of a Itfty cent bettle cured meet
iheumatUm and it cold that had settled tn my
buck. Keel as well as I ever did In my Hie."
Otte J Deesbtiry, preprlefr Helland C'ly A'eie,
llelluud, Mich., speaking for "Themas' Kclec Kclec
trlellll" Kei sale by II. II. Cochran, druggist,
U7 und ID'i North Queen sltcet, Lancaster.
" My Mether
Has been using j our Burdock Meed llitlcri as a
liver remedy, und finds them veiy etlicacleus "
Clues. L. Aluswertb, 41 Vance block, Indianapo
lis, Ind. Fer sale hy 11. 11 Cochran, druggist,
137 nnd UJ North Queen slioet, l-ancaster.
A rultccman llraced Up.
IL t Celllna, uiember of police, seventh wuid,
Heading Pa. talks this way "uireied seveielv
Irem rbeiimattsui nothing did ute any geed till
1 tiled Jhemat' Fcltctrie OU 11 is a pleasure
te ifceuiiii'wid It." rer sale by II, 'I. Cechiiiu,
druggist, 1J7 and 1W North Queen street, Lau
cuslci. Osi JIettl ErrscTS A Cuai. Mr. Oscar K. II.
Kech, of Allentewn, Pa, was bedfast with In
flammatory rheumatism In the winter of 1683.
Doctors could de nothing te relieve him. He
cemmenced using Gress' Kheumatla Kemedy.
Hy the time he had used halt a bottle he could
leave his bedj when he bad finished the bottle
he waa cured and bes net had a return of the
disease since. In his own words, " 1 teel belter
than ever before," Trice II, by all druggists,
leWamnMWAr
MBOICAt,
QAl'01NEl'L.bTKU8.
BENSON'3 rOROOS PLTIRH.
IVINIKH I:l'03UltKCAU8KS C0UUI18.
Colds, Pleuilsv, Kheiimatliin. I'neiunenla.
Weiiralgla, rjctatlcn, Lumbago, Itackachs snit
ether ailinenls. for which llensun'a Catwliin
I'lasteis sis) admitted te be the best remedy
known. They rellete and cure In a low hours,
nlien no ether application Is of thnleasthcnrni.
Kndeised by 6 1'U physicians and druggist s ll
wnrn of liiiltnllen under similar sounding
names, such nt "Capsicum" "Uapslcln," nr
"Uapslclne." Ark ren Hsrsen's asd takb se
eriiSRS. Kxainlnoutietiilly when ou buy. All
druggists.
BKAI1UKYA- JOHNSON,
dll Guulced-tw I'mprleters, New Yolk.
a TiiLoriieiios ren iihkumatihm.
Utterly Discouraged
expreise ihe feeling et many victims of ihou iheu
lnatlsm, neuralgia, sciatica and nervous or sick
hcadachs. Having tried numberless se railed
remedlusand physicians of all schools, without
relief, thoieseems te be no hope. Many such
bay as a last rerert tiled AthJopheioc, and te
tbclr surprise nnd Jey have found tht It was a
tajc, lure nnd jkic, cure. Alhlop&eros Is net
an expetlment, Ibensands have been cured by
Its use and Ihey testify as tilt value.
Bhckomeke. Dntchef s Ce , N. V.. Aug. JO, (s,
1 took Alhlopbiiret according te directions t it
caused a ringing In my bead that wa net pleas
ant, il operated ou my heart causing a slew r
and fainter throb, and constipated my bowe s
When the last dose waa taken I did nel think
much of the medlclne, the nextdaymy lam)
nesi was bctlerand continued getlleg lessuntll
It left me. My lameness was In uiy hick, sbeul.
dels and neck, and had been for eight months.
I wasndvlsedtotryAlhtephnroa by my neigh
bor, Wm. Jacksen, who had taken a bettle or It
for a severe attack of lameness In his sheulder
and arm. He said "It drove the lameness right
out of me; my bead foil strong, nnd my heart
almost stepppd beating I thought I would die
but I csmeeulall rlghi, and have net had any
lameness slnce." AMON IIUKjUS.
Phelps. N. T August 13, lfse
t am a piactlclng physician : I tirrscrlbed
'slnncAsn nl tnvptprnln rhntiiiisllsm
Athlephui.. Met and arm. Thi case had
of the right sheust.. .4.,..es mentha-nnd re
been of weeks standings-) k i "C n'se Iho use
slsted medlclne carefully sslecttA., "1 nil
ui eieciricueaimeni. one bottle nnnivel I .' "anever I
lhatrouble. The case remains wtll, r (iiiiveri".v'l'w' ,n5f
yt ar since using the uiedlclne.
(1 C. I'ltlUUIll), M t).
Kvery druggUl should keep Athlopheros and
Alhlophero rills, but where they cannot be
bought of the druggist Ihe Atblopberos Ce., Ne.
Ill Wall street. New Yerk, will send either (car
riage paid) en receipt or regular price, which
Is ll.OU per bettle for Alhlopheios and SOc. for
fills.
Ker llvei and kidney diseases, dyspepsia. In
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
of women, constipation, headache. Impure
bleed. Ac , Alhlopheios Pills are unciualed.
deCOlweed
TTOIilNA COHDIAU
VOLINA
CORDIAL
ciinus
UYSPLP6IA. INDIGESTION,
WLAKNLSS, CHILLS AND FEVER, MALA
RIA, LIVER COMPLAINT,
KIDNLY TROUBLES, NEURALGIA
AND RHEUMATISM.
It ti Invigorating and delightful le take, and
et great value as n Medlclne for weak and Ailing
Women and Children. It gives new llfe te the
whole bystcm hy Strengthening the Muscles,
Toning the Neives, and completely Digesting
tbe feed.
This Kemedy con tains no hurtful Mlneralsrls
composed of carefully selected Vegetable Medl
rlnes, combined skilfully, making a Sale nnd
X'leasant llemedy.
A HOOK, ' Vellna," by lending physicians,
telling hew te treat diseases et HOMK, mailed,
together with a set of handsome cards by new
Uelletype process, en receipt of 10 cents.
Fer sole by all Druggists and Grecers. 8heuld
the dealer near you net keep Velima Cordial,
remit 11.00, nnd a full size bottle will be sent,
charges paid.
rREnriBDONLr nr
VeIIua Drug and Ohemleal Company,
UALTIMOKK, MO., U. 0. A.
eiblydAw
BA
HLEY MA1VC WUIHKY.
PERRINE'S
l'UKK HAKLLV
MALT WHISKY.
DiRl'Kl'SIA.INDIIJhSllON and all nastlng
diseases tan be entirely cured by It, MA1.ABIA
Is completely eradicated from the system by Its
use. 1'EUllINK'S PUUK HAULEV MAI.T
WHISKV revives Iho energies of these worn
with excessive bodily ei mental efferL It acts
as a SAKKGUAUD against exposure In tbe wet
and rigorous weather.
8TTAKE part of a wlneglnsslul en your ar.
rival home alter the labors of the day and the
same quantity before your breakfasL Doing
chemically pure, It commends Itself le Ibe mod med
leal profession.
WATOH THE LABEL.
Nene genuine unless bearing the signature et
Iheflimeu the label.
1YI. & J. S. PERRINE,
NO. UY NOUTH FKOUT ST.,
PHILADELPHIA.
septal in eedA
fJJXIlAUta'KU VITALITY,
EXHAUSTe VITALITY
THKSCIKNCEOr LIFE, the great Medical
Weik of the age en Manhood, Nervous aud
1'bystcal Debility, Premature Decline, Knorsef
letilh, and the untold miseries couseuuorit
thereon. SCO pages Ove. in prescriptions for all
diseases. Cleth, full gilt, only 1 ou, hy mall,
sealed, Illustrauve sample tree te all young and
middle-aged men for thn next oedays. Address
Hit. W. II. l'AUKEU, 1 lluinnch Htreet, ltnsten,
Mass. myl7-lveedAw
TuL,Y'S UUKAM HAl,M.
OATARRa--HAY FEVKR.
ELY'S CREAM BALM
(lives Hellet at Once and Cures
COLD IN HEAD, UATAIUtll, HAY rKVEII.
Net al.l'iuia, Bnuir ei 1'ewder. riee Hern In
lurteus Drugs and intensive Oders.
A ivtrtlcle Is applied te each nostril and Is
agreeable. 1'iice 60 cent nt druggists ; by
mall, registered, te cfs. Circular tree.
ELY IIUOS, DiuggUts, Oswego, N. .
JulyiJ-lyeedaiyw
CUHK KOK T11K DKA.tr.
Peck's I'ateut Improved Cushioned Ear
Drums perfectly restore hearlng and perform
the work et the natural drum. Invisible, com
lertable and always In position. All conversa
tion and even whispers heaid distinctly. Send
for Illustrated book with testimonials, FHKK.
Address or call en F. HtSCOS, t3 ilteadway,
New I erk. Mention this paper.
luimlO-lveedAlyw
pUUK OUAKANTKKD.
RUPTURE.
Cuie guaianued hy lilt I, II. UAthli.
Eiisoaliuicei no operation ei delay linm tiusl.
phss ; tiisleil by hundiedsel cures. Main ellice,
831 AUCH 8T I'lULA. fie ml for Circular
r-ivaw
rlOKN HKMOVKB,
VILTOUU COHN KEMOYEK.
Warranted te eradicate completely and tn a
short time, the most obdurate corns, hard or
aelt, without pain. Beld by Uee. W. Hull, Chaa
A. Lecher, Jelm It, KautTuian, Dr. WixuWenn.
ley, And. O. Trey, Chas. JTshulmyer, and al
, , , . llqUTLU'8 DHUU BTOKK,
el-l mi v? est 0,an i,
Muri
T ANOAHTICt AND
? - M.-TIMB rTABLB. .
Cars leave Liieatr'lr I
MO and II J9 a, tn., aad fce&trt)
IlintMvll IIIIImmvIII Wm '
'.oeanqiosjtjft, m and !, MsTl
RKAOINO ft COLUMBIA I
i .A.N,iI1RNCM"A'D
I'ANUAOTXU JUINTUMB K. K,
Un and attar ntlNltAY, NtlVRMMiltk Hj
"'-'""hla ana lAncasUr al 7.MB.M
- """nandMep.m, e-
ll S""-"yTllle n't 7. a. m. and Ikte H, .(-
" " ""caies at 7.H3 a. m. and lien m. wa"
rr,rk,.?A"" LKAV COMJMMA
TitiiV.i "?;"" u.ib...i', -1
Feria f,. A
i; ;.,""?-. i'r.r: i :'
... jjvuniiuii nt e.Sf
orviuarryviueais
iiiAtisa .
Fer l.aneajtliir nt 7
Fer guarrrvlile al 7.2) a. m.
BVMDAT rHAUtf.
TKA1N8 MtAVX UBADlNtt
Fer Lancaster at 7.20 a. m. ana 100 p, n. t)
Foryuarryvtlleatteop. m. J'
TUAIN8 LKAVX QUARBTT1LLB t ','
nr Lancaster, Jbanen and Iteadtng a T.WsVl
TUA1NB LKAVK KING BT. (lAnetavtW,) '
rer r.naaing ana Lebanon at 8.08 ft. etu ftfta 84
p.m. -y
or ciuarryvuieaiBrap.nl. ?
TUAINt) LEAVIC rUINOR ST. (LnnOMUf,
nr ucnaing ana Lebanon ana 8.18 a. in.
p.m.
Fer Quarry vllle al S.U p. m.
, TltAINH I.KAVK LKIIANON.
Fur Lancaster at 7 -vs a, m. ana MS p. .
Fer Quarry vllle at 3 e p. m.
Fer connection at Columbia, Marlet
1ft i
nl
'.'
is
'1
""", i-ancnaier JuncUen. Man helm, BM4W
and Lebanon, see time tnit nl nil staUesM. -x
A. M.WllnN.BnperlalisBi
inwBsmw
PKNNHYLtVANlA. KA1LHOAD fSOH
ULK. Inetroctfrem Jttnel,1888. i
T.r? r"?1?." bxneABTaa and leave and art J
at Philadelphia aa fellows i j
Lmvn
Isiwa
WKSTWAKI),
I'aclOc Kipress....
News Kxpiessl......
Wav Passemrerf ..
I'lilladelphla.
f mntmmimM-
n:tt p. nt.
t TOn. in.
30 a. re.
7ln m.
. m., ixn ana ".sji . L"
E!Bf. i
i.i a. m.. i.e ana tJk m. Mk.'
I.EAVB L,KHA.JOB.r. M
ma. aa, ?vs
asaa. m.:.i '
.J0. wt.i
twrsVBtfrS"2
Mali train via ML Jey)
ni. A jaail Aillllll ...
Niagara KxpreM..,,
Hanover Acceni.. .
via Columbia
7.10 a.m.
B-sn au 5 . "
vlaCelninbla
shsnau ta" e
w a, m.'K"
l.ie p. a. J
S 10 p. Bbfi i
ilk a. m.
Fasi Accem
via Columbia
Frederic. 2i;'
Lancaster Act. '
Uarrlsburg Accouii---Celombia
Ap-oem..''
Ilarrlsbnrg Express .1
Chicago and Cln. Kx.
via ml Jey..
.10 pvlll.
iep.m.:
r top in,
8..V1 p. m.
lOOftn "v
OiWB. Wt,-,.
7 X p. Bfcrfg
7:40 bl ta.'X-:
lu-.sep.
rew3ru Axpresst.,,,
KAnTWAKD.
rhlle. Hxpress)
Fast Lluef
Uarrlshurg Kxpiccs.
Lancaster Accem nr.
Columbia Accem....
neasbere Kinross
IN ? ",
ljincaster.
;s jaa.re,
6ia.tn.
8 10 a.m.
8Ma.m.
bee a. in,
13 M p. m.
son p.m.
SWp.m,
4 Mp.m,
arnva s.
, Phllft,
1041a. H.iV?
TlaMtJef,
ii. m. .-s,
I'hUadelrihla Acceni...
Ml,M
sunuay nan...
Dav Kinmnl.
llanlsburg Accem.
e p. in.
K A.-
P W-
The Lancaster AppnmmrwlAllnn lnMalK
.,.-. ., tn -i-rri.r i. i--r-'vf-5"ar .v
----".-. ctjiiiuiutintiun ieTe ixHQSJi -
UlA at 6.40 ft- tn.Ht1f1,-Manh.,a Marietta k.HJt llu1
leaves Columbia at n-ia r m ., au" II. t
reaching Maiietla at 12.01 and 2.56, I&nSfV-
"u-n !. ui uu uriiyea i jtniTasTnrftiTiBi - r
p. m. L
Thn MttHalta A HA.MM. --.. . ,.-. f
nttrietta at j co p. m. ana arrives at CelnmMsm 'r '
t"i ale, leaves al 8 35 and arrives at 8.M.
. "Jt
. .V " ."t" -"ccommeaation leaves Hanettttai
710 and arrives at Lancaster nt 8.-00 oenaeeUa
with HaiTlflbnrfl' Kxnrnna Ktmna m Am
ThO Frederick AccnmmiWIltt Inn. ML nntina4l i Jna
Ins at Lancaster wltb Fent Line, weak at tttt it
n. m -will nin thrnneh tn Vrafl.H.w "" """'" Wi
The Fredenclc Accommodation, east, laavrajfiM
Columbia at list) and roachea Lancaater at 1 'AM
p. m. ii 4bi
Lancaster with Niagara Kxprexa at 0.BO ft-fswA
wui run through le Hanover, dally, except !&
Fast Line, west, en Sunday, when flajrsMeLv 3
wUl slop at Downlnglewn, Ceatesvllle, PfjfcSJ.Sir
trhe only trains which run dally. On Bnn444.'
the Mall train wast runs by wav of Columbia. . .-C
... J. il weed, General Passenger Anat,,'U
uiiab. B. ruau aeneral Manager. .,
llUVaBtVmlBHIKH UOOtf.
OAbL AND HEK
TII tt'
. i)l
HUUmSartiK LiAMf,
Hlxty Candle-Llgbl JleaU them all.
Anether Let of CHEAP (1LOUES ferGaaaniiV
vuaiuiw. OM
THH ' PERFECTION "
MLTALMOULDINU AND IIU11BEUCU8U10H .
WEATHER STRIP
Heats thorn all. Thlsstilp outwears all ethers.-
iccuits uut uiu cuiu. step nttuing ei winaews. rr
include tbe dusL Keen out snow nnd ruin. 1st?
enu can apply It no waste or dirt made tn ftp- ?89
plying ft. Can be Utted any where-no hole te'M
uuie, icnuy ita uw. il win net spur, warp ear b'.
shrink a cushion sttlp Is the most perfect, At.
thfl Sfnvp. llt-Htcr nnn llnne-M Hfnri. 4.
-or- t 5Sg
Jelm P. Schaum & Sens,
24 SOUTH QDEEN ST.,
LANCA8TKU, rA.
t
W.
A. K1KFFKK. AltUUH V. HKRR
KIEFFER & HERR,1
DLALKIIB IN
WOULD CALL SPECIAL
AT1LN1IONT0
FulA
Hi Warren Le. 8
1 HOY. N. Y )
MUib), MMUti, imuua am nutiGi
..,.. , ..-
lie ask no one te tun auy iljka with "fill
Hfliiscfuriiisliiii Goodsil
tiitti lu ijitd ,;nii9tavtvit. uSI
Abe llanlflrll Tlllf a I . I' SMl I f 1 t t.i.a nnrl.l"'J
being a thorough het base, no part of this sleva 1
remains cold, every lnchel It radiates heat, ivi
As a Smaller and Cbeapei Heater tbe "BBlQHTj
DIAMOND" bus established Itself In tbe float
ranks. j
TheuieilUoIlhe"3l'LENDID',autl"BElOUTj
DIAMOND " consul lu beauty of Construction!
Period Control of Draft, Cleanliness, no Dutt,
9CalI and examine foryeuiaell.
40 EAST KING ST.
iiii'i'imii i'iiiikt limine i
-'-- T iX. .-ji
ipuuw ;i.,.
BLMlUUf. I".
."ti?
V,VAj'
T0V. EDGKIUjEY.
Sleighs!
V-5
Sleighs
1 havu no iv leadylerlhn Winter Season, Ik "
largtwL cheapest, rliiest and mewl select, assert-a
ineniei Bingieanu ueuuie at.
renTtiAND,
ALDAUY AND BOSINBtMl
sLBians,
l.vei' eilered for sale In this city. The werku
ship and elegance of Ornish U lully un tsl
stAiiiiarti at my nne ana weu-anewn cartl
work. My puces rer a goon, honest aaaa
Isntlul RrllriA urn tttit InwMtln lh m.tbM .
1 have a large stock el UHUUlka AND Oi
itiAUts. new nnu eecena-uana. an ai .f
lowest ngures. i-icaae uui ana ex
worst.
Edw. Edgerl
KaarkctMrMt,
l-i
near et Perte. &,
UepotrteF prempUy attenaed lo-Oeaj Mil
werkuTta etpscMly s VlPFtO.
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