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pain in his side, oneof its most troublesome
symptoms, wis koen just then. But O'Brien
answered from his own point of view.
"People who have enjoyed every
material prosperity are fond
of induleine in imazinary troubles. To
have knocked about two hemispheres as I
have done would soon cure them; and to
have known the want of s. crust of bread or
n glass of water, makes a man not only
rate!ul, but cheerful under moderate good
fortune."
Tes, indeed." said Scott, "those are
hardships one rarely encounters. I was re
Jcrrins to other trials, as real perhaps to
some minds, though less tangible. But you
musi have seen strange times. Van Hanuen
tells me here you have had some curious ex
periences?" "I have gone through as manyunpleas
ant adventures as are to be found in a dime
novel, and now, after 20 years' wandering,
find myself home again at last."
"Twenty years!" repeated Scott, struck
with the coincidence in date vith memories
of his own. "After 20 years you must find
many changes, not oulr in Loudon itself
though thHt is altering very rapidly but
anion" your own acquuuntances and faiu-
"As it happens, 1 ve never been
in London lielorc; and I never
remember any kith r.nd kin, except a
lirolr.w, and lie, poor fellow, met his death
the vear I went abroad let me ee, that was
in the spring of 'CS."
Scott, apparently busy searching for
something among the many papers that lit
tered his desk, was in reality listening with
str-iined attention.
"Your brother was older than you?" he
hazarded.
'Michael was some five years my elder.
He would be 45 or so now. Excuse the
question, but is anything the matter with
you?"
Scott had gone white as the paper he held
in his hand, and that fluttered with the
tremor of his pulse.
"Nothing," he gasped, with an effort;
"nothing at all but this pain ah! it often
takes me like this. Go ou; what were you
Jelling me?"
"I was speaking of my brother. He was
a clever fellow. Had he lived, life would
have gone very differently with me. As it
is, the early mechanical training I had witn
him he was an engineer served me in
good stead at Van Hahnens, and so has been
the indirect means of my obtaining an intro
duction to ou."
"If you bad a footing in their works, yon
could 'not have done better tnan held on.
Theirs is a fine business; my operations are
mere trifles in coniparn-on.
Scott leaned bis head on his hand, and
traced abstractedly dots and dashes on the
blotting pad before bini.
"But 1 had to get back to England,"' ex
plained his visitor. "For many years my
whole thoughts have been centered on get
ting back, and, strange as it may seem, I
have never until now been able to manage
it. Once I actually took ship, to be wrecked
for the second lime in my liie; and on an
other occasion I got knocked on the head
2or the sake of my passage money. 1 spent
the next two months in hospital, and the
next tuo years hunting down the man who
did :L I paid him back with interest,"
said O'Brien, smiling, "for I never forget a
debt, an idiosyncrasy that has injured me
more than once. I had, for instance, many
chances of settling down in America, could
I have loregotie my purpose of returning
over here. But there are some things even
dtarer to a man than success."
Yes, ye," said Scott, "peace of mind is
best ol all." His own p"ace was gone
years ago but he was overcome now by un
usual agitation. "Strange!" he mused,
"strange that Michael should have a
brother.aud I not know it;stranger still that
among all the millions in London chance
should lead that brother to me. But is it
not Providence lather than chance who thus
provides me with the means of making
reparation? And even if I am mistaken
yet the name? the date? no, I cannot be
but even so, I will still help him for his
own sake," lor Scott felt that inward lean
ing toward the stranger that comes to us
Mheu we meet a person whom we shall atter
uarri call Irieud.
"Well, Mr. O'Brien," he said ajoud, "I
will see what lean do for you. Leave me
your address, or perhaps yon wouldn't mind
giving me another call toward the end of
the week? Saturday, shall we say? Yes;
perhaps by that time I may have hit on
something lor you."
Tiie visitor rose and took his depaj-tUre,anJ
he might possibly have looked more elated
had he known into what good hauds his
interests were confided.
CHAPTER II.
Scott's thoughts that night dwelt persist
ently on the past. He had escorted his
daughter Catherine to an evening party, and
lor the first tine he had observed in her be
havior a reminiscence of her dead mother's.
The sight filled him with inexpressible
pain. He could no longer look -it her; he
wandered through the hot cas-bghled rooms
alone, examining the drawings on the walls,
which he knew by heart these many years,
and turning over the equally well-known
albums of stale photographs on the side
tables. Vhile it was yet early he asked Cather
ine to come away, and she, always eager to
please him, at once sought her wraps.
Eollcd cosily round in them, she leaned
tuck in her corner of the carriage and re-liei-rsct
in smiling silence the scene she had
ju-t left.
Scott, usually so equable of temper, bs
trajed signs of annoyance. He let down
the" window nearest him with an unneces
sary rattle; he stopped Catherine's Ian in its
progress of flipping off the front seat with
an impatient word; ficaily he glanced at
the pretty dreamy lace beside him, and it
seemed to add the last straw to his burden
of discontent.
Catherine, returning his gazi, thought he
looked tired, and was filled with setf-re-proacb.
"You are feeling less well?" she said
anxiously. "Oh, we ought not to have
gone ! I ought to have stayed at borne
quietly with you! I am a selfish wretch !"
"Xo, I'm all right," answered Si-ott; "it's
not that. It's something else. You have
enjoyed yoursel, Catharine?"
'Very much indeed," she answered, yet
slightly surprised by his tone.
"1 saw it," lie cried petulantly: "every
one in the room could see it. You laughed
aud talked more tnan I have ever known
yon. You looked different you look dif
lerent now from your usual self."
Catherine leaned forward, love and ap
prehension blent in her beautiful eyes.
"Did I do anything wrong? or "say any
thing? or was anvthiug the matter with niv
dresi?"
"So; you looked very well, and you knew
it. You betrayed your consciousness in
every movement in every tone. It was
paiulul to me to be near you. A vain,
coquettisli woman is a terror to me."
Catherine was too startled to speak. She
pressed her hands together in perplexity,
and her coat slipped from her bare arms.
Scott drew it up again with teuder care.
His ebullition of temper had relieved him.
"I do not mean to accuse you ot wilful
coquetry; but you are young, dearest, and
thoughtless. And 3 on, ton, have received
the best gift that can come to a woman, if
rightly used beauty. Eor God's sake do
not turn it to the sorrow, the desperation,
perhaps who knows? to the eternal loss of
one ol your fellow creatures!"
Catherine was tongue-tied by the terrible
earnestness of these words, as well as bv the
strangeness o any reproof frpm the most in
dulgent of friends and fathers.
J"There were two young fellows there to
night," pursued Scott, "whom I have long
supposed to be interested in you, who stand,
I Iniuk, on the brink of :i warmer feeling. I
watched your conduct with them. You dis
tributed kind words and smiles to each.
You .let Marchinsou fan you, but you
dropped your handkerchief for Hervey to
pick up.
Catherine relapsed into smiles.
"Oh, not I did not drop it on purpose,"
she explained.
"You allowed Hervey to turn over the
pages of your music, but'yrm asked ilurch
inson to choose the song you should sing;
and though it was hit arm you accepted to
the carriage, it was to Hervey vou gave from
the window your last good-bv."
"But how is that wrong?," asked Cather
ine, still smiling; "should I not try to "be
equally ulce to them both?"
The cloak began to slip down once more,
for her warm little hand had sought her
father's and crept inside it, like a bird to its
nest.
"How cold your hand is," she said, shiv
ering Scott's fingers closed over hers, at first
fonaly, then with unconscious force, until
beneath the unendurable pressure she gave
a crv of pain.
"Equally kind to them both?" he re
peated; "don't you see what you arc doing?
You are encouraging both to hope where
you can only satisfy one. They used to be
friends; now on your account they arc so no
longer. I even see them exchange glances
of cmnity. II Hervey enjoys a momentary
pre-eminence, Murchinson is cast down; if
you accord Murchinson a favor, Hervey
bites his lip and scowls. Always together
when you are present, they avoid each other
when alone. I heard Murchinson just now
say to his friend, 'Are you going to
walk?' and when he got the an
swer 'Yes!' Ilien 'I'll ride!' said he,
and turned on his heel. Formerly,
is you remember, each enjoyed nothing so
much as the other's company; but jealousy
is a plant or rapid growth. Beginning with
petty insults ol this sort between comrades,
no one can say to what it may not lead to
the. bitter word, the unforgivable blow,
even to the crime of Cain."
It was here that Scott in his vehemence
crushed Catherine's hand and wrung from
her a little cry,
"My poor darlingl I have hurt you!" said
he remorsefully, and carrying her fingers to
his lips he covered it with kisses. "There, I
will not fonzet again what a delicate little
hand it is! You know I would not purposely
hurt it lor the world. ,
"And I," said Catherine, with tears in her
eyes, but again smiling, "did not mean to
do the harm I appear to have done to
night But it never occurred to me thincs
were so serious even now ohl I feel sure
neither of them cares for me in the way you
mean!"
"Perhaps not; perhaps I am mistaken.
And yet, Catherine, let us imagine they do
care; that both are anxious for your favor.
Do you act fairly by them in letting each
one think you like him best, or at least quite
as well as the other?"
"Why, aearest," cried Catherine, laugh
ing, "even if I did care for one in particu
lar, which I don't, I should be bound to
conceal it. You know a girl must not show
preferences."
"Error, error!" said Scott. "Is not a girl
a human being too? Shall she not have her
likes and dislikes with the rest of us? That
is a fatal doctrine which teaches her to con
ceal every hint of the truth. My little
daughter, I have known a case in which this
unnatural reticence, due partly to a narrow
education, partly to a cruel coquetry, worked
irretrievable harm."
He paused, deep in thought. The
image of another Catherine rose be
fore him. He followed her through
her brief career, down to the dreadful grave.
There, one cold wet day, long ago. he had
left her who had so loved the sunshine and
the light; but the sin, the anguish, the un
availing regret had remained with him ever
since.
"A man," said he presently, "will accept
his fate manfully from the woman he loves,
so long as she deals openly and honestly
with him; but while she lures him on, he
will cede to no one. Therefore, Catherine, I
implore you to act frankly with those two
young fellows. If there 'is one you like
better than the other, do not be afraid to re
veal it. Why should you be afraid? If he
is poor, 1 have enough for you both; and
why should I ask for family or position? I
rose from the people myself. All I ask is
that you should be happy and good, and
make, thtongh your affection, the man you
marry good and happy likewise."
"It is evident I don't make yoa happy,"
said Catherine, playfully; "or you would
not be so axious to get rid of me."
"Should I not be selfish wretch you called
yourselfjust now, it I tried to keep you
from the man you loved!"
"So yon are making out it is I who am in
love now, sir?" cried Catherine, with re
proach. "For the future, instead of being
equally kind to every one, I must be equally
cold."
"So; there is another danger there," said
Scott; "young men have feelings as well as
girls, and some are too shy, and some too
proud, to fall in love without receiving any
encouragement. I want you to let your
heart lead yon; then you cannot go wrong.
And it is natural I should have anxieties
about your future. Who knows how long
I shall be here to take care of you?"
Time after time he said a word of this
sort, with the design of gently preparing
Catherine for the coming change. But the
girl could not understand his meaning. His
fits of pain, his lassitude, his visits to the
physician, appeared to her only m connec
tion with some passing indisposition, per
haps incidental to his great qge. For
young people all considered Scott much
older than he really was, on account of his
bent figure, white hair and wasted features.
Catherine nestled close up to him.
"You are never goiusr to leave me, dear
est, and I am never going to marry, I am
going to remain with you, and be your own
little girl always!"
The carriage reached home, and Scott,
lifting his daughter out, pressed her grate
fully in his arms; hut he knew that,
in spite of her innocent protestations,
the day wonld come when she would
think otherwise. And he would have
hastened the moment had he been able, be
cause, ever drawing nearer and more near,
he foresaw for his darling ths dark and
loneiy days of a first great grief.
CHAPTER III.
The interest O'Brien aroused in Scott in
creased the more he saw of him. Eventually
he made him a place in his own bnsiness,
and found no occasion to regret having done
so. O'Brien's new position threw him a
good deal in Scott's society, who before long
was addressing him with the lamiliarity 01
at least an old acquaintance He even
asked him to Streatham to dine an un
usual token of lavor and drove him out
there on the following Saturday. The
clerks, gaily preparing to close their week's
work, and getaway to their amusements,
had crowded to the window to see the two
gentlemen start. They remarked to each
other how jolly ill the "governor" looked.
In fact Scott grew visibly older every
day. Any one would have said he was 60
off. hand, yet in reality he was not many
years senior to the man beside him. But
O'Brien's upright bearing aud broad
shoulders made Scott appear appear more
than usually aged and infirm.
His house, 40 minutes' drive from the
city, stood well back from the high road,
in 'its own pleasant grounds. Within
the oak gates, a gravel sweep led
to the house, which was low and
unpretending; yet to the discerning eyes its
well-kept approaches, its spic-and-span ex
terior, spoke of the substantial wealth, con
firmed by a first glance within. Here was
handsome furniture, good pictures, soft car
pets; all the innumerable indications that,
comfort is understood and money plentiful.
Well-trained, attentive servants came to
take the visitor's coat and stick, and receive
Scott's orders. O'Brien looked about him
with dark envy. It was the most luxurious
house he had ever been in. For the first
time in his life he walked over tiger skins
and tessellated pavements; he saw decora
tions on the walls, and objects in daily life
which he had previously only, associated
with the stage. He tried to realize how the
possession of all these good things would
affect him, and he contrasted Scott's evident
ease with his own hardships and toil. He
was filled with wrath.
The large drawing room into which his
host led him was empty. Scott passed
out through a conservatory at the back,
and thence down a semi-circular flight of
stone steps on to the lawn. O'Brien saw a
green delightful solitude stretched around
him. Stately trees cast their shadow over
the grass, there was the tinkle of an unseen
fountain, and the limits of- the garden were
cleverly concealed. It was, an, ideal plce
in which to spend long summer' days of in
dolence. Through the leafy screen on the right a
gleam of wiute appeared and vanished.
Then a girl in a white gown emerged from a
side path and advanced -toward them. She
appeared about 18 years of age,"had'a'skin
of milk and roses, gentlest of blue eyes, and
quantities of fair hair wound round a well
poised little head. She carried a basket of
ferns and flowers, green and white and
scarlet.
O'Brien broke off short in the middle of a
sentence, his gaze riveted upon her. The
proud father understood bis -surprise and
admiration. New acquaintances were in
variably surprised at finding he possessed,
hidden away in his homo, so sweet a creature
as Catherine. .
"My daughter," said Scott fondly, as
O'Brien turned toward him withimpatient
inquirv in his eyes: Catherine, Mr.
O'Urie'n."
"I am glad to see you," said Catherine,
with timid hospitality, as she held out a
little hand.
"I am glad to come," he answered, and
then suddenly and oddly turned from her to
study the scene.
"You have a charming place here, Miss
Scott; it has a most pleasant. Old World air,
verv refreshing to a weary traveler like my
self. I suppose you have lived here all
your Hie?"
"As long as I can remember," said Cath
erine; "we came when I was quite a child,
lb years ago
"When her mother died," explained
Scott, in the lowered tone in which a man
mentions the still-loved dead; "the first four
years of mv marriage I had a cottage Haiup
stcad way."
"Sixteen yearsl" repeated O'Brien. "That
is a long anil enviable to have spent in such
an oasis as this; for it seems to he that life
here must be always smooth and happy."
"Yes, yet," said Scott; "and ir happiness
were intended to be our portion on earth,
under conditions similar to these it might
perhaps he attained." He looked from
Catherine to the velvet lawns and pastures,
to the low house, with its friendly aspect,
and sun-awnings ot white and red. "But it
has been so willed for man, and we have
each ot us to bear our cross."
"True," assented O'Brien; "there is no
rose without its thorns; yet to one who has
been so long the sport ot chance as I
have, ten years, even five, ol such a peace
ful home-life wonld go a long way toward
compensation. After that I fancy I could
face death without grumbling; but as it is,
1 shonld rebel, for it would seem hard to go
without having tasted one ot the good gifts
for which life was given."
"Life was given for one thing only," said
Scott, as though speaking to himself;
"everything else passes as quickly as those
shadows over the grass. Inequalities here
will beset right in the world to come; and
some of those who stand highest now will
take the lowest place then if, indeed," he
added, ith passionate earnestness, "if,
indeid, they find a place at all I"
Catherine saw her father had en
tered into one of his religious
reveries, which often made him oblivious to
external things. To conceal his condition
from strange, and perhaps unsympathiziug
eyes, she conquered her shyness sufficiently
to ask O'Brien if he would care to go round
the garden. She led him from point to
point; showed him the great guelder rose
bush, with its million blossoms, the little
fountain, where the gold fishes swam under
a glittering cascade poured over them bv a
smiling Xereide, and the "turn-about"
house, set on a pivot, so that a touch would
bring it round to follow the sunshine; and
he listened to her in such silence, and with
such evident pre-occupation, that she might
have thought he had forgotten all about her,
but for'the strangely intense look she en
countered if she chanced to meet his eye.
Presently he abandoned his taciturnity
an 1 beganto talk. She had taken him into
a forcing honse to exhibit with especial pride
a long row oi slender arums. He told her of
the countries where he had seen these Sowers
growing wild common as weeds.
"You have traveled a great deal, my
father tells me?" said Catherine.
"Yes, I have been a rolling stone, nnd
consequently have gathered no moss; so that
I find myself, Miss Scott, at an age when
other men have homes and children, about
to begin life over again. I am absolutely
no further advanced than I was 0 vears
ago."
"O, but you have been unlucky,' said
Catherine, gently. "Now that you are at
home in England you will find things will
go better."
She blushed at her own temerity in offer
ing these timid consolations, and O'Brien
watched her furtively.
"Yes, I think the luck has changed now,"
he answered. "I see the goal plainly at
last." But his manner was still charged
with gloom.
Catherine was puzzled. His long dark
glances confused her. She was glad that
the gong at that moment recalled them to
the house.
At dinner the conversation turned upon
the guest's travels. Scott, whose "life was so
uniform, who knew no other excitement
tnan the rise and fall of markets, no greater
dangers than the crossing ot Leadenhall
street, was much interested in the other's
strange tales. O'Brien warmed to his work.
He shook off his moroseness, and without
either undue boasting or scli-depreciation,
set forth his adventures in manly fashion,
selecting episodes he thought most likely to
interest, and painting lively pictures of
foreign life and manners.
Catherine listened enthralled. Never had
any one, within her limited experience,
spoken like this, seen so many marvels, or
done such courageous things. In her heart
she appraised at their just value the deeds
he passed so lightly by. Her cheeks glowed;
her sweet eyes involuntarily expressed her
homage. Yet she did not know t,he full
meaning of the new emotions awakening
within her breast; and, had she beeh asked
with what sentiment O'Brien most inspired
her, she would undoubtedly have told you
with fear. For, though it pleased her so
much to hear him talk, she could scarcely
answer for rising blushes and fluttering
pulse.
CHAPTEP. IV.
O'Brien began to come over to Streatham
at regular and frequent enterv.il-. It
seemed to Scott his guest took pleasure in
walking about the gardens with Catherine,
and telling his stories to her
gentle ear. It was while watching
them thus together one day
that the idea first presented itself to Scott's
mind that, by giving his daughter to James
O'Brfen, he should be making the best and
fittest atonement. For be no lungerfelt the
smallest doubt that this man. led by chance
across his path, had, unknown to "O'Brien
himself, the strongest possible claim upon
him. And even lor Catherine's ownjsake,
it seemed such a marriage, might be best. In
O'Brien she would surely find a more indul
gent husbaud than in a younger one. Young
men, Scott said to himself, are often selfish,
and tyrannical; such a nue might make"
Catherine's liie a slavery. But O'Brien
would know how to value the gift, and to
unite the tenderness 01 a father'with the
ardor of a lover. He was more than 20 years
her senior, and yet, in appearance, still
young upright, well built,-and possessing
u face aud mien of which any woruau .might
be proud.
Now, as he walked by Catherine's side
across the lawn he looked particularly
well. .With her he put off some of
his gloom, and bending down toward
her as he talked for the top of her
head was but just on a level with his
shoulder he called forth constantly-on her
charming little face the most Responsive
smiles and dimples.
It seemed to Scott that so far as Catherine
was concerned bis wishes would meet with
no rebuff. And he did begin to wish this
thing earnestly. He not only liked O'Brieu
as much as he had liked only one other
man in his life, but he be'lieved th;it .Provi
dence was thus ollering him a in earn of
expiation for .the past. O'Brien, should
marry Catherine, succeed to the business,
and then money, house, all Scott possessed,
should be given to her and to him.
It was a happy spring and summer for
David Scott, happier than any he bad lived
through the last 20 years. Though-he suf
fered a great deal of physical pain, his
anxieties were less, and 'the burden pf re
morse which weighed dqwn his soul began
to lilt for the first time. ( . ,
! Catherine too, was" fill td Vrith new llfe;
or, rather, life seemed toehold a new meaa-
ing for her. All smiles and blushes when
O'Brien was present, she rippled over with
happiness when alone. She sang as she ran
up aud down stairs, or as she wandered
throngh the quiet garden. Murchinson and
Hervey were completely forgotton.
O'Brien had more than once made casual
allusions to that private business which had
mainly brought him to London, and Scott
had felt such curiosity as may ho pardoned
when it springs from "a desire to serve. One
evening, as the three were sitting on the
lawn after dinner, it recurred
to him again, this business, and
he wondered whether it was such as might
offer any impediment to his hopeful castle
building.
O'Brien smoked in silence and Catherine
watched the stars, trooping forth in myriads
upon the darkening summer sky.
"By-the-hy," remarked Scott, tenta
tively, "that affair of yours you have once
or twice alluded to I hope it is progressing
satisfactorily?"
O'Brien looked round eagerly at the
first word; then he threw away his cigar,
though it was but half burned out, and
turned his chair to fully face Scott. .
"Circumstances are combining to favor
me," he sain", "better tbau I ever dreamed
possible, and after 2IJ years' patience, I
seem on the verge of attaining my heart's
desire." He paused a long, intolerable
pause it seemed to Scott before he added.
"Justice to a criminal, and vengeance for a
crime." $
Catherine, too, had begun to listen the
moment O'Brien began to speak. Already
sensitive to every change in his voice, her
eyes opened in terror at his ferocious tone.
"You tbinK I speak vindictively, Miss
Scott?" he asked her. "I am vindictive
it runs in my Irish blood. We love and hate
warmly and for ever, and there is a man
to whom I owe a debt ol hatred hard to
pay."
Scott leaned forward with interest.
"What was this crimB?" said he.
"Murder!" came the curt answer. "And
the victim was my only brother, Michael
O'Brien."
It had grown almost too dark for the men
to distinguish each other's faces, but Cathe
rine cried out with indignation:
"Oh, your brother! Howwickedl" And
the murderer at that moment would have
found scant mercy at her hands.
"Yes, it was a cruel piece of work," be
gan O'Brien; "for this man and poor Mi
chael were Iiieuds. Yet he murdered him,
and spread the renort that Michael, in a fit
of caprice, had joined an outward-bound
ship and sailed for America."
"But how did the murderer escape if vou
knew of the crime?" asked Scott from'his
dusky corner.
"The sto'y is rather singular. I made
the discovery in this way. One day I was
taking a lonely ramble along the shore
this occurred down at Hardsmoutb, the
cliffs on either side of the town rise ab
ruptly, and the coast is solitary and danger
ous out perhaps you may "know tfiose
parts?"
"I do," said Scott; "J was there on busi
ness some six years since."
"Well, I was rambling about there one
day some months after Michael's disap
pearance I should explain I had come pur
posely up from the South to join my brother
in business, only to find to my surprise and
grief he had gone abroad, so it was told me
I was wandering along the shore discon
solately enough when, lonnding a promon
tory, I was surprised to fiud the little cove
beyond full of crows, either walking over
the sands or flying heavily in the air. Dis
turbed at my approach, they rose and settled
on a jutting out portion of rock some 20 or
30 feet above my head. There, wedged into
a clett, X saw what appeared to be a bundle
of old clothes. Boylikc, I must climb to
discover what this might mean. I shouted
to scare away the birds. They flapped their
ugly wings in circles round my head. Some
thing sickening hung out from the bundle.
It was a halt eaten and decaying human
hand, the flesh hanging in tatters, the bones
showing."
"Oh," murmured Catherine, "how dread
full" "In a few seconds more I discovered to
what this ghastly relic belonged. The bun
dle of clothes concealed the body of poor
Michael, whom I had last seen six months
before, full or life and. vigor whom I had
loved, who was the only relation I had in
the world."
"That wa a terrible discovery," said
Scott sympathetically, "yet what leads you
to suppose it was a murder? Might "not
your brother have metwith a misadventure?
The cliffs round Hardsmouth are notorious
ly dangerous, and on a dark night a man
walking along the top might easily miss his
footing and be blown over."
"Such was my own impression at first;
hut as I lay there upon the rock, innu
merable scraps of evidence presented
themselves to my mind which
together convinced me it was the work
of a murderer. It would not interest you to
hear all the details by which I roughly ar
rived at the theory which I have since elab
orated during many years of painful retro
spect. This man, this iricnd of Michael's,
had a cause for hating him. Perhaps Mi
chael had won the affections of some girl the
other coveted, for my brother, as I remem
ber him, Miss Scott, was a most gay and
lovable fellow as different as possible from
the mn you see me. Perhaps thereupon
the false friend laid a trap to entice Michael
along the edge of the cliff at night, and
then, suddenly springing upon htm una
wares, flung him over. He trusted to the
solitary nature of the spot to keep his secret
lor 20 years ago the coast down there
was still more sparsely inhabited
than it is at present and, hut
for that chanco walk of mine, the
remains might never have been fouud until
they were past recognition."
"Human nature is vile," said Scott; "no
one knows better thau I how deeply man
may fall, but such cold-blooded treachery as
you describe this man guilty of, I am loth to
believe in. Is is not more probable to sup
pose the two may have quarreled, come to
blows, and the perhaps "
"My brother have fallen over accident
ally?" said O'Brien, concluding the sen
tence. "No; had it beeu accidental, and
the men struggling, both must have gone
over together, and if one saw the danger in
time to save himself, he would have saved
his friend. Besides, the report so sedu
lously spread of the victim's departure for
foreign parts proves conclusively the guilt
of him who spread it."
"But what did you do?" asked Catherine
eagerly.
"At this point my own adventures be
gin. I bung there, clinging on to the
rock, and turning things over in
my mind when 11 boat came in sight
a lew yards froin the shore. I hailed the
three men who were in her, who at first
seemed little disposed to stop; but, after
consulting together, they turned her head
and ran her up the beach. I made haste to
tell them my story; they appeared friendly,
advised me to leave .the body precisely asl
had found it, and to go with them and lav
ah information before the magistrates. I got
into the- boat, and they pulled lor the har
bor; it was already past sundown, and the
evening was quite closed in before we
reached the bar. Here, lying in, the offing,
all ready for sailing, was a Portuguese;'
trading vessel, and aboard her, by some
easy exousc or other, my companions
managed to decoy me. But no sooner
was my foot set on deck than
I received a knock-down blow, and recovered
consciousness only to find myself at sea,
with my choice of supplementing the
wretchedly incompetent crew or tasting the
cat. We "were bound for Loanga, but never
reached our destination, as we were wrecked
off the coast of Dahomey. Then I fell into
the binds of the blacks, and lived in sla
very for five years. Slavery is not a condi
tion .to softeu the heart, and it was then.
Miss Scott, I made up my mind to outlive
any suffering and I endured many for the
pleasure of one day tasting my revenge."
"Vengeance," said Scott, in a low voice,
"belongs to the Lord. Be sure in His own
time -He will repay, aye, full measure and
running over."
"Yes," agreed O'Brien; -"but even you
good people admit the Lord helps those
most who help' themselves. I will help
myself here. .Think of my brother's ter
rible and lingering .death;, for .it
is evident he was not killed outright by the
fall, Gut got fixed thcre'in the rock, to die of
lots of blood or of starvation. Think ot
what I have gone throngh since. "We have
each of us but one life given us, and the
man took Michael's, and for 20 years has
rendered mine exceeding bitter. The Lord
may do as tie pleases with his soul here
after, but surely I have every right to de
mand satisfaction from him here."
"Catherine," said her father tenderly, "it
is setting chiliy; it is time you shonld go
in."
"It is time we should go in," added
O'Brien. "I must be getting away."
Scott accompanied him to the door to bid
him good-night.
O'Brien produced a pipe from his pocket
and set about lighting it; but he was awk
ward with the matches, which went out one
after the other. Meanwhile he spoke mus
ingly: "The O'Briens," said hs, may be
found every hour of the day,
in every quarter of the globe; but I suppose
the name of David Scott is not so very un
usual either?''
"The combination is ab"out as common as
anv you will find," said the host.
"Ah!" O'Brien struck the fourth match
successfully, it flared up, so that for an in
stant both men's faces were visible in the
glow. "Curiously enough the man who
murdered my poor Michael, aud whom I
have been seeking tbee many years pist,
was also named David Scott." Temple Bar.
To be Continued Thursday Morning iVext.
INDIANS WANT REVENGE.
BEING WOBSTED IS THE BECENT FIGHT
THEY WANT WAB.
Signal Lights Flashing in tho Bad Lands
Aztoc Indians in Mexico Also Afflicted
With the Messiah Craze Their Old
ltellglous Dances ltesivcd.
PlNE KlDGE ACENCT, Dec. 13. About
9 o'clock last night a great, light suddenly
blazed up in the northwest in the direction
of the Bad Lauds. The light laded to a
sullen glow, and then -spread along the sky
for a distance of two miles. Men posted in
Indian signals in the camp said this means
that the Indians in the Bad Lands had determ
ined to ficlit.
It is thought that the conflict between In
dians and cowboys on Battle Creek yesterday,
in which three ot the former wcro killed, in
flamed the Indians. Tho Indians In tho camp
of the friendlles, on being asked what the
signal meant, declined at first to talk,
hut being pressed, finally said it meant
that their brothers in the Bad Lands would bo
on the warpath within a day, and all Indians
who did not join them would bo dogs and
enemies forever. The lriendlies, however, dis
claimed any intention of obeying the signal.
The guards here will he doubled, neverthe
less, and the friendly camp kept under the
closest surveillance. Tho Sixth. Seventh, and
Eighth cavalry andSOO State militia aro under
marching orders, and will start for the Bad
Lands either to-night or to-morrow morning.
It is the general opinion here that a fight with
tho bostiles is now inevitible.
A dispatch from Kansas City says: Lnis del
Coiumun, of Chululu, Pueblo. Mex., was in the
city to-day, en routo to Chicago. In an Inter
view ho said tho Aztec Indians, of Mexico, are
afflicted with a Messiah craze verv similar to
that which is disturbing the Indians in the
Dakota?. AH the Aztec tribes scattered
throughout Mexico are, he said, believers in
the prophecy that a Messiah is soon to appear
to free them from their foreign conquerors and
restore to them their domain and their pristine
glory.
At Chululu are the ruins of an old Aztec
temple. This is the Mecca ot the believers in
the .Messiah, and there are now encamped
about it hundreds of Aztecs, who are engaged
in performing all sorts at mysterious religious
rites. Of these rites of old a human sacrifice
was a part, accompinied with a flower dance.
The sacrifice has been done away wtth
and now only the dance remains. The Aztec
prophecy is very much like that which is be
lieved in by the Sioux. The Messiah will cause
the volcano of Popocatepelt to crnpt and over
flow the country with lava, which will destroy
all Duttho Aztecs.
AUCTION".
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry and Silver
ware, Etc.,
AT NO. 633 SMITHFIELD STEEET.
Positively this stock will be sold to the
highest bidder without reserve, as I am de
termined to close out this stock. Come and
buy your Christmas presents at your own
price. Sales every morninsr, afternoon and
evening until all is sold. Store for rent and
fixtures for sale. d
Trunks Filled With. Silver.
What a noble silt for Xmas. This is car
rying out an old English idea to fit the
house well with Sterling silver for the table.
This would make a gift that would be an
heirloom in the family for generations. If
you think of the above, call on Hardy &
Haves and see the notable collection they
show, from 20 to 5500. A beautiful trunk
can be fitted up for $150, making a moderate
priced and very handsome gift, at
Habdy & Hates',
Jewelers, Silversmiths and Art Dealers,
TTS 520 Smithfield street.
MUSICAL GOODS!
Useful and Entertaining.
The stock of Geo. Kappel, 77 Fifth ave
nue, is especially selected for the holiday
traae, and consists of everything found in a
first-class musical instrument establishment.
An inspection of the goods and prices is in
vited, aud our word for it, you will be de
lighted and astonished at the complete and
handsome variety. You will find it a
pleasure to make a selection, to say nothing
of the reasonable prices. Tusu
Ladles and Gentlemen's Gold Watches.
Elgin, Waltham and Howard watches
very complete stock. Also gold filled and
silver watches a very large stock at ex
tremely low prices. Jewelry, silverware,
clocks, tableware, etc.
ja'ues McKee, Jeweler,
418 Smithfield street, formerly at 13 Fifth
avenue. Store open every evening.
Bead Oar Holiday News Advertisement in
Tills Taper.
We are doing an enormous holiday busi
ness from calicoes to silks and from shawls
to sealskin coats. Come and see.
Jos. Horne & Co.,
" 600-621 Penn Avenue.
All Who Failed
To hear Stanley's lecture can enjoy the
prospect ol reading "In Darkest Africa,"
the record of what only one man in the
world is competent to describe.
S. A. Clarke, Special Agent, at Eich
baum's, Fifth avenue.
Moro Thau Twcnty.Four Thousand
Kranich & Bach pianos have been made
and sold. Call and see our holiday stock.
Store open until 9 o'clock evenings.
LECHKEE & SCHOEKBERGEK,
itsu CO Fifth aveuue.
Extha bargains in eider down comforta
bles, satine covers and full size; the best
values ever shown at 55, $7. S10 and $15;
beautiful silk covers, $20 to $40.
ttssu Hughs & Hacke,
$500 Reivara
For any trace of nntipyrine, morphine,
chloral or any other injurious compound in
Krause's Headache Capsules. eod
HOPS are mildly sedative. A glass of
pure beer at bedtime insures pleasant sleep.
Families supplied direct by Iron City Brew
ing Co. Telephone 1186.
Elder-Down .Quilts lor Christmas Gifts.
A special lot this week at $4 50; also more
of those special all-wool, heavy warp
cduntry blankets at $3 50 a pair.
Jos. Hor.NE & Co.,
609-G21 Penu Avenue.
Dress goods, dress goods, dress goods at
25c, 50c, 75c and $1 a yard; no such assort
ments or values offered elsewhere in this city.
ttssu Hugtjs & Hacke.
Sunday school candy a specialty.
T1103. K. Herd & Co.,
Allegheny,
Prnt: in th mre lrrsr
TrlE LAXATIVE ANO NUTRITIOUS JUlOE
' OF TUG-
FIGS OF CALIFORNIA,
Combined with the medicinal
virtues of plants known to be
most beneficial to the human
system, forming an agreeable
and effective laxative to perma
nently cure Habitual Consti
pation, and the many ills de
pending on a weak or inactive
condition of the
KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS.
It is the most excellent remedy known to
CLEANSE THE SYSTEM EFFECTUALLY
When one is Bilious or Constipated
SO THAT
PURE BLOOD, REFRESHING SLEEP,
HEALTH and STRENGTH
NATURALLY FOLLOW.
Every one is using it aud all are
delighted with it.
ASK YOUR DRUGGIST FOR
MANUFACTURED ONLY CY
CALIFORNIA TIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. M HEW rORK. II. V.
j:8-77-tts
i.o oo"-
RCWftRD'
To anv one whs
will contradict fav
proot.ourelatiT
ftttlEBUCKM
WIU.N0T '
IKJUnj lEMti
WOLTF bRMUiB.
To test tlut haort
stno of leather in.
Acne iHicxinr,iDaiHTwi
for a lUr. Tu it out tad di
and cujeiot it ntcfullr.
Mail a similar tertwitfr
IDrasmg ind Fu
U'tcjung
"Gness Y go homo and try this, and eeo If I canH
moke thit Thousand ! "
Ask for Pi-Ron, uftc
will Stain Old a. new furniturc
will Stain Glass andChinawarc
will Stain tinwarc
will Stain your old caskets
will Stain Baoys coach aud
Tarnish
at the
strme
time
M A PAtNT THAT our W A V?V.7
"WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia.
JAS. MNETL & BRO.,
BOILERS PLATE AND SHEET-IRON
WORK.
PATENT SHEET IRON ANNKALTNQ
BOXES.
With an Increased capacity and Iiydranllo
machinery we are prepared to furnish all work
in our line cheaper and better than by the old
methods. Repairing and general machine
work. Twenty-ninth street and Allegheny Val
ey Railroad. Ie6-13-TT3
FOR DYSPEPSIA
Distress after Eatinj?,
Stomach Catarrh, Head
ache, Heartburn, and all
forms of Indigestion.
Prenared from th fmit
of the Papaya Melon
Tree found ia the tropics.
Druggists sell them.
5-93-TTSa
PLAZA HOTEL.
CtU Ave., 58th and 59th Sts., New York.
OVERLOOKING CENTRAL PARK.
CUISINE, SERVICE AND APPOINT
MENTS UNSURPASSED.
American and European Plans.
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF.
F. A. IIAM3IOND. nol3-2lTTS
HEAVY WEIGHT SUITS
AND OVERCOATS.
The latest correct stylaj and favorite mato
rials arc always found here.
a & O. F. AHLERS,
MERCHANT TAILORS.
420 Smithfield street. Telephone 13S9.
deo-TTSSa
STEAMERS ANI EXCURSIONS.
STATE UUE
TO
Glasgow.Londonderry, Belfast,
Dublin, Liverpool & London.
FROM NEW YORK EVERY THURSDAY.
Cabin Passage, S3a to SJ0, according to location
of stateroom. Excursion. $05 to J95.
Steerage to and rroni Europe at lowest rates.
AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO.,
General Agents, c3 Uroadway, New York,
J. j. Mccormick,
sel-l-D Azent at Pittsburs.
GUNARD LINE-NEW YORK AND LIV
ERI'OOL. VIA QUEENSroWN-From
Pier 4U North river: Fast express mail service.
Servia. Nov, 1,8am jUmbria, Nov. 22. 2 p m
Etruria, Nov. 8.2pm Servia, Nov.27.7am
Auranu,Nov. la, 7am'Gallla. Dec. 3.9:30am
Bothnia, Nor. l'J, 10 a m Etruria, Dec. C, noon
Cabin passage StO and upward, according to
location; intermediate. t3o Steerage tickets
to and from all parts at Eurouu at very
low rates. For freight and passage apply to the
company's office, i Howling Green, New York.
Vernon H. Brown A Co.
J.J. MCCORMICK. (33 and 40l Smithfield
street. Pittsburg. oc27-D
Ty 1I1TE STAi: LUt-
FOK QU.EENSTOWN AMU LIVEKPOOU
Knyal r1 IJnlti-il Stitcs Mall Steamers,
llrltanmc Dec. 17. 9:oUam llrltau nlc, Jau. 14,6:33 am
Majestic Die. :4. 1 ! lm'Celtlc, Jan. a, .1 p m
Germanic. Duv.3,8:l0.iui,tieriuanlc Jan. JS.7:3uaiu
AiIrLiUc.J.ui.7,s:J3pinrAdrj.uic. Feb. J. -pin
From White Star aocK, loot or Went Teeth si.
second cabin on these steamers. Saloon rates.
S0 and upward, second cabin. SX and upward,
according to steamer and location or berth. Ex
cursion tickets on iavorable terms, steerage, 9.
White Star dralts payable on demand In all the
principal banks throughout Ureat Jirltaln. Ap
ply to JOHN J. iICCOltill(JK, C39andl smltu
ield su. l'lttsburir. or J. jtltliCU 1311A1, Gen
eral Agent. 41 Broadway, Sew Yore Je3-D
CHARLESTON, S. C. THE SOUTH AND
Wednesdays and Fridajs at S P. II. Passenger
accommodations and cniiine nnsiirii.i'seil.
W'JI. P. CLYDK & CO..
Gen. Agents. 5 Bowling Grceu, N. Y.
T. G. EGER,
Gl. Act.. G. S. Frr. Line. 317 Broadway; N. Y. -J.
J. MCCORMICK, Ticket Agent.
633 Smithfield St., Pittsburg, Pa.
.1C4-4-TT3
AMERICAN LINE,
Sailing every Wednesday from Philadelphia
and Liverpool. Passenger accommodations lor
all classes unsurpassed. Tickets sold to and
from Great Britain and Ireland, Norway, Swe
den, Denmark, etc
PETER WRIGHT & SONB,
General agents. 303 Walnut sU Philadelphia.
Full Information can be had of J. J. MCCOR
MICK. Fourth aTenue and Smithfield street
LOUIS MOESKR, US Smithfield street
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. & B.
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SEALSKINS I
It'll be worth your while to in
vestigate this offering if you want
the best
AUASKA
SfcAU
(LONDON DYE.)
We bought them well. We
marked prices on them that insure
us your
- CHRISTMAS
SEAL PURCHASE.
Don't you think you'll buy a good
Sealskin or do without that's the
kind and the only kind we offer
you. If you can save money and
get that that's the place you'll
buy. Come and see.
SEAL JACKETS.
Size. Length.
32 25T
32 271
31 25 fclOR
SC 2.1. tplO
3G 271
ZS 271
06 30j
31 231
31 2T,
31 SO I
36 - $150
38 25
3S 3U
38 25
40 25J
31 25T
S i $165
3S 25J
32 271
32 30
31 25
S Si $175
38 25 1
38 25 1
33 271
35 30J
31 271
34 27
38 27 J- $185
38 251
40 27J
35 25 r $190
SG 251
33 2Sf. $200
42 27J
31 281 CJOOK
40 2SJ
3s bii $250
38 -28J'
SEAL COATS.
Sire. Length. (SinK
3i sty tpljO
32 341
31 36 J- $150
34 S)l
34 40J
34 361
il SI $175
34 3SI
36 40J
34 381
36 33 f". $200
36 33J
A Special Holiday Sale!
Black Embroidered Ficlius jnst the
thin" for elderly ladies' Christmas presents:
$1 to 55 reduction during this Special Sale;
S5, ?6 50, $7 SO, JS 50, $9, $10, ?13 50, ?15 to
$30 each. All have hand-knotted fringe.
Crepe de Chine Fichus!
For mourning plain or embroidered
58 50, 512, 512 50, 513 50, 16 50 to 530 each,
each. Appropriate lor young ladies also;
make handsome and light-weight Wraps.
Bar now during this Holiday Sale, and get
the benefit of the special reductions.
Fur Trimmed Jackets!
Hundreds of them here; elegant full far
lacings, high rolling collar, $10, $12 50, $15, ,
518 to the very finest.
Magnificent Gray Krimmer, Natural
Lynx aud other fine Fur Trimmed Jackets
at $35 and $37'50, now $28.
French Seal Collar and Front Facings,
$15, reduced from $22.
Newmarkets and Long
Garments!
3Iore of them on sale this week at same
price, $5 and $7 each. "Well-made, warm
and substantial garments. Plain Bearers,
Striped and Flaid Cloths.
FURS!
MUFFS at 73c, $1, $1 25, $1 50, $2 to $23
each.
SEALSKIN M.TJFFS, the genuine arti
cle, 510 to ?25 eacb.
FUR CAPES, $5, $G 50, $7 50 to $75;
every kind of Fur; prices more than reason
able. Table Covers! Piano Covers!
A big display on the second floor, 40c
each to the finest made; 6-4 Chenille Covers,
$1 eacb.
Boggs&Buhl,
ALLEGHENY.
dsU
KAmtOABS.
PK3i2.Sri.YAMA ISAIMtOAU ON ANI
after Nor. 3". ISA trains leave Union
btatlon, rituharc as follows. .Eastern ataadaril
Time:
MAIN LINK .EASTWARD.
Xetr York an&Chlcago Limited or f ullrain Ve
Ubaleda!lrat7:13a. m.
Atlantic Expresa dally for tne fast. 3:20 a. m.
Malt train, dallr. except Similar, 6:30 a. m. aa
(lar, mni. a:W a. m.
Dar express dally at 8:00 a. m.
Mall express dally a: 1 :00 p. m.
1 nUadelphla expresa dallr at 4:30 p. nu
Eastern express dally at 7":1S p. a.
fast Line dallr at 8:10 p. m.
''.reenshnrir express 5:Io p. m. week days,
JJcrry express 11:00 a. m. week days.
AlMurouzh trains connect at Jersey City wlta
Boats or "Brooklyn Annex" forilrooklyu, N. Y.,
aToldlnj- doable ferriage and Journey IDroaxli C
X . CItT.
. aiL!5-Vc5.om" 6!li- 70. 9:A 10 a. m..l:17,
-:1X). 3.-a. uk 5:30. G25, 7:. 9:J p. m. and 12.10a.
Pj-'VS?1" j'J?1'''- Sunday, llilO a. m.. 125,
2:23. 0:J and 9: to p. ni.
J.KO. :."!, saj. 5:4P. 5:oO. C:IC 10:10 and 11:40 p. m.
Sunday. 12:10 and 9:IS p. m.
Hraddock accom.. 5:30, K:. 7:10. 8:10, 9:30, U:U
a. ni.. 12:30. 1:25, 2:VH. 4:10. 6:0e. 6:35. 7:3). 8:21.
3:wanbViiFi'A:ArT?A-1s:jii-m:
For Unibiitown. oMOand 8:35 a. m.. :15acd 4:3
D; Jr- . cct A!? tr5ln 2"lT f"m Untontown
at : a m.. 12:20, S:i and 8-u D. m.. -week days
from i IfEUEKAL, ST. STA'llO.N. Allezneny OUr.
Mall train, connecting lorHlairsTllle.Z. e!ii m!
txnress. loriJlairsvllle. connecting lor
..aouer s.Wp.m.
J.ntler Accom 8:20a.m.. 2:25 and 5:n.m.
bprlncdalcAccomD.-OC. 11:50 a.m.3:3U and 6:20 o.m.
(Jlarcuiont Accoin l:3up. m.
Frccport Accom 4:15, 7:50 and 11:40 o-m.
On Sunday 12:35 and 0:30 p.m.
Morth Apollo Accom 11:00a. m. and 5rtp- m.
AllCBheny Junction Accommodation... 8:2) a. m.
Bl.ilrsvlllc Accommodation 10:30 o. m.
Trains arrive at PKUKUAL. STKEKT srATlON.
Express, connecting from lintler 10:32 a. m.
siailTraln connecting from Butler. 1:35 p. in.
Butler Express 7:50 p. a.
lintler Accom 0:10a. m.,4:40p. m.
JllalrsTlllc Accommodation 9:52 p. m.
Freeport Accom.7:40a. m.. 1:25.7:25 and 11:10p.m.
On Sunday 10:10 a. in. and 6:55 p. m.
Epringdale Accom. 6:37, W8a. m., Z-.1S, 6:4Jp.au
Jtortli Apollo Accom 8:40 a. m. and 5:40 p. m.
MO.NONUAHKL.A DIVISION.
Trains leave Union station. I'ltUburs; as fol
lows: For Mononpihcla City, West Brownsrille and
I'niontown, lu:40a.m. For Monongahcla Cltyand
est UrowiisVlJlc. 7:35 and 10:40 a. m. and 4-5o o.
ni. On Sunday 8:55 a ni and 1:01 p. ra. For
UononsanrlaCitr, 1:01 and 5:50 p. m.. week dars.
Kravosburc Ac. week days.6 a m and 3:20 p. m.
V est hlizabcth Accommodation. 8.35 a. in., tu
E:30and 11:35 p. m. bundar. 9:4op. m.
'ticket offices 527 smitlincin st, 110 Firtb. are.,
and Union station.
t'HAS. E. VUGU, J. K. WOOD.
General Mauazer. Genu Tass'r AarenS.
From Pittibirq Union SUlloa.
IjiennsylvaniaLinBs.
? gf Trails Run by Central Tima.
BOinPHWEaTBrSTElI-FAJJHADL,EKOUTE.
lieare for Cincinnati and St. Louis, d 1:15a. nu,
d 7:10 a. m.,d3:5S andd 11:15 p. in. Dennlson, 2:li
P. m. Cnicago, d 1:1 a. in. and 12:05 p. m.
Wheel ln-r. 7:10 a. m.. 12.05, 6:10 p.m. steuben
TlUc, 5:55a. m. Washington, 6:1 8:25 a. in.. 1:55.
3:30, 4:45, 4:p. m. lluUer. 10:10 a. m. liurgett.
town, s 11:35 a. m.. 5:25 p. m. Mansfield. 7(15,
9:3U 11.00 a.m.. 1:05, 6: JO, rt 6:35.. Urldxerille.
10:10 p. m. .McDonalds, d 4:13, 10:45 p. m., s 10:oa
p. m.
Tkaixs Annmfrom tlic West, d 2:10. d 6:00 a.
ro.. 3:03, d 5:55 p. m. Dennisou. 9:J0a.m. steu
bcnvllle, 535 p. m. Wheeling, 2:10. 8:45 a. m..
3U75. 5:55 p. m. UurgPttstown. 7:15 a. lu.. 3 0:0S
a. m. Vi asillngton. 6:53, 7:50. 8:40, IOCS a. m.,
2:35, 6:25 p. m. Manslleid, 5:30, 5:5-1, 8:30. 11:40 a.
in.. 12:45, 3:55. 10:00 and S 6:20 p. m. Bulger, 1:U
p. m. McDonalds, d 6:35 a. m., d 9:00 p. nu
MOirril WEST SYSTEM FT. WAYNE ISUUTB.
l.carc lorVblcagu. d 7ti0 a. in., d 12:?i d 1:00. d
1:45, except Saturday 11:20 p.m.: Toledo. 7:10 a.
m d 12:20, d 1:00, and exceptbaturday 11:20p.m.:
Crestline.5:45 a. in., Cleveland. 6:10a m. :12:4.3 d ii:js
p. m.. and 7:10a. m.. via 1".. Ft. W.iC.Ky.; .New
Castle and ionngsiown. 7:20 a. m.v 12:20, 3.3op.
m.: Youngstown and Nlles. d 12:20 p. m.;31ead
Title. Erie and Ashtabula, 7:20 a. m.. 12:20 p. in.:
Hilet and Jamestown. 3:3s p. m.; Alliance 4:13
p. m. ; Wheeling and Bellalrc. 6:10 a. m.. 12:45.
4:45 p. m.: BeaTer tails, 4:00 p. m. : Bearer Falls,
8:20 a. m.: Leetsuale. 5:30a. m.
iJIFABT n:oii ALLEGUESr Kocbester, e-.V a.
m.: Bearer Falls. 8:15.11:00 a. m..5:iap.ni.: s 4.30
p. in, : Enon, 3:00 n. m.: leetadale. S:CQ, 9.0O,
10:00, 11:45 a. m.: 1:15. 2:JX 4:30. 4:45. 5:30, 6:15.
7:30. 9:00 and 8:36 p.m.; Conway. 10:30 p.m.;
Fair Oaks S 11:40 a. m.
Trains aiikive union station rrom Chicago. ex
cept .Monday. 1:50, d 6:00. d f:S5 a. m., d 5:55 and.
dC:50 p.m.: Toledo, except .Monday, 1:50, d 6:35a.
in., 5:55 and 6:50 p. m.; Crestline, 12:33 p. m.;
Youngstown and .New Caslle. 9:10a. m.. 1:2a 6:50,
10:15 p. m.; .TJiles and Youngstown. 4 6:50p. m.:
Cleveland, d5:50a. in., 2.20, 7'OOp. m.; Wheeling
and llellalre. 9.-00 a. in.. 2:20, 7:30 p. m. : hzle and
Ashtabula, 1:25, 10:15 p. in.: Alliance-. 10.-00a.ia.;
Mies and Jamestown, 9:10 a.m.: Beaver Falls.
7:50 a. m.. S 8.-25 p. m.: Leetsdale. 10:40 p.m.
Arrive ALLiailSNY. from Enon. i.(n a. m.
ConwaT6.40i.in;ltocnester,9.40a.ni.:lleaTerFalIs,
7.10 a.m. .S 12:3.'. 1:CQ, 5.3V in. I 8:15 p. m.: Leets
dale, 4.30, 5.30, 6.1 I..50, 7.45 a. m 12.C0, 12.43,
1.43.3.30, 4.33.6.30, 9.00 and S 6:35 p. m.; Fair
Oaks, S 8.33 a. m.
d. dally; s, Sunday onl?: other trains. exccpS
Sundar.
JOSEPis-WOOD. General 31-inager.
E. A. FOKD. General I'jsscngcr Agent.
Address. 1'lttsburg. 1'a.
BAIMJIOKK AND OHIO KAILKOAU,
Schedule la cStct ftarirabcr IG, 1899, Eastera
time.
lor Wasnlngton, D. c
Baltimore, Philadelphia
and ien York, 8X1 a. m.
and 9:20 n. m.
W For Cumberland. 8:00a.
W m., l:ia. 20 p. m.
5g For ConneUsvllle, :!
oiw anu ss:- a. m. hiuj
4:'J3 and :20 p. m.
For Untontown, 58:40.
'too. 58:35 a. in.. tt:lan4
24 WW p. m.
.-.nn. ... or.ilt. fleasant, 6:40.1
m and 33:00 a. m. am! -i,n -,! n-non in
For Wasnlngton. pj. .oi li-'m t S! njo.
5:30 and -7:45 ind 11:55 m7 m"
lf:55pl!'m:ellI,K' "d:05, S"3' " Ja" S ' ani
For Clcol na d St. Lonls, "SaH a. m., V:
p. m.
For Cincinnati. 111:55 p. m.
ForCulurabus. a.-os a. m., 17:43and:ilA5p. m.
iorAewark. -8:05. a.m.. -7:45 ind 111:53 p. m.
For Chicago, 3-.05a. m. and 7:45 p. rii.
Trains arrive from J.ew York. rhlfadelnMa.
Baltimore and Washington. "8:15 a. m Jip.
m. From Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago.
S:2aa.in.. "9:00 p.m. From Wheeling, jrii
10:55 a. m 5:00, "9:00 p. m. """- -
Through parlor and sleeping car3 to Baltimore,
vlashliiKton. Cincinnati ant Chicago.
Dally. Pally except Sunday, ssunday only.
ISatur-laT only. IDallr except Saturday.
The rittsburg Transfer Company will call for"
and check baggage from hotels and residences
iiponorder3lcltat B. Si O. ticket office, corner
FUtliave. and Wood st., or 401 and 639 Smlthneld,
street.
J.T. ODKLU CIIAS. O. SCULL.
General Manager. Gen. l'ass. Agent.
IUITTSBTJKO AD LAKE KUIE KAlLItOAU
. COMl'ANY- Schedule In etreci December 14.
lnuo. Central tlnTt lL.K.lt.K. DarattT-For
Cleveland. 4-3H.-3:00a.m..I:3S.4u. "9:45 p.m. For
C'lncinnatUChlcagoandst. Louis.4:30a. in., liaj,
J:45 p. in. For Buiralo, 8:00. a. m 4:20. 9:45
P.m. For Salamanca, 8:UO a. m.. '1:35 n. m. For
Youngstown and Newcastle, 4:30, "3:00. 10:0u a.
m.. 1:35, '4:20. "9:15 p. m. For Heaver Falls.
4:.SU. 7.-00L S.-0U, 10:tOa. m., 1:35. 3:30. '4:20. 5:23,
9:45 p. m. For Chartlcrs. 4:j.. 5:30 a. in.. 5:35,
V-J&, 7:00. 7U1, rs:0'..l:i.5. "9:10, 10:00 11:33. a. m..
U-.2D, 12:40, 1l::45, 1:4 3:10. 3:55. '4:25. i:Z 4:15,
6:2 8-00. H1:45. 10:30 p. m.
ABKIVE From Cle7iMind. "6:K a. m.. '12:33,
S:4U, i :5U p. m. From Cincinnati. Chicago and St.
1-oulJ, 10:00 a. m.. "7:50 p. in. From jiuSalo,
8:40 a.m.. 12:30. 10:05 p. in. From Salamanca,
10:00 a. m., 7:50 p. m. From Youngstown
ana New Castle, '6:u, W:'iO a, m.. '12:30, 5:
-7:5, 1.1:05 p. in. From Bearer Falls, 5i3 '6:40,
7r2fl, 'lUtjOa.ni.. '12:30, 1:20. 5: 7AV 10:05 p. m.
1.. C. Jfc Y. trains for Mansfield. 7:0'. 11:35.1. nu,
3:35 p. m. For Esplen and Beccnmont; 7:30 a.
m.. 3:55 p. m.
r.. C. Jfc Y. trains from Slansflcld. 7.02, lltio
a. m., 3:45 p. m. From Bcechmont, ?iv 11:30 '
l,McK. r. K. K. DiPART-For New Ha
ven, jo: 0. ,7M0 a. nu. '3:Up.nu For West .New
ton. 17:40. ii:!Q a. m.. 3.1). 5:25 p. m.
AitBtTI From New Haven, "9:CO a. nu. 'U
Ii. m. From West Newton, 6:15, "9:00 a. m..
4:10 p. m.
For McKresport, FHxabeth. Monongahela City
and Belle Vernon, 6:4. 17:10. H'-3 a. m.. 13:00,
8:50p. nu
From Belle Vernon. Monongahela City. Eliza
beth and McKeesport, 7:15,19:00 a. m.. 12:.0, 11:li),
4:40 p. m.
Dally. ISnndays only.
City Ticket Office. 639 smithfield Street.
i
AL L E G II K N Y VALLEY KAILUOAD
Trains leave Untin station (Eastern stand
ard time): East Brady Ac. 6:55 a. in.: Niagara
Ex.. dally. 8:15 a. in. (Arrlvluc at Buffalo at
5:45 p.m.); KltUnnlng Ac, 9:00 a. m.: Hulton
Ac. 10:10 a. iu.: Valley Camp Ac, 12:05 p.m.;
Oil City andUuBols Express, 1:30 p. m.;hulton
Ac. 3:0o p. m.: Klttannlng Ac. 3:53 p. ra.:
Valley Camp lit., 4:i" p. m.: KltUnnlng Ac, 5:30
p. m.tBraebnm Ac, 6:20 p.m.: Huiton Ac, 7:50
B. m.: BuHaloEx.. dally. 8:45 p. m. (Arriving at
uffalo7:20A M.):Hallon Ac, 9:40 p. m. Brae
linrn Ac. 11:30 p. nu cnurcn trains Emlenton,
9 a. m.; KltUnnlng. 12:40 p. m.: BraeDnrn. 9:40
S. ra. Bullman 1'arlor Cars on daytrrinsand
leeplugCar on night train between PlnsDurx
ana Buttato. JAS. 1". ANDEltSON. G. t Agt.:
DAVID MCCABGO, Gen. sup.
PITTSBUUG AND CASTLE SHANNON K. It
Summer Time Table. On and alter March 30
1800. until further notice, trains will rnn as fol
lows on every day, except Sunday. Eastern stand
ardtlme: Leaving l'lttsburg 63) a. m., 7:10a,
m.. 8:01 a.m., 9:30a. in.. 11:30a. nu, 1:40 p. m.
3:10 p.m. .5:10 p. in. ,5:50 p.m., 6:30 p.m.. 9:30 p.m. '
11:30 p.m. Arlington 5:40 a. in., 6:20 a. ra.. 7:1
a. ra., 8:00 a. m., 10:20 a. in., 1:00 p. nu, 2:40 p.m.
4:20 p. in . 5:10 p. in.. 5:50 p. nu. 7:10 p m., 10:3
p. m. Sunday trains, leaving FIttsbnrg 10 a.m.
12:50 p. m.. 2:30 p. m., 5:10 p. m., 7:15 p.m.. 9:30 p
m. Arlington 9:10 a. m., 12:l0p. m., 1:05 p.m.
4:3) p. m., 6:30 p. in., 8:00.
JOUN JAHN. Snpu
PlITSBUKG AND WESTEltN KA1LWAT
Trains (Ctl Stan d time) t Leave, i Arrive.
Mail. Butler. Clarion. Kane; 6:50 a m 4:55 p m
Day Ex.. Akron. Toledo. 7:30 a in 7:30 p m
Butler Accommodation I 9:00 a m 11:23 a ra
Greenville and Butler Ex. ...I 1:40 p ra, 3:35 p m
Chicago Express (dally 2:15 p m 11:00 a m
Zcllcnonle Accom - 4:25 p mi 6:30 a m .
Butler Accom. t 5:30 p ml 7:20 a in ,
First class fare to Chicago, J 10 50. Second class, -
CO. i'ullman Bullet sleeping car to Chtcaju
dailr.
tTTcKNIGHT & VlCTOK. -
fMJMBERS, GAS AND STEAM FITTEBS,
Dealers In Gas Fixtnre,
IjAilPS, PUMPS, LEAD PIPE, HOSE, ETtt
Special attention (riven to Natural Gas Fittingy
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