T 11 ROADS PeimsvlYania "West of the Mountains Has the "Worst in Four States. EEPAIRS ABE NEGLECTED. The Glory of the Old National Pike Has Long Since Departed. BAILROADS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE. Ivolution of the filpsy Wagon From the Old Uonse on Wheels. WHAT REWIRS COST THEN AXD SOW rwaiiTZj. ron ma dispatch. N Ji Olpsy camp the other day there were fortune tellers,horse traders and basket makers. The croak ing sibyl was busy with her oracles,sur rounded by a party of Tillage maidens and their schoolboy escorts. Beyond the tent soma distance eight or nine hand come horses were tethered to the trees. .and .standing among them examining the teeth of one, or feeling the limbs of an I other, was the proprietor of the livery-stable in the adjacent town. Intent upon 'making a trade with him, one of the lithe Gipsy men accompanied him among the horse?, expiating on their good points. At the other extreme of the camp a de crepit hag was gathering out of the wagons her basket wares, and strapping them to I tier bacK preparatory to a business trip through the village. These wagons inter ested me. They were of a difierent type from those onoe used by this peculiar vaga bond people. In form they resembled the ordinary covered delivery wagon of the city etore. The wagonbed did not extend out over the wheels, no grotesque little stovepipes pierced their roofs; to the end 1 rates there no longer hung the wooden barred chickcncoop. THEY CLING TO THEIR SIBCS. The only novel feature about the two wagons then lying unhitched in the camp were the birdcages underneath them, sus pended from the axles, the feathery occu pants chirping as gaily as though they were hopping about on the grass so close to their cages. This severe modern build of the vehicles is disappointing npon entering a Gipsy camp. It gives the place a purely com mercial aspect, and robs it of the romantio impressions most everyone entertains of the nomadic life of the Bohemians. The Gipsy van which was familiar only a few years ago resembled a dwelling house on wheels. It was built so as to give the broadest pos sible space above the running gear for sleep ing and eating purposes. Inside, it was fitted with a stove and cooking utensils. In some instances they were provided with windows, glass ana all, and I remember when a boy, to have seen some with cheap lace curtains over these windows. They were great, lumbering affairs. Their bulky shape and the amount of stuff they carried inside, were perhaps the biggest curiosity of their camp. IT LOOKS ZJKB DECLINE. To see these replaced in the camp I vis ited this week not far from Pittsburg by common grocery store wagons at once sug gested to me the lines of Bandolphi Are then the Sibyls leadT What is become Of the loud oracles? Are the auguren dumb? JJve not the Magi that so oft Teveal'd jfature's intents? Is gipsyism quite re- peal'd? "Have yon none of the old-time wagons?" I asked one of the Gipsies. "We have one still, he replied, "but it's at the blacksmith sjiop now. It will be here to-morrow if you want to see it." "The old wagons" that our people used are no good nowadays,"continued the fellow. Tnev are not strong enough for the bad road's we travel. You know they are of 39 .1: very heavy bed and not heavy enough run ning pear. So we hive had to replace them with lighter wncons " He miant nagons of the modern type lighter bed and stronger axles and wheels. "But," I paid, "those old wazons used to do for your- parents on these very roads. "Why do you have to have any stronger to day?" . IfEGLECT OF COnrrRX EOADS. "Boads were better kept up in the olden time, I guess," was the reply. "At least that is what my father used to tell me. He died only a ieu j cars ago, and he was a very old man had traveled from the Alle glicnics to the Itocky Mountains in his wagons. He was a queer sort of a man for a Gipsy, for he kept strict accounts of all his money, I mean what he received and what ho spent. He w oitld often f how me what he used to spend for wagon repairing, and I could see for myself that it cost more these days to keep our caravans up. "Now, that is all on account of the roads getting into a neglected condition," he con tinued. "Along about lb50 it cost my father something like 510 a year to keep all four of hi large wagons In repair. Travel ing the same routes now that he traveled then, it costs me 515 a year to keep just one large wagon, which I still have, in repair. Tatlier sa,-s that your Toads in Pennsylva nia here were once among the very best he drove o-.cr. He said the reason for that vas plenty of work being put upon them. In those days the stage coaches were run ning, and the ircight wagons, too, so you Eee they had to keep up the roads. My idea of it it. that your railroads have been the cause of bad country roads. They carry all the freight and passengers now, and the only people who ue the roads farriers and poor Gipsies are forgotten. rEXNSYIVAXIA HAS TOE WOESX. "During the la-it two years my party has driven from York, Pa., to Columbus, O.j then to Indianapolis, and then to Chicago. Coming back, wc wintered at "Wheeling, W. Aa.,and irom there drove to Somerset coun ty. Pa-, thci.ee to Greensburg. and now I 1 r mm The Wagonx in Camp. understand our camp is within 20 miles of Pittsburg. "In this two vears' drive ve found the best roads in the "State of Ohio; poor roads in Illinois, especially in spring; fair roads in Indiana, and the very worst roads in Pennsylvania this side of the Allegheny Mountains. That portion of the od national pike between the West Virginia line and Washington, To., is in a bad condition on account of the hauling of heavy loads to the oil wells. Hiding along that very part of the national road once, ray father told me that when he was driving over it many years before sick horses compelled mot of the party to walk behind the wagon. It had been raining lor several days, and was still wet weather that day. Theywalked 12 miles and never got their boots muddy abit, so well kept was "that road. This spring our horses stuck in the mud at several places along there. DO SOT DEAIIT THE BO ADS. "Coming down the mountains into Iiigonier, Pa.; the roads are aw ful. I am willing to bet that no repairs have been put on that old stone road for several years, and it is now the hardest kind of a ride on wacons. It racks them to pieces. Here, in Allegheny county, vou Lave good roads just now, because it is summer, but 1 see tney are orainary airt roaas, ana j. Know they must be very bad in winter. I have my "own ideas about road-building. I ought to have, don't you think, after living on them all my life? I Eee very few of your Pennsylvania path masters dram the roads properly. Only yesterday, since striking Allegheny county, I passed over two roads Ought to Know the Roads. that are actually hollowed out in the middle. Why, common Bense would tell you that road would always be bad. The water would lay in the middle, instead of running off to either side. "And, if the roads nowadays are hard on wagons," concluded the Gipsy, "they are worse on horses. How I have pitied our poor, jaded brutes some days, when they have had a tug with the mud after a good sized rain. Grandmother came from Egypt, where she waB the seventh'daughter; grand father came from Germany, father was many years a traveler with his wagons in En gland and Scotland, and they have all told me what the roads were there. I like to re member the descriptions they gaye of their beautiful horses kept beautiful, I believe, because they were not worn out on miserable roads like you have here." Is the Gipsy's complaint of any economio value? L. E. Stofieu A COm 1,600 TEAP.8 OLD. It Is s Shekel Struck by the Hebron to Commemorate a Victory. Kerr fork "World.! The New York CcAa and Stamp Company has in its possession a relic of the days when the Hebrews were oppressed in Pal estine by the Bomacs. It is a shekel struck in the yea? 131 A. D. nearly 1,800 years ago in honor of the taking of Jerusalem and other places from the Bomans by the Hebrews under the leader Simon Bar Cochebas, who was then proclaimed ruler of the Hebrews. The Shekel. On the obverse is a conventional repre sentation of the beautiful gate of Solomon's Tempi. It is, perhaps, the only picture of that edifice extant. The Hebrew characters signify Simon or Simeon. Above is a star, alluding to Simon's surname, Bar-Cochebas, or Cochab, which signifies the son of a star. The reverse bears the inscription, "Second year of the deliverance of Israel." Thetwo emblems art the ethrojj and lulab. The eth rog is a specieB of citron. The lulab, or bunch of palm branches, in olden times was used in the temple, in the house of prayer when the H&llel Psalms were recited, and was seldom out of people's hands in the daytime. About the base of the lulab is a basket. It is the golden basket with which wealthy Israelites used to addrn their lulab much as rich churchgoers now ornament their prayer books. Of the four or five ooins like this now Kno Known no two are exactly i alike. Perhaps a separate die was used for each, Ho, satislactory explanation of the fact has yet been offered. This shekel was the last coin struck by the Hebrews as a na tion. These coins were struck to carry the news of victory. OLABA H0BBIS' OBAVEYABD. The Spot Where Her Pets Lb snd What She Say: About Them. Boston Herald. : Clara Morris has been married 17 years. In private she is Mrs. Fred Harriott, and, with her husband, who is her bon comrade, and her mother, her summers are spent at her beautiful home, "The Pines," situated on the Hudson, half an hour from New York. There will be noticed a little grave yard and when you see it Miss Morris will say: "Yes, that is in memory of my little pets; would it interest you to know of them?" "Bartie was my little black and tan, the only friend and companion I had when I came alone to New York in 1870, and was too poor to bring my mother or employ a maid. Little Bags was a Skye, who thought that every one who came to the house came solely to . see him, and what efforia he did make for their entertainment! Poor Pansy is known as 'the heroine of the tea-cup,' because in coming from Eng land on the steamer she fell into a cup and was badly burned. Lasca was a tiny black and tan, the most beautiful living thing I ever saw. Tibbs was a Yorkshire. His real name was Tippo-Tib, but Tibs for short. My husband was as fond of the little fellow as I was. Heart disease has taken away most of my little pets, and I have been so iond of them! "In whatever part of the world I am at Christmas time, this tablet, in common with my large picture of Dickens, is decorated with a wreath. I have ordered a marble forthe little graveyard, on which is the in scription, 'My pets who were my friends.' " "You have never had any children?" you rosy ask." "Ah, no, one can't have everything." Latest Mfdlcal rail. HewTork Herald. The London Lancet is discussing "Music in the Treatment of Disease" This will be interesting reading for people who have been driven road by cornet soloists or by the piano next door. We suppose the cure is effected on the principle of similia simili bus curantur, which means, "The hair of the dog is good for the bite." fefsSsar &Ssk "My 7 eV'tl O ml H9ARtP-JS GOSSIP OF THE DAT. i Career of an American in the Realm of the Late King Kalakaua. HONOR TO MISS BETH AM-ED WARDS The legend of William Tell and the Apple Shooting Still Lives, ONE RESULT OP THE WAE IN CHILE (WRITTEN FOR TUB DISPATCH. Out of the total population of Hawaii, which is in the neighborhood of 90,000, 1,970 are Ameri can born. Of these the leading banker of the country, Hon. Charles E. Bish op, is a New Torker; Henry P. Baldwin, the most successful sugar planter, hails from Maine, and Samuel M. Dam- John O. DominU. on, formerly Minister of Finance, is also an American, as are, in fact, any number of the most representative citizens. No less important a personage than the Prince Con sort of Queen Liliuokalani,whohas just died, and who was known as John O. Dominis, was an American. He was of Boston, Mass., and a Harvard graduate, and went to Hawaii early in the '60s. Mr. Dominis' biography furnishes us with nothing of a startling or remarkable nature beyond the fact of his having been born, raised and ed ucated in this country, and having emi grated to the Sandwich Islands in time to marry the late King's eldest sisUr and bo appointed Governor of Oahu and eventually and finally to reach the dignity of Prince Consort to the reigning monarch. The royal oouple's married life is said to have been very happy, although not blessed with children. Mr. Dominis is described as a'pleasant, agreeable gentleman, of very quiet manners. Although we do not hear of his taking active part in the affairs of state, his executive ability was no doubt felt behind the throne, so much so, in fact, that since the announcement of his death, which reached this country a few days ago, the American Government has seen fit to dispatch a war vessel to'Hawaiian waters to protect our interests there, should occasion arise. A Unique Market Place. Beport has it that the great fair of Nov gorod in Bussia.is an utter failure this year, on account of the existing distress. Trav elers tell us that this fair is one of the most remarkable sights to be witnessed in any land while it lasts. Regularly abont this time of year 50,000 traders assemble in the town to buy and sell goods, the stalls at times oontaining merchandise to the value of 250,000,000 rubles or more. During the fair time, which is usually at its height in September, the town is full of life and business. During the day fine military bands play in front of the Governor's pal ace, while thousands swarm the streets or crowd into the 7,000 shops cr markets, while the harbor is literally alive with shipping, loading or unloading. The visitor to the place who returns again in either January, February or March will be astounded to find that during the latter period the entire population of the place mignt easily be fed and sheltered in one of the smallest hotels, while the theaters, halls and churches that were wont to be so crowded a few short months before are now empty and as silent as the grave. Novgorod with all its sub stantial buildings and shops is merely a huge market place, which has no counter part in the world, so far as magnitude it concerned. One of the Famous Women. Hiss Betham-Edwards, an English novel ist of considerable popularity in her own land, but, not any too well known in this country, has received the dis tinction of being named "Officier de l'instruction pub lique," from the French Govern ment. The honor has hitherto been bestowed almost exclusivelton the sterner sex. Thjs Ms Beffum-EdwariU. fact and that the French have been a little slow in recognizing talent out of their own country in the past, is the occasion for sur prise in England. The lady is the author of a number f good books, some of which have found favor in this country. Among them maybe mentioned "Love and Mirage. , "Desmond" and "Exchange No Bobberv." Although the works mentioned are about the only ones to any extent known here, Miss Betham-Edwards has been a most pro lific writer, and is besides considered Quite an important Individual on the other side ot tiio water, on account oi her connections as well as her attainments. She is a first cousin to Amelia B. Edwards, the distin guished Egyptologist; the granddaughter of Bev. "VV. Betham, the compiler of the "Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World;" the niece of Sir "W. Betham, author of "Etruria Celtica," "The Gael and the Cymri, " etc.. and.also a niece of Matilda Betham, a well-known biographer of a gen eration ago. She is considered one of the best conver sationalists in the kingdom, and her opin ions on many subjects are eagerly sought. She believes our own Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" and Bronte's "Villette" are the most perfect of novels and that George Sand is the foremost novelist of the present time. Tolstoi, Ibsen, Zola and writers of that school she has not the slight est use for and thinks that no writer can be successful without being perfectly familiar with and having close at band at all times, "Don Quixote," Lessing's "Nathan the Wise," Schiller's "Esthetic Letters," and many of Goethe's works. The distinguished lady is also a firm be liever in cremation, of which she says: "I consider cremation is an absolute 4uty toward those to come, and support it on hy gienic and rationalUtio grounds. Each in dividual should do his or her best to pro mote it." Facts About "William Tell. Once before in this column I have called attention to the altogether legendary char acter of the story of William Tell, the Swiss hero; also the fact that at a meeting of historians in the early part of this year it was pretty generally agreed that the heroic personage mentioned had no existence in fact Notwithstanding this decision, it will have been observed that at the recent seven hundredth anniversary celebration in Switz erland! the hero of the apple-shooting affair occupied quite a prominent nlace. I will briefly outline what is really known of this famous character and why historians gener ally doubt his existence. The romantic in cident is supposed to have taken place in the year 1308, but not a single chronicler mentions it until nearly a century and a half later afterward. This is curious when: it is remembered that the .battle of Morgarten, which took place, in 1315, has three Cotemporary historians, not one of whom mentions the Tell insurrection of " seven years previous. The stories out of which the interesting tale has been formed, first appeared in what is known as the "White Book," which made its appearance in 1740. Until that time no one tad ever heard of William TelL TrfSy S!tM Jilt 7 TTW, PITTSBURG DISPATCH, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 18, Guilliaman, the historian, writing toward the end of the sixteenth century, notioed the legendary character of the story, but, for various reasons saw fit f o keep his in formation to himself. In the last century Freudenberger had the audacity to dub the Tell story a myth, and as a result his his torical work was publicly burned in l;he market place of Altorf. But, since that time Swiss, German and French critics, one after another, riddled the story so com pletely that it is doubtful if the most patri ots of Swiss really believe in Tell, in spite of the recent displays in his honor. Taking it all in all the story has been a good one and will live for a long time to come, if not among theiSwiss, it will "bob up serenely" in a new dress and among different people, who will cherish it as fervently as the Swiss have done for centuries past. AJtlan Without a Country. Senor Don Prudenoio Lazcano, ex Chilean Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary w looking for a. job. The fall of Balmac eda's government, jrith which Lazcano ' was a profound sym pathizer, nas ien this really able man out in the cold. In asmuch as his na tive country's gates Senor Lazcano. ore now closed against him, he will no doubt be compelled to look about here for an opening suited for his talents. This ought not to be as difficult as it appears, as his American wife's influ ential friends will, no doubt, see that he is taken care of. Senor Lazcano is just 40 years of age, hay ing been born in Santiago in 1851. He has been successively Mayor of that town. Minister of Public Works and afterward Envov to Bolivia, where he so distinguished himself that he was called upon to" relieve Judge Varas at Washington. He is said to be an enthusiastic admirer of this country and its institutions, all of which he will bo able to cultivate more intimately and leis urely if his enforced exile is continued un der the new Government After George Eliot's Glory. Bobert Buchanan, erstwhile writer of really interesting stories, to which readers of "God and the Man," "Annan Water," etc., will testify, having nothing more Ber ious on his hands, has now undertaken to prove that George Henry Lewes was really the author of the works ascribed to George Eliot This is not the first time an eflort has been made to make -away with George Eliot's literary credentials, and it can be said that Buchanan's effort has no more sub stantial evidence back of it than had the previous one. Lewes was, as the world knows, a clever man, who wrote some bright little- things, but those taking the trouble to compare his work with that of the lamented author of "Daniel Deronda," can readily see the wide difference in the styles of the two and the manifest impossibility oi the one to take up the manner of the other. As Buchanan is evidently sincere, we can from this on look forward to an era of "cipher" proofs, etc. If we give these enthusiasts consideration, what a time poor Bacon and Lewes must have had in the composition of their works. Tho ordinary writer would have much trouble to even imitate either the Avon Bard or Eliot, without oreating a work and handicapping one's self in the effort to write it within the confines of a tremendous cipher arrangement Basils mad the Hebrews. The-eonfirmed cynia will admit the pres ent to be the most enlightened period known to history. The world looks upon civilization ripe almost to ful , ness and men and nations vieing with each other to make human life a perfect existence. Yet many curious notions are held by seemingly cul turedraces; notions AC Pobedonoaeffi that would have seemed strange in any age, but, particularly now, when general perfec tion makes imperfection all the more dis tinguishable by contrast It is not neces sary to discuss the condition of classes; that has almost been overdone, but, it is really worthy of note, even if it be not exactly new, that, this mo3t eivilized world of ours is to-day looking upon one of the most remarkable perse cutions of any time or country; perse cutions not any more refined or excusable than any one of the ten persecutions known in the history of the Christian religion. But Nero, Trajan and Diocletian were mere barbarians, with whom such a learned and civilized individual as M. Pobedotfoseff. procurator of the Holy Synod, Bussio, (and general Hebrew baiter) cannot be compared, tor an instant In the old days the refine ment of cruelty was the refinement of pleasure for the instigators. I cannot real ize that such can be the motive of Pobedon. osefi's action toward the Hebrews of Russia. Surely that quiet, calinfaoe does not con ceal so much barbarity. ' It cannot be that this intellectual man, whose ripe statesman- snip nas eievatea mm, in renown, to a level with the Czar, is governed by such brutish instincts. Nor can it be granted that these unfortunate people have themselves fur nished cause for persecution; few legitimate transgressions ot the law have been re corded. Ah, Russia ! there Is a deep reason some where for this work a reason that has as yet not seen the light of day. Back of the flying descendant.', of Jacob can he tfeeh the oracles, clamoring to prove the unde sirability of the persecuted. Clamor and declaim as you will, civilization cannot believe your story, for away and beyond the oracles and disappearing in the gloom that hangs over Siberia can be seen a long, unending line of broken-hearted- wretches who are leaving hope and liberty behind, and behind them drive faa similes of the Hebrew persecutors. But, look out for the recoil of the weapon you are using. Every day the load grows heavier, and the time will come when the weapon's re bound will be dangerous if it does not ex plode altogether. Never did any people or nation engage in the persecution of an other, but that a vengeance followed as certain as the night follows day. On, on Russia, with your mad work I Your turn to-day; it will bs someone else's to-morrow. A Plethora, or Plays. An Eastern paper oners el prize for the best effort in the way of a play to be pro duced in New York. There is no doubt that many will try to secure the prize, as every other individual considers himself a drama tist of the first water. However, there is certain to be plenty of good "work Bhown when the offerings are examined, as the competition is open to everybody. With equal certainty, there will be some fearful productions. It is to be hoped that no retribution follows upon it all, such, for in stance, as Sir Charles Sedley experienced the first night of his comedy of "Bella mira." While the performance was goiog on the roof fell in, and singularly enough no one was hurt but the author of the play In reference to the matter, Sir Fleetwood Shepherd said: "There Was so much fire in the play that it blew up the poef , house and alL "No," said the author when here covered from his injuries, "the play was so heavy that it broke down the housj and buried the poor poet in his own rubbish." "WliKJE. In TUU World of Sorrows. rhtladelphjii Press. The A-King Ma, where did the baby come frjlm? Mamma From heaven, darling. The lex-King The little beggar didn't know when he was well off, did he? I nuiljMi '' i, "" ' - "T A STORY OF THE WBITTKK FOE ZB"5r jEJIMIIM:. "V- CHAPTER VTI. A SOZZLE. They cried a little together. Then Freda said: "Thank you for telling me, Marguerite, and God bless you. I am nobody to say anything to you, dear, in the way of advice or help, yet I say this: If you love him remember that you owo to him .more than to the whole world put together. If he loves you, your claim upon him is greater and more sacred than any other claim upon him can be. Nothing should separate you nothing. Nothing should cqunt now for you two but ifiB loyalty of your love for each other. A vision of Mrs. Marimone was before her; and she, added solemnly: "Nothing and no one should count When will you he married?" "h ot till the season is oyer. I eould not break my contract, you know." "Ihear his family are very Important, people. Suppose they should object? You have been on the stage, you know." "Oh, I did not think of that," cried Daisy in terror, adding, with a newthought: "But Ilove him and he loves me. If his people care 'for him they must know it is best for him to marry a girl he loves, no matter what she is." "Of course," cried Freda, "and if they don't care enough for him to know that, you need not mind what they say remem ber that, Daize. How about money, dear?" "Oh! I never thought of that, eithor. I don't believe he has any particularly. But money makes no difference, especially as I can work." "Just you stick to that, and my blessing on you. Whereupon they cried some more, their hearts full of the mystery and sweetness of a woman's love, -which to this day "forgets" all considerations as wholly as -ever it did, and as it always will in most girlish hearts. As the dusk crept in Freda lifted her head. "There, dear, we have had a real lovely, sozzle, and it has done us lots of good. God bless you. Put some powder on your nose, dear; we must go to dinner." CHAPTER XHL BIRD BEEAKS DOWS. "Stormed Down" began to falL Notice went up that "The Miser" -would go on. Kildare was beside himself with anxiety and ugliness. At each rehearsal half the company was discharged, to be taken back later by Mr. Dash. The company did say that every time the house was counted Mr. Dash himself was discharged. The dress rehearsal came on a rainy Sun day night Everything was wrong and everybody. Poor Bird was. sent back some dozen times to make her ballroom entrance B Y THE TERMS OF THE LAST WILL AND OLIVER EVANS, late of the city of McKeesport, deceased, the Executor has sub divided and will sell a portion of decedent's real estate A PLAN OP 400 CENTER OF McKEESPORT Surrounded by improved properties, and with an electric street car line built to it. : . The OPENING SALE will begin on. the premises, This plan oflots is within ten minutes' walk of the MILLS, FURNACES and WORKSHOPS of the city. These afford1 steady employment to not less than TEN THOUSAND SKILLED WORKMEN. NEW MILLS and additions to old plants will, within six months, give employment to TWO THOUSAND MORE. The attention of buyers is especially called to the fact that this is NOT A "LAND SPECULATOR'S SALE." This property is in "first hands" and is offered to close an estate, has never been "boomed" and must be sold. No fancy prices asked. Personal inspection will convince any one that no better opportunity for a profitable investment can be found. The fact is well known that no city in the State has had a growth equal to McKEESPORT in the past ten years, and with from TWELVE TO FIFTEEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVESTED IN MILL PROPERTIES, and large additions being made thereto yearly with THREE TRUNK LINES OF RAILROAD, TWO NAVIGABLE RIVERS, with many miles of the best PAVED STREETS, thoroughly SEWERED, and. lighted with ELECTRIC LIGHT, CITY WATER, ARTIFICIAL and NATURAL GAS, Churches and Schools equal to' the best, and an electric street car system under con struction, it is safe to say no other city has such a future before it. No property in this city can compare with' this for location or for future advance in value. ' . Why invest money in a lot in towns existing only on paper when with the same amount of money you can buy a lot in the heart-of this great manufacturing city, where RAPID ADVANCE IN VALUE IS CERTAIN? TERMS EASY. 10 per cent on day of sale and 10 per cent half yearly until paid, with INTEREST. AT 4 PER CENT YEARLY. If you wish to make money send for plans and circulars and attend the opening sale. Lots from $350 to $600 on graded and sewered streets. FREE TRANSPORTATION FURNISHED AT THE OFFICE. Cajl or write to WILLIAM ' 94 FOURTH AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA., Or at the General Offices, Rooms 1 and 2 Second Floor, Bank of McKeesport Building,' McKeesport, Pa. 1891; AMERICAN STAGE. THE DISPATCH SBCERI3Dj.ISr- and "faint" This waa so that the turn of her dress over her feet as she felL might meet Kildare's approval. Frqm the last "faint" she failed to rise. On investigation she was found to be insensible. "Stuff and nonsense sham," Kildare growled, flushing darkly. "Miss Granite, get the part from tho stage manager and be ready to play to-morrow uignt. Freda.glared from where she knelt by the slowly recovering girL "Get a cab," she said to the call boy. The rehearsal was stopped and Bird was handed into the cab under care of her maid and Freda. She seemed dazed and her eyes clung, with a dog-like look in them, to Kil dare, but he did not see her. Freda dismissed tho maid when Bird's room was reached. "AncLnow out of yoor togs and into your nightgown," she said, putting Bird on the bed and beginning to take offner shoes. The girl made a faint protest "Nonsense! it's like old times, Bird dear, when we used to be together last season -before your salary was so big, and Marie with a double e was around. Ah! dear heart, how thin the pretty foot has grown!" She laid her cheek against it a moment and then pushed on the soft fur slippers she had taken from under the bed. "As for the dress; that goes here on the chair, so that Marie, with a double e, can't forget to take it back to the theater with yon to-morrow night Over with you now, while I untie the corset strings. It will be less bother to take them off that way, though goodness knows they are loose enough. Where's the night gown?" A foam of soft lace was in a satin robe case on the bed. As Freda slipped it over Bird's bared arms she noted three dark r" on one thin shoulder like linger marks. "What is It?" asked Bird at Freda'i 'ex clamation. "Nothing. Oh, my little girL" "How good yon are, Freda," Bird said weakly, when at last her head was on the pillow. "I am fond of you, that's alL" "How will you get home, dear?" "It's not far." "Bob will "No, he won't." Bird's face suddenly -lighted. "There he isl" Freda listened. Presently a step became audible to her. Then came a sharp knock. "Yes, dear," said Bird. "Is Freda there?" Freda seemed about to sintr out a reply, but Bird lifted her hand pleadingly and an swered: "Yes, dear." "I have the carriage-for her- I will take her down." "Goodby," said Freda shortly, putting on her things. "Oh, Freda, dont mind," Bird moaned. Then, as Freda bent to kiss her, she said -SITUATED audit, mum. is, it a NO OPTIONS GIVEN OR SALES MADE PRIOR TO THIS OPENING. M tremulously! "Pleas dcn't-thlnktoo hard ly of me l" "xon returned are unhnppT; thati all I know," 1 Freda, "and X am shut out from helping you. Good night, little one. God bless yonl She found Kildare leaning against the wall outside. "Weill' Will she play," he asked anxi ously. "I don't think so." "The devil! Hold on!" "Thanks, don't bother." "My carriage awaits below, Countess. May your humble adorer escort -you to4t?" ."I don't want your carriage. I'm going to walk." "Don't make a scene." 'Freda scowled, but made no farther ob jection till he handed her into the cab. . "Are you coming?" she inquired ungra ciously. "No, my dear. I hate to disappoint yon but Bird needs me, you know," and he grinned. "I wish yon would die," said Freda vici ously. "I will, when you will come, too sweet heart 1" . He leaned into the darkness qf the cab and kissed her hand- Then he directed the coachman, bowed and closed the cab door. Freda found Daisy in a state of mind. "The part is 30 Bides, "she wailed. "Kil dare said you would help me. I can't do itl" "Oh, yes you can. One can always do OET THE PAST rEOM what one has to. Take my advice, sleep on it to-night and cram to-morrow." "On, not There is so little timer "All right, walk up and down all night and shatter your mind; do, you know best" Daisy evidently thought she did know best, for at intervals during the night Freda woke to consciousness of a white-robed, hysterical creature pacing the floor, holding a manuscript in one hand and checking her tears with a handkerchief in the other. "How much do you know?" asked Freda once. "Almost all of it," Daisy answered wearily. The next time Freda Voke the gray light was stealing in. "How much do you know?" she asked of the white-robed figure. "Not a word, returned Daisy, with a choked howl of anguish, and flung herself on the sofa. The next that Daisy realized was the IN THE BELL, ' n r r-1 1 i i f " 15 words: "Come, come, wake up, and eat' your breakfast V' Daisy rubbed her eyes. They needed it They were swollen and heavy, and her cheeks were white. She lav on the sofa, well tucked in with her traveling ulster. "What am t here for?" she asked in dignantly. Because you are a goose. I wrapped you un just where you were. If I had waked you to get you into bed, you would not have come." "Oh my goodness, the parti I did not mean to go to sleep." "Get this into you, and then we will talk about the part" "Have I missed breakfast? Freda, how could you let me?" "There's gratitude! Take the tea quick, or I'll pour it down your ear. Then we will get to work at once." "I ought to know some of it," Daisy said, when, alter the tea and the "splash" ana the subsequent breakfast, Freda had in sisted upon, she get at the part "Where shall I begin?" "At the beginning." 'The very beginning! Oh, Freda all my time wasted." "The beginning what's the very first?" "Enter at 'the end of my rope,'" read Daisy, despondently. "You needn't bother abont entrance cues. You can- watch your part while you are out side, you know," said Freda, impatiently. "Get to your first speech." "But shall I carry my part on with me?" THE STAGE 3IA1TAOEB. "I wouldn't; just shove It back of a brace or drop it at the entrance as you go on. You can run for it directly you get off." "Oh, Freda, I shall lose my bead." "Shut up. When you get your entrance cue, 'end of my rope,' come on 'right upper' and get 'center.' Don't see Kildare; he's the Miser. He's 'down right with his back to you. You are sort of wandering down. It's a garden scene, you know, parasol, bkj hat and all that" "Oh, I haven't any " "Never mind clothes now. Don't inter rupt; keep your mind on what I am telling you. You wander.down Chumming." "What do I hum?" "Anything you like. Bird hums 'Where Art Thou Now, My Beloved?' Kildara turns. See this way. I will be the Miser. He turns and gives an exclamation at seeing you. You haven't seen him yet, but the exclamation makes you look. Now what's your line?" 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