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THE PITSBHRGr DISPATCH. . SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1892.
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SCENES FROM LIFE'S STAGE,
BEING TEN ORIGINAL STORIES,
"WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH
BY SIR GILBERT E. CAMPBELLS BART.,
Author of "Detective Stories From Real Life," "The Avenging Hand,"
"The Mystery of Mandcville Square," Etc.
in.
THE CLINK OF THE SHOE.
So many old families have legends of the
strange portents which herald the approach
ing dissolution of one of their members that
it is strange to find a similar experience
among the ranks of the middle class, and
yet, though this curious instance has no
romantic old family mansion to act as a
background to the scene, no lone backward
line of titled ancestors whose crimes or mis
fortunes may have been the cause of the
portent, yet the story is equally true, and
known by as manr credible witnesses as
ever Etood sponsors for more antique
legends.
The scene of the strange occurrence is an
essentially unromantic one, it being a
street, which, for the sake ot a name, may
be termed Dumfries street, situated within
the immediate vicinity of Finsbury Park.
So. 31 Dumfries street was occupied by
a young couple who had only entered the
bonds of matrimony some eighteen months.
v James Dawson, the hnsband, was a smart
young fellow, employed as canvasser lor
advertisements bv a firm in the neighbor
hood ot Fleet street, whicn made that
branch of business a speciality.
James Dawson had returned from his
ork, after a long and wearying round,
which, however, had not Droved unsuccess
ful, and he consequently was in high spirits.
Mrs. Dawson, a pretty little brown-eyed
woman, had prepared something comforta
ble for supper, and, as they were partaking
of it, amused her husband by repeating to
him the adventures ot the day.
"Do you know, Jim," said she, "that I
lost sixpence to-day""
"Dear me, little woman," laughed he, as
he filled himself a glass of ale irom the
brown Toby jug, "that is a terrible loss.
Fortunatefv I made a good many sixpences
this morning, which will balance the ac
count" "I was going down "Westgreen road,"
continued Mrs. Dawson, "and had a six
pence in my hand, with which I was going
to buy a bottle of vinegar for the cucumber,
when, all ot a sudden, a horse in a hansom
cab. which was walking tlowlv along the
road, tripped and felL It startled me so
that I dropped the sixpence out of my
hand, and it rolled down a guiley hole."
"What made the horse fall?" "asked Mr.
Dawson, who appeared to be very little in
terested in the loss of the money.
"I am sure I don't know," answered his
wife, "thouch I did hear some men say
what a shame it was to drive a beast about
with a loose shoe."
"A loose shoe?" repeated Mr. Dawson,
growing suddenly pale. "Did you hear it
go clink, clink, as the animal walked
along?"
"I cannot say that I did," returned his
wife.
"Thank heaven!" muttered Dawson, and
returned with lresh, igor to the discussion
of his supper.
Mrs. Dawson was not an unobservant lit
tle woman, and had noticed her husband's
momentary uneasiness.
"Why, Jim," observed she, "you seemed
to be quite frightened at the idea of a loose
shoe."
"And well I may be," answered he, "for ,
it is a sound which always means ill luck to
me and mine. Do you remember how my
lather died?"
"Yes, he was killed in a railway accident
on the Underground, poor fellow," teplied
Mrs. Dawson.
"Yes but don't you know what took him
into the Underground, a mode of traveling
w hich he always hated. He had an impor
tant engagement in the city, and was driv
ing to it in a hansom cab, when all at once the
driver opened the trap, and said, M beg
pardon, guv'nor, but would you mind tak
ing another cab, one of my nag's shoes is
loo'e, and I'm afraid of laming her." My
father was a bit impatient at times. 'I see
I am just opposite Farringdon street sta
tion," said he, 'so I will go by train, and not
trust myself to any more improperly shod
horses.' He did so, and met his death on
his way to Moorgate street."
"How sad," returned his wife. "But I
can't for the life of me see that the loose
shoe had anything to do with it"
"Why you are quite a wicked little un
believer," retorted Dawson. "Didn't I lose
a splendid chance of au engagement with
Jenkins and Kiddles, because I was late for
my appointment owing to one of the 'bus
horses falling down, and my being pitched
oil the roof into a scavengers' cart "Well,
that horse tripped because it had one of its
shoes looie."
"Lor, Jim," said Mrs. Dawson, opening
her eyes in extreme wonder, "I neer heard
of such a thing as that before."
"It's true, lor all that," replied her hus
band; "but remember, I ain't proud of it a
bit Great sxrells may be precious proud
of their omens and warnings, but to the
honest workingmau, who has his living to
get, and a good little wife to provide for,
such things come uncommon" uncomfort
able, I can tell you."
Mrs. Dawson thought so, too, but being a
wise little woman in her way, she endeav
ored to turn the conversation, and began to
talk about some of her neighbors in Dum
fries street, whose sayings and doings did
not meet with her approbation.
"I dare say they are a bad lot, little
woman, answered her husband, "and if I
could only manage it I'd like to clear clean
out of London, and have a nice little place
in the country, with a irarden, and chickens
and pigs. I can't tell "you how tired I am
of this blessed town, where everybodv
seems trying to take the bread out of every
body else'B month."
"Oh, wouldn't that be lovely." exclaimed
Mrs. Dawson, clasping her hands in ecstasy,
but don't you think vou would find it a
bit dull, Jim, after voar clubs, and vonr
concerts, and your I don't know whats?"
"Not 1, my dear," returned Dawson, "I
should soon find something to do in the
country, and if Uncle Bob would onlv do
half ot what he has often promised," the
iuiiik nuuiu not oe impossible alter alt
Some two days after this conversation
Mr. Dawson returned home with a face in
which a decorous feeling of sorrow was
mingled with an expression of exultation.
"It has come at last, my dear," he said,
sinking into a chair.
"What has come, Jim?" demanded his
wife, turning pale with apprehension. "A
horse shoe hasn't got you turned out of
your place I do hone."
"So, no, it is quite different from that,"
answered her husband. "Poor Uncle Bob
has gone quite suddenly, too, and has not
forgotten me."
"Poor dear!" exclaimed Mrs. Dawson.
"Why, the last time he was here he was
quite hale and hearty, and ate, I remember
now, a shilling's worth of muffins and four
pennyworth ot shrimps, to sav nothing of
watercress and bread and butter."
"Ah, well, he won't eat any more muffins,
returned her husband; "the poor fellow was
taken ofl quite sudden like."
"Tell me how it was, Jim," said Mrs.
Dawson, with that appetite for horror which
women of her class usually evince.
"Why, you know, my dear, that Uncle
Bob was a great bicycle rider, and, to tell
you the truth, the manner of his death has
upset me a great deal," answered Dawson.
"It happened in this manner. He was
riding to market, and had to cross the little
bridge over the Swire, which is rather a
dcci) and rapid stream, close to uncle's place
in Marlshire. The parapet of the bridge is
rather low, and no one exactly knows how
the thing happened. But poor,Uncle Bob
was found in the stream, with the bicycle
leaning against the parapet at an angle."
"I do hate the nasty things," observed
Mrs. Dawson, raising her apron to her eyes;
"and so the poor dear was drowned. 1
don't wonder at your being upset a bit"
"Stop a moment," broke in her husband,
"you don't know what has knocked me over.
They Bunpose, for it is all guess work, of
course, that a horseshoe which had evidently
come of the hoof of some cart horse, had
given the bicycle a sudden cant over, and
precipitated the poor old fellow, who could
not swim a stroke, into the river."
"Dear, dear," cried Mrs. Dawson, "I had
always thought that finding a horseshoe was
a bit'of luck; and iu one sense you may saj
it has turned out so for you."
Dawson cast a half angry glance at his
wife. "You forget that a horseshoe didn't
bring Uncle Bob much luck, and that the
same thing may serve me an ill turn as it
has done to my dad and uncle."
"Well, what has he left Ton?" asked Mrs.
Dawson, a plain, practical woman of busi
ness, "A nice cottage at Marlshire, with three
acres of ground, and 600 in cash, and so we
can leave London as soon as you like."
Mrs. Dawson made no objection, and in a
fortnight's time the village, which was only
situated about half a mile from Slowchester
the principal town of Marlshire, received
its new tenants.
At first both Dawson and his wife were de
lighted with their new property, and were
never tired of inspecting it, and rejoicing
over the fresh discoveries which each day
were made by them.
Alter, however, the novelty had to some
extent died away, time began to hang heavy
on their hands. Mrs. Dawson found her
)Oiiltry anything but a success, and her
msband complained that stooping over the
garden work made his back ache
"1 tell you what it is, my dear," said the
husband; "I must get some kind of employ
ment, or I shall go mad, or take to drink, or
do something awful. To-day I have heard
that they want a traveler for Simpson's
brewerv, and I think, after the experience
I have had in wheedling people into giving
me advertisements, I am just the sort of
man to do their business for them."
"But won't it take you awav from home a
good deal, Jim?" asked his wife anxiously.
"Of course, I can't do my Dusiness by
stopping at home," answered he, "but you
shan't be lonelv. I want you to send for
your sister Lizzie, to come and stay with
us; the change will do her good, and who can
say if she may not pick np a good match
here, for she is a pretty girl, and as good as
she is pretty.
Mrs. Dawson ran over to her husband,
and kissed him. "You are a dear, cood
fellow, Jim," cried she. "You know how
fond I am of Lizzie, and how happy it will
make me to have her with me."
"And my good fortune will enable us to
keep a servant, so that you need not muddle
your little head over the poultry and eggs."
Lizzie arrived in due course; a pink, rosy
cheeked girl, who was delighted to get out
of London smoke, and looked upon the
country as a perfect paradise.
James got the post, and in a smart little
trap which had been placed at his disposal,
he drove ovar the country, extolling the
merits of Stimpson's ales.
He was a good-hearted, merry fellow, and
was a great favorite with everyone except
the stablemen, who lives he made a burden
to them by insisting on the most careful ex
amination of the horse's shoes before start
ing on one of his trips.
One day he came home in high spirits.
"Old Stimpson," said he, "is going round
to see all his customers, and is going to
take me with him in that splash dogcart of,
his. I shan't have a penny to pay any
where, and shall live like a fighting cock
for the next two days; and, listen, my dear,
after that I am to have a week's holiday.
and willtake you and Lizzie to Sandybeach ,'
Won't that bejollyv
Both Mrs. Dawson and Lizzie were de
lighted with the idea, and James Dawson
started on his trip, promising that he would
be back about 11 o'clock on the night of the
second day.
"I expect I shall have to foot it from
Slowchester, but it is only a half-mile tramp
and I shall not be long in getting over the
ground, so have something nice for supper,
and the next morning we will start lor
Sandybeach."
On the appointed evening Mrs. Dawson
and her sister were all activity, and a suc
culent meal was in course of preparation, in
which three at least of Mr. Dawson's favor
ite dishes had a place.
"It is a quarter to eleven now," re
marked Lizzie, "and Jim ought to be on his
way. It is a lovely moonlight night. Sup
pose we go out to the garden gate and try
if we can see him? There is not a bend in
the road, and if he is loitering along I shall
tell him of it pretty sharp, I can assure
you."
Mrs. Dawson agreed to the proposal, and
the women passed through the little garden
which lay in front of the cottage, and open
ing the wicket gate, gazed up the lane
w hich led to Slowchester. The moon on
that particular night shone forth with sur
passing brilliancy, and every object upon
the broad, white road was distinctly visible.
There were no trees to cast a shadow across
it, and the hedge rows, with an occasional
gate here and there, could be as plainly dis
cerned as if it had been broad daylight
"How deliciously fresh the evening air
smells," said Lizzie, as she stood in the
gateway and gazed out into the calm still
ness ot the night
"Ah, that is because vou have been
mewed up for so long a time in town," an
swered her sister. " "To me the evening
seems rather a sultry one."
"You contrary dear," exclaimed Lizzie.
"I know what will change all yonr ideas ia
a very short space of time."
"And what may that be?" demanded her
sister.
"Why.the figure of Jim as he comes along
the road, hurrying home, not for you, ol
course, but for his supper," returned Lizzie,
playfully.
Both women laughed, and at that moment
the clock from some church tower in the
neighborhood struck the hour of 11.
"Jim is not punctual," remarked his wife.
"It is too bad of him, after all the trouble
we have tafcen."
"I dare say old Mr. Stimpson kept him
later than he expected," rejoined Lizzie;
-out, surely, can near tne sound ot wheels,
though I can see nothing either way. It is
very strange."
Both women listened intently, and the
sound of wheels, as if some vehicle was
rapidly approaching, became distinctly
audible.
"Why, where on earth can the carriage
be?" continued Lizzie. "I can see for half
a mile each way, and there is nothing visi
ble, though it sounds as if the wheels were
near at hand."
She turned to her sister as she spoke, and
was terrified at the ghastly expression
which had spread over her countenance.'
"Listen!" murmured Mrs. Dawson,
hoarsely, "Do you not hear it?"
"Hear what?" asked Lizzie.
"The clink of a shoe a horse's loose
shoe," answered Mrs. Dawson, her voice
sinking to a terrified whisper.
Lizzie listened, and, sure enough, above
the sound of wheels she could distinctly
make out the clink, clink of a loose shoe
striking against the hard road.
Meanwhile the sound had come so near
that it seemed as if the vehicle had reached
the gate, and in a few seconds it stopped as
though the horse had been suddenly pulled
up abreast of the two frightened women.
For a, few minutes the sound ceased
entirely, then there came the noise of
wheels, rapidly revolving, and the tramp of
horses' steps galloping at a furious pace,
but this time unaccompanied by any clink
of a loose shoe.
Lizzie turned in terror toward her sister,
and had only time to catch her in her arms,
and save her from falling to the ground in a
dead faint
James Dawson did not return to hii home
that night, nor did he ever cross the thresh
old again alive, for the next morning Mr.
Stimpson came over to communicate the sad
intelligence of a sudden and totally unex
pected catastrophe.
"We had done all the business," said the
old gentleman, "and were on our return
home, when I perceived that one of my
horse's shoes had by some means or other
worked itself loose. I never saw any man
in snch a nervous state as your husband was
when he heard the clinking sound whicn an
nounced this slight accident He trembled
violently, and insisted on at once alighting
from the vehicle. 'Don't be foolish,' said I,
'but get down and look at the horse's foot,
there is a smithy only a znile-and-a-hall
further on. 'Better pull off the shoe en
tirely, if it is very loose.' He got down,
and taking up the animal's foot, began to
examine it, but he trembled so violently
and seemed to go about his work
so clumsily that I lost patience,
and began to descend myself. As
I was in the act of doing so, something
alarmed the horse, and he started away at a
mad gallop, flinging me into a ditch by the
roadside. I was not hurt, and as I scram
bled out I saw the horse and dogcart tearing
down the road, the wheels rattling and the
loose shoe jingling against the hard road.
As I turned my eyes from it I saw Dawson
stretched on the ground. I called to him,
and on receiving no reply attempted to
raise him up, but the moment I did so I felt
that all hope was af an end and that I was
holding a corpse in my arms. When the
horse "started it must have knocked him
down and the wheel ot the dogcart passing
over his neck caused instantaneous death."
And so the clink of the shoe had proved
as fatal to James Dawson as he had feared
it would some day do, and the strange pre
vision which he felt upon the subject was
fully verified.
Mr. Stimpson behaved liberally to the
widow, who still retains the cottage near
Slowchester, but the sound ot a loose shoe
drives her into a state of hysteria, and if it
occurs when she is in bed at night she pulls
the clothes over her head, and lies panting
and sobbing until the ominous sound has
passed away.
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SELECTED from our regular stock
and placed on-Bargain Tables to
close this week regardless of cost
1,200 PAIRS
LADIES' AND 6BHT8T
FINE SHOES
At Half Price.
Broken Lots, id All Perfect
$4.50 Shoes at $2.90.
$4.00,Shoes at $2.90.
$3.50 Shoes at $2.50.
$3.00 Shoes at $2.18.
$2.75 Shoes at $1.98.
$2.00 Shoes at $1.48.
Wholesale and Retail.
W.M. LAIRD
433 and 435
WOOD STREET.-
! 406,408,410
MARKET STREET.
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Danners'
Essence of Health.
A mire famllv
mealclne for
tonlncr np and. re-
aliaing the sys
tem. One of the
reatest Dlooa
purifiers known
i Unexcelled for
the cure of Bhea-
m&tlsm, Cong hi
and Colds, Catarrh
Asthma, Throat
. Diseases, Torpid
liver, Dizziness and Sick Headaohe, Palpi
tation of tho Heart, Cramps, Dysentery, Di
arrhoea, Sorofnla and diseases arising from
imperfect and depraved state of the blood.
Piles, Costlveness, Nervousness, Affections
of the Bladder and Kldneya. If properly
taken we guarantee a cure. For sale by
druggists, and
The Danner Medicine Co.
Hi Federal st., Allegheny.
Price $1 00 per bottle; six bottles for $300.
Write for Testimonials.
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FURNITURE.
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CQO 7C (Worth 45) for this
4)3Z. 10 Solid ak Bedroom
Suit; full size Bed, Dresser and
Washstand; beveled mirror.
$11.65
For this magnificent Couch, solid oak
fine tapestry covering, good springs.
17.00.
SOUR MILK
And Soft Butter will never be
heard of in your home if you use
THE GLACIER REFRIGERATOR.
We are the sole agents.
IN OUR BASEMENT YOU'LL
SILVER.
(t QJ" For Rogers' Triple
4)1. tj 3 plated. Knives or Forks.
35
C Rogers' Triple-plated Sugar
Shells and Butter Knives.
24
C Rogers' Triple-plated After-
Dmner Coffee Spoons.
TEASETTS, PIE KNIVES,
BERRY SPOONS,
GOBLETS.
EASY TERMS OF CREDIT. OPEN SATURDAY EVENING.
SMITHFIELD STREET. 635-637
NEW ADTEETISE3IENTS.
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PRICES
That none of them can touch, a variety that you'll admit is unequaled in
the two cities.
Good Percale Cheviot and Flannelette
Waists, 23c.
Fine fljrnred and striped Percale Waists,
pearl buttons, 38c
The well-known Victor Waists, In dark and
medium light Cheviots. 60c.
The MOTHEE'S FEIEKD, celebrated for
its extra band, no sewing of buttons, 13c,
73c, V.
Colored Percale Waists, pleated, 33e, 48e,
74c.
White lawn Waists, pleated, 48e, 74c, 9Sc
Black and White or Navy and White,
pleated, 75c, 93c.
Black Sateen, pleated, 73e, 93c.
Black Sateeu, fancy striped and figured,
96c, worth $1 50.
SPECIAL JACKET BARGAINS.
Blacker Navy Serge Eeefers, worth J4 60, at 53 00.
Tan Kersev Blazer, notch collar, worth ?5, at $3 io.
Black or Navy Cloth Blazer, embroidered collar, worth $5, at $ 2 93.
Tan Kersev Beefers, tailor finish, worth $6, at 53 90.
Tan Kersey Blazer, embroidered collar, worth 56 50, at 54 65.
Fine Imported Tan Cheviot Beefers, pearl buttons, worth $8, at 54 93.
Extra fine Imported Kersev Beefers, pearl buttons, worth 59, at 56.
Blazer Suits, tailor-made, latest styles. 55, 53 75, 56 75, 57 45 up to 52a
Children's and Misses' Beefers. 2 to 14 years, 98c to 58 50.
Bare bargains in Cloth Capes, latest styles, 53 95 to 520.
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510-518 MARKET STREET.
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PERRNE
We have 125 of these finely up
holstered Bed Lounges. While
they last you can buy them at
$8.69
Worth
$15.
frame, '
Worth
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a laree Sideboard.
intiaue finish, large
drawer, double cup
board; worth 520.
MOTHER WONT
Be so tired after she buys one of
our nobby
. BABY BUGGIES.
Any price you can think of.
TINWARE.
2c i-pint Tin Cups.
4c Large Bread Pans.
5 c Jap. Dust Pans.
5c Large Wash Basins.
8c Large Coffee Pots.
10c Brass Trays, round or square.
69c Large Wash'Boilers the dol
lar kind.
$9.50" Fine COOK STOVES.
THAT BOY !
What will I do with him? Well, buy him a
Waist at ROSENBAUM'S; that's the best
thing. Mothers, it will actually pay you to
examine the immense, assortment of good
fitting, well-made Boys' Waists that we have
on display. Other dealers may offer a
CHROMO for your patronage in this line
we offer
The STAR WAIST, considered the bess
laundiied waist in the country, 13 pat
terns. 75c, $1. $1 25 and $1 50.
WHITE BLOUSE WAISTS (called Fauntle
rov) in various styles, embroidered and
ruined collar and cuffs, 75c, $1, 1 50 and
np to $3 50.
Come and see these offerings. Yonr good
sense will dictate where to spend your
dollars.
THAT
GIRL!
We don't mean blushing maidens exactly,
but ladies in general Waists in particular.
Here's something about Waists worth read
ing. The
BaiaiisAiBMyEitraoriaiy:
Figured fine Lawn Waists, white ground,
L St 23, SI 43.
Embroidered Lawn! Waists, new patterns,
75c, 85c, 98c, $1 25, etc.
White Lawn Waists, colored embroidery,
$1 48, worth $2 50.
Flannel Waists, all colors, $1 45 np.
Surah Silk Waists, full size, S2 93 up.
Black Cashmere Jersey Waists, $1 25 up.
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LADIES'
WRAPS.
The army of the 1892 WRAPS.
Mantles, Jackets, Wraps, Capes,
Newmarkets, Blazers, everything in
the Wrap way that Dame Fashion
countenances, are at your com
mandson the second floor. You
never saw such picked beauty and
novelties a size selection in ALL,
from the smallest to the most ex
treme. The very, very choicest only of
what the wrap experts abroad and
at home make.
Nothing but the extreme of ex
cellence. Nothing outside of wrap
perfection.
Such dainty colorings !
Smooth tans, soft grays, deep
blacks, rich navies.
The sorts, the shapes, the styles,
the varieties, congregate in too
many clusters to name in a dozen
cloak chapters.
'little Prices" Is Fust Lieutenant
FIND
WOODWARE.
5C Useful Towel Rollers.
IOC Large Chopping Bowls.
10 c Large Knife Trays.
0c Good Rolling Pins.
10c Fine Salt Boxes.
5c Wood Buckets.
49c "The Best" Ironing Board.
44c Covered Hopper COFFEE
MILLS.
(3, m, hi,
M 18, $7.
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