iMIMlliilMIMBMllMMMMMlMIMMMMBMMHlMMMMBIIMMMM TirTTT TiglHOBiiNlfssssflll M HMMrTrOI i h iJlltt iM ilillTJI Hi U I li "' i"'W'f'i"IT 'i'TiV"h'iT i IHill I I mi lijr "I"" ill 11 TTaBBHFMWMI KBMsrai'5'' "- ,!v?w5wW!P!',?i& -s. , irIrcHf-rnFsrWft 9Hk 12 THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, "WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 23,' 1892. P JJ3HKW ' ' ?- r- --t - t-w j-- .- i ,1- v - . - s -yjgjr'fr " t - - ' .'!,' -CStr J1 '--- "VD- - y-j.'rf r?- 'i-?". - '-pks' - jri""1- fe? t . - -wsw tC "JT"IS' C?HR5?8 m9 sfitf&l fig V Ain,J!Mffl Hffl m. f7 wa a (2, Ar flwffl PI Artistic demoiselles hare caught the Parisian craze which calls for handparoted frivols. This will meet at once the needs of the young woman -whose chief object in life is to avoid the commonplace and cultivate the odd side of gowning. That she will suc ceed goes without faying, for already a swarm of beetles haTe been cleverly scat tered from the point of her brush over the yMw aA 27ic Hose Fdal Oown. chamois-like surface of a white cloth cos tume; pecketbooks and cardcases relieved of their plainness; ribbons and fans flover etrewn, and the simplest of mull negliges transformed into an exquisite creation by the aid of delicate color schemes. The incenuity of a certain quick-witted Maid deserves especial mention. Her nim ble fingers and cultivated tastes have been the means of creating a fete-toilet which looks as if it might have been caught out in a rain of rosebuds. Pinky petals fleck the efcirt and bodice of snow-flake gauze, and sprinkle the white kid dancing shoes and clamber up the sides of the silken hose, while the long, white gloves are garlanded with tiny buds. Resting upon each shoul der in a cloud of lace and gauze, is a cluster of pale pink velvet roses. So harmonious is the blending of these blossoms with their handpamted companions that you wonder how the mistress of the sweet gown ever could secure such a perfect match. Ask her, and ioa will be siren a most pa thetic little account of a wearr tramp tnrougn tne suops lor roses mat would con tent, when perched upon the fair one's shoulders, to fraternize with tho shadowy buds and blooms decorating the lovely robe; one spray missed the match by a single tone, while another, perfect in its way, lost halt its beauty by contrast. Just as the en tire stock in hand seemed bent upon meting out a disappointment to tne disheartened shopper an idea presented itself for consid eration: "Why not buy sereral bunches of creamy roses and tint ihem?" The flowers were carried home in triumph, and once there, with the aid of a paint box and brush and a skillful turn or two of the wrist, the heart and edges of the relvet-petaled roses were toned to exquisitely accent the whole Joyely toilet Tlie Season of Furs. "Frepare to shirer!" That's what- the weather man. who dwells at the top of that very tall building within a stone's throw of the old postoffice, tells us to da Your warning is superfluous, Mr. Weather Prophet. We are prepared. We are cov ered with fur from top to toe, and you will have to confess that wc look very pretty when you condescend to take a peep at us as we stroll up and down Fifth avenue shopping, or on our way to and from the matinee. You may tell us, in your cheerful manner, that we are to have a genuine Canadian winter, but it will not frighten us. On the contrary it will be pleasant news. The girls all know that they look their loveliest when done up in soft, fluffy furs, and this winter's fashion dictator has been so kind in producing wonderfully beautiful conceits in the fur line that Pittsburg maidens should feel called upon to give thanks to him in one voice. Far, of all kinds and conditions, plays an important part in toilettes, for house as welt as street, this season. It it considered taste tc use two kinds of fur in one garment, but the Jur generally corresponds in some degree with the color of the stuff it is to ornament. Light brown lynx isTised for fawn materi als. Blaok and brown bear make a beauti ful trimming on blue cloth. The favorites in Pittsburg this winter will most likely be Trench sable and beaver, light and dark fox and bf ue and silver fox. The dark brown peltry will be used a great deal, because it adapts itself so well to the mantle stuffs in vogue. It may be true that really good furs never wear out, but it Is likewise true that they have a habit of becoming very shabby alter lying in a camphor chest all summer. Therefore, a few hints on how your treasures can be renovated and made to appear almost "as good as new" are not untimely. Sealskin and ermine are best cleansed with a soft flannel, rubbed delicately against the grain. When the fur haj been thor oughly lifted and reversed, as it were, dip the flannel into common flour and rub lightly any spots that look dark or dirty. When you have done all this, shake your fur well and rub it with dry flannel until the flour is removed. Sable, chinchilla, monkey and squirrel may be very nicely cleansed with hot bran, rubbed stiffly into the fur and then shaken briskly. Mink may be freshened in the same manner frith warm cornmeal. All this may seem trouble some, but surely not to the woman who values spotless gloves, to say nothing of her neck, for she knows only too well what soiled fur collars are responsible for in that direction in smoky Pittsburg. Gold Chains With Pearls. The long fine gold chains set with pearls that the fashionable Parisiennes last spring hung around their dainty throats and that gleamed in the sunlight as they lifted their lorgnettes to inspect each other's toilets, have appeared on this side. Of course they are expensive, but if mademoiselle is not too particular she can provide herself with one of French gilt that the shopkeeper assures me will last longer than the style itself. With pearls these chains cost $3 90; without, 52 90 and $1 90. They are strong and pretty and. true to the proverb, glitter without being gold, which, by the way. no one would know if you did not tell them. Hints for the Household. Simple pine frames may be converted Into pretty picture frames by flrst uildtnc them and then stretching fish-net over them and, after fastening It securely, gliding the whole several times. Another method Is, after RiHIns the frame, to cover it with glue and scatter very Itnely-cut cork over it, after which gild a number of times. Coarse cot ton lace, with raised figures, may be Used instead of fish-net to put on the f ramo atter it is gilded the flrst time. A keAt contrivance is a goblet cover to keep the contents of a class of medicine, for instance, from dust. It is made, of a circular piece of cardboard, covered on the upper aide with a crochetted mat in white zephyr, with a loop in the center by which to raise it. Turkish toweling is now utilized for rich and unique effects. It is used for cut de signs and appliqUed upon silk scarfs. The edges of the desizn aie finished with gold tin ead, and its foira is worked in transverse embioidery w ith bright silk floss. The American and the PrincesB are names given to new combinations of designs in cut glass. The star seems to give pertinence to the name American. One of the most brill iant designs is known as the Parisian. Thk condensed milk-can holder is a new comer in the domain of silver-plated ware. It is of the exact size suitable for the hold ins: or that article. -v lit laco curtains the prevailing style will be Louis XIV., JIario Antoinette, Empire and Renaissance. Prices may be said to cor respond with the names. Massachnsetta Heard From. Having used Hill's Pile Pomade while in New York, and its use having resulted in a cure of blind piles of seven years' standing, I deem it my duty to do all I can to have others try it. A. U. Barbkr, Three Hirers, jUa&s. Every package Contains a bona fide guarantee, l-nce ci, six ior jn. uy mail. For sale by Jos. Fleming & Son, il2 Mar ket street. w A startler ! 1,100 Italian blankets, in hew combinations (displayed on center table), at only 99c Kaufmasiss' New Drygoods Department. THE PITTSBURG FILTER COMPANY, Xo. 30 Sandusky Street, Allegheny, Manufactures the Datls Filter. Its use lusnres an undiminished supply of clear, pure, wholesome water at all times. Send nostal for catalogue and price list. Branch office Room 403 Hamilton building, Pittsburg, Pa. AsrsctAL bargain Klegant all wool im ported black dress goods would be cheap at SI 50; will be sold for "9 cents per j ard. KAUrMAHHS' New Drygoods Department. After Thanksgiving, Christmas. Prepare your homes for both occasions. Our "iorced" and "true bargain" sale a mu tual helper. P. C Schoeseck & Soir, 711 Liberty street, OpposlteWood. Pittsburg Lake Erie R. -R. Three hours and thirty-five minutes to Cleveland. Eight hours and twenty minutes to Buffalo. Thet're going rapidly Those 2(-Inoh black gros grain silks at 9S cents per yard; only ten J ards required lor a dress. Kaufmanks' New Drygoods Department. LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Diphtheria has cloned two public lonools in Indianapolis. All trices or the latest revolutionary plot in Chile have been wiped out. The Confederate Veterans of Atlanta will march under the stars and stripes here after. , The test of the tempered copper gun, in rented by BlacksmitU Allard, of Quebec, was a success. Price 4 Maas, wholesale grocers of Jlaoon, Ga., have assigned. Liabilities and assets each (60,030. The newly-eleotefl President of the American Hereford Breedeis' Association, is J. S. Carlisle, -of Chicago. RIverton, Ky claims a woman whoso bones break with a report like a pistol shot while she is in perfect repose. Viola Mar, a well-known variety singer and dancer, shot and killed Carrie Rogers at Calaspiel, Mont, the other day. The Government Town Site Board in Oklahoma lias deolded that no one is barred Iiom taking up town-site claims. Wealthy Chinese firms fn8an Francisco, alarmed at exclusion legislation, contem plate withdrawing from the country. The Spanish Cortes will be asked for an appropriation of $150,000 for a World's Fair exiiibft, us well as the Columbns archives. The Isle of Man jury which rendered n verdict or manslaughter in the Cooper wile murder case, were mobbed on leaving court. A false rumor caused a heavy run on the People's SavlU'.'S Bank in West Bay City, Mich., yesteiday, which was safely weath ered. The commission which will investigate the Panama canal scandal will consist of 23 Republicans, 9 Conservatives and 1 Ilou langlst. James Presley's family ftt Brightwood, Ind.. has been mysteriously poisoned. Mrs. Presley is dead, and her husband may not suivlvo. A Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe train was fired upon by ftH unknown person near Paris. Tex., and one passenger was wounded. Tho Seattle Boaid or Local Marine In spectors hold Captain John A. O'Brien guilty or negligence In stranding the whalc- uaci: steamer wetmore. At Plaquemine, La., Captain Ilarry Ward has been acquitted of u murder charge that has been pending two years. Captain Ward is a veteran steamboat man. The city of Kew Orleans has won a vic tory in the Myrn Clark Gaines case. The question was on a rule to tax the Marshal's commission or 2 per oent on the amount of the Gaines judgment against the city. Last Friday a party of musicians started from Eveiett, Wash., for Marysville in a yacht. Sunday morning the steamer Mabel picked up a capsized boat, and a reed organ afterward drifted ashore. Nothing has been seen of the party. Two shop-lifters were arrested in Chi cago yesterday, who had a new device a lesular portable "fence." It Is a paste board box, ten Indies square at the top of which is arranged a lid with a spring. A very small weight on tne lid would Cause it to go down, allowing anything placed on top of it to tall into the Dox. It would then be forced back by the spring. In Olden Times People overlooked the importance of per manently benefiulal effects and were satis fled witn transient action, but now that it Is generally known that 8yrup of Figs will permanently euro habitual constipation, well-lnlormed people will not buy other laxatives which act for a time, but finally injure the system. A wishbuI 1.000 comfortables, heavy, warm and well filled, at only $1 19. Kacfmakns' New Drygoods Department. They Bo ?ay That T. G. Evans & Co., cornerThlrd avenue and Market street, carry the greatest va lietyot china, glassware and lamps of any house in the city, and at the reduoed prices at which they are now offering their goods it is just your opportunity to get bargains for the home and Christmas presents. They ere direct importers. Most remarkable I 100 pieces heavy shirt ing flannel in plaids and stripes, never sold ior less than 35c, now only 25o per yard. KacfmaSns' New Drygoods Department. Portraits for the Holidays. Cabinet photos $1 50 per doz. Panel pict ure given with every doz. better grade. Crayons from $2 50 up. Large assortment of lrames. Lies' Portrait Studio, 10 and 12 Sixth stieet. ARC8H for these very handsome black broche India silks in new offects and most excellent patterns, 21 inches wide, sold at 75c per yard. Kaufmanub' New Drygoods Department. Pianos, Pianos, Organs, Organs. Mellor & Hoene,77 riftb. Avenue. The roost durable and reliable. The best for the money. Largest line of instruments in the city. a Easy pay- tnents. Send for circulars. Will amaze you: Our immense display of Eider flannels a special lot at only 49o per yard. Kaufmahhs' New Drygoods Department. Burqurdt wines are in order with Thanks giving tuikey. Max Klein can supply you. Can't be equaled 250 pairs heavy wool blankets, large size, at only $1 85 per pair. Kaufmahhs-' New Drygoods Department. De Wrrr's'Ltttle Early Risers. Best pill for biliousness, sick headache, malaria. A wonder 50 pieces 27-inch red Shaker flan nel (shrunken goods), Worth 40o, at only Mo per yard. Kaufmanns' NAw Drygoods Department. Have yonr photograph for a Christmas present. taken by Sabbs Great Flannel BaroainI 50 pieces fig ured flannelettes at flannel counter; full value 20c; all to go at lOo per yard. Kaotmanns' New Drygoods Department. The Finest -OF- tClUlIiia OVERGOATS Hi T The Finest -OF- (aUnta OVERCOATS OVERCOATS Fine Beavers, worth $12 to $25 ODR PRICE $9 TO $20 Nobby Meltons, worth $13 to $45 OUR PRICE $10 TO $35 Chinchillas, blue and black, worth $8 to $30. OUR PRICE $6 TO $25 Handsome Kerseys, worth $15 to $40 OUR PRICE $12 T0$33 Cassimeres and Cheviots, worth 5110 to $30 ...OUR PRICE $7.50 TO $22 CHOICEST FOREIGN ..and.. DOMESTIC FABRICS. M I d?J THE PEOPLE ARE WITH US BECAUSE WE ARE WITH THE PEOPLE : : : : : 6. ! V Af"' JL k"w"l, w"' y STYLISHLY MADE, ELEGANTLY TRIMMED. I I ' "l 1 I Jl I J IB You don't have to en case yourself in armor if you wish to retire without buying : : : ZMIIEiET'S ZFIZCSTIE STJITS. Our Price $5 to $18 Our Price $10 to $22 Our Price $10 to $22 Our Price $6 to $24 Our Price $14 to $22 Fancy Cassimeres, worth from $7.50 to $25, - Fancy Cheviots, worth $15 to $30 - - - - Black Worsteds, worth $15 to $30 Black Cheviots, worth $8 to $30 Imported Scotches and Worsteds, worth $18 to $30 - We guarantee these garments to be perfect in fit, reliable in make, trim and finish. Our competitors (?) may com pete with us on paper, but they are far behind when it comes to a matter of comparison of the goods offered. ON THURSDAY MORNING NEXT We will have the pleasure of presenting to the deserving poor of the two cities between 6oo and 700 Fine Turkeys. Those who desire to participate in the distribution will make immediate application to the offices of the following societies: PITTSBURG ASSOCIATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE POOR, THE DORCAS SOCIETY, LADIES' RELIEF SOCIETY OF ALLEGHENY, ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, Any of the officers of the above societies will furnish tickets, without which the gift is not obtainable. no23 THE ONLY REASON For the continued increase of THE DISPATCH adlets is that they give satisfactory returns. THIS INK IS MANUFACTURED -BY- J. HARPER BONNELL CO., YORK. WELL BRED, SOON WED." GIRLS WHO USE SAPOLIO ARE QUICKLY MARRIED. TRY IT IN YOUR NEXT HOUSE-CLEANING. ACTUAL RESULTS Show DISPATCH adlets to be most profitable to advertisers. Try them CAPTAIN PHIL. A SKETCH FKOM LIFE. BT IZA DUTrDS HABDY. Copyrlslit, 1892. by the Author. Dan Granger's place w as a lonely one and tbe times were wild and the life was rough at Blue Lead Bar when he brought bis young nife there. It took a brave woman and a strong one to face that life; bnt Lucy Granger had perfect health and aanguine spirits and love and courage enough to be the blessing of whatever man's path she elected to share and to shed the sunshine of her presence on it, whether it lay among rocks or roses. She had chosen her lot and cheerfully set hand and heart to her appointed work, and there was not a home for miles around so well-ordered and comfortable as Dan Granger's. In tbe course of his checkered life Dan had been a little of everything. He had made his pile in the -mines, lost it, and was sow in a lair way to making it again. At present his chief occupation an important one it was, too was carrying the express from Blue Bead Bar to Yucca City, making the journey sometimes alone, sometimes vith his partner, Steven Brock. Lucy was never quite so happy when her Dan was running the risk ol 'road agents, and other less alarming and less probable accidents, alone. She got used to it, and ac cepted it as a natural part of her life; but familiarity never bred contempt of the haz ards her husband ran in his long, lonely rides, . often charged with valuables and money; for every man in or near Blue Lead Bar committed his property to Dan Grang er's care' in perfect faith that he "would take it through sale if any man could!" The Grangers Lome was a beautiful one as far as its surroundings went although its situation was more solitary than many a woman would have liked, left as often alone as Lucy was, with only her little children. Dan could have afforded, and would gladly have got help, service and cvuijauiuuauii lur uim wile 11 lfr.uu uceu I procurable, but help in those regions was I simply not to be procured. Servants there was none; neither the name nor the thing were known there. Every woman had her hands lull to overflowing with her own work. If Mrs. Granger had been ill or in trouble, the neighbors would have helped her lor love; but there was no such thing as help daily domestic help to be got for money. So Lucy had hours, and often days, alone with her little girl and boy, while her husband was off on his journeys. Their home a prettily-built wooden house, with porch and gables, rather larger than the majority of the houses of Blue Lead Bar, as it included Dans "office" stood on a natural ledge or terrace among the foot-hills, a little apart from tbe other dwellings, some of them mere log cabins, some neat little cottages, which were scat tered around, above and below it Dark evergreen forests, seamed here and there by deep, yawning canons, clothed the mountain side like a clinging garment, above which the rocky brow rose bare and rugged. Beyond it, and-iar off, the snowy range of distant peaks soared high into the skies, seeming sometimes to float like silver sails above a sea of low drilting clouds. Below the uneven ledges like huge, irreg ular, natural steps on which the little set tlement was perched the woods sloped down into a broad, green valley, through which the river wound like a shining sil very snake. The west windows of the Granger house had a splendid view across the landscape of rolling meadow, wood, and valley, rising toward the far off hills which faded awav and vanished in vague violet mists of distance. Lucy Granger, fortunately for her, loved Nature. It she had had a less heartfelt ap preciation of the beauties of sapphire sky and emerald valley and somber pine forest, of snow-capped mountain, rocky gorge and gleaming river, she would have been less content, even with tbe love of husband and children, here. How beautiful the vaUer looked in the golden haze of morning. ucy smUed with pure Joy of life and beauty, u she stood in the doorway and looked across to the shim mering mists of amber and amethyst hues in which the distant hills were lost like a dream. She was getting on well with her morning's work, and had time to stand still awhile. Perhaos one secret of Lucy Gran ger's doing her work so well and so thor oughly was that she was never bustled nor flurried. Sbe went on through it all smoothly and easily like a machine in good order. She would not have smiled so contentedly en the fair landscape, however, now, if she could have heard what Dick Mullins better known in the neighbor hood as "Ginger Dick" was saying to her husband in the seclusion of the office. "I didn't say anything before Mrs. Granger, Dan it's no use alarming her; but Captain Phil and his gang are about here reported up at Gopher Flat. They're on your track and swear they'll pay you out lor that Helina business. There's no doubt of it it was one of the Captain's pigeons let it out. I came up to give yon a word of warning." "D'ye know when they mean to try it on?" rejoined Dan as coolly as if It had not been a matter of life and death; for if Captain Phil had, or cod calved be had, a debt to pay, that debt wonld be paid in grim earnest or Captain Phil's reputation belied him. Mullins shook his head. "Only know just what I've told you. Phil Darrell ana his boys are 'round and they have it in for you." Dan nodded. "Well, don't mention it before Mrs. Granger. Tbe women folk are apt to get skeered. It's a bit awkward, certainlr, just now, when Steve Brock's away in Sacra mento, and I go my rounds alone." ",'Tls so," Ginger Dick asserted. "Mind you're heeled!" "I'm always heeled on my rounds," said Dan, further convincing his friend of the fact by pulling a heavy navy revolver out of one pocket, and a neat little derringer out ot another. He looked to these treas ures carefully, handling them as if he loved them, and assuring himself that they were in perfect and deadly working order. "Time for me to be off now," he added. "No, I'm not bound for Yucca City to-day only to Scadder's. I'm going to take a bag of dust for old Engleby." "Well for you that Captain Phil don't know!" observed the other. Five minutes later Dick Mullens bad taken hit leave, and Granger swung himself on to his old piebald horse One-eyed Bill, who, as Dan always said; could see as much withhis one eye as any common horse could with two, and could find his way and bring his master safe hoire on a pitch-dark night when even Granger's practiced eye could not dis tinguish the trail. Dau looked back, and smiled and waved his hand to his wife as cheerily as if he had not heard the ominous news of Phil Darrell, better known as "Captain rhil;" and old One-eye trotted briskly oft The "Melina business" to which Mullins had alluded as something for which Captain Phil had it in bis mind to "pay" Dan Granger, was a story ot some years ago be fore Granger came to Bine Lead Bar. He bad been the prime mover in the arrest of Captain Phil as the secret head of a gang of "road agents," whose depredations were many and daring, but who had somehow always successfully managed to elude detec tion and capture. Dan bad acted on sus picion amounting to conviction. That it was he who had first taken action in the matter was as well-known to Captain Phil as to tbe rest of the world that little world of which Dan Granger fondly thought he deserved well by his course in this business. Caotain Phil, however, was a powerful man, and his way not unpoplar. More men feared him than would acknowledge their fear; not a few women admired him, who were not ashamed to own their admiration; and lear and admira tion are among the most contagious of feelings. Once before Captain Phil had stood his trial for killing a man and had got off on the ground ot "self-defense" a plea a Western Jury is always ready to consider favorably. The upshot of the Melina case was that a string of witnesses had glibly sworn to alibis which completely exoner ated Captain Phli from all complicity in the crimes with which he stood charged. He was triumphantly acquitted and es corted home by a torchlight procession. Granger and others more than suspected that the witnesses were perjurod and the jury packed, but could not prove it. So Captain Phil went on in his conquering way again and went, considerably to every one's astonishment, without putting a bullet through Dan Granger, against whom he was known to have vowed vengeance: and that wag the kind of tow Captain Phil bad never yet been known to break, jfer haps It was that, thus fresh from hit acquit- J tal, he thought he would keep up his newly whitewashed character for awhile. Per haps he remembered that "revenge can be eaten cold," and its savor be none the less sweet. Anyhow, the ill boding shadow of Cap tain Phil had not fallen on Dan Granger's path lor years. While Dan rode on his way to Scudder's, with his bas of "dust" otherwise gold dust Lucy Granger finished her domestic duties, and then sat down in a rocking chair and swayed restfullr to and fro, with her boy on her lap, her fittle girl playing with a doll by her side. The entrance door, as usual, stood hospit ably open; and presently they heard a foot step on the bare boards of the little hall, and the sound of someone trying the han dle of the office door, which opened out of the ball on one side. Dan had locked up his office, as he had a pile of gold dust and nuggets in his strong box there. Luoy got up and opened the parlor door, which was nearly opposite the office, and looked out into the hall, Bonnie Boy still in her arms, Birdie trotting by her side holding on to ber skirts. The gentleman who was seeking entranoe to the office turned at the slight sound of the creak of the parlor door, and immedi ately took of! his hat with a courteous ac knowledgment of her presence. He was a gentleman, Lucy decided at the first glance. No rough miner, this! His sombrero hat and jnckboots added a touch of pioneer picturesquencss to his appear ance. Had it not been for them, she thought, he looked as if he might have come from the civilization of the outer world that seemed to lie so far beyond them there. He was a lair, tall, good-looking man, with rather delicate, olear-cut, aquiline features, a neatly trimmed, golden-tawny beard and piercing, deep, blue eyes eyes which rested pleasantly, with a touch ot inquiring surprise, a fainter touch of admiration, on Luoy's lace. Lucy was a very pretty young woman, tall and well built, with all the grace of strength and bloom of health, with nut brown curls, and great brown eyes that looked at all the world with the clear and limped trustfulness of a child's gaze at a friend. "Did yon wish to see mv husband?" she l j r.t- i --. r C BiKca, wuu ner sweet, irnus. suiue. ."I wished to see Mr. Granger." "Yes, that's my husband," she rejoined, With it shade of posieiiive pride. "He' out just now. Was it on business you wanted to see him?" "Well, 'twas partly on a matter of a lit tle business," replied tho stranger, who spoke with the slow trainante intonation of the South and West, and had a rather low, mellow, pleasing voice. "If it's anything vou want to send, he's going to Yucca City to-morrow express parcels to be sent Before 7o'cIock. But perhaps vou want to see him to talk to him?" "Well, I did want a few words with him" he admitted slowly and reflectively. "Won't you come in and wait?" she re joined hospitably. "I don't think he'll be so very lone before he's in." Thestranger looked at her and smiled, but seemed to hesitate, for he was silent for a few minutes, smiling still, with a halt amused, half-doubtful expression before he answered, "Well, as you're so kind, madam, I think I will step in awhile." He stepped in accordingly, and Luoy in viteil him to occupy her husband's rocking chair, while she seated herself in the other one. Bonnie Boy, whom she had set down while showing the stranger in, climbed upon her lap, clutching her dress in his sturdy nsts; iuraie leaned againsi ner itnee, keeping an intent gaze of critical inspection fixed with large-sized solemnity upon the visitor. "You have everything very prettily fixed here, Mrs. Granger," he observed politely, glancing round the parlor, which was, in deed, a very presentable one for Blue Lead Bar. Nothing could well have been sim pler than the furniture and its arrange ment; and the bare wooden walls were innocent ot paint or paper; Dut everymme was clean as a new pin; the chairs were cov ered with a pretty bright chintz; afew pict ures, mostly framed cbromos and engrav ings, hung on tho walls; ferns and flowers stood about in vases on the table and on the mantelpiece, over which there was a good sized mirror; last, not least, the Grangers' parlor boasted the luxury of lace curtains at the windows. The room, altough as neat as it could be kept without banishing every little, cheery sign of the all-pervading Sresence cf the children, had none of the reary, unused look of a parlor reserved for the best Lucy's work basket stood open by the hearth, and Birdie's doll lay limply under the table. "Everything real pretty," the visitor re marked, his eyes taking everything in with their slow, searching gaze. "It's very plain," said Lncv, with modest deprecation that thinly veiled her simple pride in her home. "But we're such a beau tiful view outside that I sav to my husband it don't matter if things are plain and simple inside." "There's pretty things to look at inside, too," he answered, glancing from the mother to the children, with the unsmiling but not ungentle gravity we so often find in these "Men from the West." Birdie, who had apparent?- now arrived at satisfactory conclusions with regard to the stranger's manners and morals, was sliding toward him, shyly smiling, with her finger in her mouth, looking up side ways from under the tangle of hsr golden curls. "Will yon come to me, little lady?" ho asked. Birdie nodded, and promptly trotted across to him, laid a tiny hand upon his knee, and atter contemplating him for a moment, as it to ascertain whether he would bear inspection at close range, observed, tentatively. "tinker Jack takes me on his lap." "And will you come on mine?" "Yes," said Birdie, readily, and im mediately climbed up and settled herself comfortably on the desired eminence, swing ing her feet and beating a tattoo on his shins. "And what's your name, little one?" he inquired. "Birdie." "Tell the gentleman yourfull name," said the young mother prondly. "Lucilla Dranger Dan Dranger't itta daughter," replied the mite, rolling off the string or syllables witnout a comma. "Birdie is berpet name," exclaimed Luey. I dare say you don't see the derivation of Birdie from Lucilla." "I own I don't." "No, because there isn't any to see," laughed Lucy. "She's Birdie for no reason but just that we got to calling her so. And this is Bonnie Bov otherwise Daniel Wash ington Granger." "Dan'l Wossin'ton Dranger," repeated Birdie delightedly, with a jump on the visi tor's knee and a vigorous kick of her small feet which nearly overset her balance. "Bc-o-lul watob," she added with a clutch at his thick, gold cable chain. "Me hear It go tick-tick.'7 lb St continued fcwnorrcwi 1 " 4 -Jf n ' " - ' i -
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