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THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER SO, 1892.
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The ball toilet is now uppermost la
many maidens' minds, and bv some of them
it is as much a matter of study and reflec
tion as was his coat of armor to the ancient
knight. In it she wages war against her
rivals; in it she triumphs or is
defeated. The bodice of the ball
toilet is now absolutely moulded to
the figure from neck to hips, every
An Embroidered Ball Dress.
line being accurately fitted. But tbere is a
disposition to make the evening corsage
higher and closer in the neck, in order to
give length to the figure, and there is always
some species of sleeve, even if it is only a
mere draping of tulle or net The tiny
shonlder strap, which left the entire arm
bare aboTe the shonlder, is not seen any
more. If you wish to cut the bodice low,
there must be a filling of chifion or some
other soft material. Should you use tulle,
set or gauze tor the skirt, the same material
figures to fill in at the neck and for the
short sleeve.
You will see pictured to-day a richly em
broidered evening gown, the motive of the
embroidery being chrysanthemums. If you
do not care for embroidered effects, you
may choose a velvet or brocaded stuff, and
make it up in corselet style, which is al
ways sure to produce the effect of length
and aristocratic slenderness so much
coveted.
Now and then is to be seen one of those
exquisite white cloth evening costumes,
trimmed with white hair fur and white
chiflon, which give to the wearer the air of
moving with regal grace about the ball
room. Sometimes these dreams of white
arc varied by gold lace or gimp, and at
others' the white lady wears tan shoes, tan
stockings and tan gloves. Florkette.
Lone TVraps Very Graceful.
Though the three-quarter cape and jacket
is so much in vogue, still there are many
very elegant garments covering the entire
gown that are exceedingly chic and particu
larly becoming to those women whose lack
of height will not admit of their wearing
such styles as tend to shorten and broaden
their figures.
Ot this sort nothing prettier could be im
agined than the loosely flowing garments in
heavy figured cheviot or the more elegant
velour laid in large plaits on to a yoke of
some contrasting materia, edged either
with jet of iur. This style of long out-door
wrap has the fullest sleeve possible, and
when worn with a large hat is as picturesque
as even an exacting artist could desire.
Another style more especially adapted for
street wear is ot the regulation ulster pat
tern, perhaps a trifle fuller in the skirt,
with big sleeves and the triple coachman's
capes set on from a high standing collar.
This garment is usually in tan or navy blue
sloth sans trimming save the large pearl
buttons that ornament tue double-breasted
LAURA YELVERTONS CHOICE.
BY FITZGERALD MOLLOY.
Copyright, 1892,
Continued From Testerdij.l
"Whilst spending a week with some
friends in a houseboat on the Thames dur
ing the last days of August Laura caught
cold; but, believing it would depart as sud
denly as it came, she gave it no heed. A
cough followed, slight at first, but gradu
ally increasing, and when a doctor was
summoned he declared one of her lungs was
slightly diseased, and suggested she should
tk a warmer climate than England for the
autumn and winter months. Her husband,
nhose anxiety was aroused, insisted this
advice should be taken, and on the medical
man stating that Nice ofiered many advan
tages to his patient, they made speedy
preparations lor departure.
But cure was not effected, and one day
after they had spent over a couple of
months at Nice the doctor ordered Mrs.
Gerard to try the air at Monaco, which was
in' a more sheltered position.
"We will go to-morrow," said George
when the door closed upon the medical
roan.
"To Monaco?" she exclaimed, raising her
eyes questioningly to his 'lace.
"Yes, dearest. Are you afraid to have
me so near the gambling rooms of Monte
Carlo?" he asks, with a laugh.
','No, dear," she replied, after a. slight
pause. "I trust you. You will be true to
your oath."
Next day they arrived at Monaco, built
by Louis XIV. on the level of a rocky head
land 200 feet above the shore, surrounded
by fortifications and overlooking the beau
tlfulbay. Palms, euclyptus, lemon trees
and aloes springing in luxurious growth
wherever the eye could turn gave shade
and color and Derfume to the quaint and
picturesque town. The splashing of the
waves on the beach xmade musio all the
day long. On visiting the Castle one of
the sights of the place on the afternoon
of their arrival they encountered Colonel
and Mn, Dantoo, friends whom Laura had
front, and is lined with silk and essentially
tailor-made throughout.
For evening many fancy brocades are em
ployed, delicate tints, suoh as pale plnkand
blue, being in high favor. Some of the
theater or opera wraps are of cloth in pearl
gray, heliotrope or pink, ahd are generally
trimmed with some black fur.either Persian
lamb or the more silky fox. This stylo has
almost without exception the ttiple capes,
tied at the throat with long black satin
loops and ends, and a full satin ruching
fringing the neck.
A Rejuvenated Black Dress.
I helped to plan a made-over black dress
the other day. Of course, the lady is small
or the pattern would not hare suited her.
The goods is 90 cents,, Bedford cord, bell
skirt. This is to remain the same, but the
waist had been a long sack basque. This ia
cut ofl at the waist line. The sleeves are
full and a cufi of pale yellow chamois
leather, braided in black, finishes tjhe hand.
An old scrap of black silk is gathered in at
the neck in front and caught in the waist
by three bands of brocaded black two-inch
ribbon, bound tightly about the lorni, mak
ing a jacket of silk. The same old scrap
washed and pressed, with the chamois re
verse and collar, which is very high and
rolling, completes as pretty a dress as I
have seen this season.
Sometimes the ribbon belt is exchanged
for one ot chamois, especially in the even
ings, and the cost aggregated 52 10.
Jewel Work the Latest Fad.
Jewel work is the fancy of the hour for
ladies just now. It is largely used for trim
ming evening or smart day dresses, and also
for decorating drawing rooms or boudoirs.
For gowns, especially, this new fancy work
requires much taste and care, in making, or
the result is distinctly tan dry and unsatisfactory.
Taste, in fact, and the amount of patience
all fancy work demands, is all required, as
there are no new complicated stitches to
learn the art lying in arranging the jewels
with the most artistic effect, and so sewing
them on through the two small holes pro
vided lor the purpose. A design in very
narrow gold braid or thread on the object
to be decorated is a good way of introduc
ing the jewels, being placed in appropriate
spaces.
Comme 11 Fant.
Is 6 o'clock tea no two cups and saucers
should be alike.
Coin bracelets hold their own, also those
from French resorts; made or sea shells.
Fascy overgalters are a steady fashion
amon; the sn ells of all ages this autumn.
Foks dyed in all sorts of bright colors are
to be trimmed on cloth dresses, according
to a Paris correspondent.
Soxebodt says that the one kind or wrap
never out of fashion is the "real genuine
camel's hulr shawl."
Shoulder bows of expensive ribbon are
seen on many of the new house dresses
made with pleated instead ot puffed sleeves.
Tue baby bodice, with its simple gathered
waist, girdled by a wide. Ions sasb, is much
in favor with young sirls, and for a slender
figure nothing couid be prettier or more
stylish.
As many as three kinds of materials are
seen on some new dresses. If a gown is of
black or a somber tint it can be relieved by
a bit of brigbt-hued velvet or changeable
wool or taffeta.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Snow is falling In Greece.
Cholera still lingers in Holland.
The Xeres Anarchists are on trial.
Welsh tin plate plants are resuming.
Chicago Presbyterian divines oppose re
vision. Toledo ioodlers have been refused new
trials.
Russian peasants in many places are still
starving.
Chicago experiments prove that dumpy
Jaw is curable.
Southern California Is having an abun
dance of rain.
The Italian budget at last shows a sur
plus instead of a deficit.
Emigrants on their way to America have
been turned back at Hamburg.
The correction of the Alaska-Canada
boundary will occupy two years.
A Prohibition bill has been introduced
in the South Carolina Legislature.
American canded coods are said to be
poisoning several English people.
All the robbers of the Wautaza (Tenn.)
Bank are believed to be in custody.
A Senate committee will recommend the
opening of the Cherokee strip In the spring.
Church, Bills & Co.'s Bank at Ithaca,
Ml oh., closed yesterday, tloing up $30,000 In
deposits.
The South Norfolk Liberal Assooiation
andaSlmcoe (Ont.) meetins have resolved
in favor of annexation.
The Russian Government intends to
meet its deficit by taxing all persons ex
empt from military servioe.
Cole Younger rofuses to own as a former
member of his gans the Texas clerical ban
dit, Bev. William Williams.
A strike on Chicago's "L" road is almost
certain, owing to the discharge of several
trainmen for violation of rules.
Makln and his wife, the Australian babv
farmers charged with causing the deaths of
15 Infants, have been committed for trial.
A 15-year-old murderer was hanged at
Macon, Ua., yesterday. His name was
Thomas Ball, and he had shot an officer
dead.
The Mexican Cabinet lias resigned, in
order that Pi olden t Diaz at his remaugura
tlon may have a free hand in forming his
ministry.
Ernest Albert Macdonald, the avowed
annexationist of Toronto, lias been dis
missed from his position us Lieutenant of
Hangers.
A mob at Hiawatha, Kan., lynched a ne
by the Author.
known before her marriage, but had lost
sight of since that event.
The Dantons were staying at the Hotel
des Anglais at Monte Carlo, which was just
a mile lrom Monaco, and insisted that their
friends should dine with them one evening
during the week. The invitation was ac
cepted, and on the appointed night the four
sat at a little table in a corner of the vast
dining room.
George Gerard felt hot and feverish, for
the room was close, but he would not have
the windows opened lot the night air
might prove injurious to his wife. To cool
himselt he drank glass alter glass ot iced
champagne, whilst Colonel Danton talked
of India, and his wife dwelt on the merits
and shortcomings of friends known to
Laura.
From the dining room he and Gerard
stepped on to the terrace, where the cool,
refreshing night air came to them as
blessed relief. Slowly, walking backward
and forward, they smoked in peace, ex
changing confidences, relating experiences
dealing with the past.
"Isay,ald man, said the Colonel, "let
us come to the casino, and have a game or
two of roulette before we go back to the
drawing room."
"Thanks, but I never gamble now."
"How is that?" asked Danton
"I promised my wite I should never
gamble or bet,"
His companion laughed. "What, isn't
the honeymoon over yet?" he said.
George Gerard remained silent.
"I suppose you have been deeply bitten?"
tne oionei remarked, unaware tnat bis
friend bad ruined himself by cards.
"Yes."
"Well, that's all the more reason you
should strive to- get back what you lost.
Come along, and we'll have a game. Your
wife heed never know where vou've been,"
Canton urced, in a bantering'tone. i
"I'd rather not," Gerard replied, coolly.
"Well, come with me and look on: that
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gro named Trno. The victim had murdered
a Baptist deaoon named Walthall for eject
ing him from church.
The enforcement of United States quar
antine laws Is temporarily prohibiting'
travel between Europe and the Mew Eng
land States via Halifax.
Slier Afzul Khan has proclaimed himself
the servant of the Ameer or Afghanistan
and the English Government demands an
explanation from the Ameer.
Pretty Mrs. IsaDella Tipton, of Tipton,
Tenn., baa applied for a divorce. Her hus
Dand was formerly a shining light in so
ciety, but is now a fugitive forger.
Application has been made in Coving
ton, Ky., by the Hazelton (Pa.,) Bank and
other creditors of Post & Co., manufacturers
of railway supplies, for the appointment of
a icceiver.
Prof. T. A Volrath, a musician of Inde
pendence, Mo., was horsewhipped on the
streets yesterday by Mrs. Mary VYassen, tho
wife of an optician, whom he is alleged to
have slandered.
Samuel Yates, a miser In Milan, Tenn.,
reputed to have a vast hoard of money se
creted in his residence, was burned to death
with lils house. The police suspect he was
murdered and robbed.
Tho Acting Director of the Washington
Mint is informed that the coiners at the Phila
delphia Mint made their first delivery of
World's Fair souvenir coins to Superinten
dant Busbysliell, yesterday.
The New York Supremo Court has affirm
ed the judgment against old Dr. McUonebal,
charged with manslaughter In tho first de
cree. In having caused the death of Annio
Goodwin by a criminal operation.
Mississippi is to furnish for tho World's
Fair a most interesting relic, nothing less
than the hole left by the decaying of the
stump upon which grew the tree that fur
nished lerdiuaud de Soto's rnde coffin.
The total collections of internal revenue
for the first four months of thepiesentUscal
year were $56,258,020, an increase of $4,3J2,752
compared with the collections during the
con esponding period of tho last fiscal year.
A victim of hydrophobia at Raleigh, N.
C John Noland, who win bitten five months
ago, applied a maastone and considered
himselt out of danger. Ild lias Just died In
horrible agony, having chowedhis tongue to
pieces.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as
soon as Congress and the local authorities
grant permission, will begin a system of im
provements in and about Washington which
will cost in the nelzuborhond ol $2,000,000 be
fore they are completed.
Several mysterious murders have oc
curred in the mines of Walker county, Ala.
Foieiuan William Lee was the latest victim.
and G. R. Prince, an unemployed white
miner, was arrested on suspicion. He nar
rowly escaped lynohlug.
Mr. Shaw-Lefevre, First Commissioner of
British Public Works, has promised work to
Borne of the unemployed by the demolish
ing of tho Mill Biinic prison and the erection
on Its site of the building to contain the
Tate collection of paintings.
The Kaisur is represented toie in high
dudgeon over Blsmaick's latest published
Interview. Ho called the ex-Chancellor
"traitor," "ungrateful conspirator" and
other pet names. A close friend of Bismarck
denies tlieiuterview in question.
George Washington Post, the celebrated
bui ko man and colleague oi Tom O'Brien,
Red Austin and others distinguished in
their line, lias been sentenced to ten years
in Cllnto.1 prison, having been convicted of
robbery in the first degieo in bunkoing the
venerable John M. Peck, of Albany, out ol
$10,000 two years ago.
Judge Blodgett, in Chicago, has Issued
an Older In the Uniteu States District Court
vacating '.he Judgments in contempt decreed
ngalust J. C. Counsel man and J. 0. Reasley,
vice i-reuuunc oi tue unicago, JJurnngton
and Qulncy road, for refuting to answer
questions prooounded by the grand Jury in
the luter-faiate commerce cases last year.
The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland,
formerly Mrs. Blair, wlioso relations with
tue family of the late Duke aie somewhat
strained, has issued a pamphlet in whicu
she details her grievances. The present
Duke, her stepson, instructed counsel yes
terday to contest his lather's will, and this
fact may have had something to do with
the appearance ot the pamphlet.
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an arm within hia friend's, and leading him
from the terrace.
Five minutes later and they were mount
ing the marble steps leading to the entrance
hall of the casino.
"Let us come into the second room it
may be less crowded," said Danton, and he
strode forward, followed by his companion;
but the numbers assembled here were
scarcely less than in the outer salon.
Gathered around the tables were bold-faced,
loud-voiced women with yellow hair,
rouged cheeks and sparkling diamonds.
Seated beside them were the daughters,
wives and sisters of the European aristo
cracy. The same fierce light blazed in all
their eyes, the samo expression ot anxiety
shone in every countenance as they watched
the game on which they had staked their
money. Here were young Englishmen in
the regulation evening dress or the tweed
suit ot the tourist, striving to live up to
their maxim of regarding all things with
indifference; beside them were Frenchmen,
Italians and Spaniards, who gesticulated
wildly, swore vehemently or laughed
loudly. One young man prematurely old,
with haggard lines in his brow, his lips
tightly closed, his eyes gleaming in his
ghastly white face watched the ball roll
round and round and then stop, when with
out a word, he turned away penniless,
despair in his heart, temptation beckoning
him to death. The crowd made plafe for
him, and closed again like a human wave,
utterly indifferent to his ruin.
The glare of many lights, the sound of
many voices, the chink of money, the heat
ot the room, the excitement in the atmos
phere, stirred Gerard. He knew it was
best for him to leave this hell and fly to
the purer air and the cool night outside;
and whilst he debated with himself his com
panion said: "Let us try our luck at that
table over ther," and he went forward fol
lowing his friend again.
The croupier here was a Spaniard, a boy
in years, a centenarian in experience, with
a dark, well carved iace like a statue, and,
as a statue, immutable to. the grief and jov,
the wild delight and pale despair, he hourly
witnessed presiding over the fortunes of
those gathered round him with the indiffer
ence and calmness of fate itself. The crowd
was not so great at this table, and a stout,
florldllooking woman, with remarkable eye
browaN and carmined Hds. made wav far
them, giving thsra a familiar bow, and a I
mile vmehrihedeeaedfueinating. Col-1
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ther Tip Goodyear Welt
Blucher.
$3 also buys a fine Don
gola, Goodyear Welt, pa
tent Tip, Common Sense
and Opera, Low Heel, But
ton. Both the above are worth
$4, and are not matchable
in the city to-day.
BE SURE YOU SEE
$1.25
at $2.
Only for Ladies' finest
finest grade of silver
$1.49
Only for fine grade Union Silk Ladies' Umbrellas,
mounted with imported French Celluloid or finest ox
idized silver hand es. You would
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ocel Dauton sat down; Gerard stood behind
him.
"Won't you try your luck?" the former
asked once more.
"No," replied the latter, this time more
irresolute, for the excitement of the place
had got into his brain. The old desire to
gamble awoke in his heart, the chink of
money and roll of the ball allured him as if
with human voices imploring him to play,
while bis interest in the -fate and fortunes
of others momentarily increased.
"Here goesl" said the Colonel, throwing
down a 5 frano piece. "Lostl" he exclaimed
in another minute, and again he threw
down a coin which was raked in bv the
croupier. But once more he tried his
fortune and won1 100 francs apiece of luck
that was repeated again and again.
Gerard watched with eyes burning with
desire and a heart throbbing from excite
ment Would it, he asked himself, be
breaking his oath it he merely staked a few
5 frano pieces? Surely this could not be
called gambling. He might play for this
night and never come near the place again;
but now, just to keep company with his
friend, he might try his luck.
"L say, old man, I've won 1,500 francs,"
Danton said, laughing joyously at his good
fortune, his face flushed, his eyes sparkling.
"Won't you see what fate has in store lor
you?"
"I will," Gerard answered in a loud tone,
as if he would drown the voices which
called out to him that he was perjuring his
soal bringing trouble on the woman he
loved, destroying her trust in his word.
His first venture was lucky, and he hauled
in a pile of silver, then he doubled his
stakes, and wou once more.
"You're in for it, my boy," the Colonet
said, and Gerard,-without a smile on his
lips or a movement of bis features, played
again, and lost all he had previously gained.
But he neither hesitated nor paused. The
gambler's fever seized upon him. He threw
down a napoleon and won once more, and in
a little while 'ho had a heap of gold and sil
ver before him. Presently came a turn in
the tide of his fortune, and all he had gained
melted away, -together with every penny he
possessed.
"Come ftway." whispered the Colonel.
"We've had; .Vnough of it for to-night,"
Gerard arose.) "That table is unlucky," he
said, "I mustjtry one of the other. Lend
me a few pounds." '. .
"uertainiH" replied Dantoni-"here are.
Bargains in Each
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Misses' Grain Boots,spring
heel, button, 89c.
Misses' Dongola, spring
heel, button, patent tip, 99a
Misses' Dongola, spring
heel, button, $1.25.
Misses' Dongola, heeled,
button, 89c
Misses' Pebble Goat,
heeled, button, 89a
Ask to see our Misses' $2
and $2.50 school shoe, the
best in the world for the
money.
49 Cents
99 Cents
than we ask for the Umbrella,
Gloria Silk Umbrellas, made with
handles. These would be cheap
willingly pay 2.50 for these.
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20 napoleons."
Gerard grasped them with feverish hands,
and almost rushed across the room to
another table, unheeding what went on
around him, intent upon satisfying the
fierce passion which had risen within him
all the stronger because it bad lain long
dormant He elbowed his way through the
crowd until he secured a place, and flinging
down some gold 'watched the ball spin
round and round the roulette table, his soul
in his eyes, his lips parched, singing noises
in his ears. Again he lost, but immediately
after he won,and in this way fortune played
with him now leading him on by a few
succes'es, anon sweeping away his gains
until he was once more penniless.
"Let ns go; our wives will begin to won
der where we are," Danton said, as he took
his friend's arm and led him through the
rooms, until they gained the open air. The
moon was now high in the cloudless sky,
shining upon the gardens and on the placid
waters ot the blue sea washing the track
beneath. But no sense oi the calmness and
beauty of outward things touched Gerard,
whose brain was seething, whose senses
were drunk, whose heart was a raging fire.
Tin afraid they'll suspect where we've
been," Danton said, as they drew near the
Hotel des Anglais.
"Probably," said his companion,who had
been silently maturing a plan which some
power he seemed unable to combat and
conquer forced him to put Into execution.
"You had better go in first, whilst I remain
here awhile to calm my excitement Say I
will join you presently."
"All right," answered the Colonel, all un
suspicious of his Irlend' design.
Danton had scarcely entered the hotel
when George Gerard turned rapidly from
the grounds. As he came into the road he
met a flv, drawn by a drowsy driver home
ward bound. Gerard sprang into the vehi
cle, and said: "To the Hotel da la Paix,
Monaco, as last as your horse can carry
me."
The man awoke, whipped up his jaded
beast, and with many a ourse at the poor
animal's laziness and general shortcom
ings, drove toward Monaco. Arrived at
his destination, Gerard bade the Jehu
await him. and then entering the hotel hur
riedly seized the key ot his bedroom and
bounded Upstairs taking three steps at a.
time.
A chambermaid gave him candle. He
elosod the bedroom door carefully behind
Wednesday and
Child's Grain, spring heel,
button, 8 to 11, 79c.
Child's Dongola, spring
heel, button, patent tip, 4 to
8, 56c.
Child's Dongola, spring
heel, button, patent tip, 6 to
8,79&
Child's Dongola, spring
heel, button, patent. 8 to io,
$1.
Infants' soft sole, button,
ioc.
Infants'
Dongola, button,
25c.
Infants' Dongola, patent
tip, button. 48a
Only for fine grade Fast Black Sateen Umbrellas,
mounted with plain, natural sticks or silverene handles,
ACTUAL VALUE $1.
Only for Ladies' or Gents' finest grade English Gloria
Umbrellas, mounted with fine oxidized silver handles,
inlaid with pearL The handle alone is worth more
d Q Q Only.for Gents' finest quality silk Umbrellas, mounted
31a Dw with Weichsel and other plain natural sticks. These
would be a bargain at $3.
$2.25,
$3 and up to $30
Umbrellas suitable
anywhere.
After 19 Years of Trial,
ELAINE,
THE
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Known.
ELAINE
NEVEE VARIES IN QUALITY.
Cannot Be Exploded.
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fnntnrn. flvflrvlmnnrltv haHbeenelimlniitAd-
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it win never emu in tne coiaest temperature
Known on this continent.
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Can Be Burned in Any Petroleum Limp.
A POSITIVE PKOTECTIOS FIJOU LAJIP
EXPLOSIONS.
MAKES THE SAFEST AND BEST LIGHT
KNOWN.
ELAINE! ,2&SK38r OIL
100 Million Gallons ELAINE Sold in 13 Tears
From 1873 to 1893.
Elaine Cannot Be Improved Upon.
WARDEN & OXNARD,
MANUFACTURERS,
fel PITTSBURG. PA.
him, took a bunch of keys and opened a
large trunk belonging to his wife. Diving
into this, he drew out a small workbox,
whioh he unlocked, and then, grasping a
pile of English banknotes it oontained, put
it back, closed and relocked the trunk and
hastened down, running as if he would out
strip thought and leave behind the warn
ing cries that pursued him.
Jumping into the fly, he was driven
quickly to the casino. Here changing the
notes to gold, he flung a coin to the Jehu,
and he tnrned his steps toward the fourth,
or gold room, so called because gold is the
only coin allowed to be staked there. He
knew that here trente et quarante was
played, and he told himself that luck would
favor mm at cards wnere it naa lorsasen
him at roulette. He no longer, paused to
consider what it was he was doing what it
was he had done. That he had broken the
oath made to his wife and had taken her
money, no longer troubled hint. His veins
ran with fire, his pulses throbbed with pas
sion, his brain reeled with excitement, his
heart thirsted for gambling.
In the Gold Boom the crowd was not so
great as in the other salons, and he readily
ionnd a ulace at one of the tables. Who
made way lor him, who sat beside him be
could not say. He was anxious to begin
and win back not only what he lost, but
to gain a fortune such as is sometimes made
here in a night This would be thi only
justification he could offer for his perjury.
Play he must, and succeed he must Coin
after coin left his possession. He lost re
peatedly; but again he gained, and for a
while it seemed the sum in his pocket was
neither diminished nor increased. Becom
ing desperate be doubled his stakes, whioh
were swept from him. He doubled them
again and lost, nntil within half an hour of
his eutiance into the room he had parted
with 500, and was now a penniless man.
He staggered from the place, haggard
ann white faced, fill with despair, loath
ing and despising himself. The gardens
outside still slept in the calm moonlight;
here and tbere figures sat or walked; the
waters of a fountain splashed on its marble
basin. He foun'd an' unoccupied bench
under palm trees, and sat down in the
shadow. His senses were yet throbbing
with excitement, his brain yet maddened;
but above the tumult, as the voice of the
wind rising above the roar of the waves,
cam the thought, "I have forgotten her
love I bare broken mj oath I have crept
Thursday.
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Men's Self-Acting Sandles,
39C
Women's Plain Vamp
Croquet Sandles, 14a
Misses' Plain Vamp Spring
Heel Sandles, 14c.
Child's Plain Vamp Spring
Heel Sandles, 14a
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Mxtb avenne irSOjc-w
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We occupy tie entire tnilflinfi;
y Sixth Street,
MENS' AND BOY'S
Clothing on Credit
(Ready-Made & to Order.)
LADIES' CLOAKS & JACKETS,
Watches & Jewelry,
ON
INSTALLMENTS.
Casii Prices Without Security.
TERMS: One-third of the amount pnrchaMd
suit be paid dawn; tne balance in soau
weekly or monthly payments. Business
transacted strictly confidential. Opea
dally, from 8 A. Ml to 9 P. M. Saturdays
until 11 P. M.
iffiBHSKll
into her room and stolen her money, and
n evermore can I look into her eyes and se
there the love she once bore me, the iaith
she placed in me. I cannot trust mysH'.
for I am as weak as water, and the mo t
Mtcred pledges have no power to biud me.
Fool that I am, wretch that I am, liar that
I am, I dare not face her and read condem
nation and reproach in her glances. O
God I" he cried out: "what is to become of
me?"
He rose up and with his right hand struck
his breast His clinched fingers hit againit
the barrel of a small revolver which, with
an Englishman's fear and distrust of for
eigners, he al'iaya carried with him. For a
moment he recoiled at the touch, and put
from him the terrible thought that rose ia
his mind; but once there he was powerless
to banish it, and he found himself lorced to
dwell upon,' and presently to act upon it
"Gambling has been the curse of my life;
let it end it," he muttereJ. "She will be
better without snch a man as I am; for how
do I know I mav not waste every penny of
her fortune, as I have already wasted my
own, now that the devilish thirst is in my
blood this hell-tire in mv heart? I am not
worthy of her. Better I should dienov
than cause her years of anxiety and grief.
A loud discordant laugh a woman
laugh fell like mockery on his ears. Ho
drew out the revolver, acting on an impulse
which he knew was madness, yet had .not
the power to fly from nor the courage to
overcome. With one wild thought of her
whose path he bad crossed, whose love he
had gained, whose life he was destined to
sadden, he, as if acting on compulsion, raised
the barrel to his forehead and fired.
At that instant Colonel Danton's voice,
was heard crying out: "Gerard! Gerard!
Gerard 1"
But the man he sought could answer
never more.
the end.
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Pse Hertford's Acid Phosphate.
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of insomnia from overwork of the brain,
which so often occurs inactive professional
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liELioR 4 Hoese have sold pianos sinco -1831,
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Doing aa aosolntely poneci as ua ua
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