THE SCE ANTOX TllIBUXE rJ HURSDAY MOKXIXG, i JANUARY 24, 1894.
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BARGAINS.
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.Regular Price. Alteration Price.
Linen finish 17-inch Towel- j
ig "jwas 6 cents, HOW 3 3-4c
BARGAINS.
Regular Price. Alteration Price.
China Silk, all colors ;vas 35 cents HOW 20c.
Children's Black Hose, seam-!
less, 5 to Sy2
Apron Ginghams, best qual-j
ity v was 6 cents, now 3 3-4C jj Surah Silk, all colors was 69 cents, now. 43c.
was 15 and 18c now IOC.
Indigo Blue Calico, best qual-! . I
ity was 6cents,n0W 3 3-4c i Fancy Silk for Shirt Waists, was $1.25, now Vdc. hook..
Shirting Prints, best quality 'was 6 ceuts.now 3 3-4c ! WJlite Bed SPreads extra;
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Unbleached Sheetings, 1 'ard j
wide iwas 6 cents, now
arge.
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j Table Linen, unbleached aud:
Ladies' Black Hose, imported,!
regular made was 25 cents, now 16c.
Ladies' Kid Gloves, Foster!
hook was $1.00, now G9C.
Ladies' Handkerchiefs, all
kinds was 5 cents, now 2 1-2C
Ladies' Handkerchiefs, em-j
broidered jwas 25 cents, HOW 12 1-2C
Bleached Muslin, 1 yard! . !; Table Linen, bleached, unJ " Ribbons . . vS 10 S ffjft "ow V2.
wide I was., ,.,..9 cents, HOW Oc :j bleached and turkey red.... was 50 cents, HOW 34C. j1 :wus 20 cents per yard, now 11 cents.
T. , , . , 1 was 9S cents, now 69c. r
Dress Goods, all kinds Iwas 15 cents, HOW )c ; Blankets was .,.,..4o0) now...... 2.25 Lorsets
was 50 cents, now 38c.
was 75 cents, now 48c.
Jwas $1.00, now 72c.
All co'ors Cashmeres, 36-inch
'ii, , ,,r. ,T1i ; 110.00, now $.OOj'
wide -iwas 25 cents, HOW J C ; as 20.00, now 10.00 1 Ladies' Muslm Underwear ..., was 50 and 65c, now 3SC.
All colors Cashmeres, 36-inch
was $10.00, now 5.00 ;
wide.
h All wool Cashmeres, 8-inch! . 1 Ladies' Wrappers, calico and was $2.50, now $i.2
j wide .... jwas 50 cents, HOW 35c ;j flannel ,was .$1.00, HOW 09c i, Ladies Shawls ; SRZEZZ 3m
was 39 cents,n0W ... j UdieS ur UpCS was 1S.00, now 0.00
Ladies' Wrappers, calico and
Ladies' Muslin Underwear was 89c and $1, HOW (JoC.
wan $2.50, now $1.25
All wool, 36-iuch wide, Dress j 1 Ladies ' Hats, trimmed and,
Flannels.... iwas 39 cents, HOW 26c 1 untrimmed was $1.00, HOW 39c.
All wool, 40-inch wide, Dress
Ladies'. Skirts was ,.,.50 cents, 110W 35c.
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' Flannels Uvas 50 cents, 110W 35C ;, Boys' Suits ... was 5 and 6.50, 110W 2.50 1,'Gent's Shirts and Drawers was 50 cents, HOW ioC.
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was $3 and $4, HOW 1.50 j
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The
Lost
Cipher.
By STANLEY J. WEYMAX.
(These short serial stories aro copy
righted by Haeheller, Johnson & Bachel
lcr. olid are printed In The Tribune by
Fpccinl arrangement, Himultuneous with
their appe&runcu In the leading dully
Journuls of the large cities).
The queon, whose face Was flUsliP'l
with fevi-r, miule a fretful movement,
liut did tint answer.
"Sin ymi wish in; 'to ask lilm?" Henry
suiil with admirable patience.
"JI ynu think It Is worth while," she
muttered, tUi'nliiK HUllenly and eyeing
mo fnmi the middli; of her pillows with
disdain and Ill-temper.
"I will, then," he answered, and he
turned -to .me. "M. do Uomiy," he said,
In a formal tone, which even without
the unaccustomed monsieur cut me to
the heart, "he Kood enough to tell the
queen how the key to my secret cipher,
which I intrusted lo you, has come to
be In Mme. de Venieull's possession."
I lookf-d at him In the profoundent
Astonishment, und for a moment re
mained silent, trying to collect my
thoughts under Oils unexpected blow.
Tim queen saw my hesitation and
lauK-hed spitefully.. "I am afraid, sire,"
fhe said, "that you have overrated this
K-'Utleman's ingenuity, thouwh doubt
less it has been much exercised in your
Service." ,
Henry's face j;row red with vexation.
"Speiik, man!" he cried. "How came
Fhe by It?"
'.'Mine, do Verneuil?" I said. -
The queen laughed aKaliu "Had you
Jiot better take him out first, sir?" she
said, scornfully, "and tell lilm what to
nay?"- , .. 1.
" 'Fore'Rod, madnmel" the klnir cried
passionately, "you try me too far! Have
I -not told yon a hundred times, and
sworn to you, Mia,t I did nut give Mine,
de Verneuil this key?"
"If you did not give her that," the
queen muttered, sullenly, picking ut
th silken coverlid which lay on her
feet, "you Jiave given her all else. You
cannot deny It."
Henry let a gesture of despair escape
Win. "Are we' to go back to that?" he
nald. Then turning to me: "Tell her,"
ho said, between his teeth; "-and tell
we. Ventre' Saint Oris are you dumb,
man?"
Discerning nothing for It at the mo
ment nave to bow before this storm,
which had arisen so suddenly, , and
from a quarter the least expected, I
.hastened to comply. 1 had not pro
ceeded far with my story, however
which fell short, of course, of explain
ing how the key came to be In Mma.
rle Verneull's hands before I saw that
It won no credence with the queen, but
rather confirmed her in her belief that
the king had given to another what-he
lirtd denied , to her. And more, I
paw that . In "proportion as the tale
failed to convince her. It excited the
Muff's wrath and disappointment. He
several times cut me Rhort with expres
sions of the utmost Impatience, ard at
last, when I came to a lame conclusion
since I could explain nothing ex
cept that the key was gone he could
restrain himself no longer. In a tone
In which he had never addressed me
before, he asked me why I had not, on
the Instant, communicated the loss to
him; and when I would have defended
myself by adducing the reason I had
given above, overwhelmed me with
abuse and reproaches, which, as they
were uttered in the queen's presence,
and would be repeated, I knew, to the
Conclnls and Oaligais of her suite, who
had no occasion to love me, carried a
double sting.
Nevertheless, for a time,- and until
he had somewhat worn himself out, I
let Henry proceed. Then, taking ad
vantage of the first pause, I Interposed.
Reminding Mm that he .had never had
cause to accuse me of carelessness be
foie, I recalled the twenty-two years
in sheer dismay. Then his chagrin
turned to anger, which, as he dared not
vent It on 'her, took my direction. He
pointed impetuously to the door. "He
gon, sir!" he said In a passion, and with
the uttermost harshness. "You have
done mischief enough here. God grant
that we see the end of it Oo go!" he
continued, quite beside himself with
fury. "Send Uallgai .here, and do you
go to your lodging until you hear from
me!"
Overwhelmed and almost stupefied
by the catastrophe, I found my way
out, I hardly knew how, and sending in
the woman made my escape from the
ante-chamber. But hasten as I might,
my disorder, patent to a hundred curi
ous eyes, betrayed me; and, If it did not
disclose as much as I feared or the in
quisitive desired, told more than any
had looked to learn. Within an hour
it was known at Nemours t it Jiia
"Begone, Sir," lie Said.
during which I had served him faith
fully, and the enmities I had incurred
for his sake; and having by these
means placed the discussion on a more
equal footing, I descended again to par
ticulars, and asked respectfully If I
might know on whose authority Mme.
de Verneuil was said to have the
cipher.
"On the own!" the queen cried hys
terically. "Don't try to deceive me,
for it Willi be In vain. I know she has
It; and if the king did not give it to
her, who did?"
"That is the question, madame," I
said.
"If Is one easily answered," she re
torted. "If you do not know, ask .her."
"Hut, perhaps, madame, she will not
answer," I ventured.
"Then command her to answer In the
king's name!" the queen replied, her
cheeks burmlng with fever. "And if
will not, then -has the king no
firlsons no fetters smooth enough for
those dailnty a.nkles?" .
This was a home question, and Hen
ry, who never allowed to less advantage
than when he atood between two .wo
men, cast a sheepish glance at me. Un
fortunately the queeen caught the look,
which wus not Intended for her; and
on the Instant it awoke all her former
sutplelons. Supposing that she had dis
covered our collusion, Bhe flung her
self 'back with a cry of rage, arid, burst
ing into a passion of tears, gave way
to frantic reproaches, wailing and
throwing herself about with a violence
which could not but injure one in her
condition.
The king stared at her for a moment
majesty had dismissed me with high
words some said with a blow; ami
half a dozen couriers were on the road
to 1'arls with the news.
in my place some might have given
up all for lost; tut in addition to a
sense of rectitude, and the conscious
ness of desert, I had til support me an
Ultimate knowledge of ithe king's tem
per; Which, thuugh 1 had ueve suffered
from It to this extent before, I knew to
be on occasion as hot as his anger was
abort lived, and his disposition gener
ous. I had hopes, therefore although
I saw dull faces enough 'among my
suite, and some jule ones thut the
klug'B repentance would overtake his
anger, and its consequences outstrip
any that might How from his wraith.
Hut although I was not altogether at
fault in this. I failed to take Into ac
count one thing I mean Henry's anx
iety on the queen's account, her con
dition, and Oils desire to have an heir;
which so wlfeetL-d the Issue, that In
stead of fulfilling my expectations the
event left me more despondent than be
fore. The king wrote Indee'd, and'
within the hour, und his " letter
was In form, an apology. But it
wa so lacking In gia.kuness, ,,o
stiff, though It began "My g'ood
friend Hosny," and so Insincere, Uhough
It referred to my jast flervlcea, that
When I had mid it I stood awhiile gaz
ing at It, afraid to turn lest De Vlcand
Varenncs, who had broUghit It, should
mul my . disappointment In. my Jacei' ;
For I could nit hide from myself that
the gist of the letiter lay, not In the ex
pressions of regret which opened It', but
In'1 the complalnlt Which closed lt;
wherein the king sullenly excused his
outbreak on the ground of the magni
tude of the interests which my careless
ness had endangered, and the opening
to harass the queen which I had
heedlessly given. "This cipher," he
said, "has long been a whim with my
wife, from whom, for good reasons
well known to you and connected with
the grand duke's court, I have thought
fit to withhold It. Now nothing will
persuade her that I have not granted
to another what I refused her. I
trouble, my friend, lest you be found
to have done more ill to France in a
moment of carelessness than all your
services 'have done good."
It was not difficult to find a threat
Underlying these words, nor to discern
tlua't if the queen's fancy remained un
shaken, and 111 came of it, the king
would hardly forglvo me. ltecognizlng
this, and that 1 was face to face with
a crisis from which 1 could not escape,
but by the use of my utmost powers, 1
assumed la serious and thoughtful air;
ahd without affecting to disguise the
fact that the king was displeased with
me, dismissed the envoys with a few
civil speeches, In which I did not fail
to speak of his majesty in terms that
even malevolence could not twist to my
disadvantage.
(To He Continued.)
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