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THE SCTANlftpy TBIB USE-MONDAY MORNING, M All CH 30. 1896.
ROSANNE
' : . u
By JANE BARLOW.
Author of ' Irish Idylls" snd Bog-land
fctudias."
ICoMrrlght 1895, by Baeheller. Johnson and
. .Baeheller. .
' t PART I.
''Towards seven o'eloi-k on n summer
pveiilii- til July. Kosanne should have
been helping her mlstreBS In the dairy.
Instead or wlilrn n was uuin
the shutiuw of the lilt water barrel ul
the kit. hen door and wrlllna; to tier
weethtart. Klie wrote to tell him now
the had been alveii leave to go home
J,ekt Sunday, and she did not stop to
runftluVr that she wits nt this very mo
ment risking the loss .f her holiday,
by fitttliiK Into ilistrnue for nejslw-t r
tlutv. But It was not Itosai ' way lo
think of more thuu one thing at a tini",
m when it oei'iirreil to her Hull Jdm
tSalutn. who had called about the limn
of a hay shaker. might post a letter for
her as he went hon)e. she arted ujmhi
the idea without further relied Ion.
She hud her liuiier spread out on the
r.urrel stand, and i-rnnetl her eurly m-atl
over it at unlikely angles as she en
joined lnn Mct'lean to meet her at
Hunt s, in Kllbruiken. where the gig
would drop her next Saturday evening.
Meanwhile the dairy work had been
KoinK on well enough without her.
.Mrs. Oonrov hail a pleased smile when
she saw the rioe yellow eream ui
ainoothly up under her skimmer, and
added it to the rieh contents of her
great wide-mouthed Butlierlng-i rock.
She thought they would have a grand
i-hutnlng tomorrow, and at least a
dozen pounds of butler for Satur
day's fair. Hut when she had tln
i.hH uhe eecollected that Kosanne
should have been there lo carry tht
i.ias their supper of Hour skim milk,
and arter culling her In vain sever
al times, she sent little Ned to I ... lie .
and bid her come along out of that tins
instant. Ned delivered the message
with the pithy addition: "Shea
vaKlli'-" and so In frightened haste
ltosunne finished addressing' her en
velop, with wild blots, and overset the
Ink bottle, and rushed away to retch
the bucket. When she reached the
dairy she was relieved at lliiilliiK r.
body there to scold her. and. still hurry
driven, she tilled her bucket and run
.T with It across the yard. ltosan le
luther-llked seeing the pigs at tlieli
Hiippr. they wriggled so all over with
.'iij.ivment. and she now leaned against
the sty-door to watch them. She bewail
t,i sing Nora I'relna. but In the middle
of the lirst verse she stopped abrupt!.
a frightful misgiving had suddenly
Seized her. cine she knew not whence
She leaned forward and looked Into the
trouKU: Klu- snatched up her bucket
nd examined it ear-fully: and then
she perceived that she had Indeed done
a dreadful thin. I" her haste she ha.
emptied the wrong crock, and had
thrown a week's gathering of cream to
)t III US '
How dreadful It WHS she could esti
mate bv the pride her mistress took it
the row of rich, yellow-topped milk
pans, the precautions with which she
surrounded them, her wrath if any
clumsiness Imperiled them. W hat
would that wrath he now? Itosanne
made her mind m all In a minute not
lo race it. She would run away home.
It was no such treat distance across
the fields; she might get there, she sup
posed, before It was nuite dark, she
tlioiiaht her father would be clad to see
her and. if so. her stepmother must
perforce nciiulesce. Hut at all events
there was Dun M Clean, w ho would be
certainly "as pleased as anythln'." and
make much of her und take her part,
whatever happened Han's stalwart
frame held up the whole fabric of Ko
sunne's future. Iteyond a doubt she
- -j - -- .'iniu. of fretting a holiday
In any other way, she thought, as she
raced at full speed back to the house
For she had no time to hesitate, uh the
discovery miRht nt any moment prevent
her (light. Luckily, almost everybody
was out in the huyllcld, and she got up
I'NTJRn THR ftHADnw op THE BIO
WATKIt-HAHRKh.
to her attic unpercelved. There she
collected her few most cherished pos
sessionsthe rest might be fetched af
terwardsthrew on her shawl and once
more dared the .creaking clattering
rtalrs and the passage that led by the
awful dairy door. Fortune stil fa
vored her: she escaped ail their perils
and was presently scrambling through
the gap In the briery hedge into the
meadows at the back of the hay yard.
She ran all the way through the tirst
field; because she had such a vivid pic
lure in her mind or what might be at
that very minute happening within
: doors. Slit? could almost see Mrs. Con
roy's. face ns she stared into .the empty
cream crock and hear her terrible call.
Mud and perempby: "Itosanne! Jto
Mmne!'' -The mere thought or II made
her scud along like a rabbit.
1 Hut ut the end or the held she heard
real voices, for the haymakers were re
turning to the house, so she slipped
nut uf their Way behind a smooth-sided
huycock. When they passed she stole
buck to the foot path and on again.
About Kllcruinlyn farm the land was
aJI down In meadow and the (ields were
Iiordered by thick bosky hedRes. Tall
cocks threw shadows nearly across
Some or them, and the Interspaces were
Very goldenly green with f iph.i,i..,r.
Ins; arterRi-uss, under westering sun
beams, on others the newly-niown
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OF A
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18 FOUND IN
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SOAP
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swathes still lay In the soft waves, and
the shorn swurd underneath was iialer
hut d. not haviiiR had time to thrust up
any youiiR blades since the sweep of the
scythe went by. Along under the hedge
the remnant of the meadow made u
fringe with feathery crests. drooping
and creamy plumes, tall stalks that un
furled white sunshades, and here and
there a scarlet puppy. The drops of an
earlier shower still twinkled beneath
them, and Hosanne's crisp pink calico
skirt grew limp and bedraRRled as she
brushed by. But she did not heed this,
for the one article of dress that she
much regarded her new hat, with Its
wreaths of curious buff and crimson
roses rested safely on her head, ami
her head was full of preoccupying spec
ulations. She began to think that per
haps, after all. no such harm was done.
That Is to say. It was. of course, a woful
pity ulmut the beautiful cream: but.
for I he mutter of losing her place there
by, she wasn't sure that she wouldn't
as lief as not quit being In service. And
she thought it as like as not that when
she came home this way lun Mct'lean
would again take up the notion of their
getting married arter the harvest. I nat
Was what he hud wanted to do in the
sprliiR, if her stenmotlier had not put
It lute everybody's head that It would
be better Tor them to Rel together a few
pounds berore they set up housekeep
ing;. Hosanne now said to herself that
she did not see any occasion for It. She
wondered, too. what sort of Rlrl Mag
gie Walsh, her stepsister, who hud Just
c.ime to live at home, was apt to be.
She hud a presentiment thai there
would be Utile love lost between them.
However, thai didn't much signify
bv reason of Kan.
Through three or lour fields Itosanne
passed without meeting anything to
lnterri.it these cogitations. Now and
then the voices of home-going hay
makers were wafted over a hedge, and
a belated corncrake was heard from a
Ions way off fainty creak-creaking.
The shti.lows lengthened silently
all !
about, and the sunlit Interspaces
seemed as they shrunk to stow more
J
UK'S TfoK IT WITH MAOOIK
WAI.SII."
Jewel-like In their glinting gold on
creen. In u sheltering corner a large
oiivc-mottled frog started up out of the
tiin.l..,l itiiiiuii uinl t.unt Hlmrimr HI til - !
.." ! .... i.. .'..! i.!.. iU !. I...... uVi..u i,f
nrii "i ........r. ...
expnniiing leaps; out in imsi soe nuiiom
itn him nil ha lltfll.ll,.,l and Kilt Mll.l-
denly squatting. At the same moment
ll,i ,.ii,.,i h.. mi me l.nidlv dose
somebody called hei nnlTl loudl , i lose
by: Uosanne, Hosanne.
A Happy white sun bonnet wns look-
Ing at her over a gate in a hedRe, a
little way to the right; and In It sni
recognized her cousin, MnrLftvHi
who live, near tnem ai tnfiie. "Audi
where might you be Jiflto?" Martha '
said, as Hosanneafu up to the gate.
"and wid llnernndeur on you." she
added, referring to the rose-wreathed
hut.
"Sure I'm Just steelln' about a bit,"
Hosanne said, with rather confused un
corcerr.. She regretted the encounter,
and was not at all disposed to cou
th!.- in Martha, who had the name or
being "the greatest ould gossip you'd
meet in a long day's walk." "It's a tine
warm evenin'," she continued, to ac
count for her stroll.
"Warm enough, bedad," said) Martha,
"you might suy so If It was in the hay
you'd In en. I come un yesterday to
work above ut Ilillirthy's. and I was
niRiiitr to run over this evenin' and sec
you. on'y sqmethiu' delayed me. And
what's the best-good news wld you
this long while?"
"I dunno is there any news in par
tlc'lar, bad or good," said Hosanne,
with a guilty: "I could an" I would"
In her mind, us she thought of the pig's
supper,
"Then you hnven"t heard tell about
lan McClenn?" said Martha, suddenly
craning her neck over the topmost bar.
"What about him at nil?" said Ho
sanne, with a great start.
"You haven't heard?" Martha repeat
ed. In a half incredulous tone.
"Can't you tell me?" said Hosanne.
"I'll come over to you just wall?"
said Martha. She launched her ultch-
fork ncross the gate, and began to scale
its many bars with remarkable agilitv.
She had scarcely flopped to the ground.
on Itiixiiniie s side of It. before she said
"lle S tlink III! U-bl IVnlah .l.o.
what it Is.
.,,.,, ., ,. " .nuvr.
Took up wld her?" said Ttnsanne,
staring up stupidly at her cousin.
"Ay, bedad. and so he has." said
Martha, "but It come to my knowledge
on'y last Sunday. About Kettln mar
ried they are after the harvest he and
your siepinothers daiiRhter. And he
lie ull accounts as good as promised to 1
ynil. Itosanne! ,
"Who was telllntf von so? He never!
set eves on hn- Hit Jl.. 1, r 1
til FuKte iV.n'J n, r '". "'
lei I'.aktHi. lan s no affair of mine, I ;
don't believe any such thiiiR." said Ho-
sanne, ratUliiK the rusty bolt of the!
padlock ante.
"Sure (hey wus all (alkin' about it '
alter mass. " K11I1I Mnrlhn -nmi tl,,.r
ovnln- I tuvc.1 ih., .11 ... I .
er wld it. and she didn't deny It. Och.
nosanne, but you was a line fool to let
your stepmother pack you off to service
that-a-way, wid .MuKKii Just comln'
home. Kurnln' money for voncueir I....
.un. va 1111 ,1 imiiih if icr K I II- I
dud! 'Deed now what notion she had
In her mind's ns plain to see ns lh
seeds in a ripe Kooseberry. IMittin' you
out of it wns the wuy she'd have 'the
chance ami that's wluit she's ufter
doln' on yon."
"She's welcome." suld Ifosanne des
perately. "Och. that's just tnikin'. flosnnne."
said Murthu. "I was spakln' uboiit it to
your fulher on Tuesday. I'd ha' thought
he'd be none too well pleased, but he
Hiild iiothln' aKn it. I supposed she
had him persuaded, poor man. And
linn's mother tvasaxln' me had I heard
tell uny thin' about u voiiinr clini, wns
cisirtln' you up here. .Murk my words.
that h the story your stepmot tier's been
puttin' Into their heads. Hut I totild
-Mrs. .Mct'lean there wasn't n lot urn of
truth In it as fur as I knew. And
there Isn't in csirse?" Mul t ha suid.
KiaiKlnir iiRain rather suspiciously at
the Bland hut.
"Maybe there Is, and maybe there
Isn't." snld itosanne deflantlv. "It's no
affair of anybody's. Let other iienple
mind their own business, and I'll mind
mine. And let them pluse themselves
the pack of (hem and they'll please
me. 1 dunno which of them's the great
est liar; hut It s little I (rouble myself
anour tnem. or else I'll be too late
Ho Rood night to you kindly och don't
be delayln' me. you ould tormlnt!" Ito
sanne whisked the corner of her shawl
out of Martha's detaining grasp, and
ran a way down Ihe field. As she went
she struck up Noroh Creinu, and samr
It lustily as long an she thought her
self within hearing; but her mind was
not at all occupied with that gentle,
bashful .heroine. The sun had disap
lieared behind th rounded tops of Uru
mariH Wood while she talked to
Martha, and the vivid lights had gone
out among the haycocks and hedges.
Everything had grown dimly green,
soft and i-ool. and when she left off
singing, not a sound was to be heard.
425
Hut her thoughts w
through the scorching,.
re traveling
Isslng, whiti-
ing chaos Into which thi
thtinderh.ilt
of things had shattered t
tore her. Ian. and the 111
world be-
her own. and love and trust?
le house of
wedding and the Aylesbury .1
and a line
ucks Mrs.
Coiiroy promised her, and he
old Tim Donagh's remark that
pride In
got the best lad on the town
she had
and all
were swept away from her, an
In their
places seethed u Hood of Jealou:
and despair. As its first rush
, rage
ibsid-
ed, she recollected several things
that
seemed like disregarded warnings
and again that Dan had never
aged to get over and see her beta
this and Hasten and then the last
old lliddy Uotan from his place wai
at the rami he handn t sent eer a
sug by her at all. The reason
plain enough now. And with that
s:mne bethought of the letter whlcH
had sent by John llaliun, und v
might be delivered by this time.
haps Dun was at that minute 1
laughing with Maggie Walsh o.
suggestion that he should be
his evening streeliuR orf to nf
sunnc Tierney at Kllbiackail
possibility was the cm.
barb of mortlllcation by wl1
the
crushing bulk of her mlsfurtuii
hold of her mind, and she ru
at aught
ed her-
self rr having ignorunlly wioil. . .
lint
lut circumstances seldom allI. , '
rage long uninterrupted, - i
Kosuniie walked on, the II
w us to
I w hlle
Is grew
dimmer, and tile green gray
and the
breeze chillier, und the a
until at last she found thi
briers which twitched her
"ass wetter.
the thorny
y (he shawl
as she passed them, were
beginning to
ask here where she was
a puzzling question. To f
olng. It was
those false, schemln
nome among
creatures, could not f
thought of. It would b
to return und face t
dairy ut Kllcrunilyn
farm, and even
that was quite I nil
.ssible. On such
could Rive, only
her. She would
consideration as uh
one unswer occurred
go to her Aunt 1.,
zxle Mahony, her
mot tier's sister, wh
good nil tilled und fi
had always been
endly. The Maho
ved rather a long
f beyond Hewlts-
nys, it was true,
step off, somewh.
town; still she thi
tainly contrive to g
of the next duy,
would be glud to
her future was all
ight she could cer-
t there In the course
and she knew they
ee her. After tllut,
drearily vague. She
supposed that she
to do, and somedn
' uuiu K'-i lieiu WOl K
hes she even thought
wildly of turning
Dullad singer. Hun
used to say inut
make her I'm tun
he had a voice fit to
hut of course that
might only have I
een one of his lies, for
u could not believe a
It was evident y
word that came
further her fee
out of lus head. The !
and her reflections
traveled, the niu
picture of Mah
.?.U!"?.''.t,v f!'ew ,hp
i unit? wiiiie rot-
n . .;i'nt '""king out at the
door
ilory be to good-
liess, if it Isn't
the fields uroui
little Hosanne." For
1 her spread lonelier,
and struiiRer. a
..i ii , . .
"XrW
and shades
she crept mull
last in a great frlRht
a haystack and shlv-
ered and doz.
In uuequul alternations
till the duwi
I'AHT II.
It found h
but ilelivei
I Li. " I
Hues- I
ttS
in.
I lilie I
7 I... .7. i
1 lima'
i' liewllderiniily miserable. ! wrapped in an old rag of a sliuwi siir
from the puuic fears ihut ! mounted by an In.-iiiigruoiis guy hat.
. jaj Mrl
1. 1 I I
ere, while the world wus
' yelluw-inouii,,''w; "'' le out of the
road eluae liKi httart on to the h h i-
iou d . uh ie u y 8hfl (ml.(ly not(,(!(( ,.u
dew a" "he,'y ,,oUl "' damp with!
j ?i,.'lj resumed her joiirnev, upuu
JJ UiiT-luIy sun soon begun to glare
- - ,,u"s nen-e. me way was nuicli
ened It by missing it several times, lind-
. ....... ,..u,i(ii.i, aim fine leilgin-
ing liitrl.ate directions all the mole piu
xling because she wus dazed for the wain
luxetl f.ir th u'ti.it
of food anil sleep. Two women of wlium
sue nan muue inquiries arid who told her
of terribly many miles gave her a drink
ot inllK, sin I ha I was all she hud lli.v
U'hi.lu .I..O lt'1... U . ... .
...,, ,, I... un gunny nui unu ner
curelessly-wlsped-on shawl und bedrag
gled pink gown, her curly liulr tossed und
milled und her eyes wild ami woebegone
she hud become a forlorn, slrunge-looklng
llsure. which passers-by eyed cinloiislv,
und on which ihey sometimes mude re
marks. This alarmed her Rreullv, for
solitary wanderings were a new experi
ence to her. She made up her mind never
to be a ballad singer, and her aunfs hou.e
grew a more mid more desired refuge. At
lust, when ithe shadows stretched erv
long and the sunbeams had relaxed their
scorching grip, she came lo a bit of road
that seemed familiar to her. Itouiid the
next turn, If she was not tnistuken, stood
the little while collage at the foot of u
steep tteld, in the angle where two lonltigs
met she remembered the place verv well.
And, sure enough, round the corner,
Just as she hud hoped, the little wlilte
collage came into view, a sight which for
u few moments she beheld with much
comfort of heurt. Hut she had not taken
many quick steps toward it berore she
perceived that something wus amiss, on
the brown slope of the thatch u thick
cloud of smoke was brooding, dull und
pule, und, as she looked, thicker black
clouds cume rolling up through it In
great, heavy puffs, pierced here and there
by sharp thrusts of dame, which even
iiinler the sunset of the sky gleamed
strong und red. Very clearly the house
wus on lire, which was a dreudful thing:
but what struck Itosanne with still more
dismay was that there seemed to be no
body about to mind It. Three small
stranger boys were sitting on the triangii.
lar grass plat between the two lime just
in rrout oi i no cottage, nut they were
.Ul"" ' !"""- With UltS Of
ui-pKen crocKery and taKlmr no Interest
In the fire. Nobody else whs to be seen, I
i itosuune ran up to the children in u I
I breathless scare. "Where's ull the 1
hoiiys'.'" she suid; "sure, they cun't be
In It. wid the ro.if bluzln' over their j
i heu.lsV" tne of Ihe boys glanced ut
I her Indifferently, "iich, the .Mahonya I
win ion uiii wi .11 isieiuy 101 me
rint," he said, "und the colonels burn
h'K the ould bad houses to hinder the pe.i-
pie of com In' buck to them, und siiu.K-
ers. and trainps. and all manner, ijive
"p l,,e lilue-edsred lilt. Hilly."
,'A"'1 'a- uncle ttone to?" sul.l
licuune
"l iliinno," suld Ihe bov. "unless It was
to the I nlon below at llewitsinwn."
"Sure, not in ull," suid Hilly; "I heard
,,1,"' Hy v1"' ,,ut ilaliony was none to his
" " ""
. '' "rsI "! wn" as "'"'kl.
d and
1.1 iU-. iili.l Pf.illi.n. I. ..I .
out ids
tuiiKiie ill acknowledgment of .this cor
rection, and the third, who was like linn,
suid: "No. he isn't. They've ull look 01T
to ihe Slates." lio.-unne thought, tln.v
till. SI'KIlt THAT AT Cfirn ON I'
THAT KK.VH AXII CAUKS.
Air; ni.ji:.
looked quite fiendishly hideous She win
turning toward the house when Hilly
said: "There's nobody In It;" but liU
brother said: "Vis. there Is, after that
UK'in. 1 seen Alee Anderson and another
of the bailiffs men goln' round wid a
pitchfork awhile hko."
Hosanne run desperately up lo the door,
and looked In. It wus ull a smother of
smoke Inside, ami the (lames might be
heard mushing their teeth among the
crackling rafters. Then she ran on Jun.(
the corner of the house, and ther". sip-c
enoughs were two men, one or whom
standing o:i the pig slye wall, was pok
ing a pitchfork inlo the thu'.ch, The f.i ;
was that Alec Anderson, who hud u
thrifty turn, hud noticed a fitmh gold-n
pueh where 1'st Mahony had latelv
darned bin roof, and now deem It worth
mm
m f
I AX INVITATION. '
j It Circa I. Pleasure to rabllah tha fee.
j lowing AnaoiiBeeBient,
All women suffering- from any form
of illaess peculiar to their sex are re
quested to communicate promptly with
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All
letters are re
oelrcd, opened.
read and an
only.
swered by women
woman can
freely talk of
her private
illness to a
woiran ;
thus has
been estab
lished the
eternal
coutt-
denue be
tween Mrs.
Pinkhaui
and the
women of
America.
This con
fidence has in
duced wore than
100.000 wouieu to
write Mrs. Pinkham for
advice during- the lust few months.
Think what a volume of experience
she has to draw from ! No physician
iiw:n v , " .
1
triumphant . "-"- '
a moment be female ills, and from this vast expert
more tolerable ence surely it is more that! possible
Storm III the she Iih iriiine.l tin. vurir UnnIl
! ,,. ' a-
jruur e.
j g"ld to have you write or call
i upuu her. You will Und her a
I full f Bm.i. ,ui j....!..
' S Ti !
assist those who are sick. If her medi
cine la not what you need, she will
fraukly tell you so, aud there are nine
chances out of ten that she will tell
you exactly what to do for relief. She
asks nothing- in return except your
I good will, aud her advice has relieved
thousands.
Surely, any ailing- woman, rich or
poor, is very foolish if she does not
take advantage of this generous offer
of assistance. -
Never In the history of medicine has
: the demand for one narticular remedv
tumult diseases equalled that at-
i t- ..
"!"eU"y Uyam. Ve(re-
. table Compound, and never in tha
: historv of Mm PlnlrlmmV ..i
i i.. j
, ..upvuu Has me ueiuaiiu lor ib ueen
ogre.tasitisto-day;
while to rescue the good bit or straw rrom
tile coiillugrutlon for use on his own prem
ises. Hiirning cabins is hot and thirsty
work on a radiant July day, und Ander
son's mood had beeume irritable over It.
So when a disheveled bit of a vuinint if III
i came nulling up to him. ami in honor-
s 'len accents asked would he (ilase be
tellln where Mrs. Muhony was gone, he
relt moved to reply by tossing down a bun-
die or thatch on her oft his fork, and
saying: "Our spelr that ut somebody that
kens or cares, me hlsxie, anil dinna be
; uiewierin nere awu . i niucgiiy tne
wwi.u.t- ..'i a reu-inii siiiuuHiering core.
and as it dropped on Hosanne's head. II
knocked off her hat, und sot her hair
alight, and fell in scorching (lakes be tors
her eyes. She was tieeliig away, blinded
and terrilted, but she tripped over a ston ?
and fell with her head against the wall,
which stunned her into unconcern.
Hy the time that her troublesome worl 1
came back lo her, she bad been conveyed
to the inlirinury wurd of the Hewlttstown
workhouse, u dolefgul whitewashed place
where the last red rays of the sunset were
beating on the gnny windows. Poor Ho
'DK THR Pr.WRRS OF SMAKIC!
THAT'S HKI.ONHINl ! Ti Iti)
SAXNK T1KKXKV."
sanne's fortunes had sunk so deeply wlth-
I 111 me lust rour aim twenty Hours tmit
you would hardly have recognised her as
the same girl who hud talked to her cou
sin .Murtha at the gute among the Iniy
I tleids. while the sun went down behind a
I screen of rounded tree tops. Kor her
, clothes were blackened and drenched with
j fire and water, and, much worse, her
pretty curling hair wus all burnt off, and
I one side of her face wus scorched. Xext
i morning her neighbor in the ward
; thoughtfully lent her a bit of broken lock
ing glass that "she niiKlit see the quure
: show she wus;" but she hud scarcely ener
gy to niu nee ut If, und wus faintly shocked
I by the disfigured Image. All the duy she
lay In u dazed, apathetic state, and took
I little heed of anything. It seemed to her
' us if she had keen there always la u
I dreary sort of drenm.
I Hut on the duy urter. when the creeping
! shadow on the tic or had shrunken utmost
I to its noontide skiniplness, she suddenly
' roused up quite uwake. Just outside
' the door, which was close to her bed, she
heard a familiar voice speuklng the voice
I of fan Mct'lean. Itosanne held her breuth
as the nurse, a stpiare framed stolid per
son, was called out to Interview "u young
nan from about Ki! bracken, that was
come uxln ul'ler a girl." Hun's voice
would hHve sounded like heavenly music
to her, if the echo or .Murtbu's hud nut
come hurshly through It und Jarred it
into discord.
"Beg your pardon, ma'am," she heard
him say diffidently, "might there be a
girl be the name of Itosuune Tlernev in
Ii?"
"Is it the name?" said Ihe nurse, "sure.
I couldn't be lellln' you the names or ihe
half of them that comes und goes. Whut
sort Is she?"
"Och, u slip of a girl," suld Hun, wlio-e
dfSerlpllve powers were not great, "a
slip of a girl w ld black hair und u smull
Isii slse she Is." '
"There's plenty of them like that, If
that's ull." said the nurse, "we've a
bluck-hulred one come, hi the other duy,
not over big. Some son of u trump she
Is. and gut a crack 011 the heud wld a
bit of the roof sllppin' down on her; but
1 could be uxin her her mime. Itofaiine
Tierney did you say? And whin might
you be lo her stipposlu' she Is"; jirr
brother may lie?"
It seemed to Kosanne us if an endless
pause followed this uucstlon: ye; Han
only lieHtuted for a lilomenl before he an
swered: "Och, well, niu'um." he said
"you might say I'm as good us u brother,
anyway."
And with that a stormy durkness fell
upon Itosanne. Kor what could "us good
us a brother" signify, except marriage
with the step-sl.ter, Magxie Walsh? She
hoped to goodness she minht never huve
Ihe misfortune lo set eyes on either of
the two of them to the end of her life's
daysand she'd as Her that mightn't be
very long a pair of bluck-hearted rogues
-'he villain might Just go back the way
he came.
When a minute afterward the nurse re
turned to make her Inquiry, the tramp
kept her head under the blanket, in,
would only mutter in a huaky, mumbling
wuy: "I dunno any such uetple at all
bid him get along out of that me name's
Isabella Hill," facts which were at once
reported to Hull oulside in the pastsge
with the additional details that the era
turt seemed to bit a cross-tempered one,
und perhaps not quite right In her senses,
iu ui mis moment another visitor iir-
rneu in inn shuiw- of a small freckled
i.V ' wno UM carrying.
verse expression or coillHeliiilC'.
a urge, gau.uiy-wreuihed straw hat. "Ail.
what might you he waniln', .Ma they Flan.
Igun?" said the nurse.
.vie mother bid me brlngln' th' ouM
nat, said Matthew. "It dropped off the
girl that got hinted up at Pat Mammy's
on I-riduy, and me brother brought it
home, but she ses it might b a loss to
tho crathur that owned U, so she sent me
along wld it. and It's him she'd a right to
flu ...i . i
"Be the powers of smoke!" Pan cx-
ciaimeu. seising hold of the hut, "that is
ueiungiu to Kosanno Tierney; she got
It new at Raster, and as proud or herself
In It she was as a III tie puycock. ure
1 remember this tuft or yeller roses wid
reu gmsa ueuus in tnem cocked up at the
side or it: I was lelllir hr it r,.,u-.i r..
all the world like one or our mild duukev's
ears: and was axla' her why wouldn't she
uc sinning up me oilier lo match It.
"For the inatler or that," said the
nurse, "there's dozens of quale hals goiu"
about the world, and all of them that de-niiuted-luokiii'
you'd be hard set to tell
the one from the oilier. The aquil of the
uiiiiuiiuihii Kami. oca you see on people
Ihese limes I uiVer witnessed."
"Ah! but 1 couldn't be mistook In this
one by uny manes." said Hun. continu
ing to examine the hut; sure '.twas atitlif
in rrom or me in ihe Hup ull the wuy
drivlu' over from her pluce to our place
aim duck agin or uaster Mainly, uu here It
Is the very same. Couldn't I be soeln'
the girl, ma'am. Just for a mlnyit, tor If
sue isn t Itosanne "
Hut here u voice called loudly and clear
ly through the liall'-uprii u'oor: "Oon'l
you oner lo lie cumin next or nigh in
Wan .Mci'leun. I'm no such thing, tilt
HWUVhiini In Mnwlw ll'ul.h I wul.l u ii. I
! Dun's sunburnt luce m' (wo iliciies
snorter at Ihe sound, "tllory be lo good
ness, us nerseii. he said, "and me
heart broke thinkin' what had become
ot tier ever since Saturday morning. Sure,
on I'll not be coin In' in if lon'ie n..i wish.
fill. Jewel," he said, peering warily round
ine euge or me uoor, nut wnal tain ut
all wus tliul you had uboilt Muggie
Walsh?"
"It was me cousin, Martha Keilly, was
tellln' me ull manner," said Kosanne, who
felt as if she were wukening up oul of
a very Ill-favored nightmare.
"Trust Martha Hellly to be xsb'i(n'
about what doesn't cousarn her," said
Dan. "Troth I well knew your step
mother was !iuttlu' that story about ih!s
while buck, und devil u word or truth in
it. 'Deed Kosuune, tllut ould woman Isn t
anv too good I'm Ihlnkln'. But sure wiiai
matter about the pack of them? Your
Aunt l.lzzle Mahcuy's stopin' wid sister-in-law
a wuy ut Driimeustle. I discoverd
that much ylsterduy and ihev did me be
biiiikin' you to stay up there till we would
be Renin' married afore reaplu' begins.
Maggie U'ulsh bedad! Is It idling tne lime
I'd be tr.impin' over the country after
heron a .lon.lny morning in the middle ot
hukmukln'? So hurry up, hony, uuj git
ull right agin, the wuy I can be coinin' to
fetch you. I'll borry Jimmy Hyrne's side
cur."
"And did you hear tell the quare awful
thing I done at the farm throw-In' all
Mrs. Conroy's grand craine to the plg?"
said Hosanne, the recollection of I his
disaster now beginning to emerge from
the chaos of troubles which hud over
whelmed and obliterated it. Hut Dan re
plied unappalled: "Why to be sure. And
was that any reason fur you to be throw
In' yourself after It, so to spake? Nut if
every sup or era me in Ireland was split,
ami all the pigs In the country swlmiliiu'
in tha middle of It aye, und your step
mother and her iluoghter, and .Martha
Hellly, that can't lie ulsy unless she's gab
bin', along wld the lot of them."
So a few Sundays later Itosanne Tler
iniy wus murrlpd In her buff and crim
son wreathed hat. It wns slightly hal
tered und Ihe worse for its travels, but
It would have beeen ungrateful of her to
discard It, as only for lis tlmelv turning
up on a former critical occasion, it might
probably enough at that moment have
been worn by a forlorn little distracted
vagrant, iusteud of udornlng the prou I
aim nappy ueuu ot .Mis. ouniel Mct'lean,
The F.nd.
"Xor Kins- Nor Country." 11 nlli-rlni? into
,oi wie umes or t-nuries I, ny tillljert 1'ar
aer, win ncKiii lomonow.
Novelist Howell rays: "The kind of 'n
triune Unit would be thought tun chll.llsl
for a child's book will often muke the for
nine oi a piuy.
No matter how violent or excruciating
the pain, the Rheumatic, Bedridden, In
firm, Crippled, Nervous, Neuralgic, or
prostrated with diseases may suffer,
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF
Will Afford Instant Ease.
Kor headache (w-kether sick or nprvnn.t
toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, lum-
. yaina auiu weusnese in in ck,
spine er kidneys, pains around the liver,
pleurisy, swelling of the Joints and pains
ef all kinds, the epallrsAien of Hsdway's
Heady Relief will afford Immediate ease,
and Its continued use for a few days effect
a permanent cure.
Instantly stops the most excruciating
patina, miajr iiinanmutiion una cures con
geslloiu, whether of the Lungs, Stomach
Bowels or other glands or mucous mmi
brsnes.
Kadway's Ready Relief
CLHtS AND PREVENTS
Colds, Coughs, Sore Throat, Influan.
za, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Rheu
matism, Neuralgia, Headache,
Toothache, Asthma, Dif
ficult Breathing.
"CURES THE WORST PAINS In from
one to twenty minutes. .Not one hour
arter reading ins advertisement need anv
one SUFFER WITH PAIN
INTERNALLY A half to a teaspoonful
In half a tumbler of water will In a few
minutes cure Cramps. Spasms. Sour
stoniucn, Nausea, vomiting. Heartburn,
Sick Headache. Diarrhoea, Coliu, Flat 11.
lency and all Internal pains.
RADWAY'S READY RELIEF.
Prloe, SOc. per 3ottl. Sold by all
Druggists.
CALL UP 3682:
OITICE AND WAkliHOLSK.
41 TO 151 MlittlltlAN STKIitiT.
M.W.(OLLIXS,MaiiiiKor.
DUPONT'S
RIIIING, BLASTING INO SPORTING
POWDER
Manufactured at the Wapwullopen Mills,
Luzerne county, I'a., and ut Wil
mington, lieluware.
HENRY BELIN, Jr.
General Agent for the Wyoming District.
118 WVOMINO AVKNlfc", Scranten, Pa.
Third National Bank Building.
ACKNI'IES:
T1I03. FOItH. IMttston. I'a.
JOHN M. BMITH & HON. Plvmouth, I'a.
K. W. .MI LLIOAX. Wllkes-Barre. Pa.
Agents fur the Repauno Chemical Com
pany's High Explosives.
llif OIL UM1MU1C
CO.
MAlKi
Tie Man
Who Drives
The doctor, the salesman the matt
who drives as a business aud the man
who drives for pleusute, know the
iliiiictilty of kecpiug linen collars aud
cull's cleuu. With
TRADr
LLULOI0
MARK-
INTERLINES
collars una cuffs the' driver can defy
the flying dust and occasional shower.
They are waterproof, and when soiled
they can be quickly and easily cleaned
by wiping tlietn off with a damp cloth
or sponge. Look just like liueu. Oue
'CKLLULOiD" collar will outwearsix
linen collars, besides saving many
times ita worth in latiudrv hills.
Auk tii denier fur them, or Nvtid diract to na.
I'ulUni a. Ouffn pairi tniiUirn Paul. Htats
aud stjrle. Take no imitation list luaiat ulsib
tuuda with aliovu trad murk If yuu wiaU lull aaf
ilai'liiiii.
THE CELLULOID COMPAMY,
Nrw York.
OAPOLIO tizr .
Lager
Beer
Brewery
Manufacturers of the Celebrated
i
CAPACITY :
100,000 Barrels per Annum
PEITER 8B0E CO., Iiu'p. CaplvSl, il.900.fl60.
BKST ai.SU KM (Mi IX THE WOKLU.
"A dollar tactd It dollar tamed ." 1
Thti Ladles' Hal id French I ton got a Kid But.
ton atoot delWsred fraa anywhare in tke U.S., on
recvsioivaan, uoney uraeri
er Hbiul Note (or 11.50.
Banaia every war tha boots
old in all retail atorea fur
U2.HI. We make tula boot
ourselves, tberafore we ouui-
....... .L. W, .,... - .1
11 any one la not aatlaoeu
will refund the money
atind enetber pair. Ouera
Toe or t'eunuon Bcaar,
wiauia c, 1,1 , s hk.
zr 1 to S and naif
lies. Jjentl yimr
Ktti ffi you.
Illualrsted
Cata
ksne FRCC
Dexter Shoe GSAMliI:'
""' rnitm v sriiir,
E. ROBINSON'S SONS
sir In n
ll1:)lf!A we
tem KjBsm mna
f--K ur
1 iir"iiittZ3z
mBm )
CAUTION
to our patrons:
Wanhburn-Crosby Co. wish to assure thctr ma try jmU
rons thut they will this year hold to their tMUal custoM
of milling STR1C1LY ULU WHEAT until the new crop
Is fully cured. New wheat In now upon the market, ana
owing to the exceHsivcly dry weather many millers arc
of the opinion that If w already cured, and In proper
condition for iniilin. VVahhburn-Crosby Co. will take
no risks, aud will allow the new wheat fully threej
months to mature) before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling hast
5 laced WashburaCrtwby Co.'a flour far above) otlMaV
rands.'
UJ
Wholesale
HEM
THE DICKSON MANUFACTURING CO
SCRANTON AND WILKES-BAR RE, PA, Manufacturers of
Locomotives, Stationary Engines, Boilers,
nuiSTlHy AND PUMPING MACHINERY.
Qeneral Office: SCRANTON, PA.
'& When In doubt Vat to iu
Kesult la 4 weeks.
01 6LHSS SIDE GBSE
Must Be Sold
Before We Remove
To our new store, No.
130 Wyoming avenue,
Coal Exchange, April
1st. Price no considers
tion.
And to be prepare to meet the wi
neanoer ys want a eteeoi
an Orereosl er both.
AND Trie BEST PLACE
T VISIT FOR SOMfeTaJlNO d00
IN MERCHANT TAILORING
IS
406 Uchiuii .Yi.
THERE YOU WILL FIND
The larcest "took te select frost. Trim
? iP- S' Litest Btflu
n Catiiag. and nade up ea tie sremisea)
by Kxpart Workmes.
. fl?"LNetBl a'lewed to leave these,
tabllabment uoleaa astatleuter te the
vuatenier. and tke lowest prices oesstat
eat with Good Uercbsnt Tallertng.
ROOF TINNING IND SOLDERING
All done away with by the use of HART
MAN'S PATENT PAIN-P l,l..l, nu..
of ingredieiils wull-known lo all. It can bo
applied to Un, galvanized tin, sheet Iron
.uuin, mm, 10 niuK uweiungs, which will
lu-event absolutely uny crumbling, crack
Ing or breaking of the brick. It will out
lust lilllllllkT of unv klml lie munv u.
and lis cost does not exceed one-llfth that
of the cost of lllllllna-. Is sold bv tha l.,h
or iouiid. Contracts taken by
AXIOXIO HAKiWlANN, 527 Birch St,
REVIVO
RESTORES VITALITY.
Made a
i.ti)y.j wrwell Man
uy. m. 0f Me.
Tr:e orbat nnth Itay.
FRSNOH Zl.Z3BiSXIS'V
prodaeea tha above results ln;:iO days. It arts
powrrlully and quickly. Curas when all olharafail.
loung turn will rvgalu their lost manhood, and eld
Jii-n will recover thrtr youtlitul vigor by ualag
KKVIVU. It tiuickly and surely restores Nervous
neaa. I.oht Vitality, liupoieucy. Nlahlly iCiulaaioas,
boat Power, Kaillug Memory, Waatlus DlaranB.aud
all encts,of Ki-ll aliiiiut nresremaud tudiwretion,
wlilrh unfits one for atiuly, bnafncaH or marries . It
not only curea by atartins at the neat of d.aeaM. bin
iaasreat nene tonle and blood builder, bring
ing bark ttie pluk glow to pale cheeks and re
"loring thn lire of youth. It wsrda off fimanlty
and t'ouKiiiuiitlon. In.ist m having RE VIVO, no
otlirr. It ran be carried in vi.nt pocket. By ni.il,
V 1 .00 irr pai kase, or all tor ilS.OO, with a Daa
five written guarantee to rare or rotund
the money. Circular trea. Address
0V7 MrfllciNE CO.. r,l niver 8t CHICAGO.
For sale by MATTHEWS BROS., Druggists,
Scranton, Pa.
& CONNELL
Agents.
. RESTORE
LOST VIGOR
tnw N...M.. n.htii.' f a. . .i.i.u
MERCEREAU & CONNELL
nc WILL
SOON BE HERE
Tiataarapaat
ItaaUla.
. r7.
teal, Impotaaty. Alr.my, V.riro.el. nj uthec weikneuaa, fttini any cauft, aw
Senna niik Draina chctk.J i,u fH ,m qilukiy mtorad. If ncalaitcd, auck
iiu.l.i mult uully. M.ilad .ay.h.rr. u.ltu. Ioti.oci a baaai lo ik x. WitS
CSt!lf!ii?fJ,if!A'Vf'f( U"""M "'Ha tha aioaey. Addiaaa
PKAL MIOIClSfi CO.,Ciei4ud, Ohio. "
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