w u urfi... ajti c Sad? tffcwj Nlfttit, fall li.i. Ul C'jf. r0Ver tir.,' ir.' l Somerset Herald of Publication. TaeutMCO M atl. .mJ T Wa3oof4ay morning at J i ild in adTaaeo ; otherwlo - ift J ' " aexleeting nut taks oat f ' ", h. h.Id immIMi tor tho tab- Ll-T, remoTlnt; I- L .-id irivusthe name "o lormw- rjwmteine Agrees The Somerset Jieraia, 1 ' ATroKNKY AT LI ATI AW. K.neret P. B,,41P in Cook a. Brcrtl-V Block. ATroKXEY-AT-tAW, Somerset, Pa. t KOOSKIl. J- ATTOKNEY-A.T-l.AW, Somerset, Pa. oi:i;k it scull. ATTOKNEY-AT- Somerset Pa, ; i:dslev. ATTOKNEY.ATL.AW, Somerset, P 1 ATTOKNEY.AT-LAW Somerset, Pean'a. ATTl'KN EY AT LAW, Somerset, 11.. , ,,,-tiairi in ManimoUi Block. 1 ATTX.KNEY-ATLAW. Somerset, Pa, ,.,,urt House. A lousiness entrust Joire attended to with promptness .and W. M. 1U ITKL. VVKOTII uuppkl. ATTX-KXEYS AT UIW. .,-. ntruted to tbelr care will be U CT. .-.reel. opposit. tbe -.tli block. u C. COUBORK. .tUkkV ATTCKNEYS-AT-LAW. . to-rusted to oureare will I irnmt TTSunSd to.ltl mado In .,. ,iiN O.KIMMET ATH.1.NEY-AT-I.JI ,AW, St'tccrfet, Pi. ,'.! ""'' . ....... ..,ri... villi iiiwnt- 10.1 t (i.tiv m Mto t'rost ttreet. -vnvF. nii:ix. ATTV'KXEY-AT LAW, .i I'cni.'ti Airent, Somerset, I'. VLKXT1NKIIAY, .l-'TlnKr,. IW.t. ;S-UP win ATTl'KN EY-AT LAW Somerset, l a. k i" T"iri.tlv attend U all Imslnew entmfte.1 ti, fll'.!' . a XaBitM'.b BuildiUK. , ATTtiENEY-ATLAW, Somerset Pa., ; -oicffisl 1 uMnes entmrtol to mj ear. at- . U' itti mnpine auo iu.;. ,"1 I.I.I AM II. KOONTZ. I ATTDKXEY-ATLAW, ' Somerset, Pa., I Iir fl irmpt attention to bn!nes entrwst- t i ttr in wwi .j m .viuK-ating Mouse now. :i l. rrr.ii, ATTtiKX EY'-AT-LA W. Somerset. Pa. I , Ximir.i.ih Block, up stair. Entrance. ,' frert. t'oilecuoi.s nisde, eaios I -.e' ti les eiamlned. and all lciral l-aslness I leJ i lth prouipuiess and bilehty L KAER. ATTtiKXEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa "rwtl'eln Somerset and ad'olnlna: counties, winewenirurtedto hlin will U promptly cS-Wi to. a ac lirc.rs. ATTiKXEY-A1-LAW. Somerset, PctiB I m :NNI MKYEKS. 0) ATTtKXEY-AT-LAW, l u.lraif nlrnsle,! to ItlS CSI Will t i f.ri t:th promptoess and ndelf.y. :t siamiuotn iua iki v --is :.t. II, HOWARD WYNNE, M. D. J''1!ST0 VX. 1 I'iMsooftbeEre. Fjir. Nee and Tflrosit. ici; F.iHu.ivs jirnc-.lce. Honrs. a. M- to r a. Ls.ker k liret-u Biwk. iVi Alain bt. DILWIT.UAM COU.IXS. I'EXTIST. SO.MEKSET, PA. i'.TlriltEm.th Kiock. 1M1 Boyd't Iruit "n er lie can at all times be Min.1 prer-lusUk-.tHlsofwork. such a Bliinic. r-cn- w.f .fttrran. .c. Anlhclsl teethol ail kimls. :m iMt maierial inserted, tlratioot ma:ejt T AKUEM. HICKS, It JVSTlfE t'F THE FEACK. Soxtertet, Per.n's. T AME 0. K I HUN AN. M. ten- s Oer bi poieslnal enie to tbe ettiien of vieret and Meialty. Hf ran I b-uixi at tne itiercc ol bis t!berw Min rtreet or at tbe are ol I it. Heart Hrataker. Sept . Ul M. K1MMK1L. 11. . KIMMEIX. D?u E. M. KIMMKI.L Jk SON ewler their proesvna! sen ice to the eltl- i S..frrset s.-.l Tleli.itv. IMieof the metn- '.he crai ear. at al:..me. onleas protewlon rjiei. he I nn4 at their 'oitce, on Main I'.-rfi. oast ul tb. liasiot.d. D'.LJ. K. MILLER has 1H-rm;i-i-estly locate. I in Berlin for the practice ol pr .letnloa. 4,'S.ae op.lt. Cbarles Krissinr Pistor. tLL "(ML D R. II. RRl'BAKER tenders his l'lesi.ir..il serriees to tb. rttlaeo of Soni net an.t Tictiittr. ! In rastdenea oa Main nreet.et of ti4 liaBk4. DR. W M. R A U C II tenders his prvlcutona! serr1.4 to tte eltiienf of Son aadiiriBl'.T . te wocesn of WtrMk BerkebUe's iitSTe fqora. DR. aTTT MILLER. PUYSICUX .SVKOEtS, nurea,Kl 5"otb Bend. Indiana, where be to Miuiia4 lj kiur or viberwiM, DR. JOHN BILIJ3, UENTiST. ll'Swe abore Henry HeCeyl store, ;MalB Crfl . Somerset. Pa. QIAMOND HOTEL, STOYKTOWN. l'UNN'A. Tits pepntar and well known noes hat lately "ei '.tirvarL'.T ,sd newly rrfitted with all new u Ivrt l iurniusra, watrh fcas aia.1. it very '"lrf ie t. ITj plsee lor the traoellns; pul llc nu t.w uhi mm s cana'A le snrpaswd, all be arst eUas, with a larr public ball attsrt.ed - - . - , ,w Mlv hiu ro,aniT p.uiin. ' rl eUw tkrdint: can be bad at tbe lowest iwa- tO.I . L J , y. n-w., ij i ce wefi, oay or aseat. SAJHFI.rCTFK.Pro. la. E. Cor. niamood Stuysww ,Pa M WANTED T.esnTaasn the sale ol ; s sruaiM(jtuiuientalTirvfllinii. Vine.. . e. No experKwca rev; aired. Uowd sal- -u upense JO. Aduress. J. M. Bowden A Co., ' Kixbtsur, X. Y. CHARLES HOFFMAN, tA-boy. Hear, Hefflryt 8tar.) UnT JTTU2 Hi ICIEST PRICES. wisFACTich mmntD. SOMERSET, 1J.A. MERGHAUT TAILOR 1 tie VOL. XXXI. NO. 4S. frank V. Hay. KSTABL1SHED 34TEARK. E3I -A. "3?" L33 IE? WHOLESALE Tin, Copper ani SfieeHron fare Hrfy, Xo.' 2S0 Wasliington Street, Johnstown. Pa. WE ALE TO CITES RANGES, STOVES and HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS IH GENERAL At Prices Less than any other House in Western Pennsylvania. SjxIal at'ctitl.w tIJ t Jot.Wnir 1o Tin. Glrnld Iron and Sheet-Iron, Fnirar Puis, Strain Pipe. H'H-AIr Plie, Roufinx, S;otinit. Siarki of Engine, and all work pertaining to (Ur Pur uv. Kiinlc clven and wiirk dime by nniMlxM MM-lianict onljr. Sle Aireot fc Noble Cunk. Ji.hnstownt'oik.SKeiri' Anti-Hun UiKik. Exeelriur Penn. In Huuae-Fornisliinir Onodt we Oder Ul Vaset, Toilet et. Bread Otuaeta, taka Huxaa, 4;bamber-Pailt, Knlvetanti Forka (Common iil lat-d). tiernian Mivcr tixn. iintannu onlea Trajt, udm, ma ami mameieu Want Hrxfun.l 0i')er Kettiea, Meat Krullen, Uyater Brollen, fcjrc Beaten, tlx different klrxl. liread T"su-r. Plntel Hrlur.nla and Wire t;nor. Iron Stands. Fir. Irons, anil ererytbinit of Were neeJel in the OmkiRir licnartment. An exiierlenoe of IblrtT-tbree Tear In buftnes here ena bles n to meet ihe wnl ol thin mnimunitT In our !d WAKKANTEI A'i KKPKrtNTtD or t tie money refunded. "all and tee tbe Ware ; ft prior lrbre lurchaginx ; no tronlile to snow iroodf. Pernio eommenrtav House-Keeping will save w r ceru by I.utIuk their outfit from a. Merchant trlllnc (rood In oar line iborld tend lor Wliolrtkle Price Lint, or call and t-et quotations of our Wares. A we bare no apprentice all oar work is W arrested to be ol tbe best quality at lowest price. To tar mouoy call on or tend to HAY ltKOS..Xo.2SO Wafcliingioii Street Johnstown, Penn'tu HERE IS THE PLACE! J. M. H0LDERBAUM1 SONS NO. 4 BAER'S BLOCK. A Complete Assortment of GENGRAL MERCHANDISE consisting of STAPLE and FANCY DEY GOODS! A Large Assortment of DRESS GOODS AND NOTION! MENS', HOY'S & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING! 7 HATS .BOOTS CARPETS & Queensware, Hardware, Glassware, G-EOCERIES. All Kinds of Window Blinds . rm , t 1 1 UmDreiias, oaicneis ana irumts, uaurns, nuiuui Bowls, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, Toledo Pumps, Farm Bells, Corn Plant ers and Plows, Cultivators, and WAGONS! THE JlOLAXn CniLLED PLOW, TJic CUA2TPIOX Ihe CJTAJIPIOX GllAIXSEED I)BILL, With Detachable Fertilizer. THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AT J..M. HOLDERBAUM & SONS', SOMERSET, PENITA. COOLEY CRE ALTERS. ' Wsde In FOm FTTLPA all sir.-. I lir- t .ctor' use. Tl ir iiM.'rirt(r dcnaio. lio-ir sacceW w-bon a parsllol. I lit n- r I . U '.hlHHlU. Five .olH .Modi.1. anil Me Mlvrr .lr4t or supennriTT. I'sx l.v- lea. Iiiki Hrrrra ri"im. BUTKR WORKERS 4 MjllURS, 11. .1 liiu l:w ol tmi itter fMtorV eniTi Hmil TwUHornn-ulmrsand teaitinHlaJa. T. fkfM UtZm CO.. Bcilowi Fallh, Vermont. FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, y,- i " A Havlnn bad many in all brunches of be Tailoring bus iness. 1 ifaarantee Satisfaction to, all wbo may eall'np- mm . n.l fa Vi if A, me with tbelr pat- Y ours, kt-. VM. Sf. nOCIISTKTXER. Komerttet, Pa. mars SOMERSET COUSTY UUI (ESTADI.ISIIKI 177.) CHAELES. I. HA1E1S0H. K.J.PKITTS. rrefiMent. Cashier. llctlont made la all part of the I'nlted Sutes. CnAEGES MODEKATJS. a. . i .i.vt.. . n.l rr-m.. Vest ran he an. riniCT ".ruins ' ; om-.ioo.Uted b draft on Xew Y ork In any sum. t U llections uaie with rromptness. I". S. Bonds hoacbl and sold. Money and valuables tecwred broueol Piebidd't celebrated (ale, with a Sar gent sw s aie sou vu uwc .wm. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. M-AU le al holi.ay observed. dec! AlbsutA. HoBSa. J. Soott Win. HORNE & WARD, rxsanaa TO EATON & BROS. 0. 2? FIFTH AYEMJE, PITTSBUJIGH, PA. SiRIIsG, 1882. NEW GOODS . IAY SFZCLiLTISS 1 E rkr.efi, Lacst, Billia.7, WhiM 6el, rlaaa- atrcliieft. Draw Triaaart, Hotiar, blarw, Corsets, Basils 4 Beria. Uadarwatr, Is batt Baa CkMfM' Dathiag, Faacy Caen's, Yams, Ziehen, Mttt rixlt of All Kiadt for FANCVWOIK. Gents' FuiisMsi Gds, ftc, k ror a riTKoxAUi 11 asaraK-rTViJ.T tsuct w-OCOEI.cBr MAIL ATTESDFO TOIWITB cue ASO DISPATCH. art T i m " woepiat: by. o .11 Ij L1 i tsl daro helora yoa dta, r P A I toatounna: lhty and tab X V 1-4 KJ JL lim. Vearo hebiad to emv Muat. 4aweek la yoar own Wwa. I oat fitlrea. Kort KreryiileS new. XJapUal not reoairod. We will furnish Jo ererythtoa;. Many ar. isahlns: frrtauoa. ta4llo aaakaat waca as ma, and boy and girl sjiaao (rtat pay. . , 1 - . . . .1 .ibiHaaa BMkerraat jay all the ua, writ, for aanicmlar j t H Hiiun a. Oo Portland, Maiao. I aocSMr ran Mmm Jalis B. Hay AND RETAIL line, with a rood article at a low nrtae. All iraolt AND SHOES ! OIL CLOTHS I and Fixtures, Wall Papers, WW 1 Tl-- AA am MOWEIt & JZEiPEB, TUTTg- A HOTElTomNE SAYSS la.Tirr: Kiar Mri ur fc-a years I bT ceea a martyr to l'yI"-s Conupatnan4 piles. .Lamt S'lriDff vt.ur ptliswereieeommeJidea to me; I ased tbnn (bat with little faith). lam dow a Wt-ll min, bare r"od appetite, rw.uoBi perfect, regular .ools, r'1' and I baea rained forty pouiois solid ccsa. Th- J are worth iiuar weiffht in rold. k. u f nrr x-, tonisrai. Kr- SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Io cfJlprtite.KaniieaBo5Botrt ttunjnjthe He'act, wuh a anllienaatiom inthebaxk parPaiiundrrthe Shoulder blakleIfuilne8aafteretinB,I with dta inclination to exerUon cfjjodjrrmind, IiritabiUryoF tenipsr.TLow pirit J-ow cfioeioorwLwiUi fwlinjjrfa,ynine. Rcted tomsdutr, WennejaaDiaipeB. Flutterlnr of thelic-art, Dotsjjefor. the iyTeUow Skin, Headache, Beadea xtewa at msrht, hiyhlycoiorl tfruia. IT THESE WAllNIWOS AEE UKHEEDED. SERIOUS DISEASES WILL BE DEVELOPED. TCITS PILLS srewetallr abwa rwrhraaes. staiailawecrrMt. sarhs ehsutaw of flincasoa.til.ti Ihe aiB.rr. Tirtaii remrljr fairlr. aaloai will Rim a healths' liicetion. Uforens Ihla Dv.. It SSMUarS etrta laataataneoMsIr kola by Ierwjr- arista, or seat tor up"" .a rsniat at TotWe. Nsrrsr ., ew orxt. ,. TT'TTt M A wrAI.wf Valmak rorciw at ax. 1. . raafal Haoriawa will I . ... .r-Ta a lrXI,afTslaakls Xjb saailaw. t liLU aat awUctlli, PATENTS obtained, and all business 1 the r. S. Fteiit (iSice, or in the Coart attended to fur MODERATE W. are onooslta tbe V. S. Patent OrJIea, en HMted la PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and ni obtain patents In leas urns than Una remote front WASHINGTON. When model or drawlor It sent wa adrls. a to PitentaMlit free of eharret and wa make NO mice nurse Wt ABTAIN PATENT. We refer, here, to the Postmaster, tb. Snpx. of . v g 1 lli.ft.M mwA f. nlflM.l. at ill. ID, XIRKJ W I V.. 1 BZ-nM. wan V. S Patent tXBea. For circular. aJTtce. terms, and reference to actual elieau la roar i SUia or eonniy , address C. A. SNOW A CO., upposiu ratent uost, Wtahtngtaa. P. C. A a Bkwa Parf berUiaiodieln 1 hlahly reoooi- BBeaded f. all manner of chronic or o 1 4 standing Anmti,in. S' n, rT u a. riaiptrs. B I o t h t and U a bob, am. worms, t 0 1 tor. tJSel RbeBm.SeaU H Head. Se-mlal. ne Xllf I KTU, B k A M m . !. Pain In tbe Boaea, on. awa sseaa. .J .tl "- -- arbdac frou 1m parltT of tho blood. With this rasa nifMlli In. In roar baas, its - t.v.r ai.it. saatos fill, nttrateaf Bfaaf. aesisw owmm - - - - tbem, and what is better, U but bo taken with rat.ty and comfort by the tnosr oeucate womaa, Bt weU as by the robatt man. It U vory ptoasaat .1 . I . n. I., lit III, t t. .kll 10 tn. taste, taereio i , ' ' drrn It U the oaly reaetabi remedy exlstlnc w bich w 111 answer la plaoo of ealomol. iwgmlatlag the BtbB of the Itrer withoot makiB yoa a Hlo b- Ttctim to the as. of aaereary or blae wUU. lt will open the Dowel la a propar aoo bsh Thre" It ootblng Ilk Fabrney't Flood Clean er tor the rare of aU disorders of tho Stomach. disease. Headache, OostlTeaast, IndtoesUoa, Hiitoas rerer. and all deranfetsenu of the In ternal Ttrorn. At a fcmalo refalalor it U ska BtaeLI -Anoanee of preroBtloa It worth wrore than a poaad of earo.- Th. P a acaa wlllaot only con uM etandtng and malttnaat eompUinta. bat If one Of tnsiaa itt.cui.m- - onered to tbe world. Voa eaa ed sorer, at tacks of scai. diseaaes, sarh at c-notern, tmau pox. Typbd. BUloaa, Spotted wdlatorawbsat FeTera. by kcplas your blood partoed Tho dlderent ecrees Tofan Bach dtase. depead ai- L-c r,sstr BuwwCutasa- n oa Panaraa. a than aro toeeral other pros, .rations as tho taarfcoi, tba aaases of which ar. suae, bat timllar. Pr. Geo, G. Shively & Co Saeeeasurt to raaraey i Bsea. a On, atAKlTACTVBEBS AUD PKOPHETOKS, WlIsattMt, Pa. tUTT'S HAIR DYE. Craw Hair and hlskerachatiirItaa CImi. Blacla braslatl applkratioBi ! a a aatarat row. oner CHAPTER I. I had spent some years in the col onien, doctoring diggers and the like rough and ready foics. 1 be novelty of the strange scenes and free and easy life had at last worn off. and found myself sighing for the respect ability of broadcloth and a settled position in my profession. Aided somewhat by thrift, and more by a fortunate land speculation. I had monev enomrh to sudoIt mv wants . r, - A A for a few vears to come: so I return ed to England, resolved to beat out a practice somewhere. Of course the first person I went to see was John. He was mv broth er my only brother indeed, the one tie I had to England. We were a couple of orphans, but pretty stur dy ones withal, and well able to wrestle with the world. Fortunately, our father lived until his eldest son was of an age to carry on his snug country practice; so John still occu pied the old red brick house in the Main street of the little town of Duleburv. the same brass plate on the door doinsr dutv for him as for his father before him. I found old John so his closest friends ever called him little chang ed ; rather graver in mien, perhaps, but with the same honest eyes ami kindlv smile, winning at once the confidence, and soon the love, ol men and women. As we clashed hands and looked in each other's faces we knew that the vears which had made men of us hi.d only deepened our boyish love. It was pleasant, very pleasant, lor a wanderer like myselt to Una eucn a welcome awaiting him. It was pood to sit once more in that cozy old room and talk to John late into the ninht, discussing all that had happened Bince last we sat there. had many questions to ask. Da'e- burv is only a little town. Having been born and bred there, I knew all the inhabitants. I had not been abroad long enough to forget old acquaintances, so I plied John with many inquiries as to the fate of one or another, I asked : uVho lives in the old house at the corner where the tanners lived once ?" "A widow lady and her daughter, named Dorvaux." "French, I suppose, from the name?" "No, I believe not Her late hus band was French, but as far as I have learned, Mrs. Dorvaux is an English woman." "New comers I They must be quite an acquisition to Dalebury. Are they pleasant people ?" "I don't know at least, I only know the daughter. ' She is very beautiful," added John, with some thing very much like a sigh. - My quick ears caught the suspi cious sound. Could I be on the eve of an interesting discovery ? ery beautilul is she? And what may her christian name be ?" "lueurette rleurette, replied John, repeating the soft, French name, and angering upon it as though it were sweet to his lips, like wine. Then he changed the conversation and far away we drifted from beau tiful maidens and musical names as I recounted some of my colonial ex ploits how I had treated strange accidents, out of the way diseases, ghastly gunshot wounds till our talk became purely professional and without cheerfulness of interest for the laity. I spent the next dav in looking up old friends and neighbors. I had brought money back with me not very much, it is true, but rumor had been kind enough to magnify the amount so every one was glad to see me. Mind, I don't say this cyn ically ; I only mean that, leaving the nuisance of appeals to the pocket, for old sake's sake, ont of the ques tion, all most feel greater pleasure at seeing a rolling stone come back fairly coated with moss than scraped bare. So all my old friends made much of me, and I wondered why the world in general should be ac cused of forgetfulness. While I was at one house, anoth er visitor entered, and I was intro duced to Miss Dorvaux. As I heard her name, the recollection of my grave brother's midnight sigh made me look at her intently ana curious ly more so, I fear, than politeness allowed. Now you must decide for yourself as to wnetner rieurewe ivorvaux was beautifuL When I say, candid ly, only one person in the world ad mires her more than I do, only one nerson is her more devoted slave than I am, I confess myself a par tial witness whose testimony carries light weight. But to my eyes that day Flearette appeared this. About twenty years of age ; scarcely mid dle height, but witn a dainty, round ed figure, brunette, with dark brown eyes, long, black lashes, waking those eves look darker such dark eyebrows and 6uch black hair 1 nose, mouth and chin as perteci as mey could be: such a bright, bonny, lively little woman I Not, I decided at first, the wife for a hard working, sober doctor like John Penn. Stay is the girl eo bright, so lively, after all? On her entry the bad greeted my friends with a gay laugh and merry words, emphasized with vivacious little French gestures, and for 'a few minutes she was all life and sunshine. She seemed in teres ted when she heard my name, and with easy grace began talking to me thoughtfully and sensibly. As she talked, something in her man ner told me that life was not all sweetness to her. At times her bright brown eyes looked even grave and serious, and toe smile, even on her linn as she SDoke. softened to a nensive smile. The first impression she made on me. the idea that she was only a brilliant little butterfly thing, left me, and I hastened to atone mentally for the wrong I had done her by thinking. I am for once mistaken; the girl lias plenty of sense, and, likely enough, will and Eurpoee in that pretty bead of here, owever grave or gay, wise or fool ish, I saw in Flearette Dorvaux a beautiful girl, and pictured woe for many a youth in Dalebury. ESTJ3LISHEr, 1837. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 9. 1S83. After John had seen the last of his patients that night, he joined me in the old room, and with a bottle of good wiue between us, I said : 1 saw your oeauwut miss uor vaux to-day." John started as he heard her name but made no reply; so I determined to learn all that was to be learned. It was a very easy task. Old John had never vet been able to keep secret from me--it may be he never meant to keep this. Anyway, in a short time I had tho whole history of his love. Flearette and her mother came to Dalesbury some twelve months- ago, and John, whose heart' had been proof against all local charms, had at once surrendered. Tnere was something in the girl ip different from all others. Her beauty, her gracefulness, even her jiretty little foreign ways, had taken him by storm; and, as far as I can judge from the symptoms he- described, his case was very soon as -desperate as that of a boy of twenty. It may be the very strength ot lUeconsUtu tion which had so long; defied love made the fever rage more hecely Yet, Revere as the attack was. the cure seemed easy enough. He had a comfortable home and 1 good in come to be shared ; so he set to work seriously to win Fleurette's love. All seemed going on as well as could be wished, the girl appeared Jiappy in his society, and, if she thowed . him no tangible marks of preference, pleased and flattered bjr Jus atten tions. 1 et at least, when he asked her to be his wife, she refused, him sweetly and sadly, is is true, but nevertheless firmly refused him. Now. although I. being four vears 7 O W " of younger, and. moreover, his brother, chose to laugh at John called him grave, sober and old you must un derstand this is all in jest and by way of good fellowship, and that John Penn was a man any girl should be proud of winning. He was no hero, or genius, or anything of that sort : but, then, most of us more among ordinary men and wo men, and only know heroes and her oines, and geniuses, as we know princes and dukes, by name. He was a clever, hard working doctor, with a good provincial practice. Modesty deters me from saying much about his personal appearance, as the world sees a strong Jikeness be tween us. I will only say he was tall and well built and carried in his face a certain look of power, which right minded women lika to see with men who seek their lovf. His age was something over thirty. Our fam ily was good and our name unsullied. Yv hat could have induced Rleurette Dorvaux to reject him ? Beautiful she might be, but tbe times are mer cenary, and beautiful girls don't win the love of a man. like "John, every dav in the week. . ' Although John told me all about it in a cynical sort of way, which sat upon him as badly as another man's coat might, but could not conceal from me how deeply wounded he was how disappointed and how intense had been his love for the girl. As he finished his recital I grasped his hand,- saying with the assurance of one who had seen much ife : "Hard work is the best antidote, and you seem to have plenty of that you will forget all about it in time, old fellow." "I don't think I shall. I feel like man who, having been, kept in twilight all his life, is shown the sun for an hour, and then again put back into twilight. He will forget the sun po more than I shall forget Fleur ette." , . : ...... ' "She seemed to me such a sweet girl," I said, doubtfully. - "bue is perfect," said John, lou have seen nothing of ber as yet. Wait until you can fathom the depths of thought and feeling under that bright exterior. Then you will say I was not wrong in loving her as I did as I do even now." "Has any one else won her? Was that the reason she refused you ?" "No one. She loves me, and me only." What do you mean?" I asked, greatly surprised. lnat evening when she told me firmly and decisively she would never many me never could marry me even when I said mad. cruel words to her, I saw love in her tear ful eyes. And when, forgetting all, I held her and kissed her once, and once only, I tfelt her lips linger on mine. 1 hen she broke away and fled ; but I know such a woman as Fleurette Dorvaux would not suffer a man s kiss unless she loved him. She wrote me a few lines the next day, telling me it could not be, beg ging me not to even ask her why. Since then she shuns me, and all is at an end, so please talk no more about it" Here was a nice complication ! Here was a knot to untie! John re fused by a girl who loved him ! I own I was glad to hear him assert hi belief in ber love, as somehow it pained me to think of Fleurette sporting with a man's heart Al though, as I told you, I determined she was not the right wife for John, I had soon recanted, and thought now bow she would light ud the old house, and how happy John would be with such a bright little woman to greet him when he returned of an evening weary and fagged. So I re solved to see all I could of Fleurette, to study her, and if I found her as good as John said, to use my skill in untying the knot and smoothing the strands of their uvea, l never doubt ed my ability to arrange the matter. I had always been an able diplomat- j ut Had I not, at New . Durham, brought Roaring Tom Mayne back to his faithful but deserted wife, and seen them commence life together again witii courage and content ment? Had I not made those two old friends and partners, wbo for some time had been prowling about with revolvers in their pockets, hop ing to get a snap shot at each other, shake hands, and, eventually left them working a new claim together ? Had I not stopped pretty Polly Smith from running away with that scamp Dick Long, who had two or three wives already somewhere up the country? In tact, so successful had I been in arranging other peo ple's affairs that it seemed to an ex perienced hand like myself an easy matter to place John and "Fleurette on-a proper footing. Dalebury is a very little town. Its enemies even call it a village ; but as we boast of a Mayor and a corpo ration, we can .afford to treat their sneers with contempt " Different people may hold different opinions as to whether life is pleasant in large cities or small towns : but at any rate, one advantage a small place like Dalebury offers is, that every body knows everything about every one else. You cannot hide a farthing rushlight under a ' bushel. So if anybody has anything to keep, se cret, don t let bun pitch his tent in Dalebury. With the universal knowledge of one's neighbors' affairs pervading the Dalebury atmosphere, it is not strange that the first person I chose to ask hastened to give me all the information respecting the Dorvaux that Dalebury had as yet been able to acquire. Mrs. Dorvaux was a widow ; not rich, but it was supposed, fairly well off ; she was a great invalid, and rarely or ever went out Appearing to dislike society, she received no one, and scarcely any one knew her. Those with whom she had been brought in contact stated she was a quiet, lady like woman, who spoke very little. It was not known from whence they had come probably France; but this "was only conjecture, and the absence of certainty rather dis tressed Dalebury. 1 hey kept only one servant an old woman, who had been with them many years, fleurette had made many friends, and it seemed few, if any, enemies, tehe did not go out much, being devoted to her invalid mother ; but every one was glad of her company when she chose to give it Altogether, Dalebury had noth ing to say against the new comers a fact speaking volumes in their fa vor. After this, as we were such near neighbors. I used frequently to en counter Fleurette, and would often join her and walk with her. Whether she knew that John s secret was mine I could not say, but she met my friendly advances halfway. The more I saw of her the more I won- dered how I could have thought her so lively and gay. Whatever she might seem to others, there was, to me at least a vein 01 tbougbtlul sadness in the girl's character at times I even fancied it approached to deepondi ncv and I felt almost angry with ber, knowing that a turn of her finger would bring one of the best fellows in Lngland to her feet We met Old John once or twice as we were walking together. Fleurette cast down her long lashes and sim ply bowed, Hjf course you know my brother well r I said. I have often met him,' answered Fleurette, calmly.- 'And you like him, I hope?' 'I like Dr. Penn very much,' she replied, simply. He is the best fellow end the best j brother in the world,' I said ; and then I told Fleurette what we had j been to each other as boys ; how he had been as careful of me as the mother who was dead might have been how we loved each other now and as I spoke I saw a blush on her clear brown cheek, and although she iaid nothing, her eves when they next 'met mine were wistful and kind. I shall soon make it all right, I thought, as I noted her look, and re solved to argue the matter on the first fitting occasion. There is a little river a tributary to a large one running through Dalebury. Being too shallow for navigation, it is not of much use ex cept as a water supply and for ang ling. Still, one who knows it can get a boat with a light draught a long way up. One afternoon, thinking a little exercise would do roe good, I pro cured such a boat and started to row up as far as I could, and drift leisurely back with tke current For some distance on one side of the stream are rich fertile meadows ; and the path along the bank, through these meadows, is a favorite waU of the Dalebury folk. As I paddled my boat up the stream, guiding its Course by the old landmarks, which came fresh to my memory as though I were a boy yet, and startling the water rats, descendants of those among whom John and I made such havoc years ago, I saw in front 01 me on the river bank the dainty lit tle figure of Fleurette. As I looked at her over my should r, 1 could see she was walking slowly, with her head bent down, as one in thought Thinking of John and her own folly, perhaps, I said. o preoccupied was she, that the sound of my oars did not attract her attention until I was close to her. Then, seeing who it was, she waited while 1 rowed to the bank on which she stood. 'Good afternoon, Miss Dorvaux,' I said ; If you will step into my boat I will row you as far as the shallows will let me, and then back home.' Fleurette hesitated. 'Thank you, Mr. Penn, I think I prefer strolling along the river bank. 'Ia that case I shall tie my boat to this willow stump, and, with your permission, walk with you. But you had far better come with me; the boat is quite safe, and 1 have not forgotten my cunning.' '1 am not afraid of that,' said the girl, stepping lightly into the stent of the boat; while 1 thought, here is the chance to reason and expos tulate, and doubted little that my arguments wauld let me bring Fleu rette back ready to accept her fate. Well, pride goeth before a fall ! Yet for awhile I said nothing to my companion. I did not even look at her. Poor little Fleurette ! I saw, .1 a . as soon as we met, wai tears were on those dark lashes. Tbe smile on her lip belied them, but the tears were there, nevertheless. So I wait ed for them to disappear before I talked to her, although I half sus pected my words might bring others to replace the vanishing drops. Presently Fleurette cried, in a voice of pleasure, "There are some water lillies ! can we get them F With some trouble I got the boat near them, and Fleurette gathered eralc three or four. As she sat opening the white cups and spreading out the starry blooms, I said, 'Why are you always so sad. Miss Dorvaux?' 'Am I sad ? Very few people in Dalebury gave me credit for that, I fancy.' 'Mv eves look deeper down than the Dalebury eyes. To me you are always sad. Why is it ? You have youth, beauty, and, if you wished it, love. Why is it?' Fleurette turned her eyes to mine. Do you think these pale lilies have any hidden troubles, Mr. Penu ?' 'None, I should say. They toil not. neither do they spin, you know.' 'The people who toil and spin are not the only people who are unhap py in the world,' said Fleurette, softly. , Nor are the water-lilies the only flowers who shut up their hearts, and only open them after great per suasion.' , She placed one of the white stars in her dark hair and said : 'We are getting quite poetical this afternoon. Was that a kingfisher flew by ?' Of course, it was no more a king fisher than it was an ostrich ; and as rleurette was now my prisoner in mid-stream, I was not going to let her escape or evade my ques tions for any bird that flew. I steadied the boat with an occa sional dip of the oars, and, looking her full in the face, asked: 'rleu rette, why do you treat John so strangely ?' Her eyes dropped. 'I scarcely understand you,' she said. 'You understand fully. Why did you refuse to marry him?' 'I might plead a woman's privi lege. If we cannot choose, we can at least decline to be the choice of any particular man.' 'You might plead if you did not love him ; but you will not plead it, Fleurette. It is because I know you love him I apk you for an answer to my question.' Her tingtrs toyed nervoujly with her lilies, but she said nothing. 'If I thought you did not care lor him if you can tell me so my question is answered, and I am sat isfied. Answer me, Fleurette.' She raised her head, and I saw her brave brown eyes shining thro' her tears. 'The proudest dav in my life was when John Penn asked me to be his wife the happiest day would be the day I married him, and that will be never.' 'Never never never. Unless ' Here the girl gave a sort of shudder and covered her eyes with her hands. 'Tell , me what obstacle there can be,' I said, gently. 'I cannot -1 will not If 1 could not tell John, why should I tell von?' 'Your -mother is- tv great invalid, is she not ?' I asked, after a pause. i ea. replied r leurette. 'Is it possible you fear John would wish you to leave her? Is that the reason, Fleurette V 'I will tell you nothing, she said, firmlv. 'Put me ashore, please.' 'Very well, Miss Fleurette,' I said. resting on my oars, "lhen I give you fare warning I shall never cease until I find out everything. The girl s face flushed with anger. 'What right have you, she cried, 'to attempt to pry into my pnvate life? I hate you ! rut me ashore at once. rleurette not only had a will but a temper of her own. I will not, I said, nintil you give me some message X can take to John some word that will let him live on hope, at least' 'Will vou put me ashore? said Fleurette, stamping her foot My only answer was a stroke of the oars which sent the boat some yards j further up the stream. j 'Then I shall go myself,' said Fleurette; and before could com prehend her meaning she simply slipped overboard, and in a couple of seconds was standing on the riv er bank, with the water dripping from her petticoats. She darted across the meadow without even looking back, and left me'feeling su premely ndiculous. Ihe nver was scarcely knee-deep at this point, so she ran no risk of drowning, and only suffered the inconvenience of wet shoes and skirts ; but i could not divest myself of the idea that had their been six feet of water there, the beautiful little vixen would have gone overboard just the same. had been completely out witted by a girl of twentv, but then no one could imagine that a young lady of the present day, attired in an elegant WiiKing-oress, wouiu jump out of a boat to avoid his so ciety, however angry sne migm oe. Yet felt very foolish as drifted back to Dalebury, and doubted whether had done John's cause any good. 'After all,' J said, 'perhaps my boasted tact and diplomacy only pass muster in the free-and-easy community of New Durham, and shall be a failure in tnziancL J had better take the first steamer and go back again.' met Fleurette in the road the next morning. Her features wore a demure smile. 'You treated roe shamefully,' said. 'am the one to complain, think. The idea of attempting to keep me against my will ! My boots were spoiled ; was made most uncom fortable, and had to explain my draggled appearance as best could.' 'But fancy my horror when you stepped out of the boat ; and picture what a fool have felt ever since. Nevertheless, forgive you,' 7 said, magnanimously. 'And forgive you,' said Fleurette, with deep meaning in her voice. So we shook hands, and renewed our compact of .friendship. had now been at Dalebury near ly a month, and purposed, while had time to spare, to make a little trip to the continent intended to stay there two months, then return and commence work. A few days before left Dalebury, heard that some one was ill at the bouse at the corner; and with tbe remem brance of Fleurette's wet shoes and stockings before me, I was very un easy. However, we soon ascertained that Mrs. Dorvaux was the sufferer, and that Dr. Bush, from the other WHOLE NO. 1661. end of the town, had been called in. I know this was very annoying to John, as Dr. Bush and he were not the best of friends. In his profess ional capacity he would, I believe, have attended" Fleurette herself with out show of emotion, so why not Fleurette's mother? Nothing, of course, could be said, as we live in a free country, and people may em ploy what Dr. they choose. Evidently Mrs. Dorvaux's illness was not of long duration, for I soon saw Fleurette about again. She looked pale and worn, probably from watching and nursing her mother. My holiday at Dalebury had now run down to its last dregs, so when we met it was to say goodbye. 'Can it never be, Fleurette?' I whispered, as our hands met before parting. . 'Never,' she replied 'never. Good bye good-bye." Poor old John ! poor littla Fleu rette I What mystery was it that staved the happiness of these two ? I returned home from my travels, tired of idleness. Having he ml of an opening that promised well, I ran down to Dalebury to consult my brother. John and I were very bad correspondents, so I had no news of the little town since I sojourned there. . As I passed the house at the corner I saw it was void. 'They left,' said John, as I eagerly asked the reason. 'Left 1 Where have they gone to !" 'No one knows,' said John, sadly, 'Shortly after you went abroad com mon rumor said they were thinking of quitting: and last mouth they did go. 'Did Bhe leave no word no mes sage for you ?" 'Only this,' replied John, open ing a drawer in front of him, where he kept a yarity of cheer ful looking instruments. 'I found this one morning on the seat of my carriage. I suppose she threw it in.' A single flower, the stem passed through a piece of paper with the word ' adieu ' penciled on it Sorry as I was to hear the news, I could scarcely help smiling as Joha replaced the flower in the drawer. It seemed almost pathos, that little rose, tossed into a doctor's carriage, and now lying among old lancets, forceps, and other surgical instru ments. The weeks, the months, even the years passed by, and we heard noth ing of Fleurette. The flower, doubt less btill lying in the drawer, was all that was left of old John's little ro mance. CHAPTER H. Three years still went by. I was still in England.. I had purchased a share in a London practice, and al though I found much drudgery in my work, it was a paying practice and which-vould eventually be en tirely mine, as ray partner, who was growing old and rich, talked of retiring. Once or twice in every year I had been down to Dalebury. All was the same there. John was still un married, and if he said nothing about her, I knew he had not for gotten the dainty little girl who had rejected his love. Yet not a word had Fleurette sent him. She might be dead or married, for all he knew. I often used to wonder whether I should ever meet her again wheth er I should ever learn ber secret trouble, for I felt Fleurette's sadness was not so much from having to give up the hope of being John's wife as from the cause that compelled her to take that step. I could only hope, and say a word now and then to encourage John to have hope also. One day while snatching a hasty lunch I was informed that I was wanted at once. I found a re spectable servant in waiting for me. Please to come to my mistress at once, sir,' she said. ' She is taken very ill, all of a sudden.' 'Where does she live?' I asked. The servant named a street within a short distance, and in a few minutes I was at the house. It was in that description of streets we term respectable dull, quiet and respectable small houses on each side letting at low rents rents, most likely, decreasing as an old tenant left and a new tenant came in ; the sort of place where tbe falling gen tleman and the rising clerk or work man meet in their downward or up ward course. On our way I asked the servant what had happened to her mistress. ' I found her sitting in her chair, sir, looking so wild and talking such gibberish, that I came br you as fast as I could.' She led the way to a sitting room. 'Mistress was in there when I left; will you please go inside, sir : j I went in, but no mistress was vis ible; I saw, with a quick glance, that the room was prettily furnish ed many little feminine knick knacks lying about Hanging to an easel near the window were two dead birds, a goldfinch and a bullfinch, snl on the taiel stood a Cnina plate painted with a faithful representa tion of tbe models. ' Decayed gen tlefolks,' I said to myself; but the servant's voice, calling me from above, prt an end to all further speculations. There was evident alarm in the girl's voice; so I hastened up stairs and just inside the door of a bedroom saw a woman lying on the floor, either dead or in sensible. With the servant's assistance I lifted ber up and placed her on the bed ; then proceeded to ascertain what was the matter, It needed, alas, very little professional skill to determine the primary cause of her illness. I had before me one of those sad cases, unfortunately becoming more and more common, of drunk enness in one whose education and station in life should have raised ber far above such a vice. There was no doubt about it Even if the odor of the woman's breath had not told me the' truth, I had seen too many drunken women in my time to be deceived. Little could be done to relieve ber then ; and, after assur ing the frightened servant that there was no danger, I placed her com fortably on the bed and gave the girl instructions to loosen her clothes. As she did so, I looked with pity and some curiosity on the unhappy woman. The was a lady, evidently, as far as the common sense of the word reaches, delicately nurtured and well dressed. Her features were pleasing, regular and refined, and in spite of all she lay here a victim to the same vice that urges the brutal collier to pound bis wife to death and causes the starving charwoman to ovetlie her wretched baby. I did no: hk to expose her weak ness to her own servant.so nromi-ed ; fo send round soma medicine and to look in again in the evening. . As I stood with the door half open, turning to give the girl some last in structions, a girl passed by me hasti ly, not even seeming aware of my presence. Before 1 had time to speak or even to look at her, she had thrown herself on her knees beside the bed and was weeping bitterly over the unfortunate woman. Her face as she knelt was hidden from me, but I could see her hair was black, and something in the turn of her graceful figure struck me as be ing familiar. ' Oh, my poor mamma f my poor mamma !' she sobbed out ' What shall I do? again, again! Oh, my poor mamma 1' I drew near and said : ' You need not be alarmed at your mother's illness ; she will soon recover.' The girl rose on bearing ray voice. She turned round quickly and look ed at me. Lo and behold, she was our long-lost Fleurrtte I Fleurette and. as I could see even through her sorrow, as beautiful as ever I I advanced with outstretched hands ; but the girl drew herself up and waved me aside with the digni iy of a diminutive Empress. And so, as you threatened, you have intruded upon my privacy. Go I will never speak to you again. "Miss Dorvaux, I answered, al most as angry as herself, "your ser vant will tell you how I happen to be here, and you will see it is from no wish to intrude. I am going now, but shall retarn to see my patient this evening, when I hope, for the sake of old days, you will give me a tew minutes conversation. Then, as Fleurette returned weep ing to he mother, I departed, revolv ing many things in my mind, as the writers say. I had found Flerette at last Act ually living within a stone's throw of my door! Perhaps she had lived there even since she left Dalebury. Now having found her- what was I to do with her I guess that I had also fathomed her mystery. You see it was only a commonplace, vul gar little mystery after all a moth. er s drunkenness the sum-total of it Ye when I thought the girl giving up her love and bright prospects for the sake of keeping her erring moth er's vice a secret, most likely never complaining of the sacrifice, wearing to the outer world a bright face that hid from nearly every one the sorrow of her heart it seemed to me that our little Fleurette was something very near a heroine after all My first idea was to telegraph to John and tell him where to find her, but upon consideration I thought it better to wait until after our inter view in the evening. I found Fleurette alone. She was very pale, very sad, very subdued very different, indeed, to the angry young woman who had walked in the river three vears ago, or the un just tyrant who had ordered me from her . presence that afternoon. My first inquiry was after her mother. Poor Fleurette colored as she told me that lady was how almost conva lescent, and she did not think I need trouble to see her again. Then she held out her hand, and as I took it said : "Please forgive me for my unjust word" to-day ; .but I was so vexed I scarcely knew what I said." "We are always forgiving each other, Fleurette. Brothers unto sev enty times seven why not sisters also?" Fleurette smiled sadly and hope lessly. "Tell me, Fleurette, I said, gent ly, as I sat down beside her, "was this the cause?" She nodded her pretty head. "Tell me all about it How long has it been going on ? I can be secret as you." And then Fleurette told me. I will not give her words. They were too loving, too lenient, and even framing affectionate excuses. It was a pit eous little tale, even as she told it a tale of hope growing stronger every day, till in one hour it was crushed as a flower is crushed under foot Then came penitence, contrition, shame, and the ever-recurring vows of amendment And with them hope sprang and bloomed for a while only to be cut down as ruth lessly as before. And so on for years, ever the same weary round, and although she told roe not ever the same loving care, the same jeal ous resolve to shield her mother's sins from the vulgar gaze. It was a hard burden for a girl to bear. For this she gave up the hope of being John's wife. She would not leavw her mother to perish, and would not injure John, as she shrewdly feared might be the case if she subjected him to the scandal ot having a mother-in-law of Mrs. Dorvaux a disposi tion living with him, and knowing as I know the delicate susceptibili ties of patients in a place like Dale bury, in my heart I thought that rleurette was nght "And whv did you leave Dalebu ry ?" I asked when she had finished her recitaL "Mamma was ill there : so ill I was frightened, and obliged to send for a doctor, and I feared people might learn the cause." So that was why Dy. Bush had been called in in stead of John. "Then we came to London," shs continued. "London is so large, I thought we might hide ourselves here." "How often do these these at tacks show themselver?" I asked. "Sometimes not for months- some times twice a month. O, do you think she can ever be cured ? She has been so good, so good for such a long time ! If I had not gone out to-day .this might never have happen ed. Our poor old servant died some months ago, and I could not trust the new one. or she might have pre vented it Do you think she can be cured ?" I shook my head. I knew too wall that when a woman of Mrs. Dor vaux's age has these periodical irre sistable cravings after stimulants the case is well nigh hopeless. Mission aries, clergymen, and philanthropists tell us pleasing and comforting tales ofjmarvelous reformations, but med ical men know the sad truth. I was so indignant at tbe sacri fice of a young girl's life that bad I snoken my true thoughts I should have said, "Leave the brandy bottle always fall, always near at hand, so that' WelL I won't be too hard on Fleurette's mother. She must (Qmdvdtd sm. Fourth Pag.') I; i! 1 1 (I I'"'
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