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Pa. u- H K'iNT- J. ti. Ot.LF- I-iK(M'Z a- ooi.e, ATT. 'KX K YS-AT LA W, .-he .'. ati.iui.Hi to lruhia cn- ,"u'".-. "li-v ' '"'" "" ! I ..u:t ll'-ce'- 1 r VI 1-'NT1NK HAY, " AH-. -KX KY-AT-LA W, SaiM-RiH, Pa. in U-'l KMi.te. Will attend to aH t.u-u. . ..iru-t.-a lo t.iscurcw,ih prou.pt-li.-w. mid nil. -illy. J hi iv n. nil-, A IT.' KX KY-AT-LA V, Siiiitrwl, will i.nmil'tU- ""end t.' all l.uin.-ss cn tnM.ill" I..'-.. M.H.. V dv;.i..i-d on collec-I,..n-. A,'. 'lliv i" Mi.llllll.Sh ttlta-K. TdUN . KIMMIX, J ATToKN KY-AT-LA W. tiomcrset, Ia. Wi'.l att.nd toall tu-iiw rntnist.J lii r, ii. .ii.. rs.-l and lj.ii: chiiiii.. Willi ,."r ,,i ,-a n.l n,l. liiy. ..ili.-e..n Maiu.n. mw. al,v, . '..rtr..lliV in-rr M.MV. JAMF L. l'l'H, ATT'KXKY-AT-LAW, HiiiM-rs.t, la- iirti.viii Maiiiiii.nh l!l.-k, up ci:iirs. Kn-lr..i,.- .. M..MI . Miv.1. f.Hl.vlluti .-int. ttl.il. lill.T.eiiiili.it.i.iut "II I.tt.I i.u-ni.- alt.-n.l.il l HI ix'in'l-w ai-.l liil.-iiiy. A. J. !. UtX I '- O'LIf'KX". CtoLliilKN A Ol.liOltN', Ari"KXI-.VS.AT-lVW, S.mimtx-1, Pa. n huiiuoo itnit-d to ir oatv will I i.r.iiii.tlv Hii.t fc.iU.liiUy att.'ii.l.il l. Ill.i Ilh. mail.- m iKHii.-r-t. Ii.il I. wd mid ad)..iii n.t ciMinti.-s. iur.yiii; and .iuv.yaii.uif U-u...ti r.six.iii.l-1." I. ni. nl HAKK. . All.UXKY-AT-IW, Sc.ni.ix-t, Ia Will i-ni.ti.i- in S..m.T-t and i-ilj-uiillie r.ui.ii.i. All i.umii.-h .iitru-l.-d to liitu will r.i'ii- inui.'t uit.-iili.Hi. A. II. roKKK.iTU. W. 11. KI PPKU iofki:th & urri'KU Vj ATI. 'KX KYS-AI-I.A W, (ioiiK-rxt, Pa. All l.i!sin.--iimiKt.il to tlu-ir nirv will Iw H-.h:v an.l .iiii.-iuuliy atu-tid.il t- "tli.i ..i M.iiu r- fctlM-t, 111U- .l;.lillli.tll 1.-..IL. J. V. ('AIM ITIIKIJS, M. I-, 1'IlYsli'lAX nusI'K..I-XX, SiMii.-rxr-t, Pa. im.iMi l'iitri.H stni-t, iHwr K. K. Ntuli.Mi. lit .-alUui ..Iti.v. D! K F. SIIAFFEIC I'UVICIAN ANUht'IUlKoN, NHIHTilt, V. T- ii'l.! hi" iinrfiitMinl n-T irti to Hit citi i. ti- 4 uu-r-i and viriiuty. irtu- lixl dcf ttintiK n iul Hirtt'L J. M. LOl'THKIl, 1J PHYMflAX AXiiM'KCEtlX, I'lt viMi Main str.i-t, n-aruf I'rugHlipr. ) It. II. S. KIMMKLI t i, t tiit il ami M-uiity. I " t ni fc. i m jla.ii of lHaUHrilti. 1) IL J. . Mt MILLKN. ttratJuan in iH-iiiis-try.) tin tfMi-uii ittu-iittn to tlie nMrvatiim tf Uh iulur.il Uittk. Artin-iul ! iiii-nti. All -niiiim krOiiP.inttt-l H!U!fci-tr'. 'ftie tti i in riu. tivi-r L. H A 4V' more, rriitT Maiu t n auti lutrio4 lfvt4. Oils! Oils! O Til- A i b in I U. -ft nine ' Iittrg I !: rt utia, l i'1-.t.urt; I 'a.. iii:tkfu (K-4-ialty f ituititiUi-iuriiiif lor tin IhiiM1c tijj Km- liu-M br.iiitis C lluminsting Sl Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, Tui t-atii U uiadf frum rftroluiu. We dial-l-iijr t-ouiiihoii ith:vtry kuowu Product of Petroleum If .-u i-li tlir ukii uiiiturmly Satisfactory Oils IX THE A.merican INTarket, Ak l,r uurs. Tradi- f.H- s.inrn-t and vicini ty ui-iliii by omiK 4 1IKK1UTS and KKi:AK A K.alsiKl KHnrrv1, Pa. ARTISTIC JOS PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY JI. BEXSUOFF, MAKUFACTUHIflG STATIOHER AMI BLANK BOOK MAKER. IIAN'XAM ulock, Johnstown. Pa. A. H. HUSTON. Undertaker and Embalmer. A G OOI3 HEAUSE J evrfju-iutf pi-rtaininj to funeral, furo- IIM1L 1 lie VOL. XLIII. XO. THE First National 1M Somerset, Penn'a. o Capital, 850,000. Surplus, 316,000. 0CPO.IT. nCCCIVCDIN LAttCC no. HALL AMOUNT., PAT ABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OP MIRCMAKT.. FAR ME a. TOCR DEALERS, AND OTHER. .OtICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. W)AKI OF I)IHKtTOli.S. LaKI'K M. HICKS, C.KO. IL St l l-L JAM KS U Pl .iH, W. IL WILLKK. J.iHX 1L StUT, ldiHT. S. N'l LI, FKE1 W. BlESKfKEH. EHWAKD TU, : : PKIIIKXT. VALKXTIXE HAY, : Vh'K PKESIl'ENT. HAUVEY M. UEHKLKY, : CASIIIEIL Tw funds and wcnritl. of lliit bunk an- mp- run ly .rti-til in a c.-l-lratil t utu Bi u- liUK 1'k.mif Kai l Tlie only xl- i.uide abio-lut-ly burglar-iiruor. ft Scmsrset Connty National OF SOMERSET, PA. -XT. EitabiUhtd, 1877. Orn Nttloatl, 1890. CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS 10,UUU. O. Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Tres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: SAM l EI. SN YHKIU JtiSIAH SPEi'HT. JtiHX II. SXYl'EIt, WM. EXl-sI.EY. JfiNAS M. t MK, JitllX ST IK FT, NOAH S. MILLKIL J.kSEPH IS. DAVIS. HAKKIS.IX SXYI'EIL J Eiti )M E STl" FFT, HAM. 11. HAKIUSt.X. . - . ..r , i. 1 w 1 1 ' L' mri r..-i tlw t.KW t lil-n.l tr.tmettt.iMiiu-nt iiliif. lt-iikiiiit. ran l- a-nHiiiuialattil by draft for any aiii..iiiit. M..iu- and valti:iM.- -.-ttr-a oy hh- m ..h Udii'. ci I. I.rat.-d s;J.-, with iii.il iniprovc-d Hum- Ick. . ..ii.i-iii.iis iiucdc ill ail lurtF of the- L mtc-d StMtc-. ."luinrii iiichifP.il.-. A.MHllilj- and d. -ll "oltc-iu-a. FIIElin Till! A3D MIST (L 2 & 1: Fourth Ave, PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - Undivided Profits 1250,000. Arts as Kxit-ut.ir, (.uar.lian, As.-.iiriuH' an.l Itoivivi-r. Wills rovivnl for niul hM fr.v of clmrjro. Hur.iii.-ss of nwi.U-n.s aiul iion-rt-sicU-nts cart-fully atu-tiikil t. JOHN 15. JACKSON, - Pr.-si.Knt. JAMKS J. IMJXXF.I.U V. I'n-si.Wnt. FKAXKI.IN 1JIMAVX, - Stt-n-tary. JAS. C. CHAPLIX, - Trtosun r. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. MV ar- now ri-ady with our m-w and liirv in- voi.-.- of Fiiw l"oiif.i-tioii. ry t;.HK iuliir brun.lKof Biwuits and I'ak.-s. Fancy ..1 M"all lyl.-siid .-x.-rj'hi'iB ! I" ru.iiiine to a UiM-flnsfj Ihium. t till or!.-i promptly, and to tni-ily rc-si-l.-jit fciii.lli.-a to any -U-ut. (i.KKUaia fnili, and lwayoff.-r-rd at lowest flKuni. t all and mi-on.-of the flm-st assorlUH-nts .--.-r c3crri.il. JDBDAK & HINCHSAK. "TO 272 Muiii Stroi-t, Johnstown. Pa. A Quick Bluer for .very Ttrc or HEADACHE. Four Cardinal Poikt. Respectimq Headache. Newr fcnret thjvt all C tty headirhe a hcalacta are ok- : prayer o the craa t.awllr arrvoul. Brquret- iJ arrves lrr r.T t lle aerra jroa Uof . Sooth ihcm lth kurf. tlx keadacac auxa. Should yomt aeadica. , ij a children mflrr aerroa.. ttak. pe- mith aejdchr. or noc&c. dytprpoc. or be ! any oae ele tor that canted by worry, aaii- piatte-. ax K"r Alise, etT, e.ceaaes of any kind . the bc-vt rrmcdr ever ol or' brua vcanoes. j Irred. Sale. ore. mat. klorpauaa. j derltdly tiUK'k in auoav Korrauaa cure, tnry type of headache, espec ially that dtttreum,!. painful type prcai.a. to lad.e toifrnng h-oa. trrreuiamy oc utenne tm tauoa, or vlunt duties recjutre the a. to ataad lor loaf perwoa. KOPFAUNE CURES mmwii a-oc imw o.tucrr, ,ima hium.1. ..kbm.. paoaiaara. ni.arTA avoaav. D...ar.va Anatan, r.kMTarrMa. w. ewwuta. aaao04ac n aacaaaaa. aa. aca. ainaeata aadcoad-uoa a bcre acne waste (oes oav. KOPFAUNE k iaTalasbl tor Teacher.. Schotara, Preachers, Sxadrnta. Merchaati. Ldrtora. Mea. U otaea aadt'hridru tryb.-dy whoa, aenrca ar at all hkety tc rrt oat ot oroVr. It at abvautelT mat- aadrr alt ctrcaanfaacea aaw coadmoaa. Price, , ceata. Sold by dravr r,eaei". or Kaal as aay ad. aWxtt ea receipt ol prure BANK WINK ELM ANN BROWN DRUG CO. DAITIMORE, Ua, C 8. A. 7. ilr. A. J. Vai-fnjtort Impure Blood Caused large BoiU m any face, aaxl acorh. I was told to tac Hood, SarsanarilU tailMui. Mood -at XByfvXvtIvi Sarsa- WWV parilla lj. Aud aitrr usiti( 3 bottlrt was life from c ures alleruittlnn.- 1 aumr. fectly cured and In ex- eellent health. A. J. Iiavenfokt. Ml! ton, X. J. Hood. Pills at purely Topeuble and d. Svt purKe, pain or crip-- Try A box. Xio. i LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS. Tlie warm sh-11 will siijri-st tliis t-otiifoitalilt un.l morv titan evt-r -.lnIar yntnii.-nt. We have all kiu.is in the Star Make, The la-st liia.lc, with Putr IMaiied an.l SIIIKLI) FUOXTS, tuni (lown ami standing e.i!l:ir;, in ma terials stich as rKHCALIX, MADH.VS, ZEPHYR AXI) oxFoni) currn. All sizes, 32 ui t 4i Prompt Htt.Mitiou will la-tflven to Mail Orders. H0RNE & WARD, 41 FIFTH AVEXLH STOCK OF : : : Offered Cheap to Close out AT JAMES 8, HOIDHUU'S Clothing & General Store. rart of the Stock will be boM at half price Now 13 your chance to pet footwear VERY CHEAP. Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now lreimn-l to supply the puhlif with Cl.a ks, Watches, ttntl Jew elry of all deseriptions, as Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAlitlXG A SPECIALTY. All work puaraliteetl. Iook at my stock U-fore making y.mr purehases. J. D. SWANK. m ART AMATEUR. Best and Largest Practical Art Magazine. (The only Art Period i.-al awarded A Medal at the World', Fair. I ImmlmtlbU to o5 -- lu aa-lfa (AV f 'riao it mt rAn . rt.atuirtau-auMB.aa (a. aaacr tar ir acMav m a. y aend to aay one J C. cation a apei-i I 1 rb eolia- plate. Ill r. and it aupple JL V I U It I UC. we will tend to aay memiotnt-c no. puutieauon hh-d couy. with mprro 1 Car cvm.v mr o- iraoiinc-. meiiury paea 01 designs (refUlar price I."). Or CAD OCa we will lend aim "Paintioa rUn Z jC. for Bejiooer," (at) fga). MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Union Square, New York. YOU CAN FIND a Ala ta iTr-r-ar...H at la. A.rrt.Bc rUiiaaaal w EE1HKGT01T BEOS. M will aaairaol aar aoruaia at luaant rata. n Paw. Benatdy tor Vat, laalrat to Ca. Bald hy Invtrrtau SHOES and BOOTS Catarrh hthl fl and Cheapest. I er tlt"rir r.i j IVs. E. T. BaataUM, warren, fa, t-A Somerset SOMERSET, PA., "NVEDXE SD A Y, TEE GOLDEX SIDE. BV tHAKLRi MACKET. Th.rv 1. nuny a n-at in the ro;id of life If we would only sloop to Ink.' II; And luuity a tone from the ltt r land If the U.-rulmis h'-urt wcHild make it. To the sou! tluit is full of hope. And wlt.r. - tx-.tutiful trut u.-'er fc.ll. th. The rn.. Utnin and tl.e Itowrrs an- tiriirht. Th.Ht;h the winter's Mono )n vuil. tlc Bett.T bo, HhhikIi the clouds h:ins low And to k.i-p the eyes still llft.il; For Ihe sweet blue sky will soon hii throtipli. When the ominous clouds arc rifled. There wa never a niu'lit without a day, t'ran ev.-nlnt; witiiout a iiiornin Antl thecLirkest hour, us tlie pn.v.-rli eik-s. Is the In u r la-fore the .hiwuiu-f. Then- Is many a it.tii in tlie pcith of life. Which we ctw inour idi- pleiisure. That is ricla-r fur tlum the jeweled crown r IIm miser's hoarded treasury It nuiy Im- the hive of a Utile child. Or a mother's prayer to heav.-n. Or only a In-jjr.ir's gntteful thanks Fcr a cup of water -fiven. Better t a-eave in the weh .sf life A hriftht and gold.-n tilliui;, Auti do tiod's will with a chey-rful heart. And hands that an- ready and wlllitiK. Tlian to snap tlie delicate-, minute thread t'f our curious lives asunder. And then hiame heaven firrtuiiKhil ends. And sit and cri. veand wonder. ELSBETHiS HOLIDAY. "Xo eseaix? this time," saiil ltl 15ar- on lXretilurr, glaring somewhat sav agely at an open letter in his haiuL It was a letter from an old H-liool fellow, now the representative of poveriiineiit ill a distant province of Austria, and in it the 1-anin was warmly appealed to on la-half of that school fellow's son. At first sight there was nothing very apiulling alsuit this fact, ami yet this was the moment which the widowed father of three daughters had la-en dreading for years. Tlie men who make successful chap erons are extremely few ami far U tweeti. A male duenna is either over scrupulous or ovc rlight in the fulfill ment of his duties. Thelwron U-long-e.1 to the former order lo the extent of making life a liiir.leit to himself jH-rpct-ually and not infrequently to otlu-rs also. Young girls were treated hy him as a dangerous explosive, within a utile of which no match should la- struck for fearof a catastrophe, and so faith ful was he to his theory that his friends frei-uciilly felt it their duty to reason with him. "ISut IhireiiUirg, how do you eXH-et ever to get rid of your (laughters If you keep them si i irt. up U hiud gratings'"' "Uless the man, he's surely not going to have three old maids help him into his grave?" Such and such like re marks Hew past his ear, but left him unmoved. A male ehaja-roii is so far etisier to satL-fy than a female one that the latter has no jt-aee until hcrcliarge has made a brilliant marriage, whereas the former is conte nt if she has not made a disgraceful one. Yhen on this SepteinU-r morning llaron I) irenburg had done glaring at his old comrade's letter, he reached the same conclusion he had la-gun with, "Xot-M-ape this timer After which he promptly sent for Miss Wilkin. Miss YVilkins wits his youngest daugh ter's governess, for the baron still had a daughter ill the s-liN.lrooiii, and she was likewise the English instructress of the elder baroness. It had cost a hard fight la-fore she had la-ell secured, and n-av with her. lleiugpust Island bald and gouty, the Itaroil had fiadish ly stiHsed that he would lie unmolest ed by the fair sex. Various had lieell the frauleins and mademoiselles who had intssed in processions through the houseof D-ireuburg, each oneof whom would have lit-n ready to overlook Isith the bald head and the crippled joints for the sake of sharing with him the erowu of seven points. Miss Wilk ins was not only the oldest and plain est governess he had Irecn able to un earth for love or money, but had some thing distinctly puritanical altnit her in-rson, reassuring to any one with so shaky an opinion of female human na ture as had this particular liaron. "Miss Wilkins," said liaron I)oren Irtirg, addressing the gaunt, middle aged English woman as she entered. "I have hail some very unpleasant news. My old friend, Count Kestler, writes to me here, saying that his son Conrad had just returned from his American tour and is very anxious for some shooting. His own dtvr forests have not yet recovered from the disease which infected them two years ago; conseUently he apja-als to me. I sce no escaiie but to ask Conrad Kestler for 10 days. It is to consult with you as to the precautious to la-taken that I have retjucsted your presence here. In the first place" "I presume the young man is unmar rial? asked Miss Wilkins abruptly, and a spark of some .juite newly born interest seemed to illumine her usually ehilly gray eyes. "Of course, Conrad is unmarried," confirmed thelwron in some astonish ment. "And the Kestler's name hits a gtsxl sound, and the fortune is considerable." Miss Wilkins was warming to her sul jeet as she sp-.ike. "Oh, Haron iKiren burg, I do K-lieve tltat letter from your old friend is nothing tmt an interposi tion of Providence ! Why, don't you see as clearly as possible that this means a husttuntl for one of your daughters?" "Hold, there," said the liaron gruftly tl ashing dark red from vexation. "If ever I U-lieve tliat any woman t?ould ktvp her fingers out of the matchmak ing pie. I t.aik you to la? that woman, MLss Wilkins, but I do la-Iieve you're made of the same stuff as the others. Husliand, in.leed! Marriage! Count Kestler of Fohreiistein would long ago liave fallen a prey to sonieenterpnsinif Vienna mamma if matrimony had U-en in his line. I have not seen Conrad since he w as a boy, lut his fame as a mangeur tie eoeurs lias long sinee pene trated even these wtaallaiid retreats. I understand him to rank as the most sueeessful ladv-killer in Vienna tareie- ty. In fact, his one vocation in life seems to be to go alKtut turning heads and breaking hearts, and this is the mail who for 10 day. is tc dwell under the same roof with my girls. 1'iton my word, it's k-ttiug the wolf into the sheepfbld." "Very possibly the wolf isnot ESTABLISHED 1827. black as he Is painted," Miss Wilkins cautiously suggested. "He ts blacker, at any rate, far tlian he ought to be, and it will ret-uireboth your vigilance and mine to checkmate tin- empty-hi-ad.il loveniakiug with which he is sure to pass his time. I have lax-ii turning over the matter in my mind, and have come to the con clusion that during these 10 critical days you must be the constant compan ion of my two elder girls. It is the only Mssibility of averting the danger that threatens." "And ElsU-thr' "Let the child have a holiday. It will do her no harm to shut up her liM.ks and ru.i wild for 10 days." Miss Wilknns shook her head, but so entirely were the Uirou's thoughts tak en up with his elder girls that he never even noticed the disapproving gesture. Elsla-lh was a child, still safe in the school-room. The day when she baik t long skirts would la time enough to la-gin worrying ulsnit her. When at the end of half an hour's private consultation the gaunt English woman left the lron's preseinv, she was primed with warnings, and yet, for all that sooikstiiiatc are some fibers iu human nature the spark of match making enthusiasm was not utterly quenched in her eye. Silently, Istt not the less irrevocably, was the middle- aged English woman determined that this opiairtuiiity should not le lost. It was with an eye to the main object that she encouraged laith Anna and Helen to pass their wardrola-s in review and made various well meant but not overskillful attempts in the direction of refreshing up tumbled flounces and procuring a new lease of life for hats which had l-ortie the brunt of summer. During this week of preparation such things as turned riMxuis and half curl ed feathers la-longed to the common features of the ajiartinents, though the approach of thelmrron generally caus ed them to disappear. In their heart of hearts laith girls iutd set utsin those 10 prosiH-ctive days hies which as yet they had not acknowledged even to themselves. Even the domestic vir tues, of which laith Jsessed a fair share, could not blind them to the fact that it was rather hard to Ire aged, re- si-cctly 20 atnl 22, without ever having seen the inside of a Vienna drawing- ronm. Their own gentle resignation tilled them with wonder, but lteverthe-l.-ss did not prevent occasional medita tion being made on the possibility of a husliand dropping from the skies. ('.Mint Conrad Kestler's proposed visit stvined exactly to answer to that de scription of that event, and was there fore duly prejiare.! for. "Will he lie a big or a little man?" was the doubt which slunk in ami out of the souls of both liironcsses. The j first sight of the stranger would help greatly to clear the situation, for big niia could place no hopes on a scrap of a man, while the miniature Helene "would never have the courage to fall in love with a giant. And yet, w hen the day came ami the moment, and when from behind the window curtains two pairs of blue eyes pccied at the new ar rival, nothing like a definite conclu sion was to come to. Under an iden tical impulse Anna and Helene looked at each other anil laughed. Not a word was said, .but they underst.HMl each other perfectly. The glance exchang ed !i-t ween the two sisters said as much as, "I must have another l.aik at him la-fore I make up my mind, hut he is certain to do for one of us two." This was the conclusion which Miss Wilkins likewise had reached, though she would have greatly preferred if Count Kestler had not lat-n one of those men of umlescriliable heitrht whom it would U' Incorrect to dcscrila- as tall, and who yet are unquestionably not short. S long as the pnrsja-ctive huslruud was not distinctly assigned to one of her charges she could not feel as though the camiiaigil were opened. Rut the first evening j Kissed without W-trayiug to Miss Wilkins anything beyond the fact of Count Kestler la-ing a lady's man in the fullest sense of the worth When he was talking to Anna, the watchful English woman felt ready to stake her soul that he had succumb ed to that young lady's massive charms, and yet the moment he approached Helene he apx-ared to have eyes for nothing but her fairy-like grace. As for the ptair, over-eotiscieiitious lwiron, he sja-nt not only the evening, but most of the night, upon thorns, tossing aUmt from side to side and (Kissing in review la-fore his miuds's eye all the symptoms of lovesickness which he was convinced of having noted in troth his daughters. Had not An ua forgot ten to hand round the sugar, and Hel ene twice dropped her handkerchief in the eourseof the evening? The author of all these cruel anxie ties was meanwhile enjoying a perfect ly unbroken night's rest. Owing to a belated butterfly which came sailing iu hy the opon window, having slept through the proper butterfly season and being condemued to make the I rest of Si-ptember weather, Count Kesler's morning similiter came ton somewhat premature conclusion. Had it not Iteeii for this tartly butterfly much might have happened ditlerently. Whenever in future days his thoughts traveled back to the little yellow-winged creat ure, Conrad Kesler saw in it a direct in strument of fate, or, at any rate much more than an ordinary butterfly. At the moment, howtfver, it must lie admitted that the instrument of fate was not greeted by him with all the de light that would have been W-comiiig. Having opened his eyes to see what tickling his nose, hi litis first formed themselves to a mutter alattit which perhaps the less said the better and then to a yawn. Iu the very act of turning over for another snooze his eye was caught by the flash of light upon water, and he rose on his elbow to see the very first sunU-ant sliding from be twe-en two pine-clad mountain flanks and striking r.we-coltire.1 fire from the surface of a gtasl-sued lake. Unquestionably it was a pretty pros and yet it was not so much the procpeet itself as the meaning which it bore to him, that eaused Conrad Kest ler to relinquish his idea of another snooze. "I didn't know they had water here,' shot through his miu.L "That means wild ducks." AnI half an hour later the newly-ar I 4 r AUGUST 1, 1894. rived guest might lutve been olwerved sallying forth from the still sleeping house, with the intention of having a closer look at that sheet of water, which, seen from a distan.v, seemed to contain such delicious promise ofsiairt. This though had U-en themoL-rof his action, but on.v having reached the ojh-ii air he was iu danger of forgetting his object, so surpri-.il and pleased was he with what he saw on all sides ; not that the trees at Ihin-nlsirg wi re old dt-r or finer than those of his old home, or the flower beds la-tter kept, or the lawns U tter Un.l.il, but la-cause for years past he had not seen any of those things with the first veil of morning still Uautfiyiug them, for which rea son he appeared to la-discovering them over again. There was something dis tinctly soothing about this conscious ness of U-iug fhe only inemU-r awake of a household. Why, the chances were that not eveu the kitchen fire was yet lit, nor was either rake or spade Ireing piled anywhere within sight. Xo privacy could have lreeii more per fect, no promenade more ideally plain ned for the puqarse of a quiet medita tion. So irresistible, in fact, were the accessories that Conrad had scarcely reached the middle of the lime tree avenue, which led from the diairof the house, when he found himself drifting into a course of serious reflections. "My father had an object iu sending me here beyond that of shooting wild ducks." Thus ran the current of his thoughts. "I know he thinks it time for me to settle, ami nothing would please him U tt.-r than for me to marry oneofthe daughters of his old com rade. Hear old father ! I would please him if I could, hut nothing would ever make me content with either a giant or a pigmy. Ami it's a pity, ta," he continued, "for I like golden hair, ami Uith the big and the little face are very pleasantly pink and white, and I sup pose it is about time for me to I re get ting settled." When he had jiace.1 down another bit of the avenue, he stvined to rem.-ui-U-rthat his father had spoken aUmt three Dorciihurg girls. "And I have only seen two as yet," he reflected, "which means, I suppose, that the third is iu the nursery." St deep wits he in his meditations that when at the end of the avenue he stepiKsl (Hit on the very shore of the lake, he stiaal still in as much aston ishment as though this hud not U-en the object of his walk. At the same moment he Irccame aware that he was, after all, not tlx- only m.-mher of the household abroad. In a brat chained to a ale at the dge of the water there stood a girl with a straw hat shading her face mid her lr.u k turned to him, while she busied herself with the fast ening. Conrad's first impression was oneof annovan.-e at the interruption of his privacy. His second was the question, "Who can this be? Both the hair ami what he could see of the curve of the cheek seemed to Ire of the right color, and yet did not app-ar to him to U- either quite the big or quite the little ltorcnhurg girl. At this moment she straightened her self and turned round, evidently de spairing of the chain. Perhaps it was owing to his thoughts having U-en oc cupied with the question of feminine stature that Conrad was now aware of a distinct feeling of satisfaction, for there could U' no doubt about this a paratioii U-ing of tlie "right height," just as there could U- no doubt aUmt its U-ing the young.-st I) irenlmrggirl. "I.ct me helpyou with that chain," said Conrad, stepping forward, much relieved by the disi-overy that the young Uratwoman's skirts were not quite reg ulation length, which was enough with one blow to Uiuish etiquette front the stvne, "I fancy I know that sort of fastening. Rut first let me introdu.v niyself. I am " "I know you are quite as well as you know your.-s-lf," she briskly interrupt ed him. "Why, the house has U-en larsitively alive with your name since this time last week. I never thought I could get so tired of any person U-fore seeing him." "You don't say so ! I really was not preircd stammered Conrad, whose habit it was not to be easily taken aUi. k but who nevertheless felt rather at a loss for words wherewith toanswer this unexpected address. "I was not aware of having cast so huge a shadow U-fore me. There, the chain Is undone, and now, unless you have irrev.K-ably made up your mind to solitude, jK-rhnis you will allow me to row you out on the laker She looked at him critically as though turning over the proixsilioii in her mind, but ended by acquiescing. "I want some of tlnrse bulrushes over there," she remarked when they had pushed off from the shore. "And you can help me to gather them if you like. So perhaps, after all, it was a pks j of good luck that brought you out walk ing so early, though I didn't think so at first sighL I had U-en looking for ward to having the whole lake to my self and was greatly bothered by seeing you." "If I am to U quite honest," said Conrad, showing hiseven, white teeth, "I mast confess to having likewise? felt far from delighted at the first moment of our meeting. After all, it is only humaii nature to U-ar a grudge against the person whose appearance on the scene brings us down a a-g in our own estimation by proving to us that we are not the only individuals aUrut." "You are describing exactly what I felt," remarked the girl, with grave ap- provuL "I do U-lieve I hated you at first sight." "Tltat sounds as though your virtue were as spasmodic as mine ami I were mistaken in counting you among that chosen trilre known as early risers." 'That depentls upon what I have got to get up for. Surely nobialy in their senses would hurry out of U-d on ac count of lessons, while, again, it's a a pity to waste a bit of a holiday asleep. By the bye, ho many days are you going to stay here?" "I lielieve the liaron is going to let me atav till the loth." 'Couldn't you make it a little longer? I am sure you could manag' to trail out your visit to the 20th at let, 4, if you trioL" "I really don't exactly know," said Conrad in reiu-wod a-tonLshmeut. erald "You are surprised at my asking you to stay after having told you that I hated you at fir.-t sight. The explana tion is really very simple. You see and here the childish face settled into an expression of preternatural serious ness, "as kmg as you are here I ant sure of my holiday?. Therefore it stands to reason that I want you to stay as long as you jstssihly can." "As long as I am here!" Conrad smil ed a smile of puzzled amusement, "Tills is really very interesting. I was not aware I had reached the stage of holiilays U tiig given in my honor. "This is riH-uing into a conspiracy, said Conrad in increasing amusement. "I had no idea what I was lettiiis; my self in for when I turned out of U-d this morning. Rut for fear you should indulge in empty dreams of holidays to come, pcrhas I had U-ttt-r tell you at once tliat my father expects me home on the Itith." She heaved a sigh of disappointment, but added at once philo-siphi. ally : "Well, all I can do Is to make the most of thclOdavsI have grt U-fore me, though I know quite well that I shall never U- able to get through all the bramble anil bilU-rrv hunts I have planned, Ur to collect half the mush rooms I liave got niv eye uiam. This is the very U-st season for holidays you see." "If you consider me worthy of the Hst," said Conrad, slipping as he saike almost imconsci.Misly into the tone of gallantry he generally adopted toward women, "I should Ire m.ist har py to act as aeljutanL Of course, only under the supposition," and here his eyes twinkl.il mischievously, " that you have no objections to the company of a lady killer." "Why should I have any objection? I supiaise a lady killer can only U-comc daugc rous for a full grown lady, and I am not that yet, as mKi is lit ver tired of telling me." Once more Conrad felt almost fiadish. The straight gaze of these cloudless blue eyes was enough to make the prac ticed man of the world feel as though he had Ireen attempting a sacrilege. It was just after they had parted on the shore of the lake that Count Kest ler heard his name very earnestly pro nounced and la-came aware that the young Utatwomaii was hurrying after him. "Io think of it again," she said rather bre-.ithlessly. " I mean aUmt the liith, ami if It is possible please, please stay a little longer." With the last words she had turned again and in the same moment disa- pcared among the bu-.li.-s. Conrad could hear the twigs snapping to the right and to the left after he had lost sight of her. It was not until he had got back to the house tliat he suddenly rememU-r- ed the wild ducks, and, very much to his astonishment, realized that, as far s knowing whether there were any to he hoped for on the Like, he had come liack exactly as wi-s as he had started. Breakfast was scartvly over when the battered green hut of the old game keeper wits seen to puss the window, whcrcuiM-u Conrad U-cumcasiirt-iiian again, and leaving his se.nu. I cup of coffee uiitouch.il, hurried away for his gnu. As for the sound time that day he- made his wav down the lime avenue- he could not help wondering why he had not mentioned his matutinal ex cursion iu the boat, and the only con clusion he could come to was that a touch of mystery never fails to give a charm to the most commonplace ad venture, and that the idea of a plot between himst-lf and the youngest bar oness, whom he uiiilcrstiMxl to be called ElsU-th, had tickled his fancy. Meanwhile the old baron had estab lished him-slf in hi armchair with a heartfelt sigh of relief. For the next few hour at lea-t he might relax his vigilamv, seeing tliat the dreaded indi vidual was safely dl-poscd of. But a rude shock awaited the luanni's reace of mind that evening when the conversation at the supper table ac quainted him with the fact that Anna and Helene's afternoon walk had, strangely enough, taken the same di rection a Conrad Kestler's .-h.aitiitg excursion, whether through a provok ing coincidence or owing to some culir- able negligence of Miss Wilkins, who had U-en of the (tarty, it was ditlb-tilt t; asevrtain. Never b.-fore had the baron so acutely felt the inconvenience of U-ing gouty. With the fret use of his joints half his anxieties would have Uvli relieved, for as long as he could la the constant eim i pa It ion of his danger ous guest it was pretty certain that all serious ja-ril could U- averted. To add to his anxieties, the cloudless SeptcniU-r weather seemed U-nt uiam tempting the girls to extend tlu-ir daily promenades far U-yond their normal length. From breakfast to dinner and fr.Hn dinner to supper the bar.m was generally alone at home for ElsU-th made the most of her holidays by run ning wild in her own c.niiiany, and he passed his time fuming at his own in activity, and counting the days till Count Kestler's d-arture. (iradually, however, he Ueame aware, somewhat to his own annoy ance, that the feelings with which he was harking forward to the l'.tli were not feelings of unmixed pleasure. Con rad might la? a lady killer of the first water, whose path was strewn with broken hearts, much as the seashore is strewn with broken slrelL, Isit that did not prevent his voice and his laugh and something in the irresistible star kle of his eye carrying back the larmi very vividly in memory to the days when his old comrade had U-en young. It was with a pleasant feeling of sur prise, too, that he nirted another cir cumstance in connection with his guest. Conrad was evidently no He aUiL On two different occasions the old gentleman had caught sight of Count Kestk-r sallying forth from the house at an hour when the housemaids should Indeed have Ui-n aster, lut were not, and he regularly apja-ared late for Irreakfast with hair wet by dew, ami not Infrequently fragments of grass or a red tsr yellow leaf clinging to his cottt. Tlie buron U-gan to admit that there mast, after all, Ik. sonu goo 1 in the man. An individual who found pleasure in such simple country eujoy , uients as a waltl U-fore breakfast could WHOLE XO. 2244. not U entirely corruptl by the wick edness of town life. Miss Wilkins, on her side, was much pleased by the discovery tltat a (silit hich for long had Uvn a rather sore one between herself ami her pm.il liad shail itself aitMrding to her wLslu-s. " Your checks are twice as (.ink as usual and your eyes twice as blue," she said approvingly on meeting El-U-th iu the passage one morning, laden with autumn cna-uses, "Tliat is the result of early hours." "Or of holidays," said El.-U-th, promptly. "Can you explain to me how it conies uU mt that you require so much less sleep during the holidays than oil les-sou days? I don't know of aity hriU by which I could have got you out of Uil U-fore 7 o'clock so long as UHiksaiid athtrst-s were in sight." ElsU-th smiled happily and almost a little guiltily, Uit atteit.pt.il no expla nation, and li-l.-iitil with quite unusual paticin-e to the wholesome remarks on the subject of early rising with which Miss Wilkins considered it her duty to improve the tMvasioii. Neither did Anna and Helene entire ly escaia-, but these two young ladies submitted quite passively to having their younger sister held up to them as an example of giaal conduct, and got out of Uil no earlier next .lay. As long as there was a guest in the house it was ohviotLsly expiili. iit to keep one's self fresh for the evening hours by lying late in the morning. It was on the fifth day of Conrad's stay that the Uimn, when parting with him for the night, remarked approv ingly : " I i-ce you are as faithful a cultivator of morning hours as your father used In Iv, Imt I fear your walk to-morrow Is likely to turn into a shower bath." Conrad hs.k.il somewhat taken aUtck, and having reached the privacy f his risiiu he flung himself into a chair and U-gan to review the situa tion. "That looks like U-ing watched." Tli us ran the course of his n-fleet ion. "The old man is ju-t bristling with suspicious. Is there any way, I won der, to throw him off the .scent?" He sat for some momeuts gnawing his iuu.-tache and frowning at the carja-t, but presently his brow cleared, and he laughed aloud in the way a man laughs whose fancy is tick lei I by some s(a-cially giaal joke. "That will do it !" he decided, as he nse to go to UsL The larou's prophecy coii.vriiing the weather proved correct, and it was with a somewhat rueful face that Conrad looked through the streaming (Kine next morning. And yet, usni reflec tion, he had to admit that in one way i rainy day fitted into his plans almost U-tter than a fair one would have done. Brcakfa-4 U-ing over, he promptly (iri(Msed a game of billiards, which was eiitliaUtstically accepted by the young ladies, n.l for the (arils of which the Uiron saw no remedy but to take a cue himself. The forenoon hour were fraught with severe trials for this conscientious father. While hobbling round the table as well as his gouty kn.s-s would allow him, it was little short of agony to note the soft glances which Conrad Kestler distriU utnl pretty equally to tire two girls, and to have to listen to the playful re marksfull of veiled meaning, as it seemed to him of which Conrad's conversation was chiefly eoiii(MrsiL Nor was the afterinain an improve ment m the foreiuam, cx.-cpt for a cou ple of hour, .luring which time the host succeeded iu luring his guest into the smokiug-nami. The rules of h.a pitality would not allow of his being kept there by main force, and thus it came aU'lit that on each of the visits of in.HS-tioii he (raid to the drawhig- rtaiiu the lanin suffered great distress. Tlie first time it was the sight of Con rad sitting on a f.M-t-tiail and holding a skein of sky-blue wool that was U-iug wound by Anita which gave him a shock, while the second time this same Conrad turning over the pages of Hel ene's music considerably aggravated his state of mind. Fine weather was, after all, gr.-at!y preferable t rainy weather, was the conclusion with hich he went to UiL Xext day was much Utter. The sHirtsman, inik-ed, went out alter breakfa.-.t, the Utnimeter bavin,' risen, hut a heavy show, brought him Iack in the middle of the forenoon, and though it cleared off s.sm, he showed no inclination to sully forth a second time. Something was said .Unit a twisted ankle, and as here again main forcv ci HI Id Hot U- called to aid, there was nothing for it but to stand at the window and grind his teeth as he watched Conrad (racing the gartk-n U side his eldest daughter. He st.aal it fairly well until a (raiise was made be side a bush of late roses, lut when Con rad, in full sight of his window, broke off a (.ink rose and with an exqiii-ite Uiw huii.l.ii it to his coiiianioii, the Uinm sent for Miss Wilkins and com manded her to Invent some excuse for summoning Anna to the house. Mis Wilkin oU-yed, with the result tliat when next the Iwroti hs.kcd out of the window Helene wit sitting on a garden trench straight op(sitc in live ly conversation with Count Kestler, and with one of the same latt roses blooming in her waistlwiid. "As far as I can make out it's not in your honor exactly, Uit a sort of de fense against you. By the bye, y.ware sure to U- able to tell me wltat a lady killer is. I want to know very much." "Why am I surv to be able to tell your "Because I heard apa say to ML-w Wilkiits lie has U-cn having long talks with her almost every day for the past week that she mast keep her eyes well tqa-n la-cause the visitor heexpect- ed was a ilangerous lady killer. And it is in oriW-r to k-ave her pU-nty of liU-rtv for opening her eyes tltat my lessons liave been slippnl, and tltat for the time af your stay she has transform ed herself from a governess into a kind of 'HMarsvUTTV," drmplcted Count.!, with an amused chuckle. "Come ; this raises me enormously in my own ttstiutatioiu I liad no i.U-a tltat I was irresistib'.e as all this." Then Ireiug a lady killer means being inresistible, do.., it ? It is one of th.se thing, I suppose, I ouht to know by this time, .I'llsidering that I was 17 last month." "Were you really?" asked Conrad ia genuine astonishment. "I wotiM never have guesse.1 more than 1.1." "That's ail thanks to these ridiculous short skirl," she retorted; flushing scarlet from vexation. "It alwaysnsis (Kipu a treiii.-iid.uii jf.ng to acknowledge any of us grown Up. Tli it's one of tin reasons why I'veulwaysgot tolakt my moals in the sehik.tr aim when there's a sue?-t in the ho-isc. Oh, not so quick ! Here we are at the bulnishe?."' "I)o yisj think it would make the Uat sink if I took them all? she aked at the enil of 10 minutes, during which Uth she and Conrad had been hard at work, and iu the course of which she bad gradually rid herself of hat, gloves and jacket. Her light golden hair was powdered with feathery mor-els of reeds and her blue t-yes were shining with intense enjoyment. "It l.a.ks rather like it, bnt mut we have them all at once? Is there any reason why we should not return for a sen. ti. I or a third helping?" "No, only that you will le going out sh. siting after breakfast." "But there are other days U-fore the l'Uh." "So there are. And if papa should ak you to stay U-yoii.l the h.th, please rememlier w hat I told you aUmt my les-siiis I-t me se. How timid you manage to convey to me that the mat ter is st illed? It w ill U- U-t, I think, if we invent some sort of sign." "Only three more days till the Mth V was the only thought to which the (aa.r harassed father could turn for comfort. When, in due course of time, the l'ltli arriveL the sun rose oiuv more, daz zling ami cloudless, exactly as it had done tin the first ilay of Conrad's visit, and exactly as on the first lay he stole down tlie staircase of the sleeping house and along the lime avenue which letl to the shores of the lake. His port manteau was (racked and his wrap strapd up, for the carriage liad Uvu ordered directly after breakfast. To judge from the expression of indecision which sat on his face hi iiiia-nding journey .tut not nil mm witn any sKt-ial delight, as exactly on the first lay he was plunged so deeply in medi tation that he came to an astonished standstill till finding him-s lf on the edge of the water, and exactly as on tin; first day the Urat was chained to the shore, only that this time ElsU-th sat in it, with hands lying inactive in her Lip, and blue eyes that sccnusl to have Ut-ii impatiently watching the avenue. A new ami happy smile brightened Conrad's face. Instinctively he raised hishea.L The sight of the childish figure seemed to have sad vet I some douU that had U-cn pursuing hint. It was not until they were some dis tance from the shore that ElsU-th said, a little unsteadily, "So this is really the end of mv holiday?" Conrad looked straight into lu-r fa.- . still with that shadow of a happy smile hovering aUmt his liM. "That d.-ja iuls upm whether or not you are anxious to prolong it." "How can it d-a-iid uiron myself?" she aked as defiantly a she could. "1K you n-iuemU-roniv U-foreaking me to stay U-vond the Mth? You said. Pica., pl-ac, then, an.l I said 'No,' but if you were to say 'Please, please,' a second time, I would have no choice but to say 'Yes' and after that don't think that your holidays would la-gin for giaal and all ?' "I don't U -Ii.-ve I said it," retorted ElsU-th, growing furiously -a-arleL "Think again !' She thiHiirht again, and the eyes which had Uvn attempting to stare dcfian.v sank suddenly la-fore his iraz.-. "Well," a-ke.1 Conrad, "is my visit to U prolonged or not ?" "No," she answered brt-athlessly. while her p jlse throblied in exta-cta-tion of something which she Urth long ed for and dreamed without quite un derstanding what it was; "I cannot av it a second time." "And if I stay w ithout U-ing asked? Tell me, EisU-th," and letting slip one of the our C rnr.td b.-nt forward and p isses-ed himn-lf of one of the small ungloved hands that lay in her laji. It was exactly at this most unfor tunate juncture that Miss Wilkins w ho had hap(a-ticd to select to-day for put ting into practice her theory of early rising, stepped out from aside (e.ith on to the shore of the lake. Xeith.-r of the occupants of the Urat observed her, but for a full minute the English woman, w ho was not short sighted, st.aal footed to the s(aL Then she rubU-d her eye and l.kel again, and finally she turned decisively m h.-r heel, like a a-ron w ho lias come to a resolution, and hurries I track toward tlie house. Though Miss Wilkins was tkrth an English woman and a governess, she was not a (.rude, Imt the scene she liad witn -sed tiad played the part of that well-known last straw to which the cam -l's lack is so apt to sui-cumb. Si ling as sic had seen iu Conrad a prosjvetive hiisUind for one of her marriageable charges she had eyes for none but his giaal qualities, but lloW that he ha I proved a failure from the matrimonial point of view, she had suddenly Irceome alive to his defect. Evidently the Uiron was quite right. Thus she tokl herself as she hastened toward the house. A man w ho in dulge! iu such otjts-tlcssp;ttiiiu.aH this eiruld U no more than a hearties, lib-rt'.ii:. The liaron wa in hi dressing g own when he was told that Miss Wilkin wished to sp.-.ik to him immediately. It wa with a hairbru-h ia one hau l and a razor iu the other that he came forth to grant the interview. . He listened iu siU-nivttitheg ivcriu-' tale, but she kii.-w by th I nk tint canu over his only (lartially shaved fav tliat this wa the limit of his patience more decisively than even her. "I am aim rst sorry the young scamp is going t.r-tlay," lie remarked ia-tweeit his teeth, "so tliat I shall not have the satisfaction of turning him out of do rrs." Five minutes late the tlressing gown had la-en exchanged for a m miing coat, the more pressing defect of toilet renie.li.sl and Ort-Oaaroti, still w ith a halfsltaved chin ami with a l.a.k of ill-stippressvd fury making hint alarm ing to U-liold, hobbU-d out wii more into tlie (aassage. S-anx-ly two (utces from tlie .lour he barely saved himself from running against Conrad Kestler, who seemed in as great a hurry as himself. "T1k very man I want !" he lurt out, glaring at hi ga -t. "Will you plcae step ill here. Count Kestler ? I have a wtrrd to say to you." "Xow, then." heb--gaii when Conrad followed him into the nnrtit. "I know that you are leaving my house toilay fortunately, I cannot help adding trul nevertheless I c ritsiiU r it my duty a a father to .U iiiaiid an explanation of your con.ra.-t. It Ls trad enough to flirt liurefactUy with growu women, but let we tell you tltat a man who takes pleasure in turning the heads of Contiiotrtl 'mi fwtrth pays. f l I i i t I f Somerset, Pa.
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