VOLXXXI I ,fe lino H 1 Itirairi For. Looking Forward, 6fc2L IN FOOTWEAR ~ATEiTYLESBESr OUR ]DEAL ST7LES IN ! ,; 4MZ*P? FOOTWEAR FOR LADIES & GENTLEMEN Is what every coj-omer o! ours FALL AND thinks he has ri*ccivt-ii after making i a purchase. Wc find that our cus- 11/ I I L K tomers beinj; convinced of means \y IJ_ i -L JJJ-l-l many more customers for us. You iret more than you bargain for when 1,1/ L /\ vou get a j>air of onr SHOES. T f .I—' » • Ladies' twentieth century SHOES Cork so!. , Goodyear we! s. Ladivs' Fine button shoes. Pat. tip S s c | : .00, 11.25 J1.50. i: -vy sole fair st.tch at $2.00, $2.50 ail 1 <;.oo. Goodyear aie pe «eins for ~c price. I. d! s fine Ik nd turns Dongo.a and cioui top lace and na.to ■ TiV our Womens' and Childrens' Kid and Call Shoes> They art t'ae thing for School Shoes. They will resist water. We have them in high cut, ".ace and button, at price that your pocket boo.c will open quickly when you see the goods - 1 Shoes for men in fine Invisible Cork Soies^yg^Wi Onr Kid and Veal boots, high and low insteps at $ 1.50, #2.or> #2.50 and fj.oo. Vn. lm Heavy Box Toe Shoes cut. , L The new Boys and Youths iHObfe the are here, grand styles for dress or the longest road to school, posi tivelv will re--Ist water at 75c. fr.oo 1.25 and 1.50. Manuiacturers are asking 25 per cent advance on shoes. HUaELTON will sell this winter at old prices, quality maintained Wool Boots, Rubber Boots and Shoes. See onr n"w Rubber Boots with leather insoles, wont sweat the foot. We guaran" fee our rubber boots not to break. Save Money Save Time Save Annoy an ces by buying at #- 3. C, Huselton's, Every step you take in HUSELTON'S Shoes is a treat to tbc fee ,02 N. Mai" Street, - An Enviable Lot. tHas the Shoe Admir- Our Stock of Ladies' Shoes are the Admiration of Ladies & Gentlemen Alike. ADO oor prices are alpo of a capUvatii R J oalore, as yon rosy judge by Ladies' fine shoes, ba'id tarns •' welts, flow $2 50. were $3 75. '■ Blfcber-t' Shoe*, aow $1 75, we<-- $2 50. " B fijg tin li tton Saoes !)0': t-> $1 50. fhildre't's School Sbo>*H 50 c aad upwards H«n'» heavy box toe nl;i,e.s nr |1 75 " " boots «' $2 00. Men's working b «*» at 00c Bov's boots tr->oi $1 25 to $2 00 Women's Waterproof oDoes, buttorj or laco at $1 00 . Waterproof •' " •• gjc Full s'ock of Men's Bo«m* aud LA(lie>,' Felt Boots and warm lined Sh i.'s Complete lioe of Rubl»er Ho ij and Shoes At all times a large stork of Lea: Her and F:ruling-, inclu'iiiig agt >ck of LACK LE\TUER which we jus r received. Sole Leather <ni M any auioun you may wish to purchase Iron taands with four feet each reduced to 50 cents Our eDiire winti r stock wa.- bought a' 'be old low price s<> I can sell yon B >oih and Shoes cheaper than ever before 1 ff.-rtd in Huiler county All Summer Goods to be Closed Out Regardless of Cost Ladies' Low Cut Shoes, low'-r 'im-i -r. All Ox f ords aud Slip per- i- riodiijr our entira liui of Tan Shoe- to b* fold re/nrdless of cost— nothing in r>u«nm< r (foods will be ktpt,. / All wllgo at your own price Al-o J ' < .1000 pairs V /1/ -*' ! \ K CHOICE SAMPLE BOOTS. SHOES f f M a Ik WwimmP #" v-\\ M •will rovery cheap during this stle. so f' Villlllil'tl!' i-iISSi xall early while the selection is large. Jj^ fji ||j||ii,i j'tf Repairing Done. /( / JOHN BICKEL, ISfSSNtaiti Street, BUTLER, PA. Branch Store ,2 5 N - nain st, SURPRISED ! SURPRISED! When we advertise tliat we are the largest house, ill our line, in the State, many who have never beeu here think we are "blowing" but when tliey come in the iollowing are the expressions:—"I am surprised! 1 read your advertisement but cud not tliink you harl a place lite this. I knew you sold Wagons, Buggies and Carts, but did not know that you carried such a stock of everything. I did not know that you einp!nved so many Horn -s makers. I did not know that you had so much machinery, i .at engine that runs your harness machines, is the slickest thing I ever saw. I did not know you sold Trunks. Buggy Tops, Wheels and Springs. Cushions and Lazy Backs separate from the buggv. Why you have more money invested in Blankets and Robes alone than would buy my farm. No wonder you can .*.-11 cheap buying in such large quantities. YOUR ADVERTISEMENT IS NO LIE. 1 thought it was. [am glad that I cauie iu and now I know where to get anything I want about my Wagon, Buggy or Harness, from the verv finest vehicle to an axle washer." The next customer will be equally as much surprised when he Comes in. Wc will tell of him later. YOU*RS ETV. s. B. MARTINCOURT & CO., S. B. MARTINCOURT. J. M. IEIGHNER. 128 E. Jefferson St., liutlei Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Tired Women Nervous, weak and all worn out will find in purified blood, made rich and healthy by Hood's Sarsaparilla, permanent relief and strength. Get Hood's because Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the public eye today. It ia sold by all druggists, fl; six (or f5. Hood's Pills Ure. Ail druggist.. .x. UEINEMAN & SON, * I SUMMER \ F is app; oacb oe «"d W V oaiv way to k'ep i-o<> 1 i-. J J to fro 10 * d? 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PA..THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1895. vTSsry. ~gr~MPWEk,L. j\ COPYRIGHT. (895. BY TH£ AUT.HOR . CHAPTER n. After a pleasant voyage the Russia arrived, and one May morning I walked into tho Northwestern railway station in Liverpool to take the train for Lon don. Going to the station, I bought my ticket for Frankfort—that old town I was destined to see so much of during the next few years. On my journey I would pass through Cologne, and from there the railway skirts the bank of the Rhine. I traveled through Belgium and some parts of Germany by daylight, and was. as mast Americans are who travel on the continent, shocked to see the em ployments of women. Soon after leav ing Brussels I saw the, to me, novel sight of a number of women shoveling coal, handling the shovel like men. In other places I saw them laboring in the brickyards, digging and wheeling clay, and everywhere they were to be seen working at men's work in the fields. A traveler in my compartment proved » most entertaining companion. He de scribed himself to me as one who went about pottering over a lot of antiquities and fooling around generally. But my friend, tho pottering old an tiquary, gave me something of a sur prise. At Chalons all of our fellow travelers in the compartment left us. Two of them were voluble Frenchwom en, and they kept it up with amazing energy for the six hours from Brussels to Chalons. At every unusual swaying of the car there would be a volley of "Mon Dieus!" and ear piercing excla mations, and it was certainly a relief when they left Bringing out a box of cigars and my companion producing a flask of wine, we soon became confidential. Presently, to my great amusement, my old anti quary, warmed by the wine, confided to me that ho was a detective police officer and chief of the secret service at Ant werp; that he was then working on a famous case and had been shadowing one of the ladies who had journeyed with us from Brussels. Before leaving Brussels he had discovered his quarry was to quit the train, and as he had to go on to Mayenoe he had turned the business over to a confederate. I was young, and no doubt lie thought me innocent. Certainly he did not with hold bis confidence. This is the case he was investigating: There was a wealthy gentleman of the name of Van Tromp living in Ant werp, a widower, 70 years of age, the j'athftr of a grownup family and many times a grandfjitiirr. It had been his custom to go to Baden-Baden every sum mer, spending money freely both in pleasure and in the famous gambling resorts there. The last time he had met. a woman, the Countess" Winze rode, one of the many adventuresses to be found t(i««r*M >«ud speedily became infatuated. This Van Tromp was a descendant of old Admiral Van Tromp, who, in the mighty life and death struggle between Holland and Spain, and in the two wars with England, the first when Cromwell riil/?d, the second when the second Char lea wim on the tliroue, held up the fame and glory of Holland. In one case he swept the prond navies of Spain from the seas and carried the Dutch flag around tho v.orld. In tho other he was only vanquished after stubborn sea tights lasting for days. This Van Tromp was the heir of ttip tamo and the wealth of all the Van Tromps, and both had gone on accumulating for 800 years. The self styled countess knew all this, and, as the sequel shows, knew her man. She was 40, had been beautiful, was still comely, with good figure, fair haired, but with steel blue eyes. She spoke many languages and had dwelt in every land from Petersburg fo Paris. It is needless to tell how they first met or of the intimacy that sprang up be tween them, but I will merely say in jpassing that within live days of their first meeting he had given her a magnif icent diamond bracelet which had boon in his family more than a century. This alarmed his two daughters, who were lenifL'd 'it the mere suspicion that their father was in earnest and might possi bly present them with a stepmother, above all a comparatively young step mother, and, so far as physique went, i magnificent animal, with promise of u "long life, so long that her rights of dower would make a cut iu tho V;ui Tromp estates and treasures which might well cause tho old admiral to rouse himself from his three century sleep in Dordrecht church and once more walk these glimpses of the moon ia protest of the sacrilege. Then the scaudai of a pomitess adven turess becoming a Van Tromp—head of that family too! They knew of the pen chant of the countess and cared nothing for it until, with a feeling akin to horror, they observed at the dress bail ono night tho countess airing the his toric bracelet. It would require a vol pme to relate the scenes that followed in the Van Tromp domicile on this paralyzing discovery, but prayers, tears and histrionic touches were all met by the stolid reply of Van Tromp, "I please myself." As a last resort the daughters appeal ed to the count-ess, offering all their ready cash aud a pension if she would only disappear. But visions of the Van Tromp diamonds and of the Van Tromp bank account were in her head, and she was deaf to every appeaL In fact, she depised these heavy, matter of fact Dutch }adins and rather gloried to think that she would 6oon be the femal* had of the Van Tromp house and step mother to these two highly respectable dames, who would perforce have to live in her shadow. But then of course the was a womai), and it is to be feared that e»eu good women lovo to triumph over others. She of course could have no love for this portly old gentleman of 70. But it is pitiful to think he was madly infatuated. The poor old man, in spite of his nnroman 'iic appuiu'unce, had warm blood in his yeins and plenty of romance in his heart. At last, in spite of gossip i»nd opposition, they were married, and then Instead Of settling down, as the happy groom had hoped, to a life of wedded bliss in one of his country houses at Dordrecht, Lady Van Tromp insisted on spending her honeymoon in Paris. There they went, and the very day of their arrival the bride resumed a liaison with a beggarly count, who, not being an actual criminal, yet was written black enough in the books of the Paris police and for whom the countess had as warm an admiration as one of her cold, calculating nature was capable of feeling. Van Tromp speedily found his dream of bliss blown to the winds, but he was not so blind as not to see that his wife pot only did not love him, but was false to him as well. Poor old Van Tromp felt he had made his last throw for happiness, and, hoping against hope, dreamed she in time would learn to ap preciate his devotion and would love him, and so tried to persuade himself of her truth. Tho first anniversary ©f the marriage found them at Baden- Baden, and there the unhappy husband, thinking to give his wife a pleasant surprise, entered her chamber at an un usual hour, bearing a diamond necklace for a present, and found her in a posi tion which could no longer leave any doubt as to her faithlessness. Seizing a chair, he felled her companion, who nev er stirred again, but the shock was too great for the husband, who himself fell to the floor and instantly expired, the doctors said of heart disease, and I think they were right. This event was only a few weeks old The will had been read, and it was found that ho had literally left everything to "my wife, Elizabeth." Hero my friend, the chief of poliae and a distant relative of Van Tromp, came to the front, determined quietly on his owu account to investigate Lady Van Tromp. He found this last was at least her third venture on the stormy sea of matrimony. He had a fancy that some ono of her husbands might still be living and undiscovered. If this could be proved, then her marriage to Van Tromp was no marriage, and the ducats, dollars and diamonds bequeathed by Van Tromp to "my wife, Elizabeth," would instantly melt into air—into very thin air, so far as the_countess was con cerned, provided, of course, they had not actually passed iuto lierclutches. In fact, they were legally hers, for the will had beet; admitted to probate. Those of the family objecting could offer no val id opposition, raid she had been put in possession, but by a strange neglect on her part left everything intact, save a deposit of 300,000 gulden in the Bank of Amsterdam, which s]ie secured and set out for Naples with a new lover. The detective—whom I will call Arn stel—discovered that she had first been married when only 15 years old to a young Swiss in Geneva, who soon left her and fled to America. He had subse quently returned to Europe, but Amstel was unable to discover his whereabouts pv if he was living. Ho suspected that tho Swiss was not only alive', but in communication with the countess, aud that she, in fact, might be his legal wife. He had followed the countess from Na ples to Paris. There she left her lover and was now on her way to Nuremberg, as Amstel believed, to meet her first husband, hut she had arranged to re main a few days with some old friends of hers. Every movement she made there would be watched, while Amstel, going on to Cologne to look up some plpws, intended to wait there until in formed that she bad departed, aud when the train arrived at Cologne he proposed to enter it and follow my lady on, hop ing to witness a meeting between lier and the much hoped for husband. Hap pily we had arrived in Cologne at this point in tho story, and as Amstel was to remain here we had to say good by, but for tho whole 20 minutes of niy stay we walked up and down the plat form talking eagerly of the case. I had become much interested, so deeply in deed that had I had leisure I certainly should have turned amateur detective and joijied Amstel. The train started, and, promising to write me in New York the outcome of the case, we shook hands warmly and parted Be wrote me twice, and the fol lowing year I returned to Europe and met Amstel at Brussels. We had a very delightful time together, during which he told me tho sequel of the Van Tromp episode. Instead of one, the countess had two husbands living, but tho Van Trppipe preferred to buy off the woman at a good round sum rather than have a public scandal. Amstel interviewed tho countess and gave her the choice between arrest and a full release of all claims on the Van Tromp property for tho sum of 100,000 gulden. She made a hard fight, but at Lust gave in gracefully. But my chapter fias grown too long already, and I will close it with the remark that I myself met the lady at Wiesbaden in 1871 and became acquainted with the brilliant adventuress. She will appear again in tho sequel. The last face that I saw at the Cologne station was that of Amstel, lit up with smiles as he waved his hand iu adieu. Sitting cozily in the corner of the car riage, eager to see all that was to be seen, J found, as all tourists do, much to charm and delight. But my thoughts were on the bonds I had to sell, and I was glad enough when at 5 o'clock our train drew into the depot at Frankfort. My reader will recall that payment upon all United States bonds payable to bearer, as mine were, could not be stopped, and so far as the innocent hold er was concerned he was perfectly se cure. But the custom among bankers was, whenever any bonds were lost by theft or fraud, to send out circulars con taining the numbers, asking that any parties offering them might be ques tioned and held. But as American bonds Were sold in millions all over the con tinent, ami were passing freely from hand to hand, as a matter of fact little or no attention was paid to such circu lars; but, of course, had strangers of disreputable appearance offered bonds }n largo sums the lists might have been scrutinized and awkward questions asked. Therefore I felt a trifle nervous and determined to run no chance of los ing my bonds, at least not all of them. So I resolved to go to Wiesbaden, some 15 miles away, stop at somo hotel under a different name, leavo the bonds there, and take the morning train for Frank fort, conduct my negotiations, and re turn to Wiesbaden every evening. It was at this time easy to lose one's iden tity in Wiesbaden, for the town then Was, along with Baden-Baden, the Monte Carlo of the continent, aud ad venturers, men and women, from all over Europe flocked there in thousands to chance their fortune in the gambling halls. Although a little in advance of this portion of my history, I will here relate an adventure of mine there some years sifter the period of which 1 am speaking. I will, however, preface my narrative with a brief account of the history of the place. Tho city of Wiesbaden, pre vious to the Franco-Prussian# A'ar of 1870, was the chief towu of one of those petty principalities which were plenti fully sprinkled over the face of Europe. Since tho old Roman days the town had been famous for its hot springs, and con sequently for its hot baths, aud a good many people—during the winter par ticularly—resorted there to bathe and to drink the waters. As a matter of course, the townspeople, as the custom of such places is, have recorded many a marvelous cure, ranging all tlie way from headache to hydrophobia. But still the town was of little importance save locr.'.ly. The petty ruler, with a title longer than his income, lived in the pre tentious castle, beguiling the time by smoking cheap cigars or ordering on banquets whose piece do resistance con sisted of gebrateue gans nnd kartoffeln, the unlucky bird being tribnte in kind from the farmyard of some peasant sub ject living in a miserable hut on black bread. But a change was impending. A mighty wizard had visited the place, with an eye quick to see the possibili ties of the situation, with a brain to plan aud a hand to execute. His name was Francois Blanc, the head of the great gambling establishment at Hum burg. Vast as were his ambition aud achievements, he was a man of the sim plest tastes. To see him—as I often have—in his seedy coat, his old fashioned spectacles on tlie tip of his Lose, one wonld have taken him for a country advocate whose wildest dreams were of a practice of 2,000 thalers a year, with an old gig and a wheezy mare to haul him around the countryside from client to client. Before his Wiesbaden days lie had been the guiding spirit in the direction cf the splendid gambling halls, the Casino at Homburg. Blanc was impervious to flattery—a hard headed, silent man, a man without enthusiasm and without weaknesses, who kept a lavish table ;uid ate sparingly himself, who hail a wino cellar rivaling that of the autocrat of all the Russias and yet contented h.di- SC if with sipping a harmless mineral water, who kept and directed a huge gambling machine—a mighty conglom eration of gorgeously decorated halls, wine parlors and music rooms, crammed day and night by giddy and excited throngs, bnt himself never indulging in anything more exciting than an after dinner game of dominos or a quiet drive with his wife through the country lanes. Thus this Francois Blanc with per fect equanimity watched the thousand thousands of butterflies am} juoths of society scorch their wings in tho terrific flame that glowed in his Casino, while ho looked on a cynical observer, despis ing the fools enraptured with roulette and fascinated with rouge et noir. Bnt one thing he was not afraid of, aud that was spending money. To com pass his business ends he laid it out lav ishly, and in tlie end ho drew all Europe io Wiesbaden. Still broader and still deeper he laid the foundations of the fortune that ultimately grew to colossal proportions. But he did not make Wies baden famous without keen opposition. He made the fortune i.f the beggarly Prince Karl and the whole hungry crowd of royal higl'iiesses in spite of them selves. At every fresh opposition he simply opened his pnri o and a golden shower fell osi then. It required a hard he.id to withstand the attacks made on him when it be came known that he had bought up both pi-ipce and municipality and pro posed to make Wiesbaden par excellence the gambling city cf the continent. But, despite of all, he pushed on his plans to wonderful success. A great park was Jaid out iind statply buildings arose, all dedicated to the goddess of chance. Slim was the chance the votaries of the game had in his gorgeous halls. He thre" r out his money in millions, but he knew the weak, foolish heart of man, the egotism of each and every one of us, that leads us to ignore foiv ourselves the immuta ble law of numbers. So ho counted up on his returns, and never counted in vain. As I say, ho had a hard head to with stand the attacks made upon him. Ev ery day the post brought hundreds of letters containing propositions or threats from people who had lost their money and demanded its return with fierco threats, pitiful supplications and warn ings of intended suicide, place, date and hour carefully specified, so there could be no mistake, and more than one at tempt was made upon his life. But the equanimity of Francois Blanc was equal to all adventures. Threats, prayers, temptations, left him untouched. This man of ice, self possessed, cold, indiffer ent to the ruin of the thousands of vic tims of his will, had a fad or a fancy. It was for raising red aud white roses. and while the mad throngs were flutter ing in frenzy around the sables iu his halls at Homburg, Wiesbaden and Monte Carlo he, hoe or trowel in hand, would be training and transplanting his roses, solicitous over an owning bud or de ploring the ravages of an insect, or, again, refusing all invitations, ho would sit down with his wifp to a dinner of boiled turnips and bacon, washed down with a glass of vichy water and milk. This was the town and these the scenes Constantly occurring there. Nov? for my adventure. In 1870, just before the warcloud burst, covering all that p:u-t of the world, 1 was stopping for some weeks at the Hotel Nassau. It stands in the main street, opposite the park gate leading to the. Casino. All ttu, ivorid went to Wiesbaden to be amused. However fashionable frivolity and vice may be elsewhere, here it was strictly de riguenr, and to pretend to decency and sobriety would be to stamp one's self a heathen and barbarian, all un versed in the glorious flower wreathed Primrose Way of our orb. The daily routine for the throng be gan with coffee in bed at 8 p. m. ; then dressing gowns were donned, and the baths in the underground floors of the hotel were sought and a bath had in the hot mineral waters which were con ducted to all the hotels direct from tho hot springs of tiio town. Half an hour in tho bath, then a light breakfast, pre paratory to sallying out for an hour on the Spaziergang around the quellen to drink the water, listen to the band, see and be seen, but, above all, to gos sip and tell lies. At 11 a. m. the gam bling began in the Casino, and with a rush the seats around tho tables would be filled. Then speedily there would bo rows behind rows of eager players or spectators, and what a sight jt all was to the cool headed observer! At tho tinio of which I speak many were my idle days, in which I was free to seek pleasure. I used to find much enjoyment in frequenting the Casino to watch the people aud to play the role of "looker on iu Vieppa," which, by the \vay, is t» star rolf and therefore rather agreeable. One evening while watching the rouge et noir I noticed a lady just in front of nie, magnificently dressed in all save that there was an entire absence of jewelry. Sl>e was literally dressed to kill, and, although near 50, yet to the casual observer she seemed no more than 40 or even less. She was a well pre served woman of tho world and was known as the Countess de Wiuzerole. This was the adventuress who had mar ried Van Tromp some two years before. What a career had been that of this woman! She had been mistress from first to last of a dozen men, noblemen, diplo mats, soldiers, but being au inveterate gambler one after another saw, with dismay, the cash, estates, diamonds, carriages, costly furs and laces ho show ered upon her all go whirling into tho ever open maw of the Casino or in the drawing room games of the bonton iu Paris or Petersburg. One brave youth, an officer in the Prussian guards, had, in hi£ infatuation for the countess, and impregnable, as he thought, against bankruptcy by reason of his great for tune, tried to satisfy her cravings for splendor of entourage und her infatua tion for gambling. The result was that one day the crack of a pistol shot was heard in the countess' chamber, and the servants rushing in found the young bankrupt dead, lying across the bed, with a bullet through the heart. The ne*t day a horde of clamurous creditors peciegod the house, where the countess calmly told them she had scut for lier bankers and ou the morrow they would be paid. That night his comrades buried their dead friend with military honors. At midnight the cortege passed the ho tel, and all eyes watched th<- li vely countess robed in white as she appeared, her bosom heaving with emotion, while she waved a farewell to her dead lover. Ten minutes later she tied thr ngti the back door and over the garden wall, falling into the arms of ;uiotlier lover waiting there. He himself did nut go the way of No. 4, bnt half of bis for tune did, so 0110 morning, leaving a po lite uoteof farewell, he, taking for com panion the uie. ing maid of his mis tress, enißarked for At: : ' At the time I met her the* ccunress' reputation was too well known and her beauty too much fallen o!T for her to make any more grand catches. A local banker at Wiesbaden became very friend ly. However, the friendship lost all its warmth when tlie banker's stout wife one day caught them together, and hav ing already provided herself with a whip in anticipation visited them both with a jealous woman's and n sound thrashing. Now the countess spent her time around the tables, following the win ners and getting douceurs from them. These were by no m« ;:ns small, most A (hem lieing gifts pare and simple, giv en from mere goodness of heart or sheer prodigality, for there were too many gay and beautiful women flocking around ready to smile ou winners iu the ganio for the conptess umv to piajifl even » temporary conquest. However, at this period she lived well—eveu ex travagantly—bnt, of course, saved noth ing. As related, I first met tlio countess here at the table where the game was going on. She had just staked and lost her last gulden. She was betting on the black, and four times in succession the rod had won. She tnrucd, and looking in my face implored me to bet a double Frederick on tjie reii 1 instantly placed the money on the ted and won. She begged me to transfer the stake to the black. I did so and black won. Placing her hand on the stake, she said, "Sir, leave it; black will win again." Sure enough, it dicl. She -' ived thp v>asu, s*o, una handing me a double Frederick said in her most bewitching manner, "Oh, sir, be generous and let me keep this!" I said, "Certainly, n.:>dam." She promptly stakeq it. and iu two of the cajds it w as gone. Wo met several times the next fr\v days, but merely bovel without ppcuk »)g. One afternoon, entering the Musik Sanl, I took a small table, and ordering a bottle of wine sat down to listen to the music and watch the th>-<,!]g. Th« oouiitesg came in, tmu seeing iiie ah-ue I'iimu straight to me, .'hook hands warm ly and sat down. I, of course, invited her to have a glass of wine. \\*6 r-vui finished that bottle ami ordered another. \Ya had what was to me a most amus ing talk. She was a character—had. Wen everywhere and spoko all the modern languages. She assured me that I was a very charming man. In paying my bill I incautiously displayed a gold piece. two, and, seeing she was to ask me to givo her sine, I saved her tiia trouble by placing one in her hand. It) time we became quite good friends. Twice I paid her board bill in order to rescue her wardrobe from the clutches of her landlord, and once I saved her from the hands of an irate washerwom an. When, after a time, I left Wiesba den, I left hc-r as gay, as prosperous aud as extravagant as eve, I did not seo Wiesbaden again for over two years, but the second week of January, 1873, found me there. The Prussian government now ruled in the town and refused to renew the license of M. Blanc. It had expired 14 days be fore my arrival. What a change had fallen on the town I The Casino was gloomy and cold; the gay crowds had fled. All tho life and movement of the street and promenade was forever a thing of the past. I had located there simply as a precaution, disposing of largo amounts of bonds ia Frankfort, I.H miles away, ana returning to Wiesba den each night. At this time I put up at the Hotel Victoria, near the railroad station. One Saturday, going up to Frankfort rather late, my business de tained me until after dark. On reach ing the station I happened to look into the third class waiting room, and there I 6pied a figure alone that looked famil iar. I soon recognized the countess. From her apjiearauce aud surroundings it was plain that there Was pow no wealthy loven at her beck and call. Be cause she looked so unhappy I gave her a cordial greeting, which she returned rather wearily. It was very cold, and I was clad in furs from head to foot j be- y} /, of course, inHted her to have a of wine. sides, I was apparently on the full flo;»l tide of fortune, having with me then a very large sum of monoy, some of which she could have bad for the asking. I said, "Come, countess; let us go to gether first class to Wiesbaden." She replied that she lived at Bieberich, a small town on the Rhine, four miles be low Mayence, and four miles from Wies baden. As the train was starting I bade her good by, but asked permission to call on her the next day, she giving her ad tlre«» as Hotel Bellevue. The next morning was very cold, but I enjoyed that; so, after a light break fast, I started over the hills for a walk to the town, arriving there soon after noon. I found the hotel a fifth rate one, and, entering, was shown to the room of the countess. What a change for her from tho past I Her room was a small one, plastered, but unpapered, and with a few articles of furniture of tho cheap est. Tlie poor woman was too evidently in a state of frightful depression, and well she might be. Hers had been a butterfly existence, life all one summer holiday, no hos tages given to fortune, no bond taken against future wreck or change. Like the butterfly, she had roamed from flow er to flower, sipping the sweet only, or, like the cricket, had merrily piped all the summer through, thinking sunshine aud bloom eternal. Even when youth and beauty had fled and lovers no lon ger stood ready to attend and serve she still found a good aftermath in her hap py harvest field on the floors of the Ca sino, but when tho Casino lights at Wiesbaden went out then for the countess had the winter indeed come. My walk had given me something of aji apjietite, and it uow being 2 o'clock lat once proposed to have dinner. To my surprise slio said sho had already dined, and upon my remarking that it was early for dinner she replied that it was, but as sho was owing quite a hotel bill she feared to give any trouble lest the landlord might present his bill, and in default of payment sho was liitble to arrest and a very considerable impris- omutm. I need hardly t*-U iny reat.era that they <l<i these things <litfefwrtlj- ii» Germany thu» with ns. 1 mwld < a.-rily aff -r.l t.i t»' p'Hi'n u> with nivr petiple's money ami ilicl not m<:m U> see • K»> count.-.-- miff, rf ra hotel bill. Ringing the hell. I fold the v, ait«T to bring some dinner and a l*'-tt!e of wine. Tb» couutetw looked very na«ur ovfr my order. Of late years r-lio IWMI **II life fruai the seamy side awl had observed so lunch of the fals«*ueKs and cruelty of men that she liad apparently lout all faith in them and no doulit thought nie an adventurer, one who might possibly dine and order cxj-onsire wines, leaving her to fat* an angry laudlord While dinner was being prepared she told me she was in the greatest distress, hud :;«t even a single kreutzer to pay and. worst of all, was owing for two weeks' L ard. Hie had no means to fly. no place to fly to, and if she remitted incarceration awaited her jShp had for w>j*ke> been writing ev- LiTwhcre to every one she had known, former lovers, distant >«u! I«uk iiegUet wl relative.. Tn» result—dead si leu .-e, no rrsjKTtise from anywhere, B>he at k»t was au>ue. caught in the world's gronit snare, with 110 fneudly hnnfl t. ,}>-l ter or to save, {t it »tght to rt .id tb'S Neman's fare. There swept over it all the C( 11 Hie.til;g waves of regrets over might have beeus atid the gloomy shades of despair. Both proprietor an<l wgitor appeared to set the tm;iuj n was 'or one, bst wineglasses for two wn« brought unsolicited. They were ofii- ciously anxious to please "your hig'a ness," as they christened me. The countess sat looVi;iy gloomily oat of the wind."i it m-ross the Rhine, wh'.e | watched her face until an infinite pity for the shipwrecked soul lille<l lay mind. Dismissing the waiter. I weut to tLe \viiidow, mid, utiuidiua by her chair, I m(4. "IVni't worry any more, counters; I will pay your bill" At the siane time, drawing front un inner ]Kxk«t a book crammed with notes, I placed se ' en 100 thaler noted in lier lap, Myitis, "This one is for *-ou» board bill, and tLe •ther .is, are for your pocket money. " I need not attempt to picture her amaze ment and delight. Certainly no wonnm was ever more grateful, We had a loi g conversation, and I was talking to b Jlke a brother. Perhaps had she still been beautiful and young my manner and liuign>>gu might have been lc - s brotherly. I told her she had danced ai.d sung, but at last the time had come 1 c toil, and snggestetl she should go t > Brussels, which is ever througed wu i tourists, where her knowledge of la.i- Ruages a]»d hr.i' .-avoir faire could t~ i uiadti available in one of the many sho; 3 where giiEcrccfcs :.re sold to travelers. I advise<l her to '.iffi-v «i-uinll premium f • a ptwjti.iji. This she said she would d In saying gixxlby I proiuiised to her again the nest night, but I found i telogiiitu RWaitiiig me on my arrival at my hotel which called 1110 to meet tw i of my comiKinions at Calais, and I w:>- foiwd to leave by an early train. Tl.i next time I saw the county was ia Newgate. She visited mo there an 1 was iu perfect despair bvev uiy positH'i and her inability to serve rue. For thoft who liiiiy care to know more of her I will sav that, following my advice, sh> went to Bnw els and obtuincil a jjos:- tion iu a tourist exchange and within a year married the proprietor, who was a councilman and a man of considerable local importance. She tuudo him a goo<l wife and bec«mt> a true mother to his five d-iTijSPtew. When he died he made her guardian both of them and of his wealth, bho became very religious and to the last was a devout member of the Roman church. She died in 1886, 1.1 years after the episode at Bieberich. He;- ashes rest in the little graveyard of the Convent das Sceurs de Ste. Agnes, ou the Charleroi road, two miles from the city, and on her monument is eugravoa. ; TO ELIZABETH, : Tho Beloved Wife, Tinas ami True. She : ; Served 00.l .aid ILi-s Umu tu Live V»iih : : the Angels. fTO BE CONTINUED.J Down In Kentucky. "I swan!" exclaimed Judge Supar wlth. "Seems to me that's a mighty ohlldls! «ort of an oath," commented the major tn a tone of disgust. "The reason the judge swears by the swan," explained Col. Ochiltyglet, with courteous interruption, "is because he admires anything that has such a de lightful neck and can get along on an inch ami a half of water." —N. Y. Re corder. A Deep One. "Heah's one foh j'ou, deah boy," said Sapsmith to Sissington, as they were sitting at the club window. "Why are you like the moon?" "Gwacious! I dawn't knaw. am I like the moon?" "Because vou look wound. See it? He-ah! He-ah!" "But I dawnt always look wound, bah Jawve!" "Neithah does the moon. He-ah: Ile-ah!"—Truth. A KfTlwd Version. Out of the west young Lochlnrar rode; Her father scorched on. too. with Increasing Ire, And Just as he thought He had them both caught His wheel struck a snajf and he punctured a tire. —Chicago Record. THE LONG-HAIRED VIRTUOSO. Little Totpmy (who U attending a concert with hia mother) —Mamma, is that an Angora fiddler? Fliegende Blaetter. yultc Incredible. Gibbs —Did you know that the latest cansus returns in Chicago show that there are about one thousand deaf mutes living iu the city, industrious and uncomplaining. Nibbs —I don't believe it! A man can't live in Chicago uncomplainingly if he never has a chance to talk about what a great town it is.-Detroit Frea Press. Solved the Problem. Tired Housekeeper (in employment agency)—Oh, dear, I wonder if there'll ever be any solution to the servant-girl problem? Employment Agent—Oh, yes, mum. My wife solved it long ago. •'Well, well! How?" "She got rid of the hull gang, an' did th' work herself." —N. Y. Weekly. Wouldn't Tip Even a B.oyit. Miss Hudleigh—Jorkitw. do you think it would be safe for me to go out in the boat with Mr. Deadweight? Do you think he will tip it over? Jorkins (with a scornful glance at Mr. Deadweight)—No danger, mum. He never "tips" anything.—Town Top lea. ISTo :>» HOME CHEESE-MAKING. How M.ny of tho TrouW«. c . i m .. '-ur Mar lie Avoid* . The Xew England Homes' -,v.. the following suggestions i l(in , cheese-making: Strain the 1 . , ; t„ vat and add half a pint of u-n- 1 \ one hundred gallpus of i. . should bang- the curd in , • when the temperature is a'. 1- >it : 1 Stir the rennet ;..i i riil'e fhoroufirhly. Many of the ■ I troubles of the amateur cht • iu-tk« • arise from the use of 111-co:- !-i ncl rennet; if donbts as to its pr - »•; esist. It should be filtered through .1 ~.n .« or cotton fiber. As the cor , n * . reanet, quality of milk an<. , v ture vary at nearly every eh' ■ ■ iaa! - lng, the prepart-d reiyjei ti.. 4 et. I.o] I by dairy supply houses are ui tuabtod ly more cerUiln In results, 'i... t' t £»nuer a thermometer accur. .. -ra uatcd is essential to success. \. UP is cut into oLc-ineh squares i .... ,li.it- . ly aftvr i\ has formed, to In ■ tho separation of whey and curd 1 „■ c« ting is rfcpeated two or thre.- fa- •> ; ha'rf hour intervals and th :i ..pp. , ♦artfully into a basket in • ich v strainer haslteen placed Ai u-vtU ■ basket on a ladder over th(- <* i.o v re ceiver and cut the curd occ:i 1 ial: to hasten draining. Where ~; - nai 1 and fairly free from whe . ! etratuer ends by opposite c< .. r. :m.» naug in a cool place until th ■ 1 .r:i *un is made. Proceed with t'i: 1. ing's ukilk precisely in the .. A. . t *ntfl ready fo hang. ThU i r - quires a little mdre draim. fi-,t ;t may be firm a*d decidedly f v from whey. Cilt the night and morning < erda i 1 slices, place in a bowl and < 1 > it: > pieces a half inch in diamt'o - POl : over the curds a gallon of h • .cy . water and stir until a squea! . >,ou:. i is made. Drain off the scah'. wati >•, add salt to taste apd thoron !•_• n_' t inthecurd. Place a dry strs: . .• in t s hoop, carefully Introduce : cur i v fold the strainer neatly ovei tao U •>. put the follower on and con >i :to t m press. Only enough weight liuuld ! e used to nicely consolidate t che. . • and press out the small rem;, aing p tiens of whey. If placed in t!ie pr. st in the morning-, at nig-ht tern t • j cheese, substitute a fresh •- rain, r, 1 the next day remove from Ihe pre: >. butter the sides, top and botto.-v. n I place on an odorless board, ia a co airy place, to euro. Four eics f 1- curing' is necessary, and d; !■.:;•» t'n.; time the cheese should be t\;: 1 dal'v and buttered if inclined to a tliere to the beard. As cheese is lia .; to e pand, a band of strong cloth slu-uld i> : drawn and se>ved tig-htly arc.iud it t > obviate crocking. AROUND THE DAHY. PBOF. SANBOHN says that e.:t clovei and straw are as good for e.iing >i, timothy. Ii» packing butter place n ! >.h cov ered with salt at the bottom . id cover with cloth covered with sal E. W. STEWART praises hig'.iy i white beans as food for u. -ii cows. Of course they would be exr ; - it. ALWATS churn just aa soo • i:s thcr.; Is cream enough and sufUci 1 acid'.ty develops. If cream is hi: 1 l«eycn:' that it will be injured Ir milk is set in open par the p n ■ should be only about, half full. BeUe.- results in cream rising will bo sco than if the pans ar? fuJiL Cows DO well ou pumpkin but tl.ey should not be fed too freely Cut them , la pieces with a corn cutter aud fe- 1 mixed with wheat bran. Ptt up ensilage, but do n >t expe l that it will be a perfect r '" >u, es;i - cially if there is not consider ible corn in it. Supplement it in fe.- iiug w.t'j grain. IF the private dairy will adopt t ii same rules and the same implement.-* (hat the creamery has, it wi'.l turn out just as pood and uniform product u > the creamery can. Thk curing-room for cbc •"%«■ shoui • be kept at a temperature of r.% to 7 > degrees. The room must 1 ■ so c>.- structed tha't the outside tf ij.- rat;:re will have no effect upon it IF the butter does not e-mie hi a reasonable time, try a different tem perature. .Tust what tem.-rrutur.- a certain lot of cream req ii:v.s m-.i-.t often be determined by ex; n-.nent Farmers' Voice. FOR FASTENING CATTLE. inscription of a Simple, Con.r.iirnt mil Economical Tie. There are a great mar. ; kinds <>.' cattle ties, fci which rari >us menu are claimed, but one of tl'.o simp!.-ft [ and most convenient we i .ve met ' with is shown In our lllusti-..'.: n. «owi are stabled two in n s ;ll wit', a shallow gutter in there:::. l«i wh <:i the inner floor should slop; .ouplc • f ' inches, affording ample d: ipe a«i I keeping the cattle clean 'ihech.it slides on the rod .astenei: ' the •• <!«• of the stall by bolts, wL.'i. pas ir r through, fasten another i- I to the , other side of the parti i. N > World. The Hortm Are loan 'is. Horses have said, since first tb .r!d »>. un. I bard smooth road's the n . t <•! wo » <-l DHL " —JL A. VV tlullc. '• N ratty I'ut. | He—l am in love. W, I you ! . i ! confidante? ' She—Certainly 1 am u: v>m -. ' Ice. lie—Well, would you ; ; o i:. propose to 3*ou? —Brookly:. . e She C'oald Not Fn Miss Ho jack—Hasn't ! • To:. 1 passed her twentieth birt . . ! Miss Flypp—No; she h. n c tog it with her for se\ . I vt. Town Topics. Short Hot MroMtic I ' ".or. "Do you have to treat y i she were a member of tin iHy " "Mercy, nol We havet<- «ei\ i and polite to her." —St-nuc' ! A Woman's Id. ' Dentist—Madam, you v. ii liu' '< i have tome bridge-v.ork ii v • U.. • Patient—All right, d M: T • •» aion or eantalever? —Judg.* Clerical Wit. The witty bishop of Oxf 4 * waited on by a clergyman • • earne t«> lodge a complaint again ' ' : ' cleric, whom he accused .. r.:aa!. practices. 44 For instance," said t' • T;jn v clergyman, "does your • :ip aider'it right for a pr: :>1- . * stole?" "Well," replied Dr. : -iV>.. v *ry gravely, "1 think there v •• ;i 1 he , ter ground for complaint i. lie s - . >!»* a
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