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/ -*'
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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.
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M H BROOKS, Clerk.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fira Insurance Company,
Office Cor.Main &. Cunningham
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lUTTLRR. PA..THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1895.
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~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