VOL. XXXIII Bargains in ell I ines Youll be Surprised and Financially Benefitted " i i ''By attendingjour Grand Removal Saks. M We will move April ist, and the room we r?l iff will move into is much too small for our pre- ||V sent stock, and in order to reduce our large /jBtV stock we have Cut The Prices on all lines, /!K\ no difference if we must sell some lines at a loss. We must and will reduce our stock— so remember our loss is your gain, so act promptly—attend our Removal Sale and we will save you money. A Few of our Prices — Men's fine dress shoes, lace or congress MMPpI Ladies' waterproof oil grain shoes at.. 75 |Mm|9 Men's best felt boots and frst quality Boy's best felt boots and first quality Child's fine Dongola shoes sizes 5 to 8 Infai.Ls' flexible sole shoes at 25 Ladies' fine overgaiters at 18 Ladies and Misses' best Jersey leggins at 75 1 lot men's hand sewed shoes at i-5° 01 All rubber goods to be closed out at raj Igj reduced prices. |3 April ist we will move # Sfl'/ # into the room now oc- # mpt; / # cupied by Hartzell & # KIH £ Kemper, opposite Hotel R||r \ ifeg-j For the Latest Styles in Fine Footwear Call and See Us. flp£/i JOHN BICKEL 128 South Main St. Branch Store, RlltW P'l 125 N. Main St., JJllllCl -L ct• ANOTHERCHANCE. We are going to continue our SACRIFICE SALE duiing the month yet— Work Bridles, our own make $1 00 Buggy Bridles, o-jr own make 1 00 Sweat Pads, worth 50c 30 Harness, our own make ' 6 00 Buggies with top 36 00 Hareess Oil, per gallon 50 Axle Grease, 6 boxes 25 Team Harness, our own make, S2O for 2 horses Team Collars 75c each And a whole lot of other bargins. COME QUICK. 5: ISSST S.B. Martincourt&Co. 128 EAST JEFFERSON Street. P. S. KRAMER WAGONS ANI) TRUNKS. Butler, Pa., March 2d. THEY ARE HERE We have iust received a line of Rubber Goods that we will sell in addition to our regular goods at the following low prices. Men's Buckle Arctics 60c Woman's Storm rubbers iSc Men's Rubbers 26c Misses' Spring Heel Rubbers 12c Woman's Croquetts 16c Children's Spring Heel Rubbers 10c We say to you these are not our l*st goods but an additional line we have added to our stock. Some dealers arc continually trying to quote very low prices in footwear to convey the idea that they undersell everybody else when the fact is they are trading in very cheap stuff, there is no trouble to get any amount of these cheap goods at any time. THE WOODS IS FULL OF THEM- We merely call your attention to these few facts that will probably be worth your consideration in buying your footwear. The cheapest is not always cheapest. Men s I<elt Boots and Rubbers $1.50 Woman's Fine Overgaiters and 18c Bo>s' Felt l!ools and Rubliers 1.25 Men's Rubber Boots. f'2 'OO and *2 so Womens' Heavy Shoes 65c, 75c, 85c Men's Fine Shoes 85c $1 #1 25 Men's Fine Slippers 50c Ladies' Fine Shoes... . 67 V 2 c *l' fi'as Men's Warm Slippers 35 and 50c Children's Shoes 45C, 50c, 75c See our Ladies' Twentieth Century Shoes, new spring styles, just in at onlv |2, and it is a beauty. Some of the advance new spring styles are now coming in Better see Butler's Leading Shoe House when you buy your footwear. BUTLER'S LEADING SHOE HOUSE, Opposite Hotel Lowrj, 3. C. Huselton. Harness Shop! Harness of all Kinds Madejto Order. Repairing a Specialty, AND PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. BLANKETS AND ROBES. CASH PAIK FOR HIDES. No/ 111 St., . . BUTLER, A (The old Times Office.) FRANK KEfIPER, Agt. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Grand Besults follow the faithful" use of Hood's Sar saparilla. It ».oes expel every trace of scrof ula. cures rheumatism, neuralgia and catarrh, creates au appeUte aud makes the weak strong. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is tlic One True Blood Purifier. $1; six for j'. Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient. 2'jC. Professional Cards. ALEX RUSSELL. Attornayai-Law. Office with Newton Black, Esq South Diamond, Butier, Pa C- F. L. McQuistlon. Civil khoinekk -i"D scuvkvok. Office near Court lloaee Butler I'a. $ | NEWTON BLACK. .tt'y at Law—Offlce on Son' t> side of Plamonc outler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT. ATTORNEY-AT-I.A W. Ullce ai No. 8. ijouti Dl'imoLd. Butler. Pt. J M. PAINTfc.K, |Atlorney-at-Law. Uce—Between I'JStotll *e and iJlamond, Uuller Pa. A. T. BLACK. ATTOUNIVV AT LAW. S. li. PIEftSOL. attorney at i.aw. OBice at No. I<l4 East Diamond S' \V. C. FINDLEY, aTTownky at law. office on becoud Uo-Jr Jt lliu iluselfu o.oci. diamond, iiutlcr, Pa.. Koorn Mo. 1. COULTER & bAKER. attorneys at law. Ot 2'as in room !>.. Armory Bullfllug-. liullei Pa. A. M. CHRSITLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. >nlce second floor, Anderson Block. MaU v,. „ear< ourt Ilousc. Kutler. pa. Dr. N. M. IJOOVER, UT E. Wayne.Sr.. oRl.:.- hours, lot-> 12 M. an to 3 P. M. DR. J. E. FAULK Dentist. Office —In Gilkey building oppo P. 0. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butlfer, Penn'a. Artificial Teeth Inserted on the latest im jroved plan. Gold Pilling a specialty. Office jvor Scnaul'sC'lotMnK Store. V. M. .VIcALPiN E Dentist, Main St. Naeetheticb Administered. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. too west Cunningham St. L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AKD SUKOKOK, New Troutman Kulldlnff, Butler. I'a. G, M. ZIMMERMAN PHYSICIAN AKD BVKOEOI, ofllca at No.• 4S, S. Main street, o*n (.!» tarmacy.Butler. Pa, H. H. GOUCHER. A ttoniey-at-law. omce In Mitchell tiulldln Butler Pa. DR CHAS. R B. HUNT, Physician and Surgeon. Eye, car, nose and throat a Bpeeialty 132 and 134 8. Moin Street., Kalnton building. \Y. H. BROWN, Homoeopathic Physician and Surgeon. OU'ce 236 S. Main St., opp. P. O. Ke«idence 315 N. McKean Bt. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. .DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Oold Killing Painless Extraction of 'reeth lid Artificial reeth without. Plates a spe< laity itrojs Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local nsesthetieis iised. omee «»er Miller's Grocery eas' ofLowry ouse. OITIm oloaedWe ln.*s (lays and Tbursdiys L. S. McJTJNKIN Insurance and Real Estate Agent, a east jkfferson st UIITLER - P A m, *, Mim Funeral Director 37 S. Main.St. Butler Pa. c7 : X D. opmMmmm o OJ |Uiq)der= | IWCAR 1 %P©mt® 1 QO S< protectloi) cvi rv i Feiff : v-ct j • oo 6>o rv MO'4 ; orai.i<? i#rtc«y <x> jvj iij roa WyjE'iEjic Uod'irw^r. bmwmwamm ß All gradf of underwear at very low prices. Largest stock of hats and furnishings for gentleman ni the country. An inspection will prove this to any ones satisfacture. Colbert & Dale. 242 S. Main St., Butler, Penn'a lUTTLEH. PA.,THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 189(i. CHAPTER XIV. AN* INTERRUPTED WEDDING. Daring the tirue spent by Mr. Baruea in the south his 6pies in New York dis covered little or nothing against the persons whom they had been charged to watch. Indeed from the standpoint of a detective the actions of all had been mi«st uninteresting. The usual round of social affairs, the customary number of theater or opera parties, the regular aft ernoon teas—in fact,the ordinary routine life of the man or woman of fashion was all that could be observed. Yet of course these weeks did not pass without any occurrence of note. The chief one perhaps was the naming of the day upon which the wedding of Mr. Mitchel and Miss Reniseu was to occur. This was May 5, the very day upon which Mr. Barnea would reach New York with Mr. Neuilly. Thus fate seemed hurrying on a cli max which was to occur on the wedding day. In New Orleans a detective was seeking evidence upon which he hoped to convict a man of the heinous crime of murder, while in New York a beautiful woman was bestowing her faith upon this same man, and, with the assistance of many lingers, preparing to bedeck herself in bridal finery for his delecta tion. Meanwhilo the man himself acted most unooncernedly. He seemed to con sider himself beyond the risk of danger, and he accepted his happiness as does one who bad honorably earned it. Of much interest to us, in the light of fast approaching events, was the cu rious conduct of Dura Reinsen during this period. It will be remembered that Mr. Randolph had lost an opportunity of declaring himself, and that he warn ed the young lady against Mr. Thauret as one not to be trusted. This kind of advice, it is to be presumed, is offered by the one giving it, with some idea, however distant, that it may be accept ed. Yet the histories of many lives would show that only a small percent age of similar advice has ever been re ceived with acquiescence. Indeed, it might also be said that persons have been hurried into each other's arms by the interference of wiseacres, when perhaps, if left to themselves, they would have drifted apart. At least so it seemed in this case. Mr. Thauret had become not only a constant visitor at the house of the Renisens, but he seemed a welcome one. He oertainly was a most entertain ing man, and his manners utterly unap proachable. He had traveled, und not only had seen the world, but had ob served it, which is another thing. The result of this was that he had a fund of narrative always at his disposal, and his conversation was so attractive that he easily monopolized the attention of a coterie at any social gathering. Mr. Randolph noted with growing uneasi ness that Dora was always one of the group who listened to these tales. What disturbed him most was that after the greatest amount of time spent and wast ed in seekiug some llagrant defect in the man's character he was at last com pelled to acknowledge to himself that he had nothing against Mr. Thauret except a prejudice. But that prejudice was as great if not greater than ever. He determined at length to speak to Mr. Mitchel about it, and did *so one after noon when the rooms crowded, his rival being as unual I -enter of an attentive group. "Mitchel," he began, "how the dence did that fellow Thaurot get into this family?" "Dora met him somewhere, I believe. Why?" "Why? Can you ask that?" "Can I? Why, certainly I can. I did ask yon— Why I" "I declare, Mitchel, you are either as blind as a bat or else you have eyes on ly for Miss Emily. Don't you tee the danger that the younger sister is in, as sociating with that man?" "Well, now, Randolph, to bo candid, I must admit I do not see the danger. What is it?" "Why. suppose—suppose she fell in love with him ? Suppose she married him I" "Well, what then?" "What then? You would provoke a saint. You talk as coolly about that child's throwing herself away on a—a nobody—as though wo were discussing a shot at billiards. " "Randolph, my friend, let me give you a bit of advice. When a man wish es to marry a girl, there are two im portant rules which ho must observe, and both of them I believe you have neglected." "What do you mean?" "Before I explain let me ask you a question. Am I right in supposing that you wish to marry Dora yourself?" "Well, that is rather pointed. How ever, I will admit the truth. I would be happy to have her love. " "Very well. I will tell you those two rules. The first is, 'Never speak ill of your rival.' Tho socond is, 'Don't be too late asking for tho young lady.' " Randolph looked at Mr. Mitchel a moment intently, thenoffored his hand, which was grasped warmly. He said simply, "I thank you," and walked over to tho group where Dora was. Aft er awhile, taking advantage of an op portune lull, ho leaned over her and said in an undertone: '' May I have a few words of conver sation with you?" Sho looked up at him, evidently sur prised at his tone, aud asked: "Is it important?" "Very," he replied succinctly, and excusing herself to tho company she permitted him to lead her into tho next room, where she sat beside him on the sofa, to which ho invited her with a motion. After a brief silence, during which each thought intently, he began : "Miss Dora, I wish you to listen to mo, if you please, to the end. I think you know that I love you. " He paused just a moment, while she trembled slightly, blushed, und drooped her head. Ho continued : "I havo never told you this before in words, I know, but you are a woman and must have read my heart long ago. You arc all so clover at that sort of thing. lam only a man, and I have not been able to read yonrs at all. I really do not know whether you caro for me <,r not. Once I thought that you did, but of late—but no mat ter. I will not go into that. In brief, then, I have only to say that it would make me supremely happy to know that you would some day be my wife. In ex change! I offer you a lifelong devotion. And now—l think—that is all I have to say. Dora—little sweetheart—do you, could you trust yourself to me?" Ho had gently taken her hand while ho spoke, and tho fact that she had nei thnr resisted nor withdrawn it had en couraged him to the more affectionate terms which he used at the end of his lovo speech. She hesitated awhile, then gently disengaging her hand anil look tear in her eye she said almost in a whisper: "Do you care very much?" "Very much ! I cannot tell you how much." Ho tried to recapture her hand, bot sho eluded him. Again she asked a question: "Money is not an object to you in this?" "Miss Remsen, you insult me." "No, no!" she said quickly. "You misunderstand. I did not mean my money. I can't explain, yet you must answer my question. Would you mind if—oh, how shall I say it? Suppose I did something that cost you a lot of money"— "Oh, I see," exclaimed Mr. Ran dolph, brightening up. "You mean you are extravagant. Don't let that bother ;ou a minute. You may cost me as much money as you can possibly spend. I will never complain." She seemed much relieved, but she did not speak at once. Her eyes wan dered away from him, and following her gaze he saw them reach and rost npon Mr. Thauret. A jealous pang dart ed through his heart. He was about to speak when she turned to him and said with suppressed emotion: "I hope you will not be angry with me and that you will not think evil of me. There is something I cannot ex plain, yet which, if I ccrald, you would not object to. But until I can tell you about it—l cannot—l cannot—give you an answer. Would you—would you be willing to wait?" There was a tone of entreaty in her voice. "How long?" asked Mr. Randolph, still irritated, and wondering if the Eomething which she could not tell was in anyway connected with Mr. Thauret. "Would you mind—if I asked yon to wait till—well, say the new year?" "That is a longtime, but if it is your will, I must." "Oh, thank you!" That was all she said, but there was a hint of rapture in her speech, there were tears in her eyes, and for one brief ecstatic moment be thought that there was love in her heart, and that that love was for him. With an impulse that he could not con trol, and which she did not cnecK, n© drew her to him and softly touched her lips with his own. He felt satisfied, though she left him immediately and went at once to Mr. Thauret, who greet ed her with evident warmth. There is something, magnetism, if you please, but a something that binds two true lovers' hearts so that an impulse in the one excites an answering sensation in the other. The oddest fact in this con nection is that, though one may fancy himself deeply in love, he is not till he has received one of these instantaneous messages which Cupid ticks over love's telegraph. After that he is enslaved. His better judgment is gone. He will argue in the lonely hours of the night that ho has made a mistake, that the woman is not destined to make him happy, that she has this, that or the other fault, but it counts for nothing save that he suffers. That one stab has slain his manhood, and he cannot con trol his actions. As soon as he meets the woman again, act as she may, his love is aflame once more. She may ill treat him, she may ignore him, it mat ters not; sho attracts him. Thus it was with poor Mr. Randolph. Throughout the many weeks that fol lowed he suffered much. He called his love all the unpleasant things that jeal ousy could suggest. But invariably the recollection of that one moment, when she had seemed in that indistinct, inde scribable way to have yielded her whole self, her whole soul to him, would flash across his mind, and at once his reason was silenoed, and he would say : "She could not have done that if she were false. She loves me, but there is something that I do not understand which makes her treat me so. She told me so, and said that when she could tell it to me I should not mind. Well, I must be patient and wait. I must trust her; she must be, she is, true!" And then gradually all the old doubts would creep over him again, and the suffering would bo as poignant as before. It was about a month after the con versation related when a somewhat similar one octnrred between the same young lady and Mr. Thauret. He had called one afternoon, when Dora was alone, and so had the field to himself. He spoke to her of all those things which he had found most interesting to her, and she was enjoying his society very much, when suddenly, as twilight ap proached and the room grew slightly darkened, he began to touch upon a more tender theme. He spoke of him self, of the wandering life that he had led, of the fact that he was alone in the world without a living relative. He mentioned, as though it were of no im portance, that ho was of noble blood. Then he drew a touching picture of a man who, while really of a most affec tionate nature, was compelled to live a loveless life because there was none to whom he could turn for that sort of comfort. Then he asked her gently, very gently, wAether she had ever thought upon the subject herself, and whether she had felt a yearning for the compan ionship of one who would be all in all to her. His pleading was very pretty to listen to, and she heard him as though much impressed, but her reply was not exactly what he evidently hoped it would have been. "Oh, yes," said she, "I have thought of all that in a vague sort of way. But, you soe, I have l>een in love with my beautiful Qneen for so long that I can not imagine a life without her. And yet"—there was a tremor in her voice —"I am going to lose her soon. She will go away for awhile, und then I fancy I shall feel that loneliness of which you speak. So if you want to hear my real ideas upon that subject, you must wait till ufter the wedding." She said this last with a tone of deep meaning, and Mr. Thauret seemed to accept her remark as a hint, for he changed the subject. Shortly afterward he wept away. As he walked down the avenue" there was almost a triumphant smile upon his face. This, however, was not reported to Mr. Barnes, for the spy wus behind and could not see bis face. It was only a few nights after this that Mr. Mitchel was walking home from the club, accompaied by Mr. Thau ret, when tho latter turned the conver sation upon the Miss Renisens. "They certainly are charming girls," said he, "but one would need to be rich to afford the luxury of marrying one of them. I suppose they have nothing un til the death of the mother.'' k Mr. Mitchel thought that he under stood the object of the question, and for reasons of his own was glad to reply to it. "Oh, not at all," said he. "The fa ther loft each of them a handsome sum— sso,ooo, in fact—which they are to re ceive as soon as married. The bulk of tne money, oi course, went to tne wid ow, but her interest is only for life, and then it is to be equally divided between the girls. I think it is somewhere near $500.000.'' "You are a fortunate fellow. I wish I had your luck." "My dear Thauret, can a man of your intelligence believe in such a stupid thing as luck? It no more exists than its antithesis, ill luck. Every man suc ceeds or not, according to his own skill in guiding his life. Now you envy me my marriage to Emily, when certainly her sister Dora is just as charming and richer too.'' "Miss Dora is charming, true, but that does not make me a successful suit or. But what do you mean by saying that she is richer?" "Why, you see, her sister is devoted to her and has promised her a gift of SIO,OOO the day she marnes, upon one condition." "And that condition is?" "That the husband shall be satisfac tory to her.'' There was a silence for several min utes, finally broken by Mr. Thauret: "Well, in the light of your approach ing marriage, which will make you the only man in the family, I presume your influence would count. If I should wish to marry Miss Dora, I suppose you would favor my suit?" "That is not a new idea to me, I as sure you. All I need say is that when yea gain Zfera's consent you shall have mine.'' "Thank you." Mr. Thauret said this with suppressed emotion, und after that neither man spoke until they said good night at Mi. Mitchel's hotel. Mr. Thau ret, upon reaching his own room, smok ed a cigar and blew little ringlets over his head, thus occupying himself till long after midnight. He seemed to be building castles, and from the satisfied expression on his face they must have been grand ones. Thus matters stood when the day dawned upon which the marriage was to occur. Everything was bustle and confusion at the home of the Remsens. The bridesmaids arjfved early, helped to deck the bride, and then stood around in delighted admiration. Dora was in ecstasies. Two magnificent bouquet® had been sent to her, one entirely of carnation pinks, from Mr. Randolph and the other a fine assortment of cut flowers, among which were three beau tiful calls lilies, tied with long white satin ribbons. These were the gift of Mr. Thauret. She stood admiring the flowers for a few moments, then tender ly untied the pinks, and, taking a few of each color, made a small bouquet, which she pinned just at the opening of her dress near the throat Thus they were near enough to exhale a fragrance of which she would be oontinuallv con scious. Just before leaving the nouse, however, she took the callas and carried them with her in her gloved hand. Before the dav was over a little trag edy occurred, of whioh she was pot on ly innooent, but unconscious. In the throng entering the church her pinks were swept from her breast, and in her excitement she did not observe her loss. Mr. Randolph, however, the groom's best man, noted oarefully that sbe car ried flowers and that they were not his. Subsequently she, in reply to a question from him, admitted who had sent them, and though he made no remark be slept little that night. Thus easily men suf fer. Emily was dressed—but there, why should I attempt to describe what only a Worth oould have furnished and only wealth oould afford? If you oan imag ine the most beautiful shade and qual ity of pearl colored silk, and add to that the finest of lace, and to that the most marvelous profusion of tiny ribbon bows, then, as I hinted, recall that the geniuß of Worth designed the garment, perhaps you will imagine all that I could tell you. At least I may say that as the bride entered tho church on the arm of that magnificent man, Mr. Van Rawls "Thank God, I am ru>t too late." ton, wbo, as her father's dearest friend, had been invited to take his place, ev ery woman present took one lingering look at the woman and her gown ana then turned to her neighbor to express her admiration. Moroover, I will say that the sum of all that praise was not enough fully to describe Emily Remsen, who looked every inch "a royal queen," as Dora delightedly told every one for years afterward. But after tho bridal party had passed people naturally looked for the groom, and they wondered not to see him. Whispering occurred, and inquiries were made wiuiout satisfactory response. Some thought that thero had been a mistake, and that the signal bad been given to the bride and her friends too soon. It was an awkward situation, be cause. of course, once hav lag reached the altar, they could not turn and leave tho uhuroh again. Consequently they simply stood and waited. Every one at length grew so nervous that save for the organ there gradually Btole over the whole edifice a solemn silence. W»ople were awed, and fearing at last, as the minutes paised and still the groom did not appear, that something dreadful either had or was about to occur they almost held their breaths. A few inti mate friends went out on tiptoe, but the door leading to the vestry room was guarded by a man In livery, who would Say nothing but that no one could be admitted. Meanwhile an exciting BQone, though a brief one, was being enacted behind that door. Just as the two parties were about to start on their way to the altar a carriage had driven up furiously, and from It had alighted Mr. Barnes. He quickly entered the building and went Straightway into the vestry room, brush ing aside tho man at the door. Once in tho presence of the groom and his gen tlemett attendants, he astonished them by saying: "Thank God, I am not too late." "Are you quite sure?" said Mr. Mitchel, with provoking ealruness. "I have come here to stop this wed ding," said the detective, a little excit ed. "You mean to delay it. That you are doing now, as I should bo ou my way to the altar to join my bride." "I tell you, I come to stop this wed ding altogether, and"— "One moment, Mr. Barnes. There is no time to lose, and I do not wish you to speak too openly. Let me talk for you. You have reasons, which I can guess, for wishing me not to be married. Am I light?" "I have said as much. " "If I can prove to you that you gain nothing by hindering this ceremony, will you allow it to proceed and then act as you may please afterward instead Of DOW?" "Of ocurse, but that is impossible." "Nothing is impossible, Mr. Barnes. Read that If you please." Taking from his pocket a folded pa per, he handed it to Mr Barnes, who took it nervouely, read It and looked up amazed. "This is an outrage. Mr. Mitchel, and"— "And you have given ine your word not to further Interfere at this time. If you will meet me at my botel at 2 o'clvi:-. t will answer whatever other demand® : -r have upon me. I think you know ; - may trust me to keep the engagemum.. :> > r "tie men, we will proceed.'' Saying wn.cu, he and his friends filed out of the room and down the aisle of the church, much to the relief of the immense throng awaiting them, leaving Mr. Barnes ut terly discomfited. The ceremony then Erooeeded without further delay, and in alf an hour Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mitch el were taken in their carriage to the Fifth Avenue hotel Mr. Barnes did not wait to see them leave the cathedral, but hurried away almost immediately r having read the document which Mitchel had banded to him. This was a certificate of marriage dated the day before, and performed at the may or's office. Thus, whatever reason the detective had for stopping the marriage the telegram from Sefton bad enabled Mr. Mitchel to once more outwit Mr. Barnes by simply allowing a civil ocn tract to antedate the religious ceremony. CHAPTER XV. StR. MITCHEL EXPLAINS A FEW THINGS. Immediately upon his arrival In New York Mr. Barnes went to his office. Here he was slightly surprised to find Luoette. "Well," said he tersely. "I came here," said the girl, "so that I could report to you the minute you got here. There is no time to lose. " "Why, what is up?" "Your plan about my getting infor mation from the East Orange postufHoe did not work. The man said that, though he would like to serve you, be was afraid it might be construed Into tam pering with the mails; that you would need an order from the postmaster gen eral. I went to work then on the other line and began a systematic examina tion of every house in the place. It was bard work, but at last I found the child. You don't want details now, because she has been taken away again. Mitch el went down yesterday and brought her to New York." "Why did you not follow him and see where he took her?" "I did, and this time lam sure he did not suspect that I was after him. Ho took the ohild to the Remsens." "To the Remsens? What can that mean?" "I don't know. But Mitchel and Miss Remsen are to be married at St. Pat rick's cathedral at 10 o'clock this morn ing. " "Not if I can stop it," replied the detective, and be hastened up to the oburch witfi tho result told in the last chapter. Promptly at 2 o'clock Mr. Barnes presented himself at the Fifth Avenue pot el accompanied by Mr. Neuilly. They were asked to go up to Mr. Mitch el's apartments, and there they were greeted by that gentleman as affably as though they had been of his wedding party. Indeed he began the conversation in rather a jocular way, saying: "Ah! Mr. Barnes, delighted that now I can entertain you more at my leisure. This morning, you see, I was in a great hurry. You called at a very inopportune time, and I am afraid that I was rather abrupt " "Mr. Mitchel, I am not in the humor for nonsense. This is a very serious visit, I assure you. This gentleman is Mr. Neuilly of New Orleans, and be has come all this distance to aid the cause of justice." "Delighted to meet you, Mr. Neuillv, lam sure," said Mr. Mitchel, approach ing and extending his hand so cordially that the elder man took it, though be had thought that he would rather han dle hot coals than the hand of the man who he supposed was guilty of wrong ing the daughter of his old friend in the south. Mr. Mitchel did not seem to notice his agitation, but, begging them to be seated, he himself took a comfort able chair and continued, "Now, Mr. Barnes, I am wondering if it is possible that you havo traced my wife's ruby as far away as New Orleans?" "I have not been looking for it I sup pose you know why I wished to stop your marriage?" "Why, no; not precisely. What was your reason?" "If you do not know it, why did you get married yesterday?" "I might reply that it is often done, but I will be honest and tell you that such a procedure never occurred to me till I heard that you were ooming home. Then, you see, I thought that you might take the idea into your head—you do get odd notions, yon must admit—that I ought not to get married just now. I knew you well enough to believe that if you did harbor a thought of that nature you would not hesitate to interfere. I did you no injustice there, for that is just what you tried to do, you see. Con sequently, as I had set my heart on be ing married in the cathedral precisely at the time appointed, I just took the bull by the horns and persuaded my lit tle girl to marry me yesterday. That is my story in full, I assure you. Now, what was your object?" "You know it very well, and all this yarning is pure bluster. You know well enough that I wanted to use Miss Emily Remsen as a witness against you, and that I could not do so after she became Mrs. MitcheL " "Oh! Well, yes; I admit that idea was in my mind, Mr. Barnes. And now —what are yOu going to do about it?" "In tho first place I shall arreet you for abducting the child who was in the care of Rose Montalbon. " Mr. Barnes expected some surprise from his adver sary, but he was disappointed. "Yes," said he, "and then?" "Then I shall compel you, through the oourt, to reveal her present hiding place and to produce her." "I think you might have trouble to do that were it not that I do not object to It. In fact, we will reverse your order of things and begin with the production of the child. Emily!" In answer to his call hia wife oame into the room, bring ing with ber a beautiful girl. Her hus band and taking the little one by the band ooolly approached Mr. Neuilly, and said: "Rose, this Is Mr. Neuilly. He was a dear good friend to your mctn •r, and has come all the way from New Orleans to see you. I think he would like to kiss you, would you not, Mr. Neuilly?" That gentleman seemed much moved. To him the vision of loveliness stand ing demurely before him brought back the memory of the long ugo. She re minded him of another little girl whose Srowth into budding womanhood he ad watched tenderly, having in his youth loved ber mother, the grandpar ent of tho ohild before him. HJ» suit bad not been successful, and fox love of that woman he bad remained a bachelor •11 his days. Now he oould see chang ing expressions in this young face, which reminded him of both those worn en who had been dear to him. Without a word he drew hei toward him, and kissed her once. Then he aroee, still holding her hand, and led ber toward the door of tho next room; there he once ;mg me aocr alter &ne ;exc aire. iaen, j turning with u fnrv in bis heart and re pressed passion in his voice, ho exclaim ed: "Mr. Mitchel, cither you are the most contemptible villain on the face of this earth, or else there is Jomo hideous mistake here. Explain it, man ! I matt know at oooe!" "Must, Mr. Neuilly, >s a word that I seldom obey. But I know bow yon have ' suffered, and have no desire to prolong this interview a moment more than is 1 absolutely necessary. First, however, I must understand the situation. What do yon and Mr. Barnes here think it to be?" "I will explain briefly," said the de tective, "provided yonr wife will with draw. " "My wife is now a part of myself," said Mr. Mitchel, proudly placing an arm around her as she stood beside him. "You need not hesitate to speak. She baa promised to share my life with me, to take me as I am. She will begin the task at once. Go on." "So be it I know now that Rose Mitchel, who was murdered, was known in New Orleans as Rose Moutalbon, and that she was yonr wife. I have also discovered that you deceived a young Creole, the mother of that child Who has just left us; tbat when you deserted her she died broken hearted, while yon allowed the Moutalbon woman to take the girl and pass it off as her own, though later she was kidnaped by you. The woman suspected tbat you would wish to marry again and swore to pre vent it. Her appearance upon the scene just as yon were to become a husband most havo been a menace to yon. Do you see the point? Murders have been committed with less motive. I think, therefore, that I have sufficient evidence upon which to arrest yon." "Yon might arrest me upon lees evi dence," said Mr. Mitchel. "It is done every day. Bnt to convict me you wonld have to prove all this." "How do you know that I cannot prove it?" "For the very simple reason tbat yonr facts are all wrong.'' "Very good, Mr. Mitchel, but you will have to prove that" "I am fully prepared to do so. To begin with, according to your story, I abducted this child. There you are only partly right. 1 did take her away from the Montalbon, and I did it, as you might say, by stealth and force. But I had the fullest right to do so." "Yon admit, then, that yon are her father?" "On the contrary, I deny it, and there is the weak point in your story. Your argument all depends upon my having been guilty of wronging that Sirl's mother and the Montalbon's bav ig me in her power. In point of fact, I am not her father, and the Montalbon had but a slim chance to blackmail me. " "But you admitted to me that yon al lowed her to do so; that yon gave her a large amount in jewels.'' "That is true, yet I did not submit to blackmail." "Mr. Mitchel, I seldom forget a man's words. Yon told me that day in the vaults that you were in the woman's power; that she could ventilate certain Scandals whioh might break your en gagement Yet now yon say yon were not in her power and that yon did not submit to blackmail. How can yon ex plain such conflicting statements?" "Two conflicting statements may both be true, provided a lapse of time occurs between them. When I admitted that I had been in the power of that woman, I thought so; therefore I spoke the truth. When I say now that I was not, I also speak truly. In the interval I have learned to appreciate the character of the woman who is now my wife. That is all. I know now that the Montalbon's story, blazoned forth to the world, would not have affected her faith in mo if I had told her my own version." "For heaven's sake, gentlemen," in terrupted Mr. Neuilly, "stop this argu ment and get down to the facts. lim impatient to know the truth. " "Yes, Roy," said Emily. "Why not simply tell the story as a narrative, and let tho whole truth be known?" [TO BE OONTIMTED.^ DREAM SUPERSTITIONS. A dream concerning the eyes means a loss of property. Climbing a tree while dreaming menns you will attain to high political honor. Seeing a Are In a dream douotes a speedy quarrel with a frloud for a very trivial oause. A dream of Ixtlng clothed in silk denotes ultimate wealth for yourself and happiness for your family. To dream tbat you aro flea bitten Indi cates that your enemies will oauso you groat annoyance. A dream that you have lost your sight Indicates that you will soon discover tho perfidy of a trusted friend. To dream of a barn slgnltlos that you aro shortly to have a dispute with some one and gain tho advantage. A young man dreaming of the poor house Is, according to the books, destlnod to be married at an early day. To dream of hearing pleasing musio means that you are shortly to receive money from an unexpected source. To dream that boos aro humming to you means the loss of your sweetheart, or, if you are married, tho alienation of your wife's affections. To dream about tho gallows Is tho luck lost droam a man can havo. It forebodes that he will become rich, arrive at high honors and bo happy. ART IN ADVERTISING. For securing prominence in an adver tisement, oontrast Is the thing that does It. —F. I. Maule. If there is a labor on earth that calls for tho oxerclse of Judicious discrimination, it Is tho management of an advertising oam palgn.—Fourth Kstate. Thoro is an art in entertaining readers which the successful advertiser must know. There Is a knack in being lavish without being oppressive.—Newspaper - dom. The advertisement that has a sincere ring to It and hugs tho truth in every sontunco will go straight to tho reader's reason and mako a favorable Impression. —Printers' Ink. A Georgia undertaker has adopted a novel method of advertising his business. His advertisement roads: "Funerals on the installment plan. Two dollars a week will bury your best friend.Woonsocket Reporter. HOW A MAN MISSES IT. Tho man who angles for compliments quite often catches the wrong Hsh. The man who 1h always satisfied with himself is raroly satisfactory to others. A man never realises how human he is until bo has made a big fool of himself. When a man has a holiday himself, he teems to forget that the rest of the world Is busy. It is genorally the man who has the least to complain about that does the most kicking. The man who will kick a di>g when his business doesn't go to suit him may put a $6 bill on the plate Sunday, but tho angols aro still thinking of that dog—Hartford ReMglous Herald. A ROYAL FLUSH. Tho Princess of Wales Is said to f*> get ting deaf. The Prince of Wales baa bis life Insured for ♦«,«60,000. Queen Wlihelmlna Is a remarkably olsver bicyclist. Germany's "war lord" Is 87 years old and has not seen a war yet. Princess Be atrice realizes $600,000 from Pgpoo Henry s life instance. TSTo. 13 THE TATTLER. Mrs. Cleveland is looking better than at any time during recent years. Mrs Temple, wife of the bishop of Lon don. acts as his private secretary. She is an expert shorthand writer. Mrs. Catharine Snodgrass of Marysville, 0 . has just oelebrated her hundredth birthday by giving a largo reception. Senorita Ijeonor Perez de la Rlva, tho Cuban revolutionary poetess who lias been threatened with Imprisonment, Is a girl of 90 o( rare and dazzling lieauty. Miss Anna Laurens Dawes Is making an enviable reputation as a magazine and newspaper \friter. She is a daughter of ex-Senator Dawes of Massachusetts. Mrs. Nancy Barger. mother of seven children, five of whom are living, has seen 105 Christmoses. She lives and keeps house for her son in Bellefonte. Pa. Miss Clara Barton was 68 years old on Christmas day, but she is still able to work more hours out of the 24 than most young women, or young men either. Mrs. Arvilla C. Luce, a teacher of 34 years' standing in tho Chicago schools, was tho originator of that now successful scheme for the pensioning of public school teachers. Mrs. Churchill, who resides at tho Lenox In Cleveland, rode 1,600 miles on hor wheel last season. This is great riding, considering the fact that Mrs. Churchill is 65 years old. A sister of tho poet Longfellcv " Ira. Pierce, is living at an advanced in Portland, Me. Sho used to be a Sunday school teacher, and there aro many \. -\<-n who havo a bond of union iu having .'leon members of "Mrs. Pierce's class." Elvira Boothman of Evansville, Ind., bas been granted 'a divorce from Edward Boothman. She has had seven husbands and now has five cx-husbands. Sho has been divorced six times. That comes pretty near being a record for ono woman. Miss Marj* Field, tho eldest daughter of the late Eugene Field, is preparing herself to read In public from her illustrious fa ther's works. She is a remarkably hand some young woman and will make a dis tinguished appearance on the platform. A young girl, Anna Stelzer by name, Inherited a quarry of late. Now sho not only bosses it without, any help, but works, too, practicing every day as a stonecutter in tho yard adjoining. Tho placo where ■bo lives Is Zobten, on tho Bol>or river, Siberia. Both tho Princess of Wales and the Princess Louise—the marchioness of Lorno —are capable of saying tho right thing at tho proper moment, and the Baroness Bur dett-Coutts and Lady Randolph Churchill can both speak in a thoroughly earnest manner, almost without preparation of any kind. Miss Penrose, whoso academic career at Oxford and London has been highly dis tinguished, is prominent in the effort to ward the admission of women to tho do groo of B. A. at Oxford. In a rocen Speech she said, "It is to Oxford, the'uni versity of movements rathor than of men, that women are now looking." On High Olympus. Jove —My 1 What a lot of war scares they are having on earth. Is Mars, the god of war, down there? Satellite —No, your highness, only ,3£o lus, the wind king.—Truth. D«ur. How deer to my heart aro the sccnos of my childhood. For the boom they have started Is bearing Its fruit, And the scenes before mentioned, which were not worth a copper, Are selling for WOO a foot. —Detroit Tribune. THE LISTENER. John James Piatt, tho poet, Is employed in tho Washington postofilco. Tho Earl of Cran brook at tho ago of 82 is accounted the best pheasant shot in Kent. H. Farmer of Masontown, Pa., has tho compass which was used by Colonel Alox andcr McLean In completing tbo survey of the famous Mason and Dixon line. Plllsbury, the famous American chess player, has to exercise tho utmost care In jiablts of life and methods of diet to main tain the control of his nervous system. Mr. Rudd, one of tho great money king! of South Africa, is said to bo descended from tho allegod father of Louis Philippo. Ho Is proud of his descent from Chlapplni. Cecil Rhodes, when asked by an lntor vlower in London to montion a point or two as to his private life, repliod, "I never had any private life, always having Ixwn too busy to stop for one." Postmaster Washington Hosing of Chi cago is a veteran collector of postage Stamps. This has boon his favorite diver sion for many years, and his collection of stamps from tbo German states Is vory complete and strong. M. Maurel, tho singer, botrayod one of bis motbods of remaining youthful Ib. Boston, whero he had tho furnlturo re moved from ono of tho rooms ho occuplod at a hotel and caused the machinery of a complete private gymnasium to bo sot up. Congressman William H. Craln of Tex as, who died recently, was ono of the best classical soholars ever Bont to congress. Ho knew tho "Iliad'' and tho groat Greek tragedies almost by hoart, and yet ho kept his English pure and ldlomatlo in a mark ed degree. Prince Gblka, who has been appointed Roumanian minister at Paris, belongs to one of tho most famous families of hLs country. In the lpst ten years there havo boon throe Ghlkas occupying posts as min isters —one at Berlin, ono at London and tho ono now appointed to Paris. Senator George C. Perkins of California is one of tho plouoers of western civiliza tion. He is a native of Maine, went to eea as a cabin boy at tho ago of 12, served before tho mast for several yoars, bocamo a California gold miner and shipowner and was elected governor and senator. Fow congressmen affect tho bouton nlere. Johnson of California wears a pink carnation, Plcklor of Dakota a small rose, Qulgg ot Now York a violet, Richardson of Tennessee sometimes a rosebud. Nearly all the congressmen woar some sort of a military button or decoration. Bishop Churohlll Julius (Anglican) of Christchuyoh, Now Zealand, has become noted for bis oooentrloltles. A few years ago ho Insisted on personally laying tho last stone on the restored spire of his cathe dral, and now ho Is surprising good church men by riding a bicycle In publlo. Ben Brierlcy, who died rocontly in Eng land, was known tho world over as an ox pert on Lancashire dialects, which are many and ourlous. Brlerloy once visited America and would pick out the English looallty many visitors caino from by their aocent, whlou told nothing to tho ordinary man. Pint, now tho champion fencer of France, Is a groat porsonago in Paris at present. He Is a short, thickset man, with arms extremely long for his size and a chest deep enough for a man 6 foot tall. Ho has a wonderfully quick eye and Is gald to I>e as clover a fencer as the famous Bert rand. CURRENT COMMENT. Tho Anneke Jans heirs havo almost at tained to tho number of Holmes' victims. —Manchester Union. Scientists announce that tho oyster has a bacillus pocullar to Itself. Never mind; pass the bacilli. —Fresno Republican. A great jockey and a groat composer died on tho same day. The great jockey loft tho most money.—Los Angeles Ex press. Tbo French republic has survived a great many obituaries, and thochancos are that It will survive a groat many more.— Boston Herald. Tho Nebraska minister who declared that there Is no hades and immediately resigned showed good judgmontand saved trouble. —Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. A Nebraska poet sings, "Armenia, could 1 dlo for tlioef" Why, certainly you can. Just go to Turkey and run up against ono of those Kurds. That Is a good wbtyr.— Florida Times-Union. Borne of these days somo condemned murderer may possibly mako his last breakfast off something besides ham and eggs, with buttered toast, and then thero will be a sensation.—Washington Post Think of Secretary Olnoy, when bo dif fered from Speaker Rood, challenging him to a duel I You can'teoncolvo of anythlug ; bo ridiculous? Yet thut Is exactly tbo way £ in which politics Is still carried on -la * Franco. uffalo Express, jj
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