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 \
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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
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Funeral Director
37 S. Main.St. Butler Pa.
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Largest stock of hats and
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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