VOL. XXXIII
Bargains in all T ines
You'll be Surprised
and Financially Benefitted
By attending'our Grand Kemoval^Sales.
m We will move April ist, arid the room we pi
lfj will move into is much too small for our pre- j|f
sent stock, and in order to reduce our large 4^
1 /X|J\
/JMa \no difference if *ve must sell some lines at a
We must and will reduce our stock —
so remember our loss is your gain, so act
promptly—attend our Removal Sale and we
OEA| will save you money. A Few of our Prices — ROTXi
■p|3jl Men's fine dress shoes, lace or congress
mk£3s* Indies' waterproof oil grain shoes at. . 75 1
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
Inf.. / flexible sole shoes at 2 5
Ladies' fine overgaiters at 1 v
Ladi s' and Misses' best Jersey leggins at 7?
1 lot men's hand sewed shoes at 1.50
en All rubber goods to be closed out at 0j
||| reduced prices.
# April ist we will move #
$ into the room now oc- *
t cupied by Hartzell & j* BM
# Kemper, opposite Hotel #
ISf For the Latest Styles in Fine ' .
NSSP Footwear Call and See Us. wKS
JOHN BICKISL
128 South Main St.
Branch Store Butler Pa.
125 N. Main bt.,
ANOTHER CHANCE
We are going to continue our SACRII'I< 1*- SAI.K tluiing the
month yet—
Work Pridles, our own make $' 00
Buggy Bridles, our own make ' 00
Sweat Pads, worth 3°
Harness, our own make '' 00
Buggies with top 3 () 00
Hare ess Oil, per gallon 5°
Axle Grease, 6 boxes 2 5
Team Harness, o\ir own make #2O for 2 horses
Team Collars 75 C tac ' l
And a whole lot of other bargins. COM b. QV ICK.
5; B ,;S t T T ' S.B. Martincourt&Co.
128 EAST JEFFERSON Street.
P. S. KRAMKR WAGONS ANIi TRUNKS.
liutler. Pa., March 2<l.
THEY ARE HERB
We liaye just received a line of Rul)l>cr ('»fxxls that we will wrll in wldition to
our regular f.'m»ls at the following low prices.
Men's Buckle Arctics 60c Woman's Sbirm rubbers 18c
Men's Rubfjers i f yc Mi'rftcs' Spring Heel Kublx-rs 12c
Woman's Cr'«juett» 16c Children's Spring Heel Rul»t>ers 10c
We say to you these are not our In-st gtifnlh I>ut an additional line we have
added to our stock. Some dealers are continually trying to quote very low prices
in footwear to convey the idea that they undersell everylxxly else when the fact i'.
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 i-» not always cheapest.
Men's Pelt Hoots and Rubbers si.s<> Woman's Pine Overgaiters 15 and 18c
Hoys' Pelt lUxits and Rubber* 1.25 Men's Rubl»er Roots $2.00 and $2.50
Womens' Heavy Shoes 65c, 75c, H.s<; Men's Pine Shoes 85c, #l, #1.25
Men's l ine Slip|»ers 50c ladies' pine Shoes Ot'A''. #', j' -25
Men's Warm Slippers 35 and 50c Children's Shoes ISc, 50c, 75c
See our Ladies' Twentieth Century Shoes, new spring styles., just iu at only
fj, and it is a Iteauty. Some of the advance new spring styles arc now coming yi
Better see Butler's Leading Shoe House when you buy your footwear.
BUTLER'S LEADING SHOE OUSE,
Opposite Hotel Lowrj,
13. C. H ussel t< )ii.
Harness Shop!
Harness of all Kinds Made;to Order.
Repairing a Specialty,
AND PROMPTLY ATTENDKIJ TO.
BLANKETS AND ROUES.
CASH iPAID FOR HIDES.
No. 111 East Cunningham J>t., r - JiV lI'ER, A
(The old Times Office.)
PRANK KEriPER, Agt.
TIIE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Grand
Results follow the faithful use of Hood's Sar
laparllla. It toes expel ever}' trace of scrof
ula, cures rheumatism, neuralgia and catarrh,
creates an appetite and makes the weak >tron<{.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
; Is the One True Blood Purifier. SI; six for ?v
Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient. 25e.
Professional Cards.
ALEX RUSSELL.
Attorney-at-Law.
Ottice with Newton Black, Esq.
South Diamond, Butler, Pa.
C. F. L. McQuistion.
CIVIL BSOISKKB .*<l> SCRVKYOK.
Office near Court Hoace Butler Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
«tfy at Law—once of. Soii'h side of DlaDona
O'LTLFTR. PH.
A. T. SCOTT.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OUcc si No. 8. Souti. Diamond. Bv.t.ler. I'k
J If. PAINTEK,
[Attorney-at-Law.
HCE— BETWEEN Postofflee UND UUinood. Butler
Pa.
A. T. BLACK.
ATTORN a Y iT LAW.
S. H. PIEhSOL.
ATTOENEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 104 Kant Diamond S'.
W. Cr FINDLEY,
SATTOitN'KY AT LAW.
office on second floor J( Uie Huaelon uo< t
Diamond, iSutlcr, I'a.. Ko.nu No. 1.
COULTEH & tiAKER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
OQce In roo« U., Armory hulldluK, Butler
FA.
A. M. CIIRSITLEY,
ATIORNEV AT LAW.
• (flee second floor, Anderson Block, Mali.
..ear COURT House. Butler, PA.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
J i!J7 K. WaynA,Kt.. ofllM TIMM, 10 to 32 19.
to 3 P. M.
DR J. E KAULK
Dentist.
Office — ln Giikey building oppo P. O.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth Inserted on the latest lin
jrovi il plan. oold Killing a specialty. Office
JTCT Mchaul'H Clothing .Store.
V. M. McALPINE
Dentist,
Main St.
Naestbetich Administered.
SA MO EL M. BIPPUS.
Pn yslclan and Surgeon.
VOO Wear CunnlDtfliam ht.
L. BLACK,
rHTHICI Aft iKD Ht'HUKOH,
New iroutmau Hulltlliitf, Butler. I'A.
OR M. ZIMMERMAN
PHTSJCIAM AMD suaosor,
'itllceat No.* H. Mnln street. r»er t'lt
burrnacy.Butlor. pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
a txoniey-at law. Office in Mitchell bulld:ii.
Butler l'a.
DR. CIIAS Kb HUNT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Eye, car, nose and throat a specialty
132 and 124 8. Main Street.,
Ralston building.
W. H. BROWM,
Homoeopathic Physician ami
Surgeon.
OH'ce23«B Main St., opp. P. O.
Residence 310 N. MeKesn Ht.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
Gold Killing I'ulolens Extraction of 'teeth
nil Artificial I'oeUi without I'latos n specialty
it.roin OJtlilu or Vltalliiiyl Air or Loca;
U9u>tliatJ»K used.
OlUno ever Miller'* «ri»i;';ry east ofLowry
ARM.
ORlco closed Wwdn-tH (lay* and Tburadays
L. S. McJUNKIN
nsurance and Rea! Estate
•Agent,
I 7 KANT JKKFKRHON HT
ITLLTI.KK - I* A
M, A, HERKIMER
Funeral Director
37 S. Main.ST. Butler Pa.
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All jjr;ul<* rndcrwear at very
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Largest stock of hats and
furnishings fur gentleman the
country. An inspection will prove
this to any ones satisfacturc.
Colbert & Dale.
S. Main St., Jlutlcr, Penn'a
ItITTLER. PA, THURSDAY. APRIL 2,1890.
' r
"That is what I mean to do. I have
only been enjoying a little sparring
with Mr. Barnes. But it is cruel to MR
Neuilly, who, I hope, will pardon me.
To begin at the beginning, I must go
back to my youth in New Orleans. I
was in love with a beautiful young girl
Here he pressed his wife's hand, and she
returned it, as though to say that she
understood. "I think I need not meo
ticm the name of Rose's mother, Mr.
Neuilly, unless you have already done
SO "
Heaven forbid that I should have
betrayed the secret, " aaid the old man.
"I did not suppose that you had, for
I know you to be a true man, though I
have never met you before. This state
ment may surprise you, but it is true.
I am not the man for whom you take
me. He is now in a lunatic asylum,
while I am his cousin. I know it is sup
posed that I am the crazy man, but that
is an error, promulgated by the Montal
bon to serve her own ends. The facts
then are thus : While a boy at school I
loved my girl companion, little Rose's
mother. Just before I left the south to
enter Harvard, I told my little sweet
heart—she was then but 15— that I
would marry her upon my return. This
was my first love and hers. I had a cous
in, older than myself by ten years,
handsome and wealthy, but a gambler
and addicted to heavy drinking. This
woman Montalbon, as you know, kept
a gambling den, and naturally my un
fortunate cousin was a constant visitor
at the One night, while intoxi
cated with wine, she persuaded him to
marry her, a clergyman being called in
and a ceremony privately performed.
He became entirely sober only after sev
eral days had passed and then had en-
" V'-il nI < ■!. not ''h> ' ' ' j I" '"k."
tirely forgotten about the marriage.
The scheming devil, Montalbon, did not
remind him of it, but by patient work
insidiously persuaded him that he
should be U married man. She even
suggested a bride, none other than my
little sweetheart. Her object in this
was twofold, money and revenge. By
leading my cousin into a bigamous alli
ance, with her own marriage certificate
tx i u weapon, nho could readily extort
money from him. Her revenge was to
be against tho family of my little sweet
heart, against whom she thought she
had a grievance. Her plotting wan en
tirely successful. My cousin was hand
some, I was away, and once he had be
come thoroughly acquainted with tho
young oreole's charms he became so ar
dent a suitor that at length she listened
to his pleading and married him. Then
he was in the power of tho Montalbon,
and she bled him for five years, by
which time little Rose had been born.
"Meanwhile I had completed my col
lege career, but had not returned to
New Orleans bocauso of my deep disap
pointment upon learning that my sweet
heart had married another man. At
time I was in Paris, when one day
I received a piteous letter from the girl
wife, telling me that the blow had fall
en; that the Montalbon had produced
her marriage certificate and DAISIED her
busband, thus dishonorit/g the daughter
of her enemy. The letter also be.gged
my forgiveness tor the wrong done to
me. I read between tho lines and recog
nized the cry of A broken heart, the
bleat of a lamb left to die on the frozen
plain. I hurried home with but one
thought uppermost — to have revenge up
on my cousin. I arrived too late. Not
only was the girl dead, but my cousin
had disappeared.
"I heard that ho had gone out west,
and thither 1 followed bim. I wtrald
get truck of him from time to time, but
it seemed fated always that he should
have just left a place when I CONFIDENT
ly expected to come up with him. Thus
five years passed, and ut last I did meet
him- I at once charged him with his
crime and asked for revenge. He laugh
ed at me and refused to fight. I then
warned him that 1 should take his life
at tins first chance that offered, when 1
could do so either under seeming provo
cation or else where I oould not IST sus
pected. ''
"Are you not admitting," interrupt
ed Mr. Barnes, "that you harbored a
murderous spirit?"
"Mr. B/jmes, if ULL men were punish
od for their thoughts, tho criminal class
would bo greatly enlarged. Yon cannot
call me to account for anything except
MY acts. At lost my chance came. 1
followed him one dark night as he went
off prospecting iu tin entirely new di
rectioii; we were in a mining country.
FTO tramped mtist of the night, and 1
pursued- By duwn we were miles away
from a habitation. I then made myself
known to him and once more asked
him to fight It out. lie saw that I was
in earnest and that lie was simply com
polled to battle for his life.
"Under these circumstances, of
course, he fought us tbe worst coward
would do when driven to desperation.
Ho decided to use pistols, though 1
wished to try our cause with knives. I
Confess that I wanted the satisfaction
of stubbing him again and again. I
wanted to sec liis life's blissl flow ut
each stroke. It sttemod to me tame to
stnml off at a distance und send one lit
tle louden ball in his direction. Still I
admitted his right of choice, and deter
mined to aim us accurately as possible
and to send my bullet straight. You
see, I did not think of my own life. I
hail made this vengeance my one ob
ject, and after accomplishing thut 1
thought there would bo nothing more
for mo to do. Consequently I expected
to kill him easily, and I did not care If
his bullet found my heart or not. Per
haps I hoped it would. Just us we were
standing up and preparing to fight,
something incurred that almost com
pletely unnerved me and changed the
whole result. He lowered his pistol and
suid:
" 'Wait a moment; I have a favor to
ask. I feel certain that you will kill
mo. You have been seeking my life so
long that lam sure you will get it. It
Is fate, liut 1, t<x>, nave suffered in the
last five years. Tho favor that I ask is
that if I die you will promise to get my
CHJLA out of that fiend's clutches.'
"'Your child !'l gasped. 'I thought
it DIED.'
'' 'That the Montalboa'A lie. The
little girl lived, and she took it I have
| made a will in favor of my child, leav
ing her all my wealth ; you will find it
in my coat. Oddly enough, T named
! you as executor. I knew that SOU had
1 loved the mother, though, AS God is my
I judge, I did not know i( when I tnar-
I ried her. But lam ready if you are. '
"Thus we stood up and fired at each
The startling news just received
made my aim bad, for instead of hitting
him in the neart, as I could easily have
done, my bullet struck him in the head.
He fell, and I rushed toward him, to
discover whe** N» H- was badly hurt.
He was bleeding profuaely, and I hasti
ly bandaged up the wousd and so stop
ped the now of blood. I then went on
to the next mining camp beyond. We
S turned with a litter, and took him
ck. There was a man among us who
olaimed that he had studie# medicine,
and he attended my cousin. He removed
the bullet, and found that the wound
was not very deep, but the skull was
fracturpd. He was ill for two months,
and then slowly recovered his health.
But his reason was entirely gone. I took
bim to New Orleans and placed him in
an asylum, and there he has bf>en ever
since. "
"Very good, Mr. Mitchel," said Mr.
Barnes. "But what proof have you that
you are not the father and the lunatic
tho innocent cousin, as so many believe?' '
"Why, in the first place, though we
had the same name, we are totally un
like in feature. I think Mr. Neuilly
will admit that he would not have rec
ognized me, and he knew the guilty
man. However, we will take that up
later. I have no fear of not proving my
identity. Too many people in New Or
leans know me. To oontinue my tale, I
determined to get possession of the
child. I knew that the Montalbon would
resist and that I would find it difficult
to prove my story. More than all, I
knew that I could not obtain legal pos
session of her without disclosing the se
cret of her birth, which I wished to
avoid for her own sake as well as for
her mother's. I therefore stole her open
ly in the streets. Detectives were sent
out to Beareh for me, but perhaps Mr.
Barnes will testify that I am not muoh
afraid of detectives. Perhaps, too, he
will understand better now why I know
something about detective methods. I
lod them a dance for two years, until in
disgust they abandoned the search.
Then I went abroad, for I must tell you
that as long as I was hounded I re
mained close at bund. I enjoyed the ex
citement. It made me forgot, or at least
it gave me occupation.
"I remained In Europe until my re
cent return to Now York. It was not
very long after that when I received
the letter from Montalbon and the
photograph which I showed to you. I
recognized the picture, though, of course,
1 should not have known the signature,
which WHS Rose Mitchel. I did not fear
the woman, but I expected some enjoy
ment at her discomfiture when I should
tell her to do her worst. I was not pre
pared for what occurred. When she met
me, she began by saying :
"'I have not the least IDEA of at
tempting to blackmail you, though per
haps I could do that. But I have that to
sell which I think you would be glad
to buy. ' I asked what it was, and she
told me :
" 'A certificate of marriage between
your cousin and the child's mother, a
certificate of marriage between him and
myself, antedating that, and unother
certificate of marriage between myself
and another man who was alive at the
time that I inveigled your cousin into
marrying me. ' "
"Great heaven!" exclaimed Mr.
Neuilly. "If she had those papers, they
would prove that her marriage to your
cousin was illegal, and that would
make the marriage to Rose's mother
perfectly regular. "
"Exactly so. I naid the woman |lO,-
000, or the equivalent of that sum, for
th'WO documents. Were they not worth
it?"
"Indeed, indeed they are. I would
have given twice the sum."
"Now let me show you the audacity
of tho woman. She told me that in ease
I should refuse to pay her price she in
tended to claim me as her husband, ex
liibiting her certificate and leaving mo
to prove if I could that she hod married
my oousln and not myself. This, you
Bee," would have been most unpleasant,
and as the papers were well worth tho
price, in clearing the name of my cousin
dud his wife and child, I paid over the
money. "
"I must again ask you," said Mr.
Barnes, "for proof that you are not tho
woman's husband."
"Does not the fact that she sold me
those papers in die, ate that?"
"Not ut nil, "replied the detective.
"Supposing you to lie really her bus
band, wishing to 1)0 married to Miss
Remsen, you would readily puy the
woman her price for the popor which
t roved that your marrlaue to her had
eon fraudulent. You might have found
It difficult to prove the existence of her
first husband without knowing his name,
even though she had given you the hint
that there was such a person. "
"I declare, Mr. Barnes, you are a
doubting Thomas. But I will give you
ano more bit of evidence. " He went to
his desk and returned with some papers.
"Here is a confesslou which I exacted
from the woman ut tho time that I made
tho bargain with her. You see, it con
firms my story. Hut. even that you
might think manufactured. Here per
hups Is better proof. This," handing it
to Mr. Neuilly, "is the certificate of the
marriage between my cousin and the
Montalbon. As is sometimes done, you
see, the woman lias pasted the likenesses
of herself and my cousin npon the pa
per. Now, Mr. Neuilly, I usk you, is
not that, the man who was known to
you?"
"You are quite right, Mr. Mitchel I
recognize the fuco perfectly. This is the
man I have all along supposed to be a
?onsummute villain. Now I rrjust con
ess that he was more sinned against
tban sinning. His one or Ime was drink
ing, and the entanglement which
Wrecked his wife's life and his own wa*
but a wicWxl plot of which he was in
nocent I am glad tl at it Is so, us it
leaves the dear little girl without tbe
danger of hereditary taint."
"Oomo, Mr. Barnes," said Mr. Mitch
el, "What have you to say now?"
Mr. Barnes' reply was calculated to
startle his hearers, but seemed to have
little effect. He said :
"Mr. Mitchel, who do you think
killed Hose Mitchelr"
"I don't think 1 am bound to answer,"
replied Mr Mitchel ipurkly
"I wish vou a good afternoon." said
the detective dryly. "Will you go with
me, Mr. Neuilly?"
Before the old gentleman could reply
Mis Mitchel interposed:
"Don't go, Mr. Neuilly. You have
se«C nothing of Rose yet, and besides
We would like you to attend uur recep
tion tonight.''
"Ha, ha, Mr. Barnes! Is she not
worthy of being my wife? She takes
your witness away from you, for I think
you will stay, will you not, Mr. Neuil
ly?"
"It will be a joy to do so. Mr. Barnes,
under the circumstances I know you will
excuse me and forgive me, will you
not?"
"Certainly. You are right to stay. I
will leave you all to your happiness.
And I hope it will last. Good day."
WITH which he left them.
"Really it is too bad, " said Mr. Mitch
el, '' but these detectives are always so
sanguine. Just think of it. Queen, he
thinks, or he thought perhaps would be
more correct, that you were a murder
er's wife. What do you say, eh?"
For answer she kissed him gently on
the forehead, and then went out and
brought back Rose.
CHAPTER XVI.
MB, BARNES DISCOVERS A VALUABLE CLEW.
Immediately after the wedding Mr.
Mitchel and his bride started west, in
tending to spend their honeymoon in the
Yosemite valley, having promised Mrs.
Rernsen and Dora, however, to join
them in the White mountains before THE
end of the season. About the Ist of
July the Remsens and the Van Rawl
stons wont to Jefferson, N. H., a small
town along the base of the Pliny range
of mountains, from a magnificent
view of the Presidential range, only ten
miles away, is to be obtained. About
the middle of the month Mr. Randolph
determined to visit the same place and
was intensely disgusted on alighting
from the stage, which roaches the
Waumbeck hotel about 8 o'clock at
night, to be greeted familiarly by Mr.
Alphonso Thauret. It was evident that
bis rival did not intend to lose any
chance to win the hand of Dora Remsen.
If one has anything OT the artistic in
his usture, ho could scarcely fail to en
joy himself at Jefferson. The town is
practically a single road, well up the
Aide of the mountain range. Thus the
hotels all look OOT over a long and beau
tiful valley. PROM the piazza of the
Waumbeck, on a clear day, no less than
85 mountain peaks can be easily count
ed, thq Greeil mountains over in Ver
mont being visible as a distant line of
blue and not in the total.
Of course the most conspicuous and
most admired peak is Mount Washing
ton. One who has not visited the region
might suppose that he would soon be
oome sated with the sight of the samo
mountains day after day. This is a great
error. ALL the mountains, and especially
Mount Washington, are ever presenting
new aspects. All changes of atmosphere
produce corresponding variations. The
shadows of passing clouds, tho effects at
sunrise or at sunset, the moonlight, the
partly cloudy wnather when the top of
the mountain is hidden, the mists and
the rain, all offer such totally different
Coloring and picturesque effects that the
ariistic eyo is never tired.
Dora was an artist in every tlber of
her being, as one would know who lis
tened to her talking to Mr. Randolph
half an hour after his arrival, as they
SAT together on the piazza. In his de
light to be with her and to hear her, he
would have forgotten the very existence
of Mr. Thauret were it not that ho sat
near them in the rotunda at the end of
the piazza, and so shared the entertain
ment thnt she offered.
'' What a pity, " she was saying, "that
you did not come up yesterday. You
nave missed the grandest sights that
mortal ever beheld. I suppose on your
trip up you saw nothing beautiful in
tho rainstorm that we had this after
noon?"
"Nothing whatever, " said Mr. Ran
dolph. '' However it inuy have BEEN here
among the mountuius, the rain did not
make tbe valleys more attractive. In
deed I thought It simply A beastly day. "
"What a MISTAK" that you wore not
here instead of in the borrid cars. Wiir,
I tell you that I haven't words with
which TO DESCRIBE the magnificent pio
tures that I have enjoyed. Yet I I«n
about to try, You must not LOW It PLL.
you know. May I tell you WYOUT it?"
"Assuredly. I shall bo dellghUx}. "
"Well, then, to begin. Look out over
the valley. WHAT do you seo?"
"Tbo moonlight shedding a beautiful
ray over the lake. "
"Exactly," sal'l Dora, laughing heart
ily. "That is just the funny mistake I
thought you would make. Tliat is not a
lake at ALL It is mist, or clouds rather.
In the morning, if 1 had not told you,
you wonld been astonished to find
that your lake is all trees and jneadowa-
To begin, then. About 4 O'clock it be
gan to cloud up. That was very inter
esting. Tho snn wus shining brightly
hero, but we oould SEE that It was rain
ing bard over in tho ilirootion of Lan
caster. Slowly It Ixigan to come toward
us. Some of the boys mudo wagers as to
bow S'KTN It would rain here. Then one
of the proprietors came out and sur
prised us all hy saying that it would
probably rain over on TINT presidential
range before it did here. This seemed
extraordinary to us, you know, because
Why should it skip right over us and go
to tho big mountains?"
"Well, did It? It does seem impossi
ble."
"That is exuetly what occurred. You
see, It is like this ; Whenever a storm
comes from Lancaster way, the clouds
When tbey get nere are divided by tho
Pliny range and pass on either side,
leaving UFL'Jry, Then they strike against
tho sides yf the Presidential rungo and
roll BUG* into our vulloy. It was a curl
</US sight, I assure you, to seo the clouds
flying in exactly opposite directions. "
"Well, but, after all, there could not
have been auy grt»at beauty In the ruin.
It must have blotted out ull the view."
YEF. but think how odd it was to
find all tbese tremendous pouks sudden
ly gope. Not a mountain iu sight in
any direction- But, then, the thunder.
Ob. that WAS grand! The way it rolls
about FIND reverberates gives one a good
Idea of A great battle. There wus some
thing afterward that carried out this
similarity, too, which I wish I could
describe. It wus after the storm hod
passed and the bright setting sun shone
forth. Try to see tlx» picture. Imagine
yourself sitting just where I am now,
and looking toward tho Presidential
range, THE sun setting red behind us.
Mount Washington had shaken the
clouds from his bead and was encircled
by a gorgeous halo, in the form of a
brilliant double rainbow, fine end of it
seemed to come up out of the val
ley there, while the other disappeared
behind Starr King mountain The fly
lng clouds, still black and heavy, whirled
swiftly along, HMIKING low, and, with
tbo sun approaching the horizon, made
shifting shadow a<ross 11*0 base of
Mount Wnshiugtoll, while between (he
lifts the rod rays of the stuistrikiug dif
ferent parts (nade bounteous tiutings
among the green and the brown of trees
AND rock. Oh, If an artist could only
have seen that! But then it would have
been useless, for the hand of man could
not pttlut such grandeur It was in the
foreground thnt the resemblance to the
battlefields wus to bo seen again Every
here and there stray bits of clouds • I IH
entangled themselves from the tree tops
and rose upsmokolike till one could im
uglnu thorn to be from thousands of
ukinullrw. Oh. it was simulv wonder
MIR*
"It WAS indeed," said Mr. Thanret,
"and your description brings it all back
again to me. "
"Then the beautiful long twilight,"
Dora continued, almost unheodiug,"that
WAN lovely. Slowly these stray bits of
MIST met and JOINT*! others, till as the
DAXKUTSSCAXUT'&IHI the moon brightened,
that beautiful sheet of water — for after
all yotjr late Is real water—accumulat
ed, and there it Is. At least you can en
joy that. "
T 7 " AID. But what he enjoyed more
wao U. - : hnppinesd of being with
her. After « • time, however, he
was deprived of T . = Remsen
claiiaea his attention, and TO L.'. lup
to the bauroom to introduce him to
SOMO of tne uianv young women who
Were danclcg with each other and with
boys of LI ftjr want of better partners.
If ijr. THANRET annoyed Mr. Ran
dolph BY being at this re*»ort, the latter
gentleman was none the more pleased at
his arrival. Being left alone with Dora,
and construing her present mood to be
one favorable to his wooing, he deter
mine to speak to her before the other
man might fiod a chance. Moving his
chair nearer hers, he began, getting to
his subject without much circumlocu
tion.
"Miss Dora," said he, "do you recall
a conversation that I had with you one
dav? I mean about loneliness and the
longing ONE has for companionship?"
"Oh, yes," said she frankly ; "why?
Do you wish to continue it now?" *
"If you please. You remember you
said you would be better able to do so
AFTT your sister's marriage. "
"Because I thought that I would
miss her so much ana be lonely myself,
was not that it? Well, of course I have
missed Queen very much, but I have
scarcely been lonely. You have taken
care of that, and 1 am sure that I am
very grateful to you. You have been
very nice to me. "
"You think so? You admit that?"
He spoke eagerly.
"Why, yes! Why not, since it is
"Of course, but then you know so
many young ladies hide their feelings.
I mean suppression of all emotion is
considered so necessary in a woman in
these days. ''
"Suppression!" and she laughed
heartily. "Now do you think that I
could ever be suppressed?"
"No, indeed, and certainly I hope
that you never will be. But if you have
not been lonely, perhaps you have
thought some of that other subject, love,
I mean. "
"Oh! That!"
"Yes. That is one question, supreme
to me, about which I wish to have your
views. Do you think you would be hap
piet or unhappier — lf you were mar
ried?"
"That is a question. It would depend
npon — my husband, would it not?"
"Suppose that we were" —
"Don't call names, please. I couldn't
suppose such a thing. I liuve promised
not to. ''
"Promised not to. I don't under
stand?"
"I mean that I haveniade abet. You
don't think I am horrid to bet, do you?
Of course you don't. Well, I liavo made
a curious bet with Bob, Mr. Mitchel,
you know. I call him Bob now, and I
used to do it sometimes before. That
was when I wanted him to do anything
for me. It made him feel like one of the
family. Well, to tell you about my bet.
You seo, sometimes, when Emily was
out, Bob would play make lovo to me.
Ho said it would be good practice for
me; would teach me the ways of the
world and all that sort of thing. Oh,
Bob is a curious man, but he is great
sport! Don't you like him?"
"Immensely. Hut you have not told
mo yet about your bet. ''
"I am coming to it. Well, one day
when be was making love to me and I
was doing my best, suddenly he burst
out laughing and said, 'Dora, I'll bet
you'll bo engaged within six months of
pur mttrriago. ' 'How much?' said I.
'As much as you like,' said he. I asked
if lje would make it $ 1,000, and he
WHISTLED und CALLED me a little gambler.
But I F\on't think it was gamliling be
cause I was to have u certainty. Of
course I wanted the stake to be a largo
ouo, So it was agreed, and he wrote it
QOWN on paper. I'll show it to you some
TIME If you like. If lam not engaged
pefore the Ist of January, Bob will have
to pay me $1,000."
"And you mean to win that bet?"
"Indeed I do. I am young and can
afford to wait that long, I ain sure.
There will bo time enough afterward to
get u husband. "
"Then it would not make ony differ
ence bow anxious u suitor might be to
have his reply at once?"
"'No, certainly not. If U man did not
love mo enough to wait a few months
for his answer, I should think luvself
well rid of him. Besides it woullTgivo
mo a chanoe to study him. "
"Suppose— but, no— l do ask you.
M'ss Dora — Dora —I lovo you madly,
ptVwionatoly, and" —
"Well, don't say any more. If that is
true and yon love mo madly, passionate
ly, why, then you will surely wait till
January for your answer." This was
said rather curtly, anil Mr. Thauret 'S
hopes sank, but rose again to fever heat
as she said very softly: "There, I did
not moan to hurt you. You must not
think me hard. But I must win that
wager. Not so much for tho money us
for the gratification of proving to Bob
that I have some control over myself.
Surely if you truly love UIE you will
not begrudge me that satisfaction?"
"No, no, sweet one. Have your own
way. I'll wait. Only say that there is
Some chance of my succeeding. "
"Why, of course, every one bus a
chance But I must not tell you how
great, yours is, because if I did I would
not be winning my bet fairly. And I
must say good night," with which she
left him. Her last words lingered with
him, and ho took comfort. For what
could she mouii but that his chances
were gtxjd, since if otherwise how could
the tmling prevent lier from winning
her wager? Nevertheless, us the weeks
went on ho tried many times to got a
more definite reply from iter, but never
succeeded. Still he hugged tho cherish
ed hope to his heart anil waited us pa
tiently as man could.
Randolph was sillily miserable ull
the time. Whenever ho was with Dora,
she wus good to him, kind to him and
often used tender tones that thrilled his
heart. But Int. too, failed to got any
thing from her, suvo the old request that
he should bo patient and wuit. He, too,
waited, but not patiently.
Mouuwhllo, in Now York, Mr. Barnes
was still burrowing into everything that
seemed to have any connection direct or
othorwlsowith the mystery or mysteries
that baffled him. Of one thing he had
satisfied himself beyond all doubt. That
was that Mr. Fisher hud not been iui
plicated In the train robbery. His spy
had found thnt lie hail lieon absent from
the city during three ilnys ut the time
of tho crime, but this very fact had lieeii
shown to Ist his safeguard.
By some hklllful work the mun dis
covered that during that time he hud
simply boon off shooting ducks in it part
of the country where It would have
been impossible for him to bean accom
plice. Tftis simple fact should not have
been hard to dim-over were it not thut
Fislier hud kept his trip u secret.. This
for some time puzzled the detective, but
flnully lie followed him out of tho city,
und practically uocompanlod him ou a
similar outing, after which he learned
Wui .uyrM.lj W
an siimig, w-rrrrnei tor sport or tor n
livelihood. It was to humcr this idea
that bor brother made his excursions in
secret. The spy 1 earned from the man
from whom the dogs were hired that
Mr. Fisher had used them in December.
So that left him out of the score, or at
least so ir seemed. It was still possible
that ho was implicated in the ruby rob
bery, though, save that he was present,
there seemed nothing against him. Mr.
Barnes did not entirely leave him ont
of the account.
Thus practically the detective made
no progress, and was chagrined to be
compelled to admit it. Finally, how
ever, an idea occurred to him, upon
which the more he dwelt the more fas
cinated he became with it. To put it
into practice, however, he felt that he
must await the return of Mr. Mitchel.
He thought he would injure his cause
by seeking him and 6o disturbing him
during his pleasure trip.
The Mitchelsdid not keep their prom
ise to go to the White mountains, but,
on the contrary, prolonged their west
ern travel, so that it was November be
fore they were at home again and tem
porarily quartered at the Fifth Avenue.
A few days after, Mr. Barnes sent up
his card, and, as usual, was cordially
received.
"Any news of my wife's ruby?" ask
ed Mr. Mitchel, grasping the detective
warmly by the hand.
"No, Mr. Mitchel. lam sorry to say
that I am utterly unable to prove any
of my theories about that. But I have
come to a set determination, and one
that to you may seem a peculiar one. I
have come to ask your assistance in the
murder case.''
"Why, certainly, I will help yon.
Did I not tell you so at the very outset?
Have I not always been willing to talk
freely to you?"
"You have, but as long as I thought
that you yourself might have committed
the crime, how could I come to you to
ask yon to assist me?"
"Then I am to understand that at
present yon do not suspect me?"
"I have come to that conclusion at
last and wish now that I had done so
sooner."
"Would you mind telling me why
you have altered your mind? Yon have
told me so much that seemed to impli
cate me that I am curious to hear the
other side."
"Certainly. I overheard your wager.
Then came the robbery and then the
mnrder. Later there was a second jewel
robbery. All of these crimes occurred
within the limit which you set. One of
them of course you committed. It seems
more probable that you stole the single
ruby, for in doing that you coinmittod a
crime for which you could not l>e pun
ished, especially since you have married
the lady. Even before she would will
ingly have testified that it was under
stood between yon, and that it was sim
ply a trick to win a wager. Is not that
oorreot logic?"
"Correct logic? Yes. Of course I ad
mit nothing ai to facts."
"Either or both of thesorobberies are
Secondary to the murder. That I have
determined to unravel if I can. At pres
ent I think the train robber and the
murderer was one and the same person.
Now, there is ono clew which I have
not been able to follow, but which, if
pursued, I am certain will lead me
Straight to the criminal. "
"And that is?"
"The button which I found in the
room. That is significant. It is too great
a coincidence that it should match your
sot not to have an explanation that
wonld shed light tipon this case. "
"How do you expect me to assist you
in that direction?"
"As long as I thought you guilty I
beljeved that you had lied when you
said that the seventh button of the sot
was the Shakespeare pin which your
wife had. That is why I thought it of
importance to recover it; sufficiently so
to send my spy, Lucette, into the house
with instructions to obtain it if possi
ble. Now that I believe you innocent of
the murder, this thought Ims recently
Come to me. When I first told you about
this button, before you would speak
about Jt, you asked me to allow yon to
examine it. After doing so you gave it
back to me, with a cheerful smile. If
that button had lieen evidence against
you, I see now that it would have re
quired a powerful nerve to appear so
unconcerned, and especially to return it
to me. The question, then, that I wish
you to answer is. What was it that you
saw ou that button which satisfied you
that it wus not of your set?"
"In the first place, Mr. Barnes, I
knew that there were but three like it,
the other three having different heads,
and the suventh being the Shakespeare
button. Thus as I knew that all the
buttons were in my jwtssession I felt
safe.''
"Hut in the second place," said the
detective, "there was a distinct differ
ence between the buttons, and by tliut
you were even more assured. Am I not
right t"
"Mr. Karnes, you deserve to succeed,
und I hope you will. I will aid you ull
that I can. You are right. There is a
difference in the buttons. Have yon
yours with you?"
"Yes, hero it is," saying which he
took it from his jsx'ketbook.
"Keep it a moment. When Miss Hem
sen ordered these buttons, sho directed
that u tiny initial should bo adroitly
oarved in the hair of each of the Romeo
and Juliet buttons. In the former she
ordored an 'R.' She calls me Hoy. And
in the others a ' CJ.' I call her
This would escape ordinary observation,
but. onou seeing It with a leus one may
readily find it with tho naked eye after
ward. Now take this leus and examine
your button, just at the base of the huir,
near the nook. Sol What do you And?"
"By heavens," exclaimed the detect
ive, "this is most important! This is a
Juliet, and if ono of your set it should
have u on it. I believe that there
was un attempt to make that letter, but
tho tool must have slipped, and HO it is
Tlir detective UtrdUtl.
a poor result, a chip, in fact, which
marks the continuity of the letter. I
doubt if with the eye alone, us yon
looked at it that day when I first show
ed it to you, that yon saw any letter at
uIL "
"You arocorrect. 1 simply looked for
tho 'y,' and not finding It was satis
fied. ''
"This is serious. Thla button evident
ly was niudo by the name hand that
made yours. It was spoiled and another
cut t<> replace It. The man who c«rved
It or the person who became ]>osse»sed
of It must and shall explain to me how
it raiuo into the room where the murder
was done. You must tell me now wher >
these buttons were bought. "
"I will do so II]MIU one condition."
"Name it."
"That wl>»to*MT frti iHwuivui' ww will
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tell me before yon act, and that you
will not a.-* before Jan. 1 unless abso
lutely necessary."
" Yon mean as to makiug an arrest?"
"That is precisely what I mean. You
need not fear to make the promise. I
will guarantee lliut your man shall not
t ocaptv. 1 kuuw him."
"You know him?" Mr. Barnes was
astonished that Mr. Mitchel should
make such an admission.
"Yes, I know him. That is, I am
morally certain that I know him. I will
tell you at on«> that having the knowl
edge that I myself was innocent I have
had an advantage over you, and I have
been hunting down this man all these
m< mhs. I have good circumstantial evi
dence against him, but not enough to
warrant an arrest—at least not yet. If
you could follow this flew and find that
it leads to the same man we could con
vict him."
"Will you give me the name of the
man whom you suspect?"
"No! That would materially weaken
oar case. We must get the same result
without collusion. No, you work alone
and work quickly, for I particularly
wish the case to becompleted by Jan. 1."
"Why so?"
"It is the day upon which my wager
is to be decided, and I shall Rivr- r\ din
ner party, at which I antieij... , tome
fun. By the way, don't for;;et '!iat yon
won a djnner from me on a wa;: r. Ac
cept an invitation to dine with i. e Jan.
1, and if you can then couvict <ur man
yon shall be most welcome."
"I shall bend every energy to that
end. But- now tell me the name of the
jeweler from whom the buttons were
procured.''
Mr. Mitchel then wrote down the
name of a Paris firm, also giving their
address. Handing the slip of paper to
Mr. Barnes, he took another sheet and
continued writing.
"Why, Mr. Mitchel," exclaimed Mr.
Barnes, "this is the same firm from
whom your jewels were brought—those,
I mean, which are similar to the stolen
sot. I have already communicated with
these people, and they sent me word
that they know nothing."
"Yes, I know. That was by my in
struction. " Saying which Air. Mitchel
smiled, and Mr. Barnes once more dis
covered that he had been fighting
against a man who thought of every
thing. "You see," continued Mr.
Mitchel, "I knew that you saw the
name of the jewelers on the bill of sale.
What more probable than that yon
should apply there for information?
Now, my object throughout has been
not to defeat justice, but to have time
enough elapse for me to win my wager.
Therefore I immediately pent a cable to
those porsons, "Answer nothing signed
Barnes till you hear from me.' Rather
a long cable dispatch, but then I don't
mind a few dollars. Of course my cable
to tliem made them shut their mouths
to you. It was very simple. However,
I myself have not been able to get satis
factory facts from them, and I think it
m»eds a person actually on the ground
to ferret put this thing. I believe yon
are just the man for the case. This let
ter will givo you their. assistance, and
hero is a check for #SOO for expenses. "
Mr. Barnes would have refused, but
Mr. Mitchel iusisted that from that
time on Mr. Barnes should consider
himself regularly employed on the mnr
dorcase. "Though of course," said Mr.
Mitchel Jocularly, "you aro still free to
work out the robberies.''
The two wen shook hands at parting,
and one would have said that they pro
separating after a mutually satisfactory
inter v iew.
Mr. [TO . OOimNCED.J
THE TATTLER.
Miss Delia Sloan of Brooklyn looked a
burglar in Iter dining room, yolled for tho
police anil caused his arrest.
Mine. Madjcska's ranch. In California, is
ono of the most lu-aullful estates on the
JPaolfle const. It comprise# 600 acres and
Includes a magnificent vineyard.
Mrs. Joy <>f Missouri Is noted among
tho repri 'sinrntlvcV wives In Washlngtoh
for her exquisite taste In dress and her
charming social accomplishments.
The late Lady Wilde first contributed to
The Nation over tho pen name of J. V.
Ellis, and for a long time tho editor sup
posed that his brilliant contributor was a
Ouu i
Mrs. Cannon, wife of tho new Utah soli
ctor, is an earnest believer In woman suf
frage, but Is, nevertheless, an ortfiodox
Mormon and a stout defender'of tho doo
trlnc of plural marriage.
Thirteen niuiiths ago Mrs. Headier Suit,
living near Wllkesbarro, Pa., gave birth
to twins, iflld the other day sho beeaino
the mother of triplets. She is 85 years
old and has had 14 children.
IJOUIHO Imogono Gulnoy la devoted to
out of door pursuits, Sho delights in
rowing and In such tremendously long
walks as few Americans Indulge in. She
Is often met many miles away from home,
accompanied !>y one of her fine dogs.
\lme. Marian S. tiambanlt of Pau,
Franco, who Is a grandnlece of Commo
dore John Paul Jones, bus offered to lund
dome rolled of the famous naval oflloer to
the promoters of the proposed National
museum, in Independence hall, Philadel
phia
Mrs. Stewart, nloce of tho late General
Hunter, who some years slnoo left Wash
ington to make her homo with one of her
married duughters at Colorado Kprlngs,
carrlos In her purse tho Unit coin made of
thoilrst hit, of gold taken from the mines
at Cripple Creek.
Mine. Bernhardt wears a fisherman's
costume when sho spends her vacations
ftjnoug tho Breton fisher folk. There, on
tlio coast of Brittany, she has a quaint lit
tle fortress, modernised Just enough to
make It habitable and fitted up for a sum
mer holiday place.
At ono of tin) receptions given recently
Dy Mrs. Cleveland tho hostess was gowned
In a skirt of silver gray chiffon, with a
bod 100 of silver embroidered whlto ohlfTon,
Combined with turquoise blue vol vet. Her
hulr was prettily arranged and decorated
with diamond sldo oouib*.
AIIUK. Jules Favro, widow of thu French
vlal'wiuau \vlu> In 1871 declared that
Franco would not yield on Inch of her ter
ritory, rooontly (Hod at tiovtM For the
pu»l l!o vcai'a alio hud boon nt the head of
tho Normal Training School For Womon In
that town and hud be«U very nuoccw-ful as
a toucher and cxooutlvo.
Miss Luoolla Williams, who died recent
ly at South Doortlold, MOHH., wag ono of
t wo HIHIITH who founded tbo funou* Hamp
tou (Viv.) school for negro and Indian
children. She «lwi ei»tobU»Lod tho Htnnton
Institute, at Jacksonville, and, with her
ulster, who Is still living, labored there for
kuvnu yearn with great succcsii.
THE FENETRATOR.
If thorn 1H anything In a young man,
tho Hoentgeii ray should tiring It out.—
i'onkcr* Statesman
"Tim real tent of thl* now photographic
process," observed Jt Ivors, "will oomo
When they try It on a shnd."—Chlcugo
Tribune.
Tho lato Mr. Hamlet would not Imvo
talked of "tlds too, too Holld lloith" If ho
could have forenoon tho cathode ray.—
Chicago l'ost.
Kdlson has thrown it cathode ray
through four tnaho* of wood. Tho block
hi ads might nn well prepare to i>o«e.—
i'htladclphln lleeord.
That greatest fraud of modern Union,
the wormy (liuitnut, tdluks away ntuuhyu
and humiliated before tho approach of
Hoontgou.—Wichita Fugle.
Jti M ilt gen'H dlwioverr will show Hurgooo*
JUit where to cut In tho near futuro
anybisly with a jackknlfo und itf» nntltoX"
Ine sijulrt can attend tohUowuloligoVltjr.
►-St. IJOUIM Itopubllo.
THE CYNIC.
Opinions are like anything else—nover
Interesting when too froc.
Homo people aro
vuuortlinlt v to tw lurndtdx*