VOL- xxxiv AFTER STOCK TAKING WE FIND A CRI .AT MANY Ol>l> LOTS OF SHOES IN OUR STOCK WHICH WE ARE GOING TO SELL AT SWEEPING REDUCTIONS. THE BASIS ON WHICH OUR LARGE RETAIL SHOE BUSINESS WAS BUILT—SAVE PEOPLE MONEY, GIVE THEM GOOD HONEST GOODS AND THEY'LL PATRONIZE YOU. A Big Cut in MEN S FINE SHOES. WOMEN'S FINE SHOES. In finest Fatent Call; was *5.50, now $4.00 One lot was #3.50, now *2.50. One lot reduced from $2 and £2.50 to One lot calf, was f5.00 and -00, only fi.25. now One lot reduced from fj.;o and #3.75 One lot heavy shoes, was #1.25 and|i.so to $2.00 and $2.25. now fi.oo. One lot reduced froni SI.OO and $1.25 Mer.'s Fine Shoes, were ii.25, nov. ! to 75 cents. 95 cents. Women's Black Aii Wool Gvergaiters, Mi.X STITCHED, CLOTH FACINGS-TO CLOSE OUT AT 15 CENTS. Bargains in Misses' Shoes. Bargains in Boys' Shoes. 50 ceuU, 75 cents and *i.cxx We will ?5 Cenlß> centS| suoo atul f1 . 25> save you 50 cents on every pair. Bargains in all. Children's Shoes. _ , Our Slippers At 25 cents, 40 cents and 50 cents. rr Baby Shoes at 10 cents to 50 cents. to close, and also all our Felt Shoes, WOOL BOOTS AND RUBBER FOOTWEAR BARGAINS. All kinds at lowest prices—Arctics, Storm Alaskas, Overs, Croquet, Storm Boots — all at prices greatly reduced. Women's Rubbers at iSc, 20. and 25c, Misses' Rub isers at r6c, 20c, and 25c. Yen's Rubbers at 40c, 50c, and 60c. All shoes direct from factory to your feet. Butler's Leading i> p IITTCri TAVT Opp, Shoe House V/* IIU 3EL/1 Uli Hotel Lowry. ' T. H. BURTON'S Greatest Sacrifice Clothing Sale 6ver /Vlade in sutlatFalls.Mont., recommended ray's Cream B: to TEC. I c»a emphasize Lis statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catorrn ii as director 1 " R«sv. Francis W. Pool*, Pastor Central Pres. Chnrcb, Helena, Uont. Ely's Cream Balm in tli" aclnnTvledgpd euro for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 00 cents. RAILROAD TIMI TABLES. PENNSYLVANIA R ROAD. Westitn Pennsylvania Division. Schedule in effect N--v. 1G ls&ti. •South. —' — Week Days A. M. *■ >i A. w. r. M. f * RUTLKK.. . ...Leave 'A &uo 11 jo 2to i> c '• S^jeoiiburtf. . Arrive 6 M *'Jo 11 43 310 Jc't.. ** 727 fit*' lj 07 > :i5 Butler Jc » . ..Leave 7iO hi* 1? u ,jr. Natrona.. ..Arrive* £0 858 1221 345 ♦i. Tarentum 742 uO3 12 26 J r 2 c " Mpriugdalc 750 912 12 38 iO2 Ctaremont 'j*s 1253 410 r2" Sfcarpst-Org SO7 031 10l 4—' AJlejpUeay City H2O 9 4;; 115 43» ♦; 4:: A. a: A. M. r. M. r. M. r. A. sl.'Klui TRAINS L< .ivo Hutl'-r lor AUe th» uy City ami Drtneip.il intermediate stations 7:40 A. M„ '..30 aati 5 00 F. M. MortL. Week Hays— *— ». «. *. M. A.M. p M. P, M. Allegheny City.. Lv. 7 o>v yoo i i /*" ~35 sao ttLarpptniri; 7ii 'i 12 n :<7 -o ... CUreuiOnl 918 II ; • 268 .. a|M°lHKU • #3O II A» 3li 587 1 r"-' Ulli 732 U39 1 os - * fi "7 Vatrwfm 7 91- 12 '<• i «, i !iU' -r.Jot AT 74j U .'XI 12i'f 34s C lio BntierJGft I.v 7 « 950 12 31 :: 4s i; SaAOlihiirg "< lo lo 15 12 M 113 li 14 llFfJki! Ar. *35 lO 3X 125 I .'in 710 A M . » St. p W, P. M. r. '■• S''MiAV TWAINS l.f..ve Allctfh-oj 11V ftr Uutler -IIKI pi melp-il iiil<-rni>-l.. 123.) and 7:15 I'. M. Week Itaj-s "or t,Le Ki' i Week I»a; -. a tu a. m. p m p. v . 11 20 025 Lv BCTLKB. .Ar 120 12 07 727 Ar Ilmler Jc't Lv 12 '.'A 3 i3j;ni7 45 Lv llMler Jc't Ar 830 12 M 318 749Ar 1 reeport.. Lv 828 12 30 322 753 " Jc't " 824 12 2; 333 804 " Leechb " 812 12 12 350 821 '•l'dulti.n(Apollo" 750 1155 418 851 '* naltcborg "7 32 11 32 450 922 '• B:airiivilie..." 700 11 00 458 !» 30 "lilairsvi!lelnß'n"s 18 10 1") 650 11 35' Aitooca "325 800 100 310 " L r, »rrisbu;g..."ll 45 310 430 623 •' Philadelphia. '9 30 1120 a. m. p. in. a. m p. ui On Sunday, trail l leaving Butler 7:10 A. tl., connecth for llarri-hurg, AUooaa, au-i Philedelpbit. Through trains lor the ia .1 leave I'ittn bnrg (Union .Station) a fo'lown:— Atlantic Ejipresti, daily 3 10 A. M. Penaiylva'iia Liniitbil " .....7 15 " Bay Kx.prcp", " .....7 30 '• Main Line Kxpre„. " b' O rhiladeipbin Ltpreas " .4 30 P. Kastern Kxpress " ...*.7')5 " Fast Line " 8 i'l " Fbiia<.'a Un'i, tsur.ilay ot.ly 8 4'.' • >l< F'W de*aile:l iiilw"■ - lion :i.l-j, • \'Lut.. K. Watt, Facd. Ags. Wb.tU.i-n ui.-'rict, to- I'ilt'j Ave. tr:! Hr"ilhficld bt , Pii'^l-'-rg, g.\. rßtvooT, J. K wooi>, (je.iera! V»'iope <«•:: I'i- UITTSHUKG & WiiSTEUX *• Railway". Allegheny Line, tclietlule in effect, July 19, iXyO. Huf'.erTlx.ie, Depart. Arrive Allegheny Accommodation 62A a.ir, " Flyer ■f l.< uui 10 uoitoi Akron .Mall. H i mi 7 :;m Allegl eny Kxpress 2 55 pin 4 Chleai'o lCxpri-sh i ::. pUi U -0 ~!■ Mall <; ti-- inn i ;o !in Kllwootl Accomo i; pin 7 :» pm t I icaao hxp.'i »► Ii ur, pie I i'i .ill! Allegteny Kxpiet.. - '»> ; ... Ki.ne ana lirmlloij Mail... lij if. am . • Clarion Aceomo 5 I'ipin 9 60 ein Koxburg Ac«)tno 7 35 (.m H 05 »m SI'NKAY TRAINS. DeKolt-hl Jet. Accomo 8 It arn 7 :o pill Allegheny Aecomo In i/i air. Cliirago Express 3 3", pni 4 ' pin Allegheny Accomo (i 05 [.in 4 s'< p:n I'uilmaa Bulftt lix-plnr i:»i .n«l .!»>.' • ) • ')ay Co.ifne ii .in through l.ei v, eer. H'ltler Chicago lallv. Kor Uir.. u
  • l.-.:>. tin ' Northwest or Southwest apply to A U. CBtIUCH, AKCIII Butler, Pa Trains leave tbe H i' O. depot. In l'iithu: ( :or Ihu Ka»l aslollotv^. ior Washington !»• Baltimore, I'tllaci ! plila, in.l New York. 7:3() and 9'JW I". I •'omberl.md. ',:40, 7 - ID, a.m. I :M p. tl. < O'-:IVHie. f'ili, 7SJ.I, ,i. Li!. 1.10. 4.30, 4.1J, 5.'J0,!(. . ,) in. C'nloutowri, 7 «a. m ,1.10,1.311 .v.j. i<. i: LDlontown.MorK.il tows and I airtnoiu, 7,3'',,. 111, and 5,30 p. in, Mt.l'leasant (!.40, 7. .le a. i-J .10 and 4.50 pm. Wahhlngten, I'a., ".111 ami 30 a. m., 4.00.1 45 end 9.i»'. II 55 p. 111. vsmel rg, 7.40. and 9.30 a. u.. and 4.U0. 9.U0. 11 *>• n. .. ' Itii Inuiltl, bt, "IM I oluniUUs :uid Ml " •srv 7.40 a. rr. 'l.tu|>, tn. r"rClik:a"o, .'.40 and 9..» i p. in. 1 arlor aud aloeplie'cnrs 10 Baltimore "■ ■< '"loctnn iU and cnic.wo. H. O. IlirsKLK, Con. Sapt, F ■ V. W. lIA.'iaKTT, A U.F.A , Allogli-'-iy, I'.. U. F. REYNOLDS, Bupt.. Fox'oarg, Fa mlliC WTTSHURG, SiIMNAN GO & LAKH ERIK RAILROAD TIMKTaHLE —In eOcoi Sunday, Dec. 30, Trains are r in by Standard On tral Time (KOlh Meridian). llol.N'li Noktii. OOlSd H'H.TII I 14 I 12 STATIONS I 11 1) p./njpm . p.m. Arrßußalo I.v'e i.m. a.m. " m .... 5 4o 2 30 1.. S.«,M s S .15 II 1., ... |4 51 . N.Y..c\*st.l ;5 35 12 K p.u.a. m, 1 m s 27. Wallace Juuct 11 -4« 110 1 I-: s 25 cilrard II 45 4 4.; I 1 I»j! <1 0> .< raneivllie. ,!j i)V . iToi f OK'i v .Coil lie a" • lv. .111 "| H' .. | 1 47| U UDar ar 1 1 47' 1, n II s<, 7vi ir.. Ulllon 1/ i.: 04 •, o .... 112 44 j7 15 .. Miadeland |I2 2'i 110 ~I 2 »i 7 12... riprlnghoro ii 2 21 , IV •12 21. ■3l .(Jonnoaui VIUm 112 ■, , Q|7| .2. I<| V 15... Mea'v'lo Jet |l2 s(ij 5 !•: it OOif. 7 :!' - '. l <*r. Seville lv . iT:in ~..|12 4«; 7 251 v 11 r .... II 40 5 wo 210 12 no; 0 4oiv .Conu't l.nk.* Jl2 t.t . . . 1 1 Oii 7 s,!*r ar 1 I 07 u tin I I'll .) Ii 051 v.. Mead villi- lv .1 \ . j I :»2I s 1.1 r ai . 1 ; i Ko - :.' bi • . iun.i.v. ... Vol I 1:1 ii 0. - .-nsvlilD 1 11 1; 1 . V'■ Osgood • 12 r. il •; 2'» 11 4'J ii Oreenville ... 030 1 >, r, :•>, 0 19'11 29 0 ....Shcnango.... 1i.42| 1 4'.i 1 Go,ll 01 Kr" loiila.. 7 ■ ui r, r: 10 47 Mercer... . 7 in •1' 5 2HIO 3" "ardoe . . 7 'O, i .im 51-UI 23 «,ro" t il> 74< , 4* 5 ofi|fo 19 . Viarrlsvllie.... 1 v , oi' . ... . 53! 9 57, .V.. .heln.ers h ID! . 1. 4 3*'! 9 41' . . ..Kill-lid 522 ;i ■/ 1 !••[_• in| Barter.. • 1 ... 220 720 hlligiieny, iwwii i» 7oi ... p.(aid.in a. m 11. m .. I. T. i.i.AIU. Ueneral Muling' . ' ieenvl,u • . W. f \JyjV/g!n America lor oh- r C t-4^ S'jfjf-fT /tx mliilns a biead > J V J M) Ml winning BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, ISU7. THE MIjfSRESS of the Mine. %r A Wong ItUrycnci. ICopyrlght. «BQS by Roterl Harr ] CHAPTER XV HI. Ken yon was on his vir to lunch noxt day when lie met Went worth at the door. "<"oLng to cat?" r.sked tlie latter. "Yes." "Very veil; TO go v.-ith you. I couldn't stay last night to have a j •with you o. -r the meeting, but what did you think of it?" "\Yteoicideriii;.' the u-iticies which ! nppeared in the morning. and consid- ! erintr also the exhibition I made of rrv- j self in nttj nijttiiip to explain the n. ■■ ■ - > of the mine-. I think things went off | lather smoothly." "So do I. It doesn't strike you that j they mat off a little too mocthly, does it?" "What do you mean?" "I don't know exactly what I i mii. I merely v.anted to pet your opii ion about it. You see. I have attendee! a great many gathering's of th..-. sort, a;:d it strtick me there WHS a certain cut-ard driedness about the meeting'. I can't Bay whether it impressed me favorably or unfavorably, but I noticed it." "I st'll don't understand what you mean." "Well, as a general thing, in such meetings, when a man gets up and pro poses a certain action there is some opposition, or somebody ha . a sugpet;- tion to make, or something better to propose, or thinks he has, and so there is a good deal of talk. Now when King got up and proposed calmly that Mel ville should go to America, it appeared to me ralher an extraordinary thing to do, unless he had consulted McJville beforehand." "Perhaps he had done so." "Yes, perhaps. What do you think of it all?" Kenyon mused for a moment before he r. "As 1 aid b. fore, 1 thought things went off very smoothly. \\ bom do you"biLspect—\ ung Long»\orth?" "I do not know whom I suspect.. I am merely getting anxious about the shortness of the time. 1 think inyf<-1f you ought to go to America. There is nothing to lie. done here. You should go, see Von Brent, and get a renewal of the option. l>on't you :ve that when they pet over there, allowing them a few days in New York, and a day or two to get, out to the mine, we shall have little moie than a week after the cable dis patch comes in which to do anything, should (hey happen to report unfa vorably." "Yes, I see that. Still, it is only a question of facts on w hieh they have to report, and you know its well as 1 do that no truthful men can report un favorably on what we have stated. Wa have understated the case in every in stance." "I know that. I am perfet tly w ell aware of that. Everything is all right if -—if I/ongworth Is dealing honestly v/ith UK. If he js not, everything is all wrong, and I should feel a deal easier If we bad in our possession an other three months' option of the mine. We are now at the fag end of thin op tion, and it seems to me, asnprotection to o.irai lves, we ought cither to write to Von Brent--by the. way, haw; you ever written to 1 im?" "I wrote one letter telling him how \v« were f'tting on, but have received no answer. Perhaps he is not in Ot tawa at present." "Well, I 'lank you ought to go to the mines with J.ongworth and-Melville. It is t hs- onjune' ion oft hose two men that liuil.i ine : i,.-picious. 1 can't tell wihat 1 suepe.-t. 1 can give nothing definite but I !iij.ve a vague itne: ines*> w iu-n 1 think that the man who tried to n i.s -- ail us regarding the value of tin* min i ral i - going witb the man who bos led UH into all this expeiiM-; he who refused to go iiito the matter in t in- first place, pretended he had forgotten all about It in the •••'•ond place, and then suddenly de\eloj>ed an interest." John knitted his brows and said noth ing. "1 don't want, to worry you about it but 1 do want your candid opinion. W hat had we. better do?" "It seems to me," said John, after a pause, "that we can do noticing. It i.i a very perplexing situation. I think, Jtpwevcr, we should turn it over in our minds for a few days, and then I can get to America in plenty of time, if nec essary." "Very well; suppose we give tnem ten days to get to the mine and reply, if no reply comes by the eleventh day, then you will still have eighteen or nineteen days before the option ex pires. Put it. at twelve days. 1 pro pose, if you hear nothing by then, you do over." '•Bight," said John; "we may talc; that n:> settled." "By the way, you pot an invitation, did you not?" "Yea." "Are you going?" "I do not know. I should like to go, and yet, you know, I tun entirely unused to fashionable assemblages. 1 should not know what to say or do while I was t here." "As I understand, it is not to 1«- a fashionable parly, but merely a little friendly gathering which Mi s I/Ong worth gives because her cousin tfi about to sail for Canada. 1 dou't want to Hatter you, John, but I imagine Miss Xxjng worth would be rather disappointed if you did not put in uppearanee." He sides, as we are partners with Long worth in this, and at) he is going away on account of the mine, 1 think it would be a. little ungracious of us not to go." "Very well; J will go. Khali 1 eall for you, or will you come for me?" "I will call for you, and wo will go there logether in a cab. lie ready ab iut eight o'clock." I he mansion of the Lougworths win brilliantly lighted that night, and John felt rather faint-hearted as lie stood on the steps before going in. Tlmj chances are. he would not have had tin courage to announce himself if hi ; fi.eiid \\ en* v oil h had not been with him. 'ieorgc, however, had no such qualms, and was much more used to thi kind of thing than his comrade Ho they v .-'fit in together arid were warmly greeted by the younp hostess. I "It is j-o kind of you to eor:ie f * # she j Said, "0., such short notice. I was | afraid you might have had some prior j engagement a;. I would have found i» ' lnijjo ible to ;. r et b' re." "You intr t not think that of me." 1 said Went worth. "I was certain to ! come; but I mu.it. confess mv friend j Kenyon here v rather difficult t'. | manage. He seem - to frown on fusli ionablu as: emblogcs, and actually had ! the coolness to propose that we should j both haw prior engagements." Edith looked reproachfully at Kei. yon, who flushed to the temples, as j w as usual with him, and said; "N'oiv.W' ntworth, that is unfair. You mu t not mind what he says, Miss hong- o»,a; ne IIKCS to Dimg confusion 011 me, and he knows how to do it. I cer tainly said nothing about a prior en frarrpment." "Well, now you are here, I hope you -.vill enjoy yourselves. It lv quite ai informal little gathering, with noth ing to abash even Mr. Kenyon." They found younp Long-worth there in company with Melville, who was to 1-e his companion on the voyage. He »'. U> Am^rlcaP** her friend, and to form her judgment without hearing the other sitle. But you must not think I am going to fore go scolding you because of luy sympa thy for you. Don't you n niemberyour promises to let xne know how ycur company was getting on from lirife to time, and here 1 have never heard a word from you; now tell me how you have been getting on." "1 hardly know, but I think we are getting on very well, indeed. Yon know, of course, that \ our cousin is go ing to America to report upon the mine. As I have stated nothing but what is perfectly true about the prop erty, there can be no question as to what that report will be, r=.o it seems to me everything is goingon nicely." "Why do you not go to America?" "Ah! well, I ain an Interested party, and those who are thinking of going with us have my report already. !tfs necccKsary to corroborate that. When It is corroborated I expect we shall .have no trouble in forming a com pany." "And was William chosen by those men to go to Canada?" "He was not exactly chosen; he vol unteered. Mr. Melville, here, was the one who was chosen." "And why Mr. Melville, more than you, for instance?" "Well, as I said, I am out. of the ques tion because I am 1111 interested parly. Melville is a man connected with china works, and, as such, in a measure, an expert." "Is Mr. Melville a friend of yours?" "No, he Is not. I never saw him until he came to the meeting." "lio you know," she said, lowering her voice and bending toward him, "that I do not like Mr. Melville's face?" Kenyon glanced at M--l\illc, who wea at 1 he ui her side of the l oom, and Edit h went on: "You must not look at people when 1 mention them in that way, ot j they will know we are talking about i tin ui. I do not like his face. He is too handsome a MNII, and I Uyii't like liand j some men." "Don't you, really?" said John, j "Then you ought .0 -" I'oiLh Itiughcd I softly, a low, musical laugh that was j not henrd above the piano din, and was ! intended for John alone, and to hi*: I ears it was the sweetest inusic he had ever heard. "I know what you were going to say," ! she snid; "you were going to say that i in that case 1 ought to like you. Well, 1 do; that is why 1 am taking such an interest in your mine, and in your friend, Mr. Went worth. And so my coni-in volunteered to go to Canada-' Now, I think you ought to go your self." "Why?" said Kenyon, startled that she should have touched the point that had been discussed between WentwortU and himself. "I can only give you a woman's rea son, "because I do.' It seems to me you ought, to i>e there to know what they report at the time tht\v do re}>ort Perhaps they won't understand the mine without your explanation, aud then, you see, an adverse report might come back in (>erfeeT g0..:! faith. i think you OI:;;!;I to LO to America, Mr. Kenyon." "That is just w hat (Jeorge Wentwort.'i says." "Docs he? I alway thought he w&« ] a very sensible young man, and now I ■ am EUIV of it. Well, ' must not stay ; : here gossiping w.'h you on business. J I see the proie- or i s going to liais'n, , ; and so I shall have to look after my other guests. If I don't see you pgaiu I | this ev ug, or have another oppor tunitv of speaking with you, think over I what- I have said." And then, with the • most, charniin "' hypocrisy, the young woman thar' ed the professor for the, , music to which she had not listened iu j "Well, how did you enjoy yourself?" 1 !:n:d Wentworth, when they had got j outside again. It was a clear, star | I't/-ht niirhT. anil they had resolved tc I walk home together. 'I -. ' ivcd myself very well, indeed," j answered Kenyon; "much better than 1 expected. It was a little awkward at first, but I got over that." "I noticed you did —with help." "Yes, 'with help.' " "If you are inclined to rave, John, now that we are under the stars, re member 1 nm a close confidant and a sympathetic listen -r. I should like to I.ear yo;. rave. Just to learn how an ex asperatingly sensible man acts under the mania." "I shall not rave about anything, tieorge, but I will tell you something. I 11111 going to Canada." "Ahldid she speak about that?" "She did." "And, of course, her advice at once decides the matter, after my most cogent arguments have failed." "Don't be offended, George, but—it does." . CHAPTER XIX. "What name, please?" "Tell Mr. Wentw orlh a lady wishes to see him." The boy departed rather dubiously, for he knew that his uiessnire was de cidedly irregular in a bns'ne. ,: 'i office. People should give their names. "A lady to see you, sir," he said to Wentworth, antl then, just as the boy h:u! expected, his employer wanted to know the lady'.-, name. Ladies are not frequent visitors at the offices of an accountant in the city, so Wentworth touched his collar and tie to make sure they were in their correct position, and, wondering who the. lady was, asked the boy to show her in. "How do you do, Mr. Wentworth?" she said, brightly, advancing toward his table and holding out her hand. Wentworth caught his breath, took her extended hand somewhat limply, then he pulled himself together and said: "This is an unexpected pleasure, Misa Brewster." Jennie blushed very prettily and laughed a laugli tlmt Wentworth thought was like a little ripple of mu sic from a mellow flute. "It may lie unexpected," she said, "but you don't look a bit like a man suffering from an overdose of pure joy. You didn't ejtp-'-ot to see me, did you'/*' "I did not, out, now that you arc here, may T ask in what way I can serve you?" "Well,.ln the first place yon may ask me to take a chair, and in the second place you may sit down yourself, for I have come to have a long talk with you." The prosjieet did not seem to be so nllurine' to Wen'lworth as one might have ,1 :! when the announcement was n,:.de by a girl ; > pretty and dressed in . ii'-h exquisite taste, but. the young man promptly offered her a chair, anil then sut down with the (able between them. She placed lu'.r parasol arid a few trinkets s'i:- had been carrying on the table, arranging tlieni with some cure; then, having given him time to recover from his surprise, she flashed a look at him that sent a thrill to the ! Anger tips of the young man. Yet a j danger understood Is a danger half i overcome; and Wentworth, uncon | sciously drawing n deep breath, nerved ' himself against any recurrence of a feeling he had been trying to forget, with but indifferent success, saying grimly, but only half convincingly, to himself: "You are not going to fool me II second time, my girl, lovely as you nre." A glimmer of a smile hovered about the red lips of a girl, a smile hardly perceptible, but giving an effect to her cleiir complexion, as if a sunbeam had | crept into the room and its reflection had lit up her face. "I have come to apologize, Mr. Went* | worth," she said at last. "1 find It n very d'fHcult thing to do, and, as I don't know j 11st. how to begin, I'll plunge right into it." "You don't need to apologize to me ! for anything. Miss Brewster," replied Wentworth rather stifllv. "Oh, yes, I do. Don't make it harder I than it. Is by being too frigidly polite i rbout it, but say you accept the apologv, and that you're sorry —no —I don't mean that—l should say that, you're sure I'm sorry, and that you know I won't do it again." Wentworth laughed, and Miss Brewster joined him. "There," she said, "that's ever so I much better. I suppose you've been •• I w»nt you to toll »u<; Mouiemlmr about your mine." j thinking hard things of ine ever sines j we last met." ! "I've tried to," replied Wentworth. ".Now that's what I call honest; be- | sides 1 like the implied compliment. 1 I . think IL'M very neat, indeed. I'm r« ally j very, very borry that 1 -that things ' I happened u.> they did. I wouldn't havj j 1 blamed you if you had ui eil exceeding- I • ly strong language ul*out it- at the | time." I "I must confess that I did." "All," said Jennie, with a fiigh, "you I men have so many comforts denied to ! us women. Hut I came here for an- ■ i other purpose; if I had merely wanted \ | to upologi/.c 1 think I would have writ ten. I want Mime Information which j you can give me, if you like." The youiif.'' woman ret:ted lier elbow* '• I on tno table, with her chin in her bands, gazing across at him earnestly and innocently. Poor George felt tha*. it would be impossible to refuse any thing of those large beseeching eyes. "I want you to tell me about your mine." All the geniality that had gradually come into Wentworth's face and man ner vanished instantly. ' this is the old business over again,' 'l. "How cau j. «?;v that!" cried Jennie, reproachfe • asking for my own satisfaction i-uii.v . . :.d not for my paper. Besides, 1 tell you ; frankly what 1 want to know, an 1 i don't try to get it by indirect means— by false pretenses—as you once said." "How can you expect me to give you information that does not belong t i me : ';e? I have no right to speak of ! r business which concerns others with out their permission." "Ah. then there are at least two others concerned in the mine," said Jennie, gleefully. "Kenyon is one, 1 know, i wli the other?" "Miss Brewster, 1 will tell you noth ! ing." "But you have told 111 c something al i ready, l'lease go 011 and talk, Mr. I Wentworth -about anything you like I —and 1 shail soon lind out all I want to I know about the mine." j Sue paused, but Wentworth re mained silent, which, indeed, the be wildered young man realized was the only safe thing to do. "They speak of the talkativeness of women," Miss Brewster went on, as if soliloquizing, "but it is nothing to that of the men. Once set 11 man talking and you learn everything he knows — besides ever so much more that he doesn't." Miss Brewster hi.d abandoned her very talkative attitude, with its sug gestion of confidential relations, and had removed her elbows from the ta ble, sitting now back iu her chair gaz ing drepinilv at the dingy window which let the light in from the dingy court. She seemed to have forgott*in that Wentworth was there, and said more to herself than to him: "I wonder if Kenyon would tell me about the mine?" "You might ask him." "No, It wouldn't do any good," she continued, gently shaking her head, "lie's one of your silent men, and there are so few of them in this world I Per haps I k: 1 better go to William Long worth himself; he is not suspicious of mo." And as she said this she threw jx quick glance at Wentworth, nnrl the unfortunate young man's face at once told her that she had hit the mark. She bent her brow over the table and laughed with" such evident enjoyment that Wentworth, in spite of his help less anger, smiled grimly. Jenuie raised her head, but the sight of his perplexed countenance was too much for her, and it was some time be fore her merriment allowed her to speak. At last she said: "Wouldn't you like to take me by the shoulders and put me out of the room. Mr. Wentworth?" "I'd like to take you by the shoulders and shake you." "Ah! that would be taking a liberty, and could not be permitted. We must leave punishment to the law,you know, although 1 do think a man should be allowed to turn an objectionable visit or into the street." "Miss Brewster." cried the young roan, earnestly, lenninjf over the tabic toward her, "why don't you abandQn your horrible inquisitorial profession and put your undoubted talents to some other use?" "What, for instance?" "Oh—anytliiiiK-" Jennie rested lier fair cheek against her open palm again and looked at the dingy window. There was a long si lence between them. Wentworth wua absorbed in watching iier clear-cut, pro file and lier white throat, his breath quickening as lie feasted his eyes 011 her beauty. "1 have always pot angry," she said, at last, in a low voice, with the quiver of a suppressed sigh in it, "when other people have said that to me—l wonder why it is I merely feel hurt and sad when you say it? It is so ensy to say, 'oh —anything'—so easy—so easy. You are a man, with the strength aud de termination of a man, yet you have met with disappointments and obsta cles that have required all your cour age to overcome. Every man has, and with moat men it is a light until the head is gray and the brain weary with the ceaseless struggle. The world is utterly merciless; it will trample you down relentlessly if it can, and if your vigilance relaxes for a moment it will steal your crust und leave you to starve. When I think of this Incessant, sullen contest, with 110 quarter given or taken, 1 shudder and pray that 1 muy ilie be fore I am at the mercy of the pitiless world. When I came to Lontlon I saw for the first time in my life that bodi less melancholy promenade of the sandwich men, human wreckage drift ing along the edge of the street, as If they had been east up there by the rushing tide sweeping past them. Tliey—they seemed to me like a tot tering procession of the dend —and on their backs was the announcer: ut of a play that was making all London roar with laughter- the awful comeOy and tragedy of it! Well, 1 simply couldn't stand itl I had to run up a side street and cry like the little fool I was, right in broad daylight." Jenuie paused and tried to laugh, but the effort ended in a sound suspiciously like a sob, and sliu dashed her hand, •with quick impatience, across her eyes, from which Wentworth had never taken liis own, watching them dim as the light from the window pro>'«id too strong for them, anil finally fill as she ceased to sjieak. Searching ineffectual ly about her dress for u handkerchief, which lay on the table Ix.-side her para sol, unnoticed by cither, Jenuie went on, with some difficulty: "Well, these jK>or, forlorn creatures were ouco men—men who had gone down, and if the world is <»o hard on a man, with nil his strength and re sourcefulness, think —think what it is for a woman to lie thrown into this inhuman human turmoil —a woman without friends without money— Hung umong these relentless wolves to live if she can —or—to die —if she can." 'J'he girl's voice broke, and she burled luer face in her arms, which rested on I thu table. ■ Wentworth sprang to Ids feet and j came round to where she sut. "Jennie," lie said, putting his hand 011 her shoulder. ! The girl, without looking up, shook j off tli' hand that touched her. "Go back lo your place!" sho cried, iu a smothered voice. "Leave me alone!" "Jennie," persisted Wentworth. The. young woman ro«e from her chair and faced him, stepping back a • pace. "Don't you hear what I say? Go back aud sit down. 1 ennui here to talk business; not to make a fi>ol of myself. It's all your fault, and 1 hate you for it—you aud your silly ques tions." Hut the young man stood where he •.vos, in spite of the dangerous sjiarkle that lit up his visitor's wet ayes. A frown gathered on his brow. "Jennie," he said, slowly, "arc you playing with me again?" The swift anger That blazed up !n her face, reddening her cheeks, dried the tears. "How dr_re you say such a thing to me?" she cried, hotly. "Do you flatter yourself that because I came here to talk business, 1 have also some personal interest in you? Surely even your self conceit doesn't run so far as that.'" Wentworth stood silent, and Miss Brewster picked up her parasol, scat ' tering. in her haste, the other articles on the tloor. If she expected Went worth to put them on the table again : she was disappointed, for. although his eyes were upon her, his thoughts were far away uj:on the Atlantic ocean. "I sliall not stay here to l>e insulted," she cried, resentfully, bringing Went worth's thoughts lack with a rush to l-ondon again. "It is intolerable that you should use such an expression to inc. ['laying with you, indeed!" "1 had no intention of insultmg you. Miss Brewster." "What is it but an insult to such a phrase? It implies that 1 either care for you or—" "And do you?" "Do I what?" "Do you care for me?" Jennie shook out the lace fringes of lier parasol and smoothed them with sonic precision. Her eyes were bent on what she wasdoing,«nd consequent ly they did not meet those of her ques tioner. "I care for you as a friend, of course," she said, at hist, still giving much at' tentioii to the parasol. "If I had not looked on you as a friend I would not have come here to consult with you, would I?" "No. I supi>ose not. Well, lam sorry I used the words that displeased you, and now, if you will permit it, we will go on with the consultation." "It wasn't a pretty tiling to say." "I'm afraid I'm not good at saying pretty things." "You used to lie." The parasol be ing arranged to her liking she glanced up at him. "Still you said you were sorry, and that's all a man can say—or a woman either, for that's what 1 said myself when I came in. Now, if you will pick up those things from the floor —thanks —we will talk about the mine." Wentworth seated himself in his chair again and said: "Well, what is it you wish to know about the mine?" "Nothing at all." "But you said you wanted Informa tion." "What a funny reason to give! And how a man misses all the fine points of a conversation! No; just because I asked for information, you might have known that It was what I really want ed." "I'm afraid I'm very stupid. I hate to ask boldly what you did want, but 1 would like to know." "I want a vote of confidence. I told you I was sorry because of a certain episode. I wanted to see. if you trust ed me, and I found you didn't. There." "I think that was hardly a fair test. Y'ou see the facts did not belong to me nlone." Miss Brewster sighed, and slowly shook her head. "That wouldn't have made the least uthless forest. lam the bird hoierlng about you, waiting to cover you with leaves. The leaves, to do any ought to be checks flutter ing down on you, but, alas! I haven't any. If negotiable checks only grew on trees, life would not be so difficult." Miss Brewster sipped her tea pensive ly, and Wentworth listened to tha luusical murmur of her voice, which had such an entrancing effect on him, tha Jic paid less heed to what she sai l than man should when a lady is speuk iiij#. The tea drinking had added u touch of domesticity to the tete-a-tete that rather went to the head of th-j young man. He clinched and un clinclied his hand out of sight under the table and felt the moisture on his palm. He hoped he would be able to retain control over himself, but the difficulty of his task almost overcome him w hen she now and then appealed to him with glance or gesture, and he felt as if he must cry out: "My girl, my girl, don't do that, if you expect me to stay where 1 am." "I see you are not paying the slight est attention to what 1 am saying," she said, pushing the cup from her. She rested her arms on the table, leaning slightly forward, and turning her face full upon him. "I can tell by your eyes that you are thinking of some thing else." "I assure you," said George, drawing a deep breath, "I am listening with in tense interest." "Well, that's right, for what I am going to say is important. Now, t> i wake you up, I will first tell you nil j ahout your mine, so that you will under stand 1 did not need to ask anyone for | information regarding it." Here, to Wentworth'* astonishment, | she gave a rapid and necurate sketch of the negotiations and arrangements be tween the three partners and the pres «iit position of affairs. "How do you know all this?" he ' asked. "Never mind that, and you mustn't ask how I know what 1 am now going to tell you, but you must believe it im plicitly und act upon it promptly, j Long worth is foolinjf both you and 1 Kenyon. Ho Is making time, so that No o .your option will run out; then ho wl]| l>av cash for the mine at the original price, and you and Kenyon will be left to i>ay two-thirds of the debt Incurred. Whore is Kenyon?" "He hns gone to America." "That's good. Cable him to get the option renewed. You can then try to form the company yourselves In Lou don. If he can't obtain a renewal, you have very littie time to get the cash to gether, and if you are not able to do that then you lose everything. Thiß is what ! fame to tell you, although I have been a lons' time about it. Now I must fro." She rose, gathered her belongings from the table, and stood with the para sol pressed against her. Wentworth came around to where she was stand ing, his face paler than usual, probably because of the news he had heard. One hand was grasped tightly around one wTist In front of him. He felt that he should thank her for what 6he had done, but his lips were dry and some how the proper words were not at hi 3 command. She, holding her fragile lace-fringed parasol against her with one art \ was adjusting her long neatly-fitting • ' >ve, which she had removed before t. u. A button, one of many, was dlffi nit to fasten, and as she endeavored to ; ut it in its place her sleeve fell away, i iiow ing a round white ann above the glove. "You see," she said, a little bictith leesly, her eyes upon her glove, "it Is a very serious situation, and time is of great importance." "I realize that." "It would l>e such a pity to lose everything now, when you have had so much trouble and worry." "It would." "And I think that whatever is done should be done quickly. Yon dhotlld act at once and with energy." "I am convinced that is so." "Of course it is. You are of too trust ing a nature; you should be more sus picious, then you wouldn't be tricked as you liave been." "No. The trouble is I have been too suspicions, but that is past. I won't be again." "What are you talking about?" she said, looking quickly up at him. "Don't you know youil lose the tnine if—" "Ilang the mine!" he cried, flinging his wristfree and clasping her to him be fore she could step back or move from her place. "There is something more important than mines or money." The parasol broke with a sharp snap, and the girl murmured: "Oh,"'but the murmur was faint. "Never mind the parasol," he said, pulling it from between them and toss ing it aside. "I'll get you another." "lleeklcss man I" she gasped. "You little know how much it cost. And I And ru be Lady Wentworth yet" think, you know, I ought to have been consulted—in an—ln an affair of this kind—George." "There was no time. I acted uj>on your own advice —promptly. Y'ou are not angry, Jennie, my dear girl, are you ?" "I sttppo :e I'm not, though I think I ought to l>e, especially as I know only too well that I held my heart in my hand the whole time, almost offering it to you. I hope you won't treat it as you have treated the sunshade." lie kissed her for answer. "You see," she said, putting his neck tie straight, "I liked you from the very first, far more than I knew at the time. If you—l'm not trying to justify my self, you know —but if you had—well just coaxed me a little yourself, I would ne\er have sent that cable message. You seemed to give up everything, and you sent Kenyon to me, and that made me angry. I expected you to come back to me, but you never came." "I was a stupid fool. I always am, when I get a fair chance." "Oh, no, you're not, but you do need some one to take care of you." She suddenly held him at arm's length from her. "You don't imagine for a moment, George Wentworth, that I came here to day for—for tills." "Certainly m»t," cried the honest young man with much indignant fervor, drawing her again toward him. "Then it's all right. I couldn't bear to have you think such a thing, espaciol ly—well, I'll tell you why, some day. 13ut Ido wish you had a title. Do they ever ennoble accountants in this coun try, George?" "No, they knight only rich fools." "Oh, T'rn so glad of that, for you'll get rich on the mine, and I'll be Lady Wentworth yet." She drew his head down until her laughing lii>s touched his. [TO SB COTT!*U*».J The New Woman In Polities. The dark-haired candidate for pres ident of the Amalgamated Women's CIUIMS had made the direct assertion that the auburn-haired candidate once took in washing for a living. "There is more than one way to nail a eam]>algn lie!" exclaimed the auburn haired candidate, briskly scratohinf tho other's face.—Chicago Tribune. The Mcorrher. "Why do they call a fast bicycle rider u scorcher, papa?" "Because he goes a hot pace, makes pedestrians boiling mad, warms up tho police and vets roasted in court. The scorcher thinks It a burning shame."— Detroit Free Press. In H«arrh of Information* "I'd like 1o ask one tiling," said the cross lniarder. "What is It, please?" usked the land lady. "How did you get this steak cooked so hard without even getting it hot?" —Cincinnati Enquirer. K*en That. "Ah!" sighed the disconsolate wife, "marriage Is a sad, sail failure." "Haven't you realized your hopes in wedded life?" asked a sympathetic friend. "No; ever, my bridal veil was Illu sion."—Washington Times. At Midnight. Mrs. Brown (in an awed whisper)— Bh-h! 1 hear a burglar in the pantry. I believe he is going to steal the cake I cooked to-day. • Air. Brown (sleepily)—l'oor devil, ho have M family, to^. —Up-to-lJatft.