VOL- xxxiv AFTER STOCKTAKING WE FIND A GREAT MANY ODD LOTS OF SHOES IN OUR STOCK WHICH WE ARE GOING TO SELI. AT SWEEPING REDUCTIONS. THE BASIS ON WHICH OCR LARGE RETAIL SHOE BUSINESS WAS BUILT—SAVE PEOPLE MONEY, GIVE THEM GOOD HONEST GOODS ASD THEY'LL PATRONIZE YOU. A Big Cut in MEN'S FINE SHOES. nrnurvc nwr CirnVQ In finest Patent Call; was $5.50, now 1=4.00 WOMEN S FINE SHOES. . Cne lot was , o now f2 so One lot reduced from $2 and £2.50 to . One lot calf, was j-t.oo, 15.00 and f6.00, only $1.25. i now #2.00. One lot reduced from $3.50 and $3.75 One lot heavy shoes, was sl. 25 and $ 1.50 to #2.00 and $2.25. now Ji.oo. One lot reduced from SI.OO and J1.25 Men's I-ine Shoes, were $1.25, now | • to 75 cents. I 95 cents. Women's Black All Wool Overgaiters, SILK STITCHED, CLOTH FACINGS -TO CLOSE OUT AT 15 CENTS. Bargains in Misses' Shoes. Bargains in Boys' Sboes. 50 cents, 75 cents and SI.OO. We will ?5 cents , 90 cents, SI.OO and #1.25. save you 5c cents on every pair. Bargains in al!. Children's Shoes. ... Our Slippers At 25 cents, 40 cents and 50 cents. Baby Shoes at 10 cents to 50 cents. to close, and also all our I-elt Shoes, WOOL BOOTS AND RUBBER FOOTWEAR BARGAINS. All kinds at lowest prices—Arctics, Storm Aiaslcas, Overs, Croquet, Storm Boots all at prices greatly reduced. Women's Rubbers at iSc. 20. and 25c, Misses' Ru bers at 16c ; 20c, and 25c. Aden's Rubbers at 40c, 50c, and 60c. All shoes direct from factory to your feet. Butler's Leading ¥) r< IIITCEI TAW 0pp ' Shoe House D* IllJ«3ELlUli Hotellowry. MRS. J E. ZIMMERMAN. Stock-Taking Gleanings. The completion of stock-taking leaves every department with broken lots or odds and ends of goods wl ich must be closed out at once to make room for the daily incoming of spring merchandise. Some of these broken line? are almost certain to be among your necessities. In that eveut you will get more for your money than at any other time during the pastseason. By reason of still deeper price cuts than we have yet given, the following are a few examp l es of what wi intend to do from now on until our entire stock of winter goods is sold. Ladies' Jackets and Capes. We have marked down all our Ladies' Jackets that sold at sls and S2O tc ?5-°° One lot of plain Beaver Jackets, real value $6, to 2-49 One lot of Misses' Jackets, value $5 to $6, to 2.89 One lot of Children's Jackets, value $4 to $6, to close at 2.29 Feather Boas marked down to 25c, 50c, 75c and $1; former prices 50c, sr, sr.so and $2. Included wiih these we offer you our entire stock of Blankets, Haps, Winter Underwear and Hosiery for men, women and children. Flannel Skirts, Waists, Tailor-Made Suits and Separate Skirts, and Heavy Winter Dress Goods, and a positive saving of 50 per cent, on every dollar's worth of merchandise bought here during this clean ing up sale. Mrs. J. E). Zimmerman. N. B. —We have already received two shipments of new Spring Dress Goods at popular prices. Come in and get posted on the new Spring Styles. DO YOU LIKE NICE CLOTHING? It is rare you see such garments as we are now showing. They are novelties, they have got the snap in them, makes you fell as if you must have a suit out of this batch. We have the exclusive sale of these garments in this vicinity. Now if you want to dress up, here is a chance, If you once get inside of one of these suits you will be loath to take it off. We sell the finest Clay Suits ever known. The linings are guaranteed to outwear the outside T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON, 120 S. MAIN ST. BUTLER, PA. REMOVAL SALE! COMMENCING TUESDAY FEBRUARY, 16th. We are going to offer the people of Butler and vicinity the Greatest Bargains ever sold in Butler Co. This assertion tnay seem strong, but we mean it as we are de termined—if price is any inducement—to not move a dollars worth of goods to our new store 108 S. Main St. (Kaufman's old stand) April ist. This advertisement can give you but a faint idea of this sale, for every item mentioned here we show you five, ten, twenty in the store; yes and better ones frequently than those published. HOSIERY—one lot children's hose 5c per pair, former price 10, 15, and 25c; one lot children's fleeced hose 9c or three pairs for 25c, Ladies hose 9c or 3 pairs for 25c, Bicycle hose /9c per pair, extra heavy fleeced 25c were 40c, fine cashmere hose 35c were 50c, extra heavy wool hose 35c were 50c, one lot wool hose 19c or 3 pairs for 50c. LACE—White lace 'A inch wide ioc per doz. yards, white silk lace 7c per yard former price 15c, white silk lace 19c, former price 35c; white lace 19c former price 35 and 50c; chiffon lace lie, former price 40c and 50c; black silk lace 7c, former 15 ; black silk lace 19c, former price 25 tosoc. M. F. & M. MARKS, I 1 3 to ! 17 Soutli Main Street, Butler, Fa. ABRAMS, BROWN & Co. 1 INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE Strong Companies. Promot Settlements. Hone insurance Co. 01 New York, lonur auce Co. of Ncn.li America, ol Philadelphia ' Fa. Pt< cnix lam moce of Brooklyn, N. Y. | HiiJ H >r(f'»nl insurance Of., of Hartford Conn OFFICE: Corner of Main St. ai.d tb I ' • FII !.D, lion HP' I i tin li< CM , f u'ltr. P Hotel Willard. Reopened and ready for the accommoda tion of the traveling public. Everything First-class. j ÜBS. MATTIii KEIHING, Owner * . THE BUTLER CITIZEN. unui IS THE TIME TO HAVE nuyV Your Cloth CLEANED or DY BD If you want goou and reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there is just one place in town where you can get it, and that is at IK! NIH!i Oil HUMS 216 Center avenue. do fine work in out door Photographs. This is the time of year to have a picture ot your house. Give us a trial. Agent for the Jamestown Sliding Blind L'o.—New York. I R. FISHES & SON, REGISTER S NOTICES. The Register hereby !?ives notice that the following U4'founts of exvutors. adminis trators ami liiiardians have itf'vn filed i-i t hi- «»flift- affording to law. and will i* pre- M iucd to Court for confirmation and allow a nee on >aturday. tho Oth day March. 1-SJ7. at 9 o'clock a. m. of said day: I Final account of Jane I) Parker and Oeorjre W Parker, executors of (Jeorjre l'ark' r. deceased, late of Parker township. '2 Final aecount of Philip Hildebrand. exe cutor of Eva Ilildebrand. deceased, late of Donegal township. :i Final aeeount of 1> W I»outliett t adminis trator of J M Stoup. d'*f«-:ts«Kl. late .»f \dafa - township. . ..... 4 Final account of Thomas A Hav and Wil liam Logan, executors of < amphell Hartley, defeated, late of Clinton township. Final afi*ount of Leland M Armor.exe - utoi of Mary A Armor, deceased, late of Butler borough. , , t; Partial account of M E Blair and John Blair, exeeutors of James Blair, defeased, late of Allegheny township. 7 Final account of NN ( Fleming, adminis trator of M argaret Fleming, deceased, late of Buffalo township. . Final afcou»*: of 15 Davis, adminis trator of George A Vensel, deceased, late of Butler borough. Final accoant of William h Kleiner, exec utor of Margaret 11 Kleiner. deceased, la*e of Buffalo township. 10 Final account of Alfred Black, adminis trator of John U Black, deceased, late of Cherry township. II final account of D W < 'ritohlow, e\e •- utor of Catharine Critchlow, deceased. late of Jefferson township. YZ Final account of Philip 1> Brown, guar dian of Melissa Jane Fredly. n)W de - ased. minor child «»f Christopher II Fredly, of Mid dlesex township. 11 Final account of J L Patterson and It »1 Johnston, executor-* of Jane Wright, de ceased. late of Summit township. 14 Final a \»ount of K S Millizan. guariiian of Elmarra Fennell. minor child of Abraham Fennel), decease d, late of Clearfield town ship. , , . 15 Final account of Lena Clarke, adminis tratrix of John S Clarke, deceased, late «.f Forward township. Ui Final account of Catharine Ihimbach. administratrix of John Dumbafh. deceased, late of (*omiO(|uenessing township. 17cFinal account of William P McCoy, guar dian of Cora E ileckathorn. minor child of John C Heckathorn. dccased. late of Worth township. ... is Final account of Adam M 1 red* rick, deceased, guardian of Anna Thoma. minor child of Oract* Thoma, deceased, late of Sum mit township.as stated by his administrators. 11l Final a'count of Adam M Frederick, deceased, guardian of Maggie Thoma. minor child of Ko.se Thoma. deceased, late of Sum mit township, as stated by his adminis trators. „ . , 30 Final account of John K Uilghrist. gurrdian of Sadie White, minor child of James Si and Kebecea J \Y hlte. deceased, late of Venango township. 21 Partial account of William J and Henry Voegtly. executors of John Voegtly. de ceased* late of Jackson township. 'ZI First partial account of J F Shearer and A I> Hhearer, executors of Andrew Shearer, deceased, late of ButTalo township. Z\ Final account of J l» McJunkin, guar dian of Alonzo II Neymau, minor child <>f Mrs Erneline Neyman, deceased, late of But l'-r borough. •_** Final ai?oount of Margaret CTDonnell. administratrix of liennis O' Donnell. de ceased. late of Donegal township. 5T> Final account- of William McKinney, guardian of Annie M Fleming, minor child o A J Fleming, deceased, late of Adams town ship. 'M Final account of William McKinnev. guardian of Robert K Fleming, minor child of A J Fleming, deceased, late of Adams township. 27 Final account of John CVNeil, guardian, of Eva O'Neil. minor child of William A O'Nell. deceased, late of Clearfield township. 2S Final account of Jerome A Kennedy executor of William Kelly, deceased, late of Clearfield tow nship. 21) Final account of Charles U. Fenderick. administrator of J J Meiner. decease."', late of Middlesex township. 30 Final aeeount of Henry Heck, now de ceased, executor of Moritz Doerr, deceased, late of Jefferson township, as stated by John Heck, executor of Henry Heck. 31 Final and distribution account of S M Lewis, administrator of Kzekial Lewis, de ceased, late of Washington township. :ti Kinal account of l'eter J Kelly, adminis trator of Catharine Wiaiderly, deceased, late of Venango township. .11 Final account of Brandon, executor or George 4 Welsh, deceased, late of Jefferson township. :j&) Final account of Henry Kloffenstein, administrator of Frederick KloiTcnstein, de ceased, late of Harmony borough. 44) Final account of Robert Black, exe cutor of Robert Black, deceased, late of Mid dlesex township. 11 Final account of John Humphrey, ad ministrator of William Hockenberry, de ceased, late of Worth township. 42 Final account of 11 M Wise, adminis trator of Ira Stauffer, deceased, late of Lancaster township. 4U Final account of Charles E Burckhard. administor of William 11 Jellison, deceased, late of Petrolla liorough. 44 Final account of Samuel Slander. guar dian of Charles Stauffer, minor child of Ira SiiMiffer deceased, late of Lancaster town ship. 4;> Final account of Sarah .1 Cranmer, ad min istrix of Israel Cranmer. deceased, late of Cenre township. 40 Final account of Henry Miller, exe cutor ami trustee of Henry Fit en mi ller. de ceased, late of Butler borough. 47 Final account of J Walter Hartley and E McJurikin. executors of Wm L Hartley, de ceased, late of Butler borough. 48 Partial account of < atharine Frederick, executrix of H Frederick, deceased, late of Millerstown borough. w. J. ADAMS. Register. | WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS. The following widow's appraisements of f)ersi)!inl property and real estate Set apart or the benefit of the widows of deeedents have been tiled in the office of C'leark of Orphans Court of But ler Co., viz: Widow of John Kopp. deceased. .SJOO nn " William O'Connor, " .. :«)0 00 " Adam M Frederick. " .. :mm> (X> " " John C Murtland. " .. :**• HO " Rl, Mccandless, " .. HIT:. •• John C Kay. " .. JOO 00 " Thomas Craiff, " .. 2s;i On " Ueorge Welsh, " .. :««< " Josepii Hays. " . 300 INI " " James Criswel I. " . 300 00 All persons Interested in the above u|>- nrasiements will take notice that they will t>e presented for confirmation to the Orphans Court of Hut let-count v. I'a., on Saturday, the 6th day of March. A. f'.. IMC. and if no ex ceptions be filed t hey will be confirmed ab solutely. ISAAC MEALS. Clerk. MECHANIC'S LIEN. BUTLER COUNTY, SS: Tin- < ommonwealth of Pennsylvania to the Sheriff of said County. Greeting: Sci. Fa. sur Mechanic's Lien A. l>. No. SO, March Term, IKS#7, H. K. s'eaton vs J. R. Rose, Wm. C. Jones, F. Prot/.man, doing business as Zellenople Ex. Co. or Blackham M'fg. < as owner or reputed owner and Edward E. E rick son, contractor. Whereas. 11. E. Seaton has filed a claim in our Court of Common Pleas, for said county against J. R. Rose, Wm. C. Jones, F. Protz man, doing business as Zellenople Ex. Co. or Blackham M'f'tr Co., as owner or reputed owner arid Edward E. E rick son contractor, for the sum of three hundred and ninety eight being for work done and material furnished for t he erection of a certain build ing situate in Jackson township, Butler Co.. Bounded as follows, to-wit: On the west by Connooiienessing Creek, on the north by other lands of said "Extension C 0.," on the east by Pittsburg and Western Railway tract or road and on the south by (ilade run. having three large brick buildings erected thereon, known as the "Enamel Ware Works." one brick ware room. al*>ut 40 feet by I'M) feet, one brick mining house two stories high and one brick foundry building. And Whereas, It is alleged that the said sum still remains due and unpaid to the said H. E. Seaton. Now we command you. that you make known to said J. E. Rose. Win. C lones. F. Protzman, doing business as Zellenople Ex. Co. or Blackham M'fg. Co.. asowner> or re puted owners and Edward E. Erlckson con tractor. and to all such person* as may hold or occupy the said leasehold and property thereon, that they be ami appear before the Judges of our said Court, at a Court of Com mon Pleas, to be held at Butler, on the lsl Monday of March next, to show cause, if anything they know or have to say, why the said sum of &CHOO should not be levied of the said buildings and the ground covered there by and so much other ground immediately adjacent thereto and belonging to same to the use of the said 11. E. Seaton accord ing to the form and effect of the Act of As sembty irr such case made and provided if to him it shall deem expedient. And have you then and there this writ. Witness, the Hon. John M. Greer, President Judge of the said < 'ourt at Butler, this 27th day of January, A. I>. I«U7. * ROBT. J. THOMPSON. Prothonotary. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Company Office cor. Main and Cunnitighau Sts. ALF. WICK. I*re». UEO. KKTTKUEB, Vlre Pre*. L. 8. McJI'NKI.V Ner'j mul Trea* DIRECTORS. Alfred Wick, Henderson Oliver, Dr. W. Irvin. James Stephenson. W. \V. Hlackmore, N. Weitzel, F. Bowman, H.J. KI inkier. Goo, Ketterer. t'iias. Kehhuil, Geo. lionno, John Koenlß. LOYAL WcJUMIKN Agent. Advertise iu the CmzKN. BUTLER PA., THUUSDAV, FEBRUARV 1«, I*o7. No Gripe When you take Hood's Pills. The big, old-fash ioned, sugar-coated pills, which tear you all to ' pieces, are not in it with Hood's. Easy to lake Hood's i and easy to operate, is true of Hood's Pills, which arc Fa ■ I up to date in every respect, 111 jhfc Safe, certain and sure. All ™ druusists. 250. C. I. Hood & Co.. I-owell, .Mass. The ontr Plll« to tike with liood's Sarsaparilla I _ Thin IB Yoar Opportunity. On receipt of ton cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Halm) sufficient to demon strate the great merits of the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St , New York City. Her. John Reid. Jr.. of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if used as directed."— Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh an«l contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. RA! NO Aft TIME TAi • FS PENNSYLVANIA R^, A'tMirn P.rrisylv;i;ni D;\i>ion. •; flVct N v. 1G IS9G. so :\h, —Week liays^— A. ?.|. A M A. M. r. 51. I' M ItIfTLKK .. vG 25 1120 "J 45 505 5 tVnil ; r V . .AU jvf ii M 825 li 43 310 528 »:T lf-rr .J' ' r ... "27 * W 12 07 335 553 t'sit If r .!<• 1.. . .lA'»\t- ?ou 84H T.I 12 3 :>•"» 553 V-tirojia Ariivt* V3B 85- 1221 545 ♦> o.' i'iiiVljf mil.. 742 903 12 2G 352 C> o'. SprllU-'flalr 750 912 12 38 102 Ciiirecifßt 925 12 53 416 627 -l';irc-i»«Jrg "*O7 931 10l 422 632 \i \ Vii v.. y43 115 4H4 043 A. K A. XI. P. M. r. M V. 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' 812 12 12 350 821 "Pdult.,i.(Ai« !!-••' 750 1155 4IS 851 " S-dtsliurg ...•' 732 li 32 450 922 700 11 00 •t 8 930 ' 1 lair-iVilUi i 518 10 1" a SO 11 35 ' Altuoiia • 325 800 100 310 " 430 023 " tUrtelplii-.. 'S 30 112' a. :ii p in. 1 ' !1 !' On SUIHJHV, ir .ii lenvir.JJ 'ler I :40 »f . cnuects ;..r IJ.irri hui'jt i, ajfl Fhi'idilphii. T'lronjrb trains t'.ir the mat le.-.v (Union Stati IvH-ii.. Lin reil " 7 15 Li?.- Kiprt'--'- " -- .8 00 ' hii tdi-lplii* Espn >s '• 430 I'. j . Ka..:.c; Kx[ir--s " .. .7 05 FSKI Line " - --8 10 " a VI 01. SuntUy • ■:>i>" s4O .i. :u for d«t4kl>-«l uJere i 71 ...» I'*. Watt, Paf-H. 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I 3 ;6 26 0 19 n 29 « Slienango.... 0 42! t 4;i o 3j 60011 04 Fredonia... 7 00; 2 07 1 5010 47 Mercer... 7 l'Ji 225 . 5 aK!10 33 Pardoe 7 38' 238 r. i io 23 tirove city. .. 7 46' 2 48 5 «K>. 10 19 Ilurrlsvllle.... 758 300 . .. 4 57110 02 Branch 1 on.. .. 806 3 0:1 4 531 S 571 ... .T.. .KelsK'r*! ... S 10| 3li 4 :»i 9 44 ..Euclid... h •«. 3 2V «1' I 1'; li'itlT 8v»13 55 . 2 20 : 20 Allegheny, PAWiToTiT 0ij.... p.m,a.ui 1 a in!p. m . .1. T. It I. Alls, ijjneral Manager C»reen\ille. ra W. <4. SAHOKANT 1.. I* A. MettdvUle. Pa M. A. BERKIMER, Funeral Director. 337 S. Main St., Butler. THE MJ#WSS of the B*%-! Mine. .... t* SP"" i or J I-x\*rv€nti. iCopyrlght iSqv ty Ruteit K»ri | CHAPTER XXII. The stormy interview with Went wovth disturbed the usual serenity of Mr. Longworth's temper. He went home earlier than was customary with him that night, and the more he thought over the attack, the more un justifiable it seemed. He wondered what his nephew had been at. and tried to remember what Wentworth had charged against him. He could not rec ollect, the angrier portions of the in terview having, as it were, blotted the charges from his mind. There re mained, however, a bitter .resentment against Wentworth. Mr. Longworth searched his conscience to see if he could be in the least to blame, but he found nothing in the recollection of his dealings with the young men to justify him in feeling at all responsi ble for the disaster that had overtaken them. He read his favorite evening jKtjwr with less thtin his uiiial in terest, for every now and then the episode in his office would crop up in his mind. Finally he said sharply: "Edith?" "Yes, father," answered his daugh ter. "You remember a person named Wentworth whom you had here the evening William went away?" "Yes, father." "Very well. Never invite him to this house again." "What has he been doing?" asked the young woman, in a rather tremulous voice. "I desire you never to ask anyone connected with him, that man Kenyon, for instance," continued her father, ig noring her question. "I thought," she answered, "that Mr. Kenyon was not in this country at present." "He is not, but he will be hack again. I suppose. At any rate I wish to have nothing more to do with those people. You understand that?" "Yes, father." Mr. longworth went on with his reading. Edith saw that her. father was greatly disturbed, and she much desired to know what the reason was, Jk' ••Did he say." she apoko at lensrth, "in what way William had done wrong? " but knew enough of human nature to believe that, in a very short time, lie would relieve her anxiety. He again appeared to be trying to fix his atten tion on the paper. Then lie threw it down and turned toward her. "That man Wentworth," he said, bit terly, "behaved to-day in a most un justifiable manner to me in my office. It seems that William and lie and Ken yon embarked in some mine project. I knew not hing of their doings, and was not even consulted with regard to them. Now it appears William lias gone to America and done something'Went worth considers wrong. Wentworth came to me and demanded £20,000 — the most preposterous thing ever heard of—said I owed it to clear the good name of Longworth, as if the good name were dependent on him, or any one like him. I turned him out of the office." . Edith did not answer for a few mo ments, while her father gave expres sion to his indignation by various ejac ulations that need not be here recorded. "Did he say," she spoke at length, "in what way William had done wrong?" "I do not remember now just what he said. I know I told him to cocr.e again when my nephew was present, and then make his charges against him, if he wanted to do so. Not that I ad mitted I had anything to do with the matter at all, but I simply refused to listen to charges against an absent man. I paid no attention to them." "Tliat certainly was reasonable," re plied Edith. "What did he say to it?" "Oh, he abused me, and abused Wil liam, and went on at a dreadful rate, until I was obliged to order him out of the office." "But what did he say about meeting William at your office and making the charges against him then?" "What did he say ? ldon'l remember. Oh, yes, he said it would be .too late then; that they had only a few days to do what business they have to do,'and that Ls why he made the demand for £ 20,000. It was to repair the harm, whatever the harm was, William had done. I look on it simply as some black mailing scheme of his, and I am aston ished that a man belonging to as good a house as be does should try that gturie with me. I shall speak to the elder partner about it to-morrow, and if he does not make the young man apologize in the most abject manner, be will bo the loser by it, I can tell him that." "I would think no more aljout it, fa ther, if I were you. Do not let it trouble you in the least," "Oh, it doesn't trouble me; but young men nowadays seem to think they can say anything to their elders." "I mean," she continued, "that I would not go to his partner for a day or two. Wait and see what happens. I have 110 doubt when he thinks over tiie matter, he will be thoroughly ashamed of himself." "Well, I hope so!" ' "Then give him the chance of being ashamed of himself, and take no fur ther steps in the matter." Edith, very shortly afterward, went to her own room, and there, clasping' her hands behind her, she walked up and down, thinking', with a very troubled heart, on what she had heard. Her view of the matter was very differ ent from that of her father. She felt certain something wrong had been done by her cousin. For a long time she had distrusted his supposed friendship for the two young men, ana now sne pic tured to herself John Kenyon in the wilds of Canada, helpless and despond ent bewiuse of the great wrong that had been done him. It was far into the night when she retired, and it was early next morning when she arose. Her father HUH bright and cheerful at breakfast, and had evidently forgotten all al>out the unpleasant incident of the day be fore. A good night's sleep had erased it from his memory. Edith was glad of this, she did not mention the subject. Alter ho hud uuuo U> tke city Uiu.vomnc woman prepared to follow him. She did not take her carriage, but hailed a hansom and pave the driver the number of Wint worth's offices. That young' man was evidently somewhat surprised to see her. Jle had been trying to write to Kenyon some account of his inter view with old Mr. Longworth, aiul, somehow, after he had finished, he thought John Kenyon would not at all i-pprove of his zeul, so had just torn the letter up. "Take this chair," lie said, wheeling ar» armchair into position. "It is the only comfortable one we have in the room." "Comfort does not matter," said Miss Long-worth; "I came to sec you about the mica mine. What has my cousin done?" "How do you know he has done any thing'?" "That does not matter. I know. Tell me as quickly as you can what he has done." "Itisnot a very pleasant story to tell," he said, '."to a young- lady about one of her relatives." "Never mind that. Tell me." "Very well, he has done this: He has pretended he was our friend and pre tended he was going' to aid us in forming this company. He has delayed us by every means in his power until the op tion has nearly expired. Then he has jrone to Caiw«i. and d for bimscM and a man named Melville \he option of the mi new-hen John Kenyon'stimeis up. That is to say. at twelve o'clock to-mor row, when Kenyon's option expires, your cousin will ]>ay the money and will own the mine; after which, of course, Kenyon and myself will be out of it. I don't mind the loss at all. I would gladly give Kenyon my share; but for John it is a terrible blow. He had counted on the money to pay debts of honor which he owes to his father for his education. He calls them debts of honor; they are debts of honor in the ordinary sense of the word. There fore, it seems to me a terrible thing that that—" here he paused and did not go on. He saw there were tears in the eyes of the girl to whom he was talking. "It is brutal," he said, "to tell you all this. You are not to blame for it. and neither is your father, although I spoke to him in a heated manner yes terday." "When did you say the option ex pires?" "At twelve o'clock to-morrow." "How much money is required to buy the mine?" "Twenty thousand pounds." "Can money be sent to Canada by cable?" "Yes, I think so." "Aren't you quite sure?" "No, I am not. It can be sent by telegraph in this country and in Amer ica," "How long will it take you to find out?" "Only a few moments." "Very well; where is Mr. Kenyon now ?" "Kenyon is in Ottawa. I had a cable gram from him yesterday." "Then will you write a cablegram that can be sent away at once asking him to wait at the telegraph office un til he gets a further message from you?" "Yes, I can do that; but what good will it do?" "Never mind what good it will do; perhaps it will do no good." I nm going to try to make it of some good. Mean while, remember, if 1 succeed, John Kenyon must never know the particu lars of this transaction." "lie never will; if you say &<>." "I say so. Now it is six hours earlier here than it is in Canada, is it not?" "About that length of time, 1 think." "Very well, lose no time in getting the cable message sent to him, and tell him to answer, so that we shall be sure he is at the other end of the wire. Then find out. about the cabling of the money. I shall be back here, 1 think, about the same time you are." With that she left the office, and, get ting into her cab. was driven to her father's place of business. "Well, my girl," said the old man, shoving liis s|>ectacles up on his brow and gazing at her, "what is it now, some new extravagance?" "Yes, father, some new extrava gance." His daughter was evidently exaited, and her breath came quickly. She closed the door and took a chair opposite her father. "Father," she said, "I have been your business man, as you call me now, for a long time." "Yes, you have. Are you going tc strike for an increase iu salary?" "Father," she said, earnestly, not heeding the jocularity of his tone, "this is \i ry serious. I want you to give me some money for myself—to speculate with." "I will do that very gladly. How much do you want?" The old man turned his chair round and pulled out his check book. "I want £ 30,000," she answered. Mr. Longworth wheeled quiqkly round on her and'looked at her in as tonishment. "Thirty thousand what?" "Thirty thousand pounds, father, and I want it now—and I want it in cash." "My dear girl," he expostulated, "have you any idea bow much £ 30,00 C is? Do you know that £ 30,000 is a for tune?" "Yes, I know that." "Do you know that there is not one in twenty- of the richest merchants in Lon don who could, at a moment's notice. produce £30,000 pounds in ready rooney ?" "Yes; I suppose that is true. Have you not the ready money ?" "Yes; I have the money. I can draw 1 check for that amount, and it will be honored at once; but I cannot give you so much money without knowing what you are going to do with it." "And suppose, father, you do not ap prove of what I am going to do with it?" "All the more reason, my dear, that I should know." "Then, father, I suppose you mean that whatever service 1 have rendered you—whatever comfort I have given you—what I have been to you all my life is not worth £30,000." "You shouldn't talk like that, daugh ter. Everything I h»ve is yours, or will be when 1 die. It is for you I work. It is for you I accumulate money. You will have everything I own the moment 1 have to lay down my work." "Father," cried the young girl, stand ing up before him, "I do not want your money when you die. Ido not want jou to die, as you very well know; but I do want £ 30,000 to-day, and now. I want it more than I ever wanted any thing else before in my life, or ever shall again. Will you give it to me?" "No, I will not-; unless you tell mo what you are going to do with it." "Then, father, you can leave your money to your nephew when you die. I f.liall never touch a penny of it. I now bid you good-by. I will go out from this room and earn my own living." With that tiie young woman turned to go, but her father, with n sprightliness one would not have expected from his years, sprang to the door and looked at her with alarm. "Edith, my child, you never talked to me like this before iii your life. Whatis wrong vvitfi jou?" "Nothing; futhcr. except that I want a check for £ 30, >. ar.d want it now." "And do you mean to -say that you will leave me if I do uot {rive it to you?" "Have you ever broken your word, father?" "Never, my child, that I know of." "Then remember I am your daughter. 1 have said if I do not get that money now I shall never enterour house again." "But £' rto.ooi> is a tremendous amount. Remember that I have eiveti my word, too. that I would uot give you the money unless you tell me what it was for." "Very well, father. I will tell you what it is for when you me, and I would advise you to give me the money. It will all be returned to you if you want it." "Oh, I don't care about the money at nil, Edith. I merely, of course, don't want to see it wasted." "And, father, have you no trust in my judgment?" "Well, you know I haven't much faith in any woman's judgment in the mat ter of investing money." "Trust me this time, father, I shall never :Lsk you for any more." The old man went slowly to his desk, wrote out a chock, and handed it to his daughter. It was for ±.'30,000. CHAPTER XXIII. Edith Longworth, with that precious wit. pa t n>r in muw got into her hansom and drove to Went worth's office. Again she took the only easy chair in the room. Her face was very serious, and Wentworth, the mo ment he saw it, said to himself: "She has failed." "Have you telegraphed to Mr. lien yon ?" she asked. "Yes." "Are you sure you made it clear to him what was w'anted? Cablegrams are. apt to be rather brief." "1 told him to keep in communication with us. Here is a copy of the cable gram." Miss Longworth read it approvingly, but said: "You have not put in the word 'an swer.' " "No, but I put it ill the dispatch I sent. I remember that now." "Have you hid an answer yet?" "Oh, no; you see it takes a long time to get there because there are so many changes from the end of the cable to the office at which Kenyon is. And then again, you see, they may have to look for him. He may not be expecting a message; in fact, he is sure not to lie expecting any. From his own cable gram to me, it is quite evident he has given up all hope." "Show me that cablegram, please." Wentworth hesitated. "It is hardly couched in language you will like to read." he said. "That doesn't matter. Show it to me. I must see all the documents in the case." He handed her the paper, which she read in silence, and gave it back to him without a word. "I knew you wouldn't like it," he said. "I have not said Ido not !ike it. It is not a bit too strong under the circum stances. In fact Ido not see how he could have put it in other words. It is very concise and to the point." "Yes, there is no doubt about that, especially the. first three words: 'We are cheated!' Those are the words that make me think Kenyon has given up all hope, and so there will be some dif ficulty in finding him." "Did you learn whether money could be sent by cable, or not?" "Oh, yes; there is no difficulty about that. The money is deposited in a bank hero and will be credited to Kenyon in the bank at Ottawa." "Very well, then," said Miss Long worth, handing hiin the piece of paper, "there is the money." Wentworth gave a long whistle as he looked at it. "Excuse my rudeness," he said; "I don't see 11 bit ol paper like this every day. You mean, then, to buy the mine?" "Yes, I mean to buy the mine." "Very well, but there is £IO,OOO more here than is necessary." "Yes. I mean not only to buy the mine, but to work it: and some working capital will be necessary. How much, do you suppose?" "About that," said Wentworth. "I have no idea. I should think that £5,000 would be ample." "Then we will leave £ 5,000 in the bank here for the contingencies, and we will cafele £25,000 to Mr. Kenyon. 1 shall expect him to get me a good man to manage the mine; I am sure he will be glad to do that." "Most certainly he will. John Ken yon, now that the mine has not fallen into the hands of those who tried to cheat him, will be glad to do anything for the new owner of it. He won't mind, in the least, losing his money if he knows that you haA-e the mine." "Ah, but that Ls the one thing he must not know. As to losing the money, neither you nor Mr. Kenyon are to lose a penny. If the mine is all you think it is, then it will be a very profitable investment, and I intend that we shall each take our third, just as if you had contributed one-third of the money and Mr. Kenyon the other." "Hut, my dear Miss Longworth, that is absurd. We could never accept any such terms." "Oh, yes, j'ou caa. I spoke to John Kenyon myself about being a partner in t.hls mine. I am afraid he thought very little about it at the time. I don't Intend him to know anything at all about my ownership now. He haa die covered the mine—you and he to gether. If it is valueless, then you and he will be two of the sufferers; if it is all you think it is, then you will be the gainers. 'The laborer is worthy of his hire,' and I am sure both you and Mr. Kenyon have labored hard enough in tiiis venture. If he knows I have bought it, the chances are he will be stu pidly and stubbornly conscientious, and will take none of the fruits of his labors." "And you think, Miss Longworth, I am not conscientious enough to le fuse ?" "Oh, yes, you are conscientious, but you are sensible. Mr. Kenyon isn't-" "I think you are mistaken about that. He is one of the most sensible men in the world, morbidly sensible, perhaps." "Well, I think if Mr. Kenyon knew I owned the mine, he would not take a penny as his share. So I trust you will never let him know 1 am the person who guve the money to buy the mine." "But is he never to know it. Miss Longworth?" "Perhaps not. But if he is to know, 1 am the person to tell him." "I quite agree with you there; and I shall respect your confidence." "Now, what time," said the young lady, looking at her watch, "ought we to get an answer from Mr. Kenyon?" "All, tiiut, as I said before, no one can tell." "I suppose, then, the best plan is to tend the money at once, or put it in the way of being sent, to some bank in Ottawa." "Yes, that is the best thing to do, although, of course, if John Kenyon ls not there—" "If he is not there, what shall we do?" "1 do not exactly know. I could cubic to Mr. Von Brent. Von Brent is the own er of the mine, and the man who gave John the option. Ido not know how far he is committed to the others. If he in as honest as 1 take him to be, he will accept the money, provided it is sent in before twelve o'clock, anil then 1 we shall have the mine. Of that I know ' nothing, however, localise I have no particulars except John's cable mes sage." "Then I can do no more just now ?" "Yes, you can. You will have to write out n check for the £25,000. You pee this check is crossed, and will go into your banking account. Another check will have to l>e drawn to get the money out." "Ah, I see. I have not my check bool: ! here, but perhaps you can send this check to the bank and I will return. There will be time enough, I suppose. 1 before the closing 1 hour of the bank.*' "Yes, there will l>e plenty of time. Of course, the sooner we get the money 1 e way the better." "I will return shortly after lunch. Perhaps you will have heart! from Mr. i i m jlte* " Don't (pare money on It." Mid til a young lady. " Be sure and make It plain to him." Kenyon by then. If anything- comes sooner, will you send me a telegram? Here is my address."' "I will do that," said Wentworth, as he bade her good-by. As soon as lunch was over Miss Long worth, with her check book, went again to YVentworth's office. When she en tered he shook his head. "No news yet," he said. "This is terrible," she nnswered. "Suppose he has left Ottawa and start ed for home?" "I do not think he would do that. Still, I imagine he would think there was no reason for staying in Ottawa. Nevertheless, I know Kenyon well enough to believe that he will wait there till the last minute of the option has expired in the hope that something may happen. lie knows, of course, that I shall be doing everything I can in London, and he may have a faint ex pectation that I shall be able to accom plish something." "It would be useless to cable again?" "Quite. If that message does not reach him none will." As he was speaking a boy entered tho room with a telegram in his hand. Its contents were short and to the point. "Cablegram received. Kenyon." "Well, that's all right," said Went worth. "Now I shall cable that we havo the money and tell him to identify him self at the bank, so that there will be no formalities alwut the drawing of It to detain him." Saying this, Wentworth pulled the telegram forms toward him, and after considerable labor managed to concoct a dispatch that seemed to satisfy hiin. "l)on't spare money on it," said the young lady. "He sure and make it plain to him." "I think that will do: don't you?" "Yes," she answered, qfter reading the dispatch, "that will do." "Now," she said, "here is the check. I will wait here while you do all that is necessary to cable the money, or had I better go and return again to see if everything is all right?" "If you don't mind, just Bit where you are. You may lock the door, if j,Ou like and you will not be disturbed." It was an hour before Wentworth re turned, but his face was radiant. "We" have done everything we can," he said. "The money is at his order there, if the cablegram gets over before twelve o'clock to-morrow, as I think it will." "Very well, then. Good-by," said the girl, holding out her hand with a smile. "I am Mistress of the Mine, Mr. Went worth!" [TO BE COSTIXUED.J A Unman# Man. She handed him his evening clothe*. They had b«en packed aw ay all summer with a moth-exterminating substance. As the odor of tar and camphor assailed him his face grew sad. "What is troubling you?" "I was thinking of these clothes." "It seems to me that you ought to look pleased. There certainly is no moths in them." * "I can't help my sympathetic nature," he responded. "Sometimes it leads me to an absurd extreme. Of course, I'm glad that the moths are gone, but- and he sighed deeply—it must have been a horrible death."—Washington Star. NO MKUU MS N'SEDED. Elder Feather —I nee dat Prof. Slip pah, eginner in the medical profes sion, to attend a trial as a witness. Counsel, in cross-examining the young M. D., made several sarcastic remarks throwing doubt upon the ab'llty of so . young a man to understand his busi ness. "Do you know the symptoms of concussion of the brain?" asked the learned counsel. "I do," replied the doctor. "Well," continued the barris ter, "suppose my learned friend, Mr. Bagwig, and myself were to bang our heads together, should we get concus sion of the brain?" "Your learned friend Mr. Bagwig might," said the doc tor, quietly.—Tit-Bits. AMERICAN GlftLS LEAD. They Are the Best Skaters In the World, Says an Expert. A two years' visit to Europe spent in Btudy of the methods of skating in Eng land and France has served to con vince me that the American girls are the most graceful skaters in the world. One of the essential rules of the Eng lish school is to skate with a "straight knee," and this surely teaches ungrace fune.se. But while the men cling to this old school rule the women of Eng land, I am glad to say, have abandoned it to such an extent that to-day there are many graceful skaters among the fair sex there. Notwithstanding this rigid style. Englishmen execute their movements on so grand a scale that they obtain a sensation akin to that of flying. Their strokes certainly excite the ad miration of those who Bee them appar ently floating at will, gliding at times the entire length of the rink on one stroke, only to return again or branch off In another direction by executing a "rocker" (rocking- turn) or "bracket" or, perhaps, the simple "three." Hand-in-hand and "combined" skating are now much In vogue in Europe. After clasping hands one of two skaters starts backward on the ordinary "cross roll," while the partner follows with for ward strokes. On the third stroke the one going forward completes a circle, still followed by the other. Another showy movement is the "combined grapevine." Two persons, passing each other, join hands. One starts the grape-; vine, leading with the left foot forward; the other starts with the right foot'for word; thus both, skaters are forced side ways along the Ice. Other movements are In the "vogue," "seagull," "opera swing" and "Qs," but the most attractive of all Is the waltz on skates. I have seen many couples gracefully waltzing at once and giving the rink the -appearance of a ballroom. One of the most graceful women skaters in Europe is Lady Randolph Churchill. She learned to skate in New York, and now executes long, graceful sweeps and curves which vastly im-i prove her skating. Others noted for their grace on the ice are the countess of Minto, Mrs. W. H. Grenfell, Miss May Balfour, Honorable Mrs. Algernon Gros venor, the marchioness of Dufferln and Avo, Lady Archibald Campbell, Mrs, Cannon, Mme. Qiraird, Lady Rivers-Wil son, the Misses Lewis, daughters of Sit George Lewis, and Lady North cote. The American women are truly the most graceful skaters In the world, but 1 must add that owing to the small scale on which their figures are exe cuted their movements in fancy skating are not worthy of praise as their EngS lish cousins, who until lately have been handicapped by dearth of ice.—George Meaglaer, In N. Y. World. K. Harry. Young Bird (on a tree)— There cornea a hunter. We'd better fly away. Old Bird—No hurry. He's got to climb a fence before he gets us, and bis gun will probably caitch In a roil and shoot him. They most always do. —N. Y. Weekly. Too Much. Dashaway—l don't think I could stand it if I loved that girl any more. Clsverton —Why not? Dashaway —I might want to marry her.—Brooklyn Life. Ought to Have One, Dr. Glade —Do you know anybody who has a horse for sale? Drover—l think Mr. Hayseed has; 1 sold him one yesterday.—Answers. A YounWoman's baemtton. "They say I am a wit,' quotb she, "Yet spinster I have tarried; The girl w ho's quick at repartee Seems slow at getting married." —Washington Star. Widespread. "I have a very bad taste in my mouth," complained Mr. Snaggs. "Your bad taste is not confined to j our mouth," replied Mrs. Snaggs. "That's true, it isn't. I also dis played it in my selection of a wife."— Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. Very Evident. "Who's that tramp?" "That's an actor. He's wedded to his profession." "It's \ery evident that he didn't mar xy for money."—German Comic Paper. Nothing: to Fear. Tommy—l threw little Harry Tucker down to-day and broke hia arm. Friend —Did your father whip you? "No, sir. Why, my pa's their doctor." —Bay City Chat. Blessed by Providence. Mack—En peck seems very happy lately. Wyld—Yes; the doctors say his wife is losing her voice.—Town Topics.