VOL xxxv HUSELTONS YOUR SPRING ROOT WEAR. * Will no small pait in adding distinctive elegance to your new gown, stylish costumes, the choicest of new spring hat* and al' else counts for , naught in absenr of correct and perfect filtinj< footwear. There's much in our shoe store to enlist the interest cf every Woman, Man or Child who appreciate faultless slices. WE SET THE PACE IN STYLES. r I Our Misses' and Children's De- I that's good in I wear for the little folks, large sal -s daily j' Our Late Spring Shoes For ( V•) The ctaoi-c of fasiidi >us dressers who | fashionable styles iu iace and button, in _ C 1 rZI D„,, c i Black. Tan or Chocolate vici Kid, made N6W Tan Shoes ror Boys. w ith all Kid or fancy figured vesting ' tops, Ki<l or pater.t leather tip.?, all M'e aie showing every new shape and : sizes and w'dths. Color that's geed in Beys at SI.OO. fi.25. j )l 50, and |2.rx>. Youtus at less price. -OUR LITTLE RECENT SHOES- . 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Miss Zenith sat at the piano playing "All Quiet Along the Potomac To night," a new war ballad, and her sis teri- were clustered about her. learning to sing it. Captain Zf-nith reclined on a sofa, listening and occasionally crit icising one of the vocalists or the play er, for which he was invariably criti cised **by Mrs. Zenith. There was a sharp ring at the door bell and a mo ment later the "und';mert!fated enemy from Ballycrag" entered the room with a telegram and approached Mrs. Ze nith! "Please ma'am, here's a 'spatch an' the boy says if there is any answer, ma'am?" "Who can be telegraphing to us?" said Miss Zenith. "Something has happened at Aunt Sue's." said Miss Lettie. "I'm frightened to death! a telegram always scares me half out of my wits," said little Miss May. She was so far from being frightened to death that she did not even pale, and instead of los ing her wits in any measure she evinc ed the keenest curiosity as to the pur port of the unexpected message and added: "Why don't you open it ma, and not keep us in such a fright?" "What can it mean?" said Mrs. Ze nith, holding the missive between her eyes and the window, as if trying to read it unopened. "If I wanted to know what a letter contained, and held the letter in my hand, I would open and read it; if my education qualified me to read it," the Captnin suggested. Mrs. Zenith Ignored the sarcasm and sent Miss May for a pair of scissors and when they were brought she care fully cut the flimsy envelope and read the message: "Has Stella arrived?" "Why, It Is from Miss Letson! What in th*: world can she mean?" said Mrs. Zenith. "She means that Stell has quarreled with her and left, and she does not know where she went," Miss Zenith suggested. "That may be the case, but probably It is not; I am going right over to Mor ton's to see if Stell Is there or If Bell knows anything about It. There is something wrong or Miss would not telegraph! I suspect that it all oomes from you persecuting the poor child!" Miss Carrie rejoined, and with out waiting for the recrimination or discussion likely to follow if she tar ried, she procured her hat and wraps and went out. The family waited for her return without great anxiety, having little doubt that, whatever had been amiss at Barton, Miss Stella had returned to Minersvale and had proceeded to the Mortons and was with her friend. Miss Carrie returned alone and looked so anxious and depressed that Captain Zenith's inquiry was but a hopeless form: "Did you find her?" " I ney have not heard from her. They did not even know that she was out of town. The adjutant waited there for hours this afternoon, expecting Stell, as he said that he had an engage ment to meet her there." "What is to be done? What can be done? Where can she be?" said Mrs. Zenith. "I have telegraphed to Miss Letson In your name," Miss Carrie answered, "and I have told her that we have not heard from Stella since she left, home and that we do not understand her tel egram." An hour of expectation, anxiety, hope, fear, passed before the response came from Miss Letson: "Stella left for home on foot after three o'clock. We could not Induce her to remain here after she missed the train. We start at once to look for her." "Pa, get a good pair of horses and a strong buggy and go after her, quick! I will go with you," said Miss Carrie. "I will go with Pa," said Miss Ze nith. "Neither of you will go: I will go myself," said Mrs. Zenith; but the Captain interposed: "Ma, the trip would bo too fatiguing for you. Carrie can go; her head Is al ways clear and her wits are quicker than all of yours together; a clear headed woman may be needed. Mollie has no right to go; for I'll be bound that she is at the bottom of the child's trouble, if there is any trouble, which we will try to hope there is not." Mrs. Zenith took up the defense of her eldest child: "Now, Pa! Don't make such ugly charges, at a time like this when we don't know what may have happened to Stella. Mollie Is not to blame for any thing and does not deserve to be scold ed. The child went to Letson's of her own accord and Mollie told mo In her presence not to allow her to go. Of course it was of her own will that, she started to walk home at such an hour. Very likely she stopped at some house on the way when It began to get dark; but hurry off and get your team for It would be Just like her to stick to her resolution when she once started, and try to walk all the way. day or night! It is terrible; I hope that nothing will happen to her!" "I do not think that there Is a house on the way; the rotd Is altogether unused; I do not know how far we can manage to get with a team; but we will drive as far as possible and i will then walk on unices we meet her sooner." the Captain answered. While Captain Zenith procured a team Miss Carrie put up wine and oth er refreshments and preparod herself for the trip. She was ready when her father drove to the gate and they set out at once. They found the o d road little better than an abandoned by-way. It wan furrowed, Beamed and gashed by the floods of many years; rough with stones And rocks that lay bare upon the track; obstructed here and there by trees that had been wrenched from their strong roots by the violent a»- «tulta of ruging winds. Travel there in the day would have been difficult; at night It was dangerous and progress wa« uncertain and slow. As they slowly ascended a hill the wheels of one side of the buggy dropped into a d'«p washout and the vehicle was upset. Both the occupants were pitched out, but neither w;n harmed. The Captain righted the bug gy which was uninjured and with little delay they resumed thoir slow and toil some advance, until they reached the crest, of the hill. It was then past mid night and they were uncertain what distance they had covered. At the top of the hill the road was found worse than usual and the Captain took out a lantern and walked ahead, selecting a practicable routo, while M'IHS Carrie carefully drove aftor him as he directed her from time lo time. Having pro ceeded in this manner for a hundred yards or more, the Captain returned to BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL UK. lHi^s his t-e*i when It appeared that tha worst had been prised. At the instant thn he started the horses there came a sound that caused him to Stop On suddenly. It waa a woman singing. There was in the voice a weird plUntiveness that the startled listeners attributed to the weirdness of their own surround n s - the darkness, the bleak desolate hills, the wild locality, the hour and their own anxieties. "A mansion in keavan we see, "And a light in the window for thee; "A mansion in heaven we see, "And a light in the window for thee. "Then on. per.-everingly on, brother, "Till from conflict and suffering free; "Bright angels now beckon you over the stream, "There's a light iu the window for thee." "A mansion in heaven we s;e, "And a light in the window for thee; "A mansion in heaven we see, "And a light in the window for thee." "Pocr creature! She sings as thoueh i:hc was Ic.ne'.y and sad," said M.ss Carrie. "It is only because cf our own cir cumttances and ot'.r own feelings that it so strikes us." "I feel hs if It were some one In dis tress &;paaiing to us for help; only one <'cern't cry out for he!p by sing ing hymns." It is doubtless some lonely squatter who sings to kill time. It is a la'e hour for country people to be up and that shows that Providence has in spired her to sing that song as a mes sage to us! On. perseveringly on!' We should not vaste time for our dear child is anxious! 'Bright ang.'ls now be ken you over the stream!' Bright angels; our dear Stella the chief among them! We are sure to find her ;n the first house beyond the next stream! She is sure to wait for us theie. Just over the stream, with a light in the window to signal to us! Carrie, my child, take heart! That Is a message from Providence. Be sure that we shall find our pet lamb safely harbored in the sheltering fold of some good Sa maritan of the hills!" They made all the speed they could, yet their progress w-as slow and the Captain became so nervous in his anx iety for haste that he was almost wild and Miss Carrie experienced the great est difficulty In soothing him. being frightened lest he become frantic. They had advanced about a mile and a half in an hour, when they crossed a small stream over which was no bridge and almost immediately there met their sight, only a few rod 3 distant, the g.. miner of a l'fcht shining through a window. "Sin- is there! She is there! ' the Captain cried as he hurried the hom es; "'On, perseveringly on!' 'Bright angels beckon!' There's a light in the window!" He stood erect and lashed the horses to a gallop shouting at the top of his voice: "Stella! Stella! My child! My child! We are here! We are here! Stella! Stella! Stella!" Miss Carrie succeeded in taking the reins from him and getting him to give her the whip and she was able to stop the horses near the hut from which the light came. A pair of horses and a buggy stood at the door and as Miss Carrie stopped her horses the door opened and Miss Letson came out, accompanied by a gentleman. "Where is Stella? Stella? My child! Come to your father! Here is Carrie!" the Captain cried, running to the door when he saw that she did not come out of the house. "Have you not met her? How could you have missed her?" said Miss Let son. "Why diil you let her go?" Miss Car rie asked. "Oh, Carrie, don't blame me! I cannot bear It; I tried all I could to keep her; I can never forgive myself for this, for I Induced her to go out there, and to please Mrs. Zenith and Mollie I stopped her watch and took her purse so that she could not go home on the train. When she deter mined to walk I did everything that I could to prevent her from doing so! I did not give her her purse lie cause I was ashamed and thought that I would afterward pretend to find it and wculd send It to her. Oh, Carrie, Mr. Zenith! I cannot forgive myself! And yet I only wanted to do what would please Mrs. Zenith and Mollie; for I thought tbey ought to know what was best." "And anion* you you have killed her l»y your treachery; for If she Is lost in thin wild region this night she will die of fright if she !H not killed by othtr means; and you are her murderers!" the Captain said. "Oh, Captain Zenith! Forgive me my wickedness and treachery! I had no bad wish or wicked Intent! God knows that I had not and tliat I love the dear girl who is always so bright that ev erybody must love her. Do not break jny heart and drive me crazy with your censure! My grief IB already almost more than I can bear!" Miss Letsori had thrown herself on her knees at Captain Zenith's feet. Her escort and Miss Carrie raised the re gretful girl and placed her, sob bing, in the buggy and While Miss Carrie soothed her as well <is her own grief would allow, the gentleman returned to Captain Zenith and they discussed their further course. He in formed the Captain of all that he had learned. The occupants of the hut hail seen Miss Stella late In the evening walking in the direction of Mlnersvale. There was no doubt of her identity, the description being exact. She had been closely scrutinized because It wag an extraordinary event in the dull life of the dwellers along that unfrequent ed road to see a traveller and the sight of a lad traveling on foot there was unprecedented. It was not at all prob able that she had turned back when so far on her way; but to take as few chances as possible It was decided that eai h party should retrace Its way and at. short Intervals call loudly the name of the missing girl. The gentleman rejoined Miss the Captain called Miss Carrie and they all set out on their return, over the toads by which they had respectively come. Miss Carrie, with closed eyes, leaned back in the buggy and remained silent; tens oozed slowly through her lashes and trickled over her face. Very slowly, now, they moved over the rough road, the father peering into the night, upon his. right and upon his left, and at short distances he would stop and call in u loud voice for his child: "Stella! Htel-la! Stel-ia-a-a!" Only echoes answered and the ech oes' answers seemed to mock and Jeer. The wakeful birds welcomed the morning with their songs before the searchers reached Minersvale; but the town was yet silent and the streets empty when they halted at their own door. Miss Carrie alighted and the Captain drove to the stables with the team. As Miss Carrie went down the yard Mr Zenith came out the door and the anxious mother and the worn daughter each Inquired of the other: "Have you heard anything?" The mutual question was a mutual answer and silently they went together into the silent house. XIV. "WHERE IS MY DAUGIITKR." Miss Zenith and MIMM I-ettle had re tired, leaving Mrs. Zenith to her soli tary vigil. When at dawn they heard Captain Zenith and Miss Carrie return they hastily arose and joined them. Having heard the little there was to be related. Miss Zenith said: "She has eioped wish the adjutant!" "Nonsense" ;he Capiain <xclaimed. "Now. Mollk*!" Miss Carrie said, "Don't talk like that about the darling child' She may be dead: and then you would regret that Blander while you live." "I believe it! She is in love with him, and. in her own wilfull manner she is determined to marry him. She told him fo in Ma's presence and de clared that she did not care what Ma and the rest of us had to say against it. When he left here It was with a prom ise to meet her at Morton's yesterday afternoon. He went there and waited for her till he could wait no longer; then he came here and I told him that she had gone out of town. We now know for certain that she got more than half way home before dark. You will find that she hns either gone to him or sent for him as soon as she reached town, tak ing care to not let any of her friends know anything about It, unless it was Hell Morton and she wouldn't tell if you would ask her w!th the lips of iiot pinchers. Vou will find that while you were bunting her on the hills she was with the adjutant!" "it certainly is possible," Mrs. Ze nith assented. "I do not think It even remotely probable," the Captain commented. "Of course it Is not the case! It is wicked of you to suggest It! It is wrong and shameful and God will punieh you for it!" said Miss Carrie. "You may cling to your own opinion; I will adhere to mine: I am quite sat isfied that It will prove to be correct. I shall have the pleasure of reminding you that I told you so." The discussion was continued until Miss Zenith so far impressed Captain Zenith of the possibility of her theory being sound that he proceeded to in vestigate. The cavalry was *ncamped at Camp Cook, about two miles from Scranton. Captain Zenith went to Scranton by the first available train and went to Camp Cook in a hack directly from i the station. At the camp he met Lieutenant | Doyle whom he personally knew and I of him inquired: "Is Lieutenant Jaquese in camp?" "He is In New York." "When did he go?" "Yesterday." " "Alone or accompanied?" "He was unaccompanied, so far aa I know. He was called away suddenly by some private affair and left us at Minersvale; I did not see him before he set out. Our marching orders were unexpected and I was not in camp. So far as my information goes he Is not aware of our departure." "Then you do not know where he is to be found? Where his headquarters will be in New York?" "No." "I must find him!" "Is it important'.' Is the matter one of haste?" "He has carried off my daughter." "He has carried o!f your daughter? I do not understand." "My daughter Stella, to whom he has been attentive, went to the coun try to visit friends; prior to her depart ure she made an oppointment to meet him at a mutual friend's; the appoint ment was made in the presence and in defiance of her mother; the hour was yesterday afternoon. He went to the rendezvous; she had not returned; he called at my house and saw her eldest sister who informed him that she was out of town. He went away and that was the last we heard of him until you now inform me that he went hurried ly to New York. Of course he went by (ast night's train? She expected to ar rive home at noon but missed the train and started to walk home. At least she told her friends that she was going to walk home. Just before dark she was seen on the road, at a point less than four miles from a station which she could easily have reached in am ple time to join him on the train by which be must have gone. She was not seen by anyone, so far discovered, after the occasion I mention. Now, it is evident that she has notified him of her failure to catch that noon train; the Information reached him after he called at my house and the details of their plans were arranged after that. Or, as she could have reached Miners vale before the train left, she may have come on to town and the elopement may then have been decided upon." "I fear, Mr. Zenith, that It is worse than that. He is not the man to elopo In that way. He might marry clandes tinely but be would avow the act as soon as it was Irrevocably accom plished. I am afraid that you are mistaken and losing valuable time; 1 fear that some accident of which he 's as ignorant as we are has befallen your daughter. He would not have gone away when he knew that sh« was in distress. We can Inquire of Captain Welter who commanded the detach ment and learn if he possesses any in formation In the case." They proceeded to Captain Welter's quarters and found that officer, Cap tain Von Smith and Chaplain Kephart mounted and just leaving camp for a visit to Scranton. Captain Welter said: "Ail that I know Is that the lieuten ant wanted quick leave on account of some love affair in which a Miss Ze nith was concerned; In what manner I do not know." When Captain Welter said this he rode away and rejoined his compan ions on their way to town. Captain Zenith said to lieutenant Doyle: I was confident of it! Ills sudden de parture and her simultaneous disap pearance convince me that they have gone to New York to get married and to keep out of my way until the family beeomes reconciled. <>f course, the ev idence. after all. is only circumstantial; but it is nevertheless convincing. I shall follow them to New York by the next train. If you hear from him in the meantime I shall be glad to have you wire me at the Oilsey house. I would appreciate the kindness all the more If you also telegraph your infor mation to my wife." "Certainly It looks very much as if you are correct; yet I doubt, for I know Jaqnese so well that I cannot help doubting, and I fear that there Is some thing wr>rse. I e rn<*stly hope that you will find her In New York with him; If you do she will be bis wife before y u Ret there and she might do much worse; she would lie a happy woman and would have a worthy husband. However, If I learn anything I shall take pleasure In doing as you wish." Captain Zenith bade the lieutenant good-bye and drove to the telegraph office where he dispatched two mes sages. The first message was to the f'hief ■it the detctlve bureau of the New York police department: "lieutenant Jaquese of Pennsylvania Cavalry left Minersvale for New York suddenly, lust night. Stella Zenith disappeared same time. Probably marry on arrival. If not too late pre vent. I come by next train. Report at Oilsey house." The serond message was to Mrs. Ze nith : "Adjutant did not accompany troops here. Left Minersvale la«t night for New York. Gave love affair with a Mlms Zenith as reason Heyond doubt she Is with him. I follow by next train. Addrees Oilsey house." The train was not due to leave until long after noon and Captain Zenith waited impatiently through the hours that to him seemed so very long. They tarried and lagged and the minutes idled and crawled as though they, like men, were loth to Join the past; as if they were sensible of the aUvuutag<j» of delays to runaway lovt-ra; as if tliey took delight in foiling pursuing pa.r- The loafing, indolent bauds upon the dial at last reluctantly loitered up to the ilgur«-3 indicating the hour of de parture and Captain Zenith took his place in the coach, lie had secured a berth, not because he hoped to sleep. notwiLhstiUKlir.f. lie had not rested at all. the night previous, but that he oiifcht be undisturbed, aa he desired to conceai his growing nervousness from his follow pa=s*tigers. He was almost hopeless of prevent ing the mari&ge and tried to hope that ibe future happiness of bis child might not be altogether ruined if he failed; but he could not divest himself of his fear that the young stranger that had turned his daughter's heart from her Dwn family would prove to be unwor th> to possess the pearl he had stolen. True, ne knew but little about the ad jutant. and that little, aside from the elopement, was wholly to the young man's credit. Undoubtedly the adju tant was well thought of by his com rades, who ought to know his worth or worthlessness; and he had marie a pleasant impression upon his pursuer; he appeared to be a man of probity and to occupy a 3atiai'a<.tory station in life. While all these things ran through Captain Zenith's mind his sounder judgment s'eadily and persistently as serted that a young man who, having but a month's acquaintance with achild of sixteen years, would induce her to flee with him. «ven to lawful marriage, without asking the assent of her fath er to her marriage, must be destitute of honor, and would not scruple to abandon a wife if he grew tired of her. This one act uprooted all of Captain Zenith's growing respect for the adju tant and the Captain fretted at the de lays he encountered. The more he pondered the more anxious he grew, till his impatience became a scorching flame in his heart. How slowly the train moved! How often it stopped! How uselessly it oft en stopped, too! Have railway man agers no regard for the haste of through passengers? No, or they would let these ly-way people wait for slow trains! Slow trains? Goodness knows this train is slow enough! Surely it must be losing time! No; not if his waKli was reliable and the time card true! He half suspected his watch of Irregularity—the witch by which he had for years sought to regulate all others! At last sleep relieved him and when be awoke day was dawning. Tho train was not moving. He ought to be in New York; evidently he was not! He inquired what station they were at and the answer was: "This Is not a station. There has been a wreck ahead and it will yet be some hours before wo can move on. It is very provoking!" Captain Zenith sank back In his berth with a groan and closed his eyes, feeling that Providence was against him and that therefore it was his duty to be resigned and to trust to Provi dence for tha best. There was really some comfort in the thought und that comfort was strengthened when he considered his instructions to the New- York police. Hope was reawakened and his mind grew somewhat restful and he gained a small measure of re pose. After several hours the debris of the wreck was removed from the roadbed; the track was replaced, the long delay was ended and the train again crawled jlowly onward. It was noon when the train reached New York and Captain Zenith was driven to the Gilsey house is were several other passengers. While at the counter awaiting his turn to register. Captain Zenith saw Lieutenant Jaquese walking from the •levator toward the Bo' dway ex t. and dashing aside thoße who stood in his way, he rushed across >he office shout ing: "Stop! Stop, sir! Stop!" Confusion was instantaneous. The adjutant, who had no idea of the prox imity of Captain Zenith and no Idea that he was the object of the cries, turned around to see what the cause of the commotion was. As he turned Captain Zeniij. seized him, saying: "Stop, sir, stop! \» here Is my daughter?" Captain Zenith! Are you crazy? Let As he spoke he. wrenched himself from the Captain's grasp. "Where is my daughter, sir! Where is my daughter?" "Do you mean to tell me that you do not know where she is?" "Where is my daughter, sir? You need not try to conceal her. Where Is she?" "It Is to learn where your daughter is that lam in New York. I now ask you; where is she? I have been search ing here for her for two days." "You need not try to mislead me! You have carried off my daughter and you must not hope to conceal her for I am her# to rescue her!" A gentleman stepped from the stir rounding crowd and addressed Captain Zenith: "You are Mr. Zenith of Minersvale?" "I am. sir! Where is my daughter? Do you know where this young man has concealed my daughter? Where is she?" "Captain Zenith! You Insult and slander your daughter and you dis grace yourself!" the adjutant said. The stranger Interposed: "Gentlemen! You are in public! If you will accompany me to a private apartment I will probably be able to set you both right so that you may work together and have some chance for success instead of wasting your selves In this manner. I am a detec tive detailed to work upon this case in pursuance of your telegram!" "Come to my rooms; 1 am entirely unable to comprehend Captain Ze nith," said the adjutant, und the invi tation was accepted. XV. COMPLETELY BAFFLED. When the three were seated the offi cer Inquired: "Captain Zenith, what reasons have you for believing that your daughter Is in this city with this gentleman?" "She disappeared at the same time that he did. He left hastily, assigning as a reason a love affair lu which she Is concernod." "Is that the extent of your Informa tion? Are you acting entirely upon suspicion?" "I am acting upon a conviction, tho soundness of which I do not ques tion. This young man has carried off my daughter and 1 am here to rescue h<r." "Lieutenant, upon what information are you acting?" "The very best. Hit eldest sister. Miss Zenith, told me that Miss Stella came to New York with a cousin." "Who told you that?" Captain Ze nith asked Hharply. "Miss Zenith." "Mollie?" "Yes." "That Is false' Mollie told you notli iriK >f tii<• kind!" "Captain Zenith! Be careful! Do not expect me to be aide to restrain myself without limit! I may not al ways l>e able to rememl»er your age!" "Gently, gentlemen! We all want the facts and we want all the facts; stick to facts and keep your temper! I<ot us keep cool and try to get to tho bottom! When did i'tiss Zenith tell you that?" "The day liefore yesterday." "Be Kind enough 10 detail the rlr cumHtarirpH? What n-il up to the statement ?" "Mim Stella and I had appointed a meeting at the house of one of her friends; she failed lo attend; 1 went to Captain Zenith's where I saw MI-.H Zenith, who :oM me that Miss Stella had -uddenly l«fi for New York tie ?vening before, with a cousin who re sides here." '"Who Is the cousin?" "Miss Zenith evaded that lnforma ' Has your daughter a cousin Efte, Captain?" "No. She has an uncle, but no cou jtn. I do not believe this statement; t Is a subterfuge employed to deter ms. Mollie could not have 'told htm mythin# of the kind for the reason that she knew better. She not only knows that -.he has no cousin hers, but she knew that at that moment her sister was visiting a friend in tho ■ountry; a Miss l.etson, who lives at Barton, twenty miles from Miners vale. What we have since learned is that Stella missed the train and told the Letsons that 3he would walk home. They could not dissuade her. though they made every effort, and t-he started. She has been traced some thing more than half way; to a point where the road divider, one branch leading to Minersvale, the other to s railway station not four mllss distant. She disappeared at that point. She could have reached that station ami have telegraphed to him why she fail ed to meet him. rfhe doubtless did so and under his Instructions waited there for him and then accompanied him to this city. She is infatuated with him and I have no doubt that he has induced her to run away to marry him." "Good God, man! Can you be so crazy? Have you conjured up such a ridiculous idea and acted upon it with out searching the country along that road? Officer, how soon will a train start for ScrantonV" said the adjutant in great excitement. "Did you employ no detective? Did you your theory by any effort to learn if she had telegraphed to this gentleman or he to her?" "No." "Who was with her?" "She was alone." "Had she any admirer who, know ing her preference for this gentleman, may have become revengeful?" "No." "Why did you not search the coun try ?" "1 did. Accompanied by my daught er Carrie, I drove all night searching along that road for her. If she had teen on or near that road we could not have missed her." "What, then, led you to conclude that she has eloped?" "Mollie suggested it and It a' once struck me as the only explanation." "Yet Mollie could not possibly have believed it, for she had seen I'm the day before and positively knew that he supposed her to have come to Now York. What is hsr nature? Do not you think it at least possible that she knows what has become of her sis ter?" "No." "Ever since you telegraphed ua ] have been watching fliis gentleman. I know positively that he not only i r rived alone but that he traveled with out a companion all the way from Scranton. I nm confident that hf ; tslls the truth and that Miss Zenith did as sure him tiiat her sister had come to New York. You w!!l see here that he believed and acted upon what Miss Zenith told him; for he has been ad vertising for Miss Stella." and the de tective handed to Captain Zenith a paper containing the adjutant's ad vertisement and continued: "Now, having started the lieutenant on a wild goose chase Mollie started you after him. knowing that her sistor had not romo to New York as she told him s>he had, and that she had not eloped with him as she suggested to you. If she had no object In doing these things she would not have done them?" "Well, what Is your Idea?" "You must pardon my questions if they seem harsh; we must consider every possible explanation or we are likely to work in the dark and more than likely, almost certain, to go wrong. Had Miss Stella, possibly, any reason to desire concealment? Is it possible that tihe may have had any shame to hide?" "Good heavens, man! No!" "Great God! No! No!" "Let tlint be concluded. It Is, then, my suspicion that Mollie knows what has become of her sister and has rea sons of her own for wishing to divert attention from the right quarter. You will pardon me, Captain, for saying this to her father; I take for granted that you wish to get on the right scent?" "1 am now convinced that I have been wrong. I beg your pardon. Lieu tenant Jacquese. for my suspicions and for my language. However, sir, 1 cannot think that Mollle knows where Stella is." "Do not think of me! Let us think of Miss Stella! My God! What has become of her?" sold the adjutant. "She may be living: she may lie doad. I think that Miss Zenith knows what has become of hor In either case," said the detective. • Man! Man! Do you Intimate that Mollle Is a soroslclde?" "In my opinion she knows where her Bister IB and is an*ious to mislead others in that respect.lf the young lady Is living she is either in hiding of her own will or she Is concealed against her will. Why, Is yet to he learned; but in either case, Mollle knows." "What Is to lie done?" "Trace Miss Stella on that road as far as you can; suspect especially the hurt person known to have seen her and after that those who possibly may have or who probably did see her; all whom she might reasonably have been expected to encounter on her way home from the point at which your clues fall." "Let us hasten back. We will fol low this gentleman's suggestions," Bald the adjutant, " and If we do not sßcceed at once we will telegraph for him and secure his services on the ground." "I am completely baffled and ready to adopt any course you advise," Cap tain Zenith answered. [to BK o»*TIWUII).] Clever Feminine C«rpenter». A talent for carpentering is not en tirely masculine. Many women have done very clever things at it. as well as In the way of wood carving A clever girl, whose Summer homo is an old house down on I/>ng Island, has done much toward making It attractive by Iter gift In handling loolb. Hows of shelves In the dining room, holding the pretty china which decorates the walls, she has put In place herself, and they are hb strong and, to all appear as well |iut up us if a regular carpenter had done the work. A New Hrigland woman luui done some really beautiful work In Inlaying. She makes exquisite boxes, Inlaying them with different varieties of wood In many I liferent designs of fine patterns. I'atrloMe Uillm. Mrs. S. J. Field, wife of the Justice nf the Supreme Court, and Mrs. George Hearst, of Washington, have done ex cellent work In raising money for a lire 17.e statue of Washington, which is to be presented to Franco in 1900. I'p > the present time about $22,000 |U b«eD collected. The total cost Is tn In $35,000. The statue will be of bronze It will be modeled by Mr. French. Will Ihr Earth QropT Statistician* claim that llie earth will not support more than 5.981,000,000 people. The present population Is es timated at 1,187,000,000, the increase being X per rent, each decade. At that rate the utmost limit will be reached iu the year +Ol2. ISo. 17 LGOX OUT FOR A STRAY MOON. Itoanil Ulack Hoc!? >ll Irs Anay; \\ r.utctl It} an Astronomer. American astronomers are requested to Ueep their eyes open for a stray; nioou, which Dr. Waltematb, of Ham burg-, is anxious to Cud again. llis ob ject, says the .New York Sun, is to ac count for and eoutfol certain irregular ities in coming to time on the part of the old moon that we are accustomed to see. lie knows exactly what sort of a moon lie wants and where it ought to be. Its apparent diameter is 140 sec onds, but its real diameter is 420 miles, its surface about one-twenty-fifth and its bulk one-eightieth that of the visi ble moon, and it is 015,000 miles distant from the earth, and two and two-thirds times as far as our moon. This little moon has been seen a num ber of times In the last 300 years. Dur ing the seventeenth century it ap peared as n fiery red ball with a whit® streak across it, Later observers de scribe it as of the dark pray color of the fpots on the moon, and as a round, black body, so that it had probably cooled oil in the interval. Casaini, the father, saw it at Moutpelier November 7, 170J, and seven other appearances are noted In that century. Dr. Hitter, s Hanover school-teacher, saw it with the naked eye in broad daylight in the neighborhood of Naples June 11, 1555. It crossed the sun from right to ieft. Mr. Gowey saw it at North Lewisburg, 0., September 4, 1379. None of the ob servers had any idea of its true nature, however, till Dr. Waltemath made his discovery. February 3 of this year the little moon passed over the sun, and it will do it again July 30. Its mean synodio course Is 177 days, and its daily mo tion a little over three degrees. Any one noticing its wanderings will please inform Dr. George Waltemath at Uam burg-on-the-Elbe. A WELCOME TO A MONARCH. Iteccptlon Given by Mayor Colvin, df I'lilrato, to KIIIK Kalnkaaa. Three men were discussing the pro priety of the call made by President Mc- Kinley upon President Dole. The dis cussion brought out this story: "I think old Harvey D. Colvin knew how to do things when it came to enter taining folks from abroad, especially haiul-me-down-kings," said one of the two. "He was mayor of Chicago when Kalnkaua passed over the country in search of a loan. Colvin was rough und ready, und wore a shirt with a ruffle front ami a diamond in the middle, which always made me think of a bar keeper on his day off. When the king nnd his suite arrived in Chicago, Colvin und his staff were at the station, and the mayor took tho king by the hand as warmly as if tho king had been a ward (>o!itlc!un. The curriages moved quick ly to the Grand Pacific hotel. Clark street was jammed with people clamor ing for the king to come out. The hour was early In the day. At tho re quest of Mayor Colvin, Kalakaua stepped out on the veranda and bowed. The populace, unused to sights of kings in flesh, yelled. Mayor Colvin waved his hand nnd shouted: " "Ilis majesty, the king of the Sand wich islnnds.' "Tho populace yelled, laughed, and hooted. Then the mayor, remembering the early hour, turned to his royal guest nnd said: " 'Well, king-, you must be tired. Bet tor go nnd wash up nnd then we'll have breakfast.' " HOSTILITY TO EDUCATION. The Kmcllnh Are Oppoaril to the TeneliJ■■ tg of Servants. An American visitor to England who spends some little time in the country, Bays J. N. Larnew, lu tho Atlantic, can hardly fail to become conscious of three serious facts: (1) Tliut there is a et rongolass-feelinguguinst much educa tion for those who are looked on as un derliugo nnd servants —a feeling more I revah ntaud more pronounced thuu tho shamefaced sentiment of like mean tiess that is whispered In some suobbish American circlet*. (2) Tliut tlie "school rate" seems to be the moat begrudged of Kuglish taxes, the most sharply criti cised, the most grumbled at; and this to n degree for which there seems noth ing comparable In America. (3) That the opposition to secular schools, fos tered by the church and ostensibly actuated by a desire for religious in struction in the schools, is largely sup ported in leality by the two sentiments Indicated above. • • • Looking, there fore, to the Increasingly democratic conditions that arc Inevitable in Eng land, the reluctance and factiousness of disposition tliut appear among its citi zens touching the vital matter of popu lar education ura ominous of evil to the i.ation, and gravely lessen Its chances of holding, under the reign of democ racy, the high place to which it rose tinder the aristocratic regime. Iloaratr In the Empire lily. The proprietor of one of Manhattan's most fashionable hostelries ordered $5,000 worth of table silverware tho other day. When the goods were de livered lie refused to take them at any price, as the name of tho hotel had been stamped upon them. He explained his st range action by saying that pcoplo often dine at the house only to take away knives, forks and spoons as souvenirs. "If the name of the hotel Is not on them," he said, "they leave them alone, for their only reason In dining hero Is to steal these stamped goods and show them to tlielr friends to prove that they arc In the habltof patroniilng fashionable hostelries." Comea fin Antoinntlo Doctor. One of the most reinurknble develop ments of the automatic machine Is a "Dr. Cur call" in Holland. It is a wood en flguro with compartments all over it labeled with the names of various ail ments. If you have n pain, find Its cor responding location on the figure, drop a coin Into the slot, and the proper pill nr powder will c imo out. Tin* Microbe W»r. "We are going to give up having Johnny get an education." "For what reason?" "Well we can't get him sterilized every morning in time to go to school." —Puck. HuHKcroH*- Topic. "Htebblns, 1 never hear you say a word about .the weather." ",\o; I promised my dying mother that I never would swear." —Chicago Kecord. Snrrl Connotation. lie Hut why do you keep on crying, dear? She Because jou said you would kiss my tears away. Yonkera States man. (irently to Dc I)r«lrfd. Doctor I think you had better feed the baby on condensed milk. Brooklyn Father (hopefully)— Will that make him emit condensed yells?— N. V. Journal. ■letter Mill. Outt- Have you secu those noiseless baby carriages yet? Inn No! What I want Is a noiseless buby.—
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