VOL.- xxxv HUSELTONS YOUR SPRING F^OCTTWEAR. Wil' play no small pait in adding distinctive elegance to your new go*r, stylish costumes, the choicest of new spring, hats and »1 else counts for naught in ahsenr of correct and perfect fitting footwear. There's much in our shoe store to enlist the interest < f every Woman, Man or Child who appreciate faultless shoes. WE SET THE PACE IN STYLES. Jir f Our Misses' and Children's Dc- I Is full of everything that's grod in r * X' wear for llie little folks, large sal s <la; v r 3 <J speak for quality here. Misses' *1 n and Blarl: Kid Shot-;, lace or In:'.: V"OT3PPvw\ and Kid or SilK Vesting tops, sj::tig V- ;iy heel-- sizes 11 ' . *t.oo to <•',>. Our Late Spring Shoes For V ' if X- | The choice of fastidious dressers wl o , J are posted on the swagger styles. Kvety shoe shows the mister touch of well stndied, nrtistic individual style, all 1 5 fashionable styles in lace and button, in klouj Tan Fnr RfIVS Black. Tan or Chocolate vici Kid, ma<!e new ian onoes roi ooyb. with „ n Ki(l or frtllcv figure(l vesting , tops. Kid or patent leather tip.,, ail We are showing every new shape and size , an ,; widths color that's good in Boys at ft.oo, $1.25, $i 50, and $2.00. Youtus at less price. —OUR LITTLK REGENT SHOES- Me»'s New Spring Shoes in Tan same swell styles and shapes at 90c, sl, and Biack. and $ 1.25. Stvlp flnd Prirp app Thpstrono We are showing tho swellest shoes the axyie anu rrioe die iiieouuny tnarket produces, ran in Titon, wiiio.v Points of This Siore. a,:<l Russia Call. Vici Kid with silk vesting or leather tops at $1.50, $2.00, A regular $2.50, $3.00 and *4.00 quality *2.50 fe.oo and *4.00 The dressy men in these shoes at $2.00, $2.50 and fvoo. say these are the-finest style s ... Butler Our line at 85c, SI.OO, fi.25 and #l5O 1" Black . j ll ?'- 2 5. • '-50. *2.co, cannot he matched in Butler. * 2 *P an '' Men's Heavv Shoes, Oil Grain, Kip, P'iesli Split, Kangaroo, Calf Lace Bals, Brecdtnore, Congress at 75c, St.oo, 'ft.2s and 11.50. B. C. HUSFLTON, ftnticr'g Leading Shoe House. ilt< Il«>t**l Lowry. I HE IS A WISE HAN \ | —WHO SBC USES HIS CLOTHING FROM— • i i I J. S. YOUNG, { THE MERCHANT TAILOR, <j I I * 0 The floods, style, fit and general make a J lip -of his suits \ { TELL their own STO^Y.I V% •% %/%/%&%/% C <4 Spring STYLES CTjThree of a kind for spring, two of a Uin'l f>.i '•£> mm Summer what tx tt. li:i. d would tn:.n Jy> >3 ill clntliii'ir Ti.ry nr. nil ... • Mik' IN \ i fx yflliV the- Ial« Nt. in « 111 MM) • f.i kn.an>liip t Ih> tttM-t 1 A /l I f\ /# Vj;l "» duialiilitv the stM:i.«'!.« i. in pri.-c ( s ■- '* I /J I K"JV /, 111 lllo<icrut''. UhCFft! I.;i , y.,u jr|.f slich (i Tri -1 r! \ %) / J | LA oiiiHti<nis. \<iu(lomtliiniof(i. I'. KK K. i|. ( . / v*/ A Ln J W \ u\ ta '' or N>chav a lssortri.t nt of spiii ' ./ 7-) I &-\/ 1 it Ilic ail t f tti ri> 11. •! pries i.. sitii l/l\\ UI fw 1 Hp Ml G. KECK, J'i j I Jlj(I I TAiLCR. 142 North wi' Wain St., Butler. Pa. . 328 5. MAIN ST- 328 S. MAIN ST MILLINERY Most complete stock, finest goods, newest styloj and 1 r.ves. prices in Millinery, Notion? pnd perfu-nes- THE H. H. CORSET A SPECIALTY. SEE OUR NEW SPRING HATS Mary Rockenstein. 1. " - Pape sros, ■IEWEbGRS. We Will Save Vou Money On TDiamonds, Watches Clocks,! S Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros, \ ? Plateware and Sterling Silver^ Goods. * Our Repair Department takes ill all kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, ete 122 S. Main St. O'd go'd and silver taken the same as cash House Cleaning Time U here and the War against Bugs, Moths etc., is on We have prepared * Bu' Killer f° r the extermination of these pests, let us that it this 1 e mixe<l with the paste before papering the result will l>e very iafsfact'-ry We are also headquarters for Moth Balls, Insect powder, Hellibore etc REDICK & G ROHM AN 109 NORTH MAIN ST. BITLEtt. "ar £ -% t rr « A a THE BU J LLR CI I I ZEN. Biliousness Is-Miised by t<T]i. iver. which p: vorits i tioa and per.:. * f » 1 f»'mient and pt.tr.ls in die stomach. rii*-u Xoliow t ao, ! tnsoiiiina, ner ->s. ..:id. . or bl .1 HI !»:::• *»•». t • civ * mr u J RUNS t i.v-r • eadaehe. rtltnrtnw. COB ' f : li'on - ! I f nli • iru-r-: _» 1 Xb<* l!>' I • v.:i.t jtf-/. Tl»i» T<* Vftnr o|»voriniiilr. ; On receipt of t rents. c:.sh or CGDerou *■' o| will nir.iled of the I most popular Catarrh and liay leTtr Cure i rElv's Cream IMi: ufTieicnt to deaica strste the «rt t v.r ri's cf the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, CO WVrri j St , Kew York City. Rev. John Reid, Jr., r f Or- at Falls, Mont , recommended Eiy's Cream lU;n> to me. I can emphasize j,.->s a - . '•Xtisftprs!- ti>e cure for catarrh if us«d atidirectcu." Kev. Francia W. Poole, Pastor Centrai i'res. Church, Helena Mcnt. Ely's Crea:r. tia'ui ithe aokn> iv.ledgi d i enre for catarrh an t tuc aius no mercury I nor ;iay injurious diti£. Price, 50 cents. VICTOHV A 1 v. a}''" crowns our efforts to tbe hat: Isotnest end in' st c"irect thing in Men's D.ess at all season's of the year. There's a fresh, bright ppnrkh* of style about our spring patterns, the kind that has saap and art in it. We cater to the economical man because our clothes give a dollar of service for every dollar paid. Let us show you the kind of a suit we make for MAKER 01. MEM'S CLOTHES i Pearson 8. Nace's » Livery Feed and Ssle Stab'e Rear of Wick House, Butler, Penn'a. Th«- bi*<r <»t lior -s ;tnd firsi class riu > ;«i- j way.. **ll hand ac i i hfri*. Il< ri-'(*omrii«/d:»> ions in * .vn for p< »••(; f lit*til »« ir: 111ir .n*il un dont ir;.:i i al rnpi guai.-uUM- ! Stable Room For 65 Horses. A tfoorl r*lsi v,. rf v -.rs. i.oih am. » < lioi-ms J. :\.,1 . hand arm for urnhT 'i full ;:i*a i'i ••• and hur.*;i'S buUi! u propel : ■*:!: Hi mi I»y PEAHSOTi Li RSUI, *TV!t jjlione. No. 315 i L. C. VV ICK, | Dkai.Bß IN Rough Worked Lumber OF AW, KINDS. Doors, Sash, Blinds, .Vloulri ; »>;*?s | Shingles and T.atl; Always in Stock. LIME. IUIR AND PLASTE R Office opposite P. W.jDepot. BUTLER. PA, C* D. L. CLEELANO, S Jeweler and Optician. \ < 125 S. Main St., > Butier, Pa. ) C. S ELIGMAN & SOW No. 416 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. A lint* of laU'st and D'lmostic- always In stock. Fit. Stylo and Work mnn.-thip d to satUfsw-'tlori. PRICES REASONABLE. p:i» is the rmz to have ji'Jys Your ClotHii^ CLEANED or D7ED If you want good and reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there is just one place in town where you can get it, and that is at T?2 f nssYi fft rvi?'" u <fi lilt lilllfE Oil WUHHi 21(3 (Jon.tor a venue. 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 Tortb« Jame. :o.oi Blind Co.—New Yfrk. R. FISHER k SOW, OiL ME'L "" ■ Sow rery cheap. I »•« <1 r... lloi'M-s. ' KWS. Okimi, llo;'. . Kowls et i". I ten! t■i. st i - li ■ . t t*lt: jiv r. i,.■ ■ r to animal*. An- vou t<i.i,iiit !t- ,t f« »'(i tn tt:e tn.'ii'kot LINSEED OIL 11 -y\ . i years on L.irn or o neo. aro doul tfn) gu tlitv . Mime Koorl ju.rj , r ltl v ▼ory I in. Write f« r ourcli- uiur For pure Linseed -j. moat, md wblt4 Hsk for "I honi|# m»ii «.j- nddr>->s inanuf.'i'-t u« !. T!I».).M i'. w ON r w Diamond sir< »'t AH' . lit iij, l\t. M. C. WAGNER, ARTIST PHOTOGRAPHER, 1,9 South Main street Over Siiaul & .Nast's Clc.liing Store A Wicked Wor^aij* CHAPTER I. A Mysterious Tragedy. A dead man! A ghastly speetaole huddled upon the gayly carpeted flow of a room at a fashionable hotel in a certain large city. Dead! Yes. there was no doubt, for the body was quite ! cold and fast growing rigid, j On a table beside the chair in which the man had evidently been sitting, stood a tiny wineglass and a vial la beled laudanum; the glass showed traces of the poieon and the man h£4 died from its effects. He was a stranger to the house; h&d called the evening before and secured a : room, retiring to it immediately, havirg first requested to be called in tl e morning in time for the six o'clock Wertern train. But when the hour ar rived for him to be aro ■d. and the ser\ant went to awaken him, iie did i cot respond to the summons Hour after hornr passed, and still tho stronger failed to make his appear i ance, ami finaliy the proprietor of the i h itse, aSarmcd at the strange silen< e ' within the if om, burst open th" door ! of thf chamb: r. revealing its ghastly | occupant. Tb;> afft'ir was enshrouded In mya- I tery The door of the room wti.s . locked on the inside; there wa? but one wirudow, opening ant upon a small balcony, and this window, thougb closed, was n >t faster.fvl; but the room V'RS in the thiid story, and could not be tetached from without except by the atfl of a long ladder, arnd certain exposure would follow such an at tempt. They crowded about the door-way of that chamber of death —thp terrified servants and guosts of the hotel; while Inside two police officers guarded the body, awaiting the arrival of a coroner. A* last Coroner Jackson aad Dr. Dud ley were announced. An investigation revealed the tmith of the statement al ready made—that the "deceased died from the effects an orerdose of laud anum." "I wonder who «3he is!" observed the doctor, a grave, cynical looking man, as he stood besidetoe body, discussing tiie ptrange affair. Coroner .Jackson looked sutrprised. "I—l don't understand you, doctor," he returned. The physician smiled sardtonically, his dark, rugged face growing sterner. ''Of course there's a woman at the bottom of this tragedy," he explained. "Since I have practiced medicine, I have had plenty of experience, but I have never come across an affadr of tills sort—for it's suicide, of course; that's plain to be seen—but there was always a woman in the case! A daughter of Eve at the bottom of the mystery, as, indeed, they are con terned In most of our troubles." Coroner Jackson shrugged his shoul ders. "Well, perhaps so, doctor," he ven tured; "but " "Gentlemen!" There was the rustling of silken drapery in the corridor without, the Odor of frangipanni, and Dr. Dudley Started forward, as a lady stepped over Itir. ♦!.v»*ihnld. A -slight, graceful figure, in a trail ing robe of gray silk, with a broad briWmedi hat, and long, sweeping gray plumes. A woman beautiful as a Iream! The childish little face as fair as the'daintiest lily, with a faint pink oil .tbe dimpled cheeks; a month lijta % w&rtet pomegranate blossom, white teeth, and dimpled chin; eyes largo, luetroAis, like black velvet, veiled by Irthg. sweeping dark lashes; while— Jtr&Hge contrast I—Her hair was the edof or gold, and waved over a low, btoart brow. Dr. Dudley removal hrn hat, bowing lourteously; but as his eyes fell full apoc the facrc of the-lady he started as witb. an electric sbodjk and a dull red Jush stained his deult face for an in stant. '"Where have I jmcrt her?" he mut tered to "By Jove! I know! riißfS'S no mistiWiling iihat face among kthousand!" 6tit the lady—qu?te unconscious of {lb close scrtitiny~«-advanced to tho {enter of the room near where the lead-man lay, paused irresolutely, and |jr, DUtJley observed! that she did not turn her eyes in the> direction of the lofjjsc upon the floor W! 1 ' Xfce low, sweet, vibrant tone stirred Uie heart of every man present. "I ventured-. here because I—l fcave just arrived in the city, and as ioon as I reached this hotel I was in formed of the —this awdiul affair, arid ther eyes searched tfcie room, with t nervous hunted look In their lustrous Jscths, resting at last upon the White, kpturae't face of the dead man. She darted forward 1 with a low cry ►f horror. "It la!" she wailed. "Oh, Barton! Barton! my husband!" She fell upon her kneas and pillowed the dead man's head upon her breast, lobbing, moaning, wailing. "Is he really dead? Is there no tope?" she cried, witlly, glancing in to the faces of the men who stood near kn respectful silence. "I must see a physician." Dr. Dudley came nearer. "I am a physician, madam," he ob- "Dr. Morris Dudley, of this fity. I have made an examination, (tnd —I regret exceedingly—but—he 1$ (uite dead—an overddse of laudanum, madam/' "Oh, Heaven!" she groaned, "I feared this! I have earned him re peatedly, but he would not dusistl Doctor, my husband was a great suf ferer from an acute nervous disease. Ho contracted the habit of using laud anum and opium some months since; he must have taken an overdose! Yes," he added, thoughtfully, In an under tone—her eyes dropped to the still, iload face before her —"he must have taken an overdose!" Her head was bowed again as though she was weeping violently. But at last she arose. "There will be an inquest. I pre sume?" she questioned, timidly. The coroner bowed respectfully. "In a short time, nwraaui." he re turned. "I will tell you," she faltered. "This gentleman—Mr. Barton Chadwicke, of 01 irtwifke Hull. Westchester County, Maryland—was my husband. He left home two days ago. intending to go West on some business. But he was not well, aud I —l was so troubled in regard to his health—'fancied that "his mind was becoming iJteeted, that when he had gone I determined to follow him on the next train. I did so, and when 1 arrived nt the hotel. the first intelligence that greeted me was this: I felt a dreadful conviction that the dead mau in this room was Barton fchadw.'-'-c. I ha.-jt'.'ntU here, ant 1 BUTLICk, HA., THURSDAY. \lA\ 1C IS<)S ! identify him as my husband. That is ail." She burst into a violent, hysterical . sobbing, and borne of the lady guests, full of pity for the stranger's affliction, bore her away to a room, where sne could give way to her awful sorrow ; without the annoyance of curious pry : ing eyes. "!! ...ih!" thought Dr. Dud!'-'- to hinu-elf. w.'ier. she was gone; "tiier. s no iu circumstance about Mrs. "n ..- v.-icke. She says that she ter husband on the next train, bt't l.e ! i-rri\-. i yestertl yat sundown, .it the ! r.ext traiu gets in three hours later. ! ! - 'he madam makes her appearance I here at noon the day following. Now, I'' heie was she during the interval? And there's something •:■!- • crooked, ! too; notwithstanding all the time she | .vp- weeping and walling, and . >'>blug, jhe hadn't a tear in her eyes!" j Ar. 1 tlit astute iot ;or his head sagely. A man never commits suicide witL o'tt a c-an/.o!'' he observed, aloud, "and ' a pretty good reason, too. I should j imagine! Gentlemen, I remarked j liefote, 1 be lieve that there's a woman tin the ease!" The ir. j" si t. at "aeiil a few hours la ter but nothing satisfactory; ar.d no verdict could be rendered, fcr the jury did not tgree. there being a d'vided opinion in regard to the matter some advocating suicide, and others accidental poisoning. So the matter rested, and Barton Chadwicke's body was prepared for the grave, and placed In a metallic burial case, to be removed to the. family tomb. The heart-broken widow, arrayed in deep mourning gar ments, entered the train, and with its sad burden it steamed away to Mary land and Chadwicke Hall. it was sunset, a lovely spring even ing, when the train paused at the near est statiou, and Mrs. Chadwicke alighted. A close carriage awaited her; and a hearse was in readiness to convey the body to the home which he had left so short a time previous, in life and usual health. It was just at the louely twiiight hour, when the sad little procession wound its way up the long avenue leading to the hall —a fine old gray stone house, built in an Irrop-ttlnr fashion, and half covered with clinging ivy. The servants, a weeping train, re seived the body of their late master, with loud lamentations but the widow went straight up to her own chamber. An hour later she whs aroused by the j!d housekeeper, her eyes red and swol len with weeping." "Mls.s Lurline," said the old woman, laying her hand gently on the widow' 3 shoulder. "Mr. Ruthven is in the li brary; he says will you, can you see him?" Mrs. Chadwiclts arose. "Yes," she faltered. "Mrs. Perry, tell hint I will be down in a few mo ments. He Is a relative by marriage, you know; I think I had better see blip." Fifteen minutes later, the widow trailed her black robe down the broad staircase to the library, a great, gothlc sombre apartment, lying in gloomy shadow now, lighted onlv by a single jas-jet. A handsome dark-haired man stood before the fire-place leahing one arm upon the marble mantel, a lon> nf iw»nor* nr> r o QJX b* i • vanished as the swisb, swish of her trailing garments sounded, on the mar ble-paved floor of the wide hall with out. The door opened and she en tered the room. She went up to him, and laid both her little hands in his. But he caught her in his arms, and straineii her madly to his heart. "My own! my own!" he pnnted, hoarsely. "Lurline. there Is nothing In the world to part us now!" CHAPTER 11. Like a Fairy Tale. Oh, Heaven! w : hat shall I do?" The words fell like a wail from the lips of the young girl, standing at the window of a shabby tenement-house— a girl with a grave, sad face, and deep, fathomless gray eyes, and waves of aalr like burnished gold. Very poor and bare, and cheerless was the dreary room; its only inmate this young girl, whose refined beaut/y --showed her unfitness for the burden Df poverty resting so heavily upon her slender shoulders. "What shall 1 do?" she maaned, wringing her hands in wild despair. 'Ever since I was loft alone and poor i have managed to take care of myself, intil now! How hard I have worked, standing day after cltty In that dingy store, serving customers and striving to keep up an appearance of cheerful ness; but now-—" A sharp rap at her dreary musings, "'lt never rains bub it pours.'" she quoted, grimly, "and 'troubles' never come singly.' 1 expect that is Mrs. Flint, come to collect 7»r ront" She opened the d©of. A coarse, red faced woman, flaahlly over-dreased, stood in the narrow, <Uogy hall-way. "Good morning, Miss Dinsmore," she began, coldly. got my rent money ready, I epppose?" The girl's pale fgcfc flushed. "No, madam," she answered, sadly. "I am very sorry Indeed , but Mr. Grimshawe has discharged me from his employ, and he refused to pay me the balance due. because I—I —an ac cident happened to a piece of goods, and he blamed the matter on me, al though I really know nothing about it. But he would not trelleve me; so I am discharged." The words would tiave touched a heart of stone, and tfc# expression of the sad eyes was pitiful In the extreme Mrs Flint, hurd-hflarrtei ap her name, sniffed contemptuously. "Humph! You expect me to believe that yarn?" she voeUeruted loudly. "But Surah Ann Flint ain't so green i she looks!" Which .-inille wascrather ludicro- for her face bore the hue and expres sion of a boiled lobstjer. "I can't afford to keep boarders or lodgers for nothin\;nor live on prom ises," she went on.iangrily. "The fact o' it is, Miss Dinsriifrre, I've got an of fer for this room and the one a'Joinin*. It's money out o' my pocketrto refuse it, and refuse, it I won't!" "But, Mrs. Flint," ventured Lesley Dinsniore, timidly, "what urn I to do, If you turn ine into the street? 1 am a stranger here, and without a cent in the world. You surely would not do such a heartless thing?" Mrs. Flint made »n expressive grim ace. "'Tain't none o' my business," she retorted. "I can't afford to keep free lodgln's. I work for my llvin' I do; and there's plenty o' places for the likes o' you." "Madam t" The indignant, augry. protest ip', tone only provoked the brutal woai r n . s laughter. "Airs —high and mighty! /' olj ilow long Will it last? }V ur prldc . n come down yet. miss, or I'm mistaken. Well, what do you intend to do? Don't stand there, a-starin' me out o' counte nance, a3 though you don't be'.ie\ e half 1 say. Pay me my money, or leave!—that's It. I want that mincv ten dollars and seventy-five cert: - now. every nickel «>' It. or out in the street you go!" "But I have no money," reiteta: t the girl, sobbins'.y. "I canno* pay you. Mrs. Flint." "Then leave this Instant' No; y.-u needn't expect to lake your d'id». Out you go in live minutes, or " "Stop!" A voice—a n.-c's voice ■>u tided c : < ?? ! ■ ide the inte landlady, making her start in ast . . hment. A ; My, fine-lookli i old t- ntleman stocd upon the dusty landing outside, his eyes flashing with Indignation. "How dttre vou addres- 'his young lßdv In such an insulting ruar.nor?' de manded the intruder. Ther. removing his bat, he turned to the frightened gill, wao stood there, cilea*.. an;; pale, and trembling "I am addressing Miss Lesley Dins more, am I not', queried the old man. Lesley bowed. "And your mother'., maiden name wati !.t.--ley Chauwicke''" he continued Again l/eslev bowed. "Ah! I knew mat I was not mis taken," he continued. "Madam,'' and he turned to Mrs. Flint, .-taiidinar near, open-mouthed anc. wide-eyed with gaping wonder, 'don't dare to address another rude word to Miss Dinsmore, or you will get yourself into serious difficulty. You do not know whom you are insulting. Miss Lesley Dinsmore is the richest heiress in tho country!" "Sir!" gasped LesUy iu blank aston ishment, '"I have not a dollar in the wide wWld." "ftumph!" grunted the old "that's your mistake, you see. But I roust introduce myself. I am Stephen orey son, attorney and counseior-at la'w, and I have the pleasure of an nouncing to you, since you are really Lesley Chadwicke's daughter, that you have fallen heiress to a vast estate, which is awaiting ycur superinten dence. Vou will have more money, my dear, than you will know- what to do with. Your income is thousands of dollars a year; your home, one of th« finest houses in the whole Fnited States; unlimited luxury, foreign travel —every kind of fashlonablg di vertisemeut before you. T am well convinced of your identity. You are a Chadwicke every iuch. Besides. I've had my eyes on y6u for a.long time. Here, my child, i 3 money to relieve your present embarrassment. Pay th; 6 old —this tender-hearted old lady who was about to thrust you into the street. Mrs. Flint made an angry movement forward; then, recollecting that "dis cretion is the better part of valor," she paused. "Get ready to iea/re this den at once, my dear." continued Mr. Greysou. "Y<JU wiu have a few preliminaries to go through wltH 1 — necessary fortm-. tiu.t is all —before you s'utif for your new potge; and, in fhe meantime, you shall stay at my house My wife will te dell*hted to roaeive you; aud we havp no children of our own, and wouldn't mind it if you staid there aljvays." stood stunned and bewildef tftilch affairs i siad t».ken r w£frHi avc" paralyzed older and wiser people'than this little orphan' girl. But she felt in tuitlveljrthat she cotlld trust Mr. Giey- SOn. Sb« hastened to f'>y tbe coveted eUtn due to the crest-fallen Mrs. Flint —pitiably 'bumble and submissive —and then etwwDaeked her few MJO'kf*- <ngo. Thore wert*»6evera) articles in he» possession wtfjco she displayed to her new friend. A-gold lockot, containing the portraits ofTther father and mother, with their nanjos engraved inside the lid. Then theft? was a certificate ul marriage betwe":i»Ralph Dbiemore and Lelsey 6hadwick«; and a few letters, tied with a faded!- ribbon, the contests of which were Valuable to tbe ytmpg girl. And so, wltjhiu four-and-twentJ| hours after the •wonderful intelligent? had burst upon.iaer like a thunderbolt Losley Dinsmcf'e, was comfortably uated at Lawyer Grey son's handsomfe house,,and herddenUty fully establish ed as-iheiress tju the Chadwicke esiatt* CHAPTER HI. The Helreas of Chadwicke HalL Barton Chrtdwicke's oody had lulri away in the tomb of his ancestors* uad the day appointed for the reading of the will had arrived. There watt a group of interested people in the li brary; the beautiful young widow. Max Kuthvevi, who was a distaut con nection by miarriage, together with the old servants-of the house. Lurline w«*- very, very pulei, and there was a»stVasige gliltter In her Iteau tiful dark eyosaas she swept into the lofty apartment, jregal lor<her crape ant} bombazine, and sank Unto a satin covered easy-ctortir, its cnimson cueft ions bringing out her- stately beauty in fair relief. Presently the door cipenedt and LaW» yer Greyson appeared with Lesley Dinsmore, pale and fragile, ..leaning o& his arm. A stir of surprise went. around the group. Mrs. Chadwicke beckoned lan guidly to her solicitor, Mr. Surface. "Who are those peoyie, and why are they here?" she questioned. "The gentleman is Mr. Oreyaon, a well-known lawyer r mudum," replied s|r. Surface, In a perplexed top.a; "but the lady Is a stranger to ma How»v» er, Mr. Greyson knows wt#ii he la about, I am confident." So Barton Chadwicke's wjl) and testament was produced, and read aloud iu the presence of those inssom bled; the widow holdim: her bli+ck-' bordered handkerchief to her otyos, but behind its sofi folds the dark, iuatrous orbs were auspiciously bright and dry. The will after bestowing a few small legacies upon his nearest friends and the old servants, went on. to sfstfe that all the property cf tho. deoeuse.fi, both real estate and personal, was be queathed without further reserve, t4> his beloved wife, Lurline Chudwieiie. A silence followed the reading of the document broken only by the sup pressed sobbing of tlie bereaved young widow. Then Lawyer Greysou aroint and cleared his throat with a >reliml nar> "ahem." "Ladies and gentlemsr/» t, Q (.aid. "bofore the will Just our goo*J friend. Mr. Surface goe3 t0 pro bate, 1 have a little ro"' clat j (jn t0 m akO. You are all, jkjsoi aware that the great Cbadwlcly f or t une descended from old Eben C v ja dwlcke nearly a century ag6. '*os vxntailed upon his lineal do '^-{idauts." sir," interrupted Lawyer* ! Surface 4£lU>iV; "but w<«oll know that Barton CShadwicke was the last of his I race and, thKifljftjre, hud the ( privliogefof bestowing up {fouwhu Awuevtr he taw fit. all to his -I" ol ' youag wile "Very riuht auu projier.' quoth J*\w. yet Grey c, \ " i»t -it bitrtoa CI. i«* l.uJ .. iQwful .: : ,t to will a".\e> thv ---fr t • B:> I object to ye rr . ' . ' . v.j the last of h!-= r re, ; . there v two living at the tine ti.ls wIQ was inatle: but, of couise. utiiUO'..M ti .u. Li: rtc a ChaUwicke. vrho was not the man -o willfully v. *- aii.v i.et ire explain." Ami th. raaii ? keen eyes waadereJ to the boi ■ ' .n 1 of the widow, her slender figure shaking visibly with vi olent emotion, or angry wrwth, it was difficult to ascertain which First," went on the old lawyer, slo'viy anfi deiib rateiy, "Eben Ciud ■wicke left a but whether main or female has never yet been established, uor the wueieaoouts o{ that p"reon who. 4 .f living, would be proitabiy twenty-five years old. It Is, therefore, presumable that he or she is dea<! but, were this person liv ing, be o. she would be the rightful heir, as oP-t of kin. 'Jut there wait al so a cousin of tho family . L< sley Cuad wlcke by name, who married oce Riuph Dliiomoro anJ went to It LcUeved that they were .iotb drowned in the passage over as the ves sel was wrecked; but It was not true. They reacht-d CiiHiand, aud :a course □f time a daughter was born to them. A l'ew yoars after Ralph Dinsoioie died, and his widow, being poor, took het child, then about ten yi«ra of ag«, and came home to America, intending lb claim her share of the Chadwlcke fortune. Rut she had scarcely In ttys country when she died— died »o jtiddenly that she had no time to explain her Identity; and but for a mange accident I tuyaeif would never lave learned the truih, though she h&a jeen dead eight long years, and her laughter is. consequently, eighteen years of age. "Therefoie. stve the great-granc :hlld (whether mix or woman I can lot say) of Über fhadwicke is stiil missing, though advertised for ex tensively, 1 maintain that the daugh ter of Lesley Chauwicke Dinsmore is the real heir to this great fortune, and that Barton Chadwuke, the late la mented deceived, had no right to dis pose of tue i.3iatc. 1 h;-ve nothing further to communicate, oaly that this lady i 0 Miss Lesley Dinsmore; her Identity b»-au legally vatablish ed. and ail necessary forms complied with, and she has oome heie to take possession." And Lawyer Greyson natik into the nearest seat, ana wiped his spectacles reflectively. A low moan of agony broke the al ienee which fell upon the room. Mrs. Chadwicke had fainted. Lesley, forgetting everything in her sympathy with ta.e bereaved woman, flew to her side, to offer assistance; but Mrs. Perry, tbe old housekeeper, quietly '.jore her oratress to htr cham ber, and set about restoring her to con sciousness. v After a time. L. slev, standing alone, gazing out c-f thf> library window, heard a footfall on vhe floor at her Eide, and turning, beheld the handsome face of Max Rutavoa. He lu-iu out his hand. "May we not be friends, Miss Dina inusica. voice. Lesley blushed us : he laid he.' har d in his. "We ai» almost relatives." he con tinued. "and shall probabi> see a great deal of each other." There was a soft, persuasive toue to bis voice, and his handsome eyes were bent upon ha girl's uroopiag face. A eiiglit exclamation made him start galltily. Lurline stood near him, pal lid as a specter, in her <,iiuj>iug black rcbe. "Leave us. Mux!" she said, impora tivoly. "I wish to speak to Miss Dins more alone." He obeyed her, leaving the room at once. Lurline darted forward then, and caught Lesley's white wrist with a grip of iron; one would not believe that the white fingers could be so strong. "Listen to me," she panted breath lessly, her great dark eyes fixed basi lisk-like. upon Lesley's pallid face. '•You have usurped my rights! You are an interloper here, and not satis fied with that, you—you would win Max Ruthven's heart, I suppose! Be ware, young woman, you may go a Btep too far! I hate you! 1 hate you!" She ground the words out between her white clinched teeth. "So help me, Heaven, I will be even with you for all that you have done; for daring to come between me and happiness!" She caught her breath convulsively; but Lesley wrenched her wrist from the woman's grasp, and turning with Quiet scorn, walked indignantly from Ihe room. Lurline Chadwicke clutched her Jew sled hands madly together. ' "Oh, misery! misery!" she groaned, Jn bitter agony; "I have sinned la V.\in! what have I done? What have t dope? —and —all —for naughtl" Up and down the long room she paced 'ike a mad creature. Hour after hour passed; night threw Its sable cur t.in over 11 things, and the sil\ety hi'oon arose;* £tlll Ae never wearied in her nervous [ Vicing to and fro. Meantime, in she handsome chamber assigned her, LtVley slept the sleep of the iunocent. An*l lu»her dreams, pur •uing her like a a face haunt ed her—the face Otf and |h&t she nctver lb % her waking jnomenM A noble,: handsome .faoa;/ and rofin'-fi features, With blue Ud gobd-i*own hair,.and muetcushe>/: shading tbe haughty .upper lip. lfi!» eyes, deep unfl wy&drqusly bedlitlfuU were liked upon her face irttli u <pud look, v-iJofee meaning aho Could 1 tit* fathoy. A wild thrill shqj £hroti&i» oor heart, and shuddering vio lently, ptte awoko. ' Tho tefcitialiHbt. pearly and perfect, a-ii.3 tltj.»!*rtf, the large room with sll frefy rafliwice, making all things as bright ae-Hlay. With a strange nerv ousness arose, and uonniOg a bltjo cashmere Wraoper. sat down ut the wlE.vlo\» With er P ale > statu esque fewe., and her long .gold liulr all ifiont, 4She looked like a spirit, as she (eaned her -iiead against the itfure j Cushions of%er fbair. and gazed list i U3ssry from Ihe window. [ suddenly*she sturtcii, With a sujange khrlll at h«* hSarL Hud her vision jojtne to pa3B? ' For there, below her open wifidow, leaning against a huge acacia« tree, jtood the gractfiU figure of>a m»), his face uplifted in Ifct) radiant. fis glance upon her cascanent; as the moon's ra?s glinted upon tile handsome, clearntut features, flinging th»>m out In bttd relief like a jameo, Lesley saw that<lt was thievery face of hor dream. i ITO Ufc COKTI*UKI>- J A STREAK OF LUCK. It U' -tit U'n\, Tp. and It \\ *»*t U iy, W my Down. The r'niy of the English dude who v.t.ked into a Spokane, Wash., .mm li : .«ni the other night. and, \»uh $; . -siceo d»u in winning to.OO'i. is t." -l.'fT t:t.,t deal of talk. The oion net r. which 'he western papers arc treating the cvint would serve to make cue l < lieve that such was unpre .dented. There have been ten thou su:.d ruses of late years when bigger fortune* than that have l>e«n made at faro jacks, in Santa Fe. N\ M.. dur ing the exposition in ISSI I saw yellow chips, representing $1 tKKt eich. piled up as high as a cat's bark on a Single card, writes an old snort in the Chicago Times-Herald. Tom Jemison of Meri dian, Miss. w,->s playing in Conaat & Hart's on? night, and when he cashed in. after a sitting of two and a half hours, the Arm handed him »46,Ut)0. Jem;.<on lost it the following day in Demlnp. 1 witnessed the piny of a Chinaman in the same place one even ing, and he won twenty-seven straight bet--, and then, without pursuing his luck any lurther. pocketed $21,000. The limit In .hose days was the ceiling. It would be a hard matter to find a gambling rocm now that would i>llow or.e to bet on any single card exceeding *12.50. I asked Tom Fitz, who during the Hopkins administration owned one of the biggest gambling institutions In Chicago, his highest winnings and losses in a single night at faro. Said he- "In those days I took my meals at th Boston Oyster House. A certain rod-i-e.-'dod waiter served me. He was k'rul and attentive, and his 'tips' were not .-mall ones, besides, he received a fair salary. But as regularly as Satur day nights rolled around I would tlud him in front of one of my tables, and he never got away with a cent. I watched him play for two years, and finally one night I told him that I didn't care for his money. In othei' words. I barred him from the game. Well, one Saturday ni<rht, while I wag bi'sv In another part of the building, this waiter bought a stack of chips from a dealer, and by the time I got back to the table I saw him raking in the chips as if there was no ceiling or roofing to the building, and that POI;IB cloud from above was raining then\ down. Of course, I couldn't then ob ject. So 1 let him play ahing. expect ing every minute to see his luck change. Hut it didn't. He couldn't iose. The limit was 1100, and he play ed it. In less than un hour's time I was counting out white chips to him at $lO upiece. and the >el lows were SSOO. "'At daylight 1 t-.ilinated that he h id •won aba-it $20,000 Hts luck eeemed sen phenomenal that I sent out for ftnothon dealer, hoping in this way to break hia charm. But he won on. I sent fop another, and still the chips went his way. I dealt mvself for a little while, but he would whip-aaw me at every turn. I quit him and turned him over to cue of the luckiest bank dealers could be procured in Chicago. But wo couldn't teat him. lie would put bla bets down blindly, and the cards would come his way. He didn't play 'eodr.s' nor 'single outs' nor double outs.' He, put chip down and they west back to him twire fold. He called the turn a half dozen Ilnje. j for the limit. About; •wert fagged out and it looked as If ha would own the shop in a little while, 1 called for his chips. T had had enough. By that time he wag fairly drunk He tried to count, but he, couldn't. In fumbling with his chips he knocked more than SSOO on thq floor, to be picked up by 'hangers on.' He was ahefld of the game $46,700. I took him udiiie aud explained to him that 11 he went out of the building wltlj much money he would be robbed. Ho consented to let mo keep It for him—all but ??00. I gave him thla much In big bills, raid told him tlfrt tuy time he wanted the remainder and would come in sober he could get it. "Three days elapsed and I heard nothing of him. I became alarmed, and sent one of my men out to hunt him up. His whereabouts could not be ascertained. But al>out closing tlmq on the following Wednesday night h<j walked in. Of course he was broko. He had forgot* how much ho had left w4th me, and when 1 counted him out (46,000 he seemed dazed. He acted as If sober. He got to the steps and hesi tated. Then he walked back. He bought f6OO In chips and commenced to play. At first his former luck ran with him. But in the course of an hour he struck a wrong stroak, and before day light I had every cent of the $48,000 in the drawer, and it belonged to me. It Is a fact that outside of whisky and a few meals he had bought he hadn't provided himself with a single thing. In the way of personal apparel he hadn't bought even a shoe string. As he arose from the table he looked at me appeallngly, as good a# to say, 'Won't you buy me a drink?' I handed him $lO and told him to go home. The following night he served me witty oystere at the restaurant again." Whore Maunit ift Fouud. In Australia, tropical Asia and AfrW ca, true manna is found on a kind ot blue grass. It appears In masses aa large as a marble on the nodes of tbq stems. Nearly three parts consist o* mannite, which, though sweet, is not sugar. The manna also contains a fer ment which has power to decompose cane sugar without evolving carboniq acid or any kind of gas. Bint About tho fitorfe "Wash your stove with clew warm water before it ie blackened." says a good housekeeper, "and if it is Vfcry greasy wash it over night with strong soap euds." A little sugar or irio)*t)« aes in the blacking will make It stick. SkucLttnicly Pr»eU«;«l. "Mies Wlggleswsrth thinks she's eligible en the Order of the Crown. She's suite she can trace her Jineage I jack to one of the Engltfh sovereigns " "How far has she got?" "She told me yesterday she hud struck a bar slnlst*r" "I guess that's right I knew her i'rout grandfather was a bartender)" Herr SrhuUze of the Berlin Academy ( of Sciences, has taken upon himself 1 the formidable task of preparing a work describing all unimnls that exist 'now or have existed wHhin historical I times. The Academy allows him $7,"000 to cover the expenses of his undertak ing. » \ A I'olyglot Dirt ShoT»l»r. W. S. McClelland, who shovels *dlrt for the Panhandle Railroad Company for $1.25 a day, speaks eight languages and holds diplomas from the Collioge, de France and the University of Mft-» drid. . \ Howl* for Ciirlou* SUnipi. pretty bowls of the popular Dresden or satiny Bolleek are kept on writing lesks or library table to 'hold tho curi i jus stamps, monograms or letterheads slipped from the doll? No. 20 A CESSPOOL OP FILTH. 1 hi- TvrrttiU male of PbIiIM T.iort.tinhfur**-* in Seoul. I t-:.rii..v f1 on U nblng im rninural :•« i thought it tr.«*. foukst citj on earth till 1 suw Peking, and its smells the i:io«t oJiotis tili J<Tcotinteredthose f Vor .1 great city and • ■ 1 p:;ill its i.oanness is irdescribable. Kliij iosto forbii's the flection of two ► houses, consequently lie es timated ijvartcr oC a million j>eople are livi; j or. "the ground," chiefly in Laby rinthine alleys, many c f them not wide enough for two loaded built* to pase-- ir. :v. d, barely wide enough for one man to a loaded bull, and further narrowed by a scries of vile holes or green, slimy ditches, which receive the solid aud liquid refuse of the houses, theii f.<ul and fetid margins beingXbe favorite resort of half-naked children, begrimed witli dirt, mangy, blear-eyed dogs, which willow ir. the slime c* blir.k in the sun. There, too. the itin erant vender of "small wares" and can dies dyed flaring colors with aniline dyes, establishes himself, put* a few planks across the ditch and his goods, worth perhaps a dollar, thereon. But even Seoul hits its "spring cleaning," and 1 encountered on the sand plain ol the lla.i. on the ferry and on the rood from Mapu to Seoul innumerable bulla carrying panniers laden with the coiv* tents of the city ditches. The houses a butting on these ditchee nre generally hovels, with deep eaves and thotch roofs, presenting nothing to the street, but n mud wall, with oo« easiorallv a small paper window, just under the roof, indicating the men's quarters, and invariably at n height varying front two feet to three feet above the ditch, a blackened Emoke hole, the vent for the smoke and heart ed air. which have done their duty la wanutng the floor of the house. All day lonpr bulls laden with brushwood to a great height are entering the city, and at six o'clock this pine brush, pre paring to do the cooking and warming for the population, tills every lane in Seoul with aromatic smoke, which hangs over it with remarkable punc tuality. Even the superior houses, which have curved and tiled roofes, present nothing better to the street than this debased appearance. The partake of the general meanness. Shops with a stock in trade which nny be worth six dollars abound. It i . easy to walk In Seoul without molestation, but anyone standing to look at anything attracts a great crowd, so that it is as well that there is nothing to look at. The shops have literally not a note worthy feature. Their one character istic is that they have none. Tho best shops are near the Great Bell, beside which formerly stood a stone inscrip tion calling on ail Coreans to put intruding foreigners to death. Caroan women are rigidly secluded, perhaps more absolutely so thaD the women of any other nation. In tho capital ir very curious arrangement prevailed. At eight o'clock the great ijoll tolled u signal for men to retire into their houses and for -women to come out and amuse themselves and visit 'heir frierds. Therulewhichcleara the streets of men occasionally lapses, aud then some Incident- occurs which causes it to be rigorously enforced. So it was at the time of my arrival, and the ptich-dark streets presented the singu lar spectacle of being ten-anted solely were exempted blinu men, officials, for tlgncrs' servants and persons carry ing prescriptions to the druggists. These were often forged for the pur pose of escape from durance vile and a few people got long staffs and per sonated blind men. At 12 the bell again boomed. Women retired, and men were at liberty to go abroad. —-Mrs. Bishop's "Korea." SAVINGS BANKS. More of Them Xeerted In tkc West *■< Sooth. It: this country 80 per cent of the savings banks and savings doposdta aire In the New England states and New York. Throughout the west and south, except In the larger place**, it is impo»- 5-lhle foT private enterprise to furnish tmlngs facilities sufficient to meet the need* of th- people. By an investiga tion made under the direction of the pjsitmos.ter-ffeTie.ral in 1992 the distances ,»f savings depositories from post office® (which are intended to be centrally lo cated) were ascertained to average aa fc-llows: In the New England states, 10 miles: in the middle states, 25 mllesi; in t\h» southern states, 33 miles; In the western state®, 26 miles, and in the Pacific states, 52 miles. This Is a re markable showing and clearly indi cates the need of bringing tome safe and convenient dejKjsltory within reach of these people. The total r.umber of depositors in savings limits in the United States Is now a little over 5,000,000, or about one in fourteen of the population. In Eng land one pufson in seven is a depositor i,n the pos-tal savings bank, to say noth« ing of the depositors hi private sav ings banks, who probably areasnumer ous in proportion to the population as in this country. The fact that the bulk of the savings deposits in this coun try Is In New England and New \ ork Is accounted fnr by nome oti the ground that the people there are more econom ical ai d thrifty than in the-other parts o! the country; "but the advocates of postal saving." banks assert that the [.<•«. p'e of the south nnd west would l>e equally liaving were they given like opportunity and encouragement. — Charles P. Burwell, In Ohautauquaiv. A I.oni) Dfi'M. Mi6f Tom pk ins—Yaos,Mlsser Thomp son, I'se done goin't' be married in dis heah very gown. Mr. Thompson—My, but yo' nm pre pondously inconsistent, Miss Tomp kins. "In whut way, Mi«ser Thompson™ "Whv, yo' jrst was savin* yo' v.aser goin' t' have cr quiet wt ddinV'-rCp-tO J -ate. RrnHimatile Idea. "So you arc the glass eater, are you?" nsked Uncle lieu ben Sassafras of the museum freak. "Yes, sir; would you like to buy my photograph? Only 25 cents." "No, T don't care for no photograph, but I would like to usk a question." "Well?" ! "When you want a square meal do you tackle a window pane?"— Detroit Free Press. Dnrrr Wayn of \Vome». "I never will know how to get along with women." "What's the trouble?" "Well, my wife got a gown that doesn't fit; I told lier it didn't fit, and she got mad. Then she got another gown that didn't fit; I didn t tell her that it didn't fit—and she got mad again."—Brooklyn Life. Welcome lloine. Duchess of Barrowitz (to attendant) —Who knocks ut the castle gates at this unseemly hour? Attendant (excitedly) —It Is thy son. He brings with him an American wife with a purse lnrge enough to pay all the family debts. Duchess (with emotion) —Admit my * son and the uurse— N. V, Weekly. . ... *•<
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