VOL.* xxxv 'TIS LABOR SAVED TO WEAR TAN SHOES. blacker y° ur shoes the ju&v \Lj more dust they will show. shoes save time, labor money, and still look 4^jLVw^^f' 1 j Our stock cannot be I Vp excelled either in price, quali liL_ -f v / See the handsome styles in t\ 'J?: fine vesting tops. id s£ We are offering some great bargains in tan and black A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS. Men's fine black vici Kid 5h0e5......51.05 1 Ladies' fine patent leather sandals 50c | Men's fine raaaelt vici Kid shoes 1.05 . Ladies' fine serge slippers 25c ' Lad its' fine rtiisett shots 1.00 Children's fine slippers 25c ! Ladies' fine Doii>»ola shoes x.oo Boys' fin;- dress shoes 75c j and many other bargains. Kail stock of sole leather and shoemakers supplies of all 1 kinds. High iron stands with four lasts each (?• 45c. Repaying promptly done. 1 Mail orders receive prompt attention. JOHN BICKEL. BUTLER, PA. | * HE IS A WISE HAN 5 S # —WHO SECLUES HIK CLOTH IN <i FliOM— £ f F t I J. 5. YOUNG, f \ f THE MERCHANT TAHjOR, £ I II The good*, style, tit and general make a ], up of his suits \ j; TELL their own J Spring STYLES llFir Tiir«*o of a ulid for Sprfiii;. twoof a kind for /j\\. In rlothiuj?. Tm?v Hi. ail I 1 u kind JN ST\ LI-. /1 A Vs latest._ in rut and workniaii.siiip tin- tint -t PJV'J ( J • Pv \ i moderate. here «-lsc> can you jjt V r.ueli < «»m --f /> / iW V IK) / J LA blpations. You do git them of G. 1\ K F<CK. the j,• ■/ / XJ .\ ifi / W tailor. We have a large assortment of sptlng "{ tj ]S / V< l\ tho latest i.att* ri»s and price sto Niiii \ \ Y / \#j ror a first-ehis* suit « all and ♦ \:iuAiw onr large V ~7| \y \jk (_y* VH tock of hpiit jr jr« l:» meiiil «-r the plat e. j Mr W\-°- F - KECK p i ! 1 jljll I Merchant tailor. 142 North Jr Wain St. Eutier, Pa. 3285. MAIN ST 328 S. MAIN ST' MILLINERY Most complete »tock, finest goodj, newest style, an l lowest prices in Millincfy, Notions pnd perfumes* THE H. H. CORSET A SPECIALTY. SEE OUR NEW SPRING HAT S Mary Rockenstein. Pape s r os, JEWEk6RS. We Will Save You Money On Watches Clocks,t ; Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. I j Plateware and Sterling Silver^ (Goods. ( Our Repair Department takes in all kinds of Watchca, Clocks and Jewelry, etc 122 S. Main St. Old gold and silver taken the same as cash. House Cleaning Time is here anil the War against Bugs, Moths etc., is on. We have prepared • Bu' Killer . the extermination of these peots, let us suggest that if this be mi*c<l with the paste before paneling the result will Ije very satisfactory. We are also heail»juarteis for Moth Balls, Insect powder, Hellibore et-~. RGDICK & (J! HOI I MAN 100 NORTH MAIN ST. BUTLER. Subscribe for the CITIZEN. rf\ | *r; |H ITt I'D ( r J K\ 1 —. - 1 £ «rL IjU 1 I-'i ',l v V>l 1 I /ji viN. iVluch in Lstt!e Is especially tr ie o( i'.ils. for no meui tliie ever cortalre'l w grtat cm in w srn.il! spue-', 'i ney are a whole m> li.'ine jr.' jt- j « | ways effl" • : t. _f j a 1 i*< isfactory; r«- v ' ■ - eo! I 316 te' or; .ver, cure fill liver ills, lick headache, jaundice, <•* nstipation. otc. . Ttoonlv ffuia to .»ali iioo.i s Strsat'arilli. Till - 14 Y'crar Ci vor ,ini«y. On receipt of ten cents, c ,sh or ptan.p: , a Cenerous . i :rj 1 '.v.1l 1 'of the most j.opu'ar C:it irrh r.Tiil - lay l ever ( ure (Ely's Cr.-.'n -iimi gnffieicnt to demon etrato the grt- ■u.i it ! th. r ly. ELY BKOTHERS, 06 Ymi r«.a »->t , New York City, Tier. John He-id. Jr.. of Gr. at Falls, Mont , recommended Eit'h Cream to me. I can eiuphasuo his Biatemcnt, '-It is u i>osi tive cure tor ce.tnrrh if n -ed as directed. I!ev. Fre.nciß W. i'i o'e. I'af tor Central Pres. ; Church, Mont. Ely's Balm is th- acknowledged : cure for ca'rrrh end con'ains no mercury nor any injurious <Lr< z- Price, 00 cents. IvicTOßy A l ..- ays crowns -,ur efforts to nccure the handsomest ; nd crrect thins ' :l 5 , I»ress at all se'.son's of tho year. There s a fr??h, .cparkle of style about ot.r spring patterns, the kin.l that has snap and r-rt in it Wc cater to the economics' ma.n because our clothes giv.-< a ilol'ar of service for every dollar paid. Let ns show y. J the kind of a suit we make for $25. ALAND, MAKER OF MENX LOTiii:.- Pearson B. Nace's Livery Fete ant; Sc.!s Settle Rear of W'ck House, Butler, Penn'a. The bert of hoiwv and finrt etas :«!- w;«> s oil lianfi : id I'orlilrc. Imml <usiin lath :• In totn ;• i , - - ncut tßirnoiiiv .tu'i tntfisl*:iH Ir.uU'. sii fstrc p'nraxiU cd. Stable «i i-: i*> t h.n -■ iit.vuy.. -in iuiud ami l;»r n:. uu.i. ra :'ui! : i..:-l s r.. IxiUKht up;:u prupi ;. • lfl< ; t |iOll .ij PEARSON 3, NAVE, T»-li ~hoin No. fl.i. L. C. WICK, IJKAI.K* IN j Rough f Worked Lumber Or AM. IwJnxjs. J.J'jors, Sasli, Ijiinds, Mouldin;; Shinnies an J Lath Al\va/s in Stock. LIME, mitf AND PL \ STciR Office C»ppositl' I # . W. i > BUTLER, PA. <~ U. L. ULEtLAHD. S ( Jeweler and Optician, <J $ 125 S. Main St., > Butler, Pa. p V C. SELiQMAN & SON No. 416 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. A line <,f late .1 1-m.--.-Uii rind liomostlr Suiting always In sto<*U fit♦ .Slyld aii<! Wfirk fpiiaranlf .1 to s:iti->f;«'*l lon. | PRICES REASONABLE. I ; ileiyi 15 THE TIME TO HAVE i nij W Your Clothirxy CLEANor DYED if you want ;:;oou and reliable cleaning or done, there is just one place \n trwn where yon c.tu get it, a'.ul that is wßuiijß o?! mm ~ 113 (Jeiitfei* avonue, We do fine work in out door Photographs. This is the time of year to have .1 picture ot your house. Give us a trial. Agent for tue Jaraestowu S'idintr Blind Co.—Now Y n rk. R. FISHER & fiO.f, OIL MEAL j Fi* '] for !I«»: (.. v., U. .' . KowK t'to. Ilcaltli, stj- :. ut!i : 111« I ;>r »'hi» t '«• i/nvcr t<> animals. Art y.,u fi-iwjfujr i. • t <. in tin ifiar!v*- ; LINSEED Oil y«-arson li.m .«• l .trn or f«-nr« . Miv« .i paints wto doubtful quality: Homd good and some very bad. WrlU f< i circuit] 1.-. puF6 l>i'i-i • j >.i meal, and whlt< l« :nl. ask Uti • ThoUip .• :i\.' or adclretfH manufacturer. THOMPSON ScO., i" W M i I , [fki M. C. WAGNER ! AFXIST PTIOTCC-T.APItLilt S' -a'.h 'uaiu street Over Shau! k Nast's Cloihin» S!ore T' • - ' A Wicked VVur^at^ CHAPTFR VII. "All fjt Nru ill." ; I . i moment the woman confronted Arris ley, her eyes binzing, he beautiful face stern and haughty, she locked like a queen, standing there in her royal beauty. Then the pansy blue . eyes dropped, as though sho could not i meet her accuser and all the co'or • | fled from her checks; she trembled visibly, r.nd, burying her face in her white, Jeweled hands, she exclaimed, ! terrified, horror stricken: "Can the dt..i come back to liin I again?" ; Ah, her past was rising before her, , In judgment, and she could not, dared , not confront it. John Ardsity's face j was a study, as he stood before her; . j scorn, contempt and utter loathing were in his eyes. "Ah, Lurline St. Cyr!" he cried, scornfully, "why did you not remain in your native element, in the " I She sprang forward with a mad ges ture, and caught his arm wildly, ex citedly. "Don't!'' she panted, breathlessly, "don't dare to breathe that word now." He gazed upon her in utter contempt. "The day of reckoning is drawing nigh!" he said, slowly and bitterly. "I will spare you, madam; but do not thii." to escape retribution!" Then, turning abruptly to Lesley, he added: "Miss Dinsmote, are you abie to waik home? 1 fear something is wrong with Brownie: I have made a discovery of which 1 will speHk to you later." Lesley bad arisen, and stood leaning against the tree, her face pallid, her slender form trembling visibly with the excitement which she could no: control. Max Hu'.hven's fa<e paled suddenly, as Ardidey said these words, then, controlling himself, he pressed forward, and paused before Lesley. "Miss Dinsmore,, if you will allow me," he b'v.a::. hurriedly, ' my phae ton is at the cress roads; I was on my way to town when hearing the sound of horse's feet teaiing ; long the river bank, I alighted and came to see what was the mntter. 1 found you jvt in time." he added. A loolc oi unco-cious disappoint ment stole ov.:r ine girl's fate. "So yf>u saved nr. li.• ..r. Ruth ven," she said carelessly. "I aui un der obligations. But thanks very much, I thiuK I wiil walk home. The . xorcise will in beneficial. Are you coming, Mr. Ardsley? she added, turn ing to the steward, who was examin ing Brownie'.- bntilc with apparent in terest. He bowed composedly, and then, leading th- heirse. he moved aw i\ at side, and they were soon out of sight. v When they had disappeared in the belt of green forest which skirted the rivet, Lurline ipproached Ruthvofi, ur>d laiei her hand upon h>s arm. ".V. a, ' she said. softly. He drew away impatiently frrrn detalrlntr clasp. H«r face flushed hotly, then grew pale as marble. "You arc changed to me," she sigh ed. The man wheeled about and con fronted her Insolently. "Changed?" he repeated, in a harsh tone. "Yes, 1 r.diuit it! I thought I loved you, Lurline-; I swear 1 believed that i did! but —but " "You have transferred your love to Lesley Dinsmore," tile woman return ed, slowly. He bowed. "You are, as usual, about correct," he rer ponded. "I never really caied for you, Lurline. I can see it all now; and when I found you so deuced will ing to —to do the unpleasant deed that you acknowledge to have committed, I confess I felt my admiration goirg down to zero. No love would over stand the test which you applied. No man would ever continue to lore a woman who commits a crime—for his sake! In fact, the more you do for us the leas we care, I believe." Her face was as white as the face of a corpse, and it was full of despair. She caught his arm frantically in both her snowy hands; her pansy-blue eyes bluzed into his; her breath came in gasps. "You —mean —this — she fal tered, slowly; "after ail that I have done? Think of it. Max—l have lost my own soul for your sake!" He shrugged his shoulders with a contemptuous little laugh. "That's your own affair," he return ed, carelessly. "It's the way with all you women. If it were not for you, Lurline, I would not be the villain that I feel myself at times, when my dor mant conscience wakes up and gives me a reminder that it is not dead but only sleeping. You alone were to bianie in this instance, Lurline, as usuui. 'lt was the woman who tempt ed me.'" This was more than ahe could en dure. She turned savagely, and con fronted him with pallid face and blar ing, wrathful eyes. "You coward!" she hissed between her little white teeth. "You perjured covfard! To share in a crime, and then —oh, noble, brave, manly!—lay all the blame and responsibility upon the slender shoulders of a w"sk wo aiwi! Max Ruthven, for whose sake (lid I commit this sin, which has lain waste my whole iif», and m. de me in the sight of my own soul a thing un worthy even of contempt? Never in ciy long sinful existence can a wrong act or a committed crime be assigned to we, hut 'he man whom I loved was the can ■■ and lnstujator ot it all—this tove which has lain like a vile worm at the toot of rny life, and destroyed all—all!" She paused, and the wrath and ungor vanished, as her eyos met his own for au instant. She laid her hand softly on his arm again. "Max," she whispered, faintly, "take back those cruel words —tell nio that you do care a little for me; look! 1 am Content with a little love!" But his eye. drooped from her gaze, and he turned away contemptuously. "Do you mean your cruel wordn Max?" she panted -"that you no longer love me? No —you cannot—cannot mean it! Oh, for Heaven's sake, tell me that it is only an ugly jest! I will forgive you. Max; only—only—tell mo —that you are not in earnost. Oh, Heaven! I have bartered my soul. 1 shall suffer eternally for your sake — Max Ruthven!" He shook off her clinging touch, and • l»s. nlng • han I some :«• • d i/u',nst th j trunk of the tree behind him, yawned 1 slightly. J She ivi'ui.': h:r liMids hi mpotc t j liespan | "Lord pity me!" she wailed. "I j have asked for bread, hut receive a Btuue. 1 have lost my ho>c ot lioavc-. BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, JUNE -• ISQS and- ill in vain, all in vain!" ; r n'" v- ■ to future hajtpl :«-< were before I ever met have not ' irr-.itten the life . JV . Luri'ne? the old gid dy 1.1"? in Fnris--<y. cafe. tin opera boaCe vhtr ; it ?'«rhtl>, i'i r v Pis, • ■ g •••!;' the • x.doits of the trapew i irtomm Mad emoiselle T.ur'i •J* """her. -1 ~re WHS the Iff.- at qnnlr.t « P= don, .vhera you i . ?:d at th: -oule<*. tabk n<*.l men ri k«-d 'lie': \1! at rouge ?t ncii, b-- :.-.e v •.!' br ; gt*. y--- ! ired tr.ri nn tc their own destruction, until th"y were vilV-g ,r > r: 1: their tor.is f~r yam Mike. And then" -he pan »ei i ; u;.,.-mi ' : .vlth e: ' ever as '.houch floating over her therue end misery- "there pretty Viva D—' Sh" fj - : forward, like a fury, la his f-ath. "'I h!" she printed, "bus* Mitt R- fh' en or as cert-ir. af you stanj i there before me, I will take your lif"!" He smiled. "V-'el!, v.e v in nc rien'ion Viva then, rei chere I believe she's dc-ad, any : way, t.r —worse: we will rot talk o| L We will contemplate the chs.ige 1 (to you) from the old dead life to your ! respectable, gilded niseiy with Barton Chadwicke. How cleverly you dupei hiin! How completely he beMevcd irt | you, wor-.hipel you; and yet. f'om first to las! you loved me; and Bnrton | Chadwicke existed and finally left this : mundane sphere, noa" the "iser. Lls- I ten I.urline. Only you and I kr.ow j how ttart>n Chadwickm dit'd!" Hr slender fcr:n r,waye.l like a : in the wtr.d; her eyes, dilate ' with fcor ! rcr, were fixed upon his sneering, ; e eking face. s!.e ;»ut up both hand 9 j as though to ward off a blow. "Have mere !" she ".T-.i«!ed, in a low, desp:<ir'-.g voice. T1 .n. with a -udde.3 < hange, sfcu v ent on. passionately : "It 1 h Ruthven. You do not love Lesley Dins- : more, bat the Chadwicke fortune I be- J Here, if I were on.e more in possession at Chadw; ke hall, 1 jould win yoi back to mc-. "Try it," he returned, coarsely. She ,-linehed her two small hands to getiior, and turned he: v.liite f...e up ward to ac blue morning sky, ai. aw fui cipres.-'oa ir. her lovely blue eyas. A lit i-ird liltl'.g oi. a bough abova her bead, trilling melodiously, paused a;-.(1 : i-jm.-d to hold its broach in ter ror, th' won an hisred, fiercely: "i a ill hav- my own again; 1 shall reL'ia to Cha viclie Hall, through fair in.-aas or foui, it* xnistr.- , and the d.-.; will dav,Moi Ruthven (mark ji) v. jrds, fui you .- 1 have biiter .-ause to remembi.i ttem), the day will aurel> • ome wi.ru you v. •II sue *o me, on your knees »or my love, and I will laugh iiou lo sc\>rn. Onto more in po.v ou oi the Chadwicke fortune, I .-! •!»! Ift ijc.s to the hife..**i>t iii 1110 i.ino. Ah! Max Ituti. .tn, you will find wijtit n woman h bitter hrtiod ami lifctce ambitioti <:an a^uicTo!' She turned away, .ind glided like a shadow through the nreen fo:e*t, 1 «v --.He .i.ain o. ■ ....aiion u,.a..>na. ba< k in the small notel in the vil lagl. uere Luriine had secured upart mentJ, she looked herself in her cham ber, duel beriau to pace ttiido Up and down, her haiios oi,iSped couvuisively, her face set and stern. "Max, on, nij love!" ohe wailed, in biltei atiguisli. "1 have steeped u>y si i in ciime •jr his SuKo, and (oh, was there ever such vile ingratitude?) h" turns irum rat now. I have sinr.ed -I have sinned —and for naugnt. But I s\v»!«j. to make him repent, to repent ,n di.st and ashes, and, so help me lie.i en, I will do it!" Ana Lurline Chadwlckc >;ept uer vow. CHAPTER VIII. Two Lovers. Ar Lesley Dinsmore and John Ards ley moved away through the green, shady woods, there oame the clatter of a horse's hoofs, and a small gray pony dashed in sight, with a slim, graceful girl upon his back. At sight of tha two, she reined in her horse. "Ah, good-morning! she cried, air ily. "1 was on my way to the hall, Lesley. Why, what is the matter? Has Brownie been fractious?" And Maud Bradburn sprang to the ground, and prepared to walk with her friend, while the steward led the two horses. It was Brownie's fault," returned Lesley, smiling; "he ran away; hia bridle is—i.s broken, 1 believe, so I thought it wisest to walk homo. Are you going to stay all day with me, Maude? I'm so Kl»d!" "•Ir. Ardsley falls to echo your sen timent*." laughed the pretty brunette, arclily, "lie looks bored to death in advance. Honestly now, Mr. Ardsley, aren't you awfully sorry to bear the infliction of a whol< day of Maude Bradburn?" The gentleman removed his hat, and ex*cuted a profound salaam. "It will save me from death by stagnation!" he oiled, with serio-comic gravity And Maude turned away with a pret ty. becoming blush. L iley's face had gotten very pale; somehow ;he did not relish this badinage between John Ardsley and pretty Maude He ad mired her Leslie was weji aware or it, and somehow lie !;• .-.rt thrll: .! strangely with .. f« • i::ig of ;• in. Was she jealous? Si;< -the hfir ■ .> to he great Chad xii ke e. ur- . vho • Id hit v. her cholc-- fit til th eligible young men in to* jJciaity— jeai .j-- -,{ bw own steward? She put the • ought away proudly and neiached on, v. ry erect, and u at. u < anothoi wot 1, merely replying vhen addrcs-jod by her comp nloiis. Arrived at the hall, the two girls hast ned inside, and Job a Ardeiey led the borses around to the stabh resig:.- tng Maude's pony t > a groom, and lead ng Brownie himself to the usual stall There was a look of stem dis plea.sure darkening iiis face, ind mak ing his eyes (lash .vith wrathful rtre. "I believe it was an attempt upon hci life!" ho muttered, suvageJy, be tween his set teeth; "or an attack of a different nature, nearly as murderous, for I found under the pommel of Brownie's saddle a cunningly contrived instrument, similar to a spur, arranged in such u way as to goad the high spirited animal to madness. Who did such a dastardly deed, if not Max I Ruthvon? I swear I thought I saw I him hanging around the stable. ; when the groom was saddling Brownie. And how came Ruthven so opportunely on the spot, just at the moment when Lesley might have lost her life?— and with his own phaeton concealed among the trees. Can It be that he had contrived that the accident should | happen, intending tc sa\ In Ji; . j thus givie/ himself ■ claim upon ht i j gratitude; and 'he:. ■ . ted i .> tp i the bandit of a tote a lot. dilvc •ic,.ue tin ju, tut- wo »u .to .'.* ito marry I ii.m .' How fortunate that I returned 1 from the fields in time to follow her, at a distance. She doat not know who saved her lifp. My darling —my beautiful darling!' He hastened awy toward the man sion. jt:st In t en • M: x Ruthven ascending the n.irblo The ■teward clinched hici haros and his • •yes shone w.Th a wi .aiul t:sn;. "Insolent;" he maiteicd, fiercely, un der his breath, to dare ititrude again!" Max Ruthven wuiki ; bo! into >h! 1 house, and encountering Mn. Guysou In the wide, cool hallway, begged to ; see Mies Dlusmoio. ' M". jn . xjked trravo. "?Jr Kuthv.-n " -ha said ?!ov. ly. "yoar uawarrantable, and (excuse me, bit ti.e treth is ' -.s;) iil-b d : .irusion 1 last nlsht, has ! f'uiak, glvei Miss Dinsr ~re an ui.iatt uiag opinion of 1 vou. But I wiil t-".'l her that you are . here, s~d the vii' do as she thinks 1 best." S^ l leaving hirn standing in the hall, the 'dd lady -ought L' iiey, vho looked annoyed at the ann' nt mcnt. "Ho saved ray lif«* " the girl whis- | per«-i softly to herself. "I will see 1 lira Mrs Oreyson," -he added, I "I'll not be absent many minute.-, Bfcide." She had removed her riding habit, ar4 in a leus, trailing dress of snowy BT>s!in, profttsely trimmed vith Valon- lace and a pink rosebud nest !!i g 4 n her gold-brown h Ur, she look ed pretty enough to turn the fjead of aey ma.n. She bowed coolly to TlutJivon as ah? 'entered *he r»ceptton-r. . i. whither a 1 servant had conducted him. I "Pi.Hon my irtrj.-iar,. M!.-.•• ')ins ! Taoro," h® be?ac, "bt't I < ould rot rest 'until I had assured my.-alf 'hat you 1 h-.ve r .':c"y not - from the acci dent *hle morninr;." Le3le • was very impulsive na ' tur nad f*:l'.y beHevin;; »t it i* he i wh~ had saved b--r from that mad leap i pv>r the bnnk'-lnto ' *o;'in ; g torrent I beJor.% she held c\v In.; hand, with a ; sweet smile "I !av •( thank you that lam her® now," said I* tcok the little hand extended, nn.l forgo, to release it. , Joh.\ /-"d-iey, p.vssing the open win dow, chanced to raise his "yes, and ra ' 'hen standing wit:. Ltsley's h ,u;i In n.ithven's, hi- ' p isots. ho:, '.- Nt I lowly above «t. H .wn face gtevz I fcwlf ly pa'. .nd h - hiiwle-' . t>. Ma Ri tl.v a l;ii/ •' t' while the j i':- ;it:E of inttn , tit ■l\ iliK .1 ;!iis J gi.-r- hoar* i*o.' war proi;i ieus ' tlnu for his •b. t. He pressed hK lips p.o-sionately to tlie littl. ' nd in hi' -.ivn. 'Miss Dinsijuirr i.eslej ' )io falter ed. "I have kn< wn you but a short time, f«v I have not darfed'to venture into your presence u..r:l i ;st night, end then I fould not restrain mys-if; but i have watched yo'.i from a dis tance, and —aiy heart lies under your f'iet Lesley." He p .is-'d, and his bold 'ye; sof-ht her own. Lesley drew her hand 'way. r.ntl turned aside ijuickly Ho wont on, fiercely: "Language fails to c"xp:;:-.3 the in teusi'y of my !ov< for you!" ho pant.ad. "Tel' me. is there no h pe for :r.e? True, 1 hav , no wealth to olfrr you, hut I h.dievc thyo.. are :> wom.'i to wed for ar;d no: for fortune Will y;n: answer m? Lesley di.rling for my whole life, my f if. it re, my hope of Heaven, !>a:i v ; ne roar reniy." Her eyes met his now, with a steady gaze. "Air. Ruthven." she said, "you sur- Ipi iso me. 1 am almost a straugei to you, and —and —I have no intention of marrying' uuj\.ae at present." ''Then i am to consiJer this a rejec tion .' he said, slowly, and the iook in his eyes was not good to see. She bowed gravely. "1 do not wish to marry," sho said, simply. "Farewell, Miss Dinsmore!" Max Ruthven hurried from her pres ence. Once outside, his face became demoniac with rage. "Curses upon her!" he hissed, sav agely. "I'll bow that proud head in the dust yet, so sure as i live, i < ,in See it all. She ia in love with that beggar, Ardsloy, as he calls himself, I Think I hud better let in a little ray of light upon his private history." He was walking rapidly away from the house now. In a clump of ever greens, which shielded him from ob servation, lie turned, and looking back, he shook his fist threateningly. "Ah, my lady," he muttered, between his white teeth, "I'll bring down your pride before lam many days older! I can afford to wait." more alone, Lesley sank into a seat, and bowing hei head upon her clasped hands, wept bitter tears, though why she wept It was "difficult to tell, uub. through a prescience of coming sorrow. A light touch upon her hand, like a caress, made her start up in surprise. John Ardsley was 3tuuding beside her. "I beg your pardon, Miss Dinsmore," he said, "for disturbing you, but Mrs. Gteyson told tue to ask you to to her room if you are dln ngagod." The tear .stained face wat, uplifted to his own. John Ardsley iost all elf coinm.lid. He uci:c he. little Land and covered it with kisses. "Lesley, L sloy," he cried, madly, "I love you as I love m> own life!" Leslie faced lit- 'ruth at last, and know that si., hud giver, to this iuu'j her v. „Ole heart for ail time. i HAi';rmK ix. Back Again. Au hour passo'h but the lovers heed ed not th-- flight "f tins". At length Ardsley arose. "I must leave you, darling." he said, "and your guest will wonder at your Jong absence." He jtoopod and kissod bor once, I and then he 1-' ft the room, while Lesley i returned to Mrs Oreyson and Maude, ' who had begun to think that | uho war asleep 1 here was a look of | pcrf'":t happiness on Lesley Dlnsmore's I fu •< , which not even her sudden acyui- | sition to fortune hud had power to j bring there. But she kept her own 1 eoun. e! and the day passed somehow, I and Maude returned to her home with- . out .•> pieion of the strange happiness i that had crept into Lc ley's life. For . Lesley had promie d John Ardsley to ; keep their secret tor tke preseat; tr-i »* were reasons, he said, why no one . shoHb know the truth just at that i time Stolen waters ;te siveet," and Lesipy was quite willing to k< < p their secret unshared; and thus a week passed In p.-rfec*. unallaye-'. happiness. Alas! in this world of sin and sorrow, ' to how many of us poor mortals ir, one ' week of happiness vouchsafed? T. -icy #i. ' on the ver-tnda one *• ht ,i t; ,• it ,ao->t > iv. a wi Up twl hp d a'.out li' i. . i d her eye: ■.:■ i l. ! . Then s no one near, ami lie stooped and kissed her. "Darling," iic whispered, softly, "I i "■ o:..- *o tiskiyou to prove your !ovo and co:»fldi-«(o in by naVlna a sac riflc,-. h. . > < uld yot would you irferry me at oace, in secret, and l6t \ the nuttti eta -in a aaeret for a certain , time, not f.r !'«tar.' when I will dl vubje it to the v.-orid?" Sl-r i'WWI bet I upon Ut -"houl dT. ard t * face flushed. "I trust you " ■ he murmured. ,' •t. > u "it '« :: u-rt?" he cried, tit'' rly • I will 'fclrk it ov»r, and let you '•y to-moirov " she responded in ■ " hisper. bless yon!" i ...r tho'D -t step upon tho veraudft starti the levers and when Mrs. Oi« sc»a aj';-toa h-d, 'ahn was stand- 1 jr.- i it-nd lestiiig tdiy upon r... : ilia near upon waich the Ouoider j r . - i iceping • '.v.*.-ly. their fra- | g. .:. be- .it - littering w'th d> w; while j L . Hi: ir. >er ej -y-chair, some I a'.- tanc away. But no one saw the dat . ih ure which crouch d behind a I rt. ,\ :* trunk covered with clinging ir v forming a screen; or the white, wrathful fare, and bu-ning eyes', which i had been watching them intently. Lesley iciiew that she loved John Ard-ley with all - Ite strength of her young heart, which had never cared for any rcan before She trur.tod him, al though she had not known him over three months. And considering the hii--h r<-< ommendatloas in rega-d to his ha: asier—from sca*.c of the r.:s*: ex alted dignitaries in 'he land—the girl Wi not so much to b? blamed and rr>a- ! s'.tr?r a- blindly credulous Sb<- gave him her inswer. and, as or.o misrht pre dict, ®r was not aav c.i She ha ! made • • h' : ral'd t--» ir ■ y Jfohr. Ardsley so crvtl** and r.t once Why ne*d they wait? Tr.:e she would not come Into onr.'i-"te control of tor fortune for i.ea r 'o tw years but why cotild they tiot live ob ia tl ey inn i < d ye: be would hav-: wep one alv.ay rear ler \v> n would hav? rlsht to prc'ect hr -.d care for tar' °.ho was in t laely romantic you will perceive. Sho never cared f' r any one he for 1 'ohn \rdticv "as the nlv man who had ever kissod her lips, and sh-* lnv'shed :tpor *i>« all ih" wealth o* !ov.- *n bo- ' ■ ■ ''hr- '"id not an ♦Job bis rentier for ! eeplng th eir l*>vs a secret, or for asking her to marry V" c'andostinely; she- b>d r.!! the beatrtiful tru?t and oocfidence of youth, which, once lost. Is like the down '.re-bed r'-oii the )ic'c cheok rt the ri:»t pe» h —it can nover be restored, j though v.e barter or lives *o regain it. Th days rarfe aat" went, Maude Bradbvrn flitied in ar;'t out of the house like " fairy, but Lesley felt no longer jealous of bor pretty friend. Uhn Ardsley loved her; he had no soft words or tender glances for any other woin.il and I sloy wa» content, and oh, so happy! \nd one night. Jr. the fair moon ligh*. Lesley stole forth from Chnd wicke Hal!, nnd entering the carriage vVhic.h At i.dey inn' it: v.aitina she '.as driven to a distant town, and there the solemn vows were plighted which made them husband and wife In the pearly moonlight they drove slowly back to the hall too intensely huppy for words. Mrs. Oreyson believing tiiet Lesley hiid been visiting her friend Maude, met her in the entrance hail. "Why, my dear," she cried, taking tho white hands in her own. and kiss ing the girl's soft cheeks "horv lovely, ho'.v radiant you are! You iook so hap py, Lesley'" And both of them recalled thesa words in the dread, dark afterward; for it was man; <i iong day ere I he heiress of Chadwicke Hail was happy and care-free again. Sitting in the pretty mornius-room, the next morning, all in white, as usu al, Lesley was startled as a servant an nounced Max Huthvcn. She arose with Quiet dignity. He came in, white to the very lips, and his dark eyes glinted maliciously as they fell upon the young girl. "Good-morning," he began, with ill concealed derision, "good-morning, Mrs. Ardsley!" Losic-y, pallid as marble, sank into her seat again. How had he learned her secret? '"What —do—you —mean?" she fal tered Max Ruthven's cold eyes never re moved their glance of triumph and ha tred from her white face. "Ah!" he sneered, insolently, "you fancied your secret unknown; but — listen to ino, madam —you can never hide anything from Max Ruthven; so don't you try it! Stop a moment," ho continued, as Lesley arose with quiet dignity, and laid her hand upon the bell rope; "iisteu to what I have to say, if you please, madam; it will not detain you long; and then, if you think best, you can order your servants to put me out. You have seen fit to wed v. ith this stranger; now let me tell you a secret. 1 know all about him. He calls himself John Ardsley; but his real name is Gu> Raleigh, and —he is a married man!" V» ith a low groan of mortal agony, LesleyV hand dropped from the bell rope, and she reeled forward unsteadi ly. There was a hustle in the hail with out. and glancing up, her eyes fell up on the face of Lurline Chudwicke. She came fot ward with insolent giaoe X "Mauam." she cried, in a clear, ring ing tone, "i swore never to cross the threshold of Chadwiclte Hail again un til 1 came back to my own —until I re turned its mistress. Lesley Dinsmore Ardsley— whatever you call yourself— mj houi has come!" CHAPTER X. Lurilne's Triumph. ' \ly hour hus cown!^- Lurline Chadwicke uttered these | words she turned her face, glowing j with triumph, full upon Lesley, and ; her blue eyes scintillated as she saw her rival quatl before her gaze and ti eruble like a storm-driven leaf. Mrs. Oreyson had entered the room, and quietly witnessed the whole scene; she ouuic forward now, dignified and composed, and put her arm around Lesley's trembling form. "What is it, my dear?" she asked, anxiously, "and what are these people doing here?" I.'irline advanced slowly, her rich black print "ss robe trailing over the green velvet carpet strewn with white ror' buils. She p used directly in Mrs. Greyson's path. "You will ioarn soon enough, mad a- she hissed, insolently, "und you will realize the truth thoroughly when you are turned out of doors and Chad wick Holl is ono m •» in the hand." of t-'htsui owner.- If you desire aiv fui !:■ "Xplanf.fion 1 im prepared to St 'or 1 Luriirt Ch • iwiel'.e, a '1: ■ he-r "••'« . <»ate I ' ue hs tl:. ! 'til 'of »•?!.*•.-.i Oliadwioke, wi. . U.. been mis; :u,. ail these years. Mrs. Ureyson stared at the woman ; with scornful Incredulity, while Les- ; ley, rvUHe as a # snow-wreui* Wued her km f mean. " v rv.sd'" said the lady. con temptuously. • Pchape so." sh'J lurline, coolly. I "Nevertheless. yov. will speedily dis cover that ther« If method in my mad ness. A>- "ou all aware. the trus heir to •he bas never been uis overed. and it was not even known if i ma l * n* female hud a right to the 0} idwlcke fortune. Strange as it may appear. I have lately come into possession o f papers which prove my ripht to the name of Chadwicke, even before I became Barton Chadwicke'a w!f> I am, of course, prepared ta prove mv assertion, and phall take step- to so immediately. Ah, l«»y, niy dear it wasn't wise to be quite so hl;rh and mighty with me; it is m/ turn now to show yon the door and the I soou?- you leave the better for all eon i cerr.ed." | "Not so fast, madnm. If you please," ; interposed Mrs. Orey c on. sternly. "You must be c-ut of your senses to think for a moment thn'. Lesley Dinsmorc is sroing to relinquish her inheritance in favor of any impostor who comes along • with a trumped-up tale. Be kind j enough to take your departure, mad- , ! am, at least until this matter can be | investigated." ! "Very well." said Lurline, sardonic- ; ! ally, "the delay of a few days can mat- ! ; *er but little to me. I am ready for ' the investigation, and will speedily j prove my cla'.ms, and I warn you that , 1 shall have Mttle difficulty in enforc ing my claims. Ah, Dinsmore j—M--s. Ardsley—you will find out how | much John Ardsley, as ho calls him self, cares for you, when your 'riches : shall take to themselves wings and fly away.' Good-morning, ladies." Th.'re was the swish of a sweeping train over the floor of the marble hall without, the outer door closed behind hei and Lurline Chadwicke was gene. Max followed her. Lesley stood for some time like one bereft of life. Mrs. Greyson led her to a sofa, and seated herself by her side. "Lesley," she said, kindly, "my poor | child, wliut means that —that fiend in woman's snape by calling you Mrs. Ardsley?" Lesley laid her head upon Mrs. Greyson's motherly breast and sobbed out the whole story of her clandestine marriage. Mrs. Grey son's' kind face looked grave and troubled. 'I fear that you have acted unwisely, !my child," she said softly. "I like I .Mr. Ardsley veiy much; but secret I marriages seldom bring happiness, j „.nd—he evidently has something to | conceal. Lesley, we must be wise as serpents and work diligently to cir cumvent this terrible woman. My dear, I fear that she has some founda tion for her assertion. She must real ly possess such papers as she declares to be in her hands; and, even though they are forged, I apprehend that we can do nothing unless it is In our pow er to prove their falseness. We will have to fight her, Lesley." The girl a.ose, pallid and stern; her eyes flashed with an ominous light, and her face was set, and resolute and determined. "We will light her, Mrs. Greyson!" she said, calmly—"to the bitter end! If we arc conquered at least I shall have ni> husband." But Mrs. Greyson made no reply, only shook her head gravely. A telegram flew over the wires at ouce, which brought Lawyer Greyson to Ghadwicke Hall, pale and anxious. He was accompanied by Dr. Dudley, for impelled by an irresistible impulse for which he could riot account, though he afterward blessed it as an inspira tion, he had begged the young physi cian to go down with him. Once arrived at the hall, the old law yer went to work with a will in the case. But he found the papers wMch were produced by Mrs. Chadwicke, to be cunningly contrived. Whether false or genuine, there was no way of prov ing the truth. Days came and went. Lurline had gone to a neighboring city, where she had retained famous counsel to push her case. Her beauty, and the strange fascination of her manner, were not without effect upon the counsel, who as she had been well aware when she, engaged him, was a very impressiona ble old bachelor, and when the case was brought to issue It was decided in her favor. And all this time, John Ardsley had not been seen or heard from. Since the night that she had become his wifo.and he had kissed her good-night in the porch, Lesley had not seen him. And now, bereft of her wealth, worse than widowed, and heartbroken, poor Lesley was driven like an outcast from Chad wicke Hall. (v> y it coNTinuim.j Here Art* For You. The Grosvenor family (Dukes oi Westminster) trace their pedigree it England back to 1066, liaxing com* over with \yUllam the Conqueror while the family In Normandy from which they are directly descended flour- I ished : here for at least a century and a half before the Conquest, so that tht family pedigree goes back for close up on a thousand years. The most an cient family in Great Britain is that ol the Earl of Mar, in Scotland. Lord Hailes, speaking of the title, says: "It existed before our records and be fore the era of genuine history, being «;n earldom whose origin is lost in an tiquity." The Campbells, to whom be longs the present Duke of Argyll, be gan in *l9O. Of the four hundred bar ons in the British peerage only aboul a dozen actually date back 600 years The most ancient family in the worlc is that of the Mikado of Japan, which has had an unbroken lino of descent for more than 2,500 years, the present ruler being the 122 d of the line. Shockingly Practical. t "Miss Wigglesworth thinks she's i «lip'.ble to the Order of the Crown. She's sure she can tract her lineage back to one of the English sovereigns." "How far hut. she got?" "She told me yesterday she had struck a bar sinister." "I guess that's right. 1 knew her | great grandfather was a bartender." Herr Schultze of the Berlin Academy of Sciences, has taken upon himself the formidable task of preparing a work describing all animals that exist ' now or have existed within historical times. The Academy allows him $7,000 to cover the expenses of his undertak i lug. A r»lrt slioveter. \\ p McClelland, who shovels dirt for the panhandle Itallrond Company fur $1.25 a day, speaks eight languages aiid hold:, diplomas from the College , nd the liiiv-:- y of Ma- Howls T< lirlOUH M.lllip*. p [- '! ti, popular Dresden * ~.uv i: are kept on writing lies Us or library table to hold the curi- j ! Dir. tamp.i, monograms or letterheads J :lired from the daily correspondence. No. 22 iM dtii-lUcn to Love. Fathe - - So you think our daughten has fallen in love with that young'man. Mother —She is perfectly infatuated with hint Fatli.-r- WVat «]•> you propose to do? Mctlier That undyingioTt wt.h hi' has must be turned to aver sion or she may elope with him in spite of us. We must do it at onee. Father-—But how? Mot tier We rnu.-t try to five her the impulsion that none of the other girls want him.—N. Y. Weekly. The Iliiclier Walk*. Mrs Greening—Mrs. Cn.nston never lets .-lit' aii opportunity to boast that sh> has always been accustomed to as soti.'tiig v.ith p-ople in the higher walks of life. Who were her people, anyway? Mis. liousely—l don't know much . about them, except that 1 believe her father was one of those what-you-call 'enis who wear spars and walk up tele graph poles—linemen, I believe is the name they go by.—Chicago Dally News. A C'cnuul Gluace. Mrs. Hymen— Did you notice the gen tleman \>ho just got off the ear? Miss All kali us-"-The brunette man 1b i a brown suit and derby, wearing a I polka-dot scarf and opal pin, chrysan themum, patent leathers, tun gloves and smoking a cigarette? I didn't ob-' serve him closely. Did he speak to uaT •—Judge. A Case Wlierc It Did. Raskins—Do you place any faith In the absurd idea that the giving of a knife to a person severs friendship? l'crkins-1 used to scoff at it, but I don't any more. I gave a knife to a small boy for bis birthday, and when he got through carving an SBOO piano with it his parents cut me dead.—N. Y. Journal. I'leasant to the Lout. First Passenger (irritably)— Where are your eyes? Celtic l'aasenger (pleasantly)—ln me hi ail. First Passenger (warming up)— Well, can't you see mv feet? Celtic Passenger (more pleasantly)— No; yc have shoes on.—Tit-Bits. A liuru"lii Trniicilr. "My wife and her best friend are not on speaking terms." '"What's the trouble?" "Well, her friend persuaded her to buy u golf-cape for sl2—and in the very next shop they found the same thing marked down to nine dollars."—Detroit Free Pres.- . Tie Mortifying Fact. Twj lui —So you had burglars at your house. Triplett? Triplett—Yes. and the thing about It that grinds Is the fact that they went all over the house and found nothing worth carrying off. and all the newt paper* are proclaiming the fact.—Har lem Life l . A >!lmm-1 uderMtnndinpr. American Tourist—l understand, marquis, that you fell in love with a distinguished American lady on ac count of her pretty foot. Marquis—Dat is it. Dat Is it. Do pretty vuy she foots de bills. —N. Y. Vfcpekly. \ntnral Hlntorjr. A l>ark!ng dog, the sages say. Is never known to bite; • Likewise the talking pugilist Will very nel'lmi fight. —Washington Star. ' Tliriti; Alll3 BOOKS .VXD DOOKS. Wag* .. viV7 Mainly—l see by this paper, Hiram, that Jim my Stone has lieeu a bookmak er. 1 lira in —'i'liat so? I alius thought he'd ti: -a cut a literary feller; he wua so smart at Aggers an' spellin'.—Louis ville Courier-Journal. Sl-jnn nnd Tokt-na. Don't oount upon the rohln To improve the weather crop. But put faith In the urchin Wh'i gets out and spins his top. —Chicago Kocord. It l)fjirnil?«l. "Are you a believer in the theory that to the victors belong the spoils?" "That," replied Senator Sorghum, "depends entirely on whether or not i am one of the victors."—Washiwrton THE ri.\K OF POUTEKEW. - «1 . ft*' "Really, Mr. Joues, I" must say you are about the most original man I have ever met; you haven't said a Ringle word about the weather." "Well, 1 couldnt say what I think about the weather in the presence of a lady."—London Sketch. And It Proceeded to Stick. Above Ihe sleeper's nose. Trembling a every Joint, Ituzzxl the young mosquito: "I want to sup. And I'm trying to screw my murage up. Up to the sticking point!" —Chicago Tribune. I Helen* to lllm. "Here's ft vaiuable little book called 'ltlght Living,' " suid the canvasser. The man at the desk waved him #way. "I'll have no use for it until I get out of politics," he said.—Chicago Post. A ClilruKu Society Event. Mrs. Wabash—Mrs. lakeside is going l to celebrate her golden wedding next week. Mrs. Manhattan —You don't say sol Mrs. Wabash— Yes; she will then have been married R0 times.—Town Topics. \\ hat He \Vn» About. Lawyer— I'm afraid you'll have a hard time proving your innocence. Bill On■ i:ui"!ar Well, dang it! that"' "I 1 t 1 hired voti fer. Philadel phia v-rfh \merican. Tc, »o rtpfttnlTf I.ainrlft. Van ' >■ Don't you liml keepiug j up n yacht expensive. Von Miner? Yon Miner—Ob, no. 1 once kept up I a camera, you know.—Cincinnati Com mercial Tribune.
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