V O !_• XXLTi V 'TIS LABOR SAVED TO WEAR TAN SHOES. 1 i:" livelier your shoes the 'V /Comoro dust they will show. X h ]>&*, ?3£ T. n ehoos save lime, labor nio::ey ' and 81111 lo °* r i er " l; 1 £+s C cannot v c i| Y !f excelled c^^er * n P r * ce - 1 " / ' J k / See the styles ia ]\V 1 fine vesting tops. !jl T~ We are offering s-rae grert J u^a * nS ' U and bL.ci -** A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS. Men's fine black « : ci Kvl shuts ft 05 T.aiivs" fine jtatent leather san<lals. .5 Men's fine vici KUI s'nees. .. 1.05 Ladies" fine serge tlippers 25c Ladies' fine ri- s_f boes 1.00 Children's fine slippcTs. 25c Ladies' fhsc IH-i •_•■ 1.00 Bovs' fine dre»s shoes 75c and many other r<.a gains. FuH stock of • -it* 1 i'i'era' •! c 1 -upphes of all kinds. Higii i: : st.: wit!: font !• is en- h <• 45'" Re, -tiling ;• • don . Mail cider* u 1 e - 3'].- at csv- 1. JOHN BICKEL. BUTLER, PA. Ms%. *."* -5,-&-<». a. j HE S3 A WISE riAN \ * # r WHO SIX! iii'.S IffS < i.Oi HINO S HO W £ i t t I J. 5. 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VfCTORV | A .* -iys cro»vns our efforts *0 i i.eun. handsmnest rfl | most 1 r:ect m 'ik'ii's ■ Dress Hi all season s of the J There's a tresii, bright | (.[ sl>!e abont our spring patterns, the kind that hat- snap an<i art in it '.Ve cater to the economical pi a dol'ar of J every dollar pitid. us show yo i the kind of a suit «e make for $25. 1 MAKER OF MEN'S LOTHES I i Pearson B, face's I : i_(very l-eed and Sale Stable Rear of VV ic'\ House. Qut ! er, Penn'a. Tl:e -t of iioiiui<i class riif. ;tl #»;. ■ "ii h'lFi'l it.... *1 r tiiri-. If - • 1 1 ions ID R f r |. r. 11. . t ixKirdloc ml trunsii nt tr.Mli al •-iir- K'lararit'-. 'l. S-.-.ibie Rcor.-i For 65 Horses. ■'i.'' 'a • * » <li ra and I lr *hi • son aiui hir s;«tf I anile] '*• I bom bougi '< pi , r tol 1& .. b} REASON B NACL ; T'.-:i'|ihoni, y<t. 2jr>. L. C. WICK, Draper IN Rough i Worked Lumber OF all KINDS. Do rs. Sash, Hiincls, Mouldings, j Shingles ai d Lath Al-.vays in Stock. I LIME. {l\lk> AND PLASTER; office opp-isite P. vY W. IX-]/.,t. BUTLER, PA, : 0: < D. L. CLEFLANO. ( Jeweler and Optician, k < 125 S. Mcrtn St., S Butler, Pa- / C. SELIGMAN SON TAILORST^ j / ... ! " No. 416 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. I A llni; of lal<-a l-"i -len I and I)omostl<* >ui!.li»y:s ill w;iys ID K Fit. Myle and Work -1 manshlp Kuaranteef] U> -'U • sail fsiiTtiOD PRICES REASONABLE. « n i»i IS T«£ T««c TO HAVP Y(,ur C 'othir\g CLEAN LID or DYED j If you want fjoou and reliable cleaning or ilyeing done, there is just one place in town where you » can get it, and that is at 111 8M WORKS *2l i> C'enior avenue, I tj> i.,, vVe do fine work in out .loot Photographs. This is the time of y.ar to have a picture 01 your house. Give us a trial. Agent for the Jamestown Siidintr blind t.'o.— NV'.v York. R. FISHER & SON, oil mM i'" l -'' e K» • •! for Mors '*,« - VH li'*,.'.-, Fo.. s ! • t'\ Il« :t!li», "itr« :».*t Uan i pro<l ,, *tiv< pow 1 I'' animal* Am % m tf* dlb« • ( •••m. i UNSEED OIL £ ' { I yearn on house, bai . r#r fence. Mixed paints i ar«» douhtful <jnallt v: »• due and m»uj I very b Writ' t i o • ; p lar I 3009 fiKN POE ttli iL " . ..111. ID ... 1 Miller-stown is for sale. I' contains about Iso acres, is well watered and in g(«>' con'U;ion x-'or tciuis a 1 hid oi.icc BUTLER P-\., THLUSDAV. >LL-NK H>, A Wicked Y/cn?an* CHAPTER XV. A Spectre the Pits'. Usrliet Chadwicke .»ut alone ip bet and iHra SsuJoir. There was a ■ pOB her bc&'.T'if'ul f ■ ■ '.vr.;«'n !'.". i• =h- fcj.'i not t :uo her nev lif-j as mistress of Cfcad- A'i;k< Hall a thorn:ef? path to tr-ad f i> found the raffled roseleaf. t» e thorn amid !he flowers With all her Intense !ove c? .droira'lcr. and orieiy, Lurline Chadwicke hod herself, as Maude had predir"-~-d, socially o"ra cized. Not a lady !n all the aristoc-at ie eir< !e in which the Ch "* 'i- kes had ever moved he* railed her or ex tended ar. invitation, or any r.otlce, nr>i' *han that upon the low eat hireling st Cbldtl ke Hall And there waa a cr. ethlCK more now tt bring consternation to the wocnan'a heart Sitting alon« In the pretty, per (' :ned boudoir, arrayed 5n sn'elegait dress of pa''© bliu velvet, with turq- ols ornaments, Lvr'.ir.o held lc hei hand a cablegram r.-h' h hal f!as v -d over th" ocean and readied her t'r-it day "Lurline Chadwicke I am :< defeiai •o you. fcr I have found my wife. Mjlt!s Dudley." And :he t/afflud v.cuiau kne- ;att fc.. v.. ii.-d 5.... .Be of vengeance had failed. She tossed the dispatch aalde, and arising. began Uj pace up and do -n the bcu'-iiru; ro •m. pausing oc casionally to gUuce ut L.-r own .superb ft-, aif": :lgure reflected in a full-length m.rroi on the azure biuin wall. A .ook of impatience Hashed ji .r nei beauti ful face. 'I wonder if he is «vei coming i she muttered, clinching her »iiite hands, all flittering with coatiy Jewels. Time waa when he never kept me waiting! But ke has caan<?e<l so fearfully, hesei daai comes to the house, and how haj py I waa to-niga. when i received hia note. which to!., me taut he would ba with an at eight o'clock. Max—dar r.g Ma*' 1 can never ceaao to iove aim. uo ii.o.'.tet h'jv. coldly ae treats t l He io "he ou» object for whom I have fought my haru battle v.ltli late; ioi lilm I have planned and plotted. And no*, to think lie wiil be with me ,ooa !' r- —perjure 'ha old love te o--»- '..a-.;., a*. ' he c-j.M ior ui ae of old" Even oh she aj-ihe ther • wee » Ilmj footstep outside door, and a low tap upon the panel. 3he threw It opc-a with an »agei h;icd. Max Ruthvei sto<jd before her pale and .-jad. "iiow happy I ata to see you!" aha exclaimed. "On, Mt-xi why have you deuertea mo so long r" cut he made her no answer. Ho en tered the room, ani seated nicif-eif ca the eatin couth. Sho threw herself down at hie sine, gating up into his eUirn face with eyea full of iove. "You have come bach to me!" she said, softly. "Oh, Ma*! I felt sure that you would iove m* again." Hi.-i eyes met herp with u cold, hard gleam "You iove me, Luriine: ne quer ied. You ure dearer to me than my own soul!" she panted eagerly. Hia eyes w<,ie a mocking light In their dept&s. 'Well listen to me," ue said. ' if I were to marry you, would you give up your claim upon the Chadwicke for tune? ' She atared at him, her eyoe full of undisguised wonder. "Would I—what?" she faltered. "Give up your false position here," he cried, his dark eyes scintillating; "return to that poor girl the fortune of which you have deprived her; take nothing but your wardrobe, and jewels, and leave thie place forever; be my wife, and we will au to Europe, and .eav ■ '<»- ua ail the falE>'no3s and the foil** of «h« pofitlou whi'h y:,u oc ;>y h«re 'h-. s'-den iw-ritago. What do you say, Lurline?" Still she nuze-d at him, wild, incred ulous. "Oh, ecstacy!" shi panted, at lust, "Do you really love me lik« that, Mas? If so, viio as 1 been, I am the happiest woman in thu round world." He glanced a' her with a contemptu ous smile. "Love you?" he cried, harshly. "No! a thousand times no, you treacherous tfcirg! I love I>ehley Dinaroore, and for her sak<- 1 am willing to sacrifice my self; for I never kist'w. until she taupht me by her hoiy example, what pure dreary world. AH the color died out of Lurline Chadwlcke'H face as she listened to his reckless delimit word.* Sh<- saw it all now. She had had her ciiance in life, and lost it The new hope springing up in her heart died a sudden and vio lent death She turned upon him like a mad creature. "How dare you intuit me thus?" she hissed, flerf*ely "How dare you offer me yotir hand while your heart in Les ley Dinsmore'e? Max Ruthvcn, I hate you! From this hour all of love--my mad, unrea-oning worship—turns to lasting hatred, stun? to death by your cruel words. From this n!ght 1 dedi cate my life to your destruction. "Do waie. Mux Ruthveu! 'Hell hath no fury like o woman f?utirn-dl' Oo bn< k to L lc ?<a !ier yet wbcti f.T (fan; for Ardsh»y art dried. Bs* the way, and her vol o changed suddenly tc a mocking "what vaiiTd you give to know th o fate of that interesting young taari? For ycu ouifht to suspect the truth by this time, that he Is —" fine pauvd al.Tuptly, and raising her eyes, an awful look flashed Into tha lustrous depths. The door of hor boudoir had opened softly, and there before hei stood a man- a tall, c.i:k, haughty looking man, a strange smile cuiiing his mus- lip as h watchwl her intent ly. Rhe put up both hands as though to drive him back. "Meidfitl Father!" she moaned, and her voice sounded like the wall of a lost soul. "You! Come ba<'k from the grave to haunt me! You, Ferdinand St. Cyr." He strode forward, and the look upon bis face was fairly demoniac. ' Yes, I, Mademoiselle Lurline! I— wronged, betrayed deserted —I come back from the grave. as jt were, to find you here, the widow of another man, yet no one has ever had the right to call you wife—no one but I, Ferdinand St. Cyr!" CHAPTER XVI Reunited. 1 Under the dull flare ol the street | l.'fap Morris Dudley gazed down upon the face of the woman at his feet. Her features were pallid, pinched, and wan; a wealth of golden hair was drawn away from the small, childish faco, and ffstfec/l in a careless knot at the. back 01 faor ho. from wtiub the f.ej-_i L'Sci had fallen. Her dress thin, old and patched, aau 'he little font t^et !nn foith was ; jriy sho**. m r ■ a aioiui n; he pau.,ed U?re. a*- •ot.; ed, heuilderod, strain.< fancks surging throc.gh h.« bram and p: -c.-sion cf h.s heart then he stooped isd lifted the worna..# hetHl and laid his hand u:>on he; pulse 3u.... aly hr; eyes n.ished open—deep bine .nnccen. '-yes, which met his fc a7e with •- lor.g -.sc-ay glance, then she tout, ed to her feet. Mcrrls Dudley, t>ae «aiu in a low. tone, "stand cut of my way! vYuere is my bundle? Thank you. Good-night!" And she turnea with feeble steps to pass on. With a bound, he at her side and caught her hand. Viva!" he panted, "there Is some thing to be explained. She turned and faced him calm- Ay there if- something to be ex plained ' sha »«•;• lted. "Wait! my home .s near if you choose to coma. The siieet is scarcely the place for you «-..d me to Cvn.a to an understand- 1 lag." She tu.'ued with swift, jlying fetepo, | exeitement lending wings to Uer tlr«d i feet, ar.d .ed him into glcomj iook « ;ug b iilding. i.ot iar distant, ap - night ,of lazy etiUrs, into a shabby, hadf-fur- apartment. Vi<a iaid her bucdlo upon the pine Uiaie, and proceeds,! to light a candle *b.~h -''jc-d 'n & hi ass up<jn a shelf; ther alie fa»*wl hfef hvw-- band. her eye-s Curbing her tUfccj* ' ! form -irawn up to its full height. ! "You come to arralfen aw, Dudley!' she satd, in a low C«k* j "and 1 demand a hearing; it id time;" j j 'Viva," he sain. bewii<ler«d beyom> : I expression, fe^ - the 1 a«e was reTora«l —sb 4l was the accuser he- tho dot«i<V- j iant, "sit down here." and he dtev •"» ' j chaii for.varc "Now go ou atwl tell me (til, for 1 bea.n to s«e that I hav3 been a miserable dupe, or frightfully mistaken." She her faded Ivjod asldo, and faced him. with deep scorn la her bea-O* tlful eyes. "You believed an appearance ot wroDK," sne said; "now listen to the j truth—ttie whole truth—so help mo. Heaven. I left your home, it is true, but. cot for a life of dishonor —oh! how eould you live ran believe that? —but Lnrlino s»t. Oyr. made me jm. iujve— n>r X rks a giddy, foolish child —thtK f wjulii be a great actress, {an<t coin money for —youl I had re |fte<;ed a *rarit d<®i i»pon our p<rverty, anu ii?lt certain that y<»u might become a ereat physician If we only ha«l mon ey, that we mieht mingle in the world. So I went on the stoae—her stage— not the elevated life ot real talent and genius; arid In i.aif a aoi.cn nights * had seen what her afe amounted to. j Needless to say, I waa th oroughly j heartsick, I left rhe company, and re i peutant, and despitiing my owa foil 7 1 and credi;ii:v, » wer»t home to our lit i tie cottage, determined to be content with tne lot in life to which Heaven had called me. Uui. alas! you bad been mere, and ilnd'ng me gono and the silly note which 2 had you had (disposed of everything; the house wan jin >he hands of str-."gera, and when I i sought you mere was no trace of your j whereabouts to be discovered —only 'you had gone to Ameiica I came to h'aris then. 1 foiinu an old woman whom i had once kno "'n at home; sho *us !kkt and she gave m< a shelter She r<e<lci new, and had a position in a small shop. She took m«j with hor for company, taught me to work, and I havr earned my bread biace by such work as this." She opened the bundh- on the table; it contained a do/en coarse shirts. For a moment Motrin Dudley stood gazing upon her, like ono who sudden ly behoicis a wonderful revelation. The pinched, half-sturved look, the deep blue eye-, full of wordiest, dOitov.', the patient little mouth—all told their *«le of suffering. He drew nearer '■nd failing on his kneea at her feet, he caught the toll-hardened little hand, and crushed it agalnßt his lips. "May Heaven forgive me!" he moan ed, contritely. "What a wietch, what an unpardonable wretch I have been." For a long tim» he knelt thoro, sob bing like a child; then he raised hla eyes to her face. She waa weopiug si lently, but her tears were more of Joy than grief. "Viva!" he iried wildly, "can you ever forgive me' Do vou hate me, Viva?" For answer she threw her arms about his neck. "Morris," aho said, softly, through her tears, "I was to blame. I was wrong-altogether wrong! But, believe mo. for the FVther of all knows it is true, i did not leave home for any wrong purpose uot even with the love (jf the si ft go, but simply and entirely because I, in my foolish inex perience, hoped to earn money and sur prise you with the gift; you had done so much for me. Morris! But I was wrong, my darling, and Heaven knows how 1 repent and regret the past. 1 forgive you freely. Morris, how could I do otherwise?" Hours passed, r.nd the two so strangely reunited headed not the flight of time SitMng there together. Mortis Dudley told Viva of all that, had occurred, of Lurline Chadwicke'* scheming, and the fji.,o p itlon which she held, and which - ouid not i *ikeu •i-.wir. hi r y,-j • they pOo* --e1 uo irronf -hat sho '■<•>* r, n I'm post or Vlv* listened with wonder tmazommrt; •*?.<•/> he hurl evai'V. !<M sift' <u'igbt h«-r Sends in her own "Morris." she < rieil eagerly, ' J be lieve I can help this poor girl, Lesley Dlnamore. You look surprls#d Let me tell you. I happen to Luow some thing concerning Luriine's wicked plots; she confided in me, to an extent; she wrote me that she had married Dartou Chadwicke, for she had desert ed her husband. St. Cyr, and now ls>- llevofi him dead; then she wrote me of her disappointment in regard to the will, and that when the time ame for her to act she knew what to do. There are three letters. I have them here. By these letters you will ascer tain her intention to perpetrate a fraud >( some description. The strange port to me is that a woman of her worfdly wisdom and duplicity and wickedn»»hß should have been so si'Jy as to hint her plana to any one eleo A wise woman never writ's anything that she doea not wish the world to see. Here ar«i rhe letters, Morris." From the table drawer she took sev | eral letters, tied with a faded ribbon and withdrawing three from the pack | tge, she laid them in Dr. Dudley's *eu ! lie. li Luriine's chlrog ! raphy at once u.»d read them carefully, 1 one by one, to ihe- «ad. WUun he had ; finished he *»•: .»• -o hi:l i'tje't. "Can you b.t ,'1 .5 to -it ait for Anier ica to-uiorrow. Viva?" he cried. "I j am going and you shall go with me, 1 and all the world thali know the truth ut last. CHAPTCR srvn. "J Will Stand Aside and Wait." Lurlinw Chadwicke stood like a froz en thicg and confronted tre man, her yee l-ever wanderici?, eveu lot a second, from his dark, stern and angry face. Max Ruthren 3terp?d forward ar.d extended his hand, with an air of re lief "Ah. St. Cyr," be cried "I am gind to sec you. We ai' believed you dead. But I imagine your presence will a*sl?t in clearing up compHcatlpnft here." The other sci!ie-.i. It was aa "3 J sraile to Be" "Yes " he return«t, iiardonically. "my lady here has had her own way long enough. It's about time for the cur tain to ring down upon the last act in the farce which she l» playing. I un derstand her role r.ijd I am prepared to cheek her in every game." "You are nothing *.O ire'" stormed Lurlir.e "Tr'j*. yru were the munascr I was sii'.y enough to appear 'a your vaudeville, and afterward you m. Rico nf; but—bah! what ot that? 'M"n were deceivers ever.' and when I found you playing me false —I left you; and then your death was reported." ! "Ah. yos." returned the Frenchman. coo'.iy; "tt was said that I blew out my ■ hr .ins because you took French laave, 1 but. ch. my dear, you should ha\e | kniiwn me better thin that." 1 "Erute'" she ejaculated, spiterullv. ! But even as she spoke, defiantly, ■ showing her hatred !n the murderous ! exr>i«esion of her beautiful fare, she ! looked ITke the mouse, upon which tie | closed bars of a wire trap have shut ; j down, and rushing frantically to nnd j ; fro. r.-ild with e. hope of escape, still . 1 knows that its fate is sealed, aud it .4 . I only boating its life out against the ; strong bar> of the prison trap. She stood liUe a wild thin* at hay, I j her blue era* flashing fire her breath ; I coming in fitful gasps, her small j clinching and unclincb.ing con vulsively Suddenly .'he tn a tiny cabinet reer and caught np a dainty glitt«rlnc; stlle'tr* —its handloin crueted with g'esndng emeraide- and, ere the two rr'»n could susp©.*t b"r In tention. she had sprung upon St. Cyr. "Demon'" she hissed, between h<r se: teeth. But Ma* Ruth veil had been watching her intently, and was half prepared for this. He daited forward and catching her arm, tore the weapon from her fcra»p, and threw It acioss the room. She drew hack, panth;* and 9t. Cyr waa the first to speak "T-et her alonGs" h# ; aid grtn->tyj "let her eo her ovTn w»>y. I have a fancy »o see Just where she will bring up. Don't trouble her, Ruthven —thank vou. all the same, for saving my lif.j. It doesn't amount to much, but no:ne how it is the oae thing with which a man generally d!sl!kes to part. I do not intend to intorfcre with Mis. Ear ton Chalwlcke's btipiueaa; or.ly " Ho stooped, anJ picked i.p the -■'nier ald-hlitfd digqer, hid it in hia breast. "It might come useful some day," he suggested, glancing into Luriine's face with a wicked laugh. "And now, my dear Mrs. Chadwicke," vrirh a sn«eri n g smile, "go on with your planning and plotting, and performing. I'll ftand in *.he background and wait. But what ig this bit of gossip which reached my opts down in the village garden—that the lady of Hall Is "o give to her dear friends tnd neighbors, who have never called upon her or taken notice of her. a grand reception! Something on the plan, I suppose, that Mahomet will not go to the mountain, so the mountain must como to Mahomet, Lurline. my dear, explain." She flashed him an angry glance from the depths of her biasing eyea. Max looked at her in questioning sur prise. "A reception. Lurline?" he ventured, inquiringly. "Yes, I nave decided to give a recep tion,' she returned, ungraciously, "and 1 snail do it. lam worn out with liv ing the life of a recluse ber* Without society I shall die. People will come, and if they come once, they will re turn, and I think thoy will accept be cause I have intimated something unu sual to be expected—a disclosure in re gard to that wretched Ardsley, about whom they are making such an excite ment. Anything to get them here once and I am sure they will come again, and why do you smile. Monsieur Ct. Cyr?" "I was thinking," he answered, "how dramatic when you shall have made your disclosure (though Heaven only knows what yon are übout to disclose) for me to supplement it with the announce ment of our marriage, exhibit the cer tificate. you know, my dear, and add a few fitting remarks to the memory ot the lato Mr. Chadwleko, who was " She sprang forward as though sho would rend him In pieces, but. with a mocking bow and a eatanle laugh, her tormentor disappeared, the door of the boudoir closed behind htm' and Lurline faced Max Ruthven alone. She fell upon her knees before hia and held up hffr Jewelled hands implor ingly. All her former resentment end anger were forgotten. "Mask oh. Max'" eb« watlod. "I beg you to help me. to bavr> pity on mo, and save me from this man! 1 bate him and fear him, and yet he Is telling you truly, he is my husband, though i believed him dead. Yea, Heaven keowK \ fcriteveti hton deed Mty me, Max. I know you bt*-e ct\««3 to sr>e# me-, and I am all nlon« hi my iiut itfftcn' I will tiy tls*» wieke estate- 4 wfll do *!xyttilb«i tl you will be with m«. for —" "Hush!'' He turned aside coldly. "Do not stain your soul wrth any further dishonor," he said, Slowly. "You ure nothing to me, t.nellno, snd never can lie flood-by." And he left her kneeling tbery, har whit.-, face b->wsri upon the amre velvet couch, her slender form tremb ling with thu Mtorin of h-ol>« which burst from her pale lips, flhe would have forgiven him any cripm, und would Lave followed'him to the ends of the earth, no matter how uln-?tuliied ho might have b«w>; bttt, you eeo, it wag only the dlttarence between a twm'j love and a wooxm'B. After a time she to tuM feet, an awful look tottled over her j face. Curse her! {Ha** moro!" «,h»i pavageljr. "8!» Shail nevar mairy MajMluthvi.-nt I udTJ bring John Ardsley l>air.k to the worHJ aguln before she ahaJl be free to wla the man who has ctfltsrtl* and rutneS my whole life!" At that vary 1 .on*" 1 agscrvant ap peared. ivn«. ploe'.juj a Allied,oi>ve!o#e eo*,.a;,uiu/' i sli;> or 'uijSu'e "aw, w.thd. * T.-ithottt ft-wv k f*.e It t»Sge>. , Ui. 1 h'T ejfcpi' UCV"»Ui'«'i iCd eontenta. A tow ru*,uu- itfaued Zroaitli<£r pale Hps. "Foiled again!" ateimuttered. I cannot bring him 'oaej tl* c fcßl d me." j nuried he: face .5 b>; treuii'»ag A uaaia, ate t±j( alip U paper to ;he ftoo(. It conu.ln*4 th««e word?; " "Thi Jcb is doc«. Jofcn Arsiley U dead" h Ahd oa s- did no: ii«ncj ut vtvp dite, did not perceive ta-t It hiJ bee 6 delayed, and should na\e roaiiied <iayo before. r. CHAPTER XVUI A Wcman in the Case. Notwithstanding her Li'"llne determined to hoid a l v ht ;arde all the fasfc.enable and arlatocratio eo r cietv which had virtually ignored he? v exietence. were invited Bbe had maty p aged to convey the impression that she had received information regarding the r late John ArdSfoy. r.ccj public cure->slty ; t *aß excited Jud entrbgh *o Induce t joae , ffcviteu to e« For John Ardeiay'a Straiifje- death hed been a topic of un»- versa! late: -?• vhlch the ract ot hia «. score* marriage to T -::'.ey had In -reSM»- j «d teatold. SJvervbody liked the young f man, and so. at length, ctaail f aL had p ietldod to utteiid the b rand recaption a at Chadwicae Hall, which it was ! n generally ag.eed to drcp its very name | from ibe visiting lists as long as Lur- 1 line &touid be it<i mlstresa | The night of ihe reception arrived. 1 The mansion v as a tdaZe> of light ;ind lj beauty. Strains of sweet tn\slc float- j t ed -hrough the sumptuous rooms and L the was filled with rare uowerft 1 1 Ihe guvjU, w.rc .-wuialtcly a:tl:ed, i bui fro> zli:gi> cold und polite tc a de- gie-j tjulie arctic. e Mrs. Chadwicke hcreeif wua aresaed c lc » lovely rcbe of white lace, like frostwork and glittering dla- t j monds There was no woman present j ; ao beautiful. 1 The guests gathered in the- great < iravi!-g-roons, and waited with lli-con- t j : introduce the- subject of John Ardsley. \ | She* time enm* at laet. 1 | She stood tn the very center of the ] ■ room —a picture never to be forgotten. 1 ! She raised her beaut'ful, paney-blue t ' eye« with a strange smile, and said | alowlr and distinctly 1 j "I feel that it ia my duty to espase, 'sa far aa I am able, the 'rue character 1 |of thi" man who has been lately taken ( | from our midst; for there are those 1 j footlah enoueh to mourn him. but who 1 1 would soon dry their 'can? they 1 i fcna* a his real character." 1 ! "For shama. to «; -uk against the 1 ' rtead!" cited an indignant voice. I j Mrs. Chadwicke turned in the ulrec- 1 , cton of tiie speaker. i | ' o 'i , rue. A .>be returncu gently, "and no s , >ne regret more than 1 tr.a truth ot l j this matter But this man Ardsley 1 Jww an impostor, living here under an 1 I assumed nam" H»* had no right to j the name he bore, i have a paper 1 ! heio"—and che ra.fed one pearly hand < , tvnlch held a folded rape>^—^"which will ] prove the truth of my ascertion, and I make Dincmorc- repent her im- 1 S irudent folly te> the end of her days, J or this paper will bear me out in my 1 6-CBftrtlon that his real name was Guy I lialeigh of Herefordshire, England, 1 and —" 1 'Let me see taat paper, if you please. 1 Mrs. Chad-rt iclit.," said a voice at her I bicto, and Lawyer Grcyson suddenly 1 appeared. 1 The woman grew pale and started, 1 hjut si*o uo otli.r rcfioufiC hut to ! obey. He g'.ancod the pajwr over, then | l»luoed it in his pocket "I am under obligations, madam," ( Ciie old lawyef observed, blandly. ' This paper is the missing link, which I have long soufht, In the chain of evi dence. It is quite sufficient, together Wtb the other proof in my possession (among which are three letters from one Lurline 8t- Cyr to Viva Dudley), Quit* enough, I repeat, to prove Guy Raleigh as tj»e loug-lo6t heir to the Chadwicke estate, the position usurped by youiself. And since Guy Ralelgb and John Ardsley are one and the M>me person, I advise you Mrs Chad wicke. to step down and out at ence fcud forever, for —" He turned, and her eyes followed hia, and staring vacantly before her, grew black as night with paaeion, horror, desperation; for there, emerging from a side room, was John Ardsley hiw seil, with Lesley—pale, but, oh, eo hap py!—leaning on his arm. "Ladies and gentlemen," cried Grey son's ringing voice, "tho game Is play ed out. Our hostess desired to treat you ail to a surprise to-nlfht, hut I conclude that my little surprise will 'out-Herod Herod.' You all see that John Ardsley is not dead, although our charming friend, Mrs. Chadwicke here, tried hard enough to put him out of tile way. She recognized blm. knew who he was. and also that he waa awafe of her own miaorable past, which he had threatened to expose; so she hi ed two ruffians, toole of here, to abduct the young man, keep him ft prisoner until ahe could device some diabolical plan to remove blm florover. Tho villains succeeded In carrying film ofT, and locked him up In an old cahm two or three mltes away la the woods; but one uf tho men on his way back to report to Mr*. Chadwicke. In the darkness of the night, and btri&g A stranger iu the place, fell Into the riv er and was drowned He had stolen Mr. Ardaley's ring (ah heirloom, by the way, in the Chadwicke family), and as ho slightly resenibU-d Ardsley in personal appearance, and happened t'Min<'e wortyi truit ot dcrtfcw )ust like hhs n,fro. It Vi»e nft wojfliter Quet V.tSPtftko was made aftt the taMHHT'nMrtl TicdU-d, "but t&r <3Mfld«e»> «Cfc wne eoairrt*- 'uns'ior Mr. Ardsley found in the pock et of the drowned man a violtlng card, bearing the name ot Lurline C-had wkjke on e<jr ald*» and on the revorsG a penciled Uns in he/ handwriting, tolhng the ruf fian haw to conduct the eJTnlr In re gard to Ardfley's Imprisonment—a very foolish and canples9 way of doing business, lot m»« add, Mra. Chadwicke. Well, the uoteotlve worked secretly, and soon discovered rwhere the young man was Imprisoned; (he was soon lib erated, and to throw k*;r off tho track, tt written message wurn n<-«t to Mrs. Chndwick<s, to rne elTwot that Ardsley waa dead (for. of toursodehe knew who the drowned m«in really' was>. and my friends, John Arrfalep stands before i you, or ratn«T, Ouy lialeisb. tho grand aoa of EJben Chadwicke "Dut the romantk; part of the atory 1« BtW to cotne Guy Raleigh w"te bora and edtieated wbroad; be <»me on hero to claim his fortune, after learn ing of the death o< Barton Chadwicke | and seeing adve*-tl«emoms neeltinz in- 1 formation of himself —-camo ou. .tr.d fount! Lesley Diastnore (aft- r hitu. the I ' j nox' of kin) ir, pomMsiou. li j rr«*to t! h iji, auu in the mconllgoi, , ' !•*' dt.ipg ut 'h< wUidvw ar.d 1 f-:V '■ fadlong io he/. He |, v>l 1 ciV 'I lOlll.Ui Ji Itf . of ObtiUU- . , Ing h situation as steward on the es- j tatc,- and winning uni wooing the girl ] he loved, and once hie own, knowing , that she had married him for himself , r « v s*i jtfi- *4 p 1 *'. d fcf • üßd«r hi* own "irr« ! fcn'-e f m 'he forir.er sollcl ' r of the Ct , ?.'lw*'.<:i'e who ac- i Krtov4edg»"» thfe youi ft luun to bo the r*«! ard ir thU oio *wy«-r tiny (s« w, mus> nou call hltu) ha too i ei »oin first to >s»t Ever/thing b<- beea "-•IUxWM.-tttily prO-'eo, und r. nhing now r< r -iaia« bu- for Mr atd >!r? Uciolgh f»> 'aki possession of r hoove a' o^" The tov?<l pressed around and her husband. k7**lrg. congratulat ing—a merry tv%bei. In tfcp mltfst of the excitement Dr. Pudiev entered with Viva. »ovely In white silk, rino looking, oh, so hap py' J, f-'or a rrocnent L<urltne's eyes were , riveted n*x>n Viva. Dudley a face: she j thrt-w up both hands with a cry of ' horror, and felt, gasping to me floor. Tvst •hen. through the crowd a tail. rtar« man rraue an nuj, wrathful, > h»'f .-'raec^i Dot in* tie ~;*<.teo, and all i fell oack. in wonder and horror at the slpbt of his awful Jaoe and bloodshot, angry eyes. "I am Ferdinand St. Cyr, and this voodd waa my wlfet" He raache* her side. The man was talf lnfaro, but no ono knew it He d.ew forth that shining emerald-hilted dagger, and witb'ut a word. plunged It Into L-irHne's side. With a low gToan, | the blool : u®hri from her mouth and she fell to the finor, as he riap.hs<l away through the crowd. Mai Rufhven was the first to reach ter and raise the golden head upon hla arm She turn«d her face so that she eotild look Into hla evee. •Ll8t»n!" she gasped, pitifully. "All they eay la true —and more. Morris Dudley do you remember the day that Barton Cbadwlcke was found dead is the hotel chamber? I overheard you than when you said, fn all the trage dies of life a woman la usually at the battom of the trouble, and to blame. You were more correct than you knew. Listen—l killed Barton Chadwicks with my own hand! Ah. Dr. Dudley, efter all, you see there was 'a woman In the rase!" Oh, such a wicked wo man !" She went on to tell them, with gasp ing, fluttering breaths, and long paus es between, while ail the great room lay eilent. aa the grave, and every ear was strained to listen, how she had de toi mined to put Chadwlcke out of the way. Having first influence him to make bte wtll in her favor, she bad followed Brtn wl*» be bad feft bona oc some btjsfcwp" it! <b»» WeCt, aad dt»- fnfmng ne n boy, shotted takOn a room over the restaurant next door, having first ascertained th» exact lo cality of Cbadwicke'a room In the ho tel. The window of his room. It will b« romembered. opened on a balcony, so did the window of the room which she tnd secured in the next house; It was the easiest thing In the world for the li'he young trapeze performer to leap from one be.lcony to the other and gain ciccmh to Barton Cbadwkke's room. Once there, sbo did not attempt to con ceal her Identity but had laid her rtrsnge behavior to anxloty for bla welfare, which bad caused her to fol ic* him. and saying that eb» bad wish ed to keep that fact a 9ecret from otb rra. she had kl>sed ar.d caressed him rntil be forgave her mad freak. Then lljf d r aalt win© together, and Into hi 3 pla.se »ho had contrived to drop lauda num i ufilciont to take hlni out of tha world. I Aft«r the frightful deed had been aceompllahed, she had taken the tell tale wine bottle, and leaving the vial Jaheital "iaadanuoa'' ao tte table eh« haj returned to tar o*a rootp in tht way that abe h»4 una And ao oa* could woadar that &«Koa Cbadwkcke'a daatb waa Mtrtbutad to autclde. In patuful gaapa the wratcfaed wlcH e<f wotpßQ to! 4 bar avfll story, and all who llateaad were overwhelmed with horror. Tboy eaw atp wm dying, and Max lifted bor hi arm? and iuia Iter on a oouen, and vrtUi tor beau tiful eyes fixc-u maaUfa«Uy upon hla face, sbe breatked her life Slowly away, tier last words wore: "Forgive* ma. ah, Meat 1 loved you sal" • • • e They are vevy happy now, at Cbad wlcke Ball, though ttr. and Mrs. Ral eigh can never Quite forget the shad ows of the past. St Cyr waa captured and being proved Insane, was sent to at) asylum; he died there a few weeks alter hla ar rival, and that unhappy chapter was ended. Dr. Dudley and bis (air young wife live happily In the city, not far from Chadwlcke Hall; they often visit the Ralelghs, together with old Lawyer Oreyson and hlB kind-hearted lady. Max Ruthven has gone to Europe to live, a sorrowing repentant man. who would give worlds to undue bla paat Repentance Is better late than never. Maude Bradburn was married last week to a young planter, and still rnwkes her bom® at the Cedara. to be near her dear friend. Locley. And so we will leave them, happy, loving and beloved; the wrong all righted, the good triumphant over the evil wrought by a woman. Yet It Is Just aa apt Ui be a man as a woman, only men toll, and women do not; and It Is wiser to pause and reflect ere we he*p the burden higher upon the frail ahoulders of tin weaker sex. and when ever hear «rf crftno. or «in, or WTomjdolng sneer eaclsim 'lA «ewrnrn fn natin/" , 0 J , / <vm DtfDv") \l t : F/t>*»lor>F*t« Ua C#«l Tn ln. The novelty In stationery Ih an en velope that can be used twice. This Mcenlty may not often arlao, but wheu it does It muet be urgent. The envelope la of course, not trtuok, and Is of oblong shape. The two square aide flap* cover each more than half the part, and those turning over fi-om tbo top and iKrttoiu part, although triangular In the main, are cdt in a peculiar way. of ending In a rounded cwrner, as the ordinary en velope does, a arracge m«ut. t»opa rated from the flap proper by a perforated Una. la provided «Hh gum and clown the envalope. one Hp sticking on eaoh flap. Wb*t ope&ln| such a letter H must, of conrae, be torn alonK ctm p*»forated lino only. When uf-ed the wcond time the en velop is folded Ujßlde out. and the other flap which remained intact and is giimm<<d aixjording to its position la stuck down. It la almost Impos sible to tamper with such a letter, as •til t" . 'i me perfectly secured and the pti. lurvtiros v cuid snow the alight <»?• lljUi <»-(.< 11 <J Van i Pioparty. .:a -r. r tbu «<v<tera j i • iih.i f. » -,z. id a.out Blty years ,t j for ♦i.oOv I'ue man who bought It built a at-w house on it at a coat df t1.200. At hU death the farm «M sold for 1600. Tbla put chafer a new barn at a cost of 1506 and died af- * t« a ffw yu*/t. No. 2 acree. with Louse au*<f"-Wrn 3 fI.TW", wae »o!d (lar SOOO. Toe lap* is BJ> productive as any In ton meadows Whfe baa the vsyae f§ that fartc gou« to? The mga oace lived on it ww telling this w.osfc while situna on the court Uoue? r.ati lag tne ether day. He waa tootans al the stores on »hop now "it ha* ratfe in there ate other plat*e like he dalu. the faruiß kave gone doWft In value and tut value of the real estate in the ct-nuiro Ud gone up. No ohe wants to stay on the farm and woikr— the boy© all to get In u> the car ters where there Is more goiftg cm. and where there la i«*<s hard work tod belter pay. And I don't blame tham a ainale bit." A STREAK OF LUCK. 1* Win! Way, Wv Lg. aud It Weat Waj, H*«y Pown. The stoiy of tne English dude who walked Into a Bpoliane. Wash., gam bling room utLer night, and, vitb ftdd, succeeded In winning (5,000, la causing a great deal of talk. The man ner In whluh the western papers are treating the event would serve to maka one believe that such luck waa unpre cedented. There have been ten thou sand cases of late years when bigger fortunes than that have been made at faro banks. In Santa Fe, M. M., dur ing the exposition in 1884, I saw yellow chips, representing 91.000 each, piled up ae high as a cat's back on a single card, writes an old sport In the Chicago Times-Herald. Tom J oral son of Meri dian, Mies., was playing in Conant * Hart's one night, and when he cashed in, after a sitting of two and a hail hours, the firm handed him 146,009. Jemiacn lost It the following day ia Deming. I witnessed the play of a Chinaman in the same place one even ing. and he won twenty-seven straight bets, and then, without pursuing bife luck any further, pocketed $23,000. The limit in tbose days was the celling. It would be a hard matter to find a gambling room now that would allow one to bet on any single card exceeding $12.50. I asked Tom Fits, who during the Hopkins administration owned one of the biggest gambling institutions la Chicago, his highest winnings and losses in a single night at faro. Said he; "In thoee days I took my meals at the Boston Oystor House. A certain red-headed waiter served me. He waa kind and attentive, and his 'tips' were not small oftea. Besides, he received a fa'r salary. Dot as regularly as 9ata»» day nights soiled aaotsM I would f|A him in fro at of one at w tabfat, as he never got away Srttll a oeat 1 watched him play for two years, aaa finally one night I told him that I didn't care for hie money. In otter words, I barred hla fropn the gam*. Well, one Saturday night, while 1 waa busy in another part of the building this Walter bought a stack of ohipa from a dealer, and by the time I got back to the table I saw him raking la the chips as If there was no celling or roofing to the building, and that noma oloud ire in above was raining then down. Of coarse, 1 couldn't then ob ject. So I let lift* play along, expects lng erery minute to see his luck chango But It dldnt. He couldn't lose. The limit waa SIOO, and he play* ed it. Iu leas than an hour's ttme t was counting out white chips to him at $lO apiece, a&d the yellow? were S3OO. "At daylight I estimated that he had won about $20,000. Hie luck eeemed so phenomenal that 1 sent out for ahother dealer, hoping In this way to break big charm. But he won on. 1 seat tot another, and still the cbIQP went bis way. I dealt myself for a Mil Wbile, but ha would whip-saw AM at dterj turn. I quit him and turned kin avaf to one of the luckiest bank lialws that could be procured In Chicago. But wf couldnt beat him. He would put bit beta down blindly, aad the cards would come hla way. Ho didn't play nor slnglo outa' nor 'double outs.' H* put chips down and they went back Mr nlm twloc fold. Ha called the turn a half dozen times for the limit. Abo# noon Sunday, when all the dealer* , were fagged out and It looked aa If ha * would own the shop In a little whila I called for his cblpa ! had bad enough. By that time be was falriy drunk. He tried to count, but ha couldn't In fumbling wKh bis chip# be knocked mare than S9OO on the floor, to be picked up by 'bangers on. He was ahead of the gape 946,700. I took him aside and explained to him that if be went out of tae building witk that much money he would be robbed. He consented to let me keep It for him—all but 9foo. I gave him thlp much la big bills, and told him thai any time he wanted the remainder and would come in sober he could get It. "Three days elapsed aad I heard nothing of him. I became alarmed, and sent one of my men out to htuit him up. His whereabouts could not be ascertained. But about closing ttme on the following Wednesday night hs walked in. Of course he was broken He bad forgot how much he had left with me. and when I counted htm out 946,000 he seemed dated. He acted as If sober. He got to the steps and hesi tated. Then he walked hack. He bought 9600 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 streak, and before day light I had every cent of the 946,000 in the drawer, and It belonged to me. It la a fact that outelde Of whisky and a few meola he had bought he badftt provided himself with a single ft log. in the way of personal apparel %e Adnt botofkt «roa a dt»a«Mng. Aa he a roue from the table be Joekod a* me appealingly, as good as to aay. 'Won't you buy me a drlnkt' I handed htm 910 and told him to go home. The following night he served me witk oysters at the restaurant again." Wbira Mnnaate Found. In Australia, tropical Asia and Afri ca, true manna is found on a kind of blue grass. It appears in masses as large as a marble on the nodes of the stems. Nearly three parts consist of mannlte, which, though sweet. Is not sugar. The manna also contains a fer ment which has power to decompose cane sugar without evolving carbonlo acid or any kind of gaa. Hint About im star*. "Wash your etove with clean warm water before it Is blackened," says a good housekeeper, "and if it is very greasy waah it over night with strong *oap suds." A little dugar or molas •eg iu the blacking will make It stick. Huntera are acmirlng tho woods and fitida of Ohio 'or \vo*xleook. and on lj*y*d tilgus ie.vl "No hunth'g stowed on tMa *aro.." Oa ona faim mva Dc'pl.ii they have boon eui £»i!'iOil to find the fallowing turned: '"Pake Notice—Hunters welcome, and when ine belt rib**., come to dinner." On | his letter heads the owner has tbo fol lowing: "Cap*. UW Msat Farmer by ooeupatiaa, *wtkr in ttta world'a goods o«tt fW#atna tse for |ko Bt« hie: goda. tftffto orjCU dani"
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