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A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS.
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BUTLER, PA.
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i !jjl jj[l I MERCHANT TAILOR, 142 North
4 Main St.. Butler, Pa.
323 H. MAIN ST 328 S. MAIN ST
MILLINERY
Most C iinpleU; stock, finest goods, newest styles an,l 1
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< D. L. CLEFLANO.
( Jeweler and Optician, k
< 125 S. Mcrtn St., S
Butler, Pa- /
C. SELIGMAN SON
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If you want fjoou and reliable
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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"