VOL* xxxv Now Is Your Time To Buy Winter Footwear We find we s»re Overstocked to-> in iny tjoo.li. Yes, entirely too many goods and we must reduce our stock anil reduce it <|uick'.y. we n*e 1 tn >ii2V and we are going to clos.-o ut a great many goods in the next few weeks and they are going very cheap. It will pay you to cotne utiles to attend this great Shoe Sale for here are the very low prices they will GO AT: Boy's Oil Grain Shoes 50c Ladies' Rubber Boots tl.oo Men's Heavy Kip Shoes 50c Hoy's Rubber Boots jl.oo Youth's Oil Grain Shoes 50c Men's Rubber Boots $1.50 Men's High Cut Pox Toe Shoes £1 15 Men's Felt B ots and Overs *'. so Women's Kangaroo Calf Shoes 75c Ladies' Fine Uong'.la Flexible Sole Misses' Kangaroo Calf Shoes 50c Shoes Misses' I'ine Dress Slinks 75c Children's Fine Dress Slims 40c Complete stock of Rubber and Felt Goods of all kinds Boots and Shoes made to order. At all times a full stock of sole leather and shoe makers supplies of all kinds. # Repairing Promptiy Done. JOHN BICKEL. BUTLER. PA. HUSELTOIN'S Short Talk About Advertising. Talking through the newspap.-r is t g'xsl way call \<>ur attention t«>: I Genuine Cut Diamonds for $3.75. 1 A Little Larger one for 56.00. i Ask to sue ! IK 111. Watches. WE HAVE FROM $2-50 UP lie sure to give us a call for we can and will save you money. 122 S. /Wain St., Pa. Old Gold and Silver taken the same as cash. Highest market prices allowed. i HE IS A WISE HAN j f —WHO SKCHtKS Ills CLOTHING FROM— * t J. S. YOUNG, \ i THK MICICC IIANT TAILOR, Tin- gtNHls, style, H( aii«| general make J up itl' his suits f J TELL their own STOF^V.J : FOR EFFECT. i fa t ® '! ( tr\ T\ 9 r Me " T on,t for the purpose I C \lht VI V? spending money. They desire to get the I \\ SV h I -/best Dossilde results for the money expend- V \ J /} l3i-< Not cheap goods but Roods as cheap as \ ■■ -A (y" i can '•« sold and made up propeilv- If \ i I \l Xy°n want the correct thing at the correct j r" I I l W V jpprice call on us, we nave rednced our spring 111 V h~J ===s ftand summer goods down to make room for , * 1 7 \ ft - "n t our ' ,cav y weight goods, i , AjjlK VO- ' I j hy h l 2 jif i: v jl l | Fits Guaranteed. f 2 I—< " Merchant Tailor. a . IN., 142 N . Ma i n st., Butler THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Headache Is often a warning that the liver is torpid or inactive. More serious troubles may follow. For a prompt, efficient cure of Headache and all liver troubles, take Hood's PiHs While they rouse the liver, restore full, regular action of the bowels, they do not gripe or pain, do not irrita'e or inflame the internal oreans, but have a positive tonic effect. 25c. at all druggists or by mail of C. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass. 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Manufacturers ol Grand and Upright Pianos Have placed 011 exhibition at No. 317 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.. a sample lot of their fine Upright I'iancs. These Pianos, coming direct from the factory and sold to you by the manu facturer, means a large saving in the purchase of a piano. The celebrated Chase Brothers and Ilackley Pianos are endorsed by all lead ing artists. These pianos can be bought on easy terms to suit the purchaser. Pianos anil Organs taken as part payment in ex change. Come and see them and make a selection for Christmas. We Can Save You Money. W R NEWTON, Representative. Don't Shiver! Winter is here and you need Horse Blankets, Robes, Sleighs, Sleds, Bells or something about your Horse or Team—what is the use of your going around and paying twenty-five per cent, more for them than you can buy them here for. Remember we are the largest wholesale and retail dealers in our line in the state. We pay no rent, no interest on borrowed capital, look after our business ourselves and pay no salaries, pay spot cash for everything, we buy all for your benefit which you get when you deal here. Call and see anyway. MARTINCOURT & CO., No. 128 E. Jefierson St., S. B. MARTINCOURT, J ~ J. M. LIEGHNKR. f HUTLKR - P. S.—We also sell Trunks and Valises. Subscribe tor thi C'TIZKN. Business Department'. Wholesale and retail dealer in Lubricating and Illuminating Oils, Capital Cylinder, Dynamo, Water White and Standard Gas Engine Oils, Gasolein, Pen zine, f'araffine Wax and Petrolatum. 11 rain. I CHAPTER XXV. HEW ISTHE.NCIIMtSTS. But this way of breaking into the house every uight did not afford tiie the facility I wished. For I wanted to see I.ady Alice during the day. or at least in the evening before she went to sleep, as otherwise I could not thor oughly judge of her condition. So t got Wood to pack up a small stock of provisions for me in his haversack, which I took with me, and when i entered the house that night. I l«>lte,i the door of the court behind me. and made all fast. I waited till the usual time for hot appearance had passed: and. always apprehensive now. aa was very uat ural. I had begun to grow uneasy, when I heard a voice, as I had heard it once before, singing. Fearful of disturbing her, I listened for a ino , ment. Whether the song was her own j or not. I cannot be certain. When I questioned her afterward, she knew j nothing about it. It was this: "Days of old. Ye are not dead, though gone from me; Ye are not cold, i But like the summer birds gone o'er the sea ' The sun brings back the swallows ; fist. O'er the sea: When thou comest at last. The days of old cotne back to me." She ceased singing. Still she did i not enter. I went into the closet, and ! found that the door was bolted. When I c.|.etird it. she entered, as usual: and. when she came to herself, seemed still letter I'uii! before. "Imuran." she said, "I don't know how it is. but I l>elieve I must have forgotten everything I ever knew. 1 feci as if I bad. I don't think I can even read. Will you teach me my letters?" She had a book in her hand. I hailed this as another sign that her waking and sleeping thoughts bor dered on each other; for she must have taken the book during her som nambulic condition. I did as she de sired. She seemed to know uothiug till I told her. But the moment I told Iter anything, she know it perfectly. Before she left me that night she was reading tolerably, with many pauses of laughter that sue should ever have forgotten how. The moment she shared the light of my mind, all was plain; where that had not shone, all was dark. The faet was, she was liv ing still in the shadow of that shock which her nervous constitution had received from our discovery and my rejection. As she was leaving me, I said: "Shall you be in the haunted room at sunset to-morrow, Alice?" "Of course 1 shall," she answered. "You will find me there then," I re joined: "that is, if you think there is no danger of being seen." "Not the least," she answered. "No one follows me there; not even Mrs. Blakesley, good soul! They are all afraid, as usual." When she had gone, I followed into the old hall, taking my sack with me. But I found It vep- difficult to wait for the evening. By the windows of one of the rooms looking westward, I sat watching the going-down of the sun. One moment longer, and a light hand was laid on the door. It opened gently, and Alice, entering, flitted across the room straight to my arms. How beautiful she was; her old-fash ioned dress bringing her into harmony with the room and Its old consecrated twilight! For this room looked east ward. and there was only twilight here. She brought me some water, at my request; and then we read, and laughed over our reading. Every mo ment she not only knew something fresh, but knew that she had known it before. The dust of the years had to be swept away; but It was only dust, and flew at a breatih. The light soon failed us in that dusky chamber; aud we sat and whispered, till only when we kissed could we see ouch other's eyes. At length Lady Alice said: "They are looking for me; I had bet ter go. Shall I come at night?" "No," I answered. "Sloop and do pot move." "Very well, I will." She went, and I returned to my den. There 1 lay and thought. Had she ever been insane at all? I doubted it. A klud of mental sleep or stupor had come upon her—nothing more. Next evening we met again, und the next, and many evenings. Every time I was more convinced than before that she was thoroughly uune in every prac tical sense, and that she would recall everything as soon as I reminded her. , But this I forebore to do, fearing a reaction. - CHAPTER XXVI. tscAre. It was time, however, to lay som: plan, and make some preparations for our departure. The tirst tiling to 1m? secured was a convenient exit from the house. I searched iu all directions, but could discover none better than that by which I had entered. Leaving the house one evening, as soon as Lady Alice had retired, I communica ted my situation to Wood, who entered with all ills heart into my projects. Most fortunately, through all her so called madness, l4idy Alice had retain ed and cherished the feeling that there was something sacred about the dia mond ring and the little money which hud been intended for our flight be fore, anil she had kept them carefully concealed, where she could tlnd them in a moment. I had sent the ring to a friend in London, to sell it for me; aud it produced more than I had expected. 1 had then commissioned Wood to go ixi the county town and buy a light gig for me; and iu this lie had been very fortunate. My dear old Constancy had the accomplishment, not at ail common to chargers, of going admira bly iu harness; and I had from the tirst enjoined upon Wood to get iiini | Into us good condition as possible, I now lixed a certain hour at which Wood was to be at a certain spot on one of tin- roiuls skirting the park— where I had found a crazy door in the plunk fence- Willi Constancy in the dogcart, aud plenty of wraps for Alice. The next evening I said. "Alice, I must leave tlio bouse; will you go with meV" '"Of course, I will, Duncan. When?'' "The night after to-morrow, as sooi, as every out' is in bed and the house quiet. If you have anything you valut very much, take it; but the lighter w« go the better." "I have nothing, Duncan. I will tak< a little bag that will do for me." "But dress as warmly as you can, It will be cold." yes; I wonjt forget that. Good uiglit." BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER K", iSi»H Slio took it as qnietly as going to church. I had not >ccn Mrs. Blakesley sintv alio had told ui.* that the young carl and count' were exacted in about a mouth; else I might have learned one fact which it was very important I should have known namely. that their arrival had lieen hastened by eight or ten days. The very morning of our intended departure, I was look ing into the court through a little round hole I had cleared for observa tion in the dust of one of the windows, believing 1 had seen some signs of un usual preparation on the part of the household, when a carriage drove up. followed l>v two others, ami Lord and Lady Hilton descended aud entered, with an attendance of some eight or ten. There was a great bustle in the liou.se all day. Of course I felt uneasy, for if anything should interfere with our flight the presence of so many would increase whatever difficulty might oc <-ur. I was also uneasy about the treatment my Alice might receive from the new-comers. Indeed, it might IK' put out of her power to meet uie at all. It had been arranged between us that she should not come to the haunted rhumher at the usual hotir. but to ward midnight. I was there waiting for her. The hour arrived: the house seemed quiet; but she did not come. I began to grow iiueasy. I waited balf an hour more, and then, unable to endure it longer, crept to her door. 1 tried to open it. but foiiud it fast. At the same mo ment 1 heard a light sob inside. I put my lips to the keyhole, and called "Alice." She answered in a inoiucn:: "They have locked uie in." The key was gone. There was no lime to be lost. Who could tell what they might do to-morrow, if alreud> ihey were taking precautions against her madness"? I would try the key of a neighboring door, and if that would uat lit. 1 would burst the door open ami take the chance. As it was. the key lilted the lock, and the door open ed. We locked it again on the outside, restored the key, and in another mo ment were in the haunted ehamlier. Alice was dressed ready for flight. One or two lights dancing altout be low detained us ft>r n little while. We were standing near the window, feel ing now very anxious to IH> clear of the house; Alice was holding me and lean ing on me with the essence of trust* when, all at once, she dropped my arm. covered her face with her hands, and called out: "The horse with the clanking shoe!" At the same moment, the lieav door which communicated with this part of the house, flew open with a crash, and footsteps came hur rying along the passage. A light gleamed into the room, and by it I saw that Lady Alice, who was standing close to me still, was gazing, with flashing eyes, at the door. She whis pered hurriedly:— "I remember It all now. Duncan. My brain 1* all right. It is come again. Btw they shall not part ns this time. You follow me for once." As she spoke. I .taw something glit ter in her hand. She had caught up an old Malay creese that lay in a cor ner, and was now making for the door, at which hnlf-a-dozon domestics were by this time gathered. They, too, saw the glitter, and made way. I fol lowed close, ready to fell the first who offered to lay hands on her. But she walked througti rhem unmennced, and. once clear, sped like a bird into the recesses of the old house. One fel low started to follow. I tripped him up. 1 was collared by another. The same instant hi- lay by his companion, and I followed Alice. She knew the route well enough, and I overlook her iu the great hall. We heard pursuing feet rattling down the echoing stair. To enter my room and bolt the door lM>himl us. was a moment's work; and a few moments more took us into the alley of the kitchen-garden. With speedy, noiseless steps, we made our way to the park, and across it to the door in the fence. Where Wood was wuiiiug for 11s, old Constancy pawing the ground with impatience for a good run. lie had had enough of It before twelve hours were over. We resct ter and IK-tter. She could endure uiarvelously; but without love and its joys she could not live, in any real sense. In uncon genial society, her whole mental fac ulty had frozen; when love came, her mental world, like a garden in the spring sunshine, blossomed and bud ded. When she lost me, the Present vanished, or went by her like an ocean that has no milestones; she caring only for the I'ast, living only in the Past, and that reflection of It In the dim glass of her hope, which prefig ured the future. We have never again heard the clanking shoe. Indtctl, after we hart passed a few months In the absorp tion of eaeh other's society, we began to find tliat we doubted a great deal of what seemed to have hapjiemHl to ns. It was as if the gates of the un seen world were closing against us, because we had shut ourselves uj> In tiie world of the present. But we let It go gladly. We felt that love was flic gate to an unseen world Infinitely I>ryolid that region of the psychologi cal In which we had hitherto moved; for tills love was teaching up to love ill men. and live for all men. In fact, we are now, I am glad to say, very much like other people; and won der. sometimes, how much of the story of our lives might be accounted for on tiie supposition that unusual coinci dences had fallen In with psychologi cal peculiarities. Dr. Uuthwell. who is sometimes our most welcome guest, lias occasionally hinted at the salwr cut as the key to all the mysteries of tiie story, seeing nothing of It was at least recorded before I came under ids charse. Hut I have only to re mind him of one or two circumstan ces, to elicit from his honesty an Im mediate confession of bewilderment, followed by silence; although lie evi dently still clings to the notion that in the saber-cut lies the solution of much of tin- marvel. At all events, he con siders me Mine enough now, else he would hardly honor me wft.l> ho much of his confident e as he does. Having examined into I-ady Alice's affairs, I clalin<"d the fortune which had inherited. I>>nl Hilton my former pupil, at once acknowledged the justice of the claim, aud was con siderably astonished to find how much more might have l>e«'n demanded of him. which had IKHMI sjient over rhe allowance made from her income for her luainteiiauce. But we had enougu without claiming that. My wife purchased for me the |x»> Mission of my forefathers, and there we live iu jieace and hope. To her I owe the delight which 1 feel every day of my life in looking upon the haunts of my childhood as still mine. They help me to keep young. And so does my Alice's hair: for although much gray now mingles with mine, hers is is dark as ever. For her heart. I know that cannot grow old: and while the heart Is young, niaai may laugh old Time iu the face, and dare him to do his worst. i The End. I A Toralmtunr. The following story is amusing, though London "Sketch," which prints it, declines to be answerable for its veracity: A lady garbed in rational costume met a gejjtlemib while out cycling one day. They fell In love and in due course were married. After a brief but blissful period .the husband died, and the disconsolate widow or dered a tombstone to be erected to his memory, on which was depicted their first meeting, and the pathetic inscrip tion runs: "My dear 60ul had the tire of his life prematurely punctured." The Cngland Pie. The stereotyped and much maligned New England pie is beginning to cast aside its under crust, and now fre quently appears in a deep dish with only the top crust, after the manner of its English cousin. Apples quarter ed, sweetened and flavored with nut meg or cinnamon, plums with their pits still in and peaches halved and sugared and tucked under the protect ing uppet crust are all seasonable and delicious. . SOME THINGS TO KNOW. Even the hardened locomotive has its tender part. People who sit upon forms are apt to stand upon ceremonies. A talkative person seldom fails to make one pneumatically tired. Snufflng a candle Increases the ef fect and diminishes the cause. Men are like chickens —they always want to get on the highest roost. How little man knows of his fellow man—unless he lives in a village. When some men bury the hatchet after quarreling they go right out and dig up an ax. Scorching is injurious physically — also financially if the policeman catch es you. The ball player who hits the most "balls" at night always hits the fewest In the next day's game. The liquid voic» of a woman would probably be more appreciated if she would occasionally turn off the flow. It is always a severe strain on the ingolic qualities of a woman when she has to use her wings to dust the fur ttiture. CULLED FROM ALL SIDES. Savages, on the whole, live longer than civilized people. Forty years ago the first missionary was eaten on the Fiji Islands. Swallows have been met at sea more than 1,000 miles from any land. In Costa Rica canary birds, bull- Inches, and paroquets are special table lainties. According to a German authority the numan brain is composed of 300,000,000 nerve cells. In the orange fields of New Zealand :he crop has been known to net as high is |I,OOO an acre. Eight million pounds are computed :o change hands in England yearly through betting on races. Over 400 diamonds are known to bave been recovered from the ruins of Babylon. Many are uncut, but most ire polished on one or two sides. Probably few people who visit Lon don are aware that one of the most novel sights of the great city is that >f the pigeons around the public build ings. The British soldier has not always worn a red uniform. White was the prevailing color under Henry VIII., Wd dark green or russet la the time of Elizabeth. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The queen of Greece is the only wom in admiral in the world. When tea was first brought to Eng land the leaves were eaten. The Polar currents are said to con tain less salt than those from the Njuator. Britain reoulres a yeerly supply of breadstuffs or about 30,000,000 quarters »f wheat. She produces about 6,000,- 300 quarters. The custom of keeping birthdays Is many thousand years old. Pharaoh's birthday festivities are mentioned In the Pentateuch. Berlin is one of the most cosmopolt taln of Europeans cities. Though it is the capital of Germany, only 37 per :ent. of its Inhabitants ure Germans by birth. The broad-headed horses are the Severest. In the British household mvalry horses with broad foreheads learn their drill more rapidly than the Dthers. In Russia the proportionate number Df births is nearly double that of France, while the German., population Increases faster than that of any other :ountry. TOLD BY FIGURES A caterpillar in the course of a month will devour GOO times its own weight In food. There are found in both books of the bible 3,586,483 letters and 773,693 words. Since the birth of Christ 4.000,000,000 men have been slain In battle. If kept continuously running a watch will tick 180,144.000 times in a year. Some scientists now hold that above .he altitude of 12,000 feet from the sea level the temperature decreases about )ne degree for every rise of 360 feet. The British government is the owner 3t over 25,000 camels. Several thou sands are used in India to carry stores and equipment when companies are changing quarters byline of march. The largest proportion of single per sons is found In Ireland and Scotland ami the smallest in the United States. In Ireland 67 per cent., in Scotland 63 per cent., but in the United States only 59 oer cent, are in that condition. AN AUTUMN MORNING. The frost's aglcam In th< mellow dawn. And the spider's nets are on the lawn. And deep In filmy robes of mist The hllle and the silent woodlands He, And anon, as the sun comes up the sky The gray clouds turn to amethyst The tender song of the waking thrush Is heard no more In the brooding hush. Nor linnet's song In thi- dying trees And down where the dodder's skein's ar» spread, The wltch-haxel gleams In velvet red. And the sweetbrtar waves In the breeie. And wheeling up through the distant sky. On their flashing wings the plovers fly. And over the breast of the pool Through haxe of the daybreak's atmos phere. The cry of a bittern, sharp and clear. Comes from the marshes dim and cool. And deep In the grasses at our feet The tuneful crickets still sing as sweet As In the depths of torrH June: And o'er the dells and the sleepy woods A reverent hush of stillness broods As morning dreams Into the noon. —Edward Wilbur Mason. In Leslie's Pop ular Monthly. SHE PROVED TO BE ' A REAL HERO. \ '*T\o YOU thinJt that Charlie will I J win the football game of-the 'Gentilhommcs' crew next Monday?" "I've not the slightest feur that he will fail," was the reassuring answer, which charmed a warm light into the face of the girl who had just spoken. Charlie Vandegriff was her sweetheart, and she had set her heart on his. win ning the game. Mildred West had been in love with him since she could remember. They were playmates in childhood. Mil dred's brother Frank, who was so cci tain that Charlie could not lose the game for the crew, had been his class mate at school and in college. They always spent their vacations together, and it was during the Christmas holi days under the mistletoe's red ber ries that Mildred and young YsiwV griff had plighted their troth The young college man was not ng lie was a quiet, easy-going fellow, of whom It was said that In had never displayed any courace. lie refused to fight a duel once, the chal lenge for which had been tendered bv a boorish chap from the west whose father was a millionaire. Rome : rifling dissension between the two nun led to words, to which the California mil lionaire's son took exception. To his friend, Frank West, and the letter's sister, Yandegriff confessed that he could not run the risk of be ing killed or wounded because of his mother. The Yandegriffs had been rich in their generation, but specula tion had ruined Charlie's father, lie blewout his brains when the inevitable came and left his widow and child to battle with the world alone. Mrs. Yandegriff sacrificed tier Jewels and her pride by offering her services as a seamstress iu the homes where tiie had once been a welcome visitor. Thia enabled her to keep induct the little life insurance as a capital to be devoted to liar son's education. The Wests were well-to-do gentlefolk and treat ed with the same cordial friendship their impoverished neighbors. At first youug Yandegriff's action in declining to fight the duel gu\e rite to an undercurrent of indignation, but better counsel prevailed, and Frank West had much to do with turning the tide ugaiust the boyish and overbear ing Californiau who had offended more than one college mate by his disagree able manners. For his sikiil in football, young Yand»>- grift had been chosen the captain cf the "Ueutilhomme" crew, which was to vanquish the "Benares," whose captain was one of Yandegriff's warm est friends. The football game was to be a gala affair at the college. Society had taken hold of it, and for miles about the beaux and belles had talked of nothing but the game. In dozens of wardrobes hung exquisite, filmy sum mer gowns to be worn on the occa sion. The prize, a superb golden cup, Yandegriff hoped to lay at the feet of his betrothed. On the evening before the gume Mat Dunstrow, a brother of the Dunstrow who was the captain of the Benares, called upon young Yandegriff at his lodgings and asked for a private in terview. Nothing was thought of it by the students, who sat about in the little park in front of the hall, dis cussing the eventful to-morrow. The young men were closeted to gether for some time, aud when final ly Yandegriff dismissed his friend at the door, one or two overheard his re mark: "I'll do it, Mat; depend upon it!" it was taken as a renewed assurance that the speaker had no doubt Of win ning the game. A more u-lorious day had not dawned upon the town of Briarwood in many a moon. The sky was blue as an amethyst, the air crisp, and the sun shone with the glitter of melting gold. At two o'clock in the afternoon not a seat was vacant in the temporary grand stand, which had been divided in boxes and stalls for parties of four and six. Many elegant turnouts had taken up positions in the field, their fair occupants preferring to watch the game from underneath bright sun shades. A shout went up from *he multitude when the two crews in their natty uni forms and led by their captains, marched Into the field end '.he game w as begun. Move after move and vantage aft«r vantage wn« greeted with deafening applause by the friends of the crews. 80 far honors were easy, both partiei playing with equal skill and perse verance. Just ns It seemed that the victory would be Vandegriff's, an tin foreseei thing happened. The captain of the "Gentilhommes" stumbled aud fell, and his friends of the "Benares" rushed in to win the game. There were those who said that Charlie Vandegriff's fall had been premedi tated, but in the excitement few gnve credence to it. It was regarded as one of those unlucky happenings which often rob the expected of its fulfillment. When young West re turned to look after Ills sister, Mildred, he found her with flushed face and tears iu her eyes. Mat Dunstrow, the brother o,f the victor, was im the box with her. The captuin of the "Benares" was not far away receiving the con gratulations of a beautiful, l.auglity. girl in pink, between whom and Mil dred West there had been much Jeal ousy and feeling since a certaiu night in the winter, when the beauty iu pink tried her best to anchor to her side Charlie Yandegriff. "How did it happen ?" ruefully asked Mildred, as hsr brother approached. "Sold out!" whispered the latter in return. "We've been mistaken in him, after all!" The words stung the girl to the quick. She could not believe that her beau ideal, the man she loved, had been guilty of such a thing. But the evidence teemed against him. Frank West was anu tig those who bad beard him make th.it promise to Mat on the night before the game: "I'll do it. you may depend upon it." Mat was the victor's brother, and the hero of the gridiron had alnau been an ardent admirer of Claudine l'ratt, the girl in pink. She nan as anxious fur him to win the game. as Mildred was for Charlie. Why should the latter throw away the victory, uuless it was for money? To Frank this seemed clear, for he was very near Vandegriff, when the latter by that unfortunate stum ble release*! his grasp on a game that was already bis. Had there been an obstacle that caused this misfortune Frank could cot have failed to see it. I.ate ii: the night, when the dance which had been arranged for the en tertainment of the stmlent9 and tbeir friends came to nn end. Frank and his sister hastened homeward through the little grove that led past Charlie's lodgings. They had not seen much of the latter during- the evening, in fact, he had rpther avoided tbem. Mildred suffered keenly, and Frank's disap pointment was also exceedingly plain to all who came in contact with him. Silently the two pursued their way, when they were arrested by voices • REMEMBER WHEHE.TOI' ARE, MIL v DRED." that seemed close by. As they drew nearer they distinguished the speak ers as Charlie Vandegriff and the vic tor of the game. "Ucmain where joii are, Mildred, we might as well see the thing out. Xo doubt, he is paying him the money now!" Spellbound the girl stood behind a tree. For a moment the quiet was painful, then she heard Charlie say dis tinctly: "But you »cnt him to me last night!" "I've sent no one!" was Jottng Dun strow's answer. "What did he tell you ?" "He said that Clnudine had made your winning the game the condition of her engagement to you. He de clared that she would throw you over, if you failed to come out victorious. He told me how desperately you felt in the matter, and that you could not bear the thought of losing her." "He told you a falsehood. 1 have not rent him to you, neither have I asked Claudine to marry me. It was a damn able plot to ruin you. You threw the game away to me to save me losing the girl I loved, you say?" "I did. I thought that I could ex plain it to Mildred, whom I love dearly, anil who has promised to be my wife. You are my ix'st friend. I felt sure that she would approve my action to save a friend." "She does approve," said a sweet girlish voice, "she is only sorry that It wns for naught! You are a real hero, my darling!" In a moment Mildred was folded In her lover's arms. The plot to humiliate Mildred by stealing the victory from her be trothed was hatched in the fertile brain of the young CaU/ornla million aire and Claudine. Mat Dunstrow, who was himself enamored of the beauty in pink, became her willing slave and carried out the scheme, as the others had arranged. It lost Vandegriff the golden prize, but It could not deprive him of the love of the woman who had promised to be come his wife. —Bt. Louis llepublic. 'l'llr tviar Man's Wajr. "There are." said Mr. Xobolington, "as we discover in the coui'se of our experience, many little that wt can't get done as we want them for love or money un!t«s we are willing j to bother about '.hem continually; and the wise man lets the other have his way In theie snailer detail s, con tenting hi:nself with supremacy In the fsMir." V Y. Sun. T \ When Ezra Sang First Bass. < ( , BY LEON MEAD. 1 , THE shutters of Jenkins' grocery store hnd been up an hour or more, aud the little, red-whiskered pro prietor had been hinting as openly as he dared to half a dosen of his cus tomers, who were sitting around the stove, that he would like to go home. Hut his ostentatious preparation — the slamming of covers on open bar rels and the extinguishing of the lights down to a solitary lamp—made no visi ble impression on them. For the squat, little stove still radiated a hos pitable glow, and the air of the room wos comfortingly blue and fragrant with the smoke of many pipes. The conversation, which had lan guished while there had been an occa sional customer to soothe the nerv ous proprietor, suddenly became hri.«k. From chicl ens it naturally drifted to poultry diseases, and thence to the uncertainty of life. That sug gested religion to Tom Hicks; and religion, revivals; and revivals, sin ners. So, by an easy transition, the church choir cameup for discussion. Then it was that old Uncle Ezra, who bad been silent through it all, unllmbered ponderously, as properly befitted a great gun of ihe village. "Reckon I never told ye 'bout the time I wns a bass singer?" he threw out. A respectful chorus of "Noes," and "Tell us about It, Uncle Ez." answered him. Each member of the pVty set tled back into his chair with a sigh of relief, and the unhappy Jenkins sat down on a cracker-bo*, for Uncle Ezra, ns n man of wealth and position, was not to be interrupted nor hurried. "Jimt years ago, when I was In my prime," he begnn, after a prepara tory cough, "the Methodist chu 'h was built, and John Tote undertook to organize the choir. They called him the 'percenter," or something of that kind. Tuny rnte, they were stuck for a bast singer. Everyone they invited to try for the position failed. At last some one mentioned my name, and John come to me and arked me to jlne 'em. At first I stood out right and said 'no,' not flatterin' myself that I could fill the bill 'tall. I kno wed one tune from another, and I told him so; hut niv voice was weak and •nvifcti. I No. 49 \ ( but deep; 1 . -ides, at that time f had a 'itt'.c ti ch of asthma once in awhile! , "None <>f jou voting fellers never knowed John Tate. He was killed bjj the Injuns after he went west, btnl be was the most conviiicin'man I'boufi ever see. and he got me to come church that night and try over some of the tum s. I remember I had a te<<- rible coM that day; it was deep soty and my \oicc was below zero, so to speak. "Well, seein' as I hnd promised, I went down to the meet in' house, as we called it in them days. Matilda Savory, now the Widow l'lunkett, was there, and George Dclameter, who was to be the tenor, and ltachel Sliter, now deceased, and Susan Black, who j I had gallivanted round with consid erable. and bad a slinkin' sweetness > | for. There was a few others I don't ; Just recollect this minute. We first . : attacked that hyinn runnin'— "There Is a fountain filled with blood." "I put my whole soul into it, and all the wind 1 could muster. They was all surprised to liiul out 1 had such a good buss voice, and I laughed in my sleeve, because no one seemed to notice that I had a cold. We tried several pieces, i and. nfter finishin', some one was sure to say to me: 'Why, Ez, I had no idee that you had such a splendid bast voice,' and another would say to the one settin' next: 'We couldn't get along without Ez; don't his roice chord In nice?' "You can believe 1 was honored, and what made tne feel the beat was the kinder suppressed look of pride on Susan's face. For the time beln' I really thought I could sing like a—a— blackbird. Yes, that was the compari son I made to inyself. You s«e, I was thinkin' of Susan; her rear name was Ttlack. as I mentioned before. J "This was on a Monday night. John Tate told us to meet again on Satur day evenin' to practice, so we'd be able to make the new church ring with de vout song on the followin' uay. On Tuesday my cold wns dlsappearin', and my normal up-grade voice wns comin' back. "I now had n chance to consider that I hnd made a mistake in joinin' the choir, for when the time should come for tnr to mnke a public exhibition of myself my voice would be pitched en tirely too hicb Still 1 felt that this opportunity to become popular with the church folks was too goo* to be lost. I was a young man, anxious to be a success in business and get some of the custom which went to Andrew Yates, who also kept a grocery. And so I made this resolve: That, if neces sary, I would catch another cold on Saturday rather than resign or run the risk of singin' in no t't voice on the comin' Sunday. "Saturday mornln' arrived, and I hadn't even blowed my nose since Wednesday, just afore 1 went te bed. 8o I throwed off my coat and vest and scrambled down cellar, which was just the place to get what I wanted. I tired a little boy to tend store and X jot for nearly an hour on a hogshead of molasses, sneezin' away, but de termined not to give up until I*4 caught a first-rate cold. When I came upstairs I called out to the boy just to see how my vocal organs was fixed, and they put me in mind of a big bass drum that I'd heard once in a travelin* circus. "That night I was on baud punctual, and received many more compliments, and went home with Susan, chipper as a butterfly. For fear I wouldn't be hoarse the next morning, I sot in the open window of my chamber with my coat and vest off, gazin' at the stars and thinkin' of Susan while I grew hoarser every moment. "On Sunday mornin' my voice was in good trim, and it was one of the most triumphant moments of my life as I stood up and let it swell out, while all the people down below looked up and watched us with admiration and envy. My throat was rather sore and my chest felt tl&ht, but I paid no at tention to them. "The choir agin met on Monday night, and my voice held its own. Dur in' the rc6t of that week I laid in ft stock of soot'hin' sirup and campher and other medicines, which I used pretty lavishly, and with good results. But Saturday come, and I found myself hesltatin' whether to go down cellar agin or sever my connection with the cnoir forever. I had observed that trade had picked up wonderfully with in a few days, and the minister him self had dropped in and asked for cred it on a pound of cheese, some clothes pins and one or two other articles— -1 don't recollect just this minute. The superintendent of the Sabbath-school also came in for the first time and bought a ham and a gallon of sperm oil. If this thing continues, thinks I to myself, I can afford to catch cold for a few weeks, until they can get a natural bass singer, and down cellar I went, leavin' the same little boy to tend the store. "Well, a year went by, and I wu still liol