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A STREA/W OF N6WN6SS.
New goods are coming in daily. 'The thought and care which were bestowed
11 [Kin theii selection are manifest. We've l**en telling voti alwut Silics and Dress
Goods. Other lilies deserve mention
Embroideries and Laces.
JL The newest and daintiest productions await you here
,<C35k Beau'iful assortments at temptingly little prices.
»»»•' Cambric, Nainsook an.l Swiss Kmbroideries with Insetting
» and aliover to match.
«/ I Vals, Torchon, Orientals and a vast assortment of other
T aces.
T» j Embroideries are priced like this:
'■* to 1 3 ua 5c
(/ I\N\\ 1l " 2 ' nc '' u 'de 6to IOC
Mil CM 1 1-intr and wider up to 75c per yard
Yaffill/jl '1 \ Laces 15c per doz yds up to SI.OO per yd
Hosiery and Underwear
The wanted sorts are ln;e in ample variety. Careful selection rt > V:-- '
has brought here the thoroughly good and dependable kinds.
An opportunity to buy—and save in the buying—is presented here. / u- 1 \
GLOVE TALK - -Those of you who know onr Dollar Kid Glovt \ ; Vs._ V ">
know that n<'thing u retailed at the price that equals it for \P I\ /
uniformity o! skin and perfection of finish and fit. yP \
"ROVALE"- I'cst Dollar Glove in America. \\C\ \
Black and all shades-—Button, Hook or Clasp fastening. ,*^V
L. STEIN 8c SON,
108 N. MAIN ST.. BUTLER, PA
Rockensteln's
OpenThg of Spring and Summer Millinery;
We cal' your attention to our large and well selected stock of Choice Millin«;j>-. 1
We have end'eav red to make our stock surpass all previous years in .style, d« sir
ability, quality and prices. We feel sure we have more than maintained our
reputation in the selection of CHOICE MILLINIv a Y GOODS. We can show you
an immense varittv of Hats, Flowers, Ribbons, Braids and Chiffons and all that
goes to make up ah UP-TO-DATE MILLINERV STOCK, and at prices that will
surprise you. We would call especial attention to our Ladies', Misses' ami Chil
dren's TRIMMED HATS, in which we have always excelled. You can always
get the right goods at the right prices at
ROCKKN iSI'K IN ,
328 South Main St., _____ _ _ Butler, Ta
-fSPECCIAL, FROM|
MILLER'S
House.
Spring Season Opens With a Rush-People are Buying Early-
Prices and Styles are Right, which was the Cause
of Our Great Easter Trade.
The spring trade has opened with a rush. From now on we expect to be busy
all the time. We may not be able to give the newspapers the attention we would
like to, but always remember this: We are headquarters for Footwear in Butler.
Our spring stock is much larger than ever before, and our prices are always the
lowest
More Business Than Ever.
We want to do more business than ever this year. We have the goods. We
are in shape to make prices, and we start the season with these weapons:
GOOD SHOES AND LOW PRICES, and they are winners every time.
Our Only Weapons:
Men's New Tan Shoes.. $1 25 Ladies' Cloth Gaiters 48
Men's Fine Kid Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Strap Sandals 4S
Men's Fine Buff Shots 98 Ladies' Tan Volish 98
Men's Fine Patent Leather Shoes... 300 Ladies' Kid Button Shoes S8
BoyS' Fine Vici Kid Shoos 1 48 Ladies' Kul Polish 9.8
Boys' Fitie Tan Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Clotb Top Polish $t 25
Vouths' Fine Kid Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Tan Oxfords 75
Youths' Fine Tan Shoes 98
Low Shoes and Slippers.
Our stock of Lo<v Shoes and Slippers is complete. We never showfyl as many
pretty styles as we do now. Slippers range; in price from 48c to .50, both in
Tan and Black.
Children's Department
Is meeting the approval of the mothers. The children must have nice shoes, and
they are not disappointed when they come to our store.
Ladies' Fine Shoes.
Our leader is the Dels<,rte, and it is meeting with great st ,cces"?. It is the most
popular advertised shoe on the market todav. Any style, bn', only one price, +'3.50.
Our Ladies Shoes $2.00, 50 and are nicer than e\ this year. See them.
Men's Fine shoes
We don't need to say a word to you about our Fine Shoes if you have
seen them; if not, don't fail to see them before you 1r -lv
Butler's Progressive 'Shoe House.
C. E. /Wilier
215 Souf. Main Street, Futler, Pa.
T Won't buy clothing for the purpose of spend-
T | ' n K money. They desire to get the best
|! / vI A I\ possible results for the money expended.
j| [ \]L • '|i /\ Not cheap goods but goods as cheap as can
jf V k \ 1 i be sold and made up properly. Call anil
II 01 J examine my large stock of
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* ilfc \L/ 7 SPRING SUITINGS.
I jI( Y» —*• Ilight up to date, the latest styles, shades
\ ill/ W and colors that could be bought. Call and
S l\l \\ J- LJ examine them.
_ |/i J>\ yfc. Fits and Workmanship
jln 1 1 j Guaranteed.
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142 North Main Street, >* >: >: Butler, Pa.
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Wt MAKE THIS TOP BUGGY "• oIR "iFtrrnr.Tlx CHUAOO, f N iW/ 7\
rTTT Imm bci trr material than most / s / -A
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ii i .V. buggy work. Body b tuelt, ,"War lUrU green "XT '
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Hi_i tier, Pa.
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MeCandiess, - Hen Massetli. Levi M. Wise
J. V. Hlttf
Braun's Pharmacy,
Gor. 6th St, and Duquesne Way,
Pittsburg, Pa,, L, I). Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer and Jobber of Drugs,
Chemicals, Perfumes, ooaps,
Brushes, Etc.
The only house west of New
York carrying' a full line oi
Meyers' Grease, Paints and j
theatrical goods.
Physicians' Prescriptions
Compounded Day or Nig'it by j
"Registered Pharmacists" only. j
Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
Illuminating Oils, .Capital
Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
Engine Oils, Gasolein, Ben
zine, Paraffine Wax and
Petrolatum.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
Niw House. New Furniture
Central Hotel.
MRS. JENNIE NIXON, Proo'r
Opposite Court House.
V~xt Door to Park Theatre
L C. WICK,
DEALER IN
, Rough f Worked Lumber
OF \r,l. KINDS.
I Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Sliitigles and Lath
Al.va/s in Stock.
LIME. HUR AND PLASTER
Office opposite P. & W."Depot.j
BUTLER. PA.
iSnbsscriba 'or tbeC'rizcN
MADAM OF THE IVIES.
BY ELIZABETH PHIPPS TRAIN.
[Copyrighted t>y the Author.]
SYNOPSIS:
CIIAPI Kit I. I -le of the story U
laid in the village of •. o■. hi .tu .'>l i; 'ine
ga ;ai, "The Iva it».m \v. cli there la
• considerable ui> s«■ ry. I) loiiiy I.othrop f
tin- heroine, app a # f«»i e position of c 111-
panion to Mr*. Kldi*. the mistress of
tin: house. At the uion slits makes the
, acquaintance of I)r. Spencer, one of tU»
prominent characters of the stoiy.
CIIAITF.H 11. -Dorothy is engaged by
: M-v. Kldridge, who fhc discovers is blind,
au: enters at once upon her duties M
companion.
CHATTKR TIL —She makes the ao
(piainiauct of the hous< keeper, JJrs. May
l'l-ny, a curious chain r who ha* lived
! at The Ivies a great uuiny years. On one
' of Dorothy's visits lc the village a sudden
i iline s drives her vo the house of Dr.
' Spencer.
CHATTER IV—The doctor and hla
mother care for her. and tin- latter is about
Ito iiiv:i some of the secrets relating to
The Ivies and its people when she is
\ checked by her son. Dorothy discovers
j that Mrs. Kldrcdge l :,s a son, who has baei,
1 al v i:t from home fir years, and is now
1 abou' to return. .-I also notes some
Btranv bappeitiugs at .11 abandoned blind
ing on the grounds snowi; as the "Stone
House." (
CHAPTER V.
Karly the next morning I made a
1 special expedition down the avenue
I to discover it' tin s: utter still remained
| open, but found thnt such was not the
case.
Two days later, us I was about
starting out for my usual exercise, 1
jiiei ' iayberry hovering about the low
el' liali. \s she observed me she came
1 forward and said. if i'i a casual
way:
'•Miss Lothrop. will you permit me to
caution you a little? This neighbor
hood is au isolated one. I do not
think it quite wise or safe for a young
girl to be out alone here abouts after
dark."
There was a look of anxiety on her
face, a forced attempt at carelessness
about her manner., thai made me su
spect the genuineness of lie* coueera
for me.
"Madam has always seemed to con
sider it safe enough," 1 returned. "Is
there any special reason for alarm V"
She hastened to reassure me upon
this point, and I was about to assert
my determination to continue my laje
wanderings unmindful of her wam
int'. her nevertheless for her
soli.-iipne. when 1 was struck by the
thought il'at if there were any under
hand profit-filings in pr< gross in which
she had a share it would be as well
to throw her CO' her guard as far as I
was concerned.
"Perhaps you are right." 1 said.
"After all. there is never any telling
what sort 01' persons may be prowling
about a lonely neighborhood. 1 will
return before dark. Thank you. Mrs.
Mayberry."
I had evidently relieved her mind,
for she smiled and proe-cded 10 open
the door for me with ail the obsequi
ousness that a humble servant would
show to a feared ami deeply-respected
mistress. She had certain ways and
mannnerisnis thai 1 det sti d. a cring
ing. servile deportment being that
which most revolted me.
I fulfilled my promise to her and
came back before twilight fell. I took
pains also to let her know of my re
turn. but. almost Immediately after.
I again stole out of doors aud took
several turns up and down tlie a venue,
mounting guard ovr the Stone II - !*.».
expecting 1 know not what devi l, p
menls to reward my observation. But
my vague anticipations were doomed
to*disappointment. The dwelling gave
forth uo signs of life or habitation.
It remained simply the cold white
corpse of a once happy home.
Two or three days after this, how
■ver. I was detained by the very severe
illness of one of Madam's beneficiaries
until an unusualh 1 tte hour. S<> hue
was it that I)r. Sp r. whom 1 met
as I was passing through the village,
remonstrated with me concerning my
being out at such :t time, and insisted
upon accompanying me as far as the
gates. As I approached the Stone
House I detected perhaps no one but
a person bent 011 discovery would have
noted it—a line of light, a mere lumin
mis thread, gleaming through the inter
stiee of the shutters of one window. I
pausid some moments, watching it
closely. I gained nothing further, from
my observation, however, and. Tearing
to dehV Madam s dinner-hour by my
absence, shortly after forsook my post
jind went back to The Ivies, in a state
of great doubt and perplexity.
1 could not see my course clear in the
matter. Had I been instructed in the
story of Madam's life. 1 should have
better known how to act. As it was
I feared to touch rr.w wounds, to make
trouble for my beloved mistress, by
alluding to a mystery w-hicli might be
connected with past suffering aud sor
row. But I did resolve upon one thing
—that I would put a few questions to
old Franklin, and, possibly, take lilm
into my confidence. Accordingly, that
•.right, after I had conducted Madam
t, '•••11 ii in ©
%
"FRANKLIN, DOES ANYONE EVER GO
INTO THE STONE HOUSE.''
back to the boudoir when dinner was
over, I asked her to excuse me for a
few moments, and returned again to
the dining-room, where I found the
ancient servitor clearing the table.
"Franklin," I began, "does anyone
ver go into the Stone House for any
purpose ?"
The old fellow lad greeted my ap
pearance ■with a welcoming smile, for,
as I have said. I '.'as a favorite with
him, and he was always gratified if
I singled him out for special notice. At
my words, however, his face fell into
gloom, and his voice, as he replied to
my question, was grave and troubled.
"No one. Miss Lotlirop," he said,
with curt brevity.
"Who has the keys to it?" I continu
ed, determined nut to be discouraged
by his apparent disrelish of the sub
ject.
"Mrs. Mayberry," he answered
"Don't you ever go down there, to
see if things are 11s they should be?
Does not Madam expect someone to see
that it is kept in proper repair? She
has told nie that she has an affection
for the place; is it not your duty to see
that the house does not suffer from
neglect ?"
I almost regretted my questions, so
shocking an effect did they produce
upon the faithful old soul His a red
face worked, his lifs trembled, and 'lis
hands, that held a tray of glasses,
shook so that tl#*ir burden jingled
noisily
BUTLER TPA., THURSDAY. APRIL 13, lfcyo
"O Miss Lotlirop." he begged, "don't
ask me to go down there! What is
' wrong? I will send proper pcr-ons to
1 ike any repairs hat may be ueces
: s ay. but I cannot go down there my
self. I cannot—no, indeed 1 cannot,
i Madam knows that I have ue> > r been
j down theie sine. .at cursed day and
. she would not as*',. of me. Mr. t'hest
| er will soon be li. now: can't vvhat
| ev« j*s wrong wait ii he ' enes? Can't
3 ! it. now? Can't it miss? His voice
- i broke down at the last with emotion
9 ; and anxa tj
j I raw that for some unknown reason
- lie was too powerfully affected by the
f ! neighborhood of ie. eiirious old dwell
e ing to serve me as a I in unravelling its
» 1:1.1 teries. I thought it better, there
fore. to throw him win ily off the scent,
for. as he was not available as coad
f I Jutor. lie might be obstructive if su
spicious
j | "Ob. Ido not know that anything is
[ really wrong there,"' I replied, "i dare
say thyigs are in very good condition.
- I was only speculating about it. and
- I as I have a woman's curiosity. Frank
-1 lin. I thought I would ask you to let
s tne go over ih< house some tluif v.i'h
l you. If you were ii the habit of visit
ing It occasionally."
He gave an unaffected shudder.
a "I would as soon go into a house
t where I had committed murder," ho
remarked gloomily.
s "But perhaps Mrs. Mayberry would
s take me down then some time: does
n't she ever go down to air it?"
r 'The housekeeper herself an --\ i d
3 me She bad com ' out ffoip b. iiind )
. screen that hid the pantrjr, ami ndvam.-
, ed softly as she sp .ke.
"Mrs. Mayberry has too much con
j coloration for your n« rves, my dear
young lady." she said in her liarsh,
unpleasant tones, '..iii. it ;i<> effort on
her part could rend r pliant or agiv *
| able, "to subject >•>: to the influence
, of that dreary dwelling. No one enters
it, even to care for It—uo one," she tv
, peated emphatically.
"And yet." I said, in a lowered tone
for Franklin, probably rind to shift
1 upon other shoulders tl; i :rden of a
I theme he shrank from had
moved sway and was busying h .us. If
, about the table, aud I lii.J tint • ish
him to catch my words —"as' I <•; up
the avenue this evening I am sure I
, saw the glimmer of a light in the
house."
If she was m any way vutir. i iwd In
the mystery, she was too wary to
; caught napping. Her air of mingled
| surprise anil incredulity was inin'ta
ble, and if she was acting a part 1
thought she possessed a rare gilt of
dissembling.
"Oh. that could not he!" stie said:
' "unless, indeed, the Stoue House is be
coming haunted."
I laughed, and back to Madam,
wondering as I went if she perhaps
thought to arouse in m». superstitious
fears, thinking tliat'if she suce ■ \ d
I should of my own accord give up
protracted wanderings which v. • !d
oblige me to pass the dismal dwelling
after nightfall.
Two weeks passed without further
event, and I was abofit concluding
that I had really imagined the singular
Incidents which had aroused my su
spicion, lvheU they received fresh con
firmation
I had been reading one evening to
Madam, and later she had fallen into
a somewhat confidential mood with
me. and had dwelt at some length upon
• the character of hi r sou. who- advent
we were now expecting from day to
day. She spoke of him in flattering
terms, yet 111 a sort or strange and dis
tant way. that appeared to t.i > unlike
tlie übu.il attitude of mother to son.
Mingled with the ku.xix admiration
of her regard for Idm there was a kind
of veiled respect such as we accord our
superiors, but which we rarely testify
towards our equals. It evinced an
aloofness ii; intimate sympathy. I
thought, and it created in 1110 a feeling
of awe of the man who had inspired
such sentiments in one so dear as a
motuef.
"Dorothy." she said, "you will soon
gee one of the noblest men that I have
ever known, lie if not handsome, my
son Darracott, ami you will not per
haps be able to discover in him the out
ward semblance of u hero. Hut learn
to know him well, see him tested by
experience, and you will feel, as I do,
that the world seldom produces men
of such type as his."
"And yet you do not love him," I felt
like saying, though, of course, I gave
no such license to my speech.
When I returned to my own rooms
for the night. 1 put ou a loose wrapper,
and. as was my custom, seated myself
beside my comfortable fire for an
hour's reading before going to bed.
But my thoughts refused to centre
themselves upon my book. I felt it
borne in upon me that I was living
a romance amid an environment of
strange shadow and mystery. I could
spare no thought for the consideration
of fictitious narrative.
Who was this man who was so soon
to Invade the seclusion < f our lives here
in this old mansion? I knew his name
and his relationship to my mistress,
but who was lie? Of what character
istics was he composed? What was his
nature; what were his habits: what his
likes and dislikes his tastes, sympa
thies, prejudices? Would his presence
in the house constrain me? Would my
society be unwelcome to him? What
could be the cause of the incompatibil
ity between him and Madam? These
aud kindred rellecttlons were occupying
my mind when a timid knock at my
door brought me back from dream
land.
"Come iu," 1 called. The handle I
turned, aud Mrs Mayberry appeared
upon the threshold. I urged her to
enter, and she did • o, carefully closing
the door behind 1 »r. Her face was
even whiter than u lal, and I could see
that there was an intense tremulous
uess iu all her mus les, which she only
commanded l>y im ense effort.
"I am sorry to disturb you, Miss
JJotlirop," she said, ind 1 ooserved that
she was glad to st ad.v herself by the
support of the bat of a chair, "but
I have no one else o go to, as I never
trouble Madam wit 1 domestic matters.
One of the maids h: s burst a blood-ves
sel, and I do not k low- what remedies
to apply. I have had HO experience in
similiar cases, and ! thought you might
be able to offer me some suggestion."
I rose at once from my chair. At
first it did not occur to me that the
woman was not s leaking the literal
truth. I had a In rror of blood my
self. and thought li r unusual agitation
was due to a like : >ntinient. My first
thought was to go o the sufferer.
"Has the hemorrhage stopped?" I
asked.
"Nearly." she replied.
"I will go to her at once," I said. "My
father died of consumption; I am per
fectly informed regarding the proper
remedies. Come."
1 spoke somewhat peremptorily, as
one having i»uthoriiy; but she made no
motion of compl auce. Indeed, she
stretched out her bund as tf to detain
me.
"No," she responded: "tell me what
to do. The girl is of a strange dispo
sition; she has begged me to allow 110
one to come near licr."
"That is nonsense!" I returned im
patiently. "Of course, she must have
proper medical attention at onee. All
I can do is to suggest temporary relief.
You must wake Holmes (the gardener)
and despatch him for Dr. Spencer."
"Dr. Spencer!" There was a wild
ness iu the ejaculation that first awoke
my doubts of her story. She gave
a hoarse, hysterical little laugh that
Struck painfully on the ear; it suggest,
ed a pathetically overwrought con
dition.
"Yes, Dr. Spencer," I repeated. "I
would not take the responsibility of
this woman's life into my hands.
Even I. prejudiced against her as I
was. melted beneath the tragic alarm
that came into her glance as I sptike!
It was apparent that my words first
gave her cause for grave apprehension.
"Is it so dangerous as that?" she ,
Uluttered.
I nodded. She wrung her hands hi
"i.ven then he must not come," she
said.
"How foolish!" I exalalmed, out of t
patience at the delay. "As If M: laiu 1
would pi ruiit any s> urfijin nla! ooi.: ider- :
ations to stand in 'b- way of such j
1:* cessity as this. 1 csides. she n« <-d j
not see the doctor it -ijl. In bed. she ;
need not even know that lie is her.*, tin- j
til he is gone. 1 w'T taKvalliher- -.ion- |
sibility ot his cot - .. upon n lown j
sbov'.d 'is. You net <! not fear M: :n."
It seems as if my wortls had sug
gested a welcome excuse to her.
"Yes. I fear Madttn; it is that." sh" 1
rcsp mlcd, with -tft*ite tirnuv'ss. |
"I must not send for him; Aladahi
would not like it."
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"LET ME GO, MAYKERKY! I COM
MAND I'ljr"
"Vou iic ! t fool!" I ! It the end
of my forbear.eice. " I hi 11. it* yi.u will
have it so. 1 shall go mys if t<) Madaiu,
aud ask her permission. I will not
consent to allow you to trifle with tlie
life of a fellow li ing so nousemdeafty.
Let me go. Mayberry! I conmiai*!
it!"
For she had thrown herself in most
melodramatic fashion upon my nkirts,
and was holding me fa;t with her
poor thin weak hands.
"You must not go you shaU not!■"
she exclaimed. "You do not know the
reason - , why Dr. Si>ei:c r never come.s
to this house, do you? 1 sjV by yiuff
look you don't. Then let nae ffell yoti
that Madam would rajher div tlnin
have him enter her doors. Now will
you be satisfied?"
Although at the time i Iftid not much
•ojirtdeHcc in her statement ag?
lation was so great airtl sincere that I
had not the courage to ii»4.st upon i
suggestion which carried n«Mi terror
with It .
"I wash my hands of you." I said.
• If this girl dies I sjiall kfv \ier il
it your door. You will netthei: ssnul tor
the doctor nor will you let am eh r.
There is some mystery at wo{J; hvr.e*. 1
am sure of it: and I tell you frailly
that when Mr. Chester i-jftues 1 shall
share my suspicions vkth Mm. New
I will describe what you ant to do for
the maid."
Tlie misery in ner facotjaufc appaiiliig,
"Miss Lotlirop." she Au'TTl. wlt^
tears of agony coui'*ii\g imwn her
seamed cheeks, "what I dime to
you that you si. mid hunt uu' like this?
Haven't I tried to make v<fu comforta
ble ever since you came to iTre I vies?
Haven't I waited on you to the best
of my power? Haven't I studied all
your wants and tried to fulfill them?
Have I ever caused you anoyance, or
have I been in any wa.vj disrespect
ful? If 1 have not been all I should be
to you. tell me. and I wrtl humbly beg
your pardon. There must be sottie
reason why you are be tit on persecut
ing me."
"You are talking nonsense!" I re
turned firmly, yet feeling a little
1 shamefaced nevertheless, for It was
true that she had rendered me every
attention since I had maije one of the
household. "It is no personal motfVe
that influences me ag:riie*l tlie cotfrse
of conduct you are purging, but an
aversion to secret proceediifgs in goli
eral. I feel that my duty to Madfim
Impels me to dis over to litf yoar
strange and Incomprehensible actions."
The dwarfted cieature drew hers ell
up. with a look of passiijiiate adoration
upon her face that positively ennobled
it. For a brief moment. she seemed
invested with absolute dignity of bear
lug.
"And I," she responded, In a tone as
firm as my own, If less musical, "I
feel that my duty to \fivdani impels
me to sacrifice more than tap life ifself
to conceal from her the mqtive for
these actions. More than ftiiu 1 cannot
say. But let me warn you Miss
Lotlirop, that if you meddle ill matters
of which you/know nothing, you will
some dnv live to repent it. Now I must
go. Will you be so good as to tell me'
what I must uo lor my patient?"
Once more she was the. servile de
pendant. • I sketched a line of action
for he.r, and she took lfer departure,
hoarsely murmuring her thanks as she
went.
In fiie morning I asked Franklin
how his niece wvts. Audi as I suspected,
evoked his surprise by my inquiry.
Neither of the women was 111; why had
I thought that such was the case?
I evaded his question. In the course
of the morning an event occurred
which, for a time, eclipsed all recol
lection of Mayberry's tincur proceed
ings,
I was engaged in singing *> Madam
about eleven o'clock. We werp wont
to vary our occupations by a Wt lie
music, of which she was passfcuiutfly
fond. She had, in especial, a lilting
for old ballads, although she had also
a classical taste, aud was well ac
quainted with the works' of modern
composers. I had been singipg an
old Knglish song. "She wandcivd down
the mountain side," and the Vibration
of my voice was still echoing through
the room when a knock came upon the
door. I rose, as was my custom, to
answer it. I expected to liii|l either
Franklin or Mayberry si am ring With
out, but, to my amazement', my eyes
fell upon the figure of a stiluiger! tt
did not require wendetful tjUiUttou to
tell me who stood before iffie, but mo'
first thought was for Madeira. I feared
for the effect of this su&s4se; there
fore 1 acted as if 1 iufel a right to
govern his conduct. KjhMl<i|og
at my beloved mistress, Sat. calili
and unsuspecting, with Itjvj gaze turn
ed full upon us, aud hit mind he- .
neath the spell of the baiTad. I
placed a warning finger uu my lips,
and with my other hand withheld the ,
stranger from entering the room. I
felt that I must prepare Madam.
I was but an iusiaut thus hesitating,
but iu that instant Madam awoke from
her abstraction.
"Did I not hear a knock. Dorothy?"
she asked. "I tliorght you opotn <1 the
door, child. I feel that is stili open.
What is it?" ,
There is certainly 11 prc*eii nim* in ,
maternal affection. Before Ihe m.vn
had time to obey the impulse whl.-h ,
I saw I could jio longer i s:;. -o
fearful hail been tbe effect ; ; 11 him 1
of that manifestation of the awful af
fliction which had come upon his \
mother during her v. retched l-.nebuess. ]
she had cried out his name eritd it ]
with an intonation thai gave the lie to ;
my conclusion that tin re wa> 1:0 iov.* 1
for him iu her hear*. In another 111001- ]
ent his arms were about hen and 1 was ,
standing upon the other side of the s
closed door.
The home-couiius of its master i- H
urally made a con sidernble diiTei . :.ce ,
in the simple domestic routine oi Tae ,
Ivies. A more ceremouiotis manner <;f
living always folio vs upon the Instal ,
lation of a male ln-sd of a household. .
Madam and I had r referred informal- |
Ity; Darracott Ches;. r. altlsmgli a man ,
of few requirements, wished those re- ,
quireinents prop, iy fulfille-1. Our }
household began to broaden itself out; ,
unused rooms we:- denuded of their j
swalbings and opeaed to the light of |
day; more elabora.-* and more uuuier- j
I otis eonrsea wro * :.i
! ita' : .s re 1 iv I t: :
jan air of birth or s .:
I than of death. .- . ■ . ..
place. As t< r my , : . tt
b: • * r!,t a I! il . . ! i. . •.
■ ... to Which .1 ions I 1. a j
8 trailer.
CHAP, ;-:H VI.
it was not g, v ail:* before th. j
news of Itarraco: Ch ster's teiiiii: j
cri pt through ill.' neiahb-.t h .>•!, lie I
degrcf s amaaltitai e. Sb .an to pre
1 sent thems !v. sat The lvit and th. s.
I uo longer found their inquiri ~ gr.-. 1-
I ed by the old formula of exclusion.
Presently it seemed to me that every
•me within a radias of twenty miles
had called, with ti.e exception of Dr.
Sp. nccr and his mother. They only, or <
all whom I visited, refrained from "ask- !
i.'.g news of the traveler or ineuti-'uins |
him iti any conn *ction. And yet 1
knew that formerly David Spencer aial j
Darracott Chester had been close
friends. What had caused the breach
between them?
Notwithstanding the fact mat ,\lad !
am had prepari'd me for the absence I
of heroic attributes iu her sou's appear
ance, 1 was distinctly disappointed in
him at first sight, lie was neither tall
nor short, graceful i. .r awkward, hand
-5 >llll* nor liotnely,. My first impress:. 11
of him was one o. exu-eding medio- I
crlty. Meeting hit 1 in the eiivet, I i
IN ANOTHER MOMENT HIS ARMS WERE
AHO I " fc * HER.
twice, nor have bestowed a second
thought upon him. Meeting him in tho
close familiarity of daily inter
course, I looked at him many times,
and soon grew to think of him with a
ulir degree of exelusiveuess.
I am going to make no secret of his
attraction for me. I am not the hero
ine of this story, aud my love affairs
are merely incidental to the true nar
rtitive. I shall be honest and frank at
the outset of my acquaintance with
Darracott, and take the reader im
mediately into my confidence, acknow
ledging with uo false modesty or re
serve that I had not been thirty-six
liours beneath tlie same roof with him
before I had wholly changed my first
Impressions of him, and had fallen
under the charm of his personality.
This personality was strangely com
pounded. it was an odd mixture of
contradictory qualities; and this pe
culiar incongruity possibly was tho
reason of the fascination it exerted
over those who came to know him well.
For I do not think that strangers ear(4l
for liini at all. nor ao I think that
young girls in general would have
found him interesting. For there was
nothing of the haughty* and mysterious
llero about him. He was a silent, and,
iu company, an indifferent man. He
hail certain tastes which strongly ap
pealed to him. and concerning which
he waxed enthusiastic. Beyond these
tastes he appeared to feel little interest
in life, and I have often remonstrated
with him because he did not exert him
self to be more generally entertaining.
Byt he had done with that sort of
thing, he would reply; he was growing
an old man the was, in point of fact,
tljlrly-uine years oldi and he meant in
future merely to humor his own in
clinations.
This would give one the Impression
that lie was a selfish 111:111, while, in
truth, self was his last consideration.
Une of the characteristics which most
won me to him was a rare and never
failing tlioughtfulness. which antici
pated the need of others almost be
fore it was experienced. Yet I felt it
illustrative of the contrariety of his
nJiture that, while so considerate of the
small requirements of those about him,
he could yet have left one to whom
he was bound by the closest ties of
nature to a desolate, lonely and bereft
old age.
One day, after Darracott had been at
home some ten days. I receiyed a note
from Mrs. Spencer, containing au in
vitation, or rather a request, that I
should dine anil pass the evening with
them upon the following day.
"We feel sadly forsaken of late," she
wrote. "David has grown dull and dis
splrited, and I am too old a sto-*y to
entertain him. Do come and cheer us
uiv there's a good child. Davul will
being you safely home, if you will al
losy him to do so."
It happened that, as I was presenting
t4u» case to the Madam and asking for
luijve of absence, her son entered the
room. Observing that I was reading
a letter, lie was about to withdraw
with a word of apology, but 1 prevent
him.
"It is nothing hut a note of invita
tion," I said. "Do not go. 1 shall be
thtxuigh iu a moment. May I finish?"
When 1 concluded the note I dis
covered that he was regarding me with
a ljH>k of unusual interest iu his eyes.
"So you are a familiar friend of the
Spencers," hi* remarked. "How arc
fla*y David and his mother?"
"Well," I answered. "Shall I go,
Madam?"
"Of course, my child."
•%>o you really think you are capa
hlf of cheering up 11 man?" Darracott
asked in a bantering touc. "I have not
seen Spencer for years; is he become
offi.* of the lugubrious sort?"
I repudiated the suggestion with so
much spirit that perhaps the warmth
of my manner Implied a particular in
terest in the 1111111 I was defending,
for my interlocutor laughed knowingly,
which so tilled me with a desire to
prove indifference to David Spencer
that I was inspired to make a most
unusual request of my mistress.
•'Could Holmes drive in for nie about
ten o'clock. Madam?" I asked. "I 1
should prefer not to trouble Dr. Spen
cer to see me home."
Khe gave a ready assent, but her sou
confiuued to teaflse me by beggiug me
tfl consider the doctor's disappoint
ment. '
"You will simply be forced to go back ■
the next day and cheer him up again.:"
he protested. "What a mission you '
have found in life. Miss Lotlirop! !
Mother, you are not half so solicitous (
fair my welfare as Mrs. Spencer is for
Dili'id's. I have never heard you sug- 1
gesjt that Miss Lothropshould exert her- 1
si*lf to cheer me up. Why is it? Have 1
I not as great need of cheering as 1
Spencer, or is it that there is a '
difference in the solicitude of moth- !
crs?"
litis tone, which had been of jesting
character in the b(<f(iuiiiug of his '
speech, had grown hard and bitter aa 1
la* wmcluded. 1 saw there was some (
reminiscence, plain to his mother, but i 1
iineouipreliended by me, that gave *
sharp aud stingin't emphasis to his '
otherwise careless words. Before he f
hail fairly finished speaking, however,
I lyiew that he re|M*nted his cruelty. 1
Nothing less than cruelty could have 1
pro.! I - ■ di-!i • >ing nn effect upon
slit- x .i one to disphiT
dlsturbai co. unless for
- •; . but now ht'r feaaires
worked «N.uvnl«hvl,.\ her cheeks turMV
*■> ::!• ashcli palter. :tll(l her hands
• I ■! < :i« it other tightly, while Ifer ]
.... ey< » fell ; imsllt j to th< tlodr 1
i ; • r sc (>r a ehil i viiiu has been de
i it. 11 <! il2 it lixijrr.ii t f n til».
! knew that I had no light to inter- I
i l.etwi i ii mother and son. hut the '
. .•».!. tup; ti< •; of that tacit aclmow i
' meni of . rror, of sclf-ab.-iKcnii ut
j of my beloved I nly, proved too much
i for my sense e.f propriety. I flew to
I her side and. falling on my kne«a.
j threw a ; roi < ili> K arm about her
| drooping should* rs.
•Yon are a cowjrd!" t cr;..«.i, IUIU-
I ins: ail euraged. reproachful face upon
' the master of tin house, beneath v.lmii
j roof 1 was merely a hired d pendant.
"You are woise than that: vi.tt .«-!• !
1 brutal and unniar.lv, »o distress »y
■ your veiled insinuations • who,
through affliction It not through re
; lationsliip. should In- sai r< <1 fr.>n> •-jr
j shafts. Madam, Madam, do not
heed But my dear lady had i>y Hi»s ■
| time re>.ov< «•••«» herself, and I was iff.
terrupted by the placing of fl s. ft li.uul
j over my Impetuous lips.
i "Dorothy. I»oroth.v, hush!" she eu
| treated. "You know nothing .i>vvu it,
jmy child. I deserve it all aid m«se.
i Nay. Dare, my son"-oh! what HII in
finity of tenderness Juki iviuorsefulnpss
was there in the g?ntle voice as It ad
, dressed the man wlicj, repentant ami
eager to atone, approached with n piV
liniinary ejaculation of "Mother!
"nay, you need not seek to maki a
mends for your Juat Implications: they
Mk
'
"YOr ARE A COWARD!" I CRIBD.
are grounded on fact; It is but common
retribution that I should be reminded
of my sin."
But the man, upright and honest in
bis acknowledgement of error, would
not allow his culpability to be fiius
condoned. His manliness had be«s
stirred to bitter self-revolt even lmf£ru
1 had made my attack upon him, :ted
his self-respect would not permit it
self to lie satisfied without apology.
"You are too lenient to me, my motft
er," lie returned, and his vol'fe
very deep and grave. "With akl lij* ig
norance, Miss Lothrop is the bPtfer
Judge of my conduct. Before I
wish to assure you of my deep regftt
and sincere sorrow for my misepahlfe
gratuitous reflections upon the
and to ask you to pardon my laek of
consideration and respeofT'
The words were well enongli, and
they were uttered with a certain efrui
tion : but 1 felt that one kiss laid upon
tlie faded cheek, one loving touch plac
cd upon the bowed fojui, would have
been worth all the correct apologies ib
the world to Madam. She sighed an 9
extended her beautiful hand to him,
and he raised it with graceful courte9V
to his lips. 1 was much abashed, now
that the moment of excitement wap
over .at the thought of ufy outbreak.
Yet I was too proud, and- still too re-
Kf'iitfill of his treatment of Madain,
to acknowledge my want of proper
decorum. But after he had left thjß
room, which he did almo* immediafre
ly, I made my excuses to my inislrojw.
1 spent a charming evening at tßt-
Spencer's. Botli mother anil son wero
in good spirits, and the hours sped
rapidly away. I told Dr. Spencer that
i had arranged to have Holmes con*?
for me, and, probably understanding
my motive, lie considerately made no
comment on the arrangement. 1 must
not forget, by the way, to mention.a
little incident which occurred
I set out for my visit.
Franklin had conn" to my room dur
ing the afternoon with a very dis
tressed face.
"Miss Lothrop," he began. "I aft*
afraid we arc going to have frunble
with the new servants. They and Mrs.
Mayberry are at odds, and there's row
ing below-stairs about all the timq,"
"What seems to be the trouble?'' I
asked. "What do they confplain of 'A'
"They don't complain exactly," fie re
plied. "But they've taken It into their
heads—the stupid fools!—that the Stone
House is haunted .and the idea sends
Mayberry into tits. She gets regufc<r.-
ly violent when they talk about it, ami
they talk more than they otherwise
would do simply to tease her."
"H'm!" 1 murmured. "1 \vonder
what they say about the house; do
you know. Franklin V"
"Well, miss, they do say that when
they come home from the village ut
night—a couple of them have families
living in Ehlon, and they go back and
forth often-they sometimes see H
ghostly figure standing at one of the ,
windows and hear a woman's voice
singing or screeching in the housfe.
It's nonsense, miss, of course, but it
may in time make it impossible for
my mistress to secure servants willing
to live here."
"And what do<*j Mayberry have to
say to all tfiis?"
"She gets quite violent anil excited,
miss, and calls them hard names.
She's changed a good bit of late. Mrs.
Mayberry has. I wouldn't like to say
it to anyone but you. Miss Lothrop,
but she really does not properly attend
to her duties in the house li«?Ve, an/1
1 am obliged to look after things a pOod
deal more closely than my position re
quires, for fear my mistress and
Chester will not lie properly cared tax?
I chewed the cud of this reflection
I strolled down to the village. I, of
course, had detects long since Che
change in the housekeeper, b/t it wils
not my place to comment upon tt.
Since the night when I had ■ecelved
her appeal for ml vice I had very Bel- j
dom come in contact with her, ami new ,
interests at The Ivies had rendered me ,
somewhat inattentive to the claims of ,
my pillage friends and pensioners, so j
that 1 had had but little occasion to ,
dwell upon the thought of the Stone ,
House or its singular manifestations.
I would have loved dearly to take my
kind hosts into my confidence this
evening, and ask their advice as to the ,
whole affair, but I had never broken f
through my rule not to gossip with (
anyone of events connected wcth toy ,
life at The Ivies. ,
About ten o'clock I heard the sound ;
of wheels stopping before the doctor's
gate, Utid prepared to depart.
"Will you be so good as to caH Out
to Holmes that I am coming?" I ?uiK | <
gested to m.v host; "it will save the '
old man's getting out." | I
He complied, and, a few moments | i
later, accompanied me out to the car j :
riage. I was surprised to discover that I I
the dog-cart had been sent for me, but
my surprise was greatly Increased
when 1 saw that Darracott Chester
himself had come to drive me home.
I felt a momentary awkwardness at
the prospect of a meeting between twp
men who, I was convinced, no longer j
entertained feelings of friendship fbr I
each other, but I might have spared | 11
myself needless worry, for they salut j
ed each other with polite, if distant. !
courtesy. I mounted the cart and we
drove rapidly away.
I had felt constrained in the society I
of Darracott ever since the scene of i
the preceding day, and I had sought j!
No. 15
to avoid Mm as much as possible. 1
had a guilty oousclousnesa of having
I i-wne Uv.Kond my province in taking up
. the it'.'jiels in Madam's defence, and
i ■ was well aware that, righteous
. thfitigh my Indignation was, there had
h. cn no warrant for my exhibiting It
mit I . ijmoi feel easy in the position
I of de lor. and I knew that I owed thH
i man in -i«lo me au apology,
j I made one or two tentative remarks
bopiug to Mhj-n up a channel through
■w!h<Ji 1 could glide easily and grace
fijly into the broad waters of general
reirret f-<r niy over-zealous manifesta
tion of my exceeding lovo for my mis
tress. thinking that so I cpuhl vindi
cate iate imprudence without actual
self-iiumihitieu. But fcn seme inscru
table fashion. efTortive. but apparently
cjirelc*" In design, m.v companion turned
the driM jf my attempts quite away
, fioui their goal. At last 1 was forced
i to come boldly up to tin? point.
"It Is very urxid of you to have come
I for me to-nlght, Mr. Chester," I said.
| "1 look upon the attention as a mark
of sour forgiveness."
"Fbr what?" lie asked, and I saw he
was determined to forca an issue,
"For my failure in respect toward*
yo* yesterday," 1 murmured.
"There is no reason why you should
mvd forgiveness un that account," he
implied. v lf a man's conduct is such
weuld bo singularly unreasonable to
linHl th<*n responsible for manifest
ing tln-rr Just contempt"
"ftui a dependant should better exer
cise si If c.mtrol." I returned. "1 should
rememhisr that I was not engaged to
tliscipliiut »be morals of the household.
It wax thy place of the mistress, not
of tin,- servant, to resent your cruel
words: for they were cruel, you know,
M ft. Chester."
He nodded his head, and in the
nmonlight I saw a bitter expression
swttle jbout Ills mouth.
he said, "they werje—l sup
pose."
*'¥<tu B_trpiH>se!" 1 cried, a little hotly,
finr memory brought l»efore my eyes
♦he rlstmi of my dear lady as she had
looked when those words were uttered.
"Of &?*rsc they were cruel! And lo
>^idam ~%>t all persons In this world!
'W> Madam--who can never have caus
ed pain to the smallest of living
filings!"
He an.d looked at u#e. His
brow was a little lifted, and was
a qufslicnl and yet stern smile in his
ayes.
"I am a of average proportions.
Miss Jjflthrop; scarcely Infinitesimal
enough \o be reckoned outside your
category.
"Ten mean " 1 paused in amaze
ment absolutely unable to construe
him.
"I ntt'au," he replied, quickly and
with n haftl. metalic ring in his voice,
"twit no one living in this world to
day lias .ever caused me pain and suf
fering eqtiai to that which my mother
has infected ufkin me.'
I cfcled protestingly, "I cannot
—no. I «atim»t believe it. If It Is so, It
ufi unconscious act on her part."
He give laugh.
"Vo, « tliiffK not," he answered. "In-
perhaps; but not uncon
scious. She Is awnre of it"
"Then she Is deeply repentant also,"
1 said, recalling now the peculiarities
which I notefl In Madam's regard for
hcf only son.
IJe 'shook his head.
"One does npt sincerely repent a
criHiltV while still practising it," Ift* re
ttfrnea. sentontiousl^v.
Mj\ lete and veneration for Madam
flared tip ffotly at this.
•*Vou calumniate her!" I burst forth.
"It is treason for me to discuss her
with yv»u. Let us change the subject
Mr. Clieatejr. You are wounding me
beyond words."
We wtjre turning into the avenue as
1 sjuikej ahd he curbed the eager pace
of tlltf horse lilto a walk before he an
swered. I>llim. letting the raifis fall
sUhntayf! on the scat and looked
iSjOftrely and earnestly down upon me.
"Mfts Lortrop," he lH>g«u—and there
was iI6 longer either bitterness or cyn
, Icistn in his voice, only gravity anJ
controlled emotion—"lt Is not
my discuss my mother or my
own frjmigs and sentiments with
afliers. But neither is it my habit so
to forget myself as I did yesterdny.
if that incident had taken place before
ajtmost anyone else in the world I
sSt>uld l>ave been too proud or too in
different to attempt to Justify myself;
blfr wltlfwou it is dillVrcnt. What you
have donf for my mother has given
y.on a claim upon my regard second to
H./iui Mi the world. I can't bear you to
think me wantonly and wilfully cruel.
I hirM mj-self generally pretty well in
hand; btt* yesterday some devil got
Inside me while you wefe reading that
letter and pulled all the piifs out of
my self-command. Perhaps I was
jealous of the claims of others upon
that chariness which has brought new
life wkltfn our old walls"—he made an
effoft to lighten his tone a bit. but a
wither unsuccessful one—" or perhaps
yotrf reference to your friends In the
village brought back to my mind
wf<K«bed memories which undid me."
It> broke off abruptly. I made uo re
ply. What was there for me to say?
The btjrst was walking slowly up the
avtjntne. The moon iiad gone under a
cloud. My heart was beating violent
ly, partly in unaltered championship
of' the mother's partly ta sym
pathy the son's wrdng, of whose
mature I was still iguorant, partly In
accord with the mystery and romance
of eur surrountliugs.
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Cars of tlie Erelnahe*.
The ancients made a art of the cul
tivation of the eyelashes. It was rec
ognised that, besides adding to the
expression of the eyes, the lashes pre
served them from the dust, cold, wind
and t<ft> glaring light, all of which
telfil to Irritate and often inflame the
eye. It is therefore not a vanity to
endeavor to obtain them and then pre
serve them front filling out.
A Itffls pure vaseline applied to the
eyui ashes eaery night wll aid their
gro\v»t> .*id strengthen tßem.
Tab»c£o l'knit as a Floral Eoiblcm.
"J"hci;e is one flower," says n writer
ii a London paper, "which has ap
parently been overlooked by Ameri
cans in their search for a suitable
floral emWlcm, which I think Is worthy
of their, attenUpn. I refer to that of
the tobacco plant (nlcotiana) in Its
many Varieties. It Is handsome; the
plant is, I believe. Indigenous to Ameri
ca. and its importance as the solace
of tire human race is indisputable.
Coal v*. Man.
An interesting calculation has been
made, which shows that a pound of
good coal rtjuals the work of one man
for one day. One square mile of a
seam of coal only 4 feet deep would
exceed tlie work of 1,000;<>00 moil for
20 years.
Growth «»f SJiruba.
It is perfectly amazing to notice
ciwefully how much an ordinary shrub
will grow In a single summer. A silver
fir UVi fee., lilgli was lately carefully
measured. It &ad put forth 585 new
shoots, varylrg from % an Inch to tl
Inches cacti.
Dang«roui.
Doctor—l hope your liijsband fol
lowed my prescription.
Mrs. Chubb!*— No, indeed! IT he had
he \wuld Have broken his neck.
Docto*-Broken his neck?
JHra. Cfltiblis—Yes. He threw It out
or the *>urth story window.
A Krmlmler.
Father (calling from the head of the
sthirs at 1.30 A. M.) Fannie!
Fannie -Yes., papa; what Is it?
Father—l wish you would ask that
young man where he would like to
have his trunk put when it comes.