VOL- xxxvi SICKeb'S! The time of the year is here when you want to purchase your winter footwear. Our stock of BOOTS, SHOES. RUBBER and FELT GOODS in complete. All our orders were placed early before the advance so we are prepared to offer BIG BARGAINS. -H||||«Novem ber 1 s rice Men's double sole and tap working shoes 90c Man's high cut heavy sole lx>x toe shoes - Men's heavy sole good kip box toe boots ..•?'- - > Ladies' waterproof oil trrain shoes Misses' waterproof oil grain shoes Children's heavy shoes ->oc Ladies' fine dongola patent tip skoes Misses' fine dotigola patent tip -hoes 80c Ladies' fur trimmed Juliet slippers o>c_ Old ladies' warm lined lace shoes r Men's fine calf latest style shoes *' Boy's fine calf latest style dress shoes J. _ Ladies' fine dongola turn sole slippers Old ladies' fine dongola shoes " GOODS-^' Men's Storm King rublx'r toots $2-»•» ( Men's rubber boots (regular height) *'"'"l, Men's buckle arctics xl Ladies' Croquet rubbbers , K ' » Misses' Croquet rubbers - )C Men's self acting rubbers " oC Boy's self acting rubbers X X FELT GOODS. .V A Men's felt boots and overs o _ Men's knit boots and overs Boy's felt bcots and overs ?' Youth's felt boots and overs *l-~; Men's German socks and high cut overs . Boy's German socks and high cut overs si.->o Ladies' felt boots and overs sl.'-> Complete stock of Oak and Hemlock sole 'leather. Shoemakers'supplies of all kinds. High iron stand for repairing, and a complete stock of Ladies, uent s Misses'and Children's overgaiters and leggins; also a full line of lambs wool insoles for making slippers. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STRI--KT. - - KUTLER, PA. HUSELTON'S! Showing of FALL and WINTER Footwear j The biggest, most carefully selected stock of BOOTS and SHOES we ever of fered is now assembled ly for the showing. Oro v Is arc Here all the time because the best shoes for the money are here all the time We please everybxly, no one disappointed, ask the thousands of people whom we shoe and see. The newest styles from the WORLD'S BEST MANUFACTORIES. Women's Shoes. We show all the newest shapes and j fashionable tnanish shoes, heavy soles in kid skin and box calf AA to E at $2, 2.50, , 3.00 and 3.50. These shoes are the most comfortable shoe a women ever wore. In McKay sewed 75 cts. to $1.50. Women's Heavy Shoes. Our celebrated calf kip and veal un lined at 85c, #1.25 and 1.50, then the oil grain, kangaroo kip and grain it sl, 1 25 and 1 50, you can't duplicate in Butler Children's School Shoes. We sell only the best unliued kip heavy sole tip only one pair to -buy dur ing the winter, no rubbers needed; then see the heavy veal oil grain, kangaroo kip; prices 75c, SI.OO and up to 1.40, sizes 13-2; sizes 9-12, 50c, 75, #1 and 1.15. We sell "Queen Quality" Shoes for Women and The Famous Mrs. Jenness Miller's Shoes. B. C. HUSELTON'S, Butler's Leading Shoe House. Opposite Hotel iiowry. STRIVING pOR EFFECT! T^T {J Sll I Men don't buy clothing for the purjiMf I N j or spending money. They desireAk. /F ' I 3: to get the beat possible results for theX A If. foooooooooooo»$^oooooo»oo< :: - I < ► That the dread house cleaning is over the next < 1 and more important work is picking a new carpet 4 \ * > To pick a carpet in our well stocked carpet rooms ( > is a pleasure, so say the many who have done so. ( > We have the famous Hartford Axminister, Wilton \ | Velvets, Body and Tapestry Brussels and Ingrains . C < , in a " the up-to-date patterns, on'y, and prices ? i . that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, , . Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and r Art Squares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to f ; ; SI.OO Axminister Rugs, 7 Neatest thing for the money ever shown in Butler at r [DUFFy'S STORE j PAPE'S, JEWELERS. Diamonds, Watches. Clocks, Jewelery, Silverware, Spectacles etc. We have-a large and well selected stock. We Repair all Kinds of Watches. If you have broken jewelery that you think beyond repairs bring it to us and we will make it ns good as new. We take old gold and silver the satne as cash allowing the highest marketprice. 122 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. Men's Fine Shoes i Come here if you waut the bast for your money, they are here in winter tans —box calf, cordovan, wax calf, English, k grain, vici kid, heavy soles, all new shapts at $1.50, 2 00, 2.50, 3.00 and 3.50. j Satin calf fi.oo and 1.25. Heavy Working Shoes In kip oil grain 2 soles ami tap, high cut box toe at if 1.50, i.ro, 2.50 and 3.00. Heavy yeal and oil grain Creedmore's at SI.OO, 1.25 and 1.50. Heavy Boots at *»-50. 2.00 and 2.50. Boy's School Shoes- Strong, Dressy, Well Shaped- Our Jamestown kip, high cut copper toe shoe; then Bengal calf, oil grain and crackproof calf, 2 soles and tap at fi.oo 1.25, 1.50 and 2.00, can't be duplicated in any store in Butler. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. REGISTER S NOTICES. The Register hereby fcives notice that the following a<-rounts uf executors. a«lmini>- trat«»r> and guardians have heen filed in this office according to law. and will be pre »ented to Court for confirmation and allow ance on Saturday, the 9th day of I>ec.. 1899. at 9 a. m.. of said day : . I. First and final account of \\. B. HO(ld> and James Wallace, rvci'utors of l'eter \\ al la<*e. deceased, late <»f Muddyrreek township. 2 Final ac«*ount of Ah \. Martin, adminis trator of Thonias Martin, dweased, late of Jefferson township. :t Final account of .T. C. ( enn. t \ecutor «.r J. Newell «ilenn, deceased. late of Worth township. 4. Final account of James Unlay, execu tor of James Fin lay. deceased, late of I rank lln township. Ilt _ ."> First and final account of Mary J. Nixon, administrator of \V. K. Nixon, deceased. lat« of Buffalo. ♦'» Final account of James Walker, executor of John llanr.a. deceased, late of Clinton township. 7 Final account of W. C. Hawn. guardian of Nora M. Black, minor child of II C. Black, deceased, late of llarrisville borough. s First and final account of Charles Uirap. administrator of Catharine Khnp. deceased, late of Summit township. Final and distribution account of Walter U. Goehring. administrator of Sarah Coeh ring. deceased, late of Jackson township. f«i Final account of .1. J llesselgesser. ex ecutor of John llesselgesser. deceased, late of W'in field township. 11 Final account of W.J. Bell, administra tor c. t.. a. of David il. Bell, deceased, late of Butler, Fa. 12 First and final account «»f Kli'.a h. and John O. Hut -luson. administrators of s. \. Hutchison, deceased, late of Cherry town snip. n First and final areount of lb nry 1 . KnaulT executor of Jacob KnaufT, deceased, late of Middlesex township. 11 Final account of Frank Neely. adminis trator of John Neely, deceas«*d, late of Lan caster township. 15 Final accoun.of 11. 11. Be ringer, admin istrator of Katie B. Wilson, deceased, late of Adams township. lf> Final account of I. B. Ilepler. adminis trator of Isaac Ilepler. deceased, late of Oak land township. 17 Final account of Adallne Peters, ad ministratrix of John H. Peters, deceased, late of Clinton township. is Final account of L. C. Nortliime. ad ministrator of Dillman Xorthlme, deceased, late of ( ent re township. 1» I-'iaal account of «. H. Ho van], admin istrator of T. A. McKevitt. deceased, late of silp|MTyrocU township. 30 Final :e-count of John <.». A Vulllvan, administrator of Mrs. Valeria Sullivan, de ceased. late of HulTalo township. 21 Final a.-.'ount of T. A. anil 11. M. Par' executors of Kichard <». Nelson, deceased, late of Middlesex township. First and partial account of George Ansert and Conrad Anstert, executors of Conrad Angert, deceased, late of Oakland township. Zt Partial account of Louisa Zelgler. exe cutrix of Henry l>. Ziegler. deceased, late of Harmony borough. 24 Fir>t and Final account of J. Howard Coulter, executor of John Coulter, deceased, late of Concord township. £"> FinJ l ! account of S. li. Mct'all. guardian of Florence Webb, minor child of John M. Webb, deceased, late of Clay township. 2(1 First and partial account of Joseph Neigh, Peter Neigh and Joseph Portman. ex ecutors of Peter Linebaugli, deceased, late of Summit township. 27 Final account of Elvira G. Lyon, guar dian >f Margaret Loui.e Mitchell, minor child of Margaret Mitchell, deceased, late of Butler borough. 25 Final account of Anna M. Khmer, ad ministratrix of George L. Elimer. deceased, late of Butler borough. 2)t Final and distribution account of .s. F. Bowser and William Donnelly, executors of Margaret Dougherty, deceased, late of But ler borough. ■P Final account of Lot Wilson, adminis trator of James A. Gallagher, deceased, late of Calaveras county. California. ;J1 First and partial account of A. 15. llam el. executor of James Hamel, deceased, late of Penn township. 112 First and tinal account of Ella Camp bell and A. Morris, administrators of Harper C'ampbel I, ''"ceased, late of Washing ton township. :« Final and distribution account of Solo mon Hemphill and Catharine Sanderson, ex ecutors of Henry Sanderson, deceased, late of Slipperyrock township. ■H Final account of John B. Kennedy, ad ministrator of Evander McCaudless. deceas ed. late of Muddycrcck township. Final account of Lawrence Huehle. ad ministrator of John Buehler. Jr.. deceased, late of Cranberry township. W. J. ADAMS, Register. ~ ROAD REPORTS. Notice is ho re by given that the following road and bridges have been eon firmed nisi by the Coyurt and will be presented on the first Saturday <>f Dec. Court. 1399, being the 9th day of said month, and if no exceptions are filed they will be confirmed absolutely R. 1). No. 1. May sessions. 1N99. In re-peti tion of citizens or < onnoqueuessing township to review a road in said township from a poiut on road leading from the Kutler and Harmony road to Meridian road to a point on the iiutler and Evans City road. March 1"», 1*99, viewers appointed and order Issued. September I. I>9". report filed, stating that there is no necessity for a road between the noints mentioned. Sept. 9. 1 approved. Notice to be given according to rules of Court. BY THE COURT. No. 1. September sessions. lso9. In re-peti tion of citizens of Wlnfield township to change a portion of the Saxon Station and Win field 1* urn ace road. May -4. 1599. viewers appointed and order issued. July 20, 1599. re port of viewers tiled, changing and supplying said road. Sept. 9. Is1»9, approved and fixed width of road at 33 feet. Notice to be given according to rules of Court. BY THE COURT. No. 2. September sessions. 1899. In re-peti tion of citizens of Buffalo township to vacate and supply a portion of the road leading from Leasurevilie to Freeport. July 1"». 1599. viewers appointed and order issued. Sep tember 4. I*9». report filed, vacating and sup plying said road. Sept. 9. ls<*9. approved and fixed width of road at 33 feet. Notice tube given according to rules of Court. BY THE COURT. Certified from the record this (sth day of November. IHUO. ISAAC MEALS. Clerk O. C. WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS. The following widow's appraisements of personal property and real estate set apart for the benefit of the widows of decedents have been tiled in the office of the Clerk of Butler County, viz: Widow of Frank J Snyder, per. prop*y.>Joo 00 Jesse Jones 44 " 221 50 S C Bovard 4 - •• 300 no 44 II Kirchner * 4 44 300 00 4 * James Anderson 4 * 44 300 00 Michael Miller 44 " 299 95 Frank Relth * 4 4 * 300 no * 4 George St ah I 4 ' 44 300 00 Frederick Eicholtz" 4 * 300 00 44 Geo L Ehmer * 4 44 :wx> 00 44 Martin Eyth 4 * 4 * 300 «io ,4 John McGarvey 44 44 300 on John M. San key * 4 4 * 299 s7 4 * Wm M. Shir a, real property. 300 00 All persons interested in the alxjve ap praisements will take notice that they will be presented for confirmation to the Orphans Court of Butler county. Pa., on Saturday, the 9th day of Dec.. A. D.. 1*99, and if no ex ceptions be filed they will be confirmed ab solutely. ISAAC MEALS. Clerk O. C. THE OVERCOAT is the most conspicuous garment worn and therefore it must be made to your measure for in no other way can you obtain fit. style and durability. The handsome garments seen ih this vicinity are products of our workshop and they are none too good for you. Don't be lured by claims of the hand me-down to give you a coat just as good, for should you get into one. in two weeks wear you'll look as cheap as the coat* and wonder why your friends salute you with three fingers instead of a heart v. giad hand. Nothing but the best to SBS. ALAIND, MAKER OF MEN'S CLOTHES. STOP and inspect the work at the Findley Art Studio over the P. O. The work is excelled by none and equaled by few. We employ first class help and also only the finest materials that can be obtained. Crayons, Water Colors and Pastells of a high grade. Framing done neatly. A. L. FINDLEY, Tel. 236. P. O. Building, Butler, Pa. VTEWTON BLACK, II ATTORNEY AT LAW Office on South Diamond Street. BUTLER, THURSDAY", NOV EMBER *3O, lfsi>{> NONE SO POPULAR. It is Diily Gaining Favor in Pennsylvania Results Reported From People Who Hav< Given a Fair Trial to the Remedy. Morrow's Kitl-nc-oids, the scientific kidney "remedy and backache cure, i daily gaining favor in this state. Xr medicine has evtr been sold in Pennsyl vania for Kidney ailments, backache, nervousness, sleepleness and general de bility that has gained such popular favoi as Morrow's Ki 1-ne-oids We give you the experience of Mrs. E W. Vulkerson. 30 Etna street, New Castle, Pa., savs: - "About four years age I commenced to have a dull heavy part in my back just over the kidneys, and at times it would be a sharp shooting pai.i 1 I was so nervous 1 could ujt ge> the I proper rest and sleep. Morrow's Kidney oids were recommended to relieve me so I decided to try them. In a very shi.r time they relieved mc of all the trouble some symptoms I find Morrow's I.iver ax to Di an reme ly for ejn tipation." Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pil's but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at all drug stores and at Redick & Grohman's drug store. Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac tured by John Morrow & Co.. Chemists. Springfield, Ohio. Till* Is Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and llay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Baim) sufficient to demon strate the great merits of tho remedy. ELY BROTHERS, 5G Warren St , New York City. Rev. John Keid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if ns«d as directed."— Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious druu. Price, 50 cents. Ittiier Savings" Bank Hutler, Pa. Capital - $ 60,000.00 Surplus and Profits - - $170,000.00 JOS. IJ PURVIS President J. HENRY T KOI'TM AN Vice-President WM. CAMPBELL, Jr fat hier LOUIS B.STKXN Teller DIKE'"TORS -Joseph 1.. Purvis. .1. Henry Tro'Uroan, W. !>. Braniu 1 s. Campbell. The Butler savings Hank is the Oldest Banking Institution; n Butler County. General banking business transacted. We solicit accounts of ,000.00 Surplus and Profits - $130,703.95 Jos. Hartman, ".President; J. V. Ritts, Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. { general banking business transacted. Interest paid 011 time deposits. Money loaned on approved security. We invite you to open an account with this bank. DIRECTORS—Hon. Joseph Hartnian. Hon. W. 8. Waldron, Dr. rn. M. Hoover. 11. Mc- Sweeney. E. E. Abrams. C. I*. Collins I. G Smith, Leslie P. Uazlett, M. Finegan, W. H. i.arUin. Harry Heasley, Dr. W. C. McCandiess. Ban Alasseth. I V. Bitty Braun's Pharmacy. Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way. Pittsbuig, I'a,, L. D. Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer ami Jobberof Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, Biushes, Etc. The only house west of New York carrying a full line 01 Meyers' Grease, Paints and theatrical goods. Physicians' Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night by "Registered Pharmacists" only. Wholesale and retail dealer in Lubricating and Illumniating Oils, Capital Cylinder, Dynamo, Water White and Standard Gas Engine Oils, Gasolein, Ben zine, Paraffine Wax and Petrolatu m. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. H. 0. HAYS. L. H. HAYS, PUT YOUR RIG UP AT iHavjs sros.' | Livery and Sale Stable. Best Accommodations in Town. West Joletson street, Butler, Pa People's Phone 109, Bell's Plioue 59 L. S. McJUNKIiN, Insurance and Real Estate Agent. 117 E. JEFFERSON. BUTLER, - PA. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House, Butler, Pern'a. The best of horses and first class rigs al ways on hand and for hire. Best accommodations in town for perma nent boarding and transient trade. Speci al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses. CJA good class of horses, both drivers and draft horses always on hand and for sale under a full guarantee; and horses bought pou proper notification-by PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone. No. 219. yy.YNTED SEVERAL BRIGHT AND honest persons to represent us as Man agers in this and close by counties. Salary JDOO a year ami expenses. Straight, bona lide. no more, 110 less salary. Position per manent. Our references, any bank in any town. It is mainly office work conducted a't home. Reference. Euelose self-addressed stamped envelope. THE DOMINION COMI-ANY Kept. 3, Chicago. THEY THAT JIT IN DARKNESS A yrORY THE AUSTRALIAN NEVER-NEVER k?m&n v v v v _ YEHK AXACKIE AUTHOR OF*THE DCV/ILS PLAYGROUND AfJD"3INNEiyTW.W' COPW/UIT/390. EYRTTX/FKKA.JTOKSI COMMA/* CHAPTER XXL "THE DARKEST HOUR IS NEAREST THE DAWN." Next morning on awaking I could hear tho go-go-burra shrieking and cackling in its happiest fashion and rf wood at it by way of playful response to its premature greeting and nit nt sheer light lieartedncss and good feeling. It had nut been a jwisaing dreaui. It was a stern, horrible fact. P.nt tnen crime the thought of the love that 1 had won if I had lost my sight. Th it at least was mine which in this world Hi <-:iier; >.;s reality 1 Jack took me (lon to the creek for a WASH, and then I went CVI-I with him to the lamp and sat down in Lac shade of a great overiian M. ; li< Uve until he was ready tocoi'ie ai: i t.i.: vie to break fast. Before in.'tiiy l. in tes 1 bocame aware of a woman a; ; : I had always maintained. s - .. a' to s-i y. that even a blind pefson cov.ld t- '.I Nor ah Mackenzie's step, and n..w that sight wm denied me the truth of what had betu lightly said struck home. It was a light, buoyant, but thai stop, indicative of h< r character. In tinctivrly I rose to my f 'et to show h • taat I v.i cb«v-rfr.l and not brooding over my i.iist'.d will. It was arranged that after a few more days of rest and preparation we should start for Burke town in Queensland again. Chilcot was to be left in charge of the station, with fonr or five hands. By this time Gordon wouiu be more able for the journey, as he, with his sister and Sa vile, was going back again overland to Tarragong. Jack, of course, would ac company me to Burketown. At last the time came to say goodhy to sonmof my old friends. There were Gordon—who was now fast recovering from his wounds—his sister and Savile. It was indeed a hard thing to part with them at the wharf. They had been so kind and attentive to me in my afflic tion, and so delicate with it all that at times I was almost inclined to forget my blindness. If the-essence of true po liteness is to conceal tho fact that one is conferring a favor and to make the recipient lose sight of any indebtedness, then they were nature's own gentle folk. They were starting overland the next day for Tarragong. Mackenzie and his daughter were going round to Bowen by one of Burns Philp's boats. I gave Gordon an envelope containing a £25 bank note to be given to Savile and Elsie when a certain happy event might be expected to take place. Savile, good soul, was unable to speak when he shook hands with me, but I understood him. There was no need to say anything. Then the steamer Dugong blew its whistle. In a minute the score or so of bushmen and stockmen, with the entire population of Burketown, hurriedly re crossed the gangway and stood upon the wharf. Soon we were steaming down the tortuous river. In a couple of hours I was sitting upon a deck chair, with Nerah beside me. The cool salt sea air was blowing on my cheek, and 1 felt strangely well and happy. The sea had always exercised a powerful fasci nation for me, and it exercised some of its old wistful glamour for me now as I listened to the swish and splash of the waves breaking and coursing along the sides of the old Dtigong. But at length the vain regret forced itself upon me that I could not now look upon old ocean's mystic face as it heaved in the moonlight, here with silvery flashes of phosphorescent fire and there with a yawning gulf of somber blackness. How often I had longed when in the sad voiced lonely bush to be once more within sound of its ever changing an! mysterious whispers. And now my wish was granted. But, alas, I might listen to the sighing of winds and the soothing splash of waters, but it was written in thi- book that I was no more to look upon that dear familiar face. 'ili,-11 I felt the gentle pressure of the hand that lay in mine, and I knew that some one was at her old tricks of mind reading. "You should not think of such things." she insisted "but when you do rememfv r they ar<- none the less real because you u«n't see them. I think to hear-—to feci —them is ever so much gmii.lt r I often shut my eyes on pur pose to do this." "That's not the only thing which troubles me." L rej- ::: .1 aluiu.-t queru lously; "it's the future the horrible oselessnees and hopeh-ssuess of the fu ture." "That's rather hard upon me. isn't it?" flie commented. "It would be ten times harder upon you. " 1 answered, "if I allowed you to throw away yonr life on a blind man" — "Listen to me. Dick." she interrupt ed, and the words came from her calm ly and proudly, as if from a conscious ness of her own strength, but not with out the tenderness of her infinite love and trust. "I understand perfectly why yon speak like this, but yon don't quite know me yet. Whether you get back your sight or not won't make any dif ference—only perhaps I'd love you bet ter as you aTe. Do you think a woman only marries a man for his eyes? Is there anything the world can give a womjjn in exchange for her love? There's nothing. iJick, and you know it. Didn't you tell me once that yon loved me better than your own life?" The girl had caught up one of my hands and now held it between her own. She had come so close to uie that I could feel the silky touch of her hair upon my temples. She was very strong in that which makos a woman woman ly. My resolutions wavered. I should not have been made of flesh and blood had I not experienced a secret sense of thankfulness in so far as I had done that which my sense of justice demand ed and failed to shake the girl's con stancy. "I'll tell you what." I said, "iu the meantime we'll leave things just as they are. In six months or so from now you'll be with your father in England. By that time I'll either be recovering my sight or be a hopelessly blind man. You'll have lots of time to think over matters before then, so that should yon have come to see things in a different light you'll be at lil>erty to do just as you please, and no one will be to blame." "Agreed," she cried gladly, with the confidence of one who has no fear of the results, and we sealed the compact in the simplest and best of ways. And now I will hurry over the in evitable'farting scene. At Thursday is land the squatter and she who had be come every day dearer to me transship ped into one of the A. U. S. N. boats and went southward. Jack and I caught the homeward bound mail, the Dacca, and went westward. "In six months from now Norah and I'll be with yon," said the squatter as he wrung my hands on parting. "You see, my affairs must be arranged down south first. Remember, if you have lost your sight, you've won that which is ten thousand times more precious—you know what. You've behaved like a square man in the past, and, what ever comes of it, I'm not going to in terfere in the future. Norah is like what her mother was, and I'm proud of her. Keep your heart up, my boy." As to my parting with her, I think it is one of those things that it is as well to say nothing about. What can one say'! Suffice it that her last words to me as she held my hands were, "What ever comes, have patience." And the remembrance of these blessed words kept me patient in many of my dark hours of trial. In spite of what misogynists, pessimists, cynics, and all those belonging to that sickly and short sighted crew may say, I do not think it possible for any man to gauge to its full ness and depth the purity of motivo in a true and noble minded woman. The change came so gradually that at first it was hardly noted. Then I began to fancy myself the victim of some hal lucination. It is often as difficult to convince oneself of good news as to. realize some terrible misfortune, strango as it may seem. So, as at first I had been slow to realize the fact of my lost sight, I conld now scarcely credit the fact that it was coming back. Then there was a trying, terrible time of doubt, when I thought that the feeble gleams of light vouchsafed me were but the flickerings of the dying power of sight ere it went out forever to leave me in a lifelong darkness. Truly, I wanted patience. No one could have been more in need of it. Looking back on those days I can see how my punish ment was merited —for who was I to set myself up as suffering from asp'ecial dispensation of Providence 1 At first it was as if the darkness were only a little less accentuated and com plete. Then it was as if I looked from some marine depths through a great body of opaque but turgid waters and could distinguish the sickly, greenish light —the light of day—dimly through it. But that sickly greenish light, when I stood in the sunlight, became day by day clearer until, at last, turning my eyes to where the great orb of life was, I became conscious of a flood of glorious light. But the doctor of the ship put a stop to such dangerous experiments. The thought that the power of vision was not altogether destroyed within me and that I might yet regain it roused such a wild, tumultuous hope in my heart that often it was as much as I could do to control my feelings. Had it not been for Jack and the remembrance of those dear wojds of hers, "Whatever comes, have patience,'' I think at times some of the passengers might have thought I was losing my reason in ad dition to having lost my sight. CHAPTER XXII. DAWN. It is hard to say what I should have done without Jack on that homeward voyage. He was kindness personified, and he bore his new honors as he had done his ' ways of civilization appeared to me absurd and supfrtki'ins. Perhaps I was a little inclined to chafe over my enforced in action. February was comparatively mild for that season of the year at St. Le<>n ards on-S. a. where my people had taken a honse for the winter I cortld ny the memory of one dear face, and all the current of my being set toward it There were times when I looked npoo my blindness as a blessing in disguise, for it was not hard to realise that but for it I "blight never have fully known the depths and purity of her great love, which had risen superior tc the tragedy and wreck of my physical life Still the prospect of recovering my sight was everything, for I told myself that had my blindness continned it would have been a crime to allow her to throw her self away on an imperfect ami useless life. But riow+*ould, with a glad heart and a clear conscience, accept the pre cious trust she had so nobly offered On my arrival in England I had gone to a gr* at . enlist. Contrary to expecta tions he did not give me much comfort I almost rets nted it when he told nie that, despite the temporary improve ment in my sight, he could not hold out any definite hope of recovery. "If you get better, good and well." he said, "but you've had a hard time of it in the gulf, and the shock was a terrible one. It's as well, however, to tell yon frankly that, once let there be a relapse, and it means that any vitality yonr eyes now possess is leaving them for ever. You know the old saying about the 'flickering of the candle. * " Oh. these were cruel words, althongh in all truth the great man meant thctn kindly enough. However. I only re membered the proverbial caution at physicians with reputations to lose and took his verdict for what I thought it was worth. One morning I receive my first let ter from Norah, bnt am sure that no chivalrous reader wonld care to read it. Suffice it that its tone was cheerful, although she advised me to exercise pa tience. Could I not, she wrote, take up again my old predilection for story writing—reluctantly abandoned be cause editors were not sufficiently ap preciative? I had now a unique experi ence to draw upon. She had heard there were typewriting machines for those whose sight was like my own, or better still I could employ an amanuensis for a few hours every day. There was nothing so conducive to happiness as a little work or having a hobby, no mat ter if it were only keeping rabbits. Strange to say, what she suggested— the writing, not the keeping of rabbits —had been growing upon me for some time, until at length it had become al most irresistible. In the old days I did not realize that I was only writing about the same common place and hack neyed things that hundreds of others were rei>roducing from their colorless lives—colorless like my own—and which only a few, either by reason of the subtle spark of genius or the quick ening touch of sorrow, were doing well Now I felt that in all truth my appren ticeship had been served to the greatest cf all masters—experience. I had seen what it falls to the lot of but few to see —I had heard the keynote of exist ence in the school of human suffering and the infinite tenderness and purity of a true woman's love—the pathos and the poetry of life. Ah, that were a song worth listening to—one that never grows old. As soon as I resolved to take np my ®ld pursuit again it seemed as if the Workaday world was not so very far re moved from me after all. • •••••• The month of June, the town of Plymouth and the mcrning of the day wljen the great Australian liner will arrive with the squatter and his daugh ter on board. r" 2 "Hello, Kate! What brings you out htrcf'' Truly, I had been dealt mercifully with, for my sight had not only been partially restored, but now my bush sweetheart was coining to me; not to a poor, blind, helpless man, bnt to one with health and strength, who did not want for his share of the good things of this life. Truly, out of evil good may come; for when sheer necessity drove me out into the wild Never-Never Land of tropical Australia I little thought that there, of all places, I should meet with her who, to me, was to prove so fejuch. There is a gentle breeze rippling tae waters of the channel, and tho blue sky above is flecked with fleecy clouds. Stately ships, with all sails set. are gliding past to disappear again in the mysterious depths of the blue horizon. They remind one of beautiful sentient things. There js a salt sea smack, an exhilarating vitality in-the atmosphere that seems to breath new life into one. Noon, and Jack, who is now my brother-in-law elect and'has met us at the hotel to await the arrival of the boat, has strolled out with me to one of the old piers in order to kill time. It is a blazing hot day and in two hoars we go off together in the tender to meet thß great mailship. and then—but my heart was too full to think of it. We leaned against a low wall and looked out to sea. It was not much I could distinguish, but my imagination filled the void. In a minute or so we were joined by my sister Kate. I was of course glad to see her, and remarked mischievously: "Hello, Kate! What brings yon out here?" "The same reason that brings yon. sir —something in the air, I suppose," was the unblushing reply. There was a pause for a minute, dur ing which I rested my head iu my hands, for a strange drowsiness stole over me just then. Still. s«-eing that the fever I f ••!{»• I ÜBCJT t r th* past U vr night - had caused n»« to «leep badly, thi> did r>..t -««rike 1 •• a*
n unison with a hand organ which kept grinding oat "An* tnmxi I. are*" in n n- ighl« street Th* lazy lap of the water. the y laughter of - n*» seafaring men pnshing off in a small L<*t »■ TIIHW ax if fr-m the ciouda. an ! the Bruond ra-*pin.:. f a -aw in a arpeatct'i fhop hard tr seemed very nnr< al and far away Sm* om me by the arm. It *n a second or two before I realii> >rs becan;.' a confused jntuble of *>und A sadden chill crept over me. my heart fluttered painfully, a horrible presence me. WHS it "the flickering of the candle" the great oculist hail spoken about ? I found my voice and cried "Knte. isn't Otsl's world very Uan tifnlt" "Yes, Dii-k." she answered. with a woman's naming in«tinct "But n>t so beautiful as humanity." and ber arm w. Nt ronnd my waist. "Then. lass, I've looked mr last on it and on yon!" For candle had burned down in its socket ! As they led me back to the hotel be twe n them the organ broke into a joyonn* dance, and I conld hear the rhythmical patter of the children « feet tripping it right merrily on the paving stones. Oh, how fnll of the glory and the gladness of life were these children' And, oh. the irony of fate that should make that <>rgan peal ont, as like a prematurely old man. I passed it, "Sun shine Above," snnshins above! Suddenly I stopped. "Jack. " I :isked. "plac® me with my face to the snn." Relnctantly. as it weiy, they turned mo ronnd nntil I conld feel its warm rays kissing my cheeks, bnt there was nothing before my lifeless eyeballs Imt an nnhroken twilight I might in the future b« al>le to tell night from day, bnt nothing more. How had I sinned that the cnp of promise sbcrald have been held ont to me and then dashed to pieces immoiliately it touched my lipat They took me into the private sitting room. There 1 threw myself face down ward on a conch and gave way to the rebellion in my heart. just as I had done win n my sight had first been taken from me. Resignation, forsooth! Let them pr« .ch it who have success fully triumphed over a living death like mine. At first those with me wisely re frained from th< >se stereotyped words of BO called comfort They knew that a clasp of the hand and a period of sig nificant silence conld do more for a man at such a time. My mother, good sonl. came and knelt by my side. "His will be don«." she said, struggling to be brave. "His will!" I cried "When it means the ruin of my life?" "Do yon think it is not as hard for me to Ixar." she rejoined; "yon. who are the only boy I have left t" Oh. how ashamed 1 felt of myself at that moment! "Have mercy upon me. 0 Lord, for I am weak!" I cried. Oh, how I hated that flickering of my dying sinht: Why had it not passed from me forever so that I might have been spared the torments of disappoint ed hopes, the bitterness of aonl? But those words of my mother made me rtnuk. If I had often regretted lacking the opportunity of proving my man hood and that letter self which I be lieved was in every man. had 1 not now one cbanco in a thousand of asserting it? No sooner had this thought possess ed me than 1 became like my old self. Just then a messenger came to nay j U U \) ir* Involuntarily both »»iv '"iwd* trcnt f"' that the Almora was signaled and the tender would start immediately I insisted on Jack and Kate going out to meet the ship. "Better tell them to go on to London," I said in my trouble. "Anyhow, it's several months since she spoke as she did about my blindness. One's mind can altxr in that time. Let s give her the chance of breaking with me if she wants to. " If I could not be altogether reconciled to my fate, at least I tried to think of her. though what it coet me to speak as I did no one can tell They left me alone in the room at my own request, and the minutes drag ged on like eternities. I had settled th*ings satisfactorily in my own mind and waited to know my fate. There was as I thought a murmur of voices on the stairs for the hundredth time, and again I was disappointed. Fool that I was to think that » fresh, beautiful young life could come to link itself with such a wreck of humanity! Women loved to be heroic It was all very well, and natural enough, for her to come to me as she did at first, when the shock of horror on hearing of my lost sight hail given way to a flood of pity. She was doubtless true to her better nature when she said that my blindness made n.> difference in her love. But was it to be expected that it could last forever under such conditions? She was young, and time had been given her to realize calmly tho folly of continuing our un fortunate attachment Was she to be blamed if she drew liack at the eleventh hour? No; it were wiser to do so. If she came. 1 myself would tell her so. But she would not come. Another age, and then, just onUide on the landing, there was the sound of footsteps. One step there was no possibility of me at least mistaking; it was quick, fre?*and buoyant. Soru« one knocked; my heart st' 1 still for a moment, then throbbed on violently. I roae to my feet to show her that my mauhmid was not alt.'geth cr dead. I found my voice, and the pr> eaic "Come in" became a tragedy in two words. The door opened and shut Involuntarily both my hands went out to her. and I knew that, weakly enough, my eyee were tilling with tears Oh. what a magic there was in her pr» eucq! The conventional words of wel come stuck in my throat, hut it did n.-t matter, for in another moment her bead was pillowed on my breast "Oh, Dick, " she cried, "I am crying because I'm so glad: You will never, never let No. 4H me g away mtn T~ 51 v -urn r— . u.- c» wmt t toe wind* as I h. ai IMT fc id ami kw»d h* * on the lip* P.IJB>IIN-« f IMB'th" I wan the kapp*- , est man in th-' t: fee ktiw:: me' It : i- w - fit yt rs -'.nre my wif«- and I ch • this qu:- t » r!h»»d' eru !.« nd>a mi-Mi wfc- re in th* si nr.; • d»- <-an thr w ..p. n the window® ac l .til. w ti. s* • t —•nt . f r» and fb« •*!r_-{tsjx bird* t.» e< me in to gether There are in. «nch f hinge as g! my skbs» or fcigs to the Mind My hi.'at l»a»t isone- f perpetual ■> tar htm A*!.- .in* i R.. ,>f the fiv« and tweatv blind tH-n who sit A wn with me t*» dinner ev. ry < 'hrt-tm.is day if be &«« r. t liTe in a w rid • f his >vi m.ikta* IF r in«t.ir my typi-t has jnst trld me a< 1 dictate th> -e lines that there ie a thick f. -£ creeping op fr ei> the * »»th i »a.~t lint what d* I per*, Fiaily care f. ? a f«t It has n- tb:mr t» d» with my w.»rld In my mind * eye that truer "ii:ht I can see ißitimi a great vattry •hape.l a h« r*-sh-e«l cliff* There is a »*ry . t tnr-jT! • hla* v.-r my head Ther*. are ;i. tnr> -jrie «rr npn ■ f rrcas and f. afh r |>alms all ar> nml Tbe white snnlight streams down with pitl lew* intensity, the "badows ar* black mm ink. hard, -harply d>fianl palpable lint I could g.on d-scr dn< f rerer A man if he has a Ive for na t':r.* and the U-antifnl can cnltiTate the p.wer 11 observation nntil his brain w like a •« nsiti/.d plate that will countless ii:ipr-sn;<>as Yes. lam n<»w in a »..-n«e of tight, and in the rapacity f«.r w rk—gcmi Kid • r in>liffi renl. as the raw Qiay he B< ■« my great« ?>t happine«*(. save one—- th- fare that grows rn. r-- precioaa «r:th the years THF rip AN ELEGY IN BRCX3KLYN. Br me »übtW in* act*« ' ' 1 th# f lay. ami l.' th# fride * tath IM To janc!i«« >* 8el:» >*« 'nntu **» .%»■! troifcrjr* bwt to Br •<) mm ka*i mm i-binae« fr-rth th# leil F n m mry V wilr j " -■*#* » j 't.< er««C Htantljr i MJ tb* «ri» ftiwrfU. A4i«« until I |H » bit* t «l But »o« th« ro#*t i. , r*» hw! ■>« W"k *«».n to vox th# m -wm. Atfl. hi th# ri;n< ■»•.' ** rirwt in taM. In mrrrtei I Imn :n#» !f loar ■-'« fitrni ttah •Oatant Krirrt • ;• nmy #e*C AJB.I all th# »Sr a JaaJJjr rti J* 9h> a whara law < ata ae"" Hw •■*<"* l- tK* fccH Aa-1 torn* too imtm r. .r * hi ! UxkOj «r-jMa Sara that fmaa " rry oj. a arn«»>» am llasi ■ hunca torth with >aa avail, An*l ail th# toß#a familiar (or a frrn lit.- JO# ft* ml ajmi. .<«» of loan jHI Trt all bat tr « «rh snail »r tt k tS#r ca« r»».n tMr front «rf* «•!!« «■ th# hast. Sir» »- how t; taara i.«t aumoxr .ta la hdae Kutcrp# Uirly duwa «pr|.hrn «lr an.) err tan my . a##*. Aii' what M that? Ikthinka to ata thry . ':n# Ha. k frm«r*nt axwina U I«BB» crvak. Ac! BOW. in aril' 0< a't that I h»*« mi-t. Srnnr claim m thla 1 > to r«i.V Who fr >m tta . Karma prr. i;;'.tatr kit Srd Ac t left the bonnlar In hia pome »ad »rVfca I will not acriva thrtr natuxra t. .harlosa S.ir waata amshar liar -a *«il» an draA ■t i waaine lata, and I ids ar#h I" P»aa — At all ea«nta. I »wsi TU go ti»«k#d. -Bewklya Uia. ■■Mil* Mterarr Valea. The BillviUe IJtcrary clnb haa gone to the seashore for its annual bath. Our lgemry department Is abeeut from the pajier this week. th«* editor of It having taken a contract to grade a railroad. Major Jones' new noTel will be out by the Ist of September. In faet. the major says It will be #»X) out. The BillviUe Lecture bureau has been quiet this wvek. All the women are at the seashore. A literary supper for the benefit of the town hall will be given one nlgM next week. Itarbecued lamb will be the feature the evening. While one of our leading literary men was peacefully plowing In hfs field last week some miscreant stole his shirt and his entire library, the latter consisting of Bunyan's "PW *ri m's Progress" and two bound vol umes of The »'ouiiresslonnl Record.— Atlanta < 'onstltutlon. Ira. It's a wise child that knows it* T* "Oh. yes!" replied the boy ly. "1 eimkl write a play.~— Chicago l'ost. HIGH LIGHTS. Wlar Saylaaa r*M4rair4 far t »r» Oaay Rragera. Jto«-l«"ty contains many women whe have (toiwl jewelry and t*d mann» • it is Iwtter to have !» ed ami U»«t than never to have lost at aIL If you n-trird all annoyances as a U •! ly impersonal, life i< no chore at a. : When a small Uiy gets blr enoiiac w run to a fire he conablers klu If grown up. Only first class people