VOL- xxxvi i
Grand Clearance Sale
Of Summer Footwear
At BICKEL'S.
We have commenced a grand clearance sale ot .til summer foot
wear. We have t>o man} - ta - i shoes and Oxfords and will not carry a
pair over. Every pair must be closed out during this salt, and will
go during this sale at away down prices. So look out for some
great shoe bargains at Bickel's.
Men's $5.00 Tan Shoes at $2.50
Men's $4 00 Tan Shoes at $2.25
Men's $3.50 Oxford Shoes at .... $2.25
Men's $2 50 ' xford Shoes .it. . $1.50
Ladies' Fine Kussctt Shoes at $2.00
L lilies' fine R'i-isetc Shoes at $1.25
Misses' Fine Kussctt Shoes at 90c
Misses' Fine Strap Sandal Slippers at 50c
Men's Fine Vici Kid Shoes, Patent Leather Trimed it $125
Men's Fine Tan Coin Toe Shoes at $1.20
Men's Fine Slippers at .... 75c
Boy's Fine Slippers at .35c
Ladies' Fine Slippers at 40c
Boy's Fine Tan Shoes at SI.OO
Children's Fine Shoes at 50c
it will pay you to visit this great sale
and secure some of the bargains being offered.^
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, - - BUTLER, PA
Huselton's Big Shoe Store.
Butler's Big Centennial
WILL OPEN SHORTLY.
V'ou are certainly coming; it may not be convenient for you to
attend the next one held in Butler. Better make your arrangements
to be present at this one. We extend a cordial welcome to one and
all to visit with us when you come. Make this store your head
quarters; we will do our best to make your visit both pleasant and
profitable to you. We have unquestionably the most satisfactory
Shoe Store in this city with prices on goo.l shoes always lower than
the accustomed.
Women's Fine Shoes.
Onr crisp, snappy styles will interest
women that want neat fitting, comfort
able up-to-date shoes. We show them in
New Cuban and Military heels—2o
shapes from narrow opera with luht
turned soles to the extreme "mannish"
hand welts in Kid Skin and Patent
Leathers.
Women's Oxfords.
"Fashion's
/Ml favorite."
WH Queen
6hbl Quality
flSfi Oxfords
\ / $2-50
V J Other Styles for Street,
\- -/ Dress, House, Outing.
There s a wonderful amount of com
fort in a well-made properly fitted Ox
ford-comfort and style combined—for
the Oxford is the smart shoe of the
Beason—this year— and as usual the
smartest and swellest shapes are here at
HUSELTON'S. Look over the line of
Tan, Calf and Kid Oxfords, Goodyear
welts at $2 md $2. 50 and the Patent
Leathers at $2.75 and s;i, and see if yon
ever saw the equal of them for the
money. Other lines in low cut shoes
at 50c, 75c, $1 and $1.25.
WE SELL
'QUEEN QUALITY'
SHOES FOR WOMEN, $3.00-
Thero is not another shoe in Butler
that will match our "Queen Quality"
Shoes for Women within 50c a pair.
Ask to see onr Women's Fine Shoos
at Ssc. sl, $1.25. $2 and $2.50. Yon will
be surprised. Nothing in Butler begins
to equal them at these prices.
JHuiseltor\'s Shoes,
Have made their way into the homes of the people. You see them
everywhere, on the farm, the shop, 011 the streets, in the trains.
They <lo service of steady business, they take the summer outing,they
travel all the states of our country and many are touring in foreign
lands at all times—they are on tho feet of the masses—and the classes
—and "Never Disappoint"—no matter where or when they are worn.
B. C. HUSELTONS,
Butler's Lending Shoe House. Opposite Hotel Lowry.
Spring STYLES m f f
";f." Men don't buy clothing for the XJ liwY I if
or spending money. They
Hi to get the best possible results for theftY V«ll* KV* CJ A
"3?Cmoney expended. Not cheap s '*x\ . m\
.jitbut goods as cheap as they can he "AC. y*\ i.^V
iflsold for anil made up properly, [ffn
TWyou want the correct thing at the cor-'WC" lA
•Jftlrect price, call an 1 examine - ' \ ' ! |
3, large stick of SPRING WRIGHTS—3, \ V k '
■jfri.ATICST STYLES, SHADES \l KWM \: J
i L r'' ms ' . .* 1 fr
j ] j
Fits and Workmanship g j I i
Guaranteed. /
G F. K6CK,
<42 North Main Street, Butler, Pa
subscribe for the CITIZfcN
Everybody Says
WE SELL THE BEST SHOES FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS.
Clever shoes for clever small Boys and
Girls, not a Lit left up-to ilnte than
Papa's and Mama's. Kid, Russia Calf
and Patent Leathers.
Regent and Princeton
SHOES FOR MEN £!.50 AND *3.00
; CAN ONLY BE B< >UGHT HERE.
There are more "Regent and Prince
ton" shoes walking around than auy
other brand. They are most numerous
j because man feels most at home in
! them. Best shoes in the world for |3.00
| and f:s.
flen Oxfords.
I /% 't'Pt
/ ft | 'i\M
Men who never wore Oxfords are
wearing them now. It's going to be a
distinctly good Oxford season and we've
prepared accordingly ■ >ll the right shapes
in broad choice of leathers—Tan, Patent
Leather, Ideal or Patent Kid and Vici.
Prices to Men's Work Shoes at
*l, *1.25, *1.50 and *2.
Men Dress Shoes.
Swell dressy shoes in Satin Calf, Vici
Kid, Wax Calf, Tan, Russia Calf, splen-
I didly made, exact duplicate of the
and *;i.so shoes. Price *l, $1.50, $2 and
*2.50.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
|>ITTSBURG & WESTERN
] Railway. Schedule of Pas
i if;ngor Trains in effect May 28
1599. BUTLER TIME.
P<l»art. Arrive
.vli--.li i j A ... 625 A N
i Allegheny Exprein 8 iv"» " '#l i••
i Nt-wTiLstle Accommodation .... SOS " :» 11 "
Akron Mail H 05 A M 7 03 r V
Allegheny KHHI Express '► 58 " 1- 18 "
j Allegheny Expmu • '»• PJ t I" |i
Chicago Expren ' 10 pm 1- IS HOI
: ftltogfinnj Mail • " 745 p
j Allegheny and New i'agtle Accom 5 44 T • '. "
('hicagc Limit**! 550 44 ** 1- AM
i Kane an<! Bradford Mail A M - 50 P.M
Clarion Accommodation 4 55 P.* 9 !"» A M
l Cleveland and Chicago Kxpre«... •» 25 am
SUNDAY TRAINS.
I Allegheny Expretw 8 05 a M f* 1-A.M
Allegheny Accommodation. ... •50 R.M "• ".T P.M
New Cast In Accommodation 8 «>"» A.M 7 oa 44
| Chicago Express t 4<> P.M 5 irt am
Allegheny Accommodation 7 03 pni
On Saturdays a train, known as the tlw-atro train,
will leave Hutl»*r at 6.50 p. in., arriving »t Allegheny
at retnrning leave Alleghen}' a! 11.30 p. m.
rullmaa sleeping cars on Chicago Kxj.r -i hetwe« !.
I'ittahnrg and Chicago.
, Fur through ticket* to all |*>int* in the wot, north
| tfe<4t or Dniitiiw Kt ud information regarding r«nit«-.
time of train*, etc. apply to
W. K. TURNER, Ticket Agent.
| K It KKYN<»M»S. Sup't, V P., Hut!, r, IV
Buth-r, I'a. C. W. BASSKTT,
G. P. A.. Alkhn v, I'a
li (» DUNKLE,
Sup t. W. A L. l>iv.. Allegheny Pi».
1> UFFALO, ROCHESTER &
13 PITTSBURG RY. The
new trunk line between Pitcsburg.
Butler, Bradford, Rochester and
Buffalo.
On and after May iW, 1900, passenger
trains will leave Bntler. P. ct W. Sta
tion as follow-", Butler Time:
NOUTII. BOUND.
I>uft"lfl and Buffalo an«U K >. Hufialo and K .
(Mn An Br
dation. so. 11.
l>aily e\« ept Sue- Express. N«-._ j>nN n.
day. Daily. Dailv.
BUTLER. BUTLER. 11l TI ER.
Ari p.m. Arr 11:25 p.m Yrr lorlo a.m
Lv .5:22 p.m. Lv 11:28 p.m ;i.v 1<»:12 a.m
Train V-. i has Pullman Sp<-« Allegheny t<»
Unrt'aloand Rochester.
SOUTH 110 UNP.
Pittsburg Accom. Pittsburg Day Pittslmrjr Vivrlit
1 »aily except Si«»i-E\pr»->*. Dailv. K\pr« -s Daih
day. No. IS. N0.3 No. 7
BUTLER. BUTLER BUTLER
Arr 10:23 a.m Arr 5r31 p.m Vrr 5:47 a.m
Lv 10:25 a.m Lv 5:34 p.m Lv r » :.0 a.m
Thousand mile tickets good for pas
sage between all stations on the B. K.
<fc P R'y and N. Y. C. R. R. (Penn'a.
division) at 2 cents per mile.
For tickets, time tables and furthei
information call on or address,
W. R. TURNER, Agt
Butler, Pa., or
EDWARD C. LAPEY.
Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Rochester, N. Y.
rplIE PITTSBURG, BESSE-
L MER & LAKE ERIE R.
R. COMPANY.
Time table in effect May 27, 1900.
CENTRAL TIME.
Northward. Daily except Sunday. Southward.
(Read up) ( Read down)
l SI !l IONS 1 11 13
r>l P M A.M. A M A .M P M
12 50 8 :«» Erie :• 4 10
12 24 8 03 ar. .Conncaut.. .ar 12 21 •» 2S
'.i 24 •» M lv.. Conneant.. .h '» -1 I •*!
11 2» 7 08 Coiineautville 1«» 51 5 d'>
•11 10 r» 3s M'-adville Junct. II 1" li
11 58' 7 20 ar.. Meadville.. ar 11 .> li 55
1«» 12 5 55 Iv. Meadville. ... lv lo 12; 5 15
11 28 sojar. .(.'on. Lake..ar 111 2KJ r. 25
10 42 «» 25; 1 v..Con. Lake..h ilo 12 5 41
11 IS <i 44 :ir..Exjio. Park.ar II 1 v 0"!
10 55 '» 44 lv.. Ex|*>. Piirk.h lo 55 •»
10 54 li 24 llartntown 11 2 ■ »• 22
10 40 r» IK> c>Hg«>Hi ii o :r.
». 10 lo 33 r, o;{ Greenville «i :u» 11 45 «45
•; I M J*? *j«; W
«.» .HI 5 2'. Mercer 7 12 |2 2-1 7 2*
5 «5 i» 28 5 Oo Orove Oitv 7 In 12 is 7 55
4 53 'j 1«", Harrisvillo 7 52 12 s'»
4 45, 9 Branchtou K «»1 | C*s
5 :{"» J55 ar... Hilliard... ar 855 155
3 25| B 45 1v... Ililliard. ..lv li 45; 11 45
4 10 y i£i Keixter 8 05 1 12
1 25 8 4S .Euclid J 8 20 1 2.'>
3 55 s: 1m Butler 8 fy»j 1 55:
A.M.. I * J I l'.M 1
Train 9 leaying Erie at 6:30 a.m. ar
rives at Shenango at 9:05.
Train 10 leaving Shenango at 4:10 p.
m. arrives at Erie at 6:55.
J. S. MATSON, E. H. UTLEY,
Snp't Transp. Gen. Pass. Agl.
(Treenville. Pa. Pittsburg. Pa.
PENNSYLVANIA
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
SCIIKDULR IN ERRF.IT Nov. 20,1899.
SOUTH. WEEK DAYS- ,
A. M [A. M. A.M. P. M P M.
BUTLER Leave G 251 8 o."> 10 50 2 35 5 05
tSaxonburg Arrive 6 54 8 30 11 1 •"» 3.00 5 28
Butler Junction.. M i 7 27. 8 11 40 325 553
Butler Junction. ..Leave' 7 31. 8 s:t 11 52 2."» 553
Natrona Arrive 7 40 9 01 12 01 ..I C !>_:
Tarcntum 7 44 9 07 12 os' 3 42 *» 07
Springdnle j 7 52 9 16 12 19 3 52
Olareinont f9 SO 12 38 4 CHi
Sharpeburg } 8 11 930 12 18 4 12 •; 12
Allcirh«ii)' • 8 S4 9 4* 1 «2 4 2.'> « 4:;
A. M. A.M. !'. M. P. M. i>. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Butler fur Allegheny
City ami princiiul iutermeiliiite Hlalii'lirt lit 'u. ui
and s:(>u p. ui.
NORTH. WEEK DATS
A.M.iA. M A M P. M P. M
Allegheny City. ..leave 7 <Hi 8 55 10 45 3 lt» G 10
Shari«hurg 712 90710 57 ... ....
Ciarcmont 1 11 04 .
Sprintrdah* i 11 1* 0 :;7
Tarentum 7 37j 9 34 11 3 4». 0 40
Natrona 7 411 93811 34 50 »i 51
Butler Junction. ..arrive 7 4-v 9 47 11 I ' 3 5b 7 «*'
Butler Junction... .leave 74s 947 12 1> 1 (>«i 700
Saxonburg 8 I'. 10 oo 12 41 4 7 21
BUTLER arrive 8 4<» 10 32 1 lo 5 05 7 50
A.M.jA.M. P. M. P. at. P. M
SUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Allegheny City for But
ler and principal intermediate stations at 7:15 a m. an-1
9*30 p. ni.
FOR THE EAST.
Weeks Days. Sundays
A.M.IA M ;P. >l. A. M. P M
HI TLER. lv fi 25 10 50 235 7 3i» 500
Butler J'ct ar 7 27j 11 40 325 820 550
Butler Jet lv 7 48,11 43 35b 821 8 0".
Free port ....ari 75111 40 102 825 807
Kiakiminetus J't 44 7 5511 5o 4 07' 829 811
Uechhurg 44 80712 02 4 19' 841 8 2:1
Paul ton (Ap0110)...." 8 2f»|l2 22 140 > r>s h42
Saltsbur« 44 861 12 4!» 5 «»8 'J 2:*. 909
Blaireville n j 9 22 1 20 .5 11 62 9 4o
lUairsville Int 44 . 9 30 1 33: 5 50 10 <«'
Altoona " 11 35! 545 850 5 15 . ..
llariishurg ' 4 3 10,10 (H»j 1 00, lo oo-
Philadelphia 44 6 231 4 2."» i 425 425
p. M.|A. M.| A. M. A. M. P. m
Through traius for the cast leave Pittsburg (Union
Station), ]is follows:
Atlantic Express, daily 2:50 A.M
Pennsylvania Limited 44 7:15 44
Day Express, " 7:; jo M
Mam Line Express, 41 S;«N» 44
llarrisbnrg Mail, " 12:4o P.M
Philalelphia Express, ' .4:50 44
Mail aud Express daily. For New Y<«rk only.
Through buffet sleepar; no coaches 7:<»o 44
Eastern Express, ' 4 7:10 41
Fast Line, * 8:30 "
Pittsburg Limited, daily, with through coaches
to New York, and sleeping cars to New York,
Baltimore an<l Washington only. No extra
tare on this train 10:00 44
Fhilad'a Mail, Sundays ouiy 8.40 A.M
Fnr Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, all
rail route), 8:00 A.M, and 8:30 P.M, daily.
Foi detailed information, address Tlioa. E. Watt, P:ISH.
A>rt. Western District, Corner Fifth Avenue and Sinith-
Street, Pittsburg, l*a.
J B. lIL'TCHISON, J. R. WOOD,
General Munaaer. Qeu'' Paaer. A net*:
Now is The Time to Have
Your Clothing
CLEANED OR DYED.
If you want good and reliable
cleaning or dyeing done, there is
just one place In town where you
can get it, and that is at
The Butler Dye Works
216 Center avenue
do fine work in out
door Photographs. This is tin
time of year to have a picture ol
your house. Give us a trial.
Agent for the .Jau.eetown Sliding
Blind C'o.—New York.
R. FISHER & SON
BUTLER, THURSDAY, .ITNE 14. 1900
headache
I I? often ;t warning that the liver la ■
i Mow ■
| . t< Font a prompt, ■
j efficiint <ure of Headache and all ■
I liver troubles, take H
| PiiSs |
■ While th y rouse the liver, restore I
I full, r _rii:.ir action of the bowel?. ■
j tin y <lo not pripo or pain, do not ■
I irrit.- 'eur inflamethe internal organs, ■
I but have a jwsitive tonic effect. 23c. ■
I at all druggist! or by mall of K
C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mas 3. {£
■WillII !!!■——■»
>. ■•••#*' i>
!oe Honest;
m . _ w>
The country i.s flooded with cata
logues from firms who sa\" they
ar--' Manufacturers offering
Huggies, rlarness, &c., at
what they say is whole
. sale prices. Do jou
believe it? VV'c will
tell you how to
test it. Bring
your cata
logue
along with
you to our
store and look
ov£r our Buggies
and Harness and see if
we cannot save you soiue
money and if we can't do
not deal with us, your money
is yours and you have a right
to use it to the best advantage to
yourself. You should at least
look around you before send
ing your money away and
if you can save money
by buying here you
certainly owe it to
yourself to do so.
Try it once. Bring
your catalogue along
if you have one. You
are welcome to make the com
parison whether you buy or not.
S. B, Martincourt & Co,,
128 E. Jefferson St.
S. B. MARTINCOURT.
J. M. LEIGHNER.
B. & R
shirt waists
thousands of them
and all choice
Greatest shirt waist season this
store ever engaged in
Doing a record-breaking busi
ness with the kind of waists
people w^nt —strictly new and
uncommonly stylish styles—made
by experts
\ ariety of styles is simply
enormous—yet all selected for
some difference, pattern,.color, or
both, that brings it within the
range of jour approval.
Colored Waists begin at 50c
assortment extends to $4.50.
White Waists 75c to SIO.OO.
Prettiest dollar waists—colored
madras or percale—pinks, blues,
violet, black or watermelon red
and white, and lots of fancies
White waists also, SI.OO, that
any of you who want neat, dressy,
styles will declare great property.
Fine assortment of colored
waists $1.50, 2.00, 2.50.
Making a feature of white Lawn
waists $1.50.
—four rows of inserting on front
—dress sleeves, flare cuff—or
shirt waist sleeves, stiff cuffs.
Other dainty white waists $2.00,
2,50, 3.50.
Misses' colored shirt waists—26
to 30 bust measure—50c, 75c,
SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50, 2.00. White
waists 75c, SI.OO, 1.25 to 2.50.
Send us your orders for shirt
waists.
We'll save you money.
10,000 ysrds of pretty wash
goods 6], 8. 10, 1 sc.
styles and quality for little
money never approached.
Write for samples.
Boggs&Buhl
Department X.
ALLEGHENY. PA.
Good Fit and Work Guaranteed
Karl Schluchter,
Practical Tailor and Cutter
125 W. JefTerscn, Butler, Pa.
Busheling, Cleaning and
Repairing a Specialty.
SNYDER & THOMPSON
West Jefferson St, Butler, Pa.
I, I VERY, BOARDING
AND SALS STABLE.
PLENTY OK ROOM,
GOOD CARE AND
L'IRST CLASS EQUIPMENT.
BIRD SNYDER,
JAMES A. THOMPSON.
People's I'hone 109,
Bell's Phone 59
I Milk Cans
V V
We make the strongest.A
IF heaviest and most service JL
jfable milk cans made. *
X 5 gal, Cans $lB per doz. X
X Try Our Cans. A.
6 I. J. KING. X
y 532 Grant St., Pittsburg,Pa. V
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CHAPTER XX.
WAI.ro GOES OUT TO TASTE LIFE, ASI>
KM STAYS AT HOME AND TASTES IT.
At 0 o'clock la the evening, packing
his bundles for the next morning'*
, start. Waldo looked up and was Mir
prised to see Em's yellow head peep
lng in at his door. It was many a
month since she had been there. She
■ said she fiad made him sandwiches for
his journey, ami she staid awhile to
help bitn put his goods Into the s&ddle
i hags.
"You < an leave the old things lying
about." she said. "I will lock the room
| aud keep It waiting for you to come
j buck some day."
To come back some day! Would the
bird ever return to its cage? Hut he
thai:!:cd her. When slie went away, he
sto;j.! oil the doorstep holding the can
dle till she had almost reached the
hou-'-. Hut Km was that evening in
no hurry to enter and. instead of going
In at the back door, walked with lag
ging footsteps round the low brick
wall that rail before the house. Oppo
site the open window of the parlor she
stopped. The little room, kept careful
ly dosed lu Taut' Snnnie's time, was
well lighted by a parutiin lamp; books
and v.ork lay strewn about it. aud It
wore a bright, habitable aspect. Be
side the lump at the table in the corner
sat T.ymhill. the open letters and pa
pers .>f the day's |M>st lying scattered
before her. while she perused the col
umns of a newspaper. At the center
table, wiili Ids arms folded on an open
paper, .which there was not light
enui.jh tu read, sat Gregory. lie was
looking ut her. The light from tlis
open window fell on Kin's face under
Its white ". apje" as she looked in. but
no one glanced that way.
"Go and fetch me a glass of water."
I.yndall said ai last
Gregory went out to llnd it. When he
put it down at tier side, she merely
moved her head in recognition, and tie
went back to his seat and his old occtl
pation. Then Km moved slowly away
frotn the window, and through it came
In spotted, hard winged insects, to play
round the lamp, till, one by one. they
stuck to its glass and fell to the foot
dead.
Ten o'clock struck. Then I.yndall
rose, gathered up her papers and let
ters and wished Gregory good night.
Some time after Km entered. She had
been sitting all the while on the loft
ladder and had drawn her "kapje"
down very much over her face.
Gregory was piecing together the bits
of an envelope when she came in.
"I thought you were never coming,"
he said, turning round quickly and
throwing the fragments on to the floor.
"You know I have been shearing all
day, and it Is 10 o'clock already."
"I'm sorry. I did not think you
WOUlct tie going so soon." »l»u sai l in a
low voice.
"I can't hear what you say. What
makes you mumble so? Well, good
night. Km."
He stooped down hastily to kiss her.
"I want to talk to you, Gregory?"
"Well, make haste," he said pettish
ly. "I'm awfully tired. I've been
sitting here all the evening. Why
couldn't you come and talk before?"
"I will not keep you long," she an
swered very steadily now. "I think,
Gregory, it would be better if you and
I were never to be married."
"Good heavens! Ein, what do you
mean? I thought you were so fond of
nie? You always professed to be.
What on earth have you taken Into
your head now?"
"I think it would be better," she said,
folding her hands over each other, very
much as though she were praying.
"Better, Em! What do you mean?
Even a woman can't take a freak all
about nothing! You must have some
reason for It, and I'm sure I've done
nothing to offend you. I wrote only to
day to my sister to tell her to come up
next month to our wedding, and I've
been as affectionate aud happy as pos
sible. Come, what's the matter?"
He put his arm half round her shoul
der very loosely.
"I think It would be better," she an
swered slowly.
"Oh, well," he said, drawing himself
up, "If you won't enter Into explana
tions you won't, and I'm not the man
to beg and pray—not to any woman,
and you know that! If you don't want
to marry me I can't oblige you to, of
course."
She stood quite still before him.
"You women never do know your
own minds two days together, and of
course you know the state of your
own feelings best, but it's very strange.
Have you really made up your mind,
Em?"
"Yes."
"Well, I'm very sorry. I'm sure I've
not been In anything to blame. A man
can't always be billing and cooing;
but, as you say, if your feeling for me
has changed, it's much better you
shouldn't marry me. There's nothing
so foolish as to marry some one you
don't love, and 1 only wish for your
happiness, I'm sure. I dare say you'll
find some one can make you much hap
pier than I could. The first person we
love is seldom the right one. You are
very young. It's Quite natural you
should change."
She said nothing.
"Tilings often seem hard at the time,
but Providence makes them turn out
for the best in the end," said Gregory.
"You'll let me kiss you, Em, Just for
old friendship's sake." He stooped
down. "You must look upon me as a
dear brother, as a cousin at least. As
long as I am on the farm I shall al
ways be glad to help you, Em."
Soon after the brown pony was can
tering along the footpath to the daub
aud wattle house, and his master as he
rode whistled "John Speriwig" and the
"Thorn Kloof Schottische."
««•»•«»
The sun had not yet touched the out
stretched arms of the prickly pear
upon the "kopje," and the early cocks
and liens still strutted about stiffly aft
er the night's roost, when Waldo stood
before the wagon house saddling the
gray mare. Every now and then lie
glanced tip at the old familiar objects.
They had a new aspect that morning.
Even the cocks, seen in the light of
parting, had a peculiar Interest, and
he listened with conscious attention
while one crowed clear and loud as it
stood on the pigsty wall. He wished
good morning softly to the Kaffir wo
man who was coming up from the huts
to light the fire. He was leaving them
all to that old life and from his height
he looked down on them pityingly. So
they would keep on crowing and com
ing to light flres, when for him that old
colorless existence was but a dream.
He went into the house to say good
by to Em. and theu he walked to the
door of Lyndall's room to. wake her.
but she was tip and standing In the
doorway.
"So you are ready," she said.
Waldo looked at her with sudden
heaviness; the exhilaration died out of
his heart. Her gray dressing gown
hung close about her and below its
edge the little bare feet were resting
ou the threshold.
"I wonder when we shall meet again.
Waldo? What you will be. and what
I?"
"Will you write to me?" he asked of
her.
"Yes. and if I should uot, you can
still remember, wherever you are, that
you are not alone."
"1 have left 1 »oss for you," he said.
"Will you not miss him?"
"No; I want you to have him. He
loves you better than he loves me."
"Thank you." They stood quiet.
"Goodby!" she said, putting her little
hand in Ills, and he turned away, but
when he reached the door she called to
him: "Come back. 1 want to kiss
you." She drew his face down to hers
and held it with both hands and kissed
it on the forehead and mouth. "Good
by, dear!"
When he looked back, the little fig
ure with Its beautiful eyes was stand
ing in the doorway still.
CHAPTER XXI.
TIIE "KorJE."
"Good morning!"
Em, who was in the storeroom meas
uring the Kaffir's rations, looked up
and saw her former lover standing be
twixt her and the sunshine. For some
days after that evening on which lie
had ridden home whistling he had
shunned her. She might wish to enter
into explanations, and he (Gregory
Rose) was not the man for that kind
of thing. If a woman had once thrown
him overboard, she must take the eon
sequences and stand by them. When,
however, she showed no Inclination to
revert to the past aud shunned him
more than he shunned her, Gregory
softened.
"You must let me call you Em still
aud be like a brother to you till 1 go,"
he said, and Em thanked him so hum
bly that he wished she hadn't. It
wasn't so easy after that to think him
self an injured man.
Ou that morning he stood some time
in the doorway switching his whip and
moving rather restlessly from one leg
to the other.
"I think I'll just take a walk up to
the camps and see how your birds are
getting on. Now Wnldo's gone you've
no one to see after things. Nice morn
ing, Isn't it?" Then he added sudden
ly, "I'll Just go round to the house aud
get a drink of water lirst," ana some
what awkwardly walked off. He might
have found water In the kitchen, but
he never glanced toward the buckets.
In the front room a monkey and two
tumblers stood ou the center table, but
he merely looked round, peeped Into
the parlor, looked round again and theu
walked out nt the front door and found
himself again at the storeroom without
having satisfied ills thirst. "Awfully
nice morning this," he said, trying to
pose himself iu a graceful and indif
ferent attitude nsalnst the door. "It
Isn't hot, and It isn't cold. It's awfully
nice."
"Yes," said Em.
"Your cousin, uow," said Gregory In
an aimless sort of way—"l suppose
she's shut up in her room writing let
ters."
"No," said Em.
"Gone for a drive, I expect? Nice
morning for a drive."
"No."
"Gone to see the ostriches, I sup
pose?"
"No." After a little 6llenee Em add
ed, "I saw her go by the kraals to the
'kopje.' "
Gregory crossed and uncrossed his
legs.
"Well, I think I'll just go and have a
look about," lie sakl, "and see liow
things are getting on before I go to the
camps. Goodby. So long."
Em left for awhile the bags she was
folding and went to the window, the
same through which, years before,
Bonaparte had watched the slouching
figure cross the yard. Gregory walk
ed to the pigsty first and contemplated
the pigs for a few seconds, then turned
round and stood looking fixedly at the
wall of the fuel house as though he
thought It wanted repairing. Then he
Btarted off suddenly, with the evident
intention of going to the ostrich camps,
then paused, hesitated and finally
walked off In the direction of the
"kopje."
Then Em went back to the corner
and folded more sacks.
On the other side of the "kopje"
Gregory caught sight of a white tail
waving among the stones, and a suc
cession of short, frantic barks told
where Doss was engaged In howling
Imploringly to a lizard who had crept
between two stones and who had not
the slightest intention of resunning
himself at that particular moment.
The dog's mistress sat higher up,
under the shelving rock, her face bent
over a volume of plays upon her knee.
As Gregory mounted the stones she
started violently and looked up, then
resumed her book.
"I hope I am not troubling you," said
Gregory as he reached her side. "If 1
am, 1 will go away. I Just" —
"Xo; you may stay."
"I fear I startled you."
"Yes; your step was firmer than It
generally Is. I thought it was tliat of
Some one else."
"Who could It be but me?" asked
Gregory, seating himself on a stone at
her feet
"L)o you suppose you are the only
man who would find anything to at
tract him to this 'kopje?' "
"Oh, no," said Gregory.
He was not going to argue that point
with her nor any other, but no old
Boer was likely to take the trouble of
climbing the "kopje," and who else
was there?
She continued the study,of her book.
"Miss Lyinlall," he said at last, "1
don't know why It Is you never talk
to me."
"We had a long conversaXion yester
day," she said without looking up.
"Yes; but you ask me questions about
sheep and oxen. I don't call that talk
ing. You used to talk to Waldo, now,"
he said in an aggrieved tone of voice.
"I've heard you when I rami' in. and
then you've Just left off. You treated
me like that from the first day, and
you couldn't tell from just looking at
thai I coiiluH't talii aUjia tiu
you like. I'm sure 1 know as uiiicli
a'. .'U? sueli tilings as Waldo il<x's," 1
Gregory In esoocUing bitttrncss of
"I ilo imt kuow wlilcb things you re
I'er to. If you will vullghtcu mo, 1 am
Quite prepared to speak of them." 'lie
said, reading as she spoke.
"Oh, you never used to ask Waldo
like that," said Gregory In a more sore
ly aggrieved tone than ever. "You used
Just to begin."
"Well, let me see," she said, closing
her book and folding her hands oil it.
"There at the foot of the 'kopje' goes a
Kailir. He has nothing on but a
blanket. lie Is a splendid fellow —six
feet high, with a inagultieeiit pair of
legs. In his leather bag he Is goiu_' to
fetch his rations aud I suppose to kick
Ills wife with his beautiful legs when
he gets home. He has a right to. He
bought her for two oxen. There Is u
lean dog going after hiui, to which. I
suppose, he never gives more than a
bone from which he has sucked the
marrow, liut his dog loves him. as his
wife does. There Is something of the
master about him In spite of his black
uess and wool. See how he brandishes
his stick ami holds up his head"'
"Oh, but aren't you maklns fun?"
said Gregory, looking doubtfully from
her to the Kaffir herd, who rounded the
"kopje."
"No; I am very serious. He is the
most Interesting and Intelligent thing 1
can see Just now, except, perhaps,
L>oss. He Is profoundly suggestive.
Will his race melt away In the heat of
a collision with a higher? Are the men
of the future to see his boues only in
museums, a vestige of one link that
spatiued between the dog and the white
man? He wakes thoughts that run far
out into the future and back Into the
pa6t-"
Gregory was not quite sure how to
take these remarks. Being about a
Kaffir, they appeared to be of the na
ture of a Joke; but, being seriously
spoken, they appeared earnest, so he
half laugl.ed and half uot, to be on the
safe side.
"I've often thought so myself. It's
funny we should both think the same.
I knew we should if once we talked.
But there are other things—love, now,"
he added. "1 wonder if we would think
alike about that. I wrote an essay on
love once. The master said It was the
best 1 ever wrote, and 1 can remember
the lirst sentence still—"Love Is some
thing that you feel in your heart.'"
"That was a trenchant remark. Can't
you remember auy more?"
"No," said Gregory regretfully. "I've
forgotten the rest. But tell me what
do you think about love?"
A look, half of abstraction, half
amusement, played on her lips.
"I don't know much about love," she
said, "and 1 do not like to talk of
things 1 do not understand, but 1 have
heard two opinions. Some say the dev
il carried the seed from hell aud plant
ed It on the earth to plague men
and make them sin, and some say
that when all the plants In the gar
den of Eden were pulled up by the
roots one bush that the angels had
planted was left growing, and it spread
its seed over the whole earth, aud its
name is love. Ido not know which is
right, perhaps both. There are differ
ent species that go under the same
name. There is a love that begins in
the head and goes down to the heart
and grows slowly, but it lasts till death
ami than it riv* There an
other love that blots out wisdom, that
is sweet with the sweetness of life and
bitter with the bitterness of death,
lasting for an hour, but it is worth
having lived a whole life for that hour.
I cannot tell. Perhaps the old monks
were right when they tried to root love
out; perhaps the poets are right when
they try to water it. It is a blood red
flower, with the color of sin, but there
is always the scent of a god about it."
Gregory would have made a remark,
but she said, without noticing:
"There are as many kinds of loves as
there are flowers—everlasting that nev
er wither, speedwells that wait for the
wind to fan them out of life, blood red
mountain lilies that pour their volup
tuous sweetness out for one day and lie
in the dust at night. There is no flow
er has the charm of all—the speed
well's purity, the everlasting's strength,
the mountain lily's warmth. But who
knows whether there is no love that
holds all—friendship, passion, worship?
"Such a love," she said In her sweet
est voice, "will fall on the surface of
strong, cold, selfish life as the sunlight
falls on a torpid winter world; there,
where the trees are bare,- and the
ground frozen till it rings to the step
like Iron, and the water is solid, and
the air is sharp as a two edged knife
that cuts the unwary. But, when its
sun shines on it, through its whole
dead crust a throbbing yearning wakes.
The trees feel him, and every knot and
bud swells, aching to open to liim. The
brown seeds that have slept deep under
the ground feel him, aud he gives them
strength till they break through the
frozen earth and lift two tiny, trem
bling green hands in love to him. And
ho touches the water till down to its
depths it feels him and melts, and it
flows, and the things—strange, sweet
things—that were locked up tn It, it
sings as it runs, for love of him. Eaclfj
plant tries to bear at least one fragraptj
little flower for him, and the
that was dead lives, and the heart that
wns dead and self centered throbs with
un upward, outward yearning, and it
has become that which it seemed im
possible ever to become. There, does
that satisfy youV" she asked, looking
down at Gregory. "Is that how you
like me to talk?"
"Oh, yes!" said Gregory. "That is
what 1 have already thought. We have
the same thoughts about everything.
How strange!"
"Very," said Lyndall, working with
her little toe at a stone In the ground
before her.
Gregory felt he must sustain the con
versation. The only thing he could
think of was to recite a piece of poet
ry. lie knew he had learned many.
al>out love, but the only things that
would come into his mind were the,
"Battle of llohenllnden" and "Not a
drum was heard," neither of which'
seemed to l>ear directly on the subject
on hand.
But unexpected relief came to hlra
from Doss, who, too deeply lost In con
templation of his crevice, was surpris
ed by the sudden descent of the stona
Lyndall's foot hud loosened, which,
rolling against his little front paw,
carried away a piece of white sklxi.
Doss stood on three legs, holding op
the paw with an expression of ex
treme self commiseration. lie then
proceeded to hop slowly upward lu
search of sympathy.
"You have hurt that dog," said Greg
ory.
"Have I?" she replied Indifferently
and reopened the book, as though to
resume her study of the play.
"lie's a nasty, snappish little curl"
sal<l Gregory, calculating from her
manner that the remark would be In
dorsed. "He snapped at my horse's
tail yesterday and nearly made It
throw me. 1 wonder his master didn't
take him. Instead of leaving him here
to be a nuisance to all of us!"
Lyndall seemed absorbed in her play,
but lie ventured another remark
"Do you think now. Miss Lyndall,
that he'll ever have anything In the
world that German, 1 mean—money
enough to support a wife on, and all
that sort of thing? 1 don't. He's what
I call a soft."
She was spreading her skirt out soft
ly with her left hand for the dog to lie
down ou It.
"1 think 1 should be rather astonish
ed if he ever became a respectable
member of society," she said. "1 don't
expect to see hlin the possessor of bank
shares, the chairman of a divisional
council and the father of a large fami
ly. wearing a black hat and going to
church twice ou a Sunday. He would
rather astonish me if he came to such
an end."
"Yes; 1 dou't expect anythlug of him
either," said Gregory zealously.
"Well, I don't know," said Lyndall.
"There are some small things I rather
look to him for. If he were to Invent
wings or carve a statue that one might
look at for half an hour without want
ing to look at something else, 1 should
not be surprised. He may do some lit
tle thing of that kind perhaps when he
has done fermenting and the sediment
has all gone to the bottom."
Gregory felt that what she said was
not wholly Intended AS blame.
"Well, I don't know," he said sulki
ly. "To me he looks like a fool—to
walk about always in that dead and
alive sort of way, muttering to himself
like an old Kaffir witch doctor! He
works hard enough, but It's always as
though lie didn't know what he was
doing. You don't know how he looks
to a person who sees him for the first
time."
Lyndall was softly touching tiie little
sore foot as she read, and Doss, to
show he liked It, licked her hand.
"But, Miss Lyndall," persisted Greg
ory, "what do you really think of
him?"
"I think," said Lyndall, "that he is
like a thorn tree, which grows up very
quietly, without any one's caring for it.
and one day suddenly breaks out into
yellow blossoms."
"And what do you think 1 am like?"
asked Gregory hopefully.
Lyndall looked up from her book.
"I.ike a little tin duck floating on a
dish of water, that comes after a piece
of bread stuck on a needle, and the
more the needle pricks it the more It
comes on."
"Oh, you nre making fun of me now,
you really are!" said Gregory, feeling
wretched. "You are making fun, aren't
you, now?"
"Partly. It Is always diverting to
make comparisons."
"Yes; but you don't compare me to
anything nice, and you do other people.
What Is Em like, now?"
"The accompaniment of a song. She
fills up the gups In other people's lives
an»l Is always number two. But I think
she is like many accompaniments—a
great deal better than the song she Is
to accompany."
"She is not half BO good aa you are,"
said Gregory, with a burst of uncon
trollable ardor.
"She is so much better thaD I that
her little finger has more goodness in
It than my whole body. I hope you
may not live to find out the truth of
that fact."
'You are like an angel," he said, the
blood rushing to his head and face.
"Yes, probably. Angels are of inauy
orders."
"You are the one being that 1 love!"
SUltl rrrvgOTj, lug. "I *
loved before, but I know now! Do not
be angry with me. 1 know you could
never like me. But if I might but al
ways be near you to serve you I would
be utterly, utterly happy. I would ask
nothing in return. If you could only
take everything I have and use It! 1
want nothing but to be of use to you."
She looked at him for a few mo
ments.
"How do you know," she said slowly,
•that you could not do something to
serve me? You could serve me by giv
ing me your name."
He started and turned his burning
face to her.
"You aro very cruel. You are ridicul
ing me," be said.
"So, lam not, Gregory. What I am
saying is plain, matter of fact busi
ness. If you are willing to glrejiio
your unfile within three weeks' tlmeTl
am willing to inarry you; If not, well.
I want nothing more than your name.
That Is a clear proposal, is It not?"
He looked up. Was It contempt,
loathing, pity, that moved In the eyes
above? He could not tell, but he stoop
ed over the little foot and kissed It
She smiled.
I "Do you really mean It?" he whis
pered.
"Yes. You wish to serve me and to
have nothing In return. You shall havo
what you wish." 6he held out her An
gers for Doss to lick. "Do you see this
dog? lie licks my hand because I love
him, and I nllow him to. Where I do
not love I do not allow It I believe
you love me. I, too, could love so that
to He under the foot of the thing I lov
ed would be more heaven than to He
in the breast of another. Come. Let
us go. Carry the dog," she added.
"He will not bite you If I put him In
your arms. So—(Jo not let his foot
bang down."
They descended tbe "kopje." At the
bottom he whispered:
"Would you not take my arm? The
path Is very rough."
She rested her fingers lightly on It
"I may yet change my mind about
marrying you before the time comes.
It is very likely. Mark you!" she said,
turning round on him. "I remember
your words—you will give everything
and expect nothing. The knowledge
that you are serving me Is to be your
reward, and you wfil have that You
will serve me, and greatly. The rea
sons I have for marrying you I need
not inform you of now. You will prob
ably discover some of them before
long."
"I only want to be of some use to
you," he said.
It seemed to Gregory that there were
pulses iu the soles of his feet, and the
ground shimmered as on a summer's
day. They walked round the foot of
the "kopje" and past the Kaffir huts.
An old Ivaflir maid knelt at the door of
one grinding mealies. That she should
see liirn walking so made his heart beat
so fast that the hand on his arm felt Its
pulsation. It seemed that she must
envy him.
Just tlien Km looked out again at the
buck window aud saw them coming.
She cried bitterly all the while she
sorted the skins.
But that night when Lyndall had
blown her caudle out and half turned
round to sleep the door of Em's bed
room opened.
"1 want to say good night to you,
Lyndall," she said, coming to the bed
side and kneeling down.
"I thought you wore asleep," Lyn
dall replied.
"Yes, 1 have been usleep, but I had
such a vivid dream," she said, holding
tlii' other's hands, "aud that awoke me.
I never had so vivid a dream before.
"It seemed 1 was a little girl again,
and I came somewhere Into a large
room, on a bed In the corner there
was something lying dressed In white,
and its little eyes were shut, and its
little face was like wax. 1 thought it
No. 24
\v: - n 0• 11. and 1 ran forward to taka
It, l>ut son..' one bold up her finger and
■<a:<l 'Hush! It !a a little dead baby.'
Anil 1 slid. 'OIi, I tnust go aud call
Lyudall, tliut she may look &t!tals.>.'
"Ami they put their faces close down
to my ear and whispered, Tt is Lytt
lall's baby." »
."And 1 said: 'She cannot be grown
.up \ 1 1. Siio Is only a little girl! Whviy
Is she?' And I went to look for ydtf
but I could not find you.
"And when I came to some people
who were dressed In black I askeft
them where you were, Wnd they looked
down at their black clothes am!
their heads and said nothing, / 1
could not tlnd you anywhere and then
I awoke.
"Lyudall," she said, putting ber f&<jy
down upon the lmnds 6he held, "It
made me think about that time when
we were little girls and used to play to
gether. when I loved you better thab
anything else In the world. It
any one's fault that they love yoa
They can't help It. And It isn't your
fault. You don't make them V)ve yon.
I "mow It."
Thank you, dear," Lyndall sold- "It
Is nice to be loved, but It would be bet
ter to be pood."
Then they wished good night, and
Em went l>ack to her room. Long aft
er Lyndall lay In the dark thinking
thinking, thinking, and as she turned
round wearily to sleep she muttered:
"There are some wiser In their sleep
ing than in their waking."
[TO BE CONTINUED.J
Sneet lt«*v«ntfcl
She sat lu a cur with a littW smile Of
satisfaction on her face, for she wafl
well and tastefully dressed, and that
means a great deal to a woman. Av
6he moved up to make room for a new
comer a man entered, and as he sat
down he said to the comfortable one:
"Why, Jane, this isn't your afternoon
oft'! How did they come to let you out
today?"
The young woman grew very red In
the face, for all the occupants of the
car were looking and listening, and
stammered out as she half rose and
then fell back in her seat:
"Now look here" —
"How well you're dressed, too!" con
tinued her tormentor. "They must
give you S2O a month. Eh? Is your
mistress about your size?"
"Now, do be quiet!"' cried the uncom
fortable one. "If you think"—
"Diamonds, too," went on the miser
able man as lie caught a flash from her
waving lingers. "Or are they artifi
cial?"
The tormented one sprang up, stop
ped the car and made a rapid exit,
followed by the cause of the trouble,
whose farewell remark to the kun&tet
of the car was:
"Well, well, but some people are too
sensitive!"
They were husband and wife, and
this was his weird idea of taking bis
revenge for a curtain lecture—Phila.
delphia Times.
A'Woudrrfnl Geological Freak.
Among the many wonderful freaks
in nature there can be none in the geo
logical line that can possibly
that known as "The Giant's Head."
It stands, or, rather, reclines, against
the face of the cliff at Point Plnos, in
Monterey county, Cal., and all who
have viewed the wonder declare It to
be the most colossal as well as the
most marvelous freak in natural sculp-
All portions of tlie "head" except ths
back, which appears to be "blocked"
Into the metamorphic rocks agains*
which it seems to be so naturally re
clining, are as perfect as though fresh
from the hands of some giant sculptor.
The chin, mouth, nose, eyes and brow
are all perfect, as Is also the hair,
which appears to be gracefully drawn
back from the forehead.
The ears are not so "true to life" as
the other features are, but even In thie
respect no stretch of the imagination
is required in order to see tolerably
perfect auricular appendage*. The
bold features, backward wave of the
hair, massive forehead, mustache, fine
ly chiseled nostrils and deep set eyes
are all reproduced on a natural yet gi
gantic scale -and with wonderful exact
ness.
The Typewriter and thm Bf».
There is the general opinion among
oculists that the eye is much relieved
by the general introduction of type
written matter. A recent medical work
upon diseases of the eye gives a great
many proofs in substantiation of this
opinion.
The characters are so large on the
keys that there is no appreciable strain
on the vision, and when dexterity Is at
tained the eyes can scarcely be Bald to
be used at all. A vast strain Is taken
off the eye by writing with the type
writer instead of the pen, but the ad
vantages of reading the typewritten
matter are even more important from
a medical point of view, and the strain
upon the hands is also slight.
It is said that a person can work for
eight consecutive hours, with slight In
terruptions, without the hands being
conscious of fatigue. In using the
typewriter the additional labor of fo
cusing the eyes calls the muscles Into
undue use, and the result Is that many
defects of vision which would not
probably be discovered under normal
conditions are brought to the front.—
Scientitic American.
I'urla la France.
Paris has always been France. AH
the great movements of the country
have been centered here, whether po
litical, religious, social, literary or ar
tistic. So that any attempt to trace the
history of the city launches one imme
diately into the study of the nation,
while an effort to master the history of
the French people sends one to Paris.
One realizes this particularly when he
conies to study the lives of her great
men and women. They may have been
born in the south or east or north or
west, but to rise to the first rank they
were obliged to seek the capital. It
was there they sought instruction,
formed relations, began their careers,
played their parts.—Scribner's. ,
Not Tactful.
Lord John Russell was not tactful.
On one occasion he took the Duchess
of Inverness down to dinner, and after
he had sat down for a minute he Jump
ed up and went to the opposite side of
the table and sat by the Duchess of St
Albans.
Ilis wife asked him afterward why
he had done it. lie said, "I should
have been ill if I had sat with my back
to that great lire."
"I hope," said Lady John, "you gave
your reason to the Duchess of Inver
ness."
"No," he said, "I didn't, but I told
the Duchess of St. Albans!"
Uomciitlc Infelicity.
Husband —What's worrying yßu n
Wife Oli. I was thinking about the
lace curtains you said I might buy for
the parlor. If I don't get them, the
neighbors will think I can't afford
them, and if 1 do, they'll hide the view
of our handsome new furniture which
the neighbors might have through the
windows. —Philadelphia Press.