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[Continued from last Week. ]
CHAPTER 111.
THE MESSAGE FROM JAPAN.
IN the week following my visit to
New Haven I had the pleasure of
meeting Donald Donaldson. In
the meantime I had made a care
ful investigation of his character and
ability. The result was surprising.
Rarely have I heard a man so highly
praised, yet this appreciation seemed
io have done him no good. The most
influential member of the firm that em
ployed him told me that Donaldson
was a wonder in a business way, and
yet, so far as I could learn, nothing
had betu done for his advancement in
two years except that a few dollars
had been added to his weekly wage—
which was still disgracefully small.
At the age of twenty-four he had be
come familiar with the dull pang of
discouragement. lie knew that he was
serviceable in his place, and he had no
fear of the loss of it; indeed he feared
much more the prospect of retaining It
to the end of his days. lie lacked ag
gressive selfishness and the rude, obvi
ous signs of self esteem.
It was my intention to call on him
at 12 o'clock and suggest that we take
luncheon together, but I was somewhat
delayed, and when I entered the hail
of the great building Donaldson was
just 6tepplng out of one of the eleva
tors. I knew him instantly by de
scription.
There was the usual hurrying throng
Donaldson saw no one whom he knew,
nnd he gave no face a second glance,
but almost every one who had the op
portunity looked twice at him. It
would be hard to say why, for his ap
pearance was, on the whole, conven
tional. lie was upward of six feet in
height, yet had not the look of a tall
man. His countenance was agreeablo
wh«n one had come to know him, and
his brown eyes were capable of much
variety of expression; but, as a rule,
they teemed to be somewhat vacant.
Follow their glance, and it would lead
nowhere. Often the eyes of the blind
deceive in the same way, and it may
have been this appearance of focusing
his gaze upon a point where nothing
was visible to others that made Don
aldson's aspect notable.
When I spoke his name, he turned
his glance upon me slowly and with a
slight, characteristic effort, as though
his attention were being withdrawn
unwillingly from some other object.
"Yes?" said he.
"You were going to luncheon, I sup
pose," said I. "Will you permit me to
offer you my card and to suggest that
we lunch together?"
"I was going to the Welleslea dairy,"
returned Donaldson, with a faint smile.
"Suppose we try Bertram's?" I sug
gested, naming the best of the down
town restaurants at that time. "Aa
you are my guest, I must guarantee
the cooking, and I am not familiar
with the Welleslea."
"I congratulate you, sir," he replied.
"Familiarity breeds both contempt and
dyspepsia; Bertram's, by all means."
His manner did not please me, though
it was courteous enough. It evidenced
that peculiar selfishness which is bred
of despondency, that general disre
gard which springs from personal dis
satisfaction. Before we readied Ber
tram's I had said to myself, "This man
has been much overpraised."
We spoke of the aspect of business,
and what he said seemed commou
place. Yet his words were like his
looks—slipping by, unobserved. Weeks
later I discovered with surprise that
Donaldson could look over the top of
my hat without stretching himself, and
at about the same time certain re
marks which he had made in that first
Interview recurred to my mind, and I
saw how the foresight in them might
have been turned to my advantage.
At the moment, however, I was
appointed and felt disposed to abandon
my intention of offering Donaldson an
excellent position. I could see that
Hackett, who was waiting for us at
Bertram's, was not favorably impress
ed at first. And altogether if Don
aldson had but known our minds he
would have had cause for great anx
iety, for the proposal which we had
thought of making to him meant no
less than a career if he should prove
worthy.
All this was, in a sense, apart from
our Interest In the young man as a
psychic. As to that matter we were
determined upon an investigation if it
could be made without too great an
intrusion. During the past week we
had gleaned considerable information
about the story which Dr. Whiting of
Boston had so steadfastly concealed,
and it seemed to us to furnish by far
the best Instance of so called supernat
ural manifestation that we had yet en
countered. Therefore when the time
seemed ripe for it 1 said to him:
"Are you not the Mr. Donaldson who
had a singular experience in regard to
his brother?"
He frowned slightly, and his hand,
lying upon the tablecloth, opened and
shut nervously.
"It is a disagreeable subject for more
reasons than one," said he. "Yet I as
sume that you are not asking from idle
curiosity."
"Far from it," I replied. "We are
attempting a very serious and careful
Investigation of this subject. It is
probable that we shall give the re
mainder of our lives to it, and we hope
to leave au important work behind
US."
"I should not care to have the thing
published," said Donaldson, with a bit
ter smile.
I assured him that the usual anonym
ity would be preserved.
"As for the other thing," said Don
aldson, "if you take me for a psychic
marvel, you will be disappointed, in
one single instance"—
Hackett checked him by a gesture.
"That's the whole of It,"he said;
"one single instance which a practical
nan can get a fair hold of ought to set
tle the question."
"There are many cases," I added,
"which are merely difficult to explain—
genuine, perhaps, but 100 complicated
to repay study or to mark the individ
ual as possessing more than a slight
supersensitlveness; for we are all clair
voyants more or less, if the power real
ly exists in any human creature. And
the problem Is to prove once and for all
that the soul of an ordinary mortal
man of this day and generation may
transcend his body, may use its own
powers independently of this covering
of flesh.''
Donaldson became noticeably excit
ed. His demeanor suggested that of
one who is struggling to repel a vague
accusation. His face took on a pecul
iar expression, and his voice, though
not louder than before, became more
intense and vibrant.
"Do you take me for n clairvoyant?"
he demanded.
"I believe you to be one of the very
few men in the world who can abso
lutely prove that you possess such a
power," said I. "You saw half way
around the world or entirely through
it, Mr. Donaldson, once for a certain
ty."
"Because I once saw what happened
in Japan," he cried, "do you expect
me to do it again? Do you think that
I can sit here and toll you what is go
ing on in London or in the next room
or even behind me?"
lie paused with a slight shudder, and
his head fell forward upon his hands,
his elbows being braced upon the ta
ble.
"The devil!" he muttered. "This is
odd!"
He turned slowly about in his chair
and stared neross the room. Then he
laughed nervously, as one whose feel
ings are relieved.
"This will show you how much oc
cult power 1 possess," said he."l
had a very strong impression that a
gentleman named Ilarold Whiting was
standing behind me. Whiting is one
of the fellows who were present when
—when that wretched thing happened.
I've rarely seen him since, and no
doubt lie's now in Boston, where he
lives. Yet I could have sworn that he
was looking at the back of my head.
That's the sort of clairvoyant that I
am."
"He's been out in the hall for the
last three minutes." said Ilackett in a
peculiarly expressionless tone which
always means something with him.
"I've seen him standing by the door,
talking with two other men. He walk
ed away just before you looked over
your shoulder."
Donaldson seemed dazed. He turned
again toward the doorway, which was
straight behind him. and at that in
stant Ilackett pointed with his thumb
in the contrary direction. 1 then saw
that there was a mirror let into the
wall. It was rather high to give a
view of the door to a person sitting
down at our table, but Donaldson was
a tall man and sat erect.
"This is very remarkable," said Ilack
ett drviy.
There was a pause full of embar
rassment. For my own part I was
deeply distressed and inclined to be
angry with Donaldson. lie himself
was very nervous and ill at ease. He
sat there, wringing his Lands gently
beneath the table, and I seemed to feel
that the palms of them were wet Sud
denly a voice said:
"Why, deacon! Is it really you?"
We all started, as if detected in a
crime, and there stood Dr. Whiting at
Donaldson's elbow.
"I passed the door just now," said he,
"and had a glimpse of your back, but
recognition didn't dawn upon me until
I was half way down stairs to the cafe.
I should have looked you up later."
He gave us a greeting, and we in
vited him to take the vacant place at
the table.
"We were speaking of your friend's
remarkable experience," said I.
Whiting glanced hastily at Donald
son.
"I don't know how you got him to
mention it,"he said "After the first
wonder of it had passed away he al
ways avoided the subject with me. Be
yond question, Mr Harrington, that
was the most completely marvelous
thing that ever happened ou this earth
Why, he described to me"—
"Don't, old chap." groaned Donald
son. "1 hate to think of it. I have ex
plained to these gentlemen that it was
a wholly isolated occurrence, that 1
really have no unusual powers"—
"Let us be the judges of that." said 1.
"Give I)r. Whiting permission to tell
the story."
"You have been very courteous and
sincere in this matter," said Donaldson
earnestly, "and I am unwilling to dis
oblige you. Tell just what happened,
Ilarold, as briefly as you can and get it
over with."
He subsided into an attitude of pas
sive endurance.
"These are the facts," said Whiting.
"Donaldson was in Harvard when 1
was a student in the medical school
and a proctor in one of the buildings.
That's how I came to know him "
"Broke up a riot in my room," Inter
jected Donaldson. "We hail knocked
down the chandelier. It's a proctor's
duty to preserve order. Whiting came
In with an Indian club in each hand
and preserved it."
"After graduation he came to New
York." continued Whiting. ** 1 lis broth
er was here—Henry, ahout ten years
older than Donald. I was taking a spe
cial course cf study in this city at the
time. Henry Donaldson was a note
teller in the Dey Street bank, and ha
bad the misfortune to become Involved
in the trouble there about three years
ago. You may remeuilur it."
"Not definitely," said I.
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"The devil' muttered "Tills isodd!"
"Komeboo;, >t awv.y with $150,000,"
said Whiting "Of course I need not
say that Henry Donal lson was entire
ly innocent, but circumstances, and
men, too, conspired against him. lie
was arrested and ab.iost immediately
releas< 1. but only that he might be
dodged by detectives.
"He was abnormally sensitive re
garding anything that affected his good
name, and he was always easily dis
couraged. 110 was convinced that the
combination against him was too strong
and that he must eventually be dis
graced and ruined. lie could not bear
the prospi ct, and so he took a false
step to avoid it. He fled, and nobody
had the least idea where he had gone.
"Donaldson wus ill in bed in some
rooms of mine up town. We supposed
that Ilenry I.new whore he was, but
the poor follow had been so hounded
up and down and was so oppressed by
the dis, race that he had kept out of
everybody's way. My communication
to him about Donald was stolen by the
detectives. He received no word at
nil, and, ns we discovered long after
ward, lie was led into the distressing
error of supposing that Donald was
disloyal to him In this trouble. Noth
ing could have been further from the
truth.
"When Henry did not come to see
him, as we had expected Donald got
out of bed, though he could hardly
stand upon his feet, and went out to
find his brother. Bui Henry was far
away by that time, and not even the
detectives themselves were more ig
norant than we were as to his where
abouts.
"For a week or more the newspapers
located him in fifty different places,
and Donald himself got wind of many
idle rumors. That sort of thing is
agonizing. 1 don't like to think of
what Donald suffered. Finally we
learned that the detectives in the case
had reached the conviction that Henry
had committed suicide by leaping from
an ocean steamer. Some poor fellow
made that pitiful ending, and for my
own part I firmly believed that it was
Henry Donaldson.
"Almost a year later, however, we
got word that Henry had been seen in
a lumber camp in the northwest. I
heard of it first and secretly attempted
an investigation, sending a detective
out into that region. His first commu
nication to me seemed favorable, and I
decided that it would be worth while
for Donald togo out there. I took two
or three fellows whom I could trust
into my confidence, and we agreed to
put up the necessary money. We all
wanted Ilcnry Donaldson to come
back and face his accusers, and we be
lieved that we could clear him.
"We made a plan to lunch together
and have Donald with us and then dis
close the whole subject to him. So we
met about noon one day and went to a
private room in Ilobart's restaurant up
town. Donald did not know what was
in the wind, but for some days his
mind had been running upon his broth
er, and he looked all broken up with it.
As he and 1 were going to Hobart's
that day he said to me:
" 'I am sick with anxiety about Har
ry.'
"'You don't believe that he is dead?'
said I.
"'I never have,' he replied. 'I can't.'
"Nothing more was said upon the
subject just then, and it was not men
tioned while we were eating luncheon.
This was by agreement. Donald was
very silent during the meal. He ate
scarcely anything. He was pale and iu
a peculiar state of nervous tension. I
observed him with considerable anxi
ety, for he looked like a man who is
going to break down.
"We had reached the cigars, and the
waiter was well out of the way. One
of the fellows made a sign to me to
open the subject that was on our
minds. I turned toward Donald. He
started as if from a dream and said in
a hurried, strange voice:
" "Harrv is all rlcht.'
"Then the color rushed into his face,
which had been very pale. He reeled
in his chair, and I put up my hand to
catch him.
"'What do you mean?' I asked.
"'I saw him,' he said, 'I saw him
He's all right. lie's coming home.'
"That was all that we could get out
of him at first, and we did not know
what to make of it. Finally I told hlra
frankly just why we were there and
what we had learned.
" 'No.' he said; 'it's all a mistake. He',
not in any lumber camp. I don't know
Where he is. I never saw any suet
place before. I think it's In China from
tlie look of it.'
"Of course we tormented him with
questions, and at last we got an ac
curate description of what he had seen.
Why, he even described the furniture
in the room and the view from the
window.
" 'There was a man sitting at a Unle
whom I think I should have known if
he hadn't been back to me,' said he. 'My
brother was sitting opposite, and there
was some sort of document on the table
between them. My brother has grown
a beard. By heavens!" he cried sud
denly. 'The other man was Joe Vinal!'
"Yinal was receiving teller of the
Dey Street bank. He had been slight
ly implicated in the robbery and had
lost his place in the bank on account
of it, but had not been arrested. That
he should have joined Henry Donald
son in a far corner of the world was
not altogether a favorable circum
stance, and I asked Donald why he had
said so confidently that his brother was
all right.
" '1 know by the look of him,' he re
plied, 'and I heard him say that he was
coming home.'
"Donald pledged us all to secrecy in
this matter, and I think the promise
has been fairly well kept. That after
noon Donald and 1 made an investiga
tion into the case of Vinal and learned
that lie had left New York and that
his whereabouts were unknown. His
wife, who was a beautiful woman of
fine descent, was living in this city, but
she had had no word of her husband
in six weeks. She told me that he had
left the city suddenly upon some mat
ter of business which she did not un
derstand. lie had been in very bad
health, and she was extremely anxious
about him.
"That was all the Information that
we could get. About a week later
Donald got a cable message from his
brother. It came from Hongkong and
was addressed to my apartments. It
said: 'Am coming home; westward.
Everything all right.'
"By subsequent messages we traced
him to the Mediterranean and Gibral
tar and learned what steamer was
bringing him to this country. He was
111 of acute gastritis when he arrived,
and I thought that we should hardly
get him off the steamer alive. But lie
rallied and seemed on the road to
mend.
"It appeared that he had gone from
this country to Japan and had lived in
one of the smaller cities. lie brought
photographs of his abode there and of
a view from a certain window. I have
never been able to lie a skeptic upon
things occult since seeing that photo
graph. He told us that he had lived
almost in secret; that he had never
dared communicate with Donald for
fear that the message would fall into
wrong hands and reveal his hiding
place.
"One day he was amazed to see Joe
Vinal at his door. How this man
traced him he never learned. Vinal
was dying. Only his purpose had sup
ported him through the latter part of
tin; journey. He made a complete rev
elation of the inner facts of the bank
robbery, in which he himself was the
principal criminal. This statement was
sworn to before the American consul,
and a few days later Vinal died. Hen
ry Donaldson went to Hongkong and
thence home, bringing the statement
which was put into the hands of the
bank's officials, who used it to extort
as complete restitution as possible from
Vinal's accomplices, and the matter
was kept quiei rough the usual in
fluences, except that a card was pub
lished exonerating Donald's brother.
He seemed to be perfectly satisfied
J with this, though it was not very defi
i uite. Really the poor fellow was done
j with earth, lie died as many men and
| women die who might live, but have
! not the will.
"In conclusion I have only this to
j say: So far as we can learn Donald's
I vision was perfectly accurate. It show
i ed Vinal laying his written confession
I before Ilenry Donaldson. But the vl
sion occurred about eight hours before
the event. I leave the explanation of
this phenomenon to any one who
thinks himself competent. lam not.
"You may be disposed to suggest
that Henry Donaldson had communi
cated with his brother unknown to
me. In regard to this I have not only
Donald's word, but Henry's, and you
will bear in mind that I attended Hen
ry in his last illness, so that, aside
from the lack of motive for his telling
me a falsehood, we must consider also
the respect that is usually accorded to
the statement of a dying man.
"Moreover, Henry could not have
communicated the fact of the confes
sion, because he knew nothing about
it himself until some hours af r it
%vas known to us. It must be 1 .-in
hered also that Donald was entirely
ignorant of his brother's whereabouts
even after he had had the vision. He
had the sensation of being in that
room and of looking across the table
toward the window, and from the as
pect of the country he supposed that
the scene was in China."
CHAPTER IV.
AN EXCEPTIONAL MATCH.
AS Whiting ceased Ilackett drew
a long breath and looked at
me.
"A little ahead of anything
we've found yet, John," said he."Have
you ever tried to figure the thing out
In your own mind, Mr. Donaldson?"
The young man shook his head.
"I know what 1 saw," he said, "but
I don't know what was back of it, and
I am inclined to think," he added, with
a smile, "that it is much the same
with all we see, however simple. There
Is a mystery behind that teacup which
no man alive can solve."
"We know that it will hold our tea,"
said Ilackett. "hut this psychic busi
ness doesn't seem to have any bottom."
I asked whether any one knew why
Vinal had not made his confession in
this country.
"He went to beg my brother's par
don and to die forgiven," said Donald
son. "He put his confession into the
hands of the man who had been
wronged."
A general conversation followed in
which Donaldson appeared to far
greater advantage than before. The
telling of the story seemed to have tak
en a weight off his mind. Both Ilack
ett and myself were pleased with him,
and we resolved to carry out our orig
inal intention of taking him into our
emploj - . We did not speak of the mat
ter until after Whiting had left us.
He had said in the beginning that he
could be with us not more than half an
hour. When he had gone, I explained
to Donaldson that we had been con
sidering him with reference to a posi
tion of importance in our business, and
I named the duties, the salary and the
prospects.
He was to be Mr. Ilackett's assistant
inourdepartmentof sales. W'eweretlien
Introducing a system of disposing of
our goods which was entirely unique in
this country, and we required a young
man of good appearance, of cultivated
mind and manner and especially of
that quick, intuitive perception which
is so valuable In dealing with the high
est grade of merchants. The right
man, coming to us with the proper en
ergy and abiMty, might hope for any
thing, up to an interest in our business,
that would make him more than well
to do. It all depended upon himself.
Donaldson received this proposal
with a solemnity which justified his
college nickname of "deacon," by
which we had heard Dr. Whiting ad
dress him.
"It is useless for me to deny," said
he, "that what you suggest is a groat
advance for me. In my present place
I am like a diver walking with leaden
soled shoes in a medium of high resist
ance and having everything pumped
down to me from above. I can't get to
the top, and nobody is going to pull
me up. I make a few signals by pull
ing on a string, but nobody answers
them. I'm sunk; that's the truth about
me.
"Therefore," hecontinued, looking first
to Ilackett and then to me, "I am more
than ready to accept your offer, but
there is one difficulty I perceive that
you have another motive in making it."
"Another motive?" said I, looking
across at my partner.
Young Mr. Donaldson laid his clinch
ed right hand upon the table.
"From this day forth," said he, "if 1
have any power or means of knowl
edge that Is different from the aver
age I will make no display of it and
no use of it. That is my irrevocable
decision. You will never learn more
of that subject from me than you will
know tonight when the sun goes down.
But, since 1 have cast away restraint
today, let me continue in that folly.
"I know perfectly well that you have
another object in making this propos
al to me; that it is a part of a fantas
tic dream. You hope to mate me with
a young woman whom you believe to
possess the same powers that are in
me. You think that you are acting in
the interests of the advance of human
knowledge and that posterity, with
the i robable exception of my posterity,
will rise up and call you blessed."
I was motionless, dumfounded. 1
could not have cried "Fire!" if the
blaze had broken out in my own pock
et. Ten thousand messages from Ja
pan were not to be thought of in coin
parison with this phenomenon.
For the secret that he had touched
upon was absolutely ours. My own
private speculations upon the subject
and my brief and inconsequential
talks with Ilackett summed up tha
whole of it. Neither of us had ewr
suggested that Donaldson and Miss
Vaughn might make a match of it, yet
the idea had flitted through my mind
now and then, and 1 found out after
ward that it had been in Ilackett's
"I don't mean to say," continued Don
aldson, "that you would use any influ
ence or hold out any Inducements to
bring such a marriage about, but you
wiil look for it, and you will be disap
pointed. Why, Mr. Harrington, if 1
knew that a girl was what is called a
psychic I could no more love her than
I could love a girl with two noses. No,
sir; I am opposed to superfluity. The
ordinary mental and physical endow
ments are enough for me. If you at
tempt to make any such match for me,
I shall run."
"But have you any reason to sup
pose that such a girl exists?" I de
manded. "Who is she?"
"I have no Intimation as to who she
Is," he replied, addressing me directly.
"I perceive no more than that she is
some one for whom you have a high
regard, and it is doubtless a great hon
or for me to be coupled with her in
"your thoughts. But 1 ask you to think
of it no more."
"You have read from a closed book,"
said I, "and it is a marvelous thing to
do. But yon have rend only a single
paragraph and have faih-d to grasp the
sense of the whole volume. We want
your head in our business, Mr. Donald
son, and are willing to pay for it. but
your heart is your own, and I should be
the first to dissuade y u from a mar
riage. however advantageous it might
set into be, that was based upon any
other impulse than the love ol a go-id
woman."
■'l am a melancholy fellow." said
Donaldson, with evident feeling, "and
unfit for matrimony. Onf.v cheerful
people should marry. A rich man's
money may bit ; s or curse hi; children
At the best, ii is i t so guod as a l:»| pv
disposition; at the worst, ii leads te
nothing that is ! . !!' > bad as here.!
itary souri.<--; of In art. You will for
give mo for nu nti ning this subject
Really, 1 was afraid that I miulii !>o
beguiled into some sort of an < [tori
mcnt. It max have been a eranl.v no
tion, but this whole conversation I . -
been such a weird mixture of businers
and gliosis!"
The big clock in the corner struck '.
and surprised t;s all with the lateness
of the hour. It was i cce-sary for Don
sldson to return at once to his oflice.
and so we could not as!; him the ques
tions which were pr« ng for utter
ance. I may say, however, that when
we had abundant opportunity there
after we obtained >' it in" ,i :i.
Donaldson either - a.id not or \v> : 1
not toll how lie obtained his I >-
messages. "It is like !cnly r« a •
bering something that you have tiiv> s
known," was 11;>• usual way in which
he dodged the question, and he v..
never speak upon the subject al .
when he could avoid doing so
Upon the matter of Donaldson's r
ognition of his friend Whitii..T'- pr.
once we made one discovery liefo/-
leaving the restaurant. Ilackett s.
down in the chair which our you;
friend had occupied and iumieil ij
perceived that owing to the p
of a hat tree upon which our eo.,
were hung the mirror in the wall coul !
not explain the phenomenon. I could
see around one siiie of this obstrue
tion and ilackett around the other; i.',
but it was precisi !y in the necessary
line of Donaldson's vision.
About two weeks after this renin rl:
able luncheon Deaeou Djnaldson w. ;
added to our working force at Tun
bridge and became a nn mbor of my
household, and there a singular and
amusing complication presently came
about. Mrs. .Jane Harrington, whose
liusbaml is a cousin of mine and has
charge of a branch of our business in
the west, came to visit mo, bringing
her daughter, a very charming young
woman of twenty. In some mysterious
manner Donaldson got the notion that
Millie Harrington was the beautiful
psychic whose union with himself was
secretly plotted by the wily Stoph i
Ilackett and 1:1 c. He had never been
able to rid himself of the idea that
something of the sort was in the win 1,
but he was entirely ignorant of the
facts in the case of Dorothy Vaughn.
In fact, nobody in Tunbridge except
Ilackett and me knew that Dorothy's
coming to teach our school had any
connection with our qui st < ! mysteries.
It was far more lik< ... t! ii Donaldson
Should suspect Miilic. who was there
upon my direct invitation and sc< ni
ingly thrown into his way with malice
aforethought, than Dorothy, who lived
on the other side of the town and was
merely the schoolteacher.
Millie w.-.s a flirt. I'm afraid, an 1 as
the deacon was the i:.■ t attractive
young man in her vicinity she pro
ceeded to practice her Innocent arts
upon him. I think he was not natu
rally timid in such matters. He '. ■■ 1 a
very easy and graceful manner in the
company of ladies, an 1 n-t oven so
simple an old fellow a> myself coui l
fail to see that be had leariu I his I. s
son in the school of ■x; nonce. >!il
lie found him an adna able eavai.cr,
and she kept him bu-\ In her service
It may have been five weeks that
Millie anl her mother were at my
house, and the place was so gay ti it
I did not feel at homo. In the even
ings there would be music aud darn
ing, and I would sit in a corner alon-t
except when Ilackett str. \ i into this
scene of unaccustomed revelry or when
Dorothy could i o per uaih I to come
over after the school. She was in
mourning for her aunt, of course, and
could not join in the sport, but slit
held it no harm to sit in sober black
and watch the others. Wo had some
groat talks in this way. but it seemed
to me that she was not in so good spir
its after this brief season of festivity
got well under way. Indeed it must
have been a trial for a young and pret
ty girl, as I thought more than once. If
never occurred to mo that tin re coul
be any special trouble. I'ven when
she advanced the opinion one evening
that she was not doing very well with
the school and perhaps it might be
better for her togo away 1 totally fail
ed to comprehend.
That night after the house had be
come quiet I was sitting before the
fire in the library alone when Donald
son dropped into keep me company.
At my invitation he took a cigar, se
lecting one that was black and strong,
and when he had lighted it Ip reeivod
that there was something on bis mind.
A man who wishes to conceal his men
tal state should not smoke in the pres
ence of a sniokt r.
"Mr. Harrington," said he at last,
"you have been very a<l to me. You
have put me in a ti ie way of business,
so that my future is assured if 1 be
have-myself. I am very grateful in ev
ery way, anil I'm going to please you if
1 can. But, by jingo," he cried, sudden
ly springing up, "I can't!"
"\\ liy not?" I asked .■ s gently as pos
sible.
lie dried the palms of his hands upon
his handkerchief.
"It's a great honor,' he said, trying
to be calm. "1 told yon so long ago at
Bertram's. Of cours I didn't then
know that the young lady won! 1 be
related to you. I con! I fort w
beautiful she would I o how . ilaiira
ble in every way. £!. dot n't care a
penny for mo, to be > , but I'm not
speaking of that. I'n s|n iking of my
own sentiments. Sh. :of then. ist
wonderful eye dark, i -ierlous ; r
velous eyes. By .! ' can well be
lieve that she's the t- .' p yell And
perhaps that's wha'.'t !lie i uiti r."
"Are you speaking < 112 Miss Harring
ton?" 1 inquired as he paused. And lie
replied with a quick nod of affirmation.
[TO nr. CONTINUED.]
Wli.it Some >lsmen Mrau c
The following gives the meaning of
tin* names of the principal highland
clans in Scotland:
Mcintosh, th • son of the First.
McDonald, the son of Brown Eyes.
MeDougall, the son of Black Eyes.
MeOnnoehy or Duncan, the son of
Brown I lead.
Mctire-or, the son of a Greek mau.
McCuithbert, the son of the Arch
Druid.
McKay, son of the I'rophet.
Campbell, Crooked Mouth.
Cameron, < 'rooked Nose.
Stewart, Ills Stay or Support.
112 which comes as the
aufuinn. It is the
woman who is worn
who would avoid
unnecessary suffer
— inn to take especial
care of herself at this time.
The ills which vex so many women at
the change of life are entirely avoided
or cured by the use of Dr. I'ierce's Fa
vorite Prescription. It makes weak
women strong, and enables the weakest
to pass through this trying change with
the tranquility of perfect health.
"I have l>eeii a very healthy woman, and this
time has hem very hard with in*," writ- Mm.
Maggie Morris, of Mutigotl Station. Cli.irfi*ld
Co.. n., Hox 16. "I am come to the t-.u-.e "112
change of life, and I have been iick a (treat de..l
off and on When Mrs moved Iwside
me 1 was siek in lied, aud when she came to -re
me an<l we were talking over our siekne -- Mrs
Minimis told me to try Rr Pierc<- - 112 avorite
Prescription and 'Golden Medical In-o very,'
also Pellets.' I cot her tohrinsr me a bottle of
each from the nrng t.tore ami I n-fd Hum.
They did ir.e a great osal of good, and I git two
more bottles oP Favontt Prescription I never
saw sik h a wonderful cure Before I com
menced your remedies I wgs g'H>d for nothing :
was in such misery I liafolv knew what to
with myself, now I can da all my work myself
and feel well."
Dr. I'ierce's Pleasant Pellets are easy
aud pleasant to take.
• Correct lon.
When President Blanco's administra
tion in Venezuela was overturned, that
otlieial, who, report said, had accumn
lated great wealth while In office, went
to Paris. 1! was strolling in a boule
vard in the French capital when a
passing pedestrian arrested the pace
of his companion and said: "See that
man? lie stole $3/(00,000 when his
government was overthrown." Quick
as a Hash Senor Blanco turned. "Bog
pardon, sir," he said icily, "but it was
$3,000,000."
rool Tree*.
It is not shade a lone that makes it
cooler under a tree in the summer. The
coolness of tiie tree itself helps. for
its t> in) era tin- • is about 43 degrees F.
at al! times, :is that of the human body
is a fraction more than US decrees. So
a clump of trees cools the air as a
piece of ice cools the water In a pitch
er.
Ilaftpinfg.
Harbor—flow's the razor, sir?
Customer—Didn't know I was being
shaved.
Harbor (flattered)— Very glad, I'm
sure, sir.
Customer—l thought 1 was being
sandpai < red.—Pick Me Up.
Happily Mrirricil.
"I i. ; on liave found happiness in
marriage, dear "
"Oh, vi's. 1 can do lots of things I
didn't «' d > wlun I was a girl."—
New Y rl. Press
Liver F^iHs
That's what you need; some
thing to eure your bilious
ness and give you a good
digestion. Aycr s Pills arc
liver pills. They cure con
stipation and biliousness.
Gently laxative, ah deists.
W.lllt >"Ur »• • l'l • r\ • ir«
I
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE Whiskers J
' I'' r : • ' : *•* * ' N " 1
TI • V -i r 4 ' ih~
At til. rr*! i) wiuav ui >st li ves have
exlinr i-•«i sl. ii - s:nr • and *• ate
dang' i" . en this is the case, v oe
1
lias lout > • !!. and job staM mmamm
1 ;\e < !.ii;:< .1 the lii -i pi:.' ! f<«re
20,000 acrid wwgtl 4mmnm will
dirt fro::i w ilie wall*. overwh im
your haii'ir • ' id \ ur ey> s ami bla< k
cn yonr face. v> liv ing being except,
they say, tin' I ar and the sphinx atr >-
pos, can r» sist tin* rarie of the mailed
legions Above a!!. <•<> not slruggl".
T!ie fury v.ii I I o«er;aketke noighl*>r
ing e .lo: i . i!• re is t,o means of
«:if :y :it r !han instant flight through
t'i s The bee is less rancorous,
1 * in. ■!.:■ .i' I•. llian the wasp and
: :v|y parsi s It r « n iay. If flight be
im;; >«sil le, al a'ute immobility : 'one
t. .■ ' 112 calm hi :pi t bar off theseent.
She ft rand attacks any bx> sudden
mo.eta. nt. but at once forgives that
which n,> longer stirs.- Ilarp r's.
A U.i of Trmi-rn' Wit.
Among the many stories told of the
Inimitable William It. Travers Is the
following:
A Now York clubman whose repu
tation as a conceited and insufferable
bore was a byword was attempting to
impress a group of men as being a so
cioty pet.
"What a hospitable fellow Blank is,"
he said, naming one of New York's
cleverest un n. 'T dropped in on him
the other night, and lie and his wife
fairly Insisted that I stay for dinner.
Such a time as I had getting a way I
Why, when 1 started to leave, they
came right out in the hall and backed
up against the front door."
"After you'd g-g-goue out?" Inquired
Travers.
Nasal
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cli'!ui?e»,soothes anJ In i - a
Jr b %.
It cures catarrh and d' •.«
it* r^V
mv.ty a cold m tL-j .. aiMIMBMIB
quickly.
Cream Balm i* placed Into the nostrils, sprfr.ils
over the nicmhrane and is a' • irh. (L la 'f ■» im
mediate and a cure follows. It is cot drj 11/
not produce ■iiee/.in/. Lnf|.'>' s i ce:.!n at I>r
gists or t>y mail; Trial Si;. ,10 cents by ma:!.
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MORji i ' =a ! .'-rZ VEO
...BY ' . 1N0...
Or %i'UV'v- ■ fiW
j I j, U ■ • .:$* i'i jfi
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2a&2 Xtetcedien Combiaed.
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cures Cv Coi'gfi-, Co: ,
Bronc'iiiis, < ar.a, I 5 ■ curneina, Hiy
Fever.P' i/riiy, LaGrippc, H' n< -S,
Sore Throat, Cr.,up and Wfiooping
Cough. NO CURE. WO PAY.
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D, I, & RAILROAD,
TLM> TABLE.
Corrected to May r, 1901.
Itiit.'in I I 10 Q-j
■ l:ri*t<,| I . 19 14
i,
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liull.i u |A. -
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I " > -1 I" L 2 |
IJ I |
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Wen iv:*, lu % a
Wy ui.i ■ 4" i 2
Forty Fort J
Bennett I ■" •" * .;i
Kiru- '« n. iir ~ •» 2
Willie* l'.iirr< Ar ~ "I" 2 j»l I
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Kinaston iv H> H a W
Plymouth .lirni' .. .
Plymouth H ll l 4:1
Avon.!). I- .... • > • 1
.Natiucoke < i - ,
llunli * * !
M.i-k#htuny. .. .. " ' . ' jvi
lli< k- K T \ .... -1- 111 3 ;
lieai-.h I ven •" '• ll* 337
ll* r w ,<■» " II -I i 44
Briar «"r«rk 1S ll2 . "*i
Willow IJrove. .. 112" 112 ; M
1., me K(iJire ' • run. 3
L;> ... " .. !• 4nh I
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rj( er * » ;- 27 4IT
t:ata» ... 12 4 12
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112 1 'tTin iB«H/ xr 1 ii> 4 «i
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HeUvvue 4 4,;
Faylorvilie :<2 4I" * ;I8
I.i 'tiawanna :• . 4 2 *27
I'uryea .. 23 4jm n ■£,
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1 Dully. ♦ iHiilyemyt urtday. t stop on
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
TIME T4BLE
Iu Effect Mav. 25, 1902.
A A.M.. J
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-irranton " " 10 OH 121 .",21 .9 »">•■•*"• j
kill*v >. Pa ly 112 Kla* station.
I'ullninn Parlor ar<! Sleeping Car' ran on
tliT"tiKli train< lielween S,.:'l»iiry. Willt»msp«rt
ami l.rie. I«tween Sunhnry »>.! Philadelphia
.ii"! Wa-hinnlon an t WtWM liarri-t'u.-.- Pitts
darn nil the West.
Kor lurther information apply to T < ket Agents 1
/. 11. II I'T CIIIX $ OX, ./■ R. WOOD.
Uen'i Man-tutr. I'a**'n'r Ay I
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St3rlisja !
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Bicycle. Cymnasium and
Tennis Shoes
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Spouting and C«n«ral
Job Work.
Stovos, Heaters, RancM,
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M:
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NO. 116 E. FROST 3T.
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U LIUI I U •
We will have a fall line ot
HOLIDAY GOODS!
-CfSSWTRW ♦►F—
Book.*, Stationery,
Leather Good.*,
Fancy Basket*.
fiold Pen*,
Fountain Fen^.
Sterling Silver Novelties
and many other noveltie- at
Lowest Cash Prices.
A.MONE,
112 MILL ST.
PHILADELPHIA and
READING RAILWAY
is r.rrvAi ju.tebkks m*. wm
n:\ls* i.r.Avr, ntwiixit
lor II 5 «. m.
far tie-w -,rk I! 2T, ». m
1 for • iiawi«-ut H.-3SM. m an-1 <B p. «a.
I'nr B;O,IM«HITRI TI2SA MI.
K> >r MN t'»n » M . DMI I at
r«r Wii: imsfMl * um. »wt 4*» p "
Trains 4>r Ra'timnff, Wast' , *«<»♦», lh» ■
nn.l VH Th H A »►. R K »:• •» J
Terminal. PHCIKBIPHMI «* 7:#S II A* .» M,
3M. 2 |< • «iin<!ay*S:3 » ' ■ >
777 p. m. *'Mtttnnai trains f*mm :ttn
nn«l» !i. «tnnt street slatma »•»« I ir l . 1
;,:4|.s -ip. TO.. smfMiav 112 S3. * J7I p. r»t
TK \lN*> K».K l> \?»\ II IJt
iMtt Phi ailrlphia h» 2t a. m
l.mic Willl»it<s|*»rt 10 Wa w.. • 112 Ha,
|.< iv,. Milton II »»a TV.. J- p •
IMTCI ATII*I«A? Ma. N.. •■* 9 M
WMFLLB
Matnrday "V VIA %ITIWSR. IKWIFC
-t 4•• ■•>, «■ ii
j-a -south !*t I*V' if +rmth »Mm.
112 uttmnlMi,
l«lalM ttw laK'S at llrket nflllts I '
»m|t lie«tatilats *.4 < b»*«nnt -I .M*>. !w-t
--r»n' 5t . *•' «« <Uh -I «t.. K *•'»'t ** *
si a lions
I nton Transfer eompan* i
"l»erk hauw fr»n>i b»»<* l« »»< nrs"4, ?v-s
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The Coal Dealer
SELLS
WOOD
—AND—
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—AT
-344 Ferry Street