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VOLUME 5.
KKYNOLDSVILLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY. FKItltUAKY 24, 1897.
NITiMHEIi II.
ilitilvonti OMin ffnl'le.
I RN N 8 V LV A N I A H A 1 1 .111 ) A 1).
IN Kt-'t-'WT NOVKMHKK Id, li'H.
l'lllllllll-tlllllll ft Ki ll- Itlilllollll Division Time
TlllllC. 'I'llllll!. ll'IIM' IHIflIHI(l.
KAfl Alllt
9:04 n ni-Tinlii h, dully en-ipt Hiitiilny fur
Puiiliiiry, lliirrMniri! mill Intcrni-tlliim stii
t Ioiim. ii'irlvlliK lit I'lllhiili lplilll : . 111.,
New York, p. m : liiMliiiiin,fl:it p.ni.i
Wiislilnirton, p. in I'n I linn ii I'nrlor cm
from WIINiiiiKpiiii nnil piii'iiKrr conches
from Kiim- in riillmli-lpliln.
8:.1 p. in.- Triiln . lull y I'H'PpI fiimliiy for
I ti 1 1 l-lni i u nnil liitciiiiiilliili' Hi ill Inns, iir-t-lv
liiu in riillmli'lplilii 4::M. M.t New Voik,
7::tl a. M. I'lillinmi Plccpluir curs from
lliiiTl-liniir In riilliiili'lpliiit mill Ni'W York.
I'hlhiih'lplilii im-winicr i'iiii ri'iiuiln In
Hlci-pcr iiiiiIIhIiii IiciI 1111 1 1 1 7::m A. M.
9:M p. in.-Tinlii 4. (hilly fm- Piitilmry, lliirrls-liut-ir
mid liili-iiin-illiilc stations, niTlvliiir in
I'hllnili'lplilii, :."' a. M.i Ni'W York,
A. M. on wt-ck llilV" mill l.:iM A M. nil Hllll
lIllV! lllilllmole. 11:211A.M.: Villillnrton, 7:411
A. M. riilliiinii cms from Krlc nnil Wlllliinis
iinrt tn riiiliiilclphlii. rnri'iiii'iB In slci-pcr
fiir It ii 1 1 i m iri' nnil Wii-lilnutim will lie
triinsfcm-il Into Wnxlilimtoii sleeper lit llm
rlHliui'tf. I'iihnI'Iikit i-iuii'lit's from Krln to
I'lillniii'lplilii mill WlllliiniKpnit to Hnltl
nmre. WKSTWAHU
7:21 n. in. Train I. dully except t;iiiilny for
Hlilitwiiy, liiillofs, t'lcrmont nnil Intcr-nii-illnte
HtiillniiH. Leaves Itliluwiiy lit il:IU
! M. fur Ki ll'.
9:rii)ii. in. Tniln :i, dully for Krlo una Itiler-itit-illntc
points.
A : -JH p. in.-- I'iiiIii II, tlnlly except Hiimliiy for
Kniii' nnil liili'init'illnlemtloni.
Tllltoriill THAINU I "OK KHirTHOOl)
I UU.M 'I'll K KAST AMtSdin il.
THAIN II leave I'lillmlt-lplilii N:.'l A. pi.!
Wiishliiulim, 7..VI A. M.i lliiltlmorc, h:IWIa. m.i
Wllkelnim Pi: I "i A. M. i dully except Hnn
iluy. hitIvIiik in Drift wimhI lit v. M. with
riillnimi I'm lor riir from riilliidi'lphlii In
Vlllliitimpnrl.
THAIN M lenvesNcw York lit K p. in.! I'lillii-
lll'lplllll. M -.JII p. III. I WHMllltllft.ltl. I0.4K p. til.
Hull Inline. 1 1 :") p. m.i dully iinlvlhu t
I trl f I h.mmI lit ll:.VI ii. ni. I'lllltllllll slci-iilntf
i'iii-h from I'litlnili-lnliiii In Krlo nnil from
nsliltiirtoti mid llnlilniore to Wllllnmsport.
mid tlimiivli pnscimcr coiii-Iicm from I'hllii-
I i-l I ill In to Kill- mid lliiltlinmc In Williams
piirt. TWAIN I leiivcs lii'iiovn lit H t : n. tn., dully
except fluidity, unlvliiu Ht Driftwood 7:21
h. m.
,IOll N'S )N HITHG 11 A I LllOA D.
(Daily except Hundiiy.)
TKAIN IH leave Itldicwiiy nt HiSiiii. m.i .folin
Minlnirit lit H::tM ii. m., lu rlvlnu hi Clermont
lit i':il.'i ii. in.
TKAIN W IruviM Clvrnintit lit Kl:4rt a. m. nr
rl.liiK nt .liiliiioinliiiiK at 11:41 a. in. and
KUIgway at 12:liU a. in.
It
I DO WAY & CLKAll FIELD K. 11.
DAILY KXCEl'T SUNDAY.
HOUTIIWAKI). NOKTIIWAIU).
I'.M A.M. BTATIONS. I, M. P.M.
12 II)
12 17
12 21
12:12
12 :m
12 41)
12 42
It 2.1
11 :a
VM
9 4H
MM
ft A7
hlilttwiiy
Islmid Hun
Mill Hhvi-ii
i'rnylHiid
HIiiiiIhMIIIh
HI ni' KiM'k
Vlni'yiiiil Kun
laiili'i'
Hrorkwiiy vlllo
Mi'Mtnn Hiitnmlt
Htirvi'yH Kun
FiiIIh t 'ii'i'k
DiiIIoIh
2 m)
1M
14H
1117
i;m
1 211
127
1 2.1
1 i!i
1 m
l2iw
12. mi
12 41)
02:1
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AMI
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10 12
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AY.
l
tn. Tmln
m. I'niin
tn. Train
I'Htward.
Train N, 7:17 a.
Train tk, 2:10 p
Train 4, 7:M p
it, 1I ::I4 a. m
I, :i:in p. m
II, 7:21 p. m
J. B. linVMINXON,
Uvn. MaiiHiriir,
J. It. WOOD,
Cjf!ll. I'llHS. Atf't.
B
UFFALO, llOCIIRSTKU & 1'ITTS-
llUHGH HAILWAY.
TliHliort linn tii'twiM'ii DiiIIoIh, Klilitway,
DradfiHiU, Hiiliiniiini'a, lliill'iilo, KiM'hi'Nti'r,
Nluxarm Fiilln and polulH In tno upper oil
region.
On and lifti'l- Nov. l.Mli, IKWI, phhhimi
ffor tralim will arrive and Ji'part friun Falla
uraek Htatiun, dally, nxti'pl Sunday, ait fol
lows: 7.2,1a ru mid .w u 111 for I'urwtMtavlllo and
t;iarHidd.
10.00 a ni Huiriilo mid Kwlii'Mtur mall Kor
Hroi'kway vlllo, Kd)fway,JoliiiKoiiliur)r,Ml.
.li'wul t. Hradforil, Kulauiiiiiea, Itittlalo and
lbtnluiHtpr; conniMtiiitf at .InliiiHonliurtr
HJi I. & E. train it. Cor Wlluox, Kunu,
Warren, C'orry and Krln,
10.27 a ni Ari'ommodatlon For Hykeii, Bin
Hun and I'uiixHUtawni.y.
10.2H a tn Kor lieynoldHVlUu,
l.UI p m Bradford Accommodation For
Biwclitri'ti, lirookwayvllk., Ellninnt, Car-
niun, KldKway, Juluwunburii, Mt. Jewett
and Bradford.
1.2,1 p. m. AcnommiMlation fur Puiixhu-
tamiey and HlK U1111.
4.2.1 p. m.-Mall-For DiiIIoIh, Hykea, Big
liua Punxiiutawney aud WaUton.
7.40 p ni Accommodation for Big Hun and
PuuxHutawnuy.
Paiwenfrera are requeHted to purcliane tlnk
eta before enterliitr the cam. An exi'ena
cllliriteof Ten Coiitu will Im t'ollocted by I'on
duutom when fart.a are paid on tnilim, from
all HtaUonH where a tlekctofnce la maintained.
Thousand mile ticket at two cent per
mile, good for puaiuiKe between all atatioua.
J. 11. McIntvhk. Aitcnt, FiiUm I'reek, Pa.
E. 0. Lapky, Uon. Pan. Atwnt,
UKhetor N. Y.
ALLEGHENY VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY commonuing Sunday
November 20, 18116, Low Grado Dlviuiun.
EASTWAHI).
No.l. NO.5. No.9. 101 10R
A. H. P. H. A. II. A. H. P. II
10 M 4 ill
11 Oil 4 4
11 an s 20 20
11 87 S 2N tS 27
11 44 S Stl tS Wl
12 (III IS .Hi ( fii
12 20 14 00
12 211 6 20 til 1.1
12 H (I 32 til 27
12 M S All 4.1
tl 0.1 tfi .IM 43
1 2.1 7 10 7 00 10 3.1 1 ai
1 3.1 7 20 1 12 10 4.1 1 45
1 4H 7 iCI 7 2:1
1 AN 7 4.1 7 84
2 04 7 411 7 41
2 13 7 AH 7 AO
i 42 8 27 8 17
t2 A2 tS 8i 27
8 20 t OA 8 U
P. M. P. M A, M. A. M. P. Mi
WE8TW AHD.
HZ:i No.ti N0.10 ion lio"
A. U. A. H. P. M. P, M. P, M
10 10 S 30 A 81)
10 88 t5 A7 A9
10 4N 07 6 00
11 17 84 6 8U
11 2M 48 t 4
11 82 41) 1 K
11 42 6 AD 7 Oft
12 AA 7 13 7 20 12 40 S 10
1 2.1 7 ti 7 8.1 U AO 6 20
1 81 t7 81 7 41
1 40 7 40 7 AO
1 Aft 7 A7 8 07
2 OK 8 00 8 It)
t 111 8 1 8 20
t 82 ( 82 8 42
2 52 8 A2 ft 02
8 00 (00 ( 0
8 10 (10 ((0
8 42 ( 42
8 IB (AS
P. m. a. m p. M. p M. p. M.
tTATlOKS.
Red Bank
LaWHonham ....
New lietlilebem
Oak HI due
Maynvtlle
rJuinmervllle...
Brookvllle
Bell
Fuller
Keynoldavllle..
PancoaMt
FallH Creek
DuBola
Pabula
Winterburn ....
Penfleld
Tyler
Beneiette
Grant
Driftwood
STATIONS,
Driftwood
Orant
Beneietta
Tyler...
Penfleld
Wlnterburn ....
Habula
DuBola
KilllM Creek
PaucoaHt
Keynoldavllle..
Fuller
Bell
Brookvllle
Siimmervllle.,,.
Muyavllle
Oakltldue
New Bethlehem
Iawonlim..,.
ItodBauk
Trains dally except Sunday.
DAVID MoOAKOO, Oca'l.. 80PT.
J As. P. ANDEBSON Gaa'L Pass. Aot.
jjKKCIt C11KKK 11AILIIOAD.
New Yntk Central & Hudson River R. R. Co., loiiet
I'ONDKNHKIt TIMB TA1II.R.
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Exp
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Mull
No :tl
Nov. in, IMM.
p to p in
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p in
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M ill i; M Art' Ki'iiiionr ...
H 4.1 12 II New Mllpoi t
H:l 12(11 (Mil nl 11...
H:ti 11 m MltrliiOI.....
N III II 40 l.vt'.t'li'iiilli'ld.liini
l.'i KI 4 III
ft 2.1 ft HI
S :iiit 1
n 41 .122
. . . . n 411 ri 27
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Arr 7 1.1 7 1.1
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7 4
7 42
7:ii
II 21
I rr. I'lrai 'Ill-Id .linn'.
. m i I In ml . . . .
Illitli-r
Wlilliii-i-loll . . .
II I .'
I I 11.1
III :n
III .m
M01 1 ImiIii Ii- Mini-
7 20 1(141 l.vp Millivolt.
AM III III I, vi' I .. ... ) Ait
7 4(1 II III Arn 1 1 s" " I l.vi-
TT(i"
II Vi
40
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Ai-r.....!itiiMon....
Wlnliiirui'..
1.VI- 7
17
H4H in 12 IT. AI.K 7 40
11211 ILK) (llllliitown 717
tl III 1143 HM'K SMOK 804
ft IK H4N ....IIKI'.CII t'KI-.KK MM
ftn.1 DXt Mill Hull Ii "I
4 AH H2.1 1.OI'K 11 A V F.N 1107
4 47 8 1.1 1'oilliL'diili' tl HI
4;n h(ni.ikhsI:v hiii)HI''..ii'nc. 11211
4:m 7IW IKKSFY SMuHi:.... ii.hi
4oo 7'M l.vi" WII.I.IAMSP'T Arr lit til In
l iii ii ni n rti p
p III II 111 'Ijill.t. liUMIINII il. K. II III p
i'24'l iLVin-IVII.I.IAMSI' T ,n. lll-!llll
8 3111 :m l.vi.. . . PI 1 1 1, A Ai rii 01 7
4ll l,v N.V.vintiiiiiiiiiiiii Ar Sim
)I7 3(1 ,v..N. V. Mil Phllii.. Arlt 72.1 t
n in p tn pm a
' Dully t Week-day 1 im p in SiiiidnyH
; in ftft ii in Hundiiy
bM Ni-w York phhmi-iiui'I-h iriivi'llnir vlu Plill-nili-lplilii
on 10.211a in 1 l-n In from YYIIIImim
port, will rliniiuc i-iiih lit Colinnlila Ave.,
I'hlliiili-lplilii.
1MH4 Titles.-At H lllliinwiiort wllli
Plillildi-lililllMti-iidllill(.H. AUi-rsoy Hlioro
with lull Hi link Kallwnv. At Mill
Hall Willi I'l-iiliiil Kiilhoiid of IViiiiKvlviiiilii .
At I'hlllp-.liiirir Willi Pi-nn-.ylvmiiii Kiillroinl
mid A ItiHina k Plilllpslnirit roiiiii-i'tliiic K. H.
At di-tirtli-ld with It ii II it I. . Kih-Iii-kIi-i- A.
I'ltlliiiiiili Idilliviiy. Al Miiluitl'i-y, it ml
Pnttoii with Cmnlirlii & Cli-uiili-ld DIvIhIoii
of Pi-nui.ylviitilii Kiillroinl. Al Miiluitl'i-y with
Pi-iiiinylvmiln NoiTh-Wi'stern Hnllroiid.
A. I). PAI.MKIt, F. K. IlKltltlMAN,
Hopi-l'lllll-lllli'lll . Ul'll'l Push. Alfl..
I'lilliiili-hililii, Pa.
jQotrla.
J JOTEL McCONNELL,
HEYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
FKAXKJ. JILACK, l'rmrlm:
The Ii'imIIiik liotol of the town. Ileadiiinr
tem for ronitneiiMiil mi'ti. Htenm heat, free
Iiiih, lialli riHiiim and i-loneta on every Hihii-,
Kiimpli- rooma, billiard room, teli'iihouo i-on-mi'ilonH
Ac.
JJOTEL BELNA1', .
KKYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
. ('. JULLMAX, l'mrii'inr.
Flint rlan In every particular. Located In
the very centre of llie lmHlntMpitrt of town.
Fns 'Iiiih (i and from trnliiH mid coinnHidloiia
aamplerouniH fiircominerclnl travelera.
Itllarrllititrou.
NEFF.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
And Ueal Kmulii Anx-nt, ItcynnUlHvlllo, I'll.
Q MITCHELL,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW.
Gtl!e on West Main ntrcet, opiHiHlte the
Cotaoieivlal Hotel, HnynoidHVllle, I'll.
c. m. noiinoN. joiix w. kf.ku
QORDON & REED,
ATTOllNEYS-AT-LAW,
Bnonkvllle, Jefferaon Co. Pa,
Office In room formerly occupied by Gordon
& Oorbett Weat Main Htroel,
W. L. MiCRAOUN,
BmkvllU.
o. . McDonald,
bjrMldivlllt.
JJcCR ACK KN & MCDONALD,.
Attorneys and Counnellor-at-Law,
Offlcea at Rcyaoldavllle and Brookvllle.
JxRANCIS J. WEAKLEY,
ATTOUNEY-AT-LAW,
Office In Maboney building. Main Street,
Keynoldavllle, Pa.
jya. B. E. HOOVER,
REYNOLDSVILLE, PA.
KoHldent deutlNt. In building near Metbo
dliit church, opixwlte Arnold block. Gentle
neaa In operating.
jya. R. E. HARBISON,
SURGEON DENTIST,
Koynoldavllle, Pa,
Offloe In rooma formerly occupied by J. 8.
McCreJitht.
,a R. DeVERE KING,
DENTIST,
Office at the residence of T. O. King, M. D., at
corner of Main aud Hlxth atrecta, Keynoldif
vllle, Pa.
OF REYNOLDS VILLE.
CSPITXL 80,000.00.
C. Mitchell, Prealdentl
cot t McClelland, Vlee Prea.
John II. Kaucher, Caabler,
Directors i
0. Mitchell, Scott McClelland. J. 0. King,
John H. Corbett, O. E. Brown,
O. W. Fuller, J. H. Kaucher.
Does a general banklnRbualnesa and aollolta
the accounla of merchanta, profeaulonal men,
farmer, mechanics, mlnen, lumbermen and
other, promlalns the moat careful attention
to tbe bunlneaa of all peraona.
Bate Depoalt Boxei for rent.
First National Bank building, Nolan block
rir Proof Vault.
First National Bank
ndqlphj
7
OuLI-AN HAWTHORNE .
CorvmmiT sy Ambmcan Piikbs ASSOCIATION,
CHAPTER 1.
HOW DK8T1NY HKIIAN TO Ol.'CUPY 1TSKLP
WITH II Kit AKFA1IW.
Qen. Inhm tirodc, Inofc flit! tclrriro from
the Uililc, ami howled U tn hit) friend.
Olio lnortiinn in tho curly aiitninn n
gcntlcitiiin wtui performing liia toilet in
one of the lmmlnoinost beaclmtnbora of a
certain hotel near Union siiuuro in the
city of New York. Ho wiw npiiurcntly
about AO yearn of ago, of medium
height, stout, with a lirouil, flat head,
from the top of which the hnir hud dis
appeared, leaving a bushy ring round
the niilca and buck, nig face, which was
ruddy and broad, with a largo nose and
a thick mouth, Indicated coarse, good
nature and shrewdness, tempered by
irritability
At the moment we come upon him he
was standing in hia shirt and trousers
before the looking glass, endeavoring to
adjust a scarf necktie of brilliant colors.
Something seemed to be wrong with the
fastenings, and after a few ineffectual
struggles he wrathfully flung thin im
portant article of a gentleman's attire on
the floor, emphasizing tbe act with an
audible expletive. He then walked to
the mantelpiece and poured some of the
contents of a decanter into a tumbler,
gaaed at the liquor for a moment, and
tossed it down hia throat. He turned to
tbe table, upon which, among various
other articles, was lying a foreign cable
gram. He took this np and glanced over
it gloomily, then thrust his hands into
his trousers pockets and strode heavily
to tbe window, where he remained, mak
ing inarticulate grants and tnutterings,
and occasionally puckering his thick lips
to whistle a fow bars of tome operatic
air.
After a while his wandering gaze was
arrested by the figure of gentleman,
fashionably dressed, who was coming
along the street in the direction of the
hotel. He stepped hastily across the
room, and prosaed the button of the elec
tric bell beside the door.
"Tell the clerk," he said to the servant
who presently answered the summons,
"to ask Mr. Hamilton Jocelyn if he'U
come up here; 1 want to see him. 1
gness yon'll And him tn the office. Look
alive now!"
"All right, general," replied the ser
vant, who was a complacent negro, and
seemed to entertain a kindly regard tor
the stout gentleman. "Nathin' else, sail?"
"Go to the devil I" the general an
swered testily; upon which the colored
person smiled indulgently, and gently
withdrew.
An interval of several minutes fol
lowed, during which the general march
ed up and down the room with a preoo
oupiod and impatient air, like a lion
moodily pacing his cage. At last there
was a loud and brisk knock on the door,
which opened at the same moment, and
Mr. Jocelyn came in, with a jaunty
mile and a cigar in his month.
"Halloo, Signor Don General Impre
sario Inigor he exclaimed, as his gaze
perused the wrathful and lugubrious
figure of tbe owner of the room; "who's
been crumpling your rose leaves now?
Do you know it's half-past lOo'clock and
you ought to be"
"I ought to be! Oh, yea; of course 1
ought to be! 1 shall be, too, before long
with such a gang of thieves and scoun
drels as I've got to deal with! Now.
look here!"
"Tin looking," said Jocelyn, seating
himself in a rocking chair and crossing
on knee over tbe other. "Have a cigar?
Why don't you put on your vest? I de
clare, general, you're getting stouter
very day. Why don't you adopt the
Turkish costume? It would salt your
figure to a dot, besides giving your inno
cent victims a warning of your charac
ter. When 1 was in Btamboul"
"Now, just you listen here," interrupt
ed the general, a slight Jewish pronun
ciation becoming perceptible in his
poach. Ha drew np chair in front of
bis guest and sat down on it, with his
feet drawn up underneath, and his fat
bands on his knees. "Just you listen
hers. I'm an honest man, ain't I? I pay
my way cash down, don't B I'm no
loach nor dead beat am I? When 1
sign a contract, ntid find I'vu got loft, I
don't go back on it, do I? O'.t, lliis Is ti
sweet world for honest full;, thin is!
I'ye been in this business lifteeti
years, by Jupiter! I've r. V nil
the big singers in thin -;i!iit!ry
and in Europe, ntnl if you Amcricitis
hove ever seen tin opera (lecetitly put on
the stage you may thank me for it.
Where would all these blessed stars and
divas, with their three nnd four thou
sand dollars n night, where would they
be if Moses Inlgo hadn't shown 'em np.
and worked for 'em, and kept' em straight,
and humored 'em, and stcpjie d out am
told lies for 'em to the public's face, by
Jupiter? And here I am, a poor man
today, and they rolling in riches! And
haven't I just gotto nnd built the fittest
opera house in tho world for a million
and a half of dollars out of my own
pocket mid"
"Yos, for a poor mid virtuous man
you've done pretty well, general." put in
Jocelyn, removing his hat nnd yawning.
"But what's the matter? Has the chorus
truck for higher wages? or won't the
' electric light work? or didn't that follow
at the club pay you the five dollars you
won of him? or haven't yon had your
j cocktail this morning? or what?"
With an air of terrible calmness Oen.
! Inigo arose, took the telegram from the
table, and hunded it to his friend with
out a word. The latter received it indo
lently, disengaged from his fob pocket a
(air of eyeglasses, placed them across
the handsome curve of his noso, and be
(ran to read the telegram with a sigh.
Meanwhile the general, with a certain
air of tragic satisfaction, repaired to the
mantelpiece and repeated his lute trans
action with the decanter and tumbler.
He then resumed his chair, still in silence.
Jocelyn had by this time reread the
telegram more than once, hud said
"Humph!" in several tones, and had bit
ten his lip and pulled at his side whiskers
reflectively. "Well," he observed at
length, returning the pujter to the other,
"sbo has played it pretty low down on
yon, Inigo, and no mixtake! Any idea
what's gut into her?"
The general lifted his shoulders and
eyebrows nnd spread out his hands. He
bad temprirurily become as voiceless as
he was just now voluble. He wits en
joying tiro dignity of unutterable wrongs.
"Any row about terms?" pursued
Jocelyn,
The impresario smiled scornfully, as
one who could not deign to correct such
an insinuation.
"Mtist be something, yon know," said
Jocolj n. "A woman doenn't throw away
twelve thousand dollars a week for noth
ing. Depend n it you've .stepped on
her es somehdw. I'll tell you what it
may be you haven't put about nny
photographs of her. Of course! What
are you thinking of?"
"Yes, yon are one of those fellows that
think they can fix everything in five
minutes," growled the impresario,
breaking silence at lust "Now just
yon look at this." Ho held np a broad,
square topped forefinger. "That woman
tuts never naa a photograph, nor any
-sort of picture, made of her in her life.
$be won't allow it to be done. That's
Iher fad, and, by Jupiter, it's pretty
simart of her, when you eoine to think
of it!"
"Homely, 4s she? Has to depend on
Iher voice. I see."
"You don't see an inch before yonr
nose! She may dopend on her voice
when she's nothing else to depend on.
There's not another voice liko it ever
ibeen heard in America; but homely!
'Well, I saw tier lost year in St. Peters
burg, and if ever I set ray eyes on a
handsomer woman I'll take 'em out of
my head and give 'em to her! So, sir!
I'm a judge, if any man is, and 1 say
that for face, figure and movement
there ain't her equal on the stage to
day." "Then why the deuce"
"Exactly. That's just it. 'Why the
deuce? is the whole thing in a nut
shell. Everybody says it, and what's
the result? Why, that everybody's ton
times as hot to see her as if they all had
her picture tucked away in their breast
pockets, or their watch cases, or on their
mantelpieces, if they're bachelors. She
makes on it every time. She knows
that any woman can be made to look
handsome in a photograph; butahe's the
only handsome woman before the public
whose photo's never been seen. I tell
yon, sir, curiosity, if it's managed well,
will make two dollars where beauty or
anything else will make one. There's
no advertisement ever came np to it!
And to work up curiosity has been that
woman's pet schema from the start
There's more stories going about her,
and scandal and fewer facts than yon
can put your Angers on. Oh.
she's smart!"
"She's overdone it this time," Jocelyn
remarked. " 'Unable to keep my con
tract' is what her telegram says; 'will
pay forfeit' How much is that, by tbe
by?"
"Bah! I would as lief take tea cents!
Am I a man to cry abouC h little money?
That ain't my trouble. But hero I inn,
with my opern house built, nnd my post
ers out for threo weeks back, nnd ad
vertisements and paragraphs in every
pttHr in tho Union, nnd everybody on
their beam ends to get thn first sight of
the great Russian prima donna (though
whether she's Russian, or Irish, or Amer
ican, tho devil only knows; it's just what
she's a mind to call it), and my great
prima donna drops mo a telegram that
she ain't coming, by Jupiter! A nice
figure sho makes mo cut, don't she? Here
ntn, with u public record of fifteen
years, and never onco disappointed sn
audience, or kept them waiting, or failed
to give them their money s worth, and
now, lifter all my labor and planning
and contriving, this Is tho reward I get
to be mado a fool of! Thn jewel reputa
tion, that's what she's robbed me of! I'd
sooner she'd dono mo out of n million.
But I'll be even with her, ns sure us I'm
Inigo, if I have to send her an ounce of
dynamite in a jowel casot"
"She s never beon heard in this coun
try, has she';"
"No, nor in England either. I don t
suppose there's another man besides me
In New York today that has over heard
or seen her. Blio's kept herself on the
continent and sung for royalty nnd kept
herself out of peoples way, as if she
were royalty herself that's been her
game. And a nrst class game it Is, too,
when n woman can afford to piny It, as
she can. She never hollers for herself;
sho lets the others do it for her. And
that's why the public will pay higher to
listen to her if they could only get her
than to any other woman that sings-,
and 1 traveled 8,000 miles nnd spent
close on to two million dollars just so
they might have what they wanted, and
this is hr w I get left!"
"Can't you get any other
"Any other? Oh, yes; 1 dare say; of
course! I think 1 can seo cm when I
propose it! Why, thoy've been that
jealous of this new woman, as they citl!
her, and of me building a theatre for
her, and cracking her up to bo the finest
soprano nnd tho grandest singer in the
world, that when they hear she's sold
me they'll bo ready to split 'emselves for
oyi that's what they'll be! And if they
couW only get me to ask one of 'em to
take ber place, so as to give a chance to
lay, 'Don't you wish yon may got mar
t do believe they'd split outright and be
done with it!"
"You'ro confoundedly vulgar this
morning, Inigo," observed his friend
musingly. "They say success is more
trying than adversity, but I think the
reverse is true in your case. Of course
I wasn't thinking of substituting Patti
r Scolchi, or any of that caliber. They'd
itand on their dignity, naturally; but,
as your great Russian is entirely un
known here, except by reputation, I was
thinking" He paused.
"Out with it, num. if there's anything
there I" exclaimed Oen. Inigo impa
tiently. "By George, I shouldn't wonder if it
could be dono!" muttered Jocelyn, half
to himself. "Why not? There's necessity
enough on both sides!"
"What's that?" demunded the general.
"I'll tell yon what I want you to do,
Inigo," said Jocelyn, throwing the butt
of his cigar into the lire-place, and resum
ing his bat. "I want you to finish put
ting on your clothes, and get yourself
into a composed and respectable frame of
wind, and then join me downstairs, and
we'll go over to the club and have break
fast. I've had only a cup of coffee this
morning thus far."
"Have breakfast?" cried the general
indignantly. "Is that all you have to
propose!
"No; not by a good deal. Unless I'm
very much mistaken I've got a scheme
that 11 set yon on your legs again, npset
all the rivals and make your great Rus
sian strangle herself for rage. But I'm
(foing to tarn it over in my mind first,
mnd then Til let you into it in my own
way. Von came to the right quarter
this time, old fellow. But it isn't every
nan in the world, let me remind you,
that's got a Hamilton Jocelyn to advise
Hum.
"All I have to say," returned Inigo, as
he took bis place once more in front of
the looking glass and selected another
meek scarf from the drawer, "is that
whoever does Moses Inigo a good turn
merer baa any reason to regret it. That's
all I have to say at present. Well go
into -details when we've heard what the
good tarn looks like."
"Yon'll find me below in the reading
room," faaid Jocelyn turning, with hid
band on the door. "You'd better muke
your arrangements so that we can leave
town if necessary and be away all night.
And, iniud you, don't open your mouth
so any human soul about what has hap
pened. Everything depends on that."
"I guess I know how to hold my
tongue anyhow," excluimud the impre
sario resentfully. But beforo he could
aay more the door hod closed and ho
was alone. In tbe course of ten minutes
be finished his toilet and sullied forth,
jingling bis door key as he went
"If he pulls me out of this scrape, by
Jupiter, I'll make hia fortune," he mur
mured to himself, as he took the eleva
tor to the office floor.
When the two gentlemen were seated
at their breakfast table, in a retired cor
ner of the club dining room, and had
wallowed their first cup of coffee, Joce
lyn opened his mouth and spake as fol
lows: "How old is your Russian phoenix?"
"She looks twenty and may be thirty,"
the general replied.
"What's her style? Stout or thin, tall
or short, dork or fair?"
"That's about as the Ukes, 1 expect
8he's what I rail a trim child of nature '
t-lmn;,'i'S with the seasons," said the
other with u wink, "tine of thoso wo
men with linw-1 eyes nnd ovnl face, and
hair nil tho way from straw color to
black, that can miiko 'emselves look liko
anything. Hho's about medium height.
When we d signed the contract at our
last interview," hecotitiiiued, putting on
diabolical leer of retrospective gallan
try, "1 pressed a chaste salute upon her
brow, and didn t huve to stoop for it.
'Probably it was tho recollection of
that embrace tint influenced her in
throwing up her engagement." remarked
Jocelyn dryly. "You'ro u dangerous
fellow wit. i women, Inigo, in some
senses! Better make all your salutes
parting ones final pnrttngs. Well, to
continue, does she speak Knglish?"
'Just ns well as I do myself," returned
tho general emphaticully.
'Poor girlr said Jocelyn ns if to him
self.
"What are all these questions for,
anyhow?" demanded Inigo, after a
pause.
"What sort of an actress is slier went
on Jocelyn, not noticing tho interruption.
"Realistic or conventional or what
'Independent, I should call her," said
tho other. "Sho doesn't seem to act
much anyhow, if you know what I
mean. Frro graceful spontaneous!" -he
explained, waving his short iiiin
about, with a forkful of mnshed potato
in his hand. "Worth your money to
seo her just waflf about tho stage," he
ftilded, engulfing tho potato in his enor
mous jaws.
".She'll do!" Kuid Jocelyn, leaning back
in his chair with tho uir of a man who
litis succeeded in un arduous and ingen
ious enterprise. "Your famous Russian
diva, my dear Signor Impresario, lives
not more than u hundred miles from
whero we nro sitting: and if I know any
thing about human nature, and hers in
particular, she will make her appearance
as per advertisement, and sing herself
nnd you np to your chins in bank notes,
not to mention my modest little com
mission!" "Bah! What nils him now?" said the
general, helping himself to nnother
croquet te.
"Let me tell you a little story," con
tinned Jocelyn. "About a hundred
miles from Now York city there lived,
once npou a time, a beuuliful and tal
ented young lndy, only daughter of iv
father who had brought her up in lux
ury, refinement and seclusion. This
young lndy hod nn amazing genius for
mnsic, and a voice so ravishing that the
lnrks camo down from the clouds to lis
ten to her, and the nightingales grew
hoarse with unavailing rivulry. The
best instructor in the world was pro
cured to train her, and in tint course of
t fow years be turned her out finished
In every respect. But, unfortunately
for mankind, nor affluent circumstances
forbade her appearance on the public
itage. At this juncture, however, a
providential change of circumstances al
tered the entire complexion of her career.
3he had a brother, a wild and graceless
youth, who, finding his native place too
narrow for the development of his ener
ties, went forth to investigate foreign
Finds, with an unlimited letter of
tredit on the paternal exchequer.
Now, this same letter of credit is
the specious specie, I would say dis
guise of the fuiry who works the trans
formation. The energetic youth makes
use of it to such good purpose that in
lies than a year from the time of his d
parture he has not only exhausted the
family income, but has mado desperate
Inroads into the capital, most of which
has to be sold and the remainder heavily
mortgaged the old gentleman paying
all demands for the sake of what he calls
the honor of tho family, though other
people might think it was in order to
prove what an incorrigible idiot a man
of antiquated prejudices and aristocratic
lineage can make of himself when he i
afforded the opportunity. The result, at
any rate, at the time of which wo simak
is that the old gentleman finds himself
choked with honor and destitute of cash;
that he is on the point of being obliged
to sell the ancestral mansion in order to
satisfy the creditors, and that were the
honor ho has preserved at so high a prica
worth anything in the market he might,
perhaps, be disposed to mortgago noma
of it in consideration of an assurance of
bread and butter for the rest of his
life."
"I've beard of gifted amateurs boforw
now," began Iuigo, shaking his big head
with a sigh; but Jocelyn interrupted,
him.
"What you've heard before is tiothimr
to the purpose," suid he. "This is pie
cisely the cose that contrudLcts all exp.
rience. Now, it so happened that a cer
tain distinguished Impresario had spent
vast sums and made stupendous prepa
rations to introduce a fumuus singer to
the New York public. It so happened,
too, that the diva in question, ulthougli
so famous, was personally quite un
known m mis country; and, as if for the .
special purpose of insuring the success
of the grand enterprise that was prepar- ,
ing, she had even taken a whim to allow
no portraits of herself to be exhibited. '. '
For some cause, at present unknown to '
this historian.tU diva at the hut momont
backed out of her contract. The distiu.
guished impresario, with disgrace und
ruin staring him in the face, luckily be
thought himself to consult the wisest
man of his acquaintance, who, by virtue
of his presence of mind and penetration,
promptly saw the way out of the diffi
culty. He took the impresario with
him to the ancestral mansion aforesaid,
where the young lady sang to them and
was. instantly made the recipient of the
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