VOL. X.
$2.00 Per Year
INDEPENDENCE POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEP1Y8. 1C03
Five Cents Per Copy.
42
SKCKKT KOtmirX
AO. U. W, IXDEI'KNDEN'OE
, Lode, Ni, 1M, meet every Mu
day itlglit in hull. All j-irn-
ing brothers are invited to attend. U. K,
Kennedy, M. W. W.O. Ck. Kceurde.
X ALLEY I.OIH1K. NO."M. I. O. O
V t-,iee tu V ndtiyna hall every
t'hurejuy evening. All Odd fellows ee
JmIIv invited tu nwt with no, J. K
Uutdtard, S. U. W. If. Craven, Secy
LYON LOUOR, NO. V A. F. A
M.MUtfJ tiioniuuicatioul ttatur
day evening on or betur full tnoon eatt
month and two weeks thereafter. O. W
iJbmn, W. M. I 0. Hell, 8ey.
HOMEU LODGE. N0. It. of F.
Meet vry Wednesday evening.
All knight lire cordially invited. W, H
Hley, 0. C. M. O. Potter, K. It A S
TU YSICIASS-DKNT1S ritv-
r D. BCTLER. I'UY.SICIAN AND
Vy. MrBtoi, Heey. U. 8. Hoard or
Medical F.isiuinere. Offlo lu Opera
House block.
C L. KRTCHUM, M, IX OFFICE
I - , tml residence, corner llailroail
tuii Aluu;ntitU ale,, ludeiieudeuoe, Or,
PVR J. a JOHNSON. KKSIDF.Nl
XJ Dentist. All work warrant! to
aiva the tet uf satisfaction. Indepeu
tie aee, Or.
rIt A. B. (UIXtS,(IPKCIALIST
Lt r.ye, Vr, Noe, and rhrvkat. Ut
ile ovr Hush.' bank, etalcm, Or. 6-88
DBS. LEE A BABBITT, FHYSl
ciaus and Surgeon. Hpecinl at
tention paid to disease of women . Of
fice over Independence -National Bank.
T. J. I, M. I). V. Bblltt, M. D
C. M , Fellow Trinity Medical College.
ATTORNEYS.
GEO. A. SMITH. ATTORN EI AT
La. Will practice in all atate
aud federal eonrta, Abstract of title
faroiabed. Office over Independence
Batiana Bank.
DALY, SIBLEY A EAKIN, AT
loruoys al La. We hare Ilia only
rt of abstract booke lo-Pulk oouuty.
Reliable abstract furnished. Money to
kau; no oomoilaaion charged on kisns.
Office, oooi 2 and 3 WilaoD'a block, Kal
ian, Oregon.
AM. HURLEY, ATTOltNEY AND
, Counselor at Law. OITIee, next
to 1 odependenee Nations! Bauk, Inde
pendence, Or.
BOSH AM A HOLM EH, ATT01V
neye at Law. Office in Uuah'i
block, between State aud Court, on Com
mercial atroet, Salem, Or.
SASH AND DOORS.
MITCHELL A BOHANNON, MAN
nfaoinrera of isb and doors.
Ala, aoroll sawing. Main atreel, Inde
pendence, Or.
VETiiRINAMY SUROEON.
DU. E. 0. YOUNG, Iftte of Ne ber,
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentml
baa nMrd to Independence, and openod
an office over tbe Independence Nation
al bank.
TAILORS.
WO. HUABM AN, MERCUANT
, Tailor, 0 afreet, neiir poatoflloe.
Btnta in any atyle made to order at rea
onable ratea.
-Learn Telegraphy-
A. TRADE
It Pays : : : Success Sure.
Addredi J. 0. HKYMOUd,
Orenlan Building. Portland, Omgon.
HOME BUILDERS
Will conanB their beat in
tereeta by parcbaamg their
SASH AND DOORS
" of the reliable mnnnfaolnrer,
M.T. CROW,
Independence, Or., innces
tor to Fergnaon A Van Meer.
. 8nar pine and cedar doori,
all lizea, on hand.
SCREEN DOORS.
HANKS.
THE INUKPENDEXCK
National Bank
Caitltal Stock. $;o.ooo.6o. .
. utasciiHKita,
ltl.lni
VW Pr.I.Wi(l
CaaMetV
4 tnaral banking and ahiui tuln
lraaMMtti Nut d, bllla dl.nmlm1, nm-
inwlal vrettlla grantmli dpoti mivd no
currant atwum ulyjt in hKk, minMt itU
ui tluia depoatia, :
DIHKCTtiltK
H. r. Hmllh A. Nhain I A All.n If II
jMunun, K, J.UvHMtmkn, U. W. It,
Cemmanoed Business March 4, 1889,
Kilalllth4 by National Autluirlly,
-THI-
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
of Indepandse. Orpik
CaelUI tteek
wrlwt.
180,000.00
14,000.00
I. H, COOPER, U W. ROIIKRTMO,
Prwldnt. . VtraPitHtdanl.
W. H HAWt.KY,tblf. ,
oibcctows.
J, 8, (Vlr, U .Rnheruna.UwMIMmtnfc
0. W. Wnltnaker, W. W. Collin.
A l)nd bftnlllh kiili,MA tMhu.lidl
Hujr and aIUshau on all linporuai
(mili rwelTwl utiiiui.iii oiM,.k n r.
Minv-e noun; a. m. tu 4 p. m.
J. J.HARKIMft,
TlltW. I'KNNMJ
Harkins & Fennell
BLACKSLIITIIiriG
Malnatwt, Indeiiendvtic.
At the old aland of E. E. Krenitel,'
where you cau gvt your i
or other Irou work dun. , s
HORSESHOEING
done In the moat approved manuer, . !
Ai a Horscshoer, Mr. Harkins
Is Well Known Througout
Polk County. i
A. PitEHt VTT.
J, A. VR.NEH8.
PRESCOTT i VENESS,
Proprlatora of-
or of
m ml
Uannfactoreri of and Orator In
FIR and HARDWOOD,
Rough and Dressed
.LUMBER.
J. A. WHEELER, Manager.
MONMOUTH DAIRYIPHOTOGRAPHER
B. F. CHURCH, Prop.
Will deliver milk In Monmouth and
Independence every nmrnlng for
5 Cents a, Q-aaxt
Twenty ticket for one dollar.
Leave orders at Walker Broe., Inde
pendence Mulkey A Hnle.Monmoutb
Sperling- Brothers
Meat Market
nun r
Choice Meats
Bighmt market price paid
for fatatock, bcof, mutton,veal,
pork, etc. All bllla must be settled
monthly,
OPEN BUNDAY8 FROM 8 to 9a. m.
Free Delivery lo all poiis of ihe City.
MsId street
Independence.
Shoemaker
P.H. Murphy, Practical Shoe
. maker, Mnln Htreet, Indcjx-n-dence,
oppoal l the opera huiiHe.
The fluent of
F'rGncli Calf .
iwed In all the bettor grades "
allocs, Every pair warranted,
Attention
In time to any Irretrulnrlty of the
Moauwav Ut, at Bowwla utj
prevail serious
onniMH)usness.
lndigeatlon,
heilaciis mu
tea, bilious
.new, and ver
tigo llidlento
certain funo.
tlonal derange-,
mentt, the best
remedy tor
which la Ayer's
rilla. Iurly vitiUb 'sugar.
eottM, ewty to tk and quick to
ajwlnillnlfl, thin Is the Ideal fiuully
BwllcliH'- the tnont popular, stie,
Md useful ajH-rirnt in phiirmncy.
Mrs, M. A. HHRKW,t.L, Hurrla,
Tenn., suya:
"Afl Calliartle PIIU auM we of ikk
batoli and aiy auttiaiHl tit uturalgla. We
UilukttwrvU
No Better Medloln,
ted kavt IwtiKwd aduiy to una it." -
TainHra yart age thl Sprlag, t wu
ran dv ay kaid work and a aueawulea of
eaMa. wieeh nada at au Swale thai M ee
a tturt for we to walk. I eouaulted Ike
doolon, bat kepi linking kmer HBIU 1 had
ttvn up all bop of erar bflng belter,
liappealiis to bt In a tere,eaday. where
neiUolnMi wre told, tin ptoprtlor aoileed
aiy weak and ilrkly apMarit, and alter
S taw qtwiilont aa to my twalib, ftom
wended m to try AyWa fill. I bad tltue
fallb la tlnua r any oUir BwdKine, but
eaiteliidDd. at but. to take h allrand try
bat. tutor I had eaed Utm all, I wae
vary ftunb twttrr, aad twe bna cured ate.
I aw aow to yean old) but boiieve that
It It had Hot bwa lor Ajr1 PllU, I ihould
hav bwa tu my grave hmg arv I buy I
box fry year, which take fl bnime up
te Ihli llnn, and 1 would ao wore be with
eui thorn titan without bread. H. U.
Ingrabaia, Rwktand. Me.
AYER'8 PILLO
Pivpand by lf J. 0 Ayar A C. Ull, Mm
Every Do, Iffvotlv
THE
INDEPENDENCE TILE CB.
m m
Um now in stuck nml U conliinmlly
itiuiuiriottiriiig tiling of nil
hiz ftir tlntlim nml
ilmliM,'f.
CHifl, WEB
BRICK.
BRICK YARD.
J. R. COOPER
Of IndM!ii(ltn(H, hnvinir a mn
viijfinn, a brick machine ami nov-crnl
ucn of fiiit clay, is now prepand
to Vwp on hand a fine qaultty ol
Urtck. tt hlcL will be sold at reanoa
able iirlfm '
D. H. Craven
-THt-
Can bo found at Whitvnkcr'aOld alnml
and aollulU your putromiKC tie turn
out only the
Best of Work.
Give linn a trial and you will he oon-
vlneed that hU work la flrnt-vlnaH, Ills
Prl are vory Kaaonablo,
Whiteaker's Old Stand.
Independence, ,
Oregon,
FIN
JEfSEV
I swSTOCK
Those porHons who di'Hlru to have
Jeraey nim;k In tholr IiivIh iiro Invited
to liming the tlinrouglihred bullowned
by T. II. HUNTI.KV. two mllea aouth
of town, on Buena VWa road
TRHMa (III' MKUVKIK-- TWO IXIIJ.AItA
Willi I'rlvllOKo f Upturn.
T. .B. HUNTLEY
Independence
Oregon.
tlL 1
'"A VvjV
t. Mm i
4
BEYOND
Till?
in
1
. tj l odiai torn, :
lOasyrlgbt, tSM, Vy Aewa' Alluvwa. AJl
tbikw rawtiit.) ,
CHAPTKK XVI
A WDHmttT VISIT",
Mew all thU Mme white tss trsgU
eomsity sf life was being played la thees
three inrmrbas TlUaa, while on s sorn
Stoaplaoe ttags lor and homor and
fasrs sad tights and shadows were so
swiftly succeeding saeh other, sad while
toeas three families, drifted together by
rata, were eUpIng uth other's duatinles
sad working net in their own foenkm
las strange, Intricate sods of human
life, them went human eyes which
watched over seery siege of the par.
fwtuanoa, and which wore keenly erit
kai of avary actor ou IV Adroaa therosd
beyuad the green paling Mid the clues
Dropped lawn, behind tlis curutlns of
tltelr creeper framed windows, sat the
two eld ladies, Mint Bertha and Mlaa
Monies Wllllaiua, looking out aa from a
ttrlvsls bos alsll tost wss being enaeted
barre theni.
The growing frtendatiip of the three
fmnullee. the engagement or HsmM Den
tar with Clara Walker, the engaxuuient
of Charioa tVeatmseaM with her einter,
lbs (lenxToas faecinatioB which Ihs
widow eiertdaed over the doctor, the
prepnaternne behavior of the Wslkey
rla snd the nahapplnees which they
A canted their father, not one of thees
Incidenta eacaped the ootios of the two
BMldea ktdiea. Bertha, the younger, had
a smDe or dgh for the lovers; Monica,
the elder, a frown or a shmg for ths
elditrs. Every night they talked over
what they had seen, snd their own dull,
uneventful life took a warmth and a ocl
wring from tlnir neighbor, aa a bkuk
a all reflucts a Vaooa tiro.
And now it was dtined that they
should experience the one kea aensstiea
of their later yara, the one incuntrable
Incident from which all future incidents
ihould he dated.
It was on the very night which sue
eeeded the events whkh have juat Un
narrated when suddenly Into Monica
Wtlhsuui' bead, ss alio tometl nixm her
alpeplee bed, there shot a thought which
made her alt up with s thrill and a gaap.
"Berths," said aha, plucking st the
shonlder of her ainter, "I have loft the
front window onn," " .
"No, Monica, anrely not" Berths sat
up alio snd thrilled In sympathy.
"I am anre of It. Ton remember I sad
furgottesi to water the pota, and then t
opened the window, and Jans called ne
about tne jam, ana I have sever been to
the room tines."
"Qood grsdons, Monica, ft is a mercy
that ws hare not been murdered In our
bedi. There wss a hone broken Into st
Ferret Bill laet week. Uhsll we go down
snd shot HT
"I dare not go dews alone, dear, tmt
if you will pome with me. put on your
tippers and dressing gown, Ws do sol
seed s candle. Kow, Bertha, ws will go
dows Sngethsr."
Tws Hrtle whit catohes moved
vsgnely through the dwrkneea, the stain
creaked, aha door whined, sad they were
St the front room window. Monica
eloaed it gently down and fastened the
snib.
"What a beantiful moon!" said she,
looking out. "Weeaa see as clearly aa
If It were day, Bow peaceful and quiet
the three honaes are over yonder. It
seems quits sad to aee that 'To Let' card
opos Ho. 1. I wonder how No. I will
like their going. For my part 1 could
I letter anare that dreadful woman st No.
I with her short akirtsand br snake.
But, oh, Bertha, look I look I lookr Ber
voios had fallen suddenly to a quivering
whlaper, snd she was pointing to the
Weatmacotta' houas. Ber sinter gave a
gain of horror and stood with s clutch
st Monica's arms, staring in the some
direction. .... . . -. " .
There wsa s light In the front nxrni, s
light wavering light such as would be
given by s email candle or toper.' Ths
blind was down, bnt ths light shorts
dimly through. OnMde In the garden,
with his figure outlined against the
luminous sonars, there stood s man, his
back to the road, his two hands upon
the window ledge and his body rather
bent a though he were trying to peep in
past the blind, So abeolutely still snd
mottonleaa was he that in spits of the
moon they might well have overlooked
him were it not for that telltale light
behind.
'Qood heaven r gasped Bertha, "it Is
atmrglar."
Bat her sinter sot her tnonttf grimly
snd shook her head. "Ws shall aee,"
she whispered, "It may be something
worn." .,-ia -
Swtftly and furtively ths man stood
suddonly erect snd began to pnih the
window slowly up. Then he put one
knee upon ths aaeh, glanoed round to see
that all wss safe and climbed over Into
thi room, As he did so he had to push
the blind aside. s Then the two spectators
law where the light came from. Mr.
Wcettnae ott was standing as rigid ss S
statue In the center of the room, with S
lighted taper In her right hand. For an
Instant they eanght a gllmpee of her
itora fees and her white collar. Then
the blind fell back Into portion, and ths
two figure disappeared ftoin their view.
"Oh, thst dreadful woman r cried
Monies. "That dreadful, dreadful wom
an! She was watting for him. You saw
it with your own eyes, Sister Berthar
Huih, dear, hnah and listen r said
her more charitable companion. They
pualied Chair own window up once mors
and watohod trout behind the ourtalns,
Supporting Mi awnVi head upon Mi knee.
For a long time all wae silent within
the bonne. Tho light etill Uod motion
loss sb though Mrs. Weatmacott remained
rjghUy bj the One. position,, whie, from
Mil
time to time s ahadiiw paaaed lu ftutit of
It to show tlist her midnight visitor was
pacing up and down tn frout of her,
Ones they saw his outline oluarly, with
his hands outstretched as If lit sppxa! or
entreaty, Then suddenly there was a
dull sound, a cry, the noiae of a fall, ths
taper was sitingnlshad, and a dark fig
Or fled in the moonlight, ruahed'erruas
ths garden snd vanished swld the shrubs
at ths farther side.
Then only did ths two old iadids sn
deretaad that they bad looked onwlille
tragedy had been enacted. "Help!"
they cried, and "help!" in their high,
thin vetoes, timidly at flret, but gather
tag volume as they went on until Ths
Wildemeat rang with their shrinks.
Lights shone tn all ths windows oma
aite, chains rattled, bars Were nnatiot,
doors opened, and out mailed friends to
the rescus. Harold, with a stick; ths
admiral, with his aword, bis gray hr.-4
aud bare feet protruding from cither
end of a long, brown' ttlateri finally Dr.
Walker, with a poker, all ran to the
V eetuiscotts. Ths dour bad been al
roady opened, and they crowded tu
nultuouily into ths frout Mom,
diaries Weetiusikitt, white to hia Una,
was kneeling on the Hour supporting tile
mat's bead upoa bis kn, Hh lay out
strstoustl. areMed la her ordinary rMlwvt,
ths aitingutahed taper still graatml In
ber band, no mark or wound ujxjn hr
pale, placid and snnanleas,
"Thank Ood, you are come, doctor."
laid Charles, W'klng up, "Do toll mo
bow sh is, sad what I should do,"
Dr. Walker kneeled tieeld hr snd
paaiml hia left hand over her head, while
be gnuiwl her pitta with the right.
"Hhe has had a terrible blow," aaid be.
"It nnat have been with sum blunt
Weapon. Here is ths place, behind the
ear. Hut ahe la a woman of extraordi
nary phyaieal powers. Her pulae la full
snd alow. There la no atorU. It is my
belief that aha is merely atuuned snd
that ahe la in no danger at all."
"Thank Uml fir thai!"
"We mint gn her to ld. Ws aha1.!
carry her op stein, snd then I shall send
my girls in to her. But who has done
UilaT ;
"Boms robber," said Chorlea. "Yon
see that the window is open. Hits tnuet
have heard him and come down, for she
wss alwsys perfectly fearless. I wleh
to goodness she bad called me."
"But she wss drwsed."
"Sometime she site up very late."
"I did sit up very late," aaid a vole.
8hs had opened her eyes snd was Mink-
lug at them la tas lamplight. nA vu
btin rams in through the window and
struck me with a life preenrver. Ton
can tell the police so when they eniue.
A wo thst it was a little fat man. Now.
Charles, give me your arm, and I shall go
npstaire." .
But her spirit was greater than her
strength, for as sh staggered to her feet
her bead swain round, aud site would
bavs fallen sgatn had her nephew not
thrown bis arms around ber. They car
ried her np stairs among them and laid
her upon the bed, where the doctor
watched bed da ber, while Charles went
of he the police Morion, and the Denver
monnkpd guard over ths frightened
CHAPTER XVIL '
m ivht at last.
Bay had broken before the eeverol den-
iaens of Ths Wildemee had all returned
to their home, the polios finished tlicu
btquiries, and all come back to Its mt
mat quiet. Mrs. Weatmacott had been
left sleenlnir peai-efnlly with s small
chloral draft to steady her nerves and
a handkerchief eoaked in arnica hound
round her head. It was with some ur
nrias, therefore, thst the admiral re
ceived a note from her about 10 o'clock
aaking hits to be good enough to etep in to
her, Be hurried In, f wiring that the might
hav taken some turn for the worn, but
be was rwauured to find ber eittlng up In
ber bed, with Clara and Ida Walker in
attendaro anon her. She had removed
the handkerchief and bad put on a little
cap with pink ribbon snd a maroon
drevlng Jacket daintily fulled at the
Bsni snd slesves. :
"My dear friend," said ah as ha en
tered, "1 wlah to make a laat few re
marks to you. No, no," she continued,
laughing aa ihs saw a look of dismay
upon his face, "I shall not dream of
dying for at least another 80 years. A
woman should be a homed to die before
she is TO. I wiah, Clara, that yon would
aek your father to step up. And you,
Ida, luit pan ma my cigarettes snd open
me a bottle of stout,"
"Now, then," she continued as the
doctor Joined their party, "1 don't quite
know wbst I ought to say to you, ad'
mlral. You wont eome very plain apeak-
lngto," -
' Ton my word, ma am, I don t know
what you are talking about."
"The idea of you st your age talking
of folng to sea and leaving that dear pa
tient little wife of youw at home, who
hm seen nothing of you all her life! It'e
all very well for you. You have the life,
and the change, and the excitement, but
you don't think of her eating her heart
out in a dreary London lodging. You
men are all the same."
. "Well, ma'am,, sines yon know so
much, you probably know also that I
hsvs sold my pension. How am I to live
if I do not turn my hand to workP
Mm. WeHtmacott nroduced a larire
regiatered envelope from beneath the
sheets and toeaed it over to tho old sea
man. "That excuse wont do, There arc
your pension papers. Juit see if they
are right."
He broke the seal, and out tumbled the
very papen which he had made Over to
MeAdnin two anys before. " .
"But what am I to do with these nowr
he cried tn bewilderment "
'Yon will put them in a safe place, or
get a Mend to do so, and if yon do your
duty you will go to your wife and beg her
pardon for having even tor an Instant
thonuht of leaving her,"
I The admiral pawed hia band over hli
rugged forehead, "This is very good of
you, ma'am." said ha, "very good and
kind, and I know that you are a atonch
friend, but for all that theee papers mean
money, and though we may have been
In broken water of late we are not quite
in suoh limits as to have to rignal to our
friends, When we do, ma'am, there's
bo one we would look to sooner than to
rn." "
"Dont be ridiculous," said the widow.
t'You know nothing whatever about it,
and yet you stand there laying down the
law. TU have my way in the matter,
And you shall take the papers, for It is
no favor that I am doing yon, but aim-
Ay a restoration Of stolen property."
"How'i that, ma'amf,
"lam just going to explain, though
you might take a lady's word for it with
out aaking any questions. Now, what I
am going to say Is Just between you four
and must go no further, I have my own
reason! Joj wishing to t&t -J from
police. Who d yon think It was who
truck me Ut night, auiuirair
"Home vIIIhIii, ma'am, don't know
bis name," i
"But I do. It w an the earns man wb4
ruined or tried to rum yonr son, it was
1 wo
'Alittli
kwbM
my only brother, Jt-romlah."
"Ah!"
"1 will tell you about hlin-or
aUnit hitu, for he. boa disie much
I would not cere to talk of nor you to
listen tu. He was si way i a vlllalnj
smooth iikiUu nid pltundl.le, but a dnri
gel-nun, subtle vUlttln all tbe same. If i
have iii hard tlumghtA itlxmt ninu
kind, 1 enn t rn,e thmtt bark to t',
eliililhoi4 which I ictit with my lmt
sr. He M myouly livlna n)r!iiM'C
my other brother, Cunrlc' fatln r,
killed In the lmlinn mutiny.
"Our father wa rich, and wluu
dltxl he made a u'kkI iirnvWuu ln1'i !
Jurt'tiiinh tnd fr vie. He knuw J ;
minh, and he dltruM him, howevtr
so Instead of giving him all tluit h
Biciint lilin to have ho handed me over
rt of it, telling mo with what wna al
must his dying btvalh to buld it iu trine
for my brother u to nan it in his lis
half when he hIh.iiIJ have aiinnndred ol
loat all that bo hud. Tliia arraugeimiit
was meant to lie a sorret lMtwwo ni
fafber and mylf, bnt unfortunately hit
word were overheard by tit nurse, an
ahe rrentcd t!i"iu euirwnrd to my broth
er, so that bs came to know that I belt
soma niuiiey In trtiat for him. I auppui
hituM'co will not harm my head, doctor
Thank yont thi n I ahull trouble yon foi
the mstrhes, Ma." Hhe lit a rlgaretu
and leaned lw k nNnth pillow, will
the blue wreathe curling from her lip.
"I cannot Udl yoo bow often h baa st
tempted to gt t that money from me. Hi
baa bullied, cajoled, threaU'tied, qouvk
tlone nil Hint a man couhl do. I mil
held It with the preaentlmciit that t
need fur tt would ttmie. When I l-rt
of this villhinons ImidncM bis flight stu
hia leaving hi pnrtner to face the atrm-Sh-rv
all, that my old frind hod tert
driven to surrender but incow in onl I
to make up for my brother's dofalcatiom
I felt that now Indeed I bad a need fut
It, I lent in Chart yeatenuty to Mr
McAdatn, and his client, uku hearin
th fact of the roe, very gracious!)
conaented to givs bock the paper one
to take the money which be had ad
vanced. Not a word of thanks to me.
admiral. I tell you that it Wa very
cheap benevolence, for it was all dont
with his own money, and how could I
Dee It better?
"I thought that I ehould probably heat
from him soon, and I did. Laitereniua
there wu handed in note of the nana!
whining, cringing tone. He hod com
bock from abroad at the rUk of his lift
and liberty juat in order that he might
say goodhy to the only sister be ever had
and to entreat my forglvenee fr sn
pain which be had canoed me. Be would
never trouble me again, and he begged
only that I would hand over to liiti tl r
auia which I held tn trust for hint.
That, with what be bud nlrra ly, woul t
be enough to stnrt him nnuti ho,itfttu:i
in tit new wnrld, wln-n he t.i.til 1 tv, i
rememWrMiid pr.sy f'ir fin Ci-ir si't.-i
whohitd !vi Id attvior. TI...I v,il!.t
styhjof the biter, t;nd tt ended by im
ploriug me to leave Use vinduw bitch
open and U lie In the front room at d in
the momiii, when be would emu to re
ceive my lM kiieuiid to bid me farewell
"Bad ss );e v, ns, I could not, when bs
trusted me, betray him. -1 said nothing,
but I wae there nt the hour. He entered
through the window and implored me
to give hint the money. He was terribly
changed-gaunt, wolfish, and spoke Uk
a madman, I told him that I hail spent
the money, He gnaahed hia teeth at me
and swore It was hi money. I told him
that I bad spent it on him. He naked
me how, I said in trying to make kirn
an honest man and tu repairing the re
sult of his villainy. He shrieked out a
curse, snd pulling something out of the
breast of his coat a loaded stick, I
think he struck me with It, and 1 re
mcmlicr nothing more."
"The lilrnkguardT'icriod the doctor,
"but the police muet bo hot upon his
track."
"I fancy not," Mra. WTcatmncott an
swered calmly. "As my brother Is s
particularly tall, thin man, and as the
jxillte are looking for a short fat one, I
do not think that it is very probable that
they will catch him. It ia beet, I think,
that these little family matters should
be adjusted in private." '
"My dear ma'ani," sold tbe admiral,
"if it ialmlced tills man's 11101117 that has
bought back my pension then 1 can have
no scruples about tukiug it. You have
brought sunshine ujxin ue, ma'am, when
the clouds wore at their (larkest, for
here la my boy who Insists upon return
big the money which I got. Ho can keep
it now to pay hia debt. For what you
have done I can aily ask Ood to bless
yon, ma'am, and as to thanking you I
can't even"
"Then pray don't try," said the widow,
"Now run awny, admiral, and make
your peace with Mrs. Denver. I am sure'
if I were elio it would be a long time be
fore I ihould forgive you. As for me, I
am going to America when Charles goes.
You'll take mo so fur, won't you, Ida!
There is a call ge being built in Donver
which la to equip tho woman of the
future for the struggle of life, and espe
cially for hur Iwttlo against man. Some
mouths ago the committee offered me a
responsible situation upon the staff, and
I have decided now to accept it, for
Charles' marriage removes the last tie
which binds me to England, You will
write to me sometimes, my friends, and
you will address your letters to Professor
weatmacott Emancipation college, Den
ver. From there I shall wntoh how the
glorious struggle goes in conservative old
England, and if I am needed you will
find me here again fighting in the fore
front uf the fray. Goodby but not you,
girls, I have still a word I wish to say to
yon,"
"Give me your band, Ida, and yours,
Clara," said she when they were alone,
"Oh, you naughty little pussies, aren't
you aenainod to look me in the face? Did
you thluk did you really think that I
was so very blind and could . not boo
your little plot? Yon did it very well, 'I
must say that, and really I think that 1
like you bettor as you are, But yon had
all your'patni for nothing, you little
conspirators, for I give you my word
that I had quite "made up my mind not
to have him," .
And so within a fow weelis our little
ladies from their observatory saw a
mighty hustle in The Wildernpua when
8-horsS .carriages caiuo mid ooachman
with favors to bear nway the twos who
were destined to come back one, And
they themselves in tholr crackling silk
drctiuns went iL!mnB jiu iuvit.Mtl in thu lijtr
double wedding breakfast which was
hold in the house of Dr. Wnlltur, Thou
there were health drinking and tears and
laughter aud changing of dresses, aud
; Highest of all to Leavening Power . Litert U. & Gov't tUrport
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ricd U;rowtiig wWthii carriage drove
vp again, and two mors couples started
on tliat Journey which ends only with
Uf itself.
Cliarle Wmtmacott ie now a flourish
ing ranchman In the western part of
Texas, where he and hia sweet tittle wife
are the two moat Kpulur persons w all
that county, Of their aunt they aee
little, but from time to time they aee no
tiii in the paper that them in a f'm
of light In Denver, where mighty thnn
derbolta are being forged which will 001
dy bring the dominant sex upon their
knees. The admiral and hi wife still
live at No. 1, whilo Harold and Clara
bave taken No, 8, whore Dr. Walker eoo
tinue to reaid.
"OH, you netvyhtv Utile puaaies"
As to the Imsinewi, it bad lieen recon
structed, aud the energy and ability of
tbe Junior partner bad soon made up for
all the ill that had been don by hia aen
lor. Yet with hia aweet and refined
boms atmosphere bs is able to realixo
hia wish and to keep bimaelf free from
the sordid aims and baa ambitions
which drag down the man whose busi
ness lies too exclusively in the money
market of the vaat Babylon. As he goes
back every evening from the crowds of
Tlirogmorton street to tho tree lined,
peaceful avenue of Norwood, ao he hu
found tt possible in spirit alao to do
one's dutie amid the babel of ths city
aud yet to liv beyond it
TU1KKD.
WosaM la Photufraph Gallery. .
"If yon want to see some of the vani
ties of life, Juat pass a week in a photog
rapher's gallery," said one who hoe grown
gray in the art that immortallaea. "That
ths bulk of our patrons is of tbe claas of
handsome people Is a common belief, but
not a correct one.
"Of course pretty women of a certain
class get an enormous number of pictures
taken, which they use almost as some
C pie do cards, to give away to every
y, Bnt a large number of orden
come from people who are poeitively
homely, Photographers rarely do a
pretty foes full Justice. Ws cannot flat
ter nature without spoiling the effect
entirely, but we can help out a homely
person wonderfully, and the shrewd pho
tographer doeaut neglect to do it in
every possible way. I have eeen com
monplace looking women go luto ecsta
sies over pictures of thetnselvea,
"The painter who can use the modifi
cations of light and shade in colors boa a
big advantage over us, but w have
pretty well balanced things by touching
up ' photograph in water colors, It'i
wonderful what exalted opiniona some
women have of their personal beauty,
I have seen some of them who have been
dealing with me 'for a quarter of a cen
tury, and they expect that their pictures
of today shall show aa attractively as
those of decades ago. "New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Wordsworth on Womeu.
' Wordsworth iudulgee not infrequently
In caustic remarks on women who write,
toward whom he always retained a rout
ed objection. It ia said that after Mist
Martlucan took up hnr residence iu hi."
neighborhood this abhorrence to author
esses sometimes took such active expres
sion that the deaf lady was frequently
obliged to see what she could not li.ai
and perforce to recognixe that her pres
ence was unwelcome at Bydol Mount
She herself, however, makes no mention
of anything of the kind when alluding
to the Wordswortha aud her intun-our.se
with them.
On one occasion, after unsparingly
condemning a work by Miss Sedgwick,
he concludes his criticism thus; "Such
productions add to my dislike of literary
ladies indued make me almost detest
the name." And further on again I find
the rather sweeping announcement that,
"blue stockingism is sadly at enmity
with true refinement of mind." This
last is said in reference to Sara Cole
ridge, whom be rather pettishly accuses
of monopolizing Mr. Quillinun's atten
tion on one occasion during the time of
the latter engagement to hia daughter
Dora. Perhaps as the remark is made
in a letter to Quilllnnn himself something
in the nature of a tacit reproof may be
included in it for him also.Cornhill
Magaslne.
What the Growtnf Generation Wants.
There is one groat fault with the grow,
ing generation. The young men waut
to get rich too fast With wealth going
to waste all around them they cannot
find it in their souls to be patient. They
are not content to plod along as their
fathers did before them and slowly lay
up a fortune, They mnst have it now,
today, tills instant. . When thoy go luto
an enterprise, they want capital and lots
of it They want to begin on a big scale
and electrify the world.
It is not the ugtf of saving, bnt of
spending. Speculation is tho craxe of
the hour. Every man wants to make
more than he ohn earn by the aweat of
his brow, He must double his money In
a night end quadruple it the next day.
It is an altogether artificial existence.
Contentment is not sought nowadays.
AU that men want is excitement New
York Tribune.
Watch for tho new story,
ism .
4-X 'J
6VCHAL BLlOHf DRAWBACKS.
A rw of taw SUmom Why a Bright aWholaS
' Tooh a LevUeuh la Claa
"Tour boy Jeemi b a master band
at bin book, ain't bo-, Petwt" Inquired
one of the natives of Ooraarvilla of
Mr. Hobtat. "He Is, an no m&tnks"
replied tbe father proudly. . "Be t
good at every thin, Jeema it, an I
calolabs be take hia head workto'g
from me, ' Hi m wa'BI no great of
scholar." "1 expect yon nnat V
ben bond of the bull elans when won
Inquired tbe neighbor. "I didn't
come along till tone yean after, jm
know."
"Well, no." responded Mr. Hobbs
after a alight beatUtion, "I cant
rightly say I was, but it want for
any lack of head workin'a. I wa
a smart a-chokr, but 'twas like this:
Them wa writin-I ah'd V' ben a
fust rate writer, but It cramped m".
flngera up so it 'most set me crazy,
an I had to give it up. There wae
readin I ah'd 'a' ben head o'the cloe
in readin if it hadn't made m' boad
kind o' diKzy,
"An there waa g'ography," con
tinued Mr. Hobbs after a pause;
"g'ography alius cotno sa easy as pie
to me, bnt I couldn't seem V get m'
tongue round tbe tuuncs o the places.
an ao I jest give np try-in.
'Then there was Titumettc I waa
right at borne with Aggers, but TA
add an! divide an so- on so plaguy
fast that Td getall snarled trpaneon
fused, an I'd have to stop right in tbe
middle."
"How about epellinr inquired tho
neighbor respectfully 'after a mo
ment's silence.
"Well, when yon eome tospellin."
said Mr. HobK "there wa'n't a nam
ablo word in tbe spellin book or tbe
dictionarT that 1 didht know not'
one. But ye know how tin about
words now an agin. - You may know
'em joet as well as ye know your par
ents, an yet fboyll aort of embarraaa
ye, some way! Thatshowtwa with
me about spelhn. There Wat a fow
woroa, say a huiidert or ao, an allua
hee ben, that emtairassed me, as ye
murbt say, an one war or iiotber
they alius fell to my turn, come
spellin lesson.
"1 was a fust claas scholar, ana
veeiae 1 a vara me in ni ncaui warus a,
T m ,!.,-,- ii..t.
I calo'late," concluded Mr. Hobbs;
"au oonsiderin he dont suffer from
the set backs I did I shouldn't be
surprised a mite if he waa reckoned
bike it by an largd a better scholar
n bia pa waa." Youth' Cnnpanion.
lUeMdlM tor Saako Bile.
For anybody who has been" bitten
by a cobra or rattlesnake or puff ad
der there an many remedies, but few
people recommend them from per
sonal experience. It is to be feared
that most of thern Unfortunately die
before writing their ' teetrmonial&
Perhaps they were too long In decid
ing which thing to take.
The most famous of these remedies
and probably the best on the whole
is to get exoessiTvly drunk. ' It la ex
pensive to get drunk after a poison
ous snake bite, because something in
the veina fortifies the head againat
the first bottlo or two of Whisky.
Getting drunk before the bite wont
do, although there would Appear to
be a very widely prevalent impres
sion that it will, and a very common
resolve to lay up a good store of cure
is merely muriirected 'prudence and
nothing else, but there is often a dif
ficulty in persuading a magistrate to
think bo. Arthur Morrison in Strand
Magazine.
Bo Got the Ticket.
Nowhere excepting in this free and
beautiful country of ours could an
incident combining the humorous
and practical have occurred like the
following: It was between Mr. Bliss,
a conductor on the Chicago and Rock
Island railroad, whoso height in 5
feet, and Mr. Henry, a passonger,
who stood 7 in his stockings. Mr.
Henry put hia ticket in his hatband
and stood himself up when the brief
conductor came along. ; Mr. Bliss
could not reach the ticket, even when
standing on his toes', and bis unavail
ing efforts to do so made all ' the naa
senirers. "laugh cousumedly." But
he rose to the occasion. Without
changing countenance, he brought a
Btcpladder, leaned It against the elon
gate Henry, climbed up' to and
picked off the ticket, said went on aa
though nothing had happened, Troy
Times.
Eleotrlelty Stlaauhttt riant Growth. .. .
Professor Aloi, the' famous electri
cian, hits been engaged for some time
in conducting some curious experi
ments with regard to he influence of ,
electricity upon plant growth. These
trial tests prove tbaticom, wheat, to-
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onoco, wans in xaox everyuung np
on which experiments were reader
were highly benefited by the fnflu
enco of the electric current It was
also ascertained that;the application
of electricity to'jthe! soil aided seeds
in germinating, 'the influence; in tbe
lunktuiKe of the report being "very
marked." St Louis Republic,
Georgia's Impression.
A certain little boy was, much im
pressed by the death of a neighbor
and asked many questions 'concern
ing the matter. ' His'mother,! trying
to explain it to him? remarked:
1 "K's only Mr. S.'s bedyhat is put
in tl:o ground, Georgie. . HU spirit'a
gone to heaven."
81 o was shocked 'to heal1 George
tel) his father' that tight that Ms,
8.'s wjiieky laA gone heaven.-