hts strange mndnet. and she sat staring
at him while he continued : “ I told you
once that when I wauled my hill I'd let
you know. I'd ask for pay. I want it
now. I present tuy bill.”
With a scared, miserable feeling, Mad
BV
dy listened to him, wondering where she
should gel the money. If It were |x>-.*lbl*
MRS. M A R Y J. H O L M E S
for her grandfather to raise It, and bow
«I "D an Bnaa." "Tka Fifllsk Or*k«»»
much her entire wardrobe would bring,
n<wafM4 aa llta Itlllr**»," "L n a l l m . "
Mcakairkraak." " Icures! * W SaaUlM.
suppose she should sell it. With a half-
stifled sob she la g in to speak, hut he si
For over sixey years doctors
As nstinl, the Innocent bystander Is
■♦♦♦♦♦♦ . . . . . . . .
lenced her hy a gesture, and sitting down
one o f the worst parts o f a bauk run.—
have
endorsed A ye r’s C he rry
beside her, said, in a voice more natural
N ew Y'ork Mall.
than the one with which he had at first
Pectoral for coughs, colds,
C H A P T E R X V .— (C on tin u al.)
mind and know If she ought to keep the addressed her :
Th e dlabolo craze may not last long
A party. a big party, such as Maddy coetly presents, at which she knew ho
weak
lungs, bronchitis, con
“ Maddy, I know you have no money. T h ere was a ping poug spasm one«.—
tad never iu her life attended! llow her was looking.
sumption.
You can trust a
It Is uot that I want, Maddy; 1 want— I Rhlladelphla Isslger.
eyes sparkled from mere anticipation as
" I f he remembers his unpaid bill, he want — you."
medicine the best doctors ap
Now, then, get down to business and
the looked appealingly to her grandfath
must consider nie mighty mean,”
she
He bent down over her now, for her
er, who, though classing parties with the thought; aud then, with her usual frank-
pick out your can dldat« fo r President.
prove.
Then trustthisthe next
face was hidden iu her hands, all sense of
D'uups and vanities from which he would nesa, she Told him o f the perplexity and
sight shut out, all sense of hearing, too, — Philadelphia Press.
time you have a hard cough.
■hield his child, still remembered that he asked his opinion.
T h e a verage man whose w ife la a
save the words he was pouring into her
*• I h i4 #n a w fu l rou gh fo r o r r r ■
. ond
ttuce was young, that fifty years ago he,
“ It would displease Mr. Guy very much ear— words which burned their way Into good cook doesn't care how freakish
nothing »fe u ie tl «<» do mo ony good
I trt«Ml
loo, like Maddy, wauted "to see the folly if I were to give them back,” she said;
A y e r*« Chert ? P e ctora l and * » i lo o n cured.
her heart, making it throb for a single Iter bats look.— W ashington Post.
I reco mme nd it to e l l toy friends w h en e ve r
ot it,” and not take the mere word o f old- “ but it hardly is right for me to accept
they have a rough. ‘
lu re H M nam a.
moment with gratified pride, and then
»r people that in every festive scene there them. Is it?'
Wa shington, fr. C.
T h e Westlnghouse concerns might
growing heavy as lead as she knew how
was a pitfall, strewn over so thickly with
The doctor did not say she ought not Impossible it was for her to pay the debt have used some o f their own airbrakes
■5X !T !7^^ïi?îrlo?7LT55îr
roses that it was ofttimes bard to tell to wear the ornaments, though he longed
4 U u m eu uf eo iu r er e « f
to advantage.— Philadelphia Press.
aa he desired.
just where its boundary line commenced. to tear them from her arms aud neck aud
saiiaap axilla .
" I can’t, doctor ; oh, I c a n 't!” she sob
T h e cost o f funerals has gone up. An
ft I I v
Resides that, grandpa had faith in Guy. throw
them anywhere,
he cared
not bed.
" I never dreamed » f this; uever other lucrenae In the "cost o f livin g ” —
HAI* VKNNL
and so his consent was granted, and where, so they freed her wholly from
*up|H)sed you could want mo for your fo r the survivors.— New Y'ork W orld.
Maddy was soon on her way to Aikenside, Guy.
wife.
I'in only a little girl— only six
A y e r 's P ills k e e p t h e b o v v o ls r e g u la r .
which presented a gayer, busier appear
W e are m aking financial history, but
They were very becoming h„ said. She
ance than she had ever known before. would not look as well without them ; so teen last October— but I'm so sorry for the prophets are not agreed as to th* A ll v e g e t a b le a n d u e n t ly la x a t iv e .
Jesaie was wild with delight, dragging she had better wear them to night, and you, who have been so kind. I f I only
could love you as you deserve! I do lovo final chapter.— Philadelphia Inquirer.
forth at once the pink dress which she to-morrow, if she would see him, he would
Llghtninc clouds an- always u n r th*
you, too; but not the wny you mean. I
It looks as If that reduction In the ground. They am seldom at a greater
was to wear, and whispering to Maddy talk with her further.
cannot he Maddy Holbrook; uo, doctor, I Wholesale price o f meat would be a long
that Guy had bought a dark blue silk
height than 2.000 feet.
It was a brilliant scene which Aiken
for her, and that Sarah Jones was at side presented that night, and amid it all cannot.”
tim e gettin g to the consumer.— P h ila
She was sobbing piteously, and in his
Prince Louis Napoleon is a general la
that moment fashioning it after a dress Agnes bore herself like a queen; while
delphia Press.
concern for her the doctor forgot some
the Russian army. This is uot s r*-
left there by Maddy the previous summer. Jessie, with her suuuy face and goldeu
I f Saturn la getting tired o f Its rings, uiiudvr ot Mos<ow. 1812.
what the stunning blow he bad received.
"M other said plain white muslin was hair, came in for a full share of attention.
perhaps K in g Edward might u tilize one
“
I>on’t,
Maddy,
darlin
g!”
he
said,
more appropriate for a young girl, but Rut amid the gay throng there was none
drawing her trembling form closely to to sot his $730,000 diamond In.— P h ila
Brother Guy said n o ; the blue silk would so fair or so beautiful as Maddy, who de
be useful after the party; it was what ported herself with as much ease and grace him. "I>on’t lie so distresed. I did not delphia Inquirer.
you needed, and so he bought it and paid as if she had all her lifelong been ac much think you’d tell tne yes, and I was
More elasticity o f the currency and
I atn too old; but,
a dollar and three-quarters a yard, but customed to just such occasions as this. a fool to ask you.
less
elasticity o f the financial con
it’s a secret until you are called to try At a distance the doctor watched her, tell Maddy, Guy is as old as I atn.”
science are desiderata o f equal Im port said i o er iNtxptNsivr a n d t a s iiy
The
doctor
did
not
know
why
he
said
it on. Isn't Guy splendid?”
ing several who she was, aud once rvaent-
PRtPARf D BY ANYONt.
ance.— New York Sun.
He
was
indeed
splendid.
Maddy iug by both look and manner a remark this, unless In the first keenness o f his
disappointment
there
was
a
satisfaction
An
Indiana
woman
went
to
Jail
rath
thought, wondering why he was eo kind made by Maria Cutler to the effect that
Th at
to her, and if it would be so when Lucy she was nobody but Mrs. Remington's in telling her that the objection to hia er than pay a fine o f I «vnt.
Rut it sounds like economy carried to exceiM. Is Said to Promptly Relieve Botka<he and
came. The dress fitted admirably. When governess, a poor girl whom Guy had tak age would apply also to Guy.
Overcome Kidney I rouble and Hlad-
did not affect Maddy one whit, or give her
Maddy was dressing for the party, there en a fancy to educate oilt of charity.
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
the
slightest
inkling
of
his
meaning.
II#
dor Weakness though Harmless
was sent up to her room a small round
Breakfast over the next morning, the
Iu New Jersey seven physicians have
ond Pleasant to Take.
box, scarcely large enough to hold an ap two young men rejvaired to the library. saw It did not. and the pain was lesa
been elected Mayors. Those cities must
ple, much less a small scarf. The present The d*x-tor fidgeted for a time, and theu hard to bear. Still, he would know cer
tainly if he had a rival, and so hs said: have Iss-n sick o f the w sy things went
proved to be a pair of plain, but heavy- broke ont abruptly :
"IVo you love someone else, Maddy? Is going. — Philadelphia Press.
W hat w ill appear vary interesting to
bracelets, and a most exquisitely wrought
'1 say, Guy, have you said anything another preferred before me, and is that
chain of gold, to which was appended a to her about— well, about me. you know?”
A panic tnuy be “ a blessing In d l* many people hare la the article taken
the reason why you cannot love me?"
beautiful pearl cross, the whole accom
guise,” but most o f un would p refer to from a New York d a lly paper, giv in g a
“ Why, no. I've hardly hid a chance;
"N o ,” Muddy answered, through her
panied with the words, "From Gny.”
ilm p ls prescription, as iorraulaUvl hy a
and then, again, I concluded it better for tears.
"Th ere is no one else.
Whom have our blessings put on a more cheer
Jessie was in ecstasies. Clasping the each one to apeak for himself," and Guy
notea sti h orlty, who ulaims that ho
ful fron t.— Washington Post,
should
I
love,
unless
It
were
you?
I
ornaments on Maddy's neck and arms, she leaned back in his chair.
has found a positive rem edy to our«
know nobody but Guy.”
Ocean freigh t rates are to be In-
danced around her. declaring there never
almost any case of backache ot kidney
. "G uy, if you were not engaged. I should
That name touched a sore,
aching creaoeti at an early date, but It la hoped
was anything more beautiful or anybody be tempted to think you wanted Maddy
or bladder derangement, in the fo llo w
as pretty as Maddy was in her rich party Clyde yourself," the doctor suddenly ex chord in the doctor's heart, but he gavs that all that foreign gold w ill get la ing sim ple proscription, if taken before
dress. Maddy was fond of jew elry— as claimed. confronting Guy. who unswered no sign of the jefriousy which had trou first.— Philadelphia Inquirer.
the stage of B righ t's disease:
what young girl is not?— and felt a flush with the most provokiug coolness, "You bled him, and for a moment there was
Th e great drawback about a peanut
Fluid Extract Ham lslion, one-half
silence
in
the
room;
then,
as
the
doctor
of gratified pride, or vanity, or satisfac should?”
ounce;
Compound Katgnn, one ounce;
diet
la
that
a
fte
r
you
get
used
to
It
you
began faintly to realize that Maddy had
t:on. whichever one-chooses to call it.
“ Y'es, I should; and I am not certain
as she glanced at herself in the mirror but you do. as it is. Gny," aud the doc refused him. there awoke within him a won't enjoy peanuts at the circus and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, threw
ounces. Shake w ell In a L ittle and
and remembered the time when, riding tor grew very earnest in his manner, “ if more intense desire to win her than hs ball games.— W ashington Post.
with the doctor, she had met Mrs. Agnes, you do yare for Muddy Clyde, and she for had ever felt before. lie would not giva
T h e great m ajority o f Am erican cit lake In teaspoonful doeea a fter each
with golden bracelets flashing on her you, pray tell me so before I make a fool her up without another effort, and lay izens only know that there are new $in tm-wl and again at tx>dtima.
A w ell known authority, when asked
ing her unresisting head upon hla bosom, coins In circulation because they read
arms, and wished she might one day wear of myself.”
regarding this prescription, stated that
he pleaded again for her love, going over
something like them. The day had come
‘
t
In
the
patters.
—
W
ashington
P
o
s
t
"D octor." returned Guy. folding his all the ¡last, and telling of the Interest
the ingredients are a ll harmless, and
sooner than she then anticipated, but
hands on his head, "you desire that I he awakened when first she came to him that
Regardless o f panics and |>olltlcs, th*, can be obtained at a sm all cost from
Maddy was not as happy in possession of
frauk, and 1 will. 1 like Maddy Clyde April afternoon, almost two years ago. chorus girl continue* her conquering
any good prescription pharmacy, or the
the coveted ornaments as she had thought
very much— more, indeed, than any girl There was a great lump
In
Maddy's march through princes, lielted earls and m ixtu re would be put up if asked to do
she should be. Somehow, it s<-emod to
I ever met— except Lucy. Had I never throat as she tried to s|>euk. but it cleared
her that Guy ought not to have given
mere m illio n aire*.— New York Mall.
so. H e further stated that w h ile this
seen her—-Lucy, I mean— I cannot tell away, and she said very sadly, but very
them to her, that it was improper for her
The K aiser la said to have left $10, prescription is often prescribed in rheu
how I should feel toward Maddy. The earnestly:
to keep them, and that both Mrs. Noah
000 iu tljai at W indsor Castle. W hat a matic afflictions w ith splendid results,
chances are, however, that much as I
and Agnes thought so, too. She wished
" I» r . Holbrook, would you like me to
admire her, I should not make her my
welcom e visitor he 'w ould be here at he could see no reason why it would
she knew exactly what was right, and
say yes with my lips, when all the time
not be a splendid remedy for kidney
wife, even if she were willing.
Rut 1
then, remembering that Guy had said the
there was something at my h*-art tugging the present m om en t!— N ew York Suu.
and urinary troubles and hackoehe, as
have seen Lucy.
I am engaged to be
Jerome K. Jerome *ays he la back In
doctor was expected early, she derided to
to answer no?”
it has a peculiar action upon the kid-
married. I shall keep that engagement,
ask his opinion on the subject and abide
this
country fo r m e new jokes. H e L I ney atructure, cleansing those m. st lm-
This
was
not
at
all
what
Maddy
meant
and if you have feared me at all as a
by it.
rival, you may fear me no longer. I do to say, but the words were born of her likely to ooon find out that the cost o f 1 p «,ta n t organ* and helping them lo sift
A t first Agnes bad cared but little
not stand between you and Maddy Clyde." extreme truthfulness, and the doctor thus livin g b civ L uot oue.— Washington and filter from the blood the foul acids
about the party, affecting to despise the
Guy believed that he was saying the learned the nature of the struggle which Post
and waste m atter which cause sickness
people in their immediate neighborhood;
truth, notwithstanding that his heart he saw plainly was going on.
and
su ffering. Those who suffer esn
N
ow
If
the
m
otto
on
dim
e*
w
ere
the
but when Guy gave her permission to in
"N o , Maddy. I would not have you say
beat faster than its wont, and his voice
subject under discussion. It would I m > make no mistake in giv in g it a trial.
vite from the adjoining towns, and even
was a little thick. It was doubtful wheth yes unless your heart was iu il,” he an
something that all o f us could talk
from Worcester if she liked, her spirits
In France for th* privilege of wearing
er he would marry Maddy Clyde, if he swered, while be tried to smile upon the
rose; and when her toilet was completed,
about
more In telligently.— N ew York men’s trousers the government charges
tearful
face
looking
up
so
sorrowfully
at
could. By nature aud education he was
she shone resplendent in lace and dia
Mull.
women a tax of about $10.
very proud, and the inmates o f the red him.
monds and curls, managing to retain
But the smile was a forlorn one, and
cottage would have been an obstacle to be
It seems that the per capita circula
through ail a certain simplicity o f dress
there came instead a tear as he thought tlon lu 1803 was $23.23, w hile now It Is
surmounted by his pride.
appropriate to tjie hostess. Rut beautiful
'I hear her now— I ’ ll call her,” he how dear was the fair creature who never $,'i3.23. W e Imp«* none o f the hoarders
as Agnes was, she felt in her jealous
said : and. on opening the door, he spoke would be his. Maddy saw the tear, and Is alarm ed o ver that 23.— New Y’ ork
heart that there was about Maddy Clyde
to Maddy, just passing through the hall. an if she were a child, wiped it from his
Tribune.
an attraction she did not possess. Guy
"I>r. Holbiook wishes to see you,” he cheek; then, in tones which never fa l
saw it, too, and while complimenting his
said, as Maddy came up to him ; and hold tered, site told him it might be in time
B rokers’ wives, ow in g to the tight o f fn e happy homes o f to-day Is s
pretty mother-in-law, kept his eyes fixed
ing the door for her to enter, he saw she'd learn to love him. She would try ness o f thing* monetary, have resol veil va st fund o f inform ation as to the
udmiringly on Muddy, who started him
her take the seat he had just vacated. so hard, she'd think o f hitn always as
into certain unpleasant remembrances by Then closing it upon them, he walked her promised husband, and by that means to play bridge only sixteen hours a day best m ethods o f prom oting health and
Instead o f twenty, a* h eretofore.— New happinesa and righ t liv in g and know
asking if the doctor had come yet.
away, thinking that last night's party, should learn at last not to shrink from
" N o — yes— there he was now,”
and or something, had produced a bad effect taking him for such. It might he ever so York Mall.
ledge o f the w orld'a best products.
Guy looked into the hall, where the doc on him, making him blue and wretched, long, and perhaps she should be twenty
T h ere I* nothing w hntever In busi
Products o f actual excellen ce and
tor's voice was heard inquiring for him. just as he should suppose a criminal or more, but some time in the future she ness or tlunnclal conditions In this
reasonable
claim s truthfully presented
“ I want to see him a minute, alone, would feel when about to be executed.
should feel differently. Was he satisfied, country to cause uneasiness to any man
and
w
hich
h ave attained to w orld
please. There's something I want to ask
and would lie wait?
who Is engaged In an honest business.—
him.”
And, unmindful o f Agnes' dark
w
ide
acceptance
through (he approval
Her
little
hand
was
resting
on
his
C H A P T E R X V I.
W ashington Post.
ening frown, or Guy's look of wonder.
o f the W ell-In form ed o f (he -W o r ld ;
Now that they were alone, the doctor’s shoulder, but he did not mind its soft
T h e r e w ill he a fu rth er drop In th*
Maddy darted from the room, and ran
courage forsook him and he could only pressure or know that it was there, so
not o f Individuals only, but o f the
hastily down the hall to where the doc
prices o f provisions and meats,” says
atrong
was
the
temptation
to
areept
that
stammer out aoine commonplace remarks
many who h ave the happy faculty o f
tor stood, waiting for Guy, not for her.
an
Arm
our
manager.
"F
u
rth
e
r?
”
Has
half-made
promise.
But
the
doctor
was
about the party, asking how- Maddy had
He had not expected to meet her thus,
selectin g and obtain in g the best the
too
noble,
too
unselfish
to
hind
Maddy
to
anyone
noticed
the
prevlotta
drop?—
enjoyed it. He was not getting on at all,
or to see her thus, and the sight of her,
world affords.
hlnrt«elf
unless
«he
were
wholly
willing,
New York W orld.
and it was Impossible for him to say any
grown so tall, so womanly, so stylish, and
thing as he had meant to say it. Why ami he said to her that if she did not love
One o f the producta o f that class,
A t the W eather Bureau these days
so beautiful, almost took his breath away.
couldn't she help him, instead of looking him now sh« probably never would. She they are en joying a delightfu l new o f known comi»onent parts, an Ethical
And yet, as he stood with her soft hand
so unsuspiciously at him with those large, could not mnke a love. She need not try,
in his, and surveyed her from head to
as it would only result in her own tin- game, known as "Earthquake, ea rth rem edy, approved by physicians and
bright eyes?
foot, he felt that he would rather have
happiness. They would be f; lends just quake, w ho’s got the earthquake?” — com m ended by the W ell-In form ed o f
A t last she came to his aid by saying.
her as she was when a dainty frill shaded
the W o rld an a valuable and whole-
as they always had been, and none need W ashington H erald.
her pale, waited face, when the snowy “ Y'ou promised to tell me about the brace know o f what had passed between them,
somo fa m ily la xa tive Is the well-known
lets
and
necklace,
whether
I
ought
to
keep
A
seat
on
the
New
York
Stock
Ex
ruffle was fastened high about her throat,
Syrup o f Flga and E lix ir o f Sennn. T o
none but Guy. " I must tell hitn,” the
and the cotton bands were buttoned about them.”
doctor «aid, "liecanse h>* knows that I change has dropped lo the Insignificant g e t Its beneficial effects alw ays buy
sum o f $53,000.
Doubtless, standing tho genuine,
“ Y'es, oh, yes, he believed he did." And was going to ask you.”
her wrists, where gold ones now were
manufactured
by tho
snining. The doctor had never forgotten getting up from his chair, the doctor be
room Is down ns low os $38,326.17.— C aliforn ia F ig Syrup Co., only, ant?
(T o be continued.)
Maddy as she was then, the very embodi gan to walk the floor, the better to hide
fo r sale by all leudiug druggists.
W ashington Herald.
ment, he thought, of helpless purity. .The his confusion. "Y'es, the bracelets. You
\ «* w H a m t o C o s t $ 4 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,
Japan Is buying great quantities ot
little sick girl, so dear to him then, was looked very pretty in them, Maddy, very;
T h e Htandley dam, nnmed a fte r a
growing away from him now ; and these but you are always pretty— ahem— yes. Denver honker, who projected the en American-made steel rails. I,et her
adornings which marked the budding wo I f you were engaged to Guy I should terprise, to lie located nine miles Above alon e! A rattlin g good railroad prob
Sow er
man, seemed to remove her from him and say it was proper; but if not, why, I
lem w ill give Iter all the w ar she wants
D enver which w ill confine the flow o f
)
No Second C h ases
place her nearer to Guy, whose bride don't kn ow ; the fact is, Maddy, I am not
at home.— A tlanta Constitution.
«hould wear jewels, just as Maddy did. quite certain what I am saying, so you five years. Is one o f the great projects
O00.I MTU« «nr« m nkn th« m oot
A Pennsylvania Judge announces that
o f th« nr»L
She was very glad to see him. she said, must excuse me. I almost hated you that o f the age.
applicants
fo
r
divorce
must
prepay
It w ill he n m ile and a quarter long,
asking in the same breath why be had not day you sent the note, telling me you
been to the cottage, if she had not grown were coming to be examined ; but I had 150 feel high and w ill Impound 10,- costs. W h y not be forehanded and In
tall, and if he thought her improved with not seen you then. I did not know how. 000,0t10.000 cubic feet o f w ater.
For sert a divorce eo d ld l In the m arriage
after a while— a very little while— I its construction 5.000.000 cubic feet o f certificate?— Philadelphia Press.
Hving in a city.
"O ne queation at a time. If you please,” should in all probability— well, I. did ; I m aterial w ill lie used. It w ill cost $4,-
T h a t Massachusetts case, In which a
I t «aid, drawing her a little mere into changed my mind, and I — I guess you
f w ip ’s ( mn < Annual for 190»
0 0 0 .0 0 0 and w ill lie completed In liMO. man got a divorce from his w ife be
th« shadow of the hall, where they would have not the slightest idea what l mean.”
U u?uk'!1* h° n
M ary wnt m R K for
cause
she
went
through
his
pockets
T
h
e
Standley
w
ill
not
be
as
long
as
t
l>..n’ t » o w w - w U t U I jr o a f«* | i.
be leas observed by anyone passing And stopping suddenly, he confronted the
o.
m . r t n v • €•„ otiNn.
the
Assouan
in
Egypt,
nor
as
high
as
1
♦'▼«T
night,
was
probably
raised
before
astonished
Maddy,
who
replied
:
'brough.
some, but It w ill Irrigate more land the money stringency came on.— Pblla-
“ Not unless you are going crazy.”
Maddy did not wait for him to an-
j delphla Press
She could in no other way account for than any other -100,(XX) acres.
i v « , so eager waa she to uaburden her
ÆI KENSI BE
Weak Lungs
B ro n c h itis
uers
HOME MADE MIXTURE
One of the
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