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Isoirsak tad Saashias.”
C H A F T E R > J L — (Continued.)
Alas (or G u y ! ho could not believe he
heard aright when, turning her head away
for a moment while she prayetl
for
strength. Maddy'a answer mine. " I can­
not, Guy, I cannot. I acknowledge the
love which has stolen upon me, I know
not how, but I cannot do this wrong to
Lucy. Aw ay from me you will love her
again. You must.
Read this, Guy, then
say if you can desert her.”
She placed Lucy's letter in his hand,
and Guy read it with a heart which ached
to ita very core. It was cruel to deceive
that gentle, trusting girl writing so loving­
ly o f him. but to lose Maddy was to his
undisciplined nature more dreadful still,
and casting the letter aside he pleaded
again, this time with the energy o f de­
spair, for he read his fate in Maddy'a
face, and when her lips a second time
confirmed her first reply, while she ap­
pealed to his sense of honor, of justice, of
right, and told him he could and must for­
get her, he knew there was no hope, and.
man though he was, bowed his head upon
Maddy'a hands and wept atormily. mighty,
choking sobs, which shook his frame, and
teemed to break up the very fountains
of his life. Then to Maddy there came
a terrible temptation. . Was it right for
two who loved as they did to live their
lives apart?— right in her to force on Guy
the fulfillment of vows he could not lit­
erally keep? As mental struggles are al­
ways the more severe, so Maddy’« took all
her strength away, and for many min­
utes she lay so white and still that Guy
roused himself to care for her, thinking
o f nothing except to make her better.
It was a long time ere that interview
ended, hut when it did there was on Mad-
dy’s face a peaceful expression which
only the sense of having done right at the
cost of a fearful sacrifice could give, while
Guy’s bore traces of a great and crush­
ing sorrow as he went out from Maddy’a
presence and felt that to him she was lost
forever. He had promised her he would
do right; had said he would marry Lucy,
being to her what a husband should be;
had listened while she talked o f another
world where they neither marry nor are
given in marriage, and where it would
not be sinful for them to love each other,
and as she talked her face had shone like
the face of an angel.
C H A P T E R X X I.
Maddy never knew how she lived
through those bright, autumnal
days,
when the gorgeous beauty o f decaying
nature seemed so cruelly to mock her an­
guish. A t last there came to her three
letters, one from Lucy, one from the doc­
tor, and one from Guy himself. Lucy’s
she opened first, reading of the sweet
girl’s great happiness in seeing her darl­
ing boy again, of her sorrow to find him
ao thin and pale, and changed in all save
his extreme kindness to her, his careful
at*idy of her wants, and evident anxiety
to please her In every respect. On this
Lucy dwelt until Maddy’s heart seemed
to leap up and almost turn over In its
casing, so fiercely it throbbed and ached
with anguish.
The doctor’s next was opened, and
Maddy read with blinding tears
that
which for a moment increased her pain
and sent to her bleeding heart an added
pang o f disappointment, or a sense of
wrong done to her, she could not tell
which. Dr. Holbrook was to be married
the same day with Lucy, and to Lucy's
aister, Margaret.
^
“ Maggie, I call her,’’ he wrote, “ be­
cause that name is so much like my first
love, Maddy, who thought I was too old
to be her husband, and so made me very
wretched for a time, until I met and knew
Margaret Atherstone.
I have told her
of you, M addy; I would not marry her
without, and she seems willing to take
me as I am. W e shall come borne with
Guy, who is the mere wreck of what he
was when I last saw him. He has told
me, Maddy, all about it, and though I
doubly respect you now, I cannot say
that I think you did quite right. Ketter
that one should suffer than two, and
Lucy’ s is a nature which will forget far
sooner than yours or Guy's. I pity you
all.”
• This almost killed M addy; she did not
love the doctor, but the knowledge that
he was to marry another added to her
misery, while what be said o f her decis­
ion was the climax o f the whole. Had
her sacrifice been for nothing? Would it
have been better if she had not sent
Guy away? It was anguish unspeakable
to believe so, and the shadowy woods
never echoed to so bitter a cry of pain as
that with which she laid her head on the
ground, and for a brief moment wished
that she might die.
T -There waa Guy’s letter yet to read, and
with a listless indifference she opened it,
starting as there dropped into her lap a
small carte de viaite, a perfect likeness
of Guy, who sent it, he said, because he
■wished her to have so much of himself. It
■would make him happier to know she
could sometimes look at him. Just as he
should gaxe upon her dear picture after it
was a sin to love the original. And this
was all the direct reference he made to
the past, except where he spoke of Lucy,
telling how happy she was, and how If
anything could reconcile him to his fate.
It was the knowing how pure and good
and loving was the wife he was getting.
Then he wrote of the doctor and Mar­
garet, whom he described as a dashing,
brilliant girl, the veriest tease and madcap
In the world, and the exact opposite of
Maddy.
*a th* M il, da.” " I m
Caula Msad*.” Me.
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This letter, ao calm, so cheerful In Its
tone, had a quieting effect on Maddy, who
read it twice, and then placing It in her
hoeom, started for the cottage, meeting on
the way with Flora, who waa seeking for
her in great alarm.
Cncle Joseph had
had a fit, she said, and fallen upon the
floor, cutting hia forehead badly against
the sharp point of ths. stove. Hurrying
on, Maddy found that what Flora had
said was true, aud sent immediately for
the physician, who came at once, but
shook his head doubtfully as he examined
his patient. There were all the symp­
toms of fever, he said, bidding Maddy
prepare for the worst. Nothing in the
form o f trouble could particularly affect
Maddy now, and perhaps It waa wisely
ordered that I ’ ncle Joseph's illness should
take her thoughts from herself. From the
very first he refused to take hia medicines
from anyone save her or Jessie, who,
with her mother's permission, stayed alto­
gether at the cottage, and who, as Guy's
sister, was a great comfort to Maddy.
As the fever increased, and I ’ ncle Jo­
seph grew more and more delirious, his
cries for Sarah were heart-rending, mak­
ing Jessie weep bitterly as shs said to
Maddy :
“ I f I knew where this Sarah was I ’d
go miles on foot to find her and bring
her to him.”
Something like this Jessie said to her
mother when she went for a day to Aik-
euside, asking her in conclusion if she
thought Sarah would go.
“ Perhaps," and Agnes brushed abstract­
edly her long, flowing hair, winding it
around her jeweled fingers, and then let­
ting the soft curia fall across her snowy
arms.
"W h ere do you suppose she Is?*’ was
Jessie's next question ; but if Agnes knew
she did not answer, except by reminding
her little daughter that it waa past her
bedtime.
The next morning Agnes’ eyes were
very red. as if she had been wakeful the
entire night, while her white face fully
warranted the headache the professed to
have.
“ Jessie," she said, as they sat together
at their breakfast, “ I am going to Hone-
dale to-day, going to see Maddy, and shall
leave you here.”
Agnes was not the same woman whom
we first knew. A ll hope o f the doctor had
long since been given up, and as Jessie
grew older the mother nature waa strong­
er within her, subduing her selfishness,
and making her far more gentle and con­
siderate for others than she had been be­
fore.
T o Maddy she waa exceedingly
kind, and never more so in manner than
now, when they sat together talking in
the humble kitchen at the cottage.
“ You look tired and sick,” she said.
"Y o u r cares have been too much for one
not yet strong. I will sit by him till be
wakes, and you go to bed.”
Very gladly Maddy accepted the offered
relief, and utterly worn out with her con­
stant vigils, she was soon sleeping sound­
ly in her own room, while Flora, in the
little sited, or back room of the house,
was busy with her ironing. Thus there
was none to follow Agues as she went
slowly into the sick room where I ’ ncle
Joseph lay, his thin face upturned to the
light and his lips occasionally moving ns
he muttered in his sleep. There was a
strange contrast between that wasted im­
becile and that proud, queenly woman,
but she could remember a time when in
her childish estimation he was the embodi­
ment of every manly beauty, and the
knowledge that be loved her, his sister's
little hired girl, filled her with pride and
vanity. A great change had come to them
both since those days, and Agnes, watch­
ing him and smothering back the pain
which arose to her lips at sight o f him.
felt that for the fearful change in hitn
she was answerable. Intellectual, talent­
ed. admired and sought by all he had
been once: he was a mere wreck now, and
Agnes' breath came in short, quick gasps,
as glancing furtively around to see that
no one was near, she laid her hand upon
his forehead, and parting his thin hair,
said, p ityin gly: “ Poor Joseph.”
The touch awoke him, and starting up
he stared wildly at her, while some mem­
ory of the past seemed to be struggling
through the misty clouds, obscuring his
mental vision.
“ Who are you. lady? Who, with eyes
and hair like hers?”
" I ’ m the 'madam' from Alkenslde,”
Agnes said, quite ioudly, as Flora passed
the door. Then when she was gone she
added, s o ftly : " I ’ m Sarah— Sarah Agnes
Morris.”
It seemed for a moment to burst upon
him in its full reality, and to her dying
day Agnes would never forget the look
upon his face, the smile of perfect happi­
ness breaking through the rain of tears,
the love, the tenderness mingled with dis­
trust. which that look betokened as he
continued gazing at her, but said to her
not a word. Again her hand rested on his
forehead, and taking it now in his he held
it to the light, laughing Insanely at its
soft whiteness; then touching the costly
diamonds which flashed upon him the
rainbow hues, he sa id : “ Where’s that lit­
tle ring I bought for you?”
She had anticipated this, and took from
her pocket a plain gold ring, kept until
that day where no one could find it, and
holding It up to him, said: "H ere it Is.
Do you remember it?"
“ Yes, yes,” and hi» lipa began to quiver
with a grieved, injured expression. "H e
could give you diamonds and 1 couldn’t.
ITtst’s why you left ms, wasn’t It, Harsh
■ why you wrote that letter which mads
my head luto two?
It’s ached as ever
since, and l ‘ va missed you ao orach,
Sarah! They put ius In a cell whers
craay neople were -oh! so (uauy—amJ
they said that I was mad, when I wa*
only wanting you. l'ui not mad uow, am
I, darling?”
His arm was around her neck, and h«
drew her down until hia lip* touched hers.
Aud Agnes suffers«! it. Hhs could no*
return the kiaa, but ah* did not turn away
from him, and ahe let him caress her hair,
and wind It round hia fingers, whispering:
"T h is is like Sarah's —you're 8arwh, are
you not?”
“ Yes, I am Sarah," ahe would answei.
while the smile eo painful to aee would
again break over his face as hs told how
much he had missed her, aud asked if ah«
had not come to eU y till b« died.
“ There's wunsthlng wrong," hs sa id ;
“ somebody «lewd, and seems aa if some­
body else wanted to die— as if Maddy
died ever since the Lord Governor w«nt
away. IK> you know Governor OuyT”
“ I am hia stepmother,” Agnes replied,
whereupon Cncle Joseph laughed so long
end loud that Maddy awoke, and, alarm-
ed by the noise, came down to aee what
waa the matter.
Agnes did not hear hor, and as ah«
reach«»d the doorway, «he started at th«
strange position of tha parties— Unci«
Joseph still smoothing the curia which
drooped over him, and Agnes saying to
him : “ You heard his name was Reming­
ton, did you not— James Remington?”
Like a sudden revelation it cams upon
Maddy, and she turned to leave, when
Agnes, lifting her head, called her to com*
in. Hhe did eo, and standing at the oppo­
site side of the bed, she said, question
in g ly : "Y ou are Sarah MorrrsT”
For a moment ths eyelids quivered, then
the neck arched proudly, aa if It were a
thing of which she was not ashamed, and
Agnes answered: "Yes. I was Harsh Ag­
nes M orris; once for three months your
grandmother'« hired girl, and afterwrard
adopted by a lady who gave me what edu
cation I possess, together with that taut«
for high life which prompted me to Jilt
your Cncls Joseph when a rlcnar man
than he offered himself to me.”
That was all ahe M id - a ll that Maddy
ever knew o f her history, as It waa never
referred to again except that evening,
when Agnes said to
her,
pleadingly :
"N either Guy nor Jessie nor anyone need
know what I hav« toJd you.”
'T h e y shall not," was Maddy*« re p ly ;
and from that moment the past, so far a«
Agnes waa concerned, was a sealed png*
-to both.
W ith this bond o f confidence
between them. Agues felt herself Strange­
ly drawn toward Ma«My, while. If It wer«
possible, something «>f her olden love waa
renewed for the helpless man who clung
to her now instead of Maddy, refusing to
let her go ; neither had Agnes any dispo­
sition to leave him. Hhe should atay to
the last, so she said; and site did, taking
Maddy'a place, and by her faithfulness
and care winning golden laurels In th«
opinion of the neighbors, who marveled at
first to see so gay a lady at Cncle Joseph'«
bedside, attributing It all to her friend­
ship for Maddy. just as they attribute«]
his calling her Harah to a craay freak.
She did resemble Sarah Morris a very lit­
tle, they sa id ; and in Maddy'a presence
they sometimes wondered where Sarah
was, rejieating strange things which they
bad heard of her; but Maddy kept th«
secret from everyone, ao that even Jessie
never suspected why her mother staye«!
(lay after day at the cottage, watching
and waiting until the last day of Joseph'«
life.
Sh# was alone with him then, so that
Maddy never knew what passed between
thpm. She had left them together for an
hour, while she did some errands; and
when shp returned Agnes met her at the
door, and with a blanched cheek, whis­
pered: “ He is dead; he died in my arms,
blesfdng you and m e; do you hear, bless­
ing me! Surely my sin is now forgiven?”
I
DWINDLING OF ARMY
GiVES CUE TO CRITICS
Military Mon Say Forca Is Roduced
Ueyond Point o t Safety tor
tha Nation.
NEED OF REFORM IK SERVICE
Low Pay and Hoqulromsnt ot Hard
Practice Marches Are Main
Polnta of Attaok.
The Jar of
Coughing
Hammer blows, steadily ap­
plied, break the hardest rock.
Coughing, day after day, )ars
nnd tears the throat and lungs
••mil the healthy tissues give
way. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
stops the coughing, and heals
the torn membranes.
" I alwaya k « F *> •«•• Chsrrv r«e «o T «l I «
II f l « , « r s . f r c » T . l l s f
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« I I s h o u « IT.“ - M a « . V n l « ' * ( ■ > « . .t.
‘-»»»TM. T.
T its W a r and N a vy D epartm ent« srs
tryin g to reach an agreem ent by which
the marines are to tie w ithdraw n from
the Isthmus o f I ’ aimtna and two regi­
ments o f Infantry are to be w n t to take
their places aa guards. It la fu lly ex ­
pected that before long tw o regiments
or foot w ill tie on their w ay to the
canal i«me.
T h is divertin g o f army
regulars to a new field w ill mean that
the fo n v e In the United States are to
be deplete«! tieyond that which officers
believe to be the danger poluL
T u e Infan try problem la one o f the
moot serious factors In the greater
problem o f the arm y's weakness. On
paper w e are sup|xi*e<! to have 30 . 1 MM)
Infantrym en, hut In truth we have noth­
ing like thnt number, and unless the
ln «T e a s e o f pay hill puss Congress, It Is
perfectly evident that the ranks w ill
be thinned still further. An arm y offi­
cer who knows conditions tells a Wash
Ington corres{N>ndeiit that In a case o f
emergency there would he less than
7,000 Infantrym en who could be brought
w ith anything like dispatch
to any
threatened |x>lnt w ithin the lim its o f
tbo United States projier.
T h ere are two ch ief arm y measures
now before Congress, one dealing with
the m atter o f the Increase o f pay and
the otlter dealing with the m atter o f
the Increase o f the Infantry. A corre­
spondent says there 1» precious little
hope that borh bills can pass. It prob­
ably would be fo lly to pass the aecond
bllj without passing the first, fo r It
would he useless to provide fo r an In­
crease In the ranks If no Inducements
w ere held out by which the Increase
could he effected.
O b j e c t i o n « to 4 r « r
M fe.
In terview s with enlisted men disclose
three ch ief objections to srm y life, and.
In order o f numerh'al precedent, they
rank like th is:
Monthly practice marches.
Poor pay.
Non-m llltnry duty required o f the en­
list ed men.
H«jiiie o f the ranking officers o f the
arm y have Inveighed constantly against
what they call the fo lly o f the frequent
practice marches. Th e men are kept In
fine physU'al condition and ss hard ns
walnuts through the dally drills, the
guard duty, the good food, nnd the reg
ular livin g generally.
Yet they are
compelled at least once a month to
hike out on the road under heavy lair-
dens and trying conditions for tlie pur­
pose o f keeping In trim so that they
w ill be ready fo r the field In case o f
hostilities. Th e practice march, fa irly
long continued nnd to come at long In­
C H A PT E R * X X II.
tervals, has Its uses, and the men like
There was a fresh grave made in th.
I t ; but they don’ t like It com ing as It
churchyard riu ) another chair vacant at
does every three or four weeks.
the cottage, when
Maddy was at last
alone.
T'nfettered by care and anxiety
for sick ones, her aching heart wa« free
COAL MINE EXPLOSION.
to go out after the loved ones over th«
sen. go to the elm shaded mansion ahe had N e w T h e o r y A d v a n c e d as to ths
heard described so often, and where now
C o n d ition s P r o d u c in g Th em .
two brides were busy with their prepara­
Experts who have mnde Investiga­
tions for the bridal hurrying on ao fast.
Since the letter read in the smoky Octo­ tions o f ttie recent mine disasters, not­
ber woods, Maddy had not heard from ably those o f Monongah and Jacob's
the conclusion
Guy directly, though Lucy had written Creek, have come to
since, a few brief lines, telling how happy thnt tlie explosions are caused by c li­
she was, how strong she was growing, and m atic conditions.
how much like himself Guy waa becom­
Hupportlng Hie position taken. It Is
ing. Guy had left no orders for any a noticeable fact, they say, that the
changes to be made at Aikenalde; but
recent catastrophes have occurred at
Agnes, who wa# largely Imbued with
about tlie same hour In the day, In a
a love of bustle and repair, had Insisted
gone o f certnln altitude, In shout the
that at iMst the suite of rooms intended
for the bride should be thoroughly reno^ same longitude and In places where
T lie
vated with new paper and paint, carpets clim atic conditions nre sim ilar.
and furniture. This plan Mrs. Noah op- m a jo rity o f the mines operated to­
potted, for site guessed how little Guy day are below the level o f the streams
would care for the change; but Agnes was In the same sections, and, ow in g to the
resolved, and she had great faith in moisture, the outside a ir forced Into
Maddy's taste, she
insisted that she tlie mines by the fans has been laden
should go to Aikenside and pass her w ith cnrlwn dioxide moisture and oth­
judgement upon the improvements. It
er Impurities.
would do her good, she said— little dream­
I t Is suggested that I f the s ir forced
ing how much it cost Maddy to comply
Into
the mines wns gathered from a
with her wishes, or how fearfully tin
poor, crushed heart ached, as Maddy went higher stratum and wns heated suffi­
through the handsome room« fitted up for ciently and otherw ise treated to re­
Im purities the
accidents
Guy’s young bride; but Mrs. Noah guess­ m ove the
ed It all, pitying so much the white-faced would tie less numerous during the
girl, whose deep mourning robes told the change o f seasons.
Proper
ven tila­
loss of deer ones by death, but gave no tion w ith this purified sir. It Is be­
token of that great loss, tenfold wore« lieved, w ill remove to s great extent
than death.
the cost dust nnd explosive gases
(T o be continued.)__
which are found to a certain extent
A l l It A m o u n t « T o.
•n every mine.
'T h e wine folks began unusually ooriy
The Burlington and Union Paclfio will
this year.”
tsks porters off chslr cars and do away
“ Regan w hat?”
“ A dvisin g people to do their shop­ with flagmen on soma of their passenger
from
ping e s r l f — N ew Orleuns T im e « Dem­ trains, according to a dispatch
Omaha.
Retrenchment la (Ivan as ths
ocrat
reason.
J.C.
tfH
C o . L o w o ll. M a a s
uiufoot «.»•»• or
SAtSAPAÄJLA.
M IX ».
m a : b v m m l
Biliousness, constipation retard r e ­
covery. Curo thoao with Ayer’s Pills.
v
Its l.a a t la « K llw l.
"Hireling, did you «ver «-onvsrt «ny-
body to your a ay o f thinking by your
street corner oratory?”
” 1 know of one, anyhow, and It mads
a rhange«! man of hire.”
“ What is he doing now?”
T l s ’s in the insane aaylum, Ruggles,
In ths Inaane aaylum. A glltnpae of tha
trnth was too much for his modernised
intellect.”
pars cuRfD in e to m days .
PASO O IN T M K R T ll gua'anlaad to ours an»
m m of Ikrhing Blind Lilas lin g or Protruding
Pile* In t to It d ay« or money refunded «Oe.
O p la la a
of
a
C a a s a ls H a r,
“ Mr. Hpoonamors, don’t yon think a
kiss Iti.1 aeconda in duration Is a great
deal too long to be agreeable?"
“ W« t ||, that <le|>enda entirely se the—
sr—desirability of ths kissee ”
l* r o b a > b la O a f e a a a a .
Chronic Kicker— What do you eapposa
would happen to your boasted fleet If It
should get Into s real battle?
Phlegmatic Cltlsao—-O, I suppose we'd
get licked- same as we'vs always been.
S prain s.
A n y sudden turn or tw lat which m ay
throw s m em ber out of i*» n orira l po­
sition la lik ely to cf»~ • s «pram , whloS
<• fe s lly a sudden » A m ore or lea« «re .
toua wrench or tw !«t o f a ligam ent ov
of the inusclee co n trollin g the liga-
mente.
Use hot w ater for bathing the
sprain ; dijr the antfsce and a p p ly Bt.
Jacob« O il aa tor soreness and stiffness.
Itefarltoa.
T h e old nag was Jogging up the hill
w ith the elopers.
“ Yea,” said the old nag, "It la rather
tough pulling them up to tbs parson­
age, hut It w ill be easier coming hack.”
"H o w
so?”
queried ths frien d ly
goose at the roadside.
"W h y , can't you see that a fter leav­
ing the parsonage tw o w ill be made
one?” — Chit ngo News.
How’ »
Thief
W* offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward for any
eaae o f Catarrh that cannot be cured by H a d a
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. C H K N K Y A C O , Toledo, O
We, tha underalgned, b are k a »w n t . 1.
Chaney for iha la»t 11 year*, and balleva him
parfectly honorable In all bultne** transaction«
aud financially able to carry out any ob liga­
tion made by nl> firm
W A LD IN O . K I N N A N A M A R V Itt,
Wbnleaala Druggists, Toledo,O
H a ll’a Catarrah Cure I* «k en Internally, acu
Ing d irectly upon tha blood and raucous sur­
faces of th* tystam. Tsattmonlalr sent free.
Price 75 cents per b oll!«. Bold by all Druggists.
Take H a ll’« F am ily P ills lor Constipation.
Ilia
Psrtonal
V iew
of
If.
Admiring t'onatitnent— Senator, yen
have your own opinion of this currency
question, haven't you?
Senator I-otsmun— Yes, air, and I sup­
pose I have anawered It hundreds of
times. It ’a nobody's business how s man
get» his currency.
Austrian mine« are provided with ren-
file chamber« at convenient locations un­
derground. They nre equipped with food
and conveniences for miners in case o f
accident.
S y ru p
^ O ix ir sfSenna
acts gently yet prompt­
ly on the bowels, cleanses
tne system effectually,
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