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ALLEN GRAY; ThaMys'eiyof TarsFoiDt Being a Few Rommtlo Chapter Frou the Life of a Country Editor. bt jraw a. MUiici. Atmtna or " Wai.Tia Baowsrui u," "HEtM LaUMAII." "UKM " UUItOUO. ami Oriaa arrmu. " What rontrarM" Allen drew tbe written agreement from the piri hole In hi. deak and read It to the anifry Mr. Htron(. "But, then. I didu tknow hewea Rwlne to mi lai ti liititainrr," perflated mmg "Now thot ho In, I'm (twine to beat him, J don't krer a cent what it coata mo" "If you run for any other ufllco than bcrin, .vnu will forfeit t m) PS tbouaand dollara," auid Allen, vury earncatly. "Thundi'ratlon!" " Your contract aayii no," and ho called hln avial attention to It. " It'a a trirk. ye two tier et up a trlek on no, that'll all lhar i o' It" "No, It'a mo ft act up a Job on." aaid Tom Kiminoim, nt Una moment entering the ofllro Wiaail ubruplly. Mr. Wrung Whirled about und glari I furloualy at 111 in. Allen, now innto thanklul that tbo two men were together b vent their apleeu Uon each othi-r, atoo.1 with folded arms and a mile on hn faeo to nil what would bo the result of the meeting. "Youhoahl" roan-d Wrong. "You here!" yolh-d Hinunona. " Yea, an' I'm afwlaa to bout you." " I'm agoiu' to Hi e ye laid in the ahuile of It hu.la me to do It." h Yc ve allera been a rroaaln' me, Tom Himmoim. Yer MM o' the kind t' tUtfi bo In it eUart track. It war a mighty aurry pltel o' timber they made ye out ov any way." "Jlat ay what ye ptra.e, I'm agoiu' to lie.il ie, li.orge Htroug, ef it ruiua mo fur the MIMlllW to do It." Then Strong awore that he would boat Hillitllon., and vnwo.l that he would rather he ih leuled uuy day than ro hi cuoiuy eleeted "Oeullrmen," aaid Allen, rnolly, ua ho atom) leunlng aguinl Ida deak watrhinir the angry men, "niy aupisjrt haa lieon prom tainl to both of you aim you ahull huvo it. It would lie a feather in our nip to have both alioriff and llopreaculativo from our village I eome here in the intereat of Turley'a Point, und lii that end I am working" " I) ye think ve kin help Turley'a I'uit, by aemlin' him to tbo Logialaloorf'' usked Knag, "I do." "Then Kink Turley'a I'lnt." " Would It help our town by lUctlft' him thorifff" roared Himuioua. "Of oolirao." "Then let 'er buat." "Oentlemen, an long as you entertain aurh hoatile fcolinga there will ho little hope for the advancement of our town. If you wiah to effort any lliing here, and to build up a thriving- enmiiierclal ei'titer, you liiuat alnptht. combatting eaeh other; put your ahouldera to the wheel und iro to work In cannot for youraclvoa, for eaeh other and for Turley'a Mall '' " Mo work for him I Never! ' roan-d Hun n "Think I'm aifwlne to gin him u boo.U Not una li,' auid Mr Mining, "Hut I ahull hold eaeh of you to u atriet ohacrvaurc of the coutracU you have Igncd. You Khali each of you run for the oftleea to whic h ion were neliyl.il in the be ginning, mid I will aupimrt belli." "I'd rut her be hcu! u thuiiaaiid tluiea than aoo him eleeted," crio 1 Ht ronjf, na ho left the oltleo. In language equally ua forcible Hlmfflnm gave vent to ln feeling., m he rutin J aito "1 think I hegiu to see the euu.o of union of the trouble with Turley'a Point," aald Alien, ua ho Mood on the front irch of the building giuting after the two receding lie. i geing in different iliroctk.ua. " The town In made up of iinliigunlatir nnfi and. Dllgnai Every man here would rather die himself than aiv aonie one else proaH'r. They have taken pntaporlty by the throut ml are IhrntthuK her " The aim la'uu.rd iiuily down tiMu the loping roof, of the house, aeutlered along the iiarroH alley and hill.idca. The atoro bulldinga wore distinguished by I lien- qftftN front, und painted aigna The usual crowd of loufera wen' gathered ulaiut the atorca a id auli.ni and were tilting on theporrhoa or counters. The Ih.ira were well worn und rolling, while from the dump warcrooiua ul the rear one oould inhale the dump uir la nine from dei'liy lug vegetublea. There wua an uir of dullnoaa ubolit the little village, a if It hud Irm'ii atilled by tho thick ut uioihere of bate. " No wonder that Turlov'a Point la on the downward rood," Mid A'leu "Willi audi u elit. ef cltiiena ua thee theiv la btlln or no Iion of it ever reviving " Huiiiui' r puoacd, a. id an the time for the election drew near the heuted conical aiiioug candldutea lavume greater ull over the coun try. DBBUtd worda were uttered hy men who ahould have lan frlenda loMltfeM and fell at If ideof imlitlcnl conllicl went on. Allen purnue.1 hi eatabhahi'd inurao of llidependeuc)', aupimrtiiig the ItepubllMHI for Uie Lcgmluturo uud tho Deuiocrat foi ahenff lie lu'eulne the mink for many ahurp retort a from other ncwaHtara, und Wat accused of riding two horses ut once - h iracit thai weinivrlaiuly going in differ ent dinvtlon Aa the ciuncal Ix eauic more heated many cume to him to induce him to give up one of the cuudidules, hut he atatcd lie wua ilidgcd to Uilh, und, having the in terval) of Turley'a hunt ul heart, could not lie bwci's od from hia eourao. Hla delernnuution alone pnvented Sim. Diolia and StiMtig fiMUi withdrawum- to div feat cui h other Cimlutulc from other p.irla of the isaiutry wvtv uoniinutiHl, u licmo rrut from lleutnnaville wua put m iiomin alien for llcpicscnlulivc, uud a llcpul'lu .ni from auot her village put ill nomination ley hi urty for ahenff, aguiuat Mr. Wrong. The light uuxed hot. No alunder wua too y e. 1 iw or unr'uonuble for Kininn na to tell up ui hia fellow towmnuun, Mr Klroog, uortvull Mr Wrong ixnijure up ui hla fertile imagination uuy thing too luiao to tell on hit (cilow lowuamun, biuimoiia. Allen unpeuhd in tun to their rcuann, Mauriug th in that tbcv were rulalag cuch olhct, and destroy uuj all thv bopaa ef Turley'a I'olnt. Ku. li awore ha would aink Turl. y'a Mai to heat hi opponent. fcyaa uaeleaa for Allen lovlviA-ute th Inter. . I of the Turlev a Mat cumlldutea when they were doing all In their power to ruin ouch other. Kvery ps wnil he ss.ko for them wua dally domed The 1,k-uI hatred which lii-l lhghlHl Turlcv'a Mkl a.s iix loculminute m wild rage on el Uiuday At ten o'clock lu the loreinaju it had iHHsaine dangvroua lo be out l'lunkeii, hurlv niBlan. wciv parading thostivoi. i.uho lenvrof all g.d. iti.cn. Half uUo.cn brawla rug.M during the day, uud black evea uud bl.wdy lice. b,-mv a ixmunon .ight before .-veiling Tt youug ediuir, dl.gu.tcd with the s.p!c. u. lown and t! , . mm, remuiued la hi. , d,y u hcu ri'lurna cum in i'vtouh miaj h.-wa. not atn4.i to Uvaru I hat I 'ley a MM cundl- Uato were bu at CHAPTF.lt XVMt "tt 041 aavaa u " Himninii. and Km.ni to. u.l itu.t.,n.. of prraonal defeat .mewhul awran-uial bv the knowlttlge that their cuetuy hail guue dowu wiih ih, m M i.., gUwiiiy and ul Batund. each went unhung about th treet. curaing hia own Ul luck, and won (Urtng what blight had ciaue ocr their town that it could not be aaved from inev itable ruin Allen Urar had otm at laat to What! that Turley'a Point waa doomed, and all hia eudeavora to save it were worw ihan "I Will (five it up," he aaid to tnm.eif, aa In Mt at ula deak one day " It I no uae to try to do any thing for tboae fooliah people while they arc ao blindly joulous and en vioua of eui'h other. If u alrunKOr comi here to Bttl'ltiail pnirty or engage in buaini-aa ho ia diacourugixL I will aell out the aiM!r uud go to other flelda where I luil I have mora fuvoruble aurrouudlnga." Hut prowrty In Turley'a I'olnt wua uot a ready aulo, und he could dnd no one bold enough Uj venture to lake tho editorial helm of tbo ItVafrrn MMjapfe During tho amunior juat paaaed Allen contluuully hniol umnl the heat of political oondict and u failing buaiueaa to entirely forget all about the atone houae on the hilL But aa the wiek railed on ho found tho image of one of the inmatea of thai myateri oua building becoming daily more flxod in hla mind and more ami more a iart of hira aolf. Try aa be would it waa imoaaible to efface that imago from hia memory. He had taken frequent atrnlla to the atone houae, but not a aoul waa to lie aeon. It aeooied aa utterly deaertoU aa if on an lal und which hail boon uninhabitod for ugea. The fountaina were dried up, und wooda were growing In tho gurden. "Theyuro ull gone, tuking thut blighting, withering myatory with them:" aaid Allen, few daya after the election, having ro turnel from a atroll to tho top of the bill. " I will forget her -I - will leave the neigh borhood, and. In other Uelda, umid different aeenea and people, Ix-gin life unow." A) autumn advanced ho made vigorous efforta to ibapoao of the i r, but without avail. Hummer acomod to linger In the lap of winter, and thoae daya of ri ning fruit and golden harvcat were continued longer than uaual. One evening when tho moon ahone bright ly from a cloudleaa aky, and the landacapo aeemed more lovely than by day, Allen de rided to take one more troll. Hia muny affliction, had tutight him lo lovo aolitude. Miaa IH'thy Hopkins, In her effort to captr r ; RB WANIIKIIKII 1MIW.N TO TIIKnI.il IlK.KIITKO HUB. ure the yniing editnr, waa growing dea peratc, freiueutlv driving her victim to tho aolitude of the fore.la whore, free from her tokening noiiaeiiae, ho could commune with ualure at hia own awoot will. In no place waa ho more aecure from in trusion than on the quiet hill top whore tho old man.iou, like aomo vaat cuitle, wua act una. a guard for the villuge. Allen went trulght up the hill to tho front gutc, in tending lo ail down on the atone ate pa and vujov a few moments' icdcctlon free from the curea and uunoyin of the World. Hut when he reu lied the gate ami glunced Ihrough the iron bura, ho wua astonished at the tranaforuiatlou. The mi. ui wua buthlng the aceue In a HoihI of mellow light. All aigna of neglect were re moved, and How its were blooming and fouiitiiiua an long dry and ailent had found their voiceaugaiu und worn laughingly guah ingiiut the hrightn.t aparkling water. Tbo air auemcd full of life and gludnuaa. Krom an oprn window cam th atruiiia of a plane Alien waa entranced at the French air that tlnnlod on the evening braozo from the window of the houae. Kven aa he list cued enraptured the muale ceased, the di.ir oM'iied, und u alight form, with u light ahuwl thrown over her ahouldera, came down the white H'bliled walk to tho gulc Allen kiatiuclively .hruuk buck an ua not to be .ei'ii Crouched in tho ahudnw of tho wull he waa again thrilled at sight of that ungelic being who had seemed to become u part of himself. Hcrthu opened the gate, uml, draw ing the ailk .hawl ubout her houldora, pu.sisl down the old turnpike humming a plullitive air Her bend was uncovered, uud, hoi wealth of golden bull' hung looauiy ubout her shoulders, waa made th .port of the brvee "Where la ah golngf" he asked hiinaelf Hlowly he rnae, following her. He could uot give uuy n'uaon for hlacourae, save that he wua impelled by Home niwurd impulse. Hud MOOOOlMrad hi. heart) I'crtalnlv not, for now thut ho wu. near her ugum Ihoae Hume atruuge wild emotloua which luul ao completely taken uoaacaalou of him before wen' ull revived with leu-fold power. Still humming the plumtlvo French uir, he wandered dowu the old long-do.ortod rouil. until alio came to the path which led bi th" apriug. Following, Allen aonu auw her .cutcd ItpOD the old rustic Mat llehind a large aiiiure atone, which ugc. ago hud tiimblisl down from the bluff above, he aba.l and gazed ut I he lovely creature who BccmiH.1 to Ih ii ilomeatlcuted dryad, thut hud stolen away for u few momenta to her native linnets Tins hub an opKirtuulty not to lie neglect oil, aoiiicthing seemed to wh.spcr la hi. ear. and he fell ut Hie aunie tiuie u wild, almost irresistible, dcairc to rush from his concealment, coat himself at her feet, ami VOW that lie would never rise until hia love wua returned He wulual long enough to get full control over hia feelinga, when he went boldly forward to her aide. Hhe roae with a little eaclumution of aitr priae, uud kuid : " Mr Dray, ure you hcrel I hutl almost lost hoa of ever aeolng you ugui i " " Hid you wish to ae in I" he asked. " 1 did. I wiah to thank you for your noble act for ao kindly obeying ftvy fa. ipie.t " " May nothing ulmut It It waa a .unple aervice I rendered you, and cue which alaiuld lie forgotten." " Yet one I will never forgot, Mr liray I would la- uugrati'ful ind.ss.1 were I to for get thai, at my rou.uet uud for tins you riakiM your life." "Have you any object mna to me aiding bora ut youraidol" aaid Allen. " None whatever. Then-1. no other aeut, und you inn. I have bevmo weary climbing the hill " " How i the little boy I he aakisl, aitliug Inuiscir ul her aide. " He ia wall" " lloca he lue to atuy there?" " lie cuu be happy nowhoro Clao." Foraevcral mouieuta Allen aut thinking thut he wua fully rajiaid for all he hui u dursd on that journey. " Waa I luiraued '." he ut laat naked. " No, air, you were not." "1-1 thought 1 waa, ami yel there waa no direct proof of it" " Kver.v prtvaution waa taken to prevent purault and every prtvaution takcu in caae you xti pursued . buuhauka lo Provulcui-e, our preoautMiua iu lliat dmvtiou were uu uecssiaary." " How did he learn of ray return " " 1 do not know, Mr Allen but let ua not talk any more of that, ttrulciul heart wo, i 1 , i U'i-l ion in s.1. rsl r. iucn. 'i ainc fur your noble aelfaacritlcing actions 1 can not thank you enough. I wiah 1 could rap) the debt of gratitude 1 owe to you " " I would rat Iter you Wv.uid not meutUsn If " I will not then You want to go awnv from Turley'a Point I" " How did jrou lenrn that r "I judge ao from ywr editorial, and I have aecn your pre and ttiaUrial adver tised for .. la oih.r vapra " Vuu L. s;''ii.MajUMIlt" aft t V I It. r A B 1 t Vi U ' IZ V aid Allen, aaoly. "Turlej". PoAiYa"boeu a diaappomtmeut to mo aud Ibo buameaa a ad failure." With a igh ahe anawered : "Turley a Pnint ha been a groat dlaup poiiittneut to mora tbau youraelf. It ha been the rock ou which my bark of hope went down.'1 "What do you mean! ' Allen aagoa. gaiiug um,,,l,.riinrlv into (he swe.H, l aulliui i ace. "You, who have acarco been in the vUlago, h,,w lias it wrecked vour hoia-al "Hy Turley'a I'oinl I include the houao on the hill, and there aomo of tho durkeat duya of my life huvo been tpeal. I have formed nniuouuiutuii. es here suvcyoiirs, unu iiom the llrat time I mot you I lelt thut you were a brother. A reul brotner oould not liavo boon kinder thun you have been, uud for your noble conduct 1 ahull never ceuac to bo thankful." For a few inomcuta Alleu'a emotlona got the better of him. At lual, reguining in nurt hia aelf-control, he deteruiimsl to dure all and know the worat, and In a voice of forcid calmucHH aaid: "1 wiah 1 could bo more thun a brother to you." "No, no, do uot mention that," ahe aaid, her fuce very pale, yet aho wa no: excited. "1 did not come here ux.viing to meet jou," abo went on, " but aiuco by cluiiice wo have met, I urn glad of it Your faith m uiyaelf has convinced mo thut vou ure superior to others. Hut, while I udmii u you, 1 cuu never bo more thun u friend, a very dour friend, u aiater if you will, but nothing more." "lib, Hertha Hcrthu! in Heaven', nuuic don't drive mo mad I" he groaned, iu tho bit tereat agony. " Don't you know thut 1 lovo you I" I have fourod it," ahe uuawerad. " Feared IU'' " Yea, feured it from the very flrt." "Why need you four honest lovel Oh, Hcrthu, Ucrthu, do not drive mo uwuy in utter despair. 1 have tried to forget you; but I cull not. If you do uot love me now, give me ome hope, auy thut you will lovo me ia tho future und become my wife. " Ull, Heuven, thut can never la"! she wept violently, wringing her bauds. "It can; It shall la1," cried tho freuied Allen, seizing one fair plump hand and ruia- ing it lo hia lip. " Vou know not what you aay, 1 am u7- rttubj Mrrtad " Ho dropped tho huud and staggered aa ll he hud received a blow. CIIAITEH XIX A DTAHTI.IM1 IIIVKI.AT10N. "Now you despiae me, dou't you!" said the pale beautiful woman, iu u voice so sad that it fell like u funerul wail upon bis cur. " No, no, I can't auy thut! " Allen groaned. " How could I have been so deceived I " "Do you forgivu me I" " Yea, yes, for Heaveu knows It bus not been your fault !" ' 1 will over bo a sister to you, Mr. Uruy, und us you saved the life of my little brother at the risk of your own, 1 shall ever hold you in grateful "remeiiibruuco." Like one atujieiled, Allen stood loaning uguinat u tree, gazing ut her uud half believing thut it wus ulludrcum. At mat he said: " Wlm is your bushuudt Thut dark whis kered llulll" Bho iiiKld.sl her head luunawor. Bbe wus weeping softly. "Urttit irnvn.' Ik htr hiulxmil'" He wus more than twice ua old as she, unit there wus uoluing couguuiul in their natures. She rose to go, but putting out ono hand, ho guutly touched her urui, uud iu a voice of atony culmiu'sa auid: " No, no. in. .il. line, do uot go yet; it is time thut I should have uu explanation. 1 have, been buffcllcd ubout by tho varying winds ol fortune, till I have grown weary of it; let me know the whole truth -ull of this mystery, uud if 1 huvo uny honor iu my aoul, 1 will keep your sec ret" Hho wait weeping softly. " Do y ou blame Ml" alio asked uguln. "No; you have uirhaps never given mo uny cause to boUAve you wero single, save when ruu culled yourself Hcrthu Collins. I aupHiscd that roil were Miss Collins. " My Knglish nume l Collins, the French Is CUUaur, or Do t'ollieur. Hy life has "on such il sad one that I do not know us it would interest yon. However, ua you huvo befriended me, if you insist on Know tug ull. you shull." Allen wus aociiiinglv us culm now as if ho had I icon i u his olllco truiisiu'tiug somo ordinary business His luce might have shown some faint signs of the agony thut wus torturing Ins soul, but could not huvo convoyed any thing like an adequate repre sentation of the sufferings he wus endur ing He calmly hade her sit dowu, and re took his place at her aide. " Mrs Collins, regard me as your brother, ' he with an effort uuid" us u brother very fur uwuy one whom you will perhaps never see again, but ono who will never blot your iuiugo from Ins memory This has, indeed, boon u sud romuuee, but It is utmost over The curluin will sixm descend between my self uud hope forever, but before it ful's on the dual act I want the key to this id drama. That mysterious stone r.onso on the bill haa boon a puzzle to Turley's Point for years What Is in ill la it u prison house for people, u home for the insane, or a place wherein the deyds assemble for tiicuuta tiona mid unlawful riles! " " It la ull," she answered, her face deathly white. " Tell me all about It " " I will." said tho pretty creuture, with a dirp drawn sigh. "Colonel Collins, aa he known among his few F.ngliah acipuiiutr uiicoa. Inherited the alone house on the lull from hia father, who built it u great muny ycurs ago. When dtst creeled it was in tended to lie the home of the old monsieur, but hi wife would not ko in it My mother wu u French wnnnm and my father an Kn fUstunun. Then' were but three children iu our family, u brother sewn ycurs older than uiyaelf ami the little boy whom you rcuiuui- s. j. t JnitUi w 't na s i. ...st-.',t v.i rr iW. . . U . ' IMi till' HLAMK MX I' borlaUingto Mile. Cauulie in Franchtowu. Three years ago my fathor waa alive, and we were a huopy. prosperoui family Colo nel Collins, who had lasm living alternately In Fraiu-e and America, a sort of an ad vcntuiMUS life, came to our house in l.n ton, t . where lath, nui ul the time kunwu a one of the weulihioat merchants in the city. I felt a peculiar distrust of the man from the first moment I saw him but father aud moiher. ou the contrary, secnicd faaci nat.sl with htm My mother, like myself, felt an inatinct Ive repngnanis' t.-warvl her countryman He so in-ratuttl himself into the g.,1 grxuvs of niy faths'r Hut acme how I never kucw in a few w.vks he luul ivmpletc con trol over hia business affair. My s.i brother, falling into Ihe snares at for him. was h to the gamuig table, which brought about analog other MM, tHJIIMa lhal 5 a Tew UMiulaa ruineil oar fannlr I can not enter tato the full detail, aud hornsr of ih, ftWj months that fallowed " Toiald to tbem. no .vner hi i; . : . n- T I Collin, gu.i7.sl .mpioto i-Sutror over toe 1 a..-., r , i.-n n.einu-r of our fumih . ,!u, my fathe, and only pnrtort or, HeforohU death Colonel I ollins proausj matrimony ... me, ami. knowing thut wo tould not live hu.pd together, I rcfueed 1 WUh mother and my little afflicted kx i 1..1 ,,or home in Daytou, and como Wet to my aunt Mile, tamille in Kron.tl.town We were very pnmd and re Milved to keep our degrading miafortuuea toouraelvo. My oMer brother remuin.-d behind, hoping lo save .metiug for us out of the wreck of our once hun.lM.me fortune, though mother and I had ,i, our own names pro.a.rty, tho lucerne of which would be ain .ioforour wants. Wt little dreamed that in coming to Franchtowu we were near lug the rendozvou of the man whom we dreaded above all others. Aunt Lucllo wus glad to receive us. and offered us a home withhoraelfuslongaswe would accept it. I intended touching mumc, or securing a position as u governess, und we thought we could once mure be happy. My little deaf brother never aeemed so happy aa bo wu with my uunt, who doted on him. "Ono night there MM u knock at tho door, and my brother, wild-eyed und hag gard, wu uilmittod. He hud only time to expluiu thut he wa charged with forging a ohMk on Colonel Colliua and waa now dy ing from the vengeance of the law, when the door ojiened and Colonel Collin lum self entered. Tortured by fears aud bar raaaed by a man who waa M'urce leas than ademou, my poor brother wa seized with convulsions', and for days his life was despaired of. Colonel Collins informed me that unleaa I became hia wife mv brother, regardless of condition, should be drugged to prison. This would kill both him and my mother, and frightened, horrided and uu conM'iout of tho awful atop I wua taking without consulting uny ouc, I i-onsonted. I durcd uot appeal to un officer to protect me from this man ; for, believing my brother to bo a cnmuiul, officers of tho luw wore men most to be dreaded. a i have but a faint recollection of my murriugi'-just as if it wus a frightful dream. When I came to realize thut I wus his-ulmost Mul uud laxly I resolved thut I would muke him ua goi.l u wife us I could without loving him, aud determined to pro tout my family. He bud us secretly conveyed to tbo stone house on the hill. There we have lived, be holding as a isiu stun' menace ovor mo the destruction of my mother uud insane brother, who are inmates of that house. While I do not lovo my bus bund, und wus forced into marriage with him, yet as Ood is my witness 1 have mode him us good u wife ua ho would let me, und I shull live and dio loyal to my murriago vows. He wanted mother and I to ussign ovor to him the property we hold in ourown names, but this wo refused to do, deter mined lo aavo It for my uRlicted brothers. He dew mUsuch u rugu ut our diobedience thut we feared be would do my little dumb brot her some harm, or send him uwuy where we should never see him again. It wus thou thut I. for thut child's sake, dared make the visit to you and enlist your sympathies in bun. us you remember. You may thiuk it unwomanly, immodest, but if you could re alize what wua ut stake you would overlook the imprudence of tho net At my aunt's the little boy was among loviug friends, whilo at the old - bouse ou the hill he was uot only miserable but in constant danger of being taken uwuy from us, where wo should never see him again." "Mrs Collins, your conduct on that occa sion is quite praiseworthy, instead of merit ing censure, ' assured Allen, "but why do you live with such u monster! Tho luw will give you u divorce." "I uin u Catholic," she answored, "und neither dis my religion or my conscience approve of divorces. No, sir, my little brother is sufe from his persecutions, uiy insiine brother run not live long und mother uud 1 will endure rough usugeuud imprison ment until death shall release us from bon dugo She will not leuve me, for ahe thinks my harden would be doubled if she wus not here to share it. 1 promised, although under duress, to live with bun until death do us part, and I will keep thai promise." Alien's head was bowed uHin his hand. At lust, with u troubled sigh, he usked I "What is his motive for this strungo con duct la bo uu outluw, as has beeu charged!" "No, sir; he is ustrange man, law-abiding lu tho common ucceptution of the term, but elf-willed, cunning uud unscrupulous Uithe aooomplishmont of his doslgns. In his cold, selfish way he loves me, but his is a love to blight rather than bless. Uis cxtruvugunce hus frxp.euily iHVtiiiiurlyemburrussed hun, and it is ut such times thut he docs uot scruple ut any moans to try to force from mother und I our proerty." "What ure thoae strange sights and sounds seen uud heard at tho stone house ou the lull!" "No doubt the reports of them have boon greatly uiugn.dod by Hrsons believing tho place haunted The lights are made by a ja'culiar mngio lantern with which my in sune brother some times uiuuses himself. His shrieks und Inughtcr, which hus driveu ao muny horror-stricken away, are but tho ravings of a mad man. You know all, Mr. Oruy," she said, rising. "It is not proor that 1 remain longer. Regrets that we had uot met sooner ure useless it Is useless for us to think of each other stall. Allow me to thank you for during whut you did. My husband was very ungry at you for thwarting him, ind he would have killed you at thut time if ho could." "Did he abuse you for it I' "Not more than ho hus ou other occa sions." "Was he jealous. " "I th uo, ho knew thut my motlvo was ouly to thwart hiiii.undsuvemvuiifortunate little brother Claude Now, farewell! I go buck to my moth r und duty I Uodupproves this auoridce. I am sorry that 1 am forced tocompluin of my husband, and this story told for the drst time shall nover bo re peated. I shall remember vou in mv nruv- ers but but wo must never see each other aguiu farewell" She Mibhod bitterly. Allen took her huud, reverently touched it to his lips, and, unable to utter a word, wheeled about aud loft the scene. OHAPTKK XX. cnxci.rsinx. AllOll Oruv found the ramnin.l.,,. of Ma life at Turiuv'a Point tatsxaaaa .... SmJ tho secret of the old house on tho hill to nimaell. Aa he had no hopes of improving Ills business at tho Point, and he foi.n.l .1 daily growing more unpleuaunt, he deter- ... iuukc u cnai.gc; uunougti ne oi fered bis proas and inutunul very cheup, no one OOold be fouud to lake him up. Driven to dosnerutio.n he a. Iu. n... thought him of a scheme, whereby he might uv aoie io nisposo ol the iicatrrn JftpulaV. Those imutn iuns und statesmen, Messrs, Simmons and Stroug. learning nothing from defeat, continued to war upon each other. They bad sufficient money to purchase tho newssipor. and, as Tonoy Bun.es begun to evince u desire to enter the jouruulistio field, he determined to muke some use of the s t. "Toncy. can't vou get Mr. Strong to buy the IMsara ItpaM and put you in a ed itor I" Allen ask. si the poet ouc day, as ho came into the o(H,v with a fresh roll of man uscript "1 don't know; I will see him about it" said Toiioy .hia face becoming jorfullv bright It was an easy mutter toad Miss Hopkins sftor Tom Simmons, and when Tom learned that there wa danger of Strong purchas ing the paper and using it a lever to cru.h him. he made haste to raise the money and buy the concern himself Thus released, Allen lirav, unmoved by the sighs, tears and delkate insinuations of Miss Hopkins, quilled the dull little Mis souri toa-n, and in Chicago sought new fields of labor, with little hopes, however, of driving from his mind the seat memories of the siat He secured a poaitjoo aa reporter on one of the great oily dadio, and for a rear hi life ran on with but little to disturb iu daily routine One .evening he had just come luw a-a-rra a'" .tn0 tai,"r. tolef sent him to disaster, whim u pa"" r" but moment before hi. arrival. The wreck was only a few mile, from the city, and u UWiUlcar took himself and several other newspaper men with him. Durkm-ss had ulready enveloped tie horror, when the scene was reached. It was a broken bridge and there were ahal-U-red-'oacbe and mangled passengers ta the heap The reporter set to work, first assisting the eurgwna und their aids in res cuing the wounded from the dark mass of ruiu- . . , Alkm Gray dragged from beneath a broken car. u alight form. That pule face and those long golden trasses were fainiliur to bim. and holding the insensible girl close to a lantern ho gasped: My Hod, it is Bertha!" (iently he laid her upon tbo greensward and called a sur gism to hor side. The gruv-tiuire.1 mun of science bont over hor. plucetl bis eur to her chest und suid her heal t st i II beat. Restoratives were ad ministered, and she began to revive. Allen turned uwuv und noted several lifoleaa forms Ivlug ut the aide of tho track. Among them wua t.ie durk whiskered Frenchman, tho husband aud evil genius of Bertha. o UT OOD, IT IS BKKTIU!" Fven In death there was a look of fiendish satisfaction upon his haughty face Calmly Allen went about the wreck, and, hurriedly writing up the uffuir, took il to u roKirtor on a rivul pupcr and auid : "Luke, I urn iu grout distress to-night, und I wish to asli a favor of you. You may think I urn eking too much, but when you comu to loam ull. yi u will not blume me." "What is it, Allen I" Luke usked, in umuze nient "Tuke my report, und ut the first station telegraph it to my paper." They bad now come near enough to a lantern for Luke to see his companion's fuce. "Why. Allen, whut is the mutter with you!" he usked; "you look as if you bud aeon a ghost." "I found a friend hero" "Dead!" "Hot dead yet, but she is badly iujnred. Oo to the office uud expluin ull to the edilor-in-chief." "I wilL" With the first car Allen went buck to the city. On tho seat uthis side, her head rest ing on his shoulder, was u pale, beautiful young womiiu. her Ion;; golden hair stredm ng in rippling waves down her buck. She was under the Ibfluenoe ot uurcot.es und groaning will. pain. "Dim s the youu leddy go to u 'ospitull" Caked tho coachman, as Allen lifted bis still uconscious burden into ft carriage. No; to tbo Palmer Houso." To tho hotel th"y drove, und securing one of the b. st room h be bod th ra .st skilled turgcous Called an I it nar.so engaged. Much of hittiiuo was spent at her bed side, uud when those sweet blue eyes Bret Opened imbued with reason, they fell Uxm lot) pate) Btndoai fast, of the young editor. For day s she was too WOOk to talk, but when siie r;rew strnnt; enough he told her ull. Hho then informed him that her mother und oldest brother wore dead, und her hus band having becomo unbearable, alio was living from him ill the time of the accident At the laat stop before it occurred, bo huv log conic iibeud of her i another route, had boaried her car. hail just found her und aworo be would UUI her when Ibero wus u crash us if He. .' a und earth wero meeting together, uml she kucw no more. Allen ascertained that hor aunt was now livin;; ut DajftOD, und lelegruphed her to OMM ut once to her injured niece. Tenderly aa u brother the rctiorter cared for her uutil Mile. Cumille came. Youth, health and 1 simng constitution wero on Bertha's side, and slio recovered very rapidly. When Ml'.e. Cumille cumo sho brought the little dumb boy, who was rejoiced to sec bis si.'.tcr und bis companion ou i liat long darn ride. Bertha's recovery was so rapid that soon ufter her aunt's arrival she was thought to be well enough to go home with her. When Allen OHM to bid her adieu ho suid : " 1 have one request to muke of you?" ' " What is it I" she askod. "That yOU pon&il mo to correspond with you." For a moment a look of pain swept over WW,!. "- at,;.-, THE SAME ANliEl. OftBaflW HE RIB LOVED SO LONG. the pule, lu'autiful fas, the golden l.end was Is'wed in thought, und she said: Wail until a y ear hus elapsed." "Not before!" "No. not before, but remember that I will ever hold you in grateful remembrance '' Their parting was simply as friends. Bertha looWl very pretty in widow's weeds, for aft insist. si ill Ws'iifimr niiiv in;; for the man who in bfe hud made her miserable. Allen Watted anxiously for tho hour when all restri -tions should bo removed. Sloan while he was boo ening one of the foremost newspaT men of the time. From reporter he had reached the (awn ion of city editor on one of the largest and most widely known dailies in CUoigft The year gone hy, Allen wrote, and in duo time received an answer. The correspond ence bOBOMO regnlur. and at the end of an other six mon tits a leave of abaence wus grunted the overworked city editor, who hied away to some place in Ohio. Beaching D.ton. he hires a carriage and orders the driver to take hun to Mile. Camille s. As the carriage draws up to the pretty cottage gate, there -landing by it awaiting hun more beautiful and youthful in appearance than when he had seen her on the bluff bathed in the gulden light of the setting sun, was Ihe aame angebc creat ure, whom h.- had loved so long. He sprang from the carriage. There being no barrier to check their natural im pulses, hert met heart in one long raptur ous embrace ciude came to shake the band of his f nond. and even Mile. Camilla could muster up sufficient Knglish for a de-lighlful,e,)nveration. VK- l Ljv i r . . i J . . r'u,fc. . ... miaainff Irom his ilesL ... - s;-au "IIIQ a that hi. aasoclatoa begun to wonder whut X th- cut.se of his protracted absence. Tho menagmg eJ.tor seemed to know the Oiuao. Ih .ugh he kept hia own counsel. AUaal Allen roturue I to hia ,-oat, bright, amilmgund happy. Luke, who wus now naked hun a If root many questiolis in re gard to Ins visit, ull Of which Allen evaded A few duya luter, however, when he me the c.tv editor on tho a'reot, accompanied bv the prettiest blue-eyed, golden hulred creature he lual ever seen, who wus intro duced to bim by hor proud husband us Mrs. Allen Oruv, light began to break in upnu bis darkened mind, and he thought he understood fully tho cause of Allen's pro tracted absence. A few weeks utter nis ni'iu """ turn to Chicago, Allen received a letter from Toiiev Barnes, uccompauied by a MB for which ho bOpel Mr. Oruy would T. -..Liioi,... T..n,.v .luted uuioiig other UI1IIU jmonnnu.. - itoms of news that Simmons und Htroiiif hu.1 ut lust succeeded in iinanciuny .u....uK ...t ... i . . , Tl... H'Mfrrn It'll lliltr Had SUS- pended several months before, and Miss Hopkins hud "married a widower over on the Island with nine children." Ho con cluded bv suving that the people wero ull ,.... from Tnrlev's Point, uud the III","'-, a .. . a . old et.me hotue on tlu hill bud long since been deserted. TUB BNO.J At a Southern Winter tteaort. "I'd rather lie in the moon than here." "Whyf "Bocauso there Is said to be a man In the moon." Ufa Bu.tli.g a "Corncfilenre. A woman yesterday stood at the writing desk In the corridor of the MlOfBoi with a pen in hor band ami a postal card before her Hhe was thinking deeply when a man np preached with a postal card in bis hand looked in vain for n kmi and finally said; "Slndam, are you going to use that pen for tbo uext live minutes!" "Yoa, sir," she replied. "1 am Just going to write to my husband." "And I am just going to write to my wife Curious coincidence, eh!" "1 don't know about that My husband ran away, and I have Just got his address and was wondering whether I should tell him to stay or ask him to come home " "By Uonrge, madam, but how singular My wife also skipaxl out and I was wonder ing what to say to her We are in the same boat. Shall we write 'Come borne, darling, or, '1 never wunt to see your face again' What u curious coincidence!" "Yes, 1 thiuk it isi" remarked a woman who came up la-bind bim 'Trying to make n mash, are you! This is the way you bunt for work, is itl Come homo with DM or I'll pull all the hnir out of your head and scratch that woman's eyes out I" Ho went humbly along In tow, and a news boy who sat on the window sill looked aftet the pair and soiiiiHpiizod "That's what I call busting a coincidence and catching u liar ut tho sume time. Hotter write for your durllng to return by tele graph, niu'am." Detroit Free IVess. A llorrllile Itcvpbltlon. She had advertised for the return of hor dog, and it was n long hnirod Bkye terrier regular valuable thiirnuglibred. The reward wan to be $10 A stalwart Celt came timidly forward and asked if that was the dog Being answered affirmatively and inid the reward, the affection of tho lady, who kissed and bugged hor MKr, dear, little darling, at tracted his attention and the following skir inish ensued . "Where did you find tbo darling!" "Small comfort would it do you, madam did I tell you." "But tell mo whilo I caress tho angel." "1 can't toll you. because you would not llko it" "But, dear, darling Dandy was Dandy cold!" "Sure, madam, I don't know I saw your advertisement in the wper and recognized bim tied to tho end of a long sbtick aud a woman washin' off winders wid him." Phil adelphla Press. Why We Celebrate Thit Month. One of the bright young teachers in the model department of tho normal school de cided recently tbat sho would interest her class iu the history of the home of the tree etc., by devoting a portion of ono hour to a discussion of tho renteuuiaJ celebration which Is to occur in New York on tho DUtb of thb month. As a starter she asked: "Now, who can tell me what it is that tbey are going t. celebrate in New York on the iWtb of thu month!" There was a profound silence among the children, but at last one little fellow put up his hand in a hesitating sort of way and said 1 think I know." The youth was encouraged to unfold the uuknown Information to the class, mid promptly said. "Why, it's Just one hundred years ago that Oeorge Washingtou grodu ated, and tbey are going to celebrate It." Albany F.xprcsa l ...ill Explained. . Cross F.xannning Counsel Now, Mr Brown, you say this Louis C Brown is a die taut relative of yours! Mr Brown-Yoa Cross Examining Counsel What relation is be! Mr Brown My brother. Cross Examining Counsel But you just told us be was a distaut relative. Mr Brown-So he is At preseut be is In China. London Pick Me Up Absurd! Wan! McAllister-Who Is this Anson that tbo nesiuiers are yelling about! Where does become from! Cituen-ilave vou never beard of Capt Anson, the leader of the great Chicago nine! Ward McAllister iwith lofty contoinpti Nine, did you say. Ouly nmel What ab surd folly to make a hero of ucbuu.unl Chicoe;o Tribune. Plga Id ihe Clover. Mrs. Brlggs- You can't get em in tbe pen can youl Mr Brigga-No, The pesky little things. There tbey go again. "Tboae ptgs remind me of you, John " "Whyr "Because they'd rather run round every where else than go huiiMj." Chicago Herold At the Sunday SrhooL "And oow, children." said ibe nipertnton dent, benignantly. -are there any questions -B w oa ueiurv we leave ihn lesson'" "How long did it take yoa to get all the pigs in tbe pen the first time you tried r m quired tbe aweet little girl oo toe fruut seal Chicago Tribune. wawlhlac Ttu Woolda t Uk Much. Managing Editor Ihd you prepare tnat artiela oo "Th intellectual Attainiueot ol the Pour Hundredr Keporter-Yea, atr ' Managing Editor-About bow much tparr will it omipyi .r-euortr- About rii Una. - Burling Wo THE AMERCAnT M in h Ainorloanese is noti ii i , - i . . . . mera r .,. ur eorruD,:K " evor w llko to call it -of ,, ' hi.. i, u , .. Ul me b. . ' these K,,r ti ,.. 'aunt , n ""-"ry. ur. Freom.. 7H ll a "....', , ., ,- llUinia, ,..., in som.) respects Am,,ri... newer irnin ourselv. . others they am ,. ,nsidei-7, " t Much thut Imsiliuu . ' S our OOietlet, ourlml,iuto7WK still survives lu th BtolM, sT? with tlio lanifuajfo As "Hi ffffitOT knows, much of It I, every Ulish atull.trntKcniJ '-Uj Old provincial forms, uW aJm old dialectical n 11.J0 1 i huvo becomo obsolete. . him . . or mas. 1 g-unsniH with us, hfttt kZ7 I fmhnatt in th.. nl.u, o . pi uj nnd thenco have spread overth nont -lo ipread in timooverth" A good deal Of what we MmJ koo rulgarUm is good, hoBW,7 Saxon thut mu ...i 4lft tion nnd books for centuri MiiylloworHiL'htuJ 11 perputiml "I guess" of the New J glwder is acasoin point, iitJ yeur ho was of ajre, I WeJs1 , IDA 'S, squyro' of tho Canterbury pUpjJTJ Hoseu Hi(flow would hardly haJJ tho phrase differently. Slmil.!! words a "ponrt" und "bra,B' "slick" and o,von "squirm," J strike us us specially riicy of the eW ore usod to this day in the coibS speech of the common people to on? em and eastorn England. Inthei! of that eminent philologist SamSy one may find mention 0f a perJk ing "smokod" thut is, made a tug, just on in Smollett and Fieldiwd others of our Inst century novelhu, k Amorican will use "sick" or "J just as their forefather! would u done in places where we ahould p.oy ... unu angry. Wo owe our cousins ttcertaiinoJ of gratitude for reclothing wiihj versational respectability manjolj highly-convenient words which y somehow dropped out and been placed by much loss direct and J less expressive substitutes. WbdU wo need be so much obliged to uaj for tho odds and ends which ihetln picked up everywhere and put jg current circulation is more queetioat ble. For tho American is the mct ooii.ow ill llnirumts Mo h'.a "tw,... feast of lungiiiiges and stolen scniDS." 'J'he aliuiL' of tho ('hiisw,,. ixi.n.ti.t.w li.tlf tl.,, 1 . i. . .'.....,..,., .... ...... .uu .ll.HUMUH or unci; ui nut uuti jvrvan loninieil I'l.Nllllll.l. ltllt. OOllll lltllltl of the I'm huvo contributed something to ii.... 'ri ii,u r i uioiii i, iiiuil- id ti iiiiiu rmoi; J ., , .. f..l , l;v.',i uein in u .mi ,u.a.i Ill m il ll- 1. il Ul LU&11UU II Ot'L t c .. .uu .i e j:. lan, Itsli&O) a hint at Chin v mtmothinir mure tbnn ii i . dnsh of the tongue of the red man. lu " 1 1 . ,. r. .1 1 1 . o- -. c. I'll tk.ro .in.ul.rum American laniruuifu -not unlike ta eoiiii v rotntii-ltiii.lo mixture out which In utto course the Americana pie is to be evolved. But at preae both the people and the language n in the proeoss of making, and i; . pretty certain that they will eibik more remarkable developments dill k. fore the manufacture Is completei- loudon 1 olograph. A RIDE OF TERROR. The Story Conner edwllha Hootlerr to inn's Mint. Ilalr. I,, n Into inn.. h"i' i.l villi! ll.'U iT correspondent Burdette asks: Say, apenkinn of Srlcnn' with a W: S sonic Itvirn.'il mi il ci.1 ini.n tell a leuw thing? Did ever isybody'l hutr turn MM slnxle nljjht from terror or grieV Tham ii,A I.,,, mi hmaBi nn.i p.iatipt. Yaanlaril Truth, w th a biir T. I womlur sometinioil hair tnrnlUbUS ness Is only lounain una Biou 's; . wouiu ..ao an uuui"inun'ti upon tho subject. A'e., a un. iiw .v.... .. ,.i,i " Ii... I tl, eilll IIIISWtT detto s question, home years ago . in i,.,i;nnt,i!u TH on h.isiness. ,1. 1 O ' 1 Ol O . I " 1 ' . ....... v.. III. on ixieril. u.u va,,ii. ...sw - . -1 a .1 iT.ill lO.llil IVIIU l,,wl..p,s...v D . . 1 . CK.la wno wus a meinour u n.o Indiana, Mr. John Coburn. He hi reached middle life. With m ruddy complexion and healthy M nnU vigorous stop unu oennuti mauiio.Ki, no u.iu uu bmuuuw. - 1...:.. - - Ul. U...w. K.,t imliefltlHl a ..till Ull HIS no. o. i .... ..... . Ui ai lotan luurscu.o o.i. a. understand how so youthful aft personal ut.pearanco should hare . . ... u; I'nrinsltT rcmurKitiuy nuiu- imn. a. mo, niter a very iigrueuoio " - a. . 1.1.. n nil acquaintance of several days to wily is .1, .nr. v-uuii. n, .... . a man a?, vou are snm.u. II IICIIU Ol Hltll . lie an-'" u. J u. IJ naaaraiM 111 "17. .1. '. iv.. mere im ii in ' - ' neetei wit . in v wniie nan - it to me as follows: "A few , 1 .L. ..... Y.. ...in. Uil HD1V " I. -S 1.1 HIV ...1.IU .j ..... . - ... i I ' . I mem oy carioaus ui me - . , . , - a i ..- 1 nau a train ot several . ..i. - had stopped on a side track to lumsnnir.ir tr.il ll lins.s. alio ou - l ... .Till ... .u.. , foot si.1 Ull Lirill.ll .11 INC uiua ... , and for sum" miles I nm" ne toot rroiu tailing on . . ,! .... ,., in., i woe re . mtisi nave uocu i . , l .. minleU crushed to death. .Mi strengm hautted. 1 thought i must u.e. .. not hnlil on anv lonirer. The tram stnitnt'd. I wus (liHt'uvrrtMj anu i I attempt (rei uu uie cur wito When I was rescued it was " snnw." Mv own hair almost end, like the fretful quills of I nine when Mr Cnhurii was tell' -.r i.; ...i...,., t...ith nit t ii' I jus nignt s nue. i uu.. -is yet living in Indiana, as ' tiis namo occasionally in politic lers. Jiuues A. Brigj;, It was a favorite thought ceit of the classical Writer! lewi wore divided into three classes: who themselves knew what the. to do; men, who did not th" Irnnw but whn nrn willin. V from others what thev should men, who neither Knew i learn from others what waA 7 them to da If one can not be the choice few who form the 1 thesfl thiw elnsH. he ought. l a .. . . . i lslnnir W w ewe mat ne mm nm --" ignoble many who form the Current Literature.