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EUGENE CITY.. OREGON.
ALONE.
My llf!"it forth lose alone
Th sklr are dark above;
All round I hear gray water mi
I Ala fur vnlhwl lore!
i' "0 lonely life that preisfth on
AcruM thoM wiu.li of years,
' ' Wbere are tb milillng- pllou fOM
Whona Is lb baud tbat steersT"
' Tb pilot tbf-jr art left behind
,' Upon yon Knldon rtrand;
i We drift brfnrc the driving- wind
. W cannot miw til land-
' Tbat land to whli-h w hurry on,
' Aetna tb aiiirrr ream;
Hon being dead, and aweet Lov font,
There I no band tbat steera.
Philip Bourk Marston In New York Truth.
Optical Lantern.
For exel uslvely parlor dm a good lantern
may be obtained for fill, which will give a
picture fl or 8 feet in diameter. Fort&one
may purchase a sclopticon suitable for um
Id mall ball and capame or proaucing
nlcture 10 or 12 feet HcroM. A sclopticon
of the highest rl, with nn oil lamp or
lime let. would cost 1100 or more, and
.would give n picture 8" feet in diameter at
dlatnnoe of 135 feet. A pair or scloptt
con u wd together for (liolvlng views
form a piece of apparatus known a a ste-
reoptlcon. , Prices of slereoptioons rang
from I'd to t-XJO, imhI a triple lantern, uaed
for fancy effect, will coot you from IISO to
1.000. according to tbe needi or Tour Dual'
Bern. For hail exhibition, however, the
low priced lantern doe all tb work of
high cla one, and a pair of good gift act
opticon mar be uaed very effectively la
dissolving.
About lantern screen. A clean whit
wall I an ideal (urface upon which to pro
ject a lantern ImaKe. Nexttothiatlghtly
drawn miulln iheet without wrinkle.
Paper with a dead finish make good
screen, but It Is spt to be lacking-In dura
bility. If it 1 desired to place tbe lantern
behind tb screen, a In the case of the
creen being In large doorway, with th
lantern in oue room and tb spectator in
the other, it ihould be stretched very tight
nd thoroughly wet to make It translucent
Tula plan, however, I do not recommend,
a tbe cloth will not permit all tb light to
paa through. Entertainment.
Bj ELIZABETH W, BELLA ITT,
("KAM1U THORP!,")
AtUhar of "Four Onkt," "UttU Joan
na," Eta.
(OenrlfhUtL All rlht ranem. fobttiad by
pedal arraaf eaient with In Blfortf Ompaay.
irs.
forgotten us.
believe him
changed!"
Winifred shuddered. " You are very
cruel," .be aiiiil, hoarsely. "If my father
would but have dipt. Fletcher here once.
just once, we inula find nuliie flew
"Winifred Thorne! I)o you not kno
that if four father were to bring that
man here your Aunt Pauline and jour
Coiuin Flora never would cross thil
threhold again? It U you who are cru
Thick of Aleck, killed at Chickamaugal'
CHAPTER XXV.
PERSUASION.
Glory-Ann wo tli possessor or "a
loose six bit," a ) termed the) itnull
floating capital of teventy-llve cent that
The tear sprang to Winifred"! ye,
"It In life that In cruel," she tM. sadly,
"JJut vou need not I nut-any. It is three
dava since Mom lice came to us w ith tl
new almut Krer Nicholas, ami 1 asked
my father vesierdny if he did not intend
- i - . . ...
did not fonu part of the hoard she cher- to see tapt. I IHclicr, but he nam i waa
hdied In the toe of a stocking; and with never to a- mm mat again. Ann i am
H,i. .! kh hirml a iihiIh wl.i. h li I but a L'irl. What ran I do but assault
miiiiMMHl with the aide aiuldle borrowed heaven with my prayers,'
from "Mis Myrtilla." and intheafler- Col. Thome had not wen fit to acquaint
novnehe set out alone for Thorne Hill, hi daughter with the fact thut Cupt,
Reins- minded, however, to Dav a visit Fletcher had written to decline the invl-
fb an oid arauaintanoe on the way, lm tation to visit Thorne Hill, conveyed in
dlrf not reach her dentinatlon until the that note tho colonel hal left with Mr,
next morning. She held a private Inter
view with Mixiry, a noon an the colonel
rode out to inect hi fields; and when
he returned, the old woman wa jogging
on her war lck to town. She had done
her part; it remained for Missy to man
age the colonel, If that were possible,
on Old Georgia laperatltlon.
Her I a contribution In the ihape of
oik lore goaslp a beard among tbe Geor
gia cracker. It I a aurvival or tbe old
Kngluib (uperatltion.
When it I ebb tide tbe lilt In a cat'
eye are horicontal; when It I flood tide
they are vertical. Kill a frog and It will
rain bard for three day. If a cock walk
In at the door, turn around and crows, he
announce a death In the family. Fota
toe will not thrive unless they are planted
In tbe dark of tb moon, and a child bora
at the full of tbe moon will be a boy.
If you open an umbrella In a house the
ouly person present will die, and the same
thing will happen if you bang a coat or
baton a door knob or a door bell. It It
not wise to et a hen during a certain part
of August, because the life of the world I
atlUloweat then. If two person going
band in hand meet mi ulxttncle which (II
vide them tbe one ou the left will go to
Jiell and the oue ou the right to heaven.
If you drop a pair of acissor and one
point sticks in the floor a visitor will com
from the direction toward which the other
legia extended. A child tbat baa never
een Its father can cure whooping cough
by blowing down the patieut'i throat. To
get rid of freckles count them and pnt an
fxiunl inimlK-r or pebble Into a paper.
Whoever steps on tbe paier will get tb
freckle. Atlanta Constitution.
' ? , Tb Npoetral Light
"Oue stormy night In October," said
well known railroad conductor recently,
"I was In mortal fear that the bridges, of
which there are a good mauy on the line,
would be washed away by tbe swollen
riven. Fortunately we passed nearly all
of them safely, but just a we drew near
tb last bridge 1 hapened to be crossing
from one car to another and noticed a
strange, weird looking blue light dancing
up and down in front of tbe train. I don't
know what possessed me to do it, but I
rang the bell and brought the train to a
stop. The engineer, brakeman aud I then
sot out to discover tbe cause of the light,
but It had entirely disappeared and not a
traos of It waa left. W went down the
track a far a the bridge, and fouud that
It bad been completely washed away by
tb stream, which waa swollen, only a few
timber remaining to bear evidence that a
bridge had once spanned the stream. We
were kept there for over two days, until
another bridge could be built, and, al
though the other trainmen laugh at me
for It, I earnestly believe that that spectral
blue light waa placed by a divine Provi
dence to save us from an awful fate," tit.
Louis Glob-Democrat
Th Village LampllghUr.
In some surhurban village the lamp
lighter make hi rounds lu a sulky. He
may not have a greater uumber of lamps
to light than his city brother, but It may
be that they are further apart, and to get
over the ground In time he must drive. He
doe not carry the inclosed torch that la
commonly used In the city, for h doesn't
need It; driving up uuder the lamp, he Is,
when standing In the sulky, high enough
above tbe ground to reach tbe burner, and
be light the gas with match. New
York Sun.
Th ray, or skt fish, ha a mouth set
transversely across it head, the jaw
working with a rolling motion like two
hands set back to back. In the jaws are
tore row of flat teeth, set ilk a mosaio
pavement, and between these rolling jaw
the flh cruabee oysters aud other mol
luaka Uk so many nuu.
Probably tbe liveliest railway junction
lath world la at Clapham, in England,
where the London, Utighton and South
Coast and th Iondon and Southwestern
railways eros. Between T o'clock In th
morning and 10 at night, 1,000 train pass
this junction an average of one every fifty
tour second.
Tb celebrated Erasmus, although a na
tive of Rotterdam, had such an aversion to
flsh that the smell of It threw him into a
fever. Ambrose Pare bad a patient who
ooold never see an eel without fainting,
ana aootoer wuo wouiu rail into convul
sions at tb sight of a carp.
Clouds consist simply of water divided
into mlnut globule or drop. They differ
in no essential respect from tbe steam
emitted by a lea kettle, or the mist and
fogs that 111 river valleys at sunrise. These
form of water are all produced in the
same way.
Sir William Siemeo's method of apply
ing lectrio light to grow flowers snd fruit
by night or on cloudy days has been em
ployed with good sticoas on board a West
Indian steamer to keep aliv exoUe rines
and other plant.
The Truckee RrpuUiran says lee men
have everything in readiness for the
harvesting of the ice crop whenever the
am 1 ripe enough to rut, which is not
likely U be lor a month yet. The pat
season ha been a good one lor the com
panies, snd only lUt 1,000 tons re
nisin ou hand.
Ton itrs eery erufl," ih mid, koariely.
Winifred was in the parlor, alone,
when her father came in, and It needed
but a glance to show him that some
thing had happened to move her deeply.
Her face was very pale, but in her eyes
was wistful look that made him un
easy.
"What Is the matter, Winifred' he
asked
Mom Bee has been here," she said,
after a moment's pause, and almost in a
whisper. Tli is did not seem to her at all
what she had meant to say, but she ut'
tered the first words that came.
"Well," said the colonel, with a smile,
have your own way about Mom Deo,
Winifred; make what bargain you like
to Induce her to stay. Provided you are
pleased, I shall be satisfied.
Winifred uttered a faint ejaculation
and clasped her hands. "Hhe has lieen
to see ine about Brer Nicholas.
The colonel started; his color came and
went in violent alternations, and lie sank
helplessly into the nearest chair. "What
does this mean?" he asked.
"Capt. Fletcher"
"And does he make a go-between of
one of my old slaves?" thundered the colo
nel, springing to his feet . "A meddle
some puppy I"
"No. father; it wo Mora Bee who went
to him of her own accord, for my sake."
The colonel sat down again, and Wini
fred went on to tell the captain's story.
Her father heard her without interrup
tion; what he felt she could not di vino,
for, the first shock over, his countenance
gave no indication of his thoughts.
"It must lie true!" she exclaimed, pas
sionately, when she had endnd. "What
will you do about it;"
Col. Thorne did nut immediately reply.
He could be as impulsive as Wiuifred
herself, hut he could not be confiding.
We have no assurance that Nicholas
still lives," he said, at last.
Winifred clasped her hands. "Let us
hope!" she whisierpd,
"I am very tired, just now, the col
onel sighed. "I will lie down until din
ner is ready."
"He does not care!" thought Missv,
bitterly. How was she to know that he
sought the privacy of his own room to
bide the storm of mingled emotions that
shook his very life? Ho would fain have
Nicholas at home again, but he could
not bring himself to say so.
hen he reappeared at dinner he waa
aim, and immediately afterward he
ordered his horse and rodeaway. Missy
supposed that he was going to see her
Aunt 1 uulino and I lora.
It was long past 10 o'clock that night
when ttie colonel returned, and it gave
him a thrill of unaccustomed joy to find
his daughter sitting up alone, to keep his
supper warm. At most did he hope that
she would scold him; but Winifred was
not actuated by anxiety on her father's
account; she had the utmost confidence
in his ability to take care of himself; her
object in sitting up for him was to win
his favor for her brother. What unspeak
able comfort it would have given her
could she but have known that he had
ridden to Tallahassee expressly to e
Capt. Fletcher; but her father did not tvll
her; he only bade her go hi bed. He had
had his ride in vain, for Capt. Fletcher
was away, on a long delayed visit to St.
Mark's, and Col. Thome preferred to wait
for an answer to the note he had left for
the captain before saying anything to
Winifred.
The news brought by Qlorv-Aun made
Miss Elvira very uncomfortable. 8he was
a creature of habit, and she had formed
the habit, in the past eight years, of liv
ing without her nephew. She had prac
tically forgotten him. Every hoiie that
Centered in him had died the dav she
heard of his marriage with Doeia Furni
val, and she could not see now that his
return, granting (hat he lived, was lo ho
desired, Indeed. Miss Elvira preferred
to believe him dead, since never, never
again could he ho the Nicholas of old.
(She had long persuaded herself that the
colonel would do his whole duty if he
made some provision ftw Nicholas in his
will; the proKpoct of having Dosia and
her children at Thorne Hill wa regarded
by Mia Elvira pretty much as she might
have regarded an invasion of the Bar
barians. "Vou don't reflect how tiroes are
changed, Winifred, she fretted. "And
there's no deuying that Donia cannot I
congenial; she isn't one of us."
"Let us find them flrst,"said Winifred,
reddening: '"all other question can be
settled afterward."
"How are you ruins to find themr
Miss Elvira asked, with urovokinir inoek-
Scott few (lavs More.
A week later Glory-Ann took up her
permanent alssle at Thorne Hill. HI
announced her willingness to accept the
house the colonel had otfered her, and
he was not backward in demanding the
cow and the pigs, nor did she hesitate to
hint that a few chickens, by the way of
a start, would be acceptable.
It would be hard to say just what it
wa that Induced Mom Bee to return.
She hail been heard to tell Chauey, who
wa temimrarily presiding over the
Thorne Hill kitchen, that "sence ma wster
could tek oh re of ole Dicey, he inought
jet' ex well tek care o Glory-Ann;' and,
also, she had been heard to declare that
she "woiildn' give a handful o' cow peae
fur dese young niggers o freedom what
had plum los track o dey manners;
but if her solemn assertion was to be he
lieved, her return wa prompted solely
by affection for "little Missy.' She in
formed Mrs. Herry, when she carried
back the side saddle, that she felt in duty
hound to look after 'Mat chile." The
colonel, she explained, being only a man
couldn't I expected to know how to look
after a girl; "en' ex fur Missle-virey
well. Mis Myrtilla, you know Missle-
virey am t got no succullation what
ever Glory-Ann might mean by that.
Thus settled again at Thome Hill, this
faithful nurse kept a sharp eye upon
"little Missy," admonishing that young
lady as she saw lit, and criticising her
visitors freely, for Missy waa "sweet and
twenty now, and had admirers not
few. But the right man was slow to put
in an apjieurunce, orGlory-Ann waslmn
to please. This one was stingy, that one
was wasteful, another had no manners
Ulory-Aim was exacting as to "manners'
and yet another hud no money, an in-
UHrahle objection, in Glory-Ann's opin
ion.
"I shall never marry," Winifred would
say, gravely. "I am not like other girls.
"No, dat you am t, my honey.
"I shall Hpent' my life for my Brer
Nicholas."
'Doi't you go promus dat too fas' now
chile; yo' time am' come," said Mom Bee,
with an air of prophecy that gave Missy
a vague uneasiness, remembering how
manv of Mom lice's sayings had come to
pans.
But something happened soon that
Moui Bee had never prophesied.
CHAPTER XX VL
AN I'NItXrKCTKD OUEMT.
.A
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All riyhl, iir," mid Ih colonel "H'aat
u your namtr
As Col. Thorne was riding homeward,
one day, ut noon, he was startled by the
sight of a powerful black horse, saddled
and bridled, hut riderless, galloping furi
ously in the direction of Tallahassee; a
little farther on, as he turned the corner
of the brier patch w here old Gill)eTtused
to gather sassafras roots, his own horse
shied violently, and the colonel was
hardly surprised to llnd a man lying on
the edge of the road, motionless, witli
his head against the obtruded roots of an
overhanging oak. nis face was hulden
by his iiosilion, hut his hat had fallen
off, revealing a well shaped head, and
fair, closely cut hair.
The colonel dismounted, aud lifting
the uncouscious head, discovered the
face of a stranger, a well dressed, well
made man, of Pwo or three and thirty,
perhaps, and unmistakably a gentleman.
lie revived, in a measure, a his head
wa moved (o a more comfortable posi
tion, and muttered, indistinctly, "Lost
my war."
"All right, sir, said the colonel.
What is your name?"
There wa an effort to answer, but Mie
voice died away in an iuarticulated murmur.
Col. Thorne, having made a pillow of
his overcoat for the stranger's head, re
mounted his horse and galloped back to
the field, w here some negroes were at
work, to order the construction of a lit
ter of pine boughs, uion which the in
jured man was borne to Thorne Hill.
A messenger was dispatcheO to town
i. ,lnt vour 11 was
t ...... . !. tiin, rutin I the shadows,
AUK IUHU ,1,1. '- . .
un,i ,.r.u.i.iirf:iori -Ann's withered hand
J. WiV arm. "Ie doctor
done come, honey." she said, in an awe
some whisper. ,
"Whcn?"eielsimel innreo,i- a
up in alarm,
m. vrf ami!. Tvnit a half hour ago
Fie come de short cut, en' is gone strei
..,.;r. k. An hack do'. Tell you, Mi
Winifred, honev. he tuk one look at dat
man. n he shuk hi head, en' Miasle
rirev, when she hear dat, ia plum gin up
wid'do headache. De grit o' de Thorne
was lef outen her makeup, you better
bullieve; dat hukkom I ain' tellin Missle-
virey what I gwanU'll you. Miss.VjCnue,
Hnn'i vnu know who dat upxtairs?"
"No," said Winifred, seized withavio
lent trembling. "I did not see; I could
not bear to look at him; how should I
IrnnwV"
"Hit's de Fed'ral geiuuian," Mora Bee
announced, in the voice of fate.
"Oh. Mom Bee!" broke from Willi
fred's white lips, a cry of mingled dis
muy, reproach and disappointment; for
one wild moment the oaseiess nope m
the stranger might prove to be Nicholas
had completely mustered her; it left her
faint and ill. Hliesank back in her chair,
clasping her head in her hands.
Dullaw, Missy," said Ulory-Ann, im
patiently; "thought you-wux gwan be
dot glad ter git HH-ech wid him 'long o'
MawseNick? , Tears lak you hates him
mo' fur a Yankee den you kin thank him
fur a f rieu'. I'm 'prisd at you; I is dat."
"Don't let him die," said Winifred,
rallying wilh a sudden sense of satisfac
tion that it had fallen to her father's lot
to cancel the obligation to Capt. Fletcher
on Nicholas' behalf.
Don't vou I no ways oneasy, said
Gairy-Ann. "Doctors gotaway o'shakin'
Miwla. that brraihes across the ool
. . . .a wind enreads along,
Wher tb drenched moonlight la not
strong,
Wher leaden rkiud and surge rolll
A heart who earning strlv and lull
l...b rf.rbnM, Ift on aOll
I ill U9 , .
Wher bclliles bopr mak moan, ana
throng.
Winged for a vain and shifting pari.
A ship, whose wsillug cordage sway
In tan wllh strslnlng, rl les spars.
. . .k !. ni,rl,i. between tbe days.
hoar with weathered
ran.
In leagiio on leagues of spray and has
Past bead lauds vague beneath the stars.
-Kdward Uc White In New York bun.
TIIE DOCTORS YARN.
I dou't suppose that there is in the wide
world a happier wife and mother than Luy
Dartmoor. I don't suppose that between
th four seas there exist a woman who Is
prouder and fonder of her husband and her
children, and she has very sufficient excuse
for her pride and her fotdnes. Dartmoor
Is a distinctly handsome man he is also a
distinctly clever man-and when tbe uuke
of Wetcountry said that Dartmoor, who
... hi son and heir, should marry and
settle he wa of course the great prlxe, the
"catch," of tbe season, and be roll to for
tunate Linda Verner.
Themnststr k iig peculiarity aoout ixim
Dartmoor Is his thoroughness. When he
goes In for a thing he does go In for It; be
b. tbe sort of man who feels, a the vulgar
old song said, that "he is bound to go the
whole hog or none." or course tie is n
genius, because he has the capacity for tak
lim an Infinite amount of trouble. He dis
tinguished himself at tbe university not
merely In the schools, but also on the river
and lu thecrlckct news, i uen ne iraveieu
through Central Asia with tbat very ec
centric personage, Captnlu unities, gen
erally known as Hadji Brittle, tbe great
dev heads; hit meks 'em 'iiear lak de orientalist And then he became private
know mo'n de do. He gwan git over it
honey; but it gwan lie a tough pull, I'm
keered
Dr. Lane now came in, rubbing his
hands, and G lory-Ann precipitately re
tired, to give her attention to the supper
table, seeing that Miss Elvira was inca
pacitated
"Well," said the Uoctos, brusquely,
here's a queer state of things! Suppose
rou ve no idea who your guest is? No
body less than that lankee, Fletcher,
whom your father declined to receive,
OdJ, isn't it, that the colonel had never
even seen linn.' Uood joke, en, .Miss
Winifred?" .
But Winifred did not even smile. "Is
he badly hurt?" she asked, gravely.
Pretty serious case; and Dr. Lane
went into details that Winifred could not
understand. "So, you see, you may have
lint on your hands for some time lo
come, lie continued, lu conclusion, mil
we'll save him, if we can, eh, Miss Wini
fred, though he is a Yankee?"
Winifred made no reply; but the col
onel, who had come in a moment before,
said, a little stiflly:
It is an unfortunate occurrence,
much to be regretted. We must hoie
that the accident may have no untoward
ending."
Look out, .Miss Winifred!" cried Dr.
Lane, laughing.
in if red was very angry. "There Is
no occasion to say that to me!" she retorted.
Well, I hope you won't find him an
insurmountably objectionable guest,"
said Dr. Lane, good humoredly. "He is
friend of your aunt s, I understand,
colonel?"
Yes," the colonel answered, still with
stiffness; "but under the circumstances
any man would be entitled to my hoepi
tality, sir.
This wac a sentiment in which Miss
Elvira fully concurred, though she was
ismayed beyond measure when she
learned who wax the guest an untoward
cideut luil sent to Thorne Hill. "It is
really a gr-nt embarrassment," she la
mented to Winifred, "Of course, your
mil Pauline and Flora can't come to see
ti now.
"It Isn't a matter of choice to have
Capt. Fletclier here," said Winifred, with
an impatient sigh.
That is true," Miss Elvira agreed, in
tone of relief. "We had, indeed, no
choice; it was altogether providential."
This view of the situation she repeat-
to Mrs. llieodore Scott, who called
e next day. It had been Mrs. Theo
dore Scott's deliberate choice to have
Capt. Fletcher at her house, Miss Elvira
reflected, with a comfortable sense of
perioritv.
Mrs. Theodore Scott, with heightened
color, hastened to assure Misa Elvira
that she likewise had had no choice; site
had extended hospitality to this soldier
the northern army from a sense of
utv.
"I know very well that people have
lought hard of me," she said, tearfully;
but the man was ill; he came to Talla
hassee for his health, and her he was.
for his dear mothor's sake; and this I
cau say for him he is a gentleman."
Of course," said Winifred, crisply.
My Aunt Winifred's friend must be a
gentleman."
If It had not lieen for the war!" Mis.
Scott exclaimed, with a bitter aigh. "As
husband says. Capt. Fletcher hw
come too late fer the old timet, and too
soon for the new, Mr. 8cott. you know.
dear Mis Elvira, is such a sufferer from
that wound he received at Shiloh hardly
ever leaves the house, and the captain is
kimlahotit playing chess with him.
Of course we avoid all discussions of the
war, and so I would advise you to do,
Mis Winifrnil "
fil among strangers. And his mother
was my friend, dear Miss Winifred," she
continued, addressing herself to the
young girl, as to a more sympathetic
listener; "whut could I do?"
"You know best, of course, Mrs;
Scott," said Winifred, coldlv.
"Yes, she was my friend!" Mrs. Scott
to summon a d.sjtor, and to leave at the i ff', ;U1' wm,e. "periiy, fee1
hotel a statement in writing that an un
known man had lieen found uncon
scious, on the road near Thorne Hill, aud
carried to Col. Thome's house.'
Nothing wa found on the stranger' I
person to give any due to his identity, !
i.... i . 1 1. . . . . i , . . r i
oui nan ne come neraiiieu uy iiiiiinpeach-
that she had not received the hearty in
dorsement she had Itoped for from Win-
irred. "I was a poor, friendless little
thing at school, and Adelaide Hardy,
who was a good deal older than I, wa
always my champion. And this was
Dot all; her father was rich and mint
able introductions he could not have 1 'M 110or' " WM turoun ner kl"d
been made more welcome. Mi Elvira i neM aml 1,,,erality ,l,at I' enjoyed ad
bftdirred herself with er nl.-rl.r i I 'antage I could not otherwise have had.
havear(H.miMitinrea.liiH:thecidoi,eli8ha .ir,,0'1 now. but I don't forget all
Nicholas is either dead or he hu 'u 1,0
gave his prraonul attention to his iiucoii
ciou- guest. Using such skill as he poa
eased for his recovery; while Miy,
watching at one of the front windows
for the doctor, who die thought would
never come, sighed to think that tln-re
waa su little she could do. '
A thus she sat ulone in the fast gath
ering glm of the wintry evening, her
thought wandered away to her Ion;; ab
sent brother, who himself lad been a
sufferer among etranger. Alue! where
When hlmuld sIih see liiiu
Me is dead now,
she did for me."
"No," said Winifred, "you could not
forget that." She rose and moved rest-
i leely about the room, and at last came
and stood beMile Mrs. Scott's chair, she
felt a Arong, incomprehensible impulse
to stoop and kiss that lady, but she re
sisted it.
"I am a southerner, aud I have the
sentiment of a southerner," Mrs, Scott
continued, with some excitement, "a
CauL Fh'tchrr knows; but I receive him
TTO UK COSTtM U.
secretary to Lord Grindstone, Lord Grind
stone waa reported to have killed several
private secretaries; but no amount of work
was too severe for young Dartmoor. He
kuew perfectly well that bis career as the
future head of the great bouse of Weet
couutry was necessarily politics.
lrd Dartmoor wa a fluent speaker and
a bard worker, and he quite understood
tbat as Lord Grindstone's private secretary
he would be initiated into tbe business of a
practical politician, and learn all the tricks
of tbe trade. He bad two years with Lord
Grindstone. Then he entered the bonse as
member for Clodworthy. He had attended
far too often, both in tbe house of com
mons and In another place, a Ixird Grind
stone' private secretary, not to under
stand all about the forms of tbe bouse; aud
he was a glutton for work, and members
were continually proposing to "add the
name" of the member for Clodworthy to
this committee and that committee.
Linda Verner was one of the belles of
the London season when she became en
gaged to Lord Dartmoor. That was noth
ing more than her right, because Miss
Verner was really very beautiful. She
was ouly eighteen, but she was atraight as
a dart, her figure well developed, aud her
complexion clear; her hair, which was the
color of the ripened wheat, waa genuine
aud plentiful; and as for those tender blue
eyes of hers, as we say in my profession,
"they accelerated the cardiac action." I
am uot going to describe her in detail; it is
perfectly unnecessary, because you always
see Lady Dartmoor's photographs in the
shop windows, and her portrait by Paris,
H. A., was the picture at the academy
seven years ago. I waa her family doctor.
When she married Ixird Dartmoor I
think that the poor child was a little dis
appointed, because, though it was an abso
lute love marriage on both sides, yet Dart
moor bad so many irons In the political fire
that be could not give a proper amount of
attention to his beautiful wife. You see
he was a member for Clodworthy; he had
just been made an under secretary of Btate;
and what with the affairs of his constitu
ents, and the affairs of the nation, and his
determination to be a great political suc
cess, the man, though he loved and hon
ored his youug and beautiful wife, really
had not time to cherish her or make a fuss,
his business engagemeutAwere so very nu
merous. Of course, the beautiful Lady
Dartmoor went a great deal Into society,
and she was even more admired as Lady
Uartmoor tbau she had been as Linda Verner.
Captain the Honorable Reginald Black-
adder, generully known as Adonis Black
adder, was a professional ladykiller.
Young Blackadder had lots of money, and
when I say that he was a sort of Lovelace,
with a daub of Casanova, you can under
stand the sort of mau he was. He was re
ceived everywhere because he was ex
ceedingly well connected, hut he was a
distinctly duntreroUH man and a libertine
by choice. His complexion was of an ivory
Ilka pallor. Women always admire tbat;
they forget that It Is usually produced, as
In Captain Blackadder's case, by dissipa
tion and late hours. Women suld that "he
waltzed like an angel;" men looked upon
bim as a conceited numskull. He did
waltx like uV angel, and he was a conceited
numskull, and a thorough good kicking
would have done Captain the Honorable
Reginald Blackadder a world of good.
But it is difficult for an injured father, or
eveu an injured husband, to administer a
thorough good kicking to an officer in the
Guards who stands six foot one in his socks.
For a year before her marriage Captain
Blackadder had paid Linda Verner marked
attention, but Miss Verner gave him no
encouragement; after ber marriage the
captain's attentions became still more
strongly marked. He danced with her as
often as possible, and women liked to dance
with Reggie Blackadder. ' He would talk ,
to her in whispers about nothing, and
most women felt a profound satisfaction
In monopolizing the attentions of so hand
some a man as Captain Blackadder. He
played the very strongest card that can be
played in the game of fascination, and
posed as Lady Dartmoor' friend.
Lord Dartmoor did not trouble himself
one jot about the fascinations of Captain
Blackadder; he merely looked upon him as
an aB an ass who talked well, who danced
welL If he could ouly have pretended to
have been a little bit jealous all might have
been well; but Dartmoor had not time for
Jealousy, much lees for shamming it.
When be could escape from the house, if
he bad time, which he very seldom had, be
would drop in at the ball or carpet dance,
at w hich his wife might be engaged, and
dutifully drive home with ber, as a hus
band should; but he was generally so tired,
poor fellow, that he dropped off to sleep
before they got to the house.
It was at this time that I was called In
professionally to see ljuly Dartmoor. 1
had known her all her life, you see, and I
wa (upposed to understand her constitu
tion, bhe complained of loss of appetite;
there was considerable mental depression.
I prescribed tonic and change of air. She
took the tonics, but Lady Dartmoor de
dined to leave London till the season was
over. At his lordship's desire I saw Lady
Dartmoor every day. At first she was not
inclined to bs confidential. I suspected
that there waa something on her mind, and
I Implored ber to give me her confidence.
After a while she (lid no. Her a-nevam-
was thut she fancied her husband neglected '
ner. in vain I poiuted out that a man In
Ixrd Dartmoor's position, aa tbe beir to
the dukedom of Westcountry, aa tbe mem
ber for Clodworthy, as an undersecretary
of state, naturally had bis bands pretty
full.
"Dr. Swansdown, he baa ceased to love
Aie," said Lady Dartmoor. Ldy Dart
moor wa getting morbid.
"Lady DArtnivur, you uquJ4 pak
One night I wa sent for suddenly to see
Ily Dartmoor. Sh. wa suffering f nun
.sudden attack of brain fever, evident ly
brought on by lutein excitement. There
wa a good deal of wllddelirinm.and Iwuly
rv. ,,l clearly something on her
mind She bad bad a violent fit of hyster.
M mt I ..ilV I HHll! t't III" P " " - - "
her mother. Mrs. Verner; 1 warned her not
... i... her ibiiiL'hler's bedside for an In
stant "In your daughter's uie, my dear
madam," I said, "you must take no notice
whatever of any alsmrdille she may utur
In her raving." 1 directed that nooue but
.i....,r. and Mra. Verner wa to enter
i .h,i v D,.rt moor's room.
I live in Hurley street. There Is no gar
den to my bouse in Harley street. The fact
f ikr. heliurno garden to my house in
Harley street is a great trial to Maria, who
I very fond OI nowers, nut, nun u'mu tin
pin's wife, she bus a frugal mind. Sin
H.u. not buvher flowers at the florist's
.i.. .i,.u with the barrowmen in the
street. She doe not pay in cash; she
"swaps" my old clothes for floral treaa
ures. It Is no use my remonstrating with
Maria-she will do It.
Two days after the commencement of
Lady Dartmoor's Illness my wife rushed
into my consulting room. "Oh, Ananias!"
she cried (Marlu is very fond of me, unit
she will call me by my Christian name),
"look what I have found." Theu sh held
out a magnificent three stone runy ring.
I recognized the ring at once; It was Lady
Dartmoor's.
"Ananinsl" cried my wife, "I got rid of
yourold shawl dressing gown today; I bur
tered It for ferua. One of them actually
came out of tbe pot, it waa so dry, pool
thing; and between the pot and the eart h
waa this beautiful ring."
1 congratulated Maria, and I took charge
of the ring. When I called professional!)
upon 1-ady Dartmoor tbat day her mother.
Mrs. Verner, wa very much depressed.
"She ha been raving all night about
Captaiu Blackadder and her ruby ring
doctor. She seems erfectly conscious
now, but site does nothing but shed teius.
doctor, aud sture at her left hand. And,'
added Mrs. Verner dismally, "her rub;
ring is missing, Dr. Swansdown."
Then 1 went up to see my patient. Sli
waa perfectly sensible, but her ineuUil de
predion was intense and tears were flow
ing freely from her lovely eyes. I got ri(
of Mrs. Verner on some pretext or ot her
Theu I stooped, and, pretending to pick I
up from the floor, I banded ber the ruii.
ring.
"Oh, Dr. Swansdown," she cried, in i
voice of genuine gratitude, "then It wn
all a dream u dreadful, dreadful drean
I must tell you, doctor," she cried lu he
excitement; "I must tell you. bouieuody,
she said "somebody who shall lie uaue.
less has beeu ersuudlng me for ever s
long that Dartmoor neglects me, and
dreamt a dreadfully vivid (Ileum, D.
Swansdown, ami I thought 1 was sure lb.,
my dream wum a reality, for I had lo
my ring; and 1 dreamt that when 1 w
silting out with him in tue coiiservatoi
at Ludy Doublechiu's ball the other nl;,'l.
he asked me to elope will) him thut uihi
At first I indignantly refused. Then ,
dreamt tb.it 1 hesitated; I told blm t
leave me; that if 1 consented I would pi.
the ring in a flower pot that held a fer;
which was standing behind us; and then i
dreamt and my dieani seemed real, doc
tor that 1 made up my muni that Dart
moor uo longer loved me, aud that I pl.icei,
my ring in the flower pot, close to the educ
aud that just then Dartmoor apieaied ti
take me home. And theu I rememlM'i
nothiug more until late last night. Auu
then 1 fouud the ring was gone; and, oh'
Dr. Swansdown, 1 loathed myself.",
"Calm yourself, calm yourxelf, my dear
young lady," I began, with a geuial, pro
fessional smile. "Late hours, my deur
Lady Dartmoor, late hours and Ixmdoti
air have much lo answer for. It was a
lucky thing, though, that you fouud your
ring; and now your miud is thoroughly
disabused of the um monstrous halluci
nation. You must try to dismiss these
ridiculous ideas from your mind. Ah! we
are much better this morning, much bet
ter. Are we uot, Lady Durtmuorr 1 said,
with a smile that was childlike and bland,
to Mrs. Werner, who just then entered the
room.
I did not tell Iyord Dartmoor how very
nearly the happiness of bis youug wife's
life had been wrecked; but I ordered t he
Durtmoors off ou a voyage rouud the
world; and they started withiu the fort
night iu Sir Joliu binnacle's big steam
yacht, which Dartmoor purchased.
When I got home 1 told Maria that I bad
lost the ruby ring, and I added that I did
not believe that they were rubies.
Oh, Auauiasl" cried Mrs. Swansdown
in her just Indignation, "you are a perfect
fool!"
What became of Captain the Honorable
Reginald Blackadder? Why, Jamac, the
French deputy, spitted him upon the sauds
of Blackeuberglie because be was a great
deal too attentive to Mine. Jamac, aud he
died upon tbe field of honor. Serve him
right, the beasM They manage this sort of
thing so much better lu France. St. James
tsuugeu
A Black Silk Petticoat for Two Dollar.
A black silk pcttieuat, trimmed bund
somely with black lace, is a luxury thai
not every womuu can afford wheu Ihe
prices of them rang from twenty to thirty
dollars, and even more. This hi how one
was made, and a beauty It was at tbat, for
two dollars.
A young woman started out with ten
dollars to get the long envied article. She
went from shop to shop; nothiug quite
suited her, and It seemed such an awfu,
lot to give for the flimsy things, with theii
poor lace and pinked ruffles, tbat were sei
before ber.
So, giving up in despair, she took th
elevated home, aud gliding over tbe Brook
lyn bridge a waft of fresh air blew an iden
into ber wearied brain. On getting honu
she found an old red silk underskirt which
she had intended to be knit up iutou
woveu portiere. On another dress was an
old black lace flounce, which, with spoug
Ing, pressing and darning, was made iie.-irl;
as good as new, while the red silk skirt wm
going through tbe dyeing process. Tin
two were put together, and for two dollars
the sum for dyeing, she had a much prei
tier petticoat than any she bad seen for tri
dollars. New York Evening Sun,
A New Drama by Duma.
A comedy on which Alexandre Dumas
has been at work for more than a year is
now approaching completion. Last win
ter the brilliant dramatist spent several
weeks at Monte Carlo, where he watched
intently the operations of the gaming ta
ble, and it ia conjectured tbat the casino
will figure among the scenes of the forth
coming piay, but it is not likely that hi
Monte Carlo will equal bis father's Monte
Cristo in general Interest.
A aeeker aftr piirintiB unit !itM innwii
facts ha discovered that all tbe president
of the United States save William Henry
Harrison bail blue eves.
Knew the Sex.
Good Minister I am exceedingly crrat-
- o- o-
ified at the wonderful increase in the at
tendance of men at onr Wednesday, Fri
day and Saturday evening prayer meet
ings. For the past three weeks the
chnrch has been thronged with men.
His Wife It's honse cleaning time.
New York Weekly.
Mrs. Harrison is said to be very fond
of the Bible, Washington Inring's works
and the poet of America. She prefers
old books to the current literature, and
reads none of the new novels and rery
few twriodicala, ,
H(W TO
A GERMAN PHYSIC
n. sp.., f MaTTr '
Tha, Ar. v. c.kJ
A mane Pnni. . - Ul
- nn, rM, tv
B.ln, CI..B,-f,i"'
"'r-Hi
I'lHty of . bald b"
IwldneMlsipro.lncTnfcv
According to thl svt, i
nfhalrle.seUBp "!,
men. la cfvillj,!
every anthrolcgi
sumption by examining
kind. Thsoldliol1"
the bald head hwT
when they only Nd ha7Ni:
with a shining PM ,W,I,
If bald new (, ,,.B ,
thins "devomi. . wta,
rform a niihlie
this con.lltlou can ,.?
vnn..u,.,m. " . 06 "Weill i.
..... ,1E peop,, wll( , n
uurauvice in on er tn iU.l r.i
thus keep their hair mu.
".pmiewaionwag--?,
our wisdom. mwt.,
ouradvi:,nor,le;tod0llbp,:
Before enumerating th..
bald, It may be ltur to ,
regarding tbe necesHlty of ...
Dlisb that end rv.
there was no art In beJ
time aud age would aov,7i,M
slderatura without other iu V
lu the course of time." sidT t
teeth, our hair and our Ideu . l
Tbatmaybetn.efsr,,, f
idea are coueerned, but - aL
depend upon liming our j".,
many aged men with heavrh-Tl
Tbe hope, therefore. th.i '7?'
one halri I ilu,u. til
. ,c,
Ppnuini u-twi lnnn t .
- ,wm lor nwt r
ture must resort at once to
It Is not even noHsihli. ,i . 1 V
of hair after sickness, as it JS.
again when health biu retiirwift
accomplishes other result
EFFECT OF HEAD covriB. I
The first good rule is to kl)
warm. In summer If yon wiiu1?
bald do not wear a straw b. ft
hij, ici, juui uenugear DCIftfe,
hst. a derby or a stovepipe. ,
....utoniuran Walk hi
at all times of tbe year do ut s? ,
a fet or an oil cap. Women .l.
bats do not wear off tbt ku J
cuuuku, may accoinpilnl tbatadii.r
heavy switches of fnlse hair. '1
A roll of false hair will work s, J
rapidly than a fur cap, M
fall out by the hundreds wbn fr.l
heavy enough. The beloved aijh,l
dear to our grandmothers, li it J'
recoiiinieniieu also I US Mlmt i
llcer and policeman is also i
ventlon. t
What Is the effect of these kaii
ingsr i uey make the bead p.
Moisture is the demlly enemrcit
the temples and the back of tktl
the neck, usually untouched bfit'
and caps, it is seldom that oust
Dess On the other hand, tbe bij
falls out on the parts of the mi ri
are covered. A Iwlil ring often ml
position of the hat or cap, l
As perspiration destroy! tbe k
quentuseof steam bathiuttkj
recommended. The liabitueigf ikt
I T...M.I. I.., I..... .1.
lull nuu luminii uauis vau MVW.I
without exception, beautiful U
As stated above, moistura b tit
enemy of the bair. Consequtttlt.i
when one is in bathing or iwimu
praiseworthy practice. Tlitdck.4
more effective. I cannot pm;t
greatly. f
RAPID MEAN'S EASILT AT Hil f
The custom of many wnmeiof w
their wet hair todry in theaitilstc,
to be mentioned here. Tot soitu
mains longer iu the hair whei illw.
dry, and acts accordingly. Themis
practice of washing th head it ii
thing also. A comb with modern
row teeth will clean the head If (n
used. i
However, as It does notdestrej ik
rapidly enough, It Is advisable tt 4
frequently. Ellinger has proted'm'
tist ical reports that eightv-artt'r
buudred fortunate posessorolli!
have been accustomed to tubs;;
balr from early childhood, Tlii
encouraging. .
The various hair water, to"
modes, coloring substances ud f
ventious of the barbers ind ri
must be considered also. Un!'
praiseworthy. The pomadem
accomplish their purpose in"'
The warmth of the head nuke l'
cid and sticky. The scalp ,
tated and makes washing mco!
other cosmetics for the hair w"
sonouR chemicals. .
The fluids for coloring tbe
stance, are made almost to
part, of salt of lead, which rt
sons tbe roots of the nalr.W
body In the course of rime.
supposed to aid the growth
usually admirably adapted to
biU tbat may be left on the be S
"comdinq, BitcsnisQ, onV
All pulling, tearing, fu7'
g of th. hair aids it in fa ltog;
ommeud, therefore, the M
hard brushes, such as steel W" f
young dandies who "curry " ,
every morning with
the course of the day comb tb s
ever they see a mirror, aw w ;
road to baldness.
That is also true of wV 6
their hair to be combed by odpb ,
ant Asto combs, thos. .
teeth are the best, as they ww f
tbe doxens. Rubber eon i,
yantage in making the baiMiy.
In that condition it often h- 1
handful. ..i.tottii!
Slngeingthebalrcauseslt
The use of curling P!' ".Vj
The Principal thing i
the balr to rest. BaM" -Jrt
Tbe use of hairpins T1i t
The hairpins keep the bw or. .
Jure It In the sains; "!JS f
Dr. Alex WlnckkHn I
rn. In To- J
A town warrant was r
school house door in a
recently ordering. .town
Issue therein suited, r
it, added among the arud v
ing. "And to see how mart
appropriate to have Jim
meaning a well knownM;
bair had never been cut '
read by the moderator i
with the rest, "
what acUon would bs ttf
k discovered anything
there himself, and It J .
do to keep him from eleanwi
Hellas io.j m- j
Strike penetrate w
all kinds of profession-
ing girls in a 01
Bengal, have tr"ctkll(.7pnr,W
curtailed some of the ' i ' ;
there is a lawyer stn
provincial town near i
a dispute with the
courts. . " f
"I am sorry to le i
aaldthesvmpathinng ,
girl who bad come m .'
abed!" ,. , lhtij
"Not quit." KfSzLa,
"Sb'sJuakk-u"
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