ir nwfigM, m, w. m. HMntr
LIU tfrop of btood It raatrt t
,th botton f tb iprtnv
Jn wMa a ny of ltrht foua4 tt
, " M ta tt slow- Urn lurM
mt "I MBl MM It out.
Niimr. u 1m turnffl teaUy on kirn baok
an4 itNtehM oat him Ug to tK tlMuu
- NsrtMor m the rrwotoadwt of
Bu FmneioM dtfn Md hwi boon o-
. uui o low titer water war Um
vine ob Minw a load ompasr
' tbt aottiora at cho vppor n4 of Antolopo
- mlltv. Thlo vbIIot koalas anonM' tba
" foothUlo of tb Callforate eaaat ratao
ana vldotia out until- tt aioMo a-tu
horMheo ranee that autbo feKlIo th
oil with Hm vattrahea, Borond It la
loat la tb aToat Mojowi aart that
atratcbM to tho oaatwat
Barrol oprini, befldo which Nerlmor
natod, ta'a, natural wail la a rocky ria
: that marka tho upward trend of tho land
toward tho foothUla Tha almoat droa
lar month of tha wall la a larca aa a
. harnl la round, h'aneo Ita nana. . Tha
v rooky walla wldan out aa d6a a envara
to a dapth of navan or altht foot and
parhapn tha anmo dfatanea'aoroaa at tho
. bottom. , Tha aprtnt (lvaa out lh
abnadanea, and tha wall ta atwaya full,
but never overflows, tho surplua water
aeaplnv throuah the eraTlcea at the top
' and making- rich with verdure, a wide
- apace of the rather atertie eott that husa
the sMiand of rock and aand. -
A few' yards from tha aprlmr otoed
an mbandonwo ' adoba. Tho weathOr
baatcn waita were mtaot. but tha raftera
of tha roof vera bar of tttaf and tha
' dnora, window framea and. Inner wood
work had Ion ainoa bean uaed fop fvl
. needy aaatpara ,
By eoaM sort of oeeuK mtal fmlaulua
the red drop In the earlac and ha old
adoba beeama tainted in Nerlmere nt1nd.
ana aa no mmixi aim norw iw wiw im
. 19 mllee of hts Jeurnr ha waa impreaaod
with a belief that aoma Uaaa and dome
; how ha would Unravel the nyatery which
Aa felt donneeted tha ruined adoba and
the lurid beam la tha apring; .
" ArHvinp; at hie deatlnatlon MarfmaP
found that the trouble he had bean aent
to InveatlaatA waa en tha eve of an
amicable aettlemenfc The Bpokeamaa
of the etuf Waa one Jaapen aa In
i telliaent rancher, who had lou baaa ta
"the valley. - ..v
1 Jasper at one oottonad to Nerlmer,
-and tha day after tho latter a arrival
' ' . ' ll1"-' ' , 'V, ",Mtli" 'I ' i ' r ',7 r, ',' ' "" irV,''"i,"' j, ' " ' ' - ' "'."''"' . i i " '" i' ' i ' r i , asanr
Baveyard in tag Denver o. "
M3RB than M years ago aa aa
ceUpnt and gifted wotfnsn abada
her name in a '" oa tha
banks of th otemao In
Georgetown. The seene- was rural and
romantic, mad so by the beautiful river
and the grove-oevsred and vine-clad hma
of that vicinity. It fra eid auch aur
V rmmdtngs U t ini Dorothy BUsg M
vltte Bou thwart a wrote more than If
, novels and made g nam that w an
American noueehotd Word. tvr was
there writer mors loyal vlrtuaj
never a healthier hatred of aneann -u
- and iniquity thsa she inculcated, hoe
; . never failed to reward the good, gnd
. she would not suffer the ultimate tri
umph of th wicked. She loved Juetio,
snd meted It out to the righteous and
y depraved with even band, and to aoh
aeonrdtng to ht deaerta.
Th moat charming rove story hi SH
letters Is the ooortahlp and marriage of
Boas end Ruth, the alliance between the
- boueee of Bllmeleob and Moabw Thougti
Jt wa real 11 shames the YaaJIstie
school." Bslsae bad transcendent genius
. and we mut rank hm above bmtt
, : of the Bag. h school, or Hue of the
y ranch, or t ethe of the Oermaa as a
. man of profane letter. l-rerlor nly to
ghaftesaeare and Osrvtes; bet he al-
waya leaves bed tar- - n your mouib.
He was etemauy mu mg when It
' would have been J easy to save,
and he dispensed volu. f misery thn
, he oould Just aa wall b a made tomes
of happiness. Noboc v it maaaan
; would hav Written ' 'n 13 r
"Couafn Pens." but 1 v
Titanic m n. I a 1
Waverlay a -eis at, X will rr tt
. "Wuantia Durward" ha b- a s i
Jlmea waste st Ronan's Wi" bee
. read once. Where Is the boy o m
not resent that unnecessary mu
tain Marryat perpetrated la tt d m
ef th hero of his " sxosueMt
story of "The Klnefg Own t
Mrs. Bouthwerth was of th romantic
- school. Bne no more believed in the de
' feat of vlrtneVthan she believed In a bad
breakfast, and If your appetite la poor
- take down one of her nnvela and read
- how she aarved breakfast, ghe will
Immediately aumulate your imagination
said "to him. "xl yon want a story fat
"Go ahaadV satd Mertmar. '
' "Toa see that adoba there." ooatlnjMd
Jaaaor, nointlna to a tine baolenda tn
the foothills half a mile away, "that
batons to Don Bajnon, a resnlar
bldaiso, sad aa rich', and aa proud aa
they make-them. Ha' owns hundred of
aeree of land ana hie oat tie rah into the
thouaanda. And for all that bVa tha
moat miserable man I know ef. Mow, if
Z loved a woman and loat bar X wouldn't
lot that break me all up, but Don' Ramon
did. Ton eoa, when lie waa about If,
that la If years ao. tho youns; Don
married a. pretty girl, whoee name waa
Conch Ita. Aa soon aa mSTriad they went
to live la the adoba at Barret prtnc
which tao old Don had built for them,
"Juac Vwe week after tb nurrlace
Canohlta disappeared; Xt was held that
aha eloped with a former admirer.
Whether ah did or not la a matter of
conjecture, but It ' la certain that Con-
oblta waa never heard of aanln. The
young don hunted hie wife's flamea and
klltad htm. bat 4ld not fhMt tote bride.
The eld don died la time and Mt very
thins to Don Ramon. .The. latter never
married again, and haa lived a sort of
hermit life ever elnce Conchtta left hi at
Ha never omea wito the settlement, and
the only person eloa to him la old Joe. ,
who has been with him for a lifetime.
Jena Is very dovotod- to ht -master and
doea not talk much, but X reckon you
oould set the whole atory out of him
with a bottl of mescal do Toraaiiia be
twean you." ' 1 .
"Whw aj t'flad Joaer aaked
Mertmer. ? '. ; -v, ,
'there be is now," ahawered Jasper,
pointing to aa old bat satire mestiao.
whs -waa entering- the nly drlaUnp;
place tho settlement boasted. ' i.
Meiima foUowed the eld servant sad
engaged In sonvereatlon with him. A
bottle st tha old man's favorite tipple
was ordered, and Nerlmer piled his art
as an interviewer until ha got m fully
the story of Don. Jtamons wrong: nd
sorrow.
Ahi yon should hav eeen OonehlU
on the day of the woadg," said Jose.
'he waa beautiful. - Her Mua satin
bodios and srimaoa silk sktrt war ef
tha ffneat tsxtur and her white reboso
of Aleneon laob that had been worn by
Donna ftamoa m Spain was worta s
thousand head of cattle. Then her neck4
Iaoa of tllaaren Tolteo void, her ellver
and yeu dan almost taste the eoffee, the
toaat, the biscuit, the eajte. the chops
ang the chicken. Mr Btow was s
W"nau-of a single book, but Mr South
wung was What Donn Piatt sateY she
W-the first American novelist.
December SI. 181s. was born In thei
District pf Columbia Emma Dorothy
Bliss Nevttt. g wa eduoated by her
atepfnthsr, J- "lab 1 Henshsw, snd waa
graduatad ta , bafor she was la, snd
thus must have evinced g remarkable
precocity aa welt a tha wonderful In
duatry that eharacterlssg her maturer
years. Biaeors the was out af her teens
in Uught In tht publla eehooU ef
Washihgtoa. anaj even 'then' her ever
busy pen wag at work snd produosg her
first story. "Th Irish Refugee." that
gave promise af a genius that later was
so prollfloslly developed. This was
soon followed by her first novel, "Ret
ribution," with th publication of which
her life Work began. ' "
In mt Miss Nevftt bSrtame the wife
of MaJ Frederick, H, bouthwerth f
Vtlc, M. T and U yrl later aha mads
her heW ta Oworp sen, but e step from
th wp'-ku si tha eauttful strean that
ta ta our people w t the Tiber was to
Rome, v"t the Tnames Jm to Bngland.
Bera ah wrote 10 novels, sometimes aa
mmi ? as th a year, and hare ahe made
ni ni.iiL4j- to ait tsadlng Ame
ta, and aha so Ishored that ten ef
KMoaeanda ef w s d women, hoys and
stria, were dsmwn to her by the bords
of her g am gad t esoellenolea of
her heart, aae they war ever her
frlsnds. , ... j )( . "
"tt la itnrv-9- a fg of Mr. South
th w g meotea ef Robert
oaf at fct'Fy Torg , Ledger.
rs is i im p womaa Of three
- to n t:- g names do not bring
sent b maorlaaf ta his aphers Ron-
-f was gv-ms i g p "Mm benefac
tor. W d a r t I t nt tha
great ftnaaatal raw. that enamired hie
fortune, and made him a bankrupt, aa
ri( gntiemaa axclalmed: "gcott
broke! If every man to whom he haa
tttven hours of detlKat would oontrlbuu
to him a himng he wilt be th richest
subject In Europe." And to millions
Bminer gave houra of pleasure as he
sua bis weekly 11U during ail tits
CoNCHlTA
banies and bU superb brooch pigm
Wood ruby .tdrth a fortuna. n heir
loom In the Ramon ' fan HT, and given
as a weddlnar present hv tha ait ib.n
At the weddlns waa
Caatro. who bad Ions loved Conchltn and
ama vainiy pleaded hla eutL After tha
ceremony ha .rode away and never came
alL thftt svJolsd.Vas
qucr band of robbera. Atrr the
wedding breakfast we becsn lir m the
new adobi Jt Barrel aprlng. tb master
and hla brio. aUouelg. nr ladVo maid,
and myself. V a waa Thoavent thjra .far
wo weeks sad than haa J f
On the fata! day that bleated our
hearts Don RamaRs4'XMnt up 4 the
hacienda, which, you know, la 10 mllee
from tb aprlng. Me nut la went out for
a walk with her sweetheart who hv
O" lied, thud leavlaJf the mun'taiitru
alone.,, When ahe returned Cone hit was
or. f The country was eoeured tb all
directions by friend and neighbors, but
no w-eoe or ine mtaaihg on we found.
Don Ramon looked at the blankest side
of . and wa convineed that fionohlta
had fled with cnauro aad BQthlhg: .would
ahake that belief.
-Whin U hoars ifltr iWdlNtv.
eeranoe the new abode r abamloned
ana logs odvcsihi tne Mouth of the
prlnK pUoad there that th eattle Don
Ramon bad brought to his new home
might return to the hacienda seeklne
for water, ' Than tho Do and I west
eg a bunt fhr Caatro,
"W Were Hike hound mm tha ana
and trailed htm -tO South California.
When we aaundd ai vp at banta Anita
there waa lltlte Said, bat naek done.
Don Ratnog feeed Caerro, and While
with rag, cried: 'Robber, where la
rConohimr
years be was lbs heart -and brain and
the parse ' of lh Hew Trk Lder.
It was called fhe Oham barmaids4 Or
gan." in derision, and It Is true that Ita
literature eras Inferior to Johnson And
Goldsmith,)' but tt we '.purst than.
Fielding and etraotlst - Thay said it
was "trash." but It w wisama
traahi Xt never taught an Ima vi les
son, sad If It hnada boys and g.a ro
mantlo, tt never anade a boy rasesi.
or led a girl astray. Twlr wag not S
line of It that eeuid tot b read aloud
In the ohseteet family circlg It lived
Its day of usefulness, . and When the
gealug that mads It se auccessfut per
laaeg bis hold snd newer Ideas were
evolved out of onr steam engine meth
ods Of progress, th TLedger died, even
as tb epoch of which it was an institu
tion, lo years age Is dead. . t
Bonner was not a Tanks,3 out' g
Boetchj,-1 riehman. desoendant of some
stern Presbyterian who had held Lon
donderry fund fought in 'th victorious
ranks of he eodiery that trlompbed at
the fteht if Boyna. WaUr, Whan James
(J. kUauss waa a baby and Andrew Jaok
ssn was president, Robert Bonner
Landed Id America fsoor. boy; Niearly
threescore years and ten later he died
a millionaire. Hp bad health, strength,
enei-sy, industry, fudgment. persistence,
honesty, frugality and aobrtsty. Ha wse
aoorenped to the printer's craft and
beoaMs tb beat printer ef svsry bNee
In which he worked. Hla mott wa
'The baft Is the cheapest." gnd that,
oouulad with the fact that be was ths
moat brilliant gdvertleer of bM time,
mag hla fortune 'i e y ius Of the
man was dtaolov4 ti S -moceea that
maM the "good will' 9s hi periodical
worth mote than a mlluoo, , ,t
Bonner waa bet g 'pioneer, gome
years gefsre his time, there was soms
literary publication-wekly andlllus
trateeV la, Boston. The proprietor waa
a man named Oleason, snd one ef them
wa celled "Th Una gf Battle gbipt
a rather good nam for the- sort pf pa
per It was. Another wee. "Oleaaon'e
Flotortal." No doubt there are garreta
in many American farm houses In which
are stowed away copies of theae publi
cations. Ben Parley Poors was volumi
nous sontrlbatot to them, gad hay reoee
47
if
"Oo look m tb Barret anHnb n
pantly anewered Caatr with a wicked
arnUa. At tht Uunt my maator ruahed
on Castra and atabbed him to the heart.
Th scorpion will sting no mora,' aak)
my saaater as bp aheathed hla knife.
But Conch ita waa not with Caatro, nor
eould we And aught concerning her. go
we, returned ta tha haland(..neV ap
maater haa been. lonely ma ever elnoe.
Hie love ta with Conchlta, be ahe dead or
alfcve, tbodtrh hU hohrt la wranc and hla
brain la ah eg a a fhv thought that, the
iov or aia aou( trad fatthleaa him.
But he has been g good (naster to nt"
"Do yotTreally believe that Conchlta
went with Castrof said Nerlmar, -,
"Qulen a be," replied Jose, "but U
looks that way . ,,
"But X know that ehV ald not. said
Nermler, "and Ut U hoars X WU1 grove
my a aa art ton." , . , . (..-.. . f .
"By all tho saints. exolalmed Jeee.
and his eyea flashed with Jog, "If the
senot Is right Don Ramon will aver
bless him and the god eitgela will re
ward him -.j, s. i. ,
"Do not attention: Phla matter to tht
Don," added Nerraler, "In good tint he
ahalj know- that Concblt wag Myai sad
true.!' ' . .
Jeae retatttsd to the aeciends daaed
by Jermler'a obnAdent assertion, and the
latta 'ought Jasper, highly elated.
Tb rensher Uetened to the etpryVNer
er had to tell, and was quite ereat
faUeg wbrn tb latter boastfully said:
"eu fellows have never run down a
murderer nor sifted political deal or
yog eould have know long age what
become of Goaohita. Just two things
(Aat Jose said told sag the whole story.
"Tour theory may be tight, and I
think It la,' responded Jasper, "bat yon
Isetion ithat fcts aevelt were tn the
maJn hlatstioaiwuiat is. he wrote main
ly romance,, th geeae sf which were
liaia aurtng ur war or inaepenaene.
nils heroes Ware Amsrlsea patriots of
ths oonMnemat army and hip .villains
were rugtans mt the Brttlah army. They
were not eg tt "Henry Bsgiond,' or
"Tho Tale of Two 4,itlee," bat , they
were food, patriotic feeding, and soms
bloody fighting la nearly sll of them in
Which he licked the British and Tories.'
Poor was a Washington correspond
ent th last ft years of tin life, tepre
aeating tb Boston. Journal, a I new
secelleoC Ha was the dean of the press
gallery when Olbson, Re mad ell, McCul
loch, Piatt. Radfleld, BueU and their
splendid set gav a vigor, style, strength
and finish to- ewspeprdoga that 1 h
despair of the oloth today. t -r m
No doubt Bonner got the Idea that
Aoneeiveg the ledger from Oleason's
pubiioationg, and he made, the venture a
eucceas by means of ilia most extensive
and ths most attractive advertising that
had theretofer been practiced. Ha
eaused the ledger to be known I evsfy
community snd mads It welcome visl
tor n tens of thousand of households.
He mad millions eat of It. and though
he was perhaps the most daring, and cer
tainly th most brilliant advertiser of
ths time, the ledger never contained e
line ef advert is In g other than th stm-
?e announcements gf Its) terms io sdvsr
leara Bvery other ling of It a awr
paadip. Mttor.; ;,v.,,,
It waa about lftll thai 'fh HMdea
Hand" waa first prtnt4 ag ths Ledger.
If waa Mr touthwortn'g greatest novel,
and so popular did tt bet-ome that Bon
ner ran It as a aerial in the ldgT sev
eral times at intervals of two or three
year. Whet map or women of three
score today does not remegtber how pop
ular tt a 1 I l nip It had?
What fle1MMT 4 the AUentlo elope
or the Miaslseippl teller la without a
bteomlng matron ehrtstened -"Capitol"
some 4ft years ego, is aompllmeat to Mrs.
gnu th worth and In sdm tret Ion of snd la
affection "fev her flush lna heroineT
There was a Major Ira Warfteld, "Old
Hurricane," a fin type ef the old Vir
ginia oavaller, a greater and a batter
"FsverU st th Peak," a delicious Baron
I DRKT SSPTEBER tS,
er never say ef yew gam until yon
have bagrged it." . . ...
: "All rlsht, my friend, tt oar trip to
morrow does not bring the results I an
ticipate I wUl est my hat and buy you a
ow one.' ' i . .-. ..v
By daybreak th next morning Nerl
mer sad Jasper war on the road with a
agon flllfld with tool. . Arrlvlna- t
amrrat aprlng1 they besna to earvfully
dredge th rooky well. - Jaeper'ws
cited and yfsrwner confident Then waa
feoonstdereble debthi at the bottom f the
wni, ana aa n waa rsmoveajt was care
fully examined. ,,.,.
After two hours or mere of work the
searchers were rewarded with the find
ing of human bona, scml-petrlfled. for
the water of tho aprlng IS hard with
Urns. Then more bones and g skull and
aome allver ban lea Then the aeckhiM
f Toltee gold, and later the great
pigeon-blood ruby. At last la oarrober
atlon of the foul en me oommitted, a
kntfo, on tha born handle of Which Was
deep eat th letter C."( . ..
"O aunda for Castro, Said ffcrlmet,
"and It waa Caatre wh murdered Con
eh Ita, weighted her body with the fusty
ktgchaln we gataed Out gnd then sank It
la th vail. In hla beats be accidentally
dropped th knife and fa pank with Its
vletlm. What led to Cagtro'a murderouo
rage can only be surraieed, for It Is said
that he realty loveg Conchlta." . .
T wonder that 'the water" didn't
taste f ventured Jasper. t,
"Th water ta th spring is very oold
st the bottom and would preserve a
body without odor for many days," re
plied Nerlmer, "and you must remember
that within two days after tha loss of
Bradardlne brought down to lt4a rVom
174fc. .There we "Mrs. Oendlmsnt, his
housekeeper was, there ever happier
nam for auch a etatloa? who knew
what a good breakfaat was snd aw to
have it prrparbd and serve. There was
"Wool." "Old Hurricanes' eotored body
servant, typical uf g class, wa shall look
.upon no more forever, sod "Pitapat, J
"Capitola's" oeloreg meigt also typical
of a olaaa. to form whom la a much a
lost art aa the forging- of the Damascus
blade. There was Herbert Qrayeon. g
right down good fallow snd dashing
soldier, but pear good enough for Cap
itol Black, though ah married him.
There were Mra, Rock and Travle Rock,
her eon. and Colonel Le Nolr all theae
of ths warp and woof ef this charming
narrative. And there, too, was "Black
Donald," moot formidable and rntereet
lng of outlaw - an American -Robin
Hood and' Jack fihepard la on, the
robber in colleague with L Nolr, tae
villain of th atory; Nor should the de
lightful hamlet of Tiptop, the seene of
the narrative, be forgotten. . There are
Jo.eoe men and women who would enjoy
strati through Its high street, ang
Tbe HMdVn Head" was rmatlaed
and playeg In every town In the country
that had theatre; It Wa Immensely
popular gnd no doubt made several for
tune for Mr. Bonner. Mrs. Bouthworth
wag not g navallet of th first class
far from tt but eg sure that yeu will
never, a than. esJev yielding or Gold
smith or Beatf eg Dame er Thackeray
or Dtcken dliae, ae boy, yon enjoyed
'-The Hlddeg fand" "lahmaal" or
The Doom of Devi lie" or "The Curse
of Clifton" or "Bos Bister" and ta rest
af dkem. . "
yrrands CobH, it., wts another ru
ler eentrtbutet t the ledger, and "The
Ounmaker of Moanw" wa almoat aa
popular a "The Hddea Hand" end had
aa many lives in the Iedger aa Mra.
gouthworth'e famous novel, Cobb wsa s
moat prolific writer snd Ms novel ner
relive of adventure of the heroie moid.
E mere on tAnn'tt waa another regular
contributor, HI were frontier stories,
making vtrtuoue our oppressions and
robberies of the red man. Miss Dupuy,
William Henry Fsca Amy lUadolph, J.
1904. .
r j mm -i', w - MHB. . ' " i ' f ' Tl 1 1
Conchlta Don Ramon severed the aprlng
with logo, and in the yeses that elapeed
aero re they were remove or rottea away
the" body of Conchlta decayed and -tits'
aprlng had freshened Itself. Unwit
tingly Don Ramon helped the murderer
to conceal his crime and entailed on
himself a lifetime of doubt and agony.''
"Why dlda't They loo in tha aprlng
ff her the day she was jjoatr asked
Jasper. - -
They did. probably. dnnWered Nerl
mer, "but the water at tha bottom f th
Well la vary forosful and. must neve
carried the body Sloes te tht well or lata
soms recess; in the rock. . In either oaae,
K oould not hav betnsees beoauss of
the oomparattvety amafl opening at the
top and the rerraotlon of the water."
In the evening Neritaer and Jasper
walked MP t tpa hacienda with rw
precious package. Jose ws given one,
which he bore reverently away. Nerl
mer entered tb preaeno ef Den Ramon
alone, opened the other package, laid It
V. Bmtth nd many other Wer eog
atant contributor of love atofies that
added Immensely ta the popularity gf
the publleation, -' -.:;, ....-,-
Other eentrlbittorB were James Oerdon
Bennett, editor and founder of the Mew
York Hare id j Herace Oreeiey, edltdb end
founder ef the New. York- Tribune:
Henry J. Raymond, editor and founder of
the New York Times, and George D.
Prentice, editor end founder of the Ijou
Isvllle Journal. To thee must be added
William Cullrh Bryant, odltor df the
New York Kvenlng Wat, one of our
moat distinguished poets, While other
poets who contributed tb ths Leaser
were ongfllow, Baae, Morrha WMMa,
glgoumey snd ths Carey alster. Tenny
son wrote one tem for which the Led
ger paM him e,oe.
Mr. Bonner also eeeereg a story by
Dickens at frightful cost, but It wsa
Baa Pedro Correepndeni Iee Angelas
v - - Times. (
CspUin Swonson of th bower; htPne
Loose, which arrived met alght from
Ban Nicholas ielend, report desperate
battle between a iwordflsh and two
whales, which secsrred day before yes
terday eel that Island, and reaulled in
th death of both the W bales, th bmllea
being hater washed gshore by .the U4e
and secured by gwenson.
When nrat eaen y gweneoa th bat
tle waa at II heiwtit and the monslera
of the deep were l. Hlng the waves Into
fnry ia tMir dap n mefilet, the hog
bodies of the anaiws ttslng many feet
out sf the water in their attempt to In
flict damage to their enemy. The sword
fish, which was an exceptionally hire
specimen, bad the fight all Ita set way.
and eveeesded J kUjlng botg its adver
saries! The larger of tha whalea Is shout ?
feet In length and 21 feet ta diametar.
while tha amaller ht M fe-t in I
and 14 feet la diameter. iue sword a
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before tad hidaJge and told bis story.
The Don st life an dumb. At the end
hlS fingers tremulonaly groped among
tha Jewels that Conchtta bad worn
while the tear atreaaned down hie
cheek and bis pale Hp moved, but gave
no sound. Nerlmer quietly withdrew
jad raised Jaaper outside. .
- There's one thin that bothara ma,
observed Jaaper. . "Concsita'e bom end
sll tb trinkets we foand were burled In
the sand at tb bottom of tho aprlng:
What brought the reby brooch out o
toe band so that yon eould ass It the day
yon were drinking from the springr
"Conchlts'a spirit, perhaps' said Nerl
geer, thoughtfully.
'Tt muat hav beeak," reepnded Jasper
A tha two walked etlentiy along a
the night atr rose the vgiee of XV
Rtmon in broken- tones, sxdalmlr
"Mad re Dole. X thank thee! Thou w
faithful ante death. Ceacgltet Ferglvel
Forglvel Forgivet" -
worth the money, for DMrene wee
then St the aenith ef , hi powey
ang th aenith of his popularity.
Twelve of , tb - leading oler7ae$
Jf America contributed papers, sm
Itf 1) leading oetlege profeaeora.
'hg does not" recollect Fannv
Fern, who wrote, exclusively for tbm
Ledger, those breesy papers that ma
her favorite from ocean to ocean f
Edward Bverett contributed the MHoui
Vernoa Paper, for- which the Led-.
paid tl 0,000. to b devoted t the Mount
Yemen fnst. - - . v
' Bonner wad bound I hev the beet
end would bav as ether, ang so it can
that when he established A chess d-
partmeat, Paul Horphy, th most t
noui plsyer eCthat game in the wor)
waa the editor of tt at a'larre salary.
Te conclude. Mr. Bonner was a pub'
benefactor, and Mrs., goat h worth v.
an example of nobl womanhood.
th ewordgah haw entirely -penetrr
the body of tha Mrgeg whale, and
were atimeroue Jabs In the bodlew
both. - The bodies were wsshad t
the beach, and Captain gwenson r
an inetTectual attempt to puU the s
specimen off th beewh and tow i
sag Pedro, but the wntsM waa too a
for his engines. Ha !oon r
the bodies with Sat, j ill
attempt to bring ti . t rf, in
Igrgei beat.
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Husband "My t . -ou -
Ihet gentioman Waa - t
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Wife "Do yon ien " f
set man ia J a
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