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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1895)
) USUAL. • a ir t e t i Torn a m v.’it n a n unu, ano as I HFt ino WIKI. AT y o u W ill n o t t o n w o A r « lr Co»np!»!ut. le did so H aym ond s tw M aggio tb si- , w here to find N e llie ,” I on in d e s Tho average E nglishm an is public y .ri >-hi»*iMn*t hive stood in thedxx»wt ej'.d ear, p eration, ’ w ill you please te ll h e r thin di-ii * n tlio trull, I: r h a ir h anging ‘■¡lint'd. and fo r m • |wb>ia A' . Hie look» v. ry bright to me I de- 1. joking, lingering m \ around h e rp a lo f.ii c.hor liai d -istreti-h ed uonnees any ii.-i)-itio ii u n him self, Since I b it e hvard her may. — 1 have been a bad, w icked girl, a n d — W ith a, wld-per 1 wasn't Intended to hear W ith sweet becoming muile»ty, Of how you Med to go. pleadingly to w a rd him and an e x p res no m atter how slig h t it m v he. N ear a n d — a n d — tboro in n o s u c h p erso n a s She’il rcr.rr)' n»«’ •<>««« d*) • If you r e d y hated to hasten aw ay. N ed C layborn? If sta rre d in fun, a n d — sion of m iito agony upon her w hite face. th e su m m it of thu R igi moil.'.tain, iu Why didn’t you »tat / I a n d — a n d —-ploo*e let m e g n to her. hho If I will give up •niokinr; R ein in g up as quick ly as possible, Sw itzerland, th ere is a hotel frequented i i I will go to church; ’ w ill u n d e rstan d mo so m uch L etter th a n \o u shouldn’t have tak' n my eye In jo u r e je s , H aym ond tu rn e d to speak to her, b u t by people w ho w ish to see th e sun rise Ti.r UI uk me throng > i d through, If I cut the club a ad k a ' e yon can e xplain i t . ” H e redo back and over the Alps. t»or Humid j o t have • baiom lay aoul w ith snr- she h a d vanished. Mjr best friends in the lurrhj ‘‘No Htieh person as N ed C layborn! ! called h* r nam e, b u t there w as no nn- If I will never stay out lute. l i | - A "com piuiiit book” is kept, iu w hich t'nlexM you wan ed m t : tool But hasten home ui V; My d e ar y oung lady, I m ust lx-g leave , swer. H e dism ounted and lo iked for trav e le rs record real or fancied g rie v Voi.r eyes i.f bi te lie«, my longing believed, If 1 will k t her have her War — to differ w ith you. T h a t is the nam e of tracks at tho sp it w here she m ust have ances, Recently th is book w as found to D« ar, was I deceived'/ Shu’» promised to be mine I i tho y o ung m an w ho in th ree short weeks M. II. Jcitney in K a e F ield ’s W ashington. left tho tra il, b u t found none. contain the follow ing entry.: If I w ill movo to Kensington is to m arry M iss M erton. Hureiy ho is P uzzled a n d annoyed, lie m onnted “ 1 desire to call tho a tten tio n of the And never touch it card; uofc dead?” he add ed in consternation. and rode as ra p id ly as piissiblo to tho m anagem ent and the gent ral publio to If 1 v. 1.1 buckle down to work “ Oh, w ill you not u nderstand? It Roddeu cabin. th e fact tliat I have b*i n up hero tw o And labor long and hard w as a ll a joke ut first. 1 th o u g h t it H u rrie d ly dism ounting, Haym ond m ornings for tho expre : purpo e of see To buy her stylish bonnets Aud gowns and lots of glove*. w ould bo g re at fun, and so 1— w ell, 1 T in1 Into C reed H aym ond, chiof coun- called R oddeu out anil asked if ho knew ing the sun rise from this m ountain, Then 1 may be that happy uimu . am N ed C layborn, and a fte r a tim e we th a t liis w ifo w as w andering alouo and th a t on lxith occasions I h ave seen The lucky man she loves. H'l of tho S outhern Pacific, could h a r d became e n g ag 'sl— a ll in fa n , too. ” Here through tho sivoiv aw ay up tlio m oun noth! g w liatever but clouds. ly bo called a d ab b ler iu the occult or a If I’ll bo alw ays plea-ant 1 lnughed h ysterically. “ I trie d to stop, tain tra il. R oddeu w as too m uch u n "Duo fa ilu re to keep the u n d e rstan d And never, never scold. b a t I w as so w icked I could uot, and In lic v c rin th in g s su p e rn atu ra l, and vet, nerved fi r a m om ent to reply. T hen ing w ith me— an im plied co n tra ct— I And never make her n i -e m e as his iu tim a to frien d s w ill rem em ber, now poor N ellie w ill break her heart, ho m anaged to say th a t th e express r id m ig h t have passed oxer, but tw o f a il And not grow crot»s an l <-ld. and— anil— a n d ” — A nd I broko dow n . tie dill Isdievo im p lic itly th a t ho had e r m ust h ave dream ed ho saw her, as ures I regard us a d istin c t im position. And alw ays stay good looking— She can’t stand ugly men - seen olio ghost. uud began to cry in u m iserable way. she had gouo hom e, gone back east, “ J. R obinson , L iv e rp o o l." If I como up to her Ideal. U nliko m ost m en, m y com panion w as j T he story— for th e re w as a rom ance, more th a n a m o u th before. Haym ond — Y'outh's Com panion. W hy, we’ll be married then! uot in th e least disconcerted a t sig h t of and a trag ic one, connected w itli th is stu ck to liis story, b u t a t last ho was T h e A u t lc o r s e t L e a g u e . That's why I am an happy m y tears, but sim p ly laughed, loud and ghost— w as not one th a t tho law yer obliged to conclude th a t his im ag in a And why I often .-cent long. ' cared to toll, except to those w ho en- tion had p layed him a trick. O f leagues of wom en there is n o end. Ho Unconscious and abstracted— I’r .-e u tl v thti la u g h te r ceas. d. Thou joyed h is personal eoiilldonee. Ho d id c o u ld n ’t help w ondering, though, w hat Tlio latest is an an tico rset league, of I’m living In a dream! I heard uneasy m ovem ents in tho c h a ir not lik e t ib e charged w ith su p erstitio n s had frig h te n e d tho horse. w hich tho m ost rem arkable fe atu re is Ehe is bo bweet and pretty. And so unselfish too! occupied l y m y com panion T h e n h o g o t fancies, nor did he appreciate a tte m p ts T here w as n o th in g to he done or said, th a t men are in v ite d to join. T h is does I wonder how 1 won her love— u p am i paced uliout restlessly. P re tty , to rid icu lo lim out o f his f a ith in tho for if M is. R oddeu had gene homo a not mean th a t th e “ padded m an w ho I can’t believe it’s true I soon a lig h t touch foil upon m y arm , ! evidence of ais own keen eyes. To his m onth before c ertain ly she could not w ears th e sta y s,” as Tennyson once de —London Sportins Tost. and his voice, v ery gentle a n d kind, death ho m a in tain ed firm ly th a t it had have been ro a m in g around in the snow, scribed B ulw er-L ytton, is supposed to said, “ N ellio is hero to receive y our been bis fortune to m eet f a c e to face and as th e re w as no o th er wom an w ith in be in need of a league to save him from confession ami forgiveness.*' I d ried m y ¡ the sp irit ot one w ho bad pussed from m iles of th e cam p ho m ust have been Hiis enorm ity. T lie real reason, avow ed m istaken. Hodden, though not at all w ith refresh in g eautlof, is th at, as w o eyes a n d looked up, b u t saw no one b u t life. I t w as e arly iu the fifties w hen H a y hospitable in m anner, got supper and m en w ill persist iu w earing w h at m eets tho ta ll young m an, w h o w as looking I had boon teleg rap h ic operator a t m ond, th en a stra n g er i l l C alifornia, allow ed ,lie express rid er to stop for tlio w ith “ m asculine a p p ro v al,” i t is expe a t m o very earnestly. •‘B s ta tio n ” som e six or eigiit m onths d ient to m ake m en see tlie ugliness and “ W liero ia sh e ? " I ashed, ready to becam e ail express rid er. He used to n ig h t. >• and h a d held com m unication of a p u re cry again. m ake re g u la r trip s in to th e m ountains, A fte r f a p p r . I .o p e n e d hi-x the f u tility i f tlio corset. N o doubt ly business ch ara cte r only w ith the m en w i l l flock to the m eetings of th e “ H e ro ,” ho said, h o ld in g out his v isitin g tho cam ps a t sta te d intervals, saddlebags, saying: o perator a t •‘D ” w hen tin ro cam o a hand. In stin c tiv e ly I p u t m ine in to it, j cu rry in g in Ills big saddlebags letters, “ W ell, as M aggio Is not hero to tak e antieorseters, public iliscnssious o f fe m papers and such sm all u rtic li’3 as could her package, and as it w as intended for inine apparel bein g notoriously of a b change. D eath sile n tly rem oved tho old and i t elosed over i t firmly. you, anyw ay, I suppose I ’d b e tte r give sorbing in te rest to th o in a lo intelligence. “ I also h ave u e o n '.ss io n to m a k e ,” be trim ported in th is way. m an w ho had been ill ch arg e th ere for On one of his first trip s aw ay u p in it to you, a n d you can w rite her th a t — London G raphic. so long, and a new operato r w as in ho said earnestly. " I th o u g h t you w ere a n o th er young t'ellyw lik e m yself, and th e S ie n a lie cam e to an alm ost di sorted her C h ristm as prescut got here a little stalled. B ank’ll R ed R iv e r C am paign. eunip, w here a ric h strik e had been ahead of tim e ." A m essage spnn alo n g the lino o.:o w ish in g to relievo the ted iu m of tlieso W hen th e troops left A lexandria, th e Ho tossed th e packago across to tho long iuoucteuous days stru ck up a flir m ade and the pocket q u ic k ly exhausted. F eb ru ary m orning iu th is w ise: “ Good tation. I in ten d ed su,.iuday to m ee t tho O nly one fam ily had rem ain ed — th a t of m an, w ho stared ut it as if petrified. city took fire, m.d a p a rt of tho force m orning, B. ” I responded: young m an a n d have it out w ith him , a m an nam e I Rodden. In a sm all, com Ho stre tc h ed o u t his hand slow ly and w as sent back tu fight the flames. G e n “ Good m orning, D. ” T hen camo tho w hen you cam e w ith y our stra n g e con fo rtab le house close against, th e w a ll of opened it w ith shaking fingers. Tim eral Banks iu unifo rm took a bucket inform ation, ‘‘T he old m an died last fession. In s h o r t,” ho ended ab ru p tly , rock w hich rose b eh in d tlio cam p a package contained a p air of thick, w arm and carried w a ter w ith th e rest. He never lust his dignity, how ever dem o “ I am N ellie M erton. A n d you are N ed lig h t w as b u rn in g as H aym ond rode gloves, n o th in g more. n ig h t, and I have taken Ins ] ! :eo. ” Clayborn? Como, d ry y o u r eyes, Ned. in to th e deserted place. A knock a t the “ W hen d id Maggio Bend for these?" c ra tic he m ig h t be. H e w as especially “ W h a t is y our nam e?” I a. la d. annoyed by a W est P o in ter w ho h a d a “ N ellio Mi rtou. W hut is yours?" A Your N e llie is not h eartbroken a t tho door brought fo rth th e isieupant. To ho asked. contem pt for volunteers and persisted H a y m o n d ’s req u est for lodgings the “ T he la s t tim e I was here. Yon camo tu rn a bout o f affairs. ” s p irit of d e v iltry prom pted m y reply: A lte r sta rin g ut h im in sile n t am aze- j m an grow led a su rly response and r e n e ar not g e ttin g them a t all, fo r she in addressing him as Mr. Banks. C olo “ N ed Clayborn. ” incut for the space of fivo seconds tho lu c ta n tly let him iu. had no ch an ce to tell mo to buy them nel Rico says th a t w hile G eneral B anks ■'Tluink you, ” w as tho concise re tru th of th e w holo m a tte r began to j T he express rid e r w as su rp rised to see w hile I w as hero and had to ru n a fte r w as brave and even d a rin g at tim es h e lacked a certain executive .ability, and sponse. T hen a mtwsagn i t real earnest daw n upon m y confused brain. My face j s ittin g beside th e little table, on w hich m e to give th e order. ” camo along tho lilies, and wo w ere grew iiot w ith in d ig n atio n . I snatched ! stood th e lam p, a y oung and p retty “ W as th a t all sho ran a fte r you for?” it was a sta n d in g joke iu th e w a r th a t if a < '(infoderate general w anted supplies obliged to a tte n d to business. E v ery d a y n .y h an d from h is a n d sp ra n g to my w om an. H e w as suiprisi d to rec i uiize , “ T h a t w as a l l . ” ' in h e r a schoolm ate w hom l.o h a I sup- I R edden settled back in to bis chair, ho w ould take thorn front Banks. H is 1 bado i n , unseen acquaintance “ Good feet. “ Y ou nro a co n tem p tib le fe llo w !” I posed to be still safe in her c is te rn w itli u groan, anil hid his faco in h is baggage tra in never seemed to bo p rop m o rn in g “ and never elosed up a t n ig h t erly guarded. — P oputar Magazine. w ith o u t a farew ell message. A tw inge cried. l ie d id n e t rep ly , b u t stood look- homo. A fte r th e ir g reetin g s h a I been hands. said H aym ond explained to the u n g ra H aym ond sat silent for aw hile, then, of conscience racked me a t tim es, and a iu g dow n ut m e from h is superior height. " I t w as a h u n d re d tim es m eaner in cious husband how lie had know n Mrs. finding th a t the m an did not intend to " s till, sm all voice” w hispered its w a r n yon because y o u r object w as a w om an. R odden back east. Hodden grn ited speak, he eoucluiled th a t th e best tiling ing, but tho tem ptation w as too g n at, I w ill never fo rg iv e you if I live to bo a some response, but H aym ond and tlio he could do w as to go to bed. H e w as and i t w as not long before I w as se n d tliou-anil. ” w om an w ere too busy ask ug and a n soon sleep in g and knew n o th in g m ore in g sly m essages,containing a good deal “ I n 't th a t r a th e r paradoxical, eon- sw erin g que l ions to heed liis m anner. u n til the m orn in g light, shilling through G reat Mistake. "a tw oen tho lin e s,” to th e unseen N e l s id irin g tile fa c t th a ty o u th o u g h t I w as Tlie m an sw uied reliev ed l y H a y m o n d ’s the u n c u rta in e d window, aw oke him . He dressed hu rried ly and w eut ont lie. Tho replies to those m essages wi re a w om an a n d you w ere e n a c tin g the d e p artu re th e n e x t day. H e to ld the ex press rid e r to cull w henever he w as in to tlm room w here he had left h is host. A rrrrnt discovery Is th at headache, guarded, hut hopeful, and 1 grew b old role of tho t :• ru e r te .?” ho in i.od. "Y o u m ig iit h ave k n o w n ,” I an- passing over the tra il, anil the w om an It w as silen t and deserted. A glance dizziness, dullness, confusion of the mind, er. I t w as no end of fnn. etc., are due to dora-igem ent of the nerve urged h im to como a g ain a n d stop for in to tlio side room showed th a t tho bed She told me her history. film hail ru n swere I severe ly. tlio n ig h t, th a t tin y m ig h t ta lk about w as unoccupied, and H aym ond w ent cen ters w hich supp:.v tho brain w ith nerve “ B u t I d id n o t,” ho replied. aw ay from homo because her pari nts out to look a fte r liis horse as w ell as to force; th a t Indigestion, dy^p j ilft, neuralgia, people and Ibings a t home. “ l b r e is m y t r a i n ,” I sa id shortly. wind in stom ach, etc., arise from tho derange insisted upon liiarrv iu g her to a m an I t w as m ore th an a m onth before lie see if lie could see any signs of his host ment of the nerve cen ters supplying th ese or- “ G ocd’ . y , ' lie r plied, a ssistin g mo she detested (and tho la s t w ord cam o on to th e tr a in dc p ito m y inili peudenee again cam e to tlio deserted eam p, and Tlie horse had been stabled in u deserted g:in^ wit h nerve tluid or force. T his is llkew lso clicking viciously from m y end of th e th is tim e, reaching it a t an e a rlie r hour, cabin, find Haym ond pushed open tlio li ne o f m any dis< a - e s o f t h e heart and lungs. T lie n e r v e s y s t e m is lik e a telegraph system , line). She w ould never m arry h im — and liiliiig h is h .t : s it p u lle d out. I trav eled b a ik to “ B ” a sad d er but he found tho w om an alone, her husband door and th an sprang hack in to tho as will be seen by the accom pany iug never. 1 advised her not to and h in te d hav in g not y et re tu rn e d from his work. cut. The iitilo open air. S w inging by a h a lte r from tho w hite lines a r e a t an affection deeper a n d tru e r th an wise r wom an. H aym ond learned from h e r th a t she had ra fte rs w as Ro lde i's dead body. “ Y ’ou nr i a fool, " s a i d I to m y reflec the nerves whi *h any tho p resu m in g “ detested fello w “ H aym ond cut the body dow n and laid con vey I lie n e r v e tion in to o little m irro r as I rem oved m arried R odden ag ain st the w ishes of f »r *e from t h e could offer. her fam ily and had come to the m ines it carefully in the b u n k Ho could de ¡*er «3 cen ters to W ell, th e outcom e of i t w as th a t I m y I at. part of tlio A y e ar ro lle d by. I h id e n tire ly r e w ith him w ith o u t lif tin g her p ire u ts n o th in g for it, as the snow covered the every asked tile unseen N ellie to be m y w ife bod jn st as tho know w here she had gone. She said frozen earth , so th a t olio iii(in could uot elec covered from m y ch tg rin , a n d buried rlccu rren tls a n d even described tlio little hom e that, little about lu-r life ill flu m ountains, hope to dig a grave. H a stily sad d lin g conveyed along telegraph w as loucsoniely a w a itin g h e r com ing. 1 in th e d a rk e st ch am b er of m y m em ory hut, th a t little show ed th a t it had not his horse, ho drove aw ay, a fte r scaroh- l h e wires to e v e r y w as floundering in deep w a ter i.ud could was every th o u g h t of the ta il young been a happy one. T hey had c o n e to in : the cabin in the fa in t hope th a t he station, large or s m ill. Ordinary b u t tru s t to a k ind P rovidence to pull o perator a t “ 1> s ta tio n .” One m o rn in g 1 w as a rra n g in g and tile cam p w ith a num ber of others, b u t m ig h t find somo note of explanation, phvsi dans fail to m e out. My " f u l l " w as bocumiiig (load some q u a rre l had arisen betw een her but in vain. N o t a lino of w ritin g , now rerard th is fact; instead of treat earnest. H o w I w ished tho w ires s tre tc h copying som e n ig h t uiossuges w hen a or old, could bo found, long shadow fell across m y papers. A ; husband and the rest of the milters, ing the n ervecen in g betw een us w ere telephonic, instead w hen they moved on lie had rem ained H aym ond stopped n t tho first se ttle ters for the cause glanco u pw ard told w ho i t was. The of telegraphic, th a t I could pcrehaiieo f tlie disorders behind, mid by h ard w ork w as m aking m ent and gavo notice of th e suicide nt o arising door of th a t secret mid darkened ch am therefrom h ear some oxelam ution or gain some fa irly good pay in t ie deserted diggings. tho deserted cam p, b u t tho snow w as th ey t r e a t tho ber of m y m em ory flow open, anil 1 token of how m y m essage w as received. part affected. Klie (Ireaileil tlie 1 neliimss of the place; again fa llin g , a n d no p a rty could reach Franklin Miles, B u t th is w as not to be, uud 1 bud to knew th a t th e tall young m an a t “ D hut, w ith a patient, sigh, said she hoped the place for w eeks, if before spring. M. 1)., LL. B . tho possess m y soul in patience. T h a t v i r s ta tio n " w as uot as y e t q u ite consigned before a nother w in te r her husband W h en ho reached tho city, ho w rote a highly celebrated tu e w as alm ost exhausted w hen tho to oblivion. K tundiug w itli but in hand m ight tie w illin g to move on to some le tte r to h is p a re n ts asking them to r p e c i a i 1 s t and and w ith o u t any preface of any k ind he w ell know n cull fell upon m y (-are. I of nervous diseases, and au th or eam p w here they w ould have com pany. break the sad nows to tho w idow ed student of many noted ire i.is e s o n the latter subject, flew to the instrum ent. It w as cooeise said: H aym ond m ade tw o trip s m ore, c a ll Mrs. R islden. W eeks passed before ho long since realized the truth o f th e first “ Over a y ear ago yon asked mo to and not very com plim entary, " R a th e r statem ent, and Ids R estorative N erviu e m arry you. a n d I consented. 1 have ing each tim e a t th e ealiiu w here his received tiny answ er, and then ho w as is prepared on th a t principle. Its su ccess thou m arry th a t brute I w ill risk i t . " schoolm ate lived. W hen lea v in g tho astounded to leuru th a t M aggie hail in curing all d iseases arising from derange com e to ask: W ill you come? O r shall I w as iu for it now m id m ust perforce ent of the nervou s system is wonder second tim e, ho to ld th em th a t one trip never re tu rn e d homo— in fact, had m ful. as the thousands of unsolicited testim o flounder still deeper by sending r a p tu r i en te r su it fo r breach of prom ise?” m ore w ould lie a ll lie could m ake before nev er even w r itte n since she left for nials in iMWsession of tlio com pany m an ufac W liut could I do? And, a fte r all, p e r ous messages over the wires. I, D elia turing tlie rem edy am ply prove. the snow blocked the tra il. T w o or three C alifornia. Dr. Miles’ R estorative Nervine. Is a reliable Brown, w as engugeil to hu m arried to a haps lie w ould not have m ade me a b et tim es H aym ond had suggested to R o d By th is tim e sp rin g had come, and ho rem edy for all nervous diseases, such a s te r liusband hud 1 m et him in th e old young l»<Jy I had never seen. T h is was headache, nervous debility, prostration, den that, he tak e his w ife to some se ttle w as a bout to m ake his first trip to the dizziness hysteria, sexu al de forcing tho question of w o m a n 's rights. co n ventional w ay and w aited for him m ent before w in te r s h u t them ill, b u t m ountain. Ho reached tlio tow n w here s'eeplessne-s, bility. St. Vitus dance, epilepsy, etc. It Is 1 curried tho " f u n " ou to r o v ir th ree to propose to me. — E llu T erre in S hort had received no answ er. H e did not feel ho h a d given m t ce of tlio suicide in solti by all druggists on a positive guarantee, or sen t direct by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., m onths, and every day it grew decided Stories. a t lib erty to say m ore, so w ith th e prom tim e to lea rn w h a t had been discovered Elkhart, 1ml.. on receipt of price, f 1 per bot ly loss “ f u n n y ,” u n til I began to brood tle. six bottles for <o, express prepaid. ise to visit them on his re tu rn ill a few nt th e lonely cabin. C a r ly S tri.u g lrs or an A atron oin er. R estorative N ervin e p ositively coutadul no over th e predicam ent in to w hich 1 had A th orough search had been made, .piates or dangerous drugs. weeks he m ounted h is horse and rode V ery few y o u n g m arried m en of th is giddily led m y feet. Tho tim e w as r a p b u t n o th in g b a d been found to explain dow n tho narrow tra il. day w ould lik e to s ta r t in a profession Sold oy a il P r u g g u t » . id ly npprnachiug w hen 1 w ould have to A few stiqis took him o u t of sig h t of the suicide H idden aw ay in one of the claim the bridu 1 had w en in th is novel ut the age of 20 on a salary of $3 a th e cabin. He heard a f a in t call, mid d is ta n t c ab in s th ey found Mrs. Rod- and rom antic uiunner, and m y blood week, b u t young H all th o u g h t ho w ould hsikiiig hack saw Mrs. R islden ru n n in g d e n 's clu th iu g , h e r ornam ents, even her bo able to pick up outside work. Ho ra n cold a t the th o u g h t of how easy it th o u g h t ho could pursue his study in dow n tho tra il iiftn - him . She w aved w orkbasket, and, in fuet, so far ns they w ould be for her to learn of m y perfidy, her h a n d for him to re tu rn , and lie rode could judge, overy a rticle th a t hail be and from a ll I had seen of hi r ten q icr 1 m ath e m a tic s u n d e r Professor B enjam in back. longed to her. Pierce, th c 'i at H arvard. S oho entered fe lt sure she w ould not deal lig h tly w ith H aym ond to ld th e m en of th e events " W il l you (lo an e rra n d for m e w hile any one w ho w ould dare to play tric k s on his new life fu ll of hope. He took a you aro in tin* city?” ho said. of th a t last n ig h t and his interp retatio n coup)« of i*ionis ou C oncord avenue, upon her. O f course ho eonsented, and she gavo of them , b u t lie said n o thing of his A t last 1 could bear it no longer, and n e a r the ob-i rv ato ry , and Is-gmi house him her com m ission, and w ith a few m eeting w ith th e w ronged w om an iu one day, ju s t th ree w eeks before 1 was keeping. lie soon found he could not p a rtin g w ords she ra n up th e tra il, tlie storm . CAW I O B T A I N A T A T E N T ? For • to travel to " D ” and claim my bride, 1 carry out his plans. T here w as some w hile lie tin n e d his horse again to do- answer and an boncut opinion, write to T hey arguod th a t Rodden, jealous be- prompt M l \ N A C O ., who have hart nearly fifty years* boarded the tra in w ith a ll.,: liter nn q u arrel betw een Professor Pi, ree uliil set m l. lie looked back a fte r his friend, cause liis w ife hail gone down the tra il experience in the patent business. Communion. tionn otrictiy confidential. A lln n ilb o n k o f In» o th e r m otive. It w as to “ kiss and m ake P ro fisso r B. lid, and be could not study mid, to his surprise, saw Rodden rise a fte r H aym ond, in liis anger hail killed formation conceiuiu« T a le n t s and how to ob u p " a f te r 1 hod bogged h e r w ith tears w ith the form er w ith o u t offending his from beliim l n bnsli n e ar tlie trail. Ho her. F ille d w ith rem orse w hen he tain them sent free. A’. ko a caialogno o f mechan ical and scientific books sent free. employer. He luid to give up that plan. to forgive me, etc. Patents taken tbrouirh Munn A Co. receive th o u g h t the m an had been hidden, b arneil how causeless the deed hail Is en, notice in the S r le n f l lie A m e r ic a n , and I found a little house, w ith a little H is w ork ut tlie observatory required w atch in g his w ife, but n reth s'tio n m ade l e deeiiled to die in th e sam e way, as special finis »re brcncht widely before th e public with long hours, but lie iiiuungcd to study a out eiiRt to th e inventor. Thl.t splendid paper, sign ill blue anil w hite sw in g in g in the issued weekly. elcKuntly illustrnteti. has by far the tlie idea seem ab su rd — probably it was if the w orld knew of h is crim e. iaryest ctroniation o f any scientific work in tho breeze, sim ila r to tho little house and little by him self. He studied iniitho- •t m ere coincidence. Even if R odden T h at w as Creed H aym ond’s one ghost world. S 3 n year. Sample copies sent free. t cities and G erm an at the sam e tim e by th e little sign a t "B . “ i t whs occupied Building Edition, monthly, t...Wa year. Sinslo story. Y ears passed before he could had heard every w old of the eouversa tra n s la tin g a G erm an innth fiu n tical copies, *¿.5 cent.-. Bvery number contains bea»>- a t tho tim e by u young mini read in g a tiful plates, in colors, and photographs o f new w ork. Ilis little incom e w as nil eaten lion it could only have spoiled Mrs. speak at all of th u l m eeting in storm bouses, with plans, enabling builders to show ton paper. 1 looked a t h im w ith o u t sp eak latest designs and secure contracts. Addresa up by sim ply the room relit. Ill order to R e d d e n 's little plot, w hich w as nothing and darkness, b u t -tiJL^ik, day of his MUNN A K itr Y uhk . 3 b l B n o a n w a y . ing, and he re tu rn e d th e com plim ent in death he believed th a t tlR' sp irit of m u r worse th an a C h ristm as surprise for her lir e he had to do outside work. By com kind. der, d Mrs. Ro lileu luid appeared to him husband. pulin g , m aking ulinniincs mid observing “ I w ish to see Miss N ellie M e rto n ," H aym ond w as d e ta in ed a w eek longer un the tr.i‘1.— St, Lu.iis Post-D ispatch. moon eulinilinlloiis he doubled his sa l I said, ami as he did not speak 1 w eut ary and m anaged to scrape along. His th an he had expeetisl, and w hen ho ! on to expluin. “ I n i n th e operator at sta rte d for the m o u n tain s u g iin his w ife w orked by his side fa ith fu lly , en •B ' a n d h ave iui im p o rtan t message, T he South A frican B ritish colonics eonraging him , helping him in his fm nils told him he w ould never get w h ic h in n st be delivered to her at once. TO R studies mid doing nil the housew ork through, hut lie persisted, and finally, hud ill li<40 a population ot 1-10,000. A m o m e n t's delay m ean s’' — 1 paused w ith her ow n hands. Ila llso o u lieeauie a fte r a h sig Iw ttle w ith tlie snow drifts, A t present it is 1,800,000, w ith a b u si for a w ord, a n d he spoke for the first a rapid, accu rate and sk illfu l com puter. lie reached the last cam p on his rente, ness of £17,000,000 and 1.800 m iles of tim e. railw ay Koon Ins em ployers saw how v aluable h aving lost a w eek on th e way. “ So you are th e o p e rato r nt ‘B ’ and he was, and they g ra d u ally tnereased of either it x, say «ge, in any part of the country, It w as alm ost n ig h t mid snow and desire to see Miss M erton? I am sorry his pay till a t last he dre w a sa lary of w ind w ere ill riotous possession of tho st tlie employment which we furnish. You n«ed CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED to disappoint you; but, you see. Miss fliOO a y e a r.— Asaph H all iu P opular m o u n tain s w hen he found him self r id not be swsy from home over night. You can glvu M erton is at hom e at th e present tim e ing dow n th e tra il a m ile or tw o alsive w itli local a p p lic atio n ,, as th ey eann >t your whole time to th” work, oronly your »pare mo- Keieiiee M onthly. w hile I tak e her place. T he fact is the eam p where* he was to pass the n ig h t reacb tlie seat of the disease. Catiirrli fneut.4. Asenpltal h not required you run no risk. she is going to lo) m arried a n d is We supply you with all that Í» needed. It will w ith the R slilens. HtetTMts«* Ixntv» and T'nil|frath»n. is a blood or eonstiliitional disease, and preparing for tho g re at event. She cost you nothing to try the busiMM. Any on* Dusk cam e w h ile lie was still more An A m erican w ritin g from London i i order to corp it you m ust tak e in cannot lx) seen personally, b u t if you can do the work Beginners make money from th an a m ile from th e cabin. 11c pressed w ill in tru s t the message to me I w ill says: It is very d esirab le ju s t now th a t ou as fast as ho dared, w hoa suddenly tern al rem edies. H ill’s c a ta rrh euro is tlie start. Failure Is unknown with our workers. an e xceptionally sh a rp eye be kept on taken in te rn ally ami a cts directly on Every hour you labor you can es«lly make s dollar d e liv e r it im m ediately if yon w ill he th e a rriv a ls iu New York, for tlie re liis horse s to p p 'd short w itli a snort ami the t.looil uiul m ucous surfaces. H a ll's N o one who If willing to work fail» to make more duction o f ra te s consequent on th e .»fei r- k in d enough to take luy place w h ile 1 stissl q u i n iiug. H aym ond could sec c a ta rrh cure is not a q u a ck m edicine. Il n .'w y every da- than can is* made in three day» age w a r is u itra e tin g a very u ndesirable ru n around to her In nine.'' nothing, a- I soothing the anim al w ith st any ordinar-. employment. Send for free book class of eiiiigniutii to L iverpisd and tho hand and voice urged him on. There was preseiibed bv one of tlie best p h y si H is coolness nearly d istracted me. containing tho fullest Information. cians in th is country for years, nn I is n “ I m ust see h e r!" I exclaim ed excit contin en tal ports of em barkation. N ine was s till light sufficient to nee around dollars, w hich is now c harged for steer clearly enough to d istin g u ish objects regular prescription. I t is composed ■ f H. H A L L E T T & C O ., •dly. “ B ut you c a n n o t ," h e said coolly age passage from th e M ersey to New n ear th e trail. Ilaym oud thought as he t i e best tonics Show n, com bined witli Hox 8 8 0 , “ I have s tric t orders not to let any one York, includes not only tlie usual outfit sta rte d again th a t he saw som ething tlie lieal blood pm iliers, a cting directly of tssldiug and so on, liut also tlie cost PO RTLAND. M A IN E . oil th e in neons surfaces. Tlie perfect know her w hereabouts for a day or tw o move neross tho tra il a little way aliea*1. u n til these extensive prep aratio n s are of the railw ay journey from L ondon and Tho horse w ent slow ly forw ard, h e t com bination of tin» tw o ingredients is Liverpool as w ell. And, ill ease of pas- w a ll un d er way. ” w ith great reluetauco, and w hen tin y wtoit p n sla ec s sueli w onderful results in BARGAINS. BARGAINS. I w as on the verge of tears, and w ith •e iig e r s from the south and southw est of reached an iqs-n s p i t w here the lig h t curing c a ta rrh . Send fur testim o n ia l,, E ngland and South W ales, the fare« In Will Fell btt« in A n n e from in f<50. a choke in m y voice 1 cried out, sinking was suflleieut to show objects for som e fiee. Will »dl lots in Clu«*$>rn add itio n to in to a c h a ir and h< 'd in g up my hands cludes the difference, if any, Is-twecu distan ce lie again stopped, trem bling, Florencc cheap a n d o« cufv terina. F .1. Clienev A Co., T oledo, 0 . the railw ay fare to London or South 4e|>renatiiigly: ami H aynianil for u linim ent could uot W. A, C o«. Sold by Druggists,7Sc. “ D o n 't say another word. Yt n w ill auiptoii anil th a t to Liverpool. persuade Inm to sta rt. A t last the horse S H E ’LL MARRY ME. FREE e TWO C.R-AT WEEKLIES • » • • M Add IE’S (¡HOST. • ■> • • W ÏE K ’ Y M THE PRICE OF ONE. ? '?< f t ’ -‘ ?•J . . . AMO . . . 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