Ç. ^rer zts J x t ¿rcT^r^jrcTCrC7\Tf my father's money—of yours, poor worn-out heart, that never waa made happy by its acquisition? If I have done you wrung, old soul. I pray forgiveness now," he murmured. "Amen.” said a deep voice at hia aide, and he turned at the solemn response, for which he was unprepared. A thin wom­ an, clad in shabby black, stood in the doorway looking at him. "Lucy Jennings!" he exclaimed. "You telegraphed to me this morn­ ing.” ahe said, advancing; "you asked me many questions, and I have come to an­ swer them in person." " I t was kind of yon, Lucy." he said, holding out his hand to her, "fo r I am In great trouble.*’ They went out of the room together. Reuben Culwick locked the door, and gave the key to Hartley, after which Lucy and he descended to ths hall. Lucy calym and grave. "W hat do you know of the Petersons? What became of them after leaving Lon­ don T* asked Reuben eagerly; "hav« you a clew to their address?" “I think I h are." “How did you find it? " “Among my circle of penitents and of poor mortals struggling out of crime there are many links of life to the dark world. I found friends to help me at once. Patience. If Sarah Eastbell has been lured away by these Petersons, the clew to their haunt has been already pointed out." "Heaven bless you. Lucy!" "Probably i bring a blessing to you— it is In there." She pointed to the door of the drawing room, and he said eagerly as he strode toward it: "S a ra h !" "Not she. It Is something yon lost be­ fore your second-cousin, snd took as much to heart in losing. It is something that changed you— and from which dated your hardness, and your suspicions of me— first of all. It may be yonr own flesh and blood, for what I know." He left Lucy Jennings, and went with quick steps into the drawing room, where on the sofa lay a child asleep, a poorly clad little girl of five years old. with her hat lying by her side, and a tangled mass of fair, wavy curia thrust back from her face. "T o ta !" he cried in his astonishment. " I met her in the streets of Worcester, near the pootoflee." said Lufy. " I t was raining hard, and she was crying because a lady had not come to fetch her. Her father had sent her to Worcester, she said." "W ill she remember me?" " I t is unlikely—It Is impossible." "Sh e wss very young when she went away, poor T ots.” said Reuben, sadly re­ garding her. "Y es, 1 suppo«« it is im­ possible." “She came with me in all confidence. I told her that I would take her to her friends, and she believed me." "You are very kind. Lucy." said Reu­ "G et back: you are safe, Get back. ben. "How is it that you do me theve loot, to all that wealth." good service«, and yet dislike me so Edward Peterson’s excitement was much?“* greater than Thomas East bell's now. He " I dislike the pride and anger In ynu.'* thrust him from the house, he locked answered I.ucy. "and they have turned the door after him; he tottered back to me against you. 1 have had my great the room. work to think of lately—not of the petty Tom Kastbell would be rich— immense­ difference« of eighteen months ago. See. ly rich— if hi* sister Sarah were removed the child is waking." from all the trouble« of this world! Tom Reuben turned to the little g irt who East be'J In his power—at his merry for had struggled into a sitting posture on many paw offeoaes— a weak foal whom the sofa, and was looking at them, all he comkl rule haphritly. and get money eye«— all blue eye*, too— as Tots had Quickly by looked at him in Hope street, years ago Then, with the fight in his hand, he "T o ts." he said, advancing to her. proceeded with a w\od*rfal steadiness of I “T o ts, old lady—don't you know m e?" step up the stsira A strange specimen His manner was too impetuous, and of a villain this—for be wer.t into h.s hia quick stride« toward her were fto daughter # room irst. and said. "Poor | symbolical of punishment for some cf- Bees—van have gone far good then." and fense which she in her Ignorance had walked out again, and up the remaining .committed, that the child sprang up ami flight, with a very arcTvwful countenance. raa to Lacy Jennings, burying her face in He drew the key from his pocket, unlock­ the skirts of her protector. ed the door, strode In. and then M o p p e d “T h e child is frightened of t o o . " said suddenly—a man struck, as it were, into Lucy, calmly; "let her be a while." •tone by his amusement. “Why. T ot*. It’s Yueie R oo." he cried, The room was empty! "old C od e R*v— you know!" The child Mill dung to Lucy's skirts, and would have a x e of his affection. He C H A P T E R X X IY . Re «Se« Osi wick dal sst reach Ä*i«e gave up. and walked away to the wic- m il tiU a late hour, when the Khnda wer» down before every window of the “Tow nee how this kind of love last*." girai bowse. He dal wot dream of death said L oot bitterly, “and yet you talee at home while he had bee« abroad m It so highly " pubsu'.t of the living, and. is the deep "Because it set s high vaine a pen m e." thought born of hia bailed search, he he answered qmkhty. strode up ths broad garde« path without “ I t to d e a d ." being struck by the blank aspect of the " I t w ill S v e ag ain — it w ill ra m s b u c k ." "And if not." Lncy answered, "there "How did It occsr? TVH me every­ to your me w l cr ud a tw raus t to you.“ thing r* he ashed, ss he went hit« the Th« peniag of :W dear cat short the picture gallery, and Hartley followed dash of arena, and Thomas Kastbe ad­ him The story w «• related, and W fiat- vanced tolta ths room with a f errod and eaed patiently He hewrd of hia s«at's •wsggeriag sir. Tots dang sci'J to the death, and of Thomas Kas*bell's flight — skirts of Lucy Jeuningn. w k l her face of the swspèdow which attached to TVsn- h k ld * la tha fotta. ss Kastbell until the doctor's sn ivel, and "O h! you're bock." he said ts Rea bee that gentleman's belief In tW a stars! "of courso you knew what has happened term In s den to the fife and care« ef the sine« yswVs been sw ay? T vs b«eu task­ aid Indy—of the tnqwest which most fob ing for you everywhere— Tv« bora ran­ tin g iftw the doctors—if w« had s He walked ap and down the gre«t pic­ plague In the k rass. 1 think people wa ald ture gallery la hia efti rs«t'e«s fashion, step in It mors than they l a * satt Tern planning for the morrow M l w .y he E serbe ' "W ho’s thtoY* ^milted the gallery, and went apacaus te “My asm# to Jraam gn." aald Lacy. f sell but the ones who are preparing r l r i I I » »♦»■§■♦ "O h! you’re Jennings. I hav« heard volume* of biographic» of the moneyed of you, but I dou’t know that we have men of the country in which the per­ ever met before. May I ask what you = 3 son approached may have hi» hl»tory want, inarm, now you are here?" asked w ritten up a t ao many thousand dol­ Thomas. "You’ll excuse me, but silica lar* a page. There 1» also U18 biblio­ my grandmother’s death and Sally's dis­ maniac. who fanteu» himself upon Mr. appearance— and until Sally returns — I «-ousider 1 am the head of this estab­ Morgan to dispose of so“ « ancient If your blood is thin and lishment." tome, colored in red by a monk and " I am compelled to answer your ques­ pure, you are miserable all In yellow by F ather Time. tion If this is a true statem ent," said lime. It is pure, rich bio Mr. G ate* baa had opportunities to Lucy. that invigorates, strengths] T h e M is tle to e B o u g h . place him self in the class with S a n to s "Yea, I should think yon were. True Dumont aa a navigator of the air and refreshes. You certainly km indeed—that’s s good one! Why, you The mistletoe hung in the castle hall. don’t know that my poor grandmother The holly branch shone on the old oak to become a second Castro In the for­ wall; killed herself thinking about me.” he uaid. mation of a new South American re­ "Sh e wsa worried— she wanted to leave And ths baron’s retainers wtrs blithe and public. Three men with theories of me all her money— and ahe died of dis­ i»y. airships who needed only mgney to appointment because she hadn't time to And keeping their Christmas holiday, the medicine that brings go finish her new will.** T>i« baron b«held with a fathar't prida make them fly have offered Mr. G ate* health to the home, the ot He addressed Lncy Jennings, but he Hia beautiful child, young l^ rall'« bride; a handsome share in venture# If he wss watching the effect of this announce­ While aha with her bright ajaa «««mad would produce the capital for con­ medicine tested and tried f ment upon Reuben Culwick from the cor­ to be 60 years. A doctor’s medici struction. ner of his eyes. The «tar of thla goodly company. Mr. Hawley, who waa a proteg# e f - I o * i m j Mf#*. w ith o u t doubt to a - " I t is heaven's mercy that your grand­ ® n a 8r»*eo i i a v n r1ll8. . u s . I i t a U ■■ t a h n « * m n i oat jg l w « oodòrfal r .d a r f • 1 a Collla P. Huntington, haa been be­ elno to t h . w o rld fo r ¿t e ï mother died then." replied Lucy to him. “I'm waary of dancing now.” aha cried: l* r a i» u e i> t. »n d 1 e a n r „ t t h in k TOB #ri " sieged more by W estern promoter* be­ T have been making inquiries concern­ "Hera tarry a moment— I'll hide, 1 U Mas. P i u s McWau.. cause he came from the Pacific co a st ing you to-day. and 1 have heard of noth­ hide! f - C. A TIX t il d ru g g is t» ing to your advantage. You and one Ed­ And. Lovell, be anre thoo'rt first to trace Offers of Interests In mines In th# , fo r — — ward Peterson were in this house, from The clew to my aecret lurking place.” W estern States and In South America. which your sister has disappeared,'* said Away aha ran— and bar friend« began Mexico and Europe have been cast a t Lncy. "Among my congregation there Kach tower to aearch, and each nook to him as If th* whole world were a were two or three who remembered the Bean; Petersons, and thought they they could And yonng Tarell cried, "O. where doat Klondike and b# th* flrat miner on L a x a tiv e d o s e s o f A y er's P ill*-; U m ground. , n ig h t g re a tly a id t h e garaap; be traced. We are searching for them thon hide? now under the name of Jackson." I'm loneeome without the«, my own dear THE C IT Y BOY. Thomas Eastbell put one hand to his bride.” A llen M ortal*. shirt collar; his throat had begun to swell W h y H * l a G e n e r a lly L e f t In t k * H e a r suddenly, and he felt uncomfortsble. Think for a moment of the They Bought her that night, and they b y t h * C o u n try B o y . "O h ." he said, "If that’s it you’re on a lim its of our knowledge! Sixteen! eought her next day. wrong------ " T hat the country la the better place dred m illions of featherless blf Tota had looked round at the sound of And they «ought her in vain whan a to raise boys Is the teaching of all e x ­ more or less, are picking up a week passed away: his voice some moments since, but he had perience. Go over the list of the men eating and drinking, marrying and not noticed her till then, and then his In the highest, the lowest, the loneliest who have done things In your city. A ing in m arriage, on this pretty p| spot, voic« utterly deserted him. and his eyes protruded in amazement. He did not ask Young Lovell sought wildly— hut found large majority of them are country of ours; o f w hat infinitesimal her not. any further questions of Miss Jennings. tion can you really unveil the 'i bred. W hy? The child belonged to Edward Peterson. And years flew by, and their grief at last The boy wherever you find him and gauge th e virtues and the 1 He and his wife had the charge of her Waa told aa a sorrowful tale loug past; needs wide spaces for the development ness How- -Tin y people do you I once, and grown tired of her. and lost her And when Lovell appeared, the children of the vital forces that are In him. Intim ately enough to say whether I in a Camberwell back street, where Reu­ cried: ben had found her; and Edward Peterson | ‘ See! the old man weeps for hia fairy He Instinctively covets elbow room, lot is. on the whole, enviable o f i u e boyish swath is a wide one. He reverse? E very human being is i had discovered her a year or so after­ bride.” Is necessarily noisy. He bubbles over elgn kingdom to every other. We J ward, and taken her from the Jenningses; bat he could not stop to explain that At leugth en oak chest, that had long for the same reason a tea kettle does a short excursion into their mindl now. A few days ago that child was He Is full of spontaneity and runs touch a t a port here and there; ad lain hid. at Jackson's button factory, and she Was found In the castle— they raised the over. " In the city he Is cribbed, ca­ say glibly th a t we know them intij must have come to Sedge Hill with the lid. news. He was caught in a trap again. And a skeleton form lay mouldering bined and confined. He has Little ly. W e know not how many darn chance to let himself o u t W hat won­ ners are carefu lly bidden away7 He knew it had not been safe to return, there der the roundly developed country lad all strangers, and w hat vast provi but that fool Peterson had persuaded In the bridal wreath of that lady fair! him. They knew all. and were getting O, sad was her fate!— in sportive Jest have never been reached in our | beats him to the goal. him Into a line by degrees; everything She hid from her lord in the old oak Poor city lad. Here Is the picture daring travels. How. then, caj might have been discovered, for what he Secretary Shaw give» of him, in a re­ Judge one another? Such utter 1 chest. knew to the contrary. He must "cu t it," It closed with a spring!— and, dreadful cent address: “The boy Is the most ance of our neighbor's thought! at any risk. doom. valuable product o f society, but In the motives should m ake us won He went Into the passage and closed The bride lay clasped In her living city he la not fairly treated. He lack» charitable. the door behind him. He took down a tomb! hat from the tree in the hall and put it a chance for the free play of his na­ A H eart S to ry . on. It waa Reuben's hat. and went over — Thomas Haynes Bayly. ture. Hia parents seldom giv* him a hia eyes, and waa altogether a bad fit; but Folsom, 8 . D ak.— In these gymnasium or a shop or even a room “ O n ly W a i t i n g . " th« sooner he was off the better, and of hts own. They are afraid he will when so many sudden deaths where he had put hia own hat he could Only waiting till the shadows Are a little longer grown. spoil the furniture. It Is too expen­ ported from H eart F ailu re and vu not recollect in the present confusion of Only waiting till the glimmer sive to let him do as he pleases. So forms of H eart D isease, it will be his faculties. Of the d a j'e last besm is flownt they give him money and let him go to news to many to learn that thei He went on tiptoe to the front door, and drew back the heavy bolts and the Till the night of earth is faded the streets which are often an open never failing remedy for every fora From the heart, once full of days j Heart Trouble. v big lock. He opened the door and let gate te hell." The picture is true. M rs. H . D . Hyde, of th is place,» in the wind and rain— and Sarah E a st­ Till the stars of heaven are breaking Poor city lad. There are no wide Through the twilight soft aud gray. bell! echoing fields or shady woods where troubled for years w ith a pain i f l Yes. it was his sister, with a shawl he may wander at his will, giving full heart which distressed her a gt e s t i Only waiting till the reapers over her hair, and her face, white and She had tried many remedies boT play and proper vent to the life forces Have the last aheaf gathered home. wild, peering from it. She had *oms not succeeded in finding anythin F or the summer time is faded. back—she knew all—he was done for! that run riot In hia veins. T e him would help her until a t last the And the autumn winds have come. "Tom . you villain!" ahe shrieked forth, there Is no call of the wild. F o r him ! a treatm ent of Dodd's Kidney P f l Quickly, reapers! gather quickly at first sight of him. there Is no company and touch of Na­ this very soon relieved her and ill Thomas Eastbell went down on his The last ripe hours of my heart. ture which the country boy knows knees at the same moment as Reuben For the bloom of life is withered. . not had a single pain or any d is tiB and fee la came from the drawing room. And I hasten to depart. the region of the heart since. B At home they say of the city boy "Oh. Reuben! take care of me," Sarah* ¡sa y s: “ I cannot say too m w B mnrmured. as she went fearlessly to the Only waiting till the angela that he la rude and awkward and de­ { praise of Dodd’s K idney P il's. f l friendly shelter of his arm s; " I have no structive. W hat wonder! The only are the greatest heart medicine f l Open wide the mystic gate. one else." At whose feet I long have lingered. wonder Is be doesn't explode. He Is ever used. I was troubled f o r i "Sh e conld never take care of herself," Weary,-poor and desolate. all boy. T h at's why he is worth rais­ three years with a severe pain f l mattered the inflexible Lucy, as she fol­ Even now I hear the footstep*. ing! Expressions o . energy in the boy heart, which entirely disappeared J lowed Reuben Culwick into the hall. And their voices fa r away: spell Force. He has in him the m ak­ a short treatm ent of Dodd's K fl It was as Mary Holland had said, and I f they call me. I am waiting. ing of a man. Why scold him and P ills .” Sarah Eastbell wss back in her i-wn Only waiting to obey. house. spoil bis temper for being what he is? (To be continued.) Why spoil him by trying to make him r p - t o - l ) a t e M a g a z in e Only waiting till the shadows w hat he is not? Hack W riter— How would y i: * Are a little longer grown. M a n la a N a t u r a l B lu ffe r . Only waiting till the glimmer An unspoiled boy—city or country— an article on Solomon? H A man In a big department »tore was O f the day'e last beam is flown. is about the finest thing on two legs. Magazine Editor— F irs t rate, ¡‘O1 buying his w ife a sealskin saeque. Then from out the gathered darkness. He is affectionate— under his vest He can only furnish a complete set o f l F irst she tried on a *250 one. T he Holy, deathless stars shall rise. is sym pathetic if you know how to traits of his wives.— Som erville By whose light my soul shall gladly man smoothed It across the bsck and reach hia sympathies. He is honest Journal. ■ Traad its pathway to the skies. said: And frank. And above all, be atands — Frances Laughton Mace. "W ell. I never exam ined one of these H ow ’ a T h is ? for fa ir play. Later on. as a man. be thing* before close up; and thla looks offer One Hundred Dollari P.em&J may lose many of these virtues, but as to w# TH E P EN A L T Y O F W EALTH. r cose of Catarrh that cannot be all right to me.” a boy be Is admirable. Hall s Catarrh Cure.^B Next hia wlf# tried on a 300 saeque. M i l l i o n a ir e * W h o s e L i v e * A r e M a d e F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Prop«. Give the city boy bis chance. L et We, the underiifned. have known He smoothed It across th * shoulders Mlacvable by Cranks and Prom oters. him go to the country at every oppor­ Chener ior the lazt 15 year», and be.ie and said: h norable in all business u Three men In the W all street dis­ tunity. Let him build a shop in the perfectly tions and financially able to carry oat l ”1 ca n 't tell the difference between trict. New York, receive requests In back yard or in the cellar If he choos­ ligatioca made by their firm. 'em. C an't see a particle of difference the course of a year to back schemes es. G ive him a room of his own. Of * *#T <£ T ec ax . Wholesale Druniftz, ‘ W a LX>I3T à . K ikkaji A MABTL5, whole« between 'em ." the financing of which would break course the room will be topsy turvey f i » u , T o le d o . O. “Oh. my, yes! A closer pile,” said th * Bank of England or bankrupt the betimes. O f course. He Is not a young Hali t Ca:arrh Cure is taken intern»! Inf directly upon the blood and macc the saleswoman. government o f the United States. They gentleman. He Is a boy. God bless face« of the «rttem. Price 7Sc. per “No difference, to my mind,” Insisted are John W . G ates, J . Pierpont Mor­ him. L et him bring h!s comrades Sold by all Drngfisu. Testimonial* * HoU • Family Pills are the beat. the man. gan and Edwin Hawley. These propo­ home with him. L et them together l i e bought the *250 coat, and after he sals run through the whole gamut of romp and raise cain. Give the city S o m e th in g A like, was gone the salesw om an said: human ingenuity, from a new method boy a v e n t The country-raised boy “Why is a kiss over the telef “ Nine e a ts out o f ten are bought o f scratching matches to the promo­ has beaten the city-raised boy because like a straw b a t?” as th at one was. Nearly every m sn in­ tion of a South American revolution he has had a better chance.— Des “ Because neither one is fe lt l sists on doing the purchasing him self, or the prevention o f earthquakes and Moines News. marked Mr. W ise. and alw ays he says, when he has other aelsmic d istu rban ces They pour And then th e old maid was 1 reached bis lim it as regards price. In by letter and persons from all quar­ M aking a Good C ltlaea. to remark th a t cu rren t events “C an 't see any difference between this ters of the globe. A 13-year-old Italian boy lately pre­ certainly shocking.—Brooklyn Ea| coat and th at dearer one there.' I f I These things are the penalty of spec­ pared an essay on the duties o f cl; lie n - had shown a $1.000 saeque to our friend tacular wealth. They are some of the ship, for a club in New York. Among he’d b a r e Insisted th at it looked the troubles th at beset the man who makes the rules which he laid down are the sam e as the *250 one to him. Men are his m illions with a blare o f trumpet* following: such blufferSL They bluff even them- | and under the glare o f limelights. “I f I want to be a good citiien I selves. I t would be a satisfaction, Mr. G ates has been hounded so by must be true to my country, true to though, lust to bear one man say that importunate persons that he hardly my state and true to mv c!ry he perceived the superiority o f th e more dares set foot in the s tre e t He was not vote I will not be doing’ my duty. expensive coat, but didn't care to go Importuned in restaurant a fter restau­ I must have my own judgment to vote so high In price.”— Philadelphia Record. r a n t until In self-protection he had a for the man I think is best qna’.fle i dining-room fitted up in his office and for the office for which he h a . been H i* E x p la n a t io n , there he now takes his luncheon. Mr. nominated If I don't I won't be doing W hy are people who buy gold bricks Morgan has been forced to adopt the my duty. I must not let anybody invariably fa rm ers?- asked the man bribe me to vote for a man I think no: sam e method. who assum e* superiority. One o f the things th at bothers Mr. fitted for an office, i t wifi also he my “I dun no." answered Mr. CorntosaeL duty to be industrious and self-sup­ "un less It * because farm er* are the Morgan most, although It coats him no money. Is the cam era with a fiend be- p osing. ao as not to he a harden and only folks now adays who have money hind I t I f there Is one thing he hates a nuisance to the public. I must pay enough to m ake It worth while for more than all others it la being pboto- taxes, so that the government can t e sharpers to bother w ith m . " - W a s h ­ tographed. and he has become an maintained and the officers of the gov­ ington Star. adept in springing from the door of ernment paid because the governmen­ hia office building Into a coupe and ts for my good. When tt u 2 -^ « v ir y A lm ost R ic h !. -W h a t do yon know about thla e a se ’ “ hanging the door behind him . I t was I moat help to m a !tta :s order a id al­ he who w as the recipient of the pro­ ways be ready for pabhc sen X*. a^d asked the law yer. j "N oth ing." replied the wltnean. “I'm posal that he finance a scheme for In case of war serve my co c a --y making earthquake* Impossible. Jo s t should know the hlstoty of my th e expert " ftubeeqneatly hia testim ony proved a fte r th * eruption of Monnt P e l** a snd be an Intelligent reader and t :«s cooclnateety th at he knew leas than Frenchm an wrote him. roost earnestly observer of current events.” asking his help snd assuring him there n o th in * -C h ic a g o Tribune R o a s t s '. P a r c b a s e « . w ere millions of dollars In th * plan Russia bought from the United Scarcely a day passes bat some man (the— Yon didn't stay k m * in London. States in ltklS nearly 330.000.00(1 worth He— N*. I couldn't stand It- Over w rite* to him o f th * unearthing of a | of goods, which la double the a v e ra ^ th ere everybody knew me for an Amer priceless painting, disfigured by Cm*, for previous years, and sold the United iena right aw ay. Here, la New T ark. b a t bearing beyond ail doubt traces of th * work of some dead master An States nearly |11.0tli.000 worth, which b p e a r ever rasgwrts I t - A m n Bet. other class o f men whoa* palm* itch ia an Increase of i ) per cent over pre­ M l:o n sold hia copyright o f P ara fur tome o f th * Morgan money are vious yearn. •me Loot fo r *T T la throe payments, th# book agents, not only th# Inoffen- W , give a man credit for being his Ufo la t buc a r ! ty. Mva oaaa who have editions da lux* to «va, headed if he Isn't a b o rt anr le v *. I 33IK! 3 OLD= F A V O R IT E S Auer, Sarsaparill P o o r Healt *