HE GUILTY MAN
, had uiTved h e rs e lf to m eet
' faii,er. She g la n c e d lu th e
error, and sa w how p a le she
Vr father w ould he pale, too,
different hi» pallor from her
, pallor like none o th e r In th e
passed o v er her. D id »lie
father? B u t a n g er w e n t out
her love. H er lo v e w u fo r
j he could n e ve r he a n y th in g
Last night she had w ritte n to
j tohl him th e tru th , a n d th e
iald separate them fo rev e r. S h e
daughter o f a th ie f!
uaeleaanes* It hud been fo r her
0 move hundreds o f tu lles front
0me. It had been don e fo r th e
not for the d au gh ter. F o r the
, there had been a h a lf y e a r 's
, in the new place, nud a learu-
ve a man w hom she had last
•Hoed to m arry.
H e r fa th e r
ught this u u liap p lu ess a s he
igltt so m uch m ore.
Krief had h er fu th e r not
| The d ay he w e n t to prison
lefalcntiou In th e bnuk w h ere
,«.u cashier and h er m o th er's
Manager, had not h er m o th er’s
alien dead? T h e w o rld had
aid hanker cou ld not sta n d th e
And w h at m ore? H ud not
er'i mother, a lw a y s nil Invalid,
liken by her h u sban d ’» d ea th ,
,r been told o f her son -in -la w 's
There had been a m ass o f de-
the poor, fe eb le w om nn b ein g
tlleve that her d a u g h te r's lius-
bom she loved us a sou, had
tay on business, nud le tte rs
In his prison cell bad b een rend
ami they told her o f a g re a t
I. In tile W est, w ith a clie e rfu l-
was appalling. Y e s, th e girl
,t«l her fa th e r a s sh e th o u g h t
treats o f the p a st fo u r y e a rs,
rouhl she h a v e hated him s a v e
I
used her bau d s fie rc e ly to her
j «he started.
T h e re w a s n
the stairs. H e r m o th er w a s
r her father up to her. H o w
the meet him ? H ad It n ot been
ikiheknew how sh e sh ou ld h av e
But her fa th e r bad forced
iomtor.
*tq» ascending
th e
sta irs
•7 door. S h e k n e w th e sh arp
T 1' She used to fly to m eet
ther foar years b ack w h en she
kit little cough In th e h all I11 th e
home. Now sh e did not m ove
chair she sat in.
•card a voice ou tsid e th e d oor—
“ther urging her fa th e r to e n ter
Then the h an d le o f th e door
aid her mother led in a stra n g e
man.
arose. H er fa th e r stood be
■ expectancy w ritte n on hit
^he went slow ly to him a n d belli
ihcad up to his Ups. H e r m oth
a! angrily at her, but sh e weni
her seat anil ca u g h t up som i
. said the m other sh a rp ly , "h
‘ W*J to m eet.you r fa th e r ? 0«
ow that all th at h as o c c u rre i
“n more to me th an to a n y om
the world? A n d y e t I fo rg iv t
‘ I love. A n d you w h o h a v e 1
ve no lover,” co ld ly In terru p ted
1 - “ I couldn’t d e c e iv e him a n y
I wrote him la st n igh t. I told
e ,ruth and th a t I w o u ld not
him."
*aid the m other, " n o w I un-
d She t o n e d to h er h u sban d ,
do not mind. dear. Y ou h av e
11 shall never fa il you. H a v e I
lied yon? W h at Is done Is doue.
wiped a w a y. It is o n ly rem ein-
T your daughter, not b y m e, and
>s much to me a ft e r a ll th e m is
t'd sufferings a s th e d a y w h en I
'}■ your Side and vow ed to be ■
and true w ife till Hod should
in death. W e a lw a y s sp o k e o f
>ther ami I.”
t mother," his d ry lip s said,
la she?"
fife caught his hand.
"' aite said, “ ca n you b e a r a
ore?"
»ked at her.
iy. she said, stern ly , " g e t m e
liters. "
M went and took from th e book
mcket, which she b ro u g h t to h er
letters to y ou r m oth er.” *the
Ps seemed to say; ‘ 'and unop-
r|fe fondled his hand.
>s only a few m onths a g o ,” sh e
‘ " '" ''i hot tell y ou th e tru th
than 1 could tell her. T h e
nold have m ade you tin happier.
Ml,,d to tell you m yse lf. S h e
'h as she loved me. O ne morn-
n your letters cam e, and u n til
" It to her she a sk e d m e to
''I b. An hour Inter vve fou n d
. 1 " '' Her held tip to h er h eart
.
V"f.v w h ite and ip ile t.
' “i n Ul, stru g g le w h a te v e r,
uo pain. W e laid h er Iteslde fa th e r,
w h om she n e ve r ceased g rie v in g for
and w h o had g iv e n her e v e ry com fort
lu life, e v e u w h en I am su re he cou ld
h a rd ly afford the e x tr a v a g a n c e s o rd er
ed by h er p h y sicia n s. It Is ull over, and
h ap p ily o v er fo r both o f them , d ear,
an d y o u w e re a lw a y s kind uud good to
th em ."
A low , lon g sigh broke from the man.
T h e n sile n ce fell, »be sound o f tram
b ells lu th e street ca m e d istin c tly to
th em , um l th e tic k in g o f th e clock on
th e m an tle w a s stra n g e ly loud.
T h e re w a s a m ovem ent on the p a rt o f
A n n ie. S h e ip se uud ca m e and k ueeled
b e sid e h e r fa th e r's chair.
“ F a th e r ,” sh e suidt _ “ yo u m ust fo r
g iv e me. I am not v ery happy. 1 do
not m ean to be hard, b u t 1 c a n 't go
b a c k from m y reason in g. Y ou h av e not
o n ly m other, but you h a v e me also. I
w ill do w h a t I can. I am sure you
kn o w th a t, and a fte r a w h ile you w ill
n or m iss a n y th in g in m e."
"H o b ack to y o u r se a t,” com m anded
h er m other. " D o y ou kn o w th at you
a re In th e p resen ce o f a broken h e a rt 1
D oesn ’ t y o u r fu th er a c c u s e h im se lf o f
m ore tlia u y ou a c c u s e him o f?
>t ho
are you , w ith y o u r p a ltry lo v e troubles,
to com e to him in a tim e lik e tills ? "
"H u sh , M a ry !” said h er husband.
“ H u sh !”
T h e sile n ce fe ll again .
A n n ie sa t alone. She w a s a p art from
e v e ry th in g . T h e re w a s no love fo r her
an ym ore. H e r fa th e r bad e xp iated Ills
sin in tu e e y e s o f the w orld. In her
h eart th e slit th at lmd been his still
lived. F o r th ere w a s J a c k , anil she had
g iv e n him up b ecau se o f h er fa th e r ’s
gu ilt. T h e re w a s a n a rro w in g o f the
radius.
No m atte r fo r J a ck If her
fa th e r w e re o n ly an Innocent man.
L o v e su re ly cre a ted a d esire fo r p u rity,
for, sin ce she hud learn ed to love Ja ck ,
h er fa th e r 's sin bad g ro w n and gro w n
upon her. anil b efore th a t the sin bad
been tem pered b y her p ity in g love and
h er p ra y e rs fo r h e a v en ’s fo rgiven ess.
T h e d a u g h te r o f a tlile f! Oh, w h y
had sh e m et J a c k ? W h y bad sh e a l
low ed h e rse lf to c a re fo r him ? W h y
bad sh e let h e rse lf feel g la d w h en she
k n e w th a t lie loved h er? W h y h ad she
g re a tly d esired th a t he should tell her
th a t he hud given his h eart to b er and
d em an d ed her uwu- in. re tu rn ?
T lu w m an y sa d ly co n fu sed q u estion s
did sh e p u t to h e rse lf as she sa t th ere
in th e m iserab le silen ce, h er m other
and h er fa th e r a t a g re a te r d istan ce
from b er th an th ey bad e v e r been be
fore, w h ile she v a in ly tried to a ccu se
h er heart, and her d a u g h te rly a ffection
o f tra n sg re ssin g , even th ough J a ck
ca lled th rou gh the silen ce th at, b ut for
h er fa th e r's crim e, sh e m igh t h av e
cla im ed w om an 's p e rfe c t huppiuess on
earth .
d oubt In It, a u a n forced h«c ilk« a
com m and sh e d ared net Jlsobey.
S h e rose fro m her se a t and faced
him.
D esp ite the p h y sica l ch an ges In him
she saw b e fo re h er his old s e lf— strong,
not u u b rave, uot d islo ya l, not a crim
inal.
"Y o u h av e g lv e u up y o u r lo v e r,” he
w e n t on ra p id ly.
" Y o u h a v e given
him up b ecau se o f me. F a y attention
to me. I w ill tell yo u w h a t 1 had
hoped n e ve r to tell a liv in g soul on
earth . A n d I m ust speak b e fo re your
m other com es b ack , fo r sb e m u st never
know . B u t you m ust k u o w , am i the
m ail w ho asked q u m to he his w ife , and
w hom you re fu se d on acco u n t o f me.
I w ill go to him and I w ill tell him as 1
tell you , th at I h a v e w re ck ed no life,
th at I h a v e not w re ck ed m y d au gh ter's
happiness. Do you h ear me, I h av e not
In terfered w ith y o u r right to be happy
w ith th e m an yo u love. I h a v e been
ad ju d ge d a crim in al. 1 h a v e served a
c rim in a l's sen ten ce. B u t 1 a m an Inuo- j
cen t m an, a n d ” — he turn ed and pointed
to th e p ictu re o f his w ife ’s fa th e r— I
“ th at m au k n e w it. 1 sacrificed not
y o u r m other, not you, hut m y own
sta n d in g In so cie ty and th e m inds of
m en fo r the sa k e o f m y w ife 's father
and his Invalid w ife .”
She gasped. S h e understood him, and I
she trem bled fro m head to foot.
" I w ould n e v e r h a v e told you .” he (
w e n t on, "o n ly th a t you g a v e up you r
life 's h app in ess beeu u se o f m y d isgrace.
Y ou r fo rfe ite d lo v e fo r me w ou ld never
h av e brought th is con fessio n , fo r w hat
1 did w a s d one to sa v e an old man and
an old w om an , w h o had been as a
m other to me.
I f n atu re could not
m ake y o u r lo v e su rm ou n t m y sham e,
th a t love is o f little a ccou n t. Y ou r
m oth er's fa th e r's sin m ade me a p ris
oner. I t w a s he w h o took th e money
and I th e b lam e. I h a v e proofs o f all
tills, and I am g la d I n e ve r destroyed
them , fo r I m ust sh ow th ese proofs to
th e d au gh ter w h ose lack o f love m akes
m y w ord o f no a cco u n t.”
" F a th e r !"
T h e re w as a q u a lity In her cry th at
told him m ore th an m an y w ords. She
sp ran g to his a rm s, h er h eart held
closely to his. H e w a s innocent; he
w as Innocent; a n d though her life ’s
g re a te st lo v e m igh t be o v e r and doue,
th e m an w h o a sk e d h er to m arry him
had uot loved th e d u u g h te r o f a thief.
T h e re w a s som e one in th e room,
th ough neither o f them heeded till the
g ir l's u’a m e w a s spoken by th e n ew
com er.
“ J a c k !” she cried out, and clu n g the
closer to h er fa th e r. " J a c k !”
“ You did uot h ear m e k n o ck," said
he. “ I cam e to tell you th at I refu se to
ob ey you r m n t. i o n m ve me ■ >„ »
you, and you w ill be m y w ife. And,
com in g In here, I h av e heard w h y t yo u r
fa th e r said to you . Y'our fa th e r — w ill
he not let me c a ll him m ine?”
H e r fa th e r's head w as raised , an d he
looked d eep ly into the y o u n g m an's
eyes.
"W e ll, w e ll!” sa id the b u stlin g voice
o f th e w ife com in g Into th e lib ra ry.
“ A n d J a ck here! M ark, m y d ear. A n
nie— M ark. is th is th e happy end o f all
yo u r sadu ess and p a in ?”
" Y e s ,” said th e " g u ilty m an ," as he
placed th e hand o f his d a u g h te r into
th at o f the lover. “ Y e s.” — S p a re Mo
ments.
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j
H e r m oth er and her fa th e r a p p a ren t
ly fa ile d to re a lize h ow m uch she w a s
g o in g th rou gh . It w a s o n ly her lack o f
resp onse to th eir love th a t touched
them . H er adoration o f a m an w ho
m ight h av e been ber lm sband w as
" A P o o r R e la t io n .”
m erely a foolish n ess o f liers nud not to
John K e lle rd , w e ll know n to d ra
be placed In th e sam e ca te g o ry w ith m atic fam e, w a s once p la yin g an en
h e r d u ty a s a d a u g h te r—th e d au gh ter gagem en t w ith th e lute Sol S m ith B u s
o f a th ie f!
T h a t m iserab le w ord, th at sell in “ T h e T a le o f a C o at.” In th e
d isg ra c e fu l w ord, w ou ld com e upper- p la y K e llerd had occasion to w e a r a
! m ost to her. Hut fo r J a ck w ould this hundsoiue fro ck co a t w h ich fo r its cloth
| h a v e been so?
T h e d a u g h te r o f a and cu t w a s th e a d m ira tio n o f th e com
1 th ie f?
pan y, in clu d ing th e star-m an ager.
T h e re ca m e a tap on th e door, and it
Soon a fte r w a r d R u ssell m ade a re
sounded on her enr lik e thunder.
v iv a l o f “ A P oor R ela tion ," and a bou t
H e r m other w e n t to th e door and th at tim e occu rred th e d eath o f Boucl-
ca u lt, th e w rite r. R u ssell w a s Invited
opened It.
“ M a rk ,” she said to h er husband, “ it to be one o f th e p a llb earers at th e fu
Is cook. S h e w ish es to speak to me neral, and as he happened not to h av e
a liou t din ner. W e a re g o in g to h av e all a su itab le coat fo r th e occasion w ith
th e th in g s you used to— a ll th e th in g s him, and th ere w a s uot sufficient tim e
yo u like. O f co u rse th e se rv a n ts know to h av e one m ade, he sent a note to K e l
n othing, dear. Y o u h av e been W est, lerd exp lain in g his need and a sk in g for
y o u k n o w . T h e se rv a n ts h ave only- th e use o f his fr o c k coat. A p o stscrip t
been w ith us sin ce w e m oved here. to th e request re a d : " B y th e wra y, you
W o u ld you like to com e d o w n sta irs, or needn't m ention th e fa c t th at I'm w e a r
Ing you r coat."
w ill y ou s ta y here In th e lib ra ry ? ”
K ellerd 'g coat served Its purpose, and
“ I w ill sta y here,” he said, In his
w a s returned to th e ow n er th e fo llo w
hushed w a y , " H e r e .”
“ V e r y w e ll," retu rn ed his w ife . "I in g d ay w ith a q u a in t note o f th an ks,
sh a n 't be gon e long. See, here Is a ll w h ich ended: “ A n d please d on 't tell
th e old fu rn itu re, a ll y o u r books. Just th e T a le o f yo u r C oat. (Signed) Sol
a s yo u used to lik e them , and the pic Sm ith R u ssell— A Poor R elation .” —
N ew York Clipper.
tu re s."
STABLER
A LL
CA SES
O F
DEAFNESS OR HARD HEARING
ARE NOW CUR ABLE
b y o u r n e w in v e n tio n .
O n ly th o s e b o rn d e a f a r e in c u ra b le .
HEAD NOISES CEASE IMMEDIATELY.
F . A . W E R N IA N , O F B A L T IM O R E , S A Y S :
B a l t i m o r e , M d ., M a r c h 30, 1901.
Gentlemen . — Being entirely cured of deafness, thanks to your treatment, I will now give yo«
a full history of my case, to be used at your discretion.
... T
About five years ago my right ear began to sing, and this kept on getting worse, until I 10«
my hearing in this ear entirely.
. .
.. . _ _
I underwent a treatment for catarrh, for three months, without any success, consulted a num-
ber of physicians, among others, the most eminent ear specialist of this city, who tola me tnai
only an operation could help me, and even that only temporarily, that the head noises woula
then cease, but the hearing in the affected ear would be lost forever.
I then saw your advertisement accidentally in a New York paper, and ordered your treat
ment. After I had used it only a few days according to your directions, the noises ceased ana
to-day. after five weeks, my hearing in the diseased ear has been entirely restored. I thank yoa
heartily and beg to remain
Very truly yours.
.
.
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F o r O v e r S ix t y Yearn.
b a c k w a s to w ard him, a s she leaned you 'd know th a t th ere's a ce rta in
hand to do your Job work In Gardening
o v e r h er se w in g, and h er h eart beat brand o f Joy th at only a c h iro p o d ist! A x O l d a n d W e l l -T r ik d K k m k d y . Mrs
plowing. Etc, Etc.
Winslow’s
Soothing
Svrnp
has
been
used
for
fa s t w h en he turn ed from th e picture can m easure o u t ” — N ew York Bven-
Cottage
Grove,
Oregon.
over sixty years bv millions of mothers for their
a t la s t an d s w ift ly crossed th e c a r ing Sun.
chiloren while teething, with perfect success
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It
soothes
the
child,
softens
the
gums,
allays
all
pet.
T h e re is a lw a y s som e one in e v e ry pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy
^ h e u bis hand w a s laid upon her
for Diarrhoea. Is pleasant to the taste. Hold
crow d w ho rem ain s Just quiet en ou gh by Druggists in every part of the World. Twenty
arm , sh e a lm o st sh riek ed aloud.
to be able to tell a fte rw a rd s w b at fo o ls five cents a bottle. Its value is Incalculable for children, safe sure. No
“ A n n ie!” said her f a t h e r s voice. It
Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’ s toothing
the oth ers m ade o f them selve*.
opiates.
Syria» and take no other kind.
w a s a grim voice n ow , no q u a v er o f
H E R B E R T L E IG H ,
Eugene,
Ore
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