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I) AJfc J Jii1tiJ.AJi.liln1lili..t.l1i itufi ! IiJii tiitut if-iltut TVTTI'TTTTItTTttTTTTTTTTTt'I MASTER OF THE MINE By Robert Ml H t r -H"H"H"H-t-H"H"H-4"l :Q0- CIIAPTKK XXI. Yes; It was, Annlo, though for a time I couM scarcely believe the evidence of my own rye. Sho was so white ami thin, no poorly clad, ami living In such n den. Truly her aim had set and, as 1 predicted, she was wending her way home. She cried out at sight of me. nnd, Instead of giving me a welcome, aha liiii her faco and moaned. I felt no ani mosity toward her nowt whatever sho liad done, oho had been bitterly punish' ed. I took her In my arms and tried to comfort her. "Annie," I said, "ray poor Annie, tell me what haa happened to you, that 1 find you like thU?" Wo soon discovered the cause of her weakness It wan hunger. The poor thine had spent her lat shilling, and had not eaten a crust tinco the morning; and, lied wa not found her, she would have pent that night starving In the streets, It was the work of a few moment for John Uudd to run out ami return with food. When she came wholly to herself ngatn. olio looked at me, dreading left 1 nhouM question her again; and I thought It better to let my questions rent. "Annie," I said, "do you feel strong enough to go now? I mutt take you with me to my rooms. I can't leave you heret" She was too 111 to otTcr much reslst ance; no, after I had paid tho few hil lings that she was owing, we left that miserable den together Annie, still faint and rery weak, leaning heavily upon me. John Uudd had quietly kept In the back ground, thinking that hU pretence might nerve to further upset Annie, lie now aa unobtrusively took his departure, af ter having whispered In my ear that be would cat! for us in the morning. I took his hint, and determined to act upon It. The night was very cold, and as we left the house and passed down the street, facing the chilly wind, I felt Annie tremble violently, to I hurries her along and we soon reached the bouse where I had taken my rooms. Had I not crept Into euch good odor through my acquaintance with honest John Uudd, I should have been almost afraid to take Annie Into the house; as It was, I ex pected a cold greeting; but to my amaze ment we were received with open arms. I afterward discovered that John Uudd tiad been before us, and had prepared the way for our coming. Ho when the door was opeued the landlady, who was a good kind aonl, came forward and al most took poor Annie In her arms, and led her, half-fainting, up to tho little sitting rmm. I gave her ray bed room that night, and, rotting inyjelf In a rug, lay down on the sofa In my little sitting room and tried to sleep; but It waa Impossible, and after a while I got up and began to walk about the room. Annle'a room adjoined mine; so I could bear that she. too, was nwako and crying bitterly. In the morn ing matters were considerably worse; poor Annie was delirious. Her pale face was (lushed, her eyes vacant, and she cried pitifully on someone to come to her. At 10 o'clock, John Itudd'a wagon topped at the door; a few moments later hono-it John himself was lie. ore me. I took hltn to the bedside and showed Iiltn my poor cousin, and hU eye filled with tears as he looked at her. Then we both went back to the other room. "Measter Hugh," said John, "what do 'ee mean to daw, sir?" "I nhalt wait here till Annie gets bet ter," I fold; "then I shall persuade her to come I wine, ion will be back again on Thursday, won'f you?" "Yes; and mayhap she'll be well enough by then to come. We'll make her a bed 1' tho awld wagon and take her careful, Meatcr Hugh!" Never In my life had I thougtit so much of the honest-hearted carrier aa now, when I saw him shedding tear for my poor cousin. When John Uudd came on the Thurs day, ho found her sitting up In bod, able to recognize him and talk to him, but Htlll too weak to walk Into the adjoining room. Nothing was said about going away that day; but I Judged that she would be able to make the attempt on the follow ing Monday, the day of the carrier's re turn. On the Sunday morning, therefore, when rhe had left her bed room, and aat in the arm chair by the sluing room fire, I took her poor thin hand in mine, and aid: "Annie, my dear, do you feel strong enough to take a Journey? John Uudd will bo here to-morrow, and I want to take you home." It was pitiful to see her face. "Oh, Hugh! I can't go!" she cried. "I can't face father, It would kill me! You go, und leave me try to forget you have aecn me, and they will never know," "Annie," I said, "the time has come when you must tell me the whole truth. When we met in London, you said you were a married woman. Waa that true, or faUe?" "When I told you, I thought It waa true. He said I waa his wife. Wo went licforo a sort of lawyer together In Plym outh, and though I prayed xore to be wed In church, he said It was the same thing. Afterwards, when we quarreled, he told me that the man was In hi pay, und that It waa no marriage at all. That waa why I left him, and went out Into the streets to starve." "Now, answer me," I cried, "who I the man? If he is living, he shall make emends!" "Too late, too late!" she cried. "la he dead?" "No, Hugh; ho I Jiving!" "Ills name? Tell me hi name!" "Hugh, dear, I cannot- at least not rat. JJut I trusted him, and ha de Buclinnnn. I -H -H -H-M MIKHHillf ceived me. Ho made me swear eo keep his secret for n time, saying that If folk know of our marriage It would he hi ruin. At last, when I could bear sua poind IK) longer, he toM mo the truth. With the aid of him that's dead, ho had deceived me. Wliat slwll 1 do?" My head whirled; I had a aero struggle to collect my furious thoughts. At last I mattered myself, and cried: "You must come home with me. You must tell the truth to those that lovo you." I shall never forgot that Journey. Aa wo drow nearer and nearer to St. Ourlott's, her agitation increased terri bly; and when at last John pulled up within a hundred yards of the cottage gate, she began to cry pitifully, and beg to bo taken atony. I soothed her as well as I could, and, having left her In the van, I walked on to tho cottage to pre pare tho way for her reception. I en tered the gate, went softly up to tho cottage, and looked In at the kitchen window. It was quite dark outside; but Inildo the kitchen lights were burning, and a fire was blazing on tho hearth, llefore the fire, seated In his arm chair, was my uncle. Ills faco looked whiter than ever, hit hair was like snow; on hi knee he held tho big family lllble, which he was reading, tracing tho line with tho forefinger of his right hand. I looked around the kitchen for another figure that of my aunt. She was not there. I hastened back to tho wagon, lifted out Annie, more dead than alive, poor child; and half ted, half carried her to tho kitchen door. "Go In, Annie," I whispered, "your father Is there!" Then I opened the door, and, leaving her on the threshold, returned to my post of observation at the window to see what took plsce. For a moment, Annie swerved and half tunrne-1, as If about to fly, then shs laid her hand upon the door and sobbed, "Father." I saw my uncle start nervously and drop the book upon his knee; then he rose, and, with a piercing cry of Joy, held forth bis arms. What followed I don't know. I rushed to the kitchen door, and when I reached It I aaw poor Annie lying half fainting upon her father's breast. CIIAPTKIl XXII. It was a sight to bring teara to the eyes of a strong msn. Tho poor old father white-haired, haggard, trvmbling like leaf, and feverishly clasping the child who hsd been the darling of his days. He looked into her face ha smoothed back her hair with his wrin kled hand he murmured her name while, sobbing and moaning, she clung to him and entreated his forglvcneas. I stood looking on, slmost terrified. As I did so, my aunt brushed past me, snd, eutering the kitchen, uttered a cry of surprise. "Annie!" The tone of her voice was harsh and cold, and her face waa stern Indeed. Its leaning herself from her father's em brace, my coutan turned to htr mother with outstretched arms. "Yes, mother! I have come back!" Hut my aunt, with the same stern ex pression, repulsed her, and the poor girl fell back with a pitiful moan. "Hide a bit! Wha brought 'ee? Did you coom tuck alone?" "We came home together," I said, stepping forward. "I me look at 'ee!" cried my annt, suddenly approaching her daughter, who hid her face and sobbed. "What, can't 'ee look your mother in the face? Naw? Theu away wl' Ve, for you'm na daugh ter o' mlno!" My uncle, who had sunk trembling into a chair, looked up, amazed, as she con tinued: "1aoc at your father! Iook at the shame and trouble you'm brought upon him! A year ago he waa a happy man, and I were a happy woman; hut now look at us both now! Hotter to be dead and buried than to coom back jar, bring ing rorrow on folk that once held their heads up wl' tho best!" I was lost In ajiiaiement at my aunt's severity; for never for a moment had I anticipated such a reception. Hitherto, Indeed, my uncle had seined to take the' affair most to heart, and It was his atti tude toward Annie that I had most dreaded. "Come, come, aunt," I ald. "You must not talk to Annie so. There has been trouble, no doubt; but it Is all over now, and everything can be explained." "Whar has she been all this while, tell me that? She left o' her awn free will, and she comes back o' her awn tree will; but till I know what she ha done, I'll ne'er sit down or break bread wl' her again." "I told you how It would be!" cried Annie, addressing her words to me, but hUII hiding her face. "Let me go! I wish I had never come!" And she made a hurried movement to ward tho door, ns if to lly, Seeing this, rny aunt relented a little; though her manner was still harsh enough. At this moment, my uncle rose. "Annie," he raid, "dawn't heed moth er. She dawn't mean It, my lass she dawn't mean it! Whato'er you'm done, thla Is your home, and you are my child our Utile law." Then, turning to his wife, he added, "Speak to her, wife! speak kindly to her! Maybe ahe'll tell 'ee tdl her trouble." Ills broken tones, so pleading and piti ful, melted the mother's heart. With a wild cry she sank into a chair, the tears streaming down her face. "Oh! Annie, Annie! may the Lord for give 'ee for what you ha' donel" Suddenly mastsrlng hern If, my cousin ' uncoversfl her face find loked at her mother. Then, drying her tears, and speaking with tremulous deteriiilimtlou, she said: "I know I have been wicked. I know I should never have gone away. Hut If you have suffered, so have 1. I neve meant to bring trouble upon you ur (ush er; 1 loved you boh too well for that. Hut If you can't forgive mo, If your heart Is still Utter against me, I hnd I better go away. I 'don't want to bo trouble or a burden. 1 havu made my bod, 1 know, and 1 must lie iixm It; and If I had not met my cousin Hugh I should never have come home." , "Toll me tho truth. Annie Petidragon." said my aunt. "Wha took thee, from homo? Was It him ns Is lying, dead and ' murdered, In his grave?" Annlo opened her eyes In wonder. My tmele start ixl, and then, curious to say, averted his face, but stood listening. "I have already asked her that ques tion," I said; "and she denies It." I saw my uncle start again. He was still eagerly listening. "No, mother," said Annie firmly. "Naw? Ye were seen together P Fal mouth; all the folk think the oveh-'er took 'ee away fro' homo." alien It Is not true." My uncle turned; his face, which hnd been troubled before, now ghawtly be yond measure. "Annlo, Annie, my lass!" he crtd. "Paw n't deny It! Speak the truth, ami we'll forgive 'eo! it were Meakter John son ay It were, Annie, say It wercl HU voice was pleading and full of en-' treaty. 1 alone of all there, guessed why. Hut Annie shook her head sadly, as she replied! "No, father. Him yen speak of was nothing to me. My uncle had turned away, like a man mortally wounded, am), leaning against the lintel of the window, was looking wildly out. "Dawn't speak to me!" he said; "dawn't, my lass! I can't Iwar It!" I thought It time to Interfere; so, gent ly taking Annie by the hand, I led her to my aunt, and made them shake bands and kls oach other. Thus some sort of reconcilement waa established, and pros ently the two women, mother and daugh ter, went upstairs together. Directly we were alone, my uncle turned ami faced me. I naw that he Was still greatly skI tated, and fancied that I guested the cause. "Hugh, my lad." ho ssld, "I knsw I can trust 're. Kver sin you was a little lad. you'm been a'-noat a sen to me." With the tears standing In my eye. I wrung his hand. I pitied Idm. with my whole heart and soul; for Indeed I loved him like a son. "Hearken, then, Hugh, my tail. Did you hear what poor Annie ssld about hrrsen and the overseer? He It truth, think 'ee?" "I think so nay, I sm certain." He drew his hand across his brow, where the perspiration stood In beaded drops. "I think yon'm right, Isd; I dawn't think my Annie would He. Hut It has allays bcrn on my mind, d'ye see. that Jnhtvvm were to blame; and only last night abed, dreaming like again, I thought I had my fingers at his throat am! tried to take tin's life! I might ha' done It. I might ha' done It." As he spoke, be raised his voice to a cry. and a strange mad light, such as I had never seen there before, be pan to gather In his eyes. Terrified at his words, I moved to the khohefi door, ami closed k qulekly, "Hush! I'or heaven's wske, don't speak so loud! Some one may hear you!" He was quiet In a moment. Subdued ami gentle, he let me lead him to a chair. Then our eyes met, and though we ex changed no word, he saw that I guessed his secret, and groaning painfully, he hurled his fare in bin two hands, and called on Cod to forgive him for bis fJns. (To r continued.! Tito Country Town. It's common to sower at the country town, With its qultt streets and its peaceful air, Where the little river meanders down To be lost In the broad, blue sea ao-wr where Aa we who think we sre wise are I ok In the roaring city that, like the sea, Has Its ebb and flow, with Its millions tossed As bubble robbed of Identity, There's fellowship in the country town, With Its empty street and Its spread ing trees, Where the country rong birds warble down At maid as fair as man ever sees; Where the wind blows sweet from tho fields nearby, Where men know the names which their nelglibora bear, Where a man Is uihwt-d when ho'a gone to lie With the peaceful ones who have ceas ed to care. There are Joys out there In the country town That we of the city may never learn In the rush for money ami for renown, Confronting strangers where'er i we turn! Oh, wasn't God's world serene and fair In the country town ere we came away? And won't It bo sweet to sleep out there, Far from the city's roar, some day? Chicago Uecord-Hcrald. Fortress at n HIkIi Altitude, Tho Itnllnn Kovornment has Just erected a fortress on tho great Ohnbor ton summit, opposlto Hrincnn, for tho defenHo of tho Slinplon tunncL Thin fort is 10,000 feet high nml la believed to bo tho most elevated fortified point In tho world. The largest national debt In tho world Is that of France, -which Is near ly six billion dollars, or nine times tho aunurd revenue of the government. Ih;vciciice rejSjffivention WWVWWWW Tho distinct comtMiunila from coal tnr have Increased from -151 In IHtU to UW3, nut loss than llirco hundred of tho present products being dyos, Tho sotiud-dcuilculng iirningcments tried on llio Horlln ulovtitod iiilhvny Include felt under und lit tho sides of tho ml In, wood-tilled cur whi'olH, steel und wood ties resting on wind and cork-lined Hour plunks, l.mv rHlls on deep wooden stringers proved tho must olToetlve. A now camera of great Importance, photographing for tho llrst tlmo tho Interior or buck of tho eyo, is llio pro rlnetlou of Dr. Wnlthor Thornor, of Horlln. A tolcsoopo-llko focusing class gives ruTtirnttf foem under tho mini Illumination of n Uoroseue Ininp. and a ttiishllght Ignited by nit electric spark Impresses tho Imago upon Iho pluto. Tho picture show tho varia tions of the eye In honltli and disease, making It possible now to follow tho progress of dlsouso step by step. With the speelul iurpiso of secur ing more ucetiralo record at automo bile race tliiiu cull bo obtained with n Mop-watch, the Mors Company in l'arla litis constructed nn electric np pn rut us, which Is wild to give excel lent results. Two small Imixos, elee trlcally connected by wire, are placed one nt tho starting nml the other at the finishing point. At the start tho wheels of tho racers touching n win Mretched across the track cause a nrv dip to form a dot on a Imud of paper driven at uniform speed by n chrono meter. At tho finish tho wheels, In a similar manner, entise another dot to be made on the same paper. Hy measuring the distance between the dots tho time elapsed Is ascertained. About n doseu years ago, M. Ittchtrr showed that tho mysterious fires In benzlne-clenntng establishments are duo to electricity, which produce sparks ns pieces of wool are drawn I from tho combustible tluld on cool or dry days, and he found tlwtt the sparks ' could bo prevented by adding magne sium oleuto -even as little as II.IK! per cent to the. Itouzluo, The reason of this remnrknhla effect of tho oloate has not been understiMHl. It has now been Investigated by (I. Just at Karlsruhe, and he tltids that tho conductivity of tho Im-iizIiio Is very slightly Increased, this ahaugo lielng auttlclotit to prevent tho accumulation of dangerous electric charges. In pure Ih-iizIiio an elei'trodn kept Its charge for minutes, while In tho diluted oloate solution It refused to take any charge. An Interesting; instance of the man ner in which insiK'ts sometimes nsslst tho growth of plants without any in tention to do no, and while attending strictly to their own business, Is fur nished hy tho history of n climbing plant which grows In the Philippines, and which hns recently been described by Professor J. W. Hnrshlterger of tho University of Pennsylvania. At an early stage In Its career the plant, which, like other plants, begin to Krojv nt tho ground, severs Its connec tion with tho soil, and thenceforward lives with Its roots uttiiehed to dead bamboo canes. It develops. In nihil tlou to other leaves, certain pitcher shaped loaves, Into llio cups of which it sends n second set of roots. A spe cie of small black nut frequents the pitchers, and Incidentally enrrles Into thoin mluttto fragments of decaying wood and leaf mold, from which the roots Just mentioned derive it constant supply of food for the support of the plant. No IlnUtlnn of Ills. A thin, nervous looking man stepped up to the pastor as the latter e-.ime down from the pulpit. "You have had n good ileal to say this morning," ho observed, "about u feller thut killed a mini mimed Abel," "Cortnlnly,'' replied the pastor. "'Tho Sin of Cain' was tho subject of my discourse." "I wish you'd do mo the favor next Sunday," Huld tho thin man, lu ho mo excitement, "to tell tho folks thut tho man you wcro talking about this morn ing uln't no relation to the lCnne that keeps a livery stnblo down by tho mill. I don't want none of my friends to think that I hud a liiiuil lu that klllln'. That's nil. Good day!" A PlBiisltilo Kiuiiso, UusmoII Sago was talking tho other day about a dlshouest but plauslblo broker. "I liavo caught this man," ho mild, "In a dozen shady transactions, though ho lias been ready to excuse himself " Mr. Sngo smiled. Then lie resumed; "Ho reminds mo of a chap who hroko a pinto glass window one day, An soon ns ho hnd broken tho window ho hurried off ns fast ns ho could go. Hut tho shopkeeper liad scon iilm, Tho shopkeeper enmo after him nml grabbed him by tho collar. " 'Aim, you hroko my window, didn't you, eh?" ho suld. "Yes, am! didn't you seo mo run nlng homo for tho money to pay for It?' said tho other." Ayers Feed your hnlr; nourish It; civo it nomcililni! to live on. Then It will stop falllnu, and will crow long mid henvy. Aycr's I Inlr Vluor Is the only Hair Vigor hair food you can buy. For 00 years It has heen dolnu just what wc claim it will do. It will not disappoint you. "Mr fcl it ir .l'ii list tllor ml Al's llir tft m I.M Urns II l-st li. if-sti4 imw II it l.Mit.H instai I'.tff tl.l. t..lM s .l.i.,ll.(.,mi lu Has sll.! lll'S ftlMtH.I will"! -Mf lialr Mas. J, II. fists, OwUi4iiSril, 'la. flMs UIIU. J e AVSMOO,, i-.ll M... Ail "ruiiiiii for Short Hair All In lliei Pen, Sho What Is lbs term applied to nn who signs aitolkvr person's usiiie to a cheek? lie l'he or ten esrs uiuslljr, I h. tiers. 1'Uo's Pure l a rmhI eolirll riiedlcllia. It lias cured cmisIm ami eohli fur forty years. At drtiKll." eetus, Itaoli la Ilia Trade. The violinist had beona Invited to a "family dinner," but It proved that several relatives of his host were pros rut, and their demands for music wera most persistent. The violinist played three times, and thru, when the applause, after his third solo had died away, he turned to his host "And now, monsieur," h aild. eagerly, "now It Is that you wilt show us how you sell i flour lu sn wheat pit. Can 1 help roll to barrel In, mon sieur 1" h-Kcfley LIOOOR-MORf IIINt-TOBACCM I 'yiura MTS rt4AJir.MTlY CUHttl I a -. ros rua rAATKuiAM 1 mniUfwiTnmtrowvtANo,9w,t, Urntle Hint. They were playing tenuis on the old lawn. "Dear me," remarked the young man, with a far-away look In his eyes, "wn never hear of old-fashioned visa ing game any niorv. They have cotto out of style." "I don't agree with you." replied the pretty girl, "any game Is a klstuu ganie If you supply the klssoa." CITC "'sssassiijr Car-. Tnnof nrroma filO nf fttt4r'swt,nh- KliM'iir-t.l(TS luurr. imI ff '-I lrUIIiliMlltiw-. lw. M. II. Kit. IM..V Anh SI. l'kU-.l-l!tiU. Ifc First MeuL ltmhit4t K. Sniper, foor teenth cavalry, t'. S. A., Is the yuuniJt ntneer In the army; i.tut ICrnest D. Peak Is the tallsst. being It fast 4 Inehss. You Can (1st Allan's I ooMlase I'RIKL Writs Allen H. (Hmttrd, la II07.N, Y , for a frsa sniU ol aIIsh's fiai Kta. 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