A MISFIT INDEPENDENCE.
said that Independence was the.
greatest thing he kuew,
An J when my daddy saya a thlus It'
generally true.
It helps a ninn to triumph for the right
nil send his rum
Up where the civt Salt titer la, tip
where the woodbine grow.
Hut woo In me that It should le;
It tlidn'l work that way with me,
And this ti how It was, you see:
On July Fourth when I sot up I'd fet
tled In my mind
1'hat I'd be Just the freest of the Inde
pendent kind;
I'd. hare my way alt through the day, uo
matter what should hap,
And that U why face down t llo across
my daddy'a lap,
Ann that la why I cry. "Oh, inyl" a ho
lay on the (trap.
He told me jut at brcakfatt time to
help him feed the cows,
And when I aald I wouldn't we'd the
prettleit of row.
Hut I waa Arm, for 1 waa free.
Just aa he aald I ought tn be.
And then I aklpped. Ah, woe la met
I stayed away the llrelonit day.
And then there waa the deure to pay.
For when I cot bark home that night
My daddy' wrath waa out of sight.
He wouldn't hear a word fruni me
About the glories of the free.
But simply put me on his kuee
And save It to me one, two. three
From which I Judge that while It's clear
That Independence has no peer
For nations foud of liberties.
It doesn't do for families.
Els pop has gone and changed his talnd
Or mine was not the proper kind.
Harper's Haxar,
A DILEMMA OF
THE FOURTH
S By .Mary Caroline Hyde i
Six boys, aged about 14 and 15. had
formed a club called The 1'resldent'a
Own. Originally, the club room had
been the upper story of a brick stable,
and the boys bad secured the use ot it
free of rent.
For sererat weeks the club bad been
saving money for a glorious Fourth of
July celebration. Sky rockets, Itoman
candles and even (lower basketa were to
be bought with the ten dollars and thirty
two cents they had collected for this pur
pose and were to be set off from a huge
rock abore the vlllsge, where all could
see tbe display.
Jamea Toner, tbe keeper of tbe largest
grocery In the Tillage, went to New
York for the fireworks which tb 1'resl
dent'a Own bad ordered; tbe weekly pa
per announced the pyrotechnic treat In
atore for Dogberry, and all waa In trim
for tbe most patriotic Fourth tbe little
town had ever known.
Tbe Fourth It as due on Saturday and
all Friday tbe President's Own fidgeted
through tlielr lesson, and 4 o'clock bad
so more than sounded than tbey ran pell
melt to tbe club room, where they bad
-agreed to meet, six strong.
"I saw Jim I'orter this afternoon,"
announced Maxwell Feun, a leader of tbe
club, "and be aald he had our fireworks
alt right. Suppose we go right away
and get them."
That's tbe Idea," said Alfred War
ren, leading tbe way. "Come on. There's
no time to spare."
Tbe boys started whistling and doing a
double shuffle down the path, when Clar
ence Richmond called out, "Who's got the
money for the 'technical"
"Thnt's sot" answered tbe rest, stop
ping short, "flues we'd better go back
, and get it. If you're forgotten It."
Upon this The President's Own wheeled
and returned to the club room, moving In
a body on tbe closet, where tbe money
was boarded in an old leather wallet. Tbe
closet was well lighted by tbe window
opposite, and tbe boys searched every
nook and corner without finding tbe wal
let. "Where did you keep It. anyway?"
wa demanded of Maxwell Fenn.
"I didn't keep It anywhere; I gave it to
Clarence," growled Maxwell.
"I know where I kept It well enough,"
retorted Clarence. "I kept It right up
here on this shelf under the baseball raps,
but It ain't there now; tbat'a aure
enough."
The Preeldent' Own groaned. Again
and again they fumbled among tbe caps
on 'the shelf, and among the bats, golf
clubs and tennis racquets on the floor of
tbe closet. The money was not to be
found and they turned away looking into
one another's faces for explanation, but
finding none,
"What's to be done now?" asked Clar
nee. "You ought to know."
"Well, I don't."
"Say J How'd It do to say nothing
toot it to-night nnd to morrow we can
look again," suggested Alfred.
"Agreed!" cried the others, so they
filed out of the club room, locking It
with tbe greatest care, and disbanding,
to go home with very sober facea and
gloomy hearts.
Tbe mucb-antlclpated Fourth waa a
gunny, delightful clay, and the 1'resldent'a
Own convened early at tbe club room, as
tbey bad agreed. A atcond search, how
ever, was a disappointing aa the first
had been, and a heavy-hearted six stood
about tbe club table, tapping abstracted
ly upon It.
"It'a bard on old Porter, too," ob
served one of them.
"Ob, hb flreworka'll keep till next
year, wbw we'll be able to buy them,"
ttli another.
Locking the door, the boys walked
slowly down the irnitn street, looking nt
other boys' fireworks. Thus tbey i tilled
away the day as best they could till 4
o'clock. Wandering dejectedly along a
side street, they came face to face with
lien, ltradbury, the summer cottager of
whom all logbcrry wns so proud.
"Halloo, boys!" he cried. "A glori
ous day for your celebration. Hear you
are to give us something fine to night."
Olam'lng hastily from one to another,
the boys bturted out, "That's alt up now ;
the moil's lost somehow J"
"What! How?" the general demanded,
ymnthetlrally, much surprised.
"We dou't know," answered Clarence.
"The men about the stable might li"e
stolen It," and then he stopped. Hushing
at the realisation that he had uninten
tionally expressed the boys' suspicions.
"See here, my lads, don't be so quick
to blame someone till you're sure I Sup
pose you come up to my house this even
ing, and If there are any fireworks to be
found tn the town we'll send them off."
"We will." mIJ the President's Own
heartily, then added hesitatingly, "Jim
Porter's got some fireworks, sir. We
were going to take them, but"
"Oh. yes I I understand," laughed the
general, and be turned on to the main
street and hurried to the pyrotechnic sup
plying I'orter.
Halt-past T o'clock that evening found
the President's Own assembled upon the
terrace of the general, helping him to
adjust the most elaborate fireworks dis
play that the little village had eter
dreamed of.
The general's pretty daughter and
housekeeper now left her seat on the
jniif lu.trocK.
Tiioa. JcrrxvKo.x.
plana and. Joining tbe President' Own
on the terrace, Invited them to the din
ing room to complete their celebration
there. This Invitation produced a lively
whispering among the boys of the club,
and they followed their host and hostese
to tbe dining room. Ilefore partaking of
tbe tempting refreshments. Maxwell Fenn
rose to make a little seech.
"It has been unanimously decided.
On. Hradbury ," he said, "(bat you shall
be asked to become a member of the
President's Own. The club has now ex
isted two years, and this I the first occa
sion upon which we have extended the
right band of fellowship to a fellow not
our own age. We aball be glad to have
you belong."
With cheeks very red. he sat down and
dug deep Into his mound of ice cream.
Thank you, my boys," answered the
general, waving his glsss of lemonade.
"I am highly honored and shall be rtrf
pleased to become what might be termed
a sleeping partner of the President's
Own."
Tbe cheers that followed this pithy ac
ceptance were only quieted when Miss
Hradbury held up her dainty hand and
asked for a moment's atteutlon.
"My father," she said, "has told me
of the club's pecuniary loss, and I have
thought that It they would be so good
aa to allow me to visit their club room,
that well" and she stopped and look
ed up at brr father as If he were to com
plete her meaning.
"Do come! We aball be glad to show
you our room," the boys cried In one
voice.
Ko that Is how it happened that the
next Monday afternoon, after school
hours, Mis Hradbury was escorted by
her father to the club room of the Presi
dent's Own, and she seemed much Inter
ested in all she saw,
"See what a nice, big closet the club
has," aald the general, pointing to a door
which was ajar, disclosing tbe parapher
nalia of athletic boys.
"May I look Inside Jus' once?" sha
asked, exchanging a glance with her
father.
"Oh, do!" tbey answered.
And it waa then that, reaching up to
tbe shelf on which tbe baseball caps were
tossed, tbe girl felt under them and drew
out the lost wallet, Its contents undis
turbed. The President's Own stared at Mb
Hradbury as It she were a mnglelm, but
she only smiled and told them that she
had mistrusted that It was there ever
since hor father had told her about Its
loss.
"A woman's (liners," she added, "are
much better for finding things than a
boy's that Is, the boy of The I'resldent's
Own," and she smiled nrvhly at them.
The club did not nrgue the point. It
whistled, stamped, cheered,1 npologlicd for
the racket, and Immediately voted the
charming girt the one and unly feminine
member of The I'resldeut's Own. De
troit Free Press,
NOT1II.N" DOIN' ON THE FOU11TH.
July a Wn the llnte on Which In
teentlenre Wns lleelnretl.
The government has published a book
showing that the Tourth of July ought
to come on the I'd of the. month. The
book I entitled 'The Srbry of the Dec
laration of Independence," and the author
Is Col. Wm, II. Michael, who has charge
of that historic document and the price
less archive which go with It, The brief
account given In the preface of the adop
tion of the Declaration ot Independence
shows that Congress passed the resolu
tion on July '!. That Is really the data
on which a majority of the (wople's rep
resentatives formally and legally express
ed their Intent.
According to the Journal of that Con
gress the original ot which Is on file,
nothing actually happened on the Fourth
of July. On the lth of July the vote, by
States, wns made unanimous by the ad
dition of New York, whlrh bad not be
fore been authorised to lake this course.
2
aiciunu ucfRr i.tr.
JOHK AUAMM.
So this date might be celebrated If It
were desired to commemorate the date ot
the complete adoption of Ihe resolution.
If it were deslrrd lo commemorate the
day when tbe declaration wns signed,
Aug. 2 might be selected, as on that day
the member of Congress began to attach
their signatures to the formally drafted
document.
Ily o error in the Journal a note was
made on Ihe lllth of July to this effect:
"Ordered that the declaration (passed on
tbe fourth) bt fairly engrossed on parch
ment, with Ihe title and slyte of "The
Unanimous Declaration of tlw Thirteen
United States of America." It I evi
dent that the Journal should have read
"(Missed on Ihe t!d," for that was the day
when Itlcbard Henry lire's resolution
commanded a majority of the vote. On
that day the resolution received Ihe votes
of all of New Kngland, New Jersey,
Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina and
Georgia. South Carolina and Pcnnsyt
vanla voted against It. Tbe Delaware
vole was evenly divided; the New York
delegate were uulnstructcd, and refrain
ed from voting. Tbe next day, July 3,
CVsar Itodney of Delaware came eighty
miles on horseback, a hard ns the beast
could go, to add his tote for Independence,
and thus Delaware was swung Into line.
It was several days later that Pennsyl
vania and New York came wabbling
along.
The first celebration of Independence
nay was at Philadelphia, on July 8, when
tbe sheriff ot that city read a copy of
the original declaration, passed on the "d.
The man who drafted the resolution pass,
ed on the 2d of July, which consisted of
a abort paragraph sufficient to voice the
sentiment of each State for or against
the proposed war for Independence, wa
Itlcbard Henry I.ee. Tho mnn who sup
ported the resolution on the floor, and
led In the debate which preceded the vote,
waa John Adams. Tbe man who after
ward drafted the formal declaration to
the outside world, embodying the senti
ment of the foe resolution, was Thoa,
Jefferson. The man who presided over
tbe convention where the resolution wa
adopted waa John Hancock,
Tli Unexpected,
II bought a huge cracker as tig ss a rail,
To be used st poor Tabby's eipenst,
Tbe cat ran away wtb lbs fur off bar tall,
Wlill Willis flaw ovtr lb ftuce.
Jodie.
ja000e0o0oaQ00;
j DOOMED.
By WILLAKD
GltAPrntl XXIII. (Continued.)
"Hut, my darling." he cried, despair
Ingly, "hy withholding from me such In
formation, )ou render me powerlr to
clear away this terrible mystery. Can
you think of no person who boars a strlk
Ing resemblance, to you!"
"Ah. yes, I have It," she rrted, bright
suing up. "You say this girl was wonder
fully like me?"
"You shall Judge for yourself," he said,
producing his copy of Circe, which be
had brought with him.
She eagerly examined It, while he wait
ed breathlessly for her next words,
"Hut for Ihe color of the hair, 1 should
uiihesltstlugt) pronounce It to be a girl
who wa nt the sam school with me,"
she sild. musingly.
"Iler name?" cried Stafford, trembllug
with excitement,
"Kllen Jenkins." was the reply.
'The very woman I suspected !" h ejac
ulated. "Ye, but her hair wa black."
'That 'tllle another conjecture; I
know where this niM Is to be found.
I have the whole mjtery In Ihe palm ot
my hand."
"Hut Ihe color of the hair?" objected
Constance.
"Pha! what difficulty Is there about
that In theM l)s? How many among
your dark-haired female friend uddtnly
rppc-ar with golden locks? The clue you
have glien me will enable me toelear
your reputation from all suspicion."
I in ih.f " .h eirlalmed. catching his
enthusiasm, "and though t sacrifice every
farthing of my fortune, I win ie your
wife. Such a consummation lo me Is
worth a hundred fortune; for It will re
move Ihe blight that hn poisoned my
whole life from girlhood.
"I fear Arthur Penrhyddyn has fsllen
Into IhU F.llen Jenkins" tolls," h said,
a he walked up the lane with her.
"Do not say that I" she cried.
"Indeed. I fear so," lie answered sor
rowfully; "and I shall apply your Infor
mation to rencue him from her hands."
"tin not lotto a moment." cried Con-
rtance. entrrallngly ; "you cannot cnncelv
the arts which that woman nas at uer
command."
Hy ten o'clock the next morning he re
ceded a letter, a bulky one. He went
Into tils bedroom, locked the door, broke
tb seal nnd read with trembling eager
ness. Instead of copying the contents of Con
stance's letter, the reader shall be pre
sented with a more sucelnrt and complete
narrative than her knowledge of stents
could have supplied.
When about 12 years of age, Miss
Orleron had been sent to a school of
high reputation, sohhj twenty miles from
bunion, kept by one Mrs. Williamson.
There had arrived, mi lime after, a
young girl of her own age, a relative of
tho prlnelaPe, who, while receiving cer
tain Instruction, was lo assist as tutor to
the younger pupils. F.llen Jenkins was a
strange girl, and It was not long before
Miss Williamson began lo repent of hav
ing undertaken such a charge. Kllen had
from the first attached herself to Con
stance (Irlerson. Constance, a good
brained, 'generous girl, who loved all who
lovod, or pretended to love, her, speedily
succumbed lo her arts, and became Klleu's
firm friend.
Ily and by It began lo be observed that.
In features there was an extraordinary
likeness between these two girls, Con
stance' beauty wa of a melancholy cast,
Kllen' wa of a coquettish, foreign style,
and with a mobility to which the other
could not pretend. Hut when tbe two
countenance were In repose, and Mien
was In a graver humor, the resemblance
was marvellous.
The dark beauty very soon contrived to
obtain a complete mastery over Jhe mind
of her friend. Constance' was a plastic
mind, only too ready, at Ihl time, to re
ceive Impressions from Immediate asso
ciations.
At church and during their walks they
frequently encountered a lall, handsome,
aristocratic looking man, who made a
point of staring at Constance, and, when
ever th principal or the elder teacher
were not 'diking, of railing his bat to her.
In A little time the young ladle began
to giggle nnd Joke her about the hand
soma gentleman, and to be very envious
of her distinction.
On day, when tbey wero alone togeth
er, Klen slipped a note Into her friend's
hand, saying that the handsome stranger
bad met her that morning In the street
and begged her, In the most patriotic
terms, to deliver It to Ihe young lady with
the golden hair. At first Constance waa
very much allocked, and refused to lake
the note; but her companion soon laugh
ed and coaxed her out of such scruples.
The letter wa full of such extravagances
of language aa would delight a school
girl's fancy.
After that, the man dogged the school
more pertinaciously than ever, and tho
young lady became so confined, and
blushed so much every time she encounter
ed his looks, that mora than once Mis
Williamson waa rtt nearly detecting hsr
confusion. At last, after much coaxing
and some scolding on Ellen's part, tbe
foolish child consented lo glv htm an
Interview at the bottom of the garden.
The gentleman was soon kneeling at bis
Inamorata'a feet. Constance, however,
wa almost too frightened to speak, Winn
b seised bir band and poured forth hi
rapturous rows of Uv, all ah could an
2
MncKENZIE
ta
ffi
swer was In tieg him tn let her go and
never see her any more.
At length she got bark to her own
room, almost dead with (right, and pro
letted that If Kllen ever lurh aa men
tioned his name lo her again she would
forfeit her friendship for ever. Hut Kllen
had Iihi deep all Interest III the affair to
let It drop. If .Mr. Parsons succeeded In
carrying off the heiress, she wss tu have
a hundred Miuuds down, liesldes Indefinite
sum In llie future. Nor was this her
only moll re for Joining In Ihe plot I In her
heart she despised her victim as a poor,
meek, spiritless creature ; and the haled
her liecause she was rich.
After a few days she again broached
Ihe subject of- the lover; but Constance
again peremptarlly forbade II. On the
third, about niM-Jay. a brougham drove
up to the school, and the coachman pre
sented a note, purporting to b from Mrs.
(Irlerson to her daughter. Its purport
was that Constance must return bom
Immediately; Iter father was dangerously
III. Constance, looking very psl snd
agitated, had got lulu the carrlsge and
wa driven away.
Alter pursuing the London road for a
mile or two, ihe carriage suddenly took
an opslle direction. The sequel may l-s
gueoed; th note was a desperate ru,
suggested ami, as far aa the writing of Ihe
tittle was concerned, frrll out by Kllen,
to place the heiress In Ihe Itsnd ot her
employer, Parsons, 'tie young lady was
conveyed lo a solitary Imws, the abode
of a friend of the abductor, where Ihe first
erson who greeted bef was her treaeher
oua friend, livery effort was mads lo
coax and (hen lo force her Into a mar
riage, but she restated wllh a power ef
will that no one would have given her
c nil It fur, Instead of Ihe hundred pound
he had promised her upon lb day lb
heiress was placed In his power, Parsons
tare Kllen but twenty, and, when ah re
monstrated, coolly Informed her that It
waa all be Intended to give, snd that If
ah did not lake It qulelly he would In
form against her aa the furger of th let
ter summoning Constance bom.
Kllen look th twenty pounds, and (hen
sal down and wrote a letter lo Mr. (Irler
son, Informing hi in of his daughlrr'a ills
apiearanc (rum the school and of her
whereabouts. Having thus revenged her
self, she made hr way lo Iuidon. tn
a fw hours after the receipt of Ihe
news, Mr. (Irlerson was iim tbe spot,
anil It was with the utmost dilnculty that
Parsons and Ihe owner of Ihe lions suc
ceeded In msklng their csow. In bee
letter Kllen bad Insinuated that It was a
voluntary elopement; ami at such Mra.
(Irlerson, lo her dying hour, believed It It
be. It entirely turned her heart against
ber daughter; and. being worked uon
by her cousin Wjlle, was the Immediate
cause of that strange, harsh wilt, which
was framed lo guard against the young
girl forming any hasty or unworthy al
I la nee,
'This Is my secret," wrot Constance,
In th concluding paragraph of her letter.
"It baa given me many a bluer hour,
many a tearful, steeples night,"
I. title did Mr. (Irlerson suspect thst
her cousin Wylle ws the concocter of th
whole plot; that be It wa who first pro
posed to Parsons to try and mak a run
away match with the heiress, ami who af
terward supplied hi iii wllh the mean of
carrying her off. Knowing Ihe atrrn dis
position of th mother, Wyll well knew
that If his plan succeeded, she would most
surely disinherit the dsughler, and that
In such a esse a portion of th large for
tune mutt accrue lo him.
Of Kllen Jenkins, Constance neither
aaw nor heard any more. Weary of th
rrstrlcyn ami Ih monotony of her life,
ami longing to plunge Into the -grrat
world, Kllen had lien a most willing In
strument In th hands of a dcaperat ad
venturer Ilka Parsons, To return In the
school wss Impossible; and so, at IB, she
resolved In seek her fortune In a world ot
whlrh she knew nothing, save from books.
Wandering and wondering tor Ihe first
time through the streets of th grrat me
tropolis, her eyo presently fell upon a
large placard In a fashionable hairdress
er's window, which (old of Ihe wonderful
effect of "The Aurlcous Fluid," which
was warranted In change Ihe itarkeat hair
to a beautiful golden color.
Her was the opportunity; and she
seliei) It, When the dyeing process was
complete and her hair arranged In little
careless curls about her face, she wss
herself quite thrilled by the marvellous
resemblance, alio bore to her quondam
friend. At first, she endeavored to think
of some means by whlrh sh might turn
this accident to account; but, upon fur.
Iher reflection, It struck tier that having
already committed forgery, sh had bet
ler leave well alone. It wa soon after
her transmogrification that she met Je
rome, Upon the first opportunity she,
having come to the end of her cash, appro
priated as much of hi property, Includ
ing the picture ah had sat for, as she
could conveniently carry away with her,
and bad him a allent adieu.
She next appear upon the arena as a
ballet girl at (he opera, Hera she en
countered Parsons. Thsy became friends
again. He Introduced her to Mr. Wyll,
who already knew her, from th report
of the former gentleman, as a clever plot
ter, Hy and by cam her marriage wllh
Cattleton. In th meantlmt sh allowed
hsr hair to resume II proper color, hav
ing gained too much confidence In th
power of br natural charm to deilrr
any such aW from art
I.' l.nMn.' own tin Stafford hi, I
,i.,i .....- -
hrard llw story ot his stepdaughter up
to her disappearance trim Mrs, Wllllsm
sou' school, The reader will probably
remember that having leen a listener In
(he dying fisherman's cnnfesaloti, the hMt
master had neti morning repaired tn tint
Castbi and was for om time rloselml
with Sir Uunee II (old how strangely
the shipwrecked child had been preserved
how he had reared and educated her, and
how ungratefully sh had behaved s bill
how, spile of nil, h tlll cherished In hi
heart an luletest In her lal. Ami h
nsVetl whether he, lllr Uuiice. or Ih
Uii.lon gentleman, could give him any
suggestions a tu any way In which h
might tratw her.
When Stafford wa Introduced to Mr,
Cnstleioii, In the Strand, her face struck
him at on that h had seen Mor, Upon
looking at the sketches which h hsd
brought from the Castle, lis at our r.
reived Iter great reMMiihtauo 1 l-leomir
d Solssons, as well as to Hi picture of
(Mrce. 'till set him thinking! and hy a
rumple t chain of Ideas, he began to wenv
a (ancy In which Kllen Jenkins, Mrs,
Casllslnn snd Ih mysterious Ulnr lee
cam on personage,
CIIAITKIt XXIV,
Ilefore he had finished the perusal of
Ih teller, Stafford had made up his mini
to hi cours of action, II would pro
ceed lo Utndon al once, ek out Arthur,
tell him of Hi dleovry h hsd mad
resisting Mrs. Castleion. procure from
him that tatty's soMrrs.. and al ntir. with
nut any hesitation, accuse her of being
Kllen Jenkins, and th Circe ot Jerome's
picture,
Ily J o'clock that ssnve dsy Imi wss
knot king at th door of Arthur's old
lodgings In Arundel street, Sirsnd. Mr.
Arthur Prnrhjddtn wss not within, th
servant replied lo his Inquiries: did not
know when he would he , he bad l(l word
lhal all letter should be forwsrded to sn
address at HrtHtiplon,
Stafford's heart sank at tho words i
be rrteiherel lhal Mr. Cr.atllnn lln-l
at llromplon. Agitated and anihrne, Ss
hurried away. Just as h wa turning
Into the Strand, he ran full against th
very man h was sevklug Arthur him
self. "My dear fellow, how gltd I m to ss
you," he cried, eagerly gtasplng both bis
hsnds, "I hav Just come from your 11 g
Ings, I bar something of the utmmit tin
porlann to ewtfltnuMleat to ymi -.
thing concerning that tatty to whom ywt
Introduced tn Ih other day Mrs. Cas
tleion," Full nt only th on Ihauiht, Sltffnrl
wat plunging ahead when Arthur ttnppsJ
him.
"Mr. Cattleton nn longer," h H
hastily, "but Mrs. Arthur Penthyddya,
my wife."
"Heaventl Your wife I" ejaculated
Stafford, slsggerlng s though be had re-
'celved a heavy blow.
"let, until a certain crisis In our af
fairs It over, I with the mtrrltg In N
kept secret from my father. Hut whit
Is Ihe mailer? Are you lllr"
Hit (lord's seared and pallid face, whMi
was attracting lb attention of every
(taster by, might welt evoke sueh a ques
tion, "Ye, a sadden sickness," h mut
tered, trying l rally; "a Utile falntnest
I am subject to It. but I can't atop
talking now, I have same Important !ml
Item, I will drop you a Una (lwJ
morning."
Ami he hurried away, leaving Arthur
standing amaiedly upon the pavement.
Much at he tried lo shake off aurh an lm
prettlou, tli manner In whlrh Hi (Tori
bad received th new ot hi marrlsg
mail him slek at hesrt.
In th meantime th artist Jumped Into
a cab and bad the drlrrr proree: to
llroinplon. Arthur's word had stunned
him, What wa lo l don now he could
not In any way fore.ee, teyond thst h
determined to Isk advantage of Arthur's
atwaire and at once lo clear up all doubts
on way or lit other.
Mrs. Castleion was at home ami would
se him, the srrvsnt brought- word, sud
he wss shown Into a Utile boudoir, lie
sat down, and with a beating heart await
ed her coming,
At length sh entered, looking very rt
dlant and charming, aa becamo so young
a bride. Hut her far was no lintei lo
tier mind; the sight of Stafford had filled
her w(h evlr-bottemeuts; she hsd con
ceived a dislike lo him al first sight, snd
felt convinced (bat Ills sudden visit tnesnt
mltrhlef,
"I am delighted tn tee an great a
friend of Arthur's," she said, advanrln.
"I did not expect to receli jour congrat
ulations so soon."
'The object of my visit tier I not lo
offer congratulations," he answered, cold
ly. "My builnrat It to make Inquiries
concerning Kllen Jenkins and Kstle IV
ran. And I perceive I have the honor
of jitdrcttlng both those iicrsonagr l
you, u.ailam,"
"What do you mean, sir? How dare
you "
Hut sh could proceed no furlhrr; th
fell that she was conquered nt th first
blow that ahe was at Ih mercy of a
pitiless man, nnd she sink Into a sett,
pat and trembling,
(To In continued.)
I'rnrtlcMl Advice.
"Can you, ns nn old nml oxporlpnfrd
public mnn, Klvo mo aomo kooiI mlvlco
ns to how n yotiiiK mnn starting In
olllco rnn prcnorvo n IiIkIi ntnmlurd of
integrity before tho putillc?"
"Sure, Mlknl Ahvnya ilininml cash
anil don't bo fool enough over to taka
chocka." Iinltlmoru American.
A. Problem,
Mr. Oushloy Oh, Ocorco, If X
should dlo, would you lovo me Mill?
Mr. Oiwliley Yea, darling; that' the
only thing that could mnko me lore you
moro than I do now,
Mrs. 0, g still pondering over thai
rtplyr-ToItdo Blade.
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