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They worked more carefully toward most interested of expression, “I the close, and, at last, I looked up wonder if he really means to stay to see a good-natured face, steam here all day—and I have an en- ■ ■ BY MARY R, P. HATCH. gagement at two! ” ing with prespiration, grinning at From People's Home Journal. But Mr. Hopkins had risen to me through the hole he had made. his feet at last, with an •‘ahem.” “‘How dye do?’ he said. ‘Rath CHAPTER II. W. D. HUFFMAN will be in Burns again this fall wjq er close quarters you’ve got into ' and a manifest intention of going,1 and Thoroughbred Bucks. *'‘a2* 1 “But a moment later I changed Why, if it ain’t that bicycle feller and Mrs. Wayland rose, too, with a my mind. I would rather die seft rustle of silken robes and ex where I was, I said, savagely, as we see go by the medder. Sho! pensive laces. two of the most beautiful girls I Wall, wall! Help ye out?’ extend t “Then vou think, madame, that ever saw alighted *rom the car ing a hand. “But I climbed out unassisted, I circumstances are tolerably auspi riage. I had not thought to see cious as regards the consumption of such beauty in the country, or though weak and tottering till the my matrimonial happiness within elsewhere, as I saw that day fresh air revived me. Then I walk a very brief period of time?” was through the crack in my prison ed forth. My bicycle was still on Mr. Hopkins’ final query. the mow, but 1 said nothing about wall. And such toilets, neat, lady “My dear sir, I am quite sure of like costumes which might have it then. “The girls were all gentle sym it,” answered Mrs. Wayland, em come from Worth, and such spirits! phatically, as she followed Noah I could see it in the rosy cheeks, pathy, in words, but their eyes be Hopkins, Esquire, to her front door, j and laughing eyes and merry lied them somewhat, while all my Noah was a tall, portly gentle-J voices. How merry they would native audacity was put to rout, as man, something on th6 8hady side make over my situation, especially you can imagine. “ Mother will be so sorry,’ said of fifty, with massive gold eye the tall one with the bewitching glasses, and scanty hair, brushed pose and independent turn of the /Mice. ‘We have often heard her speak of your mother It was so carefully to hide the bald spot on , head. the crown of his respectable head “Their hands were as small and unfortunate. How did it happen?’ “I explained the situation fully —a gentleman who pronounced his delicate as any city girls, but they U evidently knew how to use them, and was invited to enter the house, words slowly and senteniously, and somehow seemed to carry in his for they immediately began taking when I was given the opportunity ' very presence the auriferous idea the horse from the carriage; ami to remove the hayseed from my of bank stock, railroad bonds, and the tall one led him into the barn, face and clothes, and, otherwise, or small building to the right of ths make myself more fit for decent productive coupons! “Yes, but, madame, Miss Way- companionship. house. “Jane Seavtty returned and I was land is so very—ahem!—so re r T “Just then the other girl spied i markably undemonstrative —I introduced to her. She in turn in the hen and my letter, and she call troduced me properly to my res might even say so decidedly cold ed out excitedly: in her manner—” “‘Oh. Carrie, Carrie, come here cuers Tall, but not antiquated “Oh, my dear sir,” smoothly in and thoroughly sensible I found quick.* her to be, and my idea of the un terrupted Mrs. ,Wayland, “that is “Carrie came out of the barn. I desirableness of country acquaint* the way with all girls at this in “ ‘What is it?’ she asked. teresting period of their lives. “ ‘See old Whity. What is that | | .ances met with an instant revulsion I Nothing on earth but maidenly tied to her wing? It looks like a on the spot. “Her husband, Hon. James G. shyness—natural girlis.i timidity, letter.’ .From lite Herald, C >1 imbia, Tenn, “‘It is a letter. (let some corn, Seavey, member of Congress, Judge 1 I assure you!” County is one of the richest nr.d of Columbia < who is non-< l<’:-k and Mr. Hopkins looked gratified, but Alice, and while you feed her I >f the District, and lots besides, Li_.:<‘ 1 un i liest eouniie.s in Tenni s-ee. ft of t.i«* * li.-.m-rry < <»nrt of *ni> i nuutvi, tv- «■«.lid be .an exHggeration to stiy that any ' <-oiiiiiieu«lvtl Dr. William*’ I’mk I'iib.’i,,r will catch her,’ said Carrie. And came in ftom the hay-field in his i still doubtful. oti ' man knew every oilier man tn this ; l’ale People. “You are quite certain, then, county, but it may safely bo said that few. if | “I began using thc'n lis f»-r i tioe. ti>r shirt sleeves and shook my hand she did. nay, can come nearer to it tluui Mr. Joe M. i locomot.ir ataxia, anil in h I- oui «.lie w.vk “In my shameful seclusion I I I cordially. James Seavey Jr., home that she really, loyes me?” I' l.tei-, whose home is .at Carter’s Creek, and ■■•oiiie of niy friend.' the:■•..’in 1 w l.c.i.-t ; who is o i v connected with tiie Herald. In ! but it wa.x two w eks hevri- ihe iniirno “ There cannot possibly be a from Dartmouth College for the could not fail to admire the address t i- i it -|.‘.-t of the H he hie. visited • incut mi» plain to all ami *.-i ;*!:iv mv . | n arlv every home in tiie county. Cpon self. ... Then, ____ , however. ! X» ihe and strategy she exercised in get -«ummer month’s vacation, did like i doubt of it, Mr. Hopkins!” “ si'.,e ” oc. tsiutis— that is. the Herald’» m \- doing their grand and ■ lori< tt „ „ ’ « »r It, ieu| And Noah Hopkins departed I nit 'I plc-n;«’ reunion lie is the “ Master of ‘ 1 ’ kept taking their, ui.tii 1 i-ou.d l-nl'1.,.- ting possession of the letter, nor wise, ami soon we all sat down to I Cerenmni.’s.” There are few men better about <m eruttile*. treading gleefully over the ringing kn i.vn, few better lik-d, none more trii.st.nl, “ It was suggested to me tl tn tiiat intiire the lithe movement >f her gracefu the table. an t what lie say < tlie/Z raid, uncondiiiomilly would do the r. st. mai ! left oli ti.v | i '■. “ To make a long story short, if pavements as his thoughts revert I mi figure. l mi spiivo-ally, will vouch for. In about ten days I ti nt 1 uns ite !•■> see him now in perfect health and down hill (grain; 1 ] roni|.tly reia-urd i.e “And then! What a merry laugh it can be done at this advanced ed ever and anon to the pretty i ea To rone would not think that t vo mil pills, mid again I la .¡in to improve. a - years ago he was a bed-ridden second time I tried to leave ill«- In th- t > i rang out from both the girls as Car Mage. I remaided the guest of the | eighteen-year-old damsel who was, ! a ii. hil. ilil, a physical wreck, whos- family good constitution, but fint:i I it siii i-« rie read it. It was a musical peal Seaveyb for several days, and in cupid willing, so soon to become I ' pivoeiri, love I ones at horn • and friends weaE so 1 commenced on th p:l:s hi .' i all t m ight was soon to he 'ailed hence, and k- pt taking them i mil I was avV. that eyoked an echo from some ’he course of time, persuaded Car Mrs. Hopk HIS. i B'lt such is the eas >, and not only lie but his *■ I was in my fitly-biat wlrii 1 mi’ 11 ni.y and a hundred friends will testify to I taken si-k. It is now libelli tno yci rs .-•■■ ■ But what did Bessie Wayland I it. where in the neighborhood; and rie to be my wife. I di <• filed slick and crii ch ::i d I ••.u i ' “The Seayeys are often with us. i herself think of it? And how did D was a peculiar affliction he had, and his leg- enough I to uie . 1 II HI 11 • _ strong ii k niuuK.i « r < carry ... I■■■<' when 1 heard the mocking concate I cure w is marvellous, his recovery a nine- j iving splendid neiilib, wei,' h mi rr i ml !«•■« In fact, my wife and I would be she contemplate the near approach j t- 'nth <■ ntury miracle. And that other« bettor than for years, nd nitri’ me a nation ha! ha! ring out from the ina.v enj iv the blessings of tiie wonderful health ned my recovery tal life to r •• hills I felt angry and hurt that glad if we could persuade them to I of orange-blossoms and wedding* ill • licine which beyond the peruilvt nture of mag ’.-of Pink P 11- tor i't.le I’m; If, nint>’ a dou'it—-under God’s blessing—saving his the bitssing of G« h I. even nature should take a share in ive in Boston, to be near us al I ring? “I have reeom mt riled these p I > t. t lit’’. Mr. Foster—not d-siring publicity hut ways, but we cannot. She sat there by the window, as with the hop ■ of doing good—has con* number of people, mill maty I ki - « D e exulting over my condition. to tell of hin siek’i-ss and his eui\ been cart'd by them. 1 wi.-h in ■ • t “The old white hen will abide her mother returned from bidding s nted It was in the fall of 1H92 he was taken “But the girls quiet'd their that cv ry person on ear’.li who : i:I «•• He w is n finner then, ar I had spent the di » as 1 was could get them mid »imM >li in. mirth, for Alice pointed to the with us always. Calm, immobile, •'.ceremonious adieu to Mr. Hop exposed to the weather and working in the " To those who know me, I h--: •• i t I. mid fir five hours was in the mild, in n necessary for me to add that I make t fluttering rag behind which I was sphinx-like, she vet gazes down up kins a modern edition of Niobe. f fiel ’ooniug position. In a few <1 ivs th-reafter st itement of my own free wsl. wiih i.t Im hil ii peculiar feeling in his feet and money mid without t lice. I’m if 'I’" a- watching, and Carrie came quickly on us, like a good fairy, for I can “all in tears.” I hails; they became numb ami felt as if anv who nre ineiined • «> dot I t. I i'.l r ’ acroBs the road, and standing up, never forget that she rescued me j TO BE CONTINUED. asleep. them to Dr. .1. II. Hill, .1. M I'rrt.r, . I But, p n hnns, it would be lietter to let Mr. D. Lockridge. .Lie Terv.ell, Awl '■■na’-- tall, slim and graceful, her girlish from a great peril, and introduced F'Oer tell his own experience, and this is hols. S. B. mid G. W. N '■ h ds. *■; '■' 1 . U" ■ wh it he says: me to my present happy wedded CHANGING Cmek. Maury County. Tenn..«Vif lh< v «' I call sped straight toward me OUR MIND ‘ “ I'ollowingth-niimbness of niv feet mid etili ujwi'i ni" I will give tin m’he t ion hands, that numbness spread until mv whole hundred wiln« s«e«oi‘nstnsst m-n.-it <■ wotn a “‘Are you up there and all 1 state.” l«odv w is pam!v.;isL I had a dreadful con as the srii ever shone til on. A ml so ended my friend’s story, right?’ striction aronnW mv body, and as I grew “ Hoping some poor stiff« ht may r-rid nr I worse this extended - up, cutting off my believe and be raised from a bm of p.iu, 1 which seeded to mo both curious chingin! ’ the appearance of your “ ‘I am up here and all wrong,’ Very rests etl'nlly. i breathing: it finnlly got within a few inches .am and interesting. ■ J..K M. I’o-Tf’t. I( stove with I answered a little pettishly. I ot mv throat and it was with difficulty that I hr nth d at nil. At irregular intervals I Care of the Ifriuln. Ci lundis. 1 ri ><■••" THE END. Dr. Williams’ Pink Ihl.'s f r Pd. I •• "‘l’oor fellow,’ said Alice, ‘111) h id hg lining pains throughout my entire lnniy and lim >s, and for at least five’months pie are an unfailing renudy tor >• I ' TEN agine what hr has suffered ’ Rut I w I* perfectly helpless, and u num servant eases arising from a poor and w itery i-«' CTS. was kept in my room day anil night to turn tion of the blissi, su h ns p '<■ and Carrie was already speeding away HOW SHE FOOLED HIM. me in l«isl and wait upon me. low «mmplexion. g 'neral mu- ii1 '•■ In the earlier n-irt of my illness iny ft—♦ Io s <-f uppeiite. th pres-ton of sp-rtl*. ! «' k ; 1 TEN ‘She has gout* after some men to felt as if I was walking barc-foot«*d on ii stiT ambition, nna-min. chlorosis or rr en ■•'■'■• CTw eirin t. !' _ ’ T ___ ”__ , ness, palpitation of the heart, sho-fe" "* Smn eoilld not _ h ilk ... 'it nil ... in the get you out,’ holloaed Alice, sooth- UY HELEN FoRREsT GRAVES. dark, and could not even . stand alone with ........................... .1 hreith on slight exert'on. <a>ldn<— nJ he » mveyi s shut. J — ’ i- — - ....... ; inv ey< * s'mt. I nipi Dy -rew worw*. and or feet, swelling of th«1 feet urei limi" ?' 1 From Sew York Weekly. ingly- ten * «•in my me. . Fitiallv .... lii.vbs — _ refused . ------ - to carry ...... ......./ in the back, nerv ni« bendai lm. dizione—. “ ‘All right, Hiid a thousand I lo-J my « 'ii-c of feeling or touch', and l'Ksof meinorv. feeblen«—of m fl r !' v 1 C r -.. c uthl mv f«4t »vere ' ’ not - - tell ” when ' * —_« againxt the ears, early de»my. till form- et • ■ e thanks,’ I shouted back. each other, but 1 frit all the while as if they wenknesa, len«a»rrh<e;i. t inly or irrct'ii. r I .a-.ts b even times longer wer- lx i-ur pull- 1 nnart. ■ perioil.«. suppression of mense« Ii “Soon Carrie returned with a The momentous interview be I .on As Seven times better Than “ In th- beginning 1 had called in mv paralysis, locomotor ataxia.’ rlu iim-'i jii. family physician, a very s-i«*ccsstbl fifflrti'. sciatica, nil diseases «lepmi 't—z >«-i vit _’'- couple of herculean fellows, both in tween Mrs. Jefferson Wavland and About ___ lie put me on a ’ treatment, with in- humors in the blood, erm m g • Seven times cleaner Stove I tinn-r. I* 1.1 k-cp ver,vquiet. 1 But I eontin- swelled gland«, fever sore«, ri< - e»«. hip-je'’ • a broad grin at mv mishap. . . Mr. Hopkins was over at last—and A bout I wo times cheaper PobJi s IV r I i » tions 1 grow worse, a h id ,d in ¡ti about n'tr,,,, six wcka he disea-es, hiinchbuck. ncoiiired ■ lem-inme«, “'I hev entered the barn ami soon the lady was heartily glad that it About I v.o times handier fold nv, candidly a id hon—tly , ............. . had dei-ayeil bon«r>. chnmde crystal i* «-.atirr . that he d uv his best, that he had also advi««*d with «assumption of the bowel« and u c- ■' began a mighty rustling as they was so. All her smiles and suavity sum ' <«f Columbia’« lending physician«, cav nl«o for invigorating the bbwsl ing !'• ■■! niy symptom«, blit th t lie coehl when broken down bv overwork. » ,rT' ** l»eiit to their task uf pitchiug off the were needed—all her slender stock •1 • n•« tin - f >r me and it w is useless for h’nt e.i-e, ex>-e«<ws and in Its retion« oi live V re- t'-vn vf H • an I t'.■ phy-iei'••« «mver-v from acu’e disc-'se«, sn- h •«' ’ hay. of patience was exhausted. w i’h ■• h «m Iv rdvisi'I prenourval my dis etc., loss of vital pow< -s. «pena torrmee. “But now a new danger menaced co > • «e >• ior >r nt ixis. an 1 im-nraHe. e-'-lv dccHV. preni ’tire «*l I are. hr» “Of all intolerable creatures, I “ .1 to! ’ :v tr1 1 *’ y c '• ! I try «♦'▼- dire- tv n the bl.«-’ sit; ;-l»ing »«* »f»e 11««' me. 1 feared they would stick the do think au old bachelor is the l’«i*« • t i.'v w\hed. vid then « la—n trying it« li "e-giving qiril t;<-s by ; ssi-' ’ v _ •' •ry ■i • th it w nh«oa), oxvgeti. th ’» --cat «nnp ’rter m st n -e' »'«l. I irirtf 'tines of their pitch forks into me. most intolerable,” thought Mrs. ■re l...r. 1 v ’.It ’-’«.«h.s'k* «»-ginie J fc. Pink Pill« are mW by slldr ’l- ’•I and I drew as near to the Ixiarda Wavland to herself, looking at Mr. o ' 5 i'l ■ o'-tro«*»» c. with n" «>b r. er», or will be sent |“-t r«»«l on D3-e:ian 8 Co.. Agts.. ! •— V • d -no’' •■ >.■« 1 .i*, iitte-nniiv n*'d Rrice. .Vteert« a box or six boxe« for •»v as possible. Hut they did not. Hopkins with the sweetest and v sdi!r.ns’ng Dr. W il ItU•’ MttdiclU«. ’ "• all to i ’"'ct. v a’w»» t «OMäOW,, CAL, • • • TUE OLD WHITE HEN BUCKS! BUCKS» Will sell Grades from $3.50 to $6 per head. Thor oughbreds $6 to $10. per Llau Relates a Liar vellcus Story. An Interesting Chapter’ in Eis Own Life-Some, We Hope, May Profit by Reading Same. I l J, a . Ji. ?.;k<n, Schrii-s-tadjr, 5. Y.