A PICTURED FATE
CHAPTER I
was watching the approach of glance revealed the building of my
two black-robbed figures which had dream, identical in every part with
Entering
entered tbe “arcade” through its that peculiar structure
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From Beliurd’i Magaaiut-
doorway.
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Alone ow"
ter all D>
glided wjth the crowd, I glanced upward
and Control,
orders of
“round- whUe a third
the Sall«rV
Tbe postman « w
—similarly clad and hidden—float-|
A! there they were!
The very
the janitor entered with the morn
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Tl^Zre wen- several "let- wJ down the Hta,rwav a,,d u,et
Tigris whose glittering gilt legends
ing mad
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1 had deciphered in the moonlight
ter for Bartlev and but one for the at _Ilh °°l
HOSE
Faint sweet musit was in the i. I felt myself turn giddy.
Í 'jrsäüs. ws<j aro sulle.-
What
nwrw
firm
Th«* contents of,tbe latter
r in~ iroT3£rfflMffi-r r Jtr ,s
air, growing gradually nearer and i did it mean? ' ’
I .¿uj -ny Ej
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were as follows:
fi" ,. toiMiTEC
In the l»ody I had never been in
ruarar.tac to
f D mk bins: You hav-» been fu clearer, and at last setting itself
if
tity
x-as-
it all
vorably suggested to me for illus- juvuualv to Mendelssohn's “Wed this locality before, vet was
sr'»»!}. a-.d u
ustiiod
I had
oútord & cúKL i
traling a is»ok I have just complet ding March.” This followed: from I most perfectly familiar; and
lean
ed .^1 in: sketches are to be made under their trailing draperies the' walked on, half dazed, to
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stair.
against
the
newel-post
of
the
two extended and clasped their
>ier<:, and as realistic as possible
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histie sounded and
leEúw-í
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: ’^Practically your own price may hands, as in a marriage ceremony, where also the reprudution was per
be obtained for satisfactory work
while ..he who had
to fect, even the nail-marks and a roll
Pleiiae write me at one«- in regard ; meet them stretched out a third of duet collected upon the iron-
C<> the matter, or, better, come and - and laid it u;>on theirs in blessing plated base. Only the ghostly fig
discuss it in iierson
Expenses
All tbe forms were vague and ures were wanting
paid.
Yours Truely.,
shadowy; the motion of their glid-
Alarmed, I felt that some dread
J ansen J okai . emon ”
i ing footstep« was the motion of a ful sickness must be coming ujsjn
"That sounds fair. Whatdoyou ¡dream; but the acene, the place,
me, and resolved.to w»e a doctor.
think of it?”
were realistic to the smallest de-
Turning away I met someone
“Too much bother. I’m going to I tail.
The names upon the signs advancing, of middle age and a
Hndsqn
‘Fairy Godmother’ has u l above the doorways, dimly tracea prompt, business-like manner.
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house full of guests—lots of pretty ble in the moonlight, were plain addressed him:
girls. Write to the old chap to and ordinary; but most distinct of
“Can you direct mr lo a respect
postpone; we’ll come later."
' ah were the three living human able physician?”
“Do you mean, seriously, to quit ¡(lands. Those of the wedded pair
He looked at me coniprebensiv,
business now1'’’
were perfect—each in itsown beautv , and his face assumed a puzzled
“As seriously as I
thing—yes ’
mean
any : different sex;
Don’t broo-.' o’.-'t
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the third was large j expression.
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and gaunt, and had lost half its,
Certainly; ljut—rbeg pardon—
i.
“Burt, it is wicked to waist your I f »lefinger.
are vou not an old acquaintance?’
self so ”
Theie came a change. I was ■
"I think not.”
He shrugged hie shoulders indif seated ina railway earring', wait
"1 mistook ypu for Bartley Mo-
ferently.
ing tl edepartuie < f my train, when-! Ewen ”
A Cure for the Ailments of Man and Ik* \
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My confrere, a brillinnt. sweet-
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1 tendered him my card
there entered, hurriedly, Bartley i
V long-tested pain reliever.
I'-nipered fellow, w .- ih culled a gen-
ami a woman
Some faces can
‘ Excuse me, but the likeness xts use is almost universal by the Housewife, the Farmer, •' • . *’t •
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ll<-could paint magnificently
mutb
! neither b<- described nor painted—j was striking.”
Stock Raiser, and by every one requiring an
— when th«- moo I was on him; but
liniment.
tiieir loveliness is too
Raising Ins arm he pointed to
It was ins iiiisf>rt ioii lo have ‘ex-
elusive; and such wan
the extreme end of the not th g 1- \o other application compares with it in efficacy,
peelations* snd a doting old aunt
, creature's
lery.
‘There is Dr. Bal ford’s of • uis well-known remedy has stood the test of years, alrriow:
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who kept Ins purs»- pretty veil
generations.
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I rose as they approached, and | fice
You will find him skilful.”
tilled
\’o medicine chest is complete without a bottle of M u ^ tanu
1 my friend eagerly presented me lo
1 he .rd but scarcely not his
L iniment .
W«- had la en l»oys together, and
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his wife
fn my surprise I blund- words, for 1 waB gazing stupidly a
Occasions
arise for its use almost every day
years nterwarrl. in France, lie
dered over mv congratulations, a his ext ■mled hand—the gaunt and
\U druggists and dealers have it.
tnvrtl me from drowning.
Nutur-
whistle sounded, the conductors odi.y right bam 1 of .my vision,
ally we resumed th intimacy of
“all aboard" cut short our spteeli I which had lost half its ioretingor!
our childhood, and w I en we re
and they hasten« d out of the iin
I bowed my thanks anu «ought
lnrm*d to New Yoi k w< oitened a
partment
Al the door the young I the practitioner commended, who
studio it. common.
We were said
bride turned and fla bed back upon i examined I and then laughed at
lo lesemble ea-li other jiersonallv
m<- one b-i< f g ance: joy, pride, and me
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in a very marked degree; but in
*1 never met a sounder physical
unutteruble sorrow were blended
tenqa rament
we weie certainly
in it— nve, mid u mute appeal for i erudition.
You show a trifling
ver. unlike.
succor
nervous excitement, the result per
‘ See here my boy. it’s t»s> earlv
Again the vision altered
1 wan I haps, of overwork; but eight hours’
for lacation and our reputation is
del'd in a grand old wootf
Thro' i sleep would set you right.
You
at spike
We can't aflord to sliglr
orirtr
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rlendvr boughs of overaiching elms lertamly require no medicine.”
such opfsirtunities ”
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th»- sunlight danced and flicker'd
Resolutely banishing from my
“lie II wait ”
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a-vliHr«* of l«afv shadows; while mind the strange occurrences of the
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“Not he—millionaire as well as
here and tin re a tree of dt i.sei m »riling, 1 returned to my hotel,
author. That Kort don t tarry their
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growlli made ngh. deep glooms of ale a hearty dinner, and took the
hireling's leasure
welcome rest and coolness. At in ..f.ernoon train for Gouverueur. the
“\ou g , if you Ilk«-, l'a»c m<»i;ev-
lervais tin vista was glorified b\ railway‘point nearest mv destm -
gi obiter!'
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mammoth hushes of the wild azal tlOII
All right—ami jhh krt tin- six
va. Iraded with tlu-ir rosei.t»- ldo<>m;
Wealth can do wonders, even in
kels '*
and tlier» in the distance, a wh te a wilderness; yet the magnificent
“ttrkvms
But if 1 run short.
iol.«sl
woman raiard herself to1 domain* of mt host was a surprise
I'll call on you ”
pii c v t In- Clusters of pink blossoms, to me
As our backboard rattled
So it wiu« settled
w liih- her lett arm belli jealously a over the jierfect roadway to th It*
McEwen left the city la-fore 1
wealth already gathered
door of the gra.it ma isiun, M . Jur-
did ami when at last I turned (lie
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The slend- r lingers clutche»! tbe airmen appeared, a smile of wel
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kev tn (lie door of our atelier 1 was
lirowd lw,g, which broke off with a come on his genial face
atraiigely depressed
Tins feeling
littl- dick, the perfect figure swai-
*1 hope vou hive not found tie
I attributed to faligm- l>ut that
cd and settlr»! and sell led to its journey tedious Mr. —’
night 1 could not sleep; and it was
natural pose the lovelv face was
“Kvle. Tnank you.no; on
not u^lil nearly mortu g that I tell
turned towaid me with a suule.ai.d contrary, most delightful, especial
into an uneasy alumlwr disturfterf
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a hand In-Id out to me a sprav of ,v th -a last f?»v ut les through tin
i»v dreams—-rather, bv om-continu
tin- roseoiid flowers
I easnel .orest."
ous dream in tine» vivid |M»rtioiie.
to take them—«»tiering and giver
‘‘In it is well, that i* we 1," rub
lie- first m-t-m- «»■ the interior
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bing
ins han is < om place tlv “.'lo«
of a peculiar building fashioned
ot toe work to b don ■ lies there
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CHAPTER LI
somewhat after tin- old Crystal
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if
you
wen-
interested
in
tin
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I’alare. A broad pAssagr-wav ex-
I left New \ ork on a morning
temievl Ihr«-. igh it from hmit to rear tram, ami tinsi b-d all dar, stop drive alone, much more w.R you ie
wiiere a fliglit of slairs asceudvd to pmg l<»r III« night at t w prettv cilv wneu you u.tss whole days at tie
camp
Liu are I am a«-umin.
tin seeo»««i Nw*r. ami H« » gwHrrv «»• 4¥ w I v *I mwi
C.«
yiukotywyni an h >ur
that w< shall come to satisfactory
which ran •boftt the ll#<-e remain* Italie l»»Jtl
mvratag in Rtrolln g
• terms.”
mg sidAs
below, theSS frfaefird at »^iiWt tlw gr
•»t upm* square vrh Ch
I ha v«- ii<- doubt we siiail
right aad h-lt c« n nu*tnH»“
•«>V II* a pn-i • i o nt feature of the
W hat a grand man he was!
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ami i s teaa r »beati. lioM tae tia,«*HV.
pili ♦
snstautlv binged to pul hiru »a. can
various others o! physician or I«»
1 iiad never seen a noier
Suddenly I «■ nm- upon a large, 'a*
ver, and a studio or iwu
A nail
bead,
while
the tno*v hai** and
vf glass arched aracrfuily al«ov« Gothic entran-, , through wln< h
«weeping iteard fra-ned d fare as
passe«! to aiol
tin wboh . an ui through itf trans p*mple continuali
strong and intelligent ha it was kind
tf
pazene, the nioonFght fell P
t»o and
a s»«e«nwt scrutinizing
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