HESTER’S LICK
my heart.
Where ia Grey now, 1 wonder? Ia pretty
he married? Douthtlesa, for men
BY JOHN A. PITERS.
hair tpesed about her face by the
soon
forget; while I— I—
From New York Weekly
She br.ke off abruptly. A drop capricioua win«!, and the pathetic
CHAPTER I.
exactly the color
of rain had tuched her cheek car look in her _ ..eyes,
_
rraingly,
and
she
had
réached
her
I
of
a
robin
’
s
egg;
but he merely
I wonder if it’s going to rain?
• 1
•
•
J - a*_______
feel a bit dubious about venturing goal, the village «tore
Hurriedly said, in an indifferent tone:
“Permit me, Hester, to carry
out minus an umberLla, and Hest making her purchase«, she out for
some of your packages. You’ll
er Wood anxiously scanned the
home, glad that she would not get
have them all on the ground by the
heavens, where a few black clouds,
wet. All at once her foot »truck
not unlike so many illomened birds,
side of the eggs.
some impediment, and she barelv
I’ll take care of them myself,
bad congiegated; “but ours is so escaped being precipitated to the
old and dingy, so bad about shed
of the thank you, she retorted;
ground. A b it was,
ding rain, that—well, it would only brown parcels in her arms fell with keep the umbrella over my head so
prove an incumbrance, if I did take a crash, and as she stooped to pick my turban is not ruined. It’s all
your fault that the eggs are broken
it up she encountered a horse shoe.
Thus m rmuring. she took down
You startled me so. Poor mamma
Frompe
i /'rancico, Cal.
A horse-shoe!” she cried touch
from its nail a pretty little turban,
she’ll have to go without her ome
Four years ago, at the time of the trouble
ing it as if it were a sentient thing;
Thorn Is nt iMtt one bavpy man in
between tile i nited States and I'hili
brightened by a tiny crimson b rd's
Mav I en
let
tomorrow
morning.
who
rm
vn
■ killing of the s.-i:!<-rs of the F.
Francisco to-day
that’ signifies good luck to the
wii g, set it jauntily on her head,
iquire after Mrs. Hunter’s health? li -pit- the fict of his being sixty year, ul S. S. I:..lli:il<i'f. ill the Street-of u Chill: !!
l i v, m i ’. iv .uneni-bt-.s were ul-liue l to have
:i.l of cm rpuletit build, the full and free tin- country for si-.fely. Ann ng them was
and taking her silken purs, through finder. I’ll carry it home and nail Of course you found a wife in your
era
of
mind
and
body.
Granny
it
over
tht
front
door.
its • of all th" po'.v
M. L'igg. the pri > a c iiet. ciive hih I cn.-
whose meshes shone two or three
proiiii"1' H It'l '<»r lector, v
otbee is in the Crocker Build-
trip on the Continent?’
.1 in s Keen m
Grewell
’
s
prediction
will
scarcely
an i it is iie mg. ban rancisco, Cul.
silver coins, perpared to set forth
1
-il-r
nt
256
Krriftnvi
bt'-e
with
a
mysterious
Nay, Hester,
lien Mr. Lugg li ft t'bili he wci-t a r -s
con e true, though, this time , as it
i< : o v l ut li.ig til oe wh i have restored the inoiititaina itilo Argentine, travellin
on her errami.
i
twinkle
in
his
eye9,
and
something
. i frô-ii a l> I of piin to his former youth- mulel.aek.
"Hester, you II certanlv be caught did ten years ago when she told that savored of a smile in the cor- f.l i tivt'5 Mr. Keenan bad. to within a Mr. Lugg «ave thnt thè trip is a dt lijitfnl
in poiut ufbeaiiiintl scent rv and pirfe- t
in the rain, and a oiminutiye me if I would hang the one I found nere of his bearded mouth, 1 did y -:l- Il o, 01 1 bl.- e-l with the enjoyment otte
..ititlier, but ntany people d:-liketo under.
lie
hid
nevir
over
the
door,
the
first
man
who
en
uf alm • t pe f.'et hcn!l
,
.
t tke il un ucom.utof thè iinhealtliful etag-
gray-haired woman followed the
not find one to suit me However, I,a i.va w!nt it w i .s t > ho cmi.iticd tur-»veci.s )mnl water nliii h '.bey are tmnpelleii to
Sure
enough.
tereu
would
propose.
her
girl to the door and directed
:i il eo.ic'i of painful disease,
-ink uìung thè way.
M- nv [ersotis bave
tiiii ' ni» i
io ,r I.K uct:o:i of min I ^-".1 siri, k-11 dovili «i li dtsea e frulli hsv-
Grey was the first one to enter, I think of getting married suoi) at r -a eve.i
attention to the threatening
t 1 lo-e fie viji
• .1. ing ilrttnk ot tt. unì >11 a ntimher of <11 e,
and ere'he left an engagement ring You must be on excellent ter.us or 1 ..1 > which mi ! i-n-ib. il .uni, tu oul i .i< ; fi,,, uipicks bave i roviii futa). The native
better take an umbrella.
m 111 v vciirs of his bn n ss liie, t > I rio.Ul , Chili 1 drink lite wi’ter v.ilhi r.t injury to
shone on mv finger. Well, in re with the future Mrs. Hunter.
1 ilicir systi nis, bui it 1 ns a iadetiii-t »poti
"But, mother, and the
1 I a:-.d iitniilvised.
hi i d it y tu- i i
"Many
thanks,
but
1
do
not
care
thosc whn uro not i teli to '
;•
U-O
that
Mr.
Kecnun
fi.
’
broke out into a musical laugh, membrane® of that time, I 11 clean to cultivate the acquaintance of
It i n a »
“ I fell :i victim 10 the it. nous tina.me*
It uttn ted
:• water,” laid Mr. J.u
1 tira li.url of dis -ase to trike !.<d i
decidedly pleasant to listen to, this one up. paint it, and put on in
V in n
Ct that tini' he w-vi stri ken 1 toy kidneys to an uliir n « in <zree................
A
poor
dreds
any
Mrs.
Hunter.
.inn.
1 got ov r into Art-cntii. i ih<.tight the iroit-
•urs is such a dilapidated thing, gilt, in pretty German letters, ‘Aut maker and tfie wife of the richest
■r
vit
d
nla
-kof
r.iertmt-
V
mi
-a
.'VI
vi me
tin- out instead
hlc wo il.l gradually 1 v<
so abundantly provided with holes Gluck’ Who knows what it d bring man in the county can have noth-
whicrl ro!tTm I him <>f the use of his of that it uri w more aggra vxivil and 1 auf.
i<- -od terribly from p-.fins i:i ihe n giou of my
mi I of botii his hail Is.
in which to insnare the falling to me? Goodness ! as a preliminary i ing in common; but you have my .o.vei liin' s • -ks
I was cn
kidn vs
.........
... route to ( hiengound I
he lay on hit co-.u-h. a licit
-i.x
w
liete.
nel to mu h lay jle tira ion I efore
drops, that I am better without drop fell on her nose, it s going to best wishes, Grey.
1
(lisMSsV
and
all
th
I? ; victim of the u
out; !-ii:it t h'.ittlil gr hv s.-i . erioiis as m
to my bul.
I't on reaching
uo pain in the iiir eh d con bo?
than with it. Don’ t worry. I am rain. I ll have to run, or get a
Chicago J nt O’lee cnr.s'.iiivit n | !iy»ieiun. who
They went on in silence, the
[fc could n
01 f his bo IV
drenching.
tol l me my kidr-ys had l.nti nft'ceted I y
something of an amphibian, vou
If riputi hi* bed, and all ihrd he a.c dii. king I oilu'cl Will. r. lie trenti il lie ,.r
dark browed man holding the
•
The
brown
parcels
in
her
arms
■ fed .0 him by t'.iaae ia attendance. som ■ time for that <m plaint, luti gr< iv
know, and take to water as nat-
lirella over the daintv girl, who had |( . I J, m el h about
despaired if ever gaining re- steadi'y worse mid n<-w atin.ents were u< del
land
the
horse
shoe
concealed
in
the
urally as a duck.
my ulrettdy serions canditi n. 1 big-.ai 10
If I get a
all she could do to keep the bundles I •. • Ir in the cl.itches of the frightful dis- 10
¡rive tieii.'algic pains i my I. ud, my s| inc
his
attention
was
through drenching it may tend to folds of her gray shawl prevented from slipping out of her arms
v.tis uTelt.sl v>itii sho'till I'liii.s ; nd I Inal
, w.ien one nt miing
••■■■- no eoiitrul over t'r.e urinary organa. It wsa
tn an
- - - adv -rlise'ii nt in a in .ruing
make me grow; and see! I’ll take brisk running, and down, down on \\ hat if the horse-shoe should es dra vn ,- of
* : next to inipo-jsible fcr me to u-1 ntiy sleep.
a r;".n-i'.v fl».- rlrnnnui
n.i 10 .-
I h'jr uwake many u night sudi rinirtlie most
along this warm, gray shawl, m her bead rattled the rain, and she cape from its hiding plaje and the store o :..it succi led this casti il gi 'tice.it inti
use pains, and ihephys.i 11 unable to
nt can lx - t 1» ■ to.il »n
a ■ te ti -inc rid
would
have
been
saturated
to
the
cuse of a shower. Au revoir!"
keen eyes of the man at her side th*- w i-ds of Mr K e.nian him "If, «h ' relieve tin 111.
I for mi explanation of his sei-ni
" Blit relief «ante- c* last. One <l.-.y rue of
Imprinting a kiss on her mvthei’s skin had not a tall, swarthy, beard- fall upon it? Acquainted with the « h n -i- miraculous
cure, gave the linio vii
mv friends came to my i-o«.m and handed me
ed man, with an unbrella over his
a box of Williams’ Pink Pii';, til e .ur e I
o.rc.t
lips, Hester sallied out.
story of the othe iron shoe, would
■cm si to m flint "fier all the weeks Imr-'hed at l-itn fi.r during to think that any
f t ■ rdd ■ siiT rin ' ili it I hud ■ n ’urial there pme.et medicine eon'll aid me when
She was rather tall and slender, I head, turned a corner and came to he not read lier intentroll now? B>:'d
r ot i>o- i ly ti - n relief. I had tm physician had failed. I took the rills. Im
her
assistance.
i pile it in-.'i ini's, mid vvh 01 I snv ever,
-. - ...
-,
ha -friend ni re than for any
a bright, winsome looking girl, wi h
What a silly goose he would term fiith
to otoige
'i a ¡i-.- the al •tisetnent of Willimits füll:i I had in them
o I was trea'ed tothc
"Madame, the rain is merciless.
the guileless look of an infant in
her! An old maid earning home I'irih C'li- 1 w is in Im--d to try them oil in->-t joyor.- aurpri i my iif■ wh< n I reni
Allow me to ward off the glitering
I not fei 1 tiny r<
'ration. _ I di
____
¡ •■■d th.it J was eii li lie via I of my pain*.
her big blue e\ es. a babyish nd
a horse shoe to hang over the door, lief uii'il I p lie-run
taking the second box of l’irst lite
d rops.
III" psi-. Imt then the pain begrri gradually ceased, am
purposely to catch a ifusbatid!
mouth, sweet enough to kiss, and
t > I. n tn ■ mv ip' ite Ikrnri-ne better, arid can to grow lees ar.d iintiliy led nr- enti-> y.
Then, as Hester, at the sonnd ot
I co r'd sieep soun liy throughput the ni-rlit It took a good while to inqr v th c< ■ •
luxuriant masses of pale gold hair
"Ha,
ha, ha!
wi mnt exp-riencing any of the jerking ditioi. of my kidneys, 1 ut after 1 bad tn’ «n
his deep toned voice, uttered a faint
that peeiH'd out from under her hat
Was he laughing at her, or----- puns that had ¡»efore kept me awake,
n nuintar of boxes < f the pills I kn. w tl: t
cry, he looked into her eves and
co'irin r.'d to 'akc the pills and it was o ilv a they had done their work successfully,
and atraved in rebe bous srinkles
good gracious! T he very thing she «hort time until the rheumatisin had entirely then I h al i gained control of the tirtr: rv
beheld the eves of his lost love.
and
I It.id aof.tr recover« d the orvu'is nnd the action of toy kidneys was
left mv h nt
.............
over her low. white forhead.
feared iiad happened.
ot mv 1er- mio ’»e iib’e to walk m»oi.t sir >ng unii steady.
"Hester!
«¡thnit ass'stnnee. In alai it two
Out from its gray folds, as it it th v bouse
" When 1 tiio i:
I was ort of nil danger
T hat she should have reached
ks ni i- ' I ,1.1s cn irelv free from ih -dis-
Qrev !
I cuit titking th pi'!s. 1 he r> l ef tin y had
tvo
nmrr'boxes
of
tin
were
alive
and
di
sired
to
torment
ease,'lint I t.m ................
her twenty eight birthday wii bout
atlbrded u is permanent, however. nnd !
i proemiti .ri nguimit 11 return of the rh<
The ejaculations came sunulti.n- her the horse shoe emerged, tum
have never sitici e 1 f< It a reci ■ rr rec of the
iii
’
i.n.
I
i-o'ii
1
1,,
time
that
the
list
tnu-e
having the matrimoniti niaise slip
I liuni’y know ho.v to praise
di- a e left in ■ I have not f"l: the least CO”»p’0lliK.
eously from the lips of both. r or bling to the ground with a ringing
sh'-uid
It
........
, ,
ped over her head seemed almost
ini of its return, and I can truthfully say Williams' Pink Pill* a* they
They cert>ttily i • n v n”ucr»iu
prate d.
an instant the ten yea’s were bun-
enjov
as
fr.-e
use
of
mv
limbs
ns
m i' 1 ti •
noise.
too incredible for beleif; but such
riniti, n. I have • ree-
•• »ninii n led them ta
' tin; distil iitt.ieked prêt
cv r 1 il ! before th ■ rh.
ed in oblivion, and they were all in
n iiuiii I ht of mv frn'ud» wI h » wet« Min
was actually the ease.
mend I’0”” kkhiey comphitnls, nnd they h ive all
[To be Continued.]
I li ive ken th" pains to rceom
all to each other again.
1. .... I- .....C, A.1 I ». ,l,,.i|. UK." "
I
’
itik
Pill*
to
a
num
’
ter
of
my been benefited I y their aw.
It was a day late in the fall, and
hr. William«’ Pink Pills for Pule People
Grey had bent his head to drop
Hs vii » are «ìitlrrinf? fh>:n rheumatism.
the trees were dropping their
I know of id » other rrnirJy that will are no-.v t.iven to tire public ns an unfailing
a kiss on that trembling, «tre.wber
n’l •• i i h qn k a?i*l vcmuiD»H:t nlirf from bi<> «1 builder unit nerve r ■ -ti n r. curing
legated leaves on every aide. Mee
»• ritis j i;«l(» Williams' Pink pills, ami forms of weakness arising from a watery
rv-rvd mouth, but a sinister though
that tunny other» nwy I* l>r »uçht Cmiditioti of tl>e l.)o »1 or shuttered nerves.
i »••!'. I
banieallv Hester picked
un a
h»
a i i fari the r hi ¿h curative powers ilift The pills are sold by ail dealers, or will be
which crept into h's mind and
»cut post paid on receipt of price 50 cents a
the »»til
Sickly looking leaflet of a
stung him prevented, and he said,
bivving C ISC «rm also Called to the box. or six taxes for $2.50 (they are never
low hue.
i <> i of ilv A’. rtiwr. shortly after the -obi in »irlk of l>v the 100) by addressing
in a voie« he tried to render cold
:
of i >1 above, und i-< given •»’ < Hr. Wiii'uius* Meuiciue Cuuiiuuiy, Scl.rueo
“Bah! she ejaculated, what a and unconcern»d:
I taily, N.Y.
l l... oj >.l t ■ .cot l’.*l u.
look of melancholy it wears! On its
"I um glad to meet you again.
every lineament one can trace des
to the per- >n suhtnl'ting th.
Hester, after a lapse often tears
most inerii... .
invc.tiua
pair. It savors ot lost hope, like
during tint pu evditiK* tnonih.
ion have not changed one bit.
W
K
SS
t
Ht
PATHS
fS
mv blighted life. ami she tore it
FOU l\ V l. s to 's. i> . I the H
Time has dealt leniently with you.
o joct i f tm* o" r it to en-
ruthlessly in twine, and tossii! the
. ent-
coui.gc per«on* e
How is Lee —your husband ’
t.»
l«e turn of hi ■ '
pieces in her path.
».uno tone we u a t-a I.. rreM
Did he ’rally think In r Lees
the fact I..at
IM
Saddened, she proceeded on her wife? In her confusion she dropped
Il’s the Si Hl
way, a tram of thought aroused a brown paper package containing
I rivinl inventiom
which she could not silence
a dosxen of • ggs and as they tuch-
That Y te» J It
"Ten years ago to-day she sigh- ed the ground with a cra«h, she
•uch rj r<» I n i ll.v>X j
I was betrothed to Grey Hun said, a bit angirlv :
a < I F
• -c.r- >
r > » u i iw i
ter, and was ns happv a creature as
You are a ninny, («rev Hunter!
..
Mr tl>wk “ ■
A! next
.cry on.
■ V -VOJI <
Phie’ontMlow
Now 1 am a You know I never Lad the remotest
1 he sun shone
a t*.s nt i !• ■ at -
other. Why noi
HARNESS.
lient us ’ Y i
I « mit I void maid, vegetating stupidlv intention of marrying Lee. I am
Doable and F ato RMlag
lio t i thia dir. . ! o i
’
J
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4 eento Ln
W l:y nul
rnako your fort un
it a iliird rat« drevtn.sking in Rve no man's wife; I am onlv an old
W. B. PRATT. Secretary, Elkhart, Ind.
with a ralleva pnwjiect Ufore me maid.
Write for f irtber In rtnaUon «n.l
Inetti.vu I his l«p<r.
A
aot>
came
into
her
throat
as
she
« it« i ding » V« n lint*» old age; au«! 1
THE Pi^«SS CLAIMS CO
long, oh. so inexpressibly, for some uttered tire concluding words, and
Philip W. Avirvtt. G,u. Mfr
she
avert«-*!
her
blue
ewa
trota
hie
one to Iowa and rate for me! I am
61H t Street Northwest.
not strong minded, and in» ine la gray ones, into which had Issp- d a
* AMINUt.t u.\ C.
unutterably dreary and cheer leas trash of hope. Such an eag r flash
The re.pon«lt'l. «y •
wM y
1 (lai ti* 1
«<•» lw lu.l*vU br
au « imo * as it was'
Oh Grus ! why were you
»t.x-a ■« I •! i br »>»•■«
uM.Tl I
i t the lumllo* O«* «i ««»>>• h > the 1
Healer, dear little Hester,
iuua, ao jealous, of l«ee Hope's
I ullml M4le*
tentions? You know that you held man’s wife' Was it for his rake
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ZIZ s I a II
The Remarkable Vitality of
an Aged Californian
Stands To-day Unscathed by Disease—How He
Conquered Ritenutati —His Story will
Interest and Benefit ail Old
Folks
1
.. .... A.,„. tico
*tiv lim'i« tie
hl!
3100.00
Given Awa\
Every Month
ELKHART CARRIAGE and HARNESS MFG. CO
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