LETTIN« DOWN THE BARS. WHO SHALL WEAR THE COR-
BY «IF. < IIESTNI TWOOÜ.
Fro in People*« Home Jeurnal.
ON ET
RY' EMMA GARNISON JONES.
lost hi« fortune and his health, and
was now a hopeless, helpless inva
lid. The mother of the three girls
had long ago gone to her last rest
ing place.
CHAPTER IV. (Concluded.)
TO BE CONTINI ED.
CHAPTER I.
Several days followed, in winch
she studiously avoided him; yet
“Rut what shall we wear? That s
she wan perfectly conscious that he the question now. girls.
w ¡I-
And Delphine seated herself on
watching her. They seemed
to have changed places—he had be- the edge of the low bed, her cheeks
come the Argus.
flushed, and her splendid yellow
Mr. Norton grew tiresome to her. tresses all in a tremble. >he held
.>he made no effort to cenceal the a note in her fingers, a uaintv
fact.
He felt the neglect, and cream coiored affair, with an Eng
stiaightway restored his devotions lish crest on the seal
It contained
to their former recipient, the elder an invitation to a ball to be given
Miss Merton, who accepted them, at the Elms, in honor of the young
wifely‘determining that a resjiecta- Marquie of Hautville.
bl» certainty was better than a
The Elms was a magnificent sub-
princelg djubt, she having fully urban residence, combining all the
made up her mind to begin the rural freedom and beauty of the
new season with a solitaire on her country, with the refinement. ■r. i ve-
first finger.
tv. and excitement of the citv. \ rs.
One afternoon Cora was return- Chadwick, its elegant mistress, was
mg from the river through the an Englishwoman, w« dded to an
meadow, alone. As she approach American millionaire, and her kins-
ed the fence before mentione«! she man, the young Marquis of Haut-
discovered Neil, in the exact atti- ville, had come over to make her a
tude m which we first saw him. visit. Hence this wonderful ball.
He had seen her when some dis-
\\ hat shall we wear? repeated
tance off, and was waiting for her. De . “Th»*re • that green moire
For an instant she slackened her quite as good as new, if one onh
pace in indecision, then, with sud- had a few laces. 1 ou can make
den resolve, walked rapidly on tin over that lavender silk.
til they stood with just the bars be-
“No, I won t touch it, th- ugly,
tween them
hxcitement made Quakerish thing. I 11 stay at home
lier brilliant, beautiful.
first.”
He greeted her with, “Have
Sister, could you make any
heard the/news?
thing of that gold-colored pattern
She asked, \\ hat news’. and of mine? If vou
tun-
appeared as if in a great hurry.
vou re welcome!
“W hv, that Norton and the elder
I he question came through an
Miss Merton are engaged.
open windo v, in a voie? as sweet
Indeed.”
as the note of a thrush.: and little
Iler tom was too indifferent to Ro.-e. leaning upon the eii! looked
render the word an exclamation.
in upon her harassed sisters
He looked
used and kept on: |
sudden light Hashed up in
"What troubles me is that young- Grace’s handcouie eyes
er one
She will make shrew it
hv, to be sure; I had quite
she is an old maid.
forgotten that—’twill be just the
n by don t you avert such a con thing. \\ hat a trump vou are.
tingency by marrying h«-r your- Rose! Run and get it, won’t vou'
self?" she asked sarcastically
Rose hurried away, returning al
whistled ; then, abruptly most instantly with a folded paper
changing the subject, said:
in her hand. (•race snatched it
('«ira, then* are live bars between eagerly, and unrolled the glittering
golden silk. Almost a year befo;e.
\\ ell, what of it?’
when Aunt Delmar came on a sum
Her tone was full of effort after iii« r visit, she had brought it to
Bteadiness.
Bose as a birthday gift. But Rose
"1 am going to take them down
had never found an opportunitv to
that is what I mu waiting for, make or rt tar
A busy little
she said, shortly.
Martha was this Rote, careful and
A smile lighted his dark
cumbered with manv things; the
and utterly dissipa <*«! e”rrv cloud
ever active bee, who kept the home
of cynicism.
hive filled will) honey, while her
“ i on «hail ; rove vour own
gay, butterfly sitters sported in the
words, he said. and, taking down sunshine.
the first bar, he tossed it in the
“It will make up gorgeously.
grass, ami, as lie did so, named it
said Graes«.
rnendship
1 hen the Second
Del eyed the si.k grudgingly.
fell by its aide, calle«! “Pride
“Go and bring that green moire.
third was toss« d upon the other two
Rose," she »aid. "it it’s faded, I
as “Pique,” and the fourth added
won t wear it..’
to the others h > name«! jealousy
>«■ (rough« it oo**ui«*iitlv:
but the last h lifted, ami, laving rustling sea green splendor seeme«!
it directly at her feet, calle«! it
to content th« beautv.
she s.uil. twill suit tne
As he bad done this, her face
Lot
I trust the marquis likes
was a study
M hen he ha«i finish green.
But wh«r«- sh:.il neiM the
cd. her dark, intense eves w»-re fas
laces? Ro»«*, «ion t you tl-.i.ik vou
tened on the log at her feet
could spare just a little money'
hat are v
waiting for?” he
Rose stoini Ihoughliul pushing
•aid, using her
word«, and.
back the brown curls from her
holding out his hands to her, »he
brow
placed hers in them, half frankly.
"(« iris. she said, ‘ it takes so
half bashfully, an«! stepped ever the
much
for p»xir papa’s medicine, you
bar
k now ; and there’s the butcher’s
[THE kni » ]
bi
But I 11 see.
Money was scarce enough
Mralotw a v
■espite th«» grand old
homestead
Mr. StratLtwav be
longed to one of the old. patrician
familie s <f the State t ut he had
i
AN OFT REPEATED STORY CFTHJ
FjRTHi FRIC£ OF ONE.
What Chas n. Hackcv
Michigan—now th
.¥ Cloud in
of an Honored
¿way t’ ¿?cic¿';ce
Grand ¿¿ajruu, —.
Our Premiums
were- seninn
FO.i THIS YEAR
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li a hand<onio «Hint-
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Thursday, and contains all of
important n-ws of the
week, gleaned from every quir-
ter of the globe, compì- te up
lt lur-
to date of pubi cation.
tiishes tbe late-t and nio.il
rei able Qimncul nrw.
market quotations, a1 d given
special attenti n to liortlcul-
turai and agricultural news.
and is in every re*i ect a first-
elass family paper, appeal! .g
to tlie interest of every mendier
bl tile huusenoid.
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daily. It is the MOS r RF.L1 A-
BLE and is re-««ni7-,<l
b«inu the LEADING NEWS-
BA PER of the Pacific Coast.
E ther of tile above i aper-s we
will send po to li as a i>re
mi.ini on reer> tot the follow
ing iubs'rlptio:i prices t->r the
eon.bin*'i. hi :
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$200
a LM A
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or
wish to be bur A
one who l ad
emir. i:t j»r iers
The r ply I r ■.
Lan th>- r.rir, il tesi’
e me faith in t. c n
Í beg.-n Liklr.g
them to be au t .t t
told rr.-? they r.-e-
t. )-?e mo L.S
: ■ I c-..
porccptii.-le g* Hof
bet - erment •
tion.
cirearo
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—THIS PAPER—
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and what
ani som-: cases c
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CIIAS. n. BACKI.T.Y’.
The most beautiful spot in Muske
gon is inseparably associate«! v.:.:i
the name cf Hackley, and in all W¿s
ern Michigan t: ere is not a name be
ter known, and r m n
the Btv.di-.vs
and those interested i.i deed3 of j : i;
gnthropy, U.Í3 name i.j known ar I
mired. Chas. IJ. I.ackley has i
ait
the lumber business continu u~I
lbo6, and in that time has
fortune, v.-hic!. gives Lisi
among the wealthy m- n < f t .. ■ r.
tion. Cut with wealth ti.ere « : 1 r. t
L
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that tightening cf the r
Etrings which is g.aer
a n... rued
characteristic cf wealthy m:n
There is no prettier spot in lit? fiata
than Hackley Park in a sou
rounded and pierced by stone w. iC
cmrhasiring with their whiteness th -
green ot faultlessly kept lawns
crowning pride a towering s 1 her
monument on the top of whicli siand.T
a bronze fgure pointing ever in
rr.embrance cf the heroes who d 1
that the nation might live. Liu* rote
Ing tkis park are the magnifies
Ilaekiey Public Libra —a
- -n
granite—with its G),000 volumes
the equally
. stately Ilaekiey rehocl,
like a bee-hive with its G d O children.
Other elegant buildings testify 1; ?-
wise tn th j liberality and munir.eenco
of this man who has pulled wealth cut
ot the forests of Mi?hi
It is no wonder tl n t! at tile
of Ciiarks IT. Hackle
hom? arai at road. His nrunidcc
eg >n
I-ne
n < a i
c f :: a’ ; half a a i . a. For tk? p
tv.*.my ye s h » I
been a constant
i er f ora neui.Jgia
d rheuma-
ti :a Ciro nu inline
cf the lower
limbs, so much so that it 1 as Eeriovslj’
interfered with his yl
_______
o _ in
life.
For some time past Lis friends have
noticed that Le lias co med to. grov.
your.g
an i to 1
recovered
the Lcahh \ . i xi r.e had in youth
To a cor reap nu?nt cf the Press
Ha. klvy ex ¡ Li i ncd tlie sec r■ t Of i ¡3
ranefc i m. t
and to
frionas
•vho rave known now he s
rt u. ii
is in Ì d a t ns. e
it »on
I .arc
t rod f^r ov.r t’.>
y years, rc
raie, seated in * in pri te onice wit 1
paias in my lower limbs so ever? « j-
ik.it the c:
lief I could got
ui ’ht A s by putti:
cold v.
c r com-
pi sses on n,
I was bothered
c at r.i t t
a in the ¿ay tin?.?
nr vr
r’> limali
in my 1
¡ad ! ■"
in inter. > Í0;
«arc. f
□ car
ch reni
Hot :
ai. i tí
stale.
1 <
sit sti;
na o
Bufferings 1 • -aa
ma..e Eie 1 «
Two ■cars ago l.i.-.t j?
leDibcr 1 Tc •ic. J
seee-.ynt cr
1 ..
pertoctly
II
I Cid n
I ■yr-.t.-i
and
. ; nc(. I
.
y LOI: .
d tor •;.■>
mr-’
mended the i ills
i * r.ly too
d ■
health throi
v/cncerf’.:'. me
much i- r v.-I.at it I . s «
3 c
C’.-CC l S Of la. t
in ci : m
heart. pal -
t: at tired feeì
ir-j i rrv
rni3 pre -trauen
from vitiated ■
rue
SOT' fui
ipoia?,
/ r.r
..
bles r»
pressions, ir
i f. .:.n
of vzeakn
tre tdooJ
and r t' : .• the r
i hi to pa«
n:?n they ef
and sallow check
feet a radier ! cure m 11 cases arising
from mental werr”
rwork or ex-
r-r? ar?
cessos cf wh.at. ' c
t ? V32 or thw
r*» iu effects £i
! ft cap
wnr lori al
h with i ¿rfect saiety.
on to chil
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HACKLhY F. *Ax»K.
Tb.ese p'üs are manr.fo ?' ■ti:reti by n
V'idmm Medicine Corr ny. F-.ht
..ó are sell cniy ¡a
firm’s f. e »»rii
al M cc
: er fut
■ rer tor’ >
1 ad of all dror-
s or «'I’-.'-t
mail from Dr. ’
Tie rri-i
1st «Tomiar.
• r.- «
r i XV ici* these
»nt i-.cr «-‘-».¿iva CJ
-
CL-.
CONSUMPTION
U ri £
fiats u 1 D
‘ ,.»• • rr- h Cure 1«
- medicine.
I >t on a pos
ire re cat.
. »v nevóme
—ro is ei-
F'ro-j i.it o
s arti « añada.
er Brn
It you:
■ i C .../h. use
> ii«.irc
If you dread
-. Mion, nee it
e ulU-’I S CUSE.
i,If vourLWtfcs
■ V3S. 'i-e Shi'eVs Porous
V.S.
For ka.u by aU L'rug-
ELKHART CARRIAGE and HARNESS MFG. CO
Hate Sold
t .. «■
NMM thrm tke dcttlrr*' ; r- ~t> We
the OWeM
and l.argrvM n n -’.t ■ ? ;re s In An e io -e’.lin«
thi«»ay. Ship subject t«> approval.
par/rripM
t*>th ««'««Ms if net jhatis facte tv. Everything war
ranted why pa.- an A<ent F.C
to order for
you? Write y ur own order. Hexing free. We
V - ke all the rL'k of «ianun in »hippi^x
WHOLESALE PRICES
ho. 1. Farm Harness.
Spring Wagons, $30 to $45 Onaranteed
•one a< «ell for trO to Kk 14 style« of Road
M S35
Ph«eton,«uk>wu ego
HARNESS
?" strl»s SInsrl». Donbie * n.t F
ar.l t .T K«x
pay p -taxe. 1
atah-^ve.
ri
iii<r - «~t<«i«^.
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W. B. PRATT, Secretary
No. 138. Ecad