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Second Cousin arah BY THE AVTHOH OF "AHNt JVDSe. SPINSTER," " UTtlt 1ATB URBT." ETC.. ZTC. 0 0 lac CHAPTER VII. (Continued.) Reuben turned and looked toward the gateway, where from tb lhadows into the warm aunshine bejotiu itepped the young lady whom he had seen first In his father'a house. His astonishment whs great, but the young lady's surprise was till more strongly marked. She stopped, clasped her hands together, and ihen came on again, with two large clear gray eyes distended. "Mr. Culwiek! you In Worcester! You have repented; you are going to your lather?" . Reuben shook hia head and smiled a little. "You are a foolish fellow," she said, "and almost as strange a man as your father Is. Are you still living down that wretched street in Camberwell?" "I can only afford to live in wretched treets," was the reply. "What has brought you to Worcester? "To see Aunt Eastbell," be replied, "and to discover, if possible, the mystery of my second-couHin Sarah. They are my relatives; I am more interested in them than I can explain. May I ask In return what Aunt Eastbell and my second-cousin has to do with you?" "I am Interested In them more than I can explain," was the arch answer; "that's all." "I wish you would explain something. Who are you. to begin with?" "Ah, that's not worth elucidation;" she aid. "If I tell you that my name is Holland, will that make the position any clearer?" "It might," snld Reuben, quickly. "My father yished me to marry a Miss Hoi land once, a young lady whom I had ntv er seen, and whom I was to take upon trust. Are you the lady?" "Yes, sir." "And have you married my father In tead of me?" he asked, satirically. "I would not mnrry either of you for twice your father's money," she said, franjtly. "I am simply his housekeeper, t a housekeeper's wage. My father was his best friend, and your father has been kind to me, in his odd way, since my father's death." "And now," said Reuben, "will yon ex plain why you are interested In Aunt Eastbell, why the girl who has deserted her corresponds with you? why you pans yourself off na the niece of that old woman who has left us?" "I'll work backward, if you will allow me," she said, "I call myself Miss Mug geridge because the name of Holland is familiar to your aunt. The girl corre sponds with me because she knows that I read her letters to her grandmother, and that I am the grandmother's friend while she Is away. I am interested in Mrs. Eastbell, and feel for the utter lone liness In which she is left by her friend. I have been interested in Mrs. Eastbell for some years now, for the matter of that" "Indeed! and her granddaughter, Sarah Eastbell, also?" "Of late days a little. She was not Tery gracious to me she never cared to ee me here. When she got Into trouhle, he thought that she would make me her confidante, but It was too late. "When she got Into trouble!" echoed Reuben; "what trouble wbb that?" "Come with me, and I'll show you." She led the way out of St. Oswald's Into the Tithing, crossed the road to the corner of the street leading to the prison, nd oolnted to the wall. In which several bills were posted. One was to the effect that a reward of five pounds was offered for the apprehension of Sarah Eastbell, late of Worcester, who had conspired with others for the unlawful issue of spu rious coin. Reuben stared with amazement at the placard. "It Is well that the old woman is blind," he murmured. "I did not think It was so bed ns this." "Neither is it." "You mean that. " "That her brother la at the bottom of It. You don't know what a scamp he is, I suppose? He gave her the money, I be lieve. She offered a sovereign in all good faith It was detected as (false coin he was asked where she lived, and how he became possessed of it, and she took fright and ran away." "Is she with her brother?" "Yes. She wrote to me without giv ing her address, stating that she must remain with her brother Thomas for a while. He was in business, and was tak ing care of her. She left Grandmother Eastbell in my charge, she said. It's A responsibility," she added, "but I have accepted it." Reuben related the story of h'lB dis covery of Sarah Eastbell, of her flight from him, and the way in which he had lost her in the gardens of Saxe-Gotha. Miss Holland reflected for a few mo ments, then she said: "1 wonder If her brother performs there. He Is an acrobat at times. When ho was first in prison, he was arrested In his tumbler's dress." "In prison an acrobat?" Reuben Culwiek remembered at once the tumbler who had been spinning round on the slack rope at the Saxe-Gotha, when he had first entered the gardens. Could that be Tom Eastbell, the scamp who had brought his sister into dilHcul ties, who had caused her to fly from Worcester, in order to escape the charge of ntteriug base coin? On the following evening Reuben Cul wick was in the Saxe-Gotha gardens again, waiting patiently for the appear ance of Signor Vizxobinl, who had post poned his departure for Turin for six nights, by special request of the nobility. gentry and public in general, and who was announced to appear every evening at half-past nine in his highly graceful and artistic entertainment, as perform ed before all the crowned heads of Eu rone, to the immense delight and mani fest satisfaction of every crowned head among them. CHATTER VIII. The Saxe-Gotha gardens were not do ing well. Even the re-engagcmcut fiignor Yizznhinl had not amused the lo cality to enthusiasm. It was a terribly dull evening, even for the Sase -Guthn Reuben Culwiek discovered, when he ho entered for the second time on what th program informed him was fairy tab leau of surpassing brilliancy and spl' dor. It was a more respectable evening tha ordinary, owing to the scanty attendance. Mr. Splud, lessee, counted fifty-tw with the babies in arms. Reuben steod under a shady tree, an old blue Set cap drawn down to his eyebrows, nnd waterproof coat turned up to his ear. Mr. Sulud mixed In a friendly way wit the company. He was a tall, lank m:iii, of a melancholy aspect. He finally t'' hia atand under the tree where UcuInmi was. This is a bad night for our busines; sir." he said at last. "So 1 ehoulJ think," answered Reujea 'Rain always keep the people away; no matter wnai you - - of attraction they won t come, sir. Here the eyes remained so long In the corners next to Reuben's that Reuben wai afraid that Mr. Bplud vision una become permanently fixed. I have seen you somewnere, ana i is what bothers me a bit, saia air. Splud, by way of apology. Reuben did not tell him that he was lodging next door but two, and that they had passed each other In the street with tolerable frequency; but the Idea had sug gested itself to put a few questions on his own account, when a uiiru person joined them. The newcomer was a sniau, spare men, In a long, seeay great com with big horn buttons, extending from his chin to his heels, and who wore a dirty yellow ' handkerchief tied loosely round his throat He was a man of an unearthly pallor, and pitted so deeply with smallpox that one wondered how he had ever struggled out of his malady alive. "You don't want me to-night, I sup poser' he said to the proprietor. "Yes, I do want you. Because I pay you," said Mr. Splud, sharply; "yon don't want your money next Saturday, I sup pose?" he asked, with so much biting sarcasm. "Yes. I do and I'll take care I get It," said the other, far from civilly, "along with last week's. What's the use of dressing tin and a parforming In the bless ed rain before nobody? There's nobody here, there's nobody coming, and i'5s a beastly shame on me. "If I have the honor of addressing Signor Vizzobinl, I may add that I have come here this evening expressly to wit ness his performance," said Reuben. "Have you, though?" said the acrobat, surprised in an extraordinary degree, "Well. If you can't let a fellow off, I'll go and dress," and he walked away In deep thought. "He is a vagabond not up to his work," said Mr. Splud. "I took him by adver tisement, on the faith of his recommenda tions. He has fallen off three times this week, and if he breaks his neck one of these fiue days it will be a happy release to the profession."' "What is that man's real name?" ask ed Reuben. "I haven't the slightest Idea; Jack Sheppard, perhaps." "You know his address, surely?" "Oh, yes. No. 2 Potter's court, Wal worth road." "Thank you. Good night" Reuben knew nothing of Totter' Court; but he muttered, "Poor Sarah!" as he went down the cavernous entry In searclt of No. 2. He knocked at a par lor door with the handle of his stick, and a griin-looklng Individual In his shirt sleevea answered the appeal. "What's up?" he said, in not too civil a style of address. "Do you know a Mr. Vizzobinl?" said Reuben. "He performs at the Saxe Gotha gardens on the slack rope." "Oh!" said the parlor floor, disparag ingly; "top of the 'ouse front room." Reuben went up the dark stairs, reach ed a front room door with his stick, end rapped gently. "Who's there?" said a faint, weak voice, which Reuben did not recognize. "I come from the Saxe-Gotha." . "From Tom?" "Yes." The door was cautiously opened, and there streamed through the aperture, through which a woman's face was peer ing white and wan and pinched a rusb of hot air as from a furnace mouth. "Is he locked up?" said the woman, somewhat apathetically. "No. He will be back presently, I think." "Come In if yon like, then; we don't charge any more, said the woman, with a somber flippancy, and glided back nolse lesslv to the side of a big fire that was blazing In the grate, sat down In the chair she had quitted, and leaned her head against the wall like a woman tired out. But It was not her at which he gawd so intently as at the figure of a girl in a strined cotton dress, who lay lace-fore most on the patch-work counterpane of the bed. It was a figure of despair that thrilled him; It was urely Second-cousin Snrah cowering from him In that hour of her discovery. I say, what's yonr message?" asked the woman. "What have you got to say about Tom, and what has Tom to say?" "Are you Tom's wife?" "Yes, I am." "And that's Tom' sister?" Here the woman burst Into a paroxysm f coughing, for the cessation of which Reuben waited patiently, keeping his eyes upon the figure on the bed, and douotful still If It were sleep thst kept Sarah so dumb and passive. It was a violent cough, that of Mrs. Eastbell's, which was rending away all the life that was left in the sufferer, who carried consumption in her every look and fitful breath. You have come for her, said Mrs. Eastbell. !a a husky voice. "Yes, I have come for her, if she II trust uie. You're lust the chap for the likes of us to trust," said Mrs. Eastbell, Ironical ly, "and poor Sally is sure to be uncom mon glad to see you. Not . thst she'll mind much which way It Is, for she' been awful down." Indeed! Has shef It It ain't Worcester prison, It'll be the Surrey canal. Here hi Sally 1 screamed the woman, "you're fetched, my gal. Here's a cova says be wants you partikler. The girl lying on the bed sprang op on her hands at once, and glared towird them both, shaking her long black hair from her head as she did so. Her face was flushed with sleep, but the pallor rapidly stole over it as she recognized Reuben Culwiek standing by the fire place observing her. " hat can you wantr she murmured; "what baa made yon com in search of me?" To help yon." wa the answer, "for I ain afraid that you are in bad bands, and I wixh to take you from them. "There's no getting away," answered Sarah; "ask her." "Tom wouldn't like It," said Mrs. East bell, thus appealed to. "Sally's handy.' "And Sally knows too much," added the girl, scornfully, "and if she moved one step away from home they would tell the police where to find me. "I wouldn't Sally." said th woman raising her head from th wall, and in clining it forward in her self-defense. "You know who would." "Ah! I can't answer for him. replied Mrs. Eastbell. leaning her head back again: "when his back's up he don't mind much what he does, certainly, and mis- f, ruin' has soured him awfuL" "1 saw your grandmother yesterday," said Reuben. "Yon did?" exclaimed sh "at Wor- r ...1 fuTIMC cester? I hop. she was well-that .ft. ' " '- ' didn't know anything. Va,nine! Saint Valentine! "No she lay there just as I saw her A itgrlui to thy holy suilne, weeks ago. very patient, very gentle, and Bt-hold I come! very full of love for you. She was wait- .Ci'.n Ing for her granddaughter to come back. , Uy llp are aumB. Couldn't she come to you i i uom ' n.an .t n he added as Sarah re- Valentine! Salut Valentine! mean at once, ne auaeu, as oarau re- kllow.6t m, mtte niai f mine, coi ed at the suggestion, but after jou TU) , , wet.t had left here and got some situauou, g0 pare and fuir that wuen sue p which might enable you to hire a room Our gray old world grows greeu wun for her. A friend of mine has found yon , """"''Beneath her feet; a situation already, and I will be security for vour faithful service, until they learn That everywhere her dear face shows ' . .,Polf " The west wind takes It for a rose "Government of the People, by the People, and For the People Shall Not Perish from the Earth.' tmat vou for yourself.1 Sarnh broke down at last. The thin little hands went dp quckly to the face, and she sobbed forth: ( "God bless you, sr; but don't oh, don t say another word. But Reuben CulwicK, carnea away uy My thorn seized his advantage and went on. He had one object in life now to get Sarah Eastbell from that house. Why, you are my cousin,- ne saia earnestly, "and why shouldn t l neip you for your own sake, as well as for the sake of that old woman grieving for ou down In Worcester?" "Sally," said her sister-in-law, slowly and emphatically, "I've been a thinking it all over." "Well?" said Rnrah Eastbell. "And if you'd like to go, I'll not blab a single word against you, even If he kills me, anu ne s oiteu mm no mi. mayn't find you out, and if he does he'll think twice about doing you au ill turn. He's not so bad, you know, take him al together. Go run away hooK it, ex claimed Mrs. Eastbell, with increasing excitement evidencing itself along with her slangy phraseology, "while there s time!" a Sarah wavered, for she turned quickly to her sister-in-law. "You you mean this? You will not tell Tom or Tom's friends you will let me pass from this place unwatched you will give me time to get awny?" "Of course I will." "1 came here of my own free will, sir, not knowing where to go lu my despair nnd fright," she said, turning to ljeuben; "but, oh, if I could get away again. If you only knew that " Her hands fell helplessly to her side, and she went backward step by ste? to the bed again, where she sat down with a new horror on her countenance. The door had opened nnd Tom East bell, with his long . great coat buttoned round him, was standing In the doorway regarding them. Over his shoulder loom ed the forbidding countenance of the man who had met Reuben at the entrance, uhirh. bv the inrring and clanging that echoed through the house, was evidently being bolted aud barred. (To be continued.) Kuril 0 grant, sweet Balnt, that to her know ing But fragranre aoft and bloom bs showing, Give me the thorn! Oh, Phyllis fair! Oh, Phyllis young! 1 would mine were a poet's tougue That I might sue; That I might slug In golden numbers To wake your heart from out Us slumbers My love for you. yetno, dear heart! The years will bring A sweeter snug than I could sing; So slumber on. You will awaken to discover When he shall come that happy lover, And I am gone. New York Independent. GOLDEN GATE CITY LEADS. Ban Francisco Shows the Largest Per centage of Suicides. The number of people who volunta rily shuffled off this mortal coll in American and other cities during last year has been Investigated by some delver lu statistics and the following figures Indicate the results: San ran clsco leads with the largest ratio, 39.1 ner 100.000 nonulatlon. Next comes another Paclllc const city, Los Angeles, with a ratio of 20.8. The reader has naturally been looking for Chicago, and that city does In fact come next with a ratio of 24.0, followed by the neighboring city of Milwaukee, whose ratio Is 22.2. New Orleans was the scene of the self-destruction of 21.8 per sons per 100,000 of population, and Cin cinnati followed close with 21.2. New Haven Is next with 20.9, and then comes the borough of Manhattan with 20.0, though greater New York as a whole Is well down the list with a ratio of only 13.6. This Is less than Rochester, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Omaha and Louisville, besides all of those specifically enumerated above. As to the foreign cities, Paris leads the list with a ratio of 42, followed by Ber lin 30, Vlennn 28 and London 23. There Aunt Marine's Valentine. ND the girl clings to this silly no tion? It's preposterous! If you don't make her give up that poor fellow and accept Rufus Clark, I'll have no more to do With any of you. I go to-night unless the girl gives In. She's your daughter; make her obey!" And Aunt Madeline walked out of the room, leaving bee- niece gentle, helpless Mrs. price in despair, for well she knew that her persuasions were powerless with loy al Kitty Price. Kitty, the eldest of the widow's four childreu, had been Aunt Madeline's pro tege for yenrs. Ever since her father's death the child had beenclothed and edu cated by this aunt of Mr. Price's, a child less widow, who, to bo near her darling Kitty, had for the last three years board ed with Mrs. Price, her liberal payment and well-chosen gifts helping out the widow's straitened income in a way all of theui appreciated. That Aunt Made line "should go" meant that Jack must leave school and go to business, that the little ones could have no new suits that winter, that only bare necessities could be bought, perhaps not even these. Yet Mrs. Price felt afraid to lnterrere rur ther with Kitty's choice of a husband It was true that the rich Rufus Clark seemed to others fully as good a man kind, steady and devoted, as Herbert Huntley, who had a Bmall salnry and no briirht prospects. Hut Kitty unfortu nntelv loved Herbert before Rufus ap peared on the field, and she did not be lieve her aunt Madeline, who assured her that Herbert would "take to drink," or let her support herself and her family after a few years. Aunt Madeline had made a love match herself, and It had not turned out well. She. too. had been loved by a rich man, and bv one who. If not poor, was not blessed with much of this world's goods. She persisted in marrying her choice, re verses had come, nnd he, a weaK cnarac- ter, could not bear trials, resorted to stimulants to cheer him up, and at last was for venrs dependent upon his wife for his home and support. The rich lov er never married, and. Just when Mrs. Joyce (Auut Madeline) was preparing to go to work to earn her own support, he died, leaving his one love his large for tune. Judging by her own experience Aunt Madeline had some excuse for ad vocating marrying for money Instead of for love; but "all lover dou't turn out so," Kitty argued, and was sure that manly Herbert, who had supportea nis Bister for years and was thoroughly tried bv repeated disappointments and verses, was very different from weak, vacillating Henry Joyce, "I won't give him up. I ought not to. I can't." the girl was Just repeating, when her gentle mother knocked at her door. Mrs. Price was one of those worn- i mmmsm GEO. P. CROWELL, iSuccesior K. L. Bmlth, liubllahed Houm In lh valUy.) - DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. Thi old-established housa will con tinue to pay cash for all it good; it pay no rent; it employ a clerk, but doe not have to divide with a partnr. All dividend are made with customer In the way of reasonable price. Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, February 12, 1809. Died at Washington, D. C, April 15, 1863. were more suicides In Saxony than In en who never entered a child's room with any other country, 31.1 per 100,000. In Denmark the ratio was 2o.S, In Austria 21.2, in France 15.7, in the German em pire 14.3, and Sweden, Norway, Bel gium, Great Britain, Italy, the United States and Spain followed In the order given. The table referring to American cities Is somewhat difficult to explain. Why the city of the Golden Gate, and Cali fornia, with Its glorious climate, Its sunshine, Its fruit and its flowers, should show the greatest number of out knocking. She respected each one s privacy, and perhaps it was for that rea son that her children confided so fully in her. taking her as their one confidant "Come in. Motherdy. I enn see Aunt Madeline has been tormenting you again Why doesn't she come to me instead of worrying you? I think It mean, aud I've a good mind to tell her so. "You won't have a chance, my dear; vonr aunt is going to leave to-ulght. "Leave! for good? O mother! and I have done this when you need the help she gives so muchl I wish and Kit ty's voice sounded so Hesitatingly mat suicides seems a mvsterv. unless the Mrs. Price ventured one last appeal. nromnxD of a Wee f'hlnoHe nonulatlon I "Kitty, dear, it is a sacrifice, nnd one I explains It.' The high suicide rate of .cannot ask of you but If you make It of Chicago Is, perhaps, accounted for by your own free will you are doing a great ... ..nu..lAili tllnr niifna Plnrk wmiM . l v, ' I"'"""-"' " tue riihu ami mi uBK.e oi take Jim illto h, employ, your aunt city and the large foreign element It wouM Bee jttck through college, Minnie contains a foreign element, moreover, wol,u have a luxurious home with you. which Comes mainly from those coun- J moving In the best society, if anything tries where suicide Is most frequent, happens to me and Rufus Is as good as The same is perhaps true of Milwaukee ' Herbert I cannot but think your liking onfl Pinlnnntl Thp hlrh rate nt New would soon grow as warm for him as for (-t 1. .iitU..AJ - uneans may powumy ue tunumt-u u, - - . . - fi - your early love." I MM.. fati ... . -. si LUC lilllB lave w Its relation to trance anu uie mens aim g. oTed her hrotherg and iittle gl8ter traditions brought here from Paris, the ,ievot.diy. nnd then, too, had not her dy- suicide capital of the world. But New ing father begged her to be a true elder York City casts a cloud over some of lister to them? He might have fore these explanations. Here are the large seen some trial like this, for only a day foreign populations, the stress and or two Derore ne aieo. ne iu m ivuiy, ....... u..i.. o.i n.nrbin tha nnv. wnen sue sai aione mm erty, the excitement. Yet Philadelphia, I "My girl, you have a hard lot before the sleeping city of the humorous par- .Wowyoll ,1)nT have to sacrifice a agraphers, lias a nigner ratio or suicides hriBht future for the sake of jour orphan than greater New lork. Ana now is brothers and sister; but do It cheerfully, It to be explained that New Haven bravely, and unselfishly and God will leads all the other New England cities make such sacrifice work out for you a in tho nnmhor nt sulfides? St. Paul far more exceeding anu eternal weigni of glory These Words seemed ringing In the poor girl's ears. She must not drive Aunt Madeline from her mother. She must not deprive her brothers of Rufus' aid. or Minnie of the safe refuge she could command for her If she gave np Herbert With nale lips, the girl saia "Wait a moment, mother; I'll speak to Aunt Madeline; only let me sit alone a while." I The mother, frightened t the girl's looks, yet knowing how good and true a 'nisn Rufus Plurk was. left the room. though longing to nphold her girl in her first decision, and Kitty sat lone, not . waitlm until it pie I don't like, Instead of having ta ll0llld ffrow du'sk ber tM might not say, now qo you u;, near: oo gi;iu to betray her. and Minneapolis lay side by side, but In Minneapolis the ratio was 11.4 and in St. Taul It Is but ti.5. It seems that the oncluslons must be that there Is no method in suicide madness and that the effort to reduce It to rule Is doomed to failure. Tenth's Unrestraint, 'Don't you sometimes long for your childhood's happy days?" said the sen timental person. 'Yes," answered Miss Cayenne,"there are times when I would enjoy hanging on the fence and making faces at peo- t; see your " Wasblgtou Star. Mxnwhil Mrs. Joyce was packing her trunk anil hnies. for she wss a de termined woman, and meant to keep her word. A friend had repeatedly urged her to come and k-eD "old maids ball witn her, and sometimes when th boy wer particularly quarrelsome and noisy Aunt Madeline had felt inclined to accept, aud had hinted as much to Mis Mill, who often aait aha would expect her "at any time." So now h telegraphed to Boa ton that alia waa to com by th night "Have that newly married couple set ' train, and went to work at her packing np housekeeping yet?" to keep down th feeling or regret ana I ahouhi say so! They're so set up compunction that tnreai v.- they wont notice their neighbors."- i ""J"'""' .T, n, I for ti. ret Philadelphia Bulletin. wli,f ,1 ah. need .Legitimate. She So you lost all your money In speculation? The Urgent Case Yes'tn. "But, beside that, didn't you have any legitimate business?" 'Oh, yes. 1 was a dealer In straight tipa." Life. Iccidedljr 80. not son over her old mementoes of for mer days; but there was one paper she must get at and take with her. as bu turned over a box full of paper she came across a pink envelope, worn and faded, but one that in its day was evi dently chosen for its beauty to hold some dainty message. "Harry's valentine! poor fellow, poor fellow! My own loving Harry'." and she opened the faded envelope with fast- f ailing tenrs. It was not nenry jdjto the drunkard, of whom she thought; it was her bonnie lover of those long years hn,-W She seemed to be standing again, a loving, trusting girl of eighteen, and to see his blue eyes so full or love, so Deau tiful aud true to her, beaming upon her, as he said: "I mta It mvself. Pet. and I want you to keep It always ironi jour im- entine' "Alwavs forever!" she had answered, with a blush. Ah, there is always one that gives, and one that takes, in love affairs. If she had been the giver, pour ing out her very life in devotion and .orrifipn for him. had she not found a wonderful secret happiness, eien in ner pain? Would she even now have her oust life different? She pressed the fad ed valentine to her lips. "Aunt Madeline. I have come to say vou need not pack your things. I'll give rt t- TT..1 . up I'll marry Kurus Liara. nerotn will understand, poor fellow. Do stay, Aunt Madeline! Stay! who talked of going! v nai . . . 1 . 1 , nonsense! Just Decause t i-huu iv " over my things on a rniny afternoon" (it was perfectly dry outside, nut tne oiu lady was hard put to it), "to take it for grunted I nm going! And as for lturus Clark, let him go, my child, let him go! I suppose you want Herbert, for better, for worse, and if It's for worse, dear," and the old Indy's voice grew tender and solemn, "God will help you, as lie has helped many another. The happiest marriages are not always me rruesi some-one must bear with and sustain the feeble ones. Keep your Herbert, as you love him, and God bless you." The girl longea to say, nui neroen is not feeble, and there won't be any 'worse,' but all 'better,' In our marriage," but sh? was wise, aud let the old lady tmve the floor. There, this old valentine conquered me mere doggerel, I suppose, the lines seem to you;" and Aunt Madeline read the verses to Kitty, which were doggerel and probably only slightly altered from some old book, to suit the lover's pur- 1 I. 1... l.nr. ,- pose. .Mere uokkph-i, uui ju. valentipes, dear, when they come from your true love; they may keep you from hoinir n heartless, meddlesome old wretch, and separating two true hearts, as 1 came near doing." Kitty's mother went down to the tea- table with bread. It would be almost as bad to lenrn that Auut Madeline was to stav and dear Kitty sacrificed, as to bid good-by to their one well-to-do relation. To her surprise, Kitty and Aunty entered the dining room together, the young girl beaming and blushing, the old lady with a tender light In her eyes, and a delicate flush on her withered cheek. "It's all right, Motherdy," said Kitty, lovously. "Aunty isn t going away, and I needn t marry lturus. ue 11 nave to wait for Minnie! But 1 " began Mrs. Price, wonder- ingly. Mother, St. alentine snail be my Datron saint hereafter! ' At which speech Aunty's flush deepen ed though she tried to come down grace fully from her former attitude. I still think Kitty is foolish, but time -lll tench her her folly!' aud no oue uruued to the contrary. The wedding came off on bt. Valen tine's day, Kitty declaring that the saint would brine them luck. Minnie wore her first "lone dress," and Mr. Clark seemed so much struck with her wonderful re semblance to the bride that Aunty may still have one of her uieces "married well." Herbert in spite of Aunt Made line' fears, seems altogether "for bet ter" and not "for worse." He may nev er be rich, but he Is loving and honora ble. and on each wedding anniversary h eives h a wife a valentine, wlncn is carefully treasured. But Kitty begs In vslu for the faded pink envelope nd it enclosure. "I'll leave it to you, dear,' said Aunty, on the third anniversary of Kitty' marriage, "but as long as I live I'll keeD my one valentiue. May yours h.i- nnlv sweet memories enshrined in them! Mine, tbongb precious, tells mixed tale of sorrow, hope, almost de spair. But, through It all, hop trl nmohs."- And Kittv, remembering the dying bed, where the poor weak man had re nen'ted of his wasted life, felt that even Aunt Madeline's choice hsd not been so utterly a mistake as some would insist. The Housewife. LINCOLN'S LAW PARTNER. Hiram W. Beckwlth. from 1850 to 1801 a partner of Abraham Lincoln, died recently at St Luke's hospital In Uil cago, aged U. Mr. Beckwlth's father was one of the pioneers of Illinois, having helped to found the town of Danville In 1819. Young Beckwith studied law under Ward II. Lamon who was marshal of the District of Co lumbia during Lin coln's administra 'Sca H. W. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have opened an office in Hood River. Call and get price and leava ordr, which will be promptly filled. THE GLACIER Published Every Thursday $1.60 A YEAR. BECKWITH. tion. He was a close friend of Lincoln and later became his resident partner at Danville, while Lincoln was a circuit lawyer. From 1897 to 1902 Mr. Beckwith wa president of the State Historical Society. He was compelled to resign in the latter year on account of Illness. H left a widow and two sons. Advertising, 60 cents per inch. ingl column, per month; one-half inch or less, 25 cants. Reading notice, 6 cent a line each insertion. THE GLACIER prints all the local news fit to print. . When you see It In THE GLACIER you may know that other see it. REGULATOR LIRE STORIES OF LINCOLN. The Great Northern Railroad ha lubstltuted Italian workmen for the Japanese. The Japanese wora cneaper, but they alao work mucn mora aiowiy. Tha Italian are getting aiiteen cent aa hour. Anecdote Olvins a fen Picture of tha Great President. In Fairfield, Iowa, lives Mrs. William Prewitt, who is a sister to Ann Rut- ledge, the early love of Abraham Liu coin. In speaking recently of th youth of the great President, Mrs. Prewitt said: "I was only a little girl when Ann ied, but I remember seeing her and Mr. Lincoln together much of the tim. She nd Abe had a grammar in common and took turns in studying it. After Ann' eath he returned the book to our fam ily and we still have it. Her death wa caused by brain fever and I remember the last time Mr. Lincoln saw her. Sh had been delirious, but toward the end became rational and asked to se her lover. lie talked with her for a long time alone and when he came out of th room I remember that lis looked broken earted. At that time we never thought of Abraham Lincoln as a lawyer, though e may have been studying In secret. H was a great story teller, even then, and was a universal favorite." When, at the Hampton Roads confer ence, Feb. 2, 1805, Mr. Hunter, the Con federate Secretary of State, referred to the correspondence between Charle I. and Parliament as a precedent for a ne gotiation between a constitutional ruler and rebels, Lincoln replied: 'Lpon matters of history I must re fer vou to Mr. Seward, for he Is posted n such things, and I don't profess to be; but my only distinct recollection of the matter is that Charles lost his head." A clergyman of some prominence was one day presented to Lincoln, who gav the visitor a chair and said, with an air of patient waiting: "I am now ready to hear what yon have to sny." "Oh, bless you, sir, replied the cler gyman, I nave notning special to say. 1 merely culled to pay my respects. "My dear sir, said the President, ris ing promptly, ins race snowing instant relief, and with both hands grasping that of his visitor, "I am very glad to se you. indeed. It Is a relief to find a clergyman, or any' other man, for that matter, who has nothing to say. I thought you had come to preach to me." On one fierce winter night during the nr Mr. Lincoln emerged from the front door of the White House, his lank figure bent over as he drew tightly about his shoulders the shawl which he employed for such protection, for he was on hi way to the War Department as the west corner of the grounds, where in times of battle he was wont to get the midnight dispatches from the field. As the blast struck him he thought of the numbness of the pacing sentry and, turning to him, said: "Young man. you ve got a cold job to- iiiitht: step inside and stand guard here. "My orders keep me out here, th soldier replied. "Yes," said the President, In his ar gumentative tone, "but your duty can be performed just as well Inside as out here and you'll oblige me ry going in. "I have been stationed outside, the soldier answered, and resumed his beat. Hold on there, said Mr. Lincoln, as he turned back again, "it ocenrs to me that I am commander-in-chief of th ar my, and I order yon to go Inside." Unnoticed. "You say you saw my sister at a recent wedding?" "Yea. It wan't very long ago." "But. I don't remember that ahe mentioned seeing you." "Very likely. I wa only the groom." Cleveland Plain Dealer. rORTUro AUD THE DALLES ROUTE All Wr Laadlao. STEAMERS "BAILEY OATZERT" "DALLES CITY" REGULATOR" "MKTLAKO" Connecting at Lyla, Wash., with Columbia River & Northern Railway Co. 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