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Newspaper Page Text0 O Second Cousin arah 1 r TUB AVTHOR OP -AHKB JVDte. SPIttSTBB." "IITTIB MATB UHSt.- ere, ere. ; CHAPTER XX.-tContlnndJ What did It 11 meant If Mary Hot lund wer not to b trusted, if this strange girl bad for years deceived Mia, If hli mother's wanting were after all cor rect, what waa to be done at the elor enth hour, when he wni In great trouble? 5 he door opened, and Mar; Holland came Into the room. i '8fou sent for me?" ahe aald. "Yea," he aald, "In misery and fear I sent for you. Pit down, pleaae," he aid; "I am anxious to tsk you many ques tion" The old pallor which Sarah Eastbell had perceived Itole to Mary's face a Reuben spoke, but she took the chair which he had Indicated, and which was at a little distance from the couch, and at down facing him. "Though we have not seen a great deal cf each other In onr lives, Mary," he be gan, kindly and earnestly, "still It Is tRrough yon that great changes have oc curred' that I have lost my father's love, and home, and fortune." "Yes,", said Mary sadly, "that is true." "I lost the three without losing confi dence In yoa. As I learned to reject you, so I began to think of the posslbll Ity of many past mistakes, on my side und my mother's. Of late days I have con sidered you the friend of all in this house." "I have done my best to be the friend," he answered. "Last night, and for the first time In my life, suspicion seized me. I hardly kaow what It was. It would have pass ed away, but that It cam figaiu to-day, strengthened by new doubts. You ere tlii Jcttor ? Are you aware of its pur port ?" . "Ha, save that It waa written In my nmne by (itptnip IVterson. Dare he des ke refer to me In that?" she cried, wilt the color mounting to her chocks aaa atoaiesrt, and then dying awae Into ate gray tint. "Vm if wmt. Tie la aa ailetit respect Ik) Mm- jm relatloae btwc you as trin tan edUsaM Wit." "Vk tow, Meat she sale, hi die- "t tm that yea ae ha wea coulee 3 watkm tUa last i)lat; nW arrt Mtwii yn wale. 1 eVr ant iaa, east . yee tm ! m tabs ta a I aeHev tliee mm fas W Mhit fcaataI is, eei la ft a rnmmH st vlltans. Tt me wfcat mm kw af fcfyfc 7QU kamr 1U 4." tBMMK,1 eaeS la a low voice. "IS hi ft ftu fciiMii (4 a terrible myr- (' ; he lu bvmei nm4 to me; he hi &&i4f wifli Tana KiMttatU aralna tna PW af due tmmm; and r Witt ejae yr W mu Hr km Me." ' 1 ftaa V K4t f alas, llrwtrei," tfxt ajitiMmrMsX "ea4 Hurt I caaae rtta BrcDO.. i w mmm t n ww iv Mfiaaaaa) h), I 4 eska te t tlnau0; 1 laasi te ye taa fjtnas, I eea y say tea 1 as weasaa tpi wlaafcanaitai I," ' ' . -Wtsw HottwM," Sttixi Baatsai, "f. ' Wty, kwt I muuaa) tsuat yen aay lata liMtMsaai." fife 14 aw asndl aautet Ska tanked aw Mm akxMfalf hm f w noiaeitia, a4 AftMa went awny, ad up the stales to her N ass, at tiw eead of tke coeriaVir, and H mm (Jaw kears Mm was sec IMpjje k Iftal Was. It waa aeatly mkl tfjft witm, aVwwul aa frvmf, saa tBawHiB W laa earrali a4 facaa tli'Mfl, UJ at kaa U pmt, weataa tmrn (swi "taa traay anwvaa, llaMWy,". fAllanaa aa attvewaal; "tnrt yea laaat t(0W t?iha, tsoac, a4 (, CM eaMsusaj, waits I aa away." "A yai 4ka tinn, Via . aVjeMaw Ilastkty, as aas- "tfai I1HW wtiita. I wi weMa 9 tW Kav 19 swa (mt." t Win nisKaittt" aacesaaat Uuf- "TUMarBAlta kwoa Maa am ya M) esaal a mi Jiaia, I twlwiae." ' aaataasl i what MS ye a A Is MyaMy k (Via aevia, afiit I IHmai (lie at4 for all o ua-r-tf 1 sawa) ssrt af tka mystery, too, It cmbi jlie to aram one who will i rro.HJ master hese. But listen a fia ass," "I o not understand, madam.1 "kSi the brink of many strange coufea aia, tlwt poor wiffnnn has slept In much snrMy. It haa been our mission more tksa oneji to keeg the truth from killing 4ui, and heaven will pardon the fiction we have woven round her life, aa I pray that heaven will pardon me." Mary went awlftly down the statra. and (Ait of the house wherein she had sppnt nearly tlx years of her lifo, wluntug no inan e love, or woman a grautudo. e OIIArTKUXXI. Sedge IlilUwas mora desolate aftttr Mary Holland had departed. Though Miss Holland knew It not, ahe had been the ruling agtrnt of that bouse, for good or ewll, for a,longer period than that from which the opening of our story dates. A forlorn little woman, set forever under simpleton by an adverse fate beyond her ' power to resist, she wss still to be mimed when she had pasaed from the homo Into whii'h riimou Cuiwick's charity, had In stalled her. The newa reached Thomas Eustbell wnen wins naa Drougnt mm his lunch Into the picture gallery after he had rung for it, Jiot before. It waa strange what s small amount of respect he had gained ' from tli8 servants during his stay, and ' with what distrust he was rvsarded. Ia response to on or two qviesions, the news was elicited from the man servant that Miss Holland had left Bedg Hill for good. o "And good Job, too," said Thomas Bastbell frankly and Inelegantly; "vtliat - did the old gal want with her about the place? It's full enough now of people who've no business here, although they're making themselves scare by degrees. Where's that Culwlckl" "The young master, air?" "The young humbug! the young paiv , pert" screamed Thomas Eastbell with unnecessary violence; "you shut np about . the young maater,' or you'll go next, If I have anything to do with thia house which I may have which I shall have, mind you though everybody treats m bad here." Thomas Eastbell consumed tils lunch with difficulty. II had no appetite, hut It was necessary to keep himself up, the captain hd aaid, and all bis lift he had believed in Captain Teterson. II fell sleep after hia meal, and when he wok up h stared vacantly round, and fought hard to recollect where h waa, and how long he had aat huddled In th armchair, a angular distortion In his comfortless lumber. It was night, and th hug room was full of darkness, which had crept upon Bedg Hill befor It tiin, or he had slept long and 1st, and alt In that unsettled ttouM had forgottan Us ulstanc, wrr hia fimj ideas when he began to remem ber that h was hi th pictur gallery which Simon Culwick hsd built. What a heavy sleep his must hav been, to b sum! He stood up, and tried to pierc through th darkness, and sudden chill seized upon his veins, and turned him sick as ha fancied that he might hav woke np blind like his grandmother! Why not? it waa lu the family and all befor him was awfully black and thick and Im penetrable. It was raining outride, too that accounted for th hissing In hia ears which he had awakened with, and which ha had thought waa hia brain. Finally b groped his way toward th door, keeping hi hand on the wall, nr on th Tarnished surfaces of th plflntlng with which th wall was hung. Ha had mads up iTis mind, h would seek Oroad mother Eastbell, and tell her the truth, and more than th truth if it were equi eite. He was being Imposed upon. Peo ple At no principle had taken advaatng of hia slumbers, and wer setting his near est and dearest relation against him. Ken ben Culwick was V tna head of affairs, and poisoning the public mtnd. Even th servant had turned npon him, and brought him no dinner, and left him In th dark, II cam to t full stop, and fell against th pictures, scratching .them with his trembling hands, In his alarm; for th door behind him in th distance th aid door leading away from th corridor-vhad opened suddenly and sharply, and was shut again aa he glanc ed toward fitful gleam pt tight which narrowed and then passed away. In that fleeting moment he had seen enouoti to scar stronger nerv than his fes a white figure had glided Into th chamber, and wa advancing toward him, h was sure I II remained silent and taembllng till th 'rustling of garments assured htm that something was approaahlng him, with noiseless steps, that reminded him of the ghost la th "Castle Spectr," which be had seen one from th gallery of theater. He m'ad swift plung for th door In his horror. It wss his sister's spirit, he was sure she had been murdered by thoae from whose clutches he had mad no eUnrt to anv her and sh had com fo him! Ills Inst hoar bad arrived, and It waa ajl over with him dreans of alory. "Ton Eaataall," askl sharp Tolas In kls as, "aa yea kee? Why don't yod spesa to ma?" n;ata)tttMa," la jacilatsa, "k 14 oi?" "Coat a aaa aa wa eas talk beat k ta ara, 4 t Wkat to talk to fim." "I'd ratto hav Ugit, thaak yea," ata Toss, w still ksd his susoIcImm Ift-s all wa aat elit. lis found ht way Hi ketnciaal Vm, aad opened M, hi tins la-s atrsam pi Hat front th corrl iW .wr)So. II Imaod fcck it aia geawiatt. wis. wa standing by th tl whkfc a fc qa&ted, strsng attantoea MMMira. la feet wkit night 4reaa, wUii count aaaa wrabpa) roust! tnoa-faahina, mmt Ut)iaj e tk 'lt'i taa Mattaar aaU Tom Wraa- olntaly; "ake't ye wH? What kav ftm coate aowasla far, aacti a akja as -tiir "I can't rasa. TVeee's snasetklag wrotig, Toaa. I'sa aaaaaay. Tkay'r ati yoa wll taa Mat af 'wa karaia Me4eila7 froas ase. Wkasa' Hatak? uh! whtra's my ? 4l as." "Wait asoaMsH i'U tM yoa asery tain" Aa Idea ks s4aA aha at last. Tfc optMfttralty whir h thougkt thai k miaaiMl kal eeaas t klaa la tkia asaaaer. Tkata waa no tima ta loa. "lUWy'a raa away," k sail. . I "Kh wkat?" ehrleaa Mrs. Kaatajll; "'run tr Umt real" "lea taat'a it I" aaaerated Teas, Ne cosaiac bolat ka ka atateasent aa his graawtmotVv aut imyocsk faitk la arsay wdrd M.uttamt. "Raa away lesav, tm you faaaa?" eaelaiaia Mta, KastbeM, ka aat klffcatt hey. "f ia, IwwrV" "ah! Aoa't aay " ie," aald t nM woasaa, plteotaisy; "I'll try and die r, IVim. I doa't want to live an hour loup es, t wa alwaya o fond of Sally, Tom." "Yewao waa I," he eaclnlmed; "but If sh don't desear our 'love, what's the oiVln? I've been cut up all day, but I'm getting mora composed liko, Ion't die" tlint'a what ah wants what she expects, p'rnps can't you ae It all?" Th handa that wer muffled In the counterpane were brtught down with their cowering from the face, which seem ed harder and sterner now, and looked so Ilk her brother Simon' that any one acquainted with th lata owner miglit' have thought that he had com buclt in th flesh. "Ah, yes; I'm beginning to find out what wicked and ungrateful world It la, Tom," she said. "That's right Cheer up, aud look bout you." "Sh and that Reuben planned thl. then? They have gon away together, ain't they gone without word?" Thomas Eastbell hesitated in hia reply. Ha1 would hav been extremely glad to offer that a solution to th mystery, and turn th table against Iteuben Cul wick and hia sister, but Reuben mlxlit come back at any moment aud defeat his machinations. , "No, they ln't gone," he replied; "It's Sally and the Captain." "What!" and Mra. Kastbell'a high note rang out again with startling shrillness, and vibrated through the room. "They planned to go away. Sally was to get you to make will in her favor, but to pretend to 4 fond of Reuben Cul wick all the while, and then ah was to steal off, and th Captain waa to get awayjm the morning, aa he did, leaving a tin or two to me, which I found on the table In my room." "It mattera great deal to me and my prospecta that'a all." "Ye yea; but I shsn't forget you. Why, I can make another will at once, if yon will help ms." "I'm not good hand at writing, but I don't mind trying," aald hsr willing grandson. "Ye yes; but there's Reuben, too. He haa been aerved terribl bad. Where is her "He's looking for her. He don't know yet of th Captain'a letter to me. He haan't been horn all day. H thiuks something's hsppsned to Sally." "I'll wait till he cornea back, Tom. He write a will like any lawyer." "II said h left word that h wann't sure of coming back at all. If yoa could let m writ out fw line. I hav got form her handy, too, and that' sin gular, Isn't it?" "Very." "Very ilngter, aa I say, tooa merciful dispensation like; why not few lines now. If you'v left everything to Bally?" "Very well. Writ m out lln or two, and than call In witnesses as Reu ben did. Half to Reuben Culwick noth ing to that ungrateful glrL to begin with and half to yourself j yoa mustn't forget yoarsslf, Tom," "Thankee, I won't," said Tom, ap proaching th table. He took a printed form from hia pock et, andPbegan writing In great haste, blot ting and smearing as h went, being clumsy with bis pen, and unsteady of hond that day. He and the Captain, pre pared for business, had brought down a form of will, praying for cbanc like this, nd, lol it bad com in an hour of depression and incertitude. It didn't look nice will; but it would atand Its ground, bo hoped, being natnral sort of testa ment l its way, and leaving all thing fair and square. . Th old woman waa standing by his aide, with two cold hands pressing heav ily upon hi honlder, and great heav en I th gray eye wer unsealed and staring t biml "Don't go on with It," ahVhlsper ed. "Sally wouldn't wouldn't go away for good." "I tell you " "I tell ou that you He! She turned, as If to totter feebly to her chair again, and he sprang up with a shout of horror m sh fell back heavily. "Grandmother!" he cried. "Tell my dear Sally that I " It was all over, and tragedy took a deeper shade unto Itself from that hour. Grandmother Eastbell was deadt (To be continued.) - CROWS LEARN TO FISH. s Taught by Ovlls They Have Now Be coma Experts, "Bee those crow flying loj ower the water out there?" aid a Santa Fa railroad conductor the other day, aa hi train wai speeding along near the Daaplaine rivef, below Jollet "They are the smartest bird you ever saw. I've been watching them for a year, and all other will have to take a lower perch .when they are around. "Maybe you think those crowi are Just flying about for the fun of It Fact ta, they are very busy. They're fishing, and they have the petrels, guns, and hawk beat at thelr own game. Never heard of crow' that fish? We aan't atop and watch 'era, but If we could you'd afe I am right "It's a new industry, aa to apeak, with them. Two year ago a crow didn't knew a thltag about- the pisca torial H. But wheat the drainage canal was tid th gulls Billowed It from , Lake Mieblgaa, aad they, have taufH ttva ctews bew te oatck alce shlaa. Mow tlx river loa here la almast Uacfc.wita crow, at you -can ara fur yourself. "WfeM th guile first appeared here .atntsta and lew aver tlx water look In fur k the cre-w sat oa the tree ad waited unfit the lake fowl had ntMl catfU. Tfca the crow w,ould wep daw) frees the tree aad chase the fall ttuttt H draf ped the fish. Vary etfew the foil would away, ao4 tfc crow would have to fSy back hungry. Tbey are wlsr now, aad not only do their owo filling, but they have driven most of the gulJs away. "I've Mn ctows by the cVwen sitting la lb low tree watchln the gulls skim slowly down tbe river. Every tl'ma Vgull wo)d dip hi to the water th crew we,i Id strike afte It and rwt H af the pray. . "WW the gull left the valley the tjtffait ftattlof foe themselves. The only treaWe wlrt then wa they ewalila't Bf alew enough, and they didn't teeta to vaat to take to the water when thejr aaw a fish. They hav got bravely oT?r tfcat bjow. They srt o ftoattnf tMMrtht or lee and keep a eye oa the water, and will catch twe fta while a foil te catching oa. "Worn paote say that a bird loarn oulr by UatlAcf to do a tbUig Ilk this, but tlii la a cane where the crow have tte) tatiffM by other btrda. They are the champion fishers of the Dea plalnea vHy, and I wouldn't bo aur p1a4 If tbey would tench all the etber crow twtll thy wlH become kewwa a water fowl. It'll b pretty hard to teach 'am to swtos but they're got the flghrln art dowa te a fine ' ooint."-Mco tttler-Ooeaak tHK tMQt AQ H lONDOm t4 mif M af Yaakea JO-fkinia Maa ltrouol Taer Ye. New Yorker who go to London are IwBf (tirprlevd at the elemtntary methods of the street bootblack wVb" tilt carry the traditional box and expect their patrons to lean agalntf a wall uatlf their ehoes are cleaned. This kind fiai practically disappeared In New York, bu,t London Is, still lg nornnt of aiy better. But progress Is not altogether un known among the London bootblack, and they have recently taken to what Is regarded as n American lnuova tlon. Thia la ne rag with which the final polish is given to shoes. Only the most enterprising of the ys have taken to this Improvement, which they proudly describe as an Importation fj-om America. "I have often thought that there would be ample return tor any man with the courage to establish boot black room In I,ondon," said -a New i'orker, wha has Just returned to this country, "for at present there are no such convenience to be enjoyed there. Situated in the right parte of London, a bootblack Ing room, In my opinion, would make a fortune for Ita proprie tor. "To-day d,he average Londoner who has been brought up with the Idea of having hi shoe cleaned by the chain bermald at home or a small boy In the street, has no conception of the com fort of the American bootblacklug tuothods." New York Sun.. Roasting Coffee, In Norway, where superb coffee la made, a bit of butter li added to the beans while they are roasting In the covered shovel ustHl there for that pur pose. In France, as well, a piece of butter the size of a walnut Is put with three pouuds of coffee beans, and also a dessertspoouful of powdered sugar. This brings out both flavor and scent, and, moreover, gives the slight caramel taste which will be remembered aa a pleasing part of French coffee. Despite law against adulteration, "olive oil" li eecured from the cotton plant, marmalade from the turnip, and cherry Jelly from the foot of a calf. If you have a bad headache rub lice of lemon aUmg tbe tempe. The pain will not be long In disappearing, or at least In growing easier to bear.' Tell neither of your own fault nor those of other. H 5ebQnd Cousin arah r TMB AVTHOK OP "AnnB JVM, SPINSTER." -UTT LB MATB MIRBT." ere. ere. CHAPTER XXII. It I time that w follow th fortune of Second-cousin Sarah, whom w left with her shabby sister-in-law In the grounds of Sedg Hill. Taken off her guard by Mr. Thomas Eastbell' mdden appearance, disturbed by th events of the night, and ever conacioua of th dan ger which th presence of the two In truder in ner aunt s bouse foresnaaoweii, she followed the woman In good fajth some distance along th gasmen paths and In the direction of the high road. We vdll go no further," she saii; "tell me whnt I have to fear from your hiw bepd and Peterson, and I will reward you handsomely." , "Listen then aa well aa you can. I ain't a-going to apeak loud for aiPybody." "1 am listening." Sarah Eastbell Inclined her head more closely to the woman, who began whis pering aboyt her husband in a rambling fashion that was difficult to follow, un til she went suddenly back three steps, to earan s surprise, tind stood gailug at her, or st something near her, -wnat is it 7" exclaimed Sarah; "whnt ti There was no opportunity to say more, to scream, or to struggle. , Two strong srms clsed round her, and a cloth, wet snd sickly with drugs, wss. pressed to her mouth and nostrils by a merciless hand, that seemed to snatch ber at once from active life t'o oblivion. -. 'When ah rnma hark tA consrlniiHiiess It wa to a life apart from Sedge Hill.l and those who loved her there. She was lying on a bed, with Sophy Eastbell doz- Jng by th side of a acaatily furnished fir. Ttfer waa a narrow window in the Ide of the room, with om board nail ed across it to keae the light of on splut tering candle fross betraying Itself to th night. ' Buddenly Sophy wok up, and gave a nervous jump In her. chair at finding her eister-in-ltfw crouched upon the bed, with ner grest dark eyes glaring at ber. Where nav you brought me? Why am I In thia dreadful place?" Barak nak ed Inl in eager voice. "You v com round, have you?'1 aaid Sophy. "Well, I ass glad of that Blest if I didn't think they'd overdone it with their klory-what's-lts-name, snd sent you bang off afore they meant It." Sarah Eaitbell wn sitting it the edge pf th bed now, regarding her Jailer with eager attentiou. Sh wa scarcely back from dreamland yet "Why Uave I been brought here? (he asked less patiently. "You'M know In good time, gal. There'a no 'caslon for a hurry, or a flurry. Take it cool. You're sate enuf. ' Sarah Enstbell was standing at the door of the room when she hsd recovered herself. It waa locked, as she hsd sus pected. "It's nn IMA vnne thlnblns nf irottlnir out, Sally," said Tom'a.wife; "don't build on that, or harm will happen to you. Thcfe certain." "Do you think I am the weak - girl whom you- remember last?" said Sarah, walking from the door t the woman's side, and clutching her tightly by the waist, "or that I am to be frightened by this trick of yours, and of the wretches who hav assisted you? Do you know in what peril yon hav put yourself?" " "Oh, yes, we all know; It's all been thought on," said the woman Ironically. "V'r of the don't care sort, and have chanced it You can't say it wasn't well done, Sally." "Give ms th key of th door, or you will find me the stronger woman of the two!" erred Sarah. , "Don't ketch hold of my wrist like that," cried her slter-ln-lnw, "or you'll be lorry If I go away, or li any one downstairs comes up instead of me, be cause yon are too wlolent.for-my.com-pany, You can't behave like lady, for all your fine Hash silk. I hsv only to threett out, snd there are three ale be low who don't stsnd nonsense sich as yourn.'t- S'l'rah Eastbell released her hold. Yes. he' aa hi danger, and must h .cau tion? They who brought her to this den'had risked a great deal In strapping herl 'and would risk mere rathe .than qU'V her to escape. She must be pr dej), and on her guard, not defiant und 9CRr,sslve. 1 "I Sin' ant no kev. If $ nn kiiuA know." Uald Sophy, as she returned to her chair and ant Mown; "this is my room, and we're both, locked In together. I'm to take charge pf yon, that' all, my ul, and think yonrfclf lucky It' nje." "What place is it?" Sarah ssketj aaln. "A place of bis'oess," was th enigmat ic answer. . "Coiners th old gang "from Pottey' ouri me reiersons , criea Hsrnn. Mr. Eastbell did lot snswer. Sh warmed her Jhln hand, .t th fire, and a convenient cough prevented all possibil ity of reply. She was a pi'wlent woman. and not likely to commit herself and hey irivuus oj ni'unuuig vu icauiug ques tion of this character. v The spiriting away of young lady from horn without her consent, and with out leaving clue wherewith to race bjer, 1 no light feat In th nineteenth cen tury, ind Mr. Thomas Eastbell had shown a natural pride In the neatness of th achievement. True, the house wa five or ix milea from a quiet city, and wa desolate enough at all times, th hour wa late, the clrcumajtagce were opportune, snd how to profit by the tidies of old Mrs. Eastbell ana ber granddaugh ter had been tbe study of six months, but still Mrs. Thomas Eastbell had some thing to otnke credit for. It wa a bold stroke carried out by desperate men, and It had succeeded where a mor timid line of policy would hav assuredly fail ed." It was the boldest bit of business that the Petersivn gang had ever been enpuj ed in, and the Petersons hsd been en gaged, under various aliases, in innumer- sble shady tranaactions. They had come to "freab fields and pastures new by sdopting the fair county of Worcester as a sphere for their operations; they had rented a tumble-down old edifice in a wild part of the country, snd put on the door the nam of Jackson, button maker; they had even made a few acquaintances in distant villages, and bore a respecta ble name among honest, unsuspicious folk who believed in them and their buttons. No one visited them certainly it was an out-of-the-way place, to which nobody waa ihvited, and where only button mak ing waa the order of th day. No one confounded the name of Jack son with Peterson and It waa possibly good policy In the Captain adopting his own nam when he went with Thomn Eastbell to Sedg Hill. It kept matt-Mr clear and distinct though, he had not bar gained for Sarah East bell's good mem ory, or Imagined that h waa known to her by eight It waa li mho unlocked the door of Sarah' extempore cell at seven in th morning, and stood befor her, th avow ed agent of her captivity. 1 hav com to apologise for my friends' rough treatment of last night," k Mid, reclining languidly against tb v wall, and crossing his gloved hands, one With a very glossy hat in It, "and to ex press a hope that yon have Buffered no Inconvenience from your temporary with drawal from a home whio.li yon are ac customed to adorn. I, for one," he add ed with a low bow, "should regret very much to hear one word of complaint" "Thia is your work then," said-Sarah bitterly; "it Is as I suspected. Tell m whst my brother wants?" "I would say a fair redresa for th injury which you bare done him. Your grandmother larieh, and will leave you all her money. And your only brother, a man of many admirable qualities will be left to drag on hia life In indi gence, and to die in utter abjectness of spirit, without you assist him as fairly and liberally as a fond sister should do. Thomaa, who I In difficulties, want fif teen thonsand pounds!" Sarah drew a sudden and deep breath, but Aid not reply. The thin face of the woman stooping over the fire peered round at her, horrible in its eagerness and greed. "Fifteen thousand pounds only from that Immense fortune which must come to you when old Mrs. Eastbell dies, th simple condition being that tho sum must be paid at once, as yonr brother is very poor, and there ia a balance of six teen thousand three hundred and twenty eight pounds, lodged at your banker's, in your name, for th convenience of, a cur rent account." ,, "How do you know what money I lodged in my nam at the bank?" "Thome tells e that is all. He sent me here with your check book he found that in your desk, too, he tells me. Ion hav only to draw a draft for th amount, and yon are free, Miss Eastbell. I promised a friend of yours that you should be at Sedge Hill this evening. Miss Holland will tell you everything to night," he said a he drew the check book from his pocket and pitched it care lessly upon the deal table that was there. "I have left everything for that young lady to explain. It is a story apart from yours, and suits not my style of -narrative." "This mcney is "held In trust for an other," she, said; "it belongs neither to me nor to my grandmother." "It to Mr. Culwick, we I should SRy, yaur brother Thomas objects to the title." "Let him!" cried Sarah with a sudden outburst of anger. "Am I to understand then" "That I Viil, not sign one of those checks. Yes, understand that for jour friend. .You may kill me," she cried, "but you shall not touch penny of lieu ben Culwick's money?' CHAPTER XXIII. Captain Peterson, merchant service, re ceived the ultimatum f Miss Sarah East bell with his customary sang froid. He was a man whom it took a great deal to dinturb, or who concealed his annoyance by an enviable semblance of Imperturba bility. "After that, I need nol; trespass further on your time," he said. "I will communi cate with Thomas at once." He unlocked the door and went to the landing place beyond, closing and locking the door behind him. Finally he went down the rickety stairs, which were crumbling to pieces with the house, halt ed nt the bottom of the next flight and listened at the right-hand door, aa though there were another prisoner close at hand. The door was not locked, and he opened It softly, and put his head into the' room beyond, withdrawing It In sii Nice, sa If contented with what had met hia gaie; and proceeding down another flight of stairs, to a room on the ground floor, where three tall men, ..in shirt sleeves, were cowering before a fire. If these men were Petersons, Captain Ed ward had taken the good looks of the fsmily to himself. "You'v done your parts well, boys," he said In a quick, sharp voice, "but there may be snore to do." "How's that?" inquired scoundrel num ber one; "we've done enough now to get ourselves lagged for ten years." "It's not easy," said Peterson, "but it must be gone on with at any risk. Failure means Worcester jail, success .means ten thousand pounds between us all." He had mentioned fitetn thousand pounds upstairs, but he and Thomaa Krfstbell were keeping an extra five thou sand to themselves. Edward Peterson did not tell Lis brothers everything when money wss in question. "What more Is to be done?" asked the first scoundrel,' who was the worst-tempered and uitist disputatious member of the gang. "You will know when it' necessary," waa the short answer; "at present the young lady is refractory." "Will the sirl sign the check before the day is out? that.' th question," ssked number one, "for w can't go on like this." "I have said that it's her money or her life, and I mean It! She will be back to night at Sedge Hill, or she will never re turn again. Mark that Do yon think any woman would prefer to be found in the Severn, to paying away money that ahe can afford to part with?" , "We don't want to hear, anything about th Severn," said the first scoundrel; "you know what's safe better ' than we do, but we'll have no hand In it Dennis and I and Mike have talked It over, and won't go further than we've done already there!" .5 "You fools, have I asked you?" shout ed Peterson, springing to his feet; "you've done th work Pre set you to do, and I will pay you for it and be rid of you. The money's safe, and I'll keep my word aa I always do, and alwaya will. I don't want your help yon are in the way, and must go." 0 ' "Oo!" echoed the men. "Thiohouse will be unsafe after to light, and we must vanish before It's spotted. I will be In London to-morrow evening, at the old place, with your money." . , . One by one these met? drifted away from home, without a thought of Sarah Eastbeli's safety, and with an Immense amount of consideration for their own. It wss not murder thst troubled their mind so acutely aa complicity with it de tection, and sentence. If Ned would take all the risk, h might murder bulf Worcester for what they cared; but it waa out of their line, and they would pre fer to return to London quickly a possible, and wait for the money that irad been promised them, or the bad news they halt expected Instead. It was two o'clock in the afternoon before the last of tbe three men passed out of the house, snd went away down the. narrow lane which led from the high road. Captain Peterson stood at th front door. H waa in excellent spirits, and he waved his hand to th disputations Barney, who wss th lastto leave, by wsy of friendly salutation at parting. "They're gone," he muttered, "nd they're better gone, whichever wy thi affair Is likely to turn out" II lingered at th door meditating ea th great scheme of his life. The sky was overcast, and h looked np at it and prophesied to himself that it would rsin befor the morning. He walked round to the opposite aid of the house and gaxed moodily at th water Sowing twenty paces from him, and at a boat lying on th long grass sbov th river bank. On glance at th darkened window in th top most story wher hi fortune lay, he thought and then he returned to the honse meditating, oa the difficulties in hi way, and of hi geniu to aurmount them. He went into th house, and up stairs to th first floor room, wherein w hsv seen him gaze with interest at an early hour of the morning. "Beis," he said In a sharp voice, and t the summons a small thin-faced child. lu a hat and cloak, appeared at the door. "Ton hare come back then, father." "Ye," Edward Peterson went downstairs, fol lowed by th Utile girl. At the front door he said: "You wer wfs to keep to your room to-day, little women, for they hav jeen very cross, and Mrs. Eastbell has been worse than ever. Yon must find your way to Worcester to-night, all by your self. Two miles from here 1 a railway atatlon yoa know It where th red and green light shine out like big eye after dark. Yoa hav run about her a good deal, and know your way well, and you can find the station. . Now, take car of that money." - . He placed some money In her hands, and she wrapped it up in a corner of a dirty whit handkerchief, and tucked it down th bosom of her dress, wrapping her cloak round her afterward, with all th carefulness and confidence of a woman. "At th railway statloo ask for a third class ticket for Worcester. When th trsln comes np to the platform, get In. Whan they call out 'Worcester,' get out At Worcester a lady, very pretty, and with handa full of toya, will be waiting for you at the postofflce. Ask the way to the postonlce like a woman ns you are, and when you sea th lady under th clock, ay, 'Pa keep his word I'm Bes sie.' ' "All right" JJ the child again, with a rare amount of confidence In her own comprehension of the details, which, however, he aaked her to repeat, listen ing attentively to the recital. . She needed no second bidding to be c fit It had not been so happy a home that she should grieve for it or him, and there had been a promise of a glorious change for her, and a bright child-world. She ran off quickly toward th narrow lane, already full of shadow thst murky after noon. (To be continued.) LAWYERS AT CHEAP RATES. Thirty-Bin Cent la the Cost of Mak ing One In the CMd Dominion. A local buslnes man who waa once tbe representative of one of the big mercantile agencies tells a story of how be became a member of the bar In the State of Virginia a number of years ago. He had occasion to go to one of the Inland counties of the State to make an examination of the county records In order to ascertain the stand ing In the county of a number of coun try merchants. Upon reaching the railroad station be found It necessary to drive a distance of ten miles or more over a road which was a mere apology for a highway. Reaching the county seat, be went to the clerk'a office In the courthouse and proceeded to look over the records aa be bad. done In many other place without any objection be. Ing offered. While he was still on his first book he waa asked by one of the clerka If be waa a member of the bar. "Not In , Virginia," he answered In a tone Indicating that he waa a member of tbe bar elsewhere. "I'm sorry," laid the young man, "but in thli county It la against the rules for anybody other than 'a lawyer to handle the books." It waa explained to the clerk that the legal talent In the firm' employ could not be found, and a the lawyer lived more than two. mile away he would not have time to get him unless he mlsaed the next train. "There will be no trouble in arrang ing tbe matter," the clerk informed th Washlngtonlan. Entering a private room, tbe oath subscribed to by attorneys waa ad mlnlatered and a certificate showing tbe stranger was a full-fledged lawyer waa banded over to him. "What ahall I do now?" the clerk was asked. "Pay tbe fee," he answered. "What la the amount?" "Thirty-nine cents," was tbe clerk's prompt response. - Tbe money was paid and the man from Washington returned home and told bow be became a lawyer for the small sum of 39 cents. Washington Star. - ; Tribe of Eskimos Foundf. , . Tbe remnant of a remarkable and hitherto lost tribe of Eskimos has re cently been discovered on Southampton Island, at tbe extreme nortb end of Hudson. Bay. It Is said tb,at until re cently tljSse people bave never bad an opportunity 01 aeetng a wane man, Their buta are built of the great Jaws of wbalea covered with skins. In the middle is an elevation, on which la a stone lamp osed for lighting, beating, cooking,' melting snow and drying clothes. The lamp Is only a dlsb of whale oil, In which Is wick of dry moss. Indeed, the Whale Is tbe chief means by which these people live, the bones being utilized for making plates, cups and sledges, but they alao use sledges and walrus tusks, with deer antler for cross pieces. The tribe Is almost extinct, as only some sixteen are left. They speak a dialect peculiar to themselves and are very daring hunters, . .Tltey Ara Sensitive. Tbe sensitiveness of the families of distinguished men as to tbe early oc cupations of their aocestors Is some what remarkable. Recently an author was asked to writeo brief history of tbe life of a man who bad done service to his state, Like Lincoln, this man had been a woodchopper, a fact to which his historian gave prominence. "Don't say be was a 'woodchopper,' " said the spokesman of the family. "That will never do." "What shall I say then?" asked tbe author. "Say let me see now. Just say that be was connected with tbe lumber business." Kaiser WUhelm take great Interest In the work of the Y. M. C. A. In Europe. ' Tbe rarest of flowers Is candor. Ra-cilia. GEO. P. CROVELL WueceMor to It. L. Smith, Oldest Eilsbikbed Hobm in th nil 'i DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. Th ia old-established house will con tinue to pay cash for all ita goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, bnt does not bave to divide with a partner. 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