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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Signal, 1889-10-25, Page 28 A FELON'S WIFE. Er "WAR nocaAnnta. Yes may thick a tttt-eot4oter .a.'S possibly boa alsa to sob • bet ya age .tiebkea dna. The genual .pat- ia of ata:-eeileetor is that he i1 a mere antf all mo.sggeo to that .o t people, "Pi , pay" But that is not the case. Therese auriform who look or lite es a Mamas Andy from whieb may les - semi sew to be learned, and thistle gni e am queer se any 'detective apnoeas" eiome wtthbs their range oeeamionally. Well, I'm a tax -collector, and I we nut .sassed of the fact. Though people look oto all oar class with nixed festines ' Mead tend hatred—tboegh it is trying ale see the look that comes into a good - fans whoa, in answer to the ri.g at the bell, she comes to answer 11— thoagh it's not pleasant to lime the door opened to one by a chit of a thins, who says, demurely, "Hither says I'm Me tell she's doon at the wasbia'- hooee, if ye're the tax -man," yet the life of a tax-oollector is not without it. compensation And one of these in that, to a man of a reflecting tan of mind, a great deal that is strap and Interesting i• the lives of the people be goes .moo' is laid bare. Not far front the West -End crescents there's a block of buildings that Wong* to my district, and in that block Share's OW. psrlioolar house that stood empty foe many years—why, 1 don't know, toe it was a nice enough house to all ap- pearance, •oaf had no bad •ssociatiow about it. However, it wee taken coo term, and when I went my roads next I fogad I bad to call there. "The boost oa the top dat's been, Mr Aitken, mid the good -wife ims. dirtily below, who was an inveterate peek 1ed knew me by name. "Ay ! is *11 And what kind of neigh- bors have you got, Mrs Macqueen T' "Nabors !" the repeated, with a snort "Queer kin' o' neebon ! I Mesa exchanged wirds wi' the limner saes she cam', an' neither has ony other body, eat fear's I ken. A stuck-up hisie, oockio' her held op •buns libel respectable folks : I've leaved in this Loo' too sax years, so' oe'er yet had a neebor whoa wad pass me by witboot takin' teeth toff their lips !" "Surely they're foreigners 1 Edward Alderini's the ease, tool it r' "Ay, they're (eyrie cannibals --tet )east he is ; an' it wades surprise me tae bear ooy ill o' him, for he's an i11- lookia' ruffian, that's what he is I diene think she's Emir s farnner than I am, though she pretends tee be, sae as lam keep fowk at their distance, I am pretty weal shah." The worthy woman woold have kept ere listening to the numerous imperfect - time of the new -comers all day, but I had other thing, to attend to, and soon left her. Even s tat -collector has some little cariosity in his nature, and I could not help feeling an unusual inter- est in the teoants of the top fist. My ring was answered by a tawdry `•slav- ey," who invited me into the parlor, while rhe went for her mistress Dor- Ing her absence, I took a glance round the room, and saw that it was furnished in an uncommon style for a three -room - and -kitchen house. A fins piano stood in one corner ; a harp and $ violin were side by aide in another ; a pile of music Ly on the door ; • bock -os.• crammed with books occupied one side of the room ; while the walls were covered with expensive paintings Beside the window stood a gypsy -table laden with costly brie -a -brae, and near it was $ lags .shiest inlaid with pearls. As I was wondering to myself whether Edward Alderini was a music -master, • painter, or only a lover of the beautiful, the door opened, and a young woman entered. A collector is not generally the most polite of men—it isn't his boa - t9 be ; but before I loom what 1 was doing I found myself tieing and bowing before the mistress of the house. I deal know what it was about ber that made s• feel as if I were in the pres- age of • queen. She was simply a tall young woman, dressed is plain black, with a white roe st ber throat. Her fame Mut hardly beautiful, but it was very striking, with big, wide, black yea, and a complexion as white a marble ; her hair was reddish golden, and the contrast had • Nicobar effect. liar eyes looked straight at you, with • kind of mesmerism in them that mads ft impossible for you to turn yours away from them. I told her my business. "My husband shall Ball *t your office tomorrow," abe said, with a good Eng- lish accent "I am sorry to have given you the trouble of ealhng, bot I am .o "notelt &boot all these matters that 1 did not know when you would be likely todoso." It is not often any regret is expressed *t my trouble, and I said so. "We always make it • role—my hus- band snit I-1 o trouble those with whom we have anything to do ss little as pos- sible," said Mn Alderini, coldly. "So that 705 do not require to call again, sir." Of cares I took this as my dismissal, and departed. But it was destined that i shnold ase of the Alderinis than I .t all *eti- ciiW .t the time. I happened to be in the Mire whom Edward Alderini callect to pay his tax, and so mould satisfy my 21ltiesity as to the appssrsoos of that striking young *omen's husband. I did not wonder at Mrs Msequeen's account of hi.n then, fie was a tall, dark ran, seemingly a good deal older than his wife. with the smooth, ds,k cnmpl•xioo, and lose a1. seed-eh&ped eyes of as Italia. ; bet there was s omallbl., were sell is hie Mee. I don't know where it lay, bet 1 think it mart have been in his mouth, whish was man and eral-looki.to and armed with two rows of sliest. strap bsagry teeth, whish glittered like some beet's Ye. may think tee w.% i.sglaMien no my part, sed tbd 1 a� after it • i hese what of him, bet that was tot the mem► The het time 1 saw Aklsl.i be tami.dd •se of mss. Meekly, menhir bea t 01who amid lobe a spring it dark beam In Om Ilkett. Well, t was . 1 tam eft She mph) • • THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 1889 at the ti.m mid they bed Mama anal oat of my sbti--Mr Tee aas isengi.e how may firma a tax-.ollaetrr is e.s- ti.enAy eeaisg to pat things 5.1 of his mind--e.MI I went my memoir. a Tear after, riend ee► the we bail was still lis Mrs peen, was atW in the muse hose. mad attacked tow as meat "Da ye mad the folk uta the top $sIT' *be nom ineseed, after she W get use wiled is the parlor, op the Vas- eline blinds, and duet lia with greet vigor Yee ; the Alderinis. They're still there." "Saul there 1 I wish tae gakinas they were at tae Lea'. En', or is the Dead Sea! 1 hope they may doe stem - this' ostrmisens, an' the we ea mak' the laodtoed turn thins ort, l'v..poke Me the factor, bet a' he aye is, as hang as folk pa their rest decent, aa' mak' sae d is the len.', oa.body nae tern them not" "Of .nares not," mid I. "There a somethia no god. shoot ea thfolks, Mr Aitken, an' it 5 110' *se- at tae be Ionia' below suroerers, or murderers, ora body downs ken what. Yoe man's an emissary o' Sats, a the resuister wad say, a tee's ye're here, Mr Aitken ; an' tt pair woman is either bis slave or his radios. Ae lock o' his eco makes her quail. Ye sand I said tae ye sifterthey fret aim' I didoa care for stuck -op wayasie thoeht her • prood basals ; but neo I've discovered it's no' her feat, pair thing ! Ainos or twice that I loot her she leokd at me tee piti- fa', I oouldns help atuppio' tee ba. • wee bit chat ; but moos, as we were PA ex- °bangin' wirds on the stair beid,Aldenni passed, ea' bun' his eyes on hie wife,said o missible' in a herein tongue. Her hos turned whiter even than it is or'nary, an' abs Wise to shake like a body in a fit, an without *either wird tae roe elm w ent up the stair wi' his. It's no' me Mae that's observed that, bit inhere in the lana who ham spoken till her." "Perhaps he's • mesmerist 1' 1 sug- gested. ''Indeed I wades wooer, for the look o' his eon is nae pleasant thing tae meet ; but he man bee some strange poo'•r owre her, that's ~taro. Ae night Maoqueen weakened me, an' teff me las listen tae the strange poise in the bed -room above ua It Iris like • low gab, Babble', an' i through it a voice gone' on, speakil' withoot &ince paean', kind o' even -like, neither riskk'. nor ki- ln'; an' then quite soddenly we beard sae lood cry, soondin' Ink• 'Mercy ! Mercy Malmo/en jumped streecbt oot o' bed, anpantie' on moms o' his class went up stairs, leavin' ms chitteriu' wi' fricht. He wises tang in non in' back, boniest, an' then he telt ms Aldo- rini cam' Memel' tae the door when he knocked, an' asked him very politely if be mai& disturbed n' the noise. Mac- queen arqueen mid be hoped there w•v amble' wrang Mrs Alderini. 'Just a slight attack o' illness,' Alderini staid, in his ferric gibberish, &o asked Macqueeo tae gang in an' see her hiss.]'. MMac ieesa geed in readily, an' in the parlor M-. Aldenni was lyi.' on the coma. "She bad on a wrapper," Macgasensays, "an' tor looked hiker a p than • leevin' wum- man ; but she pit oot ber balm', an' amid : "I hops I barna dtate:s ed yoa,Mr Mac - queen ; I've had • slight attack of M- aim" Jist her husband's vent words Theme's use doot there's a soteocbia' ma- terially wrong then, an' if the ma''s no' tryie' tae kill her, he's dasin' worse," "It a a very curiae case," maid I, "bat I don't sea that you can do anything, Mn Macq.eea Unless tenants maks themes/yes unbearable to their neigh- bors, I don't think one can complain, for • landlord will nit interfere." "Weil," mid Mn Macqu..n, shaking her head, "I canna pit up wi' it much longer, that's ens thing certain ; an' if the landlord diem interfere, i we can do is tae leave. But 1's keepin' ye, Mr Aitken, Are ye goon upstairs!" I had to go, and getting away from Mn Maclean at lest, went straight op to the door of the Alderinis' hones This time, a before, s slipshod shsvey an- swered my ring ; but it was not the same skyey. "The mistress is no' in," she said, when I had sufficiently indicated who I was ; "bit the moister is. He's in the parlor tbonder," pointing to the room I had been in before ; "ys'd better gang in." I followed in the steps of the untidy handmaid, who, throwing open the door, annoaneed, with a total absence of all respect which might have wounded my feelings, were they not too seamed to bluntness', "The man fur the tax, Mr Ald.rini." Seated beside the piano in the farthest corset of the roam was the man I had B een before and formed so unfavorable an opinion of. He won an old velvet - sen jacket, • pair of dilapidated trous- ers, rotsers, and a smoking-0sp after the ,baps of • Turkish fee on his bead. He was not playing, but writ's', sway ea'erly oro blank music -paper, which rested on the pinna Aa I entered, be roes, turning on se the long dark eyes which I had noticed beton. "Ab ! for the taxes," he mid, with a foreign meant, bat *peskimg very cor- rectly for • foreigner. 'Mrs Aldenni w not in at present, and ontortena sly I leave all these matters to her." I laid the aeenowt before him ; he glaaoed over it esrelesly, then looked at me morin. "Psrfeetly correct, I have no doubt, .imine," as it it depended on me wheth- er it were correct or not "At the ase time, i think it is better forou to leave kilt with r••, and I shall lay it before Mrs Alderini." "Very well 1 1 shall be round again one Monday," said 1, rising. Bot jest as 1 was retreating towards the door, the nater 1400 was opened, and Mn Alderini henedf same in. She pose straight iron the paste.', and addressed herself to ber bo•tand, in Italian, i suppose it was, for I of cowrie woad not peke out a word of it She spoke in a low feels', venentesnmaly even, jest like a child re pestis, ber leasee; never tak.sg the slightest notice of ase. any mere then if i had bees imrmshle. Alderiai later - meted ber, .bnwiag far the host time sines i had some i., all his ureal hoary teeth ia a glltbrk.g tls"M �, bon ynut an W ar.--gee. Then she tarsal w ihte,lesklag itt my dna with as wages, Wane ipso time semkiiei% M .1 that .t a deq-walkett. ..d—ie.tiG- poiessag, The relies It —.ted Ba if %hough her era. were •a wee a peoiiar kt.d, sot knowe hitherto ale a eeraianiagly the did art Roily im meditate; mid no Nee.e of it .arid be aespeehead who er whet I waw 1 I.ssd sewhere about the rota The beiges te think it sy owa rind the hoesekegpr wee irkse sp ea; rier, psslsrtenate lady was sad ; mad i< rhe was a meet rwtpur- 'r mama, ad seemed as easy awash eaph.stion .f holt bar pomade. beady. However. she the may pee midis., that pmt the alms ad oa I eetpWted ay b.eilsses te her rusk, menhir msus1. Air masa: as a ens .ad g sd..hly the • issa'l saoospee- who led a very .eroded life --no es* heeding look pared hos bee face, .ad eyai same to see ha ; end be had bet she maid, with the meta air .f aid re- oiliest in a state of aseMteholly atndtsas Wren Shot she W shows to me before : dame be W lost his only daughter "lt ball right. We .hall pry it before about two yuan age. She W damp- Mondassuy at tehaloe, so you do tout seed peered id • sysbrio.s way, slid et ever haw what W hems* of her, Alderta� 1, Looking op from hie orifi *rapt kat Maine the reighboro ear again, said: meedW Ro she g oat with some mss. L it at better for him to esll for it The old ata had always fit sere that himself os Monday, my wafer she would osiers, and seed to mite Site laced him quickly; &.d snider his himself watching for Mr at the look 1 mould see her start ,ad skiver,iben window; be bad made out hie will, skied quite still se it paralysed. too, lsaviag all that he had- -and he was wealthy—to km girl. A visitor had .oats one day, the bows -keeper mid, whom chs W never assn before; Imbed seen her rester, talked with him for a loot tire, .rd assured his—Mr Psvitt told her afterwards—that his daughter was alive and well, sod bad lately bean sero by his. When laming, herilg found out that her master was • great smoker, he had left hint • box of cigars of a manor brssad, heaps straight from Cubs, be maid. Her master had smoked them all, and deplored they were delicious. Oe march being made, how- ever, • cigar -end was found amoag the old men's books,•ed this being examined, was found to ocotillo a minute quaky of a strap narcotic poiaoo. It was sale lat- us that the quantity of poiaoo distribut- ed through th. cigars world be exactly sufficient to prove deadly to a men of ordinary strength. Suspicion, of coarse, tell at once on the onknowo giver of the cigars The law is clever enough in facie, whew it once has • clue; and it has traced the roan calling himself Ed- ward Aldsriui, who is the husband of old Pavitt's daughter." "Tee, it is better," she said again, as if repeating-• lama. "Call os Meader, as you mid." I melees I was at that time so much of a am and out • maobise to feel • Rood deal of wonder and cariosity as to this strange couple wheat I took my way down from their door. The most pleosible way of accounting fur her man ner, and for hie eitrst.rdtaary indueace over her was that she was not gaits right in ber mind ; bet somehow, when I re- membered bee looks and words on the oossaiom when I had first moo her, and contrasted them with those I had just witnessed, I could not make myself be- lieve that this was the true sulutiom of tb1 called again on Moody. It was pretty awrly in the moaning, about that bout when bouse-wives are generally em- ployed in 'reddiug-up' there houses, oe preparing the mid-day meal fur their lords and masters; and their was silence no *11 the stair a I climbed up the weary digbte to the top flat. The door was alightly open and with the coolness of m7 tnbe I pushed it ajar, and walked in, Irving relight knock to intimate my "Good heavens'" mid L entrance, The maid -of -ell -work came possible." running amt of the kitchen; her untidy heir was dusting in anything but beauti- ful cremes %bout her fans, and the latter was all red and swollen with crying. "Uh, it's you!" she cried, when she caught sight of me; "oh, come in,pl.rea 1 diens ken whit I'm tae des, an' I'm near oot o' my wets," which I believed readily enough, as I didn't suppose she had much. "Dee ye ken wham in wt the)nietreser -riga 1," I answered. "West," said the girl, in a lead whis- per, "there's tea bobbies in wi' her the neo, en' I'm %hair it's the maister they're Utter." "11 that'. the nae, it's better for me to go," amid I, preparing to take my leave ; bot the girl, who was evidently in a great state, detained me. 'Diana gang yet, for ony sake, moister I's fricbtit tae be left *lane ; quid ken whit the mistress may dee:' "The bobbies are company enough for yes, sorely!" maid 1, famoiomaly. "Bobbies ! I'm rear frichtit for them than at bean' left alone," replied the 'Wavy,' with great frankness. "But i dune* hear ony sound in the room. I won'er whit's gran on. Ml ! I wish ye bad seen the mistress when the bobbies nam' in; she ria aye like a gb•ist, bit she via ten times hiker yin then. I'm Mart the m5ister's no the richt thing." Just than the parlor door opened, and Mrs A)denei herself came out. Like a ghost she certainly was, as the girl bad said; her face as pals and cold as • piece of marble, her beautiful dark eyes tined and set. She beckoned to the girl, not seeing me at first. "1m *07000 80, Mary 7" "No, Em'am—'ceps the tax.collector, ma'am," returned Mary, promptly, evi- deatly considering the 'tat -coltectcr' barely worth mentioning. "My God! then I am lost!" exclaimed her mistress, with • tone of such sudden, terrible anguish that it startled even me. 1 was. forward then. 'If there is anything I can do to help Ts*, Mrs Aldenni, let tae assure you I am at your service," said I, feeling, per- haps for the only time in my life, a spark of chivalry. "Would you wish Mr Aldenni asst fort" She looked at me with great, haggard e7es Sent for 1 No. Would to <iod I might look upon his face again !" The words were so sodden, so violent, so utterly unlike what I had expected her to utter, that for a moment 1 aid nothing. Mrs Aldenni still stood, with the same stoat look upon her fsos, as it she knew not what to do or my; she seemed to have no interest in me or my mission. In the meantime, the poliee- offtcers seemed to be waiting patiently in the parlor. After • while, the poor creature turn• ed to me and, with an eppes)iag gesture, said: "For heaven's oak., go in and soak to these men. They are waiting for Aim/ I could not refuse the request; it was a if she appealed in very desperation to e.. I laid aide all thoc,thts of duty at the moment, and went in to beard the redoubtable 'bobbies.' I foond they were not anion police- men, but well trained detectives, who seemed thoroughly to understand their work. "1t hat it kr said I. "I have no more to do with the Alderinis than you, but that poor lady harvest not in; she memo half -distracted. Are you really after Alderi.it" "1 should think so," was the art, of. first rupnass. At dr* they were motion, and refus- ed to give me any oonedemees; bet, by. and -by, they become more talkative, ... ly when one of the men dieeov.rd that be knew me, and then I gee the whole history, "It is only within the lad two day. the mutter ease into oar hands," oeM Soo meat Jasmines. "It is • Leedom tees rad a serious ear ---ea of warder. Yo. have read. perhaps, eyea are a newspaper r th mysterious affair .4 pIdi.., Aa old mar ...ed ho.livieg sloto with ono sanest, • was foetid lying in his bedes. abort a moth ego—dead. No ea•elte vietwes werefond epee him sd N as Atka seppe.d that be bad died a natural &Mb; Iii en esemisBa the detltete Wail M flue aere et dew "It is not "1t is not only poesible, bot s fact, and we are bow waiting to arrest Les when b. arrives," "Then said I,remembering Mn Alder- ini's wild word. on miming me, "you had better watch her. He has • most extra- ordinary power over her, and she will eve him at •11 haeard. if .he can, "Hs cannot move without falling into our hands," said the srgeaat, contempt - wooly; "we have laid so many traps tor btu, Hs is beine watched at all the statue's ; we have mea waiting tot him everywhere," "You had better watch ber," said I significantly. The sergeant opened the parlor door •bruptly,a wesltby sound outside perhaps wanting him .uf the truth of my furebud- Mg. With an old mantle drawn over her golden need, Mn Aldenni was steal- ing towards the outer door, whits the sergeant', .tern hand on her arm caused her to shrink back with a shudder. "None of this, madam, ' said the de- tecti», with official harshness "Where were were 700 goino 1—to warn your bus - I will never forget, ss long as I live, the look with which she answered. se her eyes turned to the detective's face, "To warn him 1 No ! To get oeyond him and his evil power forever.' "It that is what you want," said the detective, in an exultant tome, "you have only to tell us where he i., and we will rid you readily soough of hit." "1 have told yon before," .he answer- ed, in a weary tone, "I do not know where he is. Besides, would you a•k Em to give up to justice my husband !" "And your iether's murderer, added the sergeant. She uttered a low moan, and made a movement with her hand as *1 she were wringing them, As she went tack to the kitchen again, I heard ber ay : "U God ! justly haat Thou punished me kr my aims ' ' The time pared oo, but Alderini did not return. I began to fear I could stay no longer. Reply interested as 1 wee in the care, I was neglecting sy own work a long as I remained. 1 said so to the sergeant. "I mat not remain longer : and yet I should like to know what the end .111 be. I will finish my rounds, and come back by this way " I went away, and in about an hoar— for that map about the farthest limit of the district—was returning by the cree.vnts All 1 spproeched the chess in which I was so much interested, 1 saw a figure walking rapidly towards it before me In a impotentt had recognized it —it was Alderini himself ! A fit of ex- citement seised hold of me. What was I to do ! Had the man any ideal of what wee going on within his house 1 sod if he bad, for what purpose could he be within a clone's throw of it 1 Bot no ; the thing was impossible ; Aldenni was merely going home witbo5t the slightest warning of what was before hit. I ling- ered behind until the Ems had entered, and when I thought he would be fairly within his own house, approached the building. In the close 1 met the worthy Mn Macgo.en, looking white and wor- ried Guidake, Meister Aitken, whit kin' o' thing is this that's happened r' was her first saatutation. "What r' asked I, in pretended igno- rance. "Oh, ye km wail eneoeh, tae ye di- ns need tae pretend ye keu naetbtng *boot it Is it true what they're ayin', that there's two detectives op in Alder - ads' 1" "I apprise it ia, Mn Msequeen. Was that lift Alderiai himself who went le 1" "Ay, Memel', indeed—the ! tbat I mid say sic • think sdlairs Mae- andwith • curious mixture eifg� rmay's uoihesas Peres self-repression.I wish tea sera, rte. teas we had fitted free this rimed pose* An idea for table delineation a year �� ag soder shad the • wreath of flowers ri ~M�haso folk." beam divided that they may he used as bus maniere. by the g "Bat," I >e oats when to rated, "1t i. toe die• seated. they ars grecs to you. Mrs brogues. ; seeh things will happen, sad yoe are red sup- posed to bear the Mandy of your .*e6 - bon. " "AwlMrs that 7ossg eewhna r to maths', mell hegismisig le ask into team el adesied pity end frielientetin. 'I.d.e ere M ami. map tee her_ theish I dines ken tf I ens peg is se laeg's that tarter i. theme ' Aiderial tree the t&emotive* when she � a ees ee. The taalhtione est wall. wen Miesei g .til an his lip, ad. theme abq were whW, they jam too ala e2 weeksaa "Tet, I am lake waWg N go with 70 hes bees , " be yea mew,. ]. "The playPlayed, d Mewigamain le Moot to faU--Jet it tau heroically. Bah ! life ie • game of hammed ; w• may phe all Pirutlgh, ..d yet lore at last ! I hare *Fed my heaviest Make, and lost—that b •u." "Better take ears wharf you say," .toad nae of the debeetivee, "toe know your own words may madame yea" "ldab ! what matters it t' he retorted, with • lough. "1 am condemned in every oris abed skirled,. Goma o. ; I'm ready to go ; is your tab ready 1 Bet let me see my little use— my emir rute--before I go ; where is she 1" Like • sponte, Pauline Alderini glid- ed in, mid kook down at a little dl.- tanee from when bar heab•sd stood. It warn* terrible sight, they aU said, to NO her lift up her haprd ye.,a.d white clasped Made to heaven, as she raid, is a woos clear and atoms which runs through aU the root : Before the Ltd Clod Almighty, and in the sight of that puce heaven into which 1 shall never ester. I ammo that wean a the murderer of ney eel. I shell never on this earth look on hie face spin ; sod if I drew allow s prayer to Dome from my lips, it is that, is the other world to which we an both going, God in his infinite saw mold assign me • place where I may near look up- on hiss !" Again Alderini laughed. Thor hoe sinned thy soul fur mime, little ea," be mid, in Engltab, and with an amen' that area horror into every. one who heard kite, "and thy ankh - sant shall be to have • pleas beard* me for over. Good-bye ! since thou wilt not give Me • paning•kas, here is any parting gift to thee." 11. thew her a little parml trade up in white Bilk paper, and turning to his guards signified that he was ready to go. Mrs Meogoosn followed them to the door, to show them down Mails, sed then teroiog back to the woman thus lett desolate, bethought her of abet com- fort she could give. She had net been a minute gone, but when she r.•enterod the parlor, Mn Atlsriai was hitting by the table, ber bead restos; on ber hands, sod the little parcel Alderini had given her open beside her. From it arose a strap, sickly odor. A sadden tenor seised Mrs Wsottoee. ; she rucked to Mn Alderisi'• side, land shook ber by the arm. The beautiful tees wee lifted for • tensest, but an the told gray tint creep- ing over it, is the rapid gl•siog of the dark eyes, the truth wa• to be read but too clearly. "No," she sail, with diff cuIty, as Mn Maoqueao began to call wildly oo the girl to roto for • doctor, "it is too lata No doctor could save me. I have been his slave all my biased as hie slave I die. Would to God that I had Dever seen his foie ? ' The next moment she had gone before the throne of Eternal Mary. • • • • . • Aldenni did not wait for hie trial. A day before it be was found dead in his cell, and • powerful poison mono iled among his luxuriant block Bair. But everyone knew he did as a felon. That u my story. It menu an impro- bable one, bot tree enough. Even • tax -collector can write a strsags story from hu own exari•oce when be likes. C. C. Riciaspe & Co, Gent+,—I took • severe sold, which settled is my throat and Iona and caw. ed me 10 entirely lemony voice. For six weeks I suffered creat ppin. My wife advised me to try MINARD'S LINI- MENT and the effect was magical, fur after ,.oly three doses and an outward application, my voice returned and i was able to speak in the Army that night, a privilege I had been enable to enjoy for ax weeks. Yarmouth. Ca*toast* Purtresa. 1m • mar s mom C$Udrem. The young emperor of Germany, Wi his II, has fire Utile boys. The eldest is 7 years old. He is the crown primus and the heir to the throne. He mai Dome da; be emperor of Geressoy. H is a fine manly little fellow. Germany i. • very military country and Emyeror 'each • thoevoae soldier that strict military discipline the order of the day in the nurseries of his little people. As two as petticoats are left off, th tiny boys are dressed in baby uniforms .sad the young erowe moms looks quite like a little soldier. Whim their father visits them in their own quarters (aa I appose I ought to ea11 such a very military nursery), th crown prince eommands his asap brothers to "fail in." Then Frederick and Albert, who ssareel more them balite, "fell in.' Little Pherince Albert is such a mite that he is not able to keep his position foe long, tad he sae trots away to how 110115'5 Aide. Bet.the crown prise. and Prince Fredeesek stand stiff and dareb.d like real soldiers till tb.ir father nitons . their salute in proper f .bio When the little crown prime• was 6 years old, be wile givens bedroom' to himself, instead of 5le•pieg in the see- mly with the others. He was very pleased, and said, "Oh, that i. mise ; now I need not be with the .1114,,. say more." -Oar Little Men and Wo- 1- 11 • • h e • K are s n. A., • aware ttte....ery. we east will s j hetet �ry, dd a,srd'e !eke a Shoe. I bine bond it 111 eis Weikel& reined. y sem for lama sore threat end 410111/16elmak Oameea, 127 asks Yes 1hesNei Oat A•e rC f • �� Work Too Hard Ij tie irAl M i..Msmawy xeeesel .. OM aM.las► stlemew ne 1 ane e. mama !Ending In Insanity. 'Ilwamtd. GI Mr. worked balsam mem wesei.d hti. winters irduslreie m.mhanhro. and bill i'PS=, N.! v .f the D.siries are today is a teed. Ms peonies, 'Heir nerves are weak. digados poor, bad .cbisg, sad they cis - not sleepy work or km is comfort TIM is whit fills tow Imam Asylum. This is the ewe of that terrible Paresis. Belem it is too late, me Dt. Pbetps' wodnfld discovery, Paine's Celery C.ompm.d. 1k resovm the results of overwork, reams weasnh, renews vitality, regalstes the whole system sad rase, up the •rswowbed has and body. 1)o not despair. bet tee this we.da kJ remedy, and be restored le health sad ksppinm., the same as was Ms. jobs L. Seedie, e,f Mosuwl, who writs "1 hent great piesonre is eeoommeneMe your Paire'z Celery Compound. My ale• Nee was no down mad 1 wow not k r. vias wensns. I co �saauld sot sleep �taMkrag y Celery Composted sad 8.p•• ed lam diesel,. I as sow aides trawl my bagmen mai wafers any ,meant of table, meat without bed moat • claimed at say'Pai.e's 4011 a maimpo01ns obe pr. fix ea bottle. 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