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THE BATTLEU�'
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td•.gla urswu b two la all skis t wimman:
THEFLoWFRts which imagist mpssik Yea flag t k y whitehorses. 11• Yverim• of ed ter . Wttie white, tow like himself, said
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• d & b.erhsn. eesditd7 *me* m. the bee were sombre in calmer Btrme'e emir bels to comae back and she W IWI gas dem eat Averts Mow
etmm fru .x and to uponTIff
hope faded trams file ysemts Tr,es\ma°'' and W sU muted with mattes maeieise that bsfs to take erttletsa Teetotal will wlMN7at
ha • .•it et u.trtege wig, hareem Wad resolved Bat me lay, a Iswsey
weeks atter then n- _i ti tat Maw tM Teo w Mehl t8
"ideally, %fill " maW Rini., with • 1•seb say d«"'ts" `V •Mod dreamed very simply vfete. The t� pr ekshe seirprieed �►aterl yes shade
boos a e•sik at vi
sr Asa niuu.vos.
CNAPTKR II.
They were in Peria, In the eerily 8amtser
- Will and his wife, who had may lust
broken herself of the helot of ageing her
letters "Sincerely your.. Semis Vast Hou-
The memory of the brilliant Seagstor-Van
• *t1101tm wedding Idol begun to pale a little
llsasash tie aplwders of t he newsroom rte.
amain events of • Irk.- nature, the big,
seer. impodag Van Houten h.wse oa Fifth
Avenue was benemic•lly soaked is orthodox
tashioa, the vin Houten family hiving mig-
rated to the Mese palace at Newport. to
which they were •c„'ust fined to refer as
" the cottage." and \till sad Ue sae, " the
110es7m00s \apply sum, ed," as MraSaeg-
Misr uaheeitatiegly expreened it, were
dawdling in Parts, w.wderteg what they
would do next.
Not that they wer. at all bored. On the
eosttary, they wlte.l rash other admirably,
and owe of them, at least. was daily mutes
with a secret wonder ei the non -appear -
Naos of the weariness amt satiety which the
.cached -tor experience of his 1rieods, and
literature gewerally, had
l
lglg�d b expect a iawM
eiei at-
tehdan
M d tZa marriri itaie. -
This being the desirable condition of af-
fairs, then, cm this particular morning they
were seated at break hoot an the much begikh
ed Little maple a manger in the Hotel Amen -
min, of which the pay moat of an InNluitous
number of francs per .1•t „ave them the ex.
elusive possession.
Jack Heath was be:e.tasting with them,
that young gentlemen hat ing returned to his
official past at the Irganmu of the United
Stats, and the fiondi de Manner, who
bad spent several months in America, and
had aegaired a tante 1.r .trnericans, more
particularly for the daughters of the great
republic, over whose attractions he was
wont to grow .nthuaia,tr•.
It was said, indeed, that during his stay
is New York the Vicomte had submitted
for the consideration 01 Muse Van Houten
himself, his ancient uta. • a et umbliog but
capable -of -being -restored chateau in !Sw-
eeny, sad Isis modest yearly income of 5.000
fraMi, blah that young lady, after mature
i' had concluded, for carious
and wry good reason, not to enter into
the proposed arrangement.
All this may or may istl hare been true ;
at any rate, the Veine r lid not fail to cath
promptly upon " Madaue S•ngsterre
ber arrival in Paris, and ,mainly gale no
evidence of haviue had hu amour proper
wounded at the hand. of Mae Van Houten.
Oa the 000ttery, be hanteu.J 10 lay at the
fest of " ons cher. sods" himself, and,
figuratively, all Pans...ud as, though not a
prtteulariy important ,n li. idiot/ personally,
b. had " r,eniftptioos. . es connected, in
fact, it one way or smother. with half the
fashionable French world. his friendly offers
--01 social aaiatance and ash ice .rete not to
•V hs despised. Nor. iu.I.'d. .lid Mrs. .Seng-
sisr by any nems deem. them
Just at prsent,they were much interested
in talking over their ertaugemlat for the
rine "ma proper celebration on the following
day of the gayest of all the tioy French
fetes, the " Batallle des 1•leur."
Jack Hoath hail been giving them •
graphic s000unt of the tesuval of the pre-
ceding
ro-ceding year, not °mitting discreet hints of
est "summon on that ocea•
h is own tend
Mow.
"Do you know, Mrs. 'emptier,- said he.
"it's very curious, the way we Americas
fake to that ort of thin;; "ter here. "‘r.evolve effects au eastunmes, combinations of
couldn't do it at home, '..0 know, b'aw.y reser, *nal materials abtclt should Hake
people driving up and do..1111'entrat Park, the .tart led admiration of the met artistic
and pelting one another with flowers. .\nd .people Iii t e world,re in their
r(vtry
without being introduced. If we should- g Pd by
e
puout patnouam, doubtless, but redden
and .any blush, " d you e.o only manage w in maw` *or meanly white wM1W, sat is feel nasi as altos, so remote from stns.
Prism.. it meth we get bank, that stately, a listlessattitudein the opener of the ear Tien useeming. when they were stsidtag
Laouis thsrrtorse maser of yuan w1U her mage, looking etratght before bar Salo vee- together eat the hearth rug, after the doper
atuuue delightfully with the fnraitare we ancy, andat+lrarerte tly as fat rsmoeed Irma teare of the gusts who led dined with these,
the surttus world d k Will acrd abruptly
have ordered for oar 1 to wt11 tag laere at though she had been an iababitant of ' Bowe, 1 must go bock to Pada.'
try to keep in practice, •tarn.'
&pother sphere.Abs.'
Th. \'"...t•• "1°14 .14014 at the.oaad the csrrlygsw stool for • mower aids by " Tat. 1 moot go alone, dear. 1 aba11
d that little word "dean' Perhaps thine aide W ill had an utateat•seoua impressive not
She loloongreply. wt moreut time • santato• low
was some truth, after alt, in tart story of a *brit, gr•oelul figure, of young,
reeve of Ore lips : fauteuil, mud stared taoantly at the fire, as
about his for Nim \'an
Houten.
"At least, medium,- said be, turtling
quickly to lt.sate, "i1 1 .may sot have the
supreme honor of a asst to your tannage
tomorrow, you will allow me the prier
ler
• IN sitting on the fence, and mewingyou
go by'! interjected the irrepressible Mr
Heath, sotto 100x.
"Not at all," mud the Veuente, staring
at Jack in • bewildered way. t'ttlaUs still
elated for him in the F:ngliab tongue, bat
knowledge of the hwguage being largely
oonfiied to the more conventional frena of
speech.
Not at all," he resumed. "1 would say
the privilege of arranging the deoor•tio n of
the parasol of nwlmnte. Inst year 1 ar-
ranged that of my cousin, the Duchene de
Newlon, and it was admired veru greatly."
Aud he beamed with modest pride.
Idesmie having signified her willingness to
submit ber parasol to the Vicomte • artistic
Wagers, the two rattor army to take their
departure.
1 ser there teat the slightest use ul my
caking to be allowed to help on the decora-
tive adect, \Ira. Sangster, mut Jack, m au
iulcred tear. " l dare say you wouldn't
let me even pan on the smallest rosette o0
your burs.- harness. 1.6.1 are still angry
with me. ,mud why' Simply because, under
• transparent ruse, 1 tned w arrange mat -
tern eo that you would be a little (neer to-
morrow. 1 ou've no ids how many neer
flowers smut.' be thrown at you if Sangster's
forbidding countenance were absent. The
Vicomte te not nearly so formidable.
".\b ' but the audacity'" murmured the
Vicomte, and Homer stonily assured Mr.
Heath that his r was far from
appealing to, her intellrgeax.
Then Heath and t he's la, etr went oN, the
former to attend to what he averred were
weighty natters at the legation, the latter
to seek the prote•tio n ..f the quietest corner
of his club, there to rentau for an ►lour a
apace alaorbr.l in fluttering ha design for
tatdecoration of the parasol of his charm
tug Americatt friend. In treating Mon-
sieur de \leurier • Vi -orate. fate had
wasted material for an inspired uu0ltete.
Urs. Sangster r,niered her carriage, Anil
conveyed her uneoumpiatpuu, husband over
the te.gth end breadth of Paris, on various
errands tweet. ted with the morrow's festi-
vities.
'Thu "Feast of the Flowers" Is made the
eco mu for the display of the sun an-
nthilatiug chiffons ('aria *An produce, and
when the day arrived the .
wearer. of the multitude of creauow fresh he hal thrown theism away again as lightly of the nide altars, aid. Little yr'ou
from the halide of the great Worth and the as they had been bestowed. Why not this pie 1201 gathered before it. As he canie
unnumbered hosts of his competitors gave one, thou' 'tut at the miggestion hts lin- nearer, he naw that a funeral service e u
thanks, from the depths of their Lice -he. gers tightened unconsciously over the trail being c•ndarcted. That long blas' box
stem- resuu_ before the alter eontaiued the Indy
chocolate
e or
tl when mhrmds by their "s..rrl Heaven he thought smnaticnt- of !owe oue who bad departed in the faith,
Imo was
or shining
with nang ur ng that the
mew eau ahinmG with ,ysssunng hrilhgtoey lye What had .one acre him. it was m- and the Church waw sending up her pumere s
and that it eau " tl, ciel ' • day to marvel cue hlJe, imdreeile' Was he. %,tubas for the repose of the spirit that had gore.
at.'
Sangster, at his age, and with his riper Will sestet h.msetf and listened to tie
Truly. fans had dune her wonderful best tette, of Life, the sett of 111011111011to snake a dreary, dirKr-
like tones of the pricers . ole
te provide a titling playground for her fool "t himself over a woman whom the ha.i as he went through the l.&tun prayers ap-
sp ilcd children. Light showers during the seen haat Mice, awl should probably never poiuted.
night tad gitea the last touch of crupries see aagain' Brsuk• there was Beanie ' Ile g •nce.l about him and noticed that
to the always exquunely-tared-for pave and he glance.) guiltily at his wife's lovely the Int .e asemblagc was cumpuaed of a few
profile.
Sisters of Charity, four lfeothers of the
menu, and a delightful freshness to the P enter ut Sl. Sal .x, who stood rarer the
miles of building, minstructed of the timer. Ile nouhd forget the whole iuctilent. It Ph
fill hued materiel Of which Paris us w, foul. was beginning to annoy hila. He would cothn and menial to he waiting to btu it
'The gnat sweep of turf in the lima de •leve that mysterious Human woman's face .tray• And $ few other potpie whose steps
Kuulogue, and the leaves of the magnificent out of his n Ind. i Why did he feel so ter. like hu owa seemed to late been lead to cue
trees in the Allen des A..eias glittered with talo she was a Kua•ian'et He would oxo spot by chance.
a metallic greruu.na that half suggested untie to amuse himself as he had been doing " This death, then," thought %Vali, idly.
before Inc met that eoof.unded carriage. " hail left no household desolate.
sapphires s, with coal the sky was hie a And he proceeded to try to t these re- The service was elided, ani the Brothers
sapphire 1hesea, with not a the Hotel
right. were comm forward to take upthe bol
Che excitement at otrl Aueriuin solutions Into practice faith ally, indeed, B y•
but with only indifferent results. but the preset checked them with a sligmt
r daughters n Y
was intense. Fur J.ys put th pug
of the Stan and Stripes beneath Its not The white terse, meanwhile. atter a alight gesture, dodo a,lvancine toward the ...feu,
taod .lune n goodly number happrw'd to be hesitation, bad been transferred to • err- removed the covering from the face ut (Inc
there ares toksl had l..•n taxing their keen talcs lather Daae t° Mr. Saigster"s real- etas w,tbtn.
het. Theo, etaudiug 011 the altar step, lie toot--
wits G, the utmost in the endeavor to pec , al (*meetly et ter le hetore hum, set
The S•n,,•atrn remained in Paris for an. people
other fortnight. %till took no means, sur- said to a low , owe. aLl H. halting En,ilieh
" \ly friends, we do not ku•sw what mise
she bore m life, whose body hew here. She
diel at the Hwpital of St. sulpo , be.lueath
mg het Jewels to the tinier. nut of her hte
bey tet i.'In.w nothing, She mud it mat
tered uoa. \Ve know .fitly that .he
suffered.
Itut opo relueat she made of me. 'When
you have asul .he prayers of the cbura,
above me,. ahs said, ' before they carry 11.•
away, remove the %veering trot. my taei-,
and ask the people who are there to
and took upon Inc before 1 all holden not 1
stght. For there will be one there, a Erten.,.
who will have tome from a far country pool
tale ars stteut.--
At the bet few worda of this, %till's
heart levan to beat painfully with the
eertalnty that looped upon him before the
priest'. 1oh.•r deed away. \Ircuauwily, he
roved forward with the rest, leo he del
out need to look upon the face to Ise sur, -
that it was here. Scarcely paler thea when
he had seen It last, bet the wsrmess gone
merged in superb calm. it was here, then,
that they were to " meet again 1`
The others stool ode, watching Will
curiously tth,ee of then, who hal under-
stood the priest's words). divining that the
was the " friend " of whom the dead woman
hal spoken.
He stooped above her for • moment, and
whispered low " Adieu, madense,
(again, how could he know that she
had been " madame i awl it seemed
to bun that the shadow of • smile broke
broke repose of the perfect lips. Then he
took from tae beautiful lingers a white rose
like the one she had gives hint at their Brat
meeting. and turned away. The pnest re-
plaoel the eoverieg above ber face, and the
brothers came forward to lift their hordes.
W.11 *toot watching than .s they went
slowly down the ails He did not follow
them ; hr does not now know where .he r
laid
Hts mission was ended than' be ako.gkt
se he stood there. He was free ' H. bed
done her strange bidding
Now for Herm,' for Americafor heave '
Now to take op hislite nit had bran before!
Net eves as be mays these thing• he knows
that they see fettle, knews that the wheals
will sot tars bask, kaisers !het he will ear
ry to Ws grave that Gores, ietol.wwble 1o5g.
int to leek owe mere late the gray, Napa
il nm whore fell glee asst his owe at the
'• Battle °f the noway. "
• •
•
Which. 1 auheit, le $ straw thing to
be, happened to • New York dei ess5-s
aces 01 jest Will ttmrts' • type.
Dr. Williams' PWI Ph1* mire mem aid
wens., young sed old. 'They reboiM the
Meed .sed nervous dares sad restore lest
I Mir tris. 11 yen i stung give thema
weary ewe, a haughty
then the lady tweed her head, aid ken eyes she played with the great fen of pink phloem
met has. which hues from her ,vast He stood look -
Where had he sees those eyes Were` ug down et her expectantly. hat aka did
Why was their eau eat laaalar, yet sat not lift her heed, an 1 still she said.othiag,
swear ' Id' hat was it be saw in there depths' and the .1105 s seemed interminable.
Was It •wprised teitigi itiui' Surety not, Then, she nes slowly, aid, with • very
he knew now that he had never looked upon how "gou.t night," left the room. But he
her (roe before, unless, perhaps, In mow sat until loeg alter midoig tt bead kande
dream tong ago. With a little movetuent thrust deep In his poekeu, hisd
k
of the Lips fiat ass only half • smile. she upon hes breast, thiuking of what he meant
lightly
tassel at Ito feet a white ease that to do.
had been rating between her slender, deli As Will Sangster stood on the Jack of Ln
eatelyteloted bands, and as he stooped to Cygme, .,, it steamed slowly out of New
puck it up he heard an " oat reeoir " in a lock IL), he wondered quite • seriously if
low, sweet foreign visitor. Thou the car he were .mut • madman. No sane Imo,
rate. rolled on and he sat bukwg with • surely, i thought bitterly, would act as be
half -stupid expression at the flown between was acting. !tut mad or not, be knew that
his linger& he was helpless, that some irrsuuble force
%Vtll glan.•e.1 at his wife. Evidently, she was uoutpe ling hint to go of in the path to
hail not witnessed this little scene; knew which his feet had started.
nothing of the guser od the white rose in his Arrived in !'arils, he went to the Hotel
bands, and (why, he h•nlly knew u he felt Amen.»ia, and then began a long series of
gbel that this was m. tramps o'er !'alis, all undertaken with the
Hesue's ryes were turned in the opposite sane and in `tete.
dirertton ; she was at,welled se stuclyieg 1t was late Autumn now. The bate bran -
through her lorgnette the peculiarities of a chs of the treesin the cis sky, out and Ror-
he
group of people, whose air of complete self- lordy again. pal y,
satisfaction, combined with one of distinct brown leaves rustled under \% ills treed.
disapproval a French diem -aims, together Wrapped in his heat',, fur -luted coat, he
with their exceedingly hideous and mitten spent hour• sitting irotiniles 0w • bench
able reinvent, marked them as unmistakably hear the great fountain where the white
denizens of the " tight Itttle island," very horses of that dream wutran's carriage ha
probably, of the highest rank. stopped fur those few, swift moments.
" Ik., Will, look at those dr.malfnl He welt e'erywhere where it seemed to
• tweeds,' " said Bessie, and he dutifully him there was the faintest ch•noe of meeting
turned ha attention toward Inc sons and bet to the opera, the theaters. the galleries
daughter* of Albion In question. Ceder • the churches, the .lags. He hunted updr
blsrtagg Sumner sky, surrounded by people Mauruer, whose utniulhment at the sudden
attired 10 the lightest and freshest of Sum- reappearance of •' Monsieur M•ng.terre
mer toilet. they wore their bot, uneoumfort- .wa',c.unpaniel hy machete was over
able -looking huge checks and pleads with whelnung, and through him °blamed in,
supreme composure. vitatn,ns fur numberless recepttoss, dinner.
'• I really think,- laughed Mrs. Sangster, and balls, all of which he attended faith
" that H 1 looked lung enough at the ex- fully. MHut
u 1e a' f f {there re 400 seed: ht
pension of those women's faces, my reason have been able to clear
would begin to totter. i should certainly possibly, probably,
end by convincing wyaelf that heavy Scotch up this mystery, might know all about this
homespun was the only suitable garb bur an Rosman lady, who she au., where she was
occasion of this sort." now, but le telt that he could not ask them
Will orale 40100 sort of random reply, hut to help him to his search. Ha must find
h• hardly heard what she said. through ber unaided. And then -bat thoughts al
his beam was running the sound of fire ways stopped at that. "Ansi then.
strange, lualf-strdcktng "au reuoir." 11'4 true sombre afternoon, as he wart passing
au revolt- %Viler. should they meet the Church of the Madeleine, be was seized
again' No there, app•rently,for,though be with a sudden Macy tr. go in, and he turned
watched for A eagerly, be saw nothing mon back and entered.
of the victoria drawn by the white Instars. The body of the great, gloomy chord.,
And the rose she lead given him' What dimly illuminated by the few rays of light
shield he do with that Ton it away, of that straggled through the heavy windows
co hneee, to the tint lady who honored Aim of twined glass, was draened.ssve forasell-
witha eareles blossom. Hundreds of tory kneeling tiger* here sal there : but
dowers hal been thrown ut hint today, and the candles, he noticed, were lighted on Ma
attempt such a proceeding in New fork,
we should certainly feel and look like utter
fowls. But here in Tarn It mems all right,
sod wbesttooms w bele,; er well,debon
air, the French are simph not in it with us.
Lett that tree, de Maurer'
The Prsoebnan delicately stroked his
seat, lifts. Henri alU•rtre (ward, end smiled
.1y.
.•
And as for pretty w'0111r0 ate: fetching
nest,*mea, trod that, continued the elo-
quent Mr. Heath. " last yobs., in the ex-
pressive Lagnsge of our country, we took
the bun. 1Neeto't mind a bit of spreed
ssgslaisn, de blearier. %V here two or three
A,aeessan ere gathered l.q,•rtber in • foreign
Lord. must be prepared 1... a tittle of that touches of faint yellow holding very
meet ad Leyte." carefully. by Its hong ivory Ramble, her
i s Vicomte hastened to suture the parasol. transformed by the art rd the
osntpaoy that he would allow no one to out V wenn.' Into • maw' eI pale enwsltpa.
do him is expressions of admiration for their Every .t albhle inch of her landau was
(ule.l high with flowers, all of the same de-
f it ocantry-wumen' Bate hue. As she and 1t -II' drove sway
.r I say. sac man." maul Hsth, fueling t, the scene of the mimic battlefield, nob
to
o -
,o W Ill,who yea basely din tiling his attention ding a laughing au rerotr to Heath and the
between Um rings of termite arcing fern but Vicomte, the latter's enthusiasm neer Mrz
r w •. n"1u ret r nn,t `4411111.4114.1 + costume. in the denoting of which
ails (Nes- Sss�e hr haul hail nn mnlmpnrtant part, affected
Nes fearri.•Li•g dimple app -seer sat do him almnst to franc
appsarhg fa Bemis's lett cheek. perceiving which, the unsympathetic Mr.
,o If yours .a old-ea,ngh married ream. Heath laughed, and made the irreverent
•std lira *wogs, win 1.1 you, auppoe yell remark that Mn. Sangster was uadewbtsd-
tally, there were some Intnor soiree to he
matted between t'hicago and St, Louts,
Boston mail New lark.
The result of all this feminine effort was
truly gratifying to a man aid a patriot, mit
Jack Heath remarked to the Vicente as the
two stood et one of the windows of the
hotel, waehine the sp.•e:teele and waitinv
Ger the •ppe•ras.•e of Mrs. Sangster. As
carriage alter carriage rolled away through
the }site co. here, each be•nng a costly
freight of beauty anal floral animunit*rn, the
assembled gamins forslork for the nxmomt
their usual attitude of somewhat hostile
critecum, end sto,ei absorbed in pure ..l
nitration.
At last ileaaie boatel .town the stairway
• dream. to myyatertoas, ethereal, black
desperate, h-rLieveI here and there with
noses wish we Mmsrrr,w, and row the lye °Theeum Ids „Ibme de //warder Mr
it 11 1r' lots mor. fun eg
P•" -y "-- frees• we'll lose some of the fun. he harried the
far bits, yea kasr. Yrs Nangeter," appeal Vloomte Into his F:ng11•h dog -cart, wheh
lag boldly M that lady, • sod l'11 undertake stood waiting : the alert Kronen sprang to
as „we (M ypesapth st any hour you his pereth, and they drove off to rots the
a strewn °f menages Anteing steadily in the
meg 11a1sa tam• dir'ectum of the IRws.
Aa gssyesemelf,ase hr ,rriunuwl, Around with the gates, the aght was •
,bee, wl►ieh a maffilll amt 1.•w, hes hu very bewildering one. \dales of gaily ,talcsw•teel
hot maanmr, "do blearie. ..r a dozen tither °c•rrnrsa.€geesa thousand' of pretty women
digs& mioatasee' .,te anxiously at marry lonely appareled ease star differing
weeny
hs,
,, oanother star in gbsry, hat all glorious
ant eYa*•ssl withal, ecerehewly. everapparently, turned
lib p'a*
At ssiai*• de \Isotieiers ' Pak, ohild ague tor floe moonset. ittnrmu d
• wag won bong h.pefuiiy apse Willa I Sowers .rerywhere, thickset In the wale.
dor M bya g pos.thle that "Nen herb y..l of .wrtaun earnagw, whew chores
ate Osegfia was esdrw,ently p►Let.e.t mer occupants, teas selected as special tar
r , gots for the admiration of the crowd, sat
mel ..cerasin of t hr I
sac d M � leashing, Stahel and MI=:sae mode? eke
}rale'nercile s. fragrant pelting.
M Is wan sok prss.blr. 11 "'AM Mrs. SswggaNter fared hy so weans lightly.
flit► slishilj, upp"alh( gd.nee sad the 1konste's graceful d"eoratina as
ls+ilbt eT.e •o .amts. "Yon Mr parasol rwo"irmA has alight •jury rerun
tM I.dla.i. to which it wpm aposed.
ever te n rifest M cl.nrrwt t As tat. tlmag.s.n.' oanlge wee draw. ap
y ol ... ao acid. the great t neeeds, waiteag for the
tr •s eb).e► 7 vehicles, shawl of It W mems. we, Will . at -
h, er, *tele OW teethes was attracted by • eayrl ge wain
repuli,us or otherwise. to diaco..er the
Identity of the woman whore face seemed to
Ire mon- strongly impressed upon hr
memory 'terry day. She was scarcely ever
out of hu thoughts, however, soil more than
oro; • carriage drawn by white horses, or
a paining glimpse of it slight figure whose
outlines recalled the one he rememle red
only ter, well, mused him to flush and
!riptide and then pale with dusappuint
meat, " like • damned schoolboy, as he
said angrily to himself.
The most elaborate attempt. on Will's
part to make himself •sed Bessie believe that
everything between them was as It had
always been dad not 4.ueive her for a 010-
mout. She knew very soon that ennethng
had core into ha hie in which she hail no
share, hut whet that something was re
mwoe.l a mystery. Woman like, of course,
her .nspeoms leaped at 055(e 10 "somebody
else.- Hut if thus were true, who was she •
Where was she' At owe, too wise and
tau proud to ask any questions, she gave
hermit up to ceearier, vigilant walchine.
Will was as kind, as gentle, as ever,
always willing wed pleased, apparently. to
accompany her whithersoet•er she elected to
go. He was tors kind, too tender, she some
times thought bitterly. with the sort of
remorseful tenderness we display to those
whore we feel that we love wronged.
Once she said something like this to him,
as he wrapped her sortie du hal about her,
as they were leaving • ball at the British
Embassy. He looked pained. lot answer
ed nothing. i° the carriage, overcome with
a sadden, hysterical emotion, she bunt in
to passionate tern andbeggmd him to for
give her unkind speech, an�,, Inve her again
as he bed always loved her, and W In lamed
her gently os the forehead. and celled her •
deer little girl and tried to soothe her, trot
dill mage no attempt to explain away the
shadow that had come between them.
So the cloud that had arisen grew terser
and larger, notwithstanding the best efforts
of both husband and wife to dope) it.
Will telt utterly helpless. "How tae I
tell Bessie'" he thought. She wmaid not,
could not undsrstasd it. And, good (dad
what was there to toll, after all' hely that
he amid net forget that woman's arse '
TM7 tried t(witaerbsd, thee Leaden,
then % beam : it was nmetsss, the sparkle
had gee* tenni the ehamppe. At last one
day Bemis .nil listlessly .
Haven't we both bad s eegili el Europa,
Will • Let us _ gp eiserasty
Qat, asee
look in ew Yotk, the tau she i 4 war•
reed would retyprr, mod thee other trema,
like one always to • dream, would vast•
Wilt wee as •sial, quietly
w heel t. New York they oars, sad their
est r. set their relent, gayety. moot •
esu. et..cial gate MN� t
tfis, sod so otb.m
remedy iso elective
Ss ibis world -
re sow sod prepare -
doe. leo bo.sebuld.
with young cblidrese
should be without Ms
Scores of Uva flee
saved every year 1p
1M Use, tee.
Amanda B. Jenner. If
New, writes : " Ccmaatoa graitbe s *ss!
Mi me to acknowledge the gmat beam
id I Wave derived her nay children flees
the ass of Ayers mast excellent Cb.rry
Pectoral. I led bit two deer children
from croup sued consumptioc, sad bad
the greatest beer of loalse sey oi17 s'a
maids( &who r sad son. ss they ewe
dentate. EG 1 Iy. I end that giviteg
o
them Ayer's Pectoral, ono t eke
syn of or bang trouble, they
are relieved"re be•
condo.robust, b.*l
"Ia the winter of 1805 I look a had
cold which, in spite of every knows
n grew worse. so that e family
phis th
considered me incurable, sup-
podtae w to be in . As •
Isar resort I tried Ayer's Cherry Pecto-
ral, sad, la a short time, the care was
complete. Since then 1 bays leer bias
without this medicine. I w fifty years
of a
weigh over 180 pounds. and ar-
my good health the nee of
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. "-G. W. Youker,
Salem, 19..1.
Last wiater I contracted a severe
cold, which by repeated exposure, be-
came quite obstiiaM. 1 was much
troubled with boar.ensea sad brachial
irritation- After trying vedette smedl•
eine., without relief. I M Last p5lohae•d
a bottle of Ayer's Cherry ?.cttoorraall On
taking this meUclse, m7 rough eared
almost Immediate) sad I have bees
well ever ahnce. "-lay. Thos. B. Bassen.
Secretary Holston Colts iso. and P. It.
of the Grapevine District, N. H. C..
Jonesboro, Teas.
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sulor, quick drying, brightest lustre.
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Nerds no 'Pete' here. always on bend.
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A IILANO( Of HOME AND 'Agri,
NOTa8 FOR 7111 FAIR IISA.
s,ymeiaaa. was* ale'--ats naetrwc ..
sed s -Tb• VMes /WLww. ,.
ndo gg,t •_5s.Ss 4 riwgwsstes* .
'111. aunt pttemise enenpwMoa m mac w mfr
set IM iu.ob 1 and patsy d u.
ser her the era o •.spstabtag ratter as
yy tet say.md .f ria fro.4 ad .Wigs
a1 • fJW ram!' tha5 as the •raiser
patiewl time oat elder. regarded it.
The. doss • post trews, lana spot
where aria Bn ►ad loss kalif b* Mr Iw
memorial; two scum srtabsd pests led
tbs smut ereaspwoa item winch the tau
moo kettle
laabang
. -.sal hew the snag
Aad bow tie re had ole glowed
and hew weird aid vYt Ib bn teeth
leg surface ..seed to the timid A
scala uauolase .f ware• Pahh
mensal the idol a awghbur er two
arse over Lem 1 . adjaaag farinitug ass t
r d the minty doss /.nog W '•Cor..
Tban tee. wig .orotbtpg fa.ciss
e►s.i 1M peat h.s kettle erthe lea -b
rite Its gs1J.a-In.wa ssa of pat rind
lye w wbtolt • 11.t ol ago •sal pita
.a aaltelg. "lf the hyo ell bear ap
i. se gated; df tt wult bear ar a past., 1
• 1.tter, was the aeo.pted dictum.
for proportasse ware three pallsd.. 1
iv• pailful of hyo. When the mut tur
ball up thick, n was ready to put In t
barrel and have rats water added to mi Nati
m w.. the rtgbt
lac old formula ion Set -ting up • lar
was ea follows. To sake • barrelful o
e.p. 't wtU regnira eve .r mI bwhelm o
.aha. with tour quarts of .tear hlrw; 1
Weiod double the quantity. The le
should not be pet at the bottom of
{art. but dlaodved a two en threw pail(
4 bphug water end tatted on fuse
she: a has roe • psilfal or two mf struts
• (l,r harm should hate bode. bored in
tet ons, sad be raised with four bricks; or
tarot without a bott..m will des, with's*.
.ami straw to keep the ashes in 1sla-s. atau.i
og on a wide Mansel, with a channel .-ut lo
.h. Ire to rets. Seek the ashes by pulls
up • little water at • tune for • day or two.
sed then a plias every lrur or two, until
:hr.tragth a eihau.led.
H talo Sour. Sri pusds of a•liw Ia, *1
pound. of grease, three and own -Werth
pounds of nnalackel lime, four gallow of
-uh ester. Neal the sorra, hem and water
:,,grtber twenty mucin, then remote frtuu
the store and let settle. When ileac, di
.e the liquid and add to the grove; per er
the stove asd buil until stringy. take it oft
a mot, add two mtucrs of oil of sassafras
am awl pour into earthen dishes. Wi i. It
e band, cwt into cakes and t sway W
Jr., if the .asp is partly of nutt.o, tat
lo.. sal has two oaaces of gip endo stirred
:a it, It a excellent for the toilet. tare
must be takee sot w allow say of the sol
asst b dram od whets eirtng the liquid
!roe the loos and salm-
tint. lira Client** Ctorrtes.- Ofteaatto5
al amm0wla. ono oases et motile soap. one
berth ounce each of ether, glycerine end
spirits of nitre, two and C*e-half hints of
raft water. Boil sant ropy mid aril -
-art hen dishes
H , ah from. now 14tvr So it*. Take elgh e
i.reafe ed soft soap, boil it two hours with
ul pounds of ee5N5ai salt, and it will sake
err poandm of hard asap. Add a little nein
ad scam with fragrant al
..Wiensoi • AND ('.Toms dear. -Ruin
the best whits wap as teas as potaibilr, aid
reek neer • slow Bre. Take it from the
deme, sad when lukewarm add 'sough oil
,f seaway to scent it Turn into melds.
.s•f let it retract 111 • dry' plate d..• or ax
tots
corms Sou is made by boiling , ooiwog
.4: Neap in 4mp-oel titres hours and a halt.
• �et.teU Stier,- Dike s ntartee of
. .nal of easel* slap. one mite of old
is.,r soap, a gill of lavender water, the
• of cologne water and • little alo.ketl.
• these together until thoroughly
- sJ.
Rtl.astat:r t%n Mt inns bole. --L) Ivo
sec, pi uads and • gases .f wbtte pat..k
m nor quarts of crater; Dix awl boil over a
Jew tire, with tea po.nb of b•yhery 1e�
Mw .a myrtle was, sial .. cu to Ms•p
1
Uwe sold a tarcwpf\il of cold sestet aid ba
mss 'mantes. Scent with any infract oil
sa.i turn m moulds l0 dry. Int it .taad to
m ld, a week or ten days, and futon remove
n It s ua.fwl for ehavttl/ ',c is 6001 lar
lapped hands
~'R !be!•. -''l' ut tan w1•ter
:s • lin... or treea kettle, .rid one bis d
u fou• rerw .i he. Whoa it a dtgr0itrmrl pet
ao15 of er bail acrd it
- r npprropy on flee ata k nmol for lir inf
1 Have in the b*rr.l awl lar hohtiog
wJ, twelve g.lkra of cold rain wirer; pow
hr soap from th. kettle oto the barrelo
water and stir brisk{� The
remit
e ilor t.un
5.:de Iighit eoloe.d p
des' ptirp,osee
Tbiap T1 M An TahNK.
?gamy f -•.time deist ie dict, all faathe
trrnitnre. sin wall. ixO0.t hung Phare
il.stt tord.d b.spaU�l for raitiexg ao'
"me W./was, ha dark lades for matrons.
\err ne sieh•it ilaseei.. staid Gar trio
arhalg ' ,00llr. gown. ursi. in thePhar• lai1
y
B' ick silk and cities ler Iptarts
smr 1 wick jest Mr ..5054 ss ur*iag
f^ dor.
Velvet haaqus, with skirt, sierra
mewsm
oat est Plain a atrIps,k,
,•nth. guo da -
Velvet ribbret trimmings. wits telvet Cp
..let., pewsiint wari.s or gtnlles, u racy a'
severally relied.
rows. natarew.
Ilwver lea_s`e ysgeTahln in the water all
they err enohSd.
11 ..nate•. bark s s iwkt.d areregdri
beet it will keep rot the warms
t'at.flap k better aid pckln &ler
yea prat • alit a1 btuserwdleh in for so.ti
iA. terries
In hotting 10,51 int scop does told wa
o . vtract this jailors, hat ,f the meat
wanteA fir tteelf aloe. put it iwto boli
water
11 dovghnwte nes t•.1 roll Inn hour k.1
they are Tried, to allow •• hese time
nuag, rhes w111 br much tighter. Try e
tag &t night awl frying in the resettling.
If the heads an raided on a seek
Wry attar ptn.li esasetse the •wall
M wanly t lotion. wry tr p"
0515.' w.Mr wiib.et slats t° eye
iasis
K. D.
And all other popular patent medicines at
F. JORDAN'S MEDICAL HALL.
w r i'tid r7ia�ri; i,
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PHEN IX LESSi v ze
For cleaning cottons and woollens, metal and Mi nk oras
rents, wooden articles. kitchen utensils, Na.
C -EO_ BARRY
TM ruminate Ih51r, le "Mae all kinds d fw'aftwre at the tweet pssolote WINS *i
wetl-kwwws feet that M
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Per emit Ile leek. lac WW11nsg It.daa•tskerof the town. 6abi.baa dw►7. W
Mad. He oho yahoo • s.eWb of Pieter. Premtnn. Give Nm •
rereit.,e dmwbse, aidyee doll sad net that M doss se he tlrP
elefeiri•;111,4WFiliaera' Fox Crash._
is tusking/0e wad as M their feast petrology he tees topesdee a
ser
GEO. BARRY,k Hamiltonwst
l a ■.tp Twang
Log am °ymtor..M.11 in year blabs
and it will p.. l the fevpn•tia01• e
eo the indds attracting
frtisies is 1{.511. It shoots he rhea
AlNa e el vemmli 'sail ether less-rseiredmat
ath
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s1 .l�n air Wee Moe e well war weOa awl sesa