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A .'JA1 JG U h R .O.F CAIN
•
A Novel of the Present Day.
Helen Langley caught her breath
at. the word, but she trade no other
Men of the fear In her own heart ;
else had determined to drive Cecile to
desperation, If possible -to have •
taste of "revenge" before she let her
tear ley.
"film you my (h11d ! Are you us
terly Mortimer she cried. "Let you
adopt her! Give my Mrd Into the
claws of a vulture! Yard. cruel se
yua aI do not wonder that God
tole insets you cblldisee-eon aro not
worthy to be a another -yon are not
aret.
said fiercely, Ito V totals- wortby the Weseedttee• of hearing
"No," she sa
7, " the patter of little feet In your house
err sick or dead, but he has forsaken -the music of 1reek young voices
around your hearth. or the tweeting
et Isere 11141. spirits for eternity. It
was worse than folly for one to cow
!to you ; I might have knows that
you would turn a deal 'ear to any
entreaties; i might have sparest m -
self tbe humiliation of asking ttid
from you.'.
'lee you might hive known; you
might have ware! yourself," wolfed
the proud woman ; yet even as the
aha towed not help gazing with
appreciation at the striking te>t11eHK
which the beautlfal young mother.
with her lovely babe clasped In her
arms. mane. as she stood. confront-
ing her sworn enemyy.� her face all
miter with indignation, sworn and
uumething of pity, while she poured
forth thee, bet..-anatherg.tratcds of
i•aimelit lib
Enough,' the geld, "1 shall never
bent to rue for a favor at your
bands again. 1 will thank you to give
me the addrees of my beatitude law•
yet-. and that, 1 will go."
"1 wilt not du even that," talc Heleu
Langley. with a glitter in her mid-
night eyes that was like that of a
serpent when it is ready to spring
upon its prey. "You have returned to
America without your husband ander
very ausplclous clrcumstancee ; you
have. by your own eonfession, accept-
ed both money from, and the atten-
texts of, a stranger ; your are entl-
tied to no part of my brother's In
come or fortune without his cement.
1 than sees. -your her Lug weeding., 1
thall ere pill my influence against
you -be has tired of your tamely pool-
ty face, your simple, babyish ways.
I told you that you could not keep
paie with ham intellectually, and
he has found, all too late, that ile
was board with fetters that be
could twat endure." •
"1)o you think that your on.ther--a
Montgomery -el whose peach, honor
and nubility you have Borg..�.
,..oltlr► herald thus .desert a •
maw leaving Iwr peunlless among
strangers, with the care of a little
child -ha chlild, too -and no friends
to whom she could go when she ar-
rived at the end of ber tourney ? Sure-
ly your ideas of Seatbern chivalry are
exalted, Indeed." Decile responded. 1n-
dlgnaetly and scornfully.
"Tamely pretty"-"baby'hb, " 1 n
Langley had called that glorbue'ly
beautiful woman confronting her ; but
even as site had saki 1t, her heart
was burning with a 1l!,ee jealousy
as site realised taw grandly /MP had
developed during her year of ab-
sence.
She
b-
stance-
Sbe was taller than when she went
away, exquddtely proportioned. with
features over which a sculptor would
rave, eyes that burned and flashed
with intelligence and thought, a
high -bred nor which proclaimed at
once the cultivated lady. and a self-
posenteou .which all the over bear-
itnc a and insolence of the proud wo-
man of the world could not shake,
She knew well enough that Y Bow-
an' had toted her when he married
her he must womb%) her now ; Int
even though she was wildly anxious
over the intettlgenoe which Cecile
had brought her concerning h4 toys
tertius- abee ere, she was deternln-
re to torture her by mock-
ing at her • grief, refuse ner alt
aid, and drive her Into a corner, to
tarry out a suddenly formed scheme
levee'. heart sank like lead in bar
boom at these terrible words -t 1s
almost, diabolical threat• the had
never dreamed but that the .oukl ap-
ply to iloward's lawyer see obtain
all the fund+ necessary for her main-
tYnance, and she hid that morning
reeolved that ebe would return at
once to Liverpool in search of her hue.
then btrvatge words so itlraagely ea- retiroUv'ely. as be w,roked his Mag.
gray bard. `what did you say pone
" What du yeti want 1" she asked husband's M. . wast" and he began
to M,uk wheal ter the card whirl the
had gime jtitrl,
aa • wired tee..
I am full af-
quaip wi1➢1' all ''"9�d es of
Iady'e-tslajd. I out Sew mealy ; I
can read well."
"Have you been la New. York flier
shoe I real Foe before?" Mrs.
Leiriay asked. and yet she *aide*
have told why she pat the questba.
No. *nay. I have beset in Kea
tacky • part d the time."
"In Kentucky I"
Mrs. Langley taught Iwr brdath as
ahs repeated the weeder.
Yee. bal/ay," t-) and the woman's
voice was Ilggid in its sweetness.
her rose glowed like heads of jet.
and a strange smile wreathed bet
I Ips.
The meaner* proud wile threw up
Ler head haughtily.
She wondered why she did not
tern the creetare oat u( doors 1n
stantly, bat sous potent influences
restrained her.
" Why do yuu addre.t rue r. famil-
iarly? Wby do you oumo to me
for employment 7" she demanded.
" Wby 4114 1 call you ' honey t' Be -
mom It came natural to me, 1 sup-
pose Why did 1 tome to you?' 1
hoe to go to some one nod ./ata -
AB •- Mew L•�ngley her
•aegrace.
ful •huulders as U to rid herself of
somas unpleaaat ceasation.
You can read, you say 1" she said,
changing the subject.
"Yes'm," the woman 'answered,
lookitg straight into the eyes bent
upon her, while her whole tame bard -
need. "f was once a slave, but 1 wee
very handsome, s i fared batter,
in
some respects, Oxen the most of
m
my race."
Helen Lsagley did not know, until
long afterward, the meaqing of those
shivers which ran down Ler spine as
this women spoke to and looked at
her so stratlgely.
.But it was may to see that she had
told the truth, for traoea of great
beauty still remained about ber,
while the language she used was
well cboaen, and ber whole appear-
ance tar above her class.
" Well, I teed no one now -I have
a maid," Helen replied, beginning to
be_parvous and an=ious to get rid of
her visitor.
If madam cannot hire me herself,
will aloe recommend me 1"
"Wow can I do that, when I know
nothing about your' But perhaps I
wdaillyse" nd you some sewing in a few
..
I have spent my last cent tot my
breakfast this morning," Selma avid,
briefly. '
Mr.. Langley thought a moment,
'tbpe'ooer fleas;wh ;whack
she tookvve leaa.eIters, and gave_ to
ber.
And she bad turned ber own bro-
ther's wife penniless from bet door,
giving unhesitatingly to a strasger,
of whose worthiness ebe was entirely
ignorant. }}
Selma took it with a low, "t`Iitnk
you," and turned as if to go.
But as she reached the door`sbe
looked back, saying with marked ene
phasie : v •
Madam, telive •1 Na 8--.stfiet,"
and then ahs disappeared. e
Helen Iangley lifted her hn•di and
preened them to her temples a the
door closed.
"What 11 it that haunts met d"
she said. with a look that was earnest
wild. "Why does my flesh shiver and
quake, before such a creature as theft
I cannot understand it."
".y.•w,•eoeelf Our own- • _- _ 7'plal4 .-tate'-wettlet' rtevete her life to,
"Too Dred not think to Imp'nee uF fusting him, and to solving tb mys-
eu the;' ebe retor3.tL' Beward has fee tery.of his absence.
oaken you.' But what to dko in the strait. In
"Do yon think belies no love for lila „wylcb she now fount herself idle did
eked?" Oecfle-lnestrepted, with gatv-,fn i know ; the felt utterly helplene.
ming lips end deleting nostril.. for ruin. beggary. sterol her lu th-'
"Of course he bas, bit what could a face.
man do. with a child of that age7
Qs 'wall probably ' allow you to
keep her until site ' f.-; year or
two order ; then he will come
and take her and give her the ndvan-
- tagee wh.eh it is proper that the
daughter of a Montgomery should re-
ceive.' was the heartless response.
(keit drew herself up haughtily, her
sapphire eyes blazlag, her whole
form dilating with a sense of out•
raged pride:
Helen Leeway." she mild, " your
own heart tells you that you Are
utteringthe grottiest falsehoods. You
do not lieve that my husband has
forsaken me -you are only saying It
to torture me, and you are actuated
by the same spirit which prompted
you to write me that malicious note
on the day that f sailed for Europe
with Howard. But although I know
tdoeinnyiT I hare not Ewen deserted, that
not alter the feet that i am
here alone. friendless and almost pen -
■ Iles. I came to you believing, for
the sake of the love yon have always
profaned for your brother, that you
would not refiner to aid me until I
nan apply to This lawyer cor the fund"
that 1 need. Howard hall our t:okete
with his when he left the steamer,
and I was obliged to borrow the
money to pay our plunge from an
entire stranger."
" And who may this stranger the
who was .n kind as to befrleed you in
your destitution 7" demanded Mn.
Langley. bending a searching gase
upon her.
A Dr. Mortimer, of Ban Premise*
-a most noble, kind-hearted gentle -
,
man."
" Indeed ! and has this , noble, kind-
hearted gentleman' a family of hilt
own 7" Helen Langley asked mock-
, ingly.
Oecla fltyhya crimson.
'- 1 do not know,'• she answered
cokdly ; " I L ver not even asked him ;
I have been miserable from my
own troubles to inqulre into the af•
fain of others. But that is neither
here nor there. I need money to
Dance) my indebtedness to Iiim, wad
for other necessitlee. Hurley you will
loam it to me until I can nor Howard'.
lawyer r'
betel, I will not loan you a dollar 1'
Mrs. Langley answered, excitedly.
" Helen I It cannot be possible that
you will nee your brother's wife in
such a Krait as this nod refuse her
all assistance 7" ('ogle returnai, In
aatcmishment at her hartleeeness,
and growing pale at the thought of
her extremity.
' Listen to me." Mrs. Langley akt,
tending nearer, and *peaking in a low,
fame tone. "I will not help you M
the least; i will do ndthing for you;
if yon were starving) I would not give
you a cruet. You defied me once; I
never have forgiven 1t; I never will
-forget► 11 .. tllgw-dew **fT pay the
penalty.'
Cecile gaud lei her, blank amaze-
ment depicted on her lovely counter-
aWr.
But i hnve nowhere to go; merely
you will not refuse me and my child
it shelter for n few days 7" she said.
�humm ling her pride for the sake of
Vet even a shelter," was the cokl
• resg.nnee.
Then 1 shall appeal to (101. Lang-
ley." chme
d. md, decidedly, fol she
tel(:e
t that she wax utterly helpless with-
out Mime amatatenee.
A low. mooting laagh rang throne*
the"se..ea -,'ken °ward.. .
" Surely yon cannot 1e very well
acgnalntel with any h.ushnnd," helm
said. "Col. Langley always] Ions done,
a0d nlwaye will de, exasty as I whet.
Bert," alit added. changing Mr man
ner and coatinga wistful look at the
lately baby, who wax crowing merrily
in Martha's erns. "I will tell you
what i will gin, Cecil, t will take
your teak!. I will do anything fori her ;
adopt her as the own, and give her
every luxury nett? Howard returnee,
abet. with that burden off your mind.
you ewe easily find soneehing t., do
to tate ears of yonr..lf."
That b rrefe4 ref her rntnd.
Melte tented upon her, all her merit
basing forth at the erupt, heartless
worts-Ilght(ng her eyes, finishing her
-alrewta, melting her red lips with
.corn and et -attempt, until she wan per -
featly teaseling In her panic twenty,
It., Insetted motherhmd.
For a mme
'ent mita did not speak ;
Ise? look0 alone expressed the feelings
thee were merging within her.
Tee with sewltl, gement et insbe
Mealed the room to Martha's side.
tame M41p In has ateeseueste stothstagi
tsar 6o bar emcee MM a pa to �imt !rant firm ter Ire ynn.'.
pita* tie *erase *gala 141 fisc, t$elem Lallgi.y shivered slightly at
But -the would not nllow the wTcli ,
triumphant woman before her to
its how utterly despairing the w...
the should not thus trample upon her
and then gloat over her destitution
and misery.
"Very well," she -sold. preoudly, cold.
ly.
old-
ly, "of course there aro others who
kuow who Howard'. lawyer is. and
I than be obegel to apply elsewhere
for the information I desire. But,
Helen Langley, there will yet come a
day when you will remember the In-
terview of the+ morning with deepest
regret. You Imagine, perhaps th tt
you can ern* ante but -you cannot
do it. and you w111 live to realize that
fact In more renes then one ; you
will find that a Vavanour 1s a match
for a Montgomery. Come, Martha."
Without waiting for any reply,
without deigning even n backwan1
glance, Cecile walked proudly from
that gorgeous apartment. followed
by her wondering aervant.
Straight down to her earrlage she
went with the step of an outraged
queen. baby i)aisy still clasped close
In her arm*, as if the feared to let
her go. lest the should be suddenly
stereo! away by some evil Influence.
Ilut the Interview had been a very
trying one to her, and her face was
white and drawn en the mink upon
the Lott cuahlons of the carriage and
allowed Martha et take the little
one from her.
"Where to?" the driver inquired. po-
litely touching his cap, and wonder-
hwhat made that beautiful face no
colorlea* and and.
"Back to the Ht. Nkcholaa." she saki,
In a hard, stralued tone, and uttered
no other worth during the long drive.
"Lady, will you give me empkby.
meat t"
Helen Langley wan standing just
where Cecile had left her.
Her head wvue bowed. her face dark
with anger and pale with fear,
while she seemed lost in troubled
thought.
She had been terribly moved by
emetic's story. for she saw at once
how very strange It would be for
her brother to leave his wife In touch
a way, without Instantly' wending
her some. word by cable as to the
rause of Itle detention. or following
her Immediately on the next steam-
er, if he were living and well.
It troubled her greatly, but her
cunning brain lied at once eel.ed
upon the cirrumatance as an arrow
which she could hurl at (7eclle's
heart, and she would willingly do
nnythtag 1n ire able to .sow dimem
ebon between these two -to part
them, 1f poaihle, and then gain her
Paint and gratify her thiret for re-
venge upon tin girl who had dared
to thwart her h7 m irrying her bro-
ther.
-DK as soon as Cecile was gone,
her affection for Howard overcame
all other fe•elinge, and she stood
troubled and anxbone thinking what
Me could db in the matter,
(Yue started violently as the above
wort% were breathed In low, nm'.nth
Gene., almost in ber ear ; and turn -
Ing quickly, she grew paler than be•
fore, as she Instantly recognized the
Intruder.
It was ILelma-flat same tall,
ortati.cxne octoroon whom she had
seem for the fleet and only time on
that clay of her last interview with
(Arne, and the coincidence. mane -
bow. merle her feel very uoaomfort-
abe.
The woman named more and and
wan thin whc find then, and else
distend with her eyes fixed upon the
brilliant woman before her with n
dart of paUathr evptneelnn.
"IIow crime you hero? Who ad
matte. yen 7" Mee Langley demand-
ed, haughtily, ns She recovered some-
what front her ewrpriee.
"No ane (Omitted wee. Indy. I
ase yon throat)] the window. The
lady she Joest went out left the
door ajar, add naw yea ware good to
ate ono, before, i made bold to coma
retarnad Mae wentell. tlnm
1dy,
"1 donee may yon had made bold.
Are you in the habit of sintering
inoses b 111 Is way 7' Mrs. Langley
gesetkined. person ll
llst*ali eyes flashed, an
gbe. form as
to her sheet. eelsend
w ber fors proudly erect es
U she had been tom Interrogator's
equal.
"Ho." Obi mkt, as she hent • pees -
liar gleaeeupon leer eosspastows
' hie- uhiailt astir t cogged
She Mw hit was somewhat
trustful of ker. alld the 411 not *ca-
ter et It and i.d` of tW feett. Meet rIC� :+carr :
bey pride tufo her pati Tie tort it *4net6. bad taw thlwesst
YoatBtsoery," hhe anawend. radriag:1411.4624,a044.6.7stmtthelbteadaatIirU(1 nn Meta the deptrtsies*
' Ye.. H. leoatgcnuery,', themer-narde.hsi (laltraatl tmree.easg Mt -
chant read. having found hes-int three. *t stamped duvet
lie started and lo .Iced at her toes- 4>r or tbrelp. ooeth irros .till (extent
for
will, however, oprYnne wvallshle for
o. cannot peau that yea ane si anga or may toe exohattged
Yrs. Howard Montg.nttery t" he ex• F Pd! floe at thMr full iso,.
claimed, ainallisMd value fur stasq o/ uHnor d
Yea. tlMr.' Gila an.were t. 411.1 a bard, ►tomUintlwta epipr e>< Lhe dulueatic
dry wail* she i ou 1 nut repress Lhe nl sr• Preeorlbcd ky
spy rs►teo
brob from Our lips-
"Med
ips-
to 1. lith I� UR1oa. Ir abash Jy10
Aad yeoa erste. Cecile %armour be- ut tans or�ns tae 3b!1141 /
fore you were married e' he pontln is rT tw0asnt pestle ool-
ued, le a greetle, pitying vdee. m� M e +la LIN .t. wit l
She bowed iter ead la armee. her eaP01y OR NRaO eahtusWd This w1I1
eye, growtsg wild with tits pain rhe be *flan ties 10th Jaly. 181)9. Thers>
was suffering and these lielt.soatrol nitro W4111100emsnt wti1 Lrue two
Mir-
th, was pg to exerclae- cat etaaM to 100 find. hrivetPro sur-
Excgae gio Queat'.o:lit erose they �w Wmu*at W uttleeoenwo t utampe 11
sump path thy."1 hs Bald la doses ut vol, ItUTV tree ui the i of the de-
syuupaetna I hut not heart of your ,artment, and as sono an the supply
herr•avedneat; I ktaew twothlog cf the 1 PD 7
circumstance! of your marriage and of ouch surcharged threes Is cxhaustd
-your father ones did me a favor, the Isiue of two -cent stamps 1n rd
bet t Vying Mase, whtee 1 that never will Legh. The surcharged stamp will
�g1101111rneeeet de .m'ash`ie. a j* Mli+ihftrl(i- to oolimasteen as amomf a:
as be ase *OM lovely lips quiver. "1 Postage stamps. and 1a reeogulzcd as
will du anythlag I can to help you. of that denombuattlon. Postmasters
Let 1be see your laces, please." are requested to exchange, as above
1101)., glad of any change thti mentioned. all unused three -cent tettr-
woald keep hear !rum breaking utter- Carle. titres-eaut stamped envelops
ly down In her pretence. as the telt and three -cent stamps whigit may be
that the sboald do 11 he wear on' .n efferra them to bentehangotil for other
that klndiy strain muck loserer.lin. po/iage stamps of an Moa1 value.
folded her and toot tat two 7�rtmapters who, as a result of such
w, -sized eicharaje, may fled the Lhrawelt
ng povere of them. she 414- stamps, etc-. maalaWe,ars at tlberty
played tressares Inde d -a shawl of In the case of an ncc unt!ng poub of-
ftneat point Igoe, melt ae wee not flee to send them direct to the depart -
often leen
epart-
ofteniteen even In extravagant New went for credit; and in the came of a
York ; fiche; edlarr, flounces, bend- Itonmecouiating s-*t-of(ke, to send
kerchiefs, and 'aria of the most ds- them to the city peetofflee from
[irate etigfng; of variosepatterns which it obtalris its .0 piles, smiting,and wadi a he lieu or thine retuned. other stamps
It was a eotfectkst such as oaly an to an equal value. I4stmastere must
unlimited pares could buy, and the distinctly uttderetaud that the ex -
1004 pergaet mime.n� �Itsve change of Rgt�nnps herein permitted sp-
y. plies only to the three-oeut letter -card,
that thee. br-envelop,.aaoeher woman In New the three•oent etamod envelop,. and
York d age alio can boast of the three -newt postage stamp.
latae like tl♦a/a, lir. Minoan mkt. in
aetoeieh rs/t. and waxing with in DALL3Y'S FAMILY SAM
tetu7e appreelaMoa upon the beaatl
ful thLigs truss ktm.
Cecile 01 4.
PhD TWO MINT &TAMP/
WMU be awned sad the Red Threes
Itedaeaed.
The I ice Doparttusot luta Ise
seed 4Ua motive. l)w1q� o
*10 Ito dam atb tablas
CHAPTER IX. •d
A Great Burden Lifted,
When Cecile reached the St. Nicho-
las ■gain, atter her interview frith
her husband's sister, she retired at
once to her bedroom, where she re-
mained alone for more than an hour,
and no one saveherself and God ever
knew bow thainterval of time was
spent.
When she ,reappeared, Martha,
whose own heart was nearly ready to
break with sympathy for ber mistress,
involuntarily uttered a low cry at the
change in her.
It was as it she had taught some
terrible battle, coming forth from the
ordeal weak, exhausted, and with the
look of one ten years older.
But there was an expression of firth
resolve about her small mouth, and a
steadfast purpose in her dark blue
eyes.
She was no longer the petted darl-
ing at an idolising husband, whose
only thought was to shield her from
every ears and sorrow, who was al-
ways planning some pleasant sur-
prise for ber-wardething to make
each new day brighter than the last.
She was a lonely, sorrowful woman
with the burden of a great grief
crushing ber almost to the earth, and
with the stern fact staring ber in
the face that upon her depended the
support of herself and her child -upon
her, who had never performed an
hour's real labor in her life 1
"I em going out again for a little
while, Martha," she said, quietly, "and
if Dr. Mortimer should call you will
say to him that I ahould like to see
him this evening, if he will be at
liberty."
Yes'm," the girl anaweree, the
tears starting to her honest eyes at
the hopeless tone in which her ma -
trees spoke.
Cecile eitoope I to klae her babe, *h'o
laywent sleepingos.;. on the soon. and then
In her kande she carried n box and
a package.
810 went directly to a large estab•
Iiehment. where all kinds of fancy
goodie for ladle+ were kept for 'sale,
and where the used to trade nems
!onmlty In -iter palmier dayt.
She asked to see the proprietor and
wan shown into a prf vote room, where
an ekierly, pleasant -faced gentleman
sat reading n newspaper.
elle ern -et and bowed politely its ahs
entered, raeogn1hng itt once the fact
that he Mold In the presence of a
lady.
Ceche sere him liar card.
"I have upon , a strange or
rand, perhaps." the Met. entering at
ranee upon the object of ler visit,
"and If you nannot help els yourself,
'you may at Irma be able to direct
me to some one whom you think will
de ace."
"Pray be givo,t, madam."�a
therein meta etti sl and Titli�a1-
ly amrarte.l by that beantife!, bleb -
brei face, with Iry mournful eyes
and quivering Ilea
Fie waw at once that abr. wan 1n
cotta deep trouble, and he powwow('
one et theme rich, generone natures
that are alwa s ready to reach ant
a helping hen,1 to the needy.
Ile wheeled a elver forward for
her •s its spoke.
Thank you," Carne mid. and sank
wearily Into It.
Theerteltement of the morning had
rowdy sxhanetef her strength
"I hankie* returned frost gMes�i-
sha remised, atter it inewneat,-"wbave
1 have been travelling for mors than
a year 4th my hnshanli-1 was
an nafortnnatA am to low.. him jest
before a*ltlng, and f fled myself end -
dimly reelnnsd to the ne•asrtty of doing
rrxn.thlrag for my own and my chart's
espport I haus no Mende--1have
So tenney, hat i have nr•e eery
be*ntifel foreign treadmree wblols
my hnehanl penetrated for IN tvb1).
we wore away. I bays among outer
tbtng. fame vv lea wbltgl 1
tt r nlgtft
to 70..asyse 4. I t gl ob lata.
Mat-- rsvaarltnd the gsatiensaa.
There certainly wen not a woman
in New Teck at 11ut moment who
would glory lass in the possession of
them.
Howard would purohase them for
her ; aha bad not oared for w many
nor suck most( srtictes ; but nothing
was too beautiful or expensive for his
fle.r,l7r .tee poured eat- JIM
money lite water for her.
Do you know the cost of all
theme 1" the merchant inquired, after
another half-hour spend in examin-
ing them.
The price Is marked on each piece
in francs; you can easily estimate i1,"
Cecile anewered-
The gentleman took down the fig-
ures and added them.
"Mrs. Montgomery, I find them
worth a trifle under fifteen hundred
dollars," he maid, "and the primes com-
pare very favorable with those which
we have been paying at wholesale,
and we import all oar own laces, you
know."
' I know that they cod a great
deal," Cecile replied, with another
sigh, and thinking bow much good
fifteen hundred dollars would do
her just now ; but she did not dream
of realizing anything like whist the
laces were worth.
Mr. Simons noted the sigh and
surmised its cause, and his generous
heart was filled with sympathy for
her.
I will tell you what I will" he
said, atter thinking awhile. ' My
daughter is about to be married, and
doubtless expects something hand-
some in a peternal way. Bbe shall
not be dimappointed. The shawl, floun-
ces, handkerchiefs, and this piece of
edging I will take for ber, paying
you outright for them. The remain-
der, with your permission, i will put
into my salesroom, and allow you
whatever they may bring."
"Oh 1 air, you are too kind ; I did
not expert -I shall be more than sat-
isfied with just what they cost," Ce-
cile faltered, nearly joeing her self-
oostrol again at !hie -unexpected kind -
nem.
Mr. Simone smiled with a kindly
gleam is his eyes.
1 am afraid that it we all did
business in that way we should not
make much progreen financially," he
said.
He Olen- arose and went to his
desk and counted out a roll of hille,
which he brought ,and handed to
her.
There are eight hundred and
twenty-five dollars -the price of my
daughter's wedding finery, and now
I will give you a memorandum of what
remains, and you shall have what
they bring as fast the are sold."
Hle ant down, turning back to
her, ace that she need sot think he
noticed the great tears that were
rolling down her cheeks.
(T1s be t7eatlaasd.)
Dearness Clamps be Oared
Br local applications as they cannot
reach the Meowed portion of thenar.
There 1. only ooe way to cure time
nssa, and that 1. by constitutional
remedies. Deafness Is canoed by an
Inflamed condition of the mucous lin.
lag at the Eustachian Tubs. Whoa'
tale tete r Inflamedou have et rum-
bas'', sound or imperfect bearing, and
wise, 1t Is entirely closed, Deafness
1• the result, and erten the inflam-
mation can t* taken out and this
tube restored to its normal eondttlon,
hearing will be destroyed Meyer ;
aka cases out of ten are canned by
Catarrh, which 1s rutll'ing but an
Inflamed condition of the mucous awe
faces.
We will give One R,mdeed Dollars
for any cam of Deafnese (canned by
catarrh) that cannot t* cured by
Hall's Catarrh Care. Bend for clr-
onlan, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Tolelo.O.
Sold by drnggata, 76e.
Hall's Family P111. are the beet.
cures insect bits' and reams
tilt, pain at once. Price 10 eta
Ile Women There.
There is only one territory, and
never has been but ooe, oreupied 117
any 000stderable population from
wklrb woman Is •brolutely excladrd.
The Owe has existed for centuries.
db•...fas• - task as Meter/ auaehsa se
all tamales It utas been forbidden
ground.
This bachelors' Arcadia t+ situated
on a' told plateau between the old
peninsula of Acte, in the Greet& Ar-
chipelago and the mainland. here,
lo the midst of cultivated fielda and
extents* wool lands, dwell. • monas-
tic coniederntion of Oreek Christ-
iana, punnering more than seven
thousand soots, and not one of the
monasteries dates from a later time
than the twelfth oentury-
A few soldiers guard the borders of
tkts
mal -female lard. and no woman
is allowed to cross the frontier. Nor
ie tide all. The rule la extended to
every asaale creature, and from tame
aler=1 no cow, mare, hen, duck
illhas been permitted to make
aegytitemee with this territory .-
WtasanY Life.
klaaLek, June 1I, 1107.
C. C. Richards & Oa
Dear Sirs,-MINARIYS LINIMENT
is my remedy for NEURALGIA.
1t celi'vea at oboe.
A. S. McDonald.
an Ancient Tree Dying.
.The "eagle tree" of East Morirhea,
Long Island, an oak oenturies old, is
maid to Ise dying. It had been occupied
by a pair of bald -beaded eagles sines
the end of the last century, whether
the ape pale all the time In nob erre,
but aunh is the belief. The building
of a railroad 100 yarda from the tree
drove them away awhile, but in 1887
they rs'turned and the houaehold was
maintained until a hunter wounded
the male eagle so badly that he died
at the foot of the tee which was his
home.
01ngli.h Women's Jewels.
Anemia the wonderful collections of
jewels owned by English women, tbe
Baronets Barlett-(7outta unique set
of sapphires is celebrated ; the March -
ionises of Bath's necklace of black
pearls is estimated as worth 3600,-
000, and the Mame of Wenhmin.ter's
Norma diammed at nearly $100,000.
The Primrose of Wales has a beauti-
ful necklace, which she always wears
on state or gala occasion.
When your bunkum beromne irk-
rmme sad distasteful. yeti are net
?tell. MUMr'/ (kompatnd iron Palle
will mallet( 11 et pk'ewnr@ to nasal
to bmls.ees.
Why Tour Owns Ache.
Ple feel their corns ache and
then rheumatic when rainy
weather is at band because of the
dampness of the atmonpbere tepee the
body which causes a temporary distur-
bance of the ayatem. All general dis-
turbanore of the body manifest them-
selves in thane parts which are in a
morbid .tate-aa in a corn, a rheuma-
tic bone or a decayed tooth.
¥inard'e Liaimeat is the best
The Oapltal err Holland.
l retired Itnendraper went into an
/he Wades TOILEngllth school one day and began
Nthwebeetellt A ustrating the reticence putting the srirtthythrough an ex.,f IM�hf+'artlr teaser leek ~ f e 0tie ptlilig cept}ai of 'Oil:e n�1?"
affairs was told by Ian Maclaren when be asked.
In Boston. A train waa at a railroad "Capital H I" wax the crashing re
statlos when • porter pat his head joinMle trill the smart boy of the
into a car and called oat : rh•eer.
"Anyone in this ear for Daunt
Change for Doan 1 Anyone for Donn!" INC/LISP( ARMY BLAMING
No one moved, and in a few minute.
the train was speeding akag, net to is used by the military depot•,
moll agaan for nearly an Mar. Then
an old Mooch woman turned to e
lady sitting near ber aid old :
"I'n for Dote, tet re no tell that
rasa so."
arm Whim»
Maki g ?eonbl..
"Mamma and I aro not on speak
Ing terms."
How dlatrw.Nng."
"Aho wont anti told Harry that i
trimmed all my own hats Wore we
r.
were tharele
New IUs for a enamor; Miller's
q®potted iron Pills.
9'M et Would KIWI- worn
r hoed o
ear (+aea� worn s else fray
email, bake • r ahem -Chle gvr
pard.
It tamed A**tray 1a Heaven.
An old March nomher died, of
whom goodness there+ wax some
gneatlon, hat who was regarded as
a pillar by the minor, who potted
en the chalet window s notice In
these weeds: Brother John/win
departed for Maven at 4.80 the,
et m.," and an ouened the 'morel.
Underneath thea aoesbode tacked a
telegraph bank, with these warder
" Heaven. 9.40 p. s. Johnna not
yet arrived. ((reit anzlsty."-
Pittsburg f1.mo •ret
A dna .f Miner Worna Powder.
revani *ally w111 keep taw children
romithy.
tsar
Our had qupalities we always In-
herit eke good orese we make ner
salvia
MOT VP TOMB Titania. 18SU t 1�o 30 1899
01ammer /tries *sgbhea it Walst ""'C=
and Prover Maas- We. sang to
t3►anmslr earns all spulre • wall
Est figure and a tiro eertiage. The
mast s�oott droop 1* liaa mead
'Mutsu brad ale >
be held la their place or the smooth
tlttlas .tklrta wall sot have any style.
♦ blame dotter said Teats ago. "11
yea bed the Nan la you will natur-
ally oarry the whole body well," but
door ratios proves that a rigid waist
w/11 do this wart ter better. It a wo-
man wean wrens she probably has
a tired baling at tbe waist and
breaks" just there, "Mat Is, if she
has were *,retia snug for many Tan.
(1r, it she has teem them ay and
joined the health Mired* ie Is very
dimly weak Item weal. of proper se -
steins to toughen the ligaments
w b have so long depended up
sleds on nand Jaen. The Ilembar, sixteenth -
el sod thorax mammies are flabby and
atelopbled std all the tailor built sults
is Gotham wild not set them to, again.
Moral euutrage and will power are
also useless here. Proper exercise, fol -
;owed by massage with cocoa butter
or olive d!, will restore strength; bu.1
it talons rix moat*, working twenty
mins/,es a day, to change inial a limp
donde to a .traigbd. g
*111t tssd west- and robes. tb
aboulders and arms up and back,
breathing deiep.y after each move.
meat ; then band forward, trying to
touch the f.er with the finger lips
lied with stilt knees. Bead from side
to aide and twist the trunk slow l y
Arum date to aide. Rest a little while
and thea Ye flat on 1aa heater the
(bast and raise the feet upward, a
wort of slow backward kick. T'hla
strengthens the :ower =moles of the
abdomen. Tura on the back and raise
the Lep slowly, first one at • time,
then both together. This is very bene-
ficial, 50* only if done slowly, as it
is very severe.
These mesvwatw eeoh fsectimid 10
tines inlay, or even twice a day, win
improvep Doe's figure so much that
one cad, like the interesting hareems
in the newels, "weer a calico dregs
litre a queen," end tatty will hring
good health.
Biaard's Liniment** but Bair Yegtord
Up and Down Peseta
" ('p -and -down" effects are oot.ec-
able lit some a( flu new fancy wast,
welter being p'.cked up by the half -
(Mien to put In the tray of the sum
mer glut's trunk. The stripe of inser-
t on (five across the cheat) run
*relight, up and down from throat to
wale*. and tufa . In the V shape, as
earlier In the season. This arrange-
rw•at<.Jtalps..iC..make ons lock
waisted and slender. .another waist
has a single hand of laoe 'insertion
anter the thin, going straight down
the fewit. A frill of edge ino•• that
matches i■ falkd on, on both oldie
of the insertowu. This hooka like n
frilbd shirt front, as. Indeed. It 1,
Ilia heft which launder well. Another
Male of shirt waist is of rose 1duk
linen. 1 triple box pleat new straight
down the (meat. Thi. Is deoornt.vl
w.th mall pearl buttons, he groups]
or nine, arranged at Intanaa for
about half the distance from throat
to wain. The buttes are newel to
the central broad pleat.
My rwrrousneas has left the enlIre•
ly as a remit of taking Mlller'n
temiasind. Iron falls.
How Beers Women Order Gowns
"The way tome women order cloth,er
le simply appalling," exclaim/et a fash-
ionable woman recently. Wand It
nukes 1t hank on the rest of us who
have molerete puree.. I went 1nseay
dre.smaker'■ the other day and
found her time and attentka com-
pletely
om-pletely taken up by a smartlye
dreamed
person who waa looking over the
French models 'l w111 take that, and
that, and that.' .he deckled, without
even asking (or 4he price, as one love•
ly .+onfectken after another was
brought out for her approval.
I was too much entertained by ale
exhibition to mind waiting, eu 1 at
patently 1111 milady took her Ar-
parture.
You have at gond customer." 1 said
to the dreemaker, when ebe at last
turned her attention to me.
"Ah I" she exclalseed, "I have few
customers like that. She ordered ten
costumes this morning and never ask-
ed the price."
"1 am simply exhausted," .senplaln
el a New York women pot long ago.
"I have quite overworked myself and
must positively take a res."
"Why. what has a butterfly like
los to db 7" queried box huseband,
*optically.
"Oh. Jack (very reproachfully)! You
do not realise bow much 1 have to
do Take
yesterday. for instance. t
tried on 21 dream. Now, If that Is
tio4 moral to ere one out, I should
like to know what to You men have no
eoneeptinu of what a womana work
rally la"
DALLIY'S FAMILY
or LIOSB PILLS
ars painless and (banal.
Price 10 oats.
A Duro Ok,. for Pr.okles
A Keneaa girl meet n dollar to a
smart New York man for a "sure cure
for freckles." Thea la what elle got:
'Remove the freckle* carefully with a
pocket -trite ; soak then over night
In salt water; then hang op in the
snake house to a good .Leong .mote
made of newdost and slippery nam bark
for a week. Freakkss thaw treated
never fell to he thoroughly cured" -
Cherry Creek New*
Mr. Campbell Reeves, of Montreal.
het purchased a controlling Iatereet
In the Ittngstst. ieoosotive Yspee�hsa
With the exception of law erg
mnM'Ienee doses not make cowards of
to all.
W aro the chil-
yell?this sunkeO
'AA inky doiQQ '
o they
get all the benefit they
should from their food?
Are their cheeks and lips
of good colorP And are
they hearty and robust In
evetey y?
If norat, then give them
$aott's Emulsion
off cod liver oil with hypo
p.w.rpbila.
1t never fails to build
up delicate boys and girls.
It gives them more flesh
N
d better blood, at is juat so Wills the
baby also. A little Scott',
Emulsion, three or four
times * will mate
the thin barosbyperousp plumand
, It
furnishes the
loung body with
ust the material
necessary for
growing bones
and nerves.
All Druggists. i.e. and S.
bra, r It Mew vs C •. 1,. -.use
MOT WSATMM* Poops.
Tbb is a ?chis tar Light lhauous am
Onetime Ilona
Tatting A haat anent oar army',
experience. re crun pas
to avoki pro• heavy ratan., for
the Maar lllai MI* Both h) glee.
and Illingideratiote. ,rug.
Esc that 114. tMrbettng .11(117 gee
plenty of fresh vegetablca null trete-
of (reset fish and poultry and ,•'ggpp
end 1nthL dasserla rather than, g►q
heavy totals a beef and autt,.n and -
innumerable steaks, or ham. It ls
wasteful ea (tad jbs earner 15,4*
table (Iowa with roasts of meat we
do not maks* so snob heathy
food In saaaer v t• winter, and''
although lnvalkb or delicate chat
min or mavalMosats require beim/
ep. tie. rept of the female 4. well
,atilb•u legate dieter. ' se goons tole
deciders sad neanehtag People
who turn slab own Iron n meet
diet In midwaaar *joy the ,iHt
oately•llsvoee4 beef Mum, nol.l to
' potage," sitar edam and brats
innumerable *dish 't -good roue •'as
turn ant.
Ant* _ Mita Women
To rad able advertisele t and
then give Putman'. l eelllw. 1q..
Extractor a trial. it nes.•r falls
to cure. .\ eta In twwatYlo.ur Mars
and tames neither pain nor .11r"mm.
fort. Putoam'. (hen Eztract..r n.
tracts coma. It 1. teas best.
People who eet awake taw wee
always act a. If some other mrmher
of the family owed them money,*
Emma Carleton.
Popular because they are Right.
DAI04EY's
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TELEGRAPH MATCHES-
FIRST
In 1851. FOREMOST in 180ft
The MOST of the REST MTCM 111 Ft
for the Least 'Money.
OOVNT THEM FOR YONR$*LF Ano as
J. J. VIPONW"&O
Fruit and Prod,jce Oarnmtssion Merchants,
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