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A DAUGHTER OF CAIN
A Novel of the Present Day.
•' 1 don't know, who, only 1 tenet..^'. Oaliforaia to see for soma; do you
Min the bot that you gave her a. tLiak I foetid bear to meet het w
we Brad a, that abs mart the wee of another 1 I tell you It
Pa 7 W would kill in. outrigeht."
'Kane one whom you had onus He arose and mood the floor with'
wild, uneven steps, staggering aG
most like a &uuken men in kis excite-
ment at the thought.
"Yoe say I Mall be crass," he went
on. "Y I remain this way long. I
know it, but 1 sometimes think that
would kis better than the existence
I now lad. 1 ethsru!d not perhaps
realise my winery so keenly. What
shell I do. Anthony ?" be cried, his
voice rising to a wall. like the wild
in a tempest. " Every hour that-?
live only serves to make me mire
wretched. I 'suppose some would
tell me to go and claim my wife
-that she is mine In the sight of
the taw. -that ebe could be no
other aas'a wile white 1 Itpe, ,tad
L could eesDet far to return ''WO`
we U 1 otiose. I know all this, but
every instinct within me revolts
from such a proceeding. If she has
voluntarily given herself to an
other. she could never be the same
to me again ; yet I long for ber
with a yearning that is consuming
my tory life. No. I shall do emb-
lem. f shall never even oblate a
divorce. I will live and die fat h-
ful to my vows to her, whatever
e be may have done. If my b4by
had lived, perbape I might hive
thought differently, for I ebopld
bare wanted bar. But It 4 better
se tt le" be added with a elgh
that was almost a bob; " ber
mother could not have borne to part
with her, and there would here
been more trouble for us on that sc-
couut. Wee tbere ever a life so
strangely cursed se mina An•
thony 1" he asked. in conclusion.
" 1 do not believe there ever wan,"
be answered, with a trembled face.
" What shall I do -where shall I
go to bury my misery r Prescribe
something U you can for me ; a
Lethe-obllviai-an ything W rash
this gnawing. devouring pain."
Howard plodded almostkelpie sly.
for he was fart losing strength to
endure.
And .George Anthony. looking et
blur with pitying. tearful eyes. aid
r .
n-Aliveneuel. Aix an. the .life I., ,Aiwa
never telt No utterly powerless be-
fore a human being as I do before
you. Your trouble is one whlcb
only (Pod can owe."
"God!" tie unhappy wan repeat-
ed. a blank hook wteerling over his
face, and Speaking in a startled
tone; " I believe that I have ac4 W-
ally forgotten that there b a toad "'
"Remember. my friend, that tie
hes' aid: • When thou passreth
through the waters. I will be wI.b
Uwe ; and through the rivers, they
shall not overflow thee ; when thou
walbeet through the fire tbon ehslt
not be burned. neither 'ball the
flame kindle upon thee.• "
George Anthony repeated this in a
gentle. reverend voice, and Howard
Montgomery bowed his head in hu-
mility send oontrltlon before the mild
reproof.
,Ile head. indeed. forgotten that
there waa One above who ruled all
things; he had forgotten everything
ave his own trouble and pain.
He fled been retrainee against his
Father, smiting bast' the hand that
www chastening him. perhaps for his
own good. and he wan .trloken with
remorse for his leek of faith and
trust.
George Anthony, seeing that he
had stirred better thoughts within
him, arose and went gal•tly out.
laving him abase with One whore
healing power wee far greater than
that of my earthly comforter.
Go to California, and nee for your-
self.
The idea wag utterly repulsive to
Howard. and U any one ave Oeor'ge
Anthony -his sister. even -had pro-
posed
roposed web a thing to him. be would
havo Indignantly rejected It on the
▪ B• ut the worts haunted him coa-
tlnnally ; night and daythey were
oonatantly rat ng In ht are. Go
when be would, employ lenient ear
ha would. in reading, writing. sleep
lug or waking, it was always the
arae, •'Oo to Catifor"nla, and see for
your.el f."
A sprit of fierce entagonlsm took
of him ; be beoame angry.
rrttable and nervone In conerquenoe
of It.
"I will not go." he relteratei again
and again ; and when at length his
Mater proposed a trip to Saratoga be
readily acceded to It, hoping thug
amid new moaner to rid Moroi( of
that haunting thought. and .o to
Saratoga they went.
Three days be remained there. and
was even more re Clens than before ;
M eoukd tatteyet himself to nothing
-be could enjoy nothing. while the
gay company by which he was rar-
rounded rasped and annoyed him ea -
masterly. Every day he became more
wan and higgard and dejected. un-
til Mrs. Langley grew alarmed for
hog health, and to fear that perhaps
her wretched plott!ng might result In
her brother's death.
Dnring the afternoon of the third
day of their sojourn at the Springs
be nought her and etertled her with
the declaration:
"Helen, I am going heck to New
York."
"What for 1" aha demanded, great-
ly disturbed.
"Bemuse this life of Lunettes wit!
kill me quieter than anythl etlee,"
he answered. desperately. "1 mast
have something to do. I am going
to try what effect work will have
i am going Into business of Nome
kind."
"You are wild to think of such it
thing. Howard. at tale 11retern of the
year of all times. end In your present
Mate of health," etre replied. while
it bandeau poiwdMllt4w flashed through
ber mind.
Cecile Was Itable to return nt any
time; she kriew that she mnet have
left for Pan Francium very sudden
ly dvxrequenty her bbstneer-if bus-
hier. cele really had-mnet be In an
unsettled o nditkau, and If di" ceruse
hack to New York the wen likely to
meet ber h..hanti.
Martha, ton, might meet him on
the street, recognise him. and then
nil plane would be 4 ertro'e1. and who
hamar brought Ito grief and erne.
It adatteaw liter abort wny health
It matters little about the neons."
be meld. moodily ; "employment Of
soma Clad 1 mn.t !sate or 1 glen is
dyed be eraser. At ell event, i shell
return to New York to ntgbt."
"Whet '.bell i dee !were, alenwr Mrs.
Langley asked. with en In}tred air,
You have been hers 'them many
tlme.i totem. Sed i am no oompawy
for any one now, an you wiry well
know. i do not think you will stiffer
kw aontety. Hwte i," be replete. with
. nla tithing of .*meats In tole tune.
Mlle fleshed.
How will yoe live? where *111
you aqk r selest. enrlownr,lr
i f m• welt Yi
MS worry Ness est. t Mail tans a
known," the doctor rept .d. sow
turning his eyes upon her with a
scrutinising glance.
"No." she said. dropping her eyes,
and oo.orlag in evident confusion. ''1
-I was only surprised to meet you
with tier -I thought you knew no
otter here."
An hour ago George Anttuuy would
have been straiten: moved by tare
wordy -this nlmast confession of
jealousy on account of lis attention
10 another.
'They implied that he war more to
her than be thought -that hie evl-
&et familtarliy - with another beam
Girl woman bad oeeaaleset ber aa-
noyenoe and even distress.
Bat with that daringly fair coon•
tenauoe, those lustrous eyes and
scarlet Ilps •1111 haunting his mem-
ory ; with those 'bar, yet rweotly•
modulated tones .tUl ringing in his
ears, and that rase .mile still thril-
ling his heart, he scarcely heard them.
or, it he M. be did not heed theme
"Sire wee very beautiful," he mur-
mured alrsenuy_
Haien Langley flashed a dangereour
bot ail hiss. bate voeebsateed no reply
to kir. remark.
"Do yin not think so •" be naked,
noticing ber silence, and looking up•
idbw can I trail ? I scarcely sew
her," .he answered. with something
of impatience, and shrugging her
graceful shoulders.
He might have felt flattered had
he noticed her lest word. -.be had
barety looked at his companion ; her
attention had all been given to him.
But her .peed was broken. her pow-
er over him was gone, at least for
that day.
"Her face was like that of a Me.
donna -It had an almost holy beauty
-and ber form It ei that of a Venue.'
"Really, Dr. Anthony, I never would
have believed that you could be
guilty of so much sentiment," Mrs.
Langley remarked. arcestically• "I'm
sore I paid no attte nption to either
I am positive that"itive BM AVM*
walked."
Dr. Anthony looked up Into that
brilliant. flushed face beside him, and
laughed Mond.
Her spirited reply amused blur, al-
though he did not at that moment
half gus 'scene td tis venom.
^-.'bf coupe rhe limped, and I have
not told you m adventure. after all.'
be saki. arous himself from its
ab.tractlen. an thinking. perhaps.
she had cause to be annoyed with
- him.
And then he related to her bow he
had chanced to meet the lovely
stranger. while the listened. greatly
relieved that their interview had been
no longer. and hoped that adverse
fete wouj/1 never throw them into
each other's society again.
Her sprite rose after this. and she
exerted_yerasu, to be es entertaining
as possible , but she oould plainly
see, and she grew Inwardly furious
with the knowledge that hili mlod
was .till filled with vtslons of that
"beautiful woman."
But Mrs. Langley painted Oeotle as
a pretty, simple girl, having no mind
or etabilit7 of ebaracter, and al one
wholly unfitted to bei the wife of such
a mac u Howard Montgomery. Ste
.poke freely and frankly of her op-
po stioa to their marriage upon those
wounds', bat sale, charitably, that
Howard bad been so fascinated by her
t: beauty that he would not be influenc-
ed. fibs .poke oi her interview* with
her atter her return, end made her
re.- - _ -.. zecseen:ae segh:e.tzd •malar?.
we vindictive and unforgiving. on ac-
crete of her objection to her anion
with her brother, that the young ph
sician was forced to believe khat his
friend had, after all. been blinded by
hove, and weorstsipped an ideal instead
ot a real woman.
Bolen Langley was very careful not
to mention when Cecile'a residence
bad been while she lived in New York,
or that Martha, the Scotch girl who
had accompanied ber from Liverpool,
had continued tb live with ker. She
kr- -tared they mi ht go there to make
inquiries, and thus discover ber dup-
liciShety. however, loge hermit posted,
and knew that Cecile had not return-
ed yet, and ale hoped to be able to
get ber brother away from New York;
and aces away, She meant to stay
wfers there would be no danger of
lbis meeting her it she did return..
"It is a terrible trial for Howard,"
ria said tearful!y, while talking wttb
IG'. Anthony. "I1 the poor girl really
believed he was dead, She supposed she
bad a right to marry agile; but it
b very unfortunate, for of course
three an be nothing for him to do
now but obtain a divorne from her,
and thea notify tins D. Mortimer
to have this union legalised."
"Have you mentioned anything of
the kind to your brother r" he asked,
thinking it somewhat strange that in
the midst of her own trials she should
base erreaged everything so thought -
Lally for his future. •
8meh a thing had not._pccurred to
him before, although he could but
acknowledge that it seead to be the
only proper course for him to pursue
Wider tie aireumstenoes.
I hinted if Bio him one day," ahe
saswereed, flushing, "but he appeer-
ed to take no notice ant what I said.
Do you not hhink that he ought to
tulle tome such steps r'
'-1 do not know,” George Anthony
enewered, gravely.
Looking at the matter in the Ugbt
is width she presented it, it seemed
se it it would be best ; bat as be re-
membered those .we. Innocent eyes,
that delicate, clear -snit taeo, with its
marvelous besot', and se net tive
montb, his whole sod revolted at the
thought.
n't "Wbydoyou go to California
Sad anfor yourself just how men,
tb are, bears you take any decided
at
toward-- '
+ "'toward what r" Howard demanded,
sharply ; and Dr. Anthasy regretted
have( Spoken in the way he had.
"Toward -I swan against your
wife."
'Against her 1 How r'
osir sister maid something about
obtaining • divorce," be returned,
telly, seeing that he had nnei-
asit Q
t Qhimself beyond rearest.
II-w(mb Heleo would attend to her
owe affairs and kit roe alone."
I, bag peripion,rensie Yea r "
(iearigrM tat y inform Q ue l -
414 a r dmul / hem t you
alae I should ant have meddled with
tine melieete matter ; but I the wor-
ried to death about yen. toe will
reel, Means a eruhjeg for a Jabot-
Oaf
laba-
tie apinin skeet you e't AT something
Orbera ricerst, cer mind t rep»em
tty ses
l• and mead a' gegt r' Seward amid,
with■ hitter eabgf'* "DO v* or
ftlat will ever Th tblb WNW td Uriitot
roan sod not apologies for your In-
It i►gggpinlaa, wad
f t> s i as 9M lollag to
room dowsbwa somewhere Mar By
atI get ray near out."
I °tight 10 reins with
yon, and we that you take peeper
acre of yosneu," Hsi Langley said.
thosghtfully.
"1 do not. 11elsat" Howard return-
ed. decidedly. "My °Nein be to get
from everybody and everything
that e1galode tar of the pest, r-
Ilape It I plunge lit o rlbrk
I may be able to stop Mils dreadful
'Waking. 1 shall takehold of yoar ef-
fete' at owe, fur they ought to be Jet-
yyMi 000eesd immediately now. No. stay whene
Dovawth dronein p are reedy to c
me a lite end I 'will
have the house put 4t onto for you."
$be mew 1t would be of no we to try
to d10ued" blur from his purpose, and
as dhe timid not endure the thought
ot gohrg batt to the •eolssloa of her
writ borne. she let hint loam his uwu
way without more ado,
And so he returned to New York
that night. took an.olffot in es busy
portion of the olty, and Loatined that
he was going to forget himself In work,
But 11 wen of no we -he could settle
himself 10 nothing. even though he
discovered the atartllter fact that
Colonel Lath ltatd been hopelessly Io-
tolved at t time of his death, and
that his sister's attain, were In a tory
bad our -Anion. There was no peace for
Wm. while It essm d am if a thousand
td,gania weer eienting at
him : "Go b Calikwain and see for
yoareelfP
Drtteu nearly be.fd' hlmrelf. he raid
at last:
"I'll ego ; tt oan du no harm, and bite
need never know that 1 hare been
there. I will atl,fy myself that trtery-
thing 1/ just as Helen has alt& and
then that will settee the matter. 1f
she Is happy antd her new surround -
hip I °Dolt never do anything to
trouble her." So. droopier everything
and tolling nobody of hie ntentlon, he
lett one dark. rainy aiming Pc San-
Pranclaba
tt was about the first of September,
and some two menhir since Helen
Langley had been munitioned home to
her dying haeem& and there had been
great c hangew' 1.n Mrs. Lawwon'e please
set hoahu•holt during that time.
It was night when Howard arrittd
ht the greet eeity of the far west. and
he was so utterly worn out with the
long. odious journey. that he war
glad to seek his bed immediately,
where he dropp: d at once into an heave
Camber, which lasted vett' late the
next morning. Then: In a fever of hie
patience -for was he not breathing
the game air with his beloved? -be
mad.: a hearty breakfast. called for e
directory, and looked up the name of
Dr. Mortimer. He readily found the
tercet and number of his office, also
w ,ere he xa:ded, made a note of them
mai tura wundereed-lvntb w..fne c
of investigation
Arriving at the phystvlan's offloe,
he rang the bell. He had determined to
make him a calls eat him to make an
Ixamination of his physical condition.
and measure the man who had robbed
him 01 tits darling, to aueartaln If Is
was worthy of the prise he had won.
He sorely fonken as U he needed med-
ical advice, for he was worn almost
to a sheet* ; his face was as Jerold
of Dolor as marble. and the exciteme.'tt
and eternise ise ti the morning had mod.;
him tremble, and alumost breathless.
There was no answer. howetmr, to Ito
'tog, and Hie office seemed deserted.
Three tlmee he pulled at the boil with
the same result; then there was the
sound of a sash being raised and a
tangled head war thrtut out of s win-
dow above him.
"What do you want?" the tube
pf a woman **set in no amiable tone.
"To see Dr. Mortimer," Howard an -
"Dr. Mortimer 1e dead!" was the
rtartllns reply, and the -window went
down wttb a hang. -
"Dead!" Howard's white lip& re-
peated mechanically.
For a moment K.eeenod ars if lie had
been shot through the heart, 11 gate
much a %token bound In be bosom. and
It wan some time before he could com-
maed hinself or gain strength suffl-
ern a to mom away from the place.
Deed! and C.eUe--where was she?
Was dile lett desolates again to
t ht the battle of life by bewsdt-
tYorc of the country
A feeling d tender pity took posses -
Kion of ilea.
"Diana a team. aft de doolesee, and
!rue kab mime hie Tate." bested, "bat
iPreps be wasld like to take a look
nto Mem llliortim.r's rooms -day
just as De loft 'scop"
,Being elate 1s the haw at that
moment he was egt*oids .d 10 b• ob-
'Soward seised upon the proposition
«gars.
Of comae he was the friend of any
one who had been kind to Cecile.
"Yea, I am a friend, and 1 have
Dome too late it seems. I Should liketo took Into his rooms," bei maid, husk -
11y.
Merew almost blind es he et/sp-
eed into the ball and thought he was
In the house-tbat'he shored see (be
very rooms -that his darileg had oc-
cupied last.
Tb. servant led the way upstairs.
Howard following, and opened ti.
door of the parlor which Cecile had
occupied during her sojourn is San-
Pirenclsco ; and as the unhappy hus-
band entered he felt almost as if be
war standing in the presence of death,
everythlo5 was so still, the light apo
subdued, and the air so beevy.
He rat down In a elixir. for Ito war
so weak that be could not stnn' ; his
heart war beating like a rle.tge hem-
mer in his buwout. his ears rang with
a sound line th-tt of roaring waters,
and 1f he oould have lain down and
died. than a!lao, .where -tart teoie'31d
trod, Ifs would have breathed oat
bis life without a regret.
He was so weary with his
and he knew that Cecile. having been
the wife of anotber. could never ,be
the ane to him again.
The bell rang while he rat there.
and the kind-hearted darkey. with a
pitying glance at the aufferlug man
and a basty "Beg perdue. Ishii." dire
appellee.' to, answer It. Lett alone,
Howard looked curiously amend the
room.
11 was handsomely, even luxurious-
ly furnhhed, and ninny little Wrteful
adornments still remained to teetlfy
of Cecil's presence there.
There were several flue pictures
upon the walla a rare statue or two,
and a Dumber of nue. and ornament..
Howard staggered to his feet. and
moved about mechanically to look at
them; but he was never able atter•
ward to recall the subject of a single
Vetere. his mind was so filled with
Cecile and with his own misery.
Ht was treading the rase carpet
that her feet had premed : he was
breathing the same air that she had
breathed; he had sat upon the manse
chair, and kis epee rested upon the
same ohjents; but there was no veno
fort in It;`it uuly nutd.' hln teal more
keenly what be had loot.
He peeped In at the bedroom dour,
but the blinds were closed, and the
"Poor cited!" he murmured: "hers
has been a matt a, cruel I11e daring the
lase three years."
'Shall i go to her r' he asked h[m-
.elf, with a wildly throbbing heart.
"Would it cane her more of pain than
joy to ere me now f And U I do, what
reatlon am i willing to aamme to-
ward her?"
They were hard questions to ask -
they were harder to arrwer. and for a
time he was toxo bewildered and ex-
cited to know what coarse to patios.
At Inst Ito decided to go to the phy-
sician's r'eu4tnce. make some Inqulr-
ire regardIng ills death. and trust to
etretnnestanoes for the rest,
Arriving at Mrs. Lawson• hone, he
nekrd to see that lady.
"Mimi. not at house, malt." said the
uolord boy Who answered the ring.
Then, seeing Howard's perplexed
look, he added. communicatively .
"She hab gone into the country, soh.
for a month -she donne gone worn ont
whit els care and trouble. Nobody but
MB chile and it, housekeeper hese now."
"Can you tell me anything about the
physic -Ian who died here recently t -
Howard a*rd . anxious to know some-
thing of the particulars, and hoping
thus to learn where Cecile waif
"No, eah, not much," returned the
derkey. "I d'no berry much 'bout
Meese Mortimer, 'apt he richt down
good man-eb'meat
ry body lab and 'eat
m. But die darkey Doty came a day
or two 'fore he died."
"Is the houaekeepee in -can I see
her 1" Seward inquired.
He did not like to appear too curl -
Gun before a servant like this.
"No, mak ; She bab gone to market,"
was the discouraging reply.
"How loog is It since Dr. Mortimer
died!" and h, slipped a piece ot Silver
into the boy's hand as he put the
gnat ion.
Mat e week -he wan buried three
dityel ago, tab." 'laid the darker, with
an appreciative grin, es he received
the mosey.
And -end his family -his friends -
where are they r
He conk/ not *educe it ; he mast
know something of ehecil., although
the word' aleen spoked him ns he
uttered ithem, ++ i
Lor, «b I MIN poll roan
hadn't any frdeads, 'Dept ala
broader and dk beautiful lady, who
left de same day rib be enteral."
The beautiful lady
That must be Cecile, and she eeig
,,pprorobably eiibm home with the dnctor'e
brother for the pre05lt.
?Howard put i e hand to Iain lend In
• btwikrered way, while en expromlon
of pain "wept crier its fare.
Thera was an enlcoantrollable longing
hi hie heart to kook jutit ones more
open her fem, an(I the wail bitterly
aeappohnted ; he ted not seance until
that moment how match he lied hoped
to ere her. e,en though he and not in-
tended to seek, her.
Where 4141 they go ?" he Asked, try-
ing to trendy b1. ahnking tvebwe end
flym
ike' know, mph ; Mn nigger didn't
hear 'em say" the boy returned. with
. gtmne. of pity Into the *Idle, polled
fans before hie
Tint. bright prop of money lose won
his heart, anti his eympethlre were
alohalad tlldw- tide fervid of the dead
aaea's-,as he believed him M be ---who
bed sage too rte.
-v.
.
Mira •L
DID NOT KNOW. -
Plight of a Loddon, Oat, Ian.
Rad Brtgpi DDaease sad DIdaW'a Meow
1.11-MeA for Tars Tears Be
roes nWetiTaeHound Whet s
tem
end Oared it by Dodds
Kidney Pills.
London, Oot. 9. -Mr. U. 8. Brady,
929 Talbot street, this city, feels that
ha 4 a Lucky mea. Per three years be
has been slowly slaking Into a quick-
sand, deeper and deeper al the time
and he not aware. of his danger.
Me. Brady had Bright's Dream.
Bright's Dumas 4 generals consid-
ered Inourab*--ln tact there 4 only
one known our,. I1 4 a Kone 1)ls-
eeaa, those organs decaying and neg-
lecting to filter the Wood. Well, Mr.
Brady never found out what was the
matter with bin untL the disease ha¢
run three years and eaten right Into
his kkinneyYa He was sunk Imposer -17 In
the quicksand. Tiers was on y one
thing to ,ave hint
Yr. Brady Lound out what was the
metier with him tlr okanoe ile read e
lint of the symptoms of Brlgbt's Dis-
ease in a sew and at 000e recognised
b(. awn Asap. Thea sante the ears
Again be was ,uoky. Mer trying
several medicine& in vain he struck
the richt Doe. the oa,y one that is a
particle of use In Bri '. Diaease-
Dodd's Kidney Pile which have sever
faked yet.
Says Mr. Brady blmarl . "1 have
been troubed for three years with
Bright's Diss.' and 1 did 004 know
It until 1 read the symptoms In one
or your pipers I tried several
remedies, but none could reach the
spot. I pDurobaasd three boxes of your
Dodd's Kidney PY.im gid after I bad
used ooe box I telk the discs leaving
me I am nose &utpotety cured. I
am a ooctraotor bare In London, and
my friends vs -Li emote for what 'my.
Dodd'. Kidney PITY saved m7 111.."
rlappi i1whch a•,jflohleay tuwrp% than, mt►sls
lire shiver.
Here, doubtless, the doctor had tiled,
and here, too. In 01 probability the
chlki had breathed her last.
He retreated, and shut the door
again with a groan of pnln.
Suddenly, al' he was passing the
mantel, his eye war transfixed by :an
object that made Ile cry out amain.
it was a baby's .lho. !-a little blue
k d ■Ino', worn at the heel and toe
but dill retaining the shape of the
Vey foot that had worn 1t.
He caught It to his *start with an
almost frantic gesture.
"It is mine "' be whispered, hoarsely.
"it Is mine," be repeated, nu If con
tending with some one for the pown.-
ston of it.
ft was palntul to hear the hard.
dry robs which shook the strong man
through and through he be premed
that little shos to his llpo, and felt
he if bis heart would burin In twain.
Fie knew that It had belonged to
his Daisy -to his darling, who was
dead, and henceforth 11 would be the
met precious thing In the world to
him, while It threlle.t him with each
tem'er hoe, yet such deep despair.
that he wondered If any one In the,
whole world had ever been ,e, utterly
wretched as he was at that moment.
There was no other article in either
room to tell him that his wife and
chid had ever been there, and yet
the -very atmosphere seemed pervaded
by their presence.
He stood !Ike one in a trance. Itis
heard lowed .114 hands reverently
e+'erJ ng IMO titf7'111Re tinTiTlTy9he190
steer on the stairs, and knew that
the *errant was returning, and that
lie must ga
Then hastily thrusting the little
treasure that he and found into its
bosom. Ile sat down again and tried
to compote himself.
It Is no robbery," he said; " no
one has so good a right to It as I."
he thought. pressing It close against
his heart.
" Brady to go down, min 1" the
darkey naked, as he entered, and
speaking In a subdued tone, ail he
noted) the trade of deep emotion upon
Howard's face.
" Rickel he mutt be a brudder, or
eocsln, or vometliing, to feel so pow'.
fol bed." he soliloquised.
Yee, I em ready.- Howard return-
ed. and silently followed him from the
room.
At the lower door he put another
pace of money In the toy's hand, and
then, with a word of thanks for his
klreinem, be went away.
He had longed to a* 'something
about the death of hie cillo, and ^on-
o.^rning Cecile, but he Could not com-
mand himself sufficiently ; and per-
haps, after all, the boy would
know nothing about Daisy. as he
had been there o short a time, and
Ire did not care to betray anything
of hie trouble to curious eyes.
"It cannot metier," he 'lgheed, ns
he turned bit step toward his hotel
" It would only keep my wounds
bleeding, aid hosennet bear vouch
more."
Yet, if he could hive known where
his child had leen laid. It wnold
have comforted him somewhat to
have gone to that little grave and
laid some tribute upon It expressive
of the tender love that wart "urging
within bin heart for her. '
('HA1'TER MK& -
/thorn o f Iter dine,.
Me•totwh 1e He en Eangley watt
playing the part of an interesting
widow nt Saratoga, with her Mnn-
hetslne and heavy ereppee her dainty
cape and deeply-hordered handker-
chief..
She whit n strikingly handsome wo-
man, and wherever she west she
wen sure to attract attention. Tall,
willowy In form, .with a proudly
Poised hetet n clear, brilliant Dom
plexton, heir like Jet and eyes like
Mack dlamopds, and with an until'
voted bosItihn and the repntatlnn of
poseeaeing an exhau.tle•s puree+, the
meld not tall to iie a mark for ad
miring eyes In any place.
But she had not a snnptlon of
what her brother was abait. for she
had not heard from hint for three
weeks, and she was heglrtntng to
feel quite nnxkeus about him.
not the time had passed very
swiftly, for Dr. Anthony, for wane
reason, had recently made his ap
pearnnce at Rarntogn, rind it eking
Mrs. 'Anslys emetic y, had, In a
quiet way, ennstltuted himself her
resort and mmpenhei on all ores
O 101111.
The more aha saw of him the more
. It. became Imt*restel M him He
had a widely •xtanied reepatatkta,
was highly cultivated, and, elthoagb
not remarkably handsome, was dire
tIngil-shed In hie eppearnnc.. and
pompom the power of Altkint blm-
ehl[ aneeedingly entertaining.
('8t- be (bntoa.d.)
A teems ?sr the "Plebs.' '
Enterprising young men who want
to marry royal princesses are likely
to be in demand soon. There are 71
merrtagsabe young women belonging
to reigning famLles, and only 47
princes for them to marry, not count -
Ing religious or political impedimenta
Many of them must, therefore, look
tprward to marriage& belew their
rank nmre they prefer to become
old maids. One of the Mecklenber•g-
StreUta prime/Ines, a slater of the
Crown Prtnoss of Montenegro, re-
cently married a young alai whose
sore claim to anelaIL wan • purchased
•P.pet tatter,..,.er+.wise,., ..,.,.
Miller's Worm Powders sere -fever
hr cbUdreem.
Inensettng *cgs Y Boredom. •
In Sweden yarn 4 not allowed to be
bold 11 It cootalns .00009 per oent.
of arsenic. A carpet has been con-
demned by the impactors because it
contained one -thousandth part of a
grain of arsenic In sixteen square In-
ches -that b. ooe grain to a piece
of carpet tan fest snare.
Onasda's Golden Heritage
Doer not consist in mines alone. Put•
narn's Painless Cern Extractor is a
boon. It goes right to the root of
the trouble. and act, quickly and
patnktaely. Beware of subetttutee.
Joni a little better than the rest
1els
atiiu►anaoaaB eaas►►Iourar. ISSUE NO 41 ?gee
Ar•sbed Ouskreas►ea and Powdered ---
'ores
tlitY P A Fleshy
endvt.ubUlty of ybyrkilarus' yre-
aorlptios. being couched 4► Latin. rays
77
the London Mail, Inas frequently two
qusstios.d, bet to smog mese wdi-
alms of the hlgbrrt value would be. nsu
refused by the del'oate patient if outs
their oomporttlon was known.
Many a patient. for lantana, would
probably gasp at his doctor prescrib-
ing to him dynamite ea a rsned7 It-
heart dream.
Dynamite 4 simply porous clay est.
orated wlttl our most terrible explo-
sive. "nitroglyoertne.•' and this saes
"nitroglycerine" la on official 1sdl-
o'ne of the Pharmaoopoele, and is
freely prescribed in carer of angina
mother, end even for sea.h:knesa It
Is taken Internally in kmngw of
chocolate.
Pure venom of the rattlemake le
being used by eminent practitioners to
revere oases of .oarlet fever. Dried
bullock.' hloal mixed with gl cerin
and brandy or read) powdered is uoe
of the latest additions to the phyel-
o'on'e armament.
The fotiowtng prerertption would
probably be uooepted by must of us
.n most blissful ignorance :
RECIPE.
Blattae Oriented'', dreolt. ill. Div1s
pputveren .zits. Caput Mem lair
die
Now for our translation :
Take thou of °rushed cockroaches
twelve dreclenw. Divide Into 144
peelers. Take one three time. a
Will• y. 11 be believed that the above
prescription 1. other than a relic of
old-time quackery ? Well, It is a fact
that It le being now used In this pre-
sent year of gratin. apd has only beau
Introduced daring tltd past few years.
A favorite remedy for oougls Is a
syrup oomposed of powdered dried
tux's lungs, with • Little licorice and
aniseed. eta
The most effective of tonics. and
vastly used. 1s atrychina. 8tropenthua
Introduced from Central Africa some
few yearn ago, aced now recognised
v our mart potent heart sedative,
is the deadly arrow poison of the
Afr'.oan canntba4.
Is *Mil Tklaktag.
He drew her towards blur, and af-
ter a few brief moments of kismet
and rapture of various kinds, he
asked: •
" What kind of an engagement
ring would you prefer r'
She looted shyly Into his face and
declined to express a preference un-
til she had been further preened.
Then she mid:
" Well, I've been accustomed to "-
She checked herself just In time
to prevent a dreadful faux pear or
Noimeesr".`other f rightfful French thin
bl "r Nd>r tiZttie a me
illy.
TO 00141 a OOLO 11 OMB DAT
Take Laxative Broom Quinine Tab-
let -S. All druggtrts rotund themooey
if It fails to cure. 26c. 11r W. Grovel
signature b as mob box.
Way Mew are Streak.
The principal reason that coin. a»
"truck and not cast. 1. the well-
known fact that molten metals con-
tract on cooling. Theo counterfeit
coins, which art always oast, show
treat ,erattiossete.:atom- rr'b4at aa-
tbentically "tamped coins do not.
Secondly, It is Impossible to get the
same sbarpoese of delineation a■ to
"tamping, and. lastly. when the
"tamping machine 4 once set up. the
process of striking coins 1s infinite-
ly cheaper and more rapid than that
of a ever scald be..
Many young ladles who were sup-
po.ed to be going into decline have
been restored to health and vigor by
the use of Mitres Compound iron
Pills.
Mese Tana Ile Bargained for.
A correspondent writing fromCllneh
oounty says: " Brother Jeneo prayed
for rain six days on s Areal'. and
when the rain name be wee the first
nam to be drowned In 11. The ways of
Provtdmoe are peso finding out." -
Atlanta Oorrtltatloa.
'thud *Leland tin Lembarloan'a Frtead
To Whiten the nook,
When the neck and throat have be-
come brown or yellow looking they
may be whitened by the persistent ap-
plication every night of the following
parte, spread on a Soft rag and wrap-
ped *round the neck: Healey, one
ouuo. ; lemon Jules. one teaapoonfd ;
01 of bitter almonds, six drops; the
whites of two eggs. Add enough flee
oatmeal to mike a smooth ,paste.
Miller's Worm Powders for testlene
nese and pesvl.boes.
Primitive British Oolo res
Brlt4h Honduras is to have It. fleet
steam railroad, the only means ol ac-
cess to the interior of the colony at
present being the rurmerone rivers
and bridle -pea, for there are no
roods for vehicles. .
Ask tar II[Mesed'a sad take ao:other
Why Not Roger ds Oovsrley"7
The rapid wal,tx has been slowly
dying, but its flea•: knell was struck
tea week et Lytle Hal by the Ameri-
can Society of Professors of lancing.
It's to be a Beteg "walk around"
rather then a wa:aa this year.
In the going out of the abort danc-
Ing frock a problem confronted the
professore, which they have trlum-
phantiq solved. The woman will be
allowed, new style, freedom of bath
irtnd4, the !tett to control trellis*
chiffons, while her partners right
hand lightly holds her waist. The. ten-
dency wl:l be to glide, not whirl.
in the now &neem tried and ap-
proved there wen a distinct reversal
lO old graceful form.. The gavotte
pompadour surety 4 prophetic of min-
uets. The new mniurke may revive
again rarsotvlennes, not so graceful
Aa thin etate.4 minuet, but pleasant
reminder of a gnar'ter of a century
ago to Ammons and paresis of the
young folk.
Perhaps "the powers that he" plc
mil bask old "ter de Coverts "
In thinease It wort. be Isabo.ta 1s
for the grave 'red reverends to alt
idly by and give rias whole floor to
the jevenl:ne. Awaywith eftryry l oat's
helir Boger I-fw York Senna.
New life for a quarter. )r$ler's
frwapnnnd Iron P111 -
Appllentkxh Is Mie p-.4es..} to
/saki for meted segotsttkia. TO ?AIM
the harvest we meet sow tate seed.
-Barry.
" My hose Is my fftleas, sir," site
std. And 1t wan no fs{ty tar, either,
for she wee a bearded lad$, rad drew
sixty per treat the dile* attsseme.
The latent oat is
BOSTON LAUNDRY STARCH
By Ina use. your limen will weir long-
er and look niter than by the use of
any other.
1elprel Mildews.
Never mhouki the mother, through
that foolish desire to keep her
chlor as long as possible dependent
upon ber. or that worse prlds wbteb
would 'bow Itself to be nelf-saffl•
cont. refuse the proffered help of
the child. It she is doing Nam-
ibia( in • which, from the nature of
t bags. he cannot share. let her
be careful to substitute some other
loving service while declining the
one proffered. remembering that
love turned sway nourishes selfish-
ness and proffered help refused be-
gets idleness. Site may have to
say, " No, dear. you cannot help
me to dress the bah but she can
add. " Ton may hand mamma the
ebthes."-Philadelphia Ledger.
11 written to I will tell you beef
to he benflted and cured. No Bosaj.
Adrreer JOSEPH K. HARRIS,
aux F, Windsor. Qat.
•
Tidal waw'e5 sad Sir Peesglae.
Tho .o -assail earthquake or tidal
waves aha$" are frequently n"a:asd
along the W1 near Sydney, N. S
W., are found by H. C. Rummell tote
mostly traceable to low atmospher-
ic pressure. Their period, about 26
minutes from crest to crest, is that
of earthquake waves. Mr. Russell has
ironed, however. that only 1 per Dent.
are produced by earth drtarban,s.,
while 60 per cent. are due to low
•pre",ore areas. which cans the
ma level to rise, with currents al1oaeas
tho south and east coasta that tenet
in Bao strait, producing wanes that
e ffect the Sydney and Newcastle tide
geode&
Just a little better than the but
L
BOSTON LAUNDRY STARCH
For Imparting a fine, hard finish to
cuffs. collars, shirts sod ladies'
blouses.
Hot Left.
'Meet roe," she said, "to -morrow night
At the garden gate
When the sun goes down."
Ard here's tomorrow and here am 1
And there'" the Sat..
And the eons gone down.
Ladies and gentlemen who tate Mil
ler's Compound iron P111. always'
grow younger In appearance and
.putts.
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Most certainly not. Con-
sumpdon is a disease that
invariably causes Toss of
flesh.
1f you are light in weight,
even if your cough is only
a slight one, you should
certainly take l 1
Scott's Emulsles
of trod liver oil tuiib hypo-
pbosphlt s. No remedy
is such a perfect prevent-
ive to consumption. Just
the moment your throat
begins to weaken and you
find you ar:: losing flesh,
you should begin to take It.
And no other remedy
has cured go many cases
of consumption. Unless
you are far advanced with
this disease, Scott's Emul-
sion will hold every in-
ducement to you for a
perfect cure.
All Druggtata, pr. and.,,
SCOTT A lttswwt,:roeOnto.
Deplore a d /alotde.
Stathitfc• show that the medical
profession 1N more prone to suicide
than any other. During the last three
years the number of suicides tccurees
among phyato.ans ham been respect
ively 45, 49 ansi 4T pernum, an a..
2,n
erag.e of nearly one to 00, or, us the
death rate among the physicians is
about 23 to 1,000. nearly Doe-fifeeth
of all the deaths in the protease
hate been by suicide. -
MU4r'. Orip Powders cure.
A atrlking evklsooe of the /Scarcity
of worktngmme 4 a gnat placanl
which has been hung out In taunt of
the Ottawa Post -office by one of tie
hinter oompenles asking for 1.000
laborers and 800 abantymen.
FREE! `I;
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as sew. Pries 9ao.00. a bargain.
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