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I' m fa " 'J . Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA Franco has decided that all the troopn In tho colonic shall henceforth be .armod with weapons almllar ta thoo of (be homo arm. Tho nurabor of marine disaster dur ing the year Just closed la araaJUr probably than over before. As' oflcUl of the Now York Maritime BxchaJMH think this Is due to tho fact that oiling vcMola are1 disappearing, steam craft bolng bettor able to take cart of themselves when In peril. Perhaps the oddest stilt of furniture In tho world In owned by a rertaln hotclkenptT. For many years he has mado It his buslnosa to collect match boxes, of which he linn now n collec tion of 4,000. Hn ordered u skilled cab inetmaker to oqulp a room with fur nlturo mado of theso boxen. The out fit consist of a writing table with smoking apparatus, n flro screen, a cabinet, a chair, and othor smaller ar ticles. According to the census, the popu lation of the farming country shows a falling off In New England and New York, and only a slight Inrreane in Ohio and Indiana, but Ita growth Is healthy In the states farther west. U Is evident that tho old states must look to their cities and lurgor towns lor incrcaso In population. In the newer agricultural regions the growth of lopulutlon seems to be spread ovtr both city nnd country. A recent notable dinner of the Har vard club of Japan cnlls attention both to the spread of western learning In tho east, and to the wide Influence of a great; university. Tho dinner was glvon to celebrate the return of Min ister Komurn from St. Petersburg, en route to his new post In China, tho presrnco of Minister Kurlno from Paris, and tho nppolntmont of llaron Knneko as minister of Justice. All these eminent Jnpnneso statesmen wore educated nt Harvard. Tho recent oolobratlon of tho ona hundredth anniversary of tho found ing at Washington of tho national cap ital recalls tho description of its lo cation given In nn early newspaper letter, which Is now preserved In tho library of congress. "ThlB metropo lis," the writer says, "situated upon tho groat post-road, exactly equidis tant from the northern and the south ern extremities of the Union, and near ly bo from the Atlantic to Fort Pitt, Is by far tho most ollglble situation for the residence of congress." Since he could not foresee the Improvements In transportation and means of com munication, perhaps it Is fortunato that he did not know of tho coming extension of our domains southward nnd westward. College footbnll, during the season recently closod had no worthier repre sentatives than the student of the Carlisle Indian Schoo.1, in tho essen tials of manliness and sportsmanlike conduct genorally. The games in which thoy engaged were .ns many and as fiercely contested as thoso of any other college team, and tho spectators. In somo Instances, were neither so cori cldorate nor so sympathetic ns they might have boon. Yet their games were exhibitions of clean, straight foot ball uch as all true tovors of tho sport like to see. Tho umpire's de cisions were never onco questioned, and their defeats were accepted with the spirit of men who had done their best, and who had.thorefore, neither excuses nor explanations to offer. They have won a place for themselves In the regard of many who would re joice In their success In other Holds where the rewards are less fleeting than those of football. Ghost stories, for some mysterious reason, have been revived of late in Washington, It is told again how the face of an old woman was depicted clearly on ono of tho white house pil lars the dny the president received word that his mother was dead. Capi tol employes entertain tholr friends with the story of the shadow of a gen eral looking like Washington betwoea pillars In statuary hall at the capttol. A formor senate page, now grown to man's size and employed at the white house, says' that when lightning strikes the copper statuo of Freedom on the rnpltol dome It' rings loudly and clear ly like tho' famous bell at Philadelphia n the days of the declaration of In dependence. At night, when the Capi tol's great marblo halls and rotundas are 'deserted, strange sounds are fre quently heard and old employes are confident that they are made by the eo'ttls of dead patriots and statesmen come back to hnunt the halls where they won fame. It is said that on certain nights ghosts are so numerous In "statuary hall that a man bidding and' trembling behind a pillar can hardly tell whether it is tho spirits of the statues that are moving about. Prices of bogus money, as discovered by Chief Wllkle's rnon, are quoted as follows: For coin to a face value of 92K, prlco $10; coin to face valuo of 50, price $20; bills, 35 per cent to fi per cent face value. Mr. Wllkle says that no larger amount than $50 In coin 1b offered to.one customer. Tho green goods men who do not Intend to de liver the goods offer $1,000 In bills for ,$100; $2,000 for $500 and $10,000 for II, 000. Then they change tho satchels and tho victim after feasting his eyes on bills In the flrt grip gets sawdust in the second. DIES IN FLAMES Leavenworth, Kas., Scene of a Nogro Burning. FRENZIED MOB WORKS OUT VENGEANCE C'halm llha to trim' rUaLa ami Appllri Mi Mntrh IJa Fur Merry Unhrdrd Mot Willi lllovm anil Cumm Nil VII KrproarJi. A Leavenworth, Kus.. .Ian. 15 dls patch Nays: Fred Alexander, the ne gro who Saturday evening attempted to assault Mlsw Itotb, and who was supposed to buvc assaulted and hilled Pearl Forbes in tint city in November last, was this afternoon taken from the sheriff and burned nt the stake at the scene of his crime, liulf it dozen blocks from the center of the city. Probably H,000 people witnessed the lynching. Alexander wan brought to the city from tho penitentiary at Lansing nt HMO o'clock this afternoon and placed in tho wmi ty jail. The eitiens gath ered in great numbers anil finding peaceable, entrance to the Jail Impossi ble, armed themselves with railroad irons. Tbi! jull doors we. it battered down and Alexander dragged to the scene of bis ei line, followed by hun dreds of howling, fren.led men and boys. Tho spot chosen for the htake was the exact one on which Pearl KorW body was found on the morn ing of November 7. Itlsyn Lawrence, avenue near the. Suntu Fo track, anil a hundred ynnls north of Spruce street. The Jlrst thing doi.u was to plant the railroad iron upright in the mud. This was made fast to cross irons llrinly bound to the upright. Around the Im provised stake, wood and boards were piled. To this-the man was dragged and chained In a standing position to the upright rallioad iron. Chains and irons were wiapped about him. and with hands still shackled bo was mado fast to tlm post. Coal oil Wis then poured over him. Hefore the match was applied John Forbes, this father of the murdered girl, stepped up to Alexander and said: 'Are you guilty of murdering my dnuirhtei?'v "1 don't know what you have me here for," said the doomed man. Forbes replied: "For killing my tfr on this very spot." "Mr. Forbes. If that's- voui- iiuino. von have the wrong man." "llurn him, burn him," cried the crowd. Aud they burned him. Governor Illinium .Sheriff. Governor Stanley is very Indignant at the result of the lynching at Leaven worth. He says it will result In the death penalty in Kansas, as it should do. He blames the sheriff. Ho declares Sheriff Evorhardy could have prevent ed the. lynching had he desired to do so, ns the statu militia was at his com innnd, and they would have been sent but the sheriff deulurod they were not needed. The warden at the penitentiary had no right to keep Alexander there, ns he had been convicted of uo crime said the governor, lie could do noth ing else than deliver him to the sheriff when that individual insisted that It should be done. Hut tho life of the negro should liavo been preserved ut all hazards and it is to tho lasting shame of the great state of Kausa.s that such an infamous proceeding should have been allowed to take place within a few miles of the capital city. Ooveruor Stanley offers a reward of !iO0 for the apprehension of anyone implicated in the lynching at Leaven worth. WU ANdTmy CONFER. Chlnrfl Mlnlaler Mini Hoorntury of Slut Talk of Chlnoie Mtimtlon. Secretary Hay was hack ut tho state department January H, for the first time for a week, nnd although able to direct affairs hi: still shows signs of the severe cold he has had for some time. Minister' Wn called early anil there was a conferonoo lasting liulf an hour on tho Chinese situation. Tiie department has now received responses from all the powers relative to tho dispatch recently forwarded through our diplomatic reprosonta thus abroad urgently requesting that negotiations bo expedited as fust us possible. All of thu poweis cotiuur In this view, and expic.ss an earnest desire to reach a final settlement. It is rather a singular and unaccountable fact, however, that souiu of the powers hare referred to delnys caused by the United States, whereas the efforts of this government throughout huve been to hurry matters along. It was for this reason that the recent proposition was mude to remove thu two points of indemnity and treaties to Washington or somo other capital, although borne of tho powers seem to have the erro neous impression thin this delayed proceedings. Fvor Courl of lVualnn Append. The general committee of the Ornnil vrmy of tho Kopublio, Leo Uassicur of St. IjoiiIh, commaudur-in-uhlof; Hubert H. Brown of Zuncnvllle, ).; Charles C. AdinnH of Boston; John W. Hurst of Chicago: O. H, Coulter of Topeka mid John Palmcruppcuie I befoie the house invalid, pension comuiitteu at Washing ton January 14, and argued In favor of the bill for thu locution of a court of pension appeals to consider rejected pension claims. There arc about loo,. 000 cases uilverselv n.is'ud nniin em-h year by the pension oAleo. NEELEY MUST RETURN tTiilleil ".Intra Htiprrinn Court Hnyn lllfi Crime In lSitrutlltabte The most notable decision In the su preme court of the United Stntes Jan nary 17 was that In the Neeley case. Justice Marian reviewed tho cnc at somo length, referring to the crime with which Neeley Is charged and showing that Cuba was foreign terri tory in every aspect of thu cane, as hold by the joint resolution of con gress which brought the war with Spain to an open fact, by the protocol and by the treaty of Paris, Section 5J70 of the revised statutes Axes a provision of extradition between the United States and the foreign countries of criminals and in the judgment of the court held good In this case. Spain, baring by treaty relinquished all claim to sovereignty over Cuba, and the I 'tilted States merely occupying the Island with its military forces In ac cordance with a resolution of congress, the island ,s no less a foreign country, nnd the court decides Neeley must be returned to Cuba for trlnl, and the, judgment of the circuit court in deny ing the application for a writ of ha beas corpus Is iiuii-mod. Secretary Hoot snld thnt lie was glad to hear that the supreme court had decided that Neeley could be ex tradited for the reason that tho failure of the. United States to return Ncoley to Cuba for trial for the embivlcinent of Cuban postal funds would give American justice u black eye In Cuba, especially us the United States was do ing all it could to reform and purify the administration of justice in that island. LEADER SURRENDERS. tlcni-rul l)rl-Hili, t'lllplno t'lilertiilii. Ac-I'l-pln Hie Innillitliln. (Vneral .MaeArtbiir reports this sut rciulcr of Delgndo. comuiaiuler-ln-ebief of Hollo province, Pauny. lie also re ports that oilier important surrenders mo expected during the next few days. (eiicral .AlaeArtbur's cablegram to the war depart ineut is as follows: "Dclgudo, eoiiiiiiander-in-ebief Hollo province (I'nuuyj, .surrendered January II to Hrigndlcr tJeneral Holier t P.. Hughes with twenty-four men und rifles. His command Is much scattered. Othm-sun endei. sure expected during the next few days. Important: signi fies end of organized armed resistance in Hollo piovlnce, Pauuy." The dispatch gave much satisfaction to the war department, although the command surrendered is not a largo one. It was noted assurances were for Hie end of oiganLed armed resistance. Indicating that then- was considerable uuorgmiicd marauding still in pio gross. He ne nil Oreely, chief signal otllcer U. S. A., leeelvcd a diputch fiom Lieu tenant Colonel Allen In the Philip pines, announcing that the signal corps bus laid cables fiom Oslob, Island of Coliu. to Dumugucte. Island of Negros, and thence to Hiusmis and Lintogo, Island of Mindanao. This extension of the military system connects for the first time the large and important Island of Miudauoa with Manila. CHANCES IN POSTAL LAW. 'nmmlloti of limine ami St-imtti Miikei 1 1 Iteport. The postal commission of thu house and senrti! which hnvn been investigat ing postal mutter for tho lust two yenra intuit its report January It. Thecomuilsslou'iiuaniinouHly reports in favor of excluding from the second class mull rate: First, books, whether bound or unbound; second, newspapers and periodicals unsold, sent by a news agont to another nuws agent, or return ed to the publisher; third, sample cop ies of newspnHrs ubovu a certain small iixed proportion of the circula tion. ' Tho commission also iiuuiuiously reports against the continuance of the system of transmitting mails in tho pneumatic tubes under the present conditions. Tho commission unani mously reports that neither n change in letter postage nor the establishment of a system of parcels post Ih practic able under existing conditions of reve nue and expenditure, oven If otherwise desirable upon which no opinion Is ex pressed. RUMORS OF NEW UPRISING Affair In I'olomlilu Still In .in lliinet tlmt Hlattt. Tho uiivy department has been In formed of the arrival of thu Philadel phia at I'liuama, Colombia. Press re-' ports have it that a prions revolution ary movement in the vicinity of the' Coloinblnu capital is afoot, but oftlnlul reports fiom United States Consul Oudgor stute thut I lie situation has im pioved much of. late. How Jong the presence of the Philadelphia will be necessary Is not known and will do pond upon what aspect affaiisin that quarter assume. ruttonoii Cnurim NuiiiIiiik. Ooveruor Thomas, January 14, an. uouueed his withdrawal from the race for United Stales scnatorship. The fusion members of the legislature nom inated Thomas M. Patterson of Denver for the Lnitcd States senate to succeed K. O. Wolcott. He received seventy three out of ninety-one votes In the caucus. A statement of the exports and Im ports Issued by the bureau of statistics show that during the month of Decem ber, 1VI00, the Import of merchandise amounted o 8i!V(i!i,l(',) as against tTO,7:i3,rt4:i for the corresponding month hi 1HU'.. Of the whoh amount 820.151, M5 was free of duty Tho ex ports of domestic merchandise during last Decembur amounted to 8141,11)7, 440 as against S!l,;i, 434 for the cor responding month In lHUO. Tho im ports of gold during December amount ed to 8.1,:i75,.'i!i.! and the exports to 8410,53:1. The silver Imports amount ed to 83,014,558 and tho exports to 37,338,31M, ifrf4MEj5fL?2?Cir 3 LOVE IS 'BEST J Tty riortnc HodjlKn-ton CHAPTEll IV (Continued.) And then Harold amazed them by the question: "Is there a school at Ensthllt-On-Sea.? I never heard of ono." Eosthlll-on-Bca was about two tnllcB from Easthlll proper, In the opposite direction from Dyncvor Manor and the Uplands. Within tho lust few years somo speculators had got possession of land there, nnd were trying hard to convort what had been a fishing ham let Into a wnteritiK-place. They had not succeeded well, and tho present result was a kind of straggling, un finished settlement, which waH neither town nor village. The old Inhabltnnts of Easthlll rather made game of the new watering-place, which will account for Kitty's Inugh. "I rwillj don't know, Harold: I hardly ever go to Eaathlll-on-Sea. There mny be hnlf :i dozen schools; hut I hope not. for their proprietors' sokes, for I can't Imagine that uny one would send children there." "I think you're hard on the place." said Harold. "There's a very good bench and a splendid air. 1 suppose people arc to bo found who tun do without niggers at the seaside." "All. but they'd want decent roads and tolerable comfort," objected Kitty; "and you know when It rains Easthlll-on-Scu Is almost u swamp, becnuse no ono hns mnde up tho. roads. Then they only bake every other day. and the butcher's shop opens twice, a week. It would tnkc n good deal to make up for such drawbacks." "It Is ull so unfinished." said Mrs. Dyncvor. "The roads nre staked out, and imposing name painted on sign boards, like 'Elm avenue." und 'Se:i Vlow gardens,' but neither nvcnuo nor gardens boast a single house, nnd the roads are not oven divided fiom each other, except by a few iKists." "Why are you so suddenly interested In EnstJilll-on-SenV" demanded Kitty "Vou can't possibly hr.ve been asked to recommend any one a school tliere. "Oh, dear, no; but 1 came home from i Marton by train, and n girl got out at our station who wanted to go to EaBthlll-on-Sen. She aalced the porter the way to Mrs. Tanners scnooi. ne . questioned tho ticket collector, and even the station master himself, but neither of them had ever heard of It I couldn't help feeling sorry for her. sho looked so tired nnd sad. It must be hard lines to tome oft a long journey nnd not find any one who enn direct you to your destination." "Poor thing!" said Kitty, nnd then the subject dropped. None of the three guessed tho Influence tho lonely llttlo traveler wns to have on tholr lives. It never dawned on Klty that the un known girl who wns bound for a school no one hnd ever heard of wnB to bo her dearest friend. CHAPTER V. Nothing will describe the desolation which filled Beryl Lindon's hcait when she stopped on to the platform at Easthlll. She had left London filled with the one desire of escaping from her father and stepmother. Ever since she heard of the foi mer's marriage her one end and object had been to get safely away from Kh-hester square. It was only when sho had actually start ed, when Mrs. MarMinm's kindly face was lost to sight, that sho realized she was going among strangers, that u new, untried life iny before her, with not one friendly voice to brighten it. It wus a long, tedious Journey, and Involved two changes. Easthlll was on a branch line, at which only tho slow est of trains condescended to stop. She was very plainly drassed In black; but nil her things had come from a West End shop, and there was an air of distinction about her not often seen in a lonely little thlrd-clasB traveler. v She was eighteen, though she looked older a very small, fairy-like crea ture, with soft, wavy brown hnlr, and big, lustrous blue-grey eyes. Her com plexion wns ve:y fair, nud had tho daintiest carmine tint. Sho knew absolutely nothing of the country. Brighton, Brussels, whore he hud benu ut school, nnd the tall house In Elchoster square had mado up her world. To find herself at a little rustle station, with only a few cottages In sight, wns almost alarming. And no ono ut the stutlon had heard of Mrs. Tanner's school. Thut of It self whs enough to discourage her. "Don't you be afuild, mlssle," the station master said kindly. "If you wrote to the lady, and rhe hnd your letter, she must llvo hero somewhere, and tho postofllio are the best people' to help you find her. You go straight along this lane till you come to a sign post, take the roud marked 'Easthlll-ou-Seu,' und presently you'll see four or ftvo shops. The postofilce Is tho first of the lot, and they'll put you right." Boryl left her luggage to the porter's mercy and started. The lano seemed Interminable. Perhaps In summer time It waa pretty; bub It was n late season, and the trees were hardly In bud. Their bare branches almost met in the mid d!o of the lane, looking very like black, thieatenlng hands uplifted against hei or Beryl thought so. She renched the sign post without meeting a single creature; but another half-mile brought hor to Hie shops, nd her heart gave a thrill of relief as sho recognized tho postolTloe, It wu qulto unlike any postofflce Beryl had ever seen, being & cottage with all business transacted in the t 1 t front parlor; while tho room on the opposite side appeared to be a baker's, one stale loaf and half a dozen stodgy looking buns being arranged In the window, "Can you tell me the way to Mrs Tanner's school Woodlands, the house Is called?" anked Ueryl anxlouBly. Tho young woman behind the counter was better Informed than tho railway people, for she answered with out any hesitation: "It's the last house on the front. The name's not up; but you can't bo mistaken because thero are no more houses." This was conclusive; hut Beryl felt positively sinking from weakness and fatigue. She looked at tho louf of bread nnd buns, and finally asked the damsel In chnrge if sho could have some ' refreshment "a cup of ten or something." "The fire's out, I expect. You can have a glnsn of milk and a plate of bread and butter, if you like." The fate wns plain, but It revived tho traveler. The attendant gave her plenty of local Information while sho ate nnd drank. Mrs. Tanner had not been nt Ensthlll-on-Scu long. There wasn't much opening for ft school; there were very few residents, and nat urally vlstors didn't want to send their children to school when they came down in tho summer. "You do look tired!" sho concluded. "Hut It's not much further now. Tho end of this street leads to the front, and Mrs. Tanner's Is tho last house on the right." Deryl found the house easily; but her heart sank ns she looked at It. It was so new that at the back tho piece of wnste ground called a garden wa3 not yet fenced off, and the front rail ings had not yet been fenced off. Woodbinds looked as though it had been built elsewhere, brought to East hlll on a trolley, nnd Just popped down on the first vnoant spneo. The wind Howled round it, tho waves which ,ashed over the shlni'lo sooniotl to IlUKn derisively nt it. and even to poor )ery tllp ,111R0 1)oaril QVor t)0 fr()nt windows- "Ladies' School" seemed grotesque In such a place. She rang the bell. It was so '8111X1 her fingers could hardly move It, and when at last It rang It made such n noise she decided Mrs. Tanner would think her new tenchor very impatient. There wns not the least sound of move ment in the house, and Beryl was actually contemplating a second ring when the door wns (lung suddenly open, nnd a very small pervnut In n very big white apron stood regarding hor curiously. "Ib Mrs. Tanner at home? I think sho Is expecting me. I am the new governess." "You're to como this way," said the child she really wns very little more. And Beryl followed her ncross a good sized hall to a small sitting-room nt the back, the door of which her guido opened encouragingly. "You go straight In," she com manded. It was a very small room, and rather sparsely furnished; but what Beryl saw first was a tall, slight woman In widow's woods, who came forward to meet her with such a frightened face that the girl felt compelled to take the Inltntlvo. "I am afraid I am later than you expected. Mrs. Tanner; but It Is n long walk from tho station, and I came slowly so ns not to lose my way." "You look cold and tired," said Mrs. Tanner gently. "Sit down and warm yourself. Hhoda will bring tea soon; I waited for you." - "It was very kind of you," Beryl began, and then she broke down help lessly and crlod ns though her heart would break. Of course It was behav ing disgracefully. It -was most unschol astlc and chlldlBh; but those fow kind ly woids had been tho last touch. Mrs. Tunner did not seem in the least angry. She took Beryl's hand and held it for a minute or two, then she said gently: "I don't wonder ut your being upset, my dear. When I first came here in January I loathed the place qulto as much us you can do. I enme from a pretty country rectory, with n dear old garden nnd trees thnt had stood the test of centuries, and this hlouk, des olate place seemed terrible to mo; but, Miss Lludon, work Is the best cure for sadness, and even Busthlll-on-Jfea seems brighter when one Is busy." "Please forgive me!" Bald Beryl, pleadingly. "Indeed, I nm not discon tented; It was only thnt you were so kind to mo." "Did you expect me tobe an ogrcan?" asked Mrs. Tannor. "When you havo had somo tea and feel rested I will tell you all about things. I am afraid you will find plenty of rough places at Woodlands, but they won't bo of my ranking." Teu wns delightful. With curtains drawn and the lamps lighted, the room seemed quite a snuggery; nnd Mrs. Tanner saw that Beryl had plonty of the faro provided. "I would rather tell you everything beforo you see my sister," she Bald, when Rhoda had taken nway the things. My husband died last Novem ber. He was the best and kindest man who ever lived, but he wasn't busi nesslike, and when all tho expenses were paid I had only 20 and tho fur niture to keep myself and the children. Of course I knew I should have to work; but I had never had to earn my llvirig, nnd I did not know how to eet, about It, My sister is tho only near relation I have. She Is very rich, and shollko8!,to manage. She decided I bad bettor keep a school thenJUhe twins could bo educated forsothlng. Her lutBband baa a good deal. of prop erty round hore, and' they offered mo this house rentJtfreoJf three years. "Of course" 8hoflushed painfully "the Wilmots are In a very good posi tion here, and it would not do for, It' to be known any ono connected with them had to keep a school, so I prom ised Mury I would never mention the,, relationship. She has really boon very good. She speaks of me to peoplo as 'a young widow In whom sho Is inter ested, and altogether I havo twolve pupils. If the new ones promised this term como tomorrow I shall have fif teen. They pay 2 a term, no that I huve 00 a year; but r found out If I hud any ono who could tench Fronch and really good music I Bhould got mora scholars nnd keep them till thoy wcro oldor. Thnt Is why I thought of getting help. Besides, with only Rhodu, thero is n great deal to do domestically, nnd the twins' clothes have to bo made and mended," ( "How old are the twins?" asked Beryl. "Four. Rather young to be in school nil dny; but I can't send them out alone, nnd I don't like them to be in the kitchen with Rhoda. Miss Llndon, I know I nm offering you a very small salary; but I think If you nnd-I 'fit in' you may really bo happier here than In a grander sltuntion." "I am sure of it," said Beryl. "Mrs. Tanner, I don't think any ono in the whole world can be lonelier than I am, and If only you will keep me, I shall be glad to stay." w- Mrs. Tanner gavo n little sigh. "Mary Mrs. Wllmot will be round In tho morning. You must not mind . If sho seems a llttlo overbearing. Oh, and there Is tho thing sho wanted me to suy she docs not like your name at all." Boryl professed her regret, but hard ly saw the objection wns hor fault. "It's In this way," explained Mrs. Tannor. "The show plnco near hore, Dyncvor Manor, belongs to a Mr. Lln don, though General Craven lives there. Mary thinks ,lt a Blight to Mr. Llndon that my teacher should have the same name. Her husband Is his ki agont, nnd goes to see him somotlinos nt his grand house in Elchoster square, Belgravln. Of course 1 told Mary Mr. Llndon would never hoar of my school, much less my teacher's name; but she was very dlsngreeable, and said It could not mntter to yon, and that by changing one letter the nnmo sounded quite differently. Do you mind being Miss London? You see, it won't make any difference to your letters, because most people loop their I's now, so that they look like e's." Boryl felt inclined to bless Mrs. Wll mot. H, as she now felt positive, her father were the owner of Dynevor Man or, why, then, her ono deslro waa that ho might never hear his fugitive daughter was living beneath its shad ow. She hod never heard him speak of Sussox, or of possessing property In tho country. Surely it was strange that, with all England before her, sho should have drjftcd to tho ono placo where he had Interest, School began the next day. The fif teen girls woro nice things. Mrs. Wil mot's Interest hud procured some. Tho clerk of the works employed by her husband to watch his InterestB in tho building operations, sent three small ' daughters; the tax collector contrib uted two; hut there wns a Bprinkllug of a higher grade the curate's only child, and the doctor's two little girls. Mrs. Wilmot struck Beryl as far less refined than her sister. She and her husband were rich, and gloried In their money, though us yet It had not boen nblo to forco an entrance Into the so ciety of Easthlll proper, which was of the select nnd exclusive kind knowu as "county." (To be Continued.) CHURCH MONEY. Soma Odd Wy jln Which' Women i Kariied 1U The women folk of the ijletbodlst church at Oxford recently Bet out to earn money for certain church pur poses, nnd a meeting was 'held at which each woman or girl recited the mothod by which Bho had earned her contribution, says tho Boston Journal. Some of tho recitals were funny enough to convulse tho audience, nnd a rew nre epitomized as follows.: Miss Mary Dobbs started out to do some Janitor work, but got tired and sub contracted the Job, though saving for herself n margin of profit. Mrs. M. Collins said that one dny her husband wns tearing around the house hunting for his overshoes and said he would give a half a dollar to know what had become of them. She told him sho had sold them to tho ragman, nnd demanded the half. Mrs. Bay kalso mined her own house and saved the dollar which an old colored man de manded for tho Job. Miss Zulu Colo engaged In a great variety or employ ments. She got 6 cents for washing Mrs. Mlddloton'a dishes, 10 centa for doing some sewing for hor sister, 5 cents from her uncle for keeping her mouth shut llvo minutes, 5 cents for killing threo cats. 15 cents for sweep ing tho sidewalk in front of two stores, nnd 5 centa for popping Bome corn! Miss Lyda Mills made DO cents by mending the hnrness and making a now hnlter for tno cow. MIsb Lettie Morrill got 60 cents for doctoring a sick calf. Tombs aro but tho clotheB of the dead. A grave Is but a plain suit, and a rich monument is one embroidered. ' Fuller. . I J i "