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WILL SUBMIT CASE TO THREE
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Situation at Frankfort Monday Was
Somewhat Mixed The Legislative
Session at Loadon Had Not Been
Called Off Other Items
Frankfort Ky Gov Taylor on the 5th
inst made a distinct and positive offer to
ubmit the merits of his claim to the gu
bernatlonal chair of Kentucky to any three
fair minded men in tlie world the men to
Deselected by the United States supreme
court He will allow them to arbitrate the
case and will abide by their decision
This announcement he made to a corres
pondent of the Associated Press at 6
oclock p m In his office in the executive
building
Chaotic is the only word that will de
scribe the political situation as it existed
Monday in Frankfort This condition
arose not so much from anything that was
done by either side as from the countless
stories and rumors that were spread broad
cast during the day
Early in the morning at -was positively
asserted by the Democrats and confirmed
by a few Republicans that a legislative ses
sion at London was about to be called
off The Democrats claimed to have had
the highest possible assurances that Gov
Taylor would take such action and that
the next session of the legislature would
be held in Frankfort in the capitol build
ing Tuesday morning Gov Taylor late
in the morning however altered the situa
tion entirely by declaring to the Asso
ciated Press that no order had been issued
revoking the meeting at London and that
it would proceed as originally intended
by him He denied in the most emphatic
manner that there had been any intention
tf the Republican party to abandon the
London session This was a bombshell to
many of the Democratic members of the
legislature who had left the city Saturday
nigat and Sunday morning in order to be
away from the capital in case i8 was de
cided by Gov Taylor to convey them
to London for the purpose of helping out a
quorum
SILENCE STILL UNBROKEN
Macrnm Will Issue a Statement Al
ter Visiting Washington
New York Charles E Macrum former
consul at Pretoria who asked to be re
called at a time when his presence in the
republic was urgently required by the
state department arrived on the steamer
St Paul accompanied by his wife and lit
tle daughter
Mr Macrum has maintained silence as
to his reasons for wishing to leave his sta
tion and though repeatedly asked to make
publio his reasons for so doing he has re
fused Hes silence is still unbroken though
Mr Jfacrum says that the week after his
arrival in Washington and visit to the
Btate department he will issue a statement
over his own signature telling why he left
his post at such a critical time
Mr Macrnm refused either to confirm
or deny the story that while in Paris he
held a conference with Dr Leyds Presi
dent Kirugers diplomatic representative in
Europe It was pointed out to the for
mer consul that the state department had
given out that he was no longer connected
with that branch of the service and that
for that reason he was free to talk To
this he replied
I cannot help that I consider that 1
am connected with the department until I
have reported in Washington
All sorts of questions were asked Mr
Macrum relative to his leaving his post
but to all he answered that he would not
talk until he had visited the state de
partment
WHITTAKER TURNS UGLY
Frankfort Suspect Said to Have
Made Threats Against Goebel
Louisville Ky Holland Whittaker
arrested at Frankfort charged with shoot
ing Goebel has become sullen and morose
A man named OBrien from LaGrange
on Feb 5 identified him as a man who
passed through La Grange a couple of
weeks ago saying he was on his way to
Frankfort to see his friend Governor Tay
lor now robbed of his rights He carried
three revolvers and hinted that Goebel
was in danger
RUSSIA MAY GRAB
Good Chance to Profit While Brit
ain Is Fighting Boers
St Petersburg The campaign in favor
sf taking advantage of the present compli
cations in South Africa to secure Russian
ports on the Indian Ocean and Mediterra
nean is being pushed with vigor The
newspapers openly advocate profiting by
Great Britains difficulties to realize
schemes upon which depends the ultimate
prosperity of Russia and which Great
Britain has always frustrated
Grain Elevator Burns
Northfield Minn Fire destroyed the
Carmichael grain elevator The building
was owned by the Stewart estate and was
valued at 1500 The gram was the prop
erty of M Carmichael The loss on this
was about 2500 nearly covered with in
surance
Tragedy at Hot Springs
Hot Springs Ark Gus Norton a
circus man and all round sportsman from
Chicago was shot and killed in the Ar
kansas club by Kid Richards a young
man of Corsicana Tex The men had
quarreled Richards was jailed
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Awful Heat in Buenos Ayres
Bueno3 Ayres One hundred and two
sunstrokes were officially reported in this
city TTeb i Of these ninety three were
iatal Tbe temperature was 120 in the
ehade
STATE OE NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON
DENSED FORM
Omaha Burglars Employ a Novel
Method to Pilfer a Jewelry Estab
lishmentHurl a Paving Block
Through the Window
From the display window of George W
Lyon Co jewelers atOhaha bold
hiqves secured nearly 300 worth of
Jewelry Jan 28 They selected G a m as
ihe most promising time for their opera
tions and escaped without difficulty M
Goldman who occupies a room above the
jewelry store was awakened just before
daylight by the sound of shattering glass
He ran to the front window and looked
into the street Seeing nothing out ofvthe
ordinary he returned to bed Policeman
Madsen some time later discovered that
the plate glass of the display window had
been shattered by a paving block which
was reposing snugly among the folds of
red cloth which hid served to set off the
beauty of the jewels It was at first
thought that a street fight had ended with
this result but when George W Lyon in
response to a summons arrived at the
store he announced that many watches
chains and trinkets had been removed from
the display window
At 6 oclock iirtne morning thare were
very few policemen on duty The night
watchman made his usual round at 5
oclock and found everything in order at
the store But at 0 oclock the sagacious
thieves made the best of the remaining
minutes of darkness The paving block
was hurled through the window and the
broken glass fell to the sidewalk and was
scattered about for ten feet This was the
noise that aroused Goldman but evidently
the thieves had quickly repaired to a place
of concealment from which they could de
tect any signs of danger without them
selves being seen When they found that
their plan had succeeded they returned to
the window and hastily collected the jew
elry within reach through the big irregu
lar hole made by the paving block To
make good their escape after that was no
trick at all
ELOPER MEETS DEATH
Fate of One of an Iowa Couple Who
Ran Away Together
Coroner -Dodge and County Attorney
Denney of Fairbury were summoned to
Harbine by telephone one day last week
to look after the circumstances attending
the death of a woman there Investigation
satisfied the officials that the woman died
from natural causes The man who was
with her when she came to the village was
arrested for unlawful cohabitation He
gave his name as J Denning and said he
was a physician and had been treating the
woman whose name he gave as Mrs Bran
ham for some illness -
He was taken before the county judge
and pleaded guilty to the offense charged
and was fined 50 The womans mother
was telegrapd for and came on from
Jewell Junction Iowa to which place she
took the remains for burial
At the inquest it developed that her right
name was Mrs Nettie McConnell Her
mother Mrs Branham of Hawarden
Iowa arrived and identified the body as
that of her daughter She swore that her
daughter was married several years ago to
Charles McConnel a brakeman on the
No thwestern Railroad and lived in Ha
warden Iowa She ran away from that
place with the doctor about two months
ago The doctor swore his home was in
Essex County New York and they trav
eled overland from Iowa stopping at
various places He claimed he has large
property interests at that piace
MYSTERY CLEARED UP
Silver Watch Case Found Shows
Prcssler Was Killed in Wreck
The fate of Emil Pressler the young
man who has been missing since last Jan
uary and whose disappearance created so
much excitement in the east is no longer a
mystery A silver watch case found near
the scene of the Sunol train wreck in Chey
enne County shows the name of Pressler
engraved on the inside of the case while
Dn the outside is the name of Harriette
Honneuse That Pressler was a victim of
the Sunol wreck is now plainly evident by
this silent testimony The charred body
now lies buried in the Sidney Cemetery
awaiting word from the relatives who re
side at Brooklyn N T
Woman the Cause of It All
Paul Geyser of West Blue is thankful for
the poor markmauship of Robert Clyde a
neighboring young farmer who took sev
eral shots at hiin Clyde 14 now in jail at
York charged with shooting with intent
to kill He blames Geyser for legal sepa
ration from his wife last fall About once
each month since one or the other of the
two men has been put under bond to keep
the peace
Ten Out of Twelve Wolves Escape
About 150 men and boys took part in a
wolf hunt across the river from Fremont in
Saunders County last week The strip of
country covered was about five miles
square Twelve wolves were started but
only two of them were killed the lines be
ing too thin to hold the other ten The
two killed were coyotes of good size
Prairie wolves are more plentiful this year
than usual
Smallpox Near Wj more
The state board of health recently re
ceived information that two cases of small
pox had been discovered at Liberty twelve
miles from Wymote Orders have been
issued to have the strictest quarantine reg
ulations enforced As the cases are not in
a thickly settled community the danger of
an epidemic is not great
Woman Sues Her Agents
A suit was commenced in tiie district
court at Nebraska City by Mrs Hannah R
Dillon against John C Watson and John
V Morgan for an accounting of certain
funds aggregating 19S883 consisting of
rents and profits of buildings which she
says were collected by the defendants as
her agents
Child Probably Fatally Burned
A young child of J E Hayes manager
of the American Grain Companys eleva
tor at Winside backed against a hot coal
stove and was probably fatally burned
The child ran across the room all aflame
aud would have gone upstairs if it could
have opened the door leading into the hall
Mr Hayes caught the child and burned
two quilts in smothering the flames
Saloon and Store at Loup City -
Peter Slobodnys saloon and Henry Dol
ling shoe store burned at Loup Citv with
a loS of 3000
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PLIGHT OF A NEBRASKA GIRL
Runs Away from Lincoln to Wed
and Works as a Boy
A girl of 16 years who gave 4he name
of Muriel Ashton and said her home was at
Lincoln was found working in a boarding
house at St Joseph Mo1 as a waiter
She had been masquerading as a boy
several days The boarders noticed that
her clothes did not fit well and that her
voice was very fine for a boy They com
municated their suspicions to the boarding
house keeper and an investigation was
made -
The girl admitted that she had run away
from home dressed as a boy and that she
had assumed that attire the better to
escape detection Her intention was to
marry a young man of Lincoln who was to
come to St Joseph later and join ber
Something happened to prevent him from
coming and being out of money the girl
was compelled to seek employment She
had no ocner croming and had to continue
the deception in the boarding house
SISSONS BODY LIES IN STATE
Funeral of Lieutenant Who
Nebraska Short Notes
Fell
with Stotsenberg
The remains of Lieut Lester Sisson
arrived at Columbus Jan 31 and laid in
state for twenty four hours Sisson was
among the first to enlist when the call for
volunteers was made He fell in battle
April 23 1899 within twenty minutes after
the gallant Col Stotsenberg The funeral
was held on the 1st inst and the remains
laid to rest at St Edward where his par
ents reside He was buried with military
honors and nearly the entire membership
of Company K attended The deceased
was 21 years of age and a printer by trade
He enlisted as a private and was promoted
to first lieutenant
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Crawls Miles With Frozen Feet
Saturday evening Jan 27 while Frank
Richmond a farmer was driving homo
from Brule his team became frightened at
something along the road in the darkness
and ran away throwing him out on the
frozen ground He struck on his head
rendering him unconscious and he did not
regain
his senses until daylight Sunday
The night was the coldest of
the winter G degrees below zero His
feet were frozen and he was unable to
walk but managed to crawl on his hands
and knees homeward four miles away
and made half the distance when he was
discovered by the neighbors and taken
home
Stronger Than the Principal
Principal Ira Lamb of the high school
at Nelson has tendered his resignation to
the board of education and it will doubt
less be accepted This was -Principal
Lambs second term A few days ago he
made a division in one of the higher
classes This created much dissatisfaction
among some of the pupils a number of
whom are children of influential citizens
Some of the pupils left ihe school The
board intimated that the order had better
be revoked and the change made at the
beginning of the next school year Mr
Lamb dissented and his resignation fol
1 owed
Mystery Cleared Up
The mystery surrounding the disappear
ance of Otto Miller one of Adams Countys
prosperous farmers was cleared up when
Sheriff Simmering received a dispatch
from Millers brother at Colo
stating that he had found Otto Miller and
team all right The message did not give
any information as to Millers mental con
dition but it generally believed that he
became temporarily insane and started
westward without any destination in view
Pleasanton Creamery Is Opened
The Pleasanton Creamery Company has
opened its plant It is operated by the
Fremont Creamery Company Four thou
sand pounds of milk were received the
first day and a large and enthusiastic
crowd was in attendance
Farmer Dressier- is Acquitted
The trial of Hezekiah Bressler of Wis
ner an aged farmer charged with shooting
his tenant with intent to kill resulted in
an acquittal after the jury had been out all
night
Creamery at Oakland Sold
N Olander Sons have sold their
creamery at Oakland including five sep
arator stations to Harding Company
of Norfolk for 10000
The new elevator at Brady Island is now
in operation
North Loup expects to have a bank in
the near future
Cuming County has something like 32 -
000 in casii on hand in the county treas
ury
The Emerson school board has found it
necessary to lease an additional school
room
Several Dawes County farmers have
been busy constructing irrigation ditches
during the present winter
Postmaster Stacy of Ord had to get an
expert to open his safe It got out of
order and he was tillable to get it open
Fred Daup of Sarpy County in company
with eleven other men left a few days ago
for Soutli Africa where they go to assist
the Boers v
Ten years ago fourteen Ravenna young
men formed a bachelors club and swore
to remain single Twelve of them are
now married and the other two are hust
ling for wives
Efforts are being made to secure author
ity from the governor for the organizing
of a company of state miliiia at Howell
Joseph Novak and Joseph Laur who
served in the Span isli American war are
tlie moving spirits in the undertaking
Congressman Sutherland has appointed
Ralph Boelus oE Hansen and J L Bene
dict of Hastings as cadet and alternate to
the West Point military academy These
two young men stood first and second re
spectively at a competitive examination
held at Hastings
A J Honey has purchased the Carroll
creamery and will operate it the coming
season x
C M Chamberlain and F A Taylor of
Tecumseh expect to market 200 head of
cattle they have been feeding this winter
within tlie next three weeks They still
have 800 lieaddeft in their feed yards
Ollie WillHvms the woman who was ar
rested in Wayne County some time ago on
the charge of horse stealing was acquitted
on trial
An accidental shooting occurred at tlie
Bartling ranch five miles east of Sidney
Eddie Ahrens aged 15 sonj of Banker
Ahrens was playing with a revolver and
it was discharged the bullet striking
Harry Bartling in the calf of the leg The
ball was extracted
Morris Smith a farmer living near Ar
borville is building an elevator on his
farm large enough to hold 50000 bushels
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CHAPTER XV Continued
One day while the general and Sir Ba
sil were walking along the high road that
led to ArleyKthey met a huge lumbering
wagon on its way to the Hall When
they drew near to it they found that it
was from the railway The driver stop
ped when he saw Sir Arthur and asked
If he -was to drive through the park
What have you there asked the
general in wonder
Ten packages answered the burly
driver Would you like to see the book
Sir Arthur
The general looked at it and found that
there were ten packages from South
wood Then he remembered that when
leaving there several things in the cot
tage were packed up and left at the rail
way station to be forwarded to Brent
woodMartin Rays writing desk his
favorite books one or two things that
the girls prized Hetties music and what
few mementoes remained of the dear
dead mother It occurred to Sir Arthur
that any knowledge of the arrival of
these things would be hateful to Hettie
so he tore a leaf from bis pocketbook
and on it wrote a note to Leah telling
her that the packages -were from Soudi
wood and that they had better be put
-away in some remote corner of the house
until Hettie had quite recovered and the
Bight of them would not hurt her He
cave directions that the wagon should
act go near the Hall
No one can tell he said what harm
the sound might do to Hettie and Ba
sil was struck by his kindly considera
tion
Leah read the note and hastened to
give the necessary orders The pack
ages were stowed away in one of the un
used rooms of the western wing One
of them a square packet attracted
Leahs attention She unfastened the
canvas in which it -was folded and found
that it was her fathers writing ease
If Leah could have known what the
desk contained she would not have look
ed at it with such careless eyes
She forgot all about the packages Het
tie though -weak as a little child hardly
able to see or hear was out of danger
and the doctors agreed that she had tak
en the critical turn which leads to health
The terrible strain of anxiety was ended
the great mental stress over Everyone
In the house breathed more freely Dur
ing her illness Hettie had endeared her
self to all Her sweetness and patience
the severity of her sufferings her thought
for others her loving gratitude were
things to be remembered and when it
Beemed certain that she would not die of
this terrible fever the rejoicing was
creat
Once more the cheerful sound of merry
voices was heard Hettie half amused
half alarmed at her own feebleness
slowly traced the path that led from sick
ness to health Once or twice when she
had so far recovered as to be able to
take notice of what was passing around
her Sir Basil had sent her by Leah a
few flowers She took them without a
word and laid them down languidly She
did not show the least desire to take
care of them and made no remonstrance
when they were removed
You do not value them Hettie said
Leah laughingly as the flowers fell from
the white trembling fingers
I value you id the weak voice
What a trouble -e been to you all
How much bettei d it have been had
I died
And that was the bu ji of her song
how much better would it have been hud
ehe died She had been so near death
It seemed a pity to come back to life
again It was a fatal state of mind for
ia
en invalid and one that proved sadly
prejudicial to Hettie
mi
jne uoctors again grew anxious and
paid that if she were not roused from
this state she would either die or lose
her reason Her condition was worse
than illness She did not gain strength
she ate and slept but little It was im
possible for her to have change of air
rs she had still to be carried from one
room to another
CHAPTER XVI
What shall I do to rouse her said
Leah to herself one morning after her
asual conversation with the doctor She
Is sweet tempered loving and grateful
but she seems to have lost all desire to
Eve
Suddenly Leah bethought herself of the
packages from Southwood Surely among
them she would find something that by
-memory or association would startle her
mind into activity
Leah went to the unused room in the
western wing where the packages lay and
the writing case was the first thing that
caught her attention It was probable
tihere would be among her fathers papers
something which would remind Hettie of
her old home and rouse her into a more
active state of mind She opened the
case and found it filled with documents
Ah what was this A letter in a square
envelope on which was written For my
daughter Leah written now that I know
I am dying to be sent or given to her
tafter my death She looked at it again
mistrusted her eyes while she read the
words She put it into the pocket of her
dress she would read it when she had
finished her search She would be all the
happier if that letter were a kind and
loving one It had been a sore trouble to 4
her that she had reached her fathers side
too late and that he had died calling for
her and she was not there
A few minutes later she had gone back
to Hetties room with many little me 1
mentoes of home that she thought would
Interest her Then a visitor arrived one
of the ladies of the neighborhood to make
special inquiries after Hettie When she
left Leah remembered the letter
It was rather early to have the lamps
lighted though the rooms were gloomy
with a miserable yellow light The
drawing room was bright and gay with
flowers A fire burned in the grate the
vivid flames rose and fell with a dazzling
light Leah stirred the fire rousing it
Into a yet deeper glare then she opened
th envelope it was a long letter and
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she half wondered what her father had
to say to her She was lost to every
thing when she had read a few lines Her
letter ran as follows
I have a story to tell you Leah one
that no one in the world knows but my
self one that gives you a chance to re
deem yourself to return sacrifice for sac
rifice I do not demand it I do not
even ask it When you have read what
I have to write the issue must lie in your
hands entirely
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before the cottar
e looking over the wall
at the sea which washes the foot of the
green hill There came upon me quite
suddenly and silently the handsomest
young man I had ever beheld in my life
I talked to him It was infinite pleasure
to converse once more with one who be
lieved in me I spent a pleasant hour
with him He told me that he had been
educated abroad and had but just re
turned to England where he was anx
iously studying politics and that he want
ed to understand my political views
He came once when I was out and I
returning home found him talking to
Hettie He said that he was waiting for
me but if ever I read passionate love in
a mans face it was in his And then
only did I begin to care about who he
was for Hettie was changed and I knew
that her heart had gone out to the stran
ger I made inquiries I found that his
name was Sir Basil Carlton and that he
was staying at Dene Abbey with my foe
the Duke of Rosedene I found that my
mortal enemy Sir Arthur Hatton with
the girl who had once been my daughter
but who had disowned me was with him
and onee in all your magnificence I saw
you Leah You passed me on the high
road you were in a carriage with the
duke and duchess smiling proud beau
tiful I heard that Sir Basil was your
lover I decided that I would watch
events and see for myself if hat were
true
Suddenly the blaze of the fire seemed
to die out and the lisht faded Leah
could not see the letters they swam in a
mist before her eyes She rose mechan
ically and went to the fire she stirred it
again The flames flickered this time on
a face white as the face of the dead
The firelight fell on the pages of the
letter when Leah opened it again and it
seemed to her as though the words were
written hi blood the scarlet flames leap
ing and playing in mockery over it It
was a death warrant that she held in her
hands She went on reading
Leah give heed to my words I do
not know why Sir Basil asked you to
many him I am sure that it was not
because he loved you I am sure too
that he acted in all loyalty He came
down to Southwood and saw your sister
quite accidentally he fell in love with
her without knowing it Hettie loves
him with her whole heart and will love
no one else while she lives They parted
in sorrow and tears both honest both
true Whether they will meet again I
know not I leave that with you The
doctor has told me to day that I have not
many weeks to live and that nothing
can change my fate Leah I cursed you
do this which I ask and that curse will
fall harmless to the ground When I am
dying I shall send for you and may be
able to tell you this When I am dead
ask Sir Arthur Hatton to take Hettie
home it will be safer far better for her
I can see it now And Leah if you
would be truly noble truly generous if
you would make a glorious atonement for
your selfish choice if you would rise far
above the level of ordinary womanhood
if you would change a curse into a bless
ing if you would do that which will
bring music and beauty and brightness
into two lives give up your love to Het
tie and let her wed him
Now Leah from your head every
hair of which was once so dear to me I
raise the curse I laid upon it Whether
heaven gives the power to mortal man
to draw down a curse upon another I
cannot say If I had that power I with
draw the words I uttered Your sacrifice
will outweigh your selfishness the good
you may do will outweigh the evil you
have done And now Leah once the be
loved child of my heart once the center
of my life and hoper arewell
She had reached t e end of the letter
but her senses were confused Her brain
was dazed she could not think or realize
her position Her whole soul was steep
ed in the horror of full despair Slowly
she again turnea to the letter and re
read it line line word by word
It was her sentence of death it was
the warrant that cut her off from all
that was bright and beautiful in life
The two whom she had loved and trusted
had betrayed her Granted that Basils
betrayal had been unconscious that he
had fallen in love without knowing it
he should have told her He should have
trusted her and have lether decide
I should have given him his reedom
she said with a great tearless sob I
should have set him free
And Hettie the fair young sister whom
she had nursed back from the very arms
of death Ah well she could not say
that Hettie had betrayed her for she had
learned to love him without the faintest
suspicion as to whom he was but when
she saw him here when she knew that it
was Leahs lover for whom she had learn
ed to care she might surely have trusted
her then Lover and sister had betrayed
her Her head drooped the fire flame
died It seemed to Leah as though her
soul was leaving her bddy a cold chill
and sense of darkness came over her
If it be death welcome death she
said as the shadows closed around her
CHAPTER XYII
A month had elapsed since the fatal
day on which Leah had read her fathers
letter She had made up her mind now
how to act The doctors had agreed that
Heftie would not recover until she had
had change of air and it was arranged
that when the first breath of warm
weather came the family were to go to
the south of France The Duke nd
Duchess of Rosedene were already set
tled there so that there would be a
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home party after all Tbere had beew
some mention of the wedding Leah b
beautiful face had paled and a wistriit
look had come into her eyes She sd4
that the wedding must be delayed tWre
could be no thought of marriage whn
Hettie was in such a fragile state or
health She spoke calmly and smioV
when she remembered how little anyone
knew of the pain at her heart
The general had demurred slightly
when she refused to bear of the marriage
taking place as had been settled in tho
spring
Delayed marriages are always un
lucky Leah he said to her S
Mine will not be so sue repneMr
and he wondered at the strange smile oi
her face
He had thought a great deal lately
about his favorite niece she was so ter
ribly changed He tried to believe thut
it was due to her anxiety concerning Het
tie but that was hardly possible Shej
had such a strange expression on her
face He could net understand it though
he watched her keenly One thing h
particular struck him She never spokej
of the future and her interest in every
thing seemed dead Sho laughed andt
talked but to his eyes there was al
ways more or less of effort when she did
so Her face would flush and the lighc
in her eyes was too bright
Hettie noticed nothing her one great
relief and source of gratitude was thats
she would not have to go through ther
trial of seeing Sir Basil again The doc-
tor had said that she must go to ien
and that in ther
tone as soon as possible
meantime she must be kept perfectly free
from all excitement and must see no one
All the arrangements were made forf
the journey the Duke and Duchess of
Rosedene were awaiting anxiously the
arrival of the sisters when a compile
arose The member for the couatyf
had died suddenly and this brousL
about the very opening for which Sfc
Basil had longed - He was determind
to contest the election to secure his seng
in Parliament and then to make for him
ovip orvia onii w nmmp of a statesman-
He was born for it politics was his
cation This was an opportunity not a
bo lost With some exertion and the helpr
of Sir Arthur Hatton he felt sure of sne4
cess Of course he couldvnot accompany
the sisters as had been arranged to
France so it was decided that Sir Ar
thur should take them thither and remain
for a day or two and then return at once
to help with his canvass
The news affected the sisters different
ly Hettie had dreaded the journey with
Sir Basil yet had not liked to raise any
objection Leah had told herself thai
she should take her last look at his be
loved face on English soil She made noj
remark whenir Arthur told her of the
change in their plans and Tie was blindi
enough to think that her silence arose
from some little resentment against her
lover so little idea had any one of the
true facts of the case They thought
Leah very quiet for some days after thaL
Who could guess that in her own mindi
she was bidding adieu to the place she
loved so well
Once she asked Sir Arthur to drive
her over to Glen Sir Basil had gone to
London on business Ehe general was
delighted at the request he rejoiced to
think that Leah took so great un interest
in the improvements
As he drove her along the road he jest
ed with her and teased her he did notj
notice that she sat by his side cold and
pale as a marble statue with such an ex
pression of bitter pain on her face as1
would have startled even a stranger She
was going to say good by to the
ful house that would never be her homer
now She wanted to look once more
on the lavish decorations at the rooms
prepared for her which she would neveri
use She tried to picture Hettie here-
Hettie with her sweet face and goidAj
hair who would be so well suited to this
dainty picturesque home and she won
dered as she went through the rooms
whether when Basil was established
there with Hettie as his wife he would
think of her whether he would remem
ber her asd her great love whether any
idea would come to him of her sufferingi
or of her broken heart
You look very ill and tired Leah
said the general in deep concern
He had caught sight of her as she
came from the room that was to havj
been hex boudoir and she was off herj
guard He was shocked at the whitej
face and the dark haggard eyes He
kissed her lovingly
My dear Leah what Is the matter Is
there anything more than fatigue
She raised her brave face to bis whe
never forgot the look or the voice and
said
No there is nothing wrong and E
have done nothing which could tire me
She looked round for the last time up
on a scene that she was never to see
again andf as she drove back she felti
that the pain at her heart could never be
sharper
To becontinued
Politics and Business
America Is sometimes called by un
friendly Europeans The country of
the Barnums on account of the gift
which our people are supposed tohave
in the art of advertising but it is
doubtful if any of us are more adroit
in this respect than certain Frenchmen
are Witness for instance the follow
ing announcement which was recently
published in the papers and in handbilY
form in Paris
GENERAL ELECTION
To the electors of the th
ment city of Paris
The undersigned appreciates the nat
tering desire of many of his fellow
citizens that he should represent this
arondissement in the Chamber of Dep
uties Always proud to feel himself in
accord with his felow citizens he is
convinced that he would represent
them faithfully and that his nomina
tion would be equivalent to an election
Fully appreciating this fact an5
thanking the citizens of the th aron
dissement for their confidence so gen
erously bestowed he begs leave never
theless to announce that the great in
crease In his business as a- dealer Jq
hats at No 79 Rue de Marseilles fully
occupies his time and attention and
that his service to the public at this
well known establishment will unfor
tunately prevent him from accepting
tiie responsibilities of a deputy
In short instead of putting himseli
at the head of the people he rlainis
the priviteTe of putting lis products
npoD their heads
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