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TTIi OMAhA TATTX 1UTh SATU11.DA1 AVGTTST 6. 1898.
, l ) .L THE DESBOROUGH CONNECTIONS1
, Q 1 . By BRET HARTE
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( Copyright , js q , by I3rct Ilarte. )
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'Tben t I5nt fl question of property or
next of kln7 ' Bald tbo conftiI.
! "Lord ! no ! " nald the bdy. 'rIvncIoUBlY.
1" "Why , goodncs me I reckon old De.bor
ough could at any time betoro be died have
bought up and bought out the whole lot off
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f bl relatives on thIs ildo of the bIg pond-
vorth. No-lt'B
no matter whtt they were
only a matter of curiosity and jtiBt soclabtc
floss. "
The American consul at St. Kentigorn felt
much relieved. Ito had feared It was only
the old atory of deluBivo qiiesti for Irnag-
lnary estates and ImpossIble lnherltanccs
which ho had confronted so often In nervous -
ous WOflCyCl enthusiasts and obstreper-
oufi claimants from hIs own land. CertaInly
( hero was no suggestIon of this In the richly
ilresscrl and letllamondcil matron before
hIm , nor in her pretty daughter , charming
in a Paris frock , alive with the..consctous-
nesa of beauty 80(1 ( admiratIon , and yet a
little ennUYO from gratified indulgence. lie
kncw the mother to be the wealthy widov
of a New York millionaire , that abe was
traveling for pleasure In 3urope , and a
chanen meotinr with her at .linner a tow
nights before bad led to this bait-capricIous ,
haif-ctmfldontthl appointment at. the consu-
into.
into."No
"No , " contInued Mrs. Desborough , "Mr.
Dosborotigh caine to America when a Bmail
boy with an uncle who died some years ago ,
Mr. Desborougti never seemed to hanker
much after his English relatives as long as
I knew him , but now that I and Sadie are
over hero why we guessed we might look
'em up and sort of sample em. Desbor-
ough's rather a good name , " added the lady ,
with a complacency that , however , bad a
suggestion of query in it.
"Yes , " said the consul , "from the French ,
I fancy. "
"Mr. Deshorough was EnglIsh-very Eng-
lisli"-correctcd the lady.
. "I mean tt may ho an old Norman name , "
said the conut.
"Norman's good enough for me , " said the
- , ' daughter , reflecting. "We'll just settle it
a' ' ; Norman , I never thought about that
Des. "
"Only you may nod it called 'Dobbor-
ough' hero , anti spelt so , " said the consul ,
smiling.
Miss Desborough lifted her pretty shoul-
dora nail made a charming grimace. "Then
wo won't acknowiedgo 'era. No Debbor-
ough for me ! "
"You might put an advertisement in the
papers , like the 'next of kin' notice , intimating -
\ " mating , in the regular way , that they would
henr of something to their advantagc'-aa
' they certainly wouid"-continued the con-
sut with a bow. "It would be such a. ro-
freshtng change to the kind of thing I'm
accustomed to , don't you knowl-thia idea
I of one of my countrywomen coming over
i just to benefit EnglIsh relatives ! By jove ,
I wouldn't mind undertaking the whole
( thing for you-it's such a novelty. " lie
was quite carried away with the idea.
flut the two ladies were far from participating -
; ticipating in this Joyous outlook. "No , "
said Mrs. Icaborough promptly , 4that
. wouldn't do , You see , " she went on with
superb frankness , 'that would be just giving -
ing ourselves away and saying who we were
' beforo'syo Jound out what thoywcre. liko.
. Mr. Desborough was all right in his way ,
but we don't know anything about his
.t folks ! We ain't hero on a mission to improve -
prove the Desboroughs. nor to gather in
any 'lost tribes. ' "
It was evident that In spRo o the humor
of the situation and the levity of the ladies
there was a characteristic national practi-
calnoss about them hnd the consul , with a
sigh , at last gave the address of one or two
rcsponsible experts in genealogical Injuiry ,
as ho lied often done before , lie felt it. was
impossible to offer any advice to ladles
as thoroughly capable of managing their own
affairs as his fair countrywomen , yet ho was
not without some curiosity to know the re-
cult of their practical sentimental quest.
t That lie should over hear of them again be
doubted. lie knew that otter the first lone-
,
limiess had worn oft in their gregarIous gath-
. crings at a. London hotel they were not
. Hkely to consort with their own country peo-
) Ile , who indeed were apt to light shy of each
.7 other or evea indulge in invidious criticism
of one another when admitted to that so.
ciety in which they were alt equally stran-
gore. So ho took leave of them on their
way back to London with the belief that
their acquaintance terminated with that
brief incident. But ho was mistaken.
lit the year following ho was spending his
autumn vacation at a country house. it was
a historiq house and had always struck him
as being-even in that country of historic
cats-a singular example of the vicissitudes
J. , of English manoral estates and the muta-
' . linus of Its lords. Ills host In his prime
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hail been recalled train foreign service to unexpectedly -
expectedly succeed an uncle's title and es-
tate. That estate , bowevor , had come into
the possession of lmo uncle only through his
marriage with the daughter of an older
family whose portraits still looked down
from the walls upon the youngest and alien
branch. There were likenesses , elilgios ,
memorials and reminiscences of still older
families who bad occupied it through for.
I' ' teituro by war or the favoritism at kings
and In its stately cloisters and ruined chapel
was still felt the dead hand of its evicted
J religious founders which could not be shaken
oft.
oft.It
It was this strange individuality that effected -
fected all vlmo saw 'it. For , however
changed were those within its walls , whoever -
over were Its Inheritors or inhabitora ,
Scrooby priory over changed or altered Its
own character. 'however Incongruous or ill-
assorted the portraits that looked from its
valls , so ill met that they might have
flown at each other's threats in the long
nights when the family were away-the
great house Itself was Independent of them
all. The bewlgged , bolaced and befurbo-
hewed of one day's gathering , the round-
beaded , steel-fronted and prim-kerchicted
congregation of another day , and oven the
blacli'coatcd , bare.armed and baro-shoul-
dered assemblage of today bad no effect on
the austerities of the priory. Modern
Louses might show time tastes and prepos-
sesiona of their dwellers , might have
caught some passing trick of the hour , or
t have recorded tIme augmented fortunes or
luxuriousness of the owner , but Scrooby
priory zioveri No one had dared oven to
disturb its outer rigid integrity ; the
breaches of tIme and siege vero left Un-
touctied. It hold its calm , indifferent sway
uvcr all who vassed Its low-arched portals
and the consul was miii to believe that he
'
-foreign visItor-was no more alien to the
house. than its present owner.
"I'm expecting a very charming compu-
triot of yours tomorrow , " simid Lord Dover-
dale as they droyo train the station to.
, gether. "You must tell tue what to show
' her. "
" should think any tountrywomnn of
mine would ho quite satisiled with the prI .
ory , " said the consul , glancing thought-
fuli ) toward the pile dimly seen through
' the park.
"I shouldn't like lice to be bored her.m , "
continued Deverilale , "Mgy met her at .
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Rome , where she was occupying a palace
f with her uiother-tliey'ro very rich , you I
know. lIe found she was staying with
Lady Minevor aL hiedhamu Towera and I :
p' 'i9 ' -t/J- L/t.I
went over and Invited her with a little
party. She's a Miss Dosborough. "
The consul gave a slight start and was
aware that IJeverdalo was looking at him.
"l'erlmps you know berV' said Deverdale.
"Just enough to ngrco with you that she
is charming , " said the consul , "I dined with
them and saw them at the consulate. "
" 0 , yes I always forget you are a consul.
Then , of course , you know eli about them ,
I suppose they're very rich , and In society
Over thore" said fleverdaic , in a voice that
was quito animated.
IL was on the consul's lips to say that the
late Mr , Desborough was an Englishman ,
and even to speak playfully of their proposed
quest , but a sudilen Instinct wIthheld bini.
After all , perhopa It. was only a caprice , or
idea , they had forgotten-perhaps , who
knows-that they were already ashamed of.
They had evidently "got on" in English so-
clety , It that. was their real intent , and
doubtless Miss Desborough , by this time ,
was quite as content with the chance of becoming -
coming related to tIme earl of hioverdale ,
through his son end heir , Algernon , as if
they found a real Lord Desborough among
their own relatives. The consul knew that
Lord Thevordale was not a rich man , that
like most men of old family he was not a
slave to class prejudice ; indeed , the constil
had seen vary few noblemen oft the stage or
out of the pages of a novel vhio were. So he
said , with a slight affectation of authority ,
that there was as little doubt of the young
lady's wealth as there was of her personal
attractions.
They were nearing the house through a
long avenue of chestnuts , whose variegated
leaves were already beginning to strew the
ground beneath , and they could see the vista
open upon the yellow October sunshIne
lightening up time mullioneil windows of the
priory. In the sunshine , dressed in a shoot.
lug Butt , stood a tall , clean-limbed young
follow , whom the consul recognized at once
as Lord Algernon , the son of his companion.
As if to accent the graces of this vision of
youth and vigor , near him , in the shadow ,
an old man bad halted , bat in hand , still
holding the rake with which he hod boon
gathering the dead leaves in the avenue , his
back bent , partly with years , partly wIth
the obeisance of a servitor. There was something -
thing so marked in this contrast , in this old
man tandlng In the shadow of the fading
year , himself as Uried emi withered as the
leaves lie was raking , yet pausing to make
his reverence to this passing sunshine of
youth and prosperity in the presence of. his
coming master , that the consul , as they
Swept by , hooked after him 'with a stirring
of pain.
"Rather an old man to be still at work , "
said the consul. Boverdalo laughed. 'You
must not let him hear you say so ; ho con-
skiers himself quite as fIt as any younger
'nan In the place , and , by Jove ! though
ho's nearly 80 , I'm inclined to believe it.
ho's not one of our people , however ; he
comes from the village and is taken on at
odd times , partly to please himself. I-Its
great atm is to be independent of his chit-
dren-ho has a granddaughter who is one
of the maids at the priory-and to keep
himself out of the workhouse. He does not
comae trout these parts-somewhere further
north , I fancy. But b&a a tough hot , and
las a deal of work in him yet. "
"Seems to be going at bit stale lately , "
said Lord Mgernon , "and. I think is getting
a little queer in his head , Ho has a trick
of stopping and staring straight ahead , at
times , when he seems to go off for a ruin-
ute or two. There , " continued the young
man with a light laugh , "I sayt he's doing It
n ow ! " They both turned quickly and gazed
a t the bent figure-not fifty yards away-
s tanding in exactly the same attitude as be-
f ore. But. oven as they gazed he slowly
l ifted his rake ud began Is monotonous
work again.
At Scrooby priory the consul found that
the fame of his fair countrywoman bad indeed -
deed preceded her , and that the other guests
were quito as anxious to see Miss Desbor-
ough as ho was. One of them had already
met her In London , another knew her as
one of the house party at the duke of North-
forehand's , where she had been a central
figure. Some of her naive sallies and frank
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criticisms were repeated with great unction
hy the gentlemen , and wIth some slight
trepidation and a "tearful joy" by the Ia-
dies , lie was more thami over convinced that
mother and daughter hail forgotten their
lineal Desborougha , and ho resolved to leave
nay allusion to it to the young lady herself.
She. however , availed herself of that
privilege the evening after her arrIval ,
"Who'd have thought of meeting you bore ? "
she said , sweeping her skirts away to rnalce
room for him on a sofa , "It's a coon's age
since I Sav you-not since you gave is that
letter to those genealogical gentlemen in
London , "
The consul hoped that it lied proved suc
ceseful ,
"Yes , but maw guessed we didn't care to
go back to liengist and hiorsa , and when
they lot loose a lot of 'Debborougha' and
'Daybrooks' upon us , maw kickedi We've
got a drawing ton yards long that looks like
a sour apple tree with lots of Desboroughs I
banging up on the branches like last year's I
plppins . , amid I guess about as wormneatcu ,
\\.o took that well enough , but when it conic
to giving us a map of straight lInes and L
dashes with names written under them like I
an old Morse telegraph slip struck by light.
ning , then maw and I guessed that it made I
us tired. "
"You know , " she weal on , opening hem .
clear gray eyes on the consul , with a char. '
actc'rlstie ' hash of shrewd , good sense- .
through her quaint humnor-"we never reck' .
oned where this thing would loath us , suC I
ve found we were paying 101 I
not only for the Desboroughe , bul
nil the people they'd married , an I
their children and children's chili. .
dreu , and there were a lot of outsiders wo'c I
never head of , nor wanted to hear of , Masi r
once thought sbod' got cmi the trail of m i
Piantagenet and toliowed it keen until slmi S
found she had been reading the dreadtu I
thing upside down , Then we Concluded wi I
wouldn't take any more stock in the family
until It had risen. "
Iurlng this speech the consul could not
help noticing that although her attitude was
playfully confidential to him , her voice really
was pitched high enough to reach the ears
of smaller groups around her , who were
not only following her with time intensest
admiration , but bad shamelessly abandoned
their own conversation and hail even faced
toward her , \as she really posing in her
naivete ? There was a certain mischievous ,
even aggressive , consciousness In her pretty
eyelids , Then she suddenly dropped both
eyes end voice and said to the consul in a
genuine aside , "I like this sort of thing
much better. "
The consul looked puzzled , "What sort
of thing ? "
"Why , all these swell people , don't you
see : their pictures on the wails , this ole-
goat room , everything that has come down
from the past nil ready and settled for you ,
you know-ages ago. Something you haven't
to pick up for yourself and worry over , "
But hero the consul pointed out that the
place itself was not "ancestral" as regarded
the present earl and that even the original
title of his predecessors had passed away
from it , 'In fact , it came into the family
by one of those 'outsiilers' you deprecate.
I-hut I daresay you'd dm1 the place quite as
comfortable with Lord lieverdalo for a host
as you would if you bad found out he were
a cousin ? " lie added ,
"Dotter , " said the young lady frankly.
" 1 suppose your mother participates in
these preferences ? " said the consul with a
smile ,
"No , " said Miss Desborough , with the
same frankness , "I think Maw's rather cut
up at not finding a Desborough. She wa
Invited dow-n here-hilt she's rather lade-
pendent , you know-so she allowed I could
take care of myself-while she went ott to
stay with the olil dowager , Lady Mistowe ,
who thinks maw a very proper womanly
person. I made maw mad by telling her
that's just what old Lady Mistowe would
say of her cook-for I can't stand these pee-
pie's patronage. However , I shouldn't wonder -
der I ! I Invited here as a 'fliOBt original
person , ' "
But here Lord Algcrnon came up to implore -
plore her to sing them one of "those plan-
tatlon songs , " and Miss Desborough , with
scarcely a change of voice or manner , a-
lowed herself to be led to the piano. The
consul bad little chance to speak with her
again , but ho saw enough that evening to
convince him that not only Lord Algermiou
% 'as very much in love with her , but that
the fact. bad been equally and complacently
accepted by the family and guests. That
her present visit was only an opportunity for
a formal engagement was clear to every
woman in the house-not excepting , I fear ,
even the fair subject of gossip herself. Yet
she seemed so unconcerned and self-con-
tamed that the consul wondered if she really
cared for Lord Algernon. And having thus
wondered , he came to the conclusion that it
didn't much natter for the happiness of so
practically organized a young lady If she
loved hIm or not ,
It Is highly probable that Miss Sadie Des-
borough had not oven gone so far as to ask
herself that question , She awoke the next
morning with a sense of easy victory and
calm satisfaction that bad , however , none of
the transports of affection. her taste was
satisfied by the love of a handsome young
fellow-a typical Englishman-who Is not
exactly original nor ideal , was , elm felt , of
an universally accepted , "bali-marked"
standard , the legItImate outcome of a highly
ordered , carefuly guarded civilization , whose
repose was the absence of struggle or ambition -
tion , and oven whose regular features were
not yet differentiated from the rest of his
class by any of those disturbing lines which
people call character. Everything was made
ready for her , without care or preparation ;
she had not even an ideal to realize or to
modify. She could slip without any jar or
dislocation into this life whIch was just
saved from self-induigence and sybaritic luxury -
ury by certain conventional rules of actIvity
nail time occupation of amusement whIch , as
obligations of her position , even ' '
to suggest the novel aspect of a duty ! She
could accept all tIlls without tim sense of
being on intruder in an unbroken lineage- ,
thanks to the consul's ' account of the I-lever-
dales' Inheritance. She already pictured herself -
self as the mistress of this fair domain ,
the custodian of Its treasures and troth-
tions , and the dispenser of Its hopItalitlea
-but flB she conscientiously believed , without -
out pride or vanIty , In her position-only
an intense and thoughtful appreciation of it. ,
Nor did she dream of ever displaying it ostentatiously -
tentatiously before her less fortunate tel-
low-countrywomen ; on the contrary , she
looked forward to their possible criticism
of her casting off all transatIantlo ties with L
an easy consciousness that was ierhmais tier .
nearest approach to patriotism , Yet again , ,
she reasoned that as her father was an Bag- ,
lisbmau she was only returning to her olil
home. As to her mother , she hail already '
comforted herself by noticing certain dis-
crciamieies in that lady's tenmperament ,
which led her to believe that she hersell
alone iuhmeritd her father's nature-for hem .
mother was , of course , distinctly Amnericani
So little conscious was she of any charmint ;
snobbishness in this belief tbat in her sit. ,
perb nalveto she would have argued tlu I
point with tIme consul and employed a uP
dialect that was purely American ,
She had slipped out of the priory 'each r
ihat morning that site might enjoy alone , ,
unattended and unciceroned , the aspect oh
that vast estate which zutght be hers for ,
the mere accepting , Perhaps there was I
some instinct of delicacy in her avoidins ;
Lord Algernon that mnornitig ; not wishing ,
as else herself aught have frankly hiut it , ,
"to take stock" of his inheritance iii his I
presence. As she passed into the gurdee I
through the low pastern door she turned I
to hook along the stretching facode of tIn I
main huliding , with the high staineil win' '
dews of Its banqueting ball and the stnt ( I
chamber where a king bad slept. 1vcr I
in that crisp October air and with the greet I
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of its ivicil battlements against the gold
of the ditant wood , it scemeil to lie In
the languiil repose of an eternal summer.
hie hurried on down the other terrace into
the Italian garden , a quaint survival of past
granul3tlr , passed the great orangery and
numerous conservatories , making a crystal
hamlet in themselves , and seeing everywhere -
where the same luxury. lint it was a luxury -
ury that she fancied was redeenicil from
the vulgarity of ostentation , by the long
custom of years alit ) generations , so Unlike -
like the millionaire volnccs of her own
land , and iii her enthusiasm she even
fancleil It was further sanctified by the
grim monastic founders who had once been
content with bread anil imlse In the crumb-
hag anil dismantled refectory. In the p1mm-
Itude of her feelings she felt a slight recognition -
ognition of seine beneficent being who hind
rolled this golden apple at her feet , and
felt as it she really should 111cc to "do
good" % n her sphere.
It so ehanceil that , passing through a
small gate In the park , she saw walking a
little ahead of her a young girl whom ube
at Once recognized as a Miss Anwlyn , one
of the guests of the evenIng before. Miss
Dcsborough remembered that alto piny.i1 .
the nccominniniemit of one or two songs
upon the piano , nun had cress executed a
hong solo durIng the general conversation
without attention from ( tie others rind rip-
parently with little irritation to herself ,
subsi&fliig afterwards into an armchair quite
on the fringe of other people's conversatbti.
She had been called "my dear" by one or
two dowagers and by her Christian name
by the earl , rail had a way of impalpabiy
melting out of sight at tImes. These
triiies led Miss Icsboroughi to conoliuho that
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l atmon. hero was an opportunity to begin
h er work of "doing good. " She quickened
her iLtCO ) unit overtook Mica Aniclyn.
"Let mc walk with you ? " she said gm-
ciousl y.
The young English girl smiled assent , hut
looked her surprise at seeing the cynosure
of last oight's eyes unattended.
"Oh , " said Sadie , anawemlng the mute
query , "I didn't want to be 'shown round'
by anybody , and I'm not going to hero you
wIth asking to see sight3 either. Wc'ii just
walk together ; wherever you're going is
good enough for me. "
"I'm going as far as the village , " said Miss
Anmehyn , looking down doubtfully at Sadie's
smart French shioes-"if you euro to walk
so far. " Sadie noticed that her companIon -
Ion was more sohidiy booted , and that her
straight , short skirts , although lees stylish
than her own , hail a certain character , better -
ter fitted to the freer outdoor life of the
country. But s1i only said , however , "The
village will do , " amid gayly took tier corn-
panion's arm.
"hut t'm afraid you'll flail it very unin-
tercating , for I am going to visit some poor
cottages , " persisted Miss Amelyn , with a
certain timid ingenuousness of manner
which , however , was as distinct as Miss
Desborougli's holder frankness. "I promised
the rector's daughter to take her tilaco to-
day. "
"And I feel as it 1 was renihy to pour oil
and wine to any extent , " said Miss Iesbor-
ought , "so come along ! "
Miss Amclyn laughed and yet glanced
around her ttmnitliy , as If ahmo thought that
ilhiss Desborough ought to have a larger and
more important audience. Then she contin-
tied more confidentially and boldly : "But
it isn't 111cc at all like 'shimming , ' you
know. These poor ieoplc hero are riot very
bail , and are not at all extraordinary. "
"Never mind , " soul Sadie , hurrying her
along , After a pause she svemit on : "You
linow the iirlor' very' well , I guess ? ' '
"I lived thiero when I ras a little girl ,
with my aunt the Dowager Lady hover-
dale , " said Miss Amelyn. "When my cousin
Fred , who was thin young heir , died , and
the present Lord Bevertlalo succeeded-he
never expected it , you know , for there were
two lives , his two elder brothers , ) ' - '
poor Fred's , between , hut tli" . t"Li tiled- ,
we vent to live in fit tt' , er house , ' '
"The . . ' i repeateil Sadie ,
, aUy Beverdale's separate prop-
"But I thought nil this property-the
priory-canto Into the fatally through
her. "
"It. did-this was the Aniclyn's place-
but the oldest son or mit'arest mob heir
always succeeds to the vroperty auth
title. "
"Io you mean to say that the present
Lord Iloverdalo turned that old lady
out ? "
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Miss Amel'n looked sliocketi. "I aican ta I
say , " ahie said , gravely , "Lady' Beverdale
would hiavo had to go when her own eon
hmcamno of age , had lie lived , " Site unused
then said , timidly ; "Isn't it that way
in America ? "
"Dear no ! " Miss 1)osborough hind a faint ;
recollection that there was something In the I
constitution or the declaration of hide. .
pondence against primogenhture. "No ! the I
men hmavemi't it all their own way there !
Not much ! "
Miss Amelysi looked as if site did not care I
to discuss titis Problema , After a ( ow maci. .
memits Sailie Comitinueil "You and Lord .
geruon are pretty old friends , I gufssi"
"No , " roplicil Miss Anielyn , "he camc
once or twicu to the Priory for the boll. ,
ilays , when lie was miuite a boy at Marl. ,
borough-for the fatuity weren't very wek I
off and his father was in India. lie was L
very shy boy and of course no one evet
thought of him succeeding , "
Miss Desboroughi felt halt inclined to In I
pleased with tIlls and yet half inclined tc I
resent this poasiblo snubbing of her ( uturt I
liustanil , But they were nearing the vihiagi I
anti Miss Amelyn turned time conversatiom I
to the object of her visit. It was a now vii .
lage-an unhandsome village for all that ii I
stood near one of the gates of the uiark , II L
had been given over to sonic mines tba I
'vote still worked in its vicinity-and to ( hi I
railway which the uncle of the present car I
bad resisted-but the railway bad triumnpbet 1
and the station for Scrooby Priory war
1310 FIREHEFI1E ! ! !
Haritey St , _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .llai'ncy S
Fire Sale of CIb'
COME ONE ! COME ALL.
And atsfy yourseff of the bargains to be 1llt(1 at the Fire Sale of the elhtir ( stock of 1ot1lihlg
hats alUl gOh1t'S furiiisliing stock , of the Natioiinl Clothing Co , that was lifthlutgCtI i4ig1it' by
iuoko aitd water.
Children's Knee Pants. Children's Suits S
I
25c boys' knto pants , flfC 8 to 14. . . . . . . 5c . iO CliilI'S Slllt1 ( lllhiIage(1 8 liii IC . . . 85I
5013 boys' kitco pniits , ago 4 to I 5 . . . . . . . I Ou $4. 00 clii ! dS SU11i4 , ( llhhilligCl 8. littlO . . . . . 50e
75(3 bOS1 knee 1)ahltS , ago 4 to 15 . . . . . . . Nie $ UOO child's stiitt , ( hllhiIlgel 11 little . . . . ( JOe
$1 boys' kIlee 1)flIllS ) , age 4 to 15 . . . . . . . . 30e $1. 00 c1ii1d' Stilt S , ( llhthiigCd IL little - - $1
Furnishing Goods. Men' s Hats.
15c linen collars , ; tlI styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5c 75c mcli's 11at all sty1ei . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Sc
15c SUSIChl(1CtS , all styles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5e $1. 5 iiieit's 1iati , all ttyles. . . . . . . . . , . 15e
( )5c ) shirts , all styleM . . . . . . 5e $1 . 75 ittelt's Ilals , all style' . . . . . . . . . . . . ( JOe
$1 , 50 shirts , all tty1es . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOe $2. 50 111011'S 1iiti ; , till sty1e . . . . . . . . . . 80e
Men's Suits. lflei1's Overcoats ,
$6 ineil't suits , all kinds. . . . . . . . . . . . 2. e ) $ S ineiiti ovei'eoat , all styles . . . . . . . . . $8. 50
$10 111011'S suite , t11 kihl(1S . . . . . . . . . . 4. 00 $ I 2 iiieii'S OVOI'COIItS , all styles. . . . . . . . $5.00
$15 ilicu's suits , all kinds . . . . . . . . . . $0.00 SIS 111011'S overcoats , all styles . . . . . . . . . $ S.OO
Now cii Sa at Q3O ary Street
Next Door to the Trocadero.
1310 FIRE ! FIRE ! 1310
IIarne3' St' Ilarney St.
, C , ' - - ' . w. R. ROBERTS , for years Cashier of the Citizcns' h3anlr of
I ' Omaha , amid widely and very favorably known in Omaha and Iowa ,
. writes on May 6 , IS9S-"About : 2 years ago 1 was troubled with nor-
. vouus DYSPEPSIA , cold feet amid hands , lack of circulation , loss of
iiesb , etc. I slept poorly and was iii tcu'i'lble condition. I took
b
-I Kay2s Renovator
; ' . - and found it to be the best. remedy I ever urged. I took no other mcdl-
, - 0mb and in a short time I gained 46 pounds. I have , since taking the
Renovator , ate well , slept well , and am free from cold hands and feet ,
, ni . h ' circulation . is good and the cureseems permanent and lasting. "
, ' . Dr. Ra' itenovator it sold by druggists , or sent by mat ! for 25 cia and $ t or 6 for
* 5. Do not take any sttbxtitute , for it has no , IL is an excellent purifier and the
bct nerve . . tonic known , Send for Dr. Key's tome Treatment , an illustrated I II page
4 ' book. free. One man said he would not te a 15 for otto of its rcceipt ; another a d ho
/1' would not take tb for the uooh. Dr. U. .3. Kay Aledicsl Co. , Omaha , Nob.
there. There was a grim church on the bill ,
of a blackened and weather-beaten static ,
with a few gm-un Anielyns reposing cross-
legged in the chuancel , but tile character of
the vihiago was as different from the Priory
as if it were iii another county. They
stopped at the rectory , rhere Miss Arnehyn
provided herself with certain doles antI
gifts , vIncii the American girl would have
augmented with a 5 note , but for Miss
Anielyn's horrified , concern. "As many shill-
hings ivoiihd do nail they would be as grateful -
ful , " she said. "More they wouldn't under.
stand. "
"Then keep it nud dole it out as you like , "
said Sadie , quickly ,
"Bitt I don't thiinlc that-that Lord Dcv-
erihalo would quite approve- " hesitated
Miss i'tmnelyn.
Time pretty brow of irer companion knit
and Item gray eyes flashed vivaciously.
"What has lie to do with it ? " she said ,
vertl' ; "besides , you say these are not his
Itoor , Take that 5 note-or-h'li double
it , got It changed into sovereigns at the eta-
tion auth hand 'oni rounil to every man ,
woman and child. "
Miss Amelyn hesitated-time American girl
looked capable of doing what silo saul-
perhaps it. was a national way of altnsgiv-
Ing ! She tonIc the note , with this mental
reservation of making a fuhi confession to
the rector and Lord hios'eriahe. ]
She was right in saying that the utoor of
Scrooby village were not Interesting. 'rhere
u'as very little squalor or degradation ;
their poverty seemed cot a descent , hut a
condition to which they had been horn ; the
faces which Sadie saw were dulled nail
apathetic rather than sullen or rebellious ;
they stood up s'hicn Miss Amelyn entore ,
paying her the ileference , but takint imitle
note of the pretty butterfly u'ou was with
her-or rather suibmittitig ¶ , , her frank cmi-
riosity u'ith that c'iiI consent of ( lie poor ,
mm it they ha.I lest even the sense of pri-
vac" 'i right to respect. It seemed to
tbi American girl that their poverty was
more indicated by what they were satis.
fled with titan she thought they missed , It
is to be feared that this did not add to
Sadie's sympathy ; all the beggars shio had
seen Iii America swanlod all they could get ,
amid she feit as It she were confromiteil with
nit inferior nmiirnal ,
"There's a wonderful old man lIves here , "
saul Miss Ameiy'n as they halted before a
steno and thatch cottage quite out the out-
shirts of the ' ' ' '
vilinge 'sm'e
, can't call hun one
of our poor , ( or ho still works , although
over SO , and It's his jride to keep out ci the
poorhouse , and , as Ito calls it , 'oft' tIme hands
of his granihdaughtero , Ihut we manage to
do something for them and we hope lie
lirofita by it. One of them is at the priory ;
they're trying to make a maid of her , lint
her queer accent-they're from the northi-
is against her with the servants. I nni
afraid we won't see old fobs , for lie's at
work again today , though the doctor has
vaincd litii ,
"flehel wbnt a funny name ! "
"Yes , but as many of these people cannot
reaih nor write the nmiino is carried by the
car and slot aiways correctly. Somno of the
railway iiavvies , who come front tile north
ho does , call iiiin 'Jebhers , '
They were obliged to descend into the
cottage , which was so low ( lint it seemed
to have sunk into the earth until Ito drooi'-
tug eaves of thatch mingled with tile straw
liemup beside It , Iebs was not at hionie. But
his granddaughter was there , who , after a
prehlittinary "bob , " continued thio stirring
of the hot before tile tIre in tentative si.
lcnce ,
"I am sorry to fimici that your grandfathic
has gone to work again , in spite of the doe-
tor's orders , " said Miss Ameiymi ,
'The girl continued to stir the pot and
then said , without looking up , but as ii
aiso continuing a train of aggressive
thoughts with her occupation : "Iay , but
'a's so itet oo ) in 'issen eo iloaui't take or-
iiers from nobbut-tcastways doctor
Moinde'cm now moor nor a iloy. Says 'cc
knaws there newt wrong we' 'is 'cart , Mout
be roight-how'siver , sartea-sewer 'i
'cads a' in a muddle ! ToPaz 'eo goes oft' ,
stamnria' and storm' at newt , as It 'ce a'nt
it naporth o' sense. IIow'slver I be iloing
lay duty 1)3' 'cm-and 'or d's 'Is Porritcll
when a' c000is-'giu a' lie sick or mand. "
\\'lmat the Amercan ! imndeistoott of ( lie
girl's speech and manlier struck her os bay-
imig very little sympathy with either her
ngcil relative or her present visitor , Atiti
there was a certain dogged , sehtisli hide-
pondenco nbout her that Miss Desbarough
half Iflteit anil lmlf resented , however , Miss
Arnelyn diii not seem to notice it , amid , after
leaving n bottle of port for the grandfather ,
sIte took her leave amid led Sadie away. As
they passed imito ( ho vlago a carriage me-
turning to tire priory , Plied with their ( Cl-
low guests , dashed by , hut was instantly
pulled imp at a word froni LoiI , Algemnon ,
who leaped from the vehicle , lint in hianti ,
and implored the fair truant and her coma-
Panlon to join them.
"We're just making a tour around Viml.
over hill and bath to luncheon , " lie said
witim mm rising color.'e missed yea
awfully ! If we hind known you were so
keen on 'good works' and so early at it
by Jove , we'd have got up a 'slununin'
party' and all joIned. "
' 'Anti you hmavemi't scott half , ' ' saId Lord
Beverdale from the box. "Miss Amnelyn's
too vartial to tile village. There's an olth
drunken retired voachier somewhere in it
hut in Crawley woods , mliomn it's death to
npvroachi. except wIth a large party , Tiiemn'sm
imniigiiririt diphmtheria over at tile South
farni , eight down with nieashc'iu at the keep-
ems nail an old woman who hind been bedridden -
ridden for years , "
But Miss lesbomoughu was adamant ,
thioughi spaililimig , Shin thtalihced hiiiii , but
said alto hail just seen an old vomami ' 'vbio
had brett lyimig in bcii ( or twenty' years
and hiauhii't spoken the truth once ! " Site
reposed "going outsiilo of Lord hover-
unto's own preserves of gmntn-ft'tl poor" and
starting tip her own gunir. Site would return -
turn in tinie for luncheon-if silo could ; if
net , she "should annex the gruel of the
fIrst itimith incaiahle site tract , ' '
Yet , actually , else was far ( rein dispheaseil
at being aecldemitahly discovered by theie
people , whim following out her capricious
whim of the mornimig , One or two older
lathes , viio hail fought shiy of her frocks
and item Irnmilrricss the evening before , were
quite touched how by tills laittertly vlia
uas w hung to forego the sumihighat of so-
cicty , ahial soil her pretty wings on the
haunts of tlao inipovorisired with only a
single companloti-of hem'
owli sex-amiil !
smiled nhlhros'hmicly , Anti in her present
stab of mninti , remembering her coliupanloit's
timnitl aitrihiute toward Lord liovcrihriin's
opinions , ohio watt not above nihmiiuiitstvriiig
this slight snub to bun in her presence ,
\'iiemi they hat ! driven awny , with ninny
regrets , Miss Ameiyn was deeply concerneil.
' 'I ama afraid , " site saul , with tiniid con-
ecientiousness , "I hitivo kept you froni going
with them , And yomi must lie bored with
vitrit y'oti have seen , I know. I don't lie-
Ilevo you really care one lilt for tile-and you
mire emily doing it to please rae. "
"Trot out the rest of your ahiow , " suitl
Sadie , iironiptly' , ' 'amid we'll wind up by
lunching with the rector. "
"he'd lie 100 delighted , " saia'l Miss Anielyn ,
with dIsaster written nil over her girlish ,
trutlifui face , "but-hut-you know-it re-
ally' wouhiln't ho quite right. to J.orah hover-
dale ! You're his lurineipal gue4t-you know !
anti-they'd think i had talten you off. ' '
" % 'eii , " said Mitts Dcsburoughm , inipotu-
ousdy' , "what is tile matter with that inn
-tile lied LieuVo con gel. a sandwich
there , I gucas , I'm not. very hungry. "
Miss Amnelyn icokeil liorrilicid for a rate-
lilelit anti then hitlgleii , , hilt itrlnicihialely
Pecamno concei'ncil again. ' 'No ! listen to mae ,
reilily slow ! Lot mc finish my inuiitl ilione !
You'ii have ample timne if you go how , to
reach thu ulciory for luncheon , i > o , hh'ilSC. I
wouitl ho over to uilueli better for every-
body. I foci quite guiity as it is and I en- ;
p030 I'm already in Lord hievordale's black
books , "
rhio troul'le ' in the young girl's face was
unmistakable and as it ttulteil lilies Ictibor.
ough's purpose just as well 4o show her in-
dependeiico by returning , as site hail set
out , aloste , she consented tn go , lilies Awe.
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Remember the name
when you buy
.
again
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IT , / KILLER.
Alter citing , .11 vrrrnln seek waler and the eI'fl alt ,
I lcncc title killer is the tacit cleanly oneartit ,
For Sale by eli Irugglsts. Price , 1 $ Cents.
NEWTON MAIIUFACTUHING & CHE1ICAL CO , ,
9 Viiiimun 5trcet , Now 'ork.
lyit ltowetl 11ev a short cut iicrosta tue hark
nail they eeparateii.--ta meet at dinner , lii
thiitt brief fellowship the /alnericamu girl had
irelit a ccrtain supreniacy and iialf'faseina-
tiara over tile Ingiieit girl , thOu ivhiiltt sahio
uvaft conscious of iii , invincible character in
Miss Ataeiyii entirely' different from tumid
siipci'ior lii her own. Certainly there was a
diffemonce iii the two peoples , W'hy else ,
this itiiterlteai conseictuatious ruvt'retaco for
Lord ihoverihulo's iobUIOfl , shown by Mitts
Anioiy'n-wlaichi ttiiu , un AmerIcan-alive to
Its itracticai benefIts , couhil not unilerstand ,
Wouiti Mlvii Ainviyii and Lord Aigemnoim
have made a lttttur , match ? rite tiiough
irritated her , even while she knOw that
ehie , herself , liosseeseti tIm young man's of-
fectuons , ( hit iiower to marry him , and , as
situ believed , icetit her own Judepeadenco In
the muattet' .
To botcontinucti.
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