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TIIE OMAHA DAILY 1EE: SUNDAY, XOYEMBETl 17, 1901. in NO OTHER WAY. ttynopsla nf PrrcrdliiK Chnplrrn. Mrs. Isabel Weyland. u widow, Is threat ened with the debtors' prison. Her chief creditor, Mrs. Urymer, suggests a way out of tho difficulty, mnrrlngo with nn Impris oned debtor, who. for h paltry sum, will assume Mrs. Weyland's debts also. In company with Mrs. Brymer, Mrs. Weyland visits the debtors' prison and llnds there a young Irish attorney of the name of Mac r.amaro, who admits that while he owes but 25 he Is absolutely hopeless of ever paying It. Ills case Is dcuperato and Mrs, Urymer proposed to make It more so by saddling him with Mrs. Wcyland'H debts. During an Interview between Mrs. Woylnnd and 'Macnamam tho woman sympathizes with tho man. CIIAl'TEll ll-((,onrlutled.) On the I'oor Side. (Copyrighted, by Dodd, Mead & Co.) "Sir, tay. If you were free tomorrow, what would you do7" "What should I do If I wero free!" His eyes suddenly lit up. "If I were frcct I isvo ncvor dared to ask tbo question. If I wero freel Why speak of Impossibilities?" "Sir," tho lady placed her hand upon his arm. "It is not Impossible. Believe me. It Is not Impossible. woro froo?" "If I were free oh, If I wero frco!" A udden flush of color flow Into his cheeks. "If I were frcol 1 should go back to tho Inner Temple. "Where else could I go?" "And then?" "I should wait on fortune. There aro many chance for a barrister. Why, I am a scholar as good as most, of them. 1 know as much law a any of thoso who are beginning. I can speak I learned to Bpeak t Trinity. All Irishmen, thoy say, can speak. I should make, somehow, a start and and and Oh, God I am a prisoner, on tho Poor Side. My bralu Is on flro. It Is your wine and your compassion. And I dream of king's counsel and of Judges!" The tears crowded to his eyes and rolled down tho cheeks. "Sir," Bho repeated. "I will not, I Bay, do you tho Injustice wo contemplated. Meantime lot me" Sho placed a purse her long bilk purso with gold at both ends In his hands "let mo against the time when you arc klng'a counsel and have taken Bilk and are sergoant-ut-law ad vanco you a small sum." He Htood Hllcut, Tho purso lay In his baud he was transfixed. His eyes filled with tears. "Madam," ho gasped at length, speaking In n manner, at random, as ono who knowe not what to say. "It la too much. You are an angel. Tho prison has become a pool of Bethcsda. Us waters, to be sure, aro always troubled. Tho angel takes the prisoners out of the troubled waters. It la not quite tho samo " He collected himself. "Madam," ho said, "how ehall I madam, you over whelm me." "Then show your senso by taking tho money. Indeed, sir, you must. It Is neces sary for you to return to the other side, to be onco more habited us becomes your pro fession, to llvo If you roust remain for a while In this placo with tho gentlemen who are for tho tlmo your companions. Sir, It you refuse you will Insult me. I shall be lieve that you mean to Insult me. Sir, what havo I done that you should Insult a stranger?" Sho took up tho purso and again placed It In his hand. "Madam, I placo my honor In your hands when I take this purac. Perhaps nay, I know not how, or when, If It Is possible, kind heaven may one day give mo tho op portunity. Your honor Is always safe In your own hands, but thero may be a time t there may be once a mouso de livered a lion'1 "Sir, I am sure that If such a tlmo were to come 1 should bo able to depend upon you. Remember 'that on many occasions a woman hos been saved by a gallant knight." He received the purse, but unwillingly. To take the lady's money was to lower him aolf In her ryes. Yet he was poor and In rags and had no means of buying the next meal; no bed and no blanket; no books and no occupation. 'If, madam, I must take your nionoy at least let me know " "My name? No, sir, bCBt not to know. I havo learned yours. Let me watch your course, myself unseen." "Then let me, only for once, see that lovely face. I know that it Is lovely be cause It Is the home of pity. For once let me look upon It, If ouly that I may grave It upon ray heart." The lady lifted her mask. Tho' young man wus right. Truly, It was a lovely faco. And now It was glowing with pity and blushlngt, with the shame of being found out in a kind aotion; her eyes, downcast, were full of tears; she looked like the very goddess of pity. The young man sank upon his knees, ho forgot his rags and his pov erty, he forgot his baro legs and his bam feet, his stubby board and bis unkempt wig; he was a gentleman once moro, and a gal lant, and a worsblpor of the sex. Ho took her band and bent over II and kissed It as a grateful gentleman should. Just then Mrs. Brymer opened the door. "May I come In?" she aeked. Tho young man rose and retired a step. The dress maker, however, saw him on his knees; she aw the purse In his hand, the lady without her mask, the tears In her eyes and the newly born look of hope and Joy In the face of the prisoner from tho Poor Side, "Tut tut," she said. "This Is very un businesslike, madam," shfc stopped and whispered. "Tako back your purse. Let raa deal with him. Fvo shillings a week and ho wl be dead In six months and you will bo free. Oh, you have suffered your self to pity bm! Shame! Shame! Uusl ness knows no pity." She stood up and Ms By SIR WALTER BESANT. sniffed violently to show her disapproval of methods qulto obsolete In business. "Mrs. Brymcr," said her debtor, "there will bo no business done between this young i gentleman and myself." She rose and held out her nana to toe prisoner. "Sir, I am sorry that I mistook your condition and your station. Torsive, I pray you, the nature of the proposal that was raado to you. Meantime" she pressed his hand with encouragement. "JIopo dream of freedom let your thoughts at least return to the temple. "It la but an advance a trifling advance' she dropped her volco to a whisper, "till you hear from mo again." Sho replaced the mask. "Now, Mrs. Urymer," she said, "you have still another way. Ict us lose no time. Let us go at once and adopt that other way my heart has now become llko adamant for hardness. Do not fear for me any more. Llko steel or adamant or tho nether millstone." As they went out sho turned back. The prisoner was gazing nftcr her stupidly. "Sir, farewell. Or not farc- "HE KNEW THE TURNKEY well. To our next meeting. Perhaps, after all, you may save my reputation." CHAl'TISK III. A Strange Marrlsutc In the coach as they rolled away from tho king's bench Mrs. Brymer gave vent to her Ill-humor and disappointment. "I had done for you, madam," she grumbled, "what I own I could not havo hoped to ac complish. I found for you that young fel low, born and brought up as a gentleman, though as poor as Job, consuming away In tbo' starvation and misery of tho Poor Side, and ho will be dead in a few months ho cannot possibly live longer. Tho place kills all but the poor wretches accustomed to rags and beggary. I found you, I say, a husband who would havo left you a widow In six months and free qulto free from all your debts. There was a chance!" "And what did you do? Cried over him. Gave him money. Gavo him cold beef and wine. That's what you did. It takes tho heart out of a body. And what's tho good when nil's told? Ho will spend tho moucy and then tho starving wilt begin. No one else will over give him any. No ono goes to visit him he told you so; he has no friends; then be must sell his shoes and stockings again; then he must starve; then he will die; then ho will be laid In St. George's churchyard, and you not n whit tho better. Madam, you make me sick and sorry." "You said you had another way, Mrs. Brymcr. Tho thought of that other way softened my heart toward the poor young gentleman." "Poor young gentleman!" Mrs. Brymer snorted and sniffed. "Poor young swindler! Poor young thlot! Poor young footpad! Why, the fellow has got credit for 33 guineas without any means of paying, and now tho unfortunate trndosman must suffer. And you say, 'poor young gentleman!' " "You will acknowledge that putting him Into prison does not Increase his power ot paying It. Would It not bo bettor to lot htm out and to trust to bis honor to earn the money and pay as soon as he can?" "Madam, the man who does not pay his bills ought to be locked up for life. It Is the least and the fairest punishment duo to such a crlmo; why It Is not halt enough he ought to be whipped once a wcok at the cart's tall; he ought to bo sent to the plantations; he ought to be hanged every week we bang poor wretches not half so bad aa this man who will not pay his debts! No punishment Is bad enough for such an one" all tb,e shopkeeper appeared In her ajigry words, in her flaming face, In her hot wrath. "For tho tradesman, look you, Is dependent on the credit ho gives. Ho must give It; he must trust his customers' honor. It that falls him, do you think ho will And grace or favor with them who have trusted him, the wholesale merchants, tho gentlo- men In block velvet and gold buttons who look so pious and talk so smug? Not so. Not so. They will exact tbo letter of the law. Why did I write to you? Why but on nccount ot those who press me? There's no friendship, I tell you again, In business; no compassion and no consideration." "But I am not in business, Mrs. Brymer, Therefore I may have compassion on my self, as well as on that young man." She went on, regardless ot tbo Interrup tion. "The tradesman must pay. Ho must pay, and on tbo day, else ho must go bank rupt, When he Is bankrupt, what Is thero for blm but the prison? No allowance, no oxcuse, no granting of time, any moro than for the lying gentleman who hath brought him to this dreadful pass!" "Would It not bo better to let blm remain outside, to earn somo money and to pay where he can?" Mrs. Brymer went oa. without replying to this pertinent question: "Think what bankruptcy means. The man in prlwn he cannot earn anything. Tho wife, with her helpless chlldren-ebe cannot earn anything. The children cannot earn anything. The .grudging relations dole out every shilling with words of re proach and contempt. The family have lost their respectability, They have lost their friends. The boys cannot be apprenticed. llko their father and their grandfather be Say-agaln-lf you g 5x9&S; foro them. Tliey must become servants all thftir llvfl. Ilfitnaa thav 'llaf nn.t fnMmti colors or got out (o tho plantations, where! they will bo llttlo better than negro slaves. The girls cannot marry nay, they cannot learn housewifery; tbey ate sunk beneath ' the notice of honest tradesmen and are yet above tho craftsmen ; they are exposed to j tbo dangers and temptations of the wicked ( town. Think of them when they go to j church. Formerly they had their own pew and walked out after tho quality, respected and envied! now they sit unconsidered on 1 the benches among tho charity children and tho alraswomcn and tho servants, ashamed and scorned. Madam," sho stopped and took breath, "you know not, bcllevo mo, how dreadful a thing bank- Mlfltrtf 111 n a rA,UMtnMA I .... .1 M a tho city, nay how It drags down him and his family and makes them the most mis erable of mortals. You have compassion I for that, young gentleman In the King's ; Bench; you havo given him money and . food It Is very well; you uro not In trade l I declare, madam, truthfully, that I should llko to flog that young gentleman jwho Is so frco with his kisses and his mumming and mouthing over ladles' hands, and his kisses aye to flog him frorc tho templo to Loudon bridge and back again I would do It myself- would lay it on with a will Joyfully, I would Joyfully, I would." In this mood sho continued while tho hackney coach rumbled over tho narrow way of London bridge and presently down AND NODDED FAMILIARLY." Chcapsldo und Fleet street till It camo to Newgate. 'Well," bhe said, when at length the coach stopped before tho heavy portals of the Jail, "thero Is one moro chanco for you. I purposo soon to marry you to a villain who will bo hanged In u week. It Is a comedown; to marry n broken lawyer of tho templo would havo been better, If It came to bo talked about. And ho would have been dead In a tow months. Dear, dear! He would havo bocn dead so soon' And you must spoil all by your compas sion." "But; you promised It should not be talked about," cried Isabel In alarm. 'It shall not. But certain things must bo done; your creditors must bo Informed of the transfer; they must learn that the debts aro now due by ono who Is condemned to die. They will rage; they will curse and swear; they will weep; poor wretches! They will wcop and wring their hands, remaps they will seek your lodging In order to upbruld you. Yet you aro within tho law and can defy them. Chango your lodging, madam, for a tlmo. Let tho thing blow over." "But you said that no one would know." "No one of any Importance. This draper of Ludgato Hill will run round and toll tho other shopkeepers. What will they caro If we owe them nothing? Your namo will bo heard and forgotten. They havo lost noth ing. Do you think they feel any pity for an unfortunato brothor In trade? Not so. Madam, again, thero Is no friendship, there Is no compassion, there aro no excuses In business. If ono goes under there Is one tho fewer among the rivals. What matter how tho poor man talks? No ono will heed, no ono will listen, and then ho will shut his shop and send home his apprentices nnd ho will sink and be no moro seen. A man who Is a bankrupt is like a stono dropped Into a pond. There Is at first a circle around tbo spot whero It fell. Then the circle rolls away and there Is nothing. It your draper become.? a bankrupt he will make a circle, talk tor u day or two; then there will be silence. From the depths, from tho starving garret, from tho prison, there Is no more sound or utterance than from tho grave. Madam, you are quite safe, No ono will know." Isabel shuddered. Her conscience smote her sore for the mischief she hud done. Desplto tho Bcourgo ot conscience sho bad to save herself. She looked out ot the window at tho dreary portals of the prison. Tho door, studded with square, Iron nails, stood wide open, as If to admit a whole anny of felons. A stream of people was going In and coming out; thoy were chiefly of the lowest kind foul In clothes and con versation, ragged and dirty and uncombed, These wero tho friends of tho prisoners. Mrs, Brymer gavo tho namo of tho pris oner sho wanted to see ono Adolphus Truxo. The turnkey looked at tho masked woman with some curiosity and smiled. Terhaps he knew very well tbo errand on whjjh sho came. Thoy passed through the gate and found thomsolvcs In n small room, where a woman felt their pockets It was a mere form and let them through. Thoy were now In a corridor, from which a grated door opened Into a square court crowded with people the prisoners and tholr friends. There woa a strangely cold, damp and clammy feeling In the air, with a sour and sickly smell, Mrs. Wcylund looked through tho grating upon tho crowd. A few of the womon wero crying; somo of them were laughing; somo ot them were Btuggerlng about, drunk with beer; somo sat on the stone bench that ran around the wall, huddled up In misery and despair; they were waiting for their trial, which would probably mean removal to the con demned coll; they had no friends to bring them food and drink; they were half starved on tho prison plttauco of a penny loaf a day, . Isabel looked through tho grating; she would have spent the wholo day gazing at the miserable crowd, but Mrs. Brymer pouched Mor arm. "Come," she said, 'our man Is not here." Thoy passed alqng tho corridor and pros cntly arrived at u long and narrow court, with buildings on one side and u high wall on the other. 'Twas like a grave and tho air was such as ono would expect In a grave, cloaer and more fetid than in the other court, because smaller. Here wero nbout a dozen men and boys In Irons clanking up and down tho stone pavement. Their visitors some twenty or thirty In number had brought them beer and food, they were mostly drinking. None of thorn seemed In the least Impressed with their awful position. There was not tho least sign of dejection, penitence, remorso or terror. Had they been sheep, with no souls to bo saved 'or lost, they could not have approached the shambles with greutcr Insensibility. The turnkey nodded to Mrs. Urymer; he nodded and laughed because ho had seen her already and he knew tho errand on which she came. "We are tolerably full Just now," ho said. "Ninety, wo tried tho other day twelve ure caBt for execution here they arc your man among them, madam. By the Lordl a flno fellow, too to bo atomized by the hang man." "They don't seem to mind It." "Hnmnli! IWliali they don't like It, though you wouldn't think so. But what's tbo use of sniveling What tries them moat they ilnd It out then Is when the irons are struck off and the rope ties their el bows behind tholr back. But now It's all beer, and they swagger and swear, crying 'Who tho dovll cares?' and 'Every man must dlo once, and what odds whether It's now or In ten years' tlmc7' " "Oh!" Isabel was overpowered with tho terror of the place. Indeed, It seemed to her as If Death himself, a frightful skeleton with grinning Jaw-8, cnrrylng a dart In his hand, was stalking up and down tho court, sentinel over tho prisoners and that they saw hint plainly, but protended not to see. savo that now and again their faces would suddenly become pule and serious, their ri bald voices would become silent, and a cold and clammy molsturo would break out upon their foreheads yc, then they saw him; tun thv rnnirt not chooBo but see him. "It Is a terrible place Oh, Mrs. Brymer, take mi? away. Must wo stay here long?" "Not lone. I thought you would bo afraid. Why, child, thoro is nothing hero can hurt you save the horrlblo stenen aim recis. i told tho parson I would watt for him If wo wanted him." Sho spoko to tno turnncy, who grinned. "Ave. ave." he said. "That Is what you want, 1b It? I thought so well one ot their visitors will run your errand for you. Mrs. Brymer wrote a few words on a paper, "Yes, yes wo all know tho parsons of the fleet. If one won t como another win. They'd marry tho devil, nnd Joyfully, for a culnea. Here, you boy!" ho called to ono of tho lads, who sat stupidly waiting for tho pot to be finished und taken back to tno tavern. "Do you want to earn a shilling? Run uround to tho Fleet market. Can you read? Then ask for Parson Oaynham. Tell blm to como hero at once. If ho In engaged or drunk call another. Come back with a parson nnd you shall havo tho shilling, Run. ye souuc limb I'll look after your not. 'Tls Truxo, Is It? Well, he'll be banged next week. A lusty fellow! Pity to hnng a man so strong. There's one wno won't snivel at tho last, and ho won t dius ter and swagger I know his sort. He'll bo In the cart without a smile or word, Looks like the devil I think he verily is first cousin to tho devil." Mrs. Brymcr turned to her companion. "Mudum," sho said, "It Is but u stop -to tho Fleet Market. Tho parson Is always ready Best sit down and recover your spirits.' Isabel trembled and shook. "These pigs cannot hurt you. Pnh! Tho plnco and the company aro alike foul and stifling. What does It matter If they aro all to bo hanged next woek? A good riddance, truly." "Which Is tho man?" Isabel asked, gazing around her moro curiously, as sha became accustomed to tho scene. "Madam, docs It matter which is tho man? I havo already spoken to htm. Believe me you will havo no trouble with him. Ho Is ready and eager. Only, madam, I entreat you; not a word of pity It you please. It Is your only chance. Remember that you must bo free, that tho fellow is a wretch of the deepest dye and that he has to be hanged on Monday. You will only meet him this once; Just to go through the cero- mony with him. Then we shall come away The parson will give you the marriage cer tificate,, which you must keep carefully, be- causo you may possibly want It. Don't trouble about anything else. For tho rest, I chargo myself. I will go to Ludgate Hill and Inform the draper that tho debt Is transferred to ono Adolphus Truxo, now In Newgate; you need but to change your lodging for a while, as I said before, to prevent a visit from the unfortunate man As for me, you must pay me tho wholo o your debt to me, and I sbnll ask nothing more of you save the continuance of your custom which I sball hnve tho right of asking after all I have dono for you, There Is not another dressmaker In London wouldhavo taken all this trouble out o pure kindness." Isabel 'understood very little ot this dls course. She sat down on tho stono bonch at the end of the court and trembled, feel lug blck and futnt and sorry. She could not lteop her thoughts from the man who had Implored her to pay his bill, nor from the bankruptcy and tho misery brought upon a whole family by her own extravaganco and folly, nor from the ruined home and the loss ot all that makes llfo happy to the mother and the wife, nor from the cruol fate of the children deprived of their ad vantages by auch n blow. It would have been well hod sho understood at tho outset what her extravagauce might mean to these poor people. And before her this group of wretches masqueraded with their terrible callousness, sodden with drink and main tatnlng a ghastly show of merriment aa If they wero In a tavern parlor. Her heart sank low; had sho seen any way of safety short ot that ono way she would have Jumped at tho dellverrocnt. Alas! she was constrained to savo herself by tbo ruin ot the man who had trusted her, by the Ignoble and infamous method of transferring her debts to a miserable wretch who waB wait ing for execution, She sighed heavily, Un der her mask the tears flowed down her cheek. They were tears of shame and of self-reproach. "Yes," said Mrs, Brymer, watching her and divining her thoughts, "It would hnvo looked better to take tho lawyer. Thl plan Is undoubtedly the safest; tho lawyer mignt nave lingered on for a year or two' though we could have kept him short and so brought him to an end. Now, by coming hero, you are free In a week. As for the place and the creaturo and the means, what so tney matter? courage, madam." "0! that I should free myself by the In famy of a man that I must call husband TRADES THAT If Stonecutters who work on sandstone seldom live to bo moro than fifty years of age and nearly all of them die of lung disease due to the inhalation of mineral dust. Another class of workers who sticoumb to lung troubles are thoso who prepare feathers for trimmings and ornaments. Thoy inhale the floating, feathery particles, and iu three years disease hns a firm hold on them. Tho grinders and polishors of cut-glass rarely live beyond the age of forty. Thoy too die of lung trouble. The avorago death rate for consumption is reckoned at about sixteen per cont. of tho total mortality from disease. But among flint workers that percentage leaps from sixteen to eighty per cont.; among nccdlo polishers to seventy per cent.; and among filo-cuttcrs to sixty-two per cent. These aro somo of the trades that kill. Thcso faot8 and figures force upon our attention tho delicaoy of tho lungs and the other orgaus of respiration. It is impossible to bo too careful of tho lungs, and tho very first symptoms of weakness in these organs should be at onco met and ovcrcomo by the uso of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. "Four years ago I had a bad spell of sickness, " writes Mrs. Mollie Jacobs, of Felton, Kent Co., Del. "Was takeu with a terrible cough; couched and spit blood until I grew, weaker eyery day; hail chills and nlaht-swcats; not much appetite; bread tasted like dry wood or no taste at all. I had three doctors in during the time I was sick; tbey all told me I had consumption. I am of a consumptive family my father and one brother having already died with it so I thought I must go the same way. I was in n terrible state of health, and my miud was worked up considerable. 1 thought I must die soon, but I did not want to I wanted to live to care for my little children until they were able to take care of themselves. About that time a Mend of mine advised me to try Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and so I did. The first bottle did me good ao I kept on taking it Took sixteen bottle H as "Golden Medical I shall never be able to think ot Tyburn without feeling that I belong to It. 0! The shamo of It!" "Nonsense, madam. The freedom of It! And hero comca his reverence. Bear up now and behave with courage." The clergy man was dressed as an ecclesiastic in pros perous clrcumstaucca Indeed, his fees wero abundant and his services wero In constant request, especially for those who would mako n clandestine marriage In order to escape- tbo wedding festivities. His cassock was of ullk, his wig was well kept and recently out of tha barber's hands, his ruffles wero clean and white, It not of such costly laco as adorns tho wrists of a bishop; his bands wero spotless. Ills face, to be sure, was not marked by thoso out ward Blgns of piety which wo find In some clergymen, yet their absence1 Is not In It self so rare as to bo remarkable, Truth to say, It was a red face even, at times, purple; In figure ho was a big man, tall and otout. even corpulent: he rolled as he 'walked; ho moved with the dignity of a city lector; be upoko as ono who had au thority, with a loud, full voice; in his voice, Indeed, there was a kind of rich and mellow fruttlness which made one think, I know not why, of old port, milk punch and muled clarot. Ho know tho turnkey and nodded familiarly; he would, indeed, pres ently share with him a portion ot his fees; he looked around tho court with an eyo of superior contempt ns if he expocted some thing bettor than the general run. He whispered to the turnkey and laughed when ho had an answer. He won accompanied by his servant, who walked after him, car rying two books. The varlct had an Im pudent tear In his eyo and a permanent grin upon bis ugly face, which he bad ac quired by touting In I'leot Brldgo and Lud gato Hill for his maBtor; he was dressed In a drugget waistcoat, with sloovos; ho woro his own hair, cut short and sticking out upon his head llko a scrubbing brush; a pen was stuck behind hU ear and an Ink horn wus In his walctcont pocket. He had no hat, but tho time was Juno and the day was warm. Mrs. Brymer roso to meet tbo dlvlue. "Sir," sbo ald, "I am glad that you wero not engaged, though my notice was abrupt. With you, at leuBt, we shall bo Bafe." "Madam, with me you are quite eafe quite safe sot the archbishop could mako altogether, and I believe uiai iioti ana ur. nerccs nieaicine saved mv life. When I commenced to take the medicine I could not pnntp n bucket of water and could only carry half a bucketful. Was so weak I could not sweep a floor with a carpet on it; in fact, could hardly walk. Since taking Dr. Pierce's medicines I have done the washing and all the work for five in family, picked berries and worked iu a canning factory. Any invalid wishing to know about my case may send a stamp for return reply and I will answer." It is agreed to-day by physicians that consumption is not inherited, but is communicatod from ono person to l another. It is, however, truo that in somo fami- lies thero is a tendenoy to lung weakness, which i greatly increases tho liability of its members to I to that dreaded disease Tho use of Dr. Piorco'a Golden Medical Discovery by thoso who havo SB - tt uMnl " liitina a,,1l mcill J i e1.. .t-mifWlintiinn t thcso organs, and enable them to resist or throw off disease. "Golden Medical Discovery" cures deep-seated coughs, bronchitis, bleeding of the lungs and other forms of diseaso or unskilfully treated may find in consumption. I cannot speak tbo highly of Dr. Discovery," writes W. S. Long, Keq., Co.. Del. 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As for engagements, I havo many; this very day I have to preach at St. Paul's. Tho lord mayor nnd tho aldermen and sheriffs will be there." It will bo understood that strict truth was not ono of the virtues of his roveronce. "But when u lady a lady Is In tho case you Mrs. Brymcr or another " The dressmaker Indicated her companion. "Ah! I understand I feared at first that tho bridal of my old friend, Mrs. Bryraor Ah! yes very good. Whero this lady, I say, Is concerned, tho dean and chapter nay tho lord mayor, the aldermen, the sheriffs and tho common council may go hang. Such, mudam, Is my respect my devotion to tho sex," "We ehall not keep you many minutes, sir, In this stinking place." "The feo," croaked the clerk In a grating volco, "Is ono guinea, paid beforehand." "I understand," tho parson continued, "that a hasty marriage a marriage of love Ib to be contracted at onco between this lady?" "Tho certlllcate Is G shillings extra" from tho servant, "This Is the lady. Wo will proceed at once," said Mrs. Brymer. "The clerk's feo Is hulf a crown," addod tho servant. "Sir, If you will como with mo we will use ono of tho cells. I will at onco bring you tho the bridegroom." "Faugh! How tbo placo stinks! I doubt we sball all get Jail fever. Come, madam, let us dispatch. Which ot these gallant but unfortunate gentlemen Is tho happy the fortunate the thrice fortunate swnln?" (To bo Continued,) Order of tho American Wlno Co, of St. Louis If your grocer don't keep Cook's Im perial Kxtra Dry Champagne, Slir ICiit-tv a 'I'll I ii u or i'lvo. Lotroli Free Press: "Seems to mo that tho rising generation is rising pretty fast," Buld the bachelor, who expects hood to be come a benedict, after his friends bad given him up us hopeless. 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"Boforo she could reply tho nose of the 'llttlo ono' wunt up several degrees and she unswurcd, Icily, her words falling llko so many hallHtoncs on a tin roof: " 'Oh, don't mind mo! I know what It is! I'vo been In love myself!' "It was kcvcral minutes beforo 1 auc cecded la catching my breath." imaaW