CRIPPS, Till CARRIER
il Y
R. D. BLACKMORE
Author of "LORN A D 00 NE," "AL1CB L 0 R R A I N G," ETC., ETC.
CnAPTHlt XVh (Continued.) I
Onn thing Im fcrtnlu botlt Mr. Over
kIhUo mid IiIm utotlior taunt Imvo been
don'd bodies with little hope of Christian
biirinl, if Unit brave girl hnd not Met
forth on the Htiturdiiy night to hel
them. Mrs. OverMlmte bud qulto thrown
up nil liopo of uvurythiiiK are. the mer
cy of God In a butter world, and "111
jiistleo upon her eneinlen when (pilte
in the dark UiIh young girl eaine, while
nIio wuh .lying .down on her back, and
vurtsoyiMl, and inked her pleasure.
If lOnlller had not eni-lm-yed, pprlmps
Mm. OverHhnto In that rUnto of mind
would ' Imvo taken her for all iingel;
though Mtty'H bonnet, niude, by herelf,
was not at all angelical. I tut nlie know
her for one of the lower orders, and be
longing herself to a line old raee, hIio
lullied her lnnt energies with n power
of condeHeeiiHlon.
However, theso nre medical, physlcnl,
social, economical and perhaps even psy
chological (inestloiiH wherein what re
mains! except perpetual iminiry? Enough
is to say that KiihscI Ovei-Hhnte. having
long had a ringing in his earn, was rung
out of that, and rung back to life by the
lively peal of the lire bell. And ever
ulricu that, whenever he is ill though it
lie only a little touch of sent he imme
diately Hendn n good corpulent man to
luy hold of the rope and hwIiir to it.
These things arc of later date. For the
present, thin young man lay mill in a
Tory urecurlouH atato, with n feeble
mother to pray for him.
But though the house lay kMII in Had
iicsh, loneliness and dull KiiHpeuse,. and
though the doctorH, having abandoned the
case, had the maniierH not to conic again,
huh rrom day to day there wan some
striding along towards the quickest out
let to the country'.
"I low wonderful it Hi she said to
herself, with tears nil ready; "only the
other day she wrta quite u little boy. and
whipped n top, and cried if a pin ran
nto liim. And now he in. tar beyond all
dispute, the linext young man in Oxford;
ic has the highest contempt for all vul
gar sports, ami ho bolt the door of his
bedroom. Ills father calls Mm thick and
soft! Ah. he cannot understand his qual
ities! There is the deepest and purest
well-spring of unintelligible poetry in
Kit. His great mind is perturbed, and
has hurried him into commune with the
evening star.
Hefore .Mrs. Sharp had turned one
page of her truly voluminous thoughts
about her son, a sharp click awoke the
front door lock, and a steady and well
jointed step Hindu creaks on the old oak
staircase.
"Miranda, I have some work to do
to-night," said Mr. Sharp, in Ills quiet,
oven voice; 'and I thought it better to
come up and tell you, so that you need
not expect me again. Just have the fire
in the otllce lighted. 1 can work better
there' than 1 can upstairs. If I should
ring about 10 o'clock it will be for a
cup of coffee. If I do not ring then,
send everybody to bed. and do not expect
me until you see inc.
"Certainly, l,ul:e, I quite understand,"
answered Mrs. Sharp, having been for
jear.s accustomed to such arrangements;
"but, my dear, before you begin, can
j on snare me five minutes, for a little
conversation?"
"Of course T can, Miranda, I ani nl
ways nt your service."
"Then, Luke, will yon answer nu only
satisfied, as you know, living quite UD
to my wishes, mat putting a little cash
by every year of our lives, and pitying
on a heavy life Insurance, in case of my
own life dropping for the sake of you
and Christopher i'ou know all that'"
"Darling Luke, I do. Hut you mako
me cry when you talk like that."
"Very well. That is as it should bo.
We were as happy as need be expected,
until the great wrong befell us the fierce.
Injustice of losing every farthing to
which we were clearly entitled. You
were the proper successor to all the prop
erty of old Fermltiige. That old cur
mudgeon and wholesale poisoner of tho
university made a fool of himself, to
ward? bis bitter end, by marrying Miss
Oglander. Old Muck-Strap, as of course
we know, had no other motive for doing
such a thing, except his low ambition to
be connected with u good old family.
Ever since he began life, as a bottle boy
in the cellars of old .ferry L'lgaud "
lie never did Unit, Luke. How can
you speak so of my fathers own nr.st
cousin? He wns an extremely respecta
ble young man; my father always said
so.
INTERESTING LETT'S
WRITTEN BYANQTABLEWOMAN
Mra Sarah KoIIokk of Donver, Coloi
Dearer of tho Woman's Kollof Corps,
Oondn Thanks to Mrs. Pinhham.
The following
letter was written
by Mrs. Kellogg,
of 1628 Lincoln
vo., Denver,
'olo.,toMr.s.Pink
flam, Lynn, Mass..
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"For live years 1
waa troubled with n
tumor, which kopt
AtrjJaraMelkgg jJ
great mental depression. I was nimble to at
tend to ray housowork.and life, became a bur
den to mo. I was confined for days to my bed,
lost my appotito, my courage and all hope.
POT
Hm
itWeaiiisr
A FREE BOTTLE OF
Mu
'8
rape Tonic
TO ANYONE WHO WILL WHITE FOR IT NOW
Havo you Constipation, Stomach
Troublo, Indigestion, Dyopopslc,
Blood Poison, Skin DIsoasoB, Soros
Suddon Bovvol Trouble, Diarrhea,
Cholbra, Etc.? j'
No one whose bow
els arc healthy and ac
tive contracts these
complaints. Invari
ably tlicy are the
result of Constipation
which means decayed,
and In my distress I tried every remedy which ! Aioucli antt .i VW
I thought would bo of any use to mo, and Cfr IrZ.
reading of tho voluo of Lydia E. Pinkham's X'm s r intcs,lues;
HE LOCKED TILE DOOU ANI) LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW.
little growth of liveliness. Ilnrdenow
came almost daily, having put his class
of stridors under a deputy six-leaguer;
the Squire also might be expected; and
even Zacchary Cripps.
OITAl'TEIl XVII.
In the meanwhile, Mrs. Luke Shnrp
wns, growing very anxious about her son,
ma! only child nnd idol, Christopher. Not
tltnt-thero was anything at all amiss with
his bodily health, so far at leiiRt as she
could see; but that he seemed so un
settled in his mind, so absent and pre
occupied. Wherever ho was, ho always
seemed to be wanting to be sonle where
else, nnd ho hated to bo looked at; while
ho ran up into his own loft when ho
thought there was nobody watching.
"Kit, now my darling Kit, do tell mo,"
said Mrs. Sharp for about tho fiftieth
time, as she sat with her son in the
awcet spring twilight, nt the largo west
eru window of Cross-Duck House; "what
is it that makes you sigh soV You nl
roost break your poor mother's heart. I
never did know you sigh, my own one."
'Once more, mother, I have the great
est objection to being called 'Kit.' It
rounds so small, and so horribly pro
sale. AH the dictionaries say that It
means either tho outfit of a common sol
aior. or else a diminutive kind of fiddle.''
"Christopher, i really neg your par
don. I know how much loftier you are,
of course; but I cannot get over tho
lialdt, Kit. Well, well, then my darl
Iiiu. I hope you are not at all above
being 'my darling Kit."
"Mother, you may call me what you
like. ' It can make no difference in my
ilistlnles."
"Christopher, you mnke my blood run
cold. My darling, .1 Implore you not to
lcb so. Your dear lather pays my al
one question? have you observed how
very strangely Kit nas been going on
for some time nowV"
"Yes, Mrs. Sharp, I have observed It.
You need not be at all uneasy about It.
I am observing him very closely. When
L disapprove, I shall stop It at once."
"Hut surely, my dear, surely I, his
mother, am not to be kept In the dark
about It? I know that you always take
your own course, and your course is
quite sure to bo the right one; but sure
ly, my dear, when something Important
Is evidently going on about my own child,
you would never have the heart to keep It
trom mo. I could not endure It; indeed
I could not. I should fret myself nway
to skin and bono.'
"It would take a lonn timo to do that.
my dear," replied Mr. Sharp, as he look
ed with satisfaction at her luo plump
ligure. "In tho first place, then, you
must promise me, whether my plan turns
out well or 111, on no account to blame
me for it, but to give mo tho credit of
having acted for the best throughout.'
"Nothing can be easier thnu to promise
that. My dear, you nlwaya have acted
for the best; and what is more, the best
always conies of it.
"Very well, you promise thnt; also.
you must pledge yourself to conceal from
everyone, nnd most of all from Chrlsto
pher, everything I am nbout to tell you,
and to net under my directions."
"To tie sure, my dear; to bo sure. I
will. Nothing is more reasonable than
that I should keep your secrets."
ilxff .1.. ft I . r.i ,ii ... .
iUiniiuiii, uu Hiiui, i will loll VOU
something such as you never heard bo-
fore. I have nindo a bold stroke, a very
bold one; but l think it must succeed.
nd justice Is with me, as you will own.
after all the attempts to rob us. I 'or
haps you never heard a stranger story;
lownnco on Monday. I know what has but still I am sure you will agrco with
lone been tho nsplratlon of your heart.
Kit, you shall havo.n live badger of your
own.
"I bate tho very name of rats and
Badgers. Everything is ,so low. How
tan vou look at that noble sunset, and be
nil of badgers? Mother, it grieves mo
to leave you alono; but how; can I help
It. when you go on ho? I shall go tor
walk on tho Not ley road."
The tfiP ung man threw n light clonk
on hiy shoulder, and Bet his eyebrows
Btcrnly; ami. his countenance looueu very
me, that In every step I havo taken I nm
most completely and perfectly justified.'
"Luke, 1 declare you quite make mo
nervous, I shall bo afraid to go to bed
to-night. Heally a stranger, or a timid
person, would think you were going to
confess a murder."
The lawyer arose. Ho locked tho door
and' looked out of tho window. Then
be said:
"Miranda, you must not bo foolish.
Now pleaso not to interrupt mo once;
but ask your questions afterwards. To
"While h was making his money, Mi
randa, of course lie was respectable. And
everybody respected him, as soon as he
had made It. However, I have not the
smallest intention of reproaching the poor
old villain. He acted according to bis
lights, and they led him very badly. A
foolish ambition induced him to mnrry
that pompous old mnld Joan Oglander,
who had been jilted by Commodore
I'atcli, tho son of tho famous captain.
Wo all know what followed; the old man
was but a doll In tho hnnds of bis Iady-
wifo. He left all tho scrapings of hla
life for her to do what she pleased with
at least, everybody supposes ho."
"What do you mean, Luke' nsked
Mrs. Sharp, having inkling of legal sur
prises. "Do you mean that there is n
later will? Has be done justice to me,
after all?"
"No, my dear. He never saved his
soul by attending to his own kindred.
Hut ho just had the sense to mako a lit
tle change at last, when his wife would
not come near him. You know what he
died of. It was coming on for weeks;
though at lust it struck him suddenly.
I hi'. port, wine fungus of bis old vaults
row into liis lungs nnd stopped them.
It had shown for some time in his face
md throat; and his wife was afraid of
;it:bing it. She took it to be some
infectious fever, of which sho Is always
terribly afraid. The old man knew that
his time was short ; but take to his bed
he would not. Of all born men tho
most stubborn he was, ns any man must
be, to get on well. 'If I am to die of
the fungus,' he said, 'I will Imvo a little
more of it.' And ho went, nnd with his
own hands hunted up a magnum of port,
which had been laid by from tho vlntnge
of 1745, in the first days of Jerry Pi-
gaud, lint before that, he had sent for
nie ; and I was there when ho opened it."
"Luke, you take my breath away.
btich wonderful things I have never
heard. At least, not in our own fnm
ily."
"Of course, my dear. We all accept
wonders with quietude, till they.como
home to us. Well, when he fetched out
this old bottle, It was fungus inside from
heel to neck. He held it up against tho
light, and the glass being whiter than
now they make and the wine gone almost
white with age, there you could see this
extraordinary growth, like cords in tho
bottle, nnd vnlves across it, and a long
yellow sheath like a crocus-flower. I had
never seen anything like it before; but
lie knew all about it. "Ah, I know a
genlenmn," ho grunted in his throat
he never could say 'gentleman,' as you
remember 'a genlemnn ns would give a
hundred guineas for this here bottle.
Quibbles, lie shouldn't have it for if thou
sand. My boy, you nnd I will drink it.
Say no, and I'll cut off your wife with
a halfpenny.' Miranda, whnt could I do
but try to humor him to the utmct? And
really It was more like eating than drink
ing wine; for nil tho body was gone Into
tho fungus. Nastier stuff I never tasted;
but, luckily, he took the lion's shore.
'Now. Quibbles. I'll tell von a secret.'
he said, after swallowing at least a quart;
a very pretty girl enmo and kissed me
t'other day, in among these vory bot
tles. Such a little duck not u bit
ashamed or fenred of my fungus, as my
missus is. And her breath was as sweet
as the violets of '20! "Well, now. my
little dear," thinks I, ns I stood back
and looked nt her, "that was kind of you
tokiss an old man a-dying of port wino
fungus I And if lie only lives another
day, you shall have the right to kiss the
roynl family, if you cares to do it."
Quibbles, I wouldn't call In you, nor any
other thief of a lawyer. Lawyers are
very well over a glass; but keep 'em out
side of tho cellar, say I. Very good com
pany, In their way; but tho only com-
pany I put trust in Is the one 1 havo
dealt with all my life and many a thou
snnd pounds I have paid them Tho Hov
al wine company oi uporto. So now, if
anything happens to mi. though I am
not in audi n hurry to be binned away,
and wnued up tor tho resurrect on
Quibbles, wait six months; nnd then you
go to tho Royal Oporto Company, nnd
tiHk for a gentleman of tho name of Jolly
ii eiiows.'
"Now, Luke, I am al anxiety to hear,"
exclaimed .Mrs. toiiarp, with a sudden in
terruption, "what wns tho end of this
very strange aftair."
(To bo continued.)
Vi.i'ntjdiln nnmonntii! In ufnh unmnn rfni.iriml Check diarrhea and
to give ft a trial. I felt so discouraged that I V arc liable to fatal
bad little, hopo of recovery, and wbon I began blood poison a phytic
to feel better, after the second week, thought makes you worse ?'
f . i .. . . . i : , . .
ic uiiiy lUHiiiw wmwai? iwici; ouC u my There ,s only onc .j.q,,
great, surprise i louna ukid i Kept caiuine, ' . ., . . .
while the tumor lessened in size 1 b . course and that Is io
"Tho Compound continued to build up my , lrcal l,,e caU3e- Kc'
conoml lunlt)i and tha tumor Kinrnivl ti tin
absorbed, until, fn soven months, tho tumor .WRITE FOR THIS FREE BOTTLEWDAY
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vlre and strengtrien
the bowels and intes
tines. We will prove
to you that Mull'
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Constipation and all
Sheso terrible Bowel
troubles because it
cleanses the Blood and
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practically new, It
' feeds the starved con
Edition and bringS'thcm
jback to life-nothln(r
"elstf will.tTCFor hot
wcatlicrJills :ifcia8 no
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me
so thankful for tnv recovery thnt I ask vou
to publish my letter in newspapers, so other
women may Know of Uio wonrlorfnl curative
powors of Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegctablo
Compound."
When women aro troubled with irrccr-
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lcucorrhcca, displacement or ulceration
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to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Address, Lynn,
Mass.
Health is too valuable to risk in ex
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medicines or methods of treatment.
Remember thatitisLydia E. Pinkham's
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"You are at liberty to
repent what I first stated
through our Denver papers
about Doan's Kidney Pills
in the summer of 3809. for
I have had no reason In
the Interim to cbnrige ray
opinion" of the remedy. I
was subject to severe at
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aggravated if I sat long at
a desk. Doan's Kidney
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1
itit'turflumie." It occurred to his mother begin at the very beginning, you will do
I " V" . . 11.1 -.. . .1... :. ..,!,., i, minniiil.A.ll... I I
that sho had never seen anything more
,,wtiio. Ah soon ns sno una nenru uim
hang tho door, Mrs. Sharp ran back to
the window, whenco she could watch all
o iii,.ir T.nn. and sho saw him
me the justice to remember -that I have
worked very hnrd for my living. And I
have prospered woll, Miranda, hnving
you ns both the foundation and the
crown of my, prosperity; wns perfectly
Docs Not Hold Good AlwnyM.
"There's nothing like perseverance
It wins out In tho long run."
"Not nlways; did you over see n hen
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A father recently overheard his
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bnld: "My son, if you will promise me
uover to uso thnt word again, I'll give
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promised, and true to his word re
frnlned. About a week later he went
to his father and said; "Papa, llyo1
learned a now word wortuflftycenta."
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