CRIPPS, M CARRIER
1J Y
R. D. BL ACKMORE
Author of -LORN A D 00 Nn," "ALICE LORRAINE," ETC., ETC.
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CHAPTMIl XVn. (romimiiHl.)
"I'nor nlil IVrniliaav (what with th.'
fungus a family in twbwa, nl what
ho wan trtkiiin ilowm mtKjttt lie tnlklnje
hccc iiitiMM ii' for nil tlinl I know. Ami
Indent, for ii loitjt time I trMl it w.
and I had no stomach for a voyiiK t
Oporto, iijkiii nuru spooulu tion. and for
the benefit only of xonif pretty srfrl. Then
I fomul out,-by the pit real chne. I hut
no vorago to Oporto was needful, tlmt
old 'Port-wino' inennt nothing more than
the London storw. and ngi'ticy. f th
Opnrto Company. And even after that I
made one expedition to lite Minorite, all
for nofliltiff. Two or lltree very polite
youtfc dons stared at nu ami thought I
was come to ehafl' them, or perhaps had
turned up from their vaults top heavy,
whun I Hiked for 'Senhor Jolly Follows.'
And no I fame away, and lont somu
months, and might never have thought
It worth While to no again, except for
another iiur accident."
"My dear, what a elm pier of acci
dent!" cried Mrn. Sharp. "I thought
you were n great ileal too clever to allow
any room for accidents."
"Women think xo. Men know better."
the lawyer replied scntentiously. "And,
Miranda, you forget that I had as yet no
personal Interest In the question. But
whem I happened to have a Portuguese
gentleman as a client a man who had
spent nianv years in I-Jnglantl and hap
pened to lie talking of our language to
him, I told him one part of the. story,
and asked If he could throw any light
on it. He told me at onco that the name
which had ho puzzled me must be tielo
fllos n Portuguese Kiirmune, by no
means common. And the next time I
was In town, I had occasion to call in
St. John ?trc't and found myself, almost
by necitlent again, not far from the com
pany's olilces."
"Mr. Sharp, you left such a thing to
chance, when you knew that ir might
pull down that .idful woman's inso
lence!" "My dear. It is not tho duty of my
life to mitigate feminine arrugunce. And
to undertake such a crusade, gratis! I
urn oiiiittl to u bold stroke, ns you will
pv If vnnr tin tiniiPK Inula hut never to
uch a vast undertaking. When it comes
before me, in the way of business, nat
urally I take t tin. Hut this was no
business of my own; and the will was
proved, anil assets called In; for the old
rogue did not owe one penny. Well, 1
.went again, ami this time I got hold of
the .right man Miranda, I hear the
bell."
The new olllce bell rang as hard as
ring It could. A special messenger was
come from London, and in half an hour
Mr. Iiuke Sharp was sitting on the box
of the night up-nmil.
CHAPTHU XVIII.
Kit Sharp made his way through back
lanes, leading towards the conscientious
obscurity of Worcester College, and
skirting the coasts of Jericho, dangerous
ly hospitable, he emerged at last in broad
St. Giles, without a stone to prate, of
his whereabouts. Here he went Into
livery stables, where he was well known,
and found the cob Sam at his service,
Kit Knew his value, anil his lasting pow
ers, and sag'iclous gratitude; und when
ever he wanted a horse trustworthy In
patience, obedience und wit, he always
took brown Sam. To Sam it was a treat
to carry Kit, because of the victuals or
dered at almost every lenient stnge; and
the grand largesse of oats and beans
was more than he could get for n week
In stable. And so he set forth, with a
spirited neigh, on the Gidliugton road, to
cross tho Clierwell, and make his way
towards Weston. The heart of Christo
pher burned within him whenever ho
thought of his mother; but a man is a
man for nil that, and cannot be tied to
apron strings. So Kit shook his whip,
and the Cairngorm flashed in the sun,
and the spirit of youth did the same.
He was certain to see the sweet maid
to-day, knowing her manners and cus
toms, and when she was ordered forth
lor her mossy walk upon the margin of
tho wood.
The soft sun hung in the light of the
wood, as If he were guided by the breeze
and ulr; nnd gentle warmth flowed
through the alleys, where the nesting
pheasant rnjn. Little fluttering, timid
things, that meant to be leaves, please
God, some day, but had beeu bullied and
beaten about so, tlmt their faun was
shrunk to hope; little rifts of cover also
keening beauty coiled inside, ami remly
to open, liko a bivalve shell, to the pulse
t the summer tide, and tnen to be sweet
blossom: and the ground below them
pressing upward with ambition of young
green; and the suy anovo mem spreau
with llnuld blue behind white pillows
lint these things are not well to be
neon without Just entering into the wood
nnd in doing so there can bo no harm
with the light bo Inviting, and the way
so clear. Grace had a llttlo idea that
nerhaps Bhe had better atop outside the
- . .... i ,,
wood, but sun mac wans was wiimn
her bounds, and her orders were to take
exercise: and sho saw some very pretty
flowers there; und If they would not come
to her, she had nothing to do but to go
to them. Still she ought to have known
that now things had changed from what
they were an llttlo as a week ago; that a
Ydotted veil ot innumeraoie ouus wouu
i.tiiiiiir between her and tlie good Miss
JPatch, while many forward trees were
casting quite u shade of mystery. Nev
Mip1ps. she had no fear. If anybody
;im ?.nnio near her. it would only bo
" somebody thoroughly afraid of her. For
now she knew, and was proua 10 know
that Kit wii Hie prey of her bow and
pear.
Whtther sho cared for- linn or not was
a wholly different iitiestloii. Hut in her
diurnal dti lining ami lung, wearisome se
clusion, the finest iHHWible chance, was
offered for any young gentleman to meet
ter, and make acquaintance of natures
lolng. At first she kepi this to herself,
it dread of cnneeil and vanity; but when
It outgrew areiiitiit, she told "Aunt
Patch" the whole affair, and asked what
she was to do about it. Thereupon she
wurf told to aviM the itimri" of childish
vanity, to limk at the back of her look-
tig gins, and never dare to dream again
that any one euild be drawn by her.
Her young mind had been eased by
1 although with a good deal of pain
about it; and it made her more venture
some to discover whether the whole of
that superior estimate of herself was
true. Whether she was so entirely vain
or stupid, whenever sho looked at her
self; and whether it was so utterly and
bitterly Irnpo-mible that anybody should
come miles ami miles for the simple
leasure of looking, for one or two min
utes, at herself.
Suddenly at a corner, where the whole
of the ground fell downward, and grass
was overhanging grans so early in the
season, ami sapling shoots from the self
same stool stood a yard above each other,
and down in the hollow a little brook
sang of its stony troubles to the whis
pering reeds here Grace Oglander hap
pened to meet a very tine young man in-
leed. The astonishment ot these two
might be seen, at a moment's, glnnce, to
be mutual. The maiden, by gift of na
ture, was the first to express it, with
drcs. anil hand, and eye. She showed
warm eagerness to retire; yet waited
hall a moment for the sake of proper
lignity.
Kit looked at, her with a clear intuition
that now wa his chftnee of chances to
irake certain sure of her. If he could
only now be strong, and take her consent
for granted, and so induce her to set
seal to It, she never would withdraw;
und the two might settle the rest at their
leisure.
lie loved the young lady with nil his
heart: and beyond that he knew nothing
of her, except that she was worthy. Hut
she hud not given her heart as yet; and
witli natural female common sense, she
would like to know a great deal more
about him before she said too much to
him. Also in her mind if not in her
heart there, was a clearer likeness of a
very different man a man who was a
man in earnest, and walked with a
stronger and tinner step, and lurked be
hind no corner.
"Thi.t path Is so extremely narrow,"
Miss Oglander said, witli a very pretty
blush, "and the ground so steep, that I
fear I must put you to some little in
convenience. Hut if I hold carefully by
this branch, perhaps there will be room
for you to pass."
"You are most kind and considerate,"
he answered, aH if ho were in peril of a
precipice; "but I would not for tho world
give you such trouble. And I don't want
to go any further now. It cannot matter
v the leust, I do assure you."
"Hut surely you must havu been goiug
somewhere. You are most polite. Hut I
cannot think for one moment of turning
you back like this."
"Then may I sit down? I feel a little
tired; and the weather has suddenly be
come so warm. Don't you think it is
of his words, and the pressure of hl
hand on hers. Then, having plenty of
her father's! spirit, she fixed her bright,
sensible eyes on his face, bo that he
saw that he had better stop. "I nm
afraid that It Is no good," he suld
"I nm very much obliged to you," an
swered Grace, with her fair cheeks full
of color, and her hands drawn carefully
bnck to her sidev "but will yon be kind
enough to statu! up, and let me speak for
a moment? I believe that you are very
good, and I may say harmless, ami you
have helped mo in the very kindest way,
ami I never shall forget your goodness.
Kver since you came, I am sure, I have
been glad to think of you; and your
dogs, and your gun, and your fishing rod,
reminded me of toy father; nnd I am
very, very sorry, that what you have
just said will prevent me from thinking
any more about you, or coming nnywhere
into nny kind of places, where there are
trees like this, again. I ought to have
done it at least, I mean, l never ought
to have done it at nil; but I did think
that you were mi nice; and now you have
undeceived me. I know who your fatiier
is very well, although I have seldom
seen him; and though 1 dislike tho law, 1
declare that would not have mattered
very much to me. Hut you do not even
know my name, as several times you
have proved to me; and now you can
ride thirty miles from Oxford, in all sorts
of weather, without being tired, and your
dogs so fresh, has always been a puzzle
to me."
"Thirty mile from Oxford!" Christo
pher Sharp cried In great amazement;
for In the very lowest condition of the
heart figures will maintain themselves.
"Yes, thirty miles, or thirty leagues.
Sometimes I hear one thing, and some
times the other."
" nero you are standing now is about
..even miles and three-quarters from Sum
mertown gate."
"Safely, Mr. Sharp, you are laughing
at nw! How far am I from Beckley,
then, according to your calculation?"
"How did you ever hear of Beckley?
It is quite a little village. A miserable
little place."
"Indeed, thou, it is not. It is the very
finest place in all the world; or, at any
rate, the nicest, and the dearest, and the
prettiest ."
"Hut how can you. just come from
America, have such an opinion of such
i a little hole? '
"A little hole! Why, it stands on a
hill. You never can have been near it,
if you think of calling it n 'hole!' And
as for my coming from America, you
seem to have no geography. I never
have been further away from darling
Beckley, to my knowledge, than I am
cry trying?"
"To people who are not very strong
perhaps it is. But surely It ought not
to be so to you."
"Well, I must not put all the blame
upon the weather. TUere are so many
other things much worse. If 1 could only
tell you!"
"Oh, I am so very sorry. I had no
Idea you had such troubles. It must be
so sad for you, while you aro so young."
"Yes, I suppose many people call me
young. And perhaps to the outward eye
I am so. Hut no one except myself can
dream ot the anxieties mat prey upon
me."
Christopher, by this time, was grow
ing very crafty, as tho above speech of
ils will show. The paternal gift was
awaking within him, but softened by ma
terual goodness; so that it was not likely
to be used wjth much severity. And now
at the end of his. speech he sighed, and
without any thought laid his hand right
on the rich heart of his velvet waistcoat,
wnere neaiuiiui lorget-me-uots were
blooming out of willow leaves. Then
Grace could not help thinking how that
trouble-worn right hand hail beeu uplift
ed in her cause, and hnd descended on
tho rabbit man. And although she was
most anxious to discourage the present
vein of thought, she could not suppress
one little sigh sweeter music to the ear
of Kit than ever hud been played or
dreamed.
"Now would you really like to know?
you are so wonderfully good," he con
tinued, with his eyes cast down, and ev
ery possible appearance of excessive mis
ery; "would you, I mean, do your best,
uot only not to be offended, but to pity
and forgive me, If, or rather supposing
that I wero to endeavor to explain what
what It Is, who who she is no, no,
I do not quite mean that. I scarcely
know how to express myself. Things are
too many for me. Surely you know who
it is that I want!"
"How can I imagine that?"
"Why, you, only you, only you, sweet
Grace. I should like to see the whole
earth swallowed up, If only you and I
were left together."
Grace Oglander blushed at the power
Kit Sharp looked at her with greater
amazement than that with which she
looked at him. And then with one ac
cord they spied a fat man coming along
the hollow, and trying not to glance at
them. With keen young instinct they
knew that this villain was purely intent
upon watching them.
"Come again, If you please, to-mor
row, said urace, wniie pretending 10
gaze at the clouds; "you have told mo
such things that I never shall sleep. Come
earlier, and wait for me. 2ut that you
must think anything; only that now you
nre bound, as a gentleman, to go on
with what you were telling me."
When a fellow says that ho Is
wedded to his art alone, it Is a sign
that sonio woman is to be congratu
la ted on her escape.
The shah of Persia has placed
another order for six high-clas3 auto
mobiles In Paris. The value of the
order Is said to be $28,000.
When a working man turns over
his entire week's wages to his wife
sho wonders ir his salary hasn't been
recently raised.
One reason why women don't take
a more active Interest in tho female
suffrage question is that they suffer
enough already.
Women will disuss the divorce
question among themselves but they
aro willing for tho men to do the
alklng for publication.
Truthfulness Is the cornerstone in
cnatactcr, and if It be not firmly laid
In youtd, there will ever after be a
weak spot in tho foundation.
A Subject Tor Chiropody.
General Nelson A. Miles relates tin
story of a cowboy guldo who put up
one night at a tavern that waa, by reu
son Oi. some festivity In the little town
in which it, was located, taxel to Its
capacity. The guide found himself
placed. In a room with a stranger, but
tlio tavern keeper assured him that the
arrangement would prove satisfactory
for the reason that his bedfellow was
a mild-mannered man from the East
Somewhat tired, tho guldo retired eai
ly. Determined to have at least hla
half of the bed, he strapped his spurs
to his ankles. Apparently the Eastern
man, when he eventually went to bod,
was seriously Inconvenienced, for dur
ing the night he awoke the guide and
said:
"Pardon me, sir; but, if you're a
gentleman, you will trim your too
nails." Success Magazine.
SADIE ROBINSON,
Pretty Girl buffered From 2,'ervoumess
and Pelvic Catarrh Found Quick
Relief in a Few Days.
Johnny on Twins.
When asked to write a short com
position on some Interesting experi
ence, Johnny, after much labor, band
ed his teacher the following:
"Twins is a baby, only it's double.
It usually arrives about 4:87 in tho
morning when a fellow is getting In
his best licks sleepln'. Twins is ac
companied by excitement and a doctor.
When twins do ennythlng wrong, their
mother can't tell which one to lick, so
she gives it to both of 'em so as to
make sure. We've got twins to out
house, and I'd swap 'em enny day fer J
a billy goat or mos' ennythlng." Suc
cess Magazine.
CHAPTER XIX.
The old Squire sat in his bower chair
with a warm cloak over his shoulders.
His age was threescore and ten this day;
and he looked back through the length
of years, and marvelled at their fleeting.
The stirring times of his youth, nnd the
daily perils of his prime of life, and the
slow promotion, the heavy disappoint
ment, nnd the forced retirement from
tho army when the wars were over, with ,
only the rank oi major, winch he pre-,
ferred to sink in squire because he!
ought to have been, according to his own j
view ot the matter, a goon lieutenant
general and then a very short golden
his wedding day to the death of his wife,
a single und sweet-hearted wife and I
after that the soft, and gentle, and undreamed-of
step of comfort, coming al
most faster than was welcome, while
his little daughter grew.
After that the old man tried to think i
no more, but bo content. To let the lit-1
tie scenes of dancing, and of asking, nnd
of listening, and of looking puzzled, nnd
of waiting to know truly whether all !
was earnest, and of .raising from tho
level of papa's well-buttoned pocket
clear bright eyes that did not know a
guinea from a halfpenny; and then, with
a very extraordinary spring, the jumping I
into opened arms, and the laying on of
little lips, nnd the murmurs of delighted
love to let his recollections of all thes
die out, and to do without them, wai
this old man's business now.
To this belief nnd mild incline of gen
tle uge, his head was bowing and his
white hair settling down, according as
the sun, or wind, or clouds, or time of
day desired, when some one darkened
half, his light, and there stood Mary
Ilooknum.
Mary had the newest of all new spring
fashions on her head, and breast, and
waist, and everywhere. A truly spirited
girl was she, as well as a very handy
one; and sho never thought twice of a
sixpence or shilling, if a soiled paper
pattern could be had for It. And now
she was busy wltfi half a guinea, kindly
beginning to form Its impress on her
moist hard-working palm.
(To be continued.)
Him lleaaon,
"I never give a lady my seat In a
street car."
"Then, sir, you are no gentleman."
'I always ride on the platform."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Why Ho Rejoiced.
Mrs. Peck Jones, the grocer, Is go
ing to get married next week.
Peck Good! For years I have bees
hoping against hope that some terribli
calamity would befall that man.
Mrs. Peck Why, Henry, how can
you ay that? He used to be an ad
mirer of mine.
Peck That's Just It He admired
but didn't marry you.
NERVOUSNESS AND
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE-Rl-NA.
Miss Sadie Ilobinson, 4 Rand street,
Maiden, Mass., writes:
"Peruna was recommended to mo
about a year ago ns an excellent remedy
for the troubles peculiar to our sex, and
as I found that all that was said of this
medicine was true, I am pleased to en
dorse it.
" began to use it about seven months
ago tor weakness and nervousness,
caused from overwork and sleepless
ness, and found that In a few days I
began to grow strong, my appetite n
creased and I began to sleep better,
consequently my nervousness passed
away and the weakness In the pelvic
organs soon disappeared and I have
Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, Presideat
of the Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
O., for free medical adTice. All corro
npondencQ strictly confidential.
viceroy. He is one of the wealthiest
peers, aad at one time was celebrated
as an amateur rider on tho turf.
Mrs Wlnslows SOOTHING SYKCP for chil
dren teething, softens the gumi, reduce lnfla
matlon. allays palu, cures colic. Price !25c.
The duke of Oporto, brother of the
rtnr rt Dnrf nifnl If, ...-. nf t- Rnoal
flute-players in the world.
Do Toar Feet Acke and Bnnaf
Shake Into your shoes Allen's Foot-Rcafe,
a powder for the feet It makes tight or
new shoea feel easy. Cures Coras, Ban
Ions. Swollen. Hot and Sweating Feet. At
It's uo to younsr men with tho en-
mmm.nf hnhtf ivwrH- fha 1 aU Druggists and 8hoe Stores, 25c. Sampl
gagement rin Habit to boycott taa acnt FUEE Addreas Alien d. Olmated, L
aiamona trust. j noj, . i.
Let Common Sense Decide
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Talk about tho misery of Russia;
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