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THE SIODX COUNTY JOURNAL.
L J. IIMMOM. Flu.
BABRISOX, :
5EBBASKA.
People mho aim to keep others hum
ble by efposing their weaknesses are
apt to become proud of their Ignoble
taak.
The ouly way for a rich wan to be
healthy is liy exercise aud abstinence,
to live as if he was poor; which are es
temed the worst parts of poverty.
No oue ever acquired skill In any oc
cupation liy a struggle of the will, but
by continual hard and earnest work,
eoniiuerlng difficulties one after an
other by daily toil.
It is rcx.riHd that tlie battleship Tex
as I nearly rend' to spring a wither
leak on tile public. It would Is' less
expensne to put this Ixiut on wheels.
Having dune everything else it might
even develop au ability to liy.
A chemist who recently analyzed a
glass of beer in New York fouud in It
picric acid, glucose, glycerin, corn meal,
resin and aloes. His analysis isn't to
be relied upon if It didn't also show a
fair percentage of headache.
At a tuetiug of mothers in Chicago
the other day the chief topic of discus
sion was a paper on "The Hoy Shall
We Whip Him?" It depends on the
boy; if be is playing full back on tbe
university foot-ball team we should say
not.
The Hudson-Kimberly Printing Com
pany, In the persons of Its president,
treasurer and secretary, lias been In
dicted at Kansas City for distributing
advertising cards on which bad been
stamped the Imprint of a $20 gold piece.
The Jury held that this constituted a se
rious offense against the Federal
regulating counterfeiting.
E. L. GiHlkin tells the New York
schoolmasters that the Chinimie Fad
den vernacular Is making altogether
too great a havoc in the language of the
day. He deplores It. but be allows that
It Is catching and frequently impres
sive. He mentions the fact that there
are lawyers who punsely use bad
grammar and bad rhetoric for their
greater effect on juries.
A leading French paper sees IiIcmmI on
the moon in tbe fancied investment of
the United Suites with "the right to In
terfere in all territorial quarrels of Ku
ropean powers with the New World
States." The vision is mistaken. Tbe
United States claims no such right.
Nor, indeed, is there likely to be any
further occasion for the claiming of it.
European holdings in America are few.
and their boundaries are now so well
defined thut no further disputes of s
serious nature are to In; apprehended.
It has been the habit of the holders
of upper ami lower sleeping car berths
in the same section to amicably settle
who shall occupy the seat facing the
engine in the daytime, and usually it in
"first come, first served." but recently
a dispute arose over this alleged privi
lege, and the company was appealed to.
It was decided that there was no choice
In the matter and that the holder of the
upper berth was entitled to the coveted
place quite as much as he who bought
the lower. It would seem that if there
la any advantage In facing the engine
daring the day the npier berth' occu
pant in entitled to it In couqwnsation
.for his dtcmifort at uighl.
Chicago Tribune; An oci-upaut of the
Jail at Brazil. I mi., has spread conster
nation among tbe officials by proving
bis ability to get out of any cell on live
minutes' notice. He does not appear
to wish to escape and seems to be en
joying the sensation he is canning. He
Instated on being left alone when the
tests were made, and will not reveal
the secret of his unique power. In the
estimation of the correspondent the
ease Is enveloped in absolute mystery.
The chief value of the Incident is that
it marks tbe first appearance of Brazil
as a rival of Winamae and other fam
ous Indiana towns. It is a somewhat
mild beginning, but K shows signs of a
latent ability to furnish something real
ly admirable.
It Is gratifying to the sense of jus
tice to note that a certain railroad con
ductor who was discharged because he
removed the foot of the Governor of
Kentucky rom a seat In the car la to
bn reinstated. The conductor. It ap
pears, told tbe Governor lo obey the
rules and keep his feat off tbe seats.
The Governor retorted that be didn't
five some trivial thing for the rales
and pnabnd his root farther forward
on the seat. Then the conducts grab
bed the offending member of tM Gov
ernor and placed It gently on tbe floor
and awbseqoently lost hit aeaition for
tbto Spartan-like deration ta doty. It
to not stated who hi iwpaasttte far the
raiastatesBcnt of the conductor, bat tot
a bat It wm the GorarMr kinaaelf,
and that tha iChmi to K ilftfty wm
WsBl Ca4aW PC
fa einart-,ii eOctol.
tW ytoJ of Montana pat MM
to C CcSad to fiwat sixty to
aato. U tow totoad af Jar
C3M Htatt totood af flast cwwa
itoM of tkw toctor to S3
aura. wfc liawweaa awt faw atf ytoMa
a4 C3I to O IsaaaMto to the mm. Cff
bmbb. f&a asBBi af toad to aanaH hi Mm-
the mmti
, rpt wwato id d fawtolna fct
. v. a Bscnst rna mmm mt 'ip
' C:3CO, atof Atruw art ?rjr aruX,
I many of brm containing three a'-re,l
or ints and tbe largest ban nut forty I
aire. This makes tbe most Intensive
farming uecesaary. bcnce tbe yield of
potatoes uoted. Such result and sucbj
condition prove ""at large farms are
not neeevsxary, and that, In fact, they
mar be of tbe greatest disadvantage.
particularly where not thoroughly cul-j
uvaiea. ten acres enougu is nor mi
absurd a proposition as Is generally
Supposed.
At last tbe name of one of New York's
greatest citizens is to have a fitting me
morial. Workmen are busy in that
small oval park In the rear of Cooper
Union, laying the foundations of An
Rust us St. Gaudens' statue of Peter
Cooper. It is more than thirteen years
since the great pbllautbmpist died. A
few days after his death, April 4. 1SK.1,
the Hoard of Aldermen passed a reso
lution to erect a monument. Boxe.
were placed in public places, at
the ferrim. in tbe public buildings. ant
the poor who had benefitted by the dead;
mau'a charities showered their pennies
into them, till thousands of dollars hadj
been raisd. The committee selected to
take charge of the work decided upon a
sculptor. He was several years in fin
ishing tbe statue, and then ex-Mayor
Edward Cooper, the son of the philan
thropist, who was one of the commit
tee, did not like the sculptor's coiicep.
tlon of his father, and the committee
refused to accept it. Tbe work then
was placed In the hands of St. Gaudens.
He finished the statue several months
ago. It i now In his workshop In West
Thirty-sixth street. The sculptor re
fuses to let auy one but the committee
see It iiurll the time comes for Its un
veiling. Presence of mind is a quality much
talked of. much honored, and little cul
tivated, yet, like most other good things
In this world. It requires cultivation to
briug it to any degree of perfection, for
in very few eases is it a natural gift
Some Ieople "'ere are, doubtless, to
whom It comes naturally and by In
stinct to do t he right thing at the right
time and place; but they are few In
number. Then, again, some people are
by nature cooler-headed than their
neighliors. and do not shout or other
wise become useless just when their
services are required. But this quiet
composure, though very valuable, Is not
quite the same thing as presence of
mind. The latter consists not only In
bviug your wits ready for use, but In
knowing bow to use thern, and lieing
sufficiently calm and steady in mind to
remember ami turn to account that
knowledge. From the earliest possible
age children should be taught self-control
and the Instinct of trying to rem
edy any mistake or accident they may
encounter.
John Hardcastle Hall, of Mankalo
and (Jsbkh, has forgotten who he is
and wants somebody to tell him. One
man knows, because be trusted him
with several thousand dollars, with
which John Ilardcastle Hall was to
run a mill. He falsified the books, ran
in debt and then went away and for
got. It seems easy, almost idyllic, and
auy man with an over-developed and
chronic memory may well envy him.
Hardcastle Hall went to Minneapolis
aud called on a clergyman, telling hlui
he had forgotten who he was and ask
ing the reverend gentleman to help him
in the identification. It seemed hardly
worth wbile, all things considered, but
as the business of the clergyman is
largely to concern himself with human
refuse he endeavored to help the man
to a label. Physicians and psychics
and newspaper men called on him and
flattered bis already diseased vanity
with Investigating him. They tunneled
in his mentality, so to speak, burrowed
In bis brain, made excavations In his
memory and, no doubt, got up a lot of
unsightly material. One day Hall re
membered tbe name of the man he had
wronged and sent him this note: "I am
in Mankato and have lost my memory.
Your name came to my mind to-day.
It seems as If we had been associated
together In some way and I have ven
tured to write to yon and see if you
cannot establish my Identity." Tbe
man could establish It all right enough
and Hall seemed grateful to And out
his name again, but when it came to tbe
depredations committed against the
man wbo trusted him he forgot again
forgot all. Ah, the perfect pulchritude
of stu b a memory! What envy doea it
not awaken In those who have merely
the common, everyday memories which
so afflict suffering mankind! The du
ality of (he mind Is a recognhted phe
nomenon, but It la rare as a white
blackbird. There U a good deal more
nonsense than marvel about sncb for
gettlngs and to one sufferer win be
found a doaen malingerers.
Cat old Msau
The art of telling a He by telling the
truth, bnt leas than the whole of It, Is
cultivated by some people; and when
their trick of caocealment Is by some
chance found oat, they arc never jnlt
believed afterward.
A person of this type was once r
toting certain ircu instances to an ac
quaintance, who appeared, perhaps, a
arise lacrednlooa.
"What!" exclaimed Utc narrator; "d
you naapact what 1 tell your
"Oh. no," answered the other; "but I
suspect what you don't ten sje!"
Tba remark waa an apt asm. and
asjffet to hare bean a warhtojr to tM
Bnt inasmuch awlta jtiton
grown to yearn af daKftCt-1 tit
atffl tart back a put af tM tKt 4t
aWajbtfal If any .lyarUn. s mtU'i
ataa ta a realty mmm, Thar to
grant daal of iwli aftMsjasaa tatanl
sum w a are la bunaf fcam, and an
toaa sm to "hron rt tail UM
max" ana taught tof a Jm ta ab-
tar Ito in any taprJfJw to vary
Mttla Mpe that awh a psrsoa will hs
onisnokca and candid
W- UJ J B mm l X S 1 W . A
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CHAPTER XII.
The company havt a fortnight's en
(aement to fulfill in West Hartlepool,
and it seems a long time to Susie before
the morning comes to start for H-arlxjro'.
She is already prepared to make a mys
terious hero of this man, and it would
seem like sacrilege to hear bis name or in
tentions openly canvassed in th stage
dressing-room.
So she is mute thinking all the more
of him and their impending interview tbun
if she gabbled the news to every one she
met. For Greshain has secured apart
ments for his daughter aud himself In a
rwiecttle houe over-looking the Kpi,
where space and cleanliness afford thun
all they can possibly want during a tem
porary sojourn at the seaside.
Only of one thing she is sore, that she
wants Captain Philip to come that very
afternoon; ami that, as if in answer lo her
wish, he comes!
But he does not make love to the girl
not on that occasion. He appears bear
ing a bunr-b of luscious ruses, that fill
the bouse with their jcrfuinc, and he
grwts Susie with a little eongratnlutiuu
that Mr. Greshain will allow them to
enjoy the pleasure of each other's com
pany while at Kcarboro'; but without
any insinuation whatever that he i there
lu any other character than thut of a
friend.
When they have talked together for an
hour or two, he proposes a walk upon th
Spa, during which be is all gsyety and
badinage, e perfect contrast to the man
who talked so sadly and earnestly of the
disapiKjintiuents of the world. Vet when
Susie finds hersi-lf ui'nin alone it is to the
memory of this saddened man she turns,
and his saddest words she dwells upon,
while she woaders if he will ever tell her
the story of his grief, and if he loved the
wife he hist too much to jiermil any other
woman to till the place she has left va
cant. One day be brings her a present a
wonderful bracelet tin Susie's estimation)
of euaireled lilies on a golden ground.
"But may I take it?" she Inquires'
doubtfully. "Will my father let lue?"
"It rests in your own hands, now,
Susie," says Captain Philip, not eagerly,
but with some degree of earnestness; "1
Kke to Mr. Greshato of it only this
morning, snd be leaves the choice entire
ly to you."
"Whether I shall take this bracelet or
not?" she says, wistfully.
"Whether you will take tbe bract-let
and whether you will take me Me!" re
plies Captain Philip, more slowly.
She starts and looks at him. His mean
ing is written still more clearly in his
face than It was expressed by his words.
Tbe girl lay hers hand upon h-r In-art to
stay Its rapid besting.
"But are yon sure " she commence.
"Sure that 1 love you? Sure as 1 am
that yon are alive aud lovabh beside uie
now. How can you doubt it? I think 1
loved you from the first moment we nx't,
and I em-OQBtered the glance of your
child-like, frightened eyp. Huaie! my
home is sn empty one! Come, and be tny
wife and fill it. Can't you love me, dar
ling r
"Yes! yes; hut can you love me after
after what baa passed," say Susie, fal
tering, "your trouble your sorrow (you
know what I mean)? Can I ever make
up to yon for that?"
"Ifou allude to uiy Isle wif-," he say,
with knitted brows.
"Yen. Yoo are not angry with me for
mentioning her? But you have poken
to me of the great sorrow ber loss ha
caused you. Can you hive me after that?
I should not like to have only the second
place."
Captain Philip releases his bold of the
girl' wslst and sinks back upon the sofa.
There Is alienee between them for a min
ute; and when be speak again hi voi.n
seems altered less firm aud clear.
"Husle," he says, very quietly too quiet
ly to be calmly"! love you, and I want
you for my wife; is not that sufficient?
Of the misfortune you allude to 1 would
rather that you never spoke again. It
cannot be remedied, and I want to forget
it, sad everything that waa coonerled
with it. You are a dear, Innocent child,
who baa the power to win ma to a fresher,
purer life, without in any wsy reminding
me of a past 1 am earnestly striving to
ignore. Won't yoo help me, darling?
Musle's answer I conveyed by falling
on her knees beside him, and burying her
face In his arm a, which are opened to re
ceive her.
Before the evening's performance is
euacloded Captain Philip has aa inter
view with Mr. Greshani, which proves
ssatnentljr satisfactory to that gentleman.
- After having told him of his engagement
to Ma daagbter. Ca stain Philip proceeds
senchsleatly:
"By the way, Mr. Uresbam. I do not
appose It will make much difference to
you, but I ought to let you know that
niilV UXMt my real name.
Uteshia); does not like this speech at
the cotisiieaceiaeat.
. "1 trust yon have aot been humbugging
aa aa tayoar poaKton, sir 1 hope you are
la the seal" .
"No, I am not'in the army." replies Can-
tain PhIMp coolly.
"If yoa hare deceived me resnscting
ynr profsastoa. yoa may consider It an
of with Saata. I won't tot my daagbtar
marry any om bnt a psntlstnan. sad I tell
yon that flat"
"Bat I am a geaUsmaa," replies Can
tain Philip as canity aa before, "sad I
aha Id hare honed you coale" hare guess
ed that wfcbsM Isssg taM. Mr. Cresbas.
I am not in any profi-ssi.m. Isisnse I
have on ued of une. I am, in fnct, Iird
Lutixi. of LutoiiKtowe. ami mr iiu-oine U
etjrbt tliiitisand a year."
CHAPTKK Mil.
Grculiain stare at the quondam Cap
tain Philip, a if he thought he bad taken
U-uve of his 4'ih-
"Are you mad?" he a. st last.
"I have only told you the truth. 1
should not have dreamt of courting Miss
l!re.hui under a higher title than my
own."
"But if this is true, sir if you re rt-ally
Lord Iutnn what made you think of tak
ing my little girl for a wife?"
At this question the other bet-oine
earnest.
"Ah, Mr. Greshani, there you toui-b me
on a tender point! What made me think
of her? How can I auswer you? All I
can say is, that she seems to me so fresh
and pure that 1 have done nothing but
itiink of her from the first moment o
met. My first marriage was u unfor
tunate one, Mr. Gresbam-very unfortu
nate; I don't wish to deny it: but that is
over now, and I would forget (if I cotildt
that It ever existed. Give uie your inno
cent daughter, and I hail forget it, and
promise you that no womau that bore the
name of Lady Luton wa ever more hon
ored, lovsl and reHpecii'd ill 111 she shall
Is-."
For a few minutes Greshsm Mimot tiud
tongue to answer him, but when he does,
bis satisfaction it unbounded.
"My daughter i all that you sar- g.ssi,
innocent and loving (as her mother wa
before her), and worthy !n my eyes to it
upon a throne," he declares. "But it isn't
everyone that would see her wi!h my eyes,
and o I accept your lordship's offer with
all the more gratitude. She will never
disgrace you. I,.oH Luton, in word or
deed, ami as for ni, why, I 11 not worry
you more than is absolutely 11c esssrry."
"My gisid friend!" exclaims Iyrd Luton,
as he wrings the managers hand; "1
should be a cad, and uot tt rihy to le
Susie's husband, if I were ashamed at the
.aiiie time to ac know ledge her fa'her. But
don't misunderstand me, Oreliin. 1 nave
money and position, but 1 have led a
reckless life for some years cast. ;md
quarreled, In eoneiueiire, wi'li most of
my high-boru relative. They consider
me a Bohemian, and shudder with be
coming propriety when thev n-ar n.y
name -In fact, they have cut me. You
must not imagine, therefore, 'hat I shall
at once introduce her Into thi highest
circles of society. I tell yn candidly I
hate such circles, and I Itclievo them to
cover more vice, liyscriy .tud malice,
than I to b found among tin lowtr or
aVrs. Susie shall have evsry comfort
and luxury befitting her condition- she
shall uevur receive a single insult while
under my protection but u.y family will
not receive ber with open anus, and thst
is the long and abort of it."
"SusIb, my dear! exclaim Itresbam
abruptly, as he follow 1ord Luton mto
the lighted parlor, "you'll never Iw a
Mr. Sidduns, nor a Madame (tai'hel.
You'v seen your last of the boards to
night, and by this time next month, Ixr 1
Luton ay I am to see the latl of you.
'Father! what do you mean?" cries the
girl, half laughing and half frighicucd.
'It means, my darling," says her lovi r,
taking her In hi arms, "that 1 have been
courting you under an assumed name,
and that I beg your pardon for It. My
baptismal name is Philip, Susi, but luy
real name is Philip Lutou lord Luton
and your father ha giveii his .-omen: to
your liearlng it with me."
Poor Susie doe uot know what to say.
Between astonishment, bewilderment aud
modesty, she ha only one resource -to
burst out i-rying; which she di"i most
effectually In Inl Luton's arm.
Finally the two man stroll off together.
and Susie peeps furtively from behind her
blind, and watches ber lover's graceful
figure ssiintering indolently beside that
of her thick-set father. How she wor
ship the iusu who has just promised to
raise her ! u eminence of which she
never dreamed. Not that tbe discovery
thst be is a peer can have any power to
Increase bur love for him; bnt it baa fired
her ambition, and increased ber idea of
hi love for ber. Mhe ha been sitting on
the side of her bed as slia think thus,
with only a linen blind flapping between
h-i and a window thrown open to lbs
hrocxe from the sea. But sow she rise
with a thlver, for what was her atonib
ment and alarm to see, standing facing
ber, on the opposite side of the room a
figure.
The stranger Is s young woman like
herself older thaa herself, though, by
several years, with an appearance that
hi more picturesque than beautiful,, more
original than charming. Hh I standing
quit passive, fronting Husle, and with
her eye fixed upon her. Her figure Is
small and slight; the white, soft dree be
wear seems to cling like a furled Hag
about her mignonne form. Her dark
hair ia curly rough, and tangled, falling
over ber face and niakiog a pent-houae
for tbe large dark eyes fixed so steadily
upon Susie, wbo stares back in amase-
meat, wondering why sho baa entered her
bedroom, and what she can possibly want
with ber. Sbs la about to put her won
dormant into words; she has even com
ateaeod to say: "You bars made a mis
take; this room Is mine!" when the
stranger stops ber by opening her own
mouth. No sessss Issue from her Ism,
hat Susie caa read the yllsbles-"He Is
minerdumb syllables, that are aceom
paaled by a look of defiance snd hatred,
which makes ber blood curdle.
"What do yoa meaaT' she cries, angri
ly. "How dare yoa coe lata my room?"
flaa crosses to the oVwr aa saw speaks
aad fltaga It open, aa much with a view
ta aratsettoa aa ta Intimate lo her uola
rlted visitor that aha desire her to lesve.
Then aha calls iowKf lo (fee laadlsdy.
wfce gomes bust II sg ap the stairs.
. "Mrs. Davidson! who Is this lady taut
has entered my mom? Tell her she has
no business here."
"A lady. Miss Greshasi? I aoa'l know
uf ao lady! There ain't ut lady here," re
plies lira, lis videos, waddling into tbe
room. And then ska look all around it,
cooviauing, "Aad where be she. Miss
Greshsm V
Susie returns to ber former position.
Tbe stranger Is gone! All s round the lit
tle room they search, even to the hang
ing wardrobe, and behind the bed -curtains,
but there i no trace of ber. Tbe
apartment is simply empty. Susie looks
bewildered, sud the landlady amused.
"You must have dreamed it, MisGreb
am," she say. "You csn see there ain't
on one here."
"But she was there." says the girl; "she
stood between the bed sud the wall. I
saw her as plainly as I do yoo. Besides,
he spoke to me or she wss goiug to
speak. Indeed, it isn't fancy! I csn tell
you what she was like, and what she
wore. She had on t white dress."
"Well, she siu't hi re now, is she?" de
msnds the Isiidlady.
"No; she certainly is not here now."
"Well, then, if you're satisfied of thst,
I'll just go hack to my supis-r, aud you
can lock the door after me, aud then
you'll be sure uot t lie disturbed agaiu.
But, Mis Gresham. my dear, it" all your
fancy; ami so you'll be the first to say tomorrow."
CHAPTEIt XIV.
Susie doe not say anything to her fath
er or Isird Luton about the apparition
the faucied she had seen in her liedroom.
For she is quite ready by the ueit morn
ing, as the landlady prognosticated, to
laugh at herself for being so silly, and to
feel ashamed for having been led into such
an act of mitotan terror, iw-siucs wun n
she has other matter with which to occu
py her mind.
!srd Lutou is to leave them as soon a
the company move on from Scarlsim',
nd return to Umdon until their wedding
day, tbe tenth of September. Aud since
his daughter is not to apiear again upon
lie stage, Gresham has determined to
end her to Cheltenham, to the care of
hi old friend, Henrietta Jarnsi, who ba
been for some time settled in that t. wn.
Susie i very cntimcutelly despairing
at the brief parting from her lover, aud
think that it i quite Impossible she can
irvive a whole fortnight without him,
but Isinl Luton aud Greshani ridicule her
fears, until she is thankful to take refuge
from them in the Cheltenham train. Mrs.
Jnrrod has uiovewver written her a most
cordial note of invitation, and ln-r father
has placed a larger sutu to her credit for
the wedding trousseau thau she lielieved
it possible he could afford, so that he
I starting on her new career under the
pleasantest auspice. Henrietta Jarrod
receives her a cordially a she ha Is-en
led to believe she would. She reignies
her from her llkem-s to her neither di
rectly she see her. and transfers all the
Interest sheoin-e felt for Hir Bi-ie Bou
verie to her child.
"I should have known you anywhere,"
be says, as she meet the girl at the
railway station; "it seems almost a if
issir Bessie had come to life sgniii. And
so yon are come down to Cheltenham to
make a grand marriage, and Imx-oiiic the
wife of a lord. Bless me! little llcsnie
Bouverie's daughter! Who'd have thought
It! Kxcept me, iudeed! I read it for you
in the curd years and years ago, aud it
won't come to you without trouble, either,
more' the pity."
"We must all have trouble In this
world," replies Susie, philosophically. "I
think my worst will be parting with tny
father."
"I laid the cards for you when you
were a mouth old, and they've come pret
ty true up to the present. I saw what
wss before you then, and I see w hat a
before you now, and you'll have hard
work to steer through lift) safely and well.
But we won't talk of that. What a fun
ny-looking little thing you were the day
your poor mother brought you to rehearsal
with her. It was your first aiearance on
the boards, and her last, pretty creature.
But It wasn't your last, my ib-ar, and
you haven't seen your last yet, you may
lake my word for that."
"Oh, ye I have!" cries Susie eagerly.
"Iord Luton made it a condition with
father that I wa not to apicar In pub
lic again, and, of couse, I shouldn't think
of such a thing after I am msrriod to
him."
Henrietta Jarrod look at the girl oracu
larly with closed lips, and asy nothing.
A few minutes' walk bring tbeui to her
house. It is a pretty little cottage on tbe
outskirts of Cheltenham, In which she has
taken refuge for about five years past,
ever since the death of the worthies
young husband who had drained her
purse of every penny so long a she wss
tnsrrle.l to him.
In the lmHirtaut business of chooaiug
the wedding outfit the next few day Hy
all too rapidly, and the tonth uf Septem
ber Is divided from them by four ami
twenty hour only; before they csn be
lieve it possible it I so nesr. Husie, linger
ing over ber ribbon and dresses, and
dreaming of the life Is-fore her, i almost
tempted to run swsy snd hide herself be
fore lord Ioton sppear to claim ber aa
hi wife. Marriage is seldom a happy
state al tbe beginning, especially for tbe
woman. Kven if she loves the man to
whom she has pledged herself she takes
the leap with closed eye aud clenched
teeth, d-erately resolved to take it since
he is to leap with ber. but quite uncertain
ss to what will happen before she is land
ed at the bottom. The man. too, is gen
erally nervous and depressed beforehand,
feeling that be has reached a point from
which he cannot turn back, but which
nay culminate in the wrecking of bis life.
Marriage is only s time of promise, and
the promise of thi world are oftener
broken than fulfilled.
lord Luton fee.1 ouietMng of thi a
he prepares to go down to Cheltenham on
the ninth of September. He loves Musie
very fervently at that moment, but he ha
made oue unlucky venture, aad it Is quite
possible that ha may make a second, lis
cannot help. recalling tbe morning uf his
first marriage, and bow happy snd hopeful
ha wss oo tbst occasion, aud how soon
he found he had been leaning on a brokep
reed. Ilia ssd remembrances pre, os
him -to such an extent that he turns into
his club on hit wsy to the station. Here
he encounters -ue of bis most intimate
friends, George Ijambert.
"Hullo, Lutou!" asy luibert, a be
espies the portmanteau on the haasom at
the dob door; "where are you off to bow?"
Paris or the moors?"
"Neither, my dear fellow. My groute
ahootisg Is over for tbe season. What
would you say, George, if I told yea 1
wss thinking of being 'turned off sgsinf
It's true, though. I'rs let myself in for It.
Do you thlak me a great fool?"
"My dear boy, I thlak every nso a
great font wbo goes la for marriage,
though I've dona It syWf," says m-
bert. "But I can hsrdly hl"
u-L...f I.. Krlvhl!"
BOW. SMI-
"Honor bright r echoes lMom.
. 1 wss tviug ap la
im ii'i -- - - -v.-
York last July, with A.kers. I met tba
prettiest creature you ever saw In yoar
life-fresh and fair as a lily. George, and
as innocent as a kitten. Well, if I hada t
been aa idiot, yoo know. I should bare
let it alone there; but the deuce was ia It
that I must follow her op to West Hartle
pool and 8carU.ro', and at the latter place
I uccumbed! And so I'm off to Chelten
ham to meet ber father and herself, and
we're to be married toniorrow.
"Tbe young lady s." sr to be fond of
traveling. What did she give you such
a chase for?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you she wa aa
actress, traveling with c company, hut
sho had only Is-eu on the board a few
months She isu'l much more 1)111 seven
teen. She will Is- the fairest I-aJy Luton
that has ever borne the name."
"I hare no doubt of it," says Lambert
seriously.
"And you will make Mrs. Crorge loine
to see her as wsui a I bring her home,
won't you. I,auibert'f"
"I wish you joy of your honeymoon, old
fellow." says ijimlsrt, "and a sis-edy re
turn, ifc.n't forget how we shall mis
you st the Hub when the long evening
come."
So the friends part; sud the same after
noon lrd Luton is standing in tbe tiny
psrlor of Mr. Jarrod' cottage, with
Susie's cool, soft cheek pressed against
his own. And when the morrow comes,
and he receives ber Is-fore the altar of the
quietest liule church in Cheltenham,
from the baud of her father. Isird Inton
is still iu the most sublime state of con
tentment. A couple of hour fter, be
i enroute for Dover, with hi newly-made
wife; aud Henrietta Jarrml and Mr,
Gresham are left behind to eonnole each
other a best they may.
(To be continued.)
AN INTERESTING WEDDING.
A tine. I Who Displaced the Would
He Groom,
"1 attended a tnoun'aln wedding In
McDowell Oiunty, In West Virginia,"
sit d a postoftlce Inspector. "Every
thing went along smoothly at first.
The cabin was brilliantly lighted with
caudles and one of the Is-st tiddler In
the county was preseul to furnish the
music for Ihe dance to follow the wed
ding ceremony. No'hing occurred to
mar the pr feedings uutil lhe minister
came to the point vhcre he Invited
anyone who bad anything to sny why
the couple should not enter Ihe bonds
of matrtmouy to speak or thereafter
hold his in-nee, when a rough moun-tu'tiei-r
arose and said:
' ' "Anything ler tny, pntsou? Waul, 1
re koti I hev. 1 hev allu Intended ler
marry the gal myself, an' ihet feller
knowiil It, so he Jess kept otlten my
w v. 1 sent Mm word ter prepare for
Ib klu', au be left Uie country, bnt
kep wrlllu' to the g i). Now, I'm here
to make tny word good, an' 'fore that
hear event goes nay fardcr tho taller
faied coward Jess has me ter fight.'
"lu vain the preacher tried to restore
order A ring was soon squared In the
center of the room and the men went
at 1' lu ulsiut ten ui'.uutes tbe groom
announced that he had enough, aud the
vlctcr, taking the arm of the blushing
bride, deliberately changed tbe Broom's
uatiK lu (be marriage license to Ms
own. while the vanquished lover mads
his senpe. Kverylssly Appeared-to lie
satisfied aud the marriage took place as
llioiigit nothing had occurred to mar
,oe solemnity of tbe occasion."
His Father Played the Organ.
A very simple and natural misunder
standing lately created a bit of amuse
ment In New York, mid was thought
worth reKrtliig In the Hernld:
At oue of the newsboys' homes on the
cast side application wa received for
the admission of a newsboy. The ap
plicant presented himself In persou.
and he wn the kind of a boy that filled
tue womanly heart of the matron with
delight bright, manly and as pretty as
a picture, fie was subjected to tbe
usual cross-examination. One of the
questions was. "Who Is your father'"
"Me faddcr plnys de organ at de
Broadway Tabernacle," wa his quick
reply.
Here was new. The son of tho or
ganist In a large aud wealthy church
applying for eutrnm-e lo a charitable
institution! The matron side-tracked
the hoy and ordered au Investigation.
The bright boy was right. Ills father
played and still plays the organ at th
Broadway Tabernacle. But It la the
barrel organ In front of the cbnrch on
the Sixth avenue curb. Kverybody
who passes the corner has seen blm
an.; bis legend;
"I sm blind."
Great 1 ensvlty of Life.
The vital statistics of London are the
authority for tbe statement that on
an average tbe life of a Jew In that
city Is twice that of a Gentile. Dr.
B. W. Rlcbardtou says that tbe Jews
of that city are exceptionally free from
disease, and Vlrshow says that tba
race "hat al all times been distinguish
ed by great tenacity of life. Conaump
tloo la scarcely known among tbe Jews
and suicide Is three-fourths leas fre
quent among them than It Is among
Gentiles."
Origin of Chess.
The origin of the game of chess dates
back to antiquity. A game eaaen dally
tba modern chess waa played 6,000
yeara ago. Franklin and anotooai
were famous players of chaaa. The
great American cboas player, Pan! Mar
pby, vtsj ad Rurope In Hrjfl and dafant
ed one sfter a not bar all the Dotad play
ers of the day. His phenomenal faal
was paying, bliadfoidsd, all gamea at
once wl.b as many different players
and winning tbem all.
Moaning of
Th- Utile afflr "ao"
-too."
af by
printers In tba ttse of bonka,
imo. mum, etc., manna flnnflsclBji.
octodeslmo, etc. thaa It, a boat taftsf
Its t beets folded in twetra lam
rlfbteen leaves, ate.
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