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IT WAS IINKXI’KOTKI).
A STORY VOH ST. VAT.KNTINK'B DAY.
HKN nay dear Aunt
Maud died — she
died the very Hum
mer I graduated 1
was really too heart
broken to care what
became of ine.
Mill), 1 had to be
disposed of In some
way, so It waa de
cided that I go to
live with my broth
er Richard.
I had always lived with my aunt, had
known no other mother, therefore her
death was the greatest blow possible
to me. And ibis brother Richard 1
knew only allghtly, and that when I
waa a mere child. If I had been In a
■tala of mind to care about anything, I
should have hated the Idea of going
very muck. Aa It waa, I went without
a murmur. I took the journey alone,
almost clear across the continent, and
subsequently, after many ups and
servant-girl go early ; and sat, neglect
ing even to light the lamps, before a
big oak fire In the sitting-room "think
ing up" one of Dick's cases, It was a
murder case, that had a great deal of
circumstantial evidence leading In va
rious directions.
I soon became deeply absorbed; so
deeply that I presently went to sleep at
It, and In a dream saw our poor man
tried, convicted and actually sentenced
to tie banged, and waa myself possess
ed of a frantic desire to attend the
hanging In person, my nou-appearance
being wholly due to the fact that I could
not find my shoes, being separated from
them for some unexplainable reason.
I woke up suddenly, frightened to
And myself enveloped In darkness, re
lieved only by an uncanny red glow
from the fast-dying coals upon the
heartn. Everything was so still. Not
the smallest sound except the ticking of
a little clock In my darkened bedroom,
and the clicking of the dying coals.
I was possessed of a strange, sink
ing fear. I was afraid to move, afraid
to turn my bead to left or right lest I
see something terrifying lurking In the
gloomy corners. I was cold, too, and
trembling. The room was chilled; I
fancied It must be Just before dawn.
My fear Increased rather than dimin
ished as the moments dragged by. 1
could hear my heart beating. I soon
became enthralled by terror. I had a
kind of Instinctive animal fear of Im
pending danger. I thought of the
money. It wa* locked up In the cabinet
at my right hand, not two yards away.
I found myaelf listening painfully, tor
turouHly. My throat seemed swollen.
I swallowed In gulps.
I endeavored to rally my courage, to
persuade myself that I had awakened
from a nightmare, and waa nervous;
that there was nothing to fear, and
that I was making a baby of myaelf.
All to no purpose. Something waa go
ing to happen; something was happen
ing at that moment which would bring
me hurt.
I could not throw off the notion. Just
then it began to rain a regular down
fall, as If the bottom had suddenly
fallen out of the clouds. I had never
known It to rain so heavily. A perfect
deluge, and every drop seemed to pene
trate my soul. I did not move. I lay
back In my cushioned chair helpless,
and felt that I could not have raised
my hand to my face If my life were
the forfeit. Such pouring! I found
myself listening behind the rain—be
hind all the pattering noise -listening
for another sound. 1 bad a grotesque
Idea that the elements and this some
thing that was coming to me, were col
leagued together, the one to screen the
approach of the other.
I was listening with every fiber of
t \ t . \ .
seiice. Hood heavens! I thought of
Menry, our office man. He brought the
note an open note. It was he who
caused the delay which prevented my
depositing the money. It was aa dear
aa day. I rose rigidly to my feet, In
a twinkling my mind was acutely
active, and a thousand ways of escape
surged through my brain In a moment,
I unlocked tbe cabinet and grasped the
large pocket book which contained the
notes, and thrust It Into my liosom. To
what purpose I did not know. I re
treated Into (he dense darkness of my
own bedroom, where I stood uncertain
and shivering.
The windows were too high from tbe
ground to admit of my jumping there
from without Incurring the risk of a
broken limb; besides, there was no
time. At the first sound of my putting
up the sash. I would be detected and
overpowered. I heard a heavy tread
along the hall. An Idea flashed into
my head like tbe Incision of a blade.
I clutched the money la my bosom and
stepped Into the empty fireplace. In
another moment I was scrambling up
tbe sooty chimney with the agility of a
RECEIVED A TEI-BORAM.
down*, arrived at Dick's town, a queer
lit tic village In South Carolina.
Dick la a moderately young bachelor.
He la an attorney-at-law, and haa a
very lair practice Indeed. Anterior to
my advent, be had lived by himself
In a pratty cottage on the prettleBt
.treat, and waa rather a central llgure,
and waa quite the most eligible young
man about town. He was not spoiled,
though. I found him to be a very
dear old fellow, and determined In my
heart to ba to him auch a faithful co
operator and aatlafactory housekeeper,
that be would never need or desire any
other.
We got on famously together, so fa
mousfy that In all probability the last
chapter would have found us still there,
he a grizzled old bachelor, I a grizzled
old maid, bad uot something occurred
which brought about a change.
It all grew out of what happened one
St, Valentine's eve.
On thla day, memorable above other
iaya, Just about an hour after dinner
Dick received a telegram to go up that
evening to A-, a city llfty mile#
away, to meet au Important client. He
lid not have time to com* home, for
the train waa then in sight, but he
scribbled me the following note, which
1 did not get uutll nearly night, be
cause the office boy neglected to bring
It ualll that time.
1:10 p. m
Dear Ctrl Have to leave on neat
train to meet a man In A I'roba
hi) won't get home until to morrow
’tOOtl Spend the night with the An'
•'lent (a dear old lad) friend of mine,]
Be sure to put that money In the haul
t» tore (t closes at 4 Han't fall
Ult'K.
It w«a such n bore to lock up at that
tale hour and gw out for the night It
hnd been such a gloomy afternoon, aa<i
huiked Ilk* It would rain Utugcthei
| did not feel Ilka It. I waa not afraid
* bough I bad sever stayed alone at
•tgbl tn a bouse And the money
several thousand dollars collected for i
twni surely I wuis not at f pu'
money tn (he bank that cloned at A
ould not very well carry It with me u
the Ancient * end I certainly could no1
leave N
I bed never beard of aay bo’gtartee It
tbe village, ae I made up my uitnd ,bai
I nee Id stay at borne that algbl a#
tabe tbe riefc. If Iber* were eay, be. aom
H wae treebleeeeve t* do ot bar w Is#
I «ld eel want any t«e ** I let tb<
HELD MV HEAD ACROSS HIS
KNKK8.
finished chimney sweep, and I kept
scrambling until I had made a strong
hold (or myself.
What went on down helow I did not
know. In the cessation of the rain I
could hear the heavy tread passing to
and fro In a search. I knew, for that
money. But I, from my lofty vantage
ground, could only thank heaven again
and again for such a blessed deliver
ance,
I wus so benumbed with cold and
fright that I think I lost couMclousness,
and would probably have tumbled down
I the chimney hut that I was so rigid and
I ho walled in I could not.
The next thing 1 remember was open
j lug my eyes and seeing the square of
wan light above me. Then realizing
| all, my strength gave way, and I fell
i heavily striking my head against some
thing which left nte senseless for hours.
When I came to myself, 1 was In the
arms of a young utuii whom I hud never
seen before. He sal iipuu the Moor, and
held my head across Ills kuces, while
he wiped the blood from my cut fore
head with a pocket handkerchief,
which every now nnd then he would
squcexe out In a bssln of water at his
elbow.
1 don't suppose there was ever a mure
terrified young man upon this earth of
oars Imagine an Inoffensive young
mail turning up In a towu where an In
timate friend lived, cotulug lu on the
i very trnln that lakes his lutlmsts
friend out Imagine the Intimate friend
cordially Inviting the newcumsr to his
house, telling httu that there was mi
iMidy In It. but that be could put up
i there, make himself lord and master.
] find plenty to eat by foraging around,
j «nd get a good bed. Then to make loo
I Iking complete, give bun the wrong
key# by wlihb to 1st himself In I mas
me ibis newcomer booming gboul towu
| unlit II e'cliM b. then striking out for
| hla friend's abode, overtaken by lbs
j rnln. at last to arrive ai his Intended
abiding pis e to discover tie has the
, along hays, ohlch u*,es*l»*ted his
: > limbing into the house Ilk* a burglar,
Imagine blm piling into the hist bed be
| < tuies la. very soon sinking off into (he
j untroubled slumber ef ib< Innocent gl
i bear!, le be awakened ni I be peep of
I dev by a something tumbling down
' lb* sbimney, Not a hobgoblin I bat
aero better but a young women be
spsaterod and grimy, but still n young
OKTTINU IN I.IKK A It! HOI.AM
my ImxI> 4r««n taut Malcbiug tut
what? I 414 hot know 8«m<-thing
Uaynnd, Iwhiu.l »k- rain I’ban I kaar.l
i It A aound dlaltml from Ilia rain
patter V auu.td emanating from our
Ullla drawing room a aeraptng, draw
1 lag annnd It tau** (rum tha (rant
port Urn I knew aonteun* a na tolling
thiough tha Venetian blind* Inin the
hnnaa ti> Inlntaat doubt tanlahad
I art. whan I nnmialahnMy haard tha
I blind* iraggad t«a*k and th* await rraah
i u It wna pttabad up Mouauna a a*
•atarlng lb* hen**' I hi* paraaa. wka
mi ‘ an*, hnaw of at) btuthnr a ah
woman, and one probably more dead
than alive. Imagine It all If you aao,
for that la what happened to the mla
gntded young man. who held me acroea
hla knee* and wiped the blood from my
broken forehead on that meuorabla St.
Valentine's morning.
Imagine It. aud tell me If men
through atupldlty don't cauae half of
all the trouble In the werld. We ex
plained It all to each other aa beat wa
could, for I waa really III, and quit#
ready to go off Into anothar awoon.
When the aet vant girl came he went
for the doctor, and Mary got me to bed,
HU k came at noon, and waa horrified
at what had happened. Hut the doctor
find pronounced me more frightened
than hurt; an t really, but (or the dread
rui cold I hud caught, and triy wounaeu
forehead, It did not amount to any
thing, and noon became a tremendous
joke.
And It turned out that this friend of
Dick's, whose arijiialnlunce I made In
such an unconventional fashion, was
the very client whose money I de
f ended.
And It also came shout that that—,
he that j that we have we have
grown to know each other very well;
and Dick Dick la to look out for an
other co-operator before next fall; be
ausc well, for reasons best known to
myself,
1SSUI6L
Winds that roam, with a homeless
sound,
Coder a sky all leaden gray.
I« « on runnel, and snow on ground;
Leafless branches that bleakly sway
In winter days, for hearts that plna,
Mast thou no balm, Halnt Valentine!
Where are the crickets' castanets,
Where are the sougshlrds’ melodic
floods?
Where now slumber the violet,
Where hide the pussy willow buds?— ,
Whisper within this ear of mine
Such secrets, kind Saint Valenttnel
,
Alas! the saint (ball never Mil
The mystery of all these things;
Yet round one bis name weaves a spell,
Charming as waft of elfln wings.
Whence lads and lassies may divine
The presence of Saint Valentine,
Kind Is he, yes, but old, they say,
With hair and heard like yonder anow.
I'erhaps young folks would feel dismay,
Were he to them bis face to show.
When they, with wax or glided twine.
Deal nilsalvee marked "Saint Valen
tine!"
Hush! through the frosty atmosphere
What steals lo earth? A radiant boy!
Whose eyes do look so sweetly queer
They make one blush yet All with Joy
Ha, ha! Come quaff, In sparkling wine,
Good health to rare Saint Valentine!
The first Valentine.
My sister Sue has seven now.
And Antoinette ha* nine;
I wonder If the next will be
My own dear valentine?
I've watched the postman most all day,
And now It’s nearly eight;
1 go to bed at seven; this once
Mamma said I might watt.
He's coming ’round the corner now;
Oh, dear! he’s going past!
No, no! he’s coming In to bring
My valentine at last.
I know It must be mlue this time;
It Is! It’s ’dressed to me—
"Miss Dorothea Helen Brown,”
As plain as It can be.
It's Just as pretty as a pink.
With angel boys with wings,
And rosy wreaths and ribbon knots,
And hearts and other things.
• \SIt MIVRt.Y UOI.II LA'.’f ON TtIK
Koaa.M
Ami |«tv«l> *»I4 U • “» «•»* "4*«.
Vml r»l'» In lilt*.
II '*M| l*tv«, I U**# but ibM.
Thl faithful vtlrallM "
M» •latai* *04 that »*l*n..u#a
W*H«I f«>r IHU* ■ >•»*,
W hu.« 4!•«••* 414 Ml r*««b !*•»»
Wb« •«•» than b«ir m
II.,I | 4a« I ««N lb»» h*»*» i #»*
t l»*i • half •« «Im a* a»u»».
Ilua §1*4 I am l a* *14 a«*«§h
fa h«>* a talaaOaal
I.IRCOI.R AH A unorRR I CI.F.RH
Ills Sense u( < hl«slr> n ml l.o*» ol
I'al ‘ OenlliiK.
The precise (Into of the opening of
Denton on ill's store Is not known.
W# only know llmt on July R, I Kit. the
county conimlssloners ’court of Hangu
inou county granted Offut a license to
retnll merchandise nt New Hiilem; for
which he pit id $5, a fen which sup- ,
posed him to hnve ll.isst worth of (
good* In stock. When the oxen nnd |
their drivers returned with the goods, I
the store wiis opened In u littlu log I
house on Hie Drink of the hill, nlliiost
over the river.
The frontier store tilled u uiihpie I
place. I’sunlly It was a general store,
ami oil Its shelles were found most of
the articles needed In n community of
pioneers, Hut to Is* a place for the
sale of dry good* and groceries was
not It* only function, II was a kind of i
.*..,1 ei .,ImI .,ni>ton If u a M '
the common meeting place of tho |
for mem, tin* happy refuge of tho vll ;
Inge lounger*. No Miihjeel was on j
known there. The hohltlle* of the |
place were «><|milly ,it home In (Hiking j
politics, religion or aport Mtorlc* wore ,
told. Joke* were cracked nml laughed
ol. mikI tlx1 new* contained In the Int
eai netvapoper iliullng It* way Into the
wlldcrne** wtta discussed. Much n
■tore wua ihut of I ten ton offnli. I>l»
coin could hardly have chosen aur
roiiudliiga more favorable to the hlgli
eat ilevelopuielll of the art of atory
telling ,11ml he had not been there long
before Ida reputation for drollery wo* |
catnhllahed.
A mu 11 eiime Into the atore one day,
who uacd profane language lu the
preaetiee of iadlea. I,ltn oln naked him
to atop; hut the maa persisted, a wear
ing Hint nobody ahoulil prevent Ida
Haying what lie wanted to. The wo
men gone .the man began fo almae
f.lneoin ao hotly that the hitler Dim lly
•aid. coolly; "Well, If you tnuat he
whipped, I aitppoae I might aa well
whip you aa any other man," and, go
Ing out doom with the fellow, he
threw him on the ground and rubbed
arnartweed lu Ida rye* until be I tel
lowd for mercy. New Haleru'* aenae
of chivalry waa touched, and cut hit*!
aarn over Lincoln Irureaaed
HI* honcaty excited no lea* admlra ,
tlon. Two Incident* acctn to have par- ;
tlcularly Imjtreaaed the community.
Having diaeovered, on one occasion,
that he had taken it M cent* too much
from a customer, he walked three 1
mile* that evening after Id* atore waa j
closed, to return the money. Again. 1
tie weighed out half a pound of ten. aa 1
he *uplumed. It waa night, and thla I
waa the laat thing he did before eloa ;
lug up. On entering lu the morning,
he diaeovered a four ounce weight on ;
the aeylea. He aaw hi* mlalake. and |
dual rig up ahop. hurried off to deliver .
the remainder of the lea. Mef'lure'a
Magar.ine.
xoiaKi.Ksa MArHiMica
Uearlnga of Hanbldi' aupplaiiOe*
Metal abaftltiK ,
Every day aeea an lncreaae In the
uae of modern raw hide gearing* tie
cause of their many excellent advant
age*. A striking lllualratlon of their
operation la afforded at the plant of 1
the American Hook company In New
York. In tlielr new building on Wuah
Ington Hfjuare, all tin* preaaea, fold
Ing machine*, euttera, etc,, are op
crated each by a separate electric mo
tor. The speed of iln< preaaea la
adapted to different kind* of work by
ehanging the pinion* In the motor
abaft*, wbleh engage with Hie ojaTUt ,
ing gear of the prcaa, the motor being ,
adjustable lu poaltlon to an extent i
sufficient to eompeiiaate for the differ
cnee In diameter.
On machine* where no other gear •
Ing la employed there I* no noiae be
yield a aoft purr, while on the preaaea
and other machine* where metal gear* ,
are lined lu contact the contrast be- i
tween the nolac of the ordinary and
the smooth, <|ulet running of the raw :
hide gear I* ao decided a* to Impress
one very forcibly with the advantage
which a pres* (Itted with raw-hide
plnlona throughout would posse**.
Uawhlde aa a material for geara ha* j
been through the experimental atugc j
and lta practicability and durability j
la an established fact. Hy coinpre*
all,11 ami elimination, In the pria-ea* by ;
which the pinions referred to are man 1
llfaetured, the dlaea of which the gear
blank I* matle up are rendered more
like horn than leather In tlielr com
noaitiou. retaining, however, a tough I
lies* which allow* i hem to hem! double
without cracking. They run without .
lubrication, and In the plant referred 1
to above ahow no deterioration after '■
neveral month* of uae. Their extern I
xlve uae In at reel railway work la a
aulftelcut demouairatlon of their dura
bllli.v. There are many direction* In
which their uae can be extended to
advantage. Power.
Kaiiulmnu Hulaa.
Hy far the um*, Interenllhg rtiina on
the roast wen* thoae we found near
the entrance to Nnchevaek bay. It
waa evident, from their appearance. !
that tliey had never been vlalled hy
dew*cratmg atrangere. ami even the
native* dl*c la lined all knowledge of
them
I pon a uarrow atrip of beach at the
foot of a pre< IpItotiM ravine, culling
the creat of the mountain . bit* which
oveilmug the aca. half burled III alilu
gli * amf weighted with a coveting or
heavy turf anil lima*, are the well
pi exerted remain* of what waa uuce
l he i evidence of a poptilotl* Irlltc
I lie main end am e hail l**en formed
liV veiling Hit'll end the h'Wer jaw
h<me* iif a w hale Thla led Into a
Install p.i ■«**•' way'. fr»m vvtilch *mall i
er one brain lied ai irregular Inletv ala
and which terminated at the varhmai
family apartment* or hahltat ana
\V halea’ IhiKch eutervd large') into
(lie cooattm tlou »f lie vv hole, no tilt
er mitlerlal having Iteeu vitusl (nr anp
|M<rt» .Nat him k la far l*')>>ttd the
imriheru tree IImil ef the eoa*l ami
lhe»e were tlovibih-* 'he test aitleMl
I ni, h fur HioIh i« w hb h t twdd lie pro
i i|i,,,| fur live put|to*t the vertebrae
of whale* had I wen u*.*! a* attn.i# and
tor «arietta other purientea, the frame
work of kavirfc* ami hum*'lira »kln
IhnM« a*d aiedgea were if l«*ne ami
lo.ru, the weapon* amt Imph-mrul*
one of ahm# lame in>rn and Ivory
MnM||j| of lh***e were preaeOI la have j
rtlled a aMp ,1ml m»t * w rap of Im« to
oiher meial co«M *» fmm nutlu*
Nervous
People wonder wliy their nerve* aro so weak j
why they get tired »o easily, why they do not
sleep naturally i why they have frequent head
ache*. ludlgeiitloii ittul
Nervous Dyspepsia. The eaptonattoa U
•Imple. It is found In tliat Impure hi"-J leed
Ing the nerve* on refuse Instead of tha
merits of strength and vigor. OpIuPi and nerv*
compounds simply deaden and do not cure.
Ilood's .siirsupiinlia feed* tho nerves Jiura.
rich blood , give* Sutural sleep, Perfect diges
tion, lathe true remedy lor all nervous troubles.
Hood’s
8arsaparilla
lathe Ono True Rlwsl Purifier. All druggist*. |l
~ “ _tii aura IJm Iki a**Ma
HOOd 8 PIII.H take,easyU»»persle.Ne
A penny
—or two
all extra profit.
That's the merchant'11 reason
who urges an inferior binding for
a costly skirt. It’s not (nothing
is) as good as
^ *
IIU* Velveteen Skirt binding.
Look for S. If, A M. on the label
and take no other.
If y >ur dealer will not supply you ws
will.
Sand lor samples, showing labels and mate*
rials, loth* S. If U. M. Co., F. 0 Uos 699, New
York City
ASK YOUR DEALER fOR
W. L. Douglas i
•3. SHOE "VoULd™
If you pity S4 to an for >lioe», ex a
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•ee what a good abed you tan huy for w ■
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man. Wo
maba and
a* 11 man
•3 khwa
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o t li a r
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Non* genuine uni*— name and
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A*k your dealer lor our •#»
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TAM NO WMTITUTI. If your dealer
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to pay carriage, State klrul. atyle
of toe (cap or plain). -Ize and
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Choice
The New York Morning Jour
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makes of bicycles as prizes in a
guessing contest,giving the win
ners free choice of any one of
the ten machines. The result was
ALL of the ten winners selected
Columbia
Bicycles
The Journal ac
cordingly bought
ten Columbias, *+
paying $100 each
for them, without
discount or rebate.
On even terms
few will choose a
bicycle other than the Columbia
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