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r CHAPTER III.—(Co«TUro«n.) So soon as our first hearty greetings were over, I proceeded to ascertain how the last year had treated Car rl# ton. I was both delighted and astonished at the great change for the better which had taken place In his manner, no less than his appearance. He looked far more robust; he seemed happier,bright er—altogether more like ordinary hu manity. Not only had he greeted me with almost boisterous glee, but dur ing our drive through the wonderful scenery he was In the gayest spirits and full of fun and anecdote. I con gratulated him heartily upon the marked Improvement in his health, both mentally and physically. ‘■yes, I am much better,” he said. "I followed a part of your advice gave up moping, tried constant change of scene, interested myself in many more things. I am quite a different man.” “No supernatural visitations?” I asked, anxious to learn that his cure In ! that direction was complete. His face fell. He hesitated a second before answering. “No—not now,” he said. “I fought against the strange feeling, and be lieve have got rid of It—at least I hope so." I said no more on the subject. Car rlston plunged Into a series of vivid and mimetic descriptions of the vari eties of Scotch character which he had met with during his stay. He depicted his experiences so amusingly that I laughed heartily for many a mile. mui wny me cuange in your iiuuie I asked, when he paused for a moment j In bis merry talk. He blushed, and looked rather ashamed, “1 scarcely like to tell you; you will think my reason so absurd.” “Never mind. I don't Judge you by the ordinary standard.” "Well, the fact Is, my cousin Is also In Scotland. I feared If I gave my true name at the hotel at which I stayed on my way here, he might by chance see It, and look me up in these wild regions.” “Well, und what If he did?” “I can't tell you. I hate to know l | feel like It. But I have always, per- | haps without cause, been afraid of him —and this place is horribly lonely.” Now that I understood the meaning of his words 1 thought the boy must be Joking; but the grave look on his face showed me he was never further from merriment. "Why, Carriston,” I cried, “you are positively ridiculous about your cousin. You can’t think the man wants to mur der you." “I don't know what I think. I am saying things to you which I ought not to say; but every time I meet him I feel he hates me, and wishes me out of the world.” "Between wishing and doing, there is a great difference. I dare say all this is fancy on your part.” “Perhaps so. Anyway, Cecil Carr 1s as good a name up here as Charles Car riston, so please humor my whim and say no more about It.” Ah it made no difference to me by what name he chose to call himself I dropped the subject. I knew of old that some of his strange prejudices were proof against anything I could do to remove them. At last we reached our temporary abode. It was a sub stantial, low-built house, owned and inhabited by a thrifty middle-aged widow, who, although well-to-do so far as the simple ideas of her neighbors went, was nevertheless always willing to add to her resources by accommo dating such stray tourists as wished to bury themselves for a day or two in solttudf, or artists who, like our selves, preferred to enjoy the beauties of nature undisturbed by the usual eb v. i___.1 <1_1_ As C'arrlston agserted, the accommo datlon, if homely, wan good enough for two single men; the fare was plentiful and our rooms were the picture of cleanliness. After a cursory Inspection 1 felt sure that I could for a few weeks make myself very happy In these cjtmr teia. I had not been twenty-four hours In the Louse before I found out one reason for the great change In the better In t'harles t'arrlston’s demeanor; knew why hts step was lighter, hta eye brighter, his voice gsyer, and his whole bearing altered. Whether the reason wss a subject for congratula tion or not I could not as yet say. The boy was In love; In love as only a passionate, romantic, imaginative nature can be; and even then only unco In a lifetime. II red less, head slicing, impulsive, and entirely hla own mailer, he had given his very h<art and «»ul Into the keeping of a woman IV HAT a man ef c’*r» J * I • t g u'a rail “y7 breeding and re Atlement. should Jgl ' meet hi* fait, «i h ^ In Ike walla of ,* * h-nel* farm -ho >• beyond ike Tree tec b*. seem* In credible tine • «uld eifrvh eg p*« t to And among •ml bumul* surroundings a wife aatt> able to n mao ef bia scamp Amt jet when t sow the woman who had wen him 1 net the* wondered at Ike «an. gueo* AAA Aid I blame him for aval • I mmfr Iks (feat discovery on ike morning *f«*r my arrival linger to tnat* the frenhneaa of the morning air I PtMA betimes and •eat for g short stroll. I returned, and whilst standing at the door of the house, was positively startled by the beauty of a girl who passed me and entered, as If she were a regular inhabitant of the place. Not a rosy Scotch lassie, such us one would expect to And Indigenous to the roil: but a slim graceful girl with delicate classical features. A girl with a mass of knotted light hair, yet with the ap parent anomaly, dark eyes, eye-lushes und eyebrows a combination which, to my mind, makes a style of beauty rare, irresistible, and dangerous above all others. The features which Ailed the exquisite oval of her face were refined and faultless. Her complexion was pale, but Its pallor In no way suggested anything suve perfect health. To cut my enthusiastic description short. I may at once say It has never been my good fortune to cast tny eyes m a lovelier creature than thiH young girl. Although her dress was of the plainest and simplest description, no one could have mistaken her for a ser vant; and much as I admire the bonny, healthy Scotch country lassies, I felt sure that the mountain air had never reared a being of this ethereal type. As she passed me, I raised my hut In stinctively. she gracefully bent her golden head, und bade me a quiet but unembarrassed good-morning. My eyes followed her until she vanished at the end of the dark passage which led to the back of the house. Kven during the brief glimpse I en joyed of this fair unknown, a strange idea occurred to me. There was a re markable likeness between her deli cate features and those, scarcely less delicate, of Carrlston. This resent the girl's appearance awoke In my mind. Anyway, I entered our sitting room, and, a prey to curiosity and per haps hunger, awaited with much Im patience the appearance of Carrlaton and breakfast. The former arrived first. Generally speaking, he was afoot long be fore I was, but this morning we bad reversed the usual order of things. Ah soon as I saw him I cried: "Carrlaton, tell me at once who Is ihe lovely girl I met outside. An angel, with dark eyes and golden hair. Is she staying here like ourselves?” A look of pleasure flashed Into his eyes a look which pretty well told me everything. Nevertheless, he answered as carelessly as If such lovely women were as common to the mountain side as rocks and branches: “I expect you mean Miss Rowan; a niece of our worthy landlady. She lives with her.” "She cannot be Scotch with such a face and eyes." “Half and half. Her father wan called an Englishman; but was, 1 be lieve, of French extraction. They say the name was originally Rohan.” Carrlston seemed to have made close Inquiries as to Miss Rowan's parent age. "Hut what brings her here?" I asked. "She has nowhere else to go. Rowan was an artist. He married a sister of our hostess, and bore her away from her native land. Some years ago she died, leaving this one (laughter. I.ast year the father died, penniless, they tell me, so the girl has since then lived with her only relative, her aunt.” "Well,” I said, "as you seem to know all about her, you can Introduce me by and bye.” “With the greatest pleasure, if Miss Rowan permits," said Carrlston. 1 was glad to hear him give the conditional promise with as much respect to the lady's wishes as if she had been a duchess. Then, with the liberty a close friend may take, l drew toward me a portfolio, full, I presumed, of sketches of sur rounding scenery. To my surprise Car rlston jumped up hastily and snatched It from me. "They are too bad to look ut.” he said. As I struggled to regain possession, sundry strings broke, and. lo uml behold’ the floor was littered, not with delineations of rock, lake, and torrent, but with Images of the fair young girl I had seen a few min ut*w before. Full face, profile, three quarter fuce. live, even seven-eighth face, all were there each study per fectly executed by Carrlston's clever pencil, I threw myself Into a chair end laughed aloud, whilst the young man blushing and discomfited, quickly hud dled the portraits between the voters. Just as a geuutne Healt h lassie bore In i a plentiful and. to me, very welcome breakfast Carrlston did favor me with his com psny during the whole of that tlay, Kul tax stills ax# mu k .sis._ *»utUn4 .u mbit lit* auriuly. u,«l ,|i%» frwn «.i*-.»*4 r«a»un» »4, tk» '•»>* **•»* *■ «*»•*•» » ba<l nn4la»m*4 1UIIW4MI uf M> Iil»n4 Of >ut»r»* I .1 blw a «r«nt «:**»» w» lb* IHtitfuliu . 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If at first somewhat shy and retiring, she soon, If only for Currlston's sake, consented to look upon me us a friend, and talked to me freely and unreservedly. Then I found that her nature was as sweet as her face. Such a conquest did she make of me that, save for one chimerical reason, I should have felt quite certain that Currlston had chosen well, and would be happy in wedding the girl of ills choice; heedless of her humble position in the world, and absence of befitting wealth. When once his wife, I felt sure that If he cared for her to win social success, her looks and henritig would insure It, and from the great Improve ment which, as I have already said, I noticed in his health and spirits. I be lieved that his marriage would make Ills life longer and happier. Now for my objection, which seems almost a laughable one. I objected on the score of the extraordinary resem blance, which, so far as a man may re semble a woman, existed between Charles Carriston and Madeline Row an. The more I saw them together, the more I was struck by It. A strang er might well have taken them for twin brother and sister. The same delicate features, drawn in the same lines; the same soft, dark, dreamy eyes; even the same shaped head*. Comparing the two, It needed no phrenologist, or phy siognomist to tell you that where one excelled the other excelled; wh*re AlUt fu i loti Ihn /il Hoi iiuu umi n I I n Now, could I have selected a wife for my friend, I would have chosen one with habits and constitution entirely different from his own, She should have been a bright, bustling woman, with lots of energy and com mon sense- one who would have rattled him about and kept, him going—not a lovely, dark-eyed, dreamy girl, who could for hours at a stretch make her self supremely happy If only sitting at her lover's feet and speaking no word. Yet they were a handsome couple, and never have I seen two people so utterly | devoted to each other as those two seemed to be during those autumn days which 1 spent with them. I soon had a clear proof of the close ness of their mental resemblance. One evening Carrlston, Madeline, and I were sitting out of doom, watching the gray mist deepening In the valley at our feet. Two of the party were, of course, hand in bund, the third seated at a discreet distance—not so far away as to preclude conversation,’ but. far enough olf to be able to pretend that he saw and heard only what was In tended for his eyes and ears. How certain topics, which I would have avoided discussing with Carrlston, were started, I hardly remember. Prob ably some strange tale had been passed down from wilder and even more soli tary regions than ours - some ridicu lous tale of Highland superstition, no doubt embellished and augmented by each one who repeated it to his fellows. Prom her awed look, I soon found that Madeline Rowan, perhaps by reason of the Scotch blood in her veins, was as firm a believer In things visionary and beyond nature, us ever Charles Carris ton, in his slliest moments, could be. As soon as 1 could. 1 stopped the talk, I and the next day. linding the girl for a ! few minutes alone, told her plainly that j subjects of this kind should be kept | as fur as possible from her future hus i hand's thoughts. She promised obedl | en«e, with dreamy eyes which looked j as far away and full of visions as Car riston's. “By the bye,” I said, “has he over spoken to you of seeing strauge things?" "Yes; he lias hinted at It.” I “And you believe him?” "Of course I do; he told me so.” This was unanswerable. "A pretty ' pair they will make,” 1 muttered, as Madeline slipped from me to welcome her lover, who woe approaching "They will see ghosts in every turner, and ! goblins behind ever curtain." to us tutrivui tt I sir U441 NettIttU* \t*»nti-e of vtuol. Sir Isaac Newton, too, frequently tor got whether he had dined or not It la reported that on one occasion his friend. hr. Mtukely, bring announced, Mir Isaac asked him lit be sealed, and he would join him shortly The phi losopher repaired Im h;» laboratory, j and as lime a*ui on. It became evident j that ibe i tail of hi* friend had enilreh ! escaped him The doctor was left alt 1 tins in the dining room until the din* j ner *«• served This coaalated of a i loasl fowl The host not even now > putting In nn appearance. hr Mmhaty netted himself at the table and demo I Itshed the fowl When Mir taanv entered the room and saw the remnants of tha a.-si he apologised and said Iteliet# i m# I had gulls forgot ten I had dined.’* % airthotg llktiHH 1*i i* r ..an la an e»*#*dt«gty reined young lad*, aha has a*»e» sum* Its sumnoia Mhe I* full nf alia and of ; grace* reserved aetf contained and d# • ridedly uppish Mb* «nt her an. I* , dead in the sheet on* day, and «h#g j he reproached her fur her riitrn* | hauteur, ah* said, with her »-.* pro uuoared sswleiy manner iMi I m« MW urrte hut I thought | it aae snail*' Harper * Mound table i*v Imp I* MMe* togg »| I pb pel her. lues »>#»» pggp DISTINGUISHED LIFE. THE LATE HENRY D. WELSH A SELF-MADE MAN. One of the Director* of the IViin*yl%Hiiii* Kail rout I and One of the Wenlthlent >len In I'ennuyIvania A Mhort Story of If la Career. - ENRY D. WELSH, a director In the Pennsylvania Rail road Company and for many years prominently Identi fied with the busi ness Interests of Philadelphia, died recently at his resi dence on Chestnut Hill. Mr. Welsh, for many years one of the most ac tive railroad men of the country, was born in Han.iver, York county, Pa., In 1824. HD ancestors were of the strong race of O'ernnn Lutherans, who came from the Palatinate In 1737 and settled In York county. His grandfather served during the revolutionary war, holding a commission Issued by John Morton as speaker of the Pennsylvania assembly, seven days after he hod signed the Declaration of Independ ence. Henry D. Welsh attended school at Hanover academy until he was 16 years of age, subsequently finding em ploment in a dry goods store In York to learn the business, where he re mained until 1845. At the age of 20 he moved to Philadelphia and found a position as salesman in the wholesale dry goods house of Rank, Brooke & Reppller. remaining with them until 1852, when he became a salesman for James, Kent & Santee, afterwards James, Kent, Hantee & Co. Mr. Welsh was admitted as a partner in the firm in 1856, continuing with the firm until January 1, 1881, when he retired from business. After the civil war he became inter HENRY D. WELSH. .4stad in railroad enterprises. He was one of the organizers and one of the original directors of the American Steamship Company, and has been the president of that company since 1874. He was elected a director of the Penn sylvania railroad in 1878, which office he held to his death. Mr. Welsh was chairman of the purchasing committee and also the president of the follow ing railroad companies: Philadelphia, Germantown and Chestnut Hill, Han ' over and York. Downingtown and Lan caster. Pennsylvania and New Jersey railroad bridge, and of the Manor real Estate and Trust Company, Cresson Springs Company and of the Philadel phia Board of Prison Inspectors. Mr. Welsh was also vice-president I and director of the American Surety Company of New York, director of the ! Pennsylvania institute for the Deaf and Dumb, trustee of the Church of the Holy Communion, Broad and Arch streets; director of the Northern Sav ings Fund and Safe Deposit Company, Market Street National Bank, Pennsyl vania Canal Company and of about one hundred other railroad, ferry, coal, bridge and kindred companies, most of which are tributary to the Pennsyl ■ vania Railroad Company. Mr. Welsh was one of the incorpo rators of the Centennial exposition, ap pointed by congress In 1878, and he was especially active In its earlier finan cial enterprises. For several years he was a director of the Commercial Ex change and was one of the gentlemen appointed under Secretary of the Treasury Sherman In 1877 to examine into the conduct of the custom house it Philadelphia. Into I hr I'rtH •'••ttiu. **I ~ M Tht* I stilly look •*«! do* ii along (hr line —••you have added a Tat I oe<l Man to the attraction • Yea that •" The rauaeum manager gated proud* ly down the platform where the party prlchad la pink and purple eat "la our t'oloretl Supplement." Overhearing the remark, the imp faced Hoy anarled rnvlottaly New York World WmU<I|'i ttuaaueeait An entire railroad train fur wkua .pe.tal earn are no* being built will MM>a be run all tke way front Harre. Vt to New Ofteana t«*r the purpoae of tarty lag I* that «U) tut* of tko moat remarkable toatbatoa** eter cua •trotted Tkt* atoauawat twill he Tu tool la ketgat ••igking ITS ium and It Will wot tHtnm It U being erected hi | by Biel Mortally to tke memory of hta wife Tke kaae yltute I* tke large* t iter uuartted ta tke aiai ’ of Vermont U«ht»a May to II letter It aao ta tkat pait of I'alata. Maine. «ao*a a* Med Homrk tkat a wan waa •eea tael aeek la a a* >1 moo tag nay • Ilk atltteaa oa and elopping eyety to* minute* to ikroek kty band* ta beep them norm GOD S THREE ACENCIES. Through I'onulnirp, the Holy '>|ilrll and I In- Scriptures, Says Moody. God emplovg three agencies in bring ing conviction to a human soul: Con 1 science, the holy spirit and the scrip* ! tures. Their work is usually so united I that it is impossible to say that one I power has been used to the exclusion | of another. The holy spirit is always 1 present when there Is conviction work i ing with man's conscience or through scripture, or with both. The woman who was brought to Christ for con demnation had few necusers when He said: "He that Is without sin among you. let him first cast a stone," The gospel writer relates that they, "being convicted by their own conscience, went out. one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last.” It Is the special work of the holy spirit to con vict of sin. In Christ’s last address to His apostles before His crucifixion He explained how the comforter should come, and Ills first work would lie to "reprove the world of sin." And when a few weeks later thecomforter came to abide with that small body of disciples His power was manifested in Peter's sermon, which brought conviction to three thousand of his hearers. The third agency for the conviction of sin Paul brings out most clearly In his let ter to the Romans, when tie says: "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh he justified in His sight; for by the law Is the knowledge of sin." Through this agency the holy spirit most frequently brings conviction to us. Some one passage or even a few words of scripture He usually employs In bringing conviction to those who have a knowledge of It. Dwight L. Moody In Ladies' Home Journal. LADIES ARE FOND OF HIM. IrrHtloiiMl Conduct on llic Oci-anlon ol I lie I’rlnce of H itlen' Visit. "During the tour through Canada i had attributed the strange conduct of the ladles to an excess of loyalty. Ac would rush Into Ills rooms, seize all sorts of articles, from a furniture but ton to a soiled towel, as souvenirs, and even bottle up the water with which he had Just washed his face,” writes Stephen Flske In the Ladles' Home Journal. "But In the United States the women were equally curious and syco phantic. The luggage of the royal party was carried In small leather trunks a trunk for every suit of clothes and whenever the train stopped the crowds would beg that some of these trunks might he handed out, and women would fondle and kiss them. I need not say that the trainmen were never loo par ticular as to whose luggage was sub jected lo their adoration, and I have had the pleasure of seeing my own portmanteau kissed by mistake. Be fore the Prince arrived at Richmond his room at the Ballard House was en tered by the ladles, and the pillowslips and white, coverlet were so soiled by the pressure of hundreds of fingers that they had to be twice changed by the chambermaids. When he attended church on Sunday the whole congrega tion rose as he departed, and climbed upon the seals to get a better view- ol him.” Aii A«*coin|illulled China man. Lo Feng Luh, the new Chinese min ister to England, is very popular In London, where as a youth he resided for a number of years while a student at King's college. He is an accom plished linguist and speaks English with an accuracy and a fluency quite rare among the men of the Mongol race. He is likewise a keen student of west ern polities and civilization, in both of which he takes a deep interest. For eighteen years Lo Feng Luh has been the first secretary of LI Hung Chang, and enjoys that minister's confidence fully. He has occupied other import ant posts In the service of Ills govern ment. notably when he was assistant governor of Peh-Chlll. He accompa nied LI on his foreign tour, and won special favor lu England because of Ills thorough understanding of the language and his familiarity with the ways of the English people. In the conversations at Ha warden between inn minisii r aim Mr. liludatom I A) Feng Luh acted a« Interpreter for the two grand old satin," and wan re warded for hi* Intelligent *ervlee by the warm thank* of Mr. (3lad*ione III* unfailing taet and courtesy toward all with whom he came In contact dur ing hi* stay in Kllglaml made a most favorable Impression, and he will without doubt tie received In lanidon a* the mlnlater of the Chinese emperor with good feeling and personal regard manifested on all aide*. I lain runlebiorul. Christian Christlaiiseii ha* been an tented at Clarke, it. IF. to life tmprlw oument for hanging hi* wife. It wa> supposed that she had itunmlited sin tide, as she was found hanging tu a tier, hut It was proved that he had hanged her to the tree front his wagon | and than driven out from umter hot | Kschange. ...—. VVuwdff tS» |II4»I lal|tl Mssssll. A hi Albans gtrt lust her pm bet bout I and advertised a teward for II Ths I psat hetuwuh waa relumed tu the oNttt ; g| i he r*t VI bah* Meeaehger Th* ; young woman ratted, paid for the ad | vertlsrinent and reword amt wathed | talmly out leaving tha poehethsmb i ami her mud Mttdge Ptve VUss lss« the latotMl bridge, hutlt aver an atm of the China sea. Is ttv* mile* tang, i with mt art he* of stun#, to f*ot high ' and to taet br<uvd *a>h pillar support ' tag a marble lion 31 feet In length th« ,o*t nf the bridge u onhnoag PROF. F. J. CHILD. Kindly Chivalry of a Ureal Mau to a l.lttlr Child. • I Twenty years ago the writer, wltji her 3-year-old child, watt on her way to Washington in midwinter, says the Atlantic Contributors' Club. Instead of reaching that beautiful city early In the morning, as was expected, the train wns stalled In the night by a terrible blizzard. After the height of the storm was over It took hours to dig away the heavy snotv that buried not only the train but the whole world apparently. Slowly and laboriously the locomotive crept on and we wore still 200 miles from Washington when the church clock struck 8 In a village where we halted. Men*jumped up to see If there were time to get a cup of coffee; ner vous and anxious women clamored for tea nnd I cried with the rest; "Oh. If I could only gpt a glass of milk for my little girl!” "Impossible,” said the brakeman, who was passing through the cars; "we sha'n't be here but a minute.” Paying no heed to hi-* words, a gen tleman of striking appearance, whose fine face and head 1 had been silently studying, hurriedly left th" car and dis appeared upon the snowy platform. "He'll get left," sneered the brakeman. The train moved on, feeling Its wHy through the huge white banks on both sides. The gentleman had evidently been traveling alone, for no one seemed anxious because he did not come hack. The cars were hardly In full swing, however, when he Jumped aboard, a little out of breath, dusted with snow, but self-possessed and calm, holding carefully a tall glass of milk, which he gave to the wee girl beside me. My stammered thanks for such unexpected kindness from an unknown traveler he brushed away with a wave of his band. 4 ' But the glass?" 1 Insisted, knowing It could not be returned, as we were now thundering onward. “Is yours, madam,” he replied, settling himself into his seat, paying no more attention to us. But later In the course of the dreary forenoon he motioned to the lit tle lass to come to him, which she will ingly did. He lifted her to his side and, with his arnt round Iter, she cud dled up against him, and for two houre he whispered stories into her ear, sc low that no one else could hear, but the delight of which was reflected In her dancing eyes and smiling face. At Baltimore the stranger disappeared and a gentleman aero the passage from uk leaned over and .■'aid: "Do you know who ha« been entertaining your child so charmingly, a. indeed only hp could?” ”1 haven't the faintest idea.” "Prof. Francis .1. Child.” So many years have down since then that the little lass herself writes stories now - perhaps far-away echoes of those she heard that wintry dhy when Prof. Child made summer In her heart. But the tall thick depot tumbler still stands on the high shelf of the cupboard, too sacred for any use. save a.-: a memento of the kindly chivalry of a great mar to a little child. LICHT WAS KEPT BURNING. I'iinky lloy Who Wan \(on«* in the Tower for Three W«*«*k«. This Is one of the wildest and bleak est of light stations of that savage re gion, and, according to a story told there it was once the scene of a remark ably plucky adherence to duty on the part of a 15-year-old boy. says Scrib ner’s. He was the son of the keeper, snd on this occasion was left alone in the tower while his father went ashore for provisions in their only boat. Be fore the latter could return a violent storm arose and for the next three weeks there was no time in which the keeper's boat could have lived for a moment in wild seas that raged about the lonely rock. Still the light was kept burning by that 15-year-old bov. who had little to eat and but Meant time to sleep. Night after night, for three weeks. itR steady gleam shone through the blackness of the pitiless storm and gladdened the futher's straining eyes. When the ordeal was ended the boy was so weak from exhaustion as to be barely able to speak. At the same time there was no prouder father, nor hap pier young lightkeeper on the Maine roast than those who met on the storm-swept hedge of Saddleback thut day. (•uutl rime* i out a* .%*; tin. A grand a glorious victory! ^ The gent In the loud-checked suit breathed hard and rolled his eyes en thusiastically. The man with the pule face and the studious-looking whiskers Im-iiI toward him interestedly. "You refer—*' The geuI grasped the other's baud. "I refer, air, lu the triumph of gold In the late election Yes." Mis utanner was exceptionally hear ' U the studious whiskers heal toward him tittrc more. "I presume sir. that yuo are one of < Jot hum s prosperous business men .multiIrs you are stilus sell known met - > hsm whose name, were I m near It, soul I sound familiar to mv ewra The gent in the laud h«k suit o naked No, you ain’t never hoard of me I m telling mice as hmti> gold bra h* •» I used to but my nano uni m m« Hr. «r? New York Journal. fttebs mt Part* I eh Ilf .sets In fntia tb#t* ate yery many pnen usiuiire.i can tag**, sad lu reieei •ug a public «ebl. I- a pi< ( ,u pss wager will generally pi. k M| of m.ee thus muipped In erd., * *, **»* rldsto who do tun examine tau (vloeeiji many of the drivers nf wagons haying ordinalyr iron tires fl» mo, telbl an their burses which Is a , IM> em ompoieut y on ibs pan of «n rub. • ••»»*«§ wheeieia