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NEBRASKA
LONE HOLLOW;
Or, Tic Peril of tie Pweys.
Thrilling and Roxn&ntio 8tory
of Love and Adventure
bt jaxes m. merkxlu actiior of
Bill," -Fisher Joe" asto
Otueu Stories.
Boots
Copyright, w, by tu A. X. EtUogg JV-
papfr Company.
CHAPTER XXIV.
A SHOT FHOM AM HUSH.
Several days later.
Two forms stood in the shadow of some
trees not many rods from the great house
at Lone Hollow.
"It seems so strange t hat a cloud should
have come hef.vcca us, Austin," said
Brace, as she leaned confidingly against his
Ihouldcr and glanced up into his brave,
lark c; es.
"There is perfect trust now, darling,"
cturaed the young mechanic. "I was to
tlarnc entirely -"
She stopped his lips with a soft hand.
"Not a word like that, Austin. I know
Jliat I was hasty an welL Let it pass. I
tiavc other troubles now."
"Other troubles, dear!"
"About poor grndpa' will."
"Hut why hhould that trouble you,
jiraroJ He left every thing to 3-ou, I uuder
lund." "True, but"
"Weill" as she hesitated and dropped
acr honest gaze from his face, "I am afraid
llie will is not genuine."
"Not genuine t What do you mean I I'm
lure I've hoard your grandfather say a
leorc of Tini'-s, if I have once, that you
ivotild liaveall his projcrty when he was
tone,"
"I know, atid believe that such was his
intention," said Grace, in an unsteady
Mice, "but but he did not live to sign the
.Vill."
"Who tells you this!" demanded the
foil ii g mechanic, hotly. "It is a scheme to
Ifpriveyou of your rights, Grace, and you
mst not submit to it. "
Wuy was lie so earnest Was it possible
that a hoi did motive itilluciiced him after
ill Crac'-permitted this thought to mar
3"r happiness for a moment only, then she
rast it from hT as uu unworthy rellection
tu tliecharaclor of Iit noble lover.
I have seen my grand father's will,
Austin, and 1 do not doubt but u hat it eon--litis
his true iiil:ntions," returned the
jirl, alter a moment s reflection; yct oven
f all is right. I could not live up to the con
ditions, I should prefer deatli sooner."
"Wlut are the conditions"
"Tn.it I heroine the wife of Clinton Star
jnghU" Iiutossibb'!"
"It is true"
"Wl showed this to you!"
"Lawyer Gripes read it, and I have no
cason to dispute the content;, of thodocu
nent," "Then tho will is false, I would be willing
swear to that," declared the joung
nan, indignantly. "This SUr'onght is at
bottom of a tremendous scheme. I cau
lot w novo that old ilr. audible coum
end hi:"self4o such a wickedness if in his
"Igilt UllliU
"Grout intluenco must have been brought
Vi iiear if he did agree to that." said Grace.
ln any event 1 shall renounce tho fort-
lllC."
"If the will holds good, who inherits,
i it li jour refusal to marry tho Captain!"
"'r. Xtarbnght-"
'1 thought i.o. You uiuy dc'icnd upon it
uiat it is a put up job that must not bo per
iiittisl to Mieceed I ia u t believe Morgan
Tangible, over signed such a paper us that
tiiowingiy."'
"ilr did not, I am sure of that," asserted
"5 r.u-c
"Then tlicdocuinc at is a forgery."
"1 fear so "
Grace then related the incidents of the
light when her grandfather died, when she
-ushed mlo the room, thinking she heard
urn calling, only t liml that he was dead,
mil tho will, just drawn up for his signa
.ute. lay before his sightless eyes un
ligned. Whatever had been the intcution of
iraiidfathcr he certainly did not live to
ilaro his signature to tho will." concluded
Sraee, tn a voice husky with tho inieusity
jl her emotions
" It is a eleareaseof the b.scsl rascality!"
t.clamie.l Austin Went word. "To me it
ieeuis evident that Captain Starbnght and
3is lawyer Inivo plotted to throw the million
oft b.v your grandfather into the hands of
lie loxmer No dmi't Starlirutht would be
.vtlling for you to retue to marry him. for
hen .he vast fortune would fall entirely
nto his tiauds li is a barefaced sehcuiolhat
an bceiLsily frustrated "'
It must be. Within two weeks the heirs
svill bo summoned before the probate court
x give reasons, if any exist, why this wdl
2-e not admitted to probate as tho honest
.nstrument of Morgan Vandible's hand
At that time your testimony will be of the
utmost importance.
Yes." faintly
1 te icve your evidence alone will be
sufficient to break I lie will, but we must
s.ivc more to oorrolwrate yours "
How can you gel more." queried Grace.
'1 was ttie only one present save the
Jap'.aui ana lawjer Gripes."
"Well, we must ftul more evidence," dc--larod
the youn mechanic. "I will consult
with our mutual friend. Units Fiugal. Uo is
wise ami ke-n. between us all I bciieve wo
shall be aole to outwit Captain Surbright
md his soandrejty lawjor Circumstantial
vuleinv can te bronchi In The forged
signature. of coarse is not likely to be an
rxact count'ip.irt of Mr Vandb!e"s chtrog
rajhy. and that wi i co jut for a govl deal
We liave two w.vks in which to work, in
nhioli time inucli can be done."
Vcs.- agns.sl Grace, wtthasich. 'I wish
Lura was back here. 1 am so lonely m the
great house withonlv mother aud the Cajw
tain. 1 may be foolish, bat somehow I have
a dread of both '
You shall not le left to the mercy of
either," declared Went word. "Lura will
i"omc. and she is a match for the Captain
the best day he ever mw "
"I have always felt safe when niy cousin
was here" said G race "Iwas quite ovcr
;wwered with joy when she returned, but
she made me promise not to reveal her
coming, as she wished to remain dead to the.
world for a time, the better to thwart xh
plots of Captain Starbricht. who at that
timo 1 trusted more fully than I do now."
He is a vttlaiti without one rodeoining
trait. 1 believe that it was ho who at
tempted the life of Lura. They are bitter
foes, and he feared she would stand in his
wav. The two tramps who hurlod her mlo
jYngmans Gulch that night handled some
oXiptaia Starbnght's money for that
fftl am fully assured."
"How terriblel" uttered Grace "It docs
not seem possible that one so apjureutly
kind, -o elegant in manners, could be so
deeply wicked."
Perhaps you still doubt 1"
"I confess to incredulity to a certain ex
tent. 1 can not believe that Clinton Star
bright would stoop o murder. It seems
too horrible for belief."
Time will tell," answered the young
mechanic -I have learned cnougb to
satisfy me that no crime is too vile for this
adventurer. By breaking tho trill and c
wuriTir ta villainy of Starbrtgnt we threw
4vt thing into your Bothers
i to w so etaar war."
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"I shall be satisfied with that, knowing
that I possess your love," said the beauti
ful girt, clinging fondly to his arm.
"I am satisfied to gain your band without
the fortune,' returned the infatuated
young man, bending and imprinting a kiss
on the pale cheek of his companion.
Night shadows were tailing, and neither
saw the form of a man crouching in the
bushes near, a man who had listened to
nearly every word that bad fallen from the
lips of the twain.
Presently be lifted himself so that his
gleaming eyes took in the loving scene.
"Neither shall live to crush me," muttered
the prowler. Then his hand shot forward,
a flash followed, then a loud report.
Grace Penroy sank apparently lifeless in
the arms of her companion, the blood
streaming down her face. The bullet of the
assassin had been well aimed.
The suddenness of the crime quite para
lyzed the young mechanic for the tunc. He
felt the form of his betrothed a dead weight
in his arms. He eased her to the ground,
fully believing that she was dead.
An awful horror was cast over heart and
brain. He had heard the report, and seen
the tlash. To discover the assassin vras now
his desire He sprang forward and caught
from the ground a smoking pistol. He
glared about him fierce) v, but saw no one.
Then he strode back to the bleeding form
on the ground, still holding the smoking
weapon of death.
At this moment a man rushed down the
path from the direction of the house and
confronted Wentword.
It was Captain Btarbright.
"So ithas come to this at last." cried tho
Captain, m an awful voice. "I feared it all
along. PoorGrace! to die by the hand of
a miserable mudsill!"
CHAPTER XXV.
THE ARREST.
For one moment the two men
fiercely at each other.
glared
Austin Wentword was too terribly
shoeked to realize his position, or tho full
meaning of the words uttered by Captain
Starbnght. He even allowed the Captain
to take the pistol from his hands, when he
bent and lifted poor Grace in his arms and
moved toward tho house
There was consternation among the
servants when the young mechanic en
tered the house with his bleeding burden.
Mrs. Penroy met him and screamed with
fright, and fainted on seeing the blood.
To Mrs. Ponroy's room the young man
made his way, and placed Grace on the
luxurious bed. Then, with pallid face and
trembling Augers, he examined the wound
in the head of his betrothed. He was un
able to ascertain the full extent of the
wound, but believed it fatal. Captain Star
bright at once dispatched a messenger for
a phsiciau, tho nearest one being at Sionc
lield, ten miles away. With tins messenger
he sent a note which the man promised to
deliver to the county sheriff.
Soon after thu accident a visitor was an
nouncedLouis Fingal, tho young hunter
Wentword met htm with a groan as he
extended his hand. In tremulous accents
he told the vouth of what had occurred.
' And you think Grace will die j"
A tear stood in the young hunter's eye as
he put the question.
"I fear she will."
"Then retribution must fall at once on
her assassin," cried Fin gal, in a stern
voice.
"That it shall "
llolh men turned to see Captain Star
bright standing near, the same spirit of
evil that he had ever been since his upcar
aiice at Lone Hollow.
"Yotihcrei" exclaimed Fingal.
" I am. No one has a better right. I
mean to see that the murderer does not es
cape." " You know him"
"He stands there," pointing at Austin
Wentword.
Fingal regarded the young mechanic in
silence. He saw the pallor on his face
doeieii. caught a resentful gleam in tr.e
eyes, ami realized that the words of Caj
lain Starbnght had struck deep
"This is not the time nor place to resent
such language. Clinton Starbnght," re
turned the young mechanic, in a lov voice,
almost bushed under tho shadow of his
s.wiul grief. " When 1 am assured that she
will lh'e, or death intervenes, then I will
settle with you, sir, in a way that will prove
satisfactory."
Then mining to lyiuis Fingal the young
man look his arm aud led him aw.i In an
other rojm, with tho door locked to keep out
intruders, the two oung men sat and con
verse! long and earnestly.
"Just as my happiness had dawned it is
awful to have it snatched from ine by the
bullet of a cruel assassin," groaned Austin
Wentword.
"It is awful," agreed th-J young hunter.
"Canyon imagine who could be so wicked
as to do this"
" I em not."
"It is Captain Starbnght's work," de
clared tho young hunter "He is wicked
enough for any thing. He has plotted to
gain the Vandible fortune, and nothing is
too black in the way of crime thai ho will
not do to gain what he seeks That man
must Ih watched. 1 have not seen the will
left by Morgan Vandible. but 1 know its con
tents from one who has read it. and it is so
worded as to leave every thing to Captain
Starbnght should Grace die or marrx
another. Ik'pcmi upon it. Austin, it was a
hand hired by the Captain that Ilred the
bullet at Grace to-mghl."
"It may be so. 1 can not believe that one
so pure and good has an enemy in the
world "
"She has enemies only as she is an ob
stacle in tho way ofth.it devil's greed. He
must bo watched."
"Mr Fiug.il. 1 quite agree with vou." re
turned the mechanic, sadly. "Tac Cuptam
must be watched, and 1 know of but one
person who can do it successfullv."
"Well?"
"I mean Lura Joyce. She is atStoneticld.
aud you know where. If you would only
M for her 1 should feel under everlasting
obligations to you. 1 like that girl, and be
lieve now that Grace is is ill, she would
gladly come "
"1)1 cou-so she would," agreed tho young
hunter, touched deeply by the emotion
evinced by Wentword "1 will ro for the.
g.rl myself. 1 know her like a book, and
am sure she will not delay coming one
moment when she learns that her cousin is
injured '
You are very kind "
"Not a won! of that sort. Austin. Hike
you and Grace, and liojn that you may Kith
live to be united aud happy m spite of the
machinations of a contemptible villain."
Then Fmg.il turned from the room.
Austin Wentword sat like one la a dream
until he heard the outer door clang behind
tho departing hunter, then he leaned his
head on his hands aud moaued in an agony
of spirit.
A pa'r glittering black eyes looked in
upon the sorrow ii.c young man. the malev
olence in their depths indicating how ven
omous was ihe heart beneath.
It is wclL The game is now completely
m my hands," muttered Captain Star-
bright, as he jttssed uowu the hall to the
front door, after glancing in upou the
bowed form of Wentword. He stood on the
steps and peered down through the trees
to the rood and the gloomy hollow beyond
Night held full sway now, and a mil hung
over licne Hollow, as if the blue firmament
was mourning for the beautiful girl so
cruelly stricken down this night.
Captain Starbnght became nervous after
alitt.c and began pacing the wide veranda I
witn solemn steps and slow, nis cam tviwed
upon his breast, a thoughtful, troubled look
in his eyes.
He remained pacing here until the roll of
wheels announced the coming of the phy
sician from Stoncficld.
Mrs. Penroy and young Wentword wee
at the bedside of Grace when the doctor en
tered. Both fell back to prrmit the Baa of
cttieiM a ofsjertunity for rrsiBSTine
The widow, after recorera troB the
wtUfseljr rTHBi,ys
seemed to realize her duty and at
assumed a place near the wounded girL
" Grace was still ucooscSotis, but breathed,
and when the doctor rose from a brief ex
animation and turned to the widow, there
was a look on his face that brought s throb
of hope to the hearts of all no, notalL for
there was one present who was not pleased
at the good doctor's announcement.
"A bad wound,bnt if the inflammation can
be kept down, the girl will recover. A lew
days will decide The skull has been slight
ly fractured, I think."
For the first time since the crack of the
pistol had rung in his ear Austin Went
word breathed easy. His pallid counte
nance lit up with a glad light, while from
his heart fell a silent benediction.
Dr. Faxon left medicine, washes for the
wound and brief yet comprehensive in
structioss, and then took his departure
He had scarcely gone when another
vcbiclo drew up at Lone Hollow.
Austin Wentword stood over the wounded
girl in a solemn, thoughtful attitude He
heard no sound of st-ps, although two men
had crossed the threshold and stood at his
elbow.
A hand touched his arm.
He turned then to confront a bluff-looking
man, who, with wonderful dexterity,
snap;cd a pair of baudcu over the wrists
of the astounded Austin Wentword.
"What docs this mean!'' demanded the
mechanic, reeling backward.
"It means thatjou aro my prisoner, Aus
tin Wentrt-ord," returned tho man. in a
stern -oice. "1 have a warrant for vour ar
rest." At the same time the officer, whom Went
word recognized as the county sheriff, pro
duced a paper and began reading. So dazed
was he that Uic prisoner only caught a word
here and there enough to inform him that
he had been accused of an assault on one
Grace Penroy withlntcnt to commit mur
der. The idea seemed ridiculous as well as
horrible to Wentword.
He was not permitted to say a word in
his own defense, but was hurried from the
room and the house, and was soon being
whirled over the rood to Stoncficld jaiL It
was a sad termination to the lovers' meet
ing of the evening.
And now two watchers were left besido
the wounded and insensible Grace ber
mother and Captain Starbnght. For some
minutes after the departure of Wentword
in the hands of the sheriff not a word broke
the solemn stillness of the room. The Cap
tain was the first to speak.
" You see now what comes of permitting
Grace to receive the attentions of a low mo
chanie" Mrs. Penrov lifted her faded eves and re
garded the speaker llxcdly.
So you Imagine it is to him my poor
Grace owes this hurt?"
"Certainly. I have proof that will hang
linn should your daughter die It was a
lovers' quurrel again, and the use of a pistol
in the hands of a low villain mad with jeal
ousy." "It is terrible'"
The tremor in the woman's voice went far
to prove that, although seemingly heartless
at times, yet Martha Penroy had an affection
for hei daughter that was a credit to her
motherhood.
"Terrible, indeed.'' returned the Captain.
" I hope ou see the folly of countenancing
a low fellow like Wentword now. I"
"Captain Starbnght, please don't,"
moaned the wretched woman, pleadingly.
She was pale and trembling, seeming ab
solutely ill, and even tho Captain had not
the heart to proceed further then. He
turned on his heel and wa'.kel from tho
room.
He passed along the hall and entered one
of the largo front rooms In v. Inch a light was
burning The room seemed to Ihj empty,
and Captain Starbnght threw himself into
a large arm-chair beside the center-table
and cla ped his bauds, with elbjivs ou the
table lH?fore h.m.
If she would only di." he muttered, "I
should feel better, for 1 know that she will
neer consent to be my wife. Should sho
die he would banc, and then "
A touch on his arm startled him.
He sprang up, white and trembling, with
an indefinable fear shooting to his heart.
As he Mimed about he uttered an exclama
tion. Keforo him stood his old enemy, Lura
Joyce!
CHAPTER XXVI.
l.t'RA AMI TIIK CAPTAIN.
"She will not die, Caj tain Starbnght. but
if she should, you would be tho one to hang
instead of the man ta.teu to jail this night
by tho county sheriff "
Tho Cap ain stared.
Had she then heard his muttered words!
Ho,v came she here at this hourof the night!
He had seen nothing of her since she
apjKMred to lum in the ro id m front of tho
mansion weeks before, when he had at
tempted toinurderher To him she sectnod
to bear a charmed life How much did she
kxow of his real character, of his baud in
the first attempt that had proven such a
disastrous failure Had she learned aught
from the maniac whoso dead body slept so
safely beneath the surface of the forest pool!
He could not answer these questions, but
he at once formed a plan of action, resolving
inwardly to tide over presen trouble as
smoothly as possible
"You choot to make yourself disagree
able, Mis Joyce." he said, with a smile,
that caus,sj the wiugsof his tawny mus
tache to lift and then droop suddenly. "I
am nevertheless glad to meet you."
He held out his hand.
Wonderful as it mav seem, she accepted
the proffer of friendship, and returned his
snute with one of equal cuumng.
1 suppose you did not expect me. Cap
tain!" "No, but I am pleased all the same Some
one is needed at Ijone Hollow who can take
complete charge of the internal affairs dur
ing Miss l'cnroy's ltiness. Her mother is
utterly iacotujctent."
"Vou think 1 could assume charge!"
"If you will, certainly."
Thus coolly taiked the two who were
deadly enemies Lura knew that he was
aching to strangle her. even while bis dark
face was wreathed in smues. Sho had en
tered the houe for a purpose that could be
letter carried through by assuming a meek
ness sne did not feel, and so she smothered
her true feelings,
"Of course 1 will remain. 1 heard that
my cousin was badly injured, and hastened
here at once lteilly this is all the home I
have, and I meant to cojie soon in any
event. Many changes have taken place
since I left hero weeks age When I think
of all that I have pa.scd through I fiad tay
elf wondering that I am yet alive"
'It it a wonder "
Considering the hand vou had in it. Cap
tain." She smiled wickedly as sh regarded him,
her red foretop quivenng unpleasantly.
"You wrong me, Lura." he said, ia a low.
subdued tone "I was mad that night,
absolutely crazed when I assaulted you at
the gate I have never been fully able to
explain that to myself. I meant at the first
opportunity to beg your pardon,"
Indeed! And yoa had no hand la hurl
ing me into the gulch that night!" Hcreyes
fairly piervvd h:m to the quick.
She was treading cu dangerous ground,
but she could not resist the tcmptatioa.
"Into the galea! I do not understand,"
he said. edenl!y perplexed. "I never knew
what nappened to you that night list sum
mer, Lura. I meant to ask about that at the
first cpportuaity "
Which, when it occurred, yoa attempted
to strangle me out vondcr tnthe darkness.
Her har.d was raised, a finger pointing
toward the road.
Lara, let me explain.
I am listening," idly.
You know that like most Ben I have s
weakness love of wealth. I admit that 1
have attempted questionable practices ia
order to obtain it. I cssse here to Lose
Hollow to win it heiress Yoa see. I a
trash with too. IaeTer
soclwith a criae.
Tsieei I ren a heartily as
fto aa cHnxscmJ
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maattaauaiaf
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THE CHARTREUSE MONKS.
m4 tpti Cwsieti Witts "tlte
Ancient Fipnrh Monastery.
A native of Grenoble who has knownXon bad term with his sons. There was
this ancient monastery and its inhab
itants all ht life, and has visited it en
ouvrier en artiste and en touriste at
all seasons of the year, srives an ac
count in one of the French newspapers
of some of the loro and legend con
nected with its history. "It is always
with a tenu of fresh pleasure." says
the writer of the article, "that I knock
at the hospitable gate of the monks.
behind which a brother makes an ex-
animation of the arrival, in order to
weed out lady visitors, who are not ad
mitted. And with what a formidable
appetite, sharpened by a walk of six
or seven hour.-, I sit down to table in
one of the three large halls bearing the
names of ancient French provinces, and
into on" of which tho pe-e procuretir
(I b-lieve that is what they call him)
shows travelers according to their
position, as far as the latter can be
judged of by their dress and theirman
ners. In nil the three halls, at all the dif
ferent tables, th" food is exactly alike.
It is the price only which arles. those
who appear the wealthier among the
visitors paying slightly more than the
rcsL As to the fare, it is always simple
but abundant, and delicioiisSy prepared
that is to say. tish o:n 'lets, vege
tables and butter are an advantageous
change from the meat of the ordinary
table d'hote. Tho butter especially
good heavens, what butter it ia! a
veritable cream, innocent of the exist
ence or such a thing as margarine
Then there is the inevitable little glass
of yellow liquor, which l.s first offered
a an appetizer, and then again handed
around as adessorL Nobodv complains
of the fare, for at this place tho liquor
is genuine and not like it is on tho ter
races of certain large boulevard cafes.
"I have heard an eye-witness tell
tho story of a lady who entered the
monastery, dressed in men's clothes,
at the side of her lord and muster.
The fnitid had been successfully ac
complished, and tho fair intruder
visited calmly the curiosities of the
cloisters which were shown and ex
plained by a lay brother. But habit
becomes second nature, and nature is
n terrible habit. All at once the lady
in the dress e iat called out, lardon
me. brother, but where has my hus
band gone?' The poor monk wa first
quite stupefied at hearing a sweet voice
come from behind tho stiff, white col
lar, and looked terror-stricken upon
the hypocritical overcoat and the fal
lacious trou-ers. Then some servants
came uj. carrying an old arm-chair,
into which they put the intruder and
curried her out of the monastery gate.
"Here i- u story which does credit
to the old 'General dtt Chartreuse.' who
is said to be most independent and
stiff-necked among the followers of the
Holy Father. It was in the torriblo
year ot I .-70. After the first defeats,
which tilled with surprise and with wo.'
French heart' nil over the country,
some young people at Grenoble fotintl"d
n Republican society of young nun
whose object it was to assist by every
possible menus in tho defen-o of the
country. This society had the happy
idea of organizing a stnge play for the?
betieut or the wounded, wincn was a
prodigious success anil realized l.'XM
francs, an amount which the directors
of the Grenoble Theater had never be
fore realized.
"We had. before the plav was per
formed, sent :i number of licke's to the
various authorities and notabilities of
the district, among others to the Gen-
1'ial of the Chartreuse, to the Superior
of the Jesuits, and to the Kishop. The
lJishoo returtifd th tickets, but added
no money. The Jesuits kept them and
forgot to pay for them. H.it from the
General of th- Chartreiis" we got a let
ter to tnis effect: 'GentlejiK'n. wo re
gret not to b. able to be present at the
entertainment yoit are about to give for
the benefit of our wounded soldiers,
but as we should like to participate as
much as possible in your charitable and
patriotic object we are happy to send
you a cheek for three hundred francs.'
The graceful and gracious note was
concluded with a few worls of thanks
for having rem -jnbered the intnntes of
the monastery." !.oi Jon Times.
DETECTING FRAUDS.
rrorsrrs who .v r. Thrown in" Ttinr '
i.r.i t.y j..irk-iu..i i-aw.-rs. .
Among the traditions of the Fennsyl. ,
vania bar are preserved some exam- j
pies of the sudden del-clion of fraud by j
the quick wit of a lawyer during a .
"':d. j
The lute David Paul Brown was em-
ployed as counsel for the heirs of a
wealthy old man. who had left a will
devising his whole estate to a stranger.
Mr. Brown, the judge, aud the audi- J
ence in the court-room were convinced
that ihe will was a forgery, but it
seemed impos-ible to prove it to be so.
The trained nurse, a sturdy Knglish
man. was one of the witnes-es. and
swore stoutly to the genuineness of tho
will. Something in his manner con
vinced the lawyer that he was swear
ing ton He. but how could he convict
hitn of it?
When he was placed on the stand for
cross examination. Mr. Brown ojcned
the will and held it before him.
"Yon swear that this is your signa
ture?" "I do."
"And that you signed this will two
diys before Mr. Blank's death, he be
ing then confined to his bed?
"Yes."' said the man. doggedly. "I
signed it. and helped him fold and sal
it,"
The lawyer's eye kindled. "How did
you help him'"
Jospn he said tome, -fold thtf '
paper, i-o I folded it. -Joseph.' says oa to .. that the wortis co
he. 'look in yonder c!oet, and bring $ sotcr put oa the paper than the lr!h
me my iM.al and wax and a c-iad.e. So man broke out into a wrathful denial
I brought them, and lighted the candle, of the charge- It is a tory which dl
Jo-eph. he fays, "drop the wax.' So tlnctly "lacks confirmation.' but I
I dropped it. and as hi hands were I
shaking o. I j-ealed it with his aL'
You swear this to be true?"
"I do'
iientlemea of the jury. ud Brown.
Impressively, "this is- the wilL It has
been fastened by a wafer! and he woo
the case.
Another suit, the iacidents of which
kave scrred as a basis for one or two
i tMTeKiaTolredtiMpoasesalotiofalarfw
tawtitt waictaAisUaHrsiativc W tlM
'':
late owacr claimed by virtue of a deed
of ciit, which he asataetaa haw bem ex
ecuted at a time when lh owner was
so wilL
The paper bore every mark of beinjj
fviiuine; was formally executed; the
witnses swore to their finaturj.
and experts testified their belief that
the name of tho dead man was written
by him-eif. All hope for the heira
seemed to be over, when their counsel.
J suddenly raising the paper c'ojo to his
j eves, sent a mewnger hastily out of
j court.
'The claimant continued to bring in
testimony In proof of the genuinone-ss
of the document for an hour. His case
appeared m be fully established, when
the coun-el for the defendant called u
grave old Quaker to the vrituess-statid
"Friend Blank. p!eae hold
that
the
p:iler up to the light.
What !
water-mark on it?"
"That of ray :lrm. Hlauk and .on."
"When did you begin the manu
facture of paper?-
"in IM.t."
"What is the dr.te of the document?"
July 10. 1M1."
That is enough. Gentlemen of the
jury, we clo-e our cae."
The late Attorney General Hrew-ter
was couiis4l in a case winch n'so hung
upon the authenticity of a il!. He
obscrved that ou the impression of the
seal of the devisor, twice Used upon the as green and tan. turqtiois and amber. ,n Knirlih writer of rr-at e-
document, was a mark us light a- a old rose and pale green, lily leaf and pertonv. and a cIomj olwrver, la w -tt-hair.
He examined the seal it-elf. and : bWcuit. ueach and luncthvst. aro fn- tn.. ..' i.mr of In.uvtion ! thn B:-rl.
found no crack which could pnwiuce
this mark. He thencnu-ed a search to
be made for engravers of seal in Phila
delphia, and succeeded in rinding the
man who had made that Used in the
fraudulent will.
I recollect the job," said the en
graver, "for the seal win nccidentallv
cnu'ked; but the man who ordered it
would not wait for another to be made."
He had made the seal three weeks
after the death of the devisor. Tho
forgery was proved, and Mr. Brewster
won his case. Youth's Companion.
HIBERNIAN BULLS.
On of thr fifflil IntrtltM-tual Oualltlot
ot th IrUli.
There aro people w ho have expressed
a doubt whether tho Irish bull hits any
real place among intellectual fauna of
these island.s, and is not, as a matter
of fact, sis non-existent as that earlier
product of the same soil, the Irish elk.
They do not. of course, deny that cer
tain examples of verbal condition or of
incongruity In-tween words aud things
have obtained currency a "bulls,"
but they decline to believe that any of
them were really uttered in good faith,
and they prefer lo regard them simply
as the products of a deliberately per
verted kind of Iri-h humor. There
can no longer bo any doubt that there
is something in the constitution of the
Irish mind which predisposes it to
perceive acongruity between words and
things where no such congrtiity exists;
in fact, and to lose sight of the incom
patibility of two conceptions which no
man of any other race would even for
a moment think of as reconcilable.
Why this peculiarity should form one
of the special intellectual qualities of
me iristi. and to Oe absent Irom or
not found to iiuy thing like the same
e.ont in oilier jK-oples. is a curious
problem. Its ino-t plausible explana
tion, however, is not otherwise than
Haltering to the bull-making race.
There can be little doubt, that is to
say. that the bull is only po-slblo to a
very quickly working intelligence and
to n power of expression which re
sjkmuIs with exceptional rapidity to
tlie thought. No man whooirtea are
slow of formation in the mind or of
formation by thu lip? is capable of
committing a bull, for the simple
reason that the relation of hi- ideas to
each other or to the world of external
fact have time to get them-elvos accur
ately reviewed lefore tiny of those
ideas are translated into words. It is
necessary, too. lo distinguish, for there
are obviously bulls and bulls. One
and perhaps tho most fascinating,
liecatise tho most natural, of all
descriptions of the bull which is born,
so to sjieak. of rhetorical emotion
the bull which betrays the speaker,
like Kuropa. bv the attractions of
strength or grnrc Mr. Keetie's Irish
man who. in indignant contradiction
of his Knglish friend's assertion that
Irish nb-entee landlords were le-s -om
mon than fornK.riv. exclaim-: "Yc'ro
wronff IIU. bov; me eounthryswnr-r-nis
wi,h them." tsade the ideal bull of
tho cja,s to -,ch j rofer. Tne j,,
t;on 0f ,ne phrase which he ued was
so great, it is so favorite a rhetorical
commonplace for the description of
n multitude of objects, that even an
Knglishman can here sympathize with
the bull-maker and can fsvl thnt he.
too. in a moment of unu?ual vivacity.
might have made the bull him-elf.
But there is another though not
lorhnp so common a variety of
these mental stumbles, which ha
nothing to do with the form of ex
pression, and which arises from .-beer
failure, of course only temporary,
lo recognize the repugnancy of
two mutually repugnant ideas The
l.s:, though pos-ibly not the bt au
thenticated, example of it is or.o In
which the mi-lending influences of
language are entirely eliminated, inas
much as the bull was committed by ihe
mere act of -peaking, and not b; w hat
wa -aid. I refer to the well-known
anecdote of the man who. ob-erving
himself overlooked in the act of writ
ing to a friend bv the prying eye of a
neighbor in the parlor of an ma. ab
ruptly closed hi epistle with ;b?
word.: l would write you mor byt
that an Impertinent Irishman is rvad-
w,dcr- Gf con.- the storr
-r-1st Qeitate to pronounce tt Uspo-
sibte, and, though the most Cai-rant.
It Ls not the only instance of a bu!l-la-actioa.
English Illustrated Maazls.
m a
Th new Freoch method of hyp!o
tlsm for the cure of persoos addird to
the use of alcoholic liquors, is said to
be woaderfuUr success fsL Tbss cere
has excited so atach atteatioa t&a",
Freach spedaUsts aosr kara hospital
(MTOtedtO tlM
FASHIOK3LE FOLLIES.
An Amt tt. TUlMt Kink. t. SiyMsk
!...
The pan? i tho favorite naon?
m ' '
Co'wer p.ns.
A new lace pin Is an emerald tros
with diamond et .
In Pari sown", of nettle grwa
worn ith dull-bine sashes.
Wry "loud" stripes and plald. are
- - WJF- - ' . '
now tM.nnUi.ihI.1 -rh-r,, s-HV-!n ..-fr-?.
i - - ---. -.- - - --...-
are desired.
A fashionable material for inexpeo-
sire tea-cow a l raousselainc dolalne.
i is in nign lavor in i aris.
trawherrv
A nw tint of
crushed
promises to be a gryut favorite. It is -v nueh hadc-l T
softer ia tone than the ortgtnnl shades. ; earlier plant. It t Ufeo rablnjr cura
With cscptre and d!r.vttrtr' gus unlr the teu!e of a tn-n.
Marie Antoinette fichus of waito wr I Dip the fowls f,: -,d leg In kcr
colorcd hu'jti will Uj worn tht ma- I oene to eurv them of llnx? lr. or
racr. t -ourvy IcC- Tbr "wctt applications
With elegant dress toilets the coiffure ill curv the worst . l.uaJly two
Is arranged to corre-potid with the e. ' applkv.iB ar enough,
pire. Grecian, or other style of dress Th toedeacy to pa.k Lc?heT ia
adopted. , cruets am! eontalnt-r. lttny U inilr-y
The most stylish handkerchief are , ov.reotnc by thoroucoly drying tho
finished with a tlw,t hem. above whwh lt and tutimatd mtagllag tth it a
is a dainty de ice In draw n work or aa -:uall peromtagc of dry ovrn tarch or
insertion of real hn. j arrow rsi.
The newest tiut- In mllUncry are1 Ths fruit crop Is doubling every
English ro-e, magnolia, anemone, aue- ten yv.r. and attendant .lls liav
tnone junk, wistaria, lily-leaf grwn. . aUo ncruaesi. Inocts am mftrw d
oak heart, putnraer ky. and opal. 1 s5nictt' than eer. There art '!-
Iondon co-turners Indulge In daring
, color combinations. Such combinations
.
quiit. ' cultural interest of the I'nU.sd Stat.
lres hiHis are Ughtly pointed at . "II Amrriroti .tv.tm-u uWrnow
the toes and aro cut down deep in front, i nut. and le com thev would h- u
Tliey have plain jiompndour he..!. A ,,tty f,.w,-rMu to Kuroj-j for brod
uarrovr strap runs through an oblong i jn ntiim.il.," - B1-eJ
buckle of French brilliants and holds i -. if the farmer will rotncmlvr t ht
the shiR over the intep.
A new costume called the Boulanger
I very striking. The drens. which is
of tea-rose silk, is embroidered all over
with red carnations, Ihe hat which
accompanies it has a bunch of carna-
Hon and a garland of spinach for trim-
"dug.
Tho Kinprcs Frederick displays
great tasto in her mourning oul.lt. She
wears gowns of orope and nun'a vail
ing, which aro softened by linings of
white satin. Deep collars and elbow
cutis of white, embroidered with black,
decorate her droses. and ono of her
house gowns has long angel lteves of
white crepe, which flow and fall outside
the black ones with an odd but artistic
effect.
A lady well known in I-omloti society
rooentlv npjK'iircd at a drawing-room
before the (ji--n in a Paris toilet of
palest golden-green satin, drajxsl with
aihlter-bniwn tulle, and trimmed with
a thick garland of pink rose and tender
green and brown foliage, tho flowers
and leaves arraug'-d straight up from
the hem in easy grace, an if they won
growing. The brocaded tram was
copied from u lovely old design, show
ing pink and damask rose-, w 1th curv
ing stems on n ground of ollow-groea
brocatollo. Chicago News.
THE CHARMED RING.
A Cartons snirIIHiii l'onrrtilnc
ih.
1'rtia.lan l(jal family.
From tho "Life of I'mj-ror Wi linm "
One morning of the winter of l-Ci, in
iho Adjutant's chnn!cr of tho rot al
palace, tho rot al TroAsurer, Mr. Gols-
ling. ontontl. earrvnig n long, doubly
seabnl package Tho address n the
package, wriltoii by King Frederic W il
Ham IV.. was tu effect. "I hacojM-ned
thl package in the prconee of my sis
ter Iaiuiso of tho Netherlands, have
token cognizance of its conlont-. and
then sealed it again with my seal,
thereupon restoring it for -afi keeping
to the I'nnco Wittgonst-in." A few
days afterward there was found iuvi
'lentally in the manuscript rolls?iiori
of the Bs'rlin I'oyal ldbrarj-. in an old
folio volume, entitlod "Alchemy of the
Old KlecUirs and Various Other Snper
stitlosa." a notice that King Frrdric
IL, at tho commencement of his reign,
hail, among variou- other thing", nl-o
found a little Ikjx rontainlng n ring
with a black stone and n -lip of pupr
by King Fnsleric I., on which was
written nbout the foHowIng "'Iliis
ring has lKcn given U) mo by my
father of bleed memory, upon his
death bl, with the rmark that
so long as this ring shall bo pr
servsi! in the house of Hradonburg
this would not only grow but lncreao
and thrive visibly." Another notice,
referring apparently to the ume ring,
said: "It is said that a princely peron
ha." brought in a large Vevd and st it
tiK)n tho had of tho Princo--, who
was at that moniont in child's L-.lir;
this toml vomitsJ forth a golden ring.
mounted with one diamond and two
rubie-. This ring is still at pre.-ni
transmitted to tho fir-1-born of tho
houc to th" memory and inibdod
good fortune and preservation of thi
owner.
Rumor ha.s connected this ring with
one said to have ben drawn from the
dying King Frederick WillUm II."
finger by ihe Couate Lichieanu. Thi
says that Suck left the Hohcniill-rn
in W. whoa tho Couats pos- i
herself of the ring; she "a ircat'si
harshly and unjustly by Frederick Wil
liam III,, and when finally th" n Umod
it in lal". for a life pn4oa. lack az
compaaicd it- When -he tok th ring
from the dying Kiug- f"ngr 19 ex
claimsd. fi-bly. "Hr C3 riiz'f fnj
tura the rir.gi; li was orrrheard by
other f-er.-OBS. and. upon being intr
rogated. the wily Count" said tho
Vlt.-h -Trs-s. -. Ai. i- .-.
... , ,.... , v-..-. ... V.-
ring.
The late Ezipcror William w-i thor
oughly free from Bjjttici-si. ypt. from
hi manner of talking oa the bjsA.
be appeared as f h9 plscsi irspiJcii
faith in tho powrr of tie riag crcditod
to it by the scroa pas ring ootirrs and
remarks by his acceptors.
Bean? maaarrti hke i-jfchc wtrsid
JTow lear aad ria but sot aaaj
pods, wfcile fKjUiab groccd tsasurrri for
bac would growlltil worth hrTst
ing; If tse kcow aot tbc oouditios of
bis soil he hoald apjy a coa.plfrte i
Zertiiuer siv?d to iXm crvp U tm
growa. Esral Xcw Yorker.
KiBsfB-Sosr awr cea. of all tim
rasa aucsfactared ia tbeCaitd Statea
is sad witiia Sve s&e tA
mmtir sll Vfee 1W
htm Hsk eisa(rr Jafzfe
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FARM AND FIREStOE.
I Th gr jUo WM f a tfcj,
country la lJx6. Muo then l,v"J havt
v . ,, -, mi.., i- . ,
be--a bstllt. The lo Is no loafprr aa c-
j
irtau'a ...
-" -M T T f" .
, U-n held in a cad p U b!ShU
' -nd ' 'bould I allows U, nta frr,.
W(orr aBT l Ukca U" ""
"-- Vrrmin OB "wp --.
verv &ao tobooco. IHpptng hr-p !
i cruU and 'hwU ,ntCr ,l f cllM
' Ktisin! n V...-I t-M ojSr-r mitdrr filL
S.-.S- ,-. ...... .
licplan'..sj corn doe sot, a a rtile.
1 1""" la-V" . The rv-.sm i that tho
different kinds oi lnsoct taat prey
! upon th npple.
-"K " ,-- j - i. - -
it is to bo hungry hlmwU he may some-
ttms havo a
kindly fooling for hi
If he add thereto lhs
OUIIC stock.
! bought that long footing add. no moat
to uxpoed utook he may fool hi ikei
tou.-hed. for in the spring If the young
, things look well they will bring doub!,.
; the monev that other fellow' will who
t(Mk no care of hl.
-11io aluablo element- of "rn am
starch, sugar, gluten and oil Southern
corn contains tnot star."h. Whlto corn
coutaius aUiut seventy jr cmt. of
ktarch. Sugar corn has but little utareh
and this i the cnue of lt hrUeling.
Yellow corn has tho rniwl oil ami a
large -r cent, of gluten. Tho hard or
Mint kinds contain tho most gluten and
tiio soft the mot starch. :nll kind
ct i nt a hi tho most oiL
Pot Konst Put a thick piece of
beef, with n littlo bono and fat. mi
onion, and. if Hkod. a sliced carrot,
over the lire in a jk1. juter with
Istlling water. Put on n tight lid and
1ki1 gently for four hours, replenishing
the water as It boll nwny with Jut
enough to koep tho moat from Inirnlng.
so that then will lm hurdlv nnv water
1,ft irtii.ti If tf,tjlr fiirt, jwT..SMii,ts1t
' ""- "" i - .'
and lot It brown in its fut wln'ii done.
Take the moat out of the pot and make
a grnvj with tho dripping; jKiur or
tho meat nnd sjrve.
COOKING VEGETABLES.
A ('ullnarjr Srrintlhiikal I'mtowtsl ,y
ll.it lw ll,u krr.
'Iliore Is probably no ubjei on
which Iiotio5...j),tni o oftfii differ
th pfoparatloti of vegoUblt. '11m
comiaotiol of nil v;grtrtblo. tho
potato, l cook til w ith cold and UMIlng
watr with oUal uccos. Oilers in
sist that to stnm thorn is tho bottor
way. 'litis entire mattor should 1h
rognhited by thoson-oaof thysar and
tho variety of potato. owii vnrioUs
1-i'omlng waxy and wOrth:i Uillr-!
ia cold wntor. vnn when th) are old.
All tho advantages galtow. by eottkltHf
!d pot.ii4 In cld wntor may l
galnsj by Mtaking tlmm In cold water
lnforo calking for four or flvo lmr
with lh"lr kln on. If they r then
cfwkotl inlxtUing wntor thoy will har
lt the strong taUj prrptiblo at this
"sMn of the yir. and are In no dan
ger of boeomlng water eked. All
rtt vogotablo,, nflr tho Nt of Janu
ary, are hotter for wmklnsf six hours Jn
cold wat-r U'frc cooking them, iinlos
they aro kopt in a dirt collar during
tho wintor or btiri.sl Jn rarth whorn
thoy will not fre-7i. Anothor f-dnt of
dlfferrmco. in oooidug 1- tho rwlding of
salt. OJd-fn.hlonfsJ co. Utile,) all
thir vogrtablci In slt.Ml watr. lit
modern sHenco do- not snrt!on thU.
and most of U.e yol Cfokf add tbo alt
to all delicaty vog table after tiioy m
n-arly dono And o trwng vogubl?s.
Hko onion nrA cabbages. lofr thoy
nr' put In the wntor Tho roawej for
thi i that ahoS vjtt-r rounls th
procsss of rooking, takrw tho Savor
from the Ygtablo. Thj. j, rninou
in the. ca- of n deiicato vegotablo Ilk
gnssa pra. lut an iropruvesvMit lo
strong onion-. On of the ehwif rea
sons in k-imnor for ihj inl-rioriXy ot
rogotablrs is In luring tbrta to h
oom old and lough ixiforn th5y r
(ra:hred. Too many g&rdoRr. l-t-d
of a sucorioj; of crop tri gr--a
poa. i-an and othor ttisroT Tgiet
blo.. plant ihoir ontlr crop at no
sed iauro a tough old supply during
prt of ih- ass&. No or-k caa pr--prs!
old pea, or aay olfcor (m;rj;ros
vogotsbW'. o tshoy art? t for tix? lbl.
Vrtablos p!cke-l In tb oorslng.
with th dew on tlva. are sprUtr to
tho-- gathor jn j,. p jjj,, &
vunr(rf hoctM.kovt'or ksow. If tL
4c-'blos gaihrrod ca tstrt b- aS at
oco. tl3r tltrili bn laid la a coL
ilirV nl,j. fit .U .- f, .!
"7 "" " e-K " ""w
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T .---.1 . l tr -M ft XttZ -S A a
iKrijiUm.
c-iag tntr till the ro"r or borb i
Xr-vicr. txf, a soawt firsrd. s4
sorriag with ajUt, p?'pT 1 et
batter, or x ipl- -ra uaw, trJU
giTe ihe ajwt sAiitw-trj rtr-aiU. Xo
xat itJr'alw of tirr! ca in jfisa.
Tbi tl"o bcKjsk nrmt ltrs irj
BsUj :$. a -- jsjjj m jBjaj.
aser. or thrw tisx- Um Jf jj.
have bnccav! witixrt g sirfmL
Strwsjr. oW witir-td ryr ki.
ad atwact-tiaj aisa Lad W4r rsxjKt.
Hwkr-r-Frs aW W rvmimhd
a t-r, b ao hiffMr MriSsrr f iftvs
its tisae as
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