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NEURA8KA
Tlncn new novelH, on mi avorago, nro
Issued daily by Imilon pnlillHliors.
The tnllest iiKin In Maryland Uvea In
Carroll (omily, near the town of West
minster, and, with it HlrniiRo appro
lulnlcnoHH, IiIh name Ih Mllim Img.
Thn Englishman possesses on nn
ivcrnno 5-1,480; tho Dutchman, $720;
tlio llolglan ami the Gorman, $780; tho
Austrian and tho Italian, JfiOO; tho
Russian, t-,100.
Oklahoma City Ih a thriving city of
upward of 15.000 peopln, with growing
Indtisliloa, and hiw Just begun tho
tierllnii of a free llhraiy with tho gift
of $5,000 from Andrew Oarnegle.
Every year a number of hoys nro
rent from Slam by Diet kin to Eng
land l'i learn dllfcrent Milngx. Ono
leatnH upholstering, one. leiiriiH type
writing, one learns languages, ono
Ioiu'iih science, and so on.
George V. Dart.who raised tho Stars
and Stripes over the Confederate capi
tal ct Coliimltla, H, 0., at llio end of
rlhniuiin'u march lo tho aoa, has Just
entered the SohUers' Homo of Iowa, nt
Mnishnlltown. Ills homo wan at Attl-'-.
N V.
The commission on tho now East
River bihlgo between Now York and
llrnoklyn hutoughs finds Itself com
elled to ask tho Institution for con
demnation proceedings in rogard to
tome $2,000,000 of property needed
(or the Brooklyn approach. Throo
ihiirtlit-fl aie among the .ihstaclosr
Two sIstTH living in .San Francisco
Me achlovliig success In iiiiiihiiiiI occu
lta I Ioiih for women. One in a carpen
ter ,tho other m boss pulntor Tho
Jormer, a glil of HO, Iuih huiU a five
loom limine In which her family llvos.
The father of the girls Ih a carpenter
Mid rnwtrivpf the Idea of drinking his
I'aughteiH up an though limy woro hoys,
KtvliiK them men's tindcs.
A grim relic huh' Just heeu prcsontoo
(o a San Francisco miiHeiim. It la a
'Imck-scrntcher," once tho property of
the wife of a Fijian chief, which is
iiiado from tho leg hono of a mlsalnn
nry who was killed ami eaten hy tho
Islnuders caily In (ho century. Tho
late owner Inherited the Item from his
fraiidfnther, hut aH hla newly wedded
Vrlfe would not permit him to keep In
tlic house an uitlclo possessed of uuch
Woesome associations, and ho it was
nut lo tho miiHeum.
Twenty-one wagons passed through
the city of Wabash, Intl., tho othor day
in solemn profession. They woro load
ed with tho last marketable hlack wal
nut logs In the county. The-ceremony
would havo heen equally approprlato
tin j'.ny other county of tho great con
tra! Mate3. The walnut, which half
a century ago was tho most plentiful
ninl majestic tree of tho legion, is to
day practlcully extinct. A Htronger
ftigiiinent for protective forestry laws
would he haul lo llnd.
"A sympathetic strike" of a imlquo
lilnil occuned in Now Jeisey the othor
day. A poor old horso was used In a
ooi tain (lepaitment ot u glass factory,
hut did not havo the privilege which
Ms human fellow-workmen enjoyed of
"knocking off when the whistle
Founded, The men tried unsuccess
fully to ohtnlu shorter hours for tho
old nag, it ml at last "struck," hut gavo
notice that they would gladly rcsumo
work whenever the horse's hours of
labor should lie made to confoim to
their own. Tho newspapers are silent
ns lo (ho result, hut it Is to Im hoped
that matters have lieeu settled to tho
patlbfaitlon of all especially of tho
home
If the HiKKCstlons of Charles W.
Canfleld of New York, are acted upon,
the statue of Liberty In Now York
liarhnr wilt havo n llamlug torch
worthy of the name. At prosont the
Klnnt lady hears n brilliant but tiny
Kpurk in her hand, which, when the
outlines of the figure aio obscured nt
night, (annul ho distinguished from a
Inw-hanglug planet. Mr Canlleld
suggests that a jet of Hteam tm sent up
thiough the arm and hand and, as
night settles down tho cloud of vapor
would catch the glare of tho arc
laulps und havo all tho uppeuinuco ot
a veritable llaiue. Tho Idea wai pre
vented to his inliul by noticing tho
Appearance of n cloud of Mcani from
an ilovntcd train upon which a search
light from one of tho big dry goods
stores played. This arrangement for
increasing the tlfectlveness of tho
great statue might bo carried out with
almost no additional expense, as tho
government has Mb own plant on Bed
loeV island for making the lights. , In
the torch. A pipe carrying 'steam
could easily lie run from tho boiler
room to tho torch.
1 A. practical fonn ot summer club
work lum been Untrodiieed by Jewish
women ot Cincinnati, who furnlnh froo
trolley i Ides for convalescents among
iholi sick Kior. In many cases such a
rldo affords tho single opportunity ot
the year to see open Holds and wtdo
Loilzoiiu, and Is of Incalculable medi
cinal value. Those of us who aro In
clined to murmur because our aunuuor
program doea not Include tho Paris
exposition may well draw a compari
son ot conditions, and rh far as' pos
sible arrange some personal outlug for
tto slek and poor.
TRAIN ISJflJ) UP
Lone Highwayman Operates
Near Bradshaw,
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ARC ROBBED
St. f.niiU-rnrtluntl Ktprr on the Ilur-
HurIihi IM h r rlu I Willi a Knight
of t lie llnnil Only Sleeping Car
Occupant Attended To.
Tho St. Louls'Portlnnd through ex
press on tho lltirllngton, which left
Lincoln at 11:10 Wednesday night, was
hold up near llradshaw, Neb., shortly
after midnight and a number of pas
sengers robbed.
As tho tuport reached Lincoln only
one man was concerned and he con
fined himself to the occupants of the
sleeper.
It is not known how much money
was secured.
A special train with olllcors was
made up in Lincoln and started for
thn sccuo.
IN DESPERATE STRAITS
International Force Which Captured
Tien Tsln tin the March.
A London, Juno I!8 dispatch says:
The composite brigade of 2,300 men
who raised tho Investment of Tien
Tsln and pushed out to help Admiral
Seymour has probably saved htm, hut
the news has not yet r"iehcd Che Foo,
the nearest point. Tho hist steamer
arriving at Cheo Foo from Taku
brought this message, dated Tien Tsln,
Monday, Juno 25:
"Tho Russian general in command
of the relief force has decided, in view
of Saturday's heavy lighting and
matching, that one day's rest for the
troops was essential and that the ad
vance should not be resumed until to
day. Meanwhile came Admiral Sey
mour's heliograph that his position
was desperate and that he could only
hold Out two days. The relief started
at dawn today (Monday.)
g'Saturday's lighting began at day
break The allied 'orecs opened with
several of tho Terrlble's 1.7 naval
guns, six Held guns and several ma
china guns, tho firing being at long
range. They continued to advunco
steadily, the Chinese artillery replying.
Tho guns of the allies were more
skillfully handled and put the guns of
tho Chinese out of action ono by one,
tho Chinese retreating about noon.
There was keen rivalry among the
representatives of the various nations
as to which would enter Tien Tsln
first, and tho Americans and British
wont In neck and neck. The Russians
stormed tho arsenal, thereby sustain
ing tho largest loss.
"Soverul thousand Japanese have
left for Tien Thin and altogether 13,
000 Japanese have landed. The Inter
national troops now aggregate nearly
20,000, and Japan Is prepared to send
80,000 more. With British, American
and other troops ordered to go, proba
bly 00,000 men will bo available in a
month,
"The Tong Shan refugees and tho
foreign engineers nt Clio Foo estimate
tho Chinese troops now in the Held as
25,000 drilled troops at Lutal, 35,000 at
Shanghai Wan. 15,000 driven oil from
Tien Tsln ami 150,000 at Pokin.'
YOUNG MAN KILLS HIMSELF
Ce Shotgun With Tulal
Kffect at
Iluclii, Ntih,
Charles llrock, aged twonty-soven,
a section laborer of Mucin, Neb., shot
himself with a double-barreled gun.
Urock leaves a wife and child. His
father lives at llromfleld, Neb. Me
wan Insured in the Highlanders for
52,000, Family troubles Is alleged to
have been tho cause.
Kilts Wife mill Illimielr.
A Fort Wayne, Ind., dispatch says:
William Nubrwald. a barber, thirty
live years old, shot and killed his wife
and then turned the weapon on him
self, sending a bullet Into his brain.
No real cau.se is known for the tragedy,
but they were heard quarrelling a few
minutes before tho shots were fired.
Both had led somewhat dissipated
lives. They were married in Decern
bor. Harder Law I'lieoimtltiitliinul.
County Judge Uichnrd F. Neal. at
Auburn, Neb., has ruled on the ease of
tho State against It. E. Miller and
others. Tho case was brought by the
state barbers' board against all tho
barbers In Auburn for failure to com
ply with the provisions of tho state
barber law. The court ruling finds
the defendants not guilty, the holding
being iu effect that the law is uncon
stitutional. HIeIi WIiiiI nt lliinrroft.
One of tho worst windstorms for
aiany,years pas.sedoverHancroft, Neb.,
Wednesday morning. The storm struck
about fl o'clock and ruged without ces
sation for an hour and a half. The
wind, although apparently straight,
did much damage. Trees were blown
dbwu, awnings torn off and most all
outhouses ami buildings of a more
substantial class were blown to pieces.
lleut Murderer to Death.
William Woodward, a farmer near
Marshall, Mo., shot and killed Ills
stepdaughter, and in turn was beaten
to death by his neighbors this after
noon. After shooting his stepdaugh
ter, Woodward shot himself In tho
breast, inflicting what would havo
proved a fatal wound, but the man was
still living when fifteen men entered
bis houie and with olubs boAt his head
almost; to a jolly. Woodward thot hi
stepdaughter because shu caused his
arrest.
HARVESTING UNDER WAY
drain .Muttiri" Well In llnl Wcnlher
Kolloit Iiir Ihti Hutu.
The staU weather bureau reports:
The te.npcriiture for the week ending
Juno 25 was above tho normal, tho av
erage dally excess varying from about
ono dog! co lit tho eastern portion to
four degrees in the western. Tho
maximum temperatures were generally
above ninety degrees on f the twenty
first. The precipitation for the week con
sisted chiefly of general showers on
the 21st. Tlic amounts were usually
less than one-half inch, although a
few counties received from one-half to
over an Inch.
The warm weather and abundant
sunshine of the past seven days, fol
lowing the heavy rains of the preced
ing week, have been extremely favor
able for tho maturing of small grain
and tho growth of corn and other crops.
Tho com crop Is well advanced and Is
being laid by unusually clean. The
condition of small grain has Improved
somewhat in thn central and In tho
southwestern sections, wlioro consid
erable (lamngo has been previously re
ported. Wheat, oats and rye arc being
harvested in tho southeastern portion
of tho state, with good yioids, and in
a few days the harvest of the'so cereals
will begin in many central and south
western counties. In those portions
of tho southeastern section that were
visited by the destructive storms of tho
lflth, crops are rapidly recovering from
tho damage sustained. AltTiough in
some instances fields of small grain
were utterly destroyed ami corn was
badly washed, the damage has not
proved so great as was first reported.
Prospects for hay, potatoes and garden
vegetables continue good, and for fruit
fair. Worms havo about disappeared
from alfalfa fields.
COMPLETES HER TRIAL TRIP
liiittlrlilp Kentucky Milken (load
Showing.
The United States battleship Ken
tucky arrived at the naval nnehorngo
ofT Tompklnsvlllc, S. I., shortly before
mam Wednesday after having com
pleted her Hnnl acceptance trial. The
si.ecial Inspection board will report to
the authorities at Washington. While
none of the members of the board
would divulge what tho result of tho
trip was, it was generally understood
on board tho vessel that the trial of
the Kentucky was very satisfactory.
The Kentucky will proceed to tho
navy yard, where she will b'e dry
docked. CAPTAIN POWERS ARRESTED
VhurRcil ArhIii With Complicity In (he
(loeltel Mil rile r.
Captain John L. Powers of Marian
Court Mouse, Ivy., has been arrested
charged with being an nccessory to
tho murder of (loebel. Powers at once
instituted habeas corpus proceedings.
He holds a pardon issued by Governor
Taylor while In office, and was re
leased once before on habeas corpus
proceedings in Knox county. Me is a
brother of Secretary of State Caleb
Powers.
Me was released later on habeas cor
pus. r.xioHlon liijmea (SlrlK.
The explosion of a dust box in tho
packing department of tho Standard
Starch company at Kankakee, Illy in
jured six girls and a boy. Victoria
Pepin was badly burned about the
back and inhaled flames. Her death
Is feared. Lucy Pepin, liertliti Green
wood, Agnes Jones, lllaneho Prince,
and Hose Cogswell were slightly
burned about the face and hands.
Charles Swauson, a boy, was blown
from a second story window, escaping1
with a few bruises. A spark gener
ated in tho dustbox caused tho ex
plosion. (.'ropH Ilextrnjreil hy Hull.
A special from Denver, Idaho, givos
an account of u disastrous hall storm
which visited that section of Idaho.
Wheat fields and orchards were de
stroyed and small pigs and chickens
were killed by the hail stones. The
hall was driven by a heavy storm with
terrific force and horses were knocked
down. Damago to grain and fruit
crops Is estimated at 350,000. Reports
from other points Indicate much dam
age to gralm
May i:ji'cl the Invaders.
A Fort Worth, Tex., special says:
The situation In tho Kiowa and Com
maueho reservations Is becoming seri
ous on account of the hundreds tif
prospectors Hocking to the Wichita
mountains searching for valuable min
erals, five hundred are already there.
Tho Indian police have (inters from
the interior department to eject in
vaders on the leservatlons and if this
is attempted bloodshed Is feared.
To Knilow I.Hhor ColleKvs,
It is likely that tho labor college In
America to be endowed by Ilrltlsh
worklngmen will bu established in
New York, not iu St. Louis, as origin
ally planned. A meeting of the presi
dents and secretaries of all tho trades
unions iu New York will bo hold July
s, when the Ilrltlsh delegates, W. ti
Howermaii and James Sexton will out
line their plans.
l'riiiiii .Men Combine.
The California Packers' company of
San Josu has finally arranged with tho
California Fruit association (the pruno
men's comlnine) for handling tho com
ing crop. The fixing of prices, Is left
to tho direction of tho' association.
Thero will be no bonus of foreign ex
ports. ,
Cotton Itrnkerj lTiitl.
The failure of Dennis Perkins & Co.,
of 125 South street, Now York, has
been nunmitmed on the cotton ex
change. Tho failure is 'a' smU ono
nud had little effect on tko morfict.
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CHAPTER I.
"Its the only thing to do," said Alan,
thrusting his hands Into his pockets
nncl looking straight heforo him. "Hero
thoro Is nothing for me, and, as you
Fay, thoro Is nothing to keep mo hero.
It was her wish besides; and yet yet
I hnto leaving it."
"I can well understand it, lad. I
was tho Bamn. It is Just In us Scotch
men, this love of tho land. And I had
Joan, too, to keop mo here; and so I'vo
Just stuck on and mado a precarious
living, and I've hut staved oft tho ovll
days, for now my boys will have to
go. Wo can't mako a living in tho
old country, and there's no Joan, Is
thoro?" asked tho old man, kindly.
"No. No woman has ever been any
thing to rao except my mother," said
the lad.
"Woll, well, time enough; there's
suro to be," said Mnsphorson. "A flno
lad like you!" As a matter of fact, the
old man said, "Weol, weel," but that
did not take nway from tho kindliness
of his speech. You'vo nlways got a
friend In mo. I wish I could help you
substantially; but that Isn't easy. Still,
If you need It, I can mako a push as
well as my neighbors."
"Thank you kindly," said Alan Mnc
kcmzlo, "but thoro will bo no need of
It. Tho Bale of my poor little sticks
will pay my passage money and there's
a good place waiting for mo when I get
out, so that thero will bo no need for
mo to go borrowing. I wish I felt a
little more enthusiasm about making
money. It's said to bo In Scots' blood,
but It Isn't In me. 1 would fain stop
horo nnd watch the clouds settling
round tho hilltops all tho rest of my
Ufo than go to South America, and
mako my fortune. Yet because my
mother wished It, and because she was
so overjoyed when tho offer enmo to
me, I feel It Is Just my duty to do It,
neither more nor less."
It did not take long for Alan Mac
kenzie to soil his fow possessions, and
to turn his hack upon tho llttlo Scotch
town. Ho was going as far as Glas
gow, to tako n steamer to South Am
erica. His story was simply this: A
lad to whom his father had once given
a free passage to South America had
done so well at Rio that he was now
ono of tho foremoBt merchants there.
Ho had remembered his benefnctor.and
when ho heard of tho captain's death,
had written and offered a good place
In his counting house to Alan Macken
zie. Mrs. Mnckenzle way dying of a
painful disease, and she saw in this
offer a future for her son who sho bo
tenderly loved, and sho was keen that
ho should accept It. So that when she
died thero seemed nothing for tho lad
to do but to go.
Ho was a good looking lad, standing
about six feet in his stockings. Ho
hnd pasBed his twenty-first blrthdny,
but ho was younger than lads gener
ally are at 21, having no oxporlonce In
tho world, and none of men and wom
en. Ho had worked at school always,
having been fond of his books, nnd he
had played outdoor games, bo that ho
had vory llttlo knowledgo of either tho
tiBual amusements or the perplexities
or life.
When ho had finally said good-by to
his native place his spirits began to
rlso within him. Tho world and nd
venturo wero before him. Ho had sntd
good-by to tho old life, but the now
was thoro. Ho had never been bo far
as Glasgow beforo, and tho big town,
w.lth Its lighted streets and tho ships
in tho river, attracted him. After all,
thore was somothlng pleasing In big
things. Largo enterprises nnd wealth
attracted and had charms after all. So
that It was with a lighter heart that
Alan Mackenzie ombarked Anally.
Ho loved tho voyage. Heredity counts
for something and his father had loved
tho soa. Ho felt It was his own ele
ment. When ho reached Rio it was
with high hopes and resolves to mako
his mark. He had a kind reception
from Richard Dompstor.nnd hero again
Alan felt tho charm of riches and
power. Dempster'B house was ono ot
the best in Rio. his clerks wero woll
paid, and his wlfo and daughters occu
pied a place second to none In society.
Dempster wanted Alan to become ac
customod to tho work, nnd then to
found another branch of tho house in
a mining town somo hundred miles
away.
Dempster had two daughters, fine,
fresh, handsome girls, but no sons.
Tho obvious thing would havo been
for Alan Mackenzlo to havo fallen in
love with one of tho girls, to have set
tled down comfortably and prosper
ously In Rto; hut thero. was one thing
ngalnst it. Thoro was a little vein of
romance In Alan's nature, and ho dis
liked tho obvious. Desldes, ho had the
Independent man's dislike to being be
holden to his wlfo for hla advance
ment. So that although ho w,as on
terms of perfect friendship with Ina
and Eloanor Dempster, yet he neither
sought nor wished for any stronger
feeling.
The girls looked with favor on the
handsome young Scotsman, who work
od bo hard, of whom their .rather had
such a high opinion, and who was,
moreover, always perfectly willing to
ije at their beck nnd call.
Alan soon fmiiwl friends in Rio.
Dempster's position wns almost unltme
and when it became known that he
looked with favor oa the young Scots
m
MXCTTI III !!
I IIW ilsill 1
A Fascinating g
IKUIUtlUCC
by
Alan Adair,.,.
man, every ono Joined in making fun
of him.
Most of tho employes In the firm
wero married, and they constituted n
llttlo circle to themselves. Alan had
tho run of their houses, and soon be
gan to feel at home; howover, amongst
them thero was ono man to whom he
never took. An Englishman, Hutch
inson by name, n surly, red-haired
brute, with a magnificent hend for fig
ures. Ho whs the one man whom Mac
konzlo did not like, although he had
novor qtinrreled with him; but ho
fancied that It seemed as If Hutchin
son had a particular grudge aga'nat
him.
This surmise on Alan's part waa well
founded, for, ns a matter of fact, when
Dempster found him so Intelligent, he
had thought it might bo well to raise
him to Hutchinson's place.
Thero was Borne mystery nhout
Hutchinson. He lived In a house somo
little way out of town, nnd no ono
knew exactly whether he was married
or not. Some affirmed that ho fiad a
daughter, who has almost reached
woman's estato; others said that ho
never mado any mention of any ono.
nut, na a matter ot fact, Hutchinson
never mentioned his private affairs at
all, so It was not wonderful that tho
rest of tho Hrm knew nothing about
them.
Rut ono day thero camo some
rather Importnnt tidings to tho firm.
Richard Dempster consulted Alan, and
he offered to talk over tho matter with
Hutchinson. It was after business
hours, and tho young man offored to
find the Englishman. He hnd not tho
least Idea of spying upon him, becauso
ho hnd so many friends that ho had
no need to seek any, and he was nctu
ntod solely by tho wish to be useful to
his employer In what might become
advantageous.
South American affairs have not'tho
stability of ours. A day's delay, oven
n few hours, might mean tho loss of
many thousands. So Alan obtained
Hutchlnson'B address from Dempster,
and, In all good faith, went to find his
colleague. It took him somo little time
to find the house. It was quite out of
Rio, nnd was more of a country house
thnn n town house.
When he found It he wns amazed at
tho beauty of his surroundings. It
seemed to him that Hutchinson lived
even In greater stylo than did Demps
ter, and that probably ho did not wish
this to bo known. There was no rea
son why Hutchinson Bhould not live as
a rich man. Ho drew a largo salary
from Dempster, nnd thero woro many
ways In which he could enlarge his
means.
Alnn rode on through avenues of
trees, fresh bowers of fruit and flow
ers, gorgeous In their tropical wealth
of color, and suddenly ns he rode It
seemed to him that ho heard tho sound
of a woman sobbing. He reined In his
horso so ns to mako suro; ho still
heard tho sound. Tho spirit of ndven
ture burned hot within him; tho cry
ing wns so piteous, and Alnn could not
bear to hear It. It was like that of
some girl In pain.
He fastened hl3 horso to a tree, for
getting all about the financial crisis
nnd his errand. All tho chivalry In his
nnturo was stirred. Ho pulled aside
tho boughs of the trees and came to
an open glado. A girl dressed in whlto
had thrown herself on tho ground;
her slight body was shaking with sobs.
Alan watched her for a moment and
then ho spoke. "You seem In trouble,"
ho said In English, for, though tho
girl's head was dusky, yet she did not
look altogether Spanish. "Can I help
you?"
Tho girl, startled by tho voice,
sprang up, and showed to Alan's gazo
a face, disfigured by weeping, It Is true,
but of a perfect typo of beauty. There
was Spanish blood In her, as was testi
fied by tho liquid, dark eyes, and tho
perfect oval of her face, and tho slim,
yet well-shaped limbs. Her mouth,
too, quivering with emotion, was rlpo
and red, and tho llttlo whlto teeth wero
evon and sharp.
Sho looked up for a moment nt the
handsome lad, who was watching her
with such evident concern, and then
sho blushed nnd nnswered, with an at
tempt at self-possession that was very
creditable, seeing tho abandonment of
grief in which Alnn had found hor: "It
Is nothing, sir. I would not do ns my
father wished, and ho was angry aud
struck me."
"Struck you? Tho brute!" cried
Alan. "Tlio detestable bruto! How
dare he strlko a woman?"
Tho girl's eyes wero cast down; sho
seemed ashamed. Perhaps she had not
yet realized her womanhood complete
ly; she seemed very young. "Ho has
a violent temper, sir, and perhaps I do
not manage him well. I have no moth
er; sho died years ago."
"Fortunately for her," said Alan
grimly, "if your father is tho sort of
man who would strike a woman!"
"You Boe," said the girl, "It seems
that this Is important My rather had
promised my hand to a man he Is a
Moxlcan Spaniard, and they think
nothing of arrnnging marriages for
you.; but I could not marry him. I
said so, Mid my father Is not used to
bolng thwarted. Ho was angry at
something In business, too, so tho
moment, perhaps, was hardly chosen
wdl."
"Your fnthcr Is not Hutchinson, of
the firm of Dempster?" said Alan.
Somehow It did not seem to him likely
that Hutchinson could be tho father
' such u beautiful girl, mil yet it was
not unlikely, seeing that ho had found
her there.
"Yes," she said. "Do you know
him?"
"I work in his ofllce," said Mackenzie
shortly.
"Ah!" The girl looked up shyly.
"Are you Mr. Mackenzie?"
"Yes," said Alan. "Has he spoken
of me at all?"
"Ho docs not llko you," answered
the girl. "He would not llko me to bo
talking to you. Ho would' bo more
displeased If he thought that you know
ho had struck me."
"Ho should not have dono It, then,"
said Alan shortly. "Tho coward! I
can well believe It of him!"
"You do not know him?" sho said,
vory anxiously. "Rut do not quarrel'
with him! It Is not good to thwart
him!"
"Possibly not," Id Alnn, "hut thesa
considerations do not affect me, you
see."
Hor lips quivered, but she did not
weep again. "Thoy might affect me,
though," she said, timidly.
"How?"
"If ho knew that I had told you. He
does not like me to speak to any ono.
I have to bear it ail alone," said the
girl.
Alan looked Indignant. "I shall not
betray you, Miss Hutchinson," he said,
"but I wish "
"You must wish nothing," said tho
girl, nnd sho colored. "You must for
get that you saw mo weep. I am
proud, and It troubles me."
"I wish I had no cause." ho an
swered; "hut I have business with
your father. I hope I may see you
again."
Sho hesitated. "You will not tell
father you have seen me?" sho said.
"He is strange ho does not like it to
bo known that ho has a daughter, ex
cept to his Spanish and Mexican
friends."
"I will say nothing," snld Alan; "but
I mean to sco you again."
Ho lifted his hat, found his horse,
and rode up to the house.
(To bo continued.)
Ate Hliiunrock for Wnterrrrss.
On the eve of St. Patrick's day a Bir
mingham woman, thinking the supply
of shamrock might give out, took the
precaution to buy n large quantity.
Sho carefully placed the plant In a
small dish, with plenty of water in,
and let It remain on tho table In the
sitting room. Somehow it was late
beforo tho husband returned homo that
night, In fact It was midnight when
the latchkey wus heard at work. Per
haps it was business worry, but his
footsteps sounded somewhat irregular,
n trifle unsteady, as it were, but the
wlfo heard him go Into the sitting
room, whore ho remained some time.
Eventually ho silently crawled up to
bod. Next morning, what was the
wife's surprise to sco nothing but tho
roots of the shamrock left. In the dish.
Hurrying up to her still sleeping
spouse, she aroused him, and asked
him what he had done with It. "Sham
rock, what shnmrock?" he heavily In
quired. "Why, that I left in the glass
dish downstairs." "That! Was that
shamrock? Why, I ato it; I thought It
was mustard and cress!" After that
fairy tales wero useless. Weekly Tele
graph. An Iiii)i)lnc Spootnclo,
A knight of tho Garter dressed In the
regalia Is an Imposing sight. Ho weara
a hluo velvet mantle, with a star em
broidered on the left breast. His trunk
hose, stockings and shoes nro white, his
hood and surcoat crimson. Tho garter,
of dark blue velvot edged with gold,
and bearing tho motto, "Horn! solt qui
mal y pense," nlso in gold, Is buckled
about tho left leg, below tho knee. Tho
heavy golden collar consists of twenty
six pieces, each In tho form of a gar
ter, learlng the motto, and from it
hangs the "George," a badge which
represents St. George on horseback,
encountering the dragon. Tho "lesser
Georgo" Is a smaller badge attached to
a blue rlbbon.worn over tho left shoul
der. Tho star of the order consists
of eight points within which Is tho
cross of St. Georgo encircled by tho
garter.
Money Value of Hlmkespenre's I'limo,
Tho London Financial News esti
mates that tho fame which attaches to
Stratford-on-Avon because of tho fact
that Shakospeare was horn thero Is
worth $3,000,000 to that town. Tho
chnrges for admission to the poet's
house, to Anno Hathaway's cottage, to
tho church, to the momorlal nnd to tho
grnmmnr school net 1100,000 yearly a
sum which Is" equivalent to in incomo
of three per cent on the ?5,000,000 cap
ital. This calculation does not tako
Into account tho Incomo to tho rail
ways from the pilgrims to the War
wickshire Mecca, and there is no esti
mate of tho profits of the Stratford
tradesmen, who do a good business in
photographs, pamphlet, and trinkets
relating to tho town and the greof
bard.
Whore Municipal Oirnenhlp Pays.
Hamilton is giving Ohio cities an ob
ject lesson In municipal ownership
Tho nnnunl report of Siipt. John Lor
enz, Just Issuod, show that tho gas
works wirnod a not profit, above all
peivsea and Interest, last year. 16-
!?! iiTh0 ?l0CLrlc 1,sht l,,ant c1
W.J10.11, and tlfc water works, which
ts under a senarntu mmi,.ii .
muh more, n, addition tho properties
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