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,f j i iiifin 1 mi in mi in in-ii id i"pwn"iii jpriHri ' y ALOONiST KILLED. 'j Sunday Tragedy at the City of Alliance, Neb, TROUBLE OCCURS OVER A WOMAN. Insulting Itetuarli Clinic In llrr l'rrirnru aud llesenteil by llrr lliulinnit 1'artles In Ciittmly Itn sume of Nevis. An altercation took place at 2:30 Funtlay morning August 8, In l'ny Illchnrdson X: Co.'h saloon tn Alliance, In which II. C. Hlclianlson.u member of the firm, was fntally shot in the ttbdo men by K. M. Kline, a niusielun. Kline, with his wife, were employed by the firm. V. 1). DIhiium', proprietor of an adjoining restaurant, who at tempted to Interfere, received a severe wound in the arm from a stray bullet. 'Hie circumstances surrounding the tragedy are a little unusual. Mrs. Kline Is the only employe in a place of this kind in the city, and an insult ing remark in her presence caused the trouble. Her husband, seeking to de fend her honor, took up the affair. Upon Rlchnrdson's attempt to mix up in it also a fight ensued without vveap on.s. Hlchnrdson, however, in some unknown manner, pot hold of a pun nnd in the meantime also Mrs. Kline procured a pistol which she brought and placed In the hands of her hus band. Shooting then commenced. Mr. and Mrs. Kline arc in the hands of the olllcors, having been taken in custody immediately by Sheriff E. 1 Sweeney. STRANDING OF OREGON Captain "Wlldo "Warns ICtumlnn OnUrrnT HWrorll. Mail advices from Yoltohoma, Japan, contain the following story regarding the stranding of the battleship Oregon on the Chinese coast recently: The Chinese cruiser llni-Chi, com manded by Captain Sab, a thoroughly westernized ofllccr, on her way fiom Taku to Che l'oo decried the Oregon In her precarious plight and offered her valuable assistance which was most gratefully received by Captain Wilde. The llui Chi anchored close by for further use needed. The same day a Russian cruiser camu along. Her commander 'joining on board the Ore gon, received the Chinese vessel with suspicion nnd asked what she was do ing there. On being told, he shook his head and said it would neverthe less be his duty to take possession of her. Captain Wlldo nodded and answered, "Well I am a bit embar rassed just now, but there is ammuni tion aboard and my guns are in ex cellent condition. The next day after the departure of the Russian, Captain Wilde visited the Hni-Chi and suggested to Captain Sah that as ho was protecting some refu gees on board it might be well for him to run up the American Hag to the foretop. This was done and no questions were asked by passing cruis ers afterwards. GOVERNMENT GETS BENEFIT Triiiisrontluimtiil Freight Kates Cut anil Klusheil. Transcontinental freight rates have pone to smash o or government busi ness. It was learned at Chicago that the roads have discovered that indis criminate rate cutting has been done in order to get the contracts for carry ing government supplies to San Fran cibco, where they are put aboard trans ports bound for China or the Philip pines. The greatest rat cutting lias been made in attempts to get the meat ship ments from Chicago. Jt was asserted that secret rate cutting had greatly dlmished, if not completely obliterated, profits. In railroad circle the danger of the freight war thus started becom ing general among transcontinental roads is considered as imminent. KANSAS CITY GETS IT Tire Department JWen First I'Jara ly Common Content. In preliminary contests in the in ternational exhibition on fire appara tus at Vincenncs, France, AugiiBt 17, some ."i.OOO firemen representing many nationalities, participated. The American representatives, Chief (ieorgc C. Hale of Kansas City and the. men of the Kansas City fire brigade, caused great wonderment by their quick harnessing and running, togeth er with their methods of life-saving. They received an ovation and by com mon consent were assigned first place. Neck Jlrokeu by a Hume. Otto Matzke, the 14-year-old son of Herman Matzko, a Herman farmer liv iug four miles from Western, Neb., wa thrown from a horse and killed. The boy was sent. to a neighbor's on an errand, failing to return when expect ed a fcearch was instituted enlisting all the neighbors. The body was found 6tark and cold, his neck having been broken In the fall. Child' Hkull Fractured. The llve-year-old child of .Martin Trumblc, living two miles from Have lock, was kicked by a horse, fruetur ing his skull and Inflicting a serious injury, which is considered to be al mobt fatal, Blenace to Crop. The extremely heavy rainfall in all parts of Iowa has become a bcrloub menace to crops. The damage to corn it heavy. The Des Moines river hnB risen fi.03 feet. The lowlands are flooded and many bridges have been awept away, FIGHTING AT PEKIN American unit Oilier Kiic.irci'd In n foil tinned It.itt If. A Washington, Aug. '.'(MlNpati'liMtys'. From General Chaffee the war depart ment receive I oillclal continuation of the fall of l'cklu and the rescue of the besieged lepationers. Tho dispatch of the American com mander was ini long and contained few details but the uuc mcealcd satis faction with which It was received by the officials of the anmlnlstratlon in dicated clearly the anxiety that had been engendered by his prolonged silence. Ills last communication to the povernmint prior to the receipt of today's advices was dated August 11 at Matow, almost thirty miles from Pekin. The exp'auatlon of his silence Is sug gested in a dispatch received by the navy department from Admiral Remey, who, telegraphing from Taku on the 18th, says the telegraph line between that point and l'cklu is interrupted. The cablegram from Admiral Remcy contains some Important information not mentioned by (iencral Chaffee. He makes the startling statement, on .liipanc.se authority, that the Inner city of l'ckin was being bombarded by the nlllcd forces. Admiral Itemcy says al so that the empress dowager is de tained in the inner city by Prince Yutigcdc. A disp.itch received last night from the foreign office at Toklo, Japan, by the .lapauese legation In this city tends to confirm and amplify previous ac counts of tltc capture of l'ckin by the allied troops. Following is the text of the dispatch from General Chaffee, as made public by the war department. 'Choc Foo, Aug. 10. l'ckin, Aug. IB. We entered the legation grounds at 5 o'clock last night with Fourteenth and Light battery. Fight wounded during the day's lighting. Otherwise all well. (Signed) CnArri::. War department officials think tho date Pekiu, August 15, is an error in transmission. They believe It should be August 10, as all previous reports indicate that l'ckin was captured on the 15th. The dispatch which was received during the morning, was transmitted immediately to the president at the lute house. He expressed gratifica tion at tho news, particularly at the small loss sustained by the American troops. A copy of the dispatch like wise was sent to Adjutant General Corbln, who is in New York. COLLIDES WITH FREIGHT Locomotive Mildly Uauiagcd nnd Train Delayed. No. 10, the Pacific coast fast height, and an east-bound extra met head-on at Sunol, 100 miles east of Cheyenne, Wyo. The engineer and fireman jump ed and saved themselves. The loco motives were badly broken up and the track damaged, lty building a track around the wreck, trains were run, but are from eight to twelve hours late. Yaclit Capsize. The yacht St. Francois, while on a pleasure trip from Tadoucao to River du Loup, was cauglit in a squall and capsized off Whltu Island. There were five persons on board, Captain Foster, Adclard Savartl, Couiuc Moriu, 1'. Morin, and P. Itouchcr, all of whom were thrown into tho water. The yacht Jamboree of Quebec was passing at the time, and 'with much difficulty succeeded In saving Ifouehcr and Sa vartl. Captain Foster and the two Morins are missing and were probably drowned. Wanted to Kill King Albert. A youth about twenty years old was arrested at Leipsic, Germany, accord ing to a special dispatch from llerlin, who admits having conspired to kill King Albert of Saxony. He says he was appoiutcd by lot to perform the deed, but that his courage failed him. His identity has mot yet been estab lished, but a dagger and loaded re volvcr were found on his persou. Dewet Kludet Kitchener. General Dewet has managed to elude General Kitchener, in spite of the fact that All the British wagons had double teams f picked animals. The Hours .evaded the British by inarching at night over grounds known to them, while their pursueru were obliged to march in the day time. Injured III IJye. Arthur Kimball, living one mile north of Aurora, had the misfortune while threshing to have a buard of wheat penetrate one of his eyes. An occullst from Lincoln was summoned, and while for n time it was thought ho would lose his eyesight, he is now much Improved. Tlireateueit by Fire. A forest fire near Encampment, Wyo,, has burned over a territory eight by ten miles In extent and now tin oat ens the towns of Rattle autl Ramber. Two thousand sheep belonging to Frederick Gcddcsof Saratoga are dead and tho Mexican herder is missing and is believed to have perished. NEWS IN BRIEF The American cruiser New Orleans is at Shanghai, Salvador Cisneros, president of the Insurgent Cuban government In 1BU3, General Lacrcty Marot and Rev. Dr. Lewis Mustcller, a .delegation from Havana, have been in consultation with the president in regard to tho question of Cuban independence. 11. F. Stevens appeared before the town council of Spirit Lake, Iowa, and asked It to receive, on tho part of tho town, the complete power plant and light and heating system, which he has built at a cost of about 830,000. The property U practically new. ALLIES AT PEK1R Shanghai Correspondent Sends Report to London, DETAILS HOWEVER ARE NOT GIVER New Snld to lie ('ununited lijr Chlnem' Offlrluli r.nmlon I Not Coiilldent Fcnr i:iprriied that Htntcuteut It Nut True Other Nona. A London, August UHh dispatch says: "The allies are reported to have reached Pekin Monday," says the Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Express, wiring yesteiday. lie adds: "Chinese ollicials news confirms this statement but without details." A Paris message repeats this but the statement, especially as It emanated from Shanghai sources, is accepted with considerable reserve. Other Loudon morning papers, bas ing their remarks upon Washington dispatches, which, with the exception of the foregoing from Shanghai, form the latest news regarding the advance, rc divided in opinion, sonic believing that the allies must alicady have readied Pekin, nnd others preferring to believe that the relief will not be sccomplishcd until the end of the w'ook. At WimhltiKtun. The statement was made in Wash ington on reliable authority that the Pekin government would designate tonic high oillclal to meet the com manders of the allied armies at Tung Chow and agree with them on some Measures for the safe conduct of the foreign legations in the capital. In formation to this effect lias been re teived in Washington. It is not at all unlikely that the meeting already lias taken place if Jcneral Chaffee has pushed on to l'ung Chow. FIRE VISITS SEWARD Host Destructive lllitzo In the Clly' lllitory. Seward, Neb., was visited about 11 Vclock Wednesday night by tho most iestructlve lire in Its history. The fire started in the basement of the llutlcr building, on tho northeast torncr of the square, a two story and basement double building. The fire department responded promptly and :ontlncd the fire to that part of the building occupied by Johnson itros., frith a large stock of dry goods, gro tcrlcs and shoes. They carried a stock f nearly SIO.OOO, and had just re telvcrt the day before an addition to Ihelr stock of 81,'JOI) of fall goods, their entire stock is almost a total loss. They carried Insurance of SI, 500 on the stock. The fire originated in the north end of the basement, anil the firemen worked nt considerable disadvantage for some time on account if being unable to locate it because of the dense smoke. RUN OVER BY AN ENGINE HiirlliiKton llriikvuiHii Killed In the Yard at (liiernsey. A R. A. M. llrakctuau named W. A. Skint was run over by an engine at lluernsey, Wyo. The left leg was cut ff below the knee anil thu right leg ibove tho knee. Ho died at 0:t() p. m. The engine was backing up and Skint jvns riding on the rear brake beam and tvns not heard or seen until the engine bad passed entirely over his body. Nothing is known of his relatives He was a new man and hail went to work' that morning at Alliance. Neb: HALL CAUGHT IN THE WEST -louth Uniiihn Man Arrested at Sacra mento City, Cat. Robert H. Hall of South Omaha, Neb., was arrested In Sacramento Cab, upon krrival of tho train from the east. Hall is accused of having stolen large nuns from firms for which he had acted as collector. He admits having taken tho money, And says he tied from Omaha to Cheyenne, where he started to enlist in the army. CALLS AN EXTRA SESSION Governor Ilecktutiu Want the Election Uw Modllled. Governor Reckham of Kentucky has sued a proclamation convening the general assembly in an extra session Tuesday, August 28, 1000. The only question to bo considered is modifica tion of the amendment to the Uoebel election law. Four Were Drowned. Four employes of tho steamer Hill City, en route from New Orleans to Memphis, were drowned at Mine Point landing, Mississippi. Tho men were engaged In repairing the wheel of tho steamer when the plank gave way and they were thrown into the river. The dead are William ltrown, It. Freshen, John Darge and a fireman of the boat, name unknown. All resided in St. Louis. Suicide at III ue Hill. Watt McNcer of llluo Hill, Neb., twenty years of age, committed sui cide with a shotgun. Many Hoteliers Are Hick. General MacArthur has cabled the war department a brief dispatch con cerning the health of the troops in the Philippines. Tho number of sick in the hospitals is set down nt 3,808, aud in quarters 1,201, making a total of 6,120 sick soldiers, or 8.48 per cent of the entire army in the archipelago. Drowned In the Ittue. Arthur Freeman of Ileatrice, aged twenty-two, was taken with cramps while in bathing in the llluo and was drowned? Tho body was recovered. MISS COSTLOW MAKES CALL Kcrrcll 1 1 runt. -it n I .in I Interview Willi III Nttcellutiirl. A Columbus, ()., dispatch says: Rnvt lyn Forrell. the confessed murderer of Express Messenger Lane, was teniovcd to Marysvllle. lie will be given a pre liminary hi arkng and a special grand jury will at once bo summoned to Indict him After a long struggle with her pride, Miss Cost low. Ferrell'H fiancee, bogged to be taken to his side. Her father at last yielded to her itgonicd entreaties and accompanied Iter to the prison for a last interview. The meeting was conducted with the utmost secrecy and was vcy pathetic. Tobias Forrell of Stetibonvllle came to Columbus and visited his sou nt the city prison. There was an affecting scene. "Whv did von do ItV Did inn never think of me, or mother?" asked the father, with tears In his eves. "Yes, that is it," cried the boy. "If 1 had thought of mother I would never have done it." lloth father and son wept. Wh u ashed if he had a message to send to Ids mother, the yotiugfjpuuu cried hysterically: "Thev will kill me for tills. Tell her I wlfl meet her In heaven." Mr. Forrell, sr., stated that he was tho only one of the family able to leave home, all of the others being pros trated. Mrs. Fonvll is very ill and under care of a physician. DENTON HAS A FIRE Di'striullve Ilium Vllta 'Unit I'lncn Veterdny MnniltiK. Denton, in the southwest part of Lancaster county, was visited by it de structive fire Wednesday morning at :i:IO o'clock. The large general mer chandise store belonging to J. It. C. Miller was completely destroyed, to gether with the residence of Mr. Ab bott. The fire was discovered in the store, and In loss Hum two hours tho entire building was totally destroyed. The Denton poslnlllcc and Mr. Mill er's residence wore both located in tho building which was destroyed. The citizens fought the fire bravely. Tho total loss will amount to about SI, 000, with about SHOO Insurance. Mr. Miller also owned the residence which was destroyed. SHOW MANAGER MOBBED llliHiiiilleld, Neh., Cltlen Take lliirnl) MeiiHiire ti Itorover Money. The "great syndicate English Amer ican" show showed at llloomlleltl, Neb., recently autl proved a fake. They endeavored to get every dollar in sight by short changing, picking pockets and every dishonorable, method known. A crowd of several hundred people assembled just boforo the time of the evening performance and de manded that the show leave the town immediately and that all the monies wrongfully obtained lie returned. I'p on being refused the mob seized the manager and were about to string him up. He then ncccptcd their proposi tion, settled in full and left town an quickly as possible. The amount re turned was about two hundred dollars. CORN INJURED IN KANSAS Hiiuthvvcst Hirlc fuller a Mercury KmInIiii; Hun. A Kansas City dispatch of August 15 says: The southwest was fairly sizzled today, the hottest weather for years prevailing. The most Intense heat wan experienced in southern Kansas, whero the temperature in nearly every town reached too. The maximum was reached at Sallna, where. 11, degrees was reg istered on the streets and 105 in tho shade. MePhcrson, han., reported 107. In Kansas City the government thermometer reached 04 at 4 o'clock, while the street thermometers went tip to 100. Jn Kansas the com leaves curled and cars are dying rapidly. MUST COVER MANY MILES ltural Free Delivery Carrier Ila a I.nns; Itoute. Malone M..Crovv has been appointed carrier for the rural free delivery route to be established on September 3 at (initio Rock, Webster county, Neb. Ho is to cover an area of fifty-four square miles, serving a population of 840. Chas. S. Ilrown was appointed sub stitute clerk in tho Lincoln postofllcc. MaVeus A. Post. (Sits Rottom, Carl Anderson nnd Thos. A. Golden were appointed substitute carriers in tho Omaha postofilcc. A patent for a bicycle has been Is sued Anton Prager of Omaha. MURDER AT KANSAS CITY Negro Woman Fire at Her I.over anil Kill Another l'erou. Mrs. Sarah Slgman, sixty-two years of ago, was shot and Killed tonight by Minnie Clarldy, a negro woman. The Clnrldy woman had quarreled with Will Rogers, a negro, and with chasing him down the street. She fired five shots at him as he was passing tho resi dence of Mrs. Slgman. The latter was sitting nenr a secontl story window and one of the bullets struck her in tho left temple. Htrnck by a Train. John and James Rodenhatu were struck by the first section of tho Elk horn passenger train four miles west of O'Neill, Neb., and badly injured. They were farmers and were return ing to their home west of Emmet from O'Neill. Hoy Killed by n Horse, Tho sevcn-year-ohl son' of San ford Hcdltiud, living seven miles southeast of Valparaiso, Neb., was kicked by a horse and died a few hours afterward from the effects of the blow. usiwiMmmmnmiiaMfni ' Only Way& 2 in jrjuwLvm j ji CHAPTER VIII. (Continued.) Alan looked ill her and her pietty slImnoKS of which he had been bo piotul. at the betutlful, refill- d fine, at the eyes through which her Ixuutlful soul Formed to shine, and when ho looked at it and realized what he was ulitnit to lose a groat ntiinhnrss camo nvor him. He could nut apeak, he citiltl ttMit-cly think. It HU'ini'd ntt If it lingo eluiHui yawned hrfoio them, Into which they worn both to bo Hung. And so this awful evening vvvttl Ita way. They hardly Hpnl.o. They fat hand in hand In the darkness. Life seemed it blank. They had eomo to a standstill. It was us If death had caught thorn vlth their young blood singing In their pulsrs. At last Alan roused hlnnolf. "I must go to your father, my thirling." he said. "Joyce, you will let mt tlo every thing for you? Dai Hug. you tiro my wire, you know, although four years ago I belonged to another woman. I will go away from you. ami never bco you again whilst Veronica lives; hut .von will live In this house, and let me work for you. 1 must have something In my life. Joyce. Let me think that theie is still something I can do for yon!" Joyce was quiet; then shu Bald: "There's Veronlca'H child, Alan. Yon should try and be a fatlur to It. Poor little thing, It would comfort you." "If Voionlca were dead," Haiti Alan "l could onto for it and cherish It. and love It; hut neither the child will want for anything nor Its mother. Hut I could not take It away from Veronica, nnd I tlo not want to eomo into con tact with her. I do not bate her, poor girl; but 1 might get to hate her when I thought of you, Joyce my Joyce, and yet not mine." I In roso slowly and painfully. A great terror came over Joyce. "You will sen me again, Alan? This Ih not good-by. 1 could not hear It oh, 1 could not! Tell me you will eomo to me again and Mm u good-by! Oh, I am your wife, Alan! Ho put bin arms round her. Sho was half fainting, and iter vvhlto lips could hardly articulate the words. "I will eomo again," he Haiti; "but to night I must see your father. Joyce, If you nre not bravo It will kill mo. You must help me, my own Hvvcct wife. Wo must pray God to give tm strength. It Is tho only way. 1 will bring your father to you, and then we will try and say good-by. I will write to you tonight; but after that there must he no more letters, Rvveetheart. if I con tinue to write to you I Hhall go mad. Most probably I Hhall go ahroid ngaln when I have got your life Into order. Darling, I scarcely think of tho talk and the publicity that cannot hurt us. You have many frlcndH who love you, anil who will bo good to you, for yon am the Hweotent woman God ever intuit. I waH right to bo afraid of my groat hnpplnePH. Good-by, darling." And Alan went. CHAPTER VIII. Joyce gave way altogether after her final Intoi view with Alan. She had a long iiIiiorh, which almost terminated fatally; but she was young, and hnd itlvvayH been ntrong. In the end her youth triumphed, although she matlo no cffortH to get hotter. LI fa wiih ter ribly haul. She loved Alan with cvoiy fibre of her being. Shu had known tho Joy of being his wife, and now ho was an outcast from homo, miserable, wretched, dragging on a Joyless exlHt-t-ncc; and Hhe had not oven the priv ilege of connoting him. She know him to be as unhappy as she was, and she wiib Buffering all the rest of their lives, autl Joyce had to learn patience from that hardest of taskmasters sorrow. Her father took her abroad. Ot course her story wiih a nine ilayB talk; hut she was much beloved, nnd was generally pitied and condoled with. Alan and she had been bo happy, and had borne theniHclveH bo well nnd modestly, that there was no one who did not feci for the young couple whose happiness had been so suddenly dcfitroyed. Hut poor Veronica, tho went back to her lodglngH that night broken-hearted. It wiih not only that she had lout tho bono of life with Alan, but she could sec that she had given him hlH death-blow. And he loved another woman! Sho wna Intensely human, was poor Veronica, and tho knnwlctlgi that another woman had all his heart hurt her Immeasurably. Ho did not lovo her! Ho had never loved her! Hut sho had tho hoy. It was some thing that Him could press his curly head against hnr aching heart, anil drop her tears upon It. Poor llttlo poul! Tho only hitter ressntmont alio had felt against Alan wa-i that he had failed to notice tho hoy. Hut still sho had him ho was her own. She wait ed patiently until she should hoar from Alan. Sho hnd waited bo long that a little more or lens waiting did not matter. And he hnd slid ho would write ho wbb certainly a man' to bo trusted. , And on the third day a letter camo. Veronica could not guess what It had cost Alan to wrlto It. Ho did not want to bo harBh nnd cruel towards tho af fectionate creature, whoso only fault had beon that sho had not been drown ed in the shipwreck, and yet ho felt it difficult to bo kind to hor who hnd epollt hlH life. Ho wrote that hence forth she and tho boy would bo his care, thnt he wished to nllow her and licr boy enough to live In comfort; but P A Fascinating $1 Romance tflj) by Alan Adair,,., that he could not bring himself to imnti and boo her. Ho told her that he wiib parted from Joyce, who wna now hovering bntweon llfo and death, ami that, ho would not burden her with thu sight of hi unhappliicHfl. Ho would always be glad If alio wtotc to him In any tlmo of troublo or dlffl tulty, to glvo his udvicn and help; but that most probably ho Hhould lenvo England. Ho told her that If alio fol lowed IiIb atlvlco Hlio would remain In England, which wuh t. Hafc placo for her to llvo In. HcbIiIcb, ho would lather that tho boy was brought up ub an EngllHhman. There wuh a lot of tlrcstnno lnw business to bo gono through. Ills inarrlago with Joyco hnd to bo annulled, and tho old general would not allow him to provide nt all for Ills daughter. Joyce felt keenly tho difficult lea of her position, hut most of till sho felt tho separation from Alan. Alan wiib Boated In hie olllro ono day when ho hoard n hoavy Htop on tho stair. It wiib his old enemy Hutchln boii. Ho wait half drunk, but sober enough to want to pick a quarrel. HIb Hellenics had beon balllcd by tho Idlotlo HlialghtforwardncsH of a man who pre ferred honor to lovo. Naturally enough Hutchinson could Impoio no hiiBh-moncy on a man who would con Bcnt to hush up nothing, hut who put away tho woman who wiih doairr to him than llfo rather than fall In do ing what wuh right Hut Hutchinson, baftlcd at every turn, Htlll had IiIh ro vouge. He meant In the end to b even with Alan, let It c.iRt him what it might. lc camo today to gloat ovor his enemy's mlBory. Some one had to'd him that Alan'B hair had turned grey, and ho wanted to boo for himself. Hut Alan was Just In a lit mood. He remembered as booh as ho saw too man that ho might have saved Joyco tho crowning mlBory of marriage with one fiom whom Bho had been obliged to bo separated, that ho had deliber ately dnno IiIb boflt to ruin her, and AIiiii'h wrath burned hot within him. Ho sprang up from his desk as soon as ho Baw Hutchinson, aud caught hold of him. Ho gnve him a llttlo Bhako. and, looking him ptralght In tho face, said: "You dog! why did you not tell, mo that Veronica was ttlivo when I told you I was about to mnrry another woman? Why did you let mo do an Innocent girl nn Injury?" HutchiiiHon looked at him. Ho wna going to prevaricate, hut IiIb hatred was too much for him. "HecntiRo I hated you!" ho cried. "Ycb, and I hate you now! I Bhnll nevsr bo content till I BCf you dead at my lect, you villain, who deprived mo of everything I pos FOHscd! And you dre-im that I fhmild forego my revenge! You fool, to for get that you had mo to deal with!" "Ych," Haiti Alan Blovvly, "l firgot that I was dealing with a devil, and not a man. A man might have had pity." "Pity" Hutchinson Hiiccrcd. "Pity towardB n man who ruined mo? Not I! Hut I havo not done with you yet, you may bo very sure of that!" Alan sprang at him. "You get out of my ollico thla moment," he ex claimed, "or I will throw you down Btalrs." Ho looked bo fierce that Hutchinson went nt once. Six months had elapsed since ho had Bald good-by to Joyco hIx months of Btich utter hopelessness that Alnn re solved that he would loavo England. Tho firm of Dempster was going to be gin operations In Australia. Any thing, thought Alan, would be bettoi thun this life. He would work hard and live hard. Ho settled five hun dred a year on Veronica and tho boy, and made u will leaving all cIho he hnd to Joyce. Sho would not let him do anything else for hor whilst he was alive, but she could not refuso a ben efit by his death He knew thnt the general only had hU pension. Ho had learned that ho had brought his daughter back to London. It was too much to bo near Joyce and yet not Beo her. Every tlmo ho went out he was letting his oyes stray everywhere, hoping, fearing that he might see tho one woman in the world for him. Uut chance never favored him, and hlB ar rangements wore made to go nway. After much deliberation he resolved to wrlto to both women who loved him. Ho wrote to Veronica a letter which, poor boiii, hurt her, although he had no intention ot being otherwise than kind: Dear Veronica: I am going to Aus trnlln. I do not think I shall seo you again, but I havo arranged everything for you with Truscott, the lawyer. You will have five hundred a year whether I live or die. I hope you will bring the boy up well. . ALAN MACKENZIE. Poor Veronica cried bitterly whea Bho received this letter. It seemed to her that Alan thought ho had finished all his obligations to hor by paying her five hundred n year, nnd Veronica, who was yearning for a little lovo, .and who hnd made a pilgrimage across the dark waters to n land where there was hut little aim, for lore's sweet Bake! Alan had a light ovor his letter to Joyco. Ho had Bald he would not write to her; but Biirely he could not loavo tho country without a word of farewell to tho nweet woman whom ha had wooed and won openly, who for Bix perfoct weftks had been his wife, and whom ho loved more than any thing on earth. (To be continued,) ?' x I, .. tt ' . v.': ,i Ci ..I , ! f J:' i I ,!' u. f BBEBSsfflj BRPP fetfttSfr'aa fffii:. m$Wi'mtm W&JpimAt!mkm ,