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PUBLISHED WMtKLY.
BED CLOUD,
HEBRASKA
Of tlio 4G.988 doatha which occurred
In Paris for tho year 1890, no less than
12,314, honco about one-fourth, were
duo to consumption; 37.2 par cnt of
these persons died between Uio ages of
1 and 20, 60.2 par cent between thost
of 20 and 40.
An Alabama goologlst who has been
prospecting In tho neighborhood of
Decatur Bays ho haa found unmistak
able traces of gold and phosphate
wlthta flftoon miles of the city named.
Ho refusal to divulge tho oxact loca
tion, as ho la operating for tho pur
chase of the lands and Uie organization
of a stock company.
"Workman dicing a ditch near
Round Pralrlo, In 1ognn oounty, 0.,
hare Just uncovered one of tho finest
nnd boat preserved mastodon akele
tons yet found In that atato. Unfor
tunately they damaged one of the on
ormoua tunka before they know what
It waa. Tho tusk Is nine foot In diam
eter at tho Hooket Mid.
The cnatlo 1 which Oswald d'Aur
mono, n Bolgluu artist, has offered Mr.
Kruger a homo waa built by monks 309
years ago a a content. It has had a
varied career, a former ownsr having
entertained royalty In It, and was
bought only a few years ago by M.
d'Aurmnne, who lu wealthy, nnd re
Btorcd all tho old splendor, besides In
stituting all modem convonloncos and
comforts,
Frwia oxcavatlons on tho eastern
slopes of Vosuvliis have brought to
light a vast cdllko, 24 rooms of which
have hcuu dlulutorred, nnd the walls of
which are covered with frescoed of n
ilnte anterior to Pompeii nnd of great
beauty. Tho director of the Berlin
Musum la on tho spot, and It Is re
ported that the Kaiser has offered
JC 100.000 for tho "find."
Sevoral of tho European general
Btnfrs are studying tho feaalblllty of or
ganizing special corps somuthlug after
the Doer model. The principal dlfllcul
ty lies In tho limited supply of horses
at tho commuud of the various govern
ments, with the exception of Rubsla.
The last cqulno coiuus In that country
Is stated to have shown considerably
more thau 10,000.000 horses fit for war
purposes.
Lornoy L. Salloy, a 70-ycar-old vet
eran of tho civil war living at Preo
port, Ind., received a pension of $25
per month and applied for an Increase
to $40. Thero was somo Irregularity
in his affalra.and these were discovered
when his application was considered.
The result was that his entlro pension
wa taken away. The old man brood
ed ovot tho matter and began to fall
rapidly. He absolutely refusod all food
for weeks, and dlod on Thanksgiving
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rclcke of Califor
nia aro In charge of a signal station on
tho brow of a lofty poak In tho Slorra
Novada mountains, where thuy koop a
sharp lookout, fluid glass In hand, for
Area which might broak out lu the
8nowshods that skirt tho railroad
through tho rocky wllda. If a small
flamo nbould pass unnoticed for an
hour tho whole chain of shods might
bo oonsumed nnd tho tracks endan
gered. The woman watchea by day
and the husband by night.
A frank aud somewhat artless state
ment of what Is bolng dono In tho lino
of burning thu farms of tho Boors Is
inado by a correspondent of tho Pall
Mall Gazette at Johannesburg. This
entorprlslug person wishes to form n
company to buy up tho farms of tho
Boors and sell thvra to Kugllsh settlers.
The properties can bo bought for n
mere trlflo. Tho reason why, as given
by this speculative correspondent, Is
Instructive. When tho Poor prisoners
of war return they "will find In nlno
cases out of ten that their homesteads
have been burned down and senrcoly a
head of etock left." They will bo des
tltuto and their only hopo of subsis
tence will bo In tho sale of their land
for whatovor a spoculatlvo company
may choose to give.
If thero were no such things as time
locks a Presbyterian ohurch at Mount
Joy, Pa., would be $8,700 richer than It
is. Rev. David Conway, whllo pastor,
wa thrown from his cnrrlogo last year
nnd "fatally Injurod. Knowing that
death was noar ho made a will leav
ing $5,000 to tho church, but learning
that undor atato law bequosts must bo
made thlity days boforo doath ho
algned an order on n local bank glvlug
to the church $8,700 worth of bonds ho
had on deposit. This wnH In tho ovou
Ing, nnd as tho ivank vaulta woro pro
tected by a tlmo lock tho bonds could
not be dellvorod till next morning. Ilo
foro that time Mr. Conway was dead.
Tho banker hold tho securities ponding
a legal decision, which haa Just been
given, to tho effect that tho bonds must
nddod to tho estate and divided
among Mr. Conway's relatives.
A market woman naniod JncqucB, In
trying to entrap a mouso In tho fire
place of hor lodgings In Paris, pulled
out a loose brick behind which the
mouso had sought refugo, and was as
tonished to find a parcel consisting of
notes, cash and socurltloa to tho value
of 40,000 francs. 8ho at onco took her
And to tho pollco station, nnd will be
entitled to claim It In a year'B time
unless tho owner comes forward and
proves his right to tho fortune In tho
meantime. Within half an hour of
her discovery becoming known tho
finder bod an off or nt m.nmi
finder had an offer of marriage
ANENT THE TREATY
The Senators Want Full Control
of tho Nicaragua Canal.
OPPOSITION OF SOUTHERNERS STRONG
flenMor Money of Mlmlnnlppl Dcrlurr It
Mil Iiuult Jo the Amrrlciiii Iopl
Kiccutlr Hlnn llmotrd Wholly
to Comldf rutlon of Trritly
The senate spent almost five hours
Monday, December 10, in executive
session considering the llny-Paunco-fotc
troaty. Senator Morgan took
Issue with Hcnator Teller us to the
purport of the first clause of the Clay-ton-Hulwer
trcuty, claiming that It
applied only to (Ireat Hrltaln's right
to fortify the Nicaragua canal Itself.
Senator Teller replied at some
length, asserting that thu provision
was of more general importance. lie
said anyone could see for himself by
rending President Buchanan's views
upon the subject when lit; was minister
to England. The declaration then
mtulu showed plainly that England
hud attempted to extend her rights be
yond thu iiniiiudiatu vicinity of the
canal. Mr. Teller repeating his dec
imation that thu United States should
construct thu eanal, if at all, regard
less of Kugllsh position and without
going through the formality of ratify
ing the pending treaty.
Uurlnjf the day speeches wore made
by Senators Money. Stuwart, Fryo and
others. Senator Stuwart announced
that ho was for the trci ty Ithout
amendment and Senator Money that
he was against the treaty in any form.
Ho wanted the eunal built as much as
any one but he considered the pend
ing treaty little less than an insult to
thu intelligence of the American peo
ple. He bad no doubt that if proper
dlplomntluetToits should bu made it
would bo posslblo to securu thu com
plete abrogation of thu Clayton-Itul-wcr
treaty, and that was what bu
wanted. That convention, he said, was
contrary to thu wishes of the people
of the United glutei, and they could
be Hatisliutt only by erasing it forever.
There has also been new conventions
between the United States aud both
Nlcaraugua and Costa Uiea, giving ab
solute control of thu waterway to this
country.
Tho possibility of Secretary Hay's
resigning in case thu foreign relations
committee umeudinent to the treaty
should prevail, having been alluded to,
itwasdeuled by Mr. Frye, who said
he was lu n position to make ollielal
denial of that report. Thu secretary
bud no such intention. Mr. Fryo an
nounced himself us favorable to the
treaty.
LIPTON CAN HAVE A MATCH
Ttioiuni A. I.awsuu I'ruinlncn to llulld a
Cup UcfriiiltT.
After a conference with Boston de
signers, Boston builders and a number
of representative llostou men, Thomas
W. Lawson, tho financier and horsu
fanelur of Boston, announced that he
would personally stand the expense of
building another yacht to compute for
thu honor of defending tho American
cup against Sir Thomas Llpton's Sham
rock 11. The new yacht, according to
Mr. Law-sun, will be designed by It. 11.
Crowlnshleld of llostou, while George
i.awiey or houth Huston, the builder of
thu former cup defenders Puritan and
Mayflower and thu outfitter of still an
other, thu Volunteer, will probably
construct the new boat. It Is ex
pected that Capt. Nat Wutson, one of
tho best skippers in thu east, will net
assailing master.
PREPARESA TARIFF BILL.
l'lilllppluc CoiniulnNlon Mir DiKIm on
KiporU unit ImporlK.
Thu Phtllppluu commission has pre
pared a bill lixing thu duties uhih im
ports uml exports says a Manila dis
patch. There will be n public discus
sion of tho measure. Under Its provi
sions Importations from tho United
Slates into tho islauds aro dutiable.
Tho Importation of explosives, adul
terated wiucs, articles under false
trade marks and apparatus used In
games of chauco are prohibited. This
rates of duty bavo not yet been per
fected, Fifty-two prisoners were captured
in tho suburbs of San Antonio and Sau
lieiiito by a dotuehment of the Thirty
seventh reglmont. Many escaped, but
a portion of these were overhauled uml
captured by thu gunboat Lagunu de
Huv.
Armi Mini Kill lllmnntr.
Seated In a chair in the study of bis
luxurious, home, Uriah C. Dunlap, one
of llrooklyn's foremost business men,
was found dead with a bullet hole In
his head. At his side lay a revolver.
Melancholia, aggravated by worry
over the condition of an ill daughter.ls
beliuvcd to have led Mr. Dunlap to
tako his life. He was slxty-blx years
old.
Annuity for lirltUli Holillera.
The London war oflicu announces
that an annuity will be paid to every
ofllccr and man who served lu South
Africa since October 10, 1809. The
least amount will bo 5. It is roughly
estimated that it will tako 1,000,000
to complutn tho payment.
Negro I.yiivliril for AhsiiuU.
The negro who assaulted and fatally
wounded Mrs. Joseph White, tho wife
of a farmer living near Itomo, (la., was
caught nnd lynched. Mrs. White- is
not expected to recover.
DEATHS IN THE PHILIPPINES
General McArthur Sen1 I.lit From
Wound and DMeanc.
Goneral McArthur notified tho war
department that tho following deaths
have occurred In tho troops in the Phil
ippines since the last report:
Dysentery Michael Welch, Henry
Wnldsohinldt, Owen Rcllly, Henry Car
nahau. Suicide Lcroy Taylor, Alfred Hart
ley, Scgreant John Dudley.
Died from wounds received in action
Ulrlu .lusseaume, John Rlohty, Wil
liam Dotld.
Varioloid William K. Hardens,
Grant Latimer.
Killed by comrade Sergeant George
Oivens.
Killed by sentry by mistake Shano
Doyle.
Drowned Vincent Zlntnlckl.
Typhoid fever Henry (1. Sullivan.
Uramuc I .suae Thomas.
Chloroform narcosis Charles U,
Stinnett.
Tuberculosis Samuel Hardy.
Ocucrnl MaeArthur says that tho an
nouncement In his telegram of Octo
ber 4, of the death of John Dolan,
company K, Thirty-seventh Infantry,
was a mistake. It should have been
Corporal John A. Dolan, company C,
Thirty-seven tli infantry.
RIDES OUT A FIERCE STORM
Tninxport llrlcliiu KIiir Nnrrowly Ku
ril pr SI nk I iir.
The transport Helginu King has
reached San Francisco after a voyago
of tliirty-flvo days from Manila,
mnile memorable by disaster and nar
row escapes from total destruction.
Shortly after leaving Manila the ves
sel encountered a typhoon, and for two
days those on board waited for tho
death that seemed Inevitable. Tho
coal in her bunkers shifted and tho
ship for forty-eight hours was on her
beam ends. Only the sudden abating
of thu storm saved tho transport from
going to the bottom of the ocean. Tho
Ilelglun King was laid up seventeen
days for repairs at Hong Kong and
after leaving the latter port her coal
caught fire through carelessness in
loading and burned three days, while
thu transport made a desperate effort
to reach Taku. Thu lire gained such
headway that at one time the state
rooms were too hot to bu occupied.
A SERIES OF MISFORTUNES
former Xebrualm Mmi Die tn Florida
Iiimini) Ilonpltiil.
Prof. J. W. Towne, who went to
Georgia n few years ago from Ne
braska, wheru ho was distinguished ns
a college president, died In tho statu
insane asylum at Chattabooehle. Prof,
and Mrs. Towne were wealthy, and
being forced to move to Forida on ac
count of his health, bought largo
orange properties. Tho frcce of lsos
robbed them of thuir entire accumula
tions. Two months afterwards their
home was burned. Mrs. Towne died
and thu combination of misfortuues
drove Prof. Towne Insane.
TWENTYPERSONS INJURED.
Itnllroail Accident Canned liy Car Jump
till; Track.
Twenty persons were injured in an
accident on the Philadelphia, Wilming
ton A: Ilaltimore road at Grays Ferry
station, in "West Philadelphia. An
empty box car jumped tho track and
damaged several of the passenger
coaches on tho express train which
leaves Washington at 11 a. in. Miss
Kmmn Cougherty, of Chester, had both
legs broken and Is in a critical condi
tion, and Miss Ulla Little, also of
Chester, was dangerously injured.
SAYS HE IS DALY'S BROTHER
.Mull ut lint Spring C'laluiM Itnlutlnnililp
With IIkhiI .Mlllliumlro.
After reading an obituary of Marcus
Daly, Rev. P. Daly, an inmatu of the
soldiers' liomc at Hot Springs, S. D.,
declares that tho Montana multi-millionaire,
was his brother. They were
separated when littlu boys, thu family
being poor. Hew Mr. Daly says ho has
often read of tho lnultl-inilHonairo
Daly, but never for a moment thought
that it was bis little brother who left
homu ragged and penniless.
ltiillrouil School uf Iimtrurtlnn.
Instruction car No. lOtl of the Inter
national correspondence school of
Seranton, Pa., in charge of Manager
Coutts, who Is also secretary of tho
cxecutivu board of tho brotherhood of
locomotive tlromen, and W. W. White,
lecturer, with their assistants and at
tendants, who have been at Chudran,
Neb., for the past few days, have left
for Cheyenne, to glvo instructions to
thu employes of thu railroads at that
place. Thu car contains thu original
mechanism of two hugo trains, name
ly, a fifty-car freight train, nnd a ten
car passenger train, and tho instruc
tion commenced on thu car may bo
continued to thu men in tho railroad
service by correspondence from the
school until they graduate from tho
course aud rccetvu diplomas.
Mnilo llomlci by Fire.
A fire at llorlange, near Falum,
Sweden, has rendered 200 persons
homeless and caused damage to tho
amount of half a million.
HtBUlU tiy the Throttle. (
Though wounded by guushot En
gineer Ilnuselman of tho Louisville,
Kvansvlllo & St. Louis sat In bis cab
with thu tralu speeding along at tho
rate of fifty miles an hour. He was
ruuulng n passenger train, At Gen
tryville, Ind., ho entered tho cab anil
complained of n sharp pain In IiIb side.
Nothing was known of the wound till
HenBelmnn wus lifted unconscious
from tho engine nt liellevlllc. There
is no explanation for the gunshot
wound, which will provo fatal.
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By M. B.
CHAPTI3R VIII.
A few hours later Templo-Deno was
ablaze with lights that flashed down
on a brilliant scene. Dlnuor wns Just
over, and tho gentlemen na well aa tho
Indlos had deserted the dining room;
for outside, under tho solemn Christ
mas stars, and drawn up In a scml
clrolo on the snow-covered terrace,
were tho mummers shouting in coarso
unison an old world catch:
"God rest you, mercy gentlemen,
Lot nothing you dismay I"
In tho large hall, where tho vivid
holly berries blazed red on tho steol
armor of the knightly figures, and In
festoons on the tupestrled walls, a good
ly company was assembled tho houso
party of guests, with a background of
tho domestic of the establishment.
"Aud this Is England, and an Eng
lish Christmas ovol" A pair of Bmall,
thin hands were childishly clapped.
"Oh, 1 never dreamed It would be so
lovely, bo delightful!"
A broad smile went round, for the
excited speaker wus tho bride.
"Wonders will nevt..' cease," silently
thought Gervls, us he stood amazed.
Glnddy had since the afternoon thrown
off the stupor of melancholy that ao
often oppressed her now and puzzled
her husband. She had been ut dinner
the gayest of the party, all smiles and
merry ciulps.
"I wish Ansdell could Just seo her
now," said Gervls to himself. "Tho old
chap would stare. He'd have to swal
low his dlBmal croaklngs about decline
and wasting away. She's as merry as
a crlckwt!"
II ut Ansdell could not see tho trans
formation, for ha had shut hltruttlf up
immediately on arriving with a tre
mendous headacho; and It seemed as if
Glnddy In his absence had lifted her
self as u plant raises Its head after the
storm has passed.
Eveu wilful, the bride had escaped
from the elders of tho party Iady
Jane and the stately dowagers. She
would have none of their wearisome
congratulatory speeches. Thero was
but ono person lu all Temple-Deiio
Glnddy wanted, and that wns Iella
Doamond, to whom the brldo had taken
a wild fancy. She would bavo none
by htr side but Leila; and Syb watched
tho pair with glowering oyes that
smouldered wrnthfully.
' They stood, these two, In tho fore
ground of tho warm, dnzzllngly bright
interior, conspicuous figures, for both
woro white. -
At tho bride's throat and in her
curly hair diamonds sparkled; while
Lolla, in her dead-white crape, simply
mado frock, had not a single ornnment
savo her own sweet smile and a bunch
of dewy, heavy-headed Christmas roses
fastened in tho folde of her bodice.
"I love your dear old-fashioned
Christmas customs," went on Gladdy.
Put this time It was for Lellu's-enr
only sho spoke, and she squeezed her
now friond's hand under cover of hor
Hatlns and laces as tho two girls stood
closo side by sldo.
"I've read heaps about tho way you
keep Christmas In the old country, and
' know that old legend In verse, 'Tho
.llstlotoo Bough.'" "
"Oh, do you?" Leila turned hor
poft oyes on tho brldo. "Then, you
know, Gervls would tell you that many
people think tho tragedy actually hap
pened hero at Templo-Dene?"
"N no!" Gladdy gasped. Then sho
addod: "Gorvls did not toll me. I
wondor ho did not."
Gervls, It seemed, had told his new
wifo next to nothing about the old
homo of his ancestors.
"Oh, well, we ure not exactly sure,
you know," said Leila, hesitatingly;
"but thero Is a tradition that a brldo
of tho family was lost, and found dead
In an old black-oak chest which stands
In- tho gallery up yonder."
Sho pointed to tho gallery running
round the large hall.
"And many people firmly bcllcvo sho
was tho Glncvra of the poem. But of
courso It Is only hearsay, we are not
DOSltlVO."
"I must see ltl Oh, I must! Ploaeo
tako mo at onco!" And Gladdy caught
D her satin skirts to rush off.
"Walt, Mrs. Templeton please wait
i fow momenta!" urged Lolla, laying
her hand gently on tho American girl's
round, white arm. "Tho mummers are
all vlllago folk who have known us
and Gervls all their lives. They would
bo terribly hurt if you ran away be
fore tho carols are finished."
It was Leila all over to bo over
thoughtful of tho feelings of others.
"But I always do just what I'vo a
mind to do!" said Gladdy, half fret
fully. "Yon shall see the old oak chest to
morrow, Mre. Templeton, I promlso
you that," said Leila, much as sho
would have sought to pacify a frac
tious child. And Gladdy, docile enough
whoro she loved and already sho
loved Leila turned with smiling eyes
to the half-circle of upturned rustle
faces out on tho snow under the stars.
Presently Gladdy, pink and tremu
lous, was led out upon the steps to bow
her thanks.
"Hor be rnro and sweet to look upon,
and that happy! God bless she, we
do say I" the whisper went round
among the mummers.
"But Mister Gervls, ho do look grave,
ho do, sama'a he had the weight o'
all England on his ahoulders," some
body added. And thero were ono or
two head-shakes, for wo can't keep
our heart secrets looked up from our
MANWELL
neighbors quite as securely as wo may
Imagine wo do.
"Listen!" cried a voice from tho
hall. "Hark to tho Joybells! Thoy'vo
begun to peal."
From tho distant villages nnd ham
lets round came nt one and the samo
moment a passionate peal of Joy.
"Tho happy bells across tho snow,"
telling onco ngnln tho happy story to
weary, sin-laden humanity that unto
each and all a Savior was born!
For n few moments thero waa a lit
tle hush. Tho gay throng stood still
nnd silent, Just as did the shepherds
on that first Christmas ovo the world
over saw. Humanity held Its breath
In tho face of the "glad tidings of
great Joy." And now, as then, tho
hush was followed by a burst of Joy
ful song tho mummors' carol:
All glory be to God on high,
And on the earth bo peace;
Goodwill henceforth from heaven to
men
Begin and never ccaso.
"Amen," murmured Leila's low,
sweet voice. And sho raised, wet eyes
to tho Christmas stars above.
Tonight she could once again say,
"God Is good, God Is good I" for to hor
Bore heart tho Comforter had conio,
tho Christ-Child, with "healing on His
wings."
To Gervls Templeton, ns he gave hor
ono glance, It was aa though ho gazed
on tho face of an nngcl.
Thero wbb that In Its holy, rapt
look to help him on tho right patli.
"Gladdy" he moved to his wlfo's
side' 1 must take you Indoors. This
sort of night air Is not good for you."
A fragile, almost wasted little llguro
It wus that he led Into tho house, and
pitying eyea followed It
"She's not long for this world; any
body can see that," tho whisper went
round.
"Oh, nonsense!" Lady Jane, ns sho
caught It, frowned. "Everybody knows
that American girls are like thistle
down to lbok ut, but thoy aro wiry
enough for all that; they make old
women with the best of us."
"In a general way yes; but aa re
gards Mrs. Templeton, Lady JaAe, you
must face the fact that sho Is handi
capped by a constitution so frail, and
a temperament so highly strung, that
any sudden shock might kill her!"
"Mr. Ansdell! Glad to seo you bavo
recovered."
Lady Jano wheeled round, to find tho
scientist, clad in Irreproachable eve
ning dress, at her elbow. His dark
eyes wore Intently following the bride's
drooping figure; for, oddly enough,
Gladdy folt one of her mlserablo llta
of depression stealing over her.
"What Is It? Are you chilled?" anx
iously asked Gervls, when he got her
Into tho deserteu drawing room.
"I don't know yes. 1 wish thnt man
had stayed In his room, ho frlghtenB
mo!" gasped Gladdy, faintly.
"What man? You don't mean Ans
dell? Tho poor old chap would do any
mortal thing for you, Gladdy!" Ger
vls said, amazed. ..
"Oh, of courso ho would! Oh, no.
no! I didn't mean thnt. I want"
thero was a pause "I want Leila."
A few minutes Inter Gladdy was In
her own room, her new friend's soft
aims round her.
"You are over-tired, Mrs. Tomple-
ton," Leila's soft, rich volco was say
ing almost tenderly, for her heart was
strangely drawn to this woman sho
who ought to bo the richest and hap
piest woman on earth, for had sho not
Gervls? Leila already know Instinct
ively that the brldo was miserably un
happy. "I am not strong," said Gladdy, pres
ently. "I was always a weak thing,
and I'd no mother to seo to mo, you
know. But I never wns like this bo
foro. It Is since tho night of tho fire
on tho prairie. Perhaps I got a shock.
Leila, I huto black eyes, don't you?
Black, doep pools, that seem to bold
all that is evil and bad In their
depths?" ,
"Oh, 'no!" IeIIa'B own dark-blue
eyes widened apprehensively. Could
Gladdy be delirious? Was sho on the
vergo of some fever? "I rather admlro
dark eyes, thoy flash and sparkle so
grandly."
She spoko calmly, as If to reassure
the trembling girl besldo her.
"I don't moan dark eyes. I mean
eyes black us pools of Ink, crucT eyes,
that hold your very soul In a grip of
iron, Leila, such eyes havo a wicked
power. Their owner could muko one
commit any crlmo, perhaps even mur
der! Oh, that's why I fcol such an
agony of fear at times! Supposo I
did something!"
Leila drew her brows together In
bewlldormout.
"Dear, I can't think whero you can
have seen such eyes. But there's ono
thing I know. Supposing tho powers
of evil aro suffered to tempt or forco
us to be their tools, I know and be
lieve that the powers of good God the
Fathor and God tho Son aro far
stronger, and that with Their help wo
can safely resist all evil influences."
"You mean to tell me your faith Is
so real, so Intense?"
Gladdy bent forward until hor thin,
sharp little faca touched tho soft
round of Leila's check,
"Why, yes!" was the astonished an
swer. To doubt for Leila would ba
to question whether tho sun roso each
day to gladden tho earth. "And you
you also believe In God's goodness?
How can wo listen to the story fh Joy
bolls are tolling and feel one scrap or
doubt?"
"I wish I were real good, like you,"
sighed Gladdy. "Leila, do you know
sometimes, qulto lntoly, a strong feel
ing has como to mo that my Hfo wllL
bo a Bhort ono? I haven't enough
stamina In mo to live."
Sho stretched out her thin Httla
handB to warm them at tho blazo of
tho wood fire. Leila gazed from them
to her In profound amazement.
Wns this how n happy brldo talked,
thon? And on Chrlstmns eve, too,
when tho thought of Christmas peaco
was warming oach heart.
"Shall I tend Gervls to you?" she
said, softly, wondering a Httlo ut her
own strength.
But Glnddy, unheeding, continued to
staro wistfully Into tho leaping blnze,
and tho Chrlstmns bells pealed on
through the frosty air.
CHAPTER IX.
Christmas day, with Its hnppy grect
Inga and Its gifts, Its peaceful services.
Its feasting of tho poor and its great
homo dinner, wnB drawing to a closo.
It wns night, and tho merrymakings
at tholr height.
The old mansion of Tcmple-Deno,
ovory nook nnd cranny of It, was filled
with guests, who had come from far
and noar, bidden to the festivities.
Round n monster ChrlstniHS tree
danced happy children, eager to grasp
tho gifts dealt out to them by Santa
Cluus, a stately figure, snow-covered!
and holly-decked, sham Iclclo3 hang
ing from his hair and heard, nobody
guessing that under the disguise was
Gervls himself.
Ho, and Gladdy also, had thrown
themselves with childish glee Into tho
evening's amusements; while Leila and.
little Syb. fairly exhausted by tho toll
of decorating the hall, the gallery nnd
tho numerous rooms, were well con
tent to look on nt tho revels In which
tho whole establishment, guests and
servants alike, woro Joining. Thero
wns ono exception, however.
In tho quiet, distant library, Fran
cis Templeton sat among his dumb
friends, the long row of books. Ho
alone, the mnstcr of tho house, waa
absent from tho Christmas rejoicings.
Never more would he mlnglo with hla
fellow mtn.
Hut In the revelry now at Its height
ho was not even missed.
"Wo must havo 'Sir Roger do Cover-
ley' and then supper!" at last cried
Lady Jane.
It was so long since tho poor lady
hud tastod tho Joy of entertaining lion
uelghborB that she threw herself Into
the business of tho moment with gen
uine zost.
"My dear!" She seized the skirts of
Gladdy's silver brocado dress as tho
girl fled post with a couple of flushefl,
eager children, ono on each side. Tho'
brldo had apparently cast off her mel
ancholy of the previous night, and was
radiantly gay. "You must dnnco 'Sir
Roger' with Barnes, our good old but
lor, you know. You must, really!" In
sisted Lady Jane.
"Oh, but Mlth Templeton 1th going
to show uth tho big black box whoro
the poor lady was shut up dead!"
lisped a falr-halred boy in blue velvofc
and point Ince.
"Never mind, little man, I'll tako you
up to tho gallery after tho danco la
ovor."
Gladdy stooped to kiss tho disap
pointed, rosy mouth.
Presently tho wholo company who
woro not dancers crowdod clcso to seo
the popular, old-fashioned danco led
off by tho dainty, fragilo bride, In her
gleaming Jewels and shimmering gown,
and tho venerable, whlto-hnlred
Barnes, the trustiest of tho Temple
Deno retnlnors.
At tho opposite end of tho two long
rows of dancers was Leila Desmond,
trails of scarlet holly berries on her
whlto gown and In her sunnj hnlr,
hor partner being tho small boy lu
blue velvet, Gladdy's lisping aujmlror,
(To bo continued.)
THE BASHFUL MAN.
Nevdlcitlj Alarmed thu Young Lady
CoTcrlni; 1IU Grip.
A ba3hful young man bail sat for
some tlmo In tho terminal Btatlon ao
Philadelphia, waiting for his train to
bo announced. His grip ho had shoved'
under his seat Finally ho jumped up,
and sought the train announcer for tho
third time. Ho was told that his train
tlmo had at laat arrived. Thon tho
young man remembered his grlp.wlilchj
he had left undor tho seat in the watt
ing; room. Hurrying back, ho wao
amazod to find a beautiful girl occupy
ing tho place ho had left a moment bo
foro. His grip was hidden by her
skirta and the 'bashful young man saw,
no way of getting at It. He feared thatt
ho would miss his train, uo ho decided
to speak to the young lady. Strutting
up to hor In a flustcrod Btato, hla in
tention to politely ask her to allow
him to get his grip was forgotten andi
ho blurtod out with: "Pardon me, lady,
but you aro sitting on a nnll and might
toar your dress." With a bouud tho
girl was out of tho seat,when tho young
man grabbed his grip and fairly ran
through tho waiting room and to his
train. Tho girl blushed aa othors sit
ting near giggled and sho, too, hurried
out to tho train shed and woltod thorn
for her train.
Need Not Wire lioici.
Tho western classification commlttco,
In session at Hot Bprlngs, Ark., haa
decldod not to require the wiring of
boxes containing boots and shoes, mil
linery goods aud other small articles.
A protest from Milwaukee shippers
mado by Secretary H. B. "Wilklna or
the Merchants and Manufacturers' as
aoclatlon, was the lluso of action. i
Milwaukee Journal.
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