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PUBLISHED VEI3KIiY.
RED CLOUD.
NEBRASKA
Tho Jowolfl which tho duchess of
Cornwall takes with her to Australia
nro insured against all risks (or 75,
000. Thoso of tho duke arc ItiHtircd for
2,000.
Nazareth hns now lta telegraph of
flco, where nn Armenian operator, In
ordinary European dress, keeps tho
Tillage community In touch with tho
great world.
A Roman chariot has been found
near 1'hlllppopollH, nulgarla, in a tu
mulus. All tho metal parts of the
chariot nnd tho harness were found,
bh woll ub arms nnd human remains.
Tho largest trco In tho state of Now
Jersey Is a white oak, situated three
miles north of Mlckclton, Gloucester
county. lta dimensions are: Height,
95 foet; diameter of trunk, three feet
above tho ground, 7 feet 10 Inches, nnd
spread of branches, 118 feet. This
treo nntcdnles tho settlement of tho
colony.
Since tho supply ot brains Is not
equal to tho demand, tho price of
brains hns gone up. Tho president of
tha new steel corporation Is reported
to receive a million-dollar salary.
Twenty years ago he began work for
Mr. Cnrncglo at thirty dollars n month.
Today, at the ago of 39, he has out
stripped every other wage-worker In
(ho world.
Material from tho excavations nt Co
pan, In Honduras, Is steadily accumu
lating nt tho I'cabody museum, Cam
bridge, Mass. The museum hns been
ftblo to cotnpleto In this prehistoric
city Us Investigations of tho great hie
roglyphic stairway on tho faco ot tho
pyramid. Molds have been mado of
all of the steps, with their carvings
and inscriptions.
Tho German pnpers stnto that dur
ing tho Inst year tho exports from tho
United States to the Argctlno Ho pub
lic hnvo Increased 39 per cent, ns com
pared with tho figures of tho preceding
year. This gives America second place
among tho countries which do export
business into Argentine, while the
German Empire has passed down to
the fourth plnce. England stands first.
Cremation Is becoming increasingly
popular In Paris, nnd tho crcmntoriuin
erected nt tho cemetery of Pero La
Chalso has already been found to bo
too small. Additions are being made,
and a third furnace, a large hall, and
a columbarium will soon be ready for
use. The last-nnmed will contain 10,
000 receptacles for ashes. These
niches are closed with slabs of marble,
on which Inscriptions may be cut.
It Is said that a telephone system,
using common bnrbwlre fences ns a
conductor of tho volco of its patrons,
hns been placed In use in Pullmnn,
Wnsh., conversation being held over
this us easily as any loug-dlstnnco tele
phone line. Tho lino runs from a ho
tel in Pullman to a farm nine miles
south of tho town nnd It wns placed
In operation by Hevoral farmers for
their private use. Tho entire line, nine
miles In length, with four telephones,
cost less than $100.
Tho forestry dlvlslcn of tho agricul
tural department Is engaged In draft
ing n working plan looking to tho con
servation ot the timber on n tract ot
300,000 acres In the neighborhood ot
Mllllnockct, Me., belonging to n pri
vate pnper corporation. It Is a part ot
u general policy to bo Inaugurated by
the department for tho conservation ot
timber land throughout tho United
States to secure a perpetual crop ot
timber In the various ureas under con
sideration. Tho prlvnto concern will
pay all expenses of tho work snvo tho
salaries of the government experts,
who are directed by Prof. Glfford I'ln
chot, chief ot tho division.
An Incident which reflects groat
credit on the labor organization of tho
country occurred at tho lato convention
of tho American Federation of tabor
In LouIbvIHo, Ky. Tho National
Liquor Dealers' association came be
fore tho convention with a formal pro
posal that tho two bodies form an of
fensive nnd defensive alliance. Tho
liquor dealers were ready to agreo, In
tho event of this coalition, to employ
only union bartenders and waiters, and
to sell union-made beer. For n time
It looked as If thoy might persuade the
labor men, but n delegate from Illinois
nrose, and In a stirring speech recalled
the Influence of Miss Frances E. Wll
lard on bchulf of organized lnbor, and
urged the convention In her nnmo to
rejett tho proposition. When the voto
was taken Its was almost unanimously
against tho alliance. Tho Knights of
Labor hnvo also taken tho same ground
a courso which will ndd more
strength to tho organization than
would be n million dollars In lta treas
ury. To abate tho advertising nuisance
advertisements which are in them
selves obnoxious or which nro dis
played in unaiiltnula places legislation
Is not always necessary. Such nctlon
as that recently taken by tho Bill
Posters' association ot England Is
qulto nH effective. A theatrical man
ager perpetrated a sensational and
vulgar poster. The bill-posters refused
to put It up. Here Is foundation for
the hope that ono day all public- spir
ited citizens will decllno to u?e paint
pot and brush to disfigure the beruitloi
of nature.
DEAD BY SCORES
Awful Result of Explosion In Gor
man Town.
VATS OF CHEMICALS BECOME IGNITED
Fire rnllutri Crituli, Hprrmllnc rlrrcely
Vlltagrrn Forced to Mm Itnpoul
bin to I.lre In iKiiuif of llura
, Ing Mbm - Other Nem.
A Frnnkfort, Germany, dispatch
nays: One of the most disastrous ex
plosions on record occurred at the
electro-chemical works near Orleshelm
where smokeless powder Is manufac
tured. Most of the boilers exploded.
The noUi! was so tremendous that it
was heard at great distances, including
Frankfort and Mayeuce.
The factory at once became a mass
of flames, and a northeast wind car
ried the sparks to neighboring villages
where several houses were set on lire.
Eighteen cylinders, each containing
100 weight of smokeless powder, were
in the room where the explosion oc
curred. Troops were immediately ordered to
Grleshelm to prevent the lire spreading
to the largo benzine reservoir near by.
Fire brlgndcs from every place in the
neighborhood hurried to the scene, but
owing to the dangerous nature of the
disaster and the fear of n renewal of
the explosions, the greatest diflloulty
was experienced In stopping tho pro
gress of the flumes. Only after five
hours of strenuous work was the fire
to some extent controlled and the dan
ger passed so as to make it possible
to begin the work of extricating tho
bodies. It is feared that nearly 200
persons have been killed or injured.
WIND CAVE TO BE CLOSED
TourWU Hhut Out Until th Question of
Ownnrnhlp U Bcttlrd.
For many years there has been a
serious dispute between the McDonald
brothers and John Stabler over the
famous wind cave near Hot Springs,
S. D. Tho point at Issue is whether
the property is an agricultural or min
eral property. The easo was up be
fore the land ofllce nt Rapid City for a
long period and wont from there to
the commissioner of tho general land
ofllce and finally to tho department of
the interior. A suggestion was made
to the government that the property
was of sufllclent value to be made u
national resort and the government is
now considering that point. Until the
qnestion is settled by the government,
the wind cave will be closed to the
public. C. W. Greene, special airent
for tho United States land ofllce and
his assistant have arrived nnd will
take charge of the cave and close It to
tourists.
TO BE LARGEST IN WORLD.
Great Sujinr Uret I'IhiU Tor Colorado
Kitublltlic.l.
Negotiations have been completed In
Chlcngo for the formation of the larg
est beet sugar concern In the world.
A company lias been organized with a
capital stock of 80.000,000, to be known
as the Arkansas Valley Sugar lleet and
Irrigation Laud company. The plant
of tho new company is to be located in
Powers county, Colorndo, In the fam
ous Kooky Ford Fruit district. A num
ber New York capitalists, including
the Oxnnrds, the Cuttings, the Hamll
tons, the Lnwsonsnnd tho Richards of
tho Mercantile Trust company are in.
IITCSICU
Kuril Urn Two DUtrlcti.
An agreement as to the division of
patronage has been reached between
tho two Nebrnska senators whereby
thoy are to .jointlv slirn npnmm..n,in.
tlons for presidential appointments,
henntor Dietrich in to nnme the post
musters In thu Fourth and Fifth con
gressional districts and Senator Mil
lard those In tho Third and Sixth.
Aiding Kiiionllldim.
A Springfield, 111., dispatch says:
J,ID iiuiim! uas passed u bill appro
priating S'.'S.OOO for an exhlblrion at
Charleston, S. C, and nnothcr appro
painting Slf.0,000 for the lllinols-Mieh-igan
canal. A bill was also passed
providing for tho consolidation of the
hchool districts and for t rco transpor-
v.Uu u, iiujius to ana trom the schools.
Admiral llrmry Welromrd.
J he flagship llrooklyn, with Ad
mlral Homey on board, which arrived
at Sydney, N. W. S., enroutc to Mel
bourne, where she will take part in
the exercises at the of the first federal
parliament from May 0 to May 8, was
warmly welcomed when she entered
tho harbor and cheered by the crews
of the other warships present.
I.nwjer Patrick 1ihII.i..i
Tho Indictment against A. T. Pat
rick of New York for murder In tho
IViS ?WA '"' the nmrde .
William Marsh Rice. There are ten
counts in the Indictment.
Antl'l'lRHretto I.w,
Tho Michigan houso of reprosentn
tvos passed by unanimous vo n
stringent nnU-clretto law. ttd if
concurred in by ,he senate and signed
by Governor Illlss It will be ,,!,, "
to manufacture sell or give away an"
cigarette or cigarette paper In tl.'
state.
C'neli(iiiu.ii Itol, Iltliiii,""illk
Cracksmen roppod tho bank ut' Lud
low, 111., and after destroying the safe
with nltro.glycorino mado oil- with
8S.000. They left no clue to thulr
identity.
HERE AND THERE.
Tnlrgrnplilc Iiiforninllon llrlrfly Covered
Wliln World WlilM't'HnRH.
.T. N. Goodwin of Crete, Nob,, hns
been appointed a railway mall clerk.
H arry J. Footc has been nppolnted
a rural free delivery clerk at Gretna,
Neb.
Robbers looted the olllco of the Had
ger Lumber company at Norwich,
Kas., securing considerable money.
The bank at Pioneer. O., was bur
glarized, the vault being wrecked by
dynamite. Tho sum of 81,000 Is miss
ing. The Smith National bank of St. Ed
wards, Neb., hns been authorized to
commence business with a capital
stock of 82.'.000.
A dispatch from Amsterdam reiter
ates the statement that Krugcr will
leave for the United States nt the com
mencement of June.
The first serious forest fire of the
season occurred recently near Mellcn,
Wis., when 1.000,000 feet of hemlock
logs were consumed.
FIrent Fondulac, Wis., completely
gutted the plant of tho Gurncy refrig
erator manufuctuilng company. Loss
8100,000; fully coercd.
The grain elevator owned by John
.1. lladcnock, Chicago, was destroyed
by lire, together with its contents.
Loss will approximate 8200,000.
It is understood that at the end of
Juno Herr Hramscn. the present Dan
ish minister of Interior will be ap
pointed Danish minister to Washing
ton. News has been received at Cody,
Wyo., of the killing of Jim MePeck,
n noted' cattle rustler, by Stock De
tective W. 1). Smith of Miles City,
Mont.
Joseph A. Glcnnlng of Chlcngo, a
veteran of the civil war, committed
suicide by throwing himself in front of
a freight train in the Lake Shore
yards.
The Cuban constitutional conven
tion delegation, having completed its
labors, has left for Cuba. The mem
bers were well pleased with their visit.
General Wood has also returned.
The eleventh annual convention of
the travelers' protective association of
Illinois, in session at Canton, 111., af
ter a somewhat heated session, olio.se
Peoria ns the next meeting place.
At Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Mary
Manning, nged r0. was brutally struck
down near her home, receiving injur
ies which proved fatal. There is no
cause assigned and no clue to tho per
petrator. C. W. Landls has leased his Osborn
Fanner In order to become the cashier
of a bank at Osborne. His friends are
afraid a good newspaper man has been
spoiled in nn effort to make a middle
grade plutocrat.
Job Copping, a Houston. Tex., florist
his wife, and three children were
burned to death In a fl ro which de
stroyed his home. A negro, who wns
recently discharged, is under arrest
charged with having set tire to tho
building.
lleenuso she believed that her hus
band was paying attention to another
woman, Mrs. Fannie Frleburg, wife of
a medical student nt St. Louis com
mitted suicide by taking a dose of
whisky and cocaine. She gave the
same dose to her (i-ycnr-old daughter,
Alma.
The board of directors ol the pan
American exposition at Buffalo, have
compromised on the Sunday closing
matter. The exposition will bo opened
from 1 to 11 p. m. The midway and
nil amusement features will bo closed
from midnight Saturday to midnight
Sunday.
Oliver Norrls Humphrey, of the old
pioneer Lincoln, Nob., firm of Hum
phrey Pros. Hardware company, com
mitted suicide In the barn on thu rear
of his premises nt 1202 M street by
shooting himself in tho head with a
revolver. Recent litigation with the
heirs of his brother Is thought to have
been partly responsible.
In the district court at Des Moines,
Iowa. Judge Holmes hehl that n bill
for 80,000 worth of liquors billed to a
local agent by the Mountain Distilling
company of Ohio could not bo collect
ed, as the goods had been shipped iuto
the state in violation of the state law.
The case will bo appealed.
Tho vcstlbnlcd Chicago flyer over the
Pcre Marquette western division, wns
wrecked near Sunlleltl, .Mich, mho
train was going ut the rate of fifty
miles an hour. Fireman Gossett was
probably fatally hurt. The engineer
and several passengers were more or
less Injured. The wreck was caused
by a spreading rail.
Theodore Moore, held in tho Dundy
county jail nt Ilenklemnn, Neb., on iv
charge of burglary, shot the sheriff
and escaped. Tho sheriff was badly
wounded but will not die. Moore wns
reottptured about forty miles from
Hcnkleman by J. C. McPherson nnd
James Grady. He had stolen n horse
from Judge Israel at Ponkleman and
was mnuing goon progress luwuru
froidoin when McPherson, an expert
with a Mauser rllle. and Grady hailed
him and persuaded him to stop.
Awnrried Heavy Dumngci.
A jury 1 a circuit court at Vlcks.
burg, Miss., awarded Lee, Richardson
&. Co., damages to tho amount of 80L
070 against the Yazoo ,t Mississippi
river road. Plaintiffs alleged that
sparks from one of tho defendants
engines sot lire to their warehouse In
Augubt, 1809.
Earnest offort is being mado to so
cure the return of Wllllo McCormlck,
the- kidnaped New York boy. A total
of 610,000 has been offered for his re
turn and the arrest of the kidnapers.
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i DY THE.
CHAPTER IX. (Continued.)
As for Mildred, no sooner had the
wordB crossed her lips than she dis
dained herself for tho utterance of
them, and wished them back unsaid.
Ever since that fatal night in tho li
brary Denzll and she hnd lived seem
ingly unseen and unheard by each
other, as distinctly remote as though
spheres had separated them, instead of
o many rooms or feet, rb the cnee
might be. Now she felt that, by this
ons rash, uncalled-for net, she had
done away with all the good so many
silent days had helped to accomplish.
Nevertheless, having once given her
word Mildred felt that she must abide
by It, and appeared nt the breakfast
table next morning, to nil outward
seeming as lmperturnble as usual.
Eddie had also risen betimes to see
his friend depart, and rattlo on in gal
lant style all through the dismal meal,
leaving no space for tho other two to
express their opinions, had they been
so Inclined. At length, a footman en
tering to announce the arrival of the
dog-cart at the hnll door, Eddie rose
to seo to Donzll'8 further comforts, nnd
bo left him and Mildred at last alone.
He came toward hor, and, taking
both her hands, held them with a clasp
that amounted almost to pain.
"Think ot me kindly," he said, in a
low tone full of acute meaning.
"I will," she said.
"Is it quite hopeless, Mildred?"
"You will bo late for your train,"
murmured Mlsa Trovanion, very gent
ly. So It fell out that King's Abbott was
once more bereft of guests; nnd still
tho Trevanlons were unhappy, because
the very train that carried away
snugly ensconced among Its cushions
the unhappy Denzll, brought to Lady
Caroline a letter that filled her gentle
bosom with dlra nlarm.
The letter began, "Mr. Dear Niece,"
and ended, "Your attached aunt, Har
riet Disney," Its contents being to the
effect that Lady Eagleton Lady Caro
line aunt by the father'B side had
generoussly made up her mind to sacri
fice her pleasures, Inclination, habits,
and solf generally for the purpose ot
bestowing her society upon her "dear
niece aforesaid. This was lneeu a
heavy blow, her ladyship having at
tained the troublesome age of eighty
two being one of those people whom
to entertain 1b a kind of martyrdom.
As misfortunes never come single, it
was Just about this tlmo also that Lady
Caroline heard for the first time ot
Mildred's rofusal of Denzll Younge. The
girl had hlthorto kopt it -nervously to
herself, thinking of it now and then
with mingled feelings of pain and
something akin to pleasure, but out
wardly suppressing all sign until this
day, when Lady Cnrollno timidly and
Without preface touched on tho subject
of his evident admiration of her.
"It soems a pity you could not enro
for him, Mildred," she said, Interroga
tively, as though It were by no means
a certainty that Mildred did not enro
for him; "wo should nil like It so much,
and your father says "
Mildred rose hastily and threw down
her work, while two red spots appeared
on her cheeks.
"Mamma," she said, "perhnps It will
bo better, and will put a stop to all
further mention ot this matter, If I
tell you the truth. Mr. Younge did
propose to mo, nnd I refused him."
She finished almost dellnntly and
turned' to leavo the room.
"Mildred, is It possible?" exclaimed
Lady Caroline.
"Oh. Mllly!" cried MaDel. who was
also present, with lively reproach nnd
disapproval In her tone.
"Is It such n crime then? Has noth
ing of the kind ever been dono be
fore?" demanded Mildred, passionate
ly; and then she went out, and left
them to their wondcrlngs and censures
on her conduct.
When evontually Sir George was told
tho unlucky news, It rendered him nt
first furious, and then despairing.
Things wore becoming moro embar
rassed and entnngled day by day, the
Immediate possession of n large sum
of money being the only hope his law
yer could hofd out to him ot ultimate
ly saving tho estate; and, ns affairs
were, It would be a difficult If not Im
possible task to procure It. Denzll,
with his Immense wealth, was out of
his great love for Mildred, would hnvo
thought little of lending twice tho
amount required. But now all that was
changed, and Mildred's had been the
hand to dash the hope aside.
Both he and Lady Caroline were
strangely distant and unsympathetic to
her In these days; her father irritably
so, nor mother with a sort of mourn
ful gravity that touched her far more.
Lord Lyndon, who nt this period
showed a tact and an adroitness that
would have reflected honor on a clev
eror man, mnnaged to be perpetually
at her side
HIb attentions were open
and unmistakable, while he declared
his Inability to withdraw from her
presence even for a tlmo by tho fact
of his taking a shooting-box quite close
to King's Abbott for the seuson.
All the little world of Cllston were
beginning to look upon It as a settled
matter, there btlng no mistake as to
whom his devotion was given, as Roy
Blount's wooing, and Mabel's accept
ance of It, were very transparent
(things Indeed; besides, Just now, "the
queen" was too much taken up with
sorrowful misgivings and tender re
flections to admit ot anv division ot
DUCHESS. V
her favors, young Blount having re
ceived orders to Join his regiment,
which wns stationed In Ireland, with
out furthor dolay, so thnt scarcely a
week remained to them before "Faro
well" that saddest of all words
would have to ho uttered.
This news had been communicated
to Mabel In a doleful whisper, and had
been rocelved as dolefully. For once
all coquetry was laid astdo, and she
confessed herself as miserable at the
idea of his going as he could bo to go.
CHAPTER X.
Lady Eagloton and hor "train" ar
rived at King's Abbott, tho "train"
consisting of one long-suffering maid,
one ditto man, one lapdog, nnd one
dilapidated canary.
"The canary nlways means three
months, docs It not?" asked Eddlo,
tragically, as the cortcgo swept up the
stairs.
Mildred burst Into nn unreBtralnable
laugh.
"Oh, wliat shall we do?" sho gasped.
"What Is to become of us? A little
of Lady Eagleton goes such a very long
way. Mr. Blount" to Roy, who had
walked over as usual, and who, having
seen the procession, was enjoying the
whole thing as much as any of them
"I will glvo you anything I possess, If
you will show me some method of get
ting rid ot hecbetore Christmas tlmo."
"And I will give you anything, If
you will just take hor out and tie her
to n tree and deliberately (Snoot her,"
said Eddlo, gloomily.
"Edward, how can you speak so dis
respectfully of your grand-aunt?" put
In Lady Caroline, reprovingly, walking
away, her face covered with smiles.
Fqr a week everything had gone on
smoothly, or rather there had been no
actual outbreaks on the part of Lady
Eagleton, though smothered hints and
comments had been numerous. In n
covert manner she Inveighed against
actions, habits, acquaintances, nnd all
that came beneath her notice, but
carefully subdued any open demonstra
tions of disapproval until tho day be
fore Roy's departure, when she chose
to be particularly offensive.
Blount had como over rather earlier
than usual, It being his last day, and
he and Mabel had gone for a farewell
walk among the shrubberies and
through the winter gardens where they
hod loved to linger nil through their
hurried courtship. As he was not to
leave until a late train the following
day, he parted from her with the as
auranco that he would be down tho
next morning.
Slightly flushed nnd wholly miser
able, Mabel entered the small drawing
room, whore she found hor mother,
Mildred, und Ludy Eagleton assembled
"How heated you look, child! What
have you been doing with yourself?"
demnnded the old lady, tho moment
she came within her vlow.
"Walking," returned Mabel, shortly.
"With that young man again, I pre
sume?" grunted her grund-nunt, omin
ously; whereupon Ludy Caroline began
to look uneasy,
"I was walking with Mr. Blount,"
said "the quoen," defiantly. Sho wns
sore at heart, nnd longing for sym
pathy, so that the old woman's words
and manner grated cruelly on her
overwrought feelings.
"I really think nil decency nnd order
have gono from tho world," went on
Lady Eagleton. "Society nowadays is
widely different from what It once wns.
Even common propriety is a thing of
tho past. In my time a young womnn
would scarcely be allowed, under any
circumstances, to walk alono with a
young man for hours together certain
ly not unless they were formally be
trothed, having the consent of all par
ties concerned and probably not even
then. I presume he hns made you an
offer of marriage?"
Mildred rose, as If to Interfere; but
Mabel spoke again.
"People In your tlmo must have been
very depraved pooplo indeed, Aunt
Harriot," sho said, with Ill-suppressed
Indignation, "if they could make mis
chief out ot a simple walk with one'B
friend. At nil events, I am very glad
I live In the days I do; and, It you nro
particularly anxious to know, I will
tell you that Mr. Blount has not mado
me an offer of marriage, as you call
It."
Her ladyship was triumphant.
"Has he not?" she said. "Then, If
I were you, my dear, I would have as
little more to say to him as possible.
Young men who dilly-dally, and put
off tho evil hour, as he appears to be
doing, seldom or never mean anything.
I dnro say he Is only agreeably whll
Ing away his time down here, and will
think no more of you once bis back 1b
turned."
Mnbel was choking with rage, but
could think ot nothing to say. Lady
Caroline, who sat a little behind her
aunt, put out her hand to her daughter
with a gesture of sympathetic affec
tlon, but sho was nervously afraid ot
this terrible old woman, and knew not
how to Interfere effectually.
"Young men now are not what
young men were," continued Lady
Eagleton, Impressively, "and I think
Mr. Blount ono of tho worst specimens
I have yet soon. His manners are so
cool; and he is so Insolently self-possessed;
nnd he has none ot the well
bred dlflldenco, the courtly elegance
that dtstlngulshd the men ot my gen
eration. Ho Is not halt good enough
for you, my dear, oven were he In
oaraeat, which I am pleased to consider
extremely doubtful. I will receive you
for a month or two, Mabel," declarod
her ladyship, magnificently, "and in
troduce you to thoso with whom you
ought to associate. You shall return
with mo to my homo, nnd gnin thoso
advantages that this secluded country
plnce can never afford."
"Your ladyship 1b wonderfully kind,"
returned Mabel, "but I find 'this se
cluded country place' quite good
enough for my tastes. Besides, I could
not drenm of ncceptlng your invita
tion." "May I ask why not?" demanded her
grand-nunt, majestically.
"Because thore Ib nothing in tho
world to which I should more strenu
ously object than to spend two months
In your ladyship's society," answered
Mnbel.
"You wicked girl!" almost screamed
Lady Eagleton, rising und supporting
horself on her gold-headed Btlck whllo
sho quivered with anger. "How daro
you prosume so to speak to mo! Caro
line, why do you not order her to leave
tho room? Am I, nt my age, and aftor
all the sacrifices I have made for ray
family, to submit to tho Impertinence
of a chit of a girl like that?"
Poor Lady Caroline was terrified.
"Dear Aunt Harriet, sho did not v,
mean It," she said "she -did not, In-
deed did you, Mabel? Speak, darling,
and tell her it was all a mistake."
"Sho shall apologize to mo, or I will
leave this house, nover to enter It
again," protested Aunt Harriet, still
raging.
"So she will, I nra sure. Mabel, my
dearest, telf your grand-aunt how eorry
you aro for having used the language
you did," said Lady Caroline, implor
ingly "apologize to her."
"Apologlzo for what?" demanded
Mabel. "Sho asked me to pay her a
visit, and I declined. She then Inquired
my roasons, and I gave them. I do not1
see that any apology is necessary.
However," she went on, turning to
ward the old lady, and executing an
impertinent little courtesy, "It it will
In any way gratify you, I will bog your
pardon, and admit that I am extremely
sorry to think I was the cause of put
ting you In such a dreadful temper."
Lady Carolino, aftor considerable dif
ficulty, having managed to smooth
down tho old lady's ruffled plumage,
she consented to forgive and forget,
and onco more peace was restored.
But Mabel, when the terrible "last
hour" came the following day, though
she never for a moment doubted Roys4
ton, yet felt somehow shy and con
strained, remembering vividly that ono
little biting question of Lady Eaglo-
ton's, as to whother he had ever made
her the requisite offer of marriage.
Meanttme Roy's sorrow had swal
lowed up all nervousness and every
other sontlment, leaving him only able
to hold her hands and entreat that she
would never forget him.
"I shall be back soon," he said "so
soon that you will scarcely have tlmo
to miss me; and meanwhile I shall
write by every post, nnd you will do
likewise, will you not?" V,
To which she had returned a Bad,
half-reluctant' "Yes."
Had he been less wrapped up In sad
thoughts about the coming parting, bo
might perhaps havo fancied his love
somewhat cold nnd cruel; but, as it
wns, ho saw nothing. Presently he
spoke the words that, had they been
uttered yesterday, would havo caused
his "queen" to stand In Biich a dlfferont
light beforo her tormentor.
"Shall I write to your father?" ho
asked. "You know, Mabel, It Is time
there was some decided understanding
between us. Shnll I ask your father's
consent to a regular engagement, dar
ling?" "
"Yes," Mabel answered, partly com
forted "I suppose it will be best;"
then, sadly breaking down, "Oh, Roy,
what shall I do without you?"
After this there ensued fond words
nnd lingering caresses, and warm as
surances of never-dying love; and then
they kissed their last fond kiss and
parted.
(To be continued.)
CITY PEOPLE CURIOUS.
Colored Mn' Bone Nearly lllockf
Traffic In Now York. 4
It was only a song, nnd an old one
at that, but It came near causing a
block on the Broadway cable line tho
other day. Tho singer was as black
as tho coal In tho cart he .was driv
ing, but that fact cast no shndow on
his exuberant Bplrlts. Ab he swung
his chariot from Broadway Into Cort
landt street he raised his voice, says
tho New York Mall and Express. Then
the trouble began. When the notes of
"Old Black Joe" rang out high and
clear ubovo the din of traffic expres
sions of blank amazement overspread
the facos ot the hurrying pedestrians
who thronged the sidewalks. Ntfcka
were craned In a vain Bearch for the
location of some newly patented phon
ograph. Crowds collocted and gazed
vacantly into the air, as if they ex
pected to locate the sound In some of
fice window. Teams were drawn up
until a long line ot trucks extended
Into Cortlandt street to Broadway,
barring nccess to tho stroot, that their
drivers might ascertain the causo ot
tho crowd's curiosity. Suddenly a
newsboy cried; "Ah, rubber! Dontcher
see It's only do nigger a-slngln'?" Tho
crowd laughed. The darky, now lus
tily holding forth on "Tho Suwsfnee
River," turned sharply Into Church
stroet, totally oblivious to tho exclto
mont ho had caused. Tho crowd then
dispersed, and the long lino of wngona
began to move onco more. "Well!"
exclaimed a Jorseyman ou his way
to the ferry, "New Yorkers call coun
try people curious, but " He shrug
ged his shoulders nnd passed on,
Train the waitress to hold a dial
with her band underneath,
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