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PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
BED CLOUD,
NEBRASKA
- Measurements of salmon leaps may
how" bo Included In high-Jump records.
Standards were erected below water
falls by Norwegian fishery commission
ers. The fish are credited with a max
imum of twenty feet In the official re
turns Contemporary jumpers on land
must own that the salmon Is a worthy
rompetltor.
The Swedish residents or Ltidlncton,
'Mich,, have iHtroduccd n custom of
their fatherland, namely, the employ
ment of a community physician. A
health association has" been organized
by the heads of 300 families, each of
whom pays CO cents a month toward
the salary'of a physician, whoso ser
vices are at their command In enso of
illness.
Joan of Arc la to have another mon
ument erected to her memory. This
monument will bo nt Domrcmy,
France, her native place, and It is said
that after the termination of tho nu
tumn ninneuvcrn the President of tho
Republic will visit tho town to assist
at tho inauguration. Preparations aro
already being made, especially nt Pag-ny-sur-Mcuso,
In order to give tho
chief of tho Mute n suitable reception.
Almost a thousand years have passed
since Eric tho Red first sighted the
southern extremity of Greenland. Tho
northern limit of that vast archipelago
was last year rounded by Llcutonnnt
Peary, who thus reached tho most
northcrnly land yet known. Of this
feat, which Sir Clements Mnrkhnm
characterizes as second only In Import
ance to reaching tno pole, Penry writes
In a recent letter: "Considering that I
am an old man' (ho -Is only 45), with
one broken leg and only threo toes, I
feel this was doing tolerably well,"
Truly It lakes a man of much perform
ance to bo modest!
Tho Spanish foreign office has Issued
the following version of tho Incident
connected with tho stranding of a tor-
,pedo boat at La Linen: "A torpedo
jiuni mo unusu unuiesnip itamilles,
altering its course, stranded on the
beach. Some Spaniards, misinterpret
ing the action of tho British sailors,
tried to prevent the latter from taking
the torpedo away. Tho Custom Houbo
Guards interfered, and, udmltting the
light of tho British sailors, permitted
them to tako away tho torpedo. Tho
Admiral of the British squadron after
wards wrote to the Snanlsh rnnml in
Gibraltar expressing his indebtedness
ip tne custom House Guards for their
assistance."
I '
The observation of tho first "straw
day' in Walla Walla county seems to
havo been successfully carried nut. rv
the Spokesman-Review of 8pokane,
wasu. it was nothing more or less
than n combined effort on the part of
the farmers to Imnrovo dusty roads liv
laying straw on tho thoroughfares most
frequently traversed, and In this way
make traveling more comfortable. It
resulted In a decided benefit. The
Wnllft Wnlln iwnnlit lmn inlmn i.ni.i
k - r,... ..u.vi Hlliv.ll iiuiii ui
this now Improvement of summer
toads with enthusiasm and the Spokesman-Review
says It is probablo that
.their example will be followed lv miier
p communities that suffer every year
iroin uusty roads.
A national organization, formed for
the purpose of clcnrliiK tho country nf
'anarchists, has been started nt Mil
waukee, Wis. kIt is to be called the
'American Patriotic Educational league,
'its constitution sets forth tho bollnf
that the enactment of Inws to prevent
rthe spread of anarchist doctrines Ih
practically Ineffectual, but that these
flqi'innnn run do extirpated oy appeal
ing throtiKh educatlonnl nipnna tn nh.
jllc Rcntlmcnt, and by making these
doctrines so unpopular and contemptu
ous that no one would have thn mr,n.
ijliood to promulgate them. Active or-
EHiHiHuon ih 10 ue carrieu on through
out tho city and state, and later
throughout tho nation, A button will
lf adopted and every person opposed
to annrcn lll bo asked to wear It.
Several prominent citizens were among
those who attended the Initial meet
ing . The plea of Demosthenes for action,
an an educatlonnl force, has
many a modern Instance. "O mister,"
,crlcd out a small boy recently at u
Chicago manual training school,
"please stop talking nnd let us tuako
things!" Another boy, whom a well
known nnvy official declares to be tho
best Juvenile officer he over saw, com
mtfnds the battalion In a New York
reformatory. When arrestod n year
ago threo pollcouirn wcro renuired to
'hold him, and ho fought so hard that
ne was nimpst without clothing when
finnUy locked up. Tho drill at the re
formats y caught his fancy, ho strove
to excel, quickly roso to the head, and
now cxeiclsos unquestioned authority
V'or law nnd order over boys nearly
Iwlco his size.
- King Victor Emmanuel of Italy
spends the summer months at Rac
;conlgl, Tho other day ho disappeared
,oin his chate.au und no one know
'.'where he had gone, His nntomobllo.
too, was missing. It turned' out that
,ne, nan gone, with tho queen and an
adjutant, to Ventlmlalla. nasHlnr tm
.French boundary without being recog
nizee, ne returned to Racconigl In
the evening over tho Colle ill Tundn
paving made the trip of about 215
'miles in fourteen hoursa rent thnt
b interested the sportsmen,
KILLS DAUGHTER
Jetty Thompson Accidentally
Shot by Her Father.
TRAOEDY HAPPENS AT NORTH PLATTE
rarllra Were Ont Hunting and (lun Wni
JTrematurely Discharged, the Hlmt
Striking Her rntl In tli Head
fatality at 1'awnee City.
One of tho saddest accidents that lias
ever happened at North Platte, Neb.,
occurred October S.1, by which Jetty
Thompson was shot "and instantly
killed by the accidental discharge of u
shotgun tn tho hand of her father.
Kred Thompson and his daughter and
a younger brother wcro out hunting.
Thompson had been out of the buggy,
and while breaking the gun to tnhe
out the loads preparatory to putting
the gun Into tho buggy again, the gun
was discharged in some way nnd struck
his daughter in toe back of the bead,
killing her Instantly. The discharge
frightened the horse nnd It ran away,
throwing the young son out. The
horse ran toward town and Thompson
after it, but ho was unabloto catch his
liorse until It got back to town. Mr.
Thompson's wife had been to Omaha
and returned on the afternoon's train,
entering the front gate as her husband
carried the lifeless body of the daugh
ter through the back gate. Mr. Thomp
son Is one of the prominent engineers
of the Union Pacific railroad, anil Ills
daughter a bright young lady of twen
ty years, and tho news of the accident
caused u shock to the entire com
munity. UVS WAS mftUHAItUKU. "
A Thirlern-Year-Old Olrl Accidentally
Killed by llrothrr.
A fatal necident occurred nt the
farm of W. II. Jones, nenr Pawnee City,
Neb., resulted In the death of one of
Mr. .lones' daughters. One of the
neighbor boys had left a gun, a twenty-two
calibre rifle In the barn Jind a
boy about ten years old got It and put
a load In It. Afterwards he tried to
extract the load In tho presence of his
sister when the gun was discharged
and the ball buried in the girls' tem
ple. The girl was about thirteen years
old. The boy Is almost crazed with
grief. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have the
sympathy of the entire community,
they being well known throughout the
county.
AN EXPENSIVE FIRE
Central Hotel and Hutlnets Iluune Par
tial! Humeri.
The building at 14 as Dodge street,
Omaha, occupied by II. E. Frederick
son with a stock of carriages, automo
biles and bicycles, the upper stories
being occupied bp the Central hotel,
was partially burned. Tho roof and
top story was destroyed. Tho loss to
the hotel will be 81, .100 and to Freder
Ickson probably 85,000 or 80,000. The
building was owned by Frank II. Ken
nard and was valued at 840,000. "The
loss on tho building is 83.000, fully in
sured. The Are started among old
papers In an unused elevator ear on the
top floor. Considerable excitement
was occasioned by the efforts of thlrtv
guests to mnkc their way out by means
ui n nre escape. Some, had to bo taken
now n oy inuuers, but ull escaped with
out injury.
POPULISTS WIN ON BALLOT
State Supreme Court (Irani Writ of Man
damn Frayed For
The populists won in the supremo
court of the state at Lincoln, Oct. 2.1.
By n unnnlmous decision of the court
the democrat nnd peoples' Independent
parties will each be given n separate
place at the head of the ticket and each
party name will be followed by u cir
cle In which a voter may make a cross
and thus vote his party tjekctstralght.
Tho decision was given at .i special
meeting of the court called to dispose
of an application for a writ of mandamus-
applied for by A. Wnnmer, fusion
candidate forsheriffof Lancaster coun
ty, nnd Charles Q. DeFrance, chairman
of tho populist state central committee.
In granting the writ tho court fol
lowed the law adopted last winter but
entirely disregarded the diagram of
the form of the ottlclal ballot as pre
scribed in tho law.
Hardware Men to Combine.
At Minneapolis n plan to combine
the hardware Interests of the country
Is on foot. Tho law firm of Reed,
Thatcher, Simpson & Harnum of Ncv
York, of which Thomas B. Heed is
senior member, Is counsel for the In
terested parties. The plan Is to or
ganize a company with n cnpltnl of
8100,000.000 having headquarters in
New York, the company to control nnd
manage the business of the. majority of
the largo hardware jobbing houses
Trauiuurt HWablrd.
A Washington dispatch says: Word
was received at the war department
recently that tho transport Sheridan
had arrived at Nagasaki in a disabled
condition and would, not be ready to
leave flint port for three weeks. Tho
Bhcridun was on her way from Ma
nila to San l'rnnclsco. She carried
about 800 short term soldiers, ago sick
soldiers and 18 insane soldiers. No de
tails were received as to tho trouble
with the Sheridan. The transport
Warren has been sent from Manila to
Nagasaki to receive the sick passen
gers front IW disabled vcms1
GENERAL BULLER RELIEVED
1IU Ileceut Unfortunate Hprcch Cost
Him llli fllrlpei.
Sir Ilcdvcrs Duller hns been relieved
of the command of tho First army
corps, says 'a London dlspntch, In con
sequence of the speech ho made Octo
ber 10, after the luncheon given In his
honor by the King's royal rifles, deal
ing with his famous dispatch to Gen
eral White nt Ladysinlth. He has
beep placed on half pay and General
French has been appointed to succeed
him.
In the ofllctal announcement the
war office says that the commander-in-chief,
"after full consideration of all
the circumstances and tho explana
tions furnished," recommended that
General Butler bo relieved, which has
been done.
BOOTY IS SMALL.
Oregon Train Ilohbert Iteaten Off by the
Meiienger,
The northbound overland express
trnln on tho Southern Pacific was held
up by two masked men fifteen miles
out of Kugene, Ore. The robbers blew
open the express car with dynamite,
but secured no booty, having been
driven off by the express messenger.
The only liooty secured was one reg
istered mail snek. Two men boarded
the train at Cottage Grove and a short
distance this side, near Saglnn, put off
tho fireman and his helper, uncoupled
the express car and mado the engineer
run ahead a short distance. Their first
act was to blow open the door of tho
express car, which they did with dyna
mite, tearing the door to pieces and
badly damaging the car.
Express Messenger C. It. Chnrles was
In this car and had made up his mind
to stay there. The robbers ordered
the messenger ont of the car, but ho
determinedly refused to come, and held
a position where he could easily bring
down any person who should enter
through the opening on the side mado
by the dynamite.
The robbers mado several attempts
to gain admittance to the cxprcs car,
but the determlded flghtof the messen
ger prevented them from doing so, and
they finally abandoned the train.
FEAST FOR FIRE.
Dig racking riant at Hammond, Iud
Alruoit Itulned,
Half a million dollars' worth' of
buildings and slaughtered cattle was
destroyed by which broke out in tho
plant of the C. II. Hammond Packing
company at Hammond, Ind., Oct. 'J.
At midnight four buildings had top
pled over in ruins and flames were
roaring high above the dimantled
walls and threatened to destroy the
ten structures that remained stnnding.
Hammond's fire department was utter
ly unable-to handle the Are and aid
was sent from Chicago and South Chi
cago. At midnight the following buildings
were In ruins:
Export beef cooler, four story brick
nnd frame structure, containing thou
sands of head of slaughtered cattle.
Cold storage warehouse for cattle.
Beef slaughtering house and sheep
slaughtering house.
Besides these half a doicn other
buildings, occupied ns residences by
ofllclnls of the company and n brick
structure for the general offices were
also consumed.
Fire at Philadelphia.
Fire at Philadelphia which started
In Congressman Robert A. Focder's
morocco factory at Frank ford, In tho
northern part of Philadelphia, origi
nated In the main warehouse, nriOxlOO
feet, which contained curled hair, and
spread to the machine shop nnd a
.smaller structure filled with hides.
All three buildings were totally de
stroyed. The loss is estimated nt
8'.".'.', 000, partly covered by insurance.
lllu Kattwlck I'leade (lullty.
Mario Josephine Enstwlck,thc young
Philadelphia womnn, who was com
mitted October 1 in the Guild Hall
police court for trial at the Old Bailey,
on a charge of having forged a railroad
certificate of 8100,000, was arraigned
at London and pleaded guilty, Sen
tence was postponed to the next session
of the court to allow an examination
to be made as to the prisoner's snnity.
Otercmue by Foul Air.
A Dead wood, S. D., dispatch says:
News of tho death of three, miners at
the Holy Terror mine, at Keystone, has
reached this- city. Five men were
lowered to the 1. '.'00 foot level where
they encountered foul air. The hoist
failed to work and the men started to
climb out. Lew Crouthcr, Andrew
Millie nnd Peter Pohlnu fell back and
Were dead when found.
1'IIWbury left no Will.
No w 111 was left by the late John S.
Pillsbury, ex-governor of Minnesota.
He was content to give to nny Institu
tion or movement which he deemed
worthy of aid nud was also content to
let the laws of Minnesota determine
the llual disposition of his estate.
Some estimate that his estate is worth
over SVRW.OOO.
Victim of Football 2ame.
Richard Tripp, aged nineteen, is not
expected to live as n result of Injuries
received in a game of football between
the Colfax, Nub., and Prairie City high
schools last Saturday. Ho was struck
in tho stomach in being tackled and
carried from tho field unconscious,
Carnegie Will Accept.
A London dispatch says: Andrew
Carnegie, replying to tho unanimous
request of the students that ho allow
himself to be nominated to tlte lord
rectorship of St. Andrews university,
in succession to Prof. Jumes Stuart,
The Diamond Bracelet
By MRS. HENRY WOOD.
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Author of East Lynn. Etc
CHAPTER I.
The afternoon of n hot June day was
drawing towards- evening, nnd the
great world of London for it was the
height of tho season was beginning to
think of dinner. In a well-furnished
dressing roam, the windows being open
for air, the blinds drawn down to ex
clude the sun, stood a lady whose maid
was giving tho touch to her rich attire.
It was Ludy Sarah Hope.
"What bracelets, my lady?" asked
the maid, taking n small bunch of
keys from her pocket.
"None, now; it is so very hot, Alice,"
added Lady Sarah, turning to a young
lady who was leaning bnck on tho sofa,
"have them ready displayed for me
when I come up, and I will decide
then."
"I have them ready, Lndy Sarah?"
returned Mies Seaton.
"If you will bo so kind. Hughes,
give the key to Miss Seaton."
Lady Sarah left the room, nnd then
the mntd, Hughes, begun taking ono
of tho small keys off the ring. "I have
got leave to go out, miss," she explain
ed, "and am going directly. My moth
er Is not well, and wnnts to see me.
This is the key, miss."
As- Miss Seaton took it, Lady Snrah
reappeared at tho door. "Alice, you
may ns well bring the jewel box down
to the back drawing room. I shall not
caro to come up here after dinner; we
shall be late ns it Is."
"What's that about a Jewel box?" In
quired a pretty looking girl, w'ho had
como from another apartment.
"Lady Sarah wishes me to bring her
bracelets down to tho drawing room,
that she may choose which to put on.
It was too hot to dine in them,"
"Are you not coming In to dinner to
day, Alice?"
"No. I walked out, and It has tired
me, as usual. 1 have had some tea In
stead." "I would not bo you for all the
world, Alice! To possess so little capa
bility for enjoying life. No, not even
for you, Alice."
"Yet if you were ns I nm, weak' In
health and strength, your lot would
havo been so smoothed to you that you
would not repine at or regret it."
"You mean I should b9 content,"
laughed the young lady." "Well, there
is nothing like contentment, the sages
tell us. One of my detestablo school
room copies used to be "Contentment
Is happiness.' "
"I can hear the dinner being taken
in," said Alice; "you will be late in the
dining room."
As Lady Francis Chpnevlx turned
away to fly down the stairs, her light,
rounded form, her elastic step, all tell
ing of health and enjoyment, presented
a marked contrast to that of Alice Sea
ton. Alice's face waB indeed strangely
beautiful; almost too refined and deli
cate for the wear and tear of common
life; but her figure was weak and
stooping und her gait feeble. Of ex
ceedingly good family, sho had sud
denly been thrown from her natural
position of wealth and comfort to com
parative poverty, and had found refuge
as "companion" to Lady Sarah Hope.
Colonel Hope was a thin, spare man,
with sharp brown eyes- and Bharp fea
tures, looking so shrunk and short,
that ho must have been smuggled Into
the army under weight, unless he hnd
since been growing downwnrds. No
stranger could have believed him at
easo in his circumstances, any more
thnn they could have believed him a
colonel who had seen hard service In'
India, for his clothes were frequently
threadbare. A black ribbon supplied
the place of gold chain, as guard to his
watch, and a blue, tin-looking thing
of a galvanized ring did duty for an
other ring on his finger. Yet he was
rich; of fabulous riches, people said;
but he was of a close disposition, es
pecially as regarded his personal out
lay. In his- home and to bis wlfo he
was liberal. They had been married
several years, but had no children, nnd
his largo property w.ib not cnialled;
It was believed that his nephew, Ger
ard Hope, would inherit It, but somo
dispute hnd recently occurred, and
Gerard had been turned from tho
house. Lady Francis Chenevlx, tho
sister of Lidy Sarah, but considerably
younger, hud been paying them an
eight months' visit in tho country, nnd
had now come up to town with them.
Alice Seaton lay on tho sofn for half
an hour, and then, taking the bracelet
box in her hands, descended to tho
drawing rooms. It was intensely hot;
n sultry, breathless heat, and 'Alice
throw open the back windows, which, I
in truth made It hotter, for tho sun
gleamed right thwatt the leads which
stretched themselves beyond the win
dow, over the out buildings nt the
back of thn row of houses.
Sho sat down near the back window
and began to put out somo of the
bracelets on the table before It. They
wore rare and rich; of plain gold, of
silver, of pearl, of precious stones. One
of them was of gold links, studded
with diamonds. It was very valuable,
and had been ths present of Colonel
Hopo to his wife on her recent birth
day. Another diamond bracalet was
there, but It was not so beautiful or so
costly as this. When hsr tnsk was
done, Miss Seaton passed Into tho
front drawing room, and, threw up one
of its large windows. Still there was
no nlr In tho room. Ab she stood at
It a handsome young man, tall and
powerful, who was walking on the op
posite side of the street, caujlit her
eye. He nodded, hesitated, and then
croated the street as if to enter.
"It is Gerard I" uttered Alice, under
her breath. "Can he be coming here?"
She walked away from tho" window
hastily, and frat down by the bedecked
table In the other room.
"Just as I supposed I" exclaimed
Gerard Hope, entering, nnd advancing
to Alice with Btealthy stops. "When
I Haw you nt the window, the thought
struck mo that you wero alone here,
nnd thny at dinner. Thomas happened
to be airing himself at tho door, so I
crossed and nsked him, and camo up.
How are you, Alice?"
"Have you como to dinner?" Inquir
ed Alice, speaking nt random, nnd
angry at her own agitation.
"I come to dinner!" repeated Mr.
Hope. "Why, you know they'd as soon
sit down with the hangman."
"Indood, I know nothing about It. I
was in hopes you and tho Colonel
might be reconciled. Why did you
come In? Thomas will tell."
"No, he won't. I told him not. Alice,
tho idea of your never coming up till
June! Somo whim of Lady Sarah's
I suppose. Two or three times n week
for tho last month have I been march
ing past thlB house, wondering- when
It was going to show slgiiB of life. Is
Francis hero still?"
"Oh, yes; she Is going to remain hero
some time."
"To make up for Alice, was It not
a shame to turn me out?"
"I waB extremely sorry for what
happened, Mr. Hope, but I knew noth
ing of the details. Lady Sarah said
you had displeased the Colonel, and
after that she never mentioned your
name."
"What a show of smart things you
hnve got here, Alice! Arc you going
to Bet up a bazaar?",
"They aro Lady Sarah's bracelets."
"So they are, I see! This Is a gem,"
added Mr. Hope, taking up the fine
diamond bracelet already mentioned.
I don't remember this one."
"It is' new. The Colonel has just,
given It to her."
"What did it cost?"
"Do you think I nm likely to know?
I question if Lady Sarah heard it her
self." "It never cost a fnrthlng less than
200 guineas," mused Mr. Hope, turning
the bracelet In various directions, that
its rich diamonds might give out their
gleaming light. "I wish It was mine."
"What should you do with It?"
laughed Alice.
"Spout it."
"I do not understand," returned
Alice. She really did not.
"I beg your pardon, Alice. I was
thinking of the colloquial lingo famil
iarly applied to such transactions, in
stead of to whom I was talking. I
meant to raise money upon it."
"Oh, Mr. Hope!"
"Alice, that's twica ycu havo called
mo 'Mr. Hope.' I thought I was Ger
ard' to you beforo I went away."
"Time has elapsed since, nnd you
seem like a stranger ngnln," returned
Alice, a flush rising to her sensltivo
face. ' But you spoke of raising
money. I hopo you nre not in tempo
rary embarrassment."
"A Jolly good thing for mo if it
turns out only temporary," he rejoin
ed. "Look at my position! Dabts
hanging oVer my head for you may
be sure, Alice, all young men, with n
limited allowance nnd large expecta
tions, contract them and thrust out
of my uncle's home with the loose cash
I had in my pockets, and my clothes
sent after me."
"Has the Colonel stopped your al
lowance?" CHAPTER II.
Mr. Hopo laid down tho bracelet
from whence ho had taken It, before
ho replied.'
"He stopped It then, nnd I havo ntt
had a shilling since, except from my
own resources. I first went upon tick;
then I disposed of my watch and chain,
and all my other little matters of
value; and now I am upon tick again."
"Upon what?" uttered Alice.
"You don't understand these free
terms, Alice," ho said, looking fondly
at her, "and I hope you may never
have oecuslon. Frances would, she
has lived in their atmosphere."
"Yes, I know what an embarrassed
man tho Karl is, if you allude to that.
But I am grieved to hear about your
self. Is the Colonel Implacable? What
waB tho cause of the quarrel?"
"You know I was to bo his heir.
Even If children had come to him, ho
bad undertaken amply to provide for
me. Last Christinas he suddenly sent
for mo, and told mo It was his pleasure
and Indy Sarah's that I should take
up my ubode with them. So I did,
glad to get Into men good quarters,
and stopped there, like an Innocent,
unsuspicious lamb, till when wns- It,
Alle? April. Then the plot came
out.; They had fixed upon a wife for
me, and I was to hold myself In readl
ties to marry her at any given mo
mei t."
" Vho was It?" Inquired Allco, In a
low tone, as' she b:nt her head over
thft bracelets.
"Never mind," tnld Mr. Hope, "It
wasn't you. I said I would not have
hnh nnri Miov tiMli ha nn,l Y.nflv Rn.
fi. pulled me and my taste to pieces,
mil assured me I was a monster of In
gratitude. It provoked me into con
fessing that I liked somebody else bet-
tcit and the Colan?l turned me out,'1
Alice looked her sorrow, but she did'
not express it.
"And since then I have been having
ft fight with my creditors, putting them
off with fair words and promises. But
they have grown Incredulous, and it
Iisb come to dodging. In favor with
my uncle and his acknowledged heir,
they would have given me unlimited
time and credit, but tho breach is
known, and it makes nil the difference.
With the vnlue of that at my disposal"
nodding at the bracelet "I should
stop somo pressing trifles and go on
again for awhile. So you bco, Alice, a
diamond bracelet may be of use even
to a gentleman, should some genial
fortune drop such into his hands."
"I sympathize with you very much,"
said Alice, "and I wish 1 had it in my
power to aid you."
"Thank you for your kind wishes; I
know they nro genuine. When my
undo sees the name of Gerard Hope
figuring in the insolvent list, or among
tho outlays, ho Hark! can they be
coming tip from dinner?'
"Scarcely yet," said Allco, starting
up simultaneously with liimself, and
listening. "But they will not bit long
today because they nre going to tho
opera. Gerard, they must not find you
here."
"And get you turned out ns well n
myself! No! not if I can help it.
Allco" suddenly laying his handu
upon her shoulders, and gazing down
Into her eyes "do you know who it
vnB I had learned to love, instead of
of tho other?"
Sho gasped for breath, nnd her color
went and came.
"No no; do not tell me, Gerard."
"Why, no, I had better not under
present circumstances, but when tho
good tlmo comes for nil their high- .
roped indignation must and will blow
over then I will! nnd herc'8 thrj
plcdgo of it." He bent his head, tooW
one long, earnest kits from nor lips
and was gone.
Agitated almost to sickness, tremb
ling and confused, Allco stole to look
after him, terrified lest he might not
escape unseen. She crept partly down,
stnlr8, so as to oblnin sight of the
hall door and make sure that he got
out in safety. As he drtw it open,
there stood a lady Just nbout to knock.
Sho said something to him and he
waved his hand toward tho Btaircase.
Allco saw that tho visitor was her sis
ter, a lady well married nnd moving
in tho fashionable world. She met her
nnd took her Into the front drawing
room.
"I cannot stay to' sit down, Alice; I
must make haste back to dress, for I
am engaged to three or four places to
night Neither do I wish to horrify
Lady Sarah with a v.'sit at this unto
ward hour. I bad a request to make
to you and thought to catch you be
fore you went in to dinner."
"They are alone and are dining
earlier than usual. 1 was too tired to
appear. What can I do for you?"
"In one word I am In pressing need
for a little money. Can you lend it
me?"
"I wish I could," returned Alice; "I
am so very sorry. 1 sent all I had to
poor mamma the day beforo we came
to town. It was only 2C."
"That would have been of no use to
roe; I want more. I thought if you
hnd been mlscrlng up your snlary you
might havo had a hundred pounds or
bo by you."
Allco shook her head.
"I should bo a long while saving up
n hundred pounds, even if d;ar mam
ma had no wants. But I send to her
what I can spare. Do not bo in such
n hurry," continued Alice, as her sis
ter waB moving to the door. "At least
wait one minute till I fetch you a let
ter I received from mamma this morn
ing in answer to mine. You will. like
to read it, for it is full of news about
the old place. You can take it home
with you."
(To be Continued.)
TRIMMED HAT FOR "MERIKY."
America Too IMg for an KnglUb Woman
and She Iteturned.
One day a stout person penetrated
from tho laundry to the drawing-room
door, hastily pulling down tho sleeves
over her scarlet muscular nrms. "If
you please, Mtesus," sTie said, "dooBt'a
think th' young lady as is so clever at
trimmln' th'ats n'd be so kind as to
trim mo oop ono? A 'nrdly liko to
usk, but lioo's that kind a' thowt a'd.
try." Tho young lady, a i isltor in the
house, was greatly taken with thq
idea, and the dolly tub wns loft to it
self for n tlmo while Eliza expounded
her views, which were definite, as to
choice among tho prevailing fashions. '
When the work of art was completed
she expressed higlf satisfaction. "A'
wanted to lulk well wen a' goes over
there to my son and 'Ib fnmlly, d'yo
see'?' "Over where, Eliza?" "Why,
over at 'Merlky. Missus; a'm going to
see un Just now. A', meant to laa'
year, but a' couldna save quite enough
for th' passage money; now wl' yo'
wnshin' nil winter that's n right, so
a'm goln' over in th Teutonic week
ufter next to 'avo a look round nt them
aw'. There's my sister's 'usband out
too slnco Inst Barnaby, and my nee
hour ns well. Whilo work's been slnck
In town, folkB thowt they'd try th'
other side." So Eliza tried the other
side, too, but not finding It to her
liking, returned to Mllltswn and reap
peared at tho washtub with an little In
tho way of travelers tales as any ono
who ever left her native land. Nine
teenth Century.
Reform In Old Mexico.
President Diaz Is snld to bo consid
ering planB to check the trusts In Mex
ico. One of the greatest of these la
the great Mexican lottery, with draw
ings once a month In the city of Mex
ico. DoeB Dl3z contemplate nny Inter
ference with that? St. Louis Star.
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