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; . Ul.i.4.J.1'JIIU , h1.h . ,
" . , It1'w l .tho 'nl.ht betoro the Olll uv.
. ' IJolnJd 'tor the , bridll , &nd In thr. lolltudu
i . { of r ch m er . . john.tlrl 'WCIt III the
; ' tt r hop lelln. . . ot dOlpllr. At tl\11
I ; knorrJ'w' . . ar1i dlwn he WQulbu thllN
" to cll1lin' h r , u hll bride. . .Dd. .thoUlfh ho
't' 'Wu noble and , o.d , there , : aa In her
heart. no anlwttlDr' : chord of lovu , ) md
'I ' " ' ' , ' Iho knew that . . . . .lthoDt. luch 1uTO belr
. unl9n would b. unho11. IOn Ute table at
, 'r" her ildo' 1111 'her rhb.l : drc i. he gift uf
{ \ \ Rl lvlfd Delalield. , who , , , , lthout i Ihad.
. I : ow on hill brow , or a , wnerlulf III the
tones ot bill Tolce , hid . .k.d her to oIC'
; . . cept , It ala whn oC.the.uteclIlI 1111 IIhould
( n'or teel Cor' ' , her. . . .Alul poor ! town , 1111
.1 r ) 'onr tearl Coli Ilk. rain upou tbo ora'Ije '
: , wreAth which lDemed to mock four wCle.
j J - . ; ' how little did 10U dream of the anjluhh !
" . . , 1. It COtlt tbe d nol'to 111 to you th. . word"
! , ho did , --or-that your larrow , Wal :1& . bt
, , compared to 'hl. .
r SIwlr the , hours oC i11 ht WON ! awny ,
' . ' and AI the moon rose bllthor and hillher
In he lienvena , her 'raYII Cell UPUII the
, , bow d 'Corm ' f'n "l . , , 'h ; w'ltit' lup ! ll
" hands nnd 'bloodlel hookl , 'lit 111"1)'lnl : ,
II , : ! weeping , . .thlnklnr , IInd. praflnr "Kolu ,
un\1I \ nt Inllt thllr alqc OTer' her trou- ,
I " ' ; blei1. .plrl1 n.clJrit _ whIch .ere l re.OT- !
i . . . . ed Jtlltlf In p. pxed , ( dtetrmltp.Uu\1.
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.1' "She would'tflll h'l ll aU-how tlhe 10v l
, , ' ; ' R ! hard Delafiold , 'and 11Ow , tholl h U 'at
k , lov , er . JtO I"I , ! ! P.s , cQI1td npt c 1I nn-
iJ other her ) IUBbln . ,1 And he' wOllld re.
' ; 1 Ipaso.hcr--Ahe knew , he ' 1'011111.
:7 It 'wall strAnl J OW , calm .tbls l'ellolu.
I 1 : < Uon made her. JtlIlnK' ! III' , from tho'
: i ' crouchlllg 1101tnre IIbo hall IIiSUIUM In
r" , I the , fi t abl\lIdolnl ! , oJ.'cr rrief , she
" . wlilked to' the open , wiu owVI ere she
Itood Kadni out upon Ule Itarrr , .ky ,
until' nt' 1nllt ; lick. and CnlnL with , ho ,
, ' .weet l)4rCllmO of the nllb t air , she lurn.
ed 'I\wny , ' and Ihudderlnr , Iho know nQt
why , ii l1ght hti' pll1l > w. It , WU uow
tbo first of Junc , ind In that Southl.l'n
cllmo the nlr " 'U IIWI1S hot , sultry Illd
Illden with dIsease. J'Ol' ! two week. a
tearCul cllldcmlc , whose nature the uld st
pbYlllcJllUs , did not understllnd. , had been
rnglng In the tOWlI1 adjoin In ! : , tnd many
wbo 10 the monllng ro.e up Cull of llCn
and "Igor. were In thll evenlur no longer -
er 1unJbert' l 111110n : the 1I\'ln : , so r.\f/ld
WIlS the 'work of duth. In creat nlarm
th' ' tcrrlfiell I Jhabltll.nt. hnd ned from
plllce to plnc . , .bul th" dllltroycd WI\S
on their track , 11111 UIO " raln Covl'r. "
DR It. : was termed , 'c1ahucd . Ulenl for Its
vlctl1us. ,
1As .ye.t. there , hid , been no ClUlfS ! 10
, Chester , but the veollle were In 4nll ) '
droq4' of ! ts' arrlvil. ? Ira. IJanalnl ; . on
'the ' , , contrnry , tl\o ih Ull1a1l1 a It\l'lned ,
'hcn , n he'.menUon of I. cO lt IQu , dls-
.
. . . b ; t. xvr aied nd' 't ' ar" 1J1 , w nt on
with tbo llrepara.Uons .tor the liuty , un-
conllclous of the dark cloud hovtI'lnK
ear. Dut wben on tbe morning IIUCCIWc-
Ing the night oC.blch 'WB han .pokon ,
sbe heard. In paulnr Rou' . door. the
lound of lome' ' one talkini' Incoborently ,
whllo iit lhe sam."t1mll 'a t1cro gl'rl cam , .
rJ1s .lur out , .xclalmln , : "Young mln ,
'h ' s now got thll' braIn terer. and gon.-
'ravIn' mad I : ' . Iho' fted In , wild alarm. to
the Curthest extremIty of the bulltllni ,
and' ja"th rlnr her frlrhten d chlldren , trio
'g th r , wltq' AIlI ( , 'aroUnd her , . called
ta , t4e terrIfied. lervanta , trow the win-
dpw , bIddIng them (0 tor ber brother
/lnd teU him u he hiued Mia lite not
to vcnt re tienr the Infected 1'0011I , butte
to hftsten'I'lth ' ll' ' .peed , to her. And
theri , trembllog , weeping , and , ulnJlng
li r'1ul ld In tear , tlle lellish. co dhe\rt-
cd woman IItayed. whllo , IlarchCll with
CeTer. nnd thlnt , thG lIutIerlng girl Inr
lUolnlni in her pain ; now nllkltl" for
water t cool her burning brnln , IInd
ngaln claaplnr ber thin wblto handIJ ( 'on.
, vulslvelr upon her brow. as If to litlll Its
gonlzed : tbrobblnls.
Dut on wns who' did not forKet.
ttbere
: In hcr exc tement Mrl. IJIUlslnl : fl1llutl to
IllOtlce the 'nbaenCG of l1ttle Jeslle , who
, golni fearlenl ) ' to the bedside of her
eI9 ed t acher , Ifently bsthetl tbe IIchlnl ;
1I0Rd , and admlnltered the coollnl
drnuJIht , wlll10 wIth childish lo'e she i
'killsed ' the uh n lips , and .moothed huck
the long tresse. which floated oyer the I
' 111110w. In tbo hl\lI below tbero wns I
the sound of foot.teps , and the hrllle-
room's volc" WAI heard , asking for hili I
brldc , but hll cheek bllnched to a mar ,
blo whltenell when told that she was dy.
Ing lu the chamber above. In a mOllltlllt t
he hnd her , in his arms-hili preclous I
Hosil-dylog-dlng-he belioTed , Cor be ' ,
too , hnd benrd pf the stranle dlseasf1 , nnd I
he thought there WI\I no hopo. WIth I
1'1 ' > " hitter cry bo bent over the uuconli\)11H1f. i
t' " , ; lrJ , who knew blm not , for the light 01
, : rellllon wns obfScured and darkness wa.
; upon her vlslo\1. \ .
f. , "Cnn nothlnr bB done ? Is thl'ro nr
f , ; ' . hell ) ? ' , be excll1lmed wllllly ; ami Ilttll
Jessie , awed by his grleC. anlw\'ri'd ! , al
' Iho laId her so Ct. white hand on Hosa'i
I t , : forehend , "God clln help her. aUll mllyhf
I , : Uncle Dick can. I mean to go for hll1\ ; '
gliding noiselesllly from the room
' she wns aoon on her way to l\Ingnolll
Groye , looking , with her golden curl
! flontln , ; oyer her bnre whlto shouhlors
Indeed nngel oC ' ' '
as IC she were nn ml'l'c
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, Alone lu hIli library Slit Rlchnrd Deln \
field , his nrms resting upon the tnbll
and his Cnce burled In his hnndil , A
the night 10llg he lll d snt there tillis , mm
Inl : IIlIdl ' oC t'he Cuturo when she woul
be gonl ! nnd he should be nlolle. Wh
hllli she erosled his pnth-tl nt 11ttl ,
Il11mble gIrl ? 1111\1 \ why hllc ! ho beln Ill' :
mlttell to loye her so mildly , or to Ih'oRl
of a : .1"0 when he could call IlI'r "h
own. his ROlin. hili wife ? " .Agnln nn
IIlnln he repl'ntl'd those words to hlml'lIIl '
and then as h. . thought whose she woul
be when nnothcr sun Ibould haTu JOe
h ( ' gronned aloud , and In de.palrlll tall'
cried out , "How cnn I glvo her u111"
' 1'ho sun hnll risen , And , IItrUlllltl !
through tllCl rlihly curtallied window , C !
UIlOn hIli bowed be lid ; but he did 111
lIecd It. Be Will 1I1eel1111g It lilt , nnd
bll droaU18 Imother than Dr. Cla't (
hnd cluhnetl HOII ! Cor his bride , ev. .
1)\'lIth. and without a tear be laid her
h'I'"oOlu. . 11l1d bnrlcd he' & ' where tl1u so
. .I hhll : cc\lnr und the whllperlnr pll
' \'Cluill O\1'f hl\llow h\'r graTt. From tb
Mi'itia .he " ' "I roul\ed by Jeelile. " ,1
. .h.i-hfl1 ! In his eftr , "Wakll , Uncle Dl ( :
nllI\ olU"1111' : ; Lee I. drlng " , ltl1 t
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' ' ' ' ' ' ' - , .UlU LlIIeu , . IIvvuUIII . . . . . . . . w. . . . .
With A firm 'tep 'and cornp .ed IIInnl1er i
be went with JOlllle to Cednr Grove , :
/loin / , Immediately t. Rou'l chamber , '
'I\'hore , for n moment , he Itood avpl11led
I\t the Icene beore him. &ho had tear.
full , cbangod since lut ho uw her. for
the dlseise had advanced with l'aVI1
stride. , and now utterly InlMllble. And
whlto as' the wintry snow , Ihe III ) ' with
her head tbro"n back , aod her Ihl. aplirt ;
wbllo her blndl nerToul11 picked at lhe
bedclotbell' around her ! } lany a Ume
had Dr. Clayton bellrd that this \VII a ,
.sur\ \ , omen ot death , and tbo lIh ho ] Iad
'o"er lauihed at It liS an old , . , .om ' 1
whim , he Ihuddored now as he uy ! t 'in
or"an bow , hJ bead .upon the t1110\V }
bo " 1f pt Illea a cblld. } i'or a moment
lUchard Delll.fiold' ' IItood ( lzlD ( ' UpOIi 'th
I\pparently dlWI Jrirl and the' wf l1lilll'
'
'wln "ho s09med wholly Incaplblo ot ,
action : then roullng himself , be WtIJlt In
que.t ot the black W0"19n. pomquudlnll
them In a volco the ) ' dire IIOt disobey to
come at once to the ! lIck room. He had
heard tblt noUllDi but vloleut and ( on-
Unull persplratloo bad u yet beeu ( If
sn ) ' &Till In luch e'xtreme' 'cai , ind
calmly Itlvlng' rders. tci that' elf to bo
hhnlolf uRlsted while the hemlock , and
the 'bottlel of bet " , ater wen ! lip plied ,
theu , admlDlstering a powerful tonic , be
bldJ'ellllego , , tQ her mothar , wbllo.he took
hIs IItltl Il at the bedsldq to wat < ; b tl,1o , I
rliult. :
Quloted III " tneasure' b1 tbe cool de. '
meaner of hi. companIon. nfl , OIlY ton ;
too , Arose , IInd I1fter hurriedly lInclnl { ' the
room , these two lUen , the one wIth hili
C"lr , hnn solU ( , facc' stained : wlta 'tear. ' . . ,
l'\aylng cl1rllest1y tbat , lIhe Iml 4t lIye i
while the other , with ( Jar . 10wln \ : (
couotennnce nnd wrInkled hrow , stolid
wltb folded I1nns nn flrll\\1 \ \ cOlIIvrt"led
lilli , Mtrug.qllng to suhdue- the twit pu-
lion whIch whispered , "Let her iIl,1
' 1'here will be a"cdm " ortln' ' weeplll ; ; Ver
her grave , IInd kuowlnl { that "be I.i ; not
the brld of noother. "
III the meaotlmo Jeslile bad been lulu.
cd , , and a aervan dlsl1\tehed to find her.
But this tbe woman fllllld to do , 1\8 IIhe
\ ns th n at MaWlOlIn Grove , and Mrs.
Lalliing WI1S IIbout venturing to KO In
quest oC her , when IIhe appenred lIIyln/ / :
"she knew MIss 1.eeVIIS dring , .hloole.
( 'd so dreadCul1y. "
"J ( WJle-chltd I" screamed the atIrlibt.
ed Mrs. LansIng , shrinking from the lit.
tlo girl al It ahe hnd been II lOll tl1Ulwo :
thing. "IInTe you been thereIn'tbe
ruom 1"
Without any attempt , at cOllcenlmllllt ,
Jessie told whnt she hnd done , and wben
her mother exclalmeU , "You nro n clend
child , " she nnswered , . foarlt.lt1l11. "I am
not Ilfrald to die. "
Ju.t then the nero'wbo hid becn ' ! lent
to the vll1allo Cor th fa 1ilty vhYIII al\
returned , bringing the newl that the
Cever hnd broken out there the nIght before -
fore , Ind' ' tbat In one fll nl11 two were
already dend , wblle A third waa thouICht
to , bo dyIng. In the utmoMt dlllma1 , Mrs.
I.anlllui now announced her Intention oC
lenyln ! : tbe pllcel at 'once ' I\nd eoln" for
anfety to her brotber'l vlllntatlon , "hlcb
was , dl..tant IIbQut , twelvQ mllea.
"And lel'Te ! \ lu Lee alone ? Oh ,
mot er ! " aald Jessie. beginning to cry
at the unfeeling desertion.
But Mra. I.nnaln" wnl determined ,
"She couldn't help ber nt nil Iflhe
stllyed , " she Bnld. "And the colorell
wOlllen 'would ' do all' ' that was neCeHKI\r'j
It wun't like lel\\'lnr h r alone with
Dr. Clarton. Cor tbl're were n dozen uble.
bodied Cemales In the house to walt \111011
her. "
"Alld If IIhu dlel ? " sUKlested .JeaKlei
but her mother would not henr to l'ellRon.
111\11 urged qu by Adll. who Wfill no 1\9s
Crlgbtenlld thnn herBelf. Nhe ordered out
till ! truvellnJ ; carrlnJe , which lIoon stooll . .
beCore the door.
She would Cl\ln hnve had her hrother
accompany her , but she knew It Willi I"e-
lesll to propose It. Stili , she would see
him beCore she wellt , and her w:1lt1n
.
mnld was sent to bring him. '
I "I'll go. Let me go , " said Jesslei and
ere her moth'r could detain her , IIhe was
half wny thCl'e.
Entering the room on tiptoe , she /1I\'e /
I her uncle her mothor's meSSI\ , IInll
then stoallnl ; up to Rosa , wound her
nl'm. round her neck. alld 1'lng bl'r
seCt warm cheek cares lngl ) ' ngnlnst the
whlto , thin fnct of the teacher. wept hl.r
last ndleu. ' 1'hey wOl1l no"er , ne\'cr
nllIln , for ere the 8t11nn1l'r tlow'u
wore Cnded , one woulel be sl\ ely In , th'l
h080m of the Good Shepherd , who wonld
Ilel\ll her lu green pnBtUl'C8. allll hesldl' the
f IItill wllters oC the better Innd.
"Bury her I\nder the tnn mn"lIolll1 ,
n little wnys Croll1 Cntlwr. " wnll .1'lIlIle's
last Injunctlol1 to' Dr. Cln'ton. who o
tear ! ! bnrst Corth nfrcsh , for not tin then
hllli he t.hol\lht how ho ml\st lea"e her
nlone In thnt Cllr Sonth Inntl-mnny mlll' !
IIway from her nntlve hl1lR , and thnt tu
him ' would be cnlell qle . solace of W\10I ) '
In ! : o\'cr her enrl ) ' grnv .
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It wns In vuln thllt Mr. Delnliehl nt
tl'1I111ted to 1111'18Undo ' his sistel' Crom o
Ing. She would not lI ten , Cor their lIV\9
she sold , wore 1111 en nngered h ' remain
. Inl : In town , nntl 1111 severnl othrr fnml
lIe8 werr gel 1g to lenv ! ) , 8he Hhol\1I1 Col
luw thclr oXllmllle-thln bh1l11uK hln
hnllten to them the momellt HOII1 WOI
ilend , she cntered her cnrrlRo ! IIn.1 . wa ;
\1 h'en railldlr awn ) ' . Collowetl hy'lInl
hert nnll two or three negro"'l Oil horllc
bUl'lc. Unfeeling all thll vroceedlnl ; eel1l
\11 tll HlI'hal'd , lit. ' IItlll cxperll'lIcl 1S111
' ; 1111011 of relief nt. the IIbs'nce of th
Camll ' , 111111 thinking thJ ' woultlIrllhl \ :
hh' hRafer Ilt ' .rho Phil's thnn at C"la
Gro\'I' . hI' returned to the chamher IIbG\1
\\'hl'rl' BOIII : IItl11 la'i In the sanIlt'utl !
\lla' \ " 'lI'nn cloullnfl\s , perfectstili \ s\ , '
\ \ hen u nHl\'emcut oC the hend .or 11 fnlal
lj ; I\IClal1 told ho , , " she snffered.
1I 'l'he clock In the hall struck the bOIl
ot of ele"en. , I\nll then , with n f\'ehle 11I01\1
In thu ! 'lIck ilrl : withdrew her hand frCII
u bUlIC'lth : tbo covertnll , nnd WhNI the flll'f
011 IIIn'l took It , , , lthln h18 own he force
In bQrk au exclamation of joy , for It WI
1ft muilit with perlplratlon. ' . .rhcre'WI
ue hOlle , nnc ! his flnt Impl\1so wu to te
lat th good newl to hili compllnlon ; but tl
ho demon. which all the' morning be'h
k. hl1gteto ; hili bollom , wbllvered , "nl
he now-let . ' him . . .utter 11t . . a ' little I ' 100101'
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Soon , ho"ner , Cftltl " thll tbourht a ldo
unwort.by of hllll , h. laid , . "I.ooklP.1. .
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ur-t1I"art : ; 'lIh , 6 Her ; ' -fHi : r ) '
liTe. So - I"lnd Ilftlnlt the dnmp hwr
'from ber brow , he polnted. to the dewy'
drop. ' wbleh alo'od ( hlckJ1' upon It.
" 'biulk ' " WAi" Dr. '
I lllbt/lnl" / . ClltjtoT1' .
oxcll1matlon , and bending down , tie uld ,
'Ron , m1 pZ'.clou . HQ..I She11 \ , lIve ,
Aud ) 'ou hIT" , 1a1'l h.r , " be contlnucd ,
nduucJug toward the dark IItatue , whoso
hQnd he pruud t hIli IIpll. " 1'0 ) 'OU
t\le \ credIt Is due , tor ) ' 011 worked wben
deapalr hlld' ' rendtred rn 110"erlllll to
do It1 but , nQw alp .troni. I anl m1 *
lolt l1i.e.Jn , . "nd , If I h vq..I1U1 . , sldll It
.b.11 be exerted In her b01Inlf. "
. 'AU that day rind nlllht th 1 loood onr
her , applylnlr tbe remodlu Il\ld to 110
IlIOSt efilclont In CIIIUII of the kind , And
" , hon tile next morn lug caInO she waB
Ulll\uo..tlon \ I ) ' better , thoUih .Ull 10
rut danger Crom a tfJndenc1 of the
dlude to the lunrl , which , however , wai
IVII to bo toarld than It I return tu tbe
lirain.fer ) ' cnrefully and tenderly they
watched her , nd hod 'not Mr. 'Uelalleld
been bl1ndetl by her lIuPPolod lOT. . tor
anotber , he nlUst have .een how 1uuch
mora readily Ihe took thInKs trom him
1han from Dr. Cla'ton. Collowlng. him
with her ell'S whenever he moved 11\\1\ ) ' ,
Iud seeming much moru quiet when he
'VII at ber side , . Dy the close of tbo
thIrd day Ibe " 1111 nearly free from , the
buln CeTer. .but. wuch ft nr was telt by
r Clayton , I < ! H.it sbpuld "S 1llIe Ule ,
typbold Corm , which it dId ere long , nnd
then 'Cor 'thrill ! wbe1 sll ' rayed 1'n'l / d
dellrlulll , drivIng Rlchsrd Delafield Crom
her prelleuce , Ihudderlng when hI ! cllmo
near , alld be glt1g of Dr. Clayton , whom
she called ber brotber 'Charlie , "tolend
the black mlle with his ugly face away. "
This state oC atfalr .wns amost Intol.
ernble o Hlchllrd , who , If be had lo ( td
Rosa before , telt ( hat .he wa-II tenfold
de-nrer to him now , and 10 , thoUJlh 'h'e '
dllred not bome In her IIsht wben a\ytk ,
I" , watc1 ed' 'by lltJr wheri Ihe 'slept ittl\nd-
Itl& , over her hour"nCter hour , "nd endl rJ
Inll , with almost Iupcrhuman strength
the care wblch Pro layton could b rd.1y.
he nld to shue , 110 nblorbed wu he In
ir ett the.th q ( 1t of ! Olllng her lit last.
'rbu8 the days .worl" on until her fremxy
nba ted , ' a d be Iuuk 'tnfo A liate ot nv-
IIthy from which nothins couh1 roc. .
nol 'even .the Ilgbt of Rl h rd Del tlold ,
froni , , 'horn Ihe no longer sbrank , but Cor
whom she leemed to have conceiTed n
kind ot pit ) ' , alklng hIm lometlmu "U
hel hated her because IIhe : did not love
him , Ilnd tlng \ hIm , how liard Ihe had
trIad to do 1i0 , but .could nqt. I.1ld that
he must 10 .wa1 and lun ber alouel"
Alld all thll while It never. occurred to
hIm tllut , Ih , fal , cled he w---.a Dr. ClIlY-
ton , tbouh bo did marvel at ber never
mentlonnr ! her llft nnced bUllblnd 'In
wbole 'Arml Ihe wo ld Call ule.p. l1t1d
whole handl IIbe would kin , call1ni him
Cltulle , IIIld 'Rsklng if he hnd com. te
carrl her bome. . ,
Matters , wcre In thLi state : whim on.
day , to\Tllr tbe dusk of e.enlng , he wall
SUrlrlsod } by the appCl\ranco of ll bert ,
who said that the eholl/rll bad broken
out at The Pines , an he 'must' 'come 1m-
medl tely , ddlng furtber. that 111. ' motti.
er nnd Ada 'had both hnd it : ' that "eY ral
of the , blacka were dend ; nnd that the
man who hvo' dn'a heCore bad been slnt
to Cedar Grove , hnd died upon the road.
Greatly nlllrmed for tbe aaCet1 of hI.
people , .Mr. , Delafield started I one. tor
Tue l ) es.
.
CHAp'-TER XX.
1'hG hOUlQ which Mrs. 'IRnllng termed
her countr ) ' resldence--for .he alwnys
Ipoke ot her brother's p08le..lonll nil ber
own-willi ! 1 Il1rie double log building ,
contillnlrlg ndthln very elegant III tbe
. .
" 'l y of t nlltui'e..but 8t111 pr'esentlng IIn
1llr of , uentne s and comfort ; for Aunt
Dlunb , wllO hnd chnrie ot It , vrldeq her-
sdt : upon kc plng It neat nud cleltn , UI
her m'l1ster wns like I ) ' to come upon her
lit any tin1\ ! without wl1rnlng , and she
llk < J to Ill1Illr 89 him with her rnre 'Iuall-
fieat10lls 111 hpusekeeper. With , 'Mrll. ' Lan-
hli , 4pwHer , IIlw 'rail le8s plessed ; but
stltl , ns the illKter oC " 11I1rs'r Illchartl , "
.ho wus entitled to Co4lusl eutlod. nnd In
hllth turbllu Qnll nil the dignity oC her
pOllltlon , the olel lally bURtled "bout Crom
room to r001l1 , jlllgllng her keYI. kick- ,
lu\ \ : the dogs , cull1ul : the woolly [ late of
uny lucklclis wight who c nnced to be In
her WilY , IInll occasl.ol1l\lIy stooping down
to kin little Jelsle , who , being oC rather
n domelitlc turn , followed her from placi'
to pi lice , hel'self Inslliatlug in Iprel1d1nt ;
the supper tllhle. WhIch , with Ita sno\1
doth , corn cnlce , Iced ullik. hot col1'lo IInd
smokln stoakll , 800n presented It most
hwltlnr IIspect.
Relle\'ed of their CearB nnd t-hlnltluK
themlelvell beyond the rench of danjlr ,
Mrs. I.nnslng anod Ada gavlhemselves
Ul ) to the enjoyment of the hour , talklnK
nnd laughing gayly. wIthout thonht of
thp sick Klrl the ) " hall leCt behind. a\ld
who that nlJht WIIS to hn\'o been n bril1e.
Once , Inilel ( , when nfter sunset they
were I1l1sem hied 'upon the rnde T > 1 1.1.tl.
Ada spolre of her , wondering IC she 'Were
l1'nd' aud how Ion" It would be crt ! Dr.
CIllyton woulel marr ) ' nuother. Such 18
the world , to which .o\.da fonlldIII ; Jt ,
ceptlon , Cor how nften do wo hl'nr thl'
Cuturc compnnlon of II hl'olwn-hlnrtl'd
lIIan selected even before the wife of his
bosom Is rel1lQ\'cd forl'\'er from hili ! l1 ht.
For a lon time ) Irfi. Lan lnJ : lint ther
I with Adn null her chlhlren , tnlklnJ : tJu In.
I dlffereut li\1hj'ct IIIHI occlIslonnlly con ,
1:1'ntulntlnl : herself thllt they wrrn hO1II1I1
reach oC the fever , UUII'SR , heleell. ) .JC8 1t
hal1 eontrnctCl ( It b ) ' her foollll1l cnrnh'ss'
II ( 'Sll. On her tall fl'Rtl'1 ! the little ; : ohlm
. hl'lul of the chlltl , who Wll8 , hlU"l\Iln
, slIlItch\'s of "The IInPpr r.aml , " n fnvor
. Ite son I : which her Ullclo hnt ! tal1Jht lI'r
- nlld which sllo hall IIth'n Rl1nl : with hl'l
- l4'ncher. fiskill/ / ; numerous fUI'Ktions COli
ecrnlnF : the hetter worll1.
Yerr naturnll ) ' nllW hl'r : ; ! \ re
verted to her gO\'l'rneRS , nnd as Kiln IIl1t
en cd to the whlRpl'rlnl : whldI1bluj !
.
. through the trN's , she fnnc1l'd It WUII th ,
I' , olce oC Hosl. : bldelhlK her "come to th ,
hnpp ' lan . " Swe 't lItt1u JesslI , It 1\1\
the voices of :111 gel children whll'h HI' '
hcarll thuR cn1llnJ : : throulH the pine" : 'fo
( r 1lthc1r shlulnl : rllllk olle hel1teou
Corm was : 1I111\sllll { , nnd , the ) ' wouhl ( all
IIllure it back to Its lIutl\'o slty.
Coule I now to thl' aath\cl \ t pnrt of JU
slory. Belll'IIUI the e\'ergl'eonil of ih
51lllny South Is a little mound , over wh\e \
the Ihlnlng ftrR IC6 11 wlltch , and th
cnlre. . .pr l\dll Its IUllg "reen bOUlhi
whllG the chlhlrtll of the 111nntatlm
dl\rk.browell thollJlh : they Rre , tread sof'
h' near thlt rnVt , which they \11\11
strey with ftowet'l , 11)nk11lK hi low tone
of ut1l Ansel of ' , rhe , . l'hles. ' IlS the
term the fair youn , ; Irl who pUlIsl'tl ,
'sl\ddeniy ' \ tron\ their midst. It wns lO' '
nearly\yo ! \ " "leks Blnce Irll. l.anllnK hn
lIed from Ule llelltllence which walkl'd .
noonday , , and , the gh . .It hr.d . in 1mell . . .
, I ,
" ) , " , . , . . . ' : . .n. . " , to ( . . . . iI
. . . I.\Il''W"-- . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . - . ' , " " ' _ _
; - . . . . : . _ , _ , . ' . . . "c " ' . _ : . , - I : . : ,
. ' , I
nbnted In the Tllllg. , there wen
, lll.U.J l'tIU'll cnlleeand sl uJl. ! JQt
1'lavo eemel t lIafe to return , even
t'phold Ccv ( > ri 1Thlfl IIhe teared lIeulr
'RA lIluch , hml 'n01 been In her own ho'ulI"
So there''Ul ' CUlt \ r IIU\"o ' : DUt 'td' 6litY
'uncomfortable oJ ourh Ihe WI1B , ( or the
weather was 111'lIsely bot. and she nU. . .
ell lUnny ot thu , Iuxllrh , of hAr home.
Still , It was healthy there. nud this In a
mllnllure r'condled her to remAin. OCCI\-
lIon ally , ! t II true , she heard rnlUor of
the cholern ou 1I0me distant l1lautlltlou ,
but It leldolll visited the , llno rt'gl hs-
It would not comd there : sbe Wail sure of
thllt : And IIfcure In thlll belht , IIhe rClted ! :
In ompara ve quiet , while IInch'dny Hie
hrnt became more nnd mora lutenle. The
un came up r d , fler1. anl1 eated lIke
a Curnace ; th cloud IRYO forth no Mln ;
tbp brooks were drle(1 up ; th lanves
withered upon th tr.CI , , vhllo , thl' nlr
WI1B tull of humming tnllects , whIch at
nllnt fed upon theIr' hblplel l , Ileaplull
victlml. , . j , 1. , '
( To be contlnup.d.
WEDDING' PASSERS-BY ENJOYEE. .
I ,
,
Children Cheered n. n Drldc.mnhl
\\'ed ! lOI\C In the Air.
.1. . wedl11hg Iave great joy 'one day
thl ! ! welk to mnn 'who were not dlt'ect
parUcllants In the atrn.lr. The brllle's
home was In a big npartment , house
pot tar trom Iad ! on square ; The ceremony -
emony wns to take pill co' hi a
near-by church late' In the atternoon.
halt tin hour before the bridal l > nrty
\Vna ready balt a dozen carriages were
driven up to the npartmel.1t house.
One ot them was dnl1vn by n team ot
Bmnrt , tt1e ptebnl nags : the driver
1I0urished a whip from which waved
a knot ot white 8nUh rlb > n : All so n
as the pUllers-by saw this emblem at
t stivlty thor : lmlte ! ) and , In ulmost no
time a lAne ot peering. smiling , women -
men , glrlll and mon termed from the
entrance to the curb.
t WaI , thro.ugh this IllDe ot taces
that the brldo pnsood preilently. She
WAS all In white with a long white
vent aud 'c rrled 11 big buncb of the
CU8toDlJU' ] ' IIIl0il ot the valley. A
taint murmur ot admiration arose trom
the crowd Zll Mhe tripped bareheaded -
headed acrORI the brond sidewalk and
\VM Alil tcd Into the carriage 'i1y n
gra..halrec:1 : mlln. She WlUl dlgnlllcd
but conlcloul withal ; her escort WOJl
villbl ] ' embarrasscd ; the 'two boll.
bo.1 who kept the IlI.no cl r. brilltle < \
with Importance. When the brldc'
ca.rrlft.'e had drlTCn awa , . the rest ot
the weddl party 11lled the ether ca.r
rlAg. . and the procellslon moved to. the
church.
But u a concellslon to the hunUrcda
ot Imlllng people. lIay. tile New York
Mall 'iLnd' J ) : p ' ( a8. one ot the brides-
ma.lds-a r guulsh mlu yet in her'
unwa ved a big .bunch t rplles
trom the carriage window lUI sbe wari
, vhirled Away. 'Their tragrance float.
ed throuQ'h the all. and there 'wnll a
chorus ot "Oh'IJ ! " and .urrepUtlou.
cheer. from the children. And ihen ,
tbe pageant having , dlJllppeared , thl
crowd melted Into the du.ek.
fHE FACE AND THE COL.JR. .
Ea.7 Meane b7 Which a stoat : &fau
) [ a7 ) lake HitLl.elf Look ThlJt : ,
Men who' ' do not want to look any
tatter In the , tace thnn"they c.an lu lp
I have nn , oosy eons o accomplishing
their pnrposo. Not all of them are
aware ot the etrect that may be ero-
nted by , the forpl of , . coUal' or cra-
vat.
. . '
. .rhe stout mIlD who wa t look
as thin as he can. " s ld the 1mber-
dasher's clerk , "ought' to wear a tie
ot the kind known as . tour-In. hand. .
preterably It ahould be dark In colo'r
and drawn tight. That carries down
the Une ot the tace and lengthena It
to a degree that tenda to make the
face look thinner.
"Another aid to mnl lng a mnn look
thin' Is Is the height at hla collar. .
Some stout men who wnnt to look thin
ihould wear high collars and closed
on s. Any collar that opens In trent
mal lI ono look stouter 'unde'r nearly
e'Clj' cIrcumstance , Such collars are
becoming to thin men. I
' ' 'l'he tat man IIhould avoId tbo kind
of tlo that bas a horizontal' etrect.
This will add pounds to hlo appear.
Ance-In his , face at lOOBt.
"On the contrary. this cross effect
will mnke the thin man look atollt.
'fhe bronll pln"stron Hcarts. as they are
called. hllvt. ! lIttle etrect on a , man's
1001s ono way or the other. When
,
110Vearl ! tllem It , Is the collnr that
mnkes the difference.
"lIe should therefuro Bl'Q that he
W/11'9 / a high one that'd es not opon.
I If ho wants to look ns thin 'as Ilossl.
'hJe. whereas It ho wnnta to em
I illtouter , an open colinI' will , Pfod 1C
thl1t effect tor hlm.-Now York Sun ;
I An l-Iothtlcul View.
! , She ( after the stolen Iclss-I ow"dare
'ou !
I , IIl'--XoW don't get aul.1'.Y. You cu.
, coumcd ! . Inti b ' puckering up , ) 'our ,
lips.
Sho-I was going to 'whistle.I. . .
I1o-I pr llelp1 : . :
SI1l'-N-I,10 ; for luck. . ,
11o-We11 , what better luck could J'ou
.
, , ,
nsk ?
0. . . 'Vere IiJluotroouted.
' .rIV1 tQW11 of Winchester , Mass" 18
now alm.-at enUrel ) ' bereft' of , ents ,
The sU'lerlntendent ' of the atl\te fowl
hntchery , 11 dln that the lIul 111 11 II !
wrollllht Jr'at havoc among his \1':11I1 \ ' : ,
tr ' , ttxed up wires and I\t night ran n
powerful ell'ctrlc current , throu1) , )
them. Dur'lng the put two 'enr8 Oy
200 cats have been ell.'ctrocuted.
.
- - - -
Ver r Generoull.
J'ather ! ( vlllltlng Ion Ilt colle e-
, good umok. . ' bo '
Pratty clgarl you . 111) )
I can't atrord cllIllrs IIko these.
Son-Fill your CASO. d ll ; fill roul
cAIlII.-Harnrd I..ampoon.
Lot your boy \rn\w that fou think h4
will neTct amo nt to. . nDythlng a1ld lu
wUl not l11Bf1ppolnt 10u. ' 1 ' "
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The nlverslty ot z1Heh' ( s"ab bt t
es1nbllsh a chalr ot journalism.
. Ilock ot 08trlches : , at Phoenix ,
Ariz. , now numb rs plore than 1.000
birds.
Tile United' States has 78,000 p st-
ool1lces. 'Oet-mnny" " Is 'nctt : with 41S-
G23. and Great Britain third with 22. .
400. t
Golden cngles arc 'ncrenslng ' In the
S < ; ot lsh hlghla.nde. owing t9 the et-
fort ! ! made by rge , landownera tor
theIr treservatlon.
Flower gro\Vers In the South of
I"rance ami other fllyored climes fInd
It profitable to Bend the products ot
theIr sklll to Drltlsh markets.
1'he navy , 'whle11 gites England the i
supremacy ot the Benll , cOStll $ llm-
( ) ( ) O.OOO a jC1lr. or a ltt1e more thlln
the United Statla pays In 1Icnslons.
Derlln has now a I'bnchelors' club"
divided Into small fiats , with smokIng -
Ing nnd dining-rooms In common ,
where single wen can live at moderate
rates , , ,
, 'l h Jllmb ? r ot. . t cole I . 8tu nts
'n ' Gernany , hall dIminished' ' gradually
: from 4,207 In 1830. to 2,140. or less
than bnlt , uJthough , the population 1ws
doubled slnco 1830.
,
O egon SPe1lds tor the education ot.
chl1 l' U $12 a year per CIlP'ttn. : Col.
orado. $11 : mlnols. $11 ; California.
$10 ; while Kentucky expends only
$ ; 1,32 ; South , Carpllna , $1.39 ; MIslIl.s-
alppl. 2OJ. (
The Patron-Your picture 'Isn't ' bad ,
but the dra\Vlng's a bit oir { Isn't'lt ?
'l'l\e Artist-How's that ? 'fhe Pn.tron
-Why. the clock BClYS ten past ten ,
and the right time now Is a quarter
, to -Plck-Mo-Up. . I
The United states js almost ft. goat-
less country compart with others.
and the Importft.tlona of goatskins.
young and ld , aggre ate ' $300,000 [ ; a
yur-whIch r llroSents the laughter
ot 17,000,000 god. and kids.
I UnUI : lnool , . chUdren under tourteen
urod to pa , . halt tar on the Vienna
tra.m\WI.jt , but the rul has been nIter-
, cd0 that any chUd above three t t
and one , and ; one-halt InchC1l 1n heIght
I w ll In , tuture have to PAY the tull ,
\1'are. \ "
King Leopold ot' _ BelgIum n ver
. . , , 'ears gloves. . ( He La very proud ot.
I hLa hands. which tire perfect In llhAI > e
aw1 app rancQ. IHOD which he
spends a gieat deal ot , time. , lIb
beard alaD COD1es In tor a large share
of attention. , . . '
That , low lying terrltoy of the M1s-
sl8lppl should at , tlme-s be oer1low- :
cd Is not surprlsl g It one conal erll
that the "Fathers of WaterS" " lrawil
lJupplles Itrom twenty.elght States ,
, draining one-third ot the area of the
: Unlted Statell ,
. ,
The Brooklyn bridge b 1s lost plnce
, as one ot the wend rs 'ot H e world
.
, since the buUding ot the Wl11lamsburg
, steel bridge , a , qtUo tarFher up the
' } ! Jnst river , and the bridge now buildIng -
: Ing to Bluck"leu's'lsl nd wl1l be more
wondertul than either. J.
Captivity changes am mat's nature.
A Hon capturc"h . It Is tult gl'OWl1
will always be treacherous , but lions.
tigers , leopards or' ' 6'1'111.1' ' oanllvorous
.animals .that have bden born 1n cup-
tt\'lty nu be tamed ItUl theY. are liS
: gentle and llft'ect1nate , a d sate as
poodle dogs.
I 'l'here are In New York Olty todn '
1.320 ml11lonalres , as agnlnst : : ro4
twenty years ago and twenty-five In
1853. TherJ wI'e no millionaires In
the city 100 yoors agb. T1ie firSt person -
son to reach that lllstinetlon was John
Jacob Astor. who , bl.'came a , , mU\lolh \
alre aQout the , ear J820.
I Breaking a wa ) ' trom a wagon at
' ! thelms , France , 'a horse dnshed In. )
.a passing motor car. and leaped Into
the bac ! jeats. 'rhe ChlUeur WIlS
: struck by Its forelegs and thrown
nto the rondo passers-b'y were treated -
ed to the novel spectacle of n her
drJvlng .0.10110 In an automobUe.
I The Derlln newspl\pcrs , tell of a
wonderful baby gll\nt which was recently -
cently brought by his parents before
the medical faculty ot tbat clt " for
examination. He Is the son of a
baker at DrlevN's , and. although enl '
elght n months olLl. stnnds three and
a halt teet high. He mellsures thlrt ' -
six Inchea round the chest.
, The dlllcuJty , In damaging a war
balloon In midair was recently .BhoWll
by tests made In AustrIa. . The experl ,
menters 1/1I1chored / a balloon at 1\
holght of 7,000 feet and had 'gunners ' ,
who had , not been gh'en the , distance ,
to try to tllsl\ble It. It required
twenty-two shots to find th 'mnge ' ,
oven approxhnntely. nnd not until the
slxty-tourth round WIlS the bal\oon \ hit.
. That ellch ring on. a rattJesnal.e's
rnttlo represents a yel\r ot the snal.e'
. life Is a popular but an erlUill'OuS be ,
llef. As u mAtter lot ( act. I a I new
ring develollS e"ery two or thrcE
months , and the snlllce , bJ' the time 11
I died. would' ha ve slxt ) . or 'se"ent '
l'ln s at least , were It not tor thE
fact t111\ when the rattle becoU1O :
I unduly long. : Hcldel t , brel\ks It of {
'either . , wholly . : or , In part. t ' . . ,
NO' DIAMONDS , NO FIXIN'S.
Thi. HcirclIII Boll no U"o tor AnJ'thlnu
but a HOlMe.
1'hoy sat CI'Owtled Into a DIroaen1
lua'Wabash avenue & 1'4) car. He waf
tlre.looklng man with II bube In hit
'TiS ; &e wa a tredloklnG ltte "
.
dUll.
"Ain't you Sid we'l'e goln' t get i
Ocme ? " 8ho lalll , wih more enthu
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, = " ' ' ' - " ' .
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sls than any ono wuld .TI b
susectoll her of hnvlng .tor .wa
ht h r - _ ,
nunemlc-loklng b , t.t
. ,
you glnd we're goln' to t lU ' . i
I ibnt o'n. 'tUBt tlln : $ .0 QCr '
Iunl It'l al be our own. "
t
Gl'Qrge grunte.
ed. " .In't It gru d , $3,07" llh repet- ' > I
.
, 'II cn fx UI tht1 bn'rber shop n ltt
now , I guc nnll ) 'OU can get a lla-
mend It. you wlnt it .the husbund ,
said , CI be shifed. th , \ p'ug ' , blb . :
trom one urm t the OlC ; , II : ' i
"NoVe , don't fx p 1oR ( rbor IIhop ,
and we ton'tl'lr ! no dlnmondJ.
' going to that ,
We're to hng 01 $3,0
lko It was all the money In the world. : " y
"I know , but I culd make a lo "
more money It the Bholl hlld a tew or
these factory fixln's. Flxln's drawa
trade , "Y ! , but Gerge , you don't got any
: dn's w1h ,1Y money. t was 1 > pa
th t die 41id' be did't fenve no $3r
0 tor' barber fxln'a , dnd I'l b
thlnklb' n long tmo afore I 8 Y buy
aD ) ' 1xln's with my $3,0. Im gain'
to buy us a home. and tere won't b
nny fancy fxIn's. I want just a plain
. " '
lie home.
" .In't J'ou eyen goln' to buy a da- . ,
" In nstonlsh-
mend ? asked te husband -
m nt.
"No , I ain't a goln' to buy no d-
mond. " , \
"Well , you're the funniest woman It
e'e1 saw. Now t1iIH we're rich ydu\ \
don't want to (10 a thing wih tlo ,
m ) ey. I wish your pa had never dlcd ,
and lef us anjthln'g. "
The wie slll something as tle 0 '
go oi Uie car. I wnl something abut' t ,
dlCmonds , but she said It in n w \
' ;
'to let those who berd hm know tnti
1ho didn't banker much afer any rl
'
Kllbcrl "s . - Chicag Inter'
Ocen.
It 'Vas True , Afer Al.
! The penaltes ot b lng "too smart .
: nre sure and nlways unpleant St ' . I
Stories gives a new Isnco. Tb8
'clever ' young man , vs wandering up
, and down the pltorm of an
. Intent on finding an
riway staton. J
'ompty ' carrlago In tbo express which .
I
ws almost due to str
His search was I van. An Id .
'which be considered ver clever , oe-
' ' ' to him. and asuming an om. .
'clal air. he awled up to the last :
carriage and crie In a It torlan , 'olct
"Al chln c here ! Tbls carriage II
not golngl"
I There were excw1atons , low but
dcep , trom the occupant of the crowd-
Qd compartments ; but ne.vertheles :
Ith y IIcurle out ot the cr1ge. and
Ipacked themselves away In other par
of the tr-n ,
' 1'he srle on the taco ot the young
, man was chidike ad blnd as hel
seted hlmaolt comt.ortabl ] ' In a cor !
. ner ot. tbe empty carriage and Ightedl ,
ia cigar.
, " , Ab. " ho murmure "It'a n. goo .
'thlg tor mo that I was brn covel
I wish they'd hu up and strt. "
' Presenty the stton-mute put bl
In at the window and sald :
f "I s'poso you're the 8mart young tol-
low who told the , cple tb1s
> carrie
wasn't ? "
glng
, "Yes. " sald the clever one. .And h.
, smied , . f
" 'Vell , " Mid the stt0n master. wih
a grin , " 'ou were right ; It Isn't go-
InJ. The porter helrd you telng the
people , and 8 ho uncuplc It Ho
thought you were a director. " ,
Girl 11101 or PerJdomon .
On the Perklomcn , -
Rver
Ur Va-
' , ' , Is mW wblch
10) I'orge a four hal
the distincton of beig owed and op
rated porsonaly by the only woman
mler In the United States. She Is
hurdly even a " "omnn miller. " for sbo
Is only 17. Miss &le Frelchler. the
girl l 1 er , Is her own master enr
Iy. makes her own rules. doell her on
busIness , keeps her own books and car
ries on h6r own correspondence , obey-
lug nobody' ! ! orers but thoae ot
ber
customel'S.
\ She pla 'ed In the mm a a chld , an"
IS Ihe grew up helped bel daddy , and
alf unconsciously and
bal wt
.hought ot the fut I' . lcarnel the
, uHler's business thoroughly. Whe
he tled there wns no one else to eat
ry It on , 80 Iss Sale tok bls place
I or two yearl now she has opr
Itell the mm entrly alone. only cal.
lug II asslslance wben there Is a
heavy load of 1 'e to be taken In 01
n Inrge Invoice of four to b shIppe' '
She Is at work beCore sunrise In -
wi-
ter nn < keeps hnrd at It ni day.
. \11 she seems to Iko the respn-
slblty und the clean dolars her work
Urlngs In. She caters to 010 ot the
111\8t fanning communites In Penn-
s'h-anla and the communiy lke her
nnd helps her to get along.
Befldes beIng a thoroughly capable
mier , Iss Sale has won another
sort of 1putaUon In the last y r ad
1 hair. The farmers round about consIder -
sIder her an expert on rye In
al 1t
sta es , from the sed to the "round
product.
J rlenlJ Critcism.
CrltcusSny , whl\ was your Idea
, of pnlnUng thut picture ot a fried
In 1 hl'loCt ? egg
lJo Aubo-Why , you idiot tbnt pic
tue represents a Bunset In
Mountains. tle Rock
Crltcus-Wel , I don't think much
, of the aunsot. but the mountins nro
certainly Ule rocklellt over.
An Acquired
Uablt
Mrs. Grmercy-Do you
tIn
I w
an Intentol11 l11ght on the ot
) { rs. Ncwrlch ? par
Mra. Plrk-Wh , . , no , my do. She
han't ben a lad long to "
know how t be . - enoujh
The blndness ot rde.-Puck jutce IIhoul j \
pr
. yent her from wlnklni at he favor'
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