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BMtg " r IIIIIIIIIIIIJMWHIMIMM Hl INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATIONS [ CHAPTER XVIE fCojmNOED. ) | HJ1 To go to Edinburgh would take her [ Hfl too far from her beloved.dead , while Mi the thought of living with Miss Heth- ijW ) erington at Annandale Castle positively fH appalled her. She said "No. " 15 | The lady of the Castle received the [ B | refusal kindly , saying , that although mj Marjcrle could not take up her resi- W dence at the Castle , she must not alto- [ jl | gether avoid it. | ; I "Come when you wish , my bairn , " It d concluded the old lady. "You'll aye be II ! welcome. We are both lonely women I' I . now , and must comfort one another. " I ) j During the first few days , however , tj Marjorie did not go. She sat at home | | during the day , and in the dusk of the H [ evening , when she believed no one | | I would see her , she went forth to visit I ] ; the churchyard and cry beside her fos- f | ter-father's grave. At length , however - | | ever , she remembered the old lady's | kindly words , and putting on her bon- - | I net and a thick veil , she one morning i' i | If set out on a visit to Annandale Cas- l | Marjorie had not seen Miss Hether- I II Ington since that day she came down to IH | | | I the funeral ; when , therefore , she was | f ] shown into the lady's presence , she alI - I i ] most uttered a frightened cry. There i | It sat the grim mistress of the Castle in if | ! state , but looking as worn and faded H b as her faded surroundings. Her face | j I was pinched and worn , as if with heart 5 1 eating grief or mortal disease. She | | | received the girl fondly , yet with some- IIx thing of her old imperious manner , and ft ! ] during the interview she renewed the | | "j , offer of protection. j | ; But Marjorie , after looking at the [ a / dreary room and its strange mistress , is i * gave a most decided negative. la j She remained with Miss Hethering- [ q f. ton only a short time , and when she 1 \ left the Castle , her mind was so full of Jjjf solicitude that she walked along ut- 1 terly oblivious to everything about-her. ' I' Suddenly she started and uttered a glad 111 cry of surprise. A man had touched | ] her on the shoulder , and , lifting her H | 1 eyes , she beheld her lover. JPi > The Frenchman was dressed as she SI'S had last seen him , in plain black ; his HI face was pale and troubled. Marjorie , ifl feeling that new sense of desolation : If | | upon her , drew near to his side. \m \ "Ah , monsieur , " she said , "you have < < 9Mi come at last. " Hlffjf Caussidiere did not embrace her , but Bjllj j held her hands and patted them fondly , Bjfffi while Marjorie , feeling comforted by HRfPj his very presence , allowed her tears to Hf | 1 j flow unrestrainedly. He let her cry for Hgf 3 a time , then he placed her hand upon Hr | 1 his arm and walked with her slowly in BRJ I the direction of the manse. BfijPI "My Marjorie , " he said , "my own Hff < ! dear love ! this has been a sore trial to H | | | you , but you have borne it bravely. Bfl I I have seen you suffer , and I have suf- Hf I fered , too. " K | 1 "You have seen , monsieur ? " Bf i "Yes , Marjorie. Did you think be- Hf I cause I was silent I had forgotten ? Ah , Hi i no , my love. I have watched over you H | I always. I have seen you go forth at H | 1 night and cry as if your little heart Bnl would break. But I have said noth- Hh | I ing , because I thought 'Such grief is BSji sacred. I must watch and wait , ' and HBj I have waited. " HK "Yes , monsieur. " Hh "But today , Marjorie , when I saw you HB come from the Castle with your face Hf ! all troubled ah , so troubled , my Mar- HfJ ] jorie ! I thought , 'I can wait no longer ; Bjfi 1 my little one needs me ; she will tell HHE j me her grief , and now in her hour of | Sj j need I will help her. ' So I have come , Hlff ] Marjorie , and my little one will con- Hft I fide all her sorrows to me. " Hj J Then the child in her helplessness Hfl | I clung to him ; for he loved her and Hh I sympathized with her ; and she told RSj I him the full extent of her own desola- Hh I tion. Hl 1 The Frenchman listened atten- HaHIl lively while she spoke. When she BjBjf § ceased he clasped her hands more fer- HKXil vently than before , and said : HSII "Marjorie , come to my home ! " HBBEI She started and drew her hands UnS away. She knew what more he would HiXll sajr > an < * seemed to ner sacrilege , Hwll when the clergyman had been so re- BHJHg cently laid to his grave. The French- HjEi man , gathering from her face the state Hflj of her mind , continued prosaically BmI enough : Hh "I know it is not a time to talk of Hl love , Majorie ; but it is a time to talk of marriage ! When you were in i Edinburgh , you gave me your promise , 'HH'H and you said you loved me. I ask you E now , fulfill your promise ; let us be- HHf come man and wife ! " H "You wish me to marry you now , Hj monsieur ? " B H "Ah , yes , Marjorie. " Efll "Although I am a penniless , friend- Bf less , homeless lass ? " i "What is that to me , my dear ? I H | love you , and I wish you to be my m H "You are very good. " HHj "Marjorie ? " HHffl "Yes. " | H "Tell me , when will you make me the H9 happiest man alive ? " HflH Marjorie looked at her black dress , HH end her eyes filled with tears. H "I do not know I can not tell , " she H said. "Not yet. " H | "En bien ! but it must not be long B delayed. The decrees of destiny hurry H us onrard. You will soon be thrust Bi from the manse , as you say , while I | H must return to France. " H "You are going away ! " . . "Most assuredly I must soon go. My future Is brightening before me , and I am glad thank heaven ! there are few dark clouds looming ahead to sad den our existence , my child. The ty rant who desecrates France will one day fall ; meantime his advisers have persuaded him to pardon many politi cal offenders , myself amongst them. So I shall see France again ! God is good ! When He restores me to my country he will give mo also my wife. Put your little hand in mine and say , 'Leon , I trust you with all my heart. ' Say it , my child , and , believe me , your faith shall not be misplaced. " He held forth his hand to her , and Marjorie , tremblingly raising her 3yes to his face , said in broken accents , "I do trust you. " So a second time the troth was plighted , and whether for good or ill , Marjorie's fate was sealed. f"HTTER aVIII. HE day following her final promise to Caussidiere , Marjo rie received intima tion that the new minister was com ing without delay to take possession of the living. Her informant was Solomon omen Muckleback- it , whose funereal despair was tempered with a certain lofty scorn. On the following Saturday arrived the new minister , prepared to officiate for the first time in the parish. "He was a youngish man , with red hair and beard , and very pink complexion ; but. his manners were unassuming and good natured. His wife and family , he explained , were about to follow him in about ten days ; and in the meantime his furniture and other chattels were coming on by train. Shown over the manse by Solomon , he expressed no little astolishment at finding only two or three rooms furnished , and those very barely. "Mr. Lorraine never married ? " he in quired , as they passed from room to room. "The meenister was a wise " man , re plied Solomon , ambiguously. "He lived and he dee'd in single sanctity , ac cording to the holy commandments of the Apostle Paul. " "Just so " said Mr. , Freeland , with a smile. "Well , I shall find the manse small enough for my belongings. Mis tress Freeland has been used to a large house , and we shall need every room. The chamber facing the river , up stairs , will make an excellent nursery. " "My ain bedroom ! " muttered Solo mon. "Weel , weel , I'm better out of the house. " At the service on the following day there was a large attendance to wel come the new minister. Solomon occu pied his usual place as precentor , and his face , as Mr. Freeland officiated above him , was a study in its expres sion of mingled scorn , humiliation and despair. But the minister had a reso nant voice , and a manner of thumping the cushion which carried conviction to the hearts of all unprejudiced observ ers. The general verdict upon him , when the service was over , was that he v/as the right man in the right place , and "a gr.and preacher. " The congregation slowly cleared away , while Majorie , lingering behind , walked sadly to the grave of her old foster-father , and stood looking upon it through fastly-falling tears. So rapt was she in her own sorrow that she did not hear a footstep behind her , and not till Caussidiere had come up and taken her by the hand was she aware of his presence. "So the change has come at last , my Marjorie , " he said ; "was I not right ? This place is no longer a home for you. " "Monsieur ! " "Call me Leon. Shall we not be man and wife ? " But Marjorie only sobbed. "He was so good. He was my first , my only friend ! " "Peace be with him , " returned the Frenchman , tenderly. "He loved you dearly , mignonne , and I knew his only wish would be to see you happy. Look what I hold in my hand. A charm a talisman parbleu , it is like the won derful lamp of Aladdin , which will car ry us , as soon as you will , hundreds of miles away. " As he spoke he drew forth a folded paper and smilingly held it before her. "What is it , monsieur ? " she asked , nerDlexed. - • "No ; you must call me Leon then I will tell you. " "What is it Leon ? " "The special licsnse , Marjorie. which permits us to marry when and where we will. " Marjorie started and trembled , then she looked wildly at the grave. "Not yet , " she murmured. "Do not ask me yet. " He glanced round no one was near so with a quick movement he drew her to him , and kissed her fondly on the lips. "You have no home now , " he cried ; "strangers come to displace you , to trrn you out into the cold world. But y u have one who loves you a thou- sfc id times better for , your sorrow and ye-ir poverty ah. yes , I know you are po r ! and who will be your loving protector till the end. " R EBMJttittRtnnMm * Imuran mmiimiwnlii TTr rrrrriM f' ' * " i n " are Mini 11 rj\mijmuiMJW2wmaiiWMitLLJiiiiM \ ii S'iq looked at him In wonder. Ah , hov good and kind he was ! Knowing her miserable birth , seeing her friend less and almost cast away , he would still ie beside her , to comfort and cher ish l.ir with his deep affection. If she had ever doubted his sincerity , could she dpubt it now ? * * * * * * Half an hour later Caussidiere was walking rapidly in the direction of Annantfile Castle He looked supreme ly self-rntisficd and happy , and humm ed a ligvt French air as he went. Arriving at the door , he knocked , and the serving-woman appeared in an swer to the summons. "Miss Hetherington , if you please. " "You canna see her , " was the sharp reply. "What's your business ? " "Give her this card , if you please , and tell her I must see her without delay. " After some hesitation the woman car ried the card away , first shutting the door unceremoniously in the visitor's face. Presently the door opened again , and the woman beckoned him in. He followed her along the gloomy lobbies , and up stairs , till they reached the desolate boudoir which he had en tered on a former occasion. The woman knocked. "Come in , " said the voice of her mis tress. Caussidiere entered the chamber , and found Miss Hetherington , wrapped in an old-fashioned morning gown , seated in an arm-chair at her escri toire. Parchments , loose papers and packets of old letters lay scattered be fore her. She wheeled her chair sharp ly round as he entered , and fixed her eyes upon the Frenchman's face. She looked inexpressibly wild and ghastly , but her features wore an expression of indomitable resolution. Caussidiere bowed politely , then , turning softly , he closed the door. "What brings you here ? " demanded the lady of the Castle. "I wish to see you , my lady , " he re turned. "First , let me trust that you are better , and apologize for having disturbed you en such a day. " Miss Hetherington knitted her brows and pointed with trembling forefinger to a chair. "Sit down" she said. Caussidiere obeyed her , and sat down , hat in hand. There Avas a pause , broken at last by the lady's querulous voice. "Weel , speak ! Have you lost your tongue , man ? What's your will with me ? " Caussidiere replied with extreme suavity : "I am anxious , my lady , that all mis understanding should cease between us. To prove my sincerity , I will give you a piece of news. I have asked Miss , Annan to marry me , and with your . consent she is quite willing. " , "What ! " cried Miss Hetherington , half rising from her chair , and then sinking back with a gasp and a moan. "Have ye dared ? " Caussidiere gently inclined his head. "And Marjorie she has dared to ac cept ye , without warning me ? " "Pardon me , she is not aware that you have any right to be consulted. I , however , who acknowledge your right , have come in her name to solicit your kind approbation. " "And what do you threaten , man , if I say 'no no a hundred times no ? ' " Caussidiere shrugged his shoulders , "Parbleu , I threaten nothing ; I am a gentleman , as I have told you. But should you put obstacles in my way , it may be unpleasant for all concerned. " Miss Hetherington rose to her feet , livid with rage , and shook her extend ed hands in her tormentor's face. "It's weel for you I'm no a man ! If I were a man. ye would never pass that door again living ! I defy ye I scorn ye ! Ye coward , to come here and mo lest a sick woman ! " She tottered as she spoke , and fell back into her chair. ( TO BE CONTINUED. ) A PRETTY SCREEN. One Which Can Bo Easily anil Incr pensively r.Iatlo at Home. Soft pine wood panels of the desired size are cut by a carpenter and are then covered by stretching velours , denim or any plain colored , durable material tightly across one side , tack ed into place , and the reverse side cov ered with any good lining for the part of the screen not intended to show , says the Philadelphia Times. The next step in the process is to cut stiff brown paper panels the size of the wooden ones , and on them draw in charcoal a. simple outline , conventional pattern. If one is not original enough to do this alone , ask some friend to draw one , or copy some good design from an art magazine. The center panel should be the most prominent , while the side ones each have the same design , re versed to suit the branches of the screen and in its main features har monizing with the center one. When this is done , lay the paper on the panel. tack it in place and along each line of the pattern tack in gently upholstery nails , arranged carefully at equal dis tances. These should be indicated by pencil marks if one has not a correct eye. When this is done the paper is torn out from beneath the nails , consequent ly too tough paper should not be used , and each nail is then carefully driven home with a hammer until it sinks in to the body of the material itself , giv ing a very rich metallic effect , for slight cost and little ingenuity. This style of screen is particularly well suit ed to dining rooms or halls , and may be made almost as effective without a framework , using the plafn wooden panels hinged together after the work on them is completed. Artificial habits are born tyrants. w JBHWWM i WaWWWBBWWWWWWMIII ! iJiiL ) i i1LWaj ! > gJt , ELECTION KESULTS. OFF YEAR BUT REPUBLICANS CAME OUT WELL. Now York Ih Lost to Good Government but Ohio and Maryland Stantl Well in Line with The ICopubllcanu TarlfT Just Ills" Knougli. ( Washington Letter. ) Much more interest has been mani fested this year in elections than Is usual at any time other than in presi dential ek ions. Off-years in politics , with a Repub lican President in the white house , do not as a rule favor Republican success , but the Republican party in the great contests which have been waged in several states have well withstood the reaction which always follows a presi dential victory at the polls. The fight has been strong and bitter , and while both heavy losses as well as satisfac tory gains are seen , the Republicans here feel in a good frame of mind ove-i * the result. The general result is looked upon as a vindication of the cause of sound money and an uphold ing of the administration. New York , where was the most con centrated fight , through division in the Republican ranks , has been handed over to the control of Tammany and the management of that city will shortly undergo a radical change. Out side of New York , where the fighting was bitter to an extreme , the state of Ohio furnished the most exciting and important campaign. In that state the fight was fierce and the methods ' dirty. Every possible abuse was aimed at Senator Hanna , whose confirmation for the Republican vote singled him out as a target for Democratic orators and methods. There is no doubt as to how the State would have voted had the question been simply a vote on Re publican principles , and the McKinley administration. But a number of lo cal matters came into the fight in whose interest national issue were lost to a large extent. The turbulence of the coal stride had barely subsided when Bryan's fierce speeches arraying class against class again started it into action. The great play of John McLean to become United States senator poured money in to the state. In Cleveland and Cincin nati there were factional splits , owing to local matters , all tending to decrease the normal Republican majority ; yet notwithstanding all these things Ohio elected a Republican governor and will elect a Republican senator , thus giving her a solid Republican repre sentation in the senate for the first time in many years , prior to Senator Hanna's appointment by Governor Bushnell. In Maryland the fight was only a lit tle less determined and the interest but slightly less. Gorman was defeat ed in his very stronghold , Baltimore city. Maryland also will have a dou ble Republican representation in the senate for the first time in history. On the whole , while the Democrats profess jubilance and satisfaction at having carried New York city , they are really sorely disappointed at their failure to capture the legislatures of both Maryland and Ohio. It is stated on good authority that it v/as the in tention of the Ohio legislature , in case it had been Democratic , to immediate ly proceed to redistrict the entire state in such manner as to give the Demo crats in the next congress at least eight or ten members from that state. But that little , patriotic scheme v/as knocked in the head by the Republic an voters of the Buckeye state. Treasury reports show a considerable growth in the internal revenue receipts which is due to two causes , the im provement in business and the increase in certain taxes. The combined re ceipts from the customs and internal revenue will not probably for some two MftHKL > S"i " ' ' 1 i. inMiw wiwiiti. 1 1 11 ' * ' " " - * - . nrM iJtAarnwrri > ii.i ; . - of 12 cents per ounce. This company operates immencc copper and lead mines and the silver extracted fronv the ore Is produced at a much leas cost than in most mines which produce sil ver exclusively. The Anaconda mine • of Montana , which by the way is owned by British capitalists , is a copper mine , but the ore contains a large per cent of silver. Last year the mine paid a profitable dividend through its copper production , and yielded in addition 6,000,000 ounces of silver , which , of course , was all net profit. GEO. H. WILLIAMS. Iiicrcu.Hu III Bhoep Vainer. The difference in the value of sheep under free-trade and protection is shown in the results of an assignee's sale of the estate of Thomas McEiroy , a farmer in Jefferson county , Ohio , who had given particular attention to sheep husbandry. This sale took place in October , 1894 , a few weeks after the passage of the Wilson bill , and the animals offered were all fine black-top merinos. The files of the Ohio "State Journal" show that forty ewes were sold for p cents each , 30 lambs for 20 cents each , and one registered buck for 50 cents Other lots chosen from the flock sold at similar prices , and all were fine merino sheep. "Secretary Miller of the State Board of Agriculture , " says the Piqua "Dis patch , " "is authority for the statement that today ewes of the same grade are worth $3 to ? 4 each , lambs ? 2 to ? 2.50 , and registered bucks from ? 15 to $25. A few days ago the Insurance Associa tion of Medina county made an allow ance of $2 each for common breed lambs. This is what the Republicans A TEN STRIKE : ALL DOWN ! or three months equal the expendi tures of the government , but the one is steadily climbing up on the other , and that result will be reached early in the new year. Long before the law shall have been in operation one year it will be producing a surplus instead of a deficit. Democratic editors and others are making their usual howls about the Dingley deficit , but the dif ference between the Wilson deficit and the Dingley deficit , is that in the present case nobody is at all alarmed. The shortage is believed by everybody to be merely temporary and the gold reserve is meanwhile piling up. Reports recently received show that silver in many places , notably New South Wales , is produced at a cost of 25 cents per ounce and less. The Broken Hill Company of New South Wales has for the past five years been putting silver on the market at a cost have accomplished by a restoration of the tariff on wool. " In April , 1S9G , there were 2.G33.410 sheep ov/ned in the state of Ohio , in Texas 2,911,993 in California 2,739,907 , in Oregon 2,480.217. in Montana 2,909 , - 057 , in New Mexico 2,595,052 , in Utah 1,902,510 , in Michigan 1,438,891 , in Wy oming 1,290,134 , in Colorado 1,258 , - 373 , and in all the states and territor ies the total sheep ov/ned was 3G,4C1 , - 405. Allowing an average gain of ? 2 per head in the market value of ewes , lambs and bucks , as contrasted with the prices realized at the assignee's sale in October , 1S94 , the total addition to the wealth of the country from this source alone amounts to ? 72,92S,810. Twin Comrades of Calamity. "For the first quarter of the present fiscal year the deficit is ? 29,000,000 , and it would have been even more had not the people consumed more alcoholic spirits than usual and run the internal revenue receipts up a few millions. If , however , the increase in the consump tion of liquor continues to expand at the same rate , the Republican party will have the profound gratification of seeing the people drink the deficit out of existence. This can hardly be re garded as a victory for temperance , but as long as it is a Republican tri umph , what's the odds ? Memphis Commercial. This sour old Bourbon ought to find comfort in the rellection that as a 1 ule free trade gets its biggest vote in the localities where the largest quantities of whisky are consumed , and that protection thrives best where modera tion and temperance abide. The with drawal from bonded warehouses of , spirits used in manufactures and the j | arts will , however , account in great I part for the increase of receipts from internal revenue. Manufactures and the arts have been the first to feel the impulse of prosperity. Then , too , the consumption of light wines and beer always increases in good times. Drunk enness and pauperism go together , twin comrades of free trade. "Well Dressed Women. "America , which has had reason to boast so long of its beautiful and well- gov/ned womankind , has dealt them a savage blow by the clause in its tariff bill preventing them from taking over frocks from Europe , except on pay ment of heavy duties. It is really too bad. " The Country Gentleman , Lon don , September , 1S97. If the Country Gentleman could only be spared from looking after his crops , don't you know , he would find more better dressed women in any city of the United States , and all of them wearing American made dresses , than he could find either in London or Par is ? What can beat our tailor-made gowns ? "It is really too bad" you can't leave vour farm , old chap. They Ulunt Buy. Foreign nations are obliged to buy our wares whether we purchase theirs or not. Minneapolis Minn. , "Tribune , " October 9. 1S97. Certainly they are , all free-trade the ories to the contrary notwithstand ing. I REPUBLICAN OPINION. > ; H How about that Dlngloy law Chinese j ' H wall ? It don't interfere , apparently , • H with our export trade. H Ex-Candidate Bryan accounts for the \ H present Improved times ( ho admits j * H they have improved ) by the famine • ' H abroad and the dlacovory of gold in H the Klondike , but ho apparently forgets - gets that double the amount of money , H has been expended In fitting out pco- H pic to go to Klondike that has yet H been taken out from the mines. H When a Mexican takes $5 in Mexican H silver , for every dollar of which he has M to work as hard as his American brother - H er works for his gold dollar , and buys j H with it goods worth $2 in American M gold , that Is Mexican Bryanite pros- M perity. The worklngmen of this country - H try don't want any of it in theirs. H A statement compiled from the ofil- H cial records of the government prepared - H pared by a free trade Democrat show H that during Cleveland's last term the H farmers of the country lost more than j H a billion dollars a year by decreased H consumption and decreased values of H products. H With a. hundred thousand tons of H Alabama coal going to Mexico for the | use of her railroad locomotives in competition - H petition with English coal. It looks as I' l though a new field Is open to the south H for her rich products. a , < | "The revival of all industries and ( ' H the commencement of prosperity in all H parts of the United States were the H natural and necessary results of the * H action of the President and a Repub- M llcan congress. " John Sherman. H With all the Democratic vituperations H against the oppressions and wickedness - | H ness of the Dingley lavwe haven't H heard any wisli expressed yet to return - . H turn to the beneficent provisions of the | Wilson law. | Mr. Bryan made numerous speeches H during his recent tour through Ohio , H but reading one was reading them all. | It is to bo expected that Democrats | will deny that the Dingley law has H anything to do with the return of pros- H parity to the country. j H "The first six months of the McKinley - H ley administration were the most ( lis- H astrous in the history of the country. " j H William Jennings Bryan. That's a ' M good one , Mr. Bryan ; give U3 another M The total value of the agricultural H products of Kansas for IS97 , according H to the report of the board of agriculture - M ture of that state , is $170,000,000 , the M largest in the present decade. H It 1.4 .Just" High Knough. M t t mI H 0 THE WAuT * * H OF " ' H piRorarmow. A i [ Wk I l\w - fp n } j I IMVwffir' 1 • f S 8\1 villi I rJgW y H Will Roach a Xormal ItaMs. j H "The statistics for September show H that under the most adverse conditior.3 H the Dingley bill promises to dissipate M the Wilson deficit. " St. Louis Star 1 Oct. 10. 1S97. ' H The decrease of dutiable imports of | merchandise for September , 1897 , as H compared with September , lSOtf 1 amounted to $0,553,019 , while the decrease - | crease of nearly $2,000,000 in non-du- | tiable imports swelled the total fallin li H off for the month to $8,445,972. Every ! * J I body knows why this decrease occurred ' H and everybody but the free trade malcontents - - | contents knows that as soon as the | country shall have worked off its bi- | accumulation of foreign goods that 1 were crowded in during the last four > H months of the Wilson bill , imports J B will reach a normal basis of demand * 1 and supply , and revenue will be in l H creased accordingly. , H The Sandwich Islanders H believe th the souls of their deceased M reside : n the ravens , and they entwX H Europeans not to molest them. _ • M