It I i I I 1 1 I H i T 1 R4 y - N KZ r -- f zatessexi SlU BY B yC CROKDR JS gpp iIitapyomaDe0ofgoutl2Ifpica jp ClIAVTEU XIX Continued Poor Miss Jane hail felt her nephews death acutely more than anyone would lave believed The few days he had spent with Iter had entirely reinstated him inhcr gopd graces She liked him for himself he was geuthr more consider ate and more manly than the old trou blesome Teddy and he evokeH a mem ory which fndeared him to her especially for he scented to link old memories of the past to realities of the present A mem ory notably of a smart young officer of light dragoons whose presence she re called by his soldierly liure his clink ing spurs and his off hand manners and his handsome face This oiGcers epis tles on large letter paper written in fad ed ink were treasured up along with a miniature in the most secret recesses of Miss Janes bureau also aflock of brown Tiair the very self same shade as Ted dys tf he smart young dragoon might lave been n burly stout red faced squire by this time discussing shorthorns and jturnips addicted to snubbing his wife lad he lived But he had not he had died titiber iri hand on a far away Sikh battlefield nd a halo of romance and regret forever enshrined his memory Time worts wonders Who can stand against hlinV Esme hag bowed to fate at last fihe has even in a way become reconciled to Toddys death She can speak of It now quite calmly for have not three tnouths elapsed since the day of that fata toray and as yet no letter has come from Captain Brabazon and she feels more drawn to him than ever now for her 4ead brother is a bond between them Did not Teddy die in Miles arms with him liione beside him She makes every excuse that a fertile brain can con trive for tiisfunlooked for silence How eagerly does She scan the mail news How Jearly she is down the morning the South African jjost is due and she is always disappointed Even ruthless Mrs Braba xon herself feels a little pang of remorse as in answer to an unspoken appeal she says with a smile Nothing for you my dear this morning and then there is an other long week to get through but it will come will surely come she tells her self bravely There are so many things that may tiave happened The mails have vbeen lost stolen or seized by the Boers The camp may be now beyond postal com munication She reads with blanched cheeks of the battles Miles was there but Miles is safe his name is not among the lulled or wounded Still he may be ill And with thoughts and specula tions of a more or less gloomy complexion does she torture herself through seven days more Then the house is full of a subdued -but busy bustle for Gussijb is going to be married It is to be a very quiet wed ding sbe tells everybody apologetically and Fred so anxicus to be back for the cub hunting The trousseau is mag nificent though many of the dresses are of a mourning type the pretty laven ders and grays and black and white rtulles Che presents are numerous and costly as fans been previously stated The wedding tsfces place without the smallest litch in the program one lovely Septem ber morning There was no waiting Jbride no missing bridegroom this time Mr Vashon looking very red -and very aiervous was awaiting his extremely self possessed little bride for fully a quarter of an hour She came at last escorted by Flo and followed by Esme who was nearly as white as her dress Esme who should have stood at that altar herself jjust one year ago Her face was thin laggard and her eyes had lost their fcrUHancy there were dark siarks under them and her lovely color lad entirely faded from her cheeks Truly people were beginning to whisper that the jbeautiful Miss Brabazon was now a posi tive wreck and almost plain being noth ing more than a very thin pale deject ed looking girl Augusta made a charm dng bride and beamed and smiled gra iciously on all her friends as she walked jown the aisle on the bridegrooms arm tShe -drove away from the church to By iford and traveled by the mail up to Lon don Mr Vashon who had a shrinking llorror of being recognized as a bride jgroom indignantly rejected the coupe iwhich was tendered by an obsequious fguard and plunged along with his Au Jgusta into a Pullman car full of other passengers Alas poor ostrich little did jyour off hand manner or a newspaper javail you At the next station tiie baani ing Miss Clippertons were in waiting jwith an enormous white bridal bouquet Gussie saw them eagerly searching the icarriages and shuddered she closed her teyes to ut out if possible what was doming St was this Hatty Clippertons imiling face at the window saying Oh fchere you are Mrs Vashon We brought ou this bouquet with our best best wishes Be sure you send us a piece of cake Over Mr Vashons face and the faces of the other passengers permit us to drop a kindly veil J CHAPTER XX What docs this picture convey to the 7nind of even the most obtuse in such JnattersV The scene before us represents dull December afternoon a leaden gray sky brown hedges bare trees and damp country lane The only bit of color in the landscape is the scarlet coat of the young gentleman who in splashy top boots and leathers is standing at the side of the 4oad with his horses bridle over his arm while with the other he endeav ors to seize the hand of a tall girl in 4lack whose face -is turned away in an opposite direction Emboldened by a wedding in the fam ily Mr Hepburn thought that surely he anight now come forward and urge his anitiis courage permitting He was very mucl in love and haa more than once ibeea on the point of asking the all-important question when his courage failed kim and all the way homc subsequently vrad until the next occasion when he met 4ke object of his adoration he would rate himself soundly for his cowardice and pass valiant new resolutions to do bet ter next time But Miss Esme was so unaffected so ready to accept him as a friend and she looked him in the face so frankly and yet so innocently with her dark blue eyes that his tongue remained tied This particular afternoon fate had favored him He was returning from hunting when in turning the corner of a road he suddenly came upon a girl in mourning Nov- was his time Now or never he said to himself imperatively and trotting hastily forward before -his courage had time to cool he jumped off his horse and accosted her warmly She looked as bhe always di 1 pleased to see him and questioned him eagerly about the run about the people who were out but he quickly cut short all her queries1 by an abrupt question of his own Never mind tie hunt now 1 want to ask you something he -said becoming exceedingly red and miserable looking and Pm shot if I know how to put it Do you know why I have been so much over at your place lately V beating his boot with his hunting crop as he spoke Oh yes she replied unhesitatingly Of course I do her mind at once re curring to his friendship for Teddy and his sympathy in their trouble Of course I know and it has been very kind of Mr Hepburn stared at her in silence for nearly a minute and then said 1 dont believe you understand what 1 mean though I think you might have noticed if Ive been going to see you all along and no one else The more 1 see of you the more I like you And and my father and mother and I want to know if you will marry me Im not a bad fellow and Im awfully fond of you It was now Esmes turn to stare at him in blank amazement Dont talk tome in this way she said impatiently You are making fun you are not in earnest I should think I was in earnest And I hope you like me even a little Esme venturing her name rather shyly I do I always did as Teddys friend but now now you have spoiled it all Cant you like me as something more than a friend of Teddys appealing to ler with n wistful face and endeavoring to possess himself of her hand No I can be nothing more than a friend to you always she replied ignor ing his hand and stepping back two paces perilously near the edge of a ditch And why why Tell me the rea son You know the reason she returned now averting her face which had borrow ed its complexion from his scarlet coat You have heard she proceeded in a still lower voice of my cousin Miles Yes bur I dont mind a bit very eagerly and quite misunderstanding her meaning He treated you vilely He was a confounded Stop stop before you say anything more cried Esme and listen to what JL have to tell you And thereupon with rapid almost incoherent utterances and faltering breathless sentences she told the whole story of Teddys secret and of Miles mistake a tale which the young man beside her heard with sinking heart and remarkable and various changes of countenance When she brought her story to a close he put this one abrupt and crucial question And you like him still Yes in a very low voice And would marry him after all Yes in a whisper Then there is no more to be said giv ing his innocent horse an angry chuek of the bridle Of course if I had known I wouldnt have made such an awful fool of myself turning away with ill assumed dignity You are angry with me said Esme tearfully and I dont know what I am to say to you detaining Him by a ges ture If I had known or dreamed of this of course I would have told you but I never dreamed of it and now 1 sup pose with trembling lips yon will hate me and never be friends with me again Mr Hepburn was very -much cut up but at the same time he had a soft heart and to see a very pretty girl with large tears in her eyes deploring the loss of his friendship considerably cooled his in dignation and he hastened to assure her that when he had got over it a bit he would still be her friend Of course it was a facer But he was not such a dog in the manger as to grudge the other fellow what he could not have himself Ldont understand it you know not a bit for Mrs Brabazon told the mater that you never had cared a straw for him nor he for you It was all a mere ques tion of money and you know Esme 1 can give you heaps of that The gov ernor said hed let us start with live thousand a year He is very much taken with you himself I dont care for money said the young lady hastily Mrs Brabazon was quite wrong I was not going to marry Miles for money nor he me and I would be proud to marry him without a shil ling And live on love suggested Mr Hep burn whose heart was still very sore in deed and could not refrain from this one gibe Esme colored painfully and was about to make some angry retort when he add ed Forgive ni e I cannot help it 1 envy that Miles of yours He is a lucky fel low Its Tiot every -pretty girl in these days that says she doesnt care for thou sands a year and will take a chap with out a penny Well with one foot now in the stirrup holding out his hand good br wringing her fingers in a vise like grasp What cant be cured must be endured taking off his hat to her as he uttered this truism and in another moment he was trotting away down the road on his brown hunter leaving Esme alone There are some things cannot be- hid JEil U JH V K especially from a lyni eycd lady eucfc ss Mrs Brabazon Mr Hepburns ntinn for her tcndatizhtcr was cue Of j tkecv She was alarmed about a wec k later to casually overnear at an aiieruuou tea that young Hepburn hud scut his hunters up to Tattersalls and was going I abroad immediately fo Nice or Monte Carlo What did it mean Had he pro- i posed or not She must bee lysine about ot at mice and her mind was- in a perfect ferment of impatience till she reached home and rang for Nokes to tend Miss Brabazon to her in her own room an soon as possible Etme was soon on the spot Shut the door said her stepmother the instant the appeared and come over here I wish to speak to you I want to ask you a quertiou she proceeded look ing fixedly at her stepdaughter I heard to day that young Hepburn had suddenly sent all his hunters up to TattersaHsand niriKi vou know what i it means Can you tell me the teason of this unaccountable conduct 1 I Mrs Brabazon stammered Esme faintly Why should you ask me Come come this fencing is no use The man was head over ears in love with vnn it MnmUtlf tllilt he lllH HOIll UW3V j without speaking she asked in a tone of resentful wonder To this she received no answer Esme sat quite still her eyes glued on one par ticular pattern in the carpet and made no reply However she had become ex tremely and painfully led He proposed to you I see And when demanIed Mrs Brabasrou au thoritatively Last week returned Esme in a low voice not during to laise her eyes And what did you say might i be per mitted to ask proceeded Mrs Braba zon in convulsive tones 1 said no 1 replied Esme scarcely daring to speak above her bieath You said no almost sci earned her stepmother now rising to her feet Said no to the heir to twenty live thousand a tin Tei oitxir ililv iii Kntrland Oh casting her bonnet on the bed with such furious impetus that it roiled on it at the otherside 1 cant belee it loa could not not be so wicked Lt b im possible To this harangue Esme made no reply evidently she had been quite capable of this outrageous deed After glaring at her down faced companion for some sec onds Mrs Brabazon said hoarsely I should like to know what you- said to him and why you lefused him in fact I insist upon hearing your reasons de manded the lady with a lurid gaze Visions of her beautiful castle in the air her stepdaughters high position m the county and her own increased impor tance were now dispersing like mists be fore the sun Your reason miss at once with an imperious gesture My reasou was returned Esme tremulously v was was because of Miles Because of Miles Forsooth and a pretty reason Do you mean to say you would hold to your engagement still and marry him if he would have you you idiot I would rejoined the victim firmly raising her eyes now for the first time And what would you say if Miles would not have anything to do with you What would you say if you were told that now the money was gone Miles was not such a fool as to marry a girl without a penny What would you say if Miles broke off the match I would simply say nothing for 1 would not believe it returned Esme also rising and casting a tall pale reflection into a mirror in an opposite wardrobe I suppose if you saw it in his own handwriting you would believe it Seeing is believing Will that convince you taking a letter from her desk and handing it to Esme To be continued And Schaefr Settled Wizard Jake Schaefer the expert bil liardist is known as one of the greatest jokers in the business Some time ago Mr Schaefer was lounging in an up town billiard room Business was dull but a pompous chap came in and asked the proprietor to get some one who was pretty good to play with him for an hour or two The wink was tipped to the wizard and he was introduced but purposely his name was mumbled so that the gentleman did not catch It Mr Schaefer and his new acquaintance commenced play the latter graciously allowing the ex pert to choose the game Jake won every game by a few points The style of billiards was changed but at straight rail cushion caroms or balk line the wizard invariably finished in the lead Realizing that he had met a -pretty good player the gentleman asked Beg pardon but I did not under stand your name Its Schaefer an- swered the wizard laughed Well thats The other a good one mine is Ives Frank C Ives They kept on playing and the bar bill grew to goodly proportions Then the pom pous chap said he would play onmore game and then quit But before be ginning the last game he excused him self for a moment and as no particular attention was paid to his movements the roomkeepr still has the bill on big slate as a reminder of ths little joke New York World Why He -Why are women afraid of race tho little things cant hurt them Sbe Why are men afraid of pink dragons and green snakes that they think they see In their boots some times The things are only imaginary and they know they cant hurt them I New York World Prudent Man Xo I never take tho newspapei home Ive got a family of grown up daughters you know Papers too full of crime eh lo too full of bargain sales Col liers Weekly American college libraries contain G7POO0O volumes of whic Harvard has C00000 Chicago DDrsity oo0 000 Columbia 275000 arid Cornel1 223000 A man vCtfxszS5Q sa se t JV I rVlUST STOP ATTACKS China Warnel to Vut Immediate End to Firins on Legations The State Department Thursday morn ing made public the text of the note ad dressed to the Chinese government through Minister Wu The dispatch is not in the form or nature of an ultima tum It insists however that the firing on the legations cease and that the im perial government if it desires to show its friendliness shall co operate with the relieving column Following is the text of note We are availing ourselves of the oppor tunltr offered by the Imperial edictcf Aug 5 allowing to the foreign ministers free com munication with their respective govern ments in cipher and have sent a communica tion to Jliuister Conger to which we await an answer We are already advised by him in a m Ier dispatch received Aug 7 that Imperial troops are tiring daily upon the ministers In pni inf Wu rinmnmi Mn immediate cessa tion of hostile attacks by imperial- troops every power and energy of the imperial gov ernment for the protection of the legations and all foreigners therein We are also advised by the same dispatch from Minister Conger that in his opinion for the foreign ministers to leave Peking as proposed in the edict of Aug 2 would be certain death In view of the fact that the imperial troops are now tiring upon the lega tions and in view of the doubt expressed by the imperial government in Its edict of Aug 2 as to its power to restore order and secure absolute safety in Peking It is evident that this apprehension is well founded for if your government cannot protect our minis ter In Peking It will presumptively be un able to protect him upon a journey from Pekln to the coast We therefore urge upon the imperial onmnn tllilt if vllrlll wlnnt thp PfllirSP gested in the third clause of the letter of Procldnnt tn TTic MiHfxjtv tlir TCmnprftr I of China of July 23 1900 and enter into communication withthe relief expedition so that co operation may be secured between them for the liberation of the legations the protection of foreigners and the restoration of ordr Such action on the part of the Imperial government would be a satisfactory demonstration of its friendliness and desire to attain these ends ALVEY A ADEE Acting Secretary Department of State Washington Aug 9 1900 CANDIDATES ARE NOTIFIED Bryan and Stevenson Officially In formed of Tlieir Nominations At Military Park in Indianapolis Wed nesday afternoon William J Bryan was notified that for the second time he had been chosen Democracys candidate for President And -for the second time in his life Adlai E Stevenson learned of ficially that his party had chosen him as j its candidate for the second highest office j within the gift of the people The crowd at the nark was so dense that it was tedious progress for the pro- j session that escorted the nbmmees Along the line of march the throng surged for ward and backward as they cheered for Bryan and Stevenson Various estimates make the number of visitors in the city 20000 to 30000 In addition to these strangers all Indianapolis seemed to be on foot It was a sweltering but good natured crowd Clouds that obscured the sun early in the day were scattered by noon md the sun beat pitilessly upon the hosts The thermometer registered over 90 de grees in the shade and in the sun where the majority of sight seers stood for hours the temperature was over 100 Military park was gay with flags and streamers the walls of the Grand hotel from where the parade started were al most hidden by bunting and nearly every building along the line of march was dec orated With the days exercises the campaign of 1000 may be said to have opened The addresses of Col Bryan and Mr Steven son in reply to the chairmen of the no tification committees sounded the key note for the party that is seeking to se cure the reins of government It is anti Imperialism A thousand words are de voted to this subject where ten are used for any other MOW DOWN CHINESE 1 Russians Seize and Burn New Cliwanjr The Russians after a terrific battle with the Chinese at New Chwang cap tured the city The Russians carried the forts by storm and fought the Chinese in their trenches which were constructed with great ingortuity The defensive works of the Chinese were very formid able They were also greatly superior in numbers to the attacking force but were badly led and gathered in great masses which were torn to pieces by the Rus sians shells and mowed down by their rifle fire After capturing the defensive vorks the Russians took possession of the native city and destroyed it by fire Isi CHINA WAR NEWS v y v The claim is made that the Chinese are using dum dum bullets A larsre body of Boxers is gathering south of Tien tsiu Gen Miles applied for sevice in China but was turned down Chefn dispatch says the river is full of 3cad Chinamen some decapitated Senator Teller declares the Chinese situation demands an extra session of Congress Cossacks are occupying the residence n Tien tsin where Li Hung Chang re ceived Gen Grant The Governor of Mukden Manchuria In a proclamation has urged his people to massacre Christians Americans and Japanese in Tien tsin are said to have in their possession about 1500000 ounces each of Chinese bar sil ver Japs dont like British Admiral Sey mours visit to the Viceroy of Nanking because he didnt advise them before hand There is talk at Shanghai of an alli ance between the United States and Rus sia to prevent the disinenibermeht of China Li Ping Heng is general of the troops h the north of the empire He is intense ly hostile to foreigners Aguin has again been taken by the Russians after a stubborn fight Chi nese are being pursued in the direction of Tsitsikar Tho arrival of Li Ping Heng and Kang 3fu prevented the Chinese at Tien tsin from agreeing to peace after the city was taken A Berlin paper quotes as saying that under no circumstances must China cede any more territory to any power a I ft Beggars Stories Charities tells of an English char itable society which recently investi gated the record of a man who accord ing to his various hard luck stories had losb three wives seventeen chiK ireo fouj fathers and two mothers hod four times been made a bankrupt by a treacherous brother had once lost bis place because he was a stanch Prot estant and again because be was a stanch Catholic and had oncei been shipwrecked and lost all he had in the WOTlQ 4 A PRIrViE MOVER v7inl Power Mills a Great Boon tt the Western Farmer In this year of prosperity to the West ern farmer he is not disposed to feel an other fime may come when he will not need water as he has In years past when crops have bnrned up from drouth and his stock die from a lack of good water at the right time easily procured without labor When he places his order this year for the best labor saving niachinorTi n wind mill to pump his water is one of the first thoughts and thousands of these wind harnesses will dot the prairies next year Perhaps of all machines on the farm there has none advanced more rapidly in favor and as labor savers than the modern wind mill Fifty years ago the old four and six arm mill rudely constructed was made at the cross roads shop but what Mc Cormick and others did for the harvest ers Perkins did for the wind mill This genius among inventors virtually har nessed the winds and made the wind mill do his bidding This pioneer in this work devoted his life to devising means to utilize the ele ments for power useful to man and when he died his life earnings went to charities that will endear his name to thousands of young men and women who are being ed ucated and made better citizens by his life work When Mr Perkins made the first self 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