b -4 y v rvvsi o vv 1 r E ssfJ COPYRIGHT - AKDND EPUODE r look very strong Aro you quito well my dear Sho started looked at mo eagerly al most anxiously for a moment then straight ned herself and began to loso bomo of her abstraction I am not a strong person sho smiled but neither am I so very weak either I was always small So was my mother you know Sho seemed to think sho must talk of her mother though I noticed that tho word gavo her pain As forme no topic could bo moro agreeablo savo one I tbereforo answered her in a way to pro long tho conversation Yes your mother was small sai1 I but never thin or pallid Sho was liko a fairy among us fohoolgirls Does it seem odd to hear so old a woman as I speak of herself as a schoolgirl Oh no sho said but thoro was no heart in hor voico I had almost forgotten thoso days I proceeded seeing I must keep up tho conversation if wo wero not to sit in to tal silence till I happened to hear tho namo of Althea mentioned tho other day Then my wholo early friendship with your mother recurred to mo and 1 started uj as I always do when 1 come to any decision my dear audi pent that telegram which I hope I havo not followed by an unwelcomo pros- IllCO Oh no Bho repeated but this tinio with some feeling wo need friends and if you will overlook our shortcom ings But you havo not taken off your hat What will Loroon say to mo Ami with a sudden nervous action as marked as her late liBtuessness sho jumped up and began busying herself jl IN THE LIFE OF AMELIA BUTTERUOm feBVANNA KATHAPINE AUTHOR OFTHrLrAVeNVA5CTH CATE DLHINC CUVtO COOC THAT f rAIC NUT CCOta 1897 BV ANNA K ROHLrV ETC ETC OHAPTIilt IV - A HITCTIIAI 1IOMK Tlio linll into which 1 liml stuppcil was o dull thai for a fow minutes I could Ko HothiiiKbut tho iiitliMinct out line of a voting woman with a very whito face Sho had uttered u Milt of murmur at my words but for sointi icu Mm was htraiifjily Mlent and if I could trust my eye sot tiled rather to bo look ing hack and over her shoulder than in to the fare of her advancing fluent This wah odd but befoio 1 could mtito satis fy myself ai to the cuummiI Iter abstrac tion shu suddenly bethought hcisclf and throwing open tho door of an ad joining room she let in a stream of light by which wo wens enabled to see each other and exchange the greetings suit able to the occasion Miss Uutterworth my mothers old friend she mummied with an almost pitiful effort to bo cordial woaioso glad to have you visit us Wont you you sit down What did it mean Sho had pointed to a chair in the sitting room but her faco was turned away again as if drawn irresistibly toward sonio secret object of fear Was there any one or anything at tho top of tho dim staircaso I could faintly seo in tho distance It would not do for mo to ask nor was it wise for mo to show that I thought this reception a strangoono Stopping into tho room sho pointed out to me I waited for her to follow mo which sho did with mani fest reluctance But when sho was once out of tho atmospheroof tho hall or out of reach of tho hiuht or sound of what ever it was that frightened her her face took on a smilo that ingratiated her with mo at onco and gave to her very delicate aspect which up to that mo ment had not suggested tho remotest likeness to her mother a piquant charm and subtle fascination that were not un worthy of tho daughter of Althea Bur roughs You you must not mind tho pover ty of your welcome sho said with a half piond half apologetic look around her which I must say tho baieiKss and shabby character of tho room wo wcro in fully justified Wo havo not been very well oil since hither died and mother again that look this tinio one of unmistakable fear but she soon checked it and smiled again though without any show of piquancy and mother left us Had ou civon us a chanco we would havo written yon that our homo would not offer many induce ments to you after your own but you havo come unexpectedly and There them I put in for I saw that her embarrassment would sonn get the better of her do not speak of it I did not coinu to enjoy your home but to sue you Are you the eldest my dear and where is your sister and brother Iain not tho eldest she said I am Lucetta My sister hero her head stole irresistibly back to its old position of listening will will como soon My brother is not in tho house Well said I astonished that sho did not ask mo to take off my things you aro a pretty girl but you do not dresses ami ttio total uhseneo ot any thing liko adornment to her ersnn could hide that lact It was in every lino of her thin but graceful form anil in every inflection of her musical but constrained voice Had I seen her in my own pat lor instead of between these barn and nioldering walls 1 should liao said the same thing She is such a lady But this only passed through my niiud at tho time 1 was not studying her personality but trying to understand why my piescnce in the house had so visibly distm bed hi r Was it tho em barrassment of poverty not knowing how to meet tho call made so suddenly upon it 1 hardly thought so Fear would not enter into a sensation of this kind and fear Mas what 1 had seen in her face before the front door had closed upon me But that fear was it dread of mo or of something disconnected with mo and threatening her from another portion of tho house 1 could not but think tho latter Tho way her ear was turned tho slight starts sho gavo as sonic sound 1 could not gather what camo from thu further recesses of the house convinced mo that her cause of dread lay elsewhere than with myself and therefore was of a character worthy of my deepest atten tion Though I chatted and tried in a way to arouso her confidence and set her at ease in regard to myself at least I could not help asking myself between my sentences Is it her sister Would it prove to bo her brother Was it any tiling connected with tho dreadful matter that had been tho first cause to draw mo hero or was it tho sign of some habitu al distemper which misunderstood by Mr Gryeo had given rise to tho suspi cions which it was my possible mission hero to disp 1 Anxious to forco things a littlo I said with a glance at the dismal branch es that almost foiced their way into tho TUB NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY RKHBMHKU 28 1800 Tho dignified reserve of her bearing tho quiet way in which she approached and above all tho even tones in which sho uttered her welcome wero such as to win my confidence and put mo at my case in tho house of which she was tho nominal inistiohs But that look With tion to my wants amply made up for the abstraction of her mistress 1 should have fared ill at this meal good and ampin as it was considering tho re sourcis of those who provided it Sho seemed to dread to havo him peak almost to havo him move Sho that in my memory 1 was enabled to see watched him with her lips half open below tlin surface of this jilacid naluto ready as it appealed to stop anv iiuiil - - and in the very constraint sho nut on herself detect tho presence of that same secret uneasiness which had been so openly if unconsciously manifested by her sister She was more beautiful than liUcetla in fin in and feature and even moio markidly elegant in her plain black gown and fluo lawn initios but she lacked tho evanescent chaini of tho others smile and though admirable to all appearance was less lovable on a vcilent evpiessioii bo might nttei lu his olloils to bo ugtccahlo Sim men kept her left hand disengaged with tho evident Intention of stretching it nut In his diicciioii if In his Itimbeiing stu pidity ho should utter a sentence calcu lilcd in open my eyes In whal she so passionately dcsticd to hao kepi secicl I siw II alt as plainly as saw his hiny indifference to her anxiety and knowing li tint experience that it is in lust sin h stolid louts as these that the short acquaintance She bad not had as vvtnst passions aro often hidden 1 took much sniveling as Imcella But this delays my tale which is one of action rather than lcflcctiou I bad natuially expected that with tho ap pearance of the elder Miss Knollys 1 would bo taken to my loom but on tho contrary she sat down and with an apologetic air informed mo that she was sorry sho could not show mo the pioeiso attentions sho wished Circumstances sho said over which sho had no control had made it impossible for tin in to offer mo the guest chamber but if 1 would bo so good as to accept another for this one night sho would endeavor to pro vide mo with better accommodations on the morrow Satisfied of tho almost painful nature of their povoity and determined to sub tnifc to privations if necessary rather than depait before 1 had pcnotiatod the mystery of this remarkable household I hastened to say with what 1 hope was sinceio good feeling that any room would bo acceptable to mo and still ex pecting to be taken upstairs 1 began to gather up my wraps but Miss KnollyH again surprised me by saying that my room was not yet ready that they had not been able to complete all thuir ar rangements and would I make myself at homo where I was till evening As this was asking a good deal of a woman of my years fresh fioni a rail road journey and with natural habits of great neatness and order 1 felt some what disconcerted but hiding it for tho reasons before given I laid down my bundles again and endeavored to make tho best of tho somewhat trying situa tion Lauuchingut onco into conversation I began as with her sister to talk about her mother I had never known save in the advantage of my years ami forced a ciiuveisatiKii in which 1 hnpid some lluh of his leal self would appear do spue her wary watch iipmi him Not liking to leucvv tho topic of the lane itscll I asked with a veiy natural show nl inmost how near was their mirest neighbor It wiih ho who looked up and ho who answered Old Mother lane is the closest said lie but shes no good Wo never think oilier Mr Trohnis tho only neighbor 1 care for Hes some good Such peach s as the old fellow raisi s Such grapes Such melons lie gavo mo two of the nicest you ever saw this morning My lupiicr 1 taste them yet Iuceltas lace whidi should havo crimsoned with morlillcatiou tinned most iiuaccoiiiitably pale Vol not so pale as when ho began a few minutes helm o to say lorecn wauls some of I Ills soup saved for and stopped awk waully conscious perhaps that Loreens wauls should not lie mentioned hufoto 1110 I thought you promised me that you would never again ask Mr Troluu lor any of his fruit Oh 1 didnt able I 1 just stood at the fence and looked over Mr Trohm and 1 aio good iriends Why shouldnt I eat his fruit The look sho gavo him might have moved a stout but ho seemed poifeetly impervious to it Seeing him so stolid her head dumped ami sho did not an swer a wortl Yet somehow I felt that even while she was so manifestly a prey to very natuial mortification her alien tion was not wholly given over to this mo emotion Thcio was something ovi r and beyond all this that sho feared 1 lolling to relievo hor and lighten tho open casementsof this sidoof tho house no vK St way why Mrs Knollys had situation 1 forced myself o smile on What a scene for young eyes like yours Do you never get tiled of these pino boughs and clustering shadows Would not a littlo cottago in the sum mer part of tlio town be preferable to all this dreary grandeur She looked up with sudden wistful ness that made her smilo piteous Some of my happiest days havo been passetl hero and some of my saddest I do not think 1 should liko to leave it for any sunny cottago We wero not matlo for bonny homes said sho Tho soinberness of this old house suits us And of this road I ventured It is tho darkest and most picturesque I ever entered I thought 1 was entering a wilderness She for a moment forgot her cause of anxiety beyond Sho looked at me quite intently and a subtle shade of doubt passed slowly over her features It is a solitary one said she quite solitary I do not wonder it struck- you as dismal Have you heard has any one ever told you that that it was not considered as being quitt safe Safe I repeated with God for give me an expression of mild wonder in my eyes Yes it has not tho best of names Strange things havo happened in it or have been thought to which is just as had I thought that some ono might have been kind enough to tell you at tho station There was a gentle sort of sarcasm in the tone only that or so I thought at tho time I began to feel myself in a maze Somebody I suppose it was tho sta tion master did say something to mo about a boy lost somewhere in this por tion of tho woods Do you mean that my dear She nodded glancing again over her shoulder and partly rising as if moved by some instinct of flight They aro dark enough I obsorved with another look toward tho heavily curtained windows for moro than ono person to bo lost in their recesses Yes she murmured rosoating her self aud eying mo nervously whilo sho spoko Wo aro used to the terrors thoy iuspiro iu strangers but if you sho leaped to her feet iu manifest eager ness and her wholo faco changed in a way sho littlo realized herself if you havo any fear of sleeping amid such taken that journey abroid which hail ended in her death and burial in a for eign land I had heard sho had gone abroad for her health which hail begun gloomy surroundings wo can uroeuro t0 aHsiHt tho preparation of the meal 1 in mill vnnr lirntlu uu a juuiii iii uio viuago wnere you w will bo moro coinfortublo and whero wo I wlH tno lirst tuno o hud hoon wo can visit you almost as well as mentioned by any of us I had shrunk horo Shall I do it Shall I call from tl venturo out of a motive of My faco must have assumed a very luro compassion I think and they had grim look for her words tripped at that ot Been t0 Introduco Iuh namo into point and a flush tho first I had seen of our conversations Consequently on her cheek roso up to her forehead waited hor response with some anx giving her au appearanco of groat lat having n secret premonition that tress in sonio way he was at tho bottom of Oh I wish Loreeu would como I y strange reception am not atall hannvin liivsiiL trnfcfinnH Her hasty answer given however tho young man as I said Why dont you raise sell I thm I should raise everything possible melons your in anxious to it I hail so to fail after the bit th of Imcctta but as much ground as you possess site had gone unaccompanied by her I Oh yonio a woman he answered husband or children there was much almost roughly Its a gooil business that it would bo interesting for mi to lor women and for men too perhaps know concerning these events which I who love to see fruit hang but I only telt that these girls might be willing to care to eat it tell mo but Miss Knollys intentionally orunintentioiially assumed an air so cold at these xvoll meant questions on my part that I desisted from pressing her and began to talk about mvself in a way which 1 hoped would establish really friendly relations between us and make it possible for her to tell mo later if not at tho present moment what it was that weighed so heavily upon tho household that no ono could enter into it without feeling the shadow of the secret terror that enveloped it But Miss Knollys whilo moro atten tive to my remarks than her sister had been showed still by certain unmistak ublo signs that her heart and interest wero anywhere but in that room and while I could not regard this as throw ing any discredit upon my powers of pleasing which havo rarely failed when I havo exerted them to their ut most I still could not but experience tho dampening effect of her manner I over me uutying my bonnet and laying sho said with a deprocatory twitch of wtnout any increase of embarrassment aside my bundles which up to this mo mt nt I hud hold in my hands I I am so absontmindod sho murmured I I did not think I hopo you will excuse mo Lorocn would havo given you a much bettor welcome Then Loreon should havo been hero I said with a smilo I could not restrain that Blight robuko yet I liked tho girl notwithstanding everything I had heard and her own odd and unao countable behavior there was a sweet ness in her faco when sho choso to uoiilo that provod an irresistible attrac tion And then for all her went on chatting but in a desultory way noting all that was odd in her un accountable reception of mo but giving as I firmly beliovo no evidence of my concern and rapidly increasing curiosity The peculiarities observable iu this my first interview with thoso interet ing but by no means easily to bo under stood sisters continued all day When ono sister came in the other stopped out and when dinner time came and I was ushered down tho buro and dismal hall into an equally bare and unattract ive dining room it was to find tho seats laid for four and Lucetta only seated at the head of tho board Whero is Loreon I asked wonder ingly as I took tho seat sho pointed out to mo with one of her faint and quick ly vanishing smilos Sho sho cannot como at present my young hortes stammered with tho least glanco of distress at tho largo hearty looking woman who had sum moned mo to tho dining room Ah I murmured thinking that possibly Loreon had found it necessary her lip that was ono of hor subtle wmowhat dispelled this supposition charms Oh thoro sho is Now I may Oh ho will bo in presently said go said sho and without tho least Bha William is never very punctual pearanco of realizing that sho had said Hat wlon o did como in I could not anything out of placo pho rushod from but b0 tmu cr manner instantly tho room aluiOBt before her sister had changed and becamo almost painfully entered it anxious Though it was my first meet- But not boforo their eyes had met in iu8 with tho roal head of tho house sho u look of unusual significance waitod for an interchange of looks with CHAPTER V IXHIKKX LUCETTA AND WILIJAM Had I not caught that look I minht uun ueioro giving mo ttio necessary in troduction and when this duty passed ho took his seat at tho tablo her thoughts and attention remained so fix havo received an improssion of Misa d npon him that she well nigh forgot Knollys that would in a measure havo tuo ordinary civilities of a hostess Had fdnees and abstracted wayb she was counteracted that made by the moro l not wen lor the woman I havo spo euch a lady 1 Not oven tho plainest of nervous and leua restrained Lucetta kea of who in her jrood natnred Dont Lucetta put in but not with tho vigor 1 hail expected 1 liko to hunt train dogs and enjoy other peoples fruit ho laughed with a nod at the blushing Lueelta I dortt see any use in a mans putting himself out for things he can get lor the asking Lifes too short for such lolly I nil au to havo a good Inno whilo Im on this blessed spliete William The cry was iinsislible yet it was not the cry I bail been look ing lor Painful as this exhibition was of his stupidity and utter want of feel ing it was not tho thing shu di ended or why was her protest so much weaker than her appearance had given token of Oh he shouted whilo she shrunk with a horrified look Lucetta dont liko that Sho thinks a man ought to wotk plow harrow dig make a slave of himself to keep up n place thats no good anyway But I tell her that work is something shell never got out of me I was born a gentleman aud a gentle man I will live it the placo tumbles down over our heads Perhaps it would be the best way to get rid of it Then I could go live with Mr Trohm and havo melons from early morn till late at night And again his coarso laugh rang out This or was it his words seemed to rouse her as nothing had done before Thrusting out her hand sho laid it on his mouth with a look of almost frenied appeal at tho woman who was standing at his back Mr William how can you that woman cried and when ho would have turned upon her angrily sho lean ed over aud whispered in his ear a fow words that seamed to cow him for ho gave a short grunt through his sisters trembling fingers and with a shrug of his heavy shoulders subsided into si lence To all this I was a simple spectator but I did not soon forget a single feature of this scene Tho remainder of tho dinner passed quietly William and myself eating with more or less heartiness Lucetta tasting nothing at all Iu mercy to her 1 de clined coffee and as soon as William gavo token of being satisfied we hur riedly roso It was tho most uncomfoit ablo meal 1 ever ato iu my life To Ixi toiitiiiiifxl Suit Wiil i Men and Shorn Mew much ii man in liko old tlii For iiibtiinrii llotli n null mit lute Iiiilhluuii lifon tanned Ixith aro miulo UkIiI H ctihlilitrti Ixiili Kel left anil risht llotli nerd n main to w complete Anil Ixilh are Hindu to ko on rot Thoy both need ht ilins ofl urn toled And iMith in time lorn nil to mold With bhoeb tho Intt in tirtt with men The first tdiull ho Ihu luM and when Tho bhoeb wear out lheru mended now When men u our mil therii men deud ton They lxith am I rod iiuni and Ixitli Will trend on otlierb nolhlni loath Iloth havo thoir titb ami lxith incline When iKilibhed in tho world to thine Anil both iick out And would ou cIkmimi To ho u man or li hit- hoei T An Old KiMinte D ULY SLKKPINO OAH SERVICE TU HOT SPU1NGS SOUTH DAKOTA VIA tiik NORTHWESTERN LINK JOE PHEASANT SCALDEp KreelM il Illllillll Itnriifi In Holler Koolii nl Urn Silent- Kiii tnrv Ituin MiiiiiIiuh Pnll line Pheasant was the victim of an accident nt the sugar factory yestenlav ami is now sniveling fioni some very srveie ami painful luitiiH lie was employed iu the btilbr room of the institution mid was ycsteiilny sent Into the llrcbov under one of the lioileis fioni which the lite had been dinvli In leniove some buck so that the boiler which laid been leaking could be re paiietl Wliile In was engaged in this wink the mil it hole of the holler wiih iciuovctl allowing soveial ImicIioIh ol hoi water n continued nut ut w iitcii it was p seil it had been emptied escape COCOA PURE HEALTHFUL K sup- Pheasant was liigheuiil ami piompted bv hit 111 Mf impulse not out ol the lllcbo as inpiilly as potsihtc gi t ting diieelly under the falling wnci which Hcatled him si veiely on his back ami itll arm Mr Prank Siller was at onco silm moiled and gave Hie young man lessional attt iition pio Ho is now getting along quite nicelv at lie home ol his mother on Philip avenue and it is thought lie will be able to be about again within a lew iIiijh WiMiii Several blight and himcHt persons to roptcsout us as mauageis in this and close counties Salaiy ihlKi a year ami expenses SHaiglil bona lltlo no mote no less salary Position per maueiit Our references any bank iu any town It is mainly olllcevvoik con filleted al home Itoltionccs Kncltmcd self- atldiesseil stamped t nvelope Tnr Dominion Covtrvsv Depl i Chicago S For all coughs and colds Auers tnerry peciorai The medicine tried i j for 60 years is the I medicine you can afford to try r ALWAYS USE ii H MPHRFVCf VETERINARYSPECIFICS cjihFEVEU8 LunPoer Milk F rr jJKPUAIVH LanieniM HbeutiiatUin cuiush j KIia500TIC niteinper Smiaij WOIIMH Hull arufaa TOiutjcoaHK Cold influmxa cniuMoc DfHvachp Dlnrrlira GO Prevent MIKCAIIIIIAUK Ivnh KWMSV dc IILADUKU tBOUIKIlfi cuiianAD conITIOV filarlng Coab 80c each j Blablo Caw Ten Brrinc nook Ac t7 At druKKllaor writ priimlil on rurolnt of iirlcJ HumiiliroyH Mdllctna Co Cur William A John Bt Nuw York Veteicinaiit jUwiul Bent Kuee NERVOUS DEBILITY VITAL WKAKMSS find Prostration from Over work or other causes Humphreys Homoopnthio Spoolflo No 28 In uao over 40 years tlio only uuocetjaful rumedy 1 1 per vfalor S viala and large vial powderfor ts Hold hj Ilrtif flat br wot ut 114 on receipt cil price BCSrUUU li UUI CO Cor MIUl4a JU bu kw Tark AWifeSays Wr hivf four clnlilrrn With the firit tlircr I Milfcrrd almost unlxMrAblc pains from 12 to II hours mid hul to he placed under Ihr inllticiicf of chloroform I used three bottles el Mothers Friend before our litl child cimr which Is a slroni fat and healthy boy doint my hoiisrvvork up lo within two hours ol birth and Mif Irrcdbutafevvliard pains Thin lini incut is the grand est remedy ever made flloflicrs AT A V will do for every woman what il did for the Miniifstili mother who writes Ihc above let ter Not to use it during pregnancy i a mistake to be paid for In pain and sulferui Mothers Fruiut equips the patient Willi a slroiii body and clear intellect which in turn are imparled to the child It relaxes Ihc muscles and allows Ihem to expand It relieves inominj sickness and nervousncis Il puts all the organs concerned in perfect condition lor Hie final hour mi that tlicaclual labor is short and practically painless Dan ger of rising or hard breasts is altogether avoided and recovery Is merely a matter of a few days DniKijIiitii nrll MotlinH Ilrml lor 1 n bottle The KraJllclJ Regulator Co Atlanta Ga bend lor 0111 ipclllnntratcil book Frazsr AxSo Grease tNDTHEPLDRFIIARir - tJillllHDI TtiH B JVs AtUfftu in V I HIAI I KrTtttTlllO CCl 1 iiilililill CCtMC Aft -mm Atf z oiSSSi HUP 4VHHVWSA 0 mi Kr lOTI III P L 1 t tTiisfvmmmmmmxKx Not affected by Heat or Cold Highest Awards at Centennial Paris and Worlds Fair Mnubcurod Frazer LjBRCATR Jfl Factories Chclayo St Louis New York TREES AND PLANTS A full lino l rull Treen nf HeM Vnrlcllcs nl Kuril Times Prices Hmiill fruit in I hi ki niipl MilllmiH of Htiiiwhiirry IiIiiiiIm viTi thrifty nml unll rntitcil iiilllin in hi niiu huiiiii nml hiivii fnilnht or iniirii Hi ml fur iuicii liht to North Bend Nurseries North he ml jdc Count Nch JrJiMPTt 3 JSWWK Free Reclining Chair Cars en all Trains IMK SKRVICK CIOSK CONNECTIONS I WO DAILY KhT Tit A INS ItKTVVKKN KA II W AY OMAHA AND Atchison Kansas City and St Louis With direct roiincelions to all South 1 cm and Kastern jxiiiitp LiioiciIIkI tinio mill ncroiiHiioilntions to till Famous Hot Sorines of Arkansas BE SURE TO SECURE TICKETS VIA THIS LINE Knr mtiro ctiniiilntn Information uWrintive iHiiiililtn ntc iiclilrnbu J 0 PJIJIiLIIIl W C UAItNES AO FanriPA T IA SiiuUicatt Utir Mtli ami DmiKlaHSte OMAHA NKKBASKt jmmimsmm r V-VV- H C TRUMAN WALL PAPER From loc a Double Roll up Window Shades Rcom rYouldinos Faints Oils Glass m n tist Brushes Etc Etc Painting Paper Hanging and Decorative Work at Fair Prices