1 A GAME OF QUIXOTISM.
| 1 I y TOM GALLON.
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"Hy Jove ! cil ! clap I like you. You're ,
the right sort of a friend , jou arc. I can |
always sum up a man In nvo mlnutca ;
there's no deceiving me , you know. Hang
all formalities , I say Introductions , anil nil
that kind of thing. I Ilko you " The hey 8
handsome face was flushed , his ejos were
wild ; he had lilted hli hat to the hack of
Ills head. He caught the man he addressed
by the arm , swaying a little unsteadily
blinking at l.lni. "I say , jou know , " ho
added , "wo mur > tn't lose Bight of each other
eh ? "
"A wise precaution , certainly , so far as
you are concerned , " laughed the other ,
rather wearily. "Hut , come what do you
want to do ? 1 think I'll go home. "
"Home ! " cried the boy , shaking his new-
friend boisterously. "What a suggestion !
No let's stick together ; we haven't known
each other half nn hour yet. "
"Which Is perhaps fortunate , from your
point of view , " muttered the-other. Aloud ,
ho mid. ' 'Well ' , my dissipated unknown ,
\vhal Is > our program ? Come , who are you ;
what are you ; where are you going ? I'vo
got you out of a row In that vi'ry shaky
place" ho Jurkctl his head toward the
lighted doorw.ty behind them "but that
doeon't necessarily mean undying friendship
In return. If that's your game , pertnps I'd
better have left jou to get out of the row
yourself ngiln from your point of view. "
"I don't know wl.at jou'ru talking about , "
replied the boy , a llttlo sleepily "Hut I'll
tell you what well do , " litndikd rapidly ,
striving to stand steadily for a moment ;
wo'll go to my place. Jolly little rooms ;
we'll have another drink and n cliat.
Come along ! "
"Here stop my young friend. If you
won't think for yourself I must do It for
you. You're not a bad fort of a fellow ,
OH boys go ; I don't want to get you Into
trouble. I hate family Jirs and you're
very young. What about your people ? "
"People bo hanged ! ' was the reply "I'm
my own master , I'd hive jou know. More
come one ; can't talk In the sficet. "
Ho swung round , and noisily balled a pass
ing hansom , and began to drag the other
man toward It ,
"Well , 1 suppose I'd better see jou home ,
at all events , " muttered the other
The boy shouted an ai'dicsi In Kensington
and the cab rattled off The bay talked
spasmocllcallj' evcn broku Into Bong now and
then ; the other man leaned tack In the cub
and looked befoe : him down the almost de
serted streets. Hens thinking , in n. dull
fashion ; thinking of the hours long nlnco
gone by when lie had been ns this boj. with
nil life opening before him a road sweet and
pleasant , to bs trodden with head erect , and
confident eyes that watched for victory ; think
ing of how often ho had been content to
crawl In the dust of unhallowed bywajs. It
angered him a little that ho should think ofi
that now ; such thoughts had tioublcd him
once , but he had since learned to dismiss
them with a shrug to laugh at the old
platitudes of virtue which had once meant so
much to him.
Ho routed himself with a otnit , to find
that the cab was > stopping. Ho saw , with
something of contcirtH , that the boy had
fallen asleep , hit ) head nodding down stupidly
on his breast. He roused him shainly al
most shaking him out of the cab to the pave
ment. The boy put some sliver into the
driver's hind and then thrust his arm
through that or his companion.
"Hero we are ! " he exclaimed. "Ily Jove !
I'm J.alf asleep ; 1 want something to 'liven
me up. Come on this way. "
"No I shan't come In , " replied the other ,
glancing up at the windows of the place and
catching the gleam of the summer dawn thai
was struggling In the sky. "You'd better get
to bed , young 'uli. "
"You'ro not going to leave me HUe this , "
was the reply. "Hod , Indeed ! Come , I tell
jou , you shan't go. "
It had been the mood of the man to yield
to every passing ItrpuUo throughout his life ;
It was so much casle- thin to struggle. He
yielded now and went up the stairs. After
all , ho.thought , It would be a lighter matter
to get rid of this Importunate youth In ai
hour'fl tlmo than to have a discussion with
him In the street.
The flat Into which the boy nolsllv
stumbled was well and orcttlly furnished ;
Bccmcd nlmcst to show the touch of a
feminine hand In its arrangement of Dowers
and knick-knacks. One small electric light
glowed at the sldo of the room ; the boy
turned all the others fully on ; they showed
Bluntly white against the dull rosy light
"Whichwas " coming faintly In th ough the
curtains.
The visitor had strolled across to the fire
place and btood thcro moidlly looking at
some photographs ranged on the shelf , ho
picked up ono and was examining It. Ho set
It down sharply and turned to his young host
"Now , " ho said , "Is the time for formali
ties for Intioductlons. In a prosaic world
v/o must bo careful of the conventions ; you
know. I am Richard l'"elgate" ' ho bowed
a llttlo Ironically "a nan of whom his
acquaintances ( nrd they are numerous ) have
but little good to say. when they rhoorc to
speak of him at all ; and of whom his friends
( If he happened to possess any ) would prob
ably speak with an Ill-placed pity. A poor
rogue. In fact , who has but ono merit ;
that ho gives duller rogues something to talk
about. "
"O ! come , you know , you're running- your
I self down , " replied the other. "You must
. bo out of sortE have a drink. .My name ,
you know. Is Houghton Halley Houghton "
"Well , Mr. Halley -ughton. . . give me
something In which to drink your health ,
Enug place you have here and all to your-
tclf. eh ? "
" 0 ! yea all to myself of course , " re
plied Houghton , pouring out whisky with
an unsteady hand and glancing toward a
door nt the end of the room "fome- '
lioro you are ; cheer yourself up a bit ! "
Richard Fclgnto took the glass , with a
laugh , and drank deep. Contempt for him-
Rolf contempt for this hey pricked him
to recklessness ; he filled the glass again aid
again ; oven urged the boy to the drinking
of mad tcosts "I'll give the young Idiot
n Icason , " ho thought brutally ; "one rf
the IcsBone they taught mn years ago We're
traveling the sime road my stupid Halley
Jloughlon , " ho muttered , looking ut him
"oflly I'm a llttlo farther on the Journey
than you. "
Presently the 'boy fell Into a heavy slum-
bo/ with his bend among the glances on the
table ; Hlchard Folfiato , whose face was
Hushed , Blond up , arJ steadied himself r.'lth
n hand on the back of a chair. He laughed
In hls throat , and then with a shaking
liand began to pour some moro whisky Into
ills glass.
A soi-nd at the other end of the room
caused him to look up with a start ; ho sat
down the bottle , and drew himself up , with
IiU hands gripping the chair back. The
dear , which evidently led from another
roviu , had opened , and a llguro stood them ,
In a long , IOOBU robe , framed startlliiigly
against the darkness behind the figure of a
young girl.
In all his after llto It Is probable that
nichird Kelgato , never quite effaced the rec
ollection of that moment ; never quite lout
the Impression of the girl , aB ho saw her
then. She bad stepped , with ono hand on
the door knob nnd the other holding her
ROWII at the throat ; they looked at each
other for one long moment across the
drunken boy.
Bwlftly , still looking at him she missed
the room and bent over the boy. He roused
Iilmself a little sullenly , laughed sleepily ,
and laid down his head again. She looked
such a Bcoin In her
fell a lit
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away from him nnd tapping her slim fingers
Impatiently on the table.
Near the door he hesitated for a moment
and glanced toward her ; noting. In a dull
way , ho.v pure and white and still was her
profile , how soft vv re the strands of brown
hair which curled closj against her neck.
"Won't you letme say " he begin : but
she checked him quickly
"Say nothing , I beg , sir. "
Ho opened the door softly , and passed
out , and got down Into the street , feeling
beaten and sobered and humbled. He was
In a mi od to curse the fate which had taken
him to the placeto ; curse his weakness In
being so easily ptit , to flight , by a girl. But
after much tramping of the streets , and
many vain endeavors to dismiss the whole
stupid business from his mind , he found tunt
his chief feeling In the matter remained that
of humiliation.
Mr. Ilallcy lloughton was sullenly recov
ering the next morning when ho received , a
call from his friend of the previous night.
Ills remembrance cf events was so ha/.y that
ho failed to recognize the name of Itlchurd
Felgalo when U .was presented to him by
the servant , or "th'e person of the visitor
when ho entered the room Pelgito had quite
icrovorod his usual demeanor ; only In day
light the lines .on his' faie and the horrible
vve rlne's of his eyds'wi-re more marked
than lu the light by which men generally
saw him. '
"I see you don't remember mo , " he slid ,
with a smile , as he pulled off his gloves.
"And yet I waiy'your guest here last night ,
Mr. llalley Uoughton.1'
"Hy Jove ! " exclaimed the young gentle
man , nervously. "I haVe a dim recollection
that 1 brought some follow home with inc.
* * * Yes , of course ; you got mo out of
a scrape nt that beastly club , and then "
"And then yoji Imitated on bringing me
hero , " fcUpDlcwented Hlcllard Kclgjtc , frown-
lug. "Today I have called to apologke for
my conduct. "
"Apologise ! " exclaimed Halley Houghton.
" 0 , I'm sum there's nothing to apologize
for , Mr Mr Kelgate" ho glanced at the
card "nothing at all. I daresay wo kicked
up a bit of .1 row , but "
"You ml-take my meaning , " replied Kel
gate coolly. "I do not suggest that an
apology Is due you , but to your sister. "
"Hero , what arc youdriving at ? " cried
the other roughly. "I suppose I can manage
my own affairs ; whatb my sister got to do
with the matter ? "
"I'll sptak plainly my young1 friend. You
brought me an utter stranger , picked up
In one of the worst haunts In London
home with you last night We were both
I iju , pose. Intoxicated ; you certainly were
Suillce It that we disturbed a lady , whom
I accidentally dlscoveicd to be your sister ,
and who came out here after you had fallen
asleep "
"Came out here ! " ga ped Bailey.
"Certainly , " responded Hlchard fclgate
"Now , my deaf Mr Halley Houghton , you
mo very young ; life as I know It Is a
bealed book to you ; pray the gods you may
never open It , boy. Motives arc usually In
explicable , save to those in whose breasts
they spring ; I shall not attempt to explain
mine to you. Su'fllcc It Mat you placed me
In a fali o position last night , today I come
to sot myself right. "
" 0 , you can't do that , you know , " broke
in Bailey Honghton. "Last night's affair Is
done with ; we all have n spree sometime
Hut last night Isn't this morning ; you
can't expect to push yourself in In this
fashion , Mr Mr. Pclgnte " He got up as
ho spoke and , spread his legs and shook
his head aggressively.
Felgato's face had flushed for a moment
nnd he made nn Involuntary movement to
vvaid the younger man ; then his arms fell
to his side and he turned away.
"I m afraid It's useless to try to make
you understand , " ho said slowly , "for that
rcacon I won't make the attempt However ,
I am hero to see" Miss Roughton. "
"And I say you can't s > ee her. Con
found It , sir , who are you ? "
"That Is a matter you should have decided
last night I might bo the greatest villain
unhung , and yet you brought me hero am'
left It to your sister to turn me out of tlu
place. If you knew more of the wo Id you
would understand that one cannot Blip out of
things ho easily as you dtalre to do. I am
"lore " to sco Miss Houghtcn. "
"But but what Is your object ? "
"Purely that of cotirtwy , n necessary
apology a dcslro to set myself right In the
eyes of a ! ady who yrobably , at this moment
regards mo as a blackguard. "
"I don't see that It's necessary. "
"I Insist. " -
Ho was so cool and determined about the
matter that ltd gklned his point , even to the
( jxteut of Interviewing the lady alone. Bu'
It was remarkable , after he had entered her
presence , how completely his mannc.
changed. The easy lnsoluco was gone , al
KKAMUU AOAl.NST THU DAUK.M.SS HH-
HIND run fjiouul : OF A OWL.
most befoui th door had closed uyoti them
"My brother tells mo there Is something
you have to say to mo , sir , " oho began ,
standing a Email , slim llguro full of dignity
before him ,
"I ask but a moment" he replied , gravely
"You would not lot mo speak last night ; I
am grateful that you should give so graceless
a fellow the opportunity now I was brought
hero last night under a worif , Impression ; I
have cometo cruvo your forgiveness. "
"Why should you ? " she asked coldly.
"You told mo you came as a chance ac
quaintance of my brother a stranger. I had
hoped you would go as a stranger "
The words were moro deliberately cruel
than she had Intended. After all she had
Been this man only In an Hour when he had
stood as the companion of ho- dissolute
brother ; the leader of that brother , In the
scnsB that ho was much older man ; to that
conclusion her woman's mind leaped. Here
was clearly the wolf , bho thought ; her
brother btood UK the Injured tatnb ,
Ulchard Kelgate bowed and moved toward
the door ; there waa almost a sigh on his lips
"I I am bor.y , " he said. "You cannot , of
course , understand that suc'u a man us I am
should feel any contrition any shame.
* Well , It doekn't matter ; I WUH
troubled about It a little , that's all. Tlicio
was a nud feeling In my heurt that jou -
who art > oure and good might believe that
0 ! what does It matter what I
again I am soiiy. flood-bye , "
only when she fully
Im out a second
to
I Just with o much of meekness , Under
ordinary circumstances , she would have been
content to nllowi the matter to be forgotten
AS nn unpleasant Incident , but now she ; was
careful to discover his name , and to keep
It In her memory ; half In the hope that
she might learn something of him perhaps
oven something , she told , herself , which
should prove her attitude toward him had
been but the correct one.
She was Boon to hear something. At
the house of a friend one afternoon the
name of Hlchnrd Fclgato was mentioned
tossed from lip to lip with that half-
pitying , half-contemptuous accompaniment
with which wo speak of the human flotsam
and Jetsam of this world.
"Who Is the man ? " asked little Miss
lloughton "I Becm to have hc-d his
name. "
"My dear Dora" cxcUlmed her friend ,
"every one has heard his name In the
wrong fashion. Immensely clever , my
dear , but a thorough scamp. Very charmIng -
Ing man these scamps always are but
bound to end In ono fashion which wevon't
specify. A creature absolutely without any
guiding principle In him , acts on the Im
pulse of every moment , and that Impulse
usually the vvrotv ? one. " .
"What Is he ? " nskcd the girl again.
" 0 , an artist , I believe. .Mad * quite a
Hc.'is.ulon onco. with n picture , every ono
predicted great things of him. But now
ho toes any work which will bring him In n
scanty livelihood A scimp. my dear , wTlh
but one ending before him. "
The words haunted the girl , stirred
again the accusations which she had
leveled at herself. Whatever road this most
unworthy man might be traveling ; she hated
the thought that her hand should have
tlrust him a step or two on the despairing
Journey
Quito by accident , or by fate's ruling
for what we deem accidents are often but
the careful plannlnga of fate she heard
where Klchird Wclgato lived. With her
com ago In both hands with the sublime
beauty of her Innocence shining In her eyes
and glowing In her face she went to see
him.
It was a bold and desperate measure ,
but eho hid been rendered bold nnd des
perate by thc33 growing self-accuslngs
and by her pity for this outcast. His sug
gested Iniquity frightened her , but his
suggested doom was still more appalling
She carried resolutely before her the
mcmciy of his pleading voice when , ho had
begqcd for her forgiveness the remembrance
of the weary , rccklo'-s face
"Thcro can bo nothing wrong In It , " she
said to herself , "thcro can surely be nothing
wrong in anything which Is done for pity
which has good for Its ultimate aim "
Ho was sitting alone brooding , with his
head In his hands when she crjtcrcd bin un
tidy nnd neglected studio ; ho started up
staring as though at a ghost. She rushed to
he" mission with huriied words , fearful of
delay. <
"Mr. Felgate , " she said , holding put her
hands to him , "you came to me , a little
time ago , aud I refused to hear you. I am
sorry. Will you believe that I am sorry' "
He took her hands , looking into her eyes
Incredulously. "I'm afraid I don't under
stand , " he said. "Who sent you to me ? "
"Tint Is ungenerous of you"
"Ah1 forgive me , " he cried quickly. "I
am ungenerous Indeed. But your visit 1 =
such a BU prising ono ; you come like light
Into this dreary place "
"Surely It should not be dreary , Mr Kel
gate. Where one does the work ono loves "
"Work1 I have long caasc'4'-i6 remember
the better meaning of the word. "
"But that should nil be , " she said
ea nestly. "Indeed , I hive heird so much
ahout you that I " She stopped , confused.
"And , having heird so much about me , you
rorne here ? " he aflccd gravely.
"Yes , because I want to -
help you , M- .
"
Kelgato.
"To help me ? You've set yourself a task ,
I fear , Miss Houghton. "
"Ah1 please don't laugh at me. "
"Laugh at you , child' ' I am nearer , to
tears than laughter , I think. I did not
know that there were such women as you
left In the world ; it has not been my fate to
nnd them. Come tell me ; how will you
help me ? "
Ho was so gentle and BO much moved
there was such grave consideration In his
eyes , that she began to luse her first fears
of the monster. "It It be In the newer of
any woman and I have heard It said that
a woman has such power I'll try to draw jou
back to better things. You must not mind
If I speak plainly ; I'll try to bo your friend
If you will let me ; I'll make you take up
your work again , for the work's sake. " She
aainped her foot and sot her small white
teeth hard. "Come Is It n bargain ? " She
ueld out her hand to him.
"In the name of all sweot. and holy things , "
ho answered her solemnly , "Yes. " He nut
the hand to his lips.
Timt was the beginning of the strange
business ; the end was to come In another
fashion. She began to discover soon thn
magnitude of the task she had set herself ,
to see that fhis was not a thing to be lightly
taken up and as lightly dropped. Small and
frail woman na she was , whose lfo ! had
hitherto been almost purposeless , she grew
to understand that sao held this man's seal
In the grasp of her tvvfl .hands ; that he
clung to her with the desperate energy of
cne suddenly awakened to his peril , pleaded
to her , with these weary eyes of his to
watch and l > ivo faith In him.
Moro than' all , It required constant tact
end care , this delicate business Kvon her
newer sometimes went for nothing , nnd
the vvholo gamut of after-repentance , and
renewed promises and praycra. had to be
gene through. Times there were , too , when
serious measures were vain , when Jesting
seived better than prayers , when It war
possible to laugh him out of some now reck
lessness or folly.
Then came a new development. Tongucn
bejjan to wag. In her Innocence In the
keenness of her deslro to he'p this man
she had not thought of that possibility , her
clear young BOU ! refused to take In the
strangeness of her vlsl s to n man against
whom so many doors were closed. That she
believed In him believed lu the sweeter bet
ter riatuio of him had been fiudlclcnt to
her ,
The friend a discreet , married woman
worldly-wise who had first mentioned Hlch
ard Fclgato's name was the flist to volco the
whlspsilngs She took the girl aside nnd
sharply oiiestloncd her.
"Mr Felgato Is my friend , " replied Uorn
Houghton , her face a llttlo troubled.
"Friend ! Stuff and noimonse ! We're not
living In Arcadia , my dear : we're In Lon
don In the nineteenth century and that
man lirn nbout the worst reputation of nny
In our Hinnll wor'd. I told you so when his
tiamo waa first mentioned ; you must surely
remember that ? "
"Yes , I remember. I think that first , made
mo go to him. I wanted to help him.1
"That sort of missionary effort is gener
ally only effected In cno fashion , when n
woman undertakes the pious odlco , " laughed
her friend , "and that fashion Is by touch
ing the man's heait. Friendship won't do
It , preaching won't do It love may. "
"Love'erled ! Dora , startled. "You arc
talking nonsense. I'm Hiiro no such thought
has ever entered my mind or Ills Wo are
just good friends , cannot you understand
that ? I I believe In him , and and because
because I believe. In him well ho works
and talka to mo about hla work , and O !
your mind runs In i very narrow groove1"
"A groove that has been proved , again
ar-d again , to bo only n well worn road ,
my dear , with experience for a flnger-
It was the occasion of her next visit to
Hlchard Fclgate's studio that the lesson was
driven home. She had been admiring a pic
ture of his which was nuarlng completion ,
a picture which was to show to the world
that the old promise of great things was
not dead ; that the man they had given over
to oblivion and folium had romethlriK of
thf quality of moro abiding things still in
him , She had spurred him on to the work ;
had gloried In the thought that but for her
It would never have been done. She sighed
happily as eho turned away frcm It aud
fccfd the painter.
"It Is very good , " she said , softly. "I
knew that you could take up the old
thread again , "
"The old thread would never have been
taken up but for you , " ho replied "And
yet. sometimes I ask myself even now
what It 1s all for. Ah , no forgive me ;
ask that because It's alt for yod
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by ; you stretched out your dear hands and
grasped mo as I floated past and held
me. All my world , all my life , Is with
you , and In you , without you I am nothing.
1 thought at ( list It might be your sweet
comradeship ; 1 was so worthless I was grate
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love Jove of the highest ; had I not heard
that voice you might have called In vain.
Little Dora , 1 love you ; there Is no hope ,
no heaven , no life for mo without you.
Dear , I "
She- got a firm hold of herself at last ;
saw that there was a question to bo faced ;
a terrible business on which she had not
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"Stop ! " she cried , t "You you don't un
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There was a dead mllence for a moment ;
the man stood perfectly still , with hla hancla
gripping each other behind his back.
"I see , " he eald at last , In a low voice ,
"jour belief In me won't extend eo far as
that. "
"O ! no no ; I dot believe In jou , hideed I
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Dry Goods , Fin mslnng Goods
AND NOTIONS.
DRUGS.
go2-po6 Jackson Sf.
J. C. niCHAUUSON. Prcst.
C. K. WKLLUH , V. Pitfat.
,
tlons , bpertal Fnrtnttlttri I'repuiftl to
Onicr , Srmf/Vii' Catalogue.
I lborator > , 1112 Howard St. Omaha
E. Bruce & Co.
v
Druggists and Stationers
"Queen lice" Specialties.
Clgnr , Wlm anj Urr.nillcs ,
Corner 10th and Hnrncy Street ! .
ELECTRICAL aUPPLIES.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
ISM Farnam St.
FRUIT-PRODUCE.
WHOII > ALn
Commission Merchants.
S W. Corner 12th and Howard Sto.
Members of the N.itlonal LCUKUC of Commlo
Eton Merchants of the Lnltid StatCb.
&
JOUUKHS
Fruit and Vegetables
SPECIALTIES RtinulJiMTlcs , Apples , Orangc-v
Lemons , Cranberries. Potatoes. 1017 Howard St
FURNITURE
Fiireiif re Go
WHOLESALE
Furniture Draperies
1115-1117 Farnam Street-
TYPE FOUNDRIES.
rest Western
Superior Copper Mixed Type Is the belt on
the mrrkct.
FOUNDHY.
1111 Hoaard Street.
GUOCEIUH5
13th and Leuvenvvortli St.
Staple andjancy Grocer'/Vj ,
rtA AND corn * KCUSKKS , etc.
"Do jou know what you have done ? " ho
cried , almost harnhly. "Did you think you
could coino into a man'tf life , as you have
comii Into mine , and then smilingly wave
jour hand ono day and pabs out of It all , and
bo forgotten , with only > our good deeds left
behind ? Did you think tlut ? "
"I did not knod , I I wanted to help jou.
* * I have been engaged to this man
slnco I was a mere child. Wo knew caih
other an children. Ho Is in India. "
"Dots ho know you as I know you this
man who Id to claim you ? Have you done
for him what you have done for mo , you
sweet llttlo blunderer ? "
"It not ' . " She
was neccssorj' was shaking
and trembling ; she bad covered her face
with her hands.
"I see , " bo said again. "Ho wasn't on
the downward path ho'd something to hopu
for. Ho dropped his hands from her shoul
ders aud turned away.
"Hut but you wou't " eho began , look-
log up at him.
"What ? "
"Co back to that old life ? "
"Will you hold me ? " he asked , stretching
out his hands to her with a smile.
"Hut for your own saKe , " she pleaded.
"A worthier anchorage , " was the reply.
"Come dry your tears. You've tried j-our
experiment ; It ten't jour fault If you've
failed at the supreme moment. Goodby ! "
Shu eaw the bitter liopelefiinrtis of U ; saw
his head down on his hands In the old at
titude , aa the left the place.
Two jears went by , and they met again.
In qulto the Etrangeat fashion. She had
been 111 an Miners which might be attrib
uted to actual -weariness of the poor comedy
GROCERIES.
Ieyer & Raapke ,
WIOU3SALH
FINE GROCERIES
Teas , Spleen , Totinccc nnd Cigars.
1403-U07 Hnrney Sirttt-
OailagEier G ®
Mtl'OUTUUS.
GAS Cni.-I.'KL ! HOAST1MIS
AMI JUIUll.NG GHOCICIIS
Telephone 2SS.
HARNESS-SADDLERY
J
Il.tltlfKSi , HAIUIT.I .S . < .VJ > Cin.L.tlS
oliher * of I rather , . .SnddrrIlitrtliearc ; , F.te ,
Wo Killclt your orders 1315 Howard Et
HARDWARE.
Wholesale Hardware ,
Oiiiulm ,
f ee-Olark
tss
Wholesale Hardware.
Illcyclcs and Spoillm : Gocds. 1210-21-23 Ilnr-
ucy street.
JEWELRY
Wholesale Jtiueliy.
Intli and Harncy ; Gin ilia.
\Vo can allow you the b 'st st > ek in the vvo t.
hi ) IL'lllll.
LIQUORS.
fter EMs © &
WIIOLHSALn
. LIQUORS.
Proprietors of AMERICAN CIGAI1 AND ( JLASS
VVARU CO
! H-iG South 141.1 St.
ayV Fasyflfi
* 1 } tuCSSiB'S '
East India -Bitters
Golden Sheaf Pure llje nnd Bourlion Whiskey.
Wilton SprlngJ DMIIUry , Her & Co. , 1112
Ilnrney Street.
Wholesale
Liquor l\lcrchants \ ,
1001 rarnnin btiect-
Wholesale
Liquors and Cigars ,
1118 Itanium Street.
WHOLESALE
Wines , Liqziors and Cigars.
413-415 S. ICth Street.
LUMBER
WHOLESALE
DUMBER . . .
814 South 14th St.
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WHOLESALi : AND RETAIL
LUMBEF
Ofllce and Yards 13th and California M
of life rather than to any Hiieclflc illneaso-
aml hud been ruralizing lu Dcvonalilro , with
a poor and worshiping elderly female rela
tive In attPiidancp. She pot up very osrly
ono morning , after a reatlusa night long
bcforo an > uno about the place uau etlrrlng
and went out and rambicii Into the cool still
ness of a llttlo wood. And there suddenly ,
ulio came face to face vslth Richard Fclgatc.
They stood still for a long moment , look
ing at each other and then clasped hands.
"You luvo been 111 , " ho Bald at last.
"Yea * Hut I am better , " she
added. "I am down here to recruit. "
"And I to Idle , ' ' he said , laughing.
" 0 , don't decry yourfcclf , " she replied ,
softly. "I have hoard of your burcess. "
"Aro you hero alone ? " h asked presently ,
striving hard to dig a Mono out of the path
with his b-tlck. "Is > our huebund with
you ? "
"I am not married , Mr. Pelgatc "
Ho looked up at her quickly , "nut the
man from India ? "
"Has gone back again , " she replied.
Ho dropped the stick and came at her. and
caught her by the shouldetv. "What do you
mean ? " ho aiked , almost In a whisper.
"You were to rnarry him had been engaged
to hi in for yt'irs ? "
"Yes ; but ho baa gone back again. "
"Why ? "
"Ho would huvo nothing to do with me.
Ho had heard of of you ; I think ho know
bomethlng about you. Ho cast mo of [ u-
tcrl > . "
"The prig' * Well "
, what cite ?
"Then quite a number of people , cait me
oft You see , he to too of a very
good family. "
"J see , " i ld Illchard Fclgate , slowly.
LUMBER
Wholes alt Lumber ,
Lime , Etc
'Jtli ami Douglas Sts.
a &
I'ACKUHS
KING COLE OYSTERS ,
CULUUT AND POULTUY.
tot : Howard St.
OIL -PAINTS
Paint Co.
MANl'KACTUKUUS
Air Floated M it"ml Paint
And I'alM * of M' Ki-l Putty. Eto.
1015 and 1017 Jones St.
J A. MofTct , 1st Vice Prcn. L. J. Drike , don Msr
. . . . ( > / s . . .
Cinsoilnc , Tuiit.iitliiD | Axle CIron c , Htc
Omnhn Ilnincli ntul Awmlp * , John II lluth Mfir
PAPEn-WOCDSNWARE.
Printing Paper ,
Wrapping P.ipcr , Stationery.
Corner 12th anj HonarJ Btretts.
ilbbel Paper m&
Wrapping Paper , Stationery ,
\ \ ' oodcnw ire.
1107 Ilnrncy Street.
PHOTOGRAP.il J SUPPLIES.
S
Photograpluc Supplier ,
l ir Fnrnnm St.
SASI-DOJRS BLINDS.
Jlaunfscturers of
Sash , Doors. Blinds , Etc ,
12th and Iird Sts.
STEAM-WATER APPLIES.
rasiesaarc o.
lOl.-KK ) t-msl3' .Street.
Mamifactur rs and jobbers of Steam , Gaa and
Water Supplies of All Kinds ,
ifoS-iiro Ilarncv St.
Steam Pumps , nnKlnes ami HollerM. Pipe ,
Wind Mills , Steam nnd Plumbing
Material , J-ltltlnc , Hose , itc.
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS.
Hardy
s , Dolls , Albums and
J ANCY GOODS.
House KurnUhlngB , C iiijmi's Carriages , Kto.
1319 I'm num KirteU
YEAST-BAKING POWDER.
ii fims Yeast Co.
Manufacturer.ccUDruted "On Time Yi'nst"
nnd German liuklut ; Powder. .Satisfaction
guuianteed.
//jo/ toj2f North
'C ght ' ' ' ret.
"You can't touch pitch , you know , eh ? "
"I suppose so. And then I came to Jevon
shire. "
There was a gleam In her eye : that ! !
a reflection In his own ; ho looked at her
steadily ; laughed grimly.
"Dora , whut U thlH game jou are playIng -
Ing ? I don't understand. Is It la It Ihu
old game of of rmcuu' "
She nodded. "If yen | ll.c > " she said ,
gravely.
"Ah ! the life In muro to jou than the
nrin ; the work than the worker Dora , " ho
said , sadly , turning uway.
"It was oncu , " she said. Then , quite slid
denly , < shu stretched out her hanJa to him
"Hlchard , I came to Devonshire to find you
"Yes , out of pity , " ho replied , bitterly , n
he took her bands. "You wuru afraid ttia
after I had looted these hands I should dnf
again Hut the touch of them was with mr
still , dear ; I could not go tack. "
They were coining out of the wood to
gether ; all the Jojous life of the new ( la/
was walking about them.
"You are the blunderer now , " she wh b
pored.
'Tell mo why ? "
'Do you know why I came to Devon
shlro ? "
'Tell mo , " he pleaded humb.j
'Ilecaiihc "
Well ? "
'Ilecauso " she tlung to him and hid h r
face "because I wanted ray bcamp. "
You can't afford to rlik your life by a )
low la ga cold to develop Into pneumonia u
consumption , Inetant relief and a certam
euro are afforded by One Minute Couth Cure.
