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ssssssssHHHSHWy? "L WPSIKHSBiiEf!' ' ," .?!'w?,W"'3!iMwKiWHB'PPsfi WtWIlW ' wffl W'iywWiIMBRa sSB222ESgi!5 Hssssntkisssss1slssssssssssasnssssBHijsssJLasatsssssssssssB f? r.-s- ri3f --s?r PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, nviw ' ... ' T(-"-""vr -- --w" -rosis " - ..v' .t -t-", f - .r-v-r.srz,& v in"i 4 ' "i T , r " . . -i - s 5-r- V - 12 " THE GrtJge g)tl8W Mslf BMmW If the tailor-made girl is colng to keep tip the simplicity which she affects at home, jast now, she will hare to cultivate a brand new expression to go with it The one in raj- picture, a gentle reader of Tiie Dis patch, wears an exceedingly simple house dress, the fabric being soft wool. Around her waist is bound a velvet plaid, and at her neck is some Street Simplicity. black lace. The toilet is very stylish with out being at all showy or elaborate. "I am using cut glass only for my toilet articles," this lady said to me, and I quote her because what she told me is a sudden fad of rich housewives. "How coarse and horrid silver seems beside that Everything cut glass. It will hate a glisten that will rival silver, and it will be a thousand times more delicate. The pretty colored perfumes and cosmetics will show through the bottles and boxes. The nail polisher and all the manicure instruments will be mounted on cut glass, the hand mirror will seem to bo jast solid glass all the blessed boxes will be the same. The powder box, and the box with the red stuff in it, and the powder puff will have a crystalized dewdrop lor a handle. The candelabra, by which the candles (gas candles, of course,) are held are cut glass, the table is white enameled, the great mirror back of it is an untrained circle of plate glass, the cover of the table js white silk who could get away from a table like that and miss a toilet as dainty as the fairies when the wash is a dewdrop under a white rose leaf? "Speakim; of rose leaves, the rose jar is a practical thing now. A great open porce lain bowl, into nhich are stripped the leaves from the day's offerings. When the bowls overflow, as they often do, the sur plus is put into little silken bags. Just the leaves all by themselves. In a few months a spicy sweetness suggestive of the lilted coer of a great-grandmother's trunk is about everything. Try it That is if you pet flowers enough to make it worth while." Floeette. Making Over Old Gowns. If this is an expensive year for buying new gowns it is a most encouraging time for fixing over old ones. Cut off the train of a last year's dress so that not more than two inches rest on the ground. Cut off the waist and hook the skirt up over it. Put in full mutton leg sleeves of velvet to the wrist if the dress is for day wear; make Empire puffs of velvet if it is for evening use. Take a strip of blue velvet six or seven inches wide, wrinkle it to a fitted belt, leaving ends ot the velvet four inches longer than the belt in the back. Fold back tno inches and shirr these double ends at the edge of the belt, leaving the ruffle thus formed to stand out a little bit in a sort of a rosette. Make the collar in the same wav, wrinkling it to a band and shirring the ends to have them too to stand out a little bit at the back where the collar should hook. In selecting the velvet choose some striking color contrast and you will not be so very passe after all. One of the prettiest dinner dresses seen this season is one which has already done duty as a calling gown duriuc the summer. The gown is a changeable brown and gold affair with a fine line of bronze la the stripe. It vs. short work to replace the long sleeves with Immense puffs of the new Tlolet velvet, to out awav the neck and surround it with a violet velvet collar over one of dead gold satin, and to finish the edge of the train with a twist of velvet lined with gold and so arranged as to show both colors. Violet gloves and a blaok gauze fan with golden sticks finish the costume which a quick-witted woman de vised in an emergency and fixed herself with the aid of a seamstress. Silvering the Small Slippers. Modern Cinderella do not lose their slip pers coming down castle staircases; instead they give them away delivering them into the hands of him who takes the place of the prince or sending them to his rooms by a messenger boy. The slippers thus presented are the same that have graced a shapely foot during many a gay short hour of frolio and danc ing, and in memory of which they are kept as a souvenir; while in soma cases there is a still more romantio episode connected with this trifle of satin and leather. For instance, a half hour in the conservatory and a question asked and answered. They are really the same, although they look dif ferent, having passed through the hands of the chemist and silversmith in order to make them suitable for a mantel decoration, As they stand in all their bravery, amid a hundred other furnishings of the fortunate one's room, they glitter as brightly as though coat after coat of black lead had not been administered before it was safe to dip them in the silver fluid. Eighteen dollars lor one slipper is the priee paid for this embalming, warranted to render everlasting a tbiug of perishable fabric. Anybody Can Arrange This Corner. There is rest ior the weary if the activi ties of the home-maker are directed toward a suitable provision for tired moments. Every household needs a lonnging place, and the following plan can be adopted wherever a restriction in funds would pjace a regularly made sofa out of reach: Buy an ordinary cot with woven wire springs. Cut off the legs two inches and re move the head and footboard. Buy a hair mattress to fit and cover it with cretonne, buttoning it down at intervals of four inches like a cushion for a seat Tack a box plaited flounce of the cretonne around the edge oi the cot on the four sides. Finish the top with narrow gimp. Make four or five leather pillows two feet square, and cover them with material that will contrast prettily with the cretonne. The result of these simple directions will evidence the truth of my opening remark. Tho Latest Fashion Fads. AaovELTT in an evening dress is an ac- cordion-plalted crepe made almost precisely In the stvle nf the old-fashioned Mother Hubbard. A corselet and very deep cuffs of metal embroidery or passementerie relieve thewiapper effect which might be other wise objectionable. PnETTTand Inexpensive evening dresses are made of whltu and colored net over silk. The edses of the net are turnod In, and very narrow libbon is threaded through thorn. TnEfasbion of trimming felt hats with every variety of material ac once, while not specially artlstio or in good taste, has ob tained a certain amount or popularity. A hew material is a velveteen with fine ribs, resembling cordurov, comes In various colors ana is mucn lucca ior snirts ana jackets. Hats and bonnots are made of whlto cloth embioldered In cold with ti trainings of white feathers and loops and ends of white velvet. A necklace that will servo as a bracelet when clasped twice aiound tho arm is a popular tiiuL.eC Amo3 jewelry novelties may benoted col lars that are adapted for use as bands uround" the hair. Ulsters, very long, very loose, double breasted and lull capes are the lad of the moment. Piss, buckles and other millinery orna ments set with brilliant Rliinestones are tho la-liion. White hats and bonnets are said to be among the regular fancies for the coming season. Very large buckles with Bhinestones ate worn on house shoes. Avoid all risk with a stubborn couh by using at once Dr. D. Javnu's Exuectorant. a sine remedv tor all coughs and colds, and well calculated to exert a beneficial influ ence on tiie lungs and throat i The very best selected stocfc of sllksin the city will be found here. Special values in pean-de-soie-faille", armuies and uros grains; also exceptional valuoinirrosgraina at 60c, 75c, 95c and 9Sc per ard; all shown iu quantities. Jteular goods up to $2 50. KACrsfAKSS' Xew Drygoods Dupt Go to the Ladies' Bazar, old Poatofflco building, Plttsbul, for dinner orsnppor to day. A bakqart In towelings L000 yards fine pantry tow eling: will stand lots of wear and tear; contains no lint and possesses excel lent absorbing qualities. Can bo bought for So per yaid. Kaufkasns' New Drj goods Dept Pittsburg & Lake Erie K. R. Thiee hou-s a-id tlnrty-flve minutes to Cleveland. Eight hours and twenty minutes to Buffalo. Keep Touk Ete oh These 10 boxes extra heavy durable graj- blankets. Best ::oods ever offered for the price. Special reduc tion has placed them at 93o per pair. Kaufmans' New Drygoods Depm tnient. How's this? 46-lnch French cashmeres, all colors, only 75c per yaid. Kaufmasns' New Drysoods Department LATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Eloven deaths from cholera were re ported at St Petersburg Sunday. It has been decided the next Soolallstlo Congress will bo held in Cologne. A woman in Bavaria has recovered damages from the Catholic- priest who'ac oused her of witchcraft Evan Dlckler shot his wife and killed himself at Fraxeo. Minn., Sunday night, during a family quarrel. Tho perfected Bay De Urquette land grant of 12,000 acres In Michigan will be opened for settlement to-day, Tho Chinese highbinders in San Fran cisco, i avo declared war and tho police, are Kept busy watching for an outbreak. In a quarrel about six ears of corn Elgee Allen wa shot and killed by Jesse E. Priee Sunday night at Alexandria, La. Both were colored. Train wreokors plaoed obstructions on the track or the Western and Atlantic Ball road bunday night two miles from Atlanta, Ga. The engine and four cars left the traok. An 8 year-old boy attempted to poison his family at Durand, Mich., yesterday, by Sutting Paris green in the well. His father ad punished him severely and the deed was attempted in revenge. The famous Hatch cases, wherein the ohlldron of Ezra Hatch are suing for rights to land owned by their father, hare been de aided in lavor of the heirs. The property memoes aimosc an oi tne city oi iivorett. Wash. The bank of Ashland, in the southern part or Cass county, III., was blown "up with dynamite by burglars Sunday' night. It Is said the thieves secured a large amount of valuables, which they loaded Into wagons and made their escape. Over 100. representatives of passenger departments of railroads in the United States, Canada and Mexico ussenibied in Chicago yesterday morning. The objeot of the meeting is to consider passenger agents for the World's Fair next year. Tbe Coroner's Jury iu the case of Katie Dugan, who was murdered In Wilmington, Del., on the night of October 19 lust, reached a verdict yesterday and announced that the Ctrl came to her death at the hands of a per son or persons unknown to the jury. The government of the States of Nueva Leon, Mexico, of which Montei ey is the cap ital, and Coabulia are vory much exercised over the disputed boundary line botween the two States. The question involves over COO leagued of land, and is being settled by arbitration. The United States training ship Mononga hela sailed yesterday for her winter cruise. She had a good northerly wind. Sho will cross to Europe, visit soveral poits there, then so to the Azores, and return to the United States in time for the Columbian cele- Dration at senr loriz. The United States Supreme Conrt has rendered a decision invalidating the pateut granted to Henry Boot of New Yoik, for the method of constructing cable railroads now in common use. The ground for the de cision was that Boot allowed his invention to be publicly used for two yeais before ap plying for his patents. Fob coughs and throat dlgorders use Brown's Bronchial Troches. 'He never changed my mind respecting them, except I think better or that which I began by thinking well of." BeT. Houry Beecher. Bold only lu boxes. A startling announcement! Ten boxes gray blankets, extra large size, most du rable and pleasing goods, weighing Irom 1 to 6 pounds. They cau be had for $1 50 per pair, Kaupjiauhs', New Drygoods Department SOHMEIt PIANO SOIDIEIt, Colby, Hallet Curnston, Shnbert, Bush Gcrt's Pianos, Erie Pianos. The standard American pianos, unequaled in tone, touch, finish and durability. Ele gant assortment nt the music store ot J. M. Hoffmann & Co., 537 Sraltufleld street Breaks all records! Camel's hair serges, in all colors, also black, at 19a per yard. KAnyjtAa.Jis', New Drygoods Department The fashionable ladies' corrective tonio is Dr. Sigert's Angostura Bitters. New Goods New prices You'll find both in Kaufmanns' new dress trimming depart ment Elegant silk gimps.all colors, includ ing black, at 25o per yard; colored bead eapes, 39o to il 50 per yaid; beautiful Jet trimmings, worth 93o, at only 59s. KAurMAitts' New Drygoods Department Said One black crow unto his mate, "These Hooks with Humps are simply great." And they all flapped their wings and cried : "See that hump?" Tndc-Ma.-t Kg. Apr. 19, -jj. The De Long Patent Hook and Eye. HF jmAjEi me 0 J ELITE PHOTO GALLERY, 51C Market St. Come now and get your PHOTOS before the holidays. Cabinets. re duced. Use the ELEVATOR. noK-TTS THANKSGIVING Week 3& m KON THURSDAY IMEXT We yill have the pleasure of presenting to the deserving poor of the two cities between 600 and 700 Fine Turkeys. Those who desire to participate in the distribution wijl make early application to the offices of the following societies; PITTSBURG ASSOCIATION FOR' THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE POOR, THE DORCAS SOCIETY, LADIES' RELIEF SOCIETY OF ALLEGHENY, ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY, The Turkeys will be given away at our store early on Thursday morning and tickets entitling the bearer to the gift can be obtained from any of the officers of the above societies: LADIES WILL FEEL THANKFUL -U WHEN THEY READ THIS JT- We place on sale this morning 500 Ladies' Jackets and Newmarkets at an immense reduction from theif former price and very, much below their value. From now until Thanksgiving morning we are going to give you choice of the entire lot for $9.75. JNumbers ot the Jackets included in this special sale were $12, 14, 16 -i and g 18, they are all new, this season s . garments, the best makes, lined throughout or half lined, fur trimmed with genuine Raccoon, Astrakhan and Canada SeaL Cape Jackets, Watteau Back, Russian, eta In fact, the entire fashion plate of the season is represented in the garments included in this spe cial offering. THE NEWMARKETS include all' the newest designs and shapes, Military Capes, Triple Capes, Watteau Back and Bishop's Sleeves. Ladies who buy one of these garments will be thankful all winter. A SNAP IN FURS In our Fur Department, from now until Thanksgiving morning, $9.75 will buy the best genuine Astrakhan Cape, full length and best silk lining, a cape that would be cheap at $15. Now, Ladies, we do not ask you to buy. We ask you to look at these genuine bargains and to bear in mind that the prices named are for the imm mi rnun n i f a n mrm 1 1 m 1 1 1 i a 1 1 i f WM UAId Ur IHIj IflltU UI.IJP They are Thanksgiving offerings which we know you'll appreciate. SP j& Tagf MmMSilM , silVrlV illicit ilMMr . T THANKSGIVING! OUR PROCLAMATION. i On the eve of the national anniversary we deem it fit to express our thanks and appreciation for the good that has fallen our way. Three months ago we opened our Pittsburg Warerooms for the sale of Carpets, Furniture, Stoves, etc., on our original plan of Easy Credits. We made it a point to convince the pubHc that our system is reliable; that we sell goods for what they are represented to be; that we do not gouge our patrons, nor take advantage of inexperience in buying. Anything you need from our elaborate stock of Furniture, Carpets, Stoves, Bedding, Etc., whether it is a single piece or a complete set, we sell you ON THESE TERMS: $ 12.00 WORTH. 50 Cts. CASH AND 50Cts. $ 25.00 WORTH. $ 1.00 CASH AND $ 1.00 $2.00 CASH AND $2.00 $2.50 CASH AND $2.50 $3.00 CASH AND $3.00 $ 50.00 WORTH. S 75.00 WORTH, $100.00 WORTH, WEEKLY. WEEKLY. WEEKLY, WEEKLY. WEEKLY. All business transactions strictly confidential. MURPHY BROS. CO, No. 27 Seventh Street, Near Penn Avenue, r PITTSBURG, PA. no22-90-TT "TRUTH IS MIGHTY AND MUST PREVAIL!" Never has that old proverb been better proven than by the tremendous trade that poured in upon us last week! Every day has seen the size of the sales mounting higher and higher! For the good news is spreading! Competition's counterfeit "bargains" could not compete! We captured the whole trade of the town! Simply by the power of actual truth! Giving just what we promised tot ' OUR SPECIAL SALE LASTS BUT A FEW MORE DAYS. TAKE QUICK ADVANTAGE OF IT. Overcoats and Suits going at $6, S7, 8 and $g that are worth from 20 to 30. IT IS A DUTY roa owe j-onrelf and fam ily to ret the best value for your money. Eeonomfzein your footwear by purchasing V. Li. Douglas Mhoea. which represent tho Lett Talne tor prices asked, as thousands flrMS'KE NO SUBSTITUTE..! W. L DOUGLAS OPPOSITE OIT1' HALL. nol7-rrssu S3 SHOE GENT&EN, THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE HONEY. A genuine sewed shoe, that triU not rip, fled calf, seamless, smooth inside, flexible, more com fortable, stylish and durable than any other shoo ercr sold at the price. Equals custom made shoes costing from $ 1 to $5. CIA and So Hand-sewed, fine calf shoes. The P "V most stylish, easy and durable shoes eversold at the price. They equalins imported shoes costing from5to12. E7AII other trade of the same hizh standard of excellence. OAUTIOK. Beware of dealers substituting shoes without W. L. Douglas name and the price stamped on bottom. Such substitutions are fraudu lent and subject to prosecution by law for obtaining money under false pretences. W. t. DOUGI-Ati. IJrocltton, Mass. Eoldbr D. Carter. 71 Fifth ai-pnnn- .t. K. rrolirlnr. 3a .fifth avenue; II. J. & O. 31. Lanr. 4JH i;ut!er trtet, I'lttsburg: Henry Kosscr, JOS i eileral street; JE. U. llollman. Ho. ;:Kebtcca street, Allegheny; iUutculnsoti liros.. No. 2SU Ueaver avenue. Alia 'gheny; Jaine. Slillllday.No.Mi J ifth avenue: M olf Up, No. -b&l Carton ..reit, I'lttsburg TTS SO HIGHLY RESPECTABLE. BY KETCH MASON. Copyright, 1892, by the Author. -Sever, I Tenture to affirm, did a strancer coming to tettle in a new dace manage to make himself at home, and ingratiate him self with his neighbors, in so brief a space of time as did Sir. Ebenezer Higginbotham, the new tenant of Alma cottage, a pretty, rose covered two-storied house situated close to the high road, just outBide the little town of Slumberford, in Snorembor emshire. Slumberford is an intensely respectable place. I think the ancient abbey wh ich it possesses and which is both its pride and its principal source of income, makes it so. If it were not for the abbey and the good fishing in the neighborhood, both of which bring visitors to the town, I fail to see how the inhabitants would eke out a living. A good many of them don't, I fancy. This is very certain; the liquor dealers are the most thriving people in the place (more es pecially the one who makes a book on the sly) and are of course "highly respectable." Their charges alone would convince you of that if nothing else did. Bless you!" Blos som (be it is who is landlord ot the Bed Lion and who makes the book) is vicar's churchwarden and cau quarrel and argue about church matters with the best of them and that means a good deal. Entertainers in general such as conjurors, delineators of charactcr.panoramas etc., all give Slumberford a wide berth; and small blame to them. Even circuses do worse business there than anywhere else. With such a strongodor of sanctity per vading the place, then it is scarcely neces sary to observe that any stranger settling -within their midst is regarded by the good people of Slumberford with a considerable amount of suspicion before being made, so to speak, fteejpfthejjlRce, With Sir, Eb enezer Higginbotham, however, strange to cay, it was quite different. Just one turn through the town, the day after his arrival at Alma cottage, was quite sufficient The new neignbor was pronounced by all who had seen him not only to be highly re spectable, but likely to be a credit to them in every way. How he managed to gain DODularitv so I suddenly I cannot imagine. I fancy, though, that the highly respectable suit of black he wore, and the diamond stud which sparkled in his spotless white shirt front, had something to do with it It certainly was not his countenance, which was neitheran open nor a prepossess ing one, the features being flat, with a de- cidedly foxy expression about the eyes. Ifor could it have been his presence, which was anything but an imposing one, Mr. Higginbotham's figure being short, not to say stumpy. He spent very little monev In the town, too, so it couldn't have been'that He had a very pleasant way with him, though, and was wonderfully chatty, and before he had been settled iu Alma cottage a week he was hail fellow well met with every one in the town. The only people who didn't take to him were the children and the dogs. And then how good and kind he was to that poor old wife of iiis, whom he used to drive about in that funnv little buggy. She looked more like a bundle of clothes than anything else, stared blanklv at you if you addressed her, and seldom spoke a word. The townspeople would tar their fore heads significantly when the worthy couple were out of sight, saying: "Ah, poor gen tleman I Ho wonder he don't have any cempanr at the cottage! What a pity ft is!" and so on. And no one seemed to "re gret $he latter circumtince more than Mr. Hjgginbotham. himself. H0 km perpetu ally telling everybody how much he wished he was able to return their hospitality; but, with dear wife in such a pitiable state, It was a moral impossibility. Extraordinary fancies 'the poor lady had, too, in all of which her devoted husband humored her. One of them was driving at unearthly hours of the night It was no uncommon thing for the police ' on night duty to see the now well-known gie, drawn by the fast-trotting pony, with Mr. Higginbotham and his poor old wife, come bowling along the country lanes at midnight Some six months after the worthy old gentleman had become a tenant of Alma cottage there were a great many burglaries in the neighborhood, and the inspector of tne ponce ten it nis "dooty to warn air. Higginbotham against driving about so late all by himself. "At all events," he added, "if so be as you must do so, on account, as you tell me, of giving way to your good lady's whims and fancies, I should, certainly, if I was you, sir, carry something in the shape of a revolver, just for safety's sake." The venerable Higiubotbam was most grateful for the hint! So much obliged he was! Would the sergeant add to this kind ness by helping him to purchase one for the. old gentleman had never handled such a thing in his life. The revolver afforded amusement to the town ior weeks. It was continually going off on its own accord anda damaging its owner or somebody. One day it wonld playfully knock off the blaok bunch of cherries that grew on the top of Mrs. Hig ginbotham's Sunday bonnet; the next it would -be her husband's bat brim that would suffer; anon the celebrated pony's ear would be grazed. lThe burglaries still continued and Mr. Higginbotham's revolver still kept going off, so that the natives ot Slumberford had not had so much to talk about ior ages put There was one -person with whom Mr. Higginbotham occasionally came in contact in his walks or drives whose good graces he never could succeed in working himself into, and who steadily declined all efforts at fraternization. This was John Seragg, river keeper to Sir, Charles Birdmore, Bart, of Birdmore Park, whose estate lay ail round the town of Slumberford. He was a short, sturdy specimen of an Eng lishman, of between 50 and 60, honest as the day, and as plain and blunt in his speech as he was in appearance. Like the dogs and the children John took a dislike to Mr. Higginbotham the very first time he saw him. "And yet for the life of him he couldn't tell why. When he was ' ascea wnat nis reason was ior aisDeiieving in so -ery harmless a specimen of humanity his reply with a comical shake of his wooden head, was: "I dunno, no more than yerself, there's summat wrong about the mon, and I canna tell what it is." Well, about 11:30 one dark night in Jan uary John was returning home after his usual walk around to see that the coast was clear of poachers, when, casting his eyes in the direction of the big house, as he called Sir Charles' mansion, he was surprised to see a light twinkling irom the drawing room window. .The- family were all away in London; the housekeeper and her niece were the only people sleeping in the house, and they were not likely to be in the draw ine room at that hour of the night The recent burglaries in the neighbor hood made the plucky old fellow suspicious Accordingly he crossed the bridge and tramped along across the grass toward the house, keeping the light well in view. He crept to the window and peeped in. John took a good look, then stepped back assilently as Ee came. Standing on the crass, he gave a sort of gasp of relief, lor he had held his breath while peeping. Then he growled to himself his rugged face wearing as he did so a look of unmitigated satisfaction "I alius said as there was sum mat wrong about the man!" Having con sidered a moment, he moved off, talking On tiptoe toward the other side of the house, where lay the front door. A whlnneylng noise from aclump of trees' made him start. Arriving at the spot he was not in the least surprised at what he saw, as evinced by his exclamation: "Hook me tight if I didn't think so." Standing underneath the trees Tu the, well-known nonv and trap belontrin? to that dis- tinguiihed.additioa to Slumberford society. J Mr. Ebenezer Higginbotham, of Alma cot tage. He was rather taken back, though, when he beheld,i seated in his conveyance, the dilapidated figure of that good gentleman's invalid wife. He paused for a moment, then he walked up to the gig with the re mark: "It's a dark night, mum." Getting no reply, and muttering to him self, "the old gal's asleep, I verily believe!" he took her gently by the shoulder and gave her a slight shake. To his astonish ment the poor lady, who seemed utterly limp and powerless, fell right into his arms. "Hold up,-missis!" exclaimed John, put ting her back into her seat again. The next instant be nearly fell backward himself, in his astonishment at what he had discovered. "Whv, so help me all the fishermen In England," gasped he, "if she ain't stuffed wi' stra'! She ain't cot no harms, nor legs, nor face, and she's stuffed ni'.stra', like one n- them exhibition things at a fair; hook mo tight if she ain't' Again he paused for a moment and scratched his head vigorously. Then he burst into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. So tickled wai John Scrngg at some idea that pasted across his mind at that identical moment, that it was all he could do to keep his merriment within bounds. At last re covering himself, and wiping the tears from his eyes with the back of his hand, John proceeded to business. Lifting the effigy of Mrs. Higginbotham from the gig he hid the latter away among the branches of the trees, and then pro ceeded to adorn his own person with the black dress, cloak, bonnet, an-l veil he had previously taken from the dummy. He then clambered into the gig and waited with much wonderment tosee what would hap pen next. He must have sat there fully half an hour with Ills eves fixed steadily upon the bouse, w hen the gentle closing of a door and a light footstep on the carriage drive made him aware that his man was not far ofE Another second and the immaculate Mr. Hierginbotham stood before him, a larfi'e and well-fil Jed -black login hfs hand. Taking ofl the crepe mask that adorned hi a claisi. features, he stuffed the bag under the seat, took the reins, jumped Into his place besidn his dear wife.arid itha"Cutalone.Bin(ro!" to the pony, drove rapidly oft into the dark- ness ot tne night John Scrag?, holding his breath at his side, wondered how his highly respectable companion would get on at the lodge, which he must pass in order to get into the high road a mystery, however.which was quick ly solved by Mr. Higginbotham dismount ing and opening the gate with a private key. He then led the pony through and, hav ing closed the gate quietly behind him, once more jumped up to his seat and drove quickly ofi. Now, John was quite aware of the fact that on his wav to Alma cottage it was necessary for Mr. Higginbotham to pass the police station; and the plan of action that he had formed in his own mind was, unless discovered before, to lay hold of that gentleman when he arrived opposite to it, and call loudly for help. He was iust preparing for his spring and had actually opened his mouth for a shout when, to his surprise, his companion began to slacken His pace of his own accord, A second later, and he had pulled up in order to exchange a pleasant "Good night" with the police inspector, who was standing talking to a patrol outside the station house. "Well, Mr. Higginbotham, how are you, sir?" inquired that jolly personage. "Late again, as usual? Been taking yourgood lady out for a drive, eh? What a good man you are! 'Pon my word, I don't know your equal certainly not in Slumberford! And how is Mrs. H.?" "Hope I see you well, ma'm?"said the Eolicc inspector, raising his cap slightly as e spoke. "JTust rate, thankee kindly, Mr. Buf flesl'' roared John Scragg. ''At least as well as a man can be wi' such a burglcring villain as this a setting by his side!" With that he seized his astonished com panion around the bodv with a grasp that a bear might have envied, and in another sec ond the pair were rolling over and over on the ground together in mortal combat,at the feet of the startled inspector. The struggle did not last long. Mr. Eb enezer Higginbotham, though he made an extremely good fight of it, had not a chance against such a tough bit of stall as John ecragr. "I don't want to hit thee while thou'rt ca the ground, man," panted John, "but un less thou lets go of my throttle, I shan't hold my hand apy longer." The answer being a still tighter hold on the river keeper's throat, John's right hand, no longer to be restrained, fell with all its weight on the side of his antagonist's head, causing the burglar's fingers to relax and rendering him powerless to struggle further. "Well, this is a start!" exclaimed the inspector, as John Scragg, in his female attire, now rather the worse for wear sprang to his feet and told his story. He finished up by hauling the black bag, which proved to be full of spoil from the big house, out of the gig and handing it to the wondering guardian, of the peace. If any further proof were wanting the crepe mask, the center bit, the jemmy, a formidable life preserver and the cele brated revolver supplied the deficiency. There remains little to be told. Mr. Ebenezer Higginbotham, still insen sible, was assisted into the station house, where he was accommodated with a bed for the night, the pony and trap being also taken care of bv the police. As for John Scragg, having divested him self of Mrs. Higginbotham's garments, he partook with great cordiality of the glass of steaming-hat brandy and "water prof fered to him by the inspector, and then, lighting his pipe, trudged sturdily off home. When Mr. Ebenezer Higginbotham's honse came to be overhauled the next day, the proceeds of several of the recent burg laries in the neighborhood were found oa the premises. Nothing was bad enough now for this highly respectable tenant of Alma cottage, and the 14 years' penal servitude he was sentenced to at the assizes was unanimously voted as not being anything like sufficient punishment ior so bad a man. the XXK