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DAIiK DAYS BY HUGH CONWAY. Amtkor of CmUod iter*." CHAraoK ia •nut visas or sw" om. yo cm ' tin 90m a* th* »ra j*s of aim Mvmnc' No books: Be Mb. listlete bora* f«r me t.-dav. Pl-nty to do. plenfy to t-hink •tout ; ail sorts of Arrangements to make. Fare-wwi! to mr m<vsly. sullen life Fare well toMT aimless. se.tisii existeoca Hen -e --frrmari I add bare someth mg worth Ihr ivg tx— anortt: dving for. if BS*if te! Phd ippi arm s o'liny to me to-day: coming in gnef. it is trv; coming as a sisu-r c«n.*« to a broth, r. Ah! after all the swrr, weary waiting. I shall see her to-dar— to-morrow, every Jav 1 If a man's devotion, homage, worship ani r>-spect can in her own eyes reinstate my 1 shall some day ses the bbom come leek to her cheek. th» Iriph! stud- piav once more round ber tn >uth. the dark »r«s again eloquent wth hapfT thong hta Ani then—ani then! what sh -uld I care for the world or its sneers! To whom, were mrs-.f, should I be answerable? Then 1 might whisp*r in ber car: "Sweet, let the pa«t vanish from our lir e as a dream Let happiawa date from to- iar.” Although Flitlippi *ooW |rsw ra? pour cottas? fur <me m*ht only. 1 haul a 1 to teakr for her comfort For tunate r I hail a ‘par* mom, and. morrow, a htrabb l cm Not that I should bare trowbiel. when I went into mj secloruou, about such a 'Uperfiaity as a gu**st-chamber; but as it happened 1 had bought the house aa! funutur complete, so could •ffw my web-om- gus-st fair accommodation for the Bight 1 sunmned mt sobd man. I told him that my «*«ter «*> c-wiing on a rhit to rar, that sb** would ii-ep Lera to- night, but Chat »«■’ 'ikely we sbuld go a war to-morrow. Be v ni l stay and look after the h star until I returned or wit him instruction* what to do with it- William manifesto! a« surprise H*l I told hire to make preparations for the coming of mr wifa and At? children he w«mki hare coma lered it all a part of the day’s work, and ""old hare dona his best U meet my requirements. He se’ to w vk in his importarhahta, me tbodical. but handy war to get FiilippaV noic in trim. A* »s« a* this wits dun?, and the we' lectsi chamber made rsy and warm-l'W'kiac. 1 toll h m to borrvw a horse and car* some where, and fetch the luggage from Mrs. W item's He w*# to mention nc names; h> aay that be hnJ come few the luggage, an 1 to ash if the ladr had any message to send. Then I sat d 'wa in the room which my lore would oompy and mimed upon the strange hut unhappy chance which was bringing her Imettl my rout. 1 vistwd that I had an e»~henters srarvi to torn the humble garniture of the ebamb-r into *nr roondmgs meet or *ny <p»-.-n:r Philippa. 1 «übnl that I hid. at least, flowers with which I could deck her resting place; for 1 rvmemiierei bow pesskmatoiy she lowed flowers. Alas! 1 hal ee-u a flower foe months Then I drew cut Sir Moreyti Ferrand’s letter, read it again and again, and cursed the writer in my heart William was away about tiro hours; then he made his appearance with some hoxea I was deltgt’ed to me these tangible signs that Philippa meant to keep her -Tonnes. Till that moment I hal been troubled by somethinc lit • tbs doubt that after ail she might, upon cairn reflection, resend the raedatnei ’ -'n»ed in her excitement. Now her coming wemed to a certainty Neverthefe*-, W .ham brought no mas ■age; an there was n-thing for me to do but wat patiently nntii she chose to cmaa my thresh. *id. Although my c easing labors of lore were tadel. 1 was »>t left idle. There *w another ta>k to be done u-4»y I set my teeth and sat down, thinking quie'iy a* to the way in winch it aught be best per formed. To-night I meant to stand .ace to lace with that Klack-h arted loatdN known as Kir Mervyn Ferrand! 1 nanllei the ime table Hi* letter Be:r>ed no partemiar boar; bat la* that if be carnet <«! hi* expressed htatka of here t-ntxhs, there was bat caw train by aktee be kbIJ roam; there wae bat one »»r from to the bouse et «birh Philip. .1 hai U«a staving- meant ta walk, his letter sail; tts might be m order to ewape otswrvsti'M. The train «a* da* at Rodiiv at 7 c'chek The -eralb-- was cold: a man mid natarxßv vale fat. Mrs. W|h •’* borne mu«t be four mile own tN <nti <n lat me start from there ias: before the traia srr ,-ven, aad Isb<uli ;enb ebir Bhrt him sbat half war oa hi* j ur aej. It wool! be dirk, bat I should kaow bun. 1 tecuid kaow him wa: at> ihswl IW- on the o)«a kxieir road Kir llcrvya Fcrrao), coming gayl v, and ta hi> worldly cynaism rvrtais of bay tag €. or in mm other war absetag the sroma:: who had ta aa evil day tr rated to his honor aad tore. woo i meet, aid her, bat the man wbc fro:n the feat bad sworn that a wrong to IV'-ppa *hoald be more thaa a «*ronz to himself ! H staid meet this man aad be called to account. Btere ead sinister as ware mr tboaghte— fre-iy ead uareearredly as 1 record (heat. m indeed I wdars in this tale to record ererythtag—l do not ariah to ba mi-joined, ft a traa that m my rowant mo»1 1 wae hert upon Philippa with my own hand. trae that I meant, if pomibto, to take at net time or another this eui life: bat et no sight of taking nay edruhf of an anarmrd nr anwrapertiag man entered into ay scheme of Ttspaas I designed no murderous attack Bat it was my in ten ths* to stop the men oa ha path; b> confront him and tail him that hie tifitar was known tome; that Pbidppa had del to aw for aid; that dt was bow ia my aad that I, woo stood .a the position of her br>-tbsr, demanded the so-called mttaf action ■kk4, Um old-faihiowid code of bwvnr. vm 4w from the man who bod rttktw); brtr»f(d a vonut Well I knew that it wm probable he would laugh at me kill aw tUt t nr Uy* cif daelltng ware near, and re fhas to eras* my rejaw. Then 1 meant to am if tnsalta maid warm ha noble blood: if my hand oa Wa cheek rcaU brine aboat the mil white I desired. If tbia failed I hue abroad, re we hha and spit apart bun in rmbite pUoae. A wfld erhaaae tar them praaaK laaaMd h| tiara, yet the >miy nee that wae feasible H mar he aui that i ahoald ham tahea ahapii to hare annate the recreant to be ir peaied for Nnaay. Bat whet proof of Ms crime ted **• aa pat, aare his own, wiped eonfsamon! Winvattoawa the mat kao* tku Wtl* of wbo*a V bad mpuktm Mud, or wlmi to li*d TVr* «h« • todrtd w»r» »» *Mrl to ms*ht fros. jtotoa, to* wVtor to »•» paafetod tor to am. nr aliewai to go wot-fraa, Thill ppa's aaraa ud wroap to to br*H*«i atoto. tor tom auto pabMc Wo; torn tot <to toww to to, a»1 tot <to ywwa to to It. h raat d witk to to avato* to wrote* <* to nou I iorad *y to r<wl to-f—Mtofi wmy of a Hl* •(•tot a lift Tratr. m I to, I M aow patty to IN* tori IV tarn* to by. 7*» FUttypaemtaai I p»» > atlaa aad aaaaay m to daak V rna to to to nto. w wtooh I |to *l - MttotitT. dm ato todVftK*. WVn to abrrt wia**** day war ovar, ato to kaf ■» rat mr ton to nto aay yantt to ato fra I ttoto wrrarlf Car Vrinc ytoto ao H« V ly to PWipfa't ‘to—Vr oataad. rtor ito bat Art tot ter! hto to htoad Itf to loag aaovyh to toagV atot to »wbL TV day bto hat ftoc atofrtCy, V* I bar* tot to wiad had rhaapad aiaar tor t rail doto*. jiraaim*- a Vary Aa'afaJ! oTaaow ar rato. Thara at a aao; a ttol vast; for ctoadh wfracfrtw ft. dark toad* whfc* I tohtos ato rto aartialy to°* fat, wVHb aoar toy tonaad Mato at tnagair totrrraJa r TV toda tor* mtos away. I *T*w torroar ato atotoi Why 4um to to <«ato My Vf» bto hat V toy pato ifrltoto Vatottoito latotodto awtog tty otto ftaa. Wiry to» to to oaoto ißto ptottoto M topyp * Jr to £ $Mj|S fc#T ; |6g|, s»Ts»to «■- -Vf THE WEEKLY HERALD Mr. wusnt on my way to Kodtug lot now I dared not leave my own boost. Any moment might bring Philippe. What would she think if I was not there to monies and welcome berf F. ve more prwsm gonst I stamped in my rage After all. 1 caa only do one half of my task; the sweet, but not the stem ball Shall t, indeed, do either! The train most now he does to Rodirg. In an hour everything may be ket. The man wfll see ber before she leasee the bouse He trill persnsde her. She will listen to his words: fur did he not once love her! He mast have loved her! After all, be broke the laws for the sake of p en lag her. and —cursed thought!—she loved him then; and she is but a woman! So 1 tortured myself until my state of mind grew unbearable. At all hasarda I most prevent Ferrand front meeting Philip pa. Ob, why had she not coma as she prom ised! Could it be she was detained against bar wfll! In spite of her uninterested man ner I distrusted the woman I bad seen last night It is now past seven o'clock. Phil ip pa's house, from which I bad reckoned my time, was nearly three miles away. 1 must give up my scheme of reug-wnca 1 must go in search of Philippa If 1 do not meet ber I must call at Mrs Wilson’s, find out what detains her, and if needful bear her away by force. By the time my steps had brought me bank to my own house. I called Williara, sal tokl him I was going to walk up the road and meet my expected guest If by any chance 1 should mm her be was tr welcome ber 00 my behalf, and tall her the reason for my a been on "Best take a lantern, sir,” said William; "moon'll be hidden, and them roads is pra "l can't be bothered with that grant born affair.” I said, rather tastily. “Take the little one—the bull's eye—that's batter than uothing.’* said William. To hu mor him I put it into my pocket I ran at the top of my speed to the bouse at which I had last night left Philippa It took me nearly ha f an hour getting there. I rang the bell impetuously The door was opened by a maid servant I inquired for Mrs. Farmer, knowing that Philippa had pamed under this name to all except her Latest. . To my surprise 1 was tol l tha: she had left the house, on foot and alone, some little while ago. The maid bettered she was not going to return, as ber luggage had that morning boen ssnt fee. Tbs first effect of this intelligence was to aause m• to blame tny haste. 1 must hare numed b*r* no doubt passed her on the road. No; such a thing waa impossible. The way was a narrow one. The moon stfi (are some light. If I bad net Philippa 1 most hare a»-n he . She must hare seen me, and would then hare stopped me. She could not hare gone the way I c-sme. But where «a* she it In what direction wan I to seek her! Argue the matter a* I would—loath as I was to allow myself to be ecuri need. I was bound to deckle that she most have taken the path to Rodtug. There was no other. She had gone, even as 1 was going, to meet Ferranti She may have started, intending to come to me; but at the last moment a desire to see the man ooce more—l fondly bopeil for the purj'oee of heaping reproachea on his head—had mas tered her. Yea. whatever her object might be. she had gone to meet him. And my heart sank aa conviction was carried to it by the rememt ranee ’that coupled with her refuse' to permit me to fetch her was an as sertion that site hml something to do before she came to me. That, as I now read it, could be but one thing—to meet this man! Never again, if I can fedp it, shall hit voice strike ou her earl Never again shall their eyes meet! Never again shall the touch of even his finger contaminate her! Let me follow, and stand between her and the accun 'rrL If tb«y meet he will wound her to the heart. Her pride will rise; she will threaten. Then the coward will try another line. He will plead for mercy; he will swear he still loves her; he will bait his hook with promises. She wiD listen; hesi tate; perhaps yield, sad fin-1 hersHf once mure deivi ved. Then she will he lout to me forever Now she ». in my eyes, pure as when first we met Let me haste on, over take. pass her; meet her betrayer, and, if needful, strike him to the ground. As 1 turned from the house 1 twcaxne •ware that a great sal sudden change had ram* over the night. It seemed to me that, even in the few minutes which I bad spent in considering what to do, the heavy cltmto bad hank-i an 1 mawed together It was all bat pitch-dark; so dark that 1 paused, and draw in* 'mm my pocket the lantern with which Wi.liam's foresight had provid ed me. managed after several trials to light It. Then, impatient at the delay, I sped up the road. I was now aim*faring the wind. AQ at once, sharp and quick, I fait the blinding snow on my face. Thu wind moaned through the feafl-se branches on either side of the mad. The now flakes wbirlei malty here and there. Even in my excitement I was able to real ins the fart that n ver before had I seen m Eng.end sc fierce a snow storm, or one which ame oa so suddenly And. like mys~il, Philippa was abroad, and exposed to ita full fury Heavens! she might las her way. and wander about all night This fear quickened my steps. I forced my way aa through the mad storm. For the time all thought of Kir Merer n FVrran 1 and rewgwanoe left my heart. All I now wanted was to ftad Fbnippa; to lead her home, and see h*— safe t> neath tny roof. "Ssrdr," I ■aid. aa I haul *d alratg, ‘-she cannot hare gone much furth-e." I kept a sharp lookout—lf. indeed, it can be calls! a bokoat; far th» whirling *n»w made ererrthing. an> what was within a tow feet of me, inrlelJs I strained my ears to catch the faintest cry or ether a«and. I went <<n. fb»« ing mr lantern first on me and tbea on the other ode of the road. My dread was that Philippa, utterly tumble to fight against the white tempest, might be crouching ander n ae <sf the banka, and if ao 1 might |ua* without seeing bar or even at* hractang bar attention. Mr doing so aa each a nigbt ae this might mean her dreth. Ob, why h» i «be not come a* promised f Why bad da* gone to mete the man who bad ao foully wrong *1 her! After what had happeoo 1, tee could ant, dared not lore him. And fur a dreary comfort I recalled the otter hitternces of lier accent last mgbt when she t anal to me ead aid, ** Bate, did y« ever bate a man!” No, tee coaid not lore him! These though te brought my «sarl»g for ▼eng anc* hack to sty mind. Where was Pwnad' By afi my calculations, taking into aecnoat the time wasted at starting. I should by now hare mte him. Ptdiapi he had not coma after nil. Perhaps the look te the weather had frightened him. and he bad decided to h-r at R *iin; or the night. I ra.- d at the thoagbt! If auly I knew that Philippa was safely housed, a thing, in my present frame te mini, would bars su.tr 1 me better thaa to lure met him oa this lam-hr road, ia ths midst te this wild storm. If Philippa were only safe ! J*till n-' sign of her. I Iwgaa to warer in my mtnd. What if my first nppsitMß. that I bad rawed ter aa the road, was oor rectf Kbc might be now at my cottage, wouiering what had 'lncome te me. Hhouid Igo farther or turn kackf But what would be my fringe if I did the latter and found wten I arriewd tome that tee bad not made her appearance I 1 halted, irrew late, in the centre of the road. InsttectleelT I teat my hands to gether to promote drcalatfcm. I bad left my tease bnrrtetly, aad bad made no pro ▼h»"n for the nndsrgoing of such an ordeal as this terrible, anpreusdeated mowetorm iafijc**ed. In spite te the speed at which I had travwlai. my hands aad feet ware grow ing numbed, my face smarted with the cold. Henrea help ase to deedds aright, whether to go oa or turn baifcl The deewaawm not left tome. Suddenly, does at hand, I heard a wild peal, a scream of laugh w which male my blood rtra 00M. Swift from the whirling. «—■<■»§ drifting wow etuerged a tall gray figure It swept past ase like tbe wind bat m it passed roe I knew that my quest was railed that Philip pa was found' She rtatuhel la a awoad, before the ter ror which rooted me te the spot ted passed away Tbea I tamed aad. feat as I could rat, followed her. crying m 1 went, ‘Phil ipae! Philipps'" 1 ma overtook her: bat as dark wee the night that I wsa eimoit trmchiag her before I saw bar abedowy. ghost-like form. I threw my anca round lev mad held her She stn*- gied rintently ia my |yap “Philippa, dearest! it ta I, Beall. * I mid, beading dose to her air. The sound of aay rone* meted to calm her, or I the aid ratter my she cawed to strog fHh “Thank has sea, I kites fotmd youT I said, “lot at gu beck as scon as pewit* • “Back! Jfol Oe oa. go oar she -xdaimad. “On, on, on, up the mad yet awhile—<m through the atone, through Um mow— oa MU r « m what I lues left behind am! Oa tall .ram mo the wagm of ma the wagw tester miUearn Thr mgh Vto night I maid aw her face gleaming white thaa the snow oa ter hoi I coaid me ter great, fixed, dark *y*s full of naaialim kerror. “|y area* he eutm," 1 aaftfl, and etroee In take tee hands ht Kami Ae I tru.l to gate po.mtera of ter rigid head aumeChteg fett Ate It, aad, although the rote we- a *r coaled with snow, a me tallic «' «nd rant «* afi it kmritet the ground. McchaaiwUj-1 stooped aad picked ap the fallen object. ttefiteSteKm LmUSL aambed greap sail wuybt ut retain tier, site wfitk a f- write NfiteteUca of the W'-cie. toot ta the steht 1 Bom m Iraskafi te pmmfr l irtgfffmrt am’... -** -rett«fare. . <te'«giA>:] f - ' v.V J cm* J M&t■ eluded the possibility of my overtaking ber. Moreover, a strange, uncontrollable im pulse swayed me. The touch of that deadly weapon still burned my hand. Philippa's words still rang ia my mm “On, on. cm, ap the road yet awhile!" she had cried. What did she mean! What had bean done to-night! 1 mu-t retrace my stevsc I must sea! 1 must know! Philippa is flying through the col«l. dark, deadly night f but her frame is but the frame of a woman. Shs must soon grow exhausted, perhaps sink senseless on the road. Nevertheless, tha dreadful fears which me growing in mr mind must tx set at w’; then I can resume the pursuit- At all cost I must know wait has happened! Once more I turned and faced tae storm. Haaveus! anything might happen ou such a night as this! 1 went on and on. flashing my lantern a« I went on the centre end each skin of the rumL 1 went some distance past that spot a here I judgei that Philippa had swept by me. Tb-n -uddenly with a cry of horror 1 stopped abort. At my very feet, in the middle of the highway, illumined by the disk at light cast by aiy lantern, lay a whitened mass, and as my eye fell upon it 1 knew only too welf kite meaning of Phil ippa's wild exclamation, “Tha stages of sin! The wages of sin f* CHAPTER IV. at all comr. slssfl Sir Meruy* Ferranti had paid for kit sin irtfA his life! Dead! Before I kneeled beside’him and. after u ibut toning bin mat, laid my hand on his fovnst, I knew the man was dead Be fore I turned the lantern ou his white face I knew who the man w.m. Kir Mervyn Fer rand had pah! for hi* sin with his life! It needed little professional skill to determine the c-am* of his death- A bullet fired, it seemed to me. at dose quarters had passed absolutely through tike heart. He m»»<t have fallen without a mown Killed, I knew, by the hand of the woman he had Wronged. A sn- ering smile yet lingered on his set features. I could even imagine the word* which had arcompanie i it, when swift and sudden, without one moment's grace for repentence or confewaon. death had been meted out to him. Aft one moment he stood erect and (nil of life, mocking, it may be. her who haa trus* *d him. and hal been be trayed ; at the next, before the sentence he was speaking was completed, he lay lifeless at her feet, with the snow-flakes beginning to form bis winding-sneet' Oh. it was vengeance! swift, deadly ven geance! But why, oh, why had she wreaked itt Philippa, my retries* Philinpa. a ttmr ders«l Oh, it was toe* fearful, too horrible! 1 must be dreaming- All my own thoughts of revenge felt me. It was for the time pity, sheer pitv, I felt for the man. cut off in the prime of his life. While I knew he was alive I could look forward ho and picture the min ute when we should stand coolly seeking to kill on.- another, but mow that he was dead I listed him no longer Ah! death is a sacred thing. l>--ad! Kir Mervyn Ferrand dead, ami slain by Philippa! It coukl not be true! It should not be true! Yet 1 shuddered -s I remembered the passion she ha 1 thrown into those words, 'Basil, did you ever hate a man!" I gave a l->w cry of anguish aa 1 rememtxred h w I had hurled from me the pistol she had let fall—the wer* weapon which tiad doue the dreadful deed. Killed by Philippa! Not in a stelden but si of uncontrollable passion, but with deiibar .- J* intent She must have gone armed to met him. She must have shot him through the heart; must have seen him fall. Then, only then, the horrible d* ed which she had wrought must hare been fully realised! Then she had turned and fled from the spot in a frenxv. Oh, lay poor girl! my poor girt! ttorlf bewildered by mv anguish I rose from my knees and stood for a while beside tbr corps-. It was in that moment I learned how much I really loved the woman who had done this thing. Over all my grief and horror this love rose paramount. At ail cost I must save hor—save her from the hands of Justice, save her from the fierce element* which her lander frame was even st this moment braving. And as I recalled bow she had sought me yesterday with the tale of bar wrong—bow she had wildly fled from me a few minutes ago. madly, blindly into the night; as I thought of the injuries she bad suffered, and which had led her to shed this man's blood; as I contrasted her is her present position with what she «ae when first 1 knew her and loved her, the pity began to fade from my heart; my thoughts toward the lifeless form at my font grew stem and sombre, and I found myself be ginning, bv the okl rude of an eye for an eye, to Justify. altbcugh I regretted p , pa's f* arful act Right or wring, she was the woman 1 loved; and I swore 1 would save her from tb* consequence* of her crime, even—Heaven help me I—if the accu sation, when made, must fall upon my shoulders. Yet it was not lbe beginning of any scheme to crude jetties which induced m « to raw the dead body and beer it to the ode te the road, wfaure 1 placed it under the low bank aa which the hedge grew. It was the rrrerencs which one pay* hi death mails me do this. 1 ootid nut ier.se the poor wretch Iring in the rery middle of the high way for the first pacmtiy to stumble against. To-morrow he would, te course, be found. To-ukstow the hue and cry would be out! To-m*>m«w Philippe, my Philippa, would ——i Oh. bean-net never, never, never] 80 I laid what was left te Sir Mervyn Ferraad reventially by the side of the loa-dy rad lev n tried to dose his glassy eym, and I covered hie fur* with hie own band kerchief. Then, with heart boiling fear and anguish enough for a lif tinv, I turned and went in ■aarc’l te the poor unbeppy girL Where should I se»k her? Wloknewwhai her remorse may have urged her to d>! Who knew whither ter horror may have driven her I It ne*ds but to find Philippa n *te road to complete the heavb •tea te grief which oaa be exacted from one ia owe short ai|(htl I clinched my teeth oaa rustevi on 1 bad ti e road all tbe road to myself. No one was abroad in each weather Indeed, few persons were seen at night in any west er in this lanuiy part te the country. I mads straight for my own bouse. The dis mal thought came to me that unless Phil ippa kept to tbe road she was lost to me forever. If tee «traye<i to the right or to tbe left, bow on such a night ouuld I possi bly find her* My oaa bops was that she would go strai b« to my cottage; so tbi’.uer I mads tbe brt of my way. If she ha I not arrived. I must get what etsdetaaoe I could aad seek far her in the fields to tbe right and left te the road. It was a dreary comfort to remember that nil tbe ponds and spaoe* te wat-r were froeia six inches thick. 1 heat-.ted a in ineiat when I reached her late turtdaac.-. Should I inquire If tbe bad returned thither! Jfo: when morning re vealed the ghastly event of tbe night, my having done ao would awake suspicion Let me first go bases. Home at last Ia a moment I shall know Mse Wire* I opeaed tb> slide of my lan tern, which was still alight, and threw the rays on the path which led to my door. My heart gave a great bound te thankfulnu% There oa tbe ciov. n t yet obliterated b/ man recent lake*, were tee printe te a email foot. Phfidppa, as I prayed, bat scarcely dared to hope she might, had eoam straight to my horn My man opened the door for me. It was well I bad seen those footprints, ae my knowledge te Phitlppe’s arrival enabled me te smini a natural air. “My sister has eome»" I asked. “Tee, sir; about a quarter te an hour ago.** “We mJiaad ead‘. other on the md. What ft eight r I said, throwing off nff snow -cot ers.l coat “Wha'e Is she nowf I ashad. “la the sitting room, sir." Then, kiwerfa* his roica, William added: “She seemed just •bout Hi a tantrum when tee found you weren't at home. I expect wa shall find bar • hard lady te ntakssi" WIIHam. ia stolidity, neeu sinasHy n-nturod upon some liberty whsuad- Hie words great!r surprised me. I forced mromtt te m*k* some laughing rejtendsrt te n I 'anted tbe handle of tee door aad aa tered the room la which Philippa had laksa Oh, how my heart throbbed l What would tee my to amt IVteM omU I, flash from the! dreadful geette, at te barf WewJd »b* win up* • m wmi tm :• OSKALOOSA, MAHASKA COUNTY IOWA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1885. But she kept a stony stlenc-—kept her eyas still turn 1 from mine. At last I called bar by ber name, and, bonding down, looked Into her face. Its expression was one of sullen anger, and moreover, anger which seamed tod -open as she beard my voice. She made a kind of contemptuous gesture as if waving ms •side. “Philippa," 1 said, as sternly as I could, "speak to me!" 1 laid my hand upon ber arm She shook itoT (Herely, and then started to her feet “You »sk me to speak to you," ah • said; 'you who have treated me like this! Ok it is sha? ■** shameful! I coaxe through storm an »«. to you. who were to welcome me as a brother' here are you! Away, your wretched servant tall* me. Why are you away? I trusted you! Oh, you are a pretty brother! If you had cared for me or respected me, you would have bean here to greet me. No! yon are all in n league— all in a league to ruin me! Now lam here, what will yon do! Poison me. of course! kill me. amt make a«av with me, even as that other doctor killed and made away with my poor child! H > did! I say he did! I saw him do it! ‘A child *>( shame.' hesaid; so be killed it! All. all, all —even you— you. whom I trust* I—b-agued against me!" She was trembling with excitement Her words ran one into the other. It was as much as 1 could do to follow them; yet the above is but a brief con leasation of what she said. With anche -kwi volubility she continued to heap reproaches and accusa tions, many of which were of tbs most ex travagant ami frivolous nature, on my bead. At last she was silent, ami resented herself in her former attitude; and the sul len, discontented, ill-used look again settled ou her face. And yet, although L, who loved her above all the world, was the object of her fierce reproaches, no woHi I had yet listened to came more sweetly to my ear than these. A great joy swept through me; a tide of relief bore me to comparative happiness. Whatever dreadtul deed the poor girt had that nig.it accomplished she waa morally innocent Philippa wav not accountable for her actious! As a doctor I read the truth at once. The rapid flow of words, the changing moo Is, the vehement excitem nt, the sullen air. the groundless suspicions—one and all earned conviction, and told me what was wrong. Mrs. Wilson's "or-Is o* yesterday, which warned me that Philippa’s health should be inquired into, added absolute cer tainty My professional brethren who mar happen to read this will understand me when I say that, although it is long since I have prac ticed as a doctor, I am sorely tempted, as I reach this stage of my story, to give in de tail the particulars which induced me to ar rive at such a belief. No physic an, no sur geon. live* who does not feel it his duty as well as hi* pleasure to give an accurate ac count of any out-of-tho-oommon case which has come under his notice Rut lam not writing these pegs* for the benefit of science; and having no wish to mak < my tale assume the authority of a hospital report, shall re straia myself, ar.i on technical points be as brfef as poasibU. In short, then. Philippa had fallen a vic tim to that mania which not uncommonly shows itself after the birth of a child—that dread, mysterious disease which may. at the moment w hen everything seems going well, turn a bouse of joy into a house of mourn ing; a disease the source of which I have no hesitation in saving ha* not yet been prop erly traced and investigated. So far as I know, there is no monograph on the subject, or certainly there in none at that time. Still, it is admitted by all the authorities that t his sp cieo of insanity is not unfre quent ly produced by a severe mental shock, •specially when that sh k is accompanied by an overwhelming sense of shame. St*, tfetice show us that mnarrfed women who are mothers, and feel the degradation of such a position acutely, are peculiarly liable to be a'tu- ked by the mysterious malady. Esquirol was, 1 believe, the first to notice tins fact, and the correctness of his view ha* subsequently been confirmed by many others. Such being the case, it is small wonder that Philippa, waking yesterday morning to receive !he intelligence that her marriage with Kir Mervyn Ferrand had been a farce, should have been thrown into a state ex tremely susceptible to the attack of the dis ease. Her careless exposure ot herself to the rintry air, when last night she sought me and claimed my aid, meat probably hastened the attack of the foe. Mrs. Wilson had noticed her strange manner. 1 myself have remarked upon her rapid changes from calmness to excitability. It was clear to me that even when she visited me last night the mischief had begun to develop lte-lf. I blamed my blindness bitter ly I ought to hare seen whnt was wrong. Considering bar agitated state, I ought to have been warned, ami have taken precautions; but I had attributed those fitful changes, the meaning of which was now only too plain to me, to the natural agitation experienced by a passionate yet pure-minded woman, who found herself betrayed ami brought to shame. Oh. hail 1 but guessed the real cause, or rather the way in which her grief bad affect cl her, all the dark work of that night might have tieen left undone! Although in many ways it added to the diffi. ultics ami dangers which surrounded us, tb-» discovery of the truth was an un gpeakabh relief to me. No right-minded man could now call the poor girl guilty of crime. Tbe man's blood was indeed on her bands; yet she had shed it, not knowing what she did. Her frroxy must then have been at its height Th idea of his coming that night must in some way have 00-urr-d to her. The desire to see him must have driven her to go aad meet him. Her wrongs perhaps tbe dread she now felt of him—may bare induced her to arm herself; per aps she carried tbe wrap >n for self-protection. Any way. she wirs mad when she started: she was mad when she drew the trigger; she was mad when she broke from my grasp; ■be was mad now as she sat by my tire,eyeing me with m •rose, suspicious glances. She was mad—and innocent! Her manner toward me troubled me but little. It is a well-known peculiarity ot the disease that tbe patient turns with hatred from those who were the nearest and dearest to her. Fits of mllen, stubborn silence, al ternating with fierce outbursts of vitupera tion. are the most common characteristics of tbe mania Hideous, startling as it is to am the change wrought in the sufferer, tbe malady is by no means of such an alarming nature as it seems. In fact tbe majority of eases are treated with perfect success. But all this is professional talk. Again 1 say that the discovery ot Philippa’s state of mmd was an immense relief to me. My conscience was cleared of a weight which was pressing upon it 1 felt braced up to one every effort, and thoroughly justified in following whatever coarm 1 thought best. Moreover, a new relationship was now es tablished between Philippa and mvseif. Tor awhile every feeling save one must be ban •teed. We were now doctor and patient After much persuasion I induced her to let me feel her pulse. As I expected, I found it up nearly to one hundred and twenty. This did not alarm me much, as in the course te my practice I bad seen several of them cases. Tbe preliminary treatment was sim ple as A B C; at all oost sleep must be ob tained. Fortunately, I bad. a well stocked medi cine cbest In a few minutes I had pre pared tbe strongest dam of opium which I dared to administer. Ia such a case as tbe [resent I knew that no driblete would avail; *0 I measured out no less than sixty drops of laudanum. HU- p the girl must have. That poor seething, toiling brain must by artificia means be forced to rest for hour*. After th it rest I should be able to my what chance there was of saving life and reason. But preparing a dose te medicine and making a patient like this to take it, are two iiff*T? ut t iings. I tried every art, every persuasion. I implored and commanded. I threatened and insisted. Philippa was ob durate. Poor soul! she knew i meant te poison her. On my part, I knew teat naiem she swallowed chat narcotic to-night her cam urns all but hopeless. 1 rested for awhile; then I sent for luke warm water. After some resistance sbe suf fered me to bates her throbbing temples Tbe refreshing oooinem which followed the operation was so grateful to her that sbe let ■sc repeat tee action again and again. A soft and more contented look settled oa bar beeattful face. 1 seised tbe moment. Once more I pressed ths jiotkm upon her. This time successfully. Mr heart trembled with joy an I saw her swallow the drug. Mow she might he saved! 1 still oonttaned the oomforting laving of her temples, aad wei' 1 until the drug took its das effect. By anu -/ that moment came. The large dark eyes does I, the weary head mak heavily an rey shoulder, and I knew that Philippe had entered upon a term at merciful oblivion. I watted until ber alesp wm sound m the steep te death; then I summoned my mao. I had already told Mm that my sister wm vary ili Between us we bore her te ber room aad laid ber on her bad. i loosened bar drew, cut the wet hoots from her oold fast, did all I could te promote warmth aad each comfort m wm possible under the elr enmstaneee Then I left Iter, sleeping that bee*y sleep which I prayed might lest m hroken lor hoars, and houra, and hours CHAPTER ▼, A WBIT* roil. Ere. tbe mow at whan the true state of Philippa** mind flashed upon me, to the ato- n»rvft r>«rTA&d xu nsr Muaaa.., au_ a* bad ill-used ber. She would most certainly know to whom Philippa had fled. It did not follow that because 1 was Ignorant as to who were my neighbors they knew nothing about me. At any rate, William, my man would know the truth. Bo inr as I couki sec* to-morrow, or by the latest, the next clay Philippa would be arrested fur the crime. Must probably 1 should also be in cluded >n the arrest. For t at 1 seemed to curs uothing; except that it might hindar me from helping my puc#gitL Any hope of removing Philippa—there, put It in plain words—any hype of flight, fur days, even w. okx. was vair Let every thing go as well a* can ha te such caaea, the girt must !e kept in seeloaten and quiet fax at least afo taight or three weeks. I groaned as I thought of what would happen if Phil ippa was arrested and carried before the magistrate*, ac -used of the awful crime. From that monwu: until the day of her death she would be insane. Yet, what help was there for it! The mo ment the deed is known—the moment Mrs Wilson lear- s that Mir Merryn Ferrand has been fount shot through the heart, shs will let it b» knj.ru that Lady Fsrraml is at hand; an i Lady Ferrand. who has been passing under the name of Mrs. Fanner, will be sought end fount And then—and then! Sven if she did no*, die at oace—even If she recovered—oh, the shame of the trial I No jury could or would convict ber; but for Philippa, my queen, to stand in the dock, to (dead for her life To know that, whet tier convicted or acquitted, the deed was dime by her. To know that all Yng .and is talkingof her wrong* and her venge ance. Horr.blel Horrible! It shall never be. Rather will I give her a draught of opium heavy enough to close lier eyes for ever. There will be plenty mors of the drug left for me! Fool that I was! Why did Ido things by halves? Why, for her sake, did I not hide the d«ad man where none would find himf Wh ■ did 1 not rifle his pockets, so that suspicion should have pointed to a vulgar murder.r—some one who had killed him for mere plunder? Why did 1 not, at least, destroy any letters or papers which were about him! Identification might then have lieen rendered difficult, and perhaps been delayed for weeks. In that time 1 might hav • saved her. Why do I not do this now! 1 started to my feet; then sank hack into my chair. No; not even for Phillipa’s sake could I go go aga*n to that spot If I did so, I should return as mad as she is now Not being able to bring myself to adopt thegreweom* alternative, 1 could do noth ing save wait events—nothing, at least, to avert the consequences of her delirious act. But for her something must be done. How could she, in her frenzied state, be left hen* —lter only companion* two men? Nurses most at once be procured. I summoned William and told him he must go to London by the first train in the morning. William would have received my Instruc tions to go to the Antip lev with impertur bability. He merely expre wed a doubt as to wbeth -r any one would be able to get to London to-morrow on account of the snow. I walked to the window and looked out. The night was still one mad whirl of snow flake*. The window-panes were half covered by such as manag *d to find a resting place ther As I watched what I could see of the wild white dan<v, 1 found myself think ing that by now that dead man on the road must be covered an inc —must have lost shape and outline. I shivered as I turned awav “They are sure to kaep the line to town open.*' I said. “If you can get to Boding, yoa can get to London. ■* “Oh. I can get to Roding right enough T said William. Then I told him what he was to da He was to take a fetter to one of the Nursing Institu tions, and bring back two nursss with him. No matter what the weather was when they reached Boding, they were to oonie to my boas* at once, even if they bad to hire twenty hors *to drag them there. He wa* also to get me a few drugs that I might want William said no morew He nodded, to show that he understood me; and 1 knew if it were poasible to do my bidding it would be don-. Of hi* own aocorl he then brought me fool. I ate, few I knew that I should want all ray strength to support the anxiety of the next day or two. The poor creature, to whom side I crept every half-hour— I stayed up tbe wbole night Oh. that aw ful night! shall lever forget it The soli tude—the raging snow storm outside—tbe poor creature, to whom side I crept noise lessly every halt an hour. She lay there with a face like marble, calm ami beautiful. The long, dark lashes swept ber pale cheek. The only movement was the regular riseaud fall of the bosom. Oh. happy oblivion! Oh, dreaded wakening I As I looked at her, in spite of tbe love I bore ber, 1 believe that, bad I thought such a prayer would be answered, I should for her sake have prayed thut those lashes might n-ver again be lifted. Morning at last broke on my dreary vigiL Philippa still slept I returned to the sitting room and drew hack the curtain- from U.* window. Yes; it was morning—such a morning as leaden, wintry skie* can give. It was still snowing as heavily, if not more heavily, than it had snowed last night For twelve boors the flakes bad fallen without intermission. There was little wind now; it bad dropped, I knew, about an hoar ago. Tbe world, so far as I could see, wm clad in white: but the snow lay unevenly. Tbe wind had blown it into drifts. On my garden path its depth might be counted by inches; against my gar den wall by feet William now made bis appearance. He prepared some breakfast for himself, and then, having done justice to it started for Roding. It occurred to me that he might be tbe first to find the object which lay on the roadside. Except that so doing might delay him and cause him to miss tbe train, this mattered little. I was now calmly awaiting the in evitable. Bo.im one most make tbe dis covery. However, as 1 wanted tbe nnreee, I said to him: “Remember this is life and death. Mottl ing most stop you.” He touch*! his hat in a reassuring manner, and tramped off through the snow. I returned to my patient's bedside and sat watching ber. and waiting for ber to awake. She hrU now siep* for nearly eleven houre, and I knew that return to life might take place at any moment. I longed for. aad yet I dreaded her a w akening. When the effects te the opiate were gone, how should I find bo-! Alas! I knew that the chances were a thou*an ito one that ber brain would still be full of strange delusions; that she would tarn from m . as sbe turned last night, with loathing and anger. But my greatest fear was that she would, upon coming to henalf, er rather to her poor insane seif be eonscioui te the act sbe had aucomplished. It wes the f«a r of this white made ase wish that it* opium would hold ber in tte drowsy grasp for hours longer. This wish was granted. Hour after hour I sat by her motionless form. Mow and again 1 gianeed from the beautiful, sense less fare, an t looking out te the window •aw the saew still falling. Would my mee- Hftger ever be able te reach town; if he did so, would he he able te return! I was bound to h»vs a woman's aid. Ths presence te the roughest daughter of ths plow would be we; vans to me when Philippa awoke. And it was now time she did sa Although I fait her puias almost every other minute, aad could find no reason for alarm, I am bound to sap that ber long sleep, protracted far bsysad any I had ia my experience seen produced by the exhiW* lion of narco tit*, rendered ms very uneasy. I shall, lam sure, scai-rely be credited . Hoe I say that Philippa’s unconsciousness lasted for 1« hour*— from 9M at night to I.Bfi aa the following • emoon. ! began than te thtak tea duration abnormal, and detor aUaad te taka aame steps towards arousing tar. But I was spared the rmponsibttity. Sbe tend an tbe coach. Her turned languidly en the pillow. Har dark eyea opened, closed, and opened again. She looked at me In a dare ! manner, not at first seeming to know me, or te understand why I wm ■ear her, or where she wan A prey so the wfldast anktaty, I leaned over her and waited ■nttl she spoke. I ififila Kv }HftU Kar IminllJaare nn . -» ■di'i'lM l vy U«HP Oil iJSWIIQwt ufWflT? PwflWu te leave her. Her eyea rested with curious alley upon mtns> “WhO.-ahe add faintly, in a tottete surprise, “you Here! Where amir “Under mg rote—yoor hwtharV rote," I “Ah I I remember, >he aald, with • deep atgh. Then she closed bar eyas, and core What did tea reraember? ft warned te te* too great a meroy to expect ( bait those ham* of tettrtoa had affected • cure, bat rr» Wm raad m tee road. I are ahrete teambUng with mteitemsnt I ..m ioagimr “Lave 1 hern ill long, Basil*’ she asked. "Not very long. You are going to gst better soon.” “1 came to your house, 4i> i I notf* “Yes; ani ;ere I mean to keep you. Do you feel weak!” “Very we ak. Basil, I have dreamed such horrible things.” “You have been feverish and delirious. People like that always fancy strange things" She was. indeed, as weak as a child; but for tbe time, at least, she t § perfectly sana I could have cried for joy as I heard her faint but collected words. I ventured to hope that I had before m» one of those very rare eases—such as I bad seen de scribed, but had not as yet met with—where the patient awakes from a long, artificially produced iJeop perfectly free from all maniacal symptoms. If this worn so with Philippa, if the return of reason were to be permanent, I knew that a few weeks’ care ful nursing am! judicious treatment might quite restore her to health. Even as this comforting thought came to me, I remem bered the peril in which she stood. To morrow—aye, even to-day—the thing which 1 drea>ied mi,fit happen, and sweep away all tbe good tie narcotic bad done her. She was nc.v tally awake, and perfectly quiet, I gave ber seme refreshment; then seeing she was Ling in peaceful siienc *, I thought it bettn to leave her. As I quitted her room 1 drt v down the blind, fearing that the whirling snow might bring recol lections which It was my one wish to keep from invading her mind. The long, dreary day wore away. The light faded, and another night liegaa. Phi lippa still lay calm, silent, and almost apa thetic. 1 did nothing to rouse her. 1 vent to her side as seldom as {wasible. I feared that ber seeing me mignt recall tbe events of tbe last night, and that recollections so awakened might destroy all the good which I felt sure bail been accomplished by the long hours of oblivion and quiet Could 1 have deputed my tusk to another, 1 woukl not have even shown myself to my patient M at anxiously, as evening came, 1 awaited the appearance of my faithful William and tbe nurses. Would they be able to reach us Sn such weather! It was still snowing fiercely. For more than twentv-four hours the mad white revel bad c*-nt.nued without intermission. Inde-d, that storm which burs; upon th<- worid as I turned from Philippa'* house on tbe preceding night is now historical; it was The beginning of the heaviest and longest fall which the record of fifty years can show. For two nights and a day the snow <■amt down in what may almost be called drifting masses. During that dismal day I saw from fbt* window The heaps against the wall crow deeper and deeper, and even in my prauoea* pied state of mind found myself marvelling at the sustained fury of the storm. At 11 o’clock at night I sadly gave np all hope of The much m<eded assistance arriving. After nil, it seemed that William had found it impossible to light against the weather; so 1 made my preparations for another night of solitary watchfulness. 1 was all but worn out with fatigue: yet I dared not sleep. If the mania returned, what might happen were I not at hand to restrain Philippa’s actions? Mv hope that the madness had really left my patient, not, if she were prop erly treated, to return, was a grow ing one, but not yet strong enough to allow me to leave her for any length of time: My delight then may be imagined when, looking for the hundredth time np the road, I saw done at hand two flashing lights, and knew that William, the faithful, had don my bidding. In a few minutes two respect able women from one of the best of the London nursing institutions wore within my trails. The train had. of course, boen late, very late. At one or two places on the line it had almost given np the battle, and set tied down quietly until dug out, but steam and iro;. had conquered, and at last it did get to Roding. There William, knowing my dire nec**ssity, offered such a magnificent bribe that he soon found an enterprising carriage proprietor who was will ing to make the attempt to force two horses and a car riage over six miles of road between Roding and my house. The attempt was successful, although the rate of progression was slow; and William triumphantly ushered his charge- into my presence. After giving them time for rest and re freshment, I explained the nature of the case, set out th • treatment I wished to be adopted, and then led them to Philipps. I left the poor girl in their charge for the night, then went to take the sleep of which I stood so much in need. But before going to bed I saw Wiiliam. I dreaded to bear him say what gruesome sight he had seen that morning: yet I was bound to learn if the deed had yet been made public. “Did you manage to get to Roding ail right this moruingf' 1 asked with assumed carelessness. “I managed all right, sir,* said William, cheerfully. •‘Snow deep oa the ruadf “Not so deep as l fancied ’t'vould be. Til drifted aud blown u- to one side. 1 ike. I never such a thing. Drift most hare been feet deep this nor ning. What must it be now, I wonder? Something like the Arctic regions, 1 should think, sirf’ For the flrst tim * fen* hours an l hours a ray of hope flashed across me. William had walked t at lonely road this morning, and noticed nothing except the drifted snow I I remembered how I pieced the dead man in the little hollow at the bottom of the hank. Could it be that the kindly, merciful snow, which I hare already described as beginning to form in a winding-sheet, had hildnn and buried him! That a pure white, shape less heap, which told no tales, cancelled for a while the dark deed from the worl 1? Oh that Philippa were well enough to leave this place to-morrow! We might fly and leave no trace behind oa She might never know what she had done in her madness. The fearful secret would be mine alone. A bur den it would be, but one which I might easily And strength en ugh to bear. Bear itt I could bear it, aud be happj, for some thing told me that, could I but save her from the peril which menaced her, Philippa and I would part no more in this world until death, the only conqueror of such love as mine, swept us asunder. Obch more I looked oat into the night. Still the snow flakes whirled down. Oh. bra re, kind mowl Fall, fall, fall! Pile th» masses on the dead wretch. Hide him deep in your bosom. P.il! for weeks, for months, forever! 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Sturgeon, Revenue Collector, after a careful and thorough examina tion of the Laboratory and methods of manufacture of their various prepara tions writes to the Home Bitters Co. as follows: “From my long personal acquaintance with and knowledge of the high stand ing in this community of the gentle men composing your Company, and from my personal acquaintance with and knowledge of the high character and professional ability of the physi cians who recommend your medicines, who are among the oldest and most re spected of our physicians, / have no question of the purely medicinal char acter of your compounds, and am sat is fial they should be clotted as medi cines and that those selling them should not be required to pay a liguor dealer’s license. You should be careful to in struct all persons handling your goods that they are medicines , and are not to tie sold or handled or used as a’coholic intoxicants or beverages; as they are not intended to be used as such, but as medicinal remedies Very respectfully, (Signed.) Isaac H. Sturgeon. Who takes an eel by the tail or a woman by her word soon finds he has nothing.— Proverb. Rascal! That word on the lips of a woman, addressed to a too daring man. often means -angel! SAMPLE FReTToF CHARGE. Call at Green & Bentley’s drug store and get a sample bottle of Brown’s Expectorant free of charge. It cure® Coughs, Hoarseness, Whooping Cough and Consumption in its early stages. It is a scientific preparation, admirably adapted for the cure of all Throat and Lung Diseases. It is pleasant to take and entirely harmless. Try it; it costa you nothing. Regular size bottles 50c. and 81.00. For sale by Green Sc Bentley. n27yl North Carolina is one of the original thirteen Mates, yet the largest city within its borders has only 20,000 pop ulation. FREE! FREE!! FREE!!! NEW DISCOVERY FOR PILES. A new remedy for this dreaded disease has been discovered by Dr. Deal ing. A single application ' will con vince of the most wonderful healing Stowers. By calling on Green Sc Bentley Iruggists, you can obtain a sample l*ox free of charge, which will satisfy you of its curative qualities. n2*yl We meet in society many attractive women whom we would fear to make our wi\es.—D'Harleville. CURE FOR PILES. The first symptom »f Liles is intense itching at night after getting warm. This unpleasant sensation is immediate ly relieved by an application of Dr. Bo sanko's Pile lieunkly. Piles in all forms, Itch,Salt Rheum,and Ringworm can be permanently cured by the use of this great remedy. Price 50 cents. Manufactured by tbe Dr. Bosanko’s Medicine Company, Piqua, O. Sold by | Green A Bentley. Byl BOYER & BARNES DESIRE TO MAKE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF CUSTOMERS And the Public Generally * Dress Goods Department. OUR STOCK IN THIS DEPARTMENT IS ENTIRELY NEW AND WAS SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE. THE STOCK IS VERY FULL AND COMPLETE, Of Blegaat Fall'Designs and Fattei is, THE LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL VND EXAMINE THESE GOODS. Clothing Department. / ♦ A PERSONAL SELECTION OF THE CHOICEST GOODS IN THIS LINE ENABLES U 8 TO ANNOUNCE TO THE MEN, YOUTHS AND BOYS THAT War on G!othing Continues UNTIL ALL OF YOU ARE CLOTHED. THE GOODS ARE FIRST-CLASS AND PRICES LOW. Hat and Cap Department THIS LINE OF GOODS EMI ACES A CHOICE SELECTION OF THE LATEST FASHIONABLE STYLES AND IS COMPLETE IN EVERY PARTICULAR. Merchant Tailoring Department TO GENTLEMEN DESIRING SUITS MADE TO ORDER WE OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS. THIS BRANCH OF OUR STORE IS IN CHARGE OF MR. WINTER AS CUTTER WHO WILL v Fit Yob in the Latest Fall Fashion. OPE POPULAR STORE IS ON THE WEST SIDE OP THE SqUARB, NO. 103, WHERE BARGAINS PREVAIL. , SSB^B^LS^SxsSwJß^^S3sSt‘- . ,tu- -$ v ../y ■ J TO TOS FRONT! ALWAYS AT THE HEAD Never can be Undersold. JMorris It-. Levi \\ ill say to the People of Mahaska County and his old Customers, that he is always prepared to give them the Largest Stock to select from thatT there is in the City of* Oskaloosa, consisting of ME3STS OYEKGOATS, OF ALL GRADES. Suits of Every Grade and Style, In Men’s, Youth’s, Boy’s and Children’s, in Endless Variety; and will guarantee that if you will call on the OLID RELIAB H,D±! You will always find that Goods warranted by him will be as rep resented, and those that are not will be made satisfac tory. I also have a large stock of Furnishing Goods, Consisting of White and Colored Shirts of all Grades. Under- Clothing from the Cheapest to the best, and an elegant and large stock of all kinds of Hats and Caps. Merchant Tailoringv I have the Largest and Finest line of Imported and Domestic Worsteds, Cassimeres, Beavers, Meltons and Chinchillas, and everytning kept in a first-class Merchant Tailoring Establishment, with a good FIRST-CLASS CUTTER and hands to manufacture them. MORRIS L. LEVI, Southwest Corner of the Square, Oskaloosa, lowa. Agent for the Oskaloosa Whang Leather Gloves. fa MAM WHO 18 UNACQUAINTEO WITH THE CEOCRAPHY Of THIS COUNTRY, WUA SEE BY EXAMINING THIS MAP, THAT THE Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R’V, Being the Great Central Line, affords ' avelers, by reason of its unrivaled geo graphical position, the shortest and bust route between the East, Northeast and Southeast, and the West, Northwest and Southwest. It is literally and strictly true, that its -oimecuons are all of the principal line* of road between the Atlantic and the Facuic. By its main line and branches it reaches Chicago, Blue l«lend Inrw., Auburn June., Joliet, Seneca. Feoria, Ottawa. La Salle. Geneseo, MoUne and Bock Island, n Illinois; Davenport, Muscatine, Washington, Keokuk, Knuxville, Oskaloosa, Fairfield, Des Mein.’a, Wist Liberty, lowa City, Atlantic, Avoca, Audubon, Harlan, Guthrie Center tr.d Council Blulfe, in Iowa; Gallatin, Trenton. Cameron and Kansas C ty, in and Leavenworth and Atchison in w»wk»«_ and the hundreds of cities, villages and towns intermediate. The “GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE,” As it is familiarly called, offers to travelers all the advantages and comforts incident to a smooth track, sefe bridges, Uaion Depots at all connecting -points, Fast Express Trains, composed of COMMODIOUS WELL VENTILATED, WELL IBATED, FINELY UPHOLSTERED and ELEGANT DAY COACHES: a line of the MOST MAGNIFICENT RECLINING CHAIR CARS ever boilt; PULLMAN S latest designed and handsomest PALACE SLEEPING and BUF FET C AES, and DINING CABS that are acknowledged by press an«i people to be the FINEST RUN UPON ANY ROAD IN THE COUNTRY, and in which superior meals are served at the low rate of SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS »aow THREE TRAINS each way between CH CAGO and the MISSOURI RIVER. TWO TRAINS each way between CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS and ST. PAUL, via the famous ALBERT LEA ROUTE. The New and Direct Line, via Seneca, Kankakee and Cincinnati, recently opened for business between the West and Newport News, Richmond, Cincin nati, Indianapolis and La Fayette, and Council Bluflk, St. Paul, Minneapolis »n<i intermediate points, is rapidly becoming a favorite with Through Passengers. Through Can for all Through Passengers on Fast RjcpressTrains. For more detailed information, see Maps and Folders, which may be obtained, as well as Tickets, at all principal Ticket Offices in the United States Can- R. R. CABLE, E. BT. JOHN, Prest A Gen’l Manager, Gkm’l " k*t A PeaeT Ag>l, CHICAGO. HARDWARE. Charles Huber, DEALER IN HARDWARE I Stoves and Tinware. A FULL LINE OF Builders’ Hardware, fc Nails, Glass and Tools. f AM AGENT JOB | Favorite, Climax and Acorn Stoves. SOLB AGENT FOB THE %s bstf in the world. The bait goods At f*ir prte«s hi my motfex Galtia*6w* wh«?n in wsot of anything in my ims. tw