The Ottawa free trader. [volume], May 29, 1886, Image 6

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A rrtil-'J
You lave not meusur.-a H,;1' 'I
Iu yi'ur own Heart, .""" r-
Tho' ull its terrors mid iMaM,
Its reMless days, Ms t-l-'P ' ;,v'1
Hut von you were so v.-ry tmr,
You knew the secret known to fe.v,
The f't yuth i .'"": nu-uon;
Your benuty was so niu'-i- to you.
You only rend love's u t--u ;
You n-ver ventun it 1 1. i: 'x.-mi,
Bui in Hie culm buy W'v tossed,
WLile ships sidled by you and were lost.
Bat hark you now! this iiHi" ''
Is but one phase of our existence;
Id i.tlier forms our foul-, milurle.l
To other (spheres and planets hurled
Khali compass all Hie n-,'i- ' dist.mee;
And all the pleasure or the p.mi
We nee btKhnnd, we shad attain.
Ind you now ninik me, Inly fair!
You shall in your next incarnation
Know all the anguish and despair,
Th'Miiihtyl.,ve, the i-riei. the care.
That here had been yi-r wml s salvation.
We must receive w lint we have ivi-li
Ik-tore we reach the liicd li-nwu.
Your heart shall be torn into stiinu'S
And thrununed at some hands idle pleas
ure , . . .
You shall know all the pain j".v brings
Yon shall feel p:is--Ion's thillUaiid ttins
And plunge In depths fear cannot ineas.
lire.
CO l's last eternal ri'it above
Is t ...it-J tliroujju M.lT-u. -I've.
;'. WhuUr II il-Ji--
BANK OF CALIFORNIA.
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tCCrTI'.IOIITKO BT Tim A'Til .It W I3UI1TS IIS
hhilVi U
CHAi'TKIt XIV.
T)ii-in tlie tuxt few ilnv wo wore bnsv
pt'in,' iimrt. ilinvu from the "li.inl.."
Ido.'i'i r ealle I daily to sen I 'i at t. ho con
tiniieil in the snnn condition of inilnM-ilit y mid
1'livsirnlly smmiil init lior Ih-Mit nor wm-si..
llim-wr stintieil also to have made n fuvnr
fiMe impiession on Ilillyear. I notii-eil ilicin
lin-rin,Tj nhout tlia door holding thoso
lent'tliv evp-of-jiartinn conversations always
I ctokcniiij; that, two iM-oile have foiin 1 smno
topic of coHiinon int"i'c-t and a consilient
ti nd of sympathy li'twivn thein. (Inly, in
lii cii-., I knew or rather felt that the liond
RMiiiniiiil7u-tiiri.il by lli-owr for the occa
sion and coiichldi'd it. was for the pni'tiose of
winning the doR like allclnnco of Ilillyear
from Pratt and transferring it to himself,
thereby making more wenre whatever of
J'rnM" si- rets or inferences roneerniii the
' Jl.ink" Ilillyear mlht jmisscss.
?,Ieantimea steady estrangement was grow
ing between myself and Uroener. It r-ntni
of my tlvMight, suhmis(1, nncertainty and
je iloiisy lenariling Ulanclie Nefton or rath
er tho presumed lilanche Sefton. It wiu
gradual ingrowth, like the coolness of the
early autumn certain to termin-vta in th
ichH-Hs of winter, b winter which must ever
r,"if brtwism two ieoplo when ona or both
fear ls at the bauds of t!i" other. Of this,
the ran-' lay with me. I wa a lirooli-r ot
the wor-t t v j . I woiiM live over and over
in mind nil that imagination, utirred iiji to
rsloulilel ut ion ly jealousy, creat si lor me
ivKanliijjj iho matter. I began to di-like
Hru-ner for his siis'i iority iu many things
over myself a wiHTiority I was oblige,! to
aeknoedga iJwelling on this iiitih' mo
realize more and more his inherent gift of
command command first of himself, next
of hU fellows command not ostentatiously
assernl with isvnp and bluster, but com-'
yrion 1 bas'd on tact, tho art of wiving the
right word an I doing t hi' riht thing nt the
right timo and jilaco. Uroener neemed to j
know where lay tho door to every person's,
good will; more ho knew how to open if.
This reflection seemed to germinate a more
lifgreealilu iilea, that despite all Himni-i- j
jud done for me, 1 was but his creature. lie j
was ruling and influencing me as he did j
others. 1 (and this lnt thought unote mi- j
br:rd) Ktooil to bin, as Ilillyear had to Pratt
ihen 1'ratt was him-elf.
(lie i 'olid, the cloail I alone made out!
nf my thoiiejit, came between us and grew !
lai ker arid ilarker, and more anil nuu e elully.
Yet our external Intercourse was mil h the
hiime its ever at least we attempted to malie
it so, tho.igll the very attempt, served but to '
leveal the change more clearly.
I re.eil a' hut to have the were! out of
Viim. If l.e uoiil I not s,e ik lllaii' he N'l ton's
limine 1 would. So, one da y, a we 'iv com
ing d"":i t'i oi'i l h ' ' liank" la l"ii earhuiih
J i ty p' in 1 o!" ri'li ipiiil.. 1 sail in us m
'.if,, ');. a tone a, I co ;! I au ue: "Tlial
u.r! plav.s! look to in.- h;w u;i' 1 knew
il li.V;:e. H! re'he N'ttotl.'1
" Voii; ! i I, II I h. I a 'oil to be ln o'i 1 of (he
r'M ml,!, ci ' replieil lti'o,,iinr, iu a c.uvV.m
;, .. 'I'i. a h" a-!d '.I. iu a lower ton "We
ruii-n'i t i!k lou I here. Pi-1 .Setter's crow ,1
;ieM i!.:.g I. H a hundred feet below lis,
nii'l S, I':, r i- an nrlis'ie mi l aecom ili 1 1 , i
l.ii,.vbi,!,.
uilh , ue , in- alvvav.s olcii lur
t.lif. el- pi
,' . business."
:o m m -i.i -r u ere I lie or.l out of iii v mou Mi
than J s.r.v that 1 had now l n mvef fully
;m41 to Pio nee. Ti'!'1 I.' In I my seen-!, if
ns-nit there was, without a i cxcl,ang' in
return. !! now kit thi- cau- i t 1 inv
, hanged tnanner. In lia ".'ieal language, I
I. ad g.M :i him nil the Pi n ks an 1 Iviriugs of
theeh.mn 'I and the couisj he should steer.
'J'hi !i 1 hated mid a haired him at the same
1i;ifoi the readiness with which, I saw, he
bad pan. el my ipiestiun. That ivadinnss,
iJt.r a b ' iu !iieiits' icileet ion, (ally nude
tiii' more Ti ivrable. I'.eeaiise, I thought, he
luust kin .v her nam.', and if it were net
Juiuich ', wh it v caio!i would the;,, be f,,r
fas cone, ahti it ( ts , then, it was Planelie.
1ut Isl.-in h" may have given him a falsi!
name. There was Imp., put what if she
has' Is sh" not I'.laii' h" still; 1 was getting
in that st -itc where my mini refuse 1
work in ja'ojier fitshiuu. If I kept on in this
vay, I should soon argue thalu man had but
Ui i h ing las name l, Lunge his identity,
and tha'. when t'liarlott" laown called her
4'lf Ju'oa Smith she Is-cuni" Julia Hiuiiu.
This ul.'trini' 1 me a little. Then tho riuieu
JouMiess f lay i oudilum caiuo over m it au l
J laughed id nid.
t.i l . . .. I , . ii" , ,,
no (lie V"l lill'.'lllllg III. S1IH I n II T.
"At a fool I k.iw yesterilay, when I 1,k,'k ,!
in the g!as. who tMik a strolling actress ,,
a giri he knew in th staten,'' I said, in a
iioh1 niai'.e up of pi'talance and vexation.
J:rix'!n r tiirml half round and gave me a
lock, upiunuUy half biirprise, half linger,
i had ' 'broken out in a new sKt" for him,
and in the remark l,o ha ! cssjMy nsng
niwl an at'einpt of mine iu hu own f.isiiiou
to tlirow I. im olf his puanl. It was not
The words were Imru of ih- inoo-1 1 was in,
wtid bad Mown out of uiy as of their own
vol .iin. Suddenly I re ollectsl tliat tlu
term 'tro!Iing artiW I had nil was mt
,iie itdicative of thi hih-st resHct for tlitf
UnJy is q ie-tion, td tuut under tbe circ ui,
Haia'ui li twJ Uj. U:tc IalU.li a.ev'4i.ly u.
: ' -i .'
Ir'ner's T npolngi:xd for having
used such expre-slon.
He received my apology in siletieo. I hiw
by this he iiti unt to punish me, and of course
ui v feelings against him were not ut ail
liiSsened.
Meantinn the other cloud on Rnll Par was
darkening for me. Pratt became worse.
The physician talked of brain fever and
loo'viil grave, lb' add'sl beside that some
secret was on Pratt's mind. Ho inferred
there "must have Us'n a ipiarrel and much
ill will ln twixt Pratt nnd mino one jnevious
to ihe-ahem -accident." Pratt raved con-ti-iu.illv
about the "young mi," who thought
he "owned ih ' who!,) mountain." He was
ever being "d igged iiUmt tho chapj aral ly
hiir.," and so on.
Mr. William Seftor drank In with his
gossipv, rriH'dy ears Pratt's utterances nnd
the doctor's opinions. He vi-itsl Pratt's
caliin on his way to work iu the morning,
dropped in at ivm and again at night. He
made himself an assistant nurse to Pratt,
brought, him choice dishes and broths of his
own making, and he could make them well.
He was reallv useful. r.cides. he carried
from Pratt's lirni-e tniws of gossip, which
he distributed as a kibor of love all over Hull
l!a; Mr. Scftcr's forte as a t-usjiicion
breeder lay iu Inferences. He had no direct
charge against any one. Put he said it was a
"ipusT piece of business." Pratt, poor man.
had Ixsai trying to get along and earn an
honest living. Ib as giMl as supported Hill
year, who hadn't much gumption anyway.
'"Yoiin Holder," he added, "found Pratt with
those hurts on his head. Pratt couldn't liear
the sight of Holder. Always set him to run
niu' on about shoot in' ai.d row in". Holder
was up the mountain that day. lb' saw him
at hast it looked like his shirt iu the
bushes. WoM, it wxs tpiccr bu-ilies-.''
Such is a sample of th" npplicnt ions made
by Mr. Scl'tcr for individ'ials singly and in
dividuals iu groups for cieht or fen days,
lie was iu (his work earnest end js'revei ing.
;., ...,..., ,.,,.1 ,.t II,, "a,t ,,.., !,
to thinking." lie i ducalisl them, iu fact, to
think suspiciously of in" in connection with ;
Pratt. I inbnarily on Pull I'-ar a "shootin"
s-rapc" bitweeii two in,n, even if one was
killed, i:ii,ht no! g. t imv farther than the '
In, al justice's court; might nut get mai
there. The community tacitly acknow led .'ed
the pi-fxl in th main arbiter in all manner ,
of disputei. Smith "jiimis-d"' Jen 's' claim.
Jones shot Suiiih ili' id. Nobody had lime to
inquire cai-cly into the matter. The nlfair
was a two i ays rs'iisatlon. in a wees u was
iiiite forgotten.
Put in this case i.1-e was Mr. Si fter's
"poor sick man' and his partu-r devoting
his wholi) time to him, nud I, John Hol ler,
in some mysterious way mixed up with tin in.
Mr. Setter played several chords on the
various human Ill-arts of a thoiisind strings
he handled. First sympathy, next mystery.
anlUyond that something dark he would
not sav what otilv something resembling
myself or my red shirt on Scrub mountain.
could in the many views presented by mm to
his audiences be vaguely Hindu out lu the
general indistinctness.
So this busy man went on poisoning the
Pull Par mind against me.
Uroener left for Marysvllle on the day
Fratt was pronounced worse. His interest
in the "Pink'' seemed now secondary to
another elsewhere.
Aflcr his departure I went down to Ran
kin's. It was no ui. I arrived at the store
just after the fifteen c.r twenty boarders had
lini.shed th ir dinner, and were now congre
gated f'-r a smoke and a talk, preparatory to
the long afternoons work iu their claims
along the river bank.
Ju-t lu fore unt -ring I hea-d Seft-r's tongue
rnttling on nt a livelier pace than ever. Th"
pravity of Pratt's case seem -d to act as a
stimulant ujoti him. exciting his imagination
and touching up his suspicious inferences re
garding thi, "ipiis-r biisiucsV' iu niort pro
nounced colorings than ever.
"And why don't ho couw out and toil the
whole story ;" said he.
As 1 enti re 1 that hush ensue! so jxvuliar
to the mi winvted advent of tho party talked
uboiit.
I knew they were talking of me in connec
tion with Pratt or rather I felt it. 1 had
felt it for some days felt it in a certain Vool-iii-ss,
in averted looks, and hints ami itiueii
does, whose full import nnd meaning now
burst upon in".
The sili n a was finally broken by one
"I.ong M.acV asking mo if 1 "knew bow
Piatt was.''
"1 hear hi Is worse," was my reply, and I
felt hit face redden and burn as I spoka Ac
tually I did feel then like Pratt's murderer,
and on trial U-fore a jury prejudiced against
me, without a favorable witness or ext. tm tt
iug circiine lan,-o in my la-half. So strong
sc-uied the etfi- t of the predominant tlmu ;hl
from the group in that store to make me ec
as they I -Wi'i-rei.
There was another si'eivo. A great deal
of renewed and piHsilily unnecessary iH
lilling and (leaning of stems with broom
straws wen! on; possibl ,-as a mental reiief
to the more s it -i i ive, an 1 conseipieiit ly cm
t an iisscd. i f tic- party.
"Was yo i coming down S ru'i mou-i'aiu
wl.niyoii touud Pratt.''' asked anodic,.
' No." I lepl'e 1. "1 went up to him."
"I w.vi d"i- ho v h ci ui-- by l.o bullets in
his h. ad." i. l.-'.l I.ong .M.f.
"I don't k.wwthii he has auv bullets in
hish-M.
I ivpli I.
" 1 mi don't.'' was the r.-j. ,in 1 r from I.ou ;
Ma -. The emphasis on 111 - promt. m wa-jicculi.i!-.
1 'iid no mistake its iiicitii.ng, but
made a, i ri ply.
M :i -i : in- Mr. Setter was silent. Perhaps,
forth' tir-t tune, a sen" of the ropoiisi
I i'nty ' f I. is !o p;ii,-iy h i I come over him.
lie .lid not liKe talking iu face of the
niMis-d. The luaUer w;is now iu sterner
baud.
"Well," said I.ong Mae, "I think for one
this thing nivds looking into. It's Tout time
this ro'.ti.iii' mil tnurdcriu' was sto;ipel.
Son,- I n ly needs stringin' up."
The n.ortality !it for ltull Par, and, snv,
a stn tdi of ri ci- for two miles up an I down,
averaged a man killed by knowu or unkno.vn
parties a'oou; once iu ten days. Put the Pal
was now iu the throes of one of those spasm
nf law and oider, peculiar to all communi
ties. Woe to tlf.i wight, guilty or not guiity,
caught iliu iu.g such spasiu. lie would hang.
It was worse than any direct trial, this
I cing accused by hint, inference and iuuendo.
There was. 1 felt, but one thing to do. 1 re
solved to mak'e the ivsiie and nii-ct it
"Look L-rel" 1 viid. "What are you fel
low ilnvuig at. anyway! You talk as if
Mime one had trii-d to murder Pratt. Now, a
I'm considerably mixed up in thi matter,
I'd like to know if any one is suspected of
i rooked l liMliess, and if so w ho it i.''
No one repliel 1 was now started
an I k -p" o-.t.
'It strikes me," I said, "from the way that
this talk has jioitc on that I'm the man you're
aiming at. Now, if nnyliody's got any
charge a.;ain-t me he can isu k up with
proof, din is as good u time to make it a
any other. I object to I eing tried behind
my I in k and w ithout a iy cliauee to defeiul
myself. Has any body here seen me w aylay
Piatt, shoot him or rob hiuif If there is let
him talk. 1 aiu ivudy to hear what he luu
lo s-.V."
My audieniv was very ijuiet.
"Have you, Mr. S-fterf I Is-lieve you've
bad a gixsl deal to do and say in this matter.
Yen ms'iii to know as much, if not more,
of this afl'uir Ih.iu anylsxly el Yon weii
Uii uw hea we Liou.Lt I'.att Cow a thi
tiiouiitaiu Why shouldu't I thin't it a verjr
'ipieer piei i'of I uslii' ss' to talk of your being
upon Scrub mountain the day Pratt was
hurt, poor man, trying to get an honest liv
ing and all that. I tell you, Itill S fter, that
sort of taik has put the halter round more
than on" man's neck in this country "hen it
didn't belong there. This buzzing suspicions
i . . 1. .' l !1 1 . 1
111 i'oie euis, iiiii.il mi- lliajl Willi, I'llcs
and (hot,, he bu.es to can t tell thedltl'erelice
tietweeii mere hearsay and absolute proof is,
1 think, about the same as murder."
Sef;er was silent. 1 felt myself warming
up as I concentrated myself upon him aline,
and, what was to me a relief, 1 felt also tho
fetters of ft constitutional backwardness for
any sort of cxpre-sion for the time falling
from me whether that expression should be
one nf deiilsor words, of mind or muscle.
".Setter,'' I continued, "you are inak'ng this
trouble for me, and I know it. You are a
"S-f !!', j"ii are mnkiti'1 this fotioc for
me'
born co, in. Von nra a coward to lioot.
You make all your lights with your tongue,
In hind pi o.'le's back. You are a thing, a
sneak, a kuikm ; coyote, and if this i rowd
in this store could sis-you as you really fir
they'd kick you out as they would a dog. I
ynii understand what 1 mean.' I in. an all 1
ay. and more if I c. uld say it. Now, if yon
want a ti,ht h r -'s one on your bands. I'n:
ready."
C'HAPTKIt XV.
A woman!
At 'hi i!ioui"iit Mr. John Sargent' put his
head in th' doorway and said excitedly
'My gisiilne.ss gracious Mikes abv , boys
there's a woiiiaii on hor back coining dowi
the hill!"
'I he audit n e were out of doors in a twink
ling. No Aii'iM-i au woman had ever yet Bel
foot on Pull II ,r
The Par hill road, for half a mile steeply
im lined, was as a rod streak set ina dart
green ground of chnpparal, winding nut;
tinning, iifp'aring here aid disappearing
there behind the dens r clu nps.
The woman's lu-'gress was necessarily
slow. Twenty minutes at least would elapst
ere sh" would r-aelt the store. Tho boarders
gathered iu a group on a knoll. Other gangs
of men hearing the news congregated on
various j nrtions of the Par. All eyes wen
directed upwards, f'apt. Thompson brought
from his sea chest a bug tarry spyglass and
steadying it against a corner of the stoic
fociissed it on the approaching phenomenon.
This constitute! the captain a temporary
authority. His reports from time to time
were ca -erly received by the crowd.
Hut of sheer force i f nautical habit the
captain put one arm about the ost support
ing the veranda to steady himself, as he
would put his arm around a stay on ship
board. The attitude was not lost on the
"boys." some of whom put on their "sea
h gs,'' staggered about as if trying to main
tain their footing on deck in a gale of wind,
and one leaning over an imaginary vessel
vide pantomimed a fearful derangement of
the stomach through tho disturbance of the
I'll in tits.
"Trim looking (raft." sa d the captain.
"Should say by li' i- model and rig she was of
American I uild.'1
"1 'oine. Cap," said one of the boys, "don't
b" gri ' ily. now you vo got a good thing.
Pi t's have a sipiint."
The captain l diminished the gh'.M with
mm show of reluctance.
Jin imv ( 'ook, having adjusted his eye to the
ins! ru.nent, seemed, judging by his ahsorh
tioii. to intend ri iiiaining us ho was for the
id ; in, inn.
"Time s up!" cried one.
"I mine that twenty seconds only lie al
lov.ed per man, p -r peep," sai I another.
."S'cor.H th" motion," cried a third. "Then
there won't b- eno'.igh to go around before
sin 's ilow n here!''
"Moii, iu's moved and seconded," said n sol f-ei'ii.-.t
iMi c 1 chairman. "All iu favor, say
'iiu-;' con! ,-iry mind ,! 'no.' Th" ayes have
it. The i hair rules th.' next peep for ilseif."
"No M'u don't," rem irked the "i ap," coin
ing I'oi-w r I iin-1 i apt ur.n:; hisgla-.s. "This
glas is private p operiy, aul n-'t ovi nuio
en, iVo, i : "! t a i I give the '-hi;, news.'"
Tin-assembly ::roa;i-1, and o i uliiided to
l 'm,i as in -a ) i Turk. '
' She's a la ly," said th - ca;,t il'i. "Style
ipiiet Jill I Vint "'!. Proud brim straw hat,
Veih No loud t: iimni.igs. Nothing liowery.
Cabin in. eii.gr. loys, tiak in your
shirts!"
l-'or conv enicuei and comfort tin miner
of that perio I generally wore his red or
j.-ray shirt as a Llou-c, omitting the formality
of stow ing .U cAti Miiily under tho Irouiers
waistband.
Th (aplain's order was olieyoil. Mr.
Pankin ma le his app 'U ance, having bis-n
euiploved iu buttoning himself into starched
linen. A "boarder" reminded him that he
had forgotten his kids, and another, hastily
cutting a gigantic coll u- from a slnvt of
white paper, arrayed himself therein, re
marking as he did so that "his tailor was al
ways delinquent with his dress suit when it
was ino.t wanted," adding ivlhvtively:
"However, if a man's head was only well
dressed no sensible woman would look any
t urt tier."
"Swipes" produced the tin horn usiil to
call the boarders to their meals, and asked
the captain if he should "hail her."
"( Mi, yo-.i're all a lot of smartys now, ntn't
yen." said Pankin. "How do von know who
that lady pi.iv be.' She may lie soul of xou
foi.ls' mother or si .term- wife, come to hunt
you to .,ur hole. At all events, whoever
she i.s, I s o e we'll all le t as near like gentle
men as we kno.v how. Tho-e who can't
letter trot olf to work."
Mr. llankai's si utimeiit, mad" n sjiersly
cl.aii.-" in the humor of this lief.uv rtvkles-i
crowd. As the lady drew nearer the faces of
all present as-suuied n more serious expres
sion. They were recalled to th.':uehes and
drawn to their old eastern homes liy the
sight of that one female llgure luii ere she
reached the store.
AH pres. nt knew that she was an "eastern
woman" and the city broil b"Vs declared her
a city woman. She sat her hm-se easily. Her
face was partly coiictaail by her' broad
briiiiuiisl straw hat
To the store, of course. s)lP must come.
Everything coming to Hull Pur must tlrt
come to the store. Tin rvad down the hill
ended at ihu nore Uuor. Th ;ore wao, m
effect, the fntranee and it fate cf Pull
Par. Mr. Itankln kspt the gate. Anyone
visiting Pull Par on business, or any one
there coming to tuake inquiry would Isj
naturally directed to Kankiu. In such con
nection ho figuratively kept tho keys of tho
Par. Ho knew where every miner lived
within a radius of three miles. He knew
how they "were doing." Ha banked their
dust for them in his safe, nnd lnmany castw
their coiilidenco and social secrets in his
la-east.
The la ly was riding toward a staring, gap
ing, curious crowd, of which I suddenly re
called to myself I was one. As she came
nearer I turned away and went in the store,
not desiring to play the lout Many others
of the "boyn seemed influenced by a similar
feeling, and stole olf to work, still, however,
keeping so much as possible one eyo over
their shoulders. Nor did they walk very fa.st
It wits a hard conflict lietween curiosity and
resTcvt. A few lonngisl alsiut tho store door,
seating themselves on tho bench.
She had stopped in front of the door. I
Mtw only the extremity of a riding habit and
the tip of a small foot in the stirrup. 1 heard
then a clear, well-toned voice asking Mr.
Hankin if "anyone knew a Mr. Jishsliah
Pratt iu the neighborhood." I heard Planche
Sefton's voice, and, walking out, saw Planche!
Pankin was gi ing her direct ions to Pratt's.
He turned toward rue.
"This man will show yon where hi Iive,"
were his i (including words, as 1 made my
npiH nrauce. "That is, he's generally able to
tell, when he's woke up.''
Her eves met mine. There w,as- no friendly
recognition in theni. I sail: "Why,
Planch !" she maintained the same look
"Miss Nefton w hat ! on here;" What else
I said I know not a jumble of unmeaning
i words, tumbling over each other, for her
h ok made ine sick at heart
She turned tj Kankiu, who, with the
others, hail b'-en startled and intereste 1 in
this iinlooked for recognition. Still more
startled were they ns they saw Plaiicli", li; aid
ing lo-.v iu the saddle. si;y something to mo
in a tone too low for tiie:u to hear, but ut
which I recoiled.
Those words were: "No! not you. John
Holder! Not my uncle's murderer! I do not
wish your assistance:"
"Perhaps I find my way t i my uncle'
house alo a1 if some of you gentlemen will
direct me," she .-aid alou.1 to the wondering
(rotlp.
i .- .i
All present kne w she was ttn eaaiern tcoman.
"I'll show you. ma'am. I'm going right
that way myself," said Softer. Mr. Setter
bore olf the prize.
Even in all my misery nnd stun-'fnetion as
she rodo off, I, or a part of myself, was af
forded a gleam of amusement as the gentle
man who had extemporized the bright shirt,
paper collar projecting beyond his eirs, sud
denly discovered that, in his curiosity at
Planehe's approach, ho had forgotten to tuko
it off, and during her eolloi-uy h id stxxi
near by, wearing it iu if a volunteer badge
of, Idiocy. Recollecting himself, he made a
ia.sh nt his neck as if stung by a was)), and
flung it in disgust to the ground. Too late!
Ho had posed before iv lady as a ninny, an I
no man really likes to do th i!;.
"Oh, 3-111 funny little man!" was Rankin's
parting shot nt him as he slunk olf to his
oaim. "You can go up as head fool now!"
To be Continued.
CirijjSH' (ilyeerine S.ilvv.
Tho ln'st on I'fiilh can t mil v bo nH of
Oriircs' (ilyeerine Salve, which is a sure
cure for cms, limi-si's, seaMi, burns, wihiihIh,
uii'l all other nores. Hill positively euro
r.ili" t.'ili'i- nml nil skin I'l-nMiniis. Try
ihi-i wiunltr liealer. SatiHliielion guarantcC'l
or money refuii'leil. Only cenia. For
sale iiy fc. 1 . Virigjro.
There i,i e now about n.ittery kiln ;n
npi'iatiiin in this eountiy, not iiu hnliiig the
1 ii'ue nniii'ier employeil tiy ili'cort.teil pof
t"i v inaUci-. The ti t.il capital employed
in "tin' in lii'try U about iJS.OOo-.iUO, two.
tiilriKof wbli-li it a'lsnrb'Hl in pi. int. Tli
amount of w:is ;i:i',i to the lOIH-inils nf
pott.'iv h'unl. is pl.i'.-'l Jifrom $ U)0i),0:in
to ,'()"( I (Ml) t r -ii.ioiiii. Finally the .m
mini viiiiii- of th- Aiui'iii-aii p'-tti'iy pr.Kluct
i.s over $',0(10.(100.
-
For ch ippeil liaml-s face anil lip us-e
Kalixleinia. 2"i cents, of K. V. Griggs.
An nvlnncii-a iililllstrv llA !irlipn ill
France to supply an iirtilicial sutis'.itute for!
natural ivory in view nt ine growing m
sillliciency of the latter to meet the ile-manil-s
ofVt nnd Ind-istry. The nnjori'y
of the lu'oilucfs formerly employed were
obtained by injecting uliitewnod with
chloride of lime under stroug precsure At
the Amsterdam hxurution, however, al
most all the priKlucts had been prepared
with the bone; nf sheep and waste pieces
of deer and kid t-klna. The bones are for
this purpose macerated and blenchM for
tAo weeks in chloride of lime, then heated
by steam along with the skin, so R3 to
form a Iluld mass, to which are added a
Tew hundredths of alum ; the ma's is then
filtered, dried in the air, and allowed to
harden in a bath of alum, the result being
white, tough plates, which are more easily
worked than natural ivory.
Credit is due thn German women nnl pliy-
Mciaiis for tirst nsiag nu iiiMTimi.OTiii
a medicine, l'o-st result a are obtained when
combined Willi other medicinal roots and
herbs, an in L'r. .bines' lied Clover Tonic,
which is the bent known remedy forall blood
ilieues, stomach and liver troubles, pim
ples, eostiveness. b.i-l breath. -. aue and
inal.iri.'ildisea-cs.iii li-t ioa.t.s of appetite,
low spirits, hen lit. li". and all .li-ei"es of the
kidneys. Trice ;"0 ce.us of H. Y. Grig-.
I'ircmeir T.niriiinnent at Ilutiuque,
The lliini.is Central KiilroaJ will sell lew
ruto Kxo irii ni tickets from nil stations in
lnwii aa 1 nil siations from Hecatur to (la
lei.a. ia Illinois, to lubuiue and return,
cemmencing June Tih to the lhh, poo lto
return until the 13th. inclusive tor bills
civiug rites and programme of the Tourni
nientrri'lvtothc nearest I. 0. Agent, or the
undcrsignel at Manchester, low.
J. F. Mkrkt,
tf.ii. ii" 't. r.
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tiir nuni is . vii.. h.i it e..mni e i,. .
.Ibinliitetii
JVre from Opitttis, i:iulir titnl I'tiisOil.
15bI: OKcts.
prompt. p, fcrjy -----
A1 ii'iVi u"i;..i's a'. ViHr'i.F :i ( a., ii.vn laor.E,."?.
Ftea.
THE GREA1
ertf".
FOK
LIVER
DISEASE.
jj;
CVlIDTnRJf O Hitter of t-iil iwf in mouth:
uuu u I ri wii t it . I'.iin m the l.u k. si.ies. r.r joints tten
niist..k-i f.r Klif.im.itism : Mur toniucb t loofiip
ni'fltct inftiHiesnausrA .ititl w.itcr! r..sh,or imliesti ;
fl.i-u ctt. v ir.il and cruot.iti" ns ; t..-vcis altcrn.Xtf .y tiive
Yax hrutltit hrt I'"- -f mrnnTy. with a pimtiil '-i
s.iiu'ii i'i h.'.vui lailf 1 U' iia inet.nn' whi.i t-ul.t to
have t t't-ti (.m ; ilrlillllV! l.'iv ittts ; a tin. k. fllw
ni'pt trvtiutr 'f tin- skin aiu! eyes ; a !ry (.'Ujfli ; frvcr : ri-t-lls)'-s;
tlic ur.tie is si.uity aii'l ii;lr.olwrc.i, aiul, if
A.it..Wfil td bUliil, dt;'- .I'.a a mili'l-'CIlt,
S'.MMONS LIVER REGULATOR,
I'l'KKLY VKOET.VHLK,
AN tFFECTLAL SPCC.FiC FOR
Malaria, Dyspepsia,
oils! nml Ion, JUlkmsiiess,
Sirk lteadaihe, .taiimlice,
Nausea, olic.
AU-ulal Depression, l'.owel Complaints,
ttc, Ktc., Etc.,
Is prneral'y usrd in the South to arouse the Tor
pid Liver to a healihy aiflion.
It acts without deturbance to the system, ilict
or occupation. It reuuliites the Liver, and
causes the tile to act as the purj. The excess of
bile being removed, a tonic t-R'cct is produced
arid health is perfectly restored.
The Itegulator is given with safety and ihe
Imppil'st results to the mut delicate infant,
ror all diseases in which a laxative, altera
tive or purcntivn is needed it will give the
mot perfect satist.n iinn. The Cheapest, Purest
and Best Family Medicine in the World I
THERE IS BUT ONE SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR !
ssr
itiit not ili. I'linilillB tl-ith fhl nl It
on tTunt of Wrapper, prepared u.!y by
. J. H.ZEILIN & CO.,
solb phopbibtoss, THI LAM.LPHI A , PA.
Mr. JAltHS BAOLET, wcli.m f'.romnn C. 4 JL
K. It., W.ukJt), Uh.o, LnJ not ttlept,
for over n year, his unlTermr from Nfnrnlciii was bo
great. Turtle il,.cs of AxaLoeuoiiub curej Liui.
NeuraUia, tlionvh one of the most crn.nion and
most I'aulul of Uii-tUM-s. has l.allii ,1 ml liicilna)
"SATHLOPHOROS
aiiunst, if not quite im inillili'. Athlophoros
tn Klii.v anil y-.-Ki-V eiii.!i It. TUih ftatrun lit,
tlmia-'hilroiiir. is vanni:U-(l by the fuets. Thi'iis
miilM have t'-sti il Um ului:aiul liei iiiliieiiil it an
tho onlv remeily that I riliK-s n.l:tf. For la.liiH
Biibjoet to iieiiniMa or nervous hi ailai hi s It is
IiulisiK'iirabli'. Athlophoros contiiiiii r.ooi iiuu.
liiiirtiliiue, rr i tin r i.aii.'irimH li iiihei.t. It is
ulwoliitely harmli fs and universally yiirceei-Iul in
the 1 ruiiipt Ci.l' cf this aiLful (UntaM).
Ask your ilrncRi-t for Athlophoros. If you
cannot pet it ci :.im we will wr.. it i iiirn s uiiJ on
reeelpt of rc;! ;!ur price-$1.00 -r l.itttln. V
pi-i'fer tht yo i Imv ir from yn ir dr t-v'-l. ''
ho haMi'tit do r.m I e i er:.adi il to try MitnuttiiiiK
elfo, but order al onco Irora us at, d.recti'd.
ATHLCPKCr.OS CO.. 112 WALL ST.. NEW ICRS.
CAVEATS. TRADE MARKS, CCPi" RIGHTS.
Oltiaiiii'il, mi l nil iiIIht lm;i!"s ;ii t"- !'. -. I'..!'1!,' it i
lire iiHriiiliil to t'T .W''k'HA I A' r r s I
Our ot!!.-e i i'l'i",Ie Hie I . S. P : 1:1 I 'Il'i ' . ua.
e-m uliiain IN'i'iit. In le time tliua in ,-'; reiu..ie .
from II . i s' V'.' I'i. . , 1
.vii. I loi;. ul; ,' I H7.V'. We ,'.- a. t.i .
p.it.-iiialiiluv tree nf eliar": nml we in'ike (
l-jf i. ?!: r.v.;.v.s tr,- oi;i:t:. .. r:. i. i
We ri-l,-r li-re to til" I'-istm ,;er. I e s-l-n. of t-r.-y !
rlerliv.. iu! to mU -i' ,.f rli - i . s. I'.ieiii- 'ft: ... i
For eii-eil', ir. rt.lviee. lei 111 all'l l'-t"-l"" !' ailn-l I
Ueate ;u your o u .-laie ,r cum . ,-
C A. M ,V ' ,
Opp is'.Il' t'a:enl ' lllii e. W
M- ,,ii. II. 1"
THREE' GREAT CSTSESh'eVEST
t-t '5.'15'!T?
LINKKD TOCETIItn BT THE GKEiT
GHiCAGO & ALTON R. E
Ti,. K'mrt T.!ne nnd the Best Coute to
KANSAS CITY
And all points via
t r a s s 1 T" V
ST. LOUIS
And all points via
ST. LOUIS.
lnnoHj vii i. v
CHICAGO ?hn.d EAST and NORTH.
PALACE RECLINING CHAIR CAF.S
Free of Extrn Charge.
PALACE DINING CARS,
Jit. 914 $ W . srw
Tillman Palace Sleeping Oct?,
An eoulproont not equaled by any other lire.
rntlre trn n' run inipuu" " -
,'..VtlV.nVare m.i.le witti otUcr Uuc. at eea.oiiaulf
''h. r ltKVr V.t- rn.!ON ItOl'TF tn mm
V.?.,' !; n i i.-ii x I . In winter, toa.l tlif
x,lt." In t-ieVJuiti. NEW MEXICO anU
I.I I'lHl-'
i.i hikji . .,i
.:..;.i.,ti i;.,iinrt Trip una rirsir hij nn
. .VI. . I Kt.ft..'- '
eniiT lllllVTS In
la tile. Werl
AI.IJ '- , -il nn I n
'SnVSuT .i J
to&Mi&tolS2tZ o t0
IBT Tl Af"""1 CniCACO A 1LT0!. B. B.
Cr to JAMES CHARLTON,
ill) Dearlivra Strtet, CUlcAoU, ILL
J. M. OATES.
General Traveling Ajent Ctlcago AnoR.nroa
J. C. MeMULLIN. Vice Prealdctt
31 ta"
n m v mt. m
um m li i y Jt
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K- .J M03C!IT , lVV1 I
Bsst inthcWorfrJ
GEO. VI. Mrin$
Passage Tickets,
Foreign Exclinue,
1MB
Insurance Husinsss.
ir MdHY TO li(A?f,
onti'Mteotuerooi-.tllco UlocK, Ottawa illiaoli.
ALL El NTH.
Wp win ue',) yn;i h tirt (laf S''wiu( Maehiue eh' an n
than any ui.o :u ins cuuu:y, e.llier fur eat.li tiibiuil
int'iim.
u i ami Bttai-hiiiiMitu on l.nr.d. All Miu-lnnea fully
warn,i.ttd. Call an,l re
Olthwa. Jan. I' lasl. F. O. S JfEETSSK 00
Ayer's
CherryPectoral
Should be kept constantly :;t hand, for
Use iu emergencies of the household.
Many a mother, f-tartled in the night by
the ominous sounds of Croup, finds the
little sufferer, with red nnd swollen face,
paspiiig for uir. In such cases Ayer'a
Cherry rcctond i.s invaluable. Mrs. Kinma
GcUncy, I5t) "Vc.t St., New York,
writes: "While in the country, last
winter, my little boy, three years old, was
taken ill with Croup; it seemed ns if ho
would die from strangulation. Ayer's
Cherry IVetoral was tried in small and
frequent doses, and, in less than half an
hour, the little patient was breathing
easily. The doctor said that the Fcrtoral
saved my darling's life." Mrs. Chns. 11.
Landon, Guilford, Conn., writes: "Ayer's
Cherry 1'ectoral
Saved My Life,
and also the life of my little son. As he
is troubled with Croup, I dare not bo
without tlits remedy in the house.'' Mrs.
J. (.refrp, Lowell, M:i.s writes: "My
children have repeatedly taken Ayer's
Cherry rcctond for Coughs and Croup.
It pives immediate relief, followed by
cure."' Mrs. Mary E. Evans, Scranton,
Ta., writes : "I have two little boys, both
of whom have been, from infancy, subject
to violent attacks of Croup. About six
mouths o-ro we beaii uhi Ayer's Cherry
rcctoral. and it acts like a charm. In a
few minutes after the child takes It, ho
breathi s ensily and vests w i II. Every
mother omdit to know what a blessing I
have found in Ayer's Cherry I'ectoral."
Mrs. Win. C. Ileid. Fret hold. N.J. , writes :
"In our family, Ayer's medicines have
been hlrssimrs for many years. In cases
of Colds and Couihs, we t:d;e
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
nnd the tut'onvenirnce I -o ti forgotten."
n:i.rAi;i:i) i;y
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co,, Lowell, Mass.
Sold by no D; uists.
The Lino selected fcytho U.S.Cov't
to carry tnc s-asi wan.
irirjUTatWit 'jriartiai amitm- 'f'm i
Tr, Onlv Th-oueh Lir.a. witu ill Own track, btlwaan
CHICAGO, . m
PEORIA Or ajn; II
O w .
,tr-f fcy wty of Orr.h. Par'ic Jjrc? . A'cl-ison ot
Kanttt tity. " t'vtist an ct m u'u.i i.ii
ILLINOIS, -OWA. WISSOUR'.
iiFsaicm. K&NSAS. COLORADO.
i.e.k , . . a th.., ,rr.nnfant Cilifll and towns. It
runs 7 Jy ta t'?"1 cr 10 1h"e '
ecu ppod thioug-' ttsir.s oi n ""-" ,'..., .--
Chicago and Denver,
Chicago and Omaha,
Chicago and Council Dlufrs,
Chicago and St. Joseph,
Chicago and Atchison,
Chicago and Kansas City,
Chicago and Topeka,
Chicago and St. Paul,
Chicago and Sioux City,
Pecia and Council Bluff:,
Pooria and Kansas City,
St. Louis and Omahn,
St. Louis and St. Paul,
St. Leuls and Rock Island,
Kansas City and Denver,
Kansas City and St. Paul,
Kansas City and Omaha,
Kansas City and Dc3 Moines.
At c1 ct its set's! Ea't.m srd Wta-n turirir.i it
conrc:s m G'snd Union Dpo's wth Ih-Ov-t1! Trims t
.sd Item all points m tha UniisJ Ststei and Cirsia.
It is tSa Pnficpsl Lth to and t orn
Saa Francisco, Pcrtlasd and City of Mexico
For Tickets. Rs-as. Ganaral Ir offrst o, ate. weardin.
th. 6uflH-.(ton R0"'' c,il 0,1 T'c',' A'rt m
Unrtsd Starts or Cansda, or add'sst
HEK3Y 8. STANF, PERCEVAL LOWELL,
ChiCaGO.
ma Machmes,
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