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mriWMOND DISPATCH-WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1897.
A VILLAGE SOVEREIGN.
(Mncmillsn.)
I.
Her inches were hardly propcrt
to her year?, and these mearan .d
Sh? bahmsad the ?l.-flclcnoy by br
and toddled about on the fattest of
legs. She waa not pretty aft? r th
ge-llc pattern, and was all the moi
gaging.
It would t>? difficult for her blogr
to say which were tho most ador
her smile, that raced Ilk?, a pitvl
Stance from th* soft little chin I
crystal blue eye?, or the two porpcr
lar linea of thought and f?arful ar
(hat sometime? sprang bet ween ihc
bil? brow?, an?l generally furnJshet
occasion for stamping her foot a!
refractory subject. or were brought
play by an earnest Insistence on hi
the unanswerable answered wl
delay.
A? mont of her hours were spenl
of door?, and hats were antipath'-t
be?, it followed that few of her
jects enjoyed sight of the . |fl
combed and curled little poll that
her mother's hauls ?very morning.
stead, they had th?* more disturbln
lea? elegant, picture of One brown
rolling and shaking, like the floss
King Charles. In ti reel oonft
imaginable round an.) about tin- hi
little face. The Invastoa of curls
atttted the pretty upward play
biown eyelash? the protrti
arch of brow, so that the big. blue
l?.ok?-d out from S fomsl Of w1
She had the ?llvillCSt of IIK-Il
an arched rOS) hud. formed as a ? h
mouth rarely is, sweet and psrfS
shaped, with BO imperious claim t
kisses. Not tO Wish tO kiss h* r wa:
prove yourself Inhuman. She was in
dirty, though not exactly a pr?cisait
the matter of ralmtnt. It would
. trust her with ?in orang?
It w?-re Intended sho should sit upon
chaira of civilisation, an emblem Of s|
childhood, but she could ht r*
upon any day to pass s m lghborh
where mud-ptee were being manu
turt-d and not suci'um'? to the burr
toavptntlou to bemlre herself.
h was Norry, the uncrowned qu
of a rSSBOtS little town on the SdgS ?
glorious Irish lake. Like the Ortoi
philanthropist. She loved her fettOW-a
Her existence was based on tbo irai
of Christianity, with such s surpris
result that her fellows of .
s, sexes, and ages worshipped 1
She Wifs not of th?- order ?>f ft mule
fant that Is contint to stay Indoors ?
play with dolls. Nor wen- outd
games the chief delight of her life. W
she liked was the making and sustain
of anlvsrsal acquslntancen.
8h?. wok?- with th?- dawn prcoccup
with the fortunes of Tommy This I
Molly That, and chattered about th
while she graciously submitted to I
encroachments of sosp, water, bfl
towel, and brush; and she was ?till ?1
coursing of th? in la passionate int
ludes whllt Man slls fs I her upon br?j
and milk ?nd porridg?* in the hltohen
She it srai srbo on Isoasad all aewco
t-rs Into the town?tramps, travellers, a
visitors. 11? r formula was as rinid B
unchanging as royoJ stlquette. Bbs dn
no lit. beggars and riobiem?
, but simplv snd to tin trousered ma
' .Man, what's your name." If the
arete any geniality in the reply (and tin
usunlly was?, sie- as Invariably a?ld?
"The USOS BgS Of Dod <?n you. Kl
me!" Upon her lips. bOWOVOT, the 001
man?! took the form of tish. The DStm
in petticoats she addressed as " 'oraan
und if th. 'oaten happened to be accoi
panled by s baby, it was an exciting m
ment for Norry.
Rallies, piiiipl? s and kittens constitut
the most tateregtlag portion <u banana!
In hat SySS. Tiny ware all
aba called them. Bbs Insisted oa kissii
every baby that crOBUCd her path, evi
on occasional visits to the thronged d
where h. r grandmother lived, to the ?11
iiia> and dlscomfeii of h?r handsoa
young aunts. Whatever she had in b
h nais ?h? mads must bestow upon ti
long-frocked creature, not tnfreqoenl
t.. repent her of bei y ene rosi ty Bt
minutes later, and demand restitutk
of the gift.
When she had, so to speak, conferr?
ths freedom ot the town apon ii
stranger, Norry Instantly toddled o
With sagsr intent to acquaint the worl
that Johnny Murphy or Kiddy Magrat
had been welcomed to her dominions.
The episode of Norry and the ItaTUU!
Is a tai? In which the town takes muc
prid.-. The Idlers round th.- bar sti
tell It to one another with u??bate
glee, and Norry's kindness to the hi
man is one of the reasons why the tow
has lately Began to look with less OPS
disfavor apon thai haughty aristocrat
For the lord of the ?oil Is not a genia
person. He Is distant, high-handed, an
ungenerous. He takes no tnconsldcrubl
hSQOOBS fr?uii un impoverished land wit
li.-vir so much as a "thank you," i
human?- imiulry Into the prosperity o
hl? tenants, or n single evldcn.
thought for their welfare, and he spend
It to the last farthing, along with hi
good manners and smiles, in England
Tin re WS hear of him as u delight fu
type of the Irish gentleman, off-handed
witty, .nul a capital host; In Norry'
tovwi (which ought to be his) he Is knowi
as a mur?se, close-fisted, and overbeartnj
Saxon. So much may man differ In hli
attitude toward <>n> race and another.
A wave of universal joy passed ovei
Ihn town the day Kitty Farrell Oubllcl.
Ti'buked him for his lick of mannen
among bin own people. Kitty keeps th?
newspaper Shot?, and an Irish dally papOl
being, one of the few things the htarquli
could not Import from England, it fol
low? ?I that he ran up <a small a
with Kitty during his last sojourn b? [on
try was born Driving through the
town on his way to the st itlon, the lord
of the soil stopped his carriage and called
out from the window to Kitty to know
t mount due.
"Half a ?rown. me lord," said Kitty,
dropping an elegant courtesy that quite
carricd ?.fr the Inelegance or hare feel and
t nd skirts.
"There, girl." cried the M.tr?pili?, fling?
ing a silver Pleas 'm the ground.
Kitty did not BSOVe SO much DJ an
lash in the direction of tin halloa ?oln,
but as tin- onrrtngs began to roil ?m again,
my lord lying bach as proud as an in?
vadir, sin ma utter it, shrieking at tho
tOa Of le i \oiii-: "Mi lord, me lord, 1
tellii! , \. owe me half a crown."
"It's on the ground." the llarquts re?
tort. '. frowning. "I threw it out of
the window." '
"Uli BBS lord, 1 have nothing to do with
your throw lugs. May b*> 'ti? your divar
'tls no affair of mine anyway. What
1 want is me money pud into ass own
hand, SS between Christian and Chrls
tlun. t*oni iiiv.-r is wsteesBs to ths
other bit of sliver, if he likes, but 1 must
own fashion.''
It was chanted in the sing-song
brogue all over the town that evening,
bon granit a sight It was to m
Marquis I ilf-crowa out of his
pocket, ami ?ubmlsslv.-ly place It on
Km dm.
Rut a smaller flower of her uet was to
pandos lbs hanghty Masvsnls in quits an
otln r way. He had not visited his Irish
? ?uti-is sinos the appearance of Norry
un the s- :.. and in consequence could
not I?- aware that, in comparison with
thw plnafored autocrat, he was u per
nonage of no Influence or prestige what
" On the other hund. Norry bad
never h. inl of the l'id of th? soil, and
was under the impression Hint the beau?
tiful park furmtxi. like everything
around her, a suitable environment and
background for her o?.n individuality.
While her mother dawdled over the
breakfast taMe, believing Norry ?till en?
gaged upon her bread and milk In the
kitchen with Marcella, the child was
toddling up the main ?tr. - th.,
brown K?o?a on her heod blown about
In every direction. After her ctrusgl-d
O burnt of admiring children t? whom ?he
dhV-v.rkH.a lUpii.gly 1U _? .?gia.^. ?
is, and wholly delightful fa?h
obeyed her because they lo
her, but they would have had to O
gejf In any case. Disobedience and i
s.nt wero things ?he neither com?
hended nor tolerated. She went town
the park, and at the top of the sti
commanded her guard of honor to aw
her return, SOt 888*888) ?he yearned
breathe awhile In the frewh morning
tho privacy of Incognito, for ?he i
unacqua.ited with shyness as ?he t
with fiar; but ?he said ?he wanted
Ses Jacky Molloy'* puppy, and Jacky t
an Invalid living In a cottage close to
park avenue.
II.
H.r Intention wa? suddenly diver
as ?ho turned the corner by the sight
an Imposing stranger In a ?hootti
jacket. ThS park-gate had swung 1
hind him. and be wa? advancing rapl?
In her direction. Norry put up a pi
finger and laid it BgaiOSt her lov
mouth. With her thl? signified gn
perplixity. and the ge?ture was r<
liered still more quaint by the lines
Intenso mental effort that so dcllcloui
corrugated her forehead, an?! VSSted I
In a fBStilliallag aspect of worry. Ev
at so young an age are the (?ares
sovereignty spparsat, gad a ragal mi
Is none the less uneasy because the oi
Idem of royalty happens not to be vlsib
Hors was a stranger entering Norn
lomlnlons with an air of comma r
WhtSS she herself wa? not acquaint
with him. She did not puxzle out t
dtuation upon lines quite ?o slSSr, i"
i ?- but she eyed the imposing strati?
lusstlontngiy, and prossptly made
her mind. It I; DSSSfotl BBS had a BTSfl
mce for ragged humanity, but she w
julte above such meanness as drawli
:he lino In tho matter of tailoring. A
;rr all. the lonely, unhappy Btfaag
mild not help being weil dressed, s
nay have supposed, and it wa? real
io reason why he should not be grsei
is well a.s her favorite tramps ai
dlers. So she walked unhesitatingly i
:o him. and barred his way with one
i?-r imperious gestures.
The stranger cast a casual glance ur?
n r. She was not effectively preOy, ai
rat had to look twice until you kne
1er to realize how adorable she wa
lie was moving on in his cold. UBgsnJ
n ioiI for children, as mere childre
lid not appsal to him, shore all ti
hlldrcn of his Irish tenants?win n h
isp'il dSTSSnd and frown Of ecstatic s
ri'Hisii' id him. "Man, what
roar name?"
The BttaagOf stand at the little ere
line, at lirst In something like disnia
then the frown and the Imperaii'
flaneo that revealed a nature not to 1
trilled with, nniused him, and finally OS]
tiva'ed him. He thought It the odd?
thing In the world, and smiled nlm<>
try a? In? answered, "Grandly
"Dood-morrow, Daodhy; I am dad
see you, and the blessings of 1 ?od |
fou, Daadby."
There was a whiff of royal favor I
'ting on her side, a, sense of dui
accomplished, sad s generous fsatta
that this different kind of man had ?
much claim upon her good will as Mu
phv, the tramp. The Marquis of Gran?
by, on his ?ide, was convulsed with tl
rimleallty of it; for he was not so sati
nine that he had ,io sense of humor. Yc
see, ho was born on IiHsh soil, by whic
we explain say virtue there might be i
him, while the vices we gOOd-nstursdl
lay to the account of his Saxon tralnini
Anyhow, if he did get out of bed th.i
morning on the wrong side, hi r Majest
Qassa Norry soon set him right. 11
thawed his entertainment in the sltuatlo
l>y baring his teeth under a heavy gra
moustache; then he drew himself u|
lifted his hat, and thanked her with
gravity no less superb than her own.
Norry. I hav?- said, had no salient mark
^f beauty; there was nothing about he
i'lther of princess or fairy, and she, wor
no more picturesque raiment than a lit
tie red woollen frock and a plain pina
fore. But she Btfarrad the heart of th
Marquis to an unwonted softness. H
wag about to ask hST nam<\ when sh
continued In her broken eagerness 0
roses: "Have you turn to stay with us
Daadby T*
Norry laolodsd the whole town in he
ieflnition of family, and the man llvini
it the other end of the street was onl;
i man occupying another room, and ap
it any moment to drop Into the famil?
ircle.
"May I not know your name, too, lfttli
nadara?"
"Norry," she said, impatiently, as if ir
?ply to an irr? levant question.
"And mamma's name?" asked the Mar
Tills'.
"Mother's name Is O'Neill. She llve?
liiwn there; we all live down there," ?h<
lerked, chopping up in her SSOltsrasnl
1er lisping syllables upon the click oi
tiny teeth. "Wouldn't you like to se,
Jacky Molloy's puppy?n doaty little dog
riie s? rgssat gave it to him."
"Let's go and look at Jacky Molloy'.
raipy, by Sll means," said the arnuseil
liarqul?. "Bui tirst. Norry, I think you
>Ught to give BBS S kiss."
Norry held up her rosebud mouth with
out a smile upon her perplexed an?
shadoweil countenance. This was par
of her duty, to kiss mankind, and thi
moment she felt to be a very aerloui
one. The Marquis lifted her in his arms
and marvelled at himself as he did ;n
When he had kissed her, an irresistible
mpulsc seized him. Be lid n?it set lui
down again on her fat, short legs, but Just
dropped her ob his l.ro.'iil shoulder
Norry shrleke?! with delight Here was
virtue triumphantly rewarded! She ha?:
?lulle a good turn by an aoojualntsnoi
worth making?a man who could hobt
a little girl s> ei'.slly and Jolt her at a
swinging pace through the air.
she indicated th? dtrsetlon . f .la^ky's?
bouse with a dimpled hand, and con?
cluded her Information with the aasg?
rance that she wa? glad sh.-- bad met
him. At the cottage-door the Mar?|i.is
rapped, and ssld to the whito-capp.-l
woman whom ho summoned: "Norry
and I hav?' come to see .laeky's pup) y."
ThS woman ai once curtseyed in n flutter
of recognition ami surprise, "i BSS1 thB
little luwy nesr my gat?-s, and >i. ? -,.
kind enough to make acquaint uv,. \\ith
nn. She proposed to take me here, to
se,- puppy in lb?- light ?>f g favor, and
i she is accustomed to hive her
way." he explained.
"Sure, 'tis oar "?n Miss Norry, bless?
ings on her." cried .Mrs. Molloy, gating
tenderly eftsr ths child, ah* ha I a?
ready made her way Into Hie Inner
room, where .Inky lay in !.. I nursing
his puppy. "Sure, 'tis herself v e love.
ms Lord; she's like ?uhshlne on S wet
"Turn In here, Dandby, tumi" Ncrry
shouted Imperiously. "Watch ine pull
the puppy's tail."
Mrs. Molloy'? face wrinkled In a fright
n'.le. it was nothing loss than
nwful to her to Iv ar the great man
gddrsssed a? "Grandby."
The .Marquis submissively went inside,
and BSttsfled Norry by kl?slng Jacky
Molloy and takl?g tho puppy Into his
inns. It wa? olio thing to kiss Norry,
hut he really ?.It that, had any choice
hi en left to him, he would have pre?
ferred not to kiss poor, whlte-cbeeked
Jacky. He had no sentiment for chil?
dren, but having accepted Norry'? pro
lection, he kii^w when it was becoming
10 yield.
Now Norry could not stay long In one
?.lace, and when ?he entered a house
sh? felt It an obligation to visit every
living member thereof, so while the Mar?
quis, for mere form's sake, was put?
ting a few casual questions to Jacky and
hid mother, ?ho raced into the kitchen
to greet the tabby.
Mrs. Molloy took the opportunity to
follow her, and whisper.-.t quickly to
her: "You mustn't call that gentleman
Grandby, Mlas Norry. "lis he as la
iiinis.if the Markt??."
Norry caught th? word, and, still
strangling the tabby in her arras, re?
turned to Jacky's room. "Dandby," ?he
burst out, in her passionate way. "Mra.
Molloy ?ays you Isn't Dandby, but the
Marsklac. Are you the Mar ?kiss or
Dandby f"
"Some big people call ms s Maraklae,
Norry, It la true; but you must
call mo Dandby-unless you fall
with me"
"Norry never fall? out with any!
Jacky cried with enthusiastic emp
"I'll turn a-morrow ami see you i
Jacky," ?aid Norry, taking hl? t
plcnshlp a? her due. "Now I'm dol?
town to see lot? of people?my
Mary, and tho Doctor, and Father
and Blbby Malone'? goat. Doc
i., ky; I'll turn a-morrow, Mrs. M<
Turn, Dandby! He Isn't tho Mar
Mr?. Molloy."
The Marquis slipped a silver coir
der Jncky's pillow, and went ou
ice to his superior*? order.
Outside Norry spied her guard of !
straggling down toward her. She
thouarht herself that her duty tr
stranger wa? accomplished, and tha
had her friends to look after. He
concluded, might be trusted to flm
wav about the place. Releasing his I
?ho gave him a bright, explanatory
and shouted out: "I'm tumln', Kitty
Tommy. Dre'ntly. Watt lot me. wal
me." and wivldled on at a running
extremely diverting to watch.
The lonelv stranger, thu? abandon,
his own devices, found occupation fo
day; but he remembered to questloi
??rent about Norry. The subsidiary
rent? were naturally mentioned onl
droo into insignificance. Norry's pai
mlitht In-lone to her. and as ?uch re
?orno sllKht attention; but no living
dr? am.d of believing that Norry belo
to them. They were excellent peopl
was generally affirmed?he a gentR
In every sense of the word, she a
charming young lady-but their 1
rested malnlv on the fact that they
inmred to Norry. When they trnvelle
tO town sad l'ft th" child behind t!
nil the Idlers and tramp? of the i
were constituted her nurses?Mar? ? li.
betas rcnardeeT as sufficiently ubiqui
to hav- an eye upon majesty of so T
bond B elisposltlon. When she voyi
out of sight, a group of rufflans, eng:
In supporting tho town walls between
i.anses of refreshing exhausted nal
would forsake bar and gOSSlp and ?l.r
in h? r wake with their hands in t
nockets. whistling a? they went nl'
Lik<- so B&aay big mastiffs. ? ??h one
UDon his honor to protect hi r.
She had s word for all; not the m?
est Of her subjects went UBfSWSTi
She- fall as a Princess feels, without
vanity, that sh?> was the centre of
Tsraal attraction, and that the pot
who stterapted t?> qusrrsl with her
hound by this very fact, as by an !n
table natural law. to get the worst o!
This, perhaps, was the unconscious me
Ing of her splendid generosity to
playeantes, whatever their sex or c
might be. If she baStStsd on their oh
??i.' and ttii.-'. I am afraid, she d|,|
no half-he aitsd way?at least, she tie
told tales of them, or procured tl
punishment or blame, and always ii
moro than she received. The result v
that there was not one rebel in her tri
anel 1 solemnly believe not one \
Jealous of bar, Hstb was s very sons
and magnanimous disposition, and
reign was pacific when, such was
power, it might have led to civil war.
The Marquis left the town next mo
Ing. From his carriage he caught si
of Norry clutching a slice- of bn ad ;
Jam at which she fook bites In the
tervals of voluble chatter with the par
priest, who had stoppeil to talk to Y
The jam had made big, red blotches
her pinafore, and her face' and Bag
were in a lamentable state. NVve-rt
less, this second vision of her rOTSa
her as more bewitching to the Mars,
than the tirst. There was no wind.
her curls were In a more orderly ci
fusion, ant} as she was less BSOltSd, 1
lisping chatter flowed on with a qaatu
iluency. The Marquis pulled the1 che?
string, and the carriage stopped In fre
of Norry and Father Sullivan. "?',e
by, Horry," be called out.
TDooeVby, Daadby," Norry cried, i
membering his name without any he
tation. "Turn a-morreiw adaln; I'
sorry you're doing away."
Father Sullivan WhSSSSd 'round In pr
found amaze-nvnt and quickly unwverf
The Maxquhl gave him a curt nod, ai
bsfOTS he COUld re-cover his wits ai
make- proffer of nn elegant greeting, t
carriage ?vas rolling down to tho bro;
?.pen road.
"Mis. .Molloy calad him the Marsklss
Norry said contemptuously, with ?
much bitterness as her genial little hea
\va-~ capable of harboring toward a fi
low-creature. The word "Marskiss" 1,
ing an unknown quantity in her ear
sin- conceived it as a term of obloqu
ami resentstl its application to tl
amiable stranger who sppssrsd so pr?
perly gratoful for her klndn? *aj and coi
descensi?n. Now. if he had l,.en call,
a Bsrgsaat, it would be quite- sboUm
thing. That would have been tho hlgl
est compliment, for was not the lorgsai
of her own town one of her wry dean-?
friends? i'at. Maguire. a splendid spec
men of the Irish constabulary, who wa
ready any day to risk his life for le rl
III.
The story of Norry and the Marqui
Bras 'round the town before the mornln
papan from Dublin were distributed. I
was told in every shop, at evi t y bsl
and recounted in various ways to tha
bird of passage, tho bagman; it wa
droned over bus in tho bewitching sing
song brogue of the country, ssoUowet
and Sdorasd with tie- people's imagina
ttra art, as it passed from mouth ti
mcuth. Larry Relly had his versloi
from Father Sullivan; the Doctor had
more dstsllsd and highly colored accoun
from th?! .Manniis: mint, win.. In turn
roosised it dlrset from the noble Ion
hiinsc.<". The agent, as fine a fellow a<.
ever crossed a bog and rolled the? Iri-l
"r," was the only popular person In tin
Orsndby establishment, and tin- Marqua
lost nothing In his version of the tali
Then th? re was Mrs. Molloy's account
and h.re the unpopular person, by his at
tltude of bland submission to the auto
?rat of ths Tillage and his positively bu
man behavior, quits ?aptlvated the rustli
b? art. He wasn't, you see, such a black
beerte ?l villain after all, or at least NotTJ
gad ?harmed the head out of him
Shouldn't wonder if after this he rsduost
the nuts IT. per cent, all 'round. Tilt
Marquis did not reduce the re-nts, or ac?
complish any other act of virtue that w?
hav.- heard of: but he returned to Ire?
land after a shorter Interval than ?SUM
yet known of since Ms maniai;.- with a
hard-faced and disagreeable Saxon.
Mi ..iiwhiie, Norry lived her Ufe of nl
M> sovereignty. Bat moth.r had
taken her up to the city nine in whu
Norry dCBSTthsi to us afterwards ns "the
bagsy puff-puff," and there BBS had won
hearts and broken them in about equal
proporti'iii.
She had a disconcerting habit of stop?
ping every policeman she met, under the
impression lie must be related 1o h?r
friend the Sergeant, with a quaint "l>oo?l
morrow, Sergeant; the bleeahags ?>f Bod
on ye, Sergeant." She woul.l Insist on
darting away from aunt or mother In a
crowded street to kiss the late'st baby,
or pat a ?tray dog. or Htrlve gallantly In
Inr SathUt lassa to strangle- a terrltvd eat;
she wanted to stop and make- Soquattft
unce? with the hors? s as wall, and greei
. d every stranger that Crossed bat path
with a rea??urliig smile, when she wns
forcibly restrained from asking bis or
her name.
Once tlnrc was a fearful accident out?
side her grandmother'? gate. A mastiff
was lying on the path Irritable from B88J
and thirst. In any other mooel, I am ?ure,
?o large an animal would be gifted with
sufficient sagacity to recognize a friend,
but he paatsd and glowered Is a BUl?fB
sad angry temper, and when No?*ry stoop?
ed down to place two fat arms around
"the doaty dog." the Ul-himored titile
bit her arm? furiously. That was a tod
moment for her aunt?. The child'? mm
bled, but Norry' herself never cried; sjv
was afraid the dog would be ocoldedJf t
were known how much ?he si titr?e. In
the garden, without watting ?j Ro Inania.
an aunt knelt down and su. lied the ?-rrn
till the bleeding ?topped; gad within ten
minute? the ma*rnlnc??nt Jog was ?hot.
An hour afterward? Norry ?*as runn-ng
about as bright and a? well a? ever,
though unxiou? eye? dwelt upon her for
some day?.
Her aunts wisely felt that a dead coun?
try town, with no traffic to ?peek of and
a prevailing ?en?e of brotherhood, forme?!
a more suitable ?.ml picturesque back?
ground for such a disturbing Individuality
a? Norry''?. and were not ?orry to ass a? r
Bfifeiy enseor.cee! Iwhlnd the railway car?
riage window shaking her little fat Mat
at them, with the ?miUna assurance that
she would "turn n-marrow adsln In
bogey puff-puff to i?v them."
It was not long after her return fha
noticed her bright color beginnln*
fade, und ?hadowly blue circle? fon
under her ey??. Boon It was wblsp?
a? a universal calamity, that Norry
not well. She lay at home on th?
and critKl a good deal, or mad?*
mother hold h?*r In her lap beshle the
* Norry was not an angel, as I 1
said, and ?he was a very fretful and
acting little Invalid. Her occupation
Othello's, was gone, and she could
reconcile herself to the dulness of
sick-room. Only the touch of her nv>tt
hand comforted her; that withdrawn,
at once fell upon wild sobbing.
No such fus? would have BOOS) n
over the Marquis himself, or ?ven
parish priest Life-long enemies ence
tered on their way to Inquire tor her
OT three times a day. People not
speaking terms with hor parents sen
ask every morning how she had pni
the night. Marcella had to call In
services of a slip of a girl to open
door to the tramps and Idlers from
nearest villages who came for newt
her. Every morning and evening a bi
tin was issued verbally and ran f
house to house, from cottage to cotb
On her way to the telegraph office \
celia waa waylaid by a crowd of ro
snd tattered youths. "Troth an' s
very bad Indeed." the maid replied t
fully. "Wo don't like to think of il
all. at all."
"(?lory be to Ood. girl, but 'tlsn't th;
Sure what *ud we do at all, at nil, w
out her? 'Tis lost the town 'ud lx
?invthlng happened to her."
"She's Just the drawlngest child
Almlgnty ever s.-nt on earth," one fel
exclaimed, ramming the corner of
sli re Into his is >.
That night the Marquis's carriage <lr
through the town, but no one had >?
thought for It. Th. sgsnl was summo
late to the hall, for the Marquis mean
start by the earliest train for his st
-i it. s in a neighboring county.
Business done, gossip was a natural
taxation, and th>- Marquis had not
gotten his friend Norry. and BStted If
still ruled the town. The Bgent told
dismal tale, and the gnat man loo
really distressed, "What, my little fri?
Or.-at h?-avens. It's not possible! I'll
off at once and inquire for her."
The Marquis and tin- agent walked
gather as far as the Nellls" pn
house. Here the agent lifted his hat
departed, and ths Marquis rapped Ion
The tremendous peal rang through
whole house, arid the parents of the >
child up-stairs started angrily. Ths M
nuis, as beflt? B big man, spoke In a
voice; there was bo need to go out of
room to ask who had made such nn
tolerable notas. The tnossngs aseen
in the deliverer's own voice up ths sti
and Into the half-opened door of the ro
whir.? .sick Norry lay In her tnothl
aims, while tin- fath. r stood 09
OUt some naiis.ous medicine.
Tel! Mrs. O'Neill that the Marquis
Orandby has called to inquire for her
ti.. daughter, if possible, he would
nil for the privilege of seeing
little friend."
young O'Neill gave the spoon and el
Into his wife's hand, and w.-nt do
stairs. The Marquis greeted him qi
cordially. "Ah, Mr. O'Neill so son
? an't be true?temporary child's cc
plaint, ?if OOUre? assure you, quite la
ed forward to seeing my delightful ii
friend Norry?monstrous, 'pon my wa
tO think of her as sick."
T'-ars were in the poor father's ey
and he sobbed out something <ir other
which "My Lord" was Just a Hit
Young parents, with an only child 111, p
haps ?lying, and that child at tho s
of 3 already regarded as a put.lie per?
age! Is it to b< i sp ?ted that they ?hoi
k. . !? their heads or talk coherently, wfi
even all th?. outsits world was plunged
grief because of their private wo? ?
The Marquis slipped his arm into I
stricken f-llow's. and soothingly mi
mured: "Come, come, Mr. O'Neill, cm
age! Lst'S go up and see her. We nu
have the best of adrice; little girls II
hi r can't be snuffed out like handles."
At the door the Marquis was th.- Ii
to cross the threshold unbidden. You
O'Neill slipped Into his own room to wc
off a fit of increasing emotion. Not
was gathered Sgalnsl h r mother's brea
white, and querulous. Bb? moan. ?1 .\
Since she had been forced to swullow I
nasty medicine.
"V)n you know this friend who ha.s cot
you. Norry?" BShed the moth
wi'h s tragic upward glunce of greet!
for the Marquis,
Norry opened h?r eyes and stayed li
peevish whimper. Sho dul not recognl
him aft?r ?ijfht months ind she was I
oppressed by the atmosphere of the si?
room to saille. Iyioking down u|mn t
wan and pttaous little visage with t
curls brushed back from th?- protubera
arch of brow, and the blue eyes dull
and large and darb, the Marquis hlmst
had soin.- ado t.- recognlaa the vivid fa
with Its sunny glance aniT rosy lips ths
some months ago had drawn tho heart
him us never child had drawn it before.
'Norry. don't you remember your frlei
Orandby, whom you 'took to seo Jad
Molloy's puppyt" he asked, dropping In
her fagher's chair, and taking the whl
baby Mwl In his.
Norry stared at him In an effort i
memory. To ths healthy eye then- is
w .n m of difference between daylight ai
candlelight, and small wonder ??> litt
about the stranger struck a remlnlscei
chord. Sh?. frowned crossly and turned I
her mother for explanation.
"You remember ths gentleman Mr
Ifottoy called tbe Marskiss, Norry.
whispered her atotber, and suddenly No
ry remembered. Her sick, small fsi
wrinkled and quivered in on- oTthe o*
bright smil-s as faint as the echo of
melody, "oh. yes, Dandby, I remembei
and stupid Mrs. Molloy says ever sin?
that he's the Mai --kl -
The mother's le art overflowed wit
gratitude for that sweet smil?-. To her
seemed a promise of recovery, a praang
of health and merriment, and (he dea
vagabond days restored. She kissed he
child, and hehl h>-r clu*e to her sobbill
breast
"Sh.-'ii g.t well, Mrs. o'N.111: she rnusi
By heavens, we can't let her go; I'll sen
a nn ssenger off this very Instant for Si
Martin Hunbury."
The Marquis stood and kissed the ehil.
it. I strods away to post one of ths Ha
servants up to town by th?* last train fO
the great doctor. He broke his SppOtnt
ment with his son. and stayed on, callln,
.\iiy day at the O'Neills', He WS? quit
a humatiiz"?l figure fur his tenants b
ii>- was bound to them hv a eommoi
tie; for he. to?>, acknowledged their que?
ami hung upon their whim-;. Because sb
-I !< Of Hi? lake and wished sh- liad ;
boat, he telegraphed for th? lovelies) bos
that money could buy. Bbe s?>.in grew t?
know him as well as Father Sullivan, ?.
the cura!.-, or the do tor. Hut she w U
faithful to old i r;. nd?, and pi
Murphy, th- tramp, and Pal Malone, th.
big sergeant.
IV.
The great man from over stas, summon
ed at the Marquis's expense, was at firs
dubious, then convinced that nothlni
COOM saVS the chili. His words rai
across the town, and knots of rustics am
shop-boys gathered t.. shake their head'
ami bemoan th?ir fat* The clouds had
burst ?uni s.-nt river? of muddy liquli
along the stnet, and drove a gray pall
over the earth sheer to the sombre hmi
BOB. It was a picture <>r dense Imme.i
SUrabls gloom; Norry's own town In
t.-ars, large hissing t? irs, tearing at th
roots of h?-r friendly tears and si
Inte h. r magnificent lake, till it swelled
beneath the sense ol universal sorrow.
Th- Marquis wa , seen 'lining down thf
street from the park avenue, and ft was
decided to question him after his visit
like an ordinary feUow-mortaL His hat
was tilted over his eyes, and th? re was
an air of ?adn? s? about him that stirred
tbe spi ctators to a belief in some lat? si
virtue in him. He was a hard landlord,
true, but then Norry liked him. and h>- ha?i
grown fond .if the child. Hur.-ly, he niigh'
be pardoned u<u having reduced tbeti
rents.
His knock now was not so self-assertive
as ?m the first Visit. The young father
was down stairs, with his head on the
table, shaken by terrible sobs. Sir Mar?u
Hunbury had delivered his appalling opin?
ion. The Marquis ?ilontly closed the d?w.r
and stole upstairs. Outside the sick-room
there was no ?ound. He i**?"ped In and
? iw it empty. Much amused, he wandered
down again and met Marcelle ei
the hall with a cup In her hand; the Laten
of the other ?he held against har eyes
"Where ?s the child?" asked the astounded
Marquis.
down here, air. She wanted a
change, and the mistress carried her to
the druwing-room "
As .-he spoke she opened the door, and
the Marquis marched in. Mrs. O'Neill ?at
near the Are with a bundle of flannels in
her arms, and ut of this two tired blue
' at him.
"Doud-morruw, Dandby," ?aid Norry
with a touch of the old spirit. The
mother pressed her lips against the brown
flosa curls, and smiled wanly at her land?
lord. "A.morrow." Norry went on, lift?
ing her bead wilfully, and striking out i
thin arm In h*r ? tgernes?, -Til be better,
and I'll take you to the lake. Dandby,
with ray boat; won't I. mother?"
"Yes. darling.'1 said the courageous
young mother.
"And papa'll turn, too?won't he, Dand?
by?"
"It It's fine.. Norry. but you know papa
and I couldn't go out If It ruined. We'd
catch cold," ?aid the Marquis, stroking
her hain1.
She wrinkled ber little marble face in a
gliost of her sweet pink ?mile. It had >h>
old Hebt but not th? color, and she spok?
with nome of her quaint s toot m~ " ?
Hap. "Little children don't mh?l 'n**1
do 'hey. mother? Me and Tommv ?? Hi
lo wun out In th? wain to grow
But *tl?n't the ?am? wlf big sasSJBl
?'pose."
She had not spoken ?o much for a I
while, and her mother hurdly ki
whether to hope or b? afraid. No
mustn't tin- herself If she wants to
well." she ventured to ?uggest
"oh mother. Norry Isn't tired a bit
fink she la bitter. - Mother, do play
plane#for Norry."
"What ?hnll mother play?*
"Flay 'Polly Perkins'; you km
mother, the fing the Sergeant ?Ing*.
you kno?v 'Polly Perkln?.' Dandby?'
"If you like to gratify her. Mr?. '?N?
I'll take her," ?aid the Marquis, redd
With ft desperate glance Mrs. O'N
deposited the whlmslr.il baby In hi? art
and after ?he had compiled with her d
pot's command for a tlsh. half staggei
ov.r to the piano, blinded by her tears.
play the wretched vulgar tune Just 1
ported from tne London music hall?.
Never was "Ta-ru-ra-boom-de-ay" ph
ed In an atmosphere more tragic The ?
graded' Jingle rose In the astonished
1 n?. nothing less discordant an?l In;
proprlate than If It had been played li
church. For Norry alone It was not j
of place. She remembered her friend. I
Sergeant, and made a gallant effort
sing his parody. In a thin, hurried vo
she quavered, with painful earnestnesi
POlly Perkins had no sense, a
She bought a fiddle for elghteenpencc
And all the tune? that ?he could pla
Was "Ta -r.i-ra-boom-de-ay."
She close'd her eyes with the violence
her effort to finish the verse, and nestl
her little brown head against the Mi
nuls'? arm.
Marrulla came in with something 1
her t?> take, but the mother and Lc
Grandby held upan arresting hand. Th.
was a drowsy look upon the child's fB
tha' promis.?! slumber. She mutter
something vaguely, and the Marquis be
down to catch the words, feeling that
could never forgive trfe Sergeant if
proved to i.,. "Ta-fa-ra-boom-de-ay." "J
Isn't a niarklss sl all." she said. In ?p
of the heavy feelings of the momei
Lord Orandby involuntarily smiled.
He ?at on there in the ?larkened lit
drawing-room, holding Norry BSlsSp In 1
arms, while her parents and Maree
hung over him, sometlirvs kneeling
either side of him to Inspect her a
ITS tlteir chances of hope. Not I
worlds dared ht; stir so burdened. 1
Scene rocs lied S nursery eplsexle at t
beginning of his own married life. Son
how he had taken It less to heart
those days. A child then, even his ov.
had n't BSSaosd to him so precious
charge; ft was the heir of hi? estates
thought of, not of the matchless sun
BBSS Of chlielhood. Now It seeme-d to h
that tho opening and closing of baby II
held all the mystery, the gravity, the I
port of the universo. And when at l?
the blue egras opened, sad unferecad els
had given a faint tinge to the wan chssl
he Instinctively held out his hand to t
father and cried cheerily: "There, \
O'Neill, she's better alrea.ly! You'll It
she has PSBSttfl the crisis In that Hg
The Marquis proved a prophet. Sir Ms
tin Bunbury stopped on his way "to t
station, and thts time announced t
grand row-? that nature had accomplis
I one of her mysteries. By some una
countable freak the chilel had turned t
critical point, and there was nothing n?
to do but to fssd bet up and keep h
s mu sed
Imagino hew slv was fed, and h?>w r
morseTessly amused! She might ha
emptied the ?Ingle confectioner's sh
dally, and daily have consumed the e
tire e'ontents of the glass Jars at Mi
l'.eilly's gratas, Toys poured In upon h
In the oddest confusion, and this tOS
throve and sparkled and glowed upon tl
news that the "dra wlngest" child ?
earth was getting well.
As for the Marquis of Grandby. he w?
regarded la th?- light of s public benefit
tor. Had he not been tin means of r
storing their sovereign to them, and w
he nOt one of her devoted servants? \VI
could dare? Challenge his perfections nov
Bother the rents) He might raise th?
Say day if be liked. and be sure I
wouldn't be shot. Bless you. 'there i
goes along the street, the best-heart?
iretitlcman In Ireland. Three cheers, boy
for the Marquis e>f Grandby!
The Ontlonk for the Democrat
Party.
Mehasoad, Va., Korssahsv 16, is97.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Before the election the eloquent ar
peiipatetlc Thurston, Republican Knit?
States Senator, by the grace of Clevlan
from Nebraska, doelsrsd that "if Trae
was not sleeted .Mayor of Qrsatsr Ne
York that there would" not be anoth?
Republican President elected in 100 years
Th" New York World, a. well-gn as,
gold-standard organ, dsolatsd "that U
- of ths Democratic ticket ta Ne
Voik would give more strength and sj
i mirage-ment to the silver cause th n .r
tiling thai could occur short of the slat
lion of Bryan to the presidency." The?
opinions were echoed by many other It?
publican? and enemies of Democrat;
Since the election various Republican ot
gaaa and politicians, including Mar
Hanna, whe> came very near losing hi
senatorial scalp, have solemnly declare
that the result of the roivtit en'ctloii ha
no signlttiiince of a national chara t?-:
Their strongest and nbtSSt gold otgaai
however, ara Tsry fltitpfaiflant. ami sa
that unless "some irrevocable stsp i
taken in the way of currency n-forir
which shall remove that issue from poi
tlCS, the Republican party will go out t
r certain."
Boost of tie SB astute gentlemen and or
SUB may see thing- now in an entire!
diff?rent light from what they did former
iy. As Horace Greeley used to say: "1
our foresights wem as good as our hind
sights W'- WOUld be better off a darne.
sight." Despite the fact that the pfSS
Ol New York and Brooklyn^were solldl
i gainst Van Wyck, the News*" sad Jouras
turned to bin about a week before hi
ttlon, being exceptad, be was triumph
anily sleeted. The most satisfactory
tesult. however, of the election and It
bast augury for future Democratic sue
CSBS has come of th-- victory of Jinigi
I'arker, in New York state. New
York, you remember, last NovstabSI
?uve McKinley a plur Gity oi
ii ? l that has in en i hanged Into i
Democratic majority of ?4,004 which wa
m. -t remarkable change. Tin- eleetioi
la the city ?>f New York attracted s<
much attention as tO obscure in -one
degree the fact that B New York Stat
lection was in progress. There WSTS tsn
andldatSS only, and ths Inns fln
Hnotly drawn between the Republican am
!.. nv?i ratio parties. The Repiilillcal
nominee for tne otiles was a lawyer <
? ronUneace ami ability, and with m
r?i.roach on hlB personal character, for i
wonder.
Ths election was affected by noio o
the side inn-idi rations that pertained t<
the New York city election, and the re
sul't was a clean-cut vie'tory for the
united Dsssoersey of ths state. New Tori
in the pasi ha? DSSa the pivotal State M
which the preslilential elei'tions hav?
m m ?1. It has not been possible sine*
the wur tO elect a Democratic lTesldeni
without 'the slectoral rote ?if New York
Nie eleotlon of Samuel .1. Tilden in UN
old Cleveland In ISM. and the great blun
der again In UM, the three praatdsnttsJ
elections the I??-mocrat*e have c?orrlee
within the past forty years, all depe ndec
on the vote of New York. With New
York and the ?oli?l South the Democrat?
need oaty s few mor? electoral votes tc
score a success. The South Is naiurailv
Democratic, and though three of the tor
1er State? went over lo the enemy' In th?
last campaign, they can be easily re
claimed. Kentucky has already returned,
.hind ami West Virginia are apt
to ?lo ?o In due time. They are not at
home in the Republican ?amp, sad ear/I
: . expected to tarry long In such an un
cOQgsnlal place of abode. It Is very grati?
fying, therefore, that New York Is again
? Democratic State, and It I? to be
hstjsd that not only New York, but
N. m Jsrssy, CXmnnectlest, and in?
diana, our old-time dependencies, will
ill r, turn, when we come to try conclu?
sions In a presidential contest, with the
distinct understanding that they are not
to bolt again if the Deraoersoy ?ees fit to
go BSSSwasrs than to the Kant for a
indldat?. What the Democrntl?
want? to do 1? to win. anil New York I?
an essential to that desirable end. but
she must not claim a monopoly of s? "id'?
il rd-bearer?. The Democracy of the Pnlted
States will never take for leaders Hill
Flower. Whitney, or old Grover Cleveland
?my more, nor any of that kind of Dem?>
rats. We will welcome ho?pitably ail
i.ack who want to come, but they ntuat be
like Henry Watterson 1? now?one of the
ooys In. the trenches. K very bod y know?
no bolt would have occurred If Cleveland'?
Adminl?tratlon had been endorsed ,nd
some man from New York nominal
The Chicago platform was ?Imply the
Wind to hide their chagrin and disappoint?
ment behind. If we can't rule you, why
we will ruin you! Let u? hops that they
have learned ?omethlng salutary and last.
ng. and hav. r> toTvsd to ifo what 1?
right hereafter. They see no hope from
McKtnleytain, Dln-gbvlsm. and i.t1??--_a
Aside from these outrugeous thing?, weuUi
sre dally creating disgust, tho nppoint
BBSSshl Of negroes f<? Influential positions
In southern dttso, the do-nothing finan- i il
and Cuban poll? les. aro bringing the De?
mocracy back to the rescue. Be putient,
steadfast, true, for every "cloud has a
?Ilv?r lining."
JOSKPH H. SHKPHKRD.
AX IMMENSE CLAIM.
It involve? T,<HN>,iMM) Arre?, and In?
clude? St. Paul ?nd Minneapoll?.
(Washington atar.)
An Immense claim, embracing 7,000,000
acres of land In the Northwest, and In?
cluding the cities of Minneapolis and Bt.
Paul, was brought before Commissioner
Hermann, of the General Land Office, to?
day, and* the asslstanco of the govern?
ment In securing official data wa? called
for. Tho claimants are C. 13. Holloway,
of Holland, O., and A. U. Gunn, of Mau
mee, O. They aro now making an ex?
amination of tho General Land Office,
records, with a view to securing copies
of certified papers which they assert will
establish their title to the lands claimed
by them. Their ancestor, through whom
they claim title, was Jonathan Carver.
an Englishman, a well-known explorer
In the last century, Carver Itvod among
the Indians of the Northwest, mostly In
what Is now Minnesota and Wisconsin,
and for a time he was adopted by some
of the tribes. Including the Nawdanissii,
who made him chief, and for valuable
services rendered, it is claim--?! by the
heirs, presented him the vast tract They
tissirt that this tribal act was ratified
both by King George III. and the Conti?
nental Congress. (?unn claims a? great
grandson of Carver, and Holloway's wife
is the great-granddaughter. A repr? scn
tative of the heirs had a long Interview
with Land-Commissloqer Hermann to?
day, in whieh their contentions were ?x
plalned. The department will render
whatever assistance Is possible In the
way of securing Information.
PROF. YOV. HHIII DEAD.
Work of the German Public!?! and
Historian.
Ml'NICH, November 17.-Professor W.
H. Von KlehI. tho publicist and historian,
is dead, aged 75 years.
Professor Von Hiehl was the founder
of the QonottO, of Nassau, which Journal
was established in 1848. Subsequently he
had editorial charge of the science and
art departments of tho Allgemeine
Zeltung. In 1X53 King Maximilian ap?
pointed him professor at the t'nlverslty
of Munich. He was elected a member
of tho Academy of Sciences, of Munich,
in 1882. Professor Rlehl was the author
of a number of works, in.-inding The
History of Civilisation," "BtUdlSS of the
Civilization of Three Cantarlas," "The
Bnlgnsas Of Ufo," "Chamber Music,"
"Types and Character of Musicians," etc.
He was manager of Havaria, an Im?
portant publication devoted to geogra?
phy and ethnology, and slnco 18?0 man?
aged the Historisches Taschenbuch,
founded by YOB lUurin-r.
CASHIER III<;(.I\S At Ql 1TTED.
Inability to Agree on Doraey In the
Hank-Wrecking Case.
LINCOLN, NKIi., NovOaa-bsr lti.-At Mi
o'clock this morning the jury In tho Hor?
sey bank-wrecking case announced Its In?
ability to agree.
Assistant-Cashier I'igglns, who was
Jointly indicted with Dorsey, was ac?
quitted, F? di-ral-.lu.lge PfoenSOO dis?
charged tho Jury. Dorsey was ordered to
glvo a new bond for hia second trial.
Tho case Is chiefly celebrated for Its
l'-ngth of time in trial, consuming over I
month of the tinn- nt the Federal Court.
The defendant, Frank M. Dotmof, is a
brother of Hi pi>?a. ntatlvt? William Dor
sey, of Fremont, and was cashier and
manager of tho First National i tank of,
Ponen, Not* The sans was given to the
Jury Thursday, and last night the court
held an all-night BSSOBSg in the hopo of
the jury's ranching an Bgroosaanc,
KII.I.F.n HIS DAIGHTIM.
Dellrton? Man Tli<*n Attempted to
Take HI? Own Life.
LF.IPS1C, O., November 16. -John Fire?
stone, living two miles east of Lelnslc,
killed his ti-year-old daughter. Kftie. with
a flat-Iron while In a delirium from ty?
phoid-fever. He ?truck the little on.
twice.
BO then ma le an unsuccessful attempt
upon his own life.
THE IOVM OIMECTS.
I n v? llliiiK to Accept Manitoba School
Uucatiou Settlement.
LONDON, November 16.?Tho Dally
Chronicle to-day publishes the decision
of the Pope on the Manitoba school
ipustion, confirming the Montreal star's
v.-rsion, plainly sitting forth that his
Holiness does not accept the l.aurler
Qrssaway ssttletnsnt,
IIOISS'M IJIFT TO \EW YORK.
A Group of W rtnhlnaton and l.u
fayetle to Ills Bssgra Memory.
(New Vork Herald.)
New York may soon be adorned with S
bronz?; group of Washington and I?ufuy
SttO, modelled by M. Hartholdi. who it.
signed the Statue Of Liberty In th?- har?
bor. Charles limadway Houss, a IrSll
known iBSnhsnl. has bought the group,
and will offer It to the city, to I
in whatever BsnoO the author?i.
lest
Tin? group, which la now ready for ship?
ment to New York, Is an SSact reproduc?
tion of that stlil? h BOW stands in the
Place des Hats Uni?, Paris. This
picsi nted to the .French capital and un?
veiled with great ceremony on December
1 1895. Mr. Houss make? tbe gift In mem?
ory of his son, Charts? H. B. Houss, who
?lied April IS, ml. Paris I : th.
group with gratitude, and its reproduction
should P.- an artistic addition to a New
York i irk.
"Tee," I've bought It," said Mr. RS*J8B
\ si.r.Iay. "and I'll let the city have it
If It want? it. How much ?lid I pay tor
it? oh, 1 don't know. I really hadn't time
to talk to tho agent of M. Harthol,!! und
turned the matter over to one or my
men."
Mr. Rouss's clerk later named the i
to me. but roqanotad that It be not i
llshed.
"You have your sight?" queried the
blind millionaire. "He thankful for tlat.
What Is this statue like?"
I dSBCrtbed Vhe group.
"Ah. ll must be beautiful! I wish?but
no matter. I'll be glad If the city will
accept it. Win-re do you think they'll put
It?"
Mr Houss laughed when I suggested
Madison Square or Central Park.
"Ah. well, it doesn't matte:." bs said
wearily. "Let them put it at th.- I'ait-rv
or up In Bronx Park-wherever Mr.
Strong, or Mr. Ollroy, 0r Mr, Ciiker, or
any other of those men?
"I beg your pardon." he, broke off. *|
wa* a Low man. but I hope the statue
will prove acenptmbte. I haven't asea Iba
statuary, of cours?-, but from what I hear
It would be a gTeat ornament."
According to the agreement with th->
sculptor, tho group and pedestal must be
delivered In New York In good order and
free ?f duty. The figures ar.- a little mor,,
than life sise, and are said to be tw
Hurtholdl's beat efforts. The group was
exhibited in the Salon of 18P4, and ex
universal pra'?e.
Mr. Houss hopes the gift will arriv
time to be unveiled on next Washington's
birthday. __
Dank-Ilreak Investigation.
coHYDON. IND.. November lt-Com
mit tees representing the depoaitors of the
defunct Crawford County Bank met John
H. Weathers, president of th?- bank, her?
to-day. and held a conference. H- C. Ar?
nold, of I?eavenworth, wa? appointed re
r. and an investigation will begin
ut oncet
Mr. Weathers agreed to turn over alt
hi? property, amounting to ?everal thou?
sand '.ollam. to make good th? loss as
far ss possible, und to devote hU entire
time for OM year in making collection*
In the Interest <>f the depositors, lie left
for Leoven.vortb to-night.
CROPS ARK SI'IBliii)
a i>\ i? r.H to rniHiiiMiiMii Whit,.
hi; All * Kit M K.MtOI RAt.IV..
MOKEY TEAR WITH THE FARMERS.
They ?ot the Ilene8t of the n?r?nt
Hlah Price? Paid for "rial ,_
Xery Intere.tlnn raeta aa to \ir.
glut i Apple?.
Colonel Thomas TThltahlsi. Comrai
sloner of Agriculture of Virginia, t, !"
receipt of advices M to the i UIosb cro?.
throughout the State, which art
most gratifying nature. N t?
Ing the grea drought of th.
son. which wa? th., most ;
severe Virginia has . .
cent years, the staple crop? ?r.
ed to havo been fine, and it la
from all quarter? that t:
better off, as a rule, then they |
in many year?. Win
done well, and the tob
satisfactory. The Bgrieslt
88] Whltehead says, got the
vested Just In time to g.t thi
the high price? this |
luck they have not met with oft
yield of Irish potato, s i
could bo expected, and th?
generally are good. "In f .
mlssloncr Whltehead. "Cos |
great year for the farm, rs in
I havo never seen the- appl
the Oh! Dominion look bettei
rOU Would b- astonishird ? .
much some of those Alhema i
son county fellow? get our
crops alone. The flSSSBIIll foi f_L
b.marl.- pippins and tl,.
simply grown bsysad the )
last apple produced In <>ur a|
Ing section? can be ?old right
chard for splendid price?. \\
ping our apples almost all ?
and Virginia has the bn.
fttturs before her In this re?|
tract? of land thai 80 bai II
worth anything bass In rece??
onv.r!. d into vaat orchards a
now paying thousand :
ly to their owners, who simi !v ?it bid
and reap th?!r harvests-ln set
? BOtPBCM ABI HltKlHT.
The Commissioner Basks numi h safa)
ly for the Virginia farmer H saM that
wlnreas a ?h?rt time ,i\rU. fee v.
iv. r load In ?lebt, that th
of this State now. a? a .
had aliout all of hi? ?If Vit -
OSM money laid up. H
COOdiUOBS would continue lo
and that It would not h<- long until th??
would be an influx here of deeli
migrants, which wouM In.'
activity in the rural dix"
vastly beneficial to both th<
people generally, ami n
to the rSTSSSSSB of the State
The Commissioner gstn
man th?' following Inf reel
what has been done In the ?inty of
Alb? marie In the? apple buslne?? thi?
roar:
"Covesvllle, In Albemarle, |?
tlon from which th. most apple? ?r?
shlppe?! direct to F.umpc, and Afbrn. in
Nelson, Is a BHNB SSSSl. No les? than
?..i?>? barrais ?rffl be
CoteSSHie thl? fall. The B
thSSS will be consigned dln.i from th.
grOWSt In Albemarle to the ?SMBSaSSl
tlrms In Liverpool London, and
Some of the BSCOBd-gl
rod spplaa win he forwarded to urti?
in N.w York, while not a few will go :>
Jobbers In Atlanta, BaYTSnnab, ?rid
Charleston.
A $15,000 PROF.
"The' largest ?Ingle shipper at Covi?wll'?
?s the liiiiu estate, whose ?v.
tend to within a mil" of th
DOBS fide offer of flS.OOO ba? I eta J*
?lined for the upple crop of
farms, and the fruit Is now
warded to '-ir.lgn markets
will ytehl this ?eason :'
first-, and MM barrels i
pijipins. and i??? battais of ! i '
Martin ?*.- Brother, who
those of Unas, have air shl|
barrels Of first class l
have yet to ship 400 ban
class and 30O barrels of ' '!'Ids firm
baa already rsestved I
checks for HaTSS cars sf 11 I
that BSttSd as folk)?
pippin?. KM. Ysrk Imp- rial M
ni; secoml car pippins. \%!Zt,
car pippin?, <5.44. U SB ' " I
l.i ri. I from OOTSSI -': ' :
of the vessel In N? w Y...K
a merchant at ?'.,?, ivllle, ezporl I
of mixed pippins and I
$3 per barrel at his .i
MR. t.IVTI.It? ritM.IKlT.
He Propoaed to I.llierrelly Mil In I"?
.i.iunrnt of Isdboal of Teehaslegyi
Seeing In your paper this mon
notice of Mr. Glnter'a int. r- It In I
i h uiles' la Blinds 111?-' < f whi'
Is not generally known?th ;t be
plated establishing here a
?if technology, ?ue h us 8t<
hokin, has founded with St? h
suits.
When John S. Hart... ?r
from Virginia the- wrfter of '
his attention to the ?treat need sc BSW
In Virginia for ?u?h a school hi W fc?
inond, and together w. <li. a
project, and Bocarsd the Inten M in !t ,lf
twelve or fourtt i n lutin? a)
Of our Stat.', who : to
trustee? of auch an institution.
I took the project to Mr. CHal
aayrssj st in it. untl
body ?uggeste.l to him thai
llglous college |
duties for th.- Bstabllshmi at ol
institution. Thereupon Mr ?i
Interest, and declined to hav?
?to with it. t.dllng me that ?
not help In any plan having a IN I
impress.
1 dropped the ?ubject. I think for a >' "
or more, when Mr. Gtntcr SSW m? egal"
B800I 1?. and told me he Ml s -
tirent In It. and if I wouil t la
again he would contribute mor?- larie*^
to it than any of the trustees nur. I
In my ll?t. Juat before he ?ailed on hie
la?t journ?e to Europe, ho wrote me h?
would take the matter up oa hie '
turn, but his falling health prevent J
BBS from again pressing It upon his at?
tention.
There are. probably, more than '
hundred young men from the South * ,J
f Itlchm?ind annually to study en?
gineering In the schools of Hoboke-n.
Troy. New York. fsSStsa, 3i '
school?, who may better be so edu? *te?i
BOSS In Richmond.
Buch s ?chool here will be of vn?t i <
fit to Mr. Glnter-? Mechanics I
for It would be able to offer scholarship?
for the be?t boys of that Institution ?
hops Mr. 01nter*9 many friend? may '??*
take the ?ubject up and that ^'nl'rV
school of technology" will M "
nt maunoleum of that great and ??
philanthropist. Could he now ?P*-1*?
be .???ured he would have It to.
Y?iurs. respectfully. OLD SOU'D *
Dior-lill!. AT ??RIXCBTOf.
Rvea Clevelaad Ksetted Over 1*a
Contest With ?ate.
ritlNVKTo.V N. J, November ?4,-l>
dergraduate? and townspeople an? be?
coming- enthuelaatlc on the ?UW**"
foot-ball, and the e-omlng chamt-tossaw
contest with Tale la the ab?.?rt?lng ?**_*
of conversation. BTTSa rx-i
land takes an occaalonat *ft*rB0*,_l?
and endure? the dlacoaiforta ?fffff
w? tfh.r to obstrv* the Tigers ?* *,'
The work to-day. or as much of ? **J^i
public was allowed to see, was S u?**^
Ointment.