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?>~-v wnd Mrs. Arthur ?. Taylor are ex
pccttVi.ito be in Lynchburg to-morrow,
whore they will visit Mr. Taylor's pa?
rents, Mr. and Mrs. John- H. Taylor, be?
fore returning to Richmond.
Mr. Russell L. Cecil will upend a. de?
lightful summer at Prout's Neck on the.
Maine coast. Mr. Cecil will tutor the non
Every Day Is BargainD ay
at Our Stores?
Sour Pickles, nailon.25c
Large Juicy Lemons, dozen.12c
Hawkcye't. Rolled Oats, package.8o
UtstAmerican Granulated Sugar, ?"???
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Bon Ton Root Beer, makes five gal
lone.5c
? pounds California Peaches for.2(ia.
Arbuckle's Ariosa Coffee, Ib.11U,c
Enamelme Stove Polish, box.to
Early June Peas, can.9c
Email California Hams, pound.9q
2 boxes Beit Concentrated Lye for...,5c
6 Ito White A Sugar for.25c
Country Joles, Ib.Oc
Fretti Country Butter, ib.18c
Best City Meal, per peck.18c.
or, bushel.70c
Quart Mason Jars Vanilla Syrup.10c
Best Cream Cheese, 2 lbs for.25c
Canned Tomatoes, large cant.??o
New Clipped Herrings, 3 dozen-for., ,25c.
Good Lard, pound.8c.
Quart Jurs nome-Made Sweet Pick?
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Peper Old Brands Whiskey, bottle, ,75c.
S-lb Jars Hot?.e-Made,. Preserves....; .18c.
Blackberry or Catawba Wine, quart 12c.
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fc bars Octagon Shaped Soap for.25c.
Good Green or Mixed Tea, Ib.30c
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Fresh Bologna "?Jusage, pound,... ..<x
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Tomato Catsup, botile.Be
Putty's Malt WliKkey, per Lottie. .. .iOc.
S.ULUM'S SON,
Powntown atores, 1820-1822 East Main
b tient. Uptown Store, 601? East Mar?
? tuli Street
'Phon?? at our -two Store?.
Tho Pine Street Baptist Church was
the sreno of a brilliant gathering nt 8:M
o'clock Thursday evening, when the Row
Dl". J. 15, llutson united In niH.rrhige Miss
Daisy Poll Qodsey, the daughter of Mr.
James P. C.odsoy, and Mr. Frederick
Bernhard Schanf, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Christian Scluuif, bolli of this city.
Tasteful nnd appropria te churoh nnd
nltur dci-or.it.ons wero \n palms, flowers,
CAndelebrn nnd whlto tapers.
The choir of St. Andrew'**?, proceded
the brillai party down the nlsle, singing
the wedding chorus from Lohengrin.
Profesor Jacob Reinhardt wns at the !
organ, !
The bride, beautifully gowned In white
point d'esprit, ovor taffet?, with white
lnco hat, raino in with her father. She
cnrrii*,l a bouquet of Brido roses.
Hor sister, Mrs. Isola G?raldine, was
maid of honor in a champagne colored
Bilk mull over daffodil Bilk. lier sheaf
of whlto carnations wns tied with white
tidle.
The bridesmaids, six ill number, Miss
? Helen nnd Miss Annie, Schauf, -Miss
Daisy Gnrthrlght, Miss Celeste Heath,
Miss* Grace. Walton and Miss Lena .Lnng,
?wore protty toilets of white wash chif?
fon with yellow liberty sat ribbon. Their
flowers were, showers of coreopsis.
Mr. Edward Sehanf wns best man, tlie
groomsmen being Mr. Herman E* Kas?
ten, Mr. Otto Moollor, Mr. Douglas ?,
Godscy, Mr. Jolin McAllister nnd Mr. V,
Gray Webber.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Schaof left after tho
ceremony for a visit to the St. Louis
Exposition, They will mnko tholr homo
at No. RIO North Seventh Streot, after
July l?th. Tho bfi'dn.l party was hand?
somely entortained Wednesday evening
in tho.jiome. of thc bride, No. S05 1-2
West Cary Streot.
MacLean?Craig.
"Miss Katherine M. Craig nnd Mr.
George. ?. MatiLean. of Hagorstown, Mil.,
wero married by the Rev. Dr. Russell
Cecil, of the Second Presbyterian Church,
in tho parlors of his home, May 2Sth.
Immediately aftor their marriage, Mr.
nnd Mrs. MacLean left, for Houston,
Texas, where they have since mado their
?home.
D. A. R. Kirmess.
The Putnam ??1 Chapter, Daughters
of tho American Revolution,^ with Mrs.
Henry H. Adams, of Now York, ns rc
feent, gave a brilliant entertainment last
Wednesday evening. In tho Hnvemoyor
Auditorium at Greenwich, Conn., -which
lesultod In a great success. Tho fund
of about $t,000 derived from tho enter?
tainment will be used for tho preserva?
tion of tho hi'storic Putnam cottago os
. a museum.
Miss Lila Agnow Stuart directed tho
kirmess, which was danced by a num?
ber'of the New York smart people, no
pains being spared to render tlie cos?
tuming as magnificent as possible.
One of tho prettiest of tlie dances -won
a Florodnro sextette. Others vory effec?
tive Included the dance of the seasons.
a court quadrille, a minuet, dance of
flowers and pages, dance of French dolls
and jumping jacks. Hungarian gypsy
ihtnce, Irish harvest dauco and tlie Span?
ish cachucu, danced to a castanct and
tambourine accompaniment.
Meeting of C. M. L. S,
The ? Confederato Memorial Literary
Soolety met yesterday forenoon with Mrs.
Stephen Putney presiding. Thoso presoiit
'wore: Mrs. C. XV. P. Brock. Jr., M re. ,T.
Taylor Ellyson. Miss Minnie Baughnian,
Mr*--. J,. C- Daniel, Mrs, R, A. Patterson,
Miss Ellen .lone*??. Mrs.W. A. Cronshnw.
Miss Betty Ellyson. Mrs. J. Enders Rob?
inson. Mrs. Suo G. Hancock, Mrs. T.
Archibald Cary,,.Miss Mattle P. Harris,
Miss Emma Scott, Mrs. James Werth,
Miss Anne C. Bentley and Mrs. W. 8.
Mun-iy.
Packages of relies wore reported as
lawalting the vice-r?gents of Virginia,
iNortj* Carolina, Tennessee nnd Mary?
land, ?' '
Quarterly reports submitted were very
Interesting, ospecfally those of Florida,
lississippi. Louisiana and the* Solid
?outh. The Solid South room has been
[resented with four hundred photographs
Confederato officers by Mrs. Davles,
? widow of Richmond's famous pho
|grapher. This room has also secured a
stcr of the Confederate prisonors con
led in Elmira prison. Now York.
|*ew members elected -wore: Mrs. John
lEubank, of Warm Springs, Vn.; Mrs.
Ihard Mcllwal_e; of Norfolk; Mrs. Suo
1 Hancock, *,of ."Lebanon, Vn.; Mrs.
|n and Miss Emily G. Hutchoson, of
1 city.
Personal Mention.
John H. "Cecil, eldest eon of the
land Mrs. Russell Cecil, left yester
io accept a position in Now York
frith tho Equitable Insurance Com
ijid Mrs. J. A. Allport, who -were
.1 Monday morning last at. Shu
ille, Caroline county, will return
h extneded Northern trip to make
ime in Richmond.
C '* FORCE " la the highest
grade,? mo9t delicious ?
most digestible ? most
forceful food InAhe world.
C, Fifteen cents' worth of
"FORCE" contains more
real food for brain and
muscles and nerves than
three times the money
will get in any other form.
SZ*********** J^t*tntnSm
Cream It much more nutritious than
Bed, but It Is harder to digest.
"FORCE" (reely digests the richest
Cream when servid with It.
The two combined multo a perfect food.
nf Mr. James Sprunt, of "Wilmington,
N. C.
Mrs. H. P. Spangler and son, Master
Ralph Spnngler, who have been visiting
In Richmond, havo returned to Charlottes,
ville. Va., accompanied by Miss Fannie
Burch.
Rev. M. Asliby Jones will make the ad?
dress *to-morrow at tho laying of the
oorner-stono of tho First Baptist Church
in Charlottesvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Burfor? have re?
turned from their wedding trip and from
a visit to tholr parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Whitehurst, of Portsmouth, Va.
Miss Geneva Gwynn, who has been the
guest of Miss Hattle Morrisott ln Rich?
mond, has left for Portsmouth.
Mrs. R. Vf. Powers will spond a. part
of tho summer at tho Hotel Brandon,
Basic City.
Miss Lucy Christian has returned to
her homo in Caroline county, greatly Im?
proved In health.
Miss Carrie Qulsenborry will spend the
latter part ot this week with Miss ??1
burne Smith, near Croxton, Va.
Miss Mabel Sims directed the music at
the marriage of Miss Louise Kirk, the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Kirk,
nf Roanoke, to Dr. Daniel Todd Stuart,
of Paducah. Ky. Mr. Warren H. Stuart
and Mr. Adalr H. Saunders, of this city,
were among the attendants. Tho wedding
was a very smart and fashionable affair.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Jeffress, whose
marrlago took place In Williamston, ?.
C, Juno 29tli, whore It was an event of
great Interest, will spend a part of their
bridal trip In Richmond. Air. Jeffress
Is a, son of the Mayor of Chaso City.
Mayor Fielding Lewis, of South McAl
lester, Indian Territory, and Mrs. Brad?
ford, tho wife of Colonel Jefferson Davis
Bradford, of Indian Territory, are visit?
ing friends in King George county, Vn.
? Mr. W. Vf. Blrnev nnd Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Taylor, of Washington, D. C,
are spending a part of the summer In
King George county.
At tho wedding lost-Wednesday of Miss
Helen von Cnurtlandt Morris to Mr. Nel?
son Beardsley Burr, of New Tork, taking
pinco at Ilio Morris country homo on
i.nng Island, the bride, frcwnod In whlto
and carrying While sweet pens, 'pnsaotl
through a floral aisle and stood tinder a
canopy of sweot peas and asparagus
fern to ho wedded, Her bridesmaids wotij
uttlred Ir, white lnon over bluo. They had
blue chip hats and botiti nets of pink sweet
pens. The wedding breakfast was served
on the lawn hy Delmotilco.
4 ? ? ?
Mrs. Addio Deano Lyons and Mrs. Cun.
nlnghnm Halt wero among those who
went to Shirley nnd Brandon with tlie A.
P, V. A. excursion on Wednesday,
A pleasant party going down Included
Mrs. R. T. Hunter, Mrs. W. J. Johnston,
Mrs. B, R, Seldon and Mrs. Collins, of
San Antonio, Texas.
, Tho Misses Cnskln, of Now Tork, who
have been tho guosts of Mies Lina Liv?
ingston Mayo, returned homo yesterday,
after being the recipients of much flat?
tering attention.
Virginia Bench and Old Point will he
quite gay for Fourth of July weok.
! Among tho Richmond people going down,
will bo tho Mieses Shields. Miss White,1
Mr, and Mrs. Adolphus Blair, Mr, mid
Mrs. Edmund L. Benson, Mr. and Mrs,
Charles M, Graves, Mrs. James B. Can
i non and many othors.
Tho Homo Clrelo of King's Daughters
] of Christ Church, of which Mrs. Nettle
? Nowberry Is ?president, will hold a ba
I ??tar una lawn party, combined 111 a few
? dnys on the lawn at the residence of
? Mrs. Nowberry, No. 2004 Falrmotint
| Avenue,
VISITORS HERE.
All the Hotels of the City Are
I Well Patronized
Tho following guest!? wero registered nt the
hotels last nlgltt:
Tho Richmond?Mr. inni Mrs. Vf. F. Homer,
North Carolina; Charles T. Woods, Baltimore;
f. P. Scoggln, North Carolina; R. B. Burks,
Afton, Va;; C. II. Brown, Vlrgl.nln; Mr. nnd
Mrs. Vf. F. Dunn, Palmyra; J. A. Norvoll,
Virginia; C. J. Johnson, Wlnglna, Va.; II.
-II. Cnrr, ?. Uordon dimming, Hampton; I.
N. Todd, Baltimore: Hall Harlson, Baltimore,
Murphy's?Hurry Langflold, Ham Goldberg,
Norfolk; Jumes M. Lea and wife, Rotinoko; S.
Si Weinberg, Baltimora; Ai C. Btnnnmrd, At?
lanta; Dr. ?. ?. Jacob and wlfo, Dnlby's,
Vn.; S. P. Owens, Richmond; C. H. Wood,
Norfolk; James W. Kelley, Accoinnc.
| The Powhatan?George XV. Graves, Wllllams
. port; Mrs. M, Y, Rlxey, Culpopor; J. H.
Ashby, Virginia; T. ,T, Slubbs. Sr., Wllllams
burg; W. A. Wolls, Goldsboro, N, C; W. Vf,
Henley and wife, Norfolk.
l*xlngton?A. L. Yiuicey, Blkton: J, S. Hob?
son, city; A. A. Bush, Plttsflold, Mass.; Mrs.
D. A. Macon and son, Warrenton, N, C. : .T,
B. Hill, North Cnrollna; C. A. Rod well, Hen?
derson, N. C. ; C. I,. G. Cole, Durham, N.
C. ; P. A. Cheatham, North Carolina.
Jefferson?J. A. Holmes, Boston; C. P.
Howard, Beckloy, W. Va.; H. P. Chllds,
New Tork.
DISTINGUISHED PRELATE.
Archbishop of Canterbery Will
Visit America Next Fall. 'f
The Right Hon. and Most Rov. Randall
T. Davidson, D. D., archbishop of Can?
terbury, will spend fwo months of the
coming autumn In the United States
and Canada. Ho will be tho first Eng?
lish primate to have visited tho shores
of North America. Ho is the ninety-fifth
occupant of the Seo of Canterbury, dat?
ing from its foundation, A. D. B97. On
all occasions of state his rank is next to
that of royalty. His Grace Is ln the
prime of life, and Is one of the most able,
dignified, lovable and accomplished pre?
lates of. the day. Ho will recclvo a
hearty welcome to our shores.
Presbyterian Missionaries.
The foreign mission ofllco of the Presby?
terian Church is preparing to send out a num?
ber of newly appointed missionaries: Mr.
James M. Sieg, of Meadow Dale, Vu., goes
to Africa: Mr. Walter M. Walsh, of Charlotte,
N. C, goes to Cuba; and Mr. Harry It.
Munroo, of Baltimore, gocn to .Tnpan.
These aro of tho last senior class of Union
Seminary. Of a former class, Messrs. Lacy
T. Moffult and J. Lclghton Stuart, Jr., go to.
China.
Property Transfers.
Richmond: American Type Founders' Com?
pany to L'. D. Sullivan ? Co., presses, type,
eta,, reserving title until liayment of $313.
Addle P. and C. B, Kelvin to Henry S.
Wallersteln. IS 1-R feet on west side Third
Street, between Canni nnd Byrd, subject to
vendor's lien and deed of trust for ,?,G,??,
?-.3S0.
.1. ?. Coble to N. W. Bowe, 21 feet on west
side locust Alley, between Main and Frank?
lin Streets, subject to deed of trust for $700,
uso;
N. C., Cauthorn to Mnrcellus B. Hicks, IS 1-4
feet on south sido Duval Street, between St.
Peter and Judab, $3C5.
Wyatt C. McGhco and wlfo to John King,
POEMS YOU O?OHT TO KNOW
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Whatever your occupation may b<i, ?nil ho.ve?cr crowtlet) your hour?
with afloire, ilo not fail to ?Secure ni least a fow ininiitoo every tiny fo?
refreshment of your inner life with ? bit of poetry.?Prof. Charles Eliot
Norton,
No. 228.
LUCY.
By WORDSWORTH.
William Wordsworth (born 1770, died 1850), poet laur?at? of England mar ? half a
century ago, wrote this llttlo poem nbout 1700, while In Germany, in memory of a lost
love, whom he ItnmortallJied under the simple name of Lucy 111 ottnsr poems. All wo?
are permitted to know of her In that sho lived In an humble cottage In the country,
that sho was, In after years, to him "a melancholy dream," and that while he was
abroad he doclnred that ho loved the green fields of BiiBlnnd because.they wero the last
thnt Lucy's eyes hnd beheld. Shortly aftor Ihls jioem wilb written Wordsworth returned
to Etiglnnd and spent the remaining CO years of his. Ufo In uneventful quietude, amid
the flolds endenred to him hy the memory of Lucy, although those years wore the
most stirring and remnrliablo ln tho history of his conntry.
Tho "Springs of Dovo" are .doubtless the springe that am the Bouree"ot the river
Dovn, near Buxton, Eng, , The river novo flows Into the Trent, and Is remarkable
for a chasm through which It flows.
? HE dwelt among the untrodden ways
T?pcirln til? cnrititrc nf Timm ?
Beside the, springs of Dove;
A maid whom there were none to praise,
And very few'to love;
A violet by a mossy stone
Half hidden from the eye!
Fair as a star, when only one
Is shining in the sky.
She? lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to mei
MY HEART LEAPS UP.
By WORDSWORTH.
MY heart leaps up when I behold
? rainbow in the sky;
So was it when my life began,
So is it now I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The child is father of the man ;
| And I could wish my days to be
| Bound each to each by natural piety.
< This scries began ln Tbe Ttroes-Dlspntch Sunday, October It, 1003. One is published eacb day.
?frW??^W?W?V?VW^W^AA,??^Art^^^A^,
37 feet on Buchanan Street, southwest corner
Williams. ?1.100.
President mid trustees of Hempden-Sldney
College to John B. Stirling, 201-1 feot on
cast side Laurel Street, 133 feet south of
China, $900.
Henrlco: J. Thompson Brown and wife to
Frederick Kell, 191 1-2 feet on south side Ash?
land Street, 490 feet west of Robinson; 125 feet
on noith side Gilbert Street, 450 feot west of
Robinson, and 311 feet on north sido Walker
Streot, ISO feet west of Robinson, ?6,500.
Henry S. Wallersteln nnd wlfo to Addle P.,
wife of C. E. Belvln, 22 feet on south side
Ashland Street, 264 feet west of Randolph,
?1.800.
Harvey Wilson, special commissioners,
Joseph S. Montgomery, 93 acres adjoining
?'Strawberry Plains," fSOO
A Delightful Book.
"A Year In Europe," Is a mast pleasant
book of travel, just published ln Richmond
by Dr. W. Vf, Mooro. Tho book carries ono
from New York to tho countries of Europe,
and affords a most delightful excursion with?
out tho troublo of leaving one's chair.
Fill Dr. Cecil's Pulpit.
The pulpit of tho Second Presbyterian
Church, Dr. Russell Cecil's, will be supplied
by Rev. M. D. Hardin, paster of the Second
Prcsbyterlun Church, Charlotte, N. C.
MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY.
Fatal Shooting Which Occurred
at a Dance. <
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
BLUEFIELD, XV. VA.. June 30.?As a
result of a dapce, too much blockade
liquor and ill feeling that had existe?!
between tho principal participants, Dan
Saunders, an employe ot the United States
Coko and Coal Company, at Gary, Is
dead. Frank Smith, also, who works
for tho company. Is a fugitive from jus?
tice, and Alex. Cox is in jail at Welch,
awaiting tho grand jury upon the charge
of "blockading," ns it Is said ho fur
nlshod tho Intoxicants for. the above occa?
sion. Saunders succeeded In getting In
the first blow with a blackjack, Smith
then opened fire, backing out of tho door
as he shot. Threo shots wero fired by
Smith, only ono taking effect, just above
Saunders's right nipple. After being shot
SaUnders ran two or three hundred feet,
when he fell dead. The murderer took
to the mountains, and Is still at large.
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SCATTERED ASHES
OF HER HUSBAND
Half Distributed in New York
and Half, to Go to
Germany.
In compliance with her husband's w'lsh
as expressed In his will, says tho New
York Herald of Thursday, Mrs. Mary
Rlx, widow of Gustav Rix\ a'well known
builder and botanist, who died on Jan?
uary fl, 1002, yesterday wont to Bronx
Park, accompanied by friends and offi?
cers of the Botanical Gardens, and thoro
distributed half of the ashes of her dead
husband, the remaining half to bo sent
to Germany and distributed there, ulso
In compliance with his will.
Shortly before Rix died he nskod his
wife to promise that sho would have his
body cremated and half tho ashes scat?
tered to tho winds at one of hfs favorite
haunts |n Bronx Park and tho other halt
to be sent to Heide, Germany, where he
was born. Btx also put tho same rennest
In his will. After his death the body was
cremated, but for some reason the ashes
were not scattered until now, and It Ih
doubtful If they would have been even
at this time bad not tho widow become
alarmed over what sho thought was a
thoft of tho ashes about threo weeks
ago.
At that time she moved from her for?
mer home, where her husband died, and
after arranging things tn her new homo
she found th?it the chest In which were
usually kept tho ashes of her dead hus?
band was missing. In vain she searched
all over her new house, only to bo disap?
pointed. Her relatives were called In und
joined in tlio search. Finully, ulmost In
despair, sho went to her old home, and
there, fn the garret, sho found thu vase
containing the ashes, lt having been taken
from the chest and misplaced hy some
ono In moving who evidently had no Idea
what the vase contained.
Mrs. Rlx, who was overjoyed at the re?
covery of the ashes, decided that 'she
would no longer delay In carrying* out
her husband's wish, and yesterday, tho
first, day she was able to bo out of tlio
houso slnco that time, went to Bronx
Park and obtained permission from Dr.
?. Xt. Brltton, of tho Botanical Gardens,
to make the distribution In the park. He
sent with lier his assistant, Colonel,Alex?
ander Schilling, and two gardeners, thc
lntter raking over tho ground, while Mrs.
Rlx distributed the ashes from the vase.
On his death Mr. Rlx gave many of his
valuable collections to the Botanical Gar?
dens.? .
Richmonders in New York.
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK. June 30.?Contlnantal, XV.
Hnzell; Hoffman, J. M. Staynmn and
wife. '
CUT THIS OUT AND KEEP IT. Y? WiiZ7iY^whls. story
WITH EDGED TOOLS,
BY HENRY SETON MERRIMAN.
. . ONE OF MERRIMAN'S STRONGEST BOOKS . .
CHAPTER XDIV?Continued;
"Whnt havo you been doing with your?
self slnco?I saw you?" Inquired Sir John,
conversationally'; when tho door was
closed.
"I havo beon out to Indlar-meijely for
tho voyage. I wont with Oscard, who Is
out thero"still, after big game."
Sir .Inlm Meredith nodded.
"I lift? that man," lie eald; "lie Is
tough. I llko tough men. Ho wrote mo
a letter before lie went away. It was the
letter of?one gentleman to another. Is
ho going to spend lho rest of his life 'af?
ter big game?' "
Jack hmghed.
"It seems rather llko It. He is out out
for that sort of life. Ho Is too big for
nartiw streets nnd cramped houses."
"And matrimony?"
"Yes?and matrimony."
Sir John was leaning forward In his
chair, ids two withered hands clasped
on Ills knees.
"You know," ho said, slowly, blinking
at tbo lire, "he cured for that girl?more
Iban you did, my boy."
"Yes," answered Jack, softly,
Sir John looked ttiwnrd.i lilni, but ho
said nothing. His attitude was inter?
ingiiiory. Thero wore a thousand ques?
tions in the turn of his head, questions
Which olio geni lem?n could not a.-k an?
other,
Jack met his gaze. They wero still
wonderfully alike, these two mon, though
uno was In his primo whilo tho other was
Infirm, On each lace there, was the stump
of ?? long-drawn silent pride; each was
a type of those haughty coiupierers who
Stepped, mail-clad, on uur shore eight
hundred years ago. 1?'?????? and feature,
minti aud heart, had been handed down
from father lo son, as great types are.
"One may havo tho right feeling and
bestow It by mistake on the wrong per?
ron," said Jack.
' Sir John's lingers Avere at his lip?.
"Vis," ho said, rather Indistinctly,
"while the right person is waiting for
it "
Jack looked up sharply, flR If he either
had not heard or did not understand,
"'Vhile. the right person Is waiting for
It." repeated Sir .John, deliberately,
."The right person?'
"Jor-riyn Gordon,'' explained Sir John,
"la tho right person.''
.?.irk shrugged (?is shfiiilders and leaned
hni-k so Dial the tirellgli! did not ahina
upon In.? face, "So I found uut eighteen,
months ago,'1 ho said, "whoii it was ino
late,"
"Thei> Is nr stirh tiling as too late
for I hat," paid Bir John, in his great
wisdom, "liven If you were both ?pilie
old It (Would not bo too lute. 1 have.
known It longer than you. I found It
out two years ago,"
Jack lookod across the room into tho
keen, worldly-wise old face.
"How?" ho inquired.
"Prom her. I found it out the moment
she mentioned your name. I conducted
tho conversation In such a manner that
she hnd frequently to stiy It, and when?
ever your name crossed her lips she
gave herself away."
Jock shook his head with an Incredu?
lous smile.
"Moreover," continued Sir John, *'I
malnluln that it is not too late."
Thero followed a silence; both men
seemed to ho wrapped In thought, tne
Fame thoughts with a difference of forty
years of lifo In tho method of thinking
them.
"I could not go to her with a lame
story Ilka that," said Jack. "1 told her
all about Milllcent."
"It Ih just ti lamo story like that that
Women understand," answered Sir John.
"When I was younger I thought as you
do. I thought 1 hat a man must needs j
bring a clean sialo to tho woman he asks
to be his wife. It Is only his hands that
must be clean. Women gee deeper Into
these mistakes of ours than wo do; thoy
see tho good nf them where wo only see
thn wound lo our vanity. Sometimes one
uoiild he Inclined to think that they
prefer a few mistakes In.the. past because
i( makes tin* present surer. Their ro?
maneo la a different thing from ours?
it la a honor tiling, deeper an*d les? gol?
llsli. They can wipe the slate eleun and
(lover look at it again, And the best of
them?rather like tho task."
Juck mudo no reply. Sir John Mere?
dith's chin was resting on hi:i vast neck?
tie. Hu was looking with failing eyes
into the flro. He spoke liko one who was
sure of himself?conililent In his ??lowly
accumulated tstorn of that ??knowledge
Which is nui written in books.?
"Will y.ui obligo me?" he asked.
Juck moved in his chair, but he made
? no answer. Sir John did not indeed ???
? poet it. He knew his son too well.
"Will you," he continued, "go out to
Africa, nnd take your lame story to Joce
lyn?just as it is?"
There was a long silence. The old worn
out clock on the mantelpiece wheezed
and struck six.
"yes," answered Jack, at lenth, "1 will
go."
Sir John nodded his head with a sigh
of relief. All, indeed, comes to him who
waits. I
",t have seen a good deal of life," he
said, suddenly?, arousing himself and sit?
ting upright in the stiff-backed chair,
''hero and there In tho world; and I have
found that fho happiest peoplo are thoso
who liegan by thinking that It was too
late. The romance of youth is only fl'.
write about in books. It is too delicate
a fabric for every-day use. It soon wears
out or gets torn."
Jack did not seem to bo listening,
"But," continued Sir John, "you must
not waste time. If I may suggest it, you
will do well to go at once."
"Yes," answered Jack, "I will go In
a month or so. I should like to see you
In a better state of health before I leave
you."
Sir John .pulled himself together. Ho
threw back Ills shoulders and stiffened
his neck.
"My health is excellent," he replied,
sturdily. "Of course, I Oom beginning to
fool my years a little; but ono must ex?
pect, to do that after?eh?er?sixty. C'est
la vie." * t.
He mado a little movement of the hands,
"No," he went on, "the sooner you go
the1 better,"
"I do not like leaving you," persisted
Jack. .
Sir John laughed rather testily.
"That Is rather absurd," ho said; "I am
accustomed to being left. I have always
lived alone. You will do mo a favor if
you will go now and take your passage
out to Africa,"
"Now?this evening?"
"Yes?at once. The offices close about
half-past six, I believe. You will Just have
time to do it before dinner.','
Jack rose and went towards Nthe door.
He wont slowly, almost reluctantly,
"Do not trouble about me," said Bh
John; "I am accustomed to being loft,"
Ho repeated It when th? door had closed
behind ills son.
The tire was low again?it was almost
dying. The daylight was fading every
moment. The cinders fell together With a
crumbling sound, and a grayness crept
into their glowing* depths. The old man
sitting? there made no attempt to add
fresh fuel.
"I nm .accustomed." he said, with a half
cynical smile, "to being left."
CHAPTER XLV.
THE TELEGRAM.
"How could It end In any other way?
You called me, and I came home to your
heart."
"They tell me, sir. that Missis Marie?
that is, Missis Durnovo?has gone back to
her people at Sierra Leone."
Thus spoke Joseph to his master one
afternoon In March, not so many years
ago. They were on boaj-d the steamer
Bogamayo, which good vessel was, pound?
ing down the West Coast ot Africa at
her host speed. Tho captain reckoned
that he would bo anchored at Loango b.
half-past seyen or eight o'clock that even
Ing, There wero only seven pnssengers
oil board, nnd dinner had' been orderen
an hour earlier for the convenience of
nil concerned. Joseph was packing his
master's clothes in the spacious cabin
allotted to him. The owners of the steam?
er had thought It worth their whllo to
inako the finder of the Slmiacine as com?
fortable as circumstances allowed. The
nolso of that great drug had directed to?
wards the West Coast of Africa that
floating- scurn of ne'er-do-wolldom which
is ever on the alert for some new land
of promise.
"Who told you that?" asked Jack, dry?
ing his hands on a towel.. ,
"One of the stewards, air?a man that
was laid up at Sierra Leone In the hos?
pital."
Jack Meredith paused for a moment
before going on deck.' He looked through
the open port-hole towards tho blue shad?
ow on the horizon which was Africa?a
country that he had never soon threo
years before, and which had all along
been destined to Influence his whole life.
"It was the best thing she could do.
he said. "It Is to bo hoped that ahe will
be happy.",
"Yes, sir, lt Is. She deserves it, if that
goes for anything In thjs heavenly reck
onln', She's n Une woman?a good wo?
man that, sir,"
"Yes."
Joseph was folding a shirt very care?
fully.
"A bit dusky," he said, smoothing out
tho linen folds reflectively; "but 1 shouldn't
have minded that If I had been a marryln'
man?but I'm not." t
He laid tho shirt In the portmanteau
and looked up. Jack Meredith had gone
on deck.
While Maurice and Jocejyn Gordon were
still al dinner that same evening a mes?
senger came announcing the arrival of
tho Bogumayo In the roada, This now.?
had the effect of curtailing the meal:
SON OF BATTLE.
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cation of Alfred Ollivant's thrilling and entrancing story. *. ? '
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THE SUNDAY T?MES=DISPATCH.
Maurice Gordon was liable to be called
away at any moment thus by the arrival
of a steamer. It was not long before he
rose from the table and lighted a cigar
preparatory to going down to his ofTice,
where the c?ptain of the steamer war, by
this time probably awaiting him. It was
a full moon, and the glorious golden
light of the equatorial night shono
through the high trees like a new dawn,
Hardly a star was visible; even those of
the Southern Hemisphere pale beside tho
?Southern moon.
Maurice Gordon crossed the'open space
of cultivated garden and plunged Into
the black shadow of tho forest. His
footsteps wore Inaudible. Suddenly he
ran almost Into the nrms of a man.
"Who the devil It that!" ho cried.
"Meredith," answered a voice.
"Meredith?Jack Meredith, is thnt you!"
"Yes."
"Well, I'm blowodl" exclaimed Maurice
Gordon, ""shaking liands--"llkewise glad.
What brought you out bofe again!"
"Oh, pleasure!" replied Jack, with his
face in the shade.
"Pleasure! you've come to the wrong
placo for that. However, I'll let you
find out for yourself. Go on to
the bungalow; I'll be back tn less
than an hour. You'll fimi Jocelyn in tlio
veranda."
When Maurice left her, Jocelyn went
out Into tho veranda. It was the begin?
ning of the hot season. At midday the sun
on his Journey northward no longer cast
a shadow. Jocelyn could hot go out in
the daytime at this period of the yoar.
For fresh air she had to rely upon a
long, dreamy evening in tho veranda,
Sho sat down in her usual chair whllo
the moonlight, red nnd glowing, made
a pattern on the floor and on her wulto
dre3s with the shadows of the creepers.
The sea was very loud ?...at night, rising
and falling like the breath of some huse
sleeping creature,
Jocelyn Gordon fell Into a reverie. Life
"was very dull at Loango. There was too
much time for thought and too lituo
to think about. This girl only had the
past, and her past was all comprised In
a few months?the few months still known
at Loango as the ?lmlacine year. She
had lapsod Into a bad habit of thinking
that her life was .over, that the daylight
of it had waned, and that there was
nothing left now but the gray remainder
of the evening, Sho was wondering now
why It had all come?why there had
been any daylight at all, Above these
thoughts sho wondered why the fooling
Was still In her heart that Jack Mero
dltn hud not gone out of her Ufo forever,
There was no reason why she ahould over
meet him again. Ho was, bo fur as sho
know, marled to Milllcent Chyne more
than a year ago, although she had never
seen the announcement of the wedding.
He had drifted into Loango and, Into her
Ufo by the merest accident! and now,
that the Simlaclne Plateau had been
finally abandoned, there was no reason
why any of tlie original finders should
nome to Loango again,
And the creepers were pushed aside by
one who knew the method or their growtn,
A allver glory of moonlight toll on the
veranda floor, and the man of whom she
was thinking stood before her.
"You!" she exclaimed.
"Yes."
She rose, and thoy shook hands, They
?tpod looftlng at each other for a few
moments, and a thousand thlngn that hud
never been suld seemed to be understood
between them,
(To be Continued Tp-morrow,)
SEEKS THRONE
OF ABYSSINIA
This Said to be Ambition of
Ellis, Who Takes Place
of Loomis.
AVA8HINGTON, ?. C? Juno 30.?Many
facts aro being- ascertained In Washing?
ton from timo to timo In regard to XX':
11. 13111s, whoso name Is now In the news?
papors dally because of tho strange dis?
appearance of Mr. F. K. Loomis. brother
of tho Assistant Secretary of Slato, and
becaues he Is bearing this country's treaty
I to King Mono?lck; of Abyssinia, to whoso
j throne ho aspires, It Is said. He has been
? here frequently; has spent his money
Slavishly, and, withal, haa posod as an?
Hawaiian, which mado him a wclcomo
guest at tho best hotels.
Slnco the ? disappearance of Olr. F. K.
Loomis Individuals at tho Slato Dopnrl
^meiit havo mado some careful Inquiries
about Ellis, They find that ho la a mau
of largo means undoubtedly, and that he
has Influential commercial- backing In
New York,* but stories of his alleged
Hawaiian ancestry, arc not credited. It
Is said ho has claimed to bo luilf Cuban.
He has had a most remarkable career,
and has mado largo sums ot money out
of various enterprises.
? friend in Chicago recently stated that
Ellis had mado his start In life by pro?
moting a colonization plan for negroes In
Mexico. When Hills wire here at thn Ra?
leigh Hotel, on May 19th last, ho repre?
sented that he hud sugar estatos In Ha?
waii, coffee plantations In Cuba, copper
mines In old Mexico, and diamond mined
In Africa. He had a collection of shining
gems worth the ransom of a king? Ellis
represented that he -was on his way to a
big lion hunt in Africa.
On Ellls's previous trip to Abyssinia ho
met King Menollk, by whom ho was. called
"Dtiku of America." Ho has had business
In establishing trading ports In that coun?
try, and lho furtherance of that scheme l.i
understood to be Ihe chief errand that
takes h.'in back Ito Abyssinia again.
Having left .ynshlngton about May 201h
last, nothing moro was seen of him until
June 10th following. On the morning of
that day ho and Mr. F. K. Loomis, of
Parkersburg. W, Vu., both hailing from
New York, registered at the sumo hotel.
Mills "was still regarded as a rich nlmrod
of Hawaiian blood. They wore constan?ly
together during the remainder of tho day.
It Is understood that Ellis had made it
known at tho Stale Department that he
would like to be the benrcr of tho new
treaty to King Menollk.
Whether Mr. F. K. Loomis be still ?Je*-*
or not, his sudden disappearance haa
fitted In with Ellls's wishes to present tha
.treaty In person to King Menollk 'It is,
said here hnd elsewhere that he has de?
sired to intiko a striking Impression upon
the old king, and that he would not ba
averse to having Menollk believe that Ilio
American government was right behind
him CEIUs) In his business venturo. Ha
Is reported to have, told more than ono
of his friends that he believed King
Monellk was disposed to elect him a
successor on the throtie.
? _ I .
JULY
Excursions?$1,00
Fast?3?Trains.
ROUND-Sf.OO-TRIP
To ?ierfo.k, Oid Point and
Ocean View,
$1.25 to Cape Henry and Vir?
ginia Beach.
Trai.ns leave Richmond 8:00 A. M. awl
S'30 ?. M. for Old Point, Buckroe, Ocean
View and Norfolk; 8:011 A. M. for same
points, stopping at Newport News. Re?
turning, leave Old Point 7.S5 P. M.. Now
port News S:10' P. M.'. arrive Richmond
10:20 Pi M. Second train will leave Old
Point 0:15 p. M., arriving Richmond 11:43
P.' M. without stops, enabling passongeia
to romain at Ocean View until 9:0o P. M.
Excursionists can also leavo Norfolk via
Ocean View lino every fifteen minute*
until S:')0 P. M. and Ocean View every,
hour until ?1:00 P. M.
Norfolk and Virginia Beach tickets good
via Newport News and C. & O. steamer
Virginia, that steamer leaving Norfolk
returning at 7:15 P. M.
Tickets also sold for Sunday excursion
trtilns of Sunday, July 3d, good returning
on excursion trains of July -tth, to Old
Point, Buckroe, Opeun View and Nor?
folk at rate of ,2.00 for tho round trip.
ITso the C. & O., shortest, quickest and
best route.
FOURTH OF JULY EXCURSIONS
VIA
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
This lino will sell round trip tickets
from all points on Its lino to all pollila
south of the Ohio and Potomac, and east
of the Mississippi Rivers, Including St.
Louis, Mo., at rato of ono and one-third
first-class fares (minimum faro 50 cenisi;
tickets to bo sold July 2d, 3d, ond -th,
with final return .limit July 8, ?DO-?,
For full Information npply to agents)
or, , C. 8, CAMPBELL,
Division Passenger Agent, ?
838 East "Main St., Richmond, Va.
SIX O'CLOCK TRAIN ThHoUQH TO
CHASE CITY JULY 2D.
Por accommodation of thoso desiring
to spend the Fourth at Chase City, the
Southern Railway has arranged to run
their train, No. 17, leaving Richmond ?
P. M. for Keysvllle, through to Chase
City July 2d. This offers an opportunity
for those desiring to spend the Fourth
at the Mecklenburg to leave Richmond
late Saturday afternoon, going through
to Chuse City without change,
WEEK-END EXCUSIONS TO NEW
JERSEY SEASHORE RESORTS.
R., F. ?S. P. R. R.
Commencing June 2ith and until Sep?
tember 10th, Inclusive, the R., F, & P.
R. R. will seil on Friday und Saturday o?
each week, special excursion tickets to
Atlantic City,-Cape May, Ocean City and
Sen isle City, N. J., ut rate of $10 round
trip from Richmond, Tickets good going
only on date of sale and for return pa ;
Bilge leaving destination not later than
Tuesday following date of issue. Apply
ticket agenta R., F. A P. R. R.
W, P. TAYLOR, Traille Manager.