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1 CLEff BI ME OK An IttlrrenpM Cnrrent. BV HOWARD M. YOST. CHAPTER VIII. When 1 again passed the depot at Sidington on my way home, there was a lady on horseback talking to the agent. It needed no second glance to tell me it was Florence Morley. Her face was turned toward the fellow, and so she did not see me. I drove along slowly, keeping my eyes upon her, and debating in my mind whether I should stop and address her or not. It was a strong' temptation, and only fear held me back, a cowardly fear too. I doubted how my overtures might be received. I had chosen my course of my own accord and I would follow it If it was contrary to her wish she , would find away to tell me. After passing the station I allowed my horse to continue at a walk, so that Florence must catch up with me if she intended to ride to her home from Sidington. The resolve to stick to my promise ' was growing weaker since Sarah’s comment upon it. A word from Florence, I knew, would cause me to break it. and I really was impatient for that word. Soon the sound of approaching hoofs beating the hard road reached me. Nearer it came and nearer, until finally d caught a glimpse, out of the corner of my eye, of a swaying petticoat. She pulled in her horse to a walk, and then I turned my head and glanced at her. My heart was in my throat when I looked, but the smile that greet- ' • d me dispelled my fears like mist before the morning sun. But the smile was not all that told me of her emotion at again meeting me. The deep brown eyes were suffused with tears. With my own heart leaping for joy, I reined my horse to a standstill. In an instant I was at her side. She extended her hand, and with my assistance sprang lightly to the ground. I took her horse’s bridle over my arm and. with the disengaged hand, helped her climb into the buggy. "Tie the horse to the back axle, then come here beside me,” were the first words she said. I lost no time in obey-, ing. Imagine, if you please, the overwhelming joy to be seated once more beside her who held my whole heart in her keeping. I could not trust myself to speak, and > it was she who began. “Are you not pleased to sec me once more, Mr. Conway ? Because if yon arc not, I certainly w ill not tell you how' happy I am in again meeting an old friend.” The soft, sweet tones of her voice,! which I loved so to hear, had now a

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I tremble to them. 1 glanced at her, and ‘ —well, Florence was still my true heart. I as she had been throughout, notwithstanding my doubt and fear. “The past year has been an eternity to me,” I finally said. “And who is to blame for that, T wonder? And. too. when was the mystery cleared up, since you are now speaking to me?” she said, with a joyous laugh, which told me as plainly as words could how she had missed me. “It is not cleared up; sometimes I think it never will be. I could not have found fault with you had you forgotten me. Will you forgive me when I confess I was fearful you had?” 1 "No. Ido not think I can quite forgive that. What reason had you for mistrusting me?” she earnestly asked. “You passed me this morning, you know, without bowing.” "I was so startled, and we had gone , by before I realized that it was you who were standing there. That was a Flight cause for mistrusting me, sir.” “It was and lam very sorry. Indeed, I have been a fool right through the whole affair. I see it now. I had no right to make such a promise.” i “Well, I do not think you were a fool. But, forgive me. that promise was a foolish one, and—and just a trifle unkind.” The tears again started in her eyes, and her voice took on the tremble j which went so appealingly to my heart. “Never again will I be so foolish!” I exclaimed. “I will see your father and tell him I have broken my promise, that it was impossible to keep it, and that it , is simply absurd to subject us to the misery of a longer separation. May I tell him that? May I speak for both of . us?” I She hung her head, while the red flush spread over her face. Then she ■ murmured: “Yes. speak for both of us. Why not, since it isttrue? I’erhaps you’ll find father has changed his views . a trifle.” “Not in his opinion of my innocence, ' I hope,” I said. "I have been told he strongly objected to my arrest. And j I know whose influence caused him to | do so.” “Not mine, really,” Florence earnestly replied. "Father believed you were innocent, and took the stand he did for that reason. I did not know about the robbery until after the first meet- ; ing of the trustees. It was at that meeting that he opposed your arrest. I remember he felt quite triumphant afterward, for most of the trustees insisted upon your immediate arrest, and it was only after father said that he would never consent to it that they gave up the point.” “Now that is pleasant to hear,” 1 cried, joyfully. “What reason have you to think he has changed his views regarding the promise?” “This morning, after we had passed you, I said: ‘That looked like Nelson Conway.’ Father laughed at me, and answered that it must have been an hallucination produced by constantly keeping my thoughts upon you.” It is impossible to describe the fascination of Florence's manner when she

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told me this —how maidenly bashfulness blended with love's boldness, how the blushes dyed her smooth cheek, while her eyes shone with a confident, happy light. “Then at lunch this noon father asked me if I—l liked you as much as ever. ‘Liked’ was not the word he used, but never mind, we’ll use it now. “And what did you answer?” I asked, eagerly and expectantly. “That not a day went by that I did not think cjf you. And oh. Nelson,” she continued, her voice deep and full in its earnestness, “that was not half the truth. Why should I hesitate to confess it to you, my dear friend?” Here I made use of my disengaged arm. I could not help it. I drew her closely to me and kissed her blooming cheek. “I certainly shall not go on if I am interrupted,” Florence said, in gentle remonstrance. “What did your father say in answer?” I finally asked. “He said he thought perhaps it was unjust to both of us to insist on your keeping the promise.” “Did he say that?” I exclaimed. “Then Florence—” but really it is enough to say that the dear girl promised to be my wife, even though the suspicion should not be removed from me, providing Mr. Morley's consent could be gained: and she moreover promised to do all she could to help me gain his consent. When we arrived at the cross roads. Florence insisted on riding her horse the rest of the way to her home. A thought occurred to me after I had assisted her to remount. I laid my hand on the bridle to restrain her geing. “Do you mind if I ask you a question?” I inquired. “Assuredly not.” “Then tell me, do you see much of Horace Jackson ? Has he asked you to marry him?” “Yes, he has asked me to marry him,” she replied, drooping her head. “Indeed, there is a compact between us about it.” “Oh!” “Yes. Now, please do not be foolish and feel badly over it. But I have promised Mr. Jackson that I will marry him if the robbery can be traced to you, and the stolen property, or a portion of it, be found in your possession.” “Good heavens! Why did you give him that promise?” “Well, he bothered me so, lately, that I gave him the promise to get rid of him. His part of the compact is not to mention the subject again until you are shown to be the robber. So you see how' absolutely safe I am in this.” “Does Jackson believe I am guilty?” I asked. “No, he does not. In his inmost heart he does not. And he used to affirm his belief in your innocence until —” She hesitated here, and seemed reluctant to proceed. I waited in anxiety, and she finally went on—“until lately he, for some reason, has changed his opinion. At least so he says. And it made me angry when he told me that he had. Then it was I gave him the promise.” ““now long is it since you discovered that he had changed?” “About six weeks ago. I have not seen him since. He and his father had a terrible quarrel that day, and he has not been here since then.” “What reason did he give for now believing I was the guilty party?” I asked. “Oh, he mumbled something about discoveries recently made which would throw new light on the case.” Florence gazed earnestly into my face, and she must have noticed the I troubled expression upon it. For she leaned toward me and with great earnestness exclaimed: “Nelson, oh, tell me, you had nothing to do with it, did you?” "Florence!” “Forgive me; I know you are honest and true.” She laid her hand upon mine. “I will not wrong you by the least doubt. Hut Jackson seemed so | confident. There is no way by which a seeming proof of the robbery could be shown against you, is there?”

“Good heavens, how could there be?” I exclaimed. “Oh, I see it all,” I went on bitterly. “Jackson has become wealthy, and is trying to ingratiate himself with your father and undermine my reputation with you and so finallj - gain your hand.” Florence listened to my incoherent outburst with an amused smile. "Do you like Jackson at all? Is he agreeable to you?” I asked, in jealousy. The smile died from her face and her eyes flashed with an angry fire. “Like him? No, indeed; I detest the man. I hate him.” This outburst made me happy, and I laughed merrily. “It is not kind of you to compel me to show temper,” she said. “But remember, sir, you provoked me to it. It is not only for myself alone that I dislike him, but it seems to me that he is the cause of the change that has come over my father lately. Ever since that quarrel father has been so different.” 'ln what respect?" I asked, sympathetically. “He seems terribly worried and anxious.” “It is probably business care. There are very few men directing great enterprises who have not times of worry and anxiety, who have not financial storms and the fear of wreck to face,” I added, consolingly. "And as for the quarrel with Jackson, that was probably no more than a difference of opinion regarding business methods. Jackson told me once he had business relations with your father, and that is what makes me almost fearful that he will gain you after all.” "But I have promisedyou; what more can you ask? I would not marry Mr. Jackson even if I had never met you,” Florence said, with a decided shake of her head. “Unless it was proved I robbed the bank,” I suggested. “No, not even then. I’d rather die.” “Oh, my darling love!” I burst out, “I must be first in your heart or noth-ing-first or nothing!”

“What a foolish fellow you are! You make me feel quite hurt at your implied doubt of me.” She urged her horse forward a few steps, then turned her face toward me. “Rest easy about that,” with the true 1 '■ 1 ~~ •V f As/ • And what did you answers" light in her eyes. "You are first, dear one —first now, first always.” 1 made a spring for the bridle, but, with a merry laugh, she gave her horse I the whip and eluded me. I watched the dear form rising and , falling like a bird along the road, then climbed into the buggy and slowly drove home. (To be continued.) AS to ouOlnances MONETARY COMMISSIONS’ REPORT GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC. i Gold Standard I« Maintained, but No Attempt Is Made to Remove Existing Silver Dollars —Bank Notes anti How Issued. Washington, Dec. 27. —The report of the monetary commission appointed under authority of the business men held in Indianapolis last January, has just been made public, and is in part as follows: It retains practically unchanged the existing metallic money. The existing gold standard on which business has been done since 1879 is, of course, maintained on the ground that industrial interests demand certainty as to what the standard shall be. For the steady employment of labor, factories and mines must be constantly operated; and constant operation, in the judgment of business men, is impossible so long as there is uncertainty as to the standard on which prices of goods and orders are based. And to this end, it is urged that the United States should remove all uncertainty as to the meaning of “coin” in its obligations, thereby saving the taxpayer by the ability to borrow at a lower rate of interest.

No attempt is made to remove the existing silver dollars, nor to change their legal tender quality; on the contrary a place is provided for them in the circulation by forbidding the issue of auy paper money other than silver certificates in denominations below $lO. The silver currency, which will be in the hands of the people, must be kept on a parity with gold, as is now provided by law, and this should be done by requiring the treasury to give gold for a silver dollar on demand. Consequently when it is known that a silver dollar can bo exchanged for gold it will circulate freely (in the form of certificates), and our metallic money, without being diminished, will be unified on a certain basis. And. as all this silver currency will be needed to meet the demands for large change (when other paper below $lO is retired), it will not be presented for redemption at the treasury, and it will create no strain on the gold reserve. But no more silver dollars should be coined. By the plan of the commission, government paper is withdrawn in the first five years only so fast as the banking currency expands, so that contraction cannot possibly take place; if United States notes are cancelled their place will be taken by the gold paid out for them, or by the expansion of banknotes (under the new system proposed); and iu the following five years all the remaining United States notes are to be retired. Banks may issue notes up to (10 per cent of their capital without restraint; for issues beyond GO per cent and up to 80 per cent they pay a tax of 2 per cent; for those beyond 80 per cent and up tu 100 per cent they pay a tax of (J percent. These notes would lie a prior lien upon all the resources of the bank and, in addition, upon the stockholders’ liability. Moreover, all banks issuing notes contribute 5 per cent of their circulation as a permanent guaranty fund. For daily redemptions, banks should keep a 5 per cent redemption fund in the hands of the controller of the currency. Banks of $2.5.000 capital may be established iu places of 4,000 inhabitants, and branches of banks are also permitted. STEADS BOOK SCORED. AdjuUkut Central Rallaine Cards the Luitdon Chronicle. London, Dec. 28.—Tha Daily Chronicle prints a letter a column and a half long, signed by Adjutant General John E. Ballaine of the state of Washington denouncing William T. Stead's book, “Satan’s Invisible World,” and Mr. Stead himself as “Displaying the densest ignorance of everything American." The w<ter proceeds to combat the argument that New York is a typical American city in any sense; and he declares that the “real America of the west hates New York as much as it hates London.” In concluding, he says, “Every genuine American nourishes an undying hatred of England and will be glad when th? time comes to fight ner.” Commenting editorially upon what it

calls a remarkable letter, Hie Dally Chronicle says: “The writer is ludicrously misinformed on many points; but he is undoubtedly a fair and. indeed, a superior representative of a vast amount of Washington feeling with which we Britishers have to count. NOT SO STRONG. Strike Feeling Among Cotton Operatives Said to Be on the Wane. Fall River, Mass., Dec. 27. —The strike feeling among the operatives is not as strong as it was last week. It is believed that careful consideration of existing conditions has done much to change the sentiment. The conference committee of the operatives, in which are representatives of all the textile unions, held another meeting last night when the wage question discussion w« r resumed. The meeting adjourned subject to the call of the committee's secretary, but nothing was given out. INHABITANTS MASSACRED. Raider# From Koordestau Wipe Out a Chrintian Town. Cincinnati, Dec. 28. —Yakob Sargis of Ooramiah, Persia', now in this city giving talks on Persia and Armenia, has just, received a letter from friends in his Persian home informing him that a band of raiders from Koordestan had massacred all the inhabitants of a Persian Christian town, 800 souls, near Salmas, Persia. MONTGOMERY BROWN. Hi» Consecration as Bishop Coadjutor of Arkansas to be Protested, Little Rock, Dec. 28.—Colonel W. H. Whipple, chancellor of the Episcopal diocese of Arkansas, has notified the chairmen of the 58 standing committees, throughout the United States that a protest against the consenting of tljat body to the consecration of Archdeacon William Montgomery Brown of Ohio recently elected bishop coadjutor of the diocese of Arkansas, is being prepared and will be sr.bir.itted in a short time WERE BADLY FROZEN. Four Men and a Boat Washed Ashore at Rockaway Bearh. New York, Dec. 28.—A boat containing four men frozen and unconscious washed up on Rockaway Beach late yesterday. The men’s feet wire frozen fast to the bottom of the boat. They were carried to a hotel, put to bed and restoratives administered. After four hours’ care they recovered so far as to explain that they had hired a rowboat from a fisherman and had lost the oars and had been at the mercy of the wind and waves all night. It is probable that they will recover. The Clover Deaf. T„ St. L. &KC.R. R. In effect Jan 3,189 EAST. Passenger 5:36 a. n Express 6:58 p m Mall 12:05 p tn. Local 2:05 p m. WEST. Passenger 4:32 a a. Express 8:33 a. u Mail 12:05 p n Local 10:15 a n E A. Whinrey. Agent. Erie Uines fl nJ 11 | In effect Nov. X H 11 I W / 38, R»7. Trains leave Decatur ai follows: WEST. No. 5, vestibule limited, daily for I Chicago ( 12:23 p. m No. 3. Pacific express, daily for i Chicago f 2:30 a. tn No. 1. express, daily except Sun- I day for Chicago f 10:43 a. hi No. 31. local, daily except Sun- I day I 10:10 a. tn No 13. Wells Fargo Limited Ex- | press, dally except Monday > 6:15 p. m and day after legal holiday ) EAST No. 8, vestibule limited, daily for I New York and Boston I 7:57 , No. 2, express, daily except Sun-j day for New York f SrOl p. m No. 12. express, dally for New i York ( 2:30 a. m No. 30. local, daily except Sun- ‘ dav f 10:10 a. m Through coaches and sleeping cars to Neu York and Boston Trains 1 and 2 stop at all stations on the E. Division. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus. Circleville. Chillicothe, Waverly. Portsmouth, Ironton, and Kenova, via Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo, and Norfolk t Western lines T W. DkLong. Agent The G. R. fit I. (Effect Nov. 28. 1897.) TRAINS NORTH. •No. 3. ‘No. 5. ‘No. 1. Richmond 11:05 am 11.20 pm 5:00 pnj Parry “ 5:05 “ Chester 5:10 Fountain City. 11:27 “ 11:41am 5:20 " Johnson 11:37 “ 5:30 “ Lynn 11:42 “ 11:56am 5:35 “ Snow Hill 11:48 “ 5:41 " Woods 11:50 “ 5:43 " Winchester.... 12:00 “ 12:14 am 5:53 “ Stone 12:10 pm 6:03 “ Ridgeville 12:19 “ 12:32 am 6:12 “ Collet 12:32 “ 6:26 “ Portland 12:42 “ 12:55am 6:36 “ Jay “ 6:46 “ Briant 12:59 “ 6:52 " Geneva 1:07 “ 1:18 am 7:01 “ Ceylon 7:03 “ Berne 1:18 “ 1:27 am 7:11 “ Monroe I:3S “ 7:23 “ DECATUR 1:45 “ 1:47 am 7:34 “ Monmouth 1:52 “ 7:40 “ Williams 2:01 “ 7:50 “ Hoagland 2:06 “ 7:56 “ Adams 8:12 '• Fort Wayne.... 2:35 “ 2:30 am 8:25 “ •Dally, except Sunday. ♦Daily. TRAINS SOUTH •No. 2. ♦No. 6. tNo.4 Fort Wayne... 12:35 p m 13:35am 6:45a xx: Adams Hoagland 1:00 “ 1:03 am 6:12 “ Williams 1:05 “ 1:08am 6:17 “ Monmouth “ 6:24 “ DECATUR 1:19 “ 1:25 “ 6:29 “ Monroe 1:32 “ l;37am 6:39 “ Berne 1:44 “ l:suam 6;60 “ Ceylon 6:58 “ Geneva 1:53 “ 1:58 am 7:00 “ Briant ..... . . 2:00 “ 2:08 ain 7:08 “ Jay 7:13 “ Portland 2:14 “ 2:25 “ 7:23 “ Collett 2:23 “ 7:33 “ Ridgeville. . 2:35 “ 2:to “ 7;45 • Stone 7:54 “ Winchester ... 2:50 “ 3:10 •• 8:04 " Woods 8:15 “ Snow Hill 8:17 “ Lynn 3:06 “ 3:3oam 8:24 “ Johnson 3:11 “ 8:30 “ Fountain City. 3:20 “ 3:45 am 8:41 " Chester 6:52 “ Parry 8:58 «• Richmond 3:40 “ -4:95 “ 9:<15 “ ♦Daily. tDally ex. Sunday. ‘Daily except Satutdayfrom Mackinac City. . Jarr Brtsos, Agent C.L L tea WOOD. Gen. Pas Aaent.

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