Ligonier Banner., Volume 18, Number 47, Ligonier, Noble County, 6 March 1884 — Page 4

. & i The Ligonier Banner, i . A ‘:v 4 . STOELL, MoDONALD & CO., Publi sher. LIGONIER, IND:, MARCH 6, 1884. Monsieur Le Pasteur. ~ TSR : ' CHAPTER I i : ‘ Service was over. The last hymn had been sung with ?ll the vigor of moun-' tain lungs; the last wooden shoe had clattered down the paved aisle; the last voice had died away on the.still, pinescented air, and then the minister lift< ed his sad young face offthe worn cushion of> the high, narrow pulpit, and came slowly down the steps into the church. . i Outside, among ’the hills, the sunshine lay in belts from peak to peak, and the Sabbath stiliness was unkroken save for the hum of bees or the far-off. slumberous twitterings of birds; but the, four whitewashed walls of thie ugliest building in-the ‘whole canton lheld only straighébacked pine-wood pews, homely and inartistic; and square, ill-fitting windows that dimmed the daylight without owning the power to exclude chill draughts of keen Northegsters. - THeé minister sighed as he lifted his ‘hat off thie little deal table fronting the pulpit, and went slowly out into the sunshine, Perhaps the unloveliness of his surroundings- forced itself with scarcely-recognized intrusiveness on his notice; perhaps his thoughts, following his heart, ha(i} escaped hig"control, and were far away. On the narrow ' path between the patches of scang turf belonging to the still church-yard: among the pines the . old sexton paced slowly, sunning himself in sabbatical solemnity. “You are waiting to lock up, Carton?” * Xou, sir: s : .‘;l‘hp.x;e was a very good congregation, o-day. “Yegoshr Y , It is loviely weather even for August.” : : , “Yes, indeed, sir.” . } Havine uttered the familiar words of salutation which, week in, week out, scarcely, varied, the minister passed on between the lowly ‘graves that lay to rl:m‘u-r s:de of him, aud approached the “high road. : S

le'was a mangof seven or,ei{ght and twenty, or thereabouts, slight, dark, delicate-looking, ‘with an im{flin'able something jabdut him speaking of culture and schiolarship—a something odd and out of place in the remote little parish on the upper ranges of the habitable Alps, . where a score or two of f)easants loved him and called him *‘M. ~le Pasteur.” Of cofrse they did not understand him, but thorough comprehension is not an essential of reverence, and they understood enough to know that he was very wise and learned, and - 80 far above fhem that he must be very close to heaven.: Lt

Chased by the unusual warmth of that Summer day, the mists had shrunkand and_shriveled iht&o?lscure, corners of the valley. 'ln the' higher air a score of larks caroled joyously; from the neglected turf on the quiet graves the bright-eyed daisiesraised their innocent faces smilingly. ; + Nature was fair there for once, and Ept he' shivered as helooked around im. ‘Did not even .the beauty speak of loss, ‘and isolation, and death? “,Y'(g;vhave kept me here so long! I thought you were never coming.” . “Did you wait for me?” . lkYes'” ¥ ¢ “How good of you!. I never thought ofithati” ' st &l .

He had lifted his hat hurriedly, and was standing bare-headed Dbefore the girl who had addressed him. | . *“We shall part_for good so soon, and you have avoided us so much of late, thatg meust make occasions of * seeing you, ; b - ° *“You arg very kind.” “Kind to myself, yes. Do you think T.am 80 little grateful as to owe you all I do without—loving. you somewhat in veturnl?t = el b fa !

Loving him! She had<said the word quite simply, t;‘anslatinﬁ into her sweet, hesitating I'rench, yet he quivered as needlessly and stupidly as though he had misunderstood:s - <

* He muttered something in his throat, not looking at- her; but at the ghostly mists in the valley. : ok

Do you know why I waited for you here?” she wenton, looking at him with mingled laughter and sorrow in her sweet blue English eyes. ‘‘Because it was here 1 met you first, and here it seems fitting somehow to talk with B’oq last when lam so sorry. It is near ({' a gear since' we cameé here, mother and I, ind took possession of you, because we were strangers, and you were the only civilized inhabitant in our newly-dis-: covered territory. And you were so kind—do you remember? I knew at once that I should like you, tl_xou§h 3 did not guess how dear everything here would grow.” : He could net speak. e was leaning-) . onthe rustic gate, with his haggar& - face resting on his hand and his eyes - averted. i (R § **And you took us.to the sweet old. . chateau—do you remember?—and told us you knew Madame la Baronne, and that. she would let us have her house whileshe was in Italy. And do you re-member-how anxious mother was that you should'be quite sure we were not adventuresses, and how she- referred’ you to the Ambassador at Berne, and how you set all.explanationt asiderwith the perfect courtesy that is only learnod in tha sehoals of Franee??? - "I remember something of all this.” “But I am sure you don’t remember all the pleasure*you gave; how you used tp read to us bg the fire and play the organ to us in t e.old.gaél,angl.teach us to forget all the joy and pain ef England.” i g L L “Don’tl” ; 1* ¥ raised lis hand with a gesture as though he would avert a blow. And the va%ue sadness in his face tiad expressed itself at last, and it was pain. ‘How cruel she was in her sweet. kindness, how cruel to rémind him of all he - had gained, of all he was soon "to losel Ah; those dear dead days in which she - had been all the world to him, those long bright evenings' in the' old, shadowy, fragrant rooms of: thecastle, amid the mellow lights of fhe wide hearth 1 and the many-armed chandeliers; with i thée orfgan beneath hls‘ﬁ'n,ciers interpreting:all he felt, and the glow from the . fire f,alliu% on her face and finding out the dimfp e in her cheek, the sweet curves of her neck, or the fragrant blossoms that rose and. fell with every, breath she drew! llow cruel she was to recall it all; as.he stood here in the chill supshine, while shadowy hands beckoned her away from him! A © *]g there anything the matter?”’ : ' “I am Weary—that is all.” o *So I thought to-day, and that is an.otheér reason why I wished to speak to you. You looked ill during service, and {bnr sermon was strange—not glad ag when I knew you first, but only resigned as though you were trying to suffer and be strong. You are not unhappy?” . : : | : f"&v\, no,” . ! | _ “‘Because, if you are, 1o one will be " sorrier than I, no one hlwin%ao much right. 'You have done so much for me,” ‘Bhe went on, with a little quiver of the llgﬂ;' **you have ‘made the world: seem tolerable after I had grown so weary of | it. You have taught me stre%th for the accelftancerof pain and the doing of* : dg(tiy. ut for you I should never have h coura‘%e, to go back to England.”. - i 18 lau% ed harshly and mirthlessly. & Ehey .hnvq'sent you away.” el “I think s 0.”” i L

.- “That js so like my fate.” . . “What do you mean?” . ,“Wltllen ygutgo awa; ggy sun t;mll’dha.\lr‘e set; all my future will be spent in dark“mess then,” s

She shrank away from him, and the sweet.roses in her chéeks paled a little. *I did not mean to tell you,” he went on. “The knowledﬁe will Eam you, and do me no good. But you have come tome in my weakest hour, and so I must speak, I love you, have loved egou always since 1 knew you, It seemed to e once that Heayen had sent youliere, being satisfied with alll had tried to do, 0 e:a‘% hrew the reins "onrtheéx:&ck % m ind let it go, but I question ,Igouldv V 6 Testr: m{‘i“‘ : {ng‘anf case. There, now, the murder is out. Ithink I'shall d ,"§ ve left me.” ki '“Ohr'_,, ] ,~¥ }‘“,"‘_"‘,A;_w;n (e 1g BOBM: there is much of dife left ,‘;jék;veu ovyer. BBU‘-"" il the same, 1 am very sorry that I have brought you pain like 8. S & Hetl"3 lips (ﬂli:’e!‘ed : g.s sheh sp;)ke, and wo tears fell s own her face, “Do mdfté weep. cﬂn% there is Ho self-reproach there should be no sorrow. I never thought that you would learn to love me. "All that I'did hope and believe was that. zoug wauéd, be near me always, and that I might, uithindered, Bee your face at times.” =~ “And T would stay if I could, for the thought of England isa load 01 my

heart} but there are other girls athome, and my brothers, ~and it seems wrong that I should chain my mother here because lam a coward.” :

-He did not say that there was a way out of her difficulty, thatif she could stay for him she could stagowith him; having no hope, he had no boldness. *Yoy believe lam sorri'x,’ don’t you?” she sa&,, looking " at him with wet eyes; ‘‘you believe that if I had dreamed of this I should have avoided you,as you have avoided me; and you will say you forgive me before we part, and fou will come and see us at times till I leave; and you will write to me and let me know when you are happy again?” ~ “Oh, yes, if _w{)gu wish.” v .“Thenzgood- y for to-day.” : “Good-by; forgive me if I let you go down to.the chateau alone. I feelas if .1 could not be in your presence and refrain from pleading.” He held both her hands, looking down on her, and then he said huskily: ** Will you kiss me? ‘I never thought to kiss a woman till you came. Now—well, I think I'have a right to that at least.” She raised her sweet face to his, trembling, and he kissed her, as we kiss thodaat i v iy

~ And then-he turned and went slowly up the hillside alone: ; o

: - CHAPTER 11. ’ “Mother, I have somethihg so odd,’ and‘strange, dnd sorrowful to tell yon.”

“YWhat is it, dear?”? . ~ Mrs. Carrington lifted her eyes from the Tauchnitz novel she was redding, and looked at her dau%hter standing in the circle of the firelight on the hearth. *lt is something. that makes me feel at once honored and ashamed, prodd and sorrowful.” ; - **Well, what is it?” e The girl came close to the chintz-cov-ered couch on whigh her mother lay with a colored Afghan rug over her knees—for to Mrs. Carrington the mountain air was always chill—and stood there hesitating. *]s it news from home?’?. .~

. ©Oh, no; it isonly this: M. delaßoche loveßme: < e e

. “Dear Connie, I am-so glad.” - *\Why, mother?? .. { “Becuuse he is a good man and a gentleman, and I am sure he will make you bappy.” e _ “Darling mother, you surely liave not forrotteny? . : : ‘

. “No, but I think it is quitg time you had, Connie. .L am ashamed. to think that you should ever cast a backward thought on F¥rank Dalby, shamefully as he behaved. Ile is mnot worth reWemberipe.l . o 0 il

“*Perhaps not; but still I cannot forget him,” the girl answered, crying ‘softly, with her hands clasped about her knees and her fair hair tumbled over her forehead. ; L

Mrs. Carrington rose and came over beside her daughter, and drew the fair, troubled face on to her breast. “You were -always, my favorite child,” she satd huskily, “the first and the dearest, and I have tried always todo for you the best that.l knew. I have no interest in life that is not bound up with your happiness. I have been your slave dnd servant ever since-your undeserved sorrow came. Do I not; therefore, merit a li%’lq thanks and eonsideraftion? “You do, and I am'trying all I can to please you: is it not'for your sake that I have “consented to go back to Farnleigh?”’ By !

“Yes; but now I wuat something more of you.” . i “What is it?”? There ccme the hunted look of a brave animal into the girl’s blue eyes as she spoke. ; . “It Isthat you try tolove M. le Pasteur. Oh, indeed, it will' not.be diflicult, Connie, if you only try. Ile is so good, so true a gentleman, so grand a Christian; and then you would make him so haﬂ)y.” : 3 ; : “It would seem like sacrilege, and it would not be fair to him,” the girl answered below her breath. i

- “Quite fair when he knows all.” She rested her face against her mother’s knee for an instant, and then she looked 1'11}), smiling sadly through her tears. . “Pwo years:ago, had Lloved M. le Pasteur and desired to marry him, you would have thought me mad.” ~ *Yes; because two years a%ro I was proud and foolish;? but in her heart the mother was thinking: *T'wo years ago your life was unspoiled; now there are only fragments left for its rebuilding.” LCould it be right to marry him??

That was the question the girl sat asking herself over and over as the wind rose and whistled apiong the” pines. Once she would have .thought it wicked to do so, but now, if it would -make him happy, and if he chose her, knowing the truth—that kiss which he had placed on her lips an hour before had convineced her that she cared: for him, not with gthat proud, shy fondness of that long-ago love, but with a tenderness that perhaps was as worthy of B SR s

And then to be here always with him and the §imple mountain-folks, while she faded from the minds ofher English friends and was forgotten! That would be pleasant.. She loved the blue valley, the misty heights, the silvery music of the'cow-bells, and the sim{)le faces.that smiled on her with® mingled awe and admiration. Yes, she could be happy here, not in the old, full-bodied, triumphant way, but far happier than by any other coming possibility. She sat smiling at the firelight, and the tears had driéd” from off her face, and then she turned to her mother. *IIe will never ask me again; he took as final 21l I said to-day; if I mean to marry-him I must agk him,” she-said. . So Mrs. Carrington knew that, half unconsciously, Connie had made up her minde ' ' il The long eventing passed, and he did not come, and tho salon wag dull without him, though Connie feigned notto miss him, and made vague imitations of his favorite music on the organ, and travestied his reading aloud by the fire. And in the morning he did not appear .either, though the world donned her fdairest aspect, and the edeliveiss that ‘he had %i)ven Connie a day or two before, to bring her good fortune, raised its petals afresh, as thoughit had taken a new leasé of life. ¢ . ,

*‘lleis breaking his promise of coming to me, the wicked man,” shesaid to herself} “‘then I must go for him, and E_ring;’him here, and make my recantaion. ;

' 'She put on her little hat, and tied a soft silk scarf round her slender throat; and then she looked at hiérself in the mirror with a little interesg and pity. Would they live at the chatean when they were married? she wondered, going slowly upwards through the gloom that the pines held always in their era: brace. - Or would he take her to the little wooden parsonage-house, ‘with its balconied windows and veranda?’ For the first time in her life the thought that she was something of an heiress gave her’ Fleasure. Her money would tend a little to make lenri do 1a Roche happy, and it -was long since she had genuinely believed him the best man under the sun. He wasas high above that other man as the stars; but she sighed alittle as she admitted this, pérhaps because she was too earthly to be entirely sympathetic with a star. : *Of course I must tell him every--thing,” shé tliought, advancing slowly, with bent: head. “I wonder will he mind very much—l wonder will he mind enough to refuse to'’have me then!” - The idea startled her so that. she stood still a moment to think it gver. It was quite’ possible . that he might think what she had to tell so sad, not to saf' shameful, that he might cease to “love her because of it. Well that would not be her fault; she méant well, and she would tell the truth, and the end of it all was no longer witliin her power. iShe was a little saddened, as though her meditated kindness had been already rejected, but that thought did not hinder her—indeed, nerved her rather to the effort that was before her, “If I tell ‘him I shall try to love him, the choice will then be with him,” shesafd, and went slowly forward till she heard the pebbles on the puth above her crunch beuneath descending feet, andsaw a shadow fall athwart her passage. **Monsieur, mon amnil”. She extended both her hands to him, and stood before % rosy as the dawn, beautiful as emied womanhood. : ; o ‘%b'freiwem you going?”’ ; “To look for you.” = : hn;l nmltlﬁﬁzi Alle‘lo%ketd sokwl'lom axég is aspect struck her wi ,‘;'wgggons_cw@sness of ﬁain. - I came to-meet {ou, ecauss I have many things to tell and ask you,” she ﬂ“w a gravity that made him _**About what?” e e ,m& Jou arid me, and all you said Yyes ay. \ v ~ “What did I say? Some folly," I.sup--pose, to make you soi'r&‘;‘” 2 “Dh, noy quethgn%; ,m%ak& me feel very hqnored, something to compel a .confidence of miné in veturn.” She sat down on a bowlder that jot- | ted over the pachwaiy as she spoke, andhe dropped at her feet, with his face ,g.gutng' on his hands and his eyes avert- | . It he would not look at her, would not

speik to her, how could she say the st;au)g‘e thing she had comg prepared with? e e e

-*“T told you ouce that I had no heart. Do vou remember?”. 5o HYeslt e ; * And you did not ask the reason?” “No; friendship receives confidences, it never seeks them.”’ et

~ “Then you do not care to know anything about me?”? * SR

- “Nothing but what you wish to tell.” Why did he not help her a little? why d'ul) he oblige her so remorselessly to go ORT o 5 4

~ “Then I wish to tell you I was going to be married once.”

I thought as much.” i “The man was—l don’t know wirat he was, but he snited me; that is why he has been hard to forget. If he had ‘been greater, Perhaps L should have loved him less, for lam not great. But I did love him. I'never could give such a love to another.”

Ie shivered a little, lying at her feet, but he did notispeak. ‘ | “We were to have been married. I was very happy.. Everything had gone stmoothly; every oue was pleased. The wedding-day came, and his brother, a pastor like you, was to marry us. I went to the church in all my bravery of bridal finery, with my bridesmaids and my friends, but he did not come to meet me.- I never saw him from then till ROW B 3

[Ter voice had faltered, but it was the min’s face that was quite white. | s And what did it mean?” - . | “I'don’t know;'l never heard., He sent me a note that night by a messencer. It ounly said he was miserable and bacsed me to forget him. When'l knew that no aceident kept him away from me, and that he was alive and well, 1 left home with my mother, that, among new scenes, I might learn to-forget.” ** Aud have you sticeceeded?” :

“Yes, in a measurc; so far that I can

make a statement quite truthfullf', and offer you something,quite honestly?”’ **And-what is that?”’ : She blushed, and her eyes fel. \ “You have told me youlove me.” | ‘u}u}(r it is true;. God knows how true!l” - : “Then in that case, if it- would make you happier to havs me with you always - as youravife, I shall stay.” . : Ile was sitting upright now, white as manble in the'growing darkness. & *You would remain with me -always as my wife, far from all the pleasant things that have made your world so fair? Do you mean that?”’ - WY an e . ¢ “Then you must love me.” i “Perhaps/I do unknowingly; at least: I am sure I shall love you one day.” Ile had aroused her to a warmth of which she had deemed herself ineapable. She had come to him conscious of her own generosity, and now she was actually eager that he should take her at her word. His face had changed, it glowed so that it seemed quite beautiful. ~ “lam mot worthy. Heaven is too good,” he said, taking off his hat. as though he were in a sanctuary. She was awed. Did she merit a love lik? this? I shall try 'to make you happy—try with alkiny "heart,” she said, her lips quivering. . : ; : She did not . understand him as, long: as she lived. Instead of answering her ‘he dropped on his knees beside her, and hid his face in her dress, sobbing. tioo nin CHAPIRER T i She would marry him. She hadcome fo him of her own accord—Heaven-sent, doubtless. - And she loved him. He had not dared to believe that at first—only divine pity and tenderness could have inspired her—but, as the days passed, circumstances brought conviction, and the deubts and fears melted «into rapture. : : ; They were to go to England for a part of their honeymeon, that he might -learn to know all her friends; and then they would return to the familiar but - glorified life among the hills. His happiness exhilarated him sometimes, at other times it oppressed him like a burden -What was hethat so much good should befall him, while other men were dying for a %)leam' of sunshine, starving for a crumb of joy? Ie had loved humanity always because it sufféred; he would love it-better now, ?ixt)ce he had g¢scaped from-the common Jot. - e |

- The world séemed transfigured, as he stood on tiie path, which wound from the valley up through the-woods. Rays of light, like blades _of silver, pierced the soft grayness of the rolling mists, and the drops of moisture, gemminﬁ every leaf and twig, sparkled as thoug & shower of diamonds had fallen. How fair was Nature, and how good God was; how devoted to holy works would he make all his future, as a t}aank—of-. fering! ; : She loved him—would love him more. She had said so. i * His mind was so full of her that her voice, breaking in on his reverie, did not startle him. Ie putaside the boug}llls ‘hanging over a fallen tree on which he had seated himself, that he might see her as she came along toward him. Having done so, he could no more have dropped the verdant screen that would have hidden her from his gaze than if he had been turned to stong. She was not with her mother, as he had thought. A man accompanied her, a man whom he recognized at a glance, though he had never heard him <lescribed. Statelier than a Celt, fairer than a Swids, with bold blue eyes and blonde hair, and a military swing in" his gaif, and beauty that even the sullen, reproachful ancer in his face could not mar—De la _Roche knew. that he was lookingz on Frank Dalbg'. : The girl’s tace was pale ana tearstained, her eyes were bent fixedly on the ground, her hands clasped before her in an attitude of resignation.

“You have not. the slightest right to blame me,” she ' was saying, “as little as you had to seek me out, that you may torture me-now, when it is too late.” **And who made it. too late?”” he ask~ ed sadly. ‘*\Wio ¥an away and hid herself; and made 'gg(planation and atonement impossible?” : “Did you not tell me to forget you?”’ *I did, but it seemed the only thing to do then?” :

**As it is the only thinz to do now,’” she said quickly. *Oh, no, for I am free.” “But I am bound.”

“Only bound by your own word., I was bound by a lawtul fetter.” *“And what’s a fetter!” she cried, her eyes flashing, her chest rising and falling hurriedly; “a fetter ' that held you to a dancing woman, a woman whose nane you dared not mention at your home! And after such a marriage tie as that, you come to me with falsehoods about your love, and win my stupid heart, to break it and disgracs me, you being married all the time.” “Did I know then thatl was married? Is my oath not enough? Are the facts not proof enough that I had thought her dead? How could I know that she was too evil even to burn, when the theater she was dancinghin was left a shell? “ Ilow did I know that she would bide her time to come back and be avenzed, with wicked cunning when I might have been happy? And you reproach me that I had not told you about her. You think that, false in one thing, I must be false in all. Was it a fitting story to bring to a pure woman, the story of that old sorrow and shame? Was the grief of my - youth likely to.crown my manhood "in your eyes? If I did wrong, have I not.sufferéed enough? ' And as to her, had I been older and worse 1 should not have married ber; in which case, in yours and all other eyes, I should have seerned blameless.” S T

There was g hard, sneering emphasis in his tone which hurt the girl. - “*Oh, no, Frank, don’t think us worse Pharisees than we were, and forgive me if I have seemed to doubt you. You see your coming was such a sudden revival of the buried pain, that I hurt you more than I meant.merlxaps. in self-de-fence. We have both suffered, and whichever of us erred has atoned, and now we may part friends,” ; *Then you mean us to part?” . *“‘What can I do? There is no other way.” 7 . *“Could ¥ou not tell this man the truth, and let him free gou? I'suppose he is honest enough to do that?” ’ *I shall never ask him.” She was motionless now, her face bravely ‘tﬁ)—. lifted, though her tears fell fast.” “He loves me far better than ever you loved me, Frank, I know that, ﬂuﬂﬁh Tam sure I don’t know why he should.” “But Ko‘u love me, and that is where Il’lﬂret e,betterott higr." s R ere was an ugly frown om Captain Dalby’s brow. It si!a not everg;nan who can {)lav the last card of the game he has lost with grace. : - “Perhaps I do; but that is my shame and sorrow, and it will not be always 80, I trust, and know,” .. 0 i *And you will have nothing to say tome now?”’ S . Q“NOI” 5

- “Tien T need not detain you any longer. ‘I am sorry I intruded upon

you, Farewell.” : s ~ “Jarewell.” She stood looking aftér him till he was out of sight,her head: held high, herlips pressed t_ogethhrg Then she flung out her arms with a cry: “1 do love him, I do love him! How-can I bear it?”? . s il e b A momentary oblivion seemed to fall on the minister; when it passed he was alone with his (iespau'. SR It was all over, the short, glorious dream in which he had b_alxave&tx?glf beloved; the brief frenzty that had I % him to the happiness of heaven. It was. .all over, and he was alone with the chill, ! and the darkening night, and:_ngp‘dy. The other man had’ retirned, the man who had wealth, and rank, and beauty, all the things that women love and her heart had ’%one back to him_.’if indeed it had ever been out of hiskeeping. . Yet how brave she had been, Koor soul, in trying to keep her faith: how. firmly and gently she had spoken! The thought came to him like a gleam . of i'comfort; at least she had wished to be true. A : ' He ecould not think it out yet; the ‘ change was too new and appalling. He had sunk from his seat on the" tréetrunk down to the earth, where helay rone, in the attitude of all sufferers, B‘is arms folded-above the fallen leaves, and his face hidden. ; He was very -miserable—did God know how miserable—and had hebeen elected to suffer this always? If so,did such a lot fall to many men? Had such a cup offered to them'in mockery, and then withdrawn, leaving: them to die of thirst? Did the ark ofre &: i)ft((eln fg;;l m‘ex;{ 807 I?ildlt};q-‘ipm&, et and often sink int{o deep ;w'gf \ers, jus as weary feet touched its%horpi" f sorrow like his were a conmimon destiny, then he could acespt it more easity; he wasnot a coward. i He thought it all over, as he layprostrate, with the chills “of the soil”numbing him, and.the mists enveloping him —how he had seen her first bé the little church gate; how she had offered him her friendshig, and afterwards herlove; how he had been passive in it all, or seemed to have been.. iy g

He had been happy enough before slie came—happy in resigned unexpectahc%; but she had come, and that was all over. How was he to return to things as they had been? How would he bear the burden of all the heavy, comi% ﬁears? Why, he was not'tlxirﬁg yet, and® is life might stret¢h out.to the allotted threescore years and ten. If so, how could he bear it—forty chill summers forty cruel winters, forty years full of days and weeks made up, each one, of hours of pain? How could he bear ig? He rose tiredly from theé-earth, nitmbed and chilled, weét thlm&wﬁ‘& the dew and mists, and: st “blindly upward; His hat had-fallefi'off; and lay am_onF the dead leaves; “buthe did not missit. A faint‘windﬁﬁﬁééq;ggi a pale moon looked down ofr him mistil; through moist, scudd_m%' clouds. Along the line of the path which hefollowed toward the chateau a few houses stood, their wide open doors permitting broad bands of light to fall’ across his path, and peals of rustic' laughter ta greet his-ears. How happy the people seemed! R A mE

Above him the castle towered black against the sky, with yellow gleanis where the casements were. Hecrossed the courtyard twice before he had strength to enter by thelittle side-door, which was left every day-ajar-for him. For him! }hat a mockery that seemed now! 3 g He stood outside for a moment and looked in. There was the- old hall, his favorite part of the house, and there were the pictures he and she had hung together, ‘and the old armor they had spent a whole day gol,ishing, and the organ which had sighed to his love and rapture a score of times. And now he was looking his last on them. He could not bear the’s__iiiht, lest it should unnerve him. He lifted the latch softly, and went in. , She was'in her favorite attitude ’bg' thelog-fire, and she started and halfrose as he entered. She seemed reliev‘ed at first that.it was he before ‘she noticed his stained dress, his haggard face, and the weary trouble in his eyes. “What is the matter? Where have you been?” she asked hurriedly, with a tone of affright, el -

_ “I have been fighting a battle and gaining a victory,” he said. “What battle—what victory?” ; “ A battle between my better nature and mg worse. The better—l believe it is the better—has won.” =

“I do not.understand you.” *You know I had chesen once a hard life—almostascetic, almost monastic—for myself. Such'must fall to some men. I thought, ‘Why not to xﬁe-as well as to another?”” and I came hera, leaving temptations behind.” She inclined her head. She ¢ould not answer him, - *‘But temptation followed me in ({; guise most Tair, most sweet, and Iyielded to it.” 3 g

Hesturned away, that he jmlghtix_mt see even her shadow as she stoot ‘drbog ing before him, and then went on'mo steadily: ¢ : “But happiness was not forme. It weakened me; it stood between me and duty; and, knowing ‘that,” I have come to give it up.” o s “Oh, Henril” S A wave of uncomprehended feeling broke over her, a consciousness of something like dismay. Was it possible that he had known of Frank’s return, and was this his generous way of setting her free? .

“*You will not try ' to hinder me; you will not make duty hard by telling me you will be sorry?{ lle turned to her imploringly as he spoke. “What I am doing is surely best for me. It will be best for you, too—at least I shall strive and pray that it may bo 7 5

“Dear brother, if you will have it sO,” she said, brokenly; !‘whatever seenis best to you will always be best - in nfy eyes. T would have tried to"magé"ygx. hany if you had let ma, !‘mtlshfgé_“yo ; will have it otherwise I vornsent;? :

e shivered as she (¢l iWay from him. All was over. i

[T e T Wi Iy . “We shall ride up to thu.llM% leave our mules there, and then walk up to the parsonage, Frank.” “Very well, dar}n . i “Don’t you think it was hatter: w did not tell him we were comimg, oran: of our plans about him?" - ‘ “Of course it was.™ e

Frank Dalby wius not in the habitof pondering deeply on his wife’s questions. Women’s trains o thought were never worth followinzr, atl least so the gallant Captain thousht, and a plaeid assent was all any wom n, even the dearest’'in the world, eitiier desired or expected. : : “He will be surprised. won’t he, Frank, to know that I have never forgotten him for a duy since we parted?” *I should think so, indecd, and uncommonly pleased, too.” “And don’t you think h« is likely to consent to my plan, to com: to Lnﬁ land and get ordained into the .Anglican Church—you know he can be as monastic there as ever he likes?”

*Of course, he’ll consent, and yo%l can have him to play ihe orran at al ~Your tea-drinking, and the women can ionize him ever so much.” .

SFrank, you must not speak so, I don’t like it,”” Connie said gravely. ‘‘lf ever I knew-asaint and amanof genius, it was Henri de 1a Roehe.”? 4

~ {*A saint surely. since he considered you the world, the tlesh and the devil, and renounced you as'such.” i The young wife’s lips quivered a’ lite, ‘I have a suspicion sometimes, in spite of ‘gayself, that he had some- ina‘pix;(;xtion about you, and so gave me up. ‘ il h “Ig,that be 80, I'm very' gratefal to im. ¢ /

Frank stopped his wife’s words that he ‘might kiss her. L 5 **That is the little church there. How bleak and bare it looks, with all the humble turf-covered graves aronnd . ifl Oh, we must take him aw;gdt;rdmr it we must give him a'better field of labor elsewhere!” A ? :

:‘?f com;se (‘ib:e muste ’;h =y mr ol ‘I was standing just there, Frank; the gate. when l‘x;equﬂie' down ﬁx‘sitg meet us.” ; *“Do you know, Connie; if .gon'wk any more about’ him' I shiall ‘begin” g;'ow’ ’jealous. and to think 'you r m. ' ok **But [ don’t, Frauk; only- it was:another sort of life here, and coming back to it again affécts me—you can’t under- ¥ con mdarecants: pestattiy il *I can unders . per, Jifcyon keep‘icr;lng'*ahd f maﬂnk‘*‘yoﬁ?’byﬁim’ over it. Sk IR v - Connie wiped two tears away fartivdly, and wenton in silenos: A 1 higher was the parsonage house; with its dpointed roof, and msakvumé%oﬁ and wooden balconies: ITow still looked, how lonely, hifisath the : clouds, and within sound of the sig : ot‘&;cll:ejpil‘(:;«g‘,x;!{twL ~@ e s She. went to: the deor eagerlysthie dmfmmmm% the wood, and devices carved over it face by the hand of some one who had

loved him. Tarough the open window ghe could 'i?i% int.othig‘ gtgﬂg fireléss toay, and with the ; Alghb.; h‘#}{ﬂ on)'_yt;?e_r lettered b‘im?ih?gs 6‘! bi’sg favorite books.

. She knocked timidly, waited, and th%kgoqkedamin-» CI B RRETY wad T A e ity ‘said ‘impatiently, rep g ‘the sum- | momsvl3ol,'o“:sl3{;T ans?hen'the_re ‘was a shufiling sge%n the. passaxe&ﬂm step of the age usekeeper, and’ the door -opened reluctantly. . “*We have come to see M.dela Roche; is he en{lage'd?”_- SR - The'old woman looked at her, looked her all over slowly, from 'her pretti boots to her flushed, eager face, but di not answer, A *Will youtell him I am here; say Mrs. Dalzy-—no, say -Connie has come to 'lsvg_efnk with him.” 2 8 old woman’s face changed,' a I(tx")!( of loss and trouble stealing: -over: it. : **Madame has not heard, then.” Her voice quivered, her head shook a little with the paisy of old age. ‘*‘Madame comes too late. M. le Dasteur was buried a week ago. :

Russia has made propositions to Germany for a joint reduction of forces on the frontier, The British government has purchased the steamship Ggmt Eastern for a coal hulk at Gibraltar. ik i

At a meeting of Suez canal bondholders in Paris it was resolved that the aﬁreement made by De Lesse&s with British ship-own-€rs was unacceptable. ;

daThe British l;ouiig OF uERe ot Thursreafiirmed resolution excluding. ax%ﬂ&gugh from the hall—the vote being 2§

Mr.. Gladstone informed a degﬁlttﬂon from the house of commons that the government desired the passage of a bill providing for'a minister for Scotland. The British government has tendered the use of the steamer Alert for the Greely .relief expedition, and she will be used as a supply ship. » Friends of Herr -Lasker in the German riechstag progqm to demand of Prince Bis‘marck an ex,b)vana;tion of his'conduct in returning to Washington the resolution of condolence passed by congress. ‘

A dynamite exglos,ion occurred earl?" Tuesday morning-in the ecloak-room of the Victoria railway station in London, blowing off a larfe portion of the roof ‘and destroying nearly all the glasswork. Seven men were severely injured. i i A sensation was created in the British ‘house of commons bﬁ John O’Connor Power who attacked Parnell and his lli:‘ilbenants in strong language, sa\‘y;ingl they b ]t)ursued a policy adverse to the interests of Ireland ever sinee the land act was introduced.

El Mehdi is mamhil(l;g toward Khartoum. It is ‘reported that General Graham has orders to transfer his base of operations to Suakim, whence he intends to march against Osma-n'bigma. The Arabs are in' force bghind Teb, where the dead of Baker Pasha’s army lie unburied, - Tokar was on Thursday surrendered to the Ex{;l)gzin Tebels. A It>ortion of the garrison at Khartoum has left the town. There are thittg’-two thousand British troops at ‘Trinkitat and twelve hundred at Suakim. ‘General Gordon telegraphed Admiral- Hew‘ett to call a conference of sheiks ‘to arran%g térms of peace, and to ask Osman Digma meet him at Khartoum. ¢

General Gordon has placed in command of the troops at Khartoum a ng&ro who won a decoration under Bazine in Mexico. The Eeneml demolished a ]prgson in which two undred men ware chained, burned the instruments of torture, and epened his office to all who have grievances to present. The Austrian consul sent £2,000° to El Mehdi to secure the release of Catholic missionaries.

A British relief expedition will arrive at Suakim next Sunday and advanee on Tokar Tuesday. Itis learned that two hundred men of the Farrison at the latter city made a sortie, kil mﬁ and woundintg many of the enemy. The Brifish army of occupation at Cairo is to be reinforeed. So %reat 18 the influence of General Gordon that no fears are felt for the safety of Khartoum.

The Deutsch Tageblatt] cummentinF upon Bismarck’s rep]fy to the Lasker resolution, repels the interference of & foreign legislature in the internal affairs of Germany, and criticises the diplomatic intennediar{ method employed in the transmission of the resolution. ‘T'he Tageblatt says: ‘“‘Webelieve Herr Lasker was unknown to a majority of the congressmen. Their objeet in ado&tslng the resolution was to gain German votes in the ceming ]‘)residential election, and win the love of Germans at home who are desirous to throw the gates of the fatherland wide open to American imports.” 4

A Woman ‘of the Day.

At the Waverley the other day, as it is reported, a man from St. Louis was introguced to a woman living in New York, and though he did not remember, her name her face seemed familiar., He told her so, and, after more conversation, he was more and more confident that he had met her before. He drubbed his memory for some time, to no purpurpose, and finally concluded that it was an accidental resemblance to some forgotten friend. When he had said this she laughed, and remarked: ¢‘You are right in your surmises. - You have met me before. I usedto bea friend of tylvours.” ¥ Y : e—lndeed? Where havewe met? ' She--At the altar. _ ~ He—At the altar? What altar? She—The nuptial altar. - - He—Absurd. - ek She—Yes; it may havé been absurd, but it is a fact, nevertheless. Don’t you know me? I used to be your wife. . He—But your name is Mrs. Simpkins. .‘

- She—Yes; Simpkins is the name of my last hdsband. ! %I;z——.How many husbands have you had? ; :

She—Since I left you? . . He—Yes; since I {eft you. = She—Only three. e - He—Your hair was black when—when—we concluded to dissolve. Now it ic yollow. * ; She cPeetarr o e 4L s

- He—You were formerly slight. Now you look rather—rather—stout. , She—So I am. I weigh 170 pounds, and am rapidly inereasing. Simpkins doesn't worry me as-much as you did. Content makes flesh. Anythin&more? He—Your face is prettier than I remember it. Your complexion has improved. . - She—Glad yon*a.lppreciate my art. No woman of the world has any excuse for being plain. Good looks are purchasable now-a-days. j .He—Youare an extraordinary woman. She—Not atall. lam only a woman of the daﬁ. Now let me.question you a while. Have you been married again? He—Yes. : : She—How many times? He—Twice. « s She—Are ryou a husband now? He—No; 1 am a widower. She—What a pity! . » He—lt issad.

She—l don’t mean that. I mean that it is a pity you were deprived of the fun gf getting another divorce.d I hkf; it, on’t you re you en, agai He—y-Nof.."j{:t. yln fagt?,'g::y fast ‘wife died only a month ago. . Some respect must be ‘;mid. , : She—Very true. But don't be -in’ haste. Keepdisengaged a while Jonger. Simpkins is in Eg,'yitsx.l They have the’ chol%ra there, you know, very! badly. No one ean telrwhat may happen. I shall have letters from Egypt in -three’ days. Wait alittle. We n(l}lght 3gre& better next time.— Atlantic’ Ovly (N. J. )" Cor. Chicago Tribune.

He Remembered,

They were talki:ﬁ- about the Black' Friday of Grant’s administration, and finally someone addressed the man in the corner, and asked; ‘Do Iyou TO+ member the day?’ <Well, I rather think so!” he replied. *“Very exeiting, eh?” «J didn't notice mueh excite~ -ment.”’” ¢ Maybe you lost heavilyP! ¢ Well, no.”” ¢* Then you.gained?’” T 'don’t think so.” ¢ We{l, then, for what _special Teason did you remember it?!’ _persisted the inten'ogutor. “Why, that was the day I married a widow who had beepn. l,geepl.ng; up a $200,000 show -on an ineome of $1,200 s lyear!” si%ed,l the speculator as he fell back+— Wall Street News, ; ‘; —When' one of ll:o&er Carey's chiokerx:f, or stormy petrels, is seexi‘n"esm‘ ship; a storm is a rowhnﬁ' gz, for these blrgs -are ra.tely‘ggenin fair weather. It is a forecastle notion that the petrel 8 80 named from St. Peter, on account: of its running with olosemeaomtm surface of the waves. ' This brought tomind the walking of St. Peter upon the “water, and the sailors think the" bird was therefore called *‘petrel”’ as'a sort of diminutive of the apostle’s name. These birds have been known to follow a vessel during a storm for many days, :gsmntlywlﬁn neither food nor rest, i o il 5 Bt AL .one’ of ‘these' b should ‘be “swi &l'd in & great storm, asisfrequen the case, no lﬁor will touoch it.— - eago Inter-( J :

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My stock of Furniture must be reduced at any cost, and Ihave made a wonderful cut in prices. For instance: = - Bedsteads; Solid Walnut, formerly slLnow $8.55. - Bedsteads, Cherry & Walnut, formerly $l3 now $7.75. Bedsteads, Ash & Walhut, formerlo $8 now $5.75. Bedsteads, Com.mon,‘)"ormerlys2.7s ia-ww;j”",?.ﬂ_‘_ i S Kitchen Cupboards, formerly 6 now.. 4.75. Mo ~ The same reduction will be made on all our goods.

Bureaus, Charis, Sofas, Dining ~ Tables, Center Tables,

Picture Frames, Wall Brackets,

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- These are no shoddy goods shipped here to sell, but"mfg of our own manufacture, and are sold at the above figures because' I am compelled to reduce my stock before moving nto a smaller room. il G

AT CETION S4B ~ EVERY SATURDAY. . 6:OODS ALWAYS SOLD TOO HIGHEST BIDDER. P J. M. BEL/TS. fﬁé“'"l]Ei"géé"t"fi«féféii;ﬁgﬁﬁ—eifiifmhem Indiana. ~ J.KELLER & CO. KENDALLVILLE, : :: : INDIANA. —ie -——lx{witerthe public to visit tl:xeir——‘ P uRAND DOLBLE MORE

——A complete line of —- : BRY 60088, NOTIONS, L Fine Boots & Shoes, | —The latest Nove'inies'in»; | ; Dress Goods and Shawls, PineTineest ] LACES, HOSIERY, | OIL CLUTHS AND CARPETS, ‘ TRUNKS AND VALISES.

R.D. KERR, Having Removed His ILarge and Elegant . Stock of , : - ' Into His 4y NEW BRICK BUILDING, Respectfully Invites all of his Customers and the public in general to call . : and Examine the el e ! L\ ;/ _] m e Largest and Most Complete ‘ : ' assortment of = e : EVERY STYLE of FURNITURE ever exhibited in Noble unnty.; it New Goods, . -+ . NNew Rooms, - = ~ NNew EHverything. ¥ oimembior. the Plaset © o ~ One Door South of Gerber’s New Hardware Ligonier, Ind,, March 8,1883. - : da e J. W. HIGGINBOTHAM, . & WATCHNAKER, 9 [ ‘ - Jeweler, R (SIS "?.“\QQ‘J g o e L ARy SR o SIS BoPTICIAN, B ite At S R ,m.o.n.,’f@?;ﬁxfﬁ;&ﬁ?‘{ﬁﬁﬁ; e o Watches,Clocke sad Joweley prompiy and nestlysepaired sod warrsnted. | Sighion il ,1 Corner Thirdand Oavin Streets, Ligonier, Indiana. - [ ﬁ

\O not'let your Druggist persuade you to iake something else, but if he has not gotit, and will not send for it, write to. us and we will unfl it to you by express, prepaid, on receipt of price. ......OBe to three boitles of Ehewmatic Syrap will clear the system of Bile, and cure any case of Inflammatory or ‘Acute Rheumatism, or Neuralgia. ' ......Three to five bottles will cure Erysipelas in its worst form, ! e, s .....Four to six bottles are warranted to cure corrupt and running Ulcers,, - - - g ....Fout to six bottles erc warrantéd to curé inny case of Salt Rheum. | -....Five to, eight Dbottles will cure the worsi cgscofScromlu. ) s . | ......From two to four months’ use 6f Rheumatic Syrup will cure any case of Chronic Rheumatism f twenty years' standing. i ; Ifyou have been & sufferer for years, and have jused all the remedies yeu-could hear of, with no jave il, da" not ‘be .discoursged, for Rheumaticl jSyrup will cure you. - Fi ekl el | {Price, 81.00 per hotile; § bottles for $5.00. l Sund for our pamplilet of Testimenials, ete, @ 14 PHEUMATIC £YIICP CO . Rochester,N. Y. Y gol W ee e e ———— 4 T I M TSR

The handsomest lineof - - Ready-Made CLOTHING Ever shown in this market. Their - lﬁlel‘(zhant Tailoring ‘ . DEPARTMENT Is filled with the lateststyles of Foreign {- and . Domestic o 'CASSIMERES AND WORSTEDS lEor Suitings and Pantings, Also a fail : - assortmentof . : - HATS & CAPS, Gents’ Furnishing Goods fos N e Ban Bt ' '

Rail Road Directory Rail Read Directory, Mick. Southern Rail Road. Micli. Southern Rail Road. 9 3 A & o C ISR ~ 24 On and after Noviember 18, 1883, trains will leay - G ~stations as follows: ¥ ] e T TR R e et e e NG Y I ém ‘G FAST, * [Atlantic Ex-. Express, Stations, . press, : —————‘--—_-——-—r.—____— 4 ..851am...}1.......Chieag0.......|..506 pm... - 1247 pm.. Elkhart!s) g <lO7 sl v GOBNEN Ly N g e 122 scdetae Millersborß. LUI T 135 volenverhiponter. 00, ] 100180 147 e cWRNERER oL b +.156 PR TR L L s e il oofeesn . Kendallville...|..los4 ... «.234 ..1.,._...Wawr100_......1..112‘?. e 512 OLoAR B R S e e e ee e e s Chicago Ex-| GOING WEST, ' (Pacific Express | Stations. l press, --1037am..}. %.. T01ed0:.......c0x|.. 11 OFp m ..12’:........‘......Water100........1..l O o vk DAL ...,...Kendallviue.....l‘.szz Seesdy e v s BRißeld L e siasaey - v sabeit s vin e fiohen so W OAWRIKE S 0 sR fs e i so s «230pm........0Lig0nier. ... .... 1.2 B% o (e AD T, ......Miﬁemburg...... e .3 02 same] s GORBER T T B SOO e e RIKRaRRbE s S Gl S R 281 b ONCARO. st s TBT L Way Freights, going west, paks Ligonier. al 837 a m; about 12 32 p m; and ats 2pm. Way Freights, going cast,; pass Ligonier at 255 am and about 958 a m, e Atlantic and Pacific Express train leaves daily’ both ways. ¢ : | P. P. WRIGHT, (]c_ﬂ’l Supt, Cleveland, O: ‘e o e OHNSON, Gen'l Pass, Ag't, Chicago, Ilis. F.J. ELLERMAN, Agent, Ligonicr, Ind. £ P e e se i i e ) Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich.R. R .~ Time table, taking’effect June, 1883, - e 3 ; ' BOUTH. NORTH, } No. 4. | No. 2. |AStations,L! No, 1, | No. 3. Pt P B e S st e i .ALS\ b S 230 pmill 10 pmilngianapois | 525amil 10 am 1240 | 945 pm{Anderson J.,! 630 pmi2 50 pm 1215 916 ° |.Alexandria.| 715 117 1128 am| 824" - |._ . Marion.. | £Ol 204 1044 /1782 - |...Wabash..| 847 52 1603 ° 641 {N. Manchestr} 929 387 (921 T 583 . .. Warsaw..lol2 , 494 pm 864" 522 ..-Milford... 1040 .4§ 824 518 New Paris. 1687 614 go 7 .| 458 ...Goshen... 1167 521 805 am,; 434 pm{L, Elkbart.A 'llB¢ 543 pm - (1 M { 352° ... Ni1e5.....411'3pm 625 pm 630 am| 300 PM Benton Harbr| 105 pm 715 pm 1000 pm| 800 1.. Chicage...| 709 706 am 1. Through coaches w?]lﬁ be riun on trains Nos, 3 fand 4 -between Elkhart amd Indianapolis, Through cowehes between Benton Harbor and Indianapoelis, on trains at the Harbor € :30 a.m. and -7:15 p. m.—on other. trains cars are changed at Union Depot, Anderson. Trains leave Union Deﬁof. Indianapolis, via Bee Liné, : " NORMAN BECKLEY,Gen. Man.

WHO IS UNACQUAINTED WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS COUN TR WILL SEE BY EXAMINING TH!S MAP THAT THE BT sa sas e s U 7 N fA el PeRBN oA T Bl "E~* SIS TR el paraly’ &ee et R W,~ Jel iAN ;,. yrid s ISR o P o] Suginyiaf HT (ENFAUNY S B el 0. g t 4 ¥ 05> ¢ SR + ."Q\ gl e 1 .' 7 5\51 o o QQ: R A 0 o) Bl %[ . 2 [T EONE N W s 754 SEEREs Wl/ B\ N 7 el - S S Y S AP ET v;—_““.'i*‘ VP ‘," Bk ot ‘5%“ N ,': gl At X RY IS/ B gbsv‘&; Bg/s 2 P e .-'f("p.*.i “ £ 14T T RNGY 8 S-SV 4&? d CRY)nly B izl £ R _yy“')*' «oh Ssg FEBY EE AR NIRSE N oot TST IR ) eSSI C £&S e ¢ 2 ML ° oG W 5 & ek TN Al £ f) N;\ i“ 7 B 1S 4 LAt i \ ‘sv J\‘L, SR A o 7 g o ; .j/’f‘( -f.-*ﬁ‘f\:"l‘&" ”ﬁd 2 FNE S RSt il S»ﬁ 3 -x A :a Eoh I"Q ) O“g S B H ol i) B 3 ST 5 B 0 4 R : PS\ il k}f’ NN AT VML). L e T R a 0 oL o e DI IR NS e e b S oo T P e go AN CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y By the central ‘position of its line, conncets the ‘East and the West by the, shortest route, and carriesd passengers, without change of cars, between Chicago and Kansas City, Council Bluffs, Leavenworth, Atchison, Minncapolis and St. Paul. | 1t conmects in_ Union Depots with all the prinecipal lines of road between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Its equipment is unrivaled and magnificent, being composed of' Most Comfortable and Beautiful Day Coaches, Magnificent Horton Reclining Chair Cars, Pullman’s Prettiest. Palace 'Slccpiu% Cars, and the Best Line¢ of Dining Cars> in the World. Three Trains between Chicago and. Missouri River Points. Two Trnin&.bbetween Chicago nnvz‘minnenpolis and St.P:mt,viaéhnFamous : . ALBERT LEA ROUTE.” - £ New and Direct Line, via Senteca and Kanka~" kee, has recently been opened between Richmond, Norl‘clk.Ncw?ort News, Chattanooga, Atlauta, Au= ° gusta, Nashville, Louisville, Lexington, Cineinnati, li)dimxgpqoli%nn{i LE(llf(\th!C, ‘ﬂcllld Omaha, Minneapolig and St, Paul and intermediate points. TAL} Through Passengers %mvcl on Fast Expresa raimns. 1 ' 2 Tickets for sale at all principal Ticket Offices in the United States and Canada, O 7 - Baggage checked through and rates of fare al;vuys as low as competitors that offer less advanages, : - < For detailed information,get the Maps and Folders of the g . - : GREAT ROCK iSLAND ROUTE: At your nezarest Ticket Office, or address R. R. CABLE, ' E.ST.JOHN, . * “'Vice-Pres. & Gen'l M'g'r, Genl'd Tkt, & Pass. Agt, CHICACO. .

3 for the working class. Send 10 cts ! for postage, and we will mail you : free, a royal,-valuable &ox of sample goods that will pufiyou in the 8 way of Tnaking more money in a few days than you ever theught Qossiblo at any business. Capital not required. We will start you, You can work all the time orin spare time only, .The work is universally adapted to both sexes young and old. . You can easily ewrn Irom 50 cts. to §56 cvery evening, That all who want work mag test the business, we.make this unparalleled offer; toall who are not well satisfied we will send $1 to.pay for the trouble of writing to us. Fuil particulirs, directions, ete., sent fiee, " Fortunes will be made by those who give theirwhole time to the work, Great success, absolutely sure. Don’t delay. Start now..© AddressSTINSON & Co., Portland Maine. e - 34-ly. T ——— T T A Y T B S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NN NI NN NI NN NN \/I'\, NI TSN N N ! ‘ on James Riyer, Va.,.in a North- { J_A l crn settlement ‘Dlustrated circu- ’ lar ﬁ‘% .J. E. MANCHA, Clare-' a———— ) OTI VI LI $

Ruskin's Works.

Sesame and Lilies, paper, 10 cts.; cloth, 25 ¢ts | Crown of Wild Olive, paper, 10 ¢ts:; cloth, 25 ets, Ethicsof the Dust, paper, 10 ¢ts.; cloth, 25 cts. - Sesame and lLilies, Crown of Wild Oliyve and Ethies of the Dusi,in ono valume. hag Russia, ‘red edges, 59 cts. Modern Painters, Stones ur Venice, ete.,, in prepm‘-)giion. Lar[ie catalogue free. Y OHN B. ALDEN, Publisher, 18 Vesey St., New PorZ. kA S T b e s s An Only Daunghter Cured of Con-y " sumption. . , When death was hourly expected, all remedies having faile#, and Dr. H. James was experimenting with the many herbs of Calcutta, hc accidentally made a preparvation which eurcd his only child of* Consumption.- His child is now in this country, and enjoying the best of dealth, - He has proved to the world that Consumption can be positively and permanently cured. - The Doctor now gives this recipe free, only asSing two 2-cent stamps to pay expensess This Herb also cures night sweéats, nausexat the stomach, and will break up a fresh cold in 2¢ hours, Address CRADDOCK & Co., 1,032 Race Street, Philadelphia, naming this paper.. ,

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