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CHAPTER VI. (Continued. "The devil take those fellows." D ck was saying to himself at that moment, as he drove along. "They have either got a clue or they've turned suspicious. Snooks the other day and Laurence now. I shall have to make up my mind to screw things up to a climax." But he had not new much fear that the climax would be a disagreeable one for him: and he drove along over the muddy roads as gayly as ever he had done between the sweet September hedgerows. Yet when he drew up in front of the Hall it struck him that there was something stiange about the place. For one thing, the usual neat and well-kept gravel was cut up. and in one place the low box-hedge which skirted the now empty flower beds was cut and crushed as if a careless driver had drives over it. He was not long left in doubt. Old j Adam came to take his horse and led him off to the stable, shaking his head ' with ::r.inms sadness, anil muttering j something indistinctly about a bad Job; and then Barbara opened the door with scared, white fac a, and quivering lips which could not command j themselves suiT.ciently to tell him anything. "Good God, what is it?' exclaimed Dick; bis thoughts flying straightway to Dorothy. Bat it was not Dorothy, for in two minutrs she came mnning into the room, tried to sneak, and then, scared and trembling and sobbing, she found herself somehow or other in his arms. Dick was almost beside himself with anxiety, but he soothed her tenderly, and patted h.-r shoulder with a gentle, "Then there, darling, don't cry like that. What is it. dear? Tell me." But fr a litt time Dorothy simply could not tell him. "I've been longing for you to come," she said at last. Oh. poor Auntie! and she is al! I have in tile world -in the world." "Hut is she ill?" asked he. "Remember that I know nothing." "But you got my telegram." she said e-a-dng her sobs to look at him. "Your telegram? Nu! What telegram?" "I sent one early this morning to you at Co'c'.ioster." she answered " To R. Harris. 49th Dragoons. Colchester.' Was not that direction enough?" "Well, scarcely." said Dick, half smiling at his own knowledge. "But about your aunt is she ill?'' Dorothy's tears broke out afresh. "She is dying dying." she sob'ed. "The doctor says there is no hope no hepe whatever." "But tell me all about it," he urged. "What is the matter with her? She was all right yesterday afternoon when I left. It must have been very suddden. Was it a fit?" "Paralysis," answered Dorothy mournfully. "We were just going to bed. and Auntie got up, and all at once she said. 'I fee! so strange, Dorothy; fetch Barbara;' and when I came back a minute afterward she had slipped down on the floor by the sofa there and could hardly speak. We put a pillow under her head, and got Adam up. and Adam drove into Dovercourt and brought the doctor out &s fast as he could; but Auntie did not know him at all. And as soon as he came in, Barbara and I knew it was all over with her. for he shook his head, and said. 'We had better get her to bed. Oh. no. it won't disturb her. she feels nothing." But she did feel something." Dorothy added, "for wben we were undressing her she spoke several times, and always the vame. My poor little girl Dorothy all a'.one. " and hero, poor child, she. broke down again, sobbing over her own desolation. "I begged and prayed her not to worry about me, but it was no good. Dr. Stanley said she cmldn't hear me, and so she kept rn all night, 'My poor little girl- all alone. " For some minutes Dick said never a word. "Dorothy," he said at last, "I should like to see her. Where is she?" "In her own bad," said Dorothy wonderingly. "Then take BSC up there. Perhaps she will understand me if I tell her something." So Dorothy took him up to the large darkened room where the mistress of 'the house lay dying. Barbara, filled with grief and dismay, sat keeping watch beside her, and she stared with surprise to see Dorothy come in, followed by the tall soldier, who entered with a soft tread and went up to the bed. where he stood for a moment watch lag the dying woman, and listeniuj-' to the incoherent, mumbling words tout fell from her lips. '"Dorothy little girl no one alone ah!" and then a long sigh, enough to break the bear's that heard it. "Just pull up that blind for a minute, Barbara," said Dick to the weeping woman. "I want to speak to your mistress, sad I can't tell whether she will understand me unless 1 can see her face." Then as Barbara drew up the blind and let the feeble November daylight In upon the pallid face lying so stiffly among the pillows, he laid his hand upon the nerveless one lying upon the bed-cover. "Miss Dimsdale." he said, "do you know me" Hut there was no sign, and he tried again.

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"Miss Dimsdale. dsn't you know me. Dick Harris?" For a moment there was a deathlike si!enc then the dying woman muttered, "Dorothy girl alone." 99 ! "You are troubling about Dorothy, said Dick, slowly and e'early, "and I have something to tell you about Dorothy. Can you hear me? Cannot you make me some sign that you hear me? Can you move your hand?" But no. the hand remained perfectly still, still and cold, as if it were dead already. "Can you make me no sign that you hear me?" Dick urged. ' I must tell you this about Dorothy. It will make you quite easy in your mind about her." Still she did net move or speak, but after a moment or so her eyes slowly opened and she looked at him. "I see that you hear me and know me." said Dick. "You are troubling to know what will happen to Dorothy if you should die in this illness. Is that it?" "Yes." She had managed to speak intelligibly at Inst, ami Dick pressed the (old. nerveless hand still covered by his own. "I want to marry Dorothy at once." he said very clear!: and gently. "I should have asked you soon in any case. But you will be quite satisfied to know that she is safe with me, won't you?" There was another silence; then the poor tied tongue tried to speak, tried again, and at last mumbled something which the three listeners knew was, "Bless you." "Auntie, auntie." sobbed Dorothy, in an agony, "say one word to me to me and poor Barbara, do." The dying eyes turned toward the faithful servant, and a flickering smile passed across the worn, gray face. "Old friends." she said more clearly than she had yet spoken. "Very happy," and the eyes turned toward Dick. "Auntie!" cried Dorothy. "My litte girl," said the dying wornDO vor an, almost clearly now. "My dear, good child. I am quite happy." There was a moment's silence, broken only by the girl's wild sobs, and when Dick looked up again, the gray shadows had fallen over the worn face, and he knew that her mind was at rest now. And in the quiet watches of that night Marion Dimsdale passed quietly away, just as the tide turned backward to the great North Sea. CH AITER VII. V S 1 w m ltv stayed at Gravelelgb Hall until the end came, after which he bade Dorothy go to bi; and he put his horse in and drove back to Colchester, which he reached in time for the day's duty, being orderly officer for the day. "I must stay in the barracks all tomorrow, darling; I am on duty," he explained to her; "but I'll get leave the next day and come out here in the morning. Meanwhile, will you and Barbara say nothing of the engagement between us? I want to have a long talk to you before any one else knows a single word." And Dorothy, of course, promised, and Barbara promised too, believing quite that Mr. Harris wished to say nothing about marrying and giving in marriage while the dar mistress of the house lay cold and still within it. It was a sad and wretched day. The news spread quickly through the neighborhood, and every few minutes inquirers came to the door to hear the details from Barbara and ask kindly for Dorothy. And about noon, by the time Dorothy had dragged herself out of bed and was sitting miserably beside the drawing-room fire, David Stevenson rode along the avenue ana told Barbara that he wanted to see Miss Dorothy. "MM Dorothy is very poorly and upset, sir," said Barbara, who had a sort of instinct that Iorothy would rather not see this particular visitor. "Yea. but I must see her all the same." said David, curtly. "Where is she?" "In the drawing-room, sir," said Barbara. "But I don't think I can let

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you go in without asking Miss DorothyI" ' Do you know," asked David, with exasperating calmness, "that I am Miss Dimsdale's sole executor? No, I thought not. Then you will understand now, perhaps, that it is necessary that I should see her to find out her wishes with regard to the funeral for one thing, and to give her authority to have her black frocks made for another;" and then, poor Barbara having shrunk away scared and trembling from this new and strange David Stevenson, whom she did not seem to know at all, he went straight to the drawing-room, going in and shutting the door behind him.

lAorothy jumped up with a cry al most of aiarm when she saw who had thus entered. "There," said he, coldly, motioning her back to her chair, "don't be afraid; I shall not hurt you." and then he got himself a chair and set it a little way from hers. "I was obliged to come and see you at once, Dorothy," he said, in a cold and formal way, "because your poor aunt made me the sole executor under her will. Rut first let me say how very, very sorry I am that I have to come like this. I have known Miss Dimsdale all my life, and loved her always." Dorothy had softened a little at this, and before he had ended his sentence began to cry piteously. David Stevenson went on: "I don't want to speak about the reason why she left me in charge of everyihing." he said "at least, not just now. Of course, she thought that everything would be very different with us. And then. too. she was a good deal mixed up with me in business matters, and I believe she wished that the outside world should know as little of her affairs as possible. Now, Dorothy, it shall be as you wish; I will either simply hear your wishes about the funeral and the mourning and all that, and tell you how your affairs stand by-and-by. or I will tell you now. whichever you like." "I would rather know the worst now," said Dorothy, in a very low voice. She knew from his manner that he had no comforting news to tell her. "Then I will tc. you," said he, in a strained tone; "and first I must ask you, did Miss Dimsdale ever tell you that she hail great losses during the past two years?" "Losses!" cried Dorothy, with open eyes. "No; I don't know what you mean." "I feared not. Well, she had several terrible losses of money, and and. to .cut a long story short. Dorothy. I ad vanced her several large sums on on the security of this property." "Then this go on." said Dorothy. "At that time Miss Dimsdale and I lKith thought that everything would be different between you and me, and, in fact, that I was but advancing money to you. We thought that the world cur little world here, I meanwould never know anything about it, and she was obliged to sell the Hall to somebody. I gave her more for it than anybody else in the world would have done, because well, because I wished to oblige her. and to help her over this difficulty. On no account would I have disturbed her here or have taken a farthing of rent from her, if she had lived to be ninety." "Then this is your house?" Dorothy asked. "It is," he answered, quietly. "Bi Auntie had a very large annuity," he exclaimed. (To be continued.) COMPLETION OF THE BIBLE. Generally P. - 1 1 i to Have lioen Keaehed Ahout A. I). iao. Scholars differ in opinion as to the date at which the books now found in the New Testament were completed, says the Review of Reviews, but it is probable that this was accomplished not later than 130. Many centuries have passed since the formation of the old testament, but the new was all written within a single hundred years. The decision as to which books should be received into the new canon was not so quickly reached, for the earliest fathers of the church frequently quote from other gospels, such as one "according to the Egyptians." or "according to the Hebrewa," and the Syrian church accepted some books not received by that of North America, or the western church and vice versa. There is a leger d that at the first ecumenical council of Nlcaea, 825, copies of the Christian literature then current were .laid beneath the altar and the genuine books leaped out of the mars and ranged themselves on the alta. It probably contains a germ of the truth that at this convocation it was decided that the books now received were apostolic or written under apostolic direction, and the others were spurious. Be that as it may the judgment of several generations of Christians certainly decided upon the value of these books as distinguished from many others written at about that tlr: i or later, and the council of Carthage (397) Is said to have fixed the canon. The word "canon" was first used 5y Athanasius, in the fourth century, in the sense of "accepted" or "authorized," and Jerome and August in' held the present new testament as canoni cal. Next to Müll In I n t elll len r. Sir John Lubbock makes the remarkable statement that "when we consider the habits of ants, their social organization, their large communities, and elaborate habitations; their roadways, their possession of domestic. animals, and even, in some cases, of slaves, it must be admitted that they have a fair claim to rank next to man in the scale of intelligence "

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FOR WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Skating Costumes Worn In tlie Northfni CllWi A HiMl Rig tr the Ice The riettie-it DrM of the Kta. M i g non no. HE rails me "father!" though n:y ar That ;hrilling name thai! never hear. Yet to n.v heart a:"- ' . ! fe on bring eV' -v O3 The sound in sweet imaginings; I feel its pushing i HC s.i- ;t.:: ui i ture on my soul: And when si'..- starts to we'cocae me. And WDCII slit' totters to my knee. And when she climbs it. to rml race My bosom for her hiding-place. Ami when she nestling there re I nes, And with her arms my neck entwines, And when her lips of roses se-k To press their swe truss on my c heek, Ami when upon my careful breast I lull her to her cherub rest, 1 whisper o'er tie- sinless dove "1 luve thee with a father's love!" Make Terr Cotta Brie--Bree. Modeling vases, statuettes and other ornamental bric-a-brac in terra cotta is the occupation which several New York women have taken up. This is not the first advance of the fair sex in this line of work, as women have been employed for practical modeling in a Dumber of large terra cotta factories for some time. The use of terra cotta dates prior to the lime to which our histories reach. It is stated "that the children of Seth, the son of Adam, built two pillars, one of brick and one Of stone, and they inscribed upon each of them the discoveries they made concerning the heavenly bodies, so that these inventions might be preserved to mankind and not be lost before they became sufficiently known." The word terra cotta vas then unknown. In 1705 an old well was opened accidentally by some workmen in Porta Latlna, at Rome. In ;r was found Egyptian and Roman B tattles in terra cotta. which were taken to England. Das reliefs were also exhumed at the same time. Among the specimens of Roman ceramic art are its metopes and historical fiiezes. The exquisite bas-reliefs of Lacadella Robbta-are known to all lovers of the beautiful. The name terra cotta was first used by the Italians. Terra cotta has great lasting qualities when made of the proper mixture of clays and when well fired. In beauty of color it has an advantage over stone, for by the use of chemicals almost any color can be produced, and they are found to be less apt to change under atmospheric influences. A MoUent Skating Itig. The modest skating costume has a skirt cut about four inches shorter than a walking skirt. I( fits snugly about the hips and fiares a trifle at the bottom. Short fur boleroes are much in vogue and they are worn over a Russian blouse, held in place at the waist line by a fancy belt Skirts are trimmed with bands of fur. Every costume for the ice has a muff to match the fur which trims the gown. A dainty evening frock is of a black lace over pale green silk, the lace on the front of the skirt describing downward points, enriched with sequins. The lace forms a bolero over a full front of green chiffon, and telling touches of crocus mauve are added in the clusters of hydrangea and loops of satin ribbon. The sleeves are long, and consist of black set over green chiffon. The bodice is half-"high in front, and is cut away in a big V in the back. Another charming frock is of white and gold brocade with five ruches of yellow chiffon around the skirt. Folds of the chifi'on are draped from the left shoulder to the waist. carried around the latter, and then arranged In a sash with very long, wide ends edged with very small ruches. Mntrhniaking In France, The theory of the philosophy of loe and marriage is radically different in France and America. In this country the fundamental idea is an unaccountable and irrational attraction which (presumably) can arrise but once in I lifetime and can be felt only for a single person among the thousands met in the course of early life. This theory is a sort of survival of the love science of chivalry, tempered by a reminiscence of IMato's doctrine libit souls were sent into this world in pairs ami circulated in this mundane sphere disconsolate untii the "coequal and harmonious" mates "happened to meet." When they did meet each recognized in the other a "homogenous

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fire." As a matter of course we do not carry the doctrine rigidly into practice, but that is our underlying theory of what love between the sexes It. The French theory is that any two people of similar station in life, of similar tastes, habits and general ideas c.ui love one another and be happy in married life and grow more used to cn another and happier as years pas.;. without any "coequal and homogeneous fire" to start with: that marriage is a union of properties quite as much as a union of souls, and that the probability of happiness is largely depend" em on the stability of the family Income. Consequently the parents take the matter at once into their own hands. Those who have sons end daughters old enough to be married let it be known what the marriage portion may be. The parents on both sides, having first ascertained that their children are not absolutely unwilling, enter into diplomatic relations ami lcbare the question of "dot." and whether the settlement shall be according to the "regime dotal," by which the wife's property is held in trust under the most rigid regulations, or the "communite des biens." where the wife and husband are equal partners. This las: arrangement is generally made whre the young people intend to live from trade and manufactures in a small way. Calls are then made according to a fixed ceremonial law. and betrothal is a solemn, public contract, and the engagement is long enough only to enable the bride's parents to provide the trousseau.

What B türl Wore. There appeared upon the ice the other day a girl who must have risen ear- ! ly these winter mornings in order to ! have designed so beautiful a skating costume for herself. It was not so very elaborate, yet it was the prettiest thing that the snowbirds have seen. The gown itself was a blue serge, rather coarse, and made upon the most simple lines, with the waist coming to a long point in the front. It was trimmed with bands of Persian lamb, put on in Grecian design around the skirt. The waist had broad lapels of the lamb and the collar was a square one of the fur. The muff was of Persian lamb, lined with the most brilliant scarlet satin. A piece of the same scarlet satin formed the vest, which was absolutely startling in its brilliancy. The standing collar was of the same satin, made in a perfectly plain band. The girl wore a toque of blue velvet, with baggy crown. At each side of the toque stood lovely red birds. Her gloves were white dogskin, but some days she wears a pair of the new heavy bright red ones. Another London Scandal. English women, and American women, too, will admire the pluck of Mrs. Andrew Barclay Walker, daughter-in-law of Sir Andrew B. Walker of Liverpool, England, the wealthy brewer, fcr sueing her husband to recover possession of the jewelry he gave her when she was his fiancee. Mrs. Walker recently obtained a separation from her husband and $12.000 alimony annually. Walker then took possession of Mrs. Walker's jewelry and refused to return it. So she sued for it and the jury returned a verdict in her favor. Walker is amply able to pay the alimony. The young man inherited a large fortune, which, like many others in England, was made in beer. The Walkers are Scotch, sometimes ttvy are said to be Glasgow to the backbone. The grandfather of the defend ant, plain Peter Walker, was a rag and bone merchant of Glasgow. Of a thrifty turn of mind, he and his son. Sir Andrew, saved enough out of the meager profits of their business to start a public house or saloon. With skill and business foresight the little saloon has grown into one of the largest brewing firms in England. Andrew Barclay Walk r is '.VI years old and was graduated from Cambridge, lie is not only a yachtsman, but an admirable polo player as well, and it was a surprise when it became known that he had plunged into dissipation. When the international cup iaces were occupying the public mini two years ago, Mr. Walker's name wa3 constantly on the lips of yachtsmen on both sides of the Atlantic, because there was a possibility that the Altai would become the international cap ehallenRer in place of the Valkyrie III. She would have been accepted under the agreement made by Iord Dunra vm had she proved faster than the lit! n boat. Some men tell their wives everything that happens; and there are some others who tell a great mnnv things that never did happen.

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or Trie Hearts action. 1 his irregularity may be mistaken for real, organic bear: i disease. The symptoms are much the same. There is howevera vast difference between ; t lie two: organic heart disease is often incurable: apparent heart disease is curable it good digestion be restored. A ciee in point is quoted from the 1ft M Ens, of Qreeusborg, lad. Mrs. EBaaCat som. Newpoint, Ind., a woman forty-three years old. had suffered for four years with distressing stomach trouble. The gases genernted by the indigestion pressed OB tha heart, and censed an irregularity of its action. She had much pain in her stomach and heart, and was subject to fre jnent an I severe choking spells which were most j Severe at night. Doctors were tried in I vain: the patient became worse, de-poud- ; eut. and feared Impending death. II - 1 IVM A Case s 7f.-(j-f Failure. She was much f l ightened but noticed that In intervals in which her stomach did not annoy her. her heart's action became normal. Reasoning correctly that her digestion was alone at fault she procure 1 tho proper medicine to treat that trouble and with immediate good results. Her appetite came back, the choking spells became less frequent and finally ceased. Her weight, which had been greatlv reduced was restored and he bow weighs more than for years. Her blood soou became pure and her cheeks rosy. The case is of general intere-t because the disease is a very common one. That others may know the means of cure we give the name of the medicine need -Dr. Williams- pink Pills for Pale People. These pills contain all the elements ne spry to give neu- life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. DIZZINESS IN ELEVATORS. I!ov Women Subject to It Cm Rid Tuentsetvea of tha Fe el In a. While men are subject to a feeling of dizziness when In elevators, women feel it to a greater degree. The cause of this sensation of dizziness is said to rest with the circulatory and not with the nervous system. A physician some years ago tried the efd'ec; of simply inhaling a breath just before the elevator started, either up or down, and holding his breath for a few seconds till the elevator got well under way, and to his great pleasure found no dizziness occurred. He recommends this method to all women who are subject to this dizzy feeling when descending, at a rapid rate. The explanation is very simple. The maintenance of the inflated condition of the lungs renders tense the system of blood vessels throughout the whole body, thus preventing the extra fullness of the blood vessels of the brain, which otherwise occurs when the sudden movement is downward, and vice versa, that of vacuity of the blood vessels of the cranial cavity when the sudden movement iy in the upward direction. FARMER S HANDY FEED COOKEh. Wc desire to call our readers' attention to the Farmer's Handy Feed Cooker, which is sold at the low price of $12.50 for 50 gallon capacity. By feeding poultry and stock with rooked food during the winter months, at least one-third of the food is saved; also having stock in a healthy condition, preventing hog cholera among your hogs, and insuring the hens laying freely during the winter months when eggs are always wanted at high prices. This Cooker will pay for itsei: in one week's time and is without doubt the best and cheapest on the market just what its name implies, a Farmer's Handy Feed Cooker. L'pon application to the Empire Manufacturing Co., 615 H street. Quincy. Til., a catalogue, giving a full description, mav be obtained. They are made in all sizes. The longest Mete. Probably the largest Bible in the world, as regards its dimensions, is the property of a tierman lady living in Manchester. The book is 2 feet ('. inches in length, and nearly the same in width, A foot-line on each page, in quaint vermilion characters, reads "This is a history.'' This unique Bible which is more than 200 years old. contains a number of curious old illustrations depicting the various sacred events recorded therein. There 1 a CIan of l'rnple. Who are Injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over J4 as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 cts. per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. Something l ntiaual. Blowell (who has just related a story) Why do you look surprised Don't you believe it? KowellYes; that's the trouble. I happen to know that it is true. Contll I K 1 .on a to MM in it lonKeinp'S Balaam will stop the cough at once. Co to your druggist to-day end get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once, delays are dangerous.

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