Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 September 1899 — Page 6

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CHA PTE Ii VI II (Continued.) "How odd!" she said absently. "I 'early remembered that nan.'. again. My memory must be coming back, I think." "Let me trust it is," said Valdane rather nervously. She leaned her chin upon her hand and looked thoughtful for a few moments then, rais'ng her eyes ".Mr. Martineau." she said, with a little sigh. "I should like all this business set on one side for a few weeks, please. Mr. Stelling is gone for his holiday to Lord Umfraville's for the shooting." "To Clarisdale?" "Yes." She paused, and asked in some astonishment, "Do yon. know Lord Fmt'raviiL1?" 'Well a yes; his wife was my cousin. I generally ay thre every autumn." "Indeed? Viscount Thonifceath is a great friend of -Mr. Stellings." "Ah. perhaps we shall meet! You wish then for ine no; to institute inquiries just yet?" "Not jus: yet, please. I don't feel strong enough j. ot in qt:ite good spirits mough to-" She checked herself bravely. Not for worlds would she have hinted, even to herself, that she tuougn: Bernard might before all things have taken step's to ascertain whether er no she were free. But he had chosen instead to go to Clarisdale. and .-he was too loyal to murmur even to her own heart. To Valdane it seemed like a respite. "Wiil you let me have a line when you wish me to pursue this matter, then?" he asked, rising to take his leave. "Yes; cr Mr. Ftclling will come to see yoVL. May I keep this copy of the will?" "Certainly, hut please don't lose it."

TT WAS VERY FOOLISH OF YOU TO LOSE ALL THE SPORT."

lie lingered simply because he could not tear himself away, though he could .-(: in every drooping movement that eh-1 was exhausted and unhappy, and wished to be alone. lie would have bartered all his prospects for the privilege of taking her in his arms and soothing her of holding to his heart, and telling her that henceforth nothing should ever grieve h-i lie he'd out his, hand at last rei errantly. 's there nothing more that I can do for you?" he asked. "No, there is nothing." she replied, shaking her had and smiling. "You p. re .-o kind. I don't know how to thank you sufficiently for your kindness." It seemed a painful v.-re n eh when he loosed the little fingers from his own. "ISy-the-by, Mr. Martineau" she folfollowcd him to the door "I left my left my v.vdding ring on your table. I nearly forgot to mention it to you. Did you see it?" "I did." f stammered. "It is quite safe you shall have it; I have it .safe," he reiterated in confusion; "but I can't give it to you now." Ifo.v could he, when it. was hung" from Iii-, nrk !v a f-Pr.der cord? CHAPTER IX. It vn a warm September day. Lady Mildred Ames iy (nt in the hammock under trie sh.ub r.i the spreading b-:h trees, and Idly moved her large fan to and fro. !b-r brows were puckered into a frown, her large eye.-: were absently fi::ed upon the wide-sprcadin'.' l.i.vii which lay bftweeu her and the house. Tho white lino which marked the taihb-cf;urt Sc-emed to quiver in the heat; th men were shooting, the chaperons lying down, the girls had driven to the home eoversto take the sportsmen their lunch. Lady Mildred tvould not go; .-he said she had a headache, but the truth was she was suffering from a fit of ill-temper. She v,v ; Lord Fmfraville's only unmairbd daughter and. b-dng the youngest, had Leen spoilt and petted during infancy, neglected whilst her eisters went to their balls and receptions, and then suddenly found herself, on her mother's death, mistress of the house. It was a had training, but the result was on the whole better than might have been expected. Lady Mildred was very charming and not at all arrogant, though she was rather selfish. Tho Umfraville family wa? in a had way, having the misfortune to posses3 property In Ireland. For thj last few years the tendency of affairs had been

down, down hopelessly down. Lady Mildred knew that it was she who was expected to retrieve the family fortunes, and it was this fact which just now weighed upon her mind, for she had been so foolish as to fall in love with her mother's cousin, Valdane Martineau. Valdane was what Lord Umfraville would have superciliously called an "impossible" person. So secure had he been of the "impossibility" of this young man that he invited him each year to Clarindile, feeling confident that no daughter of his would think of a young man who was a solicitor, and only moderately well off. He ignored the fact that the man had the manners of an aristocrat, the bearing of a perfect gentleman, the experience of a man of the world and the reputation of being irresistible. To Lady Mildred, alas, he was irresistible! She had succumbed to his influence before she knew it. Now it seemed as if she could not break free. Accustomed as she was to admiration, she never doubted that he more than reciprocated this partiality. It had. therefore, been a decided surprise when her father received a letter from Valdane, saying that he could not get away for the first, and begging to be allowed to leave the date of his arrival at Clarisdale uncertain for a few days. The letter was cordiality itself, but it left Mildred sore and woundeil. She was astonished to find how keen was her disappointment, and how flat and rtull the first had seemed without his accustomed presence. That evening her father took her aside. "Mildred," he said, "do you remember that young Stelling who was at Oriel with Laurie that very handsome young fellow who was so attentive to us when we went up to Commemoration? Would you belieVe it through

the death of an old woman his godmotherno relation at all, they say he has just come into a fortune of what do you think? Twenty thousand a year! All the papers are full of it. Now Mildred, my darling, every girl of your acquaintance will be after that young man. But if you gave your mind to it I am sure you could eh? Think, my pet, what it would be for us all! Twenty thousand a year! And what's your beauty for. Millie, if not to draw you a prize eh?" Had such a course of action been proposed two days earlier it would have met with his daughter's unqualified disapproval, but at that moment ber one desire was to punish Valdane. so she only smiled her slow, sweet smile and asked: "Is he coming here?" "This evening, my darling." "I remember," said Mildred, "that he was very handsome." "He was and most distinguishedlooking. What will yon wear tonight. Millie?" asked Lord Umfraville casualty, inwardly rejoicing at his success. "Liave that to me," Mildred answered calmly. "I will wear you will seo what;" and her father left her with a blissful feeling that all was goin just as be wished. When Bernard arrived that evening, Lady Mildred received him alone. It was chilly and she had a fire kindled in the drawing-room. She sat on a very low chair, a red glow over her crimson draperies and golden hair. she KPf-eted the young man with a pretty mixture of cordiality and shyness. She made him sit opposite to her in a chair which was the ideal of comfort, and apologized prettily for the fact that none ef the nun were in yet, and all the girls were dressing. She gave him a cup of tea from a tiny table near, and insisted that he was hungry after his long journey, and must eat come tea-cake, which, she lifted from the marble fender with a dainty pink handkerchief between her delicate hands and the hot porcelain. There was no light save from a branded cluster e)f wax candles on the tea table and the warm glow of the fire. The corners of the tastefully furnished room were in darkness. Lernard began to realize what life might he, now that whatever he longed for was within hia reach. In his home the great house he meant to buy he thought his drawing-room should be just like this. The man looked at Lady Mildred ät her perfect toilette, her delicate skin, the turn

of her heaJ, and thought how excellently she fitted in her surroundings. She was beginning her work well. Only her motive was not to win Bernard, but to inflict pain on the recusant Valdane, when he should arrive.

CHAPTER X. On this warm afternoon, as she lay in the hammock, she was thinking it all over and wondering where Valdane was, and what or who was keeping him from her. She was thinking, toe, of the cen admiration in Bernard's fine eyes the night before as he leaned over her piano. No doubt he wa3 handsome. She thought she could win him; would it not be madness utter madness to let him go for the sake of a man who had never in so many words told her that he loved her, and whom, if she married at all, she would have to marry without her father's consent? A footstep brushed on the grass. Lady Mildred half rose. Bernard was there, looking admiringly down at her. "Mr. Stelling! I thought you were shooting." "I was, but when I found the picnic party had arrived without you, I gave them the slip, and meaniy sneaked home through the woods, hoping to have the luck to discover your retreat. Fortune favors the brave, they say. I would :iot have missed a sight of you here for worlds!" "Mr. Stelling! It was very foolish of you to lose all the sport." "So long as you don't add that it's very impertinent cf me to intrude I'm content! Your pose is really perfect. I used to be able to sketch a little. Would you lie still for ten minutes while I try my hand?" "Oh, nonsense!" "Xo nonsense at all. Oh. you won't be so unmerciful as to move. Do let me have five minutes!" He had taken out a small book and leaning against the smooth trunk of a beech, was sketching rapidly. "There! That fan fits in well we will call the picture 'A Summer Day.' Keep your hand and arm still for a minute, please! Do I weary you?" "No" she was half laughing "I am too comfortable. You can't have done anything in so short a time." "Just enough for a remembrance." he said. "You keep so still. My sister and her friend, Miss Lilbourne, always fidget so dreadfully; I shall tell them to follow your good example." (TO be continued.) AN ECCENTRIC MAN. The progressive corporation of Bath has just placed a commemorative ta )let upon the house in Lansdown crescent once occupied by William Beckford, one of the strangest characters who ever spent his declining yean in the renowned English city cf the hot springs. His tomb and monument are such conspicuous objects on tin heights of Lansdown and the most casual visitor can hardly avoid becoming familiar with some of the eccentricities of this great dilettante. Bekford, who is best known as the author of the Arabian tale "Vathek" (written in one sitting of three days and two nights), claimed descent from the Saxon kings. He inherited vast wealth and expended it in the most lavish fashion, building a wonderful house at Fonthill, in Wiltshire, which cost over a million. Presently the evil days came vast sums lost in Jamaica through depreciation in the value ol his estates and lawsuits resulting therefrom led Beckford to sell Fonthill at a ridiculous price and to retire to Bath broken in health and fortune. Here he spent the rest of his days a recluse, shut up with his books and fancies. One commodious house would not suffice to hold his treasures, so on either side were purchased, one being connected with a covered way on the second floor, which can still ba seen. His passion for building unassuaged. Beckford erected a great tower on the hill a mile above his house wherein to study, and when he died his remains were laid above the ground at the foot in a granite sarcophagus vhich was prepared during his lifetime. The property was then sold for a tea garden, hut his daughter, the duchess of Hamilton, repurchased it and to save it from desecration gave it to the rector of Walcot as a cemetery. The tower has just been repaired and i: is once more possible to enjoy tho wonderful view from the summit, which is 0r0 feet above sea level. ( astclhir :t Newspaper Man. Cadiz Correspondence Chicago Record: The late ex-president of Spain, Kmilio Castelar, was a newspaper man all his lift and after he had practically retired from political life hte literary labors kept him alive in tee esteem of his countrymen. Yet his conspicuous work as a journalist, no less than as man of affairs, was dono during the third quarter of a century. In the 'Wis, when Castelar had beceuue famous by his share in the meeting of the Seatro Real, where Gonzales Bravo, the master of oratory, marked him as the rising leader of the young democracy, he wrote his first article for El Tribuno. lie dissolved his connection with that journal when it sought to brand him as a monarchist. La Soberania Naeional. on the other hand, he ahandoned because, it was too radical. Then he joined the staff of Discussiem, resigning his position in 1801 to found the short-lived Democracia, which he published and edited for two years. J toy of tlm OIl-n Thin'. Boys have1 always been hoys. Thero Is no doubt that Shem and Hani pitched coppers or played jackstraws on the shady side of the ark, while Noah, who couldn't lind them, had to feed the stock himself, or that David held up two lingers to Jonathan when lie saw him across the block and that they therewith went in swimming in tho Jordan against the expres; prohibition of their mothers. Minneapolis Journal. Small Hut .Strong. Mr. North You say you like spirited horses; what is your favorite breed? Mr. South Toe tell yo the truth, suh, a pony of brandy.

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Something About the Uniforms to Be Worn by the Hero of AW.ila Bay.

As soon as Admiral Dewey arrives home his measure will be taken for the : various articles of clothing that are designed for his rank. It will cost him in the neighborhood of $2.000 to complete his outfit. According to the regulations of the navy department this is what he will require: The accompanying cut shows the uniform, in which the admiral shall appear when he calls on the president in a semi-official capacity. Such visits shall be made at least once a month, generally the first Sunday of each month. This of course, applies to periods when the admiral is free from sea duty. This suit is the swellest outfit in the list and consists of a doublebreasted coat with tails, which is lined throughout with white silk serge; trousers, also of navy blue broadcloth, with gold lace down the outer seams, a gold-banded cocked hat, epaulettes. ADMIRAL DKWEY AS sword and full-diss sword belt. The coat sleeves will be adorned with two two-inch stripes of gold lace with a single one-inch stripe between and all surmounted by a single star. It is in this star that the distinctive marks differ from Admiral Farragut's, his star bearing a small frigate embroidered in silver iu the center, while Admiral Dewey's is plain. There will be a broad band of gold lace around the collar. His epaulettes, like his shoulder straps, will bear four silver stars of live points each, the outer two being superposed upon gold fouled anchors, the am hors being the distinctive marks for an admiral as compared with the four plain stars of a general. There art two rows of nine buttons each down the front of the coat, and the beit rests just above the bottom two. Tho rocked hat i.s of Mack silk beaver, and is from 111 to IS inches long from peak to peak, and from f to li1-. inches high on the left fan and an inch lower on the right one. The fans are decorated with a strip of two-inch gold lace laid on fiat and passing around their outer rims and under the peaks. Tin admiral will wear the sword voted him by congress, wliich is io be given him upon his arrival in Washington, and his belt will lie of dark navy blue cloth, embroidered on the top and the bottom edges with a gold stripe half an inch wide In the renter a reduced version of his sleeve stripes. The sword sling straps will be of the same style, only smaller. The full dress uniform is to be worn on all other occasions of ceremony, such, for instance, as in making the first visit to other officers of flag rank and tn social occasions to which officers are invited in their official capacity. The coat of this uniform is like the evening dress of the civilian, and, with the exception of the collar and the buttons down the front, Is

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adorned just as the special full dress coat is. epaulettes, sword and cocked hat being worn also. On occasions of "ordinary ceremony," such as in boarding shins of war, in making the first visit in port upon commanding officers, on pa rr. des of ceremony with enlisted men under arms, and at the ordinary Sunday inspections. excepting, of course, the first one of the month, the admiral will wear the dress uniform. This uniform consists of a frock coat, plain blue or white trousers, cocked hat. epaulettes, sword and plain leather belt. The admiral's belt for this dress is the same as that prescribed for all other officers, and is of black grained leathrr of not more than two inches in width. The beit plate or buckle is of yellow gilt and consits of a wreath of oak leaves surrounding ti e naval coat-of-arms of thirteen stars encircling a spread eagle on an anchor In eas? the I IK WILL APPFAIt WHEN HE CALLS admiral could be prevailed upon to serve on a court of inquiry, he would wear the frock coat, plain blue or white trousers, blue cap with its band of oak haves in gold around the crown and the vigor rim, the shoulder straps already described not epaulettes sword and plain leather belt. To he more particular about the cap, it wi" be of dark blue cloth, with the present slightly llaring top, fitted with a visor of black patent leather lined with green and covered with the blue cloth, embroidered around the rim with gold oak leaves. A small size navy button will be placed on each side above the temple.-,, to which will be fastened a (hin slrap of leather, faced with gold lace. On the front there will he a .-diver shield, emblazoned palewic-e, of thirteen pieces, with a chief strewn with stars, surmounted by a silver spread eagle, the whole being placed upon two crossed fouled anchors embroidered in gold. When calling on foreign officers, other than commanding officers, and on social occasions when frock coats are appropriate, the admiral will wear the foregoing uniform with the exceptions of sword and belt. On all service duty on board ship, and at all times not provided for by tho regulations for the foregoing uniforms, the admiral will wear the service, dress uniform. This consists of a blue or white coat, such as all of his pictures taken about Manila show, trousers and cap to match. The service sword belt, with sword attached, will be worn on all duty with enlisted men under arms, or when away from the ship on service circumstances hardly to be expected in the ordinary ccNrse of the admiral's career. The service coat is made of dark navy blue cloth or serge, shaped to the figure, and reaching 4own to Üie top of the inscam of

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j the trousers. A slit over each hip J reaches five inches on the right side j and as high on the left side as the po sition of the lower edge of the sword belt. This coat is single breasted, with a lly front, fitted with plain, fkit, black gutta-percha buttons and a standing collar, the collar, the edges cf the coat, the side seams of the back from the shoulder to the lower edge of the skirt, and the edges of the hip slits being trimmed with lustrous black mohair braid. The admiral will wear on his sleeves the same gold lace prescribed for his full dress coats, and on his collar, on each side, the four silver stars and the two fouled anchors arranged on his shoulder straps. The white or duck version of this coat will be trimmed with white braid where the blue cloth is trimmed with black mohair. There will be no collar device, but there will be shoulder marks as lately prescribed, which will be of blue cloth, lined with black silk. 41- to inches long on the side. V inches wide, with a symmetrical triangular peak at the top. extending 1 inch beyond the parI allel sides, fastened at the center of I the peak by a binall navy button. The ! top of these marks will be covered OX THE PRESIDENT. with the gold lace markings of the admiral. White braid equivalents will take the place on the sleeves of the three bands of gold worn on the other coats. Two uniforms are set for evening wear, and are described as "A"' and "H." "A" will be worn in the evening, m occasions of ceremony to which the admiral may he invited in his official eapacity, and "H" will be worn on social occasions to which he may also be invited in his official capacity. "A" uniform consists of an evening dress coat and waistioat. laced trousers, cocked hat, epaulettes, sword and full dress belt worn under the waistcoat, while "B" is the same with plain trousers and blue coat. In addition to the foregoing wardrobe, the admiral will have to provide himself with a uniform overcoat, a cloak and a regulation mackintosh, in addition to no end of special scarfs, cravats and gloves, and by the time he has provided himself with all these adornments, whiih an admiring government prescribes, he will have parted with fully $2.000 of hard-von pay. It is not likely, how. w r. that he will ever wear half of these tuits and it is quite probable that a Vntury hence most of these will be sacred heirlooms of the latest generations of Deweys. Contempt of turt. Philadel; 1 ia North American: The Court "Wr.at do you mean, sir. by denying your identüy?" The Prisoner "1 didn't want it generally known that I was in such bad company." Sweden's New Sweden is building a new navy. Its sixth ship of the new type, the Niord, is receiving its gun and final equipment. It is a coast-defense vessel of 3,500 tons.

"He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last" A kezriy fe'jgh indicates a degree cf good kea:th cbtj.iru.bte through pure Hoed. cAs but one person vi ten has pure blood, the other r.v:e should purify the bleed tviih Hood s Sarsaparula. Then they can laugh first, last and all the time, for

Mistaken Sound. Madame de Navarro has recorded in. "A Few Memories" the greatest lesson she ever received against too much realism. In a certain drama, the heroine, under great excitement, sudder.ly stops to gain composure, as she hears the approaching carriages of the. guests. "Hark:"' she says. "I har the wheels of their carriages." We obtained the effects of approaching wheels, but. try as we would, the stamping ef the horses feet upon the gravel before Clarisse's door we could not manage. At last a brilliant idea struck me, which the stage manager promptly indorsed. It was that wö should have in a donkey from Covent Garden io trot tin a ml down behind tho scenes on the gravel especially laid for him. We were decidedly nervous on the first appearance of our four-footed friend, whose role was to counterfeit the high-steppi;:g horses of the brilliant French eourt. Winn his cue was given, there was only an ominous silence. I repeated the v oid in a louder voice, when such a braying and scuffling were heard as sent the audience into roars of laughter. Although it was one of the most seriou.- situations of the play. I could not help joining in. their mirth until the tears roiled down my cheeks. Don't I.Ike Them. It is interesting to know that thero are some people who very strongly object to being photographed. The late Empress of Austria was one of these, and for many years before her death eluded the vigilance of all photographers. The dislike of the late Empress Elizabeth to the camera i-: shared by the ex-Empress Eugenie, who has not been photographed for th.ity years. Three decades have passed since John. Ruskin was photographed, and only once has John Hare allowed himself to be thus victimized; t'nis was af:;:r a Performance at P.almoral and by the express desire of Queen Vi'-toria. Miss Marie Coreiii is one of the very lew people who have :iecr sat to the camera. Haw She Sitiim'.I Oilier. Mrs. Mary Ea ;t is said to have hern the pioneer woman in England to hold some of the ol'bes ;j to which women's eligibility is new in di-pute, but she was elected be. -a use -he disguisc-1 herself a man. Fur thirty-ix years this remarkable woman, while masquerading as a man ami at ting as a: 1lord of the White Ho;:se Inn. at Poplar, served assiduously ou j u i'ts and ia parish cilices. In 1711 she was "he. 1 borough," in lTT.l! ov r- -. r of the ;ror. When her sex was finally di-eov- re l she retire. 1 to private life with tin? competence she had acquired as an innkeeper. Rochester Times. Not Mis. There are disrespectf::! questions as well disrespectful answers. "Now. Morton." said one of a party who had gone deep into the Maine woods in search of adventure, "we know you've been a famous hunter, and we wan: to hear about eome of the narrow escapes you've had from bears and s.j on." "Young man," said the old guide, with dignity, "if there's been any narrer escapes, the bears and other fierce critters had 'em, not me!" II s Future Assured. Stubb "I caught my boy reading a book entitled 'All About the Ring.' " Pcnn "Then rest assured he'll be one of the four." Stubb "One of what four?" Penn "Why.jeweer. politician, pugilist or circus performer." J The debilitating drains and discharges which weaken so many women are caused ly Catarrh of the distinctly feminine organs. The sufferer may call her trouble Lcuchorrhoea, or Weaknoss.or Female 1 )iease or some other nam.1, but the real trouble is catarrh of the? female organs and nothing else. Pe-ru-na radically ar.d permanently cities this and all othet tonus of Catarrh. 1 1 is a positive specific for female troubles caused by catarrh of the delicate lining of the organs peculiar to women. 1 1 always cures if used persistently, lt 'is prompt and certain. v 3 r. 3 &1 The microbes that cause chills and fever and malaria enter the system through mucous membranes made porous by catarrh. Pe-ru-na heals the mucous membranes and prevents the entrance of malarial germs, thus preventing and curing these affections.

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