Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 14, Number 48, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 May 1884 — Page 7

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THE MAIL

I A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

A Perilous Secret

''A Br CHARLES READE,

Author of "Hard Cash," "Pot yourself Jn His Flace," "It's Never Too Late to Mend," V"f »*.'£ "Grlfflth Gaunt," etc.

[The story of "A Perilous Secret" wu oommenced in this paper Mar. 22nd. Back namfes hers will b« tent to any address on receipt of

Avecents for each copy.]

CHAPTER XIV. THE SKHPENT.

Monckton slipped away at the dawn, And was off to Derby to prepare firstrate disguises.

At Derbv, going through the local papers, he found lodgings offered at a farm-bouse to invalids, fresh mi lit and •eggs, home-nfade bread, etc. The place was within a few miles of Clifford Hall.

Monckton thought this would suit him much better than being too near. When bis disguises were ready, he hired a faorse and dog-cart by the month, and paid a deposit, aud drove to the place in question. He put some shadow under bis eyes to look more like an invalid. He had got used to bis own cadaverous tint, so that seemed insufficient.

The farmer's wife looked at him, and he it at

Well, sir," said she, with a faint blush, we takes 'em in to cure, not to—"

Not to bury," said Monckton.

"Don't you be alarmed. I have not no time to die I'm too busy. ™,ubeen much worse than this*

valescent now.'

Why, I have I am con-

so, sir said she.

Ye don't say ....

"Well, I Bee your heart is good" (the flrst time he nad ever been told that), *'aud

I've a mind to risk it."

Then she quickly clapped on ten shillings a week moro lor c*Ior, and he was installed. He washed bis face, and then Che woman conceived hopes of him, and expressed thein in rustic fashion.

Well," said she, bluntly, "dirt is a disguise. Now I look at you, you have got more mischief to do in the world vet, I do believe." "A deal more, I hope,"said be.

It now occurred to him, all of a sudden, that really he was not In good health, and that he had difficulties before him which required calm nerves, and that nerves are affected by the stomach. So, not to throw a chance away, be had the sense and the resolution to devote a few days to health and un wholesome meditation.

This Is a disoordant world even vlcet will not always pull'the same way. Here was a sinister villain distracted between avarice and revenge, and sore

uzzled which way to turn. Of course could expose the real parentage of .Mary Bartley, aud put both Bartlev and Hope to shame, and tnen the Cliffords would make Bartley disgorge the £20,000. But be, Monckton, would not make a shilling by that, and it would be a weak revenge on Bartley, who could now spare £20,000, and no revenge at all on Hope, for Hope was now well-to-do, and would roost llkoly be glad to get tils daughter back. Then, on the other hand, he could easily frighten Bartley into giving him £6,000 to keep dark, but in that case he must forego his vengeance on Hope.

This difficulty lind tormented Monckton all along but now Mrs. Dawson bad revealed atiothor obstacle. Young Clifford and Mary in love with each other. What Mrs. Easton saw as a friend, with her good mother-wit, this man saw In a moment as tin enemy, vlit., Chat this new combination dwartod the £20,000 altogether. Monckton had no Idea that his unknown antagonist Nurse Kaston had married the pair, but the very attachment, aa the chatter-box of the Duu Cow described It, was a bitter pill to him. "Who could have foreseen this said h*.

It's devilish." We did

not ourselves Intend our readers to feel it so, or we would not have spont so much time over it. But as regards that one adjective, Mr. Moncktou Is a belter authority than we are. He had a document with him that, skillfully used, might make mischief

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these lovers. But he foresaw there rould be no permanont result without the personal assistance of Mrs. Braham. That he could havecommauded fourteen \*ears ago, but now he felt how difficult

would be. He would have to threaten and torment her almost to madness before she would come down to Derbyshire aud declare that this Walter Clifford was the Walter Clifford of the certificate, and that she was his discarded wife. But Monckton was none the less tresolved she should come if necessary. I«eaving him varitM distractum ititits, and Weighing every scheme, with Its pros and cons, and, like a panther crouching and watching before he would make his first spring, we will now bring our other characters up to the same point, and that will not take us long, for during the months we have skipped there were not many events, and Mrs. Dawson has told the readers some of thent, and the rest were only detached Incidents.

Tho moat important in our opinion were: 1. That Colonel Clifford resumed hi* determination to marry Julia Clifford to Walter, and pooh-poohed Fltaroy entirely, declaring bim to he live feet nothing, and therefore far below the mUitaryataudard. 2. That Hope rents a cottage of Waltmt about three hundred yards from

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and not upon the land that was cume, ana not upon ure i*«u uw» leased to Bartley that there was a Ion detached building hard by, which Walter divided for him, and turned into an office with a large window close to the ground, and a workshop, but no window aor door. 3,

That Hope got more and more uneasy about the £20,000, and observed to Bartlev that they must be robbing boduol It without the excuse they once bad. He, for his part, would work to disgorge his share. Hartley replied that the money would have ne to a convent if he had not saved it nm so vale a fate. This said the aslu: Bartley because one day si, 1 his opinions on everythUri. I« against a convent, and said no private prisons ought to exist in a antry. So BartleyN ingeoiaaa

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Hope i^r a nr .'. v. but did not satisfy bis conscience. 4. Hon* went to I^ndoa for a week, and M.v\ spent»rdaysiw! bant hotel ut*r the tako t.u: the :.elp by Mrs. East'« r. This chang« was by advice of Mrs. Kaston. 'Va this occasion Marv played the wot "t. She requested Walter to I. i»e oranger '*»«*, ai *he be:iadtamotti. raosist of Wilis,ai §«t t» dtoD'T with iter hatband mi dress, and dutuvd him with her

ipv arm# and bust, and her diamond

bracelet and eyes that outshone it. She seemed ever so much larger as well as lovelier, and Walter gazed at her with a sort of loving awe, and she smiled srehly at him, and it was the first ticas she bad really injoyed her own beauty, or even troubled her bead much about it. Tbey condensed a honeymoon into these four days, snd came home compensated for their patience, and more devoted than ever. But whilst they were away Colonel Clifford fired his attorney at Mr Bartley, and when Mary came home, Bartley, who had lately connived at the love affair, told Mary this, and forbade her strictly to hold any more intercourse with waiter Clifford.

This was the state of things when

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hare with many friends," and only one enemy, returned to his cottage late in tbe afternoon. But before night everybody knew he had come home, and next morning tbey were all at him in due order. No sooner was he seated in bis workshop, studying the lines of anew machine he was trying to invent, than be was startled from intense thought into the attitude of Hogarth's enraged musician by cries of "Mr. Hope! Mr. Hope! Mr. Hope!" and there was a little lot ot eager applicante. First a gypsy boy with long black curls and continuous genuflections, and a fiddle, and doleful complaints that he could not play it, and that it was the fiddle's fault. "Well, it is for once," said Hope. "Why, you little duffer, don't you see the bridge is too low

He slackened the string, removed the bridge, fitted on a higher one, tuned it, and handed it over. "There," said he, "play us one of the tunes of Egypt. 'Tne Rogue's March,' eh and mirzle."

Tae supple Oriental grinned and made obeisances, pretended not to know "Tbe Rogue's March" (to the hen-house), and went off playing "Johnny Comes [arching Home.'T (Bridewell to wit.)

Marching Then did trip forward smirking with a parasol to mend Desolee de voits deranger, Monster Boppe, mats noire de noiselle est au desespoir: oh, eesparasols Anglais/ "Qmn«," said Hope, "voyons ca and in a minute repaired the article, and the girl spread it, and went off wriggling and mincing with it, so that there was a pronounced horse-laugh at her ininau-

Then did Miss Clifford's French maid

Tben advanced a rough young English nurse out of a farm house with a ebild that could just toddle. She had left au enormous doll with Hope for repairs, and the child had given her no peace for the past week. Luckily tbe doll was repaired, and banded over. The mite, in whose little bosom maternal feelings had been excited, insisted on carrying her child. The consequence was that at about the third step they rolled over one another, and to spectators at a little distance it was bard to say which was tbe parent and which the offspring. Them the strapping lass in charge seized roughly, and at tbe risk of dislocating their little limbs, tossed into the air ana caught, one on each of her own robust arms, and carried them off stupidly irritated—for want of a grain of humor—at the good-natured laugh this caused, and looked as if she would like to knock their little heads together.

Under cover of this an old man in a broad hat, and seemingly infirm, crept slowlv by and looked keenly at Hope, but made no application. Only while taking stock of Hope his eyes flashed wickedly, and much too brightly for so old a man as be appeared. He did not go far he got behind a tree, and watched tbe premises. Then a genuine old man and feeble came and brought Hope his clock to uibud. Hope wound it up, and it went to perfection. The old man had been a stout fellow when Hope was a boy, but now he was weak, especially in the upper story. Hope saw at once that the young folk had sent him there Tor a joke, and he did not approve it. "Gaffer," said he, "this will want repairing every eight days but don't you come here any more I'll call on you every week, and repair it for auld lang syne.'*

Whilst he toddled away, and Hope retired behind his lathe to study his model in peace, Monckton raged at the sight of him and his popularity. "Av," said he, "you area genius. You can model a steam-engine or mend a doll, aud you outwitted me, and gave ine fourteen years. But you will find me

a time between

ingenious as yqu at oue thing, and that's revenge." And now a higher class of visitors began to find their way to the general favorite. The flrst was a fair young lady of surpassing beauty. She strolled pensively down the green turf, cast a hasty glance in at tbe work-shop, and not seeing Hope, concluded he was a little after his journey, and had not yet arrived. She strolled slowly down then

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worthy frequented that spot because be had done so for years, and because it was a sweet turfy slope and there was a wonderful beech tree his father had made him plant when he was five years old. It had a gigantic silvery stem, and those giant branches which die crippled In a beech wood but really belong to tbe isolated tree, as one Virgil discovered before we were born. Mary Bartley then lowered her parasol, and settled into the Colonel's chair under the shade txtteto fagi—of the wide-spreading Deech-tree.

She sat down and sighed. Monckton eyed her from his lurking place, and made a shrewd guess who she was, but resolved to know.

Preeeutly Hope caught a glimpse of her, and came forward and leaned out of the window to enjoy the sight of her He could do that unobserved, for he was

yon are so kind to everybody and mend their things, I want yon to be kind to me and mend—my prospects for me."

Hope's impulse'was to gather inte his arms and devour with kisses this sweet specimen of womanly tenderness, frank inconsistency, naivete, and orchness.

As ho could not do that, he made himself extra stiff. "Your prospects, Miss Bartley 1 Why, they are brilliant. Heiress to all the growing wealth and power around yon." "Wealth and power!" said the girl. "What is the use of them, if our hearte are to be broken Oh, Mr. Hope, papa is so unkind. He has forbidden me to speak to him." Then, gravely, "That command comes too late?'

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Yes," said Mary, trembling inwardly. but commanding her face. Are—engaged."

Walter came on with his usual rush, "Mary, how good of you Mary put her fingers in her ears. "No, no, no we are forbidden to communicate." Then, imitating a stiff man of business—for she was a capital mimic when she chose—"any communication you may wish to honor me with must be addressed to this gentleman, Mr. Hope he will convey it to me, and it shall meet with all the attention it deserves."

Walter laughed, and said, "That's ingenious." "Of course it is ingenious,"said Mary, subtly.

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along way behind her at a sharp sngle. He was sUll a widower and this his only child, and lovely as an angel and he had seen her grow into ripe loveliness from a rick girl. He had sinned for her and saved her he had saved her again from a more terrible death. He doted on her, and was always a special joy to him when he could gloat on her unseen. Then he had no neod to make up an artificial faoe and hide his adoraation for her.

But soon a cloud oame over his face and his paternal heart, He knew she bad a lover and she looked like a girl who was waiting pensively for him. She had not come there for bim whom she knew only as bar deveted friend. At this thottjtht the poor father sighed.

Mary's quick senses caught that, and she turned her bead, and her sweet face beamed.

You art there, after all, Mr. Hope.'* Hope was delighted. Why, It was him she had come to see, after all. He oame down to her direoUy, radiant,, and not on a stiff manner he often had to wear, and ot fidelity to Bartley, who did not deserve It. "This Is early for yoa to be out, Miss Bartley." "Of course it la," said sha. "But 1 know it is the time of dsy when you are

•4°naSwffor tfrem!*end I could kill them for their impudence in wasting yon time so. And 1 am as bad ss the rest. For here I am wasting roar time in my tarn. Yea, dear Mr. Elope,

don't say that, Mr. Hope?"

"1 do say it, aud I shall have to swear it. You may be sure Mr. Bartley will subpoena me, if this wretched squabble gets into court.'

But what did my father say to you?" He was kind ana courteous to me. I was poor as a rat, and dusty with travel —on foot and he was a fine gentleman, as he always is, when he is not in too great a passion. He told me more than oue land-owner bad wasted money in this country groping for coal. He would not waste bis money nor dirty bis fingers. But he thanked me for my friendly zeal, and rewarded me with ten shillings." "Oh cried Walter, and hid his face in his hands. As for Mary, she put her hand gently but quietly on Hope's shoulder, as if to protect him from such insults.

Why, children," said Hope, pleased at their syibpathy, but too manly to hunt for it, "it was more than he thought the information worth, and I assure you it was a blessed boon to me. I had spent my last shilling, and there I was trapesing across the island on a wild-goose chase with my reaping hook and my fiddle: and my poor litth Grace, that I—that

Mary's hand went a moment to his other shoulder, and she murmured through tier tears,44 You have got me."

Then Hope was happy again, and indeed the simplest woman can find in a moment the very word that is balm of Gilead to a sorrowful mau.

However, Hope turned it off and continued his theme. The jury, be said would pounce on that ten shillings as the Colonel's trne estimate of his coal, and he would finger in the case as a dog in tbe manger who nudged Bartley the profits of a risky investment he had merely sneered at and not opposed, until it turned out well and also disregarded the interests of tbe little community to whom tbe mine was a boon. "No," said Hope "tell your lawyer that I am Bartley's servant, but love eauity. I have proposed to Bartley to follow a wonderful seam of coal under Colonel Clifford's park. We have no business there. So if the belligerents will hear reason I will make Bartley pay a royalty on every ton that comes to the surface from any part of the mine and that will be £1200 a year to the Clifforda. Take this to the lawyer and tell him to unfix that hero's bayonet, or h* will charge at tbe double and be tbe death of his own money—and yours."

Walter threw up his hands with amaxement and admiration. "What a bead!" said be. •Fiddledee!" said Mary "what a heart "In a word, a phoenix/' said Hope, drvly. "Praise is sweet, especially behind one's back. So pray go on, unless yon have something better to say to each other and Hope retired briskly into his office. But when the lovers took him at his word, and began to strut up and down hand in hand, and murmur love's music Into each other's ears, he could not take his eyes off them and his thoughts were saa. She had only known that young fellow a few montha, yet she loved him passionately and be would take her away from her buber before she even knew all that father had done and a Sera! for her. When tbe revelation did come she wonld perhaps be a wifr *tad a mother, and then even that r'-velatioo would fall comparatively fiat.

Besidea exoe|»tional grief, he felt the natural pang of a father at the prospect

TERRK HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MATL.

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"I have

fear it does," said Hope.

long suspected something.'' "Suspected said Mary, turning pale. "What f" "That you and Walter Clifford—"

"What

Mary drew a long breath. makes you think so down.

said she, looking

Well, there is a certain familiarity— no, that is too strong a word but there is more ease between you than there was. Ever since I came back from Belgium I have seen that the preliminaries of courtship were over, and you two looked on yourselves as one."

Mr. Hope," said thia good, arch girl, and left off panting, "you area terrible mau. Papa is eyes and no eyes. You frighten me but not very much, for you would not watch me so closely if you did not love me—a little."

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a little. Miss Bartley."

Mary, please." "iMary. I have seen you sick child I have been anxious—who would not.? I have seen you grow in health and atrength, and every virtue."

And seen me tumble into the water and frighten you out of your senses, and thexe's nothing one loves like a down right pest, especially if she loves us and I do love you, Mr. Hope, dearly, dearly, and I promise to be a pest to you all your days. Ah, here he comes at last." She made two eager steps to meet him, then she said, 4Oh 11 lorgot," and came back again and looked prodigiously demure and innocent.

my character to a

fault." "Well, young people," said Hope, "I am not sure that I have time to repeat verbal communications to keen ears that heard them. And I think I can make myself more useful to you. Walter, your father has set his lawyer on to Mr. Bartley, and what Is the consequence? Mr. Bartley forbids Mary to speak to you, and the next thing will be a summons, lawsuit, and a great defeat, and loss to your father and you. Mr. Bartley sent me the lawyer's letter. He hopes to get out of a clear contract by pleading a surprise. Now you must go to the lawyer—it is no use arguing with your father in the present heat— and you must assure bim there has been no surprise. Why, I called on Colonel Clifford years ago, and told him there was coal on that farm: and I almost went on my knees to him to profit by it."

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of resigning her to a husband. Hard is the lot of parents and, above all, of a

rent with one child who he adores, dther creatures love their young tenderly, and their young lesve them. But then tbe infancy andyouth of those creatures are so short. In a few months the young shift for themselves, forgetting and forgotten. But with our young the helpless periods of infancy and youth are so long. Parental anxiety goes through so maay trials and so various, and they all strike roots into the parent's heart. Yet after twenty

ears o! love and hope and fear comes a young fellow, a charming highwayman to a paren't eye, ana whisks her away after two months' courtship. Then, oh, ye young, curb for a moment your blind egotism, and feel a little for the parents who have felt se much for you You rather like William Hope, so let him help you to pity your own parents. See his sad face as he looks at the love he is yet too unselfish to discourage. To save that tender root, a sickly child, he transplanted it from his own garden, and still tender it with loving cat* for many ayear. Another gathers tbe flower. He watched and tended and trembled over the tender nestling. The young bird is trying her wings before his eyes soon she will spread them, and fly away to a newer nest snd a younger bosom.

In this case, however, the young people had their troubles too, and their pretty oourtship was soon interrupted by an unwelcome and unexpected visitor, who, as a rule, avoided that part, for the very reason that Colonel Clifford frequented it. However, he came there to-day to speak to Hope. Mr. Bartley, for he it was, would have caught the lovers if be had come silently but be was talking to a pitman as he came, and Mary's quick ears heard his voice round tbe corner. "Papa!" cried she. "Oh, don't let him see us! Hide J" "Where?" "Anywhere—in here—quick!" and ahe flew into Hope's workshop, which indeed offered great facilities for hiding. However, to make sure, they crouched behind tbe latbe and a huge plank of beautiful mahogany Hope was very proud of.

As soon ss they wore hidden, Mary began to complain in a whisper. "This comes of our clandestine m—. Our very life is a falsehood concealment is torture—and degradation." "I don't feel it. 1 call this good fun." 4Ob, Walter! Good fun For shame! Hush!"

Bartley bustled on to the green called Hope out, and sat down in Colonel Clifford's chair. Hope came to him, and Bartley, who had in bis band some drawiugs of the strata in tbe coal mine, handed tbe book tg Hope, and said, "I quite agree with you. That is the seam to follow: there's a fortune in it." "Then you are satisfied with me,?" "More than satisfied." "I have something to ask in return." "I am not likely to say no, my good friend," was the cordial reply.

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I not kind to her? Was any

parent ever kinder? But I must be wise as well as kind. Colonel Clifford can disinherit bis son."

At this point the young people ventured to peep and listen, taking advantage of the circumstance that both Hope and Bartley were at some distance with their backs turned to the workshop.

So they both heard Hope say, "Withdraw your personal opposition to the match, and the other difficulty can be got over. If you want to be kind to a young woman, it is no use feeding her ambition and her avarice, for these are a man's idols. A woman's is love."

Mary wafted the speaker a furtive kiss. "To enrich that dear child after your death, thirty years hence, and break her heart in the flower of her youth, is to be unkind to her and if you are unkind to her, oni compact is broken." "Unkindto her,"said Bartley. "What male parent has ever been more kind, more vigilant? Sentimental weakness is another matter. My affection is more sordid. Can I oblige you in anything that is business?" "Mr. Bartley." said Hope, "you cannot divert me from tbe more important luestion business is secondary to that viear girl's happiness. However, I have more than once asked you to tell me who is the loser of the large sum, which, as you and I have dealt*with it, has enriched you and given me a competence." "That's my business," said Bartley, sharply, "for you never fingered a shilling of it. So if the pittance I pay you for conducting my business burns your pocket, why, send it to Rothschild."

And having made thia little point, Bartley walked away to escape further comment, aud Hope turned on his heel snd walked into nis office, and out at the back door directly, and proceeded to hit duties in the mine but he was much displeased with Bartley, and his looks showed it.

The coast lay clear. The lovers came cautiously out, and sileuUy too, for what they had heard puzzled them not littld.

Mary came out first, and wore a very meditative look. She did not say a word till tbey got to some little distance from tbe workshop. Then she. half turned her head toward Walter, who was behind her, aud said, "I suppose you know we have done a contemptible thing—listening "Well," said Walter, "it wasn't good form but, added be, "we could hardly help it." "Of course not," said Mary. "We have been guilty ot a concealment that drives us into boles and corners, and all manner of meannesses must be expected to follow. Well, we hape listened, and I am very glad of it for it is plain we are not the only people who have got secrets. Now tell me, please, what does it all mean t" "Well, Mary," said Walter, "to tell tbe truth, it is all Greek to me, extept about tbe money. I think I could give

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where that came from." There, now V* cried Mary "that is so Hit* yon gentlemen. Money—money —money! Never mind tbe money part leave that to take care of itself. Can you explain what Mr. Hope said to papa about me? Mr. Hope isa very superior man, and papa's adviser In business. But, after all, he is Injpapa's employment. Papa pays him. Then how comes be to cars more about my happiness thanpapa does—and say so t" "Woy, yon begged him to Intercede, "Yes," said Mary, ("but not to threat en papa not to say, 'If you are unkind to Mary, our eomp«st Is broken.'"

Then she pondered awbile then die turned to Walter, and said: "What sort of compact Is that? A compact between a father and another town thai a father shall not be un~ _nd to his own daughter? Did yon ever bear of soch a thing "I cant say I ever did." "Did yon ever bear of such a thing "Well, now yoa pat to me, I don't think I ever did.**

"And yet yoa could run off about money. What's money! This compact is a great mystery. It's my business from this hour to fathom that mystery. Please let me think."

Mary's face now began to show grea power and intensity her eyes seemed tot veil themselves, and to turn down their glances inward.

Walter was struck with the intensity of that fair brow, those remarkable eyes, and that beautiful face: they seemed now to be all strung up to concert pitch. He kept silent ana looked at his wife with a certain reverence, for to tell the truth she bad something of the Pythian priestess about her, when she concentrated her whole mind on any one thing in this remarkable manner. At last the oracle spoke:

Mr. Hope has been ueoeiving me with some good intention. He pretends to be subservient to papa, but he is the master. How be comes to be master I don't know, but so it is, Walter. If it came to a battle royal, Mr. Hope would side, not with papa, but with me." "That's important, if true," said Walter, dryly. "It's true/' said Mary, "and it's important." Then she turned suddenly round on him. "How did you feel when you ran into that workshop, and we both crouched and hid like criminals or slaves?" "Well," said Walter, hanging his head, "to tell the truth, I took a comio view of the business." "I can't do that." said Mary. "I respect my husband, and can't bear him to hide from the faoe of any mortal man and I am proud of nay own love, and indig:nant to think that I have condescends to hide it." "It is a shame," said Walter, "and I hope we shan't have to hide it much longer. Ob, bother, how uufortunate! here's my father. What are we to do "I'll tell you," said Mary, resolutely. "You must speak to him at once, and win him over to our side. Tell him Julia is going to marry Percy Fitzroy on the first of next month, then tell him all that Mr. Hope said you were to tell tbe lawyer, aud then tell him what you have made me believe, that you love me better than your life, and that I love you better still and that no power can

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you. Well, then, there is an

attachment between Mary and young Clifford." Bartley was on his guard directly.

Her happiness is at stak?. That gives me aright to interfere, and say,

art If you can soften him, Mr. shall soften papa."

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if he is too headstrong to be

softened faltered Walter. "Then," said Mary, "you must defy my papa, and I shall defy yours."

Alter a moment's thought she said

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Walter, I shall stay here till he sees me and you together then he won't be able to run off about his mines, and his lawsuits, and sucli rubbishy things. His attention will be attracted to our love, and so you will have it out with him, whilt I retire a little way—not far —and meditate upon Mr. Hope's strange words, and ponder over many things that haue happened within my recollection." the spirited girl fifford came on the

True to this policy, waited till Colenel Clil green, and then made Walter as perfect a courtesy as ever graced a minuet at the court of Louis le Grand.

Walter took off his hat to her with chivalric grace and respect. Colonel Clifford drew up in a stiff military attitude, which flavored rather of the parade or the field of battle than the court either of the great monarch or of little Cupid. [To be continued In The Mail next week.]

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A happy surprise it was to Ifr. A. R. Norton, ot Bristol, Conn., when ATHLOTHOMMI put bim on his feet, and sent Mm cbeerfoltyhis business. Let him tell bis own story

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with severe crick in th« back. Xtorfourdaya I mt unable to turn In bed without htlftuA whenlirtedupooaldnotBtandonmyfeet I was induced to tir ATHi^oPHOmoe, afte^all tlte usual remedies failed. In X) minutes after UWag tb« flrst dose I oonld bear my weight npoo my fceSi In two days I was able to get about and attend, to buainees. In two other caaas which have come to my knowledge its use has been atteado&. with the same resnlta." A poor man in Philadelphia had to bos* row a dollar to buy a bottle of AimoraoMse On account of his poverty his nameahallreinata a secret. He had suffered terribly from Bheta* mausm. Ho gratefully writes:

I took my first dose Tuesday afternoon* and on Wednesday, after but seven doses, I ha* not a sharp or severe ache left. Thenlndooadl the doae one-half and took the remainder of the botttak. I was able to be steady at work till Saturday, when I took a severe oold and was able to use my left hand. I purchased bottle and by bed-time I found relief. Xbd medicine all you claim for It" Investigate ATHLOPHOBOSallyou please! Find all the fault you choose with it I mat yet the fact remains, that it is doing what no other medicine ever ooold do for matism and Neuralgia.

If yoa cannotget ATHLoraoaosof yonr *no gist, we will send It express paid, on rooetytof regular price—one dollar per bottle. We prater that you buy it from your druggist, but If ho hasn't It, do not be persuaded to try something else, but order at onoe from us aa directed ATHL0PH0R0S CO., 112 WALL ST., NEW YORK.

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How Watch Cases are Made.

A plate of

SOLID GOLD

14 2-10 karats

fine is soldered on each side of a plate of hard nickel composition metal, and tha three are then passed between polished steel rollers. From this plate the various parts of the cases—backs, centers, bezels,etc. are cut and shaped by dies and formers. The gold is thick enough to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving, and engineturning. The composition metal gives it needed strength, sliffneM and solidity, whiln the written guarantee of the manufacturers warranting each case to wear twenty years proves that it contains all the gold that can possibly be needed. This guarantee is given from actual results, as many of these cases have been worn perfectly smooth by years of use without wearing through the gold.

DCBTTQTTS, IA..

I have used one of your Jamos Boas' Gold Watch Coses for seventeen years. I bought It second-hand and know of its having been used before I got K, but do not know bow long. It looks good for ten voars longer. Did not suspect It was a filled caas until so informed by a Joweler a short time rtnoat I most cheerfully recommend your cases to be au ther are represented to be, and more.

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Operations for Pterygium, Strabismus or Cross Bye* Artificial Pupil, Opium Habit, T»no Worms, Hr4r.ee«t«| Varicocele, Hernia or Buptare, Kpilepsy or Pita. OIS Sore Legs, Old Sores fsnywhere upon the bodyi RbM

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