Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 21 September 1889 — Page 7

HE MAIL.

PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

Beautiful Jim.

Continued from Second Page. Cf the Duck'* Tail. There WM

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k.'l«e there. FTi* di"! not know the tit.o, "but ?i li: lord and the ^ily v.pre at tea Shows* busy tidyup the bar for the iW. She alI ya did that the last t^iijg ocforo she lit to bcr tea. it. Owen inquired address of a

horxj dealer, a l.' -. Johns. She

Mr. address and gttve it to Sho also told him that Mr. Johns 1 been in tho hotel that morning and jono np to London for two or three upon which Capt Owen remarked

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was no uso his writing or going to for a week or so. Capt. Owen stayed jort time, talking to her about other pga. and then left. Sho did not know ich way he wont. Thero vraa no one in tho bar during the time ho was jfrc. &<} wan then asked whether Capt. l,« :i 1-1 often been in the hotel before, whether sho know bin at -oil lati* ,tc! iskd to this tebe repllqd that she had jr/er ucc:i lxiui ia tho hotel but onco be-, "c. when ho bad not spoken to her. day of tho murdor was the first time had ovef had any conversation with II a. She was not tbo least intiraato with hn. No, ho had not shown the smallest '4h to bo intimate with her. ffter this. Miss Rose Mocking was put ni, and several minor witnesses were [it up, from none of whom could any ovi pco worth mentioning bo extracted. I 'ero vero various officers' servants and

I men who had been on duty that night, 0 mess waiters and tho gentlemen who been guests at tho mess table. If I'.oir united cvidenco was worth anything was toward clearing Jim Beresfordof i. suspicion which Loader's unfortuitoly long tonguo hod caused to rise up aiust him and then they all sat down await, with what j*.ticnco they might, iij decision at which the jury would ontually arrive. 'You aro safe enough," said tbo great iminal lawyer to Jim. "There's not a .t of ovidenco against you." "I liavo novor been afraid thero would

e," said Jim, coolly. ind prosently tho jury were ready with ilr verdict, and amid a breathless hush was given to tho public, when it is isafo say that tbo only person in that as•mbly who did not "trembln was tho one whom tho darkest suspicion had fallen, [,iantiful Jim. While tho eyes of all '•ro dimmed with fear of what tho next iraent might brlug forth, ho stood uj in placo straight and true, and awaited i:-i verdict with tho assurance of com•to inuoconco. And tho decision of the •wry was: •'Willful murder against some person or persona unknown.'

And oh! what a cheer burst out them, Imd how they all-—or nearly ail—pressed ^forward to tako Jim by tho hand and tall Jiiui that they had novor, never believed Jilm gulltv for a moment. And then poor [fLuaUer cjmbo, choking and pale as a ghost, [to tell him if thev had given a ve diet against him ho should havo gone out i.lml hanged himself like Judas and then (-when Jim, with rough kindnoss, told him not to talk rot, but to get back to barracks. he burst out sobbing like a great jiaby and cursed himself for a blubbering fool, who had risked tho neck of tho bent master man hud over served tinder.

But it was all verv delightful, nevertheless. to Ucautiful Jim. it is easy and well to make little of a danger when it is -over yet this danger had been very real while it had lasted, and more than once •Jim, in spite of his Innocence, had caught himself furtively stroking his throat find WMulorlug what tho feel of tho rope uFtild be like, it it should come to that, fi! without doubt, it was very, very

It'asant to bo free once more. On account of tho dead man still lying the room above tho mess room, who 1 been no great a favorite with them ., thero wore no open demonstrations of kisfactiou and joy at Beautiful Jim'a ro* ,ise that evening. But Immediately Her tUtiuor the colonel tilled his gift** to brim, and, turning to Jim, who sat In place of honor bosldo him, drunk to .in iu silence, an example which was folmxl by every other mau at the table in

the bye. where is young Tommy?" Jim, suddenly becoming aware that uuiy was not In the room. Gone to bed. or in his room. Seedy, I fi-.icv." returned the doctor, who sat on ileft "The young duffer's not up to

kmqh

ho'.* just about as weak as a cat. »ct. there's no stamina at all ftbout and nil this business has knocked over completely." ,/'irm—there's no reason why it should [uiieularly." remarked Jim. 'No but it has. and that's very eer 'in," wUd the doctor decidedly.

Suddenly it occurred to him that It was |u po^iblo that young Tommy might Live won down to see his charmer at tho

nek'* Tall that that rvHUig lady. fw"rg two If iv!oaM\i from silence by poor .\t Owen dtath, might have aiseioswd to tho episode of tho aftorti i. vrV v-en Imd coolly taken possess oIf !r,s g. Further, that Tommy might all iiiio W in a mortal funk fact his f./i known ring should be found lubong

Own'* Uiiouging*, and some very plraaant inquiries be set afloat in oounonce. '1 sho-.Ul think the sight of that beauty j. tho wttnrM box todav must have cured r.a compUuly,M

liv.n amount of compassion for the lad's lishncss. Woll. I must go up a» soon cau girt off and talk to him like a in? her and then 111 set his misd at rest

Ivmt ids prncious ring.** Accordingly. asisnKvn as bemshi get free

the cwloaers ponderous efforts to «J»ow phw urc at his favorite's frwdotn. j*ttt iful Jim be#ook himself uptair*. his k.ts turning with a look whi w*» In ^.?Jf a r«vorpnce to the door hftfore which sentries were statiooed, aad with

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,p upon ihf jMMtl of Tommy idkjor iipoaod it «s'.hoat further ceremony and frit iked iu.

The lad w*s sitting tn an easy chair, his in his m»n:h. his «lbows resting on knee*, Marin intoth« fire. H« tl*tle«aJy eoough at Jim's en i, it when he *b his visitor waa, np into aa attitud* ot haoghty

"To what." he asked, •'do owe

^oor of this rWtf [To 6* CimtimmmL)

-aftord's A eld Pbo~ late

Imi t« to .ring the feeling and mmuwoT inctiMMMd ~r iieUectnal power.

[Permission of tbe Weekfy Novelist.]

Done in the Dark.

Or, TIic Fair Plotter of the Ca.Mii.

Br T. C. HARBA1TCH.

CHAPTER XIV.

"TAKKCARB, ROXY BWP5T!"

"Ah, here you are, my child! I have been hunting you," The beautiful spirit of Cedar Knob turned suddenly at tbe sound of tbe voice, and found herself face to face with Baron Espray.

The old man, haggard and care-worn of countenance, bra stolen so silently across the room that nothing had warned her of his presence.

Aita was on tbe balcony., half hidden by the opening leaves ana buds of spring and she turned a startled, pale face, but as beautiful as eyer, upon iche venerable master. "If I had known of your seacb,-' she said, kindly, "you should not have climbed the wearisome stairs. Unole Baron, you are welcome here. Thla is one of my places held sacred for meditation. Ab, you can see tbe valley putting on its lovely garments of iipring. Tbe rosd will

soon

oe hidden once more."

"But the leaves and the blossoms can not bide tbe form I always see going down yonder," said the old man, stretching out his arm. "I always see him, Alia!" and he looked into bia wards face as he spoke.

A 'deep sigh welled from the young girl's heart as sho turned and looked down the read winding through the valley below.

It was a path that possessed for her many sorrowful memories, its sbo gazed she again saw tbe man who went out fromT'edar Knob on the most eventful night of her life—went out, never to re turn.

Without a word, Espray stood beside her, a strange inoisturo on bis cheeks, a far-away look in his eyes. "What do you think now!" she said. "He bas been gone six months!"

There was no answer, but tbe old man slowly drew a paper from bin pocket. It was a legal-looking document, such as she had seen Judge Underwood unfold on several occasions at the Knob in tho presence of its master. "Since he has left us, apparently for no good reason, I did not think it necessary to provide for him," said Espray, unfolding the paper. "8ee, child, it is my last will and testament that I hold in my hand. I wrote it to day. Is it too dark for you to read?"

Alta mechanically took the paper which he extended, and spread it before her oves

»r uyoB. "Why, how brief it Is, Uncle Baron!' te girl exclaimed, aftor a glance. "Worasdo not make a will. The rich man can, if he wi'l, dispone of all in a few sentences but read it."

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Alta Morril bent herself to the task, while the old master fixed his eyes upon her. "Itead It aloud. I wan«, to hear how it sounds."

Tbo girl began:

TOTIIE WOHLO: Understanding the-mutability of life, and being sound tn mind and body, though having borne my tnirdon of sorrows 1» the anndow« of th« grave, I, Baron Expray, of Cedar Knob, do declare thin document to be my last will and t«Htament.

Imprimis: I bequeath to my only child, Lenox Kspray, a broken heart, inasmuch a* without cause be left tho parental roof. I give him, too, the longings of a father's love, but withhold from him all the lands of Cedar KnoB, and all the moneys, to the last penny.

To my ward, Alta Morrli, I bequeath all the tract of land known as the Espray estate, the mansion of Cedar Knob, with all Its appurtenances, and one hundred and eighty thousand dollars In money and bonds, now in my possession, to belong to her during her natural llf* afterward to descend to her netra.

To earth 1 bequeath the body of the last true Espray of a noble line, and crave from it a kind resting-place for tbe head of tho recreant son. BARON ESPRAY.

Done at Cedar Knob, April —, 185—. The fair reader would have stopped, remonstrated with the old man against such a sweeping bequest to her, but the look that he gave her kindly commanded her to keep on. "Would you change it, girl?" he said, when she had finished. "I would." "Ah, where?" and he came forward.

Her finger described the words of her bequest. "rJo! you are my obild now," he said. "It is aft yours—all!" "Uncle Baron, some day he may oome back." "What! are you waiting for him?" asked Espray, surprisedly. "I

to her to #t j«r

thought

that you gave Mr. O ray bar all your love." Alta colored. "All that I had to bestow," she murmured. "That is right. Until a short time ago I did not think very wellolf Cecil but he saems to Improve on acquaintance. Of course, child, I had thought that you would become Lenox's wife that has been tbe longest, sweetest dream of tuy life but he broke it—broke it without cause, and now I want you to wed some other man and be haf py." "Thank you, Uncle Baron." "Alta, what if he should come home

fore

the wedding day, and ask forgive-

tU'-B?" Alta shuddered and started back. "Oh, that would be terrible? My promise is given. You know he never asked me to become bis wife. Cecil would claim me, and

I—I

could not re

is "No I wot 1 not biitr- you break with him," said E- ray, qt *ly "but I more than suspect that it my truant son came b«ok would be sorely ried." "I ctnfiN* it," Alta «ui. "It would be »tcanrtMo trial for me, iiaron/ and ahf r«» her '-Mr arm about ne^k "You »-not fo that Utnox was first love, an»i t, bring to me,

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lost."

Jim tlK)Ught. with a oto"-

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Cecil to not to have all?" lie

iima "I can not give to any Leo carries with him as a wifej you husband, girl." "I will trr,M j,

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Half cm !. g»t the door which led from A' »a I. irinto like ball female

Notaw iof the foregoing .•viiv«n*» V."i h-* #d her earn she bad Us ?d ed breath,, dilated eye* and dteehed hands to the reading of the will. **So he Rives her all!" fell from her I

In a nt of mingled diaapp^ntnod "S*v" to be wmn» of urKjm tbe vis ofo-o-lO«r

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tbe little bondoir the listener waa half way down the stairs. Half an hour later a handsome young man rode into the spacious, cedared court before the old mansion and leaped nimbly from the beautiful black horse which had borne him thither.

At the door he was greeted by Alta Morril, and with his arm about her faultless figure, the twain passed into the luxurious parlor.

Roxy Blount saw all this. Leaning over the balustrade in the shadows that surrounded her, she heard the words that fell from Cecil Graybar's lipe. "To-morrow night be comes to stay! she said, through her clinched wetb. "To-morrow night, unless I strike, I lose tbe game for which I have plotted, lied, and she lowered her voice—"and billed.

A few minutes later she stood at tbe window of ber little boudoir apparently enjoying the beauties of hill and vslley, which were revealed by the light of the full, round moon. "What would the result be?" she asked herself all at once and in a half audible tone. "She would not get an acre nor a dollar that much is certain. They are not married yet he Is not her heir. The will said nothing about the property falling to Cecil Graybar if Alta, as bis wife, died childless. If she was to die so it would revert to Lenox, should he come back and claim it. This is plain to me. Now I see my way clear, I'll strike the last blow to night, and the deadliest!"

There was a mad Hash in Roxy Blount's eyes as she left the window. She went to a small stand that oocu-

?romone

iied corner of the room and took a drawer therein a tiny phial. "It bas changed color just as she said it would," saia Box "J*--

The unwelcome visitor stood over the cabin girl a second, and then lifted her from the floor. "I'm afraid I struck too bard!" be said, wltb much solicitude, as hb carried her to the window.- "No she has fainted, that is all. A little water will restore her, and then I will make her unseal her lips."

Tbe man soon found water, which he sprinkled over Roxy's face, and was rewarded by her look. "Mercy! mercy! tnorcy!" was ber cry. "If you area man you will spare me. Oh, Heaven! I did not think you would come back to-night!"

There was no mercy in the eyes that regarded ber, and Roxy groaned when she heard him say: "If Jack Grumble speaks the truth, and I see no reason to doubt him, I do not see why I should spare you!" :£f It- CHAPTER XV. -*4

AT TBK ALTER.

A moire beautiful night for a wedding young heart could have wished. Not a cloud marred the serenity of the sky, the moon shown full and clear, and tbe winds that swept tbe valley and came up the mountain to tbe Knob, were warm and refreshing.

It was Alta Morril's wedding night, and in one of the many iightea rooms of the old mansion the trembling hands of the white-faced Roxy Blount was arranging her rival for the alter.

Already the greater portion of the guests had arrived. Major. Barleycorn, tho bailiff, came with Judge Underwood in the la tier's gig. Since the night I^enox Espray waa struck in the dark, our friend, tbe un-ier-sh riif, had not aged much. He still iwesesaea the pompous air, which, ia .lis eves at least, rendered him one of ihr tn wt Important personages in the "t»d iwminion." "I haven't been here since (that bogus *pe insulted me," be remarked to tii" jndg% as he omened tbe threshold of T-.o Knob, "Hn yon not remarked how suddenly he disappeared shortly aftnur sHwatlou? An, sir, If be had not .. led tin1 nystery that surrounds tlie asaauit on young Sapray would have been solved long ago." "The disappearanos of the pmspeetor TOtt sudden,* natd Judge Underwood.

'He really bought land in these parts." Dkl be? Then, sir, it wva all sham, airmail sham!

At this juncture the two men were ailed upon to greet Baron Espray, who mM advancing, and **teran exchange of tbe brilliant* ivillik* all adjont lighted pftriors. "You will come

TJSREE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MATT!

p, holding the phial

between her and tSe moon. "It was green when I got it but it is colorless now. I make the will valueless to Cecil Graybar with four drops of this liquid. No, I'll administer five—six—ten drops! I must make sure of my last work."

Roxy had reached the widow again, and with tbe pbial held up in the light, she was feasting her eyes upon the poison that it contained. "When all is over I will inaugurate a search for him. I will find him. He will come back, and my work will at last make me Mrs. Lenox Espray and mistress of Cedar Knob." "AU of which depends upon whom you kill. Roxy Blount!"

Ira thunderbolt haa fallen at her feet the cabin girl would not have started back more horrified. She recoiled from the window with long cry as tbe figure of a man leaped ovef the low sill and planted himself in the room. "Yes, it depends solely upon whom you kill!" he said, slowly, with his eyes fixed accusingly upon her. "Roxy, I have heard that you have longed for my return. I am here. I didn't think that I would come back when I bade you a pleasant farewell. I haven't changed my opinion of you, Roxy. I call you now by the name I last bestowed upon you—demoness! What do you think now? Look at me, your victim. Alio sent me from Cedar Knob the truth and veugeance brought me back! You are pretty, but you're wicked. Jack Grumble says you can fix a swinging bridge to a nicety."

Roxy Blount uttered a cry of horror and tried to tear herself away but the the hand that encircled her wrist like a gyve held her fast. "Not yet, murderess!" said the man, with a smile. "We're alone I wanted to find you thus. Now, tell me tbe truth. Jack Grumble says that you made a complete dupe of him,"

Jack Grumble! Was the victim of the terrible trap alive? "Won't you speak? Must I strike? Take care Roxy Blount! Do not invoke my vengeance on your bead. I've been wronged enough to kill. So there is to be a wedding here to-morrow niffht? By my faith, I returned in tbo nick of time! Do I hurt your wrist?" he said, downward. "There, I release

For a minute the plotter stood before him, and then, with a wail of despair, with which was mingled an agonizing plea for mercy, she sank in a heap at his feet.

Roxy, and wit-

the r. m.M&yt** aald Alta, aaar •i

pW- bat costly bridal

s.' r*U from tbe long 1* TFWEF* WM

tbeai»iw«r, hut

speaker belied her

'I ,MI» Alt* sit daws th* Tirft madiy r»y the gUf Hood «t the

.IBll '-Ani^rst m* wttlftgedth 1 :i.i- t-hc .4. jd the poison ••••?. -v-i »he mikeA for wttar.. I '-aft mine, bat I could

not. Yesterday my hand was steady but now—now, it shakes. What! go down and see all—see the sequel of my dark plots and darker work? No! I would die first! I can hear enough from this svot!"

The cabitigirl would not see the scene that was taking place in the parlor. The hour for the union long played for by cunning hands and brain was at band.

Beautiful but pale, Alta came into the room on the arm of the venerable master of Cedar Knob. Following close behind walked Cecil Graybar, with the air of a victor.

Never before had he looked so handsome his eyes flashed with alighttbat he could not conceal, and more than one returned it with interest as he glanced around the assemblage.

The bridal party halted before the minister, who opened the book at the eventful page.

Then he lilted his voice so as to be beard by all. "Hear ye all If any man knows capse why Cecil Graybar and Alta Morril should not become man and wife, let him speak, or forever hold his peace!"

To these words, which were out apart of the ceremony, no reply was expected and they were repeated with the same solemnity. "No man has cause!" said the minister. "Man has cause so has justice!" suddenly cried a voioe, and the next moment everybody shrank from the person who sprang across the threshold.

Alta Morril with a cry of "Lenox!"' started from the man upon whom she leaned, and the word found an echo on Cecil Graybar's tongue. "Silence!" thundered Lenox Espray, as he advanced, and pointed his hand at the almost victor. "Stand where you are, Cecil Graybar, till I have spoken. I am here to punish and to Have but I am not alone, as yoa shall see. Villain! it was to stand here that you laid in wait for me, and gave me what vou thought was my death-wound for this you have plotted. I brand you as my would be assassin—as the man who struck me in tbe dark! What say you Cecil Graybar? You are also the masked man whom I shot in the road duel."

A woman's shriek rang out upon the ears of all, and Alta Morril fell into tbe arms of Baron Espray. "It is well enough to accuse when you have proof!" cried Cecil Graybar boldly. "But I brand you a liar, and dare you to substantiate the infamous charge with which you wish to reach your ends. Lenox Espray, I never tried to kill, aud you know it!" "Where is Roxy Blount?" cried Lenox, sending a coup d'atil around the breathless assembly. "She said she would be here. Roxy Blount!"

Tbe reply was a deep groan from the head of the stair, where the guilty girl was crouching. "Nevermind her. now!" continued Lenox. "When I want her she will be forthcoming. She saw it all, Cecil Graybar. She has been tbe custodian of your secret. Now, we'll let another man speak!"

As the last word fell from Lenox's Hps a little man, clad in gray, stepped into the room. "Great Heaven! The dead alive!" fell from several pairs of lips, and some gueits moved toward the door. "Let no one leave!" commanded the little man, halting suddenly. "I am here in the name of the United States. There exists in these parts a secret order of counterfeiters, called 'Brethren of the Velvet Mask.' They have not only cdm mitted the offense of counterfeiting tbe lawful coin of the country, but they have comittod murder. I am here to arrest every member, nor am I alone. My men surround this house. There stands a member of the Brotherhood," and he pointed at Cecil Graybar. "Gentlemen, In tbe person of Major Barleycorn, a man sworn to execute the laws of the land, behold the head of the Infamous order! Why, it is well represented here to-night. Here is Hardy, Randall, Gentry, Morgan and others. Gentlemen, you are my prisoners. Stand where you are! I will kill the first who attempts to withdraw, or in any way threatens resistance."

Intense confusion reigned but the Man in Gray won the victory. "We cast that man in a fiery furnace, but he is here, notwithstanding!" gasped Major Barleycorn.

Cecil Graybar, instead of a bride, felt tbe shackles of the law upon him. His dark plots had failed, and that at the very altar.

Tbe guests discovered that the Man in in Gray bad surrounded the mansion, for on every side a man sat like a statue upon a horse, and in his hand was a pistol. "Where Is Roxy Blonnt?" said Lenox Espray, dashing from the room in which the detective and his assistants were mustering their prisoners. "I want her to face Cecil Graybar before he goeseway. She must be In her room. By Jove! I may need her evidence."

Bounding up the steps, he soon reached the top but there he stopped, and stared aghast at the figure that lay before him. "Ah, here she Is!" he cried. "She must have listened here, and fainted at the denouement. Roxy, I am here!"

He spoke tbe last words aa be stooped and picked her up. A

groan fell from

her lips. Springing to the window with his unconscious burden, as be had done the night before, Lenox threw np tbe sash to let the air ru*h in.

The next moment' he started back with a cry of horror. In her right hand she clutched ft phi&l, half-filled with ft colorless liquid. "1 didn't think she would do thla," Lenox said, gazing down into tbe pallid (ace. "She played her plots to the end of her string, and I was the stake."

When be went down stairs, be held in bis hand a paper whieh be took from bis inner pocket.

Hie Man In Gray waa just mounting his prisoners In the court. "Roxy Blount is dead," Lenox sftid to Cecil Graybar- "but that will not save yon, for hold In my hand ber written confession, duly signed and sealed."

Cecil Graybar started, and with ft ma Melons look in his eyes, leaned toward

"Curee you, Lenox Esprav!" he hi»ed. "You have won at last."

Tbe newspaper* of tbe day, with the records of Judge Dnderwood's court, contain tbe results of tbe trial of tbe Brethren of tbe Velvet Mask. .Several, apprised of tbe arrests at Cedar Knob, escaped by flight bat sixteen were semfiTMty punished.

Daring tbe trie!, tbe true identity of tbe second

In Gray

known. He was tbe twin td Theodore Bramble, who actually perished In the furnace «t tbe hftnds of tbe eooaterfelters.

When be roadbed tbe district be felt that his brother had been murdered not it wns from Mark Blonnt that he got tbe IMitieBl^ttwtlumftlrMdyawk

able reappeared 1st tbe H»by turninrstat*1* evidence. Brethren, he was permitted

Jadfc Grttmble trie* wbers, umiast tbe Brethren, £e was perm! io remain cnmolested. I believe be still lives, and relate*, wltb any a shudder.

his terrible plunge into the torrent from Roxy Blount's death-trap. His escape was most miraculous but he accomplished his mission, which was the finding of Leuox Espray, and the telling of the truth.

Yes, it waa Jack Grumble who sent Lenox back to Cedar Knob. He kept his word he battled Roxy Blount's Dlans but the baflling of them made ber take ber own life.

If she had lived perhaps she would have returned to Cecil Graybar, whom she had actnally given up. in order to win Lenox Espray and Cedar Knob but Cecil would have*spurned the beautiful schemer.

He confessed at la$t to having directed the blow dealt in the dark, aud regretted that his knife bad not found the heart of the last of the Espray.line.

Here we must put the pen of romance down but we .cannot relinquish it until we have said that, before the green leaves became tinged with gold, the work of Cecil Graybar and Roxy, the schemer, was oompletely undone, and that, when Alta Morril again put on the bridal wreath, there was no voioe to say "Nay!"

It was a complete triumph of virtue and right, and no wedding bells ever rang merrier than those that told over hill and alley that Alta Morril was Lenox Espray's bride. ••Ay, Justice, who evades herr'^r:

Her scales reach every heart pin The action and the motive, As She weigheth each apart And none who swerve from right or truth

Can *sc%pe her penalty!" ^'A ~yk [THE KND A

Cava Her Half a Crown.

A Melbourne paper is responsible for a cap-" ital story about the wife of the governor of New South Wales. "The other day," says this journal, "a South Australian magnate called at government house. He sent bis card in and, waiving the footman aside, said he would 'go up and give his lordship a surprise.' .At the top of the stairs he meta nice looking young woman, and, in a fine old gentlemanly, gallant way, chucked her under the chin and pressed half a crown into ber hand, saying at the same time, 'Show me into the presence of his lordship, ray little dear.' The little dear, with an enigmatical smile, opened the door of Lonl Carringtou's study and said, 'Bob, here's gentleman to see you, and'—opening her baud—'he's given mo half a crown to show him where you ai-e,' "—Boston Herald.

He Wnald Not Rel*liU /,

A story is being told of a very close citizen of Washington that he wanted to go to Lynchburg recently. At tbe ticket office he was told that the fare was $1.80. "One eighty," he rautiered^ 'Gif you $1.40." "Cant cut rates, sir. One eighty is tbe fare." ^7 v, "Gif you one fifty." if*? .*,

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"Nope. One eighty." "Den I'll valk." "That is your privilege," answered the ticket seller. So he started off down the track and bod made about half the distance when ho heard an engine tooting and whistling behind him. "You needn't visstle," said be, waving bis hand, "I'll not gome back."—Washington P06t

J. J,-:,-c

•Hi® Way to Make Boot DesVT" For each gallon of water to be used take hops, burdock, yellow dock, sarsa par ilia, dandelion and spikenard roots, of each half an ounce, bruised boil about twenty minutes and strain while hot add eight or ten drops of oils Of spruce and sassafras mixed in equal proportions. When cool enough not to scald your band put in three tablespoonfuls of yeast, two-thirds of a pint of molasses or half a pound of white sugar. Keep these proportions for as many gallons as you wish to make. It is best to get the dry roots. After All is mixed let it stand in a jar with a cloth thrown over It to work about two hours then bottle and set in a oool place.—Medical Classloa, ..X"'V

"My love, what Upon your face? .1 Wht

tic spell is thrown charm I own.

Ull JUUI 1BIXI UITU. Hence came thy pure and pearly teeth Thy rosy lip»T Thy perfumed breath?" She said in accents sweet and clear,

Jrflsonly"^zbl^NT^mydear."

Tbe Atmosphere of love-' -v"-

Is a pure, sweet breath. This desideratum is one of the results of usin«c SOZODONT, which not only invigorates and preserves the teeth, but renders the mouth as fragrant as a rose.

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house, mends eyerything.

Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life. It was just an ordinary scrap of writing paper, but it saved her life. She waa in tbe last stages of consumption, told by physicians that she was incurable and could live only a short time she weighed less than seventy pounds. On a piece of wrapping paper ahe read of Dr. King's New Discovery, and got a sample bottle it helped ber, she bought a large bottle, It helped her more, bought another and grew better fast, continued its use and is now strong, healty, rosy, plump, weighing 140 pouods. For fuller iculars send stamp to

W. H.

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_ruggist, Fort Smith." Trial bottles of this wonderful discovery free at Carl Krietenstein's drugstore. (4)

A Great Surprise

Is in store for all who use Kemp's Balsam for tbe Throat and Lungs, the great guaranteed remedy. Would you believe that It ia sold on ita merits and that any druggist is authorized by the proprietor of this wonderful remedy to

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ve a sample bottle free? It never to acute or chronic oougbs. All druggists sell Kemp's Balsam. Large Bottleal&c and ft.

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Ladles Have Tried it.

A number of my lady customers have tried "Mother's Friend," and would not be without it for many time* its oost. They recommend it to ail who «re to become mothers. R. A. Payne, druggist, Greenville, Ala. Write Bradfield Reg. Oo„ Atlanta, Ga~ for particular*. By all druggists. ________________

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Penona wishing to improve their memories or strengthen their power of attention should send to Prof. Loisette, 287 Fifth Ave., N. Y., for his prospectus post free, aa advertised In another oolumn.

A SMMIM* MM

Would use Kemp** Balsam for tbe Tbrosi and Lang*. It la curing more owes of Coughs, ttolds. Asthma, Bronchitis, Croup and all Throat and Lang Troubles, than «ny other medicine. Tbe proprietor has authorised any druggist togiveyoa ftSftmple BcfttJe Free to conrrooe you of tbe merit of this great tentedy. Large Settles 50c and fl.

A Lady *a Tesas Writes

My mm is of long standing bas baffled many physicians have tried every remedy I could beer of, bat Bradfield li Female Regulator Is all th*t relieved me. Write tbe Bradfield Beg. Co., Atlanta. Oa., for farther pertteolftrs. Sold by ftli li«4t

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CINCINNATI to NEW ORLEANS

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CLETELAXD, CHICAGO, CINCINNATI, S ST. LOUIS RAILWAY

Will sell Round-Trip Excursion Tickets to all prominent points in the West, Northwest, South, and Southwest..

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:.illc8 ho shortest, 7 hours the vjulckest from OINOINNATI to JACKSONVILLE, Flft. Time 28 hours. Through Mlcepera without change. The Short Line between Cincinnati and

IjexlngUtn, Ky., tlmo, 2W hours KnoxvlUe, Tenn., time, 12 hours AHhvtlle, N. C.. time, 17 hours

Half Kates

September 10th and 24th, and October 8th, 1889.

All tickets good returning thirty days from date of sale.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime to visit the territory named, and we would invite correspondence on the subject. For full Information address K. E. SOUTH, Agent Big Four Route, Sixth Street Depot,Terr© Haute, or D. B. Martin, Oen.JPsss. Aft. Clncln natl, O

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Tralnd leave Central Union Depot, Clnclnnatl crossing tho Pamou* High Jirldge of Kentucky and rounding the banc of l^M)kout a

Over one million acres of laud In Alabama, the future great State of tho country, HubJeet to pre-einptlon. UnHurpaHned cljinate.

For rates, maps, etc., addTOHHNRILI". KKRK, Trav. Pass. Agt., No. W W. Fourth utrect, Cincinnati, O.

D. O. EDWARDS, Q. P. A T. A.

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