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Flesherton Advance, 9 Sep 1886, p. 2

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* U Old 1 .0. fc . Last night I found to old forgotten key O|> in aa unuMd drawer, and quick teain Ml At io lav hand I took II UuJerly- Fur, ah ! 1 ko*w Uie etory It would tell 01 a familiar door, a vanished hand." A oh*ury " click " pi e*oi children beard "1'ap* it Lorn* I" Ah. little, loyal band I iluw i.li jrcur Learn grew sick with hope J*- In time after I for " papa " went forth And came not back. Then dawned some dark- owe day*; The cottage home wa* sold, ad we caine north To a (ray city street, to Uoweilow ways. On th* bright *t*l, Kreat ipot* ot nut IhaJ crown It would not turn so easily a* then " (1 thought), aod "Koeebank* ii no more my own- I have no claim to enter it again. " Maybe its door has now a different loek- Aiid, oh ! if even 1 could ranture tb*n. What iLould I nndf my miMry to mock CjhoiU of the dead strangers' eareleu itare." I took the key and laid 11 out o! light; " bine* tbou can'*! no more ope the door for me Of that Joar bum*, thou nced'ii nol see the light, For only doors of lean are oped by the*. Tkc M iu.i.. The uortb wind's bowling legions Sweep d*wn from boreal region*, From tbe pallid zone where wiuter'i throne Wai wrought in the wide waste, wan and lou, Unnumbered yean ago ; They come onwluct wbo*e flutlenug* betrw tbe world witb >DOW, Aod their icy breatb it bitter death, Their football only woe. Tbe eatt wind com** with aadaeu And paiu ud uiiOjuilil luauoe**, From a aohtada where curto* brood Ana iHji*oi.t J. ilewi on tbe d*Ju are atrewed, Aud KMTOW throttles gla>lue** ; 1; cornel like * sheet from spectral coait When cyi'reH braoebei wave, AuJ out ol in plamee fall ijbaitly glooms Like ihote that encircle the grave. Tbe aouili wind coma* a-aigblng, To badi and bloom* rep'ying. He come* la queit of lev* and net, And preacDtly, on a ro**'s breact, lu rapture lie* a-dyiug ; Be couia* like dream*, and only ueem*, Hiu cradle U hi* tomb ; Hi* lile is a *ong to murmuring itruuia, 111* dcatb-a rich perfume. Tbe xt-| byr, fragrance laden, Brians Ulm to man and maiden liritigi iluve-eyeu real to tbe troubled breant Froiu Ibu ujyatical rutioui of tbe west From love'i enchanted Aldenn ; It eomee with newe a* freab a* the dew* Tbai gather in atarry Loan, With wuuderful (tore of lender lore i'ruui the tweot book ot the flower*. Tkc Old U.n.. II *tand* upon the billitde, with tbe tall *lm* bending o'er it. Tbe bomtelead, with the lilaci by the door. And tbe quaint, old-faibtoued garden, gently iloplnii down before It, I *e* j mi a* IB the dayi of yore. I remember bow the stuuhine fell aero** the goldeu meadow*, beyc nd the wooden doontep rid and worn ; And how tbe eummer clondleti call their quickly fleeting ibadow* On tun di*tant fielo* ol milling, ripening corn. In tbe pleasant, roomy kitchen I toe my father iluiuc, With the leather-covered Bible open wide ; . .Wbile my *weet-faced mother lieteue, a* *b* lay* away her knitting, And rock* tb* old red cradle by her ide. Three brown-eyed little children, with tangled golden treeene, When evening prajtr ID ilmpl* word* in .aid. Com* clinging round her neck witb loving, euft careieee Then merrily go tripping off to bed. O! bappyyeanof childhood, with thought* *o true and loving, And *w**t audguiUlew ilay* ao full ot reel, Oar old heart* lovu to linger, after all our year* of roving, And olaip fond mem ry'* picture! to our breast. Shall we ever In thai country, tbe bright and glorion* beaven, Wiu back tb* simple innocence and blien Wo knew when, In our childhood, in the dear old borne at *v*n, W* received our angel mother'* good-night klii? A. INOVEL (BY THE AUTHOR OJT " QABTB .' CBAPIEB VI. We made a late start tbe nix I morning and did cot reach tbe {arm-bouse before four o'clock. I had little opportunity ot speaking to Kate on tbe way ; in tact, tbe pre>enoa ot Blnrk, wbo tat on tbe box ot tbe vehicle tnd once in a while threw a glance al us ovir bis shoulder, irritated m* to snob a degree thai more tender sentiment* ware temporarily poshed into tbe background. Kate hertelf, though aha attempted u ap- pear cheerful, betrayed iigoa of inward anxiety and nervonsneei ; while Mr, Birch- more converted wilb a volatility and dis- eursivenete greater than I bad ever remarked in him before. Tbe farmhouse stood qoite alone on an unfrequented bye-road, in a little angle of tbe bill*. It waa nol exactly a picturesque building, wilb ita tour walla covered with rough plaater and pierced witb dozena ot small windows, and ita enormous red- tiled roof, with those quaint, narrow apertures, like halt opened syse, disclosing a single pane of glass, whieh do duly aa dormers. U stood flash with the road, as German houses are food ol doing, but behind wat a large inoloeed farmyard, roughly paved wilh round atones and well walled in. Tbi front door, though rather pretentiously painted and ornamented, wilb tome religi- ons verticle or otber written np on tbe lintel, wai nol need ae a means ot entrance or exit. It wat, as I afterwards discovered, not only locked and bolted, but actually icrewed op on Ibe inside, and Ihe only way ol getting into the bonne waa by a tide door opening into Ihe court-yard. A.I tbe court- yard itself was provided wilh a heavy gate, yon will aee that Ihe farmhouse, close to Ihe road though il was, wai by no meant so eaiy ot ingresi or egreee aa it appeared tuppoaing, ol eonrie, that il wai the humor ot the inmatM to declare a state of siege. I mention these particulars merely by tbe way. Tbey are common to tbree houses out ol five iu Ibia region. The Birehmores' luggage had.it appeared, already been carried over from the hotel ; bul a man in rough Ipeasant't ooelume, wbo announced himself ai tbi matter of tbi bouse, now came out to lake charge of my trunk. I wai, or fancied myself (aa you may bave noticed), a quick judge of facer, and tbli peasant's face failed to commend iiielt to me. II wae at once heavy and gloomy, while a tear at ont corner of hla month oaated thai feature to twist itaelt into a perfanotory grimace, grotesquely at variance wilh bit normal expreenon. In penon he wae much above thi oommoa ihte, and, to judge by the eata with which he along bii beavy trunk over bit thonldir, be moil havi been IB itrong at Anguit dir Slarke blmttlt, whose brazen statue domi- neere over tba market place in Oreeden. "Oaten morgen, Ben Rudolph I' aaid Blnrk bailing thii giant affably. Tbe two limed to be on some sort ot terms ot com- radaebip, having, perhaps, itrnek np ao acquaintance daring tbe previous negotia- tions for lodginga. I most aay tbey looked to me to be a not iU-matobed pair. We alighted and wera welcomed in wilb surly courtesy by Ilerr Rudolph. Kale, oonfetaiog to a headache, want at onoe to her room, whence aba did not again emerge. Blnrk disappeared Into tbe kitchen regions witb tbe landlord ; Mr. Birebmore presently went out for a stroll before dinner ; and I, finding myself thrown temporarily on my own raeoareai, decided to make a virtue ol my loneliness by writing aoms letters which bad been long owing. I uncord ingly groped my way op tbi darkwme itaireate, and ao along an eccentric pssetgt to my room. I did nol know then, nor oonld I, even now, accurately describe tba arrangimenl Tbtrtwereel leaal ibree separate paua^es, not at right aoglea to one another, but teeming to wander about irregularly, now and tban turoiog awkward oarnera, deaceodiog or aiMuding iborl nighta ol atept, or eddying into a little cul-dtiac, with, perhaps, only a oloael door at the end of n. The eonte- quenoe wai, it was nearly impoasible to lay whose room adjoiaed wbote. II might be a long diilacoe from one Io another, measured along the pasavge, and yat they might actu- ally be separated only by the tbicknoct ol a wall. Where the tanner and his family ile|>t I know not, but I have reason to believe that all oar parly, icoioding Blnrk, were accommodated upon the lame floor. Oa opening the door ol my room I found some one already there. Thia percon wai aoomtly young woman, tbe farmer's daugh- ter evidently, bniy in Ibe benevolent occu- pation ol putting Ihiogs in order. 8be bad moved my trunk beneath the window, she had put freth water in tbe ewer, ebe bad straightened oat the ilipn cf drugget on tbe rough board floor, she bid pltoed some flowers in the window, and she wai now in- gaged in tneking a clean sheet on the bed. I Gaid the wai o.mely ; on second looks ibe was batter than thai. Bbe was positively pretty, with tb* innocent, blonde prelti- neat of vome German peasant giils. Her fair hair, imoalhed compactly over bar small bead and wound up in a funny little pag behind, possessed tfatnl golden lustre ; her eyea were ot aa pure and terene a blue ae toy I aver looked upon ; her smooth oueeks, itightly browned by muab inoshini which bad retted on them, were tinged with healthful bloom; her month might have been smaller, but Ibe full lipe were well-shaped and thcra wera white, even teeth behind them. Her figure, like tbal ot most Bason peaiaot glrla of bet sgi, waa robnit and vigorous ; tbe wore a simple bodice and skirl, at,d her feet and !rg< were bare. Altogether I though; her a very agreeable apparition. " Good morning, bouortd Herr Gaits- borough," she ssid gravely in German aa I entered. " Good morning, pretty maiden," re- turned I gallantly. " You teem to know my nams, though I don't know youn what is it?" "I am called Cbrulina Ohrielioa Rudolph. It i bom* time tinoe I have known Ilerr Giintborougb'* nan e," ebe added. 11 Really? How ootaea that T ' I asked, by no means displeased. " Tba honored Herr has been kind to a relation ot mine i very near relation," replied Obrittina witb the same gravity. " 1 1 ve I ? I'm glad to hear il 1 Wai the as pretty ae thoa?" inqaired I, vantnriag upon the familiar torn of address Bba blushed and actwered : " II wai not a woman il was my brother." "Oh, thy brother I And wbare did I meet thy brother 1" " la I'arid. Herr Gaionborough." la Farie 1 Radolph 1 What, art tbou the Hater of Heinrieh Radolph, who lives in the Latin Qaarter, and il ooasidered tbe oleverest jeweller in tbe oily T" " Tee, honored Herr," returned Christina amiling for tbe n>al time acd (bowing her pretty teeth and a dimple on either cheek. My brother Heinrieh cut and arranged tbe diamcn Ilia Uuporure of Iba honored Uerr'e mother." Bo be did, Chriifiua, and he did it bat- ter than any one except him oonld have done it. A.1.J to thoa art rea'ly bis sister ? How did Le tell tbee of me ? ' " He wrote to ma while you were still io Patii, and described the pretty stones and told how Qerr Gainsborough used to come and ait with bim and ace him work and talk it great deal with him." "Tea, be waa well worth talking with. And I remember now tbal he eaid be waa b ni in tbia neighborhood and tbal ha btd a titter and a father living here. It waa aiupiJ cf me not to have thought of that when I beard your name. Well, Christina, I'm afraid I wasn't of much ate to bim after all. I tmd to gat him customers, but I knew very few people in 1'arif, and the only person I did succeed in inlrodneing to bim By the way, il wai this gentleman who ia with me now." 11 Harr Birohmore ; yes, my brother spoke Jto of bim," said Christine, her gravity returning. " Bat be did not speak ot the young lady or of tbt servant." " No. I believe Ibay weren't witb him at tbe time. I only met them myself since I Oftme to Bohandau." " The young lady is Herr Birehmore'* wit* ?" 11 UIH wit* ? Dear heavens, LO t Hil daughter, of courts, Christina." Christina itid nothing, being oeupied in neatly smoothing out the pillo . and laying the wadded counterpaneover t'.a tbeet. " Will Herr Gainsborough ilay witb ni long 7" i ha atked after a pause. " At long as Herr Birehmore doei, I sup- pose." said I oarelsssly. " And Herr Birehmore'* daughter ! ' sob- pined Christina wilb a Iwioklo ot mischief to demure that I oonld hardly be lure whether ebe meant it or not. " Thou ad ai clever aa thy brother, Christina," I laagb, coloring a little, teo, however, I dare nay, " II ia true I have not known them long, bat bat people sen a good deal ol one another la travelling together." "I have beard 11 itid thai travelling mtkci people acquainted with " the paued and looked down thoughtfully at her bare leal. Preaently the lifted her blue eye*, airtight to mine and atked : " Herr Gaintcoroagb uaa bis diamonds with him?" " Undoabtedly t Tbey are never away from me." "In going about tbli plate the Herr should be cautions. Borne of these bilis and valleys are very lonely. There are spots, not far from here, where no one goea for sometimea many months." " Will, I'll be vary cartful, Cbriitlu- ohen," I rejoined laughing, and in truth not a little amused at the oare my trienda took of ma. " But thoa mast remember thai no one in Germany, exotpl Ilerr Birebmore and bit daughter and tbyaelt, knowa that any aoeh diamonds aa thete art in exittenoe much lens that they are in my pocket." Christina rained btr finger to her lips, aa il to warn me to ipeak lower. " There il at least one otber who knows the man Blnrk I" she said. " Well, perhaps he may," I replied, some- what struck by Her observation, " and, at I see thou bail taken a dullka to the fellow, I will confide to tbee that I consider bim an atrocious brute. But, brute though be is, there> no barm in bim of Ibat kind. He il an old servant of Herr Birebmore, I believe, and woold, of course, be ditmitsed at once it there was anything serious igainul bim." " Naturally," was all Christina's aniwer. Bbe made no pretence of arguing the point wilb me. " Aditn, honored tir," ihe said at tbe door. Bat, witb her hand upon the lalob, rba panied, turned round and added rather confusedly, " Will Hen Gaintbor- oogb goon any expedition witb bis friend) to-day?" " Why, I hardly think io, Christina." "Bui to-morrow, perhaps?" ibe per- sisted, lifting her blue eyea to mine again. " Perhaps," I admitted wilh a smile. " Tban if be can Irani me would Ihe Herr mind leaving the diamonds with ma until he comes back again ? ' " Nay, Ghriitiooben, I cannot give them np, even to tbee, and although I can trust ante ai math M tby brother, or myself. But tboa might's! loae them ; and, it they are to be lost at all, I would rather Ihe responsibility should be mine. Beeidea," I continued, showing my revolver, "I go always with Ibia. Bat I thank tbee all the lime, Christlnoban, and I would like to do torn etbi ng to " I etapped toward her ; tbe fact ie, I rap- poee I meant Io kiss ber. Bol bar txpree- lion changed in a manner aol encouraging to each an advance. Bbe looked both grave and hurt, and I paued. ."I wat going to tty-it taonwonjdl. like to see the diamondi, It woald give me great pleainre to show them to lb.ee. " Many Ibanka, honored sir, I would rathtr not," and, witb a formal oaortety, the fsir-haird lilll* maid opened Ibe door and disappeared, leaving me feeling rather foolish. " The pretty peaiant baa a pride of her own I" I laid to my tell ae I opened my trunk and got out my writing materitU. " Bhe'a actually off cded because I wouldn't ooctlilnte ber guardian cf thirty tnooaand pounds' worth ot diamonds. Gjod gracious I Why, that father ot turn, it I know any- thing ot faoet, would eul all our throats for as many groschsn. Bntwbalan unmistak- able eeamp my friend blurk must be to have aroused tbe kaspielons ot such an innooeut, unsophisticated little ereatnre tta Cbrislincbon I By Jove, though, anybody might be suspicious ol a leer and a slouch like bis ! What if there should beatytbtog in il? Just suppose inch a thing for a moment, en? It's impossible, to be ture; but tbe impoaable dcee sometimes happen. How on earth did Birelimor* ever bappan to have such a fellow ib. ut him ? I tell yon I've alwayt had a notion that he may b9 at the bottom of all tbit myotsry Ibal Birobmore and Ktte ar* io muoh exereised by. Now, what it he but pibaw I " Tbere it oca tbing I'm resolved to do, however," 1 continued Io mjitlt aaltetlled down with paper, pane and ink, at the table io tba window. " I'll buttonhole Bireb- more i IIH very afternoon and get out of bim everything he know* about bii precious va'el. Il can be co harm to have the mat- ter cleared up Tbo tbing ii absurd, ot course, still, the titnatiou out here it ratbtr lonely, and with two enob lovely neighbors aa papa Rudolph aod Shirk far nolite frattun il may be well to be on the tate tide. Yea, that tball be cleared op to-day." Having arrived at tbia tapieni determi- nation, I tel to work writing my letters and scribbled away diligently tor an boor or two. At length, as I waa looking vacantly up from my paper, at t loas for aometnicg interesting to let down upon il, my eyei happened to rett upon Ihe pane ot my open window. Like neatly all German windoct, it opened inward on hinges, instead ol running np acd down in grooves. Tbe pane on my left, therefore, having Ibe dark room at a b&ek-groond, acted aa a mirror of Iba tui.li. landscape outaide on Ibe right, showing me a portion thereof which waa directly in- visible to me from where I sat, and to any person standing in which I mnal myself be invisible. Now, my window waa on the southern tide of the boose which floated westward on the road. Oa the opposite tide ot tba road wai a narrow strip of land planted wilh vegetables, aod above this roae tba abrupt tide of a bill, ascended by a winding path partly hidden by Ibe Ireea. 1 oonll not aee tbia hill aod path without leaning out of the window and locking toward the right, but a considerable part of il w*i re- flected in my window-pane mirror, and could thus be readily observed without ril- ing from my chair. Happening, then, at I laid, to oast my eyei upon this mirror, I taw two persons Handing together on tbe path upon tbe bill-tide andconvrrsiogiu an animated manner. I had no difficulty io recognizing them ; they wera Mr. Birobmore and bis valet. Bo far there wai nothing surprising in Ihe ipeolaele. Thai which did surprise and tven astonish me, however, waa the mutual bearing ot Iba two men toward taob othir. I have already mentioned the peremptory tone ia which Mr. Birohmore uniformly addreited the man Blurk, and the generally overbearing attiinde be assume! toward him. But in tbe conversation now going forward all tbit waa changed. To judge by appearance*, I should have said Ibal blurk waa tbe matter, and Mr. Birebmore tbe valet. Tbe former waa gesticulating total- bly, and evidently laying down tbe law in a very decided and autocratic way. Hit iquare, ungainly figure teemed to dilate and take on a masterful and almoal beeloricg air, while Mr. Birohmore Blood wilb bis bands iu bis ooalpocaita, undemonstrative and submissive, apparently accepting wilh meekness all that the other advanoed, and only occasionally interpolating a remark or a suggestion, to which Blnrk would pay but slight or itapalieut attention. Bolb were evidently talking in a low tone, for, though they were not more tban fitly or sixty yards from where I sat, I could not oateh a tingle word, or even so mueb at an inarticulate murmur, unless by deliberately straining my earn. Bat I oil not need nor care to hear anything. What I aaw wai quite enough to startle and mystify me. After a tew minutes the two interlocutors moved slowly on up tbe path and were toon beyond tbe field ot my mirror. But the unexpected scene which I bad witneeud did no) to soon pass out ot my mind. I got np from my table and began walk- ioabout the room wilb Ibe restletincta ot one who cunoi make bii new faolj tally with bii preconceived idsaa. Who and what was blurk, and bow bad be obtained ascendancy over a man like Birohmore? Certainly il could not b* a natural atoin- danoy. Birebmore moil have put himself in tbe otber'a power. In otber worda, Binrk most be blackmailing him. And tun wai tbe tionble, wai it T This waa th* myilary ? II wit an ugly and awkward business, cer- tainly, but tbe main question remained altar all unanswtrtd. Wbat wae il Ibat Birobmore bad dine to give Blnrk a bold upon him t And bad tbal aol, whatever il waa, oomproaiiiod his daughter along with bim ? r ur, now that I gslhertd op in By mtmary all the hints and tigni which had oomi under my notice in reltlion to thia affair, I c uld not help thinking thai liate'e altitude had iu it tpmotbicg suggestive ol more than mere filial sympathy wilb her father's misfortune. In that misfortune or disgrace she bad a personal and separate, in addition to a lympatbetio, share. And yet, in what conceivable way could a low villain like Blnrk fasten hie gripe upon a pure and spollsce young girl ? And what a hideous thought that snob a girl abonld be in any way at bit ueroyi Tbe more I turned the matter over in my mind, tbe more ugly did i I appear. No wonder Ibat father and daughter had warned ma away. Borne men in my position, having aeen thoi tar, might have tbrank back and given up Ihe enterprise. But I wai not in tbal oati- gory. I was more than tver determined to see tbe adventure to ita end nay, to gtio my own end in it, too. The coaditioni of the contest were, at all events, narrowing themselves down to recognizable form. It wai to be a trial of strength mainly between myself and Blnrk between an educated, plucky Englishman tnd a bate German ruf- fianbetween one, moreover, wbo had right, moral and legal, on bla tide and love at bii goal, and one armed only wilh underhand canning and terrorism and aiming at nothing higher than the extortion of money. This wai tbe way I read Ibe tilnation, and I flattered myself that I was tqaal to tbe emergency. Upon consideration, however, I decided to alter my intention of asking Mr. Birob- more about hla valet. It was tolerably clear that be was not ID a position to give me any Information ; and, beside B, I had already learned everything except tbe par- licnlari. Thote particular^ III did not succeed in discovering them onaided, must be extracted Iron Kate. Bbe would not withhold them from me U I queitioned her resolutely and directly, enforcing my inqniritt witb disclosure of tht knowledge I had already obtained. Thia, then, should be my next itep. I sealed up my letter*, locked them in my deak, tnd, il being now nearly teven o'clock, I went down (o supper. OHAFIER VII. Bat at tupper tbtrt was no Kate. Mr. Birohmore aod I wire nerved by Christina, while tbe voices of tilurk and our landlord could be heard in the kitchen. My oanver. nation wit naturally somewhat constrained. Mr, Birehmore bad a good dial to lay abonl tome excursion which hi bad in view (ot the morrow, tool I (ailed to pay very clone attention to bit ramaikt. Oaee, how- ever, I eaugbt Ckritliaa'a ayea fixed upon me and auiled at I remembered btr waru- lugt respecting tbe supposed danger of toll- lary rambles. After aupper I fell more rvktleas tban ever. Mr. Birehmore brought out hie invariable oigars, txpeolag me to join him io a smoke, bat I wai not in the mo d for il, ueiihtr did 1 feel at ease iu bit ecm- paby until thlngii should have beguu to look a little mote cooiprtbeutible. I left him, therefore, ai.d wandered aimlessly about outside the beuse, eaploritia thi tartu yard and buildings, aud then coming round to tbe roid and paoit g np and down on a beat abonl a quarter of a mile in length. II waa a clear, moonlight night aod to warm aa to be almoal opprettiva. At length I re- turned to tbe bouse, il being then alter cine o'clock. Mr. Birobmore bad appar- ently retired. Okiistina wai nowhere to be teen ; so I got a lamp from my early land- lord and found my way without much diffi- culty to my own chamber. Toe warmth within doon waa mill more oppressive than outside. I opened both Ihe windows, drew up my bed between them and placed Ihe table with tbe lamp on il near the bed's bead. I had previously thrown off my coal and waitteoal and laid them across one end of the table. Tbe dia- monds were still in tbe pocket ot tbe coal. I intended taking them out before going to sleep, aaoi pulling them under my pillow or in tome equally secure place. My revolver I alto placed beside the lamp. Then, hav- ing provided myaelt witb a book oat ot my trunk, aud drawn the boll of the door, I re- clined on the outride of tbe bed and begun Io read. I ojnld not, however, fix my mind upon tbe pagt. Firtl my attention and then my eyes would wacder. I took a futile and ab- tnrd ioterait in scrutinizing all Ihe details ol tbe room, I recollect them distinctly now. Tbe walls were not papered, bat tbe planter wat watbtd over witb a dark-gray lint which rubbed cfi wilh Ihe fingers, and the uniformity of whieh waa relieved by vertical baudiof dull red, painted at iuMr- vala of about five feel from M jor to ceiling. Tbe ceiling wai low about eight teel from tbe floor and whitewashed. In out corner itood tbe ebina stove, a glistening, pallid ttiaorure of plain tiles, bain up fonr-tqnire nearly Io tbe lop ot the rcom. Oa the aid* ot the room oppotite the two wmdtw j and the bed wai faitecei a tall looking-glai>e, formed ol three plater, set one above tbe other, edge to edge, iu tush a manner a< painfully to cut op aud diatort whatever wai reflected in them. In from ot tbi locking-glace waa a liliputian waab-atand, and beside it a etraigul-legged chair with- out rungs in a word, a room more utterly devoii of every kind of picture! que or orna- mental attraction ojuld not be imagine! ; yet I could not keep my eyee from vacantly travjreing and relravertiug ita vaeanev. The door wai behind me, at I lay toward Ibe little table on which the lamp itood, but I could tat the free edge ot il brokonly reflected in Ibe mirror, with the cracked black porcelain latch handle tnd Ins iron bolt wbiob I bad ibol into ill place. I wai anytbicg but ileepy ; Ibo btal and the peel of miJgea and btetlrs which tbe l: B ht attracted in through ILe windows would have luinojd to keen mo awake evib bad my mind been at ease. In order to ditpere tbe inacoie I finally extinguished tbe lamp ; tbe mootligbl ia tbe rcoai was so brigut that 1 eould almoa) have seen to read by it. I closed the took, biwevtr, and, clasping my hand! under my hoad, 1 gave myself up to idilalioo. Nil a soa&ii of BLy kiad was auuibli except ibe mum 1 id licking ot tbe watch in my wait tsoat pooket and tbe faint rustle of Ibe pilloir at 1 brealbed. Tbe whue moonlight itemed to augment tbe itilloett ; Ibo wool) great night, and tht boot* with it, aeeniad silently aod intently listening, and at length I found mytell luUnltg intently, too. For what? I oouU not icli, but I likteced nevertbeleea. By -and b) i, 1 fancied a found came a sound from tomewbeto within the house. II was a very faint sound, and did not coma again ; bat il waa such at might have been caused by tbe ligbl pressure of a foot in ons ot the paseageaouMde. Instinctively I reached forth wy hand and laid bold of my revolver, but 1 did not riie from tbe bed nor otherwise alter my poalilon. I still lay H it atieep, wilb tba revolver in oiie hand, the other beneath my bead, and my ajet fixed upon the edge ot tbe door, wLioh wai obscurely visible in tbe mirror, Beversl miuulea passed that and tbtre wai no return of Ibs noise. Theu I aaw the handle ot tbe door move a^d into. Tbe latob clicked slightly ; the door, boiled though il wai, opened as if on oiled hinge*, admitting in indiiliucl figure lu along rob* of kofl gray, bo much I taw in thi mirror. Then the door wat doted again and the ti jure, advaceing toward tbe bed, oeaied to be reflected in tbe gla is. Il advanced close to the bed and paused there a mooaeul ; I could hear its deep, regular breathing. All Ibis time I bad uot moved, bat lay witb my back turned, feigning (dumber. Preasntly the figure paiaed roond the foot of Ibe bed, and came np Ihe other side. Tbe full while light ol tbe moon fell upon il. It was Kate, at I bad known it wae from Ihe flrit mominl the entered Ibe room. Bbe wri clad in a dressing-gown of soft, flowing material, which wat fastened at tbe throat aud trailed on tbe ground. It bad wide sleeves, one ot wbiob fell back from tbe bare, smooth arm and hand that carried a lamp. The lamp was not lighted. Her black hair bung down on her shoulders and on each lida ot her pale face. Her eyea were wide open, bat fixed and vacant, llor breathing wai long and measured, ae, of one sound asleep. Bhe pal the lamp down on the table beside mine and then itood quite still in tbe moonlight, her faoo wholly expressionless and without motion. It waa an appalling thing to tee her that. I, too, remained molionlect, but il wae because I knew not what to do. To awaken her might bring on Ihe worst const nuenoes. If tbe were not disturbed, the might poasibly retire aa qniotly and nneonieioualy as she bad coma. But too mystery of ber being tbere at all appeared utterly inexplicable. What had led ber, in her trance, to vialt my room? How had aha aver known where il waa ? And, above all, how bad aba oonlrived to enter through a boiled door with as much case as though the bad been a ipirit. Per- bapi Ibis was but a ipitit or a phantom of my own brain I Waa I awake ? Bbe ttretahed oat her band, not following Iti motion wilb btr eyes, but mechanically, and, ai il wore, involuntarily. Boa laid it on my ooal on tbe pocket wbiob contained the diamondi. Then, slowly and deliber- ately, and Hill wilh averted face aod eyea and that long-drawn, slumberous breath- ing, HUG unbuttoned tbe faaleningsone tfler one, and ber i cfl, tapering fingtra closed upon tbe oaia. Meanwhile, my mind had been rapidly canvassing all tbe proi and eon* of action, and I hid coma to Ihe eonolntion that il would be belter tor her that I should inter- lara. O! my paraonal intern! in Iba mat- ter I believe I did not think. Indeed, knowing thai ihe diamonds would not be lost, there wai co reason why I should. But it would not do to risk compromising Ktte. It wai dangerous enough that she ibonld be here at all ; but tbal aba should carry away tbe diamonds wilb bit wai in- admissible. I rote from my bed and laid my band gently on ber wriit. Bbe wa no spirit, bat warm fletb and blood. For a few momtnte Ibs restraint in wbiob I beld her seemed to bstui and dii- tress btr. I faLoied I could feel ber pulse beat under my flogen; a kind of iptam oroRsed ber face, bti tyilidi quivered and Ihe tyei moved in their sockets. Tban her breathing became irregular and caught in ber throat in a kind of nob. The moment of awakening waa evidently at band, and I dreaded its coming, leit she ibonld icriam oat and rouse the booia. But, fortunately, the ullered no lound. Blowly tpeoulalJon grew within her eyea she fixed them on ma, firtl with an exprenion ol atrtnge pleasure, toon changing to bewildirmint and fear. Then, with a ory that wai none the lets thrilling became it was a wbisper, ibe drooped forward into my a*mi. It was a deliaiooa moment, for ill its petll "You are perfectly eats," I whispered In ber ear, " only make no coiie." 1 Tom," abe aaid, suddenly treelcg her- ilf from my armi, and palling a band on cither Hhoaldtr, while her wild, black eyee ecacohed my face, "you understand you doii'l think " "Of course I understand, my poor dar- ling I" What thall I do-wbat shall I do ? Let me kill mytelt?" Wilh a motion twit I aa tba glide of a ser- penl, the reached toward Ihe revolver which I bad leil on Ibe bed. I wai barely in time to catch her arm. Tbe look in Ibe girl's faee at Ibal moment was terrible. "Let ma I will I" " Hub, Kttt 1 Yon never bt all I" "Oh, what shall I do?" she murmured again, flipping down on ber koeea and run- ning both band* through ber thick, black hair. " Tom, if yon loved me yon would kill me I" " Kate, eviry one in tbe bouse is asleep. You can KO back to your room acd no one know. o_,ly be calm." " And no one know ? Too think thai? ' 'I am lore of ill" 1 I know baiter I Some one knowa il now be made il happen." "Don't kneel tbere, dear. Too 're not yonnelf yet, You don't know what you're living." I laid this reaaiuriogly, bat her words had inspired me witb a vague alarm that I ventured not to define. I brought a chair aid made her ait upon il, and tat down be- side ber. " Not btr*," tbt whispered, drawing back out of tbe moonlight into the tbadow. " Oome here, Tom. He may be looking." " Why, K%te, wbo can ace us hare ? Tbe door iashnl." II Oh why waa nol Ibe door boiled I" "It wae. I can't conceive bow you opened it." "Ob, the villain I How I bate him I" " Kate, I love you, and whoever you bate mutt have to do wilb me." "You ean do nothing no out can do anything unless yon hilp ma to kill bim." " Whom do yon mean Blnrk ? Toll me that." " Yf, 'the answered with a shiver, nol looking me io tbe face, bat with ber band* olaiped tight between ber kneel. " I do mean him." " Now tell me all tbal be baa done, dear," said I quietly. " I matt know tvtrylhing, aud then I promise yon thai you thall be freed from bim." " Hi U my master," she aaid in a fright- sned wbiiper. He hae ketn tvir to long He makes me do what be wills. Ht sent me here to-nlgbt. Hi tbamti me and da.troyb me be loves to do it I Ha makes me sleep, aod then I cannot help myself. I wake aud fl id il done ; and be bai no merer." " Why docs he do this ? ' (To be enDtvoDi.il FARIfl AND GABDE reionreee A UIMrrrntr la < utKin.. lie w*t band*; mi. F*ull!culy dreiied. J.< wtls glittered on bti tbirt front. Aod a mnil-, tbal abonld nol bavt deceived u monkey, illuminatad hit ecuo- He was suave. And utrietly aikniiv* tobniioiae. He waaamecbberofej'aabiontble eboreb. But be c .uld make Rome ho*l when out en a ' h'gh " with tbt bovt. He bad a dc voted wile. &ud prellr children. But what oil hi ears ? He beld a prominent position In a big back. O j morning be tailed to lorn np ; Bo did some MOO 103 Tbe gentleman had did Io Cioada, Where be lived in princely ttyle, On ill-gotten wealth. B/ many be wai sti'l highly esteemed Poor fellow t Aud al bl* shrine Tbcn*aods do bim bom ago. He wae a tramp. Nol a prolly tramp. Nor a smart one. Just an ordinary, meaily, nowjttbtd, un- godly, dog b.tlen tramp. Bat be bad isen better day a And ia yeart gone by hi bad been loved. Tbtre waj one aomwbere wbo lovtd him yet- Who? Hi* mother. Aod be bad ahown oarage, too. How? He bad itvtd a human life by imperiling bit own for a wretched oompanun. wbo waa wildly delirious witb Ibe dreadful [charge of smallpox. Bui be wae anipeeled ot theft. Ot Healing a horse. He waa oiptored. And pleaded nol guilty. " Prove II ?" He oonld nol. He did nol btva the borae, and never had one. He atked for mercy. They hung him. Si. Louu Ciitit. A W*teni Ko miner. " Truthful James," writing In tbe Min- neapolis 7'n//v tells this etory : A gtn- tlemtn applied to a yonog lawyer here for a divorce for a friend whoso husband btd deserted her. Tbe ttota were such tbal a divorce eould eaiily be procured, and ibe lady's friend waa BO informed. The eate wae placed upon tht docket tor bearing, and tbe young legal light assured tbe parties tbal tbe knot would be untied on a certain date without diffiralty. Tbe gen- tleman interested wai going to marry Ibe lady, and tbey made all the neoeeeary preparationi tor the happy event Ibe day following that upon whieh the divorce had been promised, inning printed invllatiooi, securing the minister and attending to other preliminaries. Bot the young Uwyer, in a fit ol abteni-mindedneu, failed to file bis note of issue, and thi bearing of tbe ease wai pMtpioed for one week. To aty Ibat there waa mutie in tba air do* a not fairly exprest the Halt of iff airs when Ihe prospeotively happy oonple discovered Ihe aitnation. Bat Ihe wedding WM postponed, all Ibe tame. low Ue I onrhrd II. nr ||.. r . " Oh 1 I am dying, doctor. I am dying," moaned a Bloomington man, as hi lay on bii parlor floor yeatarday. " Ah I'* aald tba man of i quills, " it'i ycnr spine. What caused It? ' " Baseball," taid Ihe poor man. " Too, tir, play tbal odiont game, ana a man at yonr age, too I Been sliding in on home plati on yoor back, I prisome," atid Ihe doctor, with a 'o >k of deep di'guit. " No," feebly moaned lb oiip;le. Umpire, waa you, eh f " " No ; I stepped on the hall at Ibe biad of Ibe stairs, and touched tbe home base In tbe cellar."- liloominftm Hail. A oocp reason why Itpe-wrllers will hardly become common ip Obina ii tbat tbe Chinese alphabet contUna abonl thirty thontaad charade, and thi nan who thin KB of constructing a Obinee* type writer will bave to make it Ihi si/i ol a flfty-boric-powtr thrithicg machine and ran II by steam. Tbi Concord school of philosophy alruok a anig in a paper forwarded by a TCXM professor, II was Cftllid " Ihe Platonian Idea," and alter an earnest and bopelen isaroh lor tht idea, tbe icbool returned the) paper to Ibe protector wilh the simple interrogation, " Why don't jou ilgn tbe CMMs, Dip tillage means enlarged when practised in heavy lands. PolroliBiB, il la said, will often cure chicken cholera if given in time. A table- spoonful in a pint of meal fed to tbe hens ia sufficient. A corn crib may be readily made rat- proof by snpportiog it on oedtr or loom! poali thirty luebet high tui capped wilh a atone or broad board. Tbe one grt at cause ot Ihe imall preflta ot the majority of imall trail growera and market gardenera ia due to tba faet tbat they try to work too much land. A tew aoda and a little cow manure made into a heap now where yog ean throw kitchen slope will make an excellent com- poil tor yonr flower pott next winter. Tbe man wbo takes op larmicg just be- eauie hi baa failed at tverylbiog else bai nol a pleaaanl proipeol before him. He ii likely to add anothir failure to bit lilt. Tbe common daily ii oce ol tbe moil divitible of plant?, kaeb separate branch- ial may be removed witb itt modicum of root, and every bi) will form a thrifty plant. Tbe dayi ot tall potk aa tbe principal meat for farmers, fortunately, are patt, and witb tbtm impaired digestion, that under the old diet waa Ice tonroe of innu- merable ilia. A remedy considered laiiiftc.oiy for vinous kicdsot inatolt in stored grain eon- aists in placing an open vessel of bisulphide ot earbon on top of Ibe grain in a tight bin. DJU'I let your colonies go into winter quarters witb none but old beer. Tbey will " fag out " before apricg, and yonr bivea will contain noth n< but tba remains ol defunct workers. Beani aod peaa that are to bo kepi over winter may be pulled frcm Ibe vines aa fait at they dry. It left on the vines tht Lulls will aometimee p>p open and tbe ai'cdi be lost. Kintai farmers who raited broom corn last aeaton and beld it till abonl January lit received from lit? to 1175 per too, nearly twice ai much per ton a* they ever before received. Rearrange field* in tnon a way ai I; re- duce fencing to the lowest point, and coil of maintenance on many farms will be reduced enough to balance auaual claims by tbe tax gatherer. Alkike clover ii catima'.od aa capable of produaing 500 pounds of boney per ten, but Bomething depende on Ihe teaeon and tbi crop. It growt heel en clay toil, and njakii excellent bay. Green amber oauu ii vmy highly extolled by MinnetDla f armor* at ixjellsni food for catile and milch cows, ii beicg elairmd Ibat It is cqaal to corn for producing n.i k and inperior to il tor butter. At Ihs Birmingham pool.ry exbibiiion, lately beld ia England, priiM were offered for preserved eg<s. Firal pr:i went to eggi packed io dry salt ; aeoond to greased egg* in lime water aod tali. Farmcrt are gelling out ot ihj habit ot wasbag tbeep. Ili<- aaogerous to men and theep, aud uslesa Ibe wool ii very oleao there is dirl enough io il to moro tbau balance Ihe diffjreLoe in price. Heavy wit.d* Ibat abakt oft a great de . o: trail do not always dioiini*h yield, for wbat ii left growa larger, tomtlimta to much inperior in iij and appearance at to over balance all apparent loia. The manufacture ot beet iturar in O*li- fornia baa proved floaceially snooraifnl both to Ihe manufaaioreis aid larmen wbo ralte tb* bee In The latter can nel 180 aa acre profit in raiting sn^ar beets. A fat steer or other bjimal Intended for Ibe butcher will go off readily al aty time, bat il i* nol poatiole to |>ul on tbe required f tl in a few days, ao if lucre is the inten- tion t J 1*11 good leeiing 1* a prt-rcqiiait*. Theearcfalabtpnerd varit* the feed of bin flooki to mil their condition aud appe- tile*. On cold clear dayi bis iKok will eat nearly twice ai moob aa on warm, wtl dtyt, and Ibe amount ot feed tbould be gauged accordingly. If one takea a little time and pabe be can readily raite nearly all the treei and shrub* he needs by trui>plantiug to a nurierj patch from tb* for*ti when smsll or by baying from tbe nurteriei, where tbey are grown from seed very cheaply. Many nurserymen advite tranoplamiig vergrecni in late summer rather than 'Vnng, aa Ibe pleatant mcutnre ot the utomu OAUica tbem to roo) well befort viuttr, and thiy are col first tax id to tndore tbe to robing healot early summer. 1 1 it unfortunate whan Ihe character and fertility of a field are not nearly uniform in in aeveral part*. Wilb uniformity cf toil tbe orop will ripen to thai all can bs har- vested together, and Ibia witb machinery run by horse power is a great advantage. Do net feed a s jw Ibat has Booking rlgi on too mneb dry food. Bba tbonld bave plenty of slop, bat il should bt r.ob aiid nntr,tioua. A mixture of eornmsal, ground oali and middlings reduced to a thin ooniistenoy wilh ikim milk It a tood met*. Farmers who have aowu gypeum on strawberry plant* to promote their vigor bave met some disappointing remits. The gvptnm produces ao large a growth ol olovir Ibal il becjmet almost impossible to keep Ibe rowa cliin, and in lomt instance! the bed had to be abandoned. llubbard tquatbea are more profitable to grow among polatoei or oirn than pump- kini, and they also make excellent food tor stock, enpoial!y when oxiked. A lew pumpkins, however, will serve well in win- ter a* a complete change ol dial, and tbe crop should not be neglected. Flam tboold be laid to pripari tht gtound to be planted wilb raipberriea or blackberries next ipring thii fall. If tba ground it ploughed al any time after this and thoroughly cultivated about thi oloe* ol Ootober, raspberries can be planted as toon ii thi froal ia out without replongh- ing. The aeoond crop, or aftermath, of timo- thy doea not grow very tall, and ia come- limoi nol worth cutting. It ia excellent tor turning under at a green mannrial orop and alto makes exlra fine paatarage. limolby it not at easily thrown np by tbe froit aa clover, and uanally endnree tbe winter well. and thrive without water to drick It senous acd coitly delation to micy farmers. By eating when dtw it on tbe grass they oau gel along with little wahr, but thai lillle thiy require aa absolutely M any stuck, or poor condition and Lour wool will tell tbe story of their depriv.. lion. While clover ia a very persistent plant, and once it li seeded tl endeavors to c main, whieh makea it a valuable grass en those locations where red clover will L< I thrive. L ; kelhe strawberry, It not only produce* teed, but also propagates itatlf by runners. II makes an excellent Mature and it ii a valuable grata for bee lee pets TBB I.I I I I.K CKOf I.B. |ufT I- BUI Ir. ol I ho.r Wh*> At* Ju.l I !(.!.> Hit . un* In IMl'IitMKO DOOM. " Tbera'a going to bi umathmg tbe matter witb my big brother Jim next week," aaid a 6 -year old child to btr teacher. "Indeed," taid tbe teacher, "what n going to be tbe matter witb J:m T" " lie's going to get married , that's what * going to ail him," waa tbe surprising rt|ly. A groarwa BMBIT ABOOIID. A small chili wai kipt from doing e- il by being told by bit mother Ibat tbi to >- man would catch him, and by bia falhrr tbal tbe devil waa after him. In time the child's onrionty became excited, and on being again warned he anewared: "P*p>, I'd juit like to aee tb* booman and the devil gel alter each other." UTTII IKKS NO BIXCDT, " Why, Mattie, yon bave pat jour ibott on thi wrong feet ! " " Whol'll I do, mam- ma? They're all the taet I've got." TOO Drrroarvx. " Mamma," aaid little Mary, " ia Uoele Ned Arlbnr'i uncle, too ? ' "N 3," taid ber mother, "be UAitbnr'n father." " Well, is he your uncle ?" "No; hi ii my brother. He is Fred'* uncle, aud your*, and Coniin Lilzsla'a." " Now, said Mary, shaking her tmll head very poaitivaly, "I know Uncle N.d iau'l inch a lot aa that I" i.N ATIBAQE SCHOOL COMPOemO*. A taboolma'am al the Cbaee Bonn hat the following javeoile o.mpoeition imong ker lobool-bouse maLn.ocipt : " A oofflta ii thi only Anuymal Ibat aia't jot no beck. There ain'l but one kind of a fl b in the World tbal lives on tb* land aid F.yt round in Ibe air, and that ie a tUb-hawk, A codflib bai a large month, and my Bun- day i oboDl Teeohei s got a Urge mooib t o. Two kidagoi fining in tbe vealrv on* day and one of em pulled quite a lot ot LUr* out of Ihe otbir kids iitti and tbi Superin- tending pounded one ef bit Eira with a took aod to tbey quit. A fiih w i. I I ok funny if tbey bai leg* aad could r . .' The niiaiv i>o.i.r Ii long diitaneed by a 10 cent b,.t;le o! Polton'H NIBVIUXI, the utweal a-.d tin ptin recatdy. Ii cures colds, eramp->, o i , paia In tbe head, iciatiia. ptln m trt cbes: ; in fael.it it cqaally effiojei- u < it aa external or internal remedy. Try a 10 cent tample bolilj ct tbe great paiu rcmtdy, NirvUine. BaU by djug*i*:i. Large bullies only 26 cent*. Try a amp * bottle of Nervi me, only 10 centa. T.ke i o snbalitnta. Tba new material for unsiokable appart hat been further tested wi-.h tocoete ia London. Tbi* material U ooxpcud ol threads ef cork interwoven wilb oatloc, ilk, or wooUn machinery wbiob alioc* Ib* cork to the required thinneea forrcijg pui ol Ibe invention. Tbe garment* wbirh ar* mad* in this manner bave tbe snot apcearaoo* a* ordinary olo hir., , ai J pc s en . remarkable buoyancy in water. Tbooaacdi ol caret follow fie aie of i i , Sage's Catarrh Remedy. 60 cent*. II would sew from tbe letter of a t- respondent ot Ibe London StamiirU ihtl frogs and mice are deadly enemiee. Ton gentleman obaerved a battle royal going n between these creaturoa in a iheJ. Toe mice panned tbo frogt all over tbo place for tome little time without resul', for tbi frogs managed to eluie them. Bat pruju. ally tbi mioe gained an ad. .UU H ', capturing and recapturing tbe frog*, and b. ting them nutil thsy were ino 11, able ot farther resistance. Tbe mice then fluiebed Ibo bnsinesi by devouring a portion cf the dead freg*. " Cloae tbo door gently, And, bridle Ibe briatb : I've one cf my headiohf I'm tiek unto death." " Take ' Pcr^aWve Pelliti,' They're plesiint acd sure ; I'vs some In my pocket I'll warrant to cure." Dr. Pieroe'a Pleaeant Pnrfativi Pel- lele are both preventive aod ouratlv*. John Carotbera, while boning brush near Akron. Oaio. eauibl bii fool In a brush heap, and wa* in danger ot bci> g burned to death. Hit yells brought a man *?"' " P*y nie tht 5 yonow* m*, and I II help yon out." C.rnthers usi^trd that he didn't owi any 15. All ri*hi, then, turn," taid Ibe man, and be walked away. Oarotbert thin by frantic effort* "'eased himself, but not before be wai badly eeorebed. I our I uni. rr dp not ixpeol that Dr. Pieree'e " Ooldin Medical Discovery" will make new ones for you. Il can do much, but not impossi- bililiea. If, however, yon bave not reached. the laal slagei of ojntnmption, there i hope for you. But do nol delay, leet yon erosi tbe fatal line where help ie impottl. nil. Th* Discovery has arreettdlh* aggravating cough ot tbonaacde of con- tnmptivei, cured their night sweats and hectic fevsn, aud restored them to health and bappineu. Tramps in Dakota are not too Uzy to Qo " orrtw ftnk ' TU.4 I. AI ___ '_. The g)od ttarl that tbi calf had on milk in thi nrit few weeks mnit be kept al least through the first year if tba animal ll to have full development. The fin winter Ulhe trying lime, bat it require* only liberal feed and comfortable quartan to maintain steady growth. Anything anor il lor* to be loss. A Maw England dairyman states bo hat fed green rye to bit aowa for three seasons, and the improvement in tbi quality of milk, cream and bolter wai viry marked. He u es no o, bring for his butler, and finds the green ry* better than many other kicda of grass. Considering Ibat rye ii a orop that grows well on nearly all kicda ot aoil, this ia vary encouraging Shelter belle to be < (Tactual all the year round should bi ol avergreena. Their mataei of perpetual foliage make them especially valuable for that purpoea. A double row of these trees is worth mori at a tbtller bell in winter than a doctn rowi ol dooiduoui trees Ibat offer only naked boughs in winter, Beildee tilling carefully and thoroughly the young apple Ireei, rubbing eft turplui shoots, ele, keen ooeervalion aa to cater- pillars will avoid the enlneblement of many oiheiwiae good tree*. Rob any tree ot in foliage during Ihe growing season by ay process, and Ibe tree ii greatly reduced IB vitality thereby. Theid<lba, iheepal putun will live th* " crew aol." That ia, they act - icareorowi in the wheat Melds, taking turns at standing on a platform high above the wheat, and occasionally yelling o throwing a atone al ths birds. They are paid very little beeidse what they eat. A learned crank named Adams rlevote* even columns in a recent medical journal to " Tbe Dangers of Killing." H* might have taid il in five worda : Klaeiag of Mn leadi to matrimony."- Maratho* Indt- Marriage among the Btoox Indiana is for a Ufa-time. Biouxing for a divorce there ia not known. CONSUMPTION. l. . Branch Office, 37 Tonga st, Torato , ''""* I L9 assortedlPoreign Btampe, Me I llr n.r. I Wlllard Uro*. 1810 Vaa P t Stella o o M. i~ ar DUNN'S BAKINQ POWDER THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND

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