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Aneunstb eA nelaie: * s â€" Weentovers _ e=LAIDEN â€" back to his It had not been from any lack of atâ€" tention of his that business had fallen off, He gave all his time to it, early and lateâ€"ay, far into the dark watches of the night. In the years that had glided so swiftly by him he‘had been ambitious; he had studied the art of photography from its beginning. â€"If pictures could be taken by the aid of the sun at day, why conld not the moon‘s rays be utilized so that they could be taken by night? He was a fanatic upon the subject, Many.a night when the moon was af its full, he stole from his bed and experiâ€" mented upon his pet theory, But no one knew about it; he kept the secret of his experiments in his own breast, creeping Life had gone all wrong with him from the beginning. Fortune had knocked once at his door, but he had epurned it, becaust the acceptance of it would have cost him his honor, his selfâ€" respect; but he realized, in after years, the truth of the old adage, "‘Man makes his ow n opportunities, or mars them,"‘ He had been the only child of wellâ€"toâ€" do parents, who had died content in the knowledge that they had given their son an excellent education, even if they had not left him any of this world‘s goods, They had hopes that he might marry well, he was so ambitious, so handsome, and learned; but these were nipped in the bud when he fell in love with a poor young girl and straightway became beâ€" trothed to her. Then came the turning point in his life. A business matter took him to the house of a wealthy heiress who wished to engage his services. She fell deeply in love with Andrew Carr, But gold did not tempt him; he tunred away from the million of money that â€"might have been his for the asking, and married the sweetheart of his choice, He had started out in life as an artist; but painting pictures which no one would buy did not fill the mouths of the little ones that came so quickly, He lived to see a fellowâ€"companion who had married the heiress, for her money, whom he might have wonâ€"a wheat kingâ€"fairly rolling in wealth, with money to burn; while he had driftâ€" ed into the keeping of a photograph galâ€" lery, barely eking out an existenceâ€"there were so many mouths to feed. One plunge, and his earthly woes would be overâ€"his. last battle with the hard world would have been fought; but the thought of the girl sleeping so peaceâ€" fully in the adjoining roomâ€"his poor Jessyâ€"made him pause, shiver, and draw back. She was so young, so fair, so inâ€" nocent, he did not dare leave her alone in the world. He raised his eyes to the star gemmed sky, and the golden stars seemed to take on a softer light as he made this resolution. Eight sons and one daughter had been born to Andrew Carr. When his wife placed little Jessy in his armsâ€"the child which cost her her lifeâ€"she said; "I thank Heaven that they are all boys, You are having trouble with them now while they are small, but the time will come when they will be able to pay you back, They will take care of you in your old age; that is the time you will need them most," A score or more of times Andrew Carr had leaned over the window ledge, watchâ€" ing the dark pavement, four stories below him, with feverish, restless eyes. With . those words on her lips, the sweetheart whom he had wedded for love alone, passed out of his life. ‘The boys grew up to manhood; he gav&® each one of them the advantage of a fine education to face life with, After he had brought them up to manâ€" hood, a strange fatality happened, One by one they sickened and died, and ho was left alone, bereft of the support that he had counted upon in his old ageâ€" alone, save for the child Jessy, the beauâ€" tiful blossom which was left .clinging alone to the old bough. He sat at the open window, despite the lateness of the hour, his gray head bent on his trembling hands, muttering to himself that he would end it all then and there were it not for his poor daughâ€" ter Jessyâ€"fair, sweet Jessy, who was the only ray of sunshine in his weary life. On the morrow his troubles would culâ€" minate in a disaster go terrible that he dared not think of it. He had. kept his sorrows carefully locked within his bosom, thankful that as yet Jess did not know what the dawning of the morrow meant for them. It cost him his best years to accomâ€" plish this. Every dollar he could earn he lavished upon them. The girl realized that brisiness was falling off to a great extent, but she did not know that on the night our narrative opens Andrew Carr was reduced to his last dollar. He did the hest he could for the child which heayen had spared him, He plodâ€" ded away, day after day, in his gallery, while Jessy grew from childhood to magnificent girlhood. They lived in the rooms adjoining th@ gallery. More than one customer who patronized the place thought that it must be a yery dreary existence for the winssme creature, the eld photographer‘s daughter, He had received notice from his landâ€" lord that unless the rent was forthcoming on the following day, his effects would be put on the street.. For himself he cared nothing, his battle with life had been too hard for useless repiningâ€"his handâ€"toâ€"hand fight with grim, relentless poverty for the bare necessities of existâ€" ence, year in and year out, had choked out all the geniality of his nature and imbittered it. "Let her sleep toâ€"night in peace,‘‘ he told himself; «‘it will be hard enough to eall her when day breaks, and tell her all. There had been little or no business during the entire day in the little photoâ€" graph gallery of Andrew Carr, on lower Broadwayâ€"nor had there been for many a long day past, for that matterâ€"and affairs were beginning to assume alarmâ€" ing prospects. It wanted a quarter of an hour to midâ€" night on a sultry August night. You will please take careful notice that I am particular as to time, for it marked the strangest tragedy that ever shocked a community, and darkened beyond repair a young girl‘s life. fee0?P) CHATPER I ©O =â€" otLy with the gray l whiter in deathâ€"and the horrorâ€"stricken eves. they knew that sha had heard all He had never known him to indulge in wine before, though he had passed the place regularly for long years. As he placed the last dollar which he had on the counter, a smile flickered over his lips, to think how soon his pockets would be full of them. The man who waited upon the old photographer marâ€" veled at his apparent excitement. With unsteady stepsâ€"for the action of the wine was a strange sensation to him â€"Andrew Carr made his way back to the gallery. As he neared his home, he thought _ he heard excited voices. Quickâ€" ening his unsteady steps until they broke into a run, he turned into the narrow hallway, clambering heavily up the stairs. He had barely reached the gallery ere the sound of the voices grew louder, and he heard some one say ;â€" "This way! He dashed in here, The next instant three dark forms sprung over the threshold, and he found himself confronted by officers of the law. "Gentlemen,"‘ he exclaimed, casting his dazed eyes from one to the other, "‘I am at a loss to understand what this means," "I will treat myself to a drink," he muttered; it is the first that has passed my lips for twenty yearsâ€"ay, I will drink long and deep to the success of my new discovery." It took the desperate stranger but a moment to decide upon his course of action. Drawing a large package of money and papers from his breastâ€"pocâ€" ket, he thrust them beneath a pile of scenery that, judging from the dust which had settled upon it, was seldom brought into use. Like a flash, the man made his way to the scuttle on the roof. It shut to with a springâ€"lock; he had no. difficulty _ in fastening it after him. He took pains, however, to remove the key from the lock, that it might not be easily opened. Meanwhile, the old photographer, terâ€" ribly excited over the result of his experiâ€" ment, stepped tremblingly into a nearâ€"by cafe. _®"I demand to khow the meaning of this!"‘ cried Andrew Carr. "What do you want of me, and why are you searching my place?" She had scarcely returned to her own room ere she heard the sound of her faâ€" ther‘s footsteps going cautiously down the stairs. "I am hunted down!"‘ he cried, pausâ€" ing and looking wildâ€"eyed around him. "‘They are following me like bloodâ€" hounds; they are closing around the buildings.. God! am I to be caught like a rat in a trap in this fashion? I have too clear a brain for that!‘ ‘They will be safe enough here," mutâ€" tered the man, drawing a deep breath. "‘When the excitement blows over, it will be an easy matter for me to come here and find them." ‘‘{Search the place at once,‘‘ said one of the officers to his companion, laying a heayy hand on Carr‘s arm; adding: "He could not have got rid of his booty so quickly; it must b_e somewhere about." _ The girl threw herself, dressed as she was, upon her couch. Tired nature soon asserted itself. â€"Quite as soon as her head touched the pillow she fell into a deep, troubled sleep. *Â¥ou are under arrest for commitifing n robbery across the way,"‘ returned the officer. But, before he could add the balâ€" ance of the sentence that rose to his lips, one of the officers cried out exultingly, as he sprung to his feet, waving something in his hand :â€" . "The night is gone; it is morning now. Leave me to myself, Jessy," he said. ‘"‘Hore you are, captainâ€"five large packages of bills, and some important potes and bills of the firm hurriedly tucked away beneath this pile ot rubbish. We have run our man down quickly enough this time." There was a low, wailing cry from the doorway. Turning quickly in that direcâ€" tion, they saw a tall, fairâ€"haired young girl standing, like one paralyzed, on the threshold. At the first glance at the blanched faceâ€"which would never be The young girl turned away with a sigh, and at that moment a clock in an adjacent belfry slowly tolled the midâ€" night hour. The old photographer had scarcely passed out upon the ‘street ere a man darted quickly up the narrow stairway, three steps at a time, never stopping until he gained the fourth floor, where the door of the gallery stood open. _ She marveled at it that he never lost faith and hope. ‘"Leave me, Jessy!‘‘ he cried. ‘"Leave me to work out our great fortune alone and undisturbed *‘ "Don‘t you hear me say, Eureka! I have found it?"‘ he cried. ‘"Leave me to myself. I shall never rest until I know the outcome of toâ€"night‘s experiment. I may take my hat and walk around the block toâ€"night for air; I am too excited to sleep." "Gentlemen,‘‘ cried Andrew Carr, now thoroughly recovered through fright from the effects of the wine, ‘"before heaven, I swear to you that I am innocent. I do not know how these things which you have just found came to be here. I call God to witness my assertion of innoâ€" cence. I have lived here for nearly twenty years, and no man can say aught against me. I am poor, but I am an honest man." The officer‘s grasp tightened on his shoulder. ‘‘They all say that," he remarked, grimly. _ ‘‘We find decided proofs of your guilt. You will have to prove your innoâ€" cence. Come with me!" ‘‘"Let me speak one word to my daughâ€" ter Jessy,"" cried Andrew Carr, hoarsely. "Just one word. You shall not tear me from her like this; it would kill her," She had heard him talk like this before, after he had finished experimentâ€" ing on his pictures by moonlight; but when he developed his proofs on the morrow, his disappointment had been greatâ€"they had been dire failures. ‘"You are excited, father,"‘ said the girl, calmly. _‘"Don‘t work any more toâ€" night. Go to your bed and rest." _ _ nchn omm ce c im n ult 1 He had his camera drawn before the window, and he was talking wildly to himself. He had not heard her. He was not aware cf her presence until she stood beside him. "Ob, Jessy!‘ he cried, incohcrently, "‘my theory is a theory no longer| _ It is a reality! Eureka! I have found it!â€"the wonderful secret which will startle the world, is mine! A gold mine has opened at my feet. We will have money and luxâ€" uries. You will be proud of your old father yet,Jessy! The first moonlight picâ€" ture was taken on the beach at Newport, and was fairly good. _ This is excellent!" The girl smiled at his rhapsody. We will have money and plenty!‘‘ he repeated. "Some time I shall accomplish it; that will mean fame and fortune for you, daughter."" _ _ wl f oaaiied A great depression, such as On® feels when some terrible event is about to happen, seemed to hang over the girl, and she could not shake it off. She had not retired hours ago, as he had supposed. The night was co intensely warm that she sat by her window. _Ehe walked quietly across the narrow hallway to the gallery beyond. M ooo U o en e t ced "©Are you here, father?" she asked, opening the door and looking in. 1 TWS . MENpHH Las. ~ Most of his experiments had been dire failures. But he said to Jessy:â€" _ _ _ [ Jgssy Carr had no faith in his exper!â€" ments, but she hadn‘t the heart to tell him so. _She had noticed how restless he had been for the last monthâ€"that he had. paced the floor of his room or the gallery for long hours at a time, muttering to himself. "I will see this man," cried Jessy Carr, ‘"and if he has any mercy in his soul, I will plead with him to show it to my poor father. If he is young, he can not be so cruel of heart as the people are all telling me," she said, wringing her hands together, "I will lose no time in going to him in my father‘s behalf."‘ So many people were drawn to the gallery by the papers‘ description of the rare beauty of the girlâ€"they remembered seeing a picture of her in the papers once representing Springâ€"that the landâ€" lord, who had intended to evict them, suggested to her it might be as well to keep the place herself, as her father would have great need of the money to engage a lawyer to defend him. The trial would be apt to be a fierce one, for the young district attorney who had lately been elected to office was a man who waged bitter war against the criminal classes. The business of the ‘day had not yet begun in the district attorney‘s office. The desk which held important documentsâ€" that meant life or liberty, joy or disaster to many a trembling wretch who was pacing anxiously up and down the narrow confines of the dark cells belowâ€"was carefully locked. _ The girl put this resolution into execu tion at once,. & The shades had been raised to the top of the window by the clerk, who was busily engaged in dusting the books, stopping at momentary intervals to say to the stereotyped inquiry of the people who put their heads in at the door askâ€" ing for the district attorney, that "Mr. Van Driscoll would not be at the office until nine o‘clock." Ho sat down in an officeâ€"chair by the window to enjoy a few moments with the morning paper before the day‘s hurry and bustle began, being deeply interested in the great insurance robbery, when the door opened again. He looked up with a& muttered imprecation at being thus inâ€" terrupted at the point of the most absorhâ€" ing interest, when he beheld standing before him a young girl, plainly dressed, but with a face so fair, despite its intense pallor, that it startled the susceptible young clerk. The voung girl drew back with a look very like terror in her large blue eyes. The papers spoke pityingly of the beauâ€" tiful young girl left alone in the world, who was so frantic over the terrible disâ€" grace which had fallen upon the father whom she declared to be innocent, as she would yet succeed in proving. Her life would be given up to it. She would never rest until the real criminal was brought to justice, and her poor, hapless father vindicated. A sweet, clear voice said:â€" "If you are the district attorney, will you please spare me a few moments?" He rose abruptly, advancing toward her. The young lady followed him into the inner office, taking the seat he placed for her, .He could see that she was highly nervous. The voice which thanked him had a suspicion of a sob, bravely kept back, in it. The cleverness and boldness of the affair proved that it had been executed by a shrewd man of unusual ability. "The man must have known the inâ€" terior of the building well, also the affairs and movements of the company, to judge so accurately the best time to ply his calling,"‘ so said the police. At exactly ten minutes to midnight the alarm from the safe, which was conâ€" nected by wire with the main office, comâ€" menced ringing violently. All the money, carefully labeled, toâ€" gether with other papers of the insurance company, was found hidden away behind a pile of rubbish, proving beyond a doubt that they had captured the right man. â€"‘‘Mr. Van Driscoll will be in very shortly, ‘ he answered. ‘‘Will you step into his private office and wait?" The news of the great robbery filled all the papers the next morning, causing intense excitement, used as a great city like New York is to daring crimes comâ€" mitted while the populace slept. _ An insurance company had been the victim. The nightâ€"watch and private patrol had made their rounds, as was their cusâ€" tom, carefully scrutinizing the interior of the office, of which they had a clear, unobstructed view as they passed. Nothâ€" ing of an unusual or suspicious nature was observed. Three of the best men from the nearest precinet were instantly dispatched to the scene of the robbery. As they neared the corner, they observed a man slip quickly into a dark doorway across the street. By the time they gained the building, the man had reached the fourth floor. They pursued, capturing in his gallery Andrew Carr, the photographer, who kept the place. "Would you like to look over the mornâ€" ing paper, miss?"‘ he asked. A large fire had taken place upâ€"town some weeks before. The firm had been insured with this company. The amount of money involved was a large oneâ€"two hundred thousand dol‘ars in cash was to have been paid to the firm‘s representaâ€" tive the following morning. The money had been placed carefully in the safe, the combination set, the gas turned up to its usual height, and the office locked in the ordinary manner. The sentence was never finished. The door closed quickly between them. There was the sound of heavy, tramping feet descending the narrow . stairway to the street below,. A moment more, and all was still. He was thankful when her exhausted frame suddenly collapsed into unconâ€" sciousness, and she fell at their fect in a deep swoon. "Come," â€"said the officer, tightening his hold on the old photographer‘s shoulâ€" der; ‘"it is better to leave her quickly beâ€" fore she recovers. Come, I say!" "If you take him, let me go with him, sobbed the girl, wildly. "Let me be with him in the hour in which he needs me most.‘‘ But the officer of the law shook his head sternly, answering that it could not be. It was the hardest task he ever underâ€" tookâ€"parting Andrew Carr and his hapâ€" less daughter. But the old man did not heed him. With a bitter sob he flung himself on his knees beside the prostrate form, crying out that he could not leavye herâ€"she was all he had in the world. The officer motioned to one of his comâ€" panions, and in a trice the old man‘s arms were securely pinioned, and he was dragged from the place even though he struggled valiantly, calling piteously on ears that were deaf to his cries, and proâ€" testing his innocence with every breath. "Let me kiss her just once,‘‘ he pleadâ€" ed. "It is only a little request to grant. Thenâ€"thenâ€"I will go with you quietly. You are taking me from her, and Iâ€"‘" ~"Jessy,"‘ said Andrew Carr, holding out his arms to her, "‘they are accusing me of a terrible crime; but before God and the angels who are listening to me, I swear that I am innocent. Do you beâ€" lieve me?‘ His words broke the spell. With a piteâ€" ous cry that the stern officers of the law who heard it never forgot, the girl sprung across the space which divided them, and ere they could prevent it, had flung herself into his arms. ‘‘Father,"‘ she cried, ‘"though the whole world should proclaim you guilty, I will believe in your innocence, and trust in you, for I know you could do no wrong|"‘ Gently the officers forced the clinging white arms from Andrew Carr‘s neck. Waterloo County Chronicle, Thursday, May 19, 189é~Page 7 ‘*No, no; please do not leave it,‘" she CHAPTER IL "I thought so,‘‘ remarked his companâ€" ion. ‘"I have met him several times of late driving through Central Park with John Hax_n%lton’s handsomé daughter, and the rapt expression on his face told its own story. I said to myself, ‘It will be a most suitable match. Both have money, and they are in love with each other. In addition to that, he has ambition that any woman will be proud of in the years to come; for it will never let him rest until he is governor, and, indeed,â€" for that matter, I should not be at all surâ€" pirsed to see him reach any heightâ€" Grover‘s position, for instance. He is brainy enough, and a great favorite with the people.‘ *‘ ‘"Yes; he terrorizes them. He has a veritable mania for hunting them down and bringing them to justice. The papers â€"who usually speak ill of every oneâ€"â€"can find nothing against him, and seem to be unanimous in the opinion that he is the best district attorney New York City ever had. Quite a rub on youand I, eh?" Meanwhile, James Van Driscoll had laid aside his straw hat, and after a few moments‘ pause, which had been actually necessary to give his clerk instructions on an important matter, he hurried toâ€" ward his private office. 2 The door was ajar, but as he pushed it open, and his quick, keen glance fell upon its occupantâ€"a strangerâ€"a look of disappointment crept into his gray eyes. She was standing, probably having arisen at his approach. ‘‘The opinion of the press be â€"â€"!" retorted his companion. "If they can not make a machine of youâ€"running You as they likeâ€"they take it out of you in giv ing you a mean dig whenever the opâ€" portunity occurs, especially if you. are popular with the people. Bah! the papers be â€"â€"! I repeat, I don‘t care a rap fbr ‘em! You get in them the sentiments of one envious man, not the opinion of the people; every politician knows that." It was but momentary, however. In that quick glance he observed what his clerk had noticedâ€"the young lady was deeply agitated, and although her face was pale as death, she was exceedingly beautiful. i ‘‘You wished to see me?"‘ he said, courteously, adding: ‘‘Be seated, please, and jg)l me what I can do for you.‘"‘ ‘"Oh, sir!‘‘ cried the young lady, fallâ€" ing on her knees at his feet, "you could do so much for me if you would. Iâ€"I heard all you said in the other room. I could not help hearing, andâ€"andâ€"I fear my coming will be all in vain. I have come to plead with you on my knees for one whom I lovyeâ€"plead with youâ€"ay, pray to you to show him mercy, for his fate rests in your hands, they say!" Tears fell like rain from the soft blue eyes that looked into his. She tried to speak, but no words came from the ashen lips. He stood patiently with foldâ€" ed arms until the violent paraxysm of grief had been in a measure controlled. Then he repeated his question, and the answer almost took his breath away. "L am the unhappy daughter of Anâ€" drew Carr, the photographer, whom you traduced so cruelly in the outer office a few moments ago, and which I was obliged to hear ‘‘ io cunted en fiwed,.. Thore was no ‘‘With the exception of the criminal classes,"‘ laughed the first speaker. Rleie oC 0 Cl 2e Wtc o aee Res o eer eee Ctie mt e ‘*Will you tell me of whom you speak? I do not understand,"" said Mr. Van Drisâ€" coll, gently but firmly attempting to raise her to her feet and set her in an adjacent chair. "Our friend Van Driscoll has sue, cumbed to the inevitable at last, I hear, remarked one of the gentlemen. ‘"He who could never be induced to look at a woman, or accompany any of his friends home to dinner, lest there might be daughters or sisters in the background, is in love. in the bone must come out of the flesh.‘ Criminals should never be let off with light sentences, to come back to their old haunts, take up their old lives again, and, worst of all, bring children into the world that will be a future curse and menace to the peace of the community: No, no! The sympathy of the public would be wasted upon this photographer, who has, upon the evidence already seâ€" cured, proven himself to be such a conâ€" summate rascal. Well, Clarkson?" he said to the clerk, who had approached and awaited an opportunity to speak with him. The young district attorney‘s face flushed; the hard, practical expression died out of his eyes; an eager smile crept quickly up to the grave mouth the dark mustache half concealed. "It must be Gertrudeâ€"Miss Hamilâ€" ton,/‘ he muttered. ‘‘Say that I will be there in one moment, he added, aloud, turning, to excuse himself to his two friends. They looked after him with an amused smile. Low as the muttered words in the fore part of the sentence had been utterâ€" ed, they had caught them. f *A long sentence would seem rather hard in this case,"‘ observed the other, "‘for, as I understand it, the old gentleâ€" man bore an excellent reputation." "The taint in the blood has simply broken out. That is the explanation of it. I shall expect to prove some of his anâ€" cestors were criminals, as his children would certainly turn out. ‘What is bred "A young lady wishes to see you, sir, when you are disengaged,"‘ he said. "What lady?" asked James Van Drisâ€" coll. _ ‘"Who is sheâ€"what name?" "She did not give any, sir. She says her business is very urgent, so I_ showed her into your private office." "‘Is she some one soliciting for chariâ€" ties, or a bookâ€" agent, or anything like that, do you think?" "I should say not, sir,‘‘ was the reply. ‘‘She is very dignified, tall, and very fair." He had not long to ponder over the matter, for the door soon opened, and Mr. Van Driscoll and two gentlemen, who had held the same position that he now occupied, entered the otfi_ce. They were discussing the allâ€"absorbing topic of the great insurance robbery. "It will be a great trial," remarked one of the gentlemen. "I fancy the symâ€" pathy of the people will be with the phoâ€" tographer, on account ofâ€"‘*‘ a "I do not see why it should be,"‘ inâ€" ‘ og terrupted James Van Driscoll, impaâ€" I;e tiently. ‘The eivdence against the man | is, to my mind, conclusive. He was reâ€" | .. duced to desperate straits; he had every i means of watching the operations of the | ... insurance company across the way; he] knew the habits of its officers; he learned | to in some way of the large amount of q; money to be paid out, and laid his plans ; most cleverly to capture it; he was to caught redâ€"handed in the act, as it were, the money and papers being found in in his possession. Why should he not be it convicted, I should like to know? This | 1 "I shall make up for it,"" said James Van Driscoll, thoughtfully. "I will supâ€" press these people asâ€"far as lies in my powerâ€"cut short their career by having them put where they can do no more harm, for the good of the community and themselves as well." â€" He bowed, taking the "Herald" with ' him into the outer office, and as he drew | the door to after him, leaving it slightly â€" ajdr, he could not help but wonder who the district attorney‘s early visitor was, and what her business with him could be. waste of jvity on criminals is abominable. I shall do my utmost to insure the man the full penalty of the law." _ "I do not doubt it," laughed one of his companions, carelessly. " Your antagâ€" onism toward the criminal classes, in hunting them down and driving them out of the. metropolis, is to your credit, I suppose. When I was district attorney in this old office, I was too easy with them." The full intensity of living is reached only by the perfectly healthy. Sickness discounts the capacity for enjoyment. 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My Darlin Peggy.â€"I met you last night and you never came! I‘ll meet you again toâ€"night whether you come or whether you stop away. If I‘m there first, sure I‘ll write my name on the gate to tell you of it, and if it‘s you that‘s first, why, rub ib out darlin‘, and no one will be the wiser. T‘ll never fail to be at the trystin‘ place, Peggy, for, faitbh, I can‘t keep away from the spot where you are, whether you‘re there or whether you‘re not. Your own Hot water taken freely half an hour before bedtime is an excellent cathartic in the case of constipation, while it has & soothing cffect on the stomach and the bowels.. This treatment continued a few months, with the addition of a cup of hot water slowly sipped half an hour before each meal with proper atâ€" tention to diet, will cure most cases of dyspepsia. Those fond of Irish bulls may find some amusement in the following letter, which was written by an amorous swain, native of the Emerald Isle, to bis fair lady : ’ Nothing so promptly cuts short a congestion of the lungs, sore throab or rhenmatism, as hob water, when applied thoroughly and early in the case. Ordinary headaches almost always yield to the simultaneous application of hot water to the feet and back of the neck. A strip of flannel or soft napkin, folded lengthwise and dipped in hot water and wrung out, and then applied around the neck of a child that has the croup, will surely bring relief in a few minutes. A towel folded several times and dippsd in hot water, quickly wrung and applied over the site of a toothache or neuralgia will generally afford prompt relief. Oi one thing Mr. W. H. Bennett, the Conservative Standard Bearer in East Simcoe, is Sureâ€"He Suffered from CUatarrhal Trouble and found Speedy and Fixed Relief in Dr. Agâ€" new‘s Catarrhal Powder. In the coming byâ€"election it will not be settled until the votes are counted, whether Mr, W. H. Bennett, who has represented _ the conslituency with ability for years, will again be the sucâ€" cessful candidate. Oe thing Mr. Bennett is perfectly certain of, whatâ€" ever turn the election may take: When attending to his duties in Ottawa two sessions ago he was taken down with caterrhal trouble in the head. He used Dr. Agnew‘s Oatarrhal Powder and over his own signature says that it worked like a charm, and quickly reâ€" moved the trouble and made him fitted for his parliamentary duties.â€"Sold by E. M. Devitt. _ This treatment has been found to work like magic for colic. "I have come to plead with you to show him mercy,"" she repeated, her voice breaking down into a wailing sob. "Oh, sir, will you promise me this?‘ "I am but an instrument of the peoâ€" ple," returned Mr. Van Driscoll. * Your father‘s fate does not rest with me. That is for a judge and jury to determine from the evidence." "I have no other choice but to proseâ€" cute the case,‘‘ he repeated. ‘"Any one holding the office of district attorney would be obliged to do the same." "You will ask the judge and the jury to believe him guilty, andâ€"andâ€"send him to prison because the money was found inâ€"inâ€"our gallery, when I declare to you he is innocent?‘ "But they say you are the one who will try to send him to prison. Tell me â€"are they right? "It is my duty to prosecute all cases of that nature,‘ he responded reluctant to utter the words for which the girl listened so intently. ‘"Then you will be my father‘s bitterâ€" est foe at the trial?"‘ she said, catching her breath. "I could deceive you for the time beâ€" ing by giving you an evasive reply, but it is best to deal frankly with you, and I answer, I must do my duty, which ever way it points.‘" in silence for her to proceed ‘*Will no tears, no prayers, no entreatâ€" ies influence you to tell the judge and jury you believe himâ€" innocent, despite the cruel facts which seem to conspire against him?" "If you send an innocent man to priâ€" son, heaven will send some great and terrible curse upon you. Your every joy will turn to Dead Sea fruit on your lips,"‘ she said in an awful voice. ‘Reâ€" member my words, and in. the hour in which trouble comes to you, think of my poor hapless father and me!" ‘No,"" he answered gently but firmly, "ncither tears nor entreaties would avail to shake me from my sworn duty. I am sorry to cut short our interview, but I must leave the office for the courtâ€"room at ninc; it wants three minutes to that time now." The girl turned toward the door; but, with her hand on the knob, she turned back. A Herd of Irish Bulls. Vietory for East Simeoe, Uses of Hot Water. (Continued) Paddy. He was poor, but had lots of pluck, He wanted gold and he struck out for the Klondike. After existing in that barren country for five months be suc ceeded in reducing his weight 560 lbs., but he found no gold in sufficient quan titiee to pay for firewood. He had worn out all his superflaous boots and sox and finished bis last meal of stewed buffalo robe. Then he curled himself up on the sunny side of an iceberg and patiently waited for soul and body to dissolve partnership,. _ Here he was found by another party of gold hunters who had plenty of enthusiasm lefb and considerable grub. They took com passion on him and decided to cremate his body and send the ashes bhome to his wife. He was accordingly conveyed to the nearest bakeshop for the cremâ€" ating process. A tremendous heat was raissd and the body pubt in. 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