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in her little district school reom when the eventful letter arrived, to notify her that she was appointed the cleckâ€" ship in the c...,'&:‘:_“'n'f,........_g the Patent Office at Washingtonâ€"all swone, eating her modest little lunch of bread and butter and baked pears, while, through the open window, she selves in the March winds,and hear the music of their merry shouts. if school had been in seesion, she would hare decorously read the letter and repinced i in its envelope. An'u-u.-h.h’ it rapturous to the ceiling with a cry joy, caught it again ard, «pringing to abol.chppdhrhndahkt,lhfl. ‘Oh, thauk goodnessâ€"thank good ness " she excilaimed scatatically. ‘It will all be right now ! Papa can go to the South right away. Will can bhave his echool outfit, and we can pay Squire Augur all the back rent that has been owing for a year! Ob, it was so good d{udco‘;lh-lo‘um“h ue rr tle afairs! I am go glad dfi‘ thought of writing to hiz " Miss Middleworth could bardly conâ€" duct the district school to the end of the afternoon session, so joyfully disâ€" qu}lfim\eruhd. eacher‘s in love,‘ said the biggest girl in a whisper to the next biggest garl. ‘Guess teacher‘s got an invite to tingingâ€"school,‘ mutttered the next geet girl, who was in hopeless over an interest sum on her slate. How gladiy Mis Frank Middileworth locked the battered sshoolhouse door at last! How rapidly she walked homeâ€" ward ! She was almost vexed at meetâ€"â€" ing Reginald Augur at the crossâ€"road, by the old stone mill.. â€" The governmentâ€"clerkâ€"slect‘ drew her self up. Mr. Augur need not have teca so familiar with her, she thought. ‘Indeed ? she uttered somewhat fi'i‘i&_fly. o 8 ‘My cousin, Mra. Evelyn, wants a governess,‘ said he. ‘The family is amall and she‘s willing to ry five hunâ€" dred dollars a year. And you know you have always wanted to go to the city.‘ _His face brightened up at the sight of her. ‘Oh, Frank " said be, I war just wishing to see you ! _ _ _ limpet growing to a rock,‘ said she. 'Buu, Frank, listen to me !‘ pleaded Mr, Augar, ‘I am to commence the practice of law on my own acoount next month, My father will receive me into equal partnership, and thenâ€"‘ __ ‘Yes, I know,‘ said Miss Middleworth with chilling indifference, ‘but I have changed mx mind.‘ Reginald Augur looked at her in amazement. ‘Frank,‘ he said, ‘have I offended you t‘ ‘Ob, no,‘ said she. ‘How should you offend me! Butâ€"I am appointed to an officor in Washington. I am to have eleven hundred dollars a year.‘ ‘And leave us, FraukT he exolaimed. ‘One cennot always lu{ in the same place, like a orooku! apple tree or a ‘I am very bappy to hear it,‘ said Miss Middleworth, .bunt.lfi. ‘And then,‘ persisted ?in.ld. I shal! be able to marry, And ifâ€"‘ ‘Yes P Frank Ii!tz her eyes provokâ€" ingly enough,. ‘I hope you will get a vorfi good wife. Iam sure you will both have my best wishes.‘ _ ‘I had hopedâ€"â€"‘ he said a little awk wardly. ‘Burely, I cannot be at all intersated in your bo{:.' interrupted Miss Middleâ€" worth. ‘Let me E.-' please. I‘m in a great burry toâ€"day.‘ _ __ Â¥rank Middleworth aver since he could retember. He had always installed ber as queen in all bis visionary castles in the air which be bhad builb m}b his own brain. _ And there she ab dicted of ber own free wil} and fBang Miss Frank object of her secret ags in the showâ€"window of Tepo & And afur sending in ber formal to the school trusters, she "te y ashington to anier ppon bet. nkw AIt‘s s to g v‘ql‘w.p 01’-,: Young Augur‘s frank, boyish face LL A MISTAKE is all alone escorted, dauughter, said the wild old dn Poprafne oi Pn us he hh y Br ple B vou am a government officia} now Miss Middleworth arrived safely in Washington, registered hber name in s quist family hotel, and, dressed in hber coat, wenkt to the Pi.tmndnflhln‘ud to gr.'bitflin.fidfldnllllhfl ancelling Department, in whose name her appointment had been made out ‘Frank Middleworth‘ was wrikten 08 the card in her bold, round bandwrit Mr. Whitebaven looked critically at ihs lings. l-:l’-unvhl,hq'hnjull::..’ id be, contracting his frost whi }qohon. *But I suppose we‘ll have to attend ‘to this protege of Mellen‘s Ask him to step in.‘ _ The colored porter stared. ‘There ain‘t no ‘hiz‘ there, sir," said he. _ ‘Ivaa ‘her‘? ‘Don‘t be a fool " said Mr. White well, aduwlt him at once " And Mr. Whitchaven tursed to a stout, baldheaded officerseeker who was in the last agonies of impationce o secure an audience. ‘Just look at this llndwltlafi' said he nodding toward the card. ‘How on earth is one to n&pon that a woman wrote that 1 It‘s the most natural mis: take in the world, Has the judge ever seen youÂ¥ _ _ _ _ _ _‘Nq,‘ admibted Frank ; ‘but he was an old cellege friend of my father, Pn NE ND Camevse ‘Ah! aaid Mtr. Whitchaves. ‘But the appointment was made out to a gentleman.‘ ooo o mt preag en niuh spnl, worth,‘ you y with apirit; ‘and I am Frank uumm.' ‘Humph !\ said the chief clerk of the Canceling Department. ‘Bome mistake. There are no young women employed in this departmentâ€"no one but men.‘ _ ‘But,‘ faltered Miss Middleworth, ‘I wrote to Judge Mellen, He has proâ€" cured this appointment . for me. ‘Plain me daylight,‘ said the chief clerk, ‘plain as daylight. He also took ib f:r srul-,d th?t yonw“nn a wan, * am I to lose s epportse in ll!: because 1 happen :o be » vu in life because 1 bopru to be a womâ€" an P cried Fraok,. ‘Is this right! Is l'j!-'t" & 1 o4. 2l sa im ‘Orders is always to be obeyed,‘ said he to himasolf â€" _ i _ And so Miss Middleworth was ushâ€" ered in without furiher delay. _ _ *Very sorry, indeed,‘ said the chief clerk. "‘Bub‘we can‘t do anything for on just at present. We employ so Lv women in the Patent Ofice ; and Mr. Whicharen looked blankly at her for a moment, and then his expres sion was changed to active annoyance ‘Magam,*‘ be said, ‘I am sorry to appear discourteous, but our time, dur ing office hours, is uot our OWh. If you are a bookâ€"agentâ€"‘ ‘Ob,‘ she said, bucriedly, ‘I am act a bookâ€"agent. I am the uew clerkâ€" Miss Middleworth‘ _ _ c _ ‘Miss Middieworth? reposted the chief cierk. s s _ ‘Yes,‘ said Frank a little impatientâ€" 5 A ‘I::;‘ihn‘w a ?h' minnt: ago‘ to the piece pasteboard lying an the table. _ _ ngne sf all 1 o io on thales en Ao Hs sed to be a famous ward Miss filddolvofih m m “ho.o sgain to the ' * "l unonlzyhnbudfl time,‘ whe What can J 09 49 teacher for the district school ?M time,‘ she thougbht. What can I do 490 been so foolishiy extravagant! And 1 uppo: Bodozld Auger will nover in «.4 ied Nover mind, dear, soid the good d ‘Is there no chance for me I‘ pleaded ‘None at al}, said the chief clerk. And within 6ve minutes the offiee in I,: see this card ? Very have found another €0 she told the whole story, there vym‘oflnuq of her dis comfiture to the very drexs. ‘And ao«w,‘ she consluded, wich eyes brimming over with tears, ‘I don‘t know what to do. W:d’ I mast en treat your pardon my silly and foolâ€" ish conduct last time we met.‘ _ Ob, I have never given that a seoâ€" ond thought, said Augur. ‘But Fraok â€"wil} you let me go Gn now with what 1 had then begu» to say? | Y ee, said Miss Middlewortb,hanging do«n her head. | ‘Dear Frank,‘ be said, taking ber hand, ‘will you be my wife? I can gixe you a comfortable bome now Perhape, by and by, it will be a luxerious one. And al} your dear ones are fuily welâ€" cume to its sholter if you will accept 6.‘ Frank began to ory beartily 10# *Not because I am sorry,‘ said she. ‘Ob, so,. ao! 00,’ becamnse I am so M&.‘M indeed, Reginald, I do nok deserve to be your wife‘ _ Baut she married him for all that. Aud she was very But it thore is any topic in parti that she cape fi\*ll'“il that of pablic office in Washington city. ‘Buch a stupid seriea of wistakes as thore was all arounad " she says. :lpiwaion. shortness of breath, pain teft side, emothering sensations â€" don‘t delay, or you may be counted in the long list of those who have gone over to the great majority, because the beat remedy in the world today was Withont a Poorâ€"Worke Miwacies D. Agnew‘s Cure for the Heart is without a peer. This great remedy releree instuntly the 1 MAitonnc It is the aureab MQ&“‘M formula for heart trouble kuown to medical science, and thonsande of times has the hand of the grim destroyer been stayed by its use. ‘If there is It took three hours to kill Charles II., a vicions elephant in the vicinit of Liverpool, recently. Twa Livorpoo,l physicians fed the beast an aconite cancealed in carrate andareenre aprin‘kâ€" led an bunsy which "it awallawed pleasantly and asked tor more. One medical gentleman canceived the idea of loading a ayringe with prussic acid, inducing the elephant to open its mouth, and &lt the poisan down its throat. arles II. cansidered this great sport, but the dostor who was expired quiatly, The pain that sometimes strikes a mnmmmywmnmfl in due to indizestion. *‘ It may eame in the man st the morst T"M ine nfii‘tn “‘t: ma- m_w' '::‘:m """‘ SPretioene Killing a Vicious Rlephant Waterloo County. Chronicle, Thursday, July 15, 1i897â€"Page 6 ith There was a alight blaze on the 1098 of a house on Russel Street a fow daya ago, and when the inwarance adjustera ‘tu\l\&h make their surcey they found that about two dollars would cover all the loss. when he heard the decision; ‘I can‘s soeaed en( old( Seeile Seguiee ¢ ” ‘ i :“-hfin.umd an hour‘s work will | W'WMR:: e + 1LG94X) ‘Gez tlemens, ‘ pat we off t . W aterioo e oo e p o c enrcaratoane e s vhas on fire, she sereama boleeca und | _________________________________ mt i . e wa I VMWMm vhife m,h“!pmn-mmm sahtaire for dot samt It soq, I goes home mit you uad sees der fun. We do not insure husbands and wives, but baildings,‘ was the reply. I kaow, but mein oldeat poy he runs ua«mmmw:‘&m ofer und hreake his good al}l to mnieces. Two tallar! Dot doan‘ bay “'ifi%i'm: vh(l:“ Wh‘u':h Im ouse V on ded Th goue, uid We This (on tollar '&. ‘% i + ‘flug “&,&'}'&’mfi’m dem pofuvhuiton um:rl ealled aat: ‘Dmahlhw nose has set his houee on fre, RBa yeu expect picces. Two tallar! Pos doan‘ bay mhu:niuuphm‘ _ ‘¥es, but we can anly pay for actaal $ ie mm ue hm 1y en break mein clathes line down wmit der ladders, und c‘ my carpoets, 3 ou go right av Lh dot old in , Feu me ii, RO WFARE: > ..é?:mn& oontribusien: 'W[mm trouble you 1‘ he »s l"; & L2 e o TCP sc WrA Woy‘ she anewer "I in 1 wrong button, and g“ lg and Pould Achrake buttOn m"m 'm z"u”’" ts brok P i "".‘-'» os Te 4 en‘ K it Phitiel] # hnd it 1i mt No in Into dey m ‘Two tollar" exclaimed the awner, ‘ â€"â€"Meroy | How id it hop PBor Over Bifty$Â¥ears on uid i tinthag proprayt J'I.T;lil‘ll: Fred G. Hughes D.D.6 RRTCCT to Oiloe: Killer‘s Blook. Water Â¥, P. Cumesyt. * Davener County at Waterige: MMceâ€"At his residence on Erb street, TLLAR & ;AIMA € A y h os bods Rlook, King 8+ The coming dsmmvume#n.ch\ow Have you seen the new prettiness> Wel, they are betier than We can tell youâ€"attractive enough to come just too look atâ€" alluring enough to buy when youonly meant to look, and depenâ€" able enough to buy over again after they have served you honestly in kid, , M{‘mud&hb calf, pebble, tan, otc., at 40, 50, 15, 90, LADIES‘ Finest Kid, turn and others. lace and button, beantiful spring styles, at 75, â€"__ _ 80, 95, $1.00, 1 15, : 25, 1 3$ and up o _ _ °0 C C C 00 °* OAZILDB, sizes 8 to 10, at 50, 60, 75, 90 and $1 00. mmlfiwma.mqh-umqu& 9, $1 00, 1 10, 1 25, MEN‘H3B SUITSH â€"If you bay your Spring Qutfit now yon can save money. We hare marnfim;fig{’i se e Men‘s A. W.and Worated Pants, nice ) at85, 90, $1, 1%, 150, 1 1% 2 00 and up. 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