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Knox place, sad on Saturdays tbe Engine and Mill caa be seen in motion. Ail in repair. JAKES D. BLANDiNG, June 26. ; S Sumter, S. C. [Copyright by J R Li ppincott Company, Phila? delphia, Pa., aod published by sp?cial omvnge aieat through the American Pre? Association.] fCOSTI^UED.l CHAPTER IX. TJSn was work i n g 'very hard at tho office of The Da wn During his ;ftrs-t ac? quaintance with Helen - Knowlton he had written special . articles, for which he was paid so much a column, but now ho was taken regularly upon thc staff of tho paper, on a salary of $30 a week. - He waa m no special department, but acted in the capacity of "general utility roan," which gavo him just thc experience that he most needed. He worked tn the city department, edited telegraph "copy,* and wrote occasional editorials, so that his nights were pretty welfeecupied, and he could not have re? newed his evenings at Helen's had he been- so inclined. He was trying to dri ve her out of his mind; but he found that simply impossible. To refrain from calling at her house was much easier; yet he did not accom? plish even that sacrifice very success? fully. "When he left the office of The Dawn at half past 1 or 2 o'clock in thc morning, he walked up to Twentieth street and .passed with lingering foot? steps under her window; but he had not called upon her since tho night his pride had been so wounded by what he took to bo her desire to rid herself of his com? pany. He had called at tho Archers', however. It came naturally in his way to do so. Sometimes ho dropped in of an afternoon with Archie, and some? times by special invitation of Bessie, wiro liked to talk over with him too tirings she was just then interested in. < Budd? hism was at thia time attracting her at? tention, and, as Rush was much more liberal minded than Archie, she enjoyed discussing this Oriental religion with him. Rush really cared little more for it than did Archie, but it was something to divert his mind. Had he dreamt for a moment what a hold it was getting upon Bessie, lie would have politely but firmly declined to discuss the subject. He supposed that si ie took it up as .he did, as an intellectual amusement; but with her it was a more serious matter. To the intense disgust of Archie she re? newed her acquaintance with Mme. ParapofF, and coatinueu.to attend t:> her seances. She did not ask Archie to ac? company her any more, for she knew that he would try to argue her out of go? ing, and as she had made up lier mind to go the argument could only have ended unpleasantly. She got hold of a young married woman with a taste for the unnatural, and the two visited the very remote and dingy apartments of the High* Priestess of Buddha and listened to her twaddle with credulous ears. As Archie was really in love willi Bes? sie, I should explain thar, she was not his cousin nor any blood relation to him; had she been I should have taken no in? terest in his sentiment for her. She was Mrs. Archers daughter, but she liad been adopted, when she was 5 years old. by Mr. Archer, when lie married her widowed mother. Archie had been brought up to regard lier as his own cousin, but his ^feeling towards her had been of a warmer than cousin Iv nature for a good many }ears. She liked lum more in ti e cousinly way, and always turned the conversation with a skillful stroke when she thought ho was going to ex??ress other than the sentiments of a cousin towards her. Since her devo? tion to Buddha there liad been a littleccol ness between them. He could not toler? ate any such nonsense, and the thought of the class of people -to whom Bessie was turning for esoteric information al most maddened him. Buddhism was only another name for spiritualism, lie argued. The latter was a burned out volcano from which its devotees were trying to throw out imitation lava to de ceive the credulous. That Bessie Archa sliou?d be one of the deceived he consid ered a degrading thing. "l>etthe vicious and the vulgar run after such absurdi? ties, if they will, but heaven forbid that a refined young lady should find any at? tractions in this tomfoolery !" was his re? flection. "My dear Bessie.** he said to her, "if this ParapofF was what you say, she would be sitting in a golden temple, deal? ing out her words of wisdom at a thou? sand dollars a word There is nothing that men would better like to know than what the future has in store for them. If they believed that they could l>e inform? ell with truth, they would pay any amount of money; for it would save them countless sums. People are credu? lous enough, in all conscience, arni if they had inc slightest encouragement to believe in these sootlisayers they would patronize them toar* extent that would make theirs t!ie most profitable profes? sion in the world rather than the most. ill paid. Tiiey would be living in palaces instead of in dirty rooms on Lack streets, ami their patrons would bc thc rieh and great rat lier than poor deluded servant girls." "But they are not all '?>oor deluded servant girls who consult Mme. Para poff. Some very intelligent men and women visit her rooms, among them your cousin l?essio Archer, who does not put herself in the class you mention." "With thc deluded, dear child. but not with tho servant girls. You can't show me an intelligent man or woman who seriously consults Mme. Parapofl. The very fact that one consults her dis? proves his intelligence." "V?>u aro so prejudiced. Archie Till mghasi, that if Mme. Parapoff predicted something tc* you and it came* true, you would say it-was all chance," exclaimed Bes ie, indignantly. "1 am ({uiio suro 1 should, B >ssie, and '? I am equally sure that >i would be." rc- I plied Archie. "You arc a very unsympathetic and! narrow minded young man," said Bessie, j rising to lune thc room, * "and I shall never again speak to } ou on this subject, j I find Mr. Hurlstone much more liberal." I "I am sorry to hear that; i had thought hotter of Hurlstone." And Archie opened ti: ? doer for his cousin to pass oil of the ' ro n. He was genuinely distressed , an i Wi Ll ho migh: be-for when a crotchet of this sort t i:,es possession cf an idlo j person's brain it is hard to uproot it. He felt sure that Bessie would become thor- 1 oughly disgusted tn fane, but when? He wondered if it could lx? possible that Rush was encouraging her in this non? sense. No, he could not believe that; but it began to dawn up^n his mind that Rush might have taken his advice al>out the prima donna (he hadn't seen him with lier cf late) and been devoting him- ' seif to Bessie. Ho turned palo at thc thought, for it was plain that Bessie liked bim. Why hadn't he let Iiis friend go or dancing attendance upon tlio singen Why should he have interfered? It wai just like him-always standing in his own light. Tho drawing room <lo?r opened, and he hea?d Rush's voice saying to the but? 1er, "Tell Miss Archer that I am here, James; she is expecting me." Then, upon seeing Archie, "Ah, you here, Archie? glad to see you. I've called to take Miss Archer to see some pictures at GoupiTs; won't you go along?" "l?o, thanks,*** replied "Archie, some1 what coolly; "I've an engagement down town, and must i?y^ood-by;" which he did without loss of time. As Rush stood looking out of thc window, ho noticed that Archie turned up, instead of down town, but he thought nothing of it, ex? cept that his^riend liad probably changed his mind. That he should have regarded him as a rival in the affections of Bessio Archer never occurred to him. In the rirst place, he did not suspect the state of Archie's feelings towards Bessie; and in the second, he supposed that Archie ..was thoroughly awaro of his devotion to Helen Knowlton. Rush was not altogether happy thia afternoon. It was a whole fortnight since ho had spoken ? word to Helen. He had seen her in the meantime in an old curiosity shop in Broadway, accom? panied by her aunt" and West Hastings and she seemed to IK? buying furniture. What did this mean? Wero they actu? ally engaged and making prepurations for housekeeping? No, they wore not; it was nothing so serious as that. West Hastings was refurnishing tho dining room in his bachelor quarters. The craze for old furniture was just then at its be? ginning, and he liad asked Helen and her aunt to accompany him to this shop to look at an old French sideboard he thought of buying. Helen had excel? lent taste, and she sealed the fate of the sideboard by pronouncing ita beauty. This episode, as Rush interpreted it. was depressing enough of itself; but added to this he had received a long and desponding fetter from his mother, tell? ing him of the Mutual Dividend Mining company, of Col. Mortimer's connection with'it, and of the offer he had made to John. "Do see John as often as you can. Rush dear, and keep bim under your eye. You know how I dread the influence of Col Mortimer. He isa bad. unprincipled man, and dear John is sc easy going that he doesn't believe there is any hann in him." John must have been ta town for a week at least and he had not vet i?ude himself known to Rush. By rhanee, however, the brothers met Dish \v;is sent to report a masked ball at i|ie Academy of .Music-a thing he felt ut? terly unfit to do "I uris iv-or ;.: ri masked ball in my Ute." be told the city editor .So much the better," replied the edi? tor 'Von will give tis fresh views of a hackneyed subject 1 quito envy you your new sensations. Get your copy in as early as possible, and good luck to you." Rush was about the first person to ar? rive at the ball, and the" Academy looked gloomy enough. He had l>een told that the festivities did not begin until late, so he arrived at 0 o'clock, thinking that that would be about the fashionable hour There was not a woman in tho place, ami the only men on hand were the floor managers, lie had plenty of time for reflection before the ball opened, and for the sake of the associations be wandered about behind the scenes. The stage and parquet were boarded- over, but the prima donna's room was undis? turbed. Ile looked in and sighed. A perfume of violets lingered on the air, and he sighed again as he recognized it. and then wandered to the front, where a room had been reserved for the press. A large table stood in the center, fur nished with paper, pens and ink. There were a great many bottles on the table, but they did not all contain ink, or any? thing that looked like it He sat down and took a pen, and thought to improve the time by writing to his mother; but, as be could say noth? ing about John, be concluded not to. Instead, he wrote "Helen Knowlton" over three or four sheets of foolscap, in every variety of penmanship, and then tore the paper into fine bits. But, still fearful that tho name might l>e discov? ered, he made a little pile of tl$ scraps and burned them, watching their de? struction with an expression of counte? nance not at all in keeping with the spirit of a masked ball. He shook his head sadly. "A man's hopes may be as easily destroyed as that paper," he said to himself, as bo blew the ashes from tho table. Then ho sauntered out into thc lobby. Tl .ere he found a very different scene from th?orie he had left Men and women wert} crowding into the place as fast as thc man at the wicket could take their tickets. Most of the men were in even? ing dress, but all tho women wore dom? inoes and masks. There were a few*who appeared in fancy dress, but they were the German members of the. society. Rush was too young and too enthusi? astic not to find excitement in thc scene, and when the dancing began he thought ho had never witnessed anything SQ, brilliant and intoxicating as the move? ment of these many colored dominoes to the music of the baDd. As time wore on, the place became moro crowded, and Hush recognized among the men many faces that had become familiar to him ::t the opera and elsewhere. There was Uncle Lightfoot Myers renewing his youth, with a pink domino on his arm; and there was West Hastings lounging against one of the pillars of tho balcony and chaffing a Columbine. Rush won? dered what Helen Knowlton would think if she saw her friend thus engaged. His thoughts were broken in upon by a voice at his elbow: "My handsome young friend." said a blue domino, taking bis arm, "why tlc you pose in this melancholy attitude on so festivean occasion? This is Romeo's, not Hamlet's, night Let us walk about among tho giddy revel?is. I want to sec a more cheerful expression 0:1 your young face." As they walked cut into thc lobby, Rush racked his brain to recognize the voice or figure of tho mask. His ex pression showed that he was puzzled. "Ah, you do not recognize me," she said. "How sad that makes mc feel! A little disguiso and one's identity is gone. I should have known you through twen? ty d:sguis< .." And she turned her mask up at him in tho most b< witching, man? ner. "Certainly I havo never had thc pleas? ure of hearing that voice before-no man could forget so sweet a thing," said Rush., entering readily into tho spirit of (ho ball. And so they thrust and parried, until his mask spied a spry old man with gray side whiskers and a bald head, when she dropped Rush's arm as sud? denly as sho had taken it, and took tho ?her by the hand. "Dear general, I am so glad to seo youl I have been looking- for you all tho evei ing, and feared you were not coming. " . Tho general looked pleased, thoug puzzled; but this was not his first maske ball, and in a few moments Rush sa< him moving off in the direction of th supper room, the blue domino hangin affectionately upon Ids arm. Before the night was over, Rus! learned much of tho ways of maske balls, and came to tho conclusion tba the blue domino was an entirely ne\ acquaintance of his and of tho general's As He started for the press room, ho me his city editor with a Swiss peasant gil on his ann. "Hello, Hurlstone," sah he. And, stopping a moment, he wins pered, "(Jet your copy down early, an< then have your fun. You can write i .out here and send it down." And he too, passed on in the direction of th< supper room. Rush liardly recognized the pres room when ho returned to it In th< first place, he could hardly seo across i for thc smoke; and in the second, it was so noisy that he did not see how it wouk be possible to write there, "Hello,hero's Hurlstone!" shouted a reporter of z morning paper whom Rush had seen al different places, but had never had ceca sion* to speak to. "Come, fill up youi glass and take a cigar," added the re porter, suiting the action to the word only he took a handful of cigars; one he lighted, the others he put in his pocket There were a dozen men sitting around the table, some writing, and all smok? ing. Rush declined both the proffered cigars and the champagne, though he lighted a cigar of i?> own in self de? fense and sat down in a corner to write. He used his note book for copy paper and his knee for a desk, and in thc course of an hour he had a crick in his back and a very good story written out for Tho Dawn. This he dispatched. Then he went out into the ball room to look around for a few minutes, after which he intended to go home to his lodgings. He had not passed half way through ?ihe lobby when he saw Archie Tillinghast standing at the foot of thf staircase, with his mask in his hand, gazing earnestly at the hundreds of dom? inoes who lounged past him or hurried by on mischief bent "Why, Archie, what are you doing here? You look as though you were ex? pecting some one. Who is she? Come, old fellowr said Rush, shaking his hand and smiling knowingly. 'Tm looking for my cousin Bessie," replied Archie. '"What!" exclaimed Rush, starting back, "Miss Archer herc?" "Yes; whynot? They all come: though they will deny it to-morrow. She is with her father, however, and Helen Knowl? ton and her aunt. They didn't come as regular participants in the bal!, you know; they never do, only to'see-what sort of a place it is. To do them justice, they are not enjoying themselves Very much. There is a sort of excitement about it, however; but when I saw them a while ago they were just recovering from a fright. A half tipsy fellow had addressed s? *.c coarse compliments to Miss Knowlton, and she was very mach alarmed-more, 1 fancy, at the idea of being discovered than anything else, for lie said, '1 know you, my beauty.' Of course he didn't know her. That's what they all say. She wanted to go home at once, but Bessie didn't The girl evident? ly has some mischief in her mind. I tried to find the man, to slap his face, but they couldn't point him out." "How did you know them. Archie?" asked Rush. He was dying to meet Helen in her disguise, for lie thought he would get a mask and say some things to her from its concealment that he wouldn't like to say in open court. "How did i know them? In the first place, I brought them here, and in the second, they aro dressed alike-black 6atin dominoes, with a bunch of violets pinned on the left shoulder." Rush could hardly talk with Archie, ho was so impatient to break away and look for Helen in the crowd. 'At last after a few commonplaces, he started in quest Ho had not searched long before he was rewarded. There, sitting on one of thc scats in the dress circle, ho saw the object of his search. There was no mistaking tho poise of that head, even had ho not recognized the black satin domino and the bunch of violets on thc shoulder. She was sitting alone; that was 6trangc Where were the rest of the party, and why should its most pre? cious treasure be left unguarded? Hastily adjusting the mask he had borrowed from Archie, Rush sat down in a vacant seat next to the domino. "The beautiful Cinderella sitting alone at the ball," he whispered in lier ear. She turned with a start; the eyes of the mask glared up at him. (Why do all eyes look so wicked behind a mask?) In a disguised voice, with just the least tremor of a laugh behind it. she replied, "Cinderella is waiting for her T.?rinee and -he has come." The boyish heart In thc jrcast of the yoi* man beat high. Did she recog? nize ..rn? She called him "her prince." How lu* wished the pumpkin coach were waiting at the door that he might drive O?T with her in triumph! They had a pleasant chat, only ho felt that ho was being chaffed pretty hard at times, and ho thought that some of the expressions used by tho lady were hardly such as he would expect to hear from Helen's lips. "However," he argued, "one feels freer behind a mask. If she only suspected me, how differently she would speak!" In tho mitist of their lively sallies (she would not allow him to bo sentimental), he heard an unmistakable voice behind him say, "Don't you think we have had enough of this, aunty?" And. looking around, he saw tho fac-simil? of the mask by his side, and near her ?Jr. Ar? cher and another black domino, which he knew was Bessie. Ho felt a sinking feeling; ho wanted tho lloor to open and let him through; but it didn't. Tito resemblance lietween Aunt Rebecca ami Helen was very strong, and. exe? pt i!:."t the former was a trillo hen? i< r. their figures v. < re much alike. Rush had often remarked the likeness, bul ho in ver expected l?> he Caught in this way. Well, lhere was nothing f? r it. She evi lent h di ? ti .; recognise him: at I 'asl so he thought. I When li? len spoke about going, he rose tO his feet. "Nay, beautiful mask, why tear your? self away from this fesl ?vu scene? Take my arm ami let us walk about among the gay revelers and amuse ourselves." Ile offered his arin, but Helen drew bael; affrighted. Ann! Rebecca gave her an assuring nod ovei Ras!i's shoulder. She t <>U the proffered arni and they strolled into the lobby. But all his gi ill? ness of speech had descried him. He was going to say bo much, and could say nothing. Helen broke thc silence by saying, in disguised tones, "You aro not a very entertaining cavalier. Why don't you ! : make yourself moro agreeable, Mr. Who shall I say?" "I am speechless with happiness, fair mask," ho replied. "To have so much loveliness so near me dazzles my eyes and paralyzes my tongue. If you only knew 'one half ray heart would 6ay,* to quote from an old song, you might think better of me," "I have no doubt you could be very eloquent on any theme you chose; but I am afraid you are a young man of words. You could be just as eloquent to thc next mask that came along." "On the contrary," answered Rush, somewhat loftily, "I would have nothing at all to say to another; my heart is not large enough for two masks." "I have heard men protest in this way before, but they have forgotten what they said ere the last word left their hps. There was one young man in whom I be? lieved, but even he turned out like all the rest. Ho professed the greatest friend? ship for me, visited me at my bouse, and we passed* many pleasant evenings to? gether; but suddenly his visits ceased. Without a word of warning he stopped coming to see ma Our pleasant even? ings came to an end. Do you know why? Xiv had formed a pleasanter friendship with another young lady, and I was for? gotten." "You are cruel; I formed no pleasant? er friendship; I havo never entertained but the oue feeling for you since thc first time I saw you," said Rush before ho knew what he was doing. "What do you mean?" asked Helen in tho most innocent manner, knowing per? fectly well all the while. "You formed no pleasanter acquaintance! you have entertained feelings for me! This is very mysterious. One expects mysteries at masked balls, but I am more than sur? prised at being spoken to in this way by an unknown mask." "Then you don't recognize me," said Rush, talcing some comfort to himself in the thought that he had not betrayed his identity after alt By this time they had reached the end of the south lobby, and were just about to retrace their steps, when Rush felt Helen's hand tighten its grasp on his arm. "There is that awful man," she gasped, as a man, walking very unsteadily, came out of the directore* room, and, seeing Helen, started forward as if he would raise her mask. "Ah, here's my sweet violet," he said, in a thick, uncertain voice; but, before the words had fairly left his tongue, Rush gave him a quick, sharp blow between the eyes and sent him crashing up against the door of the room he had just quitted. "Oh, Mr. Hurlstone, what have you done?" exclaimed Helen, in trembling tones; "quick, take me to my aunt." Rush thought her advice good, and at once acted upon it. Ile was only sorry that he had not taken her to her aunt in thc first place, and then come hack alone and knocked the insolent fellow into a cocked hat. Fortunately there happened to be no one at that end of the lobby just at that moment, but he heard people coming, and was dreadfully worried for fear of tho annoyance to Helen if she were discovered mu 1er such circum? stances. "Como this way," said she, leading him through thc little passage way at the back of thc lower tier of boxes: "there is a door herc liuit opens on the stage, and wc can go around and get to my aunt and Mr. Archer without hoing noticed. Oh, why did i come to this dreadful place? Aunt Rebecca didn't want mc lo. Oh! if I had only listened to her!" Rush felt extremely mortified. "I beg your pardon, Miss Knowlton," said he. He had taken off his mask, and they no longer played at mystery. "I should not have struck that fellow with you on my arm, but I am not used to masked balls. 1 don't know thei'- etiquette. 1 only knew that you were insulted, and my in? dignation got thc better of my judg? ment." "I forgive you, Mr. Hurlstone," she replied: "but I don't forgive myself for coming to such a place. It is a lesson I shall never forget. Here are my friends," she added. And Rush saw the two la? dies and Mr. Archer n"d Archie Tilling hasL "Aren't you ready to go home yet?" said Bessie. "I think it pretty dull here." They all agreed to go, and Rush bade them good night at the door, Helen said nothing about tho little episode of the lobby, and he was grateful to her. After he had seen their carriage drive off, Rush returned to the lobby to see what had l>ecomo of the man he had knocked down. On .tho way ho saw ruany curious scenes-among them the blue domino who had first spoken to him kissing the bald pate of tho general. He was glad enough that Helen had gone. When he got around by the directors' room he heard a loud voice proclaiming. "I'd know the damned rascal if I saw him; he took me right between tho eyes, before I had time to defend myself, damn him!" Rush pressed through tho crowd. He saw thc man he had knocked down standing with his hack against the wall, his hair rumpled and his shirt front pretty well demoralized. A younger man had him by the arni, ami was evi? dently urging hun to go home. Th? young man's hack was turned Lo Rush, md lus figure swayed slightly as he tugged at t'.ie arm of his companion. Rush stepped up to him. "Is you? friend much hurt?" he inquired. "The colonel's not as hurt as he is mad." answered the young man. turning iround slowly, "though begot a pretty hard blow. Sorvnl lum right: he was too fresh, making up lo another man's j mask." And the vounq: man steadied I himself by thc wall as he turned. Rush j thought be detected something familiar in the voice, though it was thick with ilrink; but when the fellow turned around to the light he saw who it was. "John!" "Rush!" And thus the brothers met for tho first time in New York. CHAPTF.R X. Y S ?i r i.Vs'i.'.tl I ,John gav? bimi j^^yi.?"ry? ''is adorers. lio ; ha d a gorgeous *" suite of rooms ! ^"^T:r/V" uptown, where I took his breakfast. He an I ;'.>. .? ion? I dined nt "Tho. Club:" but ii was r.ui the sort of club mon boast . i bi longing ? \ I*liey called il the "Club"' because thc\ ilid not want io call it I y h.- . ?ghi name. Hie cook in.:; was excellent, for irs pa? trons were all judges ol _,oe<! eat i i;;, an i the proprietor knew thai to keep them he must cater to their palates as well as lo their love of high [day. J oin? Hurlstone was a beru epicure, md the kitchen of "The Club" was quite as much ol' a temptation to him as its gaming tables, though ho was prelty lucky at cards, for he had a cool head and a quick eye, Col Mortimer won much mote money, however.- That ho wa.3 a card sliarper John did not suspect at this time, but he knew very well that oe was a professional gambler, and that tho Mutual Dividend Mining company was one of the biggest games he ever played. The offices .of this company were in Fine street, near Broadway, and they were fitted up as luxuriously as "The Club." In the latter establishment Col Mortimer was a silent partner. The min? ing company's offices were furnished in the heaviest black walnut (that wood was the fashion then), and the furniture and partitions were made of the same ma? terial and pattern. The com pony's mono? gram was carved in the chairs and over the mantel piece, it was ground in the glass and worked in thc door mat. There was a whole suite of offices one outside for the clerks, a private one for Cot Mortimer, with "President's Room" engraved on thc nickel door plate, another for the "Secretary." John Hurlstone and a large room, with a long table down the middle Hanked by mas? sive chairs, for the "Directors." A |x>r trait of Col. Mortimer h ung m over t he fireplace, and a 'map of Colorado, show? ing the situation of the mino, look up a third of the opposite wall. In a hand? some velvet lined cabinet screwed to the wall between th3 front windows reposed specimens of the oro sent east by the company's engineer. What rich s?x*ci mens they wer?;, tool The silver fairly bulged out of them. One shelf of this cabinet was devoted to bricks of solid silver. When Col Mortimer got hold of a doubtful investor he took him.in this room and showed him the cabinet. "There's the stuff, my good sir, and there"-pointing to the map-"is where it comes from. You see that district picked out in blue-well, that belongs to the Mutual Dividend Mining company lam not going to press you to invest; by Jove, I'm not sure we want to sell. With a mine throwing out tons of such ore every day, it's rank nonsense to sell the stock. But Tm a bit of a philan? thropist myself, and when I'm making money I want others to* make iU too. I don't think, however, 1*41 offer another dollar's worth of that stock. We won't talk raines any longer, but we'll taste some fine old brandy I keep here for just such judges as you. You'll admit that this is as good a glass of cognac as you ever tasted. There! how's that? And here are some choice cigars. (Don't betray me, they're smuggled. A friend of mine, a sea captain, brings them io me from Havana.) Let us sit here be? fore this genia! lire-what is prettier, now, than a soft coal fire!-and discuss cognac and cigars. They are much more interesting subjects than mining shares: don't you think so?" In this way Col. Mortimer drew the poor flies into his net. They would dis? cuss the cognac and tho cigars, and end hy begging thc colonel, for the old friend? ship he bore them, to let them put a few thousands into the Mutual dividend. This they always succeeded in gcttfng him to do, though, with great reluctance. I need not say that the colonel confined himself to tho cigars rather than to thc brandy, ile did not object to drinking out of business hours, but when he was play? ing for such high stakes he had to keep his wits about him. Just how much John Hurlstone knew of what was going on I should not like to say. He knew Coi. Mortimer pretty well, and preferred not to ask too many questions. Mortimer paid him a large salary because he waa invaluable to him. John was well educated, and wrote a good letter. Mortimer was badly edu? cated, and it was said could just sign his name and nothing more. Indeed, it was further said that he only learned to sign his name by copying it as written out hy John Hurlstone in their army days. Certainly his signature was very much like John's writing, and. when signed to a letter that John had written, was in perfect harmony with the rest of th?* autograph. Not or:!y did Mortimer pay the company's secretary a handsome sal? ary, but he gave him good lamp sums of money besides, which he said were the dividends on thc shares he held in John's name. Mortimer could not have got along without John in this nuning com? pany scheme, and he knew it: and he paid him well both to keep him in his service and to prevent his asking ques? tions. With all this money at hand you would have supposed that John would have sent some home to his motlier and sisters. Not he. Had they asked him at a lime when he had a roll of bibs in his pocket he would have handed it out to them, hut they asked for nothing and they got nothing. John was a spendthrift, and. like most spendthrifts, he spent his money on him? self. If tie spent it upon other people it was in the way of hts own pleasure. Ile did send handsome presents to Amy Bay? liss-useless things that represented a lot of money but little taste. A tradesman could always sell him an unsalable arti? cle by representing it to be something unique and adding that few men would ? have thc taste to appreciate its beauties | and pay the price. The consequence was | that Amy Bayliss hail a collection of j costly odds and ends that she could only j praise for their costliness ami because "dear John" had taken the trouble to send them to her. There were j>a?KM*cut? ters of frusted silver, and jewel. boxes much too fine for her modest dressing table, and mother-of-pearl caril cases which had long since gone out of fashion: ! and every Saturday regularly came a box of cut flowers. These delighted Amy more than anything else. "Dear John never forgets to setal me howers every Saturday. No matter how j busy he may be, he is not too busy to send these lovely roses to me." Poor Amy! The regularity in the com? ing of the flowers was due to the florist. John gave him an order with instrac- j tiens to send them "till forbid." !:i his , extra vagant way he !::: ! pa rd for si*; mouths in advance. Paying in advance was not t!ve r'su::I habit of John Harl? and fumai hans? if ir. debi. ?! .;. :vc as an excuse that he m:st-a!eub:;c !-that he had t?a Hight cae ha: aired d<?!!.::: would d?) the work i ? two: hut it won! i not, and al the end of lus first year i ; New York ho was. hopelessly in deb.. His income was live thousand oo'5.?.rs, and he lived al the rate of twenty A day or I wo af? er th . I?.:11 he dropped in at the olliee i:l Tue I>av. a ;?n 'bis v..:. i:p town to tal." flush out U> ?limn ? with liim I le was d'; >scd i i the ;. . I fashion, and he a pp.-a red to advantage in his fine dollies Rush, i . v\ boin John was.ul ways an obj'ri ot mierest. noticed thal he had .? i the m: r .-TS ol a inan-aliout-town, that he wore curious tings and dressed in the English style. Lie seemed ven glad io sro Rush again, wal v.;is interested in his work He asked to 'JO introduced to lwoor.three men in the mom, and it wu?> all Rush could ?lo to keep him from inviting thei out to dinner. As they were men Rus scarcely knew, he winked at John n< to ask them when he saw that he. wt preparing U> do ao; hut he could not pr? vent Ins taking them over to the Ash house to have something to drink. After parting affectionately with thei ?n the Astor house steps. John called cah that had been waiting for him. an they drove to "Hie Chi!)," where he ha ordered a dinner espocialJv prepared an served in a private nx>m. Hush askc what the place was and was told that was "Our Club." As Col. Mortimer ei teretl the room at this moment, he su] posed John meant his ami the colonel": and took it for granted that it was a que* tionable place or the latter would n< have anything to do with it. Rush d< spised t"ob Mortimer, and was nevi more pleased than when he found it wa he whom he bad knocket) do wm at th masked ball. Ile wonted to confess iii deed at once, but John, in whom he coi lided, jagged him not lo. saying it woul l*? fatal ti) his interests. Rush did rr tell John, who tho lady was whom Moi timer had annoyed, and his brotheraskei nu questions. Jt'was very annoying to Rush tba .Cob Mortimer wa^at'guests -at" rbis Util dinner, but there was.notl.iing for it a;n he hail to l>o polite on his brother's ac count. Mortimer could Ix4 very agreea hie when he tried, anti this was ene o the occasions on which he had laid him self out to please. He told amusing an ecdotes of the war and of the world, am Rush was entertained mspiteof himself 'He's not half a bad fellow." said John wi icu Mortimer h'ft the room for a mc ment. "You will like him better whe: you know him lx?ticr." it was (J o'clock when this little dinnc came to an end. Fortunately it wa Rush's night oil at tho Dfiico, for he di? not feel very much like ?vorking for titre or four hours over a desk i:i a stu.'?; room. John proposed that they shouh walk''around Madison square, and th three sauntered out. On their way the; stoping! ata florist's; wlicreJohn ordere? a basket of pink and white roses. "For t!ie same party, sir?" asked, th florist "Yes; and send them at once, pleased answered John. And, taking .-. can from h's card case, he inclosed ii in 2 small envelope and addressed it. Th? three walked on again. When the} reached Union square, John said, tn though seized by a sudden inspiration "Let's go to the opera, it ts "Faust''to night; and there Ls a good ballet, yoi know. I'm more than fond of a goo: ballet." Rush was.at first ready to embrace hi; brother for tho suggestion: bat hecoaki not hear the idea of going to see ?Icier Knowlton, particularly in such a role as Marguerite, in company with CcL Morti? mer: so he answered: "We're not dressed for the opera. John: if we were, 1 should l>c delighted to go.' "Hang dress!" answered John. "We'll buy admission tickets, and stroll h thc lobby Iii i the killet conies 0:1. Elerey Fourteenth street Left wheel, mare!.!" They were soon inside tile lobby, and, to John's delight, the corps de ballet wa.? just coming down the stage. They stepped inside thc glass doors and formed part of tho crowd of men who fringed the wal!. Was there ever more delightful walt2 music written that that of "Faust?" Rush thought not; and 1 think so, too. The dancing was encored, and Leoni, the premiere, came tripping down to t!i? footlights to bow her acknowledgments of the applause. A n usher jostled against Rush as lie hurried down the aisle, bear? ing aloft a basket of pink and white roses. Leoni bowed low over the flow? ers, kissed them, and backed with the awkward steps of a ballet dancer to thc wings. . "Leoni gets a basket like tliat every night," whisked a confiding- usher h Rush's car. "Some feller's dead goncon her, no mistake." "Who is the man?" asked Rush, know? ing very well who hail sent tire (lowers. '.I don't know: but they say hes pow? erful nVh. and would marry Leoni if shed have him She won't lia ve a:iy thing else, he can bet his I;fe on that" Au?! t!ie usher stop"?ed talking t.) join in the applause as Helen Knowlton came down llie stage. 1 need hardly say that Rush was inter? ested in the usher's information. He could not help smiling at tho idea os John marrying the lallet dancer with his engagement to Amy J?ayliss on l:!r hands. He didn't even I? lleve that lie knew her. but merely thought it was-one of his fancies to be known as a patron of the ballet to thc extent of sending Howers lo a premiere danseuse. The dancing was hardly over, when John proposed going, and. as Rush was ins guest, he had to go t?)0. though he ?lid so willi great reluctance. J;)!:-: suggested that they'-should retu? :? io "The Club:"" am! to "The Club" they accordingly re turned. "There is seme interesting pinyin;-, here of an evening," said John, they entered the gilded saloon: "voa will Le amused lo watch it. These fellows play high rome nights-eh. colonel:" Tee colonel smiled, and ihoy saun? tered up lo the Ld-:.' and watched th: {ramo in; progress. As it r^vw exeitma John said that he would throw &*> on the red, ""just 1er tile fun <>f the Ism.'.' and the red won. Le left hi i money lhere, and st ii! wen. "Why don't you take your money while tho luck is with you?" said Rush "It will d>) Le; er (lian th::t. I'll leav. it ibero ar.?! shew you." I ?ut thc !:ie': il:?l not last very long, ar.J Lvtore "ho evening was over John hool lost ?"S?>0. "I'll have my revenge to-morrow night." said he, good naturedly, "and ?.in it ali Lack and more, too." Rush looked at his watch. It was C t?*clock. anti he felt ashamed of himself for having come from tho presence of Helen Knowlton i?? spend the evening in such a place He !cne*v tl wt she ?le teste?! anything like fastness ma-man .vd tho.t she would be thoroughly dis- ; -usted if she knew that he was ???ending oveuim; in tho comply ot gmaUer* j Lr he realized now that "The <? l::h" v.as ! nothing more n<-r less than a gaming j houser. Ito noticed wit!J pain john's ? tm il ia rit y with the pla? v. lind pul :: nil ? ii. ?wit lo fIto corrupting i.al? leno?? ? ! tol ! Mortimer, so loath was ho i>> think that j John cou!.! go un led anion.; such :: ; n j Rush Lad. no maudlin sentiment on the subject, it was not from any religious scruples that he tiisliked gambling, but I H vause of what he knew of its hurtful? ness Tin victims Ito looked upon wills pity and :!ie viotiniizers with ?::>..:->t. ? John was in a fairway of l ei:-. ; mi's ! I lint Rush knew there was no use in j *|>c:.king to him ?>.; the subject. He v. o; lil not get angry and fly into a [xis- j sioo but ho woul d laugh go?xl natu redly | ;;:id tell Rush that losing a few dollars j :t cards was not going to hurt him. and . that he didn't propose to follow gambling . ?is a profession, but only as an ?xvasional pastime, lt would liave been easier'-to argue with a more violent man, for ; John only laughed off words of warning and advice. Seeing Leoni at the Academy reminded j Rush that he had not been very attentive to her of late, and, as she had been a friend in the hour of need, he upbraided himself for not having called upon her, and vowed that he would do so at the earliest opportunity. Fearful lest John j should go back to tile gaming table, he proposed walking home with him, and tho brothers left "Thc Club" togctlier. John had rooms in Twenty-ninth street, and when they arrived at the door lie in? sisted upon Rush going" in with him, not? withstanding the lateness of thc IJOOT. "In for a penny, in for a pound," said . John, gayly. Rush was astonished at the splendor of. the rooms. Everything that a luxurious taste could suggest for a ljachelor's comfort was to be found there, from a well stocked buffet to a 'tmi well trained valet. "Why, John, you live like prince.**said Rush, looking around in admiration. "Say rather like a stockholder in tho Mutual Dividend Mining company: that beats the princes. Rush.'"' Then, taking * a dainty decanter from the buffet, he . . poured out a small glass of old brandy. - "There, there's something to jvann the cockles of Vo?r Seartf*' Brihk'tfiat; am* teir me if'it-is?*? #><?rT^ *v ***>r &M*z* itusb tossed it down and declared that, ,? he had never tasanLit?ter- - "And you never will, unless, you tasta. it here. Mnrtmier li:u; a comer on that brandy," said he. {Illing his glass, "and. . no one else can get it." Rushs eyes roamed'.about the apart- :: mont, seeing new lx?autios every mo- : ment, until they rested on a large col? ored photograph of Leoni standing on * an easel. "Ilel?o?" said lie. * 'there's "ik^f5 portrait of Leoni! .Do you know hetv Jolin?" "Why should I know her?" said Jolm, rather shortly. "Must a man know every ballet dancer whose picture he happens to haver" "Of coarse not: hat this portrait-is so conspicuous a feature of your room I thought it quite likely you knew tile original." "Your reasoning is childish, Rush,** answered John, restored to his usuargood" ~ humor. "Leoni is the popular dancer of "* thc hour; she is a very pretty woman, t and I adore pretty women. Wliat moro natural, then, than that I should have lier" . picture, particularly as any one can eli joy the same privilege by paying its price? It's early yet." continued John, as tlie clock on the mantel chimed thc hour of ol "what do you say to a cigar anoLsome more brandy?" lie-Hied both glasses, tossed off his OV.-H. and pushed thc other towards Rush, who ckvl'nedL "No, thank you. John. This won't do . for me. I don't want to wake u;> willi a headache to spoil tho memory of our pleasant evening. Good night, old boy: sleep well. Let us sec more c f each other, John, now that wo are together. Good ?> night." , "Good night. Rush: you shall see moro than you want of mc. Pleasant dreams.** And tiley shook hands and parted. As Rush walked home in the cool ?> morning air he tbouglit over thc events of thc evening. He was not at all satis? fied about the Leoni matter. 1 Ie felt that John liad not told him all he knew of the i dancer, and his heart was stirred to pity * for the girl, for ho knew that John . fascinations for women were irresistible. * Ho never for a moment thought but that Amy Bayliss still held sway over his brother's heart, and his pity was all for Leoni. [TO BS CONTINTKD J Opium In France. What can be done or attempted ta check tho dangerous and ever spread? ing tendency in Franco to drown dull care or provoke pleasurable recrea-. tions of an ephemeral kind by the uso of morphine is a question that has been frequently raised of late, and to which no satisfactory answer has boen found. Statistics on hand point to thc frightful consequences of tho deplorable abuse of the narcotic in all classes of society, and sinister prophecies of wliat tho coming gener? ation will be, if the evil is not checked, arc not wa?ting. Medical celebrities, consulted on thc matter, however, shako their heads with the remark that it is next to impossible to cure confirmed morphia maniacs of their passion, and that if they are for a j)e ri.Ki placed tinder treatment ina mai? son desante they a e nosooner outof it than they return v. ?th redoubled eager- . ness to their former babils. it is suggested that gi valer restrictions than at present exist might bc i-iaced on tlie sale of morphia, and notably f that doctor's prescription for a cer? tain quantity of the drug siaai! ; never bo available, ?aveon oct -c-ceasro?. Kn-? iess it bcMgi.od and dated a: :vsb by thc medical man. 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