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-^M, . Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, f^i?^^g^g^jy|^nd the Current News of the Day. L-?./ ^'^M^-LJLli:-^ ili lwwiriMh?Ati*' ""'1 TJ ? . ? ' . untmrn ' iii^ j i W iiii in mil ^ *fcr ? ?-? ?' j n a IWtlMW ?*mi? . ' ? wmw'wvw uvavmiili BT llEIUlKRT RAIL W1N8LO*. My slr>r^ la a sad one, and won't take long to To any wort of meter I can unit it just as well. You'll understand iny misery before the tale is clone; It aJI began one hapless doy - the dey I mndo a run; And ever since that falal hour the people do doclare That I became a hunioiisl, alas! right then and there; Though to be considered serious I'd give a lot of money, Whatever I mnv any or do, they will Insist it's funny. I might, perhnps, have stneo escaped the direful consequences, Had 1 not panned n feeble joko when hardly in n?y senses. Twas print<.il iu h paper of t.romondous circulation. And I was clubbed a humorist by all the laugh ing nation. In vain 1 tried to prove mysoif u lilrotod individual ; The fatal Iruth confronted me- the Joko was quite original. Where'er I went there followed mo that cbendfiil reputation, And every ward I spokoaroused uproarious cacliII t rfl^Rkpd In casual tones upon thu gloomy weather, The people laughed until they cried,and laughed ( and cried logelj'pr; ..hen I gave inform .ion of some accident die irsMing, They roared with mighty niorrimonf. exeoedlngly depressing; And when I ftiih-d in leifdnons. und despairing told ?nv wlfo, Bbe, laughing, vow'd I'd never heen so ftiuiiy in my life! .1 dressed in somber Mark. assumed a yrlin, funereal air, And spoke In woecnvelopod tones, my face distraught with eato. 1 wept a little when I eottld, all neeped in melnncholy, Hk It it people only laughed again, and whispered, "Ain't he jolly 1" In-fnct, the more that I la-came a siierilteo to Badness, The more 1 met the wretched gleo that dtovn nio near to madness. Full half my l.iuio la spent declining pressing tn\ it aliens To liuniorouM iniiepiets and to write tor comic puhlicatloiiH, And scented notes and letters coached in wools as sweet as lionoy? "Now won't you send your autograph'/ and plniiRO to malio ii funny." It I should nink heiieath my trials, niel leave Ihia mortal splieio, Tlie world wuuM give mo credit for the lioat joke of ilie year; And doulil leas folks who came lo gaze upon my monument Would find it quite Impossible to keep their Inugliter pent. "lis useless to deny 41. now, ulnek I tho mlschiot's 111'I It', dfe Arull iihihM'V 11 tuitnoiipt., Dm' mi unconmUotio Ollll. I've only this icquoBI. to nuiko. which mi oiincnn 1'tm I h t: I'lcaRd call tun in my .i|<itnph Iho "Kurioim Humorist !" ? Hirjicr's Mtifin zinc. rr-i -rqr "TT? LITTLE WAIF. . A Story of Absorbing Interest Cy BERNARD HEft ?ERT. IX. - ('ONTIN l'KI>. I Tlu? roiicliKliiig wools of the extortionate demand wcro fairly shaken <?1V the scoundrel's lips. Like an nvnlanehe lioyden bent over the table ami pounced upon his victim. He seized him with both hands by the neck, raised him from his seat, and brought his head down with sneli crashing power upon the table that, the thing was shattered in ruins, the candle was extinguished, and the combatants went down upon the lloor in a deadly grapple among the debris. So sudden, so wholly uncx peeled was the attack that (iarland never recovered his breath, and scarce ly his reason. For a minute or two tlio suggestive tumult' of hoarse breathing ami despernto writhing disturbed tho sepulchral quiet of the den, and then all was silent. In till pitchy datkness, with liis long, muscular hands still griping the throat of his victim w ith I he firmness of a professional strangle!-, ltoyden l?ent his head and pressed his ear to the region of the. man's heart. There was no pulsation there; only a faint whirring as of a clock's spring that has broken and run down. Willi a low exclamation he loosed his hold, and the inanimate head fell back upon the floor. "God!" gasped the coward, staggering to his feet; "I've killed him!" A wandering gust of wind swept around the house, and rattled at the shutters with an eerie rapping. "I can't stand this," he panted, his blood flying with terror into the recesses of his craven heart; "I had better go now, and come bnek for tho will to-morrow. No one will find him here." And suiting the action to the words, he felt his way to the wall, and groped ?i ... i.*r t. * i_ _ ?.i i tiling 111j111 ii?* readied imi uuor. Casting a Ira if til glance linck into the pregnant darkness he had left behiml, as though he half expected to see the blood-antVnsed, lurid eves of his strangled victim glaring alter him in hot pursuit, he stumbled out upon the stair landing, and grasped the rail. Hark! what was that? the scurry or a rat, or the stealthy seutllc of invisible feet V Hook! The outer door is hanging open upon its hinges at the foot of the stairs, and the wan light of the night is falling in! Who has opened that door? The wind? No! There it goes again with its slip. slip, swish! (tod! it i.; behind him. soniew here in thecapacioiis jaws of the darkness! With a st rangling oath of terror in his throat, and griping the rail lirnily. the miscreant raised Ids feet from the Hour, and prang oil' into space. Slam bang he went down over the resounding stairs, the eeheen of the 1...11 I i i: I -1 s .... 1 ! iioikim iMiiiiiiii^; ii|< mid iiiii^ni lying tie- ? l??11<>? of liis d<scent. until it seemed a-> though a lionli' of furies were in full cry in lii< wake. It was a miracle that lie ?1 it I not dish his Inains out. or maim himself; hut, then, 'tis said the devil protects his own. Breathless lie reached the door, pulled it : ftor him with a deafening crash, and .'-prang away up the deserted road. I.ike a startled animal he ran until he reached the avenue, where, completely spent, lie leaned against a tree-trunk to recover hi< lnvatli. 'I here weie lights here, and vagrant sounds ol stirring life. Half a dozen < aivl< s men an I women passed on the 4 pposite Lide, singing a popular song; n cab flashed by, and then a lumberin brewery dray rumbled into view. Max Royden baw all this, and a sens of his ridicnlotiB behavior stirred wit! in him-. "What an ass I am!" he muttered the hot blocd tingling into his blanch? face; "there conbl have l?oen no one i tl:o house,, and what had I to fear froi that breatlile88 carcass! Confound m nervousness. The work is only hal done; since the will is in existence, must secure it, or I shall never res easy. To-morrow will not do; I lia better never run the risk of being see about hero. Come, come; couraga! will return, search the place thorough ly; and do the thing up brown once am for all. Then good-by forever to thi cursed city!" Ho felt for his mutch-safe, and find ing it in place and well tilled, ho re traced his steps to the old granary wit] quite a fair sliow of bravery. wining in signs 01, Mie oesrtMi Hi "ho sprnng over fho low wall am so approached it in silence, his footfall heing muffled by the carpet of dcat grass. Holding his breath, he gainec the door; the padlock hung open npoi the hasp. He laid hold of the latch am pushed, pushed firnilv, with all hi strength, but. pushed in vain. It luid been bolted on the inner side "My (?od !" he gasped, a deathly sick ness eoniing over him; "there is sons one inside!" And like a lynx he stole away, cvei more silently than he had come. CIIAPTElt X. Til K SECSET OK THE Ol.U llUII.niNO. Meanwhile poor little Gracie Gar land, fairly lannehed njton the world, i total stranger in a great city, alone am penniless in the night, hurried aw a; from the only shelter she might claim as though her immortal soul depcudei ' 1 ion the haste she mtule. Naturally she eliose the most hril liantlv lighted thoroughfare, instinct ively seeking protection in her forlori flight. It was not yet late, and tin street was well titled wttli people pass ing to and Tro, none of whom hcedot her in the slightest degree. Therefore she trudged on, buried in her own bit ter thoughts until she found hersel surrounded by the flare and clatter o Third avenue. li..-.. .. ..i ;i- -i i oi .. K?wu|, vi. nn'M'iiT "I I?ro?l men accosted her, l?ut she ben hci head, and hurried on, crossing th< avenue, aud following Hie street as i loads to the river. Presently the lights began to twinkh farther apart, the houses dropped oil and were sueceedi d by large fenced in closures for storing lumber; even tin 1 in?* of eross-town horse-ears ceased and at last the river; its broad boson dimpling darkly, and redeeming her and there an occasional light, whicl served but to accentuate its gloom spread out I efoio her. She walked to the edgo of the pier and in sheer exhaustion leaned upo one of the massive spiles. beneath her she could hear t lie watci swollen by the risen tide, lapping an sucking in and out with restful, myati sound. She listened, and looked o over the swiftly flowing plain to when across the star lit night sky, fragment of black clouds drifted before the wim Two great tears wi lied from tli depths of her beautiful eyes and fe upon her beautiful hands. "Oh, why should I not die and en all here?" she murmured, coining to realizing sense of her surrounding with a start; "who cares for me nov and what have 1 to live for?" And the stars twinkled at her wit kindly eyes, and the refreshing win Jill fled in her feverish face, raising tli soft brown hair upon her brow wit friendly touch. "No, no! don't look at me so; don caress me!" she cried, addressing tli stars and the wind in a wandering win ....i.. ,.,....1, ??..i ui...... ..... ...i...'. 1 can lay inv head in safety to-nigl ami I will believe you." Then her eyes sank to the purlin river, and its gargling voice seemed 1 say: "Here is rest!" If she had been found next mornin floating dead upon those peaeefi waves the newspapers would have sai that, she had, in all probability, eon mitted suicide in a moment of nienti aberration. And if they had said f they would have spoken truly, sino for the time being, the poor, distract* child had taken leave of her senses. It is safe to! say that within tv minutes there would have been splash in the river, and another soi launched* upon that unknown slioi whence there is no returning; sue would have been the case but for tl nnexneeted interference of fate Wjtli her eyes fixed upon lienvei lior hands clasped, it Inst dc8J?orntep tit ion for ?u>n\v trembling upon In lips, Oniric tvns about fo take II plunge, tvlien presto! darkness e veloped her, some stilling material el wrapped her in its folds, and wlii she felt herself raised in strong arm she heard an exeited voice pant: "I've got her! t^'iick, lend me hand!" Then there was a scurrying of fe? the rattle of oars being (piiekly marine the sensation of being carefully In in the bottom of it boat, nnd then total oblixion. When at last she recovered her en seionsness she discovered that tl stifling material that had bereft her her bn nth had hecii removed and I: ill h ?!' folds iiIiinit her; tlmt tliestn still blinked above In r. tin- fresh wir fanned lier far.', while upon either sii of the liver the lights of the two citii were flashing past as the lioat drifti down upon the ebbing tide. More than all this, she noticed tl dark figure of a man resting upon h on in nt her feet, while she was eoi scions that his eonipanion sat in tl stern at her head. As tliey were speal ing, she held herself as quiet as mouse, ami bent every energy to tl v ine what fresh doom was in store ft lu?r, "Well, what are you going tot about it V" prow ltd the follow at tl oars. "Ihirnrti if I know !" was the respoir from the stern. "It's vour own fault. You've made liMstly mistake and a devilish fool ( vottjsclf!"' g "How could I tell the difference in ' the dark ? It looked like her and I j ie thought it wan her." i- "Well, you've got me into a deuced fine moss, but you've got to get me out I of it. It was bad enough to have to ,j run the risk for the swag, but hang me ? if I'm going to row right into the face n and eyes of the river-police with a v strange girl I don't care a rap about in [f the boat!" j They lapsed into silence, ami Gracie had an opportunity to realize her situd at ion. n It was evident that she had l>een misI taken for some victim, and that having i- discovered their blunder, the rascals d were anxious to l>e rid of her. s For the moment the love of life stirred within her, and sho silently 1- prayed that they would not make way >- with her to shield themselves from jusli tioe. Discreetly holding her peace, she heard the man in the atera say; #11 "IN*#* .iMirfadyr. i "Well?" T.~." s "Pull in shore and wo'll Bhip bar." 1 "If she comes to, she'll squeal like a 1 stocked pig, and get us into trouble." i "Well, make haste about it and she I won't come to before we are rid of her. s I answer for that; she's in a dead faint. I've seen Jots of 'em like that." ! "All right! Which shore?" "West, of course. We can't make a a landing on the Brooklyn side for mud." Rattle went the rudder, and with ii powerful strokes Sandy sent the little craft skipping cross-wiso across the waves. At last the keel grated urion the shingle, Sandy rose and jumped knee deep Into the water; the Iwint whs | ? drawn up Ui*gh and dry, and closing ! I her ey? s to simulate insensibility j )' Gracie felt herself carefully transferred from the lwjat to terra firma. 1 In silence tliev laid her noon th? wind-swept gross. and paused for an instant looking down upon her. ' "By the Lord Horry!" muttered the i i man whoso name was not Sandy, "it's J a sluuuu tu Icitvu a yivitiy n"'1 i r? ?l..i?.j a-lyin' hero unprotected!" "Oil, get along with you. you chicken- I hearted fool!" growled Sandy; "you're ' a tine rooster to lielong to the gang, I you are! She'll not lay hero ten min- i , utes! I reckon she'll stay at home ' nights in future. Come on ; we're well 1 rid of a had job!" 1 And taking Ins companion liy the a arm lie pulltd him down toward the t , bout, and in less tlnn ten minutes tho beat of their oars had ceased to vibrato i u upon the air. Then (Iraciesat. up and looked about ' - her. She felt a t rifle dizzy and her 1 o head was light, but otherwise slio was t perfectly herself. Before her lay the n river; helnnd her a wide expanse of o j unoecupied land upon the far eonlines li of which the massed liglits of the city lf I glittered. She judged that she had not I been carried far down-town, and sho was correct. ii | Strange as it may seem, the hand of | fate had led her within a gun-shot of j the old granary where at that moment (i ! Max Boydenand Nicholas Garland had e met "to talk business." IV She rose and tilled her lutign with the cool night air and felt refreshed. h A uew strength came to her, and tho I. lire of a great resolution filled her r> eves. 11 "God has saved me from myself." she murmured; "He has put mo into ,1 this world for some purpose, aiul I will ii fulfill His will, cost what it may!" Then, arranging her disordered attire, she started bravely forward toward tho glimmering lights. But she had ovcrI) I rated her powers of endurance. ,1 | Frail girl that she was, ore long sho j it. ! deiran to feel the remnant of her . )i strength deserting her, and she would ( have sunk down by the wayside to rest, 't had it not been that a house reared itlt> self before her in the near distance ; promising her rest and protection, o This was the old building! it, So pulling herself together, sho trudged on and soon paused beside tlio rr door which -swung invitingly open. Heo ing of an easy conscience, and completely exhausted, the silence and loneliness of the place had no special terrors K for her. il She felt that if she could only sloop, it she would ask no more. So she crept into the darkened |s>rtal ami strained ,1 her eyes to discover what manner of j0 place she was in. ,.f While she stood there, voices above ,,l her reached her listening ear -voices that moved her strangely, voices that o seemed fatally familiar to her. a With a hounding heart she descried nl the dim stairway, and mounted it with rc the swift, silent footfalls of a eat. At h the door above sho paused. The voices io were raised in excited altercation. Suddenly came the crash, succeeded n, by the struggle for life and death, and e- ere she could realize what was taking sf "pbrctfJT-H-bWJli,- j?rrTTting like aTerrffifr!10 animal, burst out upon the landing, i). brushing so closo to her that she was n- forced to spring aside to avoid being lo thrown to the tloor. s, The man was Max llovden, and it was Graeie's rapid movement which a had so terrified and put him to flight. r->ne heard itihi crash down the stairs I and slam the ?loor; what she did not i d, hear, however, uaa the cautious shoot* 1 i,| ing of the bolt upon the inside by invisible hands, the hands of the shadow , that had tracked the two scoundrels to n- their lair. i?< For the space of a few moments sue- I nl cecding the headlong exit of Hoyden, iv silence reigned unbroken throughout is the building, to be broken at last by a i,l deep-drawn moan of anguish from <>ar1,. land, (iraeie heard it, and overwhelmed I ps by a premonition which she would have 1 >,l been powerless to explain, she felt her ' way to the door, and standing upontho ' io threshold, cried out: is "Who is there? Is any one hurt ?" i). A startled groan, significant in its ic agony, was the only response. It- "Oh, speak!" exclaimed the tortured ji pill; "perhaps I can he of somo help? i- only spenk!" . >r Then with a stunning surpriso eamo tlie words: |n "Whose voieo is that? (treat God, 10 am I mad? Gracie, is it von?" "Father 1" no "Oh, come here, my ehilil! rpiiek, quick !" (l "Where ore you?? I cannot see!" r)f "Here, on the floor, nn?l I am dying!" With a gasp of horror the poor child advanced a few steps, guided bj th labored breathing of the man; the she dropped npon her hands and knee and crept forward until she touchet Hie inert form. "Father! is it you?1* she gasped drawing back in instinctive alarm. "Yes, it is I!" Half fainting she thrust her arm al>out his neck and laid her bead upoi his breast like a little tired child. "There, hush!" he faltered, painful hr; "don't cry so; my time is short, am I must 8|>eak!" "Oh, father?who has dono tlii thing?" "Grace, you must not call mo father for 1 am not your father!" "Not my father!" she screamed, rais ing herself and striu^.vlo soo his face "No! You hawrongedwronged all youwv1^ eg! Gracie you are?Oh, GodV^ \ ' Thee^WLg^w^Whad ex long reckoning with . ^^S^crimc upoi With a loud wail ofdfetipess littli Oracie fell prostrate across the inani mate man as a ray of strong light, sho from n Imll'u-Avn ImM .1. ? w? ? ? VI V Item BU lUTioiinu UHIIUI upon the threshold of the room, ilium iued the pathetic picture. CHAPTER XI. THE SKCBKT OUT. As the city clocks were chiming ter on the morning succeeding that event fill night in the old building by th< East River, Rupert Arnim suddenly emerged from one of the Bide streeti leading from the West Side, plunged into the broad belt of Bunshine thai pours down upon the lower end of Fiftli avenue, seeming warmer and more genial here and elsewhere, and rapidly ascended the steps of the Brevoort. House. He walked with the rapid tirninese of a man under great nervous stress; a gray pallor overspread his handsome features, and his eyes were dilated and "Is Mr. Boyden in?" he inquired of the clerk at the desk, in u low, strained voice. The clerk replied that, not having seen Mr. Boyden, he supposed thai he was in. Would the gentlemun ho good enough to send his card up to Mr. Boyden's room ? Rupert answered thnt a card was not necessary, and instructed the call-boy to snv that a gentleman would like to Bee M*r. Boyden on important business. Five minutes later ho was invited to take the elevator to the suite of roome oil the third floor. Attired in a rich dressing-gown, Max Boyden sat before a small table upon which was spread a dainty breakfast, hut us yet the only port of the service which had lieen touched by him were u decanter of brand v. and a siohon ol soda; of these no had evidently iui*?l>ed freelv.,iudgiug by their reduced contents, mid the i.i. otherwise pallid featluaojKfljf He was manifestly "n5t'~V^Rl? disturbed at the unexpected apparition ol the young artist, since ho promptly rose, and pointing to u chair, said, ir an excited way, which was not utall hit habitual manner: "Why, good morning, Mr. Arnim Pray be seated. So sorry not to hav< seen you Inst evening." "Without accept ing t he preferred scat Rupert replied: "Icallod hero according to appoint ment." "So I am told. I warned you that ] might be delayed, you know." "I do not come hero to reproach yoi for breaking your up{K>intment," re marked Arnim, sternly; "I am full; convinced that you never intended t< sit to me for your portrait." Scenting trouble in this veiled thrust Hoyden drew himself up to (ho full o his imposing height as he inquired: "Indeed ! May I 'knowH?> wlpit I ow the honor of this early call V" "I have an important picco of infoi mat ion to communicate; something tha I have reason to think will affect you. Then fixing his burning eyes ujion Hoy den's expectant face and measuring hi words, he added, "Oracie Garland dis appeared from my house during las night!" It was a terrific st ruggle with Boyde to maintain his composure in the fac of this startling intelligence, butsonn how ho managed to, sufficiently to in quire: "Pray, how should your news alloc me?" mVaii LnAiv n AIA rinrlaiwl M "I am aware of the fact." "You called upon lier in my hous last evening." "I did." "What is there between you?" , "Nothing." "Do you dare to tell mx, Jrou d ^IQtlove her*>" /' "J^oVg<hit&/ Bayden went off into peal of laUglltW" -< warn j1 >n > heartiness, during w r 'Am'a fa< darkened ominously. "Pardon mo, Mr. Bo h? Rn>' with repressed feeling, 'that spito of what you tell i ' ,HU poet that Uiere is sometM^^HH^'* you and Grace Garland." "1 allow no man to dou\ ,'r Mr. A mini. Be good en / 0 plnin yourself." "You admit that vou Garland, that you called l*I 1?)' last evening for the purr*^ her." "I do. Why should I "I do not hold that yc "''V no only, when you visited? A Jfdudio f the first time yeston" ?ruing ai saw her j nut rait ujsfl TkTTT <!aRe'> }'! totally denied all eft. Ill Jtaneo wi her." "And for the best , ?jns- ' "How so?" Y"\7~ "Shall I speak plnii(\ Y "By nil means, if yoil lease." "Well, 1 saw nt a gftc. that y >vore deepl*.-,fc.v . *' 7* hi with the p? t?i*? ~~ * ^ "Yon wtlfy f , "Puarij e. "Well, t a*-?/.' considered it prnd* to hold 11 ' J"tco concerning what knew of h* # Jl Rupert pi? > started nt the won and his t>fr forJ. rkened ns he demnndr "So ijq'r Jf I'16 mnn who holds tl secret jio^Cxl'Ver her!" "I nin one wT>f the men, for there 1 others." '.<|Y I A17/ e "What do you mean?" a "Be seated, and I will satisfy you ? curiosity in short order. But undei J stand me, I should not have destroyer { our faith in her had you not compel ed mo." With a suppressed gasp of misor the young artist sank into the chair a s which Boyden pointed, while tlint get n tleraan resumed his seat beside tli table. I- "Proceed," murmured Arnim, in 1 scarcely audible tone. "Know, then, that Grace Garlam s murdered my uncle, Orrin Clifford, ii England three woeks ago, that slio wa ; fleeing from justice when you met he on hoard the ill-fated ' Oregon '!" It was a fearful blow, ono of thos i. shocks from which suffering humanity - rarely recovers. i, Rupert Arnim showed the ofleet o .the lying words simply in his attitude fnr Iia uraa urkAAolilAna H* I ?W lie OtXUini H ^ r 4rmt, *ithiu himself like a deiioafc n flbwer that in blighted by tho scorchinj i lightning; he held his peace evei while Boydon continued, mercilessly 9 "Grace Garland wears the curse ol - Cain upon her brow. The police o t this country are u|>on her trad. It ii % but a question of time when she wil' be called upon to atone for her crinu upon the scaffold." "My God! Oh, Grace! Grace!" He buried his face in his hands, anr his tearless emotion seemed to rend hii i bent form. Even his ngonized crj - sounded like a petition for mercy tc > tho throne on high. "Oh, Grace, r Grace!" It was the despairing wail oi i a soul in anguish. I Boyden looked upon his work, and t gloated in his nefarious triumph. Hudi denly Arnim raised his haggard faee, uud demanded, huskily: "Have you proofs of what you say?" "Irrefutable proofs!" I "But she swore to me, that though k the shadow of crime had rested upon i her, she was innocent." [. Max Boyden 7|fl ' said. "Why, look at it! Here is a girl [ whose hands are stained with innocent blood; she successfully evades justice; is loved by an upright man, and loves i him in return. Perhaps in her ropent[ ance sho foretastes u life of comfort and secure affection. She is clever enough to see that there is some secret , in her past, and she admits that there - is, stating that she is a victim; but will hu foil flin titun \flin Iavao 1?o*? Mxo* with those hands that rest in his, she i has strangled the breath in the throat i of the man to whom sho owes nil that Bhe is! That she?" "Oh, husli, hush! I can bear no i more!" Arnim had sprung to his feet and i was blindly pacing the room to and i fro. f "I have said enough," went on the . pitiless rascal. "You see for yourself, | that whilo she is in her senses, she ie r- to Im/nril the happiness ol her futurt'. Now I can explain wny j . called upon her last evening, why I inf tentionally missed my appointed with r you, or rnther, why I directed you tc i come hero, that the coast might be j clear for me to go to your house." lie paused au instant, and A mini ! halted abruptly, fixing a pair of eager, i questioning eyes upon the speaker. "I went to Grace Garland," said the ( varlet, "in your behalf." " Mine!" "Yes; I saw how tilings were going and I made up my mind that, undei t the circumstances, I could afford to 1m magnanimous. 1 sought the girl t ami begged her, by her love for you to undeceive you, to tell you tin y truth." o "And she " "Flatly refused. I then changed nv , tactics. I warned her that the po f lice were aware of her whereubouts that within twenty-four hours fill e would bo lodged in tho Tombs, miles she escajied." "Well, well ?" t "I informed her that so far as I wo " concerned, she was free to make he escape that night; indeed, I urged he s to go for your sake." i- "You did this for me?" it "Certainly! Would you not huv done so for any honest man?" n For the first time *'ii all that agoniy e ing interview, the scalding tears sprang >- to Rupert A mini's.-eyes. I- [TO n Br CONTINUED.] :t Gastronomy. In the mutter of gastronomic ecor omy there are no families in the worl equp.\ to the French. 10 The highest gastronomic authoritie now preach for variety in food in th I interest of health. They say the only men who hahiti I ally eat Irish stew in restaurants ui '? | those who enter the lions' den in tl I circus. 11 Canned lobster continues to ho < a great festival help all over the land i 30 assisting consumers to "shuftle ort' th mortal coil." [b Goddard, in his excellent hook o ,n "Marketing," says: "in selecting tisl K* choose only those which are firm an 3n stiff, with lively red gills, eyes full an clear, and tins firm." l*> A light breakfast, a suspicion of ** lunch, and a substantial, wholesotr dinner, not later than 7 o'clock, is health rule for h<>t woather laid dow I?y tt pilVNK'HUI Willi is it I si* mi t'|>icui >g A ( rutc (Jnediou. Little Nellie, four years, w nut riding nno (lav. While pnssing coinetory she lonkeil up In her ninth n,, ami said: (i, "Mamma, how 1miik nfler they lm iinv one before their gravestones eon up?'' A Dawson, On., man has a furiosi in the shape of an egg. It is aim half the usual size, with a hard sin ou handle originally about an inch lor Ac ami presenting the appearance of rouuv'vv-'.'.well-proiHirtioned gourd. ' it A monstkii frog swallowed a chick I at Oconee, da., and seemed to be r iahing the bit immense)}' when t 'Is. owner killed liiin. his Conck.it is a good thing after all is well for every man lhatsonielm tro should think well of hnn - Somci'Vt Journal. THE NEWS. IT" ^ Race troubles caused serious rioting I small towns in Louisiana and Mimi.^ip and several colored persons were shot.j During a lire in Spring City, IV, the wall a warehouse fell in, killing one ninn and juring others. William K. Denning, I e defaulting assistant postmaster at iirow ville, I ml., has conf?ssed to having lost A money at cards. Jay Gould and C. Huntington are forming a combination ^ obtain control of all the Southwestern liu n An excursion and a stock train col I id 9 near Vermont, a conductor and a ptssong r were killed and others injured The ca til stock of the Commercial Cable Compa n has been increased from six to ten tnillioi ^ Relmund Holxhay, the lone highwnym, j who terrorized Northern Wisconsin, has be captured. Owing to the large pens! payments, the publiodebt has iucreosod di B Ing the month of August. The Crar ^ Brca., of Philadelphia, have notified the fch ! retary of the Navy that the cruiser Philud : phia will be launched on the 7th instant.? f The Superintendent of the Census has a f rWkintArl T^r t 'Karloa A A ?*?1 " " * , .... . 'I. /iniiiflll lltT dllll JOI 4 H. Jones special agents to collect tlic stall I iios tor ooal for the eleventh census. Jam 5 E. Frank has also h?en appointed to colle ,ron and steel statistics, and James A. Hlo ;ett, of Illiuois, to collect statistics of oduc ' tlon. Mr. Win. Ziler was killed at Mn ? '.insburg by a train, while asleep on the trac r The w holesale jobbing house of Wbeele * Blodgett & Co., In Boston, was partly d | itroyed by fire. A fire at the Cincinnal Hamilton and Dayton elevator caused a lo Of *.*>.000. Henry A. Sage & Co.'s harness factory i , Kaston, Ph., was destroyed by fire. I?o *30,000. Typhoid fever Is raging in John ' town, there being twenty-five patients dow with the disease in the R-*d Cress hospital 1 The safe in the postoftloo at Cornwall, 1 i Y., was blown open and *500 In stamps stole The frmqlc Rf|/>fflWn'hl-mt^C. T prettiest pupils. The United Htatessteam* Hush capture I another llritisli sea I in schooner in itcbring Sea. Two sisters Mrs. Dobson, aged sixty-five, and Mrs. 1X*i nett, aged seventy, while returning In a bugg I to their home, outsido of Milwaukee, wei struck by a railroad train and klllt^rl. Tl business portion of the histo io village < ( Ssckett1* Harbor, N. Y., was destroyed I fire. Doss f40,000. Wbitill Tatuin ?ft Co green glass manufacturers of Mlllville. T J., have acceded to the demands of the worl men. A pair of swiudleis, representii themselves as agents of the Standard () Company, successfully work innocent poop in the towns aloug the Ohio river noar Wliee ing. Rev. Dr. Yost, chancellor of tl University of Florida, presented to Heide burg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, a museum < curlnsitks value I at $00,000.? Judge Mi 1 Conned, of Chicago, has decided that all tl defendants in the Cronin trial must be trie J together, with tbeexcdptiou of "\VoodrufT.~ tion endorsing Commissioner Tanner1* pet ( sion policy caused a lively discussion in tl , Grand Army E o .mpment, resulting iu tl adoption of a substitute resolution expressin i confidence in his integrity, and uniting wit him in a request for an investigation of h administration. Janus W. Newbakor, > politician of Kalaria, Miss., was assassinate by unknown turtles while entering bis hous I'ostmaster General Wanamaker has oITt 1 ed a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of at r, robber attacking a stage carrying tho mal Robert Kwell was sliot and serious ' wounded by Joseph Taylor, near Onancoc ^ Va , in a quarrel growing out of tho whii cap pranks of last spring. i'he Suprei Council American Legion of Honor, in si yr sion at Chicago, elected Enoch 8. Hrown, New York, supreme coramnn !er, and C. i, 11 tting, D. 1)., of Baltimore, supreme chn b lain. L Toy A. Trues lale lias boon f s routed iu New York, for einb.'izliug $-1,1 ironi 1110 iiow i orK, leinisyivuiiui umi w. Uiilroud Company. A monument to I 9 Confederate dead was unveiled at Manass r Alfred Brood, formerly treasurer of I r Hteelo racking and Provision Company, Grand Rapids, Mich., has boen arrested o. charge of embezzling flO.OOJ. A coloi man was robbed by tram|>snnd thrown fr< a train on the Norfolk and Western Uailroi ^ near Liberty, Vo. In the Grand Ari naval engagement on the lako at Milwauk two sailors of a United States revenue cut and s;veral other persons were badly ir.jui by the explosion of canons and mortars.( Sarah Althea Hill Torry was arraigned 1 (| San Francisco court on the charge of c tempt in obstructing a Unit d States inurs ,a in the performance of his duty. T 0 freight trains on the Butfalo, Now York ? Pennsylvania Railroad collided near Br l- ford. Pa., and fifteen cars were wrecked i e Engineer J. B. Comstock killei. Geo it? E. Satchwell, editor of a temperauc? pa publisbedin Watertown, N. Y., wasassaul by a saloon-keeper. John Turner, coloi ,n who killed Charles Walker in Kayottecoui ,s W. Vn., was taken from jail by a mot three hundred and lynched. Wm. Wal " and Jack Hpainard were hanged at 1 'i Smith, Ark., for murder, id <1 a OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES le lOiglitiptli Itirlhdny Anniversary 'n l li ? N()t< (l l*oet. ' ' Oliver Wendell Holmes <|uietly passed eightieth birthday at Boverly Farms, Bus l>'tter? and telegrams of congratulation li "H poured in on lirni from all over the coun a and h" received many ladies and gentian , r Many lieautiful floral gifts were sent to Doctor, and tho house is filled with sw ' ^ binelling plants and flowers, li jalsorecel a very handsome remembrance in tho f of a solid silver, gold lined loving cuj ty beautiful design from personal friends nj classmate-', whose names Dr. Holmes dell should remain private. 1>" He stated that he had received ashort iff, sonal note from his friend Whittiei u which the later merely expressed his rej and his deep regret that his present ill he would prevent his'being present in perse . grasp his friend hy the hand and tender I gratulatioii8. The Doctor expressed bis row to hear that Mr. Whlttier was not i lio The Doctor greets each of his visitors soiially with a cordial grasp of the hand expresses bts great pleasure at their com II His manner is as vivacious, his su paseli ((j and his eyes as bright and inerry a? they I been these many years bacs. Barrii slight difficulty witn hu hearing, the tor's poweis are uminpared. ~ TRADE OF THE WHBt N in . ^ Increased Activity Reported at ior All Business Centres. [h0 Tho Wh?at Reports?Money Dlsbnranm. mentH by (ho Treasury l*ep*rthia ment Relieve Speculative Rat her |?t Than Commercial Needs, to Special telegrams indicate a very generales. 'y increased activity la genoral trade in al,.,1 most all leading commercial and industrial ,or centres, excepting a few o? the larger onea pi. on the Atlnutio const Even at Boston and ?y Philadelphia an improvement is shown in ,ls stiplo linns aside f oin wool and woolens, tin which have been affected by severe! heavy VI1 failures and restricted discounts. At New on York there is no marked change in the volir. ume of merchandiso distributed. " ?p Since January 1 there have been flftydhree Wrvalait n?..l * 1 m " ..?vi u ituomnurtw,-against rorty*c~ ono in n like portion of 1888. But the total i'l. of liabilities this your is #8,000,000, against $2,400,000 last, and of ussetH #0,000,00 4, #1,10J,000 in 1888. l'roininent WesterucutI tie markets nro dull uud provs lower. 1" A Cvirrespondent of Rnutst reefs at Kansas Is- City wires that the sensational reports of og Texas cattle fever ravs^ns in tho tSoutliwo?t are unfounded; that lest trouble is cause 1 by this disease now than for three years past, d- No case of tho Tex is cuttle lever has existed a- ?<i Kansas City lor three weeks, ir- Shipments of wheat from San Francisco to Australia and South America continue It. heavy. Crop reports generally remain r, tnvorable. Without serious frosts for a fortt>_ night, tho Indian corn crop promises to be . tin- heavioston record. There litis been more nctivity in domestic grain markets. Flour has sold more freely ror home use nnd export at full prices. The Vienna Congress istimateof a 15 |>er Cent. r ? deficiency in Kiiro|Nvm crops advanced wheat >8 prices here 2c |>er int/h-l. 1 his was lost later, H. out wheat retains au advance of .kfcc on the week. Tho interior mov.ruent ot Winter , " wheat has not mot exiicctatiiMis. liradstreel's s. 1/onion correspondent reports the United 4. Kingdom's probably import requirements for the coming year at 147.0011,?JO bushels, and the Cull Linn nl.'a i'l.ikin ta imports reqnlromenis for all huro|>o within the next year. This he di*>8 nut beliove can ho seeurod at prices as low as they are now. Corn is s lower this week on heavy ? movement at tho \V? st. Cats too are J^colf j. and iu active demand. Exports of wheat (and Hour as wheut,) boin coasts, this week ^ equal 3,088,000 bushels, against 2,703,145 i'? bushels last w ok, and 2,085,711 bushels iu 10 the cloning week of August, 188.8. Exports sitiee July I equal 17,041,000 bushels this year, against 18,070,311 bushels in 1888. ' X More conlldeneo is rejiorted in tho woolen goods trade, notwithstanding shut-downs of I. various mills. About the usual aiiiouut of orders for Npring-weight goods is reported. l' Trade in blankets is better than for several |R years, and Improvement 111 clothing trade Is 11 reported. Lack of remunerative orders and Ie narrow margins render raw wool <1 ullor th ui usual ut Him date. Prices are ?lc lower than two wojks ago. Antwerp wool sale adie vires are strong. |- Kroiu llio activity uoteil last week raw sugar has relapsed to stagnation, which freer ? arrivals and olTerings by importers fail to a" relieve. Demand* for rellueo, too. is very 10 s ow, Haw sugar ut New York is olt >^o and |(j refined in shaded. At San Frnuclsco grauuluU-d is the J^c higher. Liclit's Continental beet crop estimate's are again reduced. Infc. _yets*i* owing to the there 01. Brazilian foir.-e fUtrrlrWtiiaul iWWWV _______ ?* on reports of drou.hv Domestic and Euroie pean markets are al^o of firmer temper. At 10 New York pHAes iqe up Ko. ig to AN OILY FAIR OF ROGUES. a - ?d I How They Worked the Good Pcoplo Along the Ohio llivcr. A good deal of excitement was created in I yr , Who'ling, Steubensvllle and other cities along the Ohio by the arrest of Edward I Morris, alius F. Trogle, alias Duncan Bruce, ' on tlio charge of fraudulently obtaining mom y and other pro|>orty. Morris struck the Ohio Valley about a week ago, passing ns the agent of tlie Standard Oil Company, llo dro-sed in exqu silo tast", put up at the C. best bote), and created a furor in real estate p. niul coininercial circles by nnnouiioing that tho Standard had concluded to ereot large refiuories at various points, and would lay pipe linos to ttie river, and put up a groat do amount of tankage, etc. Hero lie contracted ho for fifteen acres of high priced ground, borrowed money and made himself conspicuous, ^ He nunounc d that 1'resideiit Kockefeller die and several directors would bo along In a of few days, and kept two livery rigs, a private secretin y and a local attorney l.usy. He was 1 14 lionized by business men, until the Wheeling -od people identified him and his secretary, P. jin 1*. Huberts, as a couple who had worked the ti same racket in Wheeling, and had left many 1 ' mouruors when thev doDarted. my , 2 THE MONTANA FIRES. ed Tlio Flames on tho Mountains tint 1,14 Twelve Miles From Helena. on- /t , . . . ...il l ?a I.Ut? IfAUna I J l OIOI'llUOUUICU, WIIIUIIClKJUilOiiiiv no^Mi. and which is heavily timbered, id on fire but ?nd 'W0'Vl> miles from here, and the Humes are progressing in this direction. In the gulch 1X1 nro a number of saw mills, the most extensive in< I oinj that of Hturrick & Brown. Those 'rHe were quickly wiped out, as well as the homes P"p of several ranchers. Ite.l To 1 men started to fell the timber in the rod hop; of arresting the lire. They were soon surround *d by flame* and barely escaped dy, with their lives, all of tliein having their > of hair singed and their clothing burned so that Iker 11 them. -4 The wind shifted and carried the flames 'ort Mas!ward to Colorado Gulch, which goes half uiouud Hel na, starting ot Broad wat.'r's Hotel and onding at Chinatown. The air is full of cinders and tho heavens South and East of the city present a lurid appearance. * V % ?I MARKETS. . . Bat.timohk --Flour?City Mills,extra,|#J* , j, at4.H5. Wheat ?.Southern Fultz, Corn?Southern White, 40aIi eta, ^fellow ' ton. l^alil cls.Oata?Southern and Pennsylvania ave via-7 cts.: Uyo?Maryland 6c, Pennsylvania ?..v i Va-VsJcts.; Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania ' Id *<0uf 14 00;Straw- Wheut,8.(JOa $8.50; B111 tor, ,en* Eastern Creamery,Ifl'^atWc., near by receipta the lt?al7cts; Cheeso Eastern Funoy Cream. eel- a0'$ eta., ?Western, 8a8>? eta; Kggs?10 . , a!40; Tobacco Leaf?Inferior, la#2.00, Good Common, :i 00nf4 00, Middling, bafti.OO Good orin , to line rod,7a$0; Fancy, lOaflO. u of Nkw YoitK Flour?Southern Common to and ' fair extra,#d.25a| Ci>: Wbeat-Nol White 8!i}{ ir. .l I Kv?-State. 5l%af>'dU; Corn-Southern [ Yellow,43! aa43^4-Gat8-Wlute,State25%a26)f cUi.; nuiujf-ouiMJ, i it&m uuk ; tuww owiwt in ; Kk?? 18al9)tf ctn. ' ,j pfiil.adbl.phia ? Flour ? Pennsylvania >?ith fancy, 4.25a4.75; Wheat?Pennsylvania and m tn Southern I ted, H3a84; Kye?Pennsylvania V-Ja-VSeta :Corn?Southern Yellow, 4)*{a42JtC. Kor- Oate-28a28)f cti.; Butter-State, ISaltf eta.; , --,,1. Choeao N. Y. Factory, OaU>? eta. Egge? ' tM>r' State, 18al0 eta. and CATTLR lintr Ba*.timork?Hoof, 4 12<t4 85; Sheep?$2 00 * $ ; ,, ia I <K). Hogs- $4 2114 40. is kw York -Beer?$4 75a5 25; Sheep-$8 75 " n"> 25; Hogs-*4 :<0.4 75. ij Kaht I.ihkiity?Beef?14 40a4 90; Sheep? $3 50a 1 75; liogt?$4 25a4 40 U