The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, September 13, 1889, Image 1
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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
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