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, BI HERBERT HAt.t, WINSW*.
My ?tory 1b a sad one, and won't take long to
tell.
To any aort of meter I can aoit It last aa well.
You'll understand my misery before the tale la
done;
tit all began one hapless day -the day I made a
And over's loco that fatal boor the people do doTbat
I became a humorist, alas I right then and
there;
Though to be considered serious I'd give a lot of
money,
Whatever 1 may say or do, tboy will insist It's
' x mrgnt., perhaps, ban since escaped the <Hr?rul
consequences.
Bad I not penned a feeble Joke when hardly In
ray senses.
"Twne printed In a paper ot tremendous clrculaAnd
I was dubbed a humorist by all the tanghIhg
nation.
In rain 1 tried to prove myself n libolod Indite'
vidua!;
The fatal truth confronted roe- the Joke was
& ' quite original.
Wbero'er I went there followed mo that dreadful
jjb -i AotX every uerd t aioOqaroused uproarious each* I
If IrSOTw^TOeaaual'tones upon the gloomy
When 1 Rare informal lou ot some accident distressing.
They roared with mighty merriment exceedingly
depressing;
And when I failed in htislnoss, and despairing
told my wife.
6he,~laughing, vow'd I'd never Iteon so fuuuy In
my llfel
1 dressed In somber hlnck, assumed a grim,
funereal air.
And spoko In woe-enve1o|>od tones, tny fnco distraught
with care.
1 weptn little when I could, all steeped in incite!
? ? w nncholy,
B BTt' piKUdoonljcJuuclntl eguiii, and whispered,
W "Afn't he Jolly I
In fact, the more that I became a sncrilVco lo
sadness.
The more 1 met the wretched glen that drove mo
near to madness.
ITall half my lime in spent declining pressing
To (tumorous banquet* nnil to write lor comic
publlcintlouM,
And sceuted notes mid Intlors conclied Iri words
as swool, us lioney?
"Now won't you send your autOgrfipliV niul idouso
to luako it funuy."
If t should sink beneath my trials, and leave
thle mortal splmm.
The world would give me credit for tho host joke
- < of ilia year;
And dottblloHN folks who ciinte to eats upon my
2 tnouunteiit
Would And It quite Impossible lo keep tholr
laughter pent.
*Tfs useless to deny H now, alack I tho mischief's
? <!? done.
Ami I must be a humorist, tho' an unconscious
ouo.
I've only this request to iiinke, which iiomiocnn
resist:
1*lease call uto iu my epitaph Ihs "Hurluus Humorist
I"
?Harper'* Afaflutitui.
THE
LITTLE ffAlF.
A Storv ftf Ahsnrhinir Inferos!
- ^ ij - - . fwwi VIIIQ IIIWI VUld
Dy BERNARD HERBERT.
[CI1 APTEIl IX.?Contin UKI>. J (
The concluding words of the extortionate
demand were fairly shaken ofT
the scoundrel's lips. Like nu avnlntielie
Boyden l?cnt ovor the table and
Eonnced upon bis victim. lie seized
im with both hands by ttie neck, raised
him from his seat., and brought his ueud
down with Hitch crashing power upon
the table that the thing wnw shattered
in ruins, the candle was extinguished,
and the combatants went down upon
the floor in a deadly grapple among tile
debris. Bo sudden, so wholly uiiex
peoted was the attack that Oarland
never recovered his breath, and scarcely
his reason.
For a minute or two the suggestive
tumult of hoarse breathing and deeper_
a. - ;.t a t ? ? *
m*) wnuung iiisiuroeu ii|? sepuicurai
quiet of tho den, und then all won alien
t.
In tho pitchy dnvkneaH, with his
long, muscular hands atill griping tiie
throat of his victim with the firmness
of n professional strangler, Hoyden
bent his head and pressed hiseur to the
region of the man's heart. Thero was
no pulsation there; only n faint whirring
as of a clock's spring that has broken
and rnn down.
With a low exclamation ho loosed liis
hold, and the inanimate head fell buck
upon the floor.
"God!" gasped the coward, staggering
to his feet; "I've killed him!"
A wandering gust of wind swept
aronnd the house, and rattled at the
slinttors 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
baok for the will to-morrow. No ono
will And him here."
And suiting the notion to the words,
ho felt liis way to the wall; nnd grojied
aiong until Ire ri
Castiug a fearftil glance Imek into
the pregnant darkness he had left l>e
) hind, as thongh he half expected to s:>e
the blood-suffused, lurid eyes of his
~ ' strangled victim glaring after him in
hot pursuit, he stumbled out upon the
stair landing, and grasped the rnil.
Hark! what was that ? the scurry of
a vat, or the stealthy souffle of invisible
feet?
Look! The outer door is hanging
open npon its hinges nt tho foot of the
stairs, and tho wan light of the night is
falling in ! Who has opened that door?
The wind? Noi There it goes again
with $ts slip, slip, swish! God! it iu
behind him, somewhere in tho capacious
jaws of the darkness! With a strangling
oath of terror in his throat, and griping
the rail firmly, tho miscreant raised his
irum 1110 uour, aim sprang on into
spaco.
Blam-hang ho wont down over iho
resounding stairs, tho echoes of the
hollow building taking up and magnifying
tho clatter of his d< scent, until it
socmrd as though a hordo of furion
wero in full cry in l>i* wake. It was a
miracio that ho did not dish his bruins
out, or maim himself; but, then, 'tis
aid the dovil protects his own.
Breathless ho reached the door,
pulled it efter him with a deafening
crash, and sprang away up the deserted
road. Like a startled animal he
ran until he reached the avenue, where,
* completely spent, he leaned against a
tree-trunk to recover his breath.
There were lights hero, and vagrant
sounds of stirring life. Half a dozen
caroles* men and women passed on the
rpposlto aide, singing a popular song
i&Lv-'
*, ;
->r; ><?
brewery dray rumbled into view. tl
Max Boyden saw all this, and a sense tl
of his ridiculous behavior stirred within
him-. fi
"What an ass I ami" he muttered, ?
the hot blocd tingling into his blanched T.
face; "there could have been no one in "
the house, and what had I to fear from a
tlmt breathless carcass 1 Confound my
nervousness. The work is only half * '
dono; since the will is in existeno?, I
must secure it, or I shall never rest "
easy. To-morrow will not do; I liad a
bettor never run the risk of being seen
about here. Come, como; courage! I ti
; will return, search the place thorough- d
ly; and do the thing up brown once and w
for all. Thon good-by forever to this
cursed city!" el
Ho felt for his match-safe, and find- p
ing it in place and well filled, he re- w
traced his steps to the old granary with ti
^^^^a si
so approached it in silence, hi* footfalls
being muffled by the carpet of dead
gross. Holding his breath, he gained at
the door; the padlock hung open upon
the hiisp. He laid hold of the latch and w
push, d, pushed firmly, with all his I
strengtu, but pushed in vain. T*
It hsd liecn lioltod on the inner side!
"My G(k1 !" he gas|>cd, a dent lily sickness
coming ovor him; "there is Homo la
one inside!"
Aii<1 like a lynx he stole away, oven p<
mora silently than ho had come. ci
vr.
CHAPTER X.
tiik hicckrt of tub oi.d uuii.dino.
Meanwhile |?oor little Gracie Gar- d<
land, fairly launched upon the world, a di
total stranger in a groat city, alone and h<
penniless in the night, hurried away G
from the only shelter alio might claim, fr
as though her immortal soul depended
upon the haste slio made. wi
Naturally she chose the inost bril- in
liantly lighted thoroughfare, instinctively
seeking protection in her forlorn m
(light. It was not vet late, and the' ti
street was well tilled wltlrpeople pass- ning
to and fro, none of whom liocded
her in tho slightest degree. Thoreforo, hr
she trudged on, buried in her own bit- a
ter thoughts until she found herself yc
surrounded by the Hare and clatter of ( ut
Third avenue. ni
Here a group of showily dressed, ill- *" <
bred men accosted her, but alio bent
her head, and hurried ou, crossing the ?r
avenue, aud following tho street as it i Ik
leads to the river. he
Presently the lights liegnnto twinkle "I
farther apart, the houses dropped off,
and were succeed* d by large fenced in- he
closures for storing lnmber; even the h<
line of crosR-town horse-cars coased, 1*
and at last the river; its broad bosom T'
dimpling darkly, and reflecting here
and there an occasional light, which of
served but to accentunte its gloom, gl
spread out I efoio her. . b<
Slie walked to the edge of the pier, w
aud in sheer exhaustion leaned u)>on
one of the massive spiles.
^ Beneath her she could hear tho water, th
swollen by the risen tide, lapping and hi
sucking in and out with restful, mystic 111
sound. She listened, and looked off
over the swiftly flowing plain to where,
ilcross t.In* slur-lit ninrlil uliv
....... ?J, ....6I..VUVO
of black clouds drifted l>eforc the wind.
Two great tears welieii from the e3
depths of her bountiful eyes and fell
upon licr benutiful Imiuls. R1
"Oh, why should I not die and end ^
all here?" she murmured, coming to a hi
realizing sense of her surroundings
with u start; "who cares for ine now,
and what have I to live for?" f?l
And the stars twinkled at her with' r?
kindly eyes, and the refreshing wind
putted in lior feverish face, raising the d?
soft brown hair upon her brow with 8*
friendly touch. hi
"No, no I don't look at mo so; don't hi
caress mo!" she cried, addressing the 81
stars and the wind in a wandering way; P1
"you only mock me! Show me whore
I can lav my head in safety to-night
and I will beliuvo you." tr
Then her eyes sank to the purling d<
river, and its gurgling voice scorned to 'n
say: pi
"Hero is rest!" "i
If sho had been found next morning
floating dead upon those peaceful
waves I lie ncwspniiers would lmve said I
that alio had, in all probability, eoni- ?n
mitted suicide iu a moment of mental h<
aberration. And if they hail ?aid bo P'
they would have spoken truly, ainee,
for the time being, the poor, distracted hi
child had taken leave of her senses. tli
It is safe to! nay that within two 8?
mi tin tea there would have been a
splash in the river, and another soul tli
launched* upon that unknown shore I'1
whence there is no returning; such tl1
would have been the cane but for the w
unexpected interference of fate. 8'
- With her eyes fixed upon heaven, b;
in. 1.VK.LS
tition for mercy trembling upon her 7
lips, Oracle was about to take the '
plunge, when presto! darkness en- b
veloped her, some stifiing material en- h
wrapped her in its folds, and while tl
hliu felt herself raised in strong arms,
she heard un excited voice pant-: w
"I've got her! Quick, lend mo a h
hand!"
Then there was a senrrying of feet. R
the rattle of oara being quickly manned, h
the sensation of being c.nefully laid >'
in the lmttoni of a lioat, ond then? v
total oblivion. f]
W hen at Inst she recovered her con- tl
scionsness eho discovered Unit the 1
stifling material that had bereft tier of ' c
her breath had been removed and lay B
in soft folds about her; that tlie .stars tl
still blinked above her, the fresh wind d
fanned her face, while upon either side h
of the river the lights of the two cities h
were flashing post as tho boat drifted h
down upon (lie ebbing tide. ?
More than all this, she noticed the tl
dark figure of a man resting upon his
onra at her feet, while (die \as conscious
that )u* companion eat in the a;
stern at her head. As they were speaking.
she held herself as uuiot as a K
mouse, and lieut ?very energy to di- o
vino what freeh doom was in a tore for
her. H
"Well, what nro yon going to do
nl>ont it?" growled tho follow at tlie ?
'oars. v
"Dnrned if I It now!" was the response
from tlie stern. - * 1
"It's your own fault. You've made a
beastly mistake and a devilish fool of
voursell 1"
*
*xv n lA/um x mjii in? ainerence in
he dark ? It looked like her and I
hought it was her."
"Well, you've got me into a deuced
ne mess, but you've got to get me out
f *t. It was bad enough to have to
un 'lie risk for the swag, but hang me
f I'm goiug to row right into the face
nd eyes of the river-polioe with a
trange girl I don't care a rap about in
ho boat!"
They lapsed into silence, and Oracie
ad an opportunity to realize her sitution.
It was evident that she had been misiken
for some victim, and that having
iscovered their blunder, the rascals
'ere anxious to l>e rid of her.
For the moment the love of life
tirred within her, and she silently
raved that they would not make way
itn her to shield themselves fmm in..
oe. Discreetly holding her peace,
ie. heard the man ia the item ...
"Poll ill shore and wo'll ship bar.
"It she comes to, she'll squeal like a
neked pig, and get lis into trouble."
"Well, make haste about it and she
on't come to before we are rid of her.
answer for that; she's in a dead faint. I
vo scon lots of 'ein like that."
"All right I Which shore?"
"West, of course. We can't make a
nding on the Brooklyn side for mud."
Rattle went the rudder, and with
iwerful strokes Sandy sent the little
aft skipping cross-wiso across the
aves.
At last tho keel grated rnrnn the
tingle, Handy rose and jumped knee?ep
Into tho water; the l>oat was
awn up di'gh and dry, and closing
:r eyes to simulate insensibility
racie felt herself carefully transferred
om the ljoat to terra flrma.
In silence they laid her upon the
ind-awept grass, and paused for an
stnnt looking down upon her.
"By the Lord Harry I" muttered tho
an whose name was not Sandy, "it's
iihninw talciTUJL ? '* 111 '* *
lyin' here unprotected!"
"Oh, get along with yon, you chioken arted
fool I" growled Sandy; "you're
fine rooster to belong to the gsng,
in are! She'll not lay hero ten mines!
I reckon she'll stay at home
glits in future. Come on; we're well
1 of a bad job!"
And taking his companion by tho
m he pulled him down toward the
>at, and in less than ten minutes tho
tat of their oars had ceased to vibrate
xtn the uir.
Then Gracicsat upund looked about
>r. She felt a trifle dizzy aud her
utd was light, but otherwise sho was
srfcctly herself. Before her lay the
vcr; behind her a wide expanse of
loocnpiccl land upon the far confines
which the masked lights of the city
ittered. She judged that she hud not
>on carried far down-town, and she
ns correct. ? -
Strange as it may seem, the hand of
te had led her within a gun-shot of
ie old granary where at that moment
ax Boydenand Nicholas Garland lind
et "to talk business."
She rose and filled her lungs with
ie cool night air and felt refreshed.
A uew strength cuwe to her, and the
ro of a great resolution tilled her
res.
"God has saved ine from myself."
ie murmured; "He has put mo into
lis world for some purpose, and I will I
ilfill His will, cost what it may!"
Then, arranging her disordered attire,
ie started bravely forward toward the
limmcring lights. But she had overbed
her powers of endurance. (
Frail girl that she was, ere long alio
?gan to feel the remnant of her
vongth deserting her, and sho would |
?vo sunk down by the wayside to rest,
id it not been that a house roared it- 1
ilf before her in the near distance
rouiisiug her rest aud protection.
This was the old building!
fin milliner linisiol f nmdliow "1"*
r """
udged on and soon paused beside the
>or which swung invitingly open. Jlog
of au easy conscience, and cometelv
exhausted, tho silence and lonetioss
of the place had no special terrors
r her.
She felt that if elio could only sleep,
le wonhl ask no more. 80 she crept
to the darkened portal and strained
sr eyes to discover what manner of
ace she was in.
While she stood there, voices abovo
ir reached her listening ear?voices
iat moved her strangely, voices that
lemod fatally familiar to her.
With a bounding heart she descried
to dim stairway, and mounted it with
le Hwift, silent footfalls of a cat. At
le door altove she paused. The voices
ere raised in excited altercation,
uddenly came the crash, succeeded
Ir the struggle for life and death, and
-e she could realize, what was taking
mi, % hm* piffling
nimal, burst out upon the fanding,
rushing so closo to her that ahe was
treed to spring aside to avoid being
irown to tho floor.
The man was Max Boyden, and it
as Grade's rapid movement which
ad so terrified and put him to flight.
She heard him crash down the stairs
nd slam the door; what she did not
ear, however, was the cautious sliootig
of the holt upon the inside by inisible
hands, the hands of the shadow
lint had tracked the two scoundrels to
lieir lair.
For the space of a few moments succeding
the headlong exit of Boyden,
ilence reigned unbroken throughout
be building, to bo broken at last by a
eep-drawn inoan of anguish from Garind.
Gracie heard it, and overwhelmed
y a premonition which she would have
een powerless to explain, she felt her
ray to the door, and standing upon the
breshold, cried out:
" Who is there? Is any ono hurt ?"
A startled groan, significant in its
gony, was the only response.
"Oh, speak I" exclaimed the tortured
irl; "perhaps I can be of somo help?
nlv speak I"
Then with a stunning surprise camo
he words:
"Whose voice is that? Grant God,
m I mud? Grade, is it you?""
"Father!"
"Oh, come here, my oliil?l I quick,
trick 1"
"Where are you??I cannot see!"
"Here, on the floor, and I am dying!"
With a gasp of horror the poor child
| advanced a few steps, guided b; the
| labored breathing of the nan; then
| she dropped upon her hands and ! nees
I and crept forward until she tot cited
the inert form.
"Father! is it yon?* she gapped,
drawing back in instinctive alirni
I ISV ? * "
xe?; li is 11"
| Half fainting she tlirust her arms
about his neck and laid her head upon
his breast like a little tired chihL
"There, hush!" lie faltered, ps inful\v;
"don't cry so; my lime is alioi t, and
I must speak 1"
"Oh, father?who has doii'i this
thing?"
"Grace, yon must not call me father,
for I am not your father!"
"Not my father!" she screamed,' raising
herself and strij*^Jsto see his face.
"No! You hadr?o*,5?n wronged?
wronged all yGrhcie,
hiVith loud wal^^^aiKess little
Gracie fell prostrate across the inanimate
man as a ray of strong light, shot
from a bull's-eye held in invisible hands
upon the threshold of the room, ilium*
ined the pathetic picture.
CHAPTER XI.
tub sEcarr out.
As the city clocks were chiming ten
on the morning succeeding that eventful
night in the old building by tho
East River, Rupert Arnim suddenly
emerged from one of the side streets
leading from the West Side, plunged
into the broad belt of sunshine that.
pours down upon the lower end of Fifth
avenue, seeming warmer and more genial
here and elsewhere, and rapidly ascended
the steps of the Brevoort House.
He walked with the rapid firmness
of a man under great nervous stress; a
gray pallor overspread his handsome
features, and his eyesj^gre dilated ,
J~^is~MrI~Boyden in?" he acquired of |
the clerk at the desk, in a low, strained |
VO!CC.
The clerk replied that, not having
seen Mr. Borden, he supposed that he
was in. Would the gentleman bo good
enough to send his card up to Mr. Boyden's
room?
Rupert answered that a card was not
neccssnry, and instructed the call-boy
to sty that a gentleman would like to
see Mr. Boyden on important business.,
Five minutes later ho was invited to
take the elevator to the suite of rooms
on the third floor.
Attired in u rich dressing-gown, Max
Boyden sut iieiore a small table upon
which wou spread a dainty breakfast^
but as yet the only part of the service
which hod i?eon touched by him were a
decanter of brandy, and a siphon of
soda; of these he h&d ewidantly imfre
off. judging by their reduced
contents, and tha
otherwise pallid fe
He was manifestlydisturbed
at the unexpected apparition of
the young artist, since no "promptly
rose, and pointing to a c isirj said, in
an excited way, which woo not at all his
habitual manner:
"Why, good morning, Mr. Arnim!
Pray be seated. 80 sorr not to have
seen you last evening."
Without accepting the troferrod scat,
Rupert replied:
"I called here according to appointment."
"80 I am told. I warned you that I
might be doluyod, yon liiow."
"I do not come here th reproach you
for breaking your appointment," ro[
marked Arnim, sternly; "I am fully
convinced that you netfer intended to
' sit to me for yonr portrait."
aceimng trouiuem turn veiled thrust,
Boydon drew himself up to llio fnll of
his imposing height as Up inquired:
"Indeed! May I\afr&*a wlpit I owe
the honor of this early call ?"
"I have an important piece of information
to communicate; something that
I have reason to think will affect yon."
Then fixing his burning eyes upon Hoyden's
expectant faco and mensnring Iris
words, ho added, "Oracle Garland disappeared
from my house during lost
night!"
It was a terrific struggle with Boyden
to maintaiu his composure in the fuco
of this startling intelligence, hut somehow
ho managed to, sufficiently to inquire:
"Pray, how should your news affect
me?"
"You know Orneio Garland."
"I am aware of the fact."
"Yon called upon her in my honso
I last evening."
"I did."
"What is there between you?" s
"Nothing." s
"Do yon dare to tell nv> U,afc f on do
JftflHove liet"'" jJf.'
Bj&yden went off into a
peal of isugnun in its
heartiness, during wlncii 8 faoe
darkened ominonsly. s
"Pardon me, Mr! Boyden,2:J*e said,
with repressed feeling, "if iAAthat in
spite of what yon. tell me, v pnspeot
that there is somethinHlHLeen
I yon and Grace Garland." *
| "I allow no man to doubt /rd,
Mr. Arnim. Be good cnonf. J
| plain yourself." ?
MVnil otflrrhffc Alio! r/ni lr nnv _ .
Garland, that you called at ml tfouse
last evening for the purpose oA/ ?ig
her." \
"I do. "Why should I not?"
"I do not hold that you should not;
only, when you visited my idtudio for
J the first time yesterday meaning ?"d
J saw her portrait upon the/ ousel, you
. totally denied all aequain}b?neo with
her." 7*
"And for the best of retain*."
"How so?" !
"Shall I speak plui?ily?f
/'By all means, if you pUease."
"Well, 1 saw at a glunipe^lhst you
weretdeenly<,heels oyer sta^lovo
with , ~ r; ^
"You "puauj
"Well, thwT''.considered it prudent
to hold my-V^co concerning what 1
Rupert ArgLt started at the words,
and Ida ?vn flattened as he demanded :
"So youS the mau *1to holds thii
' eecret power*'*?*" h?r!"
MI *m om\t *1*9 jnen, for there W(
others." A
"What do you mean?"
"Be seated, and I will satisfy you
curiosity in short order. But undei
stand me, I should not hare destroyet
{'our faith in her had you not compel
ed mo."
With a suppressed gasp of miser,
the young artist sank into the chair a
which Boy den pointed, while that gen
tleman resumed his seat beside th
table.
"Proceed," murmured Arnim, in i
scarcely audible tone.
"Know, then, that Grace Garlam
murdered my uncle, Orrin Clifford, i:
England three wooks ago, that she wa
fleeing from justice when you met he
,on board the ill-fated ' Oregon '!"
it
.. om lomiui ukiw, one 01 mos
shocks from which suffering humanity
rarely recovers.
Rupert Arnim showed the effect o
.the lying words simply in kis attitude
for he was speeolilesa. He seemed U
-V t t. | .1# i ?i . i. i ? mmvttin^
ffiuiiu mmseli ntw a uiJIiMi
' -flbwer.that is blighted by tho scorch in f
lightning; he held his peace evei
wnile Boyden continued, mercilessly
"Oraee Garland wears the curse o:
Cain upon, her brow. Tho police o:
this country are upon her trail. It it
but a question of time when she will
be called upon to atone for her crimt
upon the scaffold."
"My God! Oh, Grace! Grace!"
He buried his face in his hands, and
his tearless emotion seemed to rend hit
bent form. Even his agonized crj
sounded like a petition for mercy tc
tho throne on high. "Oh, Grace,
Gt*co!" It was the despairing wail ol
a Bonl in angnisli.
Boyden looked upon his work, and
Sloated in his nefarious triumph. Budenly
Arnim rained his haggard face,
and demanded, huskily:
"Have you proofs of what you say?"
"Irrefutable proofs!
"But she swore to me, that though
the shadow of crime had rested upon
her, she was innocent."
.Max Boyden HjPjl&Myfa^*afeP he
said. "Why, look at it! Here is a girl
whose hands are stuined with innocent
blood; she successfully evados justice;
is loved by an upright man, and loves
liim in return. Perhaps in her repentunco
bIio foretastes a life of comfort
and secure affection. She is clever
enough to seo that there is some secret
in ber past, and she ndraits that there
is, stating thut she is a victim; but will
she tell the man who lr?v??i ho*- tl.?*
with those hands that rost in his, she
has strangled the breath in the throat
of the man to whom sho owes all that
' she is! That she?"
"Oh, hush, hush! I can bear no
more!"
Arnim had sprung to his feet and
was blindly pacing the room to and
fro.
"I have said enough," went on the
pitiless rascal. "You see for yourself,
that whilo she iu in her senses, she is
&fctft.*" iteei'
called upon her last evcniug, why I intentionally
missed my appointed with
i you, or rather, why I directed you to
come hero, that the coast might be
clear for me to go to your honse."
He paused an instant, and Arnim
halted abruptly, fixing a pair of eager,
questioning eyes upon tho speaker.
"I went to Grace Garland," said the
varlet, "in your behalf."
"Mine!"
"Yes; I saw how things wore going,
and I made up my miml that, under
the circumstances, I could afford to be
magnanimous. I soucht the eirl.
ami begged her, l?y lier love for you,
to undeceive you, to tell you the
truth."
"And she "
"Flatly refuRcd. I then changed my
tactics. I warned her that the police
were aware of her whereabouts,
that within twonty-four hours nhe
would bo lodged in the Tombs, unless
she escaped."
"Well, well?"
"I informed her that so far as I was
concerned, she was freo to Diake hoi
escape that night; indeed, I urged hei
to go for your sake."
"You did this for me?"
"Certainly! Would wortJiot have
done so for any honest jced to I
For tho first time ; | .goniz
ing interview, the sc , _..rs sprang
to Ituport A mini V ft void
[TO BE iTNUEO.]
Gastronomy.
In the mutter of "gastronomic econ
omy there are no familica in tlic worlc
eqna't to the French.
The highest gastronomic authoritici
diow preach for vurioty in food in th<
interest of health.
They say the only men who habitu
ally eat Irish stew in reHtanrants ari
those who enter the lions' den in tin
circus.
Canned lolmtcr continues to be o
x e x? * xI 1 t
great iesuvui iieip an over wie iana 11
assisting consumers to "shuffle off* thi
mortal coil."
Goddard, in his excellent book 01
"Marketing," says: "Jn selecting Hah
choose only those which are firm am
stiff, with lively red gills, eyes full nn<
clear, and tins firm."
A light breakfast, a suspicion of
lunch, and a nulmtantial, wholesom
dinner, not later than 7 o'clock, is
health rule for hot woather laid dow
by a physician who is also an epicun
A brave Question.
Little Nellie, aged four years, wr
out riding one day. While passing
cemetory she looked up to her inothc
and said:
"Mamma, how long after they bur
nny one before their gravestones com
up?"*
A Dawson, On., man has a curiosit
a. i?
ill mii: nnu|?r ui mi * kk* at* 10
lialt the annul aizo, with a hurt) she
1 hnmile originally about an inch lon|
and presenting tho appearance of
- TomKi^'Jjfl/ell-proportioned gonrd.
\ A u on st eh frog swallowed a c.hicki
nt Oconee, Oa., and acoined to bo rc
isliing the bit iinmcnaely when tl
owner killed him.
i Concf.it is a good thing after nil.
is well for every man that soinelxH
j should think well of hiuv?Somcrvii
Journal,
THE NEWS.
r
I Rnc? troubles caused serious rioting in
^ small towns in Louisiana and Mississippi.
and several colored persons were sbot.
y During a tire in Bpring City, Pa., the wall of
I a warehouse fell in, killing one man and in!
juring others. William K. Denning, the
e defaulting assistant po.itinaster at Krownville,
Ind., lias conbsscd to having lost his
a money at cards. Jay Gould ami C. P.
Huntington are forming a combination to
^ obtain control of all the Southwestern lines.
n An excursion and a stock train collided
8 near Vermont. A conductor and a pissongor
r were killed and others injured The capital
stock of the Commercial Colile Company
8 has been increased from six to ton millions.
^ Reimund Holzhay, the lone highwayman
j who terrorized Northern Wisconsin, has been
captured. Owing to the large pension
j wo jiuuiioaeut na* increased durr
** lb? month of August. The Cramp
g Brcs., of Philadelphia, have notified the Hecx
retary of the Navy that the cruiser Phlladcl.
; pbla will be launched on tho 7tli instant.
f Hie Superintendent of the Census has npf
pointed Dr. Charles A. Asliburner and John
? H. Jones special agents to collect the statisl
lies for ooxl for the eleventh census. James
) E. Vrank has also bien appointed to collect
>ron and steel statistics, and Jnmes A. Blodjett,
of Illinois, to collect statistics of educn'
lion. Mr. Wnt. Ziler was killed at Mar
' linsburg by a train, while asleep on the trock.
r Tho wholesale jobbing house of Wheeler,
' Blodgett & Co., In Boston, was partly doL
itroyed by fire. A (Ire at the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton elevator caused a loss
Of $50,000.
Henry A. Sage & Ca's harness factory rt
t Easton, Pa., was destroyed by fire. IjO>s
$30,000. Typhoid fever is raging in Johns1
town, (hero being twenty-five patients down
with the disease in the Red Cross hospitals.
The safe in the postolfioo at Cornwall, N.
i Y., was blown open and $500 in stamps stolen.
?The female cpUfl^-fi^/nffwrbr ^rmrfZ* its
prettiest pupils. The United States steamer
Rush capture 1 another British sealing
schooner in Bebring Sea. Two Biters?
Mrs. Dobson, aged sixty-five, and Mrs. Dennett,
aged seventy, while returning in a buggy
to their home, outside of Milwaukee, were
struck by a railroad train and killed. Tho
business portion of the histo io village of
Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., was destroyed by
fire. Loss $40,000. Wbitill Tatum & Co.,
green gloss manufacturers of Mlllville. N.
J., have acceded to the demands of tho workmen.
A pair of swindlers, representing
themselves as agents of the Standard Oil
Company, successfully work innocent people
ia the towns aloug the Ohio river near Wheeling.
Rev. Dr. Yost, chancellor of the
University of Florida, presented to Heidelburg
College, at Tiftln, Ohio, a museum of
curiositus valuo l at $(K),00i). Judge McConnell,
of Chicago, has decided that all the
defendants in the Cronin trial must be tried
together, with the exception of Woodruff.?r
tion endorsing Commissioner Tanner's pen*
sion policy caused a lively discussion in the
Grand Army E o .mpinent, resulting in the
adoption of a substitute resolution expressing
confidence in bis integrity, and uuiting with
him in a request for an investigation of hiB
administration. James W. Newbaker, a
politician of Bataria, Miss., was assassinated
by unknowu parties while entering his house.
Fostmnster General Wanamnker has offered
a reward of $1,000 for the arrest of any
robber attacking a stage carrying the mails.
Robert Ewell was shot aud seriously
wounded by Joseph Taylor, near Onancock,
Va , in a quarrel growing out of the wliitocap
pranks of last spring. The Supreme
Council American Legion of Honor, in sesI
sion at Chicago, elected Enoch S. Brown, of
New York, supreme common ler, and C. C.
B ttiug, D. D.t of Baltimore, supreme chapi
Jain.?L roy A. Trueslale has been ari
rented iu New York, for einb.'xzling
from the New York, Pennsylvania and O.iio
Railroad Company. A monument to the
1 Confederate dead was unveiled at Manosses.
Alfred Brood, formerly treasurer of the
Hteeio Packing and Provision Company, of
Grand Rapids, Mich., bus been arrested 0.1 a
, charge of embezzling $10,00J. A colored
man was robbed by tramps and thrown from
a train on the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
, near Literty, Va. In the Grand Army
naval engagement on the lake at Milwaukee,
two sailors of a United States revenue cutter
and several other persons were badly injured
by the explosion of canons and mortArs.
Sarah Althea Hill Torry was arraigned iu a
j San Francisco court on the charge of contempt
In obstructing a Unit d States marshal
9 in the performance of his duty. Two
a freight trains on the Buffalo, Now York and
Pennsylvania Railroad collided near Bradford,
Pa., and fifteen cars were wrecked and
o Engineer J. B. Comstock killed. George
B E. Batch well, editor of a temperance paper
published In Watertown, N. Y., was assaulted
' by a saloon-keeper. John Turner, colored,
" who killed Charles Walker in Fayette county,
8 W. Va., was taken from jail by a mob ol
soil lM.Ak.4 U,'
lurcr iiuuuim unu iy iiuuou. ?? in. i? him-i
11 and Jack 8painard were hanged at Fort
| Smith, Ark., for murder.
a OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
e
11 Eightieth Birthday Anniversary ol
th) Noted Poet.
Oliver Wendell Holmes quietly passed his
eightieth birthday at Beverly Farms, Boston.
Letters and telegrams of congratulation have
18 poured in on biui from all over the country,
n and he received many ladies and gentlemen.
>r Many loautiful floral gifts were sent to the
Doctor, and the house is filled with sweetly
smelling plants and flowers. Ho also received
a very handsome remembrance in tue form
of a solid sliver, gold-lined loving cup ol
y beautiful design from personal friends and
classmate.", whoee names Dr. Holmes desiree
.. should remain private.
He stated that be had received a short per
Of, sonal note from his friend Whittier, it
n which the later merely expressed his regart
and his deep regret that his present ill bealtl
would prevent ni^being present in person t<
grasp his friend by the band and tender con
,i gratulafciona. The Doctor expressed his sor
"" row to bear that Mr. Whittier was not well
0 The Doctor greets eaoh of his visitors pel
aonally with a cordial grasp of the hand an
expresses bis great pleasure at their coming
it am as ti?uuuii?, uu m
\ v and his eyes as bright and merry a* they bar
./ been these many years back. Barring
slight difficulty with his hearing, the l>.x
tor's powers *re uuiropared.
tbade'of tbb rat^
Increased Activity Reported at
All Business Centres.
The Wh?at Iter,oris?Money Dlibnrw
mrniN by the Trraxury l>ep?rt ncnt
Itclicvcbpcculativc Unifier j
Than Comnicrcl.il Needs. U
Bpeciul telegrams indicate a very generally
increased activity in general trade in almost
all leading commercial and Industrial
centres, excepting a few of the larger onea
on the Atlantic coast. Even at Boston and
Philadelphia an improvement is shown in
staple lines aside f om wool and woolens,
which have been affected by severcl heavy
failures and restricted discounts. At New
York there is no marked change in the volume
of merchandise distributed. "*
Since January 1 there have been fifty-three
woolen and wool trade failures,-against fortyono
in n like portion of 1HS8. But the total
of liabilities this year is *0,000,000, against
t'2,400,000 lust, and of ussets *0,000,00 >.
I si in i mm i
.u iocw. iroininent Western cattle
markets aro rlull and nri?;-*K lower.
A correspondent of HrtuLsi.reeCs at Kansas
City wires that tho sensational reports of
Texas uattlo fever ravages in the (Southwest
are unfounded; thotlesitrouble is cause 1 by
this disease now than for three years past.
No case of the Texas cattle lever has existed
in Kansas City lor ihree weeks.
Shipments of wheat from San Francisco
lo Australia and South America contiuue
heavy. Crop reports generally remain
tnvoruble. Without serious frosts for a fortnight,
the Indian corn crop promises to be
the heaviest on record.
There has been more activity in domestio
grain markets. Flour has sold more freely
for home use and export at full pricia. The
Vienna Congress istim-iteof a 15 per Cent,
deficiency in European crops advanced wheat
Erices here 2e per bushel. 'J his was lost later,
ut. wheat retains an advance of c ott the
week. The interior mov ni.-nt ot Winter
w heat has not met ex|iectatiotis. It racist reel's
1/ondon correspondent reports the United
Kingdom's probably import requirements
for tbe coming year at 147.000,(JJU bushels,
mill llm I'.llltlliAnl'j 1'HkSI IMI l.l^?* .!
imports requirements for all Europe within
tho next year. This he does not believe can
be secured nt prices as low as they are now.
Corn is j lower this week on heavy
movement at tho W. st. Oats too are %c off
and iu active deinund. Exports of wheat
(and llour ns wheat,) both coasts, this week
| equal 3,088,000 bushels, against 2,703,145
bushels last w.ok, and 2,035,711 bushels ill
I the closing woek of August, 1888. Exports
since July 1 equal 17,041,000 bushels this year,
against 18,070,311 bushels iu 1888. y
.More contidenco is rejiorted in the woolen
goods trade, not withstanding shut-downs of
vurious mills. About the usual auiouut of
orders for Hpring- weight goods is reported.
Trade iu blankets is better than for several
years, and improvement in clothing trade is
i reported. Lack of remunerative orders and
narrow margins render raw wool duller than
usual at this date, l'rices are tie lower
than two wojks ago. Autwerp wool sale advices
are strong.
From tho activity uoted lost week raw
sugar has relapsed to stagnation, which freer
arrivals and offerings l>y imnorters fail to
relieve. Demand lor refined, too. is very
s ow. Raw sugar at New York is off ^c and
refined is shaded. At San Francisco granulated
is tbe ^c higher. Licht's Continental
beet crop ' estimate's ars again rednoed. InUargc
vesssis owing to tbe
theie ulr iiraziiian COffafl AhlrfatSffmi Kiwr .?
r. " * ^ -
?UIV|?1>DU1 UIUUVU, uuiut?I.IU IllIU HtUTO*
K*an markets nre> aluoof firmer temper. At
ew York prtiys ?^ e up 9?o.
AN OILY PAIR OF ROGUES.
?i
I IIow They Worked tlio Good Peoplo
Along the Ohio Ilivcr.
A good deal of excitement war created in
Wlio.'Hng, Bteubeusvllle and other cities
Along the Ohio by tho arrest of Edward
Morris, alias F. Trogle, alias Duncan Bruce,
on tho charge of fraudulently obtaining
moiuy nnd other property. Morris struck
the Ohio Valley about a week ago, passing
as the ngent of tho (Standard Oil Company,
lie dro-sod in exqu silo last", put up ut the
best hotel, and created a furor in real estate
and commercial circles by atinouuoing that
tho (Standard had concluded to erect largo
refineries at various points, and would lay
pipe lines to the river, and put up n groat
amount of tankage, etc. Here he contracted
for fifteen acres of high priced ground, borrowed
raoDey and made himself conspicuous.
He aunounc d that President Kockefeller
and several directors would bo along in a
few days, and k?-pt two livery rigs, a private
socrotai y and a local attorney busy. He was
lionized by business men, until the Wheeling
people identified him and his secretary, P.
P. Roberts, as a couple who had worked the
same racket In Wheeling, and had left many
mourners when thev deoartod.
THE MONTANA FIRES.
Tito Flnmca on tho Mountains Init
Twelve Miles From Helena.
Colorado Giilcb, which extends into Helena
and which is heavily timbered, id on fire but
twelve miles from here, aud the flames are
progressing in this direction. In the gulch
nro ? numlwr of saw mills, the most extensive
I oing that of Sturrick & Brown. These
were quickly wiped out, as well as the homes
of Reveral ranchers.
Te ? men started to fell the timber in the
hopj of arresting the fire. They were soon
Hllrr.iumi wl liv ft mini nml linrnlv MSCAlH-d
i with their lives, ail of tliein having their
' hair singed and their clothing burned bo that
it foil off of them.
The wind shifted and carried the Amies
1 Eastward to Colorado Gulch. which goes
half around Helena,starting at Broadwater's
Hotel and ondiug at Chinatown. The air is
full of cinders and tho heavens South and
East of the city present a lurid appearance.
* d
r MARKETS. ^
Bai.timohe?Flour?City Mills,e*tra,f4!flw
at4.85. Wheat?.Southeri. Fultz,
Corn?Southern White, 40a41 cts, fellow '
l^ald eta.Oats?Southern and Pennsylvania
i 3ta'-7 cts.: live?Maryland & Pennsylvania
yta-Yicts.; Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania
18 50af 14 (K) ;Straw-W heat,S.OOaftS..*>0;Butter,
Eastern Creamery,HVSa^k'Miiear-hy receipts
i lttal7cts; Cheese Eastern Fuucy Creain.
eta , ?Western, 8a8U cts; Eggs?1U
. tJO; Tobacco Leal?Inferior, ln$2.0d, Good
Common, It 00k$4 00, Middling, 5a 90.00 Good
i to line rod,7a$U; Fancy, 10a912.
[ Nkw York? Flour?Houthern Common to
, fair extra,93.25j$ .27: Wheat-No I White 85^
; Rye-Stale. M!t?a52'^; Corn-Southern
Yellow, 43^a43>i.Oat8-Wtiite,Htate25Kai?>^
eta.; Mutter-State. 1 laltt eta; Cheeeo-cttate,
ItXa^cta; Eggs?18ult?X Ota
rniL.adkl.phia ? Flour ?* Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.25a4.75; Wheat?Pennsylvania and
. Houtnern lied, 83a84; Rye?Pennsylvania
. r.2a5hcte:Com?Southern Yellow, 414^x42)^0.
Oata-28a28X cti.; Butter-State, lbaiu eta; ,v
i* Choeee?N. Y. Factory, OaWX eta* Egg*? j
State. 18al0 eta
; CATTLR
, Badtikor*? Beef, 4 12a4 85; Sheep?$9 00 -vSa
a4 00, Hogs?94 2V?4 40.
? - h kw York -Beef?94 75a5 25; 8heep-|3 75 !&
Z aft 2ft; Hogs?$4 80 ?4 7ft.
East Libkrtv?Reef?11 aat (? RHwa
' ' $3 30*4 75; Hugs?$4 26a4 40 '
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