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Vol. XIV.
BARNWELL GOURT HOUSE, S. C., AUGUSDC^T, 1891.
No. 52
By DAVID DWIGHT WELLS,
CUAPTEE
“but I shall bo delighted to win my njiurs
in your tierviee.” . a
“Very prt'ttily answered/’ &bo re
turned laughinic, “but da not Wfeurful,
I nm not going to set you tighting any
dragon or inlulging in any tournament;
it might spoil y’Qutj.clothes.”
I wiuc<Hl; she was making fun of me,
and hugely enjbyed my discomfiture.
I put the beet face I could on,the
matter, however, and replied t^it I
should be delighted to slay all the knights
and dragons *in creation, if she so com
manded. 7;
“Why,” she said laughing, “ifs not
quite so bad as all that, but I would be
very much obliged to you if you would
leave this little package at the ribbon
counter at Jordan & Marsh’s for mt
day, and it will be a dr*wdful bore to
you to do it, but you see I have to bo in
Cambridge in half an hour uud can’t
possibly go myself.” I protested that I
should be delighted to execute the com
mission, and asked if there was any mes
sage to 1m delivered witli th"paelo t.
“Mes.'-agel no, indeed 1 P<> you think
I Icdow you men so little? Why, I would
no more think qf giving* a man a mes
sage than I would <*f Hying. There is a
“Poes Miss Mason live here?/ I asked;
I had learned her naiuo at tho store.
“Ves,” returned she snappishly.
“What’s tbiii to you?" J
- “Nothing in particular,” T replied, a
little disconcerted at this unexpected
qu^tipu. “bhe wns Liken ill at the stpro''
and I fear I inay have been thpeauso of
it. 1 oStly wished to inq^oiro how sho
was.”
. I reckon she’* nl# right/’ replied )
she of the scrubbing brush, and returned j
once mure to her task, which my ques
tion bud interrupted. . - .
“Is-she yt home?”
“No; sho just went out. Did yer want
tb see her?’
“But 1 thought sho was ill?” I Said,
surprised at thhi piece of intbriiiation.,
gone more'n ^ minuie.”
“Did she s-iy whom she was going?” j
“Yes; Mullen.v That's ,whero her 1
foi'lts usAl to live. Bho sy,id showoahhi t
hb haek tonight.”
Evidently I coujd find out uuthiug (
in the case, is trito enough to be sure; | scribed arrive aV the station In tho after-
and I have invariably found it dp bo true. ! neon, and that she had asked the way to
Who was tho woman?,^ 1 ! tho Uotfi!. Soon after a young man,
ihade a tool. I was grieved and thought
1 deserved some conqiensation. 1 deter-
l mined, therefore, to clear up the mystery t
Every indication solar pointed to but ( whom 1 luul uo'dopbt was Holden, had if'poauble before l left Malden; but this
como fronf Boston and inquired foa - her.
Ho knew nothing maro c*xwilt that he
I knew would require strategy. So 1 sat
down in the parlor" and thought it'over
ene. and that was Miss Ormaby.
'there was but opo break in tho chain
of the evidence t hat marked out as ! had w;en her walking on a road that led : for a While, and then, going to tlus office,
being at the’ Isutom of the matter, imd , out of town iu ho wae going to Ids sup- sent up my card to Miss Ormaby.
that was tboabsence of any motive for | yer.
getting wd of tlm shop girl in Jordan & ; “Was eho alone?” I a.dW. .
BLvrsti’s. . I “Yys, No one -was wiili her that I
Evidently I ninat try tp find out whaf j could see.”
j 1 could from Miss Orinsby. That, how-j “ Whero does tho road lead b'?"
t'ver, wus no eatiy matter, for f know her ; “It loads just to tho cemetery, and
{ character well enough’to know that 1 ; then”. •
J eoivM not iquko her tell mo what she did ; “That’s sufilciont* did you tell Miss
not cIioomo to, though I legau to have an ' _.,_ t tho lady that has just left, all
unpleasant feeling (hat she might U) to-| this?”
ponsible for a•— W ell, I would waitf j “All, except' about tho young man.
den. and meautim.T l would mttkb a party
call that 1 owed tOjMis.i Ormsby?.
CHAPTER III,
mmttmnrnmmmmtm
about it to any
1 left hiqi and walked rapidly in thn
Thr^cti«.»n A>f tim hotel that Miss Ormaby
“Good. Kiy nothin
one. Good iqght.”
more from this booive, uiid 1 was just |
about to tnm av«iv when a geuilemaij
brushed by me up tho steps a:id started
R t
1
g*> into tho house.
1 reixrgnizetl him
as Frank Holden,. I
thing, bo all you will have to do is to
leave It.” ana sho departed laughing. I
■tocMl for a moment or two watching-ber
hud then laughed myself, Sho was cer
tainly very origimrl, and tho whole epi
sode rather pleased mo.
I Mnntereof up Tremont to Bovlstou
Most men regard five o’clock t^as aa I Rll j ( p (I two or thns* small errand* on
an upmitigatednuisaneo, qnd class them, f t hu way. Then I etaricl ^wn WVli-
little note inside that explains 1 every-. whom 1 had m»*t several tiiiies iu IkDtjtou
and CjunbridgM In Ills flurry lie
a*
had not recognized int*. ami 1 woo ulioyt j
tq pass out wh*,u hus conversation eause-l I
me to stop. As In* went by (Uc girTtdiu
oanght him by lit* tv> ^i n * l d said, “It |
am t any us-c -goiu’ in.’Jlr. iloldun, sho
ain’t Lure.*’
“WTiat! isn’t ?.li
es.’,
n
together with houso cleaniugH, shopping
tours and ipwiug circles as iu*ce6sary
•iV.N imposed by society and dear to the
,rts of women. Oao causo of this *
h og may »n*e from the fact that here,
nowhere else, the lord of creation is
put in the background, and is of no n*o j
whatever, except to fill up j»au«es in ct>n- j
versation and throw into bolder relief
by his plain attire tho more striking co*-
iumea of the fairsi i. This tea .IHnking, I
moreover, seem* to many men a u.*eU?3
waate «if time, l»s au.-o it ia of no prac- ,
Ucal r»bn» in tho sight of the world.
Let it he understood oik * fur all, then,
that to give a mj*-* vsefa! live o'clock \ l 'i re
quires great talent and i« iui art acquired-,
iugton strct-t, but only got a* far a-« tho
Adaini House, where I saw a friend iu
tho office, and ju>t dropping iu to chat
with Lmi for a ini uu to stmd i m*.i i ly hal fan
hour, riuddeuly 1 r*mi-inl* n d the pack
et, and my cun*cienco p*.r-
ba^vi Mis^ Onneby watiUft it
for
tin*
1 g»
*1. yoi
.-t m
i U*.
in n hurry,
aboqt it.
* 1 was soon,
after Solik* tr
nbtM»u imuiiI
girl that con
nod I bad fvrj
• Uv4.*rt‘jl
run all
rcplii
b» Ip i
thy i>
* 1
te*s» wk*
t afii’t
\vi
Si L.za
I’ve biM-u
Mason at home?”
of waiting
ea hero in s<* long;” i
i a otMiv- laugh.
. my g»>t(d giri,” bo
0>v, and could not
l think'1 w ill wait, homier;
i,
*1
cl<
Wi
W1
But tell me, Lizzie,
Is
x.V
it.T.
ubh,
•r.
Mai
inv w
d
fro
bad gone to; then 1 changed my mind
{ and decided-to wait for ou tho road
j to tho met cry.
’ I wad !i"l l"Ug !n finding a plrtco rnn-
venient for my purjxiat 1 . A thick clump
of trees growing near tho roadside at
once atfonled mo a been re retreat and a
pisiti'm from wl.leli I rotild watch ail
who paMful by without being «*cu myself.
If was by t hi* Umo m ar <v ten o’clock,
and the TV);wl was de*ert<*»l niul lonely.
It had Ik eu bright moonlight, but stjme
‘ tliiu gray clouds were drifting across tht*
I tky, and every now and then would ole
, scurelhe face erf tho raoup, Before me
, tlie bro;ul, dusty road stretched nwuy to
i where tlm white gravestones of the.cem-
i etery bIhuio «»n the hill mda It was a
I warm, sultry night, and wearied by ifiy
; exertions I found tho cool sliadti of the
trts-s very plexsant.
I nmntally vh-wnst tin* clay's exi*Tii*tice
to k^e how l sttwxl with rggard to tno
! in \ Mery and wliat chaiioea 1 had of koIv-
i ing it. * * .
* Urn clew I had j’ 1 ' 1 obtaiimd threw a
VJ 1
th
1
>r
a tr
th*
as it do
right pe
ext. drink
n the maj
*1. liftlf* a
tii
qde t<
,nd W
ntv of it
by few* ir
to j^t
and to let the
at the utne vi
kind wtshen t
Mm. X ——as tf w^t V» «wu to
Imdgr. p *s»». ,i |n;s in x i
degr»*e, and h.*|*p> is he a
with one of her uivitatmc
news (Jnl to attend, an*! (r>
that throng her |iarlors I
that I am any eao )4nin to
rule. I do not know n he
j ’,<*4e«nt |ieo|4o y<«i always
4>r tlm Want) *j the hon*
Iku ani wafers yon ere treet
eggkhcd ciq« «*nt «>f whu li j
rhotoTat#; or last, knt by n i
tie* urart of lUe lujs'^e k> r
irl fa
mail
confronted tu
1 t* • UviVe thl
it is
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iihaa'Is an^i
d VI
had
itirg tui
P
f.*r
|f T
*er
4 h.»raM«f s»l aooiiuig and r»
• (h it you I
mlf boor,
to muMtoi
for il was ft
Ciiii
Iftsod
lo i* fsv«*re*l
c I, tuy*clf.
tn t ho crowd*
do not Hnak
the general
tAer it is the
meet ih*T* .
**. "f the d*
1 tu, *«r too
u - p y<>i,r
n- urm*%t
but u ia
t id* aud
Up
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a ci
kill
at
at ••ik e
tu
yon k
• very
have gr*
ita
a« «y f** b
lUdightfttl
rsxl re l-M
at le.v«t.
few'
f wt
I* v*
d f
,Ujfc
a*>
.WdJ
iier
Mavl.^k
1.
1 ret
tn* t Mi
bhe 1
in
/f sb*
4 >ri
npres
*
11 if as aoau ax 1 saw her.
an lined qusliUef mi usual yi a
Tall and alfpder, with goldm
brnwo hair sod a fair akia just tinged
here and there with a anspicimi of the
brunette, she pr-seuted externally the
app xrxnce <•! :i woman easily uiovt*l and
4‘oaiiy influeui't*!. When yon heard her
f.ilk you changed y.«ur opimi*ii, f> r )i*n
knew that she meant whit sh** kiiU.
Miss Ortaahy never and, “1 think sn- h a
thing m so.” it wiui always, "1 know it is
*1*1 this was a key to her whole
arseter. Like Dilate, h-r motto was,
•Wh.it I have written, 1 have written;**
And her "ill was ns the law of the Me«h s
and l'er>ians, unalterable/ Her purposo
might lie crushe*! by t'nu force of emuun-
•tancre, hot it w;i* never changed. Wit li
mit. and to the world as ;t whole, she
Whs ns docile as a kitten; within, ami to
berself, sdie was a tigress in strength and
brutality. The world at largo doeaxiot
know this and probably will not believe
ft, for Miss (irmsby i- a loader in sin'iety
and society does not like A tigress; sho lx
like a wolf in a fold of conventional
famlis, and is called by the world a Btrung |
minded woman. So well, however, did
the kitten conceal the tigress that up one
has ever suspected her, nor would 1 if I
.bail not seen her claws.
As I said. I was introduced to h«T nt
Mrs. X ’» five oVlook tea, and l ut
ones became yiterefefcrd in her. It is con
sidered a fnre thing for :v man to ho ably
to Bize up mentally and morally any
woman that he mumta; but it is very uti-
pleasa-nt when a woman turns tlio tables
on you and does the sizing up herself.
'f3o it was with Miss Ormsby; I know Ik*-
fore I had talking with her five
,Brinutoe that she had taken my me;isuro,
eo to speak, and 1 also had an hnpleas-
Ant 'conviction that tho result was iar>t
camrlimentary to^ipykolf. Nothing in
her conversation, which was confined to
fodal commonplaeefi, betrayed tho fact,
WXA after awhile vro drifted apart and 1
didpo* sea her again that afternoon.
I saw hsk quite often after that at din-
ntfft and teas, and tMongh we talked to-
tber on these occasions I never knew
than on the first day I met
often wondered why she tolerat-
for t felt »nre she disliked me,
ad to take ft out in wouderiug.
t# into Boston ougt war pa after-
in ^n4to attend to a matter of
eafrJTalBng § P»rk aquarexarl
q/^roct and from ther#
the Common. When I
had gone about half of the way I saw
t*
f;
-d vra
V U
VHH... 1.
1 stipp
day.
It wan a L re aayh<>w’,
s« < nef Why could »)>* no
a Mlth# lat diUTj d have give
to have g<<t out of the w iv?
f'c.qdt* who miw it, I «up;
hod sonK tiling to do will
staved lu re much l**ugi*r 1
n f.Vl vf my**-lf. 1 ai o*.
off to HI (other part irf th**
foru 1 could to I Ik* Ktix
Wy several of my la*ly
B<viiK* 1 tnncli qm.|i<«'d t » h
1 Lh
it waj
f
uk:
t 1 *
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r. • mhu
%
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#-toir?i i
n«
■w
1
I^Ht
oil
tho r
itu.it
lion, but did not
t 9if Ht t
ttt
o siittdf
Imd,
C*i
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ii
JMV
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pr* »ve *
ilt*U.
why
Mi •sOrinaby had
ight o •"
Ux-k f*
nd ms
hi
nr 1
TO
toM^I
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II"
m- clad
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in vny •
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nhci Wrt;
tw.» toiAS -ys for
, tho first to find
C r*
it * f r.»-
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tsriage.
to
hat
ll
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wha
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t had b x **.ue of
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limit* a
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hop
girl
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Mai
evil. If the fir-rt
e
l *
ivr*l to h*
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tilt ll* .ll’ l
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1*1 ’
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wa
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li*: true
uye
> siio luuxt have
i >nnMi
, v rlad
ia light;
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kl
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fix
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yi 1
v. a**ti
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1 XiM
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have ukeu it for
1
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think.
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hen
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id killed lartodf?
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fi.r s!k* could Ixaie
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n pA.
t iioti
'X'S. of r tUxc iu,tt
.ml ui^at ami un
it 1 l** gan to t* c u
and 1 mlist await flUliicr dt*vi*l(»pincuts.
Ju-t then ivi Um> dLrieiwe I heswd fovt*
falls, and a niimUe laVr Miax Ormaby
jiare* i pic. walking rapidly toward tho
r
Uid U
1
hl**r*
b
n u
•Pi
v» I
frid
-a n
dan A Marali x. i v
Seen tU*> little Cpis*
have heard tR* last
vcriuliou with tin
as gl.ul t a
Je; 1 *U..
fit. Mi
•o’ la-lns.
W^f 111*1
Ml-, who
in J !-
v had «i*.t
Id never
Ut lo con-
how ever.
ill l;
•nr
iii I
110 I UlV.
* Sl *-* 1 * 1
.T.mt tlu
n mi euq
.tv
• hi-rdio utx
oil ni.- ' Kl
-avcyur*!.
*
and 1 hail
• iu. “1
vv
. Ult to K ,n ,
B^ti.n j
1 saw lH»r ei,
kl* r i
t, and following a*
iv i lik‘*
and t * g*-'
t Ik ro as
lickl v a** p'"-.-
•lid*." 1 ; qi
ncklyas 1*1;
•nil, *
rept along <»u my
# l H 1 H**' •
. 1. ••Or,
mi last a
1 X wiil gire
j you a b-
indxaud kiui
•x till
-1 was ia Ur* shadow
•” ho
* ** t »
do’Lir ext
1 A. ”
’ ihc church u
1* ur b
and then raiding
i R* 1
But tm*
ugh th** e
al
•man .ilieycl
1 hix iu- 1 m
IV.-, if I'HuCeil <
»vor 1,
u’»ih • a uu teiy. I
-t 1
stiUcrioiix
i wi 11 1 *1:
a
not t.veftak
:*• xt
artel, for I f,
mu*l
that I was wUlilti
u Wc
ntuuir*
< *im>oy.
When
w
• reached 1
I'harles 1 B
ire*f l*x*t of
lier, i
»ut fortuuat«ly the
bn
took up some time, and When 1 reached
the mainentrauco 1 was amaoed t.» fiu.l
that the girl who had fainted was just
• TSMuyg lmi|K‘d int*» a cab- 1 f bowed
• lu*r mt of tho store, saw her put into thy
i enrnago and heard the driver «Un ei. d to
a Imiis** In a poor but n spc-ctatH< part ftf
i South Boston.
1 \Y.
-u:e-
you know?!*
t j M ildeu on
-d G
11 kill herself if I
an t
•an 1
t»tr»i?t ne s
should g<
and tiien
lYovhbu-
jsd and inquired w.bvro ho
\t. 1 thougiit a tiioinciit
d him to take mo to tin-
tutioti. T< lling ilio man to
«ililO t« it;
■i p her! \\ here
IK* quick,
yoq. ate w ’
iiy iis-istance?'
; I am tin* only one who
i’ln.ns an awful s<>rt'of
ir b r tboug’n, jioor igirb”.
s. aliiiv*i tiie 1 tC' S of tiiu
I mg room, but sho Was
•‘Marriage day! Who wax going to
marry her?'
T was,” he cried, mid jumping into
•wait 1 ^urriodly
crowd in the wa
Hot among tinm
Wo tkunli'uvo ax fast as we were able |
to tiie New England and Eo.-tmi and Al |
bany.d* pots, but lanl no letter success, i
I thui tried •Fitchburg and Easton); i
and finally, tued out and almost despair
ing, drew up Ikcore the Boston and ,
Maine. Ax I entered tho waiting room j
1 saw a figuro in gray iust going out. on
the cab ntt ted avv:iv uj* tne streqt and '*Him platform, afid dashing after her rec-
out of sight in a moment.
J, w ns astonished. I a*rt not generally
—it takes too i.men exertion. I looked
at the servant ami raw li.at sin: was ;w
astonished as 1 w a ■, fo{ she stared after
the eamnge for^a moment and then
Laughed. That was th*: ilifieienco- bc-
tween h.er asronishment and miiv^ I
tried to think out some solution tor tho
ni) story, ami she
people, and thd
liko all uncultivated
majority of woiqen,
ugrazed Miss Ormsby. I saw her get |
into a train, and tlun asked tho porter j
standiiig by wh.-re it w<.ut to. lie rut- i
tied off. a uninbot of places; but among
them was a name that convinced mo
thu; I was at hud ou the right track, and .
remniing to tbo otiico I bought a ticket ;
for Malden.
The ndo thither was uneventful j
enouglmfor I had nothing to do.but keep
mo*>it whs clouded just then jind she did
' not see m**. Sho was carefully searching
J every nook and corner of a small lot and
| was evidently looking for something.
[Two of the graves lay close togeth'T and
, taelitfio trough l*et w<*;u theni wawdn
I tiKMiliadoW and looked black ami forbid
| ding. Suo appnvM lH .l tins hollow several
tiu!- s. but hcemed afraid ofgt, for she
would draw back a step or two and
stand listening. Finally fch* mustered
up courage enough to put out her arinys
though she wage going to f.f-l in th** hol
low. But though sho caino v< ry near
dip]»ing her hau l into too blackness sin*
would hastily draw it back, onlyto bring
it nearer tho next time.
Sho leave*! lo tom U soim thipg, pt^l
yet so strongly was sho attracted to tho
something that sho thou
i now hml Her v here / U'’inletl.her.
Following it closely I arrived at her
door in time to hear her nay tli.it hUo
could f*eo i no one, but before sho could
finish ln-r excuses I sL*pim-<1 into her
private parlor, saying that 1 wan hero *»u
busim*»x and Hcuiug by the register that
vho was Ueru olx*j and ulouo 1 hiul come
to 6**) if 1 could U* of any Horvicv to lu-r.
“Notio whatever; tlianks,” uho replied
very coldly, “ami you will find tluit ft
you look again, Air. C'uiriimng*. that my ,
u.im** is not on th** regisu*r. Then *tio
wait*-*l for mo to leave th*) room,
v 1 bit *my. lip with vexation that 1 •
should have made so stupid a blunder, p J
might have known that vIk* wotiM never I
f bavosign.-d It* row a name to tin* r*-gi.-'t* r i
1 Ii.kI no lutennoii of being dnwuuway, 1
however, and so continued tiio ouovvrsa- ,
ti»m by saving I should lik« to rviA*rt to j
1 her oonowithtg tU* errand she ba*i given I
we to *1«> that aflaritonn.
“Is it uecessaryf* alio inquired, tq the i
«aiu«* icy tone.
•‘Why. the fact Is,** I said, * that I^am I
rat* a*T ashauKsl to Ct>ufeMi th.it 1 forgot I
, U> deliver the ribbon"— f panic**!, for
sho looked a* angry an*I disap{*oiot«.*l as
I I havo ever seen a human Is mg apts-ar;
but witli it all there vraa not a trace of
pity for the girl or thankfidneM at h«*
e«CH!»*, only rage at the failure of her
' own |►Ians.
{ “Is that the way y»»u ir**neral1y exo-
i cute your c«Kuuusaiom»r” sho said at last,
1 with a sneer.
‘•Exciseiu**," 1 continued, “yon looked
so angry that 1 did not tiuiob my seu-
uui'X*. 1 wun going to say that 1 foig*»t
, to deliver the ribbon for nearly an hour
; after you gave it to me."
“Well?** she laid; but I could see site
wax iuteiiik'ly inton-sted.
“I lut-t a frb-ud of mine down town
and wo "got to talking, ai;d so tiie timo
l*a^.L It w.'ui olr. Frank Holden. Do
i you know bim?”
Sim answered “No," but I knew that
she meant yew. “It was curious," 1 went
! on, “Lot he wax taking *>ine ribbon to
| Jcnlaii A: Marsha alio." 1 (initoed for a
| minute in a-'toidshtu* ut. for this had
• been the wildest sort of a guess on iny
I part, am^yet 1 cotiid see from her iuvol- •
! nnfary stait that 1 hail unwittingly hit |
n}HMi the truth; then 1 proceeded. “Just j
before wo arrived at the store, however, !
another friend stopple*! him t*» lulK, god j
1 hurrK-'i on to do your errand and left i
him.** i*>h« looked ttnumiMely relieved.
My first bit of lie*.i«»n lia*l siicc«** Ued so 1
well that 1 determine*! to try again, eo I (
said as innocently ns 1 conld, “That was j
not all. Miss Qnuaby, for tho girl that 1
her story that I will only give a brief
summary of her cotifewiai). , £&■
Sho told miyThat sho was engaged to
Mr. Frank lloldon, and ha<l bet u for
more than a year, but that the engage
ment had never been announced. About
ir months before she had learned that
diet-ttance wax pnyiqg marked attention
to a shopgirl in Jordan & Marsh's, with
whom he had become enamored.
He offered her honorable marriage, 1
but the girl was too sensible not to fore?
see that complications would arise owing
to their diilereut stations in life and re
fused him. Holden, however, was per
sistent, and Miss Mason, who did not
know that he was already engaged, sub
mitted to his wishes to this extent tihe
told him he must leave her and see noth-
hefJafJtoa *n»Ptha ** »k tho
her she Would.coiueut
It was further agreed tlpd he should
inform her of his decision in the foTIbw-
tng inaiiuer, When tho three month*
wore past if he still lov^djher he should
send her a bit of red ribbon; if not, a *
scrap of purple. ..... „ - .i
, All this Miss Ormsby discovered, as
well as tho date on which ho would send
tho token. Sho knew well enough that
it would be red. and she knew also that
as long as Miss Maaoft lived her own
love was vain. She likewise learned
that M* 54 * Mason was of a highly nervona
t**mi>crntncnt and very much in luvu
with Mr. Holden, so she felt nqite sure
that should he di.<>app)int her sue would
do something desperate.
It now only remained to send a bit of
purple un the day that liolden sent the re* l
ribbon, and so arrange matters tluit the
shop girl should have several hours at
her dixpaal Iteforo her lover could din-!
cover tho triefc.
Miss Ormsby did not care to take the
package IMuwelf for fear'that sho might
Ik* recognized, and meeting mo qsed me *-
ax tlyj re.Kb r knows.
My providential delay was all that
saved the shop girl’a life, for it gave
-Hoi*leu a chance to get to Maldou before
sho could barm herself. Sue was un or
phan and all her family were buried
there,*• Misti Ormsby reasoned rightly
enough that tin the r she would go to die
among them.
W hen site had fluiahad her confession
I 1 her the letter—it contained
only a blank piece of paper—and theq
t uriesl to look out of the window. Right
op|MK*ito me in the other wing waa Uoht--
en’a povl g, and 1 could ate both uccu-
}iants very plainly.
1 lie n thought It queer that 1 hoard oo
ex* laanaiiott from MisaOnt»by. but my
thoughts wr rv rudely interrupted by a
alight click. Turning quickly around, (
was just in time to prwvi nt my captive
from esca^itug me fig 1 aver. | yrreate*!
a revolver from her graap and said aa
1 unonekud it. “You ware going to kiii
yourself. WhyT
* * l jd/.iilMji tiie letter is blank. an*l yoq
have extorted a c*aifeaaiou from me by *
trick. You mean to Inform tho polico
about mo. 1 could not War the scandal.
Then he would tell anyway. He will
never forgive me for killing her."
“You need not fear." 1 replied; “he
will never tell, and you have not com
mitted murder, bra f* 1 pointed out lo
her the |N»rlor and the two happy figures
that occupied Jt, and pnttuig the pistol
in iny pocket quietly left the room.-*
Harvard Advocate.
bhe made j
muttered,
gave tiio nbhou to fainted
j no direct reply to this, but
“Tho little fool.”
“What <lo you think of that?” I a>kud.
**f think,” uiiesaid, “that your conduct
is very ungentle manly, and that you are
saving these tlnngx to mo for s*>uie ptir-
I>**vS**. What do^ypu mean? Either tell !
i.'io ut once or bo kind enough to leave !
tho room.*
“i taedn. Miss Ormsby,” I replje4, '
./that 1 know why you sent tliq; purple |
ribbon; that l have followed you oycry- j
where that you hiivo been tonight; that ,
tha body Of Miss Mason has lieen found,
and that 1 have seen it; finally, 1 iqpiin
ht was lying iu j th.dt I havo it in my power to have you
the blacknc-vs Mt.at sh*< finally nerved her- ,
^••!X lo thrust lu-r hand down ax far as it ;
would go; bat sho touched only tho
grass. . .
Her face bore an expression of mingled
relief and fear—relief l»ecauso her bund
langui d at what she could not under
Stand.
Her laughter grated on me,’ and I said i
somewhat sharply; “I see tiothing to
laugh at. Do yon?” *
myself out of Mi>x Onnsby’s sight." As \ had not touched soniething, fear for
1 had amieipated. sho left the t rain then*, what liad boeoma^f the thing that xho
! and 1 followed her. It was by tuix time ! sought.. Sho now aro'feo from the kneel-
nearly huifepast nine, and biifc.few pvop
“Tho young
gent
useil to be mighty
lie tufnaiDoni p*?c and staggered like a
drunken man.
T had siaircely noticed the girl when I
gave her the ribbon, but aa she left the
stort | looked at her more’cloxel^ and
saw th^ she was singularly refined for
her position, besides being remarkably Wen used ax
sweet on. her a while ago, but he hain’t
been near her for more’n three months,
And mjjy jist because sho ain’t at homo
he gets riled,” sho replied and huighed
again. ' • ^
I walkwbavyay t hi nking and very much
puzzled. I.wd>Kalready • becoming sus- : ^nption’of Miss
piciuux of the whokiinatiur. Were all M'aTdmi that .lay.
these things tluit Jiad^k^pentd coiiici- “Wqyq thAt'x tii*v young woman that
dences? I thought' not. if they the lady who ha * just gone wax asking
were not etlmn they dt jiendetKmi each about*” he taid; •
otln r, and how tint wax i^ssibiu PcQuld “Yes, I know. T);d you toil lier. that
not understand- Coni l ft be that I nfe*L ghu had c un -?” f repd
were on the station platform. She hesi
tated for a minute or two, and then go
ing up to the h igg.ige master hail a little
Conversaiion vrirh him.Tifter which sho
took a carriage, and. I heard h'*r direct
the driver to taki* hc-r to the b-st hotel.-
As s^hiii ns s'hi* had rono-P- approached
the Oftleial sle* had spok u ti.wp.ul asked
him if'a yonug lady.aiu\v.*B«ig the de-
lasou fia i arrived* iu
ing position she had assumed and re-
, turned as quickly as slie had com'e to the
| hotel. 1 followed, thinking, for X now
1 knew two more facts. I knew what she
had eoaio to find, and I kne w by the look
of fear upon her fpce that it was not her
Coni 1
il.
fault that the grewsome tuing she looked
for was mussing/and dliut she greatly
(IrcAiled lest some one elso had found it.
The hotel of the town was built around
three sides of a hollow square, and while
Miss Ormsby entered by the* front door
T came iu thp back way and passed
through the courtyard.
The Window of u private parlor In one
Jiiss Ormsby. approAobinf from ths op
poxite direction, tiha wa* bawitcinngly
dressed and lool»d even more {Mcinat-1 could.
iK than usual. 1 waa
fftt day, and did not
jenough for a protracted oonreruition; so i lb which she lived. I frt^od
ft waa vrith a determination of not stop- , the bonse; It was very plain and uupre-
nittg it 1 co*ld help it that 1 advanced j tentious, being built of tod brick, with
Inward bar. ' > .! grec*n blinds, and* having a dour in the
M Ah/Ifr. OimminKa,** she criod. as I «nter. Witiun tho door-a very uqxttract-
greetad bar, '"you are the v'ery man 1 senrent girl was scrubbing the C*y>r
arast so see. I waa looking for soma 1 <* the hole I made up my mind
Idrifht to serve me and h**re be ia.* that this must bea Ca^ftphaariiug house
»‘l have done nothing to deserve that * r '-' ,J “ ‘' : ' 4
ia yet. M-aa Onnsbr." 1 rotffivd.
of the wings was open, and as I went by
sho had t -in -f* T replied, delighted at , I heard voices that soundjCd familiar and
finding niy euspitkms prov«*q-ci rect ;uid • enun d me to Idol: up. Within was
feellbgsare tiuit X wasoa thovergo of u seated Frank Holden, and on his lap
disctivcFy^ ‘ " m^nc other than Miss Mason; rin*, there I
Why d > you want to know?” he was wrong, fur on/mr tingerbilie wore a
t bo that I hft*l
to* ; T du teds nisttH* hy-
h^m<lsojuo. d determined to follow her Gnn^hy, arid that tin* {Awkagb con-
dnd find out aonlething about hyr if I ; tained something •more than I knew of?
Waiting, therefore, till sho was But wluit possible connection conld there
lazy, for ikwaa * Woii out of Sight I mUvd a.cab and or- , b** between [ho l^antiful Jlt-x Gix^hy asked.' k ' plain fgbld ring that Usd oot been there j
lot feel energy ' d«red tho driver to tA^jJ }po to the street j ^nd tiie little shop girl? Why riffinld i detcfmujo*y>n Abold plan and told in tho mining. I went into' the house
conversation: so ; «u which she lived. I soph ht***! before Mr U •Hb n bo going to ift-irry a girl Bim that I.wax a deb dive.' Irwo* a he, /with alight luari and a kope that some-
aditiui he had not soen for three months? and I thought for bo ut Gjdy cjsy woyH *eo that sue no alsqbe-
W-hy s)iould >.ie L.il herself, ^nd how once (1emund***l tliat i should slipw him ' foro tho night was oyer. . «
conld ho previ nt it? And liatly, whaT aiy b i<lge. Fortunately s en**Ax far ax 1 was concerned I did
had tiioxT ip of pnrp’e fibbon got to do
with the ofiuir, anyhoiv? For there was
no dembt in my mind that it wxx the link
that bound the whole- mysierf tocetbi*.
not
and determined to interrogate the g;
Lin - ■ •-
I chief
ached juxt then, an*l snyuug that I <h l
oilld sh iW
Uie moqry
t he knew
tart that I might a-* welllutVo staVt*! ! to me."
arrested fur murder.”
For a minute or- two she did nut say a ,
word, but stood looking at me and biting
her Ups; otherwise she wax perfectly !
calm, and presently said m a hard dry
voico, that told of suppressed fueling:
“Yoq uinke bold assertions, Mr. Cum
mings. Can you prove them?”
“Yes," 1 replied, producing an en-
veluiie I had prepared for this occasion,
"hero is a letter 1 found oq her body,
charging yon with the deed, and with
the proof 1 already havo it would servo
os couclusivo evidence.”
f “Has any one elso seen this letter?”
“No ono but myself. I found it oa I
have just said."
Sho waited a minute, and then replied,
*‘Wby don't you summon help and hand
me over to justice, my chivalrous gentle
man; you see 1 am defenseless.
“By Jove," 1 cried, us 1 looked at her,
“you are a brave woman if you uro-bhd.
1 hate to give you up for punishment,
much as you deserve it.”
She foil into tbo trap just as I hoped
she would, for she thought I was weak
ening, and almost before 1 knew it sho
was imploring mo to have mercy upon
her and sayo’her.
X now had her where 1 wanted her,
i*ud after pretending io bo obdurate for
• a while, I*finally Sbeme?! to relent,
j “Weil,"l sai^ “f'will jfriyrt you what
t you wish oo oqe condition; that you
{ make a clean breast ot the whole affair
A CklMM Urtigc la|,
A Chinese druggist will freely display
the must nauseous and disgusting sub
stances os uicduine. Often be will keep
a lira deer there in s pen against the
tune when it will be |K>unded whole in a
mortar, coruut |**»puh», to convince cue-
tomere that his drugs are genuine. Medi
cines are gnlj**-'l down by the quart, (hti
preacnticr holding that if one ingredient
doe* nut do its work another may. Their
virtues iiuvcrilteless are many and mys
terious.
A missionary d«JctorWa* well acquaint-
(*<1 with a native ’practitioner, a man of
conxiderable intelligence and repute.
Him he brought to his borne one buy and
showed, with natural pride, his three fair
haired little girls. Tiio native hastened
to compliuieut his foreign friend, “Their
complexions are indeed beautiful, but, if
I may say so. tfa^ir luiir is jiTliajis liardly
dark vnougli." Ho produceO a bottle.
‘‘A dose of this taken internally three
times a day .would mak# u wonderful
improvement”
Ho went on with more embarrassment.
“There is another thing about them thal
I hardly like to mention.” His friend
reassured him. “Well, if you will allow
lue to say it, they are all girls. Now I
have at home some pills that aro per-
fi'ctly uifrfUible. Let tlrem-take these
regularlyfoga month or so, and l prom-
i.w they will develop into three us titio
hoys as father could wish for.”—Temple
Bar.
West Point Death Mititk*.
In a glass faced, black box bqng4 n the
officers’ mess at West X ? oint are wo
death masks whose duplicates are nt
known to exist in this country. Ono is
of Napoleon and the other is of Fred
erick the Great. Commander Chadwick
of tho navy scoured them in London
KOimr years ago and presented them to
tho mess.. To say that they are highly
prized is putting it very mildly. There
is ample proof for their authenticity, so
their startling lack of resemblance to
the popular portraits of the fl€a4 leader*
is all the more interesting.
Najioleou’s east is by far the better.
The features are natural and seem to be
in u calm repose. While the face is thin
almost to emaciation. It’s a fine face,
but not the face of the Napoleon we have
been taught to know. Old Indian fight
ers say it is the exact counterpart of the
face of Black Hawk. Frederick's face ia
weazen and drawn and fearfully out ot
shape. It looks like the face of a mum
my. One officer At the poet Is partioo-^
larly fond of allowing the masks, as hii
friends have told him that he looks fake
Napoleon, adding to themselves, “Below
the waist."—New York Herald.
not wi.->!i them t > sra it but
it to him biter. I gave him
and' bade him tell mo w
home. For the drama iu which I bad
u
Lorre u any qiis-
slwxya a woman
qu ic a
Ut
uni he had secu the
I dv
H
nninteritionril!
had ttuii*-d out to bo a comedy, and not
a trag.-<*y ax 1 had f«-*w^l. Still. I hxd
u igkd most unfairly, aud Jyod btxu *
“Will you give me the letter and
played a promiuent part | gweax on your honor npt to betray meP
“Ye* but not uil you have told ms
About it*
pH
The leador eiu \2*X dj knyw* to much