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Copyright, JS94, by J. B. Lippineott Company.
v CHAPTER IV.
It was Sunday at K 6 ranch, as in
most professedly Christian household.-:,
the longest day of the week. Now it
was afternoon, and Nelsine was wearily
toiling through that hcrarDf religious
instruction she conceived it her duty to
bestow upon her offspring. A nervous
frown was between her eyes as f-he turned
the leaves of a hook of Bible tales, sup
posed to be especially adapted to charm
the youthful mind, but which scented
utterly inadequate to attract the inter
ests of the wriggling urchins who per
petually shifted their weight from their
mother's shoulders to her knees, all the
while searching their pockets for some
counter entertainment
"Now, Ralph, listen to mamma, " im
pressively appealing to her firstborn.
''Tell mamma what is the difference be
tween Sundays and other days. ' ' There
was no immediate response. The children-
had become absorbed in the gyra
tions of a large bee, bumping idiotically
at the window in futile attempt to enter.
"Oh, yes, I know," cried the young
ster in a "sudden splutter, catching a
danger signal in the mother's eye. "Ice ;
Cream for dinner, mamma," a note of ;
conscious merit in his voice, "An, I
say, ma-r-rna, can't we go out and
Borape the freezer? I know there was a
lot left." There was an irrelevant
- scream of pain from the harassed parent.
"Roy, you have stepped noon mam
ma's foot again!" solicitously .chafing
the tortured member. "How can you be
such alieedless child?"
"Au what. Tto you say, Roy, when
you' nm onto folks' an step on 'em?"
piped Ralph, auxiously nudging tho oth
er to a proper sense of duty. "You'd
better bo p' lite an 'pologize an be cvAck ,
about it, or we. won't get out till the
ice cream w all melted!"
' "Oh, ma r-rna, much 'bliged don't
mention it--I mean, you're welcome!"
cried the small culprit, eagerly recall--.
ing various lessons in etiquette, quite
in a panic at the awful possibility sug
gested. .
Nelsiae put 'down the foot, with a
6mall g?oau, while Edith fled precipi
tately ; to give vent to her laughter.
Hugh lay asleep iu a hamn.pek oh the
piazza, a newspaper over has face. A
Sabbath f qllne.s seemed to hold all the
place. The subdued ' murmur cf insect
life suggested rest' rather than the voice
k of toil, imtTndw' and then came a sort of
babblicg note of inquiry from the birds,
as if riey asked what had happened'
that the w'bffk tof ithe ,woi'l(? hail ceased.
From the fields at the west came a wave
of perfume more exquisite than any
chemist has ever yet caught in his bot
tles, tho sweet,' contribution ''of acres of
purpling alfalfa, wlr le buttt rflier,, liku
flowers broken loose from their stems,
floated languorously in the warm cm
brace of the scented breeze. '
She slippea quietly to her room, res
etting hat and gloves, retreating
through the deserted kitchen to her fa
vorite walk op the creek. The narrow
trail was as the feet of cattle had worn
it, skirting the steep hill at the west of
. the barns, keeping welf to the valley,
whero wild roses, tall spikes of "creamy
yucca, flaunting sunflowers and a riot
of primroses, lupines and astragali
mocked with their lawless bloom the
purple plumes of alfalfa tamely massed i
beyond the-wire fence at the left. A
little jway, and the course of the river
had encircled tho alfalfa field, almost
, creeping up to the very feet of the sau
, dy, flower strewn hillside, tho water
here pent up like a beaver dam into a
wde, ; drowsy : pool, its surface jpst
faintly stirred with the wind, like the
brtath of a sleeping babe. As a finger
. upoii its 'lip saying, "Hush!" the reflec
tion of a'-dead. tree fell in a clear, gray
white-line, and lush green things spread
their broad leaves on the shallows in a
coverlet wrought through with threads
of gold.. . :
Beyond the river made another de
tour, leaving bare a long crescent of the
valley land, upon which a young forest
of .-rank -.growth had' established itself.
Now, coming from , the brilliant sun
shine, it seemed a soft green twilight
under the thickly interlaced boughs of
t Cottonwood and box elder, and the wild
roses, of which there were many, were
wan and pale as funeral wreaths.
f. harmonies that weirdlv thrilled
uarre ! whispered among the tree
!,.wth aowaaid then a feharp, crack-
i of discord, as though a string i
of thlrwind harp might have broken, !
and of a sudden, with a startling whir,
came a jack rabbit in a scatter brained
race, frightening the girl intoku absurd
impulse of imitation, so that she, too, .
found herself running for ;s st?)w two,
emerging after a moment upu'- the open
hillside beyond in"breatlil&-' laughter :
it herself.
Sho sank-'dwn here upon the steep
slope of-the ground, looking up the val
ley, where the flash of the creek shone
out in many a ; : twist : and turn, like a
chain of jewelsthrown down cu the liip
of the meadows. -Strange pungent smells
'from the marshy borders of the creek
(mingled with subtle whiffs of flower
fragrance as in a tangled skein, and
the rustling of the" trees behind soumied
mur'murously like a conchshell held at
the ear. -The light wind touched tho
girl's cheek, likea sentient caress, play
ing with the loose fringe of hrir across'
her forehead as though with tho ten
derness of a lover.. :
All day shq had been troubled, and
the solitude was southing ai:i gr.-jte-'
ful. A letter from Marshall Woodbury
had told her that he was soon to pass
through Denver on n trip to San Fran-,
Cisco. In the hurry of business he could
not stop to turn aside into the wilds .of
Wyoming to see her, but he begged
that she would come to Denver, where
he knew she " was later to visit her
friend Mrs. Hall, that he might see her
there as he passed through. It happen
ed that before the receipt cf this letter
she had been planning to make this pur
posed visit at the very time he desired
it, being urged thereto by Mrs. Ilallet,
who had begged her to come before tho
city's heat became more intolerable, but
nowv if - die went, shej 'petulantly told
' herself, it would seem to Marshall
Woodbury as simply a granting of his
wish,' and - regarded in that light it
would practically be conceding every
thing. It seemed to her that he hud
taken an unfair advantage of the situa
tion in thus, as it were, striving to
force her answer. It did not once occur
to her that had there been any moiety
of love's real passion in her heart she
must have instinctively yielded to his
wish and gloried iu the yielding.
A Eotsud behind her caused her to
turn hir head, to see.Paui' Erown hur
rying down the hill; cpming toward
her. .'".: x
. "Oh, Miss Ellery, I am so glad I
happened to meet you," ho rather
breathlessly began, and it was not until
afterward that Edith reflected that a
person at the barns seeing her go by
might easily have hurried after her by
that other trail over the hills so as ro
uake this seeming happening a matter
"2t)r mticn wsa mrrprise tnan tui juuuni
man roario a point of exhibiting. "I
have btwn wanting to meet you to apol
ogize lor my rudeness the other day.-"
The pi'vl had ris'-n o her feet and
etfvd siai-iuj: sit him coldly. "The other
d-.rrl'" i-hc!.nvly nut ated, as though
maki ig ;jn tlfort to rniei'iher.
"In "regard to tho photographs, "l:e
hurru
If explained, evidently eoiis2rt$r- r
abiv t:il:i aback bv the chill rcbutr of ,
her tone. " S
'Oh, that?" she replied, with an airy j
little smile of supreme mdiftei-ence.
"Don't sneak of.it, Mr. Brown. '"It was
not of the slightest consequence. ' , ' creased, and I was in debt almost be
'."o yu, Miss Ellery, probably w-xt, j fore I knew it harassed and worried
but to me it was of the greatest conse- j to death to keep aiong at the pace, yet
queiice. it lias mane me miserame evi.-i ,
"Why, how pv feet absuro! sho '
cried, cr.;er.ing her eyes suriiiisedly. "I .
assure you that I have never given tho j
matter a moment's thought. " Thus the j
best of women may fib upon occasion.
"Of course if yon did not want t: bo
photographed "it was perfectly proper
that yoa should let me know. "
"But. I did wish it," he cried impul
sively. "I was delighted that you were
taking something away with you that
now and then when you had gone east
again must make you giveme a thought j with sketches of our lives, and espe
whothcr you would or not. Eut the oth- j cially of our athletic prowess. My
h er dav ah, how can I expiain it? But !
can you not imagine wnat a man mu&s
feel i:i,i position like mine held down
by social barriers as inexorable as the
laws oi the Modes ar.d Persians? Can
yon nui ui.iioi.stand that it should at
times ninks rue so savage that"
"E-Kt ;rre v.a not a huiu unreasona
ble, I
':ho .-
..?!?" she raid as he paused,
remonstrance of her tone yet :
souuUi::g oai
And then a certain
301D '
otlhiiig iu Lis' eves seemed to' rouse
her to li ener feeling, and sho added,
upbraidT!2Jly, indignantly: "Wh: t pos
sible right havo you to complnin if you
havo I let yourself, bo put down behind
any social barriers yon. a '.nau who
might have wis.de of yourself what you
would, fur I know you have not al
ways been a horse trainer. I know that
you have the education of a gentleman. ' '
"Yes, education began a gentleman,
but horse breaking finished him, you
see," ho returned, with a dry laugh.
'But ah, Miss Ellery, don't blame me
too severely. If you .knew I wivh you
did know. Will yon let me explain my
self to you? Nobody about here knows
my story. I have tried to forget that I
had a story, but if you would listen I
would like so much to tell-it to you."
Edith hesitated,' glancing about un- 1
certainly. "It is growing late," she!
murmured, "but perhaps I can stay a j
few minutes longer. "
' 'Thank you so much. " His tone was
eloquent of satisfaction as he chose a
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. Tltc airl ltad rixen to ficr ft'et.
scat by her fee. "And now what shall
i tell you? The story of my troubles?
Ah, it is a dreary subject.
"Oh, if you would rather not tell
it" ' . "
"But I want to very much if you will
really have patience to listen. And even
if I did not wish it" hesitating, with
a short laugh "well, it would "seem a
tunall price to pay for the pleasure of
Sitting here with you like this."
'.'Oh, if you are only going to pay me
silly compliments" she exclaimed in
an offended tone, making as though she
would rise.
- "But I am.Kj&kIiss Ellery. " He was
genuinely. -gRiger?'BPtb.8 movement.
' Iot ano'iher word of tho sort shall
pass my lip.-;, I pledge you, my word.
1 will be i-s barely civil as you could
wish if yoti will o:;Jv stay. I will apol
ogize over and over again for that one i
slip of the tongue."
"One apqlogy will be enough per
haps, "she. said, with an irrepressible
little 'snvile which she knew undid all
her previous-severity,-' yet. rather to her
own surprise, seeming impelled to re
sijiue her seat and listen, although she
felt die orght to 'go.' "But shall we
return to om-moutous? 1 am waiting
-XSri-tho story. "
is tlie story of another prodigal
?on, you must know, "-he said, looking
up with a faint, sardonic smile, "only
" iii this case the swine, as a rule, have
refused to divide, and there is no finale
of veal. " . ; ,
"Yes," she assented, a certain coldness
in her tone. Was he going to tell hei
that his sin had been so very black?
She felt sharply impatient for him to
go on, to prove to her, if he could, that
her instinctive trust in him had not
been misplaced. .
"I was not really such a bad sort."
He spoke as if ho had read her thought.
"But too much was expected of me. My
father was' very religious, and before I
was born, I believe, had dedicated me
to the ministry.. It was an awful dis
appointment to him that as I grew old
er I showed no sort of inclination for
the calling, and when I went to college
-well, I did not behave as a foreor
dained theologue ought, I am afraid. I
was not fast, according to college stand
ards, but I was a tremendously muscu
lar fellow, taking to a boat and all man
ner of athletics as naturally as a duck
to water."
"-,;nt there was nothing wrong in
that surely?"
"The wrong happened to lie in a
string of broken promises, for my father
looked upon ball an i . boating as mere
devices of the evil one to encourage
idleness and dissipation, "while all secret
societies lie hated as nch as the devil
is supposed to hate ho.'y water, and so
with these things I was solemnly pledg
ed in advance to have nothing to do,
and the pledges were broken. "
"But your father was unreasonable
to have made such demands."
"I quieted my conscience by think-
ing so, but it did not sav me from the
natural way of the transgressor. Prob
ably my father gauged my capacity liet
ter than I, after all, and knew that I
could not, serve twro masters. At all
events, although I improved my stroke
to a point of which I wasnot a little
proud," he went on, with a smile that
wag not merry, "I went home the first
year loaded down with a string of con
ditions which kept me grinding all sum
mer. That f al I went back all braced
up with good resolutions, determined
to score a record as 'a dig' and nothing
else. I really meant it, but in an e-vi;
hour I was persuaded to take an oar ia
our class crew, and the next thing, aii
other fellow falling out, I found myseli
pulling stroke and proud of it. vAnd to
make matters worse it had develcieu
law
inut i was a pfatty ruir pitcner, so tnat
I was occasionally called in as substi
tute 'on our class nine, and hy this time
pride in my prowess har so chloroforni
Yd my conscienno that 1 vcut nlc-ng on
the priiiciplo tliat I inigltv as well he
bring for a sheep, as for a fctci ?.-. J va.sno-
ly exjieeted a day of reek, muy; &abq
tini( but it never enterea liiy nead ijiei-t
it could be what it 'was. v Ayit.i all.iay
-athletic laurels had come presurj to i , -
join one of the college ,societ-J.es, or
course, and equally, of course, feoiimj :
I chose' to join the best. Expenses in-
ueipiess to stop vnen ,once i uau goi
started. Well, I came out bo
.'ow in
believ
scholarship that year that I
nothing but my athletic record saved
me from teiug dropped, and when I
went home I knew from my father's
maimer that I was almost in -hopeless
disgrace. And, as if it could not rain
without a pour, it happened -that era
crew had just won in a race a small
affair, but a victory so unexpected that
we were lauded to the skies, whilo
one gabbling sheet even went on to
give an all around puff to the boys,
name figured at the head in largo type,
and not a detail was omitted that could
help ruin mo at home. Even my college
society had to appear in tho tale. Of
course this was the paper which . fell
into my father's hands. He had been
disappointed enough before, but now he
was angrier than I had ever imagined
he could be. This explained why I had
nothing hut disgrace to show for all the
wasteful and unwarranted erpenso of
my college lift. Hi3 eon's naino blazon
ed in print as a boating man, forever
smirched with tho stigma of association
with sporting men I His sou convicted
cf deliberate lying and swindling! For
hai I not stooped to extort money from
him, ostensibly for legitimate espensHS,
which. I had meanly purposed all the
whilo to use for these disgraceful pur
suits and pleasures with which I had
been in honor bound to havo nothing to
do? His son playing tho role of confi
dence man, thief, against tho purse of
his own father! Oh, Miss Ellery, it was
terrible! My father lived such a repress-'
ed life, his religion seemed to keep him
so bound hand and foot, that, it always
appeared when ho did r let himself go
that he tho more utterly lost control
over himself. In this case he said his
worst, and then I left the house.
He
said that lie never wished to see my
face again, and he never has," a sob in
his voice as he turned his face away.
"But he did not mean it surely he
could not!" sho cried, her cheeks aflame.
"Ho said it, " his lips shutting dog
gedly together.
"But your mother?"
"My mother died when I was 17
years old. If she had lived, I might
have been a bet tt r fellow. "
' 'But did not your father retract his
cruel words when once, his anger was
over? Was he not willing.' to give you
another chance?"
"I did not wait to see. I said nrr
i watch to raise money and cama west. ' '
j Edith looked away, -a mist before her
j eyes. ' 'And will you tell me tho rest of
it?" she asked very gently after a .mo
j ruent. "Did you become a hor.-:e breaker
then?" -
i "I did not have tho good luck to be
1 come anything all at once. It appeared
i as if ail tho young men on earth had
j been moved to take Greeley's immortal
I advice and start west in a body at that
very time, and the majority seemed
much better equipped to wrestle with
j the problem of acquiring three meals a
day than I was. I did not know enough
I to keep a set of books, while I had a
i certain prejudice against dealing faro,
j and so I wasn't iu it to any extent,
Having at the same time a robust appe
tite, it became embarrassing I tried a
little of everything, even down to tak
ing a job as cook in a railroad camp,
where the miserable navvies came near
lvnchihg me,f or the cruel messes I served
them:" ;
"Yon cooked!" the girl ejaculated in
a sharp staccato, as it seemed, more
startled at this idea than Ly any sug
gestion of moral delinquencies.
"Excuse me, Miss Ellery, I did nor
say so," he replied, with grim amuse
ment. "I tried to cook upon one unhap
py occasion, driven by force of circum
stances over which I appeared to havo
no control. If I remember aright, I had
not had a square meal for a week when
I was reduced to that" desperate expe
dient. I told you, you know, that the
swine had not always behaved accord
ing to the Biblical precedent. "
"O-h!" she exclaimed, with a long,
gasping breath, unconsciously wringing
her hands. "How you must have suf
fered!" 1
"IjvasTather uncomfortable at times,
yes," he dryly agreed. "But finally I
drifted out on a roundup with a cattle
outfit, when ( it developed that I had
something of a knack for handling
horses, I got a position' as line rider,
which gave me opportunity to get onto
some of the peculiarties of these west
ern bronchos, and so in course of time
was evolved Paul Brown, horse break
er."" "And that is all?" I she murmured,
with a long breath, perhaps with more
kindness than she knew in the depths
of her brown eyes. i
"That is all. Merely the story of a
wasted life. "
"But surely it has not all been. wast
ed?" . ..
"I don't know what part can be fair
ly excepted. Certainly as a preparation
for broncho breaking the first 20 years
went f or thing, while, looked at from
the standpoint of the Old days, tho last
ten years have been utterly thrown
away. " ' -
"But I urn sure that even as a horse
breaker you must do your work better,
because ycuare a gentleman," she urg
ed warmly, "while you cannot regard
yourself as any less a gentleman because
you happen to be now a horse breaker. "
"Oh, don't be too kind to me," he
murmured unsteadily, turning his face
away. "I warn you it is dangerous. I
shall be forgetting the terms of our com
pact and saying something which you
will regard as complimentary. "
"I cannot stay to listen if you should, "
she exclaimed, rising hurriedly. "I
muse be going now. They will le won
dering what has become of me. "
"Won't you let me thank you first?"
rising also and coming close beside her.
"It -was so kind of you to stay and lis
ten. I don't think you can quite realize
what it is to me after all these years to
ba talking to a woman like you on tho
footing of a friend. And what you havo
just said all, how good it was of you
to say it it has almost restored my
faith in myself. It has made mo feel
that the gamo may be worth tho candle,
after all. "
"Ah, why should you doubt it?" Her
color was rising, but her eyes were elo
quent of kindness still. "Your luck has
turned. Nobody knows what successes
may be yours. For my part, I have no
doubt but you will be one of Wyoming's
cattle kings yet. " She laughed rather
constrainedly under the steady fire of
his eyes. "AH things come to him who
waits."
"May I believe that really, do you
think?" An odd light was in his eyes
as ho came a step nearer.
"Oli. -within certain limitations I
phoal 1 say it would be perfectly sal.
But now I really roust be going. "
"And may I walk back with you?"
"Oh, as to that" she returned, fal
teriii;: 'confusedly. .
"You prefer that I should not. Ah,
Miss Eilorv, the hor.se breaker is rather
m0TQ in evidence than the gentleman,
&fjer aii. "
"But I did not say"
- wa von did not, but I understand
sarae. But don't let it trouble
Vou: I don't complain. Indeed how could
I complain of anything so long as I re
member this hour? It is all right only,
will you shake hands with me, as a
frieud, before you go? You might do as
niueh as that for any chance acquaint
ance you met in the street, yon know."
Edith hesitated, blushing faintly,
biting her under lip nervously, "Why,
certainly, if you wish, " sho said alter
an instant, holding out her small, baro
hand to him. "Good afternoon, Mr.
Brown."
Paul Brown made no response in
words as he grasped tho kindly hand in
a close, clinging pressure, only as he
looked down at her his eyes spoke in a
j sudden, tumultuous message such as no
woman's heart could ever fail to under
stand mad, voiceless appeal which
I filled the girl with confused terror.
I Snatching her hand from his detaining
crasi). with a little . inarticulate excla-
IIiation, she almost ran from him down
tho steep trail into .the shadow of the
trees. She had a vague idea that she
ought to be very angry, a sense of won
der that she was not. Sho knew sho
was not. Sho was only frightened,
stunned. A wild impulse of flight was
upon her. Sho breathlessly told herself
that sho could never meet his face
again. She would like to escape from
the mad message of those eyes forever,
and with no thought of analyzing mo
tives or explaining her inconsistency in
that moment 'Marshall Woodbury had
rained his suit, l'lv.v mind of a sudden
was clearly settled she would meet
her lover in Deliver, and all should be t
as he wished.
, . CHAFTER V.
There was to bo a daneo at, tho. I X
Bar ranch, and Mis. Dennison, wife of
the resident manager, out of the kind
ness of her heart, sent a special invita
tion, urging the Ellery family to assist,
at the f auction.
"Ai:d I suppose tho poor woman i;s
not the remotest idea why we should
not go, " remarked Nelsine, with an air
of despairing appreciation of her m igh-
bor's hopeless simplicity.
"But why should wo not go?"--cried
Edith eagerly. "A genuine cowboy
dance! It oughWo bo no end of fun.".
"It is better than a circus," Hugh
declared, laughing with reminiscent en
joyment. "We took one in over at the
Campbells' awisilb. ago. It was no end
of a lark. As to the Denuisons, " glanc
ing interrogatively at his wife, "I should
hate to offend them. "
' "Yes," Nelsine admitted, with a
plaintive little sigh. "They are so ac
commodating in tho - matter . of butter
and eggs and chickens. But when it
comes to taking Edith to tho dance"
"But why not?", cried that young
woman in vigorous protest.' "Is it not
respectable?"
"Oh, pre-eminently respectable, but
as hopelessly mixed as heaven itself,"
laughed Hugh. "Tho best society will
be there as well as tho second best, all
pretty much alike as to gown and
grammar, all particularly freo and ag
gressively equal.'' '
"It is not a -private party, you must
know, " put in Nelsine parenthetically.
"The cowboys get it up among them
selves to celebrate the end ot the round
tip. The Deiinisons scarcely do more
than lend their house. The boys hire a
fiddler and such a fiddler! from a
ranch some 20 miles up the eoTintry.wbo
packs his wife and a parlor organ 'along
with his own especial instrument of
torture to the scene of festivities, whero
lie acts as master of ceremonies," while
as she paused Hugh eon tinned the tale,
delighting in the description: "The
dances are sold by numbers, 50 cents
for each opxiortr.uity having become
the established figure. You pay your
money, but then you don't take your
choice to any great extent, for the fid
dler, with strict impartiality, calls out
the numbers -before each dance, so that
one has only to find one's partner and
iu the recherche language commonly
employed on these joyous occasions
hoof it to the extent of his money's
worth, whether luck happens to have
given him a reel or a .redv.wa. This
simple arrangement has not only pecu
niary advantages to reeoimm nd it, but
it also works like a charm in preventing
any obstreperous cow puncher from de
manding more than his fall" share of
floor space and partners, a contingency
which has been known to lead to eni
barrassipg results iii this simple and
un trammeled society, where 'weapons are
always handy. "
"Ah, this is the west I have dreamed
about,", cried the girl delightedly,
"Surely, "S"lsine, there could be no
harm in going to look on for a little
while?" ' ;,' .', '
"I suppose it would please Mrs. Den-'
lison," her sister-in-law .thoughtfully
:lmitfecl, alive to the imp-irianco of
:;ohciliatiug so desirable a mighocr.
"But of course yon could not dance. "
But on the evening in question it was
settled that only Hugh1 and his sister
should accept Mrs. Benuison's invita
tion, Nelsine, even if sho had wished to
make one of the partys not liking to ask
Artalissa, who also had been invited,
to remain at home with the children.
Lato hours forarrival were not fash
ionable in (W Creek society, and it
w;as i i (he cool gray .twilight" that they
drov . down the winding natural road
al Di? he creek to tho I X ' Bar ranch,
J to fk u that, early as they were, many
bad - onie before them. Edith saw most
of th-j men belonging to the K 6 outfit
Mingled: in the groups that were loung
ing about the barns and corrals, while
Arta'issa, fresh as a rose in a pink cot
ton gown, was laughing with a couple
of women in tho doorway of the low
uupainted frame house.
Mr. Dennison, greeting them all with
cordial l;aii-fellow-veil-metship, led
the way indoors, and went to find his
wife, '-who was, as he ingenuously ex
plained to Edith's great amusement,
"in the lean to putting the last licks to
the. t uj Kr." A faint but unmistakable
Odor Of bo;1"d !H Tirrvaiii'"' tl' T'l?.?'?
: (To be -Continued.)
0 MORE EYE GLASSES,
-
MITCHELL'S
EYESAI.VE
A Certain Sate and Effective Remedy for
SDRE.WEAK and MMHB EYES,
l';-txt'i"inf Linif-Stfrcstettntiifi, ft ml
Jleateriu tlm Sight of t!te pltS.
r:: -es Tear Crops, Crcr.Hlation, Stye
1 iiiiiors. 2te! Eyes, Malted Eve Lashes,
AND PRODUCT?; n- QT-ICK HKLIEP
ANi FfcUMA.f fciT caitls. -
As cn c-qmJfy ,,;-.-,-. j,.r,i4 . !,.-! nnHl iu
'h.T si:tr..Si!s. 44.J Vi4Mnc. I'ncr
? rn km .., -h I' limn, Bnram,
iS hAl.v,K Mlv be usea to
C0L3 E ' U r'imSTS ST 2C CENTS.
-... .
BODIES BLOWN INTO ATOMS.
Four of the Bortie of the l'n fortunate
Butte Firemen Mot .Vet Found.
Bi'TTK, Mont., 'January. 18.- Thedead
reported thus far as the result of the
explosion number 53 and the injured 66.
The bodies of four of the firemen have
not vet been recovered. Their bodies
were undoubtedly blown into ' frag
ments. The inquest began yesterday
afternoon. Coroner Richards had em
panelled a jury but County Attorney
Wines discharged them and ojrdered an
other of representative men. The in
vestigation will be a searching one.
Kussiau Petroleum Uutiable.
Washixgtox, January 13. The trea
sury department has received -information
through the secretary "of state that
the governments of Russia and Peru
imposed a duty upon imported petrole
um and its products. So petroleum im
ported into the l' idled States from
those countries will bo subject to a
duty of 40 per cent.
KliilOKof the MetieaheeH.,
The State Commander writes us from
Lincoln, Neb., as follows: "After
trying otljer medicines for what seem
ed to be a very obstinate cough in our
children we tried Dr. King's New Dis
covery and at the end of two days the
cough entirely left them.- We will not
be 'without it hereafter,-as our expen
ence.r ' i' - a where all
oliis. ; i'. u.v;!ii :. i ." -.Mte'.i 1' . V .
Stevt-ns, State 'Commander.- Why not
give this great medicine a trial, as it is
guaranteed and trial bottles are free at
Margrave's Drugstore? Regular size
50c and $ 1. '1 -.'-.'
jivi! nespuftt tiiiike on 1 lie Oaltnws.
Savannah'. (la., January 19. Eddie
Davis.. sentenced to hang yesterday for
the muriit-r ot Willis J.rovvne in Janu
ary ISM 1, was respited by Governor At
kinson ycsterilav morning until Feb
ruary 15th. The execution was delayed
to await a teU-trrnin from the governor.
Jackson vii.i.e. Fla.. January VJ.
There have been no new 'developments
in the icase of
the yacht Lagonda at
Fernandiiia.
r
. Iis o!u':ou lxpM-t.,il iii Italy. .
;. Rome,! Italy. .January - il. It is ex
pected Ihut. a roya decree dissolving
the' Italian parliament will soon be ia
saed. Yainahlr -Arqnisltiuu to ionn-'it Industries.
(MK. iii.. .(.a'Tiao-y -1. tine ot trie
est of the esst t n cotton mills will
establish a .tdJO.OOJ
da:it here.
A Wioe tisMtii. j
West Corinth, Maine "I doctored
for years for bi liousness, but nothing
ever '. helped-"me like Simmons Liver
Regulator. I shall lake nothing else
'hereafter." ,r. M. Oakinan. Your
druggist St. lis it in liquid or powder,
the powder to he taken dry or made
into a. tea.
101915: "You needn't tell me that
Mary l'arsay is not more than 23 years
oh
. She is nearer 43, and i can prove
it
"iU.t how?"
'just you watch hr when she goes
to cross a muddy stret-t. Just notice
how she grabs at her -trousers, to hold
them out of the mud., the way women
did 20 years ago, when they wore
skirts.'.' Indianapolis Journal.
EGZEMi
From early child-1
hood until 1 was1
grown my family ,
spent a fortune
trying to cure me of this disease. I
visited Mot springs, ana was treated
by the best medical men, but was not ,
'benefited. CEf2LX When all ,
1 things had failed I
determined to try is. h. S.. and in
tour montns was entirely cured. 1 lie .
1 terrible Eczema was gone, not a sign
of it left; my general health built up, ,
'and I have never had any return of.
the disease. O II 1 1 Hllfinn
1 have since I.mi Mi l
1 recommended " " -
S. S. o a number of friends for skin dis
eases, and have never yet known a failure to
cure. GEO. W. IRWIN. Irwin. Pa.
JNever fails to etire. '
even after ail otber
remedies have. Our
Treatise on Blood and
Skin Diseases mailed I
free to any address.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.
.WANTED
Agents for the- N
Harriss Steam Dye Works,
Raleigh, N. C.
Will dye a garment free .as a sample.
Address
Harriss' Steam Dye Works,
Raleigh, N. C.
D. W. HARRISS, Manager.
JOHN GASTON,
Fashionable Barber,
Nash St., WILSON, N. C.
F.asy chairs, razors keen;
Scissors sharp, linen clean.
For a shave you pay a dime
Only a nickle to get a shine;
Shampoo or hair -:ut Pompadour ,
Vou nav the sum of t wentv cents mort
INSURANCE.
FOR
Ixe Xns-u.rsLn.ee
Call on me, at the oftire of W. E. War
ren & Co., over First National Hank.
4-iQ-iV ? H. G. WHITEHEAD.
ADMINISTRATOR'S- NOTICE.
I laving q-ualified as executor of the
last will and testament of JrTo. A. Lane
deceased, notice is hereby given to all
persons having; claims against said
Jno. A. Lane to present them on or be
fiie tlie iotli da of Jan. 7896, duly
authenticated or this notice i will be
plead in bar of their recovery. And
all persons indebted to said estate will
come forward and make immediate
pavment. -
' 1 1. 15: LANE.
, . Executor.
Jan. 10, 1S95. 6t.
DM IN' I ST R ATO R'S I j OT I C E
1 laving qualified 41s executor-of the
last will and testament of 1. K. lirink
ley deceased, iu)tice is hereby given to
all persons having claims against said
B. K. . Brinkley to present them for
payment on or before the 10th day of
JQn 1S96, duly authenticated, or "this
notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. And all persons indebted to
s;iid estate will come forward and make
immediate settlement.
E. K. BRINKLEY,
Executor.
Jan. 10th, 1895. 6t.
T3ars ami wrappinur imper for sale by the
Advance Publishing Company.
Beyond Comparison.
Are the good qualities possessed by
Hood's Sarsaparilla. Above all it
purifies the blood, thus strengthening
the nerves; it regulates the digestive
organs, invigorates the kidneys and
liver, tones and builds up the entire
system, cures scrofula, dyspepsia,
catarrh and rheumatism. Gei Hood's
and only Hood's. i
Hood's Pills cure all liver ills, bil
liousness, jaundice, indigestion, sick
headache. 2 sc.
A Writer fir the I'apem.
"I always said John wuz a-go,in' to
make his mark in the vvorl'."
"What's he been a-tloin' now?"
"Why, he's gone an' wrote a piece
fcr the papers!"
"Do tell!"
"Hit's a fac'!" "
"An' what does he say in it?"
"Well, the fust line says his name,
in big letters, an' the next says as how
he's the best butcher in town, with his
prices the lowest, and hanged if any of
'em kin sell chcaper'n what he kin!"
Atlanta Constitution. - -
The Value of a Kl ieud.
Cornelia, I. a. "For over six years I
was greatly troubled with constipation
and biliousness, and was often unable
to work. At the suggestion of a friend
I tried Simmons Fiver Regulator, and
am new free of these troubles.", .Har
rison Tartaton. Your druggist sells it
in powder or liquid; the powder to be
taken drv or made into a tea.
Alarming Iiiformxii.,1).
Young Baxter "Pop, here's a long
article in der paper about de opposi
tion off Mars."
Old Baxter "Mem cracious! Mark
everyt'ing down 20 per cent, quivck!"
Good News.
Q ECULIAR in combination , pro
- jiortion and preparation of ingredi
ents, Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses great
curative value. You should TRY IT.
"Must I," he whispered "ask y ur
mama first?"
She shook her head.
"No," she answered,' "you did right
to ask me first. I am entitled to that
handicap on account of my being a
Widow." Detroit Tribune.
Thousands
of Women
Suffer untold miseries from a sense of deli
cacy they cannot overcome.
BRADFIELD'S
By arousing to
healthy
action all her
organs.
Female Regulator,
ACTS AS R SPECIFIC
It causes health to bloom, and joy to reign
throughout the frame. '
It Never Fails to Cure.
"M wlfB has been under trentmpnt of
leadine phyplciuns three years, without uent
tit After usUik three bottles of Bradtleld's
i Female Regulator she can uo her own
cooking, milkniK and washiiit!."
A.a. dki a, neuuenua, aiu.
BEADFIEI.D REGULATOR CO., Atlanta. Gs.
Sold by drulpt at Bl.OO pPr bottlr.
Wood & Shinnies.
1 I have Cypress Shingles on hand at
all times and will sell cheap.
SAWED WOOD,
-WELL SEASONED,
always on hand and- can he furnished
at short notice. Yard on Railroad,
West side oTTish Street,
n-im-3 c N NURNEY. "
H. A. TUCKER & BR0.,
DEALERS IN
Granite, Marble, and Brownstone,
Monuments and Headstones.
Building Work Furnished at
Short Notice, of Granite, ,
Marble, Brownstone,
and Sandstone.
DOORS, WINDOW SILLS, LIN
TELS AND STREET CURBS
ALWAYS ON HAND...
310 H. Front St., Wilmington, N. C.
Life, Fire, and Accident
INSURANCE.
I represent the largest Fire
Insurance Company in the
world '
Liverpool, & London & Globe,
and many others as reliable as
those of any agency in the
State. Place your insurance
with me and it will be safe.
E. F. McDANIEL.
Nash Street.
Dress Making :
AND
MILLINERY
I lavine: engaged Mrs. Parkes, a fash
ionable and long experiences dress
maker of New York City, we are pre
pared to give you the
Latest Stylo and Cut.
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
ALSO
HATS of all KILVDS
AT
Miss Mary Hines.
Next door to McCraw's cash store,
Tarboro street.
Mexican
Mustang
Liriment
for
Burns,
Caked & Inflamed Udders.
Piles! v
Rheumatic Pains,
Bruises and Strains.
Running Sores,
Inflammations,
Stiff joints,
Harness & Saddle Sores,
Sciatica, .
Lumbago,
Scalds,
Blisters,
Insect Bites,
All Cattle Ailments,
All Horse Ailments,
All Sheep Ailments,
Penetrates Muscle,
Membrane and Tissue
Quickly to the Very
Seat of Pain and
Ousts it in a Jiffy.
Rub in Vigorously.
Mustang Liniment conquers
I'ain,
Makes Han or Beast well
again.
A
1 LANTIC COAST LINE.
W1LMINGTON&WELDONR.R
- AND BRANCH F.S,
AND FLORENCE RAJUKUAU
rONUF.NSF.D SCHKDULF.
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A i- Wilmington.. .
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TRAINS GOING NORTH
HAIKU
,):tii. 7,
(AM i V M !
Ijnv Klorence ..! '.i i " li
Lv Kayettevilltf..! Hi in ' ' !' :
Li u vc Mjlrna 1 1 r:. , ,
Arrive v ilsnn !:: V. II 1"
Tart mu'i i. ..... t i
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Lv Wilminirton.. .i !Hhi ! :
Icavi Mairn-lui..' 10 -I:' 1 !
I.em'ti (inllshfv ' 11 ;fc" ; i i
Arrive Wilson ... I:J rt : !
ll'Mj V M
Leave Wiisun -i( lll:!tl
Ar Itocky Mount. 1 4S ) ir!
Arrive Tarlioro . .i Uii j ... .
Lv Kocky Mount.' 1 M j I 12(12
Arrive SVeMou. . .! : 1(1 ! - 12 55
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t Daily ext-opt Moiula v. X Daily except Nuir
day- .
Train on Scot land Neck branch roail leaves
AYeklonUMO p in. Halifax 4:15 p in, arrive- cot
iarul Neck at 4:55, (; reenville (i:!!7 p in. Kiustim
7 .:" i iu. !!et ii in '.lit; leaves Kinston 7:i a in.
(irceiiville H:22. arriving Halifax at 111:55, Wei
don 11:20 a in. daily except Sunday.
Trains on Wasliiiifrlon iraneli i ave Waslr-
nirttin 7:00 a ill, arrives J'arnicle H:40 a in, Tar
lioro 0:50 a m; returning leaves Tarlioro 4 :."( I p
ni, l'armele ti:10 p m. arrives Washington 7::i5
p m, daily except Sunday. Coimrcls with
trains on Scotland Neck liranch.
Traill leaves Tar bom, N. i'., daily, except
Miriuity at :1:1m p in. sinulay :i:W p m: arrive x
Plymouth H:(K) p 111, 5;iKI 111. Hetnrmnif leaves
Plymouth daily, except Sunday, ii:00 a 111, ar
rive, Tarboro !i::0 a 111 and ll:4: a m.
Tram on lMidlauil N. ('. branch leaves (iolds
boro daily, exce'd. Mindav. iM a in. arnnrni
Snuthlield a 111; returning leaves Smith
field H:KI-u m: arrive at (ioldsboro 0:.'I0 a in.
Trams on Nashville branch leave Kocky Mt.
at iM p 111: Nashville 5:05 p m; Spring Hojie
5:110 i in. lieturiiinjr fiuves Spring Hope
rt:iHla m, Nashville X::i a in., arrive at Kocky
Mount !i:0.:, daily except. Sumluy.
Trains 011 i,ai ta branch, Florence railroad.
leave i.aiui 11:411 p 411. arrive liuiinar ,::ii pin.
liet iirmntr leae Ditnbar ii::i(l a 111, arrie I.atta
7:5nam. (iailv except Minihiv.
Tram on Clinton brtinch leaves Warsaw for
I. Imton dally except Simday, at 4:10 p 111. 1
turning leaves t'linton at 7:0 a in, eonneet intf
ai narsaw wnn main line trains.
Train No. 7H makes close connection at Wei
don lor all points north daily, all rail vm
Kichmond. and dail v e.vt ept Sut'.day via l'orts
inouth and Hay lane. .Also at Kocky Mount
with Norfolk and 'arohiia rail roal lor Nor
lolk daily, alid afl points north iaNor!o:k,
chilly except Sundav.
JOHN i DIVINK. Oen'l Snpt.
J. Ii. KF.NI.V, (len l Marmtrer.
T. VI. EMKUSON. Ttiiilie Munacf-r. '
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Dr. ft 0. HYATT'S Sanitorium,
Kinston, N. C.
DISEASES OF THE EYE AND
GENERAL SURGERY.
THE COUPER MARBLE WORKS,,
in, "13 a.d 115 Bank St.,
. NORFOLK, VA.
Large stock of finished
Monuments, Gravestones, Sec
Ready for shipment.
Designs free.
lUil ,n-m n ..,,.,.1 ,' ' - .. T !
W.L, Douglas
rjF IS THE BEST.
VD lit iVU FIT FOR A KING.-
V FRENCH & ENAMELLED CALF.
' 'V3 Fine Calf SlKangaroi
.-3 tl Ronnnrr -
- EXTRA FINE- M-.
;2.l.75B0YSSCHC3LS!J.3:i
LADIES-
SEND FOR CATALOGLE
Over One Million People wear the
W. L. Douglas $3 & $4 Shoes
AH our shoes are equally satisfactory
Th?y Rive the best value lor the mnr.e . I
They equal custom Shoes In style an J (it. k
Thsir wearing qualities are unsurpassed.
Vie rrlce'J are uniform, -stumped on sole ft
Frin Si ta $3 saved over other mukt"!. " f
If your dealer cannoi supply you we can. ,k - oki by
YOUNG BROTHERS,
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Equitable Life Assurance
Society in the Department of
the Carolina, wishes to, sc- t
cure a few Special Kesident
Atrents. Those who are iitU d $
for this work will find this f
q
A Rare Opportunity
It s7corl however, and those
0
who succeed best in it possess
character, mature judgment,
tact, perseverance, and the
respect of heir community.
Think this matter over eare-
fully. There's an unusual
opening for somebody. If it
J fits you, it will pay you. Fur
---r- a -
W. J. Roddey, Manager, J
t Rock Hill's. C
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ISSOLUTION NOI IcK!
'I he copartnership neretoloro oximi: j
betwei'ii T. J. U-iullt-y ;ind . V: li.i j
lev innier tlie Cirm n:iii'c of I'. . : .
C. Hafilev, is this day dissolved 'V
mutual vnKnt. All persons iiuicln. d
to tlie- f:
come 1'
once,
jiin 1
.('iiriK siiy 1 l-(IH sit il
.1 nd ma k t- si-tin im 1.1
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The Man or Worn;
who has boii' 'Tit
in
ill
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Woollen & Stevens,
Will tell you, that is. tne pl.ict.
to i?v.t the' Best Ciootls lor
the least money.
t
Cliamberlan'ts Eyo and Skin Ointmen
Is iiiieqiii.llwl lor lussemn, Tt-ltc-r, Nili
Rlienm, SciiW J lead, 8ore tipples, t'li: .p i
llitnds, In hiiijj 1'iles, Ilurns, Frost I'.iu -,
(;hronicSiiro Kyr-sand ( mutilated I Wc Li'i.
For xile by driiiuisbi at 2;" cents per box.
TO HORSlToWN-EBS.
For puttinrr a horse in a line healthy con
dition tiy Dr. Cady's Condition I'vilers.
'iliey tone np tho system, aid dii-eslioii, cure
loss of iipjietite, relieve ;(instipiuion, coi n i t
kidney (lisordors and destroy worms, jriviui:
new life to air old or over-worked liot ;-c. '-
cents per packujrc. I'or sale by dru-int
AND
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you aaeMacg c".-. ' .'.:
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snri as t!.io K'Zi r, 1
ClaT E;ia!!a Aui j - I. :
Sv.ins I?lacliiRC3 ft:1 ' '
Cail on our c.-cut o;-
a it. V9 ( .-.-:,-!:;:'-o.l .
JlaoIiJec fr Ci'0.0 J, r s
Sowing SZ" -7:;r;c far -r -. ..
can l;7 irosi v.,i or -":-
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wur T riui n i o.
CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT? For a
rjfiTiitit auawer and an lioiiwt opinion, writt- to
"i I A: '0 who uave bad nunrlv tifty vtars'
ex)nnse In the patent buif.n. ftmniunira-.
tionswrictly conllderitiiil. A llandbonk t l
lorui;tt.ion cono-rniMi; I'atrnN and liow ui !.-
- tun i sent tre. a1m h catalinzue of .-ntxhuu-ica!
ami scientific books wsnt f in.
I rateiita taken tlironuti Mann Co'rpreiv
jpecial nuticem tlie Orient i lie A merion 11. a'U
iuub are brou-iht widely before tli piihlic wiUi
OUI cost Ui tbe inventor. '1'hln kpI.'ihIk! eatx r.
tssueU wp(;k)y. elegantly ilintrat.'.l,bas hy fur ti n
liircest cn-culntion of any acientiDc work iu tliu
w'if year. Sample copies sent free.
Kulldmif KJitlon, montlily, J3& year. finale
opies, ji. cents. Kvery iiuuiImt coiitiiin benu
tilnl plates, in colors, and pbotOKrapbH f n- w
lioupes. witti plann, unablme builderB to nhi.w tlio
iat't flpsiens anil ne-un; eontrarts. Alln;H -
& CO, tw Voiili, al IiliOAKWAY.
Soifl o"T,LTl.t. no r:nt. tirt roMill v. Afl' --'-
Xo City. Villii or Coum ry. Nwi:ni j -
nonia. Hiuf, Kt.ire una otbeq. ittmitt -' v ii-
iftnoe autl lwr T.,llr on earth.
Arrnlii aakt from KA to fiSO pr da' .
Ijiip in rmidenr mnn n hal to all t V-o
nmjthbftni. Finn ia!trummt. no toy, work
anywhere, any difttanfe. Complete, nutdy lor
one when ahipi ed. Can be put op by any dm.
never ont of order, no renairinu, luMt a life)
time. Warranted. A money mnker. Write
MT. P. Harrison & Co.. Clerh 10, Columbus. 0.
NOTICE. .
I wast every man and woman in the United
States interested in the Optnm and Whisk?
habits to bare one of bit book on these dis
eaaeft. Address B. M. Woolley, Atlanta, Ua,
Sox 882. asd one will be sent 70a free.
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