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7" r ) MMaiifcaatiM-- qV v ::-,::?cci of the cw.ba iifth meeting SS!S - 55?!5Cp.0 : 7 tj.votea to her droit 2 o'clock ia .jjggfefe'" .a-a-. i tho tinrrang that she ought to retire, Ipfi WM TT'f f herheaithinmostcoUcitous SfA mi;-ht better ha here, where I cau . I T I I WC If Lents! ft I I ronM roe the back i-i Ikt liiwi and Iter Klionlrtf r nrnl ono nnn. which v.is hrro to tho dhow nd loffcct very whito i?, t!f) moonlight. Mm wns Fit Lin;? in a v.-'mdo-.v r.nd I in tlx? n-xt one. but fIio was mi:iv-re of my prncci. Should I qwak to her? Oar ncqr.aint jinco vr.s really very blight. True, we li:id lived in tho sruro honss fcr nearly u year. but it was n Iod;;ins house, and the inhabitant strayed ont into the ii; -j'.rorlKd for their snstcniRnce. tlm l:'cl:ii:s tho common sorrow of a board in;? ho'r.so t".Mo to draw them together. T.lisu Caverly and I exchanged greetings when v.o mot at the door or in the halla, but that hardly justilicd mo in opening n convocation from my window to hers nt 1 o'clock ia the mornin;,'. Yet I want: cd t do it. Wliil.! I was donating tho question tho lady was leaning f.ir ont from her lofty porch it whs tho top story and gazing npon tho -moon. Have u cam Miss Caverly," said I. "ov yon'll fall ont of tho window." -Noilun waW Inw Iwn moro likely to prcclpitato prcli a rutawiropho than my R-ajlcil and st::rt lir.r; remark, bnt modern i-nivr.lrons man will ont a lady to any amount of inconvenience for the Kilro.of Boominjc to perforin a service for lier. However, in this instance no harm cctne of it. TI;o lady turned abont hastily . bnt withor.t alarm. W'hat!" rlio cried. ."Another vic ' tint of inr.omnia?'." ITq?.- hs njpjittvr of fact. I hrd jtsst con'd in nnsPlii-.d nic.uo no attempt to Bleep.' -Tm't I rb-ald not tbll her that. It wonld havo spoiled, a conversation. So I said that sleep ref riscd to visit mypil .low. "SleeplCsnneP9 U very .distressing,' rhe Siiid, with' tlio 'air'of oho who had sTvlTercd ranch. . '; I h-r.rr'er.';ed'!i;:t -t .!'- r.rr'ut teo hot-for Rla?p,' bnt . fchj r- ICopyrlgbt, 1800, by tlie Aatlio.l h! tl'.nt i-h'? i and made ourselves exceedingly com fortable. By and by wo even ventured to uplift or.r voice:'., very softly, in an old f .miliar chorns. a melancholy strain that, seemed to make us all very bine. When tho fons was ended. Gal?, whom I had lone? suspected of being a hypochondriac, lienn to tell ns how much he suffered from insomnia and to describo the ineffectual attempts that ho had made in the l?.st four or five years to bring sleep to his pillow. It api;er.red also that Gravest, who was a healthy looking yonng Englishman, had had only a wink or two of sloop since the first of tho year. Ho admitted that ho was in love, but doubted that that accounted for the phenomenon. A3 for Mrs. Gale, nho simply could not sleep at nil. She believed thv.t the locality was nnhealthf'il and intimate! that Fifth avenne and it3 vicinity, especially if oho owned n residence there, would probably r.olvo tho problem of slumber. , Now, ns a matter or tact, l Bleep oei ter than the jivtrago of my species, bnt I have a natnrr.l oincliiiation toap- - At jI.a lncxperienccl in matters inai are r ditsoti&.r.Gn in a T:i cral company, ko I told a few f:ncifr.l yams that put mo within tho palo of sympathy, and I wr.3 very mr.ch Ratified to observe that they imprr ;::ed Miss Caverly. This yonng woman, whoe beauty as she sat there in tho moonlight I then appreciated for the first time, was the only one of ns to exhibit any reticence. This circ'inu-taneo led mo to the conclu sion that she was the cno.who really knew what insomnia was, and I felt a strong curiosity regarding her case. She seemed to be in good health; and I could not believe that tho childliko in nocence of her faca was a mask for any weighty secret. mr.cU less for any deep regret II: was an intcrn-ting problem. Vo kV.-S ot th-.t ro;..f till 4 o'clock in the morr.ir.'r I do not Jniow how tho peat rmd WE CREPT BY HIM UNOBSERVED. did not mind hot weather. I might have had a lot of fun trying to find ont what demon' of the mind was robbing ' this innocent child of her slumber, but a fcsock' at my door interrupted me. Tho visitor was Hallett Graves, another denizen of tho top floor, and ' ho had coino to borrow matches. Graves was likely to borrow anything at any hour from ' any person and equally ready to lend. Ho said that he'd given np trying to others fp.rvl during tho remainder of the ni'iht: bnt. as for mo, I slept liko a dead man, and when the servant w&ked me ns usual at ii o'clock I threatened to shoot him. j However, whim the Insomnia club. ns Graves had named it. drifted into a j meeting on the following midnight I ' Was quite ready to take my place. They I elected me president of the club, and ! then I had tokeepawakoif it killed me. i Yet I am free to confess that if the Bleep, and was going ont for a walk with i tender sentiments with which I was he Mr. and .Mrs. Gale also ton floor peo ple who wero'iri the same difficulty. ""That accounts-for us all," said I, 0d then I informed Mi?s Caverly of the facts and asked if sho would try the effect of a midnight stroll, with Mrs! Galo for chaperon. She ngreed readily, and in a few min utes we were all in the hall,, which was hotter than, an "oven. ' I expressed tho belief that the street wouldn't be much cooler, and then some one suggested go-' Sng to tho rppf. "It'sno Rood," said Graves, "but I'll tell yon what we might do. There's a fire escape balcony just outside my window and half a dozen steps lead np from ft to the roof of tho next house. That's a fine place to sit. What do you say? ginning to regard Frances Caverly had been lacking I could never have kept awake during that nession. A whisper of our doing got abroad in the house, and for the third meeting wo had guests a young man and two young women from the second .floor. They expressed a preat enthusiasm for . the club, but they were not on hand ;'cr the fourth session Instead they re tired about half, past 8. presumably to make up for lost .sleep, as I was inform ed by Mrs. Gale,; who had. a woman's faculty for knowing all about every body else in the house. , For the -fourth meeting I fortifiedmy soul with black coffee at dinner and strong cigars in tho course of the even ing. I had begun to realize that the cluh would be the ruin of my health if ' ' ) ciun would be the rum of my health if It looked a good deal liko burglary, it contiuued to flourish. tnrl vp T vrna and the ladies were timid, but the hall willing to make even that sacrifice for was too hot tq permit of long argument, " and very soon wo nil fled to our neigh bpr s roof. . : ... I ::. . t, r : .1 u i I " mail v cit7 uLiiuu tu rwrciit uuuvt? ' a whisper, and the creaking of a hiatal plate on I the roof sounded like heavy artillery, but as the minutes passed and nothing happened we grew bolder. We Jarbught some- chairs . from our rooms the sake of those delightful hours with Frances Caverly. I couldn't get any ether chance to see her. She taught in a summer school and spent her evenings in study that the work required, a most laborious life. How she could bear ' it without akep by night was a problem that be gan to engage .my serious attention. On ora been, be fore Though I was deeply sensible of tho obligations of delicacy, I could not help regarding it as my duty to offer some advice and aid. but I couldn't do it without knowing what wa3 th9 mat ter. Sho did not resent such efforts as I made to solve the problem, yet she would tell mo no more than that there was a secret at the bottom of it. What that secret could be I was unable to guess. I felt very confident, however, taat ehe would reveal it to me if I could get a chance to talk with her alone, but the Insomnia club did not provide that opportunity. Mrs. Gale was the most efficient chaperon tnat it ever was my ill luck to encounter. She would not have me lead Miss Caverly into any nook or corner for a tete-a-tete. Every New Yorker must remember tho extraordinary succession of hot p.nd cloudless days, with nights of breathless calm, that made this particular Septem ber a meteorological phenomenon. My recollection does not supply me with a time when the Insomnia club could have met for so many consecutive night3. In a whole week we did not miss one, and it was upon the eighth night that the incident happened which brought affairs to a climax. The meeting was proceeding as nsnaL There was ono guest, a young lady to whom Graves was devoting himself with as much assiduity as the vigilance of Mrs. Gale would permit. Miss Cav erly and I were sitting on the edge of the hatch that covered the etairway leading up from the garret. Suddenly I felt it tremble under us. I thought at first that it was giving way. Then I heard the rumblo of a hu man voice below. We all heard it, and the Insomnia club was in a panic. "Hold the villain downl" cried Graves, and, gathering the belongings of the club with wonderful celerity, he hurled them upon the fire escape bal cony. Thither the Gales and the guest had already fled. "Go it. Graves!" said I. "We'll fol: low." Miss Caverly had remained loyally by my side. "We'll never get to that balcony after we let go of this thing," she whispered. "We'll be discovered. "Run for it now." I replied. "I'll take my chances. " "I will do no such thin:?. " she re turned, with on ?rgv. '.'Then we'll both try a run for that chimnsy," I whispered. "ITow!" Wereieasea the hatch ;nrl lied on tiptoe for tho shelter I ' had -indicated. it was lr.Ciry that we man t try to go farther, for within threo seconds that hatch rose into the air as if a bom exploded under it. -A head appeared, and a voice "A- 'it Gut I" . . - .. tTti-Soea'out upon the roof. He was of ample proporti'.v- and of a German type so prononno t tis to be unmistakable even in lite faint light of a waning moon. He brought a camp chair and. a huge pipe with him and immediately proceeded to make himself comfortable. Miss Caverly and 1 were prisoners. "It is xerfectly dreadful!" she whis pered. "It is tho first chance I've ever had to say a word to you alone," I replied. "Thank heaven, we are now beyond the reach of chaperons!" And I immediately began to attack the secret of that trouble which was the root of her extraordinary sleepless ness. It was necessary to show at the outset that my interest in her was deep and sincere, and. so far as the secret was concerned. I did not Ivance be yond that point. When I had finished proving to her that her welfare was my dearest concern in the world, her head was on my shoulder. Then our lips touched, and I forgot that there had ever been a secret. The German went to sleep at a quarter after 4. and we crept by him unoV-erved. The other insomniacs were anxiously awaiting us. We all agreed that this incident dissolved the club, and wo parted for the night with ex pressions of deep sorrow and regret. For my own prrt. aside from the nr.tnral.joy which fillsd my f.or.l. I was greatly relieved by the thought of the club's den;:;?? i owed - that German a dor.ble debt of gratitude. No longer wosld it bo necessary for mo to steep myself in black ct.-S'ee A fellow can see the girl that he is engaged to without so much trouble That very morning before day had fully dawned I threw a small coffeepot out of my window and laid aside a brown paper bag with what remained of my store of coffee for my landlady. Vv hen I came out into the hall next morning, trances was just ahead of me. I called to her, and she turned about. I tried to take both her hands, but she held ono of them behind Ler. conceali ng something. "It a nothing at all, she said, "only a little coffee I happened to have. I was going to give it away. " "And is that the awful secret that drove. sleep, from your pillow?" I demanded. "Yes," she said. "I might as well confess. I am really a sound sleeper, but I liked the club. It gave me a chance of seeing some one I I cared for. You understand?" , For answer I took a brown paper bag of coffee from the side pocket of my coat Progress. The Irish Cyclist says that an old farmer quietly watched a wheelman lose control of his mount and go over a wall, machino and all, and then re marked: Well, welll And so they can maj&tnem leap, now r pabbage Plants! Ji 'O.riJfT.3 -for. Henderson's Karly Jersov Wakefield, Large Type Wakefield, Earlv Spring and Succession Cabbage Plants,' Promptly 'i, filled..- Thi-SH varieties withstahdWvere' cold weather without livjury, Wlf yoihw-itt to bo 'in the swim-fop -earlv cabbage for market or borne j .consumption, Jile vourjnrders at once with M , . i J &hn' F ; Bo wl an d LAND 8AJLE.- Under ani by virtue of a decree of the Supe rior Court of Rutherford county, Fall Term, 18- B7. in the Case of tViA Kflfntv Tnvnehnunt Loan Company vs. E. Y. Revls and wife, Har riet Revis, I ns commissioner, will sell for cash' u meniKncsi oicworat uutherrordtou.N.U.on Monday, March 6th, 1899, at 12 m., the following real estat.e to wit;-One im oi iana lying and being in said county, near jne town ot Kutherfordton, and described M follows : Beginning on a stake on the S E cor ner of Emeline Edwards' lot (her corner) and runninRtheneeNSaw 13 poles to a stoke; thence 8 57 W. 18 poles to a stake: thence South i Jiast 18 poles to a stake; thence N 67 E 13 poles to the beginning, containing one acre, more or less. This sale will be for cash to satisfy a debt adjudged to be due from the de fendants to the plaintiff In the above entitled uvliuii. ni January just, 181V. Gso. e. Justice. Commissioner. B. S. Eaves, Attorney for Plaintiff. i ana her manner made me even i y m-'S: : v'V; - k..m mtmm2m,frmi i mxi about her than I hud is is s Nice OF Printing- S:11'1 I Goes a long ways in a man's business. If you have neat and at tractive station ery, you proclaim to the world that there is nothing shoddy about you. and tta$yonf usiness methods are correct. The Vindicator Co. do only good work, fully realizing the best is the cheap est. Every 1,000 note heads or bill heads, are put up in ten tablets, With blotters at tached without an extra cent. Coii'l, Rutherfordtoii, ;N. C. Nettles' Restaurant Is open day and night with everthhig good to eat the market affords. Twentvff.ve cents is .nil you have to pay for .4 square meal at Nettle's. When in town don't fail' to call on him and he will treat you right. Rutherfordton, North Carolina. ave money BY TAKING ADVANTAU OF OLK GREAT REDUCTION SA LE ! 1 Which begin Mav 1st, and which - ill I' -r ii)ii. yeets Beaatifnl Bed-r.-i ;:i Suites in 551 id Oak tit .fl2.:'0 to .$75. each. Par lor Suits at -0 t hv-rv'hin-j ii ihe House furnishing line. l,iij.'?s ''ii'iM' - K :--. V.-i'f if .' fun I'it'turcs. V-V..rrv t. : r T PIANOS Mid ORGANS iu the 5 ii- r. j' i'. iv- . : v V- sriv-- the i:-st attention to mail .11- 1 - f i !'' 16 W. Trade Street, CHARLOTTE, N. C :. -.t. . i I I A !-h-. i. IA said : In .!:-..: 0.-.'.- t;i "I'.t''!;- . V liii. ;1 t - ir "siio v.i:.':t-.! i-; i,vx.iiie a ;,S.iisn thf.'i;::"!, :iad .-v -.-iji-jio.-5it titC-d OT! tiVit .vtiiivJ :cU t.te vvholo hu- mm --?..; ': r-u i l-e U.ttfr tht:i l- prucs-.ru .he .". ovovc'.t llor. pital jTt?criptiu;j, u-te& is the basis of the A'i.-w Taittler. nnd carse it to t put up in thOi fc: ui i :i ketchup and distributed amunr' xe poor." Sales IncrcBPlnc. Tlia largest r ail jr store ia America is that cf HegAuian & Co. oa Broadway ii New York City. A reprtT who -cnt there to learn bow Kipans xsn vlee were selh '. bought a five-ceat carton and aske i: "Do you ha t much call for these? He was referred to a gentleman who proved to be the bead of the depart ment. He said : " The eale of Bipana Tabnles is constant and is increasing, due especially to the influential character of the testimonials in the daily press, and growing ont of these, through the recommendation of friend to friend. Satisfaction with them is very general 'When once they are begun I notice that a permanent customer for them is made. This, 1 believe, is through their intrinsic merit, which proves the bona fie character of the advertising. I think them specially useful in the general ran of stomach troubles." AttMMIMMMM ly Lady. f- An EJdsr An el '.erly laiv living at Fordham Hjkrhts. a rort of I ew York City, ST ai d v. h v,-r s ijiown to bo a warm a;' vocal d if filpu5 Tabules for any cr se of tver tTOuhle or ina'gestiOB, BCid toarroor ?r wh visit d her for ti e pur;xs't o; Iteming tin particu- lcrs oi her i-e: "1 had always enplov. d u jsictan and did so on tl 3 iast occar on I kstd for one," but au that tim-j ibUiaed no btficial re-salts. I hP'l evcr had any faith in patent me cines, but having been P'pans Taoul?3 recf.mmended very hkhlv ;i tho Kew York Herald 'con caded to give them a trial, and found taey were just what my cafe demanded . I have l aver employe! a physician Binc-i, ai. d that means a savints of 32 a call. A cellar's worth of Ripans Tabules, lasts me a month, and I wca'd not be Without tLem now if it were my las dG'Jar." At the time of this inter view thrre were present two daugh ters who specially objected to their raother giving a testimonial which Bhould parade her name in the newspapers, but to do this the eMer lady trgued : There may be other cases just like mine, and. I am sure I take great pleasure in recoromenJing the Tabules to any one afflicted as I was. If the telling about my case in the papers enable ' some other perscn Eimilarlyaffecteo to be as greatly benefited as I have been, Ieeenool jectipn." The daugh ters, knowirg how earnestly she felt about the benef 6 she had received, decided she was quite right. for iiaicat Home dra store-Foa five ctxts. Thwl6w-pnccdsrtiisrf ,iT VfiStoSS conoialcaL Ot) d ren of tho Hrent carton. ae)cph.-f rjB,l MSS - . iffhtcenutoths 1 a-SsCnEjnoii.CopXT, Vo. 10 Spruce Sti-eetYk-orejrgioj -(m -Axvucs) wiU be ?rt for Bto cent. P u-ans Tabui.es m n y ulso bo bd o "O'1 8 G raoroKrcperi, am m&nta and Lt some uquur Korea ana uumvi uutv vB-.-. SI.OO And What it Will Buy! One pair best Brogan Shoes ever sold; ...... One pair Men's Pine Shoes, can't be downed, : . . . .'. . One hat, the best on earth, a dozen kinds to select from,. Ten pounds coffee, beats all othars,. .. . ... Mfty pounds good flour,. : . . . . .. . . . r . Forty pounds best soda, : . . : Twenty Tarda A. A. A. Domestic, Fourteen, and half yards of Fruit ot the Loom Domestic, . One pair pants, good enough for a king, Seventeen pounds sugar, Come and bring your dollars with you and I will thOUSand Other t.hinra thav n;l1 V.n tnsf ea li3irk" n Don't forget the plaee.. ' ..:,:$txx) ... ..M.00 too 1.00 . ... . 1.00 aoo '.;-.".VljQ0 1.00 1.00 mention a be 'sold, e 1 1 1 Hutheifordton, North Carolina. . -
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