"V DAKOTA JOTTINGS. ?f,H Strang Case Wi "Art is long and time is fleeting, ™g£& although your friend's life may depend upon He brushed a large, scalding tear from E EMPRES S EUGENIE. too 1 a Ho spend half of a ehort bfe that unspoken word, you will not speak either cheek, and then, apparently unmindful with neuralgia, when 26 cents spent for one it. Do not realize that this silence—this of my presence, continued, musingly: A S a a W an W as bottle of Salvation Oil will cure quickly. If'$&$®EFb3 Press says at two outside & BY A. S. BUEROUGHS. ^'"V?" suppression of the truth—may launch Percy Outlived He Friends "Poor Abbie! I wonder what she thinks George Conklin, the lion-tamer, eoye j"wili Hinton into eternity." The incidents I am about to relate occurred of me now? I wonder if she believes me I *n express a desire to build a street Four times have I seen the Empress have nothing to do with crosseyed ammais, many years ago—when I was struggling I drew it strong because I had a*purpose guilty?" nor use any other remedy for his coughs ana, m$$ ra^^ay system in Yankton Eugenie. The first was a few months upon the lower rounds of fame's ladder for in it. I felt certain she knew something I caught upon the name at once. It occurred colds but Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup- He saysit after her marriage, when she occupied, he a reputation. vital to the defense of my client, and I believed 4 council of Kapid City has been to me that I had seen my lady visitor is the only reliable cough medicine to DO with her husband, the imperial box at It was early one Monday morning, and I there was just one way to get at it— had. use a handkerchief with a large "A" embroidered 9h'A to provide for cultivating and by an appeal to her emotions. the Comedie-Francaise, exquisite to had been in my office but a few moments, upon it. 5 beautifying the city park Admiral Porter's son is to take command The sequel proved that I had not miscalcuilied, When the door opened and a visitor—a pretty "Who is Abbie?" I made bold to answer. behold in white silks and pearls, the „H, I i-y uMinnehah a county has seventy-two of Legitime's army in Hayti. and richly-dressed young lady—stepped for when I ceased speaking, she was "She was my promised wife," said he, in famous pearls that had formed the Emperor's fe'wk^i'M1' hurriedly inside. sobbing violently. miles of railroad upon which a ax a voice broken with emotion "but alas! bridal gift. I shall not soon I will admit being ]ust a little flurried over "God forbid that I should be his slayer!' This terrible charge against me has, I fear, "I have been occasionally troubled mth 1 I of $1,090,8 1 was paid last year. forget the slendor, swaying throat, rising 1 1 0 the advent of such a vision of loveliness, cried she. "I will tell all—for his sake!" Coughs, and in each case have used i* ^*. turned her love for me into loathing." from the statue-lovely shoulders BKONCHIAL TKOCHES, which have never lauea. "Then tell me what you saw." \kmih looks as if the only hope of Daa but managed to seem calm and invite her to "Has she visited you since your arrest?" and I must say they are second to BOM HI with the grace of a lily stalk, the golden-tresses, be seated. "I saw the crime committed! I saw the "No." is a new congress, which wilJ the world."—Felix A. May, Cashier, St..faui. She was pale, agitated, and seemed to person who struck the fatal blow!" "Oh, well," said I, assuringly, "your fears the large almond-shape blue be long in doing it justice. hesitate about mailing known her errand. "You?" I gasped, in astonishment. "How may yet prove groundless. She may yet eyes, with that mysterious sadness in Milwaukee supervisors are accused of boodling. a a has eighty-six organized came you, at that late hour, to be upon the "I desire to employ an attorney, she said, call, and prove the steadfastness of her devotion." their depths that one sees in the portraits street in that locality?" counties and forty-six unorganizedTher at length, "to defend a friend of mine, who of Charles I, shading their azure She started violently and turned deadly has been so unfortunate as to get into a very "Ah," said he, with a mournful shake of is still plenty of for counseat brilliancy and not to be chased away FOB FAINTNESS TAKE ALLEN'S IRON TONIO serious trouble. The case is a hard one, and pale. I half expected she would faint, but the head, "you do not know who she is or fights. Bitters. All genuine bear the signature of J. will require a great deal of labor but I am she managed, by a herculean effort, to once even by the sunny sweetness of the you would not say that Allen, Druggist, St. Paul, Minn. willing to pay liberally for legal services, more compose herself. The primary department of the •'Perhaps not who is she*" smiling mouth. and would like you to take it." "Tnat is something I must decline to explain," "She is the daughter of the murdered man public schools at Eedfield has been Ten years later I again beheld the A Wisconsin editor has been mysteriously she answeied. I saw the deed committed, I assured her I should be most happy to —Abbie Vancourt?" elosed on account of the prevalence assassinated. let that suffice?" Empress, this time in full court dress serve her, and asked for a statement of the I started, and could hardly repress an exclamation of measles. "By whom?" facts connected with the case. at a gala representation at the opera, of astonishment. What new Seeds.—We call your attention to the see«V "I cannot reveal any facts until you have "That, too, I must refuse to reveaL" According to the superintendent's phase would this strange case next assume? blazing with diamonds, with classicshaped advertisement of H.W. Buckbee, Kockford accepted one very important condition," she "It was not Percy Hinton?" "Was the fact of your engagement known report there are an average daily at diadem that she never wore 111. Ifyou intend to purchase Seeds, Plaftt? "No it was not he." answered. to her father?" tendance of 5,822 children in the public etc., you will find this a first-class reliable since except at the penalty of an "Did you know the murderer? "What is the condition?" "Yes. And that adds another link to the house. His beautiful Illustrated Catalogue schools of Lawrence county. agonizing headache, so great was its "That you will, under no circumstances, "Yes." chain of evidence against me. He knew of will be mailed free, upon application, to all reveal my connection with the case." "Would you recognize him were you to weight. Her delicate flower-like beauty The Madison hook and ladder com" and bitterly opposed it, which, you can see, readers of this paper. see him again?" Naturally enough, I hesitated about "agreeing affords the ground for a belief that I had a had developed and expanded into lgM» -pany as decided to assist in making "Yes." to such an arrangement. strong motive in getting him out o± tne The Senate has rejected the British extra that of a well-ripened fruit, the rounded up a am for the purpose of attending "Perhaps," said I, "it may be necessary to "Have you seen him since the crime was way dition treaty. arms and finely moulded shoulders the firemen's tournament have your testimony, in order to e&tabhsh a committed?" Yes he was right Every step I advanced dimplmgout of glowing draperies of sufficient defense 1 would not care to compiomise "Yes, several times." into the case, the deeper 1 saw my client A couple of professional pool playare "Where?" the success of the oase by any rash rich red silk. She sat like a statue or stuck the mire. causing a great commotion promises "1 am not privileged to state. This, however, some gem-bedecked Indian idol, so One thing—though I was not privileged to a the sports of Aberdeen. A "Then," said she, rising, ''it is useless for I will say I am certain as to his identity, tell him so—I was sure of. My pretty visitor motionless that her diamonds flamed big game for big money is booked for for I know him intimately. It is not us to prolong this interview. Unless you and Abbie Vancourt were, unquestionably, they did not flash or sparkle. Next I necessary to say more." When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, the near future. can give the required promise, I cannot employ one and the same, and that her love beheld her scowled upon by the Parisian vou." "Will you repeat what you have told me for the poor fellow was yet fiim and unshaken. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria A the next meeting of the Sioux crowd at the review in 1870, a "Hold, one moment!" I cried, as she moved upon the witness st—" When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, Fall Commercial club twenty new toward the door. "If you can give me She stopped me with a horrified gesture. tired-looking elderly woman, with the I could now better understand her desire When she had Children,she gave themCastoria members will be initiated. This number any assurance that a defense can be made "Your promise! Remember jour promise not to be dragged into the case, too, but dainty charms of her youth and the for your friend without our evidence, 1 will she cried, wildly. "I will not go upon these matters in no wise shed any new light will bring the membership nearly glowing graces of her prime replaced give the pledge you exact." the witness stand' I must cut no figure upon my course. to its limit ol 100 by all the artifices known to the inventors She shook her head. in this case, whatever There was one thing I could not understand, of French cosmetics. The members of the Episcopal "I can give you no such assurance," she I sank back aghast. For the moment I however, ana it puzzled me not a little. replied. had really forgotten my rash pledge. And then, a year or two ago, I passed church at Kapid City have unanimousl If Abbie Vancourt had not visited the As a matter of fact. I could not allow so What could I do—what delense could I accused, how could she relate to me, with on the Place Veudome a sorrowful decidedjto dispense with dancin profitable a case to slip through my lingers establish without her testimony? such mmute exactness, the doings and sayings lady, clad in deep mourning, with silvery and card playing at sociables the prospect of a good fat lee outweighed all "Is there no way for admitting this of young Hmton on the night of the -held under the auspices of the guild. hair and an infirm gait, who was scruples of fine-drawn honor, and 1 yielded evidence through another source I murder? Prom what source had she obtained RHEUMATISM NEURALGIA in the act of getting into her carriage, to my avaricious ambition. inquired. "Are there any other witnesses her information? A Deadwood, a few days ago a ft* OR KINDRED 1LL9 ft £fr "I accept the condition," said I, after a who could bring out the facts you have narrated?" aiding herself with a cane as she did so. I left the jail in a maze of conflicting child 9 years old was held up and re-1 momentary hesitation. "Now, please tell thoughts and theories, and returned to my There was no mistaking the sad sweetness "No person besides myself knows anything lieved of $ 1 by two lads aged 1 0 and *ne, what is the nature of the case?" office. Here, after a long, patient and exhaustive of the ex-Empress, passing 12 years, Verily, this is a progress- "That of murder," was the rcoly. concerning the case. You must get analysis of the case, I reached one through Paris on her way to one of the [y** Promptly• ive age. Her answer surprised me, for I had not along without this testimony." conclusion, and that was, to visit Miss Vancourt, continental watering places. T, .. ,.. ^i anticipated anything quite so serious but I "Impossible!" I cried. "It would be utter plead with her to release me from my JPerfectfy* madnesb to go into court with so flimsy a promise, and tell what she knew upon the Her health is good, with the exception 1 or the first time in the history oi kept my emotions concealed, and drew paper and pBen\aDBn\ly. defense. You have it within your power witness stand. If my appeal failed I would of the rheumatic affection thai Sully county an applicant before me upon which to jot down the facts she was asked to narrate. to save him with your testimony Percy return her retainer, and withdraw from the has troubled her for years, and that appeared at the time and place Hinton will be hanged." case. "It is a strange case—very strange," she set for holding the last teachers' exam impels her to seek annually the counsels "If, by giving up my own life, I could save began half-musingly, "and one shrouded in Before I could act upon this impulse, inatio in at county. and care of the great physicians ^CHAiAA/oGELEe Co. BALTO. Mb. his, I would do it but when you ask me to deepest mystery. The facts are these Yesterday however, other clients came in, and throughout of Amsterdam. She is wealthy, and publicly recite what I have told you, you morning, as you may have seen the The Pioneer proposes a big celebraon the day I was kept so fully occupied DIAMOND VERA-CURA ask an impossibility." papers, Justin Vancourt, a prominent merchant, in growing old she has grown penurious, that I was forced to delay my purpose. of so me kind in hono of the So saying, she arose, and at the was found murdered upon the street, When the rush of business was over for O DYSPEPSIA. so that her heirs, the children ol opening of the Deadwood Central same time drew a role of bank notes from near his home. Last night, a young man, the day, it was too late to visit her, but, AND ALL STOMACH TROUBLES SUCH ASIndigestion, her sister, the Duchess of Alba, will ad for traffic, which event will occur her reticule and placed them upon the table named Percy Hmton, was arrested and feeling the need of a breath of fresh air, I Soui-Stomach, Heartburn, Nausea, probably inherit one day an immense Giddiness, Constipation, Fullness after eatmg. shortlv. before me. charged with the crime." sauntered out for a walk in the moonlight. Food Rising in the Mouth and disagreeable taste fortune. "Here is your retainer," she continued. alter eating, Nervousness and Low-Spints. For two years Sioux Falls has been "Is Mr. Hinton the friend you alluded Through some unaccountable fatality my "Spareno pains in prepairing your defense At Druggists and Dealers or sent by mail on receipt to*" Like a ghost of the vanished empire course was so shaped that I soon afterward trying to find a suitable location for of '23 cts. (5 boxes $100) in stamps. Samplt/d save my friend's life, for he is innocent, "Yes." found myself in the veiv neighborhood that gave her grandeurs, and to which sent on eceipt of2-cent Stamp. *j? stock yards, and now it is under-! and under no circumstances be unmindful where Justin Vancourt had met his fate. asainstyou 'Do know what evidence theie is TUB C1URLES A. TOGELER CO.,Baltimore, Md. she imparted grace and charm, she flits stood that ground for such purposes him?" of your promise. If you succeed, you shall For the first time, since my retention in from one health-giving place of public •can be secured at some point in! "In Part—yes." be liberally rewarded." 1 the case, it occurred to me to make a critical ,'A. resort to another, alone on earth with "™hat is lt?" .South Sioux Falls. I She turned abruptly and walued toward survey of the locality, and see if I could her memories and her sorrows. She the door, but I called her back. not evolve some original theory which "Percy was in.the employ of the murdered "You have not yet told me your name," might lead to the discovery of the real criminal. has survived all those whom she leved Th Rapi City Republican says man, and on Saturday evening they quar 1 said. —husband, son, mother and sister. a at present indications seem to war- .v matter of wages, in "I prefer not to make it known." Accordingly, I spent some time in my investigations, Dead, too, are her hopes and her ambitions "But I desire to consult with you, a he statement at he Black but with such little satisfaction and, in that event, would require your address." they have vanished like her that I was upon the point of giving up Hills is destined to excel all other sec- next morning, Mr. Vancourt was found world-renowned beauty, like her queenship, the task despair, when my attention was tions of a a in the a of ex-! dead "You must get along without it," she replied, 7 drawn to an object lying partly concealed like her long-hoped-for and joyously and glided out of the loom like a cellently bred horseflesh. "Ah' a bad point against him, surely. amid the refuse the gutter, ana I stooped hailed maternity. Often in the shadow. Anything else?" to pick it up watches of the night a storm of grief I sat like one benumbed for fully a IroqUOlS has a new Secret Society. es a dagger, containing his initials and To my astonishment, it turned out to be a moment after her abrupt departure, quite will scatter the calmness of her large pocket dirk, and as I held it up, under I is com 6sed entirely of young Percy'sf notm book, were found near the sc f^e-°, incapable of realizing just what course to ladies and is called the "Quintette resignation to the winds, and she will the rays of a convenient street lamp, I was ~I„T. mi "Stillworse' The evidenced mostcon«lub. pursue. horrified to find it covered with blood! sit for hours weeping before the portrait he password is said to be iv a a a S What seemed most to require attention From inquiries I had made at the police A and the countersign a kiss., can establish an alibi." of the late Prince Imperial.— was the generous roll of bills lying before totTriR°^r&tWs~' station, I had learned that the dagger found a Th club has already received numer-1 not. The officers have already Pittsburg Dispatch. me, which 1 eagerly counted and tucked by them contained no blood stains, and my "pus applications for membership fr om discovered that he was seen in the neighborgentlemen snugly away in my pocket, then I settled discovery put a new and wild thought into The Wide Awakes of 1860. a of the town moments before the deed down to a profound study of the case. my head. D/S£4S£$ Ti,o/jonqs was committed, and that he stated, in the I saw nothing in it to inspire hope but I Men who remember the presidential The dirk I had picked up was, of a certainty, Th first annual meeting of the presence of witnesses, that he was waiting was not wanting in ambition and energy in the one used by the assassin. Now, campaign of 1860 will tell you that to a a those days, and I resolved to do my best toward ministerial institute is to be held ill Ms employer, while returning if only I could find its owner' there has been a steady diminuendo oi 5 earning the liberal fee my visitor had Sioux Falls next June. This insti- I S S I and irj everv^Qt/^g.- Late as it was, I hurried to the jail, and a midnight. A quarter past twelve interest and excitement in elections paid me. sought an interview with Percy. Instinct, is held for a period of one wee! Mr, Vancourt was observed going nome, After a brief review of my notes, I set ever since that year. That was a time rather than any particular reason, led me to a a a for the purpose of calling togethei past twelve his murdered body out for the jail, to have a talk with the accused. of tremendous and unparalleled excitement hope he could solve the problem. ministers from all a of Dakota I was found by a patrolman. That is all I veterans of 1840 claim that that My manner excited him, and he eagerly know about it." southern Minnesota, northern Iow a thov/ct beusea as.a I found him to be a bright, handsome asked the cause of my perturbation. was the most excited campaign of all, "Surely," said I, dejectedly, "it is jf jjand Nebraska, to receive instruction young fellow, evidently well-bred, and in no "See!" I cried, holding aloft the bloodstained enough. It is sufficient to hang him, unless "f,T^ *y lectures and otherwise from representatives but it is doubtful whether it really wise bearing the stamp of a hardened character. weapon! "I have found the murderer's we can invoke a providential interference in of some ofthemostpromi. reached the level of that of 1860. There There was an air of candor about him, MJ knife! Did you ever see it before?" his behalf. With that array of evidence before nent eastern theological seminaries. too, and an honest expression in his clear, were more log cabins, there was more us, you surely do not look for his He took it from my hand with a perceptible blue eyes that impressed me favorably from for ball-rolling and general "hooray" in Mrs. Annie Tierence, of Grand acquittal?" shudder, and held it up under the rays the very first. 1840, pei-haps, but not the keen strain of his dim light. "I certainly do!" cried she, betraying Forks, was married a few days ago. I told him I had been retained by his Hardly had he done so when he sprang sudden emotion. "He must not, shall not, of interest, the intense tug of war, friends to defend him, and requested a detailed She long expected to have a horn* back as though stung by an adder, while his pay the penalty for a crime he did not com- statement of his side of the case. where eveiy muscle was strained to the and thought her happiness was com- face turned as white as marble. "There is little to tell," he said, gloomily, utmost. In 1860 the irrepressible conflict Then you do not believe him guilty?" "See," cried he, hoarsely. "There are •plete. After her marriage she found "and that little is all against me." was in the ah*. And it was not a "No, no! he is not a murderer He is not the owner's initials, 'H. at her spouse had no home and He then related the incidents of his quarrel quiet campaign, by any means. The a criminal. Percy could not have been "Who—what do they stand for?" I gasped. with the murdered man, and, in no particular was only a farm laborer. Th blow guilty of so foul a crime—indeed, he could wideawakes and i*ailsplitters were degree, added to the story told by the young an crazy with "Horace Vancourt, the murdered man's not." abroad every night, and democratic the young lady. His explanation of the despair. Th commissioners ordered son! It is surely his, for I have seen it She was by this time almost sobbing out events just prior to the crime, however, was "minute men" made a weak attempt to her sent to the asylum at Jamestown many times before." right, and, while she was silently struggling new to me. imitate them. The wideawakes have The words ran through me like an electric for the mastery over her emotions, I employed "Later in the evening," said he, ^'several shock, and were understood with equal suddenness. never been replaced there have been the interval of time by mentally reviewing se//'^1 During a recent to two school young men and myself, among the number DRUGGISTS corps like them, but they were not the the salient points of her story. Horace Vancourt, my employer's son, left -children near Hitchcock perished in In an instant I saw through it all. He wideawakes. What enormous processions The more I weighed the evidence against the club in a rather hilarious condition, and he snow and a was seriouslv had, with a well-defined purpose, led young c.n^pQ0 the accussed, the more certain I became started up the street together. I had drank there were! And what Titans oi fro* frozen. Owing to the storm theii Hinton into making those thoughtless that he was guilty. In my mind, Percy a little more than was good for me, and, statesmanship addressed the meetings threats had purposely engaged in a playful brother could get to the school Hinton was already a doomed man. urged on by certain remarks of young Vancourt, Ely' Crea Bal encounter as a pretext to get the tell-tale that were held! The election of 1856 house as usual to take them home "You say he is innocent," said I, after wagged my tongue rather freely evidence of guilt from his pockets and had had been a stirring one, but that of 1860 lost the road and were soon overcome she had again become tranquil "I dare say about my emmoyer. Of course I meant Is worth $1,000 to any then wantonly murdered his father, in the you base j-our belief upon some good surpassed it, because the country had nothing desperate, and hardly gave my utterances with the cold. Whe found the Man, Woman or Child hope of thus getting into possession of his reason." a second thought. About midnight at last fully awaked to the most tremendous nex morning two were dead and the large fortune. «. "Y-yes," answered she, hesitatingly "I we came to a point where our various ways Buffering from issue in its history. Ever Jbhird unconscious. Abbie's position, too, was readily made CATARRH. have a reason for believing him guiltless separated, and, in a fun-loving manner, a since that time the excitement at presidential clear. She was placed between her brother "What is it?" general scuffle took place between us. During and her lover, and to cling to the one would elections has seemed a trifle A Man to be Pitied. Apply Balm into each nostril. J'JELY the struggle I dropped a pocket dirk, I "Oh. I dare not tell!" cried she, shuddering. BBOB R6 Warren St N.T^ have brought disgrace and death to the perfunctory, as if the genuine emotion was accustomed to carry, and my note "Indeed, sir, I dare not tell it!" Fro the Scottish American. other. book, which were afterwards found by the "It is most essential. A refusal to make of the nation had been used up in thai *3U Having lost his wife when his only Early the next morning I hurried to the known your convictions may cost your officers and booked against me." effort.—Boston Transcript. '4s^ Vancourt residence, determined to confront l* mild—a littlegirl—-was but six years BACKACHE friend his life." His earnestness, candor, and the straightforward the guilty youth with the crime, and force She shuddered more perceptibly than before, *old, Sandy McPherson decided to manner in which the statement was him to have young Hinton released but I A he and a scared, agonized look came into made, convinced me that he was speaking Wea and. Painful Kidneys, Aching venture again on the stormy sea oj learned, upon my arrival, that his case had her eyes Sides, Back, and chest, Rheumatic, Siatic, Sharn W at is better than to be a king, the truth. been taken to a higher and surer tribunal. and Muscular Paina, relievedinon minute by matrimony. His second wife was by "Y-yes"' murmured she. "You are right "Did this struggle you speak of occur near £setGuticura the monarch of all you survey?" said Anti-Pain Piaster^! During a drunken debauch the night before, no means a success. She was very his life is at stake. I must do what I can to the scene of the murder?" *«, ^'li^t young Cadley at the club the other he had been mortally wounded in some save him." only instantaneous pain-killing strengthenina «Yes." kind to little Maggie, but she ruled low groggery, and had died a few hours evening, as they were engaged in a plaster. 2o cts 5 tor $1. At druggists, or ol& "Then please state why you believe him later. POTTEB DBT7Q AND CHEMICAL CO BOSTON H~FjS S^Cff husband with a rod of iron. His "And near the time it was committed?'". friendly game of poker. And on being innocent (?JSK U. Before passing away, however, he made a "Yes only a few minutes before." VASELINE PREPARATIONS, tX^Jm a in more n*s latchkey asked replied, "To be court jjester. The "I know it. I am sure of it." "Would not the testimony of your friends full confession of his father's murder, and &V|| was confiscated, his pipe tabooed, joker takes the king, every time." And §H "That is too indefinite. How do j-ou know On receipt of postage stamps ne wUl send freed so completely exonerated young Hinton, confirm the theory of your innocence?"' by mail the following splendid articles: .and his life generally made wretched. i«" with this he raked in the pot.—Detriol who, of course, as soon as the necessary authorities "Unfortunately, no," said he, dejectedly. One Box of Pur Vaseiine, *mts Rumors of the altered state of things ^Because I saw—"' She stopped abruptly, One Box of Vaseline Campho Ice, 15 cent!" "What they know but tightens the .noose could act, was released from prison, Free Press. One Bo of Vaseline ColS Cream, %& cents* soon spread abroad, and an old lady, and a* look of sudden frigat beamed from around my neck. The officers rely upon and at once resumed his respectable standing J. Vaseline is genuine unless our naia« is on thel A Disadvantage of Coeducation. he£' eyes. label CHEBEBROPGHMAXUF'BCO ,24-Stateliu $$• -meetingMaggie on her way to schoo1, among men. their evidence to convict me." "You saw* What did you see?" I asked, Jdssed the little mitewarmly, bought "And 'you know of no evidence to combat It would be almost superfluous to inform "Mr. Freshleigh may tell me the |MJ* eagerly. the'charge made against you?" the reader that within a year a quiet wedding p|Jj|*7ier a big poke of sweets, and ssad: chief causes of the overthrow of the "Nbt'ning," she replied, with phenomenal occurred, in which the two parties "None whatever. I have looklcl at the tlisM *'Puir wee lassie, ye' ve only a Btefo French monarchy under Louis XVIII.," calmness. "I was distracted—excited, I did chiefly interested were Percy Hinton and matter in every conceivablephase/andlcan iff mjther the noo eh bit I'm geg^orty IVe.h. Sellable celebrated? said the Professor. "Excuse me, Mr. 'not realize what I was saying." for Pamy and W S arrive 'a but one conclusion—that I am Abbie Vancourt. for ve, dearie." ,•** .». .i'My dear young lady," said I, 'fifilly'lnd Historicus, but I see Miss Knowitall is doomed! It is hard to Took forward to such laprepacfcase, and novelty extern* with "Ye're no' needin'," saf?p$aggie 'impressively, "you are trying to deceive "Paterfamilias, (after admonition in an. an end, too," he adSed, with something like in the room, and I would suggest thai «f, WW ffljwJ Writ* fop avy BeauttftS ,. ,^ solemnly, "but I'd likeye %Heel aw me. You betray by yojir mariner tlkt you other fojatn to hopeful)—'"•Take dot! an' get a sob Ichoaking his utterance, "tfhen a fellowis politeness requires that the ladies be w£$ii ,fu' sorry for ma puir faither.*' know more concerning this affair than you to yo' book. Fuss thing yo' know at ze zamination jusfcverging Jnto -manhood^ and sees given the first chance to answer thai are billing to admit. You hold a secret— yo' woan know yo' A from yo' Ms brightest and iondesfhopes ferushed and jaaestipn.'1—:Hazaer'sJBazar* perhaps the solution of this taystejey—and* alfybet."—Harper's Bazar. r-* blighted.^ .. f. DEFECfWE^PAei