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._c.__._. -v --.- --~ V--- Dmn Gnonan--Coma home at once. in open- ing your vnlise to not your soiled linen to send it to tho uundryl discovered It packed with bank notes! What doesj mean? Is anything wrong? Come home nto oe. T If-.. 3..-]. LL -__._I.L _._-'_ L- I___A_-__ I, ,-,, , saga. V.-guo.-.9 Gr: - .---.-- The devil! _ Two cards, as I m a sinner! , The first hearing the name and ad- dress: V- una. \lIvoou_ -Behold the drama. demanded: A duel--' . two duels perhaps. `l).-L 4...... .1--..'l- ....LL. ....LA...9 I'\.\1n may bored and wmr1ed.r_` Bali! women or girls, they are all alike. ` ` cu.:11 ...1....... .:|:.1 -1... nnvann Amen`) Who , Prim Wllulou For Hhmano 8t`n-`es. TO Mi`! W1-n.1`\n': `D3-ml...-.`I1 GL4u.._..- `The second: \InII~Ivnoo\ I fa}, that 33 it-it could be nothing :2! People Whe Live Loni. .......... 1-:r.-.....1...-._ L - N - S;us:I:ie;iea:rElnfantf. Capt;L;nf1:`36tl;<;ftl;e-i4ine. THE cmvrms ma: VISITE. oaoov an In vv yuu uuav IIV LLWIJIJUIJ DUU>l-4|: '1:1i,is sensation so interested me that when I reached Cincinnati I scarcely realized the express was, as usua1,'an. hour behind time and had failed to make connection with the train to L---. `I- should therefore be compelled to `take the last train a going west that night, which would causemeto stop over night in a one horse town in Indiana that did not contain a. comfortable hotel. ` R. DE FAYET-MORET. ' 'J'i}i.'si'i3't':'1'z6E.' ' T- W0 STORES FOR 8ALE.-Noa. 54 and 56 %1L. .`,`l`..ldl3.-..11`_39-;-.e9.eonabIo-. Ann!!! |'1"'::'.m"-st. v..~*.::`...::.*:.'".;.-.-.:3- *1 3;` .3 0. JOHN . mchpperton St. Burris. D 4-tt as nunua nu! proved. the mtercolonial route to $2 the quickest for European freight to and from all points in Canada and the Western States. . Tickets may be obtained and also informa- tion about the -route and -about freight and paeeenger rates from ROBERT B. MOODIE. Weeter Freight and Passenger Agent, ` 93Roe'e1n ouse Block. York at.. Toronto." n Lll'\llIl'lI'\Y1\ urn Atreixh urn vu u n-nu null Enrll I Ill | will ndit edvautageouatouse this route. as It is the quickest in point of time. and the rates are as low as bi any other. Through forwarded bv est trains. and to xigecial exggrienoe has proved the teroolonial auickeat for Em-nnnnn frnioht fan ...a I aunu, 1V. 5.. wxtnout change. Close connections made at Point Levis with the Grand Trunk Railway and the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company's steamers from Montreal. and at Levis with the North Shore Railway. Elezant rst-class. Pullman bu et. and smoking can on all thtonah trains. ` First-class refreshment;-coma at convenient distances. ' - - IMPOIITEIIS AND EXPORTERS will nd It nunnlm-.5`.-.- 9.. ....... a.I.a.. ___L_ - THE DIRECT ROUTE` From the West for all `points in New Brunswick, Nova scotla. Prince -Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newgoundland. . All the popular sea bathln . shing and plea- sure resorts at Canada are a 1 along this line. Pullman carsleaving Montreal on Monday. Wednesday and Friday run through to Halifax, and on Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday to St. John. N. 13.. without change. I Close connections mndn at pains. T.nuu ...m. Cash Books Minute `Books Lodge Books Pamphlets Sample Cases &(3., &c., &c. 4 Blank Books made any size and Ruled to any pattern. All work guaranteed to be l't9cl8.88._ Music a specialty in Cloth or Full Leather, Stiff and Limp Covers. 1 Portfolios made of any size and style to order. A Repairing of every description of Binding done on short notice. V There is nothing in the Binding and Ruling line that cannot be done here and guaranteed first-class. Parties having Books, 850., to bind need only send a post card or note to the bindery, when a representative will call for the work and return the `same when nished. PRICES LOW AND TERMS CASH. |NT_EB Dlmi vvov o-av\I uoav vvA\ VV \lLl\atu . That was the last seen of him, and it was not until after `the bank opened on Monday morning that any one suspected anything wrong. The affair created an immense sensation. Society was shock- ed, the church scandalized and the bank directors furious. The newspapers print- ed long stories of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sort of existence the young man had led for a `number of years, and numerous friends of the lately depart- ed knowingly shook their heads as they told the reporters that they knew some- thing like that was sure to happen soon. 'F1\~:aan-ruanf-in-n an u'n4-Am.-u-.4-All ......; L`L_L rvltc I 9 O I lK\lIIIiE I g `BUI- ` Read for use In an? Quantity. For making Soup; Soften nu Water. Dis n ecting and a hundred other uses. A can equals 20 pounds in Bods. Hnl hr All -...-_. -_J II..._.__n--- Journals Manufacturer and Binder_of_ Blank Books % Day Books Books ' 4 ~ ,.We are fully prepared with a stock of TEXT BOOKS SCRIBBLERS, EXERCISE BOOKS, &c.,-&c. 'Mai1`order< - receive prompt attention. All School Books supplied with a strong Manilla cover free of charge. * BARBIE am BINIJEBY School Books! School Books`! FOR PUBLIC soHooL. .. AND B0|.|.EG|ATE INSTITUTE THE ADVANC_E Returning from New York city by the E-- railroad a few years ago, I bought of the train boy a copy of a Cincinnati paper, in which I read along account of the robbery of the City_ National bank of L--, Ky., and the sudden disappear- ance of its teller. Barry W. Swope. As usual in such cases. he had been a trusted employee, a memberof the church and a society young man. The robbery was a particularly cool one, the gentleman having quietly slipped $90,000 in notes into a 'va1ise on the previous Saturday afternoon after bank hours and walke out into the cold world. ~ ` fl1L_L ____ _ THE. WHOLE GROUND COVERS PUREST, s1'n'5'ucss1', BEST. heady for use in nnv ammm.v_ `lo`nr vnnkinn an _A fact Advertisers should note, an `all: vqunln Aw puuuuu DIM ouun. Sold by All Grocers and Dru;-glntu. `UV . GpE:.1.:I=2rrIrn_ rn....__-_ RAILWAY.- A. SBIJTT, Bonkse||er,Barrie. Fnoasnr cmsros, PROPRIETOR. - ---may -aavvng LI D. POTTINGEE (HAG `A VALUABLE VALISE; No. 5 Dunlap Street, Top Floor. Ledgers us uni Ghlofuperintendent I Goes into more homes and consequently is read by more people than any I other journal. Remember that besides being the best newspaper in the northern district, Remember .I. _ 1y Dllllt [08300 "HOIIIGBHCU, 5l3""`5 "` own sides & ESTEN, Barrio. undn ofahcres, and having 1: 1'00 walla!!! pant:-es`. &c. Apply to 5 , f BE LET on FOR SALE.-That su,bsta.n"ft`; h 1y built Boulderfell," standing 5"` be_ A-in nvuvnaunln A`- nu.-g -nut` Iuauhud ll TOOK ly residence "Bouldcrfell," star! and [luv an L131 us run bllLn.--1n2u. ; o_wn mien tnhnnl. nantt-Em`. am. Aonlv 5 `I-`ARM sAL:s_R sPEcIALTY- mv1Y V % n 3:133 at Tm: `Anvmon will be pr22_]y_ u uug uu w u um uuuuug uurrace D&!`0. An idle tale it tells to me. ' The shadowy form 1` image there I trace in earth and air and sea. Earth. sea. and air from pole to pole: A T The magic mirror of my sou1!- A -May Kendall in Longman's Magazine. HE PUBLIC is informed that this IIBW T Hotel is now opened fox-.the accommoda- tion oftravellers. No expense has been snafcd 319`-k9 `$1118 the best hotel north of T0I'0D - It has been. furnished with every accommodv tion and comfort in the latest and must Jvnroved style. Commercial men wi11ndt,h0 Ilnl I-nntnn and aunt-vfhino f.hBV I'CQulre ` uvpluvuu. ulayl. U0lI|lI16l'OlBl 111811 W111 sum la rooms. and everything they has enspeoially attended to. Terms from 81.00 to $1.50 per day- sttengls all trains. LUU uuu .lUU l0Ilg3 DCFGBE, .lU1U" " a None genuine without trade mark and Bitrnature or manufacturer. 33-- __.__ I KEY, 1103 and 105 Yonge Street, Toront0- A'N m-m onnI13nn 12,31-hnuf on-on-In ynnrk and *QuEEi's I-|O',l'EL ?I\t\T?`C-T Ti g? [ Its effect is beautiful. lasting days. Ofw weeks. No trouble toapply. For sale b.\` t` I d;ugists. or at the manufactory. ' CI *fiiEi`"; ' IAUCTIONEER, VALUATOR; . APPRAISER, &c. Articles and stock sold on the market` nrnmindnm NOTRTH (RAY. EDWARD LYNCH, - 9ROPRlET01 - nuu. uuuu ur uvulg. wuuuueu SOTO. One lies beside a. broken shield. O warrior. cans! thou head or hear? . . Nay. for the visions disappear. Fling down the shining surface bdro; An '`A if fnI`II fn II\l1 ' Hurling and Urimping THE HAIR. jDORENWEN1) S GURLINE Periodicals Law Reports Magazines V -'-FoR-- marke on 16, 1893. Elm ulafzldzn a.::~.'oss the fluid um Kort; Am] shadows slowly farm, combine And gather shape. A tiny boat. I-H519, fneenrl in fhu 9;: nnlnrv Ix-Juan `Music 11110 luv require `VI-ls) \~ ..,.`. it _could ` that they van- V V ma 1, and in on the -`was 3110` SO C'1OSo-1 saved` thL ' from the to cross t them, an the sam- petus cur 7P1. .1 boat, "L 1y'that 't11;' four.fa too Wu gi1'1S "C SWIIIAII * `k bex-:5 `the tr t,11'(-2:1s< T splzgslx tiles 1 hm c15n:Iu Luv uuu UIULIUB gunner 0'6!` And slswly shape a battleeld. And. dead hr living. wounded sore. One Hm: lmaidn n In-nlnan ehinl `$11111 to 11 the ' C1311 th_eT out out W i` im tn} . thu nmlf - c4_erf ew stri`. the lam` `mess Ring but Ring 0 Ring in_ t Ring 1 auu guuxersuape. A_.uny DOM. I see. tossed in the. foumlngbrino. O rower, wait-1' Brave rower. stay! Nay. boat and rower fade away. - Agin the dim clouds gdther o'r' A nd 1`.-urhv uhuhn n Inn olnnnla ' -Geor ; 133 ;bez1 _[ `on 1 `n-;:-. were |vz|F.HOR. " 'if'ar3E"i5Em"v's"o hasten home, but upon reection I resolved to step "around bank and acquaint tho % - vb`! xll lturuw if with wit..`n 4 the Soup creek, in McDowell county,/W. Va... is a remarkable `stream. ' The "creek passes a. hamlet called Vivian, andabont a mile below returns, runs around a tract of land about a; half. mile wide; and than paseeeunder itself. freak is . caused by the lay.o..:the land.` which- rinks ' 3 A Transporting Tale. Charlie Ryan, who handles _the passen- ger business of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad from Cincinnati, has also to handle some passenger business that re- quires Napoleonic geniuseto C wit, the _pass ends. One of these, a sleek. insin- , uating fellow, walked into Ryan s oice * one day in June. ' Ah, he said, is this Mr. Ryan?" Mr. Ryan didn t deny that itwas. . ."A'h, well, I called to see if I couldn't get transportation for myself over your road to White Sulphur." ' . Mr. Ryan smiled divinely. , s l ` . Certainly. sir. certainly; all you want." ' Ah. many: thanks. i Do I get "you?" -A - C . ``Oh, no, sir, bowed the polite Charles. "You get` it, at the ticket oce down stairs.- We don't _-sell tickets up here, i and the man was so overcome that. he . went down "stairs and 'aotua1ly--bonghtsl ticket.`--_Detroit Free Press.__ W'Iv guess that studentlike sport -who. wasvsitting beside you has taken care of your baggage. He passed me a few moments ago on his way to the train with a couple of valises. Next time you go traveling, young man, you had better take `some one along with you to care for you while you .sleep.--St; Louis Post-Dispatch. A Opening my eyes I looked around the `D waiting room in a. confused way and reached for my valise. It was nowhere to be found! - My brusque arouser, instantly took in the `situation, and with a. look of intense disgust on his face said as he turned away: 111 ,,, _,, A` v -1.. v v\rn.nn ' Look here, young man, said a. gru voiced fellow in uniform at my side as he shook me violently, I thought you told me you were going to take the train west tonight. It has just pulled out. and you re left." V ' Iv vunvu avv .._..-. nlvvv \I g`: uvuv vc vuxu Ivwuo Contrary to my expectations the young fellow made no offer to carry the valise as We started on our journey back to the bank._ At the end of the short street on. ,whichI lived we stopped to takea car. My friend had again become very adia- ble, and as we stood on the corner he of- fered me a cigar. I took it, thanked him, and placing my valise carefully on the ground -between my feet I struck a match to light it. `Just as I was in the act of doing so. I received a blow from * the left that sent me staggering into the 3 middle of the street. At the same mo- ment my protector disappeared in the other direction. ..-... -.v..... v ..v.\. wuuuu vv:u`vvvn e I did not tell my wife of my suspicions of the young man down stairs, but I re- solved at once to arm myself in order to be prepared for the Worst.` It is a well. known fact that in Kentucky the sixth commandment has. long ago been de- clared unconstitutional, and I quickly a made up my mind that if my bodyguard ; showed any signs of playing me false] would let him have a dose of cold lead. - -, L,__ -,__ L _ __ v-ovv- acacia vuv ovwuvsJ 0 V When I reached home, I politely asked the young man to take a seat in the hall while I stepped up stairs, to get a glimpse of the treasure. I found my. .wife at the head of the stairs. very excited. In an adjoining room we examined the valise, and at a rough estimate we placed the amount at about the gure the newspa-` pers said Swope had carried off with him--someWhere about $90,000. ` ` I 21.`)! AL L.`I`| -mu ---'13-- Al-' ----- -u mt! -!- v-V on---Iv `(yr v . u w x on`; uv way: `any av\/\nI-VJ! This theory _was strengthened when I noted that my protector" seemed grad-V ually to become very uncommunicative, and the conversation during the rest of the journey referred to passing objects and "sights. Try as hard as I cou1d I failed to get anything satisfactory "out of him concerning the robbery. \'KT`Ln.. T ..n.`..L...I L......... I .....l.'A.,.I__ ___1__J noun`: vow woo. no; 1 said voov VI :11`, vs thisyonngiman was_ a very 6\JVVIU&\&I genial fellow. but` somehow I soon be-. , gan to feel an instinctive distrust inhim. [ plied him with -`questions concerning the habits and business methods of g the missing teller, but he returned evasive answers. contradicted himself, and nally, when [unexpectedly asked him how long he had been employed in the. bank, he re--` plied, after looking at me in a dazed sort of way, _Oh. about a year ortwo." At `once the thought came to me: What if my escort was oneiofw-the young men] had seen outside the president s office. Perhaps he had overheard our conversa-V tion and had planned this neat little scheme of playingthe role of a clerk of the bank sent me for protection, as he` insinuatingly put it. If so, I readily saw that he. inten`ded_tomake an effort to get his hands on the valise and then seize. the rst opportunity to bid me goodby. `-1\nr\U|I1 tvvnn nl-....\..n.L1.n....\.5I ..-`|,...... `I In one or two little things he i was vuu V- uooJ an.-D-aonu fustbefore going out to lunch a. mes- senger boy languidly entered the oce and handed me a. note from my wife; ' Thinking it was the usual commission to get a. yard or two of goods likethe sam- ple inc1osed, Ithrust it into my pocket and started out to dinnen I `had; not gone far before I suddenly stopped and took out the envelope the boy. hadgiven me, opened it and read it. At rst I conld ' not understand what it all meant; then `I turned it over nd went throughit nnunin N team an pnlinnvn. 10 \J\.lJ\l\bl7 V BULI-DU: l left the bank and turned up the street in the direction- of home I was i - `joined by a young `man who came run-. ` A ning out of the bank after me, hat in hand. He said the old man" had reconsidered A the matter and sent him to accompany me back with the money. This seemed to me to be quite satisfactory, and as the fellow was a very genial young man we - immediately fell to discussing the rob- bery of his bank. Hecongratulated me .` on my good fortune and knowingly hint-" ed that the old gentleman" would treat me cleverly in the way of reward. A ' I ....:.a u.:.. -....-...- ......_ .....- - --......| vv \4.v\J\ -:3. uvuua v \.u. \V_hen Al was grab ted ah ji!ltHTV_i6W:`G_i).(1 ,e::p!:-xined my "dist"-overy. it created; ~'ife1y namtzuully. a sensation. At first the old gentlem..u was inclined to regard me as a crank. but when I asked him to allow a (:1 rk to accompany me home he_ seemed to` satised I was -in-earnest. V He con-' sented to my proposal, but after a mo- mentfs thought he said an escort was-um necessary. thinking doubtless that the ; handsome reward would be a suieient inducement to insure the safe delivery of the precious valise. A... I 1.2.. .1..- L....1- ......a ..._.....a ..-. 4.1.- -oi1`.<;i.u-.-s al`.eie oh my. . I found the president uf L116" bank in his p1'iy'u`te oice en:.;.;;;e`:.' with several lynx eyed in- Vdividuals `.`."..'u:.=i I suspected from their `n1)pea.runce to be. as it turned out they vvc1'c-. `rle-tec`.'2vc's. V + V `FYI i ', gr - . - _" 1 The Oonvolntloul of Soup Ox-dank. ""BeE:?aE}"35i;""" .;`&'ntt1e girl. And_--.a.n__d I seein _er ears neither pearls` 'nbr"diaIi1onds`. nor even on her ngers a single jewel. ~ The rfeasori pose A Bi'b1&_fo;r`_l1er tug of . n.-..'.1..:.. '.::.:| 1' ......-.1` m'1..:.'.. -u;.iu- _u_. .. UQIIDJ &\I.`OO\l. |Il_ II IAADIA D1sda.in' V_ ,`did I sa..y?[ 5 child, who as :yet` kncviys giqthixgi of life, yet seems al- uoanv In avcuvaa V early a. child, too-.-18 years perhaps, atifarthest. Dressed modestly` besides, A high neck robe. puritanical intent, but which only the better develops that which it envelopes. _* Exquisite gure, slim and lithe as a bending willow. M `2LLT_ _Isaav Iv nova: onus uvncauavo N 01; a bad lot, either, the third. She's even pretty.- Small head-, low brow, tiny - nose, at mite of a. mouth. Nothing but. eyee-superb eyes at that! ' Lashes like a fringe, and a ge`nui_neeblond-. n........ J...'l-.-. an M`- 1' .1- ....4. 1___-__ L -_ & LQQLJ V, Innate 0' o-an-onnv wnv ., - ..... Deuce take it! N o, I do not know her. The little yellow curls'tha;t dance about her brow look even in this photograph like 9.` golden smoke. 2 . 1| `An In connkhn V-A_I.--._ Q-D90. III! W \OO\JID, 9\IO-I\I\lIUI III-I. QULL - `And J eanne, the eternal, in powdered. hair and leering over her shoulder at the risk of a wry neck. (I11... LI..:...l -1. 4.1.- 4.I_:_.`I r 3, wnav ........ .....\.. vvvnnannna w qpa.v,vvv evvvaaguo When 5 o clock at last came round,Nl boarded the train for 'L--, not in the best of humor. and two hours later a.r-, rived at home feeling very blue. After taking a" slight lfreakfast, I Went down to the oi`ce', where the big robbery was still the talk of the clerks. Each of them had a. theory of his own as to where the thief had gone. and when they appealed to me for my opinion I dole- fully recounted my experiences of the previous evening. Of course they unani-. mously agreed with me] that I hadyery foolishly allowed the fugitive teller my slip out of my `ngers. Tuna` `I-uscnun 4-A3-`n. .~..'4. L- I._.. _L' - _. _-' "$31523 also were at that supper then? Beyond a doubt. ' These scattered pho- tographs attest it. Female suppers out or supperesses, if I may call them so, have always a rage for distributing their portraits. -.Henriette of the Varieties in her costume of the Revue, her great English coal hoppers squeezed into tight French slippers. Quick, conceal thyself! V A`-`A Innnun `Ln A`-mucosa` `On -`A-.J.......3 njfhve. the thjrd. I do hot ' know her. Tis strange! \`| -L .. 1...! Int -34.].-- 4.1.`- L'|.:...1 (31, go. vsuvnvhana lI\I sauna an nJ\4LLJ\JA-IV IV VVGIS IILIUJ. U. Bombe a_ la. Ca.rdinal--From whom could this have come? Stay, Marcel! Who but Marcel is cousin to a cardixial?` `I ___:-.. ll __:_._ _____,, 3| 1-: 1 Iv uv nu av-nvuo Irv: -.u vvu.u,u.u uv ua vuLu1.uau Lucien, Maxime, Fernand, Polastron, Semenow, vMa.rcel--Behold my table re- cdmposed. - 117-...-- -1-.. ......... -4. 1.1.-.. _;__._ -_ L1. _,,.. ca-gov, u-.-van, own as Filets de sole a;'Joinvi1le-Feman1, to a certainty; an: Orleanist let. pure . and simple. . . T - f`I.......L.~..,- J- 13-..-.. _' I!-_._...._ `T. _.r - no mu...-av-up, unv- vsalades de legmes _a la. Russe-- Tis useless to ask if Semenow was there. 15-..--|__ - I- 't\__,:|2,, ,1 wnruv- ou- Huitres -Portug aises-These are the ' kind that Lucien prefers and that they import from Arrachdn expressly for him. I ..-.,.-h-... cuvnn .-.0 4-1... .-.............. 4.1.-.. .-1. :_ A-3 &\I -1 vi Lv..`l"~c;l:.ageva.l.a'."1')ureevde gil)ier-I greatly deceive myself, or that potage i one to `which Maxime is specially partial, Max- ime, then, for No. 2. I'.'I."I-L_ .3- _-1_ _ I- T-__111- IR, 1 sung`. wagon` our Canetgns de Roen 5 l ora.nge-No one but Polastron for that. an out and out Rouennais, he. j ' o..|-:.|..- ,3- 1-__'...-_ - 1- n,__ , un- yovwuuwovg uwvnv now... An inspiration! "J`[is menu, in Be- traying their tastes, will also to me re-T J VI-ODIII again. it in as follows: Y\-._lV_A..;-_ I\-...-I..-....- _ ov vvvo QQAAIQ Vivi IQI-O \lO II no van` `on. Qlavbavbd wsny V9538 I-\IL LlLLI.Io ` Ijucien was of the suppers. then, it i clean. So much for N o. 1. ` wrrvw-~. How many were they, I wonder? Who were they? My habitual friends, it is probable, but still--no? .'........-....L:-...I rm.:_ ._._.___ _-.. 1-- Thanks to this bill I.learn immediate ly that the misdemeanor occurred in: Sa1on 14.?` I could have sworn it. 'Tis"'always, some way, salon 14 to which I gravitate. ` ` f'I"1..;. Lat--19 `I52.-..`I..J. `I...-...1.....`l ._...i L__-_.L_ - - Onvv 1 ovvvvvu " ;i`.1V1e total? Eight hundred and twenty francs. Peste! I've not been stingy. it appears. r t] .....'. ........... ....-..... 4.1.--- I .__..:.__.n 1171- _ - Gingerly I slip: two ngers into the side pocket of my vest and draw out my portmonnaie. V Empty? By J ovel A _ _In seeking to pick up my overcoat my notebook falls, scattering upon the car- pet a. heap of papers. H11..- 2..-; -1` AL A . A _ ...'_....... 4.1....;. __4__1_-_ run vv 5-1190 The rgt Sf ftuhgggampapers that catches my_ eyeis the slip of the Cafe Anglais. |'l"`|-.n +`I`1T`I`|V\ cannot` A` `Inn v\1.ru1r\`,4- -.,..'.-.13.. u..J _ V. V nu! unov w- v ,\.:uua.v 4;Az6a.u.u3. The trump`ca;'cl1 offhe night s misde- meanor.` _ _ ` - .1 u urns: r u n _. g av -aaouuv _' 1 tremfwlgmuiltily. What am 1 going to discover? I-I-Iannunv av. ov- But what plagues `me most is to guess what I1 did last night, particulars, you know, as to the events of the evening. _ Question my servant? Perish thethought of it! Expose my- V self to the blushing before a. lackey! Be- -sides he would only be able to formu- late theories from the hour of V my re- turn andeand my behavior on reaching my bedroom. V v V V I divine it, that behavior, tis enough. They pretend that with a single bone Cuvier was able to -entirely reconstruct an antediluvian animal. It remains to me then only to nd some analogous thing to as readily reconstruct my ex-_ istence for the last 12 or 15 hours-a 1 suggestion, a. hint. one or two indicaw tions, moreor less. Where nd them? Ah-h, my pockets! . A childish habit of burying everything there clings to me still and will now perhaps serve me well. Behold the mo- ment of rummaging. then, like the cul- prit that I am. ' - - ` Uuvbuv vs sauna`, wrvvvinvovul Nevertheless `nothing is surer than something did happen to `me; many things even. Everything proves it` to me. My coat on_the oor, my cravat as a nightcap aifd, above all else, if ever I doubted it. my haggard` face, fatigued and pale. V fl1...-1.. .. A..- 1.-uni...-..-..-I Al. Uvsvv nrvn All that night the face of the stranger who had occupied a seat beside me in the Cincinnati depot haunted me. There was something about him that reminded me of Teller Swope; He was just his size and build. His mustache, to be'_ sure, was wanting, but that he should shave off this appendage was to be considered a matter of course. The gold spectacles he wore very much resembled those "I had associated with the face of the intel- lectual looking teller, and I had observed on his ngers a number of rings, jewelry that Mr. Swope was said to be very par- tialto. As I turned the matter over in - my mind the more convinced `I felt that I- had lost a splendid chance of capturing the thief and securing a $10,000 reward. urn. :: ,.a..1,...1- -4. 1..-; .......- _-___._-u 1 umavu rwgvu Tru y a. yne business! At my age, eight and thirty years, to aliow myself to be surprised. by champagne like a schoolboy on a. holiday! Stupidity s no name for it! ` . T . Dating from a certain moment-the second bottle, I be1ieve--I no more re member what happened to me. A cur- tain, like a misty cloud, descended upon my" memory,.simi1ar to thebetween acts baize of fairy "spectacles. ` `kT........J-L..`In.-.- '-.n4-`Ia-3.\n. 3n nu-nu 4-I-`nun `V Ill VVIllllUI lull IUV_UjLl2U Ell`) 6|l\4$\I\ Already a._ part. of it? . Sweet rose. lie lightly above _ The pure heart otimy love. ' -Meredith Rhys in Kate Fi91d s Washington AFTER THE SUPPER; :8 THE` HEART or THE nose. She will 15111 the rose on her breas And the hearteof it - ~ v Will whisper my love-ha.s she guesse A lunatic n nnh A9 `I ? `Li! R DUUIUL mun uuuuvl II; nuvvvq And a. part of it. She whisperedlo me one June- I shall not forget it soon. There. where`ihe petals` met. tn cl... I.n'....o AF :1 I aucuu uxanw VI 0119 Luau an BIIVL In the heart of it . A message l ll send. I'll send. n!` u nnnf 119 if Where lies the scant of the `TIOSB? In the heart of it. _ `Tie a secret the buttery knows.` Anal u nun? (J. I! Luv! U. YVLIUIIS LIIU pt -Lcnnu unnvvug In the he'a.rt of it. Lies :1. cl1a.li<-.- deep and sweet. VIM.` 9]..` name n? if -..J vovvnnn av. ynav Iv vuvo The journey was made with "the usual discomfort and monotony. The depot at N-- Y---, Ind., where I had to stop over from 10 p. m. till-5 the next morning, had been rebuilt since my last ' visit to that town, and remembering too well my hotel experience there a year before] resolved to spend one night in the depot waiting room with a few other passengers who shared my mis- fortune. . IJIUB It Uuunn ` uocy any Bvvvlavo V `Tis the part of it Where the rose distills the dew . It gathers the warm night through.- i shall make of the fose a. frien l.. 4|... I..\....b .-.0 36 . ll uscnaagu A ll ucuug a :1. Dana. Or 9. part of it. For the heart of the rose is small And cannot contain it all. ` fI`I-IE_ NORTHERN ADVA NOE P V To Mrs; ot` H`a'z_-'ri`sburg,f Tex.,, a1_1d' Marshal] Saunders of Halifax havebeen awarded two of the three prizes of $200 each of- fered by the American Education 3001- ety of Boston for the best stories of equal length (with Black -Beauty and illus- ` and cruelty. ` - -v;--~ -- -v ---v Amus- Sir George Humphrey has investigated the life histories of centenarians in Eng- land with the view of_ ascertaining the causes and circumstancesof longevity. As one readsthe habits and life of these men and women who attained to the age A of 100 years and more, one is struck by the factthat they were almost invaria- great moderation in eating and drink- : lng. Of a 37, 8 took no animal food, ` ' bly lean people..of (spare habits and of moderate amount and only one acknowl-i , edged taking much 'meat._ With regard to} alcohol the returns . are fmuch the same, and7'a stemiousness is foundto be, 4 took very little, 20 a little, 10 a :I;ieir111 1if,5f.t1i9P7ntnan8--F London Hospital. 2 - I ' Kn-civthe romance and friendship of the 1 little blond? " ` V N ot mine, either! Bah! what matters it? ~ The address can still be found by means of the pho- T` tograph. --From the French. . But then, if this overcoat is not mine, . no more is the duel mine! - Nor mine the bill of the Cafe Anglaisl - e Nor mine the photographs! - Nor mine the cards of the militaires! Nor` mine the wilted ` myosotis blos- soms! 1 W1-33;` mine the theft of the ba.ron s hand- kerchief I nu uaav vvnv- V. at vvstuvu Lumxug I have not, then, voyaged in my pock- ets. I have voyaged in the pockets of another, V... .4... ...v 1 .-. uauuuuvv How long he sat besideme I don't re- member, but after a time he slowly arose and walked over to the telegraph ofce at the farther end of the room. Before he came back a strong lunged individual in uniform stepped_ up to me and bawled out the names `of the towns whichthe train about to start was bound for. Hur- riedly picking up my valise, I made straight for the gate and was soon aboard my train for the-west. H11... -...-.....--- ._..- ...-.1_ __,-L1, `41 , ovum vvv a..n.nun\.IA.s I hesitate to plunge too deep into the depths of my overcoat. Suppose, like the comedian Arnal, in the fair of the Rue de Lourvine, I draw out my hand full of 'soot or of blood! What? This overcoat--this overcoat is not mine! A " nnannnvu N o, mine was chestnut color, and this 1 is the color of a Corinth raisin. I 'L___ _.L L`. _`,. vawv I My apprehensions redoubled. Awhile ago I wished to know, now I fear to learn too much. - ' an nvvvo vo4I.\1\AV wit` was given me, I know it. Just i how it was given to me too. A continu- ation of the story of that unknown little blond. She gave me these myosotis blos- soms, knowing that I was going to ght -that I was going to ght for her-in a1lJ>roba.bi1ity. ' .. J-`I....L :.. :4. :4. --__1_1 1-- , , 1 - e1sB:" L\.IJ-J nu uva vac. What next? A_ handkerchief in my pocket that belongs to another! Behold` me on the road to the galleysr Ah, my head, my head! . ` And these owers in my buttonhole-- this wilted boutonniere. Tiny myosotis blossoms that have closed their blue i eyes. The thread that holds them is -half untied. A bouquetytoo modest and simple for me to have bought from a regular ower vender, to have stolen like the handkerchief or to have had - be- stowed upon me by demoiselles of the theatrical clique. ' TL ' ._ ...:..... L -_ A -_-_ `I1,,, I. 1- oauatnuu ? No, the hour has passed. - `Tia 11:30 now! ` ` ' I am dishonored! . i N 0 one will believe me when I say that I slept too late and,_got up `With a split-- ting headache. V 1' Ln... ..... `I........_.. 1.1.. _1____-, , 4 un-\4A-A uavvna uuv Iulu 4I4|.slII.ALA\.I\Jo Xfst. Mauidel Zounds! an armed encounter; the hour of `the rendezvous. "Nothing could be Clearer! l\-_.'-`I_ ..__._I (I11. A-.- __ ,;,-11 .- Irnnaa snvuauuuuvnavu ' I have no longer the strength to inter- rogate my pockets. 1 Still, let us see. ,,.. . _ ..... ......: I-.........L:4...1.....1- __ __-,-, ,1, ovoialvv ..-J rvvuvuun - vuvnsn, Lvu us) DOV. Fine and hemstitched; an airy, cob- webbybatiste. But this not one of mine. It bears in one of its corners, too, a baron s tortil. . ` v vvsavwau La vvnsaaua uwulv uUUULu I knew Mr. Swope by sight. having come in contact with him on a number of occasions while doing business with V the bank of which he was teller. The L--- papers I bought in the Union de- pot gave further details of the affair and contained also the announcement that the bank directors had oifered a re- ward of $1,000 for Swope s capture and 10 per cent of. the cash returned, which would make a total of $10,000 if the ras- cal was caught before he got rid of his booty. ....t,...,....,......., . t Pooh! An illusion! What other non- sense will I get into my head? Stay! what is this written in the cornerof the lien tenant s card, the Li`eutena.nt R. de Fayet Moret? Ten o'clock at St. Maunde. oovvov n-oooqo war! In this case what am -I, provoked or V provocator? - x1'..... 1' 1.1;:..1- -n .u. .-; ......_.... 4.- ...- 1.1.4:. `low v vvuuu Now I think of it, it seems to me that my left cheek pains me a. little and is bigger -than the other-the scar of battle I unquestionably. - 'l)....`I..l A .. 2'l1--'...'..... I T1'Y`I....L ..LL ..`.. ..--._ oi vvu-.. vvunuu uv vsvuls va- Quicli, run! There is `still time per- hapsl V ' \T.. 4.1.... 1.-.... L . _ _ . _ _-_1 arn:_ 4. nn II Ivgv scan`./nu rvauwyu But two due1s.with whom? Duels- apropos _of what? Whom have I o1fend- ed? _For it is I, it is I, surely, that am the oifender-I, who know so well that I am `truly unbearable when-when a little high up. I'.. L`L:... A--- ....`L..L ...... `I .._....._..`l_...3 ._ .'Jl{ 3,1113, uuvy (iii: an I-suun - . Still, where did she come from? T Who is it that I have had, unknown, to sit at my table? Maybe it was her debut-the openingof 9. great success that I already , foresee and predict. COL- ..-4. 'I.....~1;In units:-\ II` nnnncogn I ` Ill. Lllllto x _ But let us resume. There were then in salon 14 six men _and' three women. My personnel s complete. What hap- pened then? [have the actors. but not yet" the drama. --.. ....'..l-3......` I-`an uvnvuntun `In 1-vsvv What is it that all this tells me? I ve never known in all my senses as many militaires as this. There is under -it of` course a quarrel, a row, an alterca- tion. These two cards, cold and glacial, have assuredly been exchanged for `two ` of my own! `l5._L-1.l LL- ,`I............-1.............A...I- A .1..-` - J ` IULUBCU (-IILl\.I 111 U\.LL\.IIJ- V - She sat beside me, of course; I talked with her. `tie certain--all the madnesses probably that came to my `head. She refused` me. or left me. Behold the rea- con why; perha.ps-that I made myself J_._...1- "UV uuv VII. (Ill-I-Illl ' Let us continue the voyag in my pocket. ' 'I"I1"Il!.('!AD'l`1l'_ nu! VTQMW. JAFter eating an unsatisfactory lunch] took a seat in the_ general waiting room of the depot and ruefully awaited my train. As I did sol noticed ayoung man approach my seat, and placing his va- lise on the oor alongsidepmy own, to which it bore a strong resemblance, sit down while he looked cautiously around at the clock on the wall and then at the oicials moving about. I]'.....`l.~......L.\ ...\L `l.._..:,J_ __,- I ,1