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_.v I----vvnn uuu annual! 6501!. Three days later she was absent again. . Then I saw her on three succes- sive days, leaving out of account an in- -tervening Snnday.- Again she failed to appear, but only for -a day. and the re- mainder of the week she was in her no- customed place. -v -vyuvu vuv gauuuav VI. slllo ` Yet the girl was-o`n_'hahd "at the usual hour the `nextmorning and was the re- cipient of greetings, `though she had to ask the bookkeeper for his. In the afternoon, when ~ she stood by the open window for a few minutes, I thought she looked quite ill, and`, worse than that, she seemed apprehensive. The blight of_ melancholy was on her. I fancied her as one of those unfortunates who in youth are told that there will ; he no maturity. that the seeds of death are planted" and must grow. FAA `aura In`..- -L- --A- -l ---~A* d youth an the uhou1ae:ola`re'11ow 7 in thelatter edge of thelunoheon hour before the chief: had returned.` They- took it very -hard, and the younger or them stood by the window efterward when he ahon)d havebeen at work, and he looked` the picture of grief. L ` VA `Ian aim` u-u-n.4&o. I...`...1 -1. LI..- _____I _j__?. V - nWhhen ydur bgok in . lled with coupons collected from any of the merchants 11811194 501.0`?-A Y011. ,,ha_V'e yqur own time to ll the book. When lled take it to MONKM-IAN, Druggist,_';nd get $3 in cash. A` ` `MERCHANTS : G|.E COUPONS. ~ .'ohl Inl|I;dn|-iIIntiAn- .= I `ll----- 1- 4`- '-`-- - - CA -Q U PC N 5 All kinds of Blank Books ruled to any pattern and bound at reasonable rates. Magazines and Music bound in splendid style and cheaper than city prices. a A . Let usiquete prices on your work before sending it out of town. i:I.!II`:I!lIllllDlIKF$IIIg largldtlll o ` on no 0 '0- - l'.&Io9%IIII.I'l|I'0o I Iusrlvrinli I 3, IVl'| John lllnghnn. Butcher. B. Powojljg Butcher. ' 8. 11!. Lawrence. Boots and shoes. :;:.'~.:.';:*._.*. =3...-~ -:.-*...n ~ - . , I o_ Onnhhhnn `oz 1-err}; cunning. - Geotgo lonknun, t. In Stanhann. Fnnnv Gan`-_ 0 J.IV.I.lJJJ1..IJfJ.'J, J.u(Vn'age r, Steam r`: and Show Room. Gollier-sI., Barrio cofflm and caskets of all kinds in stock or made to order. ~ Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. G. O. DOLMZAGE, Ilia/nager, Stroud. (Q1. . Ii I :3. - -- BARR|E'S LEADING JOB PRINTING OFFICE. - -BOOK ROBT. CRISTOE, $l_MCOE'S |=iIoN:I-:n NEWSPAPER. IN * -fAre-y(m-1-oollctingEm `ltlt m`eo;s a.-saving: L4-1 '.-_------ :-.`. `SIVEITZEI, ADVANCE No; 5 DllNl0P ST.. TUP HOUR. ' PROPRIETOR. BINDERY an uncuunulollq uarnela. II. A Douche. Jeweler. _ . hnw Brbm. Photographers. -Ig rlis R. 1. Fraser 6; 00., Dry Goods. B. A. Button, Groceries. `rho-. N. I-lobiey. Groceries. 0. Kinds. Groceries. V V ll. 1!. onon. Hardware. #.`3'.:."..'.'.'::"'-..- LARGEST CIRCULATION, MOST NEWS---MOST ADS. om: ISSUE A WEEK, QNE DOLLAR A YEAR. *`"u! we rat or the owning. ` V 4338 later Will upyearod in I `"3 Iloited frame of mind,_,' Blohn en. honest tho tixno.;bu,0" Wm ,h3n:?uu hihu hoflahnd uu.%` ~ .133. In luck!-- A i "'-- -V I-ICC CIIWOCIVC CIR? XI-:_ `fsomont wubrokon. '1. uggfu a relief to no yhingongthl M h.""`:: `#01:. it for r in nu ';.opnvongl `J3 Wurfully the rut ggigh`. ."m`;q few dun 1.4-... ruin -;.......-..| 1- L 1 - -v~-.- -uuunu uuun ulucu. Luv luvs` d_ up Doi'othy s picture, which "W53 `V108 on the table. _ " What a pretty girl!" he exclaimed. Who is she? _ ' ' `.` You ought to know herjreplled ` W111. You and she were not friend: ` once. She : no other than my deter borothy." e That handeome girl my little friend "Why: Why, I thought` of hops mu 3 child. By Jove, but "my!" and Richard. with man: hltion then he had dlepl_e`ye:d, T-'- aw yuan, 9:. u wuleuy Wqnlan. It was two or three weeks after Will's conversation with Richard in re- _ card to the matter of best man that one `Wine our amicted friend named a. little less morose than usual. Ho pick- un hn-}nn...1.. _:-4....... _I.:..|. ......_ r--v-v.ov-r-- an-avvv can. diva UV 5 8 p're'tt"y and proposselaing young lad) . wxth quite the air, an we imuginodf from her pose, of a society woman. . man 5-... -.. LL--- __'.-I__ -11.-.. ""' " VVjJ|I| Jl-I WIIILI lIUl'.lU - Will's sister Dorothy, 3 `girl of 18, was to be my maid of honor. She had betjn _abroad for the last three years, mshmg her education. When she went Way. she was a schoolgirl, and not teallzing the change that a your or two W1 marks at her age we were surprised to recelve a photograph showing her to b. R nrn6-we --.3 ......... -: _ _ _ . .__ -- Au-I1JUIBl.lJlUo Will humbly apologized and hasten- od to ask his cousin to act as but man. He accepted with alaority. Will . .:..4..... n......4.|.... - -...--1 -3 an --v ----w 11 nu. uvuvuvu uyvu UIIU DHUJUUIII 1 It is evident that you know nothing of my feelings, said Richard in an in- jured tone. I shall probably never at- tend a wedding again as long as I live. It would be torture, agony, simply un- bearable. I would do a. great deal for You, but don't ask me anything no ut-_ terly impoulble. mu: |._.._u_u__ -__c-._n__: -- L L i Am - u--vnvol vauvvosuvu Lqiuub uuuvuo `We hsdvvapzcted him to not as best man at our wedding, but it seemed. more than doubtful that he would feel equal to the position in his present state of mind. We were anxious to know how he felt about the matter, and at last Will touched upon tho subject. 4 To in .....'.l-..4. 51...; _-.. I...-._. _-u..|_.. y ray; wvvvnnalrwoli I-llllvlo My lover could ill aord to leave at this time. and his absence would be most trying to me, as I wanted his ad- vice concerning the house. `However, neither of. us felt that we could urge - any claims or our own in the face or Richard's dire need. So we reluctantly . bade each other gocdby. `The trip bene- ilted the heartbroken lover, and on his return he consented to take up his real- dence at home, and aftera time resumed his customary visits to our house, though he scarcely spoke and locked the picture of despair. It was a little wearing for Will and me, for out of courtesy to poor Richard we did not like to speak of the wedding or ' any 01 the arrangements when he was present, and as our mind were naturally occu- pied with the topic in question our con- versation was sometimes rather forced. `I1- 1.-.! -_..-_A.-.I L1..- L- - A It was two or three days before I saw Will, and then he came in at noon for a hurried call; He looked `worn and harassed, but patiently replied to the countless questions I asked in regard to Richard's affair. It seemed that Miss - Rhoades had been" mistaken in the na- ture of her regard for him, as she ex- pressed it. In other words. she had not really cared for him, but tried to do so, urged by her family and tempted by his wealth. Will thought there was an- I other lover in the baokgroiind, but Richard did not suspect it. The poor fellow was a complete wreck, and? for the next few days Will was constantly ,with his distracted friend and had no time to give to me. When he did come, it was to say that he had prevailed upon Richard to go away for awhile, the lat- ter consenting on condition that Will ' would accompany him. it `nvvnn .-..\..l.I I -3-..) L- I----~ - A `Could not como last night. Richard in trouble. Engagemont broken. " E135 if3xI'InT6rif1LE "f r;;;i::d a tale- gram from Will: ` r\___IJ ...-L --.._- I_._A. ..;-,n,. . . `ygyusunvn 1! an nun Our worst fears were loon realized. one night my betrothed did not come to see me, which surpried me much, for it was important I should consult with him about the new house. IHL- ._.._L .._._._l__ luv u... ..- ..-.. {ill I " , , . To tell the truth, on meeting Min Rhoades we did not share Richard : en- . thusiasm. She had a reserved manner ma was not partioularly pleasing in my way. And she did not seem sum- oiently in love with Richard to suit me. Indeed I went so far as to say that 1 did not believe she cared for him at all. Ihad to admit that she was ne look- ing, though not handsome, and she was older than Richard. Ho oonrdd ta Will that he was past theage to be at- ` tracted simply by a pretty face, and he had no fancy for girls in their teens. ' Richard was 28. _._____L l-__._ __._ ,, -- "'v"crI1i?d 1.3:! i}fo{v' Eu? E1:o'ados,.bnt Richard assured an we could not fail to like her. and W111 said his opinion was to be considered, for of oourle it was quite impartial Inn to Hon truth nn unnrgdl-.... |r.|L_ It was the winter before Will hug, me married that Richard Deering [meme engaged to Mien Rhonda. Will and Richard had been almoet .inIep- arable from ohildhood. and the latter was an old friend of mine also. V ' my 3:: ....L I-_-._ Ilx__ I\| - - lo hu`:1|!O!l. ta:-.hli' ' `*5 no In played !0_l'*hO!f:lIdy "g ll thdpoor little '!:`o`w*`-hgiy"'~ And the poor little bra w_ou.l| _ `ml tho has new peaked undue:-1. A V . mad the large on: strung and bring, pad they aid-too late--" ; -ll witty. _ In shnll rent for at but tau-Lu-' I PIC] I'|""'VV |I_IU"""E' `II WW 39 shall for 10805 tenI[h;" A. jut at-dawn. when the that were As they wjfohed -In the Iilont teen`, 7 '-with the send or e strained cord brieng. ; uomething mapped in the gloom. "rwu e an-ink of hu Violoncello," - And they heard him stir in his bed". Make room for a tired um. anew. _ A -'-;' " me God." was the nut he and. 7 : - _..ln-64.. h-I____. [Rim sm~nunn`n~ 2F2;'%1:6;%~ TH! CHILD MUIl.'O;iA'N.='. CON SOLED. -Austin gobgo was not 5 Iohomo to dotnud" boodulo , It was not rauonubly adapted to do- ooivo person; ofortlinu-7 " ` This dcohion, unau and Ooxiiunt. wouldcllow the Info-no qt Iho,v n;uil| by all than-ha looking for ` It loom: not onlyiulnd -can-who !'I'th_gitrc Um-I Venn which ufhilbr uhomo to out monoy;bypro1outn.to f 0803190 1- '.l!7'"." 1 udloll mumdamua toaymu ed: ' P l3`; "'P", '4` . . , .5 ` .: X. - .4 . - ~_ A lo law` For Icon. The common belief that the-law will cut a spacial protection around the wank and tub); get: ridoly Inattozed ` by a decision in United Itntu vouu Pay (88 Fail. Rep. 880),` whtoh hold! that only potion: or ordinary `prudence are within the protection of Unitod Btntu revenue Itntntu, notion 5,480. yngninut Iohomu` to ;d_ nd by no.9! tho mails.` Tho oonxt he! that 1; Iain)? by which n man,1rutlo`d._~Ito pajyitao for thonioiol an nllont Iupbrhnmnnipbwbr to d_1Icovu:`n .`treo.i nnj:_l_I_`i_d In hhlold , DIIL-_, w wqutvxwu Among other things he painted. ohieiiy for amusement. or as s-"tetoh. "_ as we used to call it. a portrait oi his wife, life size. standing in a doorway with her hand `on, the door handle and her foot on the step, looking back over ` her shoulder. as though she were quit- ting the room. The `picture was placed against the paneled wall of the studio and was such a perfect illuison that it looked, not like a picture; but a reality ' --so much so that genial Tom Lsndseer. - y the engraver. who called one day, made i a most profound How to it and. address- ing the egy, said. Pray, do not leave. us, : nadan.~'G. A. Storey, A3. A.. in Magsaine of Art. ' v T Philip R. Calderon w'ee elected A. \ B. A, in 1864--th e name year and at the came time ae Frederick Leighton. Nor hee the Royal academy ever elected two men who have been more devoted to its eervice. 'l. hoee etndent deye in pan. with*hie friend Marco. when they had rather to icegh it-thoee doletei daye at doubt whenhe ieered he wonld have to give up all thouhte of art were an past. He wee in e pleeeaat end lofty etndio in Marlborough _ piece. built at hie own expense. and there were pio- tnreeon the eaeel that commended tour gnree. Hie painting pertcck of the happy timee; Hie `touch. wee than and condent. hie eoier Joyone. end he ehowedthat in dexterity at ieeet he wee Hot to DO outdone. = T -_... ALL ;_ AL) , , A - - - T CW W I "And he calls it `that little Iair, ' after all the deep I lost for the raao&'l. `That little sick indeed. -A. J. Johnson in Waverly Magazine. ' (DMl'A(!V!`WvILIa!lv-C0n[!'|tIlIf0 not I en t e , happiest man alive. Your eieter Dorothy. e ; dearest girl in the world. hoe promised to l marry me. No time to write more now. Your friend end brother to-be. Rxclulto Dunno. P. B.-Perhaps it would be Just ee well not to mention that little unfair or last wiater to Ioroth . She might not underetend it. 13 feet. I` on't underetend it maul! now. 3. It won long beidre Will spoke. When he did. it wet to say: ` I` And L- -..II.. IL |;|._;. '2AA.I_ .n-, - cu-v 'l.I- VV Ill UUIIUUUI 1" Will That ntternooioame a letter. not from % one of the girls and not long, but do- : oidedly "newsy, " so" much so that it fairly took away my breath; It ran an !o1lowa_: ' __"V-V.ou:v;;::I:ug;o:I.:ing dill. of course. but when I said am day that I should his 1 ion , nomy letter` from on o! the girls 111 echoed my with heartily. lling Q `A`A- I-Air .---A -- -I-J IIIU JILU U1 UUU IIIVI. UOWI. "1-`award the clone of our month there. ; however, we were glad to receive lee- tere from our home friends. We Had net encouraged them to write 11: earlier in our Itny, and we had "heard almost nothing from home._ In- -.-..'- ..--L ,, _. . q. - ` Iv vow can \lU|I`lllUu Wlill I01`. [ Iwae almost too busy to breathe in there last tew days, but everything wee ever at lent. The reheereel peered en` eetiefeotorily, end eo,- my friends enur- ed me, did the wedding. 1 en not an- thority on that subject. but at any me everything went on nooerding to pro- remrne. Then Will and I started away or up six weekuf trip. . ' . After traveling about for e fortnight we settled down in e epot w loh was meet restful and delightful. , ere wee nothing in the way of excitement." but we thoroughly enjoyed the primitive and idyllic life oi the little town. _ A Tnnu OLA `I--- -1 ---- --- --- iwvcvfq I It I can accommodate u'triend.`I went to, That : about `the only thing in the way 0! pleasure I can ever hope to have." : . _ Dorothy arrived a day or-"two before the wedding We found her even more charming than her picture. and we were all delighted with her. y'C- Q'-A4\-L I--- A ....... _..... an a torn: _ ox nudes:-men`: ; with oaoh other! I `auppou it in a sub- Itituto for dear and du-ling" and 311 the tender torn: of I -woman : vog- oabulary, Richard aoomed ombarruud at Will : gratitude. "and added somewhat apolo- gotioally: auto 7 --_ -- ` ` .vvau IvIX`DQI'.Qan'-" ~ ' win with summon: .; chji unojxpuoml chi. busagppoa Richard hon;-tilyfon the back. `tdnoiod him much; buz- fioma one, I suppose. ~' - At this juncture Biohord, who had been looking at Dorothy : xgioturo. opoko. rather hositatingly: -`V`Wo_l}, _o_ld follow, alnoo you an in pwiu not ' 7`7v"vo11 Inch 3 ti um .- .- v-u wuuvl. ubo,pt.ma n." `lgw, you an in ght place. 01'}! help you out.` I_ ` , old to L-_'_2'I _1u ` hard`-lTyv`onrod"' -'_.V;oq 32 stop gap. Agnonhlo chap. Tom, bnt that was n!- 1 vinyl his wny-1nnIt be jut or `no- Wrhero. I` think I will telegraph my tanolod much, but: lama I suppose. " cousin Herbert in Philadel hin. Inevor E man? have Af thin I l\1I - - \ W I C`. ' r %773'v':t It co;-so am-~% 1 and vbhnkly. ' Misha: as non um I 5.9.. -' ropllcd Will. `'1 dished out to In Sylvan bgt hf ; of to Florida next week. and -vvvvc WIII C. ` -' no rllloII_Iou..nnd the i WOC;Iill(`I'I_I.WIIH" vv mini 8- L- '5 ` " 1 A Pictorial Inulon. `-4- C-V UIIU `endearmon .-QIA.J__ .' TX, T`I'1V-`- " `L Immediately u boy ouno V In with a telegram, and Vwl/1en~"the head 91 the 1lrn1ha"d road It he lookod toward the oloIod- duh againuo. I knew what must in in 15119 dlpp`at.ch.% 1'he;book'k`oep-'_ }for wuwaoohing overhi; jahqu`ld_or,L mg "by and by he plnokogli ink... t.t1!nid%1I!estion.9f`.&hi!`implore: Thu , .-ngigr made 109? '97. `.4 ~ 1 " ` 1 '5'&i7.o'v2."J'J""E 5`{$`"vnn she did not come to the olee. A tribute of _. blossoms awaited her, and I could read 5 anxiety in the old bookkeeper : back . where he stood by this deal: on the far` side 01 the `room, as the minutes passed on beyondthe time other appear anoe. Wheat the gray haired young man came in, h'ia_ut glance val directed toviard the desk. of, which thelid was ' oeedfor the ant time at thethou: in months. "` L y . -~ f_....-.Il-A..I_ - ...."..'...._` -.`..'_'.. I.._...' Q.-_.- - go pawn- can CVVV VVLUII GIUII Lastly, there wast 3 old bookkeeper, who must have lived somewhere in the i country, for he brought her such ow- -ers as the oriste do not sell and laid them on her desk before she came down. He would be alone in the oioe then, and he did not know that I was watch- ing him from across the chasm. I have ` seen him spend 20 minutes in arrang- ing` half a dozen wildowers, and then dodge quietly away at the sound of a step in the hall. In all my days at the" window I never saw him ._.address her Jill she had rst spokento him; I * manna -cg-' an J--_ I-. 7.....- _._'I_-.. _I_ - There was also a. square shouldered fellow who bristled with energy. He seemed to be employed in outside work, and it was only in the early hours that ho had a chance to talk with her. She `treated him with sumoient oordislity to cause jealous feelings on my side of t the oenyon-tor it pleased me to fancy myself in love with her. . - 1 -..n_ LL--- ___-~-4 --s - - - u-vu, ova nu lmvunvu HUI vAw.'uu1u1y.' There were two clerk: and a book- keeper in the employ of Stoughtou & Bland, and I judged that all of them were deeply ooneoiouu of the secretary : `charms. The youngest of them was ob- viously in love with her, and he fre- quently got snubbed for his attention. He was a tell and handsome youth, with corn ooloredhair that rolled back from his forehead in awave which he had i the good sense not to Ipoll with 5 comb and brush. ` . h --v- qua- --I -naiunalallvl-IIUEIJIIII Shewas very faithful in her work, and I think the young man with the gray hair appreciated it, for I often saw him praise her. It was easy enough to know when she received this commenda- ` tion, for it pleased her extremely. Thorn uygrn Inna ah.-I... .....I - I.--I- uuv-v-u UCul\I Valli. Ulla -:lIl1e man who dictated andensigned ` "most of the letters that she wrote was a puzzling fellow. He looked not more than 85, but his hair was almost white; ` He was always very considerate of her, 3 in his manner, and she obviously looked ` up to him as a great man. I wondered why he did not see that she needed a long rest and the tonic air of the moun- tains. Probably he found her indispen- sable in his business aairs, yet I fan- oied he might make that plea some day and be answered by the reaper that no mortal is indispensable. Q1... .-.... ..-_.. a.:n_a_| 1.. I. -_. , I ----av Uuv vnav vavuw VI. ULIU lo run: As pring advanced her window and ` mine were oftenopen. Itwas then that a ray of sunshine striking down upon her one bright morning showed me that her eyes were hazel. I had thought they might be blue, for her hair was light. She was of a slender figure, not strong `enough, it seemed to me, to work so hard. I noticed that her cheeks never had in them enough color to be visible from across the canyon. VFL.` ....._ _.|.- .'u.'L_L-.I -._,-I I - X&QZlOV OI . I did not think it tting even to ask -.what name she bore of such acquaint- {ancee as might have_ been able to an- fIW81`. I would not have known what grm employed her, but I could read the gilt letters on the. glass door of their foftice when there was light behind it in t the `hall-. It was hard to make them out. -for of course they read backward to `me, being glued upon the other side of ithe door, but I looked across so often that I should have made them out at last had they been Chinese character Clan -n...I J._'-.....-.. .__._L __-.1 4 n A `I rtun VIII! ---- J She. used clothes. and her hair was always just right. Her -desk and the typewrlting table were never in disorder, and from that I inferred that she had been well brought up, a conviction re-enforced by wvvu vu unwuv DH '01 IIU IIUIB. my observation of her bearing toward all who Vepoke with her. Buy from morning till night. she never seemed to be hurried or worried, and it seemed to me she never had unnished work to put `uide at the close of the day. All anrinn on`:-noun-.n.I I.-- _.:...`l-.._ -__'I to` wear out and tasteful 3 ---- uv.` vulvuv VVCI C i "g'uTr. Tohahm with precipi -walls 01. stone: We were so nearto- '~aethsr that I could see the color of her ` eyes when the light shonefairly, bathe- ; tween us was the gulf . `and in the bot- ? tomo! it-Ta roaring river. In the morn- ingthe river "ran southward. At noon ,it -was full of oonioting tides um {clashed and surged. In the late after- ;noon it ran `mostly northward toward `-Printing House square and Brooklyn abridge, It was a river of humanity, T and the gulf was the canyon` of Nassau (street, "in New. York city. _ Elna `nu-a A- LI..- _.-..a.-__ u__..I_ --_ J I- `noun-wt. can Q-Vvvv --A-van Vlllle ; She was on the western bank and I 4 on the eastern, 150 feet above the bed `. of the stream. Crossing was easy, but I oouldnot go, because I had no errand. . How could I invade the oice of Stough- Iton an Bland and say, Gentlemen, I ~ have come to tell your secretary that I `admire her: _ ' do no |, -1 THROUGH A WINDOW. ` rnln I V river iqlpl thb syn. the broom at .b_rcu.k.olIy.~ - `Hy tru`e`lov'eA waits. for no. r- in and. his eyes are and . hA._rId&.hoar-is both bravo sud trnt... ` Ill! 070 lhlll. In 0301' 13 . ~Iyloulyn'ol!andy6u? " "Ah. maid moat dour," his up! 1091!. lathe. not-thlud tar away. We ne'er than most till otanlty . Brook: through life : cloudy any. '0 ne'er ruby take love : In! adieu ` Ere death begin: his ight. Int 1. for us. will still botrue. And no. my lovof. good night!" ._m1 V..- `plung- Lovevs `iinorinsz; I. uuu_ auju 1 New Yo!- i'r...a..-V . THE NORTHERN ADVANCE. mondwho Ind. :1. 1951* a._d9ughtor.!: fistor 1uai;`.h6w1'Ihoh gohot ,`.ro` "y'o1_i thafnuj ;n = -`jljnit _a1dnoj imh- ` cut` us To1;;i1`q` to wihiglc An admirplof the Tnrkilh oat, lap- liok in} atorm;,.Lwal`.;di|tu_rbQd by a grating noise. .Ho inquired` whence it proceeded, and on being told itviu the _ ruddoro! thunhip he desiud it might ` be =ixnmod1stol_y_ t|k`n nu- ' ` `VII 3:; vv-In Ill`! Ill-III IIIIDVVVLI I don t want to go any further with this story. It has come to a point where the re_ool1ectiona`arouI9ed an mu: too paintul.-Boaton Tranboript. ..-, ....... . ,..... Yea, `I replied, they were for her. ` And I glanced across the way. - Well, you probably " have some rational explanation t for it, " said he, but hang me if I know why you should have sent that oartload" of funera`l-em- blema to her on the occasion of her wed- ding. If `you wished to intimate that t marriage to me was equivalent todeath, ` it was a bad joke, air, and it you didn t then what -in thunder "did you meanl . I ve carried that puzzle with me 8,000" miles `this summer, on our wedding journeygand now; by -Luoifer,, you've- got tcftell me the answer-1"` S I` 3-..}; .___n L- M, , "AIS 0-- [ --v v-V. vv I-U ubuvvnue LIUCLQ 'I`hat s my card, and the other 0110 o in yours, isn't it? said he. I nodded; ' , A "You aent it with some owers to 811 De Van: street, Brooklyn, on J une 28, -didn't you? ' ` 10:7...` 9) .1 ..__|:-_1 n:;u_-_ _-,i A --- -r\rI~|I|l clan ale ,_ The name was not familiar, but the man himself I had certainly seen. Ah, to be sure! He wage the doctor who had - come to the oiceaoroas the wuy, when the end was drawing near. Hfl1h..u-..........-.a ___1 -L- -41.-.. -..- uvvvvunal. IV 003$: Even so late as September Ihad by no means forgotten her or the incidents connected with that time of strange and fanciful sorrow. It was on the fifth day of that month when a man of familiar aspect, yet certainly not an acquaint-. ance, walked into my olce. He came slowly up to me and laid two cards ; upon my desk. One was my own, and the other bore the inscription, John ` M. Douglas, o M. D. '1... _.....- .__-.. .__L __._1Il n ......._ vv-qvn-ADJ -an uuvuauu vv uv uyp.l U1Jl.'1lII:U. And so that was the end. The sight ' of her at the window day after day; a feeling of cheer from her bright pres- ` ence near me, and, then the sorrow for the loss of one whose very name I did not know. I missed her heartily in `those succeeding weeks. nun-u lln\ `ALA -_ Q-__L_._4l- - ' . ' :n --- vvnnq That wasnsumolent, however. I has- toned to a orist s and gave orders for such tokens as seemed to be appropriate. A!!!` fl `tan `\n Anna` "`L. __.LLv --u-an o vnnaawv 1 fnged to.-ehare_ with those who had known her the privilege of expressing my sorrow at her early death-`-indeed I resolved to do so, even at the risk of committing an impropriety. Therefore, ` when I sawthe pasteboard boxes dis- . patched in the custody of the messenger boys, I hastened to intercept them on the street. It was easy enough to read the address upon the boxes, but there was no name-only a street and number 3 in Brooklyn. fl1l....a. .....- _-m-2-__L u , , - - ` -v--no uunou Ba-Uvl-I IU(lVUDe I think those men were all sincere, but not one of them-not even the old bookkeeper-V-felt a grief that matched mine. Nothing just like that has ever come into my life. Perhaps I should have found nothing sympathetic or at- tractive in that woman if I had met her face to face, but when that meeting on this side of the grave had become im- 1 possible I pictured her in speech and in ` heart and soul as all that her sweet fac had promised. , 1 _____1 L_ __._____ 7 on! .| n - - w v wvvvvnnl \I& ULIU aura.- " A`. little later the three clerks. the gray haired man and an elderly person whom I took to be the second member of the rm just arriffed from abroad-- for I had heard a rumor that one 0! them had been in Europe nearly a year -assembled in conference on a plane of equality which only a mutual deep sor- row could have justified. After awhile two clerks brought in some large paste- board boxes, which contained owers, for though they were opened in a part of the oice that my View did not well command I got a glimpse of white blos- soms and green leaves. V `I a.I_:..|_ LL--- _,, A- uv vn-av can In-Iv DUOILUo There was no sign of her during the week. On Monday I saw unusual sights in the oiee across the way. First the old bookkeeper came in, and while he had the oioe-to himself h_e sat in her chair, and I saw him shed tears. Then the young man with thecorn colored hair appeared, and upon my word I was afraid to see him stand by theopen window, with such a look upon _his face. lest he should cast himself down i to the bottom of the gulf. ' A HM-`I- 1.4.... `L. LL_.-- _I-_L_ -I w--vv--vs: `IOIUVVI gMonday, Tuesday amd Wednesday passed with no glimpse of, her. ' In the latervafternoon of that last day a man who could be known for a doctor half a mile away made as long` call upon the head of the firm. They conversed very ` seriously for a few minutes, and then ` drifted to general. themes and laughed and pued their cigars as if nothing were wrong. That xed myiestimate of. the gray haired young man at a very low point in the scale 0 nu.....- ._-_ __- _:..w in - -