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A CLOSE RELATION. CHAPTKR VIL The. pr fessional nurse, Mun West, inet me next morning with the official hopo that 1 " had |.d a refreshing night's rest." i -! had refrained tram asking me how I had pusisd the ilark hours. The child's t*'!t was like coolmi; lint upon a raw sur- f ce. 1 wns up and dreased when she awoke, and she remarked neither upon this nor up- on my expressed intention of going down to brc\kl.ist with her. liut tor the glare taciturnity that hits superseded her accus- tomed cheerful chat, she might have necined forgetful of yesterday's tragedy. 1 learned lo-ig afterwards that she had gone down- atairs to the breakfast room and suggested to the bullor that no chair be set at the load of the table, and that the usual a.-iaogemenl of the lea-equipage be modified as to make the significant gap less ob- vious. Tray and urn were at the side of the 1 ..:.!. and Mis Wen sat behind them, an open newspaper spread ovorcup* and sane- is. Her eyes were dilated and eager ; she a.ayed nut to hear the answer to her ]>-r funclorv query, had 1 meditated one. " It will be a shock, of course, my dear Miss .Salisbury, and you are in no condi- tion to receive any more shocks : but since you .unit seo it, and some evil-tempered tic aspect of more than melodramatic in- tensity." ( '.its purporting to be portraits of all the parties concerned in the "shocking affair" illustrated the three columns given up by the editorial staff to "an event of import- ance in society and scientific circles.' I may add here that the originals, which had been abstracted from an album in Mr*. Upton's library, were returned in good order some day* thereafter, accompanied by Mrs. Thomas Kobb's nard. In those three columns ol nonpareil type, The i 'Urion, mifhty, impersonal, and irre- sponsible, cite I, testified, argued, convicted and sentenced a household tint, up to yes- terday noon, had maintained a reputation for resrtectihilily and benevolence. In the hour of woe that seemed to lack no element U was a fittine close to her earthly min- intry th.it I should leave at her feet the tierce, bitter nature she would have reck n- ed alien to that of the girl she knew, and arise from my knee* wlien the paroiyam had spent itselt, still sorrowful a* unto death in spirit, but no longer rebellious and vindictive. I kissed the sealed letters I had brought with me, and hid them be- neath the still folds covering her heart. "Vou understand why neither of them belongs to me '." 1 whispered. In the act 1 M' that 1 gathered up in my trembling hand* what poor remain* of my life were left, acknowledging in contrition that.iince Hod had given it, it were *in to deopiae it, even in ruins, I had reached the door and taken hold of the key, when an impulse, a guardian ang*l why not she? must have awakened, turned me back. 1 knelt again, and, laying my arm over my darling, re- peated without omission the Master's i'ray- er-Leisou to Bin own. 1 added, reciting still as from the prompter's dictation, of anguish, the denial to the tormented onei of the sad. tweet drop* of human sympathy neit h,r" will your heavenly Father" for tint might have wetted their parched " Kor if ye forgive not men their trepias- tongue* was ostentation* and gratuitous. To the outside world, until now ignorant of our existence, we were held up as monsters of ingratitude and cruelly. Whatever of moderate palliation of the enormity of our sin might be admitted to the incorruptible pages in days to come, journalistic policy and precedent would excludt trom "The Clarion" refutal of the changes printed upon peison will ho uro to rush up to you "with ' lhe evidence of a single flippant, bad tern- I pered woman. I folded the paper and put it, in mechani- . -.. -...., ,. p. . j ..,-..,,..... ,),.,*., ol an 1 unconsi-ioui satire, under the family will you now? It's awful the influence the ' Bible that lay upon a table near by. i 1 . " Let me have it 1" I held out my hand. ' Vou wrn't !! it prey upon your spirits, newspapers have, and how it is abused " 1 was boyonJ her moral izings, having carried off the paper to a window. i'lie story of yesterday wss told three timer. First, and briefly, in head-lines of varying and sedtiotive proportions, to whet the appetite. Not ar element of the tragic * n oinitte I; nothing lliat could shock sen- ftibiliiy *nd set at nought every delicate minuet, violate the innermost privacy of home anil heart, and pander to the pruri -nry of vulgar curiosity, was forgotten by the tiK-isl scavenger bracketed as " our special correspondent." 1 any prison ol clean tastes and self- rm[>ol might to have d*piscd the garbage, ganiinltiil into a dsinty dish to set before I lie kings and q teens of the breakfast table. There are those who claim to be proof aganxt the vitriolic douche. In the abstract their boait might have been mine, particu- larly as the I (entity of " our special corre- spondent " with our venomous neighbor ws* .u. ly known to me before I read a word. In reality every head-line and sub title r.eda blister ; the effect of the whole rl. u-li I a< clrawn on to read to the last Word was the action of cuUic acul upou tl i', .-.I flesh. After the la|>se of the years that give perspective to my autobiograph ic.l ske'cli, I cringe and rower in recalling lt ^_ , i hi itr.ii ua uul '"i"'" ' * .*** *?*" \ w ** """" .l.vul \ i..i mi *! ,.., .i..l II> \ I " Your coltee is getting cold, my dear," aid the nurse, who, as "quite the lady," made herself at home at every family board, and " iny-dearcd " everybody except her inferiors. What a ghastly, tsdious farce waa the outward observance of time*, seasons, and trite ceremonies, whan the foundations of our life and world were destroyed ! Yet, with Miss West behind the urn, what other common ground was there? S<>. net lung in my face, or the studious reserve I maintained with regvd to the newspaper-story, warned her to discretion, and Kisie betrayed no curiosity by glance or word. We were (till at the table when a telegram wa* brought in. It was directed to me, and from 1 1. .11 : " Will be with you Wednesday night. Take care of yourself. " Don's tastos and feeling were fine. He would never have, written " God bleu yon I" upon a pnetal card, or *entunentali/.ed at two cents per word upon a telegraphic form ; so that net-olid sentence wan fraught with a volume of sorrow, of longing and of love, to my comprehension. It meant that the thought of me and the hop,- of our meeting were all that stood bet ween him and draptir. _ JL- give you your trespasses." As it passed my lip* I became cor.aciou* of a light, unequal tread lingering in the hall, paasing the room, halting and return- ing, pausing at the door, then going on. It was, a> I suspected, Kisie. Slie wore hat and jacket ; her face was colorlee*, her eye* anxious. " Ah, Sydney !" catching her breath at my appearance. " I did not like to disturb you. Papa has sent the carriage for ui. Mamma is worse again." She hesitated before passing to me a note directed to her, not to me. It was written in pencil, an. I the uneven character* bore but a general resemblance to Dr. Went- worth's clerkly script : "Your mother is dangerously ill. Can- not one of her daughter* come to her ? R. W." " We will both go, and at once," I aaid. " We can do no good here now." Dr. Gibney was commit out of the front door when w* reached home, and turned back to tell us the story of the ci,;(>t and morning. The rally of our mother's forces to arrange, a* she believed we would wish, that jpe should spen 1 the night under Mis I'pton's roof, sustaine 1 her during the homeward drive. She did not speak on the road; but sat erect and apparently cum. (rated in her corner of the carriage. When it (topped che alighted and walked steadily into the house. At the foot of th* stair* he sank, helpless, speechless, almost life- lee*. She was cirru'd to her bed, and had not moved or spoken since. " It is nvrvous prostration of the most serious type," pronounced th* old doctor. " What will be the result I dare not pre- dict, but it is my duty to tell you, Sydney, spitms at the tread of a fly upon her pillow. I beg your pardon and that of Dr. liihney :uid his ''olleague for the presumotion of th* saggeeiion. I *houM also apologize for de- taining you now. How u your mother this ii'ornint! ? ' I made respectful reply, and he hearken- ed hungrily to each detail, sighing profound- ly at the oonolusiun. With ostentation of reticence he bit bsck soint thiir^ lie hail near- ly spoken, and turned with ditliculty to the cause of the detention. It is btit right that you shouM know what is the natural and m.-vi-able result of the reg'.me established ill the housaof which I have never been the master except by courtesy. I allude to th* transfer into other hands of th* care of her who, were she conscious, would ri* in indignant pro- test against my exile. And this is but a p*rt of the consequence* of Dr. (i'.'nnev s autocracy and your blind submission t < it, if, indeed, it be blind. Read that! ' My eye followed the dramatic stroke of his forefinger upou a paragraph in the news- paper he handtd me : The mystery in the Wentworth L'pton case thickens. Friends are still ngor-msly excluded from Mrs. Dr. Salisbury-Went worth's apartment. Her dsuglvters (by a former marriage) ar* her custodians, and, with the alleged connivance of local prac- titioner*. forbid the entrance of everybody else. The husband. Dr. Raymond Wentworth, is no exception to this lw of banishment, anil is reported to be greatly arllicted by the extraordin- ary measure. A rumor was current last evening that Dr. Salisbury-Wentworth wa dead. It was afterward contradicted by Or. tubney, who, with provincial obatinacy refuses to giv* the public any satisfactory account of his patient's conditions. His re- serve lends color to the (lory that the principal actor in th* calamitous experi- ment tnat has deprived the community of its brightest ornament lie i at the point of dissolution, in consequence of an unsuc- cessful attempt at self destruction. Her apologist* suggest that remorae drove her to this extreme step. Cooler head* are nodded over the possibilities of a criminal prosecution - ' I dropped the pp?r an J put my over my eye*. The ury ache in my throat made my ears roar and my brain swim. Dr. Wentworth picked up th* journal. " Head on ! There is worse to come !' I pnthed it away. "That canno'. be ! On, 1 never dreamed that anybody uould be ao causelessly no wantonly cruel ! Why doe* not so^ne on* why do not yju insist that these horrible slanders shall be retracts J ?" What could laay?" His tone waj low and hard, so singular that I looked it him inquiringly. One hand crumpled th* newspaper into close folds TUAJIPI lht reason and life are threatened. Tn* the other was thrown behind him II. eting shock of yesterday, supervening upon wh.t jjyjj ", Mall- III". < ollrrlrrf by I Ike fcBlKBl. of Ikr Ko.,1 The Kev. .J. J. M.-Cooc, ol New York, preaches good citizenship by practicing ". He it always pegging away at something ' ,r tlie public good. Now, with the help of the mayors and police oiticers of fourteen Amer- ican cities, he ha* been taking a "tramp census, ' and he communicates the results or some of them to '.he Farum. The number of Amenjan tramp* covered by this census is I ,.'I4'.I. Thirty- two questions were asked in every cue, an.' Mr. .M.:Cook grieves that he ik..|vertently omitted thirty-third, though he tells u* in the same breath of one involuntary catechumen who found the thirty-two too many. " That's a devil of a lot of questions." exclaimed this indignant victim, "to ask a fellow for a night's lodging!" In the most ambition* previous tramp oen*us of which Mr. Mo- Cook has heard London, ISS'l the num- ber of weary wanderers questioned was only :o. Of these 1,310 American tramps, leas than one-half describe themselves as unskilled laborers, -ad only sixteen say they have no regular calling. Of the representatives on tne retired list of skilled labor, 4ii per cent, say they used lo be sailors, firemen, brakemen, shoemakers, currier*, teauwters, hostlers, blacksmith* or horseshoer*. Mr. MoCook's drag ail caught three electricians, two brokers, two reporters,* music teacher, a designer, an artist {"a real German count "l, a Salvation Army captain, a " gentleman," but no clergyman and no professor. " The sedentary clerk.," he tells us, ' waa just as numerous as the nomadic peddler. Nearly all of the 1,.'!4'. tramp* are in the prime of life, averaging much younger than their (recorded) fellow pilgrims in Kngland and Germany. "Following ray result*," says Mr McCook, "we may expect to find one tramp in twenty under twenty yean, three out of five under thirty-five, (evenly- live out ot every 100 under forty, and one in twelve fifty or over. Only one in 111 will b t over seventy " Of the whole number questioned S3. 5 per cent, promptly said their health was"good:" S per .-nt. "pretty good," or "not very good ;' H.5 per cent, "bid." This at a tune when ti.c grip was raging among well fed well housi people, and the general death rat* waa disq'iietingly high. "Neither th* Lra'i.pi age nor hi* health, then," conclude* Mr. NicCouk "is a be: to successful labor. )ruy fifty out of the I,:U'> owned up to having ueen on the road more than a year. The explanations ot their presence there whole number Out of work, ' given by 3-.* per cent of lhe ! were: "Out of mony."_" ' " ~ ar.' of yourself fui me, ot? I road uuc*oTol ttl.d i."itu-<l, all 1 tlie apo-li th i I vended in the market -plaoe. I caonot w> ile the tale as the newspaper wi'inau set it forth. Km the worst wan ween ill" lines. Now that she is gone, In uhom else can I turn for consolation' For God Mike, car* watchfully for my mint precious treaiure ! Take care of yourself until I can be .. i llli l - l a -w MS >iaier*jii 1411*11 B I *(! lf ere, and madu doubly superlative by the i wilh yoU( to cnerjlh .,, co , nfort ,., pro . t~.t .. f r,,. n n that love can avert of pain of vounelf for *he i* no l.'iiger with you to Wood over aud guide her tect yuu from or loes. Take car* iiiughter. I locked supple p Th* cowardly technicalities "it is said" ami "we are told" were the shields for surh dri'laraiions an that the "cardiac affection under which the nnfortunite . lady had labored w as no **crel to many nf her ac q'iaintanct. That the Dra. Wen' worth fled K< if ignorant of t h fatal compliuat'on is a criminal rnyslrry which an enhghtene*! and human public will not condone nithont other explanation than that which the wadded pair are dis x>se'l,to supply. Shrewd n iilen' i of Mapleton already couple <."th tin* late*t action of the masculine iiHimtier f the firm another as rash, which in- my resulted fat illy for hit youi]*it Irp daughter a few lUya ago." A highly-colored aci niint of i.he incident at the station follnwel, in which was intro- duce! the uir.-iimitance of my separat < for i u he and Klsie's dpond*nce upon her mother. "In the event of the child's deilh, the baiiiUoniii doctor would become Mole heir nl the wifn whose devotion to him approxi mttei, if it does nut exceed, infatuation tli 1 i- notorious. She is his senior by per- ln|rt tiftaem years, and, although his sup"' 11 ir in iii'iliiTi an 1 education, invarialily di-fers t bin judgment. Herein, say the HIT iioil, M the cause of the trsg^dy that In shocked the community. It is an es- ug .| |,,| , m oolhed I locked the desnalcli n,i in my jewel- chest; I have it still; I slull keep it always. The dally letter frcm Don was received l>y of Kisie, and of m * to *a ckoning Kring the phraseology of the query out not bearing '' emphasis. poesible listeners above- I "That the fault wa* less her* than yours!" stairs, "it is safe to co.i*ide to you my dear My courage rose into audacity. "That your child, my impreuion that Or Wentworth's ' "lecwion and her action were against her piesen.-e is ml sali.1 .ry at I .MS juncture : I belter judgment; that she yielded through should i.y decic . .: t'te reverse of eooth- 'er ul woumhug and displeasing you. ing.' Her eyes . -UTJ what 1 might char- ' Other physicians have waived their opinion* acteri/c a* a re-'.-.i. troubled wild ness at ; "> deference to a colleague. Assume a share _;__ _i t_ : _ . _ A . i ___ nL ..*_ _ . sight of him. i r |>aUi fluctuate* danger ously when he-' '^erslh* row. nor approaches her. I have MI ..iateU jomrtliingof this to th* morning mail, but I !elt theil broken. 1 had no right to read what t>. had written in igiior*noe ot the events of yesterday. The same UbfMflrl a letter for hismother. I eluded Miss Wtnt's watch fulneu, and made my way, unseen by K'lie or the watchful Rosalie, to the ol\mlier of whuh nobody spoke, yet win.- rixe..l oenlte of rvi-ry thnuglil. was on the oiitsul* of the do.ir. I iihdrow It M om lhe lock and shut .nyelf in. T >. r.'o n was so dark that it was a nioiiifnt before I could make out tho r.iuline of tho odioitn lounge still standing in the middle him. aud r- . 'I not receive it as I could have ill-sir si, 1 rrgr-il to *ay. In fart, he wai palp.- bl .i-.upcawl to rerenl the com municatu , urm h, I Miir*d him, wax pro fes*' -nal, i.i/< li ond'j ; unequivocally pro of the blame. Think how smitten and iielplca* she is, how her life hangs upon a hair ! She may never be able to plead her wantu.l to take easy ;" six said they would not work; twenty -five laid tneir tramping to drink. One exceptionally candid wanderer diagnoe- d his case ia three words: "Whisky and la/y." As tonstiTity : Jti.1 percent, ofthe I,:U9 were born in this country, -JU3 per cent. in IreUnd, o.tJ par cent, in England, .'L4 per eeot. in the Scandinavian countries, it> per cent, in bonny Scotland. There an thir- teen negroes in the lot and one Indian. Only on* Southern Stale u represented, and that by a white man. " The tramp." own cause against this wicked Vou are her husband. She hu no other protector. Oh, if I was only a man !" I wrung n.y hands in impotent dis- tress. il, and as indubitably not 'riendly j My step-lather's visage changed oddly or personal. Mrs. Wentworth turned her j while 1 talked, from pallor to purple, and eye* * w aid me when I spoke of summoning ' lnfu ' the color of dead .ishes. Pal* mus- vim. rAcM^j j ti j t*lieve, with reason, | '* *tood out tense about t desire to have lent that a> an indication nt L you wilh her. 1 n> o, Miss West's al'.'-f. !.ni-e -.vis the i 'iv*. Are vou *u.hci*ntly r >m The. Ley undertake th-. charge of your mother at irisiaT 1' so, ! wilt leave my order* wilh you. talilitned fart that Mrs. Dr. Wenlwrth - in Dr. Sali'liiirv-Wentworth, a^ slie prefers t.i b* styled in reminiscence of the deserved if her first husband made more It .n one nun 'iillation In Vis. I'pton's case, U is ss ueruin, unli-iw the fame of her skill be a lie, that she mutt have been fully aware of what the autopsy that should lie demanded by public opinion will show, i. '. , that tho haplitna lady wis not a fit of the riixir. liowls of roses and cliry sanlbeminns were upon tablei aud mantel, but the blended perfume did not overcome, to my disoaaed fancy, the mnell that had Iweii utronge t here yesterday. I knelt by the couch and drew a>idu the linoii sheet. Could death wear so fair a gui- ? The quick, gentle touch of tho black-browed away th* tew lines gravm by time and care upon the lovely tacr. There was even something like arch- ness in th* (nit* that almost parted the hp*. In our bedllme Ilibln reading .1 few night* lufore. she had talked with m of one of tho beautiful new truths that were continu i'U drifting to her by a sort of sp:riiu,tl gravita- tion, and which she was always eager to share, with others. To give a ever to I for tho administration of ether or | ,| olin | e , j oy | or her. The words at which 1*1. _ . _i .1 . t__ * * ch in "fin in. The evidence of tho profession al niirte in Mti nilxiu-e proves that thu sat- in. vied napkin ln-ld i<> nioutli and nostrils |.y Dr. Stlubury \Vnt worth killed the p in nt ss surely and well-nigh as quickly a* if it had IMMIII a loaded pistol with a tinner ii|>ou the trigger." My lii-trollml to tho son nf the deceased was made a tolling feature of tho article ; in v presence at the " splendid luncheon (of which a deluded account ap|>oain in our ly columnt) given by Mrs. Knssiter Will-in in honor of her dnughlrr's engage- nii'iit" was in- iii- I dram ilicaily and unspir- in -ly " II wai oxpeilh nl, no doubt, that a young lady whose etcilabl* temperament liwrll k-iuwn to her inlimalo* should be bsnished from an opeiailng room : bnl that he should select the limn of nupremest nguish and iieril to the molhnr of her l, *ii<( go straight from the houte ii which thi'dnath-shadow wasimpejitding L scene of revrlry, her fnc shaded by no sr emotion than anxiety to keep her ic . ..-l nine unspotted ir iin cream, id grav , is, to say the least, a r- il- . i''.ii|iiin nt of th* girl of tin- I'lin news of ibe terrible oasuilty I to the fair an I philosophiii t .u tin- sixth and aeventh fiast. With the perfec'. ncter xrs tin- true Ami-Hi in equel i e<l pi-rinuiii M fu>in lii-i ,i'lt ' for a little ied in nm-li g'*o I form ihit r*i nut mm red I v n i tt who remainid Mr. I).. null l'|i'oii, i ' tlilornia, tin i- it. n, ! in. 1-1 conn . 'e.l , to aasuiue a. rouiau- pi!. 1 I WHS ill' cniirnes aploslbtl In, | w lulu,' np I . I'M .11.1 e- iMiii.r,* on l ' II.,,- rel - .'OW " ll 'il>nlei|,,,M I Will! his Illb'.Uvl'si nhe I. i.l in-rented thf rea ling were tlirse : " In an inheritance incorruptible and undetiled, and th*t fadeth not away, re- served in heaven for yon." She explained that thntextin the orig- inal held a subtle intimation of a glorious surprise gift kept by the I'V.ner against the coming of each of His children. A ijili so well worth the waiting for that Ho cannot help giving us a hint ot 11 to keep us in good 1,1 gIVI heart when the dav is daik and the wiy rough," lhe aaid, wilh the aame happy smile I now looked upon. " V et something that cannot be loKl while we are ' in the body punt.' We eonM n..t comprehend it, and be content to live. As an earthly pirent might 1st a line slip into a letter to hi* absent Imy nr girl, I will not tell you what U is, for I am hoarding it as a joyful surprise for you. Imairim \vlit you please. Tim reality i* sure to irsn ncend in lii'.imy and value the anticipation.' Why, girlie! I lived upon that one Iin I ing for days aftar it came to me. I'm afraid 1 was alnuut impatient for lint hour when the beautiful reserved portion shall be re- vealed to me. " the *\neding Joy nf it The secret and wero herd now. For a brief space the pevte nf lhe thought, like a plucid river, went over my soul. I remembered no more the anguish of total lioreavenioiit, in sympathy w.lh tho iniuiter aide bUtsaediieis of her entrance upon tho chaii^eleM Now and Forevermore. Ga/im 1 M|. m tho myatnrioiii radiance of the snuh . tli- ovect KikTiiili 'mice ol which was but an iMinniiiioii ol the " to he revealed," 1 felt, presently, warm dimueeastea) over m\ He aank bii voice to a whisper when 1 , nn ' or '" '"' had assured him that I would allow uobody " else to perform the sacred duty. Above all things, and before every- thing, keep away from her so much a* the rustU of a niwipaptr ! On* hint of what appeared into day's Clarion would be fatal tn her. And I may ay th* same of the creak of a reporter's shows. let it be Mrs. Rii.i'n or any other interviewer. The printer's font and the aoaaasiu's bullet ar* cast front the. tame material, and Clod for- give me '. 1 hd nearly said that both ar* sometime run in the Bros of hell! Th* ti i luional liir.l of-tho air wan a blind Siiail liy comparison with the gentry that nose out all we are at least willing tn have other people know. Now that you breathe nat- iii* 'v and your color lim come back, we w'l i;o upstair*. Let Midget come, tin. '" holding out a kindly baud to Kisie. hoveriii;; .limit th* stair-foot. " She i too much like .1 shadow to disturb any Iwdy. " My mother's eyes moved slightly when we stood bemde her ; and in holdiug her hand, *> I knaod it, I fancied that 1 felt a tremor in lh middle of the palm. Aside from tl>e- tokens of life, and the faint, slow respiration we had to stoop to hear, she lay motionless and irrsiponsive lor nine days and ten night*. After ths plain bint of his brother-physi- cian, Dr. Weutworth kept obtrusively out of tho way. The scrupulousness of his self-imposed quai online would have driven m frantic had not nr. t)i"itghu been ab- sorbed by weightier mailir. He even avoided the soond story, lest hi* itep should In- rcugni/.d A folding-bed was set up for him in the library, but the gas- gUr* that was not so much a shaded all night proclaimed to |<assrs-hy, as tn th* inmates of the house, how little use he had for Hleepini tueonimodnii.'iis My day h walked the length of t be two parlors and the .lining room in the rear, until his beat was privuptibl* upon the nap of the >*lv*t carpnt*. He received viailon while he ihus strode back and forth, and, having the fluid of narrative to himself, said what he. like.! and a* he pleased to say it. H* was a born poseur, and Fate was generous in granting linn i>|>|>orUmilies fot the p .n p. . , remark* Mr. McCuok, "seem* to b* a pro- injuitice. <' uct of our Northern civilization and to mote along the more leraperul* belt, avoid- ing extreme* of heat and cold a* being di- agreeableand l**i favorable to health. Dun t think of the tramp* ft* illiterate: l.lv ..( tie l,.il!)can read and write, IS of tiie \6t who can't write can read, and on* of tho favorite purchase* is the daily news- th* well cut Ppr- Only 7.3 percent, are married : 4.4 the light in hi* eye* was not plea*- j P* r cent, ar* widower*. Thirty of the but th* strangest thing waa a 1 .3 HI say they are total abstainers. 4.VJ that they ir* temperate. S'.Vi that they ar* in- te'nprrau-. Only ,">.s per cent, own up to having been convicted of crimes other than drunkenness. Only 11.1 say they have no religion. Only 1 10 aay they hav* seen th* inside of the nlmahouse. by their own ad- mission 14 per cent, of the whole num- ber are, or have been, specially dangerous - "-- public health. mouth : ant to urangled his* in lhe thorax at the "close of each sentence. vo not to learn for the first with regard to the inn* man parties. I believe, ho oot, up to this hour, essayed to* as to my duly at a man and a Were you more lamiliar with the ciroim- stance* of Mrs I'pton's deccas*, you might abate your /.-'. fur the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. If you wish, 1 or MISI \V**t can put you into po*sessiiMi of th* fact* of the case. Should you, after hearing these, persist in your demand that I should tak > the public into confidence. I will accede to u. Whether or not such obedience will prove me a man will depend up m the tastes of my reader*." H* tore the paper twice acrua, toll. 1 each half into a bill, and toisec 1 them into the waste-basket. " When you arc older and wiser you will comprehend how much ea*i*r it is to rush into print than to rush out. It is barely possible, also, that you may vrape a bow- TBI TH. Freedom is not caprio**. ^ Self-control lie* at the foundation ol aw. character. (u thankfu'ncM for present mercy, noth ing so become* us as losing sight of past m Kindness ti a Under consideration to- ward *\*ry living thing which tiod ha* cre- ated. Honesty is th* straightforward perform- ance of every duty and every action as con- science dictate*. Not to do honor to old age i* to demolish r , ., i . .^.ii 10 oo noiiur lu 11111 MkV i i" vi^iii',,wii ,ng ac,,ua,ntan,-e with thepr.ct.^1 wimlon, ; ; h house wherein we .re to .,f !., I 1,1, > liieiiinir ilo * lie lurlv rmaiKl . B of letting slocpmg doj lie. e.ly po ing eye.*; th*n a rush of weeping hid her of hi* specially. On the tirxt morning aftor my retitrn hs wayUid me mi my way from the breakfast- room to the patient's chamber. I wore felt shoe* and ft gown that did not ruHle, bnt he dr- hi* mi> w* together 4t the slight sound I made in passing iklonythe h ill. " If 1 w*r* in charge of your patient, I should recoiiiinond precaution that would insure more Ilia- nominal qVest," ho naiil plaintively. "1 have known a person sutler m,' from norvous proetraVion to gu into I soy, Iwcaus* your **\ as a body i intent upon pursuing the contrary course. You look .unwed at this plainness ot speech. I hare been templed to it before, again and again, but a feeling with which you do not ' me regard for your mother ha* restrained mo. W ithout going into partic- ular*, let m* close this dialogue by advis- ing ycu to ask few questions concerning what has occurred within the past week. Should Mr. Donald Upton push his inquiries to the length of a civil or criminal suit, 1 shall bo so unmanly a* to defend myself and tho male member* of th* profession. I'nlets forced to spea* openly, 1 shall act upon th* practical hint given you just now, and not stir up an ugly cur.'' lie made me a magnificent bow and went over to his promenade m tho drawing-room op ponite. He had never liked me. He was now my opan enemy. (til HI CONTIXfBB ) In a primed card of regulation* for pub- h information, issued by th* Wells Kargo F. cpre*s Company in th* early '50*, tho last regulation r*ad : " This company will not b* responsible for any loss or damage occa- sioned by fir*, the ac-s of God, or of In- dian* or any other public oneimra of ih government." On the plateaus of the southwestern bord er states the most furious whirlwinds often fail lo raise lhe sand more than a fow feel above the level of thi- plain till suddenly, perhaps an hour after the oriauof the storm, great cclumns riM lo ft height of a hundred yards, and swaying from side to side vraltx about like tipsy giant*. sleep at night. In estimating a life or character, the question rarely turus on th*> correctness of this or that opinion held Courage is cool-headed (trength of will and purpose, ready for danger* and difficul- ties whatever they may be. There are many persons who do not know how to idle 'heir time alone ; they are the scourge of those who are occupied. A few books, well studied and thoroughly digested, nourish the understanding more than hundreds gargled in the mouth. '"IIKNKWK I -ee r * I"e7- rilla now I want U> bow 'Thank You' I wax badly affected wilh I . / mil :lhll i olu In !ire. coverlnn alnuut the whole of one t.l. > my fail!. ,,e. u |y to the top of my lirad. Kiinnlng sores illsi h.irgcd from liolh e:'j. My eyes were \ciy t J. the rvrllsl* *> rr It w is psJnful opening nr cloM^K them. Kor nearly a year I \viut iK MI. * "in to the InmpiUI and had an n|n r.ilion perfoimed tor the removal ol a cataract from ouc eye. One ilay my sktter brought me Hood's Sarsaparilla Wlneli I to,.!. ' . i.l-, ln-i... in l:i 'eel Let- ter and stronger, :""' l"lv the sorc.1 on my ey* and tn my ears >ea|eil | can now hoar MSfe :is well n i ->er." MKS V^MivfAUV i i \ i -iieel, Newliuigli, S S HOOD'S PILLS " all Uer Ills, jaundice. 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