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WRITTEN IN RED;
-OR-
THE CONSPIRACY IN THE NORTH CASE,
(A Stoiy of Boston.)
BY CHAS. HOWARD MONTAGUE AND G. W. DYAR.
CHAPTER XIII.
Early In the mrrning of the Monday,
when T tiomaa was on hts wsy to Hart
ford, Detective Lamm unlocked h a of
floe door. Almoat the first object to catch
hia eye as he entered the room was a
folded note lying upon the floor.
"Am called out of town on an impor
tant clue,” ran the brief lead-pencil mes
sage. "Will aee yon as soon as I get
back. Meanwhile, look out for develop
ments at S wampecott’s. Th
John Lamm was puzzled and curious,
bat, as he had already taken the addi
tional precaution to put both Moffett and
an intimate friend of the butler, the par
lor maid at the North villa, upon his
salary list, and was reasonably confident
that they meant to serve him faithfully,
he was not particularly anxious.
He opened bis desk, ran through the
letters that had come, and then sat bac.
in his chair to hs si ily peruse the morn
infe Boston Globe.
“Not a thing new in the case,” he men
tally commented. * Wnat a l-'t of words
that man Thomas can string together
about nothing, and jet have uie impics
sion on oar mines that we have really
been leading something important! E<i
dently be didn’t tbink Lis clue ripo
enough to give to the public.”
‘Hui ol Hulk !” he exclaimed aloud.
“Wua. the deuce dots this mean?”
For there, staring him in the face, was
this:-
W ANTED. — Information concernin : the
n heieaboulb ui Marie Moisbot, formerl>
ol New Orleanb, recently oi New York; Creole
exttjulion: *7 veers of nge. Large reward will
be paltl lor reiiab.e information, if aeut imme
diarely. Aduiees D. Lb, Boston Globe . dice.”
“Welljt. is 'saco nciderce,” Mr. Lamm
reflected. Tire satire day tbatniy adver
tisement to the saoie effect appears In
New York, the advertisement of some
other party appearb in Boston. Now,
Who IS It? ’
A prolonged riff, ctien, leaning back in
bis chair under the cumulation of a
fresh cigar, was productive of a satisfac
tory answer to tne detective’s query. But
the reverie ended in active measures.
He bundonty nrose, cltsed bis desk,
lc eked the office, and went out. Bending
his steps in the direction of the Boston
G.obe office, he was soon conversing with
ono of tne c.erks, but the result was not
proy itious.
"Oh, we don't pretend to know who
puls in aDy ol these ‘wants,’” the clerk
said. “There are too many of them. We
kno w those advertisers only by the tick
ets. When a man pats in a want, we
give him a ticaet, dated .and numbered
with a stair p. That ticket is good for
mall foi ti n days from the date ot H. ’
"Dtd you use t: is ad.' youiseri 1 ■’
“Haven t a doubt ol it; dud I took no
note of the person who presented it
Couldn't even say whether it was a man
or a womon.”
The detective returned to bis c flice and
began a sea ren for suitable writing ma
tonal. He was not long in finding what
he wanted, for his desk, was amply pro
vided witn stationary adapte d for all pos
sible coitingei. cits. Selecting a modest
envelope, note paper of a poor quality, a
fine pen, and a Dottle of paie ink, he
took l. finite pains to produce the follow
ing:—
“D. 196, ‘Boston Globe’ office,
“in answer to auvertiseinent of this a
m., would s< y I have information th a t-
n-ay be useful. If you care to see me,
wih be at-corner of Shawinut Avenue and
Dwight Street al 7 this p. in. Look for a
lady with red cherries oa her bonnet.
“Confidential.”
Examining with a critical ey e this eff u
sion, John Lamm became cju.’Ilc- d w a<
he could not better It, sealed it, and has
tenth to tee post office with U. On hi
return he louuu one if hiB assistants to
the e ffice.
* You know where this lady lives in
Shawmut Avenue?” he said, presenting
a name on a bit of paper. “Well, get
down there be fere she Rets away, and ton
her that 1 must see her at once on lm
portaut busluess."
The man departed, leaving John Lamm
in sole possession ol the office.
Eleven o’clock brought him news of
the failure of North & Stackhouse, news
which i s received wlln admirable lmper
u mobility.
“And now much do they fall for?” he
asked hia informant.
“Every tnlng, 1 near. Even North’s
personal property is likely to go. Hit
town house and his house at Swamp
aeott.”
-‘And in that case, how much of an in
herilance does he leave his daughters?”
“Ah, poor things! Nothing!”
“Bo, so,” sain John Lamm to him
■elf, after Lis Informant had departed
“That's how the wind blows, does It?
Well, it remains for me to find out aho
profits by North’s death, and who by tne
lallure. Certainly it is neither Marion
Stackhouse nor Stella North.”
The detective was not aware of Paul
North’s little transaction in -lifeinsur
ante, and it is not probable that it would
have made much difference in his opinion
If he had been.
Bat John Lamm’s attention was now-
taken by the arrival of bis assistant in
company with a keen eyed woman about
five and thirty, modestly creased.
“mb, Miss DalJison! Good -morning ”
aaid the detect.ve, cordially. “Are jou
engaged today?”
“Some things cn hand,” she said, in a
brisk, business like way; ‘but if it s tin
portanl—”
Lamm waved his band towards the
door of his inner c ffice, and tbo lady pro
cedi d him into the smull retiring room
which the detective preserved for his
most important cinferences.
"And now. Bill,” said Lamm, turning
to bis a‘ sistant and spe&kir g in a low
tone, “l watt you to go to Swampscott.
You know wet-re the North villa is. You
wlil easily find it without any obtrusive
inquirits, you understand. At thenpper
rignt hand corner, at the part of tne
house away from the water, is a square
tower with green tuihds. i fa small,
white bauokeict.hf is placed over .he
Bill, go to the servant's door and deliver
an express package to Moliie Welle
Take that receipt aJong with you and
have her <.tgh for it. She will leave what
she has for me in'be book. See? 1ft ere
isnosigual by f-ur o'clock, you m y
come beck. ”
When Dttec ive Lamm had despatched
hts Assistant, he locked the door and sa
luted hts female caller over again.
“Allow me to pay my respects to the
only female detective In Amirica who is
worth her bread and batter,” he said.
“How ate you? ’
“Is It because I’m so good cr tte rest
are so poor, Mr. Lamm? ’ she returned.
“Or because the re isn’t muen money in
your case, and yon want me to work
cheap? OrwhatT”
“No, Miss Dallison, I don’t want yon
to work cheap,” replied Lamm, becom
ing serious and drawing np a chair near
to her. “If you can do what 1 want I
shall willingly let yon pat your own price
on it.”
“Well, what is It?”
“I can’t say yet just what it will be. I
have taken the liberty to make an ap
pointment at your boose with a party
nnknown at seven this evening. If the
party puts tn an appearance, yon will
bare the simple task of Hading oat all he
or she knows, while pretending to give
him or her tome Information which yon
do not passees.”
“Keeiiy,” said Miss Dallison, sarcastic
ally, 1 it is very simple indeed.”
“Unfortunately, ’ said Lamm, “then is
no other way that I can see to got the in
formation neoesaary. I will tod yon how
tne case stands.” And producing the
oopy of the Boston Globe, the detective
proceeded to explain hia plans. “Yon
Zee.” he said, in conclusion, “I manly
geSn to ban yon personate the writer
of the letter I wrote tuis morning, and to
draw out a# much sa possible about the
MTPffft of publishing that advertisement
iromthe person who tarns up in answer
to my note. Then an two things I wish
to find out—the fl:st Is who inserted the
«.a »e L d the second U, what is wanted of
Marie Molasot. And, incidentally, if I
ean find ont who this Mario Moiseot is,
whr so moco the better.” ....
win Dal'lean was exceedingly dubious
atemt the result, bnt as she was willing
to try, after arranging the matter more
jt detail, Lamm made an appointment at
her house for seven o’clock, and bade ber
'■good morning.” . ,
"Good heavens!” mattered Limmto
himself, when he was alone, ‘ this is the
fiist time I ever was employed in a case
where I was obliged to go to such trouble
to find ont a few facts which tbs man
wbo employed me could give me in five
minutes, if he only would. Is it because
he doesn’t care to, or becsose.be dot sn’t
dare to? I’ll find oat, or my name isn’t
Lamm I always like to know what sort
of a man I’m working for. It’s conven
lent, some times.”
With these reflections, Mr. Lamm be
took himself to other matters connected
with his puzzling and thus far unsatisfac
tory quest, for he really hadn’t got far
enough along to be able to form a theory
that positively seemed reasonable to
him.
His assistant returned during the after
noon.
“Tue white rag was ont when I got
theie,” he said. * So I went to the house
at once and returned by the next train.”
He handed Mr. Lamm a merseve
sealed in an envt i< pe, which (relieved of
the peculiarities of its orthography) con
tatned information, as follows:
1 Stella Nortn has rnn away. Her bed
was not slept in last night. Miss Har
wood had to force open the I'oor. When
she saw the way the room was she faintoo
dead away. Mrs. Stackhouse attended
h< r. She was very pale, but did not s>)
anything. Moffett said she had a‘els
tracted’ look about the eyes, but 1
couldn’t see her different than usual
As soon as Miss Harwood came to, Miss
Msriou (she has for:-id any o. us to cit
her Mrs —), sent Mi ffett to Mr. FetridguV
h. use. H= came over right away. Ti e)
had a long talk, which I did not he* r
Then Mr. Fctrldge ttok Moffett av ay
with him to look for S.el’a. Siuce then
Miss Marion has been in h-. r room walk
iug up and down. I don’t believe she
has sat down once. Just keeps walklDg
all ih. time. She most have wa'ked s x
in ies. Moffett says that M r . Fetridgc
sent him to the police office, but ue
didn’t go himself. Nobody anew when
Miss Stella went out Sue went up to
bed very early and we thought she was
locked In her room to cry. 1 hope this
will be of service to find ner, as nobody
comd wish ber any aarm.
• P. S—She is very diff rent from her
sister.”
“At! that woman is a rough diamond,
murmured Mr. Lamm, as he conveyed
the letter to his capacious pocket book.
“A professional couldn't nave done much
ben. it
“But in the name cf worders,” his
thougut continued,” wnat. does it ail
mean? It it had oeen Marion I migut
have understood it—but this seventeen
year old baby! There is some salient
feature in this case that I haven't y t
come across. Now, what is it? Where
shall X 'ook for the missing iina?”
Profound y ab-tr. eied and reserved
John LatiiUi cjiilinuia to be hrougUoui
the xenisincei oi tneusy. All the way to
tne house on S awmut. Avenue, whither
he betook himself raiL, r in advance oi
the appointed time, he was not in a con
dltlon to r.cogu z» ai quaintances or
ki-ow of what sort the weatner w.s. Hie
tulud was wholly absoibsd witn tUe
ELoUy problem that the North case now
presented. The late-t development in n
hud aroused a new train of suspicions
Once Inside the modest rooms o! tne
woman det- ctive, however, Lamm threw
off' the burden of speculation ana dbvotod
atl his energies to nls iinmedi.te purpose.
The windows of Miss Dallison s iroul
chamber (her suit was on the secouu
floor) overlooked the corner to which
Lani.ri s letter of the morning was de
signed to jure the author of the zuysteri
bus want ‘ ad.” The detective reasoneo.
that if the advertiser was as importunate
as he appeared to De, he nouid surely
call for e us wets be'ore night, and unless
there was some more tangio.’e rop y from
atio her quarter, the decoy was t ure t-
bring him And he was quite right
Miss Dai Lon v.-at already ar ayed iu te
hee mu, with the red cherries, and stood
u, ilia side i.. using Witn him i'etwnec Ih
ball c!. sed blinds towards tue opposite
corner when the decks struck seven
Thornton bteckbouee, as I live ’!
claimed Lamm a moment iater, ‘and
prompt to the minute! There is your
man,' he sridqu ckty, pointing aim on .
‘Bring him note. I win bo in tie nexi
room as arranged. If he aBks you
auy questions, wait a bit before an
swering. if tne feather sways twice,
it mtans say ‘yes;’ if once, it means
‘no.’ If not at all, yon are left to your
own discretion. Yon generally will be.’
John Lamm referred to a large pee
c.ck s feather ornamentally arrange
over a bookcase. He had connected it
with the adjoining room by a hit of sl;k
thread.
A very few minutes thereaft r Miss
Dallison and Thornton Stackhouse enter
ed the front chamber. The men took tne
seat offered to him, back to t ie
bookcase. If Miss Dallison bad been
familiar with bis personal appearance
she could not have ne.‘pad observing tbai
tbs lines of care in his ;aoe had deepen
ed heavily since the day of his partner’s
death. He bad the sleepiness, worn ex
preesion of an anxious watcher by the
bedside of a serious illness.
‘‘Wel<, welt, women,” be said, abrupt
ly, In no very conciliatory L ne*, ‘ 1 tru -it
after briogiag me here you do
disappoint me. Wnat do yon know at
this Marie Mo»sot? Speak for my en
gagemeuta are pressing.”
“Web, now, tuy dear sir,” b gan Miss
Dallison in a nervous, high keyed luau
ner, very nn.ike ber natnial seif, “jon d
better understand me, to begin with
I'm not going to betray any cot; Hdoncer
that 1 may have with any of t era I may
bo pardoned for calling Iriends w ith< ut 1
know the why and tie win reti rees oi it.
“WLatdoyou mean?’ aektd Stack
house, darkly. "Do you expect u.e to teli
you my busines with her b.fo-e 1 knot-
anything aoout you? You must think
me a fool. I offered a e *; ri for iLf rmt-
tion, and ca ne i ere to get it; not giveu.
• Vi-ry well, indued, sir, so you utd, ’ re
turned Ml.-a Dalits- n witn a very ahrew.-
airof suspicion. “But yin have got t><
satisfy me that you don’t mem ue harm
to a body, f. r 1’ii not speak a word to in
jure any friend of mine. Sn that's just
what yen ana I have got to settle beiorc
we go ahead.”
Well, in the first place,” said Stack
hoes-, chi-ngli g hie tactics, “suppose w<
settle whether you have in.'ormation
about the perron that I want. Describe
tiie woman ycu refir to? ’
“Oh, sir! l’in no oyd that way. She
wes about 27, cask qu te dark—wen, me
dium height, 1 Suouid say—and what I
call reasonably good rooking.”
“A ! and wnat is the doing for a liv
ing?”
“Oh, there’s where I can’t answer, yoo
see, nntill find out why yro want to
know.”
Stackhouse made an impatient ges
tare.
• Has this women yon speak of been in
Boston lately?”
The feather swayed twice.
“1 si e no harm in saying ‘Yes’ to that,
sir. No harm. Bat more I won't say.
Yon see, sir, circumstances are pcoutiar.
Bhe confided me Uat circumstances are
peculatr.”
“Yon mean to say, don’t yon, that she
was here for private purposes, and that
she wanted her presence bus kept a se
crett”
1 shouldn’t wonder.”
“Havoyon known this woman long?”
The feather swayed twice.
“A good many years, sir.”
‘■And under that name all the lime?”
•1 decline to state what names she has
gone under,” said the woman, with con
siderable asperity. “Yon may be one of
them detective fellers. How do I know?
Coming np hen to pomp evidences out
of spoor woman as has he< self to look af
tor. 1 know fast enough—1 know the wo
man yon want. I knew it toe minute I
read that in the paper. But I ain't going
to be canght in no trap, nor I ain’t going
to get Into no trouble. So then's how
the iaud leys, and yon may as wall know
it first sa last.”
Stackhouse seemed to bo sitting on
pins and needlts.
Hang ill” ho cried. “Don’t be a fool!
I have no wish to harm har, nor yonelth
er. I only wish to see her; that’s all—to
talk with her.”
“Well?”
“Ie she in Boston?”
“That I decline to say, sir,”
• Ah!” said 8taokbonsc, coming to hia
foet. “1 see she is, or you wouldn’t be so
As n matter of foot, isn't
she listening to this very conversation?’'
He made a sudden movement towards
the half open door behind ghich Lamm
stoed. Bnt tbo woman was quicker than
hs »«, and she intercepted him.
“Don’t yon dare, sii I” she cried, stand
ing with her back against the door. “She
may be and she tray no‘. hr; but if yon
’ry to go into that room, I’il scream for
help.”
“Abt” aaid Stackhouse, significantly,
“as I thought. Yon are too smart, wo
man. Yon have betrayed yourself.”
“Will, then,” said the woman, dogged
ly, “yon can’t see hn; that's ail.”
“Ob; that’s what she told yon to say,
tail?’*
Nevermind. Yon can’t see her. if
you've got any message for hir, write it
and I'll sec ‘hat she gets it, and wit) n
ply by mail. You can’t see ber. You
ought to be asha ni d to try to, after
treating ber as yon have.”
“This sole real uitof information whfc
Miss Dallison possessed outside of tbi
patent facte of tbs advertisement, deliv
ered at this opportune time, must have
dissipated any doubts still lingering iu
Stackhouse’s mind.
“Very well,” he said, In an altered tone,
“I will write to her.” He turned toward n
I he outer door, and Miss Dallison fol
lowed him. Hs hod actually opened the
door to pass into the entry, and she was
quite off her guard, when, with a quick
spring, he leaped back into the room
throating her aside and before she coaid
prevent him, bad flung wide open the
door to the adjoining chamber.
Bat John L*mm was too old a bird to
be eaoght in any such trap. At the first
intimation of Stackhcuse’s snspicion le
had taken his departure.
The room was empt.!
CHAPTER X V.
“Slipped through year fingers again,
didn't she?”
If the mocking face of Miss Dallleou
could be depended npoc, that busines i
like woman seemed to enjoy the discom
fiture and anger of her victim very keen
ly. She took up her bat, shook the dust
from the deceiving chirrles, poised it a.
moment in her l and, and then salt!:
“Welt?”
Mr. Stackhouse acknowledged his de
feat. with a very grim sort of smtie.
“You’re a clever pair, yon iw ,” he said
shortly. "Where’s paper and ink? Have
yon got such things in this pantomime—
trap of a house?” looking with a scotvt
ronndlthe room he had found empty.
"Ahl l thought you'd turn sensible af
Ur awlle,” rejoined Miss Da li-on, brisk
!y producing writing materia s from the
caverns of what a ctsuil ilsitor sou a
have pronoenced a wardrobe, but
which was n uch nu rc—very arseDat
of belongings, some curious for
their oddity, seme common place
enough, but ali deMgi.ed ’or instant use,
wbe i wanted b t its ixtrime y wide
awake woman.
Mr. Stackhouse did not find the flow of
ideas quite to his liking. He began and
tore np two letters, bestowing the frag
ments in bis watch picket. Finally lit*
eeemid to find an insplialion, and h:s
pen went rapidly over the p,per, white
Miss Dallison perused the pages of the
morning's Boston Giobe with every a
pearancu of live y intereit.
“Then!” the ' iliter said at last, toss
ing his pen aside and sealing np the let
ter. “Give that to Marie Moissot, aid
mind yon tell her before sbe opens it
that sbe wil do well to keep it entire
ly to herself.”
“The lady knows what she is about,’’
was Miss Dalllson's response.
'I hope she does,” was Mr. Stack
house's rejom'er, as he took his hat, au'd,
without any c remouiOQS words of adteu,
proceeded down town.
Wherever be went or whatever “snr
cease from care" he may Lave sought io
aDy quarter, one thing le certain—tie did
not make imt- diate claim upon the ao
tention of Detetive Lamm.
But shortly afeer his depar'ure, that
bury gentleman had tbe satisfaction o
rr joining the triumphant Miss Dailiso
and of reading the following enigmati
cal epistle:—
MaKIE.—Your part in the cor spiral-
to bring about my ru n, which »«scar
ried out on tne 17 b of this pre- ertt June
is perft ctly well known to ma I make
no foolish complaints. You have accom
pit hid j Our revenge My name *s cloud
ed with suspicion. My hop>-s of fortune
are destroyed. Ltt me have frank, fail
treatment now. such as a victor can we:!
.-.fiord to give a Vanquish, <1 mt‘n; auo
whatever I cm save trom the wreck ot
North and SLckbouse shell be yours. I
have not fo-gotten the old days at Lake
Pontcbartrain. I an a ware tba-. I am not
entitled to ask for mercy. Bat by the
samn means that you have done tl e ai*
chief you can undo it. Will yon not?
The reward will be enough to satlsf.
year conscier cx I cannot speak more
definitely upon paper. I must see yon
in person, and nave a talk with you
about this. Evi n if you refuse meet me
face to face. You do not know how
much I may say to yon.
“T. 8.”
They Are Sometimes Tied Un
der Peculiar Circumstances.
THE RING MU. HIGGINS MADE.
A Poetess of Passion Who Has Changed
Her Name anti Her Faith—Two Squab
bling Lovers Mnrrfetl in a Tree—The
Fair Grounds Route to Rliss.
[Copyright oy American Tress Association.)
Some sort of romance in connected with
every wedding, no matter how humble or
obscure t he contracting parties. Could the
veil )x* lifted it is probable that behind its
obscurity there mi^ht be discerned in every
(To be Continued.)
Dreadful!
Dr. J. R. Duchanan, of Louisville, has
done considerable in the way of proph
esying and psychometrizing in his time,
bnt his latest effort in that line eclipses
all the rest for brilliancy and originality.
He writes in The Arena that our earth
is bowling along toward “an infinite
horror, in which a sudden death is onr
happiest fate.” So far as tho doctor is
concerned personally he does not care,
since he is already on the homo stretch
of his last quarter of a century, and the
terror will not come in his time.
Rut for the rest of the world, those
who are still to live “twenty-three or
twenty-four years," there will come a
‘convulsionary period” the like of which
has not been known since Noah’s flood.
To begin, the power of the church will
be shivered to splinters—nothing left of
it. The power of the state will fare lit
tle better, and “the marriage relation
will approximate freedom.” There will
come the utter destruction of monarchy,
leaving only the sultan of Turkey on his
shabby and effete old throne. It is very
kind of Dr. Buchanan to except the snl-
an from the junk shop of oblivion to
which lie consigns all the rest of tiie
monarch.;. But even we of the United
States are not to escape. The Itepubli-
partv will go to sticks, to be fol
lowed by the Democratic party in
power; the Democrats will give no bet
ter satisfaction than the Republicans
did, and they too will go down inglori-
onslv, never to rise again. This ought
to be a satisfaction to both parties. The
Labor party will then take hold, and
run things to suit itself.
Sanguinary revolution will break ont
in Europe at the beginning of the next
century. Nineteen years from now we
shall have in this country “war or quasi
war,” with scenes of so horrible a nature
that in mercy to otir nervous systems the
doctor does not tell us what the)’ are.
Nature will follow politics and the whole
planet will go to flinders. In thirteen
or fourteen years .cold seasons will stop
growing things and there will be famine
and pestilence. The Mississippi river
will shake his mane and go on the ram
page, and he never will stop his antics
again, but will become a periodical hor
ror, engulfing unhappy creatures along
his banks without warning or mercy.
The choicest horror we have left to close
with. That is that in twenty-three or
twenty-four years, suddenly, about the
hour of noon, day not stated, in the
twinkling of on eye the whole Atlantic
coast south of New England will sink-
fifty feet under water.
LfTJA LEWIS WATSON.
case some element of rr igedy. of self sac
rifice, of devotion, or of humor to enter
tain the world at large.
When some prominent jierson Roes "iin
der tin* yoke.” as the 1-atins have it, it is
natural for I lie I’enent! public to desire ana
demand the details of the ceremony which
transforms the female partner to the
contract from a maid to matron. There
fore it was with inu*h interest that the
readers of current literature learned the
other day that Lida Lewis Watson, of Boa
ton, bad determined tis accept a Husband
whose name is less classic than her own,
and at the same time to conform to the
religious views of her successful wooer by
entering the Catholic church Miss Wat
«ou. who is .now and henceforward Mrs
Higgins, was. until tin* date of her mar
riage, a “poetess id' passion," anil by the
courtesy of her friends rejoiced in the title
of “The Modern Sappho.” She has writ
ten erotic verse of some merit and much
fervidness, and by this means gained a
certain literary prominence.
It might lie said without exaggeration
that the details of the wedding ceremony
in which slip participated were as sensa
tional as some of lie” metrical productions.
She is a tall, dark hairgjj. blue eyed, stately
•rtoking young woman, and her wedding
robe was of a white frost plush with full
court train, a dress of original design
modified from a Spanish idea of far away
date. Mr Iliggius contributed his share
to the romance of the occasion in the way
of an unconventional wedding ring. He is
a Black Hills miner, and instead of pur
chasing the golden circlet from some jew
eler, he himself mined the quartz,“panned"
it out with his own hands, had it smelted
under his own eyes and superintended its
manufacture into the heavy gold band
which his wife now wears on the third
finger of her left hand.
There were no complications connected
with the union of Miss Watson r.-w! Mr
Higgins, but when, not long ago, Senor
Miguel BaptLt Borneo attempted niatri
niony in New York city he came near niak
ing the grand mistake of tiis life. Senor
Romeo, as his name would indicate, is a
man groom and minister ware transferred
from the tree to the load of hay, and tbe
joyful party drove to the borne of Miss
Ellsworth."
Eqnally sensational, but more folly pre-'
pared for, was the wedding a season or so
ago of Edward T. Davis and Margaret
Buckley on the fair grounds at Narragan
sett park. Providence, R. i. This “youu
and handsome couple" had been billed ns
an attraction for the reason that thei
wedded life was to begin in a balloon
Forty thousand people looked on while
twenty-four men held the guy ropes and
Parson Hall performed the ceremony. Af
ter finishing his task the parson scrambled
out of the car, which was immediately le
loose nnd floated gracefully into s,-ia:-e
The balloon disappeared toward the north
west. It must have been a very lively sort
of a honeymoon trip, for alioiit dusk the
big air ship tumbled down into a cedar
swamp near Easton, Mass., and the bride
Mf—„
A WEDDING IN A THEE,
and groom were obliged to cling to the
ropes above the basket to keep out of the
water. They were finally rescued and pro
ceeded on their tour by rail.
Tiie “wedding on the grounds" attrac
tion at a fair is not, however, by any means
confined to New England. When Henry
W. Grady was alive he took an active part
in the direction of the Piedmont exposi
tion at Atlanta, Ga. One of the features
of this big fair was a doable ceremony, by
which Miss Whaley became Mrs. Wells
ami Miss Winbnrn liecame' Mrs. Downs.
Fifty thousand people saw the two couples
join hands, and heard them make tiie re
spouses to the questions of the minister.
The grooms wore Prince Albert suits of
cotton bagging, braided with white silk
ribbon, and the brides were attired in train
dresses, also made of cotton bagging. Miss
Winbnrn had dark eyes, while those of
Miss Whaley were violet colored. Tiie
former begah her reign as “boss” of t he
family immediately after the wedding, for
contemporaneous chronicle of the event
says that when the parson stepped down
a bottle of champagne was opened, but
Mr. Downs was the only member of the
party who imbibed. He drank two glasses,
and then stopped at the request of his
wife."
Sometimes, its in the case of James
Prout, a California fortv-niner, the wed
ding is prosaic enough, but the prelimi-
aries are a bit unconventional. Mr. Prout
visited New York at a comparatively re
cent date and was given a dinner by some
old friends. At tiie table lie met a charm
ing maiden, and remarked:
“I always said I wouldn’t get married
until 1 hail made money enough to keep a
wife right. I’ve got enough now, so what
do you say?”
A NEW DFPsR I BP.
Dr. Haile, an old and expeneM-en pi.^chu.
solicit* com»si>niwVT>f«* fn ui up1
f roiD rhroDfr dJwwn of wf **?*»•., r , X1r
ibnncter e#peciaMv snr*b p* l.« r*
consider***! fnriirsblt*. Ail n v j]i
hip careful consideration, an t #.».« v» ^ r r »rrifd
opinion given in everv ca*e No i ha * r , T s errfe«
until curod-j on odU for i> Wir-ire /r?
uifibed each Ibonth. He pn»r» nf et p cure fn «n
undertaken or r.-ceiv** m, p , y for b
. ,.iocular attention giver* * T’ccnltav
■OToniir men. Enclose ,1 ”
ind address DR T J. HAILF,
78Bon evard, Atlants, G*.
74*-U. j
Mention tbia paper.
Cruel Pa,
“I've bought a bonnet, papa, dear;
My beau declares 'tis trimmed with skill;
I have no funds, and I've come here
To see if you will foot the bill.”
“Your beau! and what may be his name?”
The father roughly questioned her;
She hung her head, with cheeks aflame,
An<l softly answered, “William, sir.*'
His eyes shone with a dangerous light:
“Hum! So he says 'tis trimmed with skill 9
Well, bring him to the house to-night.
And I wiil gladly foot your Bill.”
—Boston Courier
Deaf and Dumb.
Deaf and Dumb Beggar (at unexpectedly
receivinga quarter)—Oh, thankee, thankee
Benevolent Passer—Eh? What does tlii
mean, sir? You can talk!
Beggar (in confusion)— Y-e-s, sir. Ye j
see, sir. I'm only holdin 7 this corner for
th* poor deaf and dumb man wot belongs
here.
Benevolent Passer (quickly)—Where
he?
Beggar (in worse confusion)—He’s
gone to th’ park t’ hear de quisle.—New
York Weekly.
He Wasn't Refused.
I have had a delightful evening,’’ he |
said, as he took his hat and rose to «
‘May I call again?”
‘I shall in? glad to see you,” she replied,
with a blush.
As he walked out into the hall he saw in
the mirror of the hat rack a reflection of |
the roguish girl slyly throwing a kiss at
him, and he turned back.
“I must have that in the original pack
age,” he whispered, and lie was not refused
—Chatter.
Hardened by 44 Headers.**
Two trains collided one dreadful day.
Two trains with people filled.
And for many yards around the earth
Was strewn with hurt and killed.
They drew one body from the wreck.
So gashed twas hard to tell
If in that mangled form of clay
A spark of fife did dwell.
“How do you feel?” they gently asked.
When he was snug In bed,
“Oh! I'm all right: 1 don't mind this:
I'm a bicycle rider,” he said.
—J. S. McCarthy iu Yankee Blada
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Fanry His Feelings.
As we have before remarked. Jones is |
lacking in tact. Being present at a funeral
The pretty young woman was confused | other flay ho was moved to remark,
and didn’t answer. | "Door fellow! with his build he should have
lived to a hundred.” Then turning to his
neighbor, who happened to lie the family
physician, he added. “I believe, sir. that
“What do you say?” Mr. Prout repeated.
“Will you marry me?” [
The hostess nodded to her blushing j
guest to say yes, but she asked .a little j
time. “It was so sudden,” etc. But the,
forty-niner was not to be put off. “I’m a (
man of few word’s,” he urged. “I want j
to get married, and I like you. What do 1
you say?” ■
Site said yes, and now presides over a '
handsome mansion in New York city and |
a charming summer cottage at Asbury
Park.-
But here is a record that beats them all.
you attended him in his last illness?”—
J udge.
Georg
Be .Never Catches Anythin—.
Sum way—1 went fishing with Jaysmith
_ yesterday, anil while I caught a big string
connlnB about ItT’Now”where is' sht? ■ he didn’t catch a fish. Strange, wasn’t it?
In this boast? Tell tho troth. Didn’t Gazlay—Not at all. You seem to forget
■ho herself Mod yoo to answer that ad-
Gazlay—Not at all. You seem to forget
that Jaysmith is a detective.—Judge.
SEXOt: ItOMEO AN'D BlitDE.
Spaniard, and he hail an idea, probably
derived from monarchical associations,
that a wedding by proxy was as binding
and legitimate :is if the bride was in actual
presence. Now Senor Romeo’s fiancee
lived in YallndoliiL He had parted from
her hastily liecuuse business called him to
New York. A letter followed which gave
reasons why the wedding ceremony should
not lie delayed It was impossible for him
to return to Spain at once, anil it was in
convenient for the lady of bis choice to
join him as soon as desirable.
In this dilemma he consulted a new
found female acquaintance, and discussed
the feasibility of a marriage by proxy.
She, knowing that Senor Romeo was
wealthy, and that tiie affair would accrue
to her own advantage, assured him that
such a ceremony would lie perfectly legiti
mate, and that she herseif would supply
the place of the aliseut one. Just in time
the guileless Spaniard learned that such a
marriage, if performed, would make him
the husband not of iiis Valladolid charmer,
but of an American adventuress. It is only
necessary to add that later on he was
united to the Valladolid senorita in a prop
er manner and according to the laws of
the land
A different sort of a complication is pre
sented in the ease of Miranda Ellsworth
and Jeremiah Simpson, of iv.rth Stonin
Conn They were engaged, but while
at a country dance hud a violent quarrel.
At 4 o’clock in the morning they started
for home, accompanied by the Rev. Mr
Jav, who was desirous of acting as a peace
maker. According to the report current
ut tiie timeof the affair, they had proceeded
a mile on their way "when an accident be-
fel them which at one time looked serious,
but which terminated in a happy and life
long reconciliation The party were walk
ing along tin* highway at a rapid pace.
The young people’s brows were dark and
sulky, while tiie minister’s face bore a
wearied and hopeless expression. I n a field
adjoining the road was a young Texan
steer, the property of a -Mr. Crandall and a
late acquisition to his place.
“The steer is a ferocious beast, and no
lover of the human race. The Texan fol
lowed the party ou the other side of the
fence, and it. too. wore a scowl. At the
further end of the field is a set of bars, and
the trio reached the opposite side of the
exit asecondorso before tlie steer, ignorant
of their unpen'iim: uatiger. ihiupson wa-i
the first to spy the beast, and with a cry of
alarm lie ran for u clump of trees a few
feet ahead, closely followed by Miss Ells
worth and Mr. Jay Simpson shiuned up
one, and Miss Ki Is worth proved her worth
by climbiug after him, assisted by the kind
dominie, who gave her a lift before he, too,
sought safety among the leaves. The
dominie hail’ hardly cleared the ground
when the steer rushed up with a terrific
bellow Tiie animal ran round and round
the tree, tiellowing nnd kicking until the
air was thick with dirt and dust. A half
hour passed, but no relief came. The steer
still stood guard. Thiuking this an excel
lent time to reconcile the couple the do
minie began. His work was done, how
ever, before he had begun.
“Love had conquered, and, frightened al
most to death, the conple desired to be
married there and then, thinking they
were about to meet a horrible death. The
minister complied. The lovers could
hardly join hunds from their forced
positions, but they got a grip, however,
and held it while Mr. Jay read the mar
riage ceremony from his impromptu pul
pit. When be had finished, Farmer Cran
dall and his two boys drove up with a load
of hay for the market Surprised at the
unusual sight and hearing voices he stop
pad his team near the trees to’iuvestigate
Explanation was hastily given, the bridi
The Ruling; Passion.
Hollis Holworthy (Harvard !)1)—Have I
a rival?
Bella Sands—I think you have.
Betts is very attentive to her.
Hollis Ho'worthy—Is Betts a Yale man?
Bella .Sands—No; Column
Hollis Holworthy—Then he is no rival.
It. is that of Levi I). Fuller, of De Kalb i never o{ rivalr ^ exce ^ witb
county. Ills., who from his youth up has j a e hien. tlc '•
sought wives wlrh tho aid o? tli'i UJHtri-
rnouial column in the Chicane daily news*
FASHIONABLE HAIR.
Good? sent
ijjs- by mail fo
^ all paits of
A TIIE
United
State?.
SPECIAL REDUCTION
For two mouths we will m«il for
approve our
fB.OO Water Cnrl Bangp for ff_.ro
ffft 00 Water f url Bangs for ^ 0
STEMLESS SWITCH 1 S.|
^rn Stt-rnless Switches f- ■ yj • •.
5.00 “ “ “ 3.00
8.00 “ “ “ 5 0"
10.00 11 “ “ -.no
The above price? are
♦or ern men sbsr)» ?
h; ir. Ser d for f neu
ter to Iohn Medina,
4fi3 Washington strict,
tf B ns tor IWfl..
MARRIED IN A BALLOON,
papers. HU diary summarizes as follows:
“Replies to advertisements, 1,100; number
of photographs exchanged, 400; proposals,
119; accepted, 85; rejected, 34; married, 7.
divorced, 4; paid breach of promise dam
ages, 1; married by minister. 1; married by
justice, G; shot at, 1: stabbed, 1; time in the
business, 25 years.” Six of Fuller’s wives
were blondes and one a brunette. The
present Mrs. Fuller is red headed.
Fred C. Dayton.
ODD HAPPENINGS.
Mrs. Jacob Yerick, of Jackson, Mich.,
has a sunflower sixteen feet high and still
growing.
A large sturgeon, with a chain five feet
long attached to it, has been caught off the
coast of Oregon.
To a fruit peddler who is without hands
a New Haven distributer gave a tract bear
ing warnings against card playing.
A woman at Chester, Pa„ dresses her
children in their bathing suits, distributes
them on the front lawn and then turns the
hose on them.
An IS-year-old youth at Cleveland went
to the circus and laughed so much that he
has been unable to stop laughing since.
Doctors say the show affected his brain.
A West Virginian of Gilmer County
veneered a black oak logwith walnut bark
and sold it to a confiding Cincinnatian as
a genuine black walnut log and got $108
for it.
Two enthusiastic bicyclers were married
in New Haven, Conn., a day or two ago.
They were attired in bicycle suits, and at
the conclusion of the ceremony they left
on their wheels for a two weeks’ run.
Mr. Thomas Dobbins, of Grundy county,
Mo., aged 77 years, hits just distinguished
himself by riding fifty miles to see a circus.
He said lie couldn’t expect to have another
chance and was bound not to miss that one.
A Boston boatman, who received a fifty-
cent piece for saving fonr men from drown
itig has had the coin engraved: “Reward
of Merit—For Rescuing Four Men from
Drowning. I2!j Cents Apiece.” He will
wear the coin as a medal.
The mayor of Keytesville, Mo., was ar
rested recently for a violation of a city
ordinance which prohibits tbe throwing of
paper in the streets The city marshal
caught him iu the net. and the mayor fined
himself $1 for the offense.
A youngster fell from a train making
forty miles an hour near Albion, Mich.,
and when the train load of horrified pas
sengers was backed to where it was ex-
lected to find the mangled remains the
jaby sat laughing and playing inthesand.
An Ohio clergyman surprised his congre
gation recently by making tbe following
announcement: “I would remind you,
brethren, that the collection plate is not a
nickel-in-the-slot machine, and that a few
bills would come in very handy in the
work of the church.”
Tlte Autumn tiirl.
Why not an autmnn girl.
With joyous air.
Whose dark and Crispins; curl
Floats in the air
With merry prace;
ner face, nut colored brown.
Sunshine caressed.
And red ripe lips to crown
Smiles Cupid blest
Upon her face*
— W ash in "ton Post.
Not a Scheme.
“Anything new on foot?” asked one poli
tician of another.
“Yes,” was the reply.
“What is it?”
“Our baby. He’s just learned to walk.*
—Lawrence American.
THE GEORGIA RAILROAD
1 Georgia Raii.p< d <
Office Gr>*\. M a : .
ArorsTA. Ga.
rioraznenping the 25th Instant, the folio* in*
Passenger schedule win be operated:
NO. 27 WEST—DAILY.
Company')
Leave Augusta
Leave Washington
Leave Athens
Leuve Gainesville
Arrive Atlanta
..* 4o ia
. ? 'Oin
’ 25 s oa
No. 28 EAST—DAILY.
Leave Atlanta * 45 p m
Leave Gainesville * ■» » m
Arrive Athens... 7 G5p nr
Arrive Washington 7 '20 p It
Arrive Augusta 815 p k
DAY PA88ENGER TRAINS.
NO. 2 EAST DAILY. | NO. 1 WEST DA ILY.
Everthing Must Harmonize.
Mrs. Ciimso—Why did you discharge all
your white servants and employ negroes,
Mrs. Fangle?
Mrs. Fangle—My husband’s sister died
last week and I’m in mourning now.”—
Munsey’s Weekly.
Lv Atlants 8 00amLv Augusta — ilOoaa
Ar Gainesville..815 pm Lv Washington 11 lOaiz-
Ar Athena 515 p m Lv Athens 8 40 am
Ar Washington.2 30 pm : Ar Gainesville..8 26 pna
Ar Angusta S15 p mi Ar Atlanta 6 45 pa
NO. 4 ^AST—DAILY.
Lv Atlanta—1115 p m
Ar Angusta. ...6 35am
NO. 8 WEST-DAILY.
Good Advice.
Young man. act on this good advice
From one who knows it all
When you upon your lady love
At eventide do call.
If she has jiowderei! her fair face
Don’t kiss her in the dark—
It may explode and show you up
When you apply the spark.
—Exchange
The Kind of a Man He Was.
Landlord— I want to tell yon before you I
move in that I like to have the rent paid
promptly on the first day of each month.
Tenant—Tliat’s the way I am. Either |
punctually or not at all.—Texas Siftings.
DECATUR TRAIN—Dally except Sunday.
Lv Atlanta 8 55am,Lv Decatur 9 45 am
Ar Decatur 9 23 smlAr Atlanta.. .10 15 am
Lv Atlanta 3 25 pm Lv Clarkstcn... 4 10 pic
Ar Decatur .. ..3 40pm'I.v Decatur aoRvon
ArClarkston 4 05 pm'Ar Atlanta 4 '0 pt*
| COVINGTON ACCOM'N—Daily except .Sunday.
Lv Atlanta 6 20 pm Lv Covington...6 40ara
Lv Decatur 6 56 pm Lv Decatur 7 25 an
Ar Covington.. .8 35 pm'Ar Atlanta “ 66 am
MACON NIGHT EXPRESS—DAILY
NO. 31 WESTWARD | NO. 35
EASTWARD.
■X, ,s Pt p n
Poking Fun.
“I wish you would quit trying to poke
fun at me.” said the editor as the amateur
humorist thrust another bundle of bad
jokes into the sanctum.—Epoch.
JJNION POINT A IV Bill J ) _A1>> F. H
Leave Union Point -ID 10 am * 5 tti
Arrive at Siloam II* :' im 8 65 pn
at White Plains 11 10 sir 0 48 pa
Leave White Plains
Siloam
Arrive at Union Point...
.. »8 00 »m *3 :-'0 pa
.... 8 .35 sir. S 65 pet
.. .9 Mi an 4 *6 prr
FOR TBE BLOOD,
Weakness, Malaria, IndigeatiOQ aafl
Biliousness, take
BROWN’S IRON BITTERS.
For mis by all d astern fo
quickly.
4 Get the
Two of a Kin<l.
The doctor wired to Mr Fortune
“Twins, and both are girls,
Come at once and leave your business.
Come and see your pearls.”
And then the father, proud and kingly.
Unto his thoughts pave vent,
“Although Miss Fortunes come not singly.
I'm very well content!”
—Chatter
♦Daily except Sunday.
Had Him There.
“I’ll write you up.”
“Go ahead. I defy yon. You couldn’t
tell the truth if you tried. It is only the
truth that I fear.”—Chatter.
No connection for Gainesville on Sunday.
Sleeping ear to Charleston on Tirana No 4
Trains Nos. 2, 1, 4 and * wiil. if signalled »top
at any regular schedule flap station'.
Trains Nos. 27 and 28 will stop and rei elva
passengers to end from the folk-wire station?
only: Grovetown, Harlem. Dearii-g. Tnoirpson,
Norwood. Barrett # 'rawfordvjlle, t’nior Point,
Greenesboro. Madison, But ledge, 8o< ini Circle
Covington, Conyers, Li then is. Stone Mount* in
and Decatur. 27 makes c^ose connection^ for
points north and northwest.
Trains 1 and 2, dinner at Union Poir;.
Train No. 28. supper at Barlem.
J. W. GREEN. E. R DOR8P7,
t’l Manager. Gen’l Passenger Atrt^
E W. WHITE, T. P A., Augusta, Pa
A Tragedy.
There lived in the city of Worcester
A man who could crow like a roocester:
But as he grew old
He often caught cold.
And then couldn't crow as he urcester.
—Lawrence American.
After a Stolen Kiss.
She (with pretended anger)—You are a
perfect imp o’ darkness.
He—No—no! You mean an imp-o’-liie-
ness.—Munsey’s Weekly.
About a Fellow.
A fellow we'll (dm ply call Mr.
Stepped up to another man's sister.
And what do you think.
Why, quick as a wink,
Rethrew his arms 'round her and kissed her
—Berkshire News
If Tod Are Going West
AND WANT LOW BATES
To Arlinru,
Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Oregon and < >!ifox-
nla, or any point WEST it NORTH WEST—caS)
on or address Ai.x. 8. Tbwkatt.
General Traveling Agent,
| 8, H. Hibdwicx, Or. Pacific Railway
Gen. Pam- Agent, ■ •’ -*
uirminvnair, Ala
PLAYS”
Atlanta. 4t.
“Jflk»neg, Taniennx, Silencers, fov
School .Club A Parlor. Best out. Cm to
Aogue free. 1.8. l>K.si«ioN.ChicjMtojUa
720 9tlem
To Ro Shaken Before Taken.
First Tourist—Has this seat been taken? ]
Second Ditto—Don’t look like it. It’s
nailed down, anyhow.—Boston Times.
Th. Whistling Girl.
She has a taste for whistling,
A taste that's not permissible;
But still I don't object to It,
- The pucker ia ao kiaaable.
■ngtlsh Spavin Liniment renew n
Hard, s<ft or calloused Lamps •nr
Blemishes (tom horses. Blood Bpavtto i
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Bing.Bono,
Stifles, Sprains, all swollen Throats, I
Coughs, etc Save (SO by tbs ass of one I
bottls. Warranted the most wonderfol
blemish ennisesr known. Sold bp all
Druggists. '
UMMER
OFFER
or October and pay »ba»
crape ara Bold, ripwt Caafc
Price*. The Lowrat known.
Jnat .little erahdora. twlaaeo
DMMtwrUttL N.iatrrmt.
Oar entire itoek—anytnato—
pricer«rV HESTSas*
Write far Clrcahur-
8DMMEK OFFER 1800
UIDDER tuns,
. savannah,oa.
728 ly
( A MONTH. Aomn ITmted. so beatasN
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