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By Bismuth Miller.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
■‘-carytssi smsm
antique oils, and had In doing so utterly
d at.used their value. Even more an
uovir.g, Raymond on all occasions mani
hsito an uoiiiiBiaftBbio aversion of ot>-
nltfuft, w&um it Had bwm ardeotiy oopea
tu u utile folio*/ wouid uuiiAiB&aaubjy
me. lMt b* addeu that injtareral to; j wjt wn.teaj-- bi „ repeated.
rose and made a movement toward the
hall. At the instant Coosancs.P'le,
mute, p e-ding and beautiful, refid into
hid presence and laid both her arme opon
Ha uhnuiders cia c P ,D S ner hands feebly.
Throng" a ^ism of tears h« turned upon
her tbe tenderest loos that ever gleamed,
but he con d not speak She wound her
so t w.ne a; ms about his neck receiving
stances Beuigua bad introducer to the upo w e M ’ ieSP8 A t irat, with a great
house unknown young gentieinen as her ! Impaasl 1 d utter<EC e; it wire to say :
“cousins,’’ the salient specifications ol
1 er sinning redgbt be summed up ae com
pii-te—at itaift, ,u far as tne kuowiedge or
it> Liawtnorus.weut. , .
On tne oluer I'jtnd, she had bsen wel
contained ihrou ,1'iit, w*is txeeiLul
CHAPrER V.
When Ross senior said to hiB son that
be had “been thinking’’ of sending the
latter to Liverpool on business, it was
true; and qnlte as true was it that
Oeoigs Ross bad an expectation of such
a trip. This was the groundwork of his
purposed esoapade. And here we have
the key to Benlgna's vaunting assertion
that she would soon be away lrom the
orphanage. *
Enough since then has developed in
therv pages to show that she still was
not wanting in lnoeptlon, and sorely not
without motive. Having Impressed the
first youthful male acquaintance with
whom her restricted means of Inter
oourse yielded acquaintance, one im
moderately vatu and ambitious as she
might be expected to hope for easy con
quests In sn open market, it was her
desire to attract adulation, perhaps ad
oration, in due lime from fawning
youths and flattering society men. That
she quite philosophically accepted the
sudden eclipse of George Ross showed
too, that she was possessed of the rare
faculty which easily conforms to the un
presentable,
a he came now to Hawthorn with a
clear, well-weighed plan, to be patiently
and steadfastly followed out. It will be
revealed in time that from this latest
movement was evolved one or the most
remarkable female careers, perhaps, of
fiction.
The handsome dwelling which the girl
bad detcrieC al Hawtl orn while she was
on h.r way to Atlanta wm the home
of John ana Constance Hawthorn. He
had lnheiited the estate while yet a
young practicing physician in the Fair
fax slot ion or Virginia, and, forthwith
relinquishing his clientele »nd taklDg
down his sign, be migrated to the new
possession, intend ing to pursue profit-
able planting and (precarious) literalore.
He was at this epocn engaged upon the
authorship of an exhaustive medical
years or more bad elapsed since
his marriage, and a bright, robust boy
made the family a triad of exceptionally
happy Hawthorns. Raymond was the
name of tbe yonng hopeful; andaa the
race of his father had been prepo-der-
antly malts and habitually bachelors,
John contemplated in tnis precious bud
the preservation of his name and honor.
Constance w as bnt twenty, and younger
than her husband Just that number of
years. She was a noble, beautiful
woman, whom he bad known In Augusta
several years prior to their union^nd
where she tarty reigned a society belle,
being, besides, closely connected with
many exalted families or that city. Haw
thorn deemed that she was specially
foreordained to bring to his life every
hn«« which might have been set apart
tor it; and they truly wtre a model
CJ Tneii was just one shadow—that was
wrought by the gossamer of a memory
Constance had quite early iu her young
life given way to social dissipations, and
her existence was put more than once in
jeopardy thereby. As with the fragile
Ploom on the pink bosom of which the
wooing fro6t had plnntd a gleaming
crystal, so had the social world bedecked
the brow of Constance with a cfcaple ;
and as the flower had wilted, so
had the woman. She was never
thelcss—here In the quiet and rest
of this salubrious loveliness of
retieat—fast regaining her lormerhealth-
fuinese. Dr. John Morley, who once
treated Cot stance for symptomatic syn
cope (whateier that might b.-), due, as he
s„id, to laehlonbble txctssre, had lor
more thau three years discontinued his
profiesiouai coils; and he {***
that complete reatomrion anaitctt tt-o
Tigtd maintenance of the present conci
it occurred to Hawthorne that this
gratifying etite might be oven bettered
II Constance’s Insignificant jtailj du d*®
were lessened.
of this spot to make it qujry as to the
fortunate owner.”
Yes, we have a quiet and pleasant
home here ” Then Constance askeo:
“Are you traveling for pleasure?
“Parily”responded the other. This
letter will explain, J think,”
She presented a foldtd sheet of gilt
edged paper, without date, the which
Constance read as follows:
Charleston, S. C.
“The bearer or this, Miss Benigna Ber
nand, is well tducated and rarely gifted.
She relies upon her personal *** e "*f
industry for an honorable and virtuous
living. The undersigned cheerfally com_
mencs her to those who may have need
or desire for her instruction In instru
mental and voaal music, which she is
undoubtedly qualified to impart.
Signed. Prescott Ravenel.
“That is a valuable reference,” said
Mrs. Hawthorn. “1 Bhoifid think yon
would have no difficulty In pressing your
Droiesslon. Charleston is a well known
musical centre, aud tne **“ k
wuh its very best people. Will you re
main with us for some time?
••1 sincerely hope to do so, said Benig
na. “I nave tounu that the path of a y oung
woman in the cities is a thorny one.
There are so maty prejudices,yon know.
1 am now seeking lor a sultaDle
somewhere In the interior. When ! first
cast my eyes upon this beautiful place it
occurred to me that here I might find all
that I was hoping for.” .
• But we have so few residents and not
the slightest pretension to musical cul
ture. My own piano, a very good lustra
meut, has fallen into disuse, lhavequi e
gl ”Are U you not fond or it?” asked the
visitor.
“Very; but one tires of hearing one s
own peiformauce.” . ,
“True enough,” assented Benigna; al
though I may say for myself that I never
weary of it—pt maps because X make
music an occupailou.” M
«But you have other talents. Mr.
Ravenel intimates that you possess
“For’ once Benigna veiled her vanity,
albeit sbe did so lor a trasparent pur
pose. • An, Dut one is so apt to be over
F - * ... h. nfiu’i irianos. von know.
“Is Mr. Hawthorn
Raymond, now a year
old, Was aJiocdy a giowing c *re. Neither
Dkrent was content io commit his rnuttl-
tudiiious needs to the unskilled colored
servant who fait, luily enough obeyed
his wishes—nor to auy numoer ol ser
vants, for that matter. Certainly there
wire times when Master Raymonds
whimsical exactions were very trying to
the young mother’s nerves. Tue solu
tion, it appeared to Hawthorn, would be
to secure a “companion” for Constance,
and if this companion should prove to oe
a pel son for whom Raymond developed a
decided foudness, that alone would com
pensate for all tne labor and cost it
might teqalie to procure such an aid.
It was just at tnis happy crisis that
Benigua Bernard was present at Haw
thorn. A few days before, at dusk, a
stately figure «a< standing at Mrs. Gas
ton's door, awaiting admission. Mis.
Gaston conducted the solitary establish
ment ut Hawthorn where accommoda
tion for the wayfarer was to be obtained,
and there was usually a good natured
somebody at the railway arrivals to point
out her unpretentious, rather uninviting
abode, witu Its .ow, portioned fiouton
the narrow load that lay at the easterly
base of the broad eminence known as
Hawthorn Heights, the home of John
Hawthorn.
Benigna had been shut in, quite secure
from observation, ever since nerariival.
Mrs. Gaston, notorious in the village on
account ol her garrulity, was at h:st
favorably to pressed by tne visitor, so
much so that sne contrived, in despite of
her voluble propensi-y, to kei p Benlg
Da’s presence a profound privacy, lue
truth was. that Mrs. Gaston had tin-
ployed the time In telling her guest ail
that sbe know—aud muca that she did
not—about the Hawthorns, whom she
called “arlstocrais,” and Benigna had
laid bare to ter test the inaucuve stage
of her own matured plan.
It may be slated hbre, as an axiom, that
persons most acidic.ed to g lb tools
cretlons never violate each other's secret
confidences .. . , _ _
It came about one day that, from a
lower casement where Constance was
standing, her gaze fell upon a rather
spare but attractive looking young wo
man, darkly dad, fair featured and blacfc-
eved, who had entered the garden
through a side gate Divining irom the
directness of tne stranger’s movement
that she was on her way to the mansion,
Peter w«a ordered io the balcony hallway
to admit her. A moment later, haviug
placed in his mooeet salver a monogra
malic card, the caller wa snown Into the
airy, old fashioned parlor, and was there
left to hereeif. _ , , .
Alone iu tne darke ned, deeply curtained
room, the first ooject which caught the
keen, vain eye of Benigna was a massive
silt rimmed mirror extending from floor
to celling and spanning the wide space he-
tween two deep-tilled windows, attording
a full view of toe foregrounds. Catching
apart a broad told of the curtain, she let
l£ a flood of light full upon her features,
reflected from the great looking glass.
Next, with a disengaged hand she put to
fltah*r wanton crimp which had ven
tued out upon her forehead, whilst her
estimated by one’s irienas, you know,
^TheVnsinuation, easy to see, was that
she and tue Ravenels enjoyed a close re
latlonshlp. ..
The hint was not lost upon the other,
whoee liking lor the pleasant stranger
was decideoiy on the increase.
“But I can easily see that you have
abundant letourccs of talent,’ insisted
Constauce. - One like you would hardly
dare to face tue ups and downs of the
world were she only elngly armed. Then
she added, thoughtfully: “I wish I could
thing of some way to encourage you to
remain with us; but 1 can find no luduoe-
ment whatever.” .
Benlgna's well contained and engaging
manner had been such as to speak loudly
In her behalf, and sue was quite conscious
of the favorable Impression she was mak
ing on one who, susceptible and sympa
thetic, was leadily awakened to practical
kl .*Mv husband has not concealed from
me his wish that we had an acceptable
and willing borne companion; one wno
should be disposed to feel that she was
truly one of us.” Sne hesitated m In-
staut, and then proceeded. “And ytt 1
know it Is awkward to speak of this to
one wno is pursuing a profession. 1 conlu
not resist tne idea that suen an arrange
ment might be agreeable to yon, provld
ed It should meet with Mr. _ Hawthorn s
approbation.”
Benigna brightened. ‘‘Is
at tomet’* sne ashed.
‘•On, yes.”
“Will yon consult him?”
‘ Certainly. WiU you not remain with
us to luucheou?”
•‘No. thanks.”
“Then you will j>in us at tea?”
“That will suit me betler.”
'*But vou must not hasten frnm us,
.aid Col-uuce, seeing th.*: ileaigu
moved oil* as If to depart,
-I m not in haste,” she answered; “out
have au engagement about this hour. ;
tuanfe you heartily for your kind iut r
est ” she added, at the door, where the
cauied. “And by the way, you havo
Home very rare paintings, Mrs. Hawthorn;
I was admiring taem while I was here
This was a fib, for she was adtniriQg
Benigna in the big mirror.
“Yes,” tc-juiescid Constance; “we have
a few whicu have been valuable.”
« Good morning,” said the visitor, turn
ing gracefully to descend the steps to the
garden.
‘Good morning.”
Constance clos- d the door, and at once
sought Hawthorn to tell him of what she
deemed to be a great good fortune.
Never had a matter so fraught with
unknown possibilities been thus swutty
disposed of. It was enough for Haw
thorn that his wife was pleased with the
young woman. L’enigna should come at
once—come as one of the family.
Meanwhile the latter had returned to
her lodging, and with equal delight at
what she concaived to be a question vir
tually settled.
Mrs. G*ston, whose sole grievance
against the Hawthorns was tbatsuecould
® ■ . * - ——* -*'> * Bam heard
minutely adjusted disordered portionslof
her dress, aiTe turned back ana forth be.
fora the mire or, as one haa seen Power*
Eve—Mora Ughtiy clad-revolved upon a
^AiTtwi^ancUuMMUitoniime wae per-
rni meil with * **** design to make a telling
flnit’exoresaion; and being concluded,
!2T.«Si directly facing the door
wag hrr“» n<i * mechanically folded upon
^Conatance, entering with noiselesaneaa
and ease, smiled graciously es she stepped
forward«° l,je Blr “^ r ," h “ ’ “
lattflf with trUioj.
^To what am 1 indebted 'er this pleiui-
, «i.ii?’ f asked Conatance, In a warm
tone adding: “lam Mrs Hawthorn.”
“Yes m-dam; I nave heard of you.”
“SflraSt 1 m quue pleascd to hear
_ rn —eoiDti riend, no dcubt*
1 “Oh ^es,” replied Bemgua; “they were
jour mends, tor they were your neigh-
^Klnd words rrom neighbors are very
grauflW H^ Bl “ UCe - ‘ T " eU >0 "
* r “OuUe a suafger,” said Benigna; “the
truil is, I was induced by the loveliness
not hope to associate with them,
Benigua’s <xjerleoce with ejaculatory
raptures. Already a confidante of the
latter, in seme way she considered that
the girl’s entree to the mansion would
pave the way for herself.
Impatient for the definite conference
which sbouid ensue when she called to
take tea at the Iioights, Btnigua after
dinner compostd nerself upon tne lounge
in Mrs. Gaston’s private apartment tor ,
an afternoon nap. it was for the first
time in a series of months that slumber
descended upon her, wearing smiles
and pro mises. . . . _
At uusk. arising much refreshed, Bs
i igna made ber way agilely toward tne
Heights mansion, where the Hawthorns
were awaiting ner expectantly. Prompt
ly the little party descended to the sup
per room and sat to a varied and bounti
ful table. In the fragmentary conversa
tion aud small talk which ensued, Be
nigna won additional laurels. Hawthorn
now became entranced— parhaps not so
mach on the visitor's ac;ount as because
Constacce had expressed her own en
Cham mi nt. As tne meal progressed the
business in hand was brought up, ai.d
then and there Benigna became one in
all respects of the household of John and
Cor stance Hawthorn.
Upon repairing to the parlor, half an
hour later, and the matter being for
maily revived, Benigna signalized the
gratttnde of her heart by a copious em-
pbosis of sardonic tears* Sh© rallied a
moment later to take her place at the
piano. Here indeed she was in her ele
ment. She deftly swept the keys while
Hawthorn and his wife exchanged
glai ces of admiration. It was in the
midst of a massive fortissimo, full to the
muzzle with musical thunder, that Mas
ter Raymond, tucked away for the nignt
in the nursery, broke form in a piping
key of complaint. High above the piano
were heard the piccolo notes of his ear-
piercing staeeato.
This terminated the concert- When
quiet was entirely restored, Benigna waa
cordially informed that sne must remain
in her new home tbla night, ana that
Peter would bring over her effects ntxt
day. After prayers the tiio retired, and
in another half hour ail was silent.
CHAPTER VI.
A twelvemonth of Benigna at Haw
thorn, with allowances, exhibited an ap
parent balance In her favor. John and
CoDstanoe bad railed in extent to fathom
her peculiarities—of which she possessed
a plurality—but were not Inclined to find
fault on that account. It was uncomfort
able, to bo sura, to feel that she was
sometimes nursing a concealed dissatis •
faction; but it was just then that they
strove the more to gratify her. While
her musical pretensions had been sub
talned in their highest claim, as an artist
she bad turned out to ba a pretender, and
costly one. While Benigna was re
txeeii.nt
company, *■—ns&Akitig;
and the Hawiuurn Home remained iu
iroely i era an on tue day sue first c*^ e.
Constance s ntalch had noiiceaoly Inn
proved iu tne year, aud bom sne aud
J„na Were frank to yield io Bsn gua s
presence part of tue credit for it.
■ Lut tue Hawthorns did not visit as a
Haoit, aud tnelr station o.bado them as
sociating where Baulgna might De ea
lirely lree to go. Hence tm te was much
they did not and could not know. Mrs.
Gaston’s uad got to be an alternative re
sort for Benigna. There cou.d haidiy
exist between them a line wh ch woiud
not divlue tne gutsl aud tUe Hostess
tnat is to say that Mrs Gaston, uaylug
been Benigna s flret entertainer at Haw
thorn, was, afier a fashion, likely to be
deemed Benlgna’s oldest friend. Tne
Hawtnorns made no objection to tnelr
apparent friendship.
Novertneless, Benigna s morbid ambl-
tlousuess nad not In tne s.ightest abated,
bat had taken a remarkable turn. Con
stance would have smiled to hear her ex
claim: “Gaston, waten me! i shall one
day be mistress of Hawtnorn Heights!
Yet so exclalmea sne; and mere was to
moment in tne calt ndar of monins she
dwelt *itblu tue unsuspecting bosom ol
tne Hawthorns tuat she was not—in a
vague, absurd way, perhaps, but withde
lermlned earnestutss—plotting for the
submquent possession of the msjsStic
PI Notlug ! her fondaesi for late hours
John Hawthorn had taken occasion In a
kindly way to explain the baleful eflect
of that habit ou Constance s early Health,
Impressing that it was undesirable that
His wile suould ever be to spied to renew
that folly—in (act, that renewal would
Involve her li'e. Her very existence de
mauded early retirement and tue most
orderly condition at all season?,
Constauce, too, at other limes, had
casually stated tue eituation, confessing*
in an unaffected manner, that she was
still aDd ever would be devoted iu heart
to tbe gayeties of social life. It was with
difficulty, even now in her impaired
health, tnat she could forego these fasec
nations although she knew they would
entail ber death if sbe should return to
them. She confided to Benigna that she
was compelled to deny herself the usual
visits to her city friends lest sbe at some
time yield to ner old passion for the
dance and like diversions.
it came about on a late afternoon that,
while one of her multitudinous “male
cousins” was being engaged by Benigna,
the very last train departed, and that
nothing remalued save to invito him to
spend the eveniog. Benigna asked Con
stance’s consent for her to extend tha-
courtesy to one or two nelghoor friends;
which she pleasantly yielded. Hawthorn
was not consulted, for it was assamtd
that ho would acquiesce.
The affair In some way took a rather
formal shape. Constance was startled at
the style and number of her callers, and
saw that it would be necessary to pre
pare a light repast for » law hour.
Under tne mag.eal away of Benigna the
dulcet chords of tne grand piano, over
flowing the great space wltnln, Boated
out upon the air and adown the garden
heights, to die away among tbe sober
haunts of the silent village. At ten
o’clock, after having partaken of refresh
ments, the party dispersed for their
h ' At breakfast next morning the inmates
of Hawthorn mansion appeared with
more than usual promptness,and were as
chipper as crlukets. Perhaps John Haw
ttu.ru did not feel quite so nappy as the
others. Naturally enough, the affair of
the night before was the one subject.
Constance and Benigna were agr. ed mat
tue evening was a most enjoyable one,
and Hawthorn—through his teeto—coin
C *Beuigna, secretly scheming for a round
of lifce aniusemei*t8, went aoroad in tne
early forenoon, making visits to those
wno had taken part. Taeae were frank
giving her credit for the entertain
meet wu.cli sne herself c aimed to have
instigate d. A few remark!d that never
beiore h?d Hswttorn Holghts done itsoi'
like Ihouor; and one or tw(. among, tha
unloMt.d were contemptible enouga to
ascribe the omission to tbe proud airs,
over piety or peihaps penur.oneness of
the H awthorns. Wnon Bonitna dropped
In upau her oracle at the hotel, Mrs. Gas
ton t s’« d:
i.j cai) gie you re a bora society wo
man, and you ougnt to run tiac house.
You've got the sty e for it.”
“Walt,” responded tne other; shall
run it jet,.”
When B nigna retar ed heme she bra
z.-niy related these offensive comm uts
to Constance, htr motive Deiog plain.
Sbe said nothing, however, of tho little
exchange which had taken place between
Mrs. U-aton and hereeif.
The Hawthorns were mortified beyond
measure tnat such an estimate of them
selves could be entertained by any per
sous who kuew them, and it determined
them to give such a reception as the
vicinity had never known, it was Tues
day, ana, despite rigid conventionalities,
Friday was assigned 'or the occasion.
Tne program should be music, dancing
and converse, and terminate with a
supero feast. All Hawthorn township
guou d be Invited, irrespectively.
in Benlgna’s hearing John Hawthorn
quite cordially assented to Constance s
idea, on the single conoillon that, In be
half of her own safety, It should be the
very last of its kind. This she laithfuliy
promised. , ..
Bentgua, making txcueo for another
can at tne village, promptly made known
this private agreement, her object now
being to hasten certain preparations
whlcn sue had been told were iu progress
to reelprecate ner own entertainment;
aud perhaps she might inspire others.
Said sne to those who were maturlug
this purpost: “I caution you agaiust de
lay. Ifyeu postpone beyond Tnursday,
1 know (hit Constance .Hawthorn will
have to decline, and as for myseff, I may
not be able to attend without offending
her husband.”
At tnis matters took a new shape, and
arrangements were hastened for Imme
diate entertain ments eacn night.
S.arcely had Btnigua reentered her
home thau invitations followed for her
self and Mrs. Hawthorn to a soiree on
this very date.
What could Cinstance do but accept?
At eleven o’clock at nig it she returned
to tbe Helgbts. quite fatigued.
While mincing at a late meal next
motniug another card invited her away
that evening. Tnere was no escape. Sne
attended, io regain ber homo an hour
later than on the previous night.
John Hawthorn was by this time the
most unnappy, apprehensive of men,
but he heroically strove to appear cheer-
fill#
On Thursday, still another invitation-
still less escape for Constance—and still
another night ouii At two o deck a. m.
Constance fairly tottered to her borne
and tumbled Into her ned.
It was now Friday; and if it contained
a solitary comfort tor John Hawthorn
’twas for tne reason that on this night
was to be celebrated the very latest and
last of the deadly orgies.
The news that ConBtance Hawthorn
had re entered fashionable life made Its
way swiftly into those cities where she
was affectionately remembered aa having
reigned an incomparable social queen,
and congratulations and invitations
poured Into Hawthorn.
To Dr. John Morley, however, the tid
Ings came attended by an awful omen.
He knew that she was toying with the
fragile vital filament which alone linked
her to existence—defying eternity within
the very citadel of death 1 Concealing hla
alarm, he set ont for a friendly, informal
visit to the family at Hawthorn.
Meanwhile Cons tan oe, sustained by a
strange excitement, wae so cheery and
Indefatigable in her preparations for the
evening that Hawthorn’s sombre tears
became slightly lighter in fane.
And at length the eventful hour drew
upon them, aud the reception, eelipslr g,
o' course, all its pwdeoeasors, was begun,
malms n-d and concluded, with re
splendent sucoees. ..
At three o’clock a.m. the last of the
flickering lights on the balcony was ex
tiognlshed, end tee mansion *as in dark
ness, save that a pale taper was noticed
to glimmer within Constance's bedcham •
At the usual breakfast hour, only the
servants were seen to be aar.tr At ten
tff *rr,. he found utterance;
Co 8 sU“oa“a a uo®*pwi her hands and
drew tuem across bia “boulders ani down
Ms bodv. as sbe sank at his fe»t H
aulckty lifted h. r and gently laid her on
tne lounge; »ud as he kneit belp.tssiy at
her Bide and looked into her face, he saw
th Tne 8 ,i 8 the“riTvtoTheartof'the man
vent to pieresu* lamentations Fram e
ni h Er i, f be embraced the .if less form
iu which every hope save one was ' ,ed .
and btdewed itsangei boa mw^tbafij d
^Benigna,overhearing Hawthorn a wall
inus tcen ed tne presence of an awful
w m’ Hastily gathering her effects, sbe
hurried from tha house. . , , K ,
And wnen the tidings went abroad that
Cohstar.ce Hawthorne was dead. an nn-
pronounceabia sorrow overspread the
mnnrning village like a mighty pall.
mourning village
CHAPTER VII.
Two y ears after Constance’s death John
Hawthorn was still bowed in «rlef. In
the Augusta cemetery— that lovely su
burb whose tenants are the dead—was
reared above her grave a modest allegor
ical shaft, on which had been graven her
name and the dates of her birth aud
death. Hither, attended alwayB by bis
little son, he was often observed to corn-
and sometimes to linger many hours.
Meanwhile, at Hawthorn, seventy-six
miles away, famous homestead re
mained closed and deserted. Caleb, Pe
ter Rebecca, arid Agnes (the nurse) iiad
all been kindly set adrift, never, perhaps,
to reappear that part. As for tne
„r»i;d dwelling—with infinite swlifcntB
had decay swooped down upon L! Tow
,ring by day aio^my as a grave-vault, at
night it loomed against the background
of the stars ghastly as the hauut of a
horrible dream. Wltnln was yet viniole
tne wild dluoider of that final, fatal orgie
save tnat now weird echoes noliowij
mouse) the l/fopy voices of the re\e *e.»
acattared ab.^.c- t“e uLlng room lay
relics ol a banquet that night spread oy
dainty, dying hands, in the U> rary
ttuod one lounge on which the btautrui
Constance breathed out ner swoet, wuite
spirit; and tutr , too, was the desk con
taiulug Hawtnoin’n unfinished mauu
icripis—ms work nevermore to te re
burned, in tne parlor uiudewcd masier-
works of art appealed througn dust aud
roin and everywhere rust and Dllgnt,
coufusion aud litter paroeized tee
prince y interior. No wonder Hawtuorn
nad resolved never to re enter It.
It was a long' vime ere the man solh
cieuily overcame his sorrows to see that
he owed a resolute fuiure to bis helpless
little son—no. indeed until he had allowed
the msj .r portion of ms resources to slip
away At .eogtn rallying, he concluded
to return to Virginia Tnere he would
Diace Raymond io proper c.re and pro
coed to Wasulogton Cuy, In wmch
had been spout many of ms earlier years.
He hoped to find influential fnenus ol
former days, to whose Counsel be shou'd
defer. Ho foresaw tne possibility, ue
tno. gat, of useful employment. There
at least, he wou d be constantly neai to
Uavmoud.
it was not the Washington City of old
that ho found Modern *r. and modern
extravagance had swept »way ail tue
vestigeb o> antiquity, aud there remained
nothing to remind him of tue olden lime
save tne Inseparable flotage of “ih..
Avenue.” Aim even thio contained new
characteristics Tne tide that swept by
boie on ns crest adventurers, tramps
truants, loooyists, matrons wltu m*r
riagiatne daugutora not fceiles at homo,
maidens matrimonial but minus beaus,
marketable widows, frauds, gamblers,
cranks, ciatm agents, shysters, laklre,
et id omne genua—ail iuitrmlnglec, e*
entangled,a.l torturing tnemtelves uph
toward tho capilol, eiuo.ving and joining
into tno rotunda. It was a iUrno y*et
era, tnis, wn-teln plain, sober Jon
Hawthorn, after twenty years, reappear
ed at tue Amoric.n capital, rij nad
Washington aoc.uty cuauged—not for i
tho bettor bu
expected to arouse, she by Innuendoes
•Sorting to have lost her hearii
Tne statesman was astounded and
stalled bat said not a word as they stood
together under tbe glare of the coruer
lamp, watching four ways for a convey
anco.
His Bilencs nettled the woman, who at
laogth said: “It is due me, sir, that J on
should candidly s.ate your iuttntloi.s ”
Whereat he spoke, but with trai.;,. -
ebt timorousues.: “1 can say th«t tuoy
,ve been entirely disluleiesied and
honorable.”
Do you consider that a fullansw rr’
sho inquired, wltu soau warmth.
A hack rumbled along at IhL point. It
came to him like a Ufeooac lu a wreck at
tea. He said: - Lut us talk tnis over to-
muirow,” taking a attp from the side
'a *fc‘
Vary well.” assented she, moving a so
The h-ox was waning. As he assisted
bar into it, Bre said: “Name an hour.”
‘Auy lime, ’ ho answered.
‘ Auy lime' is no time. Make an ap
pointarent for a special intoi vie
Tuen,” said he, witn evident reluc^
tanc -, “same hoar and place aa today t”
Vtry well, then; ton o’c.ock, sharp, to
morrow morning. Don t fail! Good
night. Right ahead, caoman.
(To be Continued.)
She Can Hold Her
: seemed haidiy wido enough, t j the
WOMAN'S
r£al;.i
I5i
ICOnD OUTSIDE
c- DOMESTICITY.
Whenever woman achieves success !
outside the donu ic circle for some un- j
explained re:ison slie obtains a not-oiii ly i
rreater than that of a man who has been !
equallv fortunate in business, literature, |
art or management. To many people !
it seems an ever recurring wonder that )
representatives of the “weaker sex, so
tiu oe rausa *
taped*! fctttifj
that It Was
now tne uil
“apartuiebt y,l
llaewisu tue ill
adveutereos,”
J ilia tiaivt
Just a. luuvfl
B.rnaud saou d',,
FOUGHT UNDER FOURTEEN FLAGS.
ie Remarkable Record a» » Soldier
Made by Geu. Maclver.
Gen. Ronald Maclver. who is enjoying
a peaceful interval in the United States
while waiting arrangements to take
command of the San Salvador army, is
considered by experts the champion sol
dier, as a soldier, of tbe world. That is,
be has been in more battles and fought
under more flags than any other man
now living.
He lias documents (aud many scars) to
show that he has fought n:i.le? fourteen
flags, and has been repeatedly promoted
and decorated for
conspicuous gal
hint i y. Unfortu
nately for him,
many of liis
paigns have been
for causes that
were unsuccess
ful. such as the
southern Confed
eracy. Maximil
ian in Mexico,
and the Carlist
war in Spain; and
GEN. KON.VLD maciveu. where successful
the rewir Is ware not great, lie may he
called an American, as he was born in a
vessel on the coast of Virginia in 18J1,
and he calls that his native state, but
his parents w
the famous Di
a Maclver of
burgh.
At the age of 18 lie joiue 1 the army in
India, just in tiino to help put down the
Sepoy rebellion of 1357-OS. in this war,
when surrounded by the enemy s cav
alry, he killed two of them, but was cut
down and left ou the field for dead. He
was picked up, however, recovered after
a long illness and received promotion
Ue next joined Garibaldi an. I fought till
Italian independence was secured; but
falling in love with the daughter of the
British consul at Naples lie thereby be
came involved iu a duel in which he
killed his antagonist. He was then de
coved into an ambush and set upon by
bravoes, but fought so ile.-.p Tately that
he CiSCiip^il. Tiiiiiii'^ rttftijjp i i t.lio moun
tains from the feuds thus caused, ha was
capture -1 by bandits; but wuan they
learned that he* was “tue brave Mac
lver'’ they let him go.
He then ran the blockade, readied
Richmond, fought under Jeb Stuart and
was badly wouuded, aud for a long time
disabled. lie was therefore sent to
Europe as a seen t agent, did his work
well and got Iiac'x just niter Lees sur-
j render. With other Confederates lie
went to Mexico, fought r.ui duels suc-
taa worse, and worn j v "-iiii Vo il- mi . ' i.-w . served
-■■■j. ii,i bo bsiTer. O ia
well earned renown. She was i 'U'ling a
»nd had. reached a
road
ordi
nary eye, for a single carriage l > ;. iss in
safety." On one hand towers a cm.., and
on the other is a precipice extending to
the valley, .VO feet below. At a saarp
turn, and while going at full : - *, sue
1 her son Charley Foss com-
> grade in charge of a four
.. There was no choree to
por'r.mtv to turn arouii'i, and
(o do—the vehicles l ad to
rher.
■ hugged tho cliif, the -agon
i the edge of the pre. ipice,
nba-of the two conveyance*
.inst each other, but the peril-
made, aud maue in
i.v 1 encounte
horse st;
stop, no
but onet
pass each
The shige
shivered on
and the !:;
clicked ag.ti
ous paasagi
safety.
Whili
horse‘.vi
she is
Drivers
anythi’
ments
j , ; r her own ability as a
in an 1 of the title by which
r.vn, “The Mother of ■ 'tags
'• Mrs. Foss delights more than
; else iu dwelling on theachievo-
,f be- deceased husband. Sho
i;n
.. : >7 A <• . v I
{•" yf yum ja.- v: \
: Wi
tells, anion g other things, of how on on*
occasion l.-.‘ came tearing into a own
holding tlm linos over eight horses, which
were going at breakneck speed, '& le of
the leaders suddenly succumbed "to the
blind staggers. Foss swerved the > -ther
1 animals sharply to the left, threw the
I lines holding the leaders from his hands,
broke the link by the shock, left he'
standing in the street and with t
■ slackened gallop dashed nji to the 1 o
i What is written above has had to u
i with tho successes of women, it ia only
| proiier to add the story of a misfortune,
: for "sex is no bar to disaster, and not
yyy.
Scotch, liis mother of
las clan an l his father
bi social rank iu Edin-
laLled. are
beyond ti
- p
Y'i' \
i
*
. E. llOVGHTON.
to undertake enterprises
uitations which range in
degree from that of servant girl to that
of society leader.
Within certain bounds woman is an
acknowledged queen, but when she over
steps them and proves her power to cope
with man in liis own field of enterprise
and activity the feat is thought worthy
of particular and favorable comment.
Yet about this there is nothing phenom
enal, for in all ages and under all condi
tions the female has been found able to
hold her o wn if environment or emer
gency demanded. Even as lar back as
the days of Solomon she occupied a com
manding position; for it is a matter of
record that Israel’s greatest king was
glad to meet on eqnal terms the haughty
and beautiful queen of Sheba.
Indeed the world’s history teeim with
examples of woman s intelligence and
ability. There, for example, was Ze-
nobia, the gifted and unfortunate ruler
of Palmyra, who reigned over a great
and powerful nation; who had for her
chief counselor the wise Longinus, and
who swayed the destinies of Asia until
she came in collision with the stern
majesty of Rome. Her power and king
dom melted away before the resistless
charge of Aurelian’s legions; but she
met misfortune with dignity and spent
in honored retirement the last days of a
glorious life.
Catherine of Russia is another name
which illumines the chronicles of time.
She was cruel, immoral and capricious,
but she showed capacity unequaled by
any of her line save Peter the Great.
Elizabeth of England also swayed with
firmness and wisdom the last affairs
of an imperiled realm, an 1 dying
left behind her the fragrant mem-
■y of stupendous undertakings mag
nificently acc
of her reign
jmplished. The
is the story of
Burk
‘jxiiicG uuaUtred, oui^
'3it: Wasuiagtou Was
'-areiole Par..dire or
iidjlaoi.” That li. was
Secci oi the American
lossswy simple fib-ijted
ad u,vor known. I
jio was li that
^ vitate to tills pi«03
„„ tout me stick ol an atcndlng roCiei
Biioulu rsturn to the earth! And here
she was. . . ,
Do vc in the southeast section she aaa
her secluded lodgings, win.e she »ie at
me reo.auraats and peivahed every
where, it was *ar easier lor her thau ;or
many of her class io get into a certain
order ol * Washington society’ —into that
hemisphere of is which is nos by any
means Washington society at all, but a
specious mimic. Tne Integrals of the
true, lime-Honored system rein *in ie»v,
Dut iis aciopods is well sentineled.
Tnere is a sert of “political'’ aristocracy,
into this BenigLa found tier way as easily
as a lading pebble finds entrance into
* For a short season she had been divid ■
ing nor ptregriuations between the de
partmenls aud tue Capitol by day, and
tue opera houses at nigut—of course
alaayb in the company of oue or another
official of higher or lower rank. More
lately she had been receiving tae ratuer
exclusive attentions of a vert-aut North
W6Bt6rD in&fciiig liis nrst
venture upon tue hubioos waters o ua
tlouai fame. He was a fuil sample of the
genua greenhorn, away off in the wor d
lor uis maiden voyage, with plenty of
wealth back yonder m the logging coan ,
and proud as a peacock at naviug
fallen in witn a Wasnlngton society
bello (!) That s wnat ho took Benigna io
be- for along the far away conttaeuss , f
theiumoer worecitwasbiucereiy believed
that ouly great women were to be met
with at the fashionable American capi
tal Ordinary mortals of tuat genuer had
never been heard of as haviug ever oeeu
seen there. Tnat a tbe reason Congress
man elect Wubar told his wife saed
bstoei stay back there where she he
longed, for Wasnlngton was too grand a
town for a plain woman.
1 Aud now te was tue daily consort of
Benigna, lavish of his bounty to gratify
her captious cravings whilst she as coil
Stautiv exerted Irer artful fascinations on
his sclent fancies. He would breakfast
each morning witn her, by appointment,
at a fashionable restaurant, “ nd later ‘
having conducted her to an eligible scat
i it the ladies eaiiery of tue House, take ms
puce in the floor, ind at intervals shoot
Pack ravishing glances. At recess he was
agafn at her ride, and at night they
would occupy adjoining seats at the
° P Du a rlngahlaU rin these congenial pro
ceedings Benigln*. unaccompanied and
deeply 8 veiled, naving entered a nerdic at
Nhnih street and Pennsylvania avenue,
wm storiied to see, sia.ng placidly with-
in the same venlcle, Johu Haw there! At
Fourteenth street, N. W., he aiiguted.
Sne did likewise; and following him to
612? where he ascent ed the stone stoop,
meanwhile taalng from his pcctet a
key, she: closely scanned the nurn-
her on the door and passed on.
She immediately wrote to Mrs Gaston
fo?paitmurors,.ud in just throe days
learned, among other things, that he had
mortgaged the Hawthorn property, with
Slit* furniture,to an Augusta banking
company for the paltry sum of two thou
“^uwU^the opportunity of her life. If
ahe could ralae such an amount she would
P TnatJoh^towthorn waa financially
. . n..nrt «raa DiaUL She accordingly s>
JJSSd* henePf tor n whole day from
t^nstomed haunta and companions to
Seiran plan of getting twothousind
d °N«t morning <*“»« forth, resolved
that toe greenhorn Congreasman should
t{, e net dful means, and her con-
rertvanoe for nis overthrow waa complete.
MeettaS Lim as u.uTO, a caU at the Whit.
House at eleven o clock was agreed upon;
trlD down the Potomac ana at
Sght tne usual attendance at soma public
mmnasrnent The inflated memoer grew
Sara and more subordinate to tbe achem-
becoming conUn-
uaily more arch and roainnatlng.
Late at night they separated, she to
j evssfuky svitli A:ueii( nil .i’m.-.t . served af u ‘s great* Hnr.eig.
Maxiimli-in we!!, uiirl after the latter’s J cr adviser: Ral«gh and Essex
SAVED BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND.
How the Rurings Were Eim'oled to Tide
Over :i Crisis.
“The Barings are emliarrasse l—threat
ened with bankruptcy. Such was the
startling telegram from London the
other day in partial explanation of the
great flurry ire stocks there, which
caused an almost- equal flurry in Wall
street, New i ork. The Barings have been
bankers ami negotiators of public funds
for various nations for nearly four gen
erations. John Baring, a German from
Bremen, located in Exeter about 1720,
and his sons John and Francis estab
lished the house of Baring Bros, in 1
Their success was so wonderful
their aid during the Napoleonic wars so
valuable that Sir Francis was made a
3^fj'
story
Brit-
;h for
were
hards hi:
-. lire tilt
i freight under Dorn
mantle
1 her
s when t!
le Armada was
In India an
itiv
e women are
turning
Pedro ir
tile O'.
■:i army jigmust the
swept
ai
d the fir
rce menace of
their attentioi
to
the study of i
.divine
Turk:; ar
.1 in the
Greek army against
Spanis
l don
ihw
,nce recc
ved its death
and as a ce'
S oq
tence the ba
Tiers of
the lirig;
revolutii
.' i ' IT!
• lie joined the
’ul>::. was again de-
blow.
wer
S(
me of th
> women who
prejudice ai d
At the Madras
Me
dical s ■
’ down,
ii.-re are
feated a
nd lived
:ia;iy weeks iu tlie
have r
aled.
It
may be n
rged that all of
thirty-nine fe:
i:ilt
students am
at the
woo-is a
hunted fit.
-in , e. lie al.:o served
them
ave (
'ati
erine wei
e bom to the
Calcutta coll:
m- e
twenty-four.
Seven
in Egypt
under th:
Khedive, ia France
purple
and
th
-,t they
found circum-
young women
of
Agra receive:
license
against (
>criu:::i‘'.
a Spain fur the Carl-
stance
and
°PI
ortunity
ready to their
to practice t.
.is
year and nin
3teen at
ists, am
in Hon
egovina against the
hand;
but it
is
not alon
jis sovereigns
other points.
Turks.
He in now
ready for more fun.
that w
onion
h;t\
-e acliicve
1 success.
MRS. A NC HEINE ELIZABETH CONRAD. -
every female, nor every male either, for
that matter, who seeks wealth fines it.
It was no fault of her own that the ill
luck of Mrs. Angeline Elizabeth Conrad
was minimized by the vigilance of the
police. She is a resident of Br .cken
county, ICv., and the widow of a soldier.
By hard work aud the hoarding of her
pension money she accumulated 7 IjO in
cash. This sum she recently took with
her to New York city, intending to in
vest it in what is known to the criminal
classes and the credulous people upon
whom they prey as “green goods.” Shu
had been offered $2,000 of this commod
ity in exchange for her savings, aud un
der the direction and guidance of a man
familiar to the police as “Big Walter"
was about to make the exchange whoa
detectives stepped in and saved ner from
financial ruin. They sent the widow
back to her southern home repentant
and rejoicing. She gained large ■ xpeii-
ence at small cost, for she lost nothing
save her railway fare and a big revolver,
which the authorities confiscated.
So it will be seen that woman s activity
extends to almost every fi al in which
man is conspicuous. She governs na
tions, she fights battles, she wins her
way iu tlie business world, and .s even
thought worthy the attention o! tha
most artistic sort of mod rn windier.
B\ X. Writ ra.
That they make good soldiers under |
certain conditions is amply shown by i
the recent contest in Dahomey, where :
the jinny of France barely held its own I
against the Amazons of ji barbarian !
king. That they havo business ability
is demonstrated by the manner iu which
the Baroness Burdett-Coutts h:is con
ducted the great banking business which
she inherited, aud by the way iu which
the noted American woman, Mrs. Hetty
Green, h;:s triumphed for years in finan
cial contests with the shrewdest capital
ists of the New World; and iu the do
main of litigation no male suitor can be
(ij . named who has made a more plucky
,70. ! fight against apparently insurmountable
o.-u ; obstacles titan Mrs. Myra Clark Gtiines.
(ILU1 | . , --I-1
niiitii
’ “ ri B S,
mr —
To these extimples of womjm's ability
to reach the front rank outside the limits
An Alins of the Heavens.
The great photographic atlas of th*
heavens will be commenced next year
after the directors of the eighteen chief
observatories of the world have met at
Paris on March 30 to make the final ar
rangements. The atlas will 'outain
from 1.300 to 2.000 loaves, representing
42,080 large squares, which comprehend
the super!
' the
re.
She Hus Joined the Anoy.
The Salvation Army iu Beriiu haa
found a recruit in the Baron * Margjv-
retha von Lilienkreutz. So • :s beauti
ful, and ouly 30 years old. '-a" is the
daughter of a Swedish knight ml the
widow of a Swedish captain. Before
her conversion to the principles of the
army she led a gay life in St. i eters-
burg, Stockholm aud Berlin society.
>K OF ENGLAND.
an 1 two of his sons re-
title. while his grandson MUS . c . H . foss.
became Lord Norm,.rook, idefami.y f h - aeknowiedged domain of domes-
has been re-preseu ed m ' feity and fashion may be added a few
ments and lias held almost i.verj oflii-o j - recently brought to public atten-
below that of ^ tion. Mrs. II. E. Houghton, of Spokane
was learned tuat they ue.. overloaded ^ gtate of Washington, has
with stocks not immediately available j ^ fame of lute because of her suc-
tbe Bank of ^^‘other ' cess in the manipulation of real estate,
cue with ueai ly b** 000 -^®* :‘ nd , ™ while her husband, who is a lawyer, has
parties have followed so lajuiUy^that^e bugie( j himsdf with polities and office
guarantee iund has reached *.,0.000,WO. . gh(J has deTote d her time to
The explanation is after all verv sim- ^ f maJrillg . Three years ago she
pie, and the inquirer who^ would ^fully ^ ^ ori ginal investment of $100.
The modest speculation proved a fort-
one, aud she continued her
baron
ceived n
It waB Mr. Emerson who said “the ii -st
wealth ia health,” and it *a2 a w iser
than tbe modern chiloaopher who said
that “ihe blood Is the lire.-’ The system,
like the clock, rues down. It uer.es wn d
lag up. The biood gets poor and scores
of dcreases tesuit. It needs a tonic to
nrlch it.
A certain wise doctor, after j ear3 of
patient study, discovered a mediclno
which purified the biood, give tone to
the system, and made men—tired, ner
vous brain-wasting men—'eel like new.
He called it his* Gulden Medical Discov
ery.” It has been sold for years, sold by
tbe million of bottles, and pe pie found
such satisfaction iu it tbav Dr Pierce,
who discovered it, now feels warranted
In selling it undtr a positive guarantea
of its doing good in all cases.
Perhaps it’s the medicine for you.
Yours wouldn’t be the first case or scrof
ula or salt-rheum, skin diseases, or lung
disease, it has cured when nothing else
would. T.ie trial’s worth making, and
costs nothing. Money refunded if it
don’t do you good.
After a long cessation of such event*
there has been attempted a great bank rob
bery at the Cape of Good Hope b.ank, Kim
berley. There were thirteen feet of masonry
to be cut through aud twenty feet, of earth
to get into the strong room. As the erjicka-
men were nearly finished the bank sus
pended payment, and through hurrying up
the job, in order to prevent any withdrawal
of the funds, they were discovered.
The blandest men to be met with these
A. Wells on “Recent Economic Changes, 1
and the articles of Mr. John W. Book- j una 0 .
waiter on England’s new sources of trade “deals” with almost unvarying success,
and grain snmily. It might bo summed until now she is said to be worth nan a
up thus: Civilization has advanced too million dollars. Wealth has not come
rapidly for old investors. England has to her through luck, but because of]he*
poured hundreds of millions into Ans- energy, enterprise and foresight^ Where
traha, iudia, Africa aud the Argentine 1 ever a town showed promise of a boom, da L;~ u ~ the ~ wb ' Uom xheomaUo who has
Republic, while the United States has or wherever it seemed probable i tried Salvation Oil.
suddenly brought 100,000 square miles some railway might extend its line, mrs. Before the dare of Dr. Bull’s Cough
of the finest wheat land within easy; Houghton was to be found taking ad- Syrup a person troubled edth a cough sl-
«Jii raffroads vantage of the situation, and as a result , ways consulted hie physician. Now it Is
Tr^rtults have followed. ] Le h^ now the reputation of being the nolonger neerorary.
Stocks in old lines have declined to an ■ wealthiest woman in the state, although
extent that must be estimated by thou- not yet 30 years of “S®-
nnds of millions. The new develop-1 It is not as a financier that Mrs. C. H.
ments called for enormous sums at the Foss has renown, but as a stage <Brver
ti me The Barings were loaded she is said to be unequaled on the Pacino
with investments in the Argentine Re- coast. She is an old woman now and
ndblic—that country took a sudden lives at Calistoga, CaL Despite her age
L,uhi» in its rapid progress; immigration she retains the ability to manage the
ceased; dividends gave place to jissess- most spirited six horse team that ever
ments ’and the republic wanted a new pulled a coach down a mountaiff side,
loan even when it confessed to great Her husbaud was famous in the old days
donbt of paying interest on the old ones, as a “king of the box,” and she is the
i.ciLs ■» — n — • i The extent of the crash can lieuce be mother and mothcr-in-law of tho most
—, take a back ior t> er apartment in tne. conjectured. The Barings claim, how- expert drivers in the west.
hanging some of the Hawthorns’ best | o’clock J .hn Hawtbm, bwliiff teto goutheastf of «ttak re 1 ever, that they need but a year to “turn , Not lon „ ag0 M rs. Foss, who is now 70
studies, “for better effeot,” aB^hesaid, ; a u 8“ 0 y> and lasting himself , ? a?uionabui quarter of the [ themselves uu” ( yeais of age, had an experience ou what
Con9taoce innocently remarked to her ! U p 0n iour*^e, abandoned niinseif to “ _ | ■ ■ ,„ L _ ^ j is known :i3 til© “Hog'S Dack road to
“How Dteasant it is to hive a ! o ri6 f—Con9'ai ce was iataliy iu! . I “J; ~
husband:
‘How pleasant i
ned-rstands these
„ a - n njith na w’-.o OLd rstancs inew i adoui tie»ou u •
iSngfl!” Tlie young woman had marred step descondiug tne stair waa heard.
grief—Cons’ai ce was fatally ill! i °‘^ t btfcra they parted Benigna took Do not weakfn yourself by drastic pur- | ^ g wb i c h added to her already
About eleven o’chck a hgbt unsteady j occab | on toleig^ a B^utimeut he had not gativcSe Take Simmons Liver It ^guiator. b
I
It Is estimated by the potato men that a,
least 8,000 barrels are used in Now \or»
city alone every day. •
It is estimated that the number of pra-
aengers carried by all the railroads in the
world averages 6,500,000 a day.
A horse is like a man. T1 f 0W ^ y . t °^J
heart is through his stomach Put a tat
in his mouth aud he will do almost any-
thing for you.
With two exceptions tho women teach-
ers in the New Ilaveu high school receive
from $3C0 to $S30, while the janitor receive,
$950.
To feel bright and cheerful attend to
your stomach. Take Simmons Regula
tor.