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1 rOURTH PAGE THE SUNNY SOUTH DECEMBER 22, 1906. 1 &/>e Woman in the Alcove j Copyright a brow still clouded, passed into his daughter's room, the paper in liis liand. Before I joined them I found and scanned another journal. Expecting by The Boblis-Merrill Co. | It was a delicate task, this. I realized ; how delicate,. when 1 had thrust the NS(^N IH'RAXD! Oil. how' stiletto out of sight under my nurse’s the feeling surged up in apron and started to cross the hall, my breast as that name 1 Should I find the library clear? Would j great things, 1 was botli surprised and slipped from my lips on ! the opporutnlly be given me to approach crossing the threshold of i hIs desk ’ 0, ‘ sll0l,ld 1 have »° oarr >' this , . I guilty witness of a world-famous crime 1 e loom. Anson. on j, lto Miss Grey's room, and with Its uiand. whom I believed; unholy outline pressing a semblance of innocent, whom I loved, itselt upon my breqst, sit at that inno- but whom I was betray- , cent pillow, meet those innocent eyes, lug with every moment of ' and answer the gentle inquiries which nov# hesitation in which I a l- ;, ml then fell from the sweetest lips 1 lowed myself to indulge’ ,lave ever seea sniile lnto tlle Tace ° r a What if the Honorable j lo ™ ly ’ P'- e °^"P ied stranger? The arrangement of the rooms was Mr. Gri statesman. is an eminent | sucli as made it necessary for me to ,, dignified, scholarly, and to | pass through this sitting-room In order "A” PP, ' a : a "r; lligh - minded ,narl? I to reach my patient's bedroom, f mj Patient is sweet, dove-eyed and af. with careful tread, so timed as not to < ( ona < • H.ul not Anson qualities as appear stealthy, I accordingly advanced X(f ° 1 ' 1 1,1 l * lo,r w:, - v * 1'iR'hts as certain, I a.nd pushed open the door. The room and a. hohl upon myself superior to any claims which another might advance? Drawing a. much-crumpled little note I from my pocket. 1 eagerly read it. ft 1 .was tiio only one I bad of bis writing, the only letter be bad ever written me. I bad already reread it a hundred times, but as t once more repeated to myself its well-known lines, I felt my heart grow strong and fixed in tile determina tion which had brought me into this family. Restoring the letter to its place, I opened my gripsack and from its re cesses drew fertu an object which I had no sooner in hand than a natural sense of disquietude led me to glance appre hensively, first at tin* door, then tit the window, though I had locked the c and shaded tiic other. It seined as if sirne other eve besides mv own must be g.izing .it what I held so gingerly in •Hand: that the walls were watching me, nothing else, and the sensation this pro- diced was so exactly like that of guilt (or what T 'imagined to be guilli, that I was forced to repeat on e more in mysc that it was not a. good man's overthrow 1 1 sought, or even a bad man's imimi- ! r.ity from punishment, but the truth, tin ' absolute truth. Xu shame could equal that which 1 should fee lit', by any over-delicacy now, ! failed to save the man who trusted me. Tile article which f held—have you guessed it? - was 11 so stiletto with which Mrs. Knirhrother had been killed. It had been intrusted to me by the police for a definite purpose. The time for testing that purpose had come, <n* so nearly come, that l felt I must he think ing about tlii necessary ways and means. Unwinding the folds of tissue papi r in vhicii tile stiletto was wrapped, 1 scru tinized tile weapon very carefuily. lJilh- erto I hud seen only pictures of it. now. 1 had tile article itself in my hand. It v as not a natural one for a young worn, an to hold, a woman wiios. taste ran more toward healing than wounds. I forced myself to I the end of its and pushed open the dooi was empty. Mr. (trey was still with his daughter and 1 could cross the floor without fear. But never had 1 entered upon a task requiring more courage or one more obnoxious to my natural in stincts. 1 hated each step I took, but I loved (be man for whom I took those steps, and moved resolutely on. «h.,y, as l reached the chair in which Mr. Grey was accustomed to sit, I found that It was easier to plan an action than to carry it out. Home life and the domestic virtues had always appealed to me more Ilian a man’s greatness. The position which this man held in His own country, ids usefulness th**.e. even Ids prestige as statesman and scholar, were facts, but very dreamy facts, lo me, while Ids feel ing :• : a father, tlie place lie held in his daughter s heart- these wtAe real to me, these disapointed to find only a small para graph devoted to the Fairbrother case. In tiiis it was stated that the authori ties hoped for new light on this mystery as soon as they had located a certain witness, whose connection with the crime they “had just discovered. No more, no less than was con tained In Inspector Dalzell’s letted, llow could 1 bear it—tlie suspense, the doubt—and do my duty to my patient; Happily, I bail no choice. T bad been adjudged equal to this business and 1 must prove myself lo be so. Perhaps my dents of that day he understood why the record of Wellgood's name was unaccom panied by the usual reference. It had been a difficult day all round. The func tion was an important one. and the weather bad. There was. besides, an un usual shortage in his number of assist ants. Two men bad that very morning been laid up with sickness, and when this able looking, self-confident AVellgood pre sented himself for immediate employ- men!, be took him out of hand with the merest glance at what looked like a very satisfactory reference. Hater, lie hfid in friends speak of him as the mildest kind of a man, who, without native executive skill, could not manage the great house hold he has in charge. Tils enemies, and we have unearthed a few, say,- on the contrary, that they have never had any confidence in his quiet ways; that these were no! in keeping with the fact of his having been a California miner in tlie early fifties. “You can see I am putting you very nearly where we are ourselves. Nor do 1 sec why I should not add that this passion of Hie seemingly subdued but tended lo look up this reference, which I ’’fa' 1 )' hot-headed steward for a -woman, he had been careful to preserve by stick ing it, along with other papers, on his spike file. But in tlie distractions fol who never showed him anything but what he might cail an insulting indiffer ence. struck us as a clue to be worked courage would revive after f had had my moved it himself and there was no one breakfast; perhaps then 1 should be able else who had the right to* do so. He to fix upon the identity of tlie new wit-j suspected the culprit—a young hid who ness—something which 1 found myself | occasionally had access to his desk. But incapable of at this moment. j this boy was no longer in the office, lie These thoughts were on my mind as 1 j had dismissed him for some potty fault crossed the. rooms on my way back to | the previous week, and it look him sev- Miss Grey's bedsire. By tlie time I j eral days to find him again. Meantime Ioying the untoward events of the eve-< up - especially after we received this an- ning, lie had neglected to do so feeling swer to a telegram we sent late last perfectly satisfied with the man's work to the nurse who is caring for Mr. and general behavior. Now it was a *. a * r »n»the r in New Mexico. ” He handed me a small yellow slip and I read: “Tile steward left Mr. Fail-brother at K1 Moro. He has not heard from him since. ANNETTA I,A SERRA, '•For Abner Fairbrother.” “At El Moro?” I cried. “Why, that was long enough ago ” “For him to have reached New York before the murder. Exactly so. if ho took advantage of every close connec tion.'’ (To Be Continued.) different thing. The man had left him summarily, and lie felt impelled to hunt up the person who had recommended him and see whether this was tlie first time that Wellgood had repaid good treat ment with bad. Running through tlie papers with which his file was now full, lie found that the one he sought was not there. This roused him in good earnest, for lie was certain that he had not re- reached her door I was outwardly calm, as her first words showed: "Oil, the cheerful smile! It makes me his anger grew and when lie finally came face to face with the lad, he accused him of tlie suspected trick with so much To Cure a Cold in One Day- Take DA NATIVE BROMO Quinine Tab lets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. AY. GROVE'S signature u, on each box. 25c. ... once more, and pulling back the softj^ Full Doll3i"*S Worth of blanket, beheld, a duplicate of the baby: she held, contentedly picking at its little pink fingers and crowing gayly. Turning to Dr. DeBelle, John Mullis-j ton whispered: “Good Lord, ’boe, I asked for a crumb, and—" MAN MEDICINE Free For a Dime fferr's projmsitioii. m*Mi, that ir.nlu “I gave you the whole loaf,” laughed exoLTJII for any weak man MA? MKJ the physician. “If you do not desire the two, my wife will take one,” he continued aloud. “Ah, but I do desire both,” said Mrs. Mulliston. “I could not refuse tlie gift, coming as it did. They shall be my Rose and my—“ “Not Violet,” said Dr. DeBelle, grin ning, ‘Tor one is a boy.” “Then Rose and DeBelle,* replied Mrs. Mulliston. “Grand!” “Fine!” “That's all right.” When the chorus had ended tli KTNE. Dig np a dime right now wiiit thi* wlir,)p ,j, lar's worth by return mail—and g-t. wHl at quietly. MAN MERITIN' K. boys, is THE ST ’-4 I' I ‘ f the woak. weary man. It i< tHr* pv.lt <•! of experience ami study of lien'; w'likm- . is scientific and it is barmlc--, but it- quick • • in man-building work is a wonder. MAX MERITIN'!’! puts the “mm ' into a n - it takes the flinching 'on? of his « s and m;.i . ens liis backbone. If will make you self-a-.. ; : self-confident, able, powerful and vehemciH the manly confidence that bubbles u;> in th nerved body. He that kind of a mat; : cm. Send us ;l dime toda.v ; we will send \ou a in MAX MERKTXi: worth a dollar a • :• ‘ some people say. Ron’r. delav -there's noild• „ « the green foots food that, will do the work f . ( like Man Medicine, It coats yon a r • i?;,.• to fr ' cost of the package lo get a full si/, i d two, age of MAX MERHTXE sent free t.» ; . - }»,,,, plain, unmarked rappei feci better in spite of myself.’ j vehemence that the inevtitable happened Tf she could have seen into my heart! and (he boy confessed. This is what he -ATr. Grey, who was leaning over the acknowledged. He had taken the refer- foot of the bed, east me a quick glance ence off the file, but only to give it to which was not without its suspicion. Had | AVellgood himself, who had offered him he detected me playing a part, or were. money fol . lt . WIlen asked how mu0) , such doubts as lie displayed tlie product | niolu y tlle bov WHAT THE CHRIST-CHILD GAVE Continued from First Page. simlpy of Ills own uneasiness? I was i not able to decide, and, wilh this mi- admitted that the sum was ten dollars—an extraordinary amount i lips. powder and soap to add, and with each new addition tlie woman henrt within her swelled and yearned for baby nands and these and not of liis place as a man, | that this liis favorite scat spoke to me. j How often had I beheld him sit by ibej hour until liis eye on the door behind ; which liis one darling lay ill! Even now. j it was easy for me to recall his face as t had sometimes caught a glimpse of it through the crack of tlie suddenly opened door, and 1 fell my breast heave and my , . ., . , . D om a poor man for so simple a service answered question added to ilie number . . , , • , , , , ,, , .• i . 11 ”” man merely wished to secure alreadv troubling me, 1 was forced lo , , - . . secure Mace tiie day which, for aught I know. | th ^ grew more ’pertinent in his "And," she thought over and over again, “I've a wonderful fancy that some thing unusual is about to happen. it makes my blood run fast,/and my lips But help was near. Before noon I re-, ■=—iting finally wliat he Heady of song. Last night I dreamed that ceived a message from my unde to the! ’ 11 " v .* °*Hd not ha\e hoped for in j an jtngel came into my room and laid effect that if I could lie spared he would | “ . ’egmnmg-—the exact address of Uie| two roses In ,, . , . . might be the precursor of many others . , old understand; and it was oft *** , . , . ' more and ' equallv trying and unsatisfactory. ... be glad to sec me al liis home as near party referred to in the paper he had my hand. They were ol pure gold and crystal and reflected like a mirror, il think the dream signifies play, which pleased Mrs. Mulliston very much. “It's all very fine—your part in it all, but I still maintain that lliey came as an interpretation to my dream of the two roses, and tiiat tlie blessed Christ Child did put it into your hearts and minds to carry it out.” AA'itli this assurance of faith tlie new- made proxy mother walked proudly from the room and into tiie nursery overhead, where site kissed the lil|Ie babies and tucked them into a snug little bed for a nap. Leaves from an Old Scrap Book Continued from Second Page. A6ENTS WANTED ^ Write today for terras. F. R.Aire^np, st., ( hlrago I*HETTY Widow. \cv\ a fled i.»n;. turn*, wishes husbjuul * :i)i;ibl f‘\tuiisiv(‘ business a flairs. H«> . Ml DDV WEALTH--BEAUTY Mjia-a [• mAlinl rectory FREE TO AM. Pay when marrifd. Eniirfiv uuv j.lni, Somi money f.*>r particulars. Select Cluti 0epl.5S5 onsha 71 m MARRY RICH STANDARD COR. CLUB, MAGIC NEEDLES & RODS ^fortreasur-^L-ckers. (iutirant/'i j i—t u. i \>ry interesting hi,i,k free!>>r -rent M;,., Gem Novelty Co.. 7 Elm St . Palmyra, r.', MARRIAGK maile 1 fre verts ments rich. B. F. PAPER—Best e. Contains hum: marr'ag ■■able peiq. Gu inels, Toledo, 1 cers liigli in rank. One whom I know is a lieutenant colonel. All of them are lighting men, who, but for this necessity, would he in the front rank in every hour of danger. The weather is so cold that I tlie icicles around the waterfalls, are! as thick as a man's body. In twenty 1 " V.X 1 KD Good man in i n, minutes after sundown liquid freezes! .represent u:d advertise lianlv. solid. The surface of the ground is a s partment, put out samples. hard gro rock, and at every step the S2I e-kl.\ Expense , . , ,, , , ,, ,, . oponded to Ins .summons, hand falter as I drew iorth the stilctlii, 1 , ... , , , . , . I found mv uncle awaltm and moved to place it where ins f would fall >pon it on his leaving his daughter’s bedside. But my hand returned quickly to my breast and fell back again empty. A pile of letters lay before me on the open lid of Hie desk. Tlie top one was ad dressed to me with tlie word “Import ant” written in the corner. I did not know tlie writing, but I felt that I should open and read this letter before committing myself or those who stood hack of me lo this desperate undertak ing. Glancing behind me and seeing that the door lo Miss Grey's room was ajar, I caught up tiiis letter and rushed with it back into my own room. .As I sur mised. it lias from the inspector, and as 1 read it I realized that I had received nfli ling j it not one moment, too soon. In language l why | purposely non-comniittai, but of a moau- rust.v, and ' lug not to he mistaken, il advised me I found my uncle awaiting me m a carriage before liis own door, and T took mv seat at his side without the least idea his puropse. I supposed that lie had result oi liis search. The name attached planned tiiis ride that he might talk to | to tlie recommendation had been—'Hiram me unreservedly and without fear of In- Scars. Steward.’ lie did not know of terruption. But 1 soon sato that he hail any such man—perhaps you do—but some very different object in view, for, when lie readied the house from which not only did lie start down town instead I the recommendation was dated, he saw of up. .but his conversation, such as it I that it was one of the gteat houses of looked mainly ut the devices which orua-j that some unforeseen facts had come to nirntid tile handle. 1 had not been mi - light which altered all former suspicions taken in them. They belonged to tlie! and made the little surprise f had plun- l.onso of Grey, and to none older. iti'"’ 1 longer necessary, v as a legitimate inquire I had under-! 1 here was no allusion to Air. Durand taken. However the matter mdeil, r j l>nt the final sentence ran: the: historic, do this daggi ;• i a moment should always hav vices for niy excuse. My plan was to lay on Mr. Grey's desk hen lie would lie sure to see it and I lit see him. If he betrayed a guilty knowledge of this fatal steel; if, j unconscious of my presence, he showed ] surprise and apprehension—then we i should know how to proceed; justice I would lie loosed from constraint and ihej police feel at liberty to approach him. j I’rop all care and give your undivided attention to your patient.” Awful Agony of Piles Nil!. Tl I G MISSING RKCOJI.TON 1 lATlON. My patient slept that night, hut 1 did nut. The shock given by tiiis sudden cry ot Malt! at the very moment 1 was about io make my great move, the uncertainty as to wliat it meant and my doubt of its effect upon Air. Durand's position, : put me on lhe anxious seat and kept j in) thoughts fully occupied till morning. | 1 was very tired and must have shown jit. when, with the first rays of a very was, confined itselft to generalities and New A'ork. though lie could not at liie ;if tI,e altar beside the basket, studiously avoided the one topic of su-1 instant remember who lived there. But I John Mulliston could see her preme interest to us both. lie soon found out. The first passerby At last, as we turned into Flecker ( told him. Aliss Van Arsdale, perhaps street. I let my astonishment and per-j you can do tlie same. The number was plexity appear. :— — Eighty-sixth street.-' “Where arc we bound?” T asked. “It ••— —!” 1 repeated. quite aghast, can not be ti>ti von are taking me to, •‘AA'liy, Mr. Fairbrother himself! The see Mr. Durand?” i husband of—” ••No,” said lie. and said no more. “Exactly so. and Hiram Sears, whose “Ah. police headquarters!” 1 faltered name you may have heard mentioned at as the carriage made another turn and tlie inquest, though for a very good rea- flrew up before n building T had reason j son he was not there in person, is liis io remember. “Uncle, what am I to, steward and general factotum.” blood. To remedy the evil, I have seen these men. accustomed as they were at home to every luxury, strip their coats and blankets from their hacks, and tie the rags around-their feet; 1 have seen them take the fresh hides of cattle, reek ing with the warm blood, and fashion therefrom rude moccasins ti three o'clock as possible. AA'liat could | Hlo > en - «««1 which, for some reason, tlie he want of me? 1 could not guess, and lemembered. It was a up-town ad- , „ it was with great Inner perturbation that, | dl * as - and. as soon as tlie caterer could I a srea-t blessing. lAt any rate, it was a i frozen edges of earth cut into naked! D€pt - " 1 he Columbia Hons-, U.ii having won Air. Grey's permission, I re-1 leave bis business, he took tlie elevated | sweet dream." j teoti llnti i tlie pat i, o[ t ) le army may p e Her tasks completed. Airs. Mulliston • almost said to have been tracked ini rru ■ rojiiT TRFP5, made herself ready for the pilgrimage T K ~ 1 rKUn witli g:roat care and 'ceremony, then sal lied forth, with tlie box held securely in her arms. .11 was not a long - walk to the church, and arriving- there shortly after her hus band. she entered the door and laid her gift for the poorest child in tlie parish and proceeded to the specified street and number. “Aliss Van Arsdale, a surprise awaited him. and awaited us when he told the We v;ant good men all over th Sc■> . s- • lo soil fruit trees the «oniin*c year. U salesmen make lii/x profits. X" tr>"ihh- c- • stock. Terms very Jilwral. Write tod.r.. iSm.. Pros., roncord. <Ja. • liplo Atlanta ha. WANTED -Men T<> Learn Parhr-r opened onr 23rd hraneli in this <• last them ' s PeeiaI indncem»‘nt.s for iimiteil Cr i, • i ... I uompletes. Positions waiting on lor the days march; an.I ! have seen K Vjw . s Saturdays. Tools Riven. Write: kfieni beg* in piteous terms of passing - ) Mol.-r Bartier Collect'. Hunter and J’. i horsemen for a brief respite to their pain- rave, , ful walk, anil where tiiis lias failed, offer sweet lave framed in with soft waves oil five, ten and twenty dollars for the privi- silver hair, lifted toward tlie cross. A ' l e §" of riding a few miles on their weari- blue light, streaming through the col- I some journey. 1 mention these as facts} "red glass, enveloped her. There were tears in her big blue eyes, and a stis- picions upheaval of laces on her bosom. Hark! was tiiat a wail that broke upon tlie solemnity of the Jiour? Did something stir in the basket beside ! the woman? "Oh; _and it was lie who recommended ! John Mulliston held his breath j leaned noiselessly forward. Again tlie wail rose on the silence. do here?" "See a friend,” as he helped me to AVellgood?” alight. Then as J followed him In some “yes.'' bewilderment, lie whispered in my ear:: - vod did Air. Jones see him?” "Inspector Dalzell. He wants a few | “No. The lions,', you, remember, is minutes conversation with you.” .hosed. Air FahVwother. on leaving Oh. the weight which fell from nl X’; town, gave liis serjrants a vacation. His shoulders at these words! 1 was to hear, ; st( , wart j t ook with him—tiiat is, they i she read, then, wliat had intervened between ni ® started together. But we hear no raen- and my purpose. The wearing night I had 1!|>n imulp of htni in telegrams from anticipated was to be lightened with some S;]nta , |e (Joes not aeem to ,, ave sniair spark of knowledge. 1 had con fidence enough in tlie kind-hearted in spector lo bo sure of that. T caught at my uncle's arm and squeezed it delight edly. quite oblivious of the curious glances' " n ._ ul > ' e< * I must* have received from the various officials .we passed on our way to the inspector's office. ; , ,, , ,, . . found him waiting for us. and I l '* rt "omc with every apparent ..itent.on and foil owed Ah. Fairbrother into the nioun- t; ins.” “You say that in a peculiar way,” I Instinctively tlie hand of the woman went out, and touched the babe. “For the poorest of God’s creatures,” “The childless woman.*' “Who. Good, is poor then tihan I?” she asked aloud. “Who poorer ■than I, the loving, arms-empty woman!” The wailing sounded again. “A baby.” she went on passionately. “Ah, surely the blessed Christ child, sent meager sun, Mis Grey softly unelosed i experienced such pleasure al sight of his CY accompany him to the Placide mine? eyes and ioimd me looking at her. n ... i ti , , ,, —. ^ , ^ ,or » s niile had a sweet compassion Positively Relieved by tlie Pyramid j in alld she Baill as she pV( .J ed my Pile Cure. j i»an<i: j ^ oil must have watched me* niglit. j I never saw any one look so tired—or so good,” she softlv linished. Tliere is no reason-snrely no good rea-1 , i, a ,i rather she had not uttered that last phrase. It did not lit me at tlie A Trial Package Mailed Free. son—why any man or woman should con-I tinue to suffer with piles when a reput-1 able company of druggists have placed ■ ’’’’’"lent did not fit me. perhaps, at any In every high-grade pharmacy a positive j time. Good! I! when luv thoughts had and unfailing cure for this dread disease! not been with her. but’ with Mr Du at a price within tlie reach of the poor-1 . J .. , est. They have done more. They offer] U ' w,Kn II "- dominating feeling m my 1o relieve lhe sufferer temportirily and' breast was not tiiat of relief, but a vague start him well on the way to recovery, regret that I had not been allowed to by giving to any piles patient who sends j make my great test and so establish his name and address, a rice trial pack-; mv , , , . , ‘ ' o., , c , .... *,, I'liuy i ► w i i Sctiisi«t(iion. :i( I on st ilu* nor- age of tlie wonderful Pyramid Pile Cure lIle I cr in a plain sealed wrapper. There are mnocence oi my lover even at the ■ost of untold anguish to tiiis confiding girl upon whoso gentle spirit tlie very rime would thought of alight. I must have flushed; certainly l some embarrassment, for her eyes brightened with shy laughter.as she whis pered: ' <>‘i do not like to be praised—another o! your virtues. You have too many. J have only one—1 love my friends." She did. One could see that love was life to her. For an instant I trembled i kind and earnest face that T hardly no ticed uncle's sly retreat till the door closed behind him. “Oh. Inspector, what has happened?’’ I impetuously exclaimed in answer to liis greeting. ‘‘Something that will help Mr. Durand without disturbing A1r. Grey- have you as good news for me as that?” “Hardly.” he answered, moving up a chair and seating me in lt with a fatherly air which, under lhe circumstances, was I am going to tell you what our men have more discouraging than consolatory, j learned about tlii^ Scars. As | have said “AYe have simply heard of a new wit-j before, it is but forestalling the report- ness. or rather a fact has come to light j e rs by a day. and it may help you to which has turned onr inquiries into a new j understand why J sent you such peremp- direction. i lory orders to stop, when your whole “Anti—and—you can not tell nle what j heart was fixed on an attempt by which this fact is?” r faltered as lie showed no you hoped to right Air. Durand. \A'e intention of adding anything to this very cannot afford to disturb so distinguished unsatisfactory explanation. ;a person as tlie one you have under ”r should not, but you were willing to i your eye. while tlie least hope remains st a deadly do so much for us I must set aside my of fixing tiiis crime elsewhere. And we | principles a little and do something for have such hope. This man, tiiis Sears, bowed | you. Alter all, it is only forestalling | j s i )y no means the simple character one the reporters by a day. Aliss A an Ars- j would expject from liis position. Con- dale. tiiis is the story; Aestcrday morn- sidering tlie sliort time we have had (it shown into this "Because it has stunk us peculiarly. tlve g | ft lo me , all(1 accept the aLLi , Win re is Sears now? And why did lie, with a srateful hea r t .” not go on witu Air. Fairbrother when h“ [ Fearing then tiiat. she be overtaken in her new found joy. Airs. Aliillisloii caught impressed j up Hie basket and walked briskly toward her home, while 'her husband emerged from the church and took a shorter cut, murmuring: that have come under my own observa tion, and which should appeal to liberal ] and sympathizing hearts with all tlie; eloquence of suffering, and call for that ; speedy relief which the emergency do- j mands. 1 iie total casualties of Mu* campaign j vi ill not exceed twelve hundred. of these, probably two hundred sick and wounded have fallen Into the hands of Hie enemy. Heretofore tlie treatment of tl.ese unfortunates, when captured under*) c rcumstances of tiiis nature, has been 1’liiformly kind, and there is little reason ! io believe that it will not be equally so ! in the present, instance. A majority of | toe ladies of Knoxville are warm south- j o in ers. and there should be no appro- I hension that these noble-hearted women! will prove recreant to the humane in- ' UDIESIif BOX FREE Send stamp. Box l*’!-'. Milwaukee. Wi 'Cured, c.ivusqni relief. Removes r. . swelling in S to ; days; perraane:. .cure30 to 60 days. Trial treatment): •. I Dr. H. H. Green'sSons. Box A, Atlanta, Ca. LADIES OS STRICKLANDS monthly remedy relieves in 5 hours: safe and sure. Box FREE. Send Stamp FREE for particulars. CROWN CHEMICAL CO.. B01 93 MILWAUKEE WlS. wen Aliss A’an Arsdale. with this fat: when we heard of Air. Fairbrother’s lonely trip from where lie was taken ill to bis mine outside of Santa Fe ;but we have only given it its due importance since hearing what lias tome to us today. "Aliss A r an Arsdale,” continued the in spector. as I looked up quickly, "I am going to show great confidence in you. I man was only yesterday that Jones found liis j 100m, nnu s.i.id that lie had information to ; W ay into this office), we have unearthed jg.xe which might possibly prove to have some very interesting facts in his regard, i some bearing on the Fairbrother case. j ]Hs devotion to Mr. , 1 had seen tlie man before anil recognized "By George, she fell into tlie plot bet ter than I dared, hope she would.” rv\ The Alullistoii mansion was a scene to bewilder the eve that Christmas morning. Holly festooned the walls, mingling- its crimson berries with the snowy spirals of ti-ti blossoms, and where the sunlight streamed through latticed windows, la goon lilies gleamed among the bunches ot Christmas roses. As was the custom of the Mullistons. a small company of friends had been In vited to share tlie roast turkey and sip the rare old cordials. Among tlie guests was Dr. and Airs. DeBelle, who arrived long before the hour set. having the priv ilege of very old friendship with tne house. I11 fact, the DeBelles were wait- A WONDERFUL OFFER. -+2o lo per week. Lady or y man wanted in every locality for r - , line of staple goods. Xo canvti— n itinets and abundant sympathy which . , • 1 U ... T , , Apple quick. Mercantile Import 1 bey have ever manifested in relieving n , -i v X x the needs ot* suffering Immunity. i v 1 ' ,V-V S ^°\l " 12oth St ' ♦ * * * ' * - ‘ ork ( 1 tv. V 'i . * “The present position of tlie army is all j tiiat coul,i be desired. On tlie one flank : we have Clinch river and Clinch moan- i lain, mi the other flank the Holsto liver, while tlie whole country abound in strong points capable of easy defense \Ve are within a comparatively few mile of lhe Cumberland mountains, and occu py a threatening relation to West Ti n- nessee and Kentucky. The success of the campaign would undoubtedly have com pelled a retrograde movement of the forces at Chattanooga. It is not uncer tain that our very presence here at this time may not lead to an entire altera tion of tlie plans of General Grant, in cluding the abandonment of liis designs F gold watgh Our STEH-W1M> ilIKKK *' •• bu soi.in iau.li i m: , CASK, KXllKAVKil UN BOTH -1I>K-. warrinteil Um«ik»<p«r-. of proper me. - soi.iii eoi.n watch iuaham.i TEARS. w.fO.lt FREE”*";*’ ’ ••lltnn ■-• I »rUr!«s »t l"r am..»'! »• -1« . r.o.d ri.O" »nd -• will rSEMI EXACTLY AS DESCRIRKI* rjwr-i «.« • (ioi.a hEN ch Tc ac c LIBERTY JEWEL CO DEPT. J Aches.Old Snre*.Ulcer*.in the Mouth. M I,. ,. , # _e, vm.c.iu I Al” at t. AT 1 11. r . rauinprf rife for proofs of permanent cures of wor?s on north Georgia, and a retreat to ssoisie . was< * s °'Syph in Me blood poison. Oapicai»6uo,ooa i» point where he can at least protect his line of communications with Nashville j COOK REMEDY C0*j 1210 cidc«*^iLL^ and otlter localities in liis rear. , " — - “The operations for tlie winter may te j" at an end. but tlie approaching spiing promises to open a grand campaign, to whose success we only ■confl lently look for a glorious redemption from the •liains which now enthrall our land. “PERSONNE.” I him at tlie first glance as one oa How near \ nesses who made tlie inquest unneeessa i had been to wrecking tiiis gentle soul! j ' 'L' tedious. Do you remember Jones, ! i, e regarded Mrs. Fairbrother—well, that j “ Was slie safe yet? 1 was not sure. AI.v j t,ie caterer, who had only two or three I is another thing—and it was not till last j wh I own doubts were not satisfied. 1 awaited j facts lo give and yet who used up the night we heard that the attachment I the papers with feverish impatience, j whole afternoon in trying to state those which bound him to her was of the sort ; lliey should contain news. News of facts? ’ j which takes no account of youth or j what? Ah, that was tlie question! j "I do, indeed,” 1 answered. ; age,, fitness or unfitne; ‘A on will let me see my mail this I “Well, he was tlie man, and I own J Adonis, and old enough, we are told, to ! morning, will you not?" she asked, as I that 1 was none too delighted to seel be her father, but for all that we have j 1 busied myself about her. j him. But he was more at his ease with ! already found several persons who can •enough of the curative elements in fills j ’'That is for tlie doctor to say,” [ me than T expected, and I soon learned tell strange stories of tlie persistent— swelling°of E the°afiW’ted^ partT^to" heat i a "' Mainly better’this | what he had to tell. It was this: One much of the soreness and ulceration.! n) °rning. i of liis men had suddenly left him, one After the sample is gone your druggist I "H is so hard for me not to be able | of bis very best men. one of those who will supply you with u f’ox of the Pyra- to read Ills letters, or to write a word had been with him in the capacity of s ,, , , . | to relieve liis anxiety.” Read Mrs. Bonds letter, which tells 1 Where Host Files Sufferers End. Act fiefore Too Late. PAXTINE is the most efficacious antiseptic known. It cleanses, disinfects and heals all in- flaminatiou, discharges or soreness of the mucous membrane surfaces wher ever located. This is the reason it so quickly cures sore eyes, sore mouth, sore throat, nasal or pelvic catarrh. To disinfect, the mouth anil perfume the breath it has no equal. Mrs. \Y. L. Ourv, of Little Rock, He was n 0 | ed - “ s,ie ytaited long enough for the mira-I Ark., writes: “1 have used Paxtinc ng in the drawing room when John Mul- 1 hiibrother \sasj ]j S f on returned breathless and excited never any secret, and we knew as much 1 wit-; about that the day after the murder | rron M he church of the ‘Bussed Christ we do now. But the feelings with which | Child. How did she take It?” asked DeBelle when tlie greetings were passed. “She bit like a fish,” laughed Alitllls- ton. “Poor, dear little woman,” he add- with which liis eager old eyes would fol low her whenever chance threw them together during the time she remained under iier husband's roof: and others who relate, with even more avidity, how, I waiter at the Ramsdell ball. It was not how^'she" suffered" and^ was relieved’ ’if t ’ rllus K,l ° lold me her heart’s secret, i uncommon for his men to leave him, but | after her removal to apartments of her not positively cured, after using one 50-j and unconsciously added another burden j they usually gave notice. This man gave I own, he used to spend hours in the ad vent box. , to my already too heavy load. no notice; he simply did not show up at j joining park just to catch a glimpse of “1 have tried your pile cure and find 1 | was on my way to give some orders ; the usual hour. This was a week or two , her figure as she crossed the sidewalk very thankful' tn 'ZTTnl- pnttfng i ab0Ut m v Rent's breakfast, when Mr. them within my reach, for I have had ! Grey came i,uo tli e sitting room an 1 met one box and have not used all of them ’ me face to face. He had a newspaper yet. and I fee! like a new woman today,’in his hand and my heart stood still as 1 i J noted his altered looks and disturbed started them L could not walk across , ... the floor, but now I can do my work a n manner. Were these due to anything he right. My work was a burden to me be-1 had found in those columns? It was with fore 1 started them, but 1 ean tell you I difficulty that I kept my eyes from the that T can vrr '' il now - ' j paper which he held in sucli a manner can rely on me. I will tell everybody * , .. , . , . „ about Pyramid Pile Cure. Yours sincere- as 10 d,sclof!e lts glaring head lines, lv, Mrs. J. Bond. Toronto, Canada. 331 These 1 dared not read with his eyes Pears Ave.” j fixed on mine. Thert is positively no risk or danger is y 1iss Grey? How is my daugh- with the Pyramid Pilo (hire, for there .... , . , . ^ . * . is nothing but curatives in the prepara ! ter? ]ie asked m S reat ha * te and u "-. tion. They are suppositories which I easiness. "Is she better tiiis morning, placed in the affected part, art as a! or—worse?” soothing ointment working upon the in — | “Better" I assured him* ami was AKkVsn- jssswis; - **»’»»»<- dilation of the blood. . ! stantly clear. By the use of the Pyramid Pile Cure- "Really?” lie asked. “You really con- the' patient is cured at home without I aider her better? The doctors say so. micupaUo^^The^cure °ma^ l *be W accom-1 l>llt 1 -t very much faith in doc- plished In absolute privacy. AVe use no j tors in a .case like tiiis, lie anueu. names for advertising purposes without I “I have seen no reason to distrust ago. Jones, having a liking for the man, on her way to anti from her carriage, who was an excellent waiter, sent a ] Indeed, his senseless, almost senile pas- messenger to his lodging house to see ■ “ion for this magnificent beauty became if he were ill. But lie had left his lodg- a by-word in some mouths, and it only ings with as little ceremony as he hail escaped being mentioned at the inquest left tlie caterer. “This, under ordinary circumstances, would have ended tlie business, but tliere being some great function in prospect, Jones did not feel like losing so good a cle. I believe, doctor, she will be the happier now ttliat it has happened.” “1 am sure she will be,” said Ajtrs. De Belle. briskly, thinking of her own .--..e brood of six. who were a constant source of delight to her mothed’s heart. “Ah, here comes Airs. Mulliston now.” cried John, hearing his wife stepping lightly in the hall. “Kook. look, dearies, what the Christ child has given me,” she said joyously, holding out tlie basket. “There is a baby here! A real, live, sweet baby that we can love and coddle and keep!” Site proceeded to tell her story, anil then with trembling fingers opened, tlie basket and lifted out something soft and pink and warm. “A dear, darling little girl, with blue eyes and golden hair.” she exclaimed, her face radient with admiration at the from respect to Mr. Fairbrother, who had never recognized this weakness in his steward, and from its lack of visible connection with her liorible death and the stealing of her great jewel. Never- nian without making an effort to recover j thcless, we have a witness now—it is as- him, so lie looked up Ills references in I tonishing how many witnesses wc can , the hope of obtaining some clue to his scare up by a little effort, who never j precious treasure she held up for inspec- present whereabouts. thought ol* coming forward themselves ; spection. “He kept all sueii matters in a special who can swear to having seen him one! --jt ; s another rose for tlie garden of book and expected to have no trouble i night shaking his fist at her retreating j our pearls,” said John sentimentally, in finding the man's name. Janies Well- figure as she stepped haughtily by him cjuildenlv a strange sound broke upon good, or that of his former employer, into her Jr^s!.« Uim'S the stillness that followed John’s speech. Blit when he came to consult this book. Is sule that the man he saw t - „estu , , . he was astonished to find that nothing Mating was Sears, and lie is sure the Was it a baby laughing, asked M.s, nr,]«l aeninst this mnn’o woman was Mrs. Fairlj*>ther. I lie only was recorded against this man's name but the date of his first employment— Alareli 15. “Had he hired him without a reoom- tlie voluntary consent of the patient. jXLrarStSt'jsr -ksi-vt ,, send your name and address today. and| an alarming: nature* Bui tlien I nave we will furnish you at once with the free had very little experience out of the hos- trial Daekage. Pyramid Drug Co., T3! r>it:il I am young yet. Air. Grey.’ P i- r u am Lo ’• Marsh f n - Mirh - , , I He looked as if he quite agreed with The 50-cent size packages are for sale np , 6 at nil druggists. line in this estimate of myself,, and, with them.” I protested. ’’Aliss Grey's illness, ! mendation? lie would not he likely to, to be of .vet the page was clear of all reference: j only the name and t)ie date. But the ] date! A'ou have already noted its signifi cance. and later he did, too. The day of the Ramsdell hall! The day of the great murder! As he recalled the inci- lliing he is not sure of is how his own wife will feel when she hears that he was in that particular neighborhood on that particular evening, when he was evi dently supposed to be somewhere else.” And the inspector smiled. “Is the steward’s disposition a bad one,” 1 asked “that this display of feel ing should impress you so much?” "I don’t know what to say about that yet. Opinion differs on this point. His DeBelle, with wide innocent eyes turned to tlie bundle held close in the arms of Mrs. Mulliston. “It vras not this baby,” replied Mrs. Alullistoii with wonder; "she was only smiling.” Again the laugh yvas heard. This time it was located beneath tlie lid of the bas ket. (Frightened at the strangeness of it all, Airs. Mulliston opened the basket Toilet Antiseptie for the past four years with marvelous results. For all cleans ing and healing purposes I regard it as the wonder of the age and no woman should be without it.” I'axtine is the most successful form ula of a noted Boston physician, used his private practice for years in curing the most obstinate inflamed and catarrhal conditions of the mucous membrane surfaces of the body, and is being adopted bv physicians, dentists and trained nurses as the most thorough cleansing and healing antiseptic. Jt. should be in every woman’s toilet. Many women have written that if Paxtine was $10 a box they would not be without it. Have you tried it ? 50 cents at druggists. For sample address The R. Paxton Co., 60 Pope Building, Boston, Mass. SWIFT’S * GULLIVER ’ S TRAVELS’ (From Blackwood’s Atagazine.) A curious little fact as to its title ha.-> or.me to light lately which deserves a wider publicity than it lias yet received. The name or the hero, Lemuel Gulliver, is a very fantastic combination: and no good explanation has hitherto been given of its choice by Swift. Alost people have been content to believe "that he invented it. But the explanation is available now. ijast November Dr. Edward Scott .an- 1 ounced in tlie Athenaeum that, while cyamining the documents in the muni- mint room of Westminster Abbey, he nad come across a bundle of law papers, being the proceedings in actions brouglu '.•V one Lemuel Gulliver of Westminster against a certain Peter Swift, of Long- tan. in Worcestershire, tlie dates of the document* ranging from 1733 to 1741. Now Longdon, .where Peter Swift liv a i-' less than 20 miles from Goodrich, Herefordshire, of which parish Jonaih* -‘•wilt s grandfather was vicar; and t may even be the case tiiat these two • amities of Swift were akin. In any < vent, it can hardly lie doubted tiiat we have here tlie origin of the name of the hero of the famous “Travels.” Dr. S'• 1 s:ggested, indeed, in his letter to the Athenaeum, tiiat an allusion to tlie leg... proceedings of which he had unearthed the records was to he found in tlie ”V\>-. - .’ge to Brobdingnag,” where Gulliver told tiic king of that country that he had “been formerly almost ruined by 1 long suit in chancery, which was decreed for mm with costs.” But “Gulliver’s Trnv eis iwas published in 1726. anil, had been read by more than one person in manu script some years before, so that it ean- ■” 1 contain any allusion to lawsuits o\ 1 ding to tlie year 1740 (if Dr. Scott has given the dates accurately.) Rut if Per r .wilt were akin to Jonathan, and if law t'luibles were impending about 1720. i. would bo quite natural that he should acquaint the great dean with tiie par- ! 1 chlars of the case in order that his pow c iti aid might lie secured. And ti ■ 1 it 1 me “Lemuel Gulliver- is one which would arrest attention at once. RETROSPECTION. (From “The Princess.”) Tears, idle tears. I know not what thei- mean. Tears from the depths of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes. In looking On tlie happy autumn fields, Ami thinking of the days tiiat are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on * That brings our friends up from the un der world; Sad as tiie last which reddens over 011c I hat sinks with all we love below the verge,— So sad. so fresh, the days that are 110 more. All, sad and strange as in dark summei dawns The cariteHt; pipe of half-awakened birds 1 o dying- ears, when unto dying eye-3 The easement slowly grows a glimmering square: So sad. so strange* the days that are no more. Dear as remembered kisses after death. And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned On lips that are for others; deep as love Deep as first love, and wild with all r*- gret,— O Death in I-ite. the days that are no more. —Alfred Tennyson,