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IWMJ, by .loll Miss Rodnoy rose to her feet indig- j tentions, because we kiiow so jittle nantly. She had lost her temper at last | about his means or family. But he was “Don’t mention the name of that presented to me at a casino dance, and miserable creature to me ever again,” ha certainly is a perfectly lovely waltz- ehe cried with indignation. “I will er. He seemed to take quite an interest swear to you, if yuu would like it, that in me. He wanted to know if I had any I will never wed the—oh, I cannot sisters and then asked if you were even speak his odious, name! I eaw him younger or older than I. Then he asked in London, and he insulted me after- | me if I knew a Miss Florence. He said ward by calling on me. Then he in- | laughingly that his principal object in suited me further by writing a letter, j coming to America was to discover this evidently meaning to disgust me more 1 Miss Florence. When I wanted to know than ever with himself. He'said he was j why he had such a romantic interest in willing to marry me if I wanted him. I a girl of whom he knew so little ap- For snore than twenty-five years Dr. J. New ton Hathaway has inado a specialty'of Female Diseases. During that tiine ho has had among liis patients over ten thous and women, suffering from all those many different com plaints peculiar to the sex, and lias completely and perma nently cured more than 80 per cent, of the cases he has treated. . By his exclusive method, which he has perfected during the twenty-five years of his rncst exten^f. e practice, he is enabled to cure all of these different diseases, including painful, profuse or suppressed menstruation, prolapsus, all ovarian trouble, tumors and ulceration—In fact, everv form of those diseases which’make a Lurden of life to tho great majority of women. no has so perfected this system of his that he can treat theso cases by mail, without any per son;:! examination (to which every sensitive woman naturally objects) and without any oper ation, with its consequent pain and necessary danger. E:s system of treatment is taken in the pri vacy cf the home; the cure is painless and It is PPSli ONE LOW FEE. Write him a letter stating briefly your condi tion and he will send you a blank to be filled out. fie wiil give your case his personal attention and ea>e and make his fee so moderate (including all medicines necessary) that you will not feel the burden of the payment, and he will guarantee you a positive cure. Address, J. kJEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. Dr. Hathaway & Co., tf!?-jSonth Rroail Street, Atlanta, Ga, MENTION THIS PAPER WHEN WRITING. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condense! Schedule in Effect May 6.1S00, •No. 22 7.00pm 1.00am 6.30am 9.45am 1,10pm 5.41 pm 150am 6 42am 12.43pm ♦No. 16 STATIONS. ♦No. 15 a 3dam 5.45pm 9.45 pm lv..- Mobile..ar lv...Selma ..lv arBirm’ham lv ar Chat’n’ga lv ar Knoxville lv ar .Bristol..lv arLvnchb’rglv ar W’sh’gt’n lv ar. .N. 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(East Time) 7*7 Ar Washington Ar New York..... 1 10am 4.0ihuh 5.15am 9.40am 12.23nm 8.50pm 6.13am nS; li-T'-Pullma" Sleeping car Rome to lo Salisbury and a,IUUfru lo - aii.sDu Salisbury to New York without change. ®Sif STATIONS. Lv Chattanooga Ar Cincinnati...... ..’.....7*"* Ar Louisville 9.00pm .— 7.45am 40pm T.oJam car “attanooga to -v.** u-uuau Sleeping Lctusville and Cincinnati, cinnati. ^ ullman Siee P- r Chattanooge t» Cin- STATIOSS. Lv Birmingham Lv Atlanta 7 *7" Ar Charlotte 7.77 **' Ar Danville. 77 Ar Lynchburg *' Ar Charlottesville... 7 .77 Ar Washington Ar Baltimore Ar Philadelphia At- NcwYcrL... uuan 33 e^ra Sh v£ t ? a a , ml Southwestern Lim- Solid \ estibule train Atlanta • to l ewtorU, carrying PuUman Sleeping ca? Alania to New York. ° 6 00 12-uun - 8.13pm U.53prh •1.55am 3.37am 6.42am 8.00am 10.15am 12.43pm 9.35; 1.38pm 3.43pm 5.3 pm 8.5 )pm A ianta to New York., Dining eurTerres r ^t°a Ut t e o S!,. 1 s";.‘ 1 ,. Librarj ObseryS car. Atlanta to New York. Na 3S carries Pullman Drawing room Sleep- 7jng rac B nningham to Charlotte and - Atlanta W.LhS- ’ 4 Dimn S ear Charlotte to *-£aily. i Daily Except Sunday. | r- .v MY; p .&o.M. Washington,D.C.' And yon suggest the possibility of sncli a vilo tiling to me as thatl Have you no decency V You may repudiate your own paper and become a tbief, nncle,’’ she said violently, “but how is it pos sible for yon to fall so far as to men tion tho name of any woman relative of yoors in the same breath with that cur V’ ‘ Uncle Josiah was having a great deal of enjoyment over this fiery niece of- his. His taste in enjoying such things was unquestionably bad, unworthy an uncle of hia years and with a really charming niece, when she was treated with any kind of fitness. Bnt he did enjoy seeing her in a hot. indignant mood. “So you didn't take to Carrington, not even when he said ho was willing to marry you V Ho may have wanted to pnt himself on record as being willing, because if he were to refuse you would get the money. What did yon do to him?” ho asked quickly. “Told him ‘No’ in a way that could leave no doubt in his mind,.” replied Miss Rodney “Don’t talk about it any rfiore. The whole sickening business ha's made me hate the very name of Carrington. Bnt you need not despise him so mneh. After all, he was within his right, and yon are refusing to do what justice and your own honor de mand There is no use of talking about it any more.” she concluded, rising to go. “Well, give me time to make the ar rangement, ” said Uncle Josiah. with a cajoling air. “Yon don’t expect me to go right down to the bank and get it now I Besides, yon ought to bring on Strandham. Scanlon—what was his name?—to prove your statement. You could advertise for him in the London Times. Say he will hear of something greatly to yonr advantage if he comes forward and says that he found you without a chaperon on the Matterhorn.” His niece disdained fnrther remarks. She rose and left the room. The next flay Uncle Josiah, who had not doubted tier word in the least, made arrange ments for transferring several blocks of gilt edged stock to her. In his odd way he said nothing of this. He rather hated to see his plucky niece, whom he secret ly - admired very mnch, become abso- .Intely independent of him, even though she owed such freedom to himself. Miss Rodney kept her peace and treated her uncle with an nnvarying reserve after this It tried him more than she realized. But she felt how mean and nnjnst his conduct was, and conld not or wonld not make any at tempt to cajole him into doing his dnty and redeeming his promise to her. One thing: she noticed, and Mrs. Rodney also reinarked.it - Uncie Josiah did not complain and comment as mnch on ex penditures where his niece Florence was concerned He seemed to take these more tranquilly than those which con cernedTUrs. Rodney or Rose. Florence felt that this slnwed some sense of what he pwed her on the old man’s part She concluded to say nothing nn- til'the year- was’np Then the objection which her nncle had . urged copld not exist; for her aunt’s money would go irretrievably to her dissolute stepson. parently, he said that last year he met her on the top of the Matterhorn. He is so quiet and nnentlinsiastic yon wonld never think of his climbing sneh an awful mountain. Well, he did, and on top of the Matterhorn he met this Miss Florence. He said he was never more surprised in his life, for it was a jolly good pnll for a mountain prac ticed man. Well. I gather that he was’ —Miss Rodney skipped a few lines here and went on farther down. “When they got back to the hotel in the little <svr- “V’ w asinngton,] D Washington, D. C. .. . _ j ' i.i. Cx. 1- A.. Washington. D. C. | C-A-UzJ, sCOlisR, A.U.P.A. .C'UaUannn.rn.Tp— CHAPTER IV. NEWS OF GtJY STADLEY. The summer had come. Mrs, Rodney after the usual “time" with her brother had got money to take herself and Rose to Narragansett Pier. Florence re mained with tier uncle. He insisted on one of his two nieces being with him. and' they divided this domestic enjoy ment between them. The old man very mnch - preferred having Florence with him, and, as if with the desire tc retain her, showed the pleasantest side of him self. When he felt the need of “some outlet for his soul, strained with snch continued sweetness, ha would com ment in his canstie, sneering, jocular way on Mrs. Rodney or Rose. One day, about a mouth before the year appointed'by the Countess of Car rington in her eccentric will was np. Miss Rodney burst .into an exclamation of snrprise and her face lit up with - pleasure. She had just been reading a letter from Rose. “What is the matter?” inquired Un- clb'-Josiah “Has Rose got somo.fool to ask her to marry him?” . “No,” said Miss bodney. “Listen to this." ' Sho read from the letter: “There has been snch a lovely. Eng lishman here for a week. No one seems to know mnch about him. but 1 have heard’ that he goes with the swellest people in Newport and brought a lot of letters with him. Mamma has felt a 1 Jtttle shy about my deceiving his ut- "Thcrc!” mid Miss Rodney■ "Do you heart There is Quy Stadlcy." town where they started from, he bade her good night, expecting to see her the next morning. He didn’t, and instead got a telegram saying that his brother was dangeronsly ill and could net re cover. He had to tear oil. but left a note for Miss. Florence with one of the men at the hotel, giving his London address, and why he had to go so sud denly, and begging her to let him know when she came' to London, as he wonld then have the ring for her”— “Why, was he engaged to the giri already?” asked Uncle Josiah. inter rupting his niece. “Wait and yon’ll see,” said Miss Rodney. Her cheeks were flushed, and she seemed pleasantly excited over her sister’s letter. Sho went on reading from it again: “This is another romantic thing in this story—when they were on top of the Matterhorn, this Florence girl ask ed him to chip off a piece of rock from the very tiptop and said she would like to have it set in a ring and keep it as a souvenir. He knocked off two pieces and begged her to let him have them both pnt into rings, and then she eould have one and he the other. ‘She was such a plucky girl, you know,' said he, ‘that I wonld be proud to have such an association with her. She was so jolly, and no nonsense about her. Of coarse there couldn't be in a girl who conld climb tho Matterhorn.' “But it seems the girl took no notice of his letter, which he thought a little odd. because she had appeared so nice and friendly and wanted the ring so much. But l suppose the air of the Matterhorn made her friendly.' It is lonesome enough'np. there to make the unexpected sight of another climber a grntefnl thing. “He seemed.quite interested in yon —that is. be wanted to know if yon Iooked*like me and what sort of a girl you were. Of course nothing very un- usnal. only it was different from an Englishman Bnt he is a charming man I wish you conld See him ne told me that I looked like the girl on the Matterhorn, and when I thought lessly asked if she was pretty he said quite warmly, ‘Oh. more than.’ etc.” Here Miss Rodney hummed again nutil she strnck something else and went on distinctly “I hope he will be here when you come down, bnt I’m afraid he won't He said he bad to he in New York for some time and would have to leave here soon I forget to s;ry his namo is Guy Stadiey.” “There!' said Miss Rodney trium phantly to- her nncle. "Do you hear? There is Guy Stadiey !’ “He must have a habit of going np the Matterhorn." retorted Uncle Josiah skeptically "Y4 say he met.yon np there, and here another girl lie ran across on the same old peaks 1 Wonder if,he uses it as a place of rendezvous ’ "Oh. 1 am Miss Florence!” replied Miss Rodney 'laughing "I started to tell him my name and got as far as ‘I am Miss Florence,' when the guide in terrupted me I meant to correct this later on and forgot it Tlie'n he went away so soddenly there wus no ebaneo I wondered why he left no word, and it never occnfreri to Hie till that moment that he had. but to Miss Florence.- Mow 1 can get his testimony I will write to Rose at once to send his ad dress. and then yon can write to him. You see/ there can be no collusion in this way Will yon do it. uncle?" The old man’s eves took on their cun ning twinkle. “It looks like a put up job. ” he said. “He has come over here and makes up to Rose and instantly begins to ask about a Miss Florence and tells the lit tle fool this yarn about the Matterhorn so innocently, apropos of nothing. Can the rock in the Matterhorn be known as snch? And. even if it could, he may have been there There is nothing im possible in taut 1 believe those fool Englishmen think they are enjoying themselves when they risk their lives climbing. ” “What a villain yon seem to think i am,” replied Miss Rodney, letting her hands fall with a gesture of despair. “I shall have to leave yon to yonr own sense of honor. But I hope I will see this young man. I want that ring. No matter what yon do, it will be the glory of my life that 1 did climb that awful mountain. I have had nightmares over it since, I can assure you." “I think yon want to see the yenng man for his own sake, or rather for yonr own sake,” said Mr. Gardner, with a chuckle. "He is the kind of man yon wonld fall in love with. That sort of mountain gymnastics is more than fox banting, or tennis playing, or any other play work. So yon wonld like to go to Narragansett Pier to meet him. would yon?” “I should like to get the ring, bnt I wonld rather go to Newport than to Narragansett Pier." “Well, you can go if you won’t stay more than a fortnight," eaid Uncle Josiah benignautly. He felt his niece deserved some reward for her good na ture and also for her temper. He had enjoyed the few ebullitions of temper which he had socceeded in evoking. So he packed Miss Rodney off to Newport, making her promise that she would write to him twice a week. The day after she got there there was a polo game to be played. A man who knew Miss Rodney took her to it on tho box seat of his coach. “I understand that one of the teams has taken on a young Englishman for the games this afternoon. He has been here only a short time. Nobody knows bow he will play.” When the teams came ont on their fiery little ponies, Miss Rodney gave a movement cf delight and clapped htr hands. Sho recognized Gny Stadiey at once. “I know that Englishman, ” she said. “He is a charming fellow. I don’t know how he plays polo. hut. I’ll wager you his side wins.” “A dozen gloves to a box of cigars,” laughed her friend. “Done. ” Miss Rodney won her bet Stadiey carried the game for bis side. His play was as bold as it was full of judgment, and he stuck to his pony like a bar. Nobody seemed to know anything more about him than that he had arrived only a few days ago and had letters of introduction to the best people. - “It is edd,” said the gentleman; “but, although I haven’t met him yet, I have seen two or three girls, and they have each remarked on the earnestness with which he inquired if they knew a Miss Florence. They suspect a romance. Altogether it is amusing, bnt there is no doubt about him. I know several of the fellows over there who gave him letters, and they are first class men.” . “Where is he slaying?” asked Miss Rodney. “At the Ocean House.” As soon as Miss Rodney got back she sent a note to Guy Stadiey, asking him to kindly meet her in the casino grounds at 2 the next day. “And please bring my ring,” she added. She signed the note “R. Florence.” The next day she put on her best; gown and repaired to the trysting place : pretty sharply on time. She wanted to see how prompt Sir. Stadiey wonld be. She had hardly made her way to a seat in a retired spot when she saw him al most running toward her. “Miss Florence.” he exclaimed, with great heartiness, “this is an immense; pleasure. I have been cursing myself for having lost track of you. Quite a contrast this to the Matterhorn 1”~ He cast a glance around on the fresh Eng lish aspect of .the greensward and the casina building. “Why did you not answer my note—the one I left at the hotel at Zermatt? I was called away suddenly by a telegram, and I K?ft a note- with my London address and begged yon to let me know when you passed through." “I never got the note,” said Miss Rodney smilingly. “How beastly stupid of those peoplel I directed it plainly enough.” “We}l, I can account for the mis take. It is all my fault. I am a little late in correcting it. I had started to give you my foil name in return for yours, when the gnide interrupted me. You supposed it was Miss Florence. I meant to correct it later, Bnt I forgot it And when I ‘came to’ I could not find you I was the stnpid one, not to think that yon might have left some message for Miss Florence. Bnt I am very glad to be able to correct it now I am glad to see yon again Have you brought my ring?” “Yes. ” He palled a little box ont of his pocket and opened it. The tiny fragment of the mighty Matterhorn had been imbedded in a plain hand of gold. “Mine is exactly like it." he said heartily, bolding np his hand with a like ring on the little finger “Yonrs may have to be altered a little Let me put it on for you ” Miss Rodney pulled,off her glove and extended her right hand. Ho tried it on each finger, but it fitted none “That is a pity.’ he said regret fully "Let me try the other hand. One band is often smaller than the other.' Miss Rodney extended the left hand with smiling good nature. The ring exactly fitted her third finger “Therel” he said with his boyish en thusiasm "It exactly fits.' “Yes Bnt 1 can't wear it on that finger.' she remarked, with a light laugh She felt wonderfully at home with the yonug fellow, he was so frank and straightforward, with a nice sense of dignity withal "Why; Gli tluiengagement finger!’ “Never mind 1 will keep it und ar range about it somehow, I am extretue- ly obliged to yon It makes such an odd, pretty ring, and the association makes it unique I don't suppose there are another man. and woman in the. world who have iuet upon the Matterhorn I don't tnihR-anything would tempt iiio. to try it again." She shuddered a lit tle. “Oh, don’t say that. I have thought several times during these months, when I could not find you. that I wonld gladly scale it again if I knew you, were on the top. ” Miss Rodney colored with a delight ful sensation of pleasure. “That is so flattering that it can hardly be quite true,” she said gayly. “ ’Pon my hoDor, it 13, though." he replied with great earnestness. “I never heard of so plucky a woman. There is only one other that I can think of in comparison with yon at ail. Do you kuow a Miss Rodney?” “There are two Miss Rodneys.” she answered smilingly. “This is the elder. Her name. I b lieve, is”— He stopped short, and a look of the strangest wonder seemed to fix his face. Miss Rodney laughed ont- right at bis confusion. “Yon have not told me yonr name yet,” he stammered—“the real name, yon know. ” “Florence—Rodney,” she said sim ply, fixing him with her smiling eyes. “Good heavens I” he ejaculated. “Tell me.” he inquired eagerly, his eyes large with earnest wonder, “did yon, while yon were in London, meet —the Earl of Carrington?” It was Miss Rodney’s turn to be amazed. “Yes,” she said quickly. “But in justice to myself I hasten to add that I met him only to concede as definitely as possible and once for all a matter of which I cannot think even now without a blush of shame. I hope I may never see or hear of him again.” “I am glad to tell yoo that yon will never see him again,” the young Eng lishman replied, with an indescribable air, rather of severity than solemnity. “He is dead.— • “DeadI” cried Miss Rodney. “When did he die?” She was staitied. “A month ago, ” he answered simply. “How strange it all is!" “This is all strange, ” said Miss Rod ney. “What did tho poor wretch die of?” “He had used himself np completely Ho had had a sort of stroke of an apo plectic character some weeks before he met you. He had another that settled him a month ago. ” “Yon do not suppose that I could have helped to precipitate it, do you?’ cried Miss Rodney, au expression al most of awe coming into her face. “No; he precipitated it himself,” the young fellow replied, with a mournful contempt. "He had only himself to thank for it. Do not let this trouble you for a moment.” “But how did yon know of this?” asked Miss Rodney “I hope my name ♦ thin, blood, weak lungs and ♦ | paleness. You have them in | t hot weather as well as in cold. | | SCOTT’S EMULSION cures * | them in summer as in winter. | • It is creamy looking and pleas- I I ant tasting. | f - 50c. and $iaa; all druggists. } I -■ ■ r --Jf. % ■ “And please briny my rlny," she added. did not come oat in-connection with it Any association of my name with that of Carrington will always be withont any fault of mine. ” “Oh. don’t say that, please!” he re plied, with quick protest. “I mean that yon are too fair to link a man’s vileness with a name that others may have borne honorably and which others again may redeem. I know that is what yon’d mean. Bnt let us drop the sub ject. I did not like the man myself." “Bnt how did yon kuow this? I hope you were not a friend of his!” “No; I was not a friend of his, and he had no liking for me Bnt it was my odd fortune to.be present once when Carrington, in an excess of drunken rage at the recollection of yonr treat ment of him. spoke of it and mentioned yonr name. Now that this matter is explained, let us forget the man I ad mire you more than ever.” “Pray, understand that I am asham ed of that page in my history But if yon could have seen the insnlting let ter that he wrote me! And 1 had been insnlted grossly enough once before on this man’s acconnt. 1 wonld tell yon this only that it seems a little strange to be so confidential with a—almost a stranger. ’ ’ “I shall be glad to hear anything that concerns yon, my dear Miss Rod- ley- I have something to tell you my self which is confidential, bnt with yonr permission I will defer that. " “Let ns defer it all." she answered. “It is too painful, and meeting yon is pleasant. I do not want to have it marred by snch an association. How long are you going to he in Newport? Is this yonr first visit to America?" “The first. I will tell yon frankly, Miss Rodney, that one great thing that drew me here was the hope that I might find the plncky girl 1 met npon the Matterhorn Now that I have found her, I confess with equal frank ness that 1 think my stay in- Newport wiil bo as long ;is”— He stopped and smiled ingennonsly “When do yon expect to leave here?’ “In a fortnight. I expect to join my mother at Narragansett Pier. " “Oh, I met yonr sister there. It is a deligbtfnl place. I shall probably re visit it' later. ”. He said this with snch a palpable sense that the time would be coincident with that in which Miss Rodney wonld be there that she smiled, and he lapsed into a short laugh himself. Gny Stadiey deveted himself to Miss Rodney with the most earnest and con stant attention. By the end of ten aays he had offered her his heart and all that be had. Miss Rodney accepted, it with a beantifnl directness. She knew that he was the man she wanted for a hus band. His fine, strong, simple, clean manliness shone ont as evidently, as unmistakably as an electric light illn- mines a globe.with its splender. It was with a sigh of content that he placed npon her finger the ring of the Matterhorn.. She passed her hand over it lovingly when it was in position, and then, raising it to her lips, kissed'it. “Now, " said Gny, looking into her beaming face, with strong love in his own honest eyes. "1 have got to tell yon something First, yon love me for myself, do yon not? This man.” and he strnck his chest with Iris powerful right hand. "Guy Stadiey ?” She bent her head and said “Yes' softly, hut with intense conviction "I know you well entugh. my dear girl, to feel that you will understand and not be disturbed by what i have to tell yon Jlnt first 1 want yon to igree to something which I have greatly at heart. Will you do it? I will agree to anything yon can ask of me. " _ “Yes," she_said. still scftly, but with '-. ' a perfect, guiil. trust in nun winch macio her glory in submitting -blindly to his wish > “ I' want that wo shall ho married in a week." he said. “But, Guy K it is so soon!” "You promised I” '‘And I will' if yon wish it: Why sbtnld I care ? Only it must be as pri vate a wedding as possible. ” “It shall be as private as yon like,” he said "So long as it is within a week, I care for nothing else. You promise that?” “I promise. ’ He bent forward and kissed her lips with the tendered love and -then re garded her with, a proud light in his eyes. “Wbat a woman ypnarel Now, dear girl, prepare yourself for a little sem blance of a shock. When you marry me, yon will marry—the Earl of Carring ton 1” At the hated name she started np, a look of terror on her face. But he took her hands in his and said, with emo- “T"ou impatientboyr’ she said cajolinyly. tion : “Dearest, do not love me less that I am his cousin and have succeeded to a title which he degraded. Yon will help me. my dearest girl, to make it clean and noble, as it has been before, and I take more pride in it from know ing that I can confer it npon you. ” He folded her closely in iris manly embrace. Y'onng as he was, there was 1 contained self confidence, virile force and mastery about him; The girl in his arms had tears in her eyes. She scarce knew why. But she looked np bravely to meet Iris honest, tender eyes and smiled softy—a smile that prondly" tolil him how dear he was to her “Yon impatient hoy l‘* she sr.ideajol inglv "Why do yon make such a point about this early marriage? Are yon afraid your courage will fail yon if there is a little delay?” “Mydear girl.” he said, smiling, bnt witii a certain gravity withal, “if yon did not marry me before the year was np yonr eccentric aunt’s fortune would come to me I prefer that it should he yonrs.” he added simply Uncle Josiah showed lie tiad a heart and was really pleased with his nephetv- in-law by the handsome way in which he bestowed stock certificates and one or two choice bits of realty on iris niece the day of the wedding In deference to Mrs. Rodney’s wishes and to please Rose, who was maid of honor, instead of tiie qniet wedding the earl and his bride would have preferred, they con sented to make it one of tiie most bril liant functions of the season. Tiie Countess of Carrington insisted on being made snch by the ring of the Matterhorn It has not left her finger since. THE END. 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