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A MYSTERIOUG DIBAP^EARANOBl
r.v M \RV r.VT.l. UAi LM.
The Central Bark was at its
freshest that evoniug so were tve.
Sho was seventeen and X was
twenty*one. We /rero engaged to
each other, ur;d had gone to the
paradise of lovers to ‘spoon/ just
as scores of other lovers bad, even
in those days when tho park was a
new place and the *rees so thin
that the lovora wero easily recog¬
nized by friends who enjoyed mak¬
ing fun of them afterward.
I do not intend to tell you just
who wc were, ft 1 cal! her Agnes
and myself Arthur you wd! know
ns much about us as you need in
know.
Our fathers were b-nh men oi
wealth, with the Van prefix to their
names, and had business relations
with each other, though a* I had
beeu sent away to college, and Ag
ncs was not ‘out’ yet, wo had not
met since wq were balde?-'
However, one day my lailur h, d
called me into ins ofikv e ad to
mo;
‘Arthur, Van G-hud a tnik
with mo to-dnj'. lie is anxious
that you should see his only daugh¬
ter, Agnes. She is very pretty
accomplished, and all that, and
though of course nothing wiA be
done to iuflacnce either ot ou, j
should I ke it, too. An i n.A
that you *horJ . malto her .u dimin
tance, aud if you like her—and ; ;u
likes you—I shall be pSeuit*.!. It
yen don’t, why, it canaot l olp
®d/
•Of course 1 5iiai! » /* 4 ni si o?
course she will dett-i. me,'i an¬
swered, ‘But introdne ne.'
He did three days aitenrards.
and I tell iu ievo at s, p.i.
Agnes was the loveliost cr -aiurc
I ever saw. 1 think to etiil, and
my lather was as pieusod as mar.
could be to bear luc say so.
My father was un airaalio.u.: '.v ili
as a sensible utan, and n<. ail ador¬
ed him.
Van G , ou tho coutrary, v.ne
a pertact dumou in temper, th . gb
a very brilliant man iu hi* own
lino the uienty making one
His children trembled when
they heard him coming; fo.ks said
he bad killed bis wife with unkind*
ness, and every orm in hi*, employ
heartily h.ated him.
Bat Agnes sraiisd and spoke ii ke
an augoi. i>U© seemed to l ave the
disposition o. :\s f a ■ ’bo. a
golden haired Lit! who dressed in
| * whenever il admissabie.
white was
her wholo ai»pearanco tarried cut
the idea. . .
As for me, I haven photograph
; «mat*«*•;• » P ro« B w
a very good looking you. g tnaii.
1 ImdVrfect h M .th. go.U ifirf.
nothing to w •
tuue :ua-.ty «aaue tor me. t was a
general favorite in so *oty. and
fnu., When i thought the
over, that I wasuot un
SlvPUit!. 1 Shoitly - pi l*-sed , 10
Ak'iics ami *he . to; i*c*.: ‘A-k }*r.pa.
! “ c
o. ..y .
: •
; tk* hand, ** am delighted to tinnk
. ... t*
3 ,,tj ...... a * u ‘ 4 ‘ ° *
*
dreaded ir»y
hci.*c t iwuv nc.-od; ii.
>
drummci or Mnnelh ng. Xow you
aru Tour fut >\ r\* ■on, of cours, and
til that, ye t know; and the sooner
it comes of; tbo teller/
I had expected to ho well receiv
! cd. but • t was delightful all the
ante. Tbo wedding-day was set,
everybody on bo:h sides was do*
’ighted, nn ! I the happiest follow
i. tl world. My betrothed, it
true, was \wy coy, and would
tcarculy permit ;i ki«^; stiii, when
she was my wife I felt that 1 should
ho all the ii.vm'er. :
cannot tell you now fond I was
( i iior, or how proud I was oflmr.
I thought myself the happiest crea
lure alive that evening as we turn*
e into the paths of.lhe park aud
took our way to the ramble- Then
j'H to-day. it w as patronized by iov
o;s <»t the humbler classes, but Ag
was very fkfnl of walking
them, Indeed, it was sho who had
'proposed going there that evening,
i renu mber jusi where w« sat down
on one of the benches near tho lake,
A iiltlo way irom us tat auotlier
couple, who vvero affVciionate
enough to excite my envy, though
tin nil! wore a long, nhapeless lin¬
en tilsicr. and a hat with a blue veil
lied about it. There was no one
else in sight, and the moonlight
8u bright tSmt tve could sec a
loug distance.
A cartain chill hud come into the
au', which Lad driven moist of tho
happy couples home, and I had
naked Agues if it was unpleasant,
and she had replied that it was de¬
licious, and 1 was not j’et old
enough to feel anxious about the
changes of the weather. Usually
vve went home earlier, but it was
so delightful to me to sit there
done with her that I was careful
to n uke no remark about the lime.
Suddenly Agnes said to me:
‘Avihnr, I suppose you will think
mo very silly, but 1 can’t help tau*
eying that tome one i$ hiding be*
hind that large oak-tree yonder. I
feel nervous about it. Eveiy now
r.nd then n face peeps from behind
tho bushes.'
‘A lace?' said i.
‘Yes, said she, tiingnig to my
arm. ‘And r t frightens me.’
•There is no ono there,’ said I.
‘It i.s all imagination.’
‘I can't help feeling as if it was
some one u ho intended ns harm.’
' Ag e* l- alrr,' n*e mrN»ns1y.
*1 sec what yofi |&4&a said
‘It is a bunch ot veliow leaveR or. a
bush beyoi g the oak. which the
wind now and then blows into
sight.’
She gave a curious little laugh.
•You iray ho right/ Agnes raid.
•It is perhaps, ai; my own nervous¬
ness, but there it is again. A tnun's
head, I am sure.’
‘Qh, I'll convince you that it i»
not. 1 I said. M’!! pick tho bush of
leaves.’
‘Do/ pleaded Agnes. shail
have n > per.ee until l sue them ’
‘Come/i said, offering her my
ariu.
‘OL, r.o, Arthur/ she answered,
‘let me stay here. I would ne
moie dare to walk up to that oak
tree Ilian to fuoc- u loaded cannon.’
This was to unliiio her Uiat I fell
surprised; but of course her word
was law tr. me. I kissed her hand,
and hurried aw»v toward the old
oak. The pre.-cnco oi tho man and
woman on the next *eal was pro¬
tection cnouah for the very tew
. task,and .
minutes neecssavv lor my .1
*
, I . I took , knife , .
as went cv J from my
,
*
At ©ak , I * . head , and .
tuc turned my
waved tnv baud, , and . t-en . went , to*
ward , the , bush. L At this , . momenta t
, lost sight . , stood . with . .
ot Agnes. 1
snv back toward the bench for a
sufiiOient a , . to cut .
time, away a ounen
oi the , .plots, and , to c*ose ,
vci.ow
Knife . *. and , . :t . ..ockct , x
my * put r in my
.
*
Inc bencfti which ... Agnes . , had ,
on °
.
' L P01 * •’ ‘‘ " l
p! ; n
1 ’**/' '
'
*
‘ ’ 7
, . ,
t “ K * - e! /' .* J [Jf ‘ .
,
sna s ; .w n-i s-gn ot Smr. . I . fane ed
at >«*« intruded a practical v joke •*
.lid S. ::leil 'I V»o!i *»fi the benolt.
.»:•.. * A. ' J
^ , Um> , „ ait , v wilUi voll
ar-i. t '’tu« aero uu<. -eu ,i -t.e , inane .
ri-erc Wui» n« anavver. i;hegan
n» > vtuc’n n.uyi'Ji'y
then anxiously. It was not long
before the matter ceased to be a
joke. The loving couple wore
still seated on the neighboring
bench, absorbed in each other,
‘I beg pardon, sir,’ 1 said, ad*
dressing the man. ‘The young la
dy who was with mo—havo you
seen her? 1 left her alone fora
moment while I examined some*
thing that alarmed her, and I find
her gone.’
‘No one has passed us here.’ said
the young man, rising. ‘Juno did
notice any one?'
The girl in the ulster and bluo
Voi! shook her head,
‘No,’ said the young man. ‘Per*
mit me to help you to look for tbo
lady?'
Wo searched the spot anxiously
for half an hour, my heart beating
like a drum with terror. 'Then he
said:
‘You hud better notify the park
police, sir, uuless you foci sure that
tho lady wasn't just a little huffy,
and hasn’t gone home by herself,to
vox you- That’s like women folk.’
He was very eivii, but be was
ovidont.’y a com monish sort of per¬
son. For u girl ot Miss G 's
position and manners to show ‘vex¬
ation’ by going home after dark in
a ‘huff was impossible, but l took
the suggestion, As wo parted he
promised to remain where he was
for awhile, and if Agnes should re*
turd to see her safely out ot tho
park on her way ho mo ward.
Having sent a messenger to Mr.
Van G-, I remained with those
who scarehed the park, and short*
ly wo wore joined by tho father of
Agnes, who, according to his na*
taro, was more furious than fright
ened, and abused nic heartily for
leaving his daughter, even for a
moment alone 1 could not blnrne
him—I was full of self reproach.
Bui it was many days before 1 ac¬
cepted tho terrible truth—that I
should never see Agnes again.
Everything was done that it was
possible for energy or money to do
bat wc never found a trace of her.
Gradually 1 came to tho conclusion
that she nad been murdered, and
that her body had been so well
concealed that t could never be
found. Mr. Van G-belies cd as
I uid.
•‘The only obedient child I ever
had/ ho said; ‘the others are all
without a sense of fioai duty. I
meant to leave her everything/
As for me, I felt tho blow terri*
biy, and became a moody and un*
happy man. i forsook society,
lived the life oi a hermit, and be
ing rich, had nothing to force me
to . healthy , . occupation. . r\ Occasion- •
ailv l went to Mr. Vau G-—— V
He hud ,.• .driven ail .... hu other ., daugh , ,
lera from him by bis brutality; but
together we often shed u tear for
our poor lost Agnes.
When I was forty years of age
the old man died, I attended his
funeral, and was, perhaps, the only
one who felt real sorrow, aud that
was chiefly because wo had shared
tho same trial.
The reading ot the will cum© at
the usual time, and to that I was
summoned, i arrived early. In
tho library, where the will was to
be read, sat only u middle-ago*!
woman, rather shabbily attired,but
bearing a cerium family iikeuass
to the Van tJ -s which made
mo fancy that siiu was u poor ecus
. whose ....... tutile Lupus of , . legacy
in, a J
had ... brouuht , bor , thither. ...
A* 1 *at quietly by the window
T I saw her . , look , at , me. Suddenly „ , .
J
slm . arose and , camo to me.
' don , . remember . Arthur? . , _
x ou t mo
g j je ' /
I „ made As . sho , spoke ,
no unswor.
the , most startling uleuaentorud my
J
. , that , madness, .
rninu—iCtuas were
She saw in . my ..... t»cc what they were
and answered them.
„ ‘I sun Angus/ . .... she »*id—‘Mr*
JT^sanp now. I auppoae y«u think
*-«.»«.«,»«*.*
bout looking for me. Dear—dearl
| p0 °’
it wi» «:| beuaa.o li« nai so fero
c ' oul - He bent e.aUr Ann lor •«*
gng.ng bvreolf to Mr. Smith «ud he
luiiod Swiina awuy from the door
tn j. storm for liking poor yeung
. i afraid . , ot , .. him. bo
Irown. Was
( when . , be told m« Mr. Jessup , must
< ;•“* 3: . VT ** ... u " wM
‘' '
| ‘•o S ‘“ J 1 , 10 > u “
I raid >e* 3 too, but l hked William
Jessup and i never intei.d«d i^yyi
r y y°°* Thltl young^j
next bcnBi^|ga^|
and when we sat down his
brother wore the Ulster and blue
veil, but as soon as vou were our
of sight he slipped out of them and
and I put them on and sat there alt
the while. After you went we
walked away.
‘I thought 1 should die, it was so
funny. Of course I knew pa nevor
would forgive me if he knew—he
wasn t that kind* But now 1 may
get something. William said I d
better come and see.
‘We’ve bad hard luck. T shall
be awfully glad if I ean take home
a tew dolluts.*
I listened quietly. Agnus was
\el aim >st pretty but she hud lost
ail her distinction, had caught vul¬
gar ways ot speech and a eomtnon
intonation—doubtless trorn Mr.
Jessup. She wore it Milting false
teeth and a false front ot curls that
did not match her hair. My beau*
liful memory of my betrothed tad
©d as I gazed at the ivul product of
years of common association, and
the first thought that I found mv*
self able to formulaic was—what a
foo! I hnvemado of myself.
‘Can’t believe your senses, ean
you? said she.
‘Oh, yes,’ said 1; *it was a sur¬
prise at first, but I quite realize the
facts ot the case. I think that the
will—which leaves everything to u
charjty—has a codicil, which leaves
it all to you if you should prove to
be living.
•I know she is dead/ your father
said, ‘but that is mj* way of show¬
ing my appreciation of wy only
obedient child/
‘Fool pa/ said Mrs. Jessup.
Here the entrance of othor person*
interrupted our couvcrsation.
I was right about the will, which
the other relotives endeavored to
dispute in vain, i received a dia¬
mond ring as a memento of Mr.
Van G and our ‘eommon/grieF
and wear it to his day. And to
morrow I a in to l»e monied to a
very charming lady, my only re¬
gret being that I havo wasted so
many years in mourn mg for a
young ladv who played trie such
an exceedingly shabby trick,
To The Ladies,
There are thousand* of ladies through¬
out the country whose systems ore pois¬
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condition fj\m: * he absorption of impure
uiattor. duo to menstrual irregularities.
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health take the place of the sickly look,
the lost color, and the general wreck oi
the system. P.P.P. is the cure— be sure
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Malaria
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sufficient.
MR. and MRS. BOWSER.
BY MRS. BOWSER.
HAD had u secret from
Mi Bnwser for fully six
weeks, and the fact so weighed on
my conscience tnat, when be came
home the other evening, 1 bunded
him a newspaper and remarked:
‘Mr. Bowser,* will you do me the
honor to root that little poem?’
‘Wh</ i» it by?’ he asked.
‘Bead it/
Ho read it and pronounced it a
little gem, and then I wu» weak
enough to lull him 1 was the au*
thor.
‘Oh, you are, eh! That account*
for it.’
‘For what?
‘For the naraby pamby style, the
wildness of the rhyme, and tho big*
glety-pigglety way iu which it
reads.’
‘Then you dont like it?’
‘Humph! You'd bettor stick to
housework!’
‘Every bod}' el so say* it’s good
I havo also written several little
stori«« which hav* bo* n pronounc¬
ed first class ’
‘Then they lied to you/
‘Perhaps they did but 1 don’s
think so. Min bo you could d©
better?’
‘iluybvd 1 know I could! The
only reason 1 haven’t mado a name
in the liteiury world is bccau*e I’ve
been t<»<» busy with real eniuie mat*
tens. I was jus-1 thinking as I C .tut
homo li.is evening iLai 1 d dash off
something as a starter
u\\
NO 14.
‘•I hope you can.*’
lie turned away in disgust, and
after supper ho went into the libra¬
ry aud closed the folding doors, aud
sat down to work. I carefully pull*
od one of the doors open until I
couid see bun. lie got out pen, ink
and paper briskly enough, but
then camo a pause. He scratched
bis head, carosscd his car, toyed
with tho pen and it was a good
half-hour before ho got a name for
his poem.
“Mr. Bowsor! ’ 1 called from the
other sido of the door, “havo you
got it finished?”
“Finished! I haven,t been in
here two minutes yet. 1 don’t pro*
pose to writo tiftsb.”
It was just twoutyafivo minutes
by tho sitting room clock befors ho
bogan on tho first line after select*
ing tho title, and when h« cams
out at 10 o’clock I knew ho had
only tbreo lines finished. Tlioso
he had copied and recopied a doz
on different times.
‘Though?’ I quoried as he up*
peared.
‘Mighty anxious, aren’t you! he
sneered- ‘You may boo my effort
wlu-u it is in print, but not before.*
For tho next six evenings Mr,
Bowsor was closeted with himself
and that poem.^ Then, ‘a* I knew
by his general demeanor, bin work
wits finished. I crept down stairs
after ho was asleep and found it in
tho desk, all ready for mailing.
The first vorso ran as follows:
“The leaf is falling—tho wind is sob¬
bing.
And tho autumn is at hand so dreary
and forlorn.
And tho embers of tho dying year
must remind all of ns
ThaVevery thingjdios—every tin ng that
was ever born.”’
Thero wero eleven orher verses,
all of tho same piece of goods, and
covered nn inch deep^with tho em*
bers "of the dying year. I crept
baok to bed to find Mr. Bowaer
resting on his back and wearing a
sweet smile of eonfldonce and sat¬
isfaction. Next morning I careless*
ly inquired: *
‘Don’t yon want mo to look oror
that poem with yon before yon
send it off?’
‘What for?’
‘Porhaps I could suggest some
changes for the bettor/
‘You improve my poem! Well,
it that isn’t assurance! I wouldn't
ho as conceited as yon are for a ton
of gold/
'But my literary efforts have
teen published and are woli spoke
e» oi*
‘Nonsense! Tho editor know
you wore my wife and your friends
dare not condemn it to your face.
Drop it, Mrs. Bowsor—drop it and
decorate jugs and crocks.’
I didn’t say any mors, but watch¬
ed every issue of the papor I knew
he would send it to. Ho also did
the same, but very slyly. After
about a week i observed.
‘Has your poem appeared yet
Mr. Bowser?’
'I think not, I havo neitlior re¬
ceived a bundle of copies of tho is
»ae containirg it, or had a lettor
roia the editor, I dont look for
it under another week.
I presume tile editor took it home
to read to his family, and it may
now be passing around among the
literati.”
‘Suppose it should bo rejocled/
‘W-h-a-t ! * bo exclaimed, leap¬
ing out of his chair and dancing
around. ‘Publish your sawdust
and reject my pure gold! Mrs.
Bowser you bavo tomo queer ideas
—very queer.’
‘In caso it is not published I hope
'But it will be published!’
1 aaid no more, and he turned to
bis papor. Half an hour later there
was a ring at the bell, and Mr.
Bowser went to answer it and ad*
mitted a strange man. The strange
maa handed Mr. Bowser a letter
from the editor of the paper to
which ho had sent his poem. I
got hold of only about half of it.
it introduced the stranger as all
right, and advised Mr. Bowser to
close with his offer.
Continued on 4th page.
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