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uncertain.
by avis gray.
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t,Je
Tnrning all other things aside.
Shoul<Umvegiowns.> silent and calm ftniisJow;
Should he in our hearts liae a torpid snake :
And neither heart flutter nor hopeless break.
_. Myself?as . . a t f aS v
i sit here all alone
For neither of us has worn a mask.
And ■« hat we ha, e lost in this strange, sad way.
pnunion nr invn —t enre nnt whnt
The world may call it—fickle or true,
If you remember, or even « not,
My 1 fm”hTrc?.n“tl\I?y W h?noV,?uaumh 5oa ’
Bae died with hope and a blighted youth.
I wonder, if either should die to-night,
Leaving the other alone and still,
!f Stir some Uttte touch of with remembrance might thrill:
the lmng heart a sudden
Or awakeu eom • dream from the buried poet,
Or bring recognition of love at last.
I wonder! But no, it can never be ;
I have searched your eyes for the truth for
, , years,
And mine own have grown dim with unshed
tears.
And . , so I know not if you are true,
Nor can I tell if I stiU love you.
THE
LITTLE WAIF.
A Story of Absorbing Interest.
By BERNARD HERBERT.
[CHAPTER XI.—Continued.]
He advanced with outstretched hands,
but ere they met those of Boyden in a
grateful clasp, they fell at his sides.
Something, perhaps the thought that
this man had xvrecked liis happiness,
robbed him of the desire to touch him.
Instead, he said:
“I knoxv not hoxv to thank you, Mr.
Boyden.” thereby expressing
Boyden rose, a
tacit wish to end the scene.
“I do not xvish to be thanked,” he re¬
plied ; “I only hope that I have cured
you of your foolish infatuation.”
“It xvas not infatuation, sir; but gen¬
uine, deathless love 1”
“Deathless! Do you mean to tell
me-”
“That such love as mine cannot die!
Though I could not look upon her face
again without a shudder until her inno
cence is proved, she has my love and
wiH keep it for all e erm x •
Boyden smiled again that indulgent
SD ?Ar
“^"foreigners , \ be , r ” tic ... .
spite of the very devil himself he said
^pwillTckeduPn upon her face in a hurry, since to slies look
rather clever at giving people the slip
Well, as I am obliged to go to will Boston
upon important business, we de
fer the portrait for the present.
“As you please. Mr. Boyden. Good
And°the m mome|the^doordosedupon ■ nr.. » ■ i)
the young artist, he added with a grim
biugh pouring out the remnant in the
decanter into his giass;
I here! Rhats well over. I hope to
the Lord I’m through with that sicken
ing milksop!” of the bustling
The atmosphere with the freedom from
streets, together influence, produced
Boyden’s baleful a
singular effect upon Rupert Arnim.
“I won’t believe it!” he mentally
ejaculated. “She is innocent! My
heart tells me so. She is alone in the
world, with every man’s hand against
her. I told my mother that in case of
need I will defend her, and defend her
I will! But how to find her? Stay!
Perhaps they have some tidings of the
poor child at police headquarters!” consider the
And never pausing to
conseauenoes of the act, he turned his
face down-town, and after fifteen min
ntes’ sharp walk entered the portals of
the residence of justice, in Mulberry
street In answer to his inquiry as to
where lie should find the presiding oft
cer of the day he was directed to the
apartment on the ieft of the entrance
haH Here, surrounded by the majes
ty of the law, the brave-hearted fellow
approached the long table at which
three officials sat They looked up as
he appeared and xxaited for him to
speak.
“I come to find out,” he began, “if
anything has been heard from a young
girl who strayed from from her home
last “What night?” asked.
name?” was
“Rupert Arnim.”
The young girl s name.
Th?TWato lne Caj/tain a war xxas woiuw going on on to to ask ask
some description of the person in ques
tion, when he was interrupted by the
opening of a door xx-hich had stood ajar
to the right of the desk, and the face of
Detective Bancker appeared.
“Will you step this way, if you
please, Mr. Arnim? he said, and x an
ished as promptly as he had appeared.
With a start of surprise Arnim fol
lowed the direction gix-en, and passing
“» “pfease l ^ C %£rh* A 17 ^
be seated” unon^the be «-an Mr.
Bancker litrhtlv nosincr edge
of the desk that filled the greater part
of the little room • “von are in search
of one Grace Garland, I believe?”
“Yes sir ' Can * x-ou toll me anything '
“First can vou tell me anything of
her?” xvas the imperturbable rejoinder
“Xotliinff von^inean
“Do that tou have not the
ability" or not the medication to
wha* vou know V*
“The abilitv sir. All that I know of
riraee Garland is' that I met her on
the Oregon and that since her arrival
in tbi • g>nntrv mother. she lias to-en ieared‘last staving
with mv She disap r
night and I am searching for her.”
“Of all of which I am informed.
Well Mr Arniin, all that I can tell vou
is that Grace Garland is in custody.”
’
“In custody! In prison?”
“Vn* hnt out of harm s wav.”
"
“O ’ can I -ee her?”
THE DEMOCRAT, CRAW FORD VILLE, GEORGIA.
"Not at present. We are working out
a dense mystery and have too much at
stake to he interfered with. I will call
upon you later. Good-day.”
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CHAPTER XII.
BAXCKEB TO THE FRONT.
Poor Rupert, being thus peremptorily
dismissed, bowed and took his leave,
passing out through the halls of justice,
eyed by a dozen or more stern myr
niidons of the law.
As he had sat, during his brief
view with Mr. Bancker, with his back
to the open door, lie had failed to no
tiee the apparition of a messenger who
made a significant signal to tlie detec
wh jch virtually was the cause of
Arnim s being discharged so absorbed‘in suddenly;
nor did he. being r wholly -
, his . own thoughts, , , see the elderly , , , gen
tleman. of distinguished appearance,
who stood waiting for an audience with
Detective Bancker.
Had Arnim been of a curious turn of
mind, which decidedly he xvas not, and
had lie chosen to listen at the door of
the .. private office utter ... the ,, elderly , , , gen
tleman had gone in to the detective,
the tirst words he might have heard
would have been:
“Have I the pleasure of meeting Mr.
Bancker, the gentleman in charge of
the Clifford murder case?”
“Yes, sir. And you are?”
“Mr. Edgar, the lawyer employed
bv the late Mr. Orrin Clifford at the
time of his death.”
“Then permit me to say, Mr. Edgar,
that you are the missing link in our
operations! Thank you * for calling
upon me.”
But as Rupert did not hear all this
and the mass of vitally important busi
ness that followed, perhaps for the
present we need not be inquisitive; let
us, rather, return to little Gracie Gar
land, our long-suffering heroine, where
we left her on the preceding night in
that upper room of the old building,
prostrate upon the lifeless bodv of her
surmosed father
The shock of the information which
Nicholas Garland had imparted with
his dving breath, coupled the with night, the had ex
citement and fatigue of
bereft the poor child of her senses for
the time being, ami like one (lead she
lay there, heeding not the dazzling
ray of the bull’s-eye lantern that en
compassed tlie pathetic picture in its
pale 'it of light
may be needless to state that the
lantern was held in the hand of that
nutate detective Air Bancker since
the reader has already " suspected as
muc jj
R ^ he ^ , chance , came npon
Max Boyden, ’ as he came strolling doxvn
the av t 0 keep his appointment
with Nicholas Garland; it was he who
shadowed the two men to their lair in
^ o]J granary . it was he who foUow .
^ with BoydM
nn i ocked; ’ it wa8 he \ vh o had
^ the (loo r on thc innor side aftel .
Q had found admittance
th and it wa8 he who now kaew
more than xvas good for certain parties
in the ca8e
After the terrible climax had passed,
^“uhelmll’s £. and ev°e’ Vaised to the
a X oached a girl
fl her unsnitalde resting-pkee. AL
most his first touch recalled her to her
8engeg ‘ ’ ‘
Oh, she xvliat has happened? dazed Who are
yon ? wailed m a way, drug
out of Ins arms and staring at lum
"intiy. and
Always methodical ..... . calm, , if any
thing, Bancker replied to each query.
A man has been murdeied here. I
a “ a 1 "® na :
It all flashed ... back upon her , now; the
desperate conflict between Garland and
an unknown man; the dying confession,
and then the silence ol death!
A man! she cried, glancing mvol
untanly at the dark, distorted form upon
upon the floor; he was my ia Oh,
n, b no - Oh, sir, if, as you say, you are
a friend, tell me what it all means!
I knoxv no more about it than you do,
my poor girl, replied the detective,
5 Ce S’ck^ ufe ma"tor’”
ma. JJho ndul,_^liulien has done tois KD' thing. .he de
,,,“ " } S iav.
“V®^ f l fixlt to
s ^ we leave the matter
a l'I to-ntelt vchm'all ”
' ‘q| i» J cav e him all alone alone here liere in in
t] )i d , ll
iimi, J! ™^ i n i„ Ca ,,,,,,,, S,S , i , removod until
tb U1 ^ 8 n ”
h r shall not leave him * ”
“^VJiat *_Nothin!/ was he to vou?”
“n ”
, b1 herself to
the thought that the man for whom she
xvould have sacrificed her very life if
need be, xvas not her father; and the
, , monument of na
‘ ? ‘f
, . ( ‘ b n b , rs M ,, s u ,,t i n
, .' ' ' , ], her contradietorv
v
replies, i-d<x 1, he t,e xvent went on avutemat s>bt.mt
“Where is vour hom“ 9 ”
“I have no home ”
“Hoxv came von
“J do not know ”
“xy,.ii .....qi talk of this another
xvhen you are rested and less ex
^/ OUCOmf0rtablef0r the DIght at
Gracie clasped her hands, and the hot
tears coursed one after another over
her pale cheeks.
“Must I leave him?” she sobbed.
“You certainly can’t stay here; you
xvould catch your death of cold, besides
doing no good ”
“I might as well die! What have I to
live for?”
Mr. Bancker smiled, in spite of him
self; it was a grim, but an honest
smile.
“I’m sure I can't say,” he replied;
“but I should think that a pretty
Young girl like you had a good deal to
live for. But Molly can answer such
feminine conundrums better than I
can.”
“Who us Molly?” ' asked Gracie in an
absent wav
“My wife. she the
“Well, rejoined, m very ex
haustion of desperation, “let us go to
her. if von will.”
»So they went, the detective first care-
fully locking up the house of death
and placing the key has in his pocket.
Some wiseacre said that nature
seeks her opposite The rule certainly
proved true in tiie iianckers ease. Mis.
Molly Bancker was a plump little rob
in, . With a merry, round 1 face, r* ^ i• lighted
by a pair of kindly, round eyes. She
kept her little house, way over on the
East Side, in Thirteenth street, as neat
and attractive as she kept her po,-son;
she worshiped her husband, 1 ensue
iug him a man of simply superhuman
attainments, and w as altogether a
eheerv. charitable little soul. Her tall,
slender, non-committal husband knew
very well how she would receive ins
charge, so that, asihe entered the cheery
little parlor vitli sin inking vcracie
clinging ?. to his arm, all he said was:
“At Molly, , 1 a ,, v oung iady to pass , w ™ flic tut.
night.” Bancker her
Ml'S. Molly was upon
feet in an instant.
“How do you do. Miss? she in
qilired; then, added, when “Lor, Grade liow did tired not she it
ply, «he
does i„„i. look 1 ! ”
This unexpected kindness, the really
womanly tone in which the words were
uttered, and tlio sympathetic glance
proved too much for poor Gracie s over
wrought feelings. She burst into a
torrent of tears, and, throwing her arms
about the little woman’s neck, she lay
there weeping out her soul upon the
friendly breast.
“Dear, poor, little thing!” murmured
Molly; “whatever can have happened
to her? Well, whatever it is, it's a
shame! Come with me; come into the
kitchen and get a cup of good hot tea;
«lf U revi ve > on ™ d “
'-G you , re treni > mg 1 vl *
Vome, poor dear.
And soothing . , ,
am coaxing • > ■
l° d !n ' a '.P 11 e V
'''utolied . * iem ". d 1 au are1 -1 K |
upiiii his expressionless her face
Molly w ill get sin ie < o
beforo thl * tim.i to-morrow night, tl lu
murmured, confidently, “and that xvitli
out asking 1 alw ays told her that, if
she were thrown on her beam-ends for
ft bvin 6> sb ® could tmn coi < ( <
woman, and steer it better than even
’ bH ‘ evei did.
lbe wwde was not compliments y to
good Mrs. Molly Bancker, but it was
the expression of her husband s highest
admiration.
Meanwhile little Gracie . drank
poor her and
ber tea > dn 'cil tears, was com
Ported. At last she was put m o a < mu
fortable bed, and fell asleep from Sheer
exhaustion.
She slept lateon the following . morn
ing, and it was Mrs. Bancker alone wh- >
sat by her, while she ate the nicely
prepared breakfast. After some desul
tory conversation, Gracie made bold to
ask the name of her benefactors. <
“Banelcer, my dear,” wiv, thoismil
reply, “Dick and Molly Baneb
“And what is your husband:"
ness.”
“He’s a detective.”
“A detective! Oh, heavens!”
She started in genuine affright, an
turned as white as the snowy tab!.
cloth.
“Why, what ails tl)e poor child?”
claimed Mrs. Bancker, all uir. i.idfr
in her interest in the girl, that she ha
been brought to her under suspicio
circumstances.
“Nothing, 1XT ,. nothing,” M replied Gracie „ .
quickly, striving to regain her compo
HU re. “I’m nervous, I suppose; and
and j never knew a detective before.”
<<A) but J Diok is awdully kind. ”
« He seem8 H 0> inde ed. I owe him
life.”
,. you don -, Hay so! -
..y eS) i Khmi i d have died in that ter
r iBie p laee last night if it had not
for him."
. » What terrible place, child?”
It - H dou Btful whether Gracie xvould
h , )eon jndnced t o answer so lead
ing a question. | Tho fact is, that she
uo oblif?ed to, since at the mo
ment Mollv Jiunc ker started to her
f 0 ,, t xvitli an exclamation, as tho clos
,“ of tb( . street door smote her ear.
H ^}„ e ’ ( , d into the little hall,
surprise? ri v on me i» Bho exclaimed, in
“what can have happened?
»*h Dick and a^-a—"
Her words were out short by the
bidden entrance of her husband with
a silencing look upon his face.
Thoroughly well-trained, Molly
whisked out of t w ™°?! as Mr ;
Bancker approached 1 Grades and laid chair, lus , look- 1 hand
npon the back of
ing down kindly upon her up-raised
bw:e -
“Gracie,” he began, when she inter
rupted him. name?" she, |
“How did you learn my
asked, in a troubled way.
“Oh, naturally enough; no matter
hoxv just at present. Will yon go into
the parlor and see a gentleman ? >,j
She started up placing one ban r
upon the edge of the table for suppor
but keeping her eyes fixed upon the de
tective’s face.
“A gentleman?” she faltered; “who
^ ;t? „
“A stranger to me, hut a friend t
you. so he says.” then layi
hesitated a moment; i
her hand trustingly upon his arm sfl*
^ai(1: I i
“Mr. Bancker, you have been rov
ZrvXedTefthanlS^hTop^rStii
floor and she passed through the
hall and paused upon the thresholik.a!
the parlor door.
lor an instant there xvas
tb< ' n a ran forward K t ir< ? t1! she -'J' tbe caught i Iid
staggering dbp- good
lawyer Edgar s hands in hers and
ping ujam her knees kissed them fer
vently. But he raised her qmckly, a
'l^P color stifiusing Ins kind old ti«*e^
sl ? d I^ced her upon the s^da beside
birn -
“Heaven has brought us together to
do its will, my child,” lie murmured.
“Oh, then you know all!” she cried.
“I know that Nicholas Garland is
(lead; that he was not your father,*
.“Oh, then, who am I ? My dear, good
friend, tell me who I am, m mercy
na ”fi
Can you U-ar to hear it. Gratae.
Yes, yes. Anything rather than this
suspense; child of the whon ...
“You are the man
Nicholas Garland murdered! You
Orrin Clifford's daughter and heiress
to a million.’’'
CHAPTER XIII.
A RAX or l.IOHT.
“Thank God! Thank God!”
It xvas the joyful cry of a grateful
heart, a heart too full for further utter¬
ance. The one thing in all the world
w hich she would have wished most to
hear, she heard, and the great jov of it
had almost bereft her of her senses.
But she did not faint; she simply sat
there with her sunny head resting upon
Mr. Edgar’s shoulder, his fatherly arms
supporting her, w hile her big. soft eyes,
brimful of tears, were lived upon xa
cancy, with so heavenly an expression in
them, that one would say that they lutd
pierced the limits of mortal vision and
were contemplating the ineffable beauty
of the promised Paradise.
Wishing to allow her to fully realize
the great intelligence he had imparted,
the lawyer did not disturb her trance,
and so she sat there lost in her day¬
dream. with the genial sunshine of the
perfect spring day resting at her feet
«ise a benediction.
Those were moments of indescribable
ecstasy for little Gracie, long to bo re¬
membered after the storm-clouds had
again gathered, and the sunlight of
hope had vanished. At last she spoke
in a low murmur, as though commun¬
ing with herself.
“Father! Mu father!—Oh, how
sweet to think of it!”
“Y’es, Gracie, your father," echoed
Mi-. Edgar.
She started then, the spell xvas
broken, and draw ing herself out of his
protecting “How long clasp, have she asked: known this
you
glad truth?”
“1 knew- it only on the night your
father died. ”
“Then perhaps it xvas to tell me the
secret that he wished to see me!"
“I am sure of it.”
“Oh, blessings on him! Oh, Tioxv
blind I must have been in all these
years, not to have seen xvliat his love
and protection I have for me meant! for And I could yet
I think must known,
only have loved a father as 1 loved
him.”
“And lie loved Edgar. you equally in return,
rejoined 1 drew Mr. will “On atlas that, request, fatal
night which he loaves up a of his
in every penny
onormons fortune to you.
she looked puzzled and half pained,
an “What she replied should : much
I do with so
money? I should have been better
knowledge j leased, had he bequeathed birth, me expluna- some
of my some
Son of tin strange, unacknowledged
xife* ! have had to live.”
yFor that 1 blame him!” exclaimed
tqv “nils'll! lawyer testily.
you must not speak so. Ho
wluvt wee best for me; and if 1
■ not to know the secret in this world,
liow it when we meet in the
But he evidently intended to tell
o;( J||( ihatmiiglit, if his life had been
: , H< Rave me some hints.”
>r , .
'e»! what did he tell you?" she
.. timing eagerly and laying her
ba jNis upon his arms,
“He said that your mother still lived.”
N “My mother lives! my mother lives!
where is she?”
“Somewliere near Boston, I think.
told me that she was beau titul, la
dlv beautiful. That is all I knoxv."
It c io wlv * he girl gained her fed with
locked hands, and eyes into whose
d.l^tl.c tov-aw ay look had returned.
’ >„cv other!” she cried, “how you
f huv , too in all these long
!] V(!Brs .. ..... | thought you safe in
w ,aven!” Then turning to Mr. Edgar,
she added with nervous energy: “I
must go and And my mother! that is
mv first duty!” objected the law¬
Not yet, Gracie,”
yer rising, prepared to impose his
authority now that his time to speak
had come. “There is time enough for
that. First of all, xve have duties of
paramount importance to adjust, herein
this very city, and this very day!”
Klie looked at him xvonderingly, and
he continued:
“Do you realize that the object of
Ml , ciifford’s murder xvas the theft of
^ w fll which establishes you as his
h.-iress? That will was stolen, and
n it is re(!OV ered you 3 are a pauper.”
Her eyes began to Jigl,t as he pro
^sed, ^nd with a strange, intelligent lire,
when he ceased speaking she <le
ma)ld( . d , breathlessly:
“In tho event of bin xxill never being
found , to whom does my father’s for
tune fall?”
“To 1 nh next of kin, his sister’s son,
Max Boyden.” exclaimed; “I it all!
“Ah!” she see
But my mother! Hhe is living; why
should she not iniierit her Hhar<-?”
‘Ticb a mystery which I have not
v <■: bf n able to probe. All that 1
know is that she is not mentioned in
the will. Every penny is left uncondi
tional) to von.”
Little Gracie walked slowly to the
xvindo 1 and for a few moments stood
looking down into the quiet, sunny
street lost in the deepest thought.
Sudi • nl, she turned, asking:
IsM . Buncker still in the house? If
so, pJ< ‘-call him; I have something
< aal to the little parlor, Gracie
on d:
“ M;> food friends, until tlie present ■
nom, in y lips have been sealed con
renting I’m past. I see now that I must
qx-al. in justice to you lioth, and assist
- ou all I can. On the night that, mv .
poor father was murdered murdered
by the man whom from early childhood
I had been taught to regard as my |
father-I was u. the adj.nmng room
with the nurse, venting my chance ;
g 0 to my father, as requested by Mr. j
Edgar. We liad both partaken of the
dragged , t.< a she h: ing t; tken inon
than I, and half dazed from the effects |
of the drug, I was upon mv knees be
hind her chair trying to xvake her, when
Nicholas Garland entered by the win- |
dow, and stealthily entered my father s
chamber. A few moments latei came
that terrific death-cry, followed by the
violent ringing of the bell. An instant
later Garland rushed out with several
papers crushed in his hands, and simul
taneously Max Boyden appeared at the
window.
“Max Boyden!" exclaimed both men
in the same breath.
“Yes. He demanded money, and Gar¬
land handed him a quantity of English
bank-notes, and telling him that lie had
had to do the fatal deed, hurried him
out of the window, scarcely a moment
before Mr. Edgar will?” appeared.” demandeu the law
“And the
yer.
“I know nothing about it,” replied
Gracie. “As it has been stolen, 1 sup¬
pose it xvax among the papers which
Garland carried.”
She paused, and for all instant an
ominous silence fell upon the group, to
be broken at lost by the lawyer’s ex¬
claiming : did
“Oh, Gracie, my child! Why you
not speak at once?"
“I heliex-ed Nicholas Garland to bo
my father,” she said, firmly, “and would
you expect a daughter to send her father
to the scaffold ?”
Lawyer Edgar looked at Detective
Bancker, and it. was the latter xvho
spoke. “though the odds
“Well," ho said,
are against us, xve must set to w ork and
do the best xve can with the light we
have. The body of tlie man Garland
lias been taken to the morgue. The
sooner Gracie identifies it, the better.
At the words the poor girl recoiled
with a low cry.
“Musi 1 look upon him again?” she
faltered.
“Oh, yes,” replied Mr. Bancker, in
his most business-like xvny. “It is ab¬
solutely indispensable that you should
establish his identity. Besides, you
must be present xvhen any papers that
may have been upon his body aro ex¬
amined.”
[TO 11K CONTINUED. 1
Padding the histe|i.
A lady, xvlio xx r as crossing Fourteenth
street, in taking particular care that
her skirts were not soiled by contact
with the mud, exposed to view a foot
which at first glance seemed to be
beautifully formed. It xvus noticeable,
however, that the beauty lasted When only
while the person xvas in motion.
she remained standing her feet looked
as if there were hunches, like bunions,
on the instep. The writer mentioned
his observations in tho family circle,
inine and vviih relative promptly that informed the which by a fem¬ lind
feet
attracted his attention had been cov¬
ered by also a shoe told with that a all padded ladies instep, like to
lie xvas
have a high instep; that it is consid¬
ered almost a requisite of beauty. such
In order to ascertain hoxv fic¬
titious amendments to the works of
nature were accomplished, and lioxv
generally the practice of padding in
Hteps was carried on, a visit of inquiry
was paid to one of the big shoe stores
on Hixth avenue. A philosophical lady tell
floorwalker was quite willing to
nil site knew about it. “Of course, all
ladies like to have a high instep,” she
said, “and we can and do furnish them
to the order of those to whom nature
Ims given a flat, ungainly foot. How
is it done? Simply enough, 1 assure
yon. When a lady Iiiih her foot meas¬
ured for a pair of shoes allowance is
made for a certain amount of fullness
across the instep, and a high, between upward
and very stiff curve is made
the heel and tho ball of tho foot, the
heel being made high and set. xvell for¬
ward. A lit tle pad of double thickness
of sheepskin, between which is a stuff¬
ing of felt or cotton, is then placed on
the inst.ep, the shoo is drawn on over it,,
and when it is buttoned the wearer lias
as high an instep as she could wish for.
A year or so ago wo had many calls for
shoes made in this considerably xvay, lmt, lately moder- tho
rage for them lias
eruteil."..... New York Times.
A Chemical Experiment.
One of tlm kindest-hearted of men
xvas the late Isaac T. Hopper, of Bos¬
ton, a member of the Society of Friends.
His fondness for practical chemistry is
illustrated by the following anecdote:
When he mot ft boy with a dirty face
and hands, he would stop him and in¬
quire if he ever studied chemistry. Tho
hoy, with a wondering stare, would an¬
swer no.
“Well, then,” said Friend Hopper, “I
will teach thee how to perform a curi¬
ous chemical experiment,. Go home,
take a piece of soap, put it in water,
and rut) it briskly upon thv hands and
face. Thee lias no idea what a beauti¬
ful froth it will make, and how much
better thy skirt w ill I >e. That’s a cheni
ieal experiment, fl advise thee to go
home and make it.”
Chinese Customs.
At Canton, Cliina, some 250,000 peo
pie live continually u]wu boats, and
many never stop foot on shore from
<„,« year’s e„«l to Hie other. Tlie young
children have a habit ol continually
falling overboard, and thus cause a
great, deal of trouble in i fli'cting a re.s
cue, while in many instances drr"ncd. this is irn
possible and a child is China
is an ovei- populated country, and tlie
Chinese have profited by this drowning
in reduemg tlie surplus popn
lation. They attach floats to the male
children so that they can he fished out
when they tumble into the river. Tlie
Forgiven.
A very busy Chicago hanker was to
], e married to an Omaha girl. 'Ihe
da y came, but the groom did notma
p-rialize, and at nine a. m. this telegram
%V)IS received:
“For. Heaven ;ake to 11 us what is
1 ]„. , rul tt( r. This is your Iding day,
;Uil , til> . hour ap,,rom hes.”
H ewas»cai- d half out of Ins wits,
a j,d hounded around Iik(*a hen with her
head cut off. Then he rushed to the
telegraph office am 1 sent this answer:
“'i’hought I had three da; k of grace.
Don’t let it go t< •rotes t. Coming on
(j, f . , H . x t train.”
The wedding was late, but it was a
m ,. rrv one, and all was forgiven,
A;< ounce of silver may now be pur
j n England for 41* pence, the
lowest price of the present century,
Investor Edison is quoted as say
ing that he would give all his fame to
be rid of his deafness.
-WILL PAY
TIE FBEIGIT J
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU
Can buy any article of
FURNITURE,
4; a Cooking Stoves,
S 9 Carpets, Mattings, Win¬
dow Shades, Lace Cur¬
& tains, Cornace Poles,
9 BABY CARRIAGES,
V a
j 5* h Clocks, Mirrors, Pictures.
$ Dinner (Sets, T c ;t Sets,
7 ■ Chamber Sets, Mattresses,
Av Comforts, Blankets and
a
i thousand and one articles
needed in a house, delivered
at your depot at the same
price that you liny them in
Augusta?
I Carry Everything
You need and can quote
you prices that will satisfy
you that I am giving a dol¬
lar value for every dollar
paid,
Special Offer No-1.
| To introduce my business in every
I neighborhood in tlm quickest possible
H manner, I will ship you one tied room
9 Suite compute, consisting of One Bed
hj I stead, full size and high head, One Bu
reau with glass, One Wash-stand, One
■ centre Table, Four cane sent chairs,
I One lloeUer to match, xvell worth fZO.
H hut to introduce my goods in your
i| nelgtilmihooil above Suite at once I will deliver tho
il at your U. R, depot, nil
JS charges paid.
ft For Only $16-50
% When the casli comes with the order.
BESIDES this Suite, I have a great
many other Suites in Walnut, Oak,
Poplar, and alt the papular woods,
V running in price from the cheapest up
to hundreds of dollars for a Suite.
Special Bargain No. 2.
Is our elegant I’arlor Suite, seven
pieces, wi.liiut frames, upholstered in
plush in popular colors, crimson,
olive, blue, old gold, either in band¬
ed or in combination colors. This
suite is sold for $40.00- I bought a
huge number of them at a handkrupt
sale In Chicago, lienee 1 will deliver
this tine plush suit all charges paid by
me to your nearest I!. It. depot for
933.00. Besides these suites 1 have a
great many other suites in all tlie latest
shapes and styles, ami can giiaruatee
to please you,
Bargains NO. 3
Is a walnut spring seat lounge, reduced
horn $0.00 to $7.00, all freight paid.
Snecial Bargains Ho- 4
Is an elegant No. 7 cooking rtove
trimmed up compute for $11.50 all
charges paid to your depot, or a 5
hole range with trimmings for $15. 00.
Besides these 1 have the largest stock
of cooking stoves in the city, includ¬
ing the Gauze door stoves ai.d Ranges
and Ihe CHARTER OAK. hToVES
with patent wire gauze doors. 1
am delivering these stoves everywhere
all freight clmrgMi paid at tlie price
of an ordinary stoves, while they are
far superior to any other stoves made.
Full particulars by mail.
100 1 oils of matting 40 yds to the roll
$5.75 per roll.
1000, Cornice Poles 25cts. each. 1000
Window .Shades 3xi feet on spring
roller and I ringed at 37>f els each.
You must pay your own freight on
Cornice Poles, Window Shades and
Clocks. Now see here—i cannot |
quote you everything i have got in I
a store containing TMiO feet of floor I
room, besides its annexes and factory I
in another part of the town, i shall I
be pleased to send you anything j f
above mentioned, or will send my
Catalogue iree if you will j
1 way you saw this advertise- I
I ment in Crawfordvillc Dem- |
% ock at, Published at Craw- ;
n fordville, (ia,
il ej No good* sent C. O. D., or on COH
signmeiit. i refer you to the editor
M and publishers of this paper or to any
IS a banking concern in Augusta, or to
ft the Southern Express Co., all of whom
know me personally.
Yours, Jfcc.
i: L F. PADGETT.
% B
V IU0 and 1112 Broad St.
| Augusta, - - Georgia
I fa PRO. PADGETTS FURNITURE,
STOVE AND CARPET STORES.
■ Factory IIarrison St.
