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learned Hie truth, and that was after the
death of Louis Seabrook. Amongst the
papers of the deceased was found a letter
addressed to his uncle. It set forth in
table work of art. The tube was held
in the upraised hands of a mermaid,
whose curved fishtail formed the handle
Df the key. This handle on its outer edge
was bordered with small, scarcely per¬
ceptible points or spines, which would be
apt to wound , the hand of „ trying . .
any one
Do open the lock and not warned to take
lue precautions. This key Louis care¬
fully fitted into the lock of the casket.
i i Open it—open it, Grace!” he cried,
with feverish eagerness, < t Within you
will find inclosed a necklace of the
choicest pearls to be found in ail Paris.
Dpen it—open it, and tell me what you
think of my wedding presents.”
But without touching the key the
enmur LHSUhl mri Hided forward and resting- .aj
hand* on the lid rf (tec
she looked into the dark troubled depths
it her cousin * eyes with a tender sen
dus ness in her glance that caused him to
turn pale and to look aside.
i i Dear Cousin Louis,” she said, “you
have brought me a magnificent gift, but
io not think me exacting or ungrateful
if 1 ask you for something more. You
know I am going out to-morrow to a new
life, and 1 want to take with mo all the
kindly thoughts and affections of those
Who loved me when I was a little child.
You feel bitterly toward us all, I know,
because l could not love you better than
l have done—just as I have loved rny
brothers. It will cast a shadow on the
brightness of my wedding day if I think
and stmlel I unkiSftoward Lnuis-in
Cou^fn Iaiuis my brother
memory of our old pleasant days together,
will you not grant me my request? Take
back your lovely casket and your neck
lace of peal Is, and give me instead jour
frank hrolherly affection once more. ”
He fixed bis dark, burning eyes on the
soft blue ones raised so pleadingly to his
own.
So you will not open the casket,
Grace?” he said, hoarsely.
“Not till you promise to grant me my
request. Ah, Louis, have, you forgotten
all those days when we were children to¬
gether, and Little Cousin Grace used to
pet you and watch over you and keep her
boisterous brothers from teasing you?
You were always very dear to me, Louis
—he my dear brother once again and
always. ’ ’
Still gazing fixedly upon her, he drew
the casket toward him, unlocked it, threw
back the lid and withdrew the key. He
held up Iris hand with its open palm
turned toward Grace as he did so, mid
the astonished girl could see upon it one
or two minute drops of blood caused by
the punctures of the points on the handle
of the key.
i * Take your casket and your pearls,
Grace, and with them my full forgive¬
ness. You do not know what good ser¬
vice I have done you today. I have
swept from your path a bitter and a
dangerous foe. Did you ever read Vic¬
tor Hugo’s ‘Esmeralda?’ There are four
lines in an old translation of that poem
which are now ringing in my brain:
“Mine be the tomb and thine be light and life.
1 die, and fate avenges thee. ’Tis well.
I go, O angel of my life, to learn
If heav'n is sweet as were thy love. Fare¬
well.”
So saying, he took Grace’s head in both
his hands, kissed her tenderly on the fore¬
head and departed. electri- _
A week later the community was
fied by the news of the sudden death of
young Louis Seabrook, who succumbed to
a rapid and mysterious malady a few days
after the marriage of Miss Marsden. The
disease which proved so speedily fatal
lmfiled all the science and the conjectures
of the physicians called in to attend him.
They agreed that his symptoms closely
resembled those produced by the bite of
a serpent, and finally decided that the
patient had fallen a victim to some acute
and mysterious form of blood joisouing.
It was only Richard Marsden who
rambling, incoherent fashion these facts:
“I brought the casket of Caesar Borgia
as a present to Grace, he wrote, “in¬
tending that she should not long survive
her marriage. The little points that stud
the handle of the silver key, and that are
arranged so as to puncture the hand of
any one who tries, unwarned, to open
the casket, contain a deadly venom. But,
‘once brought face to face with my fair
and gentle cousin, I could not find it in
m y J f iear t to carry out my purpose. Two
natures have striven for supremacy in
my soul. The one is the cruel serpent
cunning infused there by the Borgia
blood of inv maternal ancestors. The
other is the frank kindliness of my Amer¬
ican father. T/lint if the first named
(dement should once again w in the Grace’s upper
band, as it did when I planru d
bridal gift? I have deliberately tested
on myself the death doling properties <5f
^isoned ' ^ wUl' hJoA htm°on aiy
lluman And never again shall L
, wolllli not liv „ tl) deal with fresh
temptations — perhaps to succumb to
them. The legacy of my great grand
father has wrought evil for no one—not
even for myself. I go
*‘To where, beyond these voices, there is peace.”
-Lucy II. Hooper in Frank Leslie’s.
^ n.e Bright w »...i , ,,, .
And bette”°daysire mgh, ^
For close before ns we may see
Roast turkey and mince pie.
-Washington Critic,
Eve „ a *7iir Has Uses.
“ Mr ' Snyderly.'I hear that you referred to
m ?““^; Idid . What al , going to
about itr
«j was going to ^ you put it p own on
paper for me. I want to get a job in an
Omaha real estate office, and I don’t need a
tetter ,.commendation." - San Francisco
Bulletin.
A Waste ot Good Material.
Their chaste salutes are not misplaced
When women kiss a friend or brother;
Butof life’s honey what a waste
There is when women kiss each other.
—Bosto* Courier.
A Preference for German.
Customer (to barber)—Do you speak more
than one language?
Barber—Yes, I speaks English and Sher¬
man.
Customer—Well, I wish you would talk to
me in German.
Barber—You oonderstand Sherman?
Customer—No.—New York Sun.
Lake City Questions.
In Chicago it can’t be concealed
That many strange questions are bruited—
They ask of a man, “How’s he heeled?”
Of a woman, “How is she footed?”
-Tid Bits.
A Valuable Deposit.
Hotel Clerk—No, sir, we can’t accommo¬
date you. You have neither baggage nor
money.
“I know I haven’t, but I came to town in a
freight car and there is considerable coal
dust in my hair.”
“Well, comb it out carefully and that’ll
do.”—Nebraska State Journal.
Just Now.
Oh, this is the autumn gay,
When the apples are red and ripe.
The quail is piping his lay.
And the plumber’s laying his pipe.
—Harpers’ Bazar.
Money Versus Merit.
,
Jeems (high muck-a-muck to H. R. H.)—
Two H’merican gents h’outside, your roy’l
'ighness.
H. R. H.— Names, Jeems?
Jeems-Mr. Gould an’ Mr. Sullivan.
H. R. II.—Tell Mr. Gould I’Ve gone to the
Highlands and show Mr. Sullivan in.—New
Y ork Sun.
The Best Way.
As every one knows, in political strife
They'll harp on the ill, not the good;
So if ever you did a wrong thing in your life.
You’d better keep on sawing wood.
-Tid Bits.
In Brief and to the Point.
Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered
liver is misery. Indigestion is a foe
to good nature.
The human digestive apparatus is
one of the most complicated and
wonderful things in existence. It is
easily put out of order.
Greasy food,tough food,sloppy food
bad cookery, mental worry, late hours,
rregular habits, an d may other
things which ought not to be, have
made the American people a nation
of dispepsia.
But Green’s August Flower has done
a wonderful work in leforming this
Sid business an<1 ™ kin * lhe Ameti '
can people so healthy that they can
enjoy .their meals and be hippy.
Rtmemberr-No happiness without
health, But Green’s August Flower
brings health and happiness to the
dyspeptic. Ask your druggist for a
bottle. Seventy-five cents.
BUSY AS BEES,
“Please say to the readers , of c the
Journal that while we are too busy
to write an advertisement, we are not
too busy to give them careful atten
tion if they are in need of anything
j„ the way of clothing, hats, furnish
complete i«>g 8™^ and &c the Our.stock great rush is i^on fn iand us
is evidence that our prices are satis
factory. Never before haue we been
”2'“Quick c<-\ vvell assured of the wisdom smaTprofits of our
x sales and ”
* bus spoke , ,, the • of c J. K.
senior
Harris & Co., Clothiers, Columbus,
tn t0 this 1 hlS SC erdhp | be as ac he ™ hurried hurried rtff Ott to at- at
>
tend a waiting customer.
The finest line of Toilet Soaps
ever exhibited in Hamilton just re¬
ceived at the Drug Store. tf
----— —ii ■ —
Crops are short but 0 J Edge, of Col
ambus, has reduced ti e prices cn his
tot k of boots and shoes.
■— --^ i ■ -■
Use Lax ad or for the distress and discomfort
resul ing from indigestion and be at once
relieved. This wonderful remedy is sold
by all diuggist*.
Di Bulls Cough Syrup takes the lead of all
coush reparations on our shelves.—Car¬
penter^ Palmer, Jamestown, N. Y.
I heartily recommend Salvation Oil foi
neuialgia, for it acts Mke a charm. J. S
McCaiilley, (Polkemany Residence 205
N Bond St. Balio . Rid.
A Positive Gentleman.
Which is die m st positive geetb man
Ct r tain Taylor’s Cherokee Remedy of
Sweet Gum and Mullein is certain to cuie
oughs, colds and croup. It is pleasant
an effective.
Like Fainting Ladies.
Why are g od resolutions like hunting
ladies? Timer should be carried out, and
parents should not f. rget the resolutions
that would never sufier them to be without
that cough and croup cure, Taylor’s Cher¬
okee R medy of Sweet Gum and Mullein.
3! alhnbergers Pills art a true antidote
foi malaria. Intermittent lever, bilious
remittent fever, dumb ague, periodic head¬
ache as well as regular cbibs are all the
results of malaria iu the system. Tbe
Pdts do not purge or sicken the stomach,
but improve tbe appetite and digestion.
They cure immediately by destroying the
malarious poison in the system, and can
be taken under any circumstances wi’h
safety.
GOODS MOST BE SOLD!
I will offer for the rest thirty days, AT
COST, my entire stock of Men’s,
Boys’ and Children’s
Clothing, Overcoats and Boots
At First Cost.
I Have too Many in My House,
and they Must-be Sold.
Everything sold in the Dry Good#.]
line at a great reduction in
prices . Best Prints at 5 cents.;
Checks , 7 cents; All - Wool deans
at 25 cents; 40c. Jenns at33*1-3
cents; 50c. Jeans at 40 cents;
Dress Goods marked way down
In fact , we will sell anything in
the house so low that you will he
astonished. No humbug about
this business Come in and get 0
my prices and you will see that
WE
MEAN
BUSINESS. I
Very Respectfully,
R.
Chipley, Ga.
