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"Too late!
Ji j h t ftfi BoatrJee Mercer hurried to¬
ward the houee again the wordfl eman¬
ated from the shrubbery near the pit*
and the epeakor etepped Into view.
It was Raymond Marshall, but not|
the Raymond Marshall of a few d8
previous. Hope, joy, excitement lllu-,
ruinated his radiant face; horror, too,
shadowed it, a» ho glanced he after the dis->
app-iaring plotter. Then drew into
the open space another form.
“Hhe meant murder, oh, cruel. cm» l.
How can *bo be so heartless.' And i
loved her, trusted her as a sister. 1
“('oarage, Kdna, spoke Marshall.'
“The faithful Rruno led me here In
tinni, it skeins, to rescue you. You be
lieve mo now that this woman do
celved mo into that marriage, a farce
that cannot dim our love, though it may
part us in this world'
"Oh, Raymond, let ino leave this tor-.
riblo pla •«■!”
•5. tttko back to . the .
., J will you
farnf-hOUM‘. Then to) return and “ iur,i |
(lu. meaning of ibis woman being Here.
Wail! Homo one else 1* coming. ,
Ho l' ! “l been led to the spot by the
(•lover Bruno not teu minutes previous,
had discovered Edna in the pit, had res-J
cued her, and now both shrank into tho
shrubbery again as two forms crossed
tho garden. steward und tho housekeeper,
The word4 re
turned from the village, their
rcaching tie- **ars <»f the Jintening Kay
mond Marshall caused him to start vn>
lonlly, for they were discussing Beatrice
Mercer.
Creeping nearer to (hem, within twd
mlnutos a bint, a word revealed to Bay
mom! Marshall's quick mind a marvel
ous suggestion. tho truth Tbld
Ho guessed at Beatrice, had now. assumed ;
aark schemer, Her
Edna Beano's name and place.
plots, her sudden wealth, surmise. her strange
movements all verified tho
For a few moments ho rolleoted.
Then, as the two people entered th<
souse, he took Edna's arm, and led her
*)wards Its open windows front portals. of brightly
Through til© a
_M|jggSjjjBpMCfflWniira lighted i , i cnalr, and
i.j,.,‘T^nmisarhls pretended daughter,
B. atrii o Mercer.
Without a word of explanation zeal to of thd
•hrinkiug F.dna, Ilrod with tho a
Bonlldunt discovery, Raymond Marshall
snleri>d the house.
A wild cry rang from Bentrlco Mer
»or's lips, and Mr. Ralston stared won-)
lerlugly at tho intruders as Marshall
mu) his trembling companion abruptly
entered the room. exclaimed the Invalid;
“ Allt-o—Kdnal"
•who are these Kdna?" people?" repeated Marshall,
" Alice? she glvei
eagerly. “Is that tho name
lei-Milf? Pardon mo, sir, but 1 have ill
truded hero because I doom it a duly to
unmask that woman yonder." daughter! ex-) ‘
•'That woman my
claimed Ralston, indignantly. Boa tried
-Sim is not your daughter. Silences
Mercer, your plots are known.
1 will tell my story." Beatrice shrank
White as marble
back as 111 forcible, emphatic words
Raymond Marshall, sent, nee by sen
(oner, revealed his suspicions. He
forced her to asseut to his surmises; In
eompelled Kdna to relate ln-r story.
With a look of anger at the woman will*
"pone.l hiesirm» to.his r .° ^o* 1 m'.fr
“ies.yed.lt Is true. >o murmurm. ed
“She has her sainted mono r s towi.
Oh! how could 1 be so deceived. As to
you baffled;
-Yes, as to me." cried the
Heat rict\~ scornfully. lam unmasked,
Bo be It; but 1 still have tho powor to
rule I know your secret you, an
escaped convict. You will bo glad to
S 7 W 5 sr .......- J “
Ralston pok'd and Kliml.lcro.l. At that
moment the uoor opi noil, nowoior.
emaciated form crossed the room. amazed.
-Rodney'" cried Mr. Ralston,
it W,v (h.- messenger ho hud sent for
, Uopefalo
F.dna to the seminary, the
man who had seemingly perished at tho
broken bridge. replied liodniHb "Ml*
- Y,.g it is sciipcd 1,” jft»vere<l
raeulousD ■ death, just
from inv Illness attending ex, tffcure and
inmrv an t til Umc to refute what that
impostor says, for I overheard her words
Bint your own. Ralston, light has eo i.e
at last' The man loi whose crime you
suffered inquisoi is dead; and,
dying, he h at» con sod all ami cleared
ntuv from every V taint of guilt!
Oh, thank heaven!“ cried Ralston.
fervently. At Ift^t* at lust. A1 lee •
Edna, illy darling child, at last l can
offer you aj hv'Lored name, u loving
home! happy!" sneered Boa
*May malevolently.* Vv'u be
trire ‘I am baffled,
beaten—at Lvinond evorv point except one.it
seems Marshall, remember
tin* tic law give? me vour iiuiue! You
are I! v hu-i-au-1 Thai 1? more to mo
daughter or a wealthy heiress.
*So be It? spoke Raymond Marshall hus¬
solemuiy. "In name I am your
band but Edna Deane or Alice Ralston
has my love till death. Fear not; l
shall not bring reproach her on her fair
name by remaining near until the
law annuls a fraudulent marriage.
Edna, I must hasten to your friends,
the Blakes, and tell them that you are
safe. 1 hey are very anxiohs about you.
To-morrow I will come to see that you
are safe und happy, and then I leave
you to battle this woman for my rights.”
He passed from the house as ho
spoke. His heart was happy, despite
the complications that evil plotters had
east about his life.
"1 say, old fellow!" uttered a maudlin
tone, as he neared tho roa 1 outside the
mansion grounds. Mar
'‘Well, what is it?” demanded
9 nail, regarding curiously the swaying,
Shabby form of a half-intoxicated man
near the wall.
“Can you direct me? Looking for the
j nto ^is p] ace> after a—a friend—
a j a ,jy friend. You see_ n
“Mercy! The minister!”
With a start, Raymond Marshall sur
veyed the man Yes; before him. Could it be
possible? Jrast despite tho vivid con
between those two times, the
ragged, intoxicated the tramp before sedate- him
was certainly welI-dressed,
looding clergyman who had performed
the marriage ceremony between himself
ftn( j ji ea t r f r0 a t the Hopedale hotel,
What did it mean? A wild thrill per
vadeii his frame at the man’s next
words.
“You acquainted here? Well, I'm
looking Beatrice for a—a girl I've traced here,
Mercer. Oh! I’m tsharp, I am!
hundred dollars! Humph! a mas can’t
9 ff or j to play minister for a measly
hundred dollars! Kho’s rich. I’ve traced
hor Bet I get a thousand, to shut iny
u pBi or j tel| a „ j know »
A11 lin know! within half an
Raymond Marshall was in possession of
his secret, stupidly blurted out in his
maudlin wanderings,
T) r Hlmms, unable to secure tho vil
(ago clergyman, had hired this adven
turer to personalo one.
The marriage was a fraud. It was no
marriage at all, and the last blow was
k | V cn to Beatrice Mercer’s stately fabric
0 ( fraud she had so carefully erected,
as the tramp told his story in tho draw
Ing-roorn of tho mansion a few moments
| ater _
“She loaves my roof at once!” cried
tho excited Mr. Ralston, hut Edna, mors
merciful, with Insisted that Beatrice bo pro
vided sufficient to begin life over
again in some romote place, and tear
fully bade her go and sin no more,
Tho.y never hoard of her again, and
when they thoughtoof her it was with a
ht-WWW shiobV-v us they realized how 'nearly
plottings had ruined all their
hopes and the happiness. slatoly mansion and its
And
beautiful grounds became an earthly
paradise to tho two united hearts, whose
loyal devotion had brought them, at the
last, love's brightest, holiost reward.
[the end.}
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Ohio claims 7500 doctors.
London has a poison factory.
low'll boasts of H00 creameries.
Kent, England, has 200,000 acres of coal.
Alabama colored teachers hold a State
convention.
There have boon heavy rains in the Mls
sourl Valley.
The Florida Legislature lias passed a bill
the protoctlou of sponges.
Flvo million dollars' worth of bananas
were consumed in the United States Iasi
A delegation mmja is to - l>o sent from Germany
to Japan and Chinn to Open up linos ol
lrailc, especially in textile products.
A poliee census just concluded shows the
population of Washington City to be 277.
ts», an increase of 73U during the last two
years.
Creok.
Mayor Kenny, of East Newark. N. J., or
dered the rejeaso of two girls of falling serving ninety
guys in juil on a charge to sup'
their mother,
In the far Northwest the people are look
iu . (o rw»rdto Mi unusually heavy ™ cl
salmon duriug the coming season, begin
tong early In July.
As a gendarme on his way to jail with a
prisoner in M- xi-o City wa- about to to-run
^ stat „„ o| r .„ r „ M;lrqu „tt„ will remain
th) , N . U ional Capitol, the Wisconsin
House having rejected a bill providing foi
th „ , u b»tituto ol • statue ol General Fair
e hUd or -f General Rusk.
jt u said that Miss York, the beautiful
Texas girl, who was arrested for running
an illicit ilistiUery, has received no leas than
tlte.offew of marriage since her bond was
igne-i by a chivalrous community,
There are now about 903 camp» of the
Unit ml to-iufederatc Veterans, and it Is
ported that the reunion hi
:
tl hi gathered at any
> d bait’ •tton were rj l!
. xt >n in Ot »urity.
(i rv> sold April 11 for 5«0.0W).
This i- t t rails ctiou from
that ‘ecu J>WU
j n Georgia i any years.
\\*ess Bigg, a Southern Faeifle fireman
look two days off and went hunting for gold
in w ^ a t kin-’Wii as the I>ry Diggings dis
triet of Southern On>gon. In the two days
he got $54 worth of gold. $ is worth the Urst
day and double the amount the next.
General Manager Greene, of the Baltt
more A Ohio Railroad, ha? issued on order
arssjs ns beheld szss&st strictly
Yard masters are to ae
ManuM , t lj« penalty for vtolatioa Is
rating severe.
t f p fe
i;
I This great remedy is indorsed by
<w physicians, and prescribed by them
a3I over the world.
Positively guaranteed to cure the most
stubborn cases. The formula is published
{Mainly on every bottle. As a tonic it is
l Superior
TO ALL
SarsapariSlas
For. Female Complaints and
building up run-down sys¬
tems it acts like magic. Try
a bottle and be convinced.
READ THE TRUTH
extract from book of testimonials.
to-daj a 0 Pi!immii>s Feakems, & Hines, Druggist Leading Grocers, Waxahachio, Tez.
Indorsed by B. W.
•-p p P.,Llppman’s Great Remedy, tiered me of difficult breath
ina and palpitation of the heart. Had not slept on either side for
U0W 1 BleeP,OUndly “ry M KAMSAY, Be Leon,Tex.
M ’* ** aDd 8UbS ° ribe iteMnknT, Notary Public.
mit jMSadlw failed toremqve'it^TTr«? Lft tf^ oTp 0 P. L?pp^
■ _ Savannah, Ga.
.. Ld -—---;--——
5(1 by all druggists.
LIP is O ♦
UPPMAN’5 BLOCK- <
KANSAS ALL RIGHT.
Boston Coi my Will Take Loads on
iood Property,
The local rsooh of the Boston Loan
and Trust wnpany at Kansas City,
Mo., has ri lived notice from its head
office that ereafter loans may be
token on flrs|t elnss properties In North
eastern Ka , This is euid to lie
one of the flinst orders of the kind at
fectlng Kansas property that has bees
liven by a lpau company in years.
Terrific Earthquake.
A dispatch' to the World ftom Kings
ton, Jamaica), says: terrifle There earthqmxlie has l>eeu a
succession jof
shocks in t.hq Leeward Islands, killing
many people) and doing great damage
to property, i The center of the dis
turhance Is at Montserrat, but the area
affected extends from St. Kitts to Mar
Unique. The'greatest lods of life is at
(J ua«leloupc. AS business has been
suspended an<J tiie churches have bee®
opened for general grayer,
At a,
wu, t’rivate secretory and stenographer
to President Spalding of the defunct
Glob . ® j. ** vu .. *8» p ,5attK , - U aililed before o> -«.r
tiie S«aiatorui| Invest gating Commit
tee In Chicago. Rhe testified that
Spalding had given her about fTo.tkXb
with the umtorsmiidlng that he- was
some time labor to secure a d vorex
from 111* tvife and marrv M!» Ervin.
__
_____
Notedl Outlaw KiUed.
A telegram from Santa Fe, N. M.,
say s L’aiUHl ti-tes Marshal Grant has
received word that ihe outlaw Black
Jack was killed last week in Arizona,
ihereloe 31.B ntNed ecawi
eighteen miles west of Clifton, by a
pOSNT of deputy marshals
It was at first thought that the man
gi . Moofe The body is
identlbed as that t of f Black R , k ™
Big reward* otered fw the axrvst of
[)Ulck Jac t vrili be paid to the posse.
In. Kentucky the water ie subsiding,
but the whiskey is all right.
CURES
DYSPEPSIA
CATARRH
MALARIA &
KIDNEY
TROUBLES
PIMPLES *)
\
BLOTCHES p $
& OLD SORES 1
BLOOD —
POISONING
RHEUMATISM
SCROFULA&t
2
REMEDY,,'
UJ for m ®,
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CYCLING NOTES.
It is claimed that there are over 10,000
tandem riders in New York City.
Governor Griggs signed the Gledhill bill
which forces railroads in New Jersey U
•arry bicycles as baggage.
A trial of folding safety bicycles, bicy bj
clettes pliantcs, is now being conducted
the Belgian military authorities.
The bicycle vote is gettiug to be some
pumpkins lately and the average politician against
is apt to be careful how he goes up
it.
A prominent Dunkirk (N. Y.) physicist bicycle
not only prescribes the use of tin?
for lady patients, but also teaches them to
ride.
Last year it is estimated that there were
over lo'OOO wheels in use Indianapolis, reach Ind. the
This year the total is expected to
20,000 mark.
A list of stolon bicycles recently published special¬
by an insurance company making a
ty of that kind of business showed 330 dif¬
ferent makes.
Over 1000 applications for membership to
the League of American Wheelmen were
received during a recent week, thus mak¬
ing tiie total membership over 72,000.
The number of cycle paths now com¬ ol
pleted and the number now in course
construction seem wonderful, considering
tho fact that three years ago tho cycle path
was an unknown thing.
Rattan saddles are among tho latest
things among cycling accessories, -hey
are easy and comfortable and specially discom¬
adapted to riders who experience saddles.
fort with the ordinary hard
An English physician advances the theory
taat low-gear wheels are more dangerous
than high-gear machiner. because tin- slow
movement of tiie leg on ono is less trying to
the heart than the quiek action oil the
other.
Tilde Anderson the Chisago racer, broke
the half-mile woman s record, flying start,
rode tho distanco in 02 3-5 seconds,
i Her former rceor-i was 53 2-5. Si:-.- was
paced by a tandem, The oours
i straightaway.
It is a singular fact but true that the ma
] jority of cyclists depend principally machine along u nor.
; the ri^iit foot to push ball* the crank axle
I In proof of that if the on a
arc examined, those on one side will lx
found more worn than on the other. That
! IS mnted for by the fact that the great
! strain is on the right sida.
Family Exterminated.
A message from Bar Mills, Me., an
nounees that John L. Lane, wife and
child, were found dead at Bony Eagle,
five miles from Bar Mills, this morn
ing. All had been shot. It is supposed
that a double murder and suicide was
committed. —
; THE LABOR WORLD.
London has CO,000 costermongers.
Baris has a school for cab drivers.
New York City iias 1300 Uorsesboers.
Germany has 371 women blacksmiths,
Missoula, Montana, has a labor temple.
K. of L. Is credited with 11.000 members'
Brooklyn clothing nutters average #20 n
week.
Brooklyn carpenters get i'3.25 for eight
hours.
Cummins villa, Ohio, lias a labor ex
change.
Dublin, Ireland, has a co-operative cork
factory.
A National Fnion of B.aiiroad Agents ha?
been organized.
St. Louis (Mo.) carpenters nowget thirty
five cents an hour.
Denver (Col.) printers pay \% per cent,
of their earnings to the union.
Pittsburg constables have struck against
reiving subpoenas for fifteen cents.
Woonsocket (E. I.) weavers returned to
work when guaranteed #1.50 a day.
A big St. Paul (Minn.) clothing store has
been forced to employ union clerks.
Minneapolis (Minn.) stonemasons want
the nine-hour day adopted tor city work.
English tailors threaten to strike for the
twelve-hour day and the abolition of over¬
time.
The champion shearer of Australia, for
the past season, has broken the record by
shearing 33,625 sheep, bis earnings being
#1090.
Two union cooks at Minneapolis, Minn.,
wore fined #100 each for working with .
non-unionists. This union has established
an employment bureau.
There is a prospect that some of the idle
prisoners in the Maryland House of Cor¬
rection will be employed in improving
fhe roads of Anne Arundel County.
At tho recent New South Wales Political
Labor League convention in Sydney wooleD a pro¬
posal for the establishment of State
and clothing mills was unanimously car¬
ried.
Michigan horseshoers recently fac-ld a
State convention. They have twenty-eight bill
local branches, with 00 members, A
before the Legislature makes a herseshoer's
claim for debt a lien on the animal shod.
The waiters' societies of New York an
agitating for a homo for the disabled and
aged of their craft. Ono of the promoter?
of the scheme says in support of it: “At
forty-eight years’ of age the legs of waiter?
are worn out. and the waiters are then dis¬
charged by their employers liecause they
cannot wait upon the guests fast enough.”
A special dispatch’ from Athens say*
that M. Ralll. tire new Greek Premier,
aas announced his intention of calling
to arms every a hie-bodied man in
Sreece.
