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Show FOR THE FUIJ OF IT. &ZJ v-- - TIIE JOKE SHOP. -- & f - A 2 ASSOCIATION. jutermtiml I - CHAPTER XVI. ' ' 1 - VISITOR. A MIDNIGHT s? low all this time. While the tragi-com-le- was being played in these three suburban a to vil- las, while on a commonplace stage love and b. fa these fid ui. tV Il3 L?. ; n and humor flights and shadows Jwere so swiftly succeeding each other, and while r,l a. j dy three, families, drifted together by fate, were shaping each others destinies and forking out intricin their own fashion the strange, ate end3 of humkn life, there were human eyes wljieh! watched over every stage of the performance,! and which were keenly critical of every actor on it lAcsoss the roald beyond the green lawn, bepalings and the creeper-frame- d of their hind the curtains old two sat ladies, .windows, Miss Bertha and Miss Monica Williams, looking out as from a private box at all that was being enacted before them. ' The growing friendship of the three families, - the engagement of Harold Denver wlth'Clarai Walker, the engagement of Charles iVestmacott with Her sister, the dangerous fascination which the widow exercised over the, Doctor, behavior of the the preposterous Walker girls aiid the unhappiness which they had caused their father, not one of these incidents escaped the notice of the two maiden ladies. Bertha the younger had la smile or a sigh for the lovers, Monica the elder a frown or elders. Every night what they had seen, and their own dull, uneventful life took a warmth and a coloring from their neighbors as a blank wall reflects a clcfse-cropp- ed I y- - U UTI A Bundle of Nonsense Selected With Great Care and Discrimination Warranted to Cure the Hines and Slake the Lean Fat. l A. CONAN onv r and watched from behind the curtains, or a long time all was silent within .he house. jThe light still stood motionless as though Mrs. Westmacott remained rigidly in the one position, while from time jto time a shadow passed In front of it to show that her midnight visitor was pacing up and down in front' of her. Once they saw his outline dearly, with his hands outstretched as f In appeaj or entreaty. Then suddenly there was 4 dull sound, a cry, the noise of a fall, the taper was extinguished, and a dark figure fled in the rushed aerpss the garden, andmoonlight, vanished amid the shrubs at the farther side. Then only did the two old ladles understand that they had looked on whilst a tragedy' had been enacted. Help! they cried, and In their high, thin voices, timidlyHelp! at first', but gathering volume as they went on, until the Wilderness rang with their shrieks. Lights shone in all the windows opposite, chains rattled, bars were unshot, doors opened, and out rushed friends to the rescue. Harold, with a stick; the Admiral, with his sword, his grey head and bare,, feet protruding from either end of a long brown ulster; finally. Doctor Walker, with a poker, all ran to the help of the Westmacotts. Their door had been already opened, and they crowded tumultuously into the front room. Charles Westmacott, white to his lips, was kneeling on the floor, supporting his aunts head upon his knee. She lay outstretched, dressed In her ordinary clothes, the extinguished taper still grasped In her hand, no mark or wound upon placid and senseless. Thank God you are come. Doctor, said Charles, looking up. Do tell me how she is, and what I should do. Doctor Walker kneeled beside her, and passed his left hand over her head, while he grasped her pulse with the ly t Faux Pas. j t her---pal- right. She has had a terrible blow, he. It must have been with some blunt weapon. J Here Is the place behind the ear. Bui she is a woman of extraordinary physical powers. Her pulse is full and slow. There Is no stertor. It Is my belief that she is merely stunned, and that she is in no danger at all. "Thank God for that! We must get her to bed. We shall carry hei upstairs, and then I shall send my girls in to her. But who has done r ' n, and shut it? I dare not go down alone, dear, but if you w.ill come with me. Put on your ii and dressing gown. We do not heed a candle. Now, Bertha, we will So down together, Two little white patches moved slippers vaguely through the darkness, stairs creaked, the door whined, i v ri -- kt behind. c- c- a i front room window. gently down, and fastened the snlb. "Vvhat a beautiful moon! said she, looking out. We can see as clearly as u It were day. How peaceful and quiet tfce three houses are over yonder! It 1aeni3 qjgite sad to see that To Let card hpou number one. I wonder how number two will like their going. For my fart I could better spare that dreadful Ionian at number three with her'1 short kirts and her snake. But, oh, Bertha, look! look!! look!!! Her voice had f alien suddenly to a quivering whisper and was pointing to the WestmAcotts oure. Her sister gave a gasp of hor ror and stood with a clutch at Monicas arR1 same in the direction, staring There was a light in the front room, a flight, wavering light such as would given by a small candle or taper. The blind was down, but the light Outside in the through. j0ne fejden, with his figure outlined against luminous square, there stood a man, back to the road, his two hands upon ! 'e window ledge, and his body rather nt as though he were trying to peep a I st the blind. So absolutely stll motionless was he that In spite of 3 moon they might well have over p fifd him wepe It not for that tell-tal- e they were at the Monica closed it IBS the and Good heaven! gasped Bertha, 1 fcargltr. it is trans-Atlanti- ') - '-- nr fe-- Obeying thf RIMf. A GIssirow minliler, Laving oW rvei that one of hla congregation was in the h.iLlt f gazing about the (.Lurch during prayer, t 1 nim one day that he cottnieie-- it woui i i more becoming in a woihippr to keep Lli eye decently eloped. Tim man Doesna the Scripture Lid us watch tidl as pray? he replied; an hoc can a bodr watch wi their een stetkit? Na, na; lfl Just ptan glower alxot as I hae aye dune! Glasgow Herald, i pco-wii- , Be It tbe sure and use 'VtPSLOWs Baby is CattlBg Teetb. that old and well tried remedy, Mae. S'r".T for Children Teeth taff. SOOTHIXO When you see a banana x'eel resting on the sidewalk and a fat man, unconsciously approaching it, the Indications point to an early fall. FITS AU Tits stopped freehy Dr.TCIlne flrent Nerve Restorer, No i itsalWr the Ursaoay um. Barvelous cures. Treatise and t2trlal bot tl free tj lit cases, bend to Dr. K.nue,fel Arc.hbt.ll'Juua.,F. When a man despairs of success the devil will be on band with words of encourage- ment Hanson Haglc Corn Calve. Warranted to cure cr money refunded. ASt yeti Aruggdst for It. Price 16 cents. One of our carpenters Is so human that he objects to hanging a door or driving a n&ll. in Parkers Olng-- r Every Dollar Tonic is well invested. It subdues rain end bring better digestion, better strength ana better health. If you can bear all your small trials you will never break down under your great ones. Good Reasons why you should use Hinder-corns- . It takes out the corns end then you have peace and comfort, surely a good exchange. 15a at druggists. Never mind the dark horse, said the delgive me a pony. egate in the bar-rooAfter physicians had given me up. I wa saved by Fisos Cure. Iialph Brig, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 22, 1893. No man was ever so much In love that he was unable to sleep on Sunday morning. ten-doll- tbe Fickle Fortune. reply. Well, can you plant these shrubs? I shouldnt like to risk spoilin. em, sam. Well, Well, he replied, meditatively, if youll give me one 'of your husbands cigars Ill sit in the greenhouse and smoke out the insects thats eatin np the leaves of them rose bushes. stitutional treatment. AY had broken Four-Year-O- ld tl! Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying- the foundation of the disease and giving the by building up the conpatient strength stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of j testimonials. .Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Sold by druggists; 75c. Halls Family Pills, 25c. O. 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Syrup of Figs is for sale by all druggists in 50c ana $1 bottles, but it is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed on every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and being well informed, you will not accept any substitute if oflered. to remind her husband of all the idiotic nonsense he used to talk to her in their courtship days. field In D uver. Kt Denver, Sept. 10. My journey from Chicago was over the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad, one of the best managed systems in the country, I should say, judging by the civility of the employes, the comfort I experienced, the excellence of its roadbed, and the punctuality of arrival. I actually reached Denver ahead of time. The Burlington route is also the best to St Paul, Minneapolis, St Paul and Kan- Well, thats what sas City. when he comes down says papa always are many persons who will never go in the morning, anyhow. Chicago toThere except they go at excursion rates. heaven, , Tribune. Four-Year-O- i t '7 ! be- fore the several denizens of the Wilderness had all returned to their homes, the police finished their inand all quiries, come back to its normal quiet. Mrs. Westmacott had been left sleeping peacefully with a small chloral draught to steady her nerves and a handkerchief soaked in arnica bound round her head. It' was with some surprise, therefore, that the Admiral received a note from her about ten oclock, asking him to be good in, enough to step in to her. He hurried some taken have she that might fearing turn for the worse, but he was reassured to find her sitting up in bed, with Clara and Ida Walker in attendance upon her. She had removed the handkerchief, and had put on a little cap with dressing-jacke- t, pink ribbons, and a maroon daintily fulled at the neck and sleeves. My dear friend, said she as he entered, I wish to make a last few remarks to you. No, no, she continued, of dismay laughing, as she saw a look not dream of shall I face. upon his another least thirty years. dying for at A woman should he ashamed to die before she is seventy. I wish, piara, that you would ask your father to step up. And you, Ida, just pass me my cigarettes, and open me a bottle of stout. Now then, she continued, as the Doctor joined their party. I dont quite know what I ought to say to you. Admiral. You want some very plain speaking to. Pon my word, maam, I dont know what you are talking about. The idea of you at your age talking of going to sea, and leaving that dear, who natient little wife of yours at home, life! all her Its of you seen nothing has the You life, for well you. all very and the change, and the excitement, her eating her but you dont think' ofLondon lodging. a heart out in dreary same. the You men are all ar - , t IN PORT AT LAST. . 8100 Reward, 8100. The readers of this paper will be to learn that there Is at least pleased one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease requires a con- what can you do? I CHAPTER XVII. c two-doll- ar maids. h-v- 1 I baee-ba- ll fearless. I wish print a remark of his would prop between spaces by erly represented the words, and spaces also between the letters in each word. The other asked him what day the clergyman follow. to meant Well, I business he he replied in his dont exactly! know, own slow way, but Ive been thinking, and I dont, know but that I will be an undertaker. The clergyman looked surprised, and the youth added, Old Gent When Fortune knocks at Cause that your door, young man, you want to more slowly than ever, kind of business dont ever go out of be ready. fashion. Judge. Young Gent I havent any door. I board. An Unlucky Speech Felt the Same Way. Visiting Relative Well, Katie,' how do you feel this morning? I feel like the dev Mamma (hastily interrupting) Ka- - J,Jt er sster set her mouth grimly ock her head. j,ri We shall see, " ' whispered. It may be something aud furtively the man stood erect, and began to push the slowly UP- - Then he put one the Eah, glanced round to a11 vvas safe, and climbed over '' rorn. As he did so he had to r blind aside. Then the two i. ' saw where the light came Mrs, YVestmacott was standing, ol as a statue, in the center of v' rn v 1th a lighted taper in her "r'L For an instant they caught ra cf her stern face and her ir. Then the blind fell back (TO BS CONTINUED.) Jion, and the two figures dLap their view. tvJt dreadful woman! erk U'ornen and Cows. Tl. u dreadful, dre t if ul worn Mr. Grumps Why in creation do w r him. iie ? Mrs, You i for waiting cn. always call a cow -- r ov,n Ilertha! cows because eyes, si'tr it's 31 presume k r, hu h and Il'twi! nil Grurri ro cross and ugly with r.lvayt nhwiiaLl-- com '.aim. Tl xi. 'r own vn I Jr up rr.ee r.xoie. v, . ' t'a fee She Im glad you admire my gown, but I dont like it It makes me look leaves the dock and steams down the river an envelope. Judy. older than I am. bound. But are you, my dear sir, outward He (gallantly) Oh, impossible, Miss always prepared for the sea sickness almost inincident to a Clara! trip, with theBitAmbignooi. stomachic, Ilostetters Stomach aid. How are you feeling? asked the fallible TVs Want to Buy. ters? If not, expect to suffer without Willing; to Oblige. physician. The Bitters is the staunch friend of all who State, County, City and School District An unkempt looking fellow stopped The patient turned up his eyes and travel by sea or land, emigrants, tourists, BONDS and WARRANTS. Correspondence MORRIS & WHITEHEAD, commercial travelers, mariners. It complete- solicited. at a suburban residence and asked for remarked in a hollow voice: remedies nausea, biliousness, dyspepsia, Cooper Building,Com.Denver, Colorado. ly I am feeling rather worse, thank rheumatic twinges and inactivity of the kid- Branch; Chamber of employmert. Tne lady of the house, Bldg, Portland, Of who at the moment was superintend- you, doctor, and the doctor was not neys. We have several excellent newspapers for ing the removal of some plants, just sure where the thanks were insale at reasonable prices. Western NewsThere are some cities which would never paper Union, Denver, Colorado. emerged from the greenhouse and tended to come in. Indianapolis Jourbe heard of were It not for their ttsked him if he was a gardener. nal Never Judge of appearances a nines. said I aint had much experience, was dude may have a salary, always flown a .. - on .1 - j . j r j al perfectly should be dated, to goodness she had called me. succIt was on the very night which But she was dressed. eeded the events which have just been she sits up very late. 'Sometimes narrated, when suddenly into Monica did I sit up very late, said a voice. Williams head, as she tossed upon her She had opened her eyes, and was blinksleepless bed, there shot a thought at in the lamplight.- A villain them ing which made her sit up with a thrill and came in the window and struck through a gasp. me with a life preserver. You can tell Bertha, said1 she, plucking at the the police so when they come. Also that shoulder of her sister, I have left the it was a little fat man. Now, Charles, ' front window open. me your arm and I shall go upBertha sat give No, Monica, surely not. stairs. up also, and thrilled In sympathy. But her spirit was greater than her I am sure of it. You remember I had for, as she staggered to her forgotten to water the pots, and then I strength, head swam round, and she her feet, opened the window, and Jane called me would have fallen again had her nephew about the jam, and I have never been arms his not around her. They thrown in the room since. carried !her among them and upstairs Good gracious, Monica, it is a mercy her1 upon the bed, where the Doctor laid that we have not been murdered in our vYatched beside her, while Charles went beds. There was a house broken into police-statioand the Denthe offto at Forest Hill last week. Shall we go vers mounted guard over the frightened cidents f i Pearsons Weekly. this?; that they You A Provident Youth. robber, said Charles. sensa see Some is window the must that She open. Young Gray bill of Nearby is noted tion of their later years, the one memocome have heard him and she for down, only for his slowness of speech. In rable incident from which all future in- was be beacon fire. And now it was destined should experience the one keen ; ft In Staffordshire and Shropshire they have a most extraordinary cure for toothache. The sufferer watches a mole's run with spade and traps, and as soon as he. succeeds in capturing one of these reputed eyeless little animate he cuts off its paw and quickly applies it to the aching molar. In order to make the cure sure and effective the paw must be amputated while the. mole is still alive; furthermore, if the aching tooth is on the mole right side of the jaw, a left hand versa. paw must be used, and vice A similar toothache superstition exists in the Cape Yerde islands, and also in the Canaries. Pearsons Week- ert 3 ; '&W. 1!' FROM Latctt U. f. O cr. - i QUIPS AND QUIRKS FRESH a 'storyfoim C?y Highest of all in Leavening I'c he sat about and praised things It f wasnt necessary to pay board. Erie Messenger. ' , ' t , y Ahead of the Game. t Doctor From now you may let your-- j husband have a glass of beer every day you understand? Wife Yes, doctor, just one glass a j day. Doctor (a week later) Now, I hope A1. rv you have kept strictly to that one glass per day that I have allowed your husband to take? Execution ot Stokes in Congo. Wife Most decidedly, doctor only Regarding the execution of Mr. Stokes he Is four weeks in advance of his alin the Congo Free State the Bien du lowance, El Liberal. Peuple says that, according to information which Tt has received from a Tlie Perils of the Benedict. trustworthy source. MajorMr. Lotharie Dills Have a drink? Stokes, learned from letters from Stills Never! Ive sworn off. Emin of assassin the on found Kibonge, Dills Since when? inhad trader the that English Stills A week ago Wednesday. My Pasha, early arrival to wife presented me with a son and formed Kibonge of his the forces of the back heir, and I went out to receive con- help him to drive state and that he had given gratulations at the club. When I got independent to the manner in back Im dashed if I didnt see trip- Kibonge advice as be resisted. These which they should lets! I tell you a shock like that confirmed the also is added, Dills Ah, yes; poor fellow! Thank letters, it of abundant of sale the fact supplies of heaven Im a bachelor. arms and other munitions of war by Mr. Stokes to Kibonge for the war to Safe. inI see that great author, Milton be waged by the latter againstof the these Informed Brown, has just died of influenza, dependent state. Lothaire joined Mr. Stokes facts, summer Major weather. though it is I by forced marches. Well, what of that? When questioned ' before the court-martia of a I bit have that Simply this, as to the letters written by him cold myself. to Kibonge, Mr. Stokes, the journal conDont trouble your head about tinues, confessed everything and on Mathat. jor Lothaire declaring that his offense Why not? Because you dont happen to be a was one of treason and of participation in war deserving capital punishment, great author. Judy. the accused had no reply to make. Before being put to death he even deTlie Safe Side. McGuire Ive had my revenge1 on sired to point out various posts where Mauser rifles and other munitions inthat scoundrel Ruggins. Ive called tended for war against the Congo Free all the abusive names I could crowd on State would be found. It was, the jourthe back of a postcard. Mrs. 'McGuire But that lays you nal concludes, under these conditions Stokes was condemned to be open to an action. Yon know It has that Me. London Dafiy News. often been settled that writing a libel hanged. on a postcard constitutes publication. Steams Up! The Moorings Cast Off McGuire Ive kept myself safe, never fear. I enclosed the postcard in Majestically the great ocean greyhound f ld Not Particular. , Mistress (to cook) Your name, Mary, and my daughters being the same, makes matters somewhat confusing. Now, how do you like, say, the name of Bridget? Cook Sure, mum, Its not me thats particular. Im willing td call the young lady anything you like. Tid-Bit- s. Sodden Change. Watts You "wont mind my leaving my, wheel here in your office, will you ? I know you dont ride one, but Potts No, I dont ride one very well but I began taking lessons yesShe (giving him a flower) Sweet as yet, terday the giver? I guess I Er come to think of He (wishing to be very compliment- woqt impose on your goodIt, nature, old ary, indeed) Oh, sweeter far! 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