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Show 3 in t and Carried HI Potation Welli but the Other- Oe effect of the "wine that Is red" much according to the const!-,-j and temperament of the person Two friends who may indulge. Caller : y aer feds, and Tl it k y, bis trunk ' the north s b- eat Sir irdlng Mo. afe fie bui was ame re h has or Nh id pea ague, satloi of Ca Gai ancle Chlca . Is 9,50 in A THE FATAL REQUEST OR FOUND OUT By A. L. Harris Author of "Mine Own familiar FrtVnd," etd 1 a Vi V I Vi9 I V , 1 $ 0 . I 1 I r CiSMM. m I Smith. well made a call on a friend. The generous and jwino induced a spirit of loqua-- i one talked fluently to the point CHAPTER XIV. Continued. Nubility to his hostess during the All, though still legible, were more for taking or less Injured by the ilng. until the time fiery ordeal to he rose gracefully and which ret when had been In some degree they iked his hostess for a most subjected. The fire, which had stopped evening. before reaching the upper part of the is friend, the taciturn one, had sat body, had been sufficient for this. 3g the evening, swaying sl-MHe ran bis eye over them again. smiling a sickly smile of approval What was that? Something which Inimed-!Hi friends conversation. crackled as he laid his hand upon one In front of him was a tiger skin of the papers nearest to him. It was the large head of which, with two a sheet of foreign note paper, much terlng glass eyes, faced him and singed, and written only upon one .ted tbelr glassy gaze upon him side. i a hypnotic effect. He pushed all the other papers toRealizing that he must follow his in a heap. Then, with the gether id's lead, he raised himself burnt letter before him, with an elbow and, extending his hard, said planted on each side, and hla head night, goo night, Mrs. Blank; between his hands, he bent supported inks very much for a mohst dellsht himself to the task of deciphering h6 shat still Then, stopping, evening." remained. iked the tigers head, saying: At last, after at least an hour spent 1 must pet the dear old dog before In this way, he made a gesture of despair. I suppose I must give it up. The Fact and Proof. task Is beyond me at least, tils porHalett, Wyo., Dec. 4th (Special) tion of It." ounce of fact Is worth a ton of He cast bis eye again over the ory and It Is evidence founded on words. :j that backs up every box of "They tell me nothing as thty are. dds Kidney Pills. The evidence of They even serve to cast some ImplicaMrs. tion ople who know what they do. " upon my fathers honor, and resident ,y Taber, highly esteemed He broke off abruptly, and the color Hulett, says; forsook his face. What was it the I know Dodds Kidney Pills are a doctor had hinted at? Something disluable medicine because I have creditable in the past? d them. I took seven boxes and He glanced at the paper again. y cured me of a severe attack of "But this speaks of something " They relieved me worse iney Trouble. m the first dose, and when I had He gave a hasty look round, as shed the last box I had no pain though he the possibility my Kidneys are now acting prop- - of the presence of a listener, as he the words Something whispered Dodds Kidney Pills are now recog criminal! ?d all over the world as the great He took up his pen again, and once Kidney Remedy science has ever more concentrated his whole attention dueed. They cure Rheumatism, upon the burnt letter. The paper before him contained a ipsy, Gout, Lumbago, Diabetes, and Bladder nary Troubles, number of broken phrases the beahts Disease, and all disorders ginnings and fragments of sentences. ing from any form of Kidney Dls-e- . The upper part of the letter had been lined sin de-tfu- l ly V half-feare- 1 rs, v ame om t: n sic r of ith o it I vealing another compartment behind the first. This at first seemed to contain noth- Ing but a packet of old letters, tied round with a faded blue ribbon. They were his mother's letters, written before her marriage, and treasured ever since. A bundle of old love letters. Was that all? No. there was something else. A photograph, faded and yellow, like the A photograph letters. of a young man, in the dress, that now seemed old fashioned and ridiculous, of twenty or thirty years ago. The features were hardly distinguishable, but on the back was written a name and a date James Ferrers, taken June, - mind that he committed the deed. What I want you to do Is to trace him for me or, rather, put me on his traok and let me run him down." "Phew!" whistled Mr. Sharp, softly, under bis breath. This is something quite out of the common, this is. Suppose, he said, addressing the young man, that we examine the evidence. This Is the bullet, you say; and this a photograph you found among the deceasel gentleman s papers. Might 1 Inquire what this Is? laying his Band upon the other article. That Is the letter I spoke of, which made tho appointment which my father kept, and was thus, Indirectly, the cause of his death. It Is partly destroyed; but enough remains to show that there was here he hesitated for the first time "something of the nature of a secret between them. Mr. Sharp ran his eye down the he remarked; page. Humph! "something vague and unsatisfactory. It certainly seems to hint at something of a suspicious nature between 1858." CHAPTER XV. The New Client. Mr. John Sharp's offices were situated off the Strand. And at 11 o'clock one morning Mr. John Sharp was seated In his private room, expecting a visitor, or, as Mr. Sharp would have expressed it himself, a client. While waiting for the latter to put in an appearance, he whiled away the time with the morning paper. At the particular moment to which we refer, his attention was engaged by something In the' top right hand corner of the outside sheet, which seemed to afford him a considerable amount of satisfaction. It certainly does read well, he reI marked to himself complacently. cant deny that, though I did draw It I wonder, he continued, up myself. rasping his chin with his forefinger, whether the gent whos made the appointment for 11 o'clock came from the advertisement, or whether he was recommended? The advertisement referred to was as follows: "Sharps Detective Agency. Swift, de a la- yout 'horn n sc r. S CO! phy i In r a i th juln illw. 11 P arrlc seize bout )vinc ant iff d. ishlnj pro iw tr coun opte rd oi f th ifflce 7, nigh: i her from trlau New uned and Val pas pies, head and the the tber whf by i leri fape H acre ru inc leh rs to tet te last nfh nla of esi- mit y pu les 111 sal let h il IMPOSITION OF PERFECT PUN, ne and Thought Should Fit Togeth-e- r In Anatgonistic Identity. I perfect pun makes good sense h ways; the edges meet with a k like the blades of a sharp pali shears. Sometimes the very ughts fit tight together In antago :1c identity, as when the man said the temperance exhorter that he aid be a good fellow If he would f let drink alone; or when Disraeli ft was he) wrote to the youth who sent him a first novel: I thank very much; I shall lose no time In ling it;" or as when a man seeing oor piece of carpentry said: That ken coop looks as If some man had !e it himself. Exquisite perverse ralness of thought! And the same solute punning, the very of a proposition, was the old ith thrust at a poor poet by the "Something I nd who said: "His poetry will he id when Homer and Shakespeare rned away, and the first word which It was a fine, double-:e- was decipherable was his fathers forgotten. blade of speech until some crude ame "Silas. ow, Heine, I think, sharpened it to Below this might he read, with tire edge by adding, "and not till some difficulty, the following Incoa, a banality that dulled Its perherent scraps of sentences, in which, son forever. Atlantic Monthly. after all, there was a good deal of i self-deletio- n d Work of Personal Intelligence. encouraging and educating of roung person with continued poor 4lth is a department In personal How to think In time to elllgence. ire strength Is mental preventive (Heine. How to grow a substantial huslasm that will not be displaced any common emotion or tempta a. Is a Earl study In The l. Pratt THE COFFEE HEART. Dangerous as the Tobacco or Whlaky Heart. 'Coffee heart Is common to many users and la liable to send the rner to his or her long home If the 'J Is persisted in. You can run 30 40 yards and find out If your heart troubled. A lady wbo was once a tlm of the "coffee heart writes Oregon: 1 have been s habitual user of cof Ml my life and have suffered very ch in recent years from ailments Ich I became satisfied were directly to the poison in the beverage, such torpid liver and Indigestion, which turn made my complexion blotchy 1 Is muddy. Then my heart became affected. It beat most rapidly Just after I mk my coffee, and go below normal the coffee effect wore off. Some ; my pulse would go as high as beats to the minute. My family r greatly alarmed at my condition t at last mother persuaded me to In the e of Dostum Food Coffee. gave up the old coffee entirely absolutely, and made Dostum my table beverage. This was si iths ago, and all my Ills, the Indl ,,0n, inactive liver and rickety t action, have panned away, and complexion has become clear and krai. The Improvement act In n after I made the change, toon as the coffee poison had work out of my aystera. J husband baa also been greatly Died by the use of Dostum, and nd that a simple breakfast with M satisfying and wnr "Phenlng than tbo old heavier to hava with th other .j nf coffee." Name given by Dostum Battle Creek, Mich. 1 J 'to . ttd 'he 1 re,,on ncad the little Road to Weil vllle." In ska can do for you?" sure and secret All inquiries conducted with the greatest skill and dls cretlon. Evidence obtained on any aubject All communications regarded as strictly private and confidential. Mr. John Sharp promises to all those who honor him by seeking bis aid the experience of twenty years and the guess work: of secrecy of the confessional." llrve not forgotten Mr. John Sharp, as regarded his on receiving twenty years at once for Dover outward appearance, was somewhat this letter . . . expect to reach . . . There of the weasel order. As he himself Is that between us which . . . not often said, "Sharp was his name and I ask . sharp was his nature. allow you to deny . and many . . . you alone can My new clients late," he con. . If you refuse I shall . . . He tinued, looking at bis watch. as the criminal . opened a door of communication and that you . . of your youth." put his head through. Beneath this last sentence he could Jennings!" Yesslr. make out what he took to be the "When the gentleman comes, dont letter J, which apparently stood for the Initial letter of the Christian forget to tell him that I'm engaged name, but the rest of the signature for the moment, hut shall be at libwas burned and obliterated. erty shortly; and mind you come in At this moment something again re- when you hear me bang the door, and called to him the mysterious words ask It I am disengaged and can Bee which he had heard the night before the gentleman now." The faithful Jennings performed the funeral, and he looked round for a I think," said his duty to the letter. possible Interpretation of them. to one to a and from Mr. roamed rising referring object Sharp, Ills eye another, and his tongue repeated the memorandum, as the gentleman was The spring at the back of ushered In, "that I have the pleasure words the recess!" What recess? Where? of addressing Mr. Burrltt? Will you lie rose from his chair and took a be good enough to be seated." The visitor admitted that was his harp turn round the room. The recess! What was meant by the re- name, and took the seat Indicated. Something I can do for you?" In cess? "Father," he said, as though ad- qulred Mr. Sharp, placing the tips of dressing some one present "Show hi fingers together Interrogatively. The new client, who had with him me what you mpan." He drew up his small leather bag, opened It, and a there his but resumed seat; and chair was that In bis behavior which sug- produced three articles, which he him. gested one under the control of some placed upon th table before flat a In of consisted who walked or pack square, They mesmeric Influence, age, a photograph and a ball from a bis sleep. revolver. his of In front him, Immediately To small door. Suppose you begin from the begin rested upon eye and tell me all about It I shall the for ntng observed now he bis surprise, first time that the key was In the not Interrupt you, note-boo-aaid .Mr, Sharp, and moislock. He turned It and saw papers as he opened the with his vritbln, tied up In bundles and en- tened a stump of lead pencil dorsed. Some were quite yellow with tongue. He kept his word, though he made age, and some were more modern. He went to work deliberately until copious notes, and for some moments be bad quite cleared the space. It there was only the monotonous sound vras not very large, but now that It of the one voice, as the new client re capitulated all the circumstances was empty It formed a sort of Mr. He did not finish the word even In which had led to bis seeking have which and his to assistance, Sharp' but own pass began bis mind, Into. fingers over the panel at the back, already been fully gone "I thought had he When finished, an and forward, backward lowly the name seemed familiar to me," aald Inch at a time. I remember At lat, something seemed to catch the other. "To be sure, with connected circumstances all the which projected bis nail something the sad affair. And so you think you aver so slightly. He pressed It the spring at the have hit upon the guilty party?" I am certain of it," was the deter back of the recess firmly. There answer. ' I believe I know hi mined and the was a little Jarring aound, rename, and have proof In mr own back of the partition fell forward, ... ... ... ... ... nvf svccessfvl tateh SISTERS Thursday In order to Insert a legal advertisement sent from Montgom- Among the many gifted women in editorial chairs few are more prominent In the public eye than Misses Virginia and Susanna Clay, says Butler in the Memphis Appeal, the sister editors of the successful and popular county weekly at HuntsvlUe, Ala. This paper, the Democrat, es- ery. These girls, working side by side, for nearly twenty years, watching over each other with a never-fallin- g confidence and Inspiration of love, started In with the same old Washington press In use sixty years, the same cases and Imposing stone and mailing table In use for the same length of time, made their own cilice fires, splitting and carrying the kindling to do It with, cleaned up office, brought water from the public hydrant to wash the type, rolled while the pressman worked the press till lands were blistered by the unusual exercise; yet these gifted women report political conventions, express intelligent, logical opinions on affairs of state, write county news, as well as write on social functions with touches of sparkling bounty and wit. They composed patriotic songs to popular airs, arranged the Democratic platform Into a campaign song for Cleveland's second administration and supported Joseph F. Johnson for governor with a will and a vim against great opposition. Mat-tie- tablished eighty-fiv- e years ago by their father, continues with Increased prosperity In the "hands of the Clay Sisters. Twas the fall of 1883 when Miss Virginia Clay left the schoolroom to become typesetter at the printers case as an apprentice and two years later, when her father was stricken with patalysls, from which he never recovered, this determined girl took editorial charge of the Democrat, then It: Its sUty-flftyear. Inexperienced but Incited by duty and stern necessity, assisted by little Susanna, who began to set type under her Instructhe two. tion, she sent the paper on Its week-'Dont make any mistake, put In visits for twenty years. Only two Ted Burrltt at this point; whatever 88ues of the paper failed to' appear there may be of that nature does not after her fathers Illness and only cannot apply to my father." nne issue not strictly on time, when "Probably not! Probably not! But the publication was held over till you must allow a certain amount of ambiguity of cutting both ways. If we could prove the knowledge of some nefarious some" here he referred Sleep, as a factor In physical econo- opinion. Early rising Is by common to a sentence In the copy of the letter ranks In importance with respir- consent a salutary custom, especially mics, consome criminal proceedings ation and digestion. Those who live when the day comes early, not othercerning the writer on the part of the sleep la er the unfortunate gentleman who normally, who throughout all ordinary wise, It Is agreed that more In summer. In winter than attitude a natural maintain required exigencies bewas shot something which lay The best sleep Is bad during the hours tween those two alone. Why, then, toward .life, its strains and responsiof darkness. full a to bilities, may enjoy expect should our we be able to see way. The mind Is clearest In the early measure of this restorative function. Suppose there was a strong provocaHow much one needs is not to be de- morning and those who can utilize this tion. Suppose those two to be alone or prece- period for Intellectual work are capa. s In a carriage. Suppose termined by dogmatic rules ble of turning out the best. The sleepthat a sudden quarrel arises between dents. nor does each one require the room should be cool, abundant air or condition same amount ing under every them; that the deceased, as I have ance. circumst be must being There enough, always admitted. This should just said, Is provoked to utter threats the as to what he may or may not do. dally and weekly, and of suitable char- not be Interpreted to mean that room of to Intensely neural remain balance safely restore the may acter, Suppose the one threatened, who carfacold. In the modern treatment of turies a revolver, makes up his mind to energy i educed by whatsoever of berculosis fresh air Is recognized to fellows activities, tigue upon dally silence him once for all by the nhe'-wlf-the sensorlum resents this be Imperatively needed all day and all means of a bullet through his brain. night. eprl at 'on In one way or another. His client nodded. Artificial heat can and should be In hse whose lives are full of rebeNow, continued Mr. Sharp, eat uid emphatic demands upon supplied along with the fresh air till fore proceeding farther, Just let us of the room be at or come to an understanding as to what them for concentration of attention, the temperature BO or 65 degrees Fehrenhelt, for Is near found short habit the of naps taking you want me to do? some even 60 degrees Fahrenheit. I want you, was the answer, "to to be most refreshing and Invigorating. Above this no one in health Is likely and some lawyers trace this other from the time that he Many physicians, to other professional men who peruse sleep In perfect comfort Babies was last seen. Invalids need a heat of from 60 and It tot find work satisfactory literary "Very good, from Mr. Sharp. some time a brief sleep during degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees FahAnd to trace his history back- Recure of opera-.IonIn the middle often the renheit, even more at times, yet all reday, wards from that time. an offers. wlten quire the fresh air, or fullest ventilaopportunity And the partys name? tion. Is of matter a to When again sleep and Ted handed him the photograph showed him what was written on the back. CLOCK. Very good, sir. I think we under stand each other. And you would "Speatlng of queer things, the pore. At least that's what the man wish me to begin my Investigaclock In our office cut a curious caper said. Its a hunch!' he shrieked again ? tions the other night, said an old news- directly, and unless we get busy At once! I was just thinking around here we will just about get There was a little discussion here paper n an, and the life scooped out of us by missing shout terms, expenses, etc., which, be- ot. the. romantic, possibilities .of the the biggest naval engagement In ing satisfactorily arranged, the client happening. Lately the clock has not 'Dont get excited, old man, rose and prepared to take his depar- been working well. In fact it has aald a quiet fellow over in the corner, refused to run for some reason, and and Just keep your eye on the clock. ture. the de- repair work has failed to put it In any- The You will leave me this pictures of the battle will be tective indicated the photograph thing llHe decent shape. On the par- flashed In a few minutes and you and your copy of the letter? ticular night I have In mind It was will be able to see RoJestvensky and Ted Burrltt assented and replaced absolutely dead, and, I believe, had his crowd hustling for the bottom. the other articles. been peifectly still for several days. Its funny, Isnt It? said the quiet satd Mr. I shall make a point, Along snout the closing up time there man after awhile, on what thin pegs Sharp, "of going through the report was a uudden flutter In the clock's we sometimes hang tale? Here's of the Inquest again to refresh my machinery, and then the funny an old, wornout clock, with a telething memory, and In case there should be began U happen. The clock began to graphic connection, and In some way any little fact that may have escaped tick precisely like a telegraph Instru- the wires get mixed, the machinery checking ment. It was a call from some point. lr yours. You have to prove jostled & little and begins to click First, Gee! strleked a man near me who and Immediately the romantic mind the itemB off on his fingers that the man we want wrote that let- bad sotte knowledge of telegraphy. begins to conjure up things. 1 was ter; secondly, that he was the other There's something doing. Hear that just wondering how many of the yarns passenger, and, thirdly, that he fired Singapore" bet you Rojestvensky about the war's progress in the Far that shot. bun ped up against Togo's fleet In East, the losses In ships and men, has The answer was firm and concise: the Chius sea.' The clock kept on have been taken from dead clocks! I dont require you to prove the on spelling Sings Many, I dare say.' It calling. kept murder so much as to trace the man, and, when you have done so leave him to me! (To be continued.) An Interesting story Is that of what fects were examined for distribution A Yankee Trade. is knoan as the Prescott Fund of as she had directed, a quantity of gold The old Yankee skill at driving a Prince William's parish, now parts of and silver coins, said to amount to bargain Is not being lost. A woman Hampton and Beaufort counties, South about $40,000, were found under her visitor at a fashionable resort on the Carolina. It seems that In the early mattress. It has always been believed Maine coast last summer went to the part of Ihe last century an old woman that this money had been given to the Unlversallst church In the place the who llv td alone In an Isolated portion old woman to keep by horse thlevea, first Sunday morning of her stay, and of whai was then Beaufort District who either had died or been run out was politely shown to a seat. There was on her deathbed, and sent for a of the country and had been afraid to was no hymn book, however, but the lawyer to draw her will to dispose of return to get It. About the early part of the last cenoccupant of the pew behind her the little hut and the few acres of land In one there were several gangs of horse and her over tury reached placed she hat. hands. At the close of the service the After Rhe had designated to whom thieves that operated along the coast visitor turned and thanked the person, these ere to go the lawyer told her from Virginia to Florida, and It was of these men saying as she was to attend that tnat tn avoid any legal trouble over from the banging of gome church all slimmer she would like to her wll she should Insert a clause dis- by a mob, beaded by a man named Well, said the posing of whatever else she might Lynch, In Virginia, thnt the term buy a hymn took. other woman. "I guess you can have have oitrlooked. She therefore desig- "lynch law" la aald to have been dethat book If you'll give me a pair of nated that if there should be found rived. Mrs. Prescott lived In a very tho district, and It has black gloves, No. 7. Very well, anythltg else belonging to her undis- Isolated pnrt of believed that these been In taken be should It ah next always that The of visitor. the said day posed went to Portsmouth, purchased the No charge of by a certain prominent citi- thieves used to make her bouse their 7 black gloves for J1.60 and duly rezen of r.HllsonvIHe as trustee for the stopping place and gave her the money exIn use of Ihe white poor of Prince Wi- to keep .and that she was afraid to ceived the use of the hymnal toll of its possession even on her deathSunon lliams for the them parish. Then she died. following change bed. household ef womans old the When day. Boston Herald. y OF SLEET VITAL IMTO'RTAfCE first-clas- ! s, TICKS TOSSIHILITIES IJ y. TAIfTEV MOflEy FOH CHA7UTX Thing to Avoid. said the great man, "I am going to write a book of personal rec- THE LOffG WHITE WAY On Yes," ollections. I think I am prominent enough to do that, don't you?" "Oh, yes, you're prominent enough, but I'd like to caution you about one thing." "Whata that? "For the purposes of publication, dont recollect anything almut promi- nent men now living." "But theyre just the people I want to write about. Those are tbs kind of reminiscences that will make the book sell." Oh, well, suit your If, but remember that I warned you. What the danger; Why, Just a soon ivj you begin to recollect things alsmt them they will begin to recollect thing about you. 1 hadn't thought of that," remarked tho great man. Cincinnati Post. Women Inventor. The United Staler a grantod 3,500 patent to womcp Ho. nw th ahead tritsht level plain. illilMin of light It !!-- : e with th driving And It hay h kl.-- ; In a A 1 rain, or dry to mthe ondiming land arnr, th to It lor llnl Through tli arrh of th nur dav, To th iiuril tatllghta swinging star, I IT 1 o And the twirling rerew-bla- ... rest, never d tt beat out th lung whit wy. Nnw, on nd up to th lee and tnnw. O'er th crag, It Hr;cleft With a roar from lh itiglit-blai-- k below, Where th pinioned torrent erlea; While, shining Might tn th bin ahoy, gland the peiikr In their wlm array, And point th path to th tnnd I Wlilt Way. Hy th Iaaa of th A aky-pltrh- out on the long whit wy onoo kh of Mil. to th The door, Of my broken prlmm. the open new. Tn thins l hut are airnng and It 1 ran th light on lvl track, And I'm up on th long whit way one In th mm of a mnlhd day; mor. hark. rail And th ringing rlllThat rampa to th vrg of eight! From the end of the tong whit way. hack, Th danger track o'ar IP g whll: With th thin eimw llo. straight ahead from th harbors Till th pax I won and th plung And lnin )r. ath h-- - em-tln- inmtth. In n flurry of foam, tt .hln'ii while wii hr to th burning OUtU With II. Mining Mpphlrn rklo. flog to III fortre gh Ini dipped grim. outer of the tayi Th guard 2h Imr dmpped the hand neatli th lh! A h-- r rim; And rh a off on the long whit way. And stir1 out nn th long whit way one iMeiin hr.rhor. tn tli suit' of th The lung whit rid to a illrlnnl of lh long whit nn tin t billow d Wln-rIhe ing ereat i . smok- Down down to lh glowing day, To a land of orange and vine and tun. And lb dual ut th long whll wy. long whit way, with Its queat Of dtatnnt seaa and sklea. The anod n lo the emd'a unreal. Hie ah free her wlugx an-- l III- -, fly lh great while moon lu IM purpl night, ur day, And th aun In Ha To th airana new world, that sr Might. rlxlng a way. 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