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Show a tali; of a key. 9 II fir 0n "M " ' n "01'1 Cnrlotlty H II ' H Bhop," itflgrad ttrcet, Abor Frankfnrd H II J ' to!, ban; a key made of Iron A fool In H I rip 1' ngth, ftnJ lb ward rnitt up. It fitly H 11 it trMnU llio cMtlnmMlrf tint the H if1 H ( iniarantro for cvrlt7 aatnit Kj 1 1 'J thlern wjm bl(t lock n J a k j llkf a H 1 1 1 allRv liammrr, tot tliU roftljr Iron liai a H 1 1 i hlitorjt and U aw ltl with a rnord H l I cf hmnnn ptivlona, boira alil frallti B I Hut once Knldeil anil ro&trollvd lh Ufl H j ' of MTtral j !. H I ( Tlivre wat a lim when tka Dclawaro H J j frout aboro Callowhlll ttrcet wat bcaii H tlful with (no ahrublMTjr, and turn In H j tit boat and nar janli worknt under H 1 1 th4 fthal of bljz wlllowa wIkmo lonj H if t liranehea trailed In tliowatr Thliwaa H 4t lrlallx tba cami at Urarler'a timber H 'P jrard. The ol I brick houw on Hie bank H II d' t'1 flTcrvrlla coriredwlth Irjattd Ifflfl 1' ahadowrd by a mall ifrora of time, H II A iiu'ln innnlcal lu prin( bjr tlin wMttla IHIIH I tjl of tho blirkblrds and inarllna. Urra H H llml Martin ISenti with blawifa and H j yl dausbter. He waa Ur tlrajrlcr'a man H l' 1i alnir tnanltpt hit bookl, inld tbo H J9 4 hinde and told thetlmbrr. llioofllca H 1 I naalu a corner room In tba Iioum. aiul H 1 In tb wall ni Imllt tha lata. It didn't ii rtUd to be fireproof, but both old H 0 (iratlejr and kla clerk bellercil that all r B,i tliAtmrsUri In tb atate could notRtt H ! I luto It, and errrr nljlit ha lockrd tin H f 4 door with trrlmii mlrn and innchdollu- li erullun, and thvn banded thii krjr to H i I' Martin, who kctt It llll neit luornlui; H I1 To on of our modern arlJtta It wuuld ' bo ft jdeaaant bour'awutk toojten th old H I' aUoncboiwIUialmjIiolethatJoui-ould H j I T"' four tbrroflnicerilni but tbnenwrra H ! ' rrlinltlroda)i, and old Martin felt eaf H I L aa Ioiik aa tbo krr waa In Me ourMlon. H j 1' llenU wu a Utnnan b)r birth, but hla H ) f wife American, btrU and boruln Flh H r town. AHbouxb th conplo wtro not H J alware Accordant In onlnbui, on one iu H , I Ject thojr acrtiHl, and tbat woe about tlie H , it beantrandeinllenisof tbolr danjlitrr H H MabeJ, and narcntal Jadtrmentjareofteu l l fallible, but there tould I no (juration H Jlli m to Mabel llnti'a luerlta, bbwiunot B J II j unlyagooil daughter bnt a rerjr beauti- i J ful irlrb No race In AraerlcA producra f' H more lore women than tlw Uerman f Americana, and there could bn no better Ajaaaaaaa ii J llluitretlon of Uila than Martin lkutl'a H 1 daughter. ; Bao waa not much liked bj the neigh- HH borlnjr girl, aa tbejr wer rather a rouh 3 f I la thowdaji, much cleu to promla- H cuoue daiicra that ctnerall endel In ft H r frvo light Among their Admlrrra. ao B Mabel, bf ATOIdlnit them, koi tho crnllt HI " of brlnit riroud. bhe waaaulitAntln HM , inllllnerjr atom on UrcouJ itnet, an I waa nenr without an itcort home, but HH I err few vera f rmlttn! to como to the HH houxi, and the f,itl herarlf im clrcum. epect and aa Jet Indifferent to tho ad. Mf,HJ i ' vancoaof anrof berraalacualntanc'. HH J Bho lud two irUteut lullora, both HHj I jouux men, one .leurg Urahani waa HHJ fl A boat builder, A fair, luunl fillow, aii1 HHJ I t nil cicellent inechanlo, but be waa not HH J I. handtome.and.whlleftfatrorltowlththo ' pk old man, Mra. IknU had a cr ro-1 H W nouncAl dlallk for blm. I H g . Tho other, IVter lUUjr, waa n Ttry ' n l( abow joulb math uttnilbljr a plumber, HHj but he waa aeldoin known to workt mid HHJ ' 'i jet he wore good clotbra anl alwayt IN aieined to hat plenty of money, II i waa rather cood looklag, but there waa a ahlfty eipxeuion in hie tiard.Rray r)ia i ) that waa not prepCMeeiiui but be waa (1 Ura, rivuti'a faronto. ! It waa Martln'a cuMom to lianR the aaauarji i ' ' fr 'be mantelpiece, aud It HlHn , ereiued to clr him much leaanre to alt HJHj ' and watch It Hewaeclrrn tomoilrrata PHJHt poUUoiu. aud at timea aa boutful and MRHj tndlwrret lu f iocli On Friday ulht HNfM I w faiully were aanembled In their ono HmL tlttlng room, aud both Urahani and HHJ ' Daily were rra nL Mirtln wai telling HJHJ i I of a big ula of timber be had made for HKhH j Mr, (Irayley, and how the price, aoin ' M II (J.SOO, had been paid In tbat,day Dally HHJB ii yea looked more f artU e than eter, and i RESH i MaUd, glaming over her eewing, ftXWI V thought how mran bla elpreaslon wu HHU l attlmta,but Hi talk bviam genital, i and UaUy toon left. HHB j Neat erenlng ho waa again A tliltor, I brlnginz with hliu a friend, A tall, thin, HHR , rhowlly dreHed mam he had a1m Bd ! brought Martin a bottle of brandy. Thii (3 t M upnitd nnd the old man Ivcame j ill quit conrlrlaL Buddenly a trrmrn. HHH Ij ' o"u crOi wat heard outalde. Tlie rn- HH 1 tire urty made a ruib fcr the door, all I but Dally't thin friend, lie, quick n a HHL 1 rat, inounU-l a chair, and taking down HHJ tho ufo key uUtltutodauilhr, 111 look K much tho earn. Tlw othere came b.tck Inn few luomi ntl, it w a only a ill of B turt that had falleu no doubt the K work or the bad boye that Infeiti-d the ) wharft. Dully m,J hi friend went J anuy an 1 (loorge llrahaui cam lu, nnd HHJ i waaioon dtvply cugagoil In conversa j tlou with Mabel Aa ws the cuatum, HHj lheiarrnta wlthdruw, und (leorg bo- ' gan to eiplaln to Mibel Id liuprorlng HHj iiroiKcu and hi deeiro that the ihould E becouie hi wifiv Tho girl't tempera. HHv mrut waa placid nnd rather cold, nnd V 1 while the liked Urahain ah waa not In HHCA , ,' h" Iraat atlrred by 1'n.w.lon, to tho HH , ananrred calmly that It would not bo HHB I right for her to accept without hrr it moUicra content, on 1 hero alio atopped. I "Oli. myl Ueorgi, there I toiuo uuo in IhocUk'.l III call father." j Orahara etolo to the door, and iviw J Uuoujih tho vSiai u ludow a faint uluim d light II did n it healtale, but jolng around the hottte putl ed open Ilia door I of tho tl3ce. Three nun were In frqit of tha open tale, Uriharagtt aahost and dvbul At them. lie era actlro and iwrrfnl, bnt a blow on Uw bead Hopped hlra for a moment, an 1 ho taw th rob-lr rob-lr capo tbroujh th rnl window, Ho grasped Mtnelhing that lay on th iletk and followed. They wcro etl.lent-ly etl.lent-ly making for a boat at tho end of the wharf, bnt th Mndrawt tumbled and fell, and n Ii tprangnp (Iraham Rite 1,1m a blow on tho bead that laid him out Old Martin joined him with a Ian tern. "Trm th fellow over till wo can Mi face. A I lire. It U 1'hlllp Dlllr the tronndrrL What hare )oa got in )oor hatidr Oeorge looked. "Why, HI nurely the tafo ley." i Martin watamarnl The grnuln wra ' certainly In lu aecntomrd place In tbe houw and yet the aafe had Un mnel. totuparliion of th two At one mad th plan nf th robbery minlfett th key In (Iraham'a liamla hwl lieen th mean 01 1 ringing Dally to Jutllc nnd he went to Jail with a leryaoro lieaL (irahamro-iiewcil (irahamro-iiewcil hi ault, bnt Mra. Oenta livl trl-drnlly trl-drnlly rreolred that lie thonhl not marry her daughter, and Mabel had not furct of character enough to act Independently! Independent-ly! to Oeorge, bl Idlng them all Roodby, left, and tiett day they heard that fa bad thlrpod on A Teatel liounil for IndK Mabel inourued bla aUenco, and, ai It often th rate, found that tho loved Mm more thin tho ha 1 Imagined, but thre I year lamed away and no word came (rotn her old lover. Martin Denta'e hritth began to fall, and hi wife thought that It wo tlin for her daughter to roirry Mr (Jrarley Iia 1 a nephew named landa, who worked around tn plaoc. An 1 hn had been pay-i pay-i In( Mabel much Attention, nnd finally tk to her mother, and after much lrfUaUm and eotu terret tear th prt Accrpteil hliu and they w era mir rieiL Hand waa not a bad U How, but he wa utterly leebl In chiracter, and After four year of dull and sp.lrlllet married life Mabel found hertclf n child-lt child-lt widow, Her father wna dead, and when her mother epok bf her marrying again Mabel aald, with unntual line-mtii line-mtii "Mother, yonr tntrrfcrenio bruku up ray life, and I will not allow It (u lu fluence in again Don't rpeak to mo nliout theft matter, a you only giro m jialn" Urorgo Orahain bad prwnrreil aa A aallor, and one day ho ratnu to Dilladel- hit, captain of a inngnincent cllptrr thip. 11 bad cargo ouUaigneil toft Orm 1 on Deliwara avenue, and went tu their j coantlng bon-Mt and wa rtry tolitely re- I celretL Cat tain were bigger toplo 1 then than now, (HandngarouhdlioMW lunging on tbo wall a largo key Mem- I pry at ouco recAlled th hotito lu tho I boatyinlaudhlalotawetthart. "Ynu are looking at that key," aild on of tlio imtlnen; "well, that belonged to an unci of mine named (Irayley. It hi a ikUUiry, aud whin tho old liott-o waa torn down I kept thii a n memento." Ornhtin waa tllent for a moment and tlicnatked, "Do ) on know an) thing if tho family tliat lived lu your uncle' lionte "Tbo Ilcntreal Oil, yet, my uncle left I old Martin a widow flOOAyuar a tutu a tho line. We pay It to her. Her widowed daughter, Mr. Hind, a very pretty And good woman, come for It, and, by th by. It' due toduy, and lure the comet. Do jou luow herf" (Jrabam waittrongly moveiL Unmet hi. r at th door and ti 1, "Mabel, do ) ou ' rimemticr mo!" 1'i-ir irlrll Sli ttnrcd At dilm for a tnomont and then bnrtt Into tear. "Oh, )rt, Oeorge, 1 reiuvmlwr )ou wtlb" Tho tcimel net-d no telling. Captain Omhnra tual but on more voyago and then married hi early love, Ol 1 Mn Ilenti, furtunatoly, died toon afti rwanL Tho old key had been a tallaman and It bung In tbo dingy oltlro with a tag on lulling from whence It camo, until a new Kvneratlon cam lu, and then It wu thrown lu th rubblah, on 1 now luingt battert-d, rutty and forlorn vm th wall of a raj ihop. rhlladelphlt l'n-ka. |