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Show a BELLA'S ATONEMENT. By Anna Shield. wo figure stood tr-;"f under the shad' of a huge tree hi a li- tie garden. huh strong, erect, (tenother ant; the drooping, timid and It waa a L pleading. dl repetition of the old. old story of true lovera lorn asunder by a cruel fate, a parting and vow of conaiancy and faithful love. The man. Rodney Kirke, was a flue looking young fellow of twenty-eighwlio had been from Infancy the ward and darlirg of Ilia uncle, James Kirke. liellevfng hiniaelf always to be the cer- tain heir of that gfuileninii and over hla dutiful nephew from true, eurueni love and gratitude, ill nfe iad been hadowed one, hating little bright- Jieaa. for hi uuclc for thirty years hail been an iuvalid sometimes well enough to move about in hits own extensive grounds, hut oMeii. tor month together, confined to his room and lied, .suffering intensely. IV hen Rodney left school and would "have studied a profession or cnrere.1 upon some business career, his uncle kept him bound to his chair, leiiing all the management of his large estuie fall gradually Into hla liaiida, and taking infinite comfort from hi gciule care when ho waa suffering. It was a strange, gray life for youth, and Roduey fretted sometimes at merging bis own existence into that of t ho iuvalid, but tlie argument hi uiicle lined at such times was u powerful I' i t, himself from ivv rli u.'nl sulked rapid rcai Med a handsome ho'ise, sign annoum-- d m ail that "Hr. lledhiY.i lived wiililu. tic wan in ilia office whi n Itndr.cy Kirke emeriti, ,n.l cose at once to give him a most cordial greeting. "Yon give me courage for askiug a favor, the young uuiii hhiu, gratefully. "Old friend have not cared to av me of late. Anything I ian do for you Is done. said iIih doctor, cordially. "I think, Itoduc), your old friend do mu understand, as i in. imw foully you Iwm-lit-cwronged. Know lug cvcm I biny,-j I have excited till my Inlluetice witu j .'iu uncle in your favor, lur mi far ill j .aiu. Now tell me, what cun i do lor oti?" 'liiM-iiir- . I am siarviur! I will not 1 can mu j l"lt. work without some experience. lull tliere i i, tie. lUSiifon i lit for. Long naiiiing. he said, ; bitterly, "ha mule .m a goo.l Will you give me a nurse's nurse.' li.ai-ami a mir-m'waxes in tie L Hiidiieuly such bitter 1 until he where a i!n e self-suppo- rt, I i J s is'iiul? You?" tin doctor cried, and then to move Risliiey fr.un 'his reso- It'll u j ." He was content, therefore, to let his life narrow to the limits his unde dictated, until, about two years before the date when this siory opens, Mr. Kirke Leing ordered to the seaside, there met Mrs. Olney, a widow with one son very nearly Rodney's age. Issiklng lack, it was ail like a whirling dream to the young man to recall how the handsome widow took iKissessioit of liis uncle, flattered him. petted him, coaxed hlui and married him. The return to Femdale, James Klrke's home, was a wedding trip, and from that hour every effort was made ly the bride to thrust Rodney out of his place in hi uncle's heart and home. Misrepresentations ware made at first in vain; afterward with more effect. Keeping him out of hi3 uncle's Toom, Mrs. Kirke made the old gentleman believe his absence was from voAt lust a tangible luntary neglect. cause of complaint was found, when Rodney, lonely and miserable, fell In love with Bella Green, whose father-hor-ror of horrors! kept a small drinking saloon, and whose mother was vulgarity personified. The girl herself had been educated in a good seminary, and came home to find all her surroundings revolting to a delicate, sensitive nature, refined by study and associations with companions above her In the social scale. She was wonderfully pretty, considering what her parents were, and Rodney's deepest sympathies were roused by her miserable home life. That he met her in the shady lanes and woods was from no desire for concealment, but simply because her home was so noisy. and vulgar that there was no place for quiet or conversation. The story of tills low association' was so told to James Kirke that he was furious with anger, and this, added to the other sins attributed to Rodney, so roused him that the young man Bad put before blm the choice of giving up his love at once and forever or leaving his home. All the chivalry of a sensitive heart, which a life of seclusion had made still more romantic, wbb aroused, and Rodney rcfused ohedience to his uncle for the first time. And so, nnder the great tree in Sam Green's garden, he was taking leave of the girl for whose sake he was leaving luxury and hope, to face a world whose bitterness he had never tasted. You will bn true to me, Bella? he said, as he pressed a final kiss upon d face. her I will wait for you If it Is for twenty years. she said, clinging to him. And, keeping that promise for comfort, Rodney Kirke left Femdale to try , a large to find employment In L manufacturing (own ten miles distant, where his uncle owned property. And every face that had smiled upon him for years was turned away; every door that had opened to him waa closed. His uncle's Influence, wielded by his wife, kept him from even the lowest position, and he suffered from positive hunger more than once In the first three months of his exile. The bitter regrets for the easy obedience to his uncle which liad made hlin neglect all .preparation for a life of and there came a were unavailing, winter night when he stood In the streets, homeless and penniless and battling the temptation to defy even Ala Creator by suicide. tear-staine- 'ry ! lution. offering him niMir'.uiitiiea to tluiiy medicine, loans of the lrmt friemls'iip in cl suglint Rodney wus lirni. gest. lie must earn the bread lie ate. though he thankfully aecepted the doi'iur's proposition to make tin posit ion a stepping stone for the study of medicine and surgery, li were tar loo long a story to record all 1n- trials of (lie myt two j year. Fuiilifiil in the discharge of every (liny, the nurse found time for study under III. Mcdlowe's adv ice. and put In every dollar mil needed for ac- tunl existence toward the expense of a medical education. llu was nuincd himself at the enthusiasm his study roil seil, ami the dorl'ir encouraged him warmly, seeing clearly imw he would Is fitted for ills profession. Uni, over the new hopes tliere lititig a heavy cloud. Six months after he left I'erit-dalhit letters to llolln remained unanswered so long iliat hu went to seek her, to find the store in new hand and the family gone. Shocked, anxious and liewiidered aa he waa, he did not lose hi faith. When be could offer her a home lie would seek Bella and find her true to him. News from home came to him from Hr. Hedlowe. He waa kept Informed of the rapid changes the first that Ralph Olney had taken hia place In his uncles affections and was a most devoted stepson. Later, Mrs. Kirke died, but Rodney's letters to Ills uncle ni;ii!ey--ni:y-llui- ig j 1 - i j j 1 .L - ! i i ! j eak to me! My hus"Oil, liaipi., band. my dear husband! And the weeping wife was Bella. Wilt It slrriiige that Rodney Kirke uxkt'd lilmxelt if be was In a dream Mime hideous nightmare pressing ids bruin? He innvd to lesvs them logctlirr, but Bella caught his hand, uud in broken, sobbing sentences implored him M forgive her-- - to be kind to Ralph and save hi life fur her sake and her child. It was pitiful to see her. lu hear ihe story of the well of deceit woven about Jaine Kirke. wliu was Ignoraiii of the marriage of Ills But at Iasi, when ike night siepMin. hiidows wen falling, Jhjdney Kirke to try wn free to collect his thought io make iuiiiii inherent story in his brain. Hi love betrayed, he felt with a strange wonder no pain in tin fact. The contempt for ihe deceit that hud left him so easily and tnken I lie new heir in Ids place had struck his love dead. Even anger was withered by the scorn he felt. nut there opened before his mind :ii nine the mwer of revenue In his hands. Ills rival's lilc depended on ills skill and Ills iulieritiipci upon hi science. Ili uncle had written to him that this man would lie hi heir; prolmhly lie had long before made bis will and curried out his lineal. Yel. if he died, Rodney was his heir at law, and Bella's falsehood removed the only cause of dlfferem-between himself and his un- um . When I die thi wlioie jiroiieriy will he yours, and you inusi care for ii and control it. It will never lie necessary for you to undertake any oiln-bust-fleas- -- : mne. r bn e, He graduated from the Naval academy In lStiti, was commissioned ensign in NA3I El) FOIt ISIIA VfiMEX 1870. Tki TurtMulu lluala Uni. SI ikrt, A mm till Wh Md Talbot Mrfc.v toraurr Wu Nauust In Honor of Ld iho Up-par-- ala uotha ('urrau Fort in 11. (Danville (Ky.) letter.', UK recent order naming the United t'u Stales torpedo laiat Nu. 15 the John Talbot, arol calling torjieib) boat No. IV after I ugh W. McKee, commemorative of the bnvery of Lieutenants Tal.md bot McKee, was In imignilion of deeds of heroism iunuirpaMed, in one (use at leuMt, in the history of the navy, anil recalled atts which never received lint public attention whi"h lioih of them deserved. Lieiiieuant McKee waa a son of the gallant William It. McKee, who fell wllh Harry Clay at the 1 utile of Buena Vista. The deed which made his name uu honored one was in binding the desperate assault on the Korean forts lu 1S71. John Talbot, who was the iriend, classmate and discle. tant kinsman o! McKee, pcri!il under Days passed, and as if lie had been the most dramatic circumstances, after ills treasured friend, Rodney Kirke a successful attempt to save Ihe lives nursed Ralph Olney buck to life. He cf hia comrades, having volunteered to had fought luick all selfish considera- make un ocean journey of fifteen huntheir tion. and Mt the results to the future. dred miles In an open Imal for 1870, of f. On 2(Uh October, the relit His duty wits to nurse his patient Sagithe States United lie exceeded faithfully, constantly, and near Ocean Island, In his duty, only leaving him where Bella naw waa wrecked all of her ofllcers and Pacific the ocean, was allowed to sit lieside him. A deep and unim on barren men its ami east pii for the woman lie had loved filled liallted was Island Ocean shores. Ills heart. It was evident that her IIIFrancisco San nhout midway belvoer fidelity was tlie yielding of a weak na- and Yokohnni.v, intirely cut of the ture to a sliung one, and ilmi she track of navigation, and fulfeared tier husband a much as she customary mill from the nearhundred fifieen ly reloved him. When consciousness est civilised port. The crew of the turned io the iuvalid it leeanie evident Saginaw was Therefore in a terrible that the mind wa seriously impaired, plight. Only a wanty store of proviand a gentleness, evidently new to her, sions had been saved from the wreckgreeted Bellas timid ministrations. age, Ihe sand bank yielded nothing that Dr. lJcdlowe. watching all, urged up- was nourishing, and the chance of the on Rodney the duty of seeking recon- crew being saved by a piresing craft ciliation with his uncle, bill the young was about as remote as the possibility man absolutely refused to make any of the Pacific returning tne wrecked advances. ship intact A call was made for volYou say you have told him of Ralph unteers to undertake a voyage of fifOluey's marriage, he told Ills old teen hundred miles In a small boat friend, and if he wants me he must tho captain's glg--to procure relief before the men conld perish from starvasend for me. was obstinate, tion and exposure. Lieutenant Talbot But the invalid, too, aiul while Ralph was still In the hos- and five seamen volunteered to make ss tnmr pital James Kirke was found dead in the Journey, with Honolulu men and the Talbot followed point. objective disease his bed heart having meawith their him nnder trip began a train of other ailments. his gre provisions, some of them a ready The will that made his step-so- n and practically heir was found, and, with a bitterness considerable damaged water and a fresh Insnfllcleut, useless, like death, Rodney pne morning assiststove. After having oil small cooking for lost the ed In dressing his patient been five days cut, the little company time, and saw him drive away, with encountered storms and lost all means hla wife and baby boy, to take posses of procuring light or fire. Then com sion of the home he had regarded as meuced many dajs of suffering from his own for the greater part of his life. and want of food which was exposure alTen years later Dr. Kirke, a man not sickening. Lieutenant positively ready known In his profession, was sit- Tlbott fell ill, and remained so, and ting la his office alone, when hla old then, to add to the horrors of the sitfriend, Dr. Bedlowe, came In, his face uation, one of the seamen became Infull of pleasure. sane. Thus tne gig and Its heroic At last! he said. At last, I may crew drifted for thirty-on- e days, Tal-ncongratulate you. But I must tell my at times almost exhausted, but alstory first. Before your undo died, ways courageous and cheerful, keeping Roduey, he gave me his solemn prom- tip the hopes of his comrades and navise to right the wrong he had done you. igating the little craft In an intelligent Ralph Olney was not a poor man, hav' manner. Finnlly the boat, leaky and lng inherited a fair income from his dangerous, with Talbot and two of the father, but he was grasping, selfish and men extremely ill and another Insane deceitful until the accident that threw but harmless to a pitiable degree, sighthim into your care, and that left him ed tbe coast of Kauai, on of the Hacrippled and imbecile. When your un- waiian group. It was here that Talbot cle died I thought the will that he had met hla death. The boat got Into shoal promised to make in your favor was water and was rapBlzed. and every man one of the unaccomplished acts dying save one, Talbot included, was washed men so often leave until too late. But Into tlie sea. Before the I mat was Mrs. Olney came righted Talbot, heavily clothed and only to my ofllce with the will, which she much exhausted, made a desperate effound a week ago, quite by accident fort to save himself, but a breaker carHe sank without a Rodney, you must pity and forgive her. ried blm away. the sole survivor, One Halford, n face I have never cry. Such a and was washed the to boat, clung in lie little graves, seen. Five children hi story, and In a and her husband Is only a wearing ashore. He told vessel was on Its way to source of grief and rare. In this last short time a to rescuo the shipwrecked Island Ocean all removed their perweek she has was anerwann seamen. Talbots body sonal possessions from Ferndale, and beach and given a tempoon the found she asks of you only that you will not burial. Later it was brought to reek to find her in her new home or to rary tliank her.- She was fearful that pride or some mistaken chivalry might lead you to refuse what she called her atonement, and so brought the will to me. Your old home awaits you! May you be very happy there!" e man-of-w- ar - ot ' "RUN OVER. were returned, and he was Informed a curt note that Ralph Olney would be his uncle's heir, as he was his devoted son. Your uncle is completely under that young mans control, Dr. Bedlowe sad, "and the mention of your name excites him to a perfect fury of rage. Trust me to do all I can for you! And having already given up all hope of reconciliation, Rodney only Btudled more diligently, and gave more faithful attention to every opimrtunlty to advance his practical knowledge. Ho was In his own room, a tiny cell of a place at the end of hla ward, bus-le- d with preparations for the day, when a stroke upon the bell over his head warned him that an accident case waB on the way to his care. Instantly he was on the alert, and moved to the vacant bed that must receive the new patient. Cool, but tender for all suffering, he helped to lift the Injured man from the stretcher to the bed, but his very heart seemed to cease Its beating as Ills eyes fell upon the pallid face of Ralph Olney. Run over! the men said who had carried him. Aint moved nor spoke since" we picked him up. Not dead, is he? No! He was not dead, but frightfully injured, and the doctors who clustered about the bed shook their heads ominously. It was strongly impressed upon Rodney that the life of the patient liung upon a thread, the strands of which were largely composed of Ills watchfulness and strict obedience to orders, and then he was left to watch. Under Providence he held In his hands the life of his enemy of the man who had supplanted blm, maligned him, injured him In every way. He had thought the worst shock was over, until, an hour later, one of the physicians not Dr. Bedlowe entered the room, followed by a shrieking, sobbing 'woman, who sank upon her knees beside the patient, whispering: In master in 18C9 and lieutenant In He was 26 years old at ths time of Ills death. The death of Lieut, Hugh McKee, also historic in naval circles, which 1 now recalled by the naming of tha toriiedo boat In his honor, while not as tragie in some respects as that of bis friend and classmate, was as desperate and as courageous as that of bis father when be fell at the head of his regiment in Mexico. Lieut. McKee was killed in July, 1871, while leading a vicious assault on the citadel, now known as Fort McKee, on Kang lioa island, Corea. He waa then the same ago as Talbot 26 of fine physique, heroic features and splenHe had been carefully did courage. educated and had visited the Euro-Ma- n courts in company with Admiral Fnrragut. The citadel was located upon an eminence and tbe fighting between Its inmates and the marines had been incessant for some hours. There was no artillery with In It, but the enemy fought wllh reckless courage, ini.uuting the wall and discharging their weapons rapidly, while the marines from thalr resting places picked the Coreaus off with great precision. Finally the order to storm the fort waa glteii, and the assult began with McKee ip the lead. The occupants of the fort fired uiarn the approaching men as fast as they could, but without checking their rapid advance, and aa the Americans rushed up the hill tha Coreans mounted the parapet and cant stones upon the men below. McKea wus the first to mount the top of tbe enclosure, and no sooner did be reach 18GK, HOW THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZED DEEDS OF HEROISM. to-da- to-da- y, y, heart-broke- - (load Knough for thn Frlcn. Mrs. Goregular (to lady friend): was very much disappointed with the sermon very. Little Willie (who hat had bis eye on the plate): Yes, mater, but what can you expect for a pennj -Tit- -Bits. tlnal tho Thing. I don't kuow what to Lea (sadly) do with that boy of mine. He's been LIEUTENANT M'KHE. two years at the medical college am Interred. A modstill keeps at tbe foot of hla class. Danville and finally few a In tells words, the story est stone Make a chiropoPerrins (promptly) heroism. of his dist of him. Lieut. Talbot was a aon of John Talbot of Danville, and a nephew of In the Counting Room. Albert Gallatin Talbot, for several Spllkins seems like a nice, quiet fel terms tbe congressman from the Danlow. Spllkins? That man's a regular ville district. Lieut. Talbot was a dictator. "To his wife? No, to hia man of remarkably handsome personCleveland Plain al appearance and won great favor In Dealt typewriter. the navy. Ills rNl. Tit-Bit- s. LIEUT. TALBOT, the snmmit than he became surrounded by a bowling, savage band of They expected uo quarter from the invaders and gave none. McKee, although quickly followed by many of his men, was for a moment enwith a dozen gaged, and then succumbed In the face of overwhelming odds, pierced by both spear and bullet. McKees death but redoubled the fury of the Americana assault, anil many a Curran paid the penalty with his life. McKees body was returned to Kentucky snd burled In the cemetery at Lexington. la tho walls of the rhapel of the Naval academy at Annapolis there are six memorial tablets marking deeds of extraordinary heroism by Its graduates. Two of the six were Inserted to the memory of Lieutenants Talbot and McKee. Tills last recognition of their bravery will be applauded, not only by Kentuckians, but by all lovers of patriotic and courageous manhood. Co-roa- ns. single-hande- Core-- d, ana, I'lrlum In Kfhoulroam. Ornamentation lu the public schools is strongly recommended In the last annual report of the state board of edNo one, says tho report, Is ucation. so suspectible to influence as tha child, and there Is no place where's classical ornament or beautiful picture can have the same power for good as All of which la lu the ecboolroom. true. But as a rule, the schoolrooms have bare walls, where they ought to be hung with paintings, etchings and It is not proposed that engravings. those things should be paid out of the money raised by taxes. There are other ways of procuring ornamentation for the schools. People of means will tie found ready to contribute pictures to tbe schools, If their Interest Is enlisted In the matter, and money can bo raised by the teachers and school children by entertainments and otherwise. Recently one of the public schools in Newark obtained a highly prized painting by means of a voting contest. Teachers understand the value of esthetic surrouudlngs In the training of children and would be delighted to have the blank walls of the school room hidden by suggestive and pictures to appeal to the minds and hearts of their pupils. Newark Advertiser. ship. Makorow, of the Russian navy, has been studying the construction and use of powerful Icebreaking ships. At a recent meeting of the Imperial Geographical Society at St. Petersburg, he expressed his belief that with two surh ships, each of 10,000 acting together, u line of free water eommunicatlon could be kept open In winter to tho port of St. Petersburg and he aided that they could even fore their way through the glacial ocean If the thickness of the Ice did not exceed twelve feet. Vice-Admir- al horse-powe- r, |