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Show TEE LOVES of the LADY J i j I ARABELLA Br MOLLY ELLIOT ; SEAWELL u) lUiffliix, IMA SYNOPSIS. MublM-Marn- At years of aae Admiral Hlr Peirr Klrluinl lilvn. nejlirw, 1 In 14 llankalmwi Irll with lht love lirsl who ArnlH'IU Hlurinnnl, Imi. Tlis al ten lions. n orphan, aa slvn a lllli-on ill Ajax by liia Vernon, nrpliaw of Mir Tlimnaa Vermin, tiir boy pal. They sltemli-i- l a theater where llawkliawa nephew law laidy Arabella. Vernon met Iliilln Over-Inin line for Mir Tliunia Vermin' ne(They eatate. atarted a duel whleh hh Ina terrupted. Varimn, Overton and llxwk-ihawall rantniptiaw found themaehea . Arals-llaed by pretty The A lax III battle defeated French wnralilpa In tin: Mediterranean. Itlrliard iSlyn Kt I la waa ralhil Inline by frtaa iiioney. llawkahaw aa ha waa aUmt to blow In" hla earnlnka with Vernon. At a llawkahaw party Olyn waa a poor but that I Ally Arals-llRambler. II talked much with I urm-- l Ally lil Is-rl-li inu-le- . bei-siu- n, a per-alate- nt her alater liaphna. CHAPTER V a Continued. lufatuatUm for Iady Arabella continued; but 1 can not nay she ewr showed inn tbo least mark of favor. Hut that khe did to no 0110 except Overton, and 1 aoon knew whui everybody In the town knew, that ahe waa desperately siuitt.cn with him. and would have bento ved herself and her fortune upon him at any uiuinent. If he would but accept It. Aa for (Jllea Vernon, aha showed hlin what no other woman ever did a coolness at first, that deepened Into something like active hatred. Khe knew he stood between Overton and the heirship to the Vernon estates, and that was enough to make her dislike hint. She often re-marked upon his want of good looks, and aha waa the only woman I ever knew to do It. Yet Giles was unde, niably and, except a good figure, had nothing In hla person to recommend him I had thought that BrW!V YQMld. bare, ept piles from .paying court to a peison so Inimical to him; but pride waa the excuse he give for still pursuing her. He daclsred he had never, no, never, been flouted by a woman, and that laidy Arabella hould yet come at hla rail. Thla I believed at the time to be mere bravado. He waa enchanted by her, that was the truth, and could no more leave her than the moth can leave (he My - This only brought a sardonic rrln t tils countruanee. lie advanc'd, am was civilly, though not cordially, n reived by her grace. At that muuieni Giles approached and spoke to her and the change In the great ladys manner showed the favor In whlrli abi held him. Sir Thomas scowled upo: Giles, but bowed slightly; and G.h. returned the look by a steady glance and this stinging remark: "Good evening. Sir Thomas. Yut look very ill. W your health hs ate as I beard it waa two years ago? at this, aim A titter went aruutt-Giles moved off, smiling. Kir Thomas was unjiopiilar, there could be m doubt about that. JTesently Sir Thomas caught slghl of Lady Arabella, and. as usual, b was Instantly strurk by her exquisiti beauty. lie succeeded in being presented to her. and I noted that she re celv-- bint with affability. About midnight the company brokt up, and our party made a move to go but Lady Arabella announced that ah had been Invited by her grace ol Auchester to stay the night, and she wished to do so. Neither Kir I'eici nor Lady iiawksliaw perfectly ftp Arabella carried hei proved; but point, with the assistance of tin At the lust moment, liei duchess. grace a fine woman approached me. and aald. confidentially : "Mr. Wynne Olyn. I mean will you not remain, and share a game with a choice collection of players?' I waa flattered at being asked; and besldea, I wanted to see how thesi t Bitch ladles acted great play, so I accepted. Hut it was an other thing to get away from laid) llawkshaw. However, 1 managed tc. elude her. by giving a shilling to u footman, who shoved me Into a little closet, and then went and told lotdy Hawkshaw I had gone home in a coach with a gentleman who had lnsen taken 111, and bad left word for them to go without nie. ThU pacified her, and she and Kir I'eter and Daphne went away with the rrowd. There were left about 20 persons, who, after a little supiier, and general ezprea sions of relief at the departure of lh other guests, sat down to pluy, at one in the morning. Tlieru was a cabinet minister, also a ladltlcal parson, two peers of the realm, several officers of tho Guurds, Giles Vernon aud yout TROUBLE three-year-ol- candle. It Waa Lady Arabella's Satin Petti- coat. humble servant. The ladles were mostly old laidy Arabella waa tbe youngest of them all but all very great In rank. 1 had wanted to see Ismdon, ladles play and I snw them. Jack, with his greasy cards, In the foreeastle, laying hls month's wages, was a child to them. And how they watched one another, anti quarreled and fought! No one among them played so eagerly as Lady Arabella; and very badly, as usual, so that she managed to lose all her money. Kite was ever a bad player, with all hpr passion for pluy. Her last guinea went; and then, determined not to be bulked, she rose amt said, laughing: T have on a new white satin with luce that cost three guineas the yard. It la very fit for waistcoats. No gentleman will be so ungallant as to refuse my petticoat as a stake. petti-cou- Of course, they nil nppluuded; t. and laidy Arabella, retiring behind a screen, emerged with her satin petti how It shone and shimmered! In lier hand. And In five minutes she hml Inst It to Giles Vernon! eoal There was much laughter, hut Giles, gravely folding It up, laid it nslde; and when wo departed. In the gray light of dawn, he curried It off under bis arm. As for me. I had lost all the money I had wlih me. and had given my,I. O. T. for JC.100. Next day laidy Arabella was dropped lterkeley Square by her grace of Auchester. It was In the afternoon, and I was sit ling in the Chinese rerun with 1.8'ly Iiawksliaw and Daphne when laidv Arabella appeared. "Well. Dicky." she said a very ofhow fensive mode or addressing mo do you stand your losses nt play?" And. as I am a sinner, she plumped out tbe whole story of my play to Lad) llawkshaw and Daphne. As an officer and a gentleman. I seemed to retaliate by telling ef Hie white satin petticoat. Hut vengeance was at hand. Just as she had finished, when lotdy Hawk shaw was swelling with rage, like a toad, before opening her main hat 'erica on me, and Daphne's fair eyes were full of contempt for me. we heard a commotion outside. None of us could keep from going to the window, and the sight we saw threw laidy Arabella into a perfect tempest of angry tears. A fire and drum were advancing up he street, playing with great vigor the old tune known aa "Pettlcoala In 1 DISCOURAGED WOMEN. PALACE. ! d three-year-ol- ROYAL , 1 -- IN A Word of Hope for Despairing Ones. Tidings Borns by Amateur Actor Suf- - j Exficient to Load Hearers to Kidney trouble makes weak, weary, poet tho Worst. worn women. Backache, hip pains, headaches, nervousness, landizziness, The Shakespeare club of New Ormake women troubles guor, urinary leans used to give amateur theatrical untold suffer Ailing misery. kidneys s perforinaurt-- that were distinguished are the cauae. Cure-them- . for the lot's! prominence of the actors. Mrs. 8. D. ElOnce a social celebrity, with a gorX. Broadway, Lalison, geous costume, as one of the lords in Kid mar, Mo., says: waiting bad only four words to say: wore me trouble ney As he The queen baa swooned. down till I had to take stepped forward bia friends applauded to bed. I had terrible vociferously, flowing bia thanks, he pains in my body and faced the king and aald. In a limbs and tbe urine was swoon has voice: "The annoying and full of sedqueened. iment I got worse and There was a roar of laughter; but failed to doctors help. I was discourhe waited patiently, and made anDoan s Kidney Pills brought aged. other attempt: quick relief and a final cure and now 1 "The sween haa cooned. am In the best of health." Again the walls trembled and tbe Remember the name Doana. Sold which In a voice said stage manager all dealers. 50 cents a hot. by rnuld be beard all over the house: Co., Buffalo, N. Y. "Come off. you doggoned fool." Hut the ambitious amateur refused Ought to Be. to surrender, and in a rasping falIs the man you recommend to ua setto, as be was assisted off tbe stage, capable of good head work? he coon The has screamed: "Well, he's a barber " sweem-d.Success M agazine. Aik Your Druggist far Allan's Foot-Eas-.recentA PROPOSAL "I tried ALLKN'B FOOT-EAS- E ly, and have just bought another supply. It has cured my corns, and the hot, burning and lirhing sensation In my fret which was almost unbearable, and I would not lie without it now. Mr. W. J. Walker, Camden, X. J. Mold by all Druggist, Sc. high-pitche- d d " j : j Mr. Hardup Good morning. Miss There is some Aughtumn abein! thing I have been wishing to ask you for some time, but er the fact is, 1 haven't been able to screw up enough courage to er cotne to the point. Mias Aughtumn A proposal atlaat! Mr. Hardup Could you, my dear MIhs Aughtumn could you lend me five dollars ? j ; ; They Were Good Mothers. Elizabeth Cady Ktauton is quoted as saying that a woman's first duty is to develop all her powers aud possibilities. that she may better guide and serve the next generation. Mrs. Stanton raised seven uncommonly healthy and handsome children, says an admirer of hers, and the children of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe testify to the virtues of the noted woman as a mother. The eagle may be as good a mother aa tbe hen or the goose. Look at the Names. In 4 A. D. Fearaidhach-Flonfashtn- a was an Irish king, a "most just and good prince," who was slain by hla who was successor, Flachadh-Flon- , The Newer Way. Flnchadh-FlonohudMany ideas in regard to women treated to a similar fate by the prince with the white have entirely changed, and among the better and wiser changes is that cows," who died at the hands of "the old thought that the women who Irish plebeians of Connaught. was one of the were given to good works must needs be dowdy. It is undeniable that half dozen who died of natural causes, good" women used to wear dowdl-nes- s and Flalthheartagh was one of the as a sort of hall mark of vir- two to resign the monarch's scepter tue. Aa a matter of fact, duwdiness for the monk's cowl. New York is merely a mark of bad taste and a Press. sign of some lack in the mind. WomA Realist. en Hre no longer lacking in the wis"I am a great believer in realism," dom that chooses pretty rather than ugly clothing, and those who do not remarked the poet. "Yes? we queried with a rising inmake the best of their appearance are losing a golden opportunity of giving flection, thereby giving him tbe desired opening. pleasure. I sometimes carry my ideas of Your Salary. realism to a ridiculous extreme, conThe universe pays every man in hia tinued the poet. own coin; if you smile, it smiles upon "Indeed! - we exclaimed '' Inanely, you in return; If you frown, you will somewhat impatient to reach tbe point be frowned at; if you sing, you will of hia witticism. be Invited Into gay company; if you "Yes, continued the poet, the othei think, you will be entertained by day I wrote a sonnet to the gaa com thinkers; and if you lore tbe world pany and purposely made the meter and earnestly seek for the good that defective. Is therein, you will be surrounded by At this point we fainted. loving friends, and nature will pour into your lap the treasurea of the The Artless Boy. earth. Censure, eriticise and hate, and The boy bowed politely to the gr you will be censured, criticised and cor. hated by your fellow men. N. W. I understand, he said, "that you Zimmerman. want a boy, sir. Will you kindly look me over. A Financial Epigram. I only pay $3," said the grocer, ab11. II. Rogers, said a New York ruptly. men advised young oroker, "always I understood. said the boy, that to get hold of capital. He used to you paid four." them that out to without capipoint The grocer nodded. tal a man could do nothing, nolhing. 1 he said, until I did He used to pack this truth Into a very saw In pay four, the the other day that paper neat epigram. Millionaire hls buslnesi began Rogers " 'Fortune,' he used to say, can't on 3 a week. career man a door of who knock at the has The boy smiled. no house.' Rut I don't expect to be a millionI don't care to b aire, he said. Providential. Mother Why should we iimke Wil- rich I'd much rather be good. The grocer wag so much pleased lie a doctor when there are so many with thfs artless reply that he comnew doctors every year? Father Hut think of all the new promised with tbe boy for three and a half. aliments! h, hot-heade- d hard-featured- I saw much of Daphne In those days, chiefly because I could ace so little of Lady Arabella, who led a life of singular Independence, little restrained by the authority of Lady Ilawksliuw, and none at all by Sir I'eter. Daphne waa fond of books, and commonly went about with one under her arm. I, too. waa Inrllned to lie bookish; and so there was something In common between us. She was keener of wit than any one In that house; and I soon learned to take delight In her conver-aatlnn- . In laidy Arabellu'a absence. My love fur the Iauly Arabella was, I admit, the fond fancy of a boy; while (ilea Vernon's wus the mad infatuation of a man. Gllea waa much with naat that time; and I acknowledge I had great benefit from the spending of his prize money or, rather, I should say, much enjoyment. He Uhl It out right royally, asked the price of nothing, and, for the time he was In lamdun. footed It with the best of them. Ills lineage and his heirship to Sir Thomas Vernon gnve him entrance anywhere; aud his wit and rournge made his place secure. Shortly after we arrived, Sir Thnmas Vernon also arrived at his house In Grosvenor Square. We were bound to meet him, for Giles went much Into gay society, as I did. In the train of ljuly llawkahaw. The first time this occurred was a drum at her grace of Auchcster's where all of London was Kven Overton, who w;is assembled. rarely seen in drawing rooms, wus there. Giles, of course, was there; her gr.trn hud fallen In love with him. as women usually did. the first time she met him. I, was a great bouse for pluy; nnd when we arrived, we found tho who!-aul- te of splendid apartments on the lower floor prepared for rnrds. Thor was the usual crush nnd clamor of a fine London parry; nnd I. being young and unsophisticated, en Jny-It. os did Daphne. Names were bawh-out at the head of the stairs, but rnuld nut le distinguished over the roar of vain. 1 happened to be near Arabella the door, with Giles. being near by, when I heard the name of Sir Thomas Vernon shouted out, as he entered. He was a man of middle size, and was between 40 and SO years of age Ha might once have been handsome; but the ravages of an evil nature and a broken constitution were plainly visible In bis countenance. 1 observed that, as he stood, glancing about him before making bis devoirs to the durh ess of Auchester, no one spoke to him or seemed disposed to recognize him. !ajnse." Hehlnd them marched, with OFFICER CATCHES CHILD the deepest gravity, A couple of rua-- l rlnes. hearing aloft on their muskets FALLING FROM WINDOW a glittering shimmering thing that fluttered whltely in the air. It was laidy Arabella's satin petticoat; and, HORRIFIED MOTHER RUSHES halting before the dor, the drummer,: WILDLY FROM BUILDING TO wirh a great flout l.h, pounded the FIND HER CHILD SAFE. On the porter's responding, Aiiocker. he two marines handed the petticoat with ceremony to him, directing Philadelphia. Caught by Policeman i!m to convey it to the Lady Arabella Jackson of ihe Third aud Fairiuount Stormont, with the compliments of avenue police station as he fell from window of hla home IJeut. Giles Vernon of hls majestys me second-stor- y Walervice. This the man did, and was in Phillip street, ilmost torn to pieces by her for doing ter Smith la back again in hla mother's living room as sound as a dollar o, though In what way he bad I know ant to this day. It was and as happy as a hoy a trilling thing, and made laughter for 1:111 be. Walter waa in a fine good huinoi us ail (Including Lady llawkshaw), exhi mother had her hands full tryand Khe Aratiella. seemed to hats cept Giles with a more virulent hatred after ing to restrain young hopeful. For a single moment the mother's that, and tried very hard to indues laidy llawkshaw to forbid him ths house, which, however. Lady Hawk-.harefused to do. Neither Giles nor I had by any means forgotten our appointment to meet (!apt. Overton on the field of honor; and aa the lime approached for the meeting, Giles sent a very civil note to Overton, asking him to natns i gentleman who would sen me to ac range the preliminaries, for I would never have forgiven Giles had hs chosen any one clan. Overton r spomteil, naming our old first lleutcn- ant, Mr. Huston, who happened to be In larndon then, and was an aw quaint ance of hla. I believe Overton's object In asking Mr. liuxton to act fur him waa the hope that the affair might j be arranged; for from what I had: heard of the deeply religions turs Overton had taken, I concluded ths was somewhat against hls meeting -onscleni-e. Hut the Indignity of s Mow In the face to an officer could not j he easily wiped out without an e change of shots. My principal was much disgusted when Mr. Huxton was named. "I know how it will be, Dicky," hs You will sit like a great growled. gaby, with your mouth open, iiuagiw ng the tavern parlor to be the cockpit of the Ajax. Mr. Buxton will talk to you I11 hla quarter-dec- k voice, and you will be so frightened that yos will Agree to use blrdshot at 40 paci'i The Astonished Policeman Put Out provided Mr. Huxton proposes It." Hia Arms and Caught It. This I Indignantly denied, and iwors I would meet Mr. liuxton aa man to back waa turned. She heard a plensed man. Nevertheless, when we wera gurgle and turned to see what missitting at the table In Mr. Huston's chief he was Into. lodgings, I did very much as Giles had He had reached the open window predicted. I forgot several things that aud was leaning far out over the sill. I liad wished to say, and said several The mother screamed and the baby, things I wished I had forgotten. Mr. leaning farther out, lost hls balance Huxton did not let me forget, however, fell. The horrified woman rushed that he had been my first lieutenant, and sick with fright, sure she downstairs, and I was but a midshipman. Ils would pick up her sun crushed and called iny principal a jackdying. anapes before mjr very face, adding; Dut she had not reckoned with fate angrily: and Policeman Jackson. Hut for him I should have bees Jackson waa plodding along hla beat first on the Indomptable's di"k. To t the lucky moment. He did not see bM thla I Ynaile but a f refits' prated, the baby. He heard,' from somewhere and finally It waa arranged that the up In the air, a luaty crow. meeting should take plaee at a qtot He looked up and a white, fat very near Hlehmond, at eight o'clock, bundle ahot past hls nose and struck on the morning of June 29. him squarely on the shoulder. It When the date waa set, and the ait bounced half a foot, glanced off and rangeinenta made, I began to feel waa continuing on its way toward the very inueh frightened. Not so Giles. pavement when the astonished policeThere was to be a great ball at Al- man put out hla arms and caught it. in ark's on the night of the 28tb and Giles announced that he waa going. It waa a very special occasion for him, BABE HID IN ICE CREAM CAN. because the Trenchard, whom he still called the divine Kyi via. and professed Missing Several Hours, to admire as much as ever, was to go Is Found to Have Been that night. Khe was then the rage, Busy In Store. and had a carriage, diamonds, ind a fine establishment, yet I belle vs her. Galesburg, Mich. Mrs. Jonas Wilconduct to have been Irreproachable. She had lung been consumed with a der, living two miles from here, visdesire to go to Almnrk's, but sp to ited Galesburg, bringing with her a that time no actress had ever yet en- bright little son. a trifle more than old. The woman had conjoyed the privilege. It seemed gro- two years to do, and while tesque enough (lint a young midship- siderable trading was diverted the little attention her no more man, of consequence than fellow disappeared. Giles Vernon, should succeed in carryA thorough search of the surrounding thla through. Hut aurh was actualwaa made by the anxious parent ly the ease; and Giles acronipllshed it ings but without avail until and villagers, t! at he singular power by possessed, the child's location. revealed accident by which no woman could say him nay. He worked with much art upon The disappearance occurred near an store, whose proprietor, those great ladles, her grace of Audios! or and Lady tonynghani, and got having an order for three gallons of them pledged to It. Of course, the cream, but being short of receptacles, freezer In most violent opposition was devel- bad utilized a the to deliver which This had goods. but a who hail Giles, oped; perfect and when the knowledge of the feminine heart, man- been standing outside, for Its delivery a slight aged to Inspire these two ladles with time caine Inside attracted attention, rustling the wish to exercise their sovereignty over Almnrk's by doing what was and upon lifting the cover, there, never done before. Having led them comfortably seated in the Interior, Into the fight, they had no thought of was the lost child, hls face giving evithat he had been having a running iiwhv; and the rcsuli was In- dence time. busy numerable heartburnings and jealous-lea- . How tbe little one rame to be there and mean while a card for Lrs is ronjectural, but the fact of hls beTrenchard. ing seated upright, precluding the the'Til IIK fONTIXfKP.) ory of hls having fallen in, the idpa that some older child was HAT BROKE UP THE CONCERT. prevails back of the Joke. That the rhild felt no fear Is proved by the fart that, alRemarkable Headgear Responsible for though provided with no spoon or Spoiling Performance. other utensil, he had list'd hls chubby hands to such good purpose that the A s!m has reached this country of rreezer was empty of nearly all the a hat which spoiled au afmnicon pee cream. formani-at a siual! French playhouse. It apis-ar- s that In '.he absence of an orchestra a lady presided orer Twists Mouth Awry by Chewing Gum. Mason Oily. A young lady of the piano. She was iieplur young, whose parents demand that nor Greene, talented, and net wishing pretty 111 to pass uiinntii-ethe idea her name be withheld, is seriously f wearing a hat that would attract from the effecls ol chewing gum. t?ho Is a student in the high school and the attention of (he uudlemv. In this she was successful. The hat one of the most advanced pupils. A number of years ago she contractlooked like a good slrd umbrella covered with flowers, ribbons and birds. ed the habit of chewing gum. and she .s the lady took her sen, the surprise Is a slave to it as much as U the old It caused hushed the audience Into smoker to hls pipe. A few days ago alienee; when, however, the pianist she noticed a peculiar twitching on struck the first nous and the (lowers, the left side of her mouth. It grew ribbons and bit da began a mad dance, worse as the day advanced and finally mouth waa drawn out of shape he storm broke loose a:id the laughter the a nnd physician waa summoned. He at last grew so that the curtain the trouble paralysis of was lowered to give the spectators an pronounced to mastication. due mouth of the . opportunity regaining their compos-firethe mouth will nev-r- r fear never Physicians They regained It, the perassume former shape, and that an formance was spoiled and the authors are suing the director for damns-.- aperatlon will be necessary In order to prevent deformity. Millinery Trade Review. 1 Ice-crea- m n Ready Cooked. The crisp, brown flakes of Post I Toasties c com-iev.-- ic 1 Come to the breakfast table right, and exactly right from the package no bother; no delay. They h.ic hotly too; these Post Toasties are lirni enougn to give you a delicious substantial mouthful before they melt away. The Taste Lingers. Sold by Grocers Made by POSTUM CEREAL CO., LIMITED. BATTLE CREEK, niCHIQAN. |
