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Show u Tou knew of my love, and still Jier a soon a possible after THE MILL ilYSTEUY, father lIT my hid disappeared mysteriously,' whit .had becoinepL him. and why he had never t returned to hi loving wife and only son, ai the mystery and goealp of our Uttle village for year. In the It wa spring when he left oa In the aprlng when the river roared past our home, awollen by rain and melting anow. I wa four year old that spring, and I might have forgotten how he looked had not mother kept hi face freah In my memory by frequently strayrtrrgmw Ms pleta1. . the"Once, a we were looking throjigh album, 1 remember that I atopped her handat the picture of a some man. with a dark, drooping mustache, and steady, almost deadly, eyes. I asked. "Who U that, mother he reI fancied she shivered a bit plied. "That la my cousin Elbert. Uke your father, he disappeared rather mysteriously or, ' more correctly, he went away aome time before your father disappearance, and he ha never returned. What ha become of him I do d, r 'ti- - wot know. "1 do not like him, I declared. He baa a bad face, mother. 1 hope he will not come back at atl. Until the day of my vision until ahe heard the story from my lip my mother firmly believed fther would he kim day return and eaplatn whyI saw had deserted us thus But what la the old mill crushed the last hops from her breast. For year the mill had not been In use; It was abandoned even before fhe A atrange departure of my father. spring freshet had swept away the dam, and no attempt was ever made to rebuild It. The mill wa fast falling Into decay, Something about the old mill fascinated me, and I used to play there a great deal, for all that mother did not like it, and often told me to keep nway. A you-rmrrlf- left!" "1 fall to see In what way I was falw. We were nevel particular friends. Had you remained. I should have won her If 1 eould.' "Tou should not have possessed her1' shouted the ilarkly ha nil so me man. his features working with passion. "By the eternal skies! I would have killed you first!" My father laughed aloud, and that the other Into a laugh seemed fiend, for he snarled: I II kill you now!" Then they grappled, and before my staring eyes a terrible battle took, place I watched them straining, swaying staggering, panting, fighting on and on. I would have flown to my father aid, but aomethlng held me chained and was I could Bee It all, but ailent c powerless to InUrfara. At length t caught a glimpse of something bright something that glittered fit a deadly way. It was a knife, and It was grasped by the hand of my father's antagonist. For one brief moment the blade was bright and glittering Then It rose and fell and when It rose again it was dripping darkly. A great groan broke from the lips of my father, and he aunk limply In the arm of hla slayer, who lowered him to floor. I saw my the eawdust-covere- d father's llpa move, and I heard him faintly murmur: "You have killed me. Elbert'" Then he lay white and motionless, tain spreading and with the dark spreading about him. For some momenta the victor stood over his victim, his shaking hand clutching the terrible knife, hie deadly eye now full of horror. At last he sprang away to the square hole In the floors and down into the eurglng water far below he fiercely flung the bloody -- n X -- blade. For a moment he seemed ready to fly from the mill, but he did not just then. my back to wher Slowly he cam father lay, stooping to peer Into hi pale face. "Ye, he I dead!" were the word came hoaraely from the murderer Then with a sudden Impulse QUIET WEDDING. that lip. he clutched the body and dragged It to (be gidewslk Is Iks Mae blue Eta so, Mosie A quadrille In the middle of th street by young society people and in broad and da) light wa one of several-trove- ) oaesis Deuce BICYCLES. FOLDING- 1 A CANOE wa ea DOUBLE UP SO AS TO OCCUPY HALF SPACE. amusing feature attending a south side fs.ler In Carry or Btor It wedding reception recently. Miss Clara Will VI Icon It, Too, far Middleton and Collin F. HuntAgn It Can Bs' Iluug Ip on Peg la tha ington were married at noon yesterday In rtt John's Church, Vincennes avenue naU, street. After the and Thirty-seventceremony forty or fifty Intimate frtenda were invited to the home of the brides ICYCLE INVENT , Mr and Mrs. Thomas Middle-topan-ntscome thick and ers h HO to reThlrty-slxtat a street, American infast. well The bride known In ception ventive genius apsouth side society and musical circle and has often a pea red as soprano In parently has concentrated upon the operas presented by the Carleton Club, of which the groom Is a member. Ns wheel. Every s.Hiner had the bride and groom left th week some invenI eceptl in TiWlci 7,10 " prepare- for their tor cometvjoraard wedding journey than a street plans With some new de-t- o carted on a low express wagon, and make cycling easdriven by a woman with a gayly colored shawl over her shoulders, drove past the ier' or safer or faster or to make a house. Hailing the driver, who waa acwheel lighter. In France, however, the companied by a man who might be her inventors are experimenting with petrenClub boy husband, the Carleton oleum-driven blcyclettes. Why pegaged their aervlce for an hour. Re-ltlons such as "Daisy Bell" and "The troleum Is better than the human leg. Sidewalks of New York were given. and why the machine should be dubbed Then the best man decided that the cirblryclette are questions only a plausrus was a trifle slow, and, booating a ible Frenchman can answer. The pepretty young woman In a pink dress troleum blcycletu participated in the sleeve upon th and a pair of recent road race between Paris and seat, ordered the chief operator of the Bordeaux. It gave a good account of outfit to run alongside of the machine and turn the crank, while he drove up Itself. A folding bicycle is the newest novand down the street After making the circle three or four time the queer comelty in the sleet steed line. By a bination drove to the front of th bout simple and ingenious arrangement the again, the "head guy" of the organ waa connecting rods of the frame may be again subsidised, and then a quadrille folded until the machine la reduced to wag organised tn the middle of the street. Here, to the Inspiring strains of the size of one wheel, as shown in the illustration. "Sweet Marie, ground out by the travThe inventor claims for the folding eling professor, four pretty girl In their prettiest gown and four young society bicycle the possibility of storing it lu men. adorned In all the raiment necesones room, the ease with which it may church wedding a sucsary to make a old-tlbe carried up or down stairs or hoisted The an quadrille. cess, tripped the until was pretty gowns in dumbwaiters or elevators. It can fun kept up of the girls and the Immaculate linen of be readily doubled up for carrying on the shoulder up and down bad roads. the young men began to wear a wearied look. The music wae continued until Such a bicycle can be readily placed the bridal couple drove away tn a carin a carriage or othpr vehicle for riage neatly draped In white ribbons and adorned with a coat of arms hanging to the rear axle In the form of a much-wor- n shoe. and generous-slxe- d ar h n. 1 et ten-ac- STOREHOUSE re OR HUSBANDS. Host on Is to Have O.n Managed Rellaed ft blow Lady. Ladle leaving the city for the by a sum- mer have keenly felt the need of a place where they could, as it were, store their husbands. Now cornea a refined widow lady who can give and will require th highest references, who offers for a consideration to lodge and board respectable husbands, look after their linen, 111. Everygive them a mother's care if thing will be done to amuse and Inter-e- sj them while under her care, while at the same time discipline will be maintained and no latchkeys will be allowed. Wives need have no apprehension on that score. Ther wilt positively, says the prospectus, be no funny A look, a word, will. It is business. thought, be enough to quiet, and, if need be. break the spirit of the proudest end most bullying of husbands Hundreds of certificates as to refined widow lady's skill In handling desperate cases can be had. Money refunded tn case of dissatisfaction. Boston Herald. Distribution of Fishes, singular fact la connection wit) distribution of fUhea is that no streami flowing northward Into Lake Erie from Ohio have brook trout in them naturally, and only one has them artiflctally. All of the Michigan streams emptying into Lake Erie have trou( in them. There are two St. JosephRlvrs In Michigan, one entirely In the State and the other having Its head waters there. The two streams rise in the same hills, almost within a stone's throw of one another. One flows westward through the State and has an abundance of trout in Its upper waters. The other flows south Into Ohio, and its waters reach Lake Erie through connection with the Maumee River. There are no trout in it, and it is the only stream in Michigan that has no trout. This creek is the outlet to a vast spring or lake, Which nearly a century ago appeared in a single night. The trout the creek now contains are the result of artificial stocking, which was done a few years ago. t PARADE.. great square opening In the upper floor, and how 1 used to look down at th swirling water far re fell asleep, but sleep I event-lo1 sometime wondered If I were to fall, how long I would Hv after .striking the surface of (he water. Sometimes I would fall asleep In some nook or cranny of the old mill. I wa an odd boy, and I did not fenr th place, although It wa deserted and lonely, and more than one of the village folks had hinted that It was haunted. One day. In the springtime, when the swollen river rushed past the old mil! and lulled me with Its murmuring roar, 1 lay on the sawdust and fell to thinking about my father. 1 remembered Bow he had left u exactly seven year Ago that very day, and boy though I was, began to feel that mother hope of his Anal return was a vain and foolish 1 I one. 1 - know not how long J lay thinking did. ully 1 awoke with n start, great feeling of horror upon me. although 1 am urt 1 had not been dreaming, fl.tllng up, I was startled beyond measure to behold two men facing each other hut a short distance from me. On of them wa peklng excitedly, while the oilier listened, a scornful smile On Ms face, 1 could see th feature of both men ee them distinctly. A great cry rose 1 my lips, but aomethlng held It back, .and I stared and stared, t Ther could be no doubt one of the waa my own father th father Th who had left u year before. lapse of time had not teemed to change Mm in the least He looked Just the same aa he did In the photograph another showed me eo often. my mnthef I And the other tt wa cousin. 1 recognised th man with the deadly (eye, and now those eye seemed more .deadly than thcyjookrd in the picture 1 eo much disliked. He wa speaking fiercely, swiftly: j "So you married her almost as toon jas I went away and loft you together, Itorace! he cried, shaking a clinched Iflst In my father face, "You knew I loved her jou knew' I 1 knew he did not love you. Elbert," (returned my father, still smiling scorn-jfuH- j'j She feared ou. and she pr jgtad when you went away." j "What did t ever do to make her fear Lie? I loved her madly !" "It wa your love she feared." W me! "But you yOrwct fal n d, dark-muatach- th square hole. Down Into the water where th knife had been thrown went my father, and. with a wild cry, the assassin fled headlong from the old mill. I know not how I reached my home and told the story to mother, ljcan remember telling It tn broken manner, and I know ahe fainted then seeing her so white and still at my feet, I ran to a neighbor's for aid. When mother was restored she Insisted on going to the old mill with the party that had gathered. But nothing could Induce me to accompany them, They returned after some time, and I know th village phyetetan came and examined me cloeely, asking me many questions. He ended by writing a prescription for mo. No sign of A struggle had they found In th old mill: not one trace of blood floor. was ther on the aawdust-covere- d Some of th netghobrs Insisted I had some suggested dreamed tt all: "haunts;" some shook their heads soberly and said nothing. Many time my mother made pie tell the atory of what I had seen, and J know that from that day she gave up return all hope that father would-eve- r -- to us. What did I see? That question I cannot answer. It la possible I dreamed It all; but If so, I believe I dreamed how my father died seven years before that day. When I became older and dared visit th old milt again. I searched at low water In the pol beneath the mill, Mid from th sand I brought up a knife with th letter "E. D," earved on th handle, Th tnltlals were those of my mother's handsome, dark-face- d cousin, Elbert T)arcy. Sadden Popularity Unfortunate, Sudden popularity is one of the severest tests of character that can come to public, man. A little man is always th loser by being lifted tip. The only effect exaltation can have upon him is to shrink him, and make him took ridiculous. Saul, the aon of Kish, waa a Strapping big mule driver, but he made a very small king. Saul of Tarsus waa not large in stature, but he was a giant fof'Qod. where verb went. A man must be great in soul to stand the test of being lifted up. Exchange The I aoal i hokf. go to one of the theaters Jinks Let's Which do you Dinks All right. prefer a good company with a poor play, or a poor company with a good play? THINCS WE DIG FOR. the value of the precious stnns mined In thta country Bomevvh.it exceedIn 1884 BECOME A RUNNER. e, air-cel- ls cross-count- ry d, flat-foote- flat-foot- flat-foot- ed flower-wreath- ed As-th- e long-distan- CONCERNING A COIN. Lost for Twelve Yean and Then Straufely THE BICYCLE THAT FOLDS UP. Doubtless, also, the transportation. policeinan who has had an experience in leading the bicycle of a prisoner to wiTl' appreciate the the station-hous- e merits of a machine that can be folded up and carried under the arm, where it is powerless to work injury. The Inventor claims further that in Its folded shape the bicycle may be securely locked, but seems to forget that in its portable shape it presents an extraordlnay Inducement to the intending thief. folding bicycle is one of the things that, now that it has been invented, will cause people to wonder why it had not been thought of before. Dwellers in flats, however. where there are tenants given to storing their wheri in the lower hallway, will be Inclined to tend their personal thanks to the genius who has show n how the most unwieldy thing ever invented that Is, while in a state of repose may be made less qbtru.sive and lor, a dangerous. There is no reason why It shouldnt be hung up on a peg out of everybody way. The man who Invented the baby carriage which could be flattened out and jerked under the bed or stood against the wall behind a sofa worked a great benefaction. It was the best thing sine the Jointed fishing rod. Then a Brooklyn man Invented a piano which could be readily taken apart And carried up the narrow etairwave of an apartment house and then set up In a little room, lneead of being swung into an outside window, as a safe Is generally put Into an office building. Bui there are more bicycle) than there are either baby carriages or pianos in New York, so for the present the Inventor is entitled to a , of the folding bicycle seat on the right aide of the throne. darkness streaked with columns of light from the electric arcs above, the town, and from the lamps of a flotilla of yachts and other boats at anchor in the harbor, came silently stealing a long train of mysterious black craft into the tossing leashes of air, or wreathed from stem to stern with multicolored lanterns. Their destination was a dwelling situated upon the shore at some distance up the bay, where the performers in these mysteries of the expedition were expected to congregate at sup per-- . --For an hour the meanderings of the boats gave delight to many watchers upon the shore. At last, anfrom swering the signal of dance-musi- c the house, the cortege fell again into line, and proceeded to disembark upon a floating wharf lighted by Bengal fires and strung with colored lanterns. The boats, deserted by their crews, were then strung together by boatmen, and towed back to the starting point, the revelers electing to return by the blgli-es Arc-lad- ays. Able Swordsmen. Elephants arc completely disabled by blow from the Arab's two handed one ed 130.000. sword, which almost severs the hind Uennsylvanla produced In 1891 45.2S6,. leg, biting deep into tbe bone. This S93 Ion tons of anthracite coal, valued feat is varied by slashing off the at ITS, 943, 735. Th only country which exceeded th leaving it dangling only by a piece of United State tn eAnt output during the skin. A Ghoorka was seen by the late year 1891 was England. Laurence Oliphant to behead a buffalo The United States produced. In 18$9. with a single blow of his kookerle. And of amount th entire over of Sir Samuel Baker, a man powerful on Iron mined the globe. enough to wield during his African exEmeralds have been discovered In Arizona and. It la said, In North Caroploration the Baby," an elephant rifle lina. They are. however very smalt weighing twenty-tw- o pounds, once clove a wild boar with his hunting BETTER THOUCHTS. knife almost in halves as it was making a final rush, catching it Just behind Heat modesty Is never found on exhi. the Bhoalder, where the hide and brisbillon. tles are at least a span thick. No woman respects her husband very Sir Walter Scott rehues how the Earl r Luxury tn Atanksa much unless she citTfecl a little proud ' of strawhave Will AnguB.with hlsbugcsweeping brand, you Host of him. Alaskan challenged an opponent to fight, and at A million dollars In gold cannot buy a berries. mum? Mow chopped asunder. hi thigh hone hi ah for a hungry heart. Fair Tourist Dear me; strawberries a But killing him on the spot. There is a Most seekers after pleavur ujrffflly 'in Alaska! Yes. indeed I will. story current in Australia that Lieupay for a sailor,, and get only a pint. I that you are paring off them? advice what When you seo a man-taki-ng tenant Anderson, ill 1S52, during an encream. like look doesnt good naturedly you may put It down It counter with bushrangers, cut clean blubber, mum. Its Host Alaskan that he hag somebody picked out to the gun barrel of hla adversary with whom he ts going to give It. . hie. sword. And at Kassassln It is reI'nhNiniM The man with a purpie no, t,ig lated that one of Arabl Pashas soldiers as your fist, will tell you that an extrav. Emancipated Woman (1900) I want was severed la two during tbe midnose his wife to keeps the grind, a divorce. agvnt But, In the opinion of charge. Is matter? night the stone. Lawyer What la very Improbable, even this In experts, Three thing ruin a man to know litWoman looking Emancipated tle end talk much, to have little and to I find that b had the new, regulation sabre then been my husbands papers, apend much, end to be worth little sad over la use. London Globe, a small w. with Woman , pells presume much. one-four- th TO. Charming Festival Ultra by gammer Ob if th Most Healthful Visiters at Har Harbor. - Boy Caa Tak In Turning from Lenox and its environs Running la one of the best of exerto the far northeasterly end of our Atcises for the whole body. It rounds out we find on the rocky lantic coast-linA hollow chest, drives the oxygen into shores of Mount Desert pew and elabof the Lungs, wonthe farthest orate examples of the rural festival, derfully Increases their capacity, (and writes Mrs. Burton Harrison.'' Long develops the leg, thigh, stomach, And year ago,, before that rare and charm- waist muscles. But It must be learned ing isle had been formally adopted as Just as skating, swimming, and bicythe chosen resort-- of summer pilgrims cling have to be learned, and there are from all parts of the continent, athtwo things that mnat be kept in mind letic contests, foot races, and canoe-race- s by the learner. The first is whether among the Paasamaquoddy In- in sprinting, distance, or dians were known to Bar Harbor. By running to run entirely on tbe ball of the descendants of those Indiana was the foot, or, as they say on the track, aroused the interest in canoeing shown Get up on your toes!" By striking on the ball of the foot, which is a sort of by visitors of recent times, which resulted Jo the formation of the Caoe natural spring-boarthe runner takes of a longer stride, and the springTEithf Club, eow cumbering hundred members. The first public parade of gets enables him to lift his foot more the club was arranged in honor of an rapidly and repeat the atride more d. expected visit from Matthew Arnold, quickly than the runner who goes As length and rapidity of who, in discussing his anticipated expedition to the Eden of the Sea, had stride are what give speed In running, runner can expressed a hope that he might there it follows that a And some spectacle possessing the true never be a fast one. Another reason local color which he had failed to dis- against pounding away is cover elsewhere in America. Mar- that the delicate mechanism of the anshaled in line, with bows towsrds the kle, knee, and hip Is jarred and may south, upon a fortunately glassy stretch in time be injured. Tbe second point of Frenchmans Bay, near the westerly for a runner to observe is his method of breathing. Breathe through both th point of Bar Island, gathered a numcanoes to pernose and mouth. Nearly every boy ber of when he first begins to run has th inform a series of maneuvers as dexterous in execution as ingenious in the sane idea that all the breathing must planning. The canoe parade, repeated be done through the nose. There was the following year, was followed in an- never a greater mistake. When a boy other season byqn Illuminated fete. To runs his heart beata much faster than this midsummer nights dream Nature it does ordinarily, and pumps out Just lent herself in all graciousness. The so much more blood. All this must be aerated or purified by air from the sun had set upon a sea of opal. moon rose, and the tide flooded the bar, lungs. The oppression that one feels people living along the shore on each when beginning to run is due to th side of the Eden road aat tn their verlungs demanding more air for the exanda to wait for the coming of the tra quantity of blood which the heart la boats, in an atmosphere as soft and sending out. Nature has looked out caressing as that of a June night in for this and provided a way by which at air can be furnished to the lungs very Venice. From the starting-plac- e the chief landing of the village, out of rapidly. It is a very simple way, and" consists of merely opening the mouth. Breathe, then, through the nose in ordinary life as much as possible, but when you are running or exercising violently open the mouth, and take in air in deep, rapid breaths, not gulping it in through the mouth alone, but let- ting the mouth and nose have ea9h their share. Take as long a stride as possible, but without overbalancing the body. Bend the body slightly from the hips; for If tt be held loo erect the stride will be shortened. Let the bent arms swing easily and naturally a little above the level of the hips, swinging out and back with every stride. This keeps the muscles loose, prevents them from becoming tired so easily as they would if held rigid, and balances the body better. Take especial pains to keep the body from being stiff; let it swing as easily and llthely as possible. In sprinting the stride is shorter and runmore rapid than in ning, and a sprinter usually runs with body thrown farther back, in quite different form from the long, easy lope of the distance runner. St. Nicholas. A I remember th HOW , ) I Returned Several days ago A. N. Moyer, receiving teller of the Wyandotte National Bank, of Kansas City, Kan., found among his day's receipts a quarter of a dollar bearing the name of to'M. W. La Rue, Louisville, Ky gether with some heiroglyphlcs, the individual marks of a Royal Arch Mason, says the Kansas City Star. He thought that the coin was undoubtedly a highly prized pocket piece, and h directed a postal card to M. W. La Rue, Louisville, in the hope of finding the owner. He had almost forgotten the matter when he received a letter from Mr. La Rue, who had removed from Louisville to Cincinnati, and afterward to WInton Place, Ohio, of Which village he is now mayor. He said that he had lost the pocket piece twelve years ago, and expressed himself very anxiously to get it back, saying he would gladly pay for the coin and for' Mr. Moyers trouble. Mr. Moyer sent it by registered letter to Mayor La Rue, and Friday ha received a letter from him acknowledging the receipt and inclosing 3S cents, which, he said, was to pay expenses, 25 cents for the quarter, 1 cent for postal card and 10 cents for the registry atamp. He added; The wanderings of my little mark may never be known, but I hope all it erranda were those of beneficence. I grudge nothing of its performances, though, like many other wandering loved ones. Its absence has been a source of many surmises, regrets, apprehensions and now and then a hitter pang of genuine grief, as ita place could never be filled except upon order of anthoritie not easy of access or always placable. Ita possession entitles me to Masolc burial; to relief from pressing temporary want and guarantees other privileges. Immunities, etc., that would be out the power of hundreds and hundreds of coins of like weight to procure." . Aa Awful Leap from a Railway Trala. One more unfortunate humaa being, "rashly Importunate, came to a miserable and dreadful end off the Virginia Central and Ohio Railroad by leaping Lead foremost cut of the window of the car In which he was seated, while the , train waa going at the rate of 30 miles an hour over a viaduct or stone bridge across a precipitous mountain gorge, at the foot of which rushes a torrent of turbid water. The mans body wss dashed violently into the middle of the current, which swept him rapidly out of sight, so that, when t those who witnessed the occurrence had ( stopped the train, no vestige of hliff I wss to be seen. j 'f&a |