CAPE MAY CITY■ TI[URSI)AV MORNING. JULY I, 1897.

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STOCKTON HOTEL HE FINEST SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE WORE

. HOTEL IN THE WORLD

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built ol brick. wiitd with «Ycrj Injly fitted : the

CAPE MAY, H. JT.

» bluff, with a elesr outlook orer the Ocoad, tud pre

irsUrator, •

It And coDTeulruce. The room. Are Airy, ooaj : A*d Acrrloe uncxoclled. And there U a IotaIj-aIiac -trie belli, firet-clAAt laundry, (Ire^acApeA, And t

.. , a j for 800 Gueata. Congroa, Hall ha* born recently . tad, repainted and put In excellent condition. The aanltarr arrxngementa

ha moat approved pattern and are now perfect. EPWABP KNIGHT CAKE.

MODERN IMPROVEMENTS APPOINTMENTS STRICTLY FIRST CLASS DIRECTLY FACING THE OCEAN BEAUTIFUL LAWNS. RATES, $ 3 AND * 5 PER DAY SPECIAL TERMS BY THE WEEK ' Comer rooms and suites with parlors and baths extra. Concerts mornings 10 to 12. Hops evenings, 8.30 to 10.30. Dogs not taken or allowed on the premises. HORACE M. CAKE.

"THE FRIED BAT."

ia of oobwrba. Three they are. In col-

re tried Uet h of the bat la delldona It la red ■ new bat fat, and, fried and atrved w Ipped per,ley. It la aald to equal i

hatar' _ little animal la da on nothing are oaten with

Marine Villa C APE MAY, N. J. Pavorably known for the past twen-ty-one years, under the same management, as the most popular, eligibly l(>cated and desirable of seaside hotels. All modern improvements, perfect drainage and ventilation, natural spring and filtered water. Directly on the Beach.

^TDE CDAUONTE.S*Under New Management. Appointment, Flrat olaaa. Open alUho Year faff Thoroughly Heated.*^1 ”* CHARLBH H ALTON, of the Conlliiewlnl Hotel. Prop.

ot X^ la * ho ~ 1 ""’ »• ““■ns-" Then I auppoee yon aeU yoSr moetly to thoae who are very poor!” “Yea. rooatly. Although there are goormou who hare got beyond popular prejudlco and pay roe a good price per doaon. •• lint yon don't lire entirely by.

that other people iurpriard to know how many klnda of anlmala there are to catch right bare In Parta. Why, the city la full of rabbis, for ‘•What—wild rabUtar' “Why, certainly. They burrow all orer the oronelorlea. Only Uat year two p. ' era were oanght In the Vm la Chalao etcry. where they wore working with guna. If yon ploaao, there waa gimr. They abonld hare nook and the korpera would never them. In anine of the enneterloa eo many rabbit holer that the eltv antborItlea bare had to take -

of the 11:

' an inula. We'd mvo them that

Jcr'd give ua a free hand, t like the Idem of rating .

Ikeidca who knowa what a ra inywaj'f

HEliEfl’S TWO DOVERS —- BY ANNA SHIELDS.

bitterly aahatued? Will S|tenoer aaked himaelf .brae queetiona over and over, wearying of the repetition, and ret never able to end It by eating heartily that he glad and triumphant, or Utterly hr waa aorry anil aahamrd. The | fur. ataml him ever in the face, tliat Helen Raymond did not I. that Mm. Raymond had u and exerted her maternal i eloquence until Helen had be hia aife. telling him very frankly that her heart »aa in the graie of ‘ lover. George Vanhorn, who had l klllrd in a railway rolliaiou nearly "Mother waa never willing I ahe marry George," Helen said, aailly. • he waa |>oor. and we have aufft all that poverty can inflict. He wai . lo Colorado, where hia brot haa twru auvcraaful, when he •

• illed."

Will Spemer winced, for he waa rich, ery rich, but then he put to the wound that soothing salve. "I will win her lore hen she ia my wife." that haa wrecked i* many livea. It may come, thia love thnt will not be hidden, to a man and ife, after they are bound together for fe. but the riak ia great, and Will prncer knew it. Yet he cherished the delusion tliat the end would win a return.

1 absence endurable, and for ka life held more pleasure than * in all the days of hia courta blow, sodden, sharp. He waa in a large night, returning crutchea asked

familiar, the fair

cry escaped . Vanhorn!" The man would hare hurried away, imt he followed easily. “L«t me go. Spencer!" the crippled man pleaded. “1 did not recognize you! Don't you know I am dead T "I know you arc coming in here with n «." Will aald. gently, aubetituting his arm for one of the rnitchea. and entering the hotel w here he had a room. "Steady now !" and he led him, feeling how he trembled, qntil he had him seated in a great arm-chair In hia room, and felt hU heart Mined with deep companion at the havoc pain and poverty hod made. Hr would not let hia guest apeak until he bad ordered a supper and made him comfortable. Then, turning to he saw that he waa wee

“See what a

roman you niakrof me!"

■d he I

ii lor

inducing. Hr liad atrp|>ed luck ' rgc Vaiilmni was met w ' ille. for he could never w from prraaing hia suit wb of Helen's lover appeared the killed in the account the lapse

n Mrs.

ha he bad v aide, and so. I

d Helen and wi

tant consent to be his wife. 1 she was.not. cold, this girl of K c heart had lieen crushed eve the day when George Vanhorn' waa recorded as dead. He rout told how her eyes could soften with love's tenderness, her checks burn

iibishn

wcet.

•Kh love's whispered Hr had won what all the Spencer gold, the riches of long generation

~<uld not buy.

before tliat fatal railway eolliaionaha «» a bright lieautlful girt, with large, expressive brown eyra, a voice usic. the step of a fairy', singing bird sings, from sheer yoruliaucaa lieart, bringing a jest to all the hom •id w orries, laughing merrily over L nt bluiuli-rs in the enUnary ritqio;

ting old dresses, renovating <* without a eomplaint, living •r thnt day she moved about slot r eyes were dull and weary, her met with a rigid mechanical praher lijia eompreased, her dieeka shadow of hlr joyous adf. Raymond was often afraid that uld yet miss the golden prize aha

had partly won. and heartily seconded Will in his preparations for a apeedy

Raymond w ho

the poor fellow said. “You tl

waa dead?"

All your friends think so." a a narrow escape, and I wonwonder why I waa spared. Nine months in a public hospital have left me crippled and inrurably 111. They would not Deep me after I could get about on •rutche*. but I hare begged or starred, and it will not be for long! 1 would not let anyone know for fear it would get to—to—Helen!" * "You want to hide from her?" ••Yea—yea! What would her life be tied to mine? You will not betray me.

This man

It «an him t

open the hou

he had ismght to adorn for hia bride.

whn aided him in the aelretinn of o pets, curtains, furniture, and gave I. instructions regarding the kitchen , partment. of whoa.- needs he waa aa norant ns moat young liaelielors. Mrs. Raymond who received

sum. which she quietly appropriated tor a trousseau and a suitable dress for the bride’s mother.

„ , consent to be Will Spencer a wife, ahe never bothered ber .mpUInta about her liatleas |„dif-

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all Us appointments. Ff rca^Mi-yi^ra^m 1 :

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J and improved. Large, Mil October 1st. Special . J. A. MYERS.

Open until October

MRS,

TH EqWYOMING, SOUTH UFMYCTTE STREET. OAPEXAY, N. J.

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peeta. She simply rangeroenU for her. without once ildmitung a poaaihility of change. The betrothal was spoken of on all oecaaiona. the preparation of the house, the select Ion of the trousseau referred to. I, matter-of-faet words that maile Helei feel, aa it was intended ahe should, that thlr^ W ’ nlk " 1 ,nto * net ,ron > rrhieh And Will Spencer knew it all. and writhed under the knowledge, la-in frank, loyal man. whose impulse, w generous and honorable, and who Ur Helen with oil the strength of hia hei Often he aaked himaelf how he could dure life, if he found hia wife a faithful ►lave, instead of the happy companion hr hoped to make her. "If ahe never loves me!" he thought, bitterly. “If all my lore fails to win hers, what will my life he?" He did her Justice. He knew that If lis lore failed to win her heart, hia gold waa powerless to make her happy. Ha knew that if her mother died or could not be beneOted by ber marriage, ahe would rather beg her bread herself

than be hia wife.

While matters stood in this iafactory state, Mrs. Raymond suggestion: "1 want you to g

But you may recover.’’

“No! I should be only a wreck It J could, but I cannot. 1 have internal injurie. that the cold and hunger of last winter have increased, fatally." Will Spencer literally could not sjleak.

aaked of him only the al-

ii would give him his wife, let Helen remain in Ignortuu-e of thia strange adventure the memory of her old love might die away in Umr. When be could apeak again he leff the ronreraation to Helen. He Vos very frank, telling George Vanhorn how triinothing of hia ow n hopes, and it'w as easy to see how George had lored her how utterly aelf-sacrifieing his silenr,

, he had

kept from her el! know ledge of his own -

suffering.

Hut his pride yielded to Wni’s entreat a to lie allowed to befriend him. He wiTi " r> w ” k ’ rrry iu ’ <u ‘ d ht

quiet

with necessary clothing, to en doctor, and to take a brother’ beside him. And then trua, unselfish lo'

a let-

o get him a pleasant i

will never marry me.” Will ruefully, aa he folded a long, long letter, "but ahe shall not be

cheated out of what little hi may still hold for her.” He wrote, too. to Mr*. R .

ter. that caused tliat respcc’tablr lady to grind her lrcth.*W which she obeyed, packing her trunk and aeeuiu|uinylng Helen in the journey westward. It was Will Spencer who met the two at the depot, and accompanied then the Isiardiiig house, where hr kept 1

here he kept Mm

Raymond in the parlor after aeuding Helen upstairs, alone. It waa Will

alone.

Spencer who smoothed away every difficulty. engaging rooms for mother and and quietly effacing himself, far too long a story in try to • three months that followed.

would not marry Helen. He ie of recovery, but It the unlioul.l happen be would not g Helen's life by hinding it

Ki":;,. 1

"Oh." ahe would cry. “what am I to deserve the love of two such men? Mother, it humbles me to think how

» her courage w

Id be if ahe lost you. The ■ set for June 10. and this U April •way until the ith or Oth of June.’ •eemed to him good advice, and he

iragement, when Helen said gi

And by this lo

tained through tl f ahe and her mother smoothed George Vanhom'i path to the grave. Such happiness aa could be hers, ahe knew that ahe owed to Will Spencer, who shown) hia lore only by hia care of the invalid. He never spoke of love to her. giving her up entirely, but upon her lover he lavished every kindness wealth could procure, or friendship dictate. He gave him a brother’s devotion unfll the hut parting came, and when he waa laid in the cemetery Will Spencer took Helen and Mrs. Raymond hack to their home

and left them.

It waa three years later when he came home from a European tour and called on Mrs. Raymond. “The old lady, sir. la dead." the eervat told him, "an’ Mias Helen’s livin’ in — Street. Maybe yeea didn’t hear one’s come into some money from her uncle, air. and Mrs. Grady, ahe'a took

thia house,' air."

Come into some money! Well, she did not need him. He would wait awhile. Hut in a few days a little note reached "It was unkind to let me hear of your return b^accidenb Will you not come Would he not? And when he went hr could not keep the love out of hia eyes * * " ' last! Her eye*

m, her cheeks c faltered, with hia bride! And

be had no aecreVklddrn from her iovipg eyes, no treachery he would dread to h«rdiscover. Bythefiw*

drooped under his g blushed for him. her vc