VOI, XXVI. NO. Jo.

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CAPE MAV CITY, 11! I DAY MORNING. JUI.Y :ilj. 1S97.

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STOCKTON HOTEL mm;::mm

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THE FINEST SEASIDEvHOTEL IN THE WORLD

SEASON 1897

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mall rt-piiiNi luai lie had luade hi* lortane Ihat dar by nelUng b pig he had booshl for *1.110. nod be uenai to kwp the prntit by him. IMvt •nt;Bs*twd Ihai be draw .m the priu*»p«l. Ut b* raid lie hail autinpatad that aaMawtina by u-uiK the money to pay bU root that

day. bo Kent tat down jirejatrui.iry t.i a talk.

k pipe,

that he could nut eecapu the vwtlaut eye of the young lady frimi Sew York. She came for Farmer Fairley'e mail the very next day. and he aaw W Maodlng in the little knot of young p*«ipl* near the door waiting for the letter* to be distributed. Her name wa* Dm Thi*did not belong to fee beeteobospitable pei.pl* had invited her widowed mother, with lived, to their hnnaoti from and u w«« hopcl that aho er henedf before leiig 1 Kuod marriage. Had ■ r Tain ambition* idle would e-u adinagreoablonuniiwni Well, was fairly intelligent ".king, and uuu.-uaily gwuul lut Alec bad uu dour* whatto renew hi« acquaiiitanoe with aud prayed fervently in hi* heart alie might not recognize him. ‘ helping to distribute the letand Mood a* far hack behind the tier of pigeuhbole lioxe* aa paenihle, not loultiug up, hut working away Imaily. From time to time ho gave a luick glance to *ee what Uiiis Thistle

aa doing.

The letters were all distributed, Mr. Iggms volunteered to hi Us Thistle the lirleys' mail, and one by one the waitg gr.mp diaspiieand, but she did not l iilie pretended to be looking at szime hoes Alee tsaitiuued behind the letter boxes, but it wa* getting tiresome. Evy one bnt Miss Thistle had gone, mid last he fell obliged to come out. Mr. in* went in to his dinner, and only was left in the store—alone with

Thistle.

soon as she saw that they were ■ 1 ‘ liroctly toward the i‘ch was A 1cm fie stood grimly back, both hands in his trousers pockeu. She looked him sharply lu the eye. came close up to the •ounter and hwiifri over it. so that it made a crease across the front of her summer skirt, rasted her hands nearly at tho opixs-ite side of the counter and said in a clear whin]or: ■ sir. Howe, you ii.ssln't pretend you Juu t know- me. I recognized you at the tlrst glance when you were in tday. I heard you had left homo,

proud of yon."

• smiled sweetly, aud Alec 1 to smile in return and say s

pleasure in wearing it He bad stlpnlaied that slio shun Id meet him in the wood hack of the Fairleys' botue. and there he went to wait for her. But the was there almost as prom inly a* be. “Oh, you're here before mel" she cried.u seeing him. "I stopped to catch • butterfly. See!" Sbedisplayed a pMable looking lilt]., yellow winged butl"rH_v. which she tried to pet aud care**, "i think these woods are |wrfectly lorely. ' She w ent uu as they walked along •ido by side. But Alec fancied the wa* careful to keep her skirts from contact with him. A silence followed, and pres-

ently she burst out:

"Mr. Howe, you don't mean to live

here all yoor life, do you?"

toocfcc# Alcc ’ with Jnrta "It is hemitiful fora holiday." she answered distractedly, “bnt I should think It would be horrid to live here with those i^ople all the year round.

They're no awkward and dirty."

She 1 "'ked taguely awny into a cool little dell, and presently sat down uimn

u newsy rock.

"Possibly they ar... but 1 think I nhaU bve h.Te js-rmauently if I nuooeed earning my livelihood.”

Phe looked al

aid:

t him reproachfully and

“Mr. Howe, they're spoiling you." She looked at him again for a moment with her clear eyes and then inquired. "Y en haven't gone crazy, have you?" She was so serious that Alec laughed out loud, but she did not even nulla He looked at her and tbonght of Mand and of T.isbeth. and thought how eelfl»h a creature this girl wa*. how thonghtless of other*, how inconsiderate

her remark* to him even.

'I think 1 ought to write to your '■ r. " '• I ‘® “aid after a puzzled pause. I •“'R of .von do nothing of the

kind. ’' he pleaded alm.Mt earnestly, and

ised to say nothing till ahe re-

turned to New York.

They spent an hour idly rambling abom. when she said she must return to the house, ami Alec was only too glad to escajie. He slalknd moodily aero** the fields, thinking that tho afternoon had been a failure. Once he had been UiD girl's superior; now she treated him as a subordmate. He was a rustic, a coun-

tryman.

After escaping from Miss Dora Thistle Alec returned to the house, instinctively climbed the attic stairs and *ett led oomably into a large rocking chair on

balcony.

S the light of sunwt died away his

i tho gloa

barns, and hen

the slop think it's kind uf queer ive a hand advice not to w<«k. Bet my girl ‘Lisbeih there, she work* loo hard. 1 wish yon coaid set herabettcretampte I dc*'t know wbat to do with that girb Pbe gets me. I’m frighted all the time that sheT1 work herself into flu. the way I did. Fit* a tumble thing. But they re especially in a woman, and a young woman, too, that's Use to git married. I’ve beard tell of mm feat wouldn't marry a girl that bed fils. Thai g:i* ms. But. considering bow the world is. I'd rulbcr 'LiaU th didn't have e b‘T*elf with. Come now • Was it ehe what told yon

civil. He scarcely knew wl \gain she hsiked at him wit

piercing eyes and said: "1 am | mud of you."

le shnlfled awkwardly like a <

trymau. us he felt.

I think it uoble of you to strike for yourself like thia You needn't

ashamed."

Slie drew bark a little and looked

« >"• a horrid place to stav

‘j* 'hf time. I am just pr. aid of you." Alec thought it about time to turn tho conversation and remarked that it was a pleasant day. though rather hot. " 1 just adore the country," she aaid rapturously, “bnt I've been a little lonely till I saw you ycsierday. I came only day before yesterday. Poor mamma couldn't come. I'm practically all alone, though Mrs. Bentley is supposed to bo my chaperon. But I shan't be lonely now that I've found yon. There is a lovely wood hack of Mr. Fairley'S house, and I've already found a beautiful

walk."

But I am a laboring man now, you know. Muw Thistle," said A he apologetically. oewi't matter in the least,'* ' responded the young lady, with coode■oonding magnanimity. "I can’t leave the store, yon see." Alec explained. "Oh." she said softly, looking out of the door. "Bnt yon can come aud see mo Sundays. I am snre yon don't work Sundays. We can have all Fnndny ugethnr, and I shall ' '

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brightly and with such cooing-good humor that Alec smiled aud yielded. His only proviso was that she wouldn't tell Mr,. Bentley or let the people’in New York know how alio had '

Nobody knew, where he was. he said. She smiled beamingly from under her graceful chip hat as she went out the door, and fur the moment Aloe wai

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"Aw. i thought it wasn't 'Liabeth. ut it don 't r.oU-e no diflerenoc. Moth's always a • liing of it. But it don't

ake no uuUrtucc. only I thought I'd der her spell She : son o'tell you 1 didn't t-*e no'coaataf and dainty, and bo seemed to liavo a ; it myseil. It i* ouhandy tumrtimaa, nistic's worship of those high qualities. ! wh. u you're all alone, for instanc*: yea, She teemed somehow to be above him, ouhandy, but I dou’t take no 'ooant of and evidently ' * *• ' i it-" meant to use ii Their c.uversaiion wa* intamipted at On Sunday nfternaou Alec went. For nicniwr by the entrance of Bent, Ihe first time he was bitterly ashamed oua ’v turn a tiabmg < xanmicu. of his clothe*. He noticed how abort He had a very old and hatiered extsn- 1>*» trouaera were, how ill fitting his sion bamtxsirodin one hambaadasamg coat He fornubod himself with a neat of flah In toe other, which h* wanfet to hat, with a red and bine band, saU to Joe- Hnutius. But thfe gsLUe- which he found in the stock of the store.

feu the colors in the hand spoiled his

lurch steeples, whits

and i-iinting. And he oould descry the farmhouses with great rambling

ere a little clamp of village, "od brick schoolhoure. while

in IK IW Men were sinnith, mown field* and mretche* of grain and vegetable*, ami then low level meadows surrounded by thick pine grove*, now almost wrapI'"I in darkness. And here below wa* tin- great forest he had visited, stretching unbroken for mile* straight away, that forest that wa* sister to the monnHere were wealth, enocosa, activity; yonder w en' the groat rich hotels, and th.ro the railroad* with their spidery crawling tiainA. If one con Id but grasp this wealth, tills activity, this niaas of life, tho world would be conquered. Presently 'Lisbeth came and sat in a mir opposite him. bnt she did not »'*k to him, nor did bo addreaa her; in- ■« d he scarcely looked at her. Yet he as glad she was there. She bsd an atosphere of home afficliun about her that comforted him and made him feel Ashton was really his home. Be ■ 1 ready adopted her In his heart as ister. and he oonld not perceive that Mu' rebelled against the relationship, '•ungii she gave abeolntely no sign of

-•r own feelings. CHAPTER XVL‘

! OOES TO THE MOCVTAUfi FOR TH*

CATTLE.

Miss iV.ni Thistle did not call at the ire the next day. and the day after a bright yonug man from the city arrived and quite alnorlsid her attention fur the nst of the time she spent at Asbtou. A lee was evidently a great pnzzleto her, and she felt that it was bret to let him alone. Beside*, be had grown very stupid, and Mr. Melton, with bis white flannel mm, brown shoes and very broad brimmed hat with a red band, was always interesting. Mr. Melton did not know Alec, and oooo or twice wa* r»th- ' r rude to him, until Mis* Thistle whispered in his ear; then he only stared bard at Alec and shook his bead. Bat before tho summer wa* past the yonug men of the village made shy advaiKtv to Alec, aud he got on to very friendly terms with those he met every Sunday in Ins .Sabbath school claa*. One day Alec d.eided to confide his personal doubts and difficulties to Georgs Marston, the blacksmith. He was qmetly looking about to see if he could find any n-mnnerativo employment or occupation, and thought that George might suggtst some idea. Mr. Higgins still gave him only his board and lodging, though be had freely allowed Alec to take things from the store on credit. "Ask him for a week," said George when Alec mentioned this. "You deserve it. and he will never give it to you niiiess y..u ludrhim." Alec nuked Mr. Higgins for the addition of fi.'i a week, aud the reqneet was prompt ly.accorUed. "I thought yon was* queer chap to work all summer on noth lug a week," said Joe. "hut if you wanted to do it I wasn't saving noibinfe”

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She—You are always talking about the fashion*. Now, honestly, do yon think yon would know the latest fashion in hats if you were to enter a milliner's? He—Certainly. 1 Sbe—How? He (ruefully)—By looking at tha price*.—Comic Cuts.