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fcoNTtirtrcn.1 CHAPTER XXITL DEATH AXD DOVg. In May the first six months of tbe new management of the store were cumpleted, and George Mars ton advised a balancing of accounts. He and Alec and ’Lasbeth worked cteadily at tbe account books for throe days, and then tbe result was known. The profits exceeded by #300 those of sny previous six months in the history of the store. There was a great jubilation of a quiet sort among the throe managers, though Alec received the most of the congratulations. ~ it one success is only a stepping 1 to another. It was a good beginning, but what next? " As the summer was approaching the old plan for summer boarders was revived, and Alee suggested spending the |300 they had gained in getting the old hall into'bedrooms furnished for tbe boarders. The plan was well talked over ' at last decided on, and Alec was to mt to New York to buy the fnrniand arrange for the necessary ad-

vertising.

It was tacitly understood that in the following autumn ’Ldsbeth and George would be married. If Aleo remained and took charge of tbe store for Mrs. Higgins, ’Lisbeth would go to live at the house of the Marstons. It seemed to be taken for granted that ho would stay, and when George spokb of tbe matter he always assumed that ho should have ’lasbeth with him very soon, though of course his and her shore in the control of affairs at the store would continue as long as there was any need.

look CO Alec s race sue boo [ yon would never come back and 1 down that path toward the woods. Alec walked to the door and looked stupidly down the path Maud had taken. ; After a moment bo turned suddenly and " asked: ■'What’s tbe matter?" Something in the manner of 'Lisbeth seemed mysterious. and he could not

•'Don’t you know?” replied ’Lisbeth slowly, while a faint smile gathered round the corners of her lip*. Then Alec understood everything. Without a word be turned and flew down the path. On he sped into the cool woods, over the slippery pine needles, stumbling on the rocks and branches in his path. But he had not gone many rods before he stopped short, fur there she was, lying at the foot of a great pine tree, stretched upon the ground, with her face buried in her folded arms, while sobs shook her whole body. He stopped abruptly, theu cautiously op-

it the foot of a great

with 1

the proposition 1

thrill that Alec heard and she lay perfectly quiet. Alec final?. ’ *” ’o New York. It threw himself at full length beside her.

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bo had left his home, he now suspected forever, ami not one word of news or affection had come Even the irrepressible Miss Dora Thistle seemed to have forgotten him. Should he go back to his father and say: "I have succeeded. Give me your blessing?'' Or should be forget, as he was forgotten? Those were painful, bitter thoughts. day toward the end of May a

letter

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CHAULkS M ,1 l,TO\. of the CoutinenUtl Hotel. I*rop. ; ^.8 before

band tonched ber .cheek, but still made no movement or sound, only un-

der bis arm be coaid feel tbe regular

coming and going of ber breath. •'Mund," said he. But be could find

no other words, and tbe sentence be

would have spoken died away in silsnce. Instead be ]>assod bis hand caressingly

over ber bead and hair and finally gave a gentle pressure to turn ber face to-

'Lisbeth who found ward him. In a moment it yielded. She

'] tt- ! felt all the time that ho was looking at “Here’s a letter for yon. Aloe,” (bo her. and she "knew that bor face was i “'d. holding out a groat square ouvel- stained with tears. But she did not care. I one edged with a wide band of black. Ho saw at once the tear stained face, tbs

bled for the news it must contain. Six

His at

■ then ho looked it

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ryes ami saw that they were looking

. ,, jj . . into bis. Slowly he drew the face nearer : nothing. , me gently raised ber damp lips and

( Of course tbe mail had to be distrib- ! kissed him.

uted before ho could road the letter, so ' At last Maud sat up at the foot of the the board shelf beJoro him as : pine, leaning her back against it. bo worked. But soon tbo lost bag was j “You’ve Iran your train,” she said.

... .. .. * ,00 WBg happy and smiling.

'll bo another,” ho answered.

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a had written her and

into his big three seated wagon, chirped to his horses and was gone, and ’Lisbeth was liaudiug out to the waiting ones all tho letters that had nut been delivered as they came to them in sorting. Aleo torn o|sn his latter, while ’Lisbeth glanced tit him ucrvouaiy, wondering what tbe letter could mean. It was brief. It said that Alec’s father was dead, and be most come home. It also inclosed a check for $100, bidding him pay up his debts and buy clothes to as to come looking as d Indeed! Evidently they thought he had been wallowing in the gutter np here. How could he ever go hack to such a home as that, and how could a mourning mother W'rite such a cruel letter? ’Lisbeth could not have done with all bet narducss. Impossible I He hurriedly told 'Lisbeth that his father was doad and hurried away think. He must at least go and fallow with tbe mourners to his father’s grave, and after all be loved his father’ ory, and he would always cherish it. He had been a good man, and hard. His plans were made b but now he changed them and decided to go the next day. 'Lisbeth told Maud at supper that night, and Aleo spent tho evening in packing his bag. Mrs. Higgins come to bis room and begged him o leave them. Ho said ho would oomo back, and even gave ber a filial kiss that comforted her. Then Jim and tbe little ones came and stood respectfully by as be packed bis few belong-

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Tbat night be toned restlessly in bed. Never before was his heart so full of problems. What should be do? What should be not do? He did not know, and voice seemed to tell him. And yet perhaps in the book of fate it was nil decided long ago. With that thought he fell asleep. Tbe next morning be was busy in the store till nearly the time for starting. There were so many things to talk over with George Marston. And his mind kept wandering back to bis father. Ho did honor him. He really loved him. Had be been loft' alone ho would never have driven his from his bouse. Perhaps bo would ise his stepmother's tin kindness and forget what she had done. But he finally felt%ow impassible it was ever to go ck except to follow bis father's body tho grave. Poor father 1 He, too, had struggled and conquered, and Alec was proud at having followed In his foot-

intendi-i itatiuu l

ided to walk over to the rail-

le it w

He

way

ant morning, and 'Lisbeth could not veniently go to drive him and bring the ck. He went to say goodby to who was in the kitchen. Where is Maud?” he asked. ”1 think she's gone oat,” replied

“You'll came back?” she asked, not as an inquiry, but simply to hear ths words that he would say. ‘‘1 may bo back in a week,” be said cheerfully and took her hand in his and kissed it. No country lover would bars done that,oho thought to herself proudly. “What time “ bett- r be going “Goodby. I'll bo back soon,''hecricd

a rod away.

“Goodby,” she murmured and stood Watching him down the forest path, for bo meant to cut across the fields to tho railway station. He looked back several times, and just as ho was turning earner of tbe trees to go out of night he

stopped and waved his lumd.

“Goodby," he shouted, and she murmured "Goodby." But be heard 1L How the birds sang, how soft the air was. how bright tbe sun! As he hurried along be remembered that he bad said goodby to nobody, not even Mrs. Higgins or 'Lisbeth—only Maud. Bnt it did not matter. In a week be would be

back again—borne again.

Alexander Howe is now the rich man

of the town of Ashton. He made a conciderablo fortune in his business and owns a large farm, which be intends taming into a private park—private, hut open to all his townspeople. They call him squire, and it is be who makes the big subscriptions for tbe minister’s salary, and for the town poor, and far

patriotic celebrations, and the ' tell how ho came to Ashton yei

poor lad without a penny iu his pocket.

And he has tho handsomest wife in

the state, and all tbe town is prond of ber. She loves her hatband just as she loved him in those old years, and when he bolds her hands and looks at her be glances on to the mountains, for he believes that her love is as unchanging as

they.

BEATING THE BOUNDS.

A Quint

Only ones In three years does the quaint .old crnuumilal of tlw- l,<atlng of tho tower bounds (duly oWrv.tl ,m Awonslun dag this your) take plane. In Uie quiet, tree plant<,l quadrangle against the white tower a posse of yeuman warders assembled In Utdr full uniform of srarlct, decorated with tbe Tudor devioe of the rose, shamrock and thistle united, with ruffs and rosettes, and being joined liy Lieutenant General Godfrey Clerk, lieutenant of the tower, they filed Into tho historic chapel of Sk Peter ad Vincula,-when- Anno Boleyn ami Catherine Howard be buried. Here a short service was held, and then a procession was fueimd, lid liy tho chief warder, bearing bUsk.lf of ..ffloo, on which Is mounted a tllvcr midel id the white tower, and the high mnstablo Of tho liberties of the tower, alien came tho ehll- - dren of tho garrison' school—toys and girls—*11 armed with white period rods

wherewith to bant the bounds.

Among the escort of wunlrrs was Yeoman Jailer Fwernc.t. benrlug the axo of slato. This hale old beritaater enjoys the distinction of l.-lng tho oldest m-riant of her majesty Ir 'be diamond jubilee year. Uo rnuired tl..- nice In February, 18*7, and so came In for duty at tho pmclama-

nmatkin, tho reception of ' 1 the marriage of her maj-

Prinoe Albert a:

tsty.

Iwavlng tbe tower by tho eastern drawbridge, t!;.- procession went up Tower hill and rem-.d trinity square, and tbe beating of the stones was dune with much merriment. Onebcundary stone happens to Iw situat'd on the preiulsiwtif a firm of wine merchants. wh«#e hospitable custom it 1, tu irgalc the children with buns and Iraiunml" and the warders with strong waters. Ip the wrly years of the eighteenth century It was provided that the children were to Iw rewarded with halfpenny mils and nlo and the adults with "wine,' breed, buttir. sage and radioes." Subsequently the procession divided in order to beat tho tmunds and tho outer liberties of tho tower, which stretch as far as Bl.hopgsto street without and WrUdosc square, where up to a year or so ago the Tower liberty had Its seiiaratc magisterial jurUdlctlon, and there thon stands.—St. J.im.-s Budget.

"Block your hat while you wait," was tho first of she "while yon wait;' signs. It lea familiar. It is now not so often Thou camo tho sign, "Your shoes rejinlrod while you wait.” Tho first of these signs ap|smred In tho Bowery. Two expert workmen sat in tho window of tbe ‘oemakor's shop, working busily. More cn at work were seen inside. There ere quiiifnrtnldi' dialre for waiting cus be shop lllhd a long felt want. There Is iw a ennsidereblo number of p la nos In tbe city where shoes ore mcndid while you wait. On the slgjis - f some of them a schedule of time required Is given, so ,tiy minutes for hulling and su many n some tailor shops nowadays riotbrs are pressed while yen wait, and there are dentists’ uQlni.s In which you may now your urtllhi.il tmth repaired while

We o!serve by a dispatch from Washington that "Civil Engiuocr C. E. Peary has been detached from duty at tbe New York navy yard and granted a lisivc of absanoo of five years. This action has been taken by Secretary Long to enable the officer to prosecute his nretlo explorations." This probably Is the only time that the public has lawn vouchsafed a glance at "Lieutenant" Peary's true title. He has Invariably been known to the press and the public as "Lieutenant Peary, U. tj. N.,'' tho front end of which and tho hind end of which Yolong to him. This ceaseless and, opinion, studied befogging of the polar gentlcuum's status has somewhat irritated naval officers, and one of them not lung ago Id conversation, when he board Peary spoken of iu "Lieutenant” Peary, said, somewhat tartly: “Not 'Lieutenant' Peary—Mr. Peary." To which a somewhat astonished auditor replied, “Is not Mr. Peary of tho naiy?" To which the naval officer retorted: "No. Peary is not of tbe navy. Ho Is merely Mr. Peary of

w but whllo you wait. They

eu men sluing Imtless. w-alUng. rending uowspaiicni or looking on at tho men at work, who have. In tho dlffvrent stages, three bats In hand at once. Tho modern "while you wait” signs iow the enterprise that Is all the time on tho lookout for now ways of making money, and tbi-y show also the modern tundeucy to do things and gel them out of tho way.—Mew York Sun.

In the grid mining dlstrlctsof this country there is a superstition that tho discoverers of gnat mines Binays come to violent ends. It Is arid the I. Hof Is foundid on the fact that the IIr.dor, of 40 of tho richest mines In tho world have dlod In this way, 1- bring shot, ocnlomlxs] In their mines and tho rest nnanxiuulably disap-

pearing.

Goar go If. Fryer of the Fryer Hill mlno, Lrndvfilc, committed suicide. Two years before his death ho was worth a million, yet tho authorities burled him. Tho discoverer of thcgNtaudareluilneln California was kill'd by the Indians. William Fairif the Alder Gulch nils

bis d

Ivins

of the Homistafce mlno turuud highwayman. Ho was shot died.

John Honur of the Horner mine, finding himself is'imllcss, shot hlmsult. Doughnut Bill, Old Eureka and Nine Mile Clarks were killed In Isumom rows, and Montana Plumber, who found one of tho richest minus In tho world, dlod on the gallows Dutch William, the discoverer of gold In Caritxm, British Columbia, after whom the fatpous William creek was named, died a [Viujst. and Marshall, tho -discovered of gold In California, was a pensioner of tho stole sumo time before

his de-

ls death.—Atlanta Constitution.

A scientist has been patiently watching tbe snails In one of the birge Iiondun gardens, and lias discovered tbe modus by which they show their ntT'-cllun for each "The snail. '’ says this sclentuv'carrics IU eyes In trli-scoplc watch tuwors. They are lo the extreme iIjm of Its horns, and os soon as another snail approaches tbcoo horns are drawn In, and tbe little animal swalu for hls ladylove to get cloto by be-

fore surprising her.

"Tbe emotional natures of snails, so far as love and affection are cunaerued, seem to bo highly develop'd, and they show plainly Ivy their actions when courting tho tend) rui-Ks they fori for one another. If

not her

■all c

they t

dlatcly retire hide behind n paling. 1 have noticed,; a, a lovesick snail fetching dainty biU of gnua for hls siwthiart from dlffori

parts of the garden."

“ ' 'list .'Iso declares t

■er of putting their

gethcr t iutt Is not unlike tho g*z of kissing.—Loudon Answers.

t malls isada to- 1

1 blank the north pula. "t-Ssn Fl

Admiral Brown, who will soon retire om the navy, gives the following reason t preferring Indianapolis tor hls home. I'll bothc only admiral In Indianapolis,"' - says, "whereas if I settle Iu Washing n I'd be one of «0. When a man goes into tho club at Indianapolis and Inquires! If any ono has seen t be admiral, they will, know that ho means Brown, but whan a question 1* askod In Washington SO! will rush up and answer, Tmi