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CAPE MAY HERALD.

AH INOCPCNOKHT WEEKLY.

PaMUncil liver)' Saturday Morning

i Washington Street,

•t 506 Washington S

Cape May, N. J.

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i. 1 SCOLL, • n< Pra^fUtof. SUBSCRIPTION! One Dollar Per Year In Advance. Entered at the port office at Cape May, R. J., aa aeoond-olasa matter, March 11th, 1901The KentucT J court cf appeals has ruled that promissory note executed

| consequences to the Blue Lion and Its : Inmates that Cllttonl King. - much against hi* tv 111, found himself, for the ! Unit time that winter, at a dance. Ho ; detested dancing, never accepted an a hall If be could hel[

compellc

But this entertainment s 1 one, being given In honor o

ceptional on the "comini

, (Author o fj-^hc MousV'on'th'f A’^rshs” ctc*~

ICoMTtfhi. UM. hr *»b«t Boomt*. Bau.1

SR RlV«

S out" of Otto Conybeare'a

youngest sister, and the mines laid for

him bad proved successful.

When be got to the house, however.

lome o

The most serious difficulty encountered la the process of co-education le ' laid to be that boys will not ro to tollegcs where the girls are in :he maforlty or w here feminine Influence prolominaU's. For such cases the attempt —aL_Mrpc co-education without limits might have the singular result of es- an iebiisiung hp exclusive feminine col-\m:

|Sbi

ICorrrtskt,

CHAPTER XVIIL

Continued.

It was about eight o'clock that night when they learned that a schooner had gone ashore Jn the bay Itself, within a mile of the Inn. She had 16st her steering-gear in the storm, and the' force of the wind had driven her upon the sands at the edge of the marsh. It was high tide when the disaster happened. but It was thought that the

B.bart B

SnrSXI&sHoslil had known and loved.

on Its way to the wrecked vessel when

the news came to the Inn. ' Through the snow, which the wind

blew straight Into their faces. Nell and half a dozen of her neighbors made their way across the marsh, the

ten carrying ropes and lanterns and

lege, thinks the Christian Register. “Pn carrying ropes i ^— — the women restoratives for the half-

The one hundredth ahnlvefSHTjkor fDozen crew. It was u long nnd

II, Wml-lon of OMo to Watohood wtVj «'<•“"> »“

v with frost, the snowdrifts were al-

be celebrated on March 1, 1-03. e rea j v getting deep: the flares set burnState Archaeological and Historical so- ; u(; from time^to time.by the crew of ciety have decided that that is the the wrecked ship flickered uncannily prdper day to observe. As a matter of In «be darkness whenever the snow - V rsca - -- “• w“ oo, . rnrurc assemblage of the first Ohio Legtsla- one Tbe n)en of tll( . p ar tj_ acafarcre ture. but the formal act of admission themselves for the most part, and all of Ohio to the Union was proclaimed used to the sea, succeeded; up to their

„ ... ,.Cd. Mwiy OhloM,

hold that the last mentioned dale Is

the one to celebrate.

> benumbed by

jied tlong

rnbled over the

With every year comes an Increasing demand for scientific farming: for a -wider knowledge of chemistry and botany as applied to agriculture. Bot-

any is. that science which teaches the -usual event of a ship wrecked in their

The men were

cold that they bad to be helped cionj

however, they

were soon restored through the kindly offices of a host of willing hands. Every creature in the neighborhood heard, by this time, of the

and the needs of their nature, says

Home and Farm. Chemistry treaU the most prominent country gentlc-

of the property of the soil, the com-

Even Mrs. Lansdowne. the wife of

get

of the neighborhood, had heard of-the new excitement, and hid driven

popcot waliua o! pliMn. cllmUlc plct ^ „ p

Influences and the adaptation of vari- Mls^Bostal on her way. ‘On hearing ous fertilizers to their needs. It has that there was little hope of saving ascertained what vegetation absolute- ,he schooner, and that in any case the , ' , , .. , sailors would lose their klL Mrs. Lans-

u aemmd. tor urorrtl.. «.d P»1pU pnl mo

ont a number of sources whence the for the b€aefit of ujg men, a sum'of

needed materials can be derived. It mot \ will thus be seen that chemistry and lug po^ «Ptodtod ,pd po,p i'

bear

close relationship t

agricul-

Evcn the colonel, whose poverty wai proverbial, gave n shilling, although his daughter watched bis hand with

anxious eyes r.s be volunteered the

In the Popular Science Monthly. Dr. coin. Altogether between five and six j. ?' hcr ^® r *. Wood,, or H,r,-.rt ootootok,. WPkd. W.. cpUwIMl ,od

ClarU tied the muney up In <

publlshio .b. Or,, of . ot utl- ™

•cles on the mental and moral heredity tfl n( j the bar. There were whispers In of the royal families of.Europe, an at- the crowd.that George Claris's bonsc tempt being made for the first time to ' Tas not tbe safest place ip the world

„„dp . „M. o, related krdlr.d^ ^^0^“

who are numerous and whose histories Claris himself, while many were even are reasonably well known.. Dr. Woods ^ glad of the opportunity of showing deals with no less than 32.000 inter-re- ' *l>elr confidence <c a man who had un-

lationshipc among the signing hourt* b ** n r ° r

of Europe. ; He holds that he can clear- • , t WM Nell , however, who watched ly trace in these relationships the ef- this proceeding with .the deepest anxfects of mental and moral heredity;, lety. Her agitation was so evident,

e^r, ot ,b, re* tobkk- ^toutb-

Ing for a scries of generations a high, the ^ , taring at b( . r low .or mediocre standard. The pres- 0 r two of the crowd looked st each ent paper is concerned more especially other significantly. Suddenly the girl with the house of Hanover In England ,ook ^* few r*Pld steps forward and -X"- - »ver de.to.ed „»eb .nto, SfX'toT to. eetoe.

the average. Of elghty-seyen Indlrid- “Cncle George, wouldn't It be better

cals only two show high Intellect and to setuLlhe jcaney.lnto -Strom hr—’

She glanced at the men who wen crowding in. and noticed one of the

. tradesmen of the town, “by Mr. Pan-

American steel-frame construction, morr*

says the New York World, has iBSde Her uncle frowned, and Mr. Para possible the development to Its pres-! mor bls hea I>- with the kindly

[y _ intention of showing George Claris

only one deficient Intelligence.

i a martyr in having to j rooms were large and

quickly. "I don't suppose 1 shall ever | Sunday," as Otto said. ■Ato VI. TTInr nrrtn " 1 mifrnrrl's flttpntlnn

ed with ferns and j a church on Easter

Clifford's attention was early In the evenini

whose ft

protegee, Jem p,»o could afford to withdraw her objec-

tion to bis rival.

“But why not. but why not. my dear?'' she urged earnestly. “I thought you were so fond of him!"

And the little woman, who bad

ont of the carriage to go in search

her neglectful friend, drev

more closelv the

her neglectful

dose.. was hardly sufficient proti

:stly. : him!

got i of

round her

attracted

tight of

d girl whose face be knew, who looked

if ■ but

name the n

pected him to recognize her. be could not remembei

lore often he me

lore he felt he did noi

Before long Clifford saw her speak

be could not remember. In fact, i

eyes, ths j i know It !

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Miss Theodora."

suggested Nell,

coldly. Ignoring the lady’s question. , "But I want an answer first, my

to Otto and glance in the direction of

himself.

"Now.” thought he. “I shall get to I" the bottom of the mystery. For he ; bad had no opportunity of getting hold of Otto, or of any one who could tell him who she was. Otto came |

straight toward him.

"I want to introduce you to Miss |

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But Nell would give her no answer. And Miss Theodora, when she was at last constrained to get into the carriage then, regretted to Mrs. Lnnsdowne that London bad spoiled her

dear little girl.

It was now past closing time at the and George Claris, with great dit-

to piece

"I wa

d yet I ki That Is 1

inn,

flculi

iilty. was clearing his house of its which is uqlamlliur to

rhose t suffers

of customers,

the sailors who ha from cold and export the night under hit

rest Ivere taken to Btroan by newfound friends who offered them hospitality. George Claris locked up his house, having already sent his niece and Meg to bed; and. thoroughly tried out. went up to his own room. He bad had a very hard day. and he had finished up with an extra glass of nun and wafer. The couseauence was that be fell- off to sleep as soon as he sat down on the edge of his bed to

wanted so much to know you. Mr. King.” said the girl, who was pleasant, unaffected and amiable-look-ing. "I can see you. don’t know me,

I know you very well." 10J quite fair." said Clif-

ford. "I do remember your face fectly welL It Is your name

I am

tain I have never spoki

life; you may be sure I should have forgotten If I had.” \

Stroam.” said Miss

Lansdowne.

Clifford started, and bis face cloud-

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f\ T THE opening of this Spring Season we wish to extend an invil \ tation to our friends, customers and the public in general to call on us and see the finest display of Spring Clothing, Furnishings, Hats'and Haberdashery we ever had the pleasure of showing. Our store is full of Spring Novelties and everything is bright and new. We handle only Standard Made Goods and these are the newest

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U * ere -” I . ..Jr. ■

rnas

take his boots off, and did not wake

•T hare no friends there now." said Clifford, with a sudden change to grave bitterness in his voice and man-

Our growths

Jl. jfou had f I think. Mi

been a healthy and steady one and we feel that our

efforts to conduct our business on strictly business principles is appreciated. We attribute bur success—and rightly, too—to our established

reputation for honesty and fair dealing.

If you are already a patron of ours we feel confident of retaining

moment of waking, that he had for- -'father, the Colonel, would. I am sure, , \ F . " tST to tok“S PoU, "to >* toUtpr bun to Mot. th»t pou oo ?»“. <>« il ?«“ «" ”°l °< °<u costontors let us here extend to you

Ibnger reckoned them as your f

the sailors, out of the till In the bar. ^3 he ^ ^°^* ! ^ aD *T. ere<I goods—learn our principles ffnd,our way of doing business.

We are confident of the result. We feel sure that you will become

-our friends." an earnest invitation to come in and get acquainted with us—see our

Opening the door of hl« room softly, Clifford. Indifferently. “I know them. in order not to.dlsturb the sleepers, he bnt M1 “ Bostal would hardly reckon

went down-ifairs. convinced that it will pay you to do your trading at our store. It was half past five on the follow- ^ 1 - kad^any, Uy walking f j j a

It was half past five on the foUow- “ 1 trer naa Bn F- ‘v walking ing morning when the nearest neigh- from Courtstalrs to Stroam on a Sun-

Miss Lansdowne smiled.

“She is an odd little creature." she said, "but sbe bas a very good heart

loor,

inrush of Meg, the inn servant Id a

state of frantic excitement BalJ - ' ,l,ut 8be has a ver T good heart "Ob. come, some of yd; do come! To bear her de P lore 1116 disappearance been awful doings In our ot * y° un E K lrl ^ hom Bhe waB fon d she cried, scarcely articulate o{ and kind to." and Miss Lansdowne between her fright and want of looked steadily away from breath. “There's somebody hiding In Bhe •Poke, “no one could

the bar. and I can't get him ont; and deptJ^of her

e foil

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414 Washington Street, I '

CAPE MAY, N- J.

mods wn* mUaetfri- ami honser’ she cried, scarcely articulate and

was coUected. and Georga betwct . n ber ff , ght want of lo °ked steadily away from Clifford

breath. “There's somebody hidlnc In 8be *Poke, “no

ing was at first too much alarmed to come; but two men. who were not far off. hearing the commotion, offered to

the whole party were at the Inn.

There was somebody behind the bar, ot Indifference, certainly—somebody down on the "Of course.”

1 as

doubt the feelings.”

Clifford was silent for a few mo- 1 ments. Then he glanced st the face of the girl beside him. saw that it In- , Tiled confidence, and guessed that her last words bad been carefully chosen. “You mean that Miss ClarV has dis-

appeared?”

“Yes. Yon had heard about it, I suppose?” she asked, with a pretense

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dy

floor. The men stood hesltatlng^t the

ids which came"to their

'And that nobody knows more than

t- sounds which came'to thelf this—that sbe and her unde have gone

ears from behind the bar were more away?”

like the grantings and growllngs of a Clifford answered, with scarcely a

pretense on hisjdde of concealing the j

beast than tbe voice of a “It’s not a man you've got there. It's an anlmql." said one of tbe men. And shouldering the pitchfork he was carying, be made a dasn into the

building.

saw tbe bouse shut

to the place lut up. descr

ice myself,

ihut up,-deserted, and

found that nobody c^uld tell me more

ent condition of the American sky-

scraper. No other sysuem of building I , so combines strength with a preserva- It li, where It'll be ready to hand,' live elasticity; in no other type of said he. bulldice Is It possible as In the steel- As Nell drew back, without a word, building is n posstDie. as in me sreei ^ wUh ll . cur i ons loolj . of c^tram, frame structure, to produce such Inde- tronb , e on her „ , Mtle figure perdencc ot the various stories that appeared at the door, and In her prim sections of wall can be removed above tones Miss Boital. whom no emergency or ttoto* xltoom tmp,IHnp u» .to- “ “W "«*. . to,„p of ,0. rtol,. Thto .to,, *»“ “ IW “

siruction It to be at the base of the

next piorfounced American invasion of Nell looked at her. hesitated.-.and Europe. | Already it has obtained a W8B 08 P° la ‘ of disappearing into It flfdrea In tbe plana for a genuine tor< w „ h * tray fuU of bot drinka offl-sky-scraper in Baris—a twenty-one- rtously dragged her forward with one story apartment botal. which, since *«*S hand, white sue carefully balFtoto to Lx Pto Uto to. ». ~ to. WP xlto to. m to, -to,to, toptototo. touto - * -up, toto. T—l«m. dtot Pto -to

■toto- to- IMr toU Bt to , l—d wtoto-'

d of the p*

1 wlthut

tv ytnra. Tb. aky-^as-c wlU fol- ** m9 '"** ** * low Where U may. evan to the obUteri- "Why. N*13. how la thMl U thte tka lion Ixoodos dl tha anetent lights' say y*i tkpgt yonr aid frtam

than this—that Geoire Claris had gone

But ys he entered, .a wild figure tna(1 - and that he was m an asylum; sprang up from behind the bar and and ,ba ‘ hlB nlece ha<1 sone away at faced the Intruder, glaring and rag- 1 tlle “tne time. If you can tell me Ing. It seized one of the earthenware j an 5' tbln E “ore, I shall be very grateJugs which stood on a shelf against ' ful t0 you.” * the wall, and brandishing it above do n't know any more than you d- , his head, gave forth an unearthly 0ne onl - v guess-or repeat the | howl. guesses of others.” » j "Who U it? What is Itr screamed “ w< * u - ^ me hea r tbe guesses."

“They say—people think—that the ]

“Stand back! stand back!” roared the K lrl 11118 btea 8hut “P- to ° " „ creature, stamping and whirling it- • ‘■ In an asylum?” asked Clifford I arms about “Stand bade! I won't be hardly ^abte to control his voice,

robbed! I'lT serve you as I’ve served “Yhs.”

It—«s I’ve served ths devil! tbe devil! ^ don ' t belteTe ltr ” “ ld be - hoarse- ,

the devil!” | 'J-

And wil

more stamplAg, more

••Well', isn’t It better than believing j

-anything else?"

"Believing—that'she Is a thief, a—”

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s gainst the door,-which shook and rattled under the blow. that morning when George Claris was "Why: it's—it's George Claris him- found madr asked Miss Lansdowne, selfr’ faltered the second msn. who ! abruptly. jutside. too much alarmed to "The woman at the nearest cottage 'cod tbe door. ! told me tbe story”- he answered, cried Meg, Indignantly. | shortly. “Why. he don’t drink! He's as sober i "Did sbe tell you-” Miss Lansdowne : t man os there is In tbe placer' i beslt*ted-“tbat Miss Claris /tinted { She was sobbing, and trembling, and when they told her what had hap- j dinging to the man. ; pened to her ancle, and that they — ----- found under her pillow—a canvas bag containing the money collected for Look at bis eyes" some shipwrecked sailors the sight beABd as tbe girt looked fearfully fore?" irough the wladew at her unhappy Olfford’s face changed. J heat

•f the man's words.

At stevea o'clock as the preview

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