OCEAN CITY SENTINEL. OC£AN CITY, N. J., #. C. ROBINSDN EMir ill rrapnelor.

Dlt. J. S. WAGGONER,

I'hysician and Dru^ist, ?JI As*-nry Arc.. Ocean City, K. J.

X.C HUTCHINSON. M. I >

CITY DIRECTORY. CITY OITICIALS.

I No. H-i i Oceat

M' »KC \N HA.YI). A I IOKNKV A M* (OIXM.I.l.Olt »T I.1M,

CAI’I-: MAY c. h:. n. j. L-WY OM'ICITS SGHaYUER e WOODftai/U.

r. arhoti , m.d., riiy simian ami Hnr|;<'»n. OETICE Cnraer Cealral ud ElubU SlrwL

JONATHAN HAND, V" '"'l-n—r S,«rr 1-Ml.u. . yTm'y: may < <h ktliot^K, j.

Bj FEED WMSHAW.

[ mid pr.dwililv ntandi i ran- Hincli. L a liaimiw and dr<>

rilAlTEK I

in tli.' j'liv.li r, »l lord'*] 1 ■ir.d Hi.' t"H,uim whirli h»-irmi-f. rni-l inr lifr. mid it

all ImH- nMl li ^ . t iT M 1.1,1 -nV'* .

am (nr. ala«. w.-:

SECKHT SOCII-nihS

J-J ( HVAKD klilil). M. D.. riiy siciiiii mul Hurm'on. l-io < XM'.AN AVILNUi:.

El t-LKNKC. COLE,

i v.- ..f a drliKb}M{andndoirinff world ' W. ll, it war my la-t t. rni at acb.»d - f.,r I wn» in my vichlM-nlh y.-nr and I

l.ad in

-and I

G. a. BOURGEOIS, Counscllor-a- I^iw ,

DU. J. 1. RACE. I*li> aii ian and iso-.i WESI.KY AVION I I

ATl.AN'riC CITY. N. J. ALBERT A. HOWELL,

| tlilnk prrhapa ^ d-

J by f.mr wirknta. in which I mad* my i

I lir«t and only '•rrtitnry."

_ n* tbc c. ^itra t n la 11' ,n- at th» j

,..| at Toldb-Uii... al A 1 bad rmnainrd th I r. IQrniDK t" Knaaia

pa— with in. in England * i roliginn and in Qpbringtng and ii fry la-tn slid -.'nliin.'nt that 1 |«*i

n. fnllon

iK the.

rallun

, j 1 m

■UK telegram from tin

i. r-mir. nwm Bare a bar ro.,th«r. It 1* pum .tier may raly bare fa iinenr.,iile androlMd. nrnt .Y<.a bare notaren

bat three feet wide

! Hr might

irtonnd

the pHlliaf him wh.i retine in glury j J" lr..m the wicket; then the refri-.liine | rhewer hithend the »en»eof ronriction , that thi* i* the anprenie moment ol

it tdionldn •cv. pnnl.d by my attitn. u't yon rather know b.' «

amid «1

to aill.Tt my thing-, buy cl y moih.T repli.'d by na n •

ay a . ^ ,

j ia.” 1 tried t

imldn't like to think he

and all the wtuld fin

Then

CHI Kelt SHKVICES.

EDW. T. MARSHALL, House, Sign Fresco PAINTER. ! I’45 WEST AVENGE. ESTIMATES OH ALL KINDS OF PAINTING. i-:xi»i:rt .lomtHR. ! Konnerty »f tin- llnu trf Itiower A-'

Godfrey .y Godfrey

md Joyful echo..! «.inpai.i..n«-I |>re iared to dejairt for that dinner which

the” gin

dated j enjoy the udva

of lad

tangc rinln.lelphi*

G. THOMAS,

RALPH L. GOFF. CIVIL'ENGINEER- \

SORVEYeR

CONVEY ANGER* NINTH USD CENTRAL AVENUE, |

the tr).

“Uy Georgo. Boria." eaid rome one a* the pal.', nnwhobw.-tne b.iking dornmeat wa* hand.-d to me. "yonr friendare i^ettr nnart with the ...ngralnlatione The match mtM hare t-cn re last.'d in tlie erening ,aip.-r«. I didn't know we were to tie an lion, .red Did yon. Adkina?" "1 didn’t knew old Ibiria waa going centnry!" raid Adkim.

imuied and bnrildend. jn.t a- 1 waa. know

dly the n.MWigi' wa. .me of ; had In *nri.ri-ing and bewlldeiing j "I ! a-hof.lhoy ren ired, U<t adi.-d i on aw

"IimI than that. '.' raid Percy.

Bally I lad left Toddle*

told my friend my

■id read the

No. 108 Market St., PHILADELPHIA,

ISRAEL 6, ADAMS & CO. Real Estate i lasiiranee

Fine Faiin Btoeeties.

AO-EHSTTS, Rooms!. * 16. Rut EsUU & U* BnlldlDf, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J I'.niiiui—ioner- Of Deed- for IVtiu-

aylvnt

Mo

to IlM

■viulh Alliuilic City

j-lo.-nant all arart—.l ui.ih-I KrulU. I'n-klo,

CHUKCHi SOCIETIES. l-ulle- aid men. Bod Monday evei

fkil Moft|ige Stlo 0( Rot HEADQUARTERS FOR deal Esiaie aim losuranci

LOW FE-XCES. •

CHARLES P. LAKE’S

R. R. SOOY&SON

Restaurant and Lunch Rooms

\uiitinia:\tiTi;it i\n j..

! 24. 2S ud 28 SOUTH TWELFTH STREET PHILADELPHIA.IPA.

Real Estate and Insurance Agents,

H'.l ASItl'KY AVKNt’K.

1). CAUJvffiER,

DKALRUtN y FINE •••FURNITURE, 43 South Stxond Street,

HOUSE MOVING AND RAISING

tjeurral 4'ontrua'lorw

JOSEPH SUTTON

Conveyancing, Real Estate Insurance. Mortgages and Collections

HOTEL AtGLEN OCEAN a IV, N. J.

I>.S.SA>II»SOIV

Stoves, Heal* is, Ranges,

PUMPS, SINKS, 4C.,

... ,™. F. p. CANFIELD

THE EMMETT

Real Estate a " i Insurance Agent

No. 608 Isbuiy Avenue OCEAN CITY. N J.

GARWOOD HOUSE, OCEAN CITY. New Jerwey.

THOMAS J. THORN

OPKN IOV Ttie SEASON Of-' 'oq.

BELLEVUE HOT BATHS,

...F 1.0It 1ST..., flSil (Jentrnl A-t « GNRNAT1QN BLOOMS J. T. BRYAN

JOSEPH M. CORSON Real EstaterYSgent

ip ray

tninolr anti think." raid t ind reread my I.'Ingram, whllr the I .laid in my head feented to anrgr d prevent my brain working anffi ■ntly to graap the meaning . f thr

w,.nla

kiru law-inn.T T'd 1 IB tnrrtldn dl,lraa al<

nraelf otherwian anprunely ridli-nkm* Fhe anddim How wi.» ton much of a bork for me in tho midat of my deliri

Ailkina read the meaaage. "Dh. no. obi man." he mid aoothing"1 almnld aar a-rtniulr not that; t by Uiia telegfam Chevroja We'll

And thru—(hr ulrijrtm. ra* one of the iargeat landowner* In. nr pait of Itnwia and had. braidm on work* in St IM.-r-Imrg and other dirce* of rv renne He wa*. in fact, a

very ri

r. eld t

tinned Adki

right about the count What abuni Ox fidd. Ib'.agh - daw it mean yon won’t he able to go npt After yonr iimingr today thnl would be a double pity, for we abonlvTlnok to *ec yon tried for the randty -and carefully trial." ■•Oh. d.ii't talk a bunt crieketl I can't I ear it!" I grvwned VI fed a» tli.mgh I had played my but game.’

PETER MURDOCH,

SAMUEL SCHURCH. BOARDWALK. BE TWEED 7A AID Ith STREETS

Suita (or Surf Battling.

I did feel tin* I felt.aa thongh ram. hcarr riund had •qdd.'nly fallen npnt my fntore. Uctling out all b*pr of hap pinna, prenenl .« (ntnre. Tbii wai ridtrshmaand fadieh. of coarae. hat on, i* alwaya inclined in jonth. to naggerate tin |»,wer of miafortnne Mia fortune* do bow the head for the tiro, being, no don Id. hot aa the tree U ni

a burden and

it!' he said lirera *«• K">ng with yon - l" the moat ho,M'len

Ib-.r. d.-ar mother! Bbe mn»t in. are U-n in atre alralt to hare-ranl och a luouage a* thi* l

werer. That

Sb" want.'d n

ynongh She muat hare me, paw dear, la quickly aa the railway cnld take me j to h-r Vjxford might go hang There :

waa time ruoiigb fig Oxford.

The Flnabing exprem Marled from ' Victoria at N DO tonight. I eh ,nld catch '

e.'lfi*h I

in dlatn

"Look

I adih-l “Why not come?" i. I couldn't!" he langbid "Mat my aflaira are t«> Important fur ,r rather my want of affaire!" ell. but"- 1 aaid, atmek with a

rard if my dear old mother ng to do with it. which

lour I had talked bard about ■ affaire and had never cren thong .king after bia. Yet he wan re off; ind-nd. I bad beard, and.

fa*ther duappea'r.d ! 1 "- ebowad. he wa, vviiho.it ii

dua.pi-.re in England «*

America. ooe,-g.-» and drag* ,l, » j wbUnL*•' arret pond and gin* notice at the "" w , "‘’

dice atntion. Hot what of a dinappear ice in Hneeia? Ala*, a man may diatjiear in many way* in oor country— could, for. though but a few ycare ire paw—.! aince tlie time of which I

rib . thing* are tmprering by iMrpa j “aoen iaea -n e anau rniuire a si and Uiund*: light U apreading-Ood'W! " , ‘ 1 ’->ly »ntil the old dad lorn, igbtofdriliration. One .firet U.ongbt | • fU *. thlnKS Wb >

n each a race a* my father’* would, of j our-.', he a mixed one—apit*. nibillMa. poller, Siberia 1 jiaiwd rapidly in . "luogbt orer all tlmae thing* in the first I -

,.<k of that word "diran-arvd." f, “

Hot 1 h.ni.b-1 the Idea with o-orn I , * l ‘

Mr father M.ud high .above anch thing* ( 'I* 1 r' 1 ' . V i . lie lived in an atm-pbere wherein.och j • n '' h “ “» bad no exiatam*. He bad no i "■Kg-’-tion. and preaently he d.d con if.nr either the police or the ] »f nt ^ ^ m i" rerulotiodi.t* Ur waa hr loved by hi> tin **; 1 t " ■ Ur * wi,h n,e * un ‘K 1, ‘- ho ‘ br —aeautry. fur be waa- an enlightened ! . c " n “ tuma 1 " own - ,t ***, D J ind Indulgent landlord In the Country hl » «i-e be wonld get hu paraport .nd be wa* a Power In town he wa* out 1 lnBl0 ’‘ ! " S'dri'lber It wa* rather abort, lly roq-cted He took m. part in 1 hr Y bit of aebock to politiriL however, and amid acarcely ! b . i * bo ‘.* be "P?” , > n ‘. ,e . 0 !P!f r

therefor,' a,me nn.l.'T the ban eithiT of |

tbora who liaUd urof tboee *

Utercl the Uw j .... In a wort, it wa. hopele* to attempt ' K^O} lr l wrawto, fond .ndert to c.mj.'ctnr* what the meaning „f my j “ f “T fr, ’. Dd A ‘ ‘ mot lies'a m,-wage amid I- Such at- ! f"' 1 '•”« knewn a. F.dn. and Acb.Uw tempt* only 1.-1 to a fading of helpla. ! ^ “ » ,r T7 ,, .

diwpair. and I tried to t**,t|*

lUiffKif the matter.

I ahall

, j >tand “Yea. old man." be ended, m fur IL" , * Thi* deciaiun of Percy'* a.mforted

■rt it abuald t

He won)

iilMn- I ,f * fl - r

j nKilher r,-|aired some one as agent

. u , r . n ..i.., n euwi oi.r , rl«rk or wh*teTcwTou like to call It

den* to ,** away tb- tin-, and it wa. w " nld

while atuuding glouuiily on the abon of lb« Hound pond, watching the aai ing of ague liny yacht*, that aune oi (ouehed in,- on the rhonlder. I turn, and raw- Percy Abtri*. the moat one: jeclcd and yet perba|- the mart entir ty welcome peraon I con Id p*-*1Uy bare aren at the momenL for Percy wi had been—my greati-M friend at ’. dleatnne. He bad left U*t term on

hia falher'a death and

Will Ido

So we dined and drove to Victoria, nd I’l-rcy raw um off. promising tu >11.,'v by the same train tomorrow or

I had pleiity to think a I* ml during 1(| Hie Journey aa the train flew through Holland and Germany and preaently througb my own pair, barren looking native country—the myrtery of my fa tier * dirappearance and the thoorand

ad day* of dear Tnddlratone: Ox

■* daring b ,r| l and it* nntried delight*.

mother's anexpected poverty, and I had 1

missed him badly - • • - Rnwia with me mol w

the rammer vacation, and 1 felt that. *<"ked f.rw.rd to. in ontpiaring of my storv into hl»*ym pel 1° Ibe Ind ; the match and my

per boric ear* for lie knew my people den revelation of talent; ewatvii

won Id do me a heap of gad. I show of vareity matche* *aved by me for

ed him my telegram. He started. ford, froli-h dream* bet cu"Why. man alive." he raid. “I raw thing* lha* helped me to pam through yonr father this very afternr*in I ' that trying time of *qa;-n*e and oncer thought yon .mu*t I- ataying up here , tainty! 1 arrived at SL Peterabnrg al

with him and wa* jn*t going to aak yon tart

ahont It" fine of oor men waa at the rtatino ti

meet me and a carriage waited oalaide

1'HAPTER IT. . | «<tw1 after my mother.

TltgirA-ST'S WWTOJL j "The anintera i* well." raid th-

When Pircy made this artoniahing | mac. "but"— he beeitated.

anooumeroeiit. I anhMded Into obe .if "Woff t ut what-apeak' 1 ' 1 raid the *o*t* that rorronnd the pond. H "I* tnv father Well aba,?" 1 raid thiwa* to, t-wllderinely nnexpa-ud. I ™ pnrp-e to watch the felk.w'. f«c. frit for a miruent to utterly. iie|plc**ly I i® order to ,,1-—rve whether _fatber , ainuaed that I mnMeithiv’langhorrrr I “T*' ' "

"|iupi*Mhl*v'" I gasped- “You could | KeC, have, old man. Why. bow conld *'

ic retaUiahUM-n

thr dear old g.ivernoc—no; it'* impuaai Ide! Yon didn't speak tohimf ••Ye*.' I did. I met him in Oxford xtn-ot and capped him and raid. •Zdravatvoi. graf" (Good morning, coant), "and—Well, he apetnod a bit rarpri*ed and looked roe over aa tboOgh be didn't rarngniae me. bat be returned my ralo-

ralrt. "

What did he ray then—where i

got"

-That'a tb- tnnnr part at It." raid Prrrv "Ha didn't atuo to talk, and

"Tlie count is Mill abrant." raid thman. "and tbe count—*,, tbongh well -it i* raid -in health, with I believe

be very glad to — her »* I"

Thi* waa oracular qnlte and revealed jo*l about a* much at tbe old Grecian 1

nraei— were wont lO DredicL V

r he koev

CHAPTER III.

nto ebelter. -The findei . i name, would be unable * witfc hi* friend*, an^—

I 1,*idll ,-vhap* to gir*.—ye-

lali.A, That ia at leaat 1 on Id account for the ab-

"Go on. Boria. till roe everything * you have tbnngbt of.” raid paw rootb- , r who wept quietly through my mioeI what grew*, roe recital "How dreadful ! t,. think that my pair drar Vladimir in,.I we nnr.M-j to help him lier-aDae ig- ■ ni-rant where to haik fur him—God

••n.-1

ir women are wretched Icing* when are suddenly deprived of the rtruug

n in which we have trurted"—

*1 thank G,<d. too. mother, that 1 nr." I mid. "Ih.ingh I feel rare that nhall not be deprived f-ir long of

dear old father's priwneet" <W~yoh really briiere itt” *be

waih-d "I Lave tried to—no hart. Imt I feel I am loving my h(,|ie. Tell m^

my Ikwia. baveyon f,«m-*l i .

do you found your hope* ttpno anrtliini yon know or have thongbt out*

form a theory, mother

the facta," ~

of feelii

u God *

•hall

we ahall tia rarp

I the Simple aolntion of what aeema a, lyrtrriuna now; we shall langh and ray. -H..W la it we never Uu.nght .d

"Hen

tell what to hope or believe

And did yon tliink it th,,nghtle«* .,r nnand put an end to yonr Oxforturteer ?"

"Mother." I aaid. "I wotthTuol have

staid away from you for ahundr.d yean of Oxford 1 Braidra. when father come* home I abatl lie able to return. Now. t- II me all the partirnbtr*. darling, and

then we can a,malt quietly. " Mother driid lire tear* and rat npand

-Sot we most not reject the idea on That acolint We must weigh and invdignte every notion ritber of oa baa, however wild or iinpredble it may be. " "Yea. yea. that I* trne. We will Dot I traveled np to Erinofka tbe next morning. I could not help thinking, aa I *t,*d a poo tbe balcony ont.ide the little railway carriage, that any cal* tired from a bard day’s * booting ovar tbe ncre and leaning on the rail aa I now leaned might ni.ait easily be pitched out by a Jerk of tbe train. Jerks, violent

told tn

Father, it

apiraired, had traveled by ailway to Erinofka. a big '••lihg uf which he rented

rand dnke am ■lied □albert rimipally for

> Hun*.

mrating, i

an English gentleman Father lik,si tin- place le excellence of it* Uati,l -c-t ,mt „r. the Tuesday

aek ga:

Wednesday al night train that day. imt he hud n turn,-I up at h .ine Mother had wait. Tbnrmlay night, thinking that pc aihly father might have f.uind the hir al that be bad decid'd to I

tber day

rnino

it ill fat I

An answer came presently to the effect that fatli.-r bad left on Thuraday evening with the rest of tbe party Then mother sent a man down to the lodge. 10 mile* away, to make inqoiriea. bat nntblng bad transpired excepting that father bad undoat,tally I wen to tbe lodge and had aa certainly left it again "That'eall." mid motblr. “I waited until the Tuesday, a* yon know, to send for ynn. my Iwloved. and new j on have come. At least we can bear our sorrnw together Ala*, what else is left to ua

bat to bear itt"

"Oh. mother, nineh." I raid eneonragingly "Th* time has not nearly trrod to give way to drapalr. Believe I shall not re*t nntil I bare either ,nnd my father or learned tbe aecret of bis dirappearance Cheer np. my sweet ia not like yon to girt way Yon are brave and araaibls All tbe world

•• that!'

aaerrtained calamity,"

raid paw mottiiw. "When one knows tbe fall extent of tbe trouble, it can laborer more eaaily. It in tbe nneertainty of thi* that haa nnm rv*4 m*. Bot yon

right. We unght still

iU have f,,ond kind friend*,

never fear." I raid, "bat mV other theory la hrai painfal to contemplate. I told yon the wont first It ia this; Father i* well known and known to ba rich hax It tray, Ja- that aon.r wretebod fellow* desperate perhaps dor want of money, may have formed a band. Uka Greek brigand*, to ahdiict him. If ao, they win send a deputation one day.

of money for hi* rarraim."

"I* that piroible. here in civiliaed Kuraia?" aaid mother wistfully. "1

heart of anything of tb*

1. have ynn ? At a

train wa* bnt a makeshift thing and tbe line very narrow and badly laid. It had lawn made fur tbe ante use of a fac lory id seine sort, ckwe to Erinofka. th* UMinnfacInred goods bring sent by its means to 8L Prterebnrg. while tbs raw materials were carried np from town to

Accident* were of fresjnent occurrence, though the train went ao slowly that personal injury waa rare. Paaaawgera were allowed to nau «4ra line, which waa Urns in,-I nsetul loi >uj father and his fellow aprtsmen-'-He might easily have fallen out then. But in that cat* would n<>t HnllsTt —who was aborting with him that day. a* I bad ascertained -have known ,d it either at once or wherf the train arrived at St Peter*barg t At any rate, be woald have mira-

r* given

A* a matter of fact, and ai

jraiarntly. Halbert bad remained behind for another day’a spirt when my father returned. Hnlla-rt retar ning on the Thursday and father on the Wgfineaday. ao that tbe accident—If it happened— would have occurred without Hullert

knowing anything abont it

I found Armio. tbe keeper at tb* lodge It waa from him that 1 learned that father bad Marled for bone earlier Mian Hnlia-rt. He had done ao. Annin explained, becatue he had found that tbe bird* were still so small that be did not care to shoot them. Annin had been away in town when oar man ram* to make inquiries. It wa* Bpiriduo that

the man bad interviewed.

"Did yon are my father ott on tb* Wedm-eday. Arinin?" I asked him. Armln rdlwAed. No. be raid preaenUy. be had not He had been out on tbs •oornw rill late with Mr. Halbert If dnr men had I era toM mat toe roans returned with Mr Halbert it was a

•The count left ua early in the day.” he added, "being diwout'ented with tb* six' of tbe bird* They certainly were email, fur It wa* the very first day of the shading, or near it " |to as coMiaukO.)

. 1 will he leave. I wJH hop* as ! i lo A We will n,.t despair until we i

rt passenger, “wa* a fellow fool bat I and patated It to natennrion. Then daring iye.1 In lrt» back yard and

have done all that there i* tn he done. What shall be our first move? Com*, tell me. Yon have done me good already. Thank' God that 1 .have Mill a brave son. What ia to tie done?" "Percy is corning to help me tomorrow or next day." 1 raid. "I thought It wr.old I*, as well tn have him here. Yon know him and like him.” "Kind Percy 1*' murmured mother "He i* a friend indeed." "And meanwhile 1 ►hall go to Erinofka by the very first train I can catch tomorrow rooming in coder to make inqniriea on tbe epit. Whom did you aejxd

from here?"

,n hungry people who hi a fancy, to tie- tiugus melon.a certainly bad Ida mean point*.” the rati peseenger. "but 1 know a

he bad finlatied be called the waiter who bad served him and asked:

He

it |!rin

Armin. and interviewed him

ofka. Armin could give him no ratia-

taction. ”

. “1 shall aee Armin for myself and many irtjier’p-uple hraidea." I aaid. "I shall make preliminary in^niriea to

for Percy

with him."

have yon

to what can have enrred T That is what ia *o drradfn | me that I cannot

'of calai

poadbly ba,