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"Evening dress f, claw-hammer
coat, etc., but no gloves no tics
why, money is n ,no,nentary necessi.
/ ty, by Jove !" said Frank, as he took
these articles from his truuk.
II can't 60 to Inner aud find out
my unknown friends IL I don't have
gloves. Oh, IL there was only q
Mont de Piete in New York-by
Jove, Simpsons I will arise aud
go unto my uncle and say uncle,
Lend me $10.'"
Frank laughed, then grew sober
again. There was q sense Of degra-
dation iu the mere idea. Then, with
sbrng, he thought needs must
when the devil drives, aud taking
out a box Of jewelry, none Of IL ex-
pensive, no turned il over.
Hello, here's Just the thing, he
thought as he took out a locket. II
was 40 odd affair cameo with the
bead Of the Savior on it. Around il
coiled golden serpent, with bril-
liantly enaneled scales aud a pair o
"pigeon's-blood' ruby eyes. Frank
had picked it up 10 a little shop in
London just before he sailed foi
home. IL was one OF the fancies ir
which he had begun to indulge him
self when he received the first remit
tapce from his new lawyers aud nov
property.
This bauble is principally &C.
countablo for my being short ofnon
ey" he thought II will make it re-
member me-" On tho back of th,
quaint old locket were the initials
'V. d. "" and below them M II.
There had been picture in it once
but there was loft only the marks o
the kuife with which it had beer
pried ou, II was growing late, an,
calling hack Frank iumpel in ant
told the driver to take him to tn
new Courthouse. Arrived there b,
told the driver to wait, passet
through the building aud out th,
other door, walked briskly to Sitnp
sou 3, hesitated a moment, bolted il
the door. and in moment stood in
box at the counter where poor wo
man was pawning some clothing fol
food. Frank shuddered, drew ou
tue locket aud laid it down.
a dark man took it up, looked a
it, turned it over, scrunLinized tn,
initials, tested the gold on u corne
und said, laconicaliy:
"llow much !!
"Ten dollars
The man turned away. made on
the ticket. banded Frank the none,
aud his duplicate ticket, and turne'
to the next conner.
With sigh at the atmosphere o
misery hanging around the place
from the dark corners Of which tn,
hollow faces Of tue spectors of wan
snd starvation seemed leering at hin
Frank passed quickly out of tn
door, regained his cab, said to tn
driver, brunswick quick / an,
rolled away.
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have been changed. Tue young man
hoped there hal been no harm done;
remembered that the other locket
was left by a young woman /; real
ly didn't remember what she look cd
like, and then went back to his work.
Frank returned home puzzled. 1t
really didnt matter il was only n
chance purchase Of unique tride 10
jewelry he hadn't the remotest idea
whose the initials were, but he was
superstitious about it, and it tioubl-
cd him That tho locket had
double in New York there could be
no doubt, and 80 Frank resolved
not to tell the story. but 10 wear the
locket on bis watch chain, in the
hope that it would somo time at
tract the alton lion of some one who
could solve mystery.
V.
"Mamma, cried Beesie tho pext
day when, hor confession made, all ,
had redeemed ner precious locket
aud was examining it, "Manms, this
is not my locket. This is the other
ono. This ia tho other one. THIS
is poor graudmas gaze damour to
her faithless lover como back to her
grandchild see, see, she ratified on
in wild excitement. Mrs Prague
looked sharply, saw tho reversed in'
ltials, and was as excited IN u mo
ment as Bessie. Cousin TON was
dispatched to the pawnbrokers for
information. lle learned but little
more than Frank, aud SO the mys.
terry was talked of and speculated
upon for the next week. Grandma &
love story was told over and over.
Briefly it was this Mary Emerson
aud Van Dyke Veddcr were lovers
years before. They exchanged lock
cts made for them. Vedder went
sailing away ont into the West and
married, leaving grandma, theu
young aud pretty, to soon console
herself with another lover and
husband. She always kept the lock.
ct aud warm spot III her heart, rs
every woman does for tue man
whom she once loved. Bnt she new
er saw or heard of him again in life
Bessie received her blessing, her lit
tie fortune, aud the preclous locke'
from grandma on her death bed
Aud now, after fifty years aul with
out u cre", the iuckets were changed
ny some mysterious agency.
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Modssty u . priceless virtue but
II, like tbs paiat on . woman : cheek.
Il y esly PA o.. u slos1s ~ vAles.
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Trapezo performers are desperate
persons. They are bound to make
o living II thsy have 10 swiag Tor it.
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Tho hair OF tho buifslo is now
largely employed in making over
coats, which are all wool.
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A man of Norristown, Pa, aged
rs, has married his steperaudmother,
aged 60.
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To bs dumb for the remainder OF
liz y better Than 70 spsHk fAlssly'
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Two little red lips qnivered psr-
ceptibly, aud two big black cyes fill
cd with tears. To be hungry--ab-
soluteiy, unpoetically and practically
hungry-was a novel experience to
Bessie Prang. To be hungry in a
fashionable lodging-honse, wi t b
plenty down stairs in a we'll filed
larder and cool, pleasant dining
room, was absolutely absurd. Sit
ting in a pretty room, amid q mass
of pretty feminine knick-knacks and
bric.a-brac, hearing the rattle OF
knives and forks come mp on the air
from the lunch tables below and
yet to be hungry was positively,
maddeningly iucongruous, sh g
thought. TO be sure there was no
reason why she should not have gone
to the landlady and explained her
situation and been sure Of proper
treat m en- t, but they had been
in the house but few days, and
had been taking their meals out
at neighboring restaurant. Bessie g
mother had been called away to visit
sick sister who was i'll, and she
had left her little girl alone, not
without misgivings, and the night
before Bessie had lost her purse or
had her pocket picked coming from
dinner at any rate it was gone, aud
with it the money which was to have
bought her food for the next two
days. A practical woman would
have done the obvious thing and in-
terviewed her landlady. Bat Bessie
was even more than most women
sensitive about going to strangers
when in trouble, especially about
money matters. aud feared to en-
counter suspicion 30 she won't with
out her breakfast, aud at lunch-time
was ravenously hungry. What q
curse q good appetite ia at times
Then it occurred to her that she had
heard her cousin Tom joke about his
"Uncle, and she knew that he was
alluding to pawnbrokor. What .
horrid thing q pawnbroker must be
A kind Of o crop between "Shy
lock aud 'Fagin,' she thought, and
they would ogle her perhaps. Oh
no She'd starve before che woulc
Igo there. But % the afternoon wore
on and hunger increased, aud with
II her perplsxity. shs began to cry
} But crying didn't help matters any
on the contrary, the pangs Of hun
ger rather increased, aud with then
her determination TO ind her cousi'
Toms 'Uucls. She resolved tha
no one but herself should ever know
OF hor perplexity, mot even Mamma
nor OF her visit TO a pawabrokers-
never that
From undsra mass OF ribbons ant
lacas, artificial flowers and daint,
lace handkerchief, tutnblsd into
lbursau drawer. sho dshed out
small box and drew from u qnes
lola lpckek u WA carved bead 9
ohrirA sarspuuded by : brilllantl
Ionnnoo1o onoko Ul(h buby eyo1~ ~
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MARIE.
"No. % West Forty. fourth street.
"Put money in thy purse, aud
thou shalt DO invited to dinner.
thought Bessie, as she mentally re.
solved togo at once to her old school
fellow and husband.
"Mr VanCleef,' s,id the man ser.
want, opening the door of the draw
ing room of No % Vest Fourty-
fourth street, aud Frank was usher
ed into tue cool rooms and the pres
euce ol a tall. fine looking man,
whom he had never seen before ia
his life. blonde. mitronly little wo
man-'that's Marie. he thought
and charming girl in white, with
great black eyes, aud mass OF soft,
black hair rolled upon the small,
clean cut heal.
For a moment tn, situation was
snbar, as 'ing Then Mr.. Francklyn
stepped forward, and Frank said:
There seems to be some mistake
must have u namesake somewhere
"Oh, no we arc cousins to your
late Aunt Miranda, who has Just
made you her legatee, and as you
have come home Mt last we mean
now that you are here, to make you
accept cousins place in our house
and our friendship, said Mr.. Franck-
lyn.
II is enough to say that the din
ner was perfect, the hostess charm
ing, the host u jolly good fellow and
Bessie SO bewitching that Frank was
in love over head and ears befor,
the dinner was finished.
The letter from my lawyers" was
at the hotel when Frank returned
covered with the postmarks of bali
the "New Brunswicks' in the Coun-
try, among which it had Travelled
while he was waiting for it ut the
Hotel Brunswick. The last murnul
that he made as he dropped of tc
sleep was Found an uncle, tive
cousins and-and-' and he was
dreaming of black eyed girl in au'
other minute.
Nv.
The phlegm attic clerk at the pawn
brokers turned over two lockets ap'
parent!y just alike, and examined
them curionsly, then put them back
in their wrappers aud was about to
put them away when fellew clerl
approached aud also looked at them
They changed them about littl,
and then placed them in the wrap
pers and in tho safe. The next day
both lockets were redeemed. They
thought it curious at tho moment
but odd things arc of daily occur
rences in the Office Of pawnbroker
the theater Of the daily tragedy o
woe and want, poverty, hunger anc
dirt.
Frank looked at the locket whel
he reached his hotel it Was thu
same. There was the bright spo
where the pawnbroker's acid ha'
touched the corner Of the case, bu
} the rest was the same exactly. N
he rubbed his whereas whe
ho took tho locket to the pawnbrok
; or the initials on the case had read
) v.D,v.
nj. II.
OF this he was perfectly sure f; ye,
! acre now, they were plainly reversed
aud read
nj II.
v. d. v.
tie puzzled over it some time
Then he went down in cab aud de
! minded Of the pawnbroker an expls
} nation. The young man told him Q
tho two locksts, exactly alike, le
! within an hour Of each other on u
precssdiug day. sach pledged {.
; go, each redeemed 10 tue mornin,
- ogplnnAAionn hou thoy m
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Tie puzzled over it some time.
Then he weut down in cab aud de-
minded Of the pawnbroker an expla
nation. The young man told him Of
tho two locksts, exactly alike, left
within an hour Of each other on ths
precssdiug day. saoh pledged fos
go, each redeemed 10 tue NOR ming,
~ ogplaaAllooo hes they nnal
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-30
Coal Oil.

The proximity of Butte to the northern
termlnus of the Utah u Northern railroad,
has been looked upon as a reliable safeguard
against any "corners'' in the merchandising
line this winter. Nevertheless, rumor were
current on the street yesterday that coal oil
was becoming remarkably scarce, and that the
price of that commodity is rapidly appreciate
ing. There is none of the article to spare in
Deer Lodge, and very little if any can be pur-
chased in Helena. Hence, the stock in Butte
is rapidly assuming a formidable market
value. 1t is known that several leading
houses in this metropolitan burg have a sup
ply on hand not more than sufficient to meet
their own wants. Therefore those who possess
a few extra cases are holding it for stiff
prices. At present it is selling for one dollar
per gallon, but in all probability the price
will double before freight communication is
~re-opened. 1t is quite possible, therefore,
that we may have to fall back on tallow
candles for evening illumination, though it is
sincerely to be hoped that such a desperate
resort may not be forced upon us.
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[From Thursdays Daily.1
THE COOLER WARMER.


Butte was thrown into a fever of excite
ment last night about $50 o'clock by the
alarm of fire proceeding from the lower end
of town. The stores and saloons were soon
emptied, and the crowd began a lively stamp
EIDE in the direction of the scene OF excite
ment. For IA time it was supposed that
Chinatown was ablaZe, and though, had such
been the case, the loss in washed and I'M
washed linen would have been deplorable,
the boys were prepari. for plenty of fun in
celestial knights of the dashboard and the tub.
However, the disaster was not so serious as
anticipated, for when the stampeGers reached
the center of alarm 1t was discovered hat the
nature of the disaster was very much akin to
the state of the weather-that is, it had been
SCOOTER" but was rapidly becoming warmer. In
short the Jail was afire. That classic edifice
wherein the city fathers were wont TO instil
moral municipal doctrine into the minds of
disobedient and lawless characters was, to use
an original phrase, fast becoming a victim
to the "devouring element" Confined within
this dungeon drear was one offender, solitary
and alone. He was arrested in the
afternoon for a Territorial offence, a conf
plant having been sworn out against
him for breaking into a house. This
man, whose name is Al. Buel, violently
protested against being imprisoned and swore
that if the Marshal locked him up he would
burn down the building before morning. In
a conversation on the subject soon after tue
fire had broken out the Marshal said:
"Buel swore he would fire the building
Notwithstanding the fact that we had done
everything in our power to make him COM
Portable for the night. We made him a good
bed, gave him a candle and built Il fire, but
had no sooner got out of the house than he
kicked over the stove. We accordingly went
back and removed the stove from the house
and supposed that after that he certainly
would be unable to carry his threat into ex-
ecution.'
1t is evident, however, from subsequent
events that Mr.. Buel's facilities for Christmas
illumination were much more perfect than
Mr.. Warfeld had supposed, as was soon evil
denced by the breaking out of the flames in
the prison buAding.
But now comes the serious part of the mar
rative. The unfortunate prisoner having
started the fire was unable for IA long time to
escape from the consequences of his own folly,
and had it not been for the opportune assis-
lance afforded from the outside by Ralph
Brady and some other man, there is little
doubt that Buel would have persisted in the
flames. Bradley hearing the cries of the al
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Minor Items.
From Tuesdays Daily
The ice cream business is dull.

From Tuesdays Daily
The ice cream business is dull.
Helena is suffering from delayed stages.
The Helena church fair Melted over $1,000.
Mr.. Moe has been reappointed register OF
the land Office at Helena.
The Independent says two divorces were
granted in the capital city last week.
Mr.. Lee Mantle returned on Sunday from
an extended visit to Deer Lodge.
Manning & Lewis have contracted for fifty
turkeys, dieted expressly for the Butte mar
ket.
Mr.. W. NJ. Rank, of the Northwestern For
warding Company, arrived in Butte OH Sun
day, from the Capital.
A brother of Mr.. Jack Gilmer was killed
a few days ago in a Brigham (Utah) gold
mine by the unexpected explosion of a blast
Professors Clayton & Blake began their
examination of the Alice mine yesterday .
Probably a week will elapse before the party
will return to Salt Lake.
The present term of the District court at
Helena will terminate Tomorrow, and the
Fox case will occupy the court until adjourn
men The case has been on trial since Dec.
10th.
Mr.. j. K. Clark, of the Dexter mill, came
near breaking his arm a day or two ago. A
heavy door which operates on slides and is
regulated by weights in some way came to the
ground While Mr.. Clark's arm was under
meath it. The limb was severely bruised but
happily no bones were broken.
The northern stage, which brought Mr.. S.
S. Walker and party from the terminus, was
delayed at one point for a period of nine
hours. The driver lost the road in conse.
quence of the severity of the storm, and was
compelled to camp till daylight. 1t was an
unpleasant introduction to the BEAUTIES of the
Montana climate.
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Frozen to a

A special dispatch to the Helena Herald,
from Fort Keogh, Montana, dated December
22d, says: ga soldier by the name of Brown
Was frozen to death while out hunting.
Lieutenant Long left Keogh some few weeks
ago with a train and his Company K. Fifth In
fantry, for Bismarck. They experienced
some very rough weather, encountered a
blizzard, lost several mules and sixty per cent.
of the men were frozen, some very seriously.
They arrived at Bismarck on the goth inst.'
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THE WEEKLY MINER.

most sufocated occupant Of the Jail, speedily
procured some implement wherewith by bat
tering in the door he effected an entrance, Just
in time to save the life of the prisoner, whom
he dragged out in all unconscious condition.
Buel was at once taken to Hale's drug
store, aud when he recovered his senses was
evidently suffering the most excruciating
agony. He begged piteously to be killed, and
In many other ways gave evidence of the
fearful torture he was enduring. Medical
assistance was promptly summoned and rem
edies applied to alleviate his distress as far as
possible, but from the amount of smoke he
had inhaled it was plain that some time must
necessarily elapse before relief could be
afforded.
Meantime the Jail was slowly burning to
the ground. 1t was a total loss. No insur-
ance.
The absence of the fire engine is explained
in various ways. 1t was maintained by some
that the engine is too valuable q piece of
property to be employed in putting out a
fire in an old Lighthouse Jail. Others
considered the weather too cold, and there
being no water the machine would
be only a igure-head anyhow. Not a few
were of the opinion that it had been lost,
while several gentlemen were loud in their
assertions that it was seen a few days ago
pumping water out of an old shaft in the
vicinity of Walkerville.
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lFrom Wednesdays Daily.1
A PRO.JECT.


In conjunction with several we'll known
members of Butte society to day, 1 travelled
around forthe purpose Of making inquiries rel
alive to the possibility of getting up a lecture
course which our citizens may attend with
profit and amusement.
1t seems to be generally conceded that our
available musical talent is not of the highest
order; or, rather, there are not enough prac-
ticed vocalists in our midst to Justify the hope
OF successfully giving a series of musical en-
tertalnments as was at one time contemplate
ed. The idea, therefore, occurred to newly
not get up a course of lectures. There are
at least a dozen gentlemen in Butte who are
competent and who, with proper inducements,
would be willing to deliver a course of lee
lures on popular subjects. Several of orr
clergymen are known to be fluent and tai
ented orators and there is little doubt that in
the exercise of their abundant charity they
would consent to assist in the furtherance of
this very laudable scheme. We have like
wise physicians, lawyers and mercantile men
who are well posted on a variety of interest
ing topics and are fully able to entertain an
audience in the discussion of any subject
which their good taste might suggest. The
benefits arising from a popular course of lee
lures are almost i~ncalculable, and if the
project can only be sufficiently agitated there
is no reason to doubt that a season of rare
intellectual enjoyment is on store for us. In
conversation with a number of prominent
citizens to-day on the subject, 1 met with
general encouragement and if some one with
more extensive acquaintance and more in
fuence than l myself possess will take the
matter in hand, | will predict that within a
week the initiatory lecture will be given.
VISITOR.
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Helena Horror.

Editor Butte Miner.
A visitor to the Helena church fair on Satur-
day was thrown into spasms of excitement
while sitting at the refreshment table, and for
a time there was some danger that death
would result. He had Inherited from his
mother a natural antipathy to oysters, but in
the course of a long and pious career as an
attendant at church fairs, he had never met
with any serious misfortune, had never tasted
the bivalves in the oyster soup.
On Saturday evening, however, he was in
weighed into taking plate by some fascinating
lady who charged him a dollar for the luxury
and was slipping its contents, blissfully obliv-
ious of everything save the loneliness of his
attendant. He was conscious Of no flavor,
and had no premonition of impending dis
aster, when of a sudden a dark colored object
at the bottom of the dish arrested his atten-
ton. His eyes gazed apace, Ills features
assumed a livid hue, and clutching the table
cloth for support and dragging everything to
the ground, he finally managed to s.agger to
the ante-room and lay down OH the carpet.
Three physicians were at once summoned,
unto one of whom he communicated his nat
ural horror of the bird called the oyster.
The doctor in whom he reposed this conf
dence stralghtway repaired to the kitchen and
drawing a six-shooter on the cook, asked him
in thunder tones if he had so far forgotten
himself as to serve up the oyster in a plate o
soup. The terrified wretch at once examined
the washing boiler in which the sour was
made to see if he could find traces of the
bivalve. Alas! it was gone. Examination
at the table soon explained the mystery. A
cove oyster, solitary and alone, was found
among The ruins. The entertainment ad-
journed for the evening and the cook was
discharged without any back pay. CAP.
HELENA, Dec. 81.
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~ 'ouch bedrock and the lead mines of this
Territory will be able to make better contracts
LUZ bullion expectation than those Of any
o'ate OF Territory on the line of the Union
facifc road, with perhaps the single excep.
ion Of Colorado"
when do You expect to begin operations
at Meaderville? ?"
GU tell NE when it will quit showing at
'he terminus and I'll answer the question"
HOW soon can you fire up after the brick
and machinery arrive on the ground"
"One month";