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ALDEIlMANIC.

Preparing for the Coming Etection-
Candidates md Their Prospects.
Ar tue tmo for the hltcrmnnic election APP
pruochcs tic fnterpst IN It lncreHsce, and pvcry
day brings up n Acbre ct new candidates IN the
various wnrds. Mnny of them anntnlnco thein-
Hclvcs for no nther purpnse lhait tn Rct their
names IN tho papers, hut tho majority Of tho !
cnndtflntcs arc being urged hr tfolr friends"
AMI really want tho u.l'oo rs a stepping stone 10
something bct&Gr |
or tho retiring Aldermen, flanders, Phelps, |
Mallory, Cullertun, McNnlly. f.awlcr, 6plyth, |
and Stnubcr arc the onlf n1ieS who hro
gEEKtNH AE-EtEcTtOS,
md, s,,pposng TINT thoir ambition viii he grntt-
flctt, tpe new men at9 10 DO elected. II Is very
doubtful. however, whether nf who want IN bo
wilt he reflected Sanders viii hayG . spirited
Ght e mike. o. 70 VII Turner, cS,ler;2nt ;m tSn2r MG
efi!Stos 9hs con Sai '' e. Mt Fhsip.
sla1!' as %y a s' s mees VIII 'nT ore orp"so@
!,an ho dreams of Waat shcrs H ngali,st ntn:
may lsst 10 sct + down Own tSut he i n"t returned ~
eq1ia!Iy goul mnn 'yill BE-: and the sa!,ao niiEht
s r H q. tho ls dtil vi; wr!s IT, ThS 5
by w0rso.. but, rovewinK the whlo eltnntfon tho
outl:nk for the yeSr II rot .lnfayoranis % ~ % ro-
gnrtls tho composition nf thn Cotlsltil as cofu-
pHred With tho yeAr nb0ut 10 close.
| BoUrH s1uH.
Taking he cl,y hX warls and tt1rt!HK M xt
the First, tho prtnDllltica Af1: tHht LIT. HNRArs
YIN be elected. which Is t9 bc regretted. Tho
tlcsnni, or sterling qualities, and ono whose scrv-
| ices tho city can I'll nllurti to nse
| In thu secntih NArl tht, ptt'spe1f is tnat bhh.
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@ tno Ent ~ ~ to.' ~ c o, nin ,.rni %
1e Ms ., f,n. III, ~ II ss I'll. ia tmn h"ss
mAny peisnn.! iflc'ns ~ WILL; RIM .nsHu ~ as,s t
.Gt ~ Or Gs i t1na II, IL rr ~ ~ ~
eict t.: ess sri'e r rcprcsentative. % C. A'
~ tne !m,sl INT, he': =. % XII % f,or tw;,h ~
muo4 ~ H.iy HpIho'1. nt ~ nt'', ns nr,
F,nNu!nH ~ ~ i1''vH. - T., ,. III. l,,t
snn IT,, ght !, u ~ ue rs.st ,ya M
r. t"rn ,, 1.,,tt;.rt s rtnw Y tt1nif s~ ''''' W.
~ tne ttif!n mmfn. 1 n s nns a'tcmuS .S %en tht1-
mnted az: sa!nry VII mGe. " WIZ e., orp,sttnn: s .ta
bi,t there Is public cot,sotation n tao Act TINT
III! OF h!s ntEni%Gnts % ate e FeRm.aost ~ m,en, ,
r2nont@, IN his nI nsty ana nj ~ @
nle. LUG hepupntaNa Nra not llkH!s y! Emnke
nominntion, but the chances % are TINT II Ilrncr
fo nG nnnhhs"a m II. .nG VI" 1ac. a1 @ WIN "nr th tho
Communist
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: c...s., n,.ns,,s =, rns Thtto,o T,4b,ns
epss@s D~t"'t" ~ 49,. Nv ,r"s v"s ,,s"..,s,,
NOsr0N. haTch t--Inc .3ou"H heVapIlcul's,
who, fur soEno years. hnvo madd themselves fsIt!
eu',s ro'ts' NV ~, e o,,,1,.. ~ ,,,a,, rha at
ose pan' 1or .lie o'ns ., s"ns !n,'.s.,,tin,, ~
Grant and DlAino ~ possible candidates earliest
and loud. Tho purposes uud principles Of tho
1aa.s.,s.u. ua.N.,.tt,,1 Comrnittoc NJ Nev
1hunl'c''.os.s ..oluuse1 -. T,.,,..s,,.s,.,
York ind tho National League OF fh!laaolpnll
wcro hcnrtlly approved. The resolutions
n1up'.u, ". .u''e tn..s ~ -. ~" .-,nn,n,oa ~
We Geenf1 onr ,ars ae' MsncnIsiiv III dn ,yn 1ne
tho ~ stnhI9.Er,opt - IN n9,hiin aarvine Gt,
inc eatMpl1shnont ~ LUZ Pau'o P, ni o.. ou com. ~
tno pasis OF anogeSr ~ a.u anoc,o ots'Mv,ncnta. s
th 9huess s sno ~ taS,a i,n-tvine hi sreari".Ea III
lao paasago O. tAwh nups'sHls .aa.sa9nst ~, ~
ther lcaM!. leaer 9uaaty fav @ ~
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SHERMAN WILL HOLD ON.
gpst{dl Ditpatth to Jns Chttdbo TRIBUNE,


WAstlISdToH, D. G., Mnrch 6.-Sonc nf the
Eastern sensational papers hnyo published tho
statement tint Secretary Sherman contcinpintcs
withdrawing MS Il candidnte, for tho Presidency
In favor Of Washburno or B!nino. with vtow Of
defeating Grant Careful inquiry Of persons In
position to bc acquainted with Shcrmun'a plans,
however, shows that he not only docs not cntl-
templatc roltnquishlng his cAndianturc. but
that hc Ia moro conlfont In his prospects, thRn
he has been. Within two days be hRs mado
moro cxtcnsive arrangements for tho clrcllla-
ton Of lis campaign life. and goutlc-
mon from different parts Of tho country
who arc working~' in his interests nrc
now here comparing hooks, and apparently have
4reat belief III tho rcscrve force Of thc!r load.
or. Con. Curtis, ot New York, whn Is ono Of
Bhcr1nnu's most activo managers, and ls q Fcd-
erul official who holds close relations 10 his chief,
reports the Sherman organization as quito OK.
TIE STATE or coNKL1Hn.
Mr.. shormnn himself, In all his interviews with
congressman and poopl0 from different sections
of tho country who arg visiting hero, ta1ks freD-
~ about tho Presidential election, and does not
hcsItllto to discuss tho "details OF bis own
Presidential canynsB. Tho r,ltnors, therefore,
TINT Sherman contnmpIatca withdrawing at the
present stngo OF tho campai9n nre unfaunded
atitl, It h0 should contemplate withdrawing, ht
would hnyo grcnt difficulty In transferring any
Of his force to Blaine, II tho yiewa oppressed b,
shormans lteutonnnts hero In any way rcttcc
tho opinions or those whom they olnfns to repre-
Bcnt. Inleod, Sn1rman's Innnngarn To-day an
co,grntlltating themselves that they hnvo gnlitt
now pont III favor OF their cnndltnto, from the
fuot that tho Ohio stAto Convention TO soloo
tlulcgates to Chicago has flx0d tho curly day o
March s5 for meeting. This carly dato thol
claim To bo strong point IN shcrnnn's favor.
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Battle OF the Cooks-IKot Mush ~ 4
Weapon Of Fominlne WaIiArbs

A remarkable incidsuL aud ono whose ~ y,
fioun character was partially onset pyl ~ ildis
crnusns4s occurred about "a clock tho Other
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CHAPTER Y.
PUT TO TIL E TEST,

Early upon the morning of the eleventh
of October, General CRANKY Dumont pre-
sented himself at the house of MIR. Oyington.
This time he was admitted. The servant
who ushered him into the drawing-room
was William Gorton.
This man looked furtively at the pale face
of the soldier. The noble countenance of
CRANKY Dumont was like some open book,
whose truthful pages reveal only that which
is great and generous. Every emotion was
plainly written upon that brave and candid
face, and William Gorton clearly saw that
some secret trouble was preying upon the
mind of Miss Ovington's affianced husband.
'.If he knew muttered the man, as Il,
walked. with soft tread, through the cor
riiors between the outer hall and the ele-
CANT morning-room into which he ushered
the General-s.if he knew as much as 1 do.
I wonder how he would act?"
HAS Miss Ovington recovered from the
headache from which she suffered last
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DYING Nations.

Why do nations die? Cultivated
Greece, and all-conquering Rome; Van
dial, and Goth, and Hun, and Moor, and
Pole, aud Turk, all dead or dying.
Why? Murdered by nations more pow
erfnl? Swallowed by earthquakes?
Swept away by pestilence or plague, or
starved by pit,less famine? Not by
any of these. Not by the lightning and
thunder; not by the tempest and the
storm; not by poisoned air, or volcanic
fires did they die! They perished by
moral degradation, the legitimate re-
suit of gluttony, intemperance and ef-
feminacy. When a nation becomes
rich, then there is leisure and the
means of indulgence in the appetites
and passions Of our nature, which wear
the body and wreck the mind. As
with nations, so with families. Wealth
takes away the wholesome stimulus of
effort, idleness opens the food-gates of
passionate indulgence, and the heir of
millions dies heirless and poor, and
both name and memory ingloriousiy
rot.
If, then, there is any truth and force
in argument, each man owes it to him.
self, to his country, and, more than all,
to his Maker, to live life of temper
ance, industry and self-denial as to ev-
cry animal qualification; and with these
having an eye to the glory of God, this
nation of ours will live with increasing
prosperity and renown until, with one
foot on land and another on the sea. the
angel of eternity proclaims time no
lonoor
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her friend, ''and now that l have heard
your story, which is really pitiable one,
/ will make you an offer. You know,
Mrs. Williams, am quite alone, with
the exception of the servant girl I keep,
and am sufficiently well off to give
somebody home and now, if you will
come and live with me the ensuing two
years, instead of going back tc Jersey
to encounter sour looks, you shall be
perfectly welcome. Indeed, will con-
slider it a favor to have you with me, as
[ am in want of your genial company;
and it always was my nature to want
some one around me to pet little"
Mrs. Williams caught hold of the
lady's hand and raised it to her lips, so
delighted was she at the proposal made
to her. Il will come" she said, "and
try to make you just as little trouble as
| possibly can-oh, thank you
thanks"
"Do not mention the word trouble
again in connection with your coming.
I am not sure but it is whony-selfsh
act on my part; [ want your company"
well, I will try to be as agreeable as
an ignorant old woman like me can be-"
Cali but the ignorant, Mrs. Williams;
you are as good company as waht."
The terrors of her tour to jersey now
over, the old lady was the happy of
happiest. Betsy, too, was pleased at
the thought Of having her mother so
near her. Mrs. Blandon lived in a
pleasant, grand, old house, luxuriously
furnished, for she was wealthy. The
grounds III summer, with their flowers,
fountains, graveled walks, quiet lawns,
and singing birds, seemed Like a para
disc to old Mrs. Williams former way of
living. Then,- hearing no words but
the kindiest, besides having been
promised shortly after she went to live
with Mrs. Blandon that she always
should have a home with her, she was
constantly in a frame of mind to offer
thanks to God for giving her so good
friend. Thus, after raising up her
children, stranger proved the greater
friend to her.
PITTsFIELD. Mass.
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The room into which he was shown was of
marvellous richness. The carpet was of heavy
Turkish make, into which the feet sank
noiselessly; the chairs and settees were of
luxurious plush, the curtains OF the finest
fabric, and the paintings and ergravinge
mastcr pieces Of ant.
81 shall say nothing Of my miraculous
escape, Mr.. -"
The lady paused as if waiting for him to
volunteer his name.
"Mr. Dalton"
81 shall say nothing of my escape, Mr..
Dalton, and therefore will call none OF the
family in to reiterate my thanks My care
lessness would receive O severe reprlmand,
and l am very sensitive. Are you fond OF
music?"
''Passionately. Miss
Mr.. Dalton followed the young woman's
example. and stopped to have the blank in
his speech filled.
She laughed merrily as she seated herself
at the piano and honored him with her
name-Celeste Van Duyne.
81 will endeavor to sing very pretty
ballad in my own humble manner, Mr.
Mr.. Dalton" she said.
In rich, silvery tones, she sang the affect
ing song "Then You'll Remember Me-"
James Dalton sat enrapt until she began
the last verse, when he rose and walked
over to the piano
Beautiful, Miss Van Duyne!' he ex-
claimed, as she finished, and turned her
face toward him suffused with bushes
''beautiful! You are an excellent songstress!
May request something of a religious
character? Your voice is well adapted to
that class of music, and there is one piece of
which 1 am extremely fond. Will you
favor me with "Vital Spark of Heavenly
Flame?"
Miss Van Duyne's color changed slightly,
and a serious, panied look took the place OF
the lovely rose tint, then fled, almost as
quickly as it had come.
eff knew the air, certainly" she replied,
''but, as do not, trust you will excuse
me-"
She continued playing and singing at his
request for nearly an hour, when James
Dalton bade her good e. ming, with feel
ing which he would have called madness
some time before
''She is unmarried, and has asked me to
call again" he muttered as he closed the
gate.
The pale-faced young widow passed from
his mind that night; nor did he think Of the
keen-eyetl man, who had conyersed with Miss
Van Duyne on so horrible topic as the
murder Of human being.
To RE CONTJNTED
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KleDtOlnania.

About eight years ago an alarm
reached the chief police Office in Lon
don that jewels of great value had been
stolen from lady of high rank while
a guest at a quiet Northern country
house. A handsome reward was offered,
and not long afterward it became
known that the property had been re-
covered. Astounding as if may seem,
it is nevertheless true that the tenn
porary appropriation of these fine things
was millionaire peer, who, albeit in no
wise penurious, is singularly simple in
his personal habits, and does not spend
one-fourth of his income. The matter
was all hushed up, and very few per-
sons outside of the family knew who
the thief, If We can so call him, really
was. This was genuine case of KEEP
tomania, and proves beyond doubt that
it really exists. An English Earl of
high distinction had this weakness
from boyhood, and it involved his
leaving Eton. When, in after years,
he entered the Cabinet, it was rumored
that Lord - had entirely conquered
the propensity, Except that at Cab
met Council he never could resist
'Dizzy's new green kid gloves" The
alarming disappearance of wax candles
at the Travellers Club, London, some
years ago, caused some dismay. The
mystery was at length solved by mem
ber of the committee seeing the old
Duke G. with clear $75OOOO q Year,
ambling along the corridor with a can
die sticking out of each coat-tail
pocket. His family were communicated
with, and his Grace ceased to come to
the cIuh
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ssBut it is known that he never went WITH
out them"
''He was searched, said Levinto.
"When?"
"After he had been-quieted," answered
the Spaniard.
"And nothing was found?'
Nothing except few loose Dimes"
There was pause; the two men remained
silent for some moments.
Ike >panl;trd WIS ;Ae first to resume the
conversation.
WHY have you come here Tonight"
Because these WHO employed me had
rcasou to thiuG that they have been de-
ceived They We're afraid that your pity
mlgh; perhaps have been touched by TIE
prn vers of Your victim"
PITY! | never shrink back at towards
CRY, nor sicken at the sight of blood. l kill
for money, and from liking for the trade. -"
''You swear to ne that the man whom |
introduced 10 you carried no packet of letters
whatsoever"
Il do answered the Spaniard, ''and
what motive could l have for deceiving you?
The lady who had cause to fear that man
can rest easy-he will trouble her no more!'
Enough. Levinto." -; i William Gorton.
He returned to the parlor, in which he
had lett Miss Oyington.
'.Have you heard enough, MADAME" asked
William
She rose from her seat and followed the
servant into the passage.
They met the Spin!ard, who was talking
to oil Mag
Il shall never forget that man. muttered
Hiss Ovington under her breath.
1T is to be hoped that you will never SEQ
him again, madam
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4 True Fable.
friend to her.
PITTsEIELp. Ms

A wolf, who was known among his
friends as sagac:ous, swift, sly, and en-
during, and who seldom went to bed
hungry, one day met woodchopper's
son in the forest. Hostiities between
boys and wolves had been suspended
for short time on account of camp
meeting in that neighborhood, and the
wolf and the boy therefore sat down on
log to discuss the weather and draw
each other out on the Transformation
theory.
The wolf never had fair chance to
look boy over. His rule had been to
eat them first and look them over
afterward. He now observed chat his
companion was twics as handsome as
he was, and the fact ranked il his
jealous mind. He forgot that he had
been differently graded by nature in the
beginning, and he began casting about
to see how he could get even. He
finally made up his mind that it was the
boys red coat which made all the dif-
ference, so he carelessly observed:
81 don't suppose you'd like to part
with that old patched coat of yours,
would you?"
The boy was up to string games and
balloon ascensions, and SO closed with
an offer to lend the wolf his coat for a
week if the latter would guide him to q
den where three young foxes could be
secured.
As soon as the wolf secured the coat
he wrapped it around him and declared
the truce between the wolves and the
boys at an end. That had been his
little game from the start. Sounding
his war-howl, the wolf summoned his
friends to help make bologna of poor
Tom, but as the eager brutes came up
they went for the red coat and the boy
went for a tree.
No wolf has any business wearing
boys outfit, even if it would add to his
beauty, and this one was soon clawed
into bag-strings and his bones hung on
jack pine for the wind to fool with.
Looking down from his perch in the
tree, the boy remarked:
"In the first place, don't try to play
swine game. In the second place, don't
go on the principle that everybody else
is fool"
Preserves won't last without sugar,
and your neighbor has just as much
right to keep chickens as you have to
keep a dog.-DetrOit Free Press.
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The first day of January has been
the first day of the New Year only from
the middle of the eighteenth century.
The New Year of our Puritan and
Cavalier ancestors was March %, not
Jan. 1. At the time of the correction
of the calendar" in 1751, by act of
"a George H., it was also ordered
" that the first day of January next fol-
lowing the said last day of December
shall be reckoned, taken, deemed, and
accounted to be the first day of our
Lord, 1852, and so on from time to
time" The act further corrects the
calendar thus: "And the natural day
next Immediately following the second
day of September, shall be called
and accounted to be the fourteenth
day of September, omitting for that
time only the eleven intermediate NOM
inal days Of the calendar" The Rus
slams have never corrected" their cal
endar.
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Be Short.

Long visits, long stories, long essays,
long exhortations, and long prayers,
seldom profit those who have to do with
them. Life is short. Time is short.
Moments are precious. Learn to con-
dense, abridge, and intensity. We can
bear things that are dull if they are
only short. We can endure many an
ache and i'll if it is over soon, while
even pleasures grow insipid, and pain
intolerable, if they be protracted beyond
the limits of reason and convenience.
Learn to be short. Lop off branches;
stick to the main fact in your case. If
you pray, ask for what you would re-
ceive, and get through; if you speak,
tell your message and Eold your peace ;
boil down two words into one, and
three into two. Always learn to be
short.
Daily globe., 1880-03-28

AS a fair example of curiosity of
statistics, says Spoford, the Congress
sional Librarian, "take the army of
Xerxes when it crossed the Hellespont
to invade Greece. Herodotus gives it
as 100000 foot, 100000 horse and
1000 naval forces; total, 2.317 900,
and adds that this was swollen by the
attendants to 100000; and all this to
invade country which in no age known
to history contained over 100000 in
habitants. Another favorite myth of
historians is the story Of that famous
Alexandrian Library of 100000 volumes,
burned by the Caliph Omar, A. D. $40,
with rhetorical dilemma in his mouth.
Unfortunately for this highly-dramatic
tale, no two writer's are agreed as to the
circumstances, except as to the single
fact that there was library at Alexan-
dria, and that it ceased to exist in the
seventh century. To ask modern in
quirer to believe that 100000 books
were gathered in one body 800yeats be-
fore the invention OF printing, while
the largest library in the world, four
centuries after the multiplication OF
books by printing began, contained less
than 100000 volumes. is altogether too
great stretch of credulity. Even in
reporting the size of modern libraries,
exaggeration holds sway. The library
of George w., inherited by that grace
less ignoramus from a book-collecting
father, and presented to the British ma
ton with osuentat1ous liberality only
after he had failed to sell it to Russia,
was said, in the publications of the time
to contain about 10000 volumes. But
an actual enumeration when the books
were lodged in the Kings Library at
the British Museum, where they have
ever since remained, showed that there
were only $3.50 volumes, being little
more than half the number reported.
Many libraries, public and private, are
equally over-estimated. It is so much
easier to guess than to count, and the
stern test of arithmetic is too seldom
applied, Notwithstanding the fact that
100000 volumes can easily be counted
in day by two or three persons, and SO
on in the same proportion. Here, as in
the statistics Of population, the same
proverb holds good, that the unknown
is always the magnificent, and on the
surface of the globe we inhabit the un-
explored country is always the most
marvellous since the world began.
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CHAPTER El.
ME-. JAMES DALToN's ADVENTURES.

"Good Heaven, man, didn't I tell you SO
the other night? But you wouldn't believe
me. Now you seek to deprive me of liberty
because of your own stupidity
Mr. James Dalton addressed these words
to one of the two police officers who had ac-
companied him in his search for the mid
night assassin.
Cant help it. SIR" replied the police
man; ''you are wanted"
Expostulation was useless, and he WAS
>JiIged to follow the officer. At the station
.nn>e n- found the serge,n; Of police await
,ns sis coming. Soon he was closeted with
u;m.
Information has been received here TO-
day, Mi. Dalton said the sergeant, ''rels-
live "a the disappearance Of a young man Of
good social standing. He has been missing
Daily globe., 1880-03-28
DISAPPOINTED HOPE.

She was sitting at the lattice,
Where the snowy-plumed clematis
Translated for her gratis
What the breezes sung and sighed;
And the dainty tendernesses
OF the sunbeams ON her tresses
Left her traced in the caresses
OF the golden morning-tide
The linnets were a-cooing,
And the draper bees a-wooing,
And the dews were interviewing
All the tiower-covered fays;
While lightly from the dingis
The zephyr, lone aid single,
Came up to intermingle
In the leaf-entangled mazs.
She waits another coming,
Her heart its riches summing,
Till suddenly drumming
From the gravel walk arose;
A hope triumphant filled her,
And clear the words that thrilled her:
Look here, you, Jane Matilder-
Come and knuckle them ar clothss!'
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Fatal Mistake
BARRETT SYLVESTER,
AUTHOR OF

"FETTERED, YET FREE" ''CLoUDs AND SUNSHINE,
"EsTELLE'S ERROR" FALSE PRIDE,
STRICKEN DUNE" ETC, ETC.
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| u Dedulliul even Ill tuc )ailOl VI lliSut.
With the assistance of an officer, he con-
veyed her to the nearest drug store, where
she soon revived under the attention of the
doctor in charge.
Upon reviving, she looked about confused
ly till her eyes lighted upon James Dalton,
when she smiled sweetly.
''Was it you, sir, who saved me!'
James Dalton bowed.
"Are you injured, MADAME" he asked.
sNot at all-only frightened she said,
shuddering II will return home at once,
she added, rising. 81 cannot express my
gratitude, sir, for your expertness that has
saved my life. May I have your arm?
Thanks
81 am at your service, madam, and he
aided her unsteady steps. ''Shall l not see
you to your home-or do intrude"
This woman's beauty was fascinating
was handsomer than even the magnificent
Miss Ovington, but of a different type-just
such beauty as drives mems reason to the
four winds and renders them imbecile.
Again the lady smiled sweetly.
"Your company, sir, would reassure me,
she said, ''for tremble like an aspen-the
shock was so dreadful
Mr.. Dalton now began to speculate on the
relationship of this woman with the keen
eyed man with whom he had seen her In
New York
This man had evidently been conversing
with her on the murder of some one, and
yet she did not seem wicked woman, nor a
woman who would be privy to anothers s
wickedness What, then, could she have to
do with the keen-eyed man?
She chatted vivaciously on the way home,
and impressed him as most wonderfully
agreeable creature.
When they arrived at the house opposite
the little wooden church, she preceded him
up the broad garden path and rang the bell
tu;ce, with quick, peculiar jerk, that es-
caped her escorts notice.
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CuriOsities of Statistics.

TO BE CONTINUED.