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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

Beatri'el The Madonna had not lei
him astray. Had Carr ~ e 5 heea a
Roman Catholic he might have shown his
graf tude by the o pend ture OF poun 8
and pounds Of wax candles.
He stood for some time watching Bea-
trice Now tiat he had found her he
trembled at his own act. He trembled al
tho thought OF whag he had TO say to her,
what she had to s.y to him. He eDmfort
ell himself by the assurance tina he had
only sough her, broken through her con-
cealment, for the sake OF giving, or at
least Offering such help he cou d give.
After this he walked slowly down the
garden and stood in front OF her. She
raised her o5 and knew him. Her book
fell to the ground. he sprung to her feet
and uttered lite cry-a cry that sound
cd very sweet to MIR. Carruthers as 1t was
Enthusiastically one Of pleasure. At the
unexpected appearance of the man she
loved, for a moment there was 10 thought
in her heart save that OF JOY. S stretch
et out her banda Frank! Frank she
cried. "You here?"
He took or hands in his and regard ,ess
Of bystanders ga. ed into her gray eyes.
For a moment he could not speak. The
sight Of Beatrice. the touch of her hand
sent the blood rushing through his veins
Days, weeks, months, he had pictured this
meeting, and now it had come to pass!
TO BE CONTINUED.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Is Marriage q FaiIure2

/ started Up n my welded lie some
years ago wit the old-fashioued idea that
1 wa destined To be the con dental C m
panion OF my husband. proud OF the honor
he lad conferred upon me and-all the
rest OF J. did not then think that my
ideas were cd iashiOneJ. 1t Is subse-
suent even that have impressed me with
the belief that am behind he times
My husband Is at his Office all cay.
When he returns at night he Is hungry,
and what is more fatally unin eresting
than u hungry man. After dinner, how
o or, when | hoped for the mes ic hap
piness my long hours alone had earned
for me, lie es to his clUb. He ret rms
late at night l have ceased to wait up
for him. see him, perhaps, for about
three hours in the week. lie is intolera
biz Indifferent. He always impresses me
with the belief tina / am q burden to be
Ell iurcd wit rs much stoicism as possible.
A feeling Of resentment, a deadly foe
to wifeIy love, has arisen within me. The
domestic instinct Is chilled. | am forced
to attend those receptions and EN- er ain
ments which in my heart despise.
is marriage a failure the London
Telegraph asks think Is, and think
that me women oIt Of ten will agree
with me- "A Wife in \. Y. Evening
World
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

said the woman, her hard features trans
Fl ured by pity. and smoothing the girls
brown hair as mother might have
done.
Il can bear IL no longer, said Beatrice.
81 will write and tell them all. Tell
them how have been wronged-h "
have wronged them. No, she exclaimed,
starting to her feet, II caunot do It,
There must be other means. He is mer-
cenary. Oh, | will give h m all II he will
keep silent and leave me In peace-loaye
me and the boy in peace.
LET me go to England and see him, y
said Sarah
you" Beatrice started at the idea.
Eyes. Let me 90. He is a wicked
man but he can do me no harm. Oh. my
dear mistress, let me go. can hear what
he wants-make him promise and put that
down In writing. Let me do this for you,
my dear. By the love bear you ask IL.
"How could you find him
''He Is sure to be in ondon. II not
there those who can tell me where 10
find him. Say l may go. Let me 60 to-
day-tO-morrow."
Beatrice unused. After all the sugges-
ton did not seem so absurd. Sarah was
by no means a fool. She could travel TO
England alone perfectly well. She could
hear what this man asked now. Why
should she not let her go?
Mrs. Miller seemed on thorns OF sus-
pense. ''Say may 60 " she whispered.
Il will think. L will tell you by and
by. Send my boy to me. will think
with him in my arms"
." o the ''shorn lamb, as he was now
called, came to his mother, and all the
afternoon Beatrice considered Mrs. Mlller's
proposal. The more she considered the
more inclined she felt to give it her con-
tenance.
In the evening she told her she nigh.
90. She gave her many instructions
which were net to be exceeded. She was
to find Hervey and hear his demands.
She was o be firm, and above all have IL
clearly understood that he must sign a
deed Of separation, in which he relin-
pushed all claim to the boy. Mrs. Miller
nodded grmly. she was not Likely to err
On the SIDE of mercy.
Take plenty of II oney, said Beatrice.
Give him money If he asks for IL. Make
him understand that have MT concealed
myself to save my money. That he can
always have"
! SO 1t was arran.ed. Fully one-half of
! that night was spent by Mrs. Miller on
her knees. She was alone Harry slept
with his mother as often as w tn his nurse
so she could o er up her wild prayers
without interruption. If ever a fanatic
vrested with the Supreme Being in pray
er it was Sarah Miller that night. For
what did she prayP Perhaps it is as well
not to ask, but TO he cOntented with the
assur nee that she prayed for Beatrice
| hardness.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
He Stuck to His Own Name

"The whole house roared and roare d
again. There was no let Mp to this
merriment, and amid catcalls and shrill
whistling the curtains had to go down"
1t was theatrical agency on Clark
Street and the speaker was q young
comedian in search of an early en-
gagement for the fall. And wha
was the cause of it allP' qnerie a by
stander who had just dropped In. 1t
was like this he said. I'VE were max
ing tour of 'one night stands IN
Michigan. One of our most success s.
full plays was an adaptation of Debo-
rah.' There is n child's part in it
The little girl who usually played it
happened to be sick when we got down
TO Battle Greek. so we had to get the
only available substitute, small boy
to assume the part The little fellow
was fresh enough and not likely to
be embarrassed by the crowd and
lights. OF course he was put in girf s
clothes, and with his piping voice and
small featured face he made rs good n
little stage girl as one could want He
had only few words to saw, and they
WtIb Ieptutcu W MN ONcl and ONSl
again until he knew them Thoroughly.
The performance went all right until
he stood in front of Joseph's house
and was met at the threshold by
Joseph's little girl. His chAdp All,
/ must kiss the dear Little girlr ex-
claims Deborah. oh, it's you poor
womanP Father is looking for you,
replies the child. Deborah imprint
ing burning kiss on the child's Gps):
And what is thy name my sweet
childe Here the little pseudor girl,
forgetting his lesson. or bewildered by
| the unusual situation, blurts out:
Tommy O'Houlihan, please, ma am. '
His father keeping a particular saloon
in town. and being we'll known to ev-
erybody in the audience, burst of
laughter broke loose such as I've sell
dom heard in q theater And that 8
why the curtain finally had to go
down. Chicago Herald.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
There's MANY a sir.

Young people who are engaged to be
married generally manage to conceal until
after tho knot is tied the various little
traits taat may pre- udlce one or the other
against union. But here is an excep-
tion. foun ladies, take warning
A young lad in Vienna had her pros
poets of marriage cut short at the last
moment thr ugh pair OF gloves. 1t is
true the gloves had twenty two buttons
each. This is how it happened: The
guests, W tn the bridegroom at their head,
had asseu bled, and had been patiently
waiting half an hour for the bride. At
last the ia her became fdgety, and sent
10 make inquiries. The maid came back
to say that tho yo ng LAZY was putting on
her gloves. Another wall, and further
inquiries. TIL gloves had total of forty
four buttons, and hard 30 button. A
third wait and third messenger. This
time the maid return;d with the an
nouncement tina three buttons had sprung
and had to be stitched on again. L @
bridegrO m theIeupon walked out, saying
he would wait in t next roam. But
when they afterward came O look for him
he was nowhere to I e found and a few
minutes later a messenger brought note,
in which the young man stated that "h =
was very sorry, bu .er ainly he SHOULD
never have sufficient patience to be he
husband OF Mademoiselle Y"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
CHAPTER xxx.


Carruthers reached Munich late at night.
He went straight to that comfortable he
tel, the Four Seasons, and. feeling that
the hour was too late to begin his re-
searches, supped and went to bed. In
spite of his excitement at the thought of
being In the same town with Beatrice, he
slept soundly, and in the morning Car
ruthers arose refreshed and eager to begin
the quest.
SO far as he could sec his only chance
of finding Beatrice was meeting her in
the publ c streets; his only plan was to
walk about those streets until he met her.
At any rate he would do nothing but this
for the next few days. IL unsuccessful
he would then think whether he could APP
ply to such persons as might be able to
tell him what strangers were living in
Munich.
Keeping to what seemed the principal
and most populous streets he found him
self once more in front Of his hotel. He
started of In an opposite direction, went
down the broad Neutrality-suspicious.
More palaces, more statues, but no Beatrice.
At last lie s God on the low bridge which
spans the shallow but rapid Isar. He
stopped and looked at the curious artificial
bed Of smooth planks over which the river
runs; and then he looked down into the
little triangular pleasure garden which lies
between the tw o arms of the stream.
In the garden on one of the seats, intent
~ engaged with book, sat Beatrice. Hei
little boy was playing near her. Itneeded
not the sight of the boy to assure Carruth
ers he was not mistaken. Like all lovers
he told himself he would have known tha
graceful head miles away. Yes, there wa,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
BEYOND THE MIST.

Ont OF the mist the river glides to us.
Slides like a phantom strange and marvel
Out of the mist.
Into the mist tho river passes on,
With inarticulate murmur flows anon
Into the mist.
And yet perchanoe upon its infant rills
Fair shone the sun amid the grading hills
Before the mist
And when at last the full food nears the
main
Perchanee glory crowns it yet again,
Beyond the mist.
John w. Hales.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
CHAPTER xxx.
THE MADONNA DI TENT.

TIE MADONNA DI TENT.
Bea rice s letter. after having been pc
rused and commented upon by the Tai
berts, was sent Oh TO rank Carruthers.
A note from Herbert was inc osed with II.
''You Will see''-he wrote-''that this
letter Is as unsatlsfacto y as It's pre- eces-
s0rs. 10 gives us absolutely no inform.
alton as TO where she is or why she left
us. Now that we are assured OF her be-
ing well, and we suppose, safe our feel
ing about her pro onged and unexplained
absence is more than regret-it Is in fact
serious annoyance. We find IL quite a
strain 10 answer inquiries about her with
out contradlcting one another"
Naturally the envelope which bore Her
bert's handwriting was the first opened
by Carruthers, and Of course he read
Beatrlce's letter before he read Herbert's.
BY and by he turned to see what else
Fate had brought him.
Carruthers found among other letters
one addressed In woman's handwriting
IL had been sent TO oxford and at oxford
re-directed to London. He opened it care
lessly and found 1t contained half-sheet
of note-paper, on which was written: "Re-
member your promise. Wait; oh, be pa
ticnt and waltz
AAO tOOh lHC lOlc NlllCH plCu
up and to sed away; he spread il out and
read it again. He found, moreover. that
it had been written on aper similar to
that used by Beatrice, and upon turning
it over he saw on the back few words in
pencil. They we're written so family that
he had to carry the note TO a strong light
in order to declpher them,
The words were Madonna di Tempt"
and to the best Of his belief, as the experts
say when giving evidence, TIE handwrit-
ing was Beatrice's.
What did the words mean, and how far
would they aid him in finding Beatrice?
lie soon settled in his mind that Madonna
di Tempt must be the name of picture.
But what picture? Where was it to be
| found?
Frank knew nothing about art himself,
but he had friend, Mr.. Burnett, who
was one Of the inner circle of art worship
pers and recognized authority, and to
him he went for information.
After considerable desultory talk on sub
jects very remote from the object of the
visit, Carruthers said:
'Do you know any picture called the
Madonna di Tempi?'
After further psrleying, Carruthers
learned that the famous picture was In a
gallery in Munich, and hastily leaving
his friend, repaired to his hotel and al
once made preparations t. go to that city.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
VanQuished.

you internal nuisanceP' exclaimed
the angry business man, you have
been here every day for the last six
months. How many more times do
you need to be told that l never bu5
anything of peddlers"
IL am carrying out the wishes of n ,
late father. sir" said the peddIer.
HE called on you 1917 times without
ever making q sale and then turned the
Job over TO me. He died Of II broken
heart, sir, and am fast breaking down,
but l have a son who"
81 surrender" said the business
man. brokenly. Il don't want the
blood of three generations on nay head.
I'll take your entire stock II you quit
and call it square. = Chicago Tribune
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
The Two Sides OF 1t.

Old gent: There's the door bell.
suppose hats young De Poore come to
spend the evening with you, and | tell you
this thing has got to stop. If you dom
give him his walking papers | will, and
l'll do it this very night
Daughter: But, pa, he is in receipt Of
good salary, and
SALARY! What's a salary to a girl
brought up as on have been? You should
marry millionaire son, a man who can
support you in the style"
Servant: please, sir, the butcher Is at
the door, an he says If you don't pay tdat
bill tonight he II tell Mr.. lie Poore what
kind of scoundrelly family he's in dan
ger o marrying into, sir, "-Philadelphia
Record.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Morphine on the Race Track.

TIE latest diabolism on the race tracks
is the use of the hypotermic needle. 1t
seems that some men who have had the
entree of the best tracks lately have man
aged to inject morphine mo horses that
they wanted to disable temporarily. They
have done it without exciting suspicion
by hiding the injection needle in one
hand and seeming to slap the horses on
the buttocks with some natural remark as
''Here s the horse for my money" The
drug takes effect in half an hour, and the
horse goes around the track with his head
down, the wreck of his former self. II
not too fire. iuently done it does not harm
the animals. Y. Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
The Head of the Church.

The New York Sun publishes dispatch
from Pittsburgh giving an account of an
interview its correspondent had with the
Rev. FIR. Schuck, pastor OF ST. Mary's
church at Milhausen, Ind, who was in
that city, en- route to his home after Wis
1t to Rome. FIR Schuck Informed the cor
respondent that he had positive informa-
ton that the pope would not remain in
Rome more than two years more, and
from the way matters now stand he ex-
pected the pope would have TO leave there
within the next six months, and that his
holiness would go to Spain, where he is
sure of a cordial reception. The head
quarters of the Catholic church will then
be located in Madrid.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
A Bargain-for the Seller.

'I've come to find out what you mean
by charging me 81 Saturday night for that
table spread and selling Mrs. Ferguson
one just like it IN MONDAY for 60 cent.
Didn't you say it was my last chance TO
get one so cheap"
"You mistook me. madam responded
the ready clerk; Il said 1t was your last
chance to get one for 81. And 1t was, for
we put them down TO 60 cents Monday
morning. '-PhiIadeIphla Call.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
Behind the Scenes.

First reporter-Anything newp
Second reporter-Big sensation on
the frightful spread of the gum chew
ing habit among young ladies.
First reporter-Horrible habit Go,
any chewing tobacco?
Second reporter-Not bit; was just
going TO ask you for some. - Cartoon
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25
why the president is Retieent.

Has Dakota's appeal for statehood
elected any notice from the president;
No, there are no democratic voters
there. - Chicago Inter- Ocean.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-25

Emma Felch of Danvers, Mass, recent
ly died of cancer, which turned out ia
be purely imaginary. Husbands of wives
who are afflicted with all the ills enume,
rated in a patent medicine almanac may
obtain much-needed relief by using this
item with Judgment
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-14

The annual report Of DR.. n. 8. Wolfe,
physician 20 the Indiana State Prison
South, made TO the Board Of Directors
on the 1lth inst. shows very sstisfac-
tory sanitary condition OF the Institution.
From IL the LEDGER learns that there
hes been decrease OF IL In the number
OF diseases which prevailed In the prison
10 the year 1883 q compared with the
year 1857. and that there was . decrease
OF IA In the number Of cases treated In
the same period, and . decrease OF two
IN the number OF deaths. The number
OF cases treated during the year Il more
than two-fifths less than for 1857, and Il
% believed TO be much less than for any
year during the present decade, and q
smsll II not smaller number than In
any prison Of equal population In the
west. The loss Of time from work. on
account Of sickness, averaged only
about one-half day per mouth for each
convict. The cost Of treating the sick
averaged o1.22 for each convict In the
prison, aud the death rate Il less than
per cent Of The prison population. A
comparison on theee points with two OF
the best prisons IN the west. viz: The
Indiana Prison North and the Illinois
Penitentiary 1t Joliet, shows the cost OF
treating the sick In The Southern Indiana
Prison u about the same that &c Il in the
Joliet Prison aud only about half ~
much 80 Il costs 10 the Northern Indi-
ana Prison - shown BY their last reports,
while the death rate II less than IN either
" these model institutions. DR.. Woife'a
report speaks volume IN praise or the
sanitary condition and economical man.
agemsnt Of The medical department NJ the
old Southern Prison. and the officers
deserve much credit for the favorable
showing the physician has been able 20
make.-N. A. Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-14

To have home there must bs : sup.
ply OF good reading. With the cducs.
tionsl advantages Of our days the ma.
jority Of children get what may be called
= literary appetite; and II the pare nts do
not furnish the means to crafty that
appetite, the young people viii furnish
II themselves Unfortunately they often
make bad selection. and their reading
Il worse for their morals than no read.
Ing at all. have often been asionished
and chagrined in going into families 10
lind so little Of thia m,nd-food when
there were abundant means TO provide
u. What shame and . reproach that
90 many are spending their means In
luxurious living, and the minds OF their
children, As well as their own. dwsr6ad
and degraded for want OF books
aud newspapers. To have Z homo III
the true sense. We must value the mind
more than the body. Dickson.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-14

Governor Gray's Suggestions as 60
the Enactment Ut Necessary

indianapolis News: Governor GRAY
sums up the niece ssary legislation 10 Be-
enacted By the next general assembly q
including the acceptance Of the state
house aud the creation Of the Office Of
custodian, and the placing Of the three
new insane asyIums under separate
boards Of management. Additions! an
preparations will Be demanded for the
S0ldiers' monument and for the Feeble.
minded school building q Fl. WAYNE.
and aIao for the State Normal school Il
Terro Hautc burned out last spring. A
Law 10 needed for refunding The state
debt. The Legislature will also BE- asked
70 create . live stock commission. or
else empower the governor to establish
and enforce : live stock commission.
there being no law In this state 70 en-
force quarantine. The governor also
6nds On imperative necessity Tor I new
and stringent election Law, 40 framed ~
20 prevent any surveillance over the
voter, and regulating congregaling or
elecfioneering 1t the polls. He favors
something akin 20 the Australian system,
where the government will print tickets,
with . severe penalty for violating any
|of ~ provisions. He suggests that bri.
bery BE- made . felony In connection
with elections; Furnishing the bribes
rather than the bribed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-14

Married, on jths 81 inst. at the bride'-
mother's. George w. Beatty % Florence
Simmons.
Tho spoke saw IN our town began cut
cling spokes last Monday, and Il bulls
them out % beat pike.
The Regular BaptIst are going 10 have
= big Christmss meeting. May much
good b done.
Isssc Mclver and Mrs Ellen Chasteen
are slowly recovering. Mas Mary Chaa-
teen Is very low with pneumonia fever
DR.. Lines barn Il rooted and sided 10
the manner in which the work % done
reflects credit upon Squire Jacobs, the
carpenter that done the work.
Frank Simmons hauled load OF ine
turnips 70 DR.. Line last Saturday. Frsuk
seys HE corn crop will average 46 bush
els per acre; be be- built : due crib to
\ put II In.
Born, 10 @. L. and Mary LsndIs. :
bouncing big boy. Leo saysif al of tie
Republicans Of C0IumbIa we're Ike
n'm the township could elect Presi-
dent this Z sIx boys III ten years.
Wells Jones was hunting lest Friday
night hIe dog hOIed something: M.
Jones'thurst IN bic hand, and The opoe.
sum had ne head toward the hole : he
result T.. Jones has got finger tied Up.
Mr.. Willie Line went to Arkansss last
week TO buy fur. John Line went 10
Washington 10 zee his doe beater. John
inforsns rs that he will ale hIs frat law
emit before HE Honor, Justice BrIdges.
this week. We wish you success, John.
Republicans ssy Ben. Harrison he
promised % visit French Lick during
this month Tor The purpose OF taxing :
rabbit hunting. guess the President.
elect would Be like Two young men
from New Albany that went : turkey
hunting, they failed 10 find their game.
but they found aome tame black turkeys
% The ROAD and purchased Two 81 them !:
shs lady offered 10 catch them. but ~
young men wanted to shoot them ana
then tell their friends that they had killed
TWO Wild iurkeys; they bred three sho,s
each and then sens Tor > neigh bor u
come and shoot The turkeys Tor them.
ZrrPY COOK.